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NCi* By Brett Fi Sport* E This past Fridi Collegiate Athletic / adopted an amend with extravagant a at its member sch facility, The Roost, fected, the ruling mi a positive step in t The reason for Th exclusion from the There are other don that have equal or b the athletic comple: is not as desirable Capstone, Bates W renovated dorms 01 Possibly the mos why The Roost is investigation is students are eligib they so desire. Acc manager and a director John IV i * i i i tne normal stuae semester to room i The only problen encounter as a resu has to do with the Since it is the only a Hotel. To the Editor: As a resident of Hampton Hotel, I woul a few words about th< 7th practice fire drill imposed on the hotel's approximately 1:15 a. I agree that fire < necessary safety conducted for the sole I students. I also agr university has the rigl these fires drills on i basis. However, I fee tain amount of con discretion should be the timing of these discretion was not ex planning of the Decerr The drill was the semester. Would n sense dictate that a have been planned e semester? Not only students have had th Qamec Founded 190 Mark j. Lund?ren Don Fobes TomTravis David Baker Ente Brett Friedlander Dave Roback Barbara Mathews Jim Phillips Edit Jan Easterling Assi! Lehman Stiles Assistant E MikeChibbaro A Janice Wood G Jill Griffin Adv Fran George Pr< Jon Clemmensen SamMcKee E Mark Efhridoe Jr. * Opinions expressed In tt thos?, If signed, of the w signed, of fhe senior edlto lA mo\ iedlander js not 0p .. M .. , NCAA n iy, the National change t Association, NCAA, This v ment to do awav u ? ? _ -v oaica n> thletic dormitories not resti ools. While USC's dorm, it is not directly af- with The ist be applauded as better tl he right direction, campus, le Roost's probable 0f "extr ruling is simple. 0pen to nitories on campus if the i etter facilities than it is in tl it. Also, its location well as < to students as is then th cat anu uic ncv>i_y opening i the Horseshoe. the schc t important reason able to e safe from NCAA 0f the a that non-athlete athletes le to stay there if eat ther wording to business cash. ssistant athletic Howe^ loore, it would cost facility int about $350 a ruie. T1 it the facility. longer 1 which USC might sports p lit of the new ruling home .. i Roost's cafeteria, private rea of the dorm that game r _ 7 _ 7 7 jire ami ^ i.r j "knowing what to c a . of a real fire at a mi d like to say but it could haye ^ 0 D?c?mber relative warmth ol which was mer or earl fall residents at chiHy Decei?5er I11.' most important w? drills are a wag . Pr0?f UiT P"or to the first fi benefit of the ___________ ee that the I it to conduct 1 "surprise" I thaf q cor. nmon sense exercised in ! drills. Such srcised in the iber 7th drill. first of the ot common drill should llf arlier in the HH would the HB| e benefit of m ^Sk|Jtfe DOCk H ? H&SBl c Editor in Chief V/ Copy Desk Chief V' . . .News Editor rtainment Editor . Graphics Editor "-JP orial Page Editor ?tant News Editor sst. Sports Editor raduate Assistant 1 T ^ - ".ertislng Manager xJuctlon Manager General Manager business Manager I S ?^| Adviser l? Gamecock are ~| J J Titer and, If un- I |"~ f" I 16116 re, a step en to the average student, the soi light force the university to all Jiat policy. ] vould be a good idea. Since wh ouse has a cafeteria which is ar< tr> fha rooiHantc nf fho im L iViVU WV UAV A VUiUVtlVO VTA MiV till seems only fair to do the same th< Roost's cafeteria.If the food is coi here than anywhere else on th< it would go under the catagory of a benefits" and be forced to bo all students by the NCAA. th< ood is the same in the Roost as I le Russell House and Bates as un other eating places on campus, ro< ere should be no harm in sti it up to all students. After all, wl ilarship athletes would still be ho iat together and at the expense to tliletic department while non- co would also have a chance to e while using meal tickets or m; yci, uic nuuai is uui uic ijja: ui an for which the NCAA passed its is le type of facility that is no toj permissable is the so-called ex alaces with all the comforts of ro . and more. Luxuries such as bo saunas, expensive furniture, ooms and movie theatres are ou inappropn lo" in the event number of graduate i ich sooner date, reside in the hotel, m jen given in tne were trying to get a I the late sum- sleep before their exi rather than a In a short but somev night. Perhaps exchange of words is the fact that Adviser on the night n on the night was informed that "it nal exam for a idea." The following n The Gamecock welcomes letters from should be a maximum of 300 words and i he writer's correct name, telephone, mt standing and ma|or. Pseudonyms are ur writer's name may be withheld by requt warrant. We reserve the right to edit le 1 f dress letters to: Campus opinion, The Ge JL kJ USC Columbia, S.C. 29208. in right < *? -* ** * A ne 01 tne benefits tnat are no longer u' owed. [t is about time the NCAA realized lat special treatments most athletes " b recieving at our major colleges and " iversities. Not only are athletes in e' 5 minority at all schools, but they " mprise such a small percentage of n 3 student body it is incredible to think how well they are looked after by a th the athletic departments and by c< 5 school administrators. s' 4- an ortr! 4- r\ n/\/\ f V* r* ?>mi /%m? 4-? /\n tl 119 sou iu see uic jji iui iucs ui luudy a w iversities. A full scholarship with urn and board included is given to a n ident who scored 500 on his SAT, but c 10 can throw a football, while an e nor student with a 1400 SAT score has h struggle and work his way through a liege. e No wonder our country is having so n any difficulties. While the need to house and feed h hletes together is understandable (it s easier to discipline when everyone is 0 fVinra onn Kn riA n nnnrvf n tl , ui^i c v,uu uu AA\/ a^ucpuiuiu w ;cuse for treating athletes like s yalty, while the rest of the student t< dy lives in substandard housing. v Another reason for the need to outlaw r itrageous athletic dormitories is the tJ f told by a Residential Life Se 1 /~)l T ?) representative that the RA U\AjL/\y responsible for the planni ttiese drills. students who I submit that the individ tost of whom who were responsible fo cood nicht 's Mmmiccinn nf thic tnfall ? 0?? ? v **? IUUAV* V* Vllto W VM1J ams. considerate act should be as vhat vigorous tender their resignations. I s with a Hall that the Hall Advisers in question I acquiesced to the execution was not their drill, without so much as a p lorning I was or a notification of the grt ^Al '' J Its reader*. Letter* I 1 mutt be signed with \ 9 J killng address, class W tacceptable, but the ?t If circumstance? _ I __ tl?r? lor tpac*. Ad ft f \ 111 VY^ TO| ( imecock, Drawer A, \^W1 LlIIlIll ii recti on escrimination against women thletes. While the male scholarship < thletes are housed together in their palaces," the females are forced to ve in regular dormitories along with very body else. While the men live in ixury, the women have to stay with lere students. | With the growth of women's athletics nd the passage of Title IX it is in I 1 A It ? I if A 1 J ? A oncievaDie to tninK tnat maie atmetes hould be treated so much better than leir supposed equals. Once again, the problem at USC is ot as bad as it is in other areas of the ountry, however, the problem still xists. While The Roost is not one of the lxury palaces, it is a place where male thletes can live together in a proper nvironment. Still, this is something ot available to the women. Regardless of what the NCAA does to mprove the standing of non-athlete tudents as compared to those who are n athletic scholarships, it is obvious ' hat athletes will still be viewed as pecial. But while the NCAA's decision o outlaw extravagant athletic dorms rill probably not bring about any adical changes, it is still a big step in he right direction. rvices convenience this would cause, 's are some of the residents of the hotel, ng of should be given a severe reprimand. ual (s) Finally I submit to the officials of r the Residential Life Services that ly in- those graudate students who are ked to dissatisfied with the lack of closet submit space, adequate bureaus and who desks, and the peace and quiet of this necessary to live and study in an >rotest academic environment which is ;at in- See FIRE page 15 I III 111 Willi I I The Gamecock welcomes guest columns from Its readers. Columns must be limited to one newsworthy sub|ect and must be no more than four typed pages. 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