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r To the Editor: Two things have repeatedly bothered me about the conduct of USC students. Firstly, everytime I see the paper bags in the humanities reflection pool, the weekend filth growing on the floor of my dorm elevator, the unflushed toilets and the dripping faucets, the drooling garboligists and the spaghetti-splattered dorm stove, I become irritated with this sorry lot of university students. Rob] To the Editor: I would like to respond to Ms. ] published in the Gamecock's March To Ms. Moody; I would like to th expressing your opinion of my lette issue, concerning the unfair coverai 11-17) by the Gamecock. Your opi but I do wish that you would, (or straight about an issue before expre I never said that we, (the studenti for if that were true, I would pr writing this letter. However, would 1 Moody's draws n I Cjamecock Founded 1908 Mark J. 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Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those, if signed, of fhe writer and, if un signed, of the senior editorial staff !HSI!SI Lefcte As I watch the maids and janitors carrying oozy garbage bags of submarine sandwiches and pizza down the hall, I thank God we are only selfish, nrurilArfor) irAiinrr n/lnUo ??t p& IVIIV/^^U jrvsuilg auuiio UI1LC 111 our lives. What is wrong with us? Have we forgotten how to respect other people's property? These dorms, classrooms, cafeterias and libraries are not our own. If they were, would we mutilate them, knowing no one would come behind us to pick up? LeGette s1 desegr anothe uanene Mooay s leuer tide, i 9 issue. Black ank you, first of all, for opinioi r that was in the Feb. 28 ^e of Black Week, (Feb. It sc nion was appreciated , staterr could), get your facts differe ssing it. about. 5), were not segregated, Game obably be lynched for ifw< you kindly tell me what not m< 7 ^J-4- s\ /a ULKil ?sponse S- ?? Yef, its tfcpif V ip^pp A _ ^ fME ins to the i USC pigs I'm tired of hearing students complaining about not being treated like adults. Think! Uould that treatment possibly be appropriate for our piggish behavior? Not one of us has the right to condemn our parents' generation for the desecration of this planet. We are doing a fine job of it now and with little help from our elders. till mad abc egation in relation to bathrooms, dance r university, for that matter, has to do u .vhich was concerned with the unfair c Week by the Gamecock? (Which is still I i). ^ems to me, Ms. Moody, that you have lent from my article and have attempte< nt issue, totally irrelevant to what I v Also, you have not proven to me in the le cock is not concealing its racial bias. 3 are so "equal" here on USC's campus, t >re Black students (if any) appear on the To the Editor: In response to Danette Moody's letter Ms. Moody fails to see the reason for B1 Black beauty pageants. I'd like to direct her: how many times has Miss Americi or a member of any minority for that mal As for the purpose of Black Week, i Black and White are not aware of the diversities of Black culture and history schools often omit the contribution Americans from the curriculum. Becoming part of a "melting pot" do that we should all forget our race. We ! proud of what we are. As for the comment on a White Week, White Week is not aDDlicahle in mv onii rl ^ - K emphasis on White culture and histor> present part of all of our lives. trreiY cancekoos ... y p?n& f jjj I . earGQ r Secondly, I came to USC three years ago. Free from my parents' supervision, I was ready to raise hell. Miraculously, I have survived that necessary adventure and quietly tolerate those who follow in that obnoxious tradition. But now I'm ready to study and take advantage of those flickering thoughts that are left inside my head. Ironically, it is after all that hell raising that I realize why Playboy ranked this university as one of the top partying in>ut Black ? i shows, or for recognition of their ac /ith my ar- minority students, for tha overage ot Why is it that the race o true, in my Gamecock at all are almc times you (white people) sitting under a tree, or p taken one instead of trying to organ i to form a can participate in, (as we yas talking Are these trivial activil net thot tVin QlinnncoH tr\ Ho nf intoroi UOL U1U t 11IV/ W W VI llltvi Vi really interest you, Ms. M hen why do Rob Legette ! front page Criminal Justice sophonn In regard to i of Marrh q discrimination follow ack Week or establishments, I fail 0 miocfiAn two. You seem to 1 been Black is a form of reverse d tter? created equal?" d th^emwyh?oTnot wTsl because our feel that e(v.ery ? nf ill.,..i. way possible is a threi s ot BiacK Blacks are not tryi cs not mean "TL^lt0 "b< should all be implemented by ever in many forms todav the idea of a we are In a melting po tiion because SandraFoster is an ever Journalism sophomor MH ISLAMIC F nm 1 stitutions in the nation. The real > students are in the minority. I went to the library the other i night to write a paper. I could ] not concentrate because gossip was flying and the music was blaring from good, ole frat row. And we have the nerve to call :>i ^his place a university. It's / nothing but a glorified playpen, jj I think it is about time some of a us took another look at why we are here. Christie Derrick Journalism junior 7eek ; complishments here, or any other t matter? if the people most appearing in the >st always Caucasian? And a lot of i are doing something trivial like laying in snow, or with a frisbee; ize an activity that all of your race did). lino I- 1. il rt 1 uca auuwii iu u? uy tilt uainecucK ?t to all of the students? Do they oody? are the comment on reverse ed by a listing of desegregated 1 to see the connection between be implying that desegregation iscrimination. Are not "all men \ ;rse discrimination is the cry of i to see minorities excel or who one an equal chance in the best at to their feeling of supremacy, ng to make others pay for past >lish prejudice are not always J yone. Discrimination still exists I guess they're not aware that it. z_ ? fil {fjI 1 fanatic-itus PHI