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Campus needs e Thefts, robberies and assaulU at USC and one must wonder wh by campus security forces. The "Campus Crime" column reveals part of the severity ar most common violations invoh nuuva^d u uiu tai xiictiiy pdl Blossom Street parking garage Washington Center, is a haven f< THE PARKING GARAGES 1 and late night hours, but coveri security officer. These areas an Campus thefts increased last minent. Dormitory rooms * possession are usually never set Indeed, campus police admit a lack of student security guar from the parking garages to p? tendants. Campus security, in a memo problems of dorm security to 1 i- 1 J aiuui:iiu> ciasi^ncu iu gUctl U UOI guards. Campus security proj guards, establishing dress code own dorms as possible solutions asked for more than $25,000 t requested immediate action ear Fete Denton, who received th that action should not be taken whole; wise decision. Campus police employ 39 poli maximum total of 45 student j adequate to cover the 239 acre security is not tight. This is ev a.m., only a base of six patrol including dorm guards). LAST SPRING, a series of ra over the period of a few weeks.' happened this past October, w wounded in the Bates House 5 Residential Life Committee of tl security measures and propose i security personnel. The committee met with Cam held a public hearing last De President Holderman appointc security problems. The commit the problems uncovered by the s Senate committee members n Services and officials from the Campbell, vice president of stu have a major responsibilty to doors and reporting incidents right. Students must realize that r>o it o a f/\ 'FUrvi iiiv.ii pai l iv; it suit, i iic< make the job easier for security HOWKVKR, CAMPUS SKCl portant questions. (1) How effet and protecting the student body of the university force adequate (3) How well-trained and prepa incident such as the Bates Hot recurring crimes have been solv legitimate law enforcement ! criticized the force as simply sec Hopefully, these subjects will there is definitely room for impr Students must assume a 1 evaluation of the effectiveness < to provide the campus with a soli V-^cdt 1 ItrjLJLJLJr Founded 1 908 Tom Travis Editor in Chie Brian Duncan Copy Desk Chie Mark Platte News Edito Brett Fnedlandoi , Sports Edito James Rokosny . Entertainment Edito Robert Ariail Graphics Edito Janet Gibson Editorial Page Edito Cylinda Calvert Wiro Edito Ronda Templeton Assistant News Edito Steve Riddell Assistant Sports Edito Jeffrey Charney Assistant Entertainment Ed Carl Babcock Graduate Assistan Anthony Gray Advertising Manage Bill Outlaw . .... General Manage William Tinsloy . Production Manage Mark Ethndgo Jr. Advise Newsroom: 777 7 181 Advertising 777 4249 Business Office 777 3888 Sole ieproduction rights granted tq, th Associated Press All othor material contame herein inay not bo roprinted without th permission of the editor. Opinions expressed in the Gamecock ar those, if signed, of the writer and. if unsignec of the senior editorial staff V. f s security valuation ; are becoming more and more frequent tat preventive measures are being taken l tlfllf nK t*l IMP ~ i, niuv.il i uiia mwuuajfa 111 uic uametutft, id frequency of the criminal acts. The ie the theft of stereos, tape decks and ked in either the Pendleton Street or ;s. "The Pit" area, near the Booker T. ar auto thieves and vandals. lave guards on duty during the evening ng each parking level is difficult for one 2 easy prey for even amatuer thieves, year, and a decline does not seem imire often burglarized and personal nn again. For this, there is no excuse, to a personnel problem, especially with ds which requires officers to be pulled jtrol dormitories and serve as desk atto the president's ofice, attributed the slackness on the part of work-study "ms and a sub-par pay scale for these josed raising the salaries for student s and recruiting students to guard their to the problem. The campus police have o soive me snoriage ot security, and lier this month. e memo from campus security, replied until the security force is reviewed as a ce officers, eight security officers and a guards. This force would appear to be s on the campus proper, but obviously idenced in the fact from 1 a.m. until 8 Imen are available for protection (not pes and attempted rapes occured here rhe most serious crime to occur at USC hen two students were killed and five ihootings. This incident prompted the le student senate to investigate campus more interaction between students and pus Police Chief Marvin Harrelson and cember to discuss security problems, id last month a committee to study tee met for the first time this week and enate committee were presented. lei wiui me uirecior 01 nesiaenuai i^ne Division of Student Affairs. James B. dent affairs, emphasized that students ensure safety, ie., locking dormitory involving vandalism and theft. He is this campus is theirs, and they must do ^retically, student participation would personnel. JRITY organization raises a few im;tive are campus officers in preventing and university property? (2) Is the size ; to protect a campus as large as USC? red are the campus police to handle an ise shootings? (4) What percentage of ed, and (5) Is the campus police force a body? (Some faculty members have ,ui iiy upci diiuu / . be studied by the security committees, ovement. large responsibility, but an overall )f the campus police force is necessary id crime prevention program. ^ Opinion Letters f lf The Gamecock welcomes letters from us readers. All letters must be typewritten and " triple spaced on a 65-spaee line and should l>e a ,r maximum of :too words letters must be signed with the writer's ,f correct nnme. telephone, mailing address ,r class standing and major Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be " withheld by request if circumstances warrant ,t We reserve the right to edit letters for space and style Address letters to Campus Opinion. " The (iainri'ock. Drawer A. I SC. Columbia. I S C 29208 it / * I lAHumns ,f In an effort to increase reader input into future issues, the (iamrciKi oilers a weekly " guest column. v *?i 1411111.> 111nr>i in iiiiiut n u' unr in m\ subject and must be n? more than lour typed pages All columns must be typewritten and triple spaced on a ?>"> space line All facts must Ik* accurate The editorial page editor e reserves the right to reject any column lor an> ^ reason and edit lor space, content? style and e . accuracy Columns must be signed with correct name. 0 address, telephone, major and class standing 1 or faculty position Address columns to (iiiest Column. The liamrrodi Drawn A USC Columbia. S C 29208 ;-^caa, WlBBHtmm^M^WSP; ^ vk^l H IBB,. | . MiM 1 Intelligen To the Editor: odds like t In response to George Benson's impo guest column, "Draft Responses the pi 'Mixed Up,"' I would like to make Sec two points. (ho First, if we draft women to take tumo over all the rear echelon jobs, so write that men can fight, what will milit? happen to the men? The only duty ugly I available to them will be combat Mr. arms duty. They will not have a opinio chance to get away from it, knows because the other jobs are filled It is with women. This does not seem techiv very fair to me. troops If you are a male in the service, reaso the odds are much greater that you to opt will see combat. These are the use I; 'F rank' de: grand fai To the Editor: Much has been said at South Carolina < last season. As his final regular season ? time to voice my own ideas. Frank McGuire has given USC 16 yeai service. His achievements are too numero be noted: 549 career victories, (281 here) NCAA and 3 NIT tournament entries at Sou He is the only coach to win 100 games i (St. Johns, North Carolina and USC) an< different schools (North Carolina and Sou Heels went 32-0 in winning the NCAA erowi More important than any of the impressi has done for basketball in the state of So dingy, 3,200 seat "arena" that greeted beautiful Carolina Coliseum, "The House tl The disappointing record of this season's the burden of blame on McGuire for thei However, I feel "Digger" Phelps put it bes on here in the fall had a tremendous emotic psychological part of the game that's tough it had a great effect on the players. It's dil like that is made in the fall before practice < Coach McGuire has been honored at all home games too. Universities, coaches ar honored him for his fabulous career, and ri| Carolina honor Frank McGuire as he deser If the Western Kentucky game on Satur will be an embarassing mark against us. before game time at the ticket window with Frank McGuire ranks as one of the coaching. I feel it is time for us to show hir give him the sendoff he so rightly deserves. I and many other loyal fans will be there can cheer him through my tears. # ? r-t >-*!'- t t i it f. r *r?i i i mimiii? 11 ?imi inm^tf^iipinpxw : -~iBL M^. ?T^Bk. -ly^iMB: . ."; _ett:ens t troops ess that not too many people kno\ o face. Women will play an ran* rtant part, but let's look at all that ros and cons before we jump. nee< iond, he writes, "Let's induct F; unproductive, unwanted Ben rs of our society." lie also shoi s, "...being too dumb for to c try service is like being too gooc for military service." I think bree R<?n?nn cHmiiIH r?nnfinr? hie nnrlr >ns to something he at least sock ; a liltle.bit about. front . because of our sophisticated woul i)logy that we need intelligent of m< i in our services. It takes a depe liable amount of intelligence ?rate a TOW missile system. user guided weapons, or to I r 5C1 V ; *ewell concerning Frank McGuire's jame approaches, I feel it is To *s of loyalty, dedication and ck* us to mention, but a few must da , 6 straight 20 win seasons, 4 Un ith Carolina. eai it three different institutions Uw i to win an ACC title at two the th Carolina). In 1957, his Tar ne J ne ve statistics is what McGuire for uth Carolina. From a small, 1 McGuire in 1964, rose the wli hat Frank Built." fru team has caused some to put ne< r inconsistent performance. 0nl ?t when he said: "What went fro >nal effect on this team. It's a [ to pinpoint, but I have to feel fr^ ficult for them when a move res ever starts." j10, I away games, and at a few id officials have praised and a'n ght so. Isn't it time that we at cai ved? bu! day night is not a sellout, it ^el Students can pick up tickets cj0 an I D. true immortals of college " ( n exactly how we feel, and to co! stu : for Frank. I just hope that I arj James J. Corbet! journalism freshman ' v? pHpPMjfr .ential i v the capabilities of a wide *e of weapons arid aircraft so he could call for support if i be. inally, I would like to ask Mr , son a question. He says we ild offer monetary incentives j :olIege graduates to produce I officers to show this new d of recruit (drawn from the ?sirable elements of our ;tv > "How to put one foot in of the other." Mr. Benson, d you want to lead these types i*n into combat where your life < nds on their abilities'.' Kicli Andrews Ixisiiicss administration senior Library %/ j bandits on prawl the Kditor: if our campus crime section es a good job of listing the , ily criminal occurrences that fortunately plague our mpus. But one crime goes detected. That's the crime of ? library bandits who steal A A : CUCU 111 tl ^ ct /. I 11 t' > . I wspapers, and book passages I their own selfish purposes. know I'm not the only one < 10 has experienced the istration of searching for pessary research articles t' ly to find the article missing >m its place on the shelf. lust think, in say ten years ' % m now (the time when ;earch resources could Ik? pelessly depleted), the thief i thank himself for leaving indelible mark on USC. He i boast to his friends and siness associates that he Iped pave the way in the . _ t A I rr%% f sing 01 me 1 nomas (Jooper >rary! 'ome on people, have a little ! lsideration for your fellow | idents. We need to use those # ieles as much as you do. Helen Kudnick !