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ijiamecocR awards
In the spirit of justice, the Gamecock
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presents its annual nst or awards
THE IF IT'S TOO HOT IN THE KITCHEN AWARD: To former SAC
adviser Doug Bostick for leaving.
THE LIGHT BULB IN MY ROOM HAS MORE POWER THAN YOU
AWARD :To WUSC-FM for having only 10 watts of power.
THE CHICKEN OF THE SEA AWARD: To USC President James B.
Holderman for spnriinc? rhpan spufnod tn thf* wrnno louislators
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THE IF FRANK MCGUIRE IS TOO OLD WHAT DOES THAT MAKE
YOU AWARD: To Solomon Blatt, who is five years older than McGuire.
THE LITERARY EXCELLENCE AWARD: To the Student
Allocations Commission for passing judgment on the New Crucible,
USC's former literary magazine.
THE THIS IS FREE SPEECH? AWARD: To the Clariosophic Literary
Society for expressing their opinions and for being just plain weird.
THE WHO THE HELL ELECTED YOU ANYWAY AWARD: To the
board of trustees for representing everyone but the students.
THE MAJORITY OF ONE AWARD: To former SG vice president for
successfully stifling this years excuse for a student senate.
THE ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY AWARD: To the construction
workers on the third floor Russell House.
THE WAITING FOR GODOT AWARD: To USC President James B.
Holderman, who is still waiting for Anwar Sadat to show up.
THE KEEP TIME WITH A CALENDAR INSTEAD OF A STOPWATCH
AWARD: To the employees of the Gamecock Snack Bar.
THE ANITA BRYANT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: To all the
homosexuals who harrassed straights in the Russell House and Thomas
Cooper Library bathrooms.
THE NO ROOM AT THE INN AWARD: To Residential Life Services
for the obvious.
THE JUDGE ROY BEAN AWARD: To Associate Dean of Student
Affairs Frank Ardiaolo.
THE GYPSY ROSE LEE AWARD: To SAE fraternity for attempting
to stage a strip tease party in their lounge.
THE PEOPLES TEMPLE CLONE AWARI): To the fanatics at the
Maranatha Christian Center.
THE STILLBORN AWARD: To the New Crucible for dying after its
first year of publication.
THE GAMECOCK EDITORS THANK YOU FOR THE COPY
AWARD: To Leroy Williams and all those who contributed to Campus
Crime throughout the year.
THE I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSED AWARD: To James Branham for
fit^hhina him?f?lf with -a knifr? Hiirinc* thf? Minnr>cr?tn F'atc T-?r*nl ?v hi hi firm
THE ABBIE HOFFMAN - HUEY NEWTON AWARD: To Gamecock
Sports Editor Brett Friedlander and for former News Editor Michael
Gooding for trying to blend into the crowd at the Frank McGuire
protest, then reading a list of demands to the crowd, for which Student
Supreme Court Judge Joe Scalera was tried.
THE WHO,ME AWARD: To former Supreme Court Justice Joe
Scalera.
THE EVEN BARRY MANILOW IS BETTER KNOWN THAN THIS
AWARD: To Campus Magazine for serving no purpose for either of its
listeners.
THE" IF YOU DON'T C1F.T OUT OF MV PROniirTION ROOM I'l 1
STAB YOU WITH AN X-ACTO KNIFE AWARD:" To Student Media
Production Manager Bill Tinsley.
GOOD BUDDY AWARD: To the meter maids who save students from
getting city $1 tickets by giving you university $5 to $15 parking tickets.
MOST HATED PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD:To Gamecock
Editor-in-chief Tom Travis.
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To the Editor:
It is necessary for me to respond to the letter of
"SG Worsens Parking Trouble." The letter ap
written on partial information using opinion to fill it
in me nrsi paragrapn ivir. uavis oners many vai
which show a complete lack of mature thought,
solution that senators leave their cars at home a
"run, walk or ride a bicycle."
It is a great deal to ask of an off-campus senate
home and "walk, run or ride a bicycle" the 15 or :
from campus. I wonder if Mr. Davis would subm
This, it seems,is not a rational solution and in fa
with the problem.
Another solution offered by Mr. Davis is not onl
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mr. uavis, siuuenis parKing in lire zones would nc
university as you suggested, since these are city f
the city.
It would reduce the number of cars on campus
that cars parked in fire zones may be towed immec
expense This would not be an acceptable solu
problems. It has been the goal of Student Governn
solutions to the problem
Mr. Davis also suggested that "SG is here to
could not agree with him more. A look at the stude
parking will show that many senators have work
solutions to the parking problem.
Senate work helned to imnlomont th:it chuttinnr
to carry students around campus and to outlying
senate also was instrumental in opening USC's ruv
Bates House.
I would not deny student senators a "status syr
sticker numbers. With more recognition and lei
attitude expressed in the letter,the senate coul<
sought by every student.
Mr. Davis' estimate that senators are "no one ;
error. They are a group of students willing to wor
hours per week for all the students with little or no
many schools are paid for their work, however,
voluntarily. What few rewards and privileges (1
objection of some self-centered students, are well e
i would like to remind everyone that it is their sti
is open daily and every student is welcome. Fin
Davis wrote his letter out of genuine concern, so I <
in the SG office offering to help solve the parking
future.
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Gamecock was unable to publish ?
editor because of the volume of mail,
your support.
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He gives as the first
nd that they instead To the Editor:
: After reading the article j
>r to leave his car at concerning pages at the State
so miles he may live House, we became upset to see
it to such a request. that facts had been stated
ct still does not deal incorrectly and pages |
misquoted.
y absurd by illegal. The $1,600 that was stated as
>t bring money to the the salary of the pages is not
ines and hence go to entirely correct. This is the
salary of a page who stays to
since S.C. law states work the entire session. Most
liately at the owner's of the pages are not hired at
tion to USC parking the beginning of the session
nent to find workable and do not stay for the entire
session; therefore, they do not
benefit students." I make $1,600 a session.
nt senate's record on A quoted statement is ;
ed very hard to find the exact words of the j
! speaker. One of the page's
>ck system, provided remarks were not stated as i
parking spaces. The they were said. In fact, they
Aest parking lot near were a combination of two
people's opinions.
nbol" of low parking Also, the page's jobs are not
>s of the uninformed trival , as they were in- ;
1 become a position terpreted. They may not be
the most important jobs in the
special" is grossly in world, but they are useful,
k between five and lo -Just think of the mass cono
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IJSC senators work senator or representative had
ley receive, over the to do each errand himself,
arned. They would never get
ident senate. The SG anything accomplished.
ally, 1 trust that Mr. We are proud to have our
A'ill expect to see him jobs, and we feel we earn our
i problem in the near paychecks. We would be
, appreciate it very much if our
stude!" "* jobs were not demanded.
Kit*Alt?
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Beth Fondon
ill letters to the journalism freshman
We appreciate House page
Michelle Harnett
political science freshman
- . Senate page
Janet Gibson
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