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The Republican Party was insane when it chose not to affirm the ERA
as part of its platform in 1980.
Reagan may enjoy a big lead in the polls over both Carter and Anderson,
but alienating women voters by not affirming ERA will cost him
the election in November.
The party platform doesn't mean that much. It is more symbolic than
anything else, and the candidate can completely ignore it once elected
anyway. Thus, the Republicans had nothing to gain and everything to
lose in not affirming ERA.
Whether the Republicans support ERA or not, they should have af
firmed it in something as vague and non-binding as the platform. It
could not hurt them to affirm it, even if they didn't fully support it.
Backing the ERA was a political necessity even if it did not fit perfectly
into the Republican ideological game plan.
Remember that over 50 percent of the eligible voters are women.
Pickets outside the convention in Detroit and letters to Reagan from
every major women's magazine are just two examples showing that
these voters are displeased and have been alienated by the GOP stand.
The Republicans can still recover from this drastic political blunder
by affirming the ERA at the convention, but it appears that the ultraconservatives
will not allow that to happen.
And of course Reagan won't trv to change the GOP Dosition because
unity is much too important this year to the Republicans.
The Republicans may not care about the political ramifications of
denying the ERA now, but they will in November when women voters
express their wrath and it costs Reagan the election.
Steve Riddell
Editor-in-Chiei
Riley vs. USC
A substantial round of applause should be directed toward Gov. Dick
Riley for his intelligent, hard-lined stand against a $250,000 approval to
pay for architects and planning on the proposed Carolina Arts Center.
At the last meeting of the board July 8, Riley was pressured by eacn
board member ? especially power-weilding senate finance committee
chairman Rembert C. Dennis. They tried to convince Riley that a
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needed to be taken. Riley was not easily convinced.
. Daetwyler, USC systems vice-president of business and finance, and
Rinker, USC systems vice-president for facilities and planning, were
confident of getting the affirmative nod from the board, but Riley held
firm, sending the two USC officials back to Osborne Administration
building shaking their heads.
"It would be a mistake to spend $250,000 to build a building we don't
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neeu iu uuiiu, ruiey suatea.
Riley is right. Once again, USC is selfishly looking toward its own
ends to make this campus "the window of the world." Never mind that
every institution in the state would probable like to have an arts center
or share in the control of such a facility.
This "me first" attitude is something that has been the watchword for
^resident uoiaerman ana tne Board oi Trustees along with those who
ride on Holderman's coattails as USC progresses in casing more about
those outside South Carolina than the people who live here.
This opinion is reflected in fact. The money going for the Arts Center
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win cuuie uui ui general uungauuii ounas, wmcn means mai everyooay
in the state will have a hand in paying off the debt for this monstrosity.
As usual, those that will have to pay have no say in the matter.
The Gamecock challenges USC administrators, as well as students,
alumni and everyone associated with this college to respond to
something which in our estimation is a squandering of our money and
yours.
Mark Platte
Staff Writer
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To the Editor:
I have read with interest the
letters to the editor in the July 2nd
issue of the Gamecock, par
ticularly Mr. Scalera's comments
concerning President Holderman.
A few facts should be brought to
the attention of your readers in
order to permit a balanced consideration
of the problem.
Funding by the General
Assembly has fallen far short
of that called for by the funding
formula and that
recommended by the Commission
on Higher Education.
The per capita income of
South Carolinians has increased
more rapidly than
(JSC tuition has increased. T
Inflation has far ex$
ceeded the USC tuition in- -r
crease.
USC is faced with con- 1
tinuing pressure from rising ^
costs for materials, main
w
tenance, supplies, equipment, ^
and particularly energy. n
The tuition increase was
recommended by all the
principal fiscal and academic .
officials of the University.
The tuition increase
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recommended 10 tne Board of
Trustees by President jt
Holderman was less than that
recommended by some USC
Fetus a life I
To the Editor:
Karen Addy (July 2, "Abortion a
ruling an injustice") apparently 1
feels that ecomonic and d
sociological statistics are suf
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ncieni grounds lor me taking of a
prenatal lives. Implicit is her
denial of the "personhood" of the v
fetus, an issue which pro- tl
abortionists say should be left up to a
the mother and her doctor. "Pro- p
life" advocates, however, point to p
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pression, response to stimuli etc.
? factors which indicate grave a
moral risk in allowing any mother s
to consider a child, as expendable r
as a wart. v
The pro-life value premise P
(sanctity of life) is no more v
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value premise (individual rights). P
What I would like to know is where ii
did we Americans finally decide v
that personal unpleasantness, 11
inconvenience, and psychological
distress (i.e. of the mother) are
worse crimes than murder? c
James M. Gibson
Fostdoc/Cfiemistry Dept.
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crease nc
officials and was less than that
needed or justified.
* The date of the announcement
of the tuition
increase was late due to the
l_ ii n 1
iau; acuun 01 me Vjenerai
Assembly.
President Holderman
and other USC proponents
were continually active in
attempting to obtain sufficient
funding in hopes that no
tuition increase would be
Sex, not abo
to
is real issue
othe Editor:
Concerning Karen Addy's editorial
ijustice," which dealt with the r<
pholding the Hyde Amendment:
Ms. Addy's "reproductive freedom"
lat abortion advocates overlook: nair
Oman's body; on the contrary, a f<
iological organism drawing sustena
ssiding in the uteral cavity") is a bodj
human body unto itself.
Abortion advocates imply that a hui
uman and that as long as no formal
hould have no qualms about ending th
lleged alien nature of the fetus, wl
equence of sexual intercourse, pr
listract attention from the real is:
Reproductive freedom" can thus b
aying "sexual irresponsibility," anc
bscure the fact that abortion, as a m
ccasion for murder.
Abortion, as a means of birth contr
ind emotionally, for supposedly-n
[responsibility. We get incensed, thoi
lelinquency ; we are ever so happy t<
ixhileration but are dismayed at di:
equence of our actions
As Ms Addy points out, "a woman ha
metner or not she will terminate a pre
hat in most cases a woman has the ad
t all. In this connection Ms. Addy co:
roof birth control device;" although
roof birth control method does exist,
abstinence."
If women and men of our society do
11 should be willing to forego the few i
o often and so naturally lead to pn
eceived 40% of the abortions in the U
/ho since 1973 have received 33% of il
erhaps learn more about the abstine
/hich is guaranteed, both in prevent
elf-respect and self-discipline. The be
irofit from learning about sexual at
rresnonsihilitv whinh IoqHo
g j AVMVUJ VV pi
/omen who must make the final agoni;
lew life within them.
We hear that "the wages of sin is de
n both sexual abstinence and the pi
onstitute no crimes but contribute to 1
Eng
ieded
necessary.
"Big Daddy Jim" has
been singularly successful in
obtaining financial and other
support for USC. A significant
factor has been the increase in
visibility of a fine University
due to the distinguished
visitors to the ramnns in
recent years.
Rufus G. Fellers
Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
rtion,
of July 2, "Abortion ruling an
ecent Supreme Court decision
argument ignores the same fact
lely, that a fetus is not a part of a
jtus (here defined as "a viable
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/ unto itself, and a human fetus is
man fetus is something less than
protest is made by the fetus, we
le fetus' life. By focusing upon the
hose presence is a natural cono-abortion/pro-choice
advocates
sue, which is sexual behavior,
e seen as a roundabout way of
I the euphemism is employed to
ethod of birth control, is often an
ol, is a cheap way, economically
nature adults to admit their
igh, when reminded of our sexual
) enjoy a few moments of sexual
scovering the most natural cons
the constitutional right to chose
ignancy." It is worth noting, also,
Iditional right not to get pregnant
mplains of the "absence of a fail
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and it is commonly referred to as
not desire unwanted children, we
moments of sexual arousal which
ignancy. The teenage girls who
,S. in 1979 and the welfare women
he abortions in this nation should
snce method, the effectiveness of
ing pregnancies and in building
>ys and men of the U.S. could also
)stinence, because too often the
incy is laid solely upon girls and
eing decision whether to abort the
ath;" but it is difficult to find sin
evention of abortion: these two
iving for all of those involved.
Edward Roberts
[lish/Secondary Education Senior