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Just who is USC sports supposed to be serving ? it certainly
isn't the students and according to a court action filed
by June Yarborough, an USC law student graduate, it isn't
tne Carolina community, wno does tnen benent irom
spoi ls? Its the alumni.
For the Clemson-USC game, the Gamecock Club gets 8,525
tickets and for the 25,000 students enrolled on the Columbia
campus there are approximately 1,200 tickets.
Granted that alumni give quite a lot of money to the
school's athletic program, but then so do the students if you
add up all the athletic fees for all the students. Students
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tickets left over they should be given to the alumni.
How did the alumni get such fond memories of USC sports
? mostly by having been students and going to the games.
But if a new crop of potential alumni are denied seeing games
then, as a student wrote in Monday's Gamecock, fans will be
lost and thus future alumni supporters of Carolina.
Sports are for the people going to school at the time and
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distribution Now students arc given, instead of first choice,
last choice.
June Yarborough's plan is the most sensible one to come
along in quite a while. He is demanding in effect that the
tickets be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. That
makes sense.
11 you want a ticket, get in line with everybody else and pay
for the right to see the game.
There may be those who can't physically get in line, then
let them have some one else pick up the tickets for them. It is
the most sensible, equable and fairest approach to the re(KTiirrinp
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Until the university can work out a system that gives
students tirst chance at getting tickets for games, then at
least the tickets should be distributed as Yarborough wants,
on a first-come, first-serve basis.
USC Moonies
are laying low
It looks like the Moonies have been scared off. The
Collegiate Association for the Research of Princioles. a front
organization for the Moonies, had planned to apply for a
campus license this fall. But so far they haven't been seen by
student government or anyone on campus.
During the summer the
Gamecock ran a series of
articles on me Moonies and
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pq ymmgr 1A license through CARP.
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^EgHF right for the Moonies to reemerge
at USC.
Several years ago the Moonies, as Moonies, were licensed
at USC but were suspended after a number of student
complaints about soliciting members and other violations of
student chartered groups.
No one wants to limit a group's access to campus,
especially if students are to be members. But CARP may
have wanted to repeat the tactics of their forebearers and
saw that IJSC would not allow it
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Cheerlc
To the Editor:
In response to your Sept.
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is necessary to correct the
misconception of the
Carolina cheerleaders being
"too suggestive."
Our cheerleaders have
worked many hard hours
this summer, as well as
every day of the week, to
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good
To the Editor: I
Group Therapy's begin- 1
ning was indeed the for- j
mation of a humble hole-inthe-wall
tavern. It may have
grown in popularity, but the
only business suits seen are
either those of police
breaking up fist-for-alls or
somebody stopping bv for an
on-the-way-down Schlitz Bull
toast.
The only way I d stand in
line again would be to enter
announcing that tonight
everyone had experienced
the last night of G.T. (Then
run like Hell with one arm
over my head and the other
clutching my wallet.) The
"comfortable" decor would
allow me to elbow, knee, and
lowered-head-charge my
way to one of nine easy exits.
Had I entered the "dimly lit"
portion in the rear, they'd
sun ue waning lor positive
identification through a
forensic dentist.
G.T. is definitely a change
from the Spur, Beethovens,
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bijt my idea of a party isn't a
"CHICKY BABY'' assgrabbing
atmosphere set
amongst ammonia-armpits.
Going from corner to corner
for relief (Heaven knows
where they hid the toilet)
from the "pits" leads you
away from the "good" tunes.
Whatever GOOD means...
It's not that my Gucci
loafers got scuffed or that
my Dom Perignon soaked
c a
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pastel, I just feel there are
and could be better places
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ettens to
aders a
improve their cheerleading
abilities. Their routines, as
well as cheers, are flawless
and that shows how much
they practice. They attended
a cheerleading camp this
summer and won numerous
ribbons for their cheers and
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stick every day.
If their dances are too
suggestive, whv did their
therapy
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G. Therapy is a social experience
and indeed a good
laugh. I'd rather laugh with
the crowd rather than at
them.
Inside Group Therapy
(Photo by Barry Newman)
For ME; a single, drinking
ana partying student ... I
recommend the trunk of a
burnt-out '62 Mustang, thirty
people held showerless since
their last sober Sunday,
Duck-Head overalls, and a
powerful will to form a
Haight-Ashbury refuge
camp. If we get bored we can
hit Group T...sub-machine
gun hip level and smokin\
What the hell. We're the best
of the non-productive. Let's
keep our level ot mental
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A little Group T. and ammonia
and we'll conquer
world famine. Let's toast!
Schlitz for the house!!!
Cheers...
T.Schrader
pre-deiitaS senior
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routines win them ribbons at
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camp: wny uu uie siuuenib
show so much enthusiasm at
the games? If the "rest of
us" (whoever "us" is) don't
like the "suggestive
routines," why has there
been such a large crowd at
the pep rallies? The "us"
that was mentioned is obviously
only a small fraction
of the percentage of students
who actually enjoy watching
the routines.
I, and others like myself,
support the cheerleaders
wholeheartedly. Their hard
work and dedication is one of
admiration. I just hope that
thf?v will kppn thp t?nnd work
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and that "Carolina spirit"
going strong.
Lisa J. Manini
political science freshman
To the Editor:
It seems a bit mundane to
argue over such trivia, yet
after reading last week's
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"risque" cheerleaders I was
much confused.
Having been a former
cheerleader in high school, I
Tennis f<
To the Editor:
It must be nice to be, a girl;
sidering the privileges that j
member.
My roommate and I attemp
afternoon, September 8. We
student courts, but we were tur
because we had no reservation
tennis practice had ended at J
play. Arriving there around 5
courts and snmo rv?nnlf? wniti
what was going on, we asked *
vacant.
To our amazement, we foun
taken all six courts to play an i
addition to regular practice, ai
into the hallowed court area
their sacred match. We were
had an hour or more to go, s
censed. One would think that
Austin were playing a Wimble
that was heint* forrpH down nth
I would really like to see a
persons involved that could ex
six courts to play one match.
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I lore a parade
^ (too... it's just
^ cleaning up attep
all these circus
animals that
ess
speak from experience.
Cheerleading, although little
mental work is involved, is a
sport in every sense. It is a
unified body of people
working in harmony towards
one common goal, namely to
inspire the fans of USC.
Those men and women
practice diligently, they
sweat, and perform well. If
you have ever performed
you share those moments of
doubt before it all begins;
can I do it one more time,
that is, be a showman, a
good performer.
The USC cheerleaders
work hard to please the
crowd, to encourage victory,
and if they choose to
"dance" to a cheer rather
than merely slouch around
and mumble inaudible,
boring, slogans then that is
their business and they
should not be criticized.
As Colin Higgins, author of
Harold and Maude would
have said, "If you want tc
sing out, Sing Out, if you
want to be free, Be Free."
Maiuly Marshall
theatre sophomore
>ul-up
s' varsity tennis player, conalong
with being a team
ted to play tennis on Monday
headed toward the regular
ned away by a security officer
s. Then, realizing that varsity
>:45, we walked over there to
>:50, we saw two girls on tne
ng in the stands. Wondering
>omeone why five courts were J
d out that those two girls had
inter-team challenge match in
id that no one else could cross
for fear that it might disturb
told that the match probably
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Chris Evert Lloyd and Tracy
don final from all the courtesy
ers throats.
t response to this letter from
plain to me why two girls need
John E. Bartus
marine science sophomore
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