Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Editorial n?n Budget cut: giant step n/uuau/uf u When the state Budget and Control Board asked all state agencies to submit plans to meet a possible 7 percent acrossthe-board cut in personnel expenditures, many untenured USC faculty members began to sweat. The cut is not definite yet, but if it is implemented, USC will have to shave $4.7 million off the budget. President James Holderman said that means 300 professors will be out of work next year and that about 7,000 students who would have been accepted for enrollment at Carolina will have to find somewhere else to go to school. And not all administrators and staff are safe either. Holderman said there would have to be a reduction in non leacnmg personnel it the cut is implemented. WHAT ALL OK THIS means to students is that the quality of education at this institution will take a nose dive if this budget cut is put into effect. It means the size of classes will increaseand there will be 5,000 less students on the Columbia campus. It's a good way to help solve the parking and housing problems on campus, but it also forces a progressive university like USC to take a big step backward. Last year, the Commission on Higher Education recommended that USC be appropriated $ttl.7 million for the Columbia campus, but the Budget and Control Board only allottc 1 $71 ^million. That means the Columbia campus is operating on H8 percent of the commission's suggested l uncling IF THIS ADDITION AL seven percent cut on personnel is entoreed, it means the university, which is already operating with a severely cut budget, will have to cut corners even more. In the end, students at Carolina will suffer the most. Holderman said he will not increase tu lion to'cover the loss if the cut is implemented, which is ol so.ne consolation to financially strapped students. But keeping tuition at thesame level while the quality of education at the institution goes down is not the answer. An education at USC is not going to be xi/nrth ninnh if '??'/? 1 ?n/xrvl/? 4 1 VT Willi iii u v. i 11 niv.it ait K.U (JCU^IC III cvtl^v L'lUSS UUU students have to wait days to get a meeting with a faculty member. The admissions office said requirements for incoming freshmen will have to be increased to a projected 2.2 GPR to limit the number of students at USC. The standard now is a 2.0. Raising the standards will cut enrollment substantially, but it won't be enough. Holderman said he may also stop suspended sutdents from being readmitted to cut enrollment further. USC IS A GROWING and \ibrant institution. This personnel budget cut is going to knock the school back a giant step. Just when Carolina got on the road to becoming a great institution, these budget cuts are threatening to slam the door. II students wai t t<? get a quality education at this institution. they w ' .ive to fight. Every USC student and lacuily member &:.ould write a letter to his representative in the state Legislature to voicc outrage at this proposal, which, i( implemented, will fore-.' USC, an already poorly funded institution, to cut its budget so drastically that it cannot Iunction properly. Letter jam-up takes patience The Gamecock like: lo receive letters and hear students' opinions, bu recently we have received so many iMtorc it it HilTinnH " it 4 U ^ 11? ?- * .v>v>.iu ? t.i UU1IV.UU ivi 11 11ivtiii in on mt? eunoriai p<iimmediately after they ;.i i received. Please be patient as we try to run every letter . . he available space and still keep the subjects timely It is eucoui aging to kiiow students care enough about an issue to write a letter to the editor. We're not complaining about the amount of letters; we just want students to realize their letters will be run as soon as possible. Keep the letters comm.,. 0 amecocK Founded 1 908 Nov srocm 777 7 181 Advertising 777 4?49 Bus-nessOH.ce: 77 / 38t<> Production 777 283: ' Sffphon Hidden Editor 8'ian Meium - . v -3esk Chief Hitlic.d Meyers Asst Sports Ed iVi-irk F'latte V.-.js Edit..- John Parnell . Giaphics Editor Ke'.in Johnsrn' \s .- cw.. /-. ? .???o l uiiic *-yiniu(i ^divert Wire Editor leannie Ralstor Luitoriai PageEditoi J?an Hatched . Business Manager wt.ob.i B.i.'th.' dgu fn! Editor Jerry Brewer General Manager Ward Borden j, Em r.di|n> Anthony Gray Advertising Manager Mike Ch100.no Sports Editor William Tinsley Production Manager Michelle Buichette . . Asst Sports Ed. Mark Ethndge Jr. . .. AdviseSole reproductiot) rights granted to the Associated Press All other material contained herein may not be reproduced without the permission of the editor Opinions expressed in the Gamecock me those, if signed, of the writer, and. if unsigned, of the editoi Letters & Columns The GainecocK welcomes letters * jlurnns All letters and columns must be typewritten, triple spaced on <i 65 .< i Letters should be no longer than 300 wor . and columns should be limited to one newsworthy sub|ect no longer than foi . typed pages Letters and columns must be signed with the writer's correct name, telephone nurnbor, mailing address, class standing or faculty position arid major Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but die writer s name may Re withheld on letters, upon request, if the circumstances warrant it We reserve the right to edit columns and letters for space and style <?nd we reserve the right to rniect any column for any reason Address letters and columns to: Editorial Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, (JSC, Columbia, S C. 29208. L SG infri To the Kdilor: After participating in the camp-out for ClemsonCarolina football tickets and after reading the articles published in the Gamecock, I have come to the conclusion that a major point has been missed in dealing with this issue ? students' rights. 1 fir.* i n in uiv 1/ uumecocR, Leon Parrot, chairman of the Student Government Athletic Committee, said students could begin camping out at 11:30 p.m. Saturday and anyone atLet's be j. To the Editor: In response to Mr. Sedlock'i 'tactless'," in the Oct. 20 issue I'm glad to know that the material than the Gamecocl comments about the paper, I hear them. In no way am I de but I am questioning Mr. Se Gamecock as a whole. I believ that the Gamecock receives fi good a paper as can be expect< Mr. Sedlock would submit con rather than destructive letters, increase greatly. For a school department in the Southeast it should be of such "poor quality Advertis insults Jt TotheKditor: I would like to respond to the Gamecock's printing of the advertisement soliciting readers to purchase the book "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." which annearoH in Oct. 2',\ issue. While I wholeheartedly support complete freedom of the press, there are statutes covering libel, slander and inciting to riot. First of all. the "Protocols of the Klders of Zion" is a book written about a mythical plot by rabbis and so-called Zionist leaders to control the world. The book itself is destructive Q-hf-onc? +-1?\ HHHHHHHHK9H the Editor i studen in the Gamecock that SG intended to run the pick-up from the beginning, tough luck to anyone who chose to ignore this. I answer by saying, if this be the case, SG should have been at the coliseum when the first camper arrived. This is the real "very beginning" of the ticket pick-up. By allowing students to sign a list as they arrive, regardless of how early their arrival may be, the "pushing and shoving" that the Gamecock mentioned in its Oct. 23 editorial would have never happened. This somewhat violent I ~ Ozzie Shuler Chemistry Freshman ?>m??nf 1^111'O I II, ?ws enough just as hate literature, but this book has been used by the early Communist regime, Nazis, various konth a ..v/uni (mil l ICclII regimes and the Arabs to justify genocide of the Jewish people. I feel the Gamecock should serve the interests of the university community, and I feel that by printing the aforementioned advertisement it is condoning the practice of genocide. 1 also trust that the Gamecock would reject advertisements from the American Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan promoting ? U UtJ-l O ULJ inged or temntine to r?mn lw>fnr<> thic time would be turned away by campus police. Who, may I ask, bestowed upon SG the power to restrict the movement of students on this campus? In casting my vote for our officers last Spring, I had hoped that this action was in order to give students more power, not take it away. If a student was inclined toward camping out earlier than the specified time, doesn't he or she have the right to do so? One may argue that because Parrot announced yositive 5 letter to the editor, "File 13 of the Gamecock, I must say above reads higher quality t?.But as for his derogatory personally would rather not ifending the "File 13" article, dlock's right to criticize the e that considering the support rom the student body, it is as sd. If journalism students like strudtive articles to the paper the quality of the paper would I that has the best journalism seems odd that the Gamecock t 9 (jive ai basic nn~ ii ? ' | u tiie r^auor: Once again the ugly head of self| righteousness raises its head. The recent onslaught of letters per| taining to the "Ellis | Incident" clearly show the warmth, fairness, compassion and not to mention hypocrisy of ; the Carolina community. Whatever happened to "due process," "trial by jury," and "the presumption of innocence until proven guilty?" Are these basic principles of American ; justice no longer fashionable9 Pinn^ ? ivuat , I! there is no need to reply. ! Your answer has already been heard loud and clear. Do not misconstrue this as a defense for Mr. | Kllis,tho football player. the genocide of blacks and Catholics. I believe that the Gamecock should reject advertisements from any group promoting the genocide of another group of people. I hope this was'just an error in judgment by the Gamecock and not an accepted policy. I hope to see HHHBK ..I.? i ^ spcfc>~ He's 1 AgM SMOKE [ ^ I AW1M / J , w& it rights behavior was caused by SG's dismissal of the first list, for people become frustrated when they realize their sacrifice (in this case, missing Homecoming) has been without reward. A final point, concerning Gamecock coverage of this event, is its incomplete and unobjective reporting only aided and abetted SG in this crimp nprnolratpH acroinci J I ~ VJ Xb"""" the students of USC. Michael Gooding Political Science thletes rights This is an appeal for the ngnis ol Mr. Ellis, the student. As his actions occurred after the ] game, while out of 1 uniform, and not under any competent supervision, why should : the fact that Ellis is an athlete have any bearing? Are Mr. Ellis' overzealous detractors j suggesting he should be given special treatment KA/>UIIC<A y-* C U*r? wvv-uuoc Ul III? (llllltTlit status? I There are perhaps too many questions here. The answers will be found in the eourts of law. We should leave the questions of guilt and innocence to the judges and lawyers, not to those who would dole out justice as they see fit with one eye closed. Name withheld by request an apology to the DSC Jewish community by the Gamecock. Name withheld by request (ImI iter's Note: The appearance of ail ad in the Gamecock does not constitute endorsement of the product or service.)