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Budget cut: giant step backward 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 Aorprttw) 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 nonteaching personnel if the cut is implemented. WHAT ALL OF 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 increase.and 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 $81.7 million for the Columbia campus, but the Budget and Control Board only ailottcJ $71.9million. That means the Columbia campus is operating on 88 percent of the commission's suggested funding IF THIS ADDITIONAL seven percent cut on personnel is entorced, 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 of soine 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 (JSC is not going to be worth much if there are 120 people in every class and students have to wait days to get a meeting with a fatuity 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 outs are threatening to slam the door. II students want to get a quality education at this institution, they u!' U?ve to fight. Every USC student and faculty member .*>:iuuld write a letter to his representative in the state Legislature to voice outrage at this proposal, which, if implemented, will force USC, an already poorly funded institution, to cut its budget so drastically that it cannot function properly. ? ; LKliei jdlll-up takes patience The GamecucU like: to receive letters and hear students' opinions, bu recently we have received so many letters it is difficult to it them in on the editorial page immediately alter they ;>i t received. Please be patient as we try to run every letter ? i he available space and still keep the subjects timely It is encouraging to know students care enough about an issue 10 wrue a letter u> ine editor. we're not complaining about the amount of letters; we just want students to realize their letters will lie run as soon as possible. Keep the letters coming. QamecocK ? Founded 1 908 I Navsroom: 777-7181 Advertismg: 777 4?49 Busaess0ff.ee: 777 388t Pioduction: 777-283:-* ! Stcohen Riddf'll PrtnAr Brian Malum . v ?> OeskChiuf Hicha.d Meyers Asst. Sports Ed. Mark Platte .... N?rwf E dii??- John Parnell Giaphics Editor Kevin Johnson News Editor Cylinda Calvert Wire Editor .leannie Ralstor. uuitorial Pane Editor J'^an Hatchell .... Business Manager Lcesa Bambi.dgu Ent. Editor Jerry Brewer General Manager Ward Boiden ,0, Ent Editor AnthonyGray Advertising Managei Mike ChiObaru Sports Lditor William Tinsley Production Managei Michelle Burchette . . Asst. Sports Ed. Mark Ethridge Jr Advise' Sole reproduction rights granted to ihe Associated Press. All other material contained herein may not be reproduced without the permission of the editor Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those, if signed, of the writer, and, if unsigned, of the oditor . Letters & Columns The Gamecock welcomes letters " .. >lumns. All letters and nniumni. mnm u typewritten, triple spaced on a 65 li> Letters should be no longer thai) 300 woi-S and columns should be limited to one nowsworthy subject no longer than foi;. typed pages. Letters and columns must be signed with the writer's correct nair.?j, telephone number, mailing address, class standing or faculty position and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be withheld on letters, upon request, if the circumstances warrant it. We reserve the right to edit columns and letters for space and style and we reserve the right to reject any column for any reason. Address letters and columns to: Editorial Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S C. 29208. : I ? ? -1 SG infri To the Editor: 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 mat. a uiajui (Willi llda UCCII missed in dealing with this issue ? students' rights. In the Oct. 17 Gamecock, 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 i J To the Editor: In response to Mr. Sedlock 'tactless'," in the Oct. 20 issu I'm glad to know that th? material than the Gameco> comments about the paper, hear them. In no way am I c but I am questioning Mr. S Gamecock as a whole. I belie that the Gamecock receives good a paper as can be expec Mr. Sedlock would submit co A.I il. J i. A ! I -14 t amer man aesirucuve teller increase greatly. For a scho department in the Southeast, should be of such "poor qualit Advertis f J _ V insults <f To the Editor: 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 appeared in the Oct. 23 issue. While I wholeheartedly support complete freedom of the pi i.oa, iiitic aiv nicuuit'3 covering libel, slander and inciting to riot. First of all, the "Protocols of the Elders 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 Letters to inged or tpmntina In namn hofAra (hie vv? m vv W?V? V time would be turned away by campus police. Who, may 1 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 camnind mit aopliar llinn Htn ^ 115 vmv v?i iivi ciic411 uiv; specified time, doesn't he or she have the right to do so? One may argue that because Parrot announced positive ?? 4? ii ):i nn:i_ ,< > . a icuci 10 nit: cuuur, r lit; JU> ie of the Gamecock, I must say i above reads higher quality cfe.But as for his derogatory I personally would rather not lefending the "File 13" article, edlock's right to criticize the ve that considering the support from the student body, it is as :ted. If journalism students like nstru<*tive artiplf?s In thp nanpr ? ?? s, the quality of the paper would ol that has the best journalism it seems odd that the Gamecock y" Ozzie Shuler Chemistry Freshman iement ews enough just as hate literature, but this book has been used by the early Communist regime, Nazis, various South American regimes and the Arabs to justify genocide of the Jewish people. I feel the uamecock should serve the interests of the university community, and I feel that by printing the aforementioned advertisement it is condoning the practice of genocide. I also trust that the Gamecock would reject advertisements from thn American Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan promoting 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 Gamecocfe mentioned in its Oct. 23 editorial i i j wuuiu nave never nappenea. This somewhat violent Give ai basic To the Editor: Once again the ugly head of self righteousness raises its head. The recent onslaught of letters pertaining 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 I jury," and "the presumption of in nocence until proven I guilty? " Are these basic principles of American justice no longer i fashionable? Please, there is no need to reply. Your answer has already been heard loud and clear. Do not misconstrue I this as a defense for Mr. Ellis,the football player. the genocide of blacks and Catholics. I l>elieve that the Gamecock should reject advertisements from any group promoting the genocide of another group of people. I hope this was'just on L xi ? ti i ki in juu?iiit:iii uy ine Gamecocfe and not an accepted policy. I hope to see HHHi M RwfilpB^I SJtwHb He's 1 H*'| SMOKE | r \ Mmfj b , ^ *S*xJ* . j /.^Try I 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 us incomplete ana unobjective reporting only aided and abetted SG in this crime perpetrated against the students of USC. Michael Gooding Political Science thletes rinlifc This is an appeal for the 1 rights of Mr. Ellis, the student. As his actions occurred after the j game, while out of \ uniform, and not under any competent supervision, why should the fact that Ellis is an athlete have any A Mn Pllin1 UVUI lllg . ru V IT At . UlllO overzealous detractors suggesting he should be given special treatment because of his athletic status? There are perhaps too many questions here. The answers will be found in the courts 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 j with one eye closed. Name withheld by request an apology to the USC Jewish community by the Gamecock. Name withheld by request (Editor's Note: The appearance of an ad in the Gamecoch does not constitute endors<>mpnt nf th? product or service.)