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Carlen's ?
inconsisti
It took Athletic Director Jim C
Chuck Finney and Tom Thomai
found out that the two player,
Statehouse swnritv cnmrH r?n Hm
Carlen immediately revoked tl
them off the football team. Car
defensive back, will be eligible
scholarship. Thomas, a lineback*
will not get another chance, acco;
The comparison between Carle
and his handling of the altercati
was involved in back in October a
When Ellis was charged with a
and aggravated nature after {
following the Duke game, Carlen
the team. He took the stance th
proven guilty.
But Carlen didn't give Finney
t ho HaiiM
Authority
about loci
To the Editor:
Sometime in the period of 1
December, the master key to Pr
area residential office for Prest<
least one more dorm master key fi
If Preston residents will rec
came around for some lock work
had gone bad in the looks. The lo
approximately one week after the
office.
All of this is to bring to point tl
had anything stolen from his roorr
should contact his residential life
M v infarmatinn nnmoc fir-c* ho
residential-life office when the th
being reported to the police.
The secretary told me not to sa>
I was not suppose to know. As for t
confessed to the real cause of the
called his bluff.
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Clearly both incidents warrant
Carlen only took action in one cs
Ellis was not disciplined becau
Finney was a starter too. Perhap!
this incident involved drugs.
Carlen struck hard at the Game
for Ellis' suspension after the fi|
lot. He said the paper tried Ellis ai
Now, when asked why Ellis w;
two players were, Carlen clain
circumstances in the Ellis case. C
himself. When his players get i
serious the offense is and then i
case.
Carlen said the magnitude of thi
dictated that he take action,
weren't of the same magnitude.
i>ecurit\,
To the Editor: ar
USC student security di
guards have been known to th
receive verbal insults and th
non-verbal malicious st
gestures from fellow th
students for merely doing st
their jobs. o\
The insults and gestures
1 I
actions
Bnt
arlen just one hour to throw
s out of the Roost when he
s had been arrested by a
g charges.
ipir srhnlarchinc nr?rl lrir?b-*5>H
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len said Finney, a starting
to play this fall without a
jr who quit the squad in 1979,
rding to Carlen.
n's handling of this incident
ion defensive end Phil Ellis
re like night and day.
ssault and battery of a high j
* fight in the parking lot
i did not suspend Ellis from
tat Ellis was innocent until
and Thomas the benefit of
:ed disciplinary action, but
ise. Many students thought
ise he was a starter. But
s Carlen was harsh because
'cock when the paper called
ght in the stadium parking
nd sentenced his uniustlv
if " ^ "
as not suspended,yet these
is there were extenuating
)arlen is acting as the judge
n trouble, he decides how
enders his decision on the
b offense in the Finney case
Apparently Ellis' actions
i guards
e probably caused by a
srespect and ignorance of s
e security guard's job on n
e student's part. Some d
udents are of the opinion g
at since the guard is only a n
udent they can walk all li
'erhim. r
Granted, student guards h
2S lied ;
m
ks i:
j'
ate November and early
eston was stolen from the 11
)n-Woodrow, along with at a
ar the same area. ^
all, maintenance workers
, claiming that the springs j
cks were not changed until J
; keys were stolen from the
lat if any Preston resident
i during this time period, he ^
; supervisor on the matter. ^
nd because I was in the E
eft of the master keys was y
P
r anything about it, and that d
he maintenance worker, he s;
lock change as well when I 1
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re not bona fide registered to?
ecurity guards. They po
onetheless perform the ge
uties of regular security
uards. The security guard's rei
ciain job is to protect the foi
ives and property of the sU
esidents at the dorm where the
e is working. the
STUDENTS should try to 1
emember this whenever the
hey come into the dorm in a of
ad mood, whether it be ev<
rom a broken love affair, re<
ailing a test, drunkeness, or res
jst plain old grouchiness. asl
The greatest number of res
isults occur when residents do*
re asked to show their keys, res
"hey make it seem as if it is foi
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'o the Editor:
I followed the Gamecock's cover
rom the start. From that time, I c
ludson story, but never what Phil
lllis pegged guilty the moment th
ou even tried to get Ellis' side <
laying judge and jury. Your bias
esired, as far as fair journalis
aying that Ellis is innocent, I was
see from your articles that your <
'as Larry Hudson himself.
L/.S. supp
genocidal
'othe Editor:
Very few Americans have any e?
ictatorship of the Right. I gre
lepublic under Trujillo and lived i
f this century's bloodiest dictators
For those of us who have seen
nd shoot innocent people in the j
nd at times run from the terror 01
; almost impossible to believe I
merican government to the g
alvador. all in the name of anti-co
I UNDERSTAND the fear of Co
Dread. Cuba is a repressive stal
lilure. But we must not foolishly si
tuation. Here it is not a que:
apitalism; it is a question of justic
When a man is branded a Commi
higher salary because his family
Fter found shot in a ditch, can w
illers merely because they claim
as a great anti-marxist. The Hig
eft. as we saw this week in the att
i.ces of the petroleum
r they can keep alterir
the consumer. TKe mo
fs is out of control..
LTERED
saaa^?
he Editor
> student'
d painful to reach into their VERE
ckets and pocketbook to often fol
t their keys. of non
rhe security guard is gesture,
quired to ask the residents who i
' keys because it is a gestures
indard rule to prove that another
; student actually lives at did not a
idorm. thesecu
low'iver, after working at done,
i dorm for a certain length The i
time the guard will take a
entually get to know and There is
:ognize most of the grimace
iidents. Then he can stop the roon
ting for the keys of the guard's
iidents he knows, but if he head she
es not recognize the guard w
;ident it is his duty to ask the d(
'a key. necessai
rage was t<
Your ?
age of the Phil Ellis story believe t
onstantly heard the Larry men. Ho
Ellis had to say. You had in your
e story broke. I wonder if cident, t
)f the story or if you like level in
ed stories left much to be details 1
m is concerned. I'm not articles,
not there as a witness, but your wri
only reporter on the scene PHIL
your bia
. 0 candidal
sorting srss
9 # "tale" a
nation sas
Maybe
somethii
rnorionno r\t 41?'
.w... wt i ausm ui tut; biased c<
!\v up in the Dominican
n Spain under F'ranco, two
. (Editor'!
the police and army beat storv wh
jtreets, and who have felt
f their clubs and bullets, it If
the support given by the I I f
enocidal government El
mmunism. .
mmunism and oppose its IT 1
:e also, and an economic ?
implify the El Salvadorian To the K<
stion of Communism or While
:e or genocide. Horseshc
jnist simply for asking for of peace,
is starving and he is soon- obvious
e condone or suoDort his the beai
to be anti-marxist? Hitler Neo-Geoi
ht is just as brutal as the and the a
empted coup in Spain. of the "pi
hesitate I
Ken Strauss thereon.
Pre-medlcal student Transf
i
conglom er ates, ex
ij} ilieir gas rates "?o
A. A. . f> I .
sL Lerntyjng exjseri
..and th.e$u)pject
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K/lit
s respe*
IAL INSULTS are than ne
lowed by some form and tl
-verbal malicious deliben
Usually the person guard
jses non-verbal roomk*
i had at nnp timp nr StuHp
disagreed with or that s<
pprove of something people t
rity guard may have put do
doing tl
ion-verbal gestures student
variety of forms, time y<
the straight forward insultin
or frown, snapping just re
1 key jerkily into the staying
face, turning the 8 a.m.
irply away from the and pri
ith a sigh, slamming him a
>or harder than don't y
ry, talking louder least de
ao one -s
irticles have influenced many s
hat Phill Ellis likes nothing bet!
wever, I must say it was quite i
February 11th edition, that "?
he alcohol content of Hudson's
dicating intoxication." It's i
ike that seemed to be missin
I guess it was just poor resea
ters.
ELLIS' reputation was, to say t
ised articles; yet, somehow,
p for sainthrvnH Ic nnf
au aavrv 11V MIC \JII
get a buck out of the situatioi
is, but also, for reasons unkno
bout poor dad trying so hard
altercation did bring somethir
\ to lose it.
s your story is the true story
lg missing from your articlej
average.
Soph*
s Note: Phil Ellis refused to pi
en the Gamecock asked for his <
UQPcVino
r a 1V/V/
tes comir
iitor feet trs
walking down the geometi
>e, that ancient hall walkway
, I was struck by the shivers f
disparity between of harmc
itifully understated Alas,
rgian architecture where b
icidic, intestinal hue the Horst
aint" employed as, I house of
:o say, "decoration" spew fort
ixed and immobile. Name
J
squeeze even J
merit in the 4,
IS ^
i j
^ 11
memoer mat he is
up from midnight to
to protect your life
operty. Try to give
little consideration,
ou think that he at
serves that?
Bernard Simien
sided
tudents on campus to
ter than to beat up old
lice of you to mention
it the time of the ini
blood was twice the
imazing how minor
ig from your earlier
rching on the part of
he least, damaged by
<Ir. Hudson is now a
e who, upon realizing
n, decided to sue not
wn to me, USC! His
to recover from that
ig to my throat ? too
, but there was still
s: namely, fair, unChris
Lommen
Jmore History Major
*esent his side of the
comments.)
decor
lpnt
JB. 111.
tmpling upon the
'ical diadem of I
s, I suffered spinal
rom the blatant lack I
ny there presented.
where be beauty? B
e truth? Where be
sshoe? Where be the I
convenience ere I 8
;h my lunch? 9
Withheld by request I
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ct
cessary to the guard,
le boldest one is
ately walking by the
without showing the
iy.
nts should realize
scurity guards are
oo. No one likes to be
wn or insulted for
leir job. So to all the
s out there, the next
>u're thinking about
g the security guard