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Editorial Appeals process needs amending With all the controversy over how the Legislature should handle university and college appeals against Commissioi on mgner uaucatton decisions, finance unairman KemDer C. Dennis has made tbe best proposal. Dennis has suggested an amendment to the Senati Education Committee's proposal requiring approval of botl the House and the Senate to grant an appeal. Dennis nmAndmAnt lumilH rAnniiw a inint oMainn nf flu* Hmioi and Senate education committees to hear appeals Therefore, the decision would be based on the combine* votes of both education committees, giving complet discretion to neither committee. This process is more fair to the Commission on Highei Education because it requires convincing a more represei tativ* group of legislators. Since the present law requires th< approval of only one committee, colleges and universitie now only have to convince one of the three parties involved Dennis' proposal will make it more difficult to overturn i Commission on Higher Education decision and give thi commission more opportunity 10 ao lis joo. The proposed process is more pratical for several reasons The appeals process is lengthy at best, but appealing to on< joint session will save time. The College of General Studie was in limbo for several months awaiting a final decision 01 USC's appeal against phasing out all two-year occupationa nrnorams I1SP wnn its nnnpnl nn thp Hnncft'e Hopicinn alnno but had it been made to wait for the Senate's decision it woul< have been in suspense much longer. By setting up a joint committee, the power problem is als< solved. By putting both House and Senate members pn th< committee neither body has total power. The Commission on Higher Education has a vital job to do Its decisions must be given more credit in order for it to be ai effective entity. I Must stop fighting in Middle East To the Editor: Syrian and PLO forces are subjecting the innocent Christian population of Ashrafieh (East Beirut) and Zahle, the largest Christian city in the Middle East, to a massive shelling of barbaric proportions, leaving 200 persons dead, 500 wounded and 100 buildings destroyed. The bombing has reached such an intensity that the wounded are dying because of the lack of medical care and the dead cannot be buried. The shelling of the only hospital in Zahle has left 300 persons (the sick, wounded, 'loctors and nurses) helpless and trapped. All contacts with the Syrians to stop their aggression have been fruitless. Taking advantage of the assassination atteippt made on the life of President Reagan and the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Haig on a peace initiative to the Middle East, the Syrian occupation forces and the PLO are attempting to force the population of Zahle to leave their homes and settle elsewhere. As they have done in the past with other U.S. peace initiatives, they are again showing their displeasure. Zahle and Ashrafieh appear to be the victims. It is hard to believe that these brutal attacks are happening under President Reagan, who stated in 1976 that if he were Dresident the traeedv in I^ebanon would not have happened. We appeal to the United States, to the United Nations, to the world churches, to the people and governments of the free world to use all the necessary means to: 1 ? Stop the snemng 01, ana aiiacKs against, zame ana Asnratien. z ? Compel the withdrawal of the Syrian forces and the PLO f rom both cities and to deploy the Lebanese army in their place. 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Dr.twer A, USC, Columbia, S C 29208 . A'tmiftrtwii #80 | rv I?_?J. A y\ v. |: t ? % - >. ? F** **** ' '* v** " * % Y 5 toMfiXtKO ~jj W'?^ . ?1 *rlwf ir?*? ? . 5 V "< * .* * *? rfv' I h s? ?' M 1 Hl%r*H'< * V* ?**?* * r 1s s L i B e s i 1 ? J 0 B >. n ?-? ? Letters to 1 Critic la To the Editor: i Unlike many, I do not 1 consider David Baker to be i consistently incorrect in his 1 film criticism. At times he is . n 11 i t a o nnil r o f o II n - < V| M A VV> M VV U 4 WW. V II ? fortunately he totally missed : the mark with his negative I v appraisal: of the film , "The Postman Always Rings Twice." < I fear that the problem ? stems from the fact that Mr. 1 Baker is our film expert in < residence and knows little 1 Srnnpn/r#: looking j To the Editor: HELP! I am involved in a sea One of the items that I have t of a Young Man" as sung by He) I have written to the Libr division, over 50 record finders stations and numerous magazii the music world. No success. ? * CI naj? UUC Ul yuui icallcrs the artist and would write to Dromot resnonse wnnlrl he nnnr involved. I A J i _ 1 rtaopiea need infc | To the Editor: ) These are sad times inr deed when individuals who r are adopted are forbidden to | question the identity of their natural parents unless there are "extraordinary circumstances" present. Granted certain problems may arise. Most persons who uib pbai^iimg tui uil'il ictll parents have a deep personal and emotional need to find these people. I feel certain some means of communication can be established for getting in touch with one another. Why can't the people in charge of the adoption records call or write the parents if they are kt If! M April 15...mm LIK6 l'n_ FOR&Z7 the Editor cks litei about literature. He reacts to Nicholson's performance and character as a Jack Nicholson fan and not as a James Cain fan. Nicholson in a recent issue of Rolling Stone states that they were true to Mr. Cain's novel. James Cain has a teniency to make a woman the strong focal character in his lovels. "Double InJemnity," "Mildred '' an/4 k IVA vv, UUU X IIV, 1 UOllliail r hunter 'or lyrics venger hunt. o find is the lyrics of 4'Ballad len Ramsey. ary of Congress, copyright on both coasts, several radio les and unions connected with has heard of the song and/or me at the address below. A eciated as there is a deadline Mignon Diane Lauber 120 West First Street ' Juneau, Alaska 99801 children )rmation to be found and ask them if they would like to talk to their children? Chances are there are also parents looking for their children. If either party refuses, the matter will not be forced. Of course, there is the risk of opening old wounds, or causing new ones, but chances must be taken. I'm sure somewhere in this world some of these people ui * arc searcmng lor one another and I don't feel it is right for the authorities to have such an iron-grip over people's lives. Cindy Gates english major _ I _ M ? I AhmU Pi \ f<rj TtT X _ J t * * ? i f W\wv/ m A... see MS nvG SOM 77///V<3! / aru knov mS Always Rings Twice " are ps; all examples of this. It is his Lang's character that ev< motivates and manipulates R? Nicholson. "It takes two to coi tango," but one person has to 1 initially say, "Let's dance." th< Lang is the aggressor and th< Nicholson does a fine job of th< playing the weaker part to au Lang's potential Oscar Th nomination. soi Ri THE OTHER aspect of fai Cain's work that sets him apart from equally outstanding contemporaries, such as Raymond Chandler an and Dashell Hammett, is a that he is much more in- SC1 iv,i ivu lit t.uc iwiaicu McBryde entertainii with lonH To the Editor: It is really convenient and hon have a few disco ducks and sup* biters of musical taste for an entir However, you need to turn up tl poor folks at the Bull Street side say nothing of the girls in South T well enough to dance, sink along, i night away. This partying would studying and resting. It's easy to see that decibel le1 proportional to l.Q. T otalitar icaid lLo To the Editor: T To the comment by Mr. Mohammadi on my stand a against communism: no; si yes; yes; yes ? by the ballot 01 box; yes. I won't try to h justify "OUR" govern- a menis numan rights violations; they pale into d insignificancy comnarftd tn n the millions murdered and b tortured by a Marx-Leninist fi system that plans to control v every aspect of human it existance. It's called fjlriK II M t * J * * k\ su ? 1 ?; ; :n :?.? { ?/ $ ! : I ; j/ * f 5 I y J t e iy .1 ^uher-tir v icuyc /etiological motivations of ?characters than action or ents. I feel that Bob ifelson was true to this ncept as well. Because of this fidelity, ; film does seem to lack 5 "tension" or excitement e contemporary car chase dience is accustomed to. >e smoldering, laid bare ill of the characters that tfelson presents are worth * more than a little ten>n. rhis film deserves at least *ee of Mr. Baker's stars d four stars on the basis of novel preFented on the reen. Name withheld by request quad ng all music nogenizing and unifying to ir-cool shaggers act as are neighborhood. le volume even louder. The t of University Terrace (to ower) can't hear the music ind get down and boogie the y help them keep away from v vel preference is inversely Jack Turner ianism head OTALITARIANISM. It's rearing its ugly head nd if we, free people, can top squabbling among urselves over the issue of uman rights, we could try nd stop the spread. It makes nu ifference to me what sligion people choose to elieve, but if we refuse to ght Communism now, we f?rv well mav find ourselves i another dark age! I). Ilealy