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?-? rH il? r-^r i_ v 4 i u v?-/r Evening not as r A shuttlecock is ncheAili> between 5:30 p.m. and midr every thirty minutes. Bi unreliable lately during tl running late or not at all. Students sitting at dark bi evenings,don't care to hea fered by the transportatioi These excuses include that late at night, and that ft rel evenings, the bus is parked i Students have no way c running or when they are I waiting at the stops assumii the bus does not arrive, the i The university made a w shuttlecock service. It has But if the university is goin consistent and reliable. Shuttlecock drivers shouli on schedule, making ext necessary. They should 1 beginning their evening up, he should be stror^ should result in dismissal, driver on call or students sh is not running. Although it signs at each stop when tht only way to alert students tc The shuttle service must 1 evening as during the day. rs of time to wait unnecessary the more obscure bus stops. Studei To the Editor : I've enclosed a copy of th letter I sent to the addresse staff members on campu (Mr. Cartledge, accountin services; Mr. Rhodes treasurer; and Mr. Guntei r<?i?ifstrnr ^ PImsp rpnH th letter carefully. It shoul clearly explain itself. M credits that I received a USC this past semester wa cancelled, plus I was force to stop attending my clas this semester. While there's so muc funds for other things I thin it's a "crying shame" to b forced from trying to obtai a respectable educatio primarily because of mone> Dear Sirs: I'm writing in reference I the notice I received froi Mr. Cartledge today i reference to my registratic for the Fall of 1980. I KNOW YOU all are busj But please take a fe' minutes away from yoi busy schedule to hear what have to say one more tim< I'm not asking for an 9s mecock Four Newsroom: 7 7 7-7181 Business Office: 777-3888 Stephen Riddell . Jill Hancock Copy Desk Ch Teresa Weaver News Edii Don Woatherbee . Asst. News Edii Michelle Burchette Co sports Edii . Richard Meyers Co-sports Edii y Mark Platte Entertainment Edii Michael Romatowski Asst. Ent. Edit Chip Lowell (iraphtcs fcdit Letters I Sole reproduction rights granted contained herein may not be reprod Opinions expressed in the Game< unsigned, of the editor fho Gamecock welcomes letters be typewritten, triple spaced on a f Letters should bo no longer than to one newsworthy subject no l< columns must be signed with the mailing address, class standing or unacceptable, but the writer's nam if the circumstances warrant it. We reserve the right to edit colui reserve the right to reject any co!un Address letters and columns to: j USC. Columbia, S.C. 29208. / IOI ! shuttle eliable d to run Monday through Fri< light each week, arriving at st it the service has been v lie evening hours, sometir is stops, often in the rain on ch r the excuses that have been n office and shuttlecock driv< drivers need breaks to stay al lief drivers do not show up in until the next morning. >f knowing when buses are behind schedule. They are sti 10 that the bus will arrive soor itudent has wasted a lot of tinu Ise decision when they began saved students money and tii g to offer this service, it must & be told by their superiors to 8 ra stops only when abeolut be well-rested and fed bef ~f a relief driver does not si .primanded. A second offe There should either be a rese ould be told somehow that the 1 urmilH (nlra o lnt nf Hma tn r '" ? ?- " *""v w I \s is not running, it may be > the problem. be handled as reliably during lot only is it annoying and a wa y,but it also is not safe to wail it want; favors. I'm going to try jj explain my situation simple as possible. ^ Mr. Cartledge, I could ? make your deadline 1 paying my fees. But hon< ? to God I tried. I was hopi 5 my loan application to 1 Loan Company and Ba y would of been approved. I { for reasons that are important right now, i * * annlinnfinn fnr a lnnn mnn up|/tiv?vivii AVi ct iVQii waa s approved. This is one of 1 . reasons I was "stalling" l [J more time. I was trying k work out some other deal e get the money to pay i n tuition. n As you started in yc r- notice, its universi regulations to canct registration that fees hasi 0 been collected. Of course 11 promised to pay my tuiti in far before now. It seei m every time I got ready to p my fees, I had to put my c i' in the shOD or Dav some oth w bill that was vital to r ir living conditions ai 1 welfare. I won't bore y i- with the details of the y unfortunate * events ided 1 908 Advertising: 777-424 Production: 777-283 Editor ie' Leosa Bambridge . . . Editorfal Pagti Ed lor Cylinda Calvort Wire Ed tor Jerry Brewer - General Mana tor William Tinsley. .... Production Mana lor Jean Hatchell Business Mane lor Linda Haines Advertising Mana or Mark Ethridge Jr Adv or Columns I to the Associated Press. All other materia luced without the permission of the editor. :ock are those, if signed, of the writer and. i i end columns All letters and columns mus 15 space line. 300 words, and columns should be limite< anger than four typed pages. Letters an< writer's correct namo, telephone number faculty position and major. Pseudonyms ar? ie may bo withheld on letters, upon request mns and letters for space and style, and wi in for any reason. Editorial Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A Ill J|pcc<-Jay ops ery nes ^?s I S 's,^s iick <J^x i* UK I ^ he \ tay- l^rfe ^:? Sy ore iow N^?| nse rve bus (OSt & the $7, Letters tc s credits to circumstances. I'm certain as you have your own to deal with. ?* EACH ONE OF us are t human. We are not perfect. There's probably no perfect (> Knmt%n KAinri AM ,jjg Human ia;iii5 i/ii cat ui urnv can say that he/she handles all their business matters or any other matters precisely. You all already have your degrees. I'm fighting trying ^ to get mine to the best of my for knowledge and ability. Maybe you all were fort0 tunate enough to have n? parents to pay your fees and expenses. Well I don't. I'm mr fighting to keep a roof over tv my head. My parents live ef from month to month on a n't social security check. To try I to make things easier for me 'on I had to buy a home because ns it's cheaper than renting, ay It's just a two bedroom home ar which is costing $139.55 ,er monthly mortgage ny payments. I wouldn't even nd ask the costs of your monthly ou mortgages. I'm trying to get a degree 0 4 in nursing. This is something I enjoy very much. There's probably no other future for me. 39 I could of had the money to pay you all for my fees by the end of April no later. One reason is because I get paid three times in Aoril Mv ,wt * %r litor house payment is up to date. I was going to save most of UOf my paycheck to pay tuition J* fees. I'm afraid it looks a isor little too late for that. To see me get a degree in nursing, my mother was going to give me half of her social security i ' check to help me pay the luiuon on uie imrd of April ' 1981. This is the day the , postal service delivered a social security check to her. i 1 IS IT THAT your ; regulations are made to just overlook each person's individual needs and cir1 cumstances? I know an 1 education costs. But is it all that matters - money? I * * i M / ' SOVIETS"DtVfcLOP/ / 1 sflTC^ny I / ) the Editor back rj, don't qualify for financial aid because I'm working full-time and attended IS C| classes part-time. Some of the students at the school are getting aid to cover their expenses. Because these To the Ed people are attending school Well, I s on a full-time basis, they legal cour don't have to work. I'm jurisprude trying to work and put would nev? myself through school. invective ( Yes, I've worked very political s hard last semester attending crutch of tY classes and maintaining my j full-time job. To see it all go Dear rea aown tne "drain" is very oay Don Q liard and disappointing. I'm set the sta not going to give up. I'll just Same arn have to repeat my courses naievete a next semester. are cut wi them a cai On Thursday the week yell foul, before school was out for PICTUR spring break, my anatomy law studei, and physiology II professor ^ ..uviiucu me uiai you, Mr. kindofthii Cartledge, requested that I . not return to class until I was ttI>r.Q cleared through the treasurer's office. Now i 8?.., that's two semesters of school work down the Picture, "drain." Still, I'm not going on his Bnx to stop until I earn my white sock nursing degree. Right now Brothers s I'm discouraged but I'm no yap, yap, quitter. cool, dispa WEILL, I THANK you I WHEN ^ kindly for listening to what I I to defend a just had to say. Since you E attack the all's salaries are paid I whenyou'i through school funds I can I understand your opinions. In I Appeal t nursing, an individual needs I are your rt and circumstances are of 8 letter, (Go most importance. Of course I arguments Wif i * depend on his/her I s<> is propa ability to pay for their I But I digr medical expenses to con- I vective, bi tribute towards our wages. I subtle disti Since it seems all matters I Have an here is money, I close with I serious att the following question. May I | ,aw educal please have iiiy credits back you team i when I save up enough in. Tnaiwa money by the end of this by missing month (April 1981) to pay my And by tl Fall semester 1960 tuition right word fees? William Y. Jamison ) V Too 1c 3lf"- upe fW i'he oN Compel iior loelfcjcen v studei ng his n itor: ee Mr. Gooding and Mr. G isel, a master of the lab nee. Cooly rational, an in< jr lose his self control and < jingoistic nationalist, I belie Must be a catch word < logans have, alas, always le non-thinker. der, have you noticed how e uixotes falls into the same ndard for the very behavi >gance, same condescenti nd emotional bias. How they th the acid edge of their o> icature of their own crass E THIS caricature, if you w it out to try a case in the pa of his letter is invective. 5 ig he deplores. Why, then, d( ould enjoy a well-written pi , but crudely conceived, he Odd, I would have thought {ht him a little finesse. it you will, frothing at the mi >ks Brothers suit, regimenta s-picture an hysterical Chi nit. I get the feeling he's sna van-vo: t thp irlpa a nni /"r J ovw ?v M vv< ssionate logic. fOU CAN'T muster the intel i rational position with a co? opposition Ad Hominem. It': e losing. o emotion when you can't r ttional pricipl<?s, Mr. V? Ha^ d forbid!) an example of th< tive technique? Accusation ganda, but proof is a little ess. Caricature, Mr. Vand it I cfofhar if AI i a't nnnnl iv a ^nvuvi jwu ait?i c V-cipa nction either. other go at it, Mr V., but empt to use a modicum of ion daddy's paying for. Als o read a little more carefulh iy you'll be less likely to mal the point. tA wan Mp \7 I'm ?/vt ?v ?t mj y mi . y ., l III Iiv/v CIV <11 is amused. HBHHUf > LeiVf* \ k \ 1\ / J fliem f J it not . _1 I una rant have retained yrinthine ways of :isive intellect who condescend to cast ve, was counselor's )f the Movement. been the mental | ach of these latterpattern? How they j or they condemn? on, same myopic scream when they -vn sarcasm. Show j behavior and they ill: a self-righteous per. His approach? You remember the >es he use it? i ece of invective for ; simply comes out Law School would outh, flecks of foam il tie, Gucci loafers, j huahua in a Brooks ! pping at my heels nsumate display of j lectual horsepower /linwlnti /\l' f iciu ui tciti, s a good distraction nake sense. Where /e you any? Is your ? Law School's best I s are easily made; I naruer 10 produce, ervelde, is not inble of making that this time make a that high powered j ;o, I would suggest / before you charge te a fool of yourself 1 angry. I'd say the 1 Leonard Henry I Benson SchooS I