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Editorials? Attendance p The only word to describe the Faculty Senate's proposal to pass a mandatory attendance policy is "absurd." At a past meeting of the elite group Apr. 1, the Faculty Senate read the following proposal: "Punctual and regular attendance in class is essential for a student's education. Therefore, students are expected to attend all classes and absences from class will be recorded on a class roll. When absences exceed twice the number of scheduled class meetings a week or three class meetings in a summer term, the grade of F will be assigned." The Faculty Senate must have been -1-: a * i ? ? umuig /\pni r oot s uay literally because this proposal represents a great ignorance of student's interests. It's frightening to think that students will be forced to attend classes-shades of grade school or the military. Just whose interests are being looked after? The needs of the faculty? According to Scholastic Standards and Petitions Committee Chairman Joseph Ryan, the need for a well-defined attonHonoo 1 1 ' vviiuuuw |siuav,jr gicw iiucr clUUUl a QOZ611 faculty members requested clarification. One wonders what course of action would be taken if "about a dozen" students or so in a Greene Street Greene Street is still not closed, and it most likely never will be Sim*p iQfii students at USC have worked to bring about a permanent closing of the street, but it seems as if the administration, for one reason or another, always manages to stall the plans. I The pattern is the same from year to year. Meetings with the Columbia City Council, elaborate blueprints detailing plans for the impending closing, and talk of finally nearine the timp whpn w - '-r UVMUV11VO Win I1UI have to dodge rush hour traffic to get from one side of the university to the other. But, still we wait. It seems as if the administration has perfected the technique of bluffing their way through each year, fully realizing that they can get away with such a tactic, v .... ..... Greene Street, particularly the section directly in front of the Russell House is a hazard the university should have eliminated long ago. It is no secret that students have been hit bv Dassine vehicles as they attempt to cross, fortunately, no one has yet to be seriously injured. Is this what it will take to bring about any serious action to close the street? One begins to wonder if the administration is at all concerned about TL m ? i- ? j neuter prooH It's natural to assume that y*e ^r<?n? * anytime a film breaks down Technical Serv in the Russell House theater, Cinematic Arts the fault lies with Technical there are a fe Services. In fact, after the consider about t 2:30 and 7 p.m. shows of ,^sen11(or ine wild Bunch," the ine ^iien *w outcry against the murky "The Wild Bunc sound emitted by the film with a protectior was so great that Cinematic Gard The base Arts was forced to refund the was thinner tha admission price and the 9:30 ?ther motion p.m. show was cancelled. Technical Servic Consequently, i Before theater-goers get 2:30 p.m. show f< 4 v i : r * * V-,? . V**. Founded 1 908 Newsroom: 77 7 7181 Advert Business Office: 77 7 3888 Produc Stephen Riddell Editor Jill Hancock Copy Desk Chief Leesa Bainhridye. E Teresa Weaver News Editor Cylinda Calvert Don Weatherfoee Asst News Editor Jerry Brewer Michelle Burchette . Co sports Editor William Tinsley Pi Richard Meyers Co sports Editor Jean Hatchell Mark Platte Entertainment Editor Linda Haines Ac Mirh^ol .... ....L. Acci P.>t Mim. C.L 1 I '...wmuwi - 1UI Muiu??v>rM -? ? I Vim * K- 1 V 1V Kll|C: jr Chip Lowell Graphics Editor Letters & Column; Soli? reproduction rights granted to the Associated t^ress A contained herein may not tit' lupiixluceii without tlx: perniissior Opinions expiessed in the Gamecock are those. if signed, ot t unsigned ot the editor i lie Gamecock welcomes letters and columns All letters an he typewrit ton, triple spared on a fib Space line t <itcis should Ins no lormer than 3()() wonls. <inil columns s lo uiie newsworthy sut>|i;i t no longer than four tvp?<l p?iy iilijinns must lit' sii)ne<l with thi; writer's cdiiim t name tell m.nlini) address, class st.indini) or f,i< uity position <ind ii:.i]or I .in.ii i I'pl.ihli' t>ijt the writer's n.tme .n.iy t)f withheld on letter ' * I ? i II ( llll ISt.llU IV> wV ill f iJMt II mm tvi' nil- ei|tH Id i'ilit > iiiumns <?ul letters ti.i '.|)<ii/e .11 IM'M t vi1 the ri(|hi to .my column fur . r>y hmsiiii <"> 'i ! 1".!f| Ifl ' .11: 1 *( lllll'l' I . ' il>tf it >!' >.!<}?? t ill! I .1 1 , ' j 1 4... 1.1. s . olicy absurd class requested that a certain faculty iiiciiiuci uc iciuuvcu u uiii ins ur ner posi ior having confusing grading procedures. A student pays his tuition. From there, it is up to the individual to decide whether he will attend classes or not. What right does this university or any single faculty member have in telling students they must O anciiu ciciss ; The second part of the proposal is even more ludicrous than the first. It states: "Colleges of the University may impose more restrictive attendance requirements, but a faculty member may not vary the University or college regulations." How regulations could be any more strict is beyond comprehension but is a oerfect complement to this inexcusable policy proposal. If students stand by and let this pro oosal pass at the May 6 meeting, it will t/nW be the first in a long series of steps that the Faculty Senate may use to gain greater control over thos? they teach. Students may not care at the end of this semester whether they have to attend olaRSfMl hilt if thic niitrao<w^nc r?1or? ic im. -A piUII 1J till plemented, it might finally awaken the traditionally apathetic Carolina student-and that might be quite an accomplishment. : still open the safety of the students that attend this school. Admittedly, the university did finally agree to close the street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 1977, but this event came only after 17 years of promises for a permanent closing. Perhaps the partial closing was only an attempt to pacify the students, in hopes that no more events such as the famous Greene Street sit-in would occur. The question that now needs to be asked is: Do the students at USC really want the street permanently closed? Action on the part of our Student Government has been caHlv lnolrint* ivKon if nnmoc tn fT IIV1I IV VVlll^O IV p& COOlll^ UlC administration for a closing. But, perhaps this is not the fault of Student Government, but the fault of the individual students for not pressing their desires upon their elected representatives within Student Government. t If the complete and permanent closing of Greene Street is what students want^hen, as in all instances where the governed are seeking concessions from the governing, the iron ? * 1 a_ a 1 * * uov, siuuenis must maxe a sianu ana demand that immediate action be taken. In the words of Frederick Douglas, "Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never did and it never will." em complex dea about Services to know something ices or the was wrone with thp cnnnri nf committee, the film and the 7 p.m. show w points to to change projectors and he quality of figure out that the film base, jection. not the projector was ryman film, causing all the problems. hM was sent The film base is a new i called Foto technique called the Estar o! tne film star Base and the thinness of n all. of the any film can only be pictures determined by the :es receives. calibration of each movie t took the that is shown. Since jr Technical Technical Services never had to deal with this type of film before, it is understandable why it took isimi 777 4249 them two showin&s before lion' 777 2833 I the problem could actually be solved. Most of the 7 p.m. viewers duorfai Page Ed?o. left the show in disgust after Wire Editor yelling at the projectionist to General Manaaer fjx ^e SOUnd. It's true that the films enjoyment was marrf*n hv thp hut Advisor these peop e had the option of retaining their dollar or ^ sitting through what little they could make out of the II other material picture. i ot the editor he writer ..nd,.? Also, considering the vast d columns must amount of films shown by Cinematic Arts each day at houid bo limited jow cosj jn relation to the ,s hrpnk-zlnwn nf filmc anrl iptume numbei. """" "" "",,a """ Jspii(lnnvnis .in; poor quality of sound, it's ? upon request unreasonable to judge either Cinematic Arts Committee 1(1 StvlO. .IIU? A.- . , or technical Sounds in k i), , a competent 1'hev promise it will not happen again. i^-t- '^pF44"' :l^^^^i?S?S^^SiBBBpi?<^!^3^?^B ; : .-:-?;aWS^ ''. . si&tfftL The section' of Greene Street where, a permanent dosing with still no cot Letters ti Ri r?i t-f To the Editor: family (M< I have attended USC. for to be exa< four years and have never could not a written a letter to the editor, and four otl however. I have read thp ciotorc tV-ii , - UiOVVt O till letters in the Gamecock therefore, v every publishing day. It make a dec seems that the majority of not to work the letters are either from minimum Greeks, anti-Greeks or a money to disgruntled black. After through colli reading the article Next, I a "Educational system 'un- Many of r ilist' hlanlf fomalo crpo/lno?o ui?i- ? j viowiv gi uuuait UiitCK, unen says," in the April 27, 1981 I also beliei issue, I finally had to voice long as it is my "opinion." I come from a of me. In tl middle class, minority tide, Ms. Shuttle drive V/f IUO OCI (/ _ .. a member of To the Editor: Therefore, \ In my opinion the whtors should r , criticism of the Shuttle position and I Service written in the April conside 27th issue of the Gamecock, _ was totally unjustified and statements unthoughtful. As a Shuttle u7sh.,tHp driver who not only drives specificaUy during the day but also at <?1^ :/ night, I have come to expect . . student's criticism and have _a". accepted it with a "grain of Siuw"? wen salt." so quick to IT IS ESTIMATED that let's J"8* si approximately 90 percent of service for a the student body does not how much complain about the Shuttle received ther Service. It is the remaining said; "Y?u d 10 percent that Annoar tn bu> much you the ones who want to make something u "waves," with Ms. Bain- haveitanym< bridge, who wrote the article in the April 27th issue, being Orangeburg, massarrps rc TotheKditor: must be rer This May 4th marks an are still lar anniversary that we as serious indi members of the American elders eyes ' college community have a persons, responsibility to observe. I It is wori am referring to a Mnndav that thp first eleven years ago when four type occurn Kent State students were On Februai shot to death by members of students at the Ohio National Guard. shot by mem Kent State has to be highway dep remembered because it of them die tfivPS IIS a fif u/hprp u/? nnnlH hai;? I are now and what our rights from the S.C and responsibilities are as but the vict college students. The college stud< demonstration at Kent State non-persons, was not so much an outcry history repc against an unpopular war as years later ii it was a declaration of place; !our place a-> an important \VK Ml S voii'c in our country We our country IV?r ! ? I 1MIMIHH?I ?? ? I II ?l ? A ?jjjd for 21 years, students hav icrete results. d the Editor ? - d ItUl Uf I ? jxican-American complained :t). My family Reagan a fford to put me cutting grant ler brothers and White An -ough college, destroyed the ve each had to students. Ms. ision whether or say that bla< at below and at kept out of col wage to save discriminatio put ourselves other people, ege. as whites wo m not a racist, their money ny friends are else's chil< tal, chicano, etc. school when fe in charity, as afford to p not coerced out through scho le April 27th ar- PRESIDEIV Henri Turner economic pr ferent from tried before I program, th< not trying to America, but ftW/C/ people do ,ft * money to give taSl? percent. it taken away Is. Bainbndge programs coi valuate her Blacks, do nol 5 3 uC,t0rS Be strong i ration before thr0ugh th uch hflfitv x umes. Kacisr the ignorant, Service, more educated. T the Express economic I fast, ef- strengthen th I serves the make it po1. , If everyone is taxpayers oi criticise, then once again su lut down the underprivile week and see denied, unab criticism is student in the i. As had been grants and sc ion't know how black race i: d^^i ctiait' etnnic group ntil you don't budget cuts >re." whites are sul Eric Dimery Finance junior Kent St< ;member< ninded that we moral deeisii gely ignored as before), we viduals; in our from our pas we are still non- be heard. Th these nam th pointing out Kranse, whc shooting of this been 30 this ;d in this state. Scheuer, whi ry 8, 1968 , 27 been 31. Jeffr S.C. State were would have K/irc rvf thn ctato uvi o ui VI.nuiv kJV.ni uruci , W >artment. Three been 30. An d. The country State; Henry earned a lesson Hammond, . State shooting, Middleton. ims were black f^nts; they were ^ that the ignored, and 1101 l*'m vain, iated itself two to care We lO'nio. difference V noi forget. If uiaivcc) an tiii . 4 . -'-r->>.? wKttKJJT-. 4*W^ : : I^B ? called for just about the dministration and loan funds. nerica has ! hopes of black Turner did not ;ks were being liege because of n, but rather blacks as well uld not give up to put someone iren through i they cannot >ut their own JT REAGAN'S ogram is difwhat has been . With this e President is ' destroy black raise it up. If not have the i awav (or have ), how can such ntinue to exist, t be dismayed, and work hard ese troubled n is a thing for not the college he President's urogram will e economy and ssible for the f America to ipport the poor, eed. socially le to get work! - form of loans, I holarships. The I s not the only 1 affected by the Millions of j ferine. David G. Lee j| Senior ite id on, (as it has must emerge sive niche and lerefore, recall ics. Allison > wnulri havp year. Sandra ? would have ey Miller, who been 31. Bill ho would have id, from S.C. Smith, Samuel and Delano it deaths need we must learn must make a Kobrrt Bra/.ell K.M.K. maior