The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 01, 1981, Page Page 5, Image 5
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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<
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class requested that a certain faculty
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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The section' of Greene Street where,
a permanent dosing with still no cot
Letters ti
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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
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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
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_ .. 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
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for 21 years, students hav
icrete results.
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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
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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
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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
.
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? 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