The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, June 24, 1981, Page Page 5, Image 9
Editorial
The
In the fall of 1979, tuition for L
for USC students increased on I
USC students may rise $150. T1
risen $347 in only three years
ministrations budget cuts in edi
there is only one possible conc
that only the rich can obtain.
THE UNITED STATES is raj
to all of it's citizens, regardle
reversed and a solution not foui
inhabited only by children of (
members of minority groups wl
If this trend is to continue,
j nations universities and college
personel essential to the oDerati
self-perpetuating cycle that woi
ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION
expenditures such as new build
USC is currently investing in a
addition to the Business Admit
What good will these buildings <
only people who will benefit frc
political and business circles fo
empty shell, and Coach Jim Cai
corporate executives.
Another solution, one that is
General Assembly to approve th
education is one of the most im
are less essential areas that shoi
This possible tuition increas<
legislature should be urged to m
tuition again. At the rate we an
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Ii11*.- muai ucaci viiij4 siuueni can;
Carfei
Extending head football
Ccach Jim Carlen's contract
one year through 1986 was
artiirp nionn i\( fnllu It olcn
Wft AV??J . M. V U UJV
shows that the decision was
made under pressure by a
board of trustees and a
president who had no reason
to give Carlen a total of six
more coaching seasons.
Consider the facts. The
USC football team has
complied a 39-30-1 record,
I which is a big deal only if a
team is used to .500 or other
8 sub-par seasons. The
Gamecocks have appeared
U in three bowl games, only to
<1 be thrashed by more
Jg powerful teams each time.
For the past two seasons,
the squad has posted their
j| best seasons in Carolina
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fSC students was raised bv an a
the average by $85. Now, in 198
his means that the average ca
time. Couple these figures t
ucational areas such as Basic B
lusion; higher education is inc
ridly backsliding in it's attempt
ss of economic background. II
nd, it will be only a matter of ti
:he elite, white upper class, w
10 are typically less well off fina
it would also mean drasticalll
s, resulting in further necessar
on of a higher education system
ild be disastrous to higher educ?
would be to immediately cease
lings, and instead, use this moi
new computer center, an Ear
listration building, and an adc
do if there are not enough stucU
>m them are President Holderi
r turning USC into a much larg
ien, who will have more footba
1 certainly more feasible, wot
ic $3 ir illion necessary to prevei
portant services a state can of
uld be subjected to extreme bud
2 should be opposed by all sti
lake cuts wherever possible bef
2 going, costs for attending US<
afford.
n Fore
history with consecutive 8-4
records. Maybe the
Gamecock Club can get
excited about such finishes
but true college football fans
know that our team is
nothing "to crow about."
It's true that George
Rogers was the best college
football player in the
country, but it is Rogers'
accomplishment that he
attained that status, not
1^?. f- * A A? 1
i/mieu s. in iaci me oniy
thing that Carlen has been
able to do consistently is
create controversy about
himself.
IF THE BOARD and the
president extended his
contract because they think
he's a good coach, they're
living in a fantasy world. If
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llOfiyms 411- llllji I . uui mr nmri 1 _
K'sI rf the iiHunntioii's warrant it.
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verage of $112. In 1980, housii
1, the average tuition costs f<
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ogether with the Reagan a
Squal Opportunity Grants, ai
reasingly becoming a servi(
t to provide a higher educatu
f this direction is not quick
me before our universities ai
ith little or no attendance t
ncially.
ly reduced attendance at 01
y cutbacks in faculty and otht
i. Such a trend would become
ation.
from investing in more capit
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ivy u> nuHl UOWI1 luilion COSl
th, Water Sciences Center, a
lition to the football stadiun
;nts to make use of them? T1
nan, who will be respected i
er campus, even if it is only a
ill tickets to sell to alumni an
ild be for the South Carolir
nt a tuition increase. Adequal
fer to it's residents, and thei
Iget cuts other than educatior
idents, and the universityar
ore they even consider raisir
o will soon be more than eve
iver?
they think he's a good coac
they're living in a fanta
world. If they wei
pressured by rumors
Carlen's firing and wanted
prove the accounts were n
true, then they're a gutle
breed of men. If they point
the growth of the athlet
department as reason for tl
extension, then they shou
consider that the consiste
funding which comes fro
outside sources is part of tl
fanatacism of Carolir
football, not of Jim Carlen.
Paying a coach six yeai
of guaranteed salary
suicidal and one only nee
look at the Frank McGuir
situation to prove that poin
Should Carlen have
terrible season this year, i
1982, or beyond, and th
trustees have a need to fir
him, they'll continue to pa
him for getting a suntan o
the golf course.
The need to keeD Carle
for recruiting purposes is
fair argument but a stronge
one is his weak leadership i
trying to get USC into a
athletic conference. As Ion
as we don't join an athleti
conference, we'll continue t
suffer from reaching fc
better competition and
greater share of the NCA
funding.
iTiunr, imruni/llMl,]
the need for Carlen I
establish USC as a gre<
football power must t
firmly rooted in order for 01
schedules not to read like
joke book year after year.
The next five years <
Carlen is bad enough unles
things change for the bette:
The opportunity to ke<?
awav from a sixth wii
squashed by men who ai
Gamecock football fans fir;
and leaders with sensib
goals second. It's a sharr
they choose to idolize a m<i
who has no real favorab
attributes
sure arr
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rCMA^Ir i
TO THE EDITOR,
Monday was the first day of the Nuc
Regulatory Commission's hearin
concerning the licensing and operation
the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear facility
Jenkensville S.C. (The hearings are op
! to the public.) Monday also marked
opportunity for citizens to voice th<
opinions for or against V.C. Summer a
nuclear power. Twenty people spoke c
against nuclear power in limited a
pearances before a typically skeptic
three-member NRC review board. Fi
sy of these twenty were students. A U
re number? Hardly! More than 100 notic
?* publicizing the hearings were post
to across campus. But few people had t
?* chance to see them because narro
ss minded, mis-informed jerks ripped do^
*? the announcements. I even watched o
*c college student attempt to remove one
le the brightly colored posters from a w;
Id in LeConte College. He stopped wher
nt spotted him.
m FORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE o
ie more chance. Tommorrow (Thursda
la morning at 10 a.m. in the Carolina Inn
Assembly Street, additional limit
statements will be heard by the NF
. review board. This is the last chance
j speak out against this threat to Sou
>e Carolina and indeed, to our ve
? existence.
' Consider the facts, there are
^ proposed or operating nuclear faciliti
11 ail lira
To the Editor practice.
11 As they have done before, know ev
a have done now, and will do next mo\
again, the university has could b<
11 ended up spending a fortune clock-like
" to get something done when what al
8 they could have spent hardly stringers,
c anything to get the same letting th<
0 thing accomplished. Their while the
,r latest project is "Cloud not outfi
? Nine", the protective bubble brellas tc
covering a practice field, stringers'
While the bubble may have just
protect the players in a as every
? rainstorm, I have an idea .Just thin
they could accomplish the IJSC Gan
** same thing at a fraction of any op
ir the cost. played if
a My idea is simple; outfit sure def
all of the football team's team a
isecond string squad wifh Gameco<
JS umbrellas.The second string intercha
r- team can have just as good a mud hop
P practice as the starters, team's thi
1S because the second string the raine<
e players would be running increase
^ aronnH rnvprinD thi? first victory i
string players with urn- Carlen co
Orel las. Just imagine the players
l" perfect teammate to tea- colored i
? mmate unity that would l><* ^ans l>oul
acquired with such a visual do
A ?a
i glatd that
on trees sc
y the Edi
Duff
in South Carolina.
[ear ana store highly
gs waste material,
of deadly nuclear g<
in along South Carol
en tainers which, for
an remain untested. 1
iir waste shipping ca
nd foot drop onto ai
tut (Note: Many b
ip- greater than 30 fee
:al However, no cs
ve have actually bee
iir NRC tests. Only sc
es simulation tests 1
i An/i ?:
eu nnu uic cuiiutiimu
he been tested are noi
w- exterior steel ribs
vn longer used becat
ne removing radioac
of Moreover, the obst
all when they were ne
i I and cool. Heat am
of irradiated zirco
ne coat the vessels,
y) CLEARLY TF
on discrepancies bet
ed and SCE&G would
tC nuclear power is s
to discovering (and u
th Please help us s
ry rest of the world. I
we don't need nuke
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Each player would the <
iry other player's aer<
re and the plays forr
; executed with t
accuracy. But DE
hnilt thf? t h i rrl
V,I1? |JI UI
there is no use in cha
?m sit on the bench piai
others play. Why this
t them with um- tert
cover the second exti
? Then they could ide<
the same practice Tht
one else. buj
k of the threat the eac
ICCUVTKS WOU1U IH? 10 Sll
ponent. A namo ev<
i the rain would be thj
eat for any other uni
s the "fighting sp?
:ks" with their thi
ngeable players sal
down the other pro
roat. Attendance at the
i-out games would rati
because once b
s certain, Coach ide<
uld outfit all of his this
with brightly yea
imbrellas and me thn
(1 Ik* treated to a
litfht as they watch <. o
^ I
money { ^
p I can ( I
pay myi^ I
tuft ion^cw I
this ) I
Fall / /Id I
?-<}
tor 1
Ifow
\
Of these, three receive 1
radioactive nuclear I
Furthermore, this I
jrbage is transported j
Iiri3 hi0hu/avc in r>r?n- '
all practical purposes, |
rhe NRC requires that I
isks "withstand" a 30 t I
n unyielding service.
ridges span gorges
tdeep.)
isks presently in use
n subjected to all the
ale model or opmputer
lave been conducted. ]
int vessels whic\have
w obsolete models with ^
. These casks are no
ise of the difficulty in
uviiy irom me ribs.
>lete casks were tested
w, empty of spent fuel, [
i age induce cracking
njum cladding used to
I ERE ARE gross
ween what the NRC
like us to believe (that
afe) and what we are
ncovering).
ave this state and the
^et the NRC know that
s.
I AURA KAflVI/iri I
)LOGY SOPHOMORE |
colorful umbrellas dance
jss the field in tight
nation.
HE ATHLETIC
PAKTMENT could
bably get away with
rging more for games
/ed in the rain because of
? extra added en-|
ainment, and that means!
ra money for thern. This!
a could save a bundle !
; only costs would be for!
ring new umbrellas for!
;h show The players, the!
idents, the public,!
eryone would benefit from!
is project. and th?|
ivraswy i) money coum oei
nt on more important I
ngs like professor's!
aries and improved!
grains that would benefit!
whole student population!
ler than a select few.
efore you discharge myl
i as hogwash, think at>out|
. If we had done this last!
r, we would have had|
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