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Editorial Pickpockets The letter USC sent this summer to continuing students and incoming freshmen casually announced a 1981-82 tuition increase and reassured parents that USC's "high quality of education" will not be affected. The letter reflects all of the grace and style of a pickpocket who gets caught with one hand in someone's trousers while patting the person's back with the other. However, students and parents, weary of USC's tuition increases (tuition has risen 77 percent in the past 5 years), should not be concerned with the administration's burnt! intz attemDts at finesse. Concerned customers should worry about feeble efforts by USC and the state legislature to locate new pockets. It has been suggested before that an increase in the state sales tax could provide relief for USC's burgeoning tuition problems. Raising the sales tax from four to five percent would generate the money needed to stabilize tuition rates. But this solution appeals only to a few state officials ? the most vocal being Sen. Rembert C. Dennis. If USC's administration, faculty, students and alumni lent support to a proposed sales tax increase, the idea could evolve into a sensible solution to a serious problem. If USC won't support this idea or find another means of compensating for reduced appropriations besides emptying students' pockets, potential students will go elsewhere for that "high quality" education. The increase ? $50 more for in-state students and $100 more for out-of-state students ? comes as another blow to students who were relying on federal grants that no longer exist. Reagan's cutbacks will prevent many fine minds from developing their full potentials. The USC administration bared its insensitivity by relying An n ttfi/vM tMAMAAAM 4f..? ? 11 1 vju a iuiuuii muciiac iu gene* uu; iuiius ui a time wnen Reganomics is reshaping the nation's economy. People with college educations are a valuable resource. Why deplete that resource by making school more expensive? | Per sememster tuition rates since 1976: Year in-state out-of-state 1976-78 $346 $811 1977-7R tic/: T?"~ fOID 1978-79 $366 $846 1979-80 $370 $850 1980-81 $520 $1110 1981-82 $585 $1175 X UJei ^ned j23o LUhen X Go+- ir\ Line ^ Reofs-t I Tell Mr.Re epwixpm >Tuaen To the Editor: The sole purpose of this letter is to praise the new study abroad program developed by the Foreign Language Department. The professor who headed the program, Dr. William F Edmiston, spent the better part of the last year making arrangements for the trip, and preparing the students for life in France. He was a tremendous help to all of us, his knowledge and expertise Students Going Throi Cope With Long lines I 1 NfWHoom: 777-7181 ftuimeu Office: 777-3M6 Mark PlatUf E< Jill Hancock Co i)?viu nn Tom Coyne A? Don Wealherbee VX Mike Komatowski Kt John Vaughan A* Tracy Helms 8p Jim Corbett A* Mike Fisher Cit Jerry Brewer Cit l.inda llalnes Ad Mark McKwun I'r Jean lluUhell IU Mark KthrldK*" Jr Ad ^anvtoel t Lauds concerning the French peoptt&and their language was iA&aluable. The>.program, in Tours, France, is approximately 5 weeks long and covers nearljflTall aspects of the French language; reading, writing, speaking and comprehension. The Touraine Institute, where the classes are taught, is known for its ability to teach A * . mw., Jr Ligh Registration i And Long Days. / .. . .r... .. I, CtAME University of South Carol foundti li tor i <ov Onk Chief ? >?i Editor i I. New* Editor tig iitorial Page Editor it. Editor ty *t. Ent. Editor I orU Editor m at. Hportt Editor t?j aphict Editor ?t >nrral Manager fw Ivertiftin# Manager oductioii Manager th if?ine?s Manager Ivisor Ci he can pub his I Nil' ^7* ^UIIUIl French to foreigners. Classes consist mostly of students from other countries, and a basic understanding of the French language is the only thing you have in common, so you speak French. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone speaks English. We are fortunate to have a very good French department oey IU Dear Name Withheld, Re: your letter to the editor re I have to take an issue with yoi Your cry poverty! I pay a y lawn. The job takes him just i seven plus lawns and the tuitic Your logic about not being refuted by thousands of gra< Ihr/MIdh cnlinnl on/1 a*A/uil?>nrl H v?u vu^u ObllUUl UI1U * W* IVCU 14 Come on now! The free ride earn your way to a degree ? il get it! I'm not ashamed to sign my irinri TT lUUUIV. ira, Columbia, S.C. 41908 (ok reproduction right* granted (o Hw Aitodj Ined herein may no* be reproduced without the f Opinion* expreued In the Gamecocfc are tho?e; lived, o< the editor. rk. r ~-i. - i." 1 i iic wnmwi wmumri mien cna iwumm. pewrftlen, triplt tpKcd on a 65 tpace line. Letters choutd be no longer Hun 300 word*, and rw*worthy subject no longer than (our typed p, (ned with the write*'* correct name, telephor inding or faculty position and major. P*eudonyrr ime may be withheld on letter*, upon request, M I We reserve the right to edit column* ?nd letter* I ie right to refect any column for any reaton. Addret* letter* and column* to: lditori?l Page I r*jmbia,S C 29208. i Missile... landbased airborne other I I Work here at USC, but, one learns hv Hoinit onH i? ~v ???v? in j iantc uiic has to speak French. I would highly recommend this program to every French major. A program such as this has been too long in coming to this university. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Differ garding fees. j ? oung lad $7 to cut and trim my inder an hour ? let's see that's in increase is earned. able to afford an education is iuates who worked their way leir degrees. is over ? get off your duff and t will mean a lot more when you iimue. 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