The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 16, 1981, Page Page 2, Image 2
Editorial
Make Best ot
upporfunity
To Buy Inn
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Out of 25,000 students enrolled at the Columbia Campus,
8,000 live on campus. Those who would live on campus but
can't get a room add their name to a list, cope with offcampus
housing and transportation costs,and patiently wait
for a room.
The university is expanding, but housing space has been
neglected. In the recent past we have witnessed: con?
struction of the almost-completed computer-science center
at the corner of Sumter and Blossom streets, additions to the
Coker Life Sciences building, the erection of a bubble
covering the soccer practice field, several dorm renovations,
preparations for a new wing of the business school and
preparations for stadium expansion.
YET DESPITE THE MUSHROOMING growth all around
campus, housing growth is stunted in comparison? the last
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leased the Hotel in 1978 and then in 1979, with the aid of an "
HEW loan, bought it for a little more than $3,000,000.
The university needs more on-campus dorm space but according
to officials, is recluctant to build new dorms
because it would be too costly at this time and enrollment1 1
predictions are inaccurate. i
"It is better to buy or lease" said one business affairs of- '
ficial. "We don't want to get stuck with building what we I
might not need." I i
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WELL THE CAROLINA RESEARCH and Development
Foundation has the opportunity to buy the University Inn and
provide some badly needed dorm space. According to Chris, j
Vlahoplus, USC vice- president and the Foundation's ,
executive director, the inn's real estate agent made the offer l
during the summer. (
ine lounaauon, wmcn was tormed to buy, sell and hold
land for the university is still considering the offer. !
Aquiring the inn would be a feather in the foundation's hat. 1
From past experience with the Wade Hampton we know
hotels prove to be excellent dorms, although there are some
security problems. Plus, the University Inn is reasonably 1
close to campus? accross green street f rom the Coliseum.
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IF THE UNIVERSITY INN is sold to another prospective
buveiv students honinp to livo nn ramnns u/ill havp to r?nt nn
with waiting lists until another chance to buy potential dorm
space comes along. It seems doubtful that new dorms will be
built.
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BALTIMORE ? Nothing
was more embarrassing to
us in high school than
wearing clothes that didn't
fit. Most kids we knew would
go to any length to avoid
donning something uncomfortable
or out of
fashion.
Those anxieties are
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tailing, nuw 11 a LUUI 111 sumc
schools to walk around in a
military uniform, courtesy
of the local "Junior ROTC"
unit (that's the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps for
adolescents).
IN FACT, STUDENTS AT
over 1,200 high schools
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ctiuuuu uic umieu oiaies are
expected to "play Army"
when classes resume in
September. And this city is
no exception. Teen-age Air
Force and Navy cadets,
some as young as 14, will
once again roam the halls of
two high schools here.
Not since the all-weather
track has anything struck
school officials as such a
good investment. Quite
simply, J-ROTC units bring
in federal dollars and turn
out kids who can salute,
march in step and fire
automatic rifles. But like a
Student Wri
To the Editor:
I agree with the "amature
poet" who praised the
female population of USC in
the September 11th issue of
the Gamecock. However, 1
intend to discuss a more
serious and specific issue:
relationships between
mature (older) women and
young men. In a large
academic institution, people
of various age groups come
together in the pursuit of
education. And, in such an
academic setting, there is
usually a more rational
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ITC. Kids
teen-ager's first suit, there is
nothing fitting about
military training in high
school.
Of course, J-ROTC is
nothing new. Navy, Marine
and Air Force units have
been part of many high
schools since .1964; the Army
has been patrolling halls
since World War I. Like that
of its big brother on college
campuses, the popularity of
J-ROTC rises and falls with
the times. Both programs
are back in fashion.
IT SOUNDS HARMLESS
ENOUGH. Schools offer
military "science" courses
ior an students ana conduct
lunchtime drill sessions in
the parking lot for the hardcore.
One high school unit from
Baltimore served as color
guard at one of the inaugural
balls in January, an opportunity
most of the cadets
wouldn't otherwise have
had.
Besides, say parents, the
program seems to be giving
their kids badly needed
discipline and respect for
authority.
BUT ALL IS NOT well on
the J-ROTC front. At a
public hearing here this
summer, citizens jammed
an elementarv school
auditorium to tell the school
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ites In Appre
attitude towards having
relationships that are
considered taboo by
mainstream society.
The absurdity of the taboo
concerning age differences
is heightened by a cruel
double standard. Young
women are free to date
absolutely ancient, senile
men, but a man involved
with a woman who is more
than a few years older than
himself is often confronted
by obscene, antiquated
Freudian-isms from his
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institute a third J-ROTC c
unit. I
"We hear the ad- s
ministration saying they \
need to cut many teachers s
and services from the f
schools for lack of funds,"
testified Marguerite Vlasits s
of the Women's In- f
ternational League for s
Peace and Freedom. "Then f
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to increase the military p
instructors and add another cl
unit of the Air Force in
September. Forty years ago, a
Americans were shocked by c
this type of military training r
going on in the Third Reich s
under the Nazi regime." e
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wi course, scnooi Doara t
members and principals t
usually go along with J- o
ROTC because it alerts q
students to a career op- v
portunity. But many school d
officials don't realize that J- r
ROTC programs are nothing s
more than in-house
recruiting programs for the j
uniieu services. p
AND THOUGH THE t
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT t
picks up about 50 percent of v
the total program costs ? I
usually $30,000 per unit ? t
schools most normally lay v
off a teacher to make room s
for the ROTC unit com- c
mander (who is often a li
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THE IDEA THAT A iy
YOUNG MAN with an older P
woman is subconcious incest 11
is not only ridiculous and
disgusting, but it is also a
distortion of Freudian a
theory, much of which is "
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twnaiuci cu uusoieie Dy many 1
of the modern authorities 8
and innovators of P
psychotherapy. y
The primary advantage of
oiaer women is a sense of a a
better developed self-image. {*
While a younger woman may
still be "searching" for n
herself, a woman in her late
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soldier
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etired veteran from the
:ommunity, approved by the
Pentagon). In addition, local
chool boards have no say in
vhat is taught and they must
iccept the Pentagon approved
texts.
Whether school districts
ucn as Baltimore's, wnicn
aces massive cuts in federal
ubsidies next year, want to
;ive up their own courses for
artially funded military
urograms is their own
lecision.
But the criticism leveled
it military training on
ollege campuses are even
nore acute on the high
cnooi levei. natner man
encouraging young people to
hirik freely for themselves,
he military demands strict
(bedience to authority ? no '
juestions asked. At a time
rtien students should be
leveloping an inquisitive
nind, J-ROTC may only
tunt such growth.
PARTICIPATING IN JIOTC
is little more than
laying soldier. The Penagon
gives youngsters all
he trappings of military life
/ith none of the dangers,
lowever, while "leadership
raining" may be popular
zith frustrated parents and
chool officials, J-ROTC
adets aren't learning how to
ead, but to follow.
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wenties or earlv thirties
ossesses a more secure
nage of herself. Being
venty years old, I'm still
looking"for myself and I
ppreciate older women
ecause they allow more
oom in a relationship for
rowth and changes in my
ersonality. Sometimes
oung women are too inecure
of thf?ir nu/n rv>r.
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unalities to permit their
artners to have the freedom
> change and grow.
AMK WIT11ELD BY
REQUEST