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Editorial fiflinccock Without money to grease the ever-winding cogs of the media, the business would grind to a halt while the broadcast word and televised event evaporated ? leaving only printed fossils to fade and flake away. Journalism is a free enterprise which attracts and refines individual skills thus perpetuating the media within the free state. It's a business in which competition necessitates accuracy and depth in reporting. On the USC campus, the Gamecock is the students' newspaper. We also need to attract individuals whose skills wilf improve your paper. RECENTLY, however, Student Government reduced our chances of bringing fresh talent to the newsroom. But before we yield to the designs of outsiders who intentionally or unintentionally apply financial pressure, we will exhaust all possibilities of independant survival. The Gamecock, although by no means in serious financial trouble,is faced with a situation grave enough to adversely affect the quality of material printed on our pages. We are nronarinrt to ovhanct vo( annthor rvtcciHilitir in hnruie tn V|/Wi 111^ vvr V/A11U Vto I J VV UUl/VIIVI pvooi MllitJ 111 liv/pvo VV improve our situation. ' . - * . 3i /1/n/n>>.s i/nry J '../.v.' re. . ./- <? >' '' < />. ^er.u/ t . Hit % i /' (/?k \ \ J \ f "^ 'V / I ./ * if > [GAMECOCK 1 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. ' [j Founded 1908 S I Newsroom: 777-7181 Advertising: 777-4249 I Business Office: 777-3888 Production: 777-2813 Mark Platte Editor Beth Sundrla Copy Desk Chief T'*cy Helms Sports Editor David Corvette News Editor |im Corbett Asst. Sports Editor Tom Coyne Asst. News Editor Mike Eisher Graphics Editor Don Weatherfoee Editorial Page Editor [ )enry Brewer General Manager Mike Romatowski I. ertainmvnt Editor Linda Haines Advertising Manager John Vaughan Asst. tnt. 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We reserve the right to edit columns and letters for space and style, and we reserve the right to reject any column for any reason. Address letter* and columns to: Editorial Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29206. ' ?a*""*"*'?1"??"? l ' * [r-|--*- rf Needs Alun When USC president Holderman sigi^d Oct. 14 the Student Government allocations bill, the Gamecock newspaper realized its on-campus fight to pay reporters and photographers was over. "Othpp chiHpnfc in nthpr nroani7atinna Hnn'f 0ot r??ir! W'iv vv"w ... V?~w . QV. |n?V., ... ^ should they?" That was the argument put forth by Student Senate Finance Committee members and the argument that most likely ran through Holderman's mind when he O.K.'d Gamecock allocations. The problem is not that we didn't get enougn money: me Gamecock was allocated $56,768. But we were refused money to pay reporters and photographers. Instead, the Senate Finance Committee saw fit to direct about $20,000 of the total allocation towards purchasing and installing three video o rvl n?r fni?mivin1n { \ / I \ TliAf a />n a/> n11/w4 uiopiajf iciuiiuaio v VL/A O /. JLUCOC uutc uiouiucu, will allow us to type a story directly into a computerized printer, thereby saving time and money (by eliminating two state-paid production jobs). Yet, because of Student Government's good ? though misguided ? intention, the Gamecock is forced to slow its progress. Although experience is an excellent incentive for journalism majors and those who wish to write and shoot pictures, it is unrealistic to believe students will work long hours with no pay. Letters To 1 Neutron Bomb Thre TO THE EDITOR: some conflict. T. .. . , . .. . A nuclear weapon, such as I m rather shocked that a th neutron ^0mb, is senior at the University ripsicnftH tn ki? on ? ^nr( (Jami Lee Thorstenson, ~ nAil~a Letters, October 19) could massive scale. The radiat or ; . vv . of the neutron bomb or the seriously assert that an f ? t f the ?jroshima atomic weapon "serves the styie or the fusion bombs will same purpose'as any army in*vitably spread over a P wide area, indiscriminatelj killing and maiming A handgun is designed to soldiers, civilians, friends Irill a cindlo nnnncino cnlHior fnoc Hnotnrc ifinlnmotc ? uui^ivt IWUf UWtVIQ) UipiUlllQlO (or perhaps a half-dozen) on everyone, the unwilling as a battlefield, where the well as the willing, combatants have willingly joined the battle to settle THjE NEUTRON bomb e&J.J rureign aiuuenis TO THE EDITOR: students have been unfairly assessed as to their ability tc comprenena tne Engiisn Foreign students are language. subjected to many kinds of pressure when they come to study in the U.S. Among ... . other things they have to CONSIDER this: In om acclimatize themselves to ld-ter e*aminatior. the American environment. Jore'8n students were askec Indeed many foreign to explain why they lack th? students undergo what is ?b,l,ty to w,nte. *eU commonly described as American standards. Ir "culture shock" while in anotheI' 3,uftlon, stu,d t; their initial period of ad- were asked to write a lette. justment. Most of them to their minister of educatior come out of the experience convincing him to either none the worse and Continue c?ntlnue w,th ?J? restricted their education successfully. admissions policy or tc J change it to an open ad missions policy like that oi Quite apart from the ^e Unitwi States. Still ir euphoria and excitement of another question foreigr livina in a foroifin lonrl onmn ...? w.v?B.. .?..u ouiuc students were required tc students nonetheless suffer write an essay advising their some kind of indignation and own presidents about the compulsion in trying to suit themselves to their new dangers and benefits oi abode. One of the un- using nuclear as an alter fortunate misgivings foreign native power source; the students have is in the premise being that foreigi English program. This is one students' nations art area in which I feel foreign dependent on other nation; . ? ? Although the Gamecock's editors and assistant editors receive stipends ? set salaries ? we have also always monflffpH in nsav rpnnrfprs Oft n*?r stnrv And nhfltftfrnnhprft vw TVV I cr-r" $2.50 per picture. We always managed without three VDT's. However, we are not allowed in any way to transfer the allotted funds to reporters and photographers. The Gamecock in its allocations fight tried the various campus channels searching for a solution to our problem. As it has happened so oftrn in the past, we found closed doors and closed minds. The staff at one point voted to strike. The strike motion was defeated twenty-one to six. fl Now we can only hope to procure the funds we need from off-campus sources. In this editorial, the Gamecock staff openly requests financial aid from concerned USC alumni. It is hoped this plea for help from a crippled institution will not be confused with the ravings of dissatisfied students. With the money needed to pay reporters and photographers the quality of the paper will not suffer and this student newspaper can once again wash its hands of the mess caused by ignorant interlopers. THE GAMECOCK EDITORIAL STAFF he Friitnr- t utens World Safety they say, is designed for a writers, for example Nigel conflict in Europe. Even Calder *n Nuclear Nighti most military analysts arc? ^ava^flble at the s doubt i whether a nuclear Russell House bookstore), fc PAnflipt pnulH Kp 44ron- tl3V0 Observed ttlHt the ^ I tained" in that continent, survivors would envy the : Even a "limited" nuclear vicf!,ms:? war? to use the covern- I" illustrate the dif I ment's euphemism? would ference between nuclear k result in death and disease bombs and handguns this ' on a scale unimagined in way: If Reagan and \ human history. Hospitals Brezhnev face off with .45s, , would either be destroyed or *he worst result is two dead - fr. traot nnlitirinnc If .?MV\juuw IV 11 VOl UIC III- ? ?? ""-J uu 11 WI141 J jured. Water and food nukes, the planet is dead. supplies would dwindle. DAN GOLDBERG ( Communications would be Visiting Assistant Professor uncertain. Quite a few Mathematics Department Often Patronized for their power needs. thoughtful question could ^ i have been presented. 1 , All of the aforementioned remember when I was in my questions contain the im- home country questions such plications that foreign as: "What do vou think could _ A 1 l - " - * siuaenis are aeiinitely done to improve inlacking in the ability to write ternational relations?" or 5 well; that the open ad- "how would you go about i missions policy as practiced alleviating food hunger?" I in the U.S. is better than the were given which appeared s restricted admissions policy more imaginative and f and that nuclear power is the stimulating to me. i onlv alternative nnwpr > source available to the home And why should we narrow H country of foreign students. I the choice for foreign i would be extremely naive to students? Not only do they believe that these are true have to deal with special sets I much less than an attempt to of problems (from the food > impose upon the students' they eat to the clothes they ability or capacity to make wear to their interaction further analytical among Americans) they now i judgements about those have to contend themselves i questions and their implied with the idea that they are > or attached meanings. inferior vis-a-vis the kinds of essay questions which they ! t\/i r^'ii a ij r ? are faced. iiiwii no i was uiaap- 4 f pointed that such questions . can be thrusted upon the ONNIBRAHIM ; students without so much as Journalism Graduate i attempting to qualify such ? phrases as "American j standards". I believe a more letters" continued on page 9