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Editorial ' Semester Review j no una aciucsici tunica iu a ciuse 11 wuuiun i seem lair '/ to leave without recalling individual and goup efforts that . made this semester one to remember in later years. f Starting with the beginning, September: Four USC ^ faculty members and five students left Columbia Metropolitan airport bound for Shanxi University in China as part of a barrier-breaking exchange program between the two universities. Congratulations to the students and faculty from both universities for strengthening the USCShanxibond. October: The deadline for another series of tuition increases that continued to take the students by surprise and their money from their pockets. It seems the rising nf q T It'P I -4--J r woi. u? u uov/ cuutauun uiuii i amp iiere; stuuenu> iace a I* $100 surcharge next semester. Congratulations to the i administration for making us realize how valuable an education is. ? October: Donald Perry was sentenced to life in prison 1 after being convicted in the murder of USC professor f Mary Heimberger. \ Heimberger's unclothed body was found March 6 by children in a woodpd arpa npar R/v>lr data nriiro Congratulations to the jury who put Perry behind bars. OCTOBER Frank Borkowski was one of four candidates named in a West .Virginia University search for a new president. Borkowski,however,decided not to leave USC.. Congratulations Dr. Borkowski. I iu- ktwhi iiuvciuuci. iicguuituuiis uver uie rn parsing toi are i at a standstill with no solution in sight. The Rembert family wants more money than the $85,000 USC is willing to pay. Congratulations to two stubborn parties. November: Dr. Holderman accepted an invitation to head the U.S. delegation to the 24th session of the International Red Cross in the Philippines. Holderman, after the conference, went to Tokyo to discuss a new Carolina-Japan student and faculty exchange program. PnnrtrotulofInno f ? ? 4* - Ivyvyiif-,i uiuianuiio jl icaiuciH nuiuci iiiciii lor your continuing efforts to bring USC international recognition. NOVEMBER: USC loses a heartbreaker to a strong Clemson team at Williams-Brice stadium. The Tigers y under Danny Ford will go on to capture a number 1 ? ranking and chance at Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Congratulations Danny Ford for knowing how to coach. 8 December: USC and other state universities and s colleges are forced to resort to consider measures in- v , 1 J! - - - * ciuamg personnel reductions, in efforts to meet the 2.19 percent budget cut recently handed down to all state agencies. Congratuitions to the Budget and Control Board for tightening the noose. , December: Statistics show that George Rogers, former J tailback for USC and Heisman Trophy winner, is the ] NFL's leading rusher. He is averaging 4.9 yards per carry. Congratulations Mr. Rogers. i a DECEMBER: Jim Carlen and the Gamecocks cap off a v spasnn rppnrH nftor 1/wlnn fn Uo. - ? M uiwi ivouig iv nawaii. vuugi diUlctllUIlb r team for trying. c All in all it's been a pretty exciting semester. We hope every one does well on their final exams. Merry Christmas^^ ( i IirtWftWWiiwiwMawMMWiiiiiiaii in nm imam am mm flini^MHwimiiiMirrriirlririfl a Aiv/rn'.nnnTr I: Unfverwty o4 South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. I Founded 1906 ? ? Newuoom: 777-7181 Adverting: 777-4249 I Butinest Office: 777-3808 Production: 777-2833 I I Mart* Platte Editor jj o^?U c l_l- ^ ? ? ? pri.i juihjim * <>PV uriK i_niel I rjcy Helms Sport* Editor H David Corvette News Editor Jim Corbett Asst. Sports Editor! , Tom Co^ne Asst. News Editor Mike Fisher Graphics Editor Don Weatherbee . . . Editorial Page Editor Jerry Brewer General Manager Mike Romatowski . . . Entertainment Editor Linda Haines Advertising Manager John Vaughan Asst. Ent. 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A face full of the previous year's s .ollection usually snapped him out of it. That Christmas, however, he acted oddly. 1 snapped I lilt nf it hut inctpoH nf hoarinrt > c-nm^linrt ~-? ..Wvv,v?v? V* uvuft lll^ U CKlllipilIl^ \Jk 1115 ClgUIlW -epetoire like "yeah but Santa wears his suit all y round," or "yeah Santa must have untrained reindeer,' mly stared upwards with blackened eyes before qui* closing the flue. My son collapsed and died later that night SEVERAL days later, the doctors, after an extern lutopsy, discovered the cause of his death. ^VAIII* CAn ? * ?t-1 ma- " m. vui ouu vy do 11 t ouiiiiiig uitti iugm, Mr. weatnerbee." nvoluntary baring of teeth and gums is a symptom of a r, ? letters T c Forensics Team i TO THE EDITOIl: Forensics Program. The Gamecock should This letter is written to faulted for its neglect comment on the deficient cover this semestc coverage of an important forensics activitv - - J . issue: the University of forensics team has quali! South Carolina Forensics itself as a nation; Program. For some reason, recognized program wi! the Gamecock, along with the last semester. Has the II o 1 d e r m a n ad- Ga mecock reported that ministration have instituted National Debate team a policy of ruinous neglect broken at three ma toward the Carolina tournaments, that the VA'-,v- 'v v?'* 3 lllk\ ^ 1 1 :m IS THAT ONE WY... MILLIONS of '00% INTO JERRY PACWEil... VI twin IdllllUd i'arirej sve disease. I wouldn't doubt if he couldn't talk Christmas eve." :e I "Oh lord, he couldn't ? but he ate a sandwich ? I saw hat him!" litz "No he swallowed it whole. We found rather large portions in- of undigested plum pudding...the cheap kind." len "Oh Lord what is this affliction?" aus "Your son died from True Christmas spirit." I heard about it before. It wiped out millions long ago. In __ extreme cases doctors found real-tree bark burns on patients' feet and hands. People suffering from minor bouts of spirit auiucuiues uvea dui tney had to convalesce yearly at Christmas parades. But those were barbarian times. In those _ days, Santa came at the end of the parade. In those times they Q named Christmases after women. The last plague was k Christmas Carolyn. Thousands died that year ? scaring the dickens out of a thousand others. acir MY SON'S death stirred my anger. Somebody crossed him. 00 I knew I could never find the fanatic who turned him on to w uc ?|i? it uui i Knew 1 could prevent the spreading of the disease. The next day I quit my job at the tree assembly factory and recommended to my boss that a kid named Watt take my 9 ear place. But I had better things to do than to worry about who ' he did what. I had a destiny. etly I landed a iob at a mainr ? T ? j? UUfvi 1101115 111111 <*11U it was un my way. I had the world in my hands. That day alone we warned 10 million people while advertising our products. The ?ive rest, as you know, is history? I succeeded. THIS Christmas I'm going to take it easy, I'll spend an hour rhe or so putting together the tree I rinnprf.nff fmm fha fa/>?nru _ _ _ri ..viii v1iv iuvvwi j. are Maybe I'll turn on the television and watch the sun rise. > The Editor * Publicity Neoleeted -f dividual events program has but on the school adbe won numerous awards, and ministration. to that the first year Cross When the new director of ;r s Examination Debate has forensics, Charles Wilbanks, L he been ranked in the top was employed by the fied twenty percent of all University of South illy national Thn ... -..v. Carolina, he was mandated ^ ;hin information has not been to develop a broad based, the printed in the Gamecock and nationally competitive the even after a request by the team. On a very small has forensics team itself, budget, Mr. Wilbanks has ijor Neglect, however, does not been able to build a in- lay soley on the Gamecock see LETTERS page 10 . . . . . * 1 VAVi\,>,,v