The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 11, 1981, Page Page 2, Image 2
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
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$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
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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
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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.
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DECEMBER: Jim Carlen and the Gamecocks cap off a v
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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^^
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When my son wandered into the kitchen last Christmas <
vith that goofy I-can't-wait-for-Santa Claus grin on his fat
lidn't take immediate concern. He used to get like tl
oward Christmas; coming home nights grinning big Sch
Fins that broke only for his favorite seasonal snack of
tant eggnog-turkey stuff-plum pudding sandwiches. He tl
yould sit down and babble incessently about Santa Ch
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vhile spitting flecks of food until I'd take him to the fire pi;
ind tell him to look up. 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
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-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.
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nvoluntary baring of teeth and gums is a symptom of a r,
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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
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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
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'00% INTO JERRY PACWEil...
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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
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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
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are Maybe I'll turn on the television and watch the sun rise.
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Publicity Neoleeted
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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 .
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