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GAMECOfil Founded 1908 Mark Platte, Editor-in-Chief Jerry Brewer, General Manager Linda S. Haines, Advertising Manager Jean Hatchell, Business Manager o Mark McEwen, Production Managers MBMnBBHHHBHBHMBMHHBn T/-w T^ll TU, The turbulence that has been created at USC with regard to ti\ athletic firings and resignations US proves that this university will no in< longer tolerate social and moral ru i * misDenavior. da It also shows that change has ca been overdue for quite some time pr and power struggles should be left where they belong....outside the re: realm of a working, growing be university. be fa< Pllf miflcfinrio nnrvrl f/\ nr-lr/\/4 i^ui> vjuv^onwiio nccu iu uc daivcu ui what has transpired during the < past month and people need to be He held accountable for their actions. M< The first question is aimed at the ne USC Board of Trustees. While we wl applaud their boldness at the move re* to restructure and revitalize an re athletic department which has past re; nnPratpH linrlpr a nf canrnniT Pn ~I " we feel the truth as to why Jim ga Carlen is kept beneath a similar veil. I Pa The university has made no pia formal announcement concerning US why it made the decision to let pui Carlen go. Under the Freedom of fro Information Act, the board should have ratified the action in public ! session and then released the a i. -Til i * imnuies 01 me meeting. clc USC is playing games. In 1979, au they refused to release the minutes of a board meeting regarding the wl decision to evenutally 4'retire" di< former Head Basketball Coach or Frank McGuire and got away with W1 not releasing the minutes. Now da they feel they don't have to do sej the same for Carlen, which is W1 wrong. dii un The board caught Carlen on a se< morals clause in his contract. That's how they were able to relieve him of his duties. But they ne refuse to acknowlede that. tu preferring to let the public think 0p that Carlen's 1981 record of six dij wins and six losses stood as the co reason for the man's dismissal. m The university will again be put di] to the legal test if someone challenges the board to say why jf Carlen was fired. The reason may 0I1 hn pimharrAssinf tn Parlpn anH ? 0 ? bring his legal wrath but either ar way, the university shouldn't be te silent on this matter. zrjr- Tftstsr*n n ww iwwr? ..... . ? r Mv<uik?? t. SSEEEEEESSEEE?EEESS!^EEEEEEEEEEESES!!^^^SS!E!ISi^j!!!SEEEEE!EE!E!!!!?!SE Tom Coyne. News Editor f ^ TIMElWTVg David Tallfy, Sports Editor SQ"CWLl?D PlC John Vnnohnn c? CTI IAAI C Tl I ft* PTl k f** ? ? . owwyw irni wwii Beth Sitndrla. Copy Desk Chief W ^TAKST Mike Fisher, Graphics Editor I WVa^HVpMftl ::rrr.;"r:r ^ww w ksew Mike Lough, Intramurals Editor ^ Fletcher Johnson, Graduate Assistant (/ljjMyy z Mark Ethridge Jr., Legal Adviser ggff Sgffi '. Wp in no way rwiHnnP thp ar- ???? ?Let ities of Jim Carlen but as long as >C officials choose to wish the ^1 :ident into the past, the more OLilvl^lIL O mors ana stories will fly around, to the editor maging the reputation of a As a student, I feel the need to mmic 11 nn iU wav to a editorial in response to the propose mpus well on its way to a surcharge 0nrwould think that I omising tuture. tuition increase of $50 in-state anc With Pam Parsons supposed of-state would give the universit signation, facts that should have money to maintain academic s e" brought to light will again mt'stration^^sed1^ lost because Of the need to save surcharge in order to prevent dr? ;e. After reading the article in the Ga that thp eiirnharop ic not nnln )n the day USC President necessary. lderman announced that Bob it would be better to give a sti ircum from Kansas would be the charge than to suffer the effects ti . ? . , , cuts will make. The dean of the ( W athletic director, he held up Science and Mathematics j iat was apparently the (Gamecock, Wed. Dec. 9) that the iignation of Parsons for "health result in the loss of personnel an asons." Parsons denied f w signing and met her team at the OflOCfCCCJ H lumbi^ airport after a road , me to tell them she hadn't. TO THE ED,TOR' ^ . _ . rr i 1 was shocked, saddened L ' the team got off the airplane, and angered by the blatant " rsons was separated from her breach of decency, not to hav vers by security guards, which I?6"11.?!1 eth.ics> practiced by C athletic officials rW w,rp the '"ustnous Board of i - j ** ? ~ Trustees in December as myj 1 there to separate the coach they once again revealed perl mherplayers. their incompetency, ap ingratitude and total lack of upk shortly thereafter, she handed in Boart'cLl^toa^Coach letter Of resignation which she Carlen is further evidence of of t limed was the only letter she the prevalence of dirty seC] thorized to say she had resigned, politics within the workings whi What was the other letter and jPinrl fit if 1 ly was it signed by Parsons? Why m I fl O II I in't Holderman ever release the to the editor, iginal letter, as he promised? Give me a break. This universi iv was Parsons considered so many Davy Jones lockers where iy was ^arsons consiaerea so the better off the educational fac ngerous that she had to be Classes and funds for individual oarated by security guards? available; and then in the case iat were the "philosophical $750,000 plus in salaries for folks terences7' she had with the ?a^etb^11 c?1ch'f(M .. ... i .. ? # , to cut back on educational oppoi lversity which she Cited in the written for the students who saw 20nd letter? beginning of the fall semester an for an education, so please make s rhese questions will undoubtedly ver be answered by a university at deals in cloak-and-dagger erations. And will it be any GAMECOCK ' fferent in the future? USC is ; nstantly ripping itself apart with I llfflpH nnlitir?c nrirl I truiuuuciion rignts granted to tl UMU VJiipOIlVFVA ' """""" Press. All other material contained herei piWIIldV^jr . reproduced without the permission of the et When will the truth be KllOWn. I Opinions expressed in the Gamecock s just a rhetorical question but signed, of the writer and, if unsigned, of the e that desperately needs to be rh(t Gamecock welcomes letters and ? , i.t a letters and columns must he typewritten, nsidered. And one, that when I ??? S5, iswerori will hplnlisr! tn pnmp _ , vv Letters should be no longer than 301 rms with itself I columns should be mited to one newswori longer than four typed panes Letters and << 1 'VH'19**""'!II Mil Tl I I "I i*a>'EVix'?.-TMHf' ters To The Editor ^ upports ijurcnarge ? write an ?^ered- The B.A. department has also lost id student e. ?PP?rtunity to hire eight visiting he recent assistant professors and replace two I $100 out- Pressors that have retired. After the cuts, y enough *"e education we will be paying for won't be tandards. wor^h the education we are paying for. We The ad- are PaY?ng a lot right now for our education. 5 student ^ we are going to get less of an education istic cuts, bec^se we didn't pay the extra $25,1 would i say the $25 is a good investment. good but In c^os>n6? 1 ur8e heads of all departments to look and cut out any waste. To the ident sur- students, I would like to leave the following he budget rem*nder: the tuition at USC may be high Allege of ^ut ^ *s a l?wer ^an many other Projected universities. MICHELLE MALLOY dcourses B.A. major ^ ? ?-? -? sy Hoard's tit hies the university. Their to reinforce my conception Lisal to state a specific of the Board of Trustees as a ison for Carlen's group of money-grubbing, imissal is highly treacherous, old leeches who picious: what can they are perfectly willing to >e to hide? destroy anyone who might get in their way. How much can only speak for longer can we continue to >elf, but I am extremely cater to the caprices of these Lurbed by the fact that as blood-suckers? If they are aying contributor to the allowed to escape totally ^ eep of this university, I unscathed from this '' not allowed to know the potential controversy then 3-secret" machinations there is truly no justice in he hallowed board. This this world. 1 A. 1- - ecy aim me suspicions CAROL McCOIX ch it arouses only serve English Junior Where Funds Are tty had better find out where its money is. We have too money is kept (Reserve Funds). The faster we find out ility will be. Our fees go up to pay for the stadium; our I colleges are cut because less monev will be made of both Frank McGuire and Jim Carlen, we fork out who do not work here anymore. Now we have to pay >tball coach, and athletic director. No wonder we have 'tunities. Hell, it cost us a fortune in coaches. This is food go off their table when the fees were raised at the d the food that will be leaving us come spring. We pay >ure we get that first and a football coach last. 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