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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
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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
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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;
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we feel the truth as to why Jim ga
Carlen is kept beneath a similar
veil. I
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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
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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
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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
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bring his legal wrath but either ar
way, the university shouldn't be te
silent on this matter.
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David Tallfy, Sports Editor SQ"CWLl?D PlC
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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
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truiuuuciion rignts granted to tl
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? , i.t a letters and columns must he typewritten,
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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
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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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