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Boycott Th( TO THE EDITOR: I think it's time someone stood up and said, "Hey, I'm not going to DUt UD with this anv lonaor I'm not onintr ont fKo* _ j o ? ~ ""v b"'"h v,c?v iuc*i slop from the Gamecock Snack Bar ever again!'' Like many students on this campus, I purchased food coupons from the Russell House Dining Services this semester. However, due to my fluctuating schedule, I did not always find it possible to eat in one of the various cafeterias. W Naturally, since the Gamecock Snack Barwas open when the cafeterias were closed I ate there quite frequently. T H-. T 1 * van nvucoiiy say k nave never Deen saustied with either the service or the food. I purchased nearly everything on their menu during the course of this semester and something was invariably cold or sloppily prepared. Take the famous "chicken special" for example. This sandwich is prepared in advance and tossed into a microwave for a few seconds when you order it. By the time your waitress remembers your order, asks you three f i mno tirViof tf/\n 4- ? 1 1 ' 1 vi.uM ?Yuai yvju uavi lu luiiiK, iaK.es several omer orders and prepares them first them proceeds to bag your order this ^ sandwich is ice cold. I would venture to say I have eaten my weight in chicken sandwiches ? three-quarters of which I have taken back to be "re-heated." Fries also are kept beyond their proper expiration time and served greasy and mushy. I understand that the Gamecock Snack Bar is usually crowded with customers (who, like I did, go there between classes or when the cafeterias are closed). This is no excuse Test Doesn't TO THE EDITOR: I am writing to you about the English Writing Proficiency Test. I feel that this test is not a fair representation and evaluation of a student's writing capabilities. I feel that there ? L ..... aic ucuu auu inure accurate means 3V3U3D16 to use in judging a student's "proficiency". . According to the student handbook (Freshman Guide) every student must take this test " . . .to insure that the level of composition instruction a student receives is appropriate to his actual writing ability." (1981 The Students Guide to Freshman English, pg. 2) I feel that this test is not fair A evaluation for a number of reasons. For example, I know of many students, myself included, who found themselves in trouble when given the test simply because of the topics available to base the essay on, they were completely unfamiliar to me. I also feel that thp tim** limit cot ? Illv uw V/11 CIIV/ tCOl should be extended about fifteen minutes. For a lot of students, there is no time for revision and editing at all. This time limit may also cause some students to feel rushed and therefore not do as good a job as they might possibly do under different circumstances. Another problem is knowing where to draw the line between English 101 and English 102 * i THINK, MOTHER... WHEN VDO WENT' ID REGISTER THfiT t?TT?ft...WHK ? C n C OflUCTt DOT for poor service and cold food. I am an employee at Hardee's on Main Street and I am proud to say that we serve hot fresh ? food with fast friendly service yet we are just as busy during the day as the Gamecock. We throw away f ries once they are ten minutes old. We throw away sandwiches when thev are iwenty minutes old. We smile at you and bid you a nice day. We may lose some money throwing away food when it gets uesp old but we feel it is worth it to maintain our standard of Sltua " quality service. volved, I have, in the past, taken food back (in the Gamecock) PUD11C directly to the supervisor on duty. This has not affected any 1X110181 improvement. If complaints do not achieve results maybe jn?ntn boycotting will. Perhaps if students ate somewhere else !s.c.a those in charge of the Gamecock Snack Bar would sit up and JP1"1811 take notice. inpd,r^ I ask you ? is it worth standing in line for fifteen minutes to Preaicl i weive coia musny tood? I submit that for less than that UIJder 1 amount of time one could go to Hardee's and receive piping- W"en hot fresh food and speedy service. shown To those in charge of the Gamecock SnackBar: Until you ? , ' set expiration times on food and train your cashiers (there JJead are a few to which this does not apply) to be swift and nave ? courteous, I ancl many others will refuse to frequent your commi establishment. emen My advice to students? Hurry on down to Hardee's!! closes ana na KATIIYA. BROWN need tc English Major ~ Ik M 01 If nothing Measure Skills saS^.r housing off Belt students. If two nearly identical papers were turned in, it is paint p conceivable that one would would be graded English 101 level littered QHH fhn nfliAK 1 AO ?f * ' * ~ U??U UIV UVI1CI x^ngiisii L\jt ucvzause ui a anierence 01 aoout two lor CAI misspelled words or one misplaced coma. somebc I believe that the students place, or level, may be better represented if other factors are taken into consideration. The ? ., ' first, and most important, is looking at the students high school records,taking into consideration such things as horren| class placement, grade averages, and final grades in the students last year of English. Another factor that may be taken into consideration is the students SAT s^nroc fm- i?. ?? *"* "" charge stance, the English raw score and percentile ranking. These woul5 ( tests were made for the purpose of representing particualr money English skills and it seems ridiculous that these are not used stu(jent in the students evaluations (placement). se IT rThn fof I believe that if these factors are taken into consideration, . it will definitely give a better picture of the students ability ^CC*ef>u, to write. It should also provide the people grading the test the ? missing factor for deciding whether he should forget about c a ? uwi missing comma or that spelling error, go ahead and give ?? H the paper an English 201 level, saving some students a lot of . ff time and money. DAVID TURKALY of news Having ill a'rplani IB ' A W TM nouncin If w\ //(? . 'II tar''y t>i 11 **&y4h* 1" rz ' ^SSK&U VWKM positive MINUS ID THE POSFOFRCe THIS MORNING SI r UM? PIP YOU STAND IN ? 5? 5 T%/t *r>ir ifjii ?AI>? JL Ajn i iLi ' :^Jj| , ... . ite what rumors persist about the Pam Parsons >n, it seems to me that there is a deeoer situation in : the question of how this falling out affects the 5 interpretation of whether women can be adators. It's stiil tough enough these days to convince at women can be effective leaders. Just take a look at mpus and see how many women are in key adative positions: you can count the number with the of one hand To hear the weather forecasters it, you'd think South Carolina would have been buried n snow until the spring thaw. This state surely panics aced with the prospect of a little snow and ice, as by Gov. Riley calling the national guard on Bob Marcum as new AD and Richard Bell as >otball coach are two of the best choices that could een made. Kudos to each member of the search ttee that had the good sense to select these gen4 r. T 11 ? " iino la wucii 1 can Mnan minKing: me university Russell House because of the snow all day Wednesday If the day Thursday because the employees inside > get home before bad weather conditions become But for the next week, the sidewalk in front of the % is a hazard for anyone walking on the thick ice and is done about it. Would have served USC right to have te slip and sue the idiots who could care less about I didn't realize until last month how bad some ; conditions really are. Woodland Terrace Apartments line look like a bad section of the South Bronx. With seling off the sides of the apartments and the streets with debris, pictures of the place could serve as ads IE. No wonder USC is trying to unload it Will iHv tf?IJ mo Ulhu \AA noo.r>?> ? " 1 " ?J ??..J uji vp-nuu IICVC1 CVCI 1 UI1S smooiniy r igure by now that the system could be improved but *r after semester, it's wait, wait, wait Crazy on South Main has got to be the champion of boy;irl (or vice-versa) bars. Now if they'd just burn their lous record selection and replace it with real music, eally pack the crowds in ..Looks like Gov. Riley deal with university presidents on this student surHe said he'd endorse it if the university presidents |uit their heavy lobbying in the legislature for more Great to know that nobody's looking out for s is that Ronald Reagan is wearing out his welcome. :ade that so many of us were willing to believe and in the beginning is starting to crumble. I guess it was it we were all so tired of incompetence that we exi it for worthless novelty Remember all the int<; ahnut fhp ^amnnc nnli/>o? r'on'f cow fKof i'?? J/W41VV . V/CAU V OMJ tUUV 1. V C nything negative about them for a long time. Silently ictively, they are doing a good job. Lt. Carl Stokes is nany who can take a deserved bow There's an ; debate in the field of journalism between the quality papers as compared with radio and television news, watched the local television news in Columbia, I can ly say that instead of doing what they do now (which ng), they should have a speed reader read aloud The >rk Times for 30 minutes. Any television news station votes one-third of the program to weather reports nsDana. weainer can oe reported in two minutes, so le large all-color weather maps. Geeeez It was me to see the Clemson Tigers win the national onship but they won every single game and beat <a, so number one is well-deserved. Reading national s of the Orange Bowl victory, one has to count up the of excuses sportswriters are making for the Tigers to est college team in the nation. I don't know what I'll ead another story on how the victory or the season or 1 1 r At " ? " * * re lauueu uecause 01 me aiiegea recruiting violations. >orts, Sports Illustrated, and others are being unonal to report one side of the story when the other lemson) can't comment until the investigation is I had to wince when I read System Vice President al Affairs Pete Denton's Dec. 15 letter announcing the Clirphnrcp tA ctliHontc anH noronlc ?U uvuuviiw UI1U pui V1ILO. l-'J VCU Willi LUC ial increase, some programs and activities will have stponed and others curtailed," he wrote. "Please let ss that this will in no way affect the high quality of jn that is increasingly the hallmark of the University i Carolina." Nice try, Pete, but that's like riding in an ; when all the engines have failed and the pilot ang, "the plane is going down and will crash momenjt in no wav affect the continued snfetv nf anv nf thn ers." ' CATEGORY: To interim head women's basketball 'erry Kelly for dealing with a difficult situation in a manner. CATEGORY: To Dick Wertz , head of housing, for I til talk with 9 ronnrfor mtin omif^wrl , ...... ~. vfuiiivvvvn l V|Wl IV1 VT1IU VVUllCU UUl" office for information on the University Inn. Come we weren't out to break a scandal, we only wanted a ormation. And I don't know of any university official ts his secretary speak for hirn. 1,1 1 ir'-iiiriiiTrrrrnrr "v;;^