The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 25, 1982, Page Page 6, Image 9
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We are so glad that we had about the
500 people looking out for us E
Saturday, putting up with the Pai
pouring rain to make decisions for woi
all of us. fid<
The USC Students for Life took to owi
the streets, marching from the difl
Russell House to the State House der
with other 4'pro-lifers" joining in out
the march. ten
When 500 people think they can
make decisions for millions of 1
women, not only is that thinking che
dangerous but unnecesary in these brii
civilized times of the 1980s. to t
The people who made the march is a
Saturday to protest the 1973 U.S. stai
supreme court decision legalizing ^
most abortions have no right to her
make decisions or judgements for wh;
women and to those women who bod
participated in the march, their
level of individualism and anc
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should be severely questioned. the
Rep. Jean Toal, D-Richland, is *nsl
expected to make her statements. tell
She's running for political office ^
now in a conservative area. Toal
has got different motives for what we
she says. we
And according to reports, a large the
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students came to hear their school
president, Robertson McQuilkin, so lri?
Faulty E
Generalizations can be Ol
damaging. And we readily admit fo
that the editorial in Thursday's as
Gamecock entitled "Faulty su
Faculty" was a broad th
generalization labeling all faculty
as being self-centered and pom- ec
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In any profession, there are both gc
bad and good employees and USC fa
is no exception. The professors who th
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research or teaching in their wl
classroom know that the work they m
do is probably never even realized at
by others, much less appreciated.
Some of those that (lid not par- m
ticipate in the class guide had good su
reason. Many could not because wi
they would not be teaching classes
the following semester or the _
courses taught would be cancelled.
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y were told to come
;ut what about the others who
ticipated in the march? Do the ______
men out there have no conince
in the ability to make their ^ # m ,
i decisions. The men are a C
erent story. Their naked connnation
of abortion is not only T0 THE EDITOR:
-of-line, but adds to their in- while
your ec
ference in something they will "Faulty Fac
er understand completely. (Gamecock,Jan. 21)
, .. r~ r u UP some valid criticis
he countless number of chur- bfanket condemnati
s who believe abortion is sin faculty members in j
ig up a whole new argument as misses the pri
he churches right to judge what
clear separation of church and members are eager I
0 their hard-won kno
woman's right to an abortion is
own. She alone must decide like wheaties ir
it she can or cannot do with her thousand waiting
iy. Those that offer their bowls. ^ ^ ^
ddling with useless marches ar0und you in cikss a!
1 demonstrations need to realize you will notice these
t tney are not representing what minds are, tor the mo;
y think is an unborn child but doodihfg, keeping
tead their own opportunity to generally not even ti
others what to do. pay more than tok
Ve're sure that those who par- hannd?nThe ^ntS"s3
pated in the march thought they home by the pathe
re influencing legislators who tempts made to answ<
ren't even present just as they
>ugni mai marcning would torce
iers to think as they did. But ? - #
it's not an original idea?Hitler rMllfOT1
^d that years ago.
TO THE EDITOR:
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scheduled to teach d
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hers did not choose to respond
r reasons we do not respect, such if the writer woul
i the possibility of turning the reduced substantiall
. . , . . , . . one way we keep froi
rvey into a contest to determine
e popularity of each teacher. In conclusion, i an
However, the overall tone of the four hours, why didn
litorial was overwhelmingly
sgative and did more harm than
iod. It set the imoression that all
culty members care more for
emselves than for their students.
also downgraded faculty as a GAMECO
iole when referring to teaching
ethods, teaching schedules and
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To those faculty members who reproduced without the pt
ight have been offended, we
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dozen introductory course s1
litorial exams and you will see what n
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brings competence almost extinct.
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ion of student body. i(
general 0
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faculty through serving an un- c
to pour caring, apathetic student o
wledee bodv. but throueh working fl
ins of with the better graduate \*
udents, students on research, and y
lto a through office politics. It is
cereal not a matter of choice: a
without published research r
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ny day, manuvering, a faculty a
> eager member's advancement is c
st part, finished. h
Stone, 1<
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ying to emphasis of class teaching is ti
en at- inherent in the current e
ect at tenure and promotion c
driven systems used by virtually all
tic at- institutes of higher learning
er even in the U.S. Quite frankly, the
exams, apathy and ineptitude of the
a few majority of undergraduate
ial Saddens Pi
e one on Thursday, in which the faculty a
handbook project always saddens me b
lunication between at least one student ar
sr instance, the possibility that many of th
ifferent courses in the spring from the or
>, there is no point in doing a course survej
d consider the matter along these lines,
y. In our department, we change courses
n being boring, lazy, apathetic, and tedioi
i amazed to learn that the normal teachi
't anyone tell me? I've been teaching nine
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ipathetic semi-literates. The
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hey just learn that few,
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are.
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STEPHEN K. PERRY
Graduate Student, Geology
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ecause it suggests such a
id his teachers. The writer
ie delinquents were simply
les that they had taught in
/ for a spring handbook.
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quite frequently, which is
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