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Opinion Unshared toy25J or take tl TO THE EDITOR: examples With the kind of pomposity article th; that is born only of profound paper, tir ignorance, you have prised the produced a half-page joke for g< editorial packed with Keep or winning ui ivei uecause most of the faculty have refused to Participate in the 'nottoexp< manufacture of a crip course T h , guide. Bully for them. You DrofGssor! i it i I 1/1 v/A CooUl i and those like you pave already been overindulged. "Vjn' ."V Are you really interested in stimulate getting an education, or are ghow your parents buying you a riaoSroo? diploma. I wonder Do you, I wonder, ever reveal your opinions to those Kindly < professors you feel have not yourself t earned their status, the ones am n?t < you accuse of "boring preciat< students with antiquated preperati< iHpnlno\z " nr aro uaii everv SftF , v? UI V J UU - > gregarious toward them to most of n their faces? I suspect that Put into tl you are one of those students applaud t whose praise is reserved for must ha\ teaclifers who have learned teach in w Care To Trade TO THE EDITOR: & Your editorial "Faulty Faculty" publisl a record for sweeping generalization, ur and overstatement. That so many faculty members have fa a class guide for student use, an appare fort, is regrettable. You were well within that so many failed to cooperate. But to leap from that fact to a wholesa USC faculty as "lazy" violates every prin The "everybody knows" crutch as a te< unsupported personal opinion is a tir device. I would very much like to see your tir back up the notion that the faculty nor three hours per week in their offices, and hours in class. As a visiting lecturer, I h nlnn/. ... 1,1.. ~1 n cidaa WCCM^, (jius pi cpdi diiuii uuic, y office hours weekly (which are frequ tripled by appointments with students). / committee, research, and advising time colleagues must consume. What probably galled me most was rea< the end of a long day. I came to work that classes back-to-back with only a 20-mini lunch, and read the Gamecock just befon at 5:15. Care to trade jobs? HO Visiting L< SO V60WK iDPRcnesr ^ Tfli WAFT i?tt cig J tummx emr?. ?mM <m *> / I {jtak'Mk I mi VMiAI Iiiuiiii11 iill<i>UMjfM'iT'fii fiTn -rr - Paper Not Tak CDITOR: tter entitled "Faulty Faculty" is a pri he Gamecock seriously. It is beyom of journalism that 1 have ever had at to address your comments on a poi ne and only suggest that what you h; \t you didn't throw in a few more gla wu measure. i trying, y'all, you only get worse as y< ?ct much from you. ard too many good discouraging ei s denigrated by will be eternall grateful students assistanc >me bored if not couragement d by T.V. variety g!yen,meV ickaging in the facul , t o f; i all of them, a i. i cidi au uicu ui , . . . nru?rintj about their StUi npering. that that I am do not take it upon o speak for me: I w . me of you. I ap- I HP e the effort, KP th?nMWh"fr TO THE EDIT1] ise, the care) that q night ^.P fes30rs haHv? incident. Ourca heir courses, and I u/a he dedication they "LrZ7,.Z Sr ,a .. - information anc h,, L,c?^ ?, Realizing that v hat must be a most officer ifBhe w0 the Business / 0 O formed us that C/ U KJ& m walked home. Whose securi police are put ir laH Tun 91 mav cot iro cfporiHoH o UUII. tii, llliij kJVt U1 otl U11UV/U u lsupported opinion, ficer, whose dul We had just g iled to contribute to not out strollini mtly worthwhile ef- street corner v bounds to complain considerate pei and we were th< le indictment of the Suppose I hac iciple of journalism, aware of the ca ihninno fnr vontina Knnti fnfallir mi ivi Tviiviug uvvii twvuiijr 1 ii\ ed old discredited And yet, I feel s I recall a sim ne and motion data Zacks one ever mally work two or gone. After cal I teach three to four been towed. Th ave twelve hours in called the tow lus five announced was partially 01 lently doubled and After some d Vnd I am spared the not accept a ch which my full-time until they had I things that wer 1: , 11_ l!i l iU.t 1 iL: uing iiiis euuoi lai ai uiai beverai iiu day at 8:45, had two At this point, ite intermission for whose job is I * leaving for the day stranding then should be done Has this happei BERT M. STKIPPY scturer, Advertising vour aairr CWBtamA pn .Spr*'nnc/i? W/I livr M?j*y me example of why few if any people read d a shadow of a doubt one of the worst ryr/ to endure reading. It is so ludicrous an __ nt by point basis would be a waste of good ad to say had any meaning. I'm just surring generalizations, along with a Polack . Walked o du do. romp ^ ANDREW P. LESNIAK of about 4( pioiogy ciraduate student | payments. people are -a for them. I be taught by these masters must be. P y grateful for 0f their profession. If you are not be a ie and en _? Ill/I oaiioncu WHII uic ijuaiiij growing my advisor Gf education you are getting there has r I am certain here, why don't you go to name for J ty members, Harvard? knocked of! re concerned KATHRYN BLACK teams who dents. I know CROXTON i don't kno privileged to Junior, BAIS known as t some spirit nt On Greene St. nounced.... ?: President >t week, a friend and I had an unfortunate holding ele< ir was stolen while we were in Green Streets, ready to le )lice, who arrived promptly, took down all the him 1 assured us that he would do all that he could. an(j" \yade ve were stranded in Five Points, we asked the Sheraton C uld drive us home, which was only as far as park pjac administration building on campus. He in- everything due to security reasons, he could not. We biased and they give ty was the police concerned with? Granted propogand* i dangerous situations every day. But here we them will t nearly two in the morning, and a police of- MARGARI :y is to protect citizens, cannot take us home. country vo one through a traumatic experience. We were their crime g or breaking the law. We were stuck on the Sounds not vith no way to get home because some in- ^0 hut sor rson had taken off with our transportation; without qu 5 criminals. The officer was scared of us. - SYLVESTI 1 been alone and this had happened. We are all hut some impus security problem at USC. I would have the crowd )rtified if I had been left to walk home alone, ovation aft ure this has happened. practicing ilar incident. Two of my friends were at Crazy thin? k ling. They came out to find that their car was ling the police, they learned that the car had Discipline 1 tey found a way to the police station, who had moving no company to tow the car because one wheel telephoned n the sidewalk. brutal mili elay, the police made it clear that they would asking jf th eck; therefore the car would not be picked up ^ey had f< fifty dollars in cash. My friends needed some wonder if e in the car. They opened the car door to find nnt ngs were missing, including a ski jacket. good chanc I must raise a question. Why are the police, 0f chariest to protect citizens, spending so much time ^e movie i at awkward times and places. Something thought th< to correct this problem. What is your opinion? when the s< led to you; and how did you deal with it? by ha JGH Would soon Box 87669, USC financial b IIM , nririiw??nj boost, fina Ibireei jooks ^olumbia" then how a cafeteria 1 m *? JtWf wShl/j V /W(//lw vn/pi I why we los > < mrsm . sudden quit %h s / would evei JliMl university Qgfig? f 5LJ MINUS C f/j?BLit?/ V I masquera< \ / South Can Ea /m39 11 II J V mnnnnnlx JM Jk. =% W (Sip flB^ [ publicatioi kRK PLATTE Editor-in-Chief ver to the SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC AND ANY to pay an electric bill Mondav and saw a line people waiting either to get service or make It made me wonder not only how dependent on SCE+G, but also how rich the corporation jtting a few extra dollars into their stock might bad investment seeing as how they're SUPER BOWL XVI once again proves that lot been an exciting bowl with that undeserved 3 years, since Joe Willie and his white shoes Baltimore. Cincinnati and San Francisco are two will never be heard from again Although v too much about them, I admire the new group he GARNET SPIRIT and their efforts to instill into this drab campus. I liked them ever since I banner as the best at the Carolina-Clemson game their cheers as their club's name was an I wonder what was going through SG JOHN BOSWELL's mind when he mentioned :tions early at the beginning of this March. Is he ave office so soon? I hope not because I'll miss ....OK, th( USC has both the UNIVERSITY INN Hampton Hotel, right? All they need is the larolina Inn, the Desoto and then they get to buy e I feel sorry for people who believe iiicy i cau m 11me or xvewsweeft. rne siones are are written with a view heavily in mind. While the facts, for the most part, they are both i devices and anyone associated with either of admit that British Prime Minister IT THATCHER recently criticized rapists in her wing strongly that they will receive jail terms for s instead of just paying fines that are levied now. only like an understatement of what she needs to lething that should have been done long ago estion. Shocking There was a band at :RS Friday night whose name I can't even recall *uy working the lights was outraged that )f seven or eight wouldn't give them a standing er every song. He told me the band had been for three days together and were the greatest e'd ever heard. Only in Columbia... ed reading Pat Conroy's book The Lords of vhich just turned paperback and found it to be a vel despited the exaggeration. At any rate, I THE CITADEL, the school depicted as being the tary college in the book and called the library, ey had the book on its shelves. The librarian said ur copies ot tne door but all were checked out. those books are permanently checked out or ..Speaking of THE CITADEL, the school lost a e to shovel money into the school and into the city >n when they turned down the opportunity to film on the grounds of the Institute. Officials there i movie would give the place a bad name even :ript was toned down. But they neglected to think ving The Citadel filmed, other movie industry follow to Charleston, giving the city a needed oost Speaking of a city that needs a icial or otherwise, is COLUMBIA whose Main ; like a ghost town. At one time, I thought this city i and be the next Atlanta. Alas, it's just the same RUSSELL HOUSE CAFETERIA has done ?: 1 n ~~ 1 ? : ?? ? uicj iiu(a; win iaawi adica anu litticiiac ctucici id They have set up displays of the desserts they the whole pie on view of a slice they serve, etc. :, but if you're looking to improve appearance, bout doing something about the dismal way the >oks or serve a greater selection of entrees to I don't understand why the United States o let ISRAEL slap us around. They annex the ;hts, are a constant threat to peace, and draw dollars from our bank account dailv. Whv do we all of this? People are talking about ity of there not being a WOMEN'S BASKETBALL year or maybe even this year. The problem is the allow players to transfer from one school in midplay with another during the same season. With m's b-ball, all tranfers have to sit out the of the season before playing the next year. That's t so many players and why it's so easy to be a tpr in wnmpn's hall EGORY: To the USC choral group, CAROLINA 10 put in far more many hours practicing than we realize. They are a group who represent this veil. ATEGORY: To THE STATE publication, for ling as a newspaper to readers throughout the >lina. Unfortunately, the publication has a virtual over cuy ana siaie news Dill The Charlotte Obs a better job covering South Carolina than The Unfortunately those people over there don't seem about improving because they sell enough is, make money, and never rock the boat.