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GAMECOC Founded 1908 Mark Platte, Editor-in-Chief Jerry Brewer, General Managt Linda S. Haines, Advertising Ma Jean Hatchell, Business Mana? Mark McEwan, Production Mana, A Bill Fo] Although students have racked up more than $20,000 worth of longdistance telephone calls since last February, forcing them to pay for the calls would only be directing n. ii ?? * me Diame in tne wrong place. Southern Bell knew since February 1981 that campus phones were being used to make the longdistance calls. The print-out of the calls were tabulated each month and Southern Bell, the state General Services department and the university knew the bill was beinff inorpaspH as thf* mnnthc u/ont q ?? mk/ v?*V AilVtlVIlO TVVlit by. When USC decided it needed to change its phone system format to account for more student telephone numbers, Southern Bell should have known the system would change the campus phones. The Electronic Switching System, the new iormai instituted Feb. 8, 1981, accounted for the change in the campus telephones. On April 20,1981, USC Director of Communications Debi Flippo was told by Residential Life Services that long distance calls were being mflHp FlinnA trklH Qnnthnrn U^ll M. 1/V/1V4 UV/UtUV>l 11 Utll and they said they'd try and fix the phones. Months passed by until Southern Bell finally figured out that the problem had to do with 4'the interaction of the toll restriction feature w:'h the DAIN Long Distance Network Access method." Finally, in December of last year, General Services was told it would pay for the calls since Southern Bell doesn't bill USC directly for long-distance calls. While Southern Bell apparently had more important things to do, the long-distance bills were piling up and the delay did nothing but pnhanrp an nlrpadv massivn ox pense. I ^1 Tom Coyne, News Editor j David Talley, Sports Editor John Vaughan. Entertainment Editor Peth Sundrla, Copy Desk Chief iviiKe risner, graphics Editor Patty McCarthy, Asst. News Editor ] ir Johnny Boggs. Asst. Sports Editor nager Mike Lough, Intramurals Editor Fletcher Johnson, Graduate Assistant \er Mark Ethridge Jr., Adviser ger r Mo Rail L 1TXU Ulyll On the day the Gamecock printed its story on the telephones, some of the phones had already been fixed while others could still be used. How Southern Bell was able to stop the making of long-distance calls is uncertain, but obviously it had the capacity to act immediately. Southern Bell has a list of all the calls made which comprised the $20,000 bill. Debi Flippo says the telephone company can trace the calls and prosecute the callers if it desires. it v/ vauii i. v.U1IUU11C IUWOC WUU made the calls. These students know they were making illegal calls. Some said they didn't think it was wrong because Southern Bell makes such a huge profit. Others told the people they called to not admit having been telephoned from Columbia. These kind of responses make it clear that students knew mey were aoing wrong out aidn t think they would get caught. Just because Southern Bell makes a profit in the telephone business is no reason to steal: that's what students were doing when they knew they wouldn't be paying for long-distance calls. But to make students pay for the calls now would be pursuing a moot prosecution. Southern Bell waited so long in fixing the phones that it knew long-distance calls would be made in the interim. The bill should not be the university's either. USC had no control over students making the calls. The ultimate cost should be incurred by Southern Bell. For a #1 i J ?- 1 " I ^uiiijpauy uiai uues sucn a large jod servicing the South, it's hard to understand why its long-distance calling couldn't have been stopped last summer at the very latest. With all its latest technology, Southern Bell still has a long way to go understanding exactly how its service works. instruments c ?thorn ?the sera iron Lei Religion Sho TO THE EDITOR Not everybody believes in ( dividual and personal decision grateful I have a forum to expi If a woman chooses to ha^ repercussions both morally ai easier if you were to make the Jesus Christ did not force pe< followers. The Ten Comman believers. Rather than force s< the way through love. The question of abortion is c take up a national collection ar and clothe these children. Be support for this child. Make h< includes the word "bastard." Maybe then abortions will c Laws are enacted for the poor ] Abortion TO THE EDITOR After our millions of years of evolution, the male numans were not blessed with (or saddled with, according to one's opinion) the ability to carry and birth another human. Men were, however, born with the intelligence and compassion to know when someone is violating herself and the laws of nature. Women are the ones that see the pregnancy through the birth and yes, they do understand their bodies better than men. Since women can understand so well, this is for iill fomalnc s\ nn/4/\??f ivuiuivj iu unuciaiaiiu. as a women, if you find yourself expecting and decide to seek out the services of an abortion clinic, you are not seen as a woman GAMECOCK Soli* rnnruriurtinrt rfohfo * ff'o g.ufucu I' I'ress. All other material contained h reproduced without the permission of tl Opinions expressed in the Gamecc sinned, of the writer and, if unsigned, of The Gamecock welcomes letters c letters and columns must be typewrit on a 65 space-line. Letters sllOldd be nn lonu?r !?>/ ... columns .should be limited to one news longer than four typed pages. Letters ai be signed with the writer's correct ammmKmmmtmKmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >ftorture... , usages tters To The Editor? uldn't Enter Int iod, therefore, religion should no i. Granted everyone has a right to! 'ess mine. /e an abortion, I am quite sure ?li.. t * 1: 1U mcriiiciiiy . 1 UdllllUl live yuui 111' wrong decision. The choice is youi sple to follow him nor did he enact idments were written as a guii omeone into a way of life they wil ilementary. For those who would id keep it in escrow for those with i there 24 hours for that young wo 3r feel wanted and accepted in a s ease. But remember the wealthy man. w A * * ^ ? ? - Is Appalling Vi< with a problem but rather a ev number on a scorecard. its Many abortion clinics use incentives to prompt their th "counselors" into enticing va more women into the ba stirrups with promises of if painlessness and con- ov fidentiality. If you were to As witness an actual abortion, su as I have, this is what you an wmilrl CDP' (ho urrtmin if ml Tfvuivi uw. viiv numail io vy i strapped down onto the table pa with her feet in the stirrups Bi and she is unconcious after tri heavy sedation. of To prep her for the sc abortion, she is dilated with ! a series of graduated probes, all thrusted in a one-two motion, is Next is the vacuum,' ten on times stronger than its pa household counterparts, th< which is inserted and swirled around to consume /mveriising: 777-4249 New; Business Office: 777 3888 Prodi o the Associated number, mailing adc erein may not be position and major. P ip editor. (he writer's name ni >ch arc those, if request, if the circums the editor. We reserve the rig! ind columns. All space and style, and v ten, triple-spaced column for any reason. Address letters nnrl t 300 words, and Gamecock, Drawer A, worthy subject no -phe "Gamecock" is < id columns MUST nlr University of Son name, telephone from student activity fe - ? Kfr ?Myawiiriatns IK ^ndtihe. |^PiW&iCS i?y> o Decision t enter into a strictly inhis own opinion and I am she has considered the e nor make the road any *s alone. state laws to encourage deline for seekers and 1 not accept, show them like abortion abolished, Families too large to feed man or girl who has no ;ociety whose dictionary will always find a way. CLEO ARRINGTON Undeclared >lation erything but the womb ;elf. The next few seconds are e most horrifying. As the icuum encounters the iby, it bucks and strains as you had stuck your hand er your vacuum at home. ; the baby is being conmed, the woman's face id body are contorted by lat is obviously extreme in but she's unconscious, it alas, modern medicine umphs again, one more jet gas and the woman stops reaming in her sleep. So here you have it, after I talk of God and morality put aside, abortion is still e of, if not the most aplling and base violations of e human body. DANIEL FINK Marine Science Freshman sroom. 777-7181 action: 777-2833 Ir<>ss, class standing or faculty seudonyms are unacceptable, but iay be withheld on letter, upon tances warrant it. if to edit columns and letters for ve reserve the right to reject any ( olumns to: Editorial Page Editor, US'C, Columbia. S C. 29208 n licensed student organization of th Carolina and receives funding es.