Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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n a n it tti r-\ A n Founded 1908 MarK riaue, ?.auor-in-LnieJ Jerry Brewer, General Manage Lmaa names, Advertising Mai Jean Hatehell, Business Manag Mark McEwan, Production Mana, Fl 1 T7~ rteiiire iv< Nothing could be more of a tribute to a women's basketball season torn by strife and controversy but mended beautifully at the close than the offer to extend head coach Terry Kelly's contract as women's basketball coach for at least next year. The Lady Gamecocks have had rviif i?r* ufifh fanfnrc that" makp a I,\J put up VV1U? 1I4VVX/& M VA?V%V AaAMaftv/ M normal team give up. Six games into the season, with a ranking of second in the nation and an undefeated record, the Lady Gamecocks lost their head coach under extremely adverse circumstances. p| ! 8 m., ... ? ' : '<*, ... i WaH JHj | \ UB v i t .:: Terry Kelly Many fans started to lose interest as the 9-0 team lost five out of six games and slipped out of the top ter for the first time all year. One b> one, players started leaving the 1 ?am until at one noint. the Lad\ a ' v Gamecocks were a team of si> players. Coach Terry Kelly was forced into the limelight as th( leader of a team with problems. ? * ^ i _ i. i. The L.aay uamecocKs, mucn u the surprise of even longtime fans started to win after the smoke ha( cleared. Kelly was not too em barrassed to hold tryouts on the VJSC campus lor new tearr members. Playing the game was fun again, according to the player* Tom Coyne. News Editor K David Talley, Sports Editor John Vaughan, Entertainment Editor Beth Sundrla, Copydesk Chief Mike Fisher, Graphics Editor Lezlie Wallace. Editorial Page Editor r Patty McCarthy, Asst. News Editor Johnny Doggs, Asst. Sports Editor >lager Fletcher Johnson, Graduate Assistant \er mm I. r* A1 J r A /IKIA^C I | MUrK Clflf iugt; jr., nuvtaei | g?r elly Now who stayed with the team. Under Kelly's coaching, the team went 14-6 and with the 6-0 start under former coach Pam Parsons, are 20-6, a truly startling mark considering what the team has been through. The Lady Gamecocks are 13th in the nation and Thursday night, take on 4thranked Old Dominion in Virginia. Then the team travels to East Carolina and finishes the season on the road against 9th-ranked North Carolina State. Before the Lady Gamecocks take on Old Dominion Thursday, Kelly should be offered the head coaching job for next year. The offer would be both deserving and a boost to the former Tennessee Tech assistant coach before the big game with Old Dominion. It would also inspire the team to finish the season their second- best record ever. Terry Kelly has already proved himself, even if the Lady Gamecocks drop their last three games. He has coached the team that beat 7th-ranked Rutgers, 12thranked Penn State, 16th-ranked Memphis State, 17th-ranked Kentucky, and Clemson. There are not many who could have adapted to the situation like Kelly has and it is to his credit that the team was able to hold together *1 and concentrate on basketball when the rest of USC was concentrating on the team's oroblems. ; Just as Richard Bell was selected ; in-house, Kelly should be rewarded i the same way. And the an1 nouncement should come now, not ; later. That way, recruitment could r be hastened. : Kelly should be given the > deserved confidence of the USC 3 athletic department to continue on for at least next year. Perhaps a ) two or three-year contract could be , arranged in the future, but for right i now, before Carolina plays at Old - Dominion, Kelly should be told how 3 much we all appreciate the outi standing job he has done. There are 3 not many others who could have 5 done the same. j\iao 1 Pi OUT MtPCStCH J Fjd SOME RAYS-. I in Lar.ii -Let Oppresso TO THE EDITOR I would just like to say a word about what Mr. Hapoport had to say about the Middle East in the Feb. 18 Gamecock Usually when vnn rpaH an ahniit tho J ? - "i,v Arab-Israeli conflicts, the writer keeps reminding us about how the Jews were suffered in the past. By this he tries to make the reader feel sorry for the Jews and then conclude that they had to be free and have their own state. Nobody is against the Jews being free. But he keeps forgetting that these i same people are doing the same things to Palestinians. He Iceeps forgetting how [ these lands were taken away from their owners and how the owners are now suffering. The Jews cannot j have their own state in other o pi upti . Some Christians and Jews j claim, as Mr. Turner said in his letter, that this land Motorcy \ TO T1IE EDITOR Hiding motorcycles on p nothing of just plain both( psnwiallv on thr? n;ith fmtn 1 ?I J ? f v" burns caused by contact wil of control from a standing people involved in the accid at USC yet. I suppose, as problem until someone is in and recognize the rights ai would be asking too much. n A ~fi If TTl /^t /A TTT ui^ivin;<juuis. Sole reproduction rights granted Press. All other material contained reproduced without the permission o Opinions expressed in the Gam signed, of the writer and. if unsigned The Gamecock welcomes letten letters and columns must be typew on a 65 space line. Letters should be no longer th J columns should be limited to one ne longer than four typed pages. Letter; be signed with the writer's corn * ? a A ' lers To l he Editor >rs And Op belongs to the Jews because it was promised to them by God. God does not promise a land--if He does at all--to some people just because they are called Jews. It ii 4 iL? seems uiai uiese V/iuisiidua and Jews feel that God distinguishes among the people by not what they do but what they are called. Besides, don't forget this war is not between the Jews and the Muslims. Rather, it is a war between the oppressors and the oppressed. mi? :j?i:*: ? ?a ,r J. lie lueuuues diiu icugiuua beliefs should not influence our decisions about this subject. You, Mr. Rapoport, whc seem to be an "open minded" person, based your own beliefs about what's going on in Iran on what you on what you read in the paper. in Iran, any individual, regardless of what he believes, cles On Pc edestrian pathways is both d< ;rsome and selfish. And yet \ the humanties building to Gree th motorcycle exhaust pipes. I < start and smash through a stoi ent was not pretty. But nothing in many other situations, not jured. It's unfortunate that the i id safety of others as legitima Advertising: 777 4249 Business Office: 777 3888 9 1 to the Associated number, mciiJin I herein may not be position and ma f the editor. the writer's na ccoch are those, if request, if the ci , of the editor. We reserve tJ s ond columns. All space and style ritten, triple spaced w,?rN.i;?r unj' I Address letter an 300 words, and Gamecock. Dra wsworthy subject no , h(, -Cameco h and columns MUST (jl(, University 'ct name, telephone from student act li iLis pressed has the same rights as a Muslim has. The Christians and the Jews in Iran have more freedom in practicing their own way of life than the Muslims in Israel or the Christians in Egypt. I hope you still remember your moderate friend Sadat, who arrested and probably killed many Christians just because they were asking for more freedom. And I am sure you've heard about your "ideal" regime in the Middle East that sends gunmen in the mosques to watch the Muslims while they are praying! Amazing, isn't it? I would only like to ask, ' you, Mr. Rapoport, as a friend to be more careful about accenting what vou ' hear or read. Finding the 1 truth about Israel, Palestine, or Iran is very hard, but only a real open-minded person can find it! MOHSEN MOHAMMADI ithways mgerous and illegal?to say ve see it done all the time, ne Street. I have seen serious ance saw a motorcycle go out ~e window. What it did to the really bad has happened here hing will be done about the iders can't police themselves te concerns, but l guess mai JACKTURNER Newsroom. 777 7181 I'roductioii. 717 2833 \g address, class standing or faculty jor. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but me may be withheld on letter, upon rcumstances warrant it. right to edit columns and letters for , and we reserve the right to reject any eason. s and columns to: Editorial Page Editor, wer A, USC, Columbia, SC. 2920H. ek" is a licensed student organization of of South Carolina and receives funding ivity fees.