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Mil* GAMECOC: 17m in^n/l I Qf)Q Fletcher Johnson, Acting Editor-in-C Jerry Brewer, General Manager i^inaa o. naines, Advertising Manai Jean Hatchell, Business Manager Mark McEwan, Production Managei A im 1 V T* 4- /M ilCllVlllCS In a report co-sponsored by the College Board and the Educational 1 Testing Service, it was found that 1 most colleges across the nation, 5 base their admittance policy on ( grades and class rank ? giving no - < consideration for the ex- < tracurricular activities the perspective students participate in < high school. s Elizabeth Wills, Associate < Director of Admissions at USC, i claims that this is the case at USC. < When screening perspective j stu dents, admissions tr ies to predict I who can succeed academically. > Grades, and more specifically, * class rank, are the best way to I measure academic success, t Measuring past academic success s is the best way to f5?edict future * academic success, according to Wills. < Wills claims that since USC is t state supported, they must i maintain objectivity when I choosing students to attend USC. * Looking at grades is how they < accomplish this. USC bases their t selection process on the successful ( students on the past, and what < their record was like when entering < the university. USC bases 60 1 percent of their selection on high s school grades and class rank. Wills claims that class rank is an even ? more stable measure of academics, s since different schools have dif- > ferent grading scales. > Glance Fn Yesterday marked a beginning ti and an ending for two separate y groups of students in one s organization. At 2:00 Wednesday e afternoon, the newly elected n Student Government officers took v office, replacing the 1981-82 of- c ficers. 1 The old officers should be I commended for the time and effort s they have spent accomplishing the e tasks of Student Government. They ? spent many hours working on r nrndromc- f V-? J ,J |/iv6iuuio una i< mc^ uuptU UUUIU J benefit the USC community. John Boswell, Glory B. Gault, Ellen Treanor, and Spencer Lynch i should all feel pi oud for doing their i jobs conscientiously, and com- J petently. Even though Student s Government does have limited 1 power, they have all done the best < jobs that they could. s The new officers should not only < =z~ - '"1 m I Tom Coyne. News Editor J\. I Johnny Boggs, Sports Editor jl John Vaughan, Entertainment Editor Beth Sundrla, Copydesk Chief Mike Fisher. Graphics Editor f Lezlie Wallace. Editorial Page Editor Patty McCarthy. Asst. News Editor j Buddy Horres, Asst. Sports Editor Chris Hughes, Intramurals Editor Mark Ethridge Jr.. Adviser Slighted rhe class selection of students in 1 u _i i ngu scuooi is aiso consiaerea. however, absolutely no con-; jideration is given to students who ievote time to different jrganizations in their high school career. Universities need to consider extracurricular activities. A student's participation in school ictivities demonstrates a well ounded student. A college education consists of more than i. ? 1. 1 TA * \ iusi siuaying. n is a period to ex>and and grow in other areas as . veil. Through extracurricular ictivities students have the op- j >ortunity to learn a lot in areas ! hey are interested in ? in various service organizations, sports, or on lewspapers or yearbook staffs. ! If schools neglect to consider extracurricular activities, then hat takes away some of the nitiative for some students to jarticipate in organizations in their .chools ? both in high school and college. Students should be urged o contribute to various )rganizations and activities. Every ictivity that students have the >pportunity to be a part of can be a earning experience for the |i itudent. Universities need to consider ;xtracurricular activities when selecting students. They should vant to encourage student involvement ? not curtail it. r Power ry to match the quality of this | ears student Government, but trive to improve it as well. As videnced in this year's election, nany students are not satisfied vith the organization. This no fault if the elected officers, who have imited power to work with, lowever, if the new officers are imart enough, they will look at this ilection as a learning experience ind try to make Student Governnent an organization that USC itudents will consider important. Ti 11 I. ii won i oe easy, me new officers will have to work hard to obtain the 'espect of the students. This task should be first on their agenda. It should be a goal from the very >eginning, because if the Student Government has the backing of the students, then that is where they !an draw their power from. | t&kvam .Mm OFMLEMt A5V0U POWER PLANT.. ABOUT Cv 0L NN&NMW SK mitteV/ECMlTO 1?D PRBWITHEM. ?| Letters Writing L< TO THE EDITOR Usually I totally disregard anything i ticle on Georgetown University and Patr Personally, I think every idiot has a i presented in a public forum (like the Gai then I feel that the idiot should curb whal Lough makes some strong accusatioi understanding just what he means. Doe and does he accuse Pat Ewing of being i| opinions he has violated the laws of writi he proved it for me. We Create 0 TO THE EDITOR G. Gordon Liddy told an "April Fool that all that matters is "power and the i and be more violent than the "enem politics and said the "sheep" of the wor The audience applauded loudly and < mirer later thanked Liddy for "a lesson To answer Liddy: "Baloney! What yc Hopefully the only people in Columb Liddy were among the 600 in the audien We create our own reality! If we de< pression, we can do that. On the other mutual trust and shared benefits, we c try to harm our perceived "enemies," to try to engulf our former enemies in a As any student who has taken basic our own social reality. We choose the which we will live. Those choices then b Thus Liddy has chosen to live by a se in a society which is most susceptible American society allows for alternati cooperate with one another for the be j power-hungry few. We can create a so violent prone and impulsive or compul individuals in search of attention or sicl No great society in the history of this based on force and oppression. The so been the ones which have embrace assimilated them into their own culture Darwin may have been right that tl beginning to find that the "fittest" of would-be predators, those who make t satisfy each other's needs. But for Gordon Liddy, cooperation a for his tastes. He is a Neanderthal Mai Those instincts served the cave man wc to our destruction in the complex, crow GAMECOCK business ( Sole reproduction rights granted to the Associt Press. All other material contained herein may no reproduced without the permission of the editor. Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those signed, of the writer and, if unsigned, of the editor. The Gamecock welcomes letters and columns, letters and columns must he typewritten, triple spc on a 65 space-line. Letters should be no longer than 300 words, columns should be limited to one newsworthy subjec longer than four typed pages. Letters and columns Ml be signed with the writer's correct name, telepl rate cnmn ASS PANGEROUS LEAKS. LEAKSCANBE. unnwc-, to the Editor iws Violated )rinted in the Gamecock. But Mike Lough's arick Ewing was extremely hard to ignore. ight to his own opinion, but when his opinion is necock) and indirectly represents the university t he or she has to say. is that are so ambiguous that I have difficulty s he accuse Georgetown of recruiting violations, gnorant? Judging by the way Lough presents his ng and I need not accuse him of being ignorant? REGINALD T. DOGAN >ur Own Reality 's" audience at the University of South Carolina ise thereof," and that one must do anything to win y." He defended dishonesty and dirty tricks in Id "will be killed by the wolves." enthusiastically and it was reported that one adin reality." >u say is just not true!'' 1a wno would have been so gullible as to believe ce. Unfortunately, this is probably not the case, cide to create a society built on mistrust and op hand, if we decide to create a society based on an also do that. If we choose to exercise power to we can do that. Also, however, we can use power circle of friendship. sociology or criminal justice knows ? we create type of society we want. We choose the rules by tecome our social reality. it of Darwinistic ? "it's us against them" ? rules to such an approach to life. But the structure of ives. We can create a society in which citizens itterment of all, rather than for just the greedy, niptu whpro nn "nnomir" !c J ?..vi V ?u \a I CV.UgllUCU,WIICl C 111C Isive few are seen for what they are ? immature tc individuals in need of assistance. ; world has withstood the centuries with a culture cieties which have left their marks on time have d their enemies (even their conquerors) and ie "fittest" survive, but in reevaluation, we are ten are those who learn to cooperate with their heir peace with others and learn to find ways to ind concern for one another is not macho enough n. His rhetoric appeals to our primitive instincts. ;11, but unless they can be overcome, they will lead ded modern world. 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