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?opinioi Homecon I I lack traa A Homecoming < parade went off with the Gamecocks wc Homecoming festivi l i i r i.i 1 l) lenueu ior me scnooi After four consect Carolina was just not The timing was al preparation goes in week's break from i been a tremendous h< While playing Ci assured Homecor Gamecocks, the gai tendance and general Only 59,148 people ; 13,252 seats empty. I in uie nuiiitjuumiiig ? the crowd size, as w< for Homecoming pre man is an S.C. schoc attended the game. T1 in-state colleges wouli more than USC's ci hundreds of miles aw? Less than a handft Saturday's Homecom reunions, receptions, is a long, drawn-out nAKini /-I r auvjuiu Lunsiuci cia ; Much preparation Organizations spent t parade building float the school and Home turnout saw the event time and effort was w Self-satisfaction w putting together a fi crowd support and existent. Ortlv 1 ftOO e111Hnn o V/ A *ijf J. J \Jdmj4~t Oi-UUUiltO Queen election, acc< Homecoming Quee chairman. Few took i grievances are filed ? "favorite" candidate The only way to ens candidate is to vote. > 10 percent of the There's no excuse for the selected candidal write-in candidate. 1 representative ol U students should have i Tradition is not on Gone are the days wf their alma mater and were a student and wY Homecoming is a \ heritage of USC ? friends and memori< perienced here. Perhaps school loyc concepts of the past, t students do not willi school. When the Beach Be School," they could he I? Gan j ?? Ri Copy Desk Chief avid DvM News Kditor Jbhn lire Asst. News Kditor Jeff Dra ,i?M. i>rvvs r.uuoi . . rorresi tiro Knt. Kditor John Vaugl Asst. Knt. Kditor Chris Han Sports Kditor Johnny Ho/ Asst. Sports Kditor Dennis Swif Newsroom 777-7 Business Office 777 3i The Gamecock welcomes letter I editorials must be typewritten, tri Letters should be nrt longer tha limited to one newsworthy subjec and guest editorials MUST be s number, mailing address, class Pseudonyms are unacceptable, bi request if the circumstances warn We reserve the right to edit gues Address letters and columns to: A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29208. * . m imy cvciiio g| ition, pride ^ Queen was selected, the lout any major hitches and >n the game. Yet the ties lacked the spirit in- fjj| s annual celebration. itive nome tootoaii games, 1MB prepared for Homecoming. mm 1 wrong. Much exhaustive jpljj to Homecoming, and next iff! football games would have 3lp to everyone involved. incinnati was an almost Wjj ning victory for the ; me was a let-down in at[enthusiasm. attended the game, leaving HH r ui man univeisiiy j _r [ame would have improved 31 all as providing more time tip ^parations. Because Fur 1, more people could have I ^ le competition between two ?? d have generated the crowd f \ i lash with a college from l_ 1J3 ly. il of people showed up for Editor: ing parade. True, with the di??t?j parade and game, the day society ; affair. But the oarade intoLeb something special. at 7:30 \ went into the parade. untl1 nei :he entire week before the f^t-rriaiit s to show their support for icoming. But only a small Af.ter . It seems as though a lot of asted on the parade. society) as the only reward for minute irst-class parade, because against I enthusiasm were non- rebuttal for any minutes voted in the Homecoming 3rding to Kevin Schunke, n Selection Committee oiTthe' f interest in the election, yet member ind boos are hissed when a recogni2 is not elected. proposa ;ure the election of any one ? i /oter turnout was less than ut total student population. B that. If students don't like Editor: ;es, they should endorse a J . rr- 1 ^ Shut The queen is an official i'Vereal le university, and more nput in her selection. At 11 :j le of USC's strong points. 12:20cla len students were proud of add that supported USC while they len they were an alumnus. back in c veek to celebrate the rich the accomplishments, old rather it 3S that students have ex- thisshou It is ridii ilty and tradition are dying >ut it will be a sad day when Ifti ngly show pride for their iJ UI i/1 :?? . ruuiLUi . >ys sang "Be True to Your FYequ< ive been referring to USC. along wi students iccock- """1 parents. acts hav ditor-in-Chief chard Meyers munity. from th? Opinion Pag*- F.ditor Vicki Jinnette part Of lun Wire Kditor .Sydrir Waller country I ine Photo Kditor Mike Fisher wn (ieneral Manager RonEmler ion Adviser Mfirk Ethridge, Jr. BecaU del Ad Manager Linda S. Haines I Safety < ?Rs ttusiness Manager . . Jean Hatchell joumalij zer Production Manager Mark Mcliwan Keith He 181 Advertising 777 4249 time h? *88 Production 777 2833 problem with th s and guest editorials All letters and guest relations ple spaced on a 65 space-line. divided i n 300 words and guest editorials should be nronOSPf t no longer than four typed pages. Letters igned with the writer's name, telephone CTime p. standing or faculty position and major. then VO it the writer's name may be withheld upon proposal reduce t editorials and letters. afiainst Oninion Pace Editor. Gamecock [)mwi>r _? JSubmitte Tilley, tters riosophic Soc cro pt. 21 we attended a debate by the Clariosophic Literary SQJ^ nntlfprnino Icrod'c InmirciAn anon. The debate was to begin sarr ).m. The debate did not start A arly 8 p.m. as the members *. . hrough their introductory . || ies. res< the necessary (??) for- Lin< . were finished, each side witl ^nted by a member of the we; attempted to give a five- sucl opening speech (for and coll ) followed by a three-minute oru 1. The floor was then opened and all to speak for three ^ ' ah see nowing how a debate at the worked, it appeared to us that app irst six speakers, five were me s of the society. The people mis :ed to speak against the woi Is were basically of one ethnic req uttle syster a year of school at USC I wasn't too ii tlecock system, but after my experien lized what is bad can get worse. >0 I went to wait at the Bates House shi ss in Gambrell. This is a half hour's w this is not uncommon. Ask anyone! 1 y 12:30. Due to the previous caut; r not to show up late and disturb his 1 lisgust to my room to record this event. ot so much the shuttle system I am < s schedule programmer. Whoever is r ild be re-evaluated for his capability ir culous that any person at the above-rr irnalism class Wil ent robberies and rapes, bell th the recent shooting of USC incl , have caused treat concern iniversity students and their In addition, such criminal can e tarnished the public image rou niversity as a civilized cornStudents no longer feel safe ; physical perils that are a life in urban areas in this ej Loday. ] se of their concern for bodily s^s 3n campus, students in a ;m class taught by Dr. W. ifer recently decided that the ad come to address the / . As Dr. Hafer's class deals par e fundamentals of public han i practice, the students were of tl nto three study groups which dooi 1 solutions to the campus noti roblem. Six of the students will lunteered to condense the s into a program designed to ! the possibility of crimes vari students in the USC area. recc id by seniors Jane Green, Jean phoi Kim Verbert and Dwight polii wmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmm smi M jtch A w #?!?. || cleans j sbiliiit#. J >fega HUWaKV ""zr'^T " ~~ i 5?| s/j,, ~'-- ^ 1 - - -~~ 8 - || :iety's debate di up. We realize that they have the prop ;t at stake, hut still there wprp ~ -- j " ? CA V_ IIC ie of us who wished to speak on the le subject. Alt the t LTHOtJGH WE nave not par- qUes, pated in or observed a college throi ate, we expected something quesi ambling Mr. Buckley's "Firing time e," but instead were presented recoj l a mismanaged mess. Perhaps are a bit harsh in our criticism, but . h a lack of professionalism at the ege level should not go unnoticed inchanged. oper. Until lost bothersome was that this was demc eated debate on both sides, and it Socie med the motions to close the wish< >ate came from the members who >eared to be eyeing the refreshes. When the motion "failed ;erably" not once but twice (in the *ds of the presiding officer), a third luest for adjournment was G n needs impn , _ can randomly walk out of I ^pressed with wjthin 15 minutes if he is go ice on Sept. 29, he is going towards the four a wait comparable to that of ittle stop for a _ .. ... ait, and I may * realize my option is wt "he bus hadn't ?"en *or ^ear ?f Just what ioning of my cannot see the point of was A , , hpljpvp a rvrtrfinn nf eciure, 1 weni ~?v*~ ? v?v?h wi lumuu service to the students. I'll criticizing but prefer to ride the shuttle to esponsible for please tell me where it is! i this position. lentioned stop I * evaluates cam| meth, and juniors Melissa Camp- highly 1 and Sue Sommer, the proposals passe ude: or ha< The creation of safety routes on *Ha npus by blocking off pedestrian volun tes frequently used at night. 011 f?c ncrease or provide lighting along ?e routes. sa'et* whistl Recommend the use of the "buddy #I^e tern" after nightfall, in which semin ients on foot are accompanied by classc east, one companion. ?Pu Vsk willing residents in the area to throuj ticipate in a "helping availa d"operation, which would consist goveri le residents placing a hand on the Servic *s and windows of their homes to fy people in need of help that they *1 be safe in the house. univer pressi facing "hot line" telephones at the Dr ous points on campus. When the the US ;iver is lifted from the hook, these les should set off an alarm at ce headquarters and activate a * HB w^MPpp sappointing osed before all in attendance had tnce to speak. hough it was made clear to us at teginning that we could put forth Lions, more than a few went igh the motions of attempting to tion the current speaker. At no were these questioners *nized. Is this common practice? conclusion, we just want to say ire glad that we attended the te because we now know the iting procedures of the society, a professional attitude is at least mstrated, all the Clariosophic ty will get from us is our best is and constructive criticism. UrrnU uci i uiu ncymaii Computer science senior Jim Rake iovernment and international studies senior oving Jates House and catch a shuttle ing towards the Coliseum, but if main colleges on campus, he has the next ice age. ilkin? and I havp thi< happened today. But I honestly ;ting USC funds, which I tend to pays for, on such an intangible admit I'm lazy and would much my 12:20 class, but will someone Karen L. Jonas Broadcast journalism sophomore 1IIQ prima VI llliu y visible blue light to notify any rsby that a crime was in process i recently been committed. ive campus police, and possibly teer students, patrol the campus >t at night. icourage students to use such ' and defense devices such as les, mace sprays, etc. quire students to attend safety lars in dorms as well as in js such as University 101. blicize this safety program *h descriptive pamphlets made ible to students through dorm nments and the Commuter :es office. prove the public image of the Km 1 - d. - ".vj +'j uwu u/uiiiig apprupnaiK releases to all media concerning ogram for improving safety on 1C campus. Kim Vtrrbert Journalism senior