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-opinion Recession bai x_ i :ij io uiiiiu uppei Rest assured, Carolina studen tiave the problems alumni ha getting football tickets to soldproblem may have been solved i with ? in a land of million proposed hundred-dollar tuitio; declining enrollment ? the Williams-Brice Stadium. Worry no more about fin football tickets. For the low cost of $11 million, the stadium was double-dec! Space Invader-like arena for th and black. So far, the addition could be didate for Boondoggle of the average, the 17,994 seat additi< 10,560 empty seats per home ga half the size of the addition. Last year, 390,508 people nnrvifinrv/?L V*r?nnn fr\nfKo 11 rtomn vjaiiicvuv.iv iiuiiic luuiuaii gaiiici 55,787 per game in a stadium th The "Bell system" has incre; 42,375 over last year, to an aver game. Despite the increased attenda has been filled only once, wher crowd of 74,200 turned out to w Georgia 34-18 Sept. 25. What has the addition me, students? The benefits are obv more reaany avauaoie stuaent i an opportunity to see the entir field from the upper deck as b] Anp-thirH nf thp frnm thp pn However, the Georgia sell student tickets ran out well k date, showed that even in th< empty seats, a ticket is not gua fee-paying student. The Athk sets aside only 15,000 seats, < number, for 15 fifiQ aotivifv fep-n , ?j?-- ? -v r Students pay $5 each semesl stadium renovation and upke< Dave Swentor of the Office oj which means that students thi tribute more than $150,000 to the In this era of Reaganomics, $1 a drop in the USC budget bucket 1 1 1 4 ? I * * * - - a 101 more good tnan neip acta 11 to the football stadium. USC could recoup the 1,10C scriptions terminated at the Library. Or perhaps hire 10 \ slots that otherwise would be 1 midst of a hiring freeze. Unfortunately, the board of ti flip PYamnlo nf cfafo nffjninlc v??V viftMAAA^/AV V/X UVUtV V/lllViUlO approve allowing the stadium allowing academic progran seemingly a sure way to he] programs enjoy the same nati< prestige as our athletic venture: So what should USC do with a large enough to hold almost undergraduates, one that is fil We could use it and anott athletic facility, Carolina Colis hold the mammoth class se< budget cuts might bring about. Perhaps to teach recession ec Editor-in-Chief Richard Meyers Copy I)e?k Chief David DeWitt Opinion i Asst. Copy Desk Chief.. Kay Bender Wire Edl News Editor John Braun Photo E? Asst. News Ed.. . Richard Culhertson Asst. Phi Asst. News Editor. .. Forrest Brown General Ent. Editor John Vaughan Adviser Asst. Ent. Editor Chris Handal Ad Mana Sports Editor Johnny Boggs Bushiest* Asst. Sports Editor.. Dennis Switzer Productl Newsroom 177-7181 Advertis Burliness Office 777-3888 Productl The Gamecock welcomes letters and guest edl editorials must be typewritten, triple-spaced on a Letters should be no longer than 300 words an limited to one newsworthy subject no longer tha I AAIIOT k/1 nlnnnA ...1*1. tu. i number, mailing address, class standing or /, Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but tha writer's ? request if the circumstances warrant. We reserve the right to edit guest editorials and Address letters and columns to: Opinion Page A, USC, Columbia, SC. 29208. ' Vi & ji&ik :V< klv.O& '* d time / r deck is ? you wui not Y ive had to face ^ out games. The forever this year t-dollar deficits, n increases and enlargement of ? aing uamecocK -A the east stand of Led, creating a ip hnvs in cfarnpt the leading can- i9j1l [>n has produced II||i|iH| j]|||| me ? more than ||IIyM| inn] attended seven 'WWW ^ s3ii average of iat seated 54,406. "i? ased attendance ! > age of 61,840 per _J ?tt? f S. nee, the addition I. " i a capacity-plus ?HIMIf I atch USC lose to ant to Carolina The front page ai ious: better and Gamecock about seats (or at least creates the impres e postcard-sized division among L Doosed to seeing cermn? Plans f?r th pposea 10 seeing For instanCe, thei a zone). that, "William Mo lout, for which the music departm >efore the game nothing about the e land of 10,000 In fact, I have beer rantppri to evprv of the Panning, ranieea 10 every presidents Rinker !tlC Department were also quoted a i nice arbitrary nothing about the pi aying students. a1?0 quoted in ter this year for ?P,nions of j- ~ i. mission on Higher jp, according to whom seemed to f Fiscal Affairs, center was not t ' 11 J mi is year win con- acaaemic uses, in stadium. of Music offers d 50,000, while just Pnccihl ;,uw empty acctia I UUUIUI > magazine sub- Editor. Thomas Cooper since the Nov. 5 < professors to fill a number of the stt eft empty in the tuition increase for of the administrat j r> 11 . roaHino nf thic ctnn ustees, lOHOWing ^oTtTof course , nas seen lit to my fellow students to expand while one for the last tw< IS to contract, $25 surcharge). I I Ip our academic appreciate that. onal acclaim and It seems that th s* comparison to ott stadium addition sities. in fact, the < all of Carolina's ?s "the only p led once a year? in short ier seldom-filled less^Why!?l eum, as rooms to etions that state ^|j{|gy^g onomics. a ck 1 narassi Editor: Page Fditor.. .. Leslie Katz itor sydne Waller One day walking iitor Andy Putnam nearly swept to de t>to Editor John Osbom costly machinery Manager ...... Ron Emler already high tuit Mark Ethridge, Jr. - , , iger Linda S. Hainea Usefulness Of the SI i Manager . .. Jean Hatchell on Morh McEwon J seeil tho ing 777-4249 what it does besi ion 777-2833 university could ju as this, and tuitio torials. All letters and guest gure j rath< part of my hard-et in four typed pages. Letters gaS-gUZZling maCf ! writer's name, telephone acuity position and major. ir>, inrviA Mm. Furthermore, """ ~ I "Romeo" sidewali letters. Editor, Gamecock, Drawer I J 9 ^mchT^K SEEYOUIHWWlU i ' -0F198f... M nan question: i i doctorate; we bel tide in the Oct. 20 quality faculty of i the arts center student musician ision that there is well with tho< rSC officials con- recognized music le USC arts center. never had the opp e is a statement on campus in an ody, chairman of recital hall that ent, said he knows acoustical support proposed center." Not only do pei i very much a part student member as have vice sembles such as 01 and Brunton, who orchestras, deser s knowing little or our audiences, w roposed center. have been cheat the article were periences that are >ers of the Com- > proper acoustical1 n j A: ? e Eiuucuuun, one ui n you can apprc believe the arts between listening >eing planned for system priced at $ e USC Department you will undersU igrees through the sound is the sine le tuition inert Jamecock, I have grown concerned about idents' reactions that the probability of a next fall represents a failure on the part ion to fight for the students. A careful y reveals that a tuition increase is the last , do not want this increase, nor do any of , and I feel fortunate that we have not had > years (with the exception of last year's mow a number of my fellow students do e university has been unfairly treated in ler state-supported colleges and univerGamecock points out that the USC budget rojected cut for a regular university for everybody gets more while Carolina gets ilk sweeper es pedestrian I to class, minding my own business, I wai ath by one of the university's fine pieces o . Before university officials raise oui ion, I believe they should examine th< idewalk sweeper. sweeper in action, and I still don't knov ides stirring up dust. It seems that th< ist cut out useless, inefficient services sucl n wouldn't need to go up next year. I an ;r step on a few leaves than knowing tha irned tuition is going to a totally worthies; line. I believe that whoever invented th k sweeper should be beat with a broom. Jamot Weic Undeclared freshma u '? r' mf I ^ s validity of ieve that we have a formance. irtists/teachers and facilities for 1 s who would rank are academi ;e of nationally overdue. schools. We have One of the 1 ortunity to perform 0f Music is r auditorium or in a port of the art was built for the has the vision . . .. development rformers including will piTovide s of credited en- academic nee it bands, choirs and Thp writpr re better but so do must h ho for long years , and ed of musical ex- because eont, his article, th "1??'j? j.? appreciation ?iate the difference man's leader to music on a stereo t f lJS 40 and one at $1,200, Ub ind that quality of qua non of a per ;ase draws i Thp nintnrp e\f Fir UnlHaptnon 01 _ --w V V* . AAVlVIV/i 1I1U11 Ol article must be an old one. I would like this state of affairs any better those students whose families live their legislators know that we arc colleges and universities profiting a We and our parents need to perso immediately. It looks like Dr. Holderman and our helo. The Wavs and Means Ca ' just gearing up. If we want to av< crease that is being discussed, we know of our concern and downright r# ft f x or i v %IP ^rj j : : I- ? I H ? <ln11 ITTTT"J ' 1 . ? " ? "r 1 e /c // h * T>JO 61 ANT CORPORATION ? OTHER OH THIS SPOT IN l<?< mmammammmrn z* Mh?\*4l) I ite J ChicajplritwL. article Recital and concert :he Department of Music c in purpose and long leeds of the Department nentioned above in sups center. Dr. Holderman to give leadership to the of an arts complex that in many ways for the fds of our students. of the article in nuestion phrased his questions nisinterpreted answers, rary lo the implication of ere is strong support and for President Holderchin in nrntnntinrt on irtc ^ J/* VlllUVlllg (411 U1 to c. William J. Moody Chairman, Department of Music reaction miling beside the tuition I imagine that he doesn't than I do. It is time for in South Carolina to let i not happy about other t Carolina's expense. nally contact these people 1 the administration need 5mmittee of the House is aid the kind of tuition inneed to let the legislators anger NOW! Sally Gilchrist Accounting sophomore If ; . i r > -? ... j IS SWALLOWED EACH 32."