The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 12, 1982, Page 6, Image 6
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Recession bai
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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out games. The
forever this year
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iat seated 54,406. "i?
ased attendance ! >
age of 61,840 per _J ?tt? f S.
nee, the addition I. "
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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
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is year win con- acaaemic uses, in
stadium. of Music offers d
50,000, while just
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> 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
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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
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nan question:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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