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'' -opinion? USC rumor grinds out t The Department of Medi; he was told by the College Social Sciences dean that recommended for phasing dp?n said tnlH moHi' vvr*v* V* IV A&AVVUI the program was only b recommendation to be pha the university president < decisions have been made. If all of this seems confus confusing. The rumors an _ 1 _ i. _ .1 A 1 * circulated in me press ana been contradictory, and ap] people involved know whai anybody else is saving. Provost Frank Borkow: aware that the Departmen been informed that it was to pnasmg out. uonsiaenng Borkowski's lack of inforr Phasing out a program i: because it affects people faculty who study and work The university is facing t and needs to make some reaching decisions. The already bungled the axing i education program. The C dean has said the phaseout i education, while the Facu said the cut was for budgeta Discrenannips snrh as \\ dergraduate education cu media arts phaseout 01 image.The administration decisions and clearly artici those decisions rather thai each other. U.S. has ob 4*n Ui vb iu Human m In the Soviet Union it ii number more than 10,C number is believed to be c 10,000 scattered across Afi in South America. They are prisoners of coi a political belief that difft * ruiers, or pernaps simply in the wrong place at the wr Their punishment can be charge. Some languish in years, forgotten by all b friends; others are subject* physical and osvcholoeical _ M. %/ O up with a release as sudde bloody execution. During the latest United establish some sort of inter to fight for human rights, I besmirched its honor and 1 of the holdouts to the effort. This country has often wa of its ideals of human equ, until we take a firm stan i i; * * ... tenia uonai numan rights back on that path. I? ?Gcimec : Kditor-in-Chi Richard Meyt Copy Desk Chief . . Ann Apple^ate Wii Asst. Chief James Sokolowski Ph< News Editor Chris Handal Ass ; Asst. News Kditor . Susan G. Hand Gri Asst. News Edit. Rachel Waterhouse Gei Ent. Kditor John Vaughan Adi Asst. Ent. Editor . . Jim Van Arsdale Ad Sports Editor Johnny Boggs Bus Asst. Sports Editor. . Dennis S'witzer -Pre Opinion Page Editor ... Leslie Katz Newsroom 777-7181 Adv Business Office 777-3888 Pro* The Gamecock welcomes letters and gue editorials must be typewritten, triple-space* letters should be no longer than 300 wor limited to one newsworthy subject no long< and guest editorials MUST be signed wii number, mailing address, class standing Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the wrii request if the circumstances warrant. We reserve the right to edit guest editorial Address letters and columns to: Opinion A, USC, Columbia, S C. 29208 > . X % mill confusion a Arts chairman said ; ui Humanities and his program will be out. The humanities a arts chairman that V eing considered for ( ised out. Meanwhile, and provost say no >ing, it's because it is id reports that have f around campus have parently not even the I" ic cfr\inrf An rvr? mKof / u ao gving via vji wiiat i ski said he wasn't | I it of Media Arts had \ be recommended for his high position, ^ nation is unsettling, s a delicate matter ? the students and in that program. :ough financial times imoortant and far- I administration has *? 3f the undergraduate i "ollege of Education ! ] is to improve teacher % Ity Senate president ry reasons. E^j le ones with the un- stu t and the possible Cai nly tarnish USC's pre must make firm 300 ilate the reasons for r. i publicly contradict pJ-J ligation i Sta ghts ? arr 5 estimated that they wo KK); in Turkey that * is high as 15,000, with ?u< rica and another 5,000 E iscience; arrested for an: jrs from that of their not for being an innocent ong time. ^ as arbitrary as their |"j prison for months or ut family and loyal d id to the most heinous j! abuse. They may end pr< n as their arrest or a are the I Nations' attempt to c national commitment a Jc the United States has ^ leritage by being one is 1 mdered off of the path ag* ality and justice. Not rig d on the issue of in- but can we begin to get iock owi lab ef ?rs re Friitor Leslie Potash jlp3 )to Kriitor Andy Putnam it. i'hotoll'Jdit. Capers Hammond id. Asst Wanda M Hite leral Manager Ron Emler kQ /Iser Mark Ethridf(e, Jr. ? Manager Linda S. Haines iinesK Manager .. . Jean Hatchell . Auction Mgr Mark McEwan bee ret ertising 777-4249 the duction 777-2833 for st editorials. All letters and guest Jona65-space-line. ds and guest editorials should be ma sr than four typed pages. Letters j th the writer's name, telephone or faculty position and major. . ter's name may be withheld upon the Is and letters. SOC Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer I V .i ' .L: f i T? i ? . .1.1 The class of ^ their diplo letters ISC tuitio itor: fly name is Ham, the alle; dent who announced his writ ldidacv for Student Governm isident as he protested against -plus protesters on Feb. 9. iting this letter to clarify so sconceptions the Gamea nted. the hypocrites claiming the} education, yet at the same ti nplaining about increases in >priations for Clemson and 5 ite: Do you really feel that beca imson is more practical, it sho penalized by absorbing >rtsightedness of USC? If you h; y concept of what justice is ; lilri sflv not Jy the way, if one were to cut igets of those schools, doesn't t *t their students? Better them tl right? )on't these schools educ; ^one? (Jokes about Clem: withstanding.) Clemson raised Isstory she ttor: ssue after issue, editorials i isident Reagan and his budget c i unjusimea oecause ot those tr se writers paid little attention ir >ur government was not formed >b, education, housing, food or a 5 formed in order that each ci tunity to achieve such items anc 'o insure these opportunities, g( to protect its citizens from b< pressors (armies, criminals, t ht to tax in order to provide for it has no right to simply transfi alth must occur only in the priva >ne of my basic rights is the rigfc wording to John Locke, "Every n person. This, nobody has any or of his body and the work of h ulogy to So itor: )avid Wiles' eulogy to ? r :> f ^ ii luau^iuc uiciary oocieiy quent, but premature. I too hj ?n concerned about the soci ently. I have seen the squabbl t debators whose argume isisted of personal attacks -sonal enemies, the parliament ys to subvert the will of ijority. fortunately for the society and e At - ? ? : prauiice 01 iree mougni and I as, those who will not support w iy cannot control have left uety. Free, intelligent, inforn ^ate has returned to the hall. Viles* misunderstanding of ejfi prez r w 1983 will now sta mas. Make check* n increase dr< tuition last year while USC actua ged lowered tuition by foregoing a si e-in plemental increase in effect duri ent the spring semester of 1982. the USC is one of the best schools in t I'm Southeast, and in a few areas, it is t >me best in the nation. To keep the scfe standards high takes money. Believe it or not, the state of Soi r're Carolina doesn't have that mu me money. So, if USC is to pay for yc ap- education witnout hurting ott >.C. universities in the process use drastically lowering standards, it h uld to ask you to pay more mon< the Though it may not seem fair (face ave life ain't fair) to the poorer studen you of which I'm a part, it is the only ea solution. the Remember, money doesn't grow hat trees either for you or the schoo lan Realize you get more from education than the school. It mi ate become your responsibility to pay son reasonable part of your toi its educational cost. DWS Reaganoi properly his." n the Gamecock attack g0 what rigl :uts, acting as if these cuts Certainlv the i iey "hurt." It. is clear that ?ot by the gov! i their history classes. manner, it is S( to guarantee every citizen By cutting tl highstandardofliving.lt has been unjt tizen should have the op- government, s 1 goals. labor the bre; wernment's only function government.... )th foreign and domestic During Jeffe itc.). Government has a terference. No^ these protective services, provider. *r wealth. This transfer of , j. ui vuuaicijf, te marketplace. 0f a trend for 1< it to own private property, for many years man has a property in his right to but himself. The lis hands, we may say, are iciety 'eloquent, situation in the society is exceed the only by his misrepresentation of t is structure. It has long been t ive society's practice to delegate speci ety duties to its members, but these a |es not necessarily considered "offices nts There are several traditional elect on offices: the president, the first crit ary the secretary-treasurer and t the sergeant at arms. a parliamentarian and a ch f justice are also elected to mainte order in meetings and to insure t continuation of the society traditions. A second critic h ' recently been added in order facilitate recruitment, and a Poe Circle chair exists to coordinate t me literary activities of the society. 5~"\ na ana receive )% ?payableto^^^l aws support lly I realize to most this is a strange jp- view, but then I'm not a normal ng person. I don't expect anyone to agree with my views, but in America I he expect to be allowed to express my he views. I went to the rally to express a Jse quiet protest against the majority view. ith Not being a very stable person, I ich was easily provoked into a very vocal >ur argument; I did not start it! ler Clarification of some facts: 1) I or walked on the ODDOsite street, not tas behind. 2) Unlike several projy. protesters, I at no time rudely init, terrupted any speaker. Ask Mr. Abel ts, if this is a truth. 3) The truth is I tsy risked being arrested by trespassing to make my protest. I was not on escorted off the premises by the 1. police as some papers suggested ; the an police ordered me off the grounds, jst and I left. r a tal Jeffrey Ham Business sophomore rates justified tit does the government have to my labors? wor should be fed, housed and cared for, but jrnment. When the government acts in such a sialism and cannot be justified. he federal budget, Reagan is returning what istly taken. Thomas Jefferson, speaking on aid, "...(it) shall not take from the mouth of ad it has earned. This is the sum of good M rson's time we desired little government inn many wish for government to be their great the election of Reagan was only the beginning ess government, and this trend shall continue ; to come. Mark Blalock Criminal Justice senior but premature' ed There are several members with no he specific duties other than to inform he themselves enough to participate in fic debate. Since the dramatic exit of the re megalomaniacal obstructionists, even more have expressed an interest cu in me society, mere will, in fact, be a ic, reception for potential members in he the near future. ief we^corne anyone interested in lin intellectual debate or in any specific jie topic to join us in the Clariosophic > Hall, Legare College on the HorcocIiaa n ^ # oa nn.?1 ?' ?A ? as uvomn,, ai #.ou un iuesuay nignis. to Judge for yourself the health of the ^>s society. he Katharine Duffy Latin American Studies junior