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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
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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
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tenia uonai numan rights
back on that path.
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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
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The class of
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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