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, Expectation
e Editor:
5 Many times when the student
newspaper covers the workings of
1 Student Government, there is a desire
s to often ask what has been done by
Student Government? In all fairness
this is both a relevant and necessary
question. However, many students,
including the student newspaper,
have put an almost too high demand
in their expectations of Student
Government.
diuaeni trovernment is essentially
an organized lobbyist. Granted we do
allocate student activity fees to
organizations, clubs and special
j events, but, as far as real power is
j concerned, Student Government has
i very little, if any. For anyone, including
the student newspaper, to say
we have done nothing is putting a
t heavy burden on Student Government
p to change things which it honestly
1 cannot.
Take for example the present absenteeism
policy that was mentioned
ft in the newspaper's Feb. 21 editorial.
S Being familiar with the situation, I
can truthfully say that no one has
done more to see such a restrictive
policy changed. Yes, we have had a
s petition drive, we criticized the lack of
1- action by the previous Student
[\ Government's work on this matter
if and we will present our options at the
March Faculty Senate meeting.
Beyond that, there is little Student
Government can do.
e Students and especially the student
)f newspaper must be aware that final
and total say on academic matters
rests not with students but with thf
y faculty. As a lobbyist group, Studenl
Government has done all it can. Real
)t power, the kind needed to make the
' SG attempts t
Editor:
In the Feb. 21 Gamecock, an editoi
ment was printed that I feel would use
the too often misinformed readers. I
preciate the attempts of the paper,
viously biased and incorrect sta
detrimental to the efforts and credibi
1 campus.
The Gamecock in the past had a po
instead of reporting it, and it appear:
same style this year. A campus new
| funded by students should support
, efforts to improve the university am
time to destroy the credibiltiy of pr<
time some of the Gamecock staff wok
' of being the great protectors of stud
beneficial for a change.
As for the comments on Student G<
to address these one at a time. Whil
Senate did pass a new attendance poli
impossible for Student Government
horse and right all wrongs with a simj
i It is not likely that the Faculty Se
anH forth <lUonrlonnn .^1; f-'
I ? >? .? w. niui uttvlluailV.C 111.
and anyone who thinks they would is
I hurts). SG President Ashley Abel is g
J steps, and the policy will come befor
ML /I
i PllWwrw .:K
s of SG 'almos
changes the Gamecock suggests, is
not in the hands of Student Government.
Sure, we can pass resolution
after resolution saying the policy
stinks, but once the steam is out of the
kettle, the situation is still the same.
I TAKE STRONG exception to the
newspaper's position that Student
Government has fallen short in
voicing student concerns. On that
count Student Government is innocent
for the most part. Yet the newspaper
fails to address the proper question:
who in Student Government hasn't
done their job? If a newspaper wants
to criticize, that's fine, but at least
L 4.1 L 1 ? i - ' ' 1 *
nave uie uacKDone co point tne linger
at those whom the newspaper believes
to be guilty.
Unfortunately, yellow journalism is
something that is far easier to write
than prove. And believe it or not,
there are students in Student
Government who care, give up their
time willingly and do not cozy up with
USC President James Holderman on
all issues. What the newspaper has
failed to do is dig deeper, find the good
and bad and expose who they are. The
primary focus of the newspaper's
editorial was to shoot from the hip
with nothing more than a parting shot.
Sure, Student Government has lazy,
selfish and single-minded people. But
a newspaper's job is to unearth the
real problems instead of the acrossthe-board
approach it has seen fit to
use. A good newspaper is one that is
both fair and accurate. Lumping the
I incompetent people of Student
Government with the hard-working is
! certainly unfair.
L Finally, let me add that criticism
I without recommendations or
J suggestions offers little. Believe me,
o address studen
the next meeting and:
rial on Student Govern- it is also true that
: a little clarification for factual data (some \
t is not that I don't ap- ministration about t.h<
but sometimes the ob- don't have the capac
tements prove to be out of thin air.
lity of organizations on As stated in the sp
has made a big show <
licy of making the news cuts," but how are w<
5 they are following the efforts before the sta
'spaper written for and decision? Maybe the
the students and their help by creating the
d not waste money and must wait for.
>ductive programs. It's Finally, it was staff
up irom tneir dreams benefit the average
ents and did something year's SG actions." T
question of "Why w
wernment, I would like editorial written?" T1
le it is true the Faculty There is no excuse f
cy a year ago, it is quite damaging editorial i
to march in on a white getting factual data
sle wave of the hand. Gamecock to support
;nate will flip-flop back the students about fa<
>m one week to thp nrwt * *
eiiuris oi mose who cj
a fool (sorry if the truth
,oing through the proper
e the Faculty Senate at
'
;t too high'
there are members of Student
Government whe welcome any
alternatives or options the newspaper
would bring forward.
FOR TOO LONG the 1982-83
Gamecock editorial page (this is not
an across-the-board indictment) has
focused nn nrnhlpms whprp itc pv.
pertise and knowledge is somewhat
stretched. The student newspaper's
editorial page has seen fit to comment 0}
on national and international news,
but when dealing with Student
Government it waits until the end of
the 1982-83 year to criticize. Why
didn't the newspaper fire its salvos
earlier? Why the wait? If the
newspaper is so interested, why not
offer recommendations as well as
denouncements?
Unfortunately, lazy people do not
only work in Student Government.
Some even work in the Gamecock, but #
let me hasten to add (unlike the
editorial) that there are fine people
who do work for the student
newspaper. It just seems that the
person who wrote this editorial had
nothing more to offer than
castigation.
Let me remind other students that
Student Government can only be a
unified mouthpiece for their concerns.
In this regard the 1982-83 Student 4}
Government has done a good deal
despite the deadweight of some of our
members. In the final analysis, the
expectations of students and the
Gamecock must recognize that real
power to change things rests not with
Student Government but with the
faculty, the administration and the
board of trustees.
SG Academic Committee Chairman
Matt Ward
t concerns
stands a good chance to be changed.
Student Government did try to collect
jeople still do this) to take to the ade
parking problem on campus, but they
ity to create money or parking spaces
urious editorial, "Student Government
if opposing tuition increases and budget
e to see the results of the "ineffectual"
te legislators actually make their next
illustrious staff of the Gamecock can
needed information that the rest of us
jd, "It's hard to name even one tangible
student has received because of this
his statement alone is the answer to the
as such an outlandish and incorrect
le answer is ignorance.
or an editor r?f a nowsnanpr to nublish a
without making the slightest effort of
. In the future, I would advise the
its school by reporting and informing
:tual news items and stop hindering the ^
ire.
Michael Shesly
SG Vice Presidant