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USC selling hotel won't help students Residents ot the Wade Hampton Hotel were thrown for a loop this past week when it was announced their home sweet home had a very dim future. Reranse the huildine has been nlaeued with maintenance problems, the university is considering selling or having the building torn down at the conclusion of the spring semester. While the students living there are guaranteed a room for the rest of the academic year, one can't help but wonder about the USC housing situation next year. True, declining enrollment might help ease the t 1 1* * At 1 -1 * It A _1 1_ i. _ prooiem sugniiy, dui is enrollment uowii enougn iu insure housing for all the returning students of the hotel in addition to next year's freshmen and transfer students? The housing situation at USC has been anything but orderly. Although some students take their chances in coming to Carolina and possibly getting a room, many other students don't even bother I enrolling unless guaranteed a room on campus. Who gets priority next year? The students left on ? ? i . i a n i-in _i j. the street or tne new Carolina siuuenisr i ne snonterm monetary benefits of selling a building do not seem worthwhile when a very important part of stu-dent life is taken away because of inadequate = facilities. Not only is the university hurting the student, but it hurts itself when it forces students who could have added to USC's fine reputation to look for another school that provides him or her with a place to live. II O nUniilrl nnt nnf U.O. 5IIUUIU IIUl UUi all Soviet exchange There is one issue that has been overlooked concerning the incident where a Soviet fighter downed I a Korean airliner. While the media have been quick to report and even suggest various means of retaliation, the justice of some of these actions should be questioned. There's not much one can do to force a nation as powerful as the Soviet Union to erase such a blatant form of coercion. However, cutting off all cultural and educational interactions does not appear to be the answer. It is ironic that the U.S. student, specializing in Soviet studies, is being made to ?ay for an error made by a mid-level member of the Soviet military. It wasn't the U.S. student who shot the missile. This incident resembles the actions made by th< I U.S. government after the Soviet Union enterec Afghanistan. The United States retaliated by no allowing our athletes to play in the 1980 01ympi< games. This . administration should see th foolishness of that action and not repeat history. I ?Gamecock Editor in Chief , Johnny Boggs Copy Desk Chief Curt Cottle Copy Editor Mark Armstrong I News Editor Chris HBndal Copy Editor Beverly Simmons Asst. News Editor David Hill Copy Editor Leigh Jones Asst. News Editor Susan Muir Copy Editor Alan Seim Opinion Page Editor Ellen McCarthy Copy Editor Mark Farmei Ent. Editor Julie Jameson Asst. Ent. Editor Joan Kirchner General Manager Ron Emlei Sports Editor Jeff Rogers Ad Manager Linda S. Maine: I Asst. Sports Editor Andrew Miller Business Manager Jean Hatchel Wire Editor Leslie Katz Production Mgr Mark McEwai Photo Editor Mary Ann Mollis Graduate Asst Wanda M. Hiti Asst. Photo Editor Joe Jackson Adviser Mark Ethridge Jr Newsroom 777-7181'. Advertising 777 424 Business Office 777-3888 Production 777 283 The Gamecock welcomes letters and guest editorials. All letters and gues editorials must be typewritten, triple spaced on a 65-space line. Letters should be no longer than 300 words and guest editorials should be limite to one newsworthy subject no longer than four typed pages. Letters and gues editorials MUST be signed with the writer's name, telephone number, mailing at dress, class standing or faculty position and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptabli but the writer's name may be withheld upon request if the circumstances warran We reserve the right to edit guest editorials and letters. Address letters and columns to: Opinion Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, US( Columbia, S.C. 29208. Opinio < niercampus To the editor: In Friday's "Intercampus" article in the Gamecock, we read with interest the article on South Carolina education written by Francis Marion College's student newspaper Campus Crier. Having been a teachdr of chemistry, physics and calculus in high school for the past three years, I, Michael Watford, found the first points in the article well taken. It is a fact that no matter how well the courses and facilities are put together and how great the teacher is in explaining, student apathy can put a damper on the learning process. After all, we can lead horses to waier, dui we can't make them drink. BUT FROM paragraph five on, the article is a bit confusing. First of all, what is meant by the statement "the average person in the ; un man an It seems somewhat funny that some c have to follow the laws established b e yet still they think they should be elif fered by that same government. But recent controversy over a D< regulation has shown there are some i just that way. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled th temporarily, the government can re statement disclosing their draft registi given any type of federal aid. The students who oppose the disci , the same ones who oppose draft re r itself. Being unprepared, they reason That is nothing but twisted logic. T | having young men registered for the , of names from which to draw in an e " ' crease the chances of conflict. a But the issue at hand is not whe right or wrong. There already is ; registration, and it has been upheld 9 3 The real issue here is whether stu ( the law still should be entitled to tl federal government. d Today's generation needs to reali> benefits of society, it must fulfill sc i, Those who chose not to fulfill tl t denied the privileges they now recer cial aid is ? a privilege, not a righ Those who oppose draft registratioi N ? SWJW y>ox- . v- > ' LptterS item 'vague/1 state hardly has any idea that we are suffering from educational neglect."? Who can define for me, Curtis Gadson, the definition of "the average person" and the meaning of "educational neglect?" For examnle. mv partner and I would like to know if you mean by educational neglect that teachers are not doing their job of explaining material at a level that students can comprehend? Are the learning facilities fostering a poor environment for the learning process such as lack of instructional devices in science courses? ALSO, WHAT is meant by "students do not get the backing they need from society"? Do you mean to say society is so stagnant that higher " 1 ^ 1 - nn? leveis 01 cuucanuii ai l. nui i.wuv^. : Do you mean that students are not challenged in their courses, thus I IntercampuS ings tied to st people think they don't tempt to get the lav y the U.S. government, the law until a char 5ible for the benefits of- fer the consequenc jpartment of Education ^ college students who feel is summer that, at least a / / quire students to sign a H /] ation status before being M J /\-\ osure law are, of course, j/ / ? :gistration and the draft flV ? / , somehow prevents war. j here is a good purpose to ffj j draft. It provides a pool fwUf ? mergency. It does not in- jJfjH /'" ther draft registration is a law that provides for \ h| by the courts. idents who do not follow le benefits offered by the ~~?i r '.e that in order to reap the 1 r nne obligations. leir obligations should be ^e. And that's what finan' "~M? PRESIDE w have every right to at- ^CKK/. "HnERE. eachers say preparing them for the challenge of life itself when you said "many are not motivated and perhaps never meet their full potential." Furthermore, v>hat do you mean by calling the people who get educated in South Carolina "meatheads?" Do you mean that everybody that is instructed by outstanding college professors are stupid meatheads? Are we only equal in intelligence iu me icicvuiuu characters Mike Stivik or Archie Bunker? Finally, we find ourselves questioning what you exactly mean. This poorly written piece of "journalism" needs to be further expounded upon before someone takes it wrong. It is also my hope that such vague articles will never be printed again. Mike Watford Chemistry graduate Curtis Gadson Chemistry graduate I ) udent loans v changed, but they are obligated to follow ige is made. If they do not, they should sufes. Daily Uobraakaa University of Nebraska \u .11 ?OrtftfOo ? K>*I M> ><p>()? 3yrt(jtc4W :MT CAMT COME TD THE HOT LIKJE "p A WHITE HOOSE TOUR."