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OpiriioN Uniform n lacks go c The Commission on cerned over the differei numerous universities ir sion presumes an ethical when each university pa structure. Understandably, the t lege in South Carolin; amount may differ, the must be divided into are first part is declared by s towards the payment of The remaining two towards student health This amount varies with The remaining lump s student's education, anc r'nr 1 1: ? i ui v,nir, ucucvcs miuum Carolina universities. Fortunately, the sta Committee disagreed wii mendation for a unifori the proposal at its Jan. ^ Brooks contended tha parts are covered, why ; Clemson pay a different at USC. Rather than calling perhaps "similar" woi because the expenses Carolina tend to vary, cost for similar prograrr this state should be idei A key issue, that < ? "quality." True, many * USC and Clemson are i of superiority of the tea< i * 1 1 r\ f o AC 1 SlUUtlll^ UllVU UIYIUVO i ment. Because the esti gram differs, why shoul a proposal obviously la This issue was not i and Finance CommitK tion. Now the commis; posal to the state Legis that sets a maximum ai ? ? . 1 _ % a scnooi can cnarge. Once again, the con consideration the diff< among South Carolin; the athletic program at ly more expensive th Charleston. Few students would college tuition is exp< that would be created institutions of higher < on scale is idiotic. 4 I Gonr 1 Edi Joi ! Mai CI Copy Desk Chief Curt Cottl News Editor David Hi Asst. News Editor John Oemt Opinion Page Editor Ellen McCarth Entain. Editor Leslie Dunsc Asst. Ent. Editor Margarita Pal Sports Editor Jeff Hoyei Asst. Sports Editor Andrew Milh Photo Editor Joe Jacksi . . ? wNewsroom 777 716 EBusiness Office 777 386 I The Gamecock welcomes letters editorials must be typewritten, tripl Letters should be no longer than 3 to one newsworthy subject no lon| editorials MUST be signed with the dress, class standing or faculty posi but the writer's name may he withh ^ ^ We reserve the right to edit gues f <9 n Address leuers dim cuiumns iu. u | Columbia. S C 29208 fee plan od sense Higher Education is con ices in tuition among th 1 this state. The Commis situation only would exi< rticipates in a unnorm tc uition charged by each co i is different. While th ; three components that similar. The amount of th ;tate mandate and is geare debt services. components are applie services and activities fee: 1 the institution. um is the actual cost of tf 1 this figure Charlie Brool* A not differ among Sout tc Business and Financ th the commission's recon mi fee structure and vetoc 18 meeting. t after the three componei ihould an English major ; fee than an English majc the proposal "uniform, uld be better terminolo^ at each school in Soul However, the education is at different universities ntical. [THE does not address of the programs offered the same, however the lev :hers,research materials ar the quality of each depai mated worth of each pr id the fee be the same? Su< cks good business sense. resolved when the Businc i?e vetoed the recommenc >ion is going to make a pi lature that a scale be devis id minimum set of fee's i\ nmisssion is not taking ir fences in services provid i universities. For examp Clemson is probably slig an that 'a\ the ("olleee WI 1 V 1 * V* V " * - - w Cf ? disagree with the fact tl msive. However, the eh< by putting the tuition of education in South Carol lecock tnr in P.hipf bnny Boggs lagmg Editor )ns Handal e Copy Editor Pam Armstrc 7/ Copy Editor Ron Brack >r Copy Editor Leigh Jot y Copy Editor Alan Si 'o General Manager Ron Err 'n Ad Manaaer Linda S. Han rs Business Manager Carolyn Grii 9f Production Mgr. Mark McEv, w Graduate Asst. Wanda M. t 'is Adviser Mark Ethridge '/ Advertising 77/41 W Production 777 21 and guest editorials. All letters and gui e spaced on a 65 space-line. UU words and guest eanoriais snuuiu ut- mm ;jer than four typed pages. Letters and gu writer's name, telephone number, mailing it ion and ma|or. rseunonyms are unauuepmi eld upon request if the circumstances warr< t editorials and letters. pinion Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, U! .. .TRUOTQW COURTEOUS, CHE d ^ It T at Greek editorial To the Editor: I am writing in regard to your Jan. 23 editorial concerning the dissolution al of greek organizations on campus. Let in me first say that 1 am not writing in favor of such a move. The fraternities and sororities have as much right to exist as any other campus group. I am concerned, however, with your com ci ments regarding me omer memoers 01 id this university. Your statement that "It's difficult Q to pick out the faults of those who call , themselves 'independents' because of their wide dispersal and lack of unity" is both ambiguous and redundant. Why are there quotations about iSS Student praise To the Editor: > ot , I think a round of applause is the ci editorial from the Jan. 25 Gamecock. ltO I thought it was rather ironic that ttu [g(j directly across from the pair of articles death penalty. How can an individual pre . ' student productivity, with the denial of g yet condone a larger defense budget? 1 think Rep. Thomas Hartnett's priori tions are in dire need of reorganization. T1 ^iat in itself; the refusal of education to thous an Accountability c ina ' To the Editor: The homhine of the marine barracks mm at Beirut airport cost 241 lives and dealt a severe setback to American interests in the region and to America's standing in the world. But no one resigned; no one has been disciplined, and no one has been fired. About a month ago, President )DQ ett I Ronald Reagan stated that no one 7es I should be because "I accept respon ?im sibility for this tragic incident." He ,ier said that just prior to his departure to ies Palm Springs for vacation. ffin The failure is not just personal but van systemic. The "who" concept of ac"te countability has become an intellectual '' and political muddle in the American government. Reagan is clearly not the *49 man who is going to straighten it out. 133 est IN THE British system of collective cabinet responsibility, a minister is acted countable to his colleagues in Parliaest ment for the functions he thereby ad directs. Foreign affairs was Lord Peter JIC- Harrington s responsimiuy; wnen isn,nt tain suffered a major (though temsc porary) foreign reversal in the F alkland Islands, he knew it was time ? for him to resign. ;w, uwpC w&wift., to PfcMCk (TLblM AW MM ^ '?xiai v*-] ' %,-m kY OUT OF VVY Lt>?terS contradictory, ! "independence?" Are you questioning the individualism of non-greeks? As matter of plurirlatirm lpf rnp ussnrp you that these people are neither dispersed widely nor lacking unity as a means of hiding their faults. It is this very lack of unity that makes these people independents. In self-contradiction, you claim to have discovered one aforementioned fault in analyzing the collective GPA of all students not in a greek organiza non. Your comparison 01 grade point averages between greeks and nongreeks is inherently unjust. One of the qualifications required of fraternity and sorority members is s editorial on i ill of order for the minds, the opportun How can we hope ; editorial appeared States, with a group concerned with the up and smell the o iposc to cut back on 20,000 votes, overnment funding, Again, 1 conuratu editorial. Thank yoi ities and generali/a- students and parents lis is a death penalty ands of germinating concept muddled, No such sense of accountability exists in the American govenment today. When a senior official flounders pompously there is neither a reflex nor a tradition that prompts him to step down. Quite the contrary is the propensity to hang onto office for dear life, and wait to see if the heat generated by critics will burn out soon enough to avoid resignation. The root of the problem is that modern presidents have allowed personal feelings to cloud (heir concept of political accountability. ELECTED AS individual political entrepreneurs, governing with close campaign aids as the inner circle of their administration, they have permitted "family feelings" to carry greater weigru mail any LuiiMMym Manual u ui responsible performance. If the problem is not a new one, it has reached an acute stage with this president. Reagan seems constitutionally incapable of setting and enforcing standards of personal propriety or official competence on his chosen collegues. student says maintaining a minimum GPA. The ultimate paradox is revealed in the postulation that these GPA's have fallen because ot' the ? as you termed them ? "occasional drunken bashes." Conceivably, a more equitable and accurate comparison would include only the top 10 percent from each group. Or ? recalling the preceding postulate ? perhaps the grades of those who were dropped from the greek system snouici oe omiueu irom the non-greek mean and averaged on with their former brothers' and ^ sisters'. David Gloudemans Marine science sophomore congressman ity to allow growth and maturity, to defend anything, much less the United of illiterate, misinformed citizens'? Wake of fee, Martnett, you've just lost about ilate the author of the above-mentioned .1 for voicing what 1 am sure numerous i probably feel. Kerri Noonkester English sophomore ctiirflont cavc As a result of the president's squeamishes, most of the '"resignations" that have occurred have been accomplished by underlings, with all the grace and dispatch of a Chinese water torture or have been wrapped in a ribbon of fulsome praise such as that which ushered James Watt out of office. With the aftermath of the Lebanon massacre, this intellectual and political failure has carried over into matters of vital national interest. The president has taken the blame for the lax security arrangements at the Beirut airport, which plainly w ere not his responsibility. AMn rill. Pont aonn t act in /?M?/ * * -? I UIOJN I VI VV III its report has questioned the wisdom of the national policy that sent marines to Lebanon ? which is not the business of the military to decide. Things are upside down, and it behooves the president at least to acknowledge that he knows something basic has gone wrong. Chip Oehm Criminal justice junior