The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 15, 1984, Page 9, Image 9
Student
romaino <
ioniums i
When Barry Gray tool
ment President, he vowt
Greene Street issue. Gra
But what else has Stu<
In an academic year tl
increase in student hous
blast college students ?
charged, Student Goverr
ing above its door in the
The sign designates th
and judicial offices, se
bus/movie tickets and S<
Granted, Gray and Vi(
ing cannot take all of
Senate's idleness. Good 1
as their followers, and I
mained stagnant.
While student governm
has researched a plus/mir
Student Senate has propc
ease in restrictions on sti
an act to uniformly enfo:
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Iftvi V AUT V/Aiv I1UIUU1V' Vi
Gray's biggest concerr
election procedures, som
since his election in Mai
places and on the ballc
which was not officially
dent James Holderman 1
semester.
To offset confusion, G
in the number of poll
publicized campaign to g
Gray's success, or \acV
March 1 on election day.
But other than pus
provements, SG reforms
L^CU ly in liic mil scnicsi
senators were not prop<
they were inexperienced,
has to be running out of
But other than approvii
dent organizations, the S
nothing.
t ec:~ 1 ,1
llcllIJC CU1U LICKCl Ulbll
but more can be done. M
In a democracy, gover
the people's voice. This
plained about rising cost c
hlpmc anH pvpn ^rpprip
ment, however, has failet
It's about time the se
ficers realized there is mo
games and movies.
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Senate w)i
stagnant
? cci nA i x
uiucc ixa ^iuueni oovei n;d
he would not tackle the
y has lived up to his word,
dent Government done?
lat has seen a 15.7 percent
ling, a U.S. representative
ind a computer user fee
unent has a new sign hangT-*
11 * T
; jKussen Mouse.
e room as a place for SG
nate mailboxes, discount
iga meal/cash cards. ^
:e-President Jill Mainwar- ^ /
the blame for Student H
eaders are only as good
'his year's Senate has re
ent at Clemson University
ius grading system, USC's
>sed such legislation as an
ident football tickets and
rce traffic violations.
tception, however.
1 was to upgrade student Bus
pthino Via hoc nnrKa/1
wiling 11V 11UJ puoll^u 1U1
rch. Confusion in voting To the E(
>ts marred that election, . 1 a w
decided until USC Presiupheld
it after the spring Gamecoc
the unfaii
the tuitio
ray has urged a reduction j
ing places and a well- defe^"(
et students to vote. ?
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: thereof, will be decided student p
burden o
>hing for election im- the comP
have been few. Ox
,er, Gray said he thought W III
3sing legislation because To the E(
Five months later, Gray since ii
f>vm 1 CPC Un.n
v/\v ujvj nan uv,^n
tig fall allocations for stu- staff-1WJ
lenate has done relatively J al?01
I have bee
ticles ove
ibution legislation is fine, tlecock. V
lore has to be done. ning the
system."
nment is supposed to be I feel it
year, students have com- of the sysi
)f education parking pro- 1
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oucci. oiuuciu vjuvern- First th
i to act. supposed
travel in <
nators and executive of- one bus i!
re to college than football alleviate i
one is su]
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iness majors also
iitor: However,
riting in reply to the letter to statements hs
r written by Gordon Ritchie He states "soi
peared in Wednesday's majors can i
k. Ritchie's letter dealt with without char]
rness of the $50 fee added to meone major
n costs of students in certain the computer
Chemistry ma
d like to say first I am not course."
I this "computer user fee." I This may c
upletely one segment of the chie, but I al
opulation should not bear the fee for comp
f paying for the additions to did all other ,
uter system. Business Adn
dent finds fault w
iitor:
ts first operation in 1978, the Carolina shuttlec
providing transportation to students, faculty j
is a freshman when it first began operations and n
it to graduate with a master's degree. For many ye
;n reading the Gamecock and have noticed several
r the years concerning the operations of the sli
lowever, this year I have not seen any articles cont
operations of this "free service transportat
is about time to remind the public of the many fai
[em ana otter various solutions to the faults that n
neffective administrators of the shuttlecock syst
ffective and correct the problem.
ere arises the question of availability. The shuttl
to be composed of five operating buses. Two bu
;ach direction (clockwise and counterclockwise) <
5 set aside for an "express service" in an attempl
the problem of overcrowding. The maximum ti
pposed to wait for a bus is 15 minutes. Howevei
:ed for more than 30 minutes on several occasio
tquire as to the delay, I am told by the driver that
sick or one of the buses is not working,
nsportation department is not taking care of the p
hey were, I feel sure they would find a solution
them too much credit.^
ley have not found solutions, they are either ignor;
care. I will help them out a little. They could k<
f or extra buses in case of such a problem. If they
:r of the two, they are not using them very effecti
v the university could afford such an expenditun
interested in the student welfare.
A 1 i a !. f I A _
rate pruoiem mai arises irom avauacimy nas 10
ents arriving to class late or arriving too late to e^
ause they do not want to interrupt the class. I ar
assistant and hear from students everyday "I had
he bus. Please excuse my tardiness." I do exci
t I can not excuse them from quizzes or tests tl
tuse of the bus system. When one is dealing wit!
[50 or more students, time is not available to g
i, quizzes or tests. I do attempt to take care of
!>y dropping two of the quizzes and giving the big
~ i: ,1 ? /~>i_ i.. ? * i ?? ? i i ,i .
again un icduiiijj uny. v^icdiiy, ?iuucm? miuuiu i
zed for the faults of the shuttlecock system,
sxpress service" does alleviate some of the ov
, but at peak times the service does not adequat
e problem. I have seen students literally crammec
, and once a student even fell out of the bus when
aned against the door mechanism. An extra bus
d alleviate this problem to a great extent, but 1 do
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pay fee, stu
, two of Ritchie's And
ive drawn my attention. relatec
ineone not in one of these not. T
ise the computer freely for bi
ge. This means that so- which
ing in business can use of 19?
to play games, while a Per
, <r a r\r\ r * '
ijwi may pay jihwvf ior one siraigi
to the
ome as a surprise to Rit- ing t!
so paid an additional $50 they ;
uter use this semester, as withe
students in the College of
linistration.
fith Shuttleco
see the administrators of th
ock problem.
and Another problem concernir
iow drivers. I have had harrowii
jars buses, supposedly fun at the ti
ar- later, you realize just how dai
lut- Do the drivers undergo an;
:er- they don't seem to (in some ca:
ion do not have a training sessic
would attempt to take care ol
ilts them out. Another solution w(
ia\/ crvrvm ttmii
IUJ avsmv way,
em I could go on forever with tl
system," but I feel the librai
e is amount of text.
ises I hope by writing this letter
ind stressed at the beginning of
L to ministrators take care of thes
me because I do not want to endar
r, I than I have to.
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THE PFestPtwr ooea
or DfcV OLPER THAN WW
not BUT THE PEMOCKATS H
jpws,
&MAN?
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dent says
1 am I taking any compaterl
courses this semester? No, 1 am
he only required computer class
usiness majors is BADM 190,
1 took during the fall semester
10.
haps Ritchie should get his facts
tit before he writes another letter
editor. If business maiors are us
ne computer t4to play games,"
are certainly not doing so "freely
>ut charge."
David Dye
Management senior
ick system
e system rushing to solve this
lg the system has to do with the
lg experiences while riding the
me, but when you think of them
ngerous and unsafe the^ were.
y training sessions? If they do,
ses) strive to drive safely. If they
?n fhpv chmilH enact r?n#? that
F the unsafe drivers by weeding
>uld be to penalize the drivers in
le problems of the "shuttlecock
y could not store such a large
I have achieved the goals I have
this long letter. Until the ade
problems, I think I will walk
iger my life and future any more
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