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THE GAMECOCK Opinion October 10, 1984 ? Pace 7 Apartment dv want houses In some places, USC's cam] finest to be found. The Horses refuge of oaks, grass and ant< T e humanities complex is a fii chitecture. Capstone and Bates > facilities. But, like most familii have a couple poor cousins: Unr Carolina Gardens. The conditions in these two dormitories are deplorable. Tru< old and therefore difficult to i rent is relatively low at the buil< low rent are not excuses for alio to splip into the present conditio a responsibility to maintain their a landlord, is not meeting its re; The university recently establ million fund to pay for renovati Some were in such bad shape tha an embarrassment. Indeed, Cle weekly newspaper, The Tiger, written by a student who vi: Carolina. The writer said that Clemson's facilities were quite 1 be compared to the run-down USC's slums. The complaints c and Thornwell, but it's sad to thi might have said about Univ< Carolina Gardens. But a lot of people not associa seen University Terrace. It is vis Street, a main thoroughfare on travel daily. For far too many large part of what they see of I agine that the entire campus lool not be an accurate image of our dimuM cin many peopie see. Besides the image the buildinj of passers-by, there's a more imp they need serious repairs. Marrie affordable place to live. In most ting themselves through college v a family at the same time. With fluence of a family, they ar< dedicated and talented stud< however, need the distraction of railings, broken windows, wais faulty wiring and no hot water. Is worry about their children on ui The USC bureacracy has bee sive to the needs of dorm residei to remember, though, that ma part of the campus and can't be University Terrace and C needn't become high-rent luxur should they rival the Horseshoe at USC. But they must become habitats. The concerns of the re< dressed. Repairs are needed soor must be put higher on the renov Carolina doesn't need any slum Ciomecoc i Editor in Chief David Hill Managing Editor Leslie J. Dunson Copy Desk Chief Ron Brackett Copy Edil News Editor John Deiner Copy Edil i a a. II a r n rj: hssi. News cauor hwi raimar i>upy cui Entertain. Editor Marisa Porto Copy Edi Sports Editor Andrew Miller Asst. Sports Editor . Tracy Mixson General I Photo Editor Mary Ann Hollis Ad Mana Asst. Photo Editor Jennifer Woo ten Productio Copy Editor Susan Llawetiyn Graduate Copy Editor Hal Hewell Adviser Copy Editor Lynn Cusick Advertisi Newsroom 7777181 Productic Business Office 777 3888 The Gamecock welcomes letters and guest editorials must be typewritten, uipie spaceo on a do spbub i I Letters should be no longer than 300 words and gu to one newsworthy subject no longer than four ty editorials MUST be signed with the writer's name, dress, class standing or faculty position and major. I but the writer's name may be withheld upon request We reserve the right to edit guest editorials and Address letters and columns to: Opinion Page Editi Columbia, S.C. 29208. sellers cleaned pus is one of the ;hoe is a beautiful . sbellum buildings. le grouping of ar- fg|j West are fine living | es, these buildings ISp /ersity Terrace and /Jtftjm married students' jB|j the buildings are Bj| ^ naintain. And the MBSm dings. But age and jS?g| wing the buildings fip| >n. Landlords have Hjji property. USC, as H|j| ished a special S9 fjRli ons to dorms. jiiill it they had become | H mson I, iversity's , carried a column sited a friend at j3jgjP| although some of Dad, they couldn't ___ state of some of entered on Maxcy ink what the writer ^ srsity Terrace or ^ (Q | ted with USC have To the E( ible from Blossom a v ...i.; _i~ ? i wnicn mousanas weekend ; of them, this is a lege news JSC. Do they im- quality oi ks like UT? It may mg edito' , tpp issue in \ campus, but UT is weighs h. she deta is set in the minds dieting o )ortant reason why pertinent :d students need an foll< , , Court. cases, they re put- puttinf vhile trying to raise who may the stabalizing in- this a wa * often the most such a P1 ;nts. The don't, hhave,')T , . , , should ha hazardous balcony it-deep grass, old, ^Jor do they need to |y("|4 nsafe playgrounds. ?wl ome more respon- To the E its. It is important in reg; rried housing is a ter coni > mention ignored. . . .arolina Gardens disagree y apartments, nor as the place to live Wheth reasonably decent lloned t iidents must be ad- wou d h i, and the buildings ations priority list. s. * Stui You'd having a attacks tor Tim Surratt heard at tor Laura Oannhardt juggerna tor Crystal Chapman political tor *ip Botts ticket is ? , , electoral Manager........ Ron ^er But M ger Doug Trueolood . m Manager Mark McEwan gOtt< Assistant .. Ron Buchanan only is Bill Rogers fighting popular ng 7774249 increasin in 777-2833 are dete speaking The i. All letters and guest editorials . in.. rehcentl>' est editorials should be limited pnenom< ped pages. Letters and guest on coll( telephone number, mailing ad 1960s, ! Pseudonyms are unacceptable, Thurmo if the circumstances warrant. shmalloN letters. to a CO v, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Defense ?was liter umnist's sp< iitor: isiting student over this past and also the editor of my colpaper, I was appalled in the ' writing displayed by managLeslie Dunson. In the Oct. 8 ler column entitled ''Dieting eavily on managing editor," iled the personal woes of n the same page that listed stories dealing with city park:y and the U.S. Supreme ; aside sympathy for those nave weigni prooiems, 1 rind ste of space. In my opinion, restigious position in what I id to be a quality newspaper ive placed a lot more time and : mentioning ditor: ^ o....^^11 i> ?: :?'1^. ii vj iw i\u33tu utiijaiuiu ? ici:erning the "unnecessary" of race in the Amy Bedenirticle Sept. 26; I have to with his point. icr Ms. Bedenbaugh had menheir race or not, they still ave been black. By the same dents should \ think Walter Mondale was tough time getting his shrill on the incumbent president >ove the roar of the Reagan ut and the dire predictions of analysts that the Democratic going to be the victim of an massacre in November. londale's struggle to be heard in even tougher recently. Not the former vice president a rosy economic picture and a ^icaiuciu, nc naa i un miu ail >g number of detractors who rmined to prevent him from heckling Mondaie endured is not a particularly new ;non on the political scene or ege campuses. During the South Carolina Sen. Strom nd was pelted by marvs while trying to give a speech liege audience, and former f\prrptarv Rnhprt McMamara J .<.www> ? ..avi^ui.iuiu ally chased off the campus of Letters ace needs di effort in her selection of "Interc pus" material on the opinion pag< Especially in this election y which includes topics pertaining tc power of the student vote and how dent financial aid may be affe after the election, one with any cern for the students this newsp represents could surely find somel better to express as an opinion what Miss Dunson had to say pei ing to the consuming power of a Ruth candy bar. If she wanted to express a Iij side, for example, the enthus dispalyed at this weekend's Home* ing celebration, or how the Gamec recent ranking by U.P.I, into the 20 will add to the prestige here at I race does ni reasoning if the accused had b white, whether the papers mentioi their race or not, they still would h been white. Consequently, I believe that mentioning of their race was just to thf rf?nHf?r in Hrau/ino ji mpntnl nirti The papers also told us where t were from and what type of empl ment they held. These are all sim _ Intercampus worry about m one northeastern university. But the new hecklers are often m conservative students, shouting dc tne taeais tneir bus counterparts t< to the streets to defend. Perhaps i reassuring that students don't bov easily to leftist ideas as they used But drowning out ideas with mt ingless noise is contrary to the spiri learning. There's something else that wor me about the brash, cocky con vatism stalking many college campi today. It's not that we're wor about students who decide to vote conservative candidates (or liberal < didates, for that matter) after long .careful study. But polls tend to dicate an undercurrent 6f greed be! the core of youthful support Reagan. The president scores well < with those who believe Mondale administer government programs n equitably and would be less likel get the nation into a war. The rea: They think Reagan will put 11 eeper m< am- Once again, amples of wha ear, stirring throug > the expressing op stu- their fellow s :cted means enough con- being a visitini aper better things a hing dent here at I than I can only X tain- the future wi! Baby topics a pers write about. ghter iasm :omocks *. top JSC. it change een facts, nothing i led However, coi ave victim had be< black girl and t the white. Would aid feel the same v ire. would it ch?n? hey omitted the fac oypiy ore than I money into the lore There seems >wn the questioninj ook the thirst for j it is characteristic c / as seem too willii to. that the establi n - tr\ lie tA PQCt A 'Mi* iv/ iv/ vuai v/ t of the secrutiy ai corporation, ries College stud ser- stake in this i uses policy will det< ried able to buy a hi for determine whet :an- in some foreigi and policy will det< in- will share in iiiivi dinning tuy. for policy will det iven of the world vs will The choice i; nore drown out issi y to slogans of eith son: lore U - O " adwncemen. | & Presidential I e anslieifc.... ? ;ssage these are just a few ex ti an editor should have h his or her mind when inion that pertains to tudents. Maybe dieting to write an opinion, but g student, I feel there are in editor (a full time stuJSC) can talk about. lope that Miss Dunson in II find more professional on of her status should Brian Jeran taiior-in unier The lion's Voice Dowling College Okdale, N.Y. i facts nore and nothing less, nsider this scenario: the in a promising young ne tnree accused rapists the black community ^ay about the case and ',e things if the papers t that they were white? Rob McFee Civil engineering junior liorlrlinn ib wamiaaiij ir wallets. to be a sad absence of g, the compassion and ustice that was once so )f college students. We rig to accept the values shment is passing down ff the joys of youth for nd regimentation of a pntc mat; kaim tmnci WllkiJ 11IMJ HUf V I1IV, II1UJI election: Federal fiscal irmine whether we'll be ome. Foreign policy will ther we're sent off to die i adventure. Civil rights ermine if all Americans the prosperity of the And environmental :ermine the habitability 'e inherit. i too important for us to les by shouting political ler side. The Daily Tar Heel niversity of North Carolina