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Page 8 ? November 28, 1984 Opinion THE GAMECOCK
USC arts center:
wait until it hatches
Finally, it appears that USC and Columbia will
get an arts center. USC, the city and Richland
County have Dlans to iointlv build a fine arts center
at Assembly Street, across Greene Street from
Carolina Coliseum.
Columbia needs an arts center desperately,
especially if it ever wants to become a "big" or
"important" city. Left with only the cavernous
Carolina Coliseum, the old and often inappropriate
? not to mention small ? Township Auditorium,
and a few small theatres, Columbia just doesn't
have the facilities needed to host major performing
arts. It hasn't appeared to outsiders as a cultured
place. Now, maybe it will.
As for USC. an arts center is lonp. overdue. The
university boasts excellent theatre, dance, and
music departments, but has far too few places to
show them off. It has built, in the past two decades,
a huge basketball arena, a beautiful new baseball
field and spring sports complex, and, of course, an
addition to the football stadium.
USC might appear to outsiders as lacking concern
for the arts. Could it be that the university, a
prime builder of the state's culture, is finally giving
the arts their due?
There's a caution, however. Pardon the cliche,
but if ever there were a time to not count unhatched
eggs as a crop of chickens, it is now. County Councilman
James Leventis said he's been hearing talk
of an arts center for "a long time." A look through
back issues of The Gamecock and other publications
finds stories of the university announcing
plans for an arts center since at least 1973.
The center, in planners' minds, has moved all
over campus, and has been various sizes and had
sundry floorplans.
But this plan seems to be closer to becoming
reality than any other previous plan. There may be
one sticking point, however.
(JSC's half of the center is to be paid for by a
donor, now anonymous because he or she hasn't
settled on terms. There is a possibility the donor
may back out, however, if the city and county
move too slowly.
Richland County Council has given initial approval
to issuing bonds to pay for its share, and
final approval could come before the end of the
year. But some members of council have politicized
the issue and are delaying movement on the bonds.
This political bickering must stop. If there's
another setback, an arts center may never be built.
The cultural future of USC and the Midlands is at
risk here. At USC, it could be the future of art
students that's at stake.
Inexcusable, but apologies
An editorial of Monday, Nov. 17 said that President
James Holderman said the Russell House Mall
would open by Oct. 15. He actually said it would
open by Nov. 15. Such an error is inexcusable, and
The Gamecock apologizes for it.
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Alcohol task fi
Dear students:
USC is deaiing with a difficult question
that I am sure you have also had
to address ? the question of how best
to deal with the new state laws and
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of alcoholic beverages. We need
to examine our university policies,
their effects on the campus community
and how we can implement them in an
equitable and productive manner. For
this purpose, the Student Affairs Division
has developed an Alcohol Task
Force made up of students and professional
staff.
At this point, the task force has
generated a number of options in an
WIB's contest
To the Editor:
This is in response to a previous letter
to the editor concerning the
organization Women In Business,
which is sponsoring the "Best Legs In
Business" contest. I have a few things
to say. First, the contest was established
to promote unity within the
business organizations as well as the
business school. This fundraiser was
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To the Editor:
This letter is in regard to the lack of
broad sports coverage in The
Gamecock. I appreciate the fact that
the Gamecock football team is finally
enjoying a winning season, and that it
is newsworthy, but there are also
sports clubs on the USC campus that
should have some coverage. The USC
Public concern
To the Editor:
The Gamecock, Nov. 12, 1984:.
"One out of every four women will be
sexually assaulted during her life, and
USC women now have a 'friend to
turn to,' the Rape Crisis Center of the
Columbia area."
We let 25 percent of 52 percent of
our population suffer gross violation
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Letters
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attempt to provide quidelines regarding
the registration of events that include
the use of alcohol, controlling
access at these events of non-age
students and identifying students who
are of legal age through a number of
different means.
If we are to develop strong operative
strategies, we will need your input and
the help of those within various student
organizations to aid in promoting
responsible drinking on the USC campus.
The alternative would be a dry
campus. There are questions that only
students can answer about how these
ideas may work in reality. We would
like to elicit a response from you to
fit for man, bee
open to all business organizations to
nominate the woman or man with the
best legs in their organization. Secondly,
no where on our flyers or posters
did we state that nominations were only
limited to women. Thirdly, the
nominees consisted of Cocky's legs
(nominated by Women In Business), a
dog and two males, all proudly
displaying their legs. Finally, 1 feel that
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Women's Rugby Club is also enjoying
a winning season, but no one knows
about it. 1 have called The Gamecock
many times to give them scores and information
on the next game and then
see nothing in the paper. The club has
a 9-3 season so far and recently won a
tri-state Witches Brew Tournament in
Charlotte. I'm sure this problem is not
should be on pri
of their physical bodies and mental
personalities ? and then we offer to be
a "friend." This is the price we pay for
so-called civilized freedom ? in which
the majority of our people are never
free from the fear of being raped or
murdered ? or both.
If I were dictator, women would not
need a "friend" after rape. I would
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ent opinions
these and other alcohol-related issues.
We are planning an open forum for
the campus to meet with the task force
and to offer suggestions and ask questions
about how best to work with the
new state laws and university policies.
The forum is planned for 5:00 p.m.,
tonight at the Golden Spur in the
Russell House. We are looking forward
to this event and need your help
to make it a success. Please encourage
members of your organizations to
attend.
LaVeta T. Small
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Alcohol Task Force Chairperson
ist and fowl
the woman who wrote the letter should
have researched the contest more
thoroughly instead of assuming that
only women's legs could or would be
used. I do not think that Women In
Business took a step backwards, but
the writer of the letter and others like
her are guilty of what they accuse.
Scotta McDonald
Women In Business president
gleets clubs
isolated to Women's Rugby. How
often do you hear about the Lacrosse
or Ultimate Frisbee clubs? 1 would like
to congratulate the Women's Rugby
Club on their first tournament championship
and hope that The Gamecock
will soon come to its senses.
Ruth Deep
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cases where some spouse obviously
deserved being killed. I suppose I
would have to use the Army at first ?
unless and until the courts could get
the hang of the thing.
Then 1 would resign ? subject to
recall, if needed.
Name withheld by request