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Page 8 - April 22, ,985 (^111011 THE GAMECOCK Input Commission can't study ! ?i a? -Ai i i i education wnnoui neip Bet you don't know what the Lightsey Commission is doing. But if this commission rccornmcnds your department be eliminated, you'll complain. If it says your department should get more money, you'll give thanks. Either way, you'll wonder how such decisions were made without your input and without your knowledge. j The l.ightscy Commission was named by USC President James Holderman last fall to study the kind of education USC offers. Since then, commissioners have visited departments on all system campuses, talking to professors and students about USC's undergraduate programs. The group, formally the Presidential Commission on Undergraduate Missions, is looking for answers to about 70 questions, including what USC's mission is or should be, how to attract more freshmen, what the affect of foreign language requirements will be .....i .. u...i>?- i, aiiu win i ill i U(.^ai uiKim 11 civ i ^Iivni^u ^uuiimvu faculty to teach core curriculum. At a panel discussion Friday, commission chairman Harry Lightsey, dean of the law school, assured professors that "hundreds" of students had been consulted during the group's visits. But "hundreds" aren't enough, considering that the Columbia campus alone has 23,000 students. And soon the commission starts constructing its recommendations for departments and systems campuses ? the results arc due on Holdcrman's desk Oct. 15. Last fall Lightsey said the commissioners wanted to hear from students. Let them hear. Now, becausc next month is too late. If you see problems or potentials in your department, if you think you take too much English and not enough accounting, tell them. ' W I l_ . - A 1 . - . I I _ I If/' ' you kiiow oeuer man anyone wnewier is preparing you for your future. Ann Farmer,.^News editor Block association thanks tJSC students for support To llie editor: On behalf of the DSC Block C Association, I would like to thank all the si udents who attended the 19H5 spring tootball game. Over 14.(KM) fans were on hand to witness a line performance by our Gamecocks. It has been brought to my attention, however, that many students were upset about the $2 admission charge, assuming that the athletic department was collecting the profits. All proceeds from ticket sales, concessions and programs went to help fund a new project of the Block C Association. Letterinen and their spouses, including my wife Rose, manned the concessions stands and sold tickets and programs. All profits from the game are being used to help with the expenses of a"Bloc kC'ring for every senior letter man - oom maie anu lemaic - in eacn spoil. i nis year we have over 70 graduating seniors. As you can see, this is quite an expensive undertaking. This year's spring game was the most successful ever and very nearly accounted for the total cost of this new project. With your continued support, you can help make this possible annually - thank you. Pat Vella President Emeritus, Block C Association Bloom County r r IT'S AMW SOMC WHAT * \m?A5AHr WMT? MHMA INC... nem?. i ewce youf&ets... I V - _J L ./y ij jJKBF A Yiev Graduation : With May 18 rapidly approaching, I'm one of several thousand soon-tobe-graduates wondering if Mom and Dad arc wasting their time coming down here for the big day. Alter all, the university hasn't even announced who the speaker for the commencement exercises will be. I've heard all kinds of rumors, everyone from Henry Kissinger to Margaret Thatcher, but until I'm holding that press release in my hand, vi'ho'c nnv/nnn rniilrl hi* t\\f speaker. The latest word is that USC President James Holderman has asked one of Chicago's ambassadors of goodwill to fly down here and give us his words \ of wisdom. Bo/o the Clown is his name. Bo/o allegedly will arrive in Columbia at 7 p.m. the night before gradua.: i. i n: .. .. I - .. K4. lion, wiiii jui i iM11ci , a.K.ct. ivn. Letter Letter on aborti I o ihe editor: Mr. Arthur Williams recently wrote reasonable answers to the issue of abori anything but reasonable. The lact is ih tiona! issue and has no reasonable ansi Aside from this issue, he calls for mot answer. I find nothing moral about bo or assassinating doctors. He may feel tl and he has every right to his own I however, bombing is violent and desti (ion is murder. These are crimes thai Abortion, at the moment, is legal and I can suggest a simple answer to the Let those people who believe that abort an udunion, unu lei inosc peupic who i not murder have one if they want. Unti veil when life begins, we cannot level ju< beliefs. Nor should we rule what peoj with their own bodies. It is unfortunate that this matter is a ruicu Oil. UUI gUVCUlIUCIU IlilS UCC1UCU through welfare. I find this stupid and it through rationally, one will find th; abortions is substantially less in the loi or more years of a person's life. Thi? J happen, since the mother herself could by I'm muw thsyve oonc j otf m we mtear no.. no, \ HlbH ltCH YOU CANT 0ANM inm/stkial pmk mean... IN we SKY. / j ! } I lUkJ IL WWLs&m t down the gun harrel. speaker may I -^c. IHS^ , MBl i John Deiner Managing editor I I Knozit, serving as master of ceremonies for the crowd expected at the airport. After a short speech, a motorcade will wind through Cayce to the Statehouse. Bozo will ride in his custom-built clown car with 29 of his best friends, and he'll spend the night in a blue and s ion issue not ratic thai slit- may rather a letter mat calico tor w nat is lurtner ui lion. His answers were flagrant disregard f< at abortion is an emo- the law into our owi .vers. happen if people lik ality 10 guide us to our that they don't like mbing abortion clinics to how others feel. Ii lat abortion is murder, who has to die whet reliefs in this matter; life the way I want 'uctive, and assassinai deserve punishment. Obviously, Mr. W not a crime. were illegal. Hopefi ijiic.Miuu ui auuniuii. iiiui amy anu i ion is murder not have believe Chat abortion is 1 it is scientifically projgements on a person's |???? >le can and cannot do 1 The ilready beginning to be not to fund abortions pointless, ll one minks Editor in Chief at the money spent on Leslie J. Ounson ig run than funding 18 Manag'"!! Editor i will more than likely John Of"' not afford an abortion C?P* DMk J Andy Ouncen ? . . Berke Breathed Ann Fermer Asit. New* Editor Gregg laiky . cniftfiflinmtnc couor ^ ORFMNeol E?Z, . Roni K?yne \ Sport? Editor *,#cy ^ut0i1 / }j f \ j) Asst. Sporti Editor rk I / JUD OH Oft 'TiOw / Wlro/Oplnloii Editor Mfrisa Porto -r- ' Photo Editor Josoph Garoett : Asst. Photo Editor Jos Rickor be a Bozo while circus tent in the Coliseum parking lot. I'm pretty excited about the ^ possibility of Bozo telling us about how he keeps his hair so red, his nose so squeaky and his complexion so fair. There's also been talk on campus about people who were asked to deliver the commencement address, but couldn't. I've heard that a Russian leader was all set to visit USC, but he came down with a bad cold. Bernhard Goetz was then approached about coming to Columbia for graduation, but no one has heard from the person who invited him since flying to New York. And the list goes on. Richard Dawson, Captain Kangaroo, Lionel Richie, Big Bird, Wink Martindale, Marcel Marceau, John Jenrette, Dr. Ruth what a great graduation it could have been. mal, reader says have had in the first place. sturbing about Mr. Williams' letter is his 3r laws. He suggests that we should take i hands. 1 can see very clearly what would e him were allowed to do this. Anything will just be bulldozed over with no regard 11 the words of Jimi Hendrix, "I'm the one t it's time lor me to die, so let me live my to." 'illiams was born at a time when abortions illy, he can still be taught the meaning of t for laws that order our lives. Alan Ernest Computer science senior ^ i Gamecock The Gamecock welcomet letters ar,d gut it editorials. All letters end guest editorials must be typewritten, triple spaced on a 65 space line. Letters should ba no longer then 300 words and guest editorials should ba limited to one newsworthy subject no longer than four typed pages. 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