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Viewpoint 9 4 [[f Friday, September 6, 1985 ; ?-THE GAMECOCK Charge it A little increase compute big bu What next? Did you take a good look at your bill during registration? Tuition went up. Health center fees went up. A computer fee showed up. A library fee appeared from nowhere. Food prices went up at campusnffilintpd oatories. And if you've done a load of laundry, you noticed that even the price of using washing machines went up ? 33 percent. And most of it has come with no warning, unless you remember other increases during recent years, including the housing cost increases last year. For what are we paying all this money? Tuition: USC did not get full formula funding irom mc state Legislature, so the difference had to come from somewhere. The obvious source was students. Health center: The measles immunization program says it all. Fees went up about $10, even for students who don't need to go to the Golden Spur and get a shot in the arm. Computer fee: Science and mathematics majors arc all too familiar with this surcharge, and it's becoming an unpleasant companion to the rest of us. To worsen the matter, OSCAR, USC's registration system and allaround gremlin, charged people who shouldn't have been charged. If you Int Meese misses (Editor's note: Marijuana has been estim C/iiw/i r*/ir/?/in/i'c Inmoct r*rtch t%r/\r\ i aJi/uiri v^U' i/iinu j iu/ vuiin t? u^/./ On the heels of Attorney General Edw Domestic Cannabis Eradication and Si Program, it is time to consider a new af this "problem" ? an approach that maj become a solution. Legalize marijuana. There is an enormous market for the past year alone, $16.4 billion worth of was ^produced nationwide, according from the National Organization for 1 Marijuana Laws. Federal estimates re billion. All states are "into the business." Mai been labeled Indiana's second-biggest ana it is Kentucky s largest. An entire industry revolves around ranging from those who grow and refine I those who sell and ship it. It is a tax-fr with a large array of buyers and industry to eradicate. While the recent federal crackdown i : 121-1 intrcuiuic aiiiuum ui puumuy auu mci number of plants, Kevin Zccse, pr NORML, estimates it eradicated, at mosi fourth of the nation's total marijuana c Only one-fourth. The rest is still growi and uncontrolled by any health ager plants will be on the street within a months. II lllcll IJ Uctllct wcic ltgan/.v.u, jiaii restrictions could be set on the product, quality and protecting its buying public Today, an underage person can acqui of marijuana more easily than he can at pack. With the product legal, the fear ol being "in our grade schools" would b I almost completely, as age requirement readily imposed and enforced. It would he a legal product and therel I to quality controls and age restrictions, sale to a more confined market. As it stands today, marijuana is use people between the ages of 25 and i here, a small ne1 cks for overtaxed have a fee listed for a history, Engli or other class not computer-oricnte check it out and get your refund. Library: When USC's state mon was cut three years ago by the stc I nnirlnliifn IlKrOf II olcr\ C1 1 ixgmuiuiv., llll iii'iciijt (tiovs ouiivi vv cut. Also, the Summmit Fund goal f the library fell short. But this specifically the kind of cost tuiti ought to cover. It is frustrating to p $2 per hour for an athletic course, ternship or studio art class, in which trips to the library may be needed. Food priccs: With the econoi emerging from a depression a freshmen required to purchase a m plan, why does Saga need to raise prii that are already near off-campus leve Surely Saga's profits will incre; AnAtinK tif i t Vt mnil nlon on/l * v*uwugu Willi inv^ uivai j^uii UIIU wiiti < ded eating places in the Carolina Mj Laundry: This one's a puzzler, dorms wc polled had noticed new even improved washing machines dryers, and campus equipment ofi takes two or three cycles to be effecti For these seemingly illogical creases, however, there is an obvi< explanation. Thn nn!\/prcit\; ic roicino tuition m l iiv UII1 VVI JIIJ IJ I 111.11115 iwmvu V higher than it has admitted, and fees any other name still pay the same bi Considering the influx of B-or-bel students into Carolina, the prescntat of all these surcharges instead ol higher tuition increase to cover th seems a bit silly. Students reasonably intelligent; we know wl torcamoos ; with 'solutic ated to be minimum-age laws, such alcohol, identification cou - t i i i i in ivieesc s cnasc, anu saics couiu uc r appression and the like. No one checks )proach to nickel bag on the street. \ actually, Consider the market fo product, as opposed to < dustry's growth would ere; plant. The high-quality product. This marijuana push for a more refined p to figures shoddy merchandise from leform of People would come to < ached $52 and quality would be enfo as the Food and Drug Ad rijuana has groups such as the B< cash crop, Cultivators and sellers c would be eradicated, marijuana, Health factors also mi he plant to debate. If the industry is ee industry regulations could be imp( impossible product is offered to the pot" would be eliminated eceivcd an higher-grade, safer produc ted a large The level of THC ? t< esident of ingredient that makes peo t, only one- and limited, unlike today ache. Marijuana, like cigarettes, ng, tax-free a form of king cancer. Bi icy. Those cancerous as an unfiltered matter of Another benefit of inari prospect of its eventual dards and tifiablc industry has form foncnrino itQ hp suhiect to a "sin tax." That is not to mention tl re an ounce taxes that would be collec :quire a six- Perhaps it is time to ac F marijuana token "eradication" el c abolished motivated by politics moi s would be Perhaps it is time the feder Meese turned their attentit ore subject juana, creating a system t limiting its more effectively control a d most by 35. With in fee there students sh we're getting the runaround. d, If the university needs money for the library, fine. Students shouldn't mind pv needed increases, and the library can ite always use another book or magazine 1 a subscription. But the university should or charge fairly. It shouldn't force a is karate student to pay $2. The library's on not where you practice karate, ay And if the university is going to in- charge more for laundry facilities, it no should improve those facilities first. Unfortunately, it's too late to change checks that have already been written. ny Students do have an outlet to protest nd what they consider unfair charges, cal though. ces If you had to pay a computer fee, Is? keep track of how much time you used, ase If you didn't use $20 worth, let the ja- university ui muuciu mcuia muw. ill. If you can find cheaper laundry No facilities, or better ones at the same or price, don't use the university's or machines, and let your friends know ten about the place you've found, ve. If Saga's prices are too high for what in- you get, eat off-campus or in your 3us room when you can. Freshmen are stuck with their meal plan, but many /cn students can avoid the cafeterias, by If nothing else, write The Gamecock. lis. Call your Student Government presitter dent, Kelvin Stroble, at 7-2654. Call the ion president's office at 7-3101. Call Saga f a food services at 7-4161. And don't em forget to let the state Legislature know are how their denial of USC's full-formula lien funding request affected you. mm Wholly tNisiT || 'Batman' bri !OWAND til rlwr. K reading this in class, case hum it at the tc some index cards wi ???? - Like most kids teete " r " brink of delinquency, . villains to be the most ^ elements of "Batm? were supposedly evi ^11 r\ will? wuuiu nave an vj at their knees if not _ tervention of the Dyn m* Actually, the bad g tie of the wit and cun in the average tree f as those applying to were involved in sor Id be required for pur- enterprise, and want' estricted to liquor stores out your plans witl your ID when you buy a amount of public sci I J A o wouiu you urcvi; rces controlling a legal You probably woul in illegal one. The in- green leotard with lit ate a highly marketable, marks all over it, < industry, along with the leather jumpsuit with roduct, would eliminate ears and a long tail, the market. But just for argi expect a better product, assume you're Thi rceable by such agencies ministration and private ^ :tter Business Bureau. 1 ?f low-grade marijuana jst play a part in this Problems? C brought aboveground, back. jsed before the finished If you have an public. Nearly all "bad it. The Gamecoi from the streets, and a letters to the e i :i WUUIU iurc us pidic. KI1UW WI1UI yuu :trahydrocannabinol, the Letters must i pie high ? could be set include the wril ''s 1HC guessing game. number where tl has been found io cause verification. Lit a joint is one-tenth as cigarette. I????? juana's legalization is the i; ! taxation, once an idenled. The substance could like tobacco and alcohol. ie county and state sales - | knowledge the futility of fforts, which may be re than by anything else. al government and Edwin >n toward legalizing marihrough which they could nd regulate it. Indiana Dally Student llHIIIIIIinTBllft < :J -v |gg* ||I1HMMM| s MM? b Id lx 1HHHM pj ; yc IBBIhHH^IHH cc HIHHHH tr mmBMH^HB pi ^ 11 HM9PI WW Nil Ifl al I aj 1 yJHHHHHHI ic mmH ^vHH^HI f rmUBI^HHI c mM ^ / .'' . jg y UH|^mH t 9h^^^^^H^BI^BB[^hh|| s jf ... WMM Mg ! t HHHHB^B| ( I Signs unearth mall's location. < baloney, Caped I mmn ii \^m conJ the malt iff ^ W is Hardy, * W die fast l^k^gL * comparing I was at and watilevision. wearing your usual foolish outfit, the mood, and you've just come upon Bateme under man and Robin sneaking around you are your hideout. A fight ensues. in which Now hold up those cards of >p of your yours, making various grunting 0 draw up and smashing noises. ith 'Zap!', The fight is over, and Batman ' on them. and Robin, put at a disadvantage ring on the by the hideout floor's 30-degree 1 found the slope, are at your mercy. What memorable do you do? in." They If your answer was, 44Pump a il geniuses few pounds of lead into ' eir otham City trusty Bat-brains and dump mem for the in- into the nearest Bat-sewer," you amic Duo. are wrong. uys had lit- What you really do, you stupid ning found Special Guest Villain, is suspend rnn If \mn r\\/nr c\ nnt nf i v;g. mm ; v/u iiiviii v/ * vi 11 ?/v/w g>ui iv/ii j/v/i wi ne criminal boiling tea, tell them every detail ed to carry of your master plan so that they ti the least might more efficiently foil it rutiny, how later, and then politely leave so that they are free to escape. Idn't wear a Villains always chose their hentie question chmeii using only one criterion: )r a black- That the assistants be more igpointed cat norant than they. How many times did The Joker veil. "Get iment, let's 'em, boys," after which the hene Penguin, chmen would start whacking lo thg editor omplaints? A pat on the Letters shoi writer is a sti opinion, USC wants to hear member of the :k invites its readers to send All letters i HitAr cr> that Carnlina ran rannftt h/? rptn think. >e typed, double-spaced, and Send letters ter's name and a telephone Drawer A, Ri tie writer may be reached for 29225. Let us knov mtmmmmmmmmammmmmmsmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm?marnmmmmm?mmmmmmmmmmm tOIIOMfl cniei Ann f armer Managing Editor Tracy Mixson Cj>py 0?tk Chlaf A?i?tant Copy D??k Chiaf ; Nawa Editor Marisa Porto Aiaiitant Nswa Editors Sjaotlight Edltar Roni flea Kayne Sights ome painting, planting righten up university 9 Returning from the dust >wls of the Midwest or the irking lots of the Northeast, >u have to appreciate the >ol green grasses, bushes and ees added to the USC cam js during tne summer. i Even the library pond has >me new additions. The duck imily grew, as did the little nes, who are now large lough to appreciate an occaonal french fry. ^ Paint covered a few years of rime on many buildings, inluding dormitory rooms and >unges, as well as Russell louse. And, at last, students can ?? "? . _ iU? ina me way ? iu mc Carolina Mall in Russell louse basement, thanks to the ttractive garnet and black igns posted inside and outside he student union. i We appreciate the effort to ^ >eautify the USC campus. It's >ften hard to compete with the preading acreages of collegeown campuses when you're ocated downtown in the state capital. It all looks nice, but forgive js for hoping it won't mean a 'grounds improvement fee" 3n January's bill. 0 Crusaders! w i > .< r flndy Duncan away at the Caped Crusaders, only to inevitably get their guts kicked in. How many times u - a A..?u wouiu yuu willingly cuuuic ?utu pain and humiliation for some ^ pasty-faced clown who looks like Cesar Romero in the last stages of some rare tropical disease? Now the crooks may not have been the last word in intellect, but they were the crew of the Manhattan Project compared to Gotham City's finest. We assume that Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara took some sort of civil-service exam to enter the field of law enforce ment, but the TV record gives no ^ indication of it. Why couldn't fP they trace the Batphone, or put a tail on the Batmobile, or hire a few extra guards over at the local pen to avert the regular Thursdav-morninn breakout of Special Guest Villains? And that reminds me of another thing . . . Holy printer's ink! Is this the end of Andy's column? His career? His rope? Tune in Monday, same Bat-time, same Batnewspaper. ^ Ill II II I I " II 'ill I lid also include whether the ident, USC staff member or : community. received are orinted. Letters rned. to: Editor, The Gamecock, ussell House, Columbia, S.C. v how you feel. 1 i Sporti E<4ttor Gregg Lasky AubUttt Sports Editor Jeff Owens [ Ptotefraphy IMtor | Joseph Oarnett Aula tint PMt*fr*?fcV HK?f Ray Gronberg Atfvtor ) Bill Rogers Dlriwter Bill Clements OvA J.l i, t Lu JOSH rfMWTMW g Lewis Covington Mark Armstrong '