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Viewpoint 4 Monday, February 17, 1986 If ABOUT Fl lift THeRlGI ill TOW &! !'/ \ 4 \ y.| 4^ IV ^ License i at ' . a amimstratioi The Student Government As in danger of having one of powers taken by the administ would be left with less authority affairs than it has now. SGA's constitution guaranty to license student groups, a pre ed of being time-consuming am no substitute for summer and lint the Student Organizatioi Commission does not meet summer, and students ea organizations then. The solution to the problem Let students attending summer allowed to form a licensing c especially Tor sum m e r organizations. The SG Senate has the power amendment to its constitution summer licensing committee. While the SG Senate takes a to fill its many committees at t ing of the year, student apatl Letters to Dorm's facilities almost unlivable To the editor: living conditions in Baker have reached an intolerable level, lor thiec years I have put up with i lie inconvcnienees of elevator breakdowns, cockroach colonies, blackouts, showers that scald without warning, overpriced washers and dryers that don't v\ork and lack of heat, hot water and air conditioning. This week lias encompassed most of that list! l ast week contained some of t lie coldest days and nights Carolina has seen all year. Temperatures with wind chill dipped helow zero, yet Baker was without heat. Wednesday night, Ian. 29, I was amazed to discover a lukewarm breeze emanating from our vent, which eventually increased to what could graciously be termed "warm air." thankful that something had finally been done to thaw Baker residents, I went to bed only to r_ send us a ! The Gamecock needs your press your likes and dislikes bj ler to the editor. Letters must be typed, doubl a maximum length of 3(X) won include the writer's name, addr number and where the writer c for verification. Letters should also include writer is a student, staff o member. Guest editorials must aOllARD Wml INOING Blli i; IT TH1H6 1|Mh 3L??fju^B j Wmlm W1P &yjl n\vih\\ lt'\ "i i; v {jjil f- 4 i bK WmeuiQ College Pfess Service to kill 7 tries to lessen sociation is competence, is the its major took time to care, th ration and who could get the cor / in student as possible. The administration ;es its right in saying the rights c icess actus- to form organization; j ? e l :? ' i -' - j ui uuviiig man me rignis ot ; early fall. decide whether or i Licensing important. during the The heart of the ac n't form ment is the speed ? the present licensing i is simple: ministration says ii sessions be students a quicker pr< ommission tion of organizations school Is two weeks too 1 organization to wait I to pass an A copy of the pr< creating a licensing committee st would ensure the "re; i long time ed to licensed, organ he beginn- administrative proces; ly, not in- criteria. This include the editor arise the following morning to no hot water. Once again, Feb. 1, no hot water was available, although I I IV UVUt I.) IIV/VT Y* W I f\ 1 I 1 ?, UVtl" lime. Paragraph 3, Line 3.1 of the Single Student Residence Hall Contract states that the university will "furnish utilities and services to each residence hall including, but not limited to, water, heat, electricity . . . maintenance and custodial services." l ine 3.3 further states the university will "provide maintenance servicc in the event of mechanical difficulties or interruptions of any utility service which is under control and/or ownership of the university." I realize that by contract no refund can be expected, nor can the university be liable for a "reasonable period of time." The malfunctions occurring in Baker, however, are neither "reasonable" nor infrequent. Dormitories serve the need (V\r J ?:_ - ><? iivm-Mug in cm ucuucinic" environment, yet it lias become difficult to live, let alone study, in such a residential environment. I suggest that Baker be renovated, letter opinions. Fix- 5(X) words and th / u/ritinu ;? I nt - tiir? - iwi 1UIV. I 1IWIVJ.> Ldlli The Gamecock e-spaced, with letters a month Y [,1s. They must will only be wit! ess, telephone and pseudonyms an he reached the Gamecock letters and guest e whether the returned. Send r community Gamecock, Draw be limited to umbia, S.C. 2920 iiiyfcfl'N iSlllA# I ^ s ? fv u ' i w* ZU 11II 1 y M? -W II-I ?? \WJ x~. SGA control oi reason. If students having ill cy could clect people vocating nmittees filled as fast the Unit discrimin; i has no justification religion, i if students who wish When \ > are more important at USC I itudents at large to bank? not licensing is If the a Iministration's argu- the proce or lack thereof ? in student c I process. The ad- Senate ai t wishes to allow The st ocess for the forma- powers bj was appr long for a potential trustees. C for recognition? student o ^posal given to the two other ates the new process from be gistered," as oppos- council. izations by the new It's not 5 would meet certain your elect" ? 1 1 > luicb sucn as not ana only i repaired, or condemned for the health hazard it has become. Tcoti Anderson Broadcast Journalism, junior Kissinger foes misinterpreted To the editor: I am incensed at Henry Kissinger and The Gamecock because of the article entitled "Calmer" in your Feb. 5 issue. First, I have to question Juliet Nader's choice of the words "anti-American placards" when speaking of the protestors in past years. When I think of antiAmerican slogans, the images of "Yank G o Home'' or "Americans Arc Imperialist Dogs" come immediately to mind. l or some reason it does not strike me as anti-American when 1 see past filmclips of students with signs denouncing Kissinger's involvement in the secret bombings of Cambodia, which took e writer may submit a piclot be returned. will print no more than two ly nit- ?>aiiic writer. iNamcs ' lheld by special exception are not allowed. reserves the right to edit ditorials. Letters will not be letters to: Editor, The \ er A, Russell Mouse, Col8. tor youve PAID^oUR UITION, BOOKS, w parking Fee,u >THe cuoice illOULD Be siMPie. ml0 f <4 a m m ^> a. . - siuuent groups egal goals and objectives, not ador supporting the overthrow of ed States government or not ating on the basis of sex, color, lational origin or handicaps, vas the last time an organization turned Old Glory or robbed a dministration wants to speed up ss, why not let the licensing of >rganizations end with the SG nd SG president? udents are guaranteed three / the SGA Constitution, which oved by the USC board of ^np nf tic ~ ui uiv.iv. i,-> 11iv iigm IVJ ncuiiic rganizations. If it is lost, only powers arc left to prevent SGA coming a student advisory a comforting thought to know ed officials have no power to act to make empty resolutions. the lives of thousands of innocent Cambodians and caused thousands more to become homeless refugees. If Juliet Nader considers those protests to be anti-American, then I wonder what she considers proAmerican. This brings me to Kissinger's attack on Vietnam-era teachers. For him to accuse the professors of "egging on" the Vietnam War is comparable to Nixon accusing the Democrats of "egging on" the Watergate break-ins. How can Kissinger condemn Vietnamera professors for instilling violent behavior in their students and yet refuse to acknowledge his own complicity in the near genocide of the Cambodian people. My only hope is the next time Kissinger comes to USC, there will be a large number of "protesting students touting antiAmerican placards on the business school stens." I triKt The Gamecock will give advance notice of any further visits by the former secretary of state. Sidney Culliphcr Economics, senior tttst Newspspsr SC Press Association I W FaH 1885 * * Kditor in thief Muri.su J. Porto Managing Kdilor Jeri Rowe Copy Desk Chief Linda Taylor Assistant Copy Desk Chief I Buddy Moore News hditor Juliet Nader Assistant News Kditors Curl Dawson Hob Kudelka The drama 'My Fair T, In Scene 1 of "My Fair TA," we met Professor Lcgare Higgins, his friend Pickering and foreign-born teaching assistant Eliza Dzszszszki. In Scene 2, we meet one ot fciiza s most reluctant pupils: Brad Doolittle, an undeclared major in his fifth year at USC who resents taking any sciences, as he tells his fraternity brothers during a song-and-dance number across the Horseshoe: The Lord above gave man a mind for science So he could investigate the land and sky and sea. The Lord above gave man a mind for science ? but Would one of you explain to me Will one of you explain to me, Why accounting majors need hi nine v? ? OS ' Can one of you ... a single one of you . . . Will one of you explain the Philosophy? They call it a liberal arts education; Well, / wish they'd grade me As liberally! Will one of you . . . Could one of you . . . Explain required curricula to me? Meanwhile, the university has ordered Higgins to tutor Eliza on correct pronunciation, using her chemistry lectures as scripts. After weeks of fruitless rehearsal, Eliza amazes Higgins and Pickering by correctly enunciating her hexane lecture. Eliza: We've ascertained hexane to mainly form in chains. Higgins: Again! Eliza: We've ascertained hexane to mainly form in chains. Higgins: By George, I think she's got it! I think she's got it! Eliza's new fluency with the English language makes a lot of people take sudden notice of her, including Freddy, the dashing young philosophy major who had cared little for chemistry until now. Suddenly he has a reason to attend lab, as he sings to himself over the eye washers and acid baths: I have often vavvned through this class before; But the lab notes never seemed like poetry before. All at once I feel As if the heavens peal When I touch the petri dishes that you give. Students point and gape. They just refuse to see / / a < "Classes are fine ma, k frozen dinners I have ie Gameco Business hditor Maria Fratus Viewpoint hditor Lynn Cusick Spotlight hditor Mary Jo Miller Assistant Spotlight hditor Ed Chambliss Sports hditor John lloyette Assistant Sports hditor Je/f Shrewsbury Photography hditor Kay Gron berg "? " i rn irnriii continues: A/ Scene 2 Andy Duncan That you light a Bunsen burner in the soul of me. Let humanities slide, / rfnii V mm if I Never leave the petri dishes that you give. Eliza resists Freddy's advances to pursue Higgins, who in turn resists her advances. While romance embroils the lead characters, the supporting cast remains immune; Pickering spends his free time at the library, and Doolittlc realizes, to his dismay, that he accidentally passed enough courses with C or better to graduate. That sets up a big production number in Five Points, as Doolittlc and his cronies run amok on commencement eve. We're graduating in the morning! It's not just a scandal, it's a crime. But tonight we drink as seniors And shove down jalapenos A n/V ??/* - -* ? *? i-wiu ni//yc tvc uuri uui f^uwria in lime! Round up some brethren To share our fate. Call Dr. Holder man And say we might be late! I'm graduating in the morning. Next stop: the unemployment line! Waste me and plant me; Pomp and circumstance me; And pour me through that ghastly gown on time! Fli?a or?tc U i o r?S r% c I n-UUjr gtli to keep his petri dish, and Doolittle gets a good job in Holderman's office. Curtain. Wasn't that a long scene? ^\ll( fcfet Coiteoe Press Service Dut I've eaten so many chapped lips." Ick ???? ?ii I?I i ii ii Assistant Photography Kdltor 1 Sean Keefer Adviser Bill Rogers Director Bill Clements Production Lewis Covington Mark Armstrong Advertising Manager Margaret Michels 1 Student Advertising Manager Kelli Freas j