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Tensions
Proposal to i
angers Patte
A rccent proposal that
would move sororities into
Patterson Hall is sparking new
tensions between greeks and
nongreeks on the question of
who has the right to live where
on eampus.
The proposal has everyone
involved in an uproar cxccpt
housing officials who once
again have found an unfor
tunate answer to a problem
that ?ould be solved by giving
sororities what they wanted in
the first place: off-campus
housing.
The proposal, which would
give white and possibly black
sororities four halls in the
dorm, has made Patterson
Hall residents and advisors
angry, and for legitimate
reasons.
Patterson resident advisors
^ are afraid of losing their jobs
if the sororities move in
because greeks have their own
RAs.
And, if the sororities move
in, Patterson will have to be
renovated to accomodate two
sororitipc chstrino tVin mma
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hall. The question of who will
pay for these changes has yet
to be answered. Students have
a legitimate right to know if
their fees will be going to provide
housing for a select group
Down home gi
Ed Chambliss'
Chambliss
It all started with a very innocent
"Deer Ed Chambliss" and
grew into one of the most bizarre
occurrences of the semester thus
^ far. "What," do you ask, "could
be that bizarre?"
Their names are Bo, Bud and
Tex. And to make things still
weirder, they have a "houn'
dog" named Duke.
it all started last Monday when
I got r letter from these guys with
no iciuiu uuurcss on u. n was a
fan letter of sorts. They stated
that they were in favor of my
comments concerning O' Caribe
and that it showed me to be "one
^ hell uv'a fine exampel of
'W Southern manhood."
Day two, Tuesday.
"Deer Fd, We can see what a
kind & carin' soul ya er from
them thar pitchers in t h *
Gamecock. Even tho' ya look
like one of them thar Miami Vise
Fellas we see on the Telyvishun,
we truly admire ya & beleeve ya
will hep us."
Oh Cheezit! They want
something. But it is my DUTY to
hep my feller sons of the South!
"Our sweet, innocent, kind little
sissy, Jennilee is ailin' sumthin
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nove sororities
rson residents
or if the sororities will pay for
renovations.
If the move is implemented,
tensions might also increase
between rival sororities who
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together. And the sororities
will be required to fill the halls
with about 40 girls each. If the
sororities do not fill the
spaces, they will still be held
responsible for paying for
them.
The problem with the whole
proposal is that it shrieks of inconsistency.
At least two
sororities do not want the proposal
to go through and certainly,
Patterson Hall
residents and advisors are not
exactly thrilled with the idea.
Since no one seems to want
this proposal as it stands,
housing officials would do
well to look into alternatives
which would consider the
needs of sororities, hall
residents and advisors equally.
The housing department has
found a bad way to deal with a
problem that will only get
worse. And if those groups are
not happy about the proposal
anyway, it doesn't seem that
the housing officials have
found an effective or efficient
way of dealing with the
problem.
)od 'o!e boys
biggest fans
offal wuth a tremendous bad case
of hed lise. She's real bad off, Ed
an' we wuld look kindly on ya if
ya wuld- do us a great honor &
favor. We'd appreciate it a hole
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ncctp ii ya u auiograi mis nerc
pitcher of ycrscf and sendit to
hor."
There was an enclosed picture
of me.
I felt pity for that there poor
Jennilee. But them boys didn't
leave no return address.
Somewhere, in my mind, I knew
there would be more.
Day three, Wednesday.
"Deer Ed, When we go to bed
at nitc, we thank the Lawd fo'
our many blessins'.
"We don't take shine to:
Omar that Coffee from Libya,
Phil Donahue, Salad Bars, ferin
cars, Food Lion, Dynasty, O'
Caribe (right on, Ed!), that
Gloria Steinberg chick & all
feminists, MTV, Dan Rather,
Miami Vise and flamingos."
"We're happier than a flea on
a houn' dog's rump about:
His majesty, President Ronald
W. Reagan, Esq., Rambo, Red
pickup trucks (long beds), Red
Man Chew, Alabama, Reruns of
Andy Griffith (Wasn't that thar
r rnmn a r/?al Innkpr'M
Ernest and Vern, Pork rinds,
Huntin' and fishin', Cloggin',
flannel shirts, baseball caps and
cowboy boots, Grits and gravy,
the honorable Strom Thurmond,
Jesse Helms, and Jerry Faldwell,
Shawn Weatherly, PRESIDENT
Richard Milhouse Nixon and
Pat, and most expecially with all
our Southern harts, YOU,
Ed!!!!" At the bottom it said
"P.S. Sweet Jennilee wuld consider
it an honor to have yer
youngin'."
That's it! That's the last I've
ever heard from them. I WANT
TM k'MHU/ IIIQTU/UnTUCCP
GUYS ARE!
BUD, BO & TEX (and their
houn' dog DUKE), PLEASE!!!!
TELL ME WHO YOU ARE!
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Prosecuting sele
The draft registration system
has shown in two recent cases it
operates contrary to American
ideals it was designed to defend.
The recent prosecution of
Daniel Rutt in Detroit is an example
of draft registration enforcement
stifling free speech. Rutt
opposed the idea of forced construction
and felt hv rroktprino
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he would be acknowledging the
government's right to draft him.
Rutt's opposition stems from
his religious background as a
Mennonite, a sect with a long
history of rejecting military service
on moral grounds.
Rutt was chosen for prosecution
obviously as a result of his
reason for refusing to register
and his outspoken manner in doLetters
Annoying sound
wakes residents
To the editor:
I was the night before exams,
arid all through the dormitories
of Capstone and Columbia Hall
students lie sleeping. There was
not a creature or pen stirring at
such wee hours of night, 5 a.m.,
to be precise.
All of a sudden with a Hash ol
light a red alert breaks out across
the administration buildings of
our great university. Orders are
handed down from high above
(some expect Holderman himself)
but no one will ever know. Some
ungodly, horrendous thing or
things lurk below and between
the sleeping students of Columbia
Hall and Capstone. Immediately,
the janitorial service
are placed on red alert and IJSC
police are put on stand by to handle
all incoming calls from
(lilitrPCCwl cfll/lnntc
The nightmare begins .it 5:01
a.m. The elite janitorial service
brings in their massive airblowers
to rid the parking lot of
these horrible things. The ordeal
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cted draft violato
ing so. Of the men who failed to
register within a month of their
18th birthday, only those who
have chosen to speak about their
decision have been prosecuted.
By following this policy, the
government is targeting the
courageous and principled and by
doing so is discouraging free
speech.
In a separate development,
Secretary of Education William
Bennett announced plans to use
computer disks to compare lists
of registrants to lists of financial
aid recipients and use this method <
to deny financial aid to those not i
registered. I
Those affluent enough not to
qualify for financial aid will not
be affected by Bennett's policy. i
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continues, as I lie there praying
for relief, noise is gradually approaching
closer. I begin to lose
faith in those great heroes of
USC for they will stop at
nothing. Is the thing winning the
battle, the noise is growing
greater 5:15 a.m. 1 begin to hear
cries of pleas from fellow
students. The situation is growing
worse, 1 feel a mad compulsion to
jump out of bed and record the
last waning minutes of this raging
battle.
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It is now 5:39 a.m., the noise i
has ceased, our triumphant i
janitors have seemed to rid the
Capstone and Columbia Hall I
parking lot of this horrible thing. ?
Peace and quiet fill my heart. We
have claimed victory. But wait, |
5:55 a.m., that noise again. I ]
plead to myself to get some sleep i
that I desperately need for my ex
am; nui irying 10 ne scnisn. i
Now I must tell to the students i
of USC what that horrendous :
thing was outside my dorm w4in- <
dow. It is even difficult, especial- I
ly this time of year, to say that !
word: LEAVES. Yes, I said it. <
I dearly hope next time USC
and its officials will take into i
consideration the students who i
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Though the policy is being
justified by the need to enforce
the law, it amounts to unequal
and unfair enforcement.
Targeting the poor for enforcement
is reminiscent of unfair conscription
practices, which have
marked the draft system since its
conception. The practice of
allowing those who could afford
it to pay someone else to take
their place on the battlefield in
the Civil War and the
preponderance of poor and
minority draftees in Vietnam are
examples of economic
discrimination. If draft registration
is enforced only among those
who require aid, registration lists
will be unfairly predominated by
this group.
tor
desperately need their sleep at
night.
Winfield Hudson III
Economics, junior
Reader angry
about misprint
To the editor:
After reading Friday's The
Gamecock, which carried a "For
the Record" correction of the
misprinted letter I wrote last
week. I was amused at the nueril^
tactics employed by this paper's
staff.
Since you offer no apology for
printing "mixing motivators" in
place of "mixing molotovs," I do
not have to graciously accept.
Don't you think one rude stroke
Jeserves another?
Yet I insist my point was worth
making. Regional chauvinism is a
serious moral impurity of which
conscientious people in this country
should be made aware.
Southern whites may successfully
oppose regional chauvinism by
writing letters to newspapers and
magazines, by boycotting
regional chauvinist films, etc.
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Spotlight Kditor
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American ideals
The principle of sharing the
burden of military service not only
promotes fairness, but also
discourages military adventurism.
It is easier for a policymaker
to support a conflict in
which his own son will not have
to fight.
Registration is not the same as
an actual draft. But unfair
targeting simply encourages the
same type of practices were a real
draft to occur. The principles
along which draft registration is
enforced should mirror those
I-muiLipics wnicn mc rcgisirants
may someday be called upon to
defend.
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and even by voting against
regional chauvinism at the polls.
It is also good to cheerfully remind
our Northern friends to
kindly refrain from all regional
chauvinist utterances within our
presence. I'm tired of hearing
universalist platitudes pronounced
by those who turn and in the
next breath make comments
about Southern whites not fii to
be repeated. Knowledge oughi to
include some understanding ol
what knowledge is for and how to
use it constructively.
A social criticism that stoops to
the level of bathroom scrawl is ol
no more value than the ill
mannered verbage of those, who
by their behavior, obvioush
think to harass someone with an
opposing point of view is as good
as to refute it.
Think what a courteous and
gentle disposition we may
cultivate within our critics!
As for you, The Gamecock, I
think the government should
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slip and print something worth
reading.
John Godwin
History, graduate
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