The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 28, 1986, Page 4, Image 4
Viewpoint
4 ^ ^ Friday, March 28, 1986
Thank yo
More campus
popular requei
The Gamecock's Spring
1986 readership survey elicited
respouses t r o m m any
undergraduates, graduates and
faculty members.
I here was an overwhelming
request for more campus news
and lower articles that have
"little or no relevance to the
rest o 1 the school.''
Respondents said they preferred
national news that affects
higher education.
One reader suggested 90
percent campus news and 10
pcrccnt national and local
news "because I'm a student
90 percent of the time and a
real person 10 percent ot the
time."
Some readers asked for
more in-diMilli ri?nnriinu / *? 11 -
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in^i The Gamecock's news
coverage "insubstantial." It
was suggested that reporters be
assigned beats so they can
establish contacts and a better
understanding of the news
they report.
Ii was also suggested that
the newspaper better analyze
the actions ol the administration
so students can understand
what it means to them.
News stories should be more
timely and reporters should
follow up on them more con
sislcnily, readers said. Also,
the newspaper should have
more campus crime reports. It
was suggested that the front
p age I ayo ut b e m o i e
experimental.
Hie Viewpoint section was
liked by most readers, but
many respondents said they
were tired oi abortion letters.
Columnists Andy Duncan and
I d C hambliss received ap
proval for the most part, but
some readers said they need to
write tor a wider audience.
I here was an overw helming
request tor columns by faculty
members and I JSC President
James Holdertnan.
Letters to
Aiitnmnhiloc nnt
MbwiMWunuo IIUI
acid rain source
I o the editor:
I was very pleased to see Sidney
Methune's yuest editorial on
March 21 that called lot more el
I'cctivc legislation and controls on
a t in v. s p h c r i c pollutants.
Ilovu'u'r, Mr Met h u no's
editorial contained seveial etiors
that need to he noted
Mi liethune slated that lossil
luel poueied electrical venera
lion plants and automobiles ate
the pi111>;tr\ sources o! tlie stillur
oxides lha; cause acid rain It
should he noicd thai automobiles
are not a majoi source <>l stillui
oxides
Statistics provided b\ ihe I S
I n\iionmental Protection Ayen
cy indicate about V7 percent ol
the sulluious oxides dumped into
ihe atmosphere are emitted lioui
electrkal generation plants and
industrial plants, especially nun
tenons smelters and petroleum
reliner ies
I agree that legislation should
be passed to protect emissions
controls on c.irs lti.il vson* so
equipped, but I do not ayiee with
Mi lict hu lie lluil <iuiomoii\e
calillvlic convci loi s should he ;ip
Send us i
I he (iu/nci <n A needs \<>ui
press your likes anil dislikes I
tCI U) I 111- editor
I etlcrs inusi be typed, doul
.1 maximum Iciij.mIi <>l wm) uu
includc i lie \v rilci 's name, adi
number and \a Iici e i lie \\ nlei
| lot \enlication.
I c'llcrs slioukl also iik Itu
\wilcr is ,t siiulcnl, -sl.lt I
memhci . ( hkh: vt!i!<>r i:iK inn
u
news, less ads
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sts in survey
Expansion of the Spotlight
section was a suggestion which
more than one reader said is
"lost in the ads." Readers re
quested movie listings, and
more theater and "serious
music" reviews.
A large number of readers
said the sports section should
be shortened and include more
minor sports. There were
m:mv riviiii'vlt; for in.rli?r\tli in
tervievvs with athletes.
Locally-produced cartoons
"Saturn" and "Etc." received
lukewarm support.
Most readers said The
Ciamecock '.v photography was
adequate but should consist of
more shots of actual events.
I he photos should have "less
kids, ducks, and tanning
coeds," and more students doing
things other than sleeping,
a reader wrote.
I
Ihree times as many I
respondents favored the use of
heer ads 111 the paper as those
who opposed it. Jc
Many readers said the
business section could develop
more, and contain articles rc
more relevant to student 1,1
I i n a n c e s a n d job L.
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opportunities.
Most readers said the u
Datebook calendar is helpful, m
but needs to list events further |.
in advance. There were also re- pi
quests for listings of Greek ac- pi
tivities, intramural competi- A
(ions, off-campus events and s''
i _ _ .. _ _ i tn
Ill W I L' K' U U I C S U 11 u
symposiums.
There were also a few re- u
quests for weather forecasts V
and "less ink on my lingers." sl
Most respondents said they ?
read the naner three times a c<
week, starting with the front
page and ending with the
classifieds, but many said they
flip to the comics or sports sj
pages before reading anything j|i
else.
the editor
plied to industrial sources ol I
sullnr oxides. It should he noted 01
thai automotive catalytic corner- m
tors were designed it) control 01
tluce major emissions ot the in- In
ter nal comhustion engine. ()ne of
these is carbon monoxide, a
byproduct ol incomplete combustion,
and another is hydrocar- ?
bons that are unburned raw fuel. I"
I mally, the catalyst controls
riilunis oxides, which arc a
h>product ol high combustion
chamber temperatures. Ironical
l\, the catalytic convenor produces
minor amounts ol sultm
oxides as a result of the ther- it
mochemical reactions that reduce h
these three primary emissions. II
I he major sources ol sulfiu I
oxide emissions are highly varied ci
m si/e and design, and reduction ni
<>! iheir emissions will require ;? pi
di\ersit\ ol highly complex and g<
expensive control systems. (I
\lr liethune has reminded us k
mi.ii wl- iiclu hi pioieci our en i(
\ironment, and although his pro- si
posed controls arc in error, the il
technology is available to control Si
most environmental pollutants. id
However, e n v i r o n in e n I a I
knowledge and legislation is s*.
meaningless without leadership. si
I he regulation ol the I'.PA under i^i
I he Kcayan administration has d
Ihvii both shamctiil and criminal, ci
i letter
opinions. I.x *>(M) words and ll
>\ wiitmy a lot - lure. Photos can
/ he (iumccoc A
>le spaced, with letters a month
ids. I hey must vmII only be v\n
liess, telephone and pseudonyms
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v (iii i v_ civ. 11 v.. v. i in i i /c/wrc tn ,
It'llcrs and vnesi <
Ic wliethei llie icltimed. Send
or community (mnwcoik, l)ra\
si he limned 10 umma, S.( . 292<
"WE'RE IN L
Many have begui
I here's a breast on the back cover of Port>lio,
and the campus, which apparently
:ver saw one before, is agog.
Many bosom fanciers who don't normally
ad USC's student maga/inc are looking at
is issue just to see that breast. This is very
efficient. In Portfolio's 28 pages, you will
nd only one breast, giving the publication a
ige/breast ratio of 2.8-to-l. Any reader who
inns 10 set- breasts can find plenty of ,
aga/ines tor which the PHR is more like
to-7. Most of these, because of their collide
lack of editorial content or artistic
'dense, are lots easier to read than I'orl\lio.
I hey also are much easier to conceal inJe
your raincoat as you carry them outside
> yum cm .
A friend of mine saw a typical Portfolio
:aciion ai the campus swimming pool
/ednesday, the day the breast reached the *
amis. A 12-year-old saw the magazine lying
n a bench and stared at the breast, transfix- >
J, for a minute or so. I hen he yelled for his
vmui iw V.V/111v. nMir\, iiiiu int.' mum:
ood around the breast, pointing and making
Jmiring noises. Then, seized with inspira- ii
on, the kids started ripping through the in- II
de of the magazine, hoping against all hope ei
lat similar glories lay within. t\
Some people are accusing Portfolio of us- fi
he real cost ol this neglect can the nature ol
illy he measured in the environ- lor class or c
ent v\e pass on to our children, within the pa
Ji grandchildren and to their he a lot like di
:alth. the Mariana I
I crry Jackson likely to run ;
cography, graduate assistant wc slimy
teeth and luni
? r be more use
(emoving flag relative degrei
. how relative a
lot a sn iifinn
made up of
people.
I o (he editor: Doubtless,
Jriday's paper r;in an editorial ( onlederalc I
pealing The (iumccock's call I louse would
>i removal of the C'ouledetate run to impro*
ap from the State House. South C'aroli
hough the s|)irit ol amity and Cianwcovk edi
mipassion that such a gesture in a calm and
light represent could he tern- which inspire
lt:illK !' t I I'll i V I' Ill limillKllllll i I..
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>od race relations, n is vvor- denedbythel
while lo note thai the Con- exist in this w
'derate Hag means many tilings sustenance Ik
) many people. Why not see the hope whie
ars and bars ;is emblematic of newspaper cl
le entire milieu ol all things I he Southerr
mithern, rather than simply cannot be era1
lentifying u with tacism? upgraded an
As laudable as are the moral caring peoplt
mtunents of tlie editorial, n their vva> il
cms it> overlook much <irici lo wilderness vsii
more the abundant e\ idence ten- I his will requi
ing loconfirm the painlul suspi- during faith
on thai equality simply isn't in heal instead o
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lie writer may submit a pic- ??inor
not be returned. Mum
: will print no more than two 7!"""/!
In the same writer. Names < Up>
hhekl by special exception l.uuh
111 A . .i.i.
are noi aiioweu. 7.w;v
/ ii . Hnda
k reserves the right to edit SnM
L'ditoiials. l etters will not he Juliet
letters to: l.ditoi, I he As*M:
ser A, Russell House, Col- */al?
its.
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UCK! THEY RE TAKING ANOTHER VOTE."
i to keep abreast
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bravo
Andy ?
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Hnnran '71;
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lg skin to attract readers. That can't be true. Sor
f the editors h*"' really wanted to attract colun
ustomers, they would have scraped together topic?
vo breasts, not just one, and put them on the breas
-onl cover, not the back. know
things. Starching us together instead of driving
veil racial equality f urther apart. The patient reasi
ges of history may ing of The Gamecock cditoria
ving lor goldlish in a step in this direction, though
rench. One is more this case, it is reasoning g(
*vi WM */iiv \si iu\/.iv a.-)uaj.
things with spike John L. God
linous eyes. It may Graduate stud
lul to talk about
Escort service
1 ^"airr\uZ expands hours
the removal of the To the editor:
lag from the State This letter is to inform
do little in the long Carolina community of a chai
ic race relations in that has taken place on carnp
na. liven so, The I his change involves the Alj
torial states its case Phi Omega Escort Service,
reasonable manner But first I would like to p
s confidence in its vide some information on
m. We may he sad- Phi-O Ilscort. At the end of I
larsh inequities that semester, a letter appeared in
urld, while drawing Gamecock in which the wr
Jin the courageous said she did not know how to
h our student in touch with the escort servi
looses to express. although she knew there wa
i cultural heritage fraternity on campus that pro\
?ed, hut ought to be ed the service. The fraternih
d transfigured by Alpha Phi Omega -- the inter
: who can thread tional, co-educational serv
trough this moral fraternity. You can get in toi
h some conviction. with us by calling 7-DUCK.
ire a patient and en- Although we take your num
in the truths that when you call, we ask that you
f hurt, which bring to the area you wish to be picl
i tucr Maria I-rat us
a J. Porto View point Kdilor
(Inn Kditor Cur! Dawson
[owe Spotlight Kdilor
l?fsk ( hlef Id Cham bliss
i /aylor Aviislant Spotlight Kdilor*
*ni Cop) Desk Chief Stephen Guilfoyle
y Moore Patrick Jean
Kdilor Sports Kdilor
Nader John Howup
urn V*s Keillors Assistant Sport* Kdilor
'hlltird Jeff Shrewsbury
i H ciIiiukIoh Photogriipny r.Jitor
*ss I (liinr Ray Ciron hern
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of Portfolio
: uproar aboitl I ho Port folio breast got
linking about breasts in general, which
t helped my schoolwork any. Our
'nltnn fh'it KkwhIl
dn't be exposed in public, and then
;ht up lots of new words so that no one
J ever have to say breasts again. None of
synonyms sound out of place on a _
:rgarten playground, but they're w
right odd in (lie mouths of grown men.
sked a friend of mine to describe his
re, whom I'd never met. "Oh, she's
iful." he said. "Great vahbos."
beg your pardon?" I said.
abbos," he repeated. Ii rhymed with
v. "You know. Ga/ongas." He clench.
hands in front of his chest.
'hat, she's goi arthritis?" I asked,
an see the minister at the altar saying,
you, Andy's friend, take these yabbos to
11 r l:?wfnl vuiwldi'/l un "
ke breasts fine, but on the whole I'd
r an entire woman. Breasts are lousy at
rsation.
ne people have told me lately that my
in doesn't focus enough on international
>. Well, I've corrected that problem. II
ts aren't an international topic, I don't
what is.
SITr 1 I *
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us up from soon alter you call. We
.mi- ask this because it helps us run
I is more efficiently. The car we use
i in is supplied by the university and
me has the university seal 011 the
fhw.r l?w, 1 -"!
. Mwuiiiv mv, vui n 11 j i|.?i itu
win by the university, we are only
lent allowed to transport from point
to point on campus. Unfor- ^
tunatcly there may he times you
may have to wait for a while due
to the high volume of calls, or
times when the driver does not
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ii UIIU J?MI 1111.11 lilt VtH . 11
this happens, before you cointhe
plain please remember that we
tige are students like yourself, and
us. that we arc volunteers. We do not
)ha get paid to provide this service.
In the past we have run Monro
day through Thursday from 8
a- p m. 10 i i p.m. i ins brings me to
last the change. Due to an increase in
the manpower, we have extended our
iter hours from 8 p.m. to midnight
get and we now operate Sunday
ice, though Thursday. We hope you
s a will take advantage of our ex'id
tended hours. II you feel any
t is changcs should be made to our
na- service we ask that you pledge
-ice next semester and offer your sugjch
gestions to our active chapter.
bcr Joe A. Timmerman II
go President, Iota Mu chapter
<cd. Alpha Phi Omega
A^lr I
AviMunl Phologritiih) Kditor
Sean Keefer
Adtlwr
Hill Rogers
Dirrelor
Hill Clemen I s
Production
Lewis Covington
Murk Armstrong
Admlisinx MuiiiiKt-r
Murnurd Mictwls ,
Student Advertising Muni?Krr
Ki'lli / rca s