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m Viewpoint Friday, April 4, 1986 In the dai University m telling stude Sexual assault is a controversial subject. Females are blamed for beinp tnn flnmhrwnnt in Hrpcc o ^'VV n" v III U1VJJ, and accused of "asking for trouble." And males are blamed for being the ruthless animals that commit the act. This is not another article about why and who. But rather, it is an editorial asking why the university repeatedly keeps these sexual assaults and incidents of other violent acts hidden in their crime charts instead of alerting students to the potential jeopardy they put themselves into whenever they walk alone at night on campus. It is not possible for campus police to be everywhere protecting everyone. But it is possible to notify students when outbreaks of such violence occur. The university probably prefers to keep such unfortunate acts hidden because they do not want to cause fear among students, or worse yet, give any bad publicity to this institution of higher learning. If The Gamecock had not First yabbos, then memos about yabbos Memo to: A. Duncan F/vim- PlrwrUr. \X/ lie/ . . ? iv>?u\.ll ?T . L/UVYtl, U.lV associate assistant vice undersecretary for student, faculty, staff and legislative affairs, as well as columns Re: Your column about yabbos Mr. Duncan: This office was deeply gratified to learn that, in addition to your academic and professional interests, you have cultivated dur4 ing your college career a deep and abiding interest in certain aspects of the female anatomy. We conpuberty, and hope that you emerge from it a more complete and well-rounded person. This office regrets, however, that you chose to air your hiolr?oii vi I nrinniiil^nc U.VI^IVUI ui iviuuuum '.n yuui column in The Gamecock. All tour ol your readers, including your mother, telephoned this office Friday after your column about the breast 011 the back cover of Portfolio was published. As you know, Mr. Duncan, this office is up to its eyebrows in work lately. This fall's threeweek Liechtenstein Appreciation Festival, celebrating South Carolina's many ties with that landlocked but lovable principality, is keeping us busy. This office jiu.-> ucuti uuiigs u) uo man talk about your breasts on the phone all day. In short, this office was steamed. In future, we suggest that you allow your mind, rather than some other gland, to dictate your choice of topics for the column. For instance, have you ever considered writing a few good words about Liechtenstein? Memo to: Plowdin W. Bowel f rom: A. Duncan Re: Your memo about my column about yabbos Send us ? The Gamecock needs your c press your likes and dislikes by ter to the editor. Letters must he typed, double a maximum length of 3(X) word include the writer's name, addrc . number and where the writei ca for verification. i Letters should also include writer is a student, staff or member. Guest editorials must rk egligent in not nts of crimes heard about the sexual assaults that took place on campus last ... 1. c - wee* irum an outside sourcc, no story would have been written about them. The students might never have learned that one of these criminals is still at large. And so, many students walk around at night with the (alse impression that they are safe. After all, no mention of these crimes appeared in any newspaper until a week after they occurred. Sexual assaults arc not the only issue >here. Any violent crime that happens on campus should be reported to students. By remaining close-mouthed about them, the administration leads others to believe that its primary concerns do not deal with student safety. This editorial is not a plea for better lighting on campus, although that is badly needed. Nor is it requesting more foot patrols, also badly needed. It is simply asking for information that might help save someone's life. Forewarned is forearmed. i f i11 / ''' Andy Mr. Bowel: Ankthay ouyay cryvay uchmay orfay ethay indkay ettcrlay. Your check is in the mail, as is the autograph you requested. Maybe you can help me with something while 1 have your attention. What was the first name of James Garner's character on the old "Maverick" TV show? Was it Bret or Bart? This is iust bugging the devil out of mc, and I'd appreciate any help 1 can get. Memo to: A. Duncan From: Plowden W. Dowel (note spelling) Re: Your memo about my memo about your column about yabbos Mr. Duncan: This office did not appreciate the lone of your last memo. Nor could this office understand it. Please explain yourself. P.S: Bret. ft/fpttl/l f/1* Plflll/'tin 1*/ "* " . v^. A .V/ MVJIII TT . LUUU' Bowels From: A. Duncan This office is busy putting out a newspaper and no longer has lime to listen to every idle wind blowing out of your office. This office devoutly wishes that your office would put a sock in it. Enclosed is 25 cents for your time and trouble. Buy your wife something pretty. >pinions. Ex- 5(K) words and writing a let- ture. Photos ca The Gamecoc -spaced, with letters a month s. They must will only be w :ss, telephone and pseudonym iri be reached The Gameco* letters and guest whether the returned. Senc community Gamecock, Dra be limited to umbia, S.C. 29] ll Attire f<ydH Marcos could become gem of USC's faculty To the editor: I am writing to bring a tremendous opportunity to the attention of the Carolina community. Due to a strange twist of fate, USC has the ehance to recruit a new faculty member of unique qualification. I would hate to sec students and administration alike miss the benefits which this man would bring to campus; so I am writing an open letter recommending the Hon. I crdinand Marcos for Pinnlnumnn( II..: r - V.III1 I IIV t_J III VCI Ml y Ol aoum Carolina. Mr. Marcos has recently retired from a distinguished career in public service. Over his 30-year tenure he gained experience in a wide variety of fields, which is truly unique. Mr. Marcos would be eminently deserving of a faculty chair in the department of government and international studies at USC, and I would venture even further in suggesting that he be asked to serve on the Executive Central Committee of the Byrnes International Center. Imagine the worldwide recognition this university would gain by hosting Mr. Marcos in his asylum years. USC would at last be a household acronym in countries all over the world. Other distinguished personages would probably consider spending their golden years on our friendly campus. F.ven France is not keen on such immigration these days, thus closing the Riviera to many distinguished seniors. South Carolina can fill this gap. Duvalicr could be next! One does not have to reach great lengths of imagination to picture the benefits that Mr. Marcos could bring to campus life. CPU's "Breakfast with the President " could take on a whole new meaning. Also, our distinguished addition to the faculty might be persuaded to train the platoon of security personnel that follows Dr. Holderman around. Docs WUSC need new programming ideas? The possibilities are literally endless! 1 call on you, the USC community, to urge, at every possibility, the faculty and staff of the university to call for Mr. Marcos' speedy employment. Students enrolled now cannot afford to wait. We deserve the best and look forward to welcoming Mr. Marcos to campus. Charles Terreni Cil IN 1 graduate Tow away faculty cars parked in student lots To the editor: Time and time again, I find the cars of faculty and staff (and others) left in the driveway of the student parking lot at the USC Credit Union. Excluding those who illegally u. e handicapthc writer may submit a picnnot be returned. Mar k will print no more than two jeri K\t f Un a r*\ /* 1 WJ III*. Taint ? I 11CI . INiJIIlCS ithhekl by spccial exception t?p> s are not allowed. ,in(i ck reserves the right to edit editorials. Letters will not be News 1 letters to: l.ditor, The Julie iwer A, Russell Mouse, Col- ^."t* n Hal i Paul, >. A . ;, - ped spaces, these double-parkcrs arc the most inconsiderate boors on campus. Although spaces are reserved for Credit Union members directly across the street (at the yellow meters), many members prefer blocking students' cars to crossing Pendleton Street ? even when the Credit Union spaces are open. If these persons cannot find suitable parking at the Credit Union, they should ride the Shuttlecock. From now on, I will make an effort to have these double-parked cars towed away and will urge other students to do the same. As for the offending parties, stay out of our parking lot or consider your cars at risk. Patrick Evans Marketing and management senior Two letters on flag completely miss mark To the editor: As a card-carrying "apathist" (though actually I don't care enough 10 carry a card), 1 rarely spend much time between the pages of The Gamecock other than to check out Gary Larson and Andy Duncan. However, two recent letters to the editor concerning the Confederate flag over our Canitol m'pm tr? <-rv r?m for a response. The first letter, from a good ol' South Carolinian named Howard Hughes, pointed out that the Confederate flag is not flown with the intention of insulting anyone; his point is well taken. Unfortunately, however, the good intentions of those who decided to fly the flag do nothing to erase the pain and shame which many South Carolinians (including me) cannot help but associate it with. In other words, although the Hag is supposed to recall, in Mr. Hughes' words, "those gallant Confederate soldiers who sacrificed .. . to defend their beloved Southland," in many minds it instead recalls the oppressive darkness of slavery. There's nothing gallant about that. The second letter to which I'd like to respond is that written by John L. Godwin. Mr. Godwin begins by echoing Mr. Hughes' request that the citizens of this state agree to ignore the identification of the Confederate flag with the racist policies of the Old South. I would suggest that to do so may be easy enough for someone who has not been personally injured by racism. But for those who arc forced to deal with the consequences of iuvi^iii uii a uany uasis, sucn a tning as slavery cannot be set aside or forgotten. Mr. Godwin's most serious transgression, though, is his attitude toward racial equality. He basically tosses it off as a quaint ideal which has no place in the real world of American society. He supports this rather startling claim by referring to "the pages of history," which, it must be agreed, reveal innumerable injustices, racial and otherwise. )r in Chief Business Kdilor isa J. Porto Maria Fratus iiaina Wllnt " ? viewpoint Kdltor Rowe Carl Dawson Sports Kdilor l>esk thief John Boyeile a Taylor Assistunl Sporls Kdilor Ik til Copy Desk Chief Jeff Shrewsbury ly Moore I'hotoxruph) Kdilor Kdilor Hay Gronberg I Nader Assistant Photograph) I lanl News Kdilor* Sean Keefer Millard SpoiiiKhi Kdilor a Wethin%ton ?>/ Chambliss Bui docs ihis mean that we, as Americans, should continue to let injustice nrevail cimnlv . - --J V * ? ? because it is somehow "natural" to our species? If our country may be called "great," it is only because it is based on the belief that we can overcome the human tendency to "seek ascendency" over our ? fellow citizens. If we begin to regard equality as unrealistic, then we've blown it as a nation ? our forefathers would not be pleased. It is precisely this sort of attitude toward racial equality which we must do away with if we are to create a just society; and it is precisely this sort of thinking which is fostered by rallying around the Confederate Hag. Flying the Confederate flag over our state Capitol implies that we believe in what it ^ stands for. It must be taken down. ^ Ilmio r.nrHAn V/U^J VJVi UUU Linguistics graduate Too many critics spoil southern flag's image ^ To the editor: This letter is in response to The Gamecock's March 21 editorial on the removal of the Southern Cross (Confederate Hag) from the State House dome. This flag has been criticized far too long. How can this Hag be associated so much with slavery any more than the American flag which flew over slave states (including Northern slave states) for some fifty years before the war between the states? The answer lies in Northern textbook anihnr'c or vpi tJVIllfl" \ lion of the war in order to justify Mr. Lincoin's actions, which causcd the death of over a half million men. Mr. Lincoln stated at the beginning of the war that the issue was not slavery but the preservation of the union. The Southern states had the right to secede and Mr. Lincoln violated the U.S. constitution by invading Southern soil. Our textbooks, rather than our flag, are to blame for the blacks resenting the old confederate South and the Southern Cross. Many people say you can't live in the past, that the only thing important is the present. The people of Greece and Rome, the greatest civilizations in history, believed that you should honor the heroes of the past by bringing forward their ideas and achievements. Southerners have flown our defeated flag, not in reference to slavery, or as a racist gesture, but to honor our ancestors who fought bravely and valiantlv to ih?r homeland. Steven P. 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