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Viewpoint ? 2 ^ Wednesday, July 16, 1986 Good ides Used books tn cai/fl mn Ill %3UVLr BUM Old and new problems can sometimes be resolved with one solution. One old problem is what to do with a book once a class is completed. Most students hope to resell their books to the bookstores and are disapr\nin i r*r\ 11/ li r*n thpir hnnlr hac pv^lllivu fT 1IV11 II1VU UVV/I\ IIUO little, if any, resell value. A newer problem concerns the Carolina Mall in Russell House. Businesses have left, and one retailer who remains said recently that about onefourth of USC students don't bnr\iu tlin mall'c InpotiAn miu>t L11man o juwauvn. A creative solution worth considering is to establish a used bookstore in the mall, run by students or the university. At the University of Iowa, the student government runs a second-hand bookstore in the student union that helps bridge the gap between unsellable books and students who may want to increase their reference library. Students bring their books into the store for display. Their name and student ID are written on a card which goes in They're out . t 4 . r_ . summer is tne ume ior baseball, watermelon and fun in the sun. But it's also a time for accidents. With the warm weather lending itself to outdoor activities ? and therefore outdoor mishaps ? the need for emergency care increases during the summer months. Th#? r nlnmhia rhnnfpr nf the American Red Cross is in Word on ti How prevalent an 4M MRZZ,j ffi ' na w* "Probably more so than I realize. Just from talking with even inninr hinh sr.hnnl J ' ' O students. If there's a lot there, then there's a lot here, I'm sorry to say." Page Brothers Graduate student library sciencc "It's impossible to give ar accurate figure, but I thint that a lot more people do i that we're aware of. I thint the percentage is really alarm ing, and many "casual" user; are becoming more and mori habitual/' Kenny Knudsei Senior, businesi I tore a solution nev, mall's fate # ' the book. When the book sells, the student receives up to 90 percent of the selling price, depending on how many books they have sold. The rest of the money pays for operation costs of the store, including payroll for the work-study, part-time . employees. I A student at the University of Iowa said their second-hand store often sells used books p Vi p o n n r I Vi o n r\ t h o r v u v ? p v i i ii u ii v; i ii v i bookstores. Students set their own prices, usually 75 percent of original cost for a reusable book. Prices are set lower for books that are no longer required for classes. The bookstore manager says the biggest problem the cooperative faces is lack of space for the amount of books they wouia iiKe 10 sen, a prooiem USC could solve easily. A used bookstore in the ! Carolina Mall would also attract browsers and increase the amount of traffic through the area. a It's worth looking into. r ii i Tor diooq ( desparate need of all types of i blood to meet local demand. j Almost anybody between 1 the ages of 17 and 66 can 1 donate blood. One must weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. The process takes less than an hour, and although your arm may be sore for a while, the good feel- j ing of giving "the gift of life" is worth it. le street ; drugs on campus? ; r w v " I v. "I don't know, but I do think that more serious measures need to be taken to prevent it. I don't know about hard drugs, uui jjtiupit? sbuiii iu Uc yeiung away with a lot of use." i Cathi Spengeman j Senior, psychology i "Drugs are very prevalent c it's bad all over. People are t naive and the administration c needs to teach them about drugs. Then it would get bets ter. People just don't care 3 anymore." i Michael Johnson s Freshman, business eSjiS "MARTYRS" WITHOUT A CAUSE /*au Eivis ?**** / ' ' '/ b: ? 'w' rr b JSC black sheer "None of us in the USC family want to see r tuition increase." ? James Holderman USC president One of my fondest childhood memories is 3f the great big beige house on The Horseshoe .vherc our whole USC family lived during the 3reat Depression of '86. We didn't have much money then ? the Crash had taken away our full-formula funding, and times were hard. But we had each other. Why, I remember one night at supper, when Daddy Jim-LJOD looKea at an 01 us ana saia: "Lord, but it docs my heart good to see the whole family eatin' together like this. We Jone right when we closed down all those con;arn fraternities." Mama Carolyn slapped his wrist. "Now Pa, I've told you before about talkin' with your mouth full of 'pone." We all laughed, the way we always did when Mama Carolyn did that, and I asked, "Did Aunt Saga whomp up a mess o'vittles tonight, or what?" There were about 10,00() of us children sitting along each side of the table, and it took awhile for my sentence to get relayed down to the end where Daddy Jim-Bob was. But when it got there, he nodded his head and said, "Yes, sir. Pass me some more of that jellied eel colon. We don't have two nickels to rub together, but we're not goin' hungry." And we got each other, somebody added. "That's right," Mama Carolyn said. "We got each other. Andy-boy, what did you do at school today?" "Well, Mama, 1 took that overdue parking ticket to the Pendleton Street Garage like ya'll told me." Uncle Frank Borkowski chewed on a roasted chicken face and asked, "Did they recognize that you was kin?" "Not right off, but then the lady put her / % l uocaine aangeroi Recently, in a discussion concerning cocaine derivatives, someone asked why the public simply could not be satisfied with the standard snorting of the drug. The person said that if people would just stick to the old method of taking the drug through the nose, then everything would be fine. While the comments were originally received with a chuckle, their truth, or some of their truth, cannot be dismissed. Certainly cocaine is a dangerous drug, even in its least lethal form. The deaths of two prominent athletes, Len Bias and Don Rogers, in the past weeks have testified to the fact. But it rrmct he rcmpmh/>r(>fl llisif alr>r\hr?l Villc mr?r/? people each year than cocaine. And smoking has been a problem for decades to promote heart disease and lung cancer, and its victims have suffered great hardship. This isn't to say that cocaine is right. Please note, this not advocating any kind of drug use, but for those who are cocaine users the message is clear ? BEWARE. Certainly cocaine, as well as alcohol and cmnl/inn chnnlrl ho <?1 i mi n a J t*f\ frr?m cnr'iptu 3II1WI\I1I?? JIIUUIM WV VllllllMUtVM ? V/III .iwvivi; . But this is a Utopian dream that may not be fulfilled for centuries to come. What we must strive for, at the very least, is to have the same Send us a letl inciters 10 me eunor must oe typed, uoudii than 3(K) words. Include your name, addre and where you can be reached for verificatit The Gamecock reserves the right to c< editorials. Send letters to: E-ditor, The Gi Russell House, Columbia, S.C. 29208. / II JoVll\ \ J 1BmMl 1 , rzr\l i questions Carol C ft U I / va > jj 7 Jfl a ! SI M&wBr ^ ^ n Andy Duncan 5 . c head to one side and said, 'Ain't you that n middle boy of Jim-Bob's? The one with the o smart mouth who can't get a job?' I Mowed as y how 1 was, and she just laughed and tore my V ticket up. 'Us kinfolk have to stick together,' a she said. 'Now you run along home.' " Amy Houser-Girl was sitting next to me, 1; 1 -I > - -!_L* ? 1 CI 11. ^ anu mai niauc me rigni pruuu. one was inc president of all us kids, which meant she was the one who told Daddy Jim-Bob all our pro- g blems. Now that might seem peculiar, but remember, our family had 24,000 kids in Col- s urnbia alone. If each of us had to go to Daddy s Jim-Bob every time our noses ran, he wouldn't have had the time to get any work t done. So Amy talked to him every week, and t she never left his office without a nice red ^ sucker or something pretty. He was a fine man. Anyway, on the night I'm talking about, Amy said, "Daddy, why did the governor take our money away? I think it's awful, just awful, what he's puttin' you through." She is, euphoric 'crack r~? 1 ' Intercampus responsibility that should be applied to alcohol and smoking applied to cocaine. - ! -1 * ? i ne new cocaine derivatives anu mcmocis are not applying any responsibility, if in fact there is such a possibility, to the drug's use at all. They are like taking alcohol intravenously or smoking several packages of cigarettes a day. Crack, the new cocaine -society phenomenon!,is a derivative that eliminates impurities and, once smoked, produces a euphoria that turns its victim into a pleasureseeking madman who will do anything for more. Its effects upon the psyche and moral behavior (such as stealing money to buy the drug) can be paralleled with heroin; and its addictive powers are certainly as strong. The problem now is reaching epidemic proportions. Rehabilitation centers across the country arc plagued by a flood of patients and confusion over exactly the best methods for treatment. Networks, magazines and newspapers are flooded with news concerning : 1 i cer I I he e-spaced and no more trf,,lor ,n ^hlef ss, telephone number raty lxson 1 YV . News hdllor I Jit letters and guest Amy DelPo umecock, Drawer A, spotlight Editor Paula Wethington \ || l>RU<i4 m m >! ina family ties urst into tears. "I know you feel real bad about it, honey," laddy Jim-Bob said. But I wish you 'ouldn't wear that nasty old sackcloth to the lble. You're gettin' ashes in the taco salad." "But we got each other," someone said. "That's right," Uncle Frank said. Then he 'hispered to me: "Who is that young'un?" -J One of the smallest kids, a freshman who ould barely see over the edge of the table, )oked up at the silver-haired man next to her nd said, "Tell us about the old days, irandpa." Grandpa Rcmbert C. Dennis chuckled and ct the moppet in his lap. "Oh, it don't do luch good talkin' about the old days, chile. Jot when money's as tight as it is now ? it i> :* J t * i :~ glUCI 111 <111 1 Vt CVCI SLCIl U, UUU I VC UCCII III lie State House ever since Sol Blatt was ah Id, old man." He got a faraway look in his yes. "But there was a time when we had so ^ iiuch money we didn't know how to act. Wc nee spent $3 million just so some of the oung'uns could learn Shakespeare in Vashington. Have you ever heard tell of such thing?" I cleared my throat. "Grandpa, that was ist week." **! ...?? )?? 11 IVC/^ "Oh, well," someone said. "At least we ot each other." "And we'll have one less," Uncle Frank aid, "if that chile doesn't hush and eat his ^1 upper." And every night after all the lights had gone >ut around The Horseshoe, Daddy Jim-Bob ook out his student directory and told us all ;ood night in alphabetical order. "Good night, James Aaron." "Good night, Daddy." "Good night, Joel Aaron." "Good night, Daddy." "Good night, Roswati C. Ab-Ghani." "Good night, Daddy." m even worse ? :rack and its effects 011 society. While crack is in the public spotlight, a new and even more dangerous problem (if you can believe that) looms on the horizon ? space uasmg. Space basing ? named in honor of free basing, the process of making crack ? is the smoking of crack mixed with PCP, LSD, or any other potent chemical to prolong the "buzz." Its conception is a tribute, as such, to the never-ending efforts of the drug culture to create new forms of mind-altering combinations. Victims are now appearing in Los Angeles and New York, but as with all new phenomenon!, we can be assun .1 that it will spread to other areas. f'ocainp is had news nnrt hnnpfnllv cnmo. day, we can rid our society of its evils. But cocaine is like water behind a dam. Everyday some water is coming over the top and, although the damage is still relatively small, is hurting the people below. But now there are cracks in the dam literally as well as figuratively, that threaten to destroy the society. These cracks must be brought to the r-? i t rttt t /x f * 1?? -? uiiiiiuvjii ui uic jjcwpic ctiiu iiicii luiuie destruction stopped. ^ The Daily Beacon JP University of Tennessee Gamecock Director viewpoint Kdltor Bill Clements lenni/er Rust Production Photography Kdilor Lewis Covington Jennifer Steib Mark Armstrong \ Advisor Advertising Manager ! Bill Rogers Margaret Michels jj i I