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Viewpoint MnaaMnMwnMDnMHMiaHMMnmBnBMnilHE GAMECOCK?i??uiiii iiiiwi? . We the People The new SG constitution is ready: This time all students have a say The USC Student Senate began debate Wednesday on a proposed constitution. Student Government has worked to establish a new document since Kelvin Stroble's administration last year, and students have a chance to put in their two cents' worth. The revised document will be printed as an ad in The dnmpmck where students can read it and voice their con ccms to the Constitution Rewrite Committee or the senate, and have these concerns incorporated into the document. This final draft will be placed as a referendum on the ballot for the spring elections and students will be able to vote for officers under the old constitution, and vote for or against the new constitution. In covering the meetings of the committee, The Gamecock has seen that, save for some initial problems such as poor attendance, the committee has done a compelont r\f !>nqlu7ino ntlmr mnctif lit and nnminc un with one that will help student leaders govern more effectively. But the most crucial aspect, your opinion, is at stake. You have the most to gain by participating, and the most to lose if you do not. The recent pitiful turnout in the senate elections and runoffs indicates Carolina students are content to let a very small minority do the voting for them, and an even smaller minority actually run for offices. Rrraiisr of nnnr narticination. issues that mav unset students could pass without question into the new constitution. Senate districts are now by individual colleges, with only two seats per college or school. Will on-campus students, who are now represented through dormitories, raise a fuss about suddenly losing their direct representation? At USC, it's doubtful. What about the larger schools like the College of Humanities and Social Sciences? Some of its departments are larger than most schools on campus, yet all schools will have two senate seats. Humanities now has seven to nine seats. What about all the students who worked hard to get their candidate elected in the recent SG Secretary runoff? They worked hard only to find that because the senate canned the Student Organization Licensing Commission ? nrv.-1/^orn tKo nmi/ CO^rptQr\/ VlQC fl r IIIC SCV-I Clrtl y ? iliaill 11 inv. lie vt JVS.IVIU1 J ntw real responsibilities now. Next year, under the new constitution there will not even be an office of secretary. What about the loss of spring elections or the nev> districts? Poor election turnout suggests students will sil back and let these changes go by without a question oi complaint. The most important part of considering this new con stitution is not Holderman's signature, the board's ap proval, or senate ratification. It is the participation of USC students. ^ ' ? * -J * ? * 1 ^ <*<<11 />? ? i/* * o* t i rlart r o t ** i 1 l ^Jlliy SlUUCIll JJclI 11L" 1 KM 1 Will give lilt 31UUV,IUJ ci uui; capablc government that will not only be willing to figh for your rights, but capable of fighting for them with an ef fective constitution. | stealth fighter i i stealth balanced j I BUPGET stealth arms 1!stealth South afric - II n_ i i /?v C.ON IROL rouu i ? rr*ifr.i PW??PV)TJ I ~" ' Write us a letter Tell us what's on your mind. Letters must There is a limit be typed, double-spaced and only 250 words. the same writer. I Include name, address and telephone We reserve th< number for verification. Names will be on outdated toj 'inAn rrt/HiocI />/{ if Aricik arp tOtMCS. vv iiiiiiv.ivi li |;uii i vvjia.ji , viuvji vviiiviiui.? ? v r limited to 50<) words. Indicate whether you Write to: arc a student, a USC staff member or a com- Gamecock, l)ra munity member in letters and editorials. Columbia, S.C. ggsp ?5) WKi " ^0^1 /7 m \ ^jyg Obituaries: Ever You know, we're all going to end up on the obituary page someday. Everybody lives and dies and has their lives reduced to a few inches of copy. I remember a journalism professor who had us all write our own obituaries as part of a final exam. His reasoning was many reporters start out their carcers writing obituaries. My brother turned my assignment into a family joke as he and 1 tried to predict what my family would be doing with their lives when I died. My professor was right. On occasion, I do write obituaries for a local newspaper. It isn't t part of my regular job ? about once a month I fill in for someone taking the day off. My ^ mother thinks it's morbid. 1 think it's r interesting. There's all kinds of people on the obituary page, from teachers to gas station owners to dentists and homemakers. They went to church, paid taxes, joined local clubs or fought in a war. Whatever they did, someone was proud of their achievements to let the / funeral director know it should go in the t paper, and those arc the interesting obituaries. There're some sad obituaries, too. One night I had to write an obituary for twin boys Iwho were just a year oia. 1 ncir parents Letters to the Officials should nto regi shouldn't reconsider dorm dorm? I To the editor: Before I have a great idea. Why not announce i postpone ouuuing ihi; new crease, i athletic dormitory? This would point to save $4.4 million. If such a large evidence amount were not spent on the athletic new building, perhaps our tuition benefice J would not be raised again next justified, year. should d 1 really wish the USC board of dorm wo trustees would reconsider the en- students tire dorm proposal. I did some and the s A research on the advisability of segregating college athletes in separate dorms, and discovered Gi there is absolutely no consensus that this is good for either the athletes or the other students. Football coach Joe Paterno at OIUU Penn State, for example, has often recommended that college MlOlO athletes be mainstreamed. He would never allow his players to To the ei be housed in athletic dormitories. My let And neither Notre Dame nor the article o University of Indiana has athletic Holdcrm dormitories, as far as I know. "liverytl Which way of housing student Univcrsii athletes would be better? Since Does he i -?i? tlx. JUIIICI UHIVCISIII^ navt wuui win- inv ning teams by integrating athletes naive? T I [ThTl hditor in Chief of two letters per month by Linda Taylor Managing Kditor ; right to stop printing letters Jof,n li?yet,e >ics to make room for new siephm'cuif^yle Anslalant Copy Viewpoint F.ditor, The i>r<ik Chief wer A, Russell House, USC, Wendy Lden 29208. New* Kditor Huddy Moore ( " 1 L T/IAT t 'S*loe~ISJ) F?R O Ml ^^A-rzo 'Vls/r/ ^ PRor- essoR * po ^ fciy H*. z SALARY /: I ? i ilfir l^oaj '7- yc cz p t, J if \ BE AUCTIOMIN clo /. /- <r 7 /<9Ay I ''J hl) /A/ ^ ^ T jf -T'r S>rW^: pT> * " KM? W wee Bb i the funeral dir O n<< I ii * UUIU Wethington HHv ?'JI Vfinm couldn't reach the boys to get them out of a burning house trailer. Another night, a 17-year-old girl died in a car wreck. An 8-year-old girl finally died of a fatal disease. Somebody else left a wife and two small children. But the saddest ones to write arc the ones where not even the family knows (Me basic obituary information. Most obituaries include the person's name and occupation, when they died, where they were born, who their parents and nearest relatives were and when the services will be. It seems pretty simple. Sometimes, it's the funeral director's fault for not asking the right questions. Sometimes, it s me lamny s iauu. In the ease of a man who died recently, the family didn't know what his sister's last name ? editor lar student housing, pie in the same issu< USC at least look at concerning a tuition ii lilitv ht'fort* committing Holderman reported! illion for a new athletic we go down to 90.5 ] about where we are President Holderman That's nothing literal s the next tuition in- ing to operate an in hope he'll be able to the move." We a sizable body of paying an outrageoi that shows a new tuition again! It is e> dorm is necessary, vious that the reasc il and economically possible increase h? In other words, he proposed for the g emonstratc that such a university as a whi uld benefit both the 200 nothing against athle who would live there $4.4 million just to i tudent body as a whole. Roost going a bit too going to benefit Marion Sousa renovations ? only raduate student, English who use them. Wh; other 20,000 student USC? We, too, hav lent doubts r_T TT " J * Eerman claim runuy i ditor: ler is in response to the To protcct th f Oct. 6 in which Dr. , ,, , lan was quoted as saying, Pa8e and the 1< ling I do is for the names of letter ty of South Carolina." into effect Fridc actually believe that we, lents of USC, are that here was an ironic exam n u ainwy/viv Assistant News hditor* Mary Pearson Amy DelPo Sports Kdltor Maria Frutus Jeff Shrewsbury Viewpoint Kdltor Assistant Sports Kditor Juliet Nader Wayne Washington Money Minor rnoiograpny r.anor Patrick Jean Jennifer Steib Features hdllor Assistant Photography Kdi Paula Welhington Thomas Humphrey Assistant Feature* Kdltor* Kickoff/(;raph!c? Fdltor Kathryn Jeffries Tracy Mixson I M5- mapcos woui.b A ljcal nc of the rcccntly tyo t>/st/<vcujsh?b s it ions . A A/ 0 A s tar as s cance&ned .... /tec*.... / !{l 5 onc a 3?tc kgt.... \vt'll ? cj off hfr ? hog: am/) i'll. open the % v HIS out AT./ j^ 000 . v N ?! W m M V " " rk^ \s&&] \/m, Mk/mt ifgd |y ector gets one was. According to the funeral director, the sister had recently divorced and the family wasn't sure which name she went by. One night, a woman scpcrated from her husband died. The family gave her husband's ^ name, but requested it be put at the end of the w 1 survivor's list instead of at the top, as is usually done for the spouse. The reason: he deserted her some years before and her family didn't feel he deserved the honor of first listing. 1 wondered why they listed him at all. Some families don't know where the children are living and give only their names. Brothers and sisters have been disowned by parents and left out of survivor's lists. Or nobody bothered to find out when the person died. Most people get in the newspaper only ^ twice ? three times if they're lucky: when they are born, when they die and when they eet married. It seems most people would want to make something of their lives and keep in touch with close relatives so the last time in the paper can be full of history. Maybe people don't realize they'll end up on the obituary page, but everyone does. I've even written a funeral director's obituary. Paula Wethington is features editor o/ The Gamecock. ? : of Oct. 6 base tuition, but where do we icrease. Dr. benefit? ly said "If The same thing goes for other percent, it's proposals recently made by Dr. 11 ? l-i ? a tu? ~ f UI15 yccii . luiuci illcx11 auu mc uuaiu vji ly when try- trustees. They are for elite groups stitution on who are placed above the average are already students. Meanwhile ? who's js price for paying for it? ? thousands of Jfc ttremely ob- students who will never benefit >ns for this from the tuition increases. iven't been I can't speak for the rest of the ood of the students at USC, but if Dr. ole. 1 have Holderman is going to claim to tics but isn't do everything for the university renovate the and to call himself a represenfar? Who is tative of USC ? when it concerns from these my money ? he had better the athletes change his name or change his it about the claim. s who attend Amy Colcock e to pay the Freshman, biology 1 I :hange for letters e credibility of The Gamecock editorial , itter writers, we will stop withholding writers in one week. The change will go ly, Oct. 24. The Gamecock editors. Special Assignments Director of Student Media Kdltor Hill Clements \ Ha! 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