The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 20, 1986, Page 2, Image 2
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2 ^ Monday, October 20, 1986
Act now
Tuition increase inevitable unless
students send copy of protest lettei
President Holderman said early in August that he did
not like the idea of raising tuition, and just two months
later, the possibility of another increase is being discussed
again.
Student Government President Amy Houser was quoted
Oct. 17 in The Gamecock: "The time to start becoming
concerned is now. reopie neea to oe atraia."
Houser's concern about tuition was right on target.
Take these figures for example. The State Budget anc
Control Board has tentatively allocated USC about $10*
million. This is $11 million short of the university's $111
million request for the 1987-88 academic year, according tc
Pete Denton, USC senior vice president of business anc
finance.
The universitv. in turn will havp to tnitinn hv
much as $600.
Last year the allocation of funds, which was 96 percem
of the requested amount, caused an increase of $130 for in
state students and $350 for out-of-state students. This yeai
the university got even less, 90 percent of requested funds
signifying a much higher increase.
"If we do not want a tuition increase, this whole campu:
has got to wake up," Houser said, and she has a point.
Students must protest this increase for all it is wort!
because, if not, you, your neighbor, roommate and/or bes
friend may not be around next year because they canno
afford the increase.
Rising seniors may never see their senior year, or ma;
have to transfer to a less expensive school, causing a dela:
in graduation for credits that will not transfer.
And the price for out-of-state students could be s<
outrageous "home-town" South Carolinians may neve
get the chance to ridicule the "funny" accents and learn o
Hiffprpnt hahi'tc nnH attitnHpc
Denton did say the university will look at reducing othe
expenditures before considering a drastic raise of tuition.
Houser plans on sending out prewritten letters protesting
the tuition increase that students would just have to sigr
and mail to their congressman.
Now is your chance to go out and protest unecessarj
spending, such as the new athletic dorm, and new engineer
ing building.
These can be put off a few years for the sake of keepinj
the student population intact.
After all, what is the use of these new buildings, if nc
one can even afford to attend the school in the first place'
So, get involved, send Houser's protest letter when yoi
receive it.
Neither you nor your parents want to scrape youi
pockets for extra dollars next year.
Now that the subject has been brought up so soon
students have plenty of time to try to persuade the state a:
well as the university the increase can be avoided with cut
backs in other areas.
Don't just sit back and let it happen this time. Maki
some noise through letters and involvement.
Not enough
Holderman has not appeased public
merely released portion of salary
USC President Holderman may think that he has calme<
the waters of the issue concerning the release of Jehai
Sadat's salary, but in actuality this is the calm before th
storm.
The university backed down from its refusal to releas
Sadat's salary after lack of support from the attorne
general's office.
What has been made public is sole source files, which ar
listings of costs for companies and individuals contracte
by the university without a bid. Written there is the figur
ot $50,(XX), which Sadat received for educational cor
suiting services." There were no details of what this mone
was for specifically, or for what period of time it was paici
A USC spokeswoman has said it was for one semester c
teaching.
But what was Sadat paid for other semesters? Whs
would she have been paid for this semester? What of othe
expenses? These questions remain to be answered.
This will not appease the curiosity of people involved i
the suit, and a barrage of further questions will most likel
follow in the form of editorials, news stories an
commentaries.
This could all be avoided if USC would release the whoi
salary, not just a small portion of it.
This incomplete glimpse will only increase people'
curiosity, and instead of pushing the problem aside, it wi
give the issue fuel to live on and on.
Write us a letter
Tell us what's on your mind. Letters must There is a limit c
be typed, double-spaced and only 250 words. the same writer.
Include name, address and telephone We reserve the
number for verification. Names will be on outdated top
withheld upon request. Guest editorials are topics.
limited to 500 words. Indicate whether you Write to: ^
are a student, a USC staff member or a com- Gamecock, Draw
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Don't worry, it':
People often talk about being "number
one," "the Big Cheese," "numero uno" and
"at the top."
Twentieth century society forces its
members to climb that ladder of success and
"reach for the stars."
One thine that most oeonle forcet while
r moving from rung to rung is that obstacles
often get in the way. They may range from
other people vying for the same job and getis
ting it, to one's health, one's own lack of
1 assertiveness or other personal complications
pertaining to families or relationships.
^ If this is true, what is the price to pay for
success?
No one can know the cost unless they try
climbing the ladder.
I Last December, as a campus leader, I asked
myself that very question. Friends told me,
5 "Call me sometime ? like next year when
) you have time for your friends." My grades
plummeted. They didn't fall, they plummeted
1 like a paint can off the top of the ladder.
True, not everyone can cope with such a
r situation. Disappearing for a couple days just
to get away from the stress and headaches was
my way of dealing with the pressure. And
^ worst of all, I was grouchy toward my family.
It was time for a decision.
One that would last for a lifetime.
One evening while at home one weekend, I
e went for a walk on the beach, it was then the
inougni crossed my mina mai 1 naan i ianea.
Instead, I reflected on the many successes I
have achieved in my young life.
Looking at the many things done in my life,
I saw all the organizations' positions I held. I
was never "the Big cheese." I had hoped for
Letters to the
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To the editor: ministratior
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d material. I mean, we're in the
e dark! It seems that the library,
l- which supposedly is open until
Y midnight everyday, except Saturj
day, has been turning out its
' lights at 10 p.m. in certain sec- |U#> p||
^ tions of the building. A third of
the lights are turned out on the nOVCnt
It lower levels, but the remaining |H3l%&Ui
amount of light isn't sufficient
enough to study by. To the edit
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y saving money by turning out the 1984 has c
d lights, and that's commendable. appears tl
However, the lights should be Society c
u turned off in some other building materializii
that not only is not being used the masses.
, after 10 p.m., but also doesn't I was ap
s serve the university community of the curr
11 with it's biggest need: study. ing applica
As a student, I pay a barrage of submit to
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: Editor in Chief
>f two letters per month by Linda Taylor
| Managing Editor
right lo stop printing letters
ics to make room for new Stephen Ouilfoyle
Assistant Copy
/iewpoint Editor, The Desk Chief
fcr A, Russell House, USC, Wendy Eden
>9208 News Editor
Buddy Moore
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that in the future. But it seems nice to play second
fiddle.
I gave up the title of editor in chief, the nice
salary anu ine recognition arounu campus,
but most importantly, I gave up the
headaches that accompany deadlines, staying
up until 3 a.m. to study or get work done, the
constant ringing of the telephone, the lack of
friends and the distance between myself and
my family.
So how important is it that we live the good
life? Can that mean not making it to the top,
but to where we, ourselves, are satisfied?
Consider majors for example: Must a
business major become the chief executive officer
of a corporation to be successful? Must
an accounting major get a job with one of the
Big Eight? Must a medical student do his or
her residency with Johns Hopkins or does a
pre-law student have to go to Harvard or
Georgetown for their degree? Why not stay
here and have a residency at Richland
Memorial or Baptist Medical Center or go to
Carolina's law school? Must a journalist win
or write a story that will capture a Pulitzer?
The answer is NO.
L.an i a secretary oe successiui, now aoout
a vice president?
editor
that have been includ- condition for emp
ition increases, which Equally appalling is
arary fee. So, I'm be- commonplace drug
something that I have throughout industry ar
So, please USC ad- ment. People are right
l, consider applying cerned about these i;
vauon emics in some meir concerns are oein]
ing, and stop making amplified by those
and I go blind from power and influence, n
>ver our books. Let economic concerns of
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after World War I. Vi
Eric Hewitt that misguided yet, b
Junior, history hell-bent in that dire
one is willing to questi
the policy of testing a
ampions of ^eucste their mo,ives
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re the advocates and ment programs and v
of personal freedom? unions have lost their
ome and gone, yet it similar reasons. Th(
lat George Orwell's longer an identifiable
>f Big Brother is for personal freedom,
ig with full support of 1 want honesty in bi
a productive workfori
palled when I learned country. Who doesn'
ent practice of requir- not have the means to z
nts and employees to goals without sacril
lie-detector rests as a privacy of individuals'
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Assistant News Kditors Sports Editor
Amy DelPo Jeff Shrewsbury
Maria Fratus Assistant Sports Kditor
Viewpoint Kditor Wayne Washington
Juliet Nader Photography Kditor
Money Kditor Jennifer Steib
Wendy Eden Assistant Photography Kditor
Features Kditor Thomas Humphrey
Paula Wethington Klckoff/Graphlcs Kditor
Assistant Features Kditor Tracy Mixson
Kathryn Jeffries
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The answer is YES.
Many people have served in these capacities
whether it be in an organization or corporation,
and have been successful. Some even
wield a voluminous amount of power. I ;
know. I have served in these positions with
great pleasure and personal satisfaction.
Special projects are usually the focus of these
positions ? supportive positions for the \
leaders in charge.
It's O.K. that I wasn't the president of the
organization when it won major awards. I
have found that being a member or a less ;
responsible officer can tax your time and ;!
abilities just as much. For me, it's fine to be ;
the support mechanism for a president, or !;
just one of the staff on a college newspaper, ;
letting someone else wrestle with the burden
of being editor.
Some people won't take the "lesser" jobs !' k
because they don't hold any power. The only !
concern for many of these is Number One,
themselves. One should remember that power
is not synonymous with success.
For instance look at President Reagan. He
wields great power, but is he a success? In
whose definition? Certainly we could say
Mother Theresa has been a great success in
helping the people of the world although she
holds no specific power.
No matter what you do, the only one who
can measure your level of success is the .v,
beholder, and that beholder is you. ' I
Editor's note: Bobby Jones, former editor
in chief of The Garnet and Black yearbook, is
Datebook editor and a reporter for The
Gamecock.
iloyment. Americans are looking for the
the now leadership that will offer solu1
testing tions to our problems without
id govern- sacrifice to our individual conser- $)
;fully con- vatives are frightening. Who will
ssues, but step forward to give us construcg
used and tive leadership?
who seek Because of this, I have to sign
mch as the this . . .
the Geranipulated
Name withheld upon request
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ction. no Student queries
on publicy 1
"migh"trb?e motive for flyers
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To the editor:
oice today I am writing in response to
aditionally Janice Kraft's "Students for
ve govern- America" flyers recently seen
vaste. The spreading goodly Godliness
power for throughout this noble institution,
ire is no and 1 have but one question ?
champion pray tell me whether the mission
to "spread freedom and equaliisiness
and ty" is what she had in mind when
ce for our speaking of such . . . humane
t? Do we regimes as Pinochet's Chile???
ittain these
ficing the Mike Dumiak
' Freshman, international studies
Special Assignments Director of Student Media
Editor Bill Clements
I Mli.'U 1 ?
nui ivimurti Production
Staff Artist Mark Armstrong
Robb Lane Lewis Covington
Datebook Editor Advertising Manager
Bobby Jones Margaret Michels
Advisor Assistant Advertising Manager
Bill Rogers Jan Hodges m
(Graduate Assistant i
Margaret Renkl
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