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Viewpoint ! / ^ Friday, November 7, 1986 Last word? Pooular vote should determine who becomes Homecoming queei The decision of who becomes USC Homecoming Quee has always been up to the students to decide, but in the pa; two years, Homecoming officials thought they should hav the last word on who won the title. The popular vote results were: early childhood educatio senior Vicki Smith, 105; mechanical engineering senic DeAnne Elrod, 183; psychology senior Kelley BraithwaiU 190; political science junior Kimberley Mangum, 437; an history/political science junior Tracey Watkins, 498. Students' votes for Homecoming queen accounted fc f\0 nprr^nt nf thf* tntal formula nc#*H tn HpfprminA th/? wir ner. Under a policy implemented last fall by th Homecoming Commission Task Force, interviews of th candidates by the SG selection commission were 20 percer and initial applications were 20 percent. But despite th large proportion allowed for popularity by the new rules c the Homecoming Commission, the popular choice th year, history/political science junior Tracey Watkin: Hidn't win Before the change, the Homecoming Commission was i charge of selecting five candidates for the election, whic was conducted by Student Government. The winner w? determined by popular vote. But the Homecoming Task Force took it upo themselves to decide to change the process without ap proval of Student Government or informing all th students. Coordinator of Student Organizations Novella Fortnei a task force member, said reasons for the changes were th need of the decision on the candidate's leadership and ir volvement in USC, and insurement of fair publicity fc mippn riinHiHfltPC Individual campaign posters were defaced and pulle down a few years ago. With the new process, th Homecoming Commission has the responsibility t publicize the candidates. Their pictures and five credential of their choice are displayed together on one poster, copie of which are displayed throughout campus. Vandalism should not be the sole reason for the abar donment of a time-honored project, and the idea of pu ting all the candidates on one poster seems to have solve the fairness problem. The new election procedure adopted by the task fore was not approved by the Student Senate as set forth in t\ Student Government election codes, Robert Beall, SG vi< president said. tu? ~ ? i ?: i 1 _ 1 lie I1CW SC1CL11U11 piUCC*2> WclS buppu&cu IU UC pUUUollV. in The Gamecock, according to SG codes, at the beginnir of the fall semester to inform students. It wasn't. But who's following the codes anyhow? They were su passed from the beginning, in this case. What is the use of spending the Student Activity mom and using the time of Homecoming commission and Quet candidates, plus having The Gamecock, and WUSC-F1 publicize the candidates background, accomplishment goals, and yes, looks, if students don t even have the fin say in who they want to represent them. Aren't students ii telligent enough to make that decision themselves? The main job of the judges should be to narrow dov the number of applicants into a select group they feel a well-rounded, then leave the final decision to the actu people they will be representing in the end, the US community. "We're trying to avoid it being a popularity election said Bill Perry, 1986 Homecoming Commissioner. "T1 students still have 60 percent, but we took some of the de< si^n away from the students." But, the spirit of Homecoming Queen elections, hi] school and college alike, have always been popularity co tests, because the point of the process is for the students choose who they feel best represents the qualities they wa to be known for. Some may disagree with popularity contests, and th have reason in cases where the student must make pertine business decisions, or be familiar with rules a regulations. But in the case of Homecoming, popularity is probat the best way to measure outstanding personality, lead< ship, and involvement. frmu *?vici Write us a letter Tell us what's on your mind. Letters must There is a limi I be typed, double-spaced and no more than the same writer. I 250 words. Include name, address and We reserve thi telephone number for verification. Names on outdated toj I will not be withheld. Guest editorials are topics. limited to 500 words. Indicate whether you Write to: are a student, USC staff member, or com- Gamecock, Dra munity member in letters and editorials. Columbia, S.C. i jmwk^lriw | i gqot cq its n And the finani r, ie Jehan Sadat has to be one of the smart people on the face of the earth, and Presidt Holderman must think USC students i some of the stupidest. Mrs. Sadat got somebody to pay her o\ d $300,000 for teaching a single course for thi e semesters. Admittedly her expenses (H/ q made up 107,586.44 of that, so that means she taught all 18 of her classes for all thi tnAi nr\ ? j \ a, ant ^ui paiu <x uay. r -s bad huh? Don't laugh, because you km who's paying the bill! Maybe, instead of teaching a class on Eg; 1- tian culture, she should teach a class creative finance. . If anyone on campus has been wonder: where the expenses that raised our tuiti came from, I think I've got a clue, 'e Where Joes Holderman get off raising < ie tuition when he's getting duped into pay -c that kind of cash to someone who would have been asked to teach a class if her h , band hadn't been assasinated? 1 If Anwar had died of a cold, would t woman still be able to add to the internatio flavor of USC?. And what about those expenses? r_ Three round-trip international flights $9,981.02. Where the hell was she going? 1 USC pay for her Thanksgiving, Christr ;y and Spring breaks back to Egypt? in The tuition increases have hit out-of-st VI ^ ai | Letters to tl n- ' ' ' 1 n Demonstration point rc b bob u hood ai was uncivilized ^ your To the editor: show I'm writing in response to the Lowi letter from Mr. Lowrey about the your he anti-nuclear demonstration. It State amazes me what most nennle rail who criminal, this individual call their: courageous. I believe that Mr. 8" Lowery needs to purchase a dicn tionary so he can find out what to courage really means. Picture this scene of eating lunch and a unknown group of hoodlums outside begins to throw flour and ey flyers in all directions and to make matters worse they drop on **** nd the floor as if they were dead. Who in their right mind would Uwi jjy call this courageous? 1 certainly iii/NiiM nAt T A group of people, who I don't Mi agree with, had what most people ed oi would consider a peaceful deck demonstration. The Alliance for durir Peace realized that throwing Thor flour and flyers is not the way to inter sway people to your point of conc view. Even though 1 do not agree of tl with the group's view on nuclear prese disarmament, I do respect the H< way that they have conducted anxit themselves. I am not against in at demonstrations as long as they who are peaceful because the right to pera free speech is given to all of us in for a the constitution. There are more Sonv "l I rrf< _____ I The Editor In Chief it of two letters per month by Linda Taylor Managing Edito e right to stop printing letters John B?ye,te pics to make room for new ... _ .. Atilitunt Copy Viewpoint Editor, The D?ik Chief wer A, Russell House, USC, Wendy Eden 29208. Newt Editor Buddy Moore > GRIEF! 1 ALREADY ) RKINQ' ) r-?*> r 1* watch] 1 r,xh|s r space i wnrtvi i <} sial genius award SJ) Jgff Shrewsbury ow yp- students the hardest, and as one of those in students, I'm ticked! And the rest of the inand out-of-state students should be ticked as ing well. ion Maybe Holdernian is trying so hard to bring national attention to USC that he is 3ur sacrificing the students to do so. The only ing reason we got national attention from this is In't because two people filed the Freedom of Inus formation Act. Whnt Viae h??pn naiH f r\r thaf Hr\n't his know about? nal Maybe every student ought to refuse to pay his/her tuition until they get a detailed audit of the expenditures of this university. And I'll ? bet if every student got their parents to write a 3id letter to USC complaining to high heaven and nas asking for a good reason, Holderrnan would think twice before signing a blank check ate again. ie editor ficd way of getting your seated in the upper decl across than acting like deliberately inducing th lums. Mr. Lowrey, if it On behalf of those grandiose displays to get are still anxious and u attention then it really table with the sway, I s how ignorant you are. Mr. serves as an appeal to tl ey, why don't you stick to the upper deck. Pleas< maps and leave the United siderate and sensitive s foreign policy to groups feelings by not pui are able to express creating a sway, so the lpIupc in a r^'wiWwf QcVl inn fAr?l I r Knir jvuvj III m VITIII&VU iUJiliV/lli VHII 1UVUJ 111V.1I ailVHlH game. E. J. Cousar Your consideration c Sophomore economics, peal to respect the fee international relations concerns of other Vice President, appreciated. College Republicans Den n't rock the at or sway it Graham wj| i the editor: ?? . jch attention has been focus- otteno senn n the swaying of the upper at Williams-Brice Stadium To the editor: lg recent football games. I take exception to th< ough examinations by both on Billy Graham's se nal and external exnerts have cnrnmcnfcmpni luded the sway is a function prime objection to his le architectural design and seems to be he represer :nts no danger. system contrary or of )wever, the sway does create his audience. There will tfy for some Gamecock fans a segment of students vn tendance, particularly those identify with opinions sit on the lower levels. The Graham's, or even Hoi option of danger can make Because Graham will in uncomfortable afternoon. tified as an evangelist e fans believe that those ments will be scrutini wmmmmmmmm?mmmarnmmmmmmn* Gamecock Assistant News Editors Sports Editor Amy DelPo Jeff Shrewsbury x Maria Fratus Assistant Sports Editor Viewpoint Editor Wayne Washington .f Juliet Nader Photography Editor oyle Money Editor Jennifer Steib Wendy Eden Assistant Photography Editor Features Editor Thomas Humphrey Paula Wethington Special Assignments Assistant Features Editor Editor Kathryn Jeffries Hal Millard x^ * goes to Jehan It's commendable that Dr. Holderman wants to "put USC at the top" of universities around the country, but we're not that far away now and there's got to be a more inexpensive way to go about it. For that kind of money, USC could probably throw a picnic for the entire House of Commons. ^ Right now, the only recognition USC is get- 9 ting from Jehan Sadat is a snicker from around the USA that we were stupid enough to shell out those kind of bucks, and eveo mnrn rlnmh tn frv tr. m\jpr if nn 4 I , If Holderman had just camc out and said something in the beginning, then all this hullaballoo would not have been so big. ! But then again, if he hadn't paid thfc woman so much to do so little, I wouldn't be so mad. USC is a fine university. As a journalism major, I am proud to tell others from around ^ the nation that I go to one of the top J-schoolJ> in the country. And USC has a good name in other areas as well. ' so, Dr. Hoiaerman, wc appreciate the thought, but don't do us any more favorfc unless it's to lower our tuition. ; Because after all, the students are the most important parts of a university and if we can'< afford USC anymore, we won't be here. ? 1 guess we'll all be over at Jehan's, hanginfe out. ? c are now carefully, yet I remember a con> e sway. mencement speaker espouse*, fans who "You control your own destiny, ncomior- no one can help you be what you his letter want to except yourself." Ob(he fans in viously many Christian students i be con- disagree with this doctrine related of their to Secular Humanism. Even posefully loveable Mr. ("Can you say it all fans Gamecock, I knew you could,") )n on the Rogers, who addressed gradua- f tion several semesters ago, is an >f this ap- ordained Presbyterian minister, ilinrtC an/1 Kilt T r\ f\ ' ram atvt Uac 11115^ unu uui a uuii i i ^in^iu uwi any fans is references to predestination in his address. One does not have to wear their belief system on their inis Prultt lapel in order for it to effect President, others. nt Affairs Graham is respected nationally, and internationally by many Ilinf circles. Graham represents an imIIUI portant segment of America's J udeo-Ch ristian heritage. Drs Graham's belief system is not ft contrary to the principles that this country's educational system ; editorial was founded upon. lection as If the pastor of Backwater ker. The Baptist Church in Hopkins had speaking been invited instead, your objecits a belief tions might be more credible. The fensive to real irony is that when Graham always be finishes his message the call to 'ho do not come forward will be only to > such as receive diplomas. derman's. be iden- Lynn Shirley his com- Staff, Social and Behavioral zed more Sciences Lab p ? 1 Stuff Artist Director of Student Media Robb Lane BM Clements Oatehook Kdltor Production | Hobby Junes Mark Armstrong Kickoff Kdltor Lewis Covington ! 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