The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 07, 1986, Page 2, Image 2
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/ ^ 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.
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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.
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And the finani
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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
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-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
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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
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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
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Managing Edito
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Viewpoint Editor, The D?ik Chief
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Buddy Moore
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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
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E. J. Cousar Your consideration c
Sophomore economics, peal to respect the fee
international relations concerns of other
Vice President, appreciated.
College Republicans
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n't rock the
at or sway it Graham wj|
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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
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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
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,
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.
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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
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