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Viewpoint ? 2 Friday, November 14, 1986 Heilo again Time and money hassles may fin all be reduced with new phone systen, STAN numbers, and the troubles that go with then may soon be gone as a new optional phone system is bein installed by USC. The new system is called 9-f-, and it wi be a plus because it is cheaper than AT&T, and gets rid c the hassle of taking care of getting charged for illegal call: a major pitfall of the STAN system. It is called 9-f- because all you have to do is dial nine pli the number you want to reach, then a beep will sound an you dial a seven digit number, your special access coc I a1 L!11 _t. - 1 nni. . ? ? wjiere mc 0111 is cnargeu. i ne new system win De aoie t trace random dialers who will be disciplined according t the Carolina Community rules or state law. Long distance calls within South Carolina cost only 1 cents a minute; out-of-state calls, only 25 cents a minuti which is cheaper, overall, compared to AT&T. A system like this will be well-appreciated after all th bills from calls students haven't made, but must conten with by paying, or calling to request a cancellatioi Students who have many times found themselves with cal to places they've never even heard of, or would never wai to claim will rejoice in this new system. Now these studen won't have to go through all the trouble of calling 50 tim< 10 straignten tne prooiem out. And with the STAN systen even if the student hasn't made the calls, they are on] allowed to have the charges cancelled a certain amount c times. This new system will save time and money, things vei valuable to a college student. It will be installed Jan. 1987, just in time for the spring semester. Let's hope it wi be a new year free of hassles with unmade calls, high phor bills, and misuse of the phone system. Word on the street Has knowing Sadat's salary changei how you view President Holderman' Hk.* A :< I fck 1 HHK "I believe Dr. 4'It didn't effect m Holderman was doing opinion of him any. things in the best in- really didn't car terest of this university about her salary, by concealing the didn't think that salary of Mrs. Sadat." made that much of % r* r% anrerence." Joe Williams Lisa Cunningha Sophomore, mathematics Graduate student, mus "I definitely don't "It really lowere have as much respect my opinion of Pres for him anymore. I dent Holderrnan. F feel it was a bad deci- has an incredibl sion on his part, elitist attitude that 1 especially if it were to doesn't have to answ< affect our tuition as to his students ; some people have said Carolina.'' it has." Bill Thorn Holly Smith Sophomore, journalis Freshman, business Write us a letter Tell us what's on your mind. Letters must There is a limit be typed, double-spaced and no more than the same writer. 250 words. Include name, address and We reserve the telephone number for verification. Names on outdated top 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, Drau munity member in letters and editorials. Columbia, S.C. ; ]l f y> s\\ '! (ikS$ml.\ Jfli?P le ? r^CREA^ y i _ 'li rl-E/\SE , le 'Failure' will dissol It seems as if the entire American media, to include at least one thrice-weekly campus , newspaper, are bringing the full weight of < -O [J their acerbic pens to bear against President H Reagan in the aftermath of his recent meeting f with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. "SJrttC According to these scribes, Reagan's refusal to negotiate on the Strategic Defense Cwlt Initiative and subsequent failure to reach an agreement with the Soviets on mutual nuclear rpHiirfi'nnc hat/A ipr\nArHi7pH tViA fiitur#* >' IAVSAVV IVUUVilVllJ liU f V jVU|7V/I U1LVU illV I UIU1 V | survival of the planet. IsGiven the unusually bright prospects that ' accompanied the pre-summit hype, certainly to permit there are many who are less than satisfied leaders in with the final results. However, it is impor- similar er, tant to keep the summit meeting in proper their cons perspective. If one looks at the latest Reagan- bartered a Gorbachev meeting as a single, isolated event, of empty i then Reykjavik may aptly be described as a that Reag; "failure." Then again, summit meetings As the ] usually fail to meet their advance billing. U.S. med They have never proven to be a panacea for satisfy the the world's ills. interests a v It is, perhaps, characteristic of the become \ American culture to expect quick, easy negotiatoi 1 answers to even the most complex questions. work quie e But it is unrealistic to expect that President agreeable Reagan and Gorbachev could have walked there are i I out of a 48-hour conference with a solution to somewhal the most challenging and threatening issue Both t facing mankind. The stakes were just too high Union ar< a m | Letters to the ed ic m Hoiderman has ?e0c0odgJZ8h.df^'I (Si p^.^L Yankee-minded j tielpcd the South majors. g. Through the myo] mh To the editor: Sherman-loving ye! Hoiderman is building a nalists at the toilet p university of international The Gamecock, we < reputation. It's the Sherman South have let oursel H lovers who don't want to see the vinced with half-t ; South (we are The South) to rise $350,000 has been H again. It's taken less than 10 Sadat, without any be ^ years for Hoiderman to convert Indeed rumour has s USC from a cheap party school Southern firm has ofl t to a university of international the $350,000 that repute. Programs like Masters of because they recogni; , International Business are con- the prestige she and 'Q sidered the finest in the nation. have brought to the a; ;j_ Ten years ago there was virtually unbiased examination . no scholarship money, in 1985 The Gamecock is fan over $3 million was handed out to performing might she Iv keen the aualitv student at USC. investment in nsr'c J A reputation you should be con- made by Holderman cerned about. An unbiased look r er we paid less than I've been a proud resident of universities for the sa South Carolina since 1973, a state Carolina recently i rich in history and culture, a million federal grai great state. It sickens me to see money) to complete t as how good Southern gentry have ing building. Who's m allowed their minds to be infected notoriety Sadat bro with notions like we all aren't impact our receivii : rwrtf /I The Gam Editor in Chief A*?lst?nt N? i.ii I i 2 i_ 'r-.-i.- A n-m ui iwu tcucis pci inuiiui uy luinuu luyior nmy unmi Managing Editor Maria Frat right to stop printing letters John Boyette viewpoint E ics to make room for new ?S,wCI?', J""" N?t Stephen Uuil/oyle Money hdlt< Assistant Copy Wendy Edi Ziewpoint Editor, The i>e?k Chief Features Ed! icr A, Russell House, USC, Wendy Eden Paula Wet) ?9208. News Editor Assistant F? Buddy Moore Kathryn Je, SJR, NO A ve in aftermat J quit( :orial ! jjoy By char ' " who such a causal approach. American porti i the past have come away from misr icounters to the ringing cheers of distc itituents, only to find that they've tenti iway strategic concessions for a bag visib promises. To his credit, this is a tiap the b an has avoided. goin; hoopla over the summit wanes, the Pr ia will soon find other issues to polit :ir readership's fickle and transitory Reyl ind the "failure" of Reykjavik will over less pronounced. Meanwhile, thos< s on both sides will continue to chan :tly behind the scenes for mutually- elect and verifiable solutions. Already. Pres signs this process is still alive; albeit, barg : strained. he United States and the Soviet Bill : beginning to tone down their post- met I ? M iitor iternational money. What other monies n ostered by indirectly come Carolina's ournalism because we associate with fai people? Try $5 million foi new music hall, but do you ntic eve of th?t in 1 Vr9 How jourmper called c Jeffrey Df the True Senior, accoui ves be conruths that ni ^ m wasted on Blatant sexisn nefits to us. ? _ i. a Real m Gamecock fered to pay Sadat cost To the editor: te the value Oh, what sad times these s Holderman have just finished reading rea. Careful Gamecock's article of Oct i, an activity which explained how women ious for not formed better in college >w a shrewd men. I cannot believe thai future was once-great Gamecock w and staff. lower itself far enough to night notice such a blatantly sexist pie two other deeply resent the implicatioi me services, these fascists that men got a $16 genetically and intellectuall 111 iiuukcc icrior 10 women, he engineer- Our colleges and univer to say the are obviously biased to ught didn't middle-class females. Of co lg of that college exams discrimi w? Editors Sport* Editor Still J Jeff Shrewsbury Rol US Assistant Sport* Editor Dat dltor Wayne Washington Boi r Photography Editor Kkl >r Jennifer Stelb Jot *n As*l*tmit Photography Editor Ad' tor Thomas Humphrey Bii hlngton c,n mure* Editor Ma ffries I Ill * L ( , ( A ORE ? h of summit nit rhetoric. It now also appears that a re Gorbachev visit to Washington is back rack. The world's future does not seem ; as bleak today as it did on Sunday, Oct. " jclear weapons are an ugly fact of life in 10th century. They cannot be uninvented ire they easily discarded. National leaders are charged with the responsibilities of e must, by necessity, confront these s with prudence and caution. Press acterizations of the president as a man would coldly disregard meaningful opunities to secure world peace are a gross epresentation. In the same way, they have -y >rted reality by focusing their fleeting aton on the shortcomings of a single, highility event at the expense of overlooking roader issue of its proper place in an ong process. esident Reagan could have done the icaliy expedient and popular thing at cjavik. Instead, he took the harder right the easier wrong, choosing to stand by z decisions he believed offered a greater ice for long term peace. This is what we our presidents to do. On this count, ident Reagan has kept his end of the *ain. David is a vraduatP xtuHpnt in onvern it and international studies. 1 V" \ v -f ' .. . ' o"' . ' night against men becausc they never way include questions pertaining to nous matters of male culture (such as ' the football, shaving lotions, etc.). ever We all know men and women are equal, so therefore, any time a group of men and women don't fm score identically the same grade, nfing .u ... - uidviiuiiuauuu is titany inc uiuy possible cause. H Recently, when The Gamecock ran an article implying that blacks score lower on IQ tests than whites, a deluge of letters poured in accusing The ire! I Gamecock of bigotry. I must adThe mit, at the time I thought they . 29 overreacted a bit, but now, by jj, i per- golly, I know how they feel and than my hat goes off to these brave I the crusaders for equality and ould justice. print ce. I In closing. I would like to add ns of that if anyone believes a word of are what I have just written, I urge y in- you to track me down one day in the Physical Science building. I sities want to talk to you about a ward bridge. urse, Barry Johnson nate Junior, physics ;; . ; - >, - , ' /< , V <? Mi in I !t Artiil Director of Student Media bb Lane Bill Clements ebook Editor Production LI f I/ ??- i - >uy junes murK sirmsirong koff Editor Lewis Covingion in Boyette AdvertUing Mistgtr flsor Margaret Michels f Rogers AsaUtaat Advertising Manager iduate Aulatant Jan Hodges rgaret Renkl