University of South Carolina Libraries
Viewpoint ~ 2 Monday, November 24, 1986 i mhhhTHE GAMFC0CKm?? !! iiiw?b?? mum mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Back burner Administration's library allocation, low on priority list, shows neglect The university's library system seems to be low on the list of priorities. The USC library had to buy two-thirds less books in 1985 than in 1974 because the administration decided, for some reason, not to keep increases in support even with increases in prices of books. Kenneth Toombs, director of libraries, said the libraries' biggest problem is providing materials for graduate studies and research. The university's promotion of research and expansion of facilities, such as the new graduate sciences, engineering and cancer research centers, does not jibe with the lack of support for the libraries, where important research background is stored. And the money allocated has to pay for all of the libraries on campus. That includes Thomas Cooper, South Caroliniana and the law and medical school libraries. Not many schools have such an extensive library system as USC's. The administration should be proud, and strive to keep them in top condition. How can we continue to remain outstanding in our schools of medicine, law, business, etc., if we don't have the supplies to keep them up-to-date and in-thc-know? The U.S. Senate recently awarded the Law School an $800,(XX) endowment for a new chair in constitutional law. How will it look if we have a renowned expert in constitutional law here, and no up-to-date books in the law library? President Holderman said in a Faculty Senate meeting mat is in a position ot catching up and must work on getting an increased research flow. Isn't an extensive library an integral part of a strong research program? USC is ranked 91 in total expenditures of all libraries in North America. Shouldn't the libraries on this campus get just as much support as all the new programs? What is the use of having these brand-new research centers, when they are backed by outdated research manuals and a limited store of periodicals in the libraries on the same campus? Hopefully, with the increase in research grants in the past 10 years from $13 million to $30 million dollars, the administration will realize that they have neglected the library system and channel some more monev its wav. I In til then, we'll have to sit in wonder at how such a precious learning tool could be just pushed aside. COtltGf PRfSS SfRVICf (W?3fel wt wl?l -To farpucf Tie DeriCiTT ^r,, -t?f -ifant mfaiawe , am? tests/ SOPFLUS. I jta. /i. i ks^\ \ ^ *jfl(fll(~ u?H ??&?* CCXlfGf PWtSS StRVICl fWOOiW f#it><ut.<i CP 4*.\ Imimfa I iuwrs. ^sJnL cotiiGt msi stwvict ~~ '?? ;? "" "*' ~m) a> 111 1 *- ? ISC ?WAPEr;F IWs'MRI 1KSE5, Write us a letter f oil in 11/ U 'i ( * c s\r> K/Mir m i ii/l I ntlorc mncf TU av/% r- , % llntit ,vf 1 I Hi w i i (t i -> \j 11 y w l J I 111111 v.1 . I .villi i ill 14 .?| I I I L I C l!> ci 1111111 Ut be typed, double-spaced and no more than the same writer. 250 words. Include name, address and We reserve the rig telephone number for verification. Names on outdated topics will nol be withheld. Guest editorials are topics. limited to 5(X) words. Indicate whether you Write to: Vie arc a student, USC staff member, or com Gamecock, Drawer munity member in letters and editorials. Columbia, S.C. 292 ( J Ill ill I ilif d if| lit# iraumuiis With the upcoming holiday, wc should rcflect on those things for which we arc thankful. Some of those things are not material, but can mean the most to us. We shouldn't think about the size or cost of the turkey and the table spread, but what the gathering of our loved ones means to us. For example, 1 remember Thanksgiving Day meals during my child'ood. My mom and sisters would spend the morning in the kitchen preparing some of the food. They would drift between the kitchen and the living room, where my father and I would spend the morning watching the Macy's parade on television, and then a football game or two. Later, we would all dress properly for the big occasion. Then, my family: my parents, my three sisters and 1 would journey across the street to my grandparents' house. Once inside, my mom and sisters would help my grandmother, who also spent the morning in the kitchen, to put the meal on the table, part of which we had carried over. Everyone had their duties. Grandpa would stun the turkey, cook it and carve it. Dad would help where he could, while 1 helped my sisters set the table and said the blessing before the meal. The kitchen and living room were warm from the oven. My grandma's oven always got its workout from the pumpkin pie and the Letters to th< Gamecock right to print photo ZZZ the polic To the editor: writing o I am writing in response to the The pi letter about the graffiti letter the rcspc published in the Nov. 17 issue of that is of The Gamecock. Although 1 do pie, the not condone the actions of the in- fulfilled dividual or individuals who our scho "challpd nil rvprv w:ill sniH lhi?ir arti walkway," I feel the author of graffiti the letter does not understand the eoinmen responsibility of The Gamecock to print all news. The graffitist was probably inspired by the recent failure of the Summit talks in Iceland. The purpose for The Gamecock's atten- ? tion about the graffiti was to show student awareness concern- CdU?2 ing the subject of nuclear war. I saw the graffiti, "Nuclear War To the e How Close," on a sidewalk out- The m side the fraternity quadrangle, "Freed and it provoked me to think crusade1 about the frightening subicct of distiniuii nuclear war, and its threat to all acquirer living creatures. rcputatic I admire Mr. Armstrong's love Cosby, ; for the USC campus and I too all tool have a three-year affection with USC, ju this school, but the school's team is. newspaper has a responsibility to national print the news, whether good or tion it m bad, and 1 feel the subject of stu- Prior dent awareness warrants USC wa attention. lege. Th At times I feel The Gamecock man's d draws attention to many subjects highly ii which arc not really the thought the No. provoking issues that college nation a students desire. However, draw- school, j ing attention to the subject of mcnt rai nuclear war deserves praise and nation 11 TUc \ JLAV Kditor in Chief two letters per month by l.indu Taylor Muiiuk>?K t'-tlilor ;hl to slop printing letters John Huyette to make room for new <???* /f Assistant Copy wpoillt Editor, The Desk Chief A, Russell House, IJSC, Wendy Eden 108. News Kditor Untidy Moore are gone, but me By Bobby Jones V / banana-nut bread and from other deserts she would bake throughout the year. When we sat down to eat, it all looked so good at the well-prepared table. The white, hand crocheted table cloth, the polished silver, the cranberry juice, the turkey and dressing, the mashed potatoes, the sweet potatoes, the beans, the corn, the pies, as well as the tea and coffee. 1 always ate the drumsticks, which at times seemed to be bigger than me. But the one thing I will never forget about all those meals was the banananut bread handmade by my grandmother. As the years went on, grandma made the bread from canned ingredients; something I never knew until after she had passed away. I cion i ininK sne ioia mc oecause me love sne had for me stood in the way. I remember other times throughout the year > editor i. I do feel the graffitist work. USC is the only t /e expressed himself in a in the nation to have ha istructive fashion, but at tcrnational Studies As time Armstrong wanted headquarters, at the e to shoot a person for Center, two terms cons< n a wall. The engineering compli aint is newspapers have completion, will be on msibility to publish news most advanced in the n: any concern to the peo- personally attacking refore The Gamecock Holderman and his met their responsibility to students are, in effeel iol when they published they do not wish to bei cle and picture about the respected academic insti and they should be At a time when the wo tied. stHtr r?f rhan? ? Africa arc under constar Frank Coughlin sion; Afghan rebels st Junior, English remain free; Palestinian wander aimlessly in th i nriiQorlp East without just settlen I l?l UdOUC lsrac); and the ..supe QC a |ncc continue to proliferate >tSo Q ludo holocaust ? the student can find no better causi ditor: tify with, in such mass, et result of Paul Perkins Perkins' crusade. LJ om of Information students re-evaluate thi is the loss of a and political priorities, shed professor and the be just another "state ncnt of a tarnished Hopefully, as we near C mi. Madame Sadat, Bill Santa Claus will surf ind Henry Kissenger are Gamecock with actual r s of advertisement for thy stories! st as the varsity football it use.: is to become a Kudwui ly acknowledged institu- Freshman, internution ust initially pay the price. to President Holderman, D|of*l# iflQiAir is just another state col- Dldl?K Vlt#Wg. rough President Holder- a? ynamism USC now ranks IS fiypuCrlTII 1 various fields. We have 1 MIB's program in the To the editor: long with our journalism At this time 1 would 1 Our chemistry depart- dress an issue that m liked in the top 10 in the some of you; the issue last year for doctoral prejudice and segregatic Gamecock Assistant News hditors Sports Kditor A my DelPo Jeff Shre wsb ury Maria /''ratUS Assistant Sports Kditor Viewpoint Kditor Wayne Washington Juliet Nader PhotogrHphy Kditor Money Kditor Jennifer Sirih Wendy Eden Assistant Photography hditor Features Kditor Thomas Humphrey Paula IVelhinglon Assistant Features Kditor Kathryn Jeffries * mories remain 4 after she had just made a batch of cookies or an apple pic and I would drop by to visit. She would always let me have that cookie or piece of pie that was supposed to "ruin your supper." As we approach another Thanksgiving holiday, my mom was asking what the menu should include, and without thinking the first food to escape my mouth was "Banana-nut bread." Since grandma's death, we've had banana-nut bread. Even though my mother is a great cook, it won't be the same. The fact that it won't come from my grandmother's kitchen is the disheartening fact. ^ The times have changed since grandma has w passed away. Everyone shares in the making of the dinner, even / will have a hand in making the meal this Thanksgiving. It s no longer a big deal tor mc to see the parade. However I still watch a football game or two. All of my sisters arc married, two live out-of-state. Sometimes we go to their housqs for the holiday or they come to ours. Most of the time, not all of them can come over at once. We invite my grandfather to our house for the meal. But the fact is we don't all get together for the holiday anymore. ^ ! So when people ask me what I have to be thankful for, I tell them ? memories. Bobby Jones is Datebook editor of The Gamecock. inivcrsity always felt that all races should d the In- be equal and that the Civil Rights sociation Act was passed to achieve this Byrnes standard. However, it seems to icutively. me that racial equality can't be ex, upon achieved since some blacks e of the choose to segregate themselves ation. By from the bulk of society. One exPresident ample of such segregation is The hods, the Miss Black America Pageant. I 1 CQVtnn cao nn rpo rr\n C i) oujiiig JVV IIV i tujun IWI U113 (11C long to a pageant since blacks have comtution. peted (and have also won) the rid is in a Miss America Pageant. Also, is it of South not racial discrimination to it oppres- refuse someone the right to enter ruggle to a competition due to race? There I i refugees also exist organizations that seem | e Middle intent upon segregating blacks. lent from One of these organizations is the rpowers" NAACP (National Association a nuclear for Advancement of Colored ;s of USC People.) One can only imagine c to iden- what would happen if NAACP than the stood for the National Associa Intil the tion for Advancement of Caucaeir moral sian People. USC will Really people, get a grip, it's college." the Cosby Age, everyone is not hristmas, trying to supress you. USC has >rise The had black student body officers, ^ lews wor- there is equal opportunity for all w ' races to attend college, there are prominent blacks in all facets of i Ifalluha life, and the list of black opporul studies tunity and achievement goes on. i just do not understand why, now ifTfiill't ,'iat ^ierc 's 8reatcr potential lUllll than ever for racial equality, some blacks choose to segregate #OI themselves from the rest of society. Why not try to achieve advancement for the human race as ike to ad- a whole? ay shock of social Timothy Bradley ^ ^ >n. I have Sophomore, accounting * Staff Artist Director of Student Media Robb lane Bill Clements Datehook hditor Production Hobby Jones Murk Armstrong Kkkoff Kditor Lewis Covington John Boyette Advertising Manager Advisor Margaret Michels Bill Rogers Assistant Advertising Manager (Graduate Assistant Jan Hodges 1| { Margaret Renkl ** ?