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Planning
New user fee for Russell Hous
would hamper campus \
Russell HouSe is in disrepair. Everyone knows that. Carpe
are torn in places; chairs are becoming abused and scarce: an
the building needs improvement and some renovation.
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dui 10 oegin cnarging a iee ior organizations, ciuds ana 11
dividuals to use the rooms in the student union is a bad idea,
would end up hurting the students more than helping th
building.
The idea is for the Russell House to charge organizations sue
as the Cinematic Arts Committee, fraternities and sororities an
clubs a fee ? more correctly a tax ? to use any of the rooms i
the building for events. It would mean for any group to hold
concert, a movie or a seminar where admission is charged,
would have to pay for the use of the room, auditorium c
ballroom.
The money from the fee would go to the improvement of th
building.
The directors of the Russell House, Department of Studer
Life, think users of the rooms should "give something back" t
the building they are using for free.
The problem with this kind of fee, though, would be tht
organizations such as Cinematic Arts that have had troubl
meeting their financial obligations would be burdened with a
extra expense that probably would doom them eventually. ]
would mean that if fraternities and sororities want to sponsc
bands, they would have to begin charging more money at th
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dance would decrease.
If that is the case, it is conceivable that no one would continu
to have any events at reasonable prices in the Russell House an
more. The fee could conceivably drive the students and the sti
dent events away.
No one wants this to happen.
In order for this potential tragedy to be avoided someon
needs to come up with a viable plan and present it to Dean c
Student Life Jerry Brewer at the open forum at 5 p.m. Tuesda
in the Russell House Theatre.
Brewer, who will make the ultimate decision sometime afte
the forum, said this is the only alternative he has found to mak
up for the money needed for the improvements in the building
He has gone to the Senate Finance Committee looking for th
money, but he was turned down.
If no organization can come up with a workable solution t
this problem, the fee will be charged. And if that happens
students may find they have less to do at Russell House fror
now on ? fewer bands, fewer movies and fewer speakers ? les
fun.
There is another way.
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dent activity fee to be solely designated to go to Russell Hous
improvements. The money generated could make the difference
Some people who don't use Russell House may say they don'
want to pay for the building they don't use, but Russell House i
for the students, and all the students should be concerned.
If the user fee goes into place, all the students will be hurt
even though only some of the students ? organizations ? ar
paying.
It makes more economic sense to rally as a student body am
suggest a miniscule increase than to begin losing valuable event
because no one can afford to go.
Student leaders must go to the meeting Tuesday and speal
their minds. If something isn't suggested, everyone will be hurt
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Christmas break.
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n could have come on down here to USC to do tl
;s water-immersion thing. I could have gone swim;
ing in that centerpiece of USC's attractive camp
? Lake Thomas Cooper, better known as t
library.
A pipe bursts, and magazines and documents j
e ruined. A leaky roof once took out other tomes
well.
t These leaks and bursting pipes make it seem li
S Thomas Cooper is one of the reactors at the Sava
nah River Plant.
A scenario: It's a dark gray day outside; the n
' begins to pour; a girl in a yellow raincoat a
e yellow rain hat with an umbrella walks pouri
Morton's Salt all over the place,
d We're talking serious agua here. And a gt
s alone in the stacks late in the afterndon, stops a
asks himself, "Did the building just moan? No
In this scenario, this likable long-haired fellow
k one of those students in black who normally s
around outside Gambrell, but it's raining, so
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Compleat Marx, En gels.
He reads about some of the bitchin' parties t
proletariat are going to have when they thrc
down the imperialistic, capitalistic, entrepreneur
Letters to thi
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To the editor: .
We would like to compliment Dean
James Franklin on his performance Qf
as USC student body president. nlause t
Franklin has an excellent future t t (
ahead of him as a politician. He has jaws a<
-J already learned to manipulate the in frge'
mm trath to his advantage. of the Q
We voted for Franklin because he th sa
promised to give students an alter- s
native to the outrageous prices of tex- cr^ak
tbooks at the USC bookstores by althoug
J establishing a network of book trades experiei
_ between students. We were reminded |^ow
of Franklin's empty promises when a but I w
cashier demanded $42 for a worn-out SOn's ri
textbook with its pages stuck himself
luscincr- conseqi
The only accomplishment Franklin j
has made was toward his resume. at cjQjn
James, for your own sake, do not use j I
USC as a reference. car^pu
Norman I. Fewell Reagan
Political science senior printed
Randy Elmore showed
Biology junior Not
tougher
Dean, paper r?u
have integrity STSS
To the editor:
I understand this may sound like
more backscratching between Chuck T ^
Dean and me, but if you know me, JLivl
you know I very seldom get around _ #
to scratching backs for no reason f$ll1
other than my pure laziness. This,
however, deserves attention that even
I my monumental laziness could not To the <
suppress. Pleas<
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ng "Wow," he says, but then thinks, "Did the mc
building just groan? Nah. foi
iy, "Ahhhhhhh."
nd And then he is engulfed by the biggest white- yei
water rapid since Moses had his big gig at the Red tio
is Sea. his
its Even worse for him, his Compleat Marx, Engels W]
he is destroyed, to be read nevermore, nevermore. mc
lis And speaking of that, the floods may take out the
Compleat Poe. ma
he But I can't make fun forever, because this is a ide
>w serious problem with the library ? a real problem pn
ial because books are getting ruined. tha
editor
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sssed so far from what they written such a strong retort tc
mal that he has adopted the my Joyner's Playboy article. I
trademark of a permanent unusual that a guy would ha\
> cap. But like a lot of our sensitivity toward how deg
certified nuts, Dean turns life something such as that article
ana, wnen ne is at nis best, l teei really gratetul to him 1
life. ing our defense, not becai
's recent column (in which he aren't capable of defe
doing Ecstasy) deserves ap- ourselves, but because it resto
rom those of us who are sub- faith in men.
;his country's ridiculous drug I guess it's obvious that thi
: well as anyone who believes women who pose for Playbo,
speech, civil liberties and any there are men who read it, but
ither red, white and blue stuff women like to be viewed as s
y our country was founded jects. It's nice to know there ai
ieldom, if ever, do journalists who respect that,
as openly as Dean did, Thanks a lot, Greg Gilbert,
h I am sure many have similar
ices. Liz Ci
I am not promoting drugs, Humanities fre
holeheartedly promote a perght
to do what he wants to
and to write about it with vAJMUJ
lence. | |
ecially cheer Dean's courage iiDerai, amo
g this in the days of tougher
ws. I'm sure there are many ^o the editor:
s papers out there in Oh no> here comes Sam
land that would have never with more of his flatulent atter
Dean's piece. The Gamecock articulate. Last year, the wor
journalistic integrity. reduced to a giant racist cons]
pvprvnnp **/<=? This vear. it looks like he is Dai
drug laws or that we need the most liberal, amoral, kn
all, but few of us speak up. societal primitivism that he car
, Chuck, for speaking up. out ?f bucket on his shoi
to The Gamecock for allow- There are plenty of car
to around, Starks; stay away f
writing profession. Your cono
Vincent Craig Wright morality are those of a mem
English senior crudest kind of tribe. Or
yet, dish out all the addiction,
Iin,* rckctfwckc and Pestilence 10 y?ur own 1
llCl ICIjIUIvJj Oops, but then again, it's t
# there, isn't it? You can k<
("M 111 VYIf^Tl There's never anything
anymore for some kinds of p
and Starks, you're one of thei
editor:
s excuse my sexism, but 1 was Spiros Pap
lrprised to see that a guy had Graduate s
in hot water
It's costing us a whole, whole lot of money. But
j real cost is much higher. There are some
iceless books housed in the library. So what hapns
when the water gets through the first floor
d floods the archives?
USC is a government depository. Thousands of
vernment documents are housed at USC, both in
int and in microfilm. What if the government
ts leery, thinking if we can't keep our magazines
"e, how can we keep its documents safe? Maybe
should be asking that question right now.
Somethina shnnlrl he rlnne anH snnn Tt'c han
ned twice now, so it should be checked just to
nfirm if these are isolated incidents or signs of a
ep-rooted problem.
A library should be more safe, more secure,
>re airtight than Fort Knox. All they have at the
-t is gold, gold and gold.
\ library houses ideas, sometimes thousands of
irs worth of the collected thinkings and ruminans
of mankind. A library houses our written
tory, our differences and our individuality,
tiat is contained within should be treated like the
>st precious of stones.
\ library is a storehouse of ideas, and what is
inkind, but a living, breathing storehouse of
as? We must protect our ideas, because we'll be
jtecting ourselves ? at least the part of ourselves
tt really matters.
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seems ACtlVltV ICCS
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fng for student use
or takise
we To the editor:
As USC students, we all should be
res my concerned when the administration
begins to tamper with student funds,
"re ar|j specifically student activity fees. A
1 arT new proposal has been set forth that
not all recommends that student activity
ex ob- fees ke usecj tQ jncrease the Russell
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means that student money, which is
supposed to supplement and/or provide
extracurricular activities on
ilhoun campUS for every fee-paying student,
snman wjn be used to replace equipment and
buy furniture for the university.
WMi Every student organization (i.e.,
I honor societies, political groups,
l*?il sororities, fraternities, etc.) will be
subject to this. For example, if
money designated for the student
Starks movie program is used to cover adopts
to ministrative operating costs, student
Id was prices could increase, or the number
piracy. 0f movies shown on campus could
rroting decrease significantly. Obviously, the
ee-jerk student, you, will be the victim in this
i wring maneuver.
naers.
washes Is this right? This is student
rom a money. Your money! You have a
epts of right to question this. A forum will
ber of be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the
better Russell House Theatre. I recommend
, crime that students who care how their
amily. money is spent attend this forum,
ilready Also, Student Government can help,
;ep it. if senators and officers know
wrong students care. Call and write.
)eople,
n. Melina D. Davis
Vice president
ileacos Carolina Program Union
tudent Interna) mai tudies junior