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Money Student Government should nmnin lr\r\r\lr n-\rs*farivi an Although at first glance it all seems like a step backward, the removal of the book exchange bulletin board this week was the right move. Perhaps Student Government can try again and get it right. The concept-of a textbook exchange as a means of fighting high prices at area bookstores has been around for a long time. Each semester it seems that prices for texts spiral even higher, and students have no choice but to pay. At the end of each semester, they sell back many of their books to the stores, which offer a measly sum for the used texts, but manage to sell those same used books next semester at outrageous prices. The solution appears simple enough: cut out the middle man. If students sell books to each other, they all save money in the long run. The only hitch is starting a system that students can use and rely on to exchange textbooks. During its waning weeks earlier this semester, the administration of James Franklin, former S.G. president, put up a bulletin board on the first floor of the Russell House. Its purpose was to allow students to advertise what books they had for sale and how much they were asking. But the bulletin board was a pathetic fiasco, simply because it failed to attract students. And if it had, it would have been overwhelmed ? a university the size of USC needs more than one bulletin board to run a successful exchange program. In the end, the only function the bulletin board served was to let Franklin claim he had fulfilled one of his campaign promises, when he really had not. Franklin's successor, Marie-Louise Ramsdale, wisely decided to take down the bulletin board and take another look at the nncsihilitipt nf a tpvthnnlf pvr>Viano#? Qhp caiH tl-iic tViot ^VWVJIVIIIUVU VI V* VV/\H-V/V/1\ VAVliUli^V. UliV UU.XVX XX XX ij ff VVIV 111UI J11V is committed to creating an effective program that would last. It will take a serious effort to establish an exchange that will appeal to students, but it is an effort worth pursuing. With hard work, perhaps Student Government can indeed serve students, providing them with a system that can help them exchange textbooks ? and save money. "THATU BE OUR STDRK W0-6IWM OF IIIr6Cmi 6AIMS W0ULP AMOUNT TO A 'PAY CUT' * skips . /\ HOHORW^lA ^ ^ ^ ^ The Gamecock ws- /%s '/jjg ?."?;' < V % . 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Letters should be, at a maximum, 250 to I 300 words long. <;uest editorials should not exceed 500 words. We reserve the right to edit letters for style or possible libel. The Gamecock will not withhold names under any circumstance. Bond between There is nothing more inherently beautiful and touching than the sight of a woman holding a small child. It's a bond, a warmth and a feeling unlike anything else on earth. It's something only women can really understand and men can merely envy. Maybe because it's spring, when emotions run high, or maybe because I'm getting older, but lately I've noticed more the glow of a woman with child. I've always seen the mother-child bond as something special, but as l grow emotionally ana intellectually, I've begun to become moved by the sight. L I first noticed it St. Patrick's Day in Five Points this past March. ai I was in Five Points with some friends enjoy- c; ing the weather and the Irish cheer, and we had d stopped by the side of the street to rest. We sat ai watching people walk by, joking and laughing, and reveled in being a part of a wonderful day. s< As I sat near the curb, a couple with 11-weekold twins sat down next to us. A young woman cl sitting next to them began a conversation with w the parents who were bottle feeding the two tc children. When this lovely dark-haired woman e; saw the children, she began to smile broadly and moved closer to the couple who were so proud h and happy of their babies that they were happy n to show them off. Soon the woman was holding u one of the babies in her arms. h She cradled the little girl, wrapped in a blanket tl with her eyes closed and sucking on the bottle, lc Letters to the . ,, ^ U.S. should torn Nicaragua lift embargo To the editor: This letter is in response to the editorial in Monday's issue of The Gamecock. Three obvious points ~ 9 were made: IllSllOFI 1) U.S. mindset toward Cuba remains locked in antiquated cold-war hysteria; 2) the United States should To the editor: end the economic embargo against Is fusion ai Cuba as a first step toward improved everything it is relations between our countries; 3) supporters, or the trade embargo and other U.S. hoax that its c cold-war policies toward Cuba have no sure way ol driven the island nation further into the scientists fr the clutches of communism. Utah publish When reading this editorial, what allowing other: immediately came to mind was how nounce it sciem these three points even better apply fusion at roon to Nicaragua. The Ronald Reagan assuming that i Administration successfully escalated There are m the Nicaraguan revolution into East- can be brought West terms. Clearly, Soviet involve- the belief tha ment with the Central American na- known laws of tion was minimal until the Reagan that room-temj Administration interfered by its ag- answer to r gression against the Nicaraguan dependence bl people. while possibly The U.S. war against Nicaragua likely be fount has devestated the Nicaraguan future, economy (not to mention the billions For fusion t of U.S. taxpayers' dollars poured in- physics, it woul to Reagan's war). Nicaragua was crease in order forced to escalate its military pected overall c defense. After all, the United States Many claim this invaded and/or occupied Nicaraguan fusion reaction soil many times since the 19th cen- of its environn tury. The damage already has been greater rise in done by Reagan and his right-wing the description supporters; therefore, I will not ad- be true, excep dress what we should have done over over the possibi the past eight years. I will address in- the componen stead what policies George Bush and and platinum, h Secretary of State James Baker degradation do< should pursue. The trade embargo plain the rise in against Nicaragua should be drop- tion of extra en< ped. This embargo and the Reagan the deutirium i war have driven Nicaragua, with loss of order nowhere else to turn, into the hands palledium and/ of the Soviets. Contrary to What about I Republican rhetoric, the Sandinistas in supplying en< have shown some democratic and If the possibility free-market tendencies. The San- become fact, t dinistas were elected and plan to hold amounts of enei more elections in early 1990. with the eventu Nicaragua has expressed its desire to nent materials, resume good relations with the degradation dt United States. must realize t Not only does the United States materials might have an opportunity to improve rela- sive for use in tl tions with Cuba, but it also has a tricity. All one 1 mother and c Shrewsbury ^ /A, ^ ad held her close to her chest. She had such ire to her movements that the child felt no iscomfort. She held the baby's head in her palm nd gazed at her face. She began to rock with the child and hum lothingly as she swayed slowly. Soon tears began to roll down this woman's tieek. She was happy, but she was crying. She as so affected by the moment that emotions >ok over and welled tears in the corners of her yes. I think it was the most touching moment I ave ever seen. Merfe:Was this woman, who had o children of her own, as she was young and nmarried, sitting with a stranger's child and olding it as if it were her own. You could see le bond and the ? for lack of a better term ? >ve between them. editor >n to do so with war- shocking rise in the palledium to realize that thi possible an outcome t< Michael Yoder dismiss. This may once ag te student, geography how human greed can ov the potential advantage _ mankind. n omiP ^ Fm8uv Andrew J. Chemistry/international t room temperature Upperclassi claimed to be by its . j j ?" ,the ,in diWe Set bad de ritics claim? There is O f knowing until after om the University of To the editor: their findings, thus I am writing in regard to I 5 to verify it or de- published in The Gamecock tifically. What would ing housing and the displac 1 temperature entail, juniors and seniors from th< t does truly occur? red roommate spots i any possibilities that dormitories, up. Among them is This problem, obviously < t fusion is breaking the new visitation policy, h physics and the belief many students who were jerature fusion is the with their hall-bath dorm nankind's energy- relocate to suite-style and a] lues. These beliefs, style dorms. Also, those being true, will most who lived in Burney and Do i untrue in the near new freshmen dorms, got of those dorms they wanted 0 break the laws of Of course, many students d have to show an in- dorms were rising sophom compared to the ex- they were given first priority lrive toward entropy. Capstone and Columbi 1 is the case. That this previously set aside foi is increasing the order upperclassmen. lent without an even Many students, includinj entropy seems (from have had to change their liv of the experiment) to and either choose a less t that consideration modating dorm or search lity of degradation of campus housing, an often [ meiais, paiieaium uaoie anernauve. /\s a rising las not been voiced. If should be given the privilege ;s occur, it would ex- in Capstone or Columbia H order by the produc- my situation has been vei ;rgy and the fusion of tunate. By being bumped o vith a possibly large room in Capstone, I hi in the structure of separated from my roomr or platinum. my friends in the adjoini :he benefits of fusion Now I must live in Sims fo ;rgy for all mankind? year, without air conditio) y of degradation does with someone I do not knc he creation of huge meone I hear was bumped c rgy must be tempered Capstone room, too. al loss of the compo- I realize I am not the on If, on the other hand, this unfortunate situation, b >es not occur, one I speak for people when I hat the component something be done w t become too expen- preferred-roommmate plan, le production of elec- student lists a preferred rooi las to do is look at the sure would be nice to think twiN?W VoQk NEWSOAV ( \ hild touching It seemed so amazing that with all these people milling around, the woman was completely oblivious to anything but the child. It was truly a beautiful moment .that I won't soon forget. This scene made me think about families and the sacrifices parents go through to raise children, but the sacrifices and the pain that every parent endures seemed to fade in comparison with the bond and the warmth a baby, helpless and unexpecting, in the arms of a woman can exude. Men can love children as much as women, and they can have a bond, but it's a different bond than that of women. Men can love children, but they can never feel like they were a physical part of them. Women carry children. They went through the physical stress and pain of birth. They went through the hormonal changes. They went through the feeling of supporting another living being. Men can only imagine what that was like. And it is this distinction that makes the bond between woman and child so different than man with child. A woman can be physically beautiful all her life, but she is never more emotionally and internally beautiful and content than when she is with a child in her arms. It's an inner emotional strength men can never know. I'm jealous. price of move is not a waste of ink on paper, s is all too A dorm is a student's substitute for 3 simply a home. If we cannot guarantee com;ain show fort in our home away from home, ershadow why should we be comfortable with ior an staying ai uat; M. Celeste Burch Psychology sophomore Lawrence Xiz: Programs need canteen space nen , To the editor: Q I Since Eric Ward was unable to talk with me about the background on the . proposed conversion of the canteen in Gambrell before writing his article ; the article Monday, it might be useful to clarify : concern- a few points. :ement of The proposed conversion was the ;ir prefer- only relief we in Gambrell could n those identify for the growing space crunch in that building. The increase in caused by students, classes and computers has as forced reached a critical point in Gambrell. satisfied The proposed conversion would give itories to four large offices, one for history sartment- and three for GINT. The offices students would be used for graduate students, uglas, the not faculty. They will accommadate first pick 16 to 24 GTAs and GRAs. to live in. in these The proposed conversion would ores, but necessitate moving the vending to live in machines from the canteen to the ia Hall, lower level of Gambrell. All the venmostly ding machines can be accommodated on that level. We could not, however, g myself, locate any space for the tables that ing plans would meet the fire marshall's codes, i accom- Anyone using the vending machines for off- and wanting a place to sit would need unaffnr- tn on to one nf the three laroe fnvers ;junior, I in Gambrell. There are benches, but | : of living no tables, in all three central lobbies, all. Also, We are sorry about the loss of y unfor- tables at which to sit, eat and study, >ut of my but given the serious space needs of ive been our programs in Gambrell, there nate and seemed to be no other solution, ng suite. Contrary to some rumors cir- * r another culating, the proposed conversion ning and would not affect the nearby canteen ? iw ? so- in the Welsh Humanities Building >ut of her and the sidewalk tables by the reflec- ? ting pool. These are completely ^ ly one in separate from the Gambrell canteen ut I hope and would be unaffected by the urge that proposal. ith the I When a Carol McGinnis Kay nmate, it Dean, Humanities and Social ? that this Sciences