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Again? Students should just get used to parking away from classes About this time every year, commuters and students start raising their voices about the parking situation. It usually takes this lon? for the freshmen and new students with cars to figure out jusi what a nightmare it is to have to find a spot within walking distance of class. It takes them this long to figure out they're going tc have tr> nark- far awnv anH 1 The Gamecock Editor in Chief Assistant Photography Editor WAYNE WASHINGTON JULIE BOUCHILLON ? ?? V AVM * ?? UiiU 1VUTV VUlilVll And hence the cries of outrage begin. This is well evidenced b> the influx of letters to the editor, which seems to be the best place for students to vent their anger. The parking letters start rolling in around the third week of classes and stop about the middle of October when students and commuters just get frustrated and give up The parking situation that some call a problem has been around for a long time. Simply, there are just not very many parking spaces for students or commuters near the places students or commuters need to be ? i.e. classroom and administrative buildings. But there are plenty of spots at the coliseum and Bates area. Yes, they are far away and require timing the shuttlecock routes just right, but they are there for the picking. There are parking spaces to be had on these perimeter lots. It's going to mean a little inconvenience for most students, but at least they are there. So stop yelling about it. It's frustrating, annoying, aggravating and intolerable sometimes, but parking is the way it is and there is not much to be done about it short of raising tuition again to build a new parking structure. Tuition is already too high. The commuter lot at the comer of Pickens and Pendleton should be given back to the students, however, because the faculty is not making use of it fully. But other than that, the parking is as good as it's going to get under the current financial situation. So, leave a little earlier for class. Park at Bates and take the shuttle to class. It's a pain, but it's a parking spot. "HERE I AMSHOW/Mrf THE WOP I T> WHAT A STATESMAN I AM" Managing Editor Viewpoint Editor HAL MILLARD JEFF SHREWSBURY Copy Desk Chief Datebook Editor KATHY BLACKWELL JAN PHILLIPS Assistant Copy Desk Chief Comics/Graphics Editor ROBYN THOMPSON ROB LANE News Editor Graduate Assistant KELLY THOMAS KRISTIN FRANCIS Assistant News Editors Gamecock Adviser D. R. HAYNES ERIK COLLINS JEFF WILSON Director of Student Media Carolina Life Editor ED BONZA ROBERT THOMAS Production Manager Assistant Carolina Life Editor LAURA S. DAY LYNN GIBSON ^ . Assistant Production Manager Sports Editor ' RAY BURGOS CHRIS SILVESTRI Advertising Manager Assistant Sports Editor x MARGARET MICHELS rrant i nvr. Assistant Advertising Manager Photography Editor JEFFREY B. THOMPSON TEDDY LEPP Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try lo print all letters received. Letters should be, at a maximum, 250 to 300 words long. The writer should include full name, professional title if an employee with USC or Columbia resident, or year and major if a student. An address and phone number are required with all letters sent. Guest 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. r "SORB Studies attem "Women's studies? Isn't that 'I Hate Men was only joking when ^ ^ he asked me that, but m w* m he doesn't realize how many people really feel |W| * * m that way. So many are iflk ^ jP quick to make fun of First of studies is not the BMBBMHBHP breeding ground for a Amy bunch of men haters. j rtriTri;c The whole motivating l^oomis factor behind women's studies is to make the need for it obsolete. Secondly, the program is not trying to make men scapegoats for not recording the contributions of women, nor is it blaming the men of today for what the men of 2,000 years ago did. That is not the issue. Women's studies is relatively new. (The first one ever taught at USC was in 1973.) And as with most new things, there js resistance. It's difficult for professors to learn this new scholarship because most of them were taught and got their ideas from a curriculum that is 2,000 years old! Theories about education come from the Greeks, whose main goal was to educate white men with property. A lot of things have Letters to the e Lack of funding threat to USC have accuse To the editor: of misspe In the past few months, a great many cases deal of attention has been given to correct. Th the maneuverings of ex-officio the Preside board member Mike Fair. His the salary i proposed, and later accepted, vis- just a fev itation policy has been well cov- budget e> ered by the media. However, a far highly susj greater threat to USC has gone vir- of private 1 tually unnoticed ? lack of monies to funding. rams. One The College of Humanities and overly sta Social Sciences was forced to re- quasi-govei duce its budget by nearly $2 mil- keep much lion for the 89-90 academic year, secret. Qui Casualties of this cut included many peopl nearly 35 classes in various depart- and when ments, as well as the education of USC's past the students enrolled in those clas- seems only ses. To accomodate students in the account o) classes which were dropped, admi- funds. Unti nistrators were forced to allow these found overloading in certain sections, and proof i thus leading to extreme over- has become crowding. The obvious result of economical, such conditions is a drop in the USC will b quality of learning in these classes; for the decl certainly, it would De ridiculous to ing, and th< expect a teacher to perform at tion in the q maximum proficiency in a class Also at fa which was nearly double its in- ing of USC tended size. Furthermore, if such For quite s drastic cuts are necessary, it would claimed tht seem only logical that many other fund USC t less budget cutting ? i.e. quality the univers lowering ? measures are being ta- managing ii ken. This is simply unacceptable. While such The primary purpose of this uni- makes a poi versity is to provide its students best. The p with a sound education, and it is case are the obvious that the students are will- budget redi ing to pay for it. Not only has tui- can continu tion increased in each of the past some cuts < few years, but enrollment is also cent actions up. Certainly, no one can blame are certainly the students. Instead, one must cuts in the c 11 ACHEV'S GOING TOO FAST/ pt to illuminat changed since then, but the curriculum has been slow to change. It wasn't until the middle of the 19th century that women ? and blacks ? were admitted to universities in the United States. We can't change history, but we can change our definition of what history is. History should include everybody, not just educated white males. We must discover and make known the unknown, forgotten or unrecorded. Women's studies attempts to do just that. It Fills in the voids. Just in my personal experiences, I've found that several of my professors are unaware of, don't bother to learn or don't teach the contributions of women in their own fields. In one of my journalism classes, a professor was talking about Henry Luce, the creator of Time and Life magazines. He neglected to mention, however, that Life magazine was actually the idea of Clare Booth Luce, his wife. When I questioned my professor, he had no knowledge of this. Journalism professors are not the only ones. Women in art have been absent from the curriculum too. It wasn't until 1986 that Jansen's art history book included works bv women and black artists. These contributions have existed and been enjoyed for ages, but they weren't taught. An English professor of mine only covered the works of one woman ? poet Anne Bradstreet ? in his survey of American literature. Does that make them sexist? No, it does not. But it does make the need for academic integration of women's studies apparent. There is a growing demand for specialized ditor ie spending policies of administrators were fc ity, as well as the parsi- this, but that does not e legislature. excusable. The legisl and year out, critics make more money av ed USC's administration expects this universitj nding money, and in academically competiti ;, these critics have been Perhaps by the yea e money funnelled into university and the state ntial Intern program and will understand that I >aid to Jihan Sadat were the students, they are / of the questionable this state and nation to :penditures. Another mediocrity. >ect practice is the use M oundations to distribute Interdisciplin certain university prog- a , ^ obvious, though not AFJIiI ijF3 ted, reason for these # rnmental entities is to nnf lllVnll of the spending of USC *** vFl te rightly, this causes e to become suspicious, To the Editor: viewed in light of The real victim in t misappropriations, it State v. Ryan Bethea right to demand a full ball player) and State f the distribution of Harris (Columbia polio il the expenditures of young Arah Grahpm. i ations are made public, make a phone call thai is given that spending arrest of Ryan Bethea more responsible and 1988 in Columbia, i the administration of could have been avoide r?ir mn/>K rvf klntvt a l?nn rv* r\ r* Un <4 L A t. fui muv'ii ui ui^ uiauit; iiwuiaii nau JUSl UCCU U line of academic fund- the outset. J subsequent deteriora- A real, true confiden uality of education. informant who is not a tult in the lack of fund- in a drug deal and wh< is the state Legislature, remain anonymous sh ome time, they have be made to testify. Befi it they will not fully make that person testil mtil they are sure that dismiss a case against ity administration is dope dealer in the state, s funds economically. By the same token, a slap on the wrist man lied to me about nt, it is a feeble one at information that led to rincipal losers in this would not put a lie befo i students. Despite the I offered several time iction, administrators policeman, Chuck Ha le to spend, although guilty to misconduct in ire necessary, and re- Arah's name would n make it clear that thev have been rikrlnce.H Hf not afraid to make the plead guilty to this les dassroom. Perhaps the and went to trial, whic fcilif?1"* /Vgvv vom newsboy It e contributions studies dealing with sex and/or race. . . . Throughout the writing of history, it has always been white male dominated. There are centuries to catch up on! But the archeological quest for neglected history is made more difficult because uiere are lew resources to pull Irom. English professors rriight say that there are no women writers who wrote like Shakespeare. How could they have written such masterpieces if they were denied education? But we can still look at what they were able to accomplish, even if it ! isn't Shakespeare. The number of female students is growing on college campuses nationwide. (At USC females comprise 54 percent of undergraduates and 63 percent of graduates.) Shouldn't these students have role models other than great white men? Thirdly, women's studies is not just for women. Everyone should know the contributions made by women whether it be in journalism, history, math, science, art, literature, etc. There is a better reason for knowing this than passing tests. When men and women enter the workforce, men have one disadvantage right away. Women have been taught how to survive in a man's world. They have been taught how to relate to men. But men have not been taught how to relate to women ? especially in the workforce. Understanding the contributions of women ? and other races ? can do nothing but help in the long run. When male and female students are both made aware, then, and only then, will the need for women's studies be non-existent. jrced to do right to do. Chuck Harris made it; mean it is necessary to call Arah and her iature must daddy as witnesses to his having ailable if it obstructed justice. The jury said he. r to remain obstructed justice, and he did. He: ve. also obstructed Arah Graham and r 2001, the her family. ! Legislature On behalf of law enforcement, I jy slighting apologize to Arah Graham and her condemning family. i a future~of Jim Dunn S.C. Solicitor icah Porter ary Studies Parfcjng 0rdeal iham getting worse yed To the editor: The parking situation in this town is atrocious! rhp of Is il Just me? or do other stu" ruse foot dents take notice of ^ lack ofv Pharlrs parking spaces at our beloved in P nffwrk stitution of higher learning? Do she did not other Set P^ing tickets for r led to the $15 ^ s^' "Peking in front of Feh 4 driveway/sidewalk," when they Mi of this parked by a yellow curb only? Do d if the po- they wonder why all of the little ; uthful from meter maids have a sadistic gaze I in their eyes as they're writing up 1 tial reliable tickets? Do they wonder why at i participant 7:15 every morning all of the stu3 wishes to dent lots and meters are filled and I ould never force people to park illegally? : are I would Where do these early birds come ; y, I would from anyway? And why do they ; the biggest exist? Do they think about why the * fine for blocking a gravel and dirt if a police- "sidewalk" is $10 more than his getting blocking an emergency aid such as an arrest, I a fae hydrant? Does anybody out re a jury. m "USC Land" really care, or do * >s to let the they blindly give their money to rris, plead our wonderful university in the I office and name of parking violations? 1 .? T Hnn'f Irnnu; mavhp it'c inct * Ul 11(1 VC IU * ?V?? ?, xwiwtt, luu^uv ?i> u juuv 5 refused to me. ;ser charge Scarlette Bennett ; h he had a Freshman