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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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"*
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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
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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?
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