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So whai
Registration pre
to help freshme\
Last fall, supposedly, freshm
into the classes they wanted bet
tion priority list. A lot of then
there were so many people bef(
So, this year, the registrar's <
freshmen and sophomores. Th
changed to allow freshmen ant
ninrs Seniors still have Diior
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were moved up the list in front
on the classes thdy couldn't get
The university plans on doii
years.
So, the freshmen couldn't g
had to wait a year.
So what?
Freshmen have to wait just li
It is absolutely ridiculous to a
last on the priority list when s
been waiting to become uppe
Freshmen should have to wait j
This idea of trying to play c
people who have paid their di
and graduation schedules of m(
The university seems to be i
had too many freshmen last ye
and the cancellation of 35 class
These things are all tied toj
freshmen than it can handle j
casn. wnen an lnsuiuuon is ov
institution is jeopardized. USC
The university messed up
come in last year, and now it
have already been here for thr
men shouldn't have to suffer b
miscalculation.
Make the freshmen wait. Or
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bla resident, or year and major If a student. An
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icess changes
n 'catch up'
en were having big troubles getting
cause they were last on the regi strati
couldn't get into classes because
ire them in line.
office decided it would help out the
is registration period, the priorities
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ity, but freshmen and sophomores
: of juniors so they could 'catch up'
: into the year before,
tig this 'catch up' phase every two
et in to some classes last year and
ike the rest of the years had to wait.
11 of a sudden tell juniors they are
ince they were freshmen they have
rclassmen to get a higher priority.
just like everyone else.
atch up does nothing but annoy the
jes, and further screw up the class
ist of the upperclassmen.
saying with this lame idea that they
ar. Remember the housing shortage,
;es?
gether. USC shouldn't accept more
ust for the sake of raking in more
ercrowded, the effectiveness of that
is jeopardizing its effectiveness.
in allnwintr cn manv freshmen tn
is trying to make the people who
ee years pay for it. The upperclassecause
of the university's greed and
let them eat cake.
WAL
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Whose idea \
The door to the luxury
suite at the Malta
Hilton opens slowly,
and George Bush slugs
through the doorway in |
his overcoat and ga- *P
loshes, which are soaking
wet. Barbara, his ^ .
wife, scurries up to ANIL
him and starts to pull
the coat from his back. M
She shakes it, and then
lays it on the fireplace T
screen to dry. J CI I
"Oh, George, you're Shrewsbury
absolutely soaked," she L_?__
says as he turns his galoshes
over and pours the water onto the marbl
floor. "Did you have a tough day at the Summ
at Sea?"
George slumps down in the first big easy
chair in the suite. He sighs and pours himself ?
scotch.
'Tough day? I'll tell you what a tough day i
I just spent three hours on a little, tiny boat try
ing to get from our battleship to the Soviets'
foUinnr intn tho T
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mean, you should see those swells ? 4, 5, eve
10 feet high. It's enough to make a guy not so
kind and a helluva long way from gentle!
"Who's bright idea was it to have negotiaLetters
to the *
Blacks close ^?rgAe;
themselves off
stand .
To the editor: purpos
RvAr cinr>A T mnvp.H hp.rp. T havf?. Surely
noticed a number of things that 111 lben
seem to point out that blacks do anyone
not want to be equal with everyone ^at he
else, but seem to segregate them- would 1
selves from society. Blacks appear blacks.
to be constantly accusing everyone
(not just whites) of discrimination * ha\
and hindering their hopes of equal- an a^~
ity. Unfortunately, however, (for News."
them) they do not realize that their Sure, ll
behavior puts them in a class by it
themselves, which is the exact op- becaus
posite of what they want to accom- won 1
plish. The behavior of which I regular
speak can easily be seen anywhere o*10 e(ll
you look. ^ne
3 The
Let me begin by talking about 10
meal times at the Grand Marketp- m any
lace. The vast majority of blacks questio
sit amongst themselves at lunch themse
and dinner. While it's OK to have
a good time with friends and enjoy
vnur enmnanv at dinner, what thev i
do is a totally different thing. It is 1$
not uncommon to hear uncalled-for
shouting, profanity and racial slurs. Of|J
Just the other day, I overheard one
black individual telling some of his
friends that "I came to school for To ^
an education, and I have learned * arr
that white man is in control, and Thus,
that needs to be changed." He has
the same chance as anyone to be ^-arolir
whatever he wants to be. Why * ^as,
must he say this? reader
Another thing they do to segre- The lei
gate themselves is to wear shirts footbal
that proclaim such phrases as: fensiv
Tl '4-S t"
vas Summit at Set
tions on a ship in the middle of a monsoon, for plans sor
Pete's sake?" The man
"Well, George, you have to remember, Malta This was
only has this kind of weather about three days the worh
each year. How can you be angry at someone ured we
for the weather?" thing the
5?n<1 ?av
"How? Well, I'll tell you how. We have
satellites that can tell me what breakfast cereal "So, v
Gadhaffi is having. We have weather personnel 'How ab
who know if it's going to rain on July 4,1998. est ports
We have people with degrees in public admi- at first I
nistration, international conference skills, nego- great It
tiation administration and every other kind of "But,
thing that has to do with getting people together pretty ne
to talk in a harmonious and expeditious way! "Yeah
J So why the hell can't these knuckleheads figure laughing
I out that ships rock when the weather gets bad, "Now
e and when ships rock, people get sick, IF THEY "They
it CAN GET ON THE BLOODY BOAT IN THE how to f
FIRST PLACE! come a 1
"I just spent the worst day of my life trying live sate
i to save face in the international community and from lau
trying to jump from the S. S. Minnow to a lad- "Yeal
s. der hanging two feet above the ocean while rain anyway,
and wind tossed us around like my rubber "Goo<
ducky in the tub! the intel
"Mad, you ask? Hell, yeah, I'm mad. This find out
n storm is ruining my sound bites!" wouldn'
"Oh, George, you big whiner. You can just
meet on land then. What's the big deal?" "G
"You don't seem to understand. When Goiby "T1
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iditor
Batman, Blackman is the Shaw's opening statement. Shi
nerican hero," "100% Black asked "can we go to footbal
"Black by popular de- games without seeing police breal
and "You wouldn't under- up fights only then to see blacl
. .it's a black thing." What males being forcefully escorted ou
e do these shirts serve? of the stadium?" This statemeni
they do not help the blacks though in the form of a questior
r struggle for equality. If implies that black males ar
else were to wear a shirt trouble-makers and are the sole in
raided their own race, it stigators of fights at USC games
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alone racial stereotyping. I have ni
statistics on individuals involved i:
re also noticed that there is fights at USC games, but I find i
black newspaper, "Black hard to believe that black male
' Why do they need this? are solely responsible for fights i
icy argue that they have to Williams-Brice.
to cover the black activities Fights at football games are dis
e the regular newspapers turbing and disruptive. This, I be
give them coverage. The lieve, we all agree with. But th
newspapers do give every- point could have been made with
lal coverage. Again, why do out the author citing race. Race re
ed this? lations need to improve; so let'
whole point of this letter is not hinder progress by making ste
put down or degrade blacks reotypical statements.
limn Kilt tn acL- thp cimnle Wilmnt \7r, 1V,ty,
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n: Why are they segregating Biochemistry graduate studer
Ives like this?
John Edwards ^ # _
Marine science sophomore ' JjinSlGlOIl 201
;hts aren't just desserts
ly blacks
This is in response to the No1
tie editor: 20 editorial, "Firing." Week aftt
1 an avid sports enthusiast, week we've read letter after lette
I consult The Gamecock editorial after editorial abot
iften to find out the latest H. H. Singleton, president of tl
m sporting news. However, local chapter of the NAACP i
seriously offended by a Conway. I don't have to explai
s letter in the Nov. 17 issue, the situation, after all, anyone wh
tter dealt with fights at USC reads the newspaper knows what
II games. What I found of- S?inS on- Pro-Black, or shoul
e was the author Tonia 1 say> Pro-Afro-Americans, fe<
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i, anyway
nething it comes off without a hitch,
knows how to throw a negotiation,
my first chance as the 'Man' to show
i I'm just as smart as he is. So, I fighad
to do something special ? somewhole
world would see on their T.V.s
wow, that's neato.
/hen John Sununu came to me and said,
out a Summit at Sea in one of the oldin
the world?' I said, great. Well, now,
said, "Where's Malta," then I said
could've been the coolest summit yet."
honey, sweetie, love buddie, it's still
at"
i," George says. "Blit everybody is
at me."
, now, Binky, nobody is laughing."
are too. They're saying I don't know
dan anything, and this Summit has beloating
joke. Even Dan Rather is on his
llite feed having to bite his lip to keep
ighing."
i, but George, Dan doesn't like you
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i point. But, still, you'd think with all
ligence equipment we have we could
if it's going to storm or not, so I
t be looking like a complete idiot."
eorge, you're not a complete idiot."
tianks, Babs. That means a lot, I think."
t that racism has occurred. While
1 the Pro-White (Euro-Americans)
ic feel that Singleton is a troublek
maker.
it
t, Well, I must follow the Euroi,
American pattern. Singleton was
e only trying to cause problems bei
tween the races in Conway. For
;. this, he got exactly what he
* deserved.
o According to the Slate, the black
n football player was replaced not
it because he was black, but because
s he, like Singleton, was a troubleit
maker. If something didn't go his
way he would disrupt practice, or,
as on numerous occasions, not
i- even bother to show up for prace
tice at all.
i- Singleton knew this, yet he still
i- felt compelled to flex his Afros
American "if it doesn't go our
j- way, it must be racism" power
muscle.
u Also, I have a question for you,
it Mr. Editor. In your column you
ask, "would a white teacher be al
lowed to march for, say, prochoice
in Horry county?" My
question is, who cares? Every time
something doesn't go your way,
you cry racism.
The firing of Singleton had nothing
to do with his being black. It
v- had everything to do with his be'r
ing a trouble-maker. So, why then
r? must you compare a white marcher
it few pro-choice to a black marcher
>e for racism. The two simply have
n nothing in common,
in H. H. Singleton is one of the
10 biggest racists around, and he got
's exactly what he deserved.
Id Larry Saunders
5l Sociology senior