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Overkill Holderman'stuitic too much for Perhaps the last straw of the Jin now come to light. Tuesday's Cho during the course of Dr. Holderma president, he secretly slipped public USC Scholars to the children of h would be easier for them to attend I tant officials wnose cnnaren goi nei] dent Arthur Smith, Dean of Studei Carolina campus Chancellor Ron Ea So far, only one incredibly lame < plain why, out of all the University the children of highly placed univ ones to get little perks like scholar tuition. And that was that the univei dence of USC officials' children. Wrong. President Bush at gradu; speaking on the Horseshoe benefil filming an unimpressive little film unearned perks to children who can' USC for free because my daddy w< at all. Not only should this be an outraj versity who pays tuition, by hook 01 also to those thousands of students ' or better. According to the qualifica a student must have a 2.0 GPA, and cial need, leadership potential and, tribute to the intercultural dimensior Point one: Plenty 01 stuaenis ai i and don't even consider that the> semester's tuition. A 2.0 is often c not for Dr. Holderman, at leas concerned. Point two: The top officials wh make salaries quite ample enough state tuition at USC. In other word involved. Point three: How is yet another dent from South Carolina "going to cultural dimension" of the universit; Of course, the officials in questic than refusing to look a gift horse in them. When the boss offers a perk, named interim president, Arthur Sr ney from the fund, and it would b ture'for the rest of the officials to d< The true fault lies in the attitud money truly has been the root of a thought that helping the children ol would have gained him any more t actions were based upon insecurity j?:nui., ? 7*v~vr-* rr UCinaui,)' wiung. SAVEPR^ THROW The Gai SCOTT PRUDEN Editor-in-Chief A; ron baker News Editor Fred Gonzalez Sports Editor Kristin Francis Graduate Assistant ed bonza Director of Student Media Ray Burgos Assistant Production Manager Kyle Berry Assistant Advertising Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long, fessional title if a USC employee or Soutl a student. An address and phone numbf Gamecock reserves the right to edit lette space limitations. The newspaper v circumstance. m 'gifts' to stomach i Holderman era at USC has irlotte Observer reported that n's tenure as the university's money from a fund called the ighly placed employees so it JSC. Some of the more imporp include USC's interim presiits Dennis Pruit, and Coastal glin. excuse has been offered to exO Co?*/~\Im o 'o ctnHontc U1 OUUlii v^aiv-zmia o oiuu^mo, ersity officials should be the ships for an entire semester's rsity benefitted from the attention benefits USC. The Pope :s USC. Even Robby Benson on campus benefits USC. But t say much more than "I go to Drks there" don't do any good *e to every student at this unir by crook, every semester, but who have and keep a 2.0 GPA tions for being a USC Scholar, 1 academic achievement, finanas the Observer quoted, "con1 of the university." JSC make far better than a 2.0 r might be eligible for a full | onsidered too low. Apparently ;t where "special" kids are ose children received help all to support a child paying inis, them was no financial need ( upper-middle class white stucontribute at all to the "intern >n have done little wrong other the mouth, and who can blame you take it. Since he has been aith has refused any more moe a noble and worthwhile ges3 the same. e of Dr. Holderman. For him, 11 evil, and he should not have .* his already faithful employees rust and devotion. Whether his r or charity, they were still unSH THE NI6HT? jltil, j fT- 1 % I Epical effjcT g tf\<? p5waj m i mecock I ?.?-? ( Robyn Thompson ianaging Editor, Copy Desk Chief Carolina Life Editor Nick Leoncavallo Photo Editor Erik Collins Faculty Adviser Laura s. Day Production Manager Renee Gibson Advertising Manager Carolyn Griffin Business Manager print all letters received. Letters should The writer must include full name, pro-. i Carolina resident, or year and major if ir are required with all letters sent. The ?rs for style, possible iibel or in case of vill not withhold names under any Americans net I like being a United States citizen, even hough it can be pretty embarrassing sometimes. r As a senior in high school touring around En;land for a week, I was quized on my opinion )f the job my country was doing for the world n general by a very attractive young lady from -lolland. Her big question was How in the vorld did Ronald Reagan ever become vftsident? Needless to say, I did not have a good an- Ai ;wer. That's when I realized how silly we look tb o the rest of the world. I remember a quote that describes perfectly fc be way this young lady saw the U.S. as an ac- w ;or on the global stage: "The United States is m ike the guy at the party that gives cocaine to sf jveryone, and still nobody likes him." That pretty much sums it up right there. fa Now that we've lost our petty little Cold War in tnd discovered that even balding Soviets with it ?ig obnoxious birth marks can be fun guys, and w )ur Contra pals down in Central America fi- re lally proved that yes, they are nothing but a m 3unch of Latin American Nazis, we've found m ourselves at quite a loss for anything to worry gi ibout. w And so, while the entire eastern world does re its best to throw off its chains of oppression, the Soviets consider a market economy and South d< Africans decide that they've been stupid long li enough, our intrepid leaders fight for the true li MlKIB5i3K..i;LEi Apartheid act freedoms and noorlc eiuzens. HVVUlJ vitalised rtS 11 simu ^ does not acc yi .. new socio-pi To the editor: South Africa. Now that the South African gov- t0 effe( ernment has begun a process of ir- ^ nc reversible social, economic and po- changed so tl litical change, congress should re- rathef than inl peal the outdated Comprehensive reform Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. At the very least the CAAA should be amended to more accurately reflect the democratic evolu- R tion taking place daily in South Africa. The original objective of the act, to pressure the South African government into abolishing the policies of apartheid, has been IlUl I I achieved. The issue now is not whether South Africa should re- To the editor: nounce apartheid, but what form of I am disap government South Africa should that The Gi ;d to rememb< SconPruden ^ to Ii " ^ ? ^ be merican Way by being big pains in the collec- ?f" /e national ass. P11 Sometimes I think the biggest problem is that cr ilks in office, since they've lived their quiet, eil-iu-uu CAIMCU^CS in iciauvc anu naiony, forget what all out hellraisers Americans S1< )ring from. Ben Franklin is my favorite example of the in ither of our national stock. He was a scientist, lh iventor, farmer, statesman, suffered from dibil- m ating gout in his foot and thought the cause as not enough sex. He's also perhaps the most ;vered philanderer in U.S. history. French wolen loved him, and he loved French wolen . . . and Philadelphia women . . . and Virinia women, and probably just about any other ar omen that happened to be around. There's a 1 jal American. 10 And real Americans hate being told what to *n o. We like our freedom. That's what makes 01 ving in this country so special. There's no Sta- P* n or Pinochet or Castro strutting around telling ITERS TO THE ED1TOI to assure democratic would choose to print sue equality for all its vial article as "The Truth the Wedding Bouquet" wl Is now, the CAAA news was being made on urately address the in Washington, D.C. for olitical realities in rights. T? T T o c : 1 rur u.o. luicigu yui- _ ;tive in South Africa, 0n lhat mof eds to be scrapped or compassionate people front rat it will encourage H>e world, many of them libit further democra- sludcn,LI- m^ch?l <?8ctbe pose The Truths Behind Cruelty and Research." A< James Dugan 10 the Physician's Comm Assistant Manager Responsible Medicine, 90 eed & Reed Brokers an'mals cats' doSs. rabbi and monkeys) are blinded, HH fonir ?assed> poisoned, shocked IrvFIJlV fected with diseases each ^^1 fipii/o the u-s- alone ? and L/dl IIC W i3 cases no pain relief is givei ermore, many doctors ag these tests are unnecess ipointed and angered could be replaced, as some amecock personnel sities already have, with c jl i P iv ngnk c ^X v^B er origins what to think or do or read or listen ... or is there? If the folks running Richland County worried out whether a record was obscene, why didn't jy just make sure their kids weren't listening it? If vote hungry political controversy monrs didn't raise such a rucuss about a few ons burning flags, sensible people wouldn't out there doing it to protest the rash actions a few underworked, overpaid, ,over zealous nheads who probably like the idea of burning osses instead of flags. Listen up gang. You learned this in high hool civics: The U.S. Constitution was degned to give Americans the rights and free>ms that all human beings deserve, and also to sure that self important weenies don't decide at the U.S. would fare much better under peranent marshal law. Our job as citizens is to see that they don't. 3 if you want to listen to, read, watch and bejve whatever you want, just like the Constitu )n says you can, give uiai cungicssmaii a ring id tell him or her "Thank you very much, but have a set of parents, and they raised me not do everything everyone told me to, and that eludes some washed up lawyer who could ily make it in a slack and slimy job like )litics." And God Bless America. =1 h a tri- programs, videotapes and simulaBehind tor models. len real As for corporate animal testing June 10 of toxins, cosmetics and household animal products, there are no laws by the government requiring them to be performed. Rather, animal testing i 50,000 js performed to help protect comi around panies in a lawsuit. Perhaps no college coverage was given to this crucial r .t0.ex~ issue because USC has a substan Animal tial monetary gain in their own xording animal research as well as the ittee for blood of many animals on its million hands. ts, mice Nevertheless, newspapers, such burned, as yours, become accomplices in and in- the exploitation of animals by not year in reporting protests against animal in most cruelty as well as the horrors be?. Furth- hind lab doors, ree that ary and ^ univer- Catherine Frisch omputer Art education graduate student