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CHE Enrollment caps should not be imposed on four-year colleges The state Commission on Higher Education has proposed a plan that would put enrollment caps on South Carolina colleges and universities. The plan nas arawn criticism irom ousiness leaaers, university presidents, professors and students in a series of public hearings P and rightly so. The CHE's proposal to place enrollment caps on four-year state universities is designed to promote and encourage interest in twoyear technical colleges. Instead of looking to the future as far as education is concerned, the CHE's plan is looking to the past. More and more college students are being told that even a fouryear degree might not be good enough in today's job market, and more students are being encouraged to go to graduate schools for advanced training. Thus, it seems likely that students who want higher education will not stop with a two-year degree. If students want to go to a four-year college or university but don't get into a school in South Carolina because of enrollments caps, they will more than likely go out of state rather than settle for going to a two-year school. Granted, four-year colleges are not for everyone, but if people want to go to four-year institutions, enrollment caps are not going to stop them. Maybe South Carolina colleges and universities are growing at a rapid rate, and perhaps they are getting too large. Maybe enrollment caps are needed, but that should be the decision of the colleges' and universities' administrators and trustees. ! The Gamecock > News: 777-7726 Advertising: 777-4249 Jeff Wilson Sharon Willamson Editor in Chief Managing Editor/Copy Desk Chief Lynn Gibson Elizabeth Lynch News Editor Carolina Life Editor dougaube renee meyer Sports Editor Photography Editor Kelly C. Thomas Viewpoints Editor Elizabeth Fox Sherri Tillman Assistant News Editor Assistant News Editor David Bowden Kathy Heberger Assistant Carolina Life Editor Assistant Carolina Life Editor Brant Long Julie Bouchillon Assistant Sports Editor Assistant Photography Editor Sara Verne Octavia Wright Assistant Copy Desk Chief Assistant to the Editors Kristin Francis Erik Collins Graduate Assistant Faculty Adviser Ed Bonza Laura S. Day Director of Student Media Production Manager Ray Burgos Renee Gibson Assistant Production Manager Advertising Manager Kyle Berry Carolyn Griffin Assistant Advertising Manager Business Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long. The writer must include full name, professional title if a USC employee or South Carolina resident, or year and major il a student. An address and phone number are required with all letters sent. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case ol space limitations. The newspaper will not withhold names under any circumstance. 11(1^ ^ ^ ^ Indecisive spii As the president flounders over issue after issue, I can't help but ask, "Who are you and what are you doing in George Bush's body?" Following in the footsteps of the oh-sopopular Great Communicator Ronald Reagan, Bush was elected with overwhelming popularity. The world he faces is changing quickly. The weakening Soviets are restructuring, allowing for freedom of religion, private property and open markets. Communism crumbled in Eastern Europe, and Western Europe plans to reunify by 1992. It is clear that the international system is ohanninir lUUiVUUJ o* Bush is a man of the inside, a long-time member of the elite establishment He has been: involved in the comings and goings of the fed- eral government for years, is involved in fore- _ ign policy and believes in personal contact with diplomats and world leaders. His popularity thus far is greater than Reagan's at this point in his first term. Then suddenly Bush became possessed by a wimpy demon resembling former President Israel acting gathered Je 0 i a | a and other in selt-deiense throughout concentrate To the editor: dered over After reading The Gamecock's cent people, editorial (Wednesday, Oct. 10) genocide. Is concerning Israel, I wondered if I lice constan had by mistake picked up a copy nians on the of the PLO Times. But when I prisingly fev checked the front page, I discov- the restraint: ered that the frightening collection in fact, neai ? of distortions, exaggerations, and nians killed one-sided half-truths had indeed have been 1 been printed by our student news- for coopera paper. Needless to say, I was To the hun appalled. Israelis who Referring to the deaths of sev- injured by I eral Palestinians rioting at the reeled at pet Temple Mount last week, The liation is sin Gamecock accuses Israel of i agree t " slaughtering civilians." First. I Palestinian would not characterize an angry True, Israel mob of rock-throwing Palestinians thing in its ? rocks, I should add, that have tion. But th< killed and maimed dozens of inqo- as simplistic cent Israeli citizens ? as "civi- Gamecock s lians." In addition, the riot was al- 20 years of most certainly intended to provoke occupied tei a harsh Israeli response. The inci- thing was c t dent occured at the Temple Mount nians. The / ? the most sacred place on Earth possible exc to Jews ? during the religious fes- to cooperate tival of Sukkoth when a large cause they number of Jews go to the Temple tion: anythi Mount to pray. Not expecting any works to tl trouble (past rock-throwing and Israel, if tl rioting has been limited to the oc- Bank, who cupied territories like the West dan? King Bank), Israeli police were not pre- has enough pared for the clash. Police and want it bac troops trained in riot-control gotiate (anc methods and equipped with tear portant lan gas and rubber bullets constantly whose chart patrol the West Bank, but not the raeli Jews V Temple Mount As a result Israeli is a no wii police were forced to use live am- sides. Nego munition to protect worshippers ness to tall irom ine noiers. compromise The editorial goes further to raelis AND [ suggest that Israel is practicing Unfortur > Nazi-style genocide in an attempt has chosen to "... systematically exterminate a jumped on 5 minority population in their coun- bandwagoi try." The author of the article has only spur a h. the.1990Hobel PeaceP it possesses Pr m Sharon Williamson * ri ! Jimmy Carter. h It began one dark and dreary day when Bush F gave in on the budget issue to House Republi- U can Newt Gingrich. Once the demon sapped ci -Bush of his vigor, Bush tripped over his own two feet, tossing and turning over the tax-the- o rich issue. . a Bush faces some problems hauntingly similar d to those faced by Carter: hostages, an oil crisis, u a recession and a lack of a supportive political b base when the hard times hit. But given his c track record, it was expected that Bush would h handle such problems more authoritatively. g rgotten that the Nazis when reason and understan ws, Catholics, blacks badly needed. I suggest 'inferior races" from editors think twice before Europe, sent them to such serious and sweeping ^n camps, and mur- tions in the future. SIX MILLION inno- Davi That, my friends, is interdisciplinary studie raeli soldiers and po- President, Hillel tly clash with Palestii West Bank, and sur- Cfnrlprfefc hi v are killed because of ulllliCHW 11 5 placed upon soldiers. rly half of the Palesti- UTHIS TCCri in the INTEFADEH ^ killed by other Arabs To the editor, ting with the Israelis. Jn a recent conversauo. - - - - r TT.xl^ Qlnmnnc q HaIktHH dreds (thousands'.) 01 ?~ - ??? > have been killed and was shared with me. The PLO terrorism ? di- had volunteered to repress iceful civilians ? reta- a^ a college fair, an evei iply self-defense. introduces high school sti hat a solution to the many different college o\ problem is necessary, ties, in Orlando, Fla. At tl [ has not done every- prospective student and h( power to find a solu- the alumnus about ai e answer is not merely ence ^ey had while visi ; as the editors of The University of South Caroli eem to think. In nearly The family had been Jordanian rule of the several colleges in the S rritories (1948-67), no- whe? they decided to drivi lone about the Palesti- "mbif 10 look at USC's Vrab countries, with the ?n ! Horseshoe? they eption of Egypt, refuse J.e a current student, j in any settlement be- P' a c asJ' wbo was so e like the current situa- P0 a^?ut her school that s ing which hurts Israel hours giving the 1 ieir advantage. As for """P"55 tour and talking a ley give up the West dent life. The prospective do they give it to? Jor- impressed by the USC si Hussein (not Saddam) wed 38 the beautiful can problems; he does not tends^ to enroll at the u k. The PLO? Why ne- nexl IauI give strategically im- As an admissions coui d) to an organization have learned that any c er vows to drive the Is- most successful and impc 0 the sea? At present, it cruiters are current studi 1 situation ? for both alumni. This is to thank a tiation and the willing- who help others discover k seriously and accept standing academic and e; 5 is needed from the Is- cular opportunities at US Palestinians. informally when you lately, The Gamecock friends at home and befri< to ignore the facts and pus visitors, or through ] the "blast Israel now" such as the Carolina Toi i. Such attitudes can Association, Carolina ' more hatred at a time Freshman Outreach and th rize Recipient. s)f COUP-&& TALK >T, WZlJtfW ,.l6 &X>M pppK ff&M 65LO. ? esident Bush The hostage situation will have to be dealt 1 ith sooner or later. If the Gulf Crisis worsens ! fid attention focuses on American hostages in le Middle East, public pressure will force Bush * o/*f U/ith Onn Df)f\ Hw\t\c in iKa milf unth Ail I awu Tf 1UI i-W,WV uwps U1 UIV 5UU, mui vu t $40 a barrel and with the American public icing gas prices that rise almost daily, attention i not likely to stray from the Middle East ituation. While Bush has focused his attention on forepi policy, the budget crisis snuck up on him. [is policy of ad hoc crisis management has lrned on him now that there's more than one risis. Bush has been deluged by the abrupt change ccuring in the world today. He got spooked, nd the image of The Mighty Unyielding Presient Bush is beginning to crack. The lame Carit specter that haunts Bush needs to be sent ack into history, and Bush needs a refresher ourse to remind him what he believes in. Then e needs to put the power boots back on and et back in the driver's seat Where's George? ding are cock Alumni Recruitment Netthat the work. Keep up the good work, making June Newton accusa- Admissions Counselor, iri cnhn iTm orrino' nnf linatiiii^ 11 v/ v c cpninr ..use realistic idea pi-. To the editor tip Recently, the world heard a Un . ited Nations broadcast of the BeaUtS des' song "Imagine." There is no doubt that the melody is beautiful, but I wonder how many Americans i with a really have "imagined" the world ul story described in the lyrics. a'UITKr y?u have not already done so, "nt h h P^ease do "imagine" what is it which praised in the following lines: idents 10 "Imagine there's no Heaven, it's jportuni- easy jf you try. No Hell below us, le fair, a above us only sky. Imagine there's :r family no countries. It isn't hard to do. l experi- Nothing to kill or die for, and no iting the religion too. Imagine no possesna sions. I wonder if you can." touring It could be stated that the most Southeast popular musicians are not necese to Col- sarily the best informed political campus, scientists, even without raising the encoun- question as to who really wrote studying these words, nthusias- Even the real life advocates of ihe spent the brave, new world order ackfamily a nowledge that there never has been bout stu- a place on Earth where religion student, Was completely stamped out, nor a udent as Dlace where mankind's natural de ipus, in- sire to defend private property niversi y rights was completely destroyed. Neither is it hard to "imagine" tiselor, I how different our governmental ollege's system would be if it were to be rtant re- come a hybrid with all of the tysnts and rannies, which now exist 11 of you The song concludes with the the out- line, "you might think that I am a ctracurri- dreamer." If this atheistic, one C, either world, socialistic super-state is talk to your dream, then I encourage you md cam- to wake up. You are sleeping to a programs lullaby, but you are having a it Guide nightmare. Tip-Off, Charles Peebles, M.D. le Game- Columbia, S.C.