University of South Carolina Libraries
Cutback Students to get shortchanged in resident adviser hiring freeze The Office of Resident Student Development will not be placing resident advisers that graduate or quit next semester. Resident Student Development Director Jim McMahon sai budget misforecast caused the problem because at the begini of the year, RSD overestimated its allocated funds and unden mated its expenditures. Dennis Pruitt, Student Affairs Vice-President said the prob was not a budget misforecast but rather a preparation for a \ bad scenario. "Student Affairs are allocated money from the university e\ II V _ < _ ? - ? - year, we ieei inai a university cutback is possible, and we nee< prepare for a cutback in all departments," Pruitt said. Whatever the reason for the decision not to hire new resic advisers, the students who live and work in the dormitories going to get shortchanged. The resident advisers and resident hall directors will all havt work harder to take up the slack for the vacant RA's. It's goinj mean extra work for the same pay. Students that live in some dormitories might be more inclii to take chances and break dorm rules if they know they do have a RA that lives directly on the hall with them. An RA plans activities for that floor's residents to interact, to know one another, relax and have fun. This interaction is c of the benefits of living on campus. An RA can also prove to b close, reliable friend in a time of need. However, whether it be reasons of misforecast or preparation, many students are not lik to have access to this individual attention with next semeste hiring freeze. While USC is preparing for the worst case when it come to i budget. hODefullv thev won't PPt that srpnprin it nnma* w t J ? J - - ? IV M1IV11 li VV/iilVJ its overworked, underpayed resident advisers that will have to their jobs and someone elses* next semester. ''WHEW! NOW ITS BACK TO W9RK COLLECTING MONEY FOR MY NEXT ELECTION CAMPAIGN* n=r- r ^ ^ kV?U |J, jtr 2?? ^Js9' QjC Joe , *5-' The Gamecock News: 777-7726 Advertising: 777-424 Jeff Wilson Sharon Willamson Editor in Chief Managing Editor/Copy Desk Chie Lynn Gibson Elizabeth Lynch News Editor Carolina Life Editor dougaube renee meyer Sports Editor Photography Editor Kelly C. Thomas Viewpoints Editor Elizabeth Fox Sherri Tillmaf Assistant News Editor Assistant News Edito, David Bowden Kathy Hebergef Assistant Carolina Life Editor Assistant Carolina Life Edito, brant long julie bouchillctt Assistant Sports Editor Assistant Photography Editoi Sara Verne Octavia Wright Assistant Copy Desk Chief Assistant to the Editon Kristin Francis Erik Collins Graduate Assistant Faculty Adviset 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 if 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 of space limitations. The newspaper will not withhold names under any circumstance. IVI i I 52 e a USC trying't This past weekend, I attended the NAACP national conference, "Stop the Madness: Ending Campus Racism." It was amazing to listen to students from across the country share there exTVriPnPPC u;ifh ropicm rvn tfioir nnmrnipao TU. JA>IMV11VVU r* lul AUViJIll vyn U1V11 t'OllipU^. IIIPJ talked about things that I have never experienced and never hope to experience. Students at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., found billard balls thrown through windows of the black culture center. White fraternity members from the University of Mississippi were stripped, covered with racial slurs and dropped off at nearby Rust College, a predominately black school. Students have formed the White Student Union at the University of Florida with the purpose of ending affirmative action practices. " When I heard the students, mainly from northern schools, talk about their overt encounwm ters with racism, I felt good to be at USC. It made me see how good we have it. But then I thought about it Granted, there might not be racism to the point of confrontation and extreme violence, but there is still 9 racism. One of the section editors for the paper told me that a friend of hers thought we were cover^ ing too many minority issues. During the Stu" |i LETTERS TO Th President not *ebL^? j model leader VX'Z Reaganom { To the editor: tripled to I write this letter to Darrin Wil- Reagan an cox to inform him of the great lions on < domestic policy wimp, George raised am Bush. In the Nov. 7 issue of The blame Con [ Gamecock, Wilcox made inaccu- That's the ; rate assumptions about the presi- '80, Reags dent and his policies. Quayle '88 First, Bush sent a secret envoy Finally,1 to China to try and ease the Chin- million dol ese that we didn't support the stu- abia on ou dent democracy movement. He ing volleyl sent National Security Advisor and grumt Brent Schocraft while thousands of do. Wilcox students were killed. America's Wilcox also says that Bush was ests? Oil? > an influence in the revolution in of its oil fr Eastern Europe. Bush didn't do Africa, anything Margaret Thatcher or Wilcox s Francois Mitterand did do. It is can nor die true that most of the Eastern Bloc monogramr countries looked to the United believe thai J States for help, but Bush didn't do No New H HUH ILi I V ? J VOTING R ir^JST^r Y?u w,Mp Sf *a3t?J r"?nrT~ skv0cx at me v&eizTzmeip ebwl jiB m I tcrvMix | i iwe. got $1 d^^'' o deal with ra jBI^ JEFF WILSON dent Government elections an unknown person painted on the Pickens Street Bridge and by the library, "Don't let 15 percent minority rule." After some crime incidents occurred during my freshman year, handwritten flyers circulated around campus calling for a rally of white students in front of the Russell House. Many students gathered, but it was more out of curiosity than anything else. Even the students who put up the signs never showed up, or at least didn't make there presence known. Even Homecoming has offered its share of racial tension. When black women have been crowned Homecoming queen in the past few years, people in the stadium booed. This year there were no black women in the five finalists, and some students complained. At first glance, these incidents make USC seem just as bad off when it comes to dealing with racism as other 1 EDITOR 3 ' ----- " ;elf. Congress approved Mind George Bush, aid. lived in North Carolina the great budget deficit have voted for Jesse He! o-doo economics and Byroi ics, the federal deficit political science i more than $3 trillion. d Bush have spent bil- T pffpf* Wf defense and have not / revenue. You can't w%Cif OIIP 111 gress or the Democrats. Ilvfl LPItV i/J fault of Reagan/Bush jo the editor: . ? m..?L yo A i n L / - ui/Dusii oh ana ousn/ on the subject of Let son's asinine letter that i while we spend nearly a the Oct. 29 Gamecoci lars a day in Saudi Ar- there is one thing more r troops, they are play- to be said. Johnson, i ball, cleaning weapons purported in his lettei ding about nothing to AIDS virus was willfuli said they are defending liberately created by a interests. What inter- of Western nations, inc America gets 60 percent United States, as a tool 1 om South America and biochemical warfare aj black race. aid he's not a Republi- This letter was skillfu 1 he write his letter on dited by Shepard McAni ned stationery, but I do Nov. 7 issue, but in the t Wilcox voted for Mr. truth and fairness, one i Taxes/I Changed My must be cleared up. The I ce relations schools that have gotten national attention, but it is not What makes USC different from those other schools is its ability to take proactive measures. Even though someone wrote racial remarks on campus during the Student Government elections, USC students overlooked the statements and elected a black student as student government president. Homecoming has been causing controversy, and now Student Government has established a committee to make changes in the Homecoming process. On Friday, Delta Upsilon, a predominately white fraternity, and Alpha Phi Alpha, a predominately black fraternity, will work together with Game Ball Run. On Thursday, our school will sponsor a "Rally Against Racism." At this rally, which will be in front of the Russell House at 12:30 p.m., Interim President Arthur Smith and many student leaders will speak out against racism and reaffirm USC's commitment to addressing racial issues. Granted, USC is not perfect, and nothing that is done to curb racial tensions will ever change the minds and attitudes of everyone. But at least USC is trying, and that's a start. ^ L If Wilcox letter in question was signed "Leon he. would T Tnhnsnn Tr astrnnhuci^c [ms. junior." i C. James In the first place, no astrophys?ophomore ics major exists at this university. Furthermore, the physics departjfpp ment at USC is a very small, close-knit community, where f everyone is well-known by every11S body else. Not only has no one in this department ever heard of )n J John- J?hnson before, but a little re- ? mneared in search through our records indik we feel cated that he has never even taken that needs a Physics course of any kind here, emember Many students, staff and faculty r that the members are concerned that Johnly and de- son indeed, such a person exconspiracy *sts)1S tarnishing the image of our luding the department, we hereby wish to for waging forcefully disassociate ourselves gainst the completely and wholly from Johnson's paranoid and ill-founded 1 lly discre- ravings. nch in the Barry Johnson interest of physics graduate more item Michael Mayers infamous physics senior