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Excess New USC president should cut unnecessary administrative jobs Things are tough all over. The signs of recession have been si facing all across the country during the past few months. Colleges and universities are no expection. As a result of fun mg ^lii^igtucics uiai nave cnppieu siaics aciuss uie country, nu dreds of thousands of students will be writing bigger tuiti< checks this spring term than ever before. Mid-year tuition i creases have hit and hit hard. Massachusetts students will be ta ing the biggest brunt of these increases, paying as much as $6^ more this spring. Interim President Arthur Smith said USC would not have face mid-year tuition increases, but the university is cuttii budgets all across campus. Residents hall advisers' positions a not going to be filled if they are left vacant by students who gr duate, are fired or get shipped off to the Persian Gulf. And that no exaggeration. Graduate assistants in some areas will not be replaced if the positions become available. Housing fees are going to increase for next year by 4.8 percer and energy costs at the university could escalate to betwee $500,000 and $1.2 million in additional costs. But there is one area on campus that seems to be immune to tl belt tightening ? the administration building. Rep.- Herb Kirsh, D-York and chairman of the House Ways ar Means Committee, said USC needs to pare down the administr; tion and get their salaries in line to where it's not so outlandish. Many top administrative positions were created by former Pres dent James Holderman, who resigned in the wake of criticism < his spending and administrative practices. Kirsh said he wants 1 cut many of the positons Holderman created. Surprisingly, Chairman of the board of trustees Michael Mung agreed that some of the jobs might be unnecessary and could t eliminated. "I don't know that I would argue with that," Mungo said. ' want to leave it up to the permanent president. But there are jot that I think need to be done away with." Smith emerged as the front-runner in the race for the presiden probably because he is the only one that has publicly stated that h is being considered for the job. He has also gotten more than hi share of positive coverage from the local media, which has greatl helped his chances of becoming USC's next president. But S.C. House Education Committee Chairman David Beasle] D-Darlington, said that in order to eliminate some of the unnece* sary administratiive positions might require hiring someone othe than Smith. "I think that Art's got a decent amount of integrity about him, Beasley said. 'There's still a question in some people's minds s to whether Dr. Smith was too tied to Dr. Holderman." If Smith does get the presidency, he should definitely be pre pared to make drastic administrative changes and eliminate the e> cess baggage in the administration. While administrative salaries keep climbing, (top administrate recently got an average 4.51 percent pay increase), so does tuitior housing and other fees. But students, their parents and faculty ar tired of it, and they aren't going to take it anymore. "PQWE HAVE LlFfflFfr 3E 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 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 Edilbrs Kristin Francis Erik Collins Graduate Assistant Faculty Adviser ED BONZA t c nn/ unuivn o> ut\I 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. ,r. WORLD WRI dn )n nk 25 to }g re a's 'I )s ' r?n^ nlla IV, w VfJLJL^ Congress, that pool of American political wisdom and butt of countless jokes, is an em^ barrassment to the United States. It's as simple J" as that. T A few weeks ago, I berated President Bush for his ineptitude. Well, the lack of intellectual wattage in the federal legislature makes Bush ls seem positively Churchillian. If someone put a gun to my head, I would say I am more of a Democrat than a Republican, but the behavior of the Democrat-dominated U.S. Congress is almost more than I can take. My grievances are many, but the primary ^ reason the Congress is such a national joke is that Congressmen have turned their organizae tion into a self-perpetuating oligarchy. The French First Estate had a higher rate of turnover than Congress, and we all know what happened to that bunch of enlightened nobility. Congressmen put more effort into getting reelected than to running the country. Something like 98 percent of senators and representatives returned to their jobs in the 1990 elecr :-l|jnrERS TO TH . Humans need a Ail* derful job c to protect km an uvmg cr vivisection a To the editor as stands, In the Nov. 28 issue of The sors 8et /-i j i i. t i , i no\;pr'c m r\r KjumtcocK, miss Kuaa insinuated ? that only biology majors were in narr qualified to speak on the issue of clearly havii dissection. Using her logic, I sup- dissection's pose only military personnel are searchers thi qualified to talk about the rising laws of moi tensions in the Middle East. Any- around the c , way, as I happen to be well edu- this belief ar cated in more areas than one, I can the courts, say quite confidently that a person need not dissect non-human ani- Whether mals to know that it is morally animals hav wrong, a waste of precious life, own, one o and that it desensitizes students dissected. S toward animals. One cannot jus- their nervoi tify, solely on the grounds of hav- like our owi ing a higher I.Q., the killing of our kin. The millions of cats, frogs, birds, rats being unique and snakes per year just to satisfy ven't the rig a desire for hands-on experience, our own self There are models available now intelligent that feel and act like human tissue planet, hum when cut open. Also, constructing sponsibility a frog's anatomy from clay could of those crea help in memory retention and do not hear, could be a more creative, compassionate activity. Contrary to Rudd's statements, Pseuc there are excellent alternatives available, which are endorsed by mean tne rnysician s uommittee tor Responsible Medicine, an organiza- To the editor tion of one 2,000 veterinarians and Whaah, 1 doctors in this country. I wonder if Wedlock cry the writer would consider these knows how . professionals qualified to speak out dents at USC against the archaic practice of dissection? In any case, public opin- I do not ion is changing rapidly about it's wrongfully p . usefulness, and those who continue sor's design; its practice are going to have to thing this u J better defend their positions. "soft-nosed / /*fM/4?v7; wr / Lr# A&R?$$loH&MAl+HO WM WVtppKE. 7Z> Mf M VN&BOFIEP AMOUNT 7*0 H?$eA6 - THAI PZCrSCTOi# MTBZ&TfA NAVOHAl OZKZ. FVRTH?Xh IWfHn sgcvew council RB&ivi I$8PHF, f^^y$e<*R?^,ip/ PMT t ^ItPAfWifflCWToSE B8K>?brt ACQUIRE THE CAPABILITY Vj^^fRAfiSK TWe OPTlOJ IF KIEEPEP TVS ETAfturVY OP TUE f AK??\CM1 JOB' ;archy embari DAVID BOWDEN f tion. Why is that? Like some pundit put it, if the board of General Motors ran their company as poorly as the Congress runs our country, they would have been fired long ago. Congress must be stopped before it is too late. I know that sounds like, a linp fmm a h^H horror movie, but our country is starting to resemble a bad horror movie. The people responsible for federal expenditures (Congress and the president) have tripled the federal debt through bloated defense and social welfare programs. What have we got in return for becoming the largest debtor nation in the world? The Pentagon had to buy supplies from K-Mart when we finally needed our military forces, and people E -fiT CUI I ri lyiyriivr i.TnTihYi ! ..ri-.ri-iiit- .v. ..mmi urn nnmri i inniiin"Vriiin v >re, if the biology de- afraid to park in the cc is doing such a won- and walk two blocks tc if instilling respect for Center. I'd bet he needs eatures, dissection and cise anyway, vould be obsolete. But many of these profes- Does the professor rea *e federal grants (tax- his pseudo-citations are < iey) to cut up animals people not to park there? le of research, thus tickets are meaningless, i ig a vested interest in incites more people to survival. Although re- just for the laughs of see nk they are above the body issue worthless tic rality, caring citizens doesn't Wedlock have ountry are challenging portant things to do in id even taking them to time, like instruct his s legal study. Rudd likes it or not, To even think the adrr e an agenda all their would consider erecting f which is not being ound faculty parking lots he should know that ous. What else are the> is systems are much do to raise tuition? n, which makes them Dry your eyes Mr. We jy deserve respect for stop meddling in univer: ? entities, and we ha- affairs, ht to exploit them for Dennie 1 ish needs. As the more accounti inhabitants of this ans have a deep re- Ttlll(TQY*lQ C to insure the welfare -Dtilgcirid C tures whose voices we (^J J30l Denise Paul retailing junior Tolheeditor. The Gulf Crisis beinj In fintpfc hand, I had always loc IIJ" the potential participatic I garia as a relevant faci iingieSS stability of the Alliance. approximately 20,000 I : who are ready to volunt et's hear Professor gulf as a ground force, some more. Now he garia cannot deploy the all the commuter stu- the official resolution is feel. the Security Council at We are waiting in antici condone anyone for draft and acclaim of th larking in the profes- tion. With this move, Bu ated lot, but the last show its solidarity with niversity needs is a against the tyranny " professor who is occupation. ^Ua| Kl|g3?l^. 1 10RE Hcwi V ss^r*' 1 3Bg? ' I tsa&urP : | *E6lOW AND ( Q\ Jm -_1 "W T /"^ rasses u.s. are still starving on the streets. Now, the government tells us that the American people have to pay higher taxes for the government's shopping spree. It could not be at a worst time, either. Basic economics says that when there is a downturn in the economy, one shouldn't jack up taxes and cut government spending. Obviously, most Congressmen didn't take ECON 101; maybe they were busy running for campus treasurer instead. Term limitations (such as restricting Congressmen to two terms, maximum) is an idea whose time has come. California passed a termrestriction resolution for state legislators. Hopefully, this kind of bill will find its way to the federal level. If they can't be voted out of office, they can at least be forced out. That way, a younger group of politicians less experienced in the ways of political graft and corruption can move in. By the time they get really good at lying and stealing from their constituency, they will have to leave office and sell used cars. ? r 111 N C I ? \reppiffi I % ^ s % ?| iliseum lot This arrangement of force in the ) the Law gulf will become the future model ; the exer- of international relations in tomor row's world, in one way or another. Geographically, we might lly believe be far apart from the United convincing States, but politically we are get' Since his bng closer and closer with every t probably year. with every month, with every park there week and every day. We want to cing some- be in close friendly relations with kets. And die United States, and a gradual more im- admission into NATO would help his spare safeguard the country politically as tudents in well as militarily from any foreign intervention. A weak military, economic and political force today, linistration Bulgaria will become a strong gates ar- country tomorrow when it emis ridicul- braces friendship with the United r going to States of America. Katerina Kaloyanova cdlock and journalism graduate student sity police Wetherley Drivers ignore ing senior i * 1 pedestrian law lose To the editor: itics Please, no speed bump on Sumter Street. Why not do what the University of North Carolina does? They have brightly painted crossl close at walks that are marked clearly by iked upon flashing lights and signs (reading) m of Bui- "Stop for Pedestrians in CrossLor in the walks." Motorists respect these There are signs for the most part because the Bulgarians law is specific and they are tickeer in the eted if they ignore them. The lives But Bui- of students should take priority cm before over traffic flow, but traffic flow passed by in a city is a necessary evil. Before the. U.N. a major north-south artery is impation the peded by a speed bump, an effort is resolu- should be made first to appeal to Igana will law ana courtesy, the world Charles Lee Egleston of Iraqi library and information science graduate student