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Fraud USC scholarship money builds Koger Center; bilks students The purpose of scholarships is to reward academic excellence and/or to help the economically disadvantaged get a college education. Evidently, the old regime at USC figured out a third use for scholarship money when they diverted $3 million from the scholarship fund to help finance the construction of the Koger , Center. The money was part of the now-infamous Carolina Research and Development Foundation's profits from the sale of the Senate Plaza. According to Foundation chairman Gayle Averyt, the money was ear-marked for USC scholarships before finding its way to the Koger. Other USC officials deny scholarship money was used, but what cannot be denied is the horrible embarrassment this foundation has caused USC. The foundation was quite generous, providing Super Bowl tickets, fancy hotels and trips to Hawaii to USC administrators. If the scholarship diversion does turn out to be true, USC could be opening themselves up for a lawsuit from students that could have used the money (and that is most of them). Taking money from needy students is an unforgivable sin for a place that is supposed to educate as many people as possible. The Carolina Research and Development Foundation is synonymous with corruption. When John Palms takes power, he should immediately consider disbanding this blight on the university. If he-takes the lead and purges USC of secret slush funds and dubious diversions of scholarship money, maybe he can salvage i some of our dignity. Otherwise we will plod along, with our national humiliation going up and our prestige going down. We are looking more like the U.S. Congress than a center of higher learning. i PESERT SAMPST0RM -* ; ???>; >~v >< .. >/* x y- >5 - >s>' The Gamecock News: 777-7726 Advertising: 777-4249 Kathy Blackwell robyn Thompson Editor in Chief Managing Editor Chris Silvestri David Bowden Copy Desk Chief Viewpoint Editor Lucy Soto Kathy Heberger News Editor Carolina Life Editor Steve Johnson Renee Meyer Sports Editor Photography Editor Aaron Sheinin Tige Watts Assistant News Editor Assistant News Editor Oct a via Wright Patrick Villegas Assistant Carolina Life Editor Assistant Sports Editor jennifer jablonski julie bouchillon Assistant Copy Desk Chief Assistant Photography Editor Eric Glenn Wayne Williams Darkroom Lab Technician Comics Editor Ed Bonza Erik Collins Director of Student Media Faculty Adviser Laura s. Day ray Burgos Production Manager Assistant Production Manager r rnre Gibson k vt p re??v Advertising Manager Assistant Advertising Manager Carolyn Griffin 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. People should "Congress shall make no law abridging . . . the freedom of the speech or press." If any patriotic American looks at this phrase, he should get a tingling sensation down his back. Our founding fathers fought for and gave us the right to protect our political speech. Too bad, 200 years later, this law is worth no more than the paper it's written on. At my alma mater, Lexington High School, stuaenis nave paia tne pnce ior ineir political speech. Since the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, anti-war protesters have come out and exercised their political speech against the war. In this "All-American" city, patriotic supporters of our troops have tried to shut the protesters' mouths through death threats. So much for our guaranteed protection of political speech. Becky Price, a Lexington senior and a good friend, said, "It's kind of been a personal hell. People are so close-minded." Thank you, Becky, for parting the clouds and giving me inspiration to speak out against my "Ail-American hometown." For the past 17 years, the great United States has become a haven for "pucker-butt conserva stf mm* iiiii mm*--* IliallTERS TO T> President is S hypocritical Finally to To the editor: why don't Open letter to Scott R. Saunders where your and others confused about Ameri- you join the can foreign policy: stead of Find For a senior, I suggest you re- and tucking main onnlhor mnnlo nf vparc in a unnniP U mum uiiuLiivi vuupiv ui j vui j Ail u j urr school; you have a lot to learn, bliss? Actually, it is your naivete, not Miss Peebles, that should be rightfully addressed. The fact of the matter is that we, T pj-j-r the United States, vetoed any action against Hussein in the United . Nations when he gassed 4,000 IS C-O Kurds three years ago with chemical weapons the U.S. government To the edito financed and U.S. weapons indus- This lette try sold Iraq. 'So under common t0 Kipp Shi law in the U.S., we are accessories pjrsj 0f an to the crime, the crime being what TV si genocide. watching? L The Kurds are being killed, tor- Saunders' v tured and arbitrarily arrested today, y0ur views < right now in Turkey, under the This war nose of the U.S. military. But we an(j b won't hear anything about their an(j jraq ^ plight; to protect Kurdish men, practicing g women and children gains little as what Sadda far as U.S. foreign policy is Kuwait is gc concerned. People, ii That's but one example. The in wars Mi U.S. is moving the Khmer Rouge come to gri] back into power in Cambodia. The the military Treasury Department has halted all there would financial aid to the USSR until the ties. Or may revolts in the Baltic states are aqi TV? crushed. "It's not a positive re- Mr. Shive volt," according to Bush (don't be- protest any lieve me, call up the IMS Depart- let the Cuba ment of the Treasury, it's your ment durin right to seek information). Crissis (sic) Finally, what idiot are you really in power, wi talking about when you talk about our borders volunteer armies? Look who is in Come to 1 our armies. The lower economic aly and youi class. Black, white and hispanic both cowart men and women who have limited the diversit | Moutk to Mputh ZL not be persec Tige Watts ' _^MLr , tives" (a term coined by Scott Pruden and Dennis Shealy, the man most likely to be flogged and beaten in the streets at USC). Since the end of the Vietnam War, American citizens have become bland and dull. Everyone has conformed to the normal way of life. Gone uui wuu wuuiu JJIUICM against handkerchiefs made from goat hairs. Now that we have a conflict on our hands, we no longer know how to handle people who are in protest of the war. We've become so used to everyone blindly following the ways of our leaders. Where has that left us? It's left us with a huge debt that couldn't be counted with all.the toes and fingers of China, a sagging economy, senior citizens barbecuing pigeons for dinner and a huge homeless population. iE EDITOR ;. Limited in a country that's what makes it lucation as a privilege thank God that you an ership of a pistol as a ity and not the majority right Finally, I would lik< "be done with you," ment Mr. Wimsatt, N you put your money Mr. Alexander and N mouth is? Why don't on their excellent let ; military in May, in- Gamecock on Feb. 11. ling a comfortable job know that patriotic pet yourself in suburbia as ist as the majority, 'annabe in apathetic America!! Home of the meodoi Kelley Freeman Computer engine* Theater junior :r writer Students wardly a e To the editor: r: Several weeks ago r is mainly addressed two remarkable lectur< ves' letter on Feb. 11. nowned scholar/critic 1 , I'd like to ask you Having followed his tation have you been number of years, I wa raqi TV or what?! Mr. USC for providing the iews are not mislead, to hear him speak, ire! Yesterday, I had tl is not between the U.S. tune of hearing Allai ut the U.N. coalition one of the pre-eminei nd to say the U.S. is Southern fiction in th( ;enocide is ridiculous. day, read from his r< m Hussein is doing in lished collection of s mocide, Mr. Shives. His reading was anim; ncluding civilians, die quent, and I again felt ". Shives, you need to attend a university wh ps with this fact. Also, forums such as thes never promised that available, not be civilian casual- And yet, perhaps th be I missed that on Ir- siderate gesture of all in the extraordinary s, I believe that would vacant chairs availal war. You'd probably sessions. And for tha ns get the missile ship- liged to acknowledge I g the Cuban Missile (and unseen) heroes . With people like you those in my departm e would have to defend selflessly gave up thei on a daily basis. tend so that others rr hink about it, Mr. She- in these memorable e\ rself are alike. You are you shouldn't have. Is. Cowards do add to Chase C y of this nation, and English grad "v-v uted for ideas Supreme Court Justice Holmes coined the term "market-place" of ideas in Abrams v. U.S. If America is a true democracy, there should be a variety of ideas just like there is a variety of products. If anybody does not agree with another's opinion, that person can ignore it. Lexington High School take note! If the pro war supporters don't like anti-war protesters, they should either ignore or voice opinions against them ? not threaten to kill them. If anybody does not agree with me, they should voice opinions against me through such vehicles like letters to the editor. They should not slash the tires on my car and threaten to kill me. Lexington Principal Joe- Bedenbaugh is a result of the conservative generation. He should allow those protesters to protest because they're only practicing their first amendment rights. If he allows one more war hawk to threaten the peace lovers, then he is nothing better than an apathetic pucker-butt conservative. Just, for God's sake, don't persecute people for expressing their opinions. Otherwise, we all ought to pack our bags and let Saddam Hussein rule us. <?'s ' ' i\ t % I ..v/* ^ , S s S v*!*-" < ? ? fmemmor! Smart music s to compli- gets little play lr. Holland, !r t. . 1 ^ lr DeWane editor, ters to The *'m writing this letter to express it?_ pnnH t my feeling^ about rap music. I am i ft 11 P disappointed that MC Hammer and n a ki *?, Vanilla Ice dominate the airwaves God bless , . . , . r ,, and award shows when there are . tree!! , . , *e C Moore many ?mer raP artists out there . * . who should be receiving more prino cpninr _ 0 " recognition. ? ^ . MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice are Q0f| y excellent entertainers, but rap music with an intellectual message rpnf o should be added to radio stations' playlists as well. For example, Public Enemy has not been well received by Top 40 radio or so, I attended called Urban radio stations simply is by the re- because their music is too xving Howe, controversial, work for a i fear that unless "educational" s grateful to rap is allowed into the mainstream, i opportunity it win fa?je away like breakdancing and parachute pants. Ice le good for- Cube, KRS-One and Paris are all n Gurganus, out there making great music that it writers of is both musically masterful and * country to- challenging to the mind. I rarely "cently pub- hear any of their music on the ra nun siuiics. dio (except on WUSC-FM). ited and elo- i really enjoy rap music. It has privileged to become an integral part of contemere pertinent porary music. For those of you e are made who see it as mindless, talentless crap, sit down and listen to It le most con- Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold was evident Us Back by Public Enemy. Don't mi ?v%Uo?* of * " " iiuuii/w ui juage rap Dy wnat you near on tne 3le at these radio. it I feel ob- For those of you who enjoy those unsung Boogie Down Productions, Intelli? especially gent Hoodlum and the like, call ient who jocaj racji0 stations and request this r right to at- music. I don't mind being enterlight partake tained by MC Hammer, but I'd ents. Really, iike to hear Chuck D drop some science as well. >ossingham Todd Scholl uate student WUSC Program Director