Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Shame USC ex-president is continuing to humiliate administration With the indictment of ex-President James Holderman by the Richland County Grand Jury, the university once again receives national embarrassment. USC has never been a stranger to controversy; some of it has been unwarranted, but some is welldeserved. President Holderman has had a lot to do with our public relations problems. From the salary of Jehen Sadat to the "loss" of the records ol the Carolina Research and Development Foundation, Holderman has been giving USC a generous helping of unwanted publicity. Holderman's great job at building our international programs has been negated by this infamy. Few colleges in the nation have been as consistent sources of scandal (both academic and athletic) as the University of South Carolina. Besides his local trouble, the Internal Revenue Service is also investigating Holderman. While he is innocent until proven guilty of tax offenses, he is definitely guilty of USC's national humiliation. The students of USC have been more critical than ever of their school. They feel betrayed by the people to whom they pay their hard-earned tuition. The faculty should be mad when they get underpaid at the same time their president goes to Hawaii on university money. The administration should be mad at Holdeiman too. The admi- ( nistration of USC is mostly professional, competent and honor- \ able. Holderman is guilty of sullying their reputation through his antics. And he also cost Arthur Smith, a capable administrator and provost, the presidency of Florida State University. With a former president indicted and USC's prestige at a historic ebb, there is only one thing to say: John Palms, welcome to USC. "I CAM LICK ANY MAN IN EITHER HOUSE" KtAMECCKTKI ; s 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 7 Sports Editor Photography Editor Aaron Sheinin Tige Watts j! Assistant News Editor Assistant News Editor octavia wright patrick vlllegas . Assistant Carolina Life Editor Assistant Sports Editor jennifer jablonski julie bouchillon * Assistant Copy Desk Chief Assistant Photography Editor Eric Glenn Wayne Williams i Darkroom Lab Technician Comics Editor T?T* TJ A\!7 A l?r.r.r riy\? t txto HjU ?ilUK VyULLllio 0 Director of Student Media Faculty Adviser c Laura S. Day ray Burgos f< Production Manager Assistant Production Manager ft renee Gibson Kyle Berry v Advertising Manager Assistant Advertising Manager c Carolyn Griffin " Business Manager ^ y 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, pro- ^ fessional 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 e 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 tJ circumstance. Student presi As your president, I plan on motivating stu1ent na rti p. i nation renresentinir student r.on serns, pursuing projects through delegation of luthority to the other members of Student Government and communicating what Student Government is doing for you. I am your voice We are experiencing a very exciting time at JSC. John Palms, our new president, is going ;o lead us over the next decade to our 2001 *oal. I have had the opportunity to speak with 3alms, and he seems to be very receptive to stuient input and opinions. As the head of Student Government, I am /our formal voice to Palms and to the Board of rrustees. Don't hesitate to contact me about any concerns you might have so that I may better epresent you. Call me at 777-2654 or drop by Tiy office in Student Government (in the Russell House). My office hours are 2-5 p.m. Moniay through Wednesday and Friday. We need your help It is my duty to appoint more than 150 stuient members to 33 university committees. If ^ou are hard-working, intelligent and want to nake a positive impact at USC, come by the 5.G. office and pick up a committee Juns shouldn' Let's face it. There are morons in this world, and then there are morons with guns. I was flipping through the newspaper a few Jays ago, and I saw this story about a guy shooting his hunting buddy out of a tree bemuse "he looked like a squirrel." When will that technology stop! Now they're making six-foot squirrels. Like I said ? there are morons in this world vith guns. And do you know what's even more amazng, there are close to 2,000 more of these accilents a year. Just to help you hunters out there a little bit, lere are a few pointers to prevent the killing of 'our buddies. Dump trucks are not overweight deer. They nake a few similar sounds, but the last time I aw deer they in no way resembled garbage rucks, recycling bins or the fat chick from Wilon Phillips. When you hear the words, "Don't shoot," LETTERS TO T i rn nf i r' i i'mii'miiii mi'lini'l'*' Military made Su? ^ tl - (such as yo )t all classes ?wn ^ not a dead e o the editor: to success (r This letter is in response to Kel- our nation's jy Freeman's recent reply to Scott The men lander's editorial. alongside wi First, I would like to thank Kel- selfless, ge iy, a theater junior, for setting us people with 11 straight about American foreign pleasure olicy. Did you learn all that in disappoint our last political science class or have known ave you served as an adviser to qUite a few f le National Security Council? They can Second, Ms. Freeman states that ground and ur "volunteer army" is but a fa- jon Some \ aue. in actuality, sne relieves our some educa Drees are composed of persons joined beca rom the lower economic class SOme had lir /hose only opportunity in life is to they are a g ommit themselves to a certain verse as Am umber of years of involuntary generalizatic ervitude in the military. Please, disservice. Is. Freeman, allow me to educate if you w your horizoi I served proudly as a tank sol- haps you s ier in the U.S. Army from 1985 your limited > 1990.1 am neither of the "lower ture?) out ar conomic class" (or do you say sometime ar scum?") nor was I condemned to who serve i le Army by limited opportunities. hold dear (1 I, like most of those I knew and dom to ex erved with, considered the mili- editorials). /pp \ f CAROLI \< RESEARCH AND Dl FOUND A1 ' sgS FILE STORAGE ^> AND PX, RICHLAND C LANDFI ==- x-jw=? v \V\-oi dent outlines f T^^fMANISH SHRIVASTAVA . Quest Columnist _l application. There is much to be done My cabinet and I have already begun work on: Creating a comprehensive "master plan" of all the separate recycling efforts on campus. We plan on disseminating the knowledge of this "master plan" through pamphlets, University 101 classes, student orientation and R.A. training. Preparing a letter that will be sent to every in-state student and their parents listing their state legislator's phone number and address. We will encourage these voters (students and parents) to contact their legislators and express to them that they would like to see a higher priority for university funding in next year's budget. We will also have students lobbying at the State House throughout the year and an effective t be in the hai Tige Watts this is not a clever moose trying to fake you out It will either be a person or that talking dog they show on America's Funniest Home Videos. I respect "intelligent" hunters who don't go get wasted by 7 a.m. and then sit in a tree and shoot anything that walks by. It's amazing, though, that when you talk about tighter gun control laws, National Rifle Association supporters wave the second amendment in your face. They say we should be able to bear arms freely without government interference because our founding fathers wanted it that way. Gee, last time I read my American history book, I don't remember reading about James HE EDITOR proud and honorable I assure you it will b ;e not born to privilege from the "zoo" you envi urself?) created their the animals are uneduca inities. The military is privileged people cone nd; it is a springboard their "cages" by lack of ead the biographies of fry- You may even find, presidents). man, that they are peop and women I served y?u ? but without a si ere some of the most m their mouth, nuine and dedicated Robert whom I have ever had ESC la you Ms. Freeman, I JVlUSICliUl 1 quite a few people in le from every back- t<> diSCOVei every geographic regvere rich, some poor; T? ^torted, some not; some This in reference to use they wanted to, ^2 article on Jim Mc nited options. In short, Steve Johnson. I comme roup of persons as di- y?ur ardcle, but I cannc erica itself; your gross a little disturbed by ns does them a great ca^ love God, love life criticizing Jim Morrison, ould like to expand 1 believe when Morri: ns Ms. Freeman, per- *he "loss of God" he hould venture (or in death of God. He killed world is it and adven- could kill "humanness. id visit a military base f^ing t0 destroy his fa id actually meet those fnSs such as fear, comfoi n defense of what we fety must be extracts for instance, the free- in ordcr to truly live. T1 press ourselves in true goal; death just so: along with it. NA A. EVELOPMENT V, "ION A FACILITY V / OUNTY iitiire anals voter registration drive. < Working with the faculty on creating an advisement critique form that will be filled out by the students after they are advised. The form will be forwarded to the Associate Dean of each respective college. This will give the faculty and administration concrete evidence of what is "good" and what is "bad" about advisement and how to improve it In addition to these issues, we will be attacking many other problems facing students such as safety, parking, cultural affairs, greek affairs and much more. Communication is vital I will be conveying to you what projects S.G. is pursuing, what you can do to help and what accomplishments we are making through guest columns such as this and through other modes ui wiiiiiiuiutaLiuii. Over the course of my 1991-92 term, Student Government will be trying to meet the goals outlined in the Carolinian Creed. This will be accomplished by effective representation, communication and your help. I look forward to working with you over the coming year. I'm sure that it will be a productive one! nds of idiots Madison waving a semi-automatic firearm in his hand announcing he'd sell 12 kilos to any buyers at a bargain price. Yet, the NRA says the media hypes all of these gun accidents. OK, that's why there is an average of more than 2,000 shooting fatalities a year. I do agree with the NRA that when a burglar comes in your home, you should have a gun strong enough to stop a charging elephant. But let's at least make sure the people are smart enough to use these guns. Make sure they know not to stick the end of the gun in their mouth because bullets come out fast. Oh yeah, and for all the Californians, make sure that when a person cuts you off on the highway, you don't get the urge to say, "Are you feeling lucky?" I guess what I'm trying to say is that guns are OK in the right hands, and that's not meant as a crack to all you lefties out there. When we give a gun to any moron out there, then we have a problem. ? ____ I e a far cry Morrison was fascinated with sion where chaos and distortion. He could see ted, under- within chaos the birth of order and lemned to in distortion he could sense restoopportun ration. He sought to destroy any Ms. Free- foundations or strongholds within le just like his life to discover a courage born lver spoon from despair. Perhaps Mr. Morrison did not M. Sutton love God, but he loved God so iw student much that he had to "kill" God. . True love knows no worship as [1*100. true life knows no God and therefore knows no boundaries. Morri* Ijfp son sought the transformation from 111 lead to gold. Jim Morrison loved life so much the March so that he chose to live it in true irrison by poesis. Eventually the pain can be nd you on suffocating, and life can hurt too )t help but much to live. Trying to ravage the your typi- "humanness" within us is a painful attitude in task, but within this pain our greatest strength can be felt, son speaks I need only to switch two words means the in Steve Johnson's phrase: that the God so he tragedy of Morrison's death was He was that his greatest poal was lifp In 0 0 -y ? ults. Feel- the end, it was not drugs that rt and anx- killed Morrison; it was his excesd from life sive search for life, lis was his rt of came . Jeff Sanders Philosophy undergraduate