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Athletes It appears time has come to pay college athletes for their service College athletes are expected to practice, play to the best of their ability and still keep up their grades. They have to follow the myriad National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules, which preclude players from taking jobs outside of school during the season. OnmA _1 U C . " J - - - - * 1 oumc piaycis nave lime muiiey lor uuisiue aciiviues. nven though tuition, room and board are paid for, they get no other stipend. Food and shelter isn't much for the sacrifice the players make to the schools. And anyway, full tuition to some universities one could name isn't exactly fair compensation. The colleges and universities they play for receive millions of dollars in gate and television revenues, yet the players receive nothing. College athletics has turned into a minor league farm system for the NBA and the NFL. Athletics and education have almost become mutually incompatible. A column in the sports daily The National says it is time to stop pretending college athletes are there to get an education and admit they are doing a service to their schools. Obviously, college athletics have lost all respect as examples of educational opportunity. The fans pay $16 a ticket to see awesome athletic ability, not a 4.0 grade point average. That sounds callous, but it is absolutely tnif* What ic rpallv pallmic ic that MP A A lotc tVia lonnp mon MWV* TTUM? VMAAWMk? 1U UiUi UJV i ^ V/ W 1 1VIO U1V VV/HV^Vl} lV/AJ^ their huge profits from football and basketball while not letting the players get any of it directly. Paying athletes a set salary (the same salary for all Division I schools, a lower salary for Division II, etc.) would eliminate the graft and corruption in college athletics by legalizing it. College sports (at least basketball and football) are big business in the United States. NCAA, stop being hypocritical and pay your employ- , ees what they deserve. 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Letters should a 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 Gamecock reserves the right to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case of c space limitations. The newspaper will not withhold names under any p circumstance. America s Universities and colleges are more centers for learning facts and figures ; ever is needed to earn a particular degi They are a place where students other students from different backgrc from other cultures. They should be where ideas and opinions can be op cussed, and students can learn to a ideas and opinions of others even if t agree with them. When you mix this opinion with the this is America, the land of the free, of the brave and with a First Amend everthing, it becomes frightening that ties and colleges across this country influenced more and more by the "] correct." Being politically correct means all words and actions insensitive to race and sex should be wiped away an< caught using these words or doinj things should be punished. This is a purpose of making this a big, bright, world where everyone loves each oth< ditionally, I presume. An example of being politically c saying you must refer to American Ii Native Americans. Never mind that dians refer to themselves as Indians, t cally correct self-righteously assure i American is the correct terminology. The politically correct more or les problem with anything Western and/ heterosexual male in origin. Somehow or another the white heti males of the Western world are respoi the repression of women, the repre jays, the repression of anyone foreign, : Epilepsy must ; I 1 A 1 ue understood ro the editor: I witnessed an incident at Columbia Mall that made me furious md amazed of how cruel people :an be. A 12-year-old girl was shopping with her mother in Stuart's around Easter. When the girl and the mother went to pay for [he dress, the manager of the store grabbed the child and escorted her to the back room. Without trying to get any infornation or ask any questions, the woman scolded the child, called security and not once asked to see f the child was OK. Naturally, the nother was furious and tried to ex}lain the situation, but the manager nade no effort to apologize to hem. After further investigation, it ippeared that the child had urilated in the dressing room during ui epileptic seizure. This child had a brain disorder sailed epilepsy. She has no control >ver what happens to her body luring a seizure. The manager of he store yelled and treated this ;hild as though she was a moron >r an idiot. The look in the child's >yes was terrible. She experienced embarrassment that most of us ( vould never understand. People with epilepsy are not so- i :ial morons. They can do anything ( lealthy people can do everyday. | dany famous and important peo- ] )le have epilepsy. After research- ? ng the situation, I realized how } mportant it is for people who ( vork with the public to be made < iware of this disease. Everyone on ] his campus should at least read a amphlet or listen to a speech on he subject before they work with >eople. I I can only sympathize with the j hild, because I do not know what x t is like to be treated like she was. 3 dost people do not know that feel- s nrr AifhAr Tt ic a chomp that como. ii? viuivii xv ij u juuiuv uiav jv/iiiv ^ ine at that age has to deal with r hat kind of treatment because the v nanager was ignorant to the ^ iroblem. j I hope all students in retailing, a ducation, business and any other t najor dealing with the public will a ike five minutes before they go \ n their first day of work and read pamphlet on epilepsy, or call the c lSKUS line 777-7777 #222. Your s iploma will mean nothing if you r annot handle people and their c roblems. Please do not remain ignorant of n lis situation. You do not want to v Tough 3$CKET &UMNI till place t than just ?| and what- ' * i DEN can meet mnds and N a forum >enly disccept the hey don't flation, war, rainy days, i body odor and anythin j fact that pleasant in the world, the home I am in no way sayin ment and innocent of these thinj universi- don't own the copyrighi are being tices. I doubt anyone coi xalitically has not repressed one gr point in their history, thoughts, I understand the polii ;, culture promote greater unaerst 3 anyone rent types of people, es 7 certain puses more culturally a 11 for the areas of life accessible tc beautiful course, a wonderful idea, ir uncon- hind, but not by their me feed anyone an idea. correct is ndians as People need to come most In- their own time and in th he politi- example of the changes ) is Native best way to get your poir The U.S. public had to s have a civil rights movement in 'or white out to peacefully claim people had been denied erosexual niade the public comply isible for did not say they had to 1 sssion of opinions about it. What I rape, in- cally correct seek is to < PO THE EDITC >e responsible for treating some>ne like this child was treated. Paula Cobb English junior Writer quotes Bible passage ro the editor: In reply to Jon Noetzel's letter 4-8-91: Judge not, lest thee be judged. Pamela Beard Psychology junior Animals need to be utilized To the editor: Catherine Frisch just repeats the hackneyed propaganda spread by SETA. If she used her brain objectively, as all thinking animals should, she would realize how much we humans depend on animals. Ms. Frisch, have you ever used anv medication? If vou have, vou are a hypocrite. Medicines are all tested on animals in some form for safety's sake and to make sure they work both for human and veterinary medicine. Life as we know it ? virtually free of sickness and disease as compared to even the 1800s ? is because of the medicines and cnowledge derived from animal research. Many diseases have been rendered virtually innocuous because of vaccines, from polio and small pox to the common flu. Ms. "risch, you owe your health to the 'Frankensteinian manipulations" of 'sentient creatures." jLitiums digu l mo giiuuis "risch has tried to make them. If hey were, they wouldn't waste valuable and limited money ? 5135,000 isn't much considering ;imple anaesthetics equipment :osts hundreds of thousands. They ealize the importance of their vork. So little is known about betavior and biochemistry one can't ust predict the effects of a drug ind distribute it without complete esting; hence, the importance of inimal research and, yes, ivisection. The internal effects of a mediine must be known. There are ome abuses and they discredit the eal work, but the research must be ontinued. Ms. Frisch, I'd also like to remind you that humans are omniores. We need nutrients from r CB# . M\u wmmrnmmm Ttlt\JiycM tfpHty o speak, a y says and INIS SHEALY ' pie afodi feel migi that won More thj are tryin - - come to slavery, political unrest, The p< g else unjust and un- on unive from this g the Western world is the 3,2(X gs, but they certainly policy th t on committing injus- of langu; aid name a culture that about an; oup or another at some (USC do Luckil tically correct want to free spee anding between diffe- Collegiat specially making cam- bill mea iware, and making all 1964 to > all people. This is, of puses. T1 , one which I stand be- ACLU ai ithods. You can't force I am v There are certainly to accept new ideas in having th eir own way. Being an if grou rou wish to make is the group un it across. GLSA's come to grips with the the Interr the '60s, which set ab- oting und the rights a group of Eat Sushi . News laws may have that matte with civil rights, but it Of coi ike it or not voice their taken as the groups of the politi- point of control what the public straight v |R both plants and animals ? if nc meat, then milk and other by products. Unless you use no ani mal by-products, you are takinj advantage of animals. Did the; give you permission to use thei meat, milk or even manure? I cai respect vegetarians, but they hav< no right to tell me what I can an< cannot eat. It's my choice, just lik it's theirs. Ms. Frisch, nature isn't beautifu and peaceful, it's seductive an< deadly where the strong dominati the weak, and if it can be eaten it's food. George Matsu Marine science sophomon SAGE assures mug's savings To the. pAitnr It is not often that SAGE (Stu dents Allied for a Greener Earth members rise to vigorously defen< members of the corporate world but the recent guest column b; Kipp Shives so grossly distort: Marriott's role in bringing the Eco Mug to USC that it cannot g< unanswered. First, Marriott did not "jump 01 the Earth Day bandwagon" witl the Eco-Mug. Rather, the cup's in traduction was the result of manj months of discussions with SAGE members about ways to begin re ducing the waste generated by the USC community. During an average school week USC students throw away ovei 30,uuu Myroroam ana paper cups Marriott campus officials have long agreed with SAGE that this waste is intolerable and the Eco Mug is one viable alternative Together with SAGE members anc the USC Recycling Task Force Marriott agreed that USC's long term interest would be served besi by trying to reduce our dependence on disposable products like Styro foam and introducing more reus able items into all the food service facilities. This decision to move toward reusables has enabled USC to pui aside less desirable alternatives, such as turning to paper disposables, continuing to use large quantities of Styrofoam and recycling Styrofoam. In addition, Marriott has recently taken other significant steps tc enhance the university's environment. In cooperation with SAGE, Marriott agreed to set aside 3C cents from every purchased EcoMug for the Recycling Office ai A I^^hI ^ /joRPtEj Lc^ \cAPEfA?C STAHMftS ict freely thinks. f get far enough they might make peo3 to say a word or present an idea they ht be taken as politically incorrect, but 't make the idea or the words go away, an anything they will make what they g to get rid of fester, and eventually the surface. Dlitically correct have gone a lone wav w o "V rsity and college campuses. A survey ; past year found almost 60 percent of ) institutions had some sort of code or at would punish students found guilty ige or activities that might offend just /one who wasn't a straight white male es not have such a code), y, there are those who still believe in ch on the college campus and the The e Speech Protection Act of 1991 is a nt to amend the Civil Rights Act of ensure free speech on university camlis bill was a collaberation between the id Congressman Henry Hyde, ery glad this bill has been introduced, a lot of ideas I don't agree with, but I wouldn't want to prohibit anyone from em. ps want to promote cultural and interderstanding then let it be by example. Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days or tational Days go a lot farther in promlerstanding than say an Everyone Must i, Be Gay (or any minority group for ir) And Like It Day. irse this is all opinion and meant to be such. I wouldn't want to force my view on anyone, especially being a vhite male and all. 1 USC. This represents the office's ONLY consistent programming funding source and suggests that y the Eco-Mug is no "profitable r farce" on Marriott's part, nor is 1 anyone being "used" in the pursuit ? of profits. j Finally, with respect to drink ? prices (which is the real problem Shives seems to have with Mar1 riott, since he thankfully uses an i Eco-Mug himself), Marriott has s again been completely willing to , work with SAGE to provide students with an economic incentive i to use the mug. In the food busit ness, drink prices are a major contributor to profits, by necessity, in i order to keep the prices of food 1 entrees and other products lower than they would be otherwise. SAGE and Marriott have worked hard, hand in hand, trying to arrive at Eco-Mug drink prices - that balance Marriott's business ) needs and students' desires for I value. The Eco-Mug ice tea price, , for example, was LOWERED duri/ in a thft mup's trial run u/hc.n s SAGE argued it was an insuffi cient value for students. In fact, all 3 drink prices are lower when students use an Eco-Mug than when i using a disposable cup. The Eco-Mug pricing arrange. ment is not yet perfect ? SAGE ? would like to lower some other ' prices and continues to openly dis. cuss this issue with Marriott. However, throughout every step of getting the Eco-Mug program I together, Marriott has listened to and responded faithfully to the concerns of students. 5 Going beyond the Eco-Mug and introducing reusables in USC's cafeterias will take time, but with 1 continued student, faculty, admi> nistration and food service cooperation, it can and will happen. In 1 order for the climate to remain ' conducive to positive change, however, dissatisfied students like Kipp Shives would be better off ' informing themselves of the facts and engaging in a little active lisl tening before writing columns full t of false and unsubstantiated charges. ? And if Kipp Shives or others remain dissatisfied with the direction or pace of change, they would be better to first try working with > other students for constructive change rather than unwittingly undermining progress already > made. John Creed [ SAGE