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Rules i Greek system unfairly persecuted at California university This year is a difficult one for fraternity and sorority members at the other USC. The University of Southern California has placed harsh new rules on the Greek system that set a dangerous precedent for schools nationwide. Greek houses at Southern California are now subject to searches at all times. Greeks must also maintain a higher GPA than regular J students. Restrictions have been placed on parties as well, limiting their size and length. Finally, opposite sex visitation is not allowed when there is a party serving alcohol. These rules are largely in response to a date-rape on campus. A ^ I university official said the rules weren't excessive because some ^ schools had banned the Greek system completely. That's like say- he ing it doesn't matter if someone was maimed ? at least they we- vi< ren't killed. sei The Greek system can be seen as an elitist anachronism. However, it should be allowed to exist on college campuses without an draconian restrictions. Blaming an entire system for the crimes of kil a few is simply un-American. Date-rape is a serious crime, but an like the cliche says, one cannot legislate morality. A person who is wl inclined to rape a woman will do it, no matter what the rules say. pu The new situation at Southern Cal is just another example of the conservativism sweeping colleges as a whole. Across the conti- sU ) nent, our USC is also turning into a police-state. On-campus par- fei ties, Greek or otherwise, have to be registered if there are more m, than 10 people. Opposite sex visitation is heavily restricted. Alco- i:; hoi has been virtually banned. Universities are regressing all over, even in liberal California. Students, as paying customers, have to tal put a stop to it. co cri m hWBBWtBrtWIMJMMliilM? ?(J uN ' ^ ^ mm bh 01 iGAMECOCK ? !?!? 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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. 4 mmi < Jr Death penalty ii In 1983, Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins did the ? ty work for our state, but he did the state's >rk a little earlier than the state had intended. ; are importantly Gaskins did the work without > state's consent. Gaskins blew another man's ad off with a radio bomb and after being con:ted of nine other murders, he was finally ]mmmm itenced to the electric chair. I guess the irony of fate will never cease to The laze me. Here we have a man convicted of puni ling another man, who was on Death Row, pr0j d the murderer gets sentenced to die. But and ly doesn't the state get sentenced to the same C0Ui nishment? The man killed in 1983 was con- 0f 1 ;ted, sentenced and a resident of CCI's Death the1 >w. Justice was served, although not as the n ite intended. Even though the means were dif- $13 rent, the end was all the same. The man was ecoi /Iftolritto mill Ka An UriHov Qf LUUQ^u) JUdl <10 VJOOIVlllO w ul* uv vii jl nvmj hi gpyj 30 a.m. judii My point comes to this, the practice of capi- cuse 1 punishment, regardless how you look at it, a y( mes out in the same light everytime: hypo- tion: itical. By executing a murderer, die victim re- accc ains dead. Most mainstream churches don't steai pport it. And have you ever met someone tion tio said they didn't kill another because they for 1 Dpped and thought about being sentenced to y ath? Yet these are all emotional arguments, the id this doesn't concern the future. ^ Over the summer, the newspaper covered the Worl nsational story around the Federal Crime Bill. Afri honors college Gee, I know how the guys in the Civil War r-~ mst have felt. This past week, this beloved newspaper ran a editorial slamming USC President John alms for saying how great South Carolina Colge, the Honors College, is. 1 For all my honors college friends, I had no ? art in that editorial. Why should I anyways? mm. rtiy would I want to slit my own throat by dis-editing my college? L Well anyways, the editorial went on to say leg< alms was selling the "regular" USC colleges indi lort by praising the honors college. T The writer of the editorial mentioned Palms denl lid, "The honors college offers a superior edu- Pret ition to young people who might otherwise at- T ;nd academically acclaimed schools outside of vers outh Carolina." high The editorial also said Palms was basically avei lying, "USC stinks, but at least we have the ^ onors college." I'm sorry fellow newspaper hounds, but that ! ; not at all what Palms said. When the editorial was written, the writer ok Palms' quote out of context All through- A it the statement by Palms, Palms mentioned ^ ( e different angles that are so "great" here at , sc. wel Anyway, let's face it, the honors college is a E iperior college. Otherwise, it would not be had illed the honors college. poin LisTi pnf college offers. ( L 1 Cijlllvlll students are stat i * n* nation's best Fi Parities issue cm Ivy League E University, b) 'o the editor: (1988>? Places 1 Thank you for your editorial ^nong 1116 t0P Wednesday concerning my recent ? eference to the honors college. As both pertw ou may know by my comments ?f the past few months, I am ex- , : . remely impressed by the high ?fthe umvers,t> [uality of the undergraduate edu- uafe ation and experience that students ten&on t0 ind at Carolina, and I appreciate "oting sevefa Q our pointing out their value. This am.commit iniversity has much to be proud versity improve J trum of its acac However, using the word 10 ma^n8 Pec superior" in referring to the hon- many ^ings we >rs college does not denigrate the iniversity's undergraduate progam as a whole. My comments reerred to other parts of that progam I find noteworthy, and there ffoilOF ire many more. "Superior" is a re- AkUilUI ative term and does not suggest hat the rest of the university is not pilvll Ma r 11 T ^1 C jenorming wen. in uie reierenee /ou cited, I referred to its superior- To the editor: ty relative to higher education Has The Gar. hroughout the country. about everythi Placing the honors college on USC? Is there jar with other "academically ac- needs to be basl :laimed" schools out-of-state is not gest Student nere rhetoric. Deans at Ivy League USC is far frc ;olleges and professional schools, dents should ha ixternal academic review commit- in their institu ees, and faculty, students and gra- diversity, luates with whom I have spoken The editorial ind whose evaluations I have read lege is almost 1 ittest to the education the honors a week when U UJU P'pvtte fe~T7 5K Hpoes ^tcowr, \\i 78s M^-?poesM3r<S^ tnrnoral mear . . : :.?- _u CARL MAAS ^ *-* .. . . 4. , Guest Editorial ? " 1* Senate would propose forty-nine crimes ishable by death, and then the House would jose fifty-one crimes punishable by death, yet no one seemed to give a damn why a itry which has one of the highest standards iving has the highest violent crime rate in Western world. 0 one asked themselves what the estimated 1 million bill per execution would do to our iomy. I mean $1.3 million is a pretty outrais price tag just to kill someone. Yet our cial system requires us to defend the acxl, an estimated 20,000 murder convictions ;ar. Now we're only talking about execus for violent crimes, but should we take into rnnt the future of the Crime Bill and the dy erosion of Habeas Corpus and the Petiof Writ, we are talking about executions ion-violent crimes. /tlAVl tKil pfofo to ol 1 /Ml F/1 r\ to L-ill f IIV11 UIV dUll^ Id OllUWtU UU I^lil ltd UUL^lld, ideas of the people, regardless what they are in jeopardy. Many of our peers in the Id today include countries like China, South ca, Libya, Kuwait, Turkey and, everyone's worthy institi TlGE WATTS et's also face that if not for the honors col5, we would lose a lot of talented viduals. he honors college houses almost 700 stilts with an average SAT score of 1250. ty high standards for .any institution, he average SAT score at John Hopkins Unility is 1290. Northwestern University, a ily acclaimed liberal arts university, boasts age scores of 1230. tent more proof? North Carolina-Chapel , 1109; University of Michigan, 1195; Uniity of California at Berkeley, 1176; Univerof California at Los Angeles, 1142; and legie Mellon University, 1225. 11 those institutions above were ranked in top 25 of national universities. Let's face it, lave some pretty impressive stuff here. ven the number one university, Harvard, an average test score of 1370, only 120 ts ahead of South Carolina College. ERS TO THE EDIT )ur honors college attack for admitting stui istically among the "low" average SAT si irther, How to Get GPRs, the slam on the h ducation at a State lege really takes the ca r Martin Nemko ously, the writer does i the honors college stand what SCC and it such programs in are really like. Honors students are ii mance and percep- all forms of campus lif ; college is deeply Government, the Greek s it is only one part various other student 's strong undergra- tions. Thus, SCC should I tried to bring at- in the light of being a entire program by part of university life if its fine elements, athletic department, the to helping the uni- business, or HRTA. W1 i across the spec- versity official praises tl lp.mir. mission and tional business program. iple aware of the journalism school pout J 11 Ha CPP chirlanfo mk UO well. kjvv. aiuutiiis W11 John M. Palms fres'd?nt Pal s^P1' use President foo*?U "P"?' SC? aD<i working staff should be i for the unique opportun 1 m sents to its students ju S KlflS "'regular' univers ram should be. Surely c antrum Stands that President Pa not possibly praise evei ment on every occasion. necock trashed just The second point the 1 ng that it can at bles about is even more anything else that than the first. What basi led? Might we sug- writer have for making Media? Although such as the honors coll >m perfection, stu- volved in "false adverth ve a sense of pride prestigious New York 7 ition and its great SCC "a thriving undc honors college that oper (Mi the honors col- League standards." Alsc beyond mention. In you to the book How to SC has come under League Education at a 1 C&rrwnv joei\' i Mlb1% -1S1 NUNigSi I J^\ nmP J ^DCCSl ^ poe \y\ '90- li; is of justice favorite, Iraq. As a matter of fact, along with Barbados, Bangladesh, Iran and Iraq, the U.S. is one of only five nations worldwide to execute its children, defined as persons below eighteen years of age as stated in the American Convention of Human Rights which has been signed by the United States. Lastly, one must question a practice that is as inconsistent as the death penalty. The General Accounting Office stated in a recent study that 82 percent of death sentences are facially biased. And even as the federal government pushes, one must remember that two-thirds of all convictions or sentences are overturned because they are too Constitutionally flawed to be upheld. The saddest fact is that last year was die sfafp'? mr?ct vinlpnt vpar in thp hicfnrv nf Srvnth Carolina, the same year we killed Rusty Woomer. I thought the death penalty was supposed to be a deterrent. As George Bernard Shaw stated, "It is the dead that teaches, not the name we give it Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind." Carl Maas is the South Carolina Student Area Coordinator for Amnesty International. There will be a vigil at the Governor's Mansion on Lincoln Street at 7:30 p.m. and a Dinner of Repentance at the United Methodist Church on Colonial Drive. Both will be held on Thursday, Sept. 5,1991. ition at USC Compare those numbers to "regular" USC and you'll find the average SAT score to be only 960 points, almost 300 lower. Now can you sit there and tell me some person with Einstein capability will decide to go to an institution or a lower nature. No, tnigy won t and that's why we have the honors college. Even my roommate has told me if not forifije honors college, he wouldn't be here, if it wasn't for a scholarship check and the honors college, I wouldn't be here either. We have to swallow our pride and admit there are smarter people. But there are also richer people, nicer people, more beautiful people, athletic people and people with nicer clothes. South Carolina College is here to attract those smarter people and I think they're doing a pretty decent job. In this time of "bad press," it's OK to have a few shiny sparkles. Until we catch the honors college doing something wrong, though, let's have some pride in something. I'm sorry guys, but I can't stand behind you in tearing apart the honors college. As long as my name is in the staff box to the left, I cannot sit by and let an injustice occur. So if you want, draw up the lines and put me on the honors college side. 1 . ... v ?R i ft ..................... .- - -dents with versity by Martin Nemko, Ph.D. cores and These "words" come from indelonors col- pendent authors over which not ike. Obvi- even Dr. Holderman had influence, lot under- The key phrase to remember is s students "Ivy League education at statesupported prices;" surely schools ivolved in that charge students $10,000 or e: Student more few tuition might offer some lystem and better programs to those few stuorganiza dents who can afford it. We were be viewed both accepted to and received n integral scholarships from some of those - like the "academically acclaimed schools," school of but we chose to attend USC. Perlen a uni- sonally, we are quite proud of the le interna- degrees we will receive from USC , does the through the honors college, about it? ine when This slam on the university ments our should not come as a great surl its hard- prise. In our old age, we seem to recognized have forgotten the last time a ity it pre- member of The Gamecock has said st as any anything positive about USC. Do ity" prog- you think that our student activity >ne under- fees should fund such irresponsible lms could and inane journalism? Considering ry depart- u,t lauitA mint aiguuiciu ngc Watts makes that abortion is the economical solution to unwanted writer bab- children, we suggest that The ridiculous Gamecock's portion of student acts does the tivity fees be sent to the District of statements Columbia to help underwrite adoplege is in- tjons At least then, the money will iing?" The not be wasted at parrot-cage lining. *imes calls 'rgraduate Chris Smith ates at Ivy USC senior i wc refer Get an Ivy Ted W. Wooten, III State Uni- International studies senior