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Fairness \
(JSC system needs reorganization J
to make regional campuses equal 3
USC President John Palms is in the center of a crumbling 5
system. 4
The Coastal campus is aggressively drumming up support for
their secession. According to student leaders, the campus is all but
officially separated. Coastal students believe they would be going J
to a different college now if not for the lingering recession.
What caused the movement? Palms blames former USC Presi- M
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aeni James noiuerniail 5 Z.uui pian. 11 was lUU lutansm/ cuiu
turned its back on branch campuses, he says.
Horry County educational leaders blame lack of funding. Coas- ^
tal is the fastest growing college in the state, but revenue to the J
college is nowhere near their growth rate.
Finally, some student leaders across the system blame the mind- 1
set of the system itself. USC is not a true system. There is one 1
central campus directing eight "lesser" campuses. Equality is non- ?
existent. m
True, credit is transferable from campus to campus and students J
can graduate in Aiken with a USC diploma. However, the organi- I
zation of USC tells the entire story.
Palms organizational plan has an upper tier of Columbia administrators
reporting to him. Also reporting to Palms is the three
chancellors of Aiken, Coastal and Spartanburg. Thus the chancel- m
lors are on the same parallel as Columbia administrators.
Along with being president of the system, Palms is the 1
"chancellor", of USC-Columbia. In order to prevent another seces- 1
sion, the board of trustees must separate the duties of Palms. j
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entire system.
Times are rough and the economy might not afford another m
salary-heavy administrator, but the trustees must decide what's im- 1
portant. If USC is to be a prestigious system, there needs to be
more equality. Otherwise, we can count on another campus want- H
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Amnesty pr<
During its 30-year crusade to defend huma
hts in the global arena, Amnesty Intern;
rial has been working to free prisoners (
iscience who are imprisoned solely for the
iefs, race or ethnic origin and who ha\
ther used nor advocated violence.
\mnesty International members of Sout
rolina certainly have a cause for celebratic
the recently announced release of the state
H Adopted Prisoner of Conscience, Jesi
ltumu Nsong.
^sontr is a man from Eauitorial Guinea wh
5 arrested and convicted on account of h
i-violent opposition to government policies,
fhe government took him from his wife an
Id in September 1988 and has since detaine
1 at Bata prison and severely tortured hii
ing pretrial detention. He and other defer
its were arrested because of their peacefi
itical views or because their relatives (
nds were considered sympathizers of an oj
ition political party.
rhe court used evidence of confessions e>
:ted under torture and failed to substantial
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e was illogical and fabricated.
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ke Lee's words out of context, tremely
ike Lee said white directors time yo
uld not be allowed to direct (black p
is about black people. some
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agree with Mr. Lee because
ite people could not possibly "It's
lerstand what it is like to erow cnnlH np
in a predominately black comnity
as a black person. This
ds true for all races. However,
ke Lee did not say movies with
:k people in it. Yes, there is a
ference! Can you imagine a V^Ol
Lte person directing a movie like
tool Daze or a show like A Dif- HOl
>nt World? I don't think so!
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^gain, about your article you j am
d to equate directing movies y0ur jeu
h playing music. There is a big njne Qr
ierence in case you didn't no- was
;. You can be taught how to dealing
y jazz, but you cannot learn to understa
black. Then you went on to say, -n~ ?rou
ople like Spike Lee would like
pretend that white people can't There
igine what it's like to be poor,
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ised and insulted. In case you . .
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e not checked, all black people .. .
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not fit into these categories. rcnl ^
ter yet, our movies don't al- of these
/s portray that That's not what
Icing black films are about. But prcssion
ould not expect you to know. a
Obvious
Then your article went on to
\ "Edison invented the motion Anotl
ture so Spike, you'd be out of a the disci
i." I highly doubt it because be- College
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1S the charges of involvement in a government
overthrow. Amnesty documented the injustices
,n against the prisoners in Guinea and called for
is the immediate and unconditional release of Jesus
Nsong. South Carolina decided to work on
1(j his behalf, and the USC chapter began its
^ involvement.
n In conjunction with CPU's Ideas and Issues
l- Committee, USC Amnesty held a conference
il called "Human Rights in the World Today" in
>r April of this year. Members stressed the need to
)- send letters to Equitorial Guinea, urging the
prompt release of the unjustly-held prisoner,
t- An extensive letter-writing campaign coupled
:e with visits to the offices of state congressperrTERS
TO THE EDI'
/ere passed on from gener- pose I had when mer
generation. You also said, UNCF was that "white:
on't use any light bulbs are not eligible to recei
I suggest that you do your simply the point tl
rk because if you had you another exploited enti
now that Lewis H. Latimer only for "African-A
scientist) created the fila- Thank you for clarifyin
id improved on Edison's Mr. Ellington, I do
*ht bulb. your response to my
time, however, please
ight your article was ex- t0 factual, intellectual <
racist and inaccurate. Next opposed to calling chil
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>eople), I suggest you get more interesting and
sip from a knowledgeable would lead some of us
or sister! opinions seriously.
a black thing and you Political sci
ver understand!"
Taifa S. Graves ?741
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nmentary require u
intellectual T0TOs ifta response t
letters, articles and car
ditor: racism. I would like to
writing this in response to letter in a manner aln
er on Oct. 4. The only asi- can understand (maybe]
foolish thing in my letter In the summer of '8f
fact that I thought I was a music camp in Georj
with someone capable of attended by many intei
nding the reasons for nam- pie irom ainereni ci
ps such as the NAACP. lifestyles. We studied
with little to no prob
was not then, nor is there sionally, a small group
denial of the fact that cer- a local river to swin
tures in our society need recreation. One of my
m groups. Yet, it is appa- friends and I had a c
I there is more exploitation ^at went something lik
groups than the needs be- Todd (light-skini
essed. I was under the im- English American): Pa
that you could differenti- come from, most blac
/een need and exploitation. can t swim.
:ly, I was mistaken. Paul (dark-skinne
African-American): M
ler thing, Mr. Ellington, is don't grow up swimmir
assion of the United Negro do many never lean
Fund. I will not take much correctly,
this topic since your re- Todd (with a grin): 1
proved my point. The pur- chicken and watermeloi
iJPl?
' individual
sons and senators comprised a large amount of
Amnesty's effort. Several members made initial
contacts in Washington, D.C. to explain Amnesty's
position to officials at the offices of
Butler Derrick, Liz Patterson, Strom Thurmond
and Ernest Hollings. Letters from local organizations
as well as congressional appeals to the
oppressive government contributed to Equitorial
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This new case of how Amnesty forwards the
cause of human rights is a true signal of success
for the organization to celebrate. The release of
a prisoner of conscience is a very newsworthy
event and a true victory for individual rights.
As a new member who sees how the system
of Amnesty works at a basic level for people
whose rights have been violated by the very
governments charged to protect them, I urge
students to truly realize Amnesty International
as the driving force in the quest for worldwide
freedom. Active involvement and individual effort
have culminated in the liberation of a human
being. What but freedom could be a more
fitting tribute to the pursuit of individualism?
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itioning the Paul (with a grin): I like
s" were and chicken, but I don't particularly
ve aid. It is care for watermelon. But if I did,
lat this is at least I would have enough
ty reserved rhythm to cut it open,
mericans." Todd and Paul: Ha, ha, ha, etc.
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appreciate they don't understand. We usually
letter. Next laugh even more when we're given
try to stick a chance to understand. In these
commentary times, we all know discrimination
dish names, in some form. Not just color but
ebate much how we dress, what kind of car we
perhaps it drive, how much our parents make,
to take your what denomination we are and an
endless list of other reasons.
Tim Queen We as a people are losing our
ence junior voice because we lack unity. Not
just unity between different cultures
and/or lifestyles, but unity
Qlir)S within different cultures and lifes1"^
tyles. United we stand, but divided
Tl we give more control to the gov"""*V
ernment on what we do and how
we do it.
In South Africa, now where
0 the recent there is a black majority, apartheid
toons about will remain until the black majorpresent
this ity becomes a real majority
lost anyone through unification. Politics today
I. keeps us ignorant about each other.
>, I attended You can still visit many school
pa that was districts today and see how segreresting
peo- gation still exists (no, not just in
lltures and the South). This creates a spawnand
learned ing ground for learned fear and
lem. Occa- hate, and worst of all,
of us went misunderstanding.
1 for a little I don't see blacks as the only
new-found minority, but as a black minority I
onversation see the development of a new kind
e this: of slavery. Bob Marley addressed
led Irish- it in an often sung but misinterul,
where I preted song with the line, "Emanks
don't or cipate yourselves from mental
clavrrv Nnnr hut mircrlvrc ran
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d, Negro, free our minds" ("Redemption
any blacks Song," Bob Marley).
lg or if they Are you free brothers and sisn
to swim ters? (Black, White, Italian, Chinese,
Jewish, Korean, etc.)
Do you like Paul Rucker
i? Music composition senior