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Recycle
Efforts to recycle
must become orgcu
People have this ability to not appi
gone. That includes the environmei
dated until recently.
Global warming and its accompai
layer have made us think of what we
damage.
Recycling has become a practice
And major cities and towns have or?
curb the growing problems of waste.
However, USC has no dominant re
Sure, there are plenty of recycl
fraternities, sororities, residence halls
Yet, these programs are all separ
dated recycling program at USC. V
rams all working toward one goal
organization.
Nothing can be accomplished wit
is to make USC environmentally con
campus recycling program. This can
ing all of these separate programs.
We alrady possess the tools to do
cans, newspapers and glass are all o^
these boxes and we need one organiz
nistrative duties they entail.
Recycling should not be a respons
between Student Government and th(
Student Government leaders have
administration's job to take care of
nistration has shown little to no inte
organized program. Meanwhile the e
because no one seems able to find ti
ards improving the way we live.
Recycling must be handled by resj
to take action now. If USC is to hav
it todav.
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Student disgust
not apathetic
To the editor:
Once again the silent majority has
chosen to voice its discontent and lack
of confidence in the office of student
body president. This should not come
as a surprise. The majority of USC students
are astute enough to realize the
fact that the student body presidential
office is a powerless position held primarily
for the benefit of the officeholder's
resume.
To blindly equate the lack of voter
turnout with apathy is ludicrous. We
care about tuition increases. We care
about visitation. We care about the
parking situation. We care, in fact, beyond
our capacity under the current system,
to alter these or any other policies.
We do not, however, give a rat's ass
who the student body president is.
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and dining facilities.
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be accomplished by combin- not
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/er campus. We need more of ^Then
:ation taking care of the admi- the mei
alcohol
ibility shuffled back and forth legislau
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said it's not their job, but the Wou
camous recvclins. The admi- Does
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If you voted Thursday you wasted
your time. Your time would have been
better spent cleaning up a bit of the
crap these candidates have so disgracefully
littered our campus with.
The student body president is just
the head sheep (the Board of Trustee's
sacrificial lamb) in an embarrassinly
long line ol frustrated voters, it you
want change, keep a close eye on the
Board of Trustees and please refrain
from calling others apathetic. Many of
you have apparently confused the word
"apathy" with the.word "disgust." We
are not apathetic; we are thoroughly
disgusted.
John C. Foster
Media Arts Senior
Commencement
happens once
To the editor:
As a first year graduate student at
Question: Should
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i pay, so faculty should is such a pre
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ledia rights cannoi
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the media have the right to dig into No, i
ri's private life for information? mation
as long as people believe a person's one's c
it and private life have a bearing on issues,
or she will perform in office. Yes,
example, occasional drinking does him or
set a person's qualifications to serve that coi
ic office. However, if he or she is a he or si
ring drunk it can affect their If a {
lance. dispara
e was a time, not so long ago, when issue, y
iia was hands-off when it came to son wil
ism. One of our best-known national and it c
ors showed up for work one day so Depe
le fell on his face. It wasn't reported, private
ldn't you have wanted to know? positior
it matter to the public that a person tion is i
being considered for a high public a perso
opposes public education spending sions y<
nds his/her children to a private Then
judgme
the fact that someone who works in ciding >
oartment of the Interior owns stock with th
nber company tell you anything ab- truths,
at kind of decisions that individual
nake? * Ann ^
ho a person sleeps with anybody's Ann W
s but the family's? Gamecc
VIedia ethics reach
state of journalism in America has who.
1 to an all-time low, or at least it Why
>een this bad since the days of Wil- issues i
Randolph Hearst and yellow sonal pri
sm. .
ly talk shows and supermarket tamore
co
ontinue to reach new heights of po- , .j. ^
and raunchiness. Even some of the . .
spected media institutions, such as S1?n vie
nutes" and The Miami Herald, have ,ntormir
in the fray of unethical and trash This
sm- twisted
lalists defend themselves by using There a
bled 'people's right to know' main-str
propriat
s it anybody's right to delve into the clubs or
y of celebrities' lives? Does it matDmebody
had an extramarital affair h *s 1
rs ago, or smoked pot during the sponsibl
joined the National Guard in order tinues c
i participation in a very unpopular ^ave
achieve.
tasteful or relevant to have daily ^ tra
on exposes and forums on cross ljie ^utu
;, phone sex people, teenage nym- want lQ
liacs and girls who marry their
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American people have things to Gordon
bout other than who is sleeping with Gameco*
if vou have an Issue o
ou would like to see addressed in Cross F
in a Suggestion Box or Call The Game
USC, I was amused and shocked at the
Feb. 14 headline of The Gamecock. As 1
a graduating senior at the University of '
Deleware last year, the graduation organizing
committe there attempted to I
do exactly what this year's organizing '
committee is trying to do here at USC. 1
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Our committee originally scheduled our
President, Dr. David Roselle, to have
his investiture ceremony take place at
graduation as well as have him give the
commencement address.
The senior class of 1991 took action
at once by circulating a petition in protest
of Dr. Roselle's planned speech.
After the class officers met with the
president, he relented and agreed to
honor our wishes and get on outside
speaker. Anne Compton, White House
correspondent for ABC news, turned
out to be our speaker, and she gave an
excellent speech, even poking fun at
the speaker controversy.
the faculty have to pay fc
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Dawn Senn
ed major History major
icause parking think it wouli
)blem. Faculty did. It's very h
space, too. It Place to park a
y be taken out could also hel
they paid."
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t be forfeited
f no one is hurt by it, and the inforis
only being used to further someareer
with no consideration for other
if the person, in so doing, is putting
herself in a compromising situation
jld affect his or her work. After all,
le could be blackmailed.
)erson has a long personal history of
iging remarks about a particular
ou can be fairly sure where the per1
stand when the issue rolls around
omes time to make decisions.
Tiding on the situation, a person's
life has a lot to do with the job or
i that person holds. If the informarelevant,
it will tell you plenty about
m's values and what kind of deci:>u
can expect from them.
i may be problems with individual
nt in the media when it comes to de>vhat
is relevant information, but not
ie overall right to print important
i/Vinchell .
'inchell is a staff writer for The
)ck.
all-time low
don't journalists examine political
nstead of focusing on trivial peroblems?
obvious the journalism industry is
mcerned with money than responsihe
sale of newspapers and televiwer
ratings are the top priority, not
ig the public.
leads to pandering to the public's
curiosity in very personal" facts,
re stories being printed today in
earn publications that are more ape
in the gossip corners of social
at the office lunch table.
ime to revert back to ethical and ree
journalism. If the industry con>n
its current track, it will never
5 professional image it has tried to
sh journalists such as Geraldo are
re of the field, then maybe I don't
be a part of it.
>n Mantler
Mantler is a news editor for The
:k.
i question
' 'we or USC Voices, Please
>cock Newsroom at 777-7726.
My advice to Carolina seniors is to
not give up. Let the administration
lenow how you feel and maybe you too
will get an outside speaker for graduaion.
You will only graduate from college
once and it should be a day to
emember.
Donald Godwin
College of Pharmacy graduate
student
In Amittai F. Aviram's Feb. 14
letter to the editor, The Gamecock
printed the sentence. "The church
condcuted marriages between men
and women in the early middle
ages." The sentence should have
read, "The church conducted marriages
between men and between
women in the early middle ages."
The Gamecock regrets the error.
>r parking spaces?
Jerona Tate
Chemical Engineering major
d help if they "Yes, it's just fair, actually. It
ard to find a would probably help bring
round here. It our costs down."
Ip funding if
Littering causes
financial wastes
- Christopher Smith
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this campus.
USC spends anywhere from $6,000 to $8,000 of
this total on plastic bags to hold trash. Before you
get upset with the administration, you should look at
the source of this literal waste. Each morning, 25
people must spend an average of 2.2 hours picking
up litter on our campus. This figure does not even
include the cleaning of classroom buildings or permanent
damage from vandalism and littering.
USC has been recognized nationally as having a
beautiful and historic campus. Yet many people's
first impression of our campus is seeing outdated
flyers plastered to walls and classrom buildings, cups
and paper strewn along walkways and trays left on
the back patio of Russell House. There is only so
much that Operational Services can do to clean up
after irresponsible people.
The Student Senate recently passed a resolution
dealing with flyers on campus. The university has a
strict solicitation policy concerning the placement of
flyers on university property: not on building surfaces,
trees, light posts etc., but it is not routinely
enforced
The Senate's resolution, which is being sent to
Columbia merchants, takes a slightly different slant.
In summary, it encourages student organizations and
area businesses to consider the economic as well as
environmental impact that their advertisements have
on our campus and requests that the university review
its solicitation policy. According to the resolution,
a list of flagrant violators of the solicitation
policy will be submitted periodically to The Gamecock
for possible publication.
The Senate encourages you to take an active part
in elimintating this waste of money ? especially
during these tight-budget times. Begin by making a
conscious effort to pick up your own litter ? the
university is not your personal maid! Also, if your
organization is hanging flyers for an event, use some
common sense (gasp!) when hanging them, and remember
to remove them in a timely manner.
We should also hold area businesses responsible
for their actions in advertising on our campus. If you
see flyers that have been placed in such a way that it
damages university (in a sense, your) property,
please tell the management that you do not appreciate
it. Also, if a business is responsible in their advertising,
tell them that you appreciate what they are
doing and that you will continue to patronize them.
It is about time that we, as students, take a stand
about the senseless waste of money that irresponsible
littering causes.
Christopher Smith is an out-going senator for the
College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
IGamecock
Editor in Chief Eric Ward
Managing Editor Tige Watts
Copy Desk Chief Kathy Heberger
Asst. Copy Desk Chief Jennifer Jablonski
Viewpoint Editor Shelley Magee
News Editors... Patrick Villegas/Gordon Man tier
Asst. News Editor Kim Everitt
Carolina! Editor Greg Rickabaugh
Asst. Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz
Graphics Editor Ryan Sims
Cartoonist Paul Jon
Photography Editor Virginia Marshall
Asst. Photography Editor Eric Glenn
Sports Editor Chad Bray
Asst. Sports Editor Sean Ryan
Faculty Adviser Erik Collins
Asst. Advertising Manager Melissa Owenby
Asst. Classified Manager Amy Taylor
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