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Responsibi
Administration shoulc
1 assistance to fire victi
Sunday morning's Columbia Hall fii
less and penniless. For some, all of th
fire apparently caused by an electrical
The only clothes one student has
building's evacuation. Some lost ever;
their stereo systems.
And what has the USC administratic
The university has held a few meet
ing any responsibility to help, while 1
zations have provided extensive assists
The University Bookstore, a private
shirts and sweatshirts and even replace
, Marriott Food Services, which runs
and snacks throughout the night, w
clothes and monetary compensation to
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them at meetings with insurance agent
and gather clothing. In addition, the
$3,000 to the students.
The USC community responded
Everyone except the university itself.
USC President John Palms never t
has not met with students to discuss th
After Hurricane Andrew wreaked 1
President Bush promptly visited the an
Even if this were only a symbolic
the victims and at least gave the impre
Palms' inaction gives the appearand
Columbia Hall residents were nev<
would be or what their purpose was.
to find the meetings.
It is true USC has no legal financ
their possessions to fire or other disast
But, ethically, USC has a responsib
offer some assistance and moral sup]
thing.
We are talking about eight studem
unpredictable and unfortunate circums
The United States has the Federal
help its citizens in the event of a disas
of program in case of future crises.
The administration should follow I
and business leaders. USC is a comm
everybody must pitch in to help. That
Baird should
Attorney Gei
The honeymoon is
over, or at least
things won't be as Jflj
smooth for President
Clinton as he was
Zoe Baird, ^
Clinton's nominee
for attorney general, j ^
has come under fire
because she hired q I
illegal aliens as nan- HOll\
nies and then withheld
their Social ???
Security taxes. By doing so,
Baird has violated a federal law.
The violation, which has
stirred controversy and made her
confirmation hearing with the
ocuaic juuiciaiy v.uxiiiiih.igc vcxy
difficult, raises the question of
her credibility.
Why would a woman who
makes over $500,000 a year as
the general counsel for Aetna
Life & Casualty go out and hire
someone and then withhold their
Social Security taxes?
She paid her unlicensed
Peruvian baby sitter and her husband
$2,000 a month, in addition
to giving them free room and
board. Broken up over a month,
with them working 24 hours a
day, the hourly salary for each
was $1.49.
Taken as a normal 40-hour
work week, the hourly wage for
each was $6.25. So, Baird was
either violating the minimum
wage law, or she was severely
overpaying them.
On a vera op a lieen>ipft (lav
care facility in Columbia charges
$75 per week, or $1.88 per hour.
I would suspect day-care prices
are proportionally adjusted across
the nation. Not only is Baird violating
federal civil law, but she is
overpaying for a legal service
which would be cheaper in the
private sector.
Baird's excuse to the Senate
Judiciary Committee was, "I was
acting ... more as a mother than
as a person who would be sitting
here designated as attorney general."
Regardless of the fact, "acting
as a mother" does not change the
fact she has violated a federal
statute.
Committee chairman Joe
Biden, D-Del., browbeated Baird
into admitting her reason for paying
the $2,900 fine as purely
political. Had she not payed it,
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ility
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re left a few students literally homeeir
possessions were ravaged by the
short in an overloaded power strip,
are the ones she wore during the
/thing from textbooks to jewelry to
>n done to help them? Not much,
ings with the sole purpose of duckocal
businesses and student organiince
to the victims,
ly-owned business, supplied free Td
textbooks ruined by the fire.
Pizza Hut, gave students free pizzas
hile the Red Cross offered some
those most needy.
port of the students by representing
:s and holding a drive to raise funds
student senate Wednesday allotted
well in helping these students.
>othered to survey the fire site and
eir situation.
havoc throughout southern Florida, 1
ea to talk with the victims,
gesture, it was well-appreciated by
ssion of a caring government,
e he doesn't care.
;r specifically told where meetings
They had to rely on word-of-mouth
ial obligation to students who lose
ers. Such costs would be too high,
ility towards its students and should
port to those who have lost everyis
who need help because of some
tances.
Emergency Management Agency to
iter. USC should have a similar type
he example of student government
unity, and when emergencies occur,
includes the administration.
not assume ^
leral spot
her nomination
would be threatened
Ik and would reflect
badly on the Clinton
m Administration.
Yet, this whole
fiasco reflects badly
on the Clinton
gjf \ Administration and
J now places it in an
z awkward spot.
^ Baird told the
committee that the
1 only reason she
hired the illegal aliens was
because another lawyer said it
was O.K. As a qualified attorney,
she should have known the law,
or at least she should have double-checked
her colleague's
information. This action, or inaction,
as the case may be, speaks
poorly of her abilities as an attorney.
Baird knew her actions were
illegal and knowingly violated
the law. She broke it. Baird is a
criminal and should not become
the country's top lawyer. Nor
should she be allowed to set off
with a slap on the wrist. She, like
many other high-ranking officials,
must realize they are not
above the law.
Several congressmen have
called for the removal of Baird's
nomination out of concern for the
new administration. Clinton,
however, cannot afford to withdraw
her nomination without
appearing to be bowing to congressional
pressure. To be an
effective leader, he needs to
appear strong and in control of
Congress.
Congress is likely to approve
Baird, even though she will be
the laughingstock of die administration.
For an administration that
wants to be "tough on crime," the
appearance of having a criminal
in charge of the Department of
Justice is embarrassing.
Conservatives would enjoy nothing
more than to embarrass
Clinton.
We need cooperation in these
tough times. If Congress wants to
do a service for America, they
should reject Zoe Baird.
If Baird wants to do a great
service for Clinton and America,
she should withdraw her nomination
so someone with more
integrity can serve as attorney
general.
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the
USC's self-imposed sanctions on
enough to satisfy the NCAA violations
The violations involved no current
guilty of the acts will be released at
who was not implicated directly by th
"reassigned" to the position of assistan
As it stands now, the basketball tei
recruiting visits allowed next seasoi
directed by the equipment manager ins
Roost will have periodic checks for un
wnue UoL. is accusea 01 minor >
cousins to the north, Clemson? In the ]
accused of, among other things,
Buckingham, one of their better playei
tyViolations
of this nature are among
NCAA. But, as the season progresses,
NCAA, and Buckingham is still eligibl
I don't mean to trivialize the infraci
but for no action to be taken against
makes the NCAA hypocritical.
Do we really need any stronger pei
pose would it serve?
The sanctions placed by the univers
else were done, the only people it wou
ing players.
The purpose of the NCAA is to hel]
say, punish the guilty parties and then
basketball.
Replace Sparky
with Dan Reeves
To the editor:
In USC's never-ending struggle
to achieve some semblance of
national sports prominence, it
would seem so many opportunities
are squandered away. In my years
at Carolina, 1987-1991, I watched
the routine faltering of an athletic
program regarded as one of "major
league" proportion but is run more
like a truck stop in Traveler's Rest.
When will the management, and
I use the term loosely, alumni and
Gamecock Club stop settling for
the bridesmaid and work towards
becoming the bride? In case no one
has noticed, we have not set foot
inside the church lately.
Frustration culminated last season
when the football team
mutinied, calling for Sparky
Woods' resignation, a valiant move
on the part of the team to take control
of their own destiny when it
seemed no one else would. Enter a
lucky rookie quarterback with a
four-leaf clover tucked ever so precariously
under his shoulder pad,
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authorized residents,
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the Tigers while we are cl
tallies levied against us? W1
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ild hurt would be next year's
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get back to the business of
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mally weak Clemson team
own barn, and, suddenly, th
Midlands forgets about
NCAA-leading losing strej
way through last season.
Perhaps our small-town
department could must
courage to contact forme
great Dan Reeves. The ex
coach ruled the AFC in tl
had an illustrious career v
Dallas Cowboys and coulc
recruit more talent than
"With the App State Conr
Woods. And moving back
lege football is certainly ;
not unprecedented by othi
coaches.
Scott Ss
1991 USC gi
Bush years shou
be appreciated
To the editor:
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me aays. Kememoer wnen
was president and the
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nomic might of our cc
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Jewton, program has now been allotted 12.pah
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USC's chances of finding players who :
of paid Distribution of practice clothing and
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by the pliance seminar on all NCAA regulati
I by the housing of prospective student-athletes
ously by the coaching staff?
ecocks, Another ramification of this scandal
mstised an assistant athletic director. Why she
$105,000 to a lame-duck coach who \
lat pur- athletic department office.
Michael McGee's report to the SE
nything Newton had no knowledge of the infra
return- about a recruit living in the Roost? Tha
tants James Holland and Craig Morris a
t him. I It looks like the athletic department
playing ineffective coach while also dodging su
Where is the NCAA in this matter?
not to have their direct involvement.
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in their world against the forces of evil of r
e entire Saddam? Bush had the highest a
USC's approval rating of any president, C
ye mid- ana his re-election was assured.
What went wrong? That's a (
athletic, good question, but most I
er the Republicans are already saying the \
r USC- party will win back the White \
-Bronco House in '96. But why are they t
le '80s, forgetting George? There are plen- t
vith the ty of good memories of the \
1 surely Reagan-Bush era they can brag
Sparky about. Bush did a fantastic job \
lection" abroad. r
to col- The GOP should learn how to a
a move stand by their man. Since Nov. 3,
er NFL Bush said, "Until Jan. 20, America
only has one president," and he
was right. But the Republicans
lunders didn't support him the way they
raduate should have supported their leader.
Just because he lost does not mean
| j he should be thrown in the gutter
to be forgotten. Bush was a great
man, and he always did what he
thought was best for the country.
He and First Lady Barbara brought
se were White House and the presidenReaoan
cy down to earth and added a
wo?jtl human touch to the job. Bush, as
nd eco- did Ronald Reagan, showed us that
i we can still be nroud of ourselves.
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led the ancl t0 an American 1S stl11
something special. History will
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ufficient?
Ities by the university are-merely a
rious than we think,
id recruiting visits. The basketball
i visits, a real "severe" drop from
lis reduction in visits will lower
stab their girlfriends to death,
footwear will now be handled by
anager rather than by the coaches,
an of the illegal use of equipment?
st will be conducted to detect any
vill be conducted by the athletic
he manager of the Roost. How can
aid university officials? What's to
rt?
aaches it employs to attend a comons
concerning the recruiting and
i. Will this seminar be taken seriis
that Steve Newton will become
>uld the school keep him and pay
vill end up pushing pencils in the
C about the violations states that
ctions. How can a coach not know
it is hard to believe. It seems assisire
taking undue blame,
found a painless way to drop an
ricter penalties from the NCAA.
USC's infractions are too serious
emember Bush as ihe world leader
ind the bringer of the New World
>der.
But the truth is: Bush lost,
Clinton won. The Republicans will
tave their chance in '96 to bump
lim out of the White House, but it
vill not come until then. For the
ime being, they will have to sit
>ack, watch the calendar and argue
vhy Bush lost.
To George and Barbara Bush, as
veil as to the Reagans, thanks for
emmding us what it means to be
in American.
Carson Bush
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