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Education Legislature must incre< to avoid continued los, It seemed terrible for (JSC's mor; coach Bobby Cremins backed out < here and rebuild our failing basketba But another decision made this p< more long-term implications than tht Government Professor Earl Blacl taking a job at Rice University in Te is symbolic of an extremely disturbii During the past year, USC Presid said it will be harder to keep the unr of the state's budget problems and ii er schools, especially private instituti Unfortunately, the loss of Black u example, professors from the mas school, which ranked No. 1 in the n; year, are being vigorously pursued b And they are being offered up tc leave USC. No MIBS professors have left yet ter of time. And when other profess is not willing to pay them what the where. The possible loss of the university ing idea to swallow and would be a emics, one that we may never fully r Palms' plans to make USC one o of higher education would be shatter iber continue to leave. So, what's the answer? It's simple lature and South Carolina residents I priority. It is obviously not right now, si lower percentage of the university'; other states, including Georgia and h If the state does not commit moi will lose more of our high-profile pi able academic reputation will furtht rtrnHilafinn uri 11 laocan in t/oliiO Uiauuaiiiig win iv^aov^ii 111 vaiuv^. The state and university must ma* cation to keep the best educators futures are counting on it. The Gamecock will try to print should be 200-250 words maxim rf; sional title or year and major, if ed along with an address and p cock reserves the right to edit space limitations. The Gamecoc under any circumstances. Cremins med irresponsible Is Bobby Cremins really worth all the attention? After this past Wednesday's announcement that Cremins was returning to his alma mater, the local media went into a state of frenzy. Live press conference coverage, special half-hour television programs, 150-point headlines and a front page dominated by basketball mania ballooned the heads of university officials and many Gamecock fans alike. If you look back at some of a this past week's editions of the local paper, you will realize how ^ overblown the Cremins deal was. ^ By the size of the stories, you p would think we had gone to war e with Iraq. In fact, I think ? President Clinton's inaugaration v didn t even get the coverage o Cremins did. c sn when C rem ins rescinded his offer to coach the Gamecocks Saturday, the local press, with egg ^ on their face, again had to e overblow their coverage of the e situation. More half-hour programs, more giant headlines and ^ more hype. Needless to say, this is not responsible journalism. The local media, including The Gamecock, was lured into the -j Cremins deal with too much emo- h tion and egocentrism. The big ? ? n name, the national media and a winning basketball team took away our senses. Like other USC fans, we saw the championships, too. It's funny. So much was said 7 ase USC's funding r* r* s1 of top professors ale and image when basketball )f his verbal contract to come 11 program. tst weekend probably has even ; surprise loss of Cremins. c's announcement that he was :xas for the next academic year tg trend at USC. lent John Palms has repeatedly versity's top professors because acreased competition from othions. /ill not be an isolated case. For ters in international business ation for the fourth consecutive y other institutions. ) $30,000 more a year if they , but that could only tea mators realize that South Carolina ;y are worth, they'll look elsey*s top professors is a frightentremendous blow to USC acadecover from. f the nation's top state systems ed if professors of Black's calWick mnof fr\rr?c* tha ctofa 1anic_ . YYt iiiuot iuitt uiv^ oiaiu to make higher education a top nee state funding makes up a 5 operating costs than in most forth Carolina. -e money to the university, we rofessors, our already questioner erode and our degrees upon :e a commitment to higher eduin South Carolina. All of our all letters received. Letters ! mm. Full name and profesa student, must be includ-. )hone number. The Gamefor style, possible libel or k will not withhold names ia coverage journalism | 1 PATRICK V I L L E G A S bout USC's reputation, recruiting ossibilities and tournament hopes espite the fact that Cremins adn't even stepped foot into rank McGuire Arena. Even more mbarrassing, Cremins hadn't ven signed the contract that /ould have kept him at IJSC for ood. Although the press deserves a 3t of heat for hyping die siluaion, we must not forget that lobby Cremins is the sole propri ter oi blame. He teased and thrtd with the university and then /ent back to his old girl at korgia Tech. I believe the local press will iarn something from this "megavent." Maybe we will learn not 3 jump on the bandwagon so eas[y, and maybe in the future, peraps, the press will display the iews in a more fair and objective [tanner. Mavb Patn legas is editor in chief of The Gamecock Viewp 'Malcolm X' de Is it just us or did everybody notice that members of the "academy" apparently di< see too many movies this year? Once again, Spike Lee has been screv We're sure it was a great surprise t "Malcolm X" was left out in the cold w they made this year's Oscar nominations. It's a good thing we don't let the acade make political decisions, or Rush Limba would be our next president. Since when d small group of rich, white people dictate views of a nation? Oh yeah, that's right, Reagan years. Sound stereotypical? Well, why else wc a group of educated individuals ignore a liant film like "Malcolm X"? Unlike his past films, this movie was 5 Lee's first big-budget flick. We could givi academy the benefit of the doubt and belie was possible that "Do the Right Thing" "Jungle Fever" were overlooked, but there way to overlook a film like "Malcolm X." movie gets in your face at the beginning stays there until the last frame. But perhaps that's exactly what the acae didn't like about it. Perhaps the academy handle reality. We wonder how many members of the < emy are from east L.A. or downtown De Homosexual men ^ V^UL misinform students with repoi To the editor: erose I must say that Craig Dean and were Patrick Gill did an excellent job cours presenting their case (in favor of didn' gay marriage) on March 18; how- wont ever, I have a few points to make. Tf First, someone in the audience Ame asked these two what is the per- talke centage of heterosexual and homo- and sexual AIDS victims? Mr. Dean me? replied that there are just as many But I AIDS victims who are heterosexual perct as are homosexual. Not to pour perc< water on the flames, but that is perci false. does According to the Center for T1 Disease Control in Atlanta, there cern were 249,199 AIDS cases reported licen NEWSROOM 777-7726 P.O. BOX 85131 UN Editor in Chief Associate Editors Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk Chief News Editors A.- t. News Editors Led Carolina! Editor As.-t Carolina! Editor Sports Editors Nai Asst. Sp Editor Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Graphics Editor Asst. Graphics Editor Cartoonist Ciipy Editors Student Media Coordinator Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Advertising Manager Faculty Adviser Graduate Assistant Darkroom Technicians Er >oint i Wl AiMT Co MlM'/// / - ? ?|| Ti^ nial shows academ ? 'the TIGE WATTS & toe SHELLEY MAGEE >ald How many of them are steel workers fr< 11" Pittsburgh or secretaries from Topeka, Kan.? , What makes someone qualified to be a me 'P1 ^ ber of the academy? As it stands, one wo e e think it has something to do with a ere ?V0 if check. There's a need for more balanced me , an bership within the academy. It should be i.no cross-section of diverse individuals from var ni^ socioeconomic backgrounds. There's no question that "Malcolm X" v . an extraordinary film. This film took somec lcmv / larger than life and made him human. It tau: can t us about our past. It addressed important soc and political problems of our society, and lca. was honest, troit. igh Dec. 31. Well, 57.2 per- matrimony. It i! were cases of men having sex attempt to get hor men. Only 6.5 percent of the malized in our soci ted AIDS cases involved hetxuals. By the way, 23 percent Reg due to injecting drug use. Of Journalism g ;e, in this entire program, you t hear anything about AIDS. I le.r .... USC Dolic icy <usu saiu iu pcxccui ui uic ? jc rican population is gay. I've jjj FCSDOIIS d to several medical doctors, " do you know what they tell xG the editor: It's more like 2 to 3 percent. Recently, my r let's say it's as much as 5 or 6 encountered a situ ;nt, just to make it fun. If 6 USC police were d jnt of the population has 57 ed. We called for ;nt of the AIDS cases, what were informed that that tell us, boys and girls? way. After 45 mini lese two lovebirds are not con- Columbia policewi ed with getting a marriage offer help. Withii se simply to be joined in holy Sariftci IVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLI Pntrick Villegas ...LeeClontz, J.T. Wagenheim The Gamecock Gordon Mantler South Carolina anc Brian Garland . . . r . . ~ Ki ,. T Wednesdays and F Jack Dunn, Melissa lennen Clayton, Kochelle Killingbeck weekly during hot Jennifer Fuller versity holidays an Melinda VValdrop Opinions expri icy Salomonsky, Tim Thorsen or author arui not t Rob Roduskv n , , c c, . m The Board of S Stephanie New lin KellvJohnson publisher of The G Gregory IVrez parent organizatior Chris Mi lid row Change of adi / T. 1'1ul 'on correspondence sh Chris Davis, lnom Harman . ,c Jim McKellar The University of S Laura Day Subscription r Jim Green Columbia, SC. The Kenee Gibson 0f the University o rC dent activity fees. Brian McGuire in Galloway, Rika Hashimoto SrtdTSUrt y unrepresentative This film did everything the "ideal Academy Award-winning movie" should do, but it didn't even get a best picture nominaI tion. There's two possible explanations for leaving "Malcolm X" off the list of nominees. One, they didn't see the film. And if they didn't see the film, then they have no business being in the academy. Two, they saw it and just "conveniently" overlooked it later when they filled out the ballots. Folks, don't believe they "overlooked" anyhbhJ thing. The academy ignored "Malcolm X." Dm ^ot on^ ^ ^Sno"nc film, they're turning their back on everything it stands for ? m education, dignity, equality and tolerance. ulcj The academy needs to learn that not every movie is written by and for an upper-class white audience. Spike Lee is a pioneer in black filmmaking, and he's being punished for it. It's . * a shamp that Lee and other pioneers before him are rarely recognized during their lifetime. Let's hope future Africain-American filmyas makers won t have to struggle tor the recogni>ne . , , nht uon they deserve. >i^l Tige Watts and Shelley Magee are columnists 1 for The Gamecock 5 just another another Columbia policeman nosexuality nor- arrived, and the problem was taken ety. care of immediately. After the Columbia police left, ;inald Anderson my roommate and I waited to see raduate student when the USC police would arrive. Surprise, they didn't show. Maybe they were all taking a break at the p ?lnw Pantry' v J1U " It appalls me to see money being C tO CallS wastec* on policeman that only answer to the emergency call boxes on campus and patrol the parking oommate and I garages for skateboarders, aticm where the Hopefully, I will never need any lesperately need- assistance from the USC police assistance and again, but if I do, I won't hold my help was on the breath, ites of waiting, a )man stopped to Pam Hucks n five minutes. 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