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Friday, February 25, 1994 ?(5a Servii J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in < EdH Wendy Hudson, Cars Nancy Salo M j ^ ^ ^ ^ -? riuucauuii Smaller programs enha despite low student em What separates USC from c ions vary, but one of the n dous diversity of majors a ly an engineering school like Clem ford. USC is a true university, well-ro graduate majors in a variety of dis< On Tuesday, the Commission 01 to terminate a number of USC's si history and African-American studi The decision to terminate these to USC's ability to serve its student ed. While there are few students whc dents take classes in them. The di tant part of becoming fully educau Even the most specific major re so-called liberal arts courses. Why Because the university's job is n it must also prepare them to survi survival is a broad-based, general ki specific to one's major. If the CHE cuts these programs, important part of their desired bat Furthermore, the programs enh could argue another school is bettt jority of the state's college student We understand that budgets hav CHE's concerns lie. No one woult cuts in many areas to put a ceiling campus' budget in order. CHE needs to look at the broad programs will eventually eliminate I to look more closely into the cons USC such a diverse academic envir The problem with USC isn't that i aspects of the campus are inefficiei Cutting small, but vital, program tion available to USC's student bod T* I ^ rrocrastinai of exam pre It's been a late night of studying and, as usual, I've gotten quite 2 bit accomplished. Of course, most of that stuff ha* had absolutely nothing to do with my studying. I've found my mosi productive nights are those wher I should be studying because 2 true master of procrastination like me can find things to do for hours while avoiding his actual goal. Tonight I started my study session by getting out my notebook and booting up my trusty Mac to outline my notes. Once my computer was smiling happily at me with that "you should play a computer game" grin on its screen. I felt compelled to play a few hands of Solitaire before I turned on the word processor. I beat my previous score by about 100 points; rather impressive beginnings for a good night, 1 think. Next, I retired to the kitchen to mix up some meringue cookies to fuel my studying efforts. Who can study without chocolate, I ask you? I certainly can't, and I opened up a Big K Cola to sooth my nerves and ease my studying worries. Caffeine is so relaxing. As 1 walked back to my room, I noticed the Olympic hockey game was on. Being a patriotic young lad, I felt compelled to sit back and watch Finland beat the living poop out of the American hockey team. I was definitely preparing my mind for studying efficiency as 1 watched sticks fly and tempers ilAiVt After the Finnish (heh, heh, heh. . . aren't I a clever little writer-stud) of the game, I looked in my room and was appalled at the mess I had let accumulate on the floor. I had to take a few minutes to hide the mess under my bed where only the horrible creature that lives under there could see it. (This reminds me of my older brother, who used to claim a herd of miniature cattle lived under his bed and only came out at night... but I digress, which I never do on studying nights.) After cleaning my room, 1 realized I had neglected to clean the dishes, so I returned to the kitchen wrtWffrnrb ? \L/mutvuvi\ fa Student Media Russell House-USO < J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomons^ Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Tony Santori Viewpoints Editor Sports Editor Carson Henderson David Mandrel! Copy Desk Chief P"010 Gordon Mantler Chris Muldrow Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Wendy Hudson Nora D?y|e News Editor Asst- News The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. iiitcock ng USC Sinct 190S Chief Lee Qontz, Viewpoints Editor :orlal Board on Henderson, Gordon Mantler, monsky, Tony Santori nee intellectual diversity vllment )ther colleges in South Carolina? Opinlost compelling differences is the tremen nd programs offered. USC isn't primariison, nor is it a teaching school like Wof unded, with strong undergraduate and :iplines. n Higher Education delayed its decision mailer programs in such areas as music es. programs would be a tremendous blow ; and continue to make them well-round) major in these areas, a great deal of stusciplines are unquestionably an imporsd. quires a significant number of hours in is this so? ot only to prepare students to get a job, ve in the world. An integral part of this towledge combined with the knowledge students for whom music history is an :kground would be left undereducated. ance USC's reputation in the state. Few :r able to serve the needs of the vast mac thin rtcr e to be cut, which is certainly where the 1 argue that USC doesn't need to make ? on skyrocketing tuition costs and the picture. Cutting many of these smaller t>igger programs. The commission needs equences of cutting programs that give onment. it has too many programs. It's that many itly run. s will only weaken the quality of educa- ? iy- O tion key part j iparation wh< \ ? "' ' ? /i ummm] 1AV/I i Chris Muldrow UJ ?? a GRAPHICS EDITOR tion to wash up. In the process, I ? spilled water all over the front of N my jeans, a la bladder control problem. I decided to change into another pair of pants just in case A Cindy Crawford or Barbara Bush SOm stopped by. I wouldn't want them to think I wet myself. ^roj The phone rang two minutes tanj later; it was one of my two study t^rc partners, who were going to come It over and be neurotic about our ^ exam for several hours. I told her c can to come on over since I was so tar ever along in my own studying. My cookies were ready when study partner No. 1 came over. We *ace rlirirt'f- nrint fry rtfkf -1-" nfilil U1UII t ?*""<- IU g\,l ?.UUt,UlillC Lllips all over our notes, so we ate in t,n'2 front of the TV and watched Tonya Tc Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, the only Olympic figure skater this year, spin around. Have you noticed Harding wears only slightly less makeup than Tammy Faye Bakker? But I digress... mi We called study partner No. 2, who had failed to show up when Tc we agreed to meet. He wasn't 1M( home, so we sang Monty Python app( songs on his voice-mail. We called ^er him several other times that night, but he was never home. I think he m was mugged by Harding's body- seat guards, but I'm not sure. sarc. We read notes for a couple of ..g ' seconds before I remembered I had to write a column for the ^ paper, a column which you're now reading. I brainstormed for ,eP the column about three seconds, so it was more of a brain passing n^1 shower. na See, studying is really easy if c'ien you get your priorities straight. cut' 1 Now if I can just remember which t0 ^ class I've got in the morning. .. tvs: 777-7726 r. ^hris . . ___ Coctdinator of Student Media X 777 6482 D*? A. Ill- Ofoz Production Manager Columbia, SC 29208 J'm Green Asst. Production Manager f Keith Boudreaux Gregory Perez Asst. News Production Asst. Brian Garland Brian McGuire Asst. Carolina! Graduate Asst. Emily Peterson Renee Gibson Asst. Photo Advertising Manager Jimmy Debutts J. Taylor Rutland Asst. Sports Asst. Advertising Manager Paul Jon Boscacci Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not ?M be withheld under any circumstances. TEhc 6amccoch Viewpoints PEAR, UET^ A/OT FoRGFT 1&A lF Hou S6T AM A6>oR.f^ 4OU'L?, HAVJF -(o AMSVJSR 1? "HIM" vmo?~ /id! GoP? 1/ Ir6 1 'I'm exhausted. I'm overwhelmed. I'm pretty pring break housi iometimes I think school administrators sit I und in meetings, eating chicken combos, brain- j|M| ming new ways to eke more money out of USC hL HpntC Thlt- acnoriollir paoma/l " 4-U ? w*w*io. i iiai vjpvwianj IU UC lilC L(DC ;n I found a lovely Spring Break notice from the >artment of Housing and Residential Services aHpTf ved under my door. _H he notice was for students living in residence iHK s who were going to stay during Spring Break, it costs $ 101. ess a student lives in Bates West, Bates House, tion to what; ver University Terrace, NADA, Cliff and the use's residet "seshoe apartments, they'd have to move to one F . hose halls for the week of Spring Break. . ' ' his is not too bad, because we can't expect the in ^olum rersity to keep all of them open. However, there South Americ fee involved. For non-apartment accommoda- broke to go a s, a student is expected to shell out $77.85, and myself, "Well tudents need to lea rt. Deep within every body, art cradles itself f lewhere between a heart and a liver. Toothless eyeless, it waits until it is plucked from an anjynous womb. It wraps itself around something ?ible, turning its bones inside out, bleeding ugh its brain. is something translatable, something we know te human experience. Perhaps this translation be a song, a drawing or a short storv. But what- R've a child lif form it takes, art quivers with joy. tected, nurtur yeryday I walk on this campus, and I look at creations mai after face. 1 wonder who houses an artistic piece of the s< i, who is talented and who will brave the scru- The cost ol ing eyes of the world successfully. anything phy ) give art its eyes and teeth is what it means to mental pain i: cial prejudice your use of the word nig t j J leftist not be condoned This is the second tin entered a Columbia bar ?the editor: and heard racial slurs >t having time to schedule an grown up Caucasian in t )intment with my regular bar- and being exposed to thi I stopped by a local barber activity, 1 no longer find >. As one barber began to cut ing. What bothers me is I hair, another man sat in the people assume that the w next to me. He then made a around them support or istic comment to the effect of, such racist behavior. are you celebrating Black Expressing disdain for )ry Month?" is not enough. In a sock ie man cutting his hair replied, money talks, a more effe , as a matter of fact, I've got a of confronting racism is t< sr strung up in my front yard that one's money does r now." the hands of those w iving paid for his haircut, the espouse institutionalized t left. I then paid for my hair- nation. Therefore, I hop turned, and said, "I don't mean will join me in not pat : a jerk, but I didn't appreciate establishments which encc Should some smaller ac ~ "I think they should cancel them and c X funding for programs better at providii dents with degrees." Elizabeth Cam Criminal justice graduate ; Fj "I think they are important to remain a research university. They should cut fc Jr money or something like that." English graduate s n RHRF 4 l^mSF ? Br '>? I lufli much speechless. It'll take a little bit o really pleased." . . . o ng fees unfair to I" money by stay week. It's still a Lupe Eyde But now 1 do the only one.1 ^ COLUMNIST countries that cj . Or students froi da or the West < 25 for an apartment. This is in addi- To make mati i student pays per semester to live in that will be ope ice halls. me to stay in m is totally defeats the purpose of stay- paying for. bia to begin with. My parents live in I'm sure the a. so I can't visit them anrl I am rr?r? nnt mH r nywhere else. Therefore, 1 thought to us, so maybe I'n , it won't be too bad, I'll save some they'd never eat rn to express arti talented artists I and John Kenn< Melissa Tennen that is and how COLUMNIST the individual. Art is so impc 1 do urge you t e. And in that sense, art must be pro- 26,000 students ed and hugged. An artist stands over submitting to Pc tprnnllv soft nnH sinpn^ nl'fprinn 1 n " j, j, ? noom^i/. ine ilf to the sunlight. after we return fi ' art is beyond dollars. It is beyond lishing a 50-page sical. Maybe art is pain. Measuring cellent issue. So s measuring the weight of air. Many from your mind ger,'" and accept such prejudice. ne wl te 1 have Kevin Gillion th ber shop Spanish senior fire he^ south Moment of silence ? is type of beneficial to students it shock- an that these To the editor: ab hite folks This is written in response to the va condone editorial about the moment of th silence being a dangerous prece- ge prejudice dent. th< :ty where For those of you who are scared do ctive way to death that kids may pray in thi 3 be sure school during their moment of lea tot enter silence each day, relax. Here is 1 ho still some comforting news. mc discrimi- Some children may use this Ma >e others opportunity to reflect quietly on ronizing where they can buy a gun on the mrage or street to show their classmates the ademic programs be elin ise the "If it is because of : ig stu- are only making our student jSt| strong "^Wg"~gl "I think they should )otball ^ er people who will t the future." obi?is j student S v * 11 3 ^ liili ^ ! i SM ;| :1! * T 1 l / ure \ ? / at* q -liFE f time to sink in, but I'm Brian Comer SG President-Elect n his win in Thursday's run-off election \ ctii/ipnfc ' JiUUVlliCJ ing here and just hang out for a vacation." n't know what to do, and I can't be WTiat about students from other in't even go home for winter break? m faraway places like Maine, CanaCoast? ters worse, 1 live in one of the halls n, and they're still going to charge y own apartment that I'm already bosses over in housing can figure nore fair ways to suck money from 1 being too harsh. After all, I'm sure t Russell House food. Istic selves ike Sylvia Plath, Vincent Van Gogh ;dy O'Toole created as a result of Vrt comes in crescendos of pain, ast, present and future. How deep the artist copes depends solely on rtant to the hodv and tr? the srml 0 share your creations with the at this school. You can do this by >rtfolio magazine in Russell House final deadline is March 18, a week rom Spring Break. Portfolio is pubissue, which we hope to be an exgrit your teeth and push a creation . It's just waiting to be born. :xt day. Still others can figure out len they can find time to get to e school nurse to procure their :e condom so they can engage in fe "there's no way you can get DS with this thing on" sex. 1 watch the news every evening J 1. /- -J 1- * u man* uoa eacn aay i nave tne ility to place my children in prite Catholic school. It's funny, ere, they pray every day while tting a superb education without e presence of either guns or con>ms. In fact, over 85 percent of ese children go to college and id successful, productive lives. It seems that public schools need >re than just a moment of silence, tybe an hour would suffice. James Page III Mechanical engineering junior linated? i lack of enrollment, they tuition higher." Johnathan Amiker Accounting freshman keep them. There are othake advantage of them in Amy Wade Psychology freshman