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Online.Poll _ GAMECOCK ♦ Wednesday, June23,2004 Online.Poli.ReSUltS 5 Do you think the tuition increase is fair? 1 l/l 7" I \ T" f I ^ Do you think the Gamecocks will win the www.dailygamecock.com ^7P|/ I p, I/V | I I I \ 111 College World Series? 72% yes 23% no » -I—■—^ » * J- -I—K_y 6% I thought the World Series was in October. IN OUR OPINION Tuition increase improves USC While some may grumble about the increase in tuition, this increase will make USC a better place to go to school. The increase will allow the university to hire more distinguished faculty members. In turn, class sizes will be lowered. As a result of smaller classes, instructors will be able to provide more individual attention to the students, which will consequently improve the quality of education that the students will receive. me turnon increase win aiso anow ior more rigorous standards in admissions. With more competitive admission standards, USC will increase its ranking among other universities, thereby making a USC degree more valuable in the workplace and to the careers of USC alumni. The extra money raised from the tuition hike will help add more research programs which will further add to the university’s standing among the nation’s colleges. In addition to improving student services, the increase will provide more scholarships as well. Since 90 percent of the student in-state population utilizes some form of financial aid, the increase will help more South Carolina students be able to afford the cost of their higher education. 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Additional copies may be purchased for one dollar each from the Department of Student Media. we DisRUPTeq THelR command and control, i BLOCKeD THeiR COMMUNICATION AND FoiieD MANY OPERATIONS..., . J _VaJP finally HAVe THG RED CROSS ONTHe RUN! msem CARTOON COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS Civil rights progresses in S. C. PAIGE HAGGARD GAMECOCKOPINIONS@GWM.SC.EDU I recently had the honor to help with a series of festivals related to the creation of an anthology docu menting the South Carolina Civil Rights Movement. The function of these festivals was to gather first hand stories and information on South Carolina's journey to Civil Rights. My own task was somewhat secretarial: I took notes during the festival, recording the stories that I heard. As a Georgia native, I felt enlightened learning about that struggle for justice in my current state of residence. The Orangeburg Massacre was the most intriguing and shocking revelation of black South Carolinians’ struggle for equal rights. In the late '60s, after segre gation had become illegal, police opened fire on black S.C. State College students who had been at tempting to integrate the only bowling alley in Orangeburg (and the only bowling alley within a rea sonable distance to Orangeburg). One of those students was Cleveland Sellers, now a professor of African American Studies at USC. Sellers was shot in the shoul der by police and was sentenced to one year of hard labor. Furthermore, a few months be fore the more famous boycotts in Montgomery, Ala., S.C. State College had boycotted racist or ganizations. In 1955, after the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, sever al South Carolina parents signed a petition asking the school boards to integrate their chil dren's schools. Their requests were denied: all who had signed the petition suffered for their courage. Some lost their jobs; oth ers were denied credit, services or even prescription medicine. Fred Moore, the then-presi dent of the S.C. State student body, led a boycott against the companies who encouraged this discrimination. He was expelled from the college shortly before graduation as a result of his ac tions. However, the boycott con tinued into the late '60s and was ultimately a success. While in Greenville, I learned that in 1986 all of the school dis tricts were disassembled and all of the schools moved into white neighborhoods. And so even in the 21st century, busing is alive and active — and accepted. wnue some oi uie siorxes re vealed a base and despicable side of human nature, the festi vals on a whole were uplifting. Both blacks and whites partici pated in the events, which re minded me that equality is a project that we must work for collectively. Hearing about the courage in the face of injustice and adversity made me realize > the true heritage of America. Haggard is a third-year MFA student in creative writing.