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Why Do N Editor's Note: T hi e article eas researched and written by Andy Diekson and David Stoney especially for "The Gamecoek." Stoney and Dickson are major ing in Psyohology. W h a t are the motivational factors behind cheating? W h y will an individual -cheat in one situation but not in another? In short, why do we cheat? Cheating is not a specific gen eral trait, but is dependent upon the situation, the individual in volved, and how he Interprets the situation. How the indivi dual interprets the situation is determined by the properties of the situation and his personality make-up. An individual's person ality make-up is the result of the interaction of psychological, so ciological, and biological factors. For example, one person will cheat on a given exam whereas another will not because of his unique evaluation of the situa tion and his personailty make-up. Childhood and Adolescence It is apparent that personality, for the m o s t part, develops through a process of learning. The learning which occurs in childhood and adolescence is of extreme importance in the for mation of personality. Hence, the social values attributed to honor in the young individual's immediate environment influ ence later character. This, how ever, is not the o n1 y factor which influences character de velopment. Low standards of honor in high school can certainly foster future college cheaters. The em We 4 Last week's issue of "TI brought forth a rash of comp: ing from a front page new: contained numerous errors. 1 errors too frequently get ini though we try desperately them out. We strive for perfei fection is like the golden ring go-round it is seldom reached The erroneous article caus( of comment especially from f presenting "harmed" organ: regret these errors, and we 'Panty Now it's Spring. The first of 1960 made it official. How~ was nipped in the bud be: blossom. Some people think that "pal fun and a pleasant way to tes officials. University officials so; and they are right. These supposedly harmless side the women's dormitories copy to newspapers, good copy papers only, not the Universita an article concerning "panty into the paper it is a sore spa versity. Most people are not ir mob demonstrations, a good e the recent sit-downs by neg restaurants. Many times these "harmles: turn out to be a destructive fo and people are subject to b University officials, acting on a State law, have the author Integratilonlst "The Gamecock" has been bc week with literature from li and New York singing the p sit down strikes being condu< out the South. One such orgar which we received literature Emergency Public Integratior From a title like the abc readily deduct that there is tears, these people are read) They want integration now, n Many of these quickly founded organizations and pul working in conjuncion with ti bring about Integration in the Their tactics are to boycott in the North which have stores in order to force the store own their policy of segregation. Sii quarters of many of these e New York and New England, I Ve Cheat? phasis which society has placed upon the college degree has given ris, to the philosophy of getting by with the least amount of ef fort. This least amount of effort is often cheating. The - presence of students who are academic ally unfit for college-level work can provoke a cheating situa tion. It is also apparent that the quality of instruction is closely related to the. amount of cheat ing in a given situation. Aside from these influences, the most basic factor which re late to cheating is the element of want, I. e., a better grade. Also, if the group or clique with whom the individual has identi fied himself condones cheating, then the individual is more likely to adhere to the standards of that group, i. e., cheating, in the satisfaction of the want. Therefore, in a university where cheating is not looked upon with disdain by the student body, the amount of cheating will natur ally be very high. Individual Choice Even after social and academic factors are taken into account it is the individual who makes the final decision. Self is of prime importance. Consequently the in dividual who accepts cheating as a mode of adjustment will natur ally be hindering the formation of a strong personality structure. The individual who finds that cheating is the easiest way to overcome a barrier should rea lize that his personality might well become adjusted to t h a t mode of response. And that when he is confronted with a situa tion which will tolerate no cheat ing, he will perhaps lack the amount of personality integra tion to make an adequate ad justment. Hfier Our Apolog te Gamecock" criticism in goo laints emanat- it was given in s story which voice. Jnfortunately, The article cc o print, even all bad. We lea hard to keep was indeed hea stion, but per- on campus do r on the merry- We apologize ganizations wh d quite a bit fended by last pokesmen re- the first error v izations. We the last; but -s accepted the prevent errors Raids' Are No F "panty raid" quick stop to d4 ever, this one dorms. They ar ~ore it could Not to be ov number of stude 1ty raids" are school because c se University Every one who do not think in these "raids' by the Universi ratherings be- We are in fa' provide good ting a quick ha for the news- ever we questic r. Every time quelling these: raids" gets force is fine as t on the Uni- the organized j npressed with doing and how xample being Should such an roes in local into their own ] for physical vie s"' gatherings posed. We ask rce. Prpet going to use at 11UJ~LY in "panty raids' 3ing harmed. doctrinated as the basis of operate, and not ity to put a to each individu u Conduact North mbarded this tionista hope to (assachusetts dictate a chang raises of the in the South. ted through- By boycotting ization from sure is placed or is called the have a very dlef Committee. tegration. ye, one can In the beginn no time for the buying pc for action. stressed. Thei ot tomorrow. they can chan mnd recently power away fr >lications are then the manas te NAACP to succumb to pres; South. Money talks,< chain stores the northern b< in te Suth the chain stores rer to change ice the head- may be forced i hains are in owned stores. VW hese integra- an alternative in '4 } I.X4 Dave Bledsoe .. . Independents LE But Could Upse For the r e c o r d : the loudly lamented fence around the girls' dorms has an interesting history. pies d faith even though some of m unnecessarily antagonistic >ntaining the errors was not rned something from it. It rtening to learn that people ead "The Gamecock." to those persons and or > were intimidated or of week's article. It was not ve have made, nor will it be 'e shall try at all times to rom getting into the paper. ~monstrations near women's e going to do it. erlooked, is the fact that a nts have been expelled from f their parts in these raids. s a participant or spectator are subject to p)unishment ty. ior of the University's put lt to any such raids; how mn the method they use in raids. Using an organized long as those who belong to orce know what they are they are going to (10 it. organized force take power iands and provoke uncalled lence or injury we are op that if the University is letes as a restraining force 'that these athletes be in to just how they are to leave the "modlus operandi" al. ern Boycotts influence chain owners to e in policy to their stores the Northern stores, pres the store owners. It could inite effect in fr-or of in ng of the sit-down strikes, wer of the negcro wvas ntegratijonists feel tha~t if 1el the negro's spendling r>m national chain stores; ~ement of the chains will ure andl integrate. ~r so the saying goes ; so if ~ycotta are successful and change their policies, we o do our buying in locally 'e are thankful that there is this situation. On Campu ~X-N ''4 ck Organization r Election System Suffice it to say that we feel that the $3,600 it cost could have bcen put to better use. Oh, w e l 1 , it's up, so on to bigger and better things. Two Candidates Student elections are always prime for editorializing, as well as some good philisophical dis cussion: to wit, we wonder what the outcome will be. Two candi dates for student body president have already declared themselves, and there may be more . . . who knows, there even may be an independent nominated. Stranger things have happened. Should there be an increase of support for an independant can didate . . . h'nmm. Independents, of course, lack organization. There's no set-up foi trading of votes, no special interest groups to grab support from . . . in short, no p)olitical chance at all. Majority Stay Out We can't h e 1 p but wonder, thcugh, what would happen if ... ah, rosy dream of the future. The candidates who are being sp)onsoredi by the various social organizations wvould have a hard time of it indeed. Luckily for them the majority of students do stay out o)f campus p)olitics. A fter all, it's a messy business having to trifle with the majority . . . so much simpler to deal with a minority and buy a few votes with p)romises of choice c'ommittee jobs the next year. And we can't have an untutored indeperident representing t h e campus on really important busi ness, now can we ? Egad, it wvould completely upset the system. And the system is what counts... things -have been run so well up to now, haven't t h e y ? Well, haven't they ? Yes, sir, for a smoothly run status quo, vote the system every time. Sort of muakes a catchy jingle. Easier than thinking, any way. More Pep Needed Maybe a li>ttla active participa tion in the coming campaign will make it wort,h while for the stu dents to bestir themselves... and( that has been our aim all along. As wve said b,efore, there is no reason for the majority of studlents to interest themselves in a m in or i ty function, even though that function happens to be studlent government. Now If there were .just enough 'people willing to try to run on the grounds that this University Is for the stude~nts . . . all the stu dlents-maybe we could make a going thing out of a very sick system. Is there life in the old girl yet? We'll see come April 11 at the nominating convention Stick aroundl, things could yet prove interesng. s: The Oldest Tennis Net Russ Burns ... Needed It would appear our pleading netted us nothing as far as ex tra-curricular sports activity is concerned. Ambitious students are flock ing to the tennis court(s) and are still being greeted by that pathetic remnant from The Big Fisherman-our one and only bedraggled, ragged, shredded, 10-year old NET that graces our one and only on-campus court. A Grand Slant Good fellows, this is spring, that season when young peoples' fancy turns to the great out doors, and drives with the top d o w n and TENNIS. Yes, by garsh, students are getting the urge . . . to slam the tennis ball over a fresh clean net... . And it isn't very expensive either. A net, that is. Even Maxcy Gregg's courts cannot -hold all the students wish ing to indulge in the game, par ticularly when they must com pete with the townsfolk. Besides, why not add a few more courts here on campus-we have the room, believe it or not- and for Heaven's sake why lot the one on-campus court rot and erode away? Anthony E. Brown Impr L( O UT of the cold months of Winter, into the glory of delicate Spring comes the ageless Mother Earth, and with it all the beauties of time, r eb or n into splendor and pomp and elegance, enjoyed of old, emancipated of time, fresh as the early morning dew. Spring is a season of the senses, when the nostrils are drugged by the sweet scents of new growing t h in gs, and the brain is numbcd by a pervasive yet indefinable mist which hangs on each new-bloom blossom. No longer does the cold cap ture and solidify the ripples on the pool; no longer ill-tempered winds hurl their sheets against unsmiling faces. The imprisoned become the freed, and each crea ture of earth feels a trembling deep within, inspired by the marv elous, mysterious conquest of the old and gray by the tangible and lpimitive new. S PRING is the delicate flower of a plant that has been a CROWING FO UNIVERSITY OF Member of Assoca Founded8ur 0, 108, a first editor,'"h Gamecock" is6 the University of South Caroline w year eleton holidays and dmn The onions expresed b necessaril those of "The aa Letters to the Editor, but ali iett4 not constitute an endorsement. TI publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR ... ........... MANAGING EDITOR..... BUSINESS MANAGER .... EDITORIAL, ASSISTANT. ADVERTISING MANAGER. COPY EDITOR...... NEWS EDITOR........ F1EATURE EDITOR...... SOCIETY EDITOR...... SPORTS EDITOR........ CAMPUS EDITOR.. ....... OllROULDATION MANAGR. in Use Today One Whole A Disgusting Picture One picture is worth a thou sand words, so someone said, so look at the picture, you who are administrators of campus sports facilities. Disgusting, isn't it? You want to move now? Seeing that 90 parking spaces are now available indeed warms our heart. Almost topping this, though, is the price - within reach of the average pocketbook, as t h e commercial says. Let's hope the days of $10 per semes ter are gone forever. About the only problem is that these spaces are behind Building H and, therefore, do not allevi ate the parking problem in the - heart of our campus and around the girls' dorms. They are a step in the right direction, though. We hope it is only the beginning. Planning Is Necessary In the meantime, some serious planning had better be done. If action is to be taken in respect to the parking problem, it will have to be done before another semester arrives on t h e scene. L After that . .. chaos. One of the best suggestions ' we've heard on the subject is a 'essions Of Spr >ng May It Liv long time growing. Spring is a E time of discovery, of happiness-, and of pure and genuine love. It is a smokiness often so vague that it is felt rather then seen, yet each living thing is in some way touched to the quick wvith a magic wand that has been dipped into green new leaves and light azure L skies and deep brown soil. Spring a is soft wind playing through the il fiel]ds and forests, gently swaying a each pine leaf like a harp touched t with an invisible feather. c In t he fourth-month of our I Southern climate year, Spring comes a visitor from a foreign land to clothe the bare and r*e juvenate the aged. It paints a dead hillside with colors no art- f ist ever captured on his canvas. n1 It is a transition so vivid and magnificent that one cannot com- f prehend it h e immensity of the t] tremendous forces which interact n to cause this annual phenomenon S of rebirth. It occurs as does b night and day, but how much " more glorious is t h e dawn of J) C R A GREAERI SOUTH CAROLINA Led Collegiate Press ith Robet Elliott Conzales as thee h"he gadfor the student. @f ti esaamiatin..s,daring the coes.g mnntand letter writers are not toek." "re C.amecck enesaa e reightto eor w from, BOBBY ALiFORD 'a - .Charles Behling -.-.-.-.-.- . ......Ed Spears ti ........Margaret Scott g ......... ......Nat Adams C ..Penny Sinclair s, Bill Lumpkin sl ............. ...Judy Killough ...Dee Chandler f -Howard Hlellams ti - - .Vance NeSmith a1 ............. . ...Jim Hatchell Tennis Net proposal to widen Pickens Street behind LeConte and Sloan to allow angle parking in this area. Widening would be on Univer sity property. By the same token, Green Street could be widened in front of the law building to per mit angle parking there, also. These are just a few of the areas where such possibilities ex ist. By trimming a little here and. Lhere, we can soon beat the park ing bug. Please somebody with authority look into the matter And let's get rolling. Spring is here and it's a cinch he problem isn't going to lessen. Colored Language On another subject -- o n 1 y ;lightly connected to parking and ta headaches-somewhere along he line we gained the belief ,hat officials did not use naughty anguage in public, especially hree letter words beginning with Disallusionnient . . . Just the other day, we heard student singing an old song vith new lyrics . . . something bout "charges pressed and not orgotten." We c a n ' t imagine what he meant. .. Confused? -ing! sp)ring thani the afternoon and ight of grey Winter! 3l1tlNG is a barefoot boy with a cane-pole and a straw hat nd an old dog t h a t follows long beside him. Spring is a oy and a girl in love with life nd each other. TIhey are Spring ~self, for they of all mankind r'e able to grasp more nearly Ie reality the newvness and di.s avery of life transports to them. 'rue- love may happen at any eason, but only in the joy of pril is the full blessing of Na ire's most beautiful expression ilfilled to completeness a n d 'aturity. TIhe oldest of trees and men sel the surge of new vitality in(j ie early Spring months, for age iay be likened unto a year of p)rings )vherein each new day rmngs a new memory and each emory uses the best of the ast for the good of the future. ertatinly -an o 1 d grandfather amilock knows the freshness of p)ring. Just as the man feels a ick warmi breeze trip through is silver hair, the tree feels the e w sap rushing to dorntant mnbs and budding newv leaves. EJl who live in a world too filled w i t h concrete and -osion tend to forget sometimes ie things wh iceh rise above Sa e a d a m and neon-lighted reets; things that have existed ng before man insulted the irth with his presence. If one in but for an instant recapture le true beauties of the primi ye andl the natural, he will find at life has more to offer than It and brass. Perhaps t,hen hec ill find the reality that has 'aded hinm for so long. It is uid by the sages that reality iould never be seen. That is 'ue. Ulut reality is a sensual dlue, not a tangible one; there ire, it must be sensed, like te perfume of a fresh Spring ower, in order to be realized id enjoyed to the fullest. Long live, .ee Sprn.m-e