The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 09, 1962, Page Page Two, Image 2
Our Rod
Carolina's radio station, WUSC, could be
one of the greatest forms of communication
on our campus, and its services could be un
limited. Mind you, I said could be.
At the present, it is undoubtedly one of
the sorriest forms of communication on our
campus. A good radio station could be in
valuable to the student and for the student.
WUSC is anything but good. When was the
last time you turned your dial to WUSC?
The student-operated station, at its best,
reaches only a small number of buildings on
our campus. Then again, how many people
in these lucky buildings listen to it?
Recently, a small survey was conducted in
the freshman class, and out of the twenty
five students interviewed, only seven of them
knew Carolina had a radio station. And out
of that same number, only two of them had
ever heard it. I must say that those two
surprised me. They had been here only a
short while and had already heard the sta
tion. I have been here three years, and I
haven't head it yet!
The obvious question now is why isn't the
station campus-wide where it could reach
more of the students. WUSC sends its cheer
to those small number of buildings by the
use of a straight wire from the station. In
other words, in order to receive the radio
waves on your set, the building in which you
reside must be specially wired from the local
Pat Clayton . . .
A Year With
If we were to judge by the edi- question we wil
torial comments in our state'si JFK fared on t
major newspapers, we would con- e ta forwing
clude that President Kennedy is 1962, edition of
not only an incompetent adminis- One year aft<
trator but is also a very unpopu- guration unemp
lar man with the people of this tion stands at 4,
with the 5.4 bill
state. Hlowever, a careful review the day he took
of the pertinent facts and figures ing man likes J
of the past year indicates that The Business
exactly the opposite is true. resthe vel of
During his first year in office, of the period I
President Kennedy has enjoyed 140 a year ago
unprecedented popularity, with an is 165, the high
average of 75% of the people giv- history. The
ing him a vote of confidence on Jack.
every day of the past year. The
following table was compiled by URING the
the American Institute of Public D of 1960 th<
Opinion, which estimated the 1960 publican predici
presidential election results within inflation" shoi
one percent of the actual popular elected. On th<
vote outcome. 1961 the inflati
past four years
KENNEDY POPULARITY versed. The Co
January 20, 1962 dx(esrn
Dis- No rslesta
Approve approveOpnotobexc)
East .......80% 10% 1%pielvlrs
Midwest .79 9 1 rsdn ie
Far West ..77 11 12 csof%a
South . ..70 13 17 aohryr
NATIO . 7 11 12 Te (mesumr i
F'artculr sgniicNce is se Duinss ha
in ver 10diappove o inoorte exact),
the wayc loTevers<
our ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 President iEinln isjb uhwshen
It i unortnat thtwthi this our naio% ay
scan minrityareto b foudterft predicthe
newsppersare nt th getcanging. yeari
voof puica oinion;anceeysare inof payens by
iftact that deoloy 3others orp2 lon,t proit
pi vter opiion diapoeoStewy o. gold stock
The Presont for Kendy'hs great Muchtd wase
aIt isonfotiungt popuariti is our millions yba
scarnt whnrt ae lo at hisound the $1.8icilindh
therorse our natio's acieve- Ftdl Knorseni
affirmeduring the yearejustatnsuchto muchr that
Inewsaperstare olut te great chamnti. Whatrin
vcs forebi affirso; tday the JFK iamnte fd
ruae Flmoyd ..ol soc
The resnt time Kenedy's great thvateitdi Foei
ther continiineoulrt moemn ep-mlo ae goin
parenr wayen he o at hisf(adu, te of. prbit
whherefe suoul,atos) aheve- Fot Kno timeso
alcooli beringes ina Sout r-fhepst enednoduh o
In peutrenna soubnjec ofl dis- falento. hTIc
cussin whrich iffairs;tdy the ste mut
Atn h paese tmoi this sncee theate udi pof
bterossl niainie mases,entople age" gvie
wilcopifscesfh nothngad er- Doe ISnyime
tally created ostrosfso prohibition wi badnt
alchereisn beverae in gonut Ca-o th worth an
lia utter choohtrsutdfo a-rsl h ceth
cuion, prhiiti s adoanb the 0s.Isofcste ft
cyomontinoldgooera ws and hr (whicffidencetan
atsas faiur pane moe asicr thapesttie),o
outterhas Iht willsuffed from sa- tremends: Thec
lo Stuion
station. Since the recent buildings, and some
not so recent, were not "radio" wired for one
reason or the other, it is impossible to re
ceive the waves.
It seems rather silly for some people to
refer to WUSC as the "Voice of the Carolina
Campus." It is hardly the voice of the Rus
sell House, in which it is located.
The radio station receives its financial
backing from revenue brought in through
advertisements and from an allocation out
of the fees paid by students to the Univer
sity. Therefore, every Carolina student helps
pay for the operation of the station. Do you
feel you are getting your money's worth?
This editorial strongly recommends that
some action be made in the very near future
toward correcting the present system. Ade
quate facilities should be installed so that
WUSC would be in a position to reach every
person living in the Carolina Community. A
personnel change in the radio station would
do no harm.
If after a thorough investigation, it is
found that it would be impractical to revise
the station so that its services could be heard
by all, then this editorial strongly recom
mends that WUSC be discontinued. The al
location money it now receives could go to
the Greater University Fund, or to any other
worth-while organization which provides for
and promotes the growth of a greater Caro
lina.
JFK: The Domest
I ask is: How has economic administration? Follow
he domestic scene? ing are a few of the proposals
quantitative data which have already been made to
i the February 3, Congress and to the people.
Business Week.
Kusineds Dek. RESIDENT Kennedy's new
!r Kennedy's inau- P agricultural production control
loyment in our na- plan would cut farm price support
,7 billion, compared costs by $6 billion in the next four
ion unemployed on
ion nemloye onyears. He simply wants to apply
office. The work- to the Northern and Midwestern
ack.
Index, which meas-of heat, grain, and
'industrial activity dairy products the same type of
indstral ctiitvrigid production controls that the
ompared with that
:)mare wih tatSouthern farmers are used to for
.947-1949, stood at cotton, rice, and tobacco. Since
. Today the Index this is an election year the Repub
est in our nation's lican Congressmen from those
businessman likes farm belt states will probably at
temp)t to prevent JFK's measures
election campaign from leaving their committees this
,re were many Re- year. Let us hope that this will
bions of "runawaynobetecs.Kndyrcg
ald Kennedy be nzsta h nyra ouint
contrary, duringthfampolmleinrovg
anary trend of the tegvrmn rmi smc
was virtually re-aspsil.Mroe,hhste
naumers' Price In- gt otl hst h amr
the cost of living) ReetyPrsdnKneyha
one percent (.8%deadda en tohesck
while the average pln fsrtgcmtras a
per year undermoemtraisaedytck
hower was in ex-pldta snedd-$. ilo
ear. Economic ex- t.Tes xesvesokie
hat 1962 will behaebealoetocumae
f price stability,.ic h oenwr hsi u
kes Jack. oeeapeo fot aet
irst year personalsaetetxaesmoybyc
$14.5 billion while tn lw nwse
s rose over $7 bil
tor likes Jack. Antrexmlisfudnth
ard during 1960 ofreraiainothDfnsD
lance of payments latet rsdn' d
gold drain, to themiittiegnu,RbrM
ie situation was Naaa a oriae h f
ng. We are happyfotoftePnanasoohr
this situation ismahabenaltod.Aar
g 1961 the balance sI,lnso uhrt aebe
eficit declined byclrfeandertnalsfs
le the drain on U. hv enwite on
was greatly al- WihteeegneoteEu
n banks took $900 rpa omnMre,tePei
ir, compared withdetfudhmlfacdwh
they took in 1960.anteprbe:Dweihdw
likes Jack,.noeooi soaino ow
past accomplish-geouinotewrdadcm
mn we expect frompee Naual,orvgou
reintheara oige aeiewanfthe ustrosll
w nhng-ta hch stae talresd o n lc deo brin
ion.ngreths catastropthing,eop ic.
he uri n c w ys tio ,E S casT u p o n n ed s, th e wos
riseup ot o thelucagieultuapoutio n othe otat
pltati as wh"olegging."r priequortl
d apthyandeadost b $5inki llin nthe taex willr
theseselfimpo e aincstant; simpl wany differenc
willucer tha inseadt, grain sate
realyhin thtdaingy prdcnsithersable tperoft
accmplsh ny-Sniuters farmer unrinciped tonfo
hit heisno lids wil rcurn e this meub
man derimntlthican tll Congess edfor the
rrfarmonelf public state'soprogress.
urishng o cri earIt il bhope that peopl ofl
big highatites otharolina o reamouin te
dtels f the malignent esroe ith asolich
out feeneRuecentdy prden.ney a
X4N.
Beautiful Rutledge Chapel, loc
tribute to Carolina. The Chapel sit
lege, built during the early 1800's
lina College, as it was known the
ic Scene
up our sleeves and compete within
the Common Market. We want to
go on doing business with Europe
- by far our largest export mar
ket. In order to do this our Presi
dent needs bargaining power and
under the present trade legislation
he does not have it. To meet this
problem Kennedy has asked for
new authority to eliminate and
cut tariffs on certain goods in
order that our nation will enjoy
a bargaining position comparable
to that of the European Common
Market. This may well be the
area of Kennedy's greatest achieve
ment during his first term.
IN addition, President Kennedy
had initiated proposals for a
widening of the tax base in order
to include certain special groups,
now excluded. Success in this area
will lead to lower tax rates in all
brackets, which is one of his most
welcome proposals from our point
of view..
We could go on, but for fear
of boring the reader with further
recitations of Kennedy's accom
p)lishments we will stop. The fu
ture will speak for itself. But I
think that one final comment is in
order: No, Mr. Nixon, John Ken
nedy isn't "doing it with mirrors"
as you suggested last year in con
nection with his economic pro
posals. He has done it with hard
work and the best economic brains
in the country, his owvn included.
This is not to say that the
President's first year has been all
smooth sailing; there have been
crises and there will be more in
the future. However, let us not
be stampedled by the local press
into sharing its cynical outlook.
The President was understandably
cautious last year, but will allow
himself more latitude in the
months to come. The citizenry can
rest assured that he will consider
all points of view before making
a decision, and that every decision
will be in the best interests of the
people.
CROWING FOI
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Dear Dion:
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Sincerely, th
USC Student Body jith
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Back during first semester there
appeared on this page an editorial C
column by one Paul Crawford, con
of
cerning a novel approach to bu
Thanksgiving. I was reminded of th
this after leaving the recent stu- op
dent dance at Township Audi
torium, for the affair brought to
mind something about "cosmic
mc
vomit" which Mr. Crawford de- ou
scribed in detail. is
we
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The Florida Alligator reports
that recently a mystery bush was bu
discovered on the University of of
Florida campus. w
"An 0o(1 professor stopped to inj
investigate a little rustle in a bush
in front of Building U. He walked vii
ar
to oneO side of it, then to the other. thi
"The little bush quietly shook bu
again. The 01(d professor finally
left.
"Two coeds walked by and the tail
bush shook again. Both jumped su
and looked behind them as they ho
hurried a little faster to fifth ar
period, by
"The hush shook violently as a li
boy passed by. With one eye on ca
the bush, he continued on towards fig
the library,.a
open to members of the Caro
may have. (Gamecock staff
w A Bottle
[ was also reminded of our in
mous Homecoming Dance, be
Lise I almost found myself in
3 process of throwing a bottle -
s time at the entertainment in
ad of the police, however.
FF-CAMPUS dances have been
the greatest thing to hit Caro
a since the Twist in the opinion
many. They have done more to
ry the name "Suitcase College"
in any other single force in tll
inion of others.
Not so with last week's fiasco.
True, it was requested that we
periment with "white" entertain
nt this time. True, booking an
tstanding performer in this field
easier said than done. But
Lrmed-over Dick Clark rejects
n't belong on a college campus
eept maybe Clemson.
At least we could have booked
few big namc country stars and
ooklyn hoods!
pAYMENT for the entertain
ment ran somewhere in the
ighborhood of $2,200. This
nes out of the University Fee
paid a few days ago, and
rsonally I resent throwing away
cd money on Dion, the Dovells,
d other shaggy-haired jitter
gs with "leotard suits" on. My
d would have loved them, though,
.use he's a pretty big gardener
d he could have planted 37
iash plants in Dion's hair. Hair?
looked like the business end of
mop.
[ realize that if everyone were
e you and me this old worlds
'uld be a mighty dull one. I
rther realize that we need a few
'ater buffaloes" to make the
rid go 'round (I might be one;
don't know). But to unload 10
12 of these monsters on the
SC Student Body in one night
estions the intelligence of our
idents.
Give us back the Midnighters,
Corner
'Soon the mysterious shaking
sh sparked about 200 students
front of the library to a study
spontaneous reactions. Students
btched the bush and people pass
e it for several hours.
"Architecture students hal pro
led the fun by tying a 'trinig
LIund the bush and pulla'g it
rough the window, making 'lhe
sh shake at every passerby."
* . *
rho Auburn Plainaman has
con a definite stand on two is
as that students should be in
ested in. It displays shock at
w many pretty girls these days
3 detracting from their beauty
using four letter words. Words
e won't, can't, and don't. The
zinman also claims that since we
1 professors "profs" it's easy to
~ure o'ut what we should call