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3It-Ins And The black blight is at it again, this time a in California, where Negroes (pronounced le KNEE-GROWS) are indeed proving to be fz the white man's burden. s1 The darkies' latest device for attracting a: attention is the "shop-in," a man.uver de- w signed to supplement, but not replace the o: "sit-in." A "shop-in" takes place when a c black or blacks invade the neighborhood oi super market and gather several basket loads of foodstuffs. They take the groceries d to the check-out counter where they are t bagged. The blacks then refuse to pay and t< walk out, leaving the store owner the task " of re-shelving the goods. Action of this kind is reflects a great deal of civic responsibility, tf to say the least. Nobody, Negroes (pro- T nounced KNEE-GROWS) included, has the a< civil right to enter another's place of busi- t1 ness and disrupt its legitimate operating tl procedure. The reason given for these "shop- b< ins" is that certain store owners do not wish of to hire dark-skinned employees, a practice m labeled by the blight as "discriminatory." ru These anthropoid malcontents would deny a pi man the right to hire or fire whom he pi pleases, and even the inalienable right to dislike whom he pleases. bi The same degree of responsibility has n< been shown by ladies and gentlemen of color so in New York and Chicago who have urged, st and apparently will continue to urge, their be children to stay away from school. As be- th moustached funnyman Dick Gregory said bu during a speech advocating such boycotting, co "It's not a matter of breaking the law, it's GI Second Chance I During a faculty meeting last Wednesday, in the University faculty voted to assess su scholastic standings for each student once "N a year at the end of the spring semester or, fir if the student attends summer school, at the nu end of the summer program. sei Whether this action was taken with re- tic sulting advantages for the student body be ing kept in mind, or whether such a move a was prompted by the spring semester's de crease in revenue because of fewer students, wl is not known. However, it goes without say- har ing that this practice will be appreciated tio highly by both students and the University Po treasury. c en According to Dr. Jones the once-a-year ap- og plication of student progress requirements will "contribute greatly to stabilizing the population of the University, provide for wvi additionally efficient use of physical facili ties, and give students better opportunity to U. compensate for whatever temporary aca- Z (demic difficulties they may encounter, espe- ha cially those brought on by transition to b University life." ac It is not unusual at this University, as mi f/e CiAA- -JCoci CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Mdember of Associated Collegiate Press Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gonzales ast Editor, "Th Gamecock" is published by and for the students University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the year except on holidays and during examinations. The opinions expressed by columnists and letter writers a necessarily those of "The .anmecock." "The Guamecock" cnc< L.elters to the Editor, but all Letters must be signsed. Publishin not constitute an endorsement. T1he right to edit or withhol, publication any letter is reserved. "The Gamecock" is represented nationally buy National Adv, Service, Inc. The publication is a member of the' Associated Co Press, The National College Press Service, and the Intercollegiate Subscription rates are $3.00 per year. EDITORDON R MANAGING EDITORSHIAR BUSINESS MANAGER LRYB Assist.ant Managing EditorHrie Advertising ManagerBi Assistant Advertising ManagerWy News Editor P Copy Editor Ss Campus EditorSr Feature EditorCal Assistant Feature Editor ri Society Editor R Sports Editor Tt Circulation ManagerCat Exchange Editor Wi. Chief PhotographerLe Business SecretaryRtie1 Chief Reporter. PHOTOGRAPHERS: RalphJarl,HnyRort GDONNA R COLMNSTS Tdd ilon,Dae Hnr, CrHEnR Narow BllSaag, Jli Dak, azLAR Wide STAF MEMERS Ks ughy, vsglna Mxwel, arrietd O~gn&,B. Je Garet, arbraMooe, vaEdlsbng,CarolI Burtn, an iult Db Wtkis, Iuhel "'-et, ind S re il Emil Wh.l.e Diae Vglio., PulaWillaRe Shop-Ins matter of being right." With great civic aders like Gregory, the black man will go w in America. In some other countries, ich language would be considered seditious, ,id somebody would get shot. If things go ell, Gregory might become Chief Justice ! the Supreme Court, and a new legal con )pt could emerge: one may break the law ily in the event that one is right. There is more to this massive civil rights rive than meets the eye, i.e., the forest for ie trees. Some unknown rable - rouser on -levision a few years ago told the world, We just wants what they's got." This is the sue. Nobody wants to be equal, not even ie Negroes (pronounced KNEE-GROWS). hey want to be superior, and they will not Imit it. Indeed, they are superior, in that iey are endowed with that special quality Lat causes their civil rights mob leaders to simultaneously repugnant, obnoxious and low mentality. Yet, somehow, they have anaged to get across the idea of minority ile in this country, and have succeeded in -oducing blood riots and mob violence in all rts of the nation. Of course, some of the race difficulty is -ought about by the Caucasians (pro unced PO' WHAIT TRAS11), who, for me reason, from time to time have trouble >maching colored folk. There is bound to some kind of logic behind this. Perhaps e problem is not wit h t he white oppressor, t with physiological and psychological rnplex of the Negro (pronounced KNEE tOW). For Students many others across the nation, to have a den drop in poptilation following the ceding out" system accomplished by the st semester. Fewer students mean fewer mnber of dollars collected in the spring nester in the form of activities fee, tui n fees and room and board fees. It is also difficult, when this situation ses, to defray the costs of maintaining f-filled dormitories and other facilities, ich have been ad.iusted to the use of a ger number of persons. Thus, the elimina-. n of the suspend-after-the-first-semester icy will enable the University to finan Ily keep its feet on terra firma, until the suing fall semester b rings a fortification prospective studenits. The benefit of the doubt, so to sp)eak, ich this measure will providle studlents, Il enable them to take advantage of a 30ndI opportunity to remain enrolled at S.C. Thus an individual will not be penal ~d for a poor scholastic recordl which may ye been duec to extenuating circumstances yond his reach. lieviewing academic hievements at the endl of the spring se ister' also eliminates the habitual flunker. r4 Exchange Corner STAN FORD) UNIVERSITY: StudIent t yped out a jazz piece of theover an I.B.M. typewriter. conlege IWOLLNS: re not Mr. John Chug of Chug A. "'rge Lugg brewers tells of wino. from women, and( song at Rollins in 'rtising 1P8' legItE'(CHAPEL HLlL: School newspaper defines a USSELJL wink as "a whether signal." CARDON GEl~ORGETrOWN UNIVERSITY: (RRETT Six freshmen have advertised Holland themselves for daites by printing I Savage their names and phone numbers e Weible on match books wvhichi they will Roessle distribute to "needy" g i r 1 s' ri Lindau sc'hools in D.C. a Elliott LU Robinson IJ held a "Penny-a-Minute >ubsro Night" on March 6. TIhe girls bas Hutto forfeited a penny for each min. ha Huttr ute they stayedI out past mnid Hunter nght. 3r Crewe l'NIVERSITY OF D)ENVER: ie Young Mr. Max Park(er) to come n Bridge spea'ik on the value of picketing enderson and( dlemonstrating. ;ig Huitt IIAMPD)EN-SYl)NEY: ion, Bob Classes are being suspendled on March 20 so the school may hold icks, Ted a mock GOP convention. MICIIIGAN STATE op Dktkie UNIVERSITY: efJackie Michigan State gets a "heav in. , wen enly sight" - their new plane. 'pe. Ann tariuIm has finally been corn nT / . ...... "Who said '1 LLET1 'The Gamecock' P,dHlor i he Gaimecock Hear Alis Ruse8lI: The average student does not realize the necessary ingredients for a school paper such as ours. Each issue requires hard work, research, pa tien ce, and that precious element - time. This semester's staff has done a very fine job presenting us with some of their ramifications concerning problems w h o a e solutions are long overdue. The entire staff deserves a big "Thanks!" from all of their readers. WARREN BURCH Senior Suggestions P.ditor. i he Gaimecock l>car Aliss Russell: First of all, let me commend you lor your aggressive stand in the February Z8 issue of The Gamcock. At last we have a stu diiL newspaper which will stand up unafraid and fight for the student's rights. For the first tane in all my four years at Carolina I think The Gamecock has proven worthy of its name. Carl llendrick's a rticle also showed improvement. I would like, however, to add a few more suggestions: F i r a t, that sometime this summer the Slater System's contract be can celed and the food service be put up for openl bids. Second that a real committee headed by real studlents (and I don't mean the fraternity "yes" men that the University uses as pawns) be set up to offer student griev ances and to inspect the food served. I can see no reason why a private company using state biuildings andl p r o p e r t y and having a ready made "sucker" in the ignorant freshman a houl1 d charge the same prices as the excellent cafeteries dowvntown; andl you ('an only get mixed vegetables at that (with car rots). Since I am a graduating senior and will soon be giving "loads" of money to this institution I feel that I have a right to a few complaints about the way m o!n e y is tossed around here. W\hy dloes it take more adminis trative p)eople to run a school than there are members of the faculty ? And many of them make much more money than the poor old I'h.D). E-very assistant's as sistant has an assistant over in that place of thick carpets andl chandeliers b e hi i n d McKissick. Also I've notied( that the main tenanice staff isn't beyondc wast ing money. IIave you ever seen one man supervise two g r e e n beatle's while they clean up a rest room? By the way, does any onea have a (100r that needs painting? Oh. yes, what about my sug gestions for "suicidle lane"? I almost didn't make it across to "II" last night in the rain. I not iced the light hasn't been in stalled (ither. The suggestion of a light and some signs to let people know they were on a Uni versity campus, andl likely to run into a c'ovey of students at any moment, were madle early last seneste r. On tihe sublject of the campus c'ops I shall re'frain - I couldn't (do them justice. I shall not, however, leave out that last atrocity prnctie(l nn 3ow Wow'?" 'IRS the University student - the campus shop. How many people remember the prices on books and the "friendly" service we received before a private store was opened up near-by? Even though the prices are now about the same, I buy from the private store on principle, remembering that the C a m p u s Shop didn't mind hitting me when I had no defense. Anybody k n o w some thing about a laminating ma chine? I went to the Administration Building today to fill out my application for a degree. I was given the blank which I filled out and handed back. The secretary then said, "Oh, you haven't paid the campus shop the $10.00 for a cap and gown yet." Me: "Well when do I have to pay them?" Her: "By March the 15th be cause we won't p r o c e s s them after that, and you have to pay before we can process." Me: "But suppose I don't have $10.00 or don t want to graduate formally, but just pick up my diploma?" Her: "You have to pay anyway." Men and Women of Carolina! I think it's a heck of a note when after spending four expensive years here you might not get your diploma if you're broke n the middle of March. I have probably bored a lot of people with my list of com plaints; but it is only through criticism that we can advance. I can truthfehly say that my d e g r e e from Cazolhna will be cherished, I have no complaints about the faculty - for the money paid they're excellent, anu many of them are truly the stu dlents' friend. Let's don't let priide in our school blind us to facts!!! Thank you for the soapbox. BOB FRANK The Pistol Packers Editor The Gamecock IDear Miss Russell: The February 28th issue of The Gamenccock reported a re luctance on the part of our ad ninistrator's to give us a detailed review of their recent efforts to protect us fr'oim postal theft. We were told of se ve r al arrests which have led, or will probably lead, to successful prosecutions, but I'd like to relate an incident which understandably wasn't in cluded in Dean Cooper's state. ment. On January 29, Campus Police Chief Bundrick and an assistant "arrested" my roommate as he was leaving the post office, lie was accused of stealing U. ,S. mail. T1he Chief's suspicion was reasonable, a i n c e my "friend" hadl indieed opened another's mail box andl removed its contents. But the explanation was simple: the box had belonged until re cently to a friend of his who had transferred to another school, andl had asked my roommate by letter to check his old box peri odically for unforwarded mail. Now this may have been an in discreet arrangement, but the box in question hadn't been re assigned, and "theft" was out of the question. Chief Bundrick, however, was1 not to be dissuadled . . . So the two policemen and my roommate1 -- by now a little anxious about due process of law -- went to our dlo rm ito ry room, which was thoroughly searched. The search was crude but leal,nce re.. TODD V On In N EXT week there will appear in The Ga mecock a copy of the newly proposed Student Body Constitution. We in Stu dent Governmen t are of the opinion that this is one of the most important documents to face our students in quite some time. Let me urge that you read it and carefully consider the various points, for we shall vote on this new constitution luring the regular student body elections. For the first time we have the opportunity to finally have a functioning Student Government. We will no longer be serving under a sheet of paper; rather we will have positions that can function. No one is a greater ad vocate of Student (;overnment than our present Dean of Stu dents, Dean Witten, and I should certainly like to e x p r e s s my thanks to him for his valuable advice and timeless efforts to help get the proposal ready. T HESE are some of the more important fcatures of the new proposal. First, the execu tive is removed from the Student Senate so that he can devote full time to the executive committees and truly represent the Univer 3ity as he should. This will make the position of Vice President ,nuch more important as he will 'hen be the presiding officer of ,he Senate. The internal function )f the senate has also been elari tied so that lines of authority tre specifically written down and tppropriate channels defined. Another important provision leals with the establishment of a ;tudent judiciary. This body will, >f course, be an advisory to the Jean of Men and Women, which ver is appropriate. The Honor 3oard will still operate under its eparate constitution, but this v'ill open all areas for student ~onsideration. Oftentimes stu tents will have an insight into he real p r o b I e mn s that cause nany student offenses. In my -nind, th-is is one of the more mportant provisions of this new proposal. SLECTIONS Procedures a i e also clarified. WV i t h o u t a loubt this has been needled for a ong time. Specific rules will bering for a dorm room consti Gutes forfeiture of privacy and vaiver of the normal protection >f search warrant. Anyhow, my oommate prodluced the 1 e t t e r :ontaining the instructions re Now, at this point a simple hone call to the person whose niail it was, wvould have seemed he reasonable way to settle the natter. But reasonable solutions 'equire reasonable p a r t i e 8 on >oth sideCs. I nsteadl the Chief demanded a i-detector test at the state onstabulary ! How much more clamorous and professionalistic han a straightforward investi ration of the simple facts... WVell, the test was taken, the nachine spoke, andl its "judg nent" remains a University se 'ret. A fter all, why reveal such esults-so easily refuted even if ositive; why conduct time-con uming investigations; andl why o through the formality of a earing, when University rules learly permit a studlent's dis nissal for any reason, or none at Needless to say, my friend was lismissedi from school, no hear ng requiredl andl none granted. Ie was given two hours to get mut of his dlorm room. Now obviously, we students ~xpect little in the way of fair >lay or comnmon courtesy -- not o say intelligent behavior --- on he part of our disciplinary of icers, hut this episode is really oo much.... I invite Chief Biundrick to eply via The Gamnecock. AMEs n. nRIhARDN , R VILSON tudents To Vote New Constitution Regular Elections also be passed to correlate this new document, abolishing most of the confusion that has pre viously existed. In p a s s i n g, I might add that this year for the first time, we will vote on IBM cards. Under this method we will know the results of all offices except those of Student Senate within two hours after the polls close. We have high hopes that this will also increase the nuin ber of voters. This new proposal also opens the door to making the Student Union a separate entity within t h e s t u d e n t organizational framework. Bland Addison, Belle Howe, and Ed Hendrickson have been to several conventions in connection with Student Unions and have found that we are sadly lacking here at the University. Under the new arrangement, the A rtist Series. Dance Committee. Movie Committee, etc., would all be drawn under one functioning body. In this way f u n d s are transferrable, and m u c h more will be allocated to these activi ties so that the entire student activity function can be much more effective and serve a far greater purpose. Fine entertain ment can be brought to Carolina, and we would like to see it come. BY the time that the paper comes out the new proposal will have already been presented to the members of the Student Senate for any suggestions, ad ditions, omissions, etc. We will hold a constitutional convention in the near future to give any interested party the right to come and express his or her viewpoints. Let me urge that you carefully r e a d the new proposal; then think about it very carefully; make any suggestions you have; but most of all, vote for it on election day. It can really mean a lot for students in the next several years and for the years to come. E LECTIONS will be formally announced in the next week or so, but they will take place April 10 with a r~ u n - ofif, if needed, on April 13. Nominat:ons will be A pril 3 from 3:00 - 5:00. Camparign speeches will be April 8, andl we are considlering having them on the horseshoe to see if we cann1Iot arouse somewhat more interest. We will vote on IBM, and we hope for a good turn-out. Full dletails on elections will be shortcoming. We have m a d e considerable headway this year, and students are on the brink of really becom mng a part of the University in all areas. This is something that we need; it is something that we have fought for long and hard. WVe have the opportunity to get most of our wishes and make .7 t h e mn become realities. Let us not fail when we are on the brink of success. T HI brings me to my final p oi nt for this week. Next year's officers will be of trenmen-4 (ous importance. This year we have only made the beginnings, andl it is next year's officers who have the task of f ollow in g through with our proposals. It is imp)erative that the best candi dlate possible be elected in order to carry out the fight, for if it is not carried on, all will be lost, andl students must r e m a i ni a small cog in a very big machine. This should not be the case; it will not be the case. Men and Women of Carolina, let's push the new constitution; let's push for student rights; they are with nour grasp. They shall be ours! The Gamecock is intended primarily as a voice for stu dent Opinion and news. WC welcome letters from any student or membser of the f aculty under the following provisions. Letters must be signed with the writer's mailing ad dress. We will withhold the writer's name if the letter ' requests it. However, We will print no letter that is unsigned.