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f/G UAl UNIVERSITY OF CROWING FOR GXJ The opinions expressed by colu necessarily those of "The Gameco Letters to the Editor, but all Letter not constitute an endorsement. Th publication any letter is reserved. Code Of The The code of the underworld has been adopted at Carolina: anyone who squeals is worse than a cheater. Cheating-a widespread problem in col leges all over the United States-has found a favorable atmosphere at USC. Evidences such as a recommendation to the faculty to investigate the Carolina Honor System and a student-faculty-administration committee to study the system point in this direction. In a 99-college survey conducted by Co lumbia University, more than half of the students questioned admitted they cheated. The survey also revealed that fewer cheat when student opinion disapproves of cheat ing. According to the survey: Where disapproval is: Per cent who cheat Very Strong 23 Fairly Strong 36 Moderate 50 Fairly Weak 59 Very Weak 69 The attitude toward cheating instilled in the student body, says the survey, appears to be the most influential deterrent to cheat ing. Where student disapproval is high, the frequency of cheating is low, and vice versa. Those two sentences could well ex plain the dilemma faced by Carolina and also the reason her honor system is failing. One student explained it this way: "Quite frankly, the honor system at Carolina is a rather horrid joke-particularly on the stu dents themselves!" A professor, in reference to last semester, said: "For the first time in my three years of teaching at USC I did not have a 'cheat "A Man's I "A man's home is his castle, and in his castle he is king." This castle should be furnished according to the wishes of the king. We are grateful to our University for helping us in furnishing our "home away from home," otherwise known as a dormi tory room. However, since a sizable amount is paid for dormitory rooms, students should be permitted to add items which give the room a personal, homey touch. This privil ege is denied. Such furnishings as rugs, tables, and even TV trays are prohibited. This means that all rooms in essence look exactly alike, a definite deterrent to originality and the in dividual. For example, how original and comfortable can one be with curtains and bedspreads? Since the majority of students are required to live in the dormitories, should not they be allowed to fix their ''castles'' in such a manner that they will be as comfortable as possible? The queen's manner of dress has also been limited further. According to a rule in South dormitory, a coed cannot go to the re I Exchnng Typical Carolina Gentlemen at Ecepsfo the University of North Carolina "TeAlSa" are:SttColg 1. Neither Adonises nor what Tn. ol pl the coeds call "lizards." "fteUie 2. Neither animals nor Ches- mligpt t terfields.veiteaepr 3. Neither cavemen nor James "ne h i B3onds.intttosars 4. Neither infantile nor senile,. aso rsls 6. Neither morons nor Ein- sergtdlvsi steins,.apscmui The "Daily Evergreen" from suetit Washington State University asks adeeysrn a question that every student hm ube i must have thought about some- "i nw h time or other - "Ever have the satgoplvn urge to fold, staple, or mut,ilate voain fhsp the IBM cards on your registra- ue(etreino tion pacet?""one l tan" Membe of ag tate CollegPe Edio, "heGaecck* i pblshd y"nf the Unte, Univrsiy ofSouh Caoliaw ekl ng potay, itsin< ~The('.mrcc"is eprsen e ritiol sb atonal SericeInc Th p~biiat n i "aeder the side Pres.the Naiona Cllesegressg,andted livescoin Subcriti rte ar $300peryeresues.u EDstudent intoa COCIc SOUTH CAROLINA RATER CAROUNA mnists and letter writers are not ik." "The Gamecock" encourages i must be signed. Publishing does e right to edit or withhold from Underworld ing student' in any of my classes. I moni tored all of my quizzes. In the past the students were on their honor.'" The Carolina problem sinks deeper than just cheating. It stems from the fact that cheating is socially acceptable on this cam pus and that anyone who reports an honor violation is a "tattle-tale." How, then, could anyone expect an honor system to work under such circumstances? Students cheat for any number of rea sons: they do not feel the grading system is fair, they want better grades, others cheat so they cheat in self-defense, parents pressure them for better grades, they need high grades for further schooling, and so on. The list is endless. What we are concerned with at this point is not that students cheat. Our concern is the fact that no one reports these violations. Most of the cases which come before our Honor Board are re ported by faculty members. Are they the only honest people on campus? The student lack of concern was also shown Tuesday at the faculty panel discus sion of the honor system in the Assembly Room of Russell House. Approximately 50 people attended, half of whom were faculty members. The discussion was publicized in The Gamecock, over the intercom in Russell House, and on posters. But where were the students? If we, the leaders and citizens of tomor row, continue the practice of "looking the other way" when we see someone cheating, what will the future bring? -HH lon.e.." freshment machines located in the base ment of the dorm unless she is properly dressed. Housecoats are not considered proper dress and refusal to abide by this rule results in a restriction of at least three days. We agree that such a rule should be enforced when the dormitory is open, but after dorm closing hours the rule nears the ridiculous. For example ,the dormitory closed at 11 p.m. Monday night. One unknowing young lady boarded the elevator at 11 :30 p.m., at tired in housecoat and pajamas, and was promptly told by a housemother that what she had on was "suggestive of the bed room." So what ? What do most people sleep in ? Since the elevators carry persons to within 15 feet of the machines and the dormitory is closed to members of the op posite sex at this time, we are sure that these girls are not so modest that they care if another girl sees them in their house coats. Besides, if a male is clever enough to get into the dorm at this hour, he deserves a free peek. -HH a Corner]| an editorial in and prayers." of Austin Peay "So, many make their own out in Clarksville, lets - immoderate drinking, im to USC ~~ moral relations and artificial I States is a 'kicks'." lleges and uni- . e e ssure cookers." of educational IIerFe's some.thing from South America is a west Texas State College which stdnsliving could apply to The Gamecock - stuenpresrie "To all the outraged students and n groups who have complained be. eze the college cause of the lack of publicity for ght little ball the'ir organization in the school current whirls paper, the editorial and business along with it " staff have coined a joint motto. strain of con- Being practical, the businessmen the indelicate have come out on top with the ivacy, the abso- gem of literary genius: aloneness that Early to bed and early to rise, place for tears Work like hell andI advertise." A re you freshmen at USC I' guilty of the following? The "Old G;old and Black" from Wof ford reports that on a freshman regis tration cardl, someone had written IA "Mamma and Papa" in the space given to parents' names. as the first . . . ents of the the college A golden anniversary - not Advertising of a wedding, but of a newspaper I olleie i- is being celebrated this se mester at Woffor dCollege in HOLLAND Snnrtanhurg. BTU BO[ FIE "Close your eyes - Another The Speech Department of Co lumbia College has presented yet another graphic example of the local predilection for producing excellent "sweet nothings." BRIGADOON must be counted as a sterling success on several L F F - U A S NC ONTHA Now, "On the Air" has a new home in The Gamecock complete with an unreasonable facsimile of me ably drawn by unsung hero, Rick Amine. He left out tho moles on my face and the two camel humps in my back for obvious reasons. Anidersion Liquidated "Dawn Patrol" host Dick An derson has been liquidated from his post and shipped off to do the Thursday "Partyline," a pro gram which is heard on WUSC Monday through Saturday from eight until 12. He has been re placed by Greg Munzell and Terry (Allen) Leff who do the "Dawn Patrol" on alternate days. World News Roundup If you really want to keep up with the news on all levels, make WUSC's World News Roundup a listening habit. The ten-min ute newscast is heard on Caro lina Radio Monday through Fri day at 11 p.m. This is the ideal substitute for the daily news paper which you may not find time to read. Bullin'U Board WUISC is always a service to Carolina students and that's why we began programming the Caro lina Community Bulletin Board three times nightly - 7:15, 9:15 and 11:15. All clubs and organi zations on campus are invited to send to WUSC meeting notices and other club news which would be of interest to our listeners. Address correspondence to Bul letin Boar d, W USC R ad io, Campus. Electroniic JounalIsm WUSC is a good place to get acquainted with the fundamentals of broadcast journalism. The News Department is in need of several news men and women who are Journalism or English majors, or who are interested in learning to write using radio style. Visit the station on the secondl floor of the Russell House to find out the details. Radio Sales Earn a 16 per cent commission on adlvertising sales you make for Carolina Radio. Contact Terry Oldham, WUSC Business Man ager. ENT 7USE . it won't be as bad!" &. m in Iz- ----------- 'Fun' Play grounds: the audience was amused and entertained, the cast and stage personnel undoubtably learned a great deal from work ing in such an elaborate show, and proof of the ability of Co lumbia theatrical talent was again exhibited. BRIGADOON w a s well worth seeing . . . in fact, it was a rewarding evening's fun . . . despite the fact that the comedy was pleasant rather than clever, the music was iharming rather than memorable, and the play's totality was diverting rather than exciting. Mr. Gene Eaker and his asso ciates must be credited with drawing out practically every thing that was in the play. The few minor production flaws were so petty that one had to look for them deliberately in order to notice them . . . and that, in a play of BRIGADOON's scope, speaks extremely well for the persons handling the task. The principal roles were carried out with similar professional skill (Dave Davidson, Paul Crouch, Missy Cromer, Nat Burgess, Margy Oppenlander, Sylvia Sey mour, Gene Gatlin, and Louis Kaplan stand out in our memory) ...andl the minor roles were, for the most part, competent. The chorus, dancers, and orchestra (Guthrie Darr -- music, Jo Las seiter--dance) also complimented the production. While B3RIGADOON will shine in very few memories (other than in those of the people involved!), our faith in C2 was maintained by the skill with which the show wa presented. We will look for ward to future performances... the next one being Sir Arthur Pinero's THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY . . . on May 20, 21, and 22. Our thanks are ex tended to Mr. Fred Brown, Mr. Gene Eaker, and Mrs. Anne F. Griffin for making us welcome at the lovely Cottinham Theatre and showing us around the ex cellent workshops, stages, and classrooms of the superb Speech Department. Also of interest to local theatre fans are the tryouts for the Uni versity Players' production of Anouhil's THIEVES' CA RNIVA L (schedule posted in Davis Col lege). The weekly CFFC films (Wed. and Thurs. nigh>ts at Five Points Theatre . . . schedule also to be found at Davis), and forth coming productions of Robert Bolt's A MAN FOR ALL SEA SONS (an excellen,t play being produced by the Town Theatre), and Lyric Theatre's production of the FANTASTICKS (a delight ful musical). With the film boom and the improved-increaed output of the local theatre companies . . . things look indeed bright and cheerful for the Columbia theatre-goer . . . despite the continuous and conspicuous absence of the works of Albee, Pirandello, Beckett, Ionesco, Ibsen, S tr in db erRg, Chekov, Brecht, Osborne, Miller, Sophocles, Euripides, O'Neill, and Mintz. Coliseum N EACH YEAR, at this time, a number of well meaning students become very verbal in their de demands for a coliseum for Carolina. That a coliseum would be a pleasant luxury for the Carolina Community to possess cannot be denied. That a coliseum is a necessity for the academic, athletic, or economic welfare of the University of South Carolina is preposterous. IN S O U T H CAROLINA, 51 per cent of the Selective Service Registrants failed the Preinduc tion Mental Test. Louisiana is the only state in which a higher per cent of the population 14 years old and older is illiterate. Caro lina ranks last, among the states, in median number of school years completed by persons 25 years and older. It is one of the few states in which palmists practice openly and in which the K.K.K. can say "we have nothing to hide." The Carolina Community will soon feel the pressure of the financial demands being placed on the State treasury. It is rumored that out-of-state tuition will have to be raised to meet the evergrowing dollar needs of the University. At present, the South Carolina Legislature is consider ing cutting the per capita ap propriation to the University. We question, in the light of the above facts, that a coliseum is among the most pressing needs of the Carolina Community. WHO WILL benefit from the construction of a coliseum? It is most conceivable that the con struction contract for the pro posed coliseum would make some contractor very happy. We are sure that the Columbia merchants would not be too strenuously op posed to anything that would be likely to increase their receipts. That a coliseum might bring Dear Ma and Pa: It seems as if the question of "honor" among thieves is still being subordinated to the pol emics concerning honor among students. Everyone is interested in the topic. Everyone, that is, except the students at Carolina. The administration, the faculty, The' Gamecock and the general public are concerned. One would think that "honor able" students - those that don't cheat - would be interested in the system for reasons that should be unnecessary to go into such as class standings and the relative importance of grades as reward for scholarship. This week the USC chapter of the American Association of Uni versity Professors discussed the system - they apparently con sidered the topic worthy enough to make the agenda of their monthly meeting. As a matter of fact the Bureau of Applied Re search at Columbia University pub)lished last month its findings relative to a comprehensive sur vey of students on the subject of cheating. Nearly half of the 5,000 students polled confided that they had, indeed, cheated in some form or another since entering college. The survey revealed some other startling facts: Cheating is most prevalent at large schools. G;ood students as well as poor students cheat. Students who study less cheat more. Students in the "humanities" cheat less. There is more cheating en ob jeetive tests. Cheating is more rife on schools with fraternities. Students with athletic scholar ships cheat the most. The great debate rages -o Ml/a6em o Necessity enough visitors to Columbia to ring up some pretty impressive figures on their cash registers cannot be denied. We do not begrudge contractors and mer. chants an honest dollar; however we do feel that the prime con. sideration for building any Uni. versity building should be the use that that building will be to the entire student body. We ques. tion the utility of a coliseum to the Carolina student body. WE ARE of the opinion that the University could use a new physical education plant. One does not have to be an authority on functional architecture to be aware of the shortcomings of the building which is presently being used as a gymnasium by the Physical Education Depart. ment. We are sure that many Carolina students have had the unpleasant experience of attend ing class in the not too com. fortable class rooms under the field house stands. Carolina's postage stamp sized physical edu cation, drill, band practice, and intramural field leaves much to lx- desired. Why not replace these with an adequate physical edu. cation plant? THERE IS little doubt that a new physical education plant is more of a necessity than a coli seum. The former would be used by the entire student body on a year - round basis. The latter, at the moat, would be used on about two dozen occasions each year by the Carolina student body. One who realizes the needs of the University cannot help but feel that those students who are "plugging" for a coliseum could better direct their energies to ward the construction of a new physical education plant which included an all purpose gym nasium. MEAR FOLKS SE"D $$$ question. The problem is simply that this debate is not raging among the students. Students yell and scream and jump and holler when liberties are taken away from them or when they think they are being treated like children. Yet, given the opportun ity to carry the ball - to de velope their own system, to en force it - they remain suspi ciously silent. If you ask me (and, of course, nobody would dare), I think that the adminis tration would rieally like to see the studente take the initiative on this one. They know that monitoring studenits is not the best method - the survey bears this out. It was found that there is more cheating at schools where there is joint student/faculty monitoring and enforcing- T'he re port reveals that students cheat less at schools which do have "honor systems" which the stu dents themselves police and en force. This is 'the system which we supposedly have (or had?) and which gets my one feeble vote. The only argument that I have ever heard against the p)rinciple of the system (and the reason perhaps that it does not work) is that students don't like the idea of turning in the names of other students whom they see cheating. Personally, I would dis like having to do that, but it is a better alternative then having a professor or a graduate studenft breathing down my neck while I was trying to figure out whether sentence "B" had a split infini tive or a dangling particil. The students here should lot their will be known. I would like to see if anyone agrees with me that while having to report a fellow studlent is a difficult duty - monitoring in the classrooml is an affront to student integrity and responsibility. I think I'll write a letter to The Gamecock and proffer that one vote of mine, .to.o2, 9f2aAf/ P.S. Please don't forget to send $$