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Editorials Friday, March 25, 1%6 Slater Sanitation: Part 2 Thc Gamccock's reporting and Student Senate's unani moIs passage last week of a request that the State Board of Health investigate the sanitation practices of ARA Slater Cood service has brought charges of "error in judgment" and "grossly unfair" from the University administration. We in turn consider the administration charges as also ai error in judgment" and "grossly unfair." The charges by an unidentified administrative spokes man last Friday made the campus-contained controversay into a statewide issue as the USC news releases flashed across the Carolinas. The release was as follows in entirety: The University of South Carolina today flatly refuted student Cairges of unsanitary conIditions in food service facilities on the camlipus. The charges appeared in today's issue of the student newspaper. Tib Gapmcock. A University spokesman said the food service facilities are in -pekted regularly by the State, lZichland County and City of Columbia haitlh departments, and that all food service facilities on campus including the four cafeterias-have an "A" rating, highest obtainable. Th Gunmcock quoted a iember of the Student Senate as com ImentinIgr that foreign objects had been found in food served in the cafte~ irias. 'Ihe University spokesman said there are known instances when prank-minded students have inserted such objects into portions served other students. In the article in the student newspaper, it was reported that the l'S' -tudent Senate had "unanimously requested the State Board - Ica!lth to investigate the sanitation practices" of the commercial firm which operates the facilities for the University. "Ii effect," the University spokesman said, "The regular sanita tion in1spections of the State Board of Health are a continuing in S~tigration of the food service practices at the University, far more ect Ie and meaningful than any one-time investigation could p ibly be. "These inspections, coupled with the rigid requirements and sched uled inspections of the county and city health departments, keep our food practices under the continual surveillance of three major agencies w hich establish and enforce health regulations." 1i1 bran<,ed the student criticism as "grossly unfair" and Thc ,e c': 'banner headline treatment of it as an "error in judg n1'nt1'. 11" University spokesman also said: "l:''ry qpring on every campus there are stirrings of restlessness amon students. attributable in part to the season of the year, in part to the seemingl. long spring semester which has few holiday inter ruptions, and in part to the approaching end of the academic year. "A tlri-11, iymptom of this restlessness is criticism of adninis 1;ie tact its anI ser-vices such as food facilities, menus and nmner if food preparation." Some may say' that nothing further should be said-but \,hen (aro l lina's stuident leaders raise a question and are II)iuliy HiVle by an iUnidentified member of the adminis rat in-the issue deserves to be aired further. F'irst of all, we would like it known that The Gamecock as the studlents' new spaper considers the actions of Student Senate to be of great concern and news value. We recognize the Senate's right to a free expression of "pinion onf all subjects and will continue to give space to I le pubilicat ion of' the Senate's expressions. \\ fial it harid to believe that the tunidentified spokes n < 'arolinia's administration, whoever he may be, wtouild e~~ st thItat wi NOT r in t news of' student in terest. E th.i r en ' , we wa nt it knoi~wn that we appr)teciate Ir ism any1timne in p)erson but resent hearing it first in Day To Remember pI 5- -an imptortant dlate to all segments of the Caro mI t n it y is fast a lproach ing. On tha :t at, ittne week f'rom Tue'sday, U'SC studenit body "nlt 111 inII c'amlpus afftair's for the coming year will be aragu Icii infunced by tninat ions of candlidate's to fill v ''u seats of leadership. Among posit ions up for grabs will be student body of' licets, Ithe student union presidencyv, c'lass offices, senate seats andI chleerle'ading posts. \\e fetel t hat nto t imen in the hiistoryv of the Uiversi ty have Kindent bodyl elections been of' such gr'ave imp)ortance. 'arotinita is in a p erio ol(f rapid growth, a pe riod wthen \'italy intrestedn wid esp read stu dent leadership is essen'ftial. .Student lteader's (In all levels can (1o mtuch to smooth the trsiti on stage as ''uri school ti-uly comes of age. But as our sc'hool multiplies in size, so must student efforts multiply. No longer can a few top-notch people givinrg all their spare lime to studeltn t affairs attempt to act for the student botdy as a whole. This year is a p)rimie examp)le (If too few c'ap)able studenlts ca'~rryi ng the' b)urden' of leadership for too, too, rnyi. Often, many' of the numerous campus gripes could so easily be solved it' the truly interested studlent leaders were great enough in nutimbe(r to thek le additional problems. To'( help change the deplorable situation of lack of stu dent initiative, we would not advocate more officeholders, b)ut b)etter officeholders. In ordler to command and receive the respect and trust of the faculty-administration leadership of the University, stude(nits miust have their best classmates working for them. Looking to the year aheatd, we urge that worthless, unin formed, dlisinterestedl "dleadlwood' he removed from posi tions of studlent leadership. This housecleaning can be accomplished April 5 when interested students urge interested students to become candidates for student positions of influence. U' "Crow It couldn't be a bone. CAlROLINA CUJP D ear Mr. Iluiftt I adldress you on behalf of the Carolina C'up Committee for as sistance in transmitting our de sire that all who anticipate at tending the Carolina Cup Races on A pril 2 consider the day in prope'r perspective. First and foremost is the ef fort concentrated on retaining the high standard of racing whichr has for so many years kept it in high esteem throughout the country and one of the miost re spected( race meetings on the Na ional Steeplechase and Hunt As rociation roster. Secondly and one which bene fits by that effort, is the en deavor to afford substantial as sistance to the Kershaw County Memorial Ilospital which receives all net p)roceeds. Pienicking andl renewing 01(1 ft iendships5 have come to be at t ractive features of the Carolina Cup Races, but at no time dloes tie comm it tee intendl to let those features become paramount to the triI ue prpose of the event. In I %o5 thle Carolina Cup Races A ssociat ion emiployed for the first time the services of Pinker t(on's Inc'. for assistance to the st ate, count.y and city authorities n maintain inrg p)roper order dlur in g thre day's events. The relIa iitiship iproved so worthy that this service( hais been increasedl for I1%1i. The committee trusts that we have your coo)peration in relating these sentiments to your fine studenst b)ody. RAYMOND G. WOOLFE G;ene'ral Manager b>ar Mr. Iluitti: As a me'mbe'r oif the U3SC stu dient body anrd the US( Student Senate, and in all fairness to brothi groups, I ask that better co'verage be given of Sernate mreeti ngs by The (;amrcock. SIG I EdAit or. IHAltiY liiREIIIARlT Business Manager . oundedi-, Jarnuary 30, 1908 withr Itor Gamme i nibbshed by and, fi,or %t wee'ldy <hmnrrg thre dlb-ge ',cr enep '- ur h The rIrInons exr* )Vewd hekrrmu <bo not otrartion, the, farculty~ or lihe tmh(Iot bod~y Offie of The Gamecock are mr 1,room 4IVERSITY OF SOUTH C ing for a Greater Carolina Sinc A Bone? An "unidenified soune" mays my c eriJoJAe L The Senate meeting held March I;. 1966, was probably one of the most active and noteworthy sessions held in recent years. But, because of the headline story in the March 18 issue of The GamifecoEck, that session has re s;uitedl in state-wide criticism. Senator Byrd's hill requesting that the -;tate Board of health investigate the Slater Food Sys tem was not an attack on Slater; its purpose was to furnish a re quest from an authorized group so) that any doubts of Slater's practices could be cleared up. Such a move could, in fact, strengthen Slater if the results were found to be satisfactory. Insteadl of playing up the bill c'oncerning Slater (and blessings to anyone who would want to serve hundreds of college stu dents daily), The (;amcock' should have given top priority to the st udenit activities fee bill. For the first4 time in his t erim of of five, V ice Pr'esidetn t T h oi r n e (ompiton relinquished the gavel to speak on a b)ill. This ac t alone .houlId indlicate the impor1tanoce of the hill. If approved by the Stu dent Body in the spring elections. this increase in student activities fees can have a tremendous ef feet on the scale and quality of stuodent activities. SeveralI bilIls o.f i mmedIiate con - cern werie not even menlt ioned by The4 Gameenc4('0k. 1 I ame rfe rrinrg toi bill s which werue dlesignedl to pro tect the voteris and (cand1idates in the not- to4-dlistain t spring elee tions. Senator P'oliakoff's resolution concerning the honor system was not even recalled, much less de bated as The Game,i(cock headline stated. Itf The~(, Gameock would give better coverage oif Senate meiet igs, the Senate coulId be'tte4'r rep - resent the stude14'nt s, because an informed student bod5y is nlec4's sa&ry for good student go.ver'n men' t. STIEPI'IANIE. AI>All in-C'hief .JANEAN MANN Managing Editor 208en of the i)aI iunert of th Vio crn,i ROLINA e 1908" ,, -* Meln4 yesN say it's tsprinig fever. dilor-- - - ED)ITOII'S NOTE: We appreci ate your note concerning cover age of Student Senate. In de fense- of our position, we would mention that the Senate story printed in The G;amecock weekly iread by a good number of student senators before plublica tion in order to better guarantee coni plete cos erage. Nevertheless, we aplpreciate your comments e'en though we fail to see how you can sit in Senate for over six months withbout straightening us out. From Th4 Ilyt JAi l)uring the pa:st few~ wee(ks the i iihiefCL topies olf conlern an1d con '(ll-i verIsationf onl t he UnHive rsi ty of South Carolina camp~us have l s( emed4 to deal with such t hingsi as the Slater Food Service, honus- i tie's. Granted, thiese tings are vitally impor)4tant to1 us5 a.s uni 4ersit y stuodenots, ho wever4, 44ur i pro(vincialisml is shlowinig. 111.low man forumls 44r lecture 4s . have bleenl public'ized lately', to be4 t h4eldl 44n the Uiive'rsity (campus? *' Oh, yes, ther'ie ha3ve* bleen a few. The Inlte'rnat jilnal lelationIs (lubih is plre'tty at ive alon g these linIes; 44nce in awhile th( l'olit ical Sci eneie dIepar~tmen1t' hias a guest 4 lpeaker; occasibonally tile Young1l I)lemocrats ori Itepublllica1ns span.l s44r a talk byV (n14 Elf Sooth (aro 1na's Spollit icianls. Htut has our administration or our student government ever es tablished a lecture series, or even plromoted( an outstanding sp)eak er's visit on campua? Ghinecing thrloughl a few' ex chanlIge ne4wspapers from (other 441!leges and4 11 uivYerisit ies, I found that: Florida State' has a faculty 4 valulat ion program;l l)uke% ';Ed. uenit inal AfCfairs tomn11utttee w.as reviewling tihe talk by~ a tIaml blridIge pro4fes,or4 adl p4h4111l 'r3 t iat 4tilglt 's 1 l lt 'iII Vo halin liaulkrler; at tihl Iin versty. Co YIDUCJ This week's column shall deal with two topics. They are seem ingly unrelated but they are ac tually inseparable because they concern a common subject-ed ucation. First, let us consider the recent increase in tuition or fees. The administration says that the in crease is necessary to provide the additional funds needed to sup port the University. I feel sure this is probably an accurate and factual statement; however, the fact remains that the additional burden will be placed on the group least able to bear it-the students. As you may or may not know, Carolina presently has the highest in-state tuition in the Southeast for State Univer Jties (with the exception of Vir ginia.) In addition, the State of South Carolina also ranks 49th in e-xpenditures for public elemen tary and secondary schools. In short, the state of South Carolina is bidding fair to nail down another last place in the field of education. The daily newspapers are constantly filled with the mealy-mouthed plati tudes of our politicians proclaim ing their great concern for the status of education in our state. They maintain that they shall do anything within their power to further the cause of education. I submit to you that the figures above coupled %ith other circum stances (i.e. the lack of compul sory education) pre%ailing in our state prove that some of our legislators are being "less than truthful." I for one should like to see less promises and more action. I think it is high time that, our egislature faced up to the ever growing mnneie of illiteracy anid he' eve'r-incire'asinig needls of our instit utions of h igher i learning. I am con fident that the stude(nts are fed up with heing exploited by ha ving to pay more than t he ir fair' sharie for an education. Addlit ionalIly. the patrents of the dtdents who are, in most in a Gravesyar moet lecturilt seies~ wasit p)lnninlg ts fourth of the year; andI e'ven it Sou thiwest Ti'xas Statet '' Co (gie, a I.ingutist ics ex pert fini shed a seie its of lecturets on theit beiory f liguist ics. Wet hiave a right tto be con. -ene wti vith iiurn foodit andl 'or :ingi cond'sitltions;lbt we a'lso&t \I 'onirsity studienits, we' htave he' iht alol shotultd be givien tIn' iotedt spetakers ini the fields of i'ratu , poli' ~ itit's, and phtiltoso >hy'. Sucih thlin gs ats t hese' art' Smer it seems t hat such speak - -rs and forums w~ ill not hi' spOn tired by our administration, to I rrimg E'nitrnce to the pairi behindl frttrn,ity ' outi n' new ..j miiat,rat ion1 to clear liy the. unig unmentary Columbia, South Carolina ITION stances, forced to pay these ever increasing fees are becoming alarmed at the direct cost tA them. Hopefully, they will mani fest this alarm at the polls in November. This brings us to our second topic and pet peeve-the lack of a compulsory education law. In all probability the bill will fail if it ever reaches the Senate floor. However, I seriously doubt that it will ever get that far. In order to reach the Senate floor it must first be reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and this is highly unlikely. The reason for this is that Sen ator Marion Gressette, an op ponent of compulsory education. is the Chairman of this commit tee. I find it hard to understand how the Senator from Calhoun County can ignore the fact that S. C. ranks dead last in the years of school completed by per sons 25 years and older, last in the percentage of 14-17-year olis enrolled in school, first in the percentage of Selective Serv ice registrants failing the nenta! test and that 54.6' of S. C. stu dents (rop out of school before the ninth grade. Perhaps Cal houn County (oes not have these problems. Well, let's look at some statistics and see just how Cal houn County (toes rate. According to State Dept. of Education figures, the niedium number of school years completel is 8.7 years for the State. The Calhoun County average (tips t 7.6, years. Only 24.6' of stu dents who enter school in ('al houn County ever graduate. What effect do's this have on the ecn ony of Calhoun ? The average income per household in Calhoni County is $3,762 per year cimi paring with $8.010 for Richland Midlands), $7,002 for Heaufort ( Low Country) and $5,672 fir York (Up Country.) The aver age for the entire Piedmont area is about $5,400. 'These figuxn shotuld serve to prove that ( al houn County is far from be'ing. the most prosperous County in the State. Perhaps the Senar idoing a dlisservice to his own cionty as well as the res-t of 'h State. This proviides some Ins i t intoi the way your State is beting rutn. I don't like it-o you? d7 any~ great (degree, then student jgovernment nmust step in.f I liipes 'i ere hxigh last spring that at forum series wouIld be' ea iished. byv student gov~erInment but the semingly motre' Ser i'ius oibligat ions of student govern mtent held( us back.I But the situationt cant lbe reme-i died, andl a l'giimitig i. I ''ingt mtadle. Suc h prtoposal1 s as an aia deieitti evailuationi pr-ogram;ap plyving fuor nmmbershxip inx the( Nat iiital 5 t u d e ni t Associat iln; an rd a "Grleat Issues'' comutt itiee of stuadenit government, areT all piissibiilities, and are beinig celn sidered by studaent leaders. We) need( so.meth inrg along thlese' hntes. Suxggestionts for dlefitnite actionl toi be taken in the next several w eek wou (1ld e a pprec iatedii. ing IOta isouth of Blo,somx "t. .. eAccordling to M. I).I Tainer, "i51n, were e-reced .1 , the iu uail' ill thei oldl mairker,. liho" sd by ... i.......u.d s .'t.nt.