The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 13, 1967, Image 13
Editorials Commentary
Friday, January 13, 1967
Give Us
At 2 p.m. last Saturday ofi
ministration and athletic depar
ence room in Houston, Texas,
tegrity of our institution in th
doing by the NCAA.
Jones, Dietzel, McGuire and :
to save the reputation of Carol
stigma of dishonor from being
While our integrity was def
students chose to fight their bat
ing disgrace to the University
of paper that hit the floor.
Before a statewide televisi
staged what has been called or
tions in the long and stormy his
The showers of paper at bas
before, and there have been plea
ever, was the need greater for
than last Saturday.
Carolina students were in
when the ACC ruled that tean1
have to play USC in the Field H(
The ruling was a slap in the fa<
Saturday's debacle showed E
its ruling. Faced with an excelle
insuations of the conference, Cai
to bring USC further disgrace.
Admittedly, the paper thro
group of Carolina students. But
cent" thousands made an effort i
Even as Carolina students I
deem themselves, the Universit:
Our school was found guilty of
and placed on probation for two
The practical effects of the
USC, for we had little hope of g<
games or having any football ga
ever, have integrity, we do havE
damaged by the disgrace of disl
We have nothing left but the
Guire and Dietzel say we will ma
sins out of the past to clean up,
begin the job now."
"Was the foot an inch out o
Jones. "They ruled we were out
come close to the line again."
Our students must also detp
the line again. We must throw
the persecution complexes.
In the words of the referee
Eckman, the University "didn'
were trying to do. South Carolir
ers are good kids. I didn't war
like that."
Our students, our athletic pr
all been branded, but we chose tc
It will take time for the scar
rebuild the walls that have crun
foundations of a great Universil
will build again on them. All we
Another J
Earlier this semester we ot
doing its traditional little jog-st<
steps backward.
A great deal of improvement
week, when the Senate chose t<
former contradictory self.
Bitter at the University's "e
preserves of academic freedom
passed a bill expressing oppositic
policy.
Throughout the debate the Sc
smacking (to use a favorite Sena
"Freedom of speech," "a matter<
freedom" were constantly on th
bill.
These idealogical statementh
dlently not very deep-seated in th
For, in the midst of their efforts
at USC, the Student Senate viol
which it was pretending to fight.
As the dlebate on the bill inte
andl passed to go into executive
Senate members from the hall,
reporter.
Proponents of the executive
wanted to be sure statements wei
however, Senate leaders said the;
would allow more frank and oper
In either case, the Senate lea
stituents' right to know when
debate behind (closed (doors.
An executive session is an im
one to be used with diacretion.
appointment, when personality a
needs the cloak of executive ses
of importance to the entire stud
Wednesday the Senators pla<
ment of principle on the statute 1
Student Body President Bill Yot
The Senate's zeal to take a sta
clouded its vision of practical eff
to protect freedom of speech ala
verv sacred rigrht.
TA Tme
icials of the University ad
tment walked into a confer
ready to fight for the in
e face of charges of wrong
'igg struggled for two hours
ina athletics, to prevent the
placed on USC.
ended at Houston, a band of
tle in the Field House, bring- -' fi
with every misguided piece
Dn audience these students
le of "the worst demonstra
tory of the Field House."
ketball games have occurred
.s to stop them. Never, how-J-a
a display of sportsmanship
lignant in early December
s in the conference did not
)use if they preferred not to.
e, students declared.
!xactly why the ACC made
nt opportunity to refute the
olina students chose instead
wing was done by a small
how many among the "inno
o stop the senseless display?
3st their opportunity to re
r lost its battle in Houston.
infractions of NCAA rules
years.
probation will scarcely hurt
>ing to any post-season bowl
mes televised. We do, how
pride, and they have been
ionesty. You n'
future, and Dr. Jones, Mc
ke the most of it. "We have
said Jones, "and we must
f bounds or a mile?" asked
of bounds. And we'll never Dear Mr. Ell
I, for one,
rmine not to come close to Youngblood f
off the defeatist attitudes, rally support
cocks in theii
at Saturday's game, Charlie son last Sati
deserve what a few kids student wh
a is a fine school. The play- self-respect a
t to see them branded like stitutional re
9 lina that you
ogram, our University have represent the
> bring it on ourselves. gional televis
to heal-it will take time to The respon
as a whole
bled in the last weeks. The stand behind
y remain, however, and we has been on
need is time. formed repre
ever to be i
USC.
Apathy h e
Fog -Step the=
lo - p one bit but h
the irresponsi
served the Student Senate people who lo
p of one step forward, two crowd.ar ths
It would b
had been noticed until last Gamecocks to
regress and return to its than to be hui
broadcasts by
nerochmnt n th saredwho care noti
,,ochetontesard tion of Caroli:
," the Senate argued and.
n to the newv stated speaker solution to su
r ep u ta ti o
nate hall rang with phrases seems to be tli
te word) of political clich4s. of people who
>f principle," and "academic it's about tin
students usuri
a lips of proponents of the ydign
no less than
were inspiring, but evi- - -
e attitudIes of the Senators.
to insure freedom of speech
ated the very principle for
nsified, a motion was made
session and remove all non- Foundedi Jan,,
including The Gamnecock'q wy' durng""hi
session initially said they Tgt(5j~~
e not misconstrued. Later, 765-8178 (News.
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portant legislative tool, but News Editot
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ndl character are involved, Social Afi
on-discussion of an issue Feature Edil
ent body does not. Acu.Srty
ed their idealogical state- Editoial Cat
ooks, overriding a veto by Adetsn
mngblood. Circulation a
md on principle apparently ca .$
ects of the bill. Their zeal f*'sIf y.SZ
n led them to violate that (o''nne siIjon,
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nd who lack any in-onyu spebe
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intetionto otif De)ar Mr. Elliott :
seem o hae no Please accept my
ridwh lak ny n-on your superb e<
pettarsCr- Specter Hang:
woul lik the to USC," in the Decer
stuentbod onre-of T he Gamecock. T
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a. view.
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hpepele.Te serious crises in the
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thig w ar dong whatever the conse
agreeing, and the position will remail
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V. WEIGLE harmed from the enst
I feel that there is
can add to your comn
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compliments LARRY E. Gj
litorial, "The
Heavy over
nber 16 issue Dear Mr. Elliott:
he article, be- L a a t month Duke
i most timely cancelled all regularl]
basketball games witi
versity of South Carol
licy ing that our student
welcomes let- lacking in sportsman
pertiment to Carolina students we
iversity stu- by this action and fe
in - Chief re- officials at Duke wer
edit letters to trying to get out of pli
Wood t a s t e, Last Saturday the
td libel laws. played Clemson. It wa
typewritten home game after the
ad 200 words. Duke made this char
t ersa will be us and the men and
may be with- Carolina had an excel)
tunity to demon str
______ sportsmanship to the
our state over regional
written, and "Demonstrate" they
ent point of game was stopped on
casions because Carolir
faced many were throwing ice and
past, and has on the court, The stud
r, ras it faces and jeered every unfav
ponsibility of made by the o f f i c i a
nd by Caro- watching the game i
rnd up; and the State had an opptl
d know that see South Carolina si
quences, our their worst.
i firm, and Every t e a m in th
-- - -- Coast Conference could
understandably cancel
with the Gamecocks as
this display of lack of
ship and lack of cour
yet most of the student
involved; in fact mos'
iat edstor, 19 were not at the game.
South Carolina It is deplorable and
ns.
of the admin. the student body of C
s h oulid be represent
tIn *'ivisi entire Atlantic Coast(
by those few students
rvic~lim. h~ so completely devoid of
IntL.eollegiate' It would have been betA
field house to have b<
ElLIOTI' than filled with such a
R CREWE AllAN RE
CARROLL _____
Mullinax
7aughrman Dear Mr. Elliott :
an Knight I could not undersi
Mangun certain basketball tean
tie Corley fused to play at your c
mny Smithi urday's game showed r
rd Shoaly rest of t elie visai on
RoekholzSouth Carolina why the
bz Oberly If you so - called "sj
ry simmon,, need a new court, why
Mike Kroch- sweep the court after e
ynn Bowls,
reta Medlin', and start a paper driv<
/ilson, Carol
lax Childers, TRUMAN DAVID
Mary Jane Cle.n, S. C.
Fall Sc
One To
By SALI
Stafl
Fall 1966 - a semester
takes, a semester of pride i
lina, a semester of shame -
grow on . . .
The biggest, most public
delibly stamped names like
Eddie Cameron, and the At
minds of Carolina students.
The NCAA's decision to
tion has been called a ligh
choice by others. But like it
plan to make the best of it.
"We accept the action of
cooperation in upholding ti
tion," said Dr. Thomas F. Jo
will continue our efforts in
tive athletic program."
And we made mistakes i
Fall elections brought cri
ties in voting procedures.
student government official.
errors.
Even more appalling tr
was the voter turnout. The
cock listed the names of 18'
Less than two per cent of I
to vote in the elections.
Proving that we could I
student body united in an e
an increase in the student
4,653 students, the largest
their ballots in a USC electio:
and approved the fee increa
Efficiency and interest t
Floor? tions, too. Student governn
-- program series with "Drugs
than 500 students attende
which featured discussions
such drugs as marijuana an
Perhaps the most obviou.
d. With a expansion is her physical fr,
du Wi- fcranes have become part of
our Uni- life.
merge un
ing crisis. Work on the new Physic
nothing I complete, and the Capstone
rents, other complete. The pools-parkinj
k-men!" the near future.
k'IES JR. Russell House, the hub o:
has a new look. Additions
meeting rooms, offices, gam<
Campus Shop and book store
University bar and enlargement of the
scheduled
the Uni- The University is grow
na, imply- physically. New programs
body- Pharmacy, Political Sciencc
body wa hanced the University's gra
hip. Many
e insulted Additional degrees are po;
t that the and new vistas of opportunil
, perhaps, plan to continue their educat
tying us. level.
Gamecocks Proof of USC's growth c
s our first 000 grant to the Internatio
)ffcilsatgrant, made by the Scaife
eagains largest ever made to the Uni
women oftion.
ent oppor
a te their Fall 1966 - a semester of
people of in our academic prestige and
television. Carolina Community.
did. The Asmse ogo n
several oc
a students
paper cups
ents booed
orable call )
.1s. ThoseO kflSLI
broughout
rtunity to
udents at
e Atlantic
now quitoe
its games
a result of
portsman
tesy. And
B were not 4I '%
of them
sad that g
a rolina - BI/
Jonference ,,*
who were
or for the a" ,, ;d~
en empty **"L
tudents.
MOERT
and why
s had re- .
ourt. Sat
e and the * } -i.'
iewers in
refused. MaMHIn airtate
ortsmen" space Fuutr
don't you
ach game
ROPER The Story(
mester:
Grow On
.Y ZALKIN
Writer
of growth, a semester of mis
n the institution we call Caro
- but most of all, a semester to
ized event of Fall 1966 has in
Mike Grosso, Frank McGuire,
lantic Coast Conference in the
place USC on two-year proba
t sentence by some, an unfair
or not, we have accepted it and
the NCAA and pledge our full
ie principles of that organiza
nes, University president. "We
the development of a construc
n fields other than sports . . .
ticism for the many irregulari
Balloting was rescheduled as
made an effort to correct the
an the political discrepancies
November issue of The Game
Carolina students who voted.
he student body cared enough
earn from past mistakes, the
ffort to pass a referendum on
activity fee. On December 9,
number of voters ever to cast
i, voted an overwhelming "yes"
3e.
,eplaced apathy in other direc
ient initiated its Great Issues
and You" in November. More
d the three-day symposium,
on the usage and dangers of
I LSD.
i sign of Carolina's growth and
)nt. Construction workers and
the familiar scene of campus
al Science Center is now 65%
House residence hall is 18%
i complex will be finished in
f student activities on campus,
to the student center include
a rooms, and a much-improved
Future plans include a snack
patio.
ing academically as well as
in four fields - Engineering,
, and Education -have en
luate curriculum.
;sible under the new programs,
y are opened to students who
ion beyond the undergraluate
me in December with a $210,
nial Studies Department. The
family of Pittsburg, was the
versity by a private organiza
growth in the physical plant,
in the collective mind of the
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