The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 20, 1967, SECTION A, Image 8
Editorials Commentary
Friday, October 20, 1967
Look In I
Stand up and be counted, members of the
Carolina Community, who can tell what is
the function of Student Affairs Committee.
Raise your hands, those who have even
heard of it.
The Student Affairs Committee is a little
known student-faculty committee which has
as one of its functions a large responsi
bility in where student activities money
goes at USC.
It is an advisory body to Vice President
for Student Affairs C. H1. Witten-and it is
an adviser whose advice is heeded.
Money is given to various organizations
on the basis of . . . well, we're not sure. In
fact, there doesn't seem to be a definite
criteria for allocations.
In the expanding metropolis which is USC
today, each facet of the community must
run to keep pace.
Yet, some groups are severely crippled by
lack of money.
The same organizations, basically, receive
funds from year to year-too often receiv
Welcome
Welcome, alumni, to the new Carolina.
Whether you've been away two years or
twenty, we believe you will find an acceler
ated aliveness, a freshness about Univer
sity 1967. Its physical expansion and its ac
cent on learning compete for the pride of
Carolina.
It is, and is becoming more so every year,
a center of both learning and leadership-a
pride-inspiring place for students and grad
uates. We welcome you home.
Elections Ho
A few days ago we had a question about
qualifications for a candidate to seek an of
fice in fall elections.
There was a newspaper report of a re
quirement for that office, but it doesn't
exist in this year's election rules.
So we asked Elections Committee Chair
man Charles Brandenburg about it.
Ile didn't know, nor could he find it in
records in the Student Government office.
We asked a former student body officer
who says that the requirement is student
statutory law, passed by the Student Senate
while he was a member of that body.
We asked a number of people about it.
It all sounded familiar to those questioned,
but nowhere could be fun 11(1 any concrete
information.
Another knot in the chain of elections
that each year, twice a year, in a minor or
majir way, gets snarled.
The"e will always be problems in elec
tions, for wherever individuals are con
cernel, s,) is the factor of human error.
Bu t is ludicreus to let continue a prob
l(em) wh (h can be0 remedliedl with a little
('oncenatrated effort.
The stftudent body needs a set of statutes
not constitutional, hut permanent andl all in
one body-to govern~ elect ions rules, proced
uires anad qualifications for office. It is
needled before planning gets uinder way for
sprinig voting.
t -A
The push and shove of waiting in line fo
football tickets is a sad but necessary famct
booming population..But, e*ven if a studenft
the lines at a reasonably early hour, his cham
he Mirror
ing the same slice of the student funds pie.
What student organizations should re
ceive funds? Why? How much of a return
does the community receive on its invest
ment? Is there a need for altering the em
phasis in funds placement?
We would like to cite two groups in par
ticular that do not receive money but to
which we feel an allocation is very much
justified-chorus and band.
Put ten top-notch soloists in the chorus,
put ten top-notch musicians in the band.
The aim would be to make a good group
better-an arm of the University which can
illustrate to anyone, anywhere that Caro
lina is itself "top-notch."
But how can student funds be channeled
into these particular activities who don't in
vite speakers, who don't go to conventions,
who don't use a mountain of paper and ma
chinery?
Could student activities money be used
for scholarships to attract unusually quali
fied people in these areas? Perhaps if stu
dent funds could be partially used, addi
tional money could be channeled from non
student sources. The Education Founda
tion supplies some scholarships for the band,
but not nearly enough funds are available.
Certainly, student - sponsored scholarships
merit investigation.
We do not propose to limit the scope of
student funding without which many or
ganizations cannot exist.
We are seeking to refine and, hopefully,
advance a force which projects the image of
the University-today and tomorrow.
usecleaning
The statutes should be passed by Student
Senate and changeable only by legislative
process.
Enforcement would then be the prime
function of an Elections Committee which
is ridiculously undermanned. No longer
would they have to play games to ferret out
the stipulations in the Carolina elective
process.
Interpretation is also a function of the
committee. But, we believe, the new statutes
should include a right of appeal if a candi
date or other person involved in campaign
ing disagrees with the ruling of the commit
tee.
There is already a group which is empow
ered to interpret the Student Body Consti
tution. It would be a simple process to
extend to the Joint Judicial Council the
function of statutory appeals.
But, most importantly, all previous legis
lation or regulations should be declared void.
The housecleaning must be complete, or it
will be almost totally ineffective.
Senate leadership recognizes the need for
a thorough change as does this year's elec
tionis Committee.
Committee C h a i r m a n Brandenburg
summedl up his feelings: "It's nothing but
ridliculous the amount of concrete informa
tion that's available on student elections."
But must it remain so?
~eating By Proxy
r hiome game a good seat are p)erilous. You
for (Carolina's have'4 27 coupon books, the gu
starts fighting dlownt the line. . . .It just ain'1
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COURAGEOUS CHEERING
lieur Miss Carroll:
Carolina students should in
deed be proud of the courageous
capable efforts of such Game
cock team members as Don
Somma, Tim Dice, Pat Watson,
Johnny Gregory, etc., last Satur
day at Florida State. Similar ac
colades, however, should he
granted to Mandy Tho:me:, P::m
Hutto, Rusty H a m e r, Skip
Stockman, Charles Brandenburg
and Rusty flurress, who were
cheering the team on under the
most trying conditions.
They were outnumbered and
placed in a most disadvantageous
corner of the stadium behind
the Seminoles' bench. However,
the FSU cheerleader captain
who had the aid of their great
hand was often heard remarking
in dismay, "Aw c'mon, they
(Burress and company) are mak
ing more noise than Y'all."
Quite a tribute to Carolina's
depleted cheerleaders, tenderfoot
and all.
DON HULT
Secretary of Athletic Affairs
lear Miss Carroll:
This letter is in reference to a
traffic ticket complaint in an
Oct. 6 letter from Mr. N. W. 11.
Request.
The parking difficulties of the
University continue to increase
as more faculty, staff and stu
dents crowd our campus with
automob)iles. As an attempt to
alleviate one small portion of
this problem, certain traffic
rules andl regulations have been
paSssed.
These regulations, as other
traffic laws of our country, were
enacted to preserve the freedom
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and sanity of organized society
and are well within the frame
work of ". . . an American FREE
society. . . ."
All of our faculty, staff and
students were made well aware
of the parking regulations and
Our Man Hoppe
Draw The
By AR{TIIUR HOlOPPE
Young ladies have taken to
wearing shorter skirts to school.
This has created some miilhI re
action around the country, such
as suspensions, expulsions, court
suits and emergency school board
meetings.
Most school boards have faced
the crisis gamely by passing
rules that a young lady's skirt
must be no higher than, say, :.6::
centimeters above the u p p e r
edge of the patella while stand
ing at parade rest.
The reason invariably given
is that hemlines more than,
say, 3.63 centimeters above the
knee "distract other students
from their studies."
Distract! That's a euphemism.
All too vividly I remember how
it was in my (lay.
I and several other straight-A
students were gathered at the
time a round the little cyclotron
we'd made in shop, dloing our
best to unlock the secrets of the
atom.
"Hleavenly (lays !" cried 1Hill,
suddenly t urning p)ale and
clutching his throat. And with
that he collapsed unconscious
to the floor.
"Careful, gang," I said coolly,
fiddling with the dials of our
cyclotron, "we may have un
locked a poisonous secret."
"No," gasjped Al, pointing he
hind mue. "It's Flossie's sk-sk
ski rt." And with a shudder he
hid his face to the wvall.
Just as we turned, as ill
luck wouldl have it, Miss Pett i
bone flounced into her seat. It
was George, always a steady
man iln an emergency, who saw
it.
"'1 saw it,'' he saidl in a zomi
bie-like voice, h1iS eye~s gla.>y,
the chords standing out on hi-.
neck.
"Saw% what, Georg' ?'' we he
s('echedl him as we~ slapd h~''i b
cheeks and chafed his wrir ts.
"'Tell us, man."
"ler,'' George said, "knee.''
We stood there stutnned~. It
was little Ed>win, an unwo'rldlly
c'hild, who broke' the sih.n ..
"What's a knee ?" he" .aid.
Since then, of coursz~, it ha:s
becen steadlily downhioll for u
nc- proudI youth1. I. 'om v 'veil.
ism it is but astep to, 'oium
addict ion and feloniousm m.
Ye still heml11ines creep up.Hm.
flow odd it is, I some't ies
think in my, ,(...ad drem,
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the girls' dormitories. All :tu
dents are aware of the rest ric
tions against parking in reser,-d
areas.
Mr. N. W. 13., the University
did not nor does not expect you,
a non-University p e r s on , to
register your car or to "rush in
and pay a ridiculous, exorbitant
donation of $15." However, we
do expect our students to he r,
sponsible and to abide by the
rules of the University. (onse
quently, they are expected to ac
cept the prescribed penalty whin
they ignore the regulations anl
pedestal themselves above :au
thority. The same holds true I -r
erer?/ faculty nenher, offte
and staff member in the lUi
versity family.
CLINTON A. BAKER
Chairman
Advisory Parking Committee
MISSED OPPORTUNITII:s
I>errr Miss Carroll:
I am writing this letter
cause I feel strongly that -t
,ien's at Carolina are no--Jl
some great opportunities. It++
entering USC, we all paid :,n
activity fee. Many of us b: :1a
it as a cost which does u:
good. Carelessly very few ou
consider what we have pail t'r.
Studlents at Carolina mu-t
take advantage of every op'r
tanity effered them in onl'" t.'
get a well rounded educa t .
Such things as the Artist S'
rios programs unfold unlim i
Opportuniiit ies to better ou rs i
cutltuiirally.
We students have many
portunities at USC to better
selves. We should do0 ourn a
a favor and( take advantam' 'f
them.
MAC MIcl.F-'B .
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