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Vitality Of ( We had planned a barbed editorial this week on an incident in which we felt student organizations were being wronged. By the time we went to press, the prob lem had been solved through cooperation. It was not a mulgaciously large incident. Student organizations were being charged "out-of-pocket" fees to use University facili ties to offset maintenance costs. We found this abominable. First, many organizations would not be able to sponsor activities on their sadly limited budgets. Graduation Graduation is a time to which a senior looks forward with mixed emotion-pain, pride, pleasure, relief, a sense of accomplish ment. To most students preparing to leave, that final ceremony is an occasian deserving the best efforts of the entire Un ersity com munity. And a vital element in that occasion is the graduation speaker. Speaker recomrn'' n'ltirns are the prov ince of a commttec w under the direc tion (f Senior 'lass, Pres;'ent Pat Naylor. But. we feet, each student preparing to "ahl ate -nou,ld also have a voice in the choice if he so desires. The committee sen:i)rs Barry Long :d Kf athy (ehnman, gr"adUa1C students Art Grt ry and I)ic'k We therefore urge any potential 1967 gra(luate 1o use his voice, contact the com mittee with his suggestion and helpi make graduation '67 the most memorable ever. N T I d ' k .11.\G N loh ro n Ion' nw o o In u Myen sprt Opin brtn-p .J)inu 'red.Iliettatti of a pr tblen a A it eah st'udenetuicj m :hisfUniver.dtjifaces dail toa o e n ubjce d tcal the ufer h ji S cliefu th fr protectionte in- uhtr ~ aiii> chide.- ste ;w- rug. Ti~. lights.ndapor I atin-ui, injuepresnt tth ~: ill I : jc-thei: t at i-ac t lere. wicand the-e ae no er -it,ightsi toiprotect elude street ~ ~ Towit lights ;n ele nne-lt g Potentala Woul ths asorbd cupl th oe curve a fgur, iddn b te drkeswee ho coud srin atanymomntIous itadth?n We tinknoL he ~ea oae ledto li ooperation Secondly, funds received would be cohniln from the Student Activities Fee or from money which organizations had raised them. selves-in either case limiting programs for which the funds were allocated. Thirdly, revenues would be channeled back into a separate General Fund and would drain the already inadequate activi ties fund. But some students who felt "we can't afford this" went to Vice President for Business Affairs Harold Brunton and com plained. And by Wednesday night we were noti fied the policy has been changed. Approved University organizations are not to be charged to use USC facilities. One thorn has been removed. And while discrepancies remain, the spirit to cooperate issues hope that a greater ef fort will be made to align sources of revenue with sources of disbursement. This same cooperative vitality of stu dents who did not blindly accuse and ad ministrators who were willing to listen and act-the attitude which also lent a joint student-administrative push to safer light ing and protection conditions on campus this week-further gives rise to a broader hope. Studeilts are probing and questioning practices this year that have too long re mained in iarkness-a commendable effort to clear the murky air. We have seen this week what can he done if a problem is tackled from two sides. And alt hough the no-charge accomplish ment is a small one, it compels us to issue a challenge to all elements at Carolina-to set that eliminated difficulty as an example of the way problems should be and must be approached in I niversity '67. VO ofCaolnartaes'Tm Tom!? osafd Caoliartte.rm?Tm? n.Te Dangaliwe 13tu 31ent3 fron 3t iC'say 13 )oi(e at fr it thelki :torhe:t.l (1to1 the al oa.rcs na I I''L4I ie ont, atI44 41~t3' 13 l easfoti 20 ligh33ts ~ ul~.i.z 31 343 ov :3e1 iightin for 34'k stud nt i 1ng t apar Iigt mens ter and 3' r anyone.waking on ]>iek mil :33.13! s .. 1l: ('t . { nl:3 (11aps itme then true,. iiI~i arii e telight st i ht two I )ak ri's. l oc ar. a at leasta f .'r mioe ar ( Staf ho The~ touiich trMednd vri1 ('psa ewaslehid,thrug I r.m The Scenic, Scarred Campus The huihling is new. Dedication ceremonies were less way with the sign identifying Physical Sciences Center. than a month ago. Yet, already, the morons who cannot Whoever you are, congratulations. You've accomplished resist playing at mischief and vandalism have had their nothing. (Staff Photo by Mike Tyler.) EDITORIALS COMMENTARy ............. Uur Man Hoppe War: Ha By AltTHiURf HOPIE It, is late in the winter of 1967. A blue-gray haze lies outside my window. Last week they were talking about peace in Vietnam. ''his week they are talking about "escalation" and "<h-terimination." We are prepared, our leaders -ay, to go on fighting for years year"s more. In the paper this morning there is a photograph of an American soldier hitting a V'iet Cong prisoner with his fist. The caption begins by talking of the strains and frustrations of war. Then it tells how a com pany of American GIs caught three of the enemy hiding in a stream. In the photograph, the Ameri can soldier, knee deep in the water, has just thrown a round house right. Ii is arm is still vx tended, fist clenched. iIe looks tall with close-cropped hair. He ooks like any American. The Viet Cong prisoner seems very small. lie is naked from the waist up. His head has snapped hack. His eyes are closed. IHis empty hands are raised before his face, palms inward, in a gesture that seems almost beseeching. It is not an unusual picture. That's the way war is. We have seen such pictures for years now. I thought for a moment of how that American soldier must have felt. The frustrations and strains, I believed that. The fear (luring the hunt. The triumph of the capture. The anger at the whole hloody mess. The deep Jr Lurks ar eas in which a potential acci dent might li- in wait for his victim, and to which he might run for the refuge of darkness after his attack. 'wenty-five lights could re dtue greatly the potential of this area. In all, at least 135 addi tional street lights in the im mediate area of the Carolina campus are indispensible for adequate lighting protection for the students of this ['ni versity. 'The provision by the adminis tratittn of such a necessity would be an initial step toward student safety. The addition to the polic force of c xtra men and adequate equipment for student protec tion w luhibe a second stAp the a: huinist rat ion should gi ve prime No noticeable steps have been taken yet. Anm assailant has at least 135 good p)laces on this canm ptus where he may carry out hiis attack withI little fear of being seen. sault s anti ftur nmuggings have alIr'':ztIy taken place this year. WVhat must happen before the I nivtersit y Community ace t s? Tlhte death otf a student pe'rhapts? May this nott ih' the case. ta t he'r, mna y the provocat itn for ad minist rative' act ion come f rom t host' dlirct ly involved: thte studeItnts who fae the prolem diaily, andl their ptartents who help pay for l'nive'rsit y otperat ion Ii.hroogh tanes. zeOf Gu' sense of satisfaction when fist slammed into cheek. Then, afterward, the ration alizations to wash away the guilt. For I don't believe you can strike a smaller, unarmed, help less man without feeling guilt not the first time. To do so, I believe, you have to close off a small corner of your mind, you have to callous over a small corner of your soul. You have to do this in the same way a fisherman does the first time he impales a living worm on a hook, the way a slaughterer does the first time he swings the sledge, the way a Nazi must have the first time he inciner ated a Jew. The first time is hard. But each time the callous grows. Each time is easier than the last. Eventually the time comes that you can do these things with neither sensitivity nor compunc tion. Suddenly I felt sorry, not so much for the little Viet Cong, as for the big American soldier. I felt that what he did was understandable and human. Yet how sad it is to have a callous on your soul. How much less a living man it makes you. And how fast, in war, it grows. And then I turned the page. Por after all, we have seen Hoppe Vetoed l)car Miss Carroll: As a freshman, I have been very impressed by The (;am e cock since its first edition during orientation. Every Friday I pick up a few extra copies and mail them to my family and friends to let them know the campus news. The (aincrock is certainly ob jective and a publication of which we all can be proud. I have, however, been some what disappointed in the synli eated column "Our Man Iloppe." Mr. I lopl e's picture is really not very attractive and is lefin itely oversized. And----(;od help ts his sick sarcasm! If he's not writing about some government commission to determine human worth, it's that evil tonald 16ea gan, or the old familiar "get out of Viet Nam" theme. The only thing funny about "Our Man Hloppe" is that it's so unfunny. We've had enough of his left wing t ripe. What about show. ing the other side of the coin ? Fourngle( Jan 30. 190R with Robert Elliott cock inalI ubghee by an<d for the stIinentsil of iuring the coliege year ex'epti tihiring tol lia Thei oiions,,r ei prenel herein iiio not nece tin, the faculity or the, stinienl l y a s a~ w 'I ED)ITOIC-IN Ginny C ASSOCI ATE D)on (Cau~ HUSINESS MANAGElR Mary WV. McMillan ASST. MfANAGING; EI1)lTOlt .. NEWS EI)ITORt.......... SPORTS EDITOn .. . . t, Blood such photographs for years now. But later, thinking hack on that photolvraph in this winter of 1967, 1 never felt more strongly that we must end this war in Vietnam. We must end the frustrations and strains and fears and tri umphs and anger and satisfac tions and guilt. We must end it, not so much for their sake, as for our own. (Our Man Iloppe is syndicated nationally by Chronicle Features Syndicate, San Francisco, Calif.) Letters To DIcar Miss Carroll: On a recent Friday (luring the Campus Speak Out, I listened to a bearded, shabbily d r e s s e d youth give a talk on his part in the "peace" demonstration held in Washington, I). C. After listening to his little lecture on the immoral crisis of ti Vietnam and of the cruelty of humanity, I was sick to my 11 stomach. It is a surprise to me how this tc young AWAlRE representative c. and his followers are allowed to y, roam this campus. s; The topic of Vietnam can be d< included in a familiar subject ti a 1 1 e d Patriotism. Patriotism means the support of your coun- w Lry and every American citizen vi is a part of his country. al The soldiers in Vietnam are a hi I)art of this nation and we, as -\merican citizens, must support r ,hem as we uphold our country. mii Patriotism is something that mly an individual can get alone. tht Some people call themselves dr atriotic but are at a loss for tr ,vords when asked to repeat the ledge of Allegiance or have to th hink twice before standing as so he American Flag passes. Patriotic spirit is the feeling w >f pride that overpowers a per- w on when he sings "My Country Tis of Thee," or when he looks cu it the Iwo Jima Monument. de We at Carolina are commit- th ing a grave injustice when we in illow young instigators such as i he one mentioned in my open ng paragraph go unchallenged. m I do not believe an entire cam us (ati he Anti-Vietnam, but, onsidering the response to th \WARE that Friday, a person vonders if such things are pos- ni :ihle. fo Is there any Pro-Vietnam ac ent iment at the U niversity of th south Carolina ? Wake up, fel- 'v; pr aon7ales as the first editor, The Game- S the Ii nversity ofi South ('arolina weekly fe arind exa'ninastions. arily refleet t he vliews of the administra irroll dli sit ED)ITOt oti hman MIANAG;ING ED)ITOII Carol Mullinax r -................ Sally Zalkin dbc ............Mary Jane iHenstoni dbi -.--...............Crl Stepp HOPPE [he Editor >w Carolinians, speak out and e heard in the name of Am rica!!! WAYNE A. COX Dissention ear Miss Carroll: A recent Friday evening on te Russell House patio there as a heated discussion on Am -ican intervention in Vietnam. A British student was opposed our involvement. An Ameri in, not opposed to the U. S. )sture in Vietnam, had no de re to fight, but was willing to what was required for na mal defense. Unfortunately, the Englishman as jeered for his dissenting ews. The surrounding crowd so harrassed him by telling m to get out of the country, calling him a queer and by aking other less discreet re arks about him. '' h e Englishman suggested asion of the draft. I believe is is wrong. Some form of aft is necessary in this coun V. Regardless of how equitable e draft is (the present is not equitable), some young men to do not want to fight in the ir for reasons of conscience 11 be required to do so. The draft is necessary to pro re the manpower required to fend this nation (implicit in is is the protection of U. S. lerests as seen by the nation's 'eted representatives). Improvements of the draft ist he made by modification the law, and not by evasion. Lawmakers are sensitive to expressed interests (letters, blications, v e r b a l disagree nt) of those they represent. I e c t e d representatives never rget that if their views and tions differ too much from >se of their constituents, they 11 not lie returned to office. Vigorous dlissent is often ex 'ssive of deep concern, but it 1st not he allowedl in such a -m as to dlisrupt the 'nechan ii of our society. Any unit, such as the United rates, consisting of many dif rent and shifting parts, re ires ordler. Our economy is b)ased on spe .1lizat ion of interdependent in 'idluals. We must cooperate ice we cannot (do without each ier. Our society and its policies ist he altered only within the im of the laws bindling it to ther. T respect the right of sent, not an exercise in civil 'obed(1ience. WENDELL SMIT -