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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 occasion deserving the best efforts of the entire University com nmunity. And a vital element in that occasion is the graduation speaker. Speaker rccomiendations are the prov ince of a committee now under the direc tion of Senior Class President Pat Naylor. But. we feei, each student preparing to graduat' siould also have a voice in the choice if he so desires. The comm;ittee seinors Barry Long and Kathy Gehnian, graduate students Art Gr+og ry and Dick G.ldir-agrees. We therefore urge any potential 1967 graduate to use his voice, contact the coni mit tee with his suggestion and help make graduation '67 the most memorable ever. '' N o T o m ._ o ' k o o o lI J) N''A tl.ll F,dioria Assstan "ls tN, oul on twon'tknwrlsTo In Mye n sprt Opin cient 1), stdN wre muA gged, esn a t Thes- infidentiareiindicativ of aen problem tht' 1eachF " tunt~ fe e t thia ; Un :ive ity tace dail -- itee r l Wth at of einged lsubjected troth InFcilite fr aI par teo in- hdln >:i:nt c'ude.: str light an r obrge, o wi,lgt 'Fh>i' in''!et:; are inilict it' pn''stn t thi of a proltnitha eah stlen Yet', the undv, that f beng sbjecerl o th offer the r . ihingr ofhouiv har f arn;btee arn elue srtet ighs 1111 apoict aT nitddt light Potenta wa a fiure hiden y t w(erke, werb,o couldsprin at ay mo e to dd to li We think not. The aaea to the left illus ,ooperation Secondly, funds received would be comtinl from the Student Activities Fee or fron money which organizations had raised them selves-in either case limiting programs foi which the funds were allocated. Thirdly, revenues would be channelet back into a separate General Fund an( would drain the already inadequate activi ties fund. But some students who felt "we can'i afford this" went to Vice President foi Business Affairs Harold Brunton and com plained. And by Wednesday night we were noti. fied the policy has been changed. Approvec University organizations are not to b4 charged to use USC facilities. One thorn has been removed. And while discrepancies remain, the spiril to cooperate issues hope that a greater ef. fort will be made to align sources of revenu( 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 Students are probing and questioning practices this year that have too long re nmained in darkness-a commendable effort to clear the murky air. We have seen this week what can he don( if a problem is tackled from two sides. And although the no-charge accomplish ment is a small one, it compels us to issue a challenge to all elements at Carolina-t1 set that eliminated difficulty as an example of the way problems should be and must be approached in University '67. >fCaoia roaes om om? n.. TheDan Unvr ity. Irtffd p' n ,tof Carolin rotts.TmnTm? n.ThtethDarna 1 ii ~irr y.to thie rail road tracks near r>ta f I 'w.' i ie l'o.ints, at least 20) lights U i iflJk Wi 1 are neicessary to p)rovidei am - 'tit~''i i''' .4, pIe lighting foer students liv iniruhi nt g in apart mints there and stutritsfrie for girls walking to the girls dormin area. S liUgJ''. ~t'I senaete' ( flestr ('aipstuon() the ne grl w: ~i journI'IIy at night is b'leak. Thlere are the lir. 1ghts*. ini that t wu >t reelthat. bl 'ck :rea ; at least I.' moe are t I:uu i gn' 1 pasag~eways\. belhind, thIirough i'et, firm Alaini are ladenr with poo''rly lightel or Attack t rates adlequatie' ligheting. 'To thle right?* I )ark ness, daunger. pote'nti al for atacuk. (Stalff Photo by Nanc.y Meddlin, ( hip -4 The Scenic, Scarred Campus The building is new. Dedication ceremonies were less way with the sign identifying Physical Sciences Center. I 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.) i EDITORIALS COMMENTARY Our Man Hoppe War: Ha 1ly ARTIHUR l1IOPPE 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. This week they are talking about "escalat ion" and .""hterinlatiOnl." We are prepared, our leaders say, to go on fighting for years -years more. In the paper this morning there is a photograph of an American soldier hitting a Viet 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 st ream. In the photograph, the Ameri can soldier, knee deep in the water, has just thrown a round house right. Hiis arm is still ex tended, fist clenched. 1le looks tall with close-cropped hair. Ife looks like any American. The Viet Cong prisoner seems very small. lie is naked from the waist up. His head has snapped back. His eyes are closed. Ilis 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 bloody mess. The deep er Lurks areas in which a potential acci dent might lie- in wait for his v'ictim, and to which he might run for the refuge of darkness after his attack. Twenty-five lights could re lou1ce greatly the potential of this a1 lea. In all, at least 135 addi tional street lights in the im mediate area of' the Carolina campus are indispensihle for adequate lighting protection for the students of this 1'ni versity. 'The lro\ision by the adnilis tratlionl of sucll a ntece'ssity woull be an initial step toward student :afety. The addition to the police force of ( xtra men and adequate f(eluipment for student protec tion would li a seond step the :liniiistrtat ion shtould give pr'ime' contsidet'ration. No) notticealet steps1 have been taken yet. An assailant has at least 135 good pilaces on this cant pus where he maty carry out his at tack wi(th little fe'ar of beintg seent. Toat temnptedt fiocil e as satults andI four muwggings have al readyl taken place' this year. WhItat must ha ppetn biefo re the I'nivetrsitv y Community a e' t s? Tlht' deathi of a studeltnt per'ihapls ? .\ay this not het thet case. Rtat her, may the ptrovoc(at ion fo r admitin istriativye act iton come fr'ot those dlirectly involved: thte studtents who fact' the ptrobhlemt dlaily, antI thteir ptar'ntts whto htelp pay' for [Jntiversit y otperat ion thr'onoh taxes. ze Of Gui sense of satisfaction when fist slammed into cheek. Then, afterward, the ration alizations to wash away the guilt. For 1 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 (1o 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. IIow much less a living man it makes you. And how fast, in war, it grows. And then I turned the page. For after all, we have seen Hoppe Vetoed l>ear Miss Carroll: As a freshman, I have been very impressed by The Game rock since its first edition (luring orientation. Every Friday I pick up a few extra copies and mail them to my family and friends to let them know the (antmpus news. The Gamllecock is certainly oh jective and a publication of which we all can be proud. I have, however, been some what disappointed in the syndi -ated column "Our Man Iloppe." M r. I ioppe's picture is really not very attractive and is defin itely oversized. And----(;od help us---his sick sarcasm! If he's not writing about some government "omitrission to determine human worth, it's that evil Ronald Riea gan, or the old fainiliar "get out of Viet Nam" theme. The only thing funny about "Our Man Hoppe" is that it's so unfunny. We've had enough of his left wing tripe. What about show ing the other sidle of the coin ? IC(IIARDI T. IIINES t-ounded Jan. 30, 190R with, Robtert El rock t-s ,ublIshet b'y and. frr the stuzdente duoring the college- year excep-t duorinog hi 'Th -op tiions expresed heretino n ot Oin. t facultyv or thec studenroitbody as ED)ITORI ASSOCIA D)on C IRISINESS MANAGERt Mary WV. McMillan ASST. MANAGING; EDI)TOR . NEWS E-DITOR .............. SPORTS EDITOn t, Blood such photographs for years now. But later, thinking hack on that photograph in this winter of 1967, I 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 Hoppe is syndicated nationally by Chronicle Features .Syndicate. San Francisco, Calif.) Letters To I)ear 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 Vietnam and of the cruelty of humanity, I was sick to my stomach. It is a surprise to me how this young AWARE representative and his followers are allowed to roam this campus. The topic of Vietnam can he included in a familiar subject c a 1 1 e d Patriotism. Patriotism means the support of your coun try and every American citizen is a part of his country. The soldiers in Vietnam are a part of this nation and we, as American citizens, must support them as we uphold our country. Patriotism is something that only an individual can get alone. Some people call themselves patriotic but are at a loss for words when asked to repeat the Pledge of Allegiance or have to think twice before standing as the American Flag passes. Patriotic spirit is the feeling of pride that overpowers a per son when he sings "My Country "fis of Thee,'' or when he looks at the Iwo Jima Monument. We at Carolina are commit ting a grave injustice when we allow young instigators such as the one mentioned in my open ing paragraph go unchallenged. I do not believe an entire cam pus can he Anti-Vietnam, but, considering the response to AWARE that Friday, a person wonders if such things are pos sible. Is there any Pro-Vietnam sentiment at the University of South Carolina ?i Wake up), fl I ECcOCK Ilott Gion7ales a the first erlitor. The Game i o the Unves t ofsouth ('aroilna weekly lilaysc oa eainatio)n. rearily refleet te views of the administra - -I N-CIEF -Carroll T'E ED)ITORI auig hm an MANAGING; ED)ITOR Carol Mullinax -----.......... ..... Sally Zalkina -...............Mary Jane lienston --------------..........Carl Stepp HOPPE The Editor low Carolinians, speak out and be heard in the name of Am erica!!! WAYNE A. COX Dissention I>ear Miss Carroll: A recent Friday evening on the Russell House patio there was a heated discussion on Am erican intervention in Vietnam. A British student was opposed to our involvement. An Ameri can, not opposed to the U. S. posture in Vietnam, had no de sire to fight, but was willing to do what was required for na tional defense. Unfortunately, the Englishman was jeered for his dissenting views. The surrounding crowd also harrassed him by telling him to get out of the country, by calling him a queer and by making other less discreet re marks about him. 'T h e Englishman suggested evasion of the draft. I believe this is wrong. Some form of draft is necessary in this coun try. Regardless of how equitable the draft is (the present is not so equitable), some young men who do not want to fight in the war for reasons of conscience will he required to do so. The draft is necessary to pro cure the manpower required to defend this nation (implicit in this is the protection of U. S. interests as seen by the nation's elected representatives). Improvements of the draft must be made by modification of the law, and not by evasion. Lawmakers are sensitive to the expressed interests (letters, publications, v e r b a l disagree ment) of those they represent. E l e c t e d representatives never forget that if their views and actions differ too much from those of their constituents, they will not be returned to office. Vigorous dissent is often ex pressive of dleep concern, but it must not be allowedl in such a form as to disrupt the mechan ism of our society. Any unit, such as the United States, consisting of many dif ferent and shifting parts, re qures ordler. Our economy is based on spe cializat ion of interdependent in dIividuals. We must cooperate~ since we cannot do0 without each othe'r. Our society andl its policies must be alteredl only within the realm of the laws binding it to "ether. T respect the right of dlissent, not an exercise in civil dlisobedijence. WENDELL SMITM~