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The Ho "Honor Is Key For Capstone" states a headline in the April 7, 1967 issue of The Gamecock. So began a very interesting experiment in USC life-a first honor dorm for women students, designed to allow coeds to as sume a role as mature individuals with self control over their actions. To almost nobody's surprise, the experi ment has worked. But the success of the program poses a very basic question of equal privileges and responsibilities for the equally qualified. Are women who choose to live in Cap stone the only ones entitled to freedom from curfew, more power to dictate their own affairs? Why shouldn't a coed who can meet the GPR, class standing, disciplinary stand ards, etc., be accorded the same rights as Bill OF Rights "Our faculty adopted the Bill of Rights virtually unanimously. "It is a document very close to the na tional statement by the American Associa tion of University Professors." (AAUI) The speaker was I)r. Robert Moore, state president of AAUP and chairman of the De partment of History at Columbia College where a Bill of Rights was adopted this fall. Wednesday the USC faculty received Carolina's version of a Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities within the Academic Community. After debate, mostly negative in tone, it was sent back to the Faculty Committee for revision and-hopefully re-presentation. Of the faculty who will ponder the bill in the coming weeks, we ask the most serious consideration. This bill is a statement of principle the University can be proud to live by. And, we must turn to the student body who would be prime beneficiaries of the bill, should it pass. Do you want it, stu dents? If you don't, it's nothing but paper and ink. We have heard the document hailed as a most important step in closing the faculty student gulf. We have heard it hailed as many things. and criticized as many things. But we cannot be swayed from a firm be lief that this statement of rights is true in the principles it expresses. And we cannot cease to hope and believe that as soon as feasible the University Com munity will adopt the principles. Much hard work lies ahead. But for those who wish to aid the maturation of Carolina. the goal is well worth the effort. f// The 'Cocks have the heart, the brains, tF to "OZ" grows Art Hoppe D1 IDear Miss Carroll: rlojiin I am writing in reply of "In fit.Ims D)efense of I loppe"' which a p- I'lW(OSo peared in a recent issue of The '(' itlbe a (;amecock. I hate to shatter any-is'b~t nh one's ideas ab,ou t Mr. lioppe's nlIoknI ability to stimulate the intellect li irpy s of the i ndiavidual; he only appeals tli'(t0ii y to the (emotion.nii ilaI(tv First, I must remind this per- lii (i 'u son that it is impossible to be l a lsIae award of a situation without first i ihal'ti having the f a e t s, and without ifhiOiEil i these facts it is also impossible ofosstih't to ometo loica cocluion ai obinu in hli nor Key one who chooses to live in Carolina's new est women's dorm? There are a number of junior and senior women in Sims, South Tower and South Dormitories who could meet requirements for Capstone residence but who don't want to move from present living quarters for personal reasons. They may not want to leave roommates or other friends with whom they have lived for some time. They may simply prefer facilities of one dorm to another. Or, perhaps they must often be in the central campus area at night and fear a long walk home along dark streets or diffi culty in finding transportation. Another honor dorm could be established, but we do not believe that necessary. The principle has been proven. Now let's adapt it to the University environment at large. The honor system could be adapted to other dorms with ease. A Pinkerton guard mans the door at Cap stone. His $120 per week salary comes from housing revenues. It would be a simple matter to assign a guard to Sims, South and South Tower lob bies so residents who qualify can live with out the curfew chopping block. If expenses need to be cut, two guards could be used rather than three-one in South Tower and one in South lobby (who could have full view of the Sims rear en trance and admit residents by walking a few steps). A new color of sign in-out card could be printed specifically for coeds on the honor system. Besides individual advantages, such a sys tem would add strength within the dorm system. For housemothers, it would mean no more staying up late to admit tardy coeds. The guard could simply keep a record of late arrivals who were not in the "honor" category. That same guard could also serve a pro tective function badly needed in coed dorm areas. Now, a single policeman patrols the area. More safeguards are a necessity. And for dorm governments it would elimi nate what could become a potential drain in leadership. Many women who meet Capstone require ments have potential as student leaders potential which should not be encouraged in any way to confinement in one living area. For such extension of the honor program, the cost is minimal, the benefits substan tial. the principle sound. Carolina has taken a real step forward toward twentieth century coed life with establishment of Capstone. Now it's time to take another step in the same direction. )1 - 1R e curae, nd he alet...tera horte eac day.-' C ge r IIm ablteyr, and hetaentteioa harte. ah"ay rveas Crits.*m hnrgvs thie the #J'i,hei onpe hieh Si mt sav \ fiur' gslt wiu ch is-((N AA)lO inst5 the eie fs' H. 'tIe V l'inlrg . ong ti iampus, . ad hs ekl oca s.u must Ii tus repat, nhhe'is a s c m -t I, ir ie'usig vtalisses f NEA hytE SMIu 11sn0wih s tihtyo anehse l sociizat soulth uiit th hehii If thisg hung-up, mniehii'e-liass cam (ii (IS 'alilis, moralh neceissity, of yieling in t h. unl i ne a l, I fc'o l dest,teJ(lsf EDITORIALS ~0C ( COlMiMMENTARY Page Ten - THE GAMECOCK - December 8, 1967 Our Man Hoppe Youth Ov By ARTHU Herewith is another unwri unpublished reference work, 1950-1999." The title of this Revolution." The initial indication tha among middle-aged American. zine in the autumn of 1967 t) sen's first record, "Gallant i fifth-rank position among 'Be outpacing, among others, Elvi At the time, the item aroi later, however, Senator Dirksc ing a speaking engagement at lost, to souvenir-hunting mii from his double-breasted suit hair and the last three inches of his sedately pat terned necktie. The following week, after 13 ladies swooned during the Senator's rendition of The Bill of Rights at a League of Women Voters gathering, the nation awoke to the new phenomenon on its hands: A middlle-age(l sex symbol. "Senator I) i r k s e n , " Mrs. hIomer T'. ("Cissie") Pettibone, National President of the blossoming Ev Dirksen Fan Clubs, said with a discreet sigh, "voices the secret aspira tions of our confused genera t ion." The immediate result of the budding revolution was a revival of old Marlene Dietrich movies, the replacement of rock music with Glenn Miller records on most radio stations, and a new attitude toward the nation's youth, summed up by the slogan, "Never Listen to Anybody Under 30"--or, in the phrase that be caie ponular in many house ho!ls, "Shut up and eat your spinach." Hardly a magazine hit the streets without a cover story en titled, "The Sexual Revolution in Our Suburbs"-the gist of each article being that virtually no one over 30 talked about sex in public any more. The biggest change was in men's fashions. In pursuit of the new image of dignity, age and wisdom, men gave up per fumes, girdles and hair dyes, with the single exception of "Silver Threads" - a product designed to provide "that dis tinguished touch of grey at the temples for those imma turely ungreying." As for youth, it said what it had said for generations: "Our parents don't understand us." Although one young man did add perceptively: "I think it's just a phase they're passing through." This proved all too true. The crisis came at the 1971 Chicago Convention of the New Middle, when Homer T. Pettibone, portly, greying and cigar-smoking, sugge'sted in a speech that it was high time midldle-agedl ladies gave up p)erfume's, girdles and cosmet ics and lengthened t h e i r skirts to cover their ugly mid dIe-aged knmees. H1is wife, Cissie, led th(e resul tant riot by hitting him over the head with a p)lacardl while cry ing, "You're nothing but a fat, cigar-chewing, over-aged slob!'" The revolution collapised. Tlhe cult of yoeut h was restored. AXn y thing anyone with acne said was wide(ly venerated. Anrd the 'ouin - ry returned to normal. (Our Man Ilo ppe is syndicated nlatioinallyj by Chronmicle Features S'yndicate, San Francisco, Calif.) -One M( 'cst asy of b, e i n g hygien icallIy unique what b,ette'r vehicle of at - ta(king ( albe'it subet lly ) the en renchedl Est abilsish mnt thman theo Sdir i aIlepagi's of The (,ame,icock ? If the majoirit y of (Caroli na studmients find MIr. IIloppe siloe thing Iin as than pirostratinigly funny, that is a matter oif lhttle iimpo'rt. Suchl perceptiv e students as ari" perchedl en the cutting edge ojf tIhe Zeityrist know that sat ire is a piitent weapoi(n in thme e u r r e ni t A mierican revoluatioin (whuichi fuollows by fifty ye'ars a slightly stickier Re'volution els' HOPPE War, Etc. who can look at only one side of an issue. His description of the young American soldier hitting the Viet Cong soldier was supposed to bring a tear to everyone's eye, I suppose. I wonder what Mr. Hoppe would have done had he been the American soldier and seen some of the atrocities commit ted by the communists on Americans a i d Vietnamese alike. The war in Vietnam is a dirty one, and nobody wants us to have to be there-hut we do have to be there. Before closing, I should like to take issue with remarks made by "peace" demonstrators S n e a d, Miller, Johnson, Rledfern and Frisch, also in your Nov. 10 issue. I live just outside Washing ton and my stepfather's office is in the Pentagon. While I was not present at the actual demonstration, I did have the opportunity to view the dis graceful condition in which these marchers left a government build ing and its grounds. Various slgans, many of them not suitable for repeating, much less printing, were scrawled on the walls with black plastic paint which can be removed only by sandblasting. And when the demonstrators had left, clean-up crews found a great number of feminine undergarments on the grounds. The violence which occurred was the fault of the demonstra tors, not "the military police and U. S. marshals." They were there to prevent the demonstrators from getting in side the Pentagon, where God only knows what they would have dlone. The violence started when a group of the demonstrators at tempted to breach the security lines around the Pentagon, and the officers were forced to de fend themselves. The peop)le were uot beaut iful, as was clearly evident from newvs reel film, newspaper pictures andI p)ersonlal accounts of people with1 whomt I spocke. JOIIN% I.O)TIi Feeundeed Jan. 30. 1908S with Itotbert Ellic cock is eublished by anid for the studIents during the cellege y ear e tcept teuring holi 'The oineIonstI epir essed h Ierehin do noct ner' tion. the faculIty orl the student body) as a olffiers of The Gamnecock are in iloom 3 .campus;. I'hoe s are 7e, it.'89 hEitotr in 1 rel 7e.817T Neee're,ea I The Gamecock is reilre encted naaltyl (e neate l'ress . eseelation. sublseript in ED)ITOIt-I Ginny D)on 'ai HUJSINESS MANAGElI Mary WV. McMillan ASST'. MANAGING lEI'rTOu ... NEWYS lEl)ITOl)R............. SPlOl'TS EITOI)........... ED)ITOltlAI, ASSISTlANTlS . ASSTr. NEW~ EDlITl-ls . . Miona ASST. SPO()l'Ts EDTl'l(ts.... 50('IAlE AFF'lAlltS ED)ITOU. lX('IIA NGI lE:EITlero...... ('1111:1 lllTOGitAPlll~ AD)VEltTlslNG; MANAGE l( 01lFI('E MIANAGIIt. ('l fIIll.ATION MA NAGER n erthrown R HOPPE tten chapter in that standard "A History of the World, chapter is "The Middle-Aged t a revolution was brewing 3 was a report in Look maga at Senator Everett M. Dirk den," had "propelled him to st Selling Male Vocalists' " s Presley and Bob Dylan. Ased little interest. A month n was genteeley mobbed dur the Oswego Garden Club and Idle-aged ladies, one button a lock of his flowing grey Vietnam 1)ear liss Carroll: As a recent USC graduate, I have kept in close touch with the school and with The Gamecock. I am delighted with Carolina's physical, academic and athletic growth, and The Gamcc-k ap pears just about as good as usual. However, I must express agreement with the letter from Richard T. hlines (in the Nov. 10 issue) when he complains of being somewhat disap pointed in the syndicated col umn "Our Man loppe." I'll admit that I do read the column almost every week in some newspaper or other, and I have found him to be a writer Where IsA Mixer? >ear. Miss Carroll: Having been at the University for almost three months now, I would like to say that attending school here has proven to be a great deal b e t t e r than I hat hoped, except for one possible objection. It concerns the almost complete lack of social functions at which young men and women might meet and get to know one an other. In view of the restricted s o c i a 1 activities of unescorted girls, I was extremely surprised to discover that the University does not sponsor any social func tions of the kind I have men tioned. Granted, there does exist an abundance of social activities on c a m p u s, but these are all limited to "couples only." This is all good and well, but how in the world does one findl persons to (late if there is little or no opplortunity to meet eligible members of the opp)osite sex in the first place? The more I think about this situation the harder it is for me to comprehend the lack of ''mix ers" on campus. The "mixers" I anm referring to are the sort at whtich, as their name implies, una u,tached members of the two sexes can come together for the express purpose of meeting one another. Mly purpose for writing this letter is either to find some ex planat ionf for this situation or, hopefully and mo're importantly, to find some soilut ion to this prob'h lenm. In short, I would simply like' to know if there is any possib)ilit y hat a regular- schedule of "moi \ er"can he set up. JEIlIRY ABit SO:ATO >re Time [Hut is Mr-. lloppie not be'ing st retchted a little thin in mtakiung htim performt yeoman dhuty pro dIuri ng a col umnt wItichi is at onIce Ith utt o r o ui s and ideolo'gically oriented ? P e r It a ItS the lburden he'rha, udoulId, as it were'. Itap lBrown, .Jerry tublin, or someo~ne' fr ott theii .\v ional Guao rdian cir - adeiquia t el y, if wvitho'ut Mr. hht'ppe's subttle'ty, while mtembter'ts of A Wi, A R IE have' p rove'n t lhei r proclivity for humor mtany timttes since its inctsiht on. JAwES ( AnK AWARE Termed 'Farce' /)car Miss Carroll: It is certainly refreshing to see that the pages of The Gamecock are carrying such fierce polemics. Perhaps, the organization known by the adjective AWARE has something to offer. This offer ing of mead (truly, a draught fit for the gods!) is simply En lightenment. These seekers-after-truth have provided us with all Knowledge,. and have provided us with a Plan for the Future that defies com parison. As a matter of fact, these children of the New Left have encompassed the i s s u e s, which they claim to have eluci dated, in an obfuscating verbal haze. These denizens of the depths of Knowledge have stated that they "are the only ones standing up and stepping forth in defense of student freedom and liberty." In my opinon, it is time to stop this nonsensical farce. There have been, for any number of years, groups dedicated to the preservation of student rights on the 't'SC campus. It is therefore my contention that the members of AWARE should not he called to answer for their fallacious statement, but instead, it is time that the men and women of C a r ol i n a started finding out just who the (.-fenders of their freedom are. JOHN D. C'LERTSON I)eur Miss Carroll: I noted with i n t e r e s t the several replies to my letter sug gesting that The Gamecock pre sent a column with views con trasting to "Our Nlan loppe.'' For this suggestion, the writers indignantly branded me as ignor ant and narrow-minlded. I have, h o w e v e r, only the greatest a pp reciat ion for "Hoppe's brilliant sarcasm and sagacity." Nir. Hoppe utilizes to the fullest the power of sugges tion w i t I emotion - trigg--ring words as he so cleverly proclaims the callous regard of our nation for human life, the sadistic plea sure of our troops in burning human flesh with napalm and the great moral guilt of our "technologically advanced, ('au casian, Christian nation." I do not favor the discontinua tion of "Our Man Hoppe." He stands as an excellent representa tive of those who lack the reali zation of the very freedom that allows thenm tii spreadl their per verteid propaganda. I suggest only that The Gam ,aeoek might ncludle a columnist of the oppios ng vi''w to provide a standard for obhj ectivye j udgment. Or is thiere siomething to fear from looking at the ot her side of the coin? RICHIARDI T. INES ii Gunraales as the first elltor. The Game ft the tinlversity of south (Carolinia weekly ays andii examinaations. essar aly refleet the rvews of the adminkira whole. iii if thie Ituassell liouise oan the t -nnersliy a ef . 7eV-4220 (nuisaiess andi Adlvertiina by Natioal I-:iuaionaiil Adierlisling ser A'. ',iiatedjl Collegiate Preu an tii he 5 4 aes a ra $1 I er year. N-CIIEF C~arroll ighmnan MANAGING ED)ITOR Carol Mullinax .................. Sally Zalkin ......... ..Mary Jane Benstoni ..................... 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