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EDITOR.
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ASSOCIA TE EDITOR
Don Caughman
Page Ten - THE GAME
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Article V, Section 3 of the Student Body
Constitution states: . . . spring election to
be held annually during the first week of
April on such day or days to be established
by the Elections Committee, unless changed
by a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
April 1st is 16 days away.
From the Elections Committee, we have
the sounds of silence.
However, from the recent action of Stu
dent Body President Sammy Drew, it is ap
parent that the Elections Committee has
its problems. Drew has appointed three new
members to the five-man committee be
cause of resignations spanning from six
months to two weeks ago.
What's Be
Parking at Carolina is in a transient
stage. Right now, it is inconvenient. Next
year, it will be critical.
The administration began an intensive
study of the parking problem a year and a
half ago. Even more recently a student
Executive Parking Committee headed by
Alan Thames undertook a similar study with
the aim of improving parking facilities on
campus.
These were projective studies. They ex
amined not only the existing situation, but
the trends that would develop with an in
creasing student body and expanding cam
pus.
Future trends point to three main areas
of concentration on campus. One such area
is the developing west campus.
With the construction of Memorial Hall,
the Schools of Journalism and General
Studies will be moved to the west end of
the campus. A proposed new law school
will also be constructed in this area. Me
morial Hall itself will function as a center
for athletics and other student activities.
A second concentrated location will be
A Principle
In regard to Negro activities at the
Capitol Wednesday we have only one thing
to say:
It is easy to become so preoccupied with
carrying out the mechanics of a principle
that the principle itself begins to fade.
Open Letter
Dear Miss Mullinaz: bility of unive
I write this letter with some concerning the
reservations, but in spite of cal issues of ou
these reservations, I feel that as professors, ht
someone must point the accus- bility extend(ing~
ing finger. The luxury of man- acea d emice "u
ners has past. civi Irights ane
To begin with, I dlon't hon- volvement in Vi
estly know what is the responsi- Time after t
The opinions expr,essed herein do not necessarily refieet
adrninistration, the faculty or the student body as a whole.
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COCK - March 15, 1968
)f Silence
This gives the committee two weeks to
reorganize itself in the face of the coming
elections.
It should not be a matter of two weeks.
It should not even be a matter of five weeks
which the committee will have if the Senate
Rules Committee passes a proposed bill to
delay elections by some three weeks.
The chairman of the Elections Commit
tee, Charles Brandenburg, was appointed
last year. He has had a full semester and
six weeks of another to get his committee
in order. Spring elections are dependent on
the action he has taken.
And so, we ask, what action have you
taken, Mr. Brandenburg?
ing Done?
the expanding east campus with Capstone
dormitory on the periphery of this six-block
area and a second proposed dormitory in the
same block. Also included is the Humanities
Center complex, presently under construc
tion.
The major area of concentration is mid
campus, just to the south of Russell House.
Proposals from the parking studies point
to high rise parking lots in these areas as
the ultimate answer. Construction would
be undertaken on a long-range basis.
The first of several multistory parking
lots could be located directly behind the
Russell House with the first level on Devine
Street and the second level elevated above
Devine. This construction would align with
such priorities of the University as a new
infirmary, a new nursing school and law
school: Funds are dictated by priorities.
On a short-range basis, stop-gap m'ea
sures are being taken. The University is
acquiring central land that will eventually
come under the building program and using
it for temporary parking lots.
Three lots on the Capstone block (be
tween Barnwell and Hlendlerson Streets)
have been bought and will be used for stu
dent parking. Other lots will be leased with
money from dlecals, meters and parking
fines.
The essence of the studies, the long
range proposals, and the stop-gap measures
is that a growing parking problem is being
dealt with before it reaches the crisis stage.
The essence, things are being done now.
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By DON CAUGHMAN
Associate Editor
When the U. S. Supreme Court
issued its historic decisions in the
Danny Escobedo (1964) and
Ernesto Miranda (1966) cases, a
storm of protest was raised over
such a "blatant" action.
The fact that the decisions were
reaffirming basic rights granted
by the Constitution seems to have
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"PLANS
Fees Con
J)e'ar Miss Mulalina.r:
The Student Senate resolution
for control of the Student Ac
tivities Fees is ridiculous.
The Senate has no conception
of the complexity of budget con
trol. If they want control the
Radio Diet
D)ear MIfissg Mullina.rx
One p)articular organization on
cur camp jus, WUSC, is sup
posedlyV run by USC students for
USC studlents. Many times I
hav'e calledl the radio station to
req(uest songs. Many times I
have been told that the station
wouldn't play that particular
type of music.
My gripe is simp)ly this:
Who is WUSC directing their
music too? Most of the resi
dents of my dorm favor more
current music such as rock. If
our et ation is for us, then it's
about time they play the
music we want to hear.
On Sunday afternoon I turnedl
on WUSC and was greeted by
classical music. I'd venture a
guess to say that no more than
three people on this entire cam
pus were being entertained by
this music.
If anybody from WUSC both
ers readling this letter: I'm
not alone in my gripe. If you
want to increase your listening
audlience, why not listen to your
audience ?
Until we can listen to one
of our requests on one of your
"request shows," WCOS and
the good guys are good enough
for our (ears.
WII,1IAM GRAHAM
AlI
(We do not know who wrote
this protest; we found it in North
Car~olina Education.)
Hey, Uncle, how much does it
co(st to rear a child?
You allow us taxpaying
parents only $600 a year to
feed, clothe, house and train a
youngster. In your Federal
.Job Corps you spend $7,000 a
sear! This is quite a differ
ence!
Now, which is the correct fig
ure ? Either we're allowing too
much or you're not allowing us
enou gh.
You allow taxpaying parents
a $600) deduction for the care
andl feeding of each child....
Yet under the Cuban refugee
program you assume minimum
By Don
igs Af
been ignored.
Ask Roger Dedmond of
Union how he feels about
questionable "confessions" be.
ing used as sole bases for con
victions. Dedmond was con
victed of killing his wife last
year and sentenced to 18 years
in the Union County prison
camp.
But his guilt seems h i g h 1
V,z
WE GOT! MONEY WE 4
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Senate must also collect, dis
)urse, andi account for the $250,
300. Is the Senate foolish enough
Lt believe this an easy task?
Ask the Vice President of Stu
dent Affairs his opinion.
The Senate almost blamed
the student members of the
Affairs Committee of feather
ing their own nests. However,
the Senate neatly overlooked
the University members of the
committee. I doubt these able
representatives would allow
$250,009 to be squandered.
The Senate had better be care
fuil about screaming "unfulfilled
promises." The n u mn b e r of
promises I've heard in the past
f<,ur years from hopeful Sena
tors is phenomenal.
What right dloes the Senate
have to look into charters of
campus organizations to see if
University p)olicy is being ob
servedl? If the resolution is ac
c'-pted, e a m p u 5 organizations
will have to walk on eggshells,
o' the Ges;tapo-like Judicial
Committee may withhold their
Appreciation
iur Minn Mulili.r :
We would like to e'xpress our
dleep)est thanks to Coach Frank
McGuire, Skip Hiarl icka, Jack
Thompson, Frank Standard andi
G;ary Grxegor for giving us the
priv'ilege of seeing, for the past
three seasons, the greatest bats
ketball in the country played by
the greatest players.
It was fantastic
IHRUICE B(OWDLER
RlD HI. MONTGOMERY JR.
Letter 1k
i'nd if the Cuban boy or girl is.
attendling school - an extra
$1,000 a year.
How come you shortchange
the home folks?
In the austere environs of a
Federal p)rison you have' discov
ered that it costs-to maintair
ene person, with no frills, nc
luxuries, and no borrowing D)ad'.s
car-$2,300 a year.
By wvhat rule of thumb do you
estimate that Mom andl Dad car
do it for one-fourth thai
amount?
Under Social Security you
will pay $168 a mnnth to main
tain the elderly. What makes
you think we can maintain our
young'uns on $50 a month?
And, Uncle, your VISTA pro.
gram (Volunteers in Service te
America) spent $'3.1 million lasi
Caughman
firm Ri
doubtful in view of evidence ob
tained in the recent investigation
of three similar slayings in the
Gaffney area.
In fact, he has been released
from prison camp. Someone else
has been charged with the mur
der, and the fact of Dedmond's
conviction on the basis of his al
leged confession has brought to
public awareness the issue of
UN'Til"
Easy Task
The past record of the Sen
ate does not show the maturity
or the capability to handle
efficiently $250,000 of the stu
dents' money.
TERRY WEILAND
Graduate:S
Dear Mliss Mlullinax:
I would like to exp)lain to Mr.
Melvin Hlanks and those who
read his letter of March first
why The Graduate is an awardl
winning movie. This film merits
pr aise because it is a humorous
y.et sadly ironic satire on the
standards of A merican society
today.
The revolution of the story
around an act of adultery and
then a search for genuine love
serves well to suppJort the two
major themes of the movie.
First, that our culture has be
Come characterized by an ele
ment of deception in that its
members live by a double standl
ardl, p)rofessing one belief in pub
lic while holding an opposite
standard for themselves. Second,
that when one discovers some
thing which h~e considers of true
value in life, he should strive
for its attainment.
One need not condone adult -
ery in order to realize its
value as an instrument in the
film for executing the above
themes with impact. Indeed,
had any lesser moral offense
been chosen, the presence of
these themes would probably
have gone unnoticed by a per
centage of the audience much
greater than Mir. Hanks.
Uncle si
year to train only 202 trainees.
That indicates that the cost of
maintaining and training one
youth for one year is more than
$15,000.
Then how come we taxpaying
p)arents get an exemption of only
$600) to maintain and train one
.youth for the year?
Or let's see how much you
spent upkeeping one youngster
in military uniform. House,
$55.10 a month. Food, $30.27
a month. Clothing upkeep,
$4.20 a month. That comes to
$1,074.84 a year. Are they not
cheaper by the dozen?
How in the world do you ex
l-ect parents to provide all these
things, p)lus clothes, recreation,
books, medicine - for $600 a
year? With your figures you ad
ghts
accused persons' rights.
It might be useful to ques
tion how this particular inci
dent happened; but more im
portant, we should concern
ourselves with seeing that it
does not happen again. The
Miranda and Escobedo deci
sions, if always adhered to,
are a sufficient basis for pro
tection of individual rights.
The only thing really new about
the rulings is that they require
the arresting officer to inform the
suspect of his rights. For years
before the decisions, the FBI had
been informing arrested persons
of their right to remain silent.
Orison S. Marden, last year's
president of the American Bar
Association, said after the Mi
randa decision: "The knowledg
able crook a I r e a d y knows his
rights. The ruling won't affect
him, but it will help those who
know nothing of their rights. It
should help balance the scales of
justice. Why should a person ht%
denied counsel because he is poor
or ignorant?"
Barry Kroll, the lawyer who
defended Escobedo, said of the
Miranda decision: "This deci
sion means that the poor, un
educated and unknformed can
now enjoy the rights that were
previously only enjoyed by the
wealthy and sophisticated."
The major criticism of the de
cision is a justifiable one - some
persons who are guilty of crimes
may not be convicted. But what
about an innocent person who IS
convicted b e c a u s e he was not
aware of his rights?
About 60 per cent of the crimi
nal defendants in the U. S. can't
afford lawyers. And for a suspect
without a lawyer, interrogation
is the most crucial phase of his
case.
No doubt there will be guilty
persons who won't be convicted
because of the decisions set
down in the Escobedo and Mi
randa cases. But in a society
where everyone supposedly is
endowed with the same rights,
is it fair to chance sending
even one innocent man to
prison-or maybe even take
his life?
Ask Roger Dedmond how he
feels.
ocial Satire
One might tend to criticize
The Graduate saying that the
protagonist was portrayed as be
ing unbelievably simple and
naive. Here again, one of the
most urgent messages of the
picture would be missed, for in
the end the graduate dlisp)lays
genuine wisdlom when he sees
through the false standlardls of
the society aroundl him and de
cidles not to let these standards
rob him of the only thing he has
found in life.
The Graduate makes no "mock
ery of respect for God and Coun
try"; but, through the clev'er Use
of satire andl irony, points to the
mendacious andl hollow nature of
certain institutions of our so
ciety.
The church scene gave no
expression of any such ideas.
Quite the contrary, it was in
the church that the graduate
morally raised himself above
society by preventing the
"truly moral senior citizens"
from commiting a truly im
moral act.
I see nothing ur.patriotic or
irreligious in the philosophy
that although one's society is
based up)on hypocracy, it is not
necessary to become a hypocrite
on.eself.
RO(BE~RT E. SKENES
Is it p)ossible, Uncle, that you
expect us parents to manage
more efficiently than you, be
cause we usually (do.
With all our expenses, we
A merican individuals h a y e
more than enough savings to
offset our debts; you don't.
With all our prosperity, you.
Uncle, are still spendling per year
$2.9 b'illion more for relief than
dluring the deplths of the deC
pression. So it may be that you
are uncommonly extravagant.
But however we try to ration
alize and explain you, it is still
a hurtful affront when yo~u allow
u.4 hard - working dues - paying
home folks only $600) a year to
rear a legitimate child-while '
you, under ADC, will pay more
than $800 a year to upkeep an
illeg-itimate on.