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Editorials Friday, November 8, 1968 - Page Two Student RIghts Amid a week marked by elections and mid-terms, still another event stands out for its importance to Carolina. Monday the Faculty Advisory Committee passed the Stu dent Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Eleven months have elapsed since the bill was first intro duced in Student Senate, eleven months of debate and argu ment and passing the buck-and the fight is not over yet. But we've won the first major battle. We, the Carolina Community-students, faculty and administration. The bill is another step in the growth of the University-important to all of us because it signifies cooperation and communica tion between the three branches of the University family. Members of the faculty committee, student government leaders and administrative representatives spent hours go ing over and over the proposed bill, debating controversial points, shades of meaning, even words of passages. The Statement of Student Rights and Freedoms, as the bill they passed is titled, actually contains few major revisions of the original bill. The revised document was presented to Student Senate Wednesday for their approval. Now the bill will go before the entire faculty at their December meeting. Students can aid its passage by talking to faculty members, expressing their opinions, emphasizing its importance. We urge speedy implementation of the legislation. Faculty members, you will receive a copy of the bill and a letter of recommendation from the Advisory Committee in the next two weeks. We ask you to read the statements, form an opinion, and listen to student viewpoints. Above all, attend the faculty meeting and voice your opinion. The real significance of this document is not that stu dents have acquired rights, but that they have been ac cepted as responsible members of the University Community. Letters Hippies Vs. Grits Dear Miss Zalkin: on one hand the "hippies" and There is a complete absence on the other the "grits." of acceptance between the two I know there will be hard main groups of our campus for feelings about the nondescript each other. At Carolina we have names, hut they will have to (o Mecause everyone identifies them easily. The thing on this campus clesa caserofotheeleftivertustthe aCaoIsa Miss Spearor,tas'l. adslca MrDKocm ocr'sas cy"o-t earlightne despoism."t.Imnt utrnnn f Myotar isrong reiotote athtywre. cn' beliee,be cause countmthenkidsretktow that poes reeof the alministration Thtswhtteyrdupoe t Caroinsand Mispersiiitis aof b-enadwme.S h Trnnca administrationj" is( ontheatliet?Ntvr Mr.irc hworkingso ah n- fehsatsefrWeus elitene toturnotismany stu-pad ntshrs ec detsothe wrog, esqulievy pbe- peonlyc'tsndosefl* cause ttheymsnee he pur- selncoingandgoigtted; poes of the sate,inindrat anthee okaoud u i te the dtie and rpronctbtheitaes epewntta a,ta' aintet, finecwithemthItsehofsthe dieple oruth Caofina.Jrtyo arln lnt o Th nversity totr iu s mnytu, toanbldoaetsoehn dentsorcy Thhihe stuaity pis- itlherfeet rm hm the byeaer te and at o u the IcuUnrieaihleboko inerst, othiere oe or stdet se,bthtiottepit pegislae embteCrs oul be epit stahesrrt The admniestratisndot, ando rtritta flielae dnendoy Thea studentis hee takteaosev eaoe "chilearn"an ot to "irneonilela hraesmepol vest,ohieorstudents,"o bute wheb different.wh leislatren thembervs, wou is av the cuaet a t Tadministrationt ds anstate 5"Teylte'ry 1 i ieplye to tret suet as onhigthe wayheild.-to stns," brudt whn itaxpari- o ottnig redy and, as such, the voters.Thonypplwowidu I would strongly suggest if loknsiyarthadts(d one were interested in altering usth tem loly wo our administration or its poli- ne negtstetrcus cies, that he should VOTE in i o obcm aue South Carolina. "I fear for the future of a Imntkokn aoia school that I love," as Miss lieianIwod'tehrei Spears well stated it, that I(i(nt t(l'tbsooge phrases such as "student power" dw ntaiinadcnomt might well be those of "not-too- ta o a' ce) n le enlightened" writers desperate Eeyn at ec,btlk for something to criticize in an eeyhn lei trsa effort to appease the readers hoe Wecnteptwol who continually demand that naistogtlngpcely something be torn apart. we tdnsbce vrsc "The only right that students trvathnss"Id'tlk have now is the right to appeal yorhi.I'tolng"Sey ...," and this is the way that it scolpitan lylyar should be. bito rae hns THMA RonC T CnYhndTH"Ippes Cand WHAT I AEAN 15 Tk WE GoTTA - UH - L Letters Elevator Quiet Dear Miss Zalkin: I am a freshman in USC's largest men's dorm, Columbia Hall. Columbia Hall's men have one extra that they pay extra for which is attended elevators. Columbia Hall, a hotel in origin, has elevators which re quire attendants for operation. These guys who put up with over 300 men aways teasing, cut ting jokes, loading and unload ing luggage, and playing havoc with the floor buzzers are great guys and always in a good humor. It takes pretty good guys to know every floor by the stu dent's face and to know the names of many students. To sonte freshmen these guys are some of the best friends we have made here. Every time we enter the elevators, we are greeted with a friendly smile and greet ing. Now I find Columbia Hall dloesn't function under the basic rights of man. As of Sunday the right of "freedom of speech" was ab)olishedl by our dorm head. Now these guys on the elevators have beefl told not to talk to us. I dIon't know if this new rule is supp)osedI to make the opera tors more efficient but I thinki it's unnecessary. I'm not a long-haired hippie fighting the establishment or a Negro militant protesting some discrimination. I am just an average freshman with a gripe which requires immediate notice. Founded Jan. 30.'19t'9 with Robert Elliiot cock is puiblished hy andi for the students ol weekly dluring the college year except during The opinions expressed herein (10 not ner( tration. the faculty or the student body as a Offices of The Gamecock are in Roomn 3( campu(s. P'hones are 777-4249 (Edltor-in-Chl, and 777-9178 (Newsroom). The Gamecock is represen,ted nationally vice. Inc. The publication is a nenmber ,f~ A Collegiate Press Association. Subscrip,tion rat EDITOR-IN-CH IEF Sally Zalkin MANAGING EDITOR ............ ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............ NEWS EDITOR ................. ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ... EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS ....... SPORTS EDITOR ........... .... FACULTY ED)ITOR.......... SOCIETY EDITOR .............. EXCHANGE EDITOR ............ CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER........ ADVERTISING MANAGER.. ASST. AD)VERTISING MANAG;ER CLASSIFIED AD) MANAGER ... ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGE CIRCULATION MANAGER.. STAFF-Irby MCoon, Ed Pinion. Candy Sily chanan. Mike Creel. Everett Cox. Eddie Ch Fouche. Jim Gisaton. Nathan Goidman. Stank Ron Miles. Jean Neal. Red Osbourne. Susan Surratt. Joe Uery. Carol Wilson. Harold Ward Mary Trueadell, Bruce Honick, David Johni Benson. Elliott Borenstein. Coates Crewe. Tyler, Beb Seidel, Dick McMillan. Jim Gerdi naker~ Eda as. Li..a ..r.ca. ~k out! AT - w- wE GoTTA KE- U14 MA" WHAT To The [ believe that a mistake has been 'viade and requires repealment. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Fountain Fuss Dear Miss Zalkin: I just walked by President Jones' new fountain-filled with lovely white soap suds. The op ponents of construction of this iew fountain have claimed it to 'e a waste of money, money that !ould have best been spent on looks, etc. Recognizing their point, I still bject. If the University were to use such prudence in all its con struction just to save money, this campus would certainly he a dull place. Instead of brick sidlewalks, why not (lilt paths; insteadl of the beautifully andl expensively lesignedl Undergraduate Library, why not the surplus army Quon set huts to house the books; rather than p)atios and p)lazas why not ordinary lawns? NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Slater Satire !'ear Miss Zalkin: I have been here only a few weeks but anm very impressed .vith food service in the Towers. Why the students comp)lain is )eyondl me! Even the thought that the wondlerful food here may have -aused many upset stomachs is atterly ridIiculous! tConzales as the tirst editor, The Game the UniversIty of south Carolina semi holidays and examinations. essarily reflert the views of the adminis 8 of the Ruasselt House on the l'niversity f). 777-4220 (Business arnd Advertising) ,y National Educational Adve-rtlsing Ser ssociated Collegiate Press ainc the S. C. -s are S6 per year. BUSINESS MANAGER Linda D)eI Rosso ...........Mary Jane Renaton ....................Carl Stepp ..............Mike Krochmalny ..... ........Jim Wannamaker ..........Jim Haney, Ken Hare ..Don Caughman, Rllie Waters ..............John David Spade ------............Mona G;ault ................Linda Lawrence ..................onna Scholl .................Chip Galloway ....................Jay Bender ----------.......obby Hit ... .....Nancie Meddin Rt.. .. .. .. .. Robert Scarborough ...............Elliott Borenstein ur. Jo Bland. Sue Tanner. Shirley Bu Sn. Anne Caveny, Barry Ellison. Susan y Hensley, Mark Holmes. Martin Mobley. Ross. Tony Stokes. Jeanine Smith, Karen Fred Monk. Judy Bart. Kitty McCaskitil ton. Shirley Cook. Debbie Knight, Bob Charles (esfer, Waren Hudson, MIke a. Wiil Pesasa . iAbaty. Ctae -uH Yoi) KMaW T14-b UORIDFMOIT t T' woRDFOIT? Ed'tor The flies are there for i definite purpose also. Sinco many of the students don't gei enough exercise, the food servic4 thoughtfully provides flies s4 students can build muscles swat ting them. Also the lack of silverwar, and napkins has its purpose This teaches the student to thin1 --to use his fork for soup an his sleeve for a napkin. Because the food and servic in the Towers is of such gooi quality, I'm sure all students wil soon he eating there and no on will be getting off the boar plan. DOUG TRUSLOV Carolina 'Should Dear Miss Zalkin: Recently, the much publicize a f filia tion of the campu AWA RE group with the SI). has been attacked as leadling t a future of Columbia Universi ties. Someone ought to poin out the need for a group of s u dents who stand up for thei convictions. Currently the only studeni group wvith any significant p)owe is AWS, who realized severa years ago that the only wayt their goals was to apply pres~ sure; they achieved almost inm medliate results. The prob)lem o this campus is amb)ivalent stu dlents who lack the initiative t follow through in their quest fo "student power." I can't say blame them when their rer resentatives, the Student Sen ate, can pass bills from nos until eternity only to find ther "killed" at the discretion of th adlministra: ion. In a recent G;amecock a stu dent referred to the fact tha 'The Lami Sa' B EW A RE!! The shell yoi save may he your own. Le' nothing affect it; it may crael (which would indicate an ob viously subversive force drainin1 us of our precious life fluids). Cautioni!! Save the ,reputat ioa of our University. (The Univer sity's reputation stems from it. lack of one--what do we havi to be reputedl for ? ) Realize!! (Oh, yes, somewa we needl changes, many changes but not this way or your way my way, let's change by evolu ion ''r sit.lf ,-l,,t ruc in)Wrn Co Frustrk NotA By ALLEN G. PITTS Guest Columnist I am writing this on the after noon of the elections and I feel this is the best time for me to tell it like it is for me and for many others. Specifically, I am sick and tired of hearing the word "apathy" applied to my genera tion. I don't know what you call it down South here, but in Yankee terms the words are anger and frustration. True, apathy exists, but I feel it is confined to a small minority. It is anger and frustration that is felt by most of my generation. -It was anger that I felt in Chicago when I was clubbed for merely asking a cop for direc tions to the nearest phone booth. -Anger that 54% of the American people are disinter ested or disappointed in the nominees for today's elections according to the Gallup pollings. --Anger that the political sys tem within this country has failed to provide the country with any clear alternatives in 1968. -Anger that for three years I could (lie for my government but not take part in its decisions. -Anger at the -sellout of Mc Carthy supporters by McCarthy's last-minute backing of Hum phrey. -Anger that now that I am of voting age I am faced with the choice of a lesser evil rather than being able to wholeheart edly support any candidate. -Anger at the mud slinging, ridiculing and name calling shown in these campaigns prov ing the saying, "If you can't make sense, use sarcasm." -Anger that the three presi dential candidates would refuse to meet and debate their plat forms openly. -Anger that Mr. Nixon could sell a'nomination to the Supreme Court to Strom Thurmond in re turn for support to stop Wallace. -Anger at the statement that I the best thing we could do now is to elect the Humphrey-Muskie ticket and then murder Mr. Students Be Heard' "USC being part of the Bible B elt could hurt the school finan s ciaIly," if the administration okayed the beer bill. If this Ulni versity is to grow, it must real -ize that old-fashioned, double t standard ideas must be discarded -and new ones implemented. If r this doesn't happen there may well be incidents similar to those tat Columbia. r I am not adlvocating radlical Ichange in all areas, but, in al ) most three years, I have seen -virtually no change in the ad -ministration policy of "'if we (lon't like it, veto it." -1The studlent body president, r Tom Salane, who realizes an ur r gent needl for change, was Ielected by an overwhelming ma -jority. It seems to me that the -glorious students of Carolina v should make themselves heard iinsteadl of sitting aroundl until election time rolls around, again to come out, vote, and crawl -hack into oblivion. IUONAl-DA ZEMEI. acock' ye Our SI If dissensio,n about ways to achieve change is e'videnIt, change has not taken place. Progress mnvolves evaluaatio,n of action, not predictions envisioned by fright - enfed imalginat ions. Insteadl of running Rcared, can't (I SC students realize that changes must be madle, both in environment andl in Perspective ? L,et's become a moving force rather than a limping group of apathetic grumblers. lnsteadl of incoherent grum bI ing, let's try communicable ac - tioun tat will unify USC in a p)rogre.ssive wheel rolling toward mmentary Columbia, South Carolina ition pathy Humphrey. Yes, Susie Creamcheese you've got one pretty angry bqe here on campus. A boy ws happens to believe in what America is supposed to stand for, a boy who somehow still is corny enough to feel proud to hear the Star-Spangled Banner, a boy who nearly cried when he saw the Czech gymnastic gold medal winner turn away when the Russian anthem was played. A boy who happens to have se 49 of this country's states an loves every damned last one of them pretty badly, and yet get sick to his stomach when he sea what is happening to them and their people. As yet I have no solution to all of these problens, only the emotions which are shared by many others. And the word for it are anger and frustration NOT APATHY! Frosh Straw Poll Dear Miss Zalkin: There seems to be a misunder. standing in the information about the two presidential-U,. Senate straw polls. I cannot and will not speak out on the senior class poll because I don't know the complete procedure they fol lowed. However, I (o know the com plete story behind the freshmau poll, and to clear the air We and for all, I would like to sAe it public. After I was elected president, I wanted the freshman c\au to get some good, constructive pub licity. I got the idea of a presi dential straw poll from a local radio station and other schools. On Wednesday before our poll the freshman senators approved the idea and decided to have ft that Friday. TIhat evening I notified Brlau Rhines, Young D)emocrat pred. dtent; Richard Hines, College ik publican president; and a Yodl for Wallace representative I asked each to be present da we counted the votes so no qen tion of validity would arise. Each voter was asked to pre. sent his ID) which was marked to eliminate voting more than once Ref erring to Mr. Wingsrdi letter last week, I did not re lease election results statewide. I called local newspapers 85 Thre Gamiecock. Anyone prat when ballots were counted hi the sapne information I had. The poll was conducted fW one reason and one reason OI11 --to gain what we hoped tok favorable publicity for the frak man class. The actual nus of people voting was less this one tenth of one per cent of the student body. Personally, I do0t see how any political group cold claim a victory on such a sa5 p)ling. Had Mr. Wmngard contacted me before writing Tihe Gn this controversy w~ouldl not hire occurred. I trust classes Wil work together in the future fo' aI better Carolina rather this arguing over who ran the i1i official pol1l. Freshman Class Presidf# Hill By Steve Holler --""" why rather than because. D)on't destroy to changl' achieve, dlon't stagnate. AWN ness of environment with objd tivity will enable you to under standl why dlissent is increasi The only way USC would immune to dissension and P'* test wAouild be if it were a c*O p'letely progressive t'nver Accept the fact of protests ing valid, for there are cr* more sides to thought than i own. Respect changes. (lon' frightened by them. Realize that you, in order achieve change, must be wil' to chane yourself.