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Tuesday, November 12, 1968 - P*Ve Two Columbia, South Carouna Ban The Ban Should all the staunch independents begin a petition to ban fraternities from campus? The question is irrelevant, and a trifle fatuous. There are those who wish to be known as Greeks, and as long as they remain within the laws of the University and the state, the privilege is theirs. If a fraternity chapter on another campus were engaged in subversive activities, should an innocent USC fraternity be banned ? No student group should be judged by what other stu dents believe they might do. The group should have the right to be on campus until it shows itself unworthy through violation of the rules which cover all student organizations. AWARE, which intends to link with Students for a Dem ocratic Society, is known by most students. It is a vociferous group, but it has done little for which it could be banned. This is the same group that will be USC's SDS chapter. The "Teach-In" was marked by several mistakes, but there are fraternities now on probation for more serious offenses. We can only hope SDS will be given the chance to prove its worth. It does not have to follow the tradition of other chapters, and it may answer many of USC's problems. KROCHMALNY Founded Jan. 30, 1908 with Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first editor. The Game. eeek to published by and for the students of the University of Sou;.h Carolina semi weekly during the college year except during holidays and examinations. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the admints tration. the faculty or the student body as a whole. Offices of The Gameeeck are in Room 308 of the Russell House on the University campus. Phones are 777-4249 (Editor-in-Chief). 777-4220 (Business and Advertising) and 717-8178 (Newsroom). The Gamececk Is represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Ser vice. Inc. The publication is a member of Associated Collegiate Press and the S. C. Collegiate Press Association. Subscription rates are $6 per year. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BUSINESS MANAGER Sally Zalkin Linda Del Rosso MANAGING EDITOR ........................Mary Jane Benston ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR ....................Carl Stepp ASSOCIATE EDITOR ..........................Mike Krochmalny NEWS EDITOR ................................Jim Wannamaker ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ............... .Jim Haney, Ken Hare EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS ......... Don Caughman, Rollie Waters SPORTS EDITOR .............................John David Spade FACULTY EDITOR .................................M ona Gault SOCIETY EDITOR ..............................Linda Lawrence EXCHANGE EDITOR ..............................Ionna Scholl CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER ........................Chip Galloway ADVERTISING MANAGER ..........................Jay Bender ASST. ADVERTISING MANAGER ...................Bobby Hitt CLASSIFIED AD MANAGER....................Nancie Meddin A SSISTA NT BUSINESS M ANA GER .. .. .. .. . .Robert Scarborough CIRCULATION MANAGER...................Elliott Borenstein STAFF--Irby Keen. Ed Pin,n Candy Silver, Jo Bland. Sue Tanner. Shirley Bu ehanan, Mike Creel. Everett Cox. Eddie Chen, Anne Csveny, Barry Elliso., Susan Feuee Jim Giestem. Nathan Goldman, Stanley Hensley. Mark Helmes, Martin Mobley. Re. Miles. Jean Neal. Red Osbeurne, Susan Ross. Tony Stekes. Jeanine Smsih, Karen' Surratt. Je Usry. Carel Wilson, Harold Ward, Fred Monk. Judy Sari. Kiity McCaskill. Mary Trsdel., Bruce Hemick, David Johnston, Shirley Cock. Debbie Knight. Beb Deuses, Elliott Bereestein. Coates Crews. Charles Keefer, Warres Hudses, Mike Tyler. Boeb Scidel. Diok MeMilan. Jim Gerdes. Will Peters. Chig Abernathy. Cyathia Baker. Edwe Reaves, 1.ira Frieks and Jehnny Davis. S WEAl DRESS LADI Slacks, Sk'vts A AN' IF THE 6UTTE USE THAT KEEN I Letters To Th A Dety Dear Miss Zalkin: Over the past few years I have come to view the growth of stu (lent radicalism at Carolina and other schools as embodied in such organizations as AWARE and SDS with great concern. Change and revision of our political system is drastically necessary but I don't believe this change should occur at the ex pense of the democratic prin ciples underlying that system. The constitutions of these two organizations as presented in The Gamecock's AWARE affilia tion report are highly commend able and represent a great step forward in the elimination of the vast political apathy which has existed far too long in this coun try. However, looking at the con stitution and the activities of either group leads me to believe they are not necessarily related and the activities tend to point to opposite objectives rather than the constitutional goals. The boycott of election polls, effective or not, made no sense whatsoever. If it is a meaningful choice we want in the 1972 presidential candidates, then let's get the hall rolling now in obtaining and pro posing responsible suggestions for a new popular and represen tative system by which these can didates are to be chosen. This is where the student or ganizations can play a major role if they wish to serve as a *on structive rather than a destrue tive force. With national organi zation they can he the nucleus of the dIrive to tap the knowledge of the country's intellectuals as well as serving as the collection point for the suggestions of all who want to participate in the re juvenation of this nation's elec toral system. IRS ES F ORES! ;, Sweat Quality 4016 3 BlocI RS ARE PRY, NAYW Wi 5UDDLE IN THE GAfto e Editor iocratic ( This new system surely will not come about overnight. In the meantime these student groups can serve an intermediate pur pose by encouraging a far greater active participation in politics at the lower levels of government, and dispelling the attitude of "Let George (o it!" Finally, one of the major tasks of the student groups is the pres To Our Readers The editorial eye of the edi torial We is going blind and wishes to remind our readers that all letters should be typewritten and double-spaced. Tia. GANI-CoCK will print no 1( tters which it receires unsigned. We will withhold the writer's name if he so desires. Letters may be brought by Tim GAE1-:COCK office, Room 308, Rus sell House, or mtailed to Tiw GAINECOCK, Bo. 5131. Trage Dear Miss Zalkin: Observations on a recent play presented at Carolina - A farce in one scene. Title of Production: Paranoid Power Place: )rayton Hall Time: The Witching Hour Obscene I Enter: throng of black and white spectators of all disposi tions. Common bond? flog for frame of reference. House4t I i g h t s symnbolict:lly dinmned. l'dnter: popular precursor of pa rano ia. Precursor begins: Grabs audi ence with sniper attack on John Locke. Spurious refutation of en MEN'S 11 First mous Brands rst Quality ES At ersA I:ND Merchaundise %/ W. BELT is off Two Notcl FCAND &0 IN4 AN"J coCK ROO ! 'hange ervation and strengthening of the individual citizen's vote, for un less this nation becomes a totali tarian state this will be the only, as well as the best, means by which popular changes can be made not only in the electoral system but in the government as a whole. A great number of voters seem to want a better system so the time wasted by student groups on meaningless boycotts can be much more advantageously applied in unifying support. This, however, will require a good deal of effort and a bit of common sense both of which I find in somewhat short supply within these organi zations. The path to popular support for the SDS and AWARE are there. If they are really inter ested in accomplishing their con stitutional goals they will act accordingly. W. WAL.TE1 ASMUS dy Of Tr tire Lockian scheme ensues with reasoning of typical leftist club woman. Cretinl aidience in Cestas,y of rapport. EMipathy builds between speaker and audience as a form of mu'ual intellectual niasturba t ion. Sophistic house lights already diim-now extinguished. Cretins in audience: for legree in dlementia praecox become more obvious as Goon Squad grunts of applro)bation are 'l ici tedl. Precursor .Ad L.ibs: extemp': raneous dialogue of pop)ular rhra'seology to distinguish act fronm that of earlie'r ierformance by Adolph liitler-vintage 1939. White masochists, desirous of 10%' ALPACA Quality 61.9 .Big Di' ON'I ror Less LINE Black I Dear Miss Zalkin: We write in regards to the Jack of Spades column of the Oct. 29 edition of The Game cock. Spade stated, "Black Power will never be a help to the Negro heritage . . ." Let's take a look at what white power has done for the Negro heritage historically, politically and psychologically. Black history has been almost completely ignored by white historians. Black contributions, many of which have been ex tremely significant in the devel opment of this country, have been traditionally omitted frosn his tory books. That history which has been included has been care fully screened and distorted so as to deny the Negro any source of racial pride. This is a result of white power! The political situation is ob vious. Blacks were not even con sidered human when the consti tution of this country was rati fied. They were considered three fifths of a man but only to give the South more representation in Congress. Black political power today is almost non-existent. Ob serve the small number of Black Congressmen. In many places, Negroes cannot vote without fear of losing their lives. There are 46 counties in South Carolina, seven of which have a majority of Ne groes, yet, there is not one Negro representative in the state legis Sporting C Dear Miss Zalkin: Not to be overlooked in last Tuesday's Gamecock was a new sports column called SportsBill 1y Bill Madden. We feel that this column will be a "shot in the arm" for The Gamecock sports section. The Gamecock's weekly sports column has always enjoyed a high readership by Carolina stu dents. But until SportsBill no agedy flagellation, revel gleefully L racist inanities become fruitful and multiply from rostrum. Some blacks ini attendance -- unaware of implicit slave-pen proposals, but in search of re flected vainglory accorded by racial ties, beam rapturously. Precursor ends sol-homoric so liloquy in finest aforementioned form. Audience: (with few shame fully' bigoted excep)tions) leaps to feet in final b)urst 'of applause. As curtain falls an exhilarat ing feeling of universal tolerance, mingled endlearingly with a dlesire to rape and plunder, fills every brethren's beatific breast. C. MANNING HOWELL, JR. 84 count Pi )ignity lature. This is a result of white powerI Psychologically, the Negro has been so conditioned by white so. ciety that he has been ashamed of his color, his hair, his history -his entire heritage. He has been stripped of his manhood. This, too, is a result of white power! The educational and economic aspects of Black oppression have not been discussed here but it is crystal clear that the growth of Black people in these areas has been purposefully and delib. erately suppressed by white power. Now that we have examined some manifestations of white power, let's look at a definition of Black Power. Stokeley Car. michael and George V. Hamilton in their book "Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in Amer. ica," define Back Power as "black people taking care of busi. ness-the business of and for black people . . . If we succeed, we will exercise control over our lives, politically, economically, and psychically. We will also contribute to the development of a viable larger society; in terms of the ultimate social benefit, there is nothing unilateral about the movement of free black people." This is Black Power! MR. & MRS. WALKER E. SOLOMON 11 ompliment columnist seemed to have the courage to criticize our Athletic Department or its hallowed teams. Always, after another de. feat, which we should have won, the sports columnists have talked about the loss as a "moral vic tory." We are tired of "moral victories!" Mr. Madden's column entitled "To Cheer or Not to Cheer" con. structively criticized Carolina's i n n a n e and "highschoolish" cheers. Although we feel that "one article does not a great col umn make" we believe that this is a fine beginning. If Mr. Madden's first attempt is any' indication of his ability a a hard-hitting but honest sports writer then we feel that The Gamecock has finally found a sports columnist who knows how to call a LOSS a LOSS and "sock it to 'em!" THOMAS J. NORMAN PAUL G. RENARI) GEORGE I). HOOKER III JAMES A. HORTON JAMES WENTHE RONNIE KYLES RAY WALL RALPH MALONEY MICHAEL T. MIRANDO RICHARD) FliCHS GRIEG KILHIIRN STANLEY AMOS GLEN McLEAN '5 rice