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Self- Awareness And Introspection The first forum of White Awareness Week could have been just what anyone would have expected from AWARE. To some people it was an exercise in futility. There were no violent rallies to a new cause, no sudden lights to show the way to a new persuasion. The short episode in introspection of the first forum was not intended to shake the world or begin the revolution. It was a gathering of interested persons. Persons interested in examining what they believed. It was a meeting of opposites-radicals (left and right), blacks, hardline moderates, clergy and probably a few "min orities of one." It was not a meeting of minds. There was debate, argu ment and a little harassment. The leadership of the dis cussion was by AWARE, but all sides were given the chance to state their views. Then they were subjected to questions -some probing, some ridiculing, but all spirited. The members of AWARE at the discussion were very well controlled except for a few more impassioned souls (one with a great concern for the Amerindian). They were a vast part of the gathering and their group behavior is to be commended. To those who would listen to the varied philosophies as they were explained and defended, there was a lot to be learned about the race situation and the arguments support ing the many views which were presented to the group. Anyone who could not accept the inevitability of a black revolution or black genocide could find somewhere a hope for peace and the acceptance of the blacks by the white society. The one point that was obvious was that two op posing nations cannot exist for long within the same boun daries. The idea of a militaristic revolution seemed even more unrealistic. One of the greatest ideas to come out of the first meet ing was that of the dialogue. A meeting of so many people of so many philosophies has not occurred here before. It is time the people here realized that talk among one group will solve nothing-neither the race problem nor the gap that sets one member of a genera tion against another member of the same generation. The talk was the first part. The end will bring "action." If the action is a product of the thoughts that went into the discussion it will be far more beneficial than that which is developed instantly in the midst of the riot or at the point of a gun. Cleanliness Costs If a man's home on campus is no longer even his home (as in the case of the tenement residents being evacuated from the deadly University plumbing system), it never was his castle. The move of maintenance to control housing is nothing new to students. Anyone who has been tossed out of bed so the maids could mop or wax the floors knows the lonely feeling of being the only person in the world to be awake in the wee hours of the morning. The indecency of waking the student in the normal- and vital-pursuit of that illusory and seldom obtained sleep is so great as to cast doubt upon the idea that cleanliness is even a good idea. cook isupublshen. 30, 19n8 fortthe studets of the University of Soth Carolina semi weekly during the college year except during holidays and examinations. Trohe opinionsepressedstherei bod notnecessarily refiect the views of the adminis Office o Thoes arGamecock aredin oon 30 f th 4Russell House on the Uniersit and 777-8178 (Newsroom). vice, Inc.GThe publicationresentememb er of Associateio llegat PressAd ertsing Collegiate Press Association. Subscription rates are S6 per year. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mike Krochmalny ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Mary Jane Benston Jack Padgett MANAGING EDITOR Cr tp ASST. MANAGING EDITOR JmWnaae NEWS EDITOR KnHr SPORTS EDITORJmHae ASST. NEWS EDITORFedMn,DnaShl ASST. SPORTS EDITORDinCayoe FACULTY EDITOR SsnRe CHIEF OF REPORTERSRoleWtr CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHERWarnHdo ADVERTISING MANAGERCareAlxnr What orJimIzHaney WarenHuso Who can wget yourte orgnzton betercovrae .. SNjf:jF . ! SNpK-cHi! SNogf! THIERE1'S A LoT r (t' GOING IOUND ThESE Dear Mr. Krochmalny: The residents of Tenements 18, 19 and 20 wish to register this complaint in order that all of the Carolina Community may know what the department of housing is doing to us. The residents of these three dormitories are be ing moved out, and the dorms closed down. The reasons for protest are many and varied. First, we were noi informed of the move until Feb. 3, officially. At that time we were told that we had to vacate in one week. The rumor had been going around for three days prior to official notice. Second, we are angered by the suddenness of the move. The rumor started on the first day of classes, was confirmed on the third and we must be out by the ninth day. What a wonderful way to start off the semester! Third, we have been told that the reason for the move is mainly economy. Many vacant places exist scattered around the campus, and by consolidating the studients, the University saves money. The claim is also made that our showers are unsafe, in dlanger of having the floors col lapse. Yet some of us have lived in this dlorm up to three years, and nothing had been said previ ously. The housing dlepartment claims that the condition wasn't known until now, which brings us to the next complaint. Fourth, because we were not informed earlier, almost every Brothe By FRED MAGNER One need not look very far to find that there are no blacks in Carolina's fraternities and so rorities. It seems that those splendid examples of American anti - intellectualism, prejudice andi general all-round indiffer ence cannot find it in their blood giving, charity-collecting hearts to open their elitest and truly self-centered cliques to everyone, regardless of race andl religion. Only part of the blame, how ever, rests with the Greeks them selves. A type of pseudolegality has been established with its backbone being the administra tive policy of intentional neglect. How can people who call them selves ediucators standi by and watch such flagrant injustice ? How can an educational insti tution, one of whose primary goals should be the expansion of the minds of its studlents, permit the continuation of such irrecon cilable realities? The answer to both questions is that they can't, or at least they shouldn't. It seems strange to have to ask Greeks to conform, but they cannot have another choice. Posi tive and immedliate action must be taken. Carolina will always be "small time" until it learns to sense, and react intellig-ently ONLY -FoR IT Y'KNOW,.. Letters To memer one pre-registered for their same room. So now that three dorms of fellows must move, we have to take what rooms are left vacant, the rooms no one else would have. Fifth, not only do we have a rotten choice of rooms, but some of us can't even continue to room together. Housing says that they will do the best they can to keep us together, but an unofficial look at the available rooms shows that we will, by-and-large, be split up and put into vacan cies with other students. Sixth, we have been told that we can reserve the rooms we want (at no additional cost isn't that nice?) after the ball game tonight, from 10 to mid night. If we have dates, it's just too bad. The rooms are being given out on a first come, first served basis. No attention is paid to how long we have lived in these dorms, nor what class we are in. Seventh, since we are being split apart, we must move in with new roommates. In fact, an entirely new dorm of people must adljust to us, as well as we to them. This adjustment must come once the semester is under way, also. Eighth, we have been casually told that housing "will see" if they can get a van to help us move. Again, out of the great ness of their hearts, we will not be charged. One thing has really angered us, however. We were told that the maintenance crews were supposedl to fix the showvers last rhood? to the :'lways expanding goals andl idleals of modern edlucational institutions. A Sysi Bly MARY JANE BENSTON Associate Editor With registration out of the way, most of the Carolina com munity can focus its attention on getting through another sem.es ter. However, the unfortunate ones among us who must prepare for summer andl fall registration cannot so easily forget the cum bersome process. For them there's the task of considering all the old and new problems en countered last week andl coming up with some improvements. At least this time the registra tion planners aren't required to bring calm out of chaos. They have a system to work with. llut they have some serious gripes to considler. Transfer students were unhappy last week. Standers-in line were unhappy. The people who were closed out of classes were unhappy. And standlers-in lines who were closed out of classes were perhaps the un hjippiest of all. Startingr with the problem that I FEEL Ao10TIE SWE~SWpr c o/w oN. Ps I Mow.... ( The Editor its Ret fall. This refutes the claim that their condition was only recently discovered. The crews did not fix the showers, though. Hous ing says that for some reason (apparently unfathomable to the minds of college students) the crews could not get around to them. But they can start next Monday. Besides the obvious fact that their word is no better than last time, we feel that maintenance is very generous to allot some of their time to our (forms. Since they have worked us into their busy schedule, we should feel honored that we can move while they work. But we are not hon ored, we are angered. We the undersigned, residi 20, do hereby request a revi above tenements. We are told by housing au be taken because of difficulti we have not experienced any bathrooms, we feel that the d for the entire Spring semestei that the decision to repair until the end of this semeste ordinarily closed. Forcing us to move will ably, not to mention the u~ have to be made, such as new We do not understand why poned, and we respectfully authorities review their deciE (ireg (ie<htitngs witllInin ( raha: Darbi Hit tnson (;reg Ni t ory I ick ('ulin tafich,ael Nt art ir JosephIt It Harraen ~ t Ifihai A. ( re 4'. wV. wal ker HIchtard Nance, Jarntes Hten,n Chatrles RI. (;11l Dtaid E Loutgh, Johnm V . NIg ai Terry Wa tson La rry L. L.affe Dtaniel Hall Dta ii wents Jerry stLoe., Alex A4lexandte, Miicae Stewart, (Curry tem< caused the most trouble, that of closed classes, a p)rocedlure can be dlevised that should take care of a number of the other diffi culties in the process. According to Dr. Rollin Godfrey, director of adlmissions andl registration, the b a I a n c e anid dlistribution of classes in the master schedule limits the efficiency of the regis tration system. Where space and personnel are not the dlecidling factors, some careful planning could make all the difference. Course scheduling is already a comp)licatedl process involving cooperation among all the schools, but a pre-registration system throughout the Univer sity can possibly make planning and registration a lot simpler. Pre-registration could occur months before the actual regis tration. Students would be re quiredl to see their adlvisors atnd work out course load for the next semester. Trhe schools would issue students cards listing the prescribed courses and would learn from the pre-advisement how many courses they must of f.r unents from their on nn, DONT FEEL So WELL,EI TAY iW GED;DPRIK LENTY OF FLVIDS; ND TAKE F3AYE1 ASPIRIN. )Iy Why must three dorms move out during the semester so that a maintenance crew can work as it pleases them? When we asked why the work could not be post poned until the summer, when the dorms are normally closed, we were told rather contemptu ously that all we did was com plain, and that we didn't under stand the red tape involved. We may not understand red tape, but we understand this: we are being moved out, seem ingly on the whims of an irre sponsible maintenance depart ment, with no regard for trouble, feelings, inconvenience or basic common courtesy. DAVID HINSON r* mnts of Tenements 18, 19, and ew of the decision to vacate thorities that this move must s with the bathrooms. Since major difficulties with our -cision to close our tenements is unwarranted. We request ur bathrooms be postponed r when these dormitories are :lisrupt our studies consider iual adjustments which will roommates, etc. this decision cannot be post request that the housing ion n Mike Sweeny Itiract, (reamer wViliamc lienry Ilurkett eL Joseh I'. (athou, Jr. I',ennis, ItIlla,rd ,ert Alan i L ut herford .stMilton It . .Maness. Jr. 1n1n11 Thompgkins Ira Ruffr Eddlo Jaecson > Work other schools. D)uring registration, the stu dents who sign up for their pre scribedl courses could hopefully benefit from a more efficient dlis tribution of classes. Moreover, they would encounter shorter lines at check stations, since rela tively inexperienced checkers could approve the schedules that followed the prescribed load and a lot of the last-minute in-line advisement would be eliminated. Pre-advisement cards could also serve as a registration idlentification cardl, facilitating the controlled release of regis tration packets. It could list the registration n u m b e r , idlentify transfer studlenta and possibly even be used in idlentifying per sons who are granted priority. The College of Biusiness Ad ministration is already using a system drawn up along these lines. It has apparently made things easier for the students who p)re-register. The others have a bit more trouble. But pre registration in one school can only help so much. Required pre-regintration throughout te Short Course Dear Mr. Krochmalny: After receiving my cards dur ing registration last week, I was handed a pamphlet concerning "short courses" offered by the University Union. Several titles lead me to question whether the authors desired an open discus sion of the subject or a captive audience in which to Implant their personal prejudices. For example, to entitle a course in American foreign pol icy "Contemporary American Im perialism" before it has been ascertained as such is a demon stration of the propaganda tech nique known as "begging the question." That is the same as declaring a man guilty before the trial starts. Other courses include: "South Carolina's History of Stagnation and Regression," "The Racist So ciety," and "White Power: Ex ploitation of Ghettos." Listed were two courses in "American Radicalism" but not one concern ing its counterpart. To offer these courses as of ficial University functions, fi nanced by fees that every stu dent is compelled to pay, is an infringement of individual rights. It is unjust to force every stu dent to pay for the promotion of the biased opinions of a few. Most of us come to college to learn both sides, not to become parrots mouthing the latest cliches of SDS. It is irresponsi bility on the part of the Univer sity Union to aid in the promo tion of such obvious bigotry. RICHARD TOWILL HINES Letters Policy THE GAMECOCK welcomes let ters on any subject pertinent to and involving University stu dents. The Editor-in-Chief re serves the right to edit letters to conform to style, good taste, space limitations and libel laws. No unsigned letters will be printed, but names may be with held upon request. Letters should be sent to THE GAMECOCK, Box U-51i, USC. Mistrust? Dear Mr. Krochmalny: It would appear that the Uni versity has gone to the ultimate stupidity-that of refusing the checks of students and local resi dents. At the Coliseum yester (lay I nloticedi scores of people b)eing turned away from the tic ket windows as fast as their turns arrivedi. They were leav ing because the a'tendlants would not accep)t checks. If the University wants its stude*nts and local people to help pay for that ugly, overpriced concrete box that's now a part of Carolina, it should be willing to accept a universally recog nizedl medium of exchange. IL's a wondier you dlon't have to pay in gold bullion or silver dollars. The University readily accepts checks for tuition, insurance, food p)lans and books. Why should people, without warning, be turned away because their pockets are not bulging with5 pennie.s? BAXTER KELLY With University would improve the4 situation in IB.A. as well as all the other schools.4 Students apparently found less to complain about in the priority system andl the controlled re lease. Still the need for some improvement could be seen. The p)riority committee needs to ex p)andl its meeting time before registration, 8o that more re quests can be heard and eval uated. The meetings dluring registration provedl to be hectic for both the applicants and the committee. Transfer students had the most to complain about concern ing the controlledl release. Auto matic priorities for those stu dents, or a registration number mng system based on hours earned rather than entering year wouldl ease the pressure here. The administrators, the regis tration workers and the students who just faced this unhappy situation have apparently come up with some goodt ideas. Hope fully the registration committee will use all of them In their eval