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Unselfish Gift
Wednesday is Legislative Appreciation Day.
The University has set aside this day to show the men of
the state legislature how much we of Carolina appreciate
them.
The administration has chosen a very fitting way to show
the heartfelt thanks. They have made available to the legis
latire 258 tickets to the USC-UNC basketball game.
Since the University must be represented at the game
by the usual faculty and administration, and we cannot
afford not to sell available tickets, the students of Carolina
have unselfishly offered to give up 258 of the tickets for
which they paid at the first of the year.
We commend the students for their unselfish attitude.
Of course we are going to the game and did not give up our
tickets. For those who made the unselfish gesture we state
that The Gamecock will give the game thorough coverage
and by Friday you will not even remember that you did not
see the game. You will not miss the cheering crowds, the
exciting plays and the fraternity of Carolina fans when the
Gamecocks take to the court.
If at any time during the exciting game you wish you
had not so unselfishly given up your tickets, just think of
all the joy these legislators are receiving from the expe
rience. Maybe they will even return the favor by offering
the students their seats in the legislature long enough for
them to vote an adequate allocation to the University. Happy
politicking!
Busing Problems
We have to admit that the USC bus service is a necessity
to the expanded campus. It came late and it is constantly
behind. By the time it is expanded by the addition of another
bus, the two will be needed.
While we appreciate the attempt to help students get to
class, we cannot figure out what good the system is. If
anyone has to get to class he, or she, may as well forget
about the bus. No one knows when it comes or where it will
go when they get on. Cases have been uncovered where the
bus left while people were running to get on it.
The bus system's greatest disadvantage is the fact that
there are no announced schedules and no one knows where
the bus will be when they are waiting for it. A strict sched
ule should be set, published and maintained so the students
can use the bus system with some sort of confidence. If the
students cannot depend on the bus to be at a stop at a cer
tain time and know when it will get to their destination,
the system does them no good. They must leave early for
classes and will miss the bus if it does come. If they wait,
they could be late if it does not come in time to get them to
their classes.
Letter ARE COUNTRY SET GIRLS
Member
Questions
Procedure
Dear Mr. Krochmnatny:
I am a member of the Inter
national Students Committee of
the University Union. In the com.
mittee meeting, one of the points
discussed was that the constitu
tion of the International Stu
dents' Club (ISC) has many
"loopholes and contradictions."
Mr. George Tien was appointed
to call a meeting of the ISC of
ficers to discuss the matter.
In my opinion, this committee
dloes not have this powver. If an
organization or its constitution is
in troub)le, the Student Affairs
Committee only can call its offi
cers or representatives. F"urther,
what right dloes this committee
have even to discuss the "loop.
holes and contradictions" in the
constitution of the ISC, an alto.
gether dlifferent organization on
the USC campus?
Furthermore, the chairwoman
of this committee pointed out
that the officers of the ISC
should be given a list of their
duties. I think they are already
spelled out explicitly in their
constitution andl it is the club,
its members, who deccidle what
their officers should (do. I think
it is none of the business of the
International Committee of the
University Union.
So I have the following three
questions (excuse me for repe- fsinmth leee
tition, I want to be as clear as skrincsp eiwkl
possible) :
-Can this committee call ISC tie nwie -5
officers' meeting telling their
-Does thision match:e sleevelth
power sventtindcscusspthew"loop
h'hxs astripontrdictions" 3n1th
constitution of the ISC? ER R
-Why should this committee g
have to spell out the duties ofONm
the officers of the ISC when * I
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constitution?________________
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'Disturbinc
'Disturbing' Ticket Distribution.
Dear Mr. Krochm-ainy:
As an alumnus of the Univer
sity of Virginia, presently attend
ing the law school of this Uni
versity, I had more than a casual
interest in the basketball game
Saturday night.
Having paid the so-called ac
tivities fee, I rather naively be
lieved that I was entitled to a
ticket to all the home basketball
games, so long as I fulfilled the
single requirement of appearing
with my validated identification
card during the hours specified
by the schedule for distribution
of tickets.
Appearing at 1 p.m. last
Thursday, I discovered no sign of
life behind the Russell House,'
with the exception of a single box
top and several thousand "punch
ings," presumably from ID cards.
A sign inside proclaimed in bold
letters that there were indeed no
more tickets available for stu
dents.
Why not?
Again, I rather naively sup
posed that any Carolina student
who fulfilled the above require
ment was privileged to see his
team perform, even if some in
dividuals outside the Carolina
community were denied seats.
Missing this basketball game
is not what primarily disturbs
me, but the fact is disturbing
that the athletic department and
ultimately the University sanc
tion a method of distributing
tickets to athletic events that en
courages unethical practices, such
as the transferring of ID cards
among unmarried students and
the procuring by married stu
(ents of ID cards for their non
student wives.
The system makes these prac
tices necessary (married and sin
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main unethical.
The athletic department, expe
rienced in such matters as ticket
distribution, must re-examine the
present policies to ensure, first,
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Why No
Dear Mr. Krochmalny:
I want to know why. I demand
an answer from whoever is re
sponsible. Why were students
denied tickets to the Virginia
basketball game? The answer
given me was "sold out." This
is absurd and entirely unaccept
able.
There are over 12,000 seats in
the new Coliseum - enough for
each student to have a ticket.
Costs of tickets are covered by
student tuition. Rightly, students
come first - before faculty, be
fore anyone. After all, students
are the team.
Not all students can be at the
Russell House at 8 a.m. to get
tickets. There are such things as
classes and exams. Evidently,
someone is getting our student
tickets. I want to know who it is
and why.
Some of us asked the Pinkerton
men if we were not guaranteed
a ticket. We were answered (and
I quote), "You are guaranteed
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ippie
Grads?
Dear Mr. Krochimalny:
I attended the fall semester
graduation ceremonies in Janu
ary of this year and was amazed
at the fact that there were no
hippies in the graduating class.
Could you please tell me what
happens to the hippies? Do they
just attend school and never
graduate, or do they clean up be
fore graduation?
TARLTON W. CAVE
Sergeant-At-Arms
S. C. House of Representatives
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Tickets?
nothing at this school."
I want an investigation and a
straight answer - no running
around with excuses the way the
officials of this school do every
time they are questioned. I want
a good, satisfactory answer. This
has spurred anger from a great
many students.
W. C. KIRBY JR.
Comments
'Island
Of Reason'
Dea,r Mr. Krochmalny:
It was with considerable pleas.
ure that I read the editorial "A
Casualty, Not A Fatality" in
Tuesday's Gamecock. That edi.
torial, together with the letters
of Mr. Smith and Mr. Rowland,
provided a welcome island of
reason in a sea of irrationality.
Such responsible comment in the
midst of emotional over-reaction
gives a glimmer of hope to those
of us who favor "giving students
a greater hand in the running of
the schools of our nation."
The pathetic point is that so
many in our college generation
are blind to the obvious fact that
such trust will come only through
the demonstration of maturity,
not through childish tantrums,
threats and displays of injured
rage. The more we stamp our
feet, scream and fight among
ourselves, the less we will de.
serve any responsibility in the
administration of our educational
institutions.
VALARIE ASTWOOD
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