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Friday, February 28, 1969-- Page Two Columbia, South Car"na Ray Of Hope Out of the chaos of Sunday night came a light. The light sprang not from the ticket office, the office of the president or even SLED. It was an idea. It came from a member of the administration. In the tumult and drunken confusion of the ticket line he gleaned something construc tive. Our friend called the manager of our Slater neighbors and asked them to perform a service to the students. And they did. Slater, much ridiculed, served hot coffee and rolls to the students. The University Union showed El Cid to the frozen audience. If anything came of the events of last Sunday night, it was the obvious need for change and a little better feeling between students and some campus services. This was not much, but it was a start toward Slater's finding a more significant role than merely serving three meals a day at times sometimes not too convenient. It showed most of all the need for a new system for giving out tickets. The present system was drawn up before the coliseum and all its problems were constructed. It is about time we looked around to find out how other large schools are handling the problem of seating in an inadequate facility. Time Flew Remember when you had time to run into Russell House and grab a snack in the 10 minutes you had for the change of classes? You could leisurely walk out to your horse, untie him and ride across the horseshoe to your next class. Those days are gone. As a matter of fact, those days are gone and the 10 minutes for the change are still haunt ing us. Like the ghost of Christmas past this antiquated and inadequate period of time hangs on. Why are we held to this 10-minute period? Are classes so precious and sacred that they must last at least 50 min utes? Most professors would probably be glad to limit them to 45 minutes if they thought it would stop those stragglers from entering the room ten minutes after the class begins. These interruptions waste more class time than would be lost by expanding the break between classes to 15 minutes. If history dictates that we must live with this golden rule of 10 minutes, doesn't it also say we must live with the same bounds? This would mean the elimination of the Coliseum, the Humanities Center and McMaster College. Maybe it is good to honor the past, but we should re member that clinging to the beliefs of the past may prevent the future. Founded Jan. 30, 1908 with Robert Elliott Gonzales aa the first editor, The Game sock is published by and for the students of the t.niversity of South Carolina semi weekly during the coilege year except during holidays and exarninations. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily refleet the views of the admilnis tration. the faculty or the studient bodly as a wh,ole. Offices of The Gamecock are in Room 309 of the Russell House on the 1'niversity campus. Phones are 777-4249 (Editor-in-Chtef), 777-4220 IBusiness and Advertising) and 77-8178 iNewaroomit. The Gamecock is represented nationaiiy by National Ediucational Advertising Ser vice. Inc. The publication is a member of Assoeiated Collegiate Press and the s. C. Collegiate P'ress Association. Subacriptioni rates are $6 per year EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mike Krochmalny ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Mary Jane Benston Jack Padgett MANAGING EDITOR Carl stepp ASST. MANAGING EDITOR Jim Wannamaker NEWS EDITOR Ken Hare SPORTS EDITOR Jim Haney ASST. NEWS EDITOR Fred Monk, Donna Scholl, Eddie Chen ASST. SPORTS EDITOR D)iane Claypoole FACULTY EDITOR Susan Ros SOCIAL AFFAIRS EDITOR Sherry Shealy CHIEF OF REPORTERS Rollie Waters CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Warren Hudson ADVERTISING MANAGER Charles Alexander ASST. ADVERTISING MANAGER Bobby Hitt CIRCULATION MANAGER Chip Abernathy REPORTERS: Bill Altman, Shirley Buchanan, Randi Cabeli. E. Ann Caveny. Shirley Cook. Waiter Derrick. Gordon Dudley. Barbara Lee Eikner, Susan K. Feushe. Stephen Gardner, Nathan Goldman. Stanley H4ensiey, Francelse Hlpp, Mark Holmes. Jerry Calabrese. Susan Jacobsen. David Johnston. irby Koon. Kitty McCaskill, Ron Miles. G. Martin Mobley, Pat Muthig. Jean Neal, Ida Prince Nelsen. Jon Newman. Edward Pinion. Candy Silver. Becky Stone. Jody Stonestreet, Jane Stowe. Mary Trues. dale. Joe Usry, Ralph White. Ann Winters. Alyce Youman, Jan Surrait, Lynn Ring. Leslie Drueker, Van Vanuch. Students Deplore Slat Dear~ Mr. Krochmnilny: a es iueprsuet A few months ago some stu- Ohrmmeso h mzn dients were very concernedl about Sae tf euet ato the poor service received from mretnoestlntaati. Slater D)ining Service. A petition B hsw ente iltk was signed by more than 5,000 a re niwi ni ti students protesting Slater Ser- relybfethywlwato vice. The administration, along aohrsuet with Slater, promised better ser- ThGacokRmhstre vice. But have the students re- hotsiwic SltrcouI ceived better service? NO! We sedte5'vc,btsnete haven't. tetyntomka"fsbuk, F"or instance, c o n s i d e r the onytoaetprtl(uigth Gamecock Room. If a student Gmcc or,at h hr wishes to buy a coke and a sand- n uti aeteei oen wich, he has to wait at least 15 arudBttoopial,ltr to 30 minutes. This past Sunday poilsntigfrtk u (Feb. 23), they had no coffee odr.Ntol lc ilhv after 8 p.m. Ordinarily, the tables )watfrhlanoutoav are coveredl with used cups and heorrfildbusemstc hamburger bags. r ieo i as ildwt Another thing is the people tislo,adabxwhtre who serve the students. Not only orfudinsnit are they slow as snails, but are Nertls,th adiir actually incompetent to work at to n ltrsilpoieta such a job. aOnesta mnue persnveae thr iIeinponL stdet. XSEEN 'EAu wN ToE R What D Dear Mr. Krochmalny: I was delighted to note the ac quisition of the meter maids to the campus police force. Evi dently, this is a measure to en able the policemen to more thoroughly patrol the campus at night, while at the same time furthering the enforcement of parking tickets. I commend the high-minded person who is be hind this movement. Now if it had just done any good, it would be even more commendable, but the policemen on this campus ap parently either concentrate their efforts in the same area or make a point of being invisible. It seems only reasonable that the police officers would make some effort at patroling the streets where cars are parked. After coercing those of us fortu nate enough to have cars to park them in the dimly-lit and un metered section of Green St., it looks like they would assume some of the responsibility for protecting our property. The meters installed on Green St. were more or less a stab in the back for us driving citizens of Carolina. Not having complained about that, I feel more than ob liged to voice my opinion of the negligent police officers on this camp~us. When a car- is parked and locked, one can usually feel as suredl that his car is safe. But alas! That is not the case on Green St. It seems that there is a ring of thieves who excel in getting insidle locked cars and stealing whatever is available for instance, a factory-installed stereo and the accompanying tapes. Now I'm no mechanic but I (d0 know that it takes a goodl while to enter a locked car if one (does not have a key. It is blat antly clear to me that whoever broke into my car did not have a key, for I would no longer have a car. So, assuming they took the time and the p)atience to work my lock open, they then faced the problem of removing a factory- installed s t e r e 0-no simple trick. So let us now as sume that it took them roughly an hour to condluct their business andl be gone. I don't want to ap pear unreasonable, b)ut it (does seem that one policeman would have come by (luring that time andt not iced1 something amiss. I admit that I was more than a little angeredl when I found out that this had happened. After Br SerVICe have p)romised us every year that there will be better service. How long will it be b)efore we receive the service they p)romised us ? I)o they not realize it is we who pay their salary? How much longer must we put up with this harass ment? Every year the studlents pro test against Slater service, and every year they promise a n d1 p)romise and promise. We, the studtent body, show the student government that we are behind them and support them. Shouldn't we show the administration that we D)EMA ND better service now~ rather than asking for it? CHARtLES H. PAD)GETT G,AlY W. COOK E JIRIUCE A. SCHIMID)T JOSEPH! E. NIX KENNETH T. THIUIIMON FRANK H. BAUKNIGHT DO)NALDA F. ELIAS JIMMY McKIERVEI MLCC cr OF ME... EN '^ Letters To The Edito o Policerr all, I'm very fond of my car and I don't like to see it gutted like a piece of junk. But I'll get an other stereo and I'll get more tapes because I am lucky enough to have insurance. What appalls me is that I will never be able to have my car on campus again because the negligence of the police force prevents me from ever having any peace of mind where my car is concerned. In short, there is absolutely no pro tection when it comes to private property. I'll admit that the number of rapes and attacks have decreased on campus. We now have an escort service to protect the vir 'Dixie'An Dear Mr. Krochnaliny: As a Southerner dedicated to the progress of our nation and our University I feel compelled to comment on the tension pres ent on the campus. Our presence at the University should be testimony to the fact that we are committed to a rea sonable, rational understanding of the larger nature of con temporary issues. While the singing of "Dixie" and the wav ing of the Confederate flag bring to mind fond recollections for some, for others these actions seenm to glorify a bleak period in our national development. The success of the University or its hall team is not a function of the traditional symbols undler discussion, hut is a product of the dledication andl efforts of its 'SC Clarified Icar Mr. Krochmalny: There has been much confusion about the constitution of the In ternational Students' Club. As an acting president of the club, I want to make the following points clear: I) Mir. George Tien was the official representative of the club last semester. This semester, neither the executive committee of our club nor the general body of the club has ap)pointed him (or anybody) as representative of the club. 2) There has been talk that the International Students' Club asked for help from the interna ionail committee of the Univer sity' Union. To the best of iny knowledge, only the correspond ing secretary out of the five offi cers of the club reqIuestedl this help. Tlhe corr'espnd ing seere tary' dlid no't ask permission from the executiv co''mm itteeC of the club to ask helP fro m the inter national comminit tee and has acted, alone. 3 ) As for the legality o'f our constitution, M1r. I )av' Phillips, dlirector of the Unive r.it y I 'nion and Secretary of St ude nt Affairs ('ommnittee told one of our memo hIEris Tuesdayv that our c'ost itu tion was temporarily in effect after the meeting of the Studto \ffaits (')ommitte', Wed'nesdav. With these clarifications, I want to po'int out that the in'-zr national comimitte'e of the I 'ni versit y I'nion has no business ini inte rfe ring with oulr const itu tion and should therefo're step out of the issue compdete-ly. STIEVE ChA N r THE LEFOrME... r ien Do? tue of the young damsels on cam pus at night, which would seem to enable the policemen to con centrate their efforts on patrol. ing the streets where cars are parked. But the police obviously have other more pressing com mitments. Maybe when enough people have decided to take their cars off campus and the shiny new meters have rotted in the ground and the meter maids have been fired because there aren't any more cars to give parking tickets to, the police will find i' necessary to adopt a new policy, for they certainly have none at all now! ELIZABETH MARTIN tagonizes students, athletes and all others associated with the University. Apparently, the singing of "Dixie" and the waving of the Confederate flag antagonize a valuable portion of the Univer sity community and are there fore counter-productive. As you deplore the burning of the Confederate flag, remember that your reaction holds the po tential for destroying the classi cal freedom of dissent and with it all hope for the future. STEVE STEINERT Letters Policy THE GAMECOCK welcomes let ters on anyv subject pertinent to and incolting Univ'ersity stu dents. The Editor-in-Chief re serues the right to edit letter. to conform to style, good taste, space limitations and libel laws. Letters should be sent to THE G A MECOC K, B ox U-5131, USC. But It By FRlED MAGNER Columnist The frequency of campus dis orders is on the increase. Caro lina has been relatively free of demonstrations, but the possi bility does exist andl must be con s idleredl. In sp)ite of recent incidents which seemingly would evoke concern, the general reaction to the possibility of an activist movement achieving success is that it can't happen here. This is an overly optimistic conclusion since the p)ossibility dloes exist, as has been dlemonstratedl, and it can happen here. The University has previously andl is presently employing a policy which relies on the apathy of the studlents for its success. Uiv0~e rs it y policy has been the use of suppiression as a solution to possible p)rolems. The lack of concen~ on the part of the stu - dents is regardled as an omnli present factor and has permitted the reject ion o,f various studlent dlemandls, some of which, for a time, had widlespreadl support. One difficulty of the Unive sit y hias been the failure to place policy in proper p)erspective with rega rd to outside group)s. TIhe administrative h i e r a r c h y has p)lacedl itself in an unfortunate and unnec-essary position of v-ul - nerability b,oth to attacks by these various groups and eco nom ic pressures while still fail inig to satisfy anyone because of a refusal to take a stand. An Racism Is Dear Mr. Krochmatny: After reading your editorial en t i t l e d "Premature Burial" which appeared in The Gamecock issue of Feb. 21, I was concerned lest some of the comments you made be misinterpreted. I certainly a g r e e that "the burning of Confederate flags on campus and the reaction by all students indicates one fact-rac ism is not dead . . . ," not dead at the University of South Caro lina. Certainly racism, be it "black" racism, or white racism, is not dead at the University. T h a t the Confederate battle flag has become a symbol of rac ism cannot be denied-but for whom is it a symbol of racism? A close scrutiny of the facts might provide us with the proper answer. The Afro-American club-de. fined as a "black" racist group by the very nature that the basic criterion for membership in said organization is that the member be of one of the so-called "black" races-petitioned the University to ban the playing of "Dixie" and the use of the Confederate battle flag at University events. This act of petition falls well within the rights of any individ ual or group of individuals to petition against alleged griev ances. Yet, by the nature of the sentiment expressed in the peti tion of grievance-that is, that the "flag and Dixie" were signs of a racist past-and by the na. ture of the organization which presented the petition-that is, a racially based group - the flag and "Dixie" have become the symbols of racism for the "blacks." This forced many whites, for whom the Confederate battle flag and the song "Dixie" are symbols of an agrarian and sectional tradition, into the re sponse of viewing the Confed erate battle flag in terms of a reaction to racist overtones placed upon it by a self-conscious group of "blacks." About this time, the militantly irresponsible and confrontation. provoking element in the student Ticket Polic The Department of Athletics requested that a student commit tee establish a ticket policy for the new Carolina Coliseum be fore the building was finished. This was done by a committee composed of the president of the student body, the Pan Hellenic prIesident, one representative of each class, Dean Cooper and D)ean Witten. They established the p)olicy that we have been using. The Virginia game is the first game that we have not had tickets left over at the end of the (lay. Our prob)lem is that our bas ketball team has (lone a great job and we are really pleased that they have created this tre mendous interest andl demand for tickets. There just are so many Can Happei not andl will not achieve any thing. The failure to take a stand isn't even app)easing people any-more. Another p)rob)lem is the con stant misinterpretation of na tional trends and University is sues b)y the local press. An edi torial policy should be more than a statement of wshat the readers w~ant to hear. The p)urp)ose of news media should be enlighten. ment of some sort rather than a regurgitation of what is assumed to be majority sentiment. The local press frequently r e I a t e s various events to group labels in an effort to establish a clear cut goodl guy-bad guy relationship, but is this relationship validl ? What is referred to as "leftist orientation" seems to p)lace vari ous groups automatically in the had guy se-gment before goals are "even consideredl. This idea o,f the me-ans, or what is thought to he the means, eliminating the possibility of an advantageous endl is not valid. The local press is p)ursuing a policy of often un justified criticism of the (dissent - ing minorities, but wouIld be the first to rally be-hind them in sup p)ort if such a posit ion wouldI inl c-rease circulation. The sign out front says that the University is "a faithful in dex to the ambitions of the state-," hut it really is not. The st ate' does not need mach ine pro duce, thoughtless and insensi tive~ college gradluates. South Ca rolina needis con-e rnedl indi Not Dead body, hiding in part behind the faVade of the student organiza. tion AWARE and backed up by non-students f r o in outside the University and by recent transfer students, decided to bring matters to a head by the inflammatory act of burning a Confederate bat. tie flag in front of the home of Dr. Thomas Jones, USC presi dent. Not only an act of violation of school rules and of state law, this act, as harmless a protest as some participants may have thought it to be, aroused not only those students who legitimately held the Confederate battle flag as a traditional symbol, but also those white racists who would use the Confederate battle flag or any other symbol for that matter-as a symbol for the fur. therance of their racist beliefs; much as those "blacks" who are "black" racists employ the harm. less universally used black arm band of mourning as a symbol of their racism. And so, we are now at an im. passe. It is certain that students who view "Dixie" and the Con federate battle flag as symbols of a valid agrarian and sectional tradition will continue to do so, and it is just as certain that white racists will continue to use the Confederate battle flag and "Dixie" as symbols behind which to cloak their racist beliefs . . . but only as long as "black" rac ists and racials continue to con. sider the same Confederate battle flag and the same song "Dixie" as symbols of their own racism and of white racism. Only when whites and blacks realize that appeals to one of the m o s t barbarian and primitive emotions of man-that of racism -are deterrent of the advance ment of all individual human be ings; only then, with equality before the law, justice for all, the preservation of order and the orderly changing of inequit able laws by majority will with protection of the Constitutional ly guaranteed rights of all, will all individuals in America work and move forward together. JOHN CARBAUGH State Chairman S. C. College Republicans :y Explained tickets, and when the tickets are gone, they are gone. We have arranged for closed circuit TV throughout the campus for the students' convenience. Please keep in mind that many of our faculty and administrative staff are also unable to attend games. Of course, we have thou sandis of alumni andl fans w~ho are unable to secure tickets. We are sorry that we are un able to completely satisfy every one. RAY FAIRCLOTH Ticket Manager RALPH FLOYD Business Manager FRANK McGUIRE Basketball Coach PAUL DIETZEL Athletic Director i Here standirng of the world in general, an awareness of what is happen ing aroundl them, and a great dleal of concern for their fellow man. Universities cannot b)e run like factories. Each product requires almost indlividual attention an(i the (diploma must be more than a certificate of endurance and toleration. As long as the intent remains to give a mediocre and strictly regimentedl brand of edu cation for as little money as pos sible, the system can never hope to be much more than a failure. Unrest exists andi disrup)tion is a reasonable likelihood because peop)le are being steppedl on. Violence is a possibility when ev'er idieas are mercilessly and tactessly trampled. University officials refuse to answer re quests ev-en when placed through proper channels. A list of thir teen reasonab)le requests sub mittedl in a very legal manner by a minority group last Spring still remains on the des5k of an administrator while the students await any sort of reply. The local press unjustly condemns any group dliffering from its con cept ion of what is proper for the college student. The educa tional process is being corrupted so as to attempt to prodluce thoughtless conformists. l)issent exists now, but how long until there will be action? It's hard to say, but it is coming. Trhe pathetic p)art is that the p)resent situation actually war