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IAe GAMC,f comnuensyr I Friday, March 14, 1969 - Page Two Columbia, South Carolina A Student Union? We find it cause for regret when students feel they must abandon their positions of responsibility, especially when they are responsible students. The students-the president and vice president of the University Union-left as a protest against the setup of the Union. They had requested an investigation of the Union and the Subcommittee which performed it did not make the recommendations the officers thought were necessary. The changes they wanted would have separated the Union from the management of Russell House. They felt this was necessary because, no matter what power they had under their constitution, they felt they were not in control of the Union. The reason was the director of the University Union was inexplicably entwined in the power structure. The students found that, to exist as true officers, they had to establish and maintain a cordial relationship with him. The subcommittee report says the fault lies both with the students (the "failure of student leadership within the Union to exercise all its prerogatives provided by the con stitution . . .") and the staff ("An overwilling but favorably motivated staff . . ."). The result, the committee says, is that "student control and responsibility suffered." The only question to the students is do we want a student-run union? If we do we should have one in which the students have final authority. Why should we let the "overwilling" staff run it? The president and vice president say there must be a separation of the Student Union and Russell House if students are to be in control of the University Union. Others in the Union feel the same way and have tendered their resignations. We feel that if USC is to have a student-run Union, it might do well to find out why the one it has has not succeeded. Not Cliff House! Last semester we heard rumors that Cliff House would be a women's dormitory. This rumor came about the time of the rumor that South Tower was sliding down the hill and we dismissed both with a smile because we thought they were equally ridiculous. Now, however, it seems the administration is seriously considering making Cliff House a women's dormitory. We find this hard to believe for two reasons. The first, though not the most important, is the distance from campus. No one has proved that girls are actually better developed physically than men, but one wonders if men, let alone women, would be able to make the excursion from Cliff House to the campus and be in any condition to learn. The distance means that women might have to leave for classes thirty minutes before classes begin. Most would be indisposed to going back to the dorm until they had finished all classes. They would be made "vagrants" on the campus between their classes. The women of Cliff House would be indisposed to return ing to campus to participate in campus activities. Until now the administration has evinced an inability to establish and control a campus bus system. Admittedly money plays a part in the bus question. We must ask ourselves if USC has the funds to maintain a bus system which would actually be of service to the women living in Cliff House. Our second reason for opposing Cliff House as a women's dorm is the danger to the coeds. The neighborhood is not the best. It is not as good as the neighborhoodl of the cam pus, and that has proven dangerous to studlents before. We have long been plagued by assaults and robberies. Vandal ism has been a major part of campus life for a goodl while, and putting women comp)letely off the campus would not make them or their possessions any safer. Finally we must ask if USC has the funds to maintain an adequate police force to protect these girls both at the dorm and between there and the campus. Founded Jan. 30. 1908 wIth Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first editor, The Game eeok as published by and for the stuidents of the University of South Carolina semi weekly during the college year except during holidays and examlinaStions. The opinions expiressed he-rein d, not neeai refleet the viens of the. admnis Oratices of The Gametcocks aen i Ityn 308 of the ltusseCl Htouse on the University campua. Phones are 777-4249 (Editor-tn-ChIef), 777-4220 (liusinless and Advertising) Thd Ga7mecock is rresented nsationsally by National Educational .\dert sing Ser vice, Inc. Trhe publication is a nmember of Ass'elated (ollegiate P'ress and tie S ( Collegiate Press Association. Subsription rates are $6 ier year. EDITOR-I N-CH!IEF Mike Krochmalny ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSI NESS MAN AGER Mary Jane Blenston Jack Padgett MANAGING EDITOR Carl Stepp ASST. MANAGING EDITOR Jim wannamaker NEWS EDITOR Frecd Moink SPORTS EDITOR Jim IHaney ASST. NEWS EDITOR Dlonna Scholl, Eddie Chens ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Dliane claypoole FACULTY EDITOR susan Ross SOCIAL AFFAIRS ED)ITORt Sherry Shealy CHIEF OF REPORTERS llie Waters CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER 'htuck heefer ADVERTISING MANAGER (Charles Alexander ASST. ADVERTISING MANAGER hobby JHitt CIRCULATION MANAGER Chip Abernathy REPORTERS: Bill Altman, Shirley Buchanan, Randi Cabell, E. Ann Caveny, Shirley Cook. Walter Derrick. Gordon Dudley, Barbara Lee Eikner, Susan K. Fouche, Stephen Gardner. Nathan Goldman. Stanley Hensley, Francoise Hlpp, Mark Holmes, Jerry Calabrese, Susan Jacobson, David Johnston, Irby Koon, Kitty McCaskill, Ron Miles. 0. Martin Mobley, Pat Muthig, Jean Neal. Ida Prince Nelson, Jon Newman. Edward Pinlen, Candy Silver. Becky Stone, Jody Stonestreet, Jane Stows. Mary Trues dale. Jee Usry, Ralph White, Ann Winters. Alyce Youman, Jan Surrati, Lynn Ring. Lealie Drueker, Van Vanuch. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Bob Benson. Ellit Borenatein, Larry Clark. Ralph Jarrells, Disk MoMillan, Beb Seldel, John Spade, Mike Tyler. Steve C han, Gene Haney, Tom aiina. antke Smave L.am Walkar. CM6 4 PNssYc rT The LB8ERRY WH UIMETER AND WS Questi Dear Mr. Krochmalny: Mr. Palmer Stacy and the Na tional Youth Alliance are, I hope, putting us on. Nevertheless, they seem to call for a response at face value. Mr. Stacy is quoted as saying NYA Meml Dear Mr. Krochmnlny: As one of the organizers of the National Youth Alliance at Caro lina, I would like to add to some of the points made by Palmer Stacy. As Stacy indicated, one of our primary interests is in bring ing about a frank and open dis cussion of the racial problem. We believe that this question of race is the most important issue facing the United States today. We believe that before any solution to this problem can be found, we are going to have to discuss race, s t u d y race, and above all open our minds and face the reality of racial differences. We are going to have to base our actions on known scientific facts, instead of the old sacred cows of "equality" and "brother hood.'' We believe that a wholly newv applroach is needed. M o s t talk abtout the race p)rob)lem is the usual stuff about how "(discrim ination" andl "oppression" h a v e "kept the Negro down." The Ne gro has b)een told time and again that all his poverty and misery are causedl by "white guilt." Naturally, the black man has re-actedl violently, to take back what has allegedly been stolen from him. We see the results to day in our city streets andl in our schools and colleges. Before we can come up) with any\ re-al solutions to these p robl lems, we arte goinJg toi face the fact that there are real andl sig n ificant dIifferences in i n b o r n abiIi ty between the races. We are goi ng to have to undl(erstand( that the so-called ''ghetto" is only an inient ion of t hi e s e di f ferences and not the fundamental cause. We are going to have to recognize By FRED:1 MAGNERI Clumtnist The -4tudent omibud smnen this week rel eased a repo'rt on ticket 'list ribiution prepared byv Nancie .\liin andl Chip Galloway. An aly5is was- nleded , liut the re porit has failed' in nearly all aspecits. Allegedily, the putrpo's of the report was to explaini, dlraw cionclusions5 and suggest poissible- solutions, hut little has b een ac-hievxed e xcep t an ailmosit humorous comctpilation (of rumoirs. Initial i-overage is given to an itemoiz/at ion of compjlainits mad~oe studtients which is folluwedi byv an unneceii"ssary coimmntion' oif 'ceIta in id ividluals andl organi - zationis" fo'r their efforts at ten sjifn redluct ion. Coach l'loyd was commeindiied for his desire toi work with students to p)lan for the future in snitn of the fact that LETS Go To cF rrk mcKe THot ,cAWl TALK! NtA STUD 00 O 0 Letters To ons Yc that NYA believes "the white man is biologically, culturally and genetically superior." What leads me to hope that NYA is a put-on is his subsequent state ment that they want "to get peo ple thinking." >er Speaks that it is natural and healthy to be loyal to your own race, and natural to p r e f e r to associate with your own kind. If we in the National Youth Alliance are successful in creat ing a w i d e r understanding of these realities, then I think we will have made a significant con tribution to making this world a better place in which to live. J. M. LELAND, JR. Letters Policy THE GAMECOCK welcomes let ters on any subject pertinent to and involving University stu dents. The Editor-in-Chief re ser-les the right to edit letters to conform to style, good taste, space limitations and libel laws. Letters should be typewritten and should not exceed 200 words. No unsigned letters will be prin ted, but names may be with held upon request. Letters should be sent to T HE G A MECOC K. Box U-5131, USC. Lngual I ami witinug you in ordler to voice my opinion on what I feel is an aging injustice. Mly refer *'nce is to t hi' r'equirement, lby our University, that liberal arts studeints enroll in a foreign lan guage. Two atnd three years of a language other than English is a wonderful thing, but it shoul he reiired only for high school students and language majors. It is inconceivab)le, for example, Rep( he did little at the time of the ticket crisis. TUhere was a chanice to adapl1t, lbut the people in chatrge fai iled to act. Praise( also went to two groups for providing entertainment and refresh ments wichk supposedly redutcedl tenisioni. These act ions, however, did nothing more than encourage students to join t he par-ty. Itecogn it ion and appiroval was adldedl by these efforts and the ultimate effect wlas felt in the ensu in g inicrease in part ic i pants. These participAnts be came more uneasy with time re suilt ing in a substantial increase in t he miiagitu tde of the problemi. The fiunal laudatory remnarks werie rese ryed for t he atlt ic dep';artment's gracious gesture in permitting the game to be t-li' vised. This shiouldt bei stanhdard pracit iie.N No comm11oendalt ion is de' -.er,vedo. Anij in-ttig contt raie 0 ion is that thle -ame' athlet ic dei poaragrapih is~"n ciitiize in the W"PAD'YA TO i11K I 001W~J IN HS 0614T You THE PASr TEST To The Editor uth A This, I assume, would mean that he has been through some motions of the process himself. But if it is for real, I have no such hope that anything ap proaching a reasoned thought has ever taken place. If Mr. Stacy is sincere in his belief that the white man is "biologically" and "genetically" superior, I sug gest that he might be forever hopelessly mired in the muck of his own ignorance. If he is like. wise sincere that the white man is "culturally" superior, he then suggests himself that he might lack the faculties to appreciate the benefits of any such superi ority. For myself, I place all races horizontally and look only to in dividuals for superiority. I like my culture ecumenical and do not relish any diet Mr. Stacy might see fit to prescribe. Let Mr. Stacy wrestle with the cultural superiority of Tiny Tim while I remain content with the artistic limitations of Miss Leontyne Price, whom his p)hilosop)hy must exclude. llut this is taking Mr. Stacy seriously, isn't it ? It is. Let no oneO doub)t the direction in which his philosophy leads: "The outrages of Auschwitz andl Treblinka could not have occurred had there not been Injustice that any student of journalism be required to take six semesters of Spanish. To most of us, in many majors, a foreign language is a tremendious waste of time and effort and a load we w ou Id choose, if indleedl we could choose, not to carry. I understand that a study has been or is being made concerning this matter. lResults are now in ordter. M. L. GIBSON wrt Sa~ failed to change procedlure in spite of the impending pirobilem. T[hen, this report which was to "dlispel rumors" cites' them per taining to the resale of tickets. Rumors were noted concerning alleged "'scalping" by both stu (lents5 and members of the State L egislat ure. Tlhis practice is woJrt hy of only condemnation, hot a statement concerning the legis hator's is incried ily absur id. "T'he legislature set a poo'r example'' acco)rdli ng to our omb)udsmen. Hie seriol us, "'scialpig'' wouldl have' occ(urredl with or without the "poor exsamrpIe.'" Rum ors p rove njo thinrg except a lack of fact ual mratervial. R{eturning to the subject of ticket dlistribuition, a minimum amount of foresight would have somreWhat reduced the probigm, YouI donII't put1 peole in Ilines after t he. have been standling around all unight. The mass rush when the tickets arrived could have been anticipated. Morning RIE FOR Iliance tens of thousands of men who became accustomed to look at other men as though they were not human at all. A man can not murder others in cold blood, he cannot dash a baby to the ground or fling children into a furnace, unless he is first convinced that they are not a part of his own human ity." -Abba Eban I invite a reply. HERB REEVES Advancei Dear Mr. Krochmalny: The brutal attack upon a Caro lina man by knife-wielding thugs suggests a turn for the worst in University living. In the past, our local group of "blade toters" have been content to leave their robbery victims unhurt. They have generally accosted their prey head on and relied on their knives plus superior numbers to carry out their missions. The most recent incident (if incomplete evidence can be be lieved) suggests that the victim was attacked from the rear, vis ciously stabbed and1 mutilatedl, andI relieved of his wallet as if by after-thought. In short, the attack seems to have been moti vated by a desire for blood( rather than a dlesire for money! Finally, the unconscious man might well have dliedl in the street but for the fact that he was found and helped by a group of students who were leaving a late evening (lass soonl after the assault oe curredl; the "robbery" narrowly missed1 becoming a case of mur der. The number of rapes, assaults and robberies that have taken place within a stone's throw of the Russell House in the pas eighteen months is staggering s Noti There was p)lenty of time for action, but no action was taken. The report proceedls to evalu ate the situation. T[he analysis is plausible but, fact.s are again scarce. A lot could happen, but there seems to be little concern for ac'tuality. Team and band1 members could have conceivably obItainedl add(itional tickets, but dlid they ? The use of rumors to substantiate rumors is not an ac (eptedl analytical process. It is true that little respect for authority existedl and that the area became littered, but there is not much else that could have been expected. Morning was not the time for authority. E-very thing that happened was an out growth of the absurdity of the s it uat ion. A valid conclusion can never be drawn with the use of utnsub stantiated facts andl illogical an alysis. Tlhe staff should not have been, commended if they were in. flexible. Whether or not the Faculty Adviser Dear Mr. Krochmlny: I wish to call to the attention of the University community a misstatement that appeared in Mr. Fred Monk's article on the National Youth Alliance. I has. ten to say that this misstatement was my doing and not Mr. Monk's. During my interview with Mr. Monk, I stated that Prof. William Clineburg had agreed to serve as faculty adviser to our proposed NYA unit. At that time, I be lieved this to be correct, but I have since learned that I was misinformed. To set the record straight, I would like to explain exactly what took place. When our group was endeavor ing to secure a faculty adviser, a mutual acquaintance suggested that I discuss the matter with Prof. Clineburg. I did so, and as a result of this preliminary dis cussion, I and three of my as. sociates met with Prof. Clineburg at his apartment on Thursday, Feb. 27. We discussed the gen eral nature of the National Youth Alliance, and Prof. Cline. burg looked over our charter ap plication, our proposed constitu tion and our list of proposed members. At the conclusion of the meeting, he took these docu ments and indicated that he would discuss them with the vice president for student af fairs and the student affairs Committee. It was my under standing that he intended to serve as our faculty adviser. In this I was mistaken. Prof. Clineburg has since made it quite clear to me that he does not wish to be faculty adviser to the National Youth Alliance. He has asked me in turn to make this clear to the public. PALMER STACY I Assault and it is high time something was (lone about the situation by the people most concerned: the students of this University. I could not condone an undis ciplined "vigilante" outfit, but I can and (1o call for the estab lishment of a volunteer, auxiliary police force composed of re sponsible male students who could patrol the perimeters of our campus from sundown until midnight. The volunteers should be equipped with easily idlentifi able insignia, night sticks andi walkie-talkies that could link them to regular police communi cations. The auxiliary should have its own leadership, but be directly responsible to the exist. ing University Police unit. Finally, the authority vested in the auxiliary should be con fined solely to the dletention (under the p)rinciples of citizen's arrest p)rocedures) of obvious violators until regular officers could be summoned to the scene. In conclusion, elie men t ar y school kids have been trained to help police their campuses by di recting traffic around their schools. Can we as presumlab)ly mature people dto less for our campus ? I, for one, am willing to volunteer for duty with such an auxiliary if the p)eople with the authority to approve its forma tion will take action! CHU'CK BREVERI ling of nebulous consequence in rela tion to the students; this falla cious contention was beaten to d e a t h . D)istribut ion procedure could not have been successfully altered in the available time. Only better organization of the existing system could have heens achie'ved. The situation was voha' ile, but the thought that a trainedl agita tor could have causedl a great deal of trouble is laughable. Of ficial reports are not supposedl to dIraw ridiculously presumptu o)us conclusions. The possib)le solutions are almost credible, but the analysis leaves substantial doubts. The situation has not been evaluated-only garnished with useless rhetoric. The procedlure has to change. Act ion must be taken. The prob) lem, however, must b)e understood becfore it can be solved. The oml budlsman rep)ort leaves us with not h ing exceept doubts concerning the quality and capability of the