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Keep South Gov. Robert E. McNair has proclaimed April "Keep South Carolina Beautiful" month. While he is keeping the parts that are beautiful that way, we feel he should cast an eye on some of the uglier parts and see if something cannot be done to make the entire city one that qualifies as "beautiful." The scenes in the pictures on this page are not rare ones in the state, or even within the city limits, where they were taken. No one will attempt to call these scenes "beautiful," though they might readily be termed shameful or dis graceful. We prefer to call them shameful, though few people find them cause for shame. We all have a way of looking at beauty and remembering it, and looking at sights like these and ignoring or forgetting them completely. We do not deny that South Carolina, and Columbia, have many scenic and beautiful views, but we suggest scenes like these may detract more than any beauty may add. Of course the privation and suffering these pictures represent are far more important than the actual outward appearance of the buildings. Habitations such as these can be seen anywhere in our state, and usually one has only to travel a few hundred yards from "beauty," as in the case of the Coliseum and the Governor's Mansion, to find the poor est of living conditions. We will not attempt to blind anyone to these problems by mentioning race, because people of both colors are im prisoned in the depression, misery and ignorance these hovels represent. These are people who will never know ed ucation, good health or happiness. These are people who will not even know the twentieth century has come, and left them far behind. When we all realize this condition exists, and that it may be corrected, despite what certain "authorities" may say, by education and human compassion, we will be a step closer. When we realize we can help without dirtying our hands and throwing away our vast fortunes of useless money, we will have made half the trip to success. If we could only see that the only way for this state, or any other state, to progress is to take all the citizens with it, we will have won a major battle-we will have faced reality. Reality-harsh, cruel and indifferent-does not nurse the weak or coddle the underprivileged. It is left to human compassion and understanding to see the need for help and lend the helping hand that will end the "endless circle" of poverty and starvation. Maybe if we, though we be rich-affluent and jaded by our own accomplishments and aspirations-could see that we have lived and won at the expense of many whose only crime was to enter this world poor and hungry, then we might be able to understand that it is our duty to ourselves, our country and humanity-to do our best to improve the lot of our fellow Americans-our national brothers. The means of improvement are at hand, we must work through existing systems - university, government and church-to reach out and give aid to the poor and the illiterate. Only if we help the young can we insure that tomorrow's world will be an improvement over this, and that tomorrow's world will not be torn by the riots and lethargy that are the progeny of ignorance and deprivation. Only if every child grows up in an environment of hope and dignity will we ever stop dropouts and achieve a society in which all will be active participants and contributors. Yes, keep South Carolina beautiful-but don't ignore the dirty and the squalid, they may be the fuse to the bomb that will one day destroy our country. For those who would help, the Metropolitan Education Foundation, an organization devoted to the principles of human dignity and constructive help, is one of the best ways to help others and help yourselves by giving just a little it really makes you feel as if you have accomplished some thing worthwhile. 9/ GA A cocI( Founded Jan. 30, 1903 with Robert Elliott Conzales as the first editor, The Game eeek is published by and for the students of the University of South Carolina semi weekly during lbs colegeearexcept during holiday and examrnations.fteamn tratlon, the faculity or the student lody as a whole Off ices of The Gamecck 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 777-8178 (Newsroom). The Gamecock 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. Subscrip.tion rates are $8 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 Fred Monk SPORTS EDITORJiHay ASST. NEWS EDITORS .- on col di hi ASST. SPORTS EDITOR . in lyol FACULTY EDITOR SsnRe SOCIALI AFFAIRS EDITORShryhay CHIEF OF REPORTERS Rli aes CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER CukKee REPOTERS Sil Alman ShileyBu ----n Dnna Shll, E.ddnn Chen, Shile Cek Wate Drrck.Godo Ddle. arer Le EkAtDSanK Claypool Jery albree.Suan achen. avd ehnte. rbyKen,KitySuCsanll Ros EdwrdPiio, Cnd Sivr. eey toe. ed Sonstret JneSesrry Tres-y Leslie Duokol.iVn Vanesh ADVEORHRT S:G Bnan MAAERiet*rnt ar Clar.le Alearrers AiSSTeia. DVERSiNGJkeS MNAGTER.toh..en Hobby, Tt CIUL ATION. AN AERci brah Carolir r ar takn th stdn om u mn reor (also publsedinTh Dend he. b'otheretoresarc hist critcism befor he( wrE' o te u tihem, he wold U haveit' (( fond that tan th act i hasi bens taken to rtif th ticket dist ri bution a heoblemn theatpued toe tam pus. t(ls ulihdinii It; isi'.ik obvi ou ldha hae did l no dentre rsnaie eddb hip Gaitloway, ceoautherothe thepor, hseey woulrkiefond wth the sithtin h)ea(rtenn eane effor ta aon oehain abu te dito ribtin prbe m.ike (lisi t com m(iteI hat vowed th oe cap a Beai StaffI Paint Up Clean Up tA Fix Up dsmen A The fact that the Student Ath letic Commnit tee was formed as a result of the omb)udsmnen re p or't before the e< iitorial wvas written was5 andl still is no secret. T1 h chef a im of the report was to present the prob)leml of ticket dlistrib)ution to the faiculty from the general student point of jiew. For this reason rumors and compl0 jaints 5were a iredl in the repo)rt, andI the introduction to the repjort clearly statedl that it was a suhject ive analysis of tie ket dlist ribut ion met hods used for the U NC vs. U SC baskethall game. Copies of the rep)ort were senit dIirtectlIy to the Athletic I )e part ment, the presidlent of the I'niversit y, the president of the st udenIt body, the dean of st u dents andl oithers. Thue columnist saw the efforts of all conceerned only in terms of b)lack and white, good and bad. iIe ignored comple*tely the fact peuopIe gathered on the Itussell houe patio r. ticet a..d .. Photo by Chief Phetographer Chuck Keefer 4e * ,t ' nswer C forrefesmens o mvie o anthn ele euin ogv creit her it wa due_ Idi vidal anoganzais cm mendd b thereprt dd ty t answery ha Cda eeh own rerehenthe sorl moveo credite whe reprt. war de.ampli, ofiforesight oganiaion some whatdeduced the prblem, tret raedce etin tnioto their a Tne olhemains conetin tof paaaethe reporti lae n im)tat idstoea werane thie colunis whntradicted hsef cr(ieItrpr.For exam)le, i n aarp hen ai,here thas a chancemuo adat, be(ut( pthpe failemto act" ine aothe hemai onitos "of te to act." Themis constthought haimlf voaple,in on" aaraph Friday, March 21, 199 -Page TWo The Time I We, the undergraduates of the University of South Carolina, are brighter, are more intelligent, and yes, are more sophisticated, and are crying out for a greater voice in University decision-mak ing policies which directly af fect all of us. We are not satisfied with a slow process; why should we be? Why shouldn't curfews in all girls' dormitories be liberalized; why can't we have drinking on University property; why shouldn't we strengthen the inde pendent dormitory system and the town students' organization; why shouldn't the Greek system be able to realize its single ambi tion-to operate autonomously of the University; why not student tickets for all students? Will students be placed on a "first come-first-served" basis all the time ? You will read the above para graph and say to yourselves that you have heard it all before. And the sad thing is that you have. So why not a concerted student effort to overcome obstacles? Display adhesiveness in our thinking, unity of action, and ac complish our goals. The Univer sity of South Carolina is attuned to the remarkable national change in student attitudes on college campuses. Student ac tivism is needed now at Carolina and to a- more polished degree. The primary reason for at tending a university is, of course, to obtain an education. I person ally feel that college is the pri mary aide in the "instruction" of maturity. At Carolina, the indi vidualism of the student is a re flection of the maturation proc ess. For we now not only wish a first-class education, we de sire a voice in the policies which direct this education. Comuinui cation is the key word-the ability to have a respected ex change of ideas between adminis tration and student. In very few instances has an administrator initially approached a student and solicited his re sponse on matters of crucial im portance to the student. Of course you will hear that the ad ministrator's door is always open; but wonder to yourselves if it closes in front of you after Letters Policy THE GAMECOCK welcomes let ters on any subject pertinent to and inviolving University stu dents. The Editor-in-Chief re serves the right to edit letters to con form to style, good taste, space limitations and libel laws. Letters should be typewritten and should not exceed 200 word. Do You An open letter to Rod B3igalke, Bruce Honick, C. G. Johannes meyer and E. HIoo per: 1. Are you AWARE that the reason all the "double-talking, communistic, revolutionary, lice infected 'students'" have a mo nopoly on the microphone is be cause nobody else cares enough or has enough courage to get up there and say something? The use of the microphone has never been or never will be refused to any studienf, faculty or ad ministrator. arges budsmen mentioned scalping. The police did not think so when they arrested several students for doing so. The columnist was, obviously too blind to see that the existing ticket distribution methods fostered scalpin~g and therefore denied many students tickets to which th~ey were en titled. Tihe report was factual in that it did present the typical student point of view, and points made within the report can be sub stantiatedl. Sources of informa tion were kept confidential, how ever, to p)rotect those sources. It is evident that facts were scarce in the editorial. Fred Magner's criticisms were un warrantedI, unresearchedl andl il lo'gical. Since valid criticisms (do not spring from hot-air, it can o'nly he concluded that his criti cisms were just that, hot-air. NANCIE MEDDIN COAUTHOR, OMBUDSMAN REPnO Eitoeals Comnntry Columbia, South Caroin s At Hand you leave the office or while you are still in it ? In this transitional period in national college history, a tre. mendous responsive attitude is needed by students, faculty and administration alike. This corn. munication gap was perhaps there in the past, unnoticed by a different type of undergraduate; it existed when undergraduate activism was initiated, and is now widening. We, as students of the Univer. sity of South Carolina must in itiate action from a more re. sponsible position-ours is for the building of a great college. We must establish a precedent now. The time is at hand. BARRY KNOBEL More Scott Dear Mr. Krochmalny: In view of all the letters printed in The Gamecock as to the so-called "slang" that was voiced at the UNC basketball game towards Charlie Scott, I feel that these students have pur sued this issue just a little too far. I think we all realize Charlie Scott is a great basket ball player, and I feel the re marks yelled at him were more in excitement than in defama tion. As was pointed out by Russell H. Putnam Jr. in the March 11 Gamecock, "People who are either greatly excited or under a great deal of stress often blurt out their feelings." Perhaps these were the true feelings of certain persons, but I don't believe they would have been voiced under less strenuous circumstances, and I suppose they shouldn't have any way. However, it is a constitu tional right to form and voice opinions and, as for Mr. Put nam's suggestion to punish these students, it would be a far cry from democracy to do so. Mr. Putnam also blames the entire student body for these ac tions and suggests students could have asked these people to stop. This is true, but again we in fringe upon the rights of others. It was not the entire student body at fault, and to send apolo gies would be to degrade the whole school, which is quite un fair to several thousand student.. Granted, racism is present at this school, and so it is all over the country, but in my opinion, it is here to stay for a very long time. I dloubt it will be solved in our generation, so let's learn to live with it while we try our best to solve its problems. JERRY STRONG Care? 2. As the moderator of Speak Out from 3 to 5, I am AWARE that no one, especially during that time period, has had the microphone taken away from him while he was sp)eaking, and in particular during the discussion about ROTC, because I happen to have had moderated that discus sion. The person described in Mr. Bligalke's letter was merely try ing to start some sort of discus sion (which he, in no way, need have (lone), and never once (lid he interrupt the people he asked. I think an apology is due from Mr. Bigalke. 3. Are you AWARE that mak ing unsupp)orted and meaning less allocations about somebody with whom you (1o not agree 1s like being a dupe of an interna tional communist conspiracy? They (1o it all the time. America was founded upon the freedom of (dissent (e.g., l)eclaration of Indle pendence), and anyone who tries toi discredIit an organization for attempting to assert this right is going against that heritage. 4. Are you AWARE that sit ting on the fruits of the hard wor-k andl achievements of one's predIecessors and not trying to constantly i m p r o v e something wvhich adnmittedlly is not perfect, a~ society for example, is the s;ame as active dlestruction of it? Society must be fluid to survive It must keep pace with the times. Anyone helping it stagnate is helping it decline. 5. Are yo~u AWARE that if you have nothing b)etter to say thani, "if you don't like It here leave!" you would be better off not saying anything? ALEJRT ZGOLINSKI