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Friday, March 28, 1969 - Page Two Colab-- South Callon AWS And Women Elections have come and gone, maybe to the surprise of the men of Carolina who might wonder who was being elected to what. The Associated Women Students (AWS) are not too well known among the men, but the men should take a few lessons from them. For one thing AWS has a great record of accomplish ment. In two years they have gotten two honor dorms. The men, of course, find this number inadequate and think every girl should be in an honor dorm. We would have to agree with this philosophy and hope that AWS and other campus groups work toward a liberal ization of women's rules. Not only the curfews, but the punishment for being late. It is hard to see restriction as a punishment for being a few minutes late coming in. The fact that girls quite legitimately forget to sign out could also be taken into account by the administration. It sometimes seems as if the administration is more interested in getting the girls on restriction than treating them like adults. Restriction may be easy for the people running the dorms, but it reeks of the 18th century as far as the crime's fitting the punishment is concerned. We congratulate the winners of the AWS elections and hope they will continue the fight to bring the 20th century to the women's rules of Carolina. The Mafia It looks as if USC is finally "getting into the main stream" of the life of the "real" world. (We define the real world as that outside the realm of often-closed cafeterias, dangerous walks to and from classes and the dangers of fall ing into the burgeoning reflecting pools slowly inundating the campus.) What we are referring to is the advent of big-time racketeering on campus. This comes to us through the grapevine of people interested in people who know people the interminable mass of hearsay that engulfs every univer sity campus. The rumor (to use a simpler term) is that the Mafia is "moving in" on the drug trade in Columbia, and, therefore, on campus. While it is not hard for us to imagine that there is drug use on campus, we wonder if having the local trade will be profitable to the Mafia. Estimates of the number of drug-users among the stu dents of Carolina range from 120 to 150 among students who claim to know, from their personal grapevines, the ac tivities in the area. They say the real danger of the take over by the Mafia is that they "push" heroin, which is physically addictive and offers them a permanent income. So, if we take the word of a few Carolina students who are "in the mainstream," we may be in for an underground struggle for the rights to the local sales of drugs. To say there is no traffic in drugs in Columbia is to be unrealistic, but to say it is lucrative enough to draw in the Mafia is an overstatement, we hope. Time For Thought While we are looking at ourselves in the reflecting pools around campus, we might take a little time to look a little deeper than the facade the waters show us. In this introspect we might find that we have been more than a little negligent in the support of the Metropolitan Education Foundation. Many people worked hard last sum mer for the project, which depends on the University stu dents for money and workers. This summer more extensive projects are planned and more money and people are needed. What are you going to do this summer? Is it going to help anyone ? Will it give you pride and satisfaction and maybe even give an underprivileged child hope and the in centive to achieve? Think about it. 9Ae GA W$cCIC Founded Jan. 30. 1908 with Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first editor, The Game eeek ta published by and tor the students of the Untversity of South carolina semi weekly during the college year except during holidays and examinationu. The opinions expreissed therein do not nuessarily reflect the views of the adminis Ortffices off TeGamecock are in Rooma308 of the Russell House on the University campus. Phones are 777-4249 (EdItor-In-Chief), 777-4220 (Business and AdvertIsing) and 777-8178 (Newsroomi. The Gamececk is represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Ser vIce, inc. The publication is a member of Associated '.ollegiate Press and the S. C. CollegIate Press Association. Subscription 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 ED)ITOR Jim Wannamaker NEWS EDITOR Fred Monk SPORTS EDITORJiHae ASST. NEWS EDITORS .. )naShl,EdeCe ASST. SPORTS EDITORDinCayol FACULTY EDITOR SsnRs SOCIAL AFFAIRS EDITORShryhal CHIEF OF REPORTERSRlieWtr CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER CukKee ASST.ADVETISIG MAAGERJimb Hney REPRTES:Bil Alma,Mke ai. Jdyr. Ronda Chll F,ddie Chbene Shile Cek.CaterneCuir Wete Derik.LeseyDruk D abae Claypooede Fadol.Suan euhe.JoeCodin. hery artog.Frncee Sus. arn oms. Casil, DckMcMiln. onMils,MarinMobey Pa MthieanNel.i Idaesn JADETew.JnSrItG Sue GE TanrCha rusel.Je re AlxanderAn Winter. ADVERTIumasIN.AAEBbyHt PTORERS: Bill BeAnltmat Brnsen, MLkrraly Judarar. RaniCblphr arareise. Caesk DMekMillan. o Meiels. artpade Mikble. atev hati. ae Ney, en. m o e. a a a r eu, La ue aner. MayTude,Jo Ur,Va va ch An 0 Student Not Tc An open letter to Albert Zgolinski: With reference to your open letter in The Gamecock of March 21 and entitled "Do You Care?" I would like to thank you for agreeing with much of what I said in a letter several weeks ago. But, in what was obviously an attempt to criticize what I had stated in my own letter, I must point out several unpardonable errors on your part in your letter of March 21. You gave student apathy as a reason for the monopolization of the microphone of late. Can you tell me that students were apa thetic when they congregated at "Speak Out" at the beginning of first semester? If I remember correctly, the crowds were so large that one had difficulty seeing the speaker. Do you not concede that students of late are not apathetic, only disinterested in hearing one side of a supposedly many-sidled argument, thanks to the efforts of AWARE? You claimed that "nobody cares enough or has enough cour age to get up there and say something." Why is it, then, Mr. Zgolinski, that when an appar ently caring andl courageous stu dent was speaking, the micro p)hone was grabbed from his hand in the middle of a sentence ? You cannot be "AWA RE" when you stated "As the moderator of Equal Res By FRED MAGNER Columnist In a recent W U S C editorial John Rockholz, station manager, warns us of subversive groups in our midst. H-e speaks of "propa ganda methods" which cause "un necessary unrest on campus" and makes an effort to analyze what he terms "teacher militancy." If propaganda is wrong, Mr. Rockholz andl certain other self ap)pointed protectors of the good and wholesome ore equally guilty. Teacher militancy is no more than a catchall p)hrase for actions which appear to be somewhat out of line. Simply, anything that a faculty member (does which ap pears to be anti-establishment to any degree andl in any aspect is militancy. It is astonishing that certain groups a n d individuals can take such a narrow view of some of our nation's most edu. catedt people. Yes, we must be aware of com munist-backed organizations like SDS5 andt SSOC because The State newspaper says we should. The State, that progressive institution of journalistic impartiality, has done it again. They have exposed~ the communist ties of those public enemies known individually as agitators who affiliate with such heretical organizations as SDS~ and SSOC. All of this looks im. p)ressive on the front page of a~ radical newspaper like The State but, being intelligent college stu (tents, we find it hard to dligest, The problem seems to be a dif. JU0ST TINK Wf WHoLE CAMPU 'Apathy' | Blame 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 speaking . . ." Mr. Zgolinski, for your informa tion, it was I who was rudely interrupted by the moderator when he grabbed the microphone from my hand. Also, I know for a fact that you were not present at the time this occurred. You made other stupid state ments in your recent letter in The Gamecock, but I will not state them now. If anyone is AWARE, Mr. Zgolinski, it cer tainly isn't YOU. BRUCE HONICK Races 'G Dear Mr. Krochmalny: I wish to comment on Mr. Herb Reeves' attack on the National Youth Alliance that appeared in the March 14 Gamecock. Approxi. mately one-half of Mr. Reeves' letter was devoted to personal attacks. Apparently name calling is still a favorite weapon to those who cling to tired dogmas. I ap preciate the fact that the doctrine of racial equality is difficult to defend rationally, but surely Mr. Reeves can (10 a little better. The rest of Mr. Reeves' letter consistedl of an irrelevant quota tion from Abba Eban and a com parison of Leontyne Price and Tiny Tim. Now certainly, Mr. Reeves must know that the racial ponsibi Iity ficulty in reconciling the com plaints andl actions of others. Sin cerity is the factor which is at ways forgotten when it comes to militancy and like subjects. It is quite possible that the "militants" are no more t h an vitally con cerned individuals who have been frustrated by t h e lethargy of bureaucratic progress. They see progress as not being a function of the so-called establishment and have adlopted a loosely defined plan of coercion from outside the structure. T h e s e pecople, on a national basis, are too intelligent and dedi catedI to be categorizedl as merely agitators. They may be agitating, but so are the people who express anti-agitator sentiments. Agitation is an American tra dition. P a t r i c k Henry, Sam Adams andl T h o m a s Jefferson were agitators. It is probably only timing that kept them from being called communists. Militants are actually no more than individuals who direct their prob)lem - solving energies toward some sort of confrontation with the establishment. Agitators are those who see the problems andl let the people knowv about them. Communist is a collective adjec tive referring to everyone objec tionable from Chairman Mao to the local Gamecock Room hippie. It is commendlable that every. one knows something about agi tators and militants. It is amaz ing that children can pick out a communist from a block away. It is tragic that we waste so much time creating problems when so many already exist. fAT WME cOCL o 14 Rs 04 So --- W/E C04 S 0*V6 3l A'eFeecr kipm Question Dear Mr. Kroclmlny: As an off-campus, part-time freshman I realize that this letter will have little impact on the edi torial policy of your newspaper. Nonetheless, I would like to toss a few questions your way. I have been a member of the "University Family" since last semester and there are several things about which I have often wondered. Perhaps you have also wondered about these things. After all, it is a big university. 1. Last semester I made use of your "Flea Market" section and paid for the advertisement sev eral weeks in advance. The ad vertisement ran once. I cancelled the ad and was told that a refund would be mailed to me. I am still waiting for the refund. WHY? 2. The March 7 issue of The Gamecock announced that women students wishing to secure rooms enetically' I crisis we approach isn't caused by the Leontyne Prices. If he de. sires to compare b1 a c k s and whites, why not compare racial averages of ability and perform ance? It is the average Negro with which public policy is con cerned. D)r. Arthur R. Jensen, writing in the winter issue of the Har vard Educational Review, shows that Negroes average 15 points below whites in I.Q. and indicates that this is dtue to genetic dliffer ences between the races. Space limitations forbid a listing of Dr. Jensen's credentials or even a b)rief survey of his research; how. ever, the Harvard Educational Review can be found in the USC education library. Why do Negroes lag behind whites in average mental ability? The most reasonable hypothesis is that offered by Dr. Carleton S. By CEORGE ELLIS WHEELER, Jr. In m a ny prisons todlay, especial ly in South Carolina, inmates of midd(le class families are forerun nling the "Tell 'em like it is" idea: they are going out of the prisons unde(r guardt, telling the stories of their criminal lives and the hardship andt suffering crime has causedt them. These men and women are pur suing a sincere andt noble pur pose, hoping that the children andl teenagers they talk to will take heed andt not turn to crime or will turn away from crime while' there is still a chance to save them from having their name on a jail roster. Hut there Is real comedy in these talks, sometimes, when a prisoner who came from a very poor faily tics to imitate these mkile class conUvict s. The hilarity lies in that his rea son for stealing was duoe to abject p)overty rather than the dtesire to' be a big shot, or to be popular, or to be all those other imiddle class reasons. S om e h o w you dton't k n ow whether you are going to bust out laughing or break (own crying whe*n you hear one of these poor speakers say, "I know I never doEne it jus' 'cause we (don' have no supper that nite. I broke in ITH MNoTHER /- 1AqE 7?6E ?oA/ Poo. For The G in South Tower and Capstone dorms must have their applica tions in by March 11. If these students are required to apply for residence five months in ad vance why does The Gamecock give them only four (lays notice? 3. Does anyone ever ques'ion the logic or point of the cartoons on the editorial page? I have be fore me your last attempt at satire; the cartoon about the new I) cards. If you can show me what that cartoon is supposed to mean, I would grea'ly appreciate it. Our school was one of the last institutions of higher learning in the country to utilize the perma nent identification card. It was greatly needed and the dispens ing of several thousand cards to students, faculty and staff was efficiently handled. If you rake through some of your back is sues, as I have (lone, I'm certain )ifferent Coon, past president of the Amer ican Association of Physical An thropologists. In "The Origin of Races," Dr. Coon offers o v e r whelming evidence that the Ne gro race is about 200,000 years younger than the white race in evolutionary development. The Negro has never built or maintained a creative, stable, and free society-not in Africa, nor in Haiti nor a ny w h1e r e else. Brown andl black countries are without exception backward, pov' erty-stricken and disease-riddlen. Whites must come to realize that racial (differences are more than skin deep. If policy dlecisions are based on a false assumption of r acei al equality, frustration, crime andl racial conflict will con tinue to grow. A refusal to recog nize real forces in nature must be p)aidl for in blood and rev'olution. PALMER STACY And P to be a big shot." And you get the feeling that now he Is a big shot, because he is standing up there with a belly full of prison food telling a story just as well as the sons of the people who live up on the hill. Poverty in a relatively rich so ciety is dlefinitely a c a u s e of crime. It is, by virtue of associa tion, a reason for crime: poor people cannot identify with a two car family and thereby cannot perceive two-car family morals. They might learn thenm if ever they become a two-car f a m i I y themselves, but the God who an swers middle class prayers can't impose His commandlments on the p)overty-stricken lower class. This marxist-atheistic s t a t e ment must cut the grain of most religious Americans, but it is bet ter to now face the truth of p)ov erty andI its effect upon American life than to later hear a Marxist At heist disclose it in the history of a successful revolution. Taxes being whuat they are, we hate to see themt raised even to heslpu the poor. And in this elne we are klin to the atheist : we are living a fun-filled sinuful i fe because there is no God and no retribution ; we are spending our money and letting the poor stay poor because eonm munisnm doe not preaent a threat Nothing Doing Dear Mr. Krochmalny: When in the hell is the admin. istration going to take the effec. tive action in the behalf of the students who have a mile between classes? I suggested in an earlier letter that the 10-minute class-change time be expanded to 15 or 20 min. utes. Nothing doing. The Powers That Be have at tacked the problem in their usual half-way manner. The bus service gets people f r o m the Russell House to the Coliseum in time for classes. But what about peo. ple going the other way? People who must get back to the main campus from the Coliseum still have to hoof it. What is needed is a bus that gets to the Coliseum about 15 minutes before the hour, and gets to the Russell House at about five minutes til. Couldn't the adminis tration just once do a job all the way instead of half-way? JIM TURNER a mecock you will find more of the same. 4. Since many students are un able to obtain tickets because of certain regulations, and must therefore satisfy themselves with the efforts of WIS and The State and Columbia Record, I can al. most understand why so much space is allotted for sports cov erage. I emphasize "almost" be cause The Gamecock is, or should be, a newspaper. Its function, as I understand it, is to serve the Carolina community. I fail to see how this is being accomplished when three pages of a ten-page paper are devoted to sports. Most of what is covered has been cov ered before and in much greater detail. For old news, if there is such a thing, I can read my back issues of The State. Please save the space. 5. As a student greatly inter ested in "The World of Journal ism" I realize that letters to the editor should conform to space limitations and must conform to libel laws. I fail, however, to see why these letters must pass the editor's paste and scissors. Your paper states that "The Edi tor-in-Chief reserves the right to edit letters to conform to s'yle, goodl taste, etc." Tlhis is not edlitor-ship) but censor-ship. An editorial is the opinion of the edlitor andi, usually, that of the paper. A letter to the editor is someone else's opinion andI I dto not believ-e that an editor was ever given the right to change or t'istort that opinion. I also be lit ve that an al eredi letter printed( with the' author's name is aI direct violation of the libel laws to which you are trying to adhere. Please refrain from stifling creative authorship by insis:ing that yo-ur readers must agree with you before their letters can be p)rintted. W~AL.TElR WAGNER overty ne-ver- lead a successful revolution. With that concluded, our anxiety passes. We can go back to sleep. hlut will we lbe rudely awakened? Wili retribtutioni conme? Ot her than voting for legisla tors who will put tax money into poverty areas, there is another thing middle class people can do: the middle class ('an lower- its stalndadIs. Not its moral stan dards. Not its ethical standlard(s. N o t its ediucat ional standards. None of t hese. But rather lower, its "What's decent to wear" stan dards. In othe'r word(s, the middle class can let the lower class in the front door-. Th'Ie re'lationshIip) between eco ntomuics~ andi ethics can be changed from rich : good, poor :bad to ant all e<momnic clases : whole s<mnc. (rouaps make andi dictate moitrals upoitn th-ir members. Just as good boys go wrong because they- fall into wromg crowds, lwa boscant go good by falling into good crowds. MIiile' class people s p) e n dI qiuite a hit of money on vacations gettig to know A merica. But few indeed know anything at all about their acro,ss-the-tr-acks neighbors, other than that they are poor. And m o s t of them are saying, "No; a nd we don't w a nt to, either. "