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Great It's that time again. The elections ma chinery is in high gear and already that one major campaign issue that's always with us has been under discussion. Up until this week the great issue of who's Greek and who isn't seemed to be the major question on the minds of a lot of people on campus. Now the formal plat forms are out, but the behind-the-scenes politicking goes on at the same level. We hope the candidates and their sup porters soon will find something more im portant to talk about than whether or not this or that opponent wears a sorority or fraternity pin. We fail to see why this colos sal consideration plays such a vital role in campus politics. But we can see that it's one of the major problems in the process. As long as it exists, the block (Greek and in dependent) votes will be powerful forces in the election. As long as it exists, too many students will not be able to see any reason to bother voting. Until the campus politicians come up with some practical, debatable programs, they're going to fail to interest a major segment of the Carolina Community-those students who are neither pro- nor anti Greek enough to let the question motivate them. There are, we hope, somewhere relevant issues and ideas that can be discussed all over campus-suggestions that will appeal not just to the Greek or independent social creature and not just to the active or lacka PresidentiE Student Government has under- fective, accessil gone many changes in the past (grievance) syi few years. Yet, in spite of all student complaii the progress made, most of the antee prompt ac basic problems remain. If this is don My experience in the legisla- if I am electe( tive, e x e c u t i ve, and judicial benefit from t branches have led me to conclude -A Great Iss that neither a complete overhaul will be gre of Student Government nor a name. flush of new commitlees and -A teacher organizations is the answer to that will be the problem of implementation. A bill o Ri SOLUTION sibilities ti The solution to the problem is the rights relatively simple. What is needed illegal searc is to fully utilize the existing from irres structures and to place the right from the f people in the right jobs at the just and ur right time. We also need an ef- of disciplina *We can give your organization better cover. 1 Send The Gamecock the Info on your ni C' What's up What nrganintion~~~ When Where Who can we get further info from-__ By JOHN SCOTT WILSON als Guest Columnistti (Editor's note: Dr. Wilson is an hii assistant prroflessor in the Depart ment of Historyj.)st The problem with the student at tic USC is not that he is apathetic, qu but that he is passive, en The worst aspect of his passivity se is the generally held attitude that liv education is something which is m done to you. The student sits sci through the required courses, co satisfies the various degree re- W quirements, in short, endures X as hours of tedium and at the end of ab~ a fairly pleasant ordeal is awarded a a degree. Both the student and society mistakenly believe that the wI piece of paper is evidence that a the student ha. been educated. Inm actuality, however, he has only co been processed.m In spite of bitter charges from some students it is not just the th fault of the administration and se faculty that such a situation ex- T( 1st.. A primary responsibility is ye the student's. Too many of the lad people on the campus fail to see w what is being done to them-or a Editorials I Commentary Columbia, South Carolina Issues daisical citizen of the Carolina Community. The everyday problems of getting to class, buying a meal, getting a ticket for the game and finding a parking space interest almost everyone. The widespread practice of mimeo graphing a few platform statements-and leaving the rest of the vote-getting up to character references, posters and personality -just doesn't get very many people in volved. We urge the candidates to come up with, reasonable programs for whatever offices they seek and to use this opportunity to finally evoke some genuine student interest. We urge them to present their programs with intentions to carry them out next year. Benston Closed Door Policy Despite a great deal of evidence, we're still not convinced the University's one great purpose is to inconvenience students. The stock excuses for most of the red tape confronting us are that drawn-out processes eliminate confusion and that they save money. We've not been able to figure out, how ever, why locking all the convenient en trances to buildings on weekends is worth the trouble-for either of these reasons. Il Platform Ale, ombudsman right of student organiza item to receive tions to be free from ad its and to guar- ministrative harassment. tion. ROLE e-and it will be If I am elected you will not. see 1--then you will Student Government devote itself e following: to the scheduling of social events ues program that and with the coordinating of ex at in more than tracurricular activities. This is the proper role for Student valuation system Union. published. Instead, you will see Student ghts and Respon-nn the fniinw at will protect ncoens of students from -Aeutatlicfciis hes and seizures, fonn-tles ponsible actions -tdn.aut ilgeo acuIty, from un- curulm fair enforcement -mrvmn frca ea ry rules and the tos ge th.sric.f urvndn rou help us.mahns Studet ovstudent aogan muioty. We aree nfromn Uni versistadive hassent.av aStudentGrmen mat devote itey _tothesceduin of CoumiciWae mevt ntaburlar ctrisintishis are tho tehroer Statefo Student gs UcaionFudto. oewr Isnseddnx yowl ear. uen ____-Go(enmoyenent (nThe Gameow _ ~ ~~cocerl19s: 6) thatgetingAdeuate ahlds sholde a hasto b don byhefprsnon-athaeeeras.iu PehpsiSwud euetfcuthe d ieron ct eewa ma yurcaulum.uretl a. I blievethatgtomea s s usrtoor sof blthiniiul toko th parin posiered es.Cerainy-tiproesn themselvenan ~ ht the uaiisvic Oe of en im mgnto n ahnears.pu.Su out thproblmsSof dent fro ernmet toso a exstor acovrty.-akueto no mpran at, nomttr the -cmpsctm ma h tuetsudi the aresanvurbang Uni vaosatykestions, we S thts he aitnl o eprit theeu impactng tohe t of Columthesubea. which most o mny tuent levethbe sti-e ing tiareato th throuhmte Sttetudent whLa- foegis 'ento eae te nivrtyr width m sla hEre t qustioigeverabeief Fondtin wole worke 5LFATE..9 Letters To it Polic and working them into a system from which the underlying causes can be depicted. But the student body is too big to work to gether effectively. Therefore, a select group of students should form a committee to analyze the problems and work toward their solution. This committee will work under the auspices of the student government. It will work not from what the individual members of the commit'ce see wrong with the educational sys tem but from what the student body in general sees wrong. The students will expreis their complaints in writing, and names will be ke-t confidential, unless the situation requires the stu dent's name to be brought out, and this would be done only with the student's )ermission. Dtt Gonzales as the first editor. The Game of the University of South Carolina semi ig holidays and examinations. evessarily refleet the vie%s of the adminis 308 of the Russell House on the University hlef), 777-4220 (Business and Advertising) by National Educational Advertising 8er Asisociated Collegiate Press and the B. C. rates are 36 per year. IN-CHIEF ichmalny BUSINESS MANAGER Jack Padgett Carl Stepp .......Jim Wannamaker ............ ...Fred Monk Jim Haney D)onna Scholl, Eddie Chen D)iane Claypoole Susan Ross Sherry Shealy Rollie Waters Chuck Keefer Charles Alexander AGER Bobby Hitt Chip Abernathy Judy Bart, Randi Cabeti, Jerry Calabrese, nrick. Lesley Drucker, Barbara Elker, Teddi ry Hartrog, Francolse Hipp, Mark Holmes. on, Ty Kelley, Chris Matichak, Kitty Mc Mobley, Pat Mathig, Jean Neai, Ida Nelsen, racy Ailly. Candy Silver. Jedy Stonestreet, ,ry Truesdell, Joe Usry, Van Vanuch, Ann it Borenstein, Larry Clark. Ralph Jarrelie, Mike Tyler, Steve Chan, Gene Haney, Tern USC riosity and his imagination. qualities should first be di at McKissick Library. Few are able to discover truth selves, but we can all search eC written ideas from the The second area to exhibit ty is in regard to life on s. Much can be learned from students, from raising ques as to why people think or they do. Finally one can become educated in the ~om. It is possible, on occa One can learn, even from a ourse, if he is willing to le the faculty and adminis could do more at USC to the University intellectually g, until that day the s'.u iust work for himself. There ficient material here, books ien, to challenge even the alert mind, but first that must be aware of itself andl sponsibilitles. The example dents educating themselves improve the quality of life on the campus and offer or the future of real educa SSuth Carolinan Studer Dear Mr. Krochimalny: It is about time for the stu dtents of the University of South Carolina to realize that they could have the power required to shape, develop and improve ed ucational policies. Who can better understand where the faults in the educa tional system lie than the stu dents who have to suffer from them? But as individuals work ing separate to perpetrate the needed changes or through the work of the impotent ombudsman system, nothing can be accom plished. The best way to acquire knowl edge of the problems that cripple the system and find solutions for them is by having all the students voicing their complaints ]Founded Jan. 30, 1908 with Robert EKIM cook to published by and for the students weskly during the college year except duriv The opinions expresse-d herein d4i wot it tration, the faculty or the student boidy a Offices of The Gamecock are In Room campus. Phones are 777-4249 (Editor-ln-(. and 777-8178 (.Newsroom). The Gamecock Is represented nationall: vice. Inc. The publieation Is a me nber of Collegiate Press Association. 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Jo isrla Shuf ideas, Jaosn aviwd Joasnd irby tuenCakils ic ciin on mils at hen plewanrdwardfinio. o Rind. Ja,n StwaciJng Sure- Sue Tanre WIntes. Alce comuns Milt ike Un ver.ty W ope ho man ere=avea rected vjHAT VoYoVMAN Yo 7oEop&M Ti HELL, You KNloW) TIAEREi The Editor y Corn The committee will work with two kinds of complaints: First, faults within the overall system and existing problems be tween a faculty member and a student (or students) that can be solved through communication. Second, complaints dealing with conduct unbecoming (explicitly stated) of individual members of the faculty. In this case evidence will have to be required from the protesting student or studen's and a special petition, signed by a considerable number of stu dents being involved with the given instructor, stating their position to the committee. The student committee will judge the case, and if the verdict is guilty, the decision will be presented to the administration for it to cor rect the problem. In case of urgency and the possibility of an immediate ac tion solving the problem tempo rarily (or permanently) a mem ber of the student committee proceeds through the proper channels to make the solution of ficial. The I Dear Mr. Krochmalny: If reassurance may be said to indicate predictability, then Mr. Palmer Stacy's letter of March 28 can be considered reassuring. It would have been surprising only if Mr. Stacy had not citedl Dr. Arthur R. Jensen in order to lend weight to his argument. Dr. Coon was a bonus. Mr. Stacy would have us assume from his letter that their researches prove conclusively that the blacks are a step) below the rest of humanity and that, therefore, public policy should reflect this "fact." Hie would then have us believe that the p)rincip)le of equality is a "tiredl dogma" and forget that it is a social and ethical concep)t, not a biological one. I doubt that either Dr. Jensen or Dr. Coon wvould agree. He cites "space limitations" as rationale against even a brief survey of the doctor's research. Next to saying nothing at all, it is hard to see how he could have been more "brief" in what he didl say. Dr. Jensen's report dlemandls a complete evaluation or none at all. The recognition that intelli gence has genetic components, or that genetic characteristics vary within and between populations, WiD S SUNP W? $EVER EA\T mittee The student committee will not be responsible for their actions to anyone but the student gov-. ernment, which reserves the right to analyze its work and im peach individual members if their c(nduct is not deemed suitable to their positions. The commit tee will in no way have to answer for their actions to the adminis tration or facul y, but will be open to written requests from them in the same manner that they are open to writ'en requests from the students. The main purpose of the com mittee would be to work toward the improvement of education, but this (toes not mean that com plaints concerning other prob lems in the Carolina Community are irrelevant to the committee's work. The committee will try to bring order to the chaotic at tempts for reform by members of the Carolina Community. It will try to achieve the wished goals by applying all the data gathered for the best solution possible. GONZALO LEON laces is not new. What must be under stood is that the differences in intelligence, inventiveness and imagination between individuals of a single population are larger than those between populations. But this is flogging a dead horse. The forces of nature op erate regardless of Mr. Stacy's belief that they constitute a blue print for "pub)lic p)olicy." The chief point of my letter of March 141 concerning the Na tional Youth Alliance was the thought contained in the excerpt from Abba Eban's essay "The Eichmann Trial in Retrospect." Briefly, it was that mass murder, such as of the Jews in World War II, couldl not have occurred had there not been men who were convincedl that (1) X race is "in ferior," andl that (2) Y race is "sup)erior." Eban's thoughts on the psychological causes of the dleathsi of six million Jews is (is missed in six words by Mr. Stacy as "irrelevant." Allow me to end with another "irrelevancy" which Abba Eban himself used to preface his essay: He who cannot remember the past is doomed to repeat it. --George Santayana. HERB REEVES - - sonV