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Frklay, Apr1 25, 1969 - Page Two Columbia, South Carellms SMEA eWSm XV=tmU mW e, Student Revolution As violence flares on campuses throughout the nation we must ask ourselves if we really think the education we are getting is worth all the trouble. While we toil at academia and the endless list of facts with which college students are faced, we fall further and further into the abyss of ignorance. We find ourselves unable to talk with our fellow man, and we find ourselves unable to resolve our own internal conflicts. Our problem is that, while our education is a necessity to our livelihood after college, it does not prepare us for the many problems, large and small, we will face. With all the pressures on outstanding performance and academic excel lence, both from local draftboards and concerned parents, we lose sight of the fact that we will shortly be shoved out into the cruel world where there will be no academic advisers or helpful deans. So what is all the fuss about? Is all the rioting making the university system more relevant? We must say no. The best way to get the changes needed is to work within the system to accomplish curriculum reform, rules changes and expanded student responsibilities. Occupying academic and administrative buildings will only bring down the wrath of the already defensive administrator and make change even harder. Rioting will only lose respect for the student and his demands. Trip To Understanding One of the great complaints about the modern universities has been their reluctance to get involved in the communities about them-they have remained educational islands far removed from the hungry, beleaguered world of the working man and the poverty tour. We are most happy to see that the University has followed up its great step forward-the Metropolitan Education Foun dation-with a new post in the administration. Last week Bob Alexander, formerly associate chaplain at the Wesleyan Foundation and a great friend of the stu dent, was named director of volunteer services. His post will be another step toward University involvement in the com munity. An even greater significance of this post is the realiza tion, both by the University itself and the South Carolina legislature which had to approve the post, that more and more students will find they have a great stake in the non academic community. The service, then, is both to the student and the people whom they help. The step we must take now is to involve ourselves-neither we or those outside will ever make the long trip to understanding if we don't take the trouble to begin. Protest While our memory isn't what it used to be, we believe we have detected a slight discrepancy in the operation of the Gamecock room. Last year it was announced that the Gamecock room would remain open till midnight, which, we all would agree, is a pretty good hour and is convenient for those of us but the most studious. Last semester the Gamecock room stayed open only till 11:30, which wasn't the best of all possible systems, but could be endured. Now, however, they have decided to close at 11, and we have to draw the line. Not only is this not convenient, it is not fair to the studlents, for whom 11 is still early and who are forced to walk, through what is con sidered dangerous territory, to other establishments. We protest. 5?e 6A Afd&iGCI Founded Jan. 30, 1908 with Robert Elliott Donzales as the first editor, The Game seek Is published by and for the students of the liersity of South Carolina semi weekly during the college year except during houlid1ays and examinations. trhe oinions expressed herea dot i ,'f 5 hi erefieet the '.ens of tie a.nmini,. Offices of The Gamecock are In Room 308 of the Rtussell House on the University campu Phone arero774243 (Editor-In-ChIef), 777-4220 (Business and Advertisinui The Gameceek Is represented nationally by National Educational Advertis.ing Ser CollegIate Press Aaaocaton. Subscription ratea are 16 1r ear.'rs an th S. . EDITOR-I N-CHIEF Mike Krochmalny ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Mary Jane Benaton Jack Padgett MANAGING EDITOR Carl stepp ASST. MANAGING EDITOR Jim Wannamaker NEWS EDITOR F:red Monk SPORTS EDITORJiHae ASST. NEWS EDITORS. -.Ioa holEdiCet ASST. SPORTS EDITOR DaeCayol FACULTY EDITOR utnRa SOCIAL AFFAIRS EDITORShryhay CHIEF OF REPORTERS Io:eWtr CHIEF PHOTOGRAPH ER CukKee ADVERISIN.MANAEon arhll,de len A.ADVERTISING MANAGER CharlsyAleande CIRCULATION MANAGER Chip Abernathy REPORTERS: Bill Altman, Mike Bali, Judy Bart, Randi Cabell, Jerry Calabree Shirley Ceek, Catherine Cuiler, Waiter Derrick, Lesley Drucker, Barbara Elker, Teddi Fadeel, Susan Feuche, Jee Cerdina, Sherry Hartrog, Francoise Hlipp, Mark H4oimes. Susan Jasebsen, David Jehnsten, irby Keen. Ty Keiley, Chris Matichak, Kitty Me Casklil, Disk MoMillan, Ron Miles. Martin Mebley, Pat Mathig, Jean Neal. Ida Nelson. Jam Newman, Edward Pinion, Jae Rielly, Tracy Rielly, Candy Silver. Jedy Stonestreet Jne te, Jan eSurrett, Sue Tanner, Mary Truesdeli, Joe Usery, Van Vanuch, Ann PNOTOORAPNERS: Beb Beaten, Elllett Barenti La Clark, Ralph Jarrells. saan al e tah Spade, Mike Tyler, Steve ~han, Gene Haney. Tern RIGHT TO SE HEARD Letters To The Edit( Black Dear Mr. Krochmaliny: In Friday's e d i t i o n of The Gamecock an article was written by the social editor entitled "Is Blackness Three Things, Color, Culture, Consciousness at USC?" In the article the social editor questioned the validity of state ments expressing tile reality of black students' lives being in dan ger. This statement was made out of ignorance to the fact that sev eral black girls have been ac costed by white students. In the dormitory, several black students have had shots fired into their rooms. A black s t u d e n t was stopped in tile parking lot by a white student armed with a shot gun. Bricks were thrown at a group of black students from the third floor of Burney ColWge. Wes Sandlin said that we "seem to have built a wall around ourselves" but apparently this isn't sufficient. We under stmnd that it is necessary to meet force with force, guns wi.h guns andl powver wi.h power' in order to survive. It shlould he noted that there have been no acts of violence initiated byv black stu d<n ts. In every Past incident where black students have acted in self defense they have been arrested by the racist police. We, blac k students, knlow the v alid itv of iKarenga's sta'ement too well: "If you dlon't band together, you'll die alone, andl as a mlonu n:ent to your- ignorance p)erhap)s the wvhite boy wvill do you as he did( the( Ind41ian, kill you andl put your' head on the face of a nickle." We knowv that survival is the .\liss Sh"alv also questioned another statement stolen from "Black Rap": "Our minds are being dest royed( by~ the decadent morals of white A merica." At the University, an institution (de signed to perpetuate the Ameri can way of life, we are taught that the horrible institution of slavry was justified andl the symnbols of sl avery are still being adlorate'. We are taught that it is orally correct for the U. S. to s uppor t the whl)i e suprem ist govern ment of South A frica be cause of its (-apitalistic interests. We are taught that it is morally corirect to) S p''nd $100I,000) per miile (on highways, while pe(ople don't have clo't hes to w('ar and food to e'at. If these are not de'cadent morals and values, then .\iss Shealy should question her self instead of the thing she steals froml Black Rap. The social edlitor also asked "'Is there really a dliffere'nce in the11morald-"'and the "'social life Letter I have just heard that the let ter- ciricula11ted here in the lIIoney - combl s by t h(' Toweris Council c-onc-rnlinlg Pat Emnens was a forgery. lb0 yoiu think this letter was dletrimenital to Pat Emnens? I think this letter was detri me(ntal to Pat and1 cost her many votes in the Hioneycombls. I think this letter was of very poor taste on1 somneonle's p)art. NA ME WITHJH EL,D ny EUsmrSw N Enl*'ghter of the members of the two races ?" How can anyone who is the social editor of The Gamecock and a student at USC ask such a stupid, absurd and ridiculous question. You don't see black people scribbling on walls about who sucks -. You don't hear black people talking about whose "box" they would like to eat. We feel that such statements and actions are sexually perverted and are conversationally out of order. As for black people's social ex perience at USC, it can not be defined in terms of some uni versal cultural base. It must thereforbe defined within our boundaries as a collective entity. Since Miss Shealy hasn't come to grips with the white experience, how can she expect to under stand the total black experience. The expert on black' affairs, Wes Sandlin, has observed that "there exists a black prejudice whoisucs ou proorto hea what" hey "would lexpc to et Wer maton areo sexually perejdic. Th e oalersahteibrall outas gone ofo nohrnneutr Afolackter ol'ialex perieon aty Sbject pertnnt be andfineoingtermsversity u terefor Teeorine-cihin oesre Sinc ishtoediy hasttrm to n grips wihol thbwie epewritene sand hul totbl exp0ewrienc. Noe unsigeto laker affirs, Wesrntd, as mabsred wtht "here upnqexst.bakprjdc whatt e "would epet to be nor Letes olmicy The GexpreCC wslsome asalt ti ng an exhubsc etinettol and mentally,g iveasphsical.u detThe pedtorancef thesee tn ight tonsred ltt t cne fornto snetainenodt,awhie SC itestonad lie awemns.o Letter mnshol. eterte and wshol ot exceedting andsg nificntd becuse name adiene wth hevld.o ThePoareComan Ltte.ashailed the audence toh disturbing Boights, oUSCan Gn uer,Th ounl,"t u the integreuience to asul ndmeAtally, pit wareyicleap ito he al)esorand confroted the "hnie dentae tht audi at nterainmnt whie were torced to liteamusets fon litteudines.Thogothepr Thmncbe ya wa na d bacllent andoaseographausingerpretaion, niiatcuethe audience anweraeee inolbed Tholed nomat onlypinyem butlasabti the aditue wit Oe numer,ance ungie," pre sened.lc adwit,wr Pomarie sai Thoughot tErper ON/ ent Black people are not concerned with the way white people about them. What we are con cerned with is protecting our selves and our communi'y. We are being attacked mentally and physically on campus while the University is throwing black peo ple out of their homes "building the coliseum and athletic fields in the black communi'y. It was also stated that the frat houses will be built behind B. T. Wash ington High School (a predomi nantly black institution). There is some doubt in our minds as to whether the frat houses will be built behind BTW or where the school now stands. Concluding her article Mi3S Shealy clears all doubt from o-ir minds of her social, moral and political ideology. She is an overt racist. There is no other way to describe someone who implieF that black people are trying tol solve their problems by "dancing! /ntesres"Ti stesm raistnto htwiepol ackepleare Tuner, conenedr Withthe Nwark,it eropleDke ahoutd them. What the rectni lien withog; rontecn our tove sanl our hismhindls (be arep bntacken mentallys an' psiall on campusa whie te bUacipersyi thowi black peo- t the coileumat thletuing field iens heblckssmary.Itwa alsdaed that the rat ouesi nantl theare isgton. "Evere ih vriesub with our minra-t whether the faudiences nd theo gramwor behidtWo wiher thiin schooltno adc,no. ih hs oncdnesshtorespond," Pmiss mittedyf the so,moae jand politca idoot he isaorert racst. Trahere nther udenc thblackn peopls ae trinlu soled eotheroblem s "ingup inestrets. sTdens isthoue bae haven a rchace to whati the, hlande ti hen slavnertainment whaicsdemandionvolvement.or The an wo more perow.anE, ramples: Noma Tumer o)nmoodo toy airretatiomn,u ofyth motorcycNewmak, wasot certainl eClment. San Frndic, aCor coan(tlympies. thiss anoher should kno that tame cit wher liberal but soniert o later00 (Istudents.lfors I shle cpay at ec seek black nihtpowed blckpee Nego Weoill et it 4b0 yeasng ay mens necsary.US hare ain(ed thn cter~alh and intel tua thateys for6eas. "Eey turefte (nean(lthe. ml)r.. B'afran (Editor's Note: The following is a letter f r o m a psychology graduate student to two profes sors of psychology. He served two years in the Peace Corps in Bra zil and has taken a leave of ab. sence from the graduate school to fly food into Biafra. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Hiers of Anderson.) Dear Drs. Hand and Walsh: I just wanted to let you know that I did make it to this small island off the coast of Africa. The airlift of food and medicine into Biafra is running along fairly smoothly-we have around 18 flights per night and take in around 200 tons. So far I've made two trips into Biafra and will make a third later this week. These flights are fairly exci ing, or better, eventful. Off the coast of Ni geria we are fired at by anti aircraft guns on gunboats. Then after crossing Nigerian territory, we come to the Biafran airport, formerly a highway. The lights of the airstrip are turned on only 10 seconds-this to give the Ni gerian bomber little time to visually aim his bombs at the strip and landing planes. A jet also comes along each night and strafes the strip, so it all adds up to a rather hairy trip. The second time I went into Biafra we were bothered only by anti aircraft fire and motor failure. In Biafra I saw few cases of acute starvation - though many very thin people. The airlift has, by providing high protein food, averted more mass deaths. I did see nets in the trees which are designed to catch bats-for eat ing-so the people are indeed hungry. I saw a few bombed-out houses (luring a 60-mile trip away from the airstrip where I'd gone to at tend a relief coordination meet ing. The town where the meeting was held a few (lays after I was there was bombed, killing 49 people. Bombing of population centers is fairly common. Take A Leave Unhap] And Travel I Come In To It Indigo From GLEN< UNTIL TIIE BLUE MOOZ 163 Struggle Other than the airlift, little is happening on this island-zero degrees from the equator. It is hot as hell, but the beaches are great for swimming and skin div. ing. The chief drawback to shoot ing fish with spearguns is my rather profound distaste for sharks, which abound in the waters here. I should be leaving here in late summer. Plan a brief jaunt through parts of Africa and Eu. rope, and will be back in school in September. My regards to all. THOM HIERS Naval Injustice Dear Mr. Krochmalny: I would like to bring to the attention of the student body a gross injustice. Recently, rend ing official action, three mid. shipmen were notified they were being dismissed from the unit for taking diet pills. These mid. shipmen were questioned on this matter without being informed of their constitutional rights and were frightened into signing statements. No proof has been presented to justify the charges. However, the injustices exceed these minor details. The names of the midshipmen were turned in by two upperclass midship men. These same upperclassmen at the time they turned in these names admitted to authorities they, too, take pills. As of to (lay no action has been taken against these upperclassmen, and it seems none is planned. It is common knowledge a great many University students take pills to aid in studying. This is no justification. However, it seems that these midshipmen are being used as scapegoats. Is it justice to single out a few to be used as an example for the rest? NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Trip ?y Boredom 'o The Land )f Blue Skies digo Country ou tr f Mchga TUN GODAG I