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Studen One of the possible answe ment in the decisions concer student government teacher a voice in judging the profes& the student must learn. Students are understanda are taught. Not only do the three times a week, the knov may be needed for another. I student will have a hard time Certainly this is an area i Those who hire and promote fessor gets his subject across the scrutiny of the students. Disini Parlez-vous francais? HaI when you finished your foui you finished the sixth. It's a last two don't increase your I We join with the rest of ing why we in the arts and ourselves through the last ti better for the professor and took these courses wanted thE their time on disinterested , taking courses pertinent to tf Cong rat Congratulations and comi handled the airport demonst these courageous men our co to the planned demonstration are now incarcerated-an ap agree with the foreign policy Maybe other cities will I demonstrators and protestor will have the contented and J the country disagrees with h Anothei Dear Mr. Krochinal?y: This semester's Student Senate attendance has probably made it clear to many of the students here at Carolina that student government (as we know it) at this institution is on the decline. Many of the senators who va. cated their seats felt that they were not truly representing their constituents because the senate does not have the power to re spond to student demands. Fur thermore, the senate does not truly represent the student body because there is not close enough rapport between studlents and their senators, and the majority of the students do not trouble themselves to vote for a power less senate. The Bill of Student Rights and Responsibilities which was ap proved by the senate and student body last spring, sent to the fac ulty where some revisions wecre requested, sent back to the senate and passed as revised last fall andI sent back to the faculty and administration for final approval was reported as still having no change. (The last I heard the bill was on its way to meet our illus trious Board of Trustees, but it was suggested that this body is waiting for the next home foot ball game to meet.) All this bill amounts to is a statement of principles r e g a r d iin g student rights and responsibilities on campus. The bill w-ould not be come a law and would only be a school policy statement on the rights of a student at USC-in general, a statement of the first ten amendments and the four teenth amendment to the U. S. Constitution as they apply to studlents. David Easton has dlefinedl power as the authoritative allo cation of values. It is clear that values are placed on students by some other than the student body, and sometimes studlents' v-alues and1 establishment values do not coincidle. Take for example the action taken on the beer proposal last fall. The bill asked that the University Union be allowed to sell beer in the Golden Spur night club on a 30-day trial basis with profits going to MEF. Why should studlents support private establishments off campus and not support their own altruistic urban - improvement foundation? Do studlents drink less because beer is not sold on campus? Someone's v a I u e s are really messed up when it becomes more important to keep beer off cam pus than to provide a substantial source of funds to develop and educate the poor and underpriv ileged children of Columbia. But then where are one's values when all that the citizens of this great and sovereign state can find to cry about is hom lon. a ..,..e t Power rs to student quest for involve ning education may lie in the evaluation. Students will have or who is responsible for what bly concerned about how they y have to sit through classes ledge they get from one class f the first is not thorough, the in the second. vhere student power is needed. should know how well the pro and how well the course stands erest 0la espanol? Well, if you didn't *th semester, you didn't when pretty good conclusion that the >roficiency. the student community in ask iciences department must drag vo semesters. It would be far the department if those who im. The professors are wasting itudents who would rather be ieir majors. u lations rnendations to the police who rations so adeptly. Thanks to untry's leader was not subject by the students. The students t place for a group who don't of the United States. ollow the lead and arrest all s. Then our country's leader :ulfilled feeling that no one in im. r Year Of wears his hair or how much beer students can consume while all around us are starving people with hungry minds and bodies. and somewhere in the oblivion of "overseas" thousands are dying in a useless war? We cannot have power unless we can allocate basic human values. But having the authority to al. locate values is not enough un. less students can work together to find a common set of values. This point was made clear in the senate Wednesday when a reso lution introduced by Senator Rosen had to b)e withdrawn be cause it was evidlent that the senate would not agree to the thirteen demands submittedl to President Jones by the Afro American Students last year. The resolution asked the senate to back the Negro's struggle for racial equality on campus, to sup. port their demands. (These de mands have been in his ha~nds for some time now and there has still b)een no action taken-positive or negative). The senate could agree to back the Negro's struggle for racial equality. We are not blind to the Negro's plight. No one has to tell us that something needs to be done when we can see every (lay evidlence of (perhaps uncon scious) racial discrimination. A prime example is a quotation by D)r. Blackstock in his article, "Anarchism, Violence, andl Civil Disorder," in a recent issue of WorldView, in which he quotes a Negro's answer to why he was on the Poor People's march on Washington in which the Negro replied, "I suppose its because I'm 59 years old1 and they still call me boy !" But the senate could not accept the black stu dents' thirteen dlemandls because the dlemands were racist them. selves. Bllack racism dloes not add to goodl human relations on cam. pus any more than does white racis.m. S u r e I y our Negro brethren on campus (do not ex pect us to grant special privileges to blacks because of color but not grant special privileges to ori entals, Indians or whites be cause of color. Neither black racism nor white racism is racial equality. But we must have racial equality before we can find a common set of values. This year's senate need not, however, be remembered as hay. ing served in vain. We did vote to present Vice President Eck strom with the gavel. But there is a legacy from the '68-'69 senate which can be far more important and long-lasting than a gavel we made it remarkably clear to the students that something needs to be done! There were several proposals made by this senate and passed on to the next which, if adopted, would require a re structuring of studlent govern ment at Carolina_ Rut. nla atu. Tueday, May 6, 1969 - Letters To TI A Mati An open letter to the Carolina Community, Most of you have heard or read about what is happening at Vor hees College in Denmark, S. C. Hopefully, no one will be killed at Vorhees but unless the powers that be wake up and work for the people who hire them and pay their salaries, instead of working for their own gains, there are going to be people killed, not only in South Carolina, but all over the country. Most of the administrators know that this country is moving towards a violent revolution, and they have been working to avert such a catastrophe. This semester we have tried to work through the "system" but have not been very successful. President Jones has not had the courtesy to an. swer a request we made of him around the first of March. We asked him to answer it publicly. Not only has he refused to do that, but he hasn't even re sponded privately. Well, Dr. Jones, you may have forgotten about us, but we still remember you. Since we have been unsuc cessful in working within your "precious system," the next logi. cal step is to work outside the system. We are tired of the Board of Trustees and State Leg. Senate dent government can truly repre. sent the students and respond to student demands we need not have a pseudo-government. Stu. dent government should not be a buffer between the students and administration, but it should be instead the action nerve center of the student body. This year's senate is through -carrying down with it.the fail ures of the past. Next year's sen ate has a fresh start-not clut tered by our accomplishments, but strengthened with the wisdom of our failures. We know where we've been; we know where we are. But it's up to you, the con tinuing students, to decide where w-e are going and how we shall get there. You have the summer to ponder the question. It is in your hands. Don't botch it! JOE PATE Retiring President Pro Tempore USC Student Senate A guy gets a Hai Kar uation. He splashes his place in the pr pomp. Hello circums we put instructions every package of Hai why we must advise plan on wearing Hai monies to study yot fully. Before you cor Hai Karate-l .------- - ---u - Page Two he Editor er Of I islature being concerned with trivial things instead of our minds. We should be able to have vital change without having to resort to violence, or whatever. Instead of being a backward university Carolina could and should be the vanguard of change in South Car olina. If the students, faculty, ad ministrators, etc., would stop and examine the rules and regulations of this institution they would realize how archaic they are. They would also realize that stu dents are tired of being treated like children. Dr. Jones, as presi dent of the University, should be the leader of the movement for change. However, instead of working for change, he made the statement that he hoped to get rid of the trouble-makers, the students who are working for change. Apparently Dr. Jones is happy with things as they are. Are you as students and teachers happy, or can we make this a better university? If there is not some vital change soon, don't be surprised if the school comes crashing down on your heads. USC can serve as a guide for change and the con. struction of a better system, or it The Mour By FRED MAGNER Columnist It's Sunday morning in Co. lumbia and all is well. The Presi. dent has come and gone. Thou sands lined the streets to view the motorcade. Saturday was a day of enjoyment for many area citi zens. Saturday was a day of vic tory for the law. A small group of University students attempted to stage a demonstration at the airport. There was a brief encounter be tween the students and police re sulting in the arrest of seven students. Three students are be ing held without bail pending hearing. "The State" reports that one student dlislocated his shoul der during the fracas and was not being permitted to see a doc tor. No visitors are allowed. A phone call to the Richland County jail is answered by a reply to call the sheriff's office where the "Those after-sh; have really livei cornmencemne ate*Gift Set for grad some on and takes >cession. Goodbye tance. Which is why on self-defense in Karate we sell. And you graduates who Karate to the cere ir instructions care arnence. be careful how yor Eitorlia Cosammentary Columbia, South Carolina hange can be just another school that failed to change rapidly enough and hence was destroyed. It's your school and it's your choice. If there is a coalition between students, faculty, and administra. tion which is willing to work we can improve the University with. out destroying the school. BILL McCABE Black i Dear Mr. Krochmalny: In response to Redfern II's letter in The Gamecock concern ing black enlightenment, I must say that Mr. Redfern's points are well made and altogether too true. As a white man I deplore the racism of most of my fellow whites. Of course, it is very easy to say that one despises racism. Most white men will say it, yet turn right around and commit an act which makes a lie of their spoken word. I recently watched a TV de bate between a black militant and a white "liberal" who stated that he agreed with the aims of the black man, but protested the black man's advocacy of getting ning After reply will be that the jail has all the information. An additional call to the jail will reveal that the students are there, no visitors are permitted, a hearing was to be held on the afternoon of May 5 and that they cannot answer any additional questions. Law and order has become an American political cliche. What good is order without the protec tion of the fundamental rights guaranteed under the law? Some would cheer Saturday's events as a triamph over the lawlessness of college students. Some would de clare it a victory over the sub versive dissident element in America. Some of us, how-eve, mourn Saturday as another in a series of unfortunate incidents pointing to the growing disregard of fundamental law by the forces dedicated to the preservation of ordler. President Nixon often talks of moving "forward together." How can we move forward togethat when those who dissent are in jail? wve gift sets med up it:' K (as*a Positive Su By MIKE BRANNON w Guest Columnist In the past weeks a rebellion ti and revolution has occurred at an Y' American University. This seems f to be normal for most colleges, but this rebellion did not follow the normal lines. It was a rebel. lion not of the radical-left cadre and the unintelligent masses they could convince to go along with them; rather, it was a rebellion of the students who are consid ered to be the prize of American educational institutes-the Har vard students. I at this point direct my effort to the administration and faculty of this institution. You, the peo ple who determine the guidelines of our school, "Read the hand tacism? them "by any means necessary." When the black man began to rip the white man's logic apart, the white man became very up. set, and vowed that he was going to do all he could to stop the black man, by using "any means necessary." This is typical of the hypocrisy of the white man in our day. Incidents such as this which demonstrate the intransi gence of the white man, often make me wonder whether vio. lence is, after all, the only means which will bring about Negro goals. Mr. Redfern's letter, however, raised a question in my mind: (oes he generalize the kind of white man he described in his letter to any and all white men? It was not clear from his letter whether he is against white peo ple guilty of white racism or a against each and every member ir of the white race. I (o hope he a sees that there are a few-too ) few-white men eager to see er "liberty and justice for all" be. i) come a reality in America. p I've heard the statement made P by a Negro that "No white man T is any diamn good." If this is Mr. P Redfern's position, then where a1 can I turn? People sometimes Il speak of the ostracized Negro. O' True enough, but I don't believe d( anyone is more ostracized than the awake white man - he is ti hated by his fellow white men for t< his stand and rejected by the T black man simply because he is p white. Is turnabout fair play? of NAME WITHHELD w BY REQUiEST s "GO!-FOR Ti. FORCE AND A movie so brill it's dangerous i Ill be talking at "ANGRY, TOU OF STING!" "WILL PROB) BIGGEST M4 CAMPUSES GRADUATE' "LET IT SUFF Li...S A MAf reason enough among cinema "THE MOST || FILM SO FAI A superb job... and disturbing "IF YOU'RE Y REALLY DIG not so young, ii ever to go see PARAMOUNT PICTURES N A MEMORIAL ENTERPRISES FILM s MALCOLM McDOWELL CHRISTINE NOONAN.R ROBERT SWANNOAVIDSHERWIN LINDSAY A~ LINDSAY ANDERSON.COLOR.A PARAMOUNT Pl COMINGTHIS S TO ATHEARFN iggestion riting on the wall." I, a student, now make a posi. ve suggestion to you. I call on >u to prevent disorder in the iture by doing the following: 1. Follow the steps which leaders in the academic fields are taking (faculty of Harvard being said body) and withdraw academic credit for military science courses. Do not abolish it but reduce it to the level of an extra-curricular activity as it should rightfully be. I think you will agree that the purpose of this institution is to educate students, not to serve as a training program for the De. partment of Defense. If you wish to follow your present lines, let us allow the private corporations the same advan. tages; to set up their personnel training programs. 2. The Afro-Americans are not receiving what they want. Let us begin to establish and evaluate our Afro-history and affairs curricula. Maybe we should begin to deal with prob. lems which exist, rather than to close our eyes and fail to recognize them. (As you notice how well they are represented in our Student Senate.) 3. Let us realize that this is a time and place where peoples' lives are shaped. And as such they (the students) would like a voice in determining how they shall progress and in what di. rection they shall develop. Since we are the reason and the pur. pose for the facility's existence, I suggest we allow our students to assume responsibility right fully due them. I propose a government system instituted in other "advanced stitutions." Let bills passed by student senate but disapproved the faculty, come into exist ice if they have two-thirds ap. roval of the senate. But give the esi(lent of the University the >wer to veto the bill if he wishes. c balance the presidential veto >ver, let it be established that iy bill acquiring two-thirds ap oval of both senate and faculty ,erride the veto of the presi ,nt. Finally, let us remember that e purpose of this institution is educate on an effective basis. he determination of educational -ocedlures longs in the hand the educators who progress ith the society; not those who agnate and merely exist. IE FURY, FUN OF IL.. iant, so special that o write about It.. out iI....forever."..tooK GH AND FULL (BLY BE THE )VIE ON COLLEGE SINCE 'THE -VIlLAGE VOICE ICE TO SAY THAT iTERPIECE, to rank Anderson 's major artists.' PlA'OOr JTERESTING 4 THIS YEAR... II.... is a brilliant film." . - DUNG, YOU'LL LI.f you're s more reason than Nhat it's all about!" ,,wIll y u be on? CHARD WARWICK DAVID WO)OD IDERSON. MICHARL MEDWIN - CTURE @ a SUMMER EAR YOU!I