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Does ai By CARL STEPP Editor-in-Chief It began with a prayer. A prayer for peace, by the Rev. Don Bundy. They were huddled around the patio, 200 of them, funseekers and war-haters, peace lovers and mankind lovers. It was chilly and the wind blew. They read the names. They read and read and read. For 21 hours they read the names of the war dead, and they didn't finish. The crowd milled around, spread blankets, and dwindled away at times. During the class hours, it grew and ebbed as classes ended and began. They read. Others retired inside. The speaker told them he was humble to be before them in "youth's finest hour." It's because of you there's stil1 hope in this miserable country," he said. And the problems? "Lack of communications between races and generations," he said. U By Thomas Richardson Columnist Last week the Vietnam con troversy reached new heights as there was a national appeal for support to end the war. Across the United States, college campuses stressed their desire to end America's genocidal tendencies in the conflict by abandoning its prestigious stand. Some students of the USC family participated in this com memorative event. But is this a family at Carolina? The turnout for this occasion was exceptionally poor, including the opponents and proponents. This could be due to the fact that most students are apathetic to the skirmish abroad. It appeared as if the supporters (RSVP) consisted primarily of Founded .Jan. 30. 1908 with Robert I (,%AME('OM'K is published by and for the triweekly during the college year except di The opinions expressed herein do not ministration, the facuit y or the student bod Offices of THEF (3AMEX(''K are in Roor campus. Phones are 777-4249 ( Editor -in-Chi 777-8173 tNewsroom s THlE (IAME('EM'K is represented natic Service. Inc. The publication is a member Collegiate Press Association. Subscript ion1 E DITOR-I Carl! 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They waved their flags around. There was a lot of talk, but it wasn't pleasant to see them wave the flag around like a new toy. It meant something, the piece of cloth. It meant everything. Throwing it around hurt. It was too much like a battle flag. They rallied, sang songs. The peace guys sang their songs. The cheerleaders saved the day: they began singing the peace song too. "We're for peace too." one said. They took their flags and signs away, inside, to hear their speakers. First was the federal marshal, scorning the "yippies, hippies and dippies," laughing at the peace people, joking about "make love, not war." They waved their flags. Outside, in the chill, the reading began. The second speaker began; the high school students. The op ponents seemingly consisted of "way-out" groups on compus. There were quite a few present who were indeed indiffernet. But there were no Blacks there, of number, on either side. There were a few curious on lookers, as myself, and they were unresponsive. Did this mean that the Black students at Carolina were unconcerned in this demonstration? On the contrary, Black students did not see any need to broadcast their stand on the war, and for various reasons. America Is supposedly protecting the freedom of the Vietnamese people. Black soldiers are dying to secure "instant freedom" for the Vietnamese when their brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers must get freedom and Elliott Gonzales as the first editor. THE tudents of lhe University of South Carolina iring holidays and examinations necessarily reflect the views of the ad y as a whole. n 308 of the Russell House on the University ef>. 777-4220 ( Business and Advertising t and nally by Nhtional Educational Advertising of Associated Collegiate Press and the S C at es are S8 per year N-CHIEF itepp BUSINESS MANAGER Jack Padgett .............. Jim Wa nna maker S.......... Ed Chen, F red Monk ..................... Milton Capps ...Scott Derks, Bruce Honick ..Susan Ross,, Kitty McCaskill .....................Sherry Shealy .................. Alyce Youmans .................... Chuck Keefer .................. Glenn Godfrey AG ER................ Bobby Hlitt ......................... Mike F ox ..ri' A<.n f luers I \1.,ui,,nn l'.a( 51,-el, Kay *rk Mike ('ex- .lerr - ne b ,' II hI.es- I-elilen I lieee l'anne 5,eit/er .los Sieone'i le .bh ill Sh erri'. li'hbi \fae~r-r et ilersn - 1. eee W',Itk'eskee ie-la, ah wri ~eI.'l el a i Ilaree s \hke e-Iees Zeal I uo efte ''saerise I ',erol # ilon ':lle y lte,ee n'eue lroeI,'.', I-illl lef .inl II ii lleee'ens'- I Iene'I' elu' b lieel; se e,g VOTE JIMM Y TE WART PR ESIDENT ESHMAN CLASS listen.? peace group watched their film. Everyone passing by smiled, sang their own Vietnam song, and wondered how the Mets did. Night. They still read, and it was bad. "Dead" they would mutter, and inside something would get all tight. More night, more names. There was no confrontation and there was quiet and there were two sides expressing their opinions. And at midnight it ended, with a prayer. And there were the tears again, the tight stomach and the goosepimples when they sang "We Shall Overcome." Shall we, and yes, and please and peace. Someone said it all. "Nobody listens to anybody else's side," he said. "Nobody." Lack of communications. Peace, and the warriors waved their flags and heard not. Not communism, not mislead idealism, peace man. Peace. It was cold and walking back to the dorm was chilling and scary. It was the morning of the second day. Cold. eauality on the installment plan at home. In America Black GIs' parents hear the cry, "Education is the problem. The freedom of the Negro in America depends on his educational standard." Yet the educational standard of Vietnam is not questioned. If the educational standard is not a question in granting the Viet namese their freedom, then America had better stop questioning mine. America seems to tell the Vietnamese, "We shall free you, .even if we have tolkill every one of you to do it." Black America does not agree with this concept. America has long been guilty of genocide against Black people. She is the real culprit. Then why should they perpetrate this genocide by dying dispropor tionately on the battlefield? Black soldiers rate abnormally high on the fatality and casualty columns of the wvar. But dying is not segregated; everybody is in cluded. White and Vietnamese families are also broken. The Oct. 15 issue of The Gamecock carried an article on the 'RSVP and Pro Nixon Rally." Nixon. in his political payoffs, has finally committed himself as the true racist that he is and his followers reflect this attitude. This brings to the surface a humorous story told by Dick G;regory'. lie stated. "Some white folks I just can't understand. Thev're' more concerned about busing a kid to school than they are about shipping a kid to Viet nami...That's like worrying about dandruff when you've' got cancer of the eve(balls." People emphasize unessentials while contributing to the mass murde(r of inoce'nt pe(op)le For that re'ason Blacks could not possibly support the policy or the itSVP. however goodl t hei r intent ions. It is evident that the white racist soldier should (examine' his morals. lIe would suffer. ble~ed andi die for the rights of a colored Vietnamese. but1 when he comes home. maybe' to South Carolina, and that same colored Vietnamese he fought for came to live next k0.f3 Cr, Watch and J1 Free Monogrami 1221 Teylor St. Welcome Students g g Credit oea-eo r0444 SrM4 W5 S#ft c OPS OtAIVIS A Letters Assuran Dear Mr. Stepp: A recent article in The Gamecock discussed the 2-way intercom system employed at door. that soldier would then point his gun at his would-be neighbor. Because of such divisiveness in overall doctrine, the Black student here has found it impractical to align himself to a single issue. Having been omitted from this so-called family it would take more than a war issue to get the Afro Americans to align themselves with a bunch of Dixie-blowing crackers. (I hope that "Terrible Tom and the Boys" can hear) After all, "No Vietnamese ever called me 'nigger'." A solution to the war has also been advocated by Gregory. He stated, "Of course if I were President there wouldn't be any of the young kids who have to go to Vietnam. Iwould go into all the prisons and draft all the sex maniacs... "I'd give them some LSD and some tennis shoes and send them to Vietnam ... I can just see the headlines now: '20 Vietcong Captured and 47 Trees At tacked' ... and when those plant lovers read those headlines, they'd make sure that the war was ended in the morning." Resigned, not dropped Dear Mr. Stepp: This letter is written to correct an error in an article concerning the USC Senate. (Friday Oct. 10. Gamecock). I was not dropped from the Senate roll for failure to attend Senate meetings; I formally resignedI because I moved out of the residence hail I was elected to represent. Ida Nelson A BI-Personnel The Job Hunters Students or Student's Wives Seeking Em ployment Tel. 252-4309 1427 Pickens if 9ewefer3 eweiry Repairs ig with Purchase Bra nch .1 Roseweed Sopn e'/ r N Vogr Cot 00 0* *4 /0 0 ce o pri Bates House. Several students objected to its use, saying it was a violation of their rights of privacy. As much as. I'm for privacy, I cannot accept the exaggerated claims of these few students. I have personally listened through these "bugging devices," and one cannot hear normal conversation clearly. I stipulate the condition of normality is voice level. The system is designed to detect ex cessive noise, i.e., stereos blaring from one floor to another, war games in the bathroom and practice intramural football games in the hallways. Being a student, I certainly appreciate the presence of some means of control, seen or unseen, for I am here to learn. Contrary to popular practice, one must study to learn, and you can't study when psychedelic or soul music com petes with your books for attention. Therefore, I believe that the intercom system represents not an invasion of privacy, but an assurance of privacy and an ef fective aid to students and the ever-besieged hall counselor. Jeryl R., Davis Innovation Dear Mr. Stepp:. In response to your article about the invasion of the students privacy at the Bates House. I am expressing my opinion in favor of the system. I am a resident at the dormitory, and feel that such a system is an innovation which is desperately needed in today's college dor mitories. It is an extremely con venient device for the hall coun selors. because they can monitor dorm activities from their desks, while studying simultaneously. I'm sure that some of our counselors would be reluctant to have to patrol their halls by foot periodically throughout the evening. Also, the system is not only used as a means of sur v'eillance. but also was a public address system and a com municative network for daily propaganda. However, its major application is that of a protective device. It keeps the hall counselors abreast of the students conduct, and before the building was opened for oc cupancy, it censored the halls for intrusions by our neighbors. l.ouis l,auurich Communication Dear Mr. Stepp: As a hail counselor at Bates liouse. I feel that the recent criticism of our two-way intercom MA RTY R ENTZ for freshmnan E DENT vacy system is completely un substantiated. In the first place, the students have just as much privacy here as any other students on campus. All they need do is walk into their room and close the door if they do no wish to be disturbed. One's right to privacy cannot be extended to include the hall because the hall is a commual area for all to use. Secondly, if it is to be labeled a "listening device", then the ad ministration is out of luck. All one can detect over the listening end of this system is disturbing noises or loud voices. Individual con versations cannot be distinguished as such, unless the students are speaking directly under the in tercom. Thirdly, this two-way system is invaluable to the unique Bates House design, where seach floor has three entirely separate wings. Its primary function is as a communication network for the building, and its use for picking up excessiver noise is for the benefit of the few students who are in terested in having their right to a quiet hall protected. Furthermore, I'd like to point out a critical fallacy in the article by Mr. Krochmalny. Two of the residents who testified to the sensitivity and effectiveness of the "listening device" wvere not present when I conducted the test for the benefit of Jim Bible and James Little. To my knowledge, these other students have never been on the listening end of this system, and consequently know not of what they speak. I consider my job to be that of maintaining a studious at mosphere on the floor, not bugging other people's conversations. Without the ability to check up on the students frequently and con veniently, as we must do. no hall counselor could possibly do his job and expect to pass his courses at the same time. Larry Newton THE 429 MAMN STREET 8 DAILY ICE COLD GAMER( DRAFT BEER COLOR CHECK CASI Lunch 11-2 BUY YOUR ME HAMBUR OPEN NIGHTLY Right Across F Letter Sadness and fear Dear Mr. Stepp: I am sitting to write this response to "Let The Killing Stop" with a mixture of fear and sadness causing butteflies in my stomach. I can't understand why some people can't, or won't, see that we are not only fighting the North Vietnamese but also Russia and Red China through the north Vietnamese. Nikita Khrushchev - said, " ... we will bury you." Khrushchev, a gentle man in comparison to those in control of Russia now, is gone, but the policy dedicated to the annihilation of capitalist democracy remains. Knowing that using nuclear weapons to achieve this end would be suicide, their plan is to gradually take over, country by country. Vietnam is part of this plan. And to deny that Russia and China are actively involved in Viet Nam would be an act of extreme naivete. They were actively in volved long before we were. Please, people, wake up. We did not start the war and it would not end with our withdrawal. But whoever wrote the editorial obviously does not care about peace for the whole world, but just for the United States, certainly an extremely selfish attitude, Leo A. 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