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THE GA carst * 44 Chie phoogr ph r Cluc k Kef S N 8-TRA SO' SO IECOCK Food service'? Well, if you're lucky, you can get food - sometimes. That is, if classes aren't changing or more than a few people have chosen than moment to eat. The fare on the tables is indicative of the service in the Gamecock Room. Things have improved, but there is still a problem - adequate staff. If there were more people, more could get served faster. Then maybe somebody could keep the tables in a semblance of neatness. The people who work there work hard, and they get a good bit of harassment from the students, but students sometimes don't understand why they can't be served within the first few minutes and get their orders in a reasonable amount of time. Slater seems to have con tracted one of the diseases of the University administration. the understaff germ. A good dose of student agitation might cure it. URRACKS -- MUSIC TH4 IHE MOST UNREACHABLE UND WITHIN YOUR GRA! KS-CASSETTES-I ALL AT INDS OF.. HARD ROCK SOUL EASY LISTENING )UNDS OF ... IN Letters Fid Dear Mr. Stepp: For a long time there has been a quietly smoldering controversy over the Russell House film programs. You have published letters both condemning and praising this year's program, and there are many more points of view that have never nade it into print. But the most valid criticism-one which I think the Films Committee should consider seriously in planning further films--is the immediate reaction of the audience themselves. . Monday might (the 13th) I went to the 9:00 showing of the "The Ip cress Fille." Before the feature was shown, there was a short subject, "Les Portes du Silence," which dealt with the polyphonic music of the Renaissance. Homework for editor Dear Mr. Stepp: Genocide, you say? The tone in your anti-war editorial is distur bing. It makes one think of Russians who wrote against the czars. Not that your opposition to the federal government is unique; it isn't. Citizens in the South oppose a Northerner, and persons in the North oppose a South Carolinian for the judiciary. Minorities shout that they are shortchanged by the federal government, but millions of whites grumble that the federal govern ment has accorded minorities too many benefits. The poor whites tenaciously oppose - for an obvious reason - any federal government affort to elevate minorities, Capital and management score the federal government for spiraling inflation and for in creasing the percentage for social security. Labor, in turn, interprets almost every government action a advantageous to capital or management. Even young editors critize the federal government. If I were beginning editor, I would be a doctrinaire crusader. But if I remained at the job, I would get around to reading literature favorable to the op position. In your case such a book is Overstreet's "What We Must Know about Communism," recommended for Mr. Eisenhower's reading when he was president. Reading such a book on Com munism, I'll admit, isn't the in thing. Some young adults think that communism is a scare word, a tool of those in the above - thirty category. Perhaps it is, perhaps not. Why not investigate? .Jim Norwood CH AT MAKES SP. RECORDS INC. ACROSS FROM THE HORSESHOE 911 SUMTER ST. M4OST OF ALL) m audi The audience immediately showed its dissatisfaction; by the middle of the short there was in termittent. hissing and boosing; and by the end, the jeers and catcalls were so intense that the soundtrack was vituaally drowned out. Admittedly, this fare is not the most appropriate for a "popular film" audience. The short had originally been booked for showing with last Thursday's "finefilm" feature, but had not arrived in time. Rather than returning it unscreened (and thus losing its money entirely), the Films Committee decided to show it with Monday's "popular" feature. This was obviously a mistake--one which the Committee will surely not repeat. The audience reaction, however, indicates that the Committee has made one other mistake. ..In th past, it has tried to give its "popular" film selections the same concern and attention that it has given to the "fine film" series. I suggest that any audience which finds such a mildly "cultural" or Letters policy Lettere to the editor should be brief, typewritten and about subJects pertinent to USC students. The editor reserves the right to edit letters for style. good taste, space limitations and libel laws. No unsigned letter# will be printed. but names may be withheld on request. Letters should be sent to The Gamecock, Box U. 5131, USC, Columbia, S.C. 208. Election Dear Mr. Stepp: The fall elections have aroused very little interest outside the Freshman class. This is un derstandable because the can didates and their platforms are largely unknown. Some students do not even realize that the election is University wide. Monday and Wednesday the ballot will represent nothing to most students; it will be a meaningless list of names unless something is done now. So that this situation may be remedied I suggest that The Gamecock or some organization reserve the Russell House patio Tuesday, Oct. 21, for . an open discussion or debate between the canidates in the run-off election. A meeting of this nature, moderated under neutral sponsorship, will give the voters an opportunity to hear the positions of the candidates Every Tuesday la~ ST SIZZLIN' E STEAK. J Just present your student ic Our regular $1.69 sizzlin' s baked potato, green salad c FPINDE fence d "educational" subject (choose your own adjective) so completely inimical to its values, deserves no such consideration. For the "popular" film audiences, who succumb so easily to the mass-mediocrity psychosis, it is tigle for the Committee to reconsider its objectives. Give them what they obviously want (and deserve)--the very worst movies available. William W. Byler Self-destruction Dear Mr. Stepp: I'm amused at Robert Johnson's letter. I think Mr. Johnson and people like him are a bunch of fools; not because I don't like what they do, I don't care; but because they're a bunch oL fools. Why should President Jones put himself on the line just because a few students are bent on destroying themselves? He said he wouldn't stop anybody from en forcing the law, and that's all he should be expected to do. Don't misunderstand me. I don't like drugs laws either. If people are allowed to drink liquor they should be allowed to smoke marijuana. But they are the government. They do have all that money. And they are paying Jones' salary. So why should he care what F.R.E.A.K. thinks? But like I said, I don't care . If a person wants to'take a gun and blow his brains out, he should be allgwed to do it. If he wants to take LSD or smoke marijuana, he should be allowed to do that. If he wants to get drunk, he should be allowed to do that. If he wants to smoke, he should be allowed to do that. If he wants to be lazy and get Debate and, just as important, to question them. Such a meeting, by taking the election to the students, will stimulate interest, giving a meaningless ballot vitality. No poster conveys a candidates message as well as face-to-face discussion; only in this way can the student body make its judgement logically. Name Withheld By Request DID YOU VOTE FOR KATHY JENNINGS for FRESHMAN CLASS SECRETARY? fight is. .. UJDENT NIGHT (5 P.M. to Closing) IR LOIN DINNER lentification to cashier. irloin steak served with .nd garli toast. RtS 0 0 Issa tisf fat and have a heart attack, he should be allowed to do that. If he wants to jump into a hole, he should be able to do that. Whenever somebody wants to die, he should-be allowed to kill Postal ' Dear Mr. Stepp: Today I received two parcels dated Oct. 7 and Oct. 12 from my family in a large metropolian area. Both had been obviously opened. Calling my family I learned that both parcels were securely packed. I could see maybe one of the parcels possibly opening (due to rough handling) but not both of them. Have something to sell use the Flea Market AN INVITATI NEW 5 POINTS SAI is, 5s, 10s, & 20s MISEF HOMEC( WITHC CARO MU THE BLOSS( DEVINE AT NOW THERI -INTERN. House of TO SEr * 14 DIFFERENT INTER?' * l7 EXOTIC EGG DI: * 24 PROVOCATIVE I * 7 WONDERFUL. W * 14 TASTY SANDWICHI 4467 Devine St.-Ph. 787-R586 (At Ft. Jackson BIvd.) 1031 Assembly St. - Ph. 254-5w -(Opposite Hiwoy Dep.)i himself in any manner he sees fit, because he was never really alive to begin with. Not only that, but they all expand the consciousness equally! Robert Walker oeekin '9? This is not the first case of illegal search. Other students have received parcels that have been opened. Maybe I'm jumping to a con elusion without necessary facts. I1V its not illegal search it must be. rough handling that's opening the parcels enough to expose the contents. In any case, steps should be taken to insure better service from the University Post Office. Name Withheld By Request 4 It's Not Too Late To Vote ERIC WYKA SENATE SEAT DISTRICT 24 ON To VISIT 4DWICH BAR FOR A FREE BEER OR OTHER DRINK (with any food order) While there, Register for IGALLON CASH money to be given away Nov. 25th (no purchase necessary) 721 SALUDA AVE. )MING UT A 'LINA MI )M SHOP iALUDA ARE TWO ATIONAL Pancakes lERt SERVE YOU .. . IATIONAL DINNERS ANCAKES AFFLES ES KORH BRIGT BLUE