The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 27, 1969, Page Page 2, Image 2
President Jones,
where are you?
The private office of President Thomas F. Jones oc
cupies the northeast corner of the Administration
Building. Few students have been there.
The private box of the president sits above the 50 yard
line at Carolina Stadium. Rarely do students sit there.
A special section, halfway up at midcourt, hosts the
president and his guests, in the Coliseum. Seldom are
students in the section.
President Jones, .a skilled and successful University
president, is sadly aloof from his student constituency.
Only infrequently is he seen on campus. Getting to his
office means getting past a receptionist, a private
secretary and an appointments secretary. The plush office
itself is foreboding.
The president is awesome and dominant, pleasant and
talkative.Often he gazes at the ceiling and dreams aloud of
plans for Carolina. It is impossible to doubt his dedication,
and his hopes for a better University are contagious.
In private he.makes small talk and cracks jokes, anxious
to be liked and accepted. Yet he scrupulously avoids
controversy and seldom will take a stand or speak "on the
record" on issues.
He is politics conscious, tactful to extremes, worried
about offending Sen. X or overlooking contributor Y.
He seems unwilling to level about campus problems , even
reluctant to admit they exist.
While he has brought the University far in a short time,
by compromise and skilled diplomacy, it has been at the
expense of his closeness to students.
He is the state's president, not the student's.
He is difficult to talk to and nearly impossible to oppose,
even in discussion, because his mind and personality are
uncomfortable when someone disagrees. He listens poorly
to students. He communicates poorly.
Seldom has he met the average student. He mingles
poorly. Usually he is in the swanky office, with' the
legislature, entertaining the VIPs, at the head table.
Seldom does he mingle at pep rallies, eat at campus
cafeterias or attend meetings, rallies, speeches, events.
He is a dedicated, brilliant, good man, but a man far
removed from students.
Surrounded by yes men, he lacks a feeling for students.
He n,e ftow his Univerifffis dangerously polarized
racially. He noeds to speak ouf on drugs, alcohol, parking,
politics and many other problems. He needs intimate and
direct contact with students.
In a turbulent generation, beset by problems and unrest,
losing touch with students can lead to tragic chaos. The
University, carefully built from the top, can easily
crumble from the bottom.
Listen to the hate
Some people will probably say the playing of ''Dixie''
twice at Saturday night's football game offended black
members of the Carolina community.
They will claim that ''Dixie'' is synonymous with racism
and rabblerousing, representing an ''old'' and bigoted
Southern aristocracy where being black was semi-human.
But how could playing ''Dixie'' offend someone who
wasn't present? There were 40,000 plus at the game. How
many were black?
The blacks weren't there because they have already
heard ''Dixie'' too many times. They have tried to tell us
what odious viewpoints it connotes, that hatred is its own
hell.
We haven't listened, and we have driven the blacks
away. We have blissfully defended ''Dixie'' and saluted the
Confederate flag which, for no reason, flies over Carolina
Stadium. We have been too selfish, devoid of empathy,
unwilling to listen to others' complaints.
The blacks weren't present to be offended, and we don't
blame them at all.
setbck fo huaicty oand brotherhood it will continue to
be until we listen in compassion and togetherness to songs
for all humanity, not one segment.
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Dear Mr. Stepp:
Last week I received a letter that
was mailed to me from a city in the
United States only 1,200 miles
away.From the post office stamp
on the envelope, it was clear that ft
took this letter 20 days to get to me.
I should admit that the address
was not sufficient. It did not
mention either the physics
department where I receive my
mail usually, or the organization of
Arab Students where I receive my
letters sometimes. But I still think
the letter should have been
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If this hasn't aroused concern at
arolina, what will? When will
arolina take its place with other
merican colleges in national
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Contrary to the general opinion
re the Moratorium was not a
ove by the radical left to un
rmine our national policy. it was
mply an exercising by
mericans from all walks of life of
eir unalienable right to dissent.
It was a protest against a
istake that took too many
mericans too long to realize. Sen.
cGovern said that the American
sople have finally realized that it
more important now to save
ves than it is to save face.
If it is true that the American
sople have been awakened, we
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possible to deliver It all this time.
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swering letters).
This was not the first time mail
has been delayed, but this time
they broke their previous record.
Few times letters addressed to me
care of Physics Dept. were
delivered to Psychology or
Physical Education Depts.
It used to delay the letter only a
couple of days. In all of the
previous cases the addresses were
type written so there is no excuse
of bad handwriting.
I hope something is going to be
done to insure a better mail
delivery and thank you.
Dhuwaib
President, The
Organization of Arab
Students
Registration change
Dear Mr. Stepp:
Most of us agree that
registration at Carolina has many
flaws. Some corrections of the
system would, granted, be difficult
to implement, but I have one
constructive suggestion which, it
seems to me, is quite feasible.
Transfer students are scheduled
to register by the year they entered
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safe to assume that his policy now
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have been able to go to the priority
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is a tedious process at best.
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