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Vol. LX .N.. 38 Uriversity of -outh Carolipa, Columbia, S.C. 29208 Monday, December 8, 1969
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deadline
nearing
By EDDIE CHEN
Asst Managing Editor
The Slater food service faces a
possible student boycott starting
next Wednesday if "significant
improvements" being demanded
in a student petition drive are not
met by then.
The new effort directed toward
improving the campus food service
is being sponsored by the Town
Mens' Association, with the en
dorsement of the Student
Government Association.
Petitions began circulating on
campus last week, and a table was
set up in the Russell House to
solicit student signatures.
About 2,000 signatures were
collected by Friday, according to
Joe Azar, chairman of the drive.
The petitions stat that "We find
food prices too high, food quality
too low and sevices too slow.
"Therefore, we are asking for
(1) nickel to a dime reduction on
all food items except pre-packagesl
goods, ice cream cones and soft
drinks (which should be made
larger);
"(2) better menus and better
tasting and cleaner food; and (3)
faster service in the Gamecock
Room and cafeterias."
If "significant improvements"
are not made by Dec. 17, the
petition stated, "we shall engage in
a campus-wide slowdown of usage
and boycott of ARA Slater-USC
and call for a new food service.
Azar said there are about 400
individual petitions in circulation,
and each has room for 31
signatures.
The petition drive will end
"probably this Friday," he said
and urged that all petitons be
turned in by then.
When all the petitions are in,
Azar said an open meeting will be
sought with the Slater officials too
discuss the changes being
demanded.
Meanwhile, William Wentz,
USC's Slater director, said last
night "We have been striving for
improvements continuously this
fall. "We are always open to
suggestions," he said.
The people involved (in the
petition drive) have been asked by
us to discuss their gripes, but they
don't care to," according to Wentz.
Azar confirmed last night that no
meeting will be held until all the
petitions have been turned in.
Wentz said that "many changes
have resulted this fall as a result of
student demands."
"They have left us pretty much
in the dark," Wentz added. And
once again, he cited the petition
leaders' ref usal to discuss the
issues with him.
(4 Wentz, who came to USC in July,
charged that the petitioners are
"Appealing to the emotions."
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Byv KITTY McCASKILL
Asst. News Editor
There is a surplus of $15,000 in
the Student Affairs budget, and 11
organizations have filed requests
for parts of the surplus. However,
the total request from the 11
groups is $46,500, according to Paul
P. Fidier, assistant vice president
for student affairs.
By Friday's 5 p.m. deadline, nine
chartered student groups and two
other University sponsored ac
tivities had turned requests into
Fidler's office.
The chartered student
organizations are the University
Union. the Rugby Team, The
Gamecock, the Association of
Afro-American Students, Mortar
Hoard. The Egg, the Parachute
Club. the Young Republicans and
the International Relations Club.
The USC Band and intramurals
are the other two groups
requesting funds. "These are
University sponsored activities
and run under the Student Affairs
budget even though they aren't
chartered student groups," Dr.
Fidler said.
"The band has never received an
* allocation before," he said. "They
haven't applied in either of the two
years I've been here."
The budget is made up in the
spring with an estimated number
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By HARRY HOPE
Staff Writer
"We're here to discuss the
niggerization of students--blacks
and women."
With tese words, Mrs. Florence
Kennedy, a New York lawyer and
attorney for H. Rap Brown, opened
up a discussion on oppression
Friday night in Room 207 of the
Russell House.
The assembly part of the
AWARE-SDS week of'Solidarity
saw two films, one concerning anti
war sentiments in the Armed
Services and another on the 1968
Chicago Democratic Convention.
Mrs. Kennedy and Miss Diane
Sculer, also a New York lawyer,
recognized that there are "three
kinds of power: body power to
picket and demonstrate, vote
power and money power."
"You've got to figure out how to
hurt the "Establishment" without
being hurt," Mrs. Kennedy stated.
"They're the MICE--Military
Industrial Complex Establish
ment."
ek $15,000
of students that will at tend USC the
following year. The $15,000 surplus
was due to an underestimation of
the number of students.
"'Everyone underestimated the
number of new freshmen," Fidler
said.
Four of the groups requesting
funds had their allocations cut last
spring according to Fidler. These
are the uJniversity Union, the
Association of Afro-American
Students, the International
Relations Club and Intramurals.
"We had to turn down $100,000
out of budget requests last spring,"
Fidler said.
The Student Affairs Committee
reviews the allocation requests
and gives their decision to Charles
Witten, vice president for student
affairs "The committee is an
advisory committee. Vice
President Witten has the final
decision." Fidler said.
The Committee consists of five
faculty and staff members and six
students
The Commit tee will meet once to
hold hearings, te'ntatively set for
Friday and again to reach their
final decision, tentatively Dec. 16,
according to Fidler.
"A schedule will be set up for the
hearings. The groups can send
anyone they like to give their
presentation. The hearings are
on to the public." he said.
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The discussion then turned to the
Afro-American movement.
Black students voiced their
regret that only 40 or 50 black
students of the 350 on campus
attended Afro-American Society
meetings.
"Most of the black students on
campus shut out racism and
discrimination, they said. "We
must educate ourselves--find out
what's going on in the movement."
The students also contend that
"power and fear go hand in hand."
"We associate the police and
guns with the white man," one
student said. "Many blacks feel
they must go to the white man for
bread."
"The white man puts hi. con
fidence in the police force. but the
police can die and bleed just like
any other human being," another
student stated.
Black students also felt that the
"SDS organizes around a button.
"The SDS student can go and
take off his button and shave and
get a hair cut, but we can't take
out black skin off," they said.
Trhey also expressed the belief
that they could not help white with
the anti-war work until blacks
were "liberated."
"We are reluctant to become
aligned with the white
movement." one student said.
"Our struggle is for us to do on our
own terms.
"The whites must work on their
own people--the Silent Majority.
We do not invite whites to share
our own problems."
The discussion then led back to
women's liberation.
"There is a quota of four men to
every one woman," noted one
female student. "The School of
Education is the only department
with as many females as males
teaching. In this school, there are
375 male professors, and four
female professors. There are 80
full professors and only four
female full professors"
Blacks commented that
"Discrimination in intensifying,"
with but one black professor and
one black instructor in the faculty.
Mrs. Kennedy stated the im
portance of the press in "the
movement." saying that students
must "go forward toward
publicity"
"The MICE cannot afford ex
posure of its tactics," she stated.
'Make your c'onfronta tion with the
press"
She then emphasized "hitting the
higgest thing you can find." She
referred to Reps Mendal Rivers
and Albert Watson and Sen Strom
Thurmond as "big targets."
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By DON BABB
Staff Writer
The Senate voted unanimously
Friday to support a resolution
objecting to any removals of
privately-owned refrigerators
from dormitories.
Due to a lack of quorum, the
Senate moved into a committee of
the whole before taking the action.
The group demanded that all
students who own private
refrigerators be allowed to keep
them for the rest of this semester.
And in the meantime, the
resolution proposed, "the Student
Senate will develop recom
mendations to be presented to the
refrigerator committee for the
formulation of a better and more
equitable policy toward our fellow
students."
If the resolution is ignored by the
University, the resolution warned,
"this Senate committee will take
definite steps to make sure that no
refrigerators will be rented from
the University monopoly next
semester."
Nineteen seantors were present
at Friday's emergency session.
Mike Spears, vice president of
the student body, also voted in
favor of the resolution.
Spears said that the resideuce
dorms' electrical systems had
been modified to handle the
problem of overloading the
currents. He added that the danger
of privately owned refrigerators
draining the currents was
therefore removed.
Concerning the claim by the
Housing Office that privately
owned refrigerators would prevent
renting. the 800 refrigerators
purchased by the University,
Spears said that the advantages of
renting refrigerators were enor
Bates House
1 st elections
set Friday
By KITTY McCASKILL
Asst. News Editor
Elections for the first govern
ment of Bates House will be held
Friday according to Eric Wyka, a
Bates House Senator.
Yesterday was the day for
candidates to sign up. "Tuesday
night a General Assembly will be
held with candidates giving their
qualifications. It is important to
know their past experience and
what they plan to do," Wyka said.
Campaigns will be conducted
Wednesday and Thursday.
The new constitution of Bates
House was passed by 191 to 56 in a
referendum held Nov. 25. Ac
cording to the constitution, can
didates must have a 2.0 GPR.
Freshmen may run for any office.
"WVe felt this necessary because
we have such a high percentage of
freshmen residing here. It
wouldn't be fair otherwise," said
Riley.
"Our Constitution is very similar
to that of the Men's Towers, except
we have some student rights in
corporated in our Constitution that
they have as rules of the Court. We
are also more thoroughly
represented. with 27 senators
representing 550 students,"
Hlollingsworth said.
A committee began working on
the Constitution in early October
buit participation rapidly
diminished to two or three
members according to
Hloliingsworth.
A mass meeting was held Nov. 24
in the Bates House cafeteria to
discuss the Constitution before the
referendum on Nov. 25
Besides the Constitution. also
inc'luded in the referendum was an
opinion poll concerning Slater
food
"On the question of Bates House
Food. 174 disapproved and 46
approved, with 35 undecided. on
the question of the Bates House
Food Plan. 162 approved and 75
disapproved. with 18 undecided,"
Hlollingsworth said
Wvka said that he has been
surprised by the enthusiasm of
Bates House. "The government
will he strong although there will
he trials starting out. Also fresh
men can carry out the government
for a long time." Wka aid.
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mous and that the Housing Office
should have no difficulty in renting
its quota.
Nontheless. various reports held
that the Housing Office was in
sistant upon having private coolers
removed and that starting Mon
day, privately owned refrigerators
would be removed and their
owners fined.
Sen. Tyler Combs, who is also
the Head Residence Counselor in
the Mens' Towers, said that he was
instructed to warn the Towers'
residence that privately-owned
coolers would be removed. He
Former
campus
By PAT STEELE
Staff Writer
Brett Bursey, a former USC
student, was told by letter Friday
that the University campus is now
closed to him.
Charles H. Witten, Vice
president of Student Affairs said
Bursey has been denied access to
the campus because he has
evidenced a disregard for the
regulations of the University and is
Women E
topic of r
By HARRY HOPE
Staff Writer
The topic of Women's Liberation
came under close scrutiny Friday
afternoon in a panel discussion of
the "Alliance of the Alienated"
sponsored by the University Union
Lecture committee.
The leaders of the discussion
were Dianne Schuler and Florence
Kennedy. New York lawyers who
have defended the "Ft. Jackson
Eight" and H. Rap Brown, a Black
activist. Also serving on the panel
was Karen Sundstrum, secretary
of the University Unions Lecture
Committee.
The "Alliance of the Alienated"
refers to the bond between "blacks
struggling for liberation, women
struggling for liberation and G. L's
struggling for liberation "
Before the meeting began.
members of the Young Americans
for Freedom circulated
mimeographed letters questioning
the need for "liberation " Some of
those present before the meeting
were questioning YAF's right to
circulate the letter, but Mrs.
Kennedy responded by inviting the
"fine young ladies of the fairer
sex" to come forward and take
part in the discussion None came
forward, and Mrs Kennedy ex
pressed disappointment that the
letter was not signed.
in the discussion itself. Mrs.
Kennedy answered questions
posed by the letter.
"That bra burning at the Miss
America pageant was overplayed
hy the press. Now what woman is
going to burn a brand new bra?"
she asked.
Miss Schuler then presented the
Women's Liberation movement in
terms of Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engel's theory of the
simulataneous development of
family. private property and the
Miss Schuler also told of her
defense of Dr. Benjamin Spock,
pediatrician who has worked
closely in the anti-war movement.
She noted that she disagreed with
the manusc-ript of Spock's yet-to
be-published hook. "Dilemma of
Modern Man."
She questioned the natural role
which women tend to take, that of
being "shock -absorbers" on which
men take out their hostilities
created by their roles.
She said that Spock relied
heav'ily on Freud's theories and
recounted an incident of an eight
year-old hbv's graphic account of
his mother's murder by American
soldiers
Mrs. Kennedy. in explaining her
"theory of institutional op
pressin." noted that "te
ate co
enate
added however, that he had not
been given a deadline for such
removal and that he had not been
informed of an incurring fine. r
"We've been constantly warned
for about a month that students
would not be allowed to have their
own refrigerators." Combs said. -
"I've heard nothing about a fine,"
he added. "but they may be con
sidering making students pay for ti
the cost of removing the ii
refrigerators if any cost should h
arise." T
Mens' Towers Sen. Tom Ingram v
;aid, however, that students in C
3uilding H. have been instructed s
studen
closed 1
considered to be a danger to the s
safety of the University com- t
munity."
The letter was sent because of an
incident in the Russell House
Thursday. a
a
Bursey and a companion were a
"peddling Viet Cong flag
reproductions and some students ir
were objecting. "according to o
Witten. A heated arguement a
followed and the Russell House N
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pathology of the oppressed gives ul
rise to its consent to oppression." w
"No one would think of calling w
Gen William C. Westmoreland a p1
militant," she stated. "The op- at
pressed must examine their own to
technique of language "e
"The North will not discuss its ot
own racism." she said "There's ar
plenty of racism and sexism up sc
north
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composed by Robert Burns.
Q. How much do women senia
make? - S.R.
A. Senior counselors earn $7
counselors are paid $125 montl
h . Are any future shipments
A. Originally, the refrigerato
basis. A meeting concerning the
will be held soon. Jack Brawle'
Government, is on the commit1
for comment on the question. Hc
Ed McFadden, vice president a
who said that enough deman
shipments of refrigerators are
Q. Will the M&N Cafeteria re4
menu service? --
A. According to an off icial in I
meeting of Towers officials anc
plannedt soon to discuss th -u
olers
unit
y their Residence Counselors that
>rivate coolers would be removed
y Monday or the University would
emove them and fine the owners.
ngram said that he introduced a
enate bill to allow students to
eep privately-owned
efrigerators two weeks ago.
He said that he urged the Senate
act on the bill the day it was,
itroduced. Such a motion would
ave required unanimous consent.
'he motion was defeated by one
ote and the bill was sent to the
eneral Welfare Committee for
tudy and evaluation
t told
Lo him
taff became concerned and called
ie University police.
Witten added that Bursey has
.en "accompanied by violence
id threats of violence in several
:s during the past year."
Witten cited "Bursey's actions"
i the burning of a confederate flag
i campus last February. the
irport incident when President
ixon visited last Spring and one
:casion this past September when
ursey removed furniture from
le Russell House to use in a
eeting he was sponsoring on the
orseshoe.
Bursey was restricted under S.C.
xie of Laws which states that it is
flawful "for any person to
ilfully or unnecessarily interfere
ith or disturb in any way or in any
ace the students or teachers of
iy school or college in this state,
loiter about such school or
illege premises or to act in -n
onoxious manner thereon. or
iy person to enter upon any .uch
hool or college premises or loiter
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