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PO Cffee of W',maintainin a pubiC .dicinent against them sounds m, O the most ridiculous and bi to raltrod an enemy into jail. t UFO Coffee Nouse "a certain Mil-g4orned place," where n of Ioud and disturbing of 10d music" occurs. It mentions persons of evil name, fame and er there, with obscene matter -A I tharges, i defendants, "did aid, en. s,ftiqIilw and permit minors under the age of V m pribe and ungovernable, or habitually beplied the control of his or her parents." sckening, disgusting and maddening that any' hich purports to be free allows such perverse I non-lustice to be crammed down the throats of ess victims -who happen to hold minority viewpoints. is so obvious in this case is thdt political repression is prime motive for the savage action. t the city and state are saying is simple: We don't with you, so we're going to get rid of you. crude obscenity is not democracy. Call it cy if you will, but the fact is this authoritarian smacks more of the systems America pretends to 1t than of the system she aspires to have. 'To you adults who wonder why your sons and daughters 7We rejecting this facade, take a look. This one case $ y bolizes perfectly the hypocrisy, corruption and non o decracy which is so prevalent in our messed up age. If Ve are to be a democracy, we must be democratic. In the case of the UFO, however, we are no democracy. ft6re a cheap, sick system out to get revenga, handling of this case is intolerable. The people must SMO that from the rooftops. Or they can slink into their middle-class shells and call the UFO a dangerous place we had to get rid of. But that's the way America feels, then the brewing revolution in this country will erupt very soon. This country---a democracy in name which refused to become on in fact---will go down in ruin. And that will be what it deserves. Letter from the editor The Gamecock this semester has not always followed custom or convention. It has not always chosen the popular course, and it has occasionally provoked controversy. We have been accused of being hippie, communists, homosexual, and obscene. The editor's name has become a Aword-&if your household includes a bathroom. nc'iticEied 'in South Carolina newspapers as Ir elonsible. The president of the University once saw fit to hold up our presses. But we have been more, and it has been good. We have been firm in our opinions and persistent in our reporting. We,scooped everyone on several stories. We predicted the stadium enlargement, broke the Green Street Methodist Church story, and we were first to announce the Univer sity's multimillion dollar expansion program. Editorially, above all, we have tried to stand up for people. We have sadly rebuked an insensitive school for playing "Dixie" when it hurts our black studen+*s. We have criticized high-handed tactics when they deprived a fellow man of his rights as an individual. We have beiieved that students are basically good and bsasically mature, able to handle themselves, to run their dormitory environments, to help decide their curriculum, to help govern their University. We have been consistent in deploring prejudice and unfairness. We have tried to be humanitarian, to consider people, their ideas, feelings, emotions and sensitivities. We have learned that telling the truth is difficult, for -many do not want to hear. We have found that standing up for what is right takes courage. SxThe semester has been good and interesting. The paper has expanded into a triweekly. It has had its ups and downs, but we think it has been effective in bringing news and opinion, on little and big events, to the students of s Carolina. We also realize it has failed and must be improved.We wile try. A new editor will have his chance. It has been a fight not to become embittered. Around the Jnlversity there is bigotry, injustice, hard-heartedness, ~pared. But point them out, and the readers hate you. Be ~infully honest, and they smear your name on bathroom ~ails. L.ove the hated, and you are hated. See the problem, and you are said to ignore the good. it is hard, and it sometimes hurts. But the guiding spirit is that of truth: to tell the truth, when it hurts and when it Most importantly of all, we must consider the people. lht is what the world is. That is what the school is. We Miust try to guide and provoke and inform and better them. We must present them information, ideas. We must ~pntheir eyes-but most of all their minds. We must love them. We must love them. For all is people. The Gamecock, the University, the state, the nation, Vietnam, the world, the universe. They ake people. ~Adwe, in our small sphere, love them. That Is our egriding mvessage. Forgive us our errors and excuse our t~* ut please, joIn in our goal. For love and peace ance he0 ankind. New Letters F oc Dear Mr. Stepp: As one of the victims of Wed nesday night's incident at Don's, I feel I should correct some of the statements made by Frank Tardif concerning the incident. Let me say that I sympathize with Mr. Tardif and his friend in their dispute with the police. Covering an ineffective job with an arrest for a minor crime such as using profanity is worse than doing no iob at all. The accusation that the at tackers were "Southerners" is unfounded. I was told by several people that knew this group that they were from the New York-New -Jersey area, and none were football players. Any self respecting football player would be above such gang tactics. ft is just as unfair to blame in cidents such as this on Souther ners, as an arrest for use of 'Under yP -br BY MIKE KROCIIMALNY Assocate dito Yo ihtspoe h loigo Unfotnteywesatrsshv Asensed the ictims of te statemenSoth maebraln Trifn conerin he icidnrtebtn wihar.c arsm and ios hmried th wiputey wtrea the poiem Co"ingc. an inftve jt fwiystheyn whorest o ereoorie suchagh usng pofanitysisiwcrseedhan doig Te acainon ndharti thert taKn.ers were "Southeres" ispl whfoundied was toldbvidalgt peopl thaity ne th grouctat sthem wer frotec them.w ok-e ese ra , ned o w ereha aboe suche gantguarante fetha a is just asufiod blam in cidntsuha this eony Souther ner,g masfaretn for uis of canledtpafrhr m " .ins. IJ oFsO UFcblngt a aey MIK peoIlewoneYo AhsSuh.Thoca e ndit fo oiutming suo the loinnc of subec.fr.atrebyal i beral. "solf.ist u tsapens t hat stire-t lnsise stae f outCron. T heeisn way wecould nwr he itn people.ho Sme of toeet iCludedin this Abe inon a arn Luther . . . ... A few cars, a lot at noon >tballei profanity. Don't throw any more stones. Mr. Tardif. You may be as guilty of prejudice as the cop. He hates longhairs; you hate grits. What's the difference? WALTER COPPAGE What is club? Dear Mr. Stepp: At the Pan lecture last week, an announcement was made by Richard Hines. treasurer of the International Relations Club, that any persons who wanted to join this club could by paying him their dues. Since we were friends of Richard interested in international relations, and personally con cerned in several of the candidates for office in this club, we joined in hopes of soon becoming active. Last night. we attended our first aath LSC iS OW minors because they don't wear alpaca sweaters and play records by the Beatles on an establishment luke box. Everybody knows that kids should spend their nights out at the Grasshopper or the Wheat Street Club drinking beer, or maybe out at d' Scene watching the weekly peep show, but not down at the UFO drinking soft drinks and listening to the "long hairs." Of course, the UFO Is guilty of possessing and displaying obscene matter, or it must be. because that's what the indictment says. Everyone knows what members of "clean society" mean by "oh scenity." because it's been on every restroom wall they've ever .one in. most of it from a con serv'ative viewpoint rather sharply criticizing "hippies." If it's obscenity you want, just read about the Minutemen or the Ku Klux Klan of our own times -- now there's something that 'epulses you. Ya Gotta Moe ] Headquai most ai * LEATHER VES * ACME BO * KHAK! * I "You Nawm Corner Lady an ad many ma rs are meeting and were astounded al what went on. When the presidenl discovered we were new members he immediately decided to post pone the scheduled elections. Wher opposition to this move appeared, he flew into a tirade against the opposition and used all types ol obstructionist tactics to confuse the club members. Soon the meeting disintegrate into what can only be compared t a Nazi youth rally, with th president seeking to disqualify th new members with qualification that none of the 11 old member had ever met. After the meeting, when one a us questioned his status, th4 president screamed that he ha( better retrieve his dues from th treasurer before the treasurer rai off with the money. Thus, we weri all left confused and wonderinj n satire If you want drugs, why go to p)lac'e like the UFO? With all the hair around there, there. are probably 2.000 narcotics agenti lnst waiting to catch anyone using or possessing. Why not walk dowr to the local high school: you car iget your drugs there. You coulk most likely get them at your office (oo. Drugs aren't limited to the young or hirsute. You can pick them uj on the corner, at the grocery stori (though the marhcup is probably pretty bad there and at the gas station. Yes, friends, you've got 'em good - four men and a pregnant woman. Why don't you just let them rot in jail? There's more justice in that, than making them go to trial for the inane charges now against them. The Keystone Cops should not have put together a better case for the state, and the old man Charlie Chaplin could not have starred in a more effective indictment of the people of Columbia. 1 See Levy's rters for 1ything I rs & JACKETS OTS IlS PARTY ITEMS eit . .*. d Assembly Sti. ny open spaces And at 7 p.: hi notg t precisely what in the world the p1th t international Relations Club is. an We open this question to the Re digi how Letters policy L.etters to the editor should be brief. typewritten and about subjects pertinent to USC students. 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