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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
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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
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"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
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PARTY ITEMS
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And at 7 p.:
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t international Relations Club is. an
We open this question to the Re
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