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the dead
ed the second anniversary of the deaths
thdents---shot by police officers.
00thing like that will ever happen to us
7-7 white, we are middle class, we are
and we are at the big University and not
StIe Coflege. But when one--or 28--is shot in the night
though popular or safe at the time---be
ter all several white University students
at the airport a month after the
B~ut, that was just an accident --- a
(114"Itulation on the part of one officer. And, what's being
to wing shot? Yet, no action has been taken
AOONW'* the officer here.
'nTd ys after the deaths Jack Nelson of the Los Angeles
Times completed his study of the deaths and found: "no
materlol evidence that any Negro students were armed
with firearms" at the time of the clash with state police.
He iCalrmed that medical records showed that 18 of the 28
shot were struck from behind. Two of those fatally shot
were shot in the back and that one was beaten by officers
and dragged away after being shot. Two students were
shot in the s?les of their feet and a number while lying on
the ground---some crawling away and others lying flat.
Nelson based his contentions that the students did not
fire on the police at the time of the clash in 1) that no one
reported seeig students with guns at that time, 2) that no
officers were shot, 3) that no weapons were confiscated, 4)
that Associated Press photographer Dozier Mobley---who
was quoted by his own news service as saying it was an
ex' hange of gunfire---later said that there was no student
fireOut "the police panicked," 5) that several television
netrk news crews there at the time used the same
words: ''the police panicked," and 6) that "there was no
material evidence of any kind that the students fired
immediately before the incident."
'Course, we all know that 'nothing like this would ever
happen to us. Would it?
Dixieland blues
Oh I Uish I was in the land of cotten
injustice there is n'er forgotten. Look away,
and maybe the whole problem will go away
The situation was bleak.
Carolina had a slim lead (50 points or so); the crowd was
calm (only leaping to its feet every minute); the team was
dragging (they missed at least one of every 10 shots).
But there came the pep band to the rescue, with their
rousing rendition of that noted spirit song, "Dixie."
Did the team come alivel
No, but the crowd did---at least the insensitive racists on
hand. They again showed that ignorance and prejudice
J v rl,o l lina. Y .
It I e that peo"*044M now haxw-etercity and
don't live In barns should contiove lo tolerate such a
nauseating relic of the past.
Once again decent members of the Carolina community
were humiliated, this time before a television audience, by
the playing of the worn-out war song. It was verbal hate
mail, silliness at its peak. It was bush hick.
To anyone living in thee twentieth century, it was
sickening. To you others, it probably was nice.
Lords of the ring
Student Government's most recent attempt to face the
pressing problems of Carolina involves that all-important,
timely concern: class rings.
Students are being had, Student Government has
discovered, because ther is only one class ring. Thqt is a
monopoly, so SG leaders are brilliantly seeking to provide
a choice of rings by coming up with a new,competitive
ring.
Meanwhile, we are told, SG will get $3 from each ring
and students will be happy because they have broken the
monopolistic stranglehold on the rings.
We heartily commend our devoted guardians of. the
government for their efforts. After all, problems like
parking, Siater, racism, curriculum reform, reacher
evaluation, consolidation of Student Government and the
lack of student decisionmaking at USC have been
stagnating for years; why should we takie them now?
Especially with the ring situation so critical.
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state to adtnire and imitate.
Maybe the students at Carolina are
the only ones who don't see it this
way. They haven't shown great
interest in home games, as is
obvious with the number of lef
tover tickets. Maybe a few are
studying and earning their grades.
Name withheld by request
Just an error
Dear Mr. Wannamaker:
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newscasts in which the recent
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announced. The error made during
that newscast was due to new
master control equipment in
stalled over the Christmas break.
The operator on duty. was
previewing the taped "laughter"
drop-in, and because of the
newness of the equipment did not
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Rhetoric
By BEN WYNN
Guest Columnist
The reaction to the closing of the
UFO reveals the fallacious logic
and unjustifiable dogma behind
much of the "New Left's" rhetoric.
First, the logic of the assertion
that every non-radical is part of a
united conspiracy to destroy
flower children is opposed by the
closing of the UFO. "The arrest of
the UFO staff is in keeping with the
increasingly overt pattern of
repression.. under the Nixon
Administration." That the Nixon
Administration wants to keep
mutinous ideas from circulating
among military personnel
(Douglas MacArthur reminded us
in his "Reminiscences" that the
Army can't be a democracy) is no
doubt true.
But there is no evidence to
support an Administration con
spiracy to close down radical
coffee houses. Recent closings of
coffee houses should be looked
upon as the result of many in
dividual communities' reacting to
newly discovered decadent in
fluences.
That non-radicals constitute ar
"establishment" with a single
cohesive consciousness does nol
hold under inspection. Literally
dozens of New Leftists from whc
knows where suddenly appearea
on campus, performing invaluable
services such as manning tables
all day, which is certainly not what
conservatives at USC want. Our
local UAF chapter, we can at least
deduce, isn't on the Nixon payroll,
which should kill the single, con
scious conspiracy theory.
Those who look for a single,
conspiring capitalistic mind should
remember there is a counterpart
in those right-wingers who believe
a single, international communist
conspiracy explains all govern
ment actions.
With the many crosscurrents in
non-radical politics, this panacea
that "if you're not part of the
solution, you're part of the
problem" produces the antithesis
to freedom of thought which is
necessary to justify paranoia
toward the rest of society.
On the other hand, a second
assertion was confirmed: the
instantaneous response to "cause"
is an indication and purveyor of
collectivism's doctrinaireness
equating the inflexibility 9f cen--1
tralization.
The United States is a great
nation because the essence of a
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phasis on local decisions.
Government intervention should
be the exception rather than the
rule.
We have all heard the fallacious
idea that only the Left is capable of
dealing with the modern problems
of a changing age. In reality, the
unthinking response to the UFO
points to a ridgidity inherent in
radicalism which stifles the in
dividual's ability to differentiate
the subtleties of varying situations.
Many observers have long been
aware of a hypostatic quality of the
radical mind which brings about
instant, identical responses in its
participants. "These have one
mind and shall give their power
and strength unto the Beast...but
receive power as kings one hour
with the Beast."
The hour after the closing of the
UFO, the Gamecock Room was
rife with knowledgeable lawyers
all expounding glorious oratories
on the intricacies of the law.
Immediately, a movement was
afoot to point out the nature of the
law to the courts. Crowds marched
on City Hall. Their absolute self
assurance approached a con
temporary travesty of The Mob.
At one point, we expressed the
opinion that individuals could best
become aware of the law as the
various litigants give their in
terpretation in the proper arena
the courts, and that the court's
serenity is intregal to its im
partiality. Indeed, that if marching
influences the court's reading of
the law (since the courts
presumably don't make the laws)
it points to a deficiency of our
judical system.
"But," we were told, "the
marches are for the prosecutor, to
let him know convicting these
people won't do any good. We will
continue the UFO." In other
words, we will act as we please and
make it impossible to enforce laws
with which we do not agree. (Tones
of George Wallace, Dick
Gregory?)
The Gamecock, supported by the
"S.C. Methodist Advocate," was
also interested in the courts. Its
lead editorial of Jan. 16 warned
that if America agrees with
closing the UFO ".. then the
brewing revolution in this country
will erupt." and implied revolution
kt&e n. d not
This is not to say that marches
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