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Se., ts Letters 00 Dear Mr. Wannamaker: Once again a Gamecock editorial has infuriated me. The editorial "Dixieland Blues" in your February 9, 1970 issue was too much. I refuse to remain silent any longer. The article insinuates that any individual who thinks that the 'playing of "Dixie" at the basketball games is appropriate is an ignorant, prejudice, indecent, insensitive racist not living in the 20th century. I was personally insulted. I am certain the Gamecock will be shocked to hear that the song "Dixie" makes no reference to war, slavery, or racism. Anyone the song offends is making a fool of himself by reading between the lines where nothing is written. Billy Hennessy iNarrowminded Dear Mr. Wannamaker: I wish to voice my opposition to your narrowminded editorial in the February 9, 1970, Gamecock titled "Dixieland Blues." You take the same position that you so often criticize others of taking. If a student is arrested for distributing Anti-Vietnam War material you rally to his defense with cries of Freedom of Speech. Yet, let some people enjoy the playing of "Dixie" and they are irfttnediately -branded as . being ignorant and prejudiced. Dixie does not bring visions of war and oppression to me when it -is played, but apparently it does to you and therefore it must be bad ecatuer it offends you. I thinit ifens wioth crie o Fredoteme of peh. preach let soe popleno thew pang eie ofDxe an they aren Failydltop brin as bitat 'Nauiedsea t ig vsoso Dar anM ressinmake eni is plaefernc bto pretl itosiao "Dixiand ereits", the only beausetingofactds yo.thinkacisism aTietoul andit the rest, h Gacodin staflactice hacratedo mreeachs and betlrais thanew ad esrbeen pree allt Carolina. Veriy and stoting te cutate yourvews as the canl aeptley prousf eing'"rt,Ia o past reeronally I'm pyoudtorl "nDixie.latnd Blus",thope only nseating frda ii their reatiedb tht onlorou amock. o STheditria,a witho the ist,h including lacDixie" has creted thnore sparatsmot and racitan hastever beehnk prest itearlin. eryew sgeton ofThe Gamecock hav makn pasiht they cawanomltl proudof.esainga "gtrd on campus, cmpleeldpou of the GaeokSaoth' paset. Pesntelly,tua'm puosie inpxe. poink ot pope raimhe sectioal prde andtd piein ther reaiz tihIat on ah mint of gots uhosLstrMadx olies ther "Dixe" not at Te awhen "Dixiean" i lydId o Theo saescotasonc andaial pepewl e.The Gamecock is ming efln " rie whatrsit thewn exteton beof ntiergt horay andyeody prooes clhatf dreds orcms. iton Teusadohercok I tem narrow mndsof the yeaecocke can0 front ctueivnt acitellnetlingssil-ie pleaet oscintot the raeTism the vebameoc hate inia inos38ad3 the rs seI Hos on was inivest lad of POldtnes hr are 77-1 7.M nt forgot Appeicatomaltseco cass nces i peingda. coaumbiaof.c.dThesedforms. a-ehi siln requstWandotker. Ite mse shol id Bodkins 1blom w ckofhm r PUT i fftj.bL litorial'too much' played the role of God in passing slaves too. Should students walk judgement on all the "bush hicks." out when "Yankee Doodle" is I think it's time the editors realize played? that they are not "all knowing." Name withheld Let's not forget the North had by request Editorial Cheating rules This cheating controversy is already out of proportions. The real question shouldn't be whether or not anyone on the basketball team or The Gamecock staff cheats. Is the responsibility of a student such as Mr. or Miss Name Withheld by Request merely to write a letter to the paper about the incident? We think not. This implicates a lot of innocent people quite needlessly. The University does have a rule: the "Code of Student Academic Responsibility." It defines cheating: "This refers to conduct during quizzes and examinations which shall include utilizing written information not specifically permitted by the instructor. It shall also include receiving written or oral information from any person other than the instructor. It shall further include stealing, buying, selling or using any copy of an examination before it shall have been administered." The code further specifies: "A student who possesses evidence that one of the offenses listed above has been committed and who does not report the offense to the appropriate authority shall be considered guilty of an infraction of academic discipline. "Any student who observes or learns of another student's violation of the Code of Student Academic Responsibility may request the student to report himself to the instrsictor in the course, and if this is not donm Ohall report the matter to the instructor of the course or the chairman of the appropriate College or School Com mittee." The instructor also is required to report any violations of the code as well as the promotion, exposition and demonstration of the code. Thus saith the rule book. You might not like it. You might ignore it like most of the University. (Response to the election each spring of the student committee members in each school is spec tacularily bad.) But, that's the rule. The rule is blatantly unfair---penalizing and lsolatingTnme conscientious student who feels that he must obey it and rewarding the students that ignore it. So do most faculty members. After all, many feel that grades don't mean that much as a reflection of learning, only of brownie points in an academic rat race preparing the student for a business rat race. If one learns to cheat early, so much the better. The response of the University community to the code system---replacing the earlier Honor Code system---is shown by the committees that meet once a semester, once a year, never. E ditorial Rpr (Vontliued fromi page I> mid-court. It's still along time onclstohitdwtoheex from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but about 10 togticesGrdaetuns tickets on the first row or togticesadsmcmet8 thereabouts were given for their a.eeytm n..fpcig labors yesterday for today's game arslmithrlne-sftote with Davidson. 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