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eibIer Studmnt 1046rs and edito put It mildly upset over the the conflictkin Southeast Al the Nixon administration t< A group of them, throu; Committee, have called for '!We must dramatically d opposition to this war and < lost their lives there. We hop join us In this serious effort,' We endorse this. The war long. Further, we call o Committee: Carolina, as w< editors of the state to show peace are not "New York i put it. Part of our endorsement fast. It's difficult, but api Southeast Asia. Fasting ha distress and mourning. This fast - to recall those who American and Vietnamese - in the immorality of the war The fast can also be rededication - to the pea( personal beliefs and action without being self-righteou change in the tradition of ( Keep ser 'till ast One of mankind's nature away from work five minL The failing extends to Cai the Russell House closes personnel sometimes ignor by within 10 minutes of clc The Russell House is ano closes at all is bad enough including snack bar, shoul provide the student one p1 regardless of the time of < University gyms tend to c and students playing baske campus food facilities sta) several campus cafeteriam opening at all on weeken( student to fend for himself The most deplorable exar of the University libraries,' close on Saturday nights, Sunday afternoon. While a decrease in librai total disuse is inprobable. doors close, leaving the s facilities with no place to G Longer library hours are should remain open until a Preferably one should be o Second, the libraries - or - should be available all students do study Saturday morning. They are always I But the University's alread' are closed to them. Finally, the natural fail should be tempered by resi deserve ordered and depe en joy working hours whichi shortened even more by la Pick yc "The bureaucracy move ward," Vice President Brunton assured us in an Apparently stung by our moves slowly and recog, basketball goals in faculty to continue mounting the c! " We have recognized the er Brunton then asked for st goals should be put. So we publish this map it you want a goal installed the vice president. Also yoi of your proposed location. Nutt said? grec It s a discor the return F sorne points We call it th It appli or u ededicate, death rs across the country are, to continuation and expansion of a and the lack of response by oward ending the warfare. 1h the Vietnam Moratorium a fast for peace April 13-15. emonstrate our deep moral our morning for all who have e that millions of students will 'they write In their call. has gone on long enough, too ri the Vietnam Moratorium all as the student leaders and that all those concerned with ieirdos," as one local "sage" is based on the nature of the >ropriate to the conflicts in is long been associated with is one of the purposes of the have died, North and South, - and to admit our complicity and their death. E time of purification and :e movement itself, to one's ;, to the justice of the cause s, and for non-violent social 4handi. vmg 0 anute il failings is a desire to sneak ites early. -olina. The Gamecock Room in before the building; and the es any customer who happens >sing time. ther example. That fact that it . The Student Union building, I remain open at all times to ice to snack, study or lounge, lay or night. lose before the appointed hour, tball are shunted away. While open their appointed hours, avoid work by simply not s - once again leaving the iple, of course, is the schedule ovhich for some strange reason Sunday morning and early -y use i natural on weekends, But qOme 5 on Saturdays, the udent who needs to use the 0. needed. First, the libraries t least midnight every night. pen around the clock. at the very least one of them during the weekend. Many night; many do work Sunday ined up by Sunday afternoon. / inadequate library facilities ing of sneaking away early 'onsibility. Students need and ndable services. They don't are too short to begin with and ziness and inconsiderateness. 4ur cou1rt s inexorably onward and up for Business Affairs Harold unexpected phone call Friday. editorial that the bureaucracy tizing the inexpensiveness of p>arking lots, Brunton promised loals - on a one-by-one basis. rors of our way s,'' he said. udent suggestions on where the of campus (right) and ask to mark the spot and send it to Smight include further details Veve gol t comeb4 long we< inted fore plan that gives you na ortion of your round trip ticket - up e Piedrnont Wee'kend Plus. es when you fly away on a Saturday p until noon Monday. ~r other excursions, check into Piec Just caill Pie oar PIEDMONT AIRIA We've put reaional serven on a new Police c Dear Mr. Wannamaker: Friday the University scheduled a Student Affairs Committee meeting to deal with alleged violations of an agreement AWARE had made with the ad ministration. In the midst of that meeting, six plainclothes policemen burst into the room and arrested two students who had been summoned to attend the meeting. The policemen did not knock on the door, did not pause to see if they were in the right place, did not speak to anyone about interrupting the meeting. They entered with confidence and certainty, calling for one student by name: "Bursey? We have a warrant for you," and the student on my right, Brett Bursey, stood. Another gestured at Jack Weatherford, shouted "You!" beckoned with his hand, pushed Mr. Weatherford up against the wall, braced his foot, and began a search. All without showing a warrant, or indicating Jack had been chosen by other than arbitrary whim (he has notably long hair, a beard and moustache), and no one (specifically Dr. Fidler, the ad ministration's representative and chairman of the committee) had seemed at all concerned or even interested that the police had presented no evidence that they in fact had a warrant. Wheq finally, I cried out, "Are yqu all going to let this go on? They have not even indicated they have a warrant for Mr. Weatherford," Mark y( 387 ITE T?E It t2 3-f ewe geckfo conenen f bgt thmer.planct s and r eser vations. VSin MY GOD, HAROLD, ANOTHER tction da one cop said in surly tone, "We've got a warrant." I do not mean to lay all the blame for this action on Dr. Fidler. It is absolutely clear from events earlier in the meeting that at least Vice President Witten was aware that the Student Affairs Committee was in session, and as no one but me among our people had known where the meeting was to be held, it is equally clear that someone in the administration knew the police were coming and sent them to the room. Yet, no one deemed it important enough to the welfare of the students to escort the police or even to be in attendance at the arrest. For all the interest' evidenced by the administration, those same arresting officers might well have in their line of duty caused bodily harm to the two people they were arresting and or several others who were in the Russell House on official school business. I consider this clear and open intimidation of our political beliefs. I was frightened by the brusque tactics of the police as I believe I was meant to be. The fact that this was the second occasion in two years when students had been arrested during or im mediately following a Student Affairs Committee meeting in timidates me further. 'The policemen were armed. My first impulse - and let me make clear that I am under no in dictment, have no arrest record ~ur goal ,7 '77 FOR SALE Singer Touch & Sew sewing machines (7 of' them) all are slant needle models and are fully equipped to zigzag, make buttonholes, and fancy stitches. 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In crises, participants are not totally rational; the University, in allowing armed men into a meeting with students already uptight and frightened by such people, was, I believe, negligent almost to the point of criminality. I have long believed in the Declaration of Independence, and as a corollary that people with long-standing grievances and legitimate fears have a right to armed self-defense. If the University, having mainfestly evidenced such blatant disregard for the safety of its students and such collusion with the police, is not willing to publicly institute safeguards to protect us, we will slowly but certainly be pushed to protecting ourselves. BARBARA HERBERT for AWARE The Gamecock The Gamecock Is published tri-weekly during the fall and spring semesters with the exception of University holidays and exam periods. Change of address forms. sub scription requests and other mail items should be seat to Drawer A, USC. Columbia. S.C. .2208. Subsiption. rates are.ff per year or $3 per seqtester. Bulk copies are 86 per 100. The Gamecock this year received $37.000 from the student activity fund entitling .ull-time students to a subscription to the paper. Offices of The Gamecock are In Room 308 and 310 of the Russeli House on the UnIversity campus. Phones are 777-8178, 777-4249 and 777-4220. Second class postage paid at Columbia, s.C. The editor in chief is JIm Wannamaker. Although The Gamecock I. published by the University of south Carolina, the opinions published herein do not necessariiy represent those of the University, the student body or the stall of the paper. e4* BURGI KIN' 1211 College S Opposite Ward Kirk scorns rn Indivl( By RICHARD HINES Guest Columnist Dr. Russell Kirk would surely relish the downfall of the contemporary "multiversity" together with its non-sensical slogans such as our 9wn favorite USC rant: "Into the mainstream!" Into the mainstream of what? The sewer of "mass education," one would surmise. Dr. Kirk clearly realizes that the power-prestige hungry establish ment of the modern university is seeking to process students like unto a herd of sheep, rather than to educate the individual student as a critical thinker. Where Dr. Kirk differs from today's self-styled revolutionaries is in the solution to our plight. Kirk argues for "radical" or fun damental reform in order to bring about a revitalization of the academic community. Our quest should be, he indicates, to pursue the excellence of individual ac complishment, not to seek mass solutions for individual inadequacies through "movements" and political ideologues. A recent Gamecock columnist sought to imply that Dr. Kirk was in sympathy with the Lamar rioters. Exactly the opposite is true. Kirk stated emphatically that "the law must be upheld at all costs." He spoke in favor of equal application of the law to all. in Every Tuesday Night is SIZZLIN' SI S1 Just iaentific regular "Where good eatin' i ,548 KNOX AB ~Got aM Get a il TIhere's no wait i~ good food in a lHurger K ing! L 'u Eminute from te , your giant "\\ho l'renehi fries~ and e eat w~ell and( th( L (1/2 Block West Of Campus law College Bldg. COiLUBI ass education lual ize cluding the Black Panthers and left-wing militants. At Lamar, an angry crowd of lower class whites turned over two emply school buses and The Gamecock editorialists reacted as if there had been a nuclear attack, blaming, as usual, everybody and anybody who dared disagree with them as guilty of the act. After the Orangeburg riot, some time ago, in which a mob of Negro students smashed store fronts, burned a home and warehouse and engaged in a rock-throwing and gun battle with the state police: these same writers offered only an inditement against the police for "murdering" three "innocent" articipants. There was nothing 5ut praise and justification for the rioters. Only by the same "liberal" itandard of "civil disobediance" :an the Lamar riot be justified. rhese individuals could have seen, :he buses ab "symbols of tyra! md destroyed them becausfcch yonsciences "dictated a hig he )f justice" than that of tbig Dr. Kirk emphasized tate hat legal statutes have c(d lefinite limitations. No matteiVe iard we try, we cannot pass lia o force us to love one anotier. Tha mnly real solution to our racial> :risis is strong moral leadership md moral persuasion. Dr. Kirk voiced the opinion that (Continued on Page 3) STUDENT NIGHT RLOIN 5 p. . 'til Closing rEAK DINNFR present your student :ation to cashier. Our $1.69 sizzlin' sirloin steak served with baked potato, green salad and garlic top "S $1he 103A oil. s a family affair" BOTT DRIVE' "nute? ATUAL SIZE v1EAL! ig. You get real ea big hurry at ally inl IOeS than a Horseshoe