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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
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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(
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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
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ngerous
and have done nothing illegal -
was to blot out of the room, as I felt
the people on both sides of me
being seized. Had the police
wanted me, and had I run, they
might well have been in the
situation of firing weapons into the
all or lobby of the Russell House.
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
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BURGI
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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
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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
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