Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~091 I'M SORRY, BUDDY E 4f WI FIND YOUR STUDENt I STAY IN THE RUSSE As we see it We just dc Over the years the University post office has had an admirable policy of not being the vehicle for campaign literature. It has failed at times. Two years ago, David Eckstrom sent out a questionnaire that was really a campaign ap peal. It was sent through campus mail - at University expense - before Postmaster Joe Lawrence realized his mistake. He admitted it and apologized to some other candidates, but they didn't get the University to distribute their literature. It's happened again. Only this time, Mike Spears, the post office staff, University printing and the computer center, all deserve a share of the blame. Six weeks ago, Spears explained, in fulifillment of a campaign promise, he placed an order with University printing for a newsletter on the Senate's work during the year. It was to be mailed a month before elections. So computor center puts on the wrong type of label and that means they have to be applied by hand. Only one printing worker could be spared for the task. The conte The Clemson publications staffs are batting an almost perfect game now that the variety magazine, the Chronicle, has been ruled obscene by President Robert Edwards. He earlier found the yearbook TAPS obscene, but it had been distribute. The magazine has been susperided - Edwards says - but Editor Robert Whitney says he has had no official notification and that his mother heard about it before he did. '' Taken out of context the phrase, which Ed wards said described ''an unnatural sex act," does tend to cause a blush, but for any real judgement, the whole story must be known, and it may never be since Edwards has stopped publication - not to be confused with censor ship, he says. Obscenity in a work of art must be judged by the individual reader. UF O trig The trial of the UFO Coffeehouse the Berkeley Barn continued yesterday with no the solicitor. particular end in sight. Foard objected Defense attorneys said that they trying The Game< expect to call a minimum of 20 made the sar more witnesses. Presiding Judge yesterday to a; E. Harry Agnew dropped his plans move. for a night session yesterday after Throughout thei defense objections, but promised has maintained th them later. "if it becomes other "undergr necessary to complete this case." distributed at thi The court will meet Saturday. scene. Three officers of the coffeehouse At the end oj --William A. Balk, R. Duane Ferre recess. Judge Agri and Leonard J. Cohen--are on trial to the jury room for maintaining public nuisance. was conducted for Four days of testimony by police word which the officers, supposed drug pushers, called "profane." and merchants in the area were the word was "bt used by the state to maintain that ' misrci the coffeehouse was a place where toamtnye drugs were sold and used, where bto. ug crowds gathered to block the as adta n sidewalks and where loud music butnwldea poured out from an opened door to t al digt be heard down the street. wr onfro Wednesday the defense began. Yetra ju Among those testifying that day smtms h was University advisor for foreign te eeocp students and YWCA-YMCA ad- anfot,ryn visor Theodore Ledden, 58. Ledden fral ntej said he had accompanied hiis son to tmste tec the UFO "because I'm interested tmste new in understanding young people." humotftei On cross examination Ledeen cnrtdo e was asked by Richland County cofralwy Solicitor John W. Foard Jr--who hns was roaming the spectators' Agewabu secIion-"'Do you see any hippies vriuojetn back there'?" ke h pcao After the hipple hunt Foard (~i5Olly T returned to the front of the room fnyaotta amid the spectators' laughter and rfan esc the graveling of the judge. mtn h The same day the defense had lac.o h presentedJ several words from cio,tejd 'The Student as Nigger" as tlefrmhec pr'itqd in The Gamecock in an eudb agr appeNaUt dumpt to down the ane .1 ainw roma opyof Thr"I allstucir JT IF YOU DON'T ) YOU'LL HAVE TO WL HOUSE FOREVER... n 't know Several weeks of delay result, so Spears asked that they not be mailed until April 22 - after the election so they will have no partisan effect. But Spears didn't think to tell the printing office to hold them up when the elections were postponed. So out they came at the height of the campaign. Spears said that the first he heard of their being mailed was when yesterday morning they ran into handling trouble with the campus post office. 1,000 or so had already then been boxed and copies had been mailed to town students. Spears was upset about the whole thing this morning. Well, he should be. Their inherent partisarj advantage may boomerang: against him. He should have thought to tell the printing office to hold off. The post office should have checked to see if they were now partisan material. Sure, they were approved by Barry Knobel and Vice President Witten - but not for distribution during the campaign. Somebody should have checked. Somebody should have thought. xt counts Whitney displayed the most level-headed 3ttitude of anyone in the dispute. When asked Yhat he would do about the censorship, he eplled that he would "graduate." The Gamecock The Gamecock is published tri-weekly during the fail and spring semesters with the exception of University holiday, and exam periods. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other mail items should be sent to Drawer A. UsC. Columbia, sC. 29266. subscription rates are $6 per year or $3 per semester. Bulk copies are K6 per 100. The Gamecock this year received 637.000 from the student activity fund en-. titling full-time students to a subscription to the paper. Offices of The Gamecock are in Rooms 308 and 330 of the Russell 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 wan namaker. Although The Gamecock is published by the University of south Carolina. the opInions published herein do not necessarily represent those of the University. the student body or the staff of the paper. Li: JuStlc at the UFO by recorder sat-occasionally playing with his earphone. The judge sat 'We are not under three flags-the Palmetto >ck today." He flag. the Stars and Stripes and the e objections Stars and Bars. Agnew reclined at imilar defense times, droping under the state flag so he could look out past the 'ai tne sonenout Confederate battle flag. it the Barb and und" papers e UFO are ob- E 1t or1 an afternoony w sent the jury / JU while a search a button with a Agnew came forth for a question. Late newspaper "Are you speaking to me? "Yes, a spectator said your honor." answered Foard. Ishit." "Theni look at me." the bailiffs not Foard and Clay Greene ot the vearing such a Short Times--an underground G.I. gnew said. He paper at Fort Jackson--argued me with such a over whether the word "shit" in rested and sent the G.I. paper or unclad females in at the buttons magazines sold at a Main Street y one purpose; newstand were more "obscene." ntempt."~ rs watched-- Foard had successfully objected 'st of the time to the introduction of the ci shifting back magazines as evidence; "We are to stay com- trying the UFO today, not some ry benches. At other place." The lights glinted d their arms, at from the American flag pin in /e their fingers, Foard's lapel. time they con- Greene had the last laugh--at cing the most le'ast with the audience--after to rest their explaining shit's common usage in the Army and colleges to the --ruling on the solicitor, he revealed that he first and trying to heard it in the Boy Scouts. "I from laughing thought whatever they said was ~re is nothing commonly accepted language," mark," was his Greene said. eded only in ughter and Foard and one witness had dlebated whether or not 14 and 15 year olds were children. Foard solicitor's oh- expressed concern that they might banned drink see( literature in the UFO with rtroom. "They words such as "'shit"' in it. No one B," Foard ex- was concerned about the number of youngsters among the spec his, the court tuors. By MIK '(a iAss It has passed time for humor in the case of the University of South Carolina. The time has come for a long, hard look at the pathetic situation at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Many of the problems we face here can be attributed to the en vironment. Not the trash, but the backwardness and idiocy we find about us. When we look around and see people like Strom Thurmond and Albert Watson, we don't think it is so bad here at USC. After all, Mendel Rivers could be the dean of men. Lamar and the UFO trial. Need more be said? Can we believe that there is so much fear of the Negro, or of long hair? Closer to home we see the Board of Trustees, a useless group of people doing nothing behind closed doors. What are they hiding, the fact that they don't do anything? At the center of campus- the new campus- is beloved Russell House, seemingly virgin and in danger of being raped by who knows-whom for some unknown reason. Must we wall ourselves in, lock the doors and pray that in telligence does not strike here? Again we face senseless student Dur man Hop Th By ARTHUR HOPPE Columnist '44 It was on September 23, 1970, that a mob of angry adults, shouting, "Punks off campus!", stormed through the gates of Skarewe University and smashed every window in the Student Union. "This is the dawn of the counter Th cravn Tedefense followed Green with )avid Franklin Daigh, now in army S2 and formerly Illinois .hairman of the Young Americans or Freedom and an organizer for ;tate and local candidates as well is Ronald Reagan and Barry Joldwater. report maker Agnew interrupted, "Yes, sir. but I'm interested in finding out ifF Ie ever backed a winner." "Yes, sir. I worked on the Nixon s staff after Chicago." Daigh an swered. Agnew then quipped that Daigh had switched "from Goldwater to v Broadwater." That almost v brought the house down. h D)aigh testified that his superiors i had suggested that he work with the county sheriff's department. g After trying to buy $10 worth of " dope, it was decided that he change i "I was to be more of an in- i lormant. It was determined that' would do this rather than settingh sometbody up for a drug bust.a "I worked all over Columbia, but t< I was to) conc'entralte on the UFO. Ia was in d'Seene' a lot, and also in the t' are ~nder brea th' ve 8 KRACRAMALNY sciatedtor )ody elections. There are dozens of tudent groups elected from every sossible type of electorate, but ioboby represents the students Nho has any power. Must we keep ur governknents divided so we ion't make any of our sensitive idministration nervous? The time has long since passed ror he=c qstions. The answers ire no, goio to suddenly' materialize without bc'ne concern ind action. We've been divided and conquered, subservient and submissive. Every now and then someone would venture to do something, but there have only been small voices. It is time to unite into a larger voice that can command respect. How? The answer is student government. The answer is not a joke. It makes no difference who wins as long as the students have the gumption to do something, and to make the student leaders do something. Student leaders must be larassed, pushed and goaded into :onfrontation on major questions Jorm life, access and in loco 3arentis. Don't let the momentum >f campaign promises die. No wesident will do anything if the students do not make themselves eard, so vote, to begin with. Show nterest in who wins, then make hem do something. If they have he gall to run, they should have he guts to do something. >e e aduli revolution!" cried their leader, Sidney Snell, a 43-year-old bank teller. "We are going to tear down :his decadent, nihilist, violence )rone student society and build a )etter, more humane one in its $lace. " Snell explained to the television :ameras that he represented APS - the Adults for a Polite Society. knd he promise$fXOjniltant iction. "Violence 4nd- is ill these kids un&e&i,N said. The students were shocked. SDS eader A bbie Hayden called a mass 3rotest rally the next day. His -emarks, however, were drowned out by a claque of APS faculty members, chanting, "Punk! Punk! Punk!" University President Grandville Grommet, himself, poured a sack of fresh manure over young Hayden's head. Humanities Professor Hadley R. Hadley, something of a hothead, completed tussell House down at the Jniversity a lot," Daigh said. Each night he called back to the heriff's department, reporting w'ho was buying, who was selling. Agnew sustained Foard's objection - o the inclusion of the Russell louse: "What may or may not tave happened at the Russell louse is of no consequence to this rial." Agnew said. "Did you ever find anyone in the )FO with drugs?" Broadwater isked. "No, sir," the mustached oldier replied. Next witness was 53-year-old Jew York City attorney Miss 'lorZence Kennedy, who visited he UFO last fall while here to peak on women's liberation at JSC. Trhe emphasis of her testimony ras t hat the UFO was a quiet place 'ith quiet people, not like the onky-tonk atmosphere common towns near military bases. "Tlhey were sememingly very rateful that someone from New 'ork was in town and talking to iem." she said. "They seemed lored cheerful when you talked to 'tim." Asked her age--53--Agnew urged L'r to "be proud of it. the only Iternative is death.' She also 'stilied that she had not seen iything in the UFO( that she msidered obsce'ne. aces? of At the presidential level, there is Barnes,a behind the scenesworker who has probably changed this University more than any other student;,Coyne, a conservative and an articulate girl ready to take on the top job; Hembree, with a composite backing that includes conservatives, liberals, blacks, radicals, and who knows who else; Magner, the maverick who seems to be spoofing the whole show but may be serious; Pittman, the young intellectual; and Spears, an intelligent, political animal who has guts to back up his yearnings. For vice president, there is Bradford, a bright debater running with Barnes; Galloway, an expert in power politics and power wielding; Jones, a brilliant black making a strong bid with widespread support; and Neal, a blonde with brains, political savvy and some ideas of her own. There are few weaknesses. For once, it's a first-rate field. The winners will face almost impossible problems. But the chance to exercise power and to mobilize students will be theirs. Perhaps, through nerve and luck, one will succeed in firing Student Government into the powerful authority it should be. Perhaps he won't. But, more than ever before, there is a hope and there are outstanding candidates. Just perhaps, action could result. tdon as The Hourmen were blamed for a series of bombings of student hangouts and rock and roll stations. Student leaders, wary and ap prehensive, demanded police protection. But there was no question whose side the police were on. The high point came when Snell of the APS met young Hayden of the SDS on the nationally-televised progra*n,-"Ja to Jaw." "How do 'you'expect to reform our student society," demanded Hayden angrily, "through rudeness and violence?" "In exactly the same way," replied Snell smugly, as the middle-aged audience cheered, gr "that you expected to reform ours." Outnumbered, out-gunned and out of money, the students finally were forced to surrender. Laws were passed raising the voting age to 30. requiring everyone under 21 to address everone over 21 as "Sir," and combining the universities with the penal system. "Now that the counter revolution has at last succeeded," said Snell triumphantly, "our young people will grow up to be jiust as tolerant, just as humane and just as non-violent as we are." And, by George. they didt' NEW NAME!^ NEW LOCATION! BARBERING SERVICE PAUL CONNELL, Owner, FORMERLY WITH UNIVERSITY BARBER SHOP BEST HAIRCUT AROUND CAMPUS LOCATED AT ORVIN INN MOTEL 821 ASSEMBLY ST. ONE BLOCK FROM COISEUMn KA cha] 'Out rsus Stp . SStep) By CARL STEPP Associate Editor Never in the modern era has Carolina had more capable er sons offering for major Student Government offices. The past three years saw at most two qualified candidates for top offices. This year there are at least four top-notch contenders for both student body president and vice president. Student Government is often maligned. It is sometimes defended. Nonetheless, it will continue, and next fall there will be two top of ficeholders who will have their one chance at making a better Carolina. Their powers may be few, or they may be many. It depends on your point of view. But they will share the unique position of popularly elected leaders of whatever kind of student body Carolina has. They can do good. They can earn, win or seize power. 'They can persuade or force changes. They can debate or they can intimidate. But this is a political University in a political state in a political world. And don't think that a skillful exercise of political power by students can't force some changes. There are this year, perhaps for the first time ever, several can didates who can do it. revolu the disruption of the meeting by setting fire to the rostrum. News coverage of the two events was devoured eagerly in millions of American homes. It fanned a long-smoldering spark. Middle aged eyes lit up. Over-forty shoulders squared. And more than one father told his son to go get a haircut or he'd hit him with a two by,fdur.'. --4eles. land, AP hapters spIn0 p Militant mtddlf gers met in cells beneath the portraits of Spiro Agnew and Ronald Reagan to operate clandestine mimeograph machines calling all adults to the counter-revolution. "0ff the Punks!", "Up the Bloodbath!" and "Who's Running Things Around Here ~Anyway?" became universal rallying cries. Allowances were cancelled, cars reclaimed and strict curfews applied in millions of homes. A group of over-forty fanatics known SCSSL Condemns Racism At its last session Wednesday the S.C State Student Legislature passed a resolution condemning racism and proposing steps the SCSSL could take. The resolution cited the Lamar incident and the Charleston hospital workers's strike as examples of racism in S.C. A step toward the solution was proposed increasing SCSSL efforts to enroll black colleges in the state body. A fter a.long discussion centering around state legislators reactions to passage and the actual wording of the resolution, the measure was passed 11-2 by vote of delegation (cha rimen. TIhe USC delegation internal vote was eighteen in favor, six opposed, and twenty-t wo absent. Another proposal passed by the session was a study of set ting up a S('SSL~ headquarters in Colum)Na. .Jimn 'orley of USC said the ad ministration had promiseQ free space for and office. He also said the headquarters would be little mnore than a filing system. The proposal passed with little 'The students adourned until the Ball sessinn her.n Alm. 1n_- 13