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Intf* dolder. of gunshot wounds. They were at Kent students were killed by fire from Ohio WatIonaV Guard units. The National Guard c pM1nder, Gen. Sylvester Del Corso, ex *ied that the Guard had run out of tear gas end the crowd was moving forward. "All the guardsmen were hit by rocks and bricks. Rogrettably, but unavioldably, several in clividuals were killed .. . " Regrettably. There is more than meets the eye. The U. S. Army, recognizing the pressure outnumbered Guardsmen 'are under -when a mob taunts them, spits at them and hurls things at them, recommends that only a senior non commissioned officer and an officer be armed. A former Army specialist in riot control - he was a selective fire (anti-sniper) specialist - recounted the pressure and its results, "you're. going to pull the trigger." Butthe plan Is for anti sniper forces to take the building tops and to direct their fire at the supposed snippers - not at the crowd. Scott Romans Is a graduate student in English at Kent State. He said he heard no warnings before the Guardsmen opened fire. Afterwards he was upset enough to lose his sense of gram mar: "Fow a while the kids thought they were firing blanks until they was people failing." Ellen Mann is a student at Kent University High School. She remembers the Guardsmen: "They were smiling and laughing at the blood on my hands and one of them pointed a gun at me. I said, 'Why don't you shoot me too.' " "Regrettably, but unavoidably, several in dividuals were killed .. Think it over The faculty today will get a proposal which would eliminate the 2.0 GPR requirement for graduation, but also raise the standards for receiving course credit. Under my breath Three at witc Kv MIKE KROCHMALNY most reprehensible Associate Editor The solicitor has i There can now be little doubt should be an inves that there is a witch hunt going on "UFO in exile" ac in Columbia. The latest to go to the USC campus. Is thi stake were the three men of the for such an invesl UFO. tried,=a, public nuisance there, any complai charge.......,. noises or people Some .opl4qay haye justified, sidewa4 If he their prejudice against the exchanged hands in political views of the UFO by he hasn't been list4 saying the trial was solely on the Clark. It would see public nuisance charge. the USC students i Others saw the -charges as narcs. childish and a curtain for the real An -even more intent--political repression. terance by the sol Solicitor Foard has now proven the professors whi that the trial was nothing but a Joe UFO trial. Foard McCarthy pogrom of the vilest and the testimony be S. C. Opp Editor's note: The following Is thought. Publicly, part of the Views and Review reflects an attitud column in the Feb. 26 issue of the S. bordering on yen C. United Methodist Advocate, those who seek to Since the column was written by for these ideas. Advocate Editor A. McKay F'or example, Brabham Jr., three operators of Advocate broke a the UFO Coffeehouse have indeed reported on ti been convicted. Hospital Strike in see the situation f Considerable discussion was the workers. Foi generated by our publication readers, this con .January 22 on the front page of the dorsement of the Methodist Advocate of the editorial organized labor. lIn f rom the campus publication of the with a long hi University of South Carolina. unionism on the Most of the reaction has pointed people of influe directly to the need which promp- heresy. ted the reprinting of the editorial- Earlier, the Ad namely. the lack of a deep un- taboo when it pro derstanding on the part of many for views expresse people of the Bill of Rights of the following his cai Constitution of the United States, poverty, hunger with special reference to the First South Carolina. Al Amendment guarantees of free Earnest Hollings speech, a free press and freedom when he agreed of religion, hunger and pover It has been this writer's con- These are two ill viction for many years that free nature of that of v speech and a free press have It is the existenc< diffliculty existing in South and accepted patt Carolina. This is more than a which usually matter of law, law courts, and without question a police power, and justice in the questioned. produ courts. those who might This is a matter of the "com. listen, do not heai munity mind" of people-of their Thus, white pe "taboos," and of thoughts and listen when black opinions which people hold. speak to them of p It is a matter of the lack of either and human digni the ability or the willingness on the White Citizens' Cc part of great numbers to tolerate a economic pressu diversity of opinion, to entertain were soon met Ideas which are different from the boycotts. marche established Datterns of popular which mounted inl Nilson Van & Storag Call Us For: 1.Summer Storage 2. Full Service Move *'%)s4b Mowe ia 80am Carolina, ad the' Nation since1 four died As explained esewhere, the proposal would Irop D's and F's, with the only requirement for Iraduation being successful completion of required courses. This would, first, mean that falling a course Dne or more times would not drag your GPR so low that you could never graduate. Instead, once you passed the required course, you would meet your graduation requirement, regardless of past failures. In additIon, by eliminating D's, it would raise standards for course credit. However, it Is probablp that many professors would choose to pass students In what is now the D range. That question would depend on the professor's judgment. The point is that the proposal has merit and deserves careful study. Grading has long been a hindrance to education because of the artificial pressures It creates. If a system can be found to emphasize knowledge, rather than mathematically calculated grades, It would greatly benefit studenfs. This proposal might go a long way toward that goal. We hope faculty and students consider it closely. Blatt loves you "I think that everybody here knows that the University has no better friend than the governor Df this state and Mr. Blatt," University President Thomas F. Jones said In a recent introduction of Sol Blatt, speaker of the S. C. House of Representatives and University guardian angel. Blatt replied of his love of and dedication to the University - which is very deep and genuine - and of his concern for USC's long-haired troublemakers. "There are 150 students here who do not belong here or on any campus in the United States," he said. Earlier In a televised Interview, Blatt made It a little more clear. "Run them 9ff," he said. Blatt has done a lot for the University he helped to build but we hope this type of advice will be ignored. h-hunt stake nature. higher authorities for possible ndicated there action against the members of the tigation of the academic community who would tivities on the defend such as the UFO. !re any reason We hope Mr. Ted Ledeen's igation? Were comments come before higher its about loud authorities. They are perhaps the blocking the most eloquent words of the trial in*s drugs because they are silicere and are Russell House, not tinged With hatred or suspicion. ming to Sonny When asked why he had gone to the m that half of UFO, Ledeen said he went because re undercover lie wanted to see "what was going on." insidious ut- The real problem is that too citor concerns many people do not know what was spoke at the going on and are content to let the suggested that "hippies" burn rather than try to submitted to rind the truth. cases free sj its expression 1960's. e of retribution In South Carolina, it took the geance against deaths of three young men in gain a hearing Orangeburg to open the ears of many people. ast spring the As the white community did not taboo when it hear black voices in the 50's and e Charleston 60's, now the adult community the attempt to seems not to be willing to hear the rom the side of voice of youth as we move into the some of our 70's. stituted an en- Typically, if youth speaks words strikers and of which are in line with adults' South Carolina, patterns of thought, youth is ac story of anti- cepted. part of many If youth speaks words which are nce, this was painful, then youth are rejected by adults. vocate broke a it is to this attitude of mind that vided a hearing the presence of The Gamecock d by Dr. Gatch, editorial on the front page of the npaign against Advocate spoke. and worms in It is this editor's conviction that id U.S. Senator Methodist people need to know broke a taboo something of the great gulf which that there is exists between teen-age and ty, plus worms. college youth and the adult com ustrations of the munity. It is a gulf directly related 'hich we speak: to this attitude of mind. of established It is the gulf which has always' erns of thought existed, but now it is newer and are accepted wider-created and compounded by nd which, when circumstances which produced a ~e pain, so that generation of youth described by be expected to Gen. Hollingsworth on Clergy Day at Fort Jackson Feb. 19 as more ople would not intelligent, wiser and better people began, to qualified than any generation of ain and injustice youth who have gone before. ty in the 1950's. 'It is the gulf which exists between uncils which put youth who are determined to know, re on Negroes by economic s and protests o violence In the .938 16 W.* Main r Real t ByCARLSTEPP Associate Editor The low rumbling of the drums was an apt background for the grim students marching behind wooden crosses. Their upraised arms and black flags contrasted with the brightly dressed Awards Day crowd, but both groups shared a solemn unease. The emcee said Awards Day was the one day when the University stopped to recognize achievement. But he aid it' half-heartedly, and everybody knew the University hadn't stopped. Maybe when Awards Day was appropriate, the school could stop. It can't anymore, and everyone knew it.. The marchers knew it. The Cambodia-Vietnam war doesn't stop. The students are still slain, the policeman stayed in Russell House, and local politicos still threatened academic freedom. If anyone believed the Univer sity had stopped, they could see who was not at the ceremony: President Jones and the Board of Trustees, who found the ACC question superior to Awards Day or the grievahces and'emotlehi'of their students. The trustees were considering what to do about athletics, while academic freedom, political supremancy over the University, and student distress lay on the table. They decided about the ACC, and they didn't ask for student sen peech, understand and experiemnt with all manner of evil; youth who at the same time hold the adult world to strict accountability for every violation of those standards of belief and conduct which the adult world says are true. It is the gulf born of disillusionment in the youth who was taught the eternal verities as a child and awakens to the fact that the adult community which taught these things appears not to believe them, and in large measure fails to practice them. And so. youth says, the Church and the world are full of hypocrites. And-with the judgmental attitude of the Old Testament prophets-'-if you refuse to practice what you preach," youth says, "you deserve to die." Such words are painful. Anger is the natural reaction. We hope now that those who have been so angered by the Advocate and The Gamecock editorial have begun to ask themselves "JWhy did I get so mad~? Just why was I so threatened by this bit of printed matter?" The incident has served its purpose. The cries of pain indicate more than ever the need for a free press, a free pulpit, and a truly free speech in our state. Churches could render a great service totheir members by having men trained in the law to lead discussions on the meaning and significne of the Bill of Rights Stepp oboncerms timent. A few opinions they heard; the rest they seemed indifferent to. They carefully avoided the dissident students. Afraid, perhaps, of trouble. Afraid, perhaps, of the students. Afraid, perhaps, of those they are called to serve. Why weren't they where the students were -- where the intense and pressing issues were? Why didn't they listen to those yearning to unload their feelings, straining the sacred "channels" which must respond if peace will endure? Hemmed in and under fire, O1 Vietnan By ARTHUR HOPPE Columnist After all these years, the war in Vietnam, of which we are all so sick and tired, has been brought home to me. Its illogical absurdities had intellectually appalled me. Its bloody outrages had intellectually horrified me. But it existed, really, opli.nlepages of the.newpqper, only in the shadowy images on the television screen. It wasn't part of my real world. It wasn't part of me. But now three letters have come in the mail. They are from a young Vietnamese boy. Each is ad dressed to me as, "Dear Father." Each is signed, "Your Child, Trung." ress In the meantime, the trial of the operators of the UFO Coffee House is slated for April. If these young people are guilty of treason against the United States of America, as some voices suggest, it is right to expect that the charge will be clearly stated, roved .and conviction made. If they are found guilty of the lesser crimes, for which the coffee house was closed, then the adult and youth community of the city and state have every right to ex pect that law enforcemnt officials will then embark upon a course of action which will close every illegally operating bar, gambling den, bawdy house and purveyor of pornography and other corrupters of morals within the city and county. "'Be honest and deal with the issues," youth are saying. Adults who have ears to hear, but hear not; eyes to see, and see not; and hearts unmoved by the ex cruciating pain of being an eager youth in a cruel world that threatens your very existence, must . face the judgement. 789 PMM YO SHOWS: 1:45-3:45 5:30-7:20 int p.m. " onl Philbank back Kliy on administrators were walking a t delicate line. As one administrator 4 ruefully noted, "The University is E a shuttlecock in a badminton game." And that is tragic. The administration, trying to heed public, student, faculty and political constituencies, kept quiet. Perhaps that was proper. Or perhaps strong leadership and academic integrity was desperately needed. Apparently the trustees felt the quiet way was best. Surely they noticed the wide diversity of per sonalities involved. Surely they felt ir Man Hoppe i letter to Back in 1968, I joined the Foster Parents' Plan, Inc. I became Foster Parent 53923. I was assigned Foster Child 8944--one Nguyen Khae Trung. The Plan's headquarters in New York enclosed a photgraph of Trung and a brief biography. - Here was the numbered recipient of my numbered charity, #t as I s udipd the pipt*g,ph I slowly realized that here was a real boy living in a real country with real day-to-day problems. And I became alarmed. Why had I burdened myself with another human being? Six months passed. Nothing. Then a letter from New York regretfully informed me that Trung's village had been overrun and contact with him had been lost. I should have felt grief and worry. Instead, I felt relieved-a bit guilty, but mostly relieved. After all, I had never really known the boy. And I quickly and con veniently forgot all about Nguyen Khac Trung. Two years went by. The war in Vietnam faded from the front pages. And now, with no ex planation, these three letters in the mail. They are penned in elegant Vietnamese script on blue paper. Tro each is stapled a typewritten translation. "Dear Father. I thank you for last month's gifts, which were 950$VN U.S. $8.11), two bars of soap and a towel..." They are bright, intelligent chatty letters. He has been ill, but is better. His father has been ill. His sisters are fine. He had a nice birthday. And would I please send him a picture of myself "so that whenever I think of you, I"ll take it out to look at it." My initial reaction was one of anger. I felt trapped. I knew that for years to come I will have to write regularly to the boy, send him presents and worry about his welfare--not so much out of generosity as out of guilt. You can't abandon a child. BEST WAR COMEDY *iNCE 0m cI IrN PAUuINE K AE6. N EW Y ORKER ASH ?* VE -HAPPENS WHEN U L EAST EXPECT IT! |G JOH N in EKGRI" SnLngERSee' Nuisances Drganize ear Mr. Wannamaker: I in company with other in terested citizens, both of the academic community and the ommunity at large, am making plans to form a "Public Nuisance Club". It is expected that we may be able to make use of the grand ballroom of the DeSoto Hotel for )ur kick-off meeting. At present we have no agreement for a speaker. ex perienced in public nuisance dentification. It has been iuggested that some person from :ity or county police departments nay be inerested in making a short alk on this most timely subject. )thers prefer to invite Mr. John 'oard to speak. And, that he be >resented with a gift which would idaquately express our ap >reciation for all that he has done o the 7-nunity in this most important civic effort: WI.I.AM F. SMITH JR. table he tension and saw the Greeks nd independents, the left and right, Il caught in the enclosing squeeze. They must realize that alone radicals cause minimal trouble. It is when the moderates---the masses---leave their shells that society wavers perilously. And surely the trustees--who lidn't stop and listen when they hould have---saw Tuesday that the noderates were becoming in :reasingly frustrated with killing md politics and repression and njustice. Surely they saw. And ;urely they will respond. father So I resented this new child. I resented his cluttering up my neat, comfortable, well-ordered life. But now it has grown late. The lights of our affluent society had come on outside my window. I have slowly come to see what a Fitting penance this is. )owVasy it ha been all these priWdk%iViA**0,V9 of the 17.000.000 people of South Vietnam. And how terribly hard it is to be ionestly concerned with the fate of ust one of them.. God give me the grace to do it vell. ECopyright (Chronicie Pubishing Co.. 1970) ? The Gamecock The Gamecock is published trn-weekly during the rail 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 aent to Drawer A. UsC. Columbia. s.C. 29208. subscription rates are 86 per year or $3 per semester. Bulk copies are 86 per I00. The Gamecock this year received 837.000 from the student activity fund entitling full-tIme students to a subscription to the paper. Offices of The Gamecock are In Rooms 308 and 310 of he Rtusseil House on the University campus. Phones are 777-4178, 777-4249 and 777-4220. 'second class postage paid at Columbia. s.C. he editor in chief is Jim Wannamaker, tlthough The Gamecock is published by the Jniversity of south Carolina. the opinIons ublished herein do not necessarily represent hose of the University. the student body or the taff of the pa.per. FOR SALE Singer Sewing Machines (7 of them) all are slant needle models and are fully equipped to zig zag, make button holes, and fancy stitches. These machines carry full guarantees and will be sold on ai "first come--first served" basis, only $39.95 each. Monthly payments available. They m-ty be in spected and tested at Un claimed Freight. 5 delux solid state fully tran sistorized sterophonic High Fidelity consoles in beautiful hand rubbed finish. D)elux BSR 4 speed record changer and 4 speaker audio system with AM FM radio. To be sold for $88 each. Monthly payments available. May be inspected in warehouse at Unclaimed Freight. 1970 Stereo Component Sets. 'Only 3) complete with speakers. $49.95 each. 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