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ime to b( The time has come to be realistic about things. Confrontation can be nasty. People can get hurt. People can get roughed up. People will certainly get arrested when they break the man's orders. The demonstration scheduled for today can be successful only if we realize those sort of things. We need no more emotionalism. The state can more than match any violence that student groups can mount, and it will do it if it is sufficiently irritated. There are more High way Patrolmen where yesterday's came from. There are more Guardsmen billeted in Columbia and more can be had. Anybody advocating the takeover of any buildings should be very certain of Governor McNair's determination. The strike should be continued. It provokes no one and is voluntary. It could demonstrate our concern with the situation here and Kent State and in Southeast Asia. The memorial service for the students slain at Kent State can be meaningful, but not if someone tries to turn it into a pep rally. Solicitor Foard will continue his antics, ID cards will still be checked in the Russell House for the powers that be. The University will continue to exclude "undesirables." These will To be a Yesterday again demonstrated several of the differences between USC and the traditional concept of a University as a place where free and open debate and discussion is encouraged. Three speakers during a forum-rally were cited by the University with violation of the University speaker policy. Three more persons were added to the list of those so dangerous that they can not be permitted to enter campus. The University again asserted itself as "private property." How ridiculous can a state institution get? There should be no restrictions on ou*side speakers at the University. Surely we are not so bold as to ascert that we have any monopoly on knowledge or that all bad influences come from outside agitators. Yesterday's offenders were also in violation of that sacred policy of not allowing outside speakers to speak outside - that is not inside a building. At least Student Body Vice President Jim Bradford had the sense to have Attorney Thomas Broadwater cited after speaking so there is no real case against him. (He didn't intend to continue speaking.) The other two speakers were not so lucky, with the backing of the crowd, they spoke on after the warnings. Broadwater read a letter he said had been sent to each of the three operators of the UFO Cof feehouse. They are being barred from campus because they are reputed to be running the UFO in-Exile. We think they are not, but even if they are, they should be charged with that and tried Our M, 'YouA're out but not like By ARTHUR HOPPE sanctuary and t Columnmst pressure on Sai Private Oliver Drab, 378-18-4454, youdfel bou eased off his pack and flopped down in the jungle clearing with a "Oh. I'm glac sign, wiping his sweaty forehead figure these Can with his sleeve, as tough to fight Captain Buck Ace, after They haven't ha studying a field map, looked up practice." with a pleased smile. "You'll De The Captain happy to know, soldier," he said. "We're not fi "that the President has finally b,ians, Drb.' kept his promise to get you out of we're fightng Vietnam. boda." "He has?" said Private Drab "Yuma with surprise. Yaeod men "That's right son, You're now sam ol,,e two kilometers inside Cambodia." sunge'?" Priva 'Oh." said Private Drab, hisneck.e "Nor glancing around without much imoveent."r i'nterest. "1t looks pretty much the imrven. same to me, sir." 'Damn it, "That's because you can't se we're here to s' the big picture, Drab," said the That's the Pr Captain, rubbing his hands. "This cern." is now a brand new war." "I sure do "Well. I guess that's good, sir. I cern, sir, b mean I never did care much for the Private Drab c old one. But how come I'm in intedr Cambodia'?" whistled overh "I'm glad you asked that the underbrusl question, soldier. As the President sending us in I has carefully explained, you're HIome 's the oti here to save American lives. "Somehow, "That's great, sir. I'm sure for Army fits you saving American lives. Par- Private Drat ticularly my own." Private Drab Corporal Parl frowned. "But how's invading they dug theii Cambodia going to save my life?" "Take a look. Private." said "That's wh Captain Ace, happily spreading out Oliver,." sa i his map. "See'? We're going to cut "Hardly a da off the Parrot's Beak salient, that I don't destrno the enemy in his privileged mine." realistic not be changed by heroics or emotionally satisfying sacrifices. These can be changed only by sober and forceful action. We must be together. A number of students today took a courageous stand of being arrested In the Russell House. Some students will again this weekend make a treck to Washington to protest the war. We'll also no doubt have a great deal of oratory here. What we need is a sober decision on where we are going, and how we plan to get there. Little words Some time ago, two nasty little words - "smoke" and "fog" - were Ingeniously com bined to form "smog". This type of word-joining might be used to invent some nifty new words. "Small talk" would make ''smavk"; "dry rot" would make "drot"; "Slater food" would make ''slood". An out-of-state student might be termed an "ooss'', and an In-state student an "iss". Another state student ... Oh - a "narc", people, (contrary to current connotation) is nothing more than a Noah's arcl - DAN E. HARMON university on the basis of the charges, not just banned because they may be offensive. Is the University private property? We think not and we think also that administrative restrictions on the expression of divergent opinions on campus are not needed. Are we really th- - ' i.. -.:;t b: subverted so easily? A little different This issue of The Gamecock may look a little different. You may get it at a different time. There are several reasons. One is that we were escorted from our offices yesterday afternoon. Much of the material that we normally publish was locked in the Russell House, out of reach. Probably the announcement that you sent in is still there. Sorry. This issue was possible only because of the generous help of many people - people like the staff of the University News Service who allowed us to use their offices, people like the Garnet and Black staff who allowed us to use their darkroom, people like photographers Woody Baird and Tommy Price who worked long hours over pictures for this issue, people like our printers at Carolina Printing Center, people like photographer Larry Cagle of the State, many others and especially our staff which worked through the afternoon, night and morning tirelessly. an Hoppe of Vietnam, you thought' hereby relieve the "Yes but saving other lives..." goni. Now how do "Oliver, I'm writing the being in Cam- President to tell him he's con vinced me that saving American ito be here, sir. I lives is the highest service I could ibodians won't be perform. I'm telling him I want to :as the Viet Cong. do even more than I'm doing." d all those years of "Yep," said Corporal Partz, crawling into his foxhole and looked annoyed. pulling his helmet over his eyes, ghting the Cam- "I'm going to ask him to transfer 'hey're on our side. me to the Coast Guard." the Viet Cong, <c'opyrlght Chronicle Publi.hing c.. 1370>. otimg up in Cam we're fighting theTH E 'SUINF te Drab scratched offense, sir, but I that's much of an Drab, you forget wve American lives. esident's sole con ippreciate his con ut... Incoming !" love flat on his face ~ is a mortar shell sad and exploded in i."..But I think he's he wrong direction. ter way." . I don't think the . for saving lives," ptold his friend, ~z that evening as -foxholes. ere you're wrong, d the Corporal. y goes by out here :hink about saving Use Your Discount 1~ Card On This One ROBERT KATHAF ROBE sus, "TELL THEP 4ri *0 ARE 4AwH6RE NREft PAY 76 DeP Letters Audit( to cons Dear Mr. Wannamaker: On Thursday April 30 the USC Orchestra, a promising group of musicians, presented its annual Concerto-Aria Concert. Featured on the program were four of the University's most outstanding student performers. These young artists gave performances of which the students, faculty, and administration of Carolina can be very proud. This program was held in Columbia Hall, which even in its state of disrepair, is the only place on campus which is in any way suitable for such an event. The large audience, coming in from the unusually hot weather, was greeted by a room which must have been nearly 100 degrees. Apparently someone in charge of the building had turned on the heat instead of the air-conditioning, and the efforts of music department, faculty and students to cool the room seemed to be ignored by everyone concerned. The orchestra, its conductor and the four soloists somehow made it through the program despite the discomfort and actual danger of the heat. Having attended musical events in large, well-equipped audi toriums at schools one-fourth the size of USC, I wonder how long the administration and trustees will allow this situation to con tinue. Had any of them bothered to attend Thursday night I feel sure that they would have hoped no outsiders were in attendance tc laugh at out state university's ridiculous and embarassing situation. I can add nothing to what has already been said recently about the money spent on reflecting ANCE KID' REFR .llNE ROS RT LAK 'N LAR 1.WI LI IS HERE OFe PReS eN *0 nrum 0 tinue pi pools, fountains, etc. I only hope that those in pwoer will face the fact that the university must begin to live in the 20th century and become a leader rather than a follower in the pursuit of ex cellence. DONA)LD C. SANDERS Majority tyranny Dear Mr. Wannamaker: At the beginning of the school year students that thought South Carolina was a little behind treasured the joke "cut it off the map and float it to sea..." Unconsciously local politicians collaborating with the University establishment have started the separation on their own. Everything from restraining unde*sirable from entering the ktissell 1Iouse to * scapegbiting long-hairs for Columbia's trouble as in the UFO trial are all molding S.C. into a separate immature nation. The proposed increase in tuition for outsiders is another act to protect S.C. citizens form liberal ideas that the wheels of Columbia would not want them exposed to. Keep S.C. a state of our nation. Take a stand against your Stroms, lFoards, and Agnews! MICH AEL SH AY Secession again? Dear Mr. Wannamaker: Dissent, being an established and unequivocal right of the minority in a theoretical democracy, has seemingly been replaced by a newer concept known in many political circles as law and order. A return to law and order is the cry of the oppressive majority as Sof late, but one might question the IS BACK.. ROBERT REDFORD IN of the 10 best pictures of the year!" - REX REED, Holiday Magazine )AROUIMA Marshals between By CHARLES FELLENBAUM Guest Columnist It was something like the battle of Pork Chop Hill, with different soldiers, causes, and results. The soldiers were marshals, ap pointees and members of Student Government. The cause, preventing violence. The results, success; no one killed or seriously injured. I was a marshal. Our first test came when the group assembled at the flagpole voted to lower the flag to half-mast, in mourning for the four students killed at Kent State. Several people tried to stop the action. About 15 began scuffling on the platform under the flagpole. The marshals locked arms form ing a circle around the pole. More tried to join the melee, but couldn't break through. The campus police arrived and lowered the flag, supposedly on orders from President Jones to do anything to avoid a riot. The marshals kept anyone from getting involved with the police. They broke up potentially dangerous arguments, and actual fights. Eeded .ogress thin and frequently obscure line that divides laws as guidelines or governing lines, the latter of which has recently been evidenced at Kent State. Discretion of authority, which of course was so valorously displayed by National Guardsmen, leaves in its- wake four dead students and many wounded. When basic humanistic values are replaced by forced submissiveness into a reactionary system, the time has then come to extricate one's self from the system and vigorously oppose the tyranny of the majority. JOHN S. MAGEE M - .MAY 01 , We believe tF starting out s best lili FREE* BR IGHT FINI SH 14k SOLID GOLD MAN'S WEDDING RING IN YOUR SIZE. OPEN AN IL ACCOUNT EL 1436 MAIN MIDL AND Open Fri. nite 'lil 9 Open Moi 1S37 MAIN ST. ie i stood 2 groups The second rush came at the ramp leading to Russell House. State Troopers were inside, removing the students who had taken over the building. Many students were already on the ramp, pleading and shouting for others to storm Ruisell House. Marshals forced some of the students back. We formed three lines accross the ramp and tried to reason with them: One shouted that he was sure the students in side were being beaten. He was forcibly pushed back to keep from being hurt by the waiting patrolmen above. Others fought to get past, and a marshal on crutches was nearly pushed over the railing. He held his place. One student was so violent we let him by voluntarily. The last confrontation involved no bodily contact, but perhap4the comments by students hurt more.. A black girl said, "The first ones we have to kill are the student government Uncle Toms." Someone else screamed that we were student pigs, traitors. We were finally ordered to leave to avoid being hurt if trouble developed when the bus started moving. rhe marshals put themselves in the most dangerous spots on campus. between the anbry students and nervous policemen. Most did it "to avoid another Kent State incident." One said. "I felt like joining the protestors, but I had a moral obligation to prevent violence." Perhaps the best reason was given by one who had been in the worst part. "People were calling us pigs. They may not care if they got their heads busted, but we did." We had one compliment from a student. He said, "You did a good job." The Gamecock The Gamecock Is published tri-weekly during the fall and spring semesters with the exception of University holidays &ad exam periods. Change of address forms. sub. scription requests and other maU kems should be seat to Drawer A. U,11. Columbla. S.C. 292N. subacription rates are $4 per year er 13 per semester. ltulk copies are Is per s. The Gamecock this year received 837.000 from the student activity fund entitling full-time students to a subscription to the paper. offces of The Gamecock are in Rooms 3N &ad 310 of the Russell House on the Uiversky campas. l'honen are mN17, 7714240 and 717-42M0. Second class postage paid at Columbia. S.C. 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