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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>.
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offense, sir, but I
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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
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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
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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
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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
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others to storm Ruisell House.
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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."
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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."
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