Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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0- 1 tPOOdNO tMt the i htleads cold ad ave ~aittai a ly few' miles I~i~a ~e - ~ Fart ta*o, or t eto' Providein 0ande ent tuim t trooss ter the woifna , w ' A feondary ins9" 1s to trals Natioal Guard and ierve troops. (For example, the Guatdumen sent to Xist State and VSC is ay oNud have been tra*d. t the A*t.) Such a tour seems Oaprable to gontg on a pubbc r4lations tour of Aumhwitz. I*uestion tbe theory that student goverment wanIs to staash better relations with an institution that is sending young men to kil and be killed In a war that a great number of people are bitterly opposed to. The request for the army's "guided tour" seems to be provoked by nothing more than a curiosity to see how their "un fortunate" comtemporaries live. What the tour meahs to the G. L.s at Fort Jackson is that at least three hundred of them wil have to spend the evening of November 4th preparing for the students' visit. They will be ordered to "Spit shine" their barracks, "police" every cigarette butt in the areas to be visited, and otherwise make everything look perfect for the "Civilians." As a G.I. who picked up hundreds of cigarette butts prior to Mendel Rivers' last visit to the fort, I can vouch for the misery of such an experience. And if the reason for the tour is to find out what is going on at Fort Jackson. think about Gov. Rom ney's earlier tour of Vietnam. You will see only what the army wants you to see. If the senators really want to see what goes on at the fort, I suggest that they visit some other places: --The Post Stockade is a uod place to start. There are two hundred men imprisoned in run down barracks' built for one hundred. The Vietnam war has seen unbelievable increase in A.W.O.L. offenses. Over 90 per cent are imprisoned for going A.W.O.L. While there you can see the latest improvement to the stockade. Nine new "segregation boxes' have been added to keep The Ga 'mE GAMECOCK is published I-weekly du during the swmmer semesters with the excepi Change of address forms, subscription requests .LSC. Columbia. S.C. 2UU0. Subecuiption rates ar -and sI for both summer sessions. Bulk copies art 09.000 from tbe.Ude4 actvity fund. entitling .fices of THE GAMECOt:, are an Rooms3U campus. Phones are 77-8278. 71-4345 and '7r1-42 Althotah THE GAMECOCK is published by the :lpressed her-ein do not necessarily represent those the paper. Editer-ln-chlef . . . . Asseelate Editr. . Bseesse Mamager... %55t. Masagiag Editer........ Sports Editor. . (hel Phetographer... News Editors. .. Feature Editer. . Adverisisg Mamager.. Monda SPAC (witti mE served with salad, Mama Mia's 10 e.m. PARKL AND SNOP We Deliver For as little as $291 Economy Ti Class from New York, you can jet round trip to the best theatres of L.ondon, Paris, and Amsterdam. Theatre tickets and accommodations Included. Mall the coupon for details on L.ufthansa's Btoadway of Europe Tour. A C 2 1015 L.AI her pr- subeeol to revision gives 4thmern in He. (Bone are iy d1twhere me an be kapt for frmtn days at a time limited ratioNs) -The P. 0. W. Camp used for' infantry training is also a good attraction. It was there that trainees' testicles were wired and *cked to provide realism (and sadism) in training during May as reported in the Los Angeles Times. -The hospital's U.R.I. (Upper Respiratory Infection) ward is noted for losing a few lives each year due to the lack of adequate attention and facilities. -Visit any brigade's Courts & Boards office where the Con stitution is suspended for G.I.s. There are trials composed of juries with anyone but the peers of the accused. Defense and prosecuting attorneys are both responsible to the same superior officers. And men are given arbitrary pre-trial confinement without any recourse for bail. -Visit a typical army chaplain, part of the posts "god-squad" (their term, not mine). He can give you a good lesson on what a good infantryman Christ would be today if he were alive. -See a typical basic training barracks where two hundred men live in a ghetto of biting coal smoke and cold water showers. Ask one of the trainees what they are taught is the purpose of their trusty bayonet. You' will hear that its purpose is to "kill without mercy." -Tour the dental clinic where ,enlisted men's teeth are pulled and officers' teeth are filled. -Ask to see the officers' club and the NCO clubs. Don't ask to see a similar facility for the regular G. I. There aren't any. By seeing some of the above you will get a better picture of- Fort Jackson. Viewing the Fort on the standard "we aim to please" tour will do both the student senators and Fort Jackson G. I.s an injustice. Fort Jackson must be recognized as the oppressor and inhumane place that it is. AftPr sail h.sdn...ed. tof soldiers sent to Vietnam each week from the Fort are draftees. They couldn't get the deferments that most of the student senators have. The last thing that a G. I. needs is to be looked upon as a curiosity in a sight-seeing tour. What they need is the support of students to end the insane wars they are forced to fight and the prison-like situation they endure at Fort Jackson. mecock ng the fall and spring semestrs and weekly Ion of Unlypraity holidays and exam Deriods. mnd other mail Items should be sent to Dralver A. s P7per- year or is per fall and spring semesterj 86 per 100. THE GAMECOCK this year receivec d30 of th Rusl Hos or th uversit 10. Second clasa postage paid at ColumbIa, S. C University of South Carolina, the opinions ex oftthe University, the student body or the staff of - - - . . . cheryl Manning - - - - - . . Michael Ball - - - - . . Ute Hackabee -..-.... .. ....... . . Sctt erbs ' - - - . - Teddy Heffucer ' - - - - . . Gene Haney . . . - . . . Charle Beb Chuck Keefer *Chas. Felleahaum - - - . . . . Bb Bigalke - - - . . . David L,sadgren y Special HETTI at sauce 99c gadIic bread and tea Pizza House 9419 PI NG C ENT ER 10 p.. irst Natienul Bank 'ovel Service I 15 L.ady St., Columbia, S.C. Iease aend me Lufthansa's Broad ay of Europe brochure #43. am. ddress Ity State ip Phone ~Y STREET due to fare hangee beyond our control. TELP OEssna 252 .e... Azankly sp&ki A Do unto others Freedom By MICHAEL BALL Associate Editor "When the SS came to get the Zionists, I didn't object because I wasn't one of them. "When the SS came to get the other Jews, I didn't object because I wasn't one of them. When the SS came to get the Germans who opposed this or that, I didn't object because I wasn't one of them. When they came to get me, no one objected because they weren't me." Numerous people who weathered WW II in concentration camps can tell that same story. With different particulars, that story is older than Nazi Germany and it's happening here, now. When anyone allows, e9pecially by the crime of silence, another's freedoms to be arbitrarily squelched, he is encouraging his own to be lifted. While all groups on campus subtly encourage political defamation auid nr itinn, sst weekend YAF was blatant in their abuse. SMC intended to hold a rather innocuous rilly to hear bystanders at schools that had had violence. The University effectively limited attendance by changing the rally from an athletic field to Drayton Hall. The changc was said to be for security reasons. These speakers were not professional rabble rousers, in stead they were merely students who witnessed what happened and told about it. Because of the place Sof the raly, USC students and A New Concept in Ladies' Il 729 Saluda Ave. EvAerytShing %eemNs to I exce4pI the hemIlin prices% at Ihe%ignei DESIGNER CLOTHES AT I WELCOME 5 LAUNDRY & 10 LOCATIONS 3 ARE NEAll 1415 Gervals St. 601 Main Has Coin-operated I Always 01 all new w WEEK DAYS SATURnAvS -'. . by Phi IFrank faces har outsiders were discouraged from hearing these personal accounts. YAP, which purports to support individual freedoms, did not condemn the Administration for its challenge to the rights of free assembly and speech. Instead, YAP condemned SMC on a variety of vicious and fallucious charges. If any YAFer had attended the rally he might have heard about the fruition of his attitude. The students accused. of con spiring to destroy state property last May, (the same people who are stereotyped as, denying con servatives their right to speak by heckling them) are being used politically. These students were heard and punished by the Trustees while other students were away for the summer. These same students (36 of them) have had their trial dates changed in eninvide with Chriat mas recess, when other students are away. Eva. thogh many of these "conspirators" had to be .in troduced to their CO conspirators", the question is not about their guilt or innocence. The question is whether they will e tried when nsne istuen t6 kowthem)thav hand obertrildae arevatiegrusaryi vood psthong no o y of these chiosphias"hadn, bpee in troed intow ther o-h onpirtiors,teqesin. o about ther l or inoe. beisc h o netsaoudt knwatb5uPoind bjst C onseratvegrup-ae ae cmngdow hrdonth - Iiscout MISCOUNT PRICES iTUDENTS! CL EAN E RS TO SERVE YOU CAMPUS 2000 Blossom St< Street aundry sen isheus E N 7am to 7pm 7 am to 6 pm Leters to tho Publicity Deer MI m&mfk.. I am writing No letter con cerning the appearance of the presumably -well-known poet, Kenneth Koch, on the campus of this University, There were, given a generous estimate, twenty-five people In attendance. I will not blame the student body, though I have no faith in them. They merely were not given the chance to prove themselves. It is instead the fault surely of the sponsors and quite likely of this newspaper. Persons of far less stature, worth, and pure recognizable talent are given the supposed advantage of exposure in this paper, (myself for example). I believe that coming events can be announced and illuminated within your framework. However, this particular event was not, save a one-line miniature. The result was, from my point of view, disastrous. A great many people d winter Simon and Garfunkle sing a song with the phrase, "Look around, leaves are brown, it's a hazy shade of winter..." It is indeed. If it's fall when the people with strong leftist ideas are silenced, and if it's early winter when the people who just talk about those ideas are silenced, when the winter comes, it will be a hard one and no one will be spared. There are people in our govern ments on all levels who put their own brand of philosophy on a pedestal and will kill ideas and people to keep it there. These people are the primary danger to the freedoms that everyone praises. These people will get away with as much as they can. YAF and you and I can very easily allow these people to be sent tn modern versions of con centration camps for their political ideas. We can permit punishment of what appears to be crimes of thought patterns. "Look around, leaves are brown, it's hazy shade of winter." But biossom were I, I wul rath!er be Tht moment Than a bee's Eternity. Dickinson d'e Osom kSO ow,jvne BRAW 1334 Sumter St. 254-8128 Lunch I "TR ADIT FOOD i CA TERI? FACIL LE editor gap has missed a brilliant lecture on th teaching of the writing of poetr; (to children), a lecture whic] contained many insights into th truly poetic mind. I believe that if educatioi majors, for instance, had known o this lecture they would hav benefited greatly and in a ver practical sense. The reading of thii poetry would have proved highli profitable to anyone interested h the art. This is not to mention th4 informal discussion held by Mr Koch. It is simply sad that so fey knew and so few came. TALLEY PARROTT Pollution course Pear Miss Manning: Early this semester I was asked by the Short Course Committee to offer a brief course on the "Biology of Polluted Waters." Only four people showed up at the first meeting. I would like to think that the poor showing was due to classes or other conflicts or perhaps inadequate advertising, rather than disinterest. Perhaps the scheduled time (Fridays, 3:00 p.m., Biology, 107) is bad. Whatever, the course promises to be interesting and will focus on one of the most important and con troversial areas of national in terest--pollution of marine and inland waters. A number of speakers have accepted my invitation to talk on various aspects of water pollution. Each has his own unique specialty and qualifications for presenting his subject. Many pregnant and fruitful discussions should follow each presentation. The proposed schedule and subjects of future meetings follows: Oct. 30--Dr. Richard Zingmark - Baruch Institute of Coastal Research and Department of Biology, USC. "The Biological Effects of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill." Nov. 6--Dr. B. L. Baker, USC School of Engineering. "The technical and financial problems that industries must face in con trolling water pollution." Nov. 13--Open Nov. 20--Mr. Clair Guess, Executive Director of the South Carolna Water Resources Com mission. "Water Resources of South Carolina, How Pollution is Affecting Them Now, and May Affect Them in the Future, and the Problem of Solving the Problems." Dec. 4--Di-. H. J. Webb, Executive . 0 'Prei for "Early Bir< Christmas Cards Gift Wraps Arrangements The Cam Russel LE Y'S CAFEI 1:00-2:15 Dinner 5: 1ON AL SO L te H OSPIT A VG FOR FRATE) IND SORORITIE TIES FOR DANCI cally Owned-Bob Braw 0. Brown sad results D Director of the South Carolina f Pollution Control Board. "Water I Pollution Problems South Carolina Has Now, and What the State is Doing Now and Is Planning to do to Solve its Pollution Problems." f Dec. 11--Dr. John Dean, Baruch Institute of Coastal Research and. F Department of Biology, USC. "The effects of thermal pollution In Pg marine and freshwater en k vironments." A field trip to the local sewage treatment plant is planned to aquaint interested students in the problems and mechanisms for disposing of solid w'stes. Should there be Interest for additional meetings, I will schedule them for the first of the ne%Pyear. I hope this letter might stimulate attendance at future meetings. RICHARD G. ZINGMARK Asst. Professor of Biology. USC New emblem Dear Miss Manning: We feel that the University should, in conjunction with the installation of the Cock Pit carpet, adopt as its emblem, in place of the present one, an empty gold athletic supporter. The gold represents the greed for glory-and money the University seeks through its athletic program. The emptiness represents the concern for academic progress and planning (also, this year's football laurels). And the sup- 4 porter itself is a tangible symbol of the true god at the University of South Carolina ALLEN R. TEW 11ONALD L. MOTLEY In the dark Dear Miss Manning: Today Carolina is making quite a reputation for itself with its fine athletic teams. However, the band has also done well. By Sunday, Nov. 1. the band will have been on all three major television net works. The USC Band is getting a national reputation also. Why can't a band with a national reputation have a practice field that has decent lights? It is ex tremely hard to read music while marching on field A and virtually impossible to praetice on field F due to the time change. Mr. Wahl has requested lights. but no action has been taken. If USC wants a better band. give us a field with good lighting for prac tices. BANDY JONES Stmas. the I" Shopper Candles Decorations Gift Ideas pus Shop I House 00-8:00 FT HE RN LITY" RNITIES 'S ING ley