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hing for 90 9 QboUt other RhetoxictI by DAN TROTTER William F. Bickley predicted in the fifties that rational debate im America was doomed; and I thirA that subsequent events have bon him out. Debate today is no ilational dialoge; it consists o empty rhetoric and mindlesi sloganeering. SST POLLUTION For instance, The National Ob merver reported that various en vironmental lobbyists, in their zea for defeating government fundin, for an American Stapersoni Transport, claimed that the SS1 would "pollute the stratosphere bring on a new ice age, melt th4 polar ice caps (how could the SS1 bring on a new ice age AND mell the polar ice caps?), cause skir cancer, deafen the public witt sonic booms, and burn up the eartt with ultraviolet radition..." Mr. Karl Hess, a conservative apostate who used to (thank God) write speeches for Barry Gold water, now writes: "It now seems impossible to say that all of this horse.--(by which he meant America) is just somf aberration..." RADICALS FOR CAPITALISM The Radicals for Capitalism print brochures, calling for a society free from coercion and intolerance, and then heckle Rita Fellers so intolerantly that she has to cut short her Student Mobilization Committee meeting, thereby.. abbreviating an op portunity for someone to perhapE isolate ' a ' new strain of SMC irrationality. The Gz THE GAMECoCK is published trl-weely du during the summer semesters with the excep Oiange of dddrea forms, subscription requests ..U'SC. Columbia. S.C. 2920K. Subscription rates a: .an $1 for both summer sessions. Bulk copies ar< 839.000 from the.itudlenj, activivjn entitling Offices of THE GAMECoCKC are inRo~ s1908 campus. Phones are 777-4178.777-4249 and 7T-42 AhahTHE GAMECOCK Is published by thi pressed herein do not necessarily represent thos4 Kditor- -.Chuief . . . . . . . . Associate Editor . . . . . . Business Manager . . . . . . Managing E.ditora s'ports Editor . . . . . . . Chief Photographer . . . . . . 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Does that mean that I own it; that I can sit down on it, take it over, and sing the Star Spangled Banner on it to prove my patriotism? THE CLASSROOM The situation in the classroom is not much better. Last year, I saw a political science graduate student tell his class that Nixon had sent troops to Kent State to kill anyone who dissented with his Vietnam policy. The instructor, exhibiting prudence for perhaps the first time in his life, mildly reproved him. This same instructor one time excoriated student rioters, and then in the very next breath, blasted Nixon for calling student rioters "bums." I kindly suggested to said instructor that he was making a fool of himself, to which he replied, dammit, Mendel Rivers' hair is long, too. TIRED Personally, I'm tired of professors whose attitude is that the University is some kind of laundromat programmed to mass-. produce little liberals, lightly starched and on hangers. I've had two courses (in International Studies and Economics) in which both sides of the ideological coin, to some extent, were fairly represented. It w9uld be nice if the facul,typs a whose AOopted that attitude. mecock ring the fail and spring semesters and weekly ion of University holidays and exam nerlods. and other mali Items should be sent to Drawer A. e P7 per year or 53 per fail and spring semesters $6 per 100. THE GAMECOCK thIs year received IItlre stdei ta subscrtoio.hpaper 20. Second class postage paid at Columbia, S. C. University of South Carolina, the opinions ex of the University, the ctudent body or the staff - - - - - . . Cheryl Meaning - - - . . . Michael Ball - - ' - - , - . Ute, Huckabee - - - - - - - . stt Derita .fim Farrell - - - - - . . Teddy Heffne, - - - . . . . Gene Haney - - - . . . . . Charles Beebe Check Keefer chas. Felleebamei - - - - - - . Rob -Biganke . . . . . . . David Landgren - - - - - . 'steve Lager UTcH SQUAR4 -OPEN 9:30-10 thru Dec. The South's La BeYeer !GEORGE HA "All Things . A 3ALBI reg $15** "GRAND F1 FBidSpakn... b, Do unto others Sugar-coated By MICHAEL BALL Associate Editor The long awaited drug survey has been sketched hastily for public view. But the picture is very hard to see with all the whitewash in the background. Since the survey is based on scientific measurement and since I have a spark of niceness In me, I won't call the survey a lie, but theform in which it is presented ISa lie. PUBLIC RELATIONS GENIUS Whoever designed the report form is a public relations genius and belongs with some ad agency. It is a subtle lie. On first reading, I noticed that the conclusions of the committee had been soft-peddled (which Is not unusual for a USC report), but it took two readings for me to see that only "students reporting often or regular drug usage" appeared in the report. That means the "occassional and seldom" students, who have the potential of becoming abusers, were not mentioned. ONE-SEVEN4TH Approximately one-seventh of the student body responded to the survey. It is doubtful thatd many drug users would trust the testers enough to respond or respond honestly. Even if they did, the first ''basic fact'' cited by President Jones' office hardly seems honest. The statement that incoming students bring with them a knowledge and experience with drugs implies that USC is not a spawning ground for drug usage. The numbers don't say anything of the kind. MARKED INCREASES The student body as a whole has marked in creases in drug use in almost all categories, and huge increases in barbituate and narcotic use. Either this last freshman class is amazingly innocent or drug habits are picked up at USC. rgest and Most -Complete R Charists.s Slhopping Be{ W ut the Record LRRISON!! [ Pvust Pass" "hit M SET NOW $898 reg $598 JNK LIVE!" THr Phil Frank L =9 Radical D.ur Miss Mash8;of As a WOrkig xponent of Radicals for Capitalbam and for mer member of the AWARE socialist coalition, I am compeled to protest the Ban editorial of December 9th to create an Illusory concept that Radical Capitalists are comprised exclusively of YAF defectors. AWARE, and its IdeologIcal stepchild, SMC, are philoso phically indistinguishable from their YAF brothers who mutually provide for the initiation of physical force to subjugate in dividuals in the name of God or "the people". I did not join Radicals for Capitalism to trade one brand of statist oppression for another; I did so to exclusively provide for a rational defense of my rights to life and property. The unequivocal attempt to pervert my rational desire for freedom to imply an endorsement of the fascist YAF should ef drug survey The next "fact" in its nebulous entirity reads, "'The scope of hard drug usage on the USC campus has not reached serious proportions. However, the samplings do suggest the potential for a serious drug abuse problem." With the limitation to hard drugs and the qualifying words, these statements are as meaningless as any other public relations pamphlet. EDUCATION PROGRAM If the problem is not serious (as it is generally acknowledged to be in the rest of the nation), why is the next "fact" the admission of a need "for a concentrated education program?" Massive drug education programs on campus were the major emphasis of the committee t report before it was doctored by the *Ad ministration. a That same section in the final report claims S USC officials have recognized that need. I % suppose the same way the king recognizes the t< existence of his serfs--with the nod of his head. rr C( PIDDLING EFFORTS The Administration's piddling efforts amount to one week-long drug symposium, one course limited to 300 students, one brochure by Student Affairs, one drug section tucked away in a library and USC agencies' "increasingly reflecting a University-wide concern for drug use and abuse.'' i suppose that's what's called meeting the problem head on; damn public D opinion I The University has once again convinced the fi moneyed alumni and the students, who don't - know better, that everything is for the best in3 this, the best of all possible universities, If Nixon can ignore the conclusions of his commissions, why can't Jones twist the findings of his? R EWRITE JOB Again, I would like to compiment the author of the final drug report. It is one of the most creative rewrite jobs I have ever seen. If you are considering a career in advertising or fiction writing, get your hands on the report. It makes amusing reading, especially if you don't mind washing your hands afterwards. ~tru D.) ecord and Tape Store Bar AURA NYRO as and the Beads of Sweat" NOW $479 R EE DOG NIGHT editr fctively dramatile to those Un comnnitted-Carona students that only throdsh the expropriated funds of the student activity fee could Mr. Ball hope to effect such a travesty with impunity. WALTER H. AMMONS, JR. Radicals for Capitalism Physical force Dear Mwe mannmng: I just got through reading the interview with the Radicals for Capitalism in Monday's edition. Quote: "It is our urgent task to achieve this intellectual awakening in time to avoid this wide-spread use of physical force. But, if this cannot be prevented, we will couple our intellects with physical force." I would like to remind the Radicals for Capitalism of what a few others have said. Quote: "Words are very fine things, but rifles, machineguns, warships, airplanes, and cannon are still finer things. They are finer because right without might is an empty word." (Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy, 1930). Quote: "All potential dissidents, especially Jews and Marxists, nust be liquidated; and, in ac :omplishing this task, all iumanitarian and esthetic con diderations become absolutely neaningless." (Adolf Hitler, ,hancellor of Germany, 1933). Quote: "1. War preparations be nade against America. "2. In parallel, the negotiations vith America be pushed very tard; and "3. In case no prospect of an imicable conclusion of the iegotiations with America come in ight by the tenth of October, apan shall make up her mind to vage war with America and Iritain." (Resolution passed by he Imperial Japanese Conference, September 1941). Radicals for Capitalism: note ny similarity? What they're all iying is that if you don't agree 'ith me then I'm just going to have i kick you so you will agree with e! If this is what America is )ning to, then God help us all! JAMES A. MCASKILL WILLIAM R. ALLEN KENNETH T. GAFFEY MIHAELC. HAHR ALFRi*DJ.SPggs lystic definitions ear Miss Manning: It seems incredible that a swspaper, even one of such in rior quality as The Gamecock, GO FORMt FOR THE HOLIDAYS Seed6 lufn.a, Pe eeble Dreosted After Six eliminates Fuess w look your best. Here an one s smart D. 3. Peak Tuxede.soft vest, or cummerbund and tie to omplete the pitre.ed TUXEDO COAT & PANTS TUXEDO COAT A PANTS FULL DRESS COAT. PANT! COLOR JACKETS SHIRTS CUMMERBUND TIE SET VEST SETS STUDS & CUFF UNK S THE LATEST 4kWARE could employ (that is use) someone so lacking in the un derstanding of precise and proper definitions as Mike Ball. I am referring to his recent attack on the Raticals for Capitalism in,which he continually referred to the members of the organization as being of the mystical persuasion. I have followed with interest the several articles which have ap peared on this group in your paper, especially the interview, and afte reading the editorial submitted by Mr. Bail, I found it necessary to consult my dictionary as my general understanding of the word "mystic (al)" in no way applied to this group. If I may quote from Websters New Collegiate Dictionary, "i. having a spiritual (incorporeal) meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses or obvious to the intelligence. 2. a. of, relating to, or resulting from an in dividual's direct communion with God or ultimate reality b. based upon intuition, insight, or similar subjective experience. 3. Unin telligible or cryptic. I have in cluded the total presented definition in order that Mr. Ball cannot claim any other definition for the word. After carefully rereading what has been printed on this group, if is obvious, even if one does not concur with Radicals for' Capitalism principles, that this group espouses the antithesis of, this definition. It would seem that~ Mr. Ball did not understand either what Radicals for Capitalism was saying, or that he does not un derstand that words are man's basic tool of communication, and ,therefore must be used carefully and precisely. If either or both of these ob servations are true, it is obvious why Radicals for Capitalism is demanding that The Gamecock profit or perish for only in a sub sidized newspaper would such a poor student of journalism attain the status of Associate Editor. PATRIOA ATWELL Letters policy The oditr remves the right to edit Umers for style. good taste. and libel laws. Se"d letters to The Gamecock. Drawer A. Usc. Columbia. S. C. 23206. g.etera to ite editor should he brief, tyhpewritten, and about matters of eoneer. to L'SC students. 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