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Class off who nee An attempt will be mac nesday to override Mike Sp bill passed last week. TI statement of all class off i each and forces a degree c Very few class officers hi usefulness in the past. And thinks that It is going i something at Carolina. Properly administered reputation of being an ego mini-bureaucrats out to sa' whatever happens to be ir One thing we do not need The senate has been cut bEen written giving studer affairs --- and class office Every effort has been n government. We don't nec officers nor the pain of a r Wednesday the senate r Our man Ho The Fun By ART HOPPE Once upon .a time there was typical barefoot boy named Irvir Hanrahatty. He had lots of fun. Like most American boys, I belonged to a secret club wi secret passwords.' That was fu He played Hide-and-Go-Seek and spy. That was fun. Oh Hallowee he tossed eggs at the policems and overturned privies. That wi fun and on the Fourth of July 1 dropped firecrackers in ma boxes. That was a real ball. True, irving's boyish prani caused some modest damage. B his parents and neighbors smili tolerantly and said, "It's just . phase. He'll outgrow it." And I did. For Irving, like most Anmerici boys, dreamed dreams of glor "Some day, "he said, "I she stand tall among my fellow me and help the oppressed!" So he went to college. But collel wasn't much fun. Studyi Etruscan wasn't fun. Memorizii the kings of England wasn't fu And sitting around talking abo GAMI (HE GAME COCK is published tri and weekly during the summer 11 holidays and exam periods, Change other mall items should'be sent to scription rates are $7 per year or-$3 summer sessions. Bulk copies arn -received $39,000 from the student a subscription to the'paper. Offices ol of the Russell House on the Universi 777-4220. Second class postage GAM4ECOCK Is published by the e essed herein do- not .necessarl bohdy or the staff. icers - ds them? le in the student senate Wed ears' veto of the class officers' ie bill provides for the rein :ers, enumerates the duties of of responisbility.on each office. ive demonstrated any degree of now the student senate actually o make class officers mean , SGA can overcome its -tripping, useless mass of inert /e students from the clutches of i the neighborhood. is more of the same. in size. A new constitution has its a bigger voice in University rs were abolished. tade to create a strong student .d the extra trappings of class nonolithic student government. nay give you both. ppe Revolution war and poverty and pollution was a downright depressing. ag Irving impatiently decided to become a leader of men and help ie the oppressed right now. So he th grew a beard, took off his shoes n. and socks and joined the i Weathermen. ,n Irving loved the Weathermen. It in was a very secret organization. It ks not only had secret passwords, but ie secret codes and secret hideouts. il And the Weathermen taught him many relevant things. Cs He learned how to spell uit "Amerika," (cq) how to shout, d"Off the pigs!" and how to salute a with a clenched \fist. He learned le elementary bomb ,making, im mediate cryptography and ad n vanced disguise. He learned that Y- "all power comes from the muzzle 11, of a gun," that the people were n oppressed, and that they would rise up in wrath once he started a e revolution. So Irving, to overthrow the Capitalist system, went out and ut (Contliued on page 4 -weekly during the tall and spring semesters emesters with the exception of University 'f address forms, subscription requests and tawer A, USC, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Sub erfail and spring semesters and Si for both s$6 per 100. THE GAMECOCK this year etivity fund, entitling full-time students to a TH E GAME COCK are i6 Rooms 308 and 310 ty campus. Phones are 777-8178, 777-4249 and paid at Columbia, S.C. Although THE Jniversity, of South Carolina, the opinions iy represent those of the university, the .... .. ,.. .....s.Chsarlee Beebe p Letters- to the o Astrodome DEAR MR. BEEBE:B We would like to bring to the attention of the students and other DEA1 members of this University to a In 'E very peculiar situation that has recently arisen. Mic As you know the Gamecock hims< basketball team, due to its great only potential, has a very good chance Ball's to progress to the NCAA Finals to conce be played in the Houston shouli Astrodome. In keeping with the function of the Travel Committee 1 of the University Union, the ".imp committee decided to make bum arrangements for a trip to Houston educi to support the Gamecocks- in fa We have like tentative Inste arrangements with an airline and greal a hotel for space. However, when teach vrangeculiarswituaio tha it ding refcetl arenptn dietr Mfpint Ahs oce know Farth infomec imor bsktalteam, wouedteceiverap- musy toproimaes to0 thet A hitocon benlyewd in mae Houstonl s2.u Astrode.neing wth thedn fiu fuo of the cniTa ver4,0 Comt e e oftdet Univesit cmUsnwifetn i theac grommitte unfaid imto tudent to utat arrangcemts Where arip te otr 90dusca tupeed e Gaeok.inmit Wnethed meausee tfetatnt arrangements ofithi aniri an3.ea wae temright to ppor theirsiy Asrodoeangement, the USbetkt in OTfice theomniptt iector ofade n arrangementsCtoohld 40eceuive 4.s prxatrtel who0 tice ofin whech n orly 100 wuld be marde y avactu 2 torstuens. athh Coserore that direo sftude Gui 0tickets ffce mare tke oher 900 isthn tickets and go Youvr e wisesd tm as dous w Otutem prestral cross very the StudRents ofthsUnvrst CimnTravel Committee mad grateful.AMB thht 1)N'T MA :, %p. WON'"T DONI tickets a) latt defended psed t MR. BEEBE: 5. [E GAMECOCK. 2-24-71: rema wom( hael Ball has finally outdone with blf. For what purpose one can guess. For whatever end, "errors and omissions" who rning Mr. Solomon Blatt a d be brought to light: a e Ball said that Mr. Blatt by para lication" viewed teachers as Bal i trying to destroy the "erro ition system, etc. There were, state: ct, no such "implications". Blatt ad, Mr. Blatt expressed a his o degree of respect for the critic iers in S.C. and sympathy for The position in the current fun- I. Ba controversy. He .merely a n ti ed out that there were other, prevw urgent demands that .S.C. are s4 meet with its limited funds. USC scree all said that Mr. Blatt did not wouk lly say what groups his to u es. on teachers salaries ramp red to ("a minority of class A mind iers in S.C.", says Ball). That "pro ment, to use polite language, formi untruth (i.e., a liberal's lie). Fro de contrary, Mr. Blatt was. Buck) careful to state the extent and ations of figures presented. Ball refers to Mr. Blatt as "OldM Sol". Here I only ask Bail: Do really think that gross ~spect and ill'manners can ~uately cover-up that gap een your ears? Bali even misquoted Mr. Blatt ,j erning athletics. Mr. Blatt ally said..."I'm Interested in tics myself. I want to see the ecocks beat Hell.out of every - team they play. Don't you?". >hasis added). But that is a 'what harmless omission. The I wish to make here is that '2 i single word was spoken to that the $39,000 USC furnishes e Gamecock (which allows eation -~ afs Bhli .dwveI b.- - ORR, LoR O ANYTHING I ailable for other more legitimate )ses. Ball left out the qualifying rks of Mr. Blatt pertaining to n pages i.e., that "other jobs just as much pay and lege are available to women" wish a job in the legislative Those, explained Mr. Batt, nore suitable to a woman's lifications. (roughly )hrased). 1 also made several other rs or omissions"' in the nents he attributes to Mr. presumably to strengthen wn position as Mr. Blatt's -antagonist. conclusions are compelling: il is the campus champion of -intellectualism and rication, and 2. His myths ~t out purposely to deceive the student body and smoke n his own inadequacies. I l urge the students who wish riderstand the controversy ant in our society,, and the -machinations of such Found", non-thinking con sts, as Mike Ball, to read Up Liberalism, by William F. ey, Jr. ROBER TW. NIXON asochists needed: tin the Gamecock 'ff and get kicke around a litde. Ipply Room 308 Russell Housa~