The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 08, 1971, Page Page 2, Image 2
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
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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
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.... .. ,.. .....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
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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~