Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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lose s,treet permanently OP. The cars stopped rolling on Green Street today. The students, frisbees, baseballs and books in hand, took their place. It was a beautiful day, WUSC was trying to en tertain the groups of. lounging students and the street was empty of cars. For many it seemed that the campus was becoming more of a campus. Some said they didn't mind the walk, a few said parking was a bigger problem today than ever. They said it was a poor idea, they wanted to be able to drive through the middle of campus to their destination. We hope that today's experiment can become a realization in the future. Eston Merchant, chairman of the board of trustees, said the closing of Green Street wasone plan under consideration to eliminate the traffic problem on campus. This first step was taken in honor of Earth Day. They wanted to demonstate that the pollution of cars was not necessary as we might have thought. Harry Walker, president of the student body, spent part of the afternoon throwing a softball down the middle of Green Street and a score of other students joined in the new found freedom. The campus seemed to be less like downtown Philadelphia. The cars were silent, maybe they will remain that way. The closing of the street permanently will not be a university matter. It is a city problem and will be decided by the Columbia city council. In an earlier ruling they said that Pickens Street, which runs between LeConte and Humanities, was too vital to the city. It could not be closed. We hope the city will not decide the same thing about Green. Today Revisited i.v .IOIN GASI ('uu1n ist Lust for sex. A universal condemnation has spewed from the righteous lips of a member of the S.C. House of Representatives and those three words are his reason for the damnation. I,ucius Porth, R-Lex., introduced a bill yesterday to sterilize all female welfare recipients who have two children. He explained "lust for sex" as Mr. Presi liv AR T tiUll lOPpI ('oumni11tist I want you to be perfectly candid about this, Pat. Do you, in your opinion, consider me dull, stflly or. let the chips fall where they may, not human enough?" . -I have always thought of you, I)ick. as human." ''Thank you. Pat, for your con fidence. For more than a month now my aides have attempted to project a new image of me, em phasizing my warmly human (tialities that make me, in my judgement, a regular fellow, one of the boys. Yet, for reasons that are unclear, the polls indicate our ellorts have, in the final analysis, lailed. I'm sure it's not your fault, I)ick. "ORION St for the reason why so r.any welfare recipients have a tot of children. lie lurther said that the welfare system 'is destroying our coun try. The Orwellian concept is not new to this country. Big brother has been a reality before and now new evidence has been presented to his continuing existence. Indeed there should be an in centive to decrease the population explosion. However, unconstitutional in ident, a rei Let me say this about that, Pat. As it was a question of voter appeal and thus of major importance, I decided to cooperate fully. That was my decision on this." Was it difficult, Dick?" I did not take the easy path for that is not, rightly or wrongly, my way. I appeared or the Today Show to prove I was a regular tellow. I granted countless televised interviews during which, though I sat in a straight-backed chair. I crossed my legs to show I was one of the guys. And, to illustrate that I was warmly human. I allowed the photographers to take my picture while strolling on the beach in casual attire.' . * Yes. )ick, I had never seen a more informal photograph of you - 42'i sex Vasion of priva( - and racist at lit udes deriving from the fact that most recipients are black and the myth of their sexuality has led them to produce many children, is not the path to stopping the ex plosion. We also wonder where Porth got his training in the sexual patterns of the welfare recipient. Or does this supposedly sane representative of the people know what the hell he is talking about. This guy should get into show hiz. he's a great comic. gu1ar guy wearing that windbreaker with the Presidential seal on it and only a hint of your sincere blue necktie showing." I even considered Ron's re(tiest that I remove my shoes for Ihe occasion to show my disdain lor formality. But, in the end, I was lorced to reject the concept, not wishing to get my socks wet." What more can you do, Dick?" Well. Pat, the staff feels I should be the subject of warm, earthy anecdotes like the press lold about Lyndon. But they haven't thought of any yet." Give them another month, )ick. Wait, what about the time yoi spilled catsup on your vest and said. ')arn it '', That language, in my (4'41n11inu1-d from page :1)