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A farewell from 'Mr. A' DEAR MS. MILLER: To all students of U.S.C. The years I have been associated with all of -you at Russell House have been the happiest in my life. Now that I must leave, I want to thank each of you for the joy, help, good times and fun we have all had together. May each of you reach your goal in life. I hope I have had some measure of success in helping you attain your desires. Remember always that "Mr. A" is your friend and that I love each of you. M. T. ALTMAN Craft wallows in 'cute' style DEAR MS. MILLER: It appears that "The Water mark" is rising above Bob Craft's head. He continually wallows in the "cute" and informal approach to the subjects he examines. It seems that he attempts to impress upon the reader that he is "cool" and "with it" because he can cynically attack the President ("ole Dick") and such "droll" Establishment-oriented events as Kristofferson - 5.98 list - Blood Sweat & Tears - " 3.78 Spirit - "'Feedback" - 3 COLUMBIA CLASSIC! Tape 4 Guess Who "Rockin"$379 -Entire Stock ( Join the exciting "I mum emie aueDUTC .' MON.-SAT. 1( a dedication of a hospital. What is more painful, however, is that Mr. Craft fails to go beyond the surface values of an event. To Craft, what he sees is what is, whether it be "Dick stumbling around Andrews Air Force Base" or the "paganism" of a dedication. This shallowness of Mr. Craft's thinking might just possibly reflect the shallowness of the man, himself. Whatever, one must surely question the motif behind such writing. Another area touched by Mr. Craft's shallow writing is that of his movie reviews. Here, Craft takes the picture he has seen and reports just that: what his eyes have viewed. In his review (?) of "Bless the Beasts and Children," Mr. Craft stated that it was a great film. After making such a positive remark, however, he failed to explain his reasons for saying so. Instead, he carried on with a synopis of the picture, which told the reader very little about the value of the film. This unfortu nately, is not the only instance in which Mr. Craft has utilized such a method to review a film; a method that a seventh grader could probably surpass. It may be advisable that Mr. Craft abandon his "satirical" attempts and his "funny" phrases, and come down to a more sensible and mature level of writing. Mr. Craft: Leave satire and humor to IIS IS A ECORD BAR AD - Turn up radio and enjoy it. - 4ew hits & low prices from our friends in Columbia - now 3.78 -its" - now .78 ;-399 per dis.E Allman Bros. "Eat A Peach" 2 Record Set 599 f Posters - %/3Off talph" Record Bar poster club. Buy a new poster to cover up your old posters and you're an automatic member. All Tape Carrying Cases H SQUARE Sa.m.-9:30 p. m. *0o, Letters those who can write it and leave movies to those who can analyze them properly. DAVID SIMPSON What cooperation does Foard seek? DEAR MS. MILLER: On a recent ETV program. ("Nine-Thirty"), Richland. County's beleaguered solicitor, John Foard, remarked that he was getting "very little cooperation" from the University in his quest to rid the campus of its "drug problem." I would appreciate it if THE GAMECOCK would attempt to get a statement from Mr. Foard, outlining the varieties of ''cooperation" he has in mind. What SPECIFIC steps or operations^does he expect of the University? My experience has been that people with Mr. Foard's mentality want the kind of "cooperation" that amounts to organizing a network of spies and informers. He might conceivably want faculty members to turn in names of students who act "funny" in class who don't, for instance, make much sense when they attempt to explain something and might therefore be under the "influence" of something. (The kind who are slow, rambling, and evasive, like...well, like Mr. Foard is.) Needless to say, no institution worthy of its name would submit to this kind of "cooperation." If, however, as he implies, the University is actually thwarting or preventing the enforcement of any law, I suggest that Mr. Foard file charges against the person or persons responsible. Would it be unreasonable to expect Mr. Foard simply to uphold the law and refrain from directing innuendoes at a 16,000-member community? J. A. LEWIS G AME The GAME COCK is published tr semesters with the exception of Un Changes of address forms, subscril should be sent to Drawer A, USC, CC $3 per semester or $6 for both semes GAMECOCK this year received $50 entitling full-time students to a sub! GAMECOCK are in Rooms 316 an University campus. Phones are 777 class postage paid at Columbia, S. publication of the students of the Uni official publication of the Universit not necessarily represent those of th staff members of the GAMECOCK. Editor.......... .. .. .. Managing Editor... .. .. .. Associate Editor.... .. .. .. Assistant Managing Editor .... Business Manager.. .. .... Sports Editor... .. .. .. .. Asst. Sports Editor.. .. .. .. Photo Editor... .. .. .. .. Chief Reporter... .. .. .. .. News Editors.... .. .. .. ... Feature Editor..... .. .. .. Circulation.... .. .. .. .... Classified Advertising... .. .. Staff Writers .. .. .. .. .. ...Lar Gilbert, Bob Grondahi, Barbari Niewiadomski, Ellen Murray, Kris Wilson, Ann Winters, Debbie Krell, I and Fran Zupan. Sports Writers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Photographers..........Courtni Si Advertising Manager... .... emparary positinse Carver deserves fans' recognition DEAR MS. MILLER: With 3 seconds left in the Carolina-Clemson game, the clock stopped and Kevin Joyce went to the foul line. The timing seemed perfect. Surely Coach Frank McGuire would take Bob Carver out of the game and give the fans a chance to show their appreciation for a player who always gave 100 per cent plus. Already, Rick Aydlett and Tom Riker had gone to the bench, and the applause had been enthusiastic and deservedly so. Bob Carver wasn't afforded the same op portunity. He stayed in the game until the buzzer sounded and then disappeared into the locker room. This oversight on the part of Coach McGuire was certainly not intentional. Perhaps it was a greater honor for Bob Carver to end his regular collegiate career playing; and the satisfaction of knowing you've played well should count for more than the crowd's brief but lively recognition. Nevertheless, for whatever this recognition is worth, Bob Carver had earned it. When I say "Thank You" Bob Carver for some great basketball, I feel confident that I can speak for all Carolina fans, many of whom, like myself, could not have stood even if the opportunity had presented itself (I am speaking of the faithful T.V. audience). I know I speak for all Carolina fans in wishing Bob and the rest of the team Good Luck in their game against Temple on Saturday. BEVERLY K. WEBB Administration sets its own rules DEAR MS. MILLER: I feel that an incident on the afternoon of March 1 should not pass without mention. It seems that the Administration can set their own rules as they damn well please. I am referring to Dean Robert Alexander, the Dean of Student Activities. Since last December, the Films Committee of the University Union has had the Russell House Theater COCK |-weekly during the fall and spring iversity holidays and exam periods. 'tion requests and other mail items lumbia, S. C. Subscription rates are Pers. Bulk copies are $6 per 100. The 000 from the student activity fund, cription to the paper. Offices of the d 318 of the Russell House on the -8178, 777-4249 and 777-3888. Second C. Although the GAMECOCK is a v'ersity of South Carolina, it is not an f. The opinions expressed herein do e University, the student body, or all .. .. .. ...eGlenda Miller .... .. .. .. ...OJim Farrell .. .. ........ John T. Gash .. .. ........*9 Sharon Givens ... .. .. .. ..Ut. Huckabee . ...... .. ..Doug Williams ........ .. .. .. Steve Parker .... .. .. .. ..Tom Price ... .. .. .. ..Rusty Robinson .. .. .. ..Karin Burchstead Vicki Thomas ... .. .. .. ....Bob Craft . ...... .. ..Monty Preston .. .. .. ....Patty McGuillian ry Evans, K. Wayne Ford, Armida Murray, Ruthie Lyon, Judie Schweickert, Sharon Edsell, Beth etty Woodruff, Charlie Fellenbaum, Bill Grant, Jim Hersh, Gary West, Veron Whitmire ey Dicely, Doug Holladay, Alan Hui, eve K ish, Lewis Phillips, Murray Sill -..-.. ... .. ..Art Frank iding staffaorannization. reserved for every night this semester. A few days prior to Wednesday, Dean Alexander asked to reserve the theater for a teachers' meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. The theater had been previously reserved for the Films Committee for 5:15 p.m. Dean Alexander, apparently. without much thought to previously established rules (set by him), told the room reser vationist that he did not want to be disturbed until 6 p.m. His ruling in the past on such situations has been to the fact that its first come, first serve when a facility is reserved. It seems that the Ad ministration can make up their own rules to fit its needs with disregard to other people, ex pecially students. Because of his perserverence of time, the movie had to begin five minutes late. Upon further investigation, I soon learned that Dean Alexander could have stayed in the theater as long as he had wanted to without any reprecussions; the student body was at his command. I would have hated to see the madness of the students attending the movie if the movie were a big picture such as "Dracula" or "It Came From Outer Space. " Is this the type of Administration we should have at Carolina? NAME WITHHELD BYREQUEST Allman (Continued from page 2) song and finally giving up by saying "Yep, you guessed it," all the way to the time Duane Allman finishes the last chord to screams of "More" and says "Berry Oakley, Dicky Betts, Butch Trucks, J. J. Johanson, Gregg Allman and I'm Duane Allman, Thank you, Good night." The Mountain Jam is not something perhaps you would care to listen to everyday because of the sheer length of it. It is something that should be listened to on special occasions, to remind yourself of the lost virtuosity of Duane Allman and of the other, huge talents of the other members of the Band, from the voice and keyboard of Gregg, the great and ever-improving bass of Berry Oakley, the endurance of Trucks and Johnson and the work of Dicky Betts. "Eat a Peach", dedicated to a brother. Eat a peach soon. BLOOD DONORS NEEDED! IMMEDIATE CASH PAYMENT NEW HOURS 9:30 a.m. 'tilI6 p.m. Mon-Fri. 9:30 a.m. 'til 6 p.m. Sat. 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