Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GLENDA MILLER 'INTERIM EDITOR JIM FARRELL ART FRANK MGN. ED. AD MANAGER EDITORIALS Our gang again In the latest issue of Carol Inatype, Information Services newspaper, Harry Walker said that he thinks that Is Is "unethical that a public service organization like the Gamecock will constantly editorialize unfavorable criticism against the executive branch of Student Government." Really now, Walker, do you expect us to believe that you actually think that the student newspaper shouldn't ,criticize student government? What do you want us to be? A mouthpiece for student government? While you're at it, why don't you suggest that is is unethical for us to criticize President Jones or any others in the administration? Our purpose is not to be a public-relations sheet for student government. If we think we see something wrong with student government, we will criticize--much in the same way if our readers see something wrong with our paper we expect them to let us know. Walker also says in the article that "'I have given up my social life for my academic life. I have given up my academic life for the job is Student Government President. The same holds true for each person who serves in 'Our Gang."' It is for these reasons that Walker said that is is un2etical for the Gamecock to criticize him and student government. Well, it seems to us that no one made Walker run for the presidency. We didn't see anybody twisting his arm to run. We are really sorry that Walker thinks that we shouldn't criticize him, but when a person presents himself before the public and is elected to represent that public, such as Walker did when he ran for the presidency, then his is opening himself to criticism. Last year when Walker was running for the presidency, a columnist in this paper endorsed hi n. We holle Walker didn't expect a likewise attitude thrdughout his term. Because, if hedidhe will be disappointed. No epitaph The racial disharmony that closed the Richland County School Districtict One schools last week has left a tense atmosphere which makes education take a secondary seat to hate and ignorance. The atmosphere must be thinned, for this type of at mosphere has created tragedy in other cities and can do the same here. In Detroit, Paul L. Cabell, a black assistant principal at a racially troubled high school, put a shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger because of his frustration and discouragement in handling the racial problems at his school. Cabell, who was in charge of disciplinary action at Beecher High School, wrote in his suicide note that: "I die to emphasize to you and all minority people who ever dream to be free that It can only come through working together." He spoke no greater words, for alienation only per petuates what has happened to the schools. We believe that It Is reasonable to say that very few want to stop education of the young. So why not realize that the problems of discrimination and student frustration exist and work to eliminate them? Is It really necessary to make violence the means by which the Inequity of the school system Is made known? If it Is, then two things are wrong. The school systems are wrong for letting .such situation develop, and the students are wrong If they have not tried to work through the proper channel however, we are sure that most USC students realize that "proper channels'' Is sometimes the code phrase for "red tape" and ''bureaucratic baloney."' But don't let there have to be an epitaph for our school system. The capon Should By SCOTT DERKS Columnist A neat row of holly and a crudely painted sign reading: "Keep off the Grass" now protect the spacious Humanities lawn from the careless footfalls of too many students and their inevitable brown-edged paths. Even the homemade sign, snugly planted in the ground, will fall if the proposed Pickens Street widening takes place on schedule--late this summer. The plan calls for the block of Pickens from Pendleton to Green four-tenths of a mile-to be widened into four lanes to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the street. A 40-foot wide walkway would be constructed over the depressed street, lifting pedestrians five feet above ground level. The walk would come down at College Street, which would be closed to traffic for one block. The $175,000 TOPICS plan, paid for by the South Carolina Highway Department, could greatly affect many aspects of the University, including the increased amount of city traffic around the University area--especially at the Pendleton and Green Street intersections. The noise level would go up afs.. Jones' diary Total ex By HARRY HOPE Columnist Dear Diary, Mrs. Thomas F. Jones...Ms. Thomas F. Jones. Holy Dietzel, Diary - I've been liberated! Some obscure English professor's wife was over to sell some Avon today and taught me how to do this. She said that ??- us liberated females did that. ITiked it so much I bought a can of FemLib cologne from her - - it was a bargain at $4.98 a can. I can't wait to try it out at the next Fculty Wives' Meeting. It smells just like a burning bra. Anyway, Tom and .1 were just settling down to watch "Room 222" WE 2)0 NO7~ HAVE FASCIST 7h?VDENC/E . . . .Z MEAN, /N' FASCIST GtERM ANY.. . OVER HERS ; WE ?E S/MPA.Y 7A'V/NG- TO SAFE&ARD2 OUR L/8RT/Fk: AG:-A/N Aicr C/.S Pickens b markedly and the lawn in front of 1 the Humanities Building would be cut in half. bi To insure that students use the " crosswalk and do not clog the city S traffic, walls will be built at the top 10 of slopes above the depressed t street. Officials claim that the a] area would be landscaped as a part fr of the USC plan for the campus, but CE to date no plans have been ap proved for the ramp above the IC street. w The ramp, designed to carry s water, steam, electricity, telephone lines, and students, S would service both Humanities, f both Capstones and the Business h Administration Building. in A design hearing for the general public will be held at the Keystone t Room of Capstone at 10 a.m. t March 29 so "interested persons t will be given an opportunity to st learn more about the project.. and t to comment on the social, economic and environmental ef- c( fects of the work," a S.C. Highway a Department letter said. b If Pickens Street is widened, how b will Green Street be effected? Will it be more difficult to cross the street? Will the increased traffic make it impossible to close Green Street completely, a proposal that t has been hanging around since Ditement a tonight and Tom was making s obscene remarks about the chalk- g board and the doorbell rang. Well, tf I thought it was some of the Russell a House Jesus Freaks, and they '1 were probably sore because I ti chased a Bob Jones student out of the kitchen last night when he said a that the Jesus Movement was a t( plot Billy Graham and Pope Paul cooked up over a bottle of chianti b one night. But it wasn't the Jesus c Freaks at all: it was Joe Petty and ' Bob Fulton. ti Well I let them in and called Tom. He was miffed because E Karen Valentine was just about to 14 enter. Joe and Bob were saying tl K/>q SP/ED AND RATTED1 U ON THE/R PIMRENT! 11 t 0 t y~ t wider? Have the planners considered ke paths to accommodate the creased use of two-wheel tran iortation? What will the ramp ok like? University officals insist at a screen must be constructed ong the walk to prevent students om throwing rocks at passing irs. Will the Humanities complex se much of its simplistic beauty hen nearly half of the lawn is iced off? The concept of widening Pickens treet has many attractive .atures--especially at the azardous Pickens-Pendleton itersection. City officals are adamant that ie street will never be closed near ie University because the winding vo-lane bucolic avenue is the only reet running north-south across ie city. The University administration is )operating in the project by greeing to buy the land along the lock--which the University has .en doing for a long time. Eco 70's has started a petition irive to block the project, but ;tudent input at the March 29 neeting could have more effect han a collection of solemn ;ignatures. .t Tom's imething about the Temple ame. You know, I didn't know iey were Jewish. Anyway, I know bout things like that, so I said )os Vedanya' and let Tom do the alking. I think Joe Petty and Bob Fulton re the greatest comedy team on .levision. It's so funny the way De says "Bob, you coined a phrase ack some time ago - 'total ex [tement."' And it's so funny the ay Bob agrees with him. And iat name - 'the Voice of the amecocks.' What a name! verytime I hear that, I laugh so iud. Joe is something called a -olor man.' I really think they ought to use ie real thing - instead of some rhite guy trying to be a colored ian. And the way they sit at the ames and get those kids to give bscene street gestures behind deir backs during half-time alking. Their act is better than towan and Martin's. But 'Voice of ie Gamecocks.' Everytime I iink of that, I can just see Bob the ray he was at the house tonight - elling "I am the Voice of the samecocks! I am the Voice of the iamecocks!" and running all over ie living room crowing like a ooster scaring the kids to death. Then they started talking about 'rank McGuire. Tom was talking bout how McGuire could sit back a his armchair and coach with a ix-pack of Pepsi and get to be tumber four in the nation while )ietzel can't even make it in the iCC - and so what if we get half the Ironx at Carolina ? Anyway, I ixed some coke and dried corn nd asked Bob if he wanted a Coke nd he said thanks and said omething about bringing his own poon. It was about three hours before hey left, and there wasn't tnything left on the tube except 'The Monster That Ate Purdue." Pom stayed up to watch because he emembered that the movie was lImed on location back on 1959