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Seminar To Examine Tax Problems BLACKS figured there would be a negative reaction if she won, said the reaction was indicative of the entire student body. "There is definitely a need for change," she said. "In the past, blacks have just been sitting back, not trying to get involved, but not any more. I don't think this system is going to work." McMillan said, "There is no open arm of acceptance at the university. Blacks are looking for acceptance as students and this takes time." Carter said, "A good part of the student body is indifferent to blacks. It is a case of benign neglect, because Carolina no longer needs blacks. The novelty and necessity of having blacks has worn off. We have played our parts in being useful. We're like the old tool: You discard it, but don't throw it away, because it might be useful again." . Carter said that today a new breed of blacks is entering the nation's institutions of higher learning. They are not out to make names for themselves, she said, but are coming to colleges like USC because it is their right as U. S. citizens. "Blacks felt they wanted the benefits from their own monies being utilized by the state," Mc Millan said. "They wanted to be recipients of the best possible education and educational facilities. Heretofore, many blacks went out of state because Yes,V . .. .an< textbooks leave thei If we can After y< the books A two-day seminar examining the tax problems of a fictitious couple called Dr. and Mrs. Harris will be held Dec. 14-15 at USC. Designed for attorneys, CPA's and tax-exempt foundation what they wanted to major in, was not offered. Now they are able to pursue their course of study at USC." Harriford, however, looks at the situation in much the same light as Carter, citing both the characters of the university and the black. "The university has not led in any kind of thing," he said. "It has followed, doing things when 'There is definitly a need for 7 change. I don't think this system is going to work.' pushed. There is a lack of good will and good faith. "Being younger, the black students are not as patient. They are not oversensitive, but quite often, the white population has been rude and crude. in the way they deal with black people. There is a lack of understanding. Many things being done to the blacks are not being done on purpose, but because people just don't care. Most blacks feel the university does just what it has to." Prince sees the situation in irginia, the A it opens this by room 323, mn with us. if w~ 't sell them yoi au register ne> you need. Stuc ices when you directors, the seminar is sponsored by the Continuing Legal Education Division of the South Carolina Bar Association, the USC Law Center and the USC Educational Foun dation. (Continued From Page somewhat historical sense. He identifies the period from 1968-70 with that of 1868-70, citing a "second reconstruction" in the modern years when the number of blacks enrolled at USC increased drastically. But with this second reconstruction came a new facet of black thought. "The black student has reached a stage of mental development to see that Carolina is destined to become a hard-core rascist in stitution," he said. "There is no active recruitment of blacks. Blacks don't relate. The university presents the image of being a white institution, so it's difficult to get high school students. Students here feel you either adapt or leave." Prince, however, believes the black student has passed this stage of adaptation, and the attitudes now are those of distrust. "When Martin Luther King was killed," he said, "for the few students whc thought there was a way to gel together, the idea was killed. "The avenue of communicatior has been closed," Prince con tinued. "There is tension among the black stuents. People hav( become very blatant about it." Carter agrees that hostilities ar( building up. "The white com munity doesn't like to believe thal the tension is building," she said. "Everybody is evading it. Nobody's discussing it. But in the years to come it could erupt int< reisaBo Friday, Decen Russell HousE ~e sell your bc J get your bo< ct semester ,< lent Book Excl buvy. High The first day of the seminar will include an introduction to Dr. and Mrs. Harris and their tax problems conducted by Virgil Duffie, vice president and trust officer of Bankers' Trust, Columbia. 1) something bad. "Naturally blacks are touchy about anything that goes on, but they have the right to be," she continued. "Blacks are not like whites. We've always had to do a little more." US.C President Thomas F. Jones agrees that relations between the blacks and whites at Carolina are strained, but he believes they have Nobody in the upper echelon of the Carolina Community is interested.' Renee Carter gotten better through the .oars. "They aren't ideal yet," he ad mitted. "Generally speaking, the blacks feel a little less than ac cepted. There is not yet the complete humaneness of en vironment which they have the right to expect." Harriford cited definite - frustrations and concerns on the part of the black students. "I guess some are hopeful and others are disillusioned and frustrated that it won't happen in their time," he said. "But with such things like ok Exchar iber 14. Bring a between 9:3( >oks, you get t :>ks back. :heck to see if hange. er returns whe In addition, New York Attorney Conrad Teitell, a specialist in the tax aspects of charitable con tributions, will discuss the Harris' and their charitable gift programs. booing a black homecoming queen, why should they participate with this kind of nonsense?" Immediate solutions to the racial problems lie within two realms of the university and the students. "We are going to have to look for social arid cultural outlets that will be of interest to blacks as well as other students," McMillan said. "We need more of a cross section of involvement, with blacks in volved at the decision-making level. They have to be involved in the total structure." "This is everybody's problem," Jones said. "If we could all seriously address the problem--all 20,000 students, 1,000 faculty and 50 administrators--with heart and mind, we would solve the major part of the problem fairly quickly. We have to build a climate with mutual expectations and respect." Renee Carter gave one assessment of the situation when she put it in terms of survival. "We have had hopes that it might im prove; it hasn't," she said. "The overall outlook is pessimistic. We have to realize that we are two different peoples from two dif ferent cultures. "Survival is our one common goal. We might not have the same interests, but our common interest is to survive as students. 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