Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Studeni BY EILEEN BERLIN Editor's Note: The author is the Student Government Association's secretary for student welfare. There's a rumor going around that college students are mature responsible adults. It's been said that this is what differentiates us from a high school or junior high school student. However, in surveying many of the attitudes on this campus, it appears that this is merely a rumor, with no validity. Here we are, mature enough to decide our future vocation but not mature enough to decide when we can have guests in our rooms. We're mature enough to be held responsible for our actions, but we're not mature enough to be able to decide the fact of our violations. We're mature enough to vote in a national Critics With Bo Pr at] Now3 gradu studei simpl< Advis Voice Iii election but we're not matur enough to participate in decisior affecting our immediate er vironment-this campus. Yes, we do have our input. W can decide what color a wa should be painted but we have r1 say as to whether or not the wa should be put up in the first place We can read the billboard plans fc Gibbes Gray but we have no say a to whether we want those plans c not; until it's a little late. Perhaps what is needed is redefinition of maturity. Maturit is not a commodity to be utilized b the administration at their di cretion when it benefits thei goals. If given responsibility an treated maturely, most people even students, will respond in mature and responsible manner. One can only look cynically at th obvious hyprocrisy of our decisio Disagree x-Office Avoid ti e-enroil fn registratic rou can pre-enroll in ate December'74; or it. You still have to ar. ement is April 8-26. Graduating S Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Late advisem4 Graduate Studenti F'ake some time Decision e ' PAGE4 Monday, April8 r making process. We are capable of s making decisions that will affect r our lives much longer after we have left USC, yet we, for some a reason, cannot participate in the y decision making process at this y interim point in our lives. Rumor ,-- has it that one of the goals of r college is to prepare us for the d "real" world. What better preparation is there than refusing a pacification and standing up for our rights? e Yes, contrary to popular belief, n we, as students, do have rights. We BY ERNIE KASTNER It seems that all movies that appear to be big box-office attractions immediately fall on most critics' hate lists. The Great Gatsby, promising to draw large crowds has already been severely downgraded by most critics. And look how quick the critics jumped on the "Hate the Exorcist" bandwagon. I have yet to find a critic who even remotely liked The Exorcist. I did. Of course I am not a critic, I only know what I like. I admit the movie did rely too much on vulgar realism to get its shock value. Even so, it does provide its te registrati aw - save yc in. your major courses; ir any undergraduate cc go to the Coliseum at r See your advisor at th eniors A A A A A mnt A 3 can get advised any ti now - it'll save y Making have the right to protest in fringements on our development I and growth. We have the right to i question policies that affect our i daily life. We have the right to be listened to, even if we are not heard. For if we are listened, to I long enough, it is inevitable that we I will eventually be heard. But I most students don't exercise their 1 rights. They either accept what's going on around them passively or I mumble their discontent to their friends. But their mumbles never become demands and as a result get drowned out in the noise of the pouring concrete. There are appropriate channels for students to follow with their discontent. But for the most part these channels are kept deep, dark secrets. Often a student will be told to read their Carolina Com munity and they will find their audience with entertainment. While I am sure many people went to see the movie just to be able to say they went to see the movie, I still think the main indicator of a movie's value is how many people go to see it. How valuable is a movie if nobody goes to see it? To temper my argument let me say I am glad The Exorcist did not win the academy award for best picture of the year. The only picture nominated for this award even worthy of the nomination was Cries and Whispers. However, changing directions again, I was not too disap pointed to see The Sting get it. [on rush urseif a hc all of your courses if urses if you're a grad egistration, but it'll b e correct time: .pril 8 and 9 pril 10 and 11 pril12,15,16 pril 17, 18, 19 pril 22, 23, 24, 25 pril 26 me during April 8-26 mU some time lat )verdue inswer. Or students. will be told hat channels do exist and all they ieed do is ask and they shall -eceive. But it seems quite unreasonable to expectstudents to ask for something when they have to idea that it even exists in the irst place. Not only is it a waste of ime and extremely frustrating, )ut it is an obnoxious point of view. It's long overdue for students to iave a real voice in the decisions affecting them. University 3overnance is the best vehicle to nsure students this voice. It is also the best -vehicle to put arbitrary administrative decisions where they belong on the totem pole. Participatory democracy, through a university senate, is the answer. By putting priorities in their proper order, maybe someone will be able to remember the question. Comedy is a medium long ignored by most award givers. The Sting was one of the most enjoyable movies I have eseen in a long time. After rambling on and on about how I disagree with most critics I am going to take an about face and say I hope they don't change. If they pay as much attention to me, or people like me, if such exist, as I do to them ' then nobody will be paying any attention to anybody. With the things most people are saying today, that may be the best course to take. issle you'll uate e much