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----94.6T E /E W'MO G -TR N EY E USV N AMESTY Amp r:oRGAVE 'THE) No Leash On God o To the Editor: This . letter is intended as a in response to Steven Ross's letter of M April 11, which struck me as in- pc dicative of what seems to be a th popular view today, specifically th the image of Christians as a rc mindless group of individuals who th accept "religious dogma" without st question, and view themselves as st some sort of religious elite. I agree ot with his statement that every ar person should use complete wi discrimination and search for truth nE in every book imaginable. There .rr seems to be, at least in my reading, cc (which includes portions of the se Vedas, the Koran, etc.) a radical difference between the writings of pc these prophets and the writings of M Christianity, specifically the Bible. of (That book that seems to hit a sii nerve with those who consider tv themselves "liberals".) In these fa others, the emphasis is on the ea individual and his search for es truth...either through his mind, his ur morality, or his "inate worth". ta However, the Bible purports a pi seemingly ridiculous statement, in fa that Jesus claims to BE the Truth.. o he doesn't urge others to love their hi neighbors in their search for so truth. ..He claims to be the Living IT Truth, the end of the search. It is qi easy to accept a god with a little gi "g", a god who fits in with your own way of thinking, and fulfills fil your own needs. ..it is harder to D accept God for who he says He is,on fe His own terms, Paul says it best in to I Cor.: "For since in the wisdom of se God, the world through its wisdom al did not come to know God, God was sI well pleased through the M foolishness of the gospel to save p those who believe..." I, and other t11 Christians like me, can say that we p have not put a leash on God.. .we st have only acknowledged who is be master. se susan alford la 'Inept Tirade' S ai d< To the Editor: -h I am writing in reference to an ai article by a Mr. Jack Sowell which r< appeared on page four of the April si 11th edition of the Gamecock. In Ir this journalistically inept tirade e< Mr. Sowell lashed out at certain di aspects of student life at Carolina. v. As a transfer student from the ye University of Maryland, I would pi like to enligrhten Mr. Sowell on C ED IN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AN A, AtJD THAT'S WHY IT'S Ci hur Mail at it is like to attend another ajor University and compare is to some of Mr. Sowell's own servations about Carolina. Firstly, Mr. Sowell refers 'to the iproved campus lighting. At aryland (which is much more orly lighted than USC) during e past fall semester there were ree armed robberies of dorm oms which netted over one ousand dollars in cash, one tooting incident in which a udent was wounded, and various her assorted muggings, beatings id rapes. I suppose Mr. Sowell >uld be in favor of removing the w lighting fixtures-' so the uggers; and rapists he refers to uld make a more democratic lection of their victims. Mr. Sowell alludes to the suicide tential for the Harold Burton emorial Bridge. The University Maryland has had six suicides ,ce the spring semester of 1973, ro of which occurred during the 11 of last year. Carolina has been tremely fortunate to have caped with just one. Mr. Sowell idoubtedly would rather students ke their chances crossing ckens St. on foot. Then, if a tality occurred, it would be an en question as to whether there d been an actual suicide or just me hapless student who had et his fate because he was not iick enough to play Mr. Sowell's ime of "dodge cars." Mr. Sowell apparently has dif ~ulty digesting the University ining Services' culinary of rings. Don't we all. But, for a tal of approximately $208 per mester in meal tickets, I will be >le to dine (believe it or not) on ightly better fare than at aryland where I was paying $320 ~r semester. A savings which I ink Mr. Sowell would find most litable. Overall, being an out of ate student at either school, I will Spaying around $500 less this mester than I did at Maryland st semester for comparable rvices. Mr. Sowell obliquely draws tention to a supposed academic aficiency at Carolina. In this ise, alas, I will have to agree with m in part. However, Carolina's :ademic failings are in some hspects due to a monetary tuation which favors the student. this day of a mass college iucation an undergraduate agree is becoming less and less iluable no matter what school u attend, thus making the op >rtunities and services offered at arolina hard to hat. > kILLED HIM HE BEUEEWP ED 'GOOD FRDAY,... " Finally Mr. Sowell refers to the Gamecock as a means through which "bores and potential alcoholics" can express their feelings. Being at times the former and at most other times the latter, I therefore feel quite comfortable in writing this letter. One wonders however, why Mr. Sowell chose the Gamecock to publicize his im becilic ramblings if he were not either or both. Lou Lang Liberation Not Physical To the Editor: This letter is adressed to the person who wrote in the April 15th Gamecock saying that Carolina women are not liberated because the majority of them do not streak. Now, I really dislike joining all those ranks of people who have sent in letters about a pasttime that lived and died a month ago, but I just have to say one thing about streaking that has not been said. It is this: streaking does not have anything to do with sex or sexuality. If it did, streakers would not run. When a person indecently exposes himself, he just stands there for everyone to see. The fun of streaking is trying to not get caught at doing a "no-no". People naturally love to do little things that society tends to frown upon to liven up a day. Besides, did one really see anything as the streakers ran past? If onedid,he or she must have been watching pretty hard. The sexual part of streaking is only in the observer's mind and nowhere else. Now as to whether Carolina women are truly liberated or not, Mr. Name Withheld, something tells me you're a little ignorant on the entire subject of Women's Liberation. I'm not a big feminist, but to me, "liberation" means liberation from women's fixed like-epoxy role as a housewife, baby maker, and a thing to base men's supposed superiority upon. Liberation is not a physical change, it is a change of attitude in both the minds of women and men. Just because a woman won't take off her clothes - to run around doesn't mean she is not liberated. What's the matter, did you miss some satisfaction by not seeing some naked women? Claire A. Ganlagher No Layl For 'L A word on lack of humor, "pi sistence that characterize the V Movement. To the distress of not American males but also to a sul females, feminists continue to pc points, continue to insist on reevaluation of society's attitude I the persistence of a humorless att behavior. These people are fed up with hea Lib. And they can't understand wh and bear insults, rude behavior su leers, and the insistence that wome anything to complain about. After a at least fairly well fed. Many of these people at one time civil rights for blacks, but they do ni in problems between the Civil Rig Women's Lib. The similarity is pre; the most difficult problem of the blh major problem of women. Civil Rig only because the majority of blacks because prejudice kept them from ci Degradation hurts as much as an 4 is doubly horrible when combined, said she was prejudiced against mo as a black. Yet many men, inc: liberals, continue to be annoyed at that they have been unjustly bran< They would never dare to call a blh immensely humorous to them t through insulting references to he capacities. And they see no sin situations. Of course many men consid Women's Lib overworked. If that is 1 the persistence of the problems worn about. Man has not only forced % positions, but he refuses to hear equality, covering up his ears or laug giving patronizing approval and a pa Women are justifiably angry. justifiable afraid. Nevertheless, bil snowballing effect, and men very soon that the have refused to take opinic "It Is a newspaper's du the news,and raise -Wilbur F. Store The Chicago Times, E-'ditor .\Ianaging' ICditor liill Gan It The Game< Although The Gamecock is a pul students of the University of SOu is not an official- publication of the , opinions ex pressed herein do not n resent those of the university, the or all the staff members of The G .%i-: d t i l'age (l:dit or. .\i1 Yports \e-: Idito..............int ( l'h ito I-: it r................ i t ckiness," and per lomen's Liberation only a majority of )stantial number of und away at their improvement and oward, women, and itude toward sexist ring about Women's y women don't grin ch as cat-calls and n do not really have ill, most women are screamed loudly for At see the similarity hts movement and judice. Prejudice is icks, and is the only hts makes sense not lived in poverty, but %awling out of it. ampty stomach, and . Shirley Chisholm re as a woman than luding many white women's insistence led as inferior. ick a nigger, but it's degrade woman r body and mental iilarity in the two er the subject of .rue, it is because of en are complaining vomen into inferior her demands for hing in her face. Or t on the head. Men perhaps are terness often has a likely will be sorry omen seriously. y to print hell." 1861 \d .\lanager Art Frank sock >dicat ion of' the th Carolina, it zn iversity. The ecessarily rep student body imecock. in ( ooEper l'I*arker . Iffront I)lE'iaab l 11Lire l