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Entertainment Inequality To the Editor: To my understanding, the purpose of the University Union is i to provide in several fields op portunities that might not other wise be available to students, one of the major functions being to provide entertainment, be it of a literary, artistic, or musical nature. It is my further un derstanding that as the publication of the University, the Gamecock i (specifically the Entertainment i Editor) should devote fair and relatively equal coverage of events that fall into the category of en- I tertainment. Unfortunately, this does not I appear to be the case. If it were, I the musical presentations of the Contemporary Sounds Committee PINDEfi TUESD 5 P.M. TILl STUDENT SIRLOIN STEAK CHOICE SIRLOIN SERVED OR FRENCH FRIE THREE LO( 548 Knox Abbott Bush River Road, 4510 Devine Etret, atthi Pizza H BUY ONE GET ONE SPAGH $1. Served with Gard chef sal Serving WED 3 P.m. Till: Located at the interse 126 across from th )ur Mail would receive recognition in the 3amecock with equal regularity mnd consideration as do the iterary and artistic events hampioned by Mr. Havird. I am iot taking issue with the icknowledged value of cultural rograms. An academic en iironment would be gravely Iamaged by their absence. I 'egularly attend these events (as Jo several committee members) when they do not conflict with our >wn programming. The Contemporary Sounds ..ommittee has diligently and 'eligiously provided a great deal of nusical entertainment. It has -eached a huge and appreciative >tudent audience via concerts in he Golden Spur and free concerts )n the Russell House Patio and in he Coliseum. For the most part, his entertainment has been of an above average nature in terms of uality. Yet repeated requests for ,SA Mae AY CLOSING NIGHT s 69 Ith student I.D. WITH BAKED POTATO :S, HOT BREAD ATIONS Drive, Cayce just off 1-26 East Columbia ouse DINNER FREE ETTI 95 ic Bread and ad. NESDAY M idn ight etion of 378 and e Ramaa Inn reviews have been denied or ignored, and the token coverage that the Gamecock has seen fit to bestow upon us has generally been an occasional photograph with a caption, and even this concession' usually is four to five days after the event occurred. My point is this: as en tertainment editor, Mr. Havird, you are sadly falling short of your journalistic ideals by being so one sided in your selection of what you print on your entertainment pages. Your near-rejection of our presentations as viable news is very conspicuous and unfair. This is a formal appeal to what I feel is your better judgement, and I would hope that your co-operation in the remedy of this poor state of affairs will be forthcoming. Eric Anderson Vice Chairman, Contemporary Sounds ommittee 'Noxious Drivel' To the Editor: Having become accustomed to the noxious drivel which has issued from the editorial pages of late, it is perhaps inappropriate of me to have honored the latest fantasy with this reply. The fallacy of "Religious Plague" is evident in the random, bigoted, un substantiated and all too bitter accusations which were present. Such claims as "the South.. .has always been one of the most dangerous areas in the country, and indeed the world, for religious thought" and "No thought is necessary for religious beliefs for the majority of Southerners because they find any sort of thinking tedious" or "the natural outcome of this mental laziness is ignorance, narrow mindedness, and worst of all intolerance" are at the least absurd generalizations and at the most narrow-minded, vindictive cuts at a geo-cultural society which the editor neither understands nor wishes to un derstand! Indeed, the editor has but to glance in a mirror to see intolerance of the worst sort. I speak of that intolerance regurgitated to the public under the guise of freedom of the press. How dare anyone defend an ideal such as Tolerance, while with the same breath he expounds upon ''various crackpot religions frothing at the mouth"! The blatant hypocrisy which infected the editorial besmirches the character of the author and insults the intelligence of this reader who asks: (1) Is the editor in reality the cynical, short-sighted, neurotic critic she appears to be in her writings OR (2) Are staff and students getting ripped off by an editor who spends thirty minutes maximum writing a travesty of her -frustrations and pet peeves? Personally I would like a well rounded editorial which will stimulate interest and perhaps reappraisal of a topic. Perhaps if the editor honestly appraised the position of religion in the South, her views would change. Perhaps not. Intolerance, however, is not limited to this region. I'm from Kansas (that's in the North), I'm a Catholic, and I've never lynched a black neighbor; the fact is that I expect criticism to be just. Jim Blair Al WANNA DEDICATE MAH NEXT SONG TO JRE WORIN' P-OLkS, BLSS TfIhR IEAl ME, WHAT HARd -T(MES IS Rf It would be difficult for the < whether or not a second met Columbia is a good idea because c apparently surrounded the entirf At first glance, one would assun correctly assessed the situation . Assembly about a week ago that come up with a portion of operatii Administration would finance 1 project. Sounds easy as well as desirabl Medical University of South Cz however have other ideas about claim not only that they have not obtain information about the se also that the governor has tried to to the plan. According to board members, W their opposition because there i cannot afford to support a seconi existing school has much room f It is natural for the board to funds to be spe%nt on thea existing i thycranyma aepri goenenSndhepbicsol .\an giI -:io Isse Gam twude iffcfo the Unvriyo whter not aca pubecaon me apprently surrouned heeir(o Atfrest glance, ofnte woulderssuy corcl assee the situ besafti LL TWEM GOOD ORDINARV zTS, WNO UWDESTAND, LIKT. AL.L LIKE .. " kool oudy >bserver to ascertain lical school here in f the secrecy that has project. ie that Gov. West had He told the General if the state would only ig costs, the Veterans he remainder of the e. The trustees of the irolina in Charleston the project. They had sufficient time to :ond med school, but stifle their opposition est attempted to stifle s evidence the state I med school and the or improvement. want any increase of ;chool. Nevertheless, ient information the have before action is iation on this complex >le and certainly is not olina. Ils ecock a publication of the South Carolina, it the un iversity. The lot necessarily rep the student body ie Gameocnk.