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Opinion Media Ruling (a parody) Memorandum From: Dean of Forthrightness To: All Personnel Subject: End of Forthrightness It has come to the attention of this office that: "Effective July 1 1974, all press releases news conferences, interviews and the like are to be coordinated through In formation Services. No office of the University is authorized to make direct contact with news media without coordination through Information Services." (USC Memorandum from Office of the President, July 1, 1974, to Vice Presidents, Vice Provosts, Deans and Department Heads.) Henceforth all personnel will cease to read the daily newspaper. This apparently, constitutes "direct contact' with the news media. Also, there is some question regarding the listening to radio broadcasts and the viewing of TV News. A memorandum from the Office of the President is expected regarding this soon. If you have friends in the media, heaven forbid, you are requested to use the attached form in contacting them. The form, of course, will be relayed through Information Services. Should you be contacted by a member of the news media you should immediately follow the procedure described below: 1. Notify Campus Security immediately. 2. Call Information Services for a witness and coordinator immediately. 3. Notify the Office of the President (in triplicate) of the meeting with a transcript (in quadruplicate) immediately. If you are a member of any organization, directly connected with the media, you will resign immediately. Membership in South Carolina Press Association South Carolina Broad casters Association and other media-related organiz ations constitutes "direct contact" with news media. All Journalism students will henceforth be directed to seek jobs as bricklayers, electricians and camel drivers to avoid contact with the news media. Journalism faculty members will avoid giving references to the media - in fact will avoid any and all contact with the media - in support of the above memorandum. Your support is appreciated. I.F(xdATi1J :;iVICES MEDIA i1ATION.S F0101 I (eecple)a trcugh Informatio Srvices, 2SC. Request fons IS 3354 I 234.Rt AC-44568-2 F7t 64ITTEN CORELSPONDENCE: nam1e(Dpartment, to: or College) hereby request that Informaticn Service, relay this messgo I ~~eddres) - *I(am) hereby submit' that this document, letter, note and/or comnunique is not detrimental to the Univeraity of South Carolina and that I accept full responsibility (along with Information Services) Iof the content:. I understand that contents of this message willbe released to thiOfceof e sident huat to ai wife, understand thtInformation Services is:to pyfor all ypn,cyigand duplication of this message to alIne se eprmns olee,Shosand Offices. F I A f R - - A C O E A 7 I p.r2s cotc,ihtebl hereby request through Information Services p S cal contact mrithtebln e meb ) no matio cncw ei betro -2 Fapoe of he Universiy .5) Informatio conerning at is going I 3) Social contact (Scotch and water) The GAMECOCK invites all persons within the c their opinions and thoughts known to our readership. vehicle. We attempt to print weekly in our "Letter letters received. Minimal editing is promised, and I printed, letters of 200 words and under are giver requirements. And, it is the decision of the editors letters, though we will withhold names for valid reaso Preferably, letters should be typed with name al cluded. Please deliver letters personally to our office House. Letter To The died wi never I Nevertl question ro the Editor: with tir Congratulations on an in- adherer eresting, generally well-written standar< md well-laid-out newspaper this editorial ummer. I have only one writing ~riticism, which I hope will be out of ci onstructive. The Opinion Page, although H. C. Ch ttractive and often .well-done, ometimes lapses into rather Inethical journalism. I myself m a journalist of sorts and do Lot like to see irresponsible .Ed.--V ournalism. complerr The column I am referring to in accept articular is "Changes" in July 18 poInts a ssue. Not only was the column sincerely oorly written, for it does not derstood hang together" well, but it also maliciou macks of cuteness and even is Howev lightly libelous. It is extremely a newsp nfair to refer to Sig Huitt, who , normal fter all, has his own bosses to tional E nswer to, as "Sieg Heil." And this is t lthough libel suits seldom, thank enduring od, go against the newspaper, a engulfinj 00od case could be made for what general ounds like malicious intent, unaware If the associate editor wishes to we sougi le a graduate from the "Hope and to h kaft School of Cuteness," great, curse of lut I have noticed he lacks the campus :ohesiveness their columns assured ametimes had andthe way with questloni tords that they often displayed. be forth< I often wish biting rhetoric had formatlo The Gamecock THE GAME COCK is pblished twice weekly on Monday and on Thursday during the fall and sprin semesters and once a week during te smmer, with the e xcept Ion of university holidays and Change of address forms, subscription requests and other mail should he sent to THE GAMECOCK - Drawer A, USC, Columbia. S. C. iq9206. Subscription rate is S3 per semester and S2 for the summe'' THE GAM COC K received 535,133.00 from the student acivitg fund for 1974.75. Offices of T HE GAMECOCK are rooms 31,3 n 19 in the Russell House on the university camps 1400 Green St. Telephones are 777-8178, 777.4249, news and ad vertising. Second class postage paid at Columbia, S. C. ampus community to make it is your voice--we are the s to the Editor" section all hough longer letters will be 1 preference due to space that we not run anonymous Rs. d address of the author in in Room 318 Russell House FEditor th Mencken, who caf CrnBa >e truly immitated). teless, the writer in can probably improve ott and me, serious effort, and ice to professional Jom n Va Date Is. Perhaps a course in A mAn writing would help his Ob a en md keep The Gamecock >urt. WRITERS ilds Kathy Ea mn na /e appreciate your DITORIALS ents and we respectfully your criticisms. YouroC re well taken, and we regret if anyone un the editorial to be sly intended. er, there are times when AR TO aper must exceed the Gen Ho guidelines of conven - ditorial writing. We feel Po DIn uch a time. Quiet but S changes are currentlyCIULTO this University, and the student body is largelyJeBar .Through our editorial Atog h AEOKi it to inform the students pbiaino h tdnso h elp dispel the pervasive Uiest fSuhCrln.i snta apathy permeating this ofiilpbitinothUivrtyT. For you can rest oiin xrse eend o nothing critical or ncsaiyrpeetteeo h ng of the University wIl Unvriythstdnboyraltesaf :oming from USC's In- mmeso h AEOK tal SerSicfs