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op in on Editorials An unwise Just more than two years after Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon promised that "peace with honor" had been arranged to stop the fighting in Vietnam, President Ford has asked Congress to step up military aid to South Vietnam. Already Congress has authorized $1 billion in military aid for South Vietnam, but chances are slim that it will go along with Ford's request for $552 million in additional aid. As Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield was quoted as telling Ford, "The war was a tragedy and a mistake. We've lost 55,00 lives and spent $150 billion. I will not vote any money for Vietnam or Cam bodia." It is encouraging that Mansfield's opinion seems to be that of most of Congress. Ford and Kissinger ae giving Congress assurances that increasing financial aid would not signal a renewal of United States involvement in Vietnam. They claim that the The Gam Clarij TO THE EDITOR: In reference to the letter "Union committee needs help" (Jan. 27), written by Steve Rabon, we would like to clarify some of Mr. Rabon's misconceptions. First and' foremost, there is no such thing as the University Union Concert Committee. Our official title is the University Union Contemporary Sounds Committee. The purpose of our committee is to provide the students with a variety of the best available contemporary entertainment possible. Secondly, the specific concert you mention, Paul Winter Consort, was not put on by us, but by our sister committee, Cultural Series. We are but two of the ten University Union committees which are responsible for the vast majority.of student activities. As far as your figures about our budget are concerned, we advise .you to consult a more reliable source before you have them published (Room 204, Russell House). Now we come te some statements that are, at least in part, correct. Not only is the seat tax too high, but the entire en tertainment tax structure is' too high. The tax we must pay on any pay concert is more than twice that paid in any state surrounding us. It is also true that, In theory, a "big name band" will pay for itself. The problem is getting the "big names" to play South Carolina. investment increase in military ex penditures is necessary for the U.S. to live up to ith obligations to the South Vietnamese. If it does not give South Vietnam aid, Kissinger argues, other allies will no longer be able to trust the word of American leaders. Kissinger's arguments. are easily disputed.. The U.S. has been pumping military aid into South Vietnam for more than 15 years, and it has not acquired peace there yet. And for more than 10 years Americans fought in Vietnam trying unsuccesfully to win a peace. In asking for an increase in military aid, Ford has no false hopes of South Vietnam defeating the North Viet namese. The only thing ad ditional aid will do is give the South Vietnamese a chance of holding out against the North. Realistically, the sole effect of military aid would be to assure the continuation of a war that has lasted too long already. ecock S Mc ying some misconceL These people do not tour for the fun si of touring; they tour to make o money. Most of them work on a R percentage basis. Therefore the d high taxes cut into their profits at p least 4 to 5 per cent more than in - T North Carolina or Georgia. For u this reason, the majority of the c "big names" skip not only Columbia, but this entire state. w Another reason we do not bring c "big name bands" is that there are professional promoters working in the Coliseum. These men are supposed to be bringing the big names to Columbia, and have a better chance of doing so than we. Admittedly they have -not been doing this, and the situation must be rectified. Lastly we are not just a clique 4 that puts on the type of music we personally like. This year we. already have put on a wide variety T of music--from soul to progressive jazz and blues, from bluegrass to a progressive British rock. We try to b bring good "up and coming" d groups, in order to show the fi students of Carolina that there are r more good acts than just the "big S names." If any student feels that we are not adequately meeting the desires of the student body, we invite yout to join our committee and voice your opinion. Our meetings are in the Palmetto Room of Russell House at 8 p.m. Monday nights. If p you have any questions about the t4 Union's operations or the cnert a USC holds cou students suffei By Bi One of these days the hierarchy of this University, or perhaps one of those countless committees that plays such a big role in setting University policy, will reach the tonclusion that it should begin operating in the students' in terests. On Jan. 30, James Laskis was informed by the University he was considered an undesirable tennant and asked to leave his dormitory room in Woodrow. Two weeks before, Laskis was arrested on charges of selling marijuana. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for later this month, but in the eyes of the University he is already guilty. By throwing him out of his dorm, USC, in a sense, is convicting Laskis before.his case gets anywhere near a courtroom. In doing so, the University has succeeded in removing one of the rights guaranteed to every citizen in the Constitution. And it's legal. The eviction clause is written into the stardard USC housing contract that every student signs before moving into a dorm. It binds the student to the various rules and policies outlined in the University handbook. The University maintains that every landlord has the right to establish the set of cir cumstances a tenant can be considered un desirable and evicted. Yet, what the University won't admit is that it is in an almost monopolistic situation in regard to low-cost student housing. The Laskis case brought this point out clearly. He was lucky in the fact that he was able to in the manner ol parts of the body, Ptions could be found aE after ingestion. tuation in Columbia, come to one -Marihuana, ei our meetings or room 204 of the moderate am ussell House and ask us. If we massive damag4 Dn't know the answer we can cellular process. robably find someone who does. here have been too many -Tied in with nreliable rumors spread on this accumulate in ti Ampus. capacity for cc Thank you, Mr. Rabon for there is a growing riting your letter and giving us a that marihuana lance to speak out. sible damage 01 L ES POTTE R cluding actual bri hairman, University Union svral years.h ontemporary Sounds Committee --There is also evidence that T'he dangers versely affects process in a nunm that it poses a a fRmarijuna genetic damag genetic mutation 0 THE EDITOR: produce sinusit The following information, given bronchitis, emphr s a supplement to Jim Hersh's - rilliant column "Stopping theTH rug problem" (Jan. 30), is taken *om the introduction of the recent eport of the Senate Internal ecurity Subcommittee on larijuana and Hashish. Managing Edho This space is too limited to give SEEPR ie specific evidence behind the TeGmcc ndings outlined here, but .this ,vb,*c an"'a*ma ay be found in the report itself. name. Pseudony --T HC, the principle pleas inclu. y4 iychoactive factor in cannabis, reached. we rose tnds to accumulate in the brain limitati"n- Add' ad gonads and other fatty tissus ____..__ 1 Grant wrangle a partial refund from the University' thus enabling him to remain in school. Usually in a case such as this, the evicted student loses all of his housing fees when thrown out of the dorm. Because he was new to USC, and because he appealed the case directly to Dr. William H.- Patterson, Laskis fared better than most students have in his situation. The problems stems from the definite lack of information concerning housing regulations. The housing contract that residents sign has no specifics in it other than the vague clause about adhering to University policies. Most students are unaware that there are certain circumstances for which they can, in deed, be removed from their dormitory rooms. While the University cannot be faulted for this lack of knowledge, it must realize that few, if any, students know what they are signing when they sign the housing contract. This information should become common knowledge to anyone living in a dorm. Yet this does not excuse the University's disregard for the rights of the student once arrested. Its assumption that the student is guilty, without so much as a preliminary hearing, is nothing more than petty harrassment, at a time when there are most important things to worry about other than finding another place to live. Ask James Laskis. DDT. In some respiratory difficulties in a year or residual amounts less, as opposed to ten to twenty much as a week years of cigarette smoking to produce comparable com ren when used in plications. iunts, causes -Cannibis smoke, or cannabis to the, entire smoke mixed with cigarette smoke, is far more damaging to its tendency to lung tissues than tobacco smoke eits tendy ito alone. The damage done was e brain and its described as "pre-cancerous." llular damage, body of evidence --Chronic cannabis use results in inflicts irrever- deterioration of mental func i the brain, in- tioning, pathological forms of uin atrophy, when thinking resembling paranoia, and nic manner for a "massive and chronic passivity" and lack of motivation, the so called "antimotivational syn growing body of drome." mtheureprodtv- The report itself is 430 pages therrodaysian long, and it makes interesting berofsando reading. It is free on request from eri daner of the .Senate Internal Security ~ an evet ofSubcommittee, Suite 3232, Dirksen Senate Office Building, bis smoking can Washington, D.C. 20510. s, pharyngitis, eaand other GEORGE E. STUART E GAMECOCK Editor JIM HERSH Advertising Manager R ART FRANK ntance warrant To assist us in verfinth idettofwirs rye the right to edit all letters, no or ontentbt to eet your csnabe ess: Campus Oninion, Drawer A, USC, Columbi 2t2urpac