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Club shows nnrlprwotor TV U. tVyl world tn c tn an tc tu Otuuuill/O By STEVE DeANTONIO (laniccock Staff Writer Scuba diving opens up the depths to a person, who nor mally would barely swim near the surface of a lake, a river, or an ocean. Below a person can find shark teeth, shipwrecks, and fishlife. The University of South Carolina Scuba Club, a chartered organization, offers its members the chance to see the underwater world. The club plans to increase their activities and instruction next semester, said Steve Baty, o~..u~ r*i..u :-J ? a OCUUcJ v^iuu president. "In the spring, we plan to bring in expert divers and marine archaeologists," Baty said. "During spring break, we are counting on going to the Bahamas to go diving." ,v BATY SAID the Bahamas would be less expensive and would provide better accommodations than any other place in the Carribbean. The Cooper River in Charleston and Lake Jocasee in upper South Carolina are other future dive sites. The Cooper River has a great number of artifacts, and Lake .Jocasee has clear water. The t'lllh's memhprs who havp r>niH thoir fivo Hnllor Hhoc each semester and have diving certifications certifications rent scuba equipment from the university. For five dollars, a member can rent a tank with air buoyancy compensator, weight belt, regulator and pressure and depth gauges for a weekend. The rental cost of this equipment from a dive shop would he $10 to $12. Certification is an accreditation of diving ability, which ranges from a basic rating to an advanced rating. The certification is given by two nationally recognized diving institutions, the Professional Association of Diving Instruction and the National Association of Underwater InEmotionalism hurts I 4The FrontV... By CHUCK CROMER V? Entertainment Editor "The Front", starring Zero Mostel and Woody Allen, is a melodramatic condemnation of the blacklisting era, an era in the early 1950's that helped destroy many entertainers. "The Front" is an attempt by its producers, who were some of the era's victims,to get revenge. Even though the movie shows the mechanics of blacklisting and its despicable consequences on the r\ q ~4 -A r' 1 1 "" taiEtiD 171 uic uiuvic siiti's 11 crucinea, tne tilm s meaning suffers from cheap stereotypes and emotional arguments. "The Front" is set in New York during 1953 when live television drama and a vicious f<,i m of superpatriotism, |j| vailed McCarthy ism, were at their peaks. Woody Allen as Howard Prince, portrays a small-time bookie and restaurant cashier who is persuaded to "front" for three L i -J A_i ? uiacKiisieu television writers. 1'rince sells the writers' scripts to the television networks and they share the profits. Although he is barely literate, he soon achieves fame and fortune as one of America's most talented and prolific writers. HIS INSTANT success is jeopardized, however, when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), me ftuvci iniic-iiL coiiiiniiiee responsiDie tor blacklisting his friends, investigates his rumored connections with Communist sympathizers. Prince's fantasy world of wealth and notoriety is faced with disaster because of the public's paranoia of "RpHs unrlpr IIr?l 1 \r\irt\r\ri*c ...u? 1 vv." ??"VU o uvuo. X 1 1I1LC, WUU MSS reamined completely uninvolved in the McCarthy ism, is I. forced to take a position when he is threatened. He has two choices: either he can keep his financial ? security by cooperating with the HUAC, or he can refuse to answer any of the committee's questions, thus losing everything except his pride and honesty. A1 Blacklisting began as a loyalty test for federal ca workers by President Harry Truman in 1946. A list of Cc w MM : Mp Exploring the depths Two scuba club members practice in the natatorium itructors. The club offers a certification course, which -equires 15 hours of classes and 15 hours of swimming pool lives. A certificate gives a diver the basic knowledge of living safety, diving physics, medical hazards, first aid, inilinmpn! Hocifln anH ncorfo uvw;i^u unvi UOU^V. THE CLUB is requesting more than $9,000 dollars for this /ear from the Student Allocations Commission (SAC). The SAC decision will be announced this week. If the money was ipproved, the majority of it would buy scuba equipment. Baty said he hopes to bring various experts and 3rofessionals to the clubs' meetings next semester. "We Tho rinmornrL I v.# V* III Vl\ Entertainment i A ,1U JL AUlli "The Front", Zero Mostel and Woody Allen (above 'tray persons affected by the "Red Scare*' of the 1950s en plays the lead character of Howard Prince, who i led to testify before the House Un-American Activitie mmittee because of his alleged Communist interests. 1i tin 1 Bn& % aHnHHBnHjjHBBk & jg mSbE^SM BkHb \m MamSHSBSBSBt HBHB .MI BS| H f S^& jSBfe at the Sol Blatt Physical Education Center. The club plans a trip to the Bahamas during the spring break. hope to bring in people who will give clinics in spear fishing, treasure hunting and coral reef ecology." Alan Albright, a member of USC's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology has been asked to lecture on underwater archaeology. Wade Quattlebaum, an underwater salvage expert, and Jack Wightman, chairman of the state diving council, are other expected speakers for next semester. The best areas near Columbia for diving are Lake Murray and the Saluda River when it is at low level. " .. .attack on blacklisting era 4 i hundreds of organizations with allegedly subversive views was created by the Attorney General. Historian Alden Whitman described the era, "Without charging any illegal activities and without proving that the organizations were perilous, the U.S. Government tabbed as disloyal any person who belonged to one of them. This was easily and quickly extended to anyone I who had given money, attended a meeting or performed a benefit for the organization." The Attorney General's list became the springboard for attacks on entertainers' and writers' loyalty. I Hollywood was the first to be investigated in 1Q47 whr?n its stars were summoned to testify about their com| munist influences on movies. However, the in| vestigations met an avalanche of criticism from these stars. The Hollywood Ten, writers and directors who refused to cooperate and directors who refused to cooperate with the 1IUAC were jailed for their defiance. Actor David Niven, in his book "Bring on the Empty Horses", summarizes the entertainers' thoughts about the HUAC. { "HOLLYWOOD, BY instinct and common sense, was a town lareelv disintnrpsfpH in pc \iioc o nnm ^ ^ ^... |/v/*iviv,w , It YVUO U V^V/I II" Imunity dedicated to the manufacture of mass entertainment for people all over the world, regardless of how they voted, but it was also traditionally relaxed about those who took their politics seriously. Of course, we know that a few among us were Communists, but we also knew that others were Holy Hollers and that quite a number practiced black magic, but so long as the I Pnm m nnlof Ho ^4 - - ? - 1 * - vu.u.Muni3i i-any was uinciHiiy recognized by the I government and not outlawed in the U.S., Hollywood did not feel that people who felt strongly enough to join it i should be treated like criminals. "So the great majority watched sadly while a small minority tore it to pieces. It all seemed so unnecessary, ) because it was quite impossible for a tiny group of i. writers, directors and actors to subvert for Communist is propaganda the motion-picture industry when the whole s business was in the hands of a dozen men. See THE FRONT, Page 9 ?