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Wayne Brooks
Associate Editor
Collins Walker
Photography Editor
THE GAMECOCK welcomes ||
subject and a maximum of 30<
Pseudonyms or other aliases '
circumstances warrant. To at
your mailing address and a tel
I class standing and major, also
I to me?t our space limitations
I use, Columbia, S. C. 29208.
Coeds
to remi
If you think you are
by too many rules on
you can find solace in
that a little more 1
years ago female
were not allowed \
slacks, on campus
You've really come a 1<
Kn i\? v
uauy.
An article in the I
13, 1967 Gamecock w,
the controversy caus
request from the Aj
Women Students that
dress code banning s
enforced. According
"Carolina Coed Code
time "Bermudas, si
other similar appare
permitted on the car
University or other
buildings, or in town
raincoat is worn at a
"Bermudas or slack:
worn anywhere in the
residence halls excep
main lobby of each r
hall art/4 ??? ^
Iiuu unu U1C 1 CMUCI
cafeteria.
"Bermudas or slack:
worn to and from ca
you are not planning t
or when attending pi
similar outings."
A member of the AV
committee said "A w
Carolina is also a
Carolina. A lady nev<
slacks where they a
propriate."
The AWS president
joints
ce-tin
It
essar
/IEOOCI
Marguerite Ryan
Editor
Lloyd Woods
Associate Editoi
Chuck Cromer
Entertainment Ed
Bob King
Advertising Manager
itters Irom its readers. Letters should be limited 1
I words. They must be signed with the writer's ti
Mill not be used, but the writer's name will be vt
islst us in verifying the identity ot writers, pieat
lephonc number where you can be reached. Plea)
. We reserve the right to edit all letters, not for co
i. Address: Campus Opinion, The Gamecock, C
once forci
1. -
siac&s
hasseled think that Carolina
campus should dress as ladies
the fact n0* think slacks and t
Jian ten are. appropriate on ca
students ladies."
Ti)_ A. ,
to wear 11 5 easy see wny
or off. 's no more. Anyone si
ong way, s.U(-h measures toda
find herself commits
'"ebruary State Hospital by
as about number of female a
ed by a students. Ten years
sociated se m very long ago,
the USC start t0 thi"k about i
lacks be
Se "timeco
at the
acks or rOffllPSl
I is not ~ ~
Tub,!" letters
unless a
II times. To the Readers:
s may be This is the third iss
women's Gamecock and we h
>t in the recieved one letter
esidpnop eauor. wnat's naprx
ice hall there. Surely someoi
gripe. Don't stifle 5
s may be Let us know how yot
rs when All we ask is that
o get out your letters to 300 w<
cnics or your name, use no p?
or aliases, include ai
/S Social or telephone number
oman of reach you if we 1
lady of questions and inch
ir wears clasfc standing and
re inap- Your name can be v,
circumstances wa
said "I Thank You.
By LLOYD WOC
Associate Editor
AJk ROTC, the I
jfl Corps, a much nr
the Vietnam War
part of our pef
inevitable, given
sometime, some
United States w
skirmish, large o
will be needed.
The ROTC pro
expensive progra
ready force of hi
EJ service academic
for officers, but tl
W the necessary nui
/ armed services.
now on active dt
\ large majority ol
jr ] are ROTC trair
^ portance ot tne i
The Vietnam \
Many men shied
Many avenues fo
for anyone smart
them. Since very
active duty for th
l f ii ?
naveu ior inose n
nor country, go to jail
a while the reser\
they could handl
Many largely !
ue name. used college defe
[ "include aS lo"g as P?SS
w include received a few \
finished college tl
decided that i
* inevitable they
ficers. Of course,
"nrfe
rriso
; andTdo |Pnl|(
ermudas M ^
mpus for
theAWS
lggesting IPT1 (
y would * ^
vl tn tha
vvr U1C
a large
nd male To the Editor:
does not
until you I'm currently in
t. state of Washingto
m V/2 years on a par
? for possession of .9
marijuana. I'm fro
f ? and have no fami
nart r\f f
^/V41 V V/JL Vllt CVUllll y
letters I do recen
* my family in C
would like to recei\
a few people out t
ue of the me keep my head <
ave only know there's still
to the there. I hope to b
sning out the early part of 11
le has a hopes of attending
rourself. I'm parolling
i feel. Carolina. Mv in
you limit theatre, child psy
3rds, sign women. I will ans
iudonyms *ersi
address
so we can
mve any
ide your
major. Vince Kcene
ithheld if 128424-27-B-5
irrant. P. O. Box 520
Walla Walla, W?.
IDS
teserve Officers Training
(aligned organization during
, is very much an important
ice-time society, for it is
historical precedence, that
iwhere and somehow, the
ill find itself engaged in a
r ?maii, wnere gooa omcers
gram is the best, and least
im, available for ensuring a
ighly qualified officers. The
is provide excellent training
le academies cannot provide
mbers of officers to staff the
The majority of the officers
ity are ROTC trained and a
f the officers in the reserves
led, indicative of the im-ole
of ROTC.
Trai was nui a popular war.
away from military service,
r avoiding service were open
enough to take advantage of
few reservists were called to
e war the reserves became a
len who chose not to flee the
I or serve on active duty. For
rps had mnrp unlnntporc than
e.
from the upper-middle class,
irrments to avoid service for
ible. The ROTC of the 60s
vho realized that once they
hey would be drafted, so they
f military service were
might as well serve as ofmost
ROTC students were in
lie
?? Gam,
. To the Editor:
I would like to
Gamecock for
articles and <
marijuana an<
Rights An
w ^ Especially the
marijuana beca
was clear, c
correct. The D
issue of Psychol
an exhaustive ai
prison in the research rionp
n. I'm doing and basically <
ole violation the drug is safe
of a gram of legalized. Too (
m Columbia ject is clouded
ly from this fear, and susp
and the few open to public
/e are from Gamecock did w
Columbia. I feature story.
re mail from Being basica
here to help political left, I a
:ogether and and the duty of t
a world out (any governme
e paroiea in control any sut
)78 and have dangerous to th
Carolina as individual or
to South general. Howei
terests are perative that tl
chology and act on the bas
swer all let- fiction or igno:
case of ma
government did
because mar'i
directly harmf
governing the u
and distributior
were passed in
fear ? they sho
99362 as soon as poss
the program becaus<
become officers, not b
in by fate. Still, pub
ROTC program was
HOTC enrollment drc
Largely because the
vite ucaueiiues <
number of well traine
Vietnam, men who
become officers dm
commissioned as offi<
60s practically anyoi
education could becor
months of Infantry Of
eager volunteers b
lieutenants with ordei
Education cannot t>
leadership, but we u
OCS officers and ROT
to follow a ROTC offii
OCS officers enjoyed
My Lai fame was an C
not mean to imply th?
inferior to ROTC or se
for there were bad apj
there were many, m
ficers. Instead, we are
numhop rif DHTP nn,
IU11IWI VJL aill
ficers had been largi
have been more disc
candidates for theii
training programs.
Another war is
around the world are I
to be one. The govern
sticking us into a war
happening. A strong
active ROTC officersi
f Kaf ?f I
u?ai 11 WcU UUCS Iiapp
highly trained, skillec
:ader pr
ecock c
No c
commend The
its excellent Unee?
eauoriais on 0 ~
d the Equal * ?"
i e n d m e n t.
reporting on toxic?r
use the article
:oncise, and nn
ecember 1976 Lorm]?
ogy Today has "
tide on all the
on marijuana h ,
loncludes that Th_
and should be mnri7n
>ften this sub- edjtorj
debate. The
ell to make it a newsp.
illy from the "s>d
iffirm the right ove/ar
he government incarc.
nt) to ban or
'e'hea?th of an %?
le government " er
is of fact, not fLlc ^
ranee. In the thVns *
rijuana, the Caroi"
not act on fact Andrei
juana is not Anrtre^
ul. The laws corr?ct
ise, possession,
1 of marijuana ?
. haste aid in med,c"
uld be repealed Georg<
ible. Politic
i they truly wanted to
ecause they were forced
lie attitude toward the
; probably the reason
>pped during the war.
i ROTC program and the
:ould not provide the
d offirprs nwpsfinrv fnr
would not qualify to
ring peace-time were
:ers for Vietnam. In the
ie with a high school
tie an officer. After six
'ficer Candidate School,
ecame army second
rs for Vietnam,
e equated with military
rho have served under
C officers would choose
cer any day. Too many
Vietnam. Lt. Calley of
)CS officer. Now, we do
it all OCS officers were
rvice academy officers.
1
L?ico 11 Will ail dlCct?>, ailU
any excellent OCS of
trying to say that if the
d academy trained ofer,
the services might
riminating in choosing
active duty officer
inevitable. Conditions
:oo volatile for there not
ment is very capable of
before we know what is
force of reserve and
ivill be needed to ensure
en there will be enough
1 officers.
aises
o vera tie
7 ~
>ne doubts the fact that
lana is an active innt,
yet J. Thoma's
leider, a presidential
itee to the Shafer
ttee which investigated
ana explains, ("No init,
or for that matter, no
totally safe. In a sense,
nnri oMiuihf ic tntnii?
uvvivivjr lO M/UlllJ
iss. However it is my
i that marijuana inonly
a minimal risk of
:o the user."
well written article on
Ana anH tho rocnAnoiKin
V...V* Viiv ivajA/HOiUIC
ial on marijuana
led by the Gamecock
ts positively on the
sity and on the student
?per. The Gamecock is
ering problems that
have strone feelings
id have faced arrest and
iration over. One duty of
iss in this country is to
to public debate and to
scrutiny the unfair and
laws of this societv. The
jock has done this
ning marijuana and
'serves praise.
>sing, I, like many other
ia students, believe that
v T. Weil was absolutely
when he said that
ana is "among the least
rugs known to modern
ne."
; Spare
al Science Junior