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viewpoints ,0 " I A Senate nr? i c/ul fJrJL KM Bates chided | GAMECO Karen Leo Editor Edith McNeill Mark Alexander News Editor Photography Editor < Oan Palma David Shineler Copy Desk Chief Entertainment Editor n Kathleen Mclntyre Barry Glenn I Asst. News Editor Asst. Entertainment Editor Barbara Mathews Karen Wooten Graduate Assistant Production Manager THE GAMECOCK welcomes letters from its readers. Letters shouli subject and a maximum of 300 words. They must be signed with tl Pseudonyms or other aliases will not be used, but the writer's na circumstances warrant. To assist us in verifying the identity of v your mailing address and a telephone number where you can be re class standing and major, also. We reserve the right to edit all lettei to meet our space limitations. Address: Campus Opinion, The G USC, Columbia. S.C. 79208 Queen snub < To the Editor: It was totally disgusted with the behavior USC's fraternities demonstrated at the Homecoming Game Saturday. After their candidate, Carol Williamson, failed to win the TV * ? nornecoming yueen crown, losing to Afro's candidate, Abigail Rogers, the fraternities resorted to booing and calling the winning candidate a racial slur. The fraternities demonstrated that they cannot take defeat. I'm sure the fraternities were disappointed that their candidate wasn't crowned on ABCTV. Instead, some made asses of themselves. Although I cannot accuse all Greeks of such poor behavior, it is the actions of those Greeks at Homecoming that gives them a bad name. I thought WP haH pnmo a u u K/ng wajf since lilt 1DWJS in respect to race relations. Apparently, some people need to learn that defeat by a black should not be humiliating. I was also disgusted with an incident that occurred Thursday night at Cockfest. When the five Homecoming Queen candidates were presented to the crowds at Cockfest parh woman was presented with flowers and was kissed by a young gentleman. Each woman was given flowers and each woman was kissed ? except Abigail Rogers. When the gentleman came to Abigail, he just handed her the flowers ? no kiss. How blatant can you be? This reminds me of Hitler at the 1936 Olympic By LLOYD WOODS Opinion Page Editor It is rare on these pa USC Student Senate body has done someth deserves recognitic nirtjui uy 01 mesiuaeni contrary to popular h dless drones, blind to stituents, the student * y handful of young politic accordance with the p be dealt with shortly, t in the historical annals Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1 refused to allow a 1 members the opportui man me university U Committee. The senate soundly introduced by Senator fresh from an attempt Issues Committee to introduced a watere< resolution he had pla senate. The resolution ?/r' I demanded that the coir M I halanrod iriinlr?c*i*?oi VIC ^ that the committee was a balanced viewpoin speakers for the univer were prepared to agr Lioyd wood* Issues Committee was Dpmion Page Editor selection of speakers. BATE'S ORIGINAL r the committee was pre* vmceMoore idealogical vi< Asst. sports Editor phil sophy." Bates beli< un ? ? i iic splatters Drougnt I BAH?,Ip*,rlch committee have been li Ad Manager , ... speaker, James J. Ki repudiate. J be limited to a tingle i-, , . , le writer's true nime. Batl S'>ri^llial reSOlll me will b? withheld if Student Alocalions CoiT niters, please Include 4. , ?che?. Please include ensure that a more rs, not for content, but presented." The resolu! >amacock, drawer a, the Union "immediatel; * remedy this deficiency. condemned Games! I am also disappointed that Abigail make the front page of The Gamecock. I you've heard this complaint in years and I know that your argument is tha iifrtrn * 1 iiiui c newsworiny tnings to put front page, which is a valid arg However, you don't have a valid argum* year. Your article on term papers is no page stuff and your story on housing ha front page before ; nothing new came out article. Also, no one wants to look at a ha picture of a door. In fact, hardly ai you've had on front page this semester ii page stuff. However, I won't go so fai accuse your staff of racial discriminatio could not attempt to prove it. I'll give 2 benefit of the doubt that vour news iurtcn J O" of extremely low caliber; that I can pro^ the pitiful issues you and your staf! produced this semester. This is the semester The Gamecock has ever had, book, and I think it can be attributed competency on the Dart of rprtain the Gamecock staff. Don't assume that I have defended > Rogers because I am black. I am not b speak as a journalism major who has ha< training in journalism than the editor paper. Name Withheld By Request request w making nrn nniiit vi iges that you will find the Reoigan being praised, but that Bates drc ling unique recently that Senate c< >n. An overwhelming House Ur : senators has shown that viewpoint elief, they are not min- Though the wishes of their con- enough, t s of USC. Of course, a more bait :os did their best to act in was left ir opular beliefs. They will balanced >ui tor now let it be noted resolution of this institution that on senators i 977 the Student Senate minute minority of its ALL OI lity to politically black- original n nion's Ideas and Issues tor reason Ideas anc rejected a resolution blackmail Lester Bates III. Bates, committe< : to force the Ideas and but can b conform to his wishes, my way, i down version of a Bates' p nned to present to the believed, voted on by the senate mittee mc imittee present "a more heard of I iwpoint," an implication Bates woi > not already presenting abuse his t in the selection of ItissenaU sity. Few in the Senate its, until n ee that the Ideas and haven for ; not being fair in its the studer But tim< senate. Tl esolution declared that t.wi umjuiiiyu renting speakers of only responsibi swpoint, or political body, and ;ves that to date all of Sen. Bates o the university by the berals, a belief that one It is sad lpatrick, would surely attempt t< mittee. So tion requested that the but it is a imission "take steps to ber was s< balanced viewpoint is lion also requested that AGAIN, y initiate procedures to for showi " Thp rpcnllltinn'p f;""' " " "" - - - - ?o in mi tjaies in 1 Union cc condemn To the Editor: did not In fhp inciniH onnnlr, -f ?' (U*|/iVI C4 III Id Id U1 U 'm sure Student Senate history, a 1c before, trend of inherently dull a it there absurd issues has been toss on the about by student repress .ument. tatives, with an apathy i ent this proaching a comatose sta t front- No matter how bad the pj s made may have been, howev< in that undoubtedly a new precedt lf-page for the unintelligent has be lything set by Senator Lester Bates I s front- Taking offense at the s r as 10 palling habit of the Unioi n, for I Ideas and Issues Committee /ou the selecting "liberal" (re; inent is Commie, Pinko) speakers, N ye with Bates sought, through j f have untactful maneuver to blac worst mail the hapless said coi in my mittee. Assuring us he had tl I to in- unqualified support of tl bers of Senate and officers. Mr. Bat sought to intimidate tl \bigail Committee into bringing mo lack. I suitably "conservative imore speakers. His argume of this proceeded thusly ? unless more equitable balance w; achieved betweenjiberal ar conservative speakers, i V as that SAC "prevent the RHUU from any payment to any charitable ion." izing the stupidity of such "requests," >pped them in favor of "The Student >mmends any effort by the Russell liversity Union to present a balanced in the speakers they engaged." this statement appears innocent v he demand "that a nrpsf?ntn??nn tficed idealogical viewpoint be made" t the resolution, implying the lack of a viewpoint, and thus killing the i's chances of being passed by the not lacking in intelligence. " THE senators had a copy of Bates' ^solution and were able to realize that is all his own, Bates was out to get the 1 ICQIIOC 1*1- - ' " . .ouuvu vuiuuiuitx. nib auempi 10 the committee is best retold by the e members in a letter on these pages, ; summed up here as "play the game v or you'll be sorry," ower proved not to be as strong as he but there is no doubt that the com;mbers and USC students who have [he resolution are sorry, sorry that ild make such an absurd attempt to limited powers as a student senator. >rs such as Bates who give the Senate iow, richly deserved reputation as a mose who care to serve themselves, it body be damned. is are changing and so is the student he vote Wednesday shows that a f the senators care and recognize the lity entrusted to them by the student are not willing to abuse it as fast as >. to note that Bates was not alone in his 0 control the Ideas and Issues Com>me in the senate did vote with him, credit to the Senate that their num1 * i? uuti u was nonexistent. THE student senate is to be praised ng its intelligence and Sen. Lester ? ) s to be chided for not showing his. is Bates defined by Mr. Bates, of course, the Committee would CP L- J ' * - oe aenied funding for next year >ng by the Student Allocations nd Committee. Even though it >ed was suggested to Mr. Bates sn- that he join the Committee and *p- bring the speakers he wanted te. (something any student can ist do), Mr. Bates preferred to use ?r, his power as "an elected ;nt representative of the en students." Fortunatelv for the ?? ii. students, he did not have the ip- support of the Senate. In i*s probably the only act of the of Seo^te we have noticed, much ad less applauded, our Senators Ir. wisely voted overwhelmingly an against Mr. Bates' resolution, k- The Committee would ti- hereby like to thank the he Student Senate for their action he in refusing to contribute to the es suppression of intellectual he 'freedom. re " Mike Stanley. PH Mn',"n ^ T m-M'+m t*l W ?S ll? it Tricia Greene, Ix>is Sayrs, a Richard Moore, Dan Rogers, as Faye Flowers id The Ideas and Issues Com*s miitee