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! _ viewpoints Freedom of speed threaten* GAMECC Karen Lee Edith McNeill ' Et>ilor News Editor Barbara Mathews Oavid Shinglcr Graduate Assistant Entertainment Etntor Dan Palma Barry Glenn Copy Desk One' Asst Entertainment Editor Stephen McCormack Keren Wooten Photography Editor Production Manager THE GAMECOCK welcomes vtlers from it* rudert. Letter* subject and a maximum o4 100 word*. They must be signed v Pseudonyms or other aliases will not be used, but the writei circumstances warrant. To assist us in verifying the identit your mailing address and a telephone number where you can class standing and major, also. We reserve the right to edit al to meet our space limitations. Address: Campus Opinion, USC. Columbia, S.C. mo* ^+ff Think we coi < : . By LLOYD WOODS Opinion Page Editoi As the Student Sen L investigation of the 1 Committee drags in1 beginning to wonder k. student government || end. Will it end witl taking action against end when the studen and has full contro ^8 editorial opinion of r H H issue at hand is not v ^ m aouseu us powers, b is, or should be, in government's contrc a The Judiciary Coi vestigating an attem Ty/^ to force prospective Board of Publicatioi (0 certajn p&R derr, ' holding most of it! Sessions, a tool muc student government, Lioyd wood^ knowing how deep opinion Page Editor pjUl however deep saiiy wdson doubtful the investig bportsEditor to answer the aues vmtc Moore government wants < Assl Sports Editor Bill Fitipatrick OVER THE YEA1 AdAA.magcr complaint by numc The Gamecock is coverage, or at least ?houid b? limited to a singi* of coverage they with th? *? ?? ? irw name. sororities have bee '?nam* will be withheld if ? , . , V o( writers, please include Some 01 their COIlipl include most Dart thev art* f luiiniii, uui :?r* u ?, rhe Oamccock, Drawer A, SlXllGS 1116 Greek publications. The nothing more than a |BM lid extend Christmas lire alt The Gamecock r newsletter. Th on campus ii ate Judiciary Committee's seventies cha Powers and Responsibility another iml to vet another wwk T Hill niihli*>afinn nf r , - - > " V when, and if, the mess the of the past few has gotten itself into will a middle groi h the student government such as Carol . its own members or will it nouncements o t government gets its wish Gamecock is h 1 over the operation and placing no emp The Gamecock? The real whether one committee has The story is ut whether The Gamecock government. E dependent of the student seventies the si >1. useful as bobl umittee is supposedly in- draft notice. A ipt by the P&R committee chnu; u?l\/ Tf UlUVIVIIVO student members of the they were, mer is to sign papers agreeing began request lands. As the Judiciary is them free spa > meetings in Executive existence of st h used and abused by the for free spac we have no way of really semester's P& its investigation is going. the judiciary goes it is FAILING TC '.ation will go deep enough government re li/m <*f It'll*' 11"*.. i.rln"! ,tiuil U1 YtllJ IIIC OluUCIII narp on mistai :ontrol of The Gamecock. stead concentr did. I cannot \\S it has been a common editorial write] ;rous organizations that harped too mu not giving ihem much mistakes, but I not as much of, or the kind feel, and I'm s want. Fraternities and felt, that whe n the chief complainers. criticized mon aints are valid, but for the the good thir ull of hot air. In the early cannot hurt th 5 dominated university mistakes can. uarnet and Black was student govern record of Greek events and mistakes will SP#1: > \ XmSL ^ V ' ; ^ w GMecocjt. | ! I imn l until Mttv?' : ) c was nothing more than a Greek e decline of Greek involvement n the late sixties and early nged this imbalance to yet valance, totally excluding ireek activities. The Gamecocks years have been trying to reach ind, by reporting on activities ina Cares, but excluding anf i ? i i oaiuiuay iiigiii ueer uiasis. 1 lie ere to serve all students equally, thasis on special interest groups. ; much the same with student luring the late sixties and early tudent government was about as >y socks and as welcome as a few years ago, in an attempt to ht>w important and powerful nbers of the student government ing that The Gamecock give ce so they could publicize the udent government. The clamor e did not originate with this R committee. k l.^rr Li- - - - - ' * ? nr. i nee puuuciiy, me siuacnt quested that The Gamecock not kes by student senators, but inate on all the good things they speak for past editors and rs of this paper. They may have ch on the student government's doubt it. As an editorial writer 1 ure my predecesors must have ;n the student government is i than it is praised, it is because lgs student government does le students of Carolina, but the If we allow the mistakes of the iment to go unnoticed, the same keep occuring. Our student government reporter has been accused of trying to bring down the student tiovernmont with hie news stories concerning the P&R investigation. Danny Powell is not to blame for the student government's image in this issue. Powell has only reported the facts based on information provided to him by members of the student government and student government documents. If anyone destrovs the stnrinm government it will be its own members, but a lot of students will be made to suffer before this happens. * i I GET NO pleasure from criticizing the student government. It is especially hard because I number many of its members as friend* including the vice president. I would be just as happy praising the student government for all of the good it does, if it were not for its few dangerous mistakes. I cannot ignore their mistakes. The P&R's attempt to < Control a fpw mnmhorc n( ? - w ...vattik/va U \/l t I IV. Board of Publications was not just aimed at getting more favorable coverage for lhe student government. It was also an 'ru~ ?. l>ipl IV OIIUW 1 lie Gamecock what the student government could do if it did not get what it wanted. There are supposed to be seven members on the Board, three faculty and four students. According to too many student See FREEDOM, page 15 '