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O'Boyle, Suppose a major Southern to university with a student swj[f population in excess of 24,000 bog* had a Student Government, 5^ SG, president who was a little , inefi slow in making appointments A to several important mur university committees. pres And suppose that, when the uSC president did eventually get around to making ap- a SU] pointments for, say, 45 of the q'Bi 50 vacant seats, the Student pres Senate committep rpsnnn ~.7Y~V -~-x uruil sible for presenting the ap- , , pointments for senate confirmation or rejection took ?* . practically forever to do so. It 1S would seem that some changes were in order, IF wouldn't it? As just so happens, we have such a university in mind ? USC. SG President Seamus O'Boyle claims he has made appointments to fill 45 of the 50 open seats on student committees, as was reported in Wednesday's Gamecock. O'Boyle places the blame for the vacant seats on the Student Senate Powers and Responsibilities Committee, P&R. At the same time, ! several members of the P&R committee say they were not / QWQra f?f tVio 1 orrtn ' u <1 ui v ui UIV laigt 11UU1UC1 U1 J appointments that remain to be acted on. However, we think any responsible member of such a powerful committee should know what was left undone and should encourage the remainder of the committee flamecock a? Founded 1908 1 surfc Mark J. Lundgren Editor in Chief *Judj! allo^ Don Fobes Copy Desk Chief cQmi Tnm Tmiit " ?j..- ^ I .v.. ..uv.* Hews cauor I r am David Baker Entertainment Editor Th amei Brett Friedlander Sports Editor f jj?g^ Dave Roback Graohics Editor prGS! Barbara Mathews Wire Editor guar Jim Phillips Editorial Page Editor Leigh Grogan Assistant News Editor tilYlG , mi - - - r^f i_rtiiiian oiiics. .Masisiarn cnreriainmenr ta. ?< cour Mike Chibbaro Asst. Sports Editor .. senti Janice Wood Graduate Assistant fair I Jill Griffin Advertising Manager COVG stati Fran George Production Manager IS VII Jon Clemmensen General Manager JTq] Sam McKe* Business Manager trial pronr Mark Ethridge Jr. Adviser r accu Sole reproduction rights granted to the Awvriatftd Pr?*s. All ftth?r rnnt?rl*l rrvn. /" ^ tained herein may not be reprinted without I the permission of the editor. Opinions expressed In the Gamecock are those, if signed, of the writer and, if unsigned, of the senior editorial staff. I / , P&R con rectify the situation Also, this tly. Any government that time the P& ? down because of its own been accuse >aucratic red tape is an SG Vice I fective one. Norris anc breakdown in r?nm - cuau limn V/li lication between the a vituperati ident and the senate at front page c !, considering past this past s itions, should not come as pointment pi rprise to many. However, Oct. 4). At oyle assumed the late date in t idency with a bag full of the P&R coi nises that this year would even met fo: lifferent. As the current much less ttion indicates, however, reporting oui not. appointment YOU THINK. THE U.S. GOVEI JUST \a/AIT 'TILL THES Courtroom 1 i interesting question received n iced again Tuesday when coverage ;e Harold R. Boulware coverage, wl ved WIS-TV television part was. _ a ? ? . ni i eras into Kicniand County aneppara, w ily Court. U.S. Suprei e question raised is: which turned the d ndment is paramount, the *n 1966 (Shep , which guarantees a free 384. U.S. 33? s, or the sixth, which ruling that Sr antees the individual a a chance for ; to a fair trial? The court has been proved time and Sheppard to again that the allowance State of C ilevision cameras in the press charg troom can influence public again withi ment to the extent that a amount of trial for the accused in the prosecute Sh rage area of the television jury eventua on airing the proceedings However, rtually impossible. Justice^ Tor r example, me ceieorated ac,'ui'i8 1 of Dr. Sam Sheppard, a for retrial linent Cleveland physician responsibiliti sed of murdering his wife, the majorit; k The Gamecock welcome* lettei |y> should be a maximum of 300 won w I I the writer's correct name, telephi *- -*? standing arid major. Pseudonyms writer's name may be withheld b J_ warrant. We reserve the right to 2fc|| dress letters to: Campus opinion, ^ U JL io usc c?|umb,a's c 2w?? imittee ir is nnf fho fjrcf In that issue. L( AAA Ut A J ' H committee has Quoted as saying d of inefficiency semester we reviev 'resident Garrv names quicker th I former P&R bef?re " He wa irtis Loftis waged Wednesday as sayim ive war on the committee was a f the Gamecock schedule when com lemester. ("Ap- Past years. comm; ocess stagnant," r a re< that reasonably would hate to see he fall semester, committee act deli nmittee had not The basic Pr0,1 r the first time, seems- !? a. break U7nri,0^ communication t anvcommittee respective branches t any committee often the respecti RMMENT IS IN BAD SHAPE. N E GUYS WE. OVER." I STLttHT ? _ I GOVERNMENT CV may inhil . . . . . principle that justi luch television survive behind walls 1.n. J? has long been reflec lich for the most 'Anglo-American di biased against secret trials.' A r as such that the press has alwa me Court over- regarded as the han octor's conviction effective judici >pard v. Maxwell. ? ~ QC C r?* 1 cr\n\ iiumsu tttiuii, especii IpnrmrH nLoS criminal field. Its f a fair tr?al ^ re8ard ?s docur stated that for an imPressive recoi rSin n ic ! vlce over several remain in prison, >hio would have to The press does n ;es against him publish informati n a reasonable trials but guards a time. Ohio did miscarriage of ji leppard again.The subjecting the lly acquitted him. prosecutors and Supreme Court processes to extens n P ionnnf ii v/, v/iQi i\j lie ov/i utinjf onm ci HiLl case back to Ohio U.S. 333, 349-350, 86! , outlined the 1515-1516, 1966). tes of the press in y opinion: "The That eloquent state s from It* reader*. Letter* i \ 1* and must be tlgned with 1 I M Dne, mailing address, class V_/ A X \ are unacceptable, but the y request If circumstances -| edit letters for space. Ad I - -m/s TheGamecock, Drawer A, ff f 1 I I J || I |1 leffecvti ve _? _i mmmmmmrn?m -^m/r mmm )ftis was ches seem to pull against "Last each other, one accusing /ed more another of incompetency, an ever with the accusation being is quoted hurled back vindictively by g that the the branch accused first. It ihead of seems, at times, that the tpared to respective branches are so ifl-AAC* T f L A. ? Al- Al * * A * IVVV/VO. 11 cuugiii up wun meir internal cord, we battles that they forget they the P&R have certain obligations to berately. the student body: obligations )lem, it such as performing a duty ;down in efficiently and quickly, between something they should do 5 of SG. in the first place. ve bran- Perhaps someday the students of this university will remember that their QW, elected officers were put there for a purpose: to act in their behalf. If that day ever IffM comes, perhaps SG will be gj coerced by its constituents to | j perform its duties, the N alternative being imf peachment or recall. | All we know is that the current system isn't working js too well. The situation doesn' t I j seem to be getting any better. | j Every student has the right M to stand up and demand n Im accountability from student ) B organizations, especially j organizations which have an obligation to the student body pi to perform to its utmost pi capabilities. { ] Perhaps a little student jQ ? input would get the SG ball Ironing in the right direction. ? It couldn't hurt. . i oit fair trial ce cannot nutsheU, is the primary roleof nf <;ilpnpp &e Press in any trial? In^eed, ,t_H th the public has a right to know -truest fnr about judicial proceedings, but a resDonsible nrpss will honHio *f AM 11UA1VUV vs "been "latter so as no* to *n" d maiden of tentionally bias prospective al ad Jur01*8 *n a case. allv in the So? a ma3or question is: unotinn in when does the right to a free hv press encroach upon the right rH of <u>r a *a*r trial? There is no centuries simPle solution. ceniuries. However we do think s c ot simply Supreme Court Chief Justice AM o """ Vii auuut woodrow Lewis acted properly gainst the by saying disciplinary action ustice by could be taken against the police, judge permitting cameras in judicial his courtroom. ;ive public The right to a fair trial ism." (384 before onp's ? X uvvuoci 9 IS S. Ct. 1507, perhaps the fundamental difference between democracy and tyranny. It should not be ment, in a compromised. The Gamecock welcomes guest columns from Its readers. 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