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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 /
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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
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, 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
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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
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i interesting question received n
iced again Tuesday when coverage
;e Harold R. Boulware coverage, wl
ved WIS-TV television part was.
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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
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writer's name may be withheld b
J_ warrant. We reserve the right to
2fc|| dress letters to: Campus opinion,
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imittee ir
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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
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leffecvti ve
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)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
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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
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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.
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