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shows ignorance
in denying funds
The senate finance committee, continuing the display of
organizational ignorance begun last month by the Student Allocations
Commission, refused to allocate funds for the New Crucible magazine,
thus effectively ending its publication.
Personal preferences and petty gripes played a large part in the New
Crucible's death. SAC members and some administrators took offense
at the magazine's content, which has included stories on living together,
drugs, campus crime and campus demonstrations during the early '70s.
It seems that some of the SAC members wet their diapers at the thought
of funding such a thought-provoking publication.
AT MONDAY'S SENATE finance committee hearing, it appeared
that decisions concerning the magazine's future had already been
decided. No questions were asked of the magazine's current editor, nor
of next year's jobless editors.
The finance committee, obviously unnerved because of the presence
of a Gamecock reporter at the hearings, went into their version of
"executive session" to discuss the New Crucible and claimed discussion T
of "personalities" as a reason. Since when do personalities have any |
part in finance hearings? !
It is highly probable that most, if not all, of the funding decisions were |
made during the SAC workshops, held prior to the hearings, by the I
Division of Student Affairs. Tho stuHpnt mpmhpr? nf <z\r nnH
finance committee were probably doing what they were told to do
during these workshops and as a result have assumed the role of
scapegoats for the administration's bias and stupidity.
THE FACT THAT the magazine may have upset a few highly-placed
USC personnel is no justification for eliminating its publication. What
has been done represents the lowest form of censorship, for which there a
is no place in a society based on the idea of free expression and thought. ^
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It is a shame that an attempt to stifle a medium such as the New fr
Crucible has succeeded at this university. How long before the (h
Gamecock, the Garnet and Black and WUSC-FM are eliminated or
altered to suit the whims of closed-minded individuals? ^
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i ue nnance committee ana SAC members simply do not know enough be
about organizations to make funding decisions. They depend on their in
advisers and student affairs to lead them in the right direction. Their su
actions would be laughable if money were not such a serious matter. i
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IT IS FRIGHTENING to think that these quasi-economists may one be
day be handling budgetary matters in the "real world." To refuse tei
funding for a publication which has hnnn a lifprarv a* ircr* r
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because of objections to its contents and personal grudges is totally m;
irrational. The future of a free media at USC is at stake, and the Hi
Gamecock cannot condone the actions of those responsible for killing
the New Crucible. These censors have ignored the First Amendment
rights of free press and have bestowed upon themselves the power to m
decide the quality of a publication. If this trend continues, an in- de
dependent media may be the only way to insure that the voice of
students is heard on this campus. p!
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Carter brood
YVASHINGTON-Like the that they will tumble
verage American, Jimmy Carter, 10 percent by the end i
)metimes feels exasperated over Don't count on it.
le Iranian crisis. Sources close to want lower interest
le president tell us he is reckon with Paul Vc
ustrated over his inability to free the chairman of
le American hostages. Reserve Board an
He spends hours alone brooding President Carter put
>out the problem. Since the monetary controls,
stages were seized, he has
icome more moody, more He is not an easy r
'itable, more brusque with with. He stands 6 f<
bordinates. tall. He tends to t
Carter doesn't have temper people, and he cai
ntrums; he just turns grim. He economic jargon so I
comes silent and secluded. He people can understanc
nds to shut himself off-even
>m the professional crises The President inv
anagers. He reads their reports. ^
; studies their recommendations. on March 18. Not
kept, except for a ta
He stays up late at night that White House
emorizing details -- often trivial locked ud.
'tails.
But he seldom consults with the
ofessionals. He relies instead Carter started oil
>011 his wife Rosalynn and his top session by admitting,
de, Hamilton Jordan. balancing the bu(
have much impact <
The president could draw on a But he, Pressed that i
ofessional Foreign Service, with lmP?rtant symbol to tl
indreds of skilled diplomats. _ ,
howntQR-vn?W Several coneressm
r" Europe"" a^Tanama' To picker's sky-high cr,
sgotiate a secret solution. Jordan They complained
lade several trips, disguised in a j*rcent Pnme ,ra'e
ray wig, false mustache and businessmen into ba.
nted glasses. consumers to the poor
& Volcker was unapt
? . ... 4. responded that the
Carter could also call upon the would not come do\
entraj Intelligence Agency economy cools off.
has trusted contactsi around congressmen deno
le world. In fact, the CIA has monetary policy as m
ood connections inside Iran itself. ^ .JL- .
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lit the president used a shady But Vdcker remain
rgentino fixer and a leftist He dcdared that he
rench lawyer, who were friends moncy tight no matt,
i Jordan. workers lose their jol
how many small bi
Already, one senior consular closed down
ficer has resigned from the
oreign Service-because, as he Book di
ut it, "The Carter administration
oesn't have a clue how to conduct The Carter admii
>reign policy. suing former CIA
Stockwell for violatin
agreement with th
Inflexible chairman stockwell wrote the
Search of Enemies,
Some economists are predicting posed the spy age
lat interest rates will soon peak, operations in Angola.
tor \ \
s over Iran
back down to Now, the government wants him
of the year. to turn over any money he has
Those who made on the book as a sort of fine,
rates must But a deal may be in the works,
ilcker. He is Stockwell has offered to submit
the Federal future writings to the CIA for
d the man prepublication clearance if the
in charge of government will drop its case
against him. If not, Stockwell
says, he'll be bankrupted.
nan to argue A>l .... , ?
eet, 7 inches M ilitary problem s
alk down to
i rattle off The Islamic Republic of Iran is
ast that few having some trouble keeping its
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? iiiitiKjiy iiicteiinie weii-oneu. lis
Air Force was, for the most part,
ited several made in the United States.
with Volcker But since the Carter adecords
were ministration froze logistical,
pe recording technical and maintenance supaides
have port, the Iranian Air Force has
been virtually grounded. No other
nation can provide American
i the secret sPare parts and the British have
surprisingly cut off their suPPly of parts for
iget wouldn't Iran s tank brigades.
>n inflation. * .
t would be an /\rm S Sctl6S
he voters.
The arms trade with Iran may
en criticized have been cut off. but the Carter
edit policies. administration is still selling a lot
hat the 20 of weapons.
was driving Early in his administration, the
lkruptcy and president promised to restrain
house. international arms sales. But
>logetic. He according to Defense Department
credit rates statistics, U.S. sales of military
,vn until the equipment to foreign nations have
Some angry increaded, not decreased, since
unced this Carter made his pledge.
ost punishing Headlines
ed adamant.
would keep Those who write to the Army for
?r how rnanu enlistment information these davs
as, no matter are awarded with a choice of either
isinesses are a Pa'r wr>st sweatbands embossed
with the Army logo or a set
of his-and-hers dog tags ...Oceal?
casionally, State Department
pomp and circumstance reaches
nistration is ridiculous heights.
agent John The U.S. ambassador in Srig
his secrecy Lanka, for example, recently
e agency. assembled the embassy staff for a
book, "in ribbon-cutting ceremoney--to open
which ex 3 new snack bar.
ncy's secret
( opvright 1980
United Feature Syndicate. Itw