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Athlete Defen TO THE EDITOR The March 29 column concerning Georgetown's Pat Ewing was entirely devoid of facts. In the process of making allegations against Ewing, the writer brought into question the quality and character of black athletes in general. First of all, my Christianity restrains r <s from saying, or doing what I really feel should be done. However, I cannot say the same for some of my athletic colleagues whom you so casually offended. We, are sick and tired of cynical, 1 X ! _. l _ 1 i. 11 1 narrowminaea, inexperienced, incompetent, so cauea writers exploiting our God-given abilities in order to justify something that they themselves were never able to do. So what if an athlete has one hundred colleges knocking at his door? That's not an excuse for you to take potshots because no one beat a path to your door. Allow that wave of incompetence that's slashing within your brain (or should I say against the walls of your skull) to subside long enough for you to see that athletics is and has been a vehicle for the "poor underpriviledged soul" to break the age old chains of ghetto that has been "systematically" placed upon him. When a "poor under-priviledged, deprived soul" came up from the ghettos of Atlanta and won the Heisman Trophy at Smith Parnlina nn Hnnht von had a front row seat on thfi "w ????- J ? ? ? //PL Gmumt&>i*v/wi*r? *\^SBI lf^?&s= im eCTOMwipg^iw 2009 Greene Street Wednesday Special Event I ELLEN MCILWAINE GANG Ellen was voted in the Who's Who In America! (heavy 100 in the entertainment business) FREE DRAFT 8-10 HAPPY HOUR 10-12 Limited Tickets Available For Mini-concert RIDER IN THE SKY April 15 ds Athletics bandwagon. Be consistent or keep your comments to yourself. Athletes place their minds and bodies at the alter and willingly 'present them as a sacrifice' in order to make people like you proud of your school. I, for one have a broken leg and have been in a cast for 28 weeks to prove it! What have you done? And if your 'ghetto-child' doesn't want to major in chemical engineering or medicine, allow him to reserve that right if he so chooses, It seAis to me that you are suggesting that we avoid the major universities of our country and go to schools "where we belong." And how many of those "legitimate students" of your stature establish businesses and practices in the ghetto to help alleviate the sufferings of "those poor underpriviledged souls?" By your observations, you continued to sustain that it is you that possess a poverty stricken mentality and it is you that is deprived, and I even go as far as to question your presence al a major university. The Gamecock's ability to foster jour nalists of your calibur continues to amaze me. 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While I was ceriifiably hungry and ate my share of the fixings there was one fellow in particular who had that terrible gaunt look of a tapeworm-ridden refugee or an habitual marathon runner in his eyes. It is ofttimes hard to make the distinction, and in this care the behavior was identical. He was a walking talking wheezing consumption machine. No edible item was safe in his nearby surroundings. Even the little plastic fringes on the hors d'oeuvre toothpicks were not safe. I knew we were in trouble when he picked up an ashtray and filled it with meatballs and several other things. Thp othf?r thirttfs mprit discission in and of themselves. The culinary delights which were assembled before us were unique to be polite and gruesomely strange if one wanted to come nearer the truth. There was the usual compliment of sandwiches. No one can screw up a pimento cheese sandwich. Then there were a few other items. There were meatballs made of the ground diced roasted toasted broiled boiled and fried tissues of some animal, the likes of which I have never tasted on this planet and never hope to taste again. Then there was a container of these little yellowishgreen balls. Each one was about the size of a cherry tomato (more to come on these babies later) and had a rather surprising, but delicious taste. They could have been spinach, they could have been algae, they could have been seaweed. I am not qualified to say. Lastly in the gastronomical realm there was a large pan of a truly unusua l substance. This stuff was hotter than nine hells. It appeared to be macaroni with ham chunks on a base of old french bread. There were these little heating devices under it that made sure no one mistook it for a cold dish. If you lack excitement in your life you should try eating a chunk of this stuff with a tooth pick. It makes one appreciate the simple things of life like knives and forks. Sitting next to Dante's macaroni surprise was a vegetable tray with stuffed celery and several cherry tomatoes (the little suckers about the size of the aforementioned green things) spread around for garnish. No one ate any of the veggies, except the one and only, Gordon Liddy. But then he did a lot of strange things, right, Tom? . 1 - gss I ; restaurant & lounge 1928 Rosewood Drive |j Tonite 95<t PITCHERS OF BUD I i BUD DRAFT 8:00 - Close 1 Thursday 65* BUSCH I MIDNIGHT | HAPPY HOUR j