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" Monday, October 14, 1985
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Fault
Putting the blame
for sexual assaull
Many officials interviewed on the recent
assault of a USC student had truckloads of advice
to give on how women could curtail these
attacks. The irony of the whole situation is
ridiculous.
Women are told "be careful", "don't walk
alone late at night" and "don't dress to attract
attention," to name a few.
The implication tends to be that women elicit
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dress, walk and carry out their feminine
qualities.
Females should not get the blame for
criminals who may strike out at any given moment
on a sudden whim over some suppressed
anger or any number of unknown reasons.
As for dressing to "attract attention," people
like to dress up to go out, usually in attire that
they may not wear to class, what some people
may term wild. Females should not have to
revamp their wardrobe to consist solely of
sweats, and ankle-length skirts and oversized
shirts.
Rapes also happen in foreign countries where
the women arc covered from head to foot in
material.
Most sexual assualts are out of anger and are
never encouraged by a certain manner in which
the victim has conducted herself, making that
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auvice irrelevant.
Why shouldn't women be able to walk home
alone after studying in the library without worrying
about who looks suspicious or who may
Heave that trash
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revolve around three of today's ^ SH
most heatedly debated issues:
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obvious reasons, we begin with A
rock 'n' roll.
If 1 ever bccomc a folksy, ^^^SgfWBOf
j^yjjatiulat old grandfather, and if "
my vkoccA^remaln sufficiently il "
well-preserved to dandle platoons fr r'T^,
of grandchildren on, and if one
of the little tykes being so dandl- I j- -s
ed ever asks "Grandpop, IHHHIHHH
what did God make car stereos
for?" iny reply will be ready for obscure that heii
him. above.
"Why, son, God made car When I rea
stereos so you can crank down all periodic attempi
your windows and speed along airwaves 1 alway:
interstates in the middle of rush rison Keillor's lir
hour and play Bad Company do- were right. Rock
ing 'Can't Gel Enough of Your It makes you ha
Love' with as much volume as wind up beii
your speakers can muster and somebody who i
play aii guitar every time the traf- look you in the <
fie will let you." That's a darn
And if the kid asks, "Grand- fortunately, it d<
pop, wouldn't it be better if you the topic of this
played Cyndi Lauper?" then 1 we will now hastt
will shake him until his rotten lit- the bus of thou;
tie milk-fed teeth click like dried the station: Cs
castanets. made for rock 'r
Let me hasten to add that I'm You need son
only kidding; I don't want the traffic. You need
anti-rock advocates to swoon ino
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down upon me with fangs bared The Band doing
and use me as another example of Creek" or Bruce
the violence, madness, horror ing anything. Yi
and depravity caused by listening Prince or \V
to such rock anthems as, say, aforementioned
Chuck Berry's "Maybelline." talking about ro>
They might even want to affix talking about mi
warning labels onto this column, And when yo
which wouldn't be desirable railroad crossing
unless they were placed so as to window down
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Meal plans, telephone systems, football, the AllNighter,
apartheid, campus parking, U2, politics.
What do you think about?
If you have an opinion you'd like to share with
the Carolina community, send a letter to The
Gamecock.
Letters must be typed, double-spaced, and include
the writer's name and a telephone number
where the writer can be reached for verification.
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! on women unfair
t, battery victims
be a potential danger? Why is it people assume
that males can wander around at any given time
and not be in fear of their welfare constantly
while women are encouraged to be acconpanied
by someone of the opposite gender?
Women should be able to dress a they please,
when they please and not be reprimanded for it.
Females on campus should be able to go to
the library or to a club whenever they want and
not have to drag their friends along with them if
they want to leave and their friends don't.
It is not fair to ask females to take special
precautions and live in a state of constant
paranoia while lunatics run around.
Those people should be locked up and
reprimanded for their failure to control their
behavior.
Instead, women are asked to make an extra
effort to prevent crimes.
There is no reason for any one person, male
or female, to be constantly in fear of some
situation that may or may not occur.
People have walked behind the Russell
House, by the bank machines, several times late
at night without even thinking twice. They
don't realize that they may be the one in a
million who gets attacked, and they shouldn't
have to.
Maybe one day people of either eender can
live in the manner in which they choose without
fear for their well-being. But, until that day,
women should feel free to stop worrying that
the way they dress, walk, and generally conduct
their lives will endanger them.
out of your dash
Oil Duncan
ious photograph stereo's volume up loud enough
to chip paint from the condo
d about these across the street, The Who make
ts to purge the a much bigger impression on the
s remember Gar- car in the next lane than Madonle:
"Our parents na docs.
'n' roll was bad. A friend of mine always has his
ve sex, and then car stereo tuned to the local
ng parent to classical music station, which
s tall enough to means that when ! ride about
:ye." with him I get considerably more
gooa quote, un- than my minimum daily requireaesn't
pertain to ment of Handel, Bach,
; column, which Beethoven and the rest of the
;n back to before powdercd-wig-and-knee-breeches
ght pulls out of Top 40. "And where were you in
ir stereos were 1749, when this was the No. 1
T roll. song among the crowned heads
nething else for 0f Europe?"
Janis Joplin do- My favorite of these blasts
bby McGee" or from the past is called, I think,
"Up on Cripple Mo/art's Concerto No.
Springsteen do- Something for Violin and Lute,
ou do not need It's OK, but for sheer grandeur it
'ham or the can't hope to compare with
Lauper. We're Creedence Clearwater Revival's
ck music. We're "Run Through the Jungle" or
isic music. The Hollies' "Long Cool
u're stuck at a Woman."
anu tranK your Now that's what I call
and turn the classical.
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time or money
To the editor:
"Accuracy in Academia" is a
nutty idea ? not worth a very
long letter to the editor.
This new outfit formed itself to
"prevent the dissemination of
false information in university
classrooms" and says, "We're
. . . encouraging more opinions
put forth by students, and urging
them to challenoe nrof<'??nrc anH
not be afraid to do so."
If a student wants to debate, he
or she can do so free in the Athenian
Society. Classroom fees are
too high for that sort of thing
there.
How many readers of The
Washington Times know the
iqaast
Labels violate
1 would like to take this opportui
one of the most heated debates that V
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trovcrsy concerns the music industry
women married to legislators and p
Their organization is known as the
Resource Center, or PMRC for shor
to have warning labels put on recon
or sexually explicit lyrics. They ar
stricter censorship of music videos.
Is this not a violation of our rights
the Bill of Rights? Congress shall
respecting an establishment of religic
the freedom of speech or press. I bel
violation and so docs the Musical
organization of musicans, their mam
ecutives and artists in general. The \
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continues to prevail as it has in the p*
Majority will emerge victorious!
Exactly what are PMRC's main 1
heavy metal bands such as AC/DC,
and Judas Priest. The list of targets,
tinues with Cyndi Lauper (who just
fun), Sheena Easton and her "!
Michael Jackson and Prince too. W
don't think the music industry is goii
accusations and "demands" sitting i
Be prepared for some awesome oi
great debate begins with John Denve
and Dee Snyder, all of whom are r
Musical Majority.
Zappa, who has been in the re?
for over twenty years as a recordii
composer, seemed to be the most
outspoken of the three. Zappa said tl
of PMRC's demands reads "like
manual for some sinister kind of toil
gram to housebreak all cor
performers."
On Zappa's most recent album, 4
he issued his own warning labels
response to PMRC or society in gem
ing reads: "Warning/Guarantee ? 1
tains material which a totally free
neither fear nor suppress. In some s<
areas, religious fanatics and ult
political organizations violate your
ment rights by attempting to censo
albums. We feel this is unconstitu
American! The language and conc
herein are GUARANTEED not tc
NAL TORMENT IN THE PLACE
GUY WITH THE POINTED
HORNS CONDUCTS HIS BU
guarantee is as real as the threats ol
damentalists who use attacks on roc)
in their attempt to transform Amcrii
of nincompoops (in the name of J<
there is a hell, its fires wait for ther
Nonetheless, Jackson Browne is
recordings could be rafed "P" f<
whether such exercises in innocen
"Rosie and Redneck Friend" would
an "X." John Fogerty was recently
ing, "This whole thing sounds kind <
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paper is owned by Rev. Moon's
Unification Church? Who owns
"Accuracy in Academia?"
James Galloway
Special studies
Student Senate
doing good job
To the editor
I must submit a rebuttal to the
letters in The Gamecock on Oct.
7, 1985, by Mr. Tyrone and Ms.
NeCastro. These two individuals
Have flip nilHanifu t n
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the Student Senate for passing
the apartheid resolution.
Mr. Toyne is close-minded
enough to say the Senate has been
taken over by "power-crazed
Yankees straight from N.Y. or
New Jersey." Maybe Mr. Toyne
nirlcal vt-v-iy Wriiiiijiiv
i freedom of i
lity to address me. Who will assi
Washington has get a ratings-syst<
.vly born con- certain records w
and a group of hear them on the
ublic officials. So what exact!
Parents Music want a labeling sy
t. Their goal is Susan Baker, wi
ds with violent Baker. Well, if lal
e also seeking are certainly getti
flOlirAC cn/?ll oe C
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as promised in boldly announce<
make no law value" he could
>n or abridging words are inaudil
ieve that it is a Wait, could it \
Majority, an in favor of labelii
igers, radio ex- (Beach Boys) rece
lusical Majori- contribution was
k V roll music tion, a non-prol
ist, the Musical organize and spo
/\notner impor
targets? One is PMRC is Stanley
Twisted Sister ding Industry As
however, con- statement which i
wants to have their own discreti
Sugar Walls," albums: PAREN
^ell ladies, you LYRICS."
ng to take your This offer did
down, do you? the warning guid<
pposition! The record companie
r. Frank Zappa tikov's proposal I
riembers of the What coals lie
poetry, modern ai
>rding industry decide whether m
ig artist and a plicit, or merely i
concerned and roll has always b<
he complete list the fifties, Elvis h
an instruction on the Ed Sullivai
et-training pro- who, with their
nposcrs and popular than C
many the blasphe
Them or Us," the Beatles' skyi
as a sarcastic sorry" and eight
eral. The warn- proved society wi
this album con- The musicians
society would trend setters and
ocially retarded For example, Bai
ra-conservative The musican is
First Ammend- tions from nothii
r rock and roll of character and
tional and un- Gogh different fr
:epts contained separates The Tal
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WHERE THE You may ask y<
STICK AND or you just may
SI NESS. This possibly like ever
p the video fun- telling you to wat
c and roll music approve of. And
:a into a nation morals upon mys
esus Christ). If be learned here i
n, not us." time to think. Loi
curious if his doesn't guarantc
>r political, or hearing,
t hedonism as
be slapped with
quoted as say)f
dangerous to
mi : ?. 'He
might be interested, I am a Columbian
and Droud of it. a
Ms. NeCastro is even more ^
presumptious to say the Senate is
not doing its job. 1 am forming a
computer fee commission to
modify the attendance policy,
and several others too numerous
to mention.
I agree we should criticize
government when necessary, but
undue criticism is uncalled for
when the Senate follows other
schools like Georgia, Florida,
Yale, Harvard and UCLA to a
name a few. Also, the board of
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to heart and followed our lead.
My suggestion is these two people
should run for senate seats
and find out if they are right or
wrong.
Sen. Edward Sookikian
Academics Chairman, S.G.
expression
ign these labels anyway? Once you
em, you may then in fact not see
ith certain ratings in the stores or
radio."
ly is it FMKC wants? "We just
stem," said PMRC Vice President
ife of Treasury Secretary James ^
beling is all that they demand, they w
ing enough support from political
en. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., who
i that "the only redeeming social
find in rock 'n' roil "is that the
t>le."
>e that there are actually musicians
ng? The answer is yes. Mike Love
ntly donated $5,000 to PMRC The
sponsored by the Love Founda1t
organization Love formed to
ncrvr miicical e
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tant person who empathizes with ^
Gortikov, president of the Recor- w
sociation of America. He made a
cad "record companies would, at
ion, put warning labels on certain
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not satisfy PMRC. They believed
dines were much too mild. A few
s are beginning to follow Gorthough
many still resist.
ahead for PMnr? ~r
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rt, literature? Who is it that should
lusical lyrics are truly sexually exa
new avant-garde style. Rock 'n* a
een a rebellious type of music. In
lad to be filmed from the waist up
i Show. Or how about the Beatles,
long hair, said they were more
hrist? This comment convinced
mous remark would put an end to
rocketing popularity. One "I'm
No. 1 albums later, the Beatles
Ano
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of the '80s should be regarded as
an example for society to follow,
id Aid and Farm Aid.
i an artist, and artists make crealg.
A creation is a demonstration
individuality. What makes Van
om da Vinci? The same thing that
king Heads from James Taylor ?
at separates you from me.
)urself what the norm of society is,
accept the fact that you cannot
ything you see or hear. Nobody is
ch or listen to anything you don't
I don't expect you to push your
elf or others. There is a lesson to
f a fpvl* ??1 *
. - ,.n nuuiu 9iup ana iaKC tne
ider may get you heard first, but it
* you'll play something worth
Timothy Michaels ?
Journalism junior