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Viewpoint 2 Monday, March 24, 198G Sex sells Brown's scam students, medi Officials at Brown University tipped off the Providence police force about a few female mods, who mnv liavc been coerced into performing sex for money. Their tip proved to be well-founded, but their actions backfired on the Ivy League university. Seniors Dana Smith and Rebecca Kidd, both 21, were arrested for offering sex to Police Inspector Malcolm Brown for $150. The five-month undercover investigation also turned up 100 photographs of 46 partially or fully undressed women, six of whom were identified as Brown students or graduates. If the offending women were anything but Brown students, or if they were students at smaller colleges of lesser esteem, such publicity would probably not exist. The university has planned no disciolinarv action aeainst the arrested students and has Letters to Confederate flag 4 - - _ a inutile 10 vaior To the editor: Time and time again, the issue of removing the Confederate flag from its place over the Capitol is raised by someone who is wellintentioned but misinformed and llJVIiOHiVV, Friday's editorial stated that the Hag is being "flaunted" and that "what it represents is a war that tore our nation apart . . . the flag is more a reminder of the horrors of slavery than deeds of bravery." Whoever it was that made these statements should have con sidered what the flag of ihe Confederacy means to people from South Carolina. The Hag stands not as a symbol of oppression, but as a tribute to those who gave their lives for a cause. That causo, incidentally, was not the practice of slavery but the rights of states within the I TUrt . ? ~i' u inuii. i iiu vctai uiajuiuy ui those who fought did not own slaves. To say that the flag should be "dropped" is an insult to anyone who had family serve in South Carolina Regiments. The next time you look at the Confederate flag Hying over the Capitol, think of the young a\~A # u? ^uiuiwn wiiu uitu ill litiiLUC'^ IUI such things as devotion to their birthplace and faith in their state government. Then think about widows and orphans and mothers who lost their sons. It shouldn't matter that they were white and southern, that would be prejudice, wouldn't it? That flag stands and should continue to stand as a tribute to the sacrifices made by South Carolinians in I he C ivil War. C.K. Smith Jr. English senior Suicide motives real to victim I o the editor: I was greatly offended by the letter to the editor in the March 19 issue of The Gamecock denouncing suicide as "damnable" and stating it is committed for "trivial" and "stupid" reasons. I he belief that suicide is damnable is a matter of personal Send us a The Gamecock needs your ! press your likes and dislikes b; ter to the editor. Letters must be typed, doubl a maximum length of 3(X) vvor include the writer's name, addi | number and where the writer t tor verification. Letters should also include writer is a student, staff c member. Guest editorials musi lal implicates \a and public disputed any connection between the alleged prostitution ring and the institution. And ^ well they shouldn't. i Brown University, its name ^ mentioned in the same breath with "prostitution ring," "solicitation" and "vice," 1 must now fight to regain its status as a well-respected liberal arts institution. . It's not their fault, it's not t the police's fault, it's not the I students' fault. j Brown University must defend its name because of an j overzealous press and a * scandal-hungry public. 4 What a newspaper prints is 4 determined by what its readers * want to read. A paper with "j many readers attracts 4 advertisers. Advertisements mean money. Brown University has a i stained reputation because sex j sells ? in the street and on the 4 newsstands. the editor religious viewpoint. 1 do not { believe anyone has the right to \ force his own opinions and beliefs on other people as this letter did. Mr. Winns was obviouslv trv- si ing to dissuade suicide through H religion. Telling people who are fi considering taking their own lives ii that suicide is not their decision a to make and that if they do kill themselves, they will be damned, a only adds to a person's sense of c hopelessness, sense of failure and u low self-esteem. It in no way n shows them an understanding s and caring God or gives them any t positive input, which they desperately need. d II a person is experiencing b situations so disturbing that he is P driven to consider taking his own r life, these causes cannot possibly t be called "trivial" or "stupid." s What a person imagines or believes is just as real and important as an actual situation to that h person. g It makes me a..gry and sad to see such a cold and narrow- s minded attitude as Mr. Winn's I displayed in a campus s newspaper. r ? Melissa Bodenheimer ' Honors college freshman ' c \ BMW mistaken 1 for British car ' To the editor: jj I found the article "lake ; IJSC's quest for political fame and park it" very entertaining, | but I'd like to make a correction. ! I don't think that a BMW would feel very comfortable in the British level of an interna- r tional parking garage. Let me re- z mind you that BMW still stands , for "Bavarian Motor Works," j and not for "British Motor j Works." The cars are made in Munich, ( which is in a part of West (ier- ? many called Bavaria. I did not ex- | pect such a mistake to go unnoticed in the process of editing. ^ As a Bavarian native 1 just got a < little frustrated with the fact that j BMW's often are referred to as British cars. Well, thay are German cars! i Patrick Zarrinkar i Chemistry freshman i letter opinions. Fix- 500 words and I / writing a let- ture. Photos car The Gamecoc e-spaced, with letters a month ds. They must will only be wi ess, telephone and pseudonym: :an he reached The Gamecoc letters and guest ; whether the returned. Send ?r community Gamecock, I)ra t be limited to umbia, S.C. 292 ''* y % ?. t % m ' s v fhose who do Jscars get rei With a blinding flash and a The n ound like thunder, the white "Well, \ )eL.orean screeched to a slop in nominate ront of the movie theater, leav- Screen j' ig flaming skid marks on the nominate sphalt behind. we can't The gullwing doors opened, nd a wnite-haircd man in "Oh, overalls emerged. He cast a Woody -ild-eyed glance at the car and Acaderm luttered, "This column's Purple' pedal-effects budget is bigger Who do han 1 thought." ture? Fai He lurched into the dim, overnigh leserted lobby, through the dou- Maybe tl le doors and down the gummy, The g loncorn-strewn aisle to the front mi the ow. The other four were already loudly ar here, sitting beneath a darkened away tic! creen. in bingo least w; "Well, gentlemen," the white- nominati laired man said, "what are we The w ;onna do about the Oscars?" feel the s The small, bespectacled guy my heart aid, "1 don't understand the Actor, a mrpose of this meeting. Why as an ho hould we worry whether we're Ciilli; lominated or not? The Oscars Academ; ire so, so meaningless, so Iran- The hi itory, so unrelated to a picture's the row rue merits. They mean "YO!" jothing." He cleared his throat feet and md pushed his glasses higher on from a f< lis nose. "Of cour when'An- Scum!" lie Hall1 won we rlirln't I'vnrrlv iwili ivc 'cm to the trash men, into the either." whirled < Intercampus ^irct chchoo nf f^rc IIOl OIUOIIUO Ul UI t WhiIe America was watching a Marco* etreat and two exhaustive hunts, otic tor at issassin of a peace-loving Swedish prinu ninister and another lor a scapegoat in tin Ian. 27 ill-fated Challenger mission, ii lappened. It was the historic first and one of many, ii he gods of black ink arc presiding, rounds ol tutomatic cuts dictated hy the tirainm <udman-Hollings deficit reduction plan. Heavy trimmings totaling SI 1.7 hit I ioi vere mandated at midnight March 1. l.ocati iome handkerchiefs for the procession o ederal services lost to the midnight log. The Smithsonian Institution's museum; ind art galleries will not he open for sight see ii? uii Mimmci uvi'iiinp. The Army will lessen its helicopter crews Best i SC Pfes Fal he writer may submit a picmot be returned. k will print 110 more than two by the same writer. Names thheld by special exception ( s arc not allnwrd. k reserves the right to edit editorials. Letters will not be ! letters to: Lditor, The wer A, Russell House, Col!08. Ptgii Service ' ' * I & \\i ~ r < # c<*? * W.'f* ' * V 9 wC /- <.?* IP- 3 7 . - :: m't net I i/enge nan beside him said, Voody, your picture is :d for Best Original )I a y, and mine is ? 'd for Best Picture, so a\ I*1 \ 1 complain too much." come on, Steven," ftnm said. "How can the I r nominate 'The Color " without its director? "Reminds me of a they think made the pic- once had," Woody ss ries? Maybe it just grew "Sit down, big guj t, like a mushroom. said. "Save it for th< ic stork brought it." huh?" nomelike fellow sitting Rambo sat. "Yo," floor scratched himself The white-haired m id said, "I couldn't give bits of paper from hi cets to'Brazil'if I threw and said, "Somethir n nrl IV<?p HicKac Hut I of '? W*..V4 . . MIJUW.J. liUl I HI UUIlt IU lUdCll UIL* I inted a Best Picture lesson, gentlemen. Si on." we gonna do?" hitc-haired guy said, "1 An hour's discussic ame way, Gilliam. 1 had these suggestions: set on Best Supporting nd I didn't get so much Before tonight's norable mention." mug the men fr< ini nodded. "The Waterhouse and \ / is scum." envelopes. irly fellow at the end of Tamper with tin <.rw>kw fnr th<? firct tim<? hufrtroK'ind in .'f/vfiiv I V/I vtiv I II .n I I IIV UVIUI VIIWUU 3U I I IC* I lie yelled, leaping to his blows their lines. T pulling a machine gun jected on the grc mr-foot holster. "Scum! everybody will b he screamed, baring his anyway. 1 t iring a volley of bullets As winners go dc screen. Paper fragments to accept their award; Jown. If Spielberg win imm-Rudman-Hollings , Hying time in 1986 by 77,500 hours from the i originally planned 1.88 million hours. The Air Force will be forced to open its major base commissaries 30 minutes later every [ morning and push back many transfers. Of course some programs were slashed that f we all wish could remain untouched, f Among services or funds unfortunately slashed was a 1 percent decrease in federal payments to Medicare patients, doctors and i hospitals. At least 91,(XK) fewer students will receive f college scholarships or Pell Grants for 1986-87, and a federal spending limit will kick another 199,000 additional middle-income s scholars out of scholarship programs. A $5(X),(KK) cut from a $10.4 million Alzheimer's disease research fund has also taken place. Newspaper HPl- ^ sAssoc.8t.on I flA t|g||in 11985 Kdilor in ( hit*I Business Kdilor ,\1ariso J Porto Maria Fratus Manuring Kdilor Viewpoint Kditor Jen Howe Carl Dawson Spotlight Kdilor ( om Des* Chief K4r,r\, I,. ? i?*uf / 1/1/ /riuitr l.inda fay lor Assistant Spotlight I Assistant Cop> Desk Chief ?V/ Chambliss liuddv Moore Sports Kdltor News I <1 it or John Boyetle Juliet Nader Assistant Sports Kdl Assistant News Kditors Jeff Shrewsbury llal Millard Photography Kditoi /'aula WethmRton Ray Gronberg ; * & \\L c \\ \\ " . ^ Ic- M , - , 4 ?*^r Z^-e- JglF w r "i ' ' r. i <.<<< '" c u . r7 '< / V<' r' i? ?. <- Pj:cc .' < - A)l , a ^ Of i n analyst I ture, have him send a radical Inlid. dian woman to accepl in his Gilliam place. ; Academy, Have Spielbvi'jj sciul \ anessa Redgrave to accept in his place, he said. Have Spielberg send Sallv lan brushed Field to accept in his place, s shoulders When we're old and decrepit lg must be and the Academy I mall;, i-hes us \cademy a a token Life Achie\einent Award o what are or something to make up tor iu noring us all those veais, reluse n produced it. Boycott this year's cereinoin like Woody docs and spend the cercmony, evening playing ja// in New ^ oik Dm Price, City instead. steal their Collaborate on an antiOscar movie that w ill ensure we'll e cue cards never see a statuette in tins !oun everybody again. his was re- The last suggestion was )unds that seconded and appimed. and i\w> low them tentative titles agreed upon: " I he Color Purple Rose ol Hia/il"" anil iwn the aisle "Rambo and His Sister. 01 Hack >, trip them. to the Raiders ol the I om Oseai: is Best Pic- First Blood 111, Hta/il <>." ! sword have fallen If the law is declared unconstitutional, agencies affected recover tuiuK mm mulcted to the powerful measure. k M . ?? my personal nope, not necessat ii\ haseil on constitutional law, is thai the high conn will allow Gramm-Rudman-Hollint-'s io si.nul. If Congress refuses to control the hetnot rhaging of the budgcl or remains initless. then let an appointed bureaucrat with his meuiless software have the opportunits to ciuunnent the power of the strongest go\etnmv.' hod\ in the world. By PAUL SI J1 I IVAN, editor The Auburn Plainsman Aubui n I m\crsily lecock Assistant I'lioto^rupliN I tliior Sean Keefer Adviser Bill Rogers I llrt?i'lar Hill Clements hditor Production l ewis Covin nloti Murk Ar/nsirunu Hor Advertising Manage Margaret \ticheh Student Advertising Manager Kefi I'reas