The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 05, 1986, Page 2, Image 2
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2 ^ Friday, Hecember 5, 1986
After the fact
Six years later, a fraternity suffers
effects uf an unfortunate incident
Six yea is aftei the f:iet, Siinna Nu ! raternit\ has been
tonne! liable in the death of a pledge resnl*.ine from extieme
intoxication at a 1^80 "hell night" pledge party. Because
the incident i*- in the public eve again, (i u- present t rat emit y
members mu\ be feeling the lull weight of the negative t eel in,us.
Vlany of them may he unrelated to ttie group that was
in existence at the time of the pledge's death, except in
name. Because oI this, it seems unfair for nev\ members to
beat the burden of oldei members.
I.uric Ballon died the morning alter the last party of the
pledging process during which pledges drank iroin a
goblet-shaped cup called the "cup <>! truth" containing a
mixture of alcoholic beverages and had to answer certain
questions. Six years later, Sigma \u, different in membership,
but the same in name, is beating the guih\ Icelings
stemming from this accident.
The trial is a national incident, and. thereloie, the group
will sui ter national consequences. Having such an incident
on the shoulders of this group can only result in negativism
and misplaced anger. Misconceptions of the fraternity
system may result as tears may come about that this may
happen again, when b> now, six years later, the fraternity
may have changed their initiation process and habits.
Brothers of the US( chapter ol Sigma Nu are having to
deal with this unfortunate incident, and that is not fair.
The brothers and public must reali/c that no matter how
horrible the incident was, the present Sigma Nil's aie proU..UK.
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mistakes of the past.
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editorial
Salarv fiaures based
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on supply and demand
I he statement m tin- opening below the a\er;u',e salary tor
article ot the No\. 2-1 IW6X7. At the same tline, ac(iamcKuk
that lull processors vordini! to hearsay. theie are
at I S( receive a saiaiy ot lull professors in The uimeisitv
S52,(M)() to S.M.OOO toi eav. h w hose annua! salat ies are t w ice
academic year is mcorieci. and the amount I presently earn,
it has prompted this response.
which goes beyond the mere I he raiije ot alaues tor
correction ot an error. M\ in ea^h academic tank is quite
tent, to ad\ance an attitude I W oad .nui under rhcvontiolot
believe most faculty members many complex lactois. \inong
hold, requires I lust makeclea: these, the principle ot supph
the nature ot mv relationship am! demand. the a\ailability ot :
with the I ntversit\ ot South state luiui*. and the value ot
( arolina. indt ? luai's ronmbution |
to I he *i;* v ! v f \ s ;iv.< hv
I nave been a prolesso' jor his {:-p;:i;men! head and lean
over halt o! my lite and in that ate prohablv the mo.t Muniii
capacity at I SC lot the past -.an: ^cantoHine acloiv 1 layears.
I have served or. a!mos; svMcm Joe-, not pe. mi: the
.ill ol the faculty committees, natuiai en.i i ;\ ik e ?ii lanness
was the tilth chairman ot the llowevci, eMorts aie in place
i acuity Senate, and was pio : < na:iov. the bioad i aniie o!
1 moted to lull prolesso: in -alanc- tor people o' equal
1969. My i.aieei has been a lull tenure and service and to insert
one ot teaching, lesearch ami equity into (he *-vste:n.
service, and m\ personal in
vestment m the muvcsMv as I have v.-iv"i !I o uniwtsiiv
irreversible as u is de< i Mulei ? 1 s . .ricc'ioi - ! tout
p!esid "ills All o! them have
I he errot could hae been employed mnque approaches
easily corrected with the itvei t a advancine the imntulion.
lion ot the word "avctaee.'" I in per! 'iiiiai,,:'. however, ol
Without (hill vMinl, leadeis Presided' !l il lim.m stands
musi have coiuiuded all who ??j?;ttt. in .1 ?!i: Ir? ti' 11c-,?<>1 \
bear the title ol li:!l pio!c>s<n t'oii; that ol !;.<. oihers. Ills
earn at least S^2,000 annaall., design. appio?i.;h. and . Met
and that impression -h<> 11 Ul lie M\eno s do not I ,1! short o!
erased. In one dep.nt:.:t nt. a-. i 111 ar, 11 ivem M .iJi la-. been
have been told, 'he hd'hes! 'Atrten ain>is: -n<. detKienues
salary lor lull piolessor is and hoi; o;i:m:..? . t ISC i
SV',000. In my .)% ,(, ease. I am . "ii\:nwd ;hat .1 ('resident
know 11 I u ei e 'o rr; ire in \la\ 11 o IJ 0 r in a .1' r 1 ,cul [I a 11
ol I.m l my annual s.il.n;. develop* ?!.>.: 1;: ti u:-s. these
increments Irom now to then del ; n noe- vi!i dis.-.npeai \l\
were maintained .1! th- Ic.eloi I; >pe .us! m> >n!\ leqmsi ol
the l.i-.t three \eais, m\ eareer turn, 1- iie minimal ihc < mi aee
voiild end with a >?ilar\ below and will 0 >\ u -a ;ind : !ic j?1 e
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A/z/s/V up: Scene is of a colleac pwtv laic
one Saturday ninht at the somewhat snobby
Capstone plantation. I Everybody (who is
somebody} on campus is in attendance. H e
focus on one particular ,virl, one particularly
attractive and flirtatious yirl Cat net
O'Hata. (iarmt is the dauvhtcr of Cierald
O'/lara, a iftjaith\ Irish plantation owner.
His plantation, Columbia Iara Hall, is the
most successful and popular plantation on
campus. Clamoring around darnel are a h
\>roup of Carolina gentlemen. MV hear the h
conversation.
"I II,. , I. 1 f . V.fc 11 ill, ,?V ,M V /
eui hanging on hero\ei\ word. "All you warn a
(o talk about is thai silly asbestos war! Win h
don t mui want to talk about me?" h
"Well, wt' do Miss Garnet, we do!" one ot t
tlie gentlemen responds. "Hut don't you want \
there to be a war? Win we'd have fun and
beat those Yankee health officials in a week v
or two." ti
"Well, I declare. Whv do y'all want to fight h
some silly wai when you can be here with me? n
! I you left I 'd get so tei i ibly lonely. John, w ill v
you get me a piece of pit and anothei SACiA t<
mint .julep?" e
"Why, I'd be honored Miss Garnet," he i
replies.
John leaves, only to have his />laee stolen by i
another rebel eatwht under darnel's s/)ell. (
When John returns, it is not with a pteee ot (
/ne or w\th a nun! ////< /;. i
"It's wai e\eivone W \K'" lohn veils. \
''Wari)u' (>iher^ ask. (
"Yes! I he health ami salely Yanks have
His! ileelared s\;u on the tree floating libers of
a>hesios heie on eainpus!" I
Cnimet's Un c shows a frown She n sad. i
Her seerel love, . Ishton, the asbestos kmi> of <
the South, is Iravmu tor war -- niavbc never ,
Letters to the
Israel at center
pliasi/etl. Is
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at ormn nnilmn
uI ui iiio u^agiiiy lures ft> a
policy obj
I o ilu' editor: American
11 is eleai thai Israel is <ti I he thereby It
ventei <>! the arms -'orhostages anuoiny arn
allair I he arms hostaee e\ li is lime I
change was Israel's idea. I he wi (he Muldle-I
it i a I anus exchange lor hostage on I S. rati
Benjamin Weir in September,
I9S^ was ilone bv Isiael without
111 KM I S kn./ulc.iiK- ... ;tp Hi'slmian,
pioval. Israel made other aims _
shipments before 1'iesident 8
Keavan's lami.w\ ! "tin
d i 11 e ' a li! h?w i / i n i' these SYllOiin
; i ansaet ions IHIOUII
I lie extent ot 'srael's u>le hi I o the eel it <
the diver iv < I hinds io ihe Mr. Han
\i er.nM.an t tei'ias at this stai'e nlriins :ihmi
i. uiiv.'k';i! V one e \ i I'C'l iC I he (m/Hcc
(unlikct) Israel may have had no because it c
kncwlalt".1, at the other extreme. women per
this, !<n1 mav ha\e been oiv'aii!/ than men,
n! and i>!?. lies; atetl in htael logical la
It is imperative thai Israel's anions pen
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\) return again. She watches him ride off with
he others, gone to join the cause.
Tinu passes. The war raxes on . . . and on.
*Ian tat ions begin to lose their prosperity ?
nd their residents. We see Garnet at one of
he last ureal halls ever to he held. A /nan is
aking bids from gentlemen to dance with
heir wives; the proceeds going to help in the
var.
"'I bid $1,(XX) for the pleasure of dancing
k'Hn v larnct i) Mara, a gentleman cans irom
lie hack. It is Captain Rhatt Under, campus
ousing administrator. Rhatt and Garnet are
iot strangers. Tl.oy have met before ? and it
>as not too benevolent. But Garnet is itching
n dance and gladly accepts. Rhatt says that,
ventually, he will have Garnet for his very
>\\n. She laughs.
1 he Asbestos liar drays ori and the South
s doing poorly. The plantations, including
'olumbia Vara Hall, arc in shambles. Gerald
"i'Hara tries to convince Garnet that it is Colunhia
Vara Hall, and not Ashton, from
vhich she draws her strength. Denying this,
iarnet escapes to Atlunta to be closer to
1 s hton.
Is the war moves closer. Garnet is forced
'o help Ash ton's wife refurbish (heir house
before (he health inspectors break through the
defenses. To help her with this, she requests
the help of one oj her slaves. Prissy, who had
editor
ntirc scandal he cm- must have the same i
rael has manipulated op/iortunites and then
led American over no discrimination on tl
chieve Israel's own the particular group 1
'ectives: a tilt in belongs to. lint people;
policy toward Iran same and there exist d
'%HimtzinR Israel's genetic and cultural, b<
'is business with Iran. sexes and also individi
S. lorekui nolicv in ;i i?iven sex.
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1 ast he decided based Hut Mr. Johnson wi
i?.'i than Israeli needs. all know men and w
ct/iuil, so therefore, a
Kadnan lliiMal,;. ()u ()| .uul W(J
mtirnahonjl st <s ^.?r?. jdclltthe
_ discrimination is clear 1
CV fl X tGn possible cause." I have
" emphasis here to s
derstood "cq"al'.',,s l,c"'8 con
same.
>r: I am not sui prised '
v Johnson, who com better grades than m<
t "Mai,ml sexism" in *?f cultural dilfcrenci
<j< A (Nm. 14, Ithe sexes encouraging
arnec! a report stating be more responsible. I
lorm better in college i\ among people mca
is making a common ample, il a woman
I lacy. By equality become a nuclear ph;
pie we meaireveryone man wants to become
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Julie! Sutler ('holograph) Ktlilor
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I i-aiiirt-s Kitiior I ht/tnus Humphrey
I'tJiilii W'ethiiiKtun
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bragged of her skill i/i {his area.
"Now Prissy, help me lip this stuff off the
walls, you hear!" she yells.
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know nothin' about removin' no asbestos!"
Garnet slaps Prissy. Together with \\
Ashton's wile they remove what they can and
escape Atlanta and head tor Columbia Tara
Hall.
Once back a! Columbia Vara Hall. Garnet
decides to return the plantation to the way it
was, hut can't live there while the rooms are
being rebuilt to meet the health and safety
specifications, so she moves out.
H e cut to Garnet, satiny, in Rhatt's living
room. She has ended up here ? as a l<ist
resort. Rhatt has heard her story and is about
to reply. ^ j
"Well, Garnet," he says nonchalantly,
"that's just too bad. You can't go back to
Columbia Tara Hall while the Health and
Safety carpetbaggers -ire supervising the
refurbishing. 1 know you may want to find a
place to stay off campus, but you probably
want to have me as a back-up. l or others, I
would put them up in the Holiday Inn planta
tion, but this time I can't. I can't guarantee
you on-campus housing unless you tell me
you want it (and ML) in the next three days."
"Oh Rhatt!" cries Garnet. I don't want to ^
live anywhere else but Columbia l ata Mall ? &
all of my friends are there. Besides, three days
isn't enough time to tir.d a place to live next
semester. Oh Rhatt! Where shall 1 go? What
shall I do?"
In a smooth, yet cocks voice, Rhatt
answers. "Frankly my dear, I don't give a
damn!"
Music u/j: Roll credits. Get sick to your
stomach and have the late Margaret Mit
chell's lawyers sue rue.
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ight\ and designer, I heir sexes are com:
must he plelely irrelevani to Ihe decision
le basis of of accepting them in 111 cir respcche
or she live professions, which should be
:tre not the based entirely on their individual
ifferences, merits regardless of the average
.'tween the performance ol the groups to
lals within which they belong.
A feminist woman once told
rites, "We me it was only after she took a
omen arc c o u rsc i n a u i o m o o i I e
nv lime a maintenance that she was conmen
don't vinced men have greater
mw grade, muscular strength than women. 9)
ly the only But Johnson's conception of
: added the equality would seem to require
how how this difference was also the result
fused with of "discrimination!" this is not
to deny the existence ol real sexist
women get discrimination, which is almost
.'n because always directed against women,
s between Nevertheless, when feminists or
women to anti feminists talk of equality
lut, equali they must carefully consider if
us. foi ex they are confusing equality with
wants to sameness.
ysiusi or a Jeeva Anaiulun
an interior Associate professor, physics !
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