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I t Viewpoint Study aids Honors college begins important course on how to deal with AIDS Since AIDS became an international scare some years ago?it has been met with fear, paranoia and misunderstanding. Once a disease that struck only a few segments of society, AIDS is now a potential risk to everyone. To help people better understand the disease, (JSC's honors college is now offering a course on the subject. AIDS education is an idea whose time has come,and the honors college should be congratulated on this worthwile effort. For too long, AIDS has been the subject of controversy and bad jokes. Other institutions of learning should take this school's lead in the fight to conquer the ignorance surrounding AIDS. The severity of this disease has made the severity of venereal diseases such as herpes pale by comparison. Likewise, it has caused a panic bred on misunderstanding. This is most clearly evident in the social treatment of people who have AIDS. These helpless victims are treated like lepers and judged unfit to resume a normal life. i ne main controversy over tne disease is trie way in which it is passed on to others. Most experts agree it is not passed on through normal contact with others. Only through intimate contact, most notably sexual contact, is the virus spread. The disease is originally thought to have spread from Africa and a species of monkey called the green-tree monkey. The early occurrences of the disease hit mainly homosexuals, intravenous drug users and Haitians. But recently, the disease has become a growing problem in the heterosexual community which is a main reason for the growing panic in America and abroad. No longer is AIDS a selective disease. Now it can strike anyone. Thousands of AIDS sufferers have thus far been denied entrance into the mainstream. Some of these victims have been fired from their jobs, barred from schools and other public places such as restaurants and churches for fear they will indiscriminately spread the disease to others. This fear is quite understandable, but through educating the public, those who suffer from AIDS could eventually enjoy a normal existence, however short, and those that fear the disease could better cope with it. For this course to succeed and eventuallv snread to other schools, it will take the concerted effort of students and faculty alike. If this can be achieved, USC could very well stand at the vanguard of a new educational movement. To let it die would only sustain the current level of uncertainty surrounding the disease.The honors college should seriously consider making it a regular class offered to students because the college has come across a novel idea, which could do nothing but help in the long run. Ac t Vio Hicoqco Knm nc a inr?rAOCinn1tf r\r% f Via rio 11 iv uioca.iL tu niv^i wuvi wa^ii uu 111 v heterosexual community,the need for rational, informative education becomes imperative. Since no cure is in sight, formal educaton on AIDS can help us to respect and cope with the disease instead of fearing it. Fresh air Rmnkprs nnn-smnlsprc shnnlH chniA/ ..W.. ",,v" equal consideration for each other Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said last year what non-smokers have known for years, that second-hand smoke from cigarettes is dangerous. For years non-smokers have endured the smelly smoke of other's cigarettes, unnecessarily risking their lungs and their lives. Smokers have a right to smoke if they choose. But nonsmokers have a right to fresh air. Until Koop's report last vear. the verdict was nut on whether serond-hand smoke was indeed a serious health risk. Now that it has been proven, the time has eome for smokers to seriously consider extinguishing their cigarettes for the sake of others. Too often the smoker and non-smoker have come to a stubborn impasse on who's right is more important. This battle has increased dramatically over the past couple of years; ordinances have been passed restricting the smoker from lighting up in public places. This is a healthy move C I L...1 ? I 1 . 1 J .1 . ' Iiuiwaiu uui a uaiancc inusi ue inainiaineu mai inconveniences neither side. All too often, though, this balance shifts, causing needless confrontation. A certain amount of stubborness from both sides is natural, but vehement protests are sometimes counter-productive. Despite a recent and justified protest by a couple at Carolina Coliseum, USC's smokers and non-smokers get along rather peacefully. Confrontations will undoubtedly arise, but it is hoped that a February meeting of the Ioiuuciii-iacuuy i\ciauuii:> cuiiuuiiicc tan ciiecuveiy ueai with a subject that has far-reaching implications on the health of those who don't smoke. Meanwhile, smokers could keep a small problem from getting bigger by simply considering the health risks they impose on others. 'II" i M Write us a letter Tell us what's on your mind, l etters must There is a limit of t he typed, double-spaced and no more than the same writer. 250 words. Include name, address and We reserve the righ telephone number for verification. Names on outdated topics t I will not be withheld. Guest editorials arc topics. limited to 5(H) words. Indicate whether you Write to: Viev fire a student, USC staff member, or com- Gamecock, Drawer / munity member in letters and editorials. Columbia, S.C. 2920 - - THE LATE! Put off till torn Roino a nr\r\r\ nro^rn ctinof r\r ic hoinn on ar. *^vilip, M ^vn/u piUVlUOlillUlV/l IJ UVIII5 Ull WI tist, which is a fact that cscapcs most of the people at the university because there are so many amateur dilettantes out there mucking things up for the professionals, the artists. Some history: The greatest procrastinator at Carolina is Arnold Edwards. A business student, Arnold arrived at the university in the Fall of 1981. He was from the boondocks, the real depths of the country, and when he arrived at his dormroom, he saw, for the first time in his life, a mattress. He had never experienced the lush comfort of the Scaly Posturepedic in his room, and the result was sensory overload. He couldn't get enough of the mattress. He has slept at USC for the past five years, and has never gone to a class. He, somehow, is signed up for classes and has avoided academic suspension. His weirdness has not attracted him to roommates, and he has gone through 20 since entering. He has, however, found the perfect roommate: James Franklin, a 6-year-old whiz kid who is taking all of his 130 hours of his engineering degree this semester, and, thus, is Iltvci HI II1C IUUII1. You want to bi Mike wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star; he still does. 1 can't give his last name because he wants to burst upon you '.ike some big, raging supernova. But, for now, he waits. Me and Mike had a band, and it was good, too. We practiced every Sunday at the music school, where he taught guitar. For hours we would go over our material until it was perfect and polished. Mike would talk about how he wa? going to be the biggest thing we ever saw. He had big dreams, a big ego and a big heart. We must have practiced for months, each time knowing that we were on to something; something big. Mike, Ronnie, Chuck and myseit, knew something was up. A record company in California wanted to hear our material. All of us had always dreamed we would someday "make it," but we never seriously considered those dreams as possibly coming true. All of us, except Mike, were strictly small potatoes. We were great musicians, but that's all we were ? musicians. Mike was the words and the energy. He was the force that kept the band tight. He had written 10 or 12 songs, songs that were razor edged, some that were gothic. It was new. And we all felt destined to greatness, or at least saw a way out of our present lives. After we finished practicing on those Sundays, we would all sit around drinking warm beer and talk about the future. Chuckie would talk about girls or money. All Ronnie wanted was to get out of South Carolina. I was in a glorious daze. But Mike Letters to th< Opinion of Reagan lac To the editor: consists I found your scathing attack a handfi on President Reagan unsound leaders and lacking validity. Firstly, I ad- love to mit your metaphors are colorful target f and your writing style is quite Presidcr unique, nowever, i Dcneve you Moatnm forgot to use one of the first rules bably ha of journalism, which is using plots of evidence and facts to support Luckily your own opinion. Where are tercepte* your statistics, sir? Nave you telligenc checked public opinion polls, Reagan which indicate that Reagan has reality, not lost the trust of the American terrorist public to the degree you claim. bombini Open your eyes in the real you als< world of today, Mr. Millard. It America znz [thr hditor in Chief \?//\ l#?#t??**c rw?r rtwAtifh U\/ Htt/i If VT V/ IV11VIO i ifivsiuii I/Jf I'tM I?w/fu Managing Hdltor t to stop printing letters Amy DelPo o make ,oom for new ^ptonCuVoyle 'Point Editor, The V, Russell House, USC, Mona Peloquin 8. New? hdltor Paula IVethinglon 3T IN LIB^AW*MANURE SPREADERS. orrow what can yu'"?r"E. umsttttnm mm/M It is something of a legend at the BA building that Arnie will wake up one morning and start working on all those incompletes, but sources close to Edwards say this is doubtful How to be an artful procrastinator, and not just an amateur slug. 1. Arrange your daily schedule and carefully budget your day down to, at least, the half hour. Know your priorities, and keep at least one copy in a very prominent place, and carry i a rock V roll s I I didn't divulge too much. He was already thinking about our second album; we didn't even know if we could do a first. A lot of the time he would keep some of his epic dreams secret from us, teasing us, silently getting our hopes up. Mike was strange that way. His manner was direct, his mind abstract. His dreams were so big that somehow 1 knew it would all collapse, because he wanted to do things his own way and become a giant on his own terms. Musically, nothing really great ever happened to me and nothing really bad ever happened to me. I was just a normal guy with a talent for music. I realized my normalcy when Mike had me read a book about a rock star. The book was by Jerzy Kosinski and one of the main characters was a rock star named Goddard. Goddard was the biggest rock star of all time, but nobody knew who he was or what he looked like. As 1 read this book, amazed, I realized why Mike wanted me to read it. g editor ks substance; president i of terrorism, hatred and from Iran the day Re il of satanic Third World over office from forr who would more than dent Jimmy "Mars use the U.S. as a prime Carter. Perhaps yo "or terrorism. Without realize President Rcaf it Reagan in office, best president this co ar Gadhafi would pro- ever had in the hostile ve succeeded in his secret today. We are a targ< terrorism on the U.S. rorism at any given these plots were in- these satanic Third Wo J by government in- refuse to use terrorism e officials working for U.S. because they k before they became dire Reagan will retaliate Have you heard of any severe destructon. acts on the U.S. after the Yes, this is a time I of Libya? I haven't. Do and we arc all waitir 3 remember that the 48 truth to come out in tl in hostages were released Iranian deal. But, youi Gamecock L' ?V.' JI < /**MHNIII MIIIIMJ npurin ruiiur Sherri lierry Jeff Shrewsbury lirenda lilyth Assistant Sports Editor Viewpoint Editor Wayne Washington Hal Millard Photography Editor Money Editor Jennifer Steih Candy liarr Assistant Photography Edltc Features Editor Thomas Humphrey Tamara Willis Assistant Features Editor Patrick Jean ) ? . -t-T? .!>&-:be done today the other with you. 2. Know, for example, that you have a paper due on Thursday, and budget time starting on Monday to begin writing the paper. 3. At the time when you are supposed to begin writing the paper, take the list, throw it away, ( and go grab a brew. 4. Forget about the paper until Wednesday night, when you are roaming the halls of your dormitory looking for some Tylenol to stop the blacksmith who's pounding away inside your head. Then, you should say something, such as "Sunovab?, I gotta paper due." 5. Write it. Fast. To sum up, putting something off that has to be done is just that. Procrastination is something more; an art, which teachers prefer I neither practice nor preach, an art of planning and arranging and budgeting and having absolutely no excuse not to do something on ( time, and still getting it in late. Granted, it's not the Webster's Dictionary definition, but then, this ain't the Encyclopedia Brittanica either, is it? It's not easy being an artist. star? Read on Mike wanted to be Goddard. We finally got our day in the recording studio. For 12 hours we worked on two songs 4 getting them down as perfect as we could. I got finished early and I sat in the control room getting drunk and watching Mike in amazement. His demand for perfection from himself, and us, was showing on his face, as slowly the component parts of the songs came tnopthpr ?X/0V?..V. . Somehow, I knew this would be one of the last times we would play. After Mike returned from California I knew 1 was right. We would all have to go to L.A. or be forgotten. Mike's dream of striking a deal on his own terms was { crushed. He met the reality of the record business and sulkingly accepted it. Soon afterwards, they left. I remained behind in my same old town and in my same old high school. The dream of stardom was a dream deferred. But, the band didn't make it in California. Some members stayed, some left. Mike stayed. He had to work to pay off his debt to the record company. He still does. This past Christmas I talked to Mike after nearly two years. He's got another band now and another chance and I hope he makes it. 1 wish I could be there, too. He's changed now and looks at the business more realistically. The ego that once rode shotgun in his car is ( now deflated, but his giant dream lives on. When 1 talked to him, it made me think about a line in a song, "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true?" For me and Mike, the answer is no. deserves respect agan took titude surely lacks the logic and ner Presi- sense that are an integral part of hmallow" effective editorial opinion. Your u should imagery and language are a credit jan is the to your writing style, but until untry has you get some more facts and : world of realize that, although you may et for ter- not personally like our president, time. But the changes he has brought about rid leaders have gained the support of the against the majority of Americans, 1 suggest :now that you confine your prose to less imwith more portant issues. of trouble Michael Patrick Mullally lg for the Business administration tic Contra- sophomore biased at Datebook Mllor Dlrtclor of Student Media Katherine Gilbert Bill Clements I Graphics Mllor Production Robb Lane C. L. Norris Comlci Mllor S. Ha Trdcy Mixson Advertising Manager ?r Adviser Margaret Michels Bill Rogers Assistant Advertising Manager Jan Hodges