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2 THE GAMECOCK Friday. October 16. 1987
AMY DELPO Editor in Chief
STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Copy Desk Chief
rpi| BRENDA BLYTH News Editor
1 UC TAMARA WILLIS Features Editor
i WAYNE WASHINGTON Sports Editor
UameCOCK KEITH JONES Photography Editor
| ROBB LANE Graphics Editor
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| | r/\ui-/\ wuj IUW1LZ, Beat Editor
Animal house
University sets bad example
with disciplinary action
Boys will be boys, the old cliche goes. It means boys will be
foolish, irresponsible and have no thought for the consequences
of their actions.
For example, the boys in Sigma Nu fraternity who were charged
with painting the eastbound lane of 1-26 near Newberry
quickly come to mind.
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. .iv uitooa^v iiicil uov/ Muucms can get irom USC is
"those silly boys will be boys."
It's true the national organization has pulled the charter of
USC's Sigma Nu chapter. It's true the university has suspended
the fraternity as well, seizing their lounge and telling the
members they must move off the McBryde Quadrangle by next
semester. It all seems harsh. But it really isn't.
Because it'c akn trn/> tiri# i Tcr1 u-? * ?1 *L- c
? ?n.?i vuv nas niviicu me iraiernuy to
reapply for membership in 1990.
How convenient. How nice.
Sigma Nu's history at this university is less than auspicious. It
was put on probation in 1986 by USC and its national organization
when the fraternity was found liable for the death of a
pledge in 1980.
The pledge was at a "hell-night" party and drank too much.
Then he passed out and died from choking on his own vomit.
About two weeks ago, with the simnle allpoatinn that
members of the fraternity took 19 pledges out to paint the
fraternity rock in Newberry County, Sigma Nu violated its probation.
Painting the rock is an old fraternity tradition, but two
members were charged with painting 1-26 as well. And one of
the was also charged with scratching some letters onto the trunk
of a Highway Patrol car.
What message is heard when the university doesn't permanently
kick out a fraternity after a state Court of Appeals
finds the fraternity liable for the death of a pledge, when the
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vjuiy puis me naicrnuyon proDation'/ What message
are we as students to get when the fraternity is kicked off campus
because they were just charged with scratching a car and
painting a road?
What message arc we to hear when, at the very same time
USC is telling us that this fraternity has been disciplined harshly,
it says Sigma Nu will be allowed to apply to be a USC organization
again in three years?
The university should be telling the students that it won't
tolerate an animal house on campus, that it does take the loss
of a life very seriously, that it will not tolerate violations of
probation.
The greek system has much to offer students. The traditional
system cites its abilitv to nrnmntp ??
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service as reasons to join fraternities. Nowhere in that boast is a
promise of stupid childish antics that are bound to put the
members in conflict with the university rules. And the law.
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Guys, gals who weight
1 went weight lifting the other day for about two
hours. The first hour I worked, strained and VXLI0S?
sweated. The second hour, I cried.
I'm not sure if we're talking about common *4*4. * I
knowledge here or not (if so, forgive me), but the {^CmIZOlIcII
fact of the matter is the people who lift weights in tm?i afwte
the Soloman Blatt Physical Education Center are Phil
serious about lifting weights.
By no means am I picking on these weight lifting V^drOdt
enthusiasts. These people are actually a special
group, a group that deserves the total campus' considcration
and understanding.
1 guess the best place to start studying these iron- ?^^^^B
like folks is in their natural habitat, the weight
room. It is like no other room in God's creation. weight (maybe it's 400 pounds too 1
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.utic ait- laigc meiai macnines thrown all over take it off the bar and toss it on th<
the place that don't go anywhere. On one wall. You do this because it's cool.
there's this whole mess of mirrors. I guess they're I'm not sure if this is a written rule
there so you can make sure you're not messing up ly understood, but I believe that you
your hair while doing military presses; yeah, that to bring your mom in the weight r<
makes sense. j^ason I say th^>_is. because. I'\
Anyhow, you're allowed to make large, loud, anybody's mom in there. If a mothc
gutteral noises that don't mean or translate into she would hollerat you to keep youi
anything understandable. Now this may not make ting space neat and tidy. Not to men
a whole lot of sense to the uninvolved, typical Joe, you everytime you make one of thos
but once you experience this "vocabulary," it noises. It's just an unnatural combi
makes perfect sense. Trust me. Which brings us to our next con:
Another thing about the weight room that's neat weight lifter himself. Or herself. Sin<
is, if you decide you don't want to use a particular these body-builders'absent momma!
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I got a letter from Dave Letterman the other day. p?
OK, it was a press release from NBC, out allow SB8KH8S
me a fantasy or two, will you? ; j
Anyway, the release was about David Letter- | j -L_
man's recent campaign to attract viewers in the
megalopolis of Bangor in the fabulous state of Steohen
Maine. The head writer for Late Night said, "We " j ^
tried to think of something to make viewers tune in I Guilfoyle HHMp
to Late Night in Bangor. We immediately threw
out the idea of trying to do a better show and went
directly to an easy, attention-getting scheme that | Pn?;fS
IIC nnthinn "
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So Dave has been reading names from the
Bangor phonebook. And Dave has gotten such in- ~??????????
ternational stars as actor Richard Vaughn and
Larry "Bud" Melman to also read from the And, in autumn, Columbia also hi
phonebook. And Paul Shaffer sang a song about It usually knocks my brown, wide-bi
Bangor, lauding its industries such as lumber and when I let it sit lightly on my head,
shoe-making lots and lots of wind here in Colum
What a rocking town. winds.
But I'm sorry to inform Letterman that I think But the biggest thing in Columbia
the rest of America feels slighted. All this attention There's Mots of politics in Columbia,
is being diverted to a dinky little town somewhere politics. We've got state politicians,
in the northeastern corner of the country. different county's politicians and a
What about Columbia, Dave, what about Col- four different cities politicians to de
umbia, S.C.? we've got politics in Columbia.
Now here's a toddlin' fnwn Vrm \s~..
tti.ci iuu never near aoout the politii
we've got in Columbia, Dave? We've got shopping now do you, Dave? And it's cold i
malls. Lots of shopping malls. Big ones. Dave. Very cold. Up in Bangor, th<
Letters to the editor
I I II II??t I III II II
jpi a member for the sake of a possible these diffi
reius issue medical advance? America's
The whole issue screams of Nazi
Germany- Do you rcmembcr their in"
%j uuiuau a^is ctiiu experiments, ail in P
the name of "scicntific advanceTo
the editor: ment?" There is a growing tide in our WTO#
I am writing in response to the country to relieve itself of the II
editorial on "fetuses to treat burdensome and unwanted class.
diseases" that appeared in the Oct. 2 Euthanasia is growing in support as
edition of The Gamecock. While the the answer to these so called "social ^
article was basically fair and unbias- drains," the aged and retarded.
ed, it did take a verv liberal stanH r?n ~
? io the edi
something that is simply dumfoun- Does it sound familiar? Where will There is
ding to read. it lead? This topic of fetal/human re- who don't
How can a person read that fetuses mains is just one more event in the I am refei
or human remains are now being us- stirrings of what could become an and dedica
ed to treat diseases and not be stunn- American holocaust. How can one Hours <
ed? Also, let's stop playing these condone such an outrageous notion? behind eac
word games. The word fetus is Latin By the estimated $30 million a year in the studen
for "small one." And isn't that what profits? Don't be fooled by the are spent
we are really talking about here, the financial world of our society ? this Transform
small one or human child that has is not a monetary issue. All legal highly doI
hpAn '1 K/-vr# a/I o f
?u?.,vu. u,vcii ii incre is no questions aside, our nation is up to a takes skill
agreement on when life begins, isn't staggering figure of one and a half coordinate
it kind of inhuman to desecrate the million abortions a year. What will Whether
dead remains of a human being? happen to this number when there's a there seem!
Would you sell a dead family price tag attached? The answers to shared by i
lift are all right
elaborate ? women lift weights. (fl
They lift a lot of weights sometimes. Now don't
make the m'stakc of believing that because women
j are women, thev can't lift. The truth of the mo?t?r
S| is there have been several ladies who have outbench
pressed me, out-squatted me, out-curled me
| and have said any nasty thing they wanted to say to
But stereotypes dictate that men are the main inI
gredient in musclevillc. The last time I went, I
worked out with a regular named Gor. Truth be
HI known, Gor isn't a regular anything, he just hap?^J
pens to frequent the gym a bunch.
At first, Gor is rather intimidating. You just
light), you can don't meet many guys with muscles on their eyelids
; rubber floor, or with muscle-bound ear lobes these days. But
after I got to know Gor, I realized what a gentle,
or if it's simp- loving human being he is. Any man who kisses his
're not allowed barbell goodbye and gets jealous when someone
wm. The only else uses it has got to be sensitive. . ^
rc never seen i here's something else. Fve learned. These ^
:r did come in, weight-lifting men and women are more than hapr
own little lif- py to help out the novice and teach you all about
ition smacking the sport. They are true ambassadors of their field,
e cool gutteral The time 1 was there and just couldn't hold back
nation. the tears anymore, all the guys just looked the
sideration, the other way and didn't pick on me or make fun of me
:e I mentioned or anything.
5, allow me to Gor, guys, thanks a bunch.
from Letterman
?"1 about that thing you hate so much, the wind chill
factor. Down here in South Carolina, it's usually
hot and stuff, and they only mention the wind chill
in January. I think it's against the law to talk about
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i I | You have made many new friends in Bangor
with your little program, Dave, but remember, ^
J; ' there's a whole country out there of people who
^ have loyally watched your show. So, in tribute to
: { them, I present a top 10 list.
The top 10 things good things about Columbia
i or names of stupid pets.
??* 10.) It's in the South, or Boo-boo,
9.) Sparky,
is lots of wind. 8.) It's got two daily newspapers,
im felt hat off 7.) The pope came here,
Yeah, there's 6.) It's in two different counties, not Just one, or
ibia. Powerful Higgins the Wonder Hamster,
5J It's not in Main* ?r Cn?u,k-ll
~ ?. uimnumi IIIC wmie UII,
is the politics. 4.) A.i USC, if we pay a buck, we can hit a car
Good-ol' boy with a .ledge hammer three times,
We've got two 3.) The pope came here,
bout three or 2.) The mayor's first name is Patton, but he's
al with. Yeah, not related to the general, or Floozie,
And the No. I thing about Columbia or name of /?
:s of Bangor, a stupid pet is, and it's a tie, Columbia has many ?
jp in Bangor, attractive bridges and highways, or George Bush.
;y always talk That's all,Dave.
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cult moral questions lie in weekend, we had many inquiries
real value of human life. from the Nebraska Band as well as
Carolina fans that made me realize
Doug Novak the tremendous respect held for the
olitical science sophomore Carolina Band. Before that game,
the Nebraska Band even played the
a Carolina Fight Song, which added a
^ mascot special touch of sportsmanship to the
evening,
nilflll I would like to thank the band for ^
adding high energy to our games,
during halftime and throughout the
tor: game. At times, when the players are
i a group of people here down, they rely on us to bring the
often receive recognition. mood back up. The band plays a big
ring to the hard-working role in helping the cheerleaders get
ited Carolina Band. the crowd going again.
)f drill and training are I would especially like to thank
h halftime performance by James Con*nh?v*r
s, and many more hours band, and the staff for the help they
in planning by the staff. gave to my guests from the Deaf
"k ?n pai>er to a Choir. Homecoming was the
shed1 show on the field highlight of their lives, as well as enand
a great deal of joyable for the fans ? and a great ^
)n; . eighth birthday celebration for me. 1
playing as host or guest,
i to be a special comradery Cocky
iniversity bands. This past USC mascot