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Viewpoint 3 THE GAMECOCK Friday, February 26, 1988 Safe se? $Condoms in m USC's concern pAnHAmc ii/ii 1oK1? f^r x^vuvtviuo uTuiiat/iv iv/1 J/ui machines on this campus shoi should serve to show this unive by promoting intelligent decis The university is wise to di: within this community of lea: available the products that art tion both serves the purposes o with an opportunity to protect are having sex. Condoms on a Of course, we have all learne limit the obvious threat posed ?no reported cases of acquired campus thus far. But there i Carolina, and the disease is 01 not rumor-mongering; it's com to one of the condom machin one of the eight other convenit vent AIDS from endangering ? heart certainly suggest condon other diseases that are more i Tammy Williams, an inter Enrichment Center, notes thai and other sexually transmitted at the Thomson Student Hea Zucker, director of USC's Heal us, condoms are 99 percent effe tion if used correctly, as well as disease. For those who are sexu 9a condom is plain. Unfortunai sex confounds logic, which pro condoms readily available. The chance they'll be used. i nere are those who suggest ble promotes promiscuity. Si I ludicrous to assume that just b a student will be encouraged t< decisions about sexuality for m 1 availability. Besides, those who make car I unlikely to be unsafe. But tho ] dangerous ones - it is the threi dom can curtail. Having condo of everyone involved. Any pressure a condom appl ^sex is a risk. We've all heard th ^ually transmitted diseases, esp on campus helps respond to i education into action. And th HEAVY ' . //^ ^ I I sr j vvv f| V| 1 u \3f| hi* itf iS .11 I ! I I . .. I. . .1.11, . . .1 ... ... M .... MI' II llll.l.l,,,, i . . . .. . . . . . I Editor in Chief JEFF SHREWSBURY Managing Editor STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Copy Desk Chief ANDY BECHTEL Assistant Copy Desk Chief EILEEN ROSS News Editor TODD HINES Assistant News Editors TONY MORENO TOROD NEPTUNE Viewpoint Edior | PETE MACKEY Features Editor PATRICK JEAN Assistant Features Editors ' CLAIRE DIEPENBROCK SUSAN NESBITT Sports Editor WAYNE WASHINGTON Assistant Sports Editor JIM STUCKEY Adviser | | BILL ROGERS j^T Letters Policy: Th* (iamecoclt wintry to prist It 1 I wordi long, t.urit edltoridt thould not fxreed 300 w I I libel. Th* (iamteock will not withhold mmci andtr I Social Security ntiabct. 1 , K achines show for students 1/ ? chase from 22 cigarette vending ild not be a problematic issue. It rsity is acting up to its obligation ion making. stribute information of all kinds rning. And in this case, making s representative of that informaf education and provides students their health. No doubt, students impus help make it safe to do so. id recently how condoms can help by AIDS. Still, there have been immune deficiency syndrome on ire 200 cases reported in South it there, waiting to strike. This is imon sense Perhnnc n nnirk wnlt ? V, M es in the 14 residence halls, or to :nt locations on campus, can prei life here. And statistics closer to is are a necessary defense against prevalent at USC. n at USC's Open Door Health t three dozen cases of chlamydia [ diseases are reported per month tlth Center. Meanwhile, as Lisa th and Wellness Program, reminds ctive prevention against contracepthe only viable protection against lallyactive, the logic behind using tely, the passion that precipitates vides all the more reason to make easier they are to obtain, the better that making condoms so accessiich reasoning is ignorant. It is ecause a condom is down the hall oward promiscuity. People make luch deeper reasons than condom eful decisions to engage in sex are se who make them rashly are the it posed by their behavior a conms nearby helps protect the health ies merely reminds their users that le frightening statistics about sex>ecially AIDS. Condoms for sale that information. That's putting at's a good idea. HANP a?> Nkv K <t>'9ea imecock Photography Editor IJRI/MN SAULS Assistant Photography Editor TEDDY LEPP Science Editor JIM NEWMAN Senior Reporter MARY PEARSON Datebook Editor JENNY SHARPE Graphics Editor TROY TAGIJE Comics (Editor TRACY MIXSON Graduate Assistant KAREN ADDY Acting Director of Student Media/Advertising Manager MARGARET MICHELS Production RICHARD GRIFFIN SON HA Assistant Advertising Manager IVlCLiaa/\ MtilNUtKSUIN (lcr< recdvtd. l*l(rrt should b*. at minimum, ISO lo 300 ordi. Wf rrwrce th? right lo edit Utltr* for ?tjk or poulbl* iiny (IrrumitMCf. Ulltn muil Includ* wrfltr'i ntmf and M6 ITEM? JIM+ TAMWTO LAUNCH tl?l AH? Qnnminppmp Flyers are littering this campus, spiraling out of control at a terrifying rate, and the next person to plaster a statement somewhere should think twice about what that message is and where it's going up. A quick look at the walls and bulletin boards con- \ j firms this dreaded hypothesis. ^ Of course, flyers are a great way to announce Rp-rhte meetings or just say something. After all, the Constitution allows us to proclaim just about anything ? short of calling for bloody revolution. It also provides for peaceful assemblies. That's wonderful; that's great. But when some agent of a Student Government presidential candidate enters my home in the middle of the night and sticks an advertisement on my wall, something is wrong. And that is exactly what litters my home v happened this past week. things is bullet Over at Nada apartments, those splendid struc- students' rooms tures right next toGambrell Hall.myroommalesand I awakened to discover a yellow and black flyer had Meanwhile, th been taped on our wall. It hadn't been there at 1 a.m. stick their collec the night before, and none of my roommates put it this past week wi up there. Someone had opened our front door, crept dent Jackson? T up the stairs and stuck an ad on our wall. editor by the gr And in an instant, this candidate, who willl re- issue of The Gi main nameless, lost the vote of this previously relations coup eii undecided student, as will any other hopeful who club would moui Free speech alive In the fall of 1985, I was assigned to cover the 1 Athenian Literary and Debating Society. They were having a debate about whether children with AIDS t should be allowed in public schools. It was fascinating. : About 15 members were there, and they had so Steph< much they wanted to say. But they also allowed Cjllilfo^ guests to speak before they did. And there were many guests there that night, so by the time the mSmmmiStm \ members got to speak, they were bursting with anticipation. ' I even stayed to watch their business meeting after the debate was finished. I was hooked, and in about three or four weeks, I was a member. is on my mind t What fascinated me was watching these people get whole lot more ii up and say exactly what was on their minds. They to talk about, used their time and then got up and spoke again. And now I rea They had a lot on their minds and they weren't perfect place to afraid to get it out in the open. out. And I realiz< The foundation the society was built upon comes enough time to e: from the First Amendment ? the freedom of It wasn't worth r speech. speech. This past year, I kind of dropped out of the socie- Going back to I fv 1 HiHn'f h Q V/P t i mo fr\r if U/a/lr?nr/l?u " 1 ' C v. ?. nufV Iitiiv IWI <i. iviy tTVUUt.Mlcxy UlgUl?) SU WCCR5, 1 VC I( were busy; I decided it wasn't worth my time. members still say This column is real nice, and I do get to say what on hard times. T | Letters to the edit KaPOSi ,/^lphH muscular diseases. Again, oui - - j|- ^ itn uutiiKs. wctouiun i nave 1 without you. s<iys thanks nynneo Kappa Alpha To the editor: On behalf of the Kappa Alpha -wji _ Order and the Muscular Dystrophy r una-raisei Association, I would like to give our sincerest thanks and appreciation to c14rvw Iho licr ^mmnnltu fnr m.Lmn iS Ml C 9 U I U N I. 1 I ..IV vuiiiiiiuiiii; iv/1 lUUMiig UUI W fund-raising efforts a success. This past week, Monday through To the editor: Thursday, we solicited funds at the Don't look now, but theco Russell House patio to help fight cans are back. USC's favorit< muscular dystrophy. For four days, raising technique - hit up youi we asked for nickles, dimes and pen- students - is now in full swin nies to fight a killer disease, and for Why USC's student organi four days, the people of USC filled can't be more original is beyo our jars until we met and passed our Strateaicallv nlar<?H at thp goal. Our final total was more than House patio and Pickcns Streei $700. for the next few weeks will be We should all be proud of our called charitable students co university community that gave with money for this or that philanl such overwhelming generosity to help It's time to put a stop to this us help MDA in their fight against 40 ment of innocent students. If i s HI TV MINISTRY FOCUSING ON ' " ^^ *<IL i A i in a j \ cm nts fly out o weeks agz in the 198 ' it positive 1 each othe But the is the poo vith propaganda. The place for such week's fl> in boards and walls, not inside Literary s and apartments. Emblaz Media is t ic College Republicans managed to the fact tl tive foot in their collective mouth is also a ] th their flyer that demanded'Presi- read, "T hink about it." And a letter to the governme oup's vice president in Monday's Maybe imecock wasn't exactly a public- ask of col ther, because he announced that his their flyei it a smear campaign in the next few Think i at Atheniai , evcr seen , >**>* ***. It worn seen for 5 discussior seven men >n -i--t ?n l obfmh w*'| iy Liasncs J 7 friends. I '*Li??p' decided st V Sg don't exe A having th press gets " "jealousy hree times a week. But there's a Amendmt nsidc me that I never get a chance cise theirs ,lize, to my dismay, that I had the So I've get the rest of what's in my head is much it ' my own stupidity ? I didn't have be doing I tercise my right to speak my mind. night. Th< ny time to exercise my freedom of tant than have aboi their meetings for the past two or And I'r 5und that the society, though the in any otl ' what's on their minds, has fallen do likewi: here are fewer members than I've A freec or . - r heart- quire the collectors to get a license foi done it the privilege of getting a few coins ir the can. wie Jr. This may sound cruel and vicious i Order but I wasn't always that way. Thre< years of this harassment from studen organizations has made me immune t< anv anneal for moncv. Who is tr S blame for my bad attitude? The in numerable students who say "I'm col } lecting money for...," most of then within 15 feet of each other. 1 m longer care what you're collecting for I just want the collection cans out ol llection my face. For some reason, I don'i 2 fund- think I'm the only student with thai fellow opinion. g. If your club really wants to dc zations something valuable, go volunteer foi nd me. the philantrophy. Work in a soup kit Russell chen. Teach children to read. If moncj t bridge is what you want to donate, take i the so- from your own treasury. Hut stay of Meeting the patio and the bridge - you're like thropy. ly to get more insults than change, harass- Paula Wojtowici not, re- Journalism senioi 1 ruf rmMrtnnnFki ??w - - 9 vatvione f control i linst Democratic candidates. jblem with the flyer wasn't any implied e can give the Republicans the benefit of on that. But didn't they realize that askits to think about the Rev. Jesse Jackson rally prompt a few to look into Jackson's the issues? It didn't convert me into a upporter, but it might have done so to lents. it that these students want to get involved 8 presidential race, but they should keep The candidates hurl enough insults at r as it is. most frightening trend in flyers these days r wording on so many of them. This past er advertising the debate of the Athenian ind Debate Society is a prime example, oned on the flyer was this: "Resolved: The he fourth branch of government." Besides lat "Media" should not be capitalized, it plural word. The resolution should have he media are the fourth branch of nt." I'm being too picky, but is it too much to lege students to make sure the wording on s is correct? ibout it, flyer makers. 1 meetings and fewer guests. ies me when this, the only true forum I've itudents to go and engage in stimulating \ of, in all truth, any subject, has about nbers. This happened because of personaliamf?no thf* mpmhprc mmw r>f thorn mif 'his happened because people like myself upidly that we didn't have enough time for :h. inly now find out how wrong 1 was. If you rcise your freedoms, what's the point in em? 1 think some of the bad feelings the from people is because of the people's and guilt. The press exercises its First int freedoms daily ? people rarely exerdecidcd my right to say what is on my mind lore important than whatever it is 1 could lhr?Cf? Ivvn or fhrpp hmire An a e freedom of speech is much more imporany bad feelings I or any other person may jt any member in that group. n going to exercise my freedom of speech tier forum 1 can find. And I suggest you se. lom unused is a freedom lost. ' :.:Vv ? ; Spring break ; needs caution t > To (he editor: ) Spring break is nearing, and mrmhprs of I-'lr?rirlr?Mnth<?r? Atrainn Drunk Driving are concerned about i your safety during this time. We want ) you to enjoy all our state has to offer and return home with memories of a f pleasant vacation. t In years past, there have been outt of-state students who have not had the opportunity to savor these memories. > L*ach year there are those who have r lost their lives because of driving impaired by drugs or alcohol. / Please come to Florida. Enjoy our [ beaches and all our state has to offer, f but do not drink and drive. Make your spi 11ik urcaK saic. Betty Jane Spencer r. Administrator r Florida MAOD t