The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 26, 1988, Page 3, Image 3
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3 THE GAMECOCK Friday, February 26, 1988
Safe se?
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USC's concern
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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weeks agz
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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
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seen for 5
discussior
seven men
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?n l obfmh w*'| iy Liasncs
J 7 friends. I
'*Li??p' decided st
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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
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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.
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; Spring break
; needs caution
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> 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
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