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, Viewpoint Wednesday, April 13, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 3 Culture USC, South < toward top ir soutn Carolina ? especially < age after a lengthy slumber. Fn Nureyev, the area is becoming i USC is in the thick of it all. And that's only appropriate, Arts at USC, a year of celebrat By its very definition, a univc fairs. A school provides a cultui tion to its students. Unfortunat the forefront in this area, but t The Koger Arts Center, whicl of this year, reflects the unive When completed, the center wil concert hall that will allow U musical talents. ? McKissick Museum, long a v displaying one the best exhibits hibit, which will move on to the tion, features a fascinating loo Ten years ago, the thought o not to mention the Bolshoi, Nu be absurd. But this area and th now what were once dreams ar Columbia and USC are both Offensn 'Shout' provi* g of USC's gret A tabloid magazine has sho called Shout. Shout is supposed to be a m population of USC. It shows t! has articles about subjects som read. In the latest issue, there is a condoms in school colors, like 1 of North Carolina. It also has 1 nent thing about the magazine some of the greeks around can This magazine is a good id< population, but it does not ac campus because it has few, if 2 it.-It-$eenis to be exclusively wh W ddgwdefr womfcn and men by s beautiful people. It makes a p cover of each issue. The reasoning is that sex sel This maeazine needs to inch: viable part of the greek system the whites. And the magazine about. Is it a trashy tabloid full of A ~ r 4.1 l-Ai uiic pai i ui inc pupuiauun, ur and inform the entire greek sleazy, "sex sells" tactics? It needs to find a balance. F m SCHOOtFORWl L r4 VIM\K> IKAPMBED * i A ' W 'f'"" in.mi i..JII)ii,' iI.II.I.I.Ii.i.i.>i IIII^ Editor in Chief j JEFF SHREWSBURY I Managing Editor STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Copy Desk Chief ANDY BECHTEL Assistant Copy Desk Chief WAYNE YANG ' News Editor k TODD H1NES Assistant News Editor 1 ' 7 TAklV kiADCKin 1 Wli I Features Editors CLAIRE DIEPENBROCK SUSAN NESB1TT Sports Editor WAYNE WASHINGTON Assistant Sports Editor JIM STUCKEY Adviser BILL ROGERS A Inciters Polky: rMG?m?cv>c*wUi Iry lo I?riat W W word! loag. Gm? rdKorUli ?hould nol exceed 500 IIM. 7%? Ctmmftk milt Ml wHhboM ? ? aa* Mortal Sacattty MMlfear. I mm-:Mm WmPIPl Carolina moving i world of arts jp|? Columbia ? is finally coming of am the Bolshoi Ballet to Rudolf | i virtual mecca for the arts. And % :| because this is the Year of the ! Flf ion of things cultural. g ??. ;rsitv is a magnet for cultural af- & Si ral as well as an academic educa- g ely, USC has not always been at | ^jpSfe imes are changing. pi I should be completed by the end | Mf rsity's commitment to the arts. | gBLII be a first-class, state-of-the-art |J fSPP SC students to show off their i|l ^ ^ __ aluable resource at USC, is now in its history. The Egyptian exprestigious Smithsonian Institu- ^I k at an ancient culture. |fl|?|||||| f these thines haoDenina here ? reyev and other events ? would is university are moving up, and e a reality. i growing proud. /e Freed des narrow view USC President Jan organizations people to whom he wn up on campus this semester blotted out after use a mree-iourtns major agazine about and for the greek The k?ar<j said 11 Wi he social life of USC greeks and ^xhc'Trusteesused a eone thinks greeks would like to information Act th; decide something is m story of a guy who is marketing The provision has s blue and white, for the University act ^ccause the state 1 u r? * * used not to protect soi horoscopes. But the most promi- someone.s ass. ? was ) is the candid pictures it has of And the s.c. Sup ipus. university's use of th ;a because it caters to the greek Observer had filed an curately represent the greeks on records opened. . . . . .. But the court rule my, black greek organizations in lawsuit within th? pr< kite. It is also offensive because it the 1981 foi act re howing a lot of half-dressed,tan, came to the conciusi >oint to have sexy people on the the fi,in8 deadline by This is the timetab , editorial in The Char ,S- 1. On Nov. 21, 198 ide the black greeks as they are a refused to let wis-tv and deserve as much attention as records of certain Ut also needs to establish what it is years 1983-84 and 19 2. I he same day, , "cheesecakes" that only shows WW s Columbia bu is it a publication that can serve rwi 11 a population without resorting to ^ fj.ll tight now, it is just trash. The recent resurg known as Pop Rocks ?> ^ evil rumors that circul the candy first hit The Pop Rocks run PI package of Pop Ro< r, V C 'fo afterward. The resull digestive system caus Or so goes the stor ~b)j7 j ta^ ta'es l^at gets l^r ??? P t?iAi ' K^rrwlthrough supermarket I > - 4 word of mouth. It's i i spread around so qui torn\J ^ original rumor^ 1 f ^ lx. i. ~ WtoRkiPtf r? Each of these stori ^thfc tjm?Vj\ Wgi- Iff vation. And they usu? well as celebrities ? i V Jr without discrimi 3nC6NI? KW 8MXX. PRESIPENT are usually so absurd EtS HEAD, "Tt> STEP C>CWJ. truth, are great beca America's precious p Here are some of I Photography Editor I BRIAN SAULS A Assistant Photography Editor xaUUI IIO TEDDY LEPP * ' 1 1 child ab Tq th(. edjtor; Senior Reporter You may n0( reajj MARY PEARSON t^c jssue Qj. abort,or Datcbook Editor abortion is wrong. lr^NN?]i Many people rati Graphics Editor to avojc| physical, TROY TAGUE economic or social r Comics Editor raising a a child. Thi TRACY MIXSON blatant selfi Graduate Assistant irresponsibility. KAREN ADDY a .. . . a ca * a /\uoriion as oirin Ac.lng Director of S.ndent same as MIROARET M^CSE^S 8 chi,d abus"s in P"sl MARGARET M1CHELS children, but we clos mCHA^CRIFEIN ?f ,he WOrld cin^i ua GRIFFIN thing -n c|ean whjte Assistant Advertising Manager before hr' was"conc. MELISSA HENDERSON Jn , ,? . ... is not a nerson? Srii Mlm tmM. LMkn iImm m, K a mubm, u*i? jh - ; ? Wi rnifvttktri|kl t?idllIMIm(or Mrkor potriHi this pCTSOn has a hi n ui dre?M(MM?. utter* m?m iod??t wrtrn'* mm u4 after conception Ro 't legal for us to kill * ia.rv3i / R^e jBjf^xliy iT1' {st mrv-^mA ftss ? //^re!yx_ iaM ? lltlll / / i^ om of informati les Holderman used to be a _____________..._. : records show that. j not show the names of 200 gave gifts. The names were 's Board of Trustees voted by ity to keep the names secret. is protecting the privacy of Stephen . . ? , ^ ? r ? provision 01 me rrceaom 01 j ouiitoyle it allows public bodies to ot fit for the public to know. ^ ince been amended out of the f egislature realized it could be meone's privacy, but to cover L? i a bad law. reme Court has upheld the financial records that had not lat provision. The Charlotte TV and The News, but dit FOI act lawsuit to have those accounts. 3. USC trustees notified tf d the paper did not file its that they had rejected our req ic/^fiKorl limit aT Af\ /^nic ^ r ^ ^ ,nA" ^ ' .jviiuvu iniiii ui uu mai f. {/n jan. Z3, /y<5/ ? jv a quires. Somehow, the court rejected the request ? the pai on that the Observer missed circuit court judge to overtw one day. S.C. Supreme Court, howe le of events, as set out in an Observer had lost its right lotte Observer ? 60-day time limit had expired 6, the USC Board of Trustees How? . . . 'andThe Greenvilie lews see >C expenditures du ? fiscal The Supreme Court's rulinj 85-86. not to the request, but to the John Monk of the Charlotte Nov. 21, 1986 in voting to ke> reau submitted a request for The decision is ludicrous, 1 fel /in lies piUYlUC IU1KI ence of that tingly candy r~~? has once again started those ated about 10 years ago when A the convenience stores of -JS aor was about a girl who ate a Andy vgg :ks and drank a soda soon Bechtcl ^ :ing chemical reaction in her "" ; ;ed her stomach to explode, y. It's one of the many such ~ own around the country, not tabloids, hut throuch simnle amazing that these stories get 1 ckly and retain the gist of the A warning to the faint of stories are weird, twisted anc es offers some bizarre obser- not for the easily disturbed < illy feature ordinary people as A woman decided to w everyone gets thrown into the the pet's bath, the owner dec ination. These stories, which her new microwave oven. I that they seem to have some microwave did its job all toe use they provide a fabric for exploded. opular culture. Mikey was that precoci the classic rumors of the past mercials finally decided he :m carries any truth, but most Mikey died a mysteriou i familiar to many people. making the series of adverti: 4* t* 2 4* i m 11/ iiic cui imjl ?1 like 31 days* e ^ This is why right-to-lifers are f fanatic. We should all be, although i, bombing and vandalizing is a wrong a answer to a desperate situation. ii ze the severity of J"st as child abuse is private, so is p Like it or not, abortion, but we cannot allow these private acts to continue, and we can- n onalize abortion not participate by paying for them to p psychological, be performed. Just as a mother does i esponsibilities of not nave the n8ht to abuse her child, S sjust shows their s'ie does no1 bave l^e r'8ht to abort c shness and ^is child. If she cannot handle the |j responsibility of raising her child, she S control is on the should give this child to someone n abuse. We put w'10 can- p >n for killing our , . v ;e our eyes to the l)ar,a Ann Jowers i: doing the same French fr*shma" s doctors' offices. t ? 1 ^ iod knew David I . Sl lH I"11 1*1 nQC t rived. How .hen J-'~" F*"" , edn?7elisausdtha" UlUCll tO Offer " rartbeat 21 days c e v. Wade makes To the editor: ( this person after As students of USC and future c HHHHV Sillf Loans 1HHM . .. . % i. .#.iVtV;.;.;.v.v.;!vX;XvXvX;;v!vXvXvAvX;v;<':':';';v;';v!j icis I \ V\ ' f-i-ivv*.'. ;li* vXy/lvXv #j;.;|i 1 I IX;\ '; ;^'*]:]:''':]']'*']"^Yt'*]:Ynij^rr*!! wm - ,, ^ . J.L S^j) sfaystcAL on a joke in s.C. *s<, ?- milan gins ? smaii meaning incss aian i gei a SI,000 porcelain or Steuben glass piece. This is a possible conflict of interest, yet Ness stayed on the case, advising in the court even after he retired, f And The Greenville News reported Ness openly ^ showed contempt for the lawyers during the trial. - y The ruling sets a bad precedent. Maybe I now twant to know what is in those accounts, but I can't file to find out what was in there because I've obviously missed the deadline by a few years. But why should my desire ? or any S. C. citizen's desire ? to seek a document or record be limited by the umcs i nc ureenvuie i\ews anu wis-i v s request been sought by WIS- were rejected? i involve the same And it is also quite evident that the paper did not get a fair shake from the S.C. Supreme Court, le Observer Dec. 15 especially from Ness. But it has asked the court to west, too. reconsider its verdict, whereas it could have appealays after the trustees ed to the federal judiciary, possibly to the U.S. oer's lawyers asked a Supreme Court. A class move. rn the decision. The But if the S.C. Supreme Court doesn't come to ver, ruled that the its senses or doesn't at least give the paper a fair to sue because the hearing, then that's exactly where the case should go. I've only been a reporter for three years, but I'm already sick of all these closed-door decisions and I tied the 60-day limit secrets that are kept from the public. actions of the board In South Carolina, freedom of information is a ep the records secret. limited prospect. And limited freedom is not jut understandable. freedom at ill. lore for modern day I famous. A man went to Disney World in Florida and Igga8WB<< uc^iutu IU IIUC oprttc iviuuillctlll, mi iiiuuui rouer coaster. The trick of Space Mountain is it's in the HT dark, and riders can never see more than a yard in J front of them. This man discarded the warnings that told riders to stay in their seats until the ride was over; he stood up while the roller coaster was moving and was decapitated by a beam. ! Soon after Farrah Fawcett-Majors left Charlie's Angels, it was revealed that she had a J Rod "Do You Think I'm Sexy" Stewart was heart: As usual, these on a tour of the United States in the late '70s. At 1 sick. Hence, they are one stop on the tour, the man who defined the term 3r offended. "rock V roll star" got nauseated and went to the ash her poodle. After hospital. After doctors pumped Stewart's stomach, :ided to dry the dog in they were shocked to find seven ounces of semen. Unfortunately, the Many more ridiculous stories like these have ) well, and the poodle floated around the country, and many more will. And it's up to all of us to tell as many people as we ous child who in com- can what new, weird stories we've heard. But we liked Life cereal, but must always keep as close to the original tall tale as s death shortly after possible. sments that made him We must spread the word. It is our destiny. " ?? """ ?" I ****** MM. , .n.V.V^HHIIIflliMi mployees at the Savannah River themeselves if they were not involved acility, we feel obligated to write this in some way. Money may be a factor, ;tter to clear up Frank Timmons' but that has to be partially because of nd Barry Sherman's misconceptions lack of funding from our state ri their letter about the Savannah government. liver Laboratory. With oil reserves depleting, nuclear It is an outright lie to say "the energy will be the way of the future, nain function of the laboratory is to Take France for an example. It prolerform nuclear weapons research." duces more than 70 percent of its here is no nuclear research done at energy needs from nuclear power RL; such research is done at the plants. In the future, the Savannah )ak Ridge and Los Alamos River Plant will be the place to carry aboratories. The main function of out basic research to improve the 1RL is to provide support for the safety and the efficiency of heavy luclear reactors that do produce water reactors, which may be used in ilutonium and tritium for nuclear nuclear power plants. /eapons. Another main goal of SRI. We look forward to starting work i to keep the Savannah River facility at SRI. next month and hope that afe for the citizens of South USC is involved in some way with Carolina and Georgia by developing our research. he Defense Waste Processing Faciliy to dispose or store high-level luclear waste safely. Bryan R. Durig, Fh.I). iviosi oi me research is non- i.raduate student, lassified, and USC, along with Mechanical engineering ?lemson and the Medical University Alston Hodge, ?f South Carolina, would be hurting Mechanical engineering senior jt