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Viewpoint 4 THE GAMECOCK Friday, April 22, 1988 Deja vu (JSC going to a privacy that's ai Where are USC lawyers headed USC is onee again sending its lawyc tion from the public. But this case The State has requested the resul Marcum's "Lifestyles Program" ac few years. The university is saying because to do so would invade the What a joke. The athletes were al possible invasion of privacy when tli their urine. And now USC wants to totally unethical action by pretend same privacy it has already trample Druiz testing is a strancc idea th America. Businesses test potential employ they test positive. Some universi "rehabilitate" them if they test po: It is a crime to use the drugs thesi why aren't these drug tests criminal Department allowed to rehabilitate people go up for criminal charges ii dangerous, illegal substances? Also, tests like these aren't accui your life, but eat a roll with one po] test and you could test positive in , But again and again, universitie: to conduct these inaccurate and u become fashionable in our society I some very warped reasoning, to h< before a doctor and a nurse, and t These tests should be conducted ; When the Athletic Department ha< student is taking a drug, it shoulc should then obtain a warrant and t drug test be conducted. The Constitution specifically pn search and seizure without a propc enforcement officials have enough a strong protection of our privacy. USC is only pretending to protec when it is going to court. The State mi fhit <"?nr? It a r-r?ntii-iiir> paper to obtain and print the result; tests were an inaccurate, unethica privacy to begin with. End the hypocrisy now. Beer sale Rep. Fair's newi would leave base There he goes again. Rep. Mike Pair, R-Greenville, ha the USC trustee who has gone on a in residence halls. Now he has a ne umbia's minor league baseball tear A bill sponsored by Fair would beverage nights" held by the Colu promotional tool used by the Mt home games. On those nights, base or two soft drinks for the price of hibits less-than-half-pricc drink sa sold at reduced prices only between away with this arrangement. The 1< at the State House. The Mets are a valuable resourc bill would damage attendanee to t hard to get the team to come here, legislation that could estrange the f is vital variable in the sacred sport hot dogs and Cracker Jack. Surely, some sort of compromise should work to find some sort of ai all parties. I he bar Kditor in Chief I' Ji f f SHKI-.WSBUKY H Managing Kditor A S I M'HI N CilJII.IOYI I. I Copy Desk Chief S ANDY HI ( Hil l I Assistant Copy Desk Chief S WAYNI YANC. \ News Kditor I; I<>l>l> MINI S J Assistant News Kditor ( I ON Y MOK I .NO r ( I Features Fdltors (, ( I AIKI-. DM Pl.NHKOt K K SIJSAN NHSMIT A Sports Kdltor \ WAYNi: WASHINGTON \ Assistant Sports Editor P JIMSTlKKfY H Advise' S HIM KOOI RS A N I*ltrr* Policy: the <,amt<nck will try lo print kll*r? ft wordt long l.ucil editorials ?hould not fund MX) word* W llhrl I he (,amt<o(k will not withhold mmn undrr an> clr Social S?iirll> number f PRAISE U10 \ ITS JIM 8AKKI a K|llW ourt to protect ^ r i i i ready invaaea < once again? That's right ? /V :rs to court to keep informa- / is worse than others. J ts of the few drug tests Bob / :tually performed in the past ; it won't release the results r student-athletes' privacy. ^00^ Iready subjected to the worst ic university took a peek into AND > keep secret the results of its ing it is protecting the very :d upon. ai is caicmng on 111 mouern 'ees and don't hire them if tics test their athletes and sitive. , e tests supposedly are for, so matters? Why is the Athletic ?? its athletes? Why don't these j i possession and use of these rate. Live a drug-free life all ? ,n a" interv'cw ppy seed the day before your cvXpro?homoscx a heroin test. that an official at < 5 and businesses are allowed stitution that rccci nethical tests because it has something that vie for people to demand, under !hc u-S._Supreme < , . . ... law, which is simi ivc people urinate in public, ,jgh( oflhc AIDSc 0 have that urine tested. contemporary end as any other criminal matter. which the South c ; probable cause to believe a Three myths per J call the police. The police The myths arc 1) 1 1 / * | .. v , . . sidcred a pathok hen (and only then) should a prcfcrcncc "is bic behavior (crimc) is Qtects us from unreasonable In 1973, yielding it warrant granted when law rights movement probable cause. That implies Association's B< homosexuality pc Diagnostic and t the privacy of these athletes Disorders. The con is barking up the wrong tree was not based on :d invasion of privacy for the logical reasoning a ? . . ? :r s ot those tests, because those ua;>tu a . I invasion of those athletes' J^ote ^?a,^ ^ board. Psychiatrisl outraged. A folic pearcd in a survey of Human Sexuali tion grabs attentio S pathological adapt to a normal variat 2,500 psychiatrists sider hornoscxuali est proposal , ,, - Psychiatry: The Pt 'Dan games dry *-= Letti s made a name for himself as crusade to restrict visitation ;w quest that will affect Col- (^OlllITl] put an end to the "discount 111 in mbia Mets. The events are a HU HUH :ts during Wednesday night :ball fans may buy two beers To the editor: one. Fair's bill, which pro- Stephen Guilfo) les and allows drinks to be g.Lec", ?art,h?ha_s:. ^ , iii uiivcii aucii a spin 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., would do of the most popu| ;gislation is making headway will Rogers? Was in your dorm rooi Knowing Grizz e for the Midlands, and this tried to think how he games. Columbia worked your harsh words, and the state should not pass ^,'3^ vlets organization. Plus, beer from ,.rench me? s equation that also includes welfare recipient.' know that, did yi : can be worked out, and Fair for your ca^er in .... , . , Listen, old bud rrangement that would please ,Q cu| you down ? anH thp rpft f fh/i you were way off commentary. Yc f serious lately, I riCCOCK vicious attack on ***>* me W1j^ a hitter ?? ? them sewage in n iraii mi? imiihiimiwinm.mhmhi_hiimbuj Hey, what reii weekend? I3id a \ holography Editor ,ic you UP and fe< klAN SAIJI.S y?u 8ct violently s tssistant Photography Editor in too many of th I !)I)Y I l-pp tables: R. C. Co clence Editor Something in the IM NI.WMAN SoU,h has |C(J ,C enior Reporter know' fwr a min i a u v i.i.a were trying to be latebook Kdltor cd wha{ a miseral l-.NNY SHARP!- made. Graphics hditor You used lo b< ROY I ACiUI* somewhere down omits Kditor as a journalist, yo RACYMIXSON think you became raduate Assistant ward and Berns AR1.N ADDY braVC'y crashcd ,ctinK Director of Student Government mec 1edia/Advertising Manager fac,s and a" tbe f . ^ ....... ... sure were mv her 1/\ t\yJ/\ l\ l\ I Milling ' roducllon . .rwl,y 1 1 * KHAKI) <,Ril l IN ' 'fc ls tlilmn ON HA about anything, insistent Advertising Manager UP w'1^ a 41.1 ISSA HI NDI-RSON serious concerns buying the next rilitd. Ulltri iliiiuM kr, il t niilmani, 150 lo MO what the blonde S r r?xr?r lh? right In rdll Iflitrt for ?l)lr or (KituJbU tilt COrilCr of tllC l*llrrt mu,e Inrludr wrluf. n.mr .nd had ?uadrup|e b, ] through three u i W1 I V ** KGlVf YOU, JIM! > LUCK TO YOU GOD BLES'i vmj "and" ':{?? tic ciwione owiait^ ^ J osexuals encourag with staff writer Rita Cosby, iecmed to advocate a neutral or ual position. I find it alarming \jj\l?SL > i counseling center at a state inves state funds should advocate Pftltcivi 1 VH dates state law. This past year, Court upheld Georgia's sodomy lar to South Carolina's. In the . ? pidemic, this would seem a very i MOfk /1. LrTCCfl orscmcnt to the credibility on arolina law rests. nicate the homosexual dialogue. lomosexuality is no longer con- L?? Dgy (read disease); 2) sexual The second myth says a homos logically determined; 3) this is determined biologically. No c< victimless. substantiates this. Prenatal em ! to fierce pressure from the gay specific bearing on sexual or , the American Psychiatric studies support this position. H oard of Trustees removed choice. Environmental factors p :r sc from its canon, The exact mix is difficult to quantii Statistical Manual of Mental homosexuality is biologically c elusion of the Hoard of Trustees sound and will be until evidence scientific truth reached through The third and possibly sadc 11(1 inn hill inctfaH v*/a?. hnmnvrvn;ilit v !>:??. nn victimc I ic ideological viewpoint as ex- this might be termed a "victin cal group. The membership did idea that two consenting adults solution; it was imposed by the to do whatever they choose in (I is who were APA members were own dwelling seems, at first gl; )w-up to this controversy ap- But among my peers, white m in the journal Medical Aspects reach far beyond their own priv ty (November 1977). One ques- The worst living hell is visit m: "Is homosexuality usually a children. A child born to a won ion (i.e., a disease) as opposed herits the HIV positive virus an ion?" Sixty-nine percent of the the beginning. responded "Yes, we still con- Another victim is the woman i ly a pathology." An excellent ual man. She catches AIDS litical process is documented in another's choice. Hospital work Homosexuality and American caring for us when we cannot I olitics of Diagnosis. threatened. One stick from an ii *rs to the editor a other problems, but he is still able to home I11SI Il^tS enjoy daily some "nectar of the objec gods" in the form of a 12-pack of viewt 1 oft "Bud" and still make fun of the of I I North, but also himself, his alma conn; mater of the University of Georgia truly and the rest of the South. Though he and a 'le, what on Ciod's could make 10 more books worth of |y Jj possessed you to jokes about you Northerners, he their cful attack on one doesn't because he figures we already or i ar humorists since whipped you once, and why should disrej it another weekend he add insult to injury? other ti? You know what it is? I think well ; ard personally, I you've lost your sense of humor. accej he would reply to l et's do a little test. Put on your Cosh First of all, know- stupid hat and that wanna be Peter spirit he does, he would Fa Ik overcoat you always wear. OK, tion, lilfoyle" translated are you ready? Walk in front of the sexu. ms "rotund, sissy mirror. Now don't turn away, Th " I bet you didn't Stephen. You can't be that scared. quit >u? Well, so much Now be brave and look back in the apatl journalism. mirror. If the reflection doesn't make elect dy, I'm not trying yon burst out laughing, brother, you Caro is you did (irizzard need some professional help, (I'm ' South, but I think preferably from a doctor up north. cent base in your idiotic Hey, old buddy, Delta is ready when parti hj'vc become so y?u reali; irother, and this goinj rny buddy has left Brian A. Quinn chair taste of vour Nor- Journalism senior be c< ly mouth. hut r illy happened this A rfioloc ld^lr ,hc. ' vaitress named Mo Xm.1 HClCtj Altera. ?'i ;d you grits, or did - # # # limit tick from indulging obiective view since ose Southern dclec- J even la and Moonpics? racis South or about the To the editor: hut ) this attack. You Recent editions of The Gamecock does ute I thought you prompt me to address several topics. tent funny, hut I rcaliz- l irst, regarding Rep. Mike Fair's i"g>le attempt you had proposal to limit overnight visitation stirri 111 uonns, me suiueni ooay may as : pretty funny, but well realize that this university is the line of your life ultimately controlled by the state hi got real serious. I legislature, which can and does place a wanna be Wood- its moral values on us every day of its tein when you so session. The legislators' collective into a Student moral and ethical judgements are Jl rting to find "the reflected in laws covering everything acts, ma'am." You from simple business practices to rlj o that day. child pornography. And f air's pro>u relax, brother? posal reflects our state's policy on short to he serious live-in relationships, not to mention To i let alone "getting his others' concerns with dorm I i guy whose only security. Though the legislature is ob- Ciar in life are who's viously unable to control off-campus whii round of beer and behavior, it can decline to knowingly tabl name's standing in help live-in relationships in buildings and li:ir f iri//ard mwiwH Iw I ttali /pass surgery, gone Secondly, I grew tired of Rita li i-ives and assorted Cosby's seemingly endless series on con J IL0V6 YOU ANP GOP LOVfS YOU. JIMl H?RE'5 A HUG TO DfMONSrHATE GOO'S LOVE! /ILi J lm 1 taoi JLLU ( say. mm 1 3 DID G0?PUgSE i e dangerous myths I I their lives could change forever. Other victims include those in the work force. We pay taxes to suppoft those choosing this i behavior. A study at the 1987 International Conf ference on AIDS Education found even after homosexuals clearly understood the risk of AIDS, J 51 percent continued to engage in anal sex without condoms. The average amount that will be spent I t on the treatment of one AIDS patient is $200,000. The majority of the payment will come at the end : j* * 01 inc paneni s treatment, wnen inc person no jgp longer has a job and insurance has run out. This ?????J adds up to millions of dollars that could have been cxual's preference used for the treatment of non-voluntarily inflicted inclusive evidence diseases, such as cancer or multiple sclerosis. These Jocrincs have no people, who no longer have funds to cover their ientation. Recent diseases because the funds have been diverted to omosexuality is a care for AIDS patients, arc victims. lay a part, but the It affects us all. Newsweek estimates that 1.5 y. The myth that million Americans have been exposed to the letcrmincd is un- disease. The number of AIDS deaths will rise 285 proves otherwise. percent from 1987 to 1991. By 1991, the virus will Jest myth is that have spread to 10 million Americans. This should ii Douin Carolina, soncr us 10 mc laci mat wc arc an anecicu. I nc ilcss crime." The Centers for Disease Control report that homsexual should be allowed males arc the main carriers of this disease. It is not ic privacy of their a victimless act; there arc real consequences. We mce, appropriate. arc all potential victims. ales, their choices The deepest compassion for homosexuals would ate spheres. be expressed in warning them of the dangers of ed upon innocent translating their sexual orientation into homosexlan with AIDS in- ual behavior and offering them the spiritual and d is doomed from pyschological resources necessary to recover from their condition. We must work together on this, married to a bisex- and we should not be afraid of the stark truths. All unu suncrs irom 01 us arc aiieaeu. as jonn uonne said, "Any Lcrs, committed to man's death diminishes me, because I am involved lt'lp ourselves, are in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for n fee ted needle and whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." >sexuality. Her articles weren't umn on Southern hospitality, Gartive, because everyone she inter- field fails to answer the charges pos d had an axe to grind on behalf ed by Guilfoylc, namely the homosexual students, their perpetual assaults transplanted Nor^.elors and James Scars. While 1 therners have received from Southern sympathize with homosexuals gentry. Rather than responding to igree they need help, I complete- this charge, Garfield obviously sagrcc with the recognition of prefers to personally attack sexual habits as normal, natural Guilfovle's "awkward nosition" and noral. One would have to dwell on his "inability to adjust to gard a wealth of Biblical and the South." religious, moral teaching as as any concept of natural law to Guilfoylc is merely pointing out a >t the general propositions in fact ? many Southerners refuse to >y's articles. Homosexuals need think of this country as the United ual help and serious rchabilita- States, instead, they retain an antias does any individual whose quated sense of division between the tlity is deviant. North and South. I was born in the lirdly, The Gamecock should heart of Dixie and raised in the berating the student body for its Palmetto State; I'm about as ly toward Student Government Southern as a person can be. I realize ions and poorly-attended there are cultural and regional diflina Program Union functions. ferences between the North and sincerely sorry about CPU's re- South, but these should not be a fiasco, but itiven nast levels of reason to maintain mitrlaiprl cipation, they should have that perpetuate bitter and unfed that 6,(XX) students weren't necessary hatred. % to pay money to play musical Ciarfield, Delta is ready when you s.) Both of these groups are to are. If we want this country to be as jmmended for their hard work, strong as we know it can be, we don't icither is filling a crucial need in need people such as you who only ife of anyone I know. succeed in weakening it by your nally, Samuel Starks should be disruptive thinking. ed to one column per semester practically every piece he writes tually addresses one issue: Stefanie Parent m. Sometimes he's on target, Fnglish senior often he finds racism where it n't exist, as evidenced by his reexpose on professional wrcstl- ,1 w r In these cases, he's needlessly IICIlSI IfCJICly mg up controversy. _ ^ # for Guilfoyle l)oug Churdar I .aw student To the editor: Since Stephen Guilfoyle feels the * * ?... * ^Avinpioli^vvi nccu 10 "rock 'n' ro"" w'th h's last I O I IS V'lit.llolfll few columns, I feel the need to request that he also rock V roll his country ?^ese buttocks back to the land of "Northern aggression." I.ewis Cirizzard isn't joking: "Delta, or any the editor: other sizable aircraft, is ready when ant writing in response to Robert he is." field's letter of Wednesday, May Guilfoyle always remember ch referred to "the nnrnmfnr- this- "A 'finiith^rn Man' n??/?<t c and disillsuioncd Northerners" him around anyhow!" ||| tnc " benevolent ladies and tlemen of the South." i his attempts to voicc his opinion Chip Conklin cerning Stephen Guilfoyle's col- lvconomlc? sophomore