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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.
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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.
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'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
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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
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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
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KGlVf YOU, JIM!
> LUCK TO YOU
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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
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IL0V6 YOU ANP GOP
LOVfS YOU. JIMl H?RE'5
A HUG TO DfMONSrHATE
GOO'S LOVE!
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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