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Viewpoint ,, 2 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, May 25, 1988 Open up Students dese, to university '<? The university has millions of dolla for student use, and millions more arc taining those facilities. Unfortunatcl; considered when it comes to schedulin For example, with the current trend arc interested in starting swimming an most popular swimming time is in tl students are only allowed to swim dur and diving teams, which should have priority on the schedule ot the natator of the Blatt Physical Education Centei dent activity fees. The access to the physical education the summer as it is during the normal > ed because there arc no activity fees ii are students in the summer, however, facilities at their convenience. The Russell House's hours are atn when students are looking for outlets is not even open on weekends. The < p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. T1 weekends a time when students nrob Many students at USC are on camp university their living environment. T evening meal and weekend entertainn off campus. Most college night spots ? the university should take advantage The university, of course, is a busin ed on a cost-effective basis. And b< charge an activity fee for summer : available to support longer hours at th in the physical education center. On the other hand, the gameroom n not wholly dependent on university f charged for facilities normally suppor might not experience great losses. The university needs to realize th students, should be able to expect i school ? no matter what the time of "YOU PIPNTP0I The Ga: Kditor in Chief TOROI) NEPTUNE Copy Desk Chief ! WAYNE YANG News Fditor ; WITA rwnv I " . fl Viewpoinl Editor TODD CHRISTENSF.N Features F.ditors MICHELLE SCHOHN CASSIE YANG Sports Editor BOBBY JONES ' Photography Editor JODY HAGINS < Comics Editor TOROD NEPTUNE C>raphics Editor BANDY MALI Advertising Account Executives BARBARA BROWN MEGAN O'KEEFE ELIZABETH WOMACK Adviser BILL ROGERS Actinif Director of Student Media/Ac MARGARFiT MICHEI.S letters Policy: Ttu OamtctHk will Iry lo prim kllrrt wordf long. (.uftt nHloriili should not ttcttil 500 wordt. libel. Tht (rcmtcock will not withhold Damn undfr any Mi rve access r facilities its worth of facilities designed spent 011 operating and mainy, students are the last people ig usage times for them. toward fitness, many students d other exercise programs. The le morning before classes, yet ing class hours. The swimming _____ their own facilities, have first ium. Yet the natatorium is part \mun , which is maintained with stu- BWW facilities should be the same in [. 'ear. Usage fees could be charg- Wtj] i the summer. As long as there IfljEn they should be able to use the Dcious as well. The summer is to relax, and the Russell House UI cinu iviai tiuava c*t ^ r, ie gamcroom also closes on the I ably could use the diversion. j| us. These students consider the I hey should be able to have an 1 _ lent without having to journey ire dormant in the summer, and of this. A ess. Student programs are judg- -* J ecause the university does not school, the funds may not be It's e Russell House and usable time n?c^ their ( , . . the Ii lakes money as it is used, so it is japan unds. If a "per usage" fee was been i ted by activity fees, the facilities Wh Amer foreig at students, especially resident Let i livable environment while at You > year welco Why welco Y|E JUSTICE* T r foreig forts I'd lil enouj Pc Have though anothei Sure y> econon ^ /j, translai 1 wa! <" ^ recenll ^111s:: The , ? mecock ? ? ?! All IDCCli \--zQ W r and < is e Production Manager presj LAURA S. DAY the r Production Staff ride RICHARD (.RUTIN Al ROBB I.ANB mini as " Ivertising Manager any tiniu recHvcd. l*lleri thould be, *1 * minimum, 250 lo 300 mini W> rMfrvf the rlohf In +Ait Ull*f* fA? ??l* a? I sutf cfrcumtUiice. I , J fore I X6UE5SiT!&riMET& \ mtffl ( H LA9 A /WNAWfcK A Nl/HKMZXZ TflBUn A RWNNIN& MATE. J Jfigggj ^kv ^ Americans shou too well-known that the foreign students together in the uallcy. l hey congregate with )wn race. The Chinese are with the Chinese, ndo-Asians with the Indo-Asians and the ese with the Japanese. Lots of jokes have nade about them, maybe too many. y can't the foreigners blend in with the ican students at Pepperdir.'i? Perhaps the n students aren't given much of a chance. There 's say you had guests come to your house. avoid g( vould most likely do everything possible to excuses me them and make them feel at home, right? should ] *1 A _ _ * A 1 4. J _ A 1 I 11/^11 can i mc /American siuuems uo me same uy wcii, ming those foreign students who are guests in It's tr ountry? Is it so difficult? won't r ealize not everyone feels predujice toward because ;ners. I know of people who make sincere ef- ty and to become friends with the fbreign students. ideas th <e to applaud those who try. But there aren't words c ;h people to applaud. gap exii >rtable typewri : you ever had one of those days when your ts just '.'.em to jump from one topic to r, without any clear and logical progression? ou have. For me, it always happened in lies class and every lecture where I needed a tor to teach me English. s thinking how great it would be to carry my rp iter around with me to jot my thoughts ' an (I'm a computer science grad ? I can't ? Dtes by hand!). So if you have seen anyone y with a 1962 Smith Corona Spazomatic, [ is me. And for all you know, I could've been ; about you! "We do it like you'd do it when we do it "~"~ >u'd do it at Burger King." Catchy phrase, and pr ink about it. When I cook a burger, it ends faster in, UIU|J|JCU diiu uii k .iwiv ii viiu.1 up tuuu^i ale bun with whatever slop 1 can find in the ritual a rator to put on it. When I pay for a burger, I on gro to get one a little better than one I do Busine i An old comic's line said "Everyone who the Co slower than you is an idiot; everyone who a coup faster than you is a maniac." Let's expand ment h s. My car has cruise control, a nifty little which allows you to drive at a constant have y And 1 am convinced there is a segment of had a ipulation that can spot cars with this feature oven? rive to annoy people who use it. :y will drive about 1 mph slower than you, the nu you are just about to pull in front of them. related then realize the glaring error they have made the Un iouth Africa d< though apartheid is no longer in the American ' i i:* 1. ~ - .1 A I <x .> ?tjnmiKiii, inc piuicbi anu cunirovcrsy sur- t ding the United States' economic ties to South a has in no way ended, and they won't until Jnited States sends a stern signal of disapal to the racist South African government. rlier this month the U.S. House Foreign Af- i Committee attempted to do just that by pass- i i tougher sanctions bill against South Africa. Dill would replace the current, less eomprehensanctions law that was passed over President lid Reagan's veto in 1986. le new bill, sponsored by Rep. Ronald Dellurns alifornia, places stricter limitations on U.S. L?ng with South Africa and also places tougher itment pressure on U.S. companies continuing Be< induct business in South Africa. many awever, just as the 1986 sanctions bill met they e opposition from the Reagan administration work eventually met with a presidential veto, this bill State xpected to cause similar controversy and ruler; dential disapproval. Hopefully, the bill has meas lecessary two-thirds majority support to over- come a presidential veto. for d Ithough it's clearly evident that the Reagan ad- actio stration's diplomatic negotiating policy known that constructive engagement" has failed to bring mam peace to South Africa, the administration con- agair ;s to rely on it. This stance shows that the ad- Th stration's lacks the ability and competence to polic essfully and properly manage the nation's senat ign policy affairs. than iS FROWTHE iJOOTJ). ?J n ran -I D iCMECNE WHO WIH- I & >VEP$UACCW ME ON J \ me CAMP/tfgMTO^^~ y >kM IWL-JM mL ild bridge c : are too many American students who ;tting involved in the "foreign scene" with like, "If they don't make a effort, why I?" someone has to start. ue that a great number of foreign students nake the "first move." But it's mainly they're embarrassed by their English abilithe inability to express the;r feelings and le way they want to express them. In the >f one foreign student, "A communication sts." ler in hand oceed to accelerate until they are 1 mph than you. Once you are sufficiently far i behind them, they slow down and begin the igain. Can you get off the hook for a ticket unds of avoiding insanity? Isn't it amazing that the College ol <;<; Arlminictratinn has ahnnf fiO IRM Pfc liege of Humanities and Social Sciences ha< le dozen, and the Computer Science depart las five compatibles? How many times, from how many people ou heard the story about some person whc little dog that he dried off in a microwav< Most of Europe has no drinking age, anc mber of drunk-driving accidents and othei I situations is not even comparable to that o ited States. Doesn't this make you think tha eserves touj Sam ^ ^ ^ :ause constructive engagement has faile< ' see economic sanctions and divestment ? arc comprehensive and allowed the time ? as the only alternative measures the Unit< s can send to South Africa's white minori i. What's certain is that no other U. ures for pressing an end to apartheid ha : from those who are ultimately responsit oing so ? the Reagan administration. Th< ns, or lack of action, might lead one to belie constructive engagement is merely a pontic ruver designed to end anti-apartheid prott ist the administration. ose Americans who want a more firm U. y towards South Africa can only hope that o ors and congressmen on Capitol Hill are wis the president and his foreign policy advisei ^-\? o-j y t t? r a ty t c!4 _ 1 iiltnral aan Then there are those American students who > ! "seem" interested in another culture. "Oh! You're from the Philippines? That's really neat!" Foreign students say they can tell right away if that interest is genuine or artificial. It's not too difficult to detect a fake interest. There's an obvious, growing internationalism in our world. Why not ride the wave and gain a better understanding of cultures different from that of the United States? You don't have to wait until you step into the business world to deal with foreigners. Practice now while you're still in college where failures are accepted and a way of life. Put aside your stereotypes for a while. Don't just notice the foreign students ? take the time to acknowledge them. W/Kif ?/"\t lonrn mmatktnn nr/\rtKmUiln * * ?' IJUl ivai 11 3UUIVIIIII15 vvui ii;uinit 11 win collegc? THE GRAPHIC, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY %' , mind travels maybe Europeans do a better job of educating people about the dangers of alcohol than saying "Wait till you're older?" Current Saturday morning cartoons like My Pet Monster and Muppet Babies bear as much resemblance to The Bugs Bunny Show and other classics as Mikhail Gorbachev does to Mikhail Baryshnikov. Don't you hate it when you realize that you are out of toilet paper, and there's no one else home to get some? When you really need it? 1 think that if i was a professional musician, my worst nightmare would be to have my albums in the "99 cent" bin while I was still alive. That's got to make you feel pretty bad. Have you noticed that, as the human race gets progressively taller, the move is on for cars to get smaller and smaller? No matter what car builders say, when Bubba Smith can sit in a Honda r without ripping the seats out, I'll buy it. Whatever happened to the killer bees from i South Amer' Huw many times have you broken up with someone who said "We'll still be friends, go out, , you know . . . ?" Makes good use of your ) arithmatic abilities, doesn't it? Well, at least of the - zero theory. People want you to keep your shoes on 1 because your feet aren't necessarily "April fresh." r They'd smell a whole lot better if they weren't stuff fed into poorly ventilated shoes all day. t Until next week. . . . gher sanctions "1 Of course, it would also help if a Democrat is elected to the White House this .fall. Although anti-apartheid legislation on the national government level looks promising, here on the homefront there have been few developments. I PHii^atiAnal r> uuv J buuvniiuiini I IIIIIIIIIUKIII Illiu I\C)Cilltll UI1U Development Foundation have yet to take any i measures towards divesting its holdings from South Africa. And just like the Reagan administration, the university attempts to justify its antidivestment stance on a proven ineffective policy known as the Sullivan Principles. ^ J Those involved in the divestment movement ^ here, however, are getting additional pledges of d, support and cooperation from campus leaders and if campus organizations. Recently elected Stodent to Government President James Franklin and S.G. id Body Vice President Andy Williams both made ty campaign promises to use their power and inS. fluence to get answers and solutions for student ve concerns about divestment. Both have also said >le they consider divestment a serious and legitimate :ir student concern that must be addressed by USC ofve ficials. In addition, the newly elected president of :ai the campus chapter of the National Association for ;st the Advancement of Colored People has expressed an interest in the NAACP becoming actively in- a S. volved in the divestment movement this fall. With I ur progressive student leadership going into the fall, er the efforts to get USC to divest will surely rs. intensify. A