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Stand u]
Conway's protest
should be applaw
There are about 30 black footb
without a team this week because
; something they felt was an injustic
; They may not have a team, but i
; the intestinal fortitude they have
; many young men in the world wh
just to make a pqint.
But these young men did, and th
At Conway High School, the co<
quarterback from last season to del
place him with a less experienced f
On almost any football team this
but in this case it is being viewed
back who was moved is black anc
place is white and the son of one ol
The players objected. And whe
; least a discussion went unheeded
administrators, they boycotted praci
Some of these boys could be ci
gave up their chance to play this
about the move.
The coach was undetered in his
back move was not racially motivat
After the players missed four pra
the team. That was their punishmer
believed in.
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; But one teacher in Conway was s
:A black middle school science tea
spokesman was suspended without j
: An avalanche of protest is fallin
-superintendent and the school syste
reinstated or the coach suspended.
So far, no go from the superintend
This whole situation is getting c
symbolic act of defiance between
boiled into something much bigger.
It has either unearthed some blah
$age to students and teachers in the
you believe in is not acceptable.
The quarterback situation may nt
Satisfaction.
But there are two things that ran 1
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Playing the good Christian soldier,
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to think.
: It was supposedly after the Nelsor
grip on reality. He was carried sobb
position in the backseat of a car.
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pverstated. Who knows, maybe this
trial is postponed for at least a weel
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ins players
ded for guts
all players in Conway who are
they stood up and objected to
e.
they should be ever so proud of
displayed. There are not too
0 would risk giving up football
ey are being punished for it.
ich decided to move the starting
"ensive back this season and re>layer.
move would be viewed as odd,
as racism because the quarter1
the quarterback who took his
T the coaches.
in their pleas for justice or at
by the coach and the school's
ice.
allege-caliber players, but they
season to show their feelings
decision and says the quartered.
ctices, they were dropped from
it for standing up for what they
ilso punished for helping them,
icher who became the group's
pay Tuesday.
ig on the head of the Conway
:m. Protestors want the teacher
dent.
>ut of hand. What started as a
players and their coaches has
mt racism or has sent the messtate
that standing up for what
;ver be resolved to both sides'
be resolved:
he was merely doing what he
; table. Let the boys and their
ith a neutral third party acting
old quarterback back, they can
face with the coach and search
zakdown a ploy
ws affliction
id.
jss or genuine affliction, Bakig
his trial on fraud and conder
his attorney's couch and
le were in the "form of frigidly
ing him, attacking him and
ty. Earlier, when former PTL
testifying, Nelson collapsed.
Bakker knealt over the body
act, so the prosecution seems
1 incident that Bakker lost his
ing and curled up into a fetal
Bakker's mental problem is
is a ploy. Maybe not, but the
k ? extra time to strengthen
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Women, avoi
It had been a long,
tiring day when my
roommate asked me if
I wanted to go with her ?pi^v*^?|L
and some friends to ^
first re.snonsp. was
"Nah.j'but I changed * * fa
a drink with
Christine and I, joined Amy
by two other female j ftftrn:^
friends, were going to LOOmlS
meet two other friends
(a couple) from out of
town. Sounds simple so far, doesn't it?
As to be expected, we four females were
carded at the door (the couple was already seated.)
My two picture IDs were shrewdly inspected
for several minutes. He looked at my
license, looked at me. Looked down, looked up.
Moved it around in the sparse lighting, looked
at the other bartenders, looked at me again and
eventually gave back my IDs. It was after all
this that I overheard his fellow employees telling
him the light wasn't good enough inside
and he should go outside to check our IDs. It
Letters to the e
Fair intolerant Jzli
A. ? one is aoin
to other views ?force ?
peculiar br
To the editor: suiting to <
It seems to me that Rep. Mike rents, wh
Fair must have learned the tenets shocked to
of good government from Orwell's they taugh
1984. Just how did this intolerant hold up in :
big brother clone become a state ually repres
representative in our great demo- the resident
cracy, as well as a trustee here at discovering
USC? The fact that Fair does not and irrespo
want to see the Rolling Stones or room confl
visit anyone but members of his they want vi
own sex in USC dorms after the fan withou
sun sets does not bother me. In a it ins
free society comprised of people spent entire
with diverse beliefs and interests, and not sh
that is his right. The fact that he even once,
wants to stop me from doing these through the
things, however, infuriates me to Camus and i
no end. dens."
Fair does not like the Rolling People sh
Stones. He considers a lyric from what they v
"Start Me Up" to be a call inciting want regarc
all good Christians to necrophelia. Mike Fair's
The lyric is, of course, less about Very nice pk
having sex with a corpse and more
about a woman so inticing that she
can raise the dead (so to speak).
Mike Fair finHc tKJe
?- una v/iiuidivv/, dU
much that he feels he must use his
influence to keep Columbians from 17 }
seeing Mick and the boys. So 1/ ?111* 5
what? I find so called "Christian
Broadcasting" offensive. Watching ClOSGC
:harlatans with lacquered pompaior
hairdos sell salvation and reli- To the editoi
pous trinkets to the poor and gul- Contrary
lible makes my blood boil. You vice report*
ivill never, however, hear me say Monday, I a
hat others do not have a right to Mike Fair's
lee this garbage. When I see some- students und
)ne frothing at the mouth and beg- attending ev
ring for bucks, I change the chan- merit and c
lei and leave Mike Fair alone, ences to sex.
Vhen Mike Fair hears the Stones Who shall
ire coming to town, he should stay campus even
lome on concert night, tune in the While thes
atellite network of his choice and tinguished ra
eave me alone. "in the guise
id hassles: hrin
was Christine's turn. The IRS-like scrutiny be- i
gan all over again. His fellow employees said,
"You really need to check them, they're not
21." (We were all 21-22!) Annoyed, Christ- I
ine promptly sat down with the couple visiting j
from out of town and was mumbling unprint- I
ables under her breath. i
All right, so they're getting more strict nowa- c
days. I can understand that. But it was getting c
ridiculous. p
Our other friends, Tana and Paige, underwent
even more scrutiny. Tana is a petite 22-year-old
graduate student who looks young, and I can t
understand why someone would card her. How- s
ever, she presented two perfectly valid picture h
IDs. The process started all over. Look up, look ii
down. "Do you have anything else?" Perplexed a
and annoyed, she said she had another outdated a
student ID. OK, so he'd seen her license and
two student IDs. He's still not satisfied, but a
there's nothing left How many of us carry ar- d
ound more than two picture IDs? Reluctantly, e
he gave her back her IDs. Paige, of course, was o
no exception. Look down, look up, etc. You get
the picture. u
Eventually we were all sitting around having o
a jolly time when two city cop>s came strolling
in. The uniforms and badges gave them away. k
They passed by other tables and headed straight fi
for us. Any paranoid person would begin to "]
think this was a conspiracy. But I'm not para- h
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ditor -
r has sex on the brain, there to entertain audience
its to make sure every- is why so many forms of er
g it his way. His desire ment exist. We will notice <
lers to practice his own ger Center offers the gamui
and of sexuality is in- tertainment options because
everyone. It insults pa- forms of entertainment suit
0 must certainly be one. While some do not c
discover that the morals certain types, be it jazz, i
it their kids can only dance or stage performance
Fair's paternalistic, sex- has the choice of determinii
sive vacuum. It insults be sees.
; of USC, who are now Bair is not open mindec
they are too immature social subjects, and it is si
nsible to solve dorm ^ink our entertainment rr
icts or decide whom screened by one person, eve
siting them after night- bY a Board of Trustees. T1
t Fair's intervention. versity is mu<* too large fc
ults those who have men 311(1 women to determir
nights in coed dorms is suitable for view by 25,0
ucked their skivvies den(s- Somewhere in that pi
but instead muddled process, academic free
vagueries of P-chem, lost. Would that mean, ther
calculus in these "love fessors are not at liberty u
lould be able to hear films and read classics in
/ant and see who they classrooms without an apprc
lless of sex or hour, the board or through an ap]
1 USC will not be a reading/viewing list?
tee. Fight him. _ ? _
The Koger Center is an e>
Jeff Ford ^ 11131 ^C bas 10
a ? ? m . .. . A r V/*ll T 11r/J 11 UI/IO ru>AOArt*n
scnooi oi Medicine " "?? F^at,,lc
mg the summer. Perhaps i
one of the few Shakespeariar
I this proposal would allow.
5 proposal of the classic works by Homi
^ # phocles and Shakespeare as \
I?lTlltlQ0Q mythology would be omittet
the reading lists of underage
- dents here at USC. Even ou
to Mike Mungo's ad- in Residence James Dickey
A in The Gamecock have his work censored on
im deeply upset about pus. These works have
proposal to prevent widely read and respected I
er the age of 18 from greatest critics. A person net
ents that lack artistic be under 18 to understand ar
ontain explicit refer- seminate the moral and pe
value of these works. Whil
I determine what on- dents can appreciate the m<
ts lack artistic merit? the literary work, they als
;e events could be dis- capable of choosing not to in
ther easily, the events late the premise of these
of entertainment" are into their lives.
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g a date out
ioid ? not yet anyway.
"Can we see some ID, please?"
We all gave them our licenses and tried not
:o look annoyed as everyone stared at us. They
scrutinized them with their flashlights, shined
heir lights in our faces, looked down, looked
jp, etc. One of them told Paige, 22, that she
lidn't look like her license. She offered her stulent
ID. With an air of authority, he gruffly retoed,
"No, I don't trust those things at all."
Excuse me? Come again? Don't trust those
hings? So what do you want us to do? And beides,
what were these city cops doing popping
n and out of bars? Shouldn't they be out lookng
for rapists, thieves, murderers, drunk drivers
nd other assorted criminals? Now I was getting
ngry.
They didn't card the guy who was with us
nd they didn't card any girls with boyfriends/
ates. But then I remembered the only time I've
ver been hassled was when I was with a group
f women. Whenever I go out with dates or
the guys," I rarely even get carded, and cerunly
not hassled. Even my male friends have
bserved this phenomenon.
Does this mean we all have to be accompan5d
by our male friends/dates/boyfriends to keep
om being hassled? Should we rely on men to
protect" us and "shelter" us? No, we shouldn't
[AVE to.
^ x ' *:
s. That Those of us who have strived to
itertain- ^ in college at USC to become
iy ~ - - - -
jur jyu- more informed would have more
t of en- freedom if we had chosen not to
not all be more educated individuals. Do
every- men and women in government
:are for want USC to generate informed
modern adults who are capable of choosing
s, each the right course in life or individulg
what ais who have been sheltered in an
anachronism for four years?
I about
cary to Beth Fischer
tust be Journalisih sophomore
:n more
tfe-gt Fair deserves
ie what i a a 11
oosa, letter or call
reviewdom
is To ^
i, pro- This is a letter intended to sug)
s ow gest Qne SUppiemenlai jtem for
Stephen Guilfoyle's list of "Here's
i their what to give Mike Fair for a gift"
?val by (jhg Gamecock, Aug. 30). Actuproved
aiiy it's another item. And what
might the item be? ? a phone call
le or a letter,
offer Correct me if I'm wrong, but
d dur- *s America, where people
this is ^ve ^ "^t t0 ^ or wrile a e"
i plays signated representative (such as a
Many board member) to discuss or obtain
ar So- information about a problem, and
veil as l^e visi^tion issue seems to be a
1 from problem. For the 300 people who
sioTiP/t th*? Tv?tifir?n (or Jtnvnnp aIca
K1 SOI- ? ?V"?v wow
r Poet for that matter): got a question or
would problem with the visitation policy,
cam- give Mike a ring. He might be able
been to straighten it out for you. It's
jy the good to deal with these things in
ed not person like responsible adults,
id dis- Oh, I almost forgot, one has to
rsonal keep on top of these things, so you
e stu- better check with him at least once
jrit of or twice a day for the latest info.
;o are Good luck,
iterpoworks
Jeff Martin
MSCI graduate student