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Visitation
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for dorms a good star
Mike Fair probably figured when he g(
changed to more suit his conservative ta
would eventually fizzle out and fade from
dents. He probably thought after the initial
tions quieted, people would just accept that
could do about it and go on with their lives.
But Mike Fair was wrong.
The students haven't forgot about the ch<
in quiet resignation in their all-male, all-]
accepted the situation.
They've fought.
And they've fought hard. There has beei
ings, surveys, letters to the editor, lobbyir
State House and a publicity campaign ths
ound USC for a long time.
The students worked dilligently and r<
Greenville representative at his own game ;
They turned his political sword back on hin
And for the moment, there is a ray of h<
won at least a small victory.
This past week, the Student-Trustee Liais
recommend to the Board of Trustees at th
the administration be granted the power to
men who want a strict no opposite-sex visit
This would mean that USC would not lu
dorm for onlv a few that want strict living
D. R. HAYNES ERIK
JEFF WILSON
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Carolina Life Editor
ROBERT THOMAS ? .
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Assistant Carolina Life Editor i aur
LYNN GIBSON ^
Sports Editor RAY ]
CHRIS SILVESTRI Adye]
Assistant Sports Editor MARf
BRANT LONG Z
Photography Editor JEFFF
TEDDY LEPP
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only about 24 men signed up for a no-oppo
out of some 500 beds. Because of limited
meant nearly 475 men had to live under <
want.
If the recommendations pass the board
would have the power to allocate how mai
to strict policies while keeping the rest as tr
This is a good start towards getting the
from a board that does not have a voting sti
If this recomendation passes it would
housing and the phase out of all opposite
next three years would still continue.
But this small victory could be the 1
winning campaign.
This is at least a start.
But the board still has to vote. And 1
down, but Marie-Louise Ramsdale, the pn
emment, seems to feel the trustees are recc
dations. She says there's a very good chan<
will pass.
Let's hope she is right.
And if she is right, let's hope the board
review its other visitation policies.
Students can have an effect and have in 1
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foundation for a warNobody
says nifty
anymore. ^
, i, _ . Nifty is such a great
they could still vote it word >,saword6mat
jsident of Student Gov- can apdy describe a .
'Ptive to the recommen- wonderful moment in
:e the recommendations time, a beatifully exe- w
cuted football pass g
play, a gorgeous car or
will begin to relax and a person's demeanor.
It's a word that truly g
this case. captures the essence of 1
most anything without
'ere into having to say "neat"
5M' , , (which should be reMffi
\y. served for describing :
somone's room) or
"swift" (which describes 1m
running.)
j. Nifty is so much more a
j.r:more fun to say.
r~ : f It used to be, people con
-voffice and casually say, "nr
' .'1 ,f" \J$?' , catch that Sterling Sharpe i
.. '* y -r . '' - v or turn to a friend on a wai
spout, "what a nifty aftern*
* ' {I ing concerned stares.
_ But not anymore. Nifty
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-JB8 support ba
To the editor:
This past weekend in
many people were made i
many things. Besides the
w rival fans had a taste of 1
level a realitively smalle
^ could produce. The excit<
the game was greatly enl
^not ^ by the Carolina Ba
* Supporting the Unive
/> A A j/ spirit (as well as monetari
I my jn jnaking
noise as possible. Howe
. Carolina band never stoi
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t _JfA either verbally or musici
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1HREWSBURY ^ 3 C 8ame was
. ?that game, and others, I
hillips ?r along with the cheerleade
//- u r... nually initiate a rally of su
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ANE the team. I just have to \
' . , . . the university believes in
Liate Assistant ,
in francis Port groups as much as
f iivYv in uui u/auid.
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tor of Student Media ^ Qf ^ groups werf
our athletic department
AS?DAYana8er way was ^sted a Cl
, years ago among the toj
^Pr,c ?n 8er budgets in the nation.) H
the band and cheerleadei
-ARFT Minnas ^ crowd until lhe final s<
J . help bring our team to sco
have been a b,
There is another thing tl
? M questions among fans. H(
Letters should t>e, at a maximum, 250 to ^ , ?
if employee with USC or Columbia UniVeRlty that VeSt SO mU
are required with all letters sent. Guest denCC in mUSiC (2001) b<
letters for style or possible libel. The nOCent SOn? like "Louie,
___Granted the son? mav hat
a word fron
fe"
Bbpp It seems like a lot of
used to spice up the En
T a .*s* Neat-o is now "boss.
^ *Jp d* J Cool is now "rad."
i * And of course, bitch:
M Because, you see, ol(
w V the language with a ne>
M dew from the grass wit
,jPk_ JM Words like "neat-o"
get lost in their use bee
want words to identify
Jeff
c, . generation wants to adi
3n re WSDU ry world and consequent!;
??-???? want something thev a
down the road to spark
jw fast someone is hood romping days.
They want somethin
ccurate and so much rently theirs.
Whenever I hear the
ild wander into their smile and remember w
ian, that was a nifty playing football in the
made on Saturday," gan. I remember the be
rm, October day and borhood patting me on
jon" without attract- larly good hit and sayii
Decent."
has lost its appeal to It reminds me of my
to the editor
l'f catalyst in swaying the decks in
the 1984 Georgia game, but the
I n/J song hardly has the power or affeet
of "2001." More realistically,
the game and season played a bigger
part in the extraordinary event.
Athens, Besides wasn't the structure deaware
of signed to sway rather than crack?
obvious, Reading The Gamecock
he noise whenever possible it appears to me
:r crowd the band has been blamed and continent
of sequently punished by not being
lanced if allowed to play a song the fans enncj
joy. To me this is a blantant form
trsity in censorship. (In fact the univerly)
I feel s^y seems aimed in that direction
as much on many subjects.)
wer the Regardless of what really goes
ps They on' consensus of fans everyweontinued
here is ^at the Presence of the
111 v Until ^nd and al* efforts is greatly
over. In appreciated.
the band <?. Newsom
rs, conti- usc graduate
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? only To the editor:
j sent by Jeff Shrewsbury recently con(who
by eluded that soccer is doomed foreouple
of ver to be a minor sport in this
> athletic country. Jeff may be right, but not
opefully, because "there aren't many fans
:s rallied who know the game's rules and
;conds to strategies." Millions of Americans
re late in play soccer, and it has been widely
ow out. reported that more Americans par
hat raises ticipate in soccer tnan in any otnci
)w can a sport. Soccer fails to attract mass
ch confi- following in this country for many
in an in- reasons, but fan ignorance is not
Louie?" one of them.
/e been a As it concerns USC soccer, pari
\NvVy,
.
It' ^
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i a past
words that used to be th
iglish language are being m'
? kii
'3
n
in' is still "bitchin'."
i words evaporate from
n generation like the
h every new day.
and "cool" and "groovy"
ause the kids of the time ^
their lives with. Every
i something new to the th
y the language. They
an say or hear 20 years af
memories of their childba
g that is solely and inhe- id
word "decent," I get a
hen I was in fifth grade an
browning grass of Michi- th
>ys from the old neighthe
back after a particu- or
rig "decent hit, Shrews. de
childhood, and it makes pr
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of the problem is Gar
sports editors, whose selfcolumns
on national sports
come at the expense of re
on USC sports. It is safe to
that few readers rely 01
Gamecock for major leagu
ball coverage and betting
college football. And The
cock obviously is out of its
when it tries to cover such
USC has great athletic pr<
and many student-athlet
coaches are interesting, fun
pie. If Gamecock sports
will focus their attention c
home, they will find good
right under their nose,
Shrewsbury's heart was
right place, but his aim v
When USC sports such as
get more support and respe
The Gamecock, the far
follow.
Tony Th(
History graduate:
We can jus
be Americj
To the editor:
Folks, I love this countr
think we are headed do
wrong road. As I walked ]
Russell House bookstoi
week, I saw a paper macl
"Rlack News." It's Dublis
the South Carolina Black
Group. My first reactic
. "why?"
Yes, "Why?"
Why do we have a ne^
; filled with articles about
and not everyone? What
I doing to ourselves?
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W\ \k.\ AY!
generation
e current user of the English language,
e smile.
As do words like "groovy" and "cool" for
ds of the '60s. And "hepcat" for kids of the
Os.
Words change with every generation. With
ery new set of kids comes a growth in the
nguage and the culture of the world. People
ant to be the originators of something eversting.
It is the entemal search for immortality.
>, if one generation can create a phrase that
sts through the next generation, they feel like
ey have accomplished something.
And certain words will always remain in
sir current context.
For example, words like "cool" will basically
ways denote something wonderful in life.
But words like "rad" or phrases like "gotta
il, dudes" get lost because they lose their
enity to the current generation.
I guess it's all a matter of preference.
Flower children will always say "groovy,"
id flappers will always say "daddy-o" even if
eir children laugh at them.
But when I see a pretty girl, or a great catch
a fast car, I'll say nifty.. .or cool... or
cent.
But, hey, I'll have kids one day, and they'll
obably laugh at me, too.
necock Today we have the NAACP. I
serving wonder what would happen if I
events founded the NAAWP. (I don't
portage need to spell it out) We have the
assume black entertainment channel
1 The (BET). We have the Black Music
e base- Charts. We have the Spanish Nettips
on work. We have the statistics based
Game- on color for everything. Why?
1aa/*?ia \I7V* t f nra ti rn miUinrr HlCtinotl AH C 9
tt iijr aiv wv mailing uuuuiuv/iui
things. Aren't we all "Americans?" I realDgrams,
ize our society has problems, and I
es and realize policy is not always fair,
ny peo- but we are (and by "we" I mean
editors America) striving to make this
loser to country a better place. Can promstories
oting and emphacizing our differs.
Jeff ences help us at a time when we
in the need to work as one?
/as off. By now, some of you may be
soccer saying "obviously this person does
ct from not know the truth. He does not
is will know how it really is. He is probably
from the 'good' side of the
>mpson tracks." All I can say to that is, no
student matter what a person's situation is,
. we all have ears and eyes and a
brain. We can all recognize the
truth if \up tppn an nivn minH I'm
in an individual who wants to see this
country survive as a "united"
America, not a divided one.
y, but I The point of this letter is to ask
wn the ourselves to review our culture.
?ast the We are not Irish, Italians, Native
re this Americans, Polish Asian or Afritine
for can. We are AMERICANS. No
hed by matter how we came to live in this
Media country, that is the past. Let's put
>n was our past in the proper perspective.
We need to look to the future.
OUR future, not a brown, yellow,
vspaper black or white future. An Ameriblacks
can future. Thank you.
are we Randy Chapman
Geology graduate student