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Precarious Campbell has tough choice; should reject nuclear waste . Gov. Carroll Campbell is in a tough spot ? between a rock and a hard place, as it were. The South Carolina governor has been asked by President George Bush to allow a load of nuclear waste to be dumped in this state. Bush says the Colorado nuclear weapons facility will have to close if no state accepts the load. Bush has asked one his most trusted and powerful allies to help him out. But Campbell may not be able to comply. Campbell has a tough decision to make because just last year, he put a moratorium on accepting waste from other states. He layed down his law ? to protect South Carolina's enviroment. But for the governor, who many say could aspire to national prominence one day, this request has to be tearing him apart. If he accepts the waste from Colorado, he'll keep his political stronghold with Bush, but he'll look weak locally for having gone back on his moratorium and jeopardizing the environment. If he doesn't accept the waste, the state will love him, but Bush might be a little miffed. Campbell has to decide where his priorities lie. No one really believes this issue will kill Campbell's political life if he doesn't accept the waste, but most agree there could be a little bit of embarrassment on Bush's part if his most trusted Southern ally turns him down. But Campbell has to look at the big picture in this decision. Docs he really want to risk the environment of his state and risk looking two-faced with his promises just for the sake of a few more brownie points with Bush? He should not put his political aspirations above the welfare and future of the state that elected him. He should reject the nuclear waste no matter how much pressure his republican buddies put on him. A IT'S LIKE IRAM-COAJTRA A MO, WAIT? HE WAS /S5a , c<3*k. ihthe loop but F? Jv < ar pTpHT HAVE INSIPE WAIT HE WAS d\ {&* _ s^CPMPLETELY M CHAC6E ^ ORPEREP FIRM "Cfl^ ^ 'HE ORPEREP ACTION Stf5? ,y BUT THE MESSIER Z/f c^'/FELL OFF HIS BICYCLE ? <98* The Gamecock Editor in Chief Assistant Photography Editor WAYNE WASHINGTON JULIE BOUCHILLON Managing Editor Viewpoint Editor HAL MILLARD JEFF SHREWSBURY Copy Desk Chief Datebook Editor KATHY BLACKWELL J AN PHILLIPS Assistant^Copy Desk Chief Coinics/Graphics Editor KUB Y IN 1 HUMBSUIN ROB LANE News Editor Graduate Assistant KELLY C- THOMAS KRISTIN FRANCIS Assistant News Editors Gamecock Adviser JEFF WILSON ERIK COLLINS Carolina Life Editor Director of Student Media ROBERT THOMAS ED BONZA Assistant Carolina Life Editor Production Manager LYNN GIBSON LAURA S. DAY Sports Editor Assistant Production Manager CHRIS SILVESTRI RAY BURGOS Assistant Sports Editor Assistant Advertising Manager BRANT LONG JEFFREY B. THOMPSON Photography Editor TEDDY LEPP Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be, at a maximum, 250 to 300 words long. The writer should include full name, professional title if an employee with USC or Columbia resident, or year and major if a student. An address and phone number are required with all letters sent. Guest editorials should not exceed 500 words. We reserve the right to edit letters for style or possible libel. The Gamecock will not withhold names under any circumstance. G Fla. ruling s? "She was asking for ? it because of the way she was dressed." A Rorida jury Wt acquitted a man of rape 8 B for this reason. This jury of six (three men, fm % JL fhrpp. wompn'i opnt a ' Mm, ^ mi message to America M that rape can be justified and that rape is a crime of sex. There is no justification for rape. Rape is a Amy crime of violence, mo- t nnrn;c tivated more by the de- i^uuiuia sire to dominate than by a desire for sex. Uniform Crime Reports defines rape as the carnal knowledge of (an individual) forcibly and against (his^er) will. Assaults or attempts to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included. Rape is not as simple as 'just say no;' it's a problem that needs to be addressed more than ignored. It's time to address the misconceptions. A Florida jury is not alone in its misconception of rape. Many still believe common rape myths such as: If women tease and then say "no" they deserve to have sex forced on them. # Men cannot control themselves sexnallv beyond a certain point. # Women enjoy being overpowered. Only 'bad' girls get raped. Letters to the America not ~a,J j i called exc JUSt apple pie history be " rebel flaj To the editor: glorifies I When many think of America, represen they think of red, white and blue ideology, and the traditions of baseball and 'su apple pie. I feel a sense of anger, . kcPl Ql hafrp/t anH Hiccrncf u/hpn t fhinlr iety has h America. Many of you think and ant* * anc* say that America is by far the best ^ac^ country to live and the freedoms America, that exist here don't exist else- n'S^ln where. True, but do you call the ^ over* following examples of my people true freedom? First, we have the right and free- l\/f q ^ dom to travel to Virginia Beach IVAdi. and expect a holiday of peaceful fun. Instead we are faced with a UVcl racial riot. To my knowledge, these are the '80s, not the '60s, To the e and blacks will not stand for the I was di brutality of black students. Second, cartoon so we have the right to eat anywhere your opini we choose, but instead are turned The cartoc away in North Augusta because two huma the owner only permits whites to light up a dine there. I will eat anywhere my of the ere two feet take me and dare anyone, strike be 1 black or white, to deny me that presume fi privilege. upon that Next I attend a party and it was "demand" cut short because a white guy upon the called someone a "nigger." Can a "czar" an ornun of hlacks conereeate and not tivelv. that o"""r ? o -o * ' --be looked at as "niggers?" The was to coi simple fact is the narrow-minded the currer guy who said it will not receive "drug" law any respect. Why? Because his re- Be that mark can not and will not hurt us. tim, the in We will still continue on and only spurious at look down on him as an incompe- lifted probi tent fool. Lastly, I attended a S.C. arrived to Slate-Citadel football game and the nostrils. 7 sight was horrendous. No, not the flung upo football action, but instead the God-giver sight of many rebel flags waved by fleets socic Citadel fans. Little do they know, It is tim* the rebel flag only symbolizes the to bridge continuing legacy of Southern ig- injustice; t jl t The Nine Lives of Noriega. lys raped girl' Women place themselves in potential rape i situations. 1 The validity of these myths isn't worth eva- i lualing, but their wide-spread acceptance proves < that r\nr cnriptv ic Q OAviet AnA that taoAh/ae man ujub vywi kjvywvwj 1j u jvaiji u11v uiul u/uv/uvj iiiv^u j to be dominant and women to be submissive. I The persistant propagation of these myths i docs not entirely rest upon the shoulders of men < or women, but society as a whole. < One of the most influential is television. So often people confuse what they see on TV with reality. Tune in to any channel at any time and you'll often see an unrealistic depiction of wo- | man's nature, status, intellect, etc. How many times have we laboriously watched the frail woman be rescued by some brawny male or watched bubble-headed blondes bounce on the screen with a laugh track following her every move or watched a car or beer commercial show the product and then pan to a sensually clad women as though to say, "to buy this product is to assure yourself of acquiring this woman as an additional commodity." The coincidental timing of these with sports programs assumes that not only is the consumer market male-dominated, but so is the entertainment market. Some of these commercials are aiming i at the female consumer, but as yet it's an unex- , plored area ? too little, too late and still I stereotypical. < I In his book Men on Rape, Timothy Beneke I writes "Not every man is a rapist, but every i man who grows up in America and learns i editor [ also hope the fraternity such unwarranted prejudi pha, who has won the so- let the only thing that s ellence award, knows the air be the vaporous creati hind the sickness of the noble nose. g. Again, anyone who Joseph the rebel flag is a fool English i; ting a sick illogical ^ h. , , . , USC corre bject of racism will not liet any longer. This soc- l n H11CTO fl I eld us back long enough 111 11U5U many others will not be : any longer. Wake up, To the editor: your dream is over and I couldn't believe it w lare for blacks will soon nek Jean complained that seum was used as a sh Ricky Kerns Lowcountry evacuees wh Political science junior hit. Mr. Jean said it was fu l^pplx/ opf the coliseum for many l types of events "as long i 1 __^T are not deemed obscene Diew I10S6 sive." Does he find the offensive? USC exercis ditof: judgment when opening smayed at the MacNeely seum as a shelter. It has prominently ieaiureu on Space, ample parking and on-editorial page Oct. 4. facilities designed to han >n featured renderings of crowds. Who could poss noid creatures shining a for a better shelter? cavernous nostril. One Then Mr. Jean said Lo :atures suggested an air residents should skip US( evied against the nose. I to Clcmson or Raleigh rom the graffiti tattooed Category 4 hurricane hits, magnificent proboscis object to the evacuees ha> and the labels stitched thing to do with USC? C two characters' jackets, effect of Hugo is that si d "drug war" respec- dents were brought closer the point of the cartoon through mutual suffering, Timunicate frustration at tion and help for those v it futility of enforcing it. USC was exercising its s. as a state institution by he as it may, the main vie- residents through the use c nocent victim of such a cilities and influence, tack, was the grand, up- Finally, Mr. Jean called ascis. I feel the time has Fair. Why, Mr. Jean? I d shed light upon, not up, Fair would have told evs 'he widespread neglect go home so our big, cmp n this misinterpreted, ing could remain clean ant i sensory appartus re- I would hate to be in M ty's loss of direction. neighborhood when the ne 5 to wipe the slate clean; ory 4 hits, the deviated septum of Corey o expel from our midst Journalism so| * gjr?it?^'' asked for it' \merican English learns all too much to think like a rapist, to structure his experience of wonen and sex in terms of status, hostility, control md dominance." In fact, UCLA researcher Neil V/falamuth rAtv-M-tf?/t in tQRfi that ^0 np.rrp.nt nf the men he questioned said they would commit rape if they knew there was no chance of being ;aught. This attitude is reiterated in Nicholas 3roth's Men Who Rape. A sex offender says, "I wish the guy didn't have to be the aggressor. I wish there were more aggressive girls around ? there probably would be a lot less rapes." It's not the fault of men "who can't control themselves," or women who "should be more careful," it's everybody. If a person walks down the street with a $20 bill in plain view, does that mean mugging that person is justifiable? Most juries would say no. Being a careless or vulnerable victim of crime does not make you less of a victim in the eyes of the law. Society teaches us that women play hard to get and men see just how far they can get We accept the fact that men are supposed to dominate, and we believe that this is what every woman wants. We teach boys to be aggressive and girls to be passive. And we tell our children to beware of strangers because they might be dangerous. We never give a second thought to how our own culture promotes miscommunication between the sexes and how that miscommunicaton can lead to the violent crime we call rape. * ? trMces^ihe Gays against ion of the *->* ? God's ideas Wegrzyn nstructor - .. ... To the editor: It s that time of year a8ain"Coming Out Day." I thought this I year I would say a little something BlO about the section of the community that celebrates this day. I am not going to deny that homosexuals 'hen Pat- have 1116 right 10 live in Promisour coli- cuity' and in dircct disobedience to elter for l^e L?rd's will. No , not even a en Hugo lilde Of course they have this freedom. The short message I ae to use wouid like to leave with them different" diough is found in the Bible: "If a as they man aiso be wid* mankind as he or offen- bcth with a woman, both of them homeless ^ave cornrnitted an abomination: ed eood diey shall surely be put to death." u_ (Leviticus 20:13) UIC COll- " _ . , ' r plenty of 0ne mig 1 cry unfau"' insensi" Dlentv of dve'ignorant! die large Who' me? Naaaaaaa! 1 did not ;iblv ask makc this up' rathcr ^ls is what the creator of the universe stated. wcountrv Life is ful1 of unpIcasant surP"ses, isn't it? Nice day. when a .Wayne Aaron Poes Economics sophomore ring anyLnt:S Alma Mater Sob- sign confusing vho need position To the editor: lping out During the singing of the last )f our fa- verse of the Alma Mater at the football games, everyone holds up on Mike their arm and makes a symbol with oubt Mr. their hand. What symbol are they tcuees to supposed to be making? Everyone itv build- seems to do something different. It i dry. would be good to let everyone Ir. Jean's know exactly what symbol to xtcateg- make. I, for one, would like to know the correct way. Cushing B.L. Wilson ?homore Business senior