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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.
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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
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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
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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|
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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.
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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