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Tennessee weapons plant needs
better way of moving Tritium
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is responsible for
the production and development of nuclear weapons and is one of
the most secure government installations in the nation, lost threequarters
of a shipment of Tritium, the most crucial ingredient in
nuclear weapons.
They LOST a part of a shipment of Tritium. And if that isn't
bad enough, the shipment was lost ON the base itself ? between
two hiiilriincTQ
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No one knows exactly how much of the shipment was lost or
where it went, but the fact remains that the key ingredient to making
a nuclear explosive was misplaced, or stolen.
If it was misplaced, it shows the ineptitude of the planning and
handling of this sensitive material. If it was stolen, which is the
scariest of the two scenarios, it shows just how vulnerable the United
State's military and security installations are. And if it was
stolen, imagine the consequences of allowing radioactive, explosive
material to fall into terrorists' hands on U.S. soil.
The possibilities are frightening.
Regardless of how it was lost or where it is, this should send a
big message to the people in charge of national security that something
needs to be done.
The laboratory needs to revamp its handling methods and security
when moving this material. It is an inconceivable blunder to
let this stuff out of sight. It should be treated like a president.
If the U.S. is going to continue to make this substance and continue
to use it, it should not continue to lose it. The consequences
are too great.
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It's sweet whi
There are certain
special times in life
when it becomes easier
to lean back into your a.
soft easy chair and
smile, confident there
is justice in the world. * IS* ?
^ All too often, we s
If Americans, and huk}
mans in general, are
^ bombarded with news
I of the bad and the gM
? ugly, and we tend to
? forget the good. We
hear about murders and Jeff
suicides and murder- Shrewsbury
suicides and bank rob- snrewsuury
beries and tax evaders
and injustice.
We hear all about the guys who embezzled a
$1 million from the children's fund and skipped
off to Rio. We hear all about spoiled athletes
getting out of a rape charge. And we see celebrities
maneuver their way out of an assault and
battery charge because they are 'THEM."
We are so innundated with what's wrong
with our society that we forget the system does
Letters to the <
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Gays can be
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Christian too odeachf
If you
To the editor: reject me
Mr. Aaron's comments in The ^ ^ avc
Gamecock on Oct. 13 about gay tCCm]W' |
men and lesbians illustrates why w' s,Ll.
con lool C
coming out is so important, and so
difficult. If you've never experienced
that kick-in-the-skull sensa- a
tion of being hated for who you really as i
are by someone who doesn't know Afraid the
you, let me tell you it does hurt. found out
Please don't add insult by claiming began to
that your quote about putting me family die
to death isn't hateful. fact
Many lesbians and gay men continued
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cncrisn meir religious neniagc, anu *
there are as many of us in the lead- some of
ership of every faith. Growing up hope that
gay in an often hostile world, one w'" som
spiritual lesson we learn is to love same,
and accept people as God made
them, instead of trying to remake
them in our own image.
Painfully, your passage of murdcr
is there in Leviticus. And it's
not the only such reference. But ?
these words reflect the prejudices
ui uicii auuiui^, incir cultures unu ?
their translators. They are not the
words of a God of love. If we im- To the
perfect human beings can be pa- I am v.
tient and open with people we dis- Jensen's
aeree with, even with ncoDle who cane Hus
say we should be put to death be- statement
cause it's in the Bible, surely an to be moi
all-loving and all-capable God can have beci
manage to be half as kind as we seen the
can. by this m
Being gay is not what I believe really di
or what I do. It's who I am. I have problems
in no sense chosen to feel what I state are
feel, any more than you choose are withe
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work. And it's those times when the system c
works that we feel good about the place we live t
and the whole scheme of things. It's an im- 1
mensely satisfying feeling for the common Joe s
to hear about the rich celebrities being punished
just like the regular people.
There is rightness in the world, but we sel- t
dom hear of that When we do, we smile.
Case in point: Zsa Zsa Gabor and Jim t
Bakker.
This week, these two entirely different people
were in entirely similar situations. Both are f
celebrities and have been, or are, on the top of i
the world. And they both committed crimes. I
Both deny it, but both were convicted. e
Zsa Zsa, as we know, slapped a police officer i
in California when he tried to write her a ticket
And Bakker, well, he used his status as a so- c
called giver of salvation to make himself a 5
modem-day Caligula ? wallowing in his own c
lavish vice. t
Well, this week they were both convicted and
sentenced to do time. Zsa Zsa got three days at f
a shelter for homeless women and Bakker got a
45 years and a half million dollar fine. li
Because of the mind set we have about the c
way the system works and how the rich and t<
shameless seem to always get away with "mur- ji
iditor
want to be attracted to. everything they had. Tho
[ wouldn't now change if state's harder-hit areas
'ou might as well put me standing in lines to rece
or having brown eyes. and other supplies that w
say your God is going to fully keep coming in froi
then that's the way it the state and around the c<
to be. No matter who I realize that there are ma
i to please the Almighty, problems in the world, a
1 be gay. I don't think I concerned about them, 1
3od by lying. are still countless probli
t my childhood in fear. South Carolina must
at God and people were Hugo's aftermath. Unfoi
nean as you say they are. those who had very littl
jy would hurt me if they storm are suffering t
who I was. Only after I and we cannot just forg
come out to friends and l^cm now Hugo has g
i I finally discover that in ?f excitement is begi
are not hateful; they have d'e d?wn> so now *s the
1 to love and accept me continue our efforts and V
am even if it was new to *nS whatever we can to h
them at first. I can only wh? arc sthl in need anc
Mr. Aaron and his God f?r many' ma?y mon|hs t0
eday be able to do the Stephanie Myrick-P
Philosopl
Wayne Johnson Af*fiplpc or
Public health graduate UvICa Ctl
50 was not misinform
r h 1 n wn To ^editor:
Two articles have rec<
peared in The Gamecock
editor: ing black students and S(
siting in response to Dan olina College; the first,
letter concerning Hurri- College Wants to Increa
jo. I take offense to his Enrollment," has led to se
about "making Hugo out fortunate misconception
re than he was" because I could prove detrimental
n to the coast, and I have efforts which had been s
damage that was caused in attracting black stu
lassive storm. It would be SCC.
fficult to exaggerate the First of all, the "very el
that many areas of the white image" of SCC was
still facing. Many people ion expressed by many t
)ut homes, and some lost dents who resist invito
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istice prevails
ler," normally we would have expected these
wo to get out of their predicaments. We would
tave expected they would have maybe gotten a
;lap on the wrist.
But they didn't They got spanked on their
K)ttoms.
Bakker's sting will last longer, but they were
?th deservedly sweet
When the world watched as Bakker was led
rom the courthouse in shackles, it finally hits
is ? there is justice in the world sometimes.
3akker took the trust and money of the believ;rs
and squandered them on himself and now he
s paying for it
Zsa Zsa only hurt herself, and the cop of
:ourse, but she thought she was above the law.
ihe figured she was Zsa Zsa and could do any
lamn thing she wanted. Well, she was wrong,
oo.
America's system works more often than it
ails, but we hear more about the failures and
re used to it It is weeks like this when these
itlle wrongs are righted that we sink deeper in
?ur favorite chair and feel so much more consnt
about life because there is at least a little
ustice in the world.
se in the apply to the Honors College, not
are still an opinion of Ms. Harrison, as the
ive food article suggested. It typifies our
ill hope- struggle to overcome a stereotype
m across which inhibits many fine black stu3untry.
I dents from engaging in an educany
other tional opportunity which would be
nd I am very profitable to them.
>ut there In no way has the USC Admis^ms
that sions Office lowered its standards
face in of admission to SCC for any
rtunately, group; however, it would be foole
before ish to ignore the statistical cvihe
most, dence that blacks regularly pcr;et
about form at a higher academic level
;one. All than their SAT scores usually indimning
to cate (jBlack Issues in Higher Edu;
time to cation, Chronicle of Higher Edu:eep
do- cation). Consequently, when cxaelp
those mining the credentials of various
1 will be underprivileged groups (Blacks,
i come. Hispanics, Native Americans, the
endarvis poor), we pay greater attention to
ly junior the candidates actual academic record
than to standardized test
scores.
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The relevant point is black students
seem more likely to be
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iiigiucutu uu uy uic xz.ww oni
standard for SCC than white students.
There are other criteria
mtly ap- which are also considered when
concern- students apply to SCC (high school
)uth Car- record, class rank/size, grade point
"Honors average, AP/collcgc prep courses
se Black taken, and ? especially ? motiveral
un- vation). ALL applicants are judged
is which on such criteria, not only black
to recent students,
uccessful
dents to We appreciate The Gamecock's
interest in SCC and our work for
itist, lily- the entire USC community,
an onin- Reenea R. Harrison, Coordina
>lack stu- tor for Academic Affairs,SCC
ttions to William A. Mould, Master, SCC