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VIEWPOINT ?. n * c\r\n ^ rnuay, cuiuaiy ?.0, i33U German1 i Although reunifica it is best answer for Day X is inevitably drawing ne "Tag X," as Germans have call War II, referred to the unlikel> would once again reunite. But thi: it will Drobablv take, nlare hefnre r j I Although West Germany has \ leading nation in exports (their 19 the U.S. had a trade deficit of $1C tant to take pride in their nation's guilt for the atrocities for which that deep. Then suddenly, the Berlin Wall threw off its dictatorship. "Reuni everyone's lips as soon as the firsi away. Now the slogan "Wir sind one's lips: We are somebody agaii Reuinification will mean many most 80 million, the new Germai military forces will combine to cn lars and reservists, which will t though incorporating East Gernn problems for West Germany, the c overpower the other European nat will also mean an upset in balarn tries, and the redefinition of insti European Community Many of Germany's neighbors, and France, as well as European man power. They can never forgei Reicht, and understandably so. But Helmut Kohl is not Adolph welcomed democratic values ov understand history and have mo learned from it. For two weeks, secret negotiate and West Germany, with Bush agi best answer to the German quest mula known as two-plus-four, an four allies ? U.S., the Soviet Ur the two Germanys that they would first, then join the four allies in nej Reunification does pose some ri chance to reach its ideal ? a unil and the world. ' WAIl OUbl /\ h p>/4 N g>i99o The Gai Robert d. Thomas Editor-in-Chief jeff wilson, News Editor rob scott pruden, Carolina Life Ediloi teddy lepp, Photo Editor rc Lynn Gibson Assistant News Editor Elizabeth Lynch Assistant Carolina Life Editor Deborah Ryan Assistant Photo Editor Renee Meyer Darkroom Technician Kristin Francis Graduate Assistant ED BONZA Director of Student Media Ray Burgos Assistant Production Manager Jeffrey B. Thompson Assistant Advertsing Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long.' fessional title if a USC employee or South a student. An address and phone numbei Gamecock reserves the right to edit lettei space limitations. The newspaper w circumstance. tion is risky, both countries ar- M^r Jw led it in the decades since World j^n. mx' / r day when the two Germanys ffl rs s reunification is now a fact, and * ///dW ^ 1990 is over. ^ irospered, becoming the world's < /wlni | / 8Q traHp ciirnlne 11700 CQH KJllinn \j^ uuuv oui^iuo vyao uiinuiij |W/UJXJl )8 billion), they have been relucaccomplishments. The collective fj?5^ Germany was responsible was < *>]?& 1 came down, and East Germany > iication" and "Tag X" were on ^ . / t pieces of the wall were chipped 1 wieder wer" is also on every- eJJes/eyJn things. With a population of al- r> ty will dwarf its neighbors. The j Jr;n jate a power of 1.8 million regu- J?? >e the strongest in Europe. Al- tenet fir/} lany will cause new economic ? ombined country will eventually fob. J* ions economically. Reunification "JGfanx ;e for the West European coun- * >~ itutions such as NATO and the ^ # especially countries like Poland ***? Jews, are scared of a new Gert the barbaric deeds of the Third Some of the lad were talking Thursd; Hitler. And West Germany has fore spring break, i er the past decades. Germans generally out-of-shaj re than proven that they have aerobics classes an< spiff up the ol' b< )ns took place between the U.S. beach^s of Paradise. . <- +u And I started thir reeing that reunification was the ljfc ds on thc ve ion. He proposed a simple for- season> when thous mformal agreement between the denly disrobe. The lion, Britain and France ? and luminescent skin mil work out the reunification issue lifeguards always h: *otiations on European security. get third-degree sui isks. But Germany deserves the University of North led country at peace with itself T-shirts and Levi's. Of course, the foil places drool and bre< 'EW MORE 31TES" ofHzU''ons of ove"c and beer guts rollin / steel Venuses and Ac Usually what hap] / getting tired and sore / is a pretty stupid ide / decidedly skinny fel anything except the s think I might want f 'cause the big flabb; Greed Columbia wants it, The new Columbi; son Boulevard on ( will be the second open in Columbia in The upscale Rich] has been plagued wil proving in sales. Bi more than half empty ing as you walk t corridors. But, now comes < duled to open this 5 y\ i f\ man Luiiici* mA rcvc 1\ U big bucks for the city However, Columbi its construction begar Columbia has ann< mecock ^^MZL1 ICL - LffESS:?_ 1^_! Kathy Blackwell ^ , Managing Editor .T 61*1*011 S \ ;yn Thompson, Copy Desk chief ^cscitlblc ] r JEFF Nichols, Sports Editor To the editor: >BB LANE, Graphics/Comics Editor MI' fen-ell's letter, the Feb. 19 issue ol cock, definitely desei LUCY Soto tention, especially in Assistant News Editor many recent attempt Brant Long personal freedoms n Assistant Snorts Editor States. Such opinion! Sharon Williamson clusively reserved fa Assistant Copy Desk Chiefour SWte Legislature Kathy Heberger come fashlonablc "f Assistant to the Editors P?Se 0Ile S OWn Valu< upon the personal lifestyles of others. It erik Collins alized to many inhib Faculty Adviser ais that a fantastic ra laura S. Day vioral variation exists Production Manager today. Many of these RENEE ATKINSON one form or another, Advertising Manager in human cultures Carolyn Griffin corded umes. Mr. f< Business Manager lsms. coincide with sustain racist ideals ; individual creativity, print all letters received. Letters should cultural variations. Th The writer must include full name, pro- of Nazi Germany thrr Carolina resident, or year and major if Hnnintr naradifmi ' are required with all letters sent. The cloning paradigm. s for style, possible libel or in case of s sel' ill not withhold names under any knowledge of homos ties and anal sex se clouded his own se 1 he tjramecock Sfegl AW. &?28?fi? - MBT -rrirednej *'"* ? Twjfl( ment to jgabormer <7 ttzi-u'jA^yyy / f Jmand Leipzig,Mij made her Mut M l%d'rjJ"% / r~ d tank info Pr^ue i ]f The bride's father, Mr. A ^ *talin,wa$ a foundingpart- ^ ?r of Hitler & Stalin, a m~ wac 2 Mi mergers andacquisitions received a. \ln the early forties. Mr. Gen ^e bridegroom, dO, from merit M - cousin of the bride, bst 2 bid for Wdj ; break a charactt ies around the newsroom ~ ay night about how just be lormany iat, paie ana just )e people descend on gyms, * i tanning dens to try and ** ? > 3d to be exposed on the Scot iking, what happens to the ry first day of spring break ands of ivory tx>dies sudlight reflecting off all that the ones with the women, ist be blinding. No wonder Speaking of the women, ave such good tans. They dens of decadence like Dj iburn the first time those that women on vacation Dakota kids strip off their aloof. Never mind carrying two unless you've got a ts at the gyms and aerobics rhythm and say "Dude, mai ithe heavy over the thought you might as well forget it rnnded hips and spare tires Of course, money is a b g in to become hardened- Some folks can afford to Ionises. West and stay at a really nil 3ens is people just end up are those of us who end uj : and deciding that exercise friend who just happens to ;a anyway. Myself being a tine, cruising south and the How, I don't worry about heated wicker furniture wart pare tire part. Sometimes I cold and rainy, to fill out the beer belly But, as my dad has alws 1 guys always seem to be that are character building e: plays role in Coli and so does Irmo. ana Centre mall off Harbi- f " % Holumbia's northeast side r-| ^ ^ I major shopping center to two years. pnDr land Fashion Mall, which w- ^ rlUDt th bankruptcy news, is im- " at, the mall still remains % . It gives one an eerie feel hrough almost deserted fpmnnrsrv firp cfafinn on Columbiana Centre, sche- serve its new citizens. To s summer. And with a new umbia also had to annex an< nue, which translates into land ? namely parts of Bro nect the city with their new ana was not in a city when Thursday's edition of 7 i. some terrible news for the c sxed the land and set up a missing a 75-foot by 90DC TH TUC CniTAD Hw 1 \J 1 rib bUl 1 Uri flPIJ/C ences. His concerns for higher grz 3 education and altruistic moral be- dal havior may better be expressed brc within the realm of contact sports and American death squads. James Errante appearing in Archeology graduate student 1J f The Game- H ves some at- t * n , . liaht nf thP I jftCK nt rirkpfs n s to suppress j j i A n the united hurts graduates t0 3 are not ex- 1 r members of To the editor: in i. It has be- Once again USC students get rac ;e days to im- screwed ? graduates will only be oc< is and beliefs allowed three tickets for gradua- poi choices and tion. If all the graduates use all of may go unre- their allotted tickets, only one third hei ited individu- of the coliseum will be filled. Cor- ize inge of beha- rect me if I'm wrong here ? I coi in the world thought the ceremony was for the pai behaviors, in graduates. Administration states tha have existed "security reasons" for the ticket anc since prere- limit, but do you think the coli- of jrreH's critic- seum will be one third full on ] those which commencement day? Hardly. Ev- lea ind frown on ery seat will be filled, although not asl choices and with graduates' families. While 7:3 le police state I'm glad Ms. Ramsdale is "excited the ved on such a about the caliber of speakers we not will be having," at least two mem- tha ["-proclaimed bers of my family won't be com- the exual activi- ing. My family isn't traveling 800 foi >ems to have miles to see Bush or anyone else the ixual prefer- speak, they're coming to see me she ^rn?Lny nrsliatt Flan gchlarwd ?, 71 J12 A Amm /VA 7//A. u J.'i IS J X *"? s* '* - " " wany'g father wao 'itinnal'Socialist who dddomination in If 6C ;r-building < Right, Dad. I just don'i some palatial i couldn't be as perience as be t Pruden and several tl furniture. True chara " things like strc out 16, then ti dancing with g my experiences at NFL teams. Sc lytona have shown on a wallet th; can be amazingly stories, be com a fresh condom or of course, v baseball cap, no serious flesh g n" a lot. Otherwise, members of t mones should 1 ig problem as well. The wet-v traipse off to Key you'd-like coi ce hotel. Then there though. I'd liki d calling a long-lost in the world \ live in St. Augus- water poured c n staying in an un- around in from ihouse while it turns break dudes, b they run out ol tys said, things like debt to the big tperiences. the time. imbiana Ct along the river a billboard. What does th Columbia ? That's what yo :RT THOMAS to get a mall. ] ready have thr< the beloved Ca call its own? Greed is wh Harbison artery to why Irmo is fi tnnex the land, Col- ties' bickering Dther narrow strip of state will inter ad River ? to con- trol Board mee prize. Hopefully w 'he State headlines the fighting, b :ity: the city may be Otherwise, Col foot block of land of land, a billb< iduate. Perhaps President Rams- wi le would like to be the one to w( >ak the news to them. ah Marie Loughmiller ea Journalism senior be tic k i Lacism cnarge ot valid tir the editor: w< Unfortunately racism does exist N( our society on both sides of the lik :ial line. This will continue to ;ur as long as we stand back and int at that line to make an issue to it. To Allison Stockweather and yc friends, I would like to apolog- di: if they were made to feel un- as! mfortable in any way at our th< -ty. But Allison, it is obvious toi i j\ju nwv 11^1 vuu3 anvj jV/ai^u yg I searching for any slight sign racial discrimination. ou First of all, when I asked you to pe ve (yes, I was the one who :ed you to leave) it was only ev, >0, and we were about to open ter doors for the first time. Did it d0 t occur to you and your friends ex t you had not paid at all to enter show? And yes, I was dumb- fin inded! I was dumbfounded at ; fact that you thought that you )uld not have to wait outside 3 ^> ( experience t see why being shacked up in Measure palace right on the beach much of a character building exdding down with my roommates lousand dollars worth of wicker cter building experiences are >lling into a nightclub looking ab*\;innr tA niAb- im ,V%^ J k ll? IU piVlV up V>VJlU^iI W11U die ays who look like linebackers for >rry kids, but unless you're sitting at could cushion a fall from four lent to hang out and just watch, vatching isn't all that bad. Some ets flashed down at the beach by >oth sexes, so everyone's horae kept quite busy, vhatever-piece-of-clothingitests have always puzzled me 5 to think that there were women > vho actually enjoyed having icy >n their bre3sYs''and (hen dancing t of a bunch of slobbering spring iut I'm positive it's just because { money and don't want to be in ; guy who says "Dude, man" all ;ntre issue and 1-20. The block is the site of lat mean? - in all honesty ? messed up. u get when you head up a river It's not like Columbia didn't a ee or four malls. Why couldn't pital City let Irmo have a mall to y Columbia wanted the mall and ghting to get it also. The two cihas landed them in court, and the yene today in a Budget and Conting. hen the mall opens this summer, ickering and greed will pay off. umbia may be stuck with a block 3ard and yet another mall. ith the other fifty people who jre already in line. People who so wanted to enter the show rly but were waiting patiently to admitted. Yes, Allison, the secin that you referred to was rerved. Not for Black Greeks but r members of Phi Beta Sigma d Zeta Phi Beta, the sponsors of 5 step show. If you had taken the ne to inquire about this, someone )uld have informed you of this. ), instead you shouted "racism" a tbA 1 ittln U/M? -\ f\ 11f x, uiv iiluu uyjy wnu ci iv^u wuu. So Allison, my advice to you is stop and think next time before >u start hurling accusations of scrimination. And if all else fails, k someone why, and I'm sure it the answer would be satisfacry to any intelligent person. If u can do that, I hope that your tsoning will override your obvis pettiness and racial insecurity, rhaps then you won't publicly splay your ignorance of social ents and people by writing lets to the editor. As for racism, it es still exist and will continue to ist as long as people like Allison x;kweather search for it with a ely-tuned microscope. Leonard F. Knight Engineering sophomore