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Viewpoint Monday, March 5, 1990 The Gamecock 3 Garbaj Regulations, r< to be implemei South Carolina ? an er quickly becoming one of the The trash dumping busine: for South Carolina, which m ses, is becoming one that ne< levels. Currently, neither sta garbage. Regulations are becoming shipping of the sometimes which only leads to the ( environment. This past week, an Ohio w of the state's poorest and lea: for a garbage landfill site tha Carolinas. If Mid-American Waste S state health officials, 3,000 t< county each day. The Caroli duces 2,100 tons of a trash a One-third of the trash for out-of-state. Lee County officials seem a tremendous thing to us," ( said. But do Hickman and county's citizens think about "We are an example of a ( Carolyn Williams, a homeow Lee County would definii The contract between Mid-/ the county $1 for every ton out-of-state trash. Although per ton, the volume of trasl aaa _ j r _ $;j,uuu a aay ior me couniy. But Lee County did not n with the company. The con from using more than the 20 limit the site to handling 3,0C Another loophole which r countians is the company car week, if it wants to. Although Lee County will the county and the state she American to insure the site v or environment. *UN, JESSE. r # The G Robert d. Thomas Editor-in-Chief Jeff Wilson, news editor scott pruden, Carolina Lift teddy lepp, Photo Editor 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 Advertising Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock wil be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words fessional title if a USC employee o a student. An address and phone Gamecock reserves the right to e< space limitations. The newspc circumstance. je i 3 equirements need nted for dump site ' j idless array of beautiful land ? is / largest dump sites in the nation. I ss, however, is becoming big business I eans that it, like many other busines- \ 1 ids regulation on the state and federal l! j ite or federal laws regulate interstate vV1 ; increasingly needed because of the U hazardous trash to South Carolina, I lestruction of the Palmetto state's \ raste company and Lee County ? one st populated areas ? announced plans it would be the largest such site in the ?, ^ ( "M ystem Inc. 's proposal is approved by *' 3ns tons of waste would flow into the ? * nas' largest city, Charlotte, only prothe Lee County site would be from rg proud of their business partner. "It is bounty Administrator Barry Hickman the other officials realize what the the site? ;ounty that has been prostituted," said Tier near the proposed landfill. A 1 gy :ely benefit financially from the site. xAlV American and Lee County guarantees of in-state trash and $1.50 per ton of The US that amnnnt Hrven't cppm lilrf? mmu , U1UI U111VUUI UV/VU&l l OVVill 11IVV iliUVil 111U V LlllO j i the site will handle means at least policy for housed or lake a secure contract for its citizens called "the [tract does not prevent the company The Poli 0 acres it says it plans to, nor does it containers. 10 tons of trash a day. use of ale. J c T includes pr nay create an inconvenience for Lee violation oi 1 operate around-the-clock, six days a Bejng a the Quad, financially benefit from the landfill, bility to of >uld have put stricter limits on Mid- does inclu< von't become a bother to the citizens campus gr< That way, the Quad, t of rules to; RUJL First, the _ has taken public ackr u day, public ^ here to go i K/* ties are go( ^ their minds igg* bers, it seei PUD11C? Me VssgSg* /, T""!^ Ss\ Profe TfOtA \ fct ft uned >6 LA U1IV'U To the edit< ^ Gracelan vet dreams JpfCj mories. A P^Tj! weekend, I 'wgj^/ <^j> Thanks to >^"5^ Nerd Bow / sent, most < phis, Tenne stood in m g morning. amecock wasn't a t was still i KATHY BLACKWELL event. And Managing Editor labor undc academics; athletics in Robyn Thompson, copy Desk chief professor M ; Editor JEFF NICHOLS, Sports Editor exam or al ROBB LANE, Graphics/Comics Editor That C0UJ(J pect, could ? sor about i Lucy Soto 1 planned Assistant News Editor cause he v BRANT LONG the country Assistant Sports Editor ^ me e Sharon Williamson ?*! Assistant Coo\ Desk Chief -P ' . . Kathy heberger jnujeilq en Assistant to the Editors . ^ class room ably could Erik Collins that going Faculty Adviser days was Laura S. Day wouldn't u Production Manager understam Renee Atkinson would ^sl Advertising Manager x , So when Carolyn Griffin ?nclaty'1 Business Manager His respon if I wasn'l I try to print all letters received. Letters should would have ; long. The writer must include full name, pro- were going r South Carolina resident, or year and major if j suppo number are required with all letters sent. The ?-mni Jit letters for style, possible libel or in case of iper will not withhold names under any sponsibilitj take the e Mi Luckily, :ohol policy show: C Fraternity Council made a bold past week by adopting a new alcohol the fraternities that are currently 1 McBryde Quadrangle (lovingly Quad"). J * ?] cy outlaws kegs and other common , _ r and takes many steps to control the E )hol by fraternities. The policy also ovisions for punishment of groups in r the policy. member of a fraternity that is not on this policy has only limited applica- But back to the sub f-campus fraternities, but the policy The alcohol polic ie a section that suggests that off- aren't obsessed wit aups begin to adhere to the policy, though both are part i when and if those groups get onto members' lives, but hey will not be faced with a new set dents' lives as well. r all of a sudden try to follow. includes are social fn policy should be applauded. The FC tying is a part of that Q vpru etrrmrr ctpn tnmorH rroininrr TU? " twYYtuu ?,<41111115 111^ piUUICIII 51CII15 lowledgement, and hopefully, some- hoi. That kind of imm approval. It wouldn't be profitable even death. That is 1 into a big debate on whether fraterni- bad name, xi or not, everyone pretty much has Hopefully, this poli > made up. And to fraternity mem- beat USC to the pur us like a lot of minds, mainly in the such, but also to cut against them. such as personal injur TERS TO THE EDITO - - rillp apply to him. o 1 U1C He didn't have to be there fo ll^?fetinn?ll 1,16 exam' anc* he didn't have t0 b< ULdllUIldl there for nearly a month of class eitner. someone else would cove Dr: the material for him and give hi: d. A place of black vel- lectures and tests. He had mor< and pressed vinyl me- important things to do like mak< virtual Mecca for mil- appearances at academic conven Americans, and last tions and do research, was going to be there. So now I have no choice. I'v< my participation in col- got to abide by the rules becaus< affectionately known as there is no way to compel the pro 1), I was going to be fessor to give me a break. Whil< expenses paid, to Mem- he's off in some other part of th< jssee. Only one obstacle state doing research or shakinj y way: a test on Friday hands at some convention, I'll to in an auditorium taking his test, problem I thought. I Because of this professor, I havi 3'10" center, and this to do something a student shouh )ig away game, but it never do: Let school get in thi i university sponsored way of an education, believe it or not, I still Micah Portei ;r the assumption that Interdisciplinary studie are more important than a university. Surely the f^Pflfpf* fllllv rould give me a makeup vyCIIlCI UlII^ llow me to take it early. rvmr'Urn n't be too much to ex- tllV 3 ClJIlLclll it? So I told the profest nearly a month before To the editor: to leave. I had to, be- The current proposal to involv< vas going to be out ot the University of South Carolina 11 for nearly a month. He plans for a Columbia Conventioi d check into it. Center would not be in the best in ictly a sparkling re- terest of the students. Under th< it wasn't a "no" either, new proposal, USC would be re d understand that learn- sponsible for building a new coli ot take place only in a Seum at a cost of $70 million. Du< . And, although I prob- to Hurricane Hugo, state funds wil In't convince anybody be limited in the upcoming fisca to Memphis for three year. Once again, it is unlikely tha worth college credit, it the university will receive full ike a rocket scientist to formula funding. With rumors of; d that the trip itself probable tuition increase for thi amewhat educational. 1990 fall semester, the universit; he came back this past should concentrate on keepinj asked him after class costs down, nld make up the exam. The McGuire Arena seems to b se? He said I couldn't; sufficient for our needs. I'm sun t there for the exam, I the renting of the coliseum pro 5 to take the zero. There duces income for the university. Ii to be no makeups. addition, we have the Koger Cen se his reasoning was ter, Williams-Brice Stadium am ugh: it's a student's re- numerous other lecture halls. W I to come to class and should make better use of the fa :xams. No exceptions, cilities we have as opposed t< he same rules didn't building another structure. s greeks in new light This policy should just the beginning for the council. I'm not saying start drafting other poli cies about alcohol. I'm just saying the council and its member fraternities should take more steps toward maturity, not just in alcohol, but in irant Long ^ngaswe11 Some weeks ago, it was suggested at a frater nuy ana sorority presiaeni s meeung mat follow the lead of the University of Illinois and have a non-alcoholic night out. Moans and groans came from the crowd assembled. ject- These kinds of things may not be the most y shows that fraternities fun in the world and you may not achieve the :h drinking or partying, much looked-forward-to drunken stupor and reof not just many fraternity suiting "cookie-tossing" contest with your many other college stu- brothers, but it shows that fraternities are marhe groups that the policy ture organizations that can at least attempt tternities, though, and par- things like a "dry" night out ;[ . Many fraternities are already having occafrom the misuse of alco- sional non-alcoholic mixers with sororities. And laturity leads to injury and every fraternity has some sort of philanthropy where fraternities get the that they raise money for. But the public seems to look at the bad with cy is designed not just to more attention than they do with the good, ich of banning kegs and Hopefully, this step ? the new alcohol policy down on stupid incidents ? will open some eyes and show the public V and death. that greeks do care. I II Ipl Nrt Instead of being concerned with understanding of the flier. An exr the city's economy, the Board of ample of your misunderstanding * Trustees should be more concerned was *n the phrase "Don t Worry; , with providing an affordable, qual- Black. We criticize this r ity education to those they serve. It phrase, which you said we praise. 5' is our responsibility as students to We were merely telling brothers * remind them where our priorities an^ sisters to wear these items as a 5 lie and how important it is to keep fQrm ?f black pride and self educathem in perspective. As a native ti?n> not because of a _catchy Columbian, no one more than I phrase. 5 would like to see our city grow We agree with you in your * and prosper. However, the univer- statements that the black man sity should leave this responsibility shouldn't dwell on racism, but this 5 where it belongs ? in the hands of doesn't negate the role that racism 5 the local government. has played in subjugating the black I Meg Antley man. It's a fact that whites along * International studies with other ethnic groups hold a monopoly on black products. This 3 is not a condemnation of these i ^1111 I/O l ctouds. Instead, it is a challenge to e fyP Klopl/ linitv the black race to support and deve"*dvIV UlIIlJ lop its own community and r businesses. s To the editor: In a time when blacks are startIn response to Carmelo Sammat- ing to reawaken ourselves to the aro's Feb. 28 letter in The Game- responsibilities of taking care of cock on "Pride in Mind, Not on our own community and reclaimShirt," we, the brothers of Reel ing our stolen legacy, it is a crime Black Man, felt it was necessary to to tell the black race to forget its rid you of your misunderstanding history. To just be American andor ignorance! "Walk Hand in Hand" is Some ; Since the 1600s, racism has Dream! 1 played a major role in his society. Carmelo, you also stated that 1 Therefore, for you to say that "I "all pride lives in your mind and am shocked by the racial tensions not on a shirt," and we agree, all 1 on this campus," we ask you, Car- pride does live in your mind, but a melo, what cave have you been shirt can mention it. For example, sleeping in? From South Africa to pride in one's greek organization, - South Carolina there have been one's country, and even one's re1 many racial tensions. For example, ligion. Just yesterday we saw a *-? C/-,nth tho tp chirt that caiH "Tmiiq fhrict Thp Ill JUUUI V-/U1 UilllUj LI IV WIUVUVIUIV UI1UI, V1*MV XVUMU v^..? V) X ?.v t Flag has caused many racial prob- Way, The Truth, The Life! John lems, and even closer to home, 14:6." Is this wrong? Pride can be i graffiti calling for whites to vote mentioned on a shirt, but like we * and avoid a 15 percent minority said, it lives in your mind first. i rule, in regards to this year's pres- In closing, just so you will not I idential Student Government elec- walk blindly, and in case you tions. So you see, racial tensions didn't read our entire llicr, Reel e do exist. Black Man means, Restoring the e Mr. Carmelo, you called us "in- Environment and Education Lost terracial attention-grabbers," but by the Black Man! So in the fui actually we are "educational ture, read the entire flier before attention-grabbers." We educate you criticize parts of it. J our brothers and sisters through We, Reel Black Man, wish to e fliers, forums, etc. So why then do meet with you and any others who you see us as "interracial attention want to know more about us. o grabbers?" Rod Glover, Scott Sayers, Sam We next question your mis- Livingston, Bill Lewis