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VIEWPOINT
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Students should be concerned ab
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student input.
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underage drinking) will be reportec
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tains the information. will be used
widespread the underage drinking pr
If that was the only purpose, then
ever, there is no need for names if a]
bers. But that's not all they want.
Law Enforcement and Safety isn't
their fact files ? they're going to
Affairs, the office that deals with dis
university rules as defined by the
handbook.
The Student Affairs office maint;
how to use the information, but it w
students who have a problem and re]
hoi and Drug Abuse Program.
They've go( to be kidding.
The only problem with underage
you're over 21 and you have a beer,
drinking problem. If you're under !
may or may not be an alcoholic. Bi
you got busted by ABC.
Student Affairs shouldn't have to
lining these students ? they shouldn
Don't be pacified by the fact the]
power over off-campus misdemeano
agreement with ABC before either.
The days of in loco parentis are g
ness if its students drink off campus,
others in physical danger by their acl
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Would people tolerate their employ
with local police departments?
ino one nas yei asicea oiuaeni uo
information, or even if the informati
elected these people to represent yoi
get involved.
Student Affairs justifies possibl
clause in the Carolina Community,
just as responsible for their action:
campus.
But a slightly older document read
self-evident: that all men are created
Yes, USC. Even students.
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Robert d. Thomas
Editor-in-Chief
JEFF WILSON, News Editor ROBY
SCOTT PRUDEN, Carolina Life Editor
TEDDY LEPP, Photo Editor ROE
Lynn Gibson
Assistant News Editor
Elizabeth Lynch
Assistant Carolina Life Editor
Deborah Ryan
Assistant Photo Editor
renee Meyer
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Graduate Assistant
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Director of Student Media
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Assistant Production Manager
JEFFREY B. THOMPSON
Assistant Advertising Manager
Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to pr
be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long. Tl
fessional title if a USC employee or South C
a student. An add.ess and phone number i
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space limitations. The newspaper will
circumstance.
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out an "agreement" (he AlcoSC
recently made ? without
riolate ABC laws (primarily,
I to USC's Law Enforcement
off campus. The office mainto
get a better idea of how
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the university wants is num
going to keep those names to
forward the names to Student
;ciplining students who violate
Carolina Community student
ains they haven't yet decided
ould be beneficial in targeting
ferring them to the USC Alco1
drinking is that it's illegal. If
that alone doesn't constitute a
21 and you have a beer, you
at if you are, it's not because
decide anything about discipi't
even consider it. 1
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rs before; they never made an
one. It is none of USC's busi,
as long as they're not putting /
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int all letters received. Letters should
le writer must include full name, pro- ,
Carolina resident, or year and major if ?
are required with all letters sent. 7he '
for style, possible libel or in case of ri
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U.S. government ta
We in the press tend to harp on the First
Amendment a lot, but mostly for our own evil ? BP ?
urposeof wanting to keep the public informed |IF # % T
bout alrthe nastiness that goes on in the world. 4 ?r
iut there's one aspect of the most revered \
amendment that the press often ignores. ^ m
Let us not forget that the freedom to worship wKSKBMttKi
/hoever or whatever we like is one of the main
masons this continent got populated in the first experience. Catl
lace. Both are the twi
The only problem was that once the white, States, and no 01
uro-cnnstians landed at Plymouth, they com- revivals or the n
lenced to beating their philosophies into the Prohibition, wher
eads, regardless of what physical injury might Native Americ
ssult, of the native population. gious practices
And so the tradition continues. prayer and a bit i
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled include prayer, i
iat Native Americans are no longer allowed to peyote to induce
se peyote in their religious rites. For those of member his destii
ou unfamiliar with peyote, it's an illegal hallu- In his dissent,
inagen that comes from cactus plants. Native that America's pi
jnericans have been using it for God knows Native Americai
ow long to induce visions during their reli- court to "an unful
ious ceremonies. So what's new'
And there's the operative word. Visions. Recently, I dor
lost religions, regardless of their overall philo- any mass killings
aphies, rely on the idea of receiving visions or I don't think the
witnessing miracles from some divine source, problem, and I'n
.vangelical Christians rely on the born again first on anyone'
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fill! LETTERS
tr*niiVtlp ! wa^ ^as
- AJI v M UUUIvtj ton building and replace it w
| j rea* American hero and a sy
JiagUe U of South Carolina such as Lt.
Charles Bolden. After all,
'o the editor: Bolden did grow up in Colu
Once again troubled times have and his smallest accomplish
efallen THE USC (a.k.a. THE in life makes our dear Mr. Ro
Iniversity of Steroids and Co- whole football career look n
aine). Last Saturday THE USC's cule. If we did this, at leas
Mmer football hero, George Ro- kids in our community could
ers, fumbled once more but this someone of substance to loo
nic 11 nas scriuus implications iur to ana aamire.
ie university. Mr. Rogers was ar- William B. Hoi
ssted for possession of cocaine Business ji
/ith intent to distribute and simple Michael S. Alexa
ossession of marijuana. The con- Chemistry ji
equences of his actions are going
3 be devastating, not only to him- ^ . _? . j
elf and the university but to 1111(1
veryone in South Carolina. . #
, topics lgnorai
First of all this incident is gomg * ~
0 worsen USC's already bad
ame. This is the last thing THE To the editor:
JSC needs after last year's article I would first like to applau*
1 Sports Illustrated and the arrest efforts of Ms. Loughmiller or
f Tim High for possession of mu- ing to bring this campus bac
hrooms among other things, sho- reality. I myself am fed up
lifting, etc. (sure Tim was found looking at the editor's page
ot guilty, but on a technicality), seeing articles on the folio
econdly, this gives the state of items: Blue Jean Day, homo:
outh Carolina as well as our edu- als, homophobics and racis
ation system a big black eye, es- think this student body has
ecially after the recent report on beating a dead horse on t
0 Minutes. Our dear Mr. Rogers' issues. I hope that souk
icture is painted all over the doesn't judge me as a homos<
looker T Washington hnilriintr heranse T wear hi hp. ip^ns T
long with a list of his finest ac- pray to God that someone do
omplishments as way of saying consider me a fraternity mei
tanks to him from all of us. But because I wear Duck Head ]
;ts be honest, he has done nothing and a white baseball hat. Hov
)r us, nothing for the university out we say everyone who v
nd most importantly in my opin- tie-dye takes drugs and follow
>n, nothing for the young people Grateful Dead around? These
i this state who look up to him. torial wars are pointless, anc
should stop right now.
I say it is time for THE USC to
nally do something decent and When I left the North to a
ght for a change. Let's kick our college people told me th
ear Mr. Rogers off of THE should watch out for racism
fSC's payroll and when we have ignorant people. I did not heec
one that let's wash his ugly mug warning, and after reading
and ilia ...BRPCCX
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lolics have transubstantiation. their s
0 leading faiths in the United purpos
le has tried to outlaw religious And
te of communion (even during that if
1 alcohol was illegal). Amerii
ans simply go about their reli- have tc
a bit differently. Instead of worsli
of sacrimental wine, tribal rites smoke
fasting and small amounts of drug tl
the visions that show a tribe itual u]
ny. In o
Justice Harry Blackmun wrote into c<
romise of religious freedom to brothei
is had been reduced by the white i
Ifilled and hollow promise." World,
? no par
1't seem to recall hearing about cupyin
by people tripping on peyote. denied
re is a huge peyote addiction lar life
1 sure that the drug is not the their n
s recreational pharmaceutical Hey
TQ THE EDITOR;
hing- Gamecock articles I see once ag
'ith a my peers were correct. Yes, U
mbol has shown me that people are
Col. norant, and topics that are stric
Col. opinion should be kept in 01
mbia mind, not in the school paper,
ment
igers' I feel that such mundane top
linis- should be dropped, they are <
t the news. How many months ago v
have it that these topics even came up
k up feel this letter itself is munda
but it had to be written, and, ii
lland makes people mad, that's all
inior better. Because if you're mad n
nder it only goes to show how ignor
inior you really are. If we are going
discuss something why don't
talk about that idiot who dove i
S the reflection pond two wet
ago?
it .. John D. Stov
Hotel, restaurant and touri
freshm
ABC shouldn'
wirt report to USC
and
wing To the editor:
sexu- I'm writing in response tc
T A . . . Al. - . I ?
i". 1 tairly new subject mai nas b(
been coming up lately, the reporting
hese underage drinking and alcohol v
jone lations to the university by
jxual ABC.
also
esn't This is absurd. I happen to
tnber one of the unlucky 48 people v
pants were caught by the ABC, April
' ab- at the Stadium Place.
/ears This was obviously not a sch
s the event, so what right does the 11
edt- versity have knowing what I did
1 we did not do? This sounds li
another lesson of morality be
forced on the students,
ttend A misdemeanor of this nati
lat I has no relevance on what I am I
and ing to accomplish here at U!
1 this My tuition money should be sp
The to build better learning facilit
Tm) If
ar too far
iey'd much prefer something potent and
al like LSD.
:kmun was sure to point out that the Naimerican
Church "exemplifies values
. drug laws are presumably intended to
' and "is far removed from die irresponsi1
unrestricted recreational use of unlawful
' In other words, Native Americans are
ing around getting stoned on peyote in
pare time and saying it's for religious
es.
then, of course, there's the argument
the Supreme Court allows the Native
can church to use peyote, then they'd
) allow some '60s throwback religion that
ins a lock of Jimi Hendrix's hair to
, snort, shoot, freebase or eat whatever
ley claim gives them the maximum spirplift.
ther words, the court does not even take
onsideration that our Native American
rs and sisters were here long before the
man iced his first wild turkey in the New
, or that they were nearly slaughtered for
ticular reason other than they were ocg
real estate. So now that they've been
their land, their economy and their secustyle,
let's make the final blow and yank
;ligion right out from under their feet
, it would only be par for the course.
ain not to make me feel as though I
SC live in a jail. I can understand a feig
lony having an affect on my edu:tly
cation, but what relevance to my
ties learning will this offense be?
NONE.
Scott Pettit
,jcs Undeclared freshman
vas Letter writers
should shut up
the To the editor:
ow At first it was rather interesting,
ant all of the heated debates about hoto
mosexuality and racism, but
we enough is enough,
nto To the homosexuals ? shut up.
jks Blue Jeans Day has accomplished
just what you should have exrcll
pected. That is, insecure hetersm
osexuals lashing out at the whole
'an idea, and homosexuals defending
their beliefs. Did you actually ex4
pect 100 percent acceptance?
^ To the homophobics ? shut up.
There have always been homosexuals
on this planet, and there
always will be. It's a fact of life
that you must learn to live with.
> a You will accomplish nothing with
ren your tirades.
of To the racially (un)aware ?
io- shut up. If you really want racism
the to end, emphasizing the differences
between the races instead of the similarities
is definitely the wrong
be way to go about it. Identifying
/ho with your heritage is one thing, but
I 5, self-segregation is another.
Why don't you all just sit back,
ool have a beer and direct your enerini
gies elsewhere. Perhaps toward
1 or saving our planet from the big
ike companies that constantly rape our
ing environment or do something to
improve our education system,
ure And now, we will shut up.
try- Joseph Hidy
SC. English senior
ent Matthew Miller
ies, HRTA senior