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Viewpoint Wednesday, April 25.1990 The Gamecock 3 Hugo Seven months after. selfless group still h It may not seem like it, but it wa large storm introduced itself to Sou a good proportion of coastal real est uoviousiy, me naraesi mi 01 me ready had it pretty bad. The peop very good certainly didn't have it vaged their homes. Once the clouds had passed and ment relief organizations descendei will and red tape, and other servi Cross mobilized to do what they coi But probably the most noble sac was that of the members of the M from all over the nation bringing 1 good intentions, to help Hurricane sperate hour of need. . But the truly amazing thing is, tto Most are exactly what the dev; and carpenters who went out of the homes in places like Newton, Kan stayed in South Carolina strictly fc here. "One of the biggest blessings ha; people back in a house and to see member of the Mennonite relief tea] And the truly amazing thing is th Cross will ask for donations, the out forms, but there is a segment willing to sacrifice its goals and res poitunity of helping others. For the Mennonites, their willing a strong religious faith and the id( man, they are serving a higher for i food and clothing for Hugo victi trickle, it would be well for the res ber that not very far away, there need. " \ PUNHO?IT pOEStfT I CO fO m yvdi <$D\ BC mmw11 The Gai robert d. thomas Editor-in-Chief Jeff Wilson, News Editor rob scott pruden, Carolina Life Editor 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 Advertising Manager Latter* 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 add. ess and phone numbe Gamecock reserves the right to edit lette space limitations. The newspaper u circumstance. n storm hit S.C., lelps victims s seven months ago that a very th Carolina as Hugo, flattening tate. community were those that alle who already didn't have it any better after the storm rathe rains had stopped, governj on the state, spreading good i ce organizations like the Red uld to help the battered areas. \ rifice of the entire relief effort \ ennonite Church, who traveled ittle other than tools, faith and Hugo victims in their most de4 ey're still here. ^ isted areas needed. Craftsmen ir way, leaving their farms and . and Lancaster, Pa., and have ir the reason of helping people ^ 5 been to see one of these poor that great big smile," said one s< m. ! iat that is all they ask. The Red int0 government will make you fill of America that is more than shak ponsibilities simply for the op- on t] then ness to help others is based on p ja that by serving their fellow but ce. As donations of materials, oftl ms dwindle down to a mere ;t of South Carolina to remem are others still very much in bon unti loar a edu< rnz THF SAME FIH6 t lf? ft cent 1T*> I ? \ futu ? StAK AW K sior OAM Ij n VSTYDdZTAXeS The ^8Jf m Hi; i ,?8m c 1. 5 'I P II 1 S 11311 thei one | No, necock s nail _ nal KATHY BLACKWELL pen Managing Editor pec , dea YN THOMPSON. Copy Desk Chief "0P'( Jeff Nichols, Sports Editor feu ?BB LANE, Graphics/Comics Editor ^ ' cen Lucy Soto cle Assistant News Editor san Brant Long ar< Assistant Sports Editor cor Sharon Williamson Assistant Copy Desk Chief on( kathy heberger Assistant to the Editors a wo to Erik Collins kin Faculty Adviser ser Laura S. Day sor Production Manager dec Renee Atkinson nat Advertising Manager oul Carolyn Griffin p?1 Business Manager ma " om print all letters received. Letters should om The writer must include full name, pro- tha i Carolina resident, or year and major if n0 r are required with all letters sent. The rs for style, possible libel or in case of PC1 rill not withhold names under any wa wc EartKPa dumnist w) )me one-liners about this marvelous plai S USC, now that I am finally embarki the real world. 1 George Bush, who will be here in v :es of a quail's tail, had his points of lij he campaign trail. There were a thousand 1, he said. ve only got five points of light in my li I've only been guaranteed tickets for th tern to graduation. I have a challenge for the Alumni Assoc . Don't call me about donating to the schi 1 I'm through paying off all the stud* is I had to take out to get myself higl :ated. hat should be sometime well into the n ury, I'm sure. > A sports note. Todd Ellis is going to iver Broncos. If he plays the way that he JSC, he may not be the quarterback of re, but he will be something that the pro! tal ranks have rarely seen. IFL quarterbacks are wimps and whim man Ellis will be competing with, John ', is one of the worst of the breed. They ut finger pulls and strains and get the o\ to include useless rules like the "In sp" rule to protect their dainty little butts, illis started every game for three years ; I J S' alls for stay asking ot worth it And^s memb the editor: if course this week here in Col3ia the big issue is the death alty. Why is it all of a sudden a a big deal? Is it because of ongoing concern of all those 17 osed to the death penalty? Is it H/X ause of the ongoing concern for 1 * 5e on Death Row? Is it because Ull the ongoing concern of the facial costs over whether or not j0 e is racism involved in some: receiving the death penalty? ; , but these are the reasons many a m ^ nip u/ill trv tr\ niup \;r?u Rut thp " ? * " j j v. ~ more [ reason is that someone is fi- aily ai ly out of appeals, and for Ro- Aft d "Rusty" Woomer, the death jjon ^ laity is now a certainty. All the 0f g0 >ple who are opposed to the goai c th penalty are suddenly rising pcrsoi coming out of the woodwork an(j (j stand up and be heard ? only a 5C an 1 days before Rusty Woomer is cajj j( be executed. It has been over rcady years since he killed an inno- an(j 0 it person ? a convenience store more rk. But 10 years later, thou- wjth | ids of people are going to get The jused (and) suddenly be jze(j icerned. way ( What I can't understand is any- decid< j's passion for Rusty Woomer. on w} iy would anyone take his side son js er he killed someone? Why gx( uld anyone want Rusty Woomer cenl ^ not be executed? Remember, he die U led someone. Why does he de- direc ve to live? Remember, he killed jn die neone. Personally, I am for the rjed o tth penalty in general. Unfortu- racial ely, as Shannon Baxter pointed widio t in her letter Monday, the death other laity is not a deterrent because a its very infrequent use. I think it from iy actually be worse for some- fice i 5 to be sentenced to life impris- diat r ment without chance for parole lor jr in being executed, but that does tence: t mean I am against the death t0 de aalty. It just means that in the die di iy it is being used, it is not lynch irking, and some things may be Per >rse than dying. So don't flood of cri \fWO - A 5eedlm? takes root in a Wtilei raps things u| DC, ng ; W STEPHE - GUHFOY ,ht - y of fc, rec every game until his season-ending inji seventh game of last season. He was*j only once other than that, and that's ia- had a concussion that left him unable ool stand the English language for a lilt cnt The injury this season was a nasty her Todd didn't whine and complain abo just got ready to make the next hurdle. ex t I was almost a Hollywood mc Well, I almost got to be in Robby 1 the new movie, Modern Love. But that's did cow secretions. I'm gonna go see it be< the thought of being able to see The Horse 00 pAl.tmkin An th/* 1 Qf* ft UlllCI V^VJIUllluia un mv >uig screen is just loo intriguing to pass up. *rs. jjj; But I did-notice that the "I want drug cry birth scene is fairly, almost exactly rer vn_ of a Bill Cosby standup routine where the is more specific after that first real lal "I want morphine," the Cosby joke wci and wife stood up in the stirrups. But C LETTERS TO THE E avernor's office with calls murders, but ; him to stay the execution, by the politk it won't change anything, promoting i? econd, it's not worth it. Re- lions, use th er, he killed someone. claiming to fc criminals by Chris Carey though that it Accounting junior ^ Therefore, day, as well _ _ a* tions, is not! ecutions are even though j . . call, the cxci nd justice be resisted proach to jut > editor- one blind, a ; upcoming execution of Ro- sPccl ,or mc R. Woomer on Friday at 1 further killi icrc in Columbia reveals once ridiculous, the wrongs of the death pen- A punjsmc id its merely symbolic usage. ycs Morc |yi cr 11 years and several millollars in expenses, the suite uth Carolina is achieving its >f killing a person. That same i was found guilty of murder, ic cry for revenge is about to PpFC!"] iswcrcd. Cry for revenge, I ., because executions arc al- ri 1*1 fill proven not to deter murders UriJ~Il n the contrary only lead to a .. .. brutal and violent society 0 !^c <^U01 ess respect for human lives. 10 ly arc nothing but a legal- ccm ovcr s< systematically approached imaginauon )f killing, where the right to Personals in j who is to die depends only personal in lich side of the desk the per- mc 10 jusl ( positioned. ^ust was in icutions have killed 23 inno- 'l sau1, I" >ersons in this century here in X ? U. !/.H a p , , - , Youi/napp nited Slates, the last one only nce!/Happy ] years ago in Mississippi, and past 20 years have been car- -phc first ut, without exception, against js thal ,t's pi minorities, or those who arc sjve reSearch ut families, jobs, education or out ^c actl "ordinary" means of life. Karen, it wa study released in February Kireevski. the General Accounting Of- (transliterat n Washington, D.C., shows m0oday/Ze< ace was the determining fac- Zeeshy gav 1 82 percent of death sen- gaVen mood* Blacks are being sentenced ath so disproportionally that My secon islinction between justice and lamc hirthda ing has all but vanished. are w["?ng>ple arc understandably afraid (DcaT has me and have utter disgust for lo- Pretly 1 environment. p for campus life caught up in Jcll-O Pudding Pops and counting all that Coca-Cola-induced cash to notice, I'm :n f| p # Speaking of the Bcnsons, I heard that _ Karla DcVito, Benson's delightful singer wife, is going to put on a special performance in honor of Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Koger Center, a performance apparently intended for iry in the graduates. Well, if I may, I'd like to put in my taken out request now: "Paradise by the Dashboard when he Light." My favorite part of that song is where is i .1 i m i ? f >n ni.... u.. tO under- rvana aiiu ivicauuai quicuy muaii uj jjiay-uyle while, play of the single greatest haseball steal in hisone, but lory, done by former New York Yankee Phil >ut it. He "die Scooter" Rizulto. Did you read about the faculty proposal to >vic star, handle the parking problem? Some of our esBenson's teemed professors, in all their esteemed wisjust spilt dom, have come up with the esteemed plan of :ause the putting armed gates at "their" parking lots, so shoe and ^ students won't take "their" spaces. ' e, silver If not armed gates, then spikes to handle those untold millions .of .students wh<\ hasvc created such a bad problem for the fceuftyr s child- making them have to walk an extra SafPfc^ock niniscent l0 class. his wife Do you realize that if these proposals go aor pain. through, the faculty parking spots will be more in, as his heavily guarded than the Marine Barracks in os is too Lebanon? iDITOR this fear is being used especially on her birthday. I hope :ians, who instead of you didn't let it slide, Rcnce. Si and sufficient solu- Let's try and make the personals e easier approach of more personal. Use them -against >e tough on crime and your enemies: "Keith, I saw you killing them, knowing walking your girlfriend yesterday, does not work. Ha. Ha." Use them to spread gos sip: "Did you near ucbbie tested the execution on Fri- positive?," Use them to advise I as all other cxccu- friends: "Kurt, I think you're only ling but revenge, and hurting yourself by not coming out it is an understandable of the closet." rcise of revenge must Let's make the personals the An eye for an eye ap- school's social billboard. Sit back itice will leave every- and think of a message to send to a nd the notion that re- fricnd loday- (They probably asked can only be shown by f?r 'l anyway), ngs is abhorrent and Ken Fowler Sociology freshman nt that fits the crime, lings, NO. Thor Saari MOI^ta^ aid Marketing Junior ^ so|utjon inals lack To the Editor: _ In typical fashion, the democral[|3.I SlYl0 controlled Congress has decided to " aid South Africa's transition to - democracy by throwing U.S. tax express my deep con- dollars to virtually any organi/.a-kmn cfnHpntC' 1 I r\f (inn AniVU'iniT tho /!/? If lorb Jllll/ JIUUVHW IUVIV VJI UUII uppvjii UIV UV l\ivi IV V-lll when it comes to the ment. Ten million U.S. dollars, to The Gamecock. One be precise. particular that caused This monetary band-aid, howIrop the paper in dis- ever, will do little to create the the April 20 issue and solid economic foundation required lappy Birthday To for the establishment of a successipy Birthday To ful democracy. Birthday1 ToV^^"1^0 What is needed instead is to involve American business enterprise thing wrong with this in providing the entrepreneurial aniarizeri Aftrr pxtpn- know-how, the capital and new i in the library, I found Privalc business ventures that will ual composer wasn't al,ow ^ presently disenfranchised s a Russian: Iakushkin black majority to develop the longHere's the original lcrm economic base necessary to ed): "Zeeshy gaven sccure Political freedom. jshy gaven mooday/ Without economic strength and en Tal Boris/Zeeshy security, political freedom will iy." have little positive impact on a id complaint with this black maj?nly slru8SlinS for social y surprise is the words c^ult^' Notice in third line been replaced with Michael Reed friendly gesture Karen, Political Science Alumnus