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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.
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Editor-in-Chief
Jeff Wilson, News Editor rob
scott pruden, Carolina Life Editor
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Lynn Gibson
Assistant News Editor
Elizabeth Lynch
Assistant Carolina Life Editor
Deborah Ryan
Assistant Photo Editor
renee Meyer
Darkroom Technician
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Graduate Assistant
ed bonza
Director of Student Media
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Assistant Production Manager
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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
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circumstance.
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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<
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government will make you fill of
America that is more than shak
ponsibilities simply for the op- on t]
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ness to help others is based on p
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print all letters received. Letters should om
The writer must include full name, pro- tha
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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
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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