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Recap
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This past
long way to gc
During the 1989-90 schc
new decade, moving towar
university hopes to becom
higher education in the nati
It was a year of transitio
pulled back. The school se<
and its. future.
If this past school year i
its head out of the sand a
.. national prominence and re:
Thirty-five classes were
lack of funding, tuition wa
again next year, and issues
gap between the students ?
was widened by such unive
Stones to play at Williair
. brought the school some n
: with the Alcoholic Bevera
dents convicted of underag
hi university.
However, this year alsc
come together during a tir
the state, but not its spirit
university faculty and staff
volunteered their time to 1
seum. Also, for months aft*
to the Charleston area and
help residents put their live:
Student Government wer
Headed by President Marii
John. Leary, S.G. became a
more parking spaces for sti
out of opposite-sex, overni
Trustees member Rep. Mi
paign, which included cal
lighting, was one of the r
rate in 10 years.
Students also worked tov
group making up the cast
only American university
College/University Theatre
ary. USC's many philanth
Cares, Amnesty Internation;
nities and sororities, contini
help others in need.
The university also sco
shouldn't go without notice
program was once again na
Bush, First Lady Barbara
Webber will all speak durin
helping the school gain natic
In many ways, this year
! the university must solve1 in
f to USC's students, student 1
several years to work toge
them. The new Student Go
; Benjamin and Vice Presidei
fight.
?
Solutions to this year's j
made a firm commitment 1
facing students, including hi
: students. Williams-Brice Si
that the upper decks will hi
events ? though it's too 1
whom students love to ha
Trustees.
The university needs to
back over this year to see v
We may never reach Preside
improve.
The G
Robert D. Thomas
Editor-in-Chief
Jeff Wilson, news enuor
scott pruden, Carolina Life
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
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Letters Policy: The Gamecock will
: be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words
: fessicnal title if a USC employee or
; a student. An add. ess and phone i
Gamecock reserves the right to ed
space limitations. The newspa
circumstance.
I
r proves USC has
i toward 200 goal
>ol year, THE USC crossed over into a
d its goal year of 2001 ? the year the
e one of the top 10 public systems ol
on.
n, a year of moving forward and being
jmed to be in a tug-of-war with its past
s any indication, USC will have to get
nd work much harder if its dreams ol
spect are to come true in 11 years,
cancelled during the fall because ol
s raised and will most likely be raised
such as parking and visitation created a
md many university officials. The gap
rsity moves as not allowing the Rolling
ls-Brice Stadium, (which would have
luch-needed dollars) and its agreement
ge Commission to have names of stu;e
drinking off-campus turned in to the
> saw the students and the university
ne of crisis. Hurricane Hugo trampled
, as evident by the many students and
who donated money and food and who
tielp those seeking shelter at the colizr
the storm, hundreds of students went
I other areas hit hard by the storm to
s and homes back together,
it to work in a fight for students' rights.
s-Louise Ramsdale and Vice President
force to be reckoned with as it secured
idents and continued to fight the phase
ght visitation as proposed by Board of
ke Fair, R-Greenville. Its safety camil
box installation and better campus
easons 1989 saw USC's lowest crime
yard positive changes. The USC theater
and crew of The Fantasticks were the
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giuujj iu pciiuim ai uic uuciiicuiuiidi
Festival in the Soviet Union in Januropic
organizations, such as Carolina
al and others, along with many fraterlally
donated their time and money to
red a few big coups this year that
. Its Masters in International Business
med top in the nation. Also President
Bush and composer Andrew Lloyd
g the May graduation commencement,
rnal attention.
helped to define the specific problems
order to be a top-notch school. It is up
leaders and school officials of the next
ther to overcome the obstacles facing
vemment, including President Stephen
tit Todd Weiss, have already begun to
iroblems are being sought. Weiss has
to helping ease the parking problems
elping to secure spaces for commuting
tadium is undergoing "construction so
ave more support in order to hold big
late for the Stones. Also, Mike Fair,
ite, has resigned from the Board of
use the power of hindsight and look
vhat went wrong and what went right.
;nt Holderman's 2001 goal, but we can
amecock
KATHY BLACKWELL
Managing Editor
. ROBYN THOMPSON, Copy Desk Chief
' Editor JEFF NICHOLS, Sports Editor
Rorr I.amf arnnYiirslC.nm.irs F.dilnr
Lucy Soto
Assistan t News Editor
Brant Long
Assistant Sports Editor
Sharon Williamson
Assistant Copy Desk Chief
Kathy Heberger
Assistant to the Editors
Erik Collins
Faculty Adviser
Laura S. Day
Production Manager
renee atkinson
Advertising Manager
Carolyn Griffin
Business Manager
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I try to print ail letters received. Letters should
long. The writer must include full name, pro
South Carolina resident, or year and major if
number are required with all letters sent, lhe
lit letters for style, possible libel or in case of
per will not withhold names under any 1
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Execution get!
It was a story that took on not only state, but
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The story was the execution pf ?Q{iyjcle$
murderer Ronald "Rusty" Woomer, the third
person to be executed in South Carolina's
electric chair since 1977 when the state reinstated
the death penalty.
The story is also the most unusual that I've
covered for The Gamecock in my year and a
half with the newspaper. It was unusual because
it dealt with a life, and it was not only controversial
to students but to the state as well.
Betsy Nolen, news director of WUSC-FM,
and I left campus shortly after midnight Friday
to go cover the execution. We never had been
to cover an execution, and I think we went out
of curiosity more than anything else.
When we arrived at Broad River Correctional
Institute, our press passes allowed us to drive
past the hundreds of protesters and supporters
of the death penality. Many of the faces in the
crowd were USC students.
Excitement was written on my face when I i
arrived at the place where the press would be
briefed throughout the night on Woomer's status
in a nearby building. It wasn't excitement
because of Woomer but because I would be
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To the editor: While them ,
I would like to reply to some re- disposition
cent letters mentioning my name. ipj h fmn
The 1973 decision to take ho..
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mosexuality out of the Diagnostic ^ ,
and Statistical Manual of Mental of autho7ty
tv a .u a 4. c mosexuals ca
Disorders was the product of coer- . ,
, j ciate nor resp
cion and argumentum ad miseri- Often an
cordiam. It was a decision lacking
in informed medical science. I .
doubt that the majority of Ameri- reS<^r , ??
can psychiatrists now or ever sup- mmded. hoi
ported this decision. If the Ameri- ^ou disagree
can Psychiatric Association re- are
moved schizophrenia from ^ an
DSM-III, I would still believe it to a^e<rment *s
be a mental illness. A group of ??1<V !
men cannot change early facts (eg. care Pro
gravity, the sun rises in the east, psychiatrist,
homosexuality is a mental illness), psychiatrist tc
Homosexuals have never passed ^ a "J60131 1
beyond an infantile level of psy- those letters i
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cnosexuai development.
In and of itself, homosexuality manY letters
is nothing to be ashamed of ? it is f^e moral asl
a medical problem. Homosexuals ^ ^ew ^ave
are not immoral. However, ho- cal aspects,
mosexuals should be willing to admit
they have a mental illness and
should seek medical attention for
it. Persistent proclamation of a X 1ZZ3.
mere alternative lifestyle propagates
harm to homosexuals them- COIlll**
selves and to society as a whole. It
is sad to see homosexuals continue To the editor:
to perpetrate this grand illusion On Saturd
upon themselves. olina studer
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stated that I was merely expressing (Domino's), <
an insecurity over my own heter- and paid on
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covering a news event alongside the people thai
I have idealized since I was young.
However, the way the professional press operates
is not always something I would want tc
idealize.
For instance, after I walked into the press
briefing room with my press kit full of death
penality descriptions, Woomer's historical data
and his prison picture, there were danishes and
soft drinks waiting for the press. It hardly
seemed the time to eat, drink and be merry.
And what about the reporter from The State,
whose cellular phone went dead and in turn had
to use tne pay pnone in the briefing room.
When the media was told Woomer died at 1:12
a.m., she shouted "go" into the phone and hung
it up.
I guess the motion was set for her to start her
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a very predictable re- hefty slice of philanth
ever, the basis for my metto Place ? a shelf
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, homosexuality is based income to ;
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losexuals in a position connection between
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issue" but while so edltonaI in FndaS's
have concentrated ? ?.<"* J"
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coverage and The State's presses to be held for
her story.
The broadcast media made its* presence
known at the execution, and the dozen or. so
satellite trucks and news vans outside demonstrated
that. Tasteless is the correct word to describe
one Columbia television station's weeklong
promotion on "execution updates"
throughout Thursday night.
L The television station's reporter did live rerpotes
from the press briefing room, and it was
ironic that another reporter tried to make her
> laugh and mess up while she was doing the
reports.
; I am not trying to ridicule the media, which
t politicians and administrators do so well. What
i Tarn trying to say is that I would do things difl
ferentlv ? T would hnnp. morp nrofessionallv
But covering this story gave me another look
at the so-called news professionals who I hope
to join in their ranks in a year.
Covering this and other stories for The
Gamecock has given me more experience in
this field than any class could ever do. And being
editor of the newspaper this semester was
an experience that I have enjoyed and will not
forget.
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his pizza- ligent Utopia of the North,
anti-choice Gene Noles
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the world's
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ignores facts
Yeah. Hold To the editor:
I am writing in concern to your
athy K Fox editorial on the death penalty in
on graduate ^ United States. You're article
epitomizes the state of most of the
American people ? uninformed or
in go apathetic. ?
Your article mentions or quesJdons
certain ideas floating around
our society. Ideas are good. Facts
are what counts, though.
>onse to the An eye for an eye is always
The Game- yelled in favor for capital punish
ident hinds ment. This means a punishment
>y John D. must fit the crime. So if you
wanted to punish Woomer, for into
say that I stance, justly you would have to
S to well con- rape him twice, and then beat him,
: Blue Jean shoot him, let him suffer for
omophobics awhile, and then kill him. Killing
'opinion" of him by electrocution is letting him
in the South off easily then. Who would carry
I'm tired of out the "just" execution mentioned
essed in his above, especially when the state is
are strictly now too chicken to put the responjpt
in one's sibility on one person for an exe
school ecution. Who would have the
"guts" or better yet the brutality to
evidence of do that? (I'm not sure I want to
stion unan- See Death page 5