Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Emotion Flag amendment a sense is out, sensa "Love it or leave it," was what G about people who burn the United Si policy. "The flag burners don't lo might as well get the hell out. Just e; . This bit of insightful commentary ited States Supreme Court just barel overturned the law that prevents the tion. Desecration, that is, at the nanc have a huge problem with some part So in response, the nations lawr dom, have stuck their tongues out t We'll just make it a Constitutional be then?" Of course what most pol understand is that if they would let probably forget about it altogether. What the governmental leaders k tem of democracy is based on perso United States is infamous for public Regardless of the fact that England boarding ships and dumping the cai took place. Since those early days, one of minds of Jefferson, Franklin, Adam: to get out in the street and let the p ing them off. The founding tatners for public protest has served the U.S Women can vote, Jim Crowe is over. Some of the methods for ac .rather unpleasant, but they worked frage marchers of the 20's burned the civil rights marchers of the Sixt fire hosed, and the students at Kent their own countrymen, but things ch "Thousands of our country's mei fense of the flag and everything it terson, a Spartanburg Democrat wl want the families of these brave An was not in vain." If the politicians would think for emotion of the issue interfere with they would realize that the best w have died for this country would be tion with useless amendments, and that make our system work. *! *j>tyap Afepf ' iji The Ga SCOTT PRUDEN Editor-in-Chief I ron baker News Editor Fred Gonzalez Sports Editor Kristin Francis Graduate Assistant Ed Bonza Director of Student Media Ray Burgos Assistant Production Manager Kyle Berry Assistant Advertising Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words long, fessional title if a USC employee or Soutl a student. An address and phone numb? Gamecock reserves the right to edit lette space limitations. The newspaper v circumstance. IK hive proves tional in IOP Rep. Arthur Ravenel said ates flag in protest of national ve this country, so they just ^ die them." came vestcrday after the Un y saw the light of reason and : American flag from dcsecra- * Is of legitimate protesters who of U.S. policy. nakers, in their ultimate wis- ^ it the justices and said, "Fine. Amendment. Where will you iticians don't seem to want to the issue drop, people would y eep forgetting is that our sysnal freedoms, and also that the ^ ;ly getting things off its chest. 1 d probably had a law against J?|l rgo, the Boston Tea Party still the high priority items in the r s and the like was the freedom oliticians know what was tick, knew what they were doing, I. well in every.arena. ^ gone and the Vietnam War is complishing those goals were , and for the better, t he suttheir effigies and got arrested, ies sat in Wool worth's and got State protested and got shot by ? anged. \ i and women have died in de- ' stands for," said Rep. Liz Patio supports the amendment. "I A tericans to know their sacrifice nS j? a moment, without letting the ^ their duty to the Constitution, ^ ray to do justice to those' dial ^ to avoid diluting the Constitu- sO allow Americans the freedoms ^ : 1 I S^l I I =n 1 | wmmmmammmmmmmmmmam t mecock | , Robyn Thompson Managing Editor, Copy Desk Chief j , dennis shealy Carolina Life Editor fMICk LhU;>LAVALLU | Photo Editor < ( Erik Collins < Faculty Adviser < Laura S. Day Production Manager ( renee Gibson Advertising Manager Carolyn Griffin Business Manager print all letters received. Letters should The writer must include full name, pro-. i Carolina resident, or year and major if Jr are required with all letters sent. The ?rs for style, possible libel or in case of vill not withhold names under any 1 JU^T AFPWEP!'. A NEW *am smentofamws The truth behi Due to certain romantic ties, and the obligaions that automatically accompany them, I | ound myself at a major league, no fool in', ump-down-turn-around-pick-a-bale-of-cotton southern wedding this past weekend. There was ots of white, lots of food, lots of flowers and ots of people I really didn't know very well at . ill. But alas, there was an open bar at the relearsal party, so that made things just a wee bit setter. 9 Whenever I attend functions like that, I usu- you illy feel alternately gleeful and terrified. Glee- won Ful because I know some other sucker is up ^ there signing his life away in front of God and Qut everybody, and terrified because, being a the | 21 -year-old male, I know I've already set a firm can eourse into the high seas of serious romantic hpTi entanglement But I try not to let that get me down, and there's no need for you to let it get 1 you down either. Just follow these helpful hints W1 Kn ma in tka nrrtaaOO f ranaata^lil Stan LAJllipilvU uy lUV^ 111 1111/ fi WI ivj/vuivui) viewing the marital spectacle (here come those av nifty bullets again). ov Hang out with little kids. Yes, it sounds SP? kind of odd, but you'd be surprised what fun a you bunch of bored little kneebiters can be when i you get them away from uptight folks like their one parents or the wedding director. The best way goii to enjoy the company of youngsters is to en- sivt courage them to misbehave during the rehear- nag sal, and then watch the twitch begin on the di- out rector's face. After a couple of hours you can tion get him or her more jittery than a kangaroo in a in-1 mine field, and the kids will be the only ones a ri whn rpqllv jmnr#?riotA it tim | 2'Ya5[0? gaifiaooae V swrt*1*? ^ mm, wig?01 the V$?H6U? r 1^1 11 na me weaa scon Pruden Eat. Free food is free food, and heck, if don't know anyone anyway, what's to 7 about. Check out the family. Everybody comes for weddings, so you're bound to see both best and the worst of both sides. See if you peg particular character traits that have i carried down to the bride and groom, and i pay close attention to how they interact 1 their mates. Do they fight? Do they contly kiss on each other in public? Do they e attractive children? Are they divorced? v many times? How young or old is the new use? The list of questions you could ask rself is inconceivably long. > Observe the parents' behavior.Ooo, this 's a goody. The trick is to determine who is ig to be dominant and who will be submis; as grandparents. Will they be constant s, or will they take it easy when the kids are on their own? These are important quesis, because as everyone knows, a good set of aws will take massive amounts of stress off elationship, but a set of bad ones is like a e bomb readv to blow problems out of prop line bouquet J. ortion and scar the minds of grandchildren indefinitely. Peg who out of the wedding party will marry next. Everyone knows the bouquet and the garter don't mean squat when it comes to predicting the next guy or gal to take the plunge. Actually its most likely the one who constantly avoids even being in the line of fire of said projectile, because he or she knows that time is short, and the last thing they need is public humiliation to go along with that feeling of impending marital bliss. Take out the bride or groom the night before the wedding. Nothing makes the realization of what someone is about to do hit home like a good, well earned hangover from Hell. "Sure, drink that bottle of tequila," you say. "The wedding isn't until 7 o'clock. It'll have plenty of time to wear off." That's you, as Satan incarnate, speaking to the lowly fool who believes your stories of wild, single adventures with multiple members of the opposite sex who make sure to tell you that they're so glad you're not married and settled down. Then, the next day, splash some cold water on their face, drag their sorry butts out of that spinning bed and stick them in their respective tuxedo or gown, then shove them right down that aisle to do what they've been planning to do for the last few months. They'll thank you for it, and you'll just be glad you're not doing the same thing. Even so, they'll be sure to remind you, your time will come.