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New drinking a{
deserve students
Now that House Bill 3028 ha:
taverns and watering holes shoi
student population should sit up
The purpose of the bill was t(
age drinkers, and the prime tar
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ing their liquor licenses threatei
ness during the school year, so 1
around the new, improved minir
New and improved because
that lost out when a fake 21-ye
the premises, now it goes both 1
threatened, but the person can
easy.
A $68 dollar loss, which was
violation, was easy enough to 1
ABC officer and a little monej
underage drinker before Monday
Now that the bill has been pa
the minimum drinking age laws
over your driver's license for 9(
months for further violations. A
period results in another probati
the end of the first one.
That could result in losing f
even a job, not to mention wors
to take a ride without a license.
The bars are trying to proteci
just doing its job.
It's the job of underage studi
patient.
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SCOTT PRUDEN
Editor-in-Chief
Ron Baker
News Editor
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5 been signed into law, Columbia's
ild rest a little easier, while USC's
and pay attention.
) make an all out assault on undergets
are those carrying fake I.D.s.
stablishments are fed up with havted
every time they open for busithey
were some of the first to rally
num drinking age.
where the bar was the only party
ar-old was discovered drinking on
ways. Yes, the bar's license is still
ying the fake no longer gets off
; the first offense fine for an ABC
Lake. A little time talking with an
' lost were the only threats to the
f.
ssed, an arrest for any violation of
will instead require that you hand
) days for the first offense and six
ny violation during a probationary
onary period being tacked right on
reedom, cheap transportation, and
e problems if the offender decides
t their businesses, and the ABC is
snts to be very careful, or just be
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Dennis Shealy
Carolina Life Editor
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renee Gibson
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7 to print all letters received. Letters should
jng. The writer must include full name, protouth
Carolina resident, or year and major if
mber are required with all letters sent. The
letters for style, possible libel or in case of
sr will not withhold names under any
Artists shoul
A few weeks ago in The State there was
letter to the editor in which someone said th;
tax payers' money should not be used to spor
sor objectionable works of art.
The writer of this letter said they had no ol
jections to endowment programs like the N;
tional Endowment for the Arts, but monitorir
the content of the works produced was only a]
propriate because public money should not I
used to sponsor obscenities.
The rationale behind this person's arguemei
was that this sort of monitoring was not censo
ship, but a way of responsibly sponsorir
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PUD11C WUrKS.
This is, I think, most Americans standpoir
They don't mind funding the arts, they ju
don't want their hard-earned money being spe
on objectionable works, whether they ever lot
at them or not.
The flaw with this arguement is that true ?
cannot be created as long as there is some sc
of restricting factor in either reality or in tl
mind of the artist.
If an artist, who has received some sort
grant, thinks or feels that his or her work w
not be labeled obscene or inappropriate by tl
public that feeds them, they subconsciously cr
ate flawed precepctions of their true intent.
This cheats the public and the artist out of tl
Better educa
Pick up a newspaper any day of the week ai
you're bound to find at least one article, editc
ial or survey criticizing the poor performance 1
American students. The findings in these st
dies consistently cite alarming statistics reve?
ing the students' inability to place the Units
States on a map, identify the president wl
freed the slaves, or perform simple arithmeti
Whether in relation to students in other cou
tries or concerning their inadequate perfc
mance on basic skills tests, it is clear that o
; current system is not doing the job.
? The problem with our system lies in tl
& methods we use to evaluate student perfc
: mance. Parents, teachers and students plai
i more importance on "good" grades than on re
;* learning. Parents, eager to discover their ov
* success through an objective measurement
: their child's abilities, correllate good grad
with intelligence and success. When a chi
onngs nome a report card or test, a parent
more likely to ask "What grade did you get
than "What have you learned in this class?"
Teachers whose classes contain a high nui
ber of good grades are viewed as successfi
And where does the child fit in this picture? j
he is rewarded or punished for high or lc
grades, the child's self esteem is either shatter
or bolstered by the most influential adult a
thority figures, teachers and parents.
I
Mandela's ideas
need clarifying
would
To the editor! leagues
Nelson Mandela surely deserves South i
our respect and admiration. His The
role in the struggle against apar- Well-be
theid is singular and resolute. and wh
Because he is bound to play a sure or
key role in an> future restructuring
of South African society, it is es- jj.
sential that his views on the nature
Af tfiot rocfni^tiinn/T ^.1 ~ ?
ut umi ivouuwiuiiug ut/ llldUC . Hou
Pointed questions relating to his
political, economic and social ten- TV/f ^
dencies must be answered. lVXc
Among these questions, none is * 1
more important than this: lO I
Given Mr. Mandela's avowed
admiration and strong words of To the
praise for Fidel Castro, Yassir Ara- The
fat, Muammar Qaddafi and Col- that ir
onel Mengistu; and his consent to posed
I appear in public with the convicted overw
Id have free
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at small pieces of truth and understanc
r- good art gives to the world,
ig Art has always been a means not e:
the nature of a sociey at a given poin
it. and planting ideas in the minds the p
st the present and the future,
nt Art has always been a means not e:
)k the nature of a sociey at a given pjoin
and planting ideas in the minds the p
irt the present and the future."
>rt The public today in part fears that d
fie works of art will plant the wrong ide
heads of today's young and reflect bad
of society in the future.
ill This is farthest thing possible from
lie There is no replacement for people le
e- think for themselves and discovering t
varied tastes,
lie And what is more, people are sma
ition key to
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A student making good grades beco
fident and assertive, but runs the risk
le ing on good grades rather than leaminj
ir- other hand, a child receiving, low $
ce branded an underachiever, separated
:al peers and placed in a Slower paced ch
vn he is better suited for, but which carrie
of stigma. The slow child loses interest ir
es and becomes a casualty of the grading
Id Despite its faults, the grading systei
is not be thrown out. Various experirm
?" shown that with no measurement o
T1" Despite its faults, the grading syste
ul* not be thrown out. Various experimi
shown that with no measurement c
>w mance, students study and learn less.
ed the main fault of the grading system is
u_ connotations of success or failure, 1
methods of testing.
LETTERS TO THE I
Rican who shot up the U.S. Africans, 1
in 1954; and given some There is ah
anti-democratic, violent his- more to pr
the ANC; along what lines placement <
Mr. Mandela and his col- - western de
i like to structure a future ernment th
Africa? ment of th
fate of South Africa and the by Presider
ing of its citizens ? black De Kler
lite ? depend in large mea- into the ne:
i the answer to this question. is dragging
new chap
S. Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) democracy
Vice-Chairman white leac
se Subcommittee on Africa scared, an<
black leade
indela needs seNohwafn
lead people
principles.
; editor: that the mi
re is nobody in this country Africa intc
i their right mind is not op- must be let
to apartheid. But so are the son Mande
helming majority of South leader, but
dom to create
congressmen and Bible thumpers give them credit
for. The average citizen can make up their
own minds without consulting these people, and
they should be given that chance.
-Y And besides all of this, much of today's furor
is for nothing because most artists do not create
numerous obscene, if I may be so bold as to use
the word in this context, works of art.
ling that Most people do not come up with an incredibly
brilliant or orginal idea instantly. They
^pressing have to mess around for alittle while with diffet
in time rent ideas until they get the one that works for
>eople of them. Is it so far fetched then to think that artists
do the same thing, and that some of their
^pressing less main stream pieces are in actuality doodles
t in time for much stronger works?
jeople of This I think is so, and the reason there should
be no restrictions on artists is they must be free
listurbing at all times to work in any manner they see fit
? - hovinir tn \irr\mr ahrtnt nnhlir annrnval
Cl?> III lilt w luiuui Having tu wv/n j uwui. |/W
ly on our so that their creative flow of thought goes
undesturbed.
the truth. Controled sponsorship is the same thing as
arning to censorship.
heir own Remember, yesterday's scandals are today's
classics. Let's not ruin the careers of tomorirter
than row's Rembrants, Renoirs and Mapplethorpes.
better society
Objective testing, dominant even in some
sectors of higher education, stresses short term
memorization of facts. Students with good
memory skills excell on tests, but seldom retain
} the facts they were asked to remember. Furthermore,
retaining facts alone does not constitute
learning.
Real learning can only be demonstrated by
putting knowledge into practice. In a classroom
mes con- setting, this can best be accomplished and meaof
focus- sured through writing. By requiring students to
I. On the demonstrate understanding subjectively, several
grades is goals can be realized. First, students are refrom
his quired not only to know facts but also connect
iss which them in a logical, organized manner. Second, a
s a social system relying more heavily on subjective eva
i learning luauun is icss uauiagiug uj aiuuwu muiaiv anu
system. more indicative of what the student has. learned,
m should A multiple choice or true-false question is
mts have either right or wrong, but an essay gives the
f perfor- student an opportunity to show twhat he really
knows about die subject and intelligently defend
m should ^is own point of view. And finally, a higher de->nts
have pendence on writing will make students learn to
if perfor- write more effectively, thereby making them
However better communicators. A society of better comnot
in its municators can only lead to a more understand)ut
in its in8. more informed society, and isn't that the
main goal of education in the first place?
EDITOR f -f ^. fS:>
both black and white, casion. Giving in to the radical
>o nobody that has done Leftists in his political following,
omote the peaceful re- continuing to support the failed
of apartheid with a pro- policies of sanctions that have
mocratic form of gov- causd people to lose their jobs and
an the present govern- homes, and children to go hungry,
ie Nationalist party led or continuing to pursue a policy of
it F.W. de Klerk. terrorism, whether as a bargaining
k is not beine Dushed chiD or not shows the man to be
*t chapter of history, he smaller than the demands upon
reluctant leaders into a him.
ter of post-apartheid Nelson Mandela needs to lead
. He is dragging some all South Africans as F.W. de
lers because they are Klerk is doing. That means leading
i he is dragging some them away from violence, leading
?rs because they have a them towards a peaceful solution
ida. and leading them into a strong
i sure tat Nelson Man- economy where all can take their
?od man, that he has gi- rightful place in the political arena
: to fighting for the right as well as a growing healthy
But the bottom line is economy,
ovement to bring South
> full political freedom David H. Barron
1 by many. Perhaps Nel- Chairman
la is the most important The Jefferson Educational
he must rise to the oc- Foundation