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Whew!
...But was tattling to NCAA
worth it to Tommy Chaikin?
After two long, taxing years, the NCAA's investigation int(
leged steroid use among members of the USC football prograi
over. Not only is the investigation over, but USC is starting
with a clean slate ? no violations cited, and no penalties give
is truly a great day for USC football fans, coaches and players.
But, how does the person who caused all this ruckus feel?
Former USC football player Tommy Chaikin prompted the
vestigation when he told a Sports Illustrated reporter that the
of anabolic steroids was not uncommon among USC football n
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ers. In a move that brought him temporary fame, fortune
glory, Chaikin subjected the university's sports program*
numerous NCAA investigations and court hearings.
But it was a fleeting moment for Chaikin. The fame he gai
turned swiftly into a murmur of notoriety, and the rest is silenci
The monetary gain he experienced is nearly (if not complet
gone ? eaten up in court costs and legal fees.
In addition, the university's football program has escaped
penalty whatsoever, and the team is free to pursue excelle
without a cloud of suspicion hanging over its collective head.
Was it worth it, Mr. Chaikin?
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? Let's say you and I have agreed to "do
lunch" today.
I pick you up at 11:30 a.m., and we decide to
have lunch at Yesterday's. On the way, however,
I remember that I was supposed to meet
someone at 11:45 at my office. It's only going
to be a short meeting, so I ask if you mind
^ waiting for me in the car. You agree.
For your comfort, I park the car under a large
tree that completely shades the car. I unroll all
the windows about three inches ?- I'll only be
gone about 15 minutes, so you should be OK.
Oh, yes, one more thing. I bind you up in electrical
tape. It's not that bad ? you can still
move your arms, legs and head. None of your
movement is hindered. The only thing is, the
tape will prevent you from sweating ? a function
used by the human body to help control
overheating.
I go in to meet my friend, and the meeting
takes just a little longer than I expect. Twenty
minutes later, I return to the car to resume our
lunch date.
Oh, shucks ? fried friend again. You know
how I hate fried friend ? can't we just have
bologna instead?
That reminds me of last week, when I took
my neighbor's six-year-old to the mall. On the
way home, I stopped at the Kroger to get my
I mom some bread. Since I would only be a couple
of minutes, I left the child in the car. (he'd
only be bored in there anyway.) I left the windows
down an inch or two and parked it in the
shade of the building. Everybody in Columbia
must have had a barbeque that day, because the
lines at the registers were horrendous ? everyone
was buying hot dogs and chicken and steak
and charcoal, etc ... It took me a full half-hour
to get out of that madhouse.
Inside the car, little Johnny wasn't doing so
well. I found him unconscious and hardly breathing.
He's still in intensive care. Hope he
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in his Viewpoint page than what provincial at
he thinks of thongs and g-strings, instead he
we might as well pick up The ^rom n<*
Gamecock in the checkout line of so' hut to th
Food Lion. 'obnoxious
Take for instance the fact that 9ana?*'an
we will soon have a new Supreme an msult
Court justice who could arguably as. th(
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cations affecting the life and free- of Provi
dom of every American for de- above 63 deg
cades to come. But we don't need ^ e^i'
to get that big or heady. A simple wfite ^
Statehouse or FBI scandal right ^ar minds
here in South Carolina would suf- shouldn't do
fice for a topic. offending oui
To his credit, Mr. Pruden under- millions of (
stands Myrtle Beach backwards have spent
and forwards (I got it...) but his partially res]
portrayal of Canadians screams of the place is,
ignorance. His gripe appears to be that against tl
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maniac. I really wouldn't do this to anyone. S1
NEITHER OF THESE SCENARIOS ARE yi
REAL. But I told them to you for a reason ? p(
to make you think. Q1
Now this IS a real-case story. Walking in
Five Points yesterday, I heard a dog yelping. I ^
found the dog, a large, black Labrador, locked te
in a car. The windows were down almost four sj,
inches, and the car was in the shade, but inside re
the car it was well over 100 degrees. ni]
I took him some water from the Circle K ar- m)
ound the corner, which he drank down in no ctl
time flat, and then proceeded to find the owner,
as several people nearby said the dog had been ^
there 20 minutes or more. pU
I found him (the owner) at Pug's, enjoying a
nice meal in a plush, air-conditioned room ? 7y(
chatting with his friends. When the manager
and I approached to ask if any of the men at the
table owned the dog in the car outside, the man G
"quipped", "Yeah, I do. Why? Is he dead?" ur
When I persuaded the "man" to let the dog out en
of the car, he made it a point to show me how oL
the windows were down and the tree shaded the mi
car.
When the door was opened, the dog bounded ;
out and ran down the little corridor that leads to the
Pug's. Unlike humans, dogs can't perspire to are
relieve heat; so running, in addition to panting, on!
is a dog's natural way of getting air around its in?
body to cool it down. The owner refused to ad- - ins
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>ople who "get on his mense lack of judgement,
should stick to criticiz- the ruling body of The Gai
,s shown by the recent should be sentenced to one
e Meech Lake Accord, traveling from Quebec tc
association is one of couver in a Chevy Blazer,
Canadians would like and sleeping with at least 1!
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Quebec. No, it is the but what's fit to print,
titude of this editor Tf That'll teach him.
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ince of Quebec lives on the tremendous amou
;rees north latitude). waste the university engag<
tor in chief wants to Even morning for the past s<
at will appeal to simi- weeks, I walk to my car pari
that's fine, but he the lot off Henderson Str<
it at the expense of could not help from noticing
r good neighbors. The the lot is always flooded wit!
iollars that Canadians terHUP?" |!nvesti?ati?n' / ,di
in Myrtle Beach are T that hoses are
tonsible for the way the P3""10"8 t0 suPP1>'the s
k?* u t j vegetation there with water,
but you can t hold ?T u .l .
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nit this, saying only, "See, he's fine. I ran him
very day, blah, blah, blah."
I assured the man that the dog looked very
ealthy and well-kept, but that no dog should
e left inside a parked car on a hot day for
dNY length of time.
Now, I know you're saying to yourself,
Yeah. I've heard this a thousand times," but
ou might as well face it ? you're going to
ear it many more times ? at least until people
top mistreating their pets in this way. And it's
ot all up to pet owners. If you see an animal
jffering in a hot car, DO SOMETHING! If
Du're afraid of getting bitten, at least call the
slice and keep an eye out for the animal's
wner.
Information released by the Animal Protects
Institute says that on an 85 degree day, the
mperature in your parked car, even when
aded and/or with the windows partly down,
aches 102 degrees in 10 minutes. After 30 mines,
the temperature will read 120 degrees or
sre. People would never think of leaving their
ildren in a parked car for half an hour in the
at with no water, even with the windows a
tie bit down. People would never volunteer to
t themselves in such a situation. So why on
rin ao people still leave their "beloved"
;ah, right!) pets in parked cars on hot days?
In addition to merely humane aspects, South
irolina law states that any one who inflicts
tnecessary pain on any animal, or otherwise
idangers the well-being of that animal is in viation
of the law and can be charged with a
isdemeanor.
Sometimes I wonder why they chose to call
human race manKIND, when so many of us
! so thoughtlessly or carelessly UNkind. It
iy takes a little thought and caring to stop be;
"only human" and become "humane"
tead.
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I think tained because the vast majority of
necocK them are only watenng the pavemonth
ment. One open-ended hose prot>
Van- rudes from the ground (which can
eating not be moved without unburying
5 unat- it) flowing full-blast into the parkh
Car- ing lot.
lothing In this time of increased conciousness
about protecting the environment
and our natural resourilliams
ces, what acceptabl reason can
tudent there be for such a waste of water
listory (especially in this time of
drought)? Does the maintenance
|-|-p division not monitor these activiV*
ties? Where else on campus does
this happen? Why does it seem
01 that walkways, people and parking
lots get watered more than plants?
Why aren't sprinklers that accu*ntir*n
ratelv direct the flow of water
nt'of used?
ss in. These questions represent a real
sveral concern about the quality and com:ed
in mitment to conservation the uniiet.
I versity has. I hope the problem in
I that the Henderson lot will be corh
wa- rected, and that a policy to reduce
scov- water waste can be instituted by
along the administration,
iparse
Whitney Miller (
these Graduate student
nain- Applied history/library science