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The Chop Braves and other teams should be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes In celebration of their recent success, the fans of the Atlant; Braves have taken to doing the 'Tomahawk Chop," a sort of par I aU- ! l T 1 _i - nm i _ uuy ui uic sicicuiypiuai inuiaii war cnani. 1 ne v_nop was sianea a Florida State, and fans of the Seminoles repeat the cheer inces santly when their team is winning. Any USC fans present for thi 59-0 demolishing at the hands of Florida State in 1988 have th< Chop indeliably etched in their memory. However, the Chop ? and the very use of Native Americai groups for team mascots ? is offensive to many. In almost ever major American sport, there are Indian-related teams: the Kansa: City Chiefs, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Redskins ant the Chicago Blackhawks, in addition to the aforementioned Brave: and Seminoles. Native American groups say, with great conviction, that if then was a team called the Detroit Darkies, the San Antonio Spies o the Brooklyn Jew-Boys, there would be a national uproar. The us< of stereotypical images of Native Americans, such as warpaint headdresses and tomahawks, can be construed as insulting. As one leader of AIM (the American Indian Movement) said, Indian* don't dress up as bishops or reverends, so whites should not mak( fun of Indian religious beliefs. On the other hand, some Braves fans say the use of the Chof and the Indian logo is honoring Native Americans. True, there are teams called the Boston Celtics and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and they aren't deemed offensive by (most) Irish-Americans However, the Braves logo and chant is offensive to many Native Americans. This is undeniable. The point of this editorial is not to call for Indian-related teams to change their names or traditions. That is up to individual teams and their fans. The point is, fans can't dismiss these recent pro tests as grandstanding and sweep them under the rug. People musi be sensitive to the fact that some are offended and do care about the use of ethnic cliches in sporting events. One doesn't have tc be Native American to realize this. B GAMECOCK" News: 777-7726 Advertising: 777-4249 Chris Silvestri Ed/tor in Chief David Bowden Brant long Managing Editor/Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk Chief Tige Watts Oct a via Wright News Editor Carolina Life Editor Aaron Sheinin Teddy Lepp Sports Editor Photography Editor Patrick Villegas Gordon Mantler Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Tracey Davis Rich Taylor Asst. Carolina Life Editor Asst. Sports Editor Virginia Marshall Greg Rickabaugh Asst. Copy Desk Chief Asst. Photography Editor Wayne Williams eric Glenn Comics Editor Darkroom Technician Rene? a. Gibson Laura S. Day /xssi. jvieaia vircuurmuvcr using Manager Production Manager Stacie Lewis Ray Burgos Asst. Advertising Manager Asst. Production Manager Erik Collins Carolyn Griffin Faculty Adviser _ Business Manager Lara Chapman Asst. Classified Manager Letter* Policy: The Gamecock wilt try to print all letters received. Letters should be. at maximum, 250 to 300 words long. The writer must include full name, professional title if a USC employee or South Carofina resident, or year and major if a student. An address and phone number are required with all letters sent. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit letters for style, possible libel or in case of space limitations. The newspaper will not withhold names under any circumstance. | People should s I spent my fall break sitting on top of the world. ; The idea of going to the mountains for the r weekend sounded romantic enough. When I got to the bottom, had a heavy pack on my back ~ and was told I had a six-mile hike in, some of ^ ' the romanticism seemed to wither. When I got ; to the top, tired and sweaty without a shower or ? 5 porta-potty, I was one confused camper. an< J Although I would have killed to bathe and cai pop a frozen dinner in the microwave, I was se< > mystified by the view from up in the moun; tains. It was cold. I was tired. I also felt more ry' l alive than I ever had in the confines of my an< warm apartment perched in front of the tube. sh< [ After a few weeks of classes without a break, fac I start to get incredibly stressed-out over seem- lik ingly monumental issues. Deadlines, my job, 5 exams, papers, my service organization, acne sic i Judicial nomin: r > Now that the confirmation of Clarence Tho mas is almost a week old, we can look back at the entire Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process, and grimace. The process, created by our founding fathers, was meant to ensure the American people that q ^ qualified judicial expert, whose sole job is to interpret die Constitution, would be sitting on the highest court's bench and if they did not fit that bill, the Senate would deny confirmation. ers Well, the current process has seemed to have wa lost its usefulness and integrity. log Since the nomination of any Supreme Court ^ justice is so political now, the president has to be very cautious in choosing a potential justice. This ultimately means mediocre jurists with limited qualifications and experience are being appointed to the highest court in the land. * cai These people have not been judges long Pr enough to have anv imDortant iudicial deci- ^ . sions, especially ones on abortion, school prayer ' and criminal rights. tic Ever since Judge Robert Bork was denied im confirmation in 1987, presidents have been fir i afraid of nominating anybody with experience | because they would have made many decisions ? on controversial issues. Ar [ | | LETT1 J if i same sex and Homosexuals bed? I Homosexuals not normal mophobics. Th designated as C for homosexual To the editor: selves, as they ! I am writing in regards to the rent would die Oct. 11 editorial. This editorial their child said i dealt with Coming Out Day. This from school B, is the most ndiculous thing I've and rm d ever read The writer denotes sick ,f h< heterosexuals as bigots because we 4 ^ h, won't accept the fact that a person * ^ namcs is homosexual. Of course we stead of your ini won't accept it. Homosexuality is not normal. The writer savs she . ? ?-- --- neiei does not know what is in God s mind. Read the Bible, you'll know T then. It is condemned by God (Ro- l-/IlC CJ mans 1:24-27 and 1 Corinthians A 69) at con When the Governor of California vetoed the Gay Rights Bill, ho- T . .. mosexuals threw fruit at the gover- D . : nor. That's what I call bigouy. I m not m agreement with peo- ^ pie gay bashmg. That s wrong. , .. Anyone's voice can be heard with- > tas*c out violence, although many peo- iL^vsical pie don't understand that Whether * , etap7?.1.0?1 or not someone will Usten to your foment life voice is the problem. Don't get Xca^Vc mad if they don't because that's . t. . ., entific observati their right. In IQ8I hear Gays want their own rights. N ,,-q ' , , That's funny, I thought they al- ^ Ktt? ready had Ihcm. Everyone has ^7" .17 C , rights They're stated in the BUI of ~nducted ^ ! Rights. "We want to adopt child- IDh.e senale ren. We would make good pa- scientists" agrc rents," homosexuals say. Naturally, . ? ^ they are denied. The writer makes J _ a j^in it seem as though homosexuals are ? .JL.ua, * . the only people turned down for a ""ember of t j . ' ?r XT i , There is overw adoption Wrong Normal people on ^ jm jn are denied everyday. The "hscre- blol ic^and Sl pancy is m the eye of the adopuon So?e ^ agency. mother's body. I don't think the writer realizes 0us knowing tl the problems this would cause has a different I their children. How would children the time is a dil react to another child who told mother. Professi them that their parents are the search professo ng out the.fipst ball at ? EW WORLD find ways to r f Shelley Magee p c d all that stuff that just piles up on you be- ii use you have to function in the real world f( jms so important sometimes. 1( After three days of hiking, climbing and wor- ei ng about more immediate concerns like food i i shelter I couldn't have told you why my it Mulders were in knots the week before. In :t, I forgot what knots in my shoulders felt s< e. ^ I also forgot that cold weather makes you r k. I was coughing my spleen up the week be- fi ation process t b; U Gordon Mantler p ir ri Sure, Bork had written a number of controv- p, ial decisions, but the real reason why Bork h, s rejected was he was a conservative ideo- ei ;ue. He did not interpret the Constitution, but y( tead made decisions based on his personal a lings, very improper behavior for a judge. fc The nomination of Supreme Court justices fc inot be political, because their job is to inter- 01 it the Constitution, not to vote their personal lings. sli is: By grilling the potential nominee on his posi- de >n on abortion, criminal rights and every other lil portant issue before the court, the entire con- 8! mation process is belittled. U The recent events concerning Thomas and U lita Hill were completely ridiculous and em- 2( ERS TO THE EDIT( i sleep in the same ogy in Auckland, New \ has noted that "It is the fe are mad at us ho- stops the mother's peri< lis particular day, makes her womb habitabh !oming Out Day, is veloping a placenta and a s to express them- tive capsule of fluid for say. I think any pa- herself... and finally it ii of a heart attack if tus, not the mother, who to them, "I'm home when labor should be initia f the way, I'm gay So my point is this: h< " That makes me this human organism, whic >mosexuals are so in die womb has its own y didn't all of you sexual identity and its own in the personals in- system be allowed to be : itials? Some of those in the pre William Broome camp believe the fetus isn rosexual freshman human yet; that is, that it is man in a meaningful way. ppofprl these questions to those ii VaiCU aJS; at w|iaj pQjnt y0ur ppnfiAn come really human? Wh V'CJJUUIl your existence justified? L conception, when? Some cite viability as a The Gamecock, the die dme at which a fetu sgins at conception tentially able to live outs red. The beginning mother's womb has droppc :n referred to as a 32 weeks in 1960 to 19 w sue. It's not "just" 1990, because of scie issue. That is, the achievement. Certainly, t begins at concep- manness of the fetus does be proven meta- pend on our ability to succi n be proven by sci- care for it. on. Fact: biologically speak ings on Senate Bill conception there is life. Thi he 97th Congress cells are distincdy human, lan life bill), were fore, the embryo is a huir Senator John East, regardless of what subjec eport concluded metaphysical values are pla ologists and other it by beings other than him e that conception self. Abortion is the process nning of a human minating that life, g who is alive and So, conception is a clear ] he human species, which a human being has p helming agreement existence and before whicl countless medical, she did not. This is the marl cientific writings." should be used to recogni fetus is part of the respect human rights, j This seems ridicul- choice, I don't believe al lat the fetus often can be a legitimate option >lood type and half society that protesses to hoi fferent sex than the protect human rights, or A.W. Riley, re- Tim IS r in fetal physiol- JAMM elieve stress ore and spent half my time in the health center, "he stress of daily expectancies is enough to ut the toughest person in bed with the creeping rud for ages. When I was in the mountains in a mt in 30 degrees I didn't khow what a sniffle 'as. Each of us have a different setting that can ring a sort of calm and equilibrium back to fe. I think we just have to be willing to look )r it I never would have guessed that I could >ok down from a mountain peak and be able to njoy stress amnesia (an inability to recall why needed to go on a vactation to begin with), but was wonderful. Maybe if everyone could have the chance to sarch out what brings them contentment, we 'ould all be slightly more sane. I don't think 11 ever laugh again at a sign that says "gone shin.'" :oo political arrassing, making me lose my respect for the nited States Senate, and Clarence Thomas. When it comes to the Supreme Court, qualifiitions should be a number one priority for the resident and the Senate. The Court is already ruined now, but maybe i another 30 years we'll have the chance to ght the wrongs that sit on the court now. Ironically, all the attention given to the Sureme Court is silly since most of the judicial ecisions made in the U.S. occur in lower fed al courts. The Court only reviews 150 cases a ear, a small fraction of the total national iseload. But the Senate only holds grilling questioning >r Supreme Court nominees, while the other sderal judges are appointed with hardly a secnd thought This is especially appalling considering a locking statistic that appeared in last week's sue of U.S. News and World Report: if Presi snt Bush is elected to a second term, it is cely that he and Reagan will have appointed > percent of the federal court judges in the .S. That means most of the court decisions in the nited States will be conservative for the next )-30 years. A frightening, depressing thought. Jn i-I Rap columnist :>ds and . > =by de. too divisive protec, ?T To the editor: '. e. ,e~ This letter concerns Mr. Todd * ^ Scholl's review of Public Enemy's new album. )w may :h while i blood, Mr. Scholl, it appears that you nervous ta^e yourself to be a writer; as iborted? suc^? have y?u any concept of >-choice "sticking to the topic" ? of the >t really importance of the individual paranot hu- graPh? die lone sentence, in the I pose context of the whole? Reading idividu- over your last review, I would say life be- diat you do not en was _ . . t not at was a 8??o review, Mr. Scholl, but you destroyed its overmarker ^ effectiveness ? its purpose ? s is do- ^ then^tic context ? with your ide the indictment ot the "power" <1 from (an *(^ea w^ich, what with our preeeks in sent kgklative equality, I find par* n ti fi c ticularly outdated and ludicrous), he hu yOU reahze the seriousness of not de- your ahegati?n? Evidently not, sir, f 11 ~ for its placement not only ruined the cohesiveness of your review, in at but also made the claim itself seem is life's an act frenzied aggression. I jjierc would challenge you to extrapolate tan life your 'n a ^P313^ unified ar* tive or *n which y?u JPve evidence to ice(j Qn support your position. Such is the or her- way true writer. ; of ter- . . In the meantime, enjoy the Doint at music ? hut ^ not 10 *et h cloud >hvsical your rational thought We're all in i he or ti"s together; therefore we leer that should aH avoid furthering the sci on/1 entifically invalid concept of \s for iavv" 111 UIV ut iitu rv^aiL, bortion "Beller P^de that resides/ In a in any c^^zen ?f l^e world/ Than the and Pnde ^al divides/ When a colourful rag is unfurled." lallace Matthew H. Dewey senior English major