Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Rivalry *' ' South Carolina-Clemson contest clouds advantages of both schools USC and Clem son will face each other in a football game for the umpteenth time Saturday. The rivalry between the two schools is one of the most intense in college athletics. Unfortunately, this constant competition has the side effect of giving the boosters for both sides a slanted view of the other's school. ; For example, many USC students dismiss Clemson University as a "cow college" or "Moo U." While it is true Clemson started as an agricultural and military school, it is much more than that today. Clemson has nationally respected programs in architecture, accoutring and the sciences. It is hardly the redneck enclave we at USC would like to make it. Similarly, Gemson students portray USC as being in a shoddy neighborhood surrounded by dangerous criminal elements. Some Gemson students are actually surprised when they see The Horseshoe for the first time; presumably they were expecting a ghetto. The USGGemson rivalry (with its jokes, posters and heated football games) is fun and makes life more interesting in both of South Carolina's biggest universities, BUT Gemson and USC are in the same state, with students from the exact same towns. Let's not let a sports rivalry blind ourselves to reality. Updated Map o? Yugoslavia : V# Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Amy Barcomb Rich Taylor asm. Carolina Life Editor Asst. Sports Editor Virginia Marshall Greg Rickab augh Asst. Copy Desk Chief As*/. Photography Editor Wayne Williams Eric Glenn Comics Editor yy j gRITT Darkroom Technician Staff Cartoonist Renee a. Gibson Laura s. Day Asst. Media Coor JAdvertising. Manager Production Manager Stacie Lewis Ray Burgos Assi: Advertising Manager Asst. Production Manager Erik Collins Carolyn Griffin Faculty Adviser lara chapman Business Manager " + Asst. Classified Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will try to print all letters received, letters should be, at maxlftun, 250 to 300 words long. The writer must include full name, professional title if a USC-employee or South Carolina resident, or year and major if a student. An address and phone nudoer are required with all letters sent. The Gamecock reserves the right to eejit letters Car style, possible libel or in case of space limitations. The newspaper will not withhold names under any circonstance. ^4 INSANE 1 >:|^^^^\a?A2.^) ^0^\ IgamecocE V News: 777-7726 Advertising: 777-4249 m " " "" ' 1 Chris Silvestri * Editor in Chief * David Bowden Brant Long ? 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Baxter proposed a resolution asking tions Commission to place survey-like < on the ballot (in the February studeni ment elections) pertaining to issues every student, such as "grade forgive] tion, book theft, the worthiness of Th cock of student activity fees, teacher for students and the effectiveness oi j government and the senator for their co After Baxter stood before the senate the proposal, she aptly defended it by the homecoming queen issue was goi surveyed on the ballot, then issues re ALL students deserved the same attend The response by her fellow senators her attitude resembled that of an immat nile trying to get revenge. Baxter was not serious about the and later openly admitted it was writter I B-ball star j not being hero i Y To the editor ? How can Shelley Magee call 1 Magic Johnson a "hero?" Magic acquired HIV through habitual carelessness and irresponsibility which are the same character flaws he currently condemns. Every waking hour we are constantly 1 bombarded with information on ' how not to get AIDS. These ubiquitous messages Magic chose to ignore. What's the message we're send- ( ing our children if we ignore this \ type of dangerous behavior and t laud him as a hero? Be as reckless t as you like, do whatever it is that ( you want, worry about it later. But r in the end, apologize for it, crusade against it and voila! A New j American Hero! Where is the c outrage? t A major flaw in Ms. Magee's t argument: being human "is the r only requirement you have to ful- i fill to get AIDS." This is like say- r ing the only requirement for be- e coming a mother is to be female, \ when even a third-grader knows that a male must be involved u somewhere in the equation. The ti onlv wav to set AIDS is to receive r bodily fluid(s) from an infected in- n dividual. Excluding rape victims ii and others that had absolutely no v choice in their infection, those who tl do not participate in fluid-sharing rituals are not at risk to HIV ... p EVER! The message is simple: p practice safe-sex (this includes ab- c stinence), don't share needles and b you will not get AIDS. il Who are the heroes in the fight u against AIDS? It's the girl that h knows her partner and still insists y on condom usage. It's the guy that a of iac tt "" *t*\soa roo+lo^ - 1 ate, Lard, Beef Fat, Fat, Fat By-Product, PCP, Asbestos, Tub/' Kepone, Dandruff, KY Flavor-Flavorings, vatives (BHT, THC, 5, FD&C No. 6, Anabo- ^ paration H, Doo-Doo, / ctive Waste, Cabbage, y Boogers, Armpit Lh eer, Leather Panties; V* Eyeshadow, and Eyeonations to David Duke IflHP the George Bush Domes- V rm, Not, Lawrence l Milli Vanilli, Roach y obe from Jim Holderman, apeworms, the American i Parts, 12 Zits, 11 / Chest Hairs, 8 Toes on 1 ds of Navel Lint, 6 and, 5 Fleas, 4 IQ in Back of Head, 2 nd a Herring in an Shrubbery. Fnord. * ?cn Tl hytx n y "/all. istes time w president bandwa1 hdonJ' ? Greg Ric n cheek" | JJ the Elec- in cheek" and as a joke to mi questions low senators who voted last : govern- homecoming queen issue on t affecting Sen. Baxter did not agree with ness, tui- Baxter could not have acted e Game- fessionally than to first propo concern but then actually admit she hi f student joke. How can this student bod liege." to do an effective job when e and read let alone the pro tern, takes saying if such a shoddy resolution? ng to be Her point could have been n dating to address the senate, writing an i on. to them or talking to them in was that strong feelings. Personally, I 1 lire juve- cock would have graciously li quest had she wanted to write i proposal, All Baxter did was waste t i "tongue and anger one senator so mucl LETTERS TO TT ' "r'l "t*l I'll I'l'lVl! 11 ' ' v-:- - iVinv..-' . 11 ..nil... I 11 loesn't share that needle. It's those I hat changed their lifestyles in or- raise ler to remain safe from this killer, caust rhe true "heroes" of AIDS are the the ( leople responsible enough to show turn aring about their actions before multi t's too late. pand Richard Farmer thing Journalism freshman John me. Pronnsprl nlan S badTfor USC ~ Fo ro the editor: I am outraged that in the midst -ncre )f what university administrators -nt vould have us believe are "tight ^ ^ judgetary times," the university is seei^ rying to get approval to buy the Carolina Plaza Hotel for $3.95 .So nillion. ^is11 I would love to hear a real ex- ^at s Sanation for how such a purchase abou] ould outweigh the present situa- y?u ion we are in, where departmental r??? >udgets are being cut, Shuttlecock ^ outes are being cut, tuition is beng raised because of a lack of moley resulting from the S.C. Genxal Assembly's failure to give JSC full-formula funding. Dr. John Palms told The State iewspaper the hotel would be used OC a relieve space problems created 8 ?nce the university begins to renove asbestos from office build- To tl ngs. Palms also said the hotel Nc vould eventually house offices failec tiat are presently cramped. flyinj Baloney!! If there is a space point roblem and some university vice cordi resident is finding himself enser ramped for space or in need of a publi etter window view, big deal. If "apat t's that big of a need, why not potat ike the $395 million from the sa- Po iries of the university staff who a m< /ill benefit. We students sure camp ren't the benefactors in this one. the j< \ce.oie.n*Vs PI e-7<=.r M?W% ^ ^ ^ 2o ^ Ye-t poor\y-&fcjjjv) inch we could stop tuition in- Arg You p C ? a hodge. es. What happened? podge of questions regarding anir the past four years I have mal rightSt censorship, health here at this institution, my issues, racism and sexism, along f-state tuitions and fees have with a number of other con trover'ased and increased to the topics. Call me a cave dweller, that I now shuffle out about j emphatically believe a man XX) a year in expenses and it should always pay the bill, that a s to be getting worse now. majority of the 1,100+ social progmething has got to go. Maybe rams should be drastically reduced, totel purchase? Maybe the lies that bigots should not be punished something is going to be done for unpopular speech (the First : excessive spending? Maybe Amendment even protects them) 3r. Palms? All I know is that and if we do not utilize capital ms that you are talking out of punishment to some extent, what sides of your mouth. Which is the hell else are we going to do uth? with serial murderers and rapists? Torod Neptune I will answer my own query: nternational relations senior nothing, because an old wave of political corrects all but ensured Pnn PPF*n ^ violent criminals will never do CUlICtl a moment of hard labor. If society n fell* had the nerve to resurrect the chain IUU I?I gang, we might spare some lives and have clean roadsides, le editor: I even admit that I am politi>t expecting to do otherwise, I cally correct reject, although I 1 a politically correct test with dearly enjoyed Are You P.C.?, but I colors, scoring a meager 97 I do not choose to follow the polits out of a possible 250. Ac- ically correct trend. The way to ng to tne f.u. committee, tne acnieve peace, hjvc auu unaernble responsible for the just- standing is not by repressing negaished Are You P.C.?, I am tive emotions towards others; it inhetic" and cursed with "couch volves voicing deep feelings. We o ambition." will have to bare our dark sides litical correctness is obviously before we can truly respect another Hinting concern on college individual. Hises nationwide. I belong to . Carson Henderson Durnalist sect, long known for Journalism freshman C?vi+ cfiv-*or*vc&.{^oo*\ fro /a ^ "D r. ?*vejwe ^?00* rep^j x ith joke resolution out of the room when he was not allowed to address her absurd proposal. 'IfARAIIPH And in her haste to write the "tongue in rlvADAUvan cheek" proposal, she failed to realize she openly insulted teachers and fellow senators. The proposal openly questions teacher concern for students, the effectiveness of the sena tors, the worthiness of the student newspaper ake a point to fel- and whether or not student activity fees should week to put the support it he election ballot To even mention the "worthiness" of a stuthe decision. dent publication in a survey is ludicrous. A stunnti , dent newsnaner is rav> nf thp fnm>? cuiy mwit; uiipiu- ? i?r? ? M,v/ *? aviiiw v/i wuiuse the resolution, munications open to students. It provides stuad written it as a dents a forum to express their anger about ly trust our senate problems they see around them, ven one of them, Luckily, there were senators who informed time to propose Baxter that The Gamecock is a student newspaper done by the students, for the students, and lade by asking to that there are other avenues of addressing any nter-office memo problems. private about her The same goes for teachers and senators. In enow The Game- fecU it is the senator's job to talk to their constistened to her re- tuents about such problems and bring them bei guest editorial. fore the senate. But her proposal, which would he senate's time, have only weighted down a ballot with a i that he stormed lengthy survey, serves no purpose at all. ^ just don't see how we can its liberal flairs, such as political my tuition one month be- correctness. But I disagree on this } of the lack of funding from matter, everyone is not, and canSeneral Assembly and then not, be equal. Call me insensitive right around and start making and barbaric if you like, but I do i-million dollar attempts to ex- not adhere to the sentiment that no university facilities. Some- individual should piss another perjust doesn't make sense here, son off. We are all opinionated . Your rhetoric is confusing people with a variety of When you were named presi- viewpoints; the only thread of , you promised to stop and sameness among us is that we are 5 critical examinations of ways all members of humanity.