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VlEWPOI Education S.C. leaders are accounta for high tuition, low < South Carolina is a backward state. Monday, the state's Budget and Control Board 2 agencies should expect less allocations. So, what < for USC students? Tuition will more than likely be increased. USC administrators have said too much money partments has been cut. Yet, they still have enough the Carolina Plaza Hotel. South Carolina is a backw J? 92-^*V^ 1 Health care ESS i ?* Long line works tine waiting usts be what Mi r\ J * ?L A_ To the editor: weaenu. a. Such fairness! At random, four out mencans, of four published responses to Friday, racy' W1 !?( Feb. 7 Gamecock were in favor of so- regressive r cialized medicine. One must wonder, if Though c Americans had been asked instead of a free of probl Japanese and a European, if the re- esl health cai i sponses would have been the same. 1 jn the face doubt it. After all, Germans pay a sig- system of o nificantly higher portion of the sweat profession < of their brow to the obnoxious taxman. current probl They may have nationalized their health care system, but as many Ger- Of course mans say, it works great, unless you the quick po get sick. and even cei As Americans, we should turn to the Social Sei values that made America first and ourselves 60 learn the lesson of the catastrophe of with a debili socialized anything in the former East not find the ] bloc. Even the much vaunted Canadian i system requires an average wait of 42.6 Rick 0'Neil weeks to receive cardiac surgery in Second year In this time of economic hardship, our state leade both the immediate future and the long-term future. Education must not be one of the primary targets cuts. We should make sure that South Carolina is ; intelligent working class. Instead, our short-sighted legislators have made hack apart the education budget. But what can we do? We can whine and complai With action comes response. What have we been doing? Nothing. We have s< our complaints to ourselves. Maybe that's why we outrageous tuition bill. We must also make sure we have wise leaders. I buy a hotel when we can't afford to give our faci should not buy a hotel when our tuition continues t( We should demand an immediate grievance frc and his trusty administration. Wasn't it Palms who more emphasis on academics? Wasn't it Palms v fight against higher tuition? Isn't it Palms talking from both sides of his moul hotel the student body doesn't want and can really ( We're tired of legislators and Palms breaking pro *"5 luuivu. TT V lliUOl IV V/YU1UUIV V/Ul pilVllUVJ U11U C the most important item on our budget. We must tell the leaders of this backward state their inept leadership. We must demand action. We legislature to allocate more money to higher educati We must do something. BOAT PEOPLE Question: How nt - r jLm mUBL r i j Sheila Hardwick OlC Criminal Justice major "I feel a certain amour CitlOYl sentment toward the aca kAAOi ioa I ihinl/ I coc ucuauoc i u in in 11 just trying to intimid innounced state Jheir statements are does that mean ?3|..t0 set us ' from their de i money to buy _ 'ard state. rs must look to > of any budget IH Kg able to train an i the choice to Prosti n to legislators. Has anyone else bes dered why the oldest pr it idle and kept the oldest act of human i have to Dav an If prostitution was natii sharp decrease in tl JSC should not epidemic would result, ulty raises. We . N?ada has already tion, and from what I h< * ? , be quite beneficial. Pc >m John Palms apply for a license, an< pledged to put AIDS and other sexual /ho pledged to eases. Las Vegas has b tomers go to and get te :h and buying a before they are alio wet] lo without? consenting ladies, mises and rais- To date, Nevada has ;ee education is cases. This fiqure is fair other states who do noi we're tired of lion unfr the lawh.,Ne<! . r tU reported cases while S must force the claimed 1,599 AIDS vicl on" Moreover, testing is are given to the prostiti vent the spread of STE they do? Prostitution v there, no matter what an; Las Vegas Police ma on other, more importan 4 a week to stake out som I in the middle of the desi Jfl one and eventually drop] ||i|?g_ Legal pi Legalization of pro; backward for the Unite ^sL-,,7' weakens not only our sc " bone but also our leg systems. Prostitution, women a encourages people to let power their minds. It is ^>4% son, to determine that si I Honnrpmne fhat epnarafAi m UUU^VIVUJ, uiui ovpuiuuv^ In an era plagued wit I ted diseases, including tl 1 _ having sex with more playing Russian Roult wmf with prostitutes is suicid Legalizing prostitutio plicate already painful cases. In the Mike Ty ^ question was "Did she c try with legal prostiti might not be "Did he pay?" The social conseque prostitution do not enc sexual assault. The sexi of Clarence Thomas ill sexual remarks and acti< if you would like t drop it in a Suggestic ind. An intolerable wait r\rkofli re at stake. JLJLttlll s, feeble practitioners and for lifesaving surgery may is reai ki Yoshmo and Lawrence e used to and prefer. But To the editor: tired of a bloated bureauc- I am sick of )t accept these backsliding ity who claim eforms." is "cruel and u the death pena ?ur current system is nol more than it js. lems, America has Che fin- How can th rp nrrwlnrt that p.upr PYicfp/i *V . lhat the system of the planet. A vigorous explain how ? ompetiuon in the medical mass murderers m\l ultimately solve the whke (i e Te em- Sam)? It is unl the alternative is to accept judice is often litical fix of the Democrats lssuesrtain Republicans, and like . , e^ctr,c surity, no doubt find |t s not the onl: 1 years from now burdened ishment. Lethi tating bureaucracy we can- used, believe political will to throw off. ^f.n ^ violent flicted with a caused their v: law student tamilies and fri do you feel about the derogatory statemer t the U.S. work force? y mm Melanie Dozier Dori Kasparek English major Chemistry/Pre-n it of re- "I don't think they should say "I think it is t Japan- those things because we stress educatii bey are work just as hard as they do. though. They d ate us. They should also work with but that is all tt an at- us, not against us. We all we need to stoj: urther have to work together to im- them by buyir prove things." ducts. We she own." U55 hire itution should be legal ide me ever won- cause some big-shot politician is a frequent ofession, involving customer. lature, is not legal? 1 suppose some of you still have that onally legalized, a moral-issue thing stuck in the back of your te deadly AIDS minds. This is the '90s. Sex out of wedlock is a common and accepted practice in this legalized prostitu- day and age. ;ar, has found it to Prostitution goes on all over the globe )tential prostitutes every minute of the day. This is a moral d are screened for choice that each individual has the right to ly transmitted dis- make for themselves. Is it the place of govrothels which cus- ernment to forbid sexual acts between consted themselves ? senting adults? I to meet with the jt?s not jerribly different from prohibition. The government really can't hope to reported 896 AIDS sl0p prostitution from happening any more ly low compared to ^an tjiey can hope to dry up America. Int condone prostitu- stea(j 0f turnjng the other cheek, why not v York has 42,619 make jt jegaj ijke alcohol, and then slap a outh Carolina has massive tax on it that makes as much mo:ims ney for the government as letting us get free and condoms drunk has? ttes to further pre>s. What more can Men and women who so desire, should vill always be out ^ a^le t0 have sex in a safe and accessible yone tries to do. fashion. And, darn it, they shouldn't have ly now concentrate 10 8? 10 Nevada either, t things than taking ie little whorehouse J- T. Wagenheim ert, arresting every- J- T- Wagenheim is staff writer for The ping all charges be- Gamecock. ostitution step backward jtitution is a leap workplace. If selling sex becomes a legal d States because it trade, the footings of equality our society >ciety's moral back- has established will crumble, al and health care Granted, this is America, and women and men should have the freedom to earn mond men selling sex, ney in any fashion, but when making mo sexual desire over- ney rums years or social change, it s not ; our ability to rea- worth it. ex with strangers is Legal prostitution may bring sexual prob> us from animals. lems to hospitals, courtrooms and businesh sexually transmit- ses across the country. A healthy populace, rie fatal AIDS virus, legal system and economy are necessary to than one partner is America's well-being. ' itte. Choosing sex Well-being. It's knowing you can send al. your child into the grocery store without n also would com- worrying that the cashier will curse at him. and traumatic rape It's walking across campus in a mini-skirt son rape trial, the or in tight jeans without worrying someone onsent?" In a coun- will proposition you for sex. ition, the question Well-being is something that, sadly, is rape?" but "Did he disappearing in American society. Legalizing prostitution would only weaken our mces of legalizing moral backbone and push well-being closer I with problems of to extinction, lal harrassment trial ?Kathy Heberger uminated the stress Kathy Heberger is the copy desk Dns can cause in the chief for The Gamecock. you have an Issue or question o see addressed in Cross Fire or USC Voices, Please in Box or Call The Gamecock Newsroom at 777-7726. norkolfu * think that people should be aware i DC 11*1.1 IV of the dire consequences should they m | kill. If they ignore these consequences SOnable and repeatedly, then they deserve to die, instead if wasting their lives in our already overcrowded jails, do-gooders for human- Capital punishment may be expenthat capital punishment sive> but in the long run, it would be nusual." In my opinion, cheaper, especially if the murderers are ilty should be practiced kj,,ed within a y^1" or two. Some of these well-known mass murderers have ose people who assert confessed their heinous crimes, but still may be unfair to blacks sPend years and ye*1* waiting for appelost of the well-known als- The sooner they're gone, the less ; who got the chair were money the hardworking U.S. taxpayers id Bundy and Son of wil1 have 10 Pay 10 keeP 1116111 in jailnrtnnQt/i that ra/->iol nro. ""T , I think that the U.S. judicial system used as a mask for tm- js [Q0 fair> an(J u worksJin fayor >f lhc , . . . , , criminals. Other countries suclt as those chair may be brutal, but lhe Mj(jd|e Eastem bloc are far |es$ / me o o capita pun- tolerable than we Americans. There, a a 10nS arCi ? simple crime such as theft can result in that those people who [he |QSS Qf hands Now fc , to others should be af- , . J , . . , . cruel and unusual punishment, is much pain as they v ictims and the victims Andrea Prospero en(k- International Studies freshman its Japanese officials have made g| : . Ky Nguyen led major Business Administration rue. They do major on too much "Japan is making more of an lo work hard, effort then we are as far as ley do. I think the economy is concerned. } encouraging America has its priorities set lg their pro- all wrong. We should concen>uld buy our trate on the economy more." Relationships too complicated Shelley Magee A h lm;A nu, iu * V/. It's that time again. It's almost Valentine's Day. This is either the most euphoric holiday of the year, or the one that leaves you feeling the numbing stupor of depression. Which of those states applies, of course, depends on how kind Cupid has been to you lately. And as we all know, Cupid must have a sense of humor, because we have all bore the brunt of his jokes occasionally. The world of relationships has come a long way since the simple days of Uhhg knocking Umma over the head with a wooden club and dragging her off by her hair to mate. That it could ever have been so easy is amazing. What about their political differences, what about their astrological charts, W i^lPp what about their Cosmo compatibility test? What politically incorrect dis- N . asters must have been created J by primeval lust. How refreshing. Love without a list of requirements. I think half the reason that little cherub with the bag of arrows developed a warped case of the jollies is becuase we deserve it. We have this screw-ball idea that romance should be documented, studied, charted and follow some set of rules. We have computer dating services and how-to novels on falling in love. We have soap operas that glamorize relationships into this love-hate monster, and we accept that standard as the norm for,, a relationship. Instead of accenting neonle that wp fall in lnvp with for who they are, we want them to be perfect, so we try to make them who we want them to be. The slightest incompatibility becomes an insurmountable hurdle that can only be cured by therapy. Have people forgotten that having different ideas and opinions is what makes them interesting and attractive to begin with? If couples all thought the same way there would be absolutely nothing to talk about. Love is a feeling in your gut, a goofiness in your brain, a tightness in your chest. God forbid one of us should love someone and not try to figure out why. The reasons someone makes us get that jelly-limbed feeling are best left unfathomed. Maybe we'll eventually make a full circle and get back to that primal thing. No matter how much we try to fool ourselves about being sophisticated and in control, we are subject to the forces witbin when it comes to the opposite sex. We'll never manage to write a recipe for romantic success. That's why Cupid is a hunter and not a chef. /^IH/IEEPM^PORMcfeS-lPfctF NttCROFHON?$~A Fl/U-PLOy^H WrjrjL miPoKZ ^ VOUCHER SYSTEM, WEASEL- IgfJ 7 WbRPS /HP THE. 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