Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Viewpoint America Public, politicians should strive i ,7 i r? to worn togetner ana sacrijice What does America need? These days everyone seems to be asking themselves and others that question. People are looking at their country. They're troubled. In some ways the concern is very sudden, emerging over the past several months. In other ways, it's very expected, considering the social and economic problems that have been building for years: They've all come to a head. Everyone has their ideas and solutions. And fortunately we live in a country that allows and promotes the free exchange of them. So we take our proposals and communicate them to those who can implement them ? politicians. Unfortunately, and very rightly, the word has extreme negative connotations. America needs unity, honesty and sacrifice. Many of those aiming for the White House in '92 talk of sacrifice. It's not all rhetoric. We can't educate our children if we don't sacrifice and spend time with them studying and turn off the television. We can't save the environment if we don't sacrifice, be disciplined, and recycle. Politicians can't help if they don't put aside their parochial interests and give to get. It's a two-way street. A big problem is that our legislators become out of touch with us. They're serving us, but they don't know a whole lot about us. They make ten times as much money as we do and they are surrounded by well off, well-educated people. What we want is very simple. We want better education, we want better health care, we want a clean environment, we want equal trade and we want to take care of ourselves first, our friends second. The problem is making all that happen. It seems simple, but it's not. The "system" seems to grind solutions into mulch and control itself. Government is too big, but in some ways it's too small. We have to be disciplined and sacrifice; everyone and in every small way because collectively it does make a difference. Politicians just need to get a grip, get moving, do something. Unity, honesty and sacrifice. Kampus Komix bvwj.Britt Pnnf#?rlprntp flao what Blaclc History Month is V^UIIl cUcI d It Ildg Black pride is not racist. I a i i blacks are finding themselves; part Ot aeaa era railment" from the tracks ol Did you attend any of the B To the editor: tory Month functions last n I am writing in response to Mr. Cul- you didn't, then you should bertson's letter on March 4. I under- written that letter because y stand that you may be insulted at the ously didn't understand, fact that some may want to burn the I think the USC campus di "Confederate" flag, but do you under- fleets the state of America in stand why? race relation. You can see it < You say your great-great-grandfather Whether it is someone switel lost a leg in the Civil War. That is a purse to their other side when bedtime story compared to what I by, or looking at you strangi learned about my "ancestry" in you're drinking with your f America. My relatives have been burnt, Five Points, it is true. You ne hanged, raped and had many other know someone until the mask grotesquely distasteful things done to and Mr. Culbertson, I think them. showed your "true colors." TV>a C/\r*f/i^arota flonr in oimr?/\oari Ir\ D ohnrf nits ^uuiuiuait *??*? 10 vu iwuvi ? represent the Civil War era, not before, Media Ai not after. Take it down and put it in a _ museum or fly it beside a Civil War )30X fvCSOCCt landmark. Do you understand it doesn't * represent all the people in South Car- OOriH IlF*riOI*?l olina? Beside the fact that I think this ?j"vJU. ^?5 ** state is all messed up, including the way most of the people think and the To the editor: way they bring up their children, most Contrary to the opinion ex] of the people here don't even know The Gamecock regarding Se> Question: How do you feel abou beliefs on campus? IBjgS&fcL/' H WIMBBKm ' I Tommy Touchberry Alicia Wojtas Business major Undeclared n "I'd have to say they have the "I hate it. No right to do it, but they to try and pu shouldn't take parking beliefsonmc spaces from students. If they sure if I belie don't take parking spaces, it feel it is my is all right with me." need to make /&OII Media shouldn't I reject the administration's sanitized and missi polished version of Desert Storm. prett; A public relations firm was used to or- of B; chestrate some of the events leading up to the war. During the war the news was care- a '<nr fully selected to be released as the govern- sure ment saw fit. is to A ruiKlt/^ mlotinno ^r\mnon\/'c Kuoinpee ic Tf n puunv iwauuno vwiii^auj o uuouivjo u to make something look as good as possible wher to the public. prop* But wars aren't nice, neat events. I don't want a doctored-up version of a ?,QW Way w^r* way I don't want war to look good to me. [hal War is painful. People die. They're never ^hai going to come back. Some of die people one ^ who do are never the same again. They are s-on ( missing part of their bodies or their minds. That's a high price to pay. durin Do you know what some people's reaction was to that war? I heard kids who had I < seen war footage talk about "how cool" the port planes were because what they had seen own was this equipment zooming off the end of Th a carrier. They talked about how neat the "fireworks" were in Baghdad, how pretty -An they were in the sky! That's what many A said. There was often no sense of what the Gan Media coverage can Being a political science major, studying Soes extensively in military history, it is interest- Sene ing to see how the press can have an effect N( in the outcome of a war. Two extremes of Pro^e the media's coverage of war are those of r .1 XT- . nr J _ hicli me Vietnam war ana uperauon ueseri *"u " Storm. senls In these times of advanced communica- m^'t; tion, information has the potential to reach As more people at a faster rate than in the past. an?d During times of war, the media needs to be was regulated by the government to protect not ft13*11 only our national security but also Ameri- an(*( can lives. Letting the media go uncontrolled 'n V in a war could be detrimental because the in O] information the media passes along can took give away strategic military information ?n tl which will in turn put American lives in Amej jeopardy. The enemy has the same capabil- milih ity to receive our media coverage as does does the American public. " jnS P The media often is considered the fourth la^ v branch of government, and rightfully so be- ?Pera cause they help keep the government in \ . line. In my opinion one of the biggest missl shortcomings of the media is that they are ?Jo far too liberal, and Liberalism by nature John 77 If you hah/e an Issue < you would like to see accessed in Cross j drop it in a Suggestion Box or Call The Gamt all about. Sex Respect is actually a pro-sex advot is how cate; however, within the bounds of a after "de- monogamous, heterosexual relationf history. ship. The view expressed was that Sex lack His- Respect is a narrow-minded program lonth? If that attempts to "brainwash" our youth In't have into thinking that sex is bad and dirty, ou obvi- Nothing could be further from the truth. rectly re- Sex Respect teaches that sex is a terms of wonderful and sacred thing, but that it everyday. should be treated with respect as well, ling their Our society bombards us daily with you walk sexual messages daily, through the varely when ious mediums of television, books and riends in magazines, music, etc. Sexual restraint ver really is not emphasized. The message is that is lifted, sex is o.k. as long as you wear a conyou just dom, but in many of the sexual situations we see in the movies, one does T. Davis not even see the characters practicing *ts major safe sex. Since the 1960s, the number of sexually transmitted diseases has sky-rocketed. Divorces are also extremely high. More than 25 million baHl bies have been murdered, most of them " * in the. name of convenience. Sex Respect attempts to present an open and informative list of options for pressed in our youth, namely abstinence until c Respect, marriage. It docs not attempt to brain it people outside of the ui ek Kim Depalma lajor Education major one has the right "As long as they sh their religious I guess it is ok; ?. I myself am not they start telli jve in God, but I they are con decision, and I hell ... they hav< i it on my own." place that sort on anyone!" Pir^ be censored ions of those planes were or what those y "fireworks" were doing to the people ighdad. 'e heard people in the military call war lanly sport". The only way to make it doesn't become too much of a sport keep track of what's going on. you think people aren't more careful i they're being watched, I have some jrty to sell you. hat the government said was here's the we want you to see this. This is the to interpret things. We don't accept when the matter is closer to home. : is the normal human reaction to anyvho tries to convince us that their verof something is the only version? why did we accept what was done g the war? would have preferred the media to rewhat they saw so I could make up my mind what to believe, lat's the way a democracy works. n Winchell nn Winchell is a staff writer for The lecock. t hurt military against war and the military in ral. )body hates war more than the military issional. The reason for this is because nilitary professional is the one putting fe on the line. This bias the media prewill in turn effect the morale of the ary and the people back home, i the phrase goes "we don't need ler Vietnam," and in Vietnam, the war brought home to the dinner table. The difference between the Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm is the fact that ietnam the media had free reign while Deration Desert Storm, the government charge and imposed some regulations le media. It is good to see that the rican people are interested in what the try does in times of war, but the public not need to know what events are takilace until after a time delay. This deall enable the militarv to carrv out its ition without the concern that the meas given the enemy knowledge of the on. hn S. Pesapane Pesapane is a political science major. )r question Fire or USC Voices, Please ecock Newsroom at 777-7726. s wash our youth; our society takes care of that. It informs youth of the many risks inherent with sexual promiscuity and of the benefits of marriage. Why wait? There are quite a few reasons. Sex is important in a marriage relationship, so why not save your mate the whole cake instead of giving him or her just a piece? Also, in a time when condoms are no guarantee against a killer like AIDS, abstinence sure is. Abstinence will also prevent unwanted pregnancies, guilt and will instill a sense of respect for yourself and your sexuality. In this day and age, we see too much sex, but not enough restraint. Sex Respect teaches our youth to not fear their sexuality, but to enjoy it, within the context of a marriage relationship. The view expressed in the editorial asserted that "There should be no room for a class like this in our country at all." Other than advocating censorship, the writer of this opinion would attempt to deny our youth the right to know of the other options surrounding the issue of sex. My personal advice: Sex is great, but wait! Scott Rampona History senior liversity soliciting their religious Paul Huggins Physics/engineering major r do it quietly, "I don't have a problem with ay. But when it. As long as they don't ng students cause a disturbance to anydemned to one on campus, it is okay." e no right to of judgment Cruelty destroys a trusting nature - Tige Watts When I was a child, my mother always told me to treat others as I would have them treat me. My, how we always need to be reminded of life's simple rules. Robert Fulgham said he learned everything he needed to know about life in kindergarten. I swear, some people just skipped right to first grade. Humans are members of the only species on this planet that enjoys killing and hurting its own kind. It's scary. It makes me shudder, it makes me angry. It makes me sick. What is the great feeling behind hurting another human being? Is it orgasmic? Is it fulfilling? Does it make a person totally satisfied? What's so great about it? It seems that if a person hurts another one, a great ; feeling of guilt and grief would come over them. Never assume the obvious, people are cruel. If people weren't so cruel to one another, this world could be based on trust. Answer this, can you totally trust the person sitting next to you? Can you trust the person across the room? Can you trust the person across campus? Can you even trust the person close to you? Think of all the conflicts in this world, personally and internationally. There's no trust. And when there * is a sense of trust, our natural cruelty has this overwhelming urge to destroy that trust. Trust can't hold a candle to cruelty. Trust hurts. It feels like being stabbed over and over again. And when they're finished, they start all over again. The stabbing. Over and over, again. Again and again. Where is it written that you have to hurt someone else before they hurt you? Life should not run on the same philosophies as a war. Nobody wins in a war. . Nobody can ever win when humans are filled with so much spite and cruelty. What do we do now? Do we become just as cruel as others? Or do we rebel against the cruelty? Do we stage a war? But, in essence, isn't that also a form of cruelty? Or is it acceptable because we're fighting to survive? We have much to leam from heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi. These men have been put in our history books because they respected human dignity. Respect for fellow humans should not be a history-making event. It should be an everyday occurrence.PRU6 SUMMIT 1''** ra _ _ i_ iijamecocK Editor in Chief Eric Ward * Managing Editor Tige Watts Copy Desk Chief Kathy Heberger Asst. Copy Desk Chief Jennifer Jablonski Viewpoint Editor Shelley Magee News Editors... Patrick Villegas/Gordon Man tier Asst. News Editor Kim Everitt Carolina! Editor Greg Rickabaugh Asst. Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Graphics Editor Ryan Sims Cartoonist Paul Jon Photography Editor Virginia Marshall Asst. Photography Editor Eric Glenn Sports Editor Chad Bray Asst. Sports Editor Sean Ryan Faculty Adviser Erik Collins Asst. Advertising Manager Melissa Owenby Asst. Classified Manager Amy Taylor TheGamecock will try to printall letters received. 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