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does not create solu,
The circumstances behind litter-riddi
one more example of the red tape that Si
with, whether it is at the community, sta
The part of Greene Street between ]
frequently looks similar to a war zone,
where and unkept lawns and homes.
The students who live on Greene Str
best they can, and contend maintenanc<
landlord's responsibility. Other non-stu
feel it is the neighborhood's responsit
feel it is somebody else's problem, not tl
In other words, everybody is too be
solve the problem.
The Greene Street issue is an example
phenomena occurring when everybody ]
blame on somebody else. Terribly produ
That's what we have been experienc
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ill uui aiau^ aiiu liauunai g>^v * 111111^1110.
Gov. Carroll Campbell complains of
and of his constitutionally weak positi<
with the same mindless attacks.
President Bush blames the sluggish,
for all the country's woes, including tf
abysmal educational system.
And of course, Congress lashes back
ing effective policy cannot be made wi
vision or concrete principles.
So where does this leave the Ameri
booth, ready to vote out every excuseissue-waffling
official.
People must be responsible for son
AND the blame when it is deserved.
This applies to everyone from the stu
dent of the United States.
But the best advice is this: never ?
make an excuse or pass the buck. Do th<
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Racial division
not dead end
To the editor:
As a requirement of the GINT 105
course I'm taking this semester, each
student must participate in a group pro- 1
ject which targets a problem at USC.
The problems range from the obvious
parking and high bookstores prices, to I
the more subtle problems like social <
segregation. <
I've been at USC for four years, and
during that time I have recognized a
distinct division between black and
white fraternities and sororities. This
was the focus of our group project ?
why the division exists and what we
can do about it.
Our group interviewed members of
black and white fraternities to get a
better grasp on their goals. While community
service is important to both
groups, the black fraternities also stress
heritage and education as a means of
betterment for the community. Integration
of the greek system would alter
the mission of black fraternities.
There are, however, tremendous resources
found in each group, and these
resources should be brought together to
make bigger changes on this campus.
For example, both groups can get
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tions "Universil
showed me
en Greene Street are just campus a
outh Carolinians must deal freshman th
te or national level. otherw.se k.
Pickens and Gregg streets
, with trash strewn every- ___
eet say they are doing the
; of the community is the HnE
dent community members
)ility, while the landlords fl
heirs.
isy blaming each other to
; of 'passing the buck,' the En
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ctive. Most pe
ing for a number of years controversy
the Pacific
a slow-moving legislature who are no
3n. The legislature replies ize the situs
The spoti
. . whose habi
perquisite-ridden Congress California
le economy, crime and an Columbia
sts are of p;
at the White House, say- dustry. This
th a president who has no be the print
of the spotti
can people? In the voting The only
making, buck-passing and tinction is t
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together for joint service projects. w
Another way to united the campus is h<
having all groups, greek or otherwise, ai
do projects or hold forums. p<
There were many diverse organizations
which sponsored Common bi
Ground, the Earth Day celebration.
Groups ranged from the Office of cc
Community Service Programs to the
African-American Student Association. th
Race doesn't have to be a point of st
tension on this campus. By educating
ourselves, there can be understanding ci
md accomplishment. Think about it. at
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To the editor; ar
At the peak of fall registration, complaints
regarding advisement have
echoed throughout every corner of
USC. As part of a GINT 105 group
project, we have researched the process ^
at the university. Our studies have
brought us to several suggestions about An
how to create a more efficient program.
First of all, students' main complaints
involve the following:
1) Uninformative, impatient advisers 1
Question: What has
isino Lakeisha Reave
tice major Criminal Justice
tv 101 because it "Criminal Jus
i a lot about the me the opportu
s an incoming the laws of our
at I wouldn't have know them in <
lown." see things the
more than the
are generalized.
Eross l
vironment must I
ople are aware of the current of the s
surrounding the spotted owls of Act pro
Northwest, but for those of you Old {
t, allow me to quickly summar- cific N
ition. oxygen
ted owl is a endangered species ents, h<
tat is the old-growth forests of thousan
Oregon, Washington and British forests,
Unfortunately, these same fore- dustry,
articular value to the logging in- nutrient
> industry's activities are said to ing eff<
:ipal cause for the endangerment rain cat
sd owl. to be v
way to save the owl from ex- trees an
o protect its habitat, but by do- Logg
e local logging industry would forests '
vn, putting thousands of loggers these f(
k. The decision that therefore we lose
de is whether saving the spotted ging in
ti the consequential loss of jobs. that is
y, the owls themselves have be- in imm<
>u will, a "poster child" for a of the 1
tant issue, namely the protection term p
;rowth forests. There is not an support
Habitat Act on the law books, them, v,
an Endangered Species Act. Be- -Ben l\/
u -.i_ r _ _ r> l
iu-gruwin lores is are uie nome dcii j
shouldn't go wit]
after it first began, the battle Well,
should owls be denied their be hand!
jople can keep their jobs? pie is thi
politically maligned as it may Many
/er is yes. transplai
fore I become the target of a pie wou
aching by uppity environmental- nance o
say that I strongly support the has sho\
f the environment. another
recycling and the protection of They
ayer, and I keep my tires prop- Ever)
I. home y<
, when certain opinions would and the
the welfare of a bird is more down c
lan the welfare of a human be- necessa
to be a little apprehensive. altogeth
e losing their jobs, their homes, The a
ves are being ruined so an owl not appl
ro/s tr\ raof in U..t U..?n
ivw 1\J I^di ill. ULIl 1IU1IJ
talk all you want to about pre- The 1
balance of nature and the sane- have to
forest, but the answer isn't that and if
children
iu quit your job simply because off of
deep under your car and didn't wrong?
e?
would encourage its immediate - Lee C
>robably with the swift kick of Lee <
Editor f
ho do not wish to take the time to
jlp students make the right choices
id who are difficult to approach on a
jrsonal level. !
2) "Potluck" advisement (as in the '
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isiness aominisirauon conege;.
3) Dissenting opinions of advisers ^
Micerning degree requirements. w
Based on these findings, we believe ^
iat the following alternatives will best ^
itisfy the needs of the students. st
1) Each college should have a spe- ^
fic department that deals solely with
Ivisement.
2) Advisers should have a certain ^
nount of background in the student's ^
eld of study, preferably having -n
orked with it themselves.
3) More opportunities (i.e. work- ^
lops, lectures) should be made avail- ^
)le to explore one's career goal.
We hope that each college will take
lese suggestions into consideration cr
id re-evaluate their policies. Yl
Meredith Miller, journalism major pi
Aparna Kamath, business major ^
iicole Moen, political science major gi
gela Gadsden, political science "j
major
Heather Holland, business major a
leather Emmons, education major
been your favorite class <
s Joseph Yi
i major Medical Technolog
itice. It's given "English. I mat
nity to look at friends in 101B f
society and to tional students."
lepth so I can
way they are,
way that they
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oe protected
ipotted owl, the Endangered Species
vides a means to protect this habitat,
growth forests are unique to the Paorthwest.
Ecologically, they supply
, recharge aquifiers, recycle nutrislp
control air polution and house
ids of species. Clear-cutting these
as is the practice of the logging inleads
to erosion of the soil and its
s. Because of clear-cutting, replantDrts
are made futile; the first good 2
lses the saplings along with the soil,
cashed away. Therefore, once these
z cut down, they are gone forever,
ers say that the protection of these
costs them their jobs, but the loss of
)rests costs them so much more ?
; our future on this planet. The logdustry
says that each spotted owl
protected robs them of $7.5 million
sdiate profit, however, the protection
forests will reap much greater longrofits.
Ecosystems are the lifesystems
for people. If we condemn
'e condemn ourselves,
lartln
Martin is a chemistry sophomore.
e
hout for owls
?
the issue of the owls can certainly )
led with more grace, but the princi- t
e same.
' people would benefit from the f
ntation of the owls, and many peo- r
ild be harmed by the owls' domif
the forest. For starters, evidence
vn that the owls can easily adapt to e
environment. e
will find new trees.
> step of progress, including the s
ou live in, the paper you write on t
chair you sit in involves the cutting
>f a tree. While conservation is s
iry, progress can not be halted c
er. tl
rguments about disturbing nature do
ly here. Animals must be protected, t
lans deserve to be considered, too. f
fact is that in a recession, people c
take jobs where they can get them,
uprooting some owls keeps some
i from starving and keeps families
welfare, who could say that it is
llontz
Clontz is the Assistant Carolina!
or The Gamecock.
Street cleanup
gets 'thank you'
0 the editor:
1 have been following with interest
e articles in The Gamecock about the
ash on Greene Street. While walking
>me I particularly noticed that the
ock between Pickens and Henderson
reets looked very much better than it
id for some time.
It came as a lovely surprise to open
y Gamecock and discover the reason,
tiank you to all who participated in
is cleanup effort. It has made a great
iprovement in the neighborhood. Pertps
the new look will be an incentive
have a bit of pride and try to keep it
at way.
I would like to suggest that the unijrsity
install a trash barrel at the bus
op opposite the School of Nursing,
hat would be a help.
As a homeowner I am constantly
eking up what is scatterd along the
dewalk. Please, those of you who
iss by, put your trash into one of the
reen- machines that are quite conveiently
located to one side of many
operties. . ;
Thank you again to Geology 103 for !
fine effort. Diana Osbaldiston \
1630 Greene Street d
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it USC and why?
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Allison Kingsley
y major Psychology major
ie a lot of "Biology 110 because it is
or interna- interesting, and I have a very
good teacher."
Self-searching
brings confusion
Tige Watts
What's it all for?
No, sit down and ask yourself that one question.
What's it all for?
Why are we on this planet with the other five bilion
lunatics trying to form some kind of unified
;ociety? What's it all for and does it really matter?
Sometimes a black hole forms, and it starts to
;uck us all in like a whirlpool. The constant spinling,
falling downwards.
When we begin spinning in the blackness, we resvaluate
ourselves. We look at who we are and what
ve stand for. We wonder. We question. We find out
i lot about ourselves.
All those ugly, evil things we
lever wanted to face come out
it us and stare us down. We
ook at them. They look at us.
rhey begin to laugh at us be- *
:ause we're so unaware.
We don't know about
lurselves. We don't want to iMBKHMMI
ace looking at ourselves in the
nirror. No one is normal; insanity is just hidden
veil.
A famous quote reads, "The only normal people
ire the ones you don't know that well." Every one
)f us has our little problems.
We're all insane, and we dofl't even know it We
lon't want to know it because it's too scary. It's too
cary to realize the tact that at any minute we could
ixplode and destroy everything in our way.
Nothing is sacred. Nothing is true.
The things you grow up learning and taking for
granted don't exist. Then, you become upset when
'ou realize you wasted so much time on something
hat's not true.
Santa Claus doesn't travel around the world, the
iaster Bunny is dead, and to have peace, you must
nake war.
It's sickening.
The truth makes you sit in a corner and cry your.
yes out. Everything that was true is false, and everything
that was pure has been violated.
But no one cares. No one cares, except for the
pecial ones. And if it wasn't for them, we would all
>e dead by now.
At times, life doesn't seem worth it. It's doesn't
eem worth going through the heartbreaks over and
>ver again. People can only take so much before
hey snap.
We snap like a rubber band that's stretched too
ar. We snap, and then we conform to society. We
it in that mold because we can't find our identity,
>ur soul.
It all seems to be lost somewhere.
Gone with the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
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