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VIEW] SEC Gamecocks the bad to get to t The University of South Carol difficult adventure; it's an adventi less and disheartening. While thi and far between, the rewards of p On September 5, the Georgia E Gamecocks in football at Williair the fabled Guns-n-Roses Triplet game for USC as a member of 5 the toughest football conference ii Those Carolina faithful expect warned: it will be difficult for 1 their 3-6-1 record of 1991 's cam] However, patience, in this case, a( While the bowl-bid gods pn Williams-Brice in 1992, the recrui the season is over. Membership in players coming out of high schoo on. Playing for an SEC school r scouts and playing experience agai Football is a revered tradition i; SEC. Nothing makes a red-blood< ctoHium nn o CotiirHox; oftfrnnrvn OlUViiUlil VII U VUIU1UUJ UilVIIlVVll. worry about empty stadiums this will come out in droves to see 5 whupin' up on USC. i Before this season is over, the Arkansas, East Carolina, Kentuc Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Louisiana much room for error on that list. E Kentucky and Vanderbilt, while this season, especially the Commo home. And don't forget that Lou'isian ; past season when the played the G While the won-loss record this about, the excitement of SEC footl a football-happy campus, come Si a world of crazed-tailgaters, worsh V H e io. & iL a ml si I <' r; : '' SI I r J. POINT "Yes need impn frien have to endure v?cry he top of SEC 1' Engl ina is about to embark on a most are that at times may seem worthe victories at first will seem few atience will be great. ^ lulldogs come to town to play the is-Brice Stadium, two days before 3ast. It will be the first football loutheastern Conference, arguably a the country. ing immediate rewards should be i the Gamecocks to improve upon paign against lower-caliber talent, dually may be a virtue, abably will not be smiling on ting gods could bare a grin when l the SEC is an automatic plus to 1, no matter which team they are In neans increased exposure to pro P? inst the best in the country. n the South, even more so in the frt W( sd southerner happier than a full Even the Carolina fan should not r0 season, because football fanatics in >EC talent, even if that talent is be ab i Gamecocks will face Georgia, ge ky, Alabama, Mississippi State, va Tech, Florida and Clemson. Not tin iven teams such as East Carolina, historically mediocre are threats w) dores who are especially tough at ri be a Tech won a moral victory this a? amecocks to a tie. c pr season may not be much to talk ball in Columbia will be. Already Sp eptember, USC will escalate into aping the gridiron battle. in it : s 3% t ei Question: Do you think the U.S. , I do, because the U.S. "Yes, I think they Is to give the world the We're a world pow ession that they are their think it would be goc d, and strong allies are to help get thenr important to U.S. strate- again." lans." Paul Rucker y Anderson Computer Engineerini ish Across F n ni ^.1 A jrru-^nuice is me /viiicj the United States, the Constitution sup- and rightfully s rts the unquestionable separation of But as of n< urch and state. away a woman It guarantees us, as citizens, personal try, that is un :edoms such as who, where and when activists are nc i worship. promote aborti This does not only apply to the class- their time pan* om, where children cannot be forced less women, to religious expression they do not would like the lieve in. It also applys to the womb. many pro-life No matter how we feel as individuals or fundamental out the issue of abortion, we cannot for- What they a :t that all people's beliefs are equally right to make did in the eyes of the Constitution. And sion that will a e Constitution is the law of our country, life. A decisic we don't like it, we are free to go else- allowed to mal here. But we are not free to revoke the right but her. ghts of our fellow citizens simply It is a pers cause we disapprove. decision about Technology cannot prove where life she will no do jgins. We have laws on the books fully, and hard ;ainst murder. Until abortion can be haste, oved to be murder, there are no grounds Many peopl* r disallowing it, simply because the only able to make I her reason for eliminating abortion is fighting for ab< iritual. America's rigl What one American believes to be spir- from religious jally and morally correct is usually the state and \ itirely different from his neighbor. And choice is not is each person's right to hold those thing, unlike < :liefs. Even if they include the con- feel it is the tition that abortion is acceptable. Perhaps women's decis eir God feels differently than yours, leaving individ tat is their right. vidual. An adult female has the right to do No group h hat she wishes with her body. And it and jury over ust always remain that way unless it can Any woman fa ; proven that a fetus is not simply part of plenty of time woman's body. If science can prove we are taking the - Shelley Mat 'e of a self- supporting, living thing Shelley Ma ithout its consent, the law will change, for The Gamec ^fter 20 years, abortion s Twenty years have gone by and the Ask yoursel >ortion controversy has experienced ups, spends 12-plus >wns and plateaus; it has done every- through medic ing but die out. preserve and < I don't think it takes a genius to figure person then t; it why. The issue is a deep one and develops a car fects the top three professions ? med- the taking of li al, legal and political. think this "cart For many it is only a spiritual issue, for women at all? od is the creator and life begins at the so little regar oment of conception; therefore, the tak- could care less g of life at any time is murder ? pure ductive syste id simple. The pro-life stance is also might never hi dd by many because medical findings your choice is iow heartbeats and brain waves are son motivated stectable usually by the time a woman greed the magi* alizes that she misht be nresnant. I But when vt ould like for you to think about pro-life realize you are om a different angle and instead of disappear. Pro inking in terms of controversy, try to hide your mis ok at a few things that require logical doesn't get yo inking, something, it seems, many try to and it probably scourage ? especially concerning life a part of your i sues. But ask yo I Abortion is an industry ? profitable What kind of s id lucrative. This industry not only gen- honors a woma ates money for the clinic itself, but also but judges the ovides big bucks for lobbying, advertis- for her child? 1 g and fancy promotional pieces. right thing. I An average abortion, first trimester, >sts approximately $300. The average ? Kathryn C me to perform an abortion is 15 minutes. Kathryn C lost abortion clinics operate seven days a Daybreak Mini eek. You figure it up! tention: Is something bothering y u skin9 or just ticking you off? Send us a ?ws on whatever's on your mind about U, )rld or life in general and we '11 do our be member; to print your letter; you must im jjor; and a telephone number that we cat should offer economic aid ^ w ^ should. "I don't really think so. 11 er and I we are in a time to help >d for us selves more. We're just i going ting out of a recession, need to help ourselves." Brett White g Finance 4dr Is d areP* ft* - Tige W rican way The mi stop it. Not ev< Thp T )w, banning abortion takes 's choice. And in this coun- aro ma' [constitutional. Pro-choice fishij^ >t out there campaigning to chaos^ on. Thev are not spending W t IlC iering bad advice to help- lems we as many oppositionists country to believe. In fact, . , L 11 And y< supporters are personnally , ' ly opposed to abortion. South re supporting is a woman's _ . , ,. . , , . environir her own decision. A deci- f iffect her for the rest of her zens ? >n the state should not be resource. r u xt u h, and we ce for her. No one has that . this st onal, moral and spiritual State what she believes. One that Control h ubt wrestle over very care- Qr ly make thoughtlessly or m enforcing J are fighting for her to be potice^ot' that decision. They are not JT* irtion. They are fighting for enforcen tit to choose, for freedom " Carolina. constriction as dictated by for women's rights. Pro- , _ ? j Our sta forcing anyone to do any- measure uiii-choice supporters who saj(J busj] :tr prerogative to make . ions for them. It is simply ^ mak( ual decisions up to the indi- ^ consu ... , . , state, as the right to play judge But it>i another woman's womb. What's o< ring an abortion will spend New doing that for herself. Barnwt facility ai 3^ lAQftpre C' gee is the Editor in Chief ? ^ ock. Qh ye SRS coul itill wrong "vcn"n O u, years. W receivin If this question: A doctor money years of his/her life going Campbe al school to leam how. to than exf extend life. What kind of of the st akes that knowledge and We're eer whose sole purpose is that's da ves? Are you so naive as to Who ser abortionist" cares about ment t0 Do you think a person with you d for the sanctity of life It's ^ if you died or your repro- take car m was damaged so you qui* govi ive children ? even when see js ^ to be a parent? Is this per- choice is by concern for you or is If We c button? vvho will >u are scared ? when you * " pregnant ? logic seems to -life doen't allow you to take from your daddy. It "jf ur boyfriend off the hook, r will keep you from being righ-profile sorority, urself one last question. oc'ety have we created dial Managii in who ends her child s life c q woman who chooses life ViewDoi Please THINK, then do the Carolina .'Connor )'Connor is director of Sports I stries- Studenl Producl Faculty Advertis >ou, getting under letter telling us your SC, the U.S., the }St to print it. But and pro dude your full name, i reach you at. ?dit iett tions. Ti any circ 1 Iiuaijr, rtu^. /, a 7/ z? to Russia? hink "No. I don't think so, because our- they were our enemy for a get- long time, we Mitchell Sitton Engineering Lollar stronger ti environment ? arts ghty dollar is so powerful that nothing can in our own environment. Jnited States, and particularly South have sold our birthright for immediate gain. The dollar sign was on the end of the 3le, and we're all being reeled into a boat and confusion. ver took the time to think about what probwould face. We've said no to the environyes to the dollar. ou know what? We're Carolina is rich in tent. Next to the citi- v the state, it's our top f Yet we're destroying ate is taking in an extra f at more toxic waste than it needs to. The partment of Health and Environmental tas 69 people to monitor more than 68,000 / licenses, a terrible ratio which has made environmental laws next to impossible. ie a highway with 65 mph signs and no [leers to enforce the law. Everyone would sr 100 mph, because there would be no lent. That's what's happening in South 3blem worsens. ite legislature defeated a toxic use reduction this past session. The legislation simply nesses had to produce the least amount of te as possible. ss sense. It's good for businesses; it's good imers and it's good for the citizens of this 5 not good enough for the state legislators. xxl for you is not good for them. ;enario of darkness and despair: ell county is the site of the Barnwell waste id the Savannah River Site. Governmental iy the two facilities are safe and good for rolina. ah, is that why people downstream from dn't drink the water because of a radioae' That sounds safe to me. arnwell facility was kept open for two extra hy? The higher ups have ordered us to keep g toxic waste because we need the extra for education, according to Gov. Carroll 11. Now, the money from the facility is less >ected, and we're still getting the short end ick. ! stuck with a facility we don't want - one maging all of us. do you blame? Do you expect the governcare for vou? I don't and neither should ne to take matters into your own hands and e of your environment. We can't wait for jrnment to take care of it, because all they ollar signs dancing in front of them. The , yours. don't take care of our environment, then [? E5aiHcock jfrrvwg USC anci I9C3 i Chief Shelley Magee rig/News Editor Tige Watts esk Chief Jay King int Editor Aaron Sheinin i Life Editors Clay Murphy Parasettia Singleton :s Artist Sean McGuinness I ? I _ ?? II. I apny tailor Jen nnaDon Editor Jack Dunn Media Coordin Jim McKellar ion Manager Laura Day Adviser Erik Collins >ing Manager Renee Gibson lassified Manager Neha Samagond Gamecock will try to print all letters reLetters should be 200-250 words. Full name fessional title, or year and major if a stuust be included along with address and lumber. The Gamecock reserves the right to ers for style, possible libel or space limitabe Gamecock will not withhold names under umstances.