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USC must accept
and allow Coastal
When parents nurture a child anc
let that child leave.
That's the situation USC adminis
themselves in.
The Coastal Carolina campus wai
and other branch campuses may be <
When the decision was annoui
President John Palms and trustees
said it would ruin the system.
The USC system was created to
lege students across the state. It wa
couldn't make it to the Columbia c
earn their education from USC.
It was also created to heighten hij
And that's what it has done.
Coastal has become a major colic
means as reputable as Clemson, Fu
Yet, they're respectable. And they c
through the system.
Now, they want to try it on the
there without having the Big Brotf
seeing their business.
And they should be allowed to s
accept the role of a parent who see
have to let their child leave home
has to offer.
Coastal has matured to the point
and go on their own. Meanwhile, I
that campus make it on their own.
And if anv other branch camnusi
sure those campuses can make it on
Parting with a child is hard, but
sibility and stop acting overprotecti
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By Robert Ariail, The State
Question: Should the Reput
I don't think so. I think "Yes. I thin
should keep him. If they He's made
? to drop him it would takes, especii
; as if they don't have Murphy Bro)
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voting for Clinton anyDerrick
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"I'm about to dust some cops off," Neigf
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Ice-T then turns to the audience and not to
creams: Th
"What do you want to be?" awhil
"A COP KILLER!" everyone roars. tions
Far be it from me to infringe on any- montl
tody's First Amendment rights, but is cour?
here a more subtle way to get you're every
>oint across without alienating the group ? ev
>f people you want to change? It seems in an
hat a song like this would only serve to It <
>romote even more suspicion between camp
he police and black males. Nixoi
While Body Count's new album is alreat
nildly engaging, especially in placing versr
he heretofore rap-singer Ice-T in front of be in
i metal/thrash background, it is not of Th
my great consequence either musically now <
>r politically. The riffs and lyrics are ing i
nteresting at first but drone on in repiti- althoi
ion to the point where it becomes a L.A.
edious listening experience. I can't show
magine that even Ice-T sees this album the a
is anything more than a summer pastime dent.
>etween rap albums. ?Ja
So it is not likely the song "Cop Ja(
fCiller" will catch on far beyond that of Garni
he first single "There Goes the
Americans have rig
We have been taught all our lives to V
honor free speech as one of the most recei
important distinctions that sets our coun- "Coj
try apart from totalitarian dictatorships. tant
Because we have the right of free us. ]
speech, each of us is free to express our mess
opinions, consider the ideas of others, and cleai
to criticize social policy without fear of he w
government reprisals. S
There have always been those who Killt
argue some speech is just so socially irre- polit
sponsible that it should not be permitted, and
The most popular target has been erotic tect
speech. Others have suggested the same polit
principle be applied to speech which M
offends racial minorities, women, and mesj
gays and lesbians. This is the thrust of wou
the "politically correct" speech codes rathe
many colleges have adopted the past cou- me.
pie of years. Oi
Before them, of course, was the Moral tally
Majority which today still often succeeds right
in supressing religiously incorrect speech, entei
particularly in school curriculums, the I
libraries and local theatres in many com- W
munities throughout the country. cise
Recently, intolerance for diverse points som
of view have been extended to music, whei
principally rap. 2 Live Crew's "Nasty As only
They Wanna Be" album comes readily to pern
mind as an example of speech which
drew attacks from both the feminist and - St
religious communities and resulted in S
criminal prosecutions in several towns in the
the Southeast under obscenity laws. Soul
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k they should. "I think people have
too many mis- critical of him. A lot
ally talking about give him a hard tin
ivn. I think that be giving him a hare
itake." don't really know
about him."
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Kathleen Davis
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vill mainly be due to the hype and ?
' Ice-T's song writing ability. j
e album has been out for quite
e, and it has taken police organiza- '
from Texas and New York several
is to discover "Cop Killer." And of
>e once somebody mentions it,
one has to jump on the bandwagon 1
en our illustrious Vice President ? 1
attempt to find a black villain,
ill goes to show you that the Bush
doesn't have its act together. If '
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ly been on file as a dangerous subve,
and this unpleasantness would the
past.
e song has gained such notoriety
only because of its misfortunate timifter
the Los Angeles riots, and
ugh the song was recorded before
burst into flames, Ice-T's song
s the feelings that were brewing in
ftermath of the Rodney King incick
Dunn
:k Dunn is the Sports Editor of The
icock
ht to choose
ice President Dan Quayle's call
ntly for the suppression of Ice-T's
) Killer" underscores just how importhe
right of free speech is to each of
Mr. Quayle obviously dislikes the
;age this song conveys and has made
that if it were in his power to do so,
ould make sure no one heard it.
o what does Ice-T say in "Cop
x?" To me, he is saying that if the
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other politicians represent do not problack
people from brutal, racist
:e, the people will protect themselves,
aybe Mr. Quayle is right and the
>age is socially irresponisble, but I
Id like to make my own judgment
;r than relying on him to make it for
ar right to free speech is a fundamenAmerican
value which protects our
: to say things and listen to things and
rtain ideas even the Vice President of
Jnited States does not like,
e may wish others would not exerthat
right in quite the way they do
etimes, but imagine a democracy
re the right to free speech extended
to that which the government would
lit.
even Bates
teven Bates is executive director of
American Civil Liberties Union of
ih Carolina. T
in
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jsh dump Dan Quayle?
! been too "I can't stand him anyway, so
of people they might as well get rid of
ne just to him."
i time and
anything Tomer Tishgarten
Biology, Pre-Med
Media is allowing
talk shows to act
as commentary
?Aaron Sneinin
With the general election just over three months
iway, the presidential campaign has turned into a
uggernaut of political undermining and backstab?ing
where the candidate appearing on the most
n_ i 4.1 u i
iaiK snows nas uie uppei naiiu.
Arsenio Hall might as well-wear a pro-Clinton
button as much as he maligns President Bush.
David Letterman would be
hurting for material if Dan
Quayle didn't exist. Jay Leno pPPw
is guilty as well of concentrat- mpmfa
ing mostly on the Republicans,
however, he does take an
occasional stab at the
Democrats as a whole. mEKSKKL
And the media continues to
report it.
USA Today recently demoted a page-long column
of copy to what other columnists are saying
about Dan Quayle. Grouped in there surreptitiously
was a recent Top Ten List from Letterman's program.
Was USA Today trying to be funny, was it
merely par for the newspaper's course, or was it
testimony toward the declining intelligence of the
American newspaper reader? More than likely all
three or at least the latter two.
Since when was David Letterman considered a
guage of the American voter? As a Late Night fan,
I've often found the gap-toothed Hoosier's comments
brazen and bitingly sarcastic, but I would
not consider it serious political commentary.
Apparently, USA Today does. It was good for a
laugh, but it's hardly worthy of valuable space.
Unfortunately it is what we have come to expect
from the colorful soundbyte newspaper.
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who leave themselves open ? worthy or not With
the condition Of the country such comic relief is,
well, relief to many who can find little else humorous
in daily life. But is it political insight? No, it is
political humor, not worthy of newspaper space.
In a day and age where the news media is as
much maligned as the politicians they seek to discredit,
the media would be wise to reconsider who
they accept into its ranks. Let the Lettermans, the
Arsenios and the Lenos have their fun but keep
them out of actual political commentary.
If the American voter is going to vote for the
person the least ridiculed on late night television,
the hosts themselves would be about the only ones
who could earn enough electoral votes ? remember
those? Electoral College? Does it ring a bell?
Even Quayle himself is getting on the talk show
circuit. He has recently appeared on Larry King
Live and the Rush Limbaugh program on radio.
Limbaugh praised him while taking shots at his
favorite targets, the media and liberals. King went
beyond the boundaries of acceptable questioning
and asked the VP what would he do if his 13-yearold
daughter, Corrine, got pregnant. Quayle,
instead of telling the overrated broadcaster it was
none of his or anyone else's damn business, said
he would support his daughter's decision ? an
honest and encouraging answer from this staunch
abortion foe. What did his daughter think? Who
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Merely par for the election course.
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