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Staff
The unseen, unknown workers
are the backbone of
USC is flooded with students everyday.
We storm the campus, walk for miles and miles, eat and drink,
study and gather in hordes, and leave our trash all over the place.
And then we go on with our lives, oblivious to the hard workers
who surround us.
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These workers don t wear suns, mey aon i sii oemnu ucsks,
they don't answer phones, and they don't shuffle papers...they
. work.
Maintaining the campus is like managing a city and with
26,000 students, USC takes up a vast acreage of Columbia.
The campus has everything a small city does: a police department,
a token government, a post office, places to eat... but it
takes an army of real workers to make this place run.
For any lost freshman, they are a valuable source of information.
Just ask them, and they can direct you to any place you need
to go. They are the eyes and ears of the campus.
To the ladies and gentlemen who work as dining hall servers,
custodians and groundskeepers, we would like to commend you
for picking up after us, a bunch of spoiled college brats.
We're slobs, and we tend to take you for granted. Much like our
parents did, you clean up after us and at times guide us.
What would USC be like without you?
If the staff were to suddenly disappear, USC would quickly
resemble the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew.
With garbage strewn all over the place, we'd run to class and
complain about the filth. The weeds would grow over the campus,
and make it look like a Peruvian jungle.
And who would feed us? We certainly can't feed ourselves.
They are underpaid, and deserve more than they make. Could
anyone invision our professors picking up all the trash, or cleaning
out the french-fry vats?
So, the next time you see a member of the university staff, take
some time out and thank them for all the hard work they do. Stop
and talk with them, and treat them with respect.
The Gamecock would like to thank the hard-working people
who keep USC running.
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Marijuana should
Marijuana is an addictive drug which man
sense of euphoria or, more aptly put, a "hig
characterize the "cultural" revolution of the sixl
Many high profile leaders as well as the
smoked or tried marijuana at one time or anoth
attributed to its accessibility and relatively low
Proponents for the legalization of marijuana
will cause a decline in its usage. They argue le
or thrill out of smoking an illegal substance,
for other drugs like cocaine and crack.
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juana is legalized, this country will be a venerc
junkies.
A rush to try the drug by those curious to le
marijuana will eventually lead them to fall p
masters.
Young children and teens with society's ble
this drug causing harmful mental and physic
Educational and moral decline will soon folio1
care about future goals or becoming functic
Most will be lost in an artificially induced ha;
tion, success or society, but only wondering
come from.
Marijuana also bolsters anti-social tent
Marijuana as a crop would gain the status li
teenth century. People would center their live
ing their families and friends. Replacing thei
for "Mary Jane."
The legalization of marijuana would have s<
society as we know it. Crime and poverty
causing serious economic and social disorder,
world competitiveness would fall off. This v
gap between prosperity and poverty.
If marijuana is legalized, it would signal tf
already increasingly immoral society. But hey
time doing it.
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State budget
The root cause of South Carolina's
budget deficit is federal mandates and
programs which have led to employment
increases in S.C. government in
the past 10 years, state officials have
said.
Growth in South Carolina state government
is in line with the rest of the
country, according to the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
In the past 10 years, state governme
employment grew at a faster pace then did t
private sector in the state.
According to the S.C Employment Securi
Commission, jobs in the private sector increas
28 percent between 1982 and 1992. In the sar
10 year period, state government employme
increased 43 percent.
While some of the blame for the state budg
woes may be placed on the tax and spei
Congress, South Carolina must take its share
blame.
For example, heads of state agencies w
receive pay increases effective Oct. 1, 1992. T
three highest paid agency heads in the state ?
USC President John Palms, whose 1992-1
salary increased to $138,213, MUSC's pre:
dent, whose salary is $122,423, and Clemsor
Freshmen nt
Picture this...you're walking down
Assembly Street at 11:30 p.m. with a
few friends after a football game. Cars
are driving by, people are screaming,
and horns are honking while you hike
back to campus.
How many of you can say you've
una: i ui dint nut Many.
Recently, my friends and I had the pleasure o
walking home from the first game of the seasoi
and I must say, it was not an experience any o
us want to repeat or any of you want to g<
through.
When I tell people this story, they ask m
why we were walking home in the first place
The answer is quite simple. We had no othe
way to get home. Surely, we weren't going ti
stay at Williams-Brice Stadium or catch a rid
with a stranger. Walking was basically our onl
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To the editor: ^is was
Three weeks ago, I was struck an(j unc,
and run over by a truck while rid- phone ca
ing my bike on the sidewalk along have res
Greene Street. That following assuring
Friday, The Gamecock published a was h0sp
photo from the accident without the Don't
sensitivity of a story. This decision students
disappointed me as it caused a munity tc
tremendous amount of distress for
tints
cross
stay illegal Canna
iy people smoke to gain a For the pasi
h." Marijuana seemed to have benefited f
ties and seventies. Tax Act of 1937
average Joe Blow, have na use.
er. Its popularity is mainly Up until that
cost. for use in medi
seem to think legalization became wary of
galization will take the fun plant illegal.
The same fate is predicted Since then, r
plant's prohibits
to overlook is the nature of Marijuana Pro]
erently addictive! If mari- Conspiracy: The
tble wasteland of marijuana Herer lists sor
From 1842 to
arn about the "pleasure" of Marijuana ha
(rostrate to their marijuana glaucoma, epilep
In September
sssing will experiment with "Marijuana is or
:al effects on their bodies, man."
v. Students will no longer However, inf
>ning members of society, when all indepei
it, not caring about educa- the U.S. govern]
where that next high will plete monopoly <
The reason thi
lencies and low morale, mation on mariji
ke cotton had in the nine- great amount of
s around the drug, neglect- collective butts i
n with an insatiable desire use expensive ar
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erious repercussions on our legalization of i
would drastically increase holic beverage s
Levels of productivity and stand to lose th
vould create an even wider illogical that th<
prohibits mariju
le inevitable collapse of an alcohol kills 15(
, people would have a good tied to an overdt
In pursuit of I
drug" and encoi
the U.S. governi
?John Nunnery
mist for The Gamecock
woes not res
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president, who makes $120,273.
Given all of the facts and figures, tl
nt remains that much of the state's budge
he come from political posturing in an e
year.
Ity . Gov. Carroll Campbell and the state
ed and Control Board first attempted to ci
ne new money from the budget. The state Si
;nt Court ruled that targeted cuts by the boa
lated state law. The Courts decision fori
[et Budget and Control Board to order acre
id board budget cuts of 4 percent,
of Some elected officials have found this
oportunity to score political points. For e
ill Richland County Rep. Tim Rogers said, "
he Campbell will not make all the tough de<
we He wants all the power."
93 Lt. Gov. Nick Theodore and House 5
S1~ Bob Sheheen have supported the idea of 1
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f option.
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f er, we are freshman without jobs livii
o exu-emely limited funds. We considered tal
city bus, but to our surprise, there wasn't <
e take.
;. That's when we realized the university s
r provide transportation for those of us w
o cars.
e Sinrp thpn T'vp railed thp Shntflprnrk I
y out if they provide transportation to home
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Is, professors, and fraterni- the many others
rs and sisters who had not I want them to
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on made it possible for many bicyclists,
discover my misfortune motorists trave
ading The Gamecock in assume the good
over lunch, without any ers sharing the ro
ces of my condition. I feel encing my acci
insensitive, inconsiderate plead with all tc
tiled for when a simple look twice befo
ill from your staff would swerve, manueve
suited in my roommate judgment for grai
The Gamecock, though I Lastly, I wouli
italized, I would be fine. time to thank al
get me wrong! I want the people who h
and members of the com- through this orde
> learn of my accident and ly impressed at tl
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bis is the miracle drug
t three thousand years people from all races and cultures
rom the use of cannabis. It was not until the Marijuana
that the United States had any law pertaining to marijuatime,
hemp growth was encouraged in the United States
cinal areas. However, large pharmaceutical companies
the raw plant's success and lobbied Congress to make the
lumerous people have argued vehemently against the
an, including Jack Herer, founder of HEMP (Help End
hibition) and author of Hemp and the Marijuana
Emperor Wears No Clothes.
ne very interesting facts in his little but informative book:
1900, cannabis was in 50 percent of all medicines sold,
s been proven to help those suffering from conditions like
>sy, tumors, asthma, and arthritis.
1988 DEA administrative law judge Francis Young said,
le of the safest therapeutically active substances known to
ormation on the plant's healing potential was stymied
dent university marijuana research was halted in 1976 by
nent. Large, pharmaceutical companies now have a comon
the plant's research.
2se corporations are so nervous about the release of inforrana
is because they know the drug, in its raw form, has a
medicinal promise. These corporations would lose their
if marijuana became easily accessible to sick people who
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er the largest part of funding for campaigning against the
marijuana comes from pharmeceutical companies, alcouppliers
and tobacco producers. These are the people who
e most if marijuana was accepted. It's hypocritical and
^ government gives these businesses subsidies and then
ana growth. Every year legal-drug overdoses kill 20,000,
),000, and tobacco kills 350,000. Not one death has been
)se of marijuana.
Jie almighty dollar, we have excluded a possible "miracle
iraged the use of known toxins. Strike another one up for
nent.
?Clay Murphy
Columnist for The Gamecock
suit of recession
Ifcfe Campbell's decision. Theodore said,
wL "Only the state's General Assembly
has the legal authority to determine
11 . what is most important to South
farrtlina
Bob Sheheen, D-Kershaw, said the
legislature could do a more effective
job of cutting the budget.
This is political posturing at its best. Rogers,
tie fact Theodore, and Sheheen have made a' mockery of
t woes state government.
lection These men in their positions of leadership
knew before they ended the legislative session
Budget ^at ka(j a bu(jget deficit. If they are as
Jt on y capable as they claim, why was the dirty work
jpreme j ^ the governor?
rcl vio,ed
the Donald Spann said it best, "When everyone's
Jss-the- in char?e? no one's in charge. The Legislature is
in charge, so no one's in charge."
a good Gov. Campbell said, "We're not going to be
xample another California." This was after Campbell's
Carroll demand that two-thirds of the General Assembly
visions, agree to a plan and give up any thoughts of raising
taxes. It was because of the governor's
Speaker astute leadership that we will not be burdened
he leg- by a circus of political grandstanding in this
it was election vear.
tation to games
ball games. 1 was upset to hear that
they don't. I also found out that at one
time transportation was provided by
the university, but for some reason it
5 T no longer exists.
If university officials have the
impression that transportation is not
needed, they are mistaken. There are
girls who live in my hall who gladly take advanowev
tage 0f free f00tball tickets, but have only
i? on
kino a attended one game so far this season due to lack
3ne?to transportation.
Students who are fortunate enough to get a
;hould free ticket to the games should be able to actualithout
ty go to the games. They would be able to if the
university would provide transportation to the
o find remaining home football games and any other
foot- sporting events.
that have ocurred. of passers-by who saw the accibe
startled into a dent, especially Amy Kantra, who
zing practice. Too remained at my side, reassuring me
pedestrians and and assigning others to tasks of
i cmcicssiy auu iiuuiymg emergency personnel ana
judgment of oth- my friends. The Residence Hall
adways. In experi- Staff and residents were also a
dent, I urge and tremendous source of comfort to
) think twice and me. I thank all of you who took the
re they pull out, time to pray for me and the driver
r or take another's of the truck. I have felt them all as
ited. I have escaped serious injury and
3 like to take this have been recovering quickly.
1 of the beautiful Thank you all very much and may
ave helped me God bless you all.
al. I was extreme- Mary Lee Maneely
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