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Vi Hurray! i Gamecocks first SEC win I 7 / /_ ? oreads nine-gurrie lusirig Well, it's about time. P For the past nine games, USC fans have been yearning for a small gift from the football team. A victory. We would like to congratulate the football team for their mighty ^ effort in upsetting one of the nation's toughest defensive teams in > the Mississippi State Bulldogs. / The odds were against you. The media was against you. And frankly, the fans were against you. Despite the setbacks, you won. And because of that, we would like to give thanks to a focused football team and a coach who J* decided to live dangerously. ^ Yes, you have finally delivered. & USC fans and the players should take time this week to bask in ^ the limelight and forget the past problems the football team has endured. It is time to be proud of many things: The Gamecocks whipped the 15th-ranked team in the country. A They gained their first SEC victory. A freshman quarterback became a leader. For the time being, Sparky saved his job. jjji The Gamecocks should be proud of their accomplishments and m should thank their head coach. I mean, how often does a captain i|| unite his crew after a mutiny? ^ As we prepare for Vanderbilt this week, here is some advice for Gamecock hopefuls. - L Fellow fans, keep your heads high. ^ * " * - J Kut nnma 7 fcveryone Knows we were expecieu iu iusc uu? _yccu, uui 3U1I1W- Mm how, it was a difficult concept to swallow. Remember, we are still going to lose, but keep your thoughts on 1993. ID Sparky, take more chances. You had nothing to lose Saturday ^ going for the gusto on fourth downs. And look what happened, we won. Let's keep it up. M? And players, don't get cocky. Yes, we won a game. One measly game. Remember we aren't c Pl Alabama yet, or even Arkansas. We are still 1-5. D But for now, victory is sweet. stu^ A the ^ rapi ""Oaifficockl i you Editor in Chief Greg Rickabaugh not Managing Editor Patrick Villegas asf Copy Desk Chief Jay King t News Editors Chad Bray saic J.T. Waaenheim Viewpoints Editor Jack Dunn Features Editor Lee Clontz ^ Sports Editors Nancy Salomonsky Tim I norsen Photo Editor Stephanie Newlin c Graphics Editor Ryan Sims Cartoonist Paul Jon P; Asst. News Editor Melissa Tennen Asst. Features Editor Jennifer Fuller To Asst. Sports Editor Rob Rodusky , Asst. Viewpoints Editor C.E. Holman ab( Asst. Photo Editor Lea Clayton aU; Asst. Graphics Editors Kristin Buehlman ow Gregory Perez t0 Asst. Copy Desk Editor Brian Garland ab( Production Manager Laura Day cai Asst. Production Manager Jim Green Pa Faculty Advisor..\ Erik Collins vie Advertising Manager Renee Gibson Student Media Coordinator Jim McKellar his Graduate Asst Brian McGuire ca) Darkroom Technicians Erin Galloway iS HiKa Masnimoio ne to The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. jm Letters-should be 200-250 words. Full name and scj professional title, or year and major if a student, must be included along with address and phone number. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit letters for stl style, possible libel or space limitations. The na Gamecock will not withold names under any y? circumstances. ewpc TmwTl SO HIGH... ?' I ^ape awarenes iny college students attend keg parties ever (tend, but how many know what they ar< ng into? obablv verv few. 0 they know most rapes involving collegi ents can occur at keg parties? ccording to state law, it is considered rape i female or male is intoxicated during inter se. Even if the person gave their consent, i ill rape. he logic behind this law is that no one, mal smale, is capable of making a sensible deci while under the influence of alchohol. f you're a freshman and enrolled i versity 101, you should already be familia 1 this law. But you don't have to be i versity 101 to know about this law. very week liers are distributed in rooms i ' " O -c .U ? ~ n: u..? mm nail. OOlllC Ul UlC^iC iiicis aic dus, uui IIIva lem contain information on sex and rape. 'unishment sh ape. It puzzles me. low can anyone get off on having sex witJ leone against their will? just don't get it. ,et me tell you about the recent Austin as, rape case. If you have not heard about i sit down. This will blow your socks off. i man broke into a woman's house and he! at knifepoint. As he began to rape her (yc w, like against her will), the woman pleade i him to use a condom which she provided. The Texas grand jury found the man n< Ity. They said the woman consented to ha1 sex by giving him a condom, fot guilty. Innocent. Set free to do it again! >id this jury consist of formerly convicte sts looking for an excuse to set one of the dies free? Mat a joke! f you were held at knifepoint and about to t ;d by some sleazebag, wouldn't you ratht vore a condom? ,ook at it this way. You are held at knift it, and if you do not give in, you could los - J- :? I inc. li yuu uu yivc in, miu uit iapm uv/v wear a condom, you could lose your life ju ast. 'his guy who never met this woman befoi 1, "She gave me a condom, so I thought sf ?| imm I tudent thanks no,toiv car was arking Services missing I wish the editor: (managt Well, a few weeks ago, I whined tile un^' )ut parking at USC and was then were sc acked by a staff writer in her cai n column, to which I would like me lror reply that I am not just whining c,ly e<ar: aut parking. I have done what I a. I wrote to the manager of rking Services expressing my :ws on the matter. ~ , The matter, however, is out of ^^+"1 conuol. There is a shady group led the Parking Committee that responsible for confusion at the Xo the w lot, and, apparently, it answers As a no one. And there is a commut- Commi I student on that committee who t0 a(jcli jms not to represent other com- The Ga jting students. To that particular ation oi jdent I say, "You know my Duri me, so now I would like to know office t urs." items c But the purpose of this letter is fact ^ )int; EFIcin s best prof i Iff ITMfJg EMfluBdJASb C O L U M N I S f I'm disappointed to say rr lt up in the trash. Don't these ; bodies and safety? I've read every flier gimember of Campus Rape A believer in educating all I n rape. I want to protect myse 11 ble, and I think others wo n same. Organizations like Camp n are here to inform USC s many of my classmates coi lould fall < h it NEWS EDITO ^ wanted it." Yeah, right. She wanted i :c* wanted her neck cut open she wanted to die of AIDS. We cannot let this delib v~ our country into the grou; faster than von think. This woman should be ^ quick thinking and commoi nite crisis. This whole case case. This guy should be in she has been punished, and ^ ated. r Also, what about the i woman has to go through? tough thing for someone >e mention the humiliation. So during this whole 01 st she have to face these pre become the victim and the < re she be??ed a man to use ; te Bfcj I hine this time, although my o] erroneously towed due to a p "No Parking" sign. Rather, o to thank Mr. Bill Baker c< ;r of Parking Services) and ei aown USC police aide who a< ) helpful to me in getting back, to the point of driving h n the police station to the h age. s Conrad Matt r< MIBS a e V lour care not <1 -effective ' editor: a Health Services Advisory ^ ttee member, I would like c ess the recent editorial in e imecock regarding the oper- 1 : the health center, ing my campaign for the 1 )f vice president, one of the e oncerning me most was the v it the health center was not s 5 lf*Cr^ I jzljz ? V V ; / SLri l/x,TD ? d ;ection lost of the fliers end hrl.s care about their ven to me. I am a wareness and a firm JSC students about Ill liic anv^i nan > vo i enter for after-hours r, I was satisfied wit ^ministration has dor Ninety to 95 perce ealth centers have cl< our care due to co: tringent accreditati< iquiring all services lion (i.e. X-ray, lal tc.), if the center is Vhen our health cen uring the late evenin; our students were a elves of the services nd the cost was ove ear. Since the heal ut back their evenii xtra funds have beei mproveinents in tl iealth Center, reducii ime for an appointm ral weeks to onl; veeks. Two other imports it as mucn as possiuld want to do the us Rape Awareness tudents. I've heard nplain about people )n rapi t just as much as she and just as much as crate ignorance run nd. It is happening commended for her n sense in this defishould not even be a jail. Instead though, he has been exoner amotions this poor Rape is certainly a to live with, not to deal, not only does iblems, she has also :riminal. All because a condom if he was S3! pen to serve the stu .m. Once 1 made an * r~ rwp y. I terrible 11 f; TUlN&To %M SttiPTo ? against attack constantly preaching to them about rape. Instead, they should be thankful someone 1 cares enough about their safety to inform them. The information does not only pertain to females. Although females are generally rape victims, males can also be victims. Everyone needs to be familiar with the subject of rape. If properly informed, USC students may be able to decrease the number of campus rape cases each year. If not to protect yourself, at least become aware so you can protect a friend or a family member. Read the fliers given to you. Campus Rape Awareness meets at 6 p.m. every Tuesday in Russell House, room 304. New members, male or female, are always welcome. There is no guarantee you will not be raped, but you can better your chances of not becoming a victim. 1 ists, not victims going to rape her. Something is wrong here. Terribly wrong. 1 What needs to be done with rape is a process of establishing degrees to the crime. In most states, murder is based on a first-, second-, and third-degree system. First- degree is premeditatJ ed; second-degree is "a crime of passion"; third- degree is accidental. Next punishments are set according to each degree. Maybe we should classify rape into different categories to make it easier to prosecute. Right now, consent is the only defense for rapists. By classifying rape, it would increase prosecutions and put more of these sickos behind bars. I'm not sure how it can be classified, but I have a snoopsfinn as to how it misht be. First degree rape would be a sexual assualt coerced by violent force, such as by knifepoint. Seconddeoree rane would be a sexual assault that is 0 ?r ^ - coerced by persuasion, such as "date rape." I'm not sure if there is a need for a third-degree rape, because I think rape is too serious a crime to warrant a lesser charge. Rape is a heinous crime, and it deserves severe punishment. Forget fines and community service. Rape warrants either the death penalty or castration. Only by making examples of rapists will we be able to deter rape. dents after 5 tions should be noted: the close effort to find proximity of four major hospitals to the health with emergency rooms, and the care, howev- provisions of the new health insurh the job the ance policy. It would not be cost ie. effective to duplicate the afternt of college hours emergency room access of ;ised their 24- the local hospitals as it would >t as well as require a substantial increase in the on standards student health fees, to be in oper- Secondly, full time USC feet>, pharmacy, paying students are covered by a nnen to all t TSr-snnnsored accident and illness ter was open insurance policy covering the first g, only two to $500 of emergency room and vailing them- ambulance expenses. As a result, each evening, students can receive readily availr $65,000 per able care without a large pocket th center has expense. ng hours, the As you can see, the Health n allocated to Center has gone out of its way tc le Women's make sure medical problems are ig the waiting taken care of before they escalate ent from sev- into larger problems for students. / about two Kelli A. Lister mt considera- Student Body Vice President