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Student senators' actions
hurt student body confidence
On Wednesday, USC's illustrious student senate walked out ii
protest to an upcoming bill that would reinstate the homecomini
queen.
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subtle difference, the federal government occasionally accomplish
es something.
First, we had the walkout by the USC football team, whicl
enabled them to get their act together. Does this mean that a walk
out by student senate will enable them to get things together?
Probably not.
What the student senate did was childish. They are elected offi
cials who are supposed to represent the wishes of the students, no
their own selfish, childish whims.
The student body has spoken, and the senate has no othe
choice but to reinstate the homecoming queen. Anything-, els
would be self-serving and damaging to our political system.
Although what occurred could be seen as an act of protest, i
would have been more productive if they stayed and aired thei
grievances and tried to use the political system to reach a compro
mise.
Even the British Parliament, in which its members can be hear*
grumbling and groaning when they disagree with a fellow mem
ber, don't stage an infantile walkout.
Maybe the student senate can take a lesson from the footbal
team. Maybe we should place Steve Taneyhill as senate presider
pro tern and help keep control over the senators.
Did the walkout aid the student body? No. Instead, it is going t
prolong an already touchy topic, and further divide the studer
body. Had they stayed and read the bill, they would be able t
resolve the issue, and then USC will be able to get on with it
usual business.
The student senate should get their act together and vote o
what their constituents want, not what they personally desire.
After all, we the student body did trust you enough to elect yo
to represent us.
Who knows, maybe we shouldn't have.
10. Finally get mail? Celebrate here!
9. Better bring your cash card.
8. Some of our help are as rude as the help
at the finest French restaurants.
7. Too good to keep normal hours.
6. If we're not wearing sanitation gloves, it's
only because cleanliness takes a back
seat to taste.
5. ATM machines are close by for a reason.
4. Let us spank you.
3. Sure you can get better food for a better
price somewhere else - but stop thinking
about yourself.
2. We pass the savings onto you.
1. Worth the wait.
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^iewpc
! Somalia aid should be
Africa is the last continent on which U.S. tro
conflict. We've fought on our own continent, in ]
Asia. We've fought in Africa before, but it was
the Nazis, a European power. But now it looks 1
to stay. The situation in Somalia is representative
h we will face in developing countries in the afterm
I realize our goals do not include getting in
there, and our purpose would be to provide a hui
cannot see how we can escape from Somalia with
- killed.
,t Somalia is a country left without any governi
Said Barre was ousted as president two years age
r have been pillaging the country of food in theii
former dictator.
riacing u.o. iroups m uiis Miuauuii wuuiu me
men and having them round up the gangs and pi
1 ? something difficult to do without injuries or fa
r Mr. Bush has proposed the humanitarian effo
time. But are we just going there to give Soma
leave? If the U.S. goes and leads the effort, we
d vide stability.
And what about government? If we are expe
that means we must help form a government. Thi
U U.N. force would have a great deal of opportuni
lt that would succeed the old Barre regime. The U.!
could provide decades of bad feelings on the part
if we fail or even if we succeed in propping up a
The U.S. should not wash its hands of the Som
our hands dirty, we must realize they will be <
0 come,
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-Jack Dunn, Viewpoints Edit
n
" Student safet
?
As many of you know, one of the major
safety improvements of the past few years has
been the addition of 33 emergency call boxes,
replete with red locator lights and blue policestyle
strobe lights. A push of the button activates
the strobe light and direct line to the
USC Police Department.
These have proven to be effective in emergencies
and in being a deterrent (false alarms
have decreased since the USC Safety
Committee has prosecuted various pranksters).
Another "mechanical" improvement was the
installation of the 7-9111 emergency number for
campus.
Most of you are aware of the numerous safety-oriented
brochures, leaflets and posters distributed
by various campus organizations. We
ask you to please read and heed them. One of
the distributed materials we would like for you
to study is the Travelways Map. This map contains
considerable safety information including
recommended well-lighted routes for walking,
call box locations, emergency phone numbers
and various shuttle stops. In the future we hope
to include bicycle and jogging routes and tips.
?| Among ongoing safety programs, many started
by the Division of Law Enforcement and
Safety years ago, are bicycle registration, bike
lock recommendations, seminars on rape prevention
and other important issues, and
" Operation I.D.
With Operation I.D. the USC P.D. will not
V only assign an ID number to your property but
Homecoming lfS,T
queen Et
demeaning I believ
has no pla
To the editor: tiadition i;
Last year, when I entered USC, students, e
the tradition of selecting a student s
? rtnrnprnmino nnppn was Hisrnntin. impiOVe 01
. ued. Since then, much attention has no1
^ been given, to the issue. At first, I suc^ a retr
f really did not care whether USC
had a Homecoming queen. The
matter seemed too trivial, but, as I
thought more about it, I have
r changed my opinion. Ctll
! One must examine what the pur1
pose is for electing a Homecoming Ok
> queen. Is it to show whoever is
1 watching a "real woman" ? the lllSd
5 cream of the popularity crop? Is
! she the token broad celebrated in a To the e(jj
) mens' club of raging Neanderthals? j ^ sc
Do we pick the girl with the dark- jess article
e est nose or the one with the largest Nov. 19th
jj. bust line? After all, we need some- nalism, bi
s one who will look pretty tor next argument i
year's Homecoming game. students.
t But things will be different with Almosi
t the new criteria suggested by mem- prints an
bers of the student senate. This tional arti
e time Queenie will have to be intel- sexuality
e ligent as it is so difficult to main- sorely nee
n " tain a C+ average. And the ability how to
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short term Military inter\
ops will be involved in The situation in Somalia conti
Europe and in Southeast every day. Thousands of Soma!
in World War II against Terrorist warlords and militant <
ike we will be in Africa capital of Mogadishu. These r
of the kind of problems intended to feed the starving poj
ath of the Cold War. have plunged Somalia into a stat
to a protracted conflict The United States has deci
manitarian service, but I personnel can be more easily p
lout U.S. soldiers getting regional countries. A U.S. initk
American vessel is already in tl
aent. Since Mohammed that could be used. Also, more
), bands of young rebels will avoid bureaucratic haggling
attempt to succeed the Nations will have less control o
This would greatly speed up an
an making them police- success rate in achieving objecti1
lysically disarming them With any military effort, the
talities. becoming embroiled in an ext
irt for a short period of always tried to portray itself as
lis a quick handout and rights. This conflict indeed
will be expected to pro- Thousands of people are sufferir
militant tvrant?
cted to provide stability If some type of outside actoi
e U.S. contingent of any there is no future for the state i
ity to choo.?e the faction world, the United States is the
5. interferii g in this way has the best means and resourc<
of developing countries, fied U.N. proposal on each asp<
new regime. time and effort. Time is becom
alian crisis, but if we get day for the Somalian people. A
iirty for a long time to the quickest and most viable of i
or for The Gamecock -Jon Nu
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will actually come and engrave your possessions
for you. This discourages thieves and renders ^ox c
the property recoverable. in vol v
The APO Escort Program provides rides to on ^
and from various campus locations during the ^ f0
school week. And believe it or not, you may constr
call the campus police and they will provide ^
you with a ride during the evening hours. ^ave
Now to a safety aspect about which I might jnstani
become a bit impassioned. We have had a few respoi
minor incidents lately where the victims have was a
delayed reporting the incidents. While this may pjn;
be understandable in some instances, it can also inci(je
be very frustrating to all of us concerned with pme t(
safety. The quicker the victim raises a hue and beiiev
cry, runs to a call box, or to a phone and dials S(
7-9111, the more likely they are to receive a(jvjC(
immediate assistance and the greater the likeli- make
hood the police will apprehend the perpetrator. ^
The police ? USC and others ? are trained to eff0It5
have one or more units respond to the crime
scene while others patrol the perimeter area. j^c
The sooner they receive a description, the ;
greater the chances of capturing the suspect. Schoo
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t is also important, but volatile issues professionally. I
just refer to possessing ommend they aspire to The St;
>s etiquette or does it neutral stance and writing styl
w well she performs fel- such.
Also, when The Gamecock
e a Homecoming queen feels the urge to write an ar
ice on this campus. This pertaining to homosexuality, i
> demeaning to all USC suit a homosexual, and get it r
.specially women. If the girlfriend!
enate truly wanted to
ur university, they would Leslie J. 1
>ting time and money on Art Studio se
ospective issue.
Shannon Wiley
English major J^^g Jet(
lecock, misinformed
ssfire _ ? ...
lo the editor:
I read the letters of iz
^ Hartwig and Sheldon Leigh J
vice presidents of USC Del
itor: with considerable dismay
> tired of reading worth- bewilderment. They objected si
:s in The Gamecock. The uously to the juggling perform
Crossfire was not jour- 0f Marty Simpson during the 1
it another staff-exploited 18 program celebrating the suc<
to irritate and agitate the fui conclusion of the Campaigi
Carolina Humanities and Sc
t everyday, The State Sciences. My first thought wa
informative and educa- wonder what performance
cle pertaining to homo- were watching because they
. The Gamecock staff tainly had not seen the same c
:ds to learn immediately had seen. Then I realized;
handle sensitive and were not in attendance at the e1
Bira
ention a necessity
inues to reach an even more critical stage
lis are dying each day due to starvation,
groups have closed ports in the Somalian
)orts are brimming with relief supplies
pulation. Clan warfare and blatant looting
e of chaos and civil war.
ided to act because military expense and
trovided in comparison with neighboring
itive will also save time and debate. An
le Indian Ocean with men and resources
of a unitary effort by the United States
in the U.JN. security Council, lhe United
ver possible strategies and military plans,
y offensive which could secure a greater
yes.
ire is always a risk of lpsing lives and
ended struggle. The United States has
i the protector of humanitarian and civil
calls for an assumption of that role,
lg and dyirtg because of the oppression of
does not restore order and government,
md its people. At the present time in the
single most influential unitary actor and
2S to solve the Somalian problem. A uniict
of the operation would take too much
ung more 01 a precious commodity eacn
U.S. landing of troops to restore order is
all proposed options.
nnery, columnist for The Gamecock
)ne at USC
police want to be called no matter how
al the victim may believe the crime to be
iow difficult it may be to prove or prose.
Believe me, the best kind of crime pre:ion
is to remove from the streets the indilals
who prey upon the innocent or undeled.
Inncn o1u;o\;c tr\r tn on/orp nf \/r\nr Clir.
iv^aow oivy uy o ti j iv/ l/v avyaiv v/i j vut jui
idings. In the areas of your most frequent
>, familiarize yourself with the nearest call
>r phone locations and, if you become
ed as victim or witness, scream and yell
way to calling the police. A police patrol,
otball team, an ROTC company or some
uction workers might be nearby and we
ght just get lucky! As a volunteer officer I
worked with the police in a number of
ces where due to an immediate call, quick
ise, and clever police work, the suspect
r\ fant mtnulno
wiuiiu a itw jiuiiuito.
ally, in spite of some inevitable criminal
nts, some of which we believe have from
o time been "blown out of proportion," we
e the USC campus to be a relatively safe
icure place. If we continue to heed expert
;, be alert, and work together, we can
it safer yet!
:dless to say, we intend to continue our
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hard Conant is the chairman of the
Safety Committee and a professor in the
il of Music.
rec- Mr. Hartwig and Ms. Jeter must
ite's have heard about it from others
e of who were there, and I believe they
were seriously misinformed,
staff I cannot imagine who would be
tide offended by Marty Simpson's percon
formance. It would have to be
ight, someone without much sense of f
humor. Marty's juggling was
absolutely first-rate, and he includHnn
ed a running commentary that was
nior hilarious. His brief performance
was not "billed" as a demonstration
of the speech program, although
when he was introduced there was
a joKe anout snowing everyone
what our speech students learn.
Contrary to this performance being
embarrassing to the speech program,
it was actually a strong
demonstration of good public
ison speaking skills. The performance
eter, required enormous practice, con- '
)ate> centration, risk-taking, timing and a
and superb sense of audience. Scores of
tren- people have spoken to me about
ance the evening, and they have all
^ov. praised the poise and self-deprecat:ess
ing humor of Marty Simpson in
t for what they considered a real highvr?i
o 1 1!>U4 ^ T
/Vicii llglll U1 U1C CVClll. X <1111 giaiciui llldl
is to he was willing to be a part of the
they evening's celebration.
cer>ne
I Carol McGinnis Kay
they Dean, Humanities and Social f
^ent. Sciences