Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tragedy Athletes' deaths ret The image of the athlete is < and their fans never think anyt We are always taken off j model of physical and mental field. It's shocking when they in a car or plane crash. But they're human just like the risks of life, whether it is c It hasn't been since the co ball star Hank Gathers on the seen a popular athlete taken av But a boating accident invo! has taught us the lesson again n:?-i o, /"vihp:. mcneis iicvc wnii oiiu m when their fishing boat crash* Ojeda, survived the crash. A1 role. The same day also saw fori lapse during a pick-up game cardiac arrest, was taken to the Even though Eberhart had Anderson College basketball ti ously stunned by his death. Athletes are not supposed t full of energy. It's just not rigb It is not known for sure w risks, although alcohol was pre At some schools, athletes n lower grades or breaking law department may be willing to ticular sports team. But these people cannot coi precious commodity, and it she As we are reminded too c should remember they are jus nesses as anybody else. The deaths of Olin, Crews of that. Don't take unnecessary risk: Banning Ho will r T JLAJL VUUUV U! It's the end of an era on USC campus. A brand spankin' ne sprinkler system now rests und the turf on the Horseshoe law and the USC grounds manage have declared the area off-lim for sports. Fiendish soccer and volleyb; players have trampled helple sprinkler systems on other pa of campus, but the Horseshi sprinklers have earned the cov< ed endangered species status. No longer will the sprinkk have to duck their metallic hea in fear; they can rise automatic; ly any time they feel the urge sput-sput-sput their lovely plum of water across the grass, t trees and the squirrels. The newly liberated sprinkk are young creatures. They' replacing 30-year-old workhors who toiled and trudged under t oppressive Converse All-Stars legions of Horseshoe athletes. Thirty years of football, v< leyball, soccer, Frisbee, rugt cycling, chess-playing, hammi tossing and javelin-throwing ha finally doomed the old system the dusty halls of Horseshoe ir gation history. The old men have be replaced by peppy new sprinkk that pop up and down with aui mated ease. Progress has usher the Horseshoe into a world wh< students don't kick soccer ba on warm spring days, a woi U -.I/,!, Kr? O O Ko 1 1 ftrtrm WUCIC picK*Up gam will no longer occur, a woi where sprinklers are too delic; to stand up to the impact of I student body that frequents t green field commonly called l best front yard of any univers in the South. What do the new sprinkh mean for the future of t Horseshoe, that grand lawn tl was christened in 1801 and s vived Sherman's march? Students will have to learn play lower impact sports. Pa] airplane races and staring C( tests will be the new fare foi bright, sunny day in Columbia. High school students on ca pus tours through the Horsesf will not see the discouraging a violent football games that 01 threatened the grass in front the admissions office; inste; prospective students will wai students bonding and socializi in rousing pick-up games Yahtzee and pinochle. Students who live on I Horseshoe will have to take s cial precautions because of delicate infant sprinklers. 1 1 ninder of life fragility one of invincibility. Both the athletes hing could ever happen to them. ?uard when an athlete, a perceived fitness, collapses on the court or the are taken away from us unexpectedly anybody else. They're susceptible to ardiac arrest or a car accident, llapse of Loyola-Marymount basketcourt that American sports fans have vay during his prime. Iving three Cleveland Indians players ? nobody is immortal. m Crews were killed in an accident id into a dock. A third pitcher, Bob cohol is suspected to have played a mer USC recruit Percy Eberhart colwith his friends. He suffered from a t hospital and died 20 minutes later, been suspended from playing on the earn, he had his fans who were obvio die while they are young, free and it. hether or not they took unnecessary isent on the baseball players' boat, lay be able to get away with earning s. The school's coaches and athletic look the other way to protect a parntrol life and death. Life is our most iuldn't be taken lightly, iften, athletes are mortal. And they ;t as susceptible to accidents and illand Eberhart should remind all of us s ? it's just not worth it. rseshoe sports :juirrel revolt iW oe CHRIS -j M U L D R O W ;rs same 11:30 p.m. visitation policy ds that rules the Towers will go into al" effect so the sprinklers can go to t0 bed early. All apartments will ies become "quiet halls" so the sprinklers are not disturbed as they grow and mature. Jrs No more pet owners will re rejoice in bringing their best ies friends to USC. Huge, happy, frolicking huskies that usually gallivant around the yard will be replaced by sluggish, overweight Dachshunds that drool at the >y> squirrels instead of chase them. "r" The squirrels themselves will ve watch the number of people on the r\l immot \UKnr\ I llUld&MlUC MOIL IU piUlimtvt. tt ntii ri~ the numbers hit a certain, secret, squirrel-community consensus leven el, the furry gray devils will spring -rs on the area in defiant revolution of t0" student Horseshoe control. ed The evil acorn-munching ire rodents have already started a Us guerrilla war against students: dd chewing bike seats, sneaking into ies dorm, I mean residence hall, rlcl rooms to chow down on care ate packages, and burrowing through the trash to gain valuable intelligence on human behavior. Squirrels will take over admisily sions and the Honors College, and no mammals that weigh over -rs three pounds will ever enter McKissick Museum again. The ^at students' loss of Horseshoe activur" ity will be a catalyst to trigger the greatest squirrel revolt ever seen. 10 Students need to keep a rodent revolution of gargantuan propor)n" tions from occurring. Students r a need to make a deal with the grounds managers to prevent a m" dangerous lull in the Horseshoe loe activity that helps define what md n<sP ctnrlent life, is all ahonr lce Students need to realize that 01 the campus grounds deserve ac*' respect and care, and campus tch staff members need to realize that 'nS Horseshoe activity is important to of the Carolina community. Compromise is essential, or the bushy-tailed bandits will strike! peChris Muldrow is a columnist for he The Gamecock Viewpi AT NRA ^ L HtA7Q0AR1|^...p pit? qou k^ow THA HEAR. GUNS ENP UP IN HANGS OF CHILPR ARE I INTO OUR ClVi'S S V FMVs 6 HARP 7 Russian crisis coul It seemed too good to be true. ^"* After being socialized ever since I could process thoughts to hate the ? Soviet Union and everything it represented, I, like most Americans, rejoiced when the Soviet Union pathetically crumbled in 1991. The Cold War was over; we could go to I , bed feeling safer than we had ever I before. Russian president Boris Yeltsin G O was popularly elected on a campaign |yj ^ of democratic and market economic reform, and two years later continued to be committed to these types of policies. However, the hardliners in the Congress of People's Deputies have a different thing in mind. And Tuesday, they made their most blatant action ever to remove Yeltsin's powers. The Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that Yeltsin had violated the constitution in his calling for emergency powers and for an April 25 referendum in which the Russian people can decide whether they want Yeltsin to continue as president. The speaker of the Congress said this violation could be grounds for Yeltsin's impeachment. However, Yeltsin said he will refuse to Reporting biased in ROTC article insult witl "The o rr A * allowing To the editor: Never use the label "objective" ^ u ? * nrv, g??dorde to characterize your reporting. The ? , March 19 article on a homosexual one as o ROTC cadet was at a 90 degree , t ? affiliation slant, as usual. , , q_ Why did The Gamecock allow ^ only quotes from the homosexual cadet, a homosexual author (Jim Sears) and a homosexual support ... group (BGLA)? Don't you realize mil?uy 1 ? wick that many people ? if you would Qur sq< take the time to recognize this fact , ? support the ban of homosexuals 3 .. . 1F..., ? cy, to thi in the military? 3 . .. 3 . . their sam Also, permitting a comparison between homosexuals and African- AAA t... t Additic Americans is empty nonsense. . . o i- couragt Without equivocation, Gen. Colin awarcjs? Powell has gone on the record and ? ., TI , , ,. . David Ht condemned such a media comparison, finding it offensive. Not only !a e ,.1V1 inr hinino do other African Americans dis- c NEWSROOM fBW 777-7726 g P.O. BOX 85131 UNIV Editor in Chief Associate Editors Le Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk Chief News Editors Jc Asst. News Editors Lea Cla) Carolina! Editor Asst. Carolina! Editor Sports Editors Nancy f Asst. Sports Editor Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Graphics Editor Asst. Graphics Editor Cartoonist Copy Editors C Student Media Coordinator Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Advertising Manager Faculty Adviser Graduate Assistant Darkroom Technicians Erin G. oint 3ROU6HT "FREE jg|g ICUOOLS? fcRVWflSiH6. mmm d jeopardize Clinton's ^^ step down if impeached. elin The implications of this turn we of events are tremendous, not of t Jfc ? just for Russia, but for the rest of S the world, especially the United ble States. Bas Unfortunately, an isolationist Ait1 if , attitude pervades Americans' self ' (lAfe-, ideas about international events, T mmmmmBmmrn especially when we feel we have limi RDO N so many problems of our own. Pre: N T L E R Granted, some events really do wot not seem to affect us directly, F such as car-bombings in India or whi famine in the Sudan. to i But the crisis in Russia could have terrible cart consequences on our country's plans to shrink C the military-industrial complex, adversely affect- seri ing Clinton's economic stimulus and debt-cut- pol ting plans. Clii If the pro-Communist hardliners take over, of r there's an excellent chance Russia's relations F with America and the rest of the world will sour. a C There are still thousands of nuclear warheads the and missiles in the Russian republic and even kee though it would be both political and economic our suicide to return to Cold War-like conditions, it is not an impossible idea. This means the fall of Yeltsin could be the B5SH3 th such an ambivalent ? is concerned with homos it, but many women take in the military, stating, "I i the association as well. think of a better way to d nly prejudicial action by fighting spirit and gut U.S. homosexuals in the mili- tiveness." I can at least thar f$ Powell, "would be to Gamecock for publicizing in :r and discipline." Here is tion that confirms this statem clause: being a specific However, the issue of hoi ender is not a behavioral uals in the military is not about a strong fighting force ^4, the Supreme Court Money talks, and an estima the armed services were million in campaign don alized society separate from homosexual groups lian society." So since our something to do with conte loes not minor tolerance ing a change with the present dy in indulgent segments Furthermore, the lifting 01 :iety, why not address the ing of the ban as seen by posed to individual priva- Nation and other militant hoi ose who didn't lie about ual organizations is to broad e-sex interest when asked the world that homo; liter? lifestyles are to be legally to inally, to downplay super and socially upheld ? ;" and "ribbons and Nation's vocal goal. Action and all the false glory: to keep or to refute the bai ickworth, the most deco- then declare our country's ng American veteran ? contract. From this exact rea: numerous Purple Hearts many support the ban. ^ntwrnt ERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Patrick Villegas eClontz, J.T. Wagenheim The Gamecock is the s Gordon Mantler South Carolina and is publ Brian Garland ... , , , ~ . , , , , T Wednesdays and Fridays d ick Dunn, Melissa Tennen \ > 'ton, Rochelle Killingbeck weekly during both summ Jennifer Fuller versity holidays and examir Melinda VValdrop Opinions expressed in Jalomonsky, Tim Thorsen or author ancJ not those of t Rob Roduskv -n ? , c c. . , n Steph.inie Newlin The Boart1 of Student P Kelly Johnson publisher of The Gamecock Gregory Perez parent organization of The < Chris Muldrow Change of address for laoljon correspondence should be hris Davis, Thom Harman ,, . .. rc lt ^ Jim McKelhr Tlw University of South Cai Laura Day Subscription rates are Jim Green Columbia, SC. The Gameci Renee Gibson of the University of South ( -Ehk Collins a<:tivity fees. Brian McGuire alloway, Rika Hashimoto , IH SMITH HI?'M 'peace dividend' lination of the "peace dividend," the money would save from the substantial downsizing he military. hort-sighted people could see this as a possilast minute savior for the Charleston Naval e and the gubernatorial candidacy of Rep. bur Ravenel, but this is a very dangerous, ish attitude. lie Communist takeover might scare us into iting our cuts in the military, even though sident Clinton has given no indication that lid be the case. lowever, he may be forced into this decision, ch would torpedo his economic package, not mention his campaign promises for health j and national service. )bviously, the events in Russia could have a ous effect on both U.S. domestic and foreign icy. Yeltsin's fall would most likely tie iton's hands as he tries to lead America out ecession and debt. tussia might be thousands of miles away, but 'ommunist takeover could very well affect average South Carolinian, whether it means ping Charleston Naval Base open or raising taxes, again. Gordon Mantler is Viewpoint Editor for The Gamecock 7 ;exuals Is it so wrong to hold people, cannot who stress self-expression over lestroy self-control, responsible for their effec- actions? Try not getting all tearytk The eyed when someone who doesn't forma- get his/her way whimpers "it's not ent. fair." Life often seems unfair, nosexreally Douglas Winters , is it? Mechanical engineering senior ted $2 have :mplat- The Gamecock will try to print l ban. all letters received. Letters keep- should be 200-250 words maxiQueer mum. Full name and profesnosex sional title or year and major, if cast to a student, must be included sexual along with an address and lerated phone number. 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