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Visitation
RHA's new proposal f
an excellent, practical
Ever since visitation became resi
been a center of controversy.
Students have never liked it, but
bornly stuck with their decision, wl
by then-trustee Mike Fair.
And in a recent survey, student:
taste for the current restrictive polk
ation survey, 90 percent of 1,471 s
restrictive policy.
In response to the current polk
plus the survey results, RHA has ]
tion policy.
The proposal includes overnight
"traditional" residence halls, such
and more extensive visitation for ha
ileges, such as Preston and Capsi
some restrictions during the we
Wednesday.
RHA's proposal is an excellent (
sidered by the administration and
say in USC's visitation policy.
Most major universities in the S<
no restrictions or very limited rest
tion. USC's move in the late 198C
than forward.
Eliminating all visitation restricti
idea.
Even though college students she
students have no consideration for
roommates. If there were no restrict
entertain their boyfriends or girlfri
completely wrecking their roomm;
the current policy eliminates these
rir?n rlnrinn tha u;ool
nr uuiiii^ UIV^ WV/V^iv.
kHA's proposed policy will still
through Wednesday, which is proba
loosens as the weekend nears. And
The current visitation policy is
"compromise policy" is a good, we
tion issue, and should satisfy most
ents and administrators.
By the time young people have
be considered adults. The governn
or older as an adult. Why can't the
AIDS discussi
of disease's se
Just when society finally
worked things out so that we
could come out of the closet and
have a little sex every now and
again (even if you're not mar
ried), two big uglies peek out
from under our beds and start
nagging at us.
Over-population and AIDS have
definitely put a damper on things.
Hey, no fair! Just when I was
beginning to get the hang of it, too.
Monday night I listened to
Ryan White's mother, Jeanne, tell
about her son's five-year battle s
with AIDS and the loneliness and 1
illness associated widi the disease.
I saw pieces of people's sor- (
rows and frustration stitched into *
the panels of the AIDS Memorial (
Quilt. Each panel represents 1
someone who died. That quilt
weighs two-and-a-half tons now,
and my heart felt about that heavy 1
when I left the program.
One speaker urged us to wake *
up and stop taking our own safety ^
in the community for granted. 1
AIDS has spread to all communities,
she said, whether academic, 1
professional or religious. And it is (
not just a disease of the poor. 1
I tell you, if I hadn't already 1
been a believer, Monday night J
would have done it for me. This
is the second time within a month *
tne subject ot AiDi nas naci sucn
a strong impact on me.
The first time, I had an interview '
with a doctor who had a burning 1
point to make to the media. He
said AIDS can be caused by mos- ?
quitoes and fleas; an idea the gov- 1
ernment is hying to cover up. '
What the doctor said seemed 1
pretty preposterous to me, but 1
anytime I hear the words govern- (
ment cover-up, questions start
flooding into my mind. So I made '
a few phone calls.
The doctor was wrong. It's not '
possible tor the HIV virus to live '
in air very long. But I did find out 1
how it actually is transmitted. {
Officials from the Department 1
of Health & Environmental 1
Controls says, "An infected per- 1
son's blood, semen or vaginal flu- !
id must find its way into the 1
blood of the uninfected."
In other words, any one of the 1
many possible combinations of
bodily contact I can get into with
:1
or visitation
I solution
tricted in the late 1980s, it has
the. hoard of trustees has stuh
tiich originated from a proposal
s once again showed their dis;y.
In a Residence Hall Associitudents
were in favor of a less
;y's known student opposition
proposed a more liberal visitavisitation
on the weekends in
as Patterson and the Towers,
ills already with overnight priv- i
tone. The proposal still keeps
;ek, mostly Monday through
i
>ne and should be closely conall
other divisions who have a
outh and elsewhere have either i
rictions on opposite-sex visita- ]
)s was a step backward, rather
ons, nowever, is an impractical
>uld be considered adults, some (
other people, especially their
ions at all, these "adults" could I
ends any time they wanted to, i
ites' peace and quiet. At least '
kinds of situations from occuri
I maintain restrictions Monday
bly the peak studying time, but
this is the way it should be.
simply too restrictive. RHA's <
:ll-thought answer to the visitapeople,
including students, parmade
it to college, they should
lent considers anyone 18 years
university do the same?
on reminder
;vere impact
I
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ANN
W I N C H E L L
;omeone else can infect me if
hose fluids mix.
Many people use the word epilemic
to describe the scary num)ers
of AIDS victims; some prelictions
say it could eventually be
K) million world-wide.
So, another question I asked
DHEC was, "Is this illness being
reated the way other epidemics
ire?" I found out there is no easy
mswer, no matter how frustrated
ve get with wanting to do somehing.
However, every epidemic has
o be treated differently. It all
lepends on aspects such as how
he disease is transmitted, the
lumber of cases and the length of
ime it's been around.
With an airborne disease, for
example, you have to exclude those
nfected from other's company.
But the government can't reguate
our sex partners, thank goodless.
So they educate with what budjet
they are given, and leave the
est of the work to people like
(eanne White, who travels all
tcross the country, telling people
vhat it's like to watch a loved
:>ne die and urging teen-agers to
3e careful because they are at the
lighest risk.
Here's my solution, and don't
laugh because this can work.
Until we discover a cure, mandate
egular examinations for everyone
ind issue cards to individuals
vith their health status ? "Hey,
I'm a card-carrying member of
he healthy, and I expect to see
your card before you expect anyhing
from me."
It beats tattooing "Carrier" on
he foreheads of the infected.
Ann Winchell is a columnist
for The Gamecock
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As a product of the late twentieth century,
I'm not sure what feminism is.
The current feminist movement is uncle
women should he treated equally or if won
undermine men.
Is the theme of the current feminist moven
"Equality for Emily"?
Some issues that the feminist movement is ]
Some "feminists" believe women should
what? What point will be proven?
If a woman is fighting another woman, t
behind this viewpoint. However, as W;
Africancentric psychologist, said at a black h
"If my home is intruded upon, I am going to 1
my wife and children. I'm not going to sen
intruder while I stay in the background with tf
Afterwards, Noble said if he was injured
wrong with his wife protecting the family.
Are we facing a male shortage? I'm not s;
be allowed in combat. I just don't think it's <
for example, were to do battle with a 6' tall,
while Joe Blow stood in the background and v
If I were to fight another woman, that woul<
The modern feminist movement needs to d
that definition.
We, as women, also need to remember th
squal in every respect, and we should not try t
If we were intended to be absolutely equal,
bear children, nurse them, hold the same am
same public restrooms (standing up would t
besides, men don't know how to put the toilet
I am not sure absolute equality or radical fe
to the betterment of women. Is radical femini
mine my father, brother, boyfriend or just th
that well. Why should I have to undermine an;
Should African-, Native-, Latin- and A<
white Americans because we want to be eauaJ
er? I prefer the latter.
Many issues like poverty, poor educatior
abortion are positively influenced through the
However, radical feminism suggests "Doom
Rochelle Killing beck, is an assistant ne
Letter writer's response foe vin
unhelpful, moralizing out uw
To the editor: about I
Reginald Anderson's letter to the ^on ^
editor (March 29 issue of The =reat 11
Gamecock), titled "Homosexual ^>out
men misinform students," forces
me to point out what should be wnelm
common knowledge to the entire
USC community: HIV, the virus .
that causes AIDS, is a virus. Like honal
any other virus, it does not discrim- nitude
inate on the basis of sexual orienta- sPieatl
tion, race, gender or anything else. needle:
can
Mr. Anderson's attempt to use Anders
the trnoedv of AIDS as an excuse exactlv
to promote his anti-gay moralizing morali;
rests on faulty assumptions. An avoid
examination of his statistics reveals crisis,
his biases.
While it is true in the United A:
States that AIDS has, until recently,
disproportionately affected gay use
men, this is very quickiy changing.
The virus has spread outside the than
gay community in the last few ^
years. According to a report j^,(
released by the National
Commission on AIDS in January sen ir^
time
1993, intravenous drug users and ?
? C remii
women, especially in our minonty jacjis
communities, are the fastest grow- v ,
ing groups of Americans getting
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matched oppression in all its
i be different. The present femi
lefine feminism and stick to or objectionable at
end to violence ag
at men and women are not These issues are mt
?beu ... , , When women ar(
both sexes would be able to . .
iount of liquor, and use the 111S not because th(
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minism is the best approach women. If they, car
ism suggesting that I under- of their income on
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nan-Americans, undermine f .
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feminist movement. being held down b;
is Day for Dudes." loosen the bonds ot
ws editor for The Gamecock
lifl?uia?l
lis. coronation,
ddition, it should be pointed However, after
it the United States has only Saturday mornin;
I percent of the total 12 mil- recanting his earli
[IV cases worldwide. The seems he can do
najority of people with HIV, Moreover, he has
7.5 million, live in Sub- and vilified by ra>
in Africa, where it over- fans, at least two i
lingly affects heterosexual university's board
id women. representatives of t
S is a national and interna- He has even been I
disaster of the highest mag- in front of die presi<
:. We know how HIV is Having been
and that condoms and sterile Gamecock myself
5 are two of the best ways it years, I felt uplifts
be stopped. Reginald announcement last
ion's flip letter demonstrates coming to campi
' the kind of unhelpful and would not only e
zing response that we must given us an outstar
if we are to deal widi this program, but al
impacted our cai
ways, such as attr
Lawrence Glickman and swelling reven
ssistant professor of history die coliseum.
Yes, my balloon
'brain drain' worse |nismh wlasvptri^kc
turnabout. Yet, I ar
Cremins' decision did not have a ch?
contract. A coach,
- editor: ^
ui <1 mcuny iiiciiiuc
l it amazing how far public bound but ,acks en
ent can swing in so short a or her work is not
Last Wednesday, Bobby fine educational ins
is was the recipient of acco- Lel us a? place $
from our campus and the pas( week in ^ ]
The man could do no wrong. bve tor me \ a
is like a king going to his
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ement too radical?
heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines
lg from or going to a root or source; fundamental;
ppression of women at any level except the most basic
nately a waste of time and energy. Putting a Band-Aid
s proven to be a worthless initiative. Women and con>ent
the past 12 years protecting women's reproductive
h could have been spent addressing a myriad of other
> women ? issues which should be of concern to men
tide about feminism defined radical feminists as those
atriarchy is the source of women's oppression; there ninists,
meaningful change can only occur through the
archal power structures. Inherent in making these
people's basic opinions and assumptions about women,
tly where people take issue with feminism. It is diffibeliefs
challenged, but it is altogether necessary if
forms is to be eradicated.
nist plan of action is not a radical one. What is radical
out fighting for pay equity, affordable child care, an
ainst women or recognition of same-sex partnership?
itters of survival.
i consistently paid less than men for comparable work,
ly have earned less. It is not because women's work is
>ecause women themselves are undervalued by society,
n is often passed on to the children of these devalued
i work at all, they must spend outrageous percentages
child care. I cannot understand why the desire to end
f oppression is viewed as radical.
'something generation have grown up in a world vastly
of our mothers. We have choices they never dreamed
ninism to thank for that. It is time we stop taking these
ed. There are far too many of our sisters who are still
y a system that degrades us all. We need to help them
' oppression. We don't need to make them tighter.
Wendy Powell is a guest columnist for The Gamecock
POTJMRMffNJf
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our athletics director Mike McGee
he announced will bring us a capable head basg
that he was ketball coach. It may take a little
ier decision, it time, but it will happen,
nothing right. Frankly, I am much more conbeen
upbraided cerned about the academic "brain
zing Gamecock drain" that is taking place,
members of the Professor Earl Black's announceof
trustees and ment, coming as it did amidst the
he news media. Cremins imbroglio, has sent its
tanged in effigy shock waves through our faculty,
dent's house. Will South Carolina and this unia
Fighting versity be able to survive this bomfor
the past 20 bardment? I certainly hope so.
id by Cremins'
Wednesday. His Kenneth Peters
is, I believed, Associate professor
ventually have College of Applied Professional
tding basketball Sciences
so positively
npus other HBWEVVSSfVJVVVSPB
students
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