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Rape Sexual assault awarene infighting society's mo Rape awareness. It seems like a simple concept to u tial element in the tight against the tei Next week is Sexual Assault Aw Campus Rape Awareness, which will ties. The importance of these activitie Even though our society is more c< lem today than it has ever been, rt prevalent now. And, unfortunately, th< only a substantial fraction of the total The vileness, disrespect and embat many victims to conceal the truth rat ultimately press charges. Admitting c of a situation, especially if it was wit! a relative, is a humiliating and frighte A large percentage of the rape cast considered "date rape," which is th acquaintance or friend. Being violate! you know is in many ways worse th; stranger. With all this in mind, increased edi crime are essential in combating it. Both men and women need to kno a sexual assault and what simple prec these'types of situations, on both side The key is awareness. Anybody Nobody is immune to it. But knowin; pens and how to avoid it is the best of it ever affecting you. To put it simply, society will be without it. So be responsible, and lear The Gamecock will try to print a should be 200-250 word? maximi sional title or year and major, if i ed along with an address and pi cock reserves the right to edit f< space limitations. The Gamecock under any circumstances. Revitalizing 1 would return There's a disgrace in Columbia ? one that no one ever talks about. It's Main Street. Traveling through Chicago last year, I was amazed at how many people were out at night, shopping, eating and having a great time. Walking through the business district in Chicago is like standing in the center of America with life and culture all around. Certainly, there is crime throughout Chicago, but there, in the heart of the city, n< there is nothing but life. pi Downtown Columbia is nothing h; like that. People who want to have fun go to Five Points, while the ir prudent stay home, afraid to ven- it ture onto the streets at night. e Why? Perhaps because there's n< nothing to do. Aside from the leg- ei endary Capitol Restaurant, with its d tantalizing entrees, which include brains and grits, and the Capitol b Newsstand, the entire street is dead. C True, there are some shops, but u the loss of Macy's last year seems si to have stripped that part of the tl city of its last iota of class and d appeal. It is a truly beautiful part of the v city. The brick-accented streets si beg to be walked on, and the buildings are a mixture of b Southern Americana and modern r< urban architecture. a The presence of the state N Capitol would be a wonderful d backdrop to shopping or to side want caies. Instead, it serves as a g signpost, saying in essence, c "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." p Does Columbia want to turn h into another Washington, D.C.? 1 Center of government and beauty a by day, center of crime and desti- b tution by night. We can't let this happen to our o home. " tl So what does the city need? n Lighting. One reason people are afraid to venture downtown at o night is the utter darkness present c over most of Main Street. p Police protection. People are b afraid. Afraid of being mugged. Afraid of being stabbed or shot or s< raped. And after all, who wouldn't be ? The large number of homeless people who wander the streets at night make people uneasy, often >ss essential st heinous crime inderstand, but it is an essenrrible, inhumane act of rape, areness Week, sponsored by I include a number of activis cannot be overstated, ^nscious of this violent probipe seems to be even more * number of reported rapes is omnnnt nf ronAc thot n/TMir CXI 1 lv U11 i VI lupvo 111UI V/VV M4. Tassment of any rape causes her than tell their stories and >ne had absolutely no control i a boyfriend, or, even worse, ning experience. js reported at universities are e act of being raped by an j in such a way by someone an being assaulted by a total jcation and awareness of this 1 ?w what is legally considered x autions can be made to avoid s. can be sexually assaulted. ((] e it does happen, how it hapway to eliminate the chances m P' a much better place to live cl n. ti fc 11 letters received. Letters n im. Full name and profesi student, must be includlone number. The Game- ti or style, possible libel or h: will not withhold names tf ylain Street! / city's class s ?1 I L_mJ LEE G at C L O N T Z ?????' for ti a reason other than the lack of H rotection if something were to w appen. ti The probable argument against V istalling more lights and hiring e: tore police is that, since no one tl ver goes downtown, diey're not eeded. But, because there aren't nough police and lights, people T on't go downtown. t< It's a vicious cycle that must be ir token. ai Perhaps what downtown o Columbia needs most is somewhere for people to go. Most 1 hops close early, and many of n tem seem on the verge of closing a own, period. a The city is dark at night in more v\ ways than one, and people are d cared. b What is needed is for a few _ usinesses to take a chance and cally reinvest in the downtown rea. An Applebee's or another lacy's could be the way to go if one right. Light the place up. Have a rand reopening. Make a new ommitment to the city we live in. I love Columbia, and I am roud to call it my home. But I ate to see what it's becoming, he downtown area is turning into ghost town, and no one seems to e trying to save it. Remember, Five Points isn't all f Columbia. But it is a sign of He direction downtown should be loving toward. If Chicago, in the middle of one f the crime capitals of the world, an create an urban oasis where eople can shop and play and just e, why can't Columbia? ' After all, you shouldn't be cared in your own home. Lee Clontz is an associate editor for The Gamecock /iewpc <MS?ckoF 'polls'/// 'pothat' 'sah 'thtis'm 'sah t^at ? cati't tak ?~\ i gee, lar.przsi Sgl 1/ Mou CAfsl'T LET" ' ||p y opinion polls 8 JBr Mad <;r> Mnru ^ I W ^ W w I * . feminist movement "Rights for all, or rights for p me" was a popular chant during ?1~~ le feminist movement about 25 .^ggfHj ?ars ago. However, the feminist lovement deals with issues that ||m ^ py redominantly pertain to middle- I ass, white women. I ^ Is this because many while I omen may be culturally insensi- | ^ 2 ve to women of color, and there >re, only concern themselves with ROCHE ghts for women within their own KILLING :onomic and educational back- |_______ rounds? Is this because many women of color alienate he lemselves from the feminist movement and ta we not demanded that the feminist movement ; inclusive? la Is this because well-educated women believe iey are better than less educated women? dt Feminism affects all women. Therefore, the er mm. ~wr'~wmmm icriptures condemn s? "heir own h Other script Lomosexual activity issue include 1 o the editor: Romans 1:20In its March 22 issue, The ^se scnPture! amecock covered a story on die cu 1 not 10 un< ay men who desired to be married view 1S on ,me ad "be right in the eyes of God ^ome" W1 * nd their family." Before we go ^ k h h ay further, we must make it clear onf.' T\.ut eL lat we are speaking about The W1 ^ ? iod, the one who wrote the Bible, er l^rs?n m j*11 ad not just a god. fight in God s There are many convenient gods 1? ,?. U on. . tat will meet any lifestyle. <fd 1S w,^ir owever, there is only one God c wa^s w ho inspired the writing of the allme best-selling book ? the Bible. /Tth this in mind, I wish to xpress my concerns about how lis book can be so misinterpreted. First of all, Proverbs 30:5 reads, Shoddy 1 The word of God is flawless." i i * hat means it does not make mis- lO II ikes. The Bible has been on trial t0 the editor: lore than 10,000 times for its Yes, it was ccuracy, ana it has never lost, inoi jngs in whic nee. enthralled to i Now if we look at Leviticus class with me. 8:22, "It is an abomination for Monday mom tan to lie with man as he lies with whelming nee< woman." Or Leviticus 20:13, "If Since I live or man lies with a man as one lies 0f the Tower: nth a woman, both of them have oul jjie win<j0 one what is detestable. They must balcony, fc e put to death. Their blood will be gjve any kjm NEWSROOM fOW 777-7726 M ^ P.O. BOX 85131 UNIVER Editor in Chief _ Asscxiate Editors ' Lee Cloi Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk Chief News Editors Jack Di Asst. News Editors Lea Clayton, 1 Carolina! Editor Asst. Carolina! Editor Sports Editors Nancy Salom Asst. Sports Editor ni. .l . r.-iu.^.. I I IUIU LU1IUI Asst. Photo Editor Graphics Editor Asst. Cmphics Editor Cartoonist Copy Editors Chris E Student Media Coordinator Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Advertising Manager Faculty Adviser Graduate Assistant Darkroom Technicians Erin Callow >int '// II WHAT '///- ^ 'oPimioN Polls'pMftu Hi TtA Palkimg' kt! about . iPE/Tp !|!j HILLAR.H. . . IhdsF. iii 7 / ' - ; should focus on i feminist movement should focus ^ on issues that affect all women. Bk For example, lobbying for onsite day care while mothers are at mt work seems to have become a big I issue when masses of mostly middle-class, white women began to work outside the home. This issue had been a concern in the African-American community L L E for a long time. BECK ^or years' Poor women of color. as well as poor white women, have had to leave their children at >me while they worked to keep food on the ble and a roof over their family's heads. Why didn't the feminist movement cover tch-key children then? When will the feminist movement push for ty care centers for mothers dependent on govnment aid (and who want to work), as well as 2EE333E eads." what kind of weather to e ures concerning this As it turned out, it^w; Corinthians 6:9. and and I had no clue until 29. In the light of down the elevator that it >, I find it very diffi- ally pouring. Ah, hut I ierstand what God's was smarter than Moth n lying with men, or because some part of n romen, or homosexu- scious psyche told me, "1 od does love every- umbrella, Eli!" ates sin. He always So naturally, a sense mosexual or any oth- was about me as I wa is world desires to be towards the perimeter of eyes, then they'need hanging ledge. Yes, il lis terms, not theirs, moment of brilliance that lg for you, and He to light. I was about to expertise in simple th unfastening the velcro John Hazares expanding the black acr Chemistry senior over my head. "Click" went the t mechanism, plop went if lmhrplliic la- Uneasily, I looked dc iiiiuicims hand an(J ,ow and behQ] rustration remains of my poor we en, Russell House Bi bought, one-month-old one of those morn- crap umbrella. What had h I tell unusually was ^ entjre (0p take my umbiella to ^ umbreua launche Upon waking up on ^ footing pjece and pn ing, I felt the over- Qpen jn rnjd-air and la 1 to biing it with me. resounding "plop" upon i the top tlooi ot one layered walkway. > buildings, looking What ensured thereafl w oi standing out on few ch0jce and quite h that mattei, doesn t expletives spoken in an a j ot perspective on >aiMco SITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Patrick Villegas ntz,J.T. Wagenheim The Gamecock is th Cordon Manlier Caroljna ant1 is Brian Garland ... , . . _ . ' ann, Melissa Tennen Wednesdays and Friday <ochelle Killingbeck weekly during both sun Jennifer Fuller versity holidays and e*a ....Melinda Waldrop Opinions expressed onsky, Tim Thorsen ()r ai,t|1or and not those t Rob Roduskv t, p. . c Cl j Cl , m The Board of Studer ....Stephanie Newlin Kelly Johnson publisher of The Gamec< Gregory Perez parent organization of T Chris Muldrow Change of address I>;ui1 ,on correspondence should ^~i?r,c 7 hum H.irm.in ... jVm''McKe'lbr 1 he University Ot South Laura Day Subscription rates Jim Green Columbia, SC. The Garr Renee Gibson 0f the University of Sou Erik Collins dent activity fees. Brian McGuire J ay, Rika Hashimoto / ! J || ssues of all races mothers who work and are not dependent on federal aid? How many multicultural issues do women's organizations on campus cover? How many women of color participate in campus organizations that strive for the betterment of women? How many women care, one way or the other? In order for the modern feminist movement to achieve ultimate success, it must be inclusive. Poverty, poor health care, lack of education, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, rape and physical abuse are issues that affect all of us. These issues are not race or economy specific. Remember the chant from the last feminist movement, "Rights for all, or rights for none." Rochelle Killingbeck is an assistant news editor for The Gamecock xpect. guttural tongue. However, I was as raining, not daunted and managed to do a I made it quick reattachment of the umbrella was actu- axle. Fortunately enough, it sufthought I ficed for the time being. However, er Nature later on, the wind picked up and ay uncon- sent the top half of my umbrella 3ring your careening into a nearby mud puddle. of elation Now, as I'm writing this, I am s heading thinking, "Wow, what a real testathe over- ment to students about college this [ was my must be?" Like many other college had come students, I must be frugal in my show my expenditures and must not be ought by extravagant when choosing a strap and means of protection, ylic luster So, naturally, I decided on the cheap, $10 umbrella at the bookriggering store that for some unknown reason ?e umbrel- to me hasn't sold many. But the >wn at my nice $25 hand-glider sized umbrella Id was the seems to be receiving raves by all atner-beat- the suit-wearing alumnus on camookstore pus. piece of However, I'm not here to poke happened fun at anyone. I'm only here to say portion of this, and this is for all of my fellow d itself off Gamecocks and college students oceeded to alike: Get us some real stuff and nd with a not some of this reconstituted crap the brick- called aluminum for our umbrellas. Hey, some of us are on a budget. Ler were a colorful Eli Sanchez rchaic, yet English freshman d ADVERTISING 777-4249 . 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