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Educatioi Lexington schools' provides good edu< As South Carolina propels t( state-of-the-art technology is inOne controversial technoloe South Carolina schools is Whin teen-oriented newscast shown e Critics of the 12-minute ne> their opposition to the techno approach and its two minutes o cent of the nation's public secoi National Education Association to the program. Channel One, however, woe Lexington District 5 board ap] newscast. Teachers at Irmo Hi campaigning for the newscast, year when the board unanimous Despite the aforementioned One to the public schools in Lt keeping high school students them. Too many times, students ar simple geography. Channel Or helpful in combating this probl to the television than to live tea In addition to this service to free equipment, including vide When Channel One was instal equipment provided was worth The use of these VCRs and invaluable. The chance to use e for free is one that must he takf The educational and technok vide Lexington 5 are worthwhi ment; however, the board's dec a practical one. They're giving Channel One dents, they can pull the plug. The Gamecock will try to print 200-250 words maximum. Fu and major, if a student, must t phone number. The Gamecoc possible libel or space limitatic names under any circumstances Listening, r key to lean As a foreign student, brai washed into following liter meanings since his formati years, it was an enriching lingu: tic experience to simply listen people talk at USC. After surviving the brutal GI verbal exam, I imagined I knew all, until I came across sor informal phrases, such as: 1) "What's up?" Pampered siJ by simple greetings like "He are you?" or even "How're y doing?" back home, the mc succinct "What's up?" left i looking skyward for divi enlightenment that never can The infinite amount of varie that could be packed in pronoui ing those two little words w astounding. For instance, the was: 2)"Tsup?" That was at one end the spectrum. Said with a slij bow of the head, "Tsup?" gen ally seemed to be reserved 1 strangers on the street. Wher first heard it, its sound w vaguely reminiscent of a drop water escaping from a lea faucet. But as different soundi as could be, yet derived from I same two words, was its cousir 3) "Whaazzzzzzzup?" This otl end of the spectrum was chie for more familiar acquaintanc S~\ f. 1 t . | . wiien repcaicu iwice or innce, i sound of the final "zzzzzup" u; ally culminated into a sha crescendo to convey close intin cy. 4) "Juice." In a more acaden environment, relevant to my p pose here as an electrical en neering student, this word was another conundrum. If y touched something "hot" (eleci cally live) you got yoursi "juiced" (shocked). In the intri< ing world of technical slang, ju was therefore sometimes fat Needless to say, these two woi were the first entries in i expanding dictionary compiled the back of my lab notebook. After encountering some m< unfathomable phrases, I sought be educated through enterta ment. I glued myself to the tele sion, a dictionary with the lat colloquial terms in close att< dance. Unfortunately, the mor of confusion simply grew whe heard: 5) "Geek" and "Nerd." It seen A 1 homeroom newscasts national opportunity awards the mid-90s, more and more vading the state's public schools. ;ical advancement already in many :le Communications' Channel One, a ach day in homeroom, vscast have cited many reasons for logy s use, including its last-paced f commercials. Even though 41 peridary schools have Channel One, the has been emphatic in its opposition i a victory Monday night when the proved a one-year trial run for the gh School were successful in their making up for a failed attempt last ;ly rejected the proposal, criticism, the addition of Channel jxington County is a positive step in informed about the world around e ignorant about current events and le's daily broadcasts could be very em since many students relate more ichers. students, Channel One also provides o cassette recorders and televisions, led in Richland 1 last year, the free about $850,000. televisions for other presentations is :quipment worth thousands of dollars ;n. )gical opportunities Whittle will prole in going through with this experi- J :ision for only a one-year trial run i: % i a try, but if it doesn't help the stu- | WMlia?? < i all letters received. Letters should be 11 name and professional tide or year f >e included along with an address and 1 :k reserves the right to edit for style, I >ns. The Gamecock will not withhold I >. r zzzziirzzi^=izzrTzz=ii=i^zzzi~ e lot textbooks, I: ling English j isie J lly RAHUL" J >w SHARANGPANI ou I I ,re the more I knew, the more I , ne didn't know. A geek or a nerd j ne was supposed to be a quiet intel- ( *e' lectual, the type of person Mrs. j Mitchell would have preferred , 1C~ Dennis the Menace to be like. As , as a group, they were a little too ] re bland perhaps, but no reason why Bud Bundy should have to go ] ? into a state of apoplexy when he , 'ht was called as such! j er~ 6) "Dude." Random House insists i that a dude was a vain person 1 who paid excessive importance to < as matters of dress and appearance. i of Its meaning definitely has a , ky derogatory ring to it, but its usage l nS among close friends in television ] shows in the complementary 1 sense seemed more frequent than the car commercials. ier A little disenchanted, I turned Ay now to comic books. But Calvin es- explaining how an encomiastic ^e panegyric is but a mere illustra5U" tion of tautology to a stuffed tiger Ifp T rp?;ioned mvself tn UlUil I ?J ia' learning the hard way: through listening. 1'c It has now been 19 months ur~ since I came here, and, gradually, things have started to clear up. ^et My experiences have reminded ?.u me of how much one can learn outside of textbooks through simz ply listening. I can now convey ?u~ my feelings exacdy as they are, lce even though it may not be in the Queen's English. My experiences have made me realize what a colorful language English can be, when allowed to break free from the shackles of conformity, and I am able to jn appreciate the importance of the , gift of speech like I never have V1~ before, est Boy, is that a areat gift, or -n~ WHUT! ass n I Rahul Sharangpani is a columnist iecj for The Gamecock /iewpc Fid. A: Marvin. c> combat Fto. B.. Woman in combat ?? wm "I ?? 1 ? q>' ? Rl Jniversity police still courtesy calls j j iTi jw x 1,020 burSlar * lependable, etficient 1,132 criminal ro the editor: made 243 aires This is in response to a letter e' t0?,' 10 rom Ms. Pam Hucks published by ^fop ne,C ?n] rhe Gamecock March 29. Ms. UbL, ,uCe' lucks indicated that the University nee S e(lf? >olice Department failed to ^courage ther espond to her "desperately need- ia e y' ,e w sTcall for assistance to respond to , Ms. Hucks' vehicle apparently a PromP ' C0l] .... .. manner. ,tailed in tne intersection ui \ssembly and Catawba streets hortly after 7 p.m. March 22. Chie) iven though that location is techni:ally off-campus, the police dis- University jatcher directed an employee of the Jolice Services Program to render issistance. This program employs itudents, supervised by the police LuCllCrOl lepartment, to provide courtesy "RiKlp services to the university communiy, allowing patrol officers to con- To the editor: ;entrate on police duties. I feel com] The police services employee John Hazares' ooked for Ms. Hucks' vehicle for Gamecock i several minutes and reported it injunctions ag :ould not be found; motorists fre- if Mr. Hazare juently receive other assistance or the misinterpn start their own vehicles in the am equally c meantime. After discussing this misuse. He q incident with the employee, it was the book of 1 letermined he had become con- homosexuality r j i l 1.. J ? U../.lrr' - tuseu aiiu iuukcu iui ms. commanas an vehicle in the intersection of Main 17), forbids e and Catawba streets, not Assembly, blood in it (1* For that error, we apologize. ing clothing n The Division of Law kinds of fabri< Enforcement and Safety, however, 0n. I imagine takes pride in its ability to provide others who i a safe and secure environment for homosexualit; [JSC's students and employees steak or two while assisting the community with few cotton/pol services not usually performed by their closets, traditional law enforcement agen- My point h cies. For instance, in 1992, the anyone's reli; University Police Deparunent per- show how luc formed 1,531 jump-starts, 1,298 laws written tl vehicle lock-outs and 2,077 person- to modern soc al escorts. In addition to these NEWSROOM fOW 777-7726 ? P.O. BOX 8513 1 UNIVER Editor in Chief Associate Editors Lee Clc Viewpoint Editor Copy Desk Chief News Editors Jack D Asst. News Editors Lea Clayton, Carolina! Editor Asst. Carolina! Editor.... Sports Editors Nancy Salon Asst. Sports Editor Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Graphics Editor Asst. Graphics Editor Cartoonist Copy Editors Chris I Student Media Coordinator Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Advertising Manager Faculty Adviser Graduate Assistant Darkroom Technicians Erin Callow >int we responded to claim infallibility for the ind fire alarms, took ways to justify ignoring incident reports and venient laws. It's easy its. Scripture; it's a lot harde: pe Ms. Hucks "will everyone just the way G f assistance from the them. I know. Five ye; if she or anyone else wrote a letter to the edit< lice, however, we Mr. Hazares'. n to notify us immeill continue to strive Andrea M the public's needs in Engl irteous and efficient To the editor: Lawrence E. Pathel 1 was norr,"eu ano r, Investigations and when' 'f5nS trough a Administration lssue ot The Gamecoc Police Department aci0ss a headllne bc'arin5 to "sun-worshippers." \ you thinking? Did you n( Hazares' letter in that s< IS tO apply Before running it to prii present dav tiot behold its spotless " J sagacious advice? We all should follow celled to respond to word-for-word, for even April 7 letter to The it is a perfectly rehashed regarding biblical of words written in high] ainst homosexuality, languages by common s is concerned about centuries ago. While otl itation of the Bible, I texts, such as those of :oncerned about its Aristotle, have suffered uoted two verses in cal and syntactical corruj ^eviticus that forbid last two millennia, the 1 . But Leviticus also course, free of such d imal sacrifices (1:1- impurities. True, we ating meat with any account, but it must be 7:10), prohibits wear- granted that the Bible lade of two different been altered by whimsic : (19:19), and on and divinely appointed Kin< that Mr. Hazares and by the baser agent of hi quote the Bible on To call into question t y have eaten a rare fundamental pristinity and probably have a gious and illogical at bes lyester blend shirts in And yet you insist or something as sinful as i< ere is not to ridicule us open our King James ?ious beliefs, but to that part about comm licrous it is to apply wherein God ? and tlii< lousands of years ago true Christian God, mt iety. Even those who Muslims, Hindus and all ages will unfortunately mi 5aiMco SITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Patrick Villegas ntz, j.T. Wagenheim The Gamecock is tl Gordon Mnntter &,uth Carolina and is r .. rl.'1n t r 'm.? Wednesdays and Fridai Unn, IVieilSS.l leimen Rochelle Killingbeck weekly during both su Jennifer Fuller versity holidays and ex, Melinda Waldrop Opinions expressed nonsky Tim Thorsen or author flnd not those Rob Rodusky ? , ,c. . Stephanie Newrlin The Board of Stul1e Kelly Johnson publisher of The Garnet Gregory Perez parent organization of 1 Chris Muldrow Change of address I 'HilJon correSpondence should Javis, Thorn Harman ... .. cc Jim McKellar The University of South Laura Day Subscription rates Jim Green Columbia, SC. The Gar Renee Gibson 0f the University of Soi Erik Collins dent activity fees. Brian McGuire 'ay, Rika Hashimoto ^^WMMWHMHngV1**** mnmvR ill it j [ n ( ] AiikAiilMHdMdi Bible find to hell ? wherein God says that the incon- we should put no idols before Him. to quote Now since the sun is not Him, and r to accept as these people are worshiping the od created sun, the phrase "sun-xvorshippers" ars ago, I cpnnotes idolatry. How dare you ar just like even mention such a thing? And, for that matter, how dare you acknowledge the existence of . Hawkins homosexuality? You should cover lish junior only topics pertaining to my religion and cast your objectivity into a bottomless sea. I live in hope that with the aPPa e efforts of myself, of Mr. Hazares, Pn and of all other pious readers, we ' - came may purge The Gamecock of all * reference ? ' these licentious references to the , a ,wAe/e pagan underbelly of good Christian * read Mr ? j> ime issue? it did you Matthew H. Dewey ??1C' lls English senior the Bible Gamecock must stop insulting women UcUlMclUUil ? [y inflected To the editor: men many Side by side in Wednesday's her ancient issue was an article on an art exhiPlato and bition celebrating the diversity of grammati- women and an "Accents" piece ption in the offering a suggestion that the sixth Bible is, of best way to attract baseball fans lebilitating should involve handing over a can never sorority sister as a door prize. The : taken for Gamecock has repeatedly insulted has never the women of USC with thought:al edict of less and deprecating references to >s or even women as objects. This adolescent iman error, behavior should not be tolerated by he Bible's The Gamecock's editorial staff, is sacrile- Sexism is bigotry as racism is bigit. otry. Be responsible and don't print i glorifying this material! If you must, maybe iolatry. Let you should do it in a publication versions to unsupported by student fees, paid andments, by women. > is the one :aning that David Berube noble sav- Assistant professor, Speech go straight i ADVERTISING I' ///-4^4y ti\ . COLUMBIA, SC 29208 le student newspaper of the University of uiblished three times a week on Mondays, /s during the fall and spring semesters and mmer sessions, with the exception of uniimination periods. I in The Gamecock are those of the editors of the University of South Carolina, nt Publications and Communications is the rock. The Student Media Department is the fhe Gamecock, forms, subscriptions, requests and other be sent to The Gamecock, P.O. Box 85131. i Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. are $46 a year. First class postage paid at necock is a registered student organization ith Carolina and is partially funded by stu