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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- |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Stephanie Newrlin The Board of Stul1e
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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
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