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Commencement
University should pick speakers
of higher profile for graduation
What a difference iust a few vears make.
In 1989, President Bush spoke at USC's May commencement, a
special chance for that year's graduates to hear the nation's most
celebrated leader speak.
It was the first year of his presidency, a time when there was
still hope that Bush's "kinder, gentler nation" would actually
become reality.
Other famous speakers in the past few years have included Bill
Cosby, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and German Foreign
Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. All of these speakers provided
the graduating seniors with exciting talks, intertwining their great
experiences with the graduates' promising futures that laid ahead.
Controversy broke out last year when the university announced
it would combine USC President John Palms' investiture with
commencement. He would take the place of a regular commencement
speaker.
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enjoy international dignitaries as their commencement speakers.
Many graduates felt genuinely cheated by it.
This*year's budget cuts have also affected the 1993 commencement.
Slated to speak this May are USC physics professor Yakir
Aharonov and Dr. C. Thomas Caskey, a USC alumnus and South
Carolina native.
Aharanov was recently elected to the highly prestigious
National Academy of Sciences and was the recipient of the 1991
Elliott Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute for his work in
quantum theory. Caskey is the director of the Human Genome
Project.
Both of these men are good examples of USC success stories,
but it also seems the university is becoming skimpier every year
on its commencement exercises. It does not seem fair that past
classes have President Bush or Bill Cosby speak, while the 1993
graduating class has a USC professor speak to them.
Both of these men are verv accomnlished in their fields, but will
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they provide the inspiring addresses many graduates expect at
graduation? Will two science-oriented men relate to the great
majority of liberal arts, humanities and business majors?
We have our doubts. We understand there are budget cuts ?
they're in the process of lessening our education. But is it too
much to ask for a high profile speaker for graduation?
For many, commencement will be their last memory of attending
USC. And an inspiring, dynamic speaker who can relate well
with graduates, most in their low 20s, would make graduation a
more pleasant memory.
It's really not too much to ask. It's too late this year, but the
university should make a concerted effort to have high-profile
speakers for next year's commencement. Last impressions count
for something.
Editor shares typical day
in Gamecock newsroom
As the saying goes, news is
not when dog bites man, but
when man bites dog. This is the "vH
pattern The Gamecock tries to li
follow when we publish our %
findings three days a week. I iBI
Not that we are looking for
dog-eating humans, but you nev
So, what goes on up here in
Room 321 of the Russell House? PATRICK
What kind of things does the V I L L E G A S
everyday Joe miss out on? Well, L??????
in case you v\ant to know. while laying out their page.
5 a.m. ? Carl Holman, a Again
respected student columnist, g pm ? "The Simpsons are
opens The Gamecock offices, on!!" Production halts.
Actually, his bedroom is behind 9:30 p.m. ? The Gamecock
the news desk. staff finishes their daily duties,
12 p.m. W eaiy student knowing in their hearts that they
journalists enter the tiav ol press Were the first students to read
releases and begin returning lhe next day>s CaJvin and
phone calls. Actually, returning Hobbes
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actually ignore youi message. gave you some idea of how this
12.30 p.m. lhe flurry ol publication is put together and
Gamecock Letters to the Editor created, and 1 hope the newspaare
distributed in the appropriate per pS improving in the
mailboxes lor each ol the editors upcoming summer and fall
to read. Instead ol a mailbox, semesters. Co-News Editor Jack
loved columnist Tige Watts has Dunn wi? take over during lhe
a cralc- . summer months and Associate
1 p.m. lhe editors receixe Editor J.T. Wagenheim will be
their pages lor the next day s jn the tGp SpGl (^js j-ajj
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1:05 p.m. ? The Carolina! has come to an end, and 1 just
Department begins finding liller. want to say, hey. it was a wild
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decide it the News Department trom the readers who
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to find a writer who will write who mailed 2ieat comments in
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p.m. op oy gets a some mistakes and sure we
death threat. weren't The New York Times,
' p.m. e sports but in my mind I know everyone
department Itnds out we have a was a| |eas( enj ,he wofk
new basketball coach, has to pjey accomplished
redo their page. So, from this chair to yours,
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There is definitely a need to
educate people on this campus
about proper public restroom i
etiquette. I spend a consider- l
able amount of time on cam- <
pus, and during these 10 to 12
hour stretches of time, I find it
necessary to relieve myself.
And of course, to do this, I use I
public restrooms.
Guys, is it too much to ask
you to lift the seat before you ^ N
use a sit-down toilet for a L___
stand-up job? Why not simply
use stand-up equipment for stand-up n
do not understand this. Sure, some gi
gun-shy when others are present, but th;
excuse to leave a mess for the next gi
needs to sit down.
While we are on the subject of sit-dov
I'd love to hear somebody give me an
for not Hushing what they've left behind
is just no good excuse. Last Wednesday
to try three different restrooms in 1
House before I could find a sit down tl
my requirements. I don't ask for much
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Women in combat debate Uia
not equal rights question the
To the editor: n'e
I would just like to comment on
the recent decision of the armed . L
forces to allow women to serve in 1
combat roles as it was addressed in
Friday's Crossfire.
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Personally, I believe that women
who meet the physical qualifica- ca
tions necessary should be allowed
to serve in combat roles if they're
crazy enough to want to do such a
thing.; however, this has largely
been expressed as a question of Hi
equal rights. But it is not a question ^
of equal rights. It's a question of
special rights. To
Ask yourself this: Will women ]
ever be required to serve in the W;
military the same way men have, jn
and would you ever hear Pat 0f
Schroeder espousing such a con- ia(j
cepl? The idea of a genderless onl
army is unrealistic. Can we admit j
that men and women are physically w0
different, and that that is not such a mc
bad thing? 1 for one am thankful en<
for that difference. Af
The one point 1 want to make is enc
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D E R S O N restroom etiquette
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at is no urinal etiquette in these situatic
uy who is rarely breached is the rule
contact with your urinal neigl
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excuse 'bout the weather" is OK, but
I. There beyond that point constitutes a
!, 1 had Consistently broken is the r
Russell the use of stand-up equipment
hat met to equipment already in use. 1
really, this situation, it is always best
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t feminists seem to want equal from
hts, but it must always be on worki
:ir terms and at their conve- the 1
nee. A double standard exists whip
only in society, but also within show
minds of those who bitch about siren*
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jble standard probably should her c
st in some respects. As soon as woun
admit this, the sooner we can upon
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combat requires a great amount (jle y
strength and endurance. Sorry, ^
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log wash! History is packed with fjohti
men of great endurance. The acwa,
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iurance in history are the asset
rican-American women who
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that forbids eye I know t
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any conversation to treat oil
major faux pas. treated and
ule that prohibits etiquette,
directly adjacent
In order to avoid
to use the porcethe
slave masters. They
ed from sunup to sundown in
"ields and were raped and
ped. No group of women
ed more courage and more
ith.
>rence Nightingale, who put
)wn health at risk to help
ded soldiers, was not looked
as weak. She was a pillar of
;th and hope to mentally and
ically exhausted soldiers.
' Pitcher endured the rages of
to bring water and aid to solid
don't forget the women
forged west and fought their
through the wilderness and
r woman who survived the
death camps in World War II.
Native American women who
rtost of the physical labor in
illages and fought to protect
homes and families seemed to
no trouble enduring,
e women in Israel have been
ng for years. Israel hasn't lost
r as of late. Could it be that
>g women in combat is an
? It's something to think
toever said women could not
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m etiquette
i far left or the far right, so as to
liddle open as a buffer zone.
>t speak for the situation in the
ooms on this campus, but informed
ve told me that the buffer zone rule
m, that graffiti is particularly annoyit
proper disposal of feminine prodalways
practiced.
am graduating this semester, I am
sveal some of the best locations on
take care of your daily needs. The
>rary Mezzanine level is one of the
ions on campus to visit. The patrons
n's room are consistently conscienacticing
proper public restroom etimother
prime location is the
i library.
hat there are a few things that I will
hildren in the future. I will tell them
i, to never talk with their mouth lull,
lers the way they would like to be
I to practice proper public restroom
Greg Anderson is a columnist
for The Gamecock.
endure was most definitely not a
woman. The biggest mistake a man
can make in this world is to underestimate
a woman. We have
endured and still do endure disre
spect, physical and emotional
abuse, and inequality. We are still
fighting and will not stop. We will
not become emotional and give up
from exhaustion. We are women.
Hear us roar!
Linda Sturm
Graduate student
Columnist misses point
in female combat debate
To the editor:
The Crossfire editorial by J. T.
Wagenheim in the April 30 edition
dealing with the issue of women in
combat misses the point entirely.
Women have decided that they
will have full equality as citizens of
the United States. If you have
objections, then that is your problem.
Get used to it.
James U. Gleaton Jr.
Education graduate student
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