The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 01, 1993, Page 4, Image 4
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Serving USC Since 1908
J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief Shayla Stutts, Viewpoints Editor
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jay King, Gordon Mantler, Rob Rodusky,
Lee Clontz, Carson Henderson
OIIUIUC
;;Safety is primary concern for students
who travel between campus, Five Points
Many evenings, USC students who frequent Five Points have probably
found themselves trapped at an inconvenient hour in a
restaurant or bar without a ride home. Granted, home might be a
campus dormitory a few blocks away, but at 2 a.m., walking alone in the
dark is an unsafe and dismal prospect.
Ideally, people wouldn't be out late at night if safety and security were
foremost in their minds. However, gravitating to Five Points as a socia]
tenter on the weekends is an integral part of life for many students. Anc
what could be more sensible as a safety bridge between USC and Five
Points than a shuttle service that runs from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdaj
through Sunday?
The recent crimes against USC students indicate that walking is nc
' loiiger a safe alternative for students who are without transportation. The)
need a safe, inexpensive way of going to and from Five Points. The con
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There are many hypothetical reasons why such a service shouldn't exist
Shawna Wilson's comment in the Oct. 29 issue that "Five Points is not i
part of the USC campus" is one of them. This is like saying tha
Gamecock football isn't a part of living in Columbia.
Five Points isn't an official part of USC, but this isn't the point. Then
are plenty of students who find Five Points an attractive center that add:
special times and memories to their USC experience, whether thei
patronage be for retail or entertainment.
Safety is the key. If we want to counteract the image of unsafeness 01
the roads between campus and Five Points and take a pro-active stej
toward a truly safer community, a shuttle service is the answer.
Since some students might object to a shuttle service that draws fron
their activity fees, perhaps the service could charge a small fare for eacl
student who rides. Recent budget cuts at USC demand that a shuttle ser
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; vice uc icii-suppuiuiig.
i>2JSC, with the encouragement from student organizations, shouh
approve a trial run of the service. How will we ever know the good tha
could emerge from the experiment if we don't take the risk to find out? I
students discover that the shuttle service isn't necessary, we can at leas
^ay we tried to improve safety conditions in our community.
LTV is scapegoat
3 for violent society
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What happened to the good J L
> old days when people took ||fl
rjt responsibility for their actions? II
The recent controversies ! mm
~Z about television violence have
stirred enough debate to prompt
! Attorney General Janet Reno to
.1 nlead with Congress to inter
K vene if the networks don't take
the responsibility of cutting
back on murder and mayhem.
Reno, who once again is
* meddling in affairs in which she
< has no place, decided to go "That was a really dumb thing
before Congress when a two- my kid did. How could he be so
?-* year-old girl was killed after her stupid." One mother said her
; five-year-old brother set fire to son couldn't have come up with
]' the family's mobile home. The this one on his own, but he's
children's mother immediately not stupid.
^ blamed MTV's disgustingly With respect to the
' funny duo, Beavis and Butt- deceased's mother, he was a
head. moron!
The mother didn't think to People need to take responsive
blame herself for leaving the bility for their actions and not
r\ children home alone with look for scapegoats to excuse
? matches. Children like to their stupidity. I haven't heard
explore and find things out. of anyone blaming dam-jumpWhen
I was 5, there was no ingS 0n Harrison Ford after see>
Beavis and Butt-head, but I still jng "The Fugitive." Did anyone
? figured out what matches are. I try to kill President Clinton after
? didn t set my house on fire, but Qjnt Eastwood's "In the Line
^ it I had, I guarantee you my 0f Fire?" No. And correct me if
parents wouldn t have tried to Vm w but { reaily don>t
blame a stupid TV show. think anybody blamed "Lethal
In the Northeast, a few inc.- w .. for ^ bombi Qf ^
dences of rough-and-tough foot- World Tfade Center
ball players lying in the middle Re ne?d
of the road to psych themselves . . , . f . , 4
. . , copycat-crime kick and start
up prompted Disney s ,,. . . r .. .
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Touchstone division to yank a ... * . .
similar scene from the movie focy. And shame on Disney
"The Program." Some of the for 8lvinS When " dld- ^
-. j u:. u.. company practically took
siuuciiii> wcic mi uy tms.
Imagine: They were lying in the responsibility tor something it
middle of the road to toughen no contfol over,
up and had to learn the hard
way that cars are bigger than ^ ^ Wagenheim is editor in
people. Shocker. chief of The Gamecock. His colThe
students were teen-agers. umn appears every other
Their parents chose to openly Monday.
blame a movie for their children's
actions instead of saying,
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SGA has taken a new tack i
especially those active in studei
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the way we now approach stud
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organizations at meetings. Sec
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use campus resources. We wai
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USC community. Finally, we
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tion device between student <
SGA is under investigation t
Affairs. Already, the S.C. Stud
statewide student lobby for hi;
planning its meetings with Inte
More and more, student (
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t example, service and enviror
tions are working together ui
t "Common Ground" to promote
Organizational Affairs is al
workshop series where expe
teach newly elected organizati
Fabrications shade
battle flag's honor
To the editor:
One hundred twenty-eight
ago, my great, great, great gra
ther returned home from his
as captain in the Confederate ;
Like most soldiers, he didn't
for slavery. He fought fo
home, his family, his way o
and for an economy which
dying under the domination c
industrialized North.
Unfortunately, under the
ance of the NAACP, the ACL
occasional obnoxious "rednec
the misuse of the Confederate
tie flag by the KKK, the old '
has been made to look like a
and terrible place that was fi
hatred. Furthermore, the NjA
has deemed the battle flag ai
vestiges of the old South !
"symbols of universal evil."
however, is a jaded and na:
minded view.
My family is not racist
father marched with Martin I
King Jr. in the civil rights i
ment. However, we still stai
many of the lofty ideals o
ancestors who fought in
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from Five Points."
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ent Association, a compose a terse gui
gher education, is tion.
met in mind. In an effort to gel
organizations are we're working witJ
imon goals. For who may learn more
imental organiza- President's Project
nder the aegis of meetings and accom
: Earth Day. organizational mee
so coordinating a planning a compute
irienced students record keeping, evei
on leaders hands- SGA Executive Rep<
Confederate army.
The Confederate battle fl
under which they fought is rep
sentative of the noble beliefs a
ideals of those brave men w
y^fs lived in a chivalrous age whi<
contrary to popular belief, was
term dominated by slavery, hatred
"universal evil." The Confeder;
fight flag is a symbol of my very pro
r his heritage.
f hfe if someone from another coun
was came here and asked me what I
>f the flag st00(i for, I would explain
historical significance and the s
guid- nificance of what it means to j
U? an god thousands of people,
k" or Don't be misled. Think for yo
5 bat- selves. The Confederate battle fl
South is not a racist symbol despite I
dark misconceptions of a small minori
jll of if the flag is taken down a
lACP viewed as insignificant, then
id all mockery will be made of the ir
to be who fought so bravely and paid
This, dearly with their lives for the h
rrow- ideals and beliefs of the South.
We can't erase history. We c
. Mv however, trv to understand it bei
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,uther rather than shading it with our o
nove- views and misleading others w
id by adulterated, darkened fabricate
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"I think it would be helpful
because a lot of students
don't have safe
ways to get from Five
Points to campus."
Vernica Downey
International studies
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panying cabinet members to that
:tings. These students are contii
r filing system to improve
itually leading to an annual
art.
of the people of South Car*
ag want the flag to stay atop the
re- House. In a Democratic societ)
nd majority rules. Try telling
ho majority that their heritag
:h, insignificant. Put it to a vote
n't the people decide that this is
or an issue of heritage, not hate,
ate Don't, however, ever again
md to the flag as racist, insignifica
a symbol of "universal evil.'
try not.
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me Gamecock lacks
ur. conservative views
lag To the editor:
the For three years, I have read
ity. Gamecock between classes ?
nd Monday, Wednesday and Frid
i a have seen the good journa
ten along with the bad. Many o
so writers have given us their opii
rue wholeheartedly on many diff
issues, whether it be homosej
an, ty, race relations, abortion, <
iter rights and, yes, even
wn Confederate flag,
dth One thing I have noticed i:
mis they always seem to tack on
liberal views and make lig
rity moral and conservative view;
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"Yes, it would be a great
idea. Since people go
there to party, it would be
safer."
Rebecca Hoffmann
Engineering freshman
nt organizations
0/~> A A /i I r, ? i-nlnino
iiany, OU/\ liupcd iu ucvtiv^ a uai?4,,o
am that will teach student volunteers pubbaking
skills. With this in place, students
issist Organizational Affairs with the hern
task of keeping in touch with nearly 260
ius organizations.
> a member of this organization, I've
ed that a diversity of opinions can't be ^
ced and that we must continue to build
:s where we can hear students' diverse
ons. With hope, the success of the Nov. 9
President's Panel will lead to a permanent
nt council where students and organizationDresentatives
may present their ideas for
ssion and implementation by their respccenators.
upcoming years, the emergence of a new
ty of organizations and a new partnership
sen SGA and student leaders will benefit
ISC community. Ultimately, building orgaons
that learn from year to year will mean
USC's strongest asset, its students, will
lue to grow and learn. ?
Zac Moore is SGA director
of Organizational Affciirsalina
others may have.
State I know that young, aspiring writr,
the ers want to be the next to write f?r
that The State or U.S. News, and 1
!e iS sure that they will fit right in. The
^et liberalism that they hand us week
in and week out will go along great
with the rest of the media we hear
refer , . ?
today.
All of this brings me to
point: Contrary to popular belie*,
Cord not ^ us w^? attenri USC 310 a
unior lree hugging, politically correct
people who stand on the steps ot
Gambrell Hall and voice our options.
Not all of us see eye to eye?
with Bill Clinton and A1 Gore-.
Some of us go to church with our,
1 parents Sunday morning, like coun-.
:very try music and still believe it's OK;
,.y" 1 to wait until you're married to have
'fll"n children.
nions If yOU happen t0 see differently
erent on subiects Iike pro-life, homosexcuali
ualily or of the above, fine. Bat;
2quai maybe, just maybe, the next time * |
t^e journalism major sits down to write *
his next article in The Gamecock^.
s that he could consider the other side ?C
their the story as well,
ht of Ben MerntC
> that Music education junior
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