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EDITORIAL BOARD
Jay King, Gordon Mantler, Rob Rodusky,
Lee Clontz, Carson Henderson
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Study alone
Changing visitation hours during exam time
childish, useless, ineffective rule
The semester is winding down, but most students are not. The wise
ones are gearing up for finals. The lucky ones are partying, hoping
the holiday spirit will fill their minds with knowledge two hour*
;before exam time.
Foremost in our minds, however disciplined we may be, are exams, oui
Tinal shot at pulling grades up from the mire, litis means resurrecting old
jjuiciHH)Ks iruin ocpicmuci, icnasning miaierms ana making alliances witr
classmates through late-night study sessions.
But in residence halls, a drastic change in the visitation policy happens
ioday. Members of the opposite sex are not allowed in rooms after 11
p.m. Even in apartment-style halls such as Bates West where there are no
Visitation regulations, new rules say that all opposite sex visitors must be
?igned in and out by 11 p.m.
The university is saying that only males may study with males after 11
p.m. and only females may study with females. What gives the university
the right to tell us with whom, when and where we can study?
The only reason behind such a rule must be to prevent students from
populating within on-campus housing during a time when intense academic
study and adequate rest are necessary. There is nothing wrong with
such reasoning. School should come first. Time with significant others
Should come later.
However, not all students who are of the opposite gender are doing
Something naughty after 11 p.m. simply because they are in the same
room. Students of both sexes often study together.
i For students whose days are filled with iobs and schoolwork niohmmp
i?s often the only time they have to study. The library is only open until 1
4>m. This sounds late, but many a student studies for exams much later
ttian the library's hours.
Besides, it is not too safe for women to be walking across campus after
dark to a library study group simply because she lives in a dorm that prevents
her from signing in male colleagues.
But beyond all the reasons why visitation should not be any different in
the next two weeks than it is during the bulk of the semester is that we
come to college to act as adults. It is strange enough that there is a visitation
policy to begin with. By the time an individual is 18 or in college, he
reaches adulthood. Responsibility and discipline are ours and should not
be regulated by on-campus housing.
The time change demonstrates that this university does not trust its students
enough to stay out of their lives and allow them to conduct themselves
as adults.
End-of-semester suggestions,
predictions for new year
The end is near. _J 1
ry, and soon, some of us will ^
be making resolutions to,
among other things, quit smokweight.
1993 may not have been the tion because it will not want to
best year for some. For others, raise taxes in an election year,
it may have been the best year As a result, the Board of
in their entire lives. Whatever Trustees will be forced to raise
the case, we all have a chance tuition next fall, making out-ofto
work on a clean slate and state undergrads pay exactly
freshen our palates with some $4,212 (a $306 increase), give
brand new 1994 sorbet. or take a buck or two.
While you are wrapping USC Athletics Director Mike
things up for this semester, be McGee will be kicking himself
sure and get everything done, in the ass for not wanting the
Ralha?i?* timn ^Fof1r\tto Dnntl ? ? - ?t- '*
U(uuiiv.u ;uui unit- wisciy, CU1U v,uu..w.iv i aiiuiers lO piay lis
get every last paper, project and first season in Columbia,
test done. Things get hectic this At least five or six prominent
time of year, so do not regret it members of the Carolina faculty
if you have to stay home one will pack up and go to private
night to finish something. For institutions that can pay them
most of us, there will be plenty much more money than we
of time for that next semester. could ever hope to. Two of
Enough about 1993. 1994 these faculty will be from
promises to be a productive MIBS, while the rest will be
year for the university, and we from the College of Humanities
should all do our best to get off and the College of Science and
on the right foot in the spring Mathematics,
semester. I would like to make The Gamecock will be
a couple of USC predictions for Columbia's primary news
1994. As bold as tney may source after it buys out The
seem, here they are: State, WIS, WOLO and WLTX.
The Fighting Gamecock foot- It will be an interactive newspaball
squad will go 8-4 under the per, where its audience can use
leadership of Florida State virtual reality to actually be a
Offensive Coordinator Brad part of the news. Gunpoint robScott.
That 8-4 includes a win beries in the Coliseum parking
in the Peach Bowl. Taneyhill lot will never be the same,
will get a haircut, and Right or wrong, these are just
Williamson will see more play- a few things to think about. Do
ing time. not flip out during exams, have
The Gamecock soccer squad a safe and happy holiday and
will pick themselves up from plan for a good year in 1994.
the tough loss in Sunday's
finals and come back strong J.T. Wagenheim is editor in
next year to win the national chief of The Gamecock. His colchampionship.
umn appears every other
The state Legislature will cut Monday.
more money from higher educa
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sophomore
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! Every phase in 1
How beautiful it was to dream about being
famous one day. People just love your books,
they reverently watch all your movies and pronounce
your name with a mixture of admiration,
love and awe.
I wonder if that dream is ever going to end.
With every day that passes by, the dream of
becoming rich and famous seems an inch farther.
As the moment when I walk across the
stage of the Coliseum to receive my diploma
nears, I start thinking about a new goal I have to
set for myself, a new goal that will keep me
going.
It feels strange when one comes to an end of
a phase in life. Graduation is a rite of passage
from adolescence to adulthood which makes that
imminent, intangible, abstract term called future
creep into our minds more frequently than ever.
We all had fantasies of becoming heroes; I see
more and more of my friends accepting the
notion of never becoming Mark Twains and
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There are unfounded claims of . .
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torture and cruelty regarding the matjon
authorized use of animals for R ,
research and teaching at USC in C^tir '
the Dec. 1 letter by Angle unwa"le<!
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Campbell claims she saw in for rp_?rrh
front of the Russell House a "table ""
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displaying a grotesque picture of a . J '
helpless dog being tortured." I am ^ ^e]
suspicious of the accuracy of this
display and the motives of its spon- \Qcnni
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sors.
Was this display sponsored by
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA)? According to the WOOQS
April 13 Washington Post, PETA TTCPV
killed animals it "rescued" rather a <
than enlarge its holding facility To the edit
with the money raised by contribu- As a fc
tions. senior, I wa
Or was this display sponsored by of the rele
the Physician's Committee for Woods.
Responsible Medicine (PCRM), the By relea:
group supplying the misleading shown that
fliers placed in the mailboxes of he accompl
our medical students? PCRM was of him five
censored in 1990 by the American a program
Medical Association for "a cam- scandal and
paign of misinformation...misrepre- also does nc
senting the critical role animals a man of
play in research and teaching, and recruited pi
for obscuring the overwhelming same integrii
support for such research which After his
exists among practicing physicians Director Mil
in the United States." not speak t<
Campbell's charges that animals whom had
used in teaching labs are "often ' staff. A char
given minimal amounts of anes- good luck to
thetics," reflects ignorance about will remaii
the practice of anesthesia, would not
Anesthetics are inexpensive, but Instead, Mc(
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eople need to study "Students can st
;ether, so they will just ing the day so
in the lobby and study get a good si
tead of going to their exams in the*mor
>m."
Glendoria Early Brian
Sociology sc
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freshman
life uncovers ne>
aim for the near future.
A new goal for every phase in our life: Is tl
what we exist for? When we grow old, ever
thing will look a lot clearer, seem a lot simpli
But do we want to grow old in order to acqui
that appealing wisdom? "I grow old...I grc
old...I shall wear the bottom of my trouse
rolled," T.S. Eliot wrote some 70 years ago.
When we start rolling the bottoms of o
trousers, our generation, dubbed Generation ]
will have children, mavbe even eranrirhildre
Generations Y and Z. They will be disrespectfi
:laims that dog labs are were no longer any c
n at least 11 states and bility. This is a sham
cted physicians target Woods will alway
abs as inhumane; please because he is a good
hese, or we will wonder a great deal of in
s is deliberate misinfor- failed to show him t]
he so deserved.
ing the 10,000 ot so
dogs and cats killed Political
y the Columbia pound
v hundred used by USC A iL-Pn ctiiHiPf
i and teaching, a manda- aiuuici
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ot "your long lost pet" _ .
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James Buggy resP?
ate physiology professor Brady s Dec. 1 letter.
School of Medicine Brady, 1 did say K
should have said sht
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release shows coming to use. y<
r?nlH had not aPPlied a
MUC enrolled at UNC. If
or: the article in its entire
lotball fan and USC have interpreted that
s saddened by the news student at UNC-Charl
ase of Coach Sparky The last I checked
campus is a part of t
sing Woods, USC has of North Carolina.
it does not mauer that As far as her not a
ished the job we asked .mer school at USC
years ago: cleaning up problem with that. Bi
plagued by a steroid you are a student a
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>t matter that Woods is USC summer school
high standards who story. I attended sumi
ayers to maintain the Greenville Technical t
ty- summer, if anyone w;
release by Athletics what college I attenc
Ice McGee, Woods did have said USC, noi
3 his players, most of Tech.
been recruited by his Let me give you 5
ice to say goodbye and Before you criticize sc
those young men who statement, get all of
i after he has gone tion first. Come correi
be too much to ask. come at all.
3ee seemed to make it Le:
)ods that the players Criminal
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I during exam times?
udy dur- "I think it's a good idea
they can because you get to study
eep for more. I know I need it."
nin? Brandi Butier
gujjer Mathematics freshman
phomore
1 fk n
v goals lor future
frivolous; they will listen to some music that
will not sound like music to us. Music died with
the 1990s, we will tell them.
Before it happens, before we grow wise and
weak, there is still some hope we can become an
obscure Faustian character and dream that some
unexpected happiness can overwhelm us, change
our lives forever and lead us to an ultimate bliss
on this earth.
Yes, we are still young, but are we breathing
lat our last moments of carelessness? Real life, real
y- job: Those are the terms constantly put into our
sr. heads by professors and parents. A real job will
re only be a new phase in our lives, like a new
iw exciting toy we got for Christmas from our aunt
rs or the disorienting first week in middle school.
The future will always be the present when it
Ur comes. We will only be a few years older.
X,
the informa- students.
ct, or do not Laurie Aaronson
Graduate and on-site coordinator
zlie Chappell NAMES Project AIDS
justice junior Memorial Quilt.
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n, Sveto Postic is a guest columnist
il, for The Gamecock.
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>r his responsi- Limited coverage
s be a winner undermines AIDS Day
I man who has ,.x
tegrity. USC To?he ed,tor:
he respect thai ,SA,Sresponse,'? ^ pictun;
of the AIDS memorial quilt printed
Shrilly SJigJUSy ?n lhe fronl page of Dec 3
.' J . issue,
science senior
There was no news coverage by
The Gamecock of the other World
1 AIDS Day Activities held Dec. 1.
'lntfp year s ^eme was "A Time to
lUllc Act." Also, there were two problems
with the caption that accomnse
to Penry panied the picture.
First, the quilt display has
imberly Aiken moved to the Capstone Campus
; was a UNC Room and will be on display
ot thinking of through Wednesday. Second, there
du stated she is no such thing as an AIDS vicind
was not tim. There are people living with
you had read AIDS (PWAs), people with HIV
ty, you would infection and people who have died
Aiken was a of AIDS. Societv is the virtim in
lotte last year, its ignorance about this disease and
, Charlotte's who contracts it.
he University The Gamecock did not cover a
lecture by Dr. Richard Keeling of
ttending sum- the University of Wisconsin!,
I have no Madison on "Sex, Alcohol and
Jt to say that Self-Esteem," the opening ceremoit
USC only ny of the quilt, a panel that includng
to attend ed a student telling what it was like
is a different to live within the Carolina communer
school at nity as an HIV-infected individual
College. That and a discussion of children and
as to ask me women with AIDS given by
led, I would Jacqueline Muther of Emory
t Greenville University.
It is the responsibility of The
iome advice. Gamecock to be more sensitive to
meone else's important issues that imnart TT<ir