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Wednesday, December 8, 1993
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Serving USC Since 1908
J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief Shayla Stutt:
EDITORIAL BOARD
| Jay King, Gordon Mantler, Rob R<
Lee Clontz, Carson Hendersc
Welcome, Brad
New football coach can increase
character, determination of play i
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ince August, we have heard entirely too m
plaining from football players. If it is not B
aching about his playing time or lack there
team telling the media what a tyrant Sparky Wood
^ ment of various players.
While the football team was busy blaming its 1<
itself, the soccer, basketball and volleyball tean
character as well as the ability to win. When they
and learn from their mistakes.
After losing the national soccer championshi]
Virginia, Chris Faklaris said that the weather w<
himself for not scoring. Teammate Greg King sh
allowing Virginia to score the two goals.
In the midst of an 0-3 start, basketball Coach E
blamed anything from poor officiating to the align)
he offered no excuses. Instead, Fogler said the ef
was exemplary and will lead to future success.
Several times during the volleyball season, Coat
to find fault with officiating despite several questi
% lack of execution as a reason for defeat.
, The important lesson to learn is that there is n
Reasons for a loss; the important thing is to admit y
and leam from them. Faklaris, Fogler and Hudso
tefusal to focus on the past. They have looked to
?ess that they feel it holds.
It was announced Tuesday that Florida State
flrad Scott will be the new coach of the football te
Record is impressive, but we must look at the in tan ?
recruit, we hope he can win; our question is, Can to
As Scott takes over the reigns of the football pro
6nly will he display the same class as his predeces:
develop the character of the student-athletes he wil
ment should not be somebody who will tell the f(
up; he should be somebody who will make the pla>
Drug kings still t\
despite Escobar's
Colombians, young and old, JSK9
% were celebrating last week over
the bloody death of drug trafficker
and narco-terrorist Pablo
Escobar. liv I *
Government
officials in
Colombia and the United States
praised the police and security
forces who surrounded
Escobar's Medellin hideout,
forced him to flee and then jfglHI
^ gunned him down at a local
shopping center.
Escobar was considered "one the m0st ii
of the world's most murderous Americans.
and successful cocaine traffick- gush spoke
ers." He made billions of dollars sjon about it
supplying the drug to the jng war on (
Americas and Europe. co-traffickers
But the man, who once sup- gut four y
plied an estimated 80 percent of stin pouring
the American market with United State
cocaine, had been in hiding for jn Europe a
more than a year and a half wen.
after he escaped from a Most ecoi
Colombian prison. His power American e
% and reach over the trade had drugs are s
diminished quite a lot from his Decrease the
heyday. nrnfit marcin
A number of new narco-ter- co-terrorists
rorists have already started to Education is
fill his shoes. Possibly, one day, try t0 iower t
they will be household names in Another is
America just like Escobar had tjon 0f dru
^ 11 u drastically <
But under all the cheers of drugs, cuttir
Colombians and Americans, traffickers'
there is a feeling of dread that govenlineni
Escobar s death was only sym- revenue from
bolic and probably will have a I'm not p
^ limited effect, if any at all, on j^st idea Ev
the world's booming drug trade. , ,0 ,e ,
The pursuit of Escobar, his most likd b,
impnsonment, escape and then rnlnmhian
death should reinforce that the the death
U.S. policy of drug interdiction, Escobar but
focusing.on the supply, has
tailed. Valuable money ana men wilj O0 Qn ^
were used to battle Escobar on mUe Escobar,
both sides, but it took years to
finally get him, and what has it Gordon A/,
really resolved? Nothing. editor of Th
Public opinion polls in the coiumn app
late '80s said the drug war was Wednesday
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"USC needs someone
who is offensively prone.
I iust nrav to ("rod that
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someone uses the talent
we have out there now."
uch whining and com- R . .
Hake Williamson belly- rwevm onggs ill
of, it is the rest of the Biology/pre-med junior
s is for his unfair treatosses
on everybody but
is were demonstrating
r lose, they accept fault
? to ?h Professional
is a factor but blamed
ouldere e ame tor yQU wam a j0^ wjtj1 great
,? , ,, , ing moments, humorous incidents and
ddie og er cou d have SQ funny things, become a Santa Claus
inent of the planets, but onl a fessional Santa Claus> j eVl
fort his team displayed ^ ^
i. v u j x- . Being paid to represent Santa Clau
;h Kim Hudson refused A . . u ...
uix> x, 11 ou , pay the Christmas bills. However, it hi
lonable calls. She cited \ JA ... . . .. v .
to do with being paid. You can be a pr
^nt. , . , Santa Claus regardless if you are paid.
0 intrinsic value in the . .. , ?M, . , , <
our faults, correct them . W.lh l.tUe children who look up to!
n have demonstrated a un^nt 10 * 3 ,fl8uhre ?f wonder'
^ .u must 3150 he able to handle rejectioi
the future and the sue some chMren ^ scared of ^ Q
Offensive Coordinator "ev5 Pfessha,fi'd|'? do what he dof
am. At first glance, his "J?0,1 ve had children wave to me fr
'ibles. We know he can ?' ffl 3wa" and sh?ut dletr llst'1 le" 1
1 i i_* be back next year. You can speak to n
e develop his players? . . , . . /
gram, we hope that not >">" wanl f'^tng else, just fax me!
tor but that he will also Many Sa"'as f?r8et ?ec P3 18
1 lead. Woods' replace- ?reel ^ chlldren' A Santa 116318
xitball players to grow larSel>' because U is 3 8ood way
rers ?row up clues. My favorite Santa Claus is Leo
because he believes memories give us
December." As a Santa, I have some i
# memories. Here are just a few.
My first Santa job was working wit
" V during a Vermont winter. I would bi
death Worst chara
sIHwHt JUMNf p fjjB fl I J VI 1 a V \j
I thought it might be fun to have oi
Htle ceremony to mark the end of
Tonight, we will give out our Firs
McNeill Awards to recognize topics a
that have kept our editorial pages hum
Management: Athletics Director Mik
for scaring away a lucrative NFL frar
Ren would say, "You...gave...away...$^
Angela Lansbury Award for Pro
nportant issue to Death: Michigan psycho...I mean,
In 1989, President/ Kevorkian for his impersonation of
on national televi- author Jessica Fletcher. Every week
, practically declar- UP at someone's house, and the pa
the Colombian nar- shortly afterward.
;. Chamber of Commerce Award: "I
ears later, drugs are coooooo!
into not only the As ' Say Award: New Supre
s but new markets Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who
nd other places as believe in quotas to achieve racial eq
the 57 people she hired during her
nomists and Latin Washington, D.C., Court of Appi
xperts argue that were t?lackimply
a business.
lower the
and watch the nar
> power decline. ?r i* i 1 1 l. i
one limited way to Medical OOg laDS J
^etofminaiiza- outdated practice j
gs, which would To the editor: ^
Jrop the price of This is in response to the letter
ig deeply into the from Dr. James Buggy,
profits. The U.S. As Buggy knows, Students for I
could even make the Ethical Treatment of Animals
taxing drugs. placed fliers in medical students' r
ositive this is the boxes. The fliers contain statements
en if it is, attempt- by reputable physicians across the C
lize drugs would country condemning dog labs on
g political suicide. medical and ethical grounds. The 1
s should celebrate Research Modernization Committee c
of the ruthless and the Physician's Committee for t(
we can't read too Responsible Medicine oppose the e
t. The drug trade use of dog labs,
ind there's a lot of Dog labs have been prohibited in
s out there. the United Kingdom for more than f
100 years. In recent years, colleges e
antler is university such as Yale, Michigan State, Ohio d
e Gamecock. His State and New York University f
ears every other discontinued dog labs.
The School of Medicine needs to e
join the '90s by discontinuing its
dog labs in favor of readily avail- o
able humane alternatives such as ii
iWfT?l cadavers, computer simulations, f,
high-tech mannequins, surgical ^
observation and internship programs.
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ived. Letters Buggy, please agree to a public
name, debate with a member of the a
Letters must Physician's Committee for e
imecock Responsible Medicine next semes- n
ter, and let the students and public
make up their own minds on this
tters for style, issue. ir
lot be withheld Kristi von Karowsky
Political science graduate
imecock
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future of the football team u
"He certainly is a top can- "I believe they have
didate who could bring us of building to de
to the national level. He's being at FSU, he {
probably as good as we be able to do it."
can ?et " Bart Wa
Don Edwards Business fre?
Statistics professor
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Santa, it is packages along with local priests, rabbis and
But you ministers. We sang Christmas carols and
rt because brought good cheer. We also did follow-up visne
should its during most of the winter. I have also sung in
; not want veterans homes and in hospitals with sick chilom
sever- dren.
Item, "I'll Being a Santa brings some tense moments. I
le then. If recall listening to a little girl tell me that all she
wanted for Christmas "is for Mommy and
'hen they Daddy to stop fighting with each other." You
with both should have seen the mother's face. I think she
> pick up was expecting her daughter to say "two front
Buscaglia teeth" instead.
"roses in I remember another little girl with an angelic
nteresting face sitting on my knee. She couldn't have been
more than 4 years old. She started giggling, so I
h shut-ins asked her what was so funny. The little girl
ring them poked me in the belly and said, "I'm happy you
cters of 1993 receive
ir own lit
me year.
;t Annual I
nd people f . , f ^BQl
chhhi
ichise. As
17 million Rejected Slogan Award for a Nonexistent
Campus Organization: Absolute Carolina, which
xlmity sucks absolutely.
r. Jac ^at 5tevens Self-Promotion Award: Rapper
i ictional
he shows ^upac Shakur, who has been charged with drug
tient dies use' raPe' 311011116 murder of two off-duty
police officers. It makes one nostalgic for the
love Wa- 8??d o1' days when musicians used to choke on
their own vomit,
me Court Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Award:
claims to R?ss Perot, Pat Buchanan, Jesse Jackson and
uality. Of Richard Gephardt. Isn't it amazing that NAFTA
tenure on ever passed with such a cohesive leadership
^als, none force opposing it? By the way, it's been three
weeks since NAFTA was passed. The only peoMedical
internships .
liter native to dog labs r^&~\
To the editor: f \
This is in response to Dr. Francis !/ M
Abel's letter. * jHgJg
Dog labs do not involve medical
esearch. They involve medical V^C"
ducation. The American Medical
ItilHpn t Accn^iotinn Hofinor mo/4 -f"*. MIIk
cal education as the demonstration
\{ already well-known facts and
gchniques. Nothing new is discov- jVlW ^HOai
red in dog labs. ^ /
Able says dog labs are needed so \ /
hat students may gain hands-on I J
xperience with living tissue. A I JL
log's physiology varies greatly j
rom human physiology. The prop- . f
r study of mankind is man.
Students can gain all the hands- .
n experience they need via an -mJ\^
iternship program. By doing this,
uture doctors learn to respect the
octor-patient relationship and life
1 general.
Dog labs are used out of habit
nd convenience; many alternatives
xist which are less expensive, | J i
lore accurate and more humane,
uch as medical students apprentic- M/j| | |Sk|/V
lg under physicians. *
Kathy Phillips THE PIS(
English junior
3_
inder Brad Scott?
; a lot "It's great. We'll be more
). By balanced with the new
;hould offense with the good
defense we have now."
illace Aimee Matthews
shman Art education sophomore
inity role model
are going to have a baby like my mommy is,
Santa! Will it be a girl or a boy?" I said, "It
might be an elf because the reindeer's antlers
would hurt Santa during the delivery!"
One of my standing routines as a Santa is to
ask a child what he will give someone else for
Christmas. I ask them to send the idea with
their list to me at the North Pole. This routine
in one school prompted one child to tell his
classmates to be sure to say what they are going
to give someone else for Christmas "cause
Santa's strict!"
I think the most difficult moment for me as a
Santa was fitting nine cheerleaders on my lap
for a publicity shot and still having my face
seen. The head of the Santa union had asked
for a volunteer, and I selflessly pushed my way
to the front of the union hall.
One last point. Whenever possible, get down
on a knee and speak with a child eye to eye.
This contact is very important, however impractical
it may seem.
Have a great holiday, and remember to HOHO-HO
your little hearts out!
Stephen King is a guest columnist
for The Gatnecock.
commendations
pie I know who have packed up and gone to
Mexico are my aunt and uncle, who are vacationing
in Acapulco.
Headline of the Year Award: The State newspaper
for leading its Sunday Metro section with
the headline "AIDS advocate loses battle with
disease." If he was an AIDS advocate, wasn't
he rooting for the disease to begin with?
Politician of the Era Award: William
Jefferson Blythe Rodham Clinton, co-steward of
the United States. At least George Bush waited
until taking office to announce he was raising
taxes.
Forgive and Forget Award: John Bobbitt, former
male from Manassass, Va. After his, uh,
accident, he told reporters he would consider a
reconciliation with his wife, Lorena. John is
obviously a better man than I am. If it were me,
I'd be literally beside myself with anger.
Well, folks, that's it for this semester. Stay
sane, drive safe and I'll see you in 1994.
Pat McNeill is a columnist
for The Gamecock.
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