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Monday, January 31, 1994
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J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in
Edit
Wendy Hudson, Cars
Nancy Sale
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Restaurant gradin
to accurately proU
Eating in a restaurant is potc
sions a person can make. Y
by people you can't monitc
Ironically, it's probably a decisi
According to a report relea:
Observer, the N.C. and S.C. sys
rants an "A," "B" or "C" ? is bo
vant.
The Carolinas, without questit
Currently, quarterly inspection
Associated Press article said mar
of time without inspections.
Additionally, restaurants have
an "A" rating. By making the te
fulfill what they know they must
Restaurants receiving less thai
again within 15 days. The AP art
tomer found a worm in his sane
reinspected the following day.
If use students were allowed
as many times as they wanted, c
would eventually be able to at
thought of any differently?
The Carolinas are the only tw
tern, which hasn't been rec<
Administration since 1943.
Other states such as Virginia
low risk and concentrate their in
N.C.'s system of rating restaur
1917.
The ratings are given in 14 to
resulting in a loss of points. Acc
es or rats alone isn't enough to
A combination of factors are ne
down.
The head of the FDA, Art Bar
can be misleading. According to
translate into political pressure
system even more questionable.
Eating at a restaurant is a mat
and restaurant owners should r
restaurants clean, not to pass tes
Lawmakers in both Carolinas
states and update our outdated ;
Baby booi
Generatioi
This column is targeted at
younger generation of Caroli
students. Reader discretion
advised.
I Every once in a while, when
higher-ups in the dominant me
culture are grasping for a fear
story, they turn to each other 2
ask, "Didn't we have kids? W
happened to them?"
The answer is: nothing go<
Articles describing Generation
(those of us currently in our 2(
tell us that we are dumb, gree
apathetic and shallow. We h;
| been suffering from envy of
free love '60s generation. We 1
be stuck in the assistant mana
position at Taco Bell until we r
65. And that's just for starters.
Not only are the comme
nasty and spiteful, but the sym
of our identity sounds ridicule
Generation X? What are we s
posed to be named after? 1
Billy Idol band? Those Malcoln
baseball caps? X the Owl
"Mister Rogers Neighborhood":
If any of you are taking th
attacks on your generation j
culture seriously, don't. Inste
. consider the source of the allc
' tions. Which people are say
these terrible things about us?
the most part, they come from
baby boomer generation.
As a typical 20-something k
of guy, I went down the list to
if any of these qualificatic
applied to me.
Dumb? I can handle be
called dumb, because I am atte
ing an institution of higher le?
ing with 15,000 of my peers,
am still dumb after I graduate,
I get my educators to accept tl
share of responsibility,
t Greedy? Well, I am in
' school. However, I seem
?-.omkor tnmp nrpttv ?.
lUIlUUL^^ ? r- ?; iivavr u
ing down at the BMW dealers!
by "people called yuppies dur
the 1980s.
Shallow? My wardrobe for i
column is supplied exclusively
Todd and Moore. I drive an
Dodge Omni that is in dire n
of a tuneup. Try again.
TBaifrtcocl!
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g system fails
ect consumers
:ntially one of the most dangerous deciou
eat food prepared out of your sight
>r.
ion you wouldn't think twice about,
sed this past week by The Charlotte
tern of letter grading ? giving restauth
misleading and too broad to be relejn,
are in need of food-grading reform,
s are required of restaurants, but an
iy N.C. restaurants go for long periods
a checklist of items that will give them
:st "open book," restaurants need only
do to get the best grade,
n an "A" are required to be inspected
icle cited a "C" restaurant, where a cusIwich,
that was given an "A" after being
to take multiple-choice, open book tests
wen the most inept student on campus
tain a 4.0. Why should restaurants be
'O states that use the letter-grading sysommended
by the Food and Drug
classify restaurants as high, medium or
spections on high-risk establishments,
ants hasn't changed fundamentally since
16 categories, with different infractions
ording to the AP, the presence of roachput
a restaurant in risk of being closed,
cessaty before a restaurant can be shut
iks, has said the current grading system
Banks, the pressure on restaurants can
on the inspectors, making the grading
ter of trust on the part of the consumer,
espect that trust by trying to keep their
its, but because they should,
should look at the steps taken by other
and undependable system.
ners give
a X raw deal
the
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is
the
hat
Patrick McNeill
)s) COLUMNIST
dy,
ave Those were just warmup quests
tions, though. Is our generation
apathetic? Polls have shown that
8er our age group has supported
arn Reagan, Bush and Clinton over
the past decade. I don't think
nts we're causing any more damage
to our political system than other
,us" age brackets.
UP" Maybe we aren't quite as active
as our '60s counterparts. But
1 ^ what's left to protest? Total nuclear
on war is now highly unlikely. Neither
Reagan, Bush nor Clinton have
ese sent us off to die to protect the
md Third World from Communism. In
acL fact, Reagan and Bush braved a
:8a" special prosecutor in order to lib'n8
erate Nicaragua without the use of
For American troops.
t*ie And if our vice president,
"Spotted" A1 Gore, can't protect
in" us from environmental ruin, what
see good are WE going to do?
>ns Last question: Do we suffer from
"boomer envy?" Are we jealous of
mg the '60s kids? Nah. 1 admit I would
n"' not turn down the economic
opportunities those students had
25 years ago. But I have heard the
can people who started the sexual revolution
lecture us on AIDS awareness,
and I have seen the potheads
law 0f days gone by preaching today
to on the dangers of drug use. I think
"ad" I will stand behind the kids of the
"Ps '80s and '90s.
ing After all, I will only have to be
poor for a few years. Being a hypthis
ocrite could haunt me for the rest
by of my life.
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Confederate
I was in Atlanta for the Super Bowl
end for what I thought would be a gi
from those beginning-of-the-semest<
was really looking forward to seeing i
people, going to the parties and bein
the nation's No. 1 sporting event.
Much to my dismay, I arrived Frit
one particular controversy we Carolin
too familiar with: the Confederate ba
flies proudly atop the Georgia State
just so happens to be a major compo
state's flag.
I'm not going to get into the issue
South Carolina should fly the flag, b
would make me not only insensitive
but also to those supporters of the k<
mnvpmpnf dflH fhpn I WAlllHn't
friends.
Here's a little bit of the scoop on
versy in Atlanta.
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagli
"strongly advised" by city officials n
ment on the flag issue. "The advice
given is not to get involved," he sa
not need to interject ourelves into t
the Georgia state flag."
Tagliabue did find it necessary I
himself in plans for the location of 5
XXX. The NFL wouldn't let Phoenix h
Bowl until it recognized Martin Luth<
birthday. Phoenix, not wanting t<
potential to make millions of dollar
observe the holiday ? and be da
about it or else.
Tagliabue and his crew mandate t
tion of MLK Day but have no pre
Georgia's flag, which was incorporat
by the Legislature to either honor (
soldiers or to defy U.S. Supreme Cot
gation rulings. Most likely the latter.
This group of legislators was a bur
USC mishandles
Douglas key loss
To the editor:
Isn't it interesting that USC will
put the safety of its students in
jeopardy in order to save a few dollars
and not look incompetent? This
is exactly what's occurring in
Douglas residence hall.
The area office reported the
Douglas master key missing during
the third week of December. The
staff decided this fact wasn't important
for the students to know;
therefore, we weren't told. I find
this quite ludicrous.
Whatever happened to the old
cliche, "Nothing beats the comfort
of home?" To the students of
Douglas, this is our home, and it
isn't a safe or comfortable place to
live when you know your personal
safety and property are at risk. This
leaves us all with a puzzling quesDo
you feel c
"Yes, I do. I'd e
jtiflijH food, but I look
"I don't feel c<
because that te
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lly. They know the institution
e. An outside appointment car
>u get them from an institution
flag causes coi
this week- .
escape ~~
the famous iL | J.T.
g a part of p ?
ians are all ?
ittle flag. It
House and "?ys who Preferred to
nent of the leges from comPetin8 >n fl
and eliminating the entire p
of whether 'ust to keeP black PeoPle
ecause that tbe same water fountains v
to women keePin8 little black childrei
eep-the-flag where little white children vs
have any City and state officials su
Bill Campbell and Gov. Zell
the contro- sidestepped questions abou
to talk about tougher, mo
iabue was such 35 crime and education
ot to com- Miller was a strong drc
we've been unti' recently. This being a
id. "We do *11, he would rather zip his
he issue of 1? his 1993 State of the Sta
out fighting: "We have lot
:o interject every element of those sha
iuper Bowl defiance, except for the flag
ost a Super created."
:r King Jr.'s One year later, Miller sai<
o lose the lead anymore parades to ch;
s, will now ever...I'm going to devote
imn happy on the things that affect th
individuals." I didn't know <
he recogni- English.
>blem with |A group of black jourr
ed in 1956 the Georgia Dome press bo:
Confederate anthem as a form of proti
in desegre- flag. Many people also surr
gameday and were vocal ab
ich of good surrender the flag.
ESS
tion: Why is USC so lackadaisical" US
about telling students about important
safety issues such as this, and
furthermore, why did the university
wait this long to take any action to
fix the mistake? O
First off, how long would it take
the area office to install new locks?
At the most, a few days. Second,
the area office is always prompt in ^
charging $25 to change the locks of
those students who have lost their ^tl
keys. Why didn't this major safety mj
incident receive the same quick ^
attention? And does USC have a yQ
concern for personal property, Ujr
because it isn't responsible for losses?
These questions require answers
that are essential to campus safety. tf?
Will USC spend the minimal cost,
in regard to safety, of changing our ec
locks, or is the university still hop- re)
ing we don't want to be informed CQ
and will forget about the whole tj1)
incident? It ought to be interesting an
to see the real intentions of with- ^
holding this information and where
confident about S.C.
:at in a 'B' restaurant if I liked the I"
for the 'A.'"
Dean Youmans
Spanish junior
amfortable if they're too lenient,
lis me that the food I'm eating
good as I think it is."
Stacy Rector
Sociology junior
what
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and the faculty, and we know
i help create a new vision for <
higher rated than we are."
US(
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mmotion at
Civil rights lead
their efforts to be
, . more after the Su
Wagenheim Committee know tl
"We're starting
NnTF nesses that Hy rt
"TOR S NOTE Afrjcan nations
-I Olympics and let
state Sen. Ralph A
keep Georgia's col- past week,
ootball bowl games Needless to say,
iublic school system, about this Georg
rom drinking out of Olympics will be al
/hite people did; or just Uke the NFI
i out of classrooms King's birthday, tl
^re. making it a require
ch as Atlanta Mayor Georgia. If some
Miller have blatantly in America, consi
t the flag, preferring international sea
re important issues nations together fc
i. manship.
p-the-flag advocate as far as traditii
n election year and flag was designee
lip and toss the key. People should be
.te address, he came bridges or streets,
ig since repudiated Atlanta did a wi
imeful 1956 days of the tens of thousa
they (the legislators) the city this past
traffic problem w;
d: "I'm not going to to Atlanta police,
ange the flag now or were outstanding,
my time to working j've ever seen it.
e day-to-day lives of It was quite obv
:hickens could speak on the best show
who were watchin
talists walked out of controversy need
k during the national millions go to the
est against the state
ounded the stadium J.l
out their opinions to
His columr
a
>C's priorities lie. My
tant
Chris Fenchak pose<
Pre-pharmacy freshman were
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i the editor: point
My letter in response to Shayla wome
utts' article, "Campbell misses care '
irk on contraceptive issue," was n?l P
isrepresented with the title that 1 e 11
u assigned to it. That title, menl?
responsible women undeserving te? P
choice" was inflammatory to me Slt>e
a social worker and my values of ^
rating everyone with respect and
gnity, regardless of their socio- ? 1
onomic status. To call welfare 1 e w
:ipients "irresponsible" would be
unter to my values. Additionally,
? use of word "choice" in this day
d age is a loaded statement for
ivious reasons.
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"It's not good. I'd like I
safe food. Since I haven'i
bothered me."
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up, but if I enjoyed eatinj
it wouldn't bother me too
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the person better than
our school, though, if
C President John Palms
)n the subject of hiring new deans
iper Bowl
lers have been successful in
heard. They plan to do a lot
per Bowl to let the Olympic
here are some problems,
a statewide boycott of busile
flag....Then we'll contact
planning to come to the
them know all about this,"
?)ernathy, D-Atlanta, said this
there will be some hot talks
;ia flag thing and how the
ffected.
. mandated Phoenix recognize
le Olympics should consider
;ment for Atlanta and the state
:thing offends so many people
ider the implications on an
le for an event that brings
>r a peaceful display of sportson
goes, the current Georgia
1 and incorporated in 1956.
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Not flags.
onderful job to accommodate
nds of people who flocked to
week for the big event. The
is kept to a minimum thanks
hotel and restaurant services
and the city was cleaner than
ious the city was trying to put
possible for Olympic officials,
g very, very carefully. This flag
s to be reconsidered before
city for the Olympics.
Wagenbeim is editor in chief
of The Gamecock
i appears every other Monday\
letter stated that it is import
to discuss Campbell's pro^
J policy that women, who
dependent on state and federlfare,
should be required to
irth control. I also pointed our
he discussion was timely with
lent Clinton's agenda of welreform.
Lastly, 1 made the
that many Americans feel that
:n and families unable to take
of current obligations should
lan to have new obligations in
tnmediate future. That statenor
any statement in the letever
used the term "irresponrould
appreciate the clarifica-;
>eing made to your readers as
tot want to be associated with!
tie assigned to the letter.
Karen Smith
Graduate student'
College of Social Work
i system?
;o think that I was eating
t been sick, it hasn't really ;
Rebecca Hoffmann
Engineering freshman
ne. They should tighten it
g in a 'B'-rated restaurant,
i much."
Christopher Harris
Criminal justice senior