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_4 "ISaiftock Serving USC Since 1908 J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief Lee Clontz, " Editorial Board fi Wendy Hudson, Carson Henderson, Gon Nancy Salomonsky, Tony Sant Celebration Black History Month comm past struggles, hope for futi South Carolina's 25th Black History Month be off a month of celebration both at USC and i Throughout the month, a variety of art exhifc ~ tures will celebrate current influential black citize homage to civil rights pioneers of the past. Young people today live in a completely diftei 30 years ago. As recently as 1962, black Columbis the way in their efforts to fully integrate into soci< But it only happened through the dedicated of black and white citizens who refused to give , once seemed impossible: black people and w "ly coexisting. It took some time, and unimaginable effort, came true. The point of Black History Month is not just so brate their culture, although that is certainly a n ' importantly, it gives students of all races the opp< and appreciate the contributions of black Americ; ture. USC will be having its own Black History Monti ?eral movies, a talent show, a gospel show and a cans. Carolinians should attend as many of these act 'ever your ancestry may be. The only way to enligl different cultures, is through interaction, somethin; History Month will provide. The celebration is a truly amazing change when 'black hostility of the early 1960s. Despite the celebration, USC still has farther to | i relations. Fraternities and sororities are still almost and many students still persist in believing outdated .students. The numbers of the unenlightened are, thankful er. Today's youth grow up in a world for different ff Bigotry is no longer an acceptable trait in most cii are finally realizing that the good of the many is besi one an equal voice. After 25 years of celebrating Black History Mon come a long way. Black History Month is a celebration of what make where persistence, determination and a belief in > "amazing things happen. We can only hope that the next 25 years are as fi Revisions to Superi innovative, practica Now that President Clinton's | State of the Union address is part I . of the past, Congress is ready to I I I get to work on some extremely important legislation. And it should be quite an exciting session. However, health care reform, a tough crime-fighting package and a revamping of the country's decrepit GOFQ welfare system are not the only issues Congress will be discussing. Overshadowed by these highly emotional issues is a major piece of environmental legislation to be at first, but i considered this year: the revision Because the of the Superfund law, originally save some r passed in 1980. the speed < The Superfund law intended for should incrr businesses to pay for the cleanup ing economic of thousands of toxic-waste renovated sit dumps, a bill to the tune of 580 During th< billion to 5300 billion. But in 14 ers chose to years, only 200 sites have been ai property cleaned up while valuable time, dumping site money and energy have been lost COSts. But if to litigation over who should pay ered enough for the work. will stay und Critics point to the law's inflexi- luted while c bility as one of the main hin- be redevelop drances to its success. So the head poses, of the Environmental Protection And this i Agency, Carol Browner, has pro- idea though posed some innovative changes to that want to the law that should give business- toxic cleanu es and the EPA more flexibility ronmental ? when cleaning up sites. work also, [ Rather than clean up all sites to groups are a the same level of cleanliness, the process, new provisions would require dif- Clinton's ferent degrees, depending on Arir<.nco? what is planned to be built there strong envir after cleanup. guj passage Right now, the law requires all would be a j sites to be clean enough to build Clinton's rep homes there, which is the highest ronment. level of cleanliness and the most it's stjii costly. but it's an inn But the new law would allow ^ a land, for instance, for industrial flawed enviro use and for parking lots to be less jt saves r clean than land for homes. And cleanup of t< the community where the site is promotes ecc will have a lot of say in the extent while preser of the cleanup. The idea of more And the was development of commercial and Up. whQ coul industrial ventures coming in at a an environme quicker pace is attractive to many communities. Gord The proposal might sound odd appears eve 0aifitcock ?r??-424' Student Media Russell House-USC* Columbia, SC 292< J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomonsky Keith Boudrea Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor ^ Newj Lee Clontz Tony Santori Viewpoints Ed,.or sp0"5 EtStor Melissa Tennt Carson Henderson David Mandrell Asst. Carolina! Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Jimmy Debut Gordon Mantler Chris Muldrow Ajs( Spons Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Wendy Hudson Nora D?y,e Jon 8 News Editor I Asst. News | Cartoonist The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Lst University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semes- Th? Gamecock will ters, with the exception of university holidays and exam Letters should be 20C periods. name, professional til Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the Letters must be pers. editors or author and not those of the University of Gamecock newsr South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications ^h? Gamecock resert is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of style, possible libel or Student Media is its parent organization. be withheld under an) Vic Oli?S?ei n the city of Columbia. -/V its, concerts and lec- ^*y ^ *ent world from that of I ^ | ins fought every step of I - ? persistence of a group I up on a dream which H | but that dream finally I! ? \^i * WxvV \ black citizens can cele- HI ^ izjfcz. \ lajor motivation. More I ortunity to learn about to the nation's \ i celebration, with sevsalute to black Ameri- ^? ivities as possible, what- ^ ~ ? titen the community to g the festivities of Black i compared to the andgo with regards to race '' completely segregated, stereotypes about black lly, growing ever small- "The sentiment at om that of our parents. y^e ODOOrtUnitie rcles, and most people UC uPPuriunnie : served by giving everyrh Qniith C!irnlina Koc s America great: a place T pK. A J vhat is right can make J^zl I JKk ill rUit^U' This past Thursday, Earn in the hallway of Eau Ck nj - -% 1 qttt North Columbia. This trage< Ulivl L(X W teen-agers, especially in scl 1 waves to the Midlands. But fWTf* a8er is iust another statistic. HIW V v Violence among teen-agei in the United States. It tak< inner-cities with regularity, America's well-to-do suburl V "^''NS?|| in this country are immune anymore. This indeed is fast becom *g? | and most important social age violence should really b crisis. President Clinton ha* ^ 1 that fighting crime is an < issue on Mantler In his State of the Union : he's going to work for toug! , p-ne,, /-<Titcc 'ent offenders, boot camps i L/tiwl\ v.rllfc>r * * bans on assault weapons 100,000 police officers natio t makes perfect sense. It's good to know Clintor new provisions will that the Republicans are c< noney for businesses, but this alone isn't going t< :>f cleaning up sites violence problem. There's rase, while encourag- most politicians, especially c development on the don't seem to understand, es. The issue is one of basi - '80s, many develop- beliefs. It's an issue of prote build on pristine rurrather than former s because of the high ?T ? r these costs are low- MTV COlUmn Ullfa] ; m?re rVnu Proper7 to veejays, bands leveloped and unpol- ' J .Id dumping sites can To [he editor; ed for industrial pur- i i Chris Muldrow s comm , . . "MTV vast wasteland of stu sn t ,ust a crackpot h |d h read: xhri M it up by businesses . , c ... . c c vast wasteland of stupidity, I get out of paying for , ... ? . K " ... r 1 ? and prejudice. It appear! p. Mainstream envi- r ' . jr ...... ... writers aren t required to re jroups think it will ,. . . .P ' :. , their material before printing jrovided community c c *1, , 6 . . _ r . I'm no fan of MTV, but n integral part of the . . . ... ^ music lover who prides hinru ... a vast knowledge and tas administration in i w u , . , music. Obviously, Muldrow isn t known for its ... ./ . nothing more than 30 mini onmental programs. w-mr ^ e u i i MTV videos and a common ! of this legislation . f. Ar. . . edge of top 40 pop. ?ood start to redeem ? , . T. , , ' , Your graphics editor began 1 utation on the envi- ... ? ... , lcizing the intelligence and ta .. . MTV veejays. There is a poini its preliminary stages, .. . , ' / v. J. . . didn t project. The veejays are lovative, practical plan K .'. ' ' ... . .. . cast to millions around the wc well-intentioned, but ? , . . . . well as earn a respectable ir nmental law. . , .. c_ c , , simply by standing in front of noney, speeds the j j w . . . . era and announcing videos. V Dxic-dump sites and , . ,. . . ? ?. . .. . . . the stupidity m that? Chns Mu jnomic development , , , , . . ^ on the other hand, is a met ving rural property. te still gets cleaned 25 we,i 35 2 PV grapni . . c c tor for a minor school paper, d ask for more from XT , . .. , , ntal law? Next, who is Muldrow to the worthiness of news? Fo on Mantler s column thing' MTV address" P?li,ica ry other Wednesday. man'' times controversial, i: Chris Carroll Coordinator of Student Media -w- . ' j;r'Ss Is it impc Production Manager -jg Jim Green Asst. Production Manager "I think ux Gregory Perez WF dents ha Production Asst. Sm n Graduate Asst.' lGcUTl IT101 Renee Gibson ts Advertising Manager J. Taylor Rutland Asst. Advertising Manager MB Erik Collins Faculty Advisor "Of COUr tters Policy W^ggmj^HK aware of try to print all letters received. Month ITT 1-250 words and must include full le or year and major if a student. onally delivered by the author to oom in Russell House room 321. ks the right to letters for space limitations. Names will not r circumstances. %\\z 6amecock wvpoints jjj fTTWTfwnmWPr1 K.? i i [11 (Ul M i T 1' [mi MMMmbum the university was about the same as s to educate the broader community ; have made to this cc family values cau est Dunlap was shot I tire High School in jy of violence among rp m aool, brought shock- lOITimy 1( nationally, this teenrs is a growing trend :s place in America's L but it also occurs in .... .. c . . ing our children to protect and i js. Very few schools K to teen-age violence " The reason teen-age violence ing America's biggest across the country is not becaus issue. In fact, teen- enough cops. It isn't because 15e considered a social access to guns. The real reason i; ? apparently decided American family and the American :xtremely important tern. Many of the teen-agers who co address, Clinton said COme from single-parent or br ber penalties for vio- often, the parent or parents neg for youth offenders, ... , , c / c ager. Add to that the fact that our and an increase of ? , . , ? . , <r*rl>:s>U C I 1 nwlde TTiiivn juiiuo Hum a. ua.u u i has finally realized correctness, can't teach the bas jrrect on this issue, nation's laws are derived from. 3 solve the teen-age The school's inability to teach a basic issue that cheating, drug and alcohol abuse, those on the left, sexual behavior and even killing ai being is wrong is a major cause o c values and moral violence problem. Furthermore, 01 :cting life and teach- applies the "nail in the coffin" by i jjj. MTV is at the heart of our youth points, o culture. It's an important broadcast- be even s ing tool. MTV is a cultural icon. The p< Also, MTV expresses our cultural ture shoi views and, in many instances, helps only if yc entary to mold them. anal way pidity" Muldrow needs to realize he isn't really thit ildrow, ?ne to criticize the looks of anyone, to have, i bigotry including Smashing Pumpkins. In cessful b 5 your feet, viewing the picture of him in like its fe; :search The Gamecock, I saw a Spin Doctors They're it. reject who just lost his braces. America I'm a Chris Muldrow is nothing more network self on than a closed-minded, ignorant best sho^ te for fool. The world and its people refreshing knows don't rotate on his finger. Chris how man ites of needs to also realize he doesn't lenged c knowl- decide what is or isn't normal or with, as v right. When Muldrow understands to the wh by crit- this, this world will have one less In a so lent of bigot and one more human being. News is i t Chris only, mu: broad- Eric Miller ing that rid, as Mech. engineering freshman reports 01 icome, thy. (The^ a^canv MTV avoids formula S t* ldrow, with programming ,And of e stu- take thei cs edi- To the editor: covering j I am writing to express my news judge extreme dissatisfaction with Chris excluding r one Muldrow's column in the Jan. 28 interested 1, and edition of The Gamecock. The arti- 'ea ssues. cie seems to have four major They add >rtant to celebrate Black 1 it's important to celebrate it. Black stu- HHPI ve a right to celebrate their leaders and f stand for. Everyone gets to celebrate and re about other cultures." Wendy Prater HRTA freshman se it's important. We are not culturally the society we live in. Black History akes people more aware." 3 Quentin Johnson Music performance freshman Wednesday, February 2, 1994 .OP Course ITS A CfrW Were G?NNA * ? our Tte Tiw* y/ it was everywhere else. We wanted to proibout the contributions African-Americans >untry." Carter Woodson Organizer of USC's first Black History Month se of teen violence life in the case of abortion. This lack of respect for life itself by the U.S. 11^ government is a crucial blow in the area of law )UUlDeny and order. Let me mention, before the National ? Organization of Women tries to crucify me, I'm vINist not advocating that the government shouldn't allow an abortion in the case of rape or if the ???? mother's life is in danger. , What I'm advocating is that the U.S. governespect human , . , ... , . , ment should expect its citizens to be responsible and not to murder anyone, whether it's a 55has exploded year-old, a 15-year-old or an unborn baby, e there aren t Qur government, our education system and year-olds have our nation's parents have to be responsible for 5 two-fold, the teaching our children the difference between education sys- right and wrong. Contrary to the political correctness of left-wing Democrats, there is a right mmit violence anc^ wrong. oken homes Until our government and our society as a -lect the teen- whole realizes this, we will be plagued by issues . such as teen-age violence, drug and alcohol e ucation sys abuse, AIDS, abortion and many of the other se of po itica soc{a| ,ns that now take place in our society, ic values our Even if our country reverted back to values uaseu eaucauon, our ramuy unit became much that stealing, stronger again and our government required citirresponsible izens to be responsible for their actions, these nother human social ills wouldn't disappear completely. There f this teen-age would be dramatic improvements in each of the ir government areas. As far as I'm concerned, I would welcome not protecting any improvement at all. nly one of which seems to what you normally would hear on emilegitimate. the radio. Besides, I'd rather see a Dint concerning MTV fea- normal, everyday looking person jvs seems to have a point who is really into his job than some >u look at it in a seriously pompous, overtrained actor who . Seriously, does anyone hates teen-agers and their music, ik MTV doesn't exist solely Finally, quit worrying about the tnd be, fun? It's highly sue- music, the videos and the people ecause it's different, just behind them. They're there to iture shows. entertain and momentarily take us there to give the youth of from reality, not conform to it. If an alternative to formula everyone would stop trying to shows. They aren't the group bands together, they could ivs ever made, but it's a hear the great sound and different ; change. And don't forget styles each has to offer, y young voters MTV chal- A fine example of this is the artiluring the last election cle's implication that Stone Temple isual, a different approach Pilots' Scott Weiland is a wanna-be ole scheme. Eddie Vedder. Just watch and listenmewhat related way, MTV Weiland's got a beard and short, there to cover one thing wavy hair, while Vedder's got longr sic news. While consider- dirty brown hair. Weiland sings, fact, you see that the Vedder growls. When STP wins an n the show are newswor- award (not a rare occurrence),^ 7 were one of the first to Weiland thanks God, his family and : Michael Jackson story, his friends, while Vedder complains major "real" news story.) about his band's popularity, course, the reporters can Look, do some research before r job seriously. They're writing a column, and don't lose i special and unique type sight of the fact that one man's conthat a lot of people, ception of trash is another man's Muldrow of course, are release in hearing. ve the veejays alone, too. Aaron Speight another dimension to Mech. engineering freshman Tistory Month and why? j ? I "It's important to black kids. Those are our ancestors. Black History Month is a positive push to go forward and lets you pay back someone who did something for you." India Gilliam Business freshman I "It's good to learn about other cultures so people can better understand each other." Bryan Blasco Business sophomore '