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_4 tBaiiHc Serving USC Since J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief Le Editorial B< Wendy Hudson, Carson Hendet Nancy Salomonsky, 1 Justice ^ .? ? t . ? Guilty ruling in marital rapi important precedent for abu In a precedent-setting decision, a Richland C< day for raping his wife. This decision marks the first time in S.C. his resulted in a conviction. According to the court, the man threatened hi ized her and forced her into having oral sex. T to a fight, but since she never protested the so Opinions will differ on what constitutes man ultimate trust in their spouse. If a wife is afraid c horrifying than going to sleep every night in fe; The issue in this case isn't so much the rap though married couples share almost everythin the right to one's body doesn't stop with marri Some have made the argument that her "mar band. Whether that argument is valid, no one's forcefully sodomized. The husband's lawyer claimed she never toll did. It's staggering the jury would even concer an instance of a misunderstanding or a drunkc her, sliced her hand and perforated her eardr question whether she consented is ludicrous. While victory was served in this instance, the when prosecuting marital rape cases. The issue tionable when the victim and the offender are 1 sibility exists for a spouse to use the rape accus other problem in the marriage. The judicial sys s individual basis and make sure the situation is Rape, like molestation charges, is seriously d even if found not guilty, can permanently dama potential to be an act of vengeance and should Bearing this in mind, husbands and wives w was the case in this instance, should be given i m.T .a'_ A _ i>onn not app Congressional In the summer of 1987, the Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition heard the testimony of Lt. Col. Oliver North, the chief conduit between the White House, Iran and the Nicaraguan Contras in the Iran-Contra affair. Last week, almost five years after he was convicted of three felony counts for his involvement in the affair, North officially announced his intention to run for a Virgifiia seat in this year's congressional elections. North was eventually acquitted of nine of the 12 charges against him, but ing not because there was any question as yea to whether he had committed the acts, cle: There wasn't. In his testimony, North as t acknowledged lying to Congress on at let least three separate occasions; lying to Fc the Attorney General; altering, de- 1 stroying and removing National Secu- icaj rity Council documents; funneling aid anc for the Nicaraguan rebel Contras Coi through tax-exempt organizations in aga the United States, money illegally re- rap ceived from sales of arms to Iran in re- der turn for hostages; and finally to re- acti ceiving from a government official an but illegal gratuity in the form of a home offi security system. T These, of course, were just a sampling er ( of the charges brought against him. 19f Many others he never admitted to and a si still others were dropped because the in t documentation implicating him con- mu sisted of classified information that Rea- chil gan administration officials refused to w'1' allow in court. tee North was acquitted because he con- Pat vinced the jury, and much of the Amer- as ' ican public in the process, with patriotic appeals and teary-eyed tirades against ? the incomprehensible evil of the Com- a P1 munist hordes in Nicaragua that all the to 2 things he had done were OK because he SUF had done them in the name of democ- ters racy. arc But North failed to mention that the Noi record of the Nicaraguan government, in terms of services to the poor and not 'ive slaughtering its own citizens, was far better than its "democratic" neighbors l^a Guatemala and El Salvador. Further- ret more, North maintained the Contras es* were America's only hope in the battle ^ against Communism in central America. Co' An account of a typical Contra raid in ,c>1 Nicaragua was related by Father James Feltz, a U.S. citizen and parish priest in Pre the country, this way: "Nine people were killed. A 14-year- nB old girl was raped repeatedly and then c^? decapitated. Three women were forced to lie in the mud while the Contras took ^ shots at them, killing one and wound- t,m "tSaifitcock sis Student Media Russell House-USC* Colun J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomonsky ? Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Ton> Santori Viewpoints Editor SP0*4 Edilor Carson Henderson David Mandrell Copy Desk Chief Pbo,? Ed"or Gordon Mantler Chris Muldrow Copy Desk Chief Graphics Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle News Editor A44t- News The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exam periods. na Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the Li editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of st Sludent Media is its parent organization. b< ock 1908 e Qontz, Viewpoints Editor ?ard son. Gordon Mnntlpr 'ony Santori ? case sed wives aunty jury convicted a man Wedne: itory that the marital rape issue ha is wife with a knife, beat and sodon le claimed the injuries were relate c, it wasn't rape. tal rape. Certainly, one must put hi >f her husband, there's nothing mot ar. e itself as it is general abuse. Eve g ? money, time, living quarters age. ital duty" was to sleep with her hu: "duty" extends to being beaten an d her husband "no." She claims sh n itself with that aspect. This wasn :n coupling later regretted. He be: urn before having sex with her. T legal system will have to be careft : of rape becomes muctf more que: iving under the same roof. The po ation as a form of vengeance for ai item should examine each case on similar to this precedent, amaging to an accused violator an< ge a reputation. Marital rape has th I be investigated carefully, /ho have been genuinely abused,; vhat they deserve: jail. ropriate candidate Pat Sharbaugh COLUMNIST another. A woman was raped. A 1 r-old witnessed the killing of two u 5 and another woman and was use arget practice; she received four be wounds before being left for dead >ur houses were burned." lie human rights organization Ame > Watch found that "the preponde :e of the evidence indicates that tf atras are committing serious abusi linst civilians," including "tortur e, kidnapping, mutilation and mu ," and that the incidents were not tl ions of renegade groups of Contn of field units under the command < cers. "he son of an army colonel and brot if rwn nffirers North was sn eaeer i ~ 0~ >8 to get to Vietnam that he skippt immer leave. While there, he testifk >ehalf of a fellow Marine charged wil rdering 16 Vietnamese women an Idren at Son Thang. While occupie h the trial, North consistently volui red for "killer teams" on nighttim rol, which fellow Marines describe 'hiding behind trees and slittiri oats on his own time." lack in the states, North experience sychotic episode after being assigne i routine Corps job, during which h erior officer found him in his qua ?"babbling incoherently and runnir iund naked, waving a .45 pistol rth explained to the officer that afti war in Vietnam, he had "nothing i : for." forth testified at the 1987 hearin] t he was a professional in the dece juired by covert operations. 1 ence, this is man who once lied for tig. Now, he wants to be a member ogress. If the situation wasn't so tra it would almost be humorous, n Ronald Reagan's first presidenti :ss conference, he charged that tl nets "reserve unto themselves tf ht to commit any crime, to lie i >ar " Th^nlr annHnp? wp havp mf : him to show us the difference b en the good guys and the bad. Som es, it gets so confusing. 7_ Chris Carrol: ' ' U0 Cooidinatorof Studeit M ing. 777-4249 Laura Day 7-6482 Production Manage ibia, SC 29208 4 Gr<*n AM. Production Manaj aeith Boudreaux Gregory Pere Asst. News Production Asst. Melissa Tennen Brian McGuii Asst. Carolina! Graduate Asst. Jimmy Debutts Renee Gibsoi Asst. Sports Advertising Manag Emily Peterson j. Taylor Rutla Asst. Photo Editor Asst Adveitisiag Maaa aul Jon Boscacci Erik Co?ins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy He Gamecock will try to print all letters recei titers should be 200-250 words and must include une, professional title or year and major if a slue titers must be personally delivered by the authc lie Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 3! he Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters yle, possible libel or space limitations. Names will : withheld under any circumstances. Vie MAM ?eo?ll - CoNCEMEP 7 CoMPon/\s AM EAStlM CAMRjs PESPi WEAT&MG ? PPiPEMlC... i, e is I "When economic tin dents are feeling a lii Wild earn Have you hugged a ferret lat Probably not, if you live in ently, state law says ferrets are "v not be sold in pet stores or be Because of the efforts of a 10-ye Greenville legislative delegation a bill to remove the ferret from According to The State, Kat teering as a pooper-scooper at 0- learned of the plight of domesti n- called legislators to have the lav :d The story struck a chord with >1- been a fan of small furry animals cause I'm often comoared to the this total ban on S C. ferret salt x- black market. Are there dark all r- one might hear the following cc ie Man in trench coat: "Did yoi zs Nervous customer: "Yeah. I e, the goods?" ir. Trench coat: "Slow down, bu ,e one might hear us!" is of hin * Columnist undese h of harsh treatmen id :d n. To the editor: ie For someone who calls himsel >(j of MTV," Eric Miller certainly Lg ciously to the channel's defense, with excessive personal attacks u[ 1(j Muldrow. I'm pretty sure, howe Muldrow is aware that "the worl jg people don't rotate on his finge r I think he writes a good colur ' rivaling Dave Barry in his clever t ? of mundane topics. He doesn't er take himself too seriously, and I to wrote his MTV comments with as will as Miller conveyed in his i Molly n Englis a of Georgia state flag not at mercy of N ,e To the editor: Ie As a native Atlantan, I felt com ? provide a more accurate view of :n ee - Do y< 3BSB "I thin raped I against i ST nd ger | lent. r to jjL m the (gamecock i/v points . ARE IUese? 11 a -rT i A-*"* i k.i i iiwi, i?^? A'T CARoUrt/ IE OH PlFFERt/ Tfe. THE Course, AIVo ftilK ||| .0. ntial -of u^ptuotlt ' 0 0 Wj fry ^ les are bad, I think students ttle more secure about their livores' make dy? P South Carolina. Apparvild carnivores" that may allowed to run at large. ar-old girl, however, the is planning to introduce \ #1?J* . the wild carnivore list. J :ie Sweeney was volun- W\ the animal shelter and ? MC , , Customer: Sc c ferrets. She wrote and ? , , Trench coat: / investigated. , ... . ., l ?. i_ he likes it if ya sci me, because IVe always ? ' ?. . . . , / Customer: As >, particularly ferrets, be- n . , ' j r Don Johnson :m. I began to wonder if ,. , ? , . . c lice! Put your han< :s has spawned a ferret .. 1 . , . JT . , Move, you punks leys in Columbia where f. ' . The problem v mversation: .. Z, . ? ... rabies. The doctoi 1 bnng the money? , , . ti l wrL . rmges for the vac ,s a" in there Where s ferre, T.sl)ir| d Calm down, or some- The director < said someone brc family reunion in rviflP * don't P'an to debate hov ? the flag was voted into existem it hundred people will give you IOC why the flag was adopted. I will, however, respond to t pects of the column. Yes, the flag f "no fan proudly atop the State House. It's came vi- Since when did the NFL Commia complete Olympic Committee have any voi >on Chris adoption of any state flag? I hard :ver, that necessary to consult them when i Id and its a new flag, r." Zell Miller dropped the flag i nn, often cause time and time again Georgi reatment voted to keep the flag. Several p : seem to ducted at the time indicated a 3doubt he jority of those in favor of the ?much ill knew he would not be re-eleci eaction. tried to continue to force the ? views on the majority of Georgia Ledford "chicken," simply a sensible pc h senior Obviously, Mr. Wagenheim h tended many events in Atlanta, he would know by now that there one group or another outside all events protesting something. I r L would he be as quick to join the side as ne was to join tne anti-ns ment? Certainly not. pelled to To boycott all businesses flying my state you would have to boycott priv >u think that mari k the man convicted of marital rape I. If you're married, how can you be si her? She might have let him. It's his hers." Charlie S Math c it should be punishable. If she doesn'i is rape, whether they are married or nc Kreshella b English sophi I I eofte forsef soutu t we po tu1h6s s *tim - of v some saw v/e 1 16 s: backvlarw. ^ / .. sr.? n :;.? wufcftE I .0 ?"~ 4?u-rnrx?v4 i '?~ wxmm r:a '?* " j |t> . p end up majoring in somethii future now, so being a sociol option." decent pets, c ing | Chris Muldrow GRAPHICS EDITOR thii IJ )rry. This is my first time." bu Well, here it is. His name's Murray, and nai atch behind his ears." vww ? he's so dang cute!" are (Ferret Vice): "Freeze!! This is the po- ere is and that ferret where I can see them. niz ! Awww ? he's so dang cute." hai vith ferrets is apparently a concern with rs have a hard time getting the little sy- pie cine, and it's probably hard to roll up arc : sleeves. Fei )f DHEC's Division of Vector Control tie night a rabid ferret to school and to a Horry County... / or why nesses as well as government ager ce. One- you think the flag is going to hin ) reasons pie from going to school and r< their welfare or unemployment 1 )ther as- Again, certainly not. I does fly People should be honored how our flag. majority of the people deems ai iioner or ate. We Georgians have chosen ce in the the flag honoring our ancestc lly find it streets have been renamed and c choosing uments torn down, but our flag1 tinue to fly. ssue beans have Barbara 1 oils con- Histor to-1 maflag. He Tiinorlty Movie selection Hes no shows insensitivit ditician. lasn't atbecause To the editor: :'s always 1 noticed that the movie "1 athletics Temptation of Christ" was showii wonder, Russell House Theater, and a que : pro-life mediately popped into my mind ig move- the committee responsible for pic movie show one that had a thwar l the flag, of Muhammed thinking about ha ate busi- with a prostitute? Would it? Wc ital rape should be "^i was actua omore Friday, February 4, 199^ , I .xcose ME, SI ft, jut ISN'T TMAT # mm WE neec? 'HE CON poms? lg that doesn't suit them. But stuogy major becomes a more viable John Skvoretz Sociology chairma^j leserve rights Family reunion attendee: "Cousin Ray!! You're look; slim! Have ya lost some weight? What are you... Y!! You bit me! You always were an annoying little ep! Bob, Ray bit me!" Ray: (strange ferret noises) _ Thirty people had to be treated for rabies, which nk involves several shots in the... ahem... posterior^ Now, I'm for vector control as much as the next guy,9 11 think it's unfair to give every single ferret a bad lie just because of the actions of one. The State said several national ferret organizations upset the ferret is being portrayed as a sneaky, evil ature like a weasel. Of course, national weasel orgaations responded by saying ferrets smell funny and re very little fashion sense. I'm strongly in favor of ferret rights, as long as peo: make sure their ferrets aren't going to be spreading lund disease. Shoot, I might just get a bag o' Purina' ret Chow, sneak down to a dark alley and raise a lit? furry friend of my own. ChrisMuldrow's column appears every Friday. icies. Do committee pick a movie that showed Marder peo- tin Luther King Jr. thinking about sex with -ceiving the Grand Dragon of the KKK (and showbenefits? jng t|ie act^> er the better still, would the committee air a^ movie that showed the committee head's^! to keep mother thinking about sex with the milk>rs. Our man? No! Of course it wouldn't. iur mon- But why, then, will the committee show will con- a movie depicting Jesus Christ himself thinking about sex with a prostitute? Why will they show a movie with no regard to Harding jlow mucj| jt wj|i offend followers of y junior chrjst? why, please tell me, do we bend over backward to not offend homosexuals, minorities and other religions but not Christians? y If we offend minorities, we're expected to apologize. If we offend gays or feminists, we're expected to be more tolerant.^ Then why do we not have regard for 'he Last r-u?i >> 1 I'm \^IIIisLiauar 1 m uui ncic iu celiac*. * *** ng in the jiefe tQ simp|y ^ for the same consideration im- , . , . , I w ij ation that you would certainly grant any king this other group. ted view iving sex Wyman Richardson iuld this History junior t i punishable? it should be punishable. If the woman 'ant to, even if married, it's rape. Your i rights come first." Elijah Smalls Pharmacy freshman :re is such a thing as marital rape. If she lly raped, she should be able to get damErin Sullivan ( Sociology junior I