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TBai Serving USC J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief . v Editor la Wendy Hudson, Carson He lT Nancy Salomons! * Silence Georgia's decision to com in schools must not lead t The gap between church and s when the state senate passec ment of quiet reflection" in p When first glancing at the 51-2 v many senators agreed to somethin tionally. Even more sobering is the f ing out for legislation that flatly sj One has to wonder about the m moment of silence, where student" inward " While the moment of silence is co secular, the real danger exists this force students to pray in school. And it might not even take anotht the schools. It's a pretty good gues pecially ones in rural Georgia, will flection" in theory as one for praye There's nothing.inherently wron se. Perhaps the Legislature legitimate out administrative pressures or cla the issue, then there's no legitimate silence. Still, the Legislature's attitude se ward prayer in schools, which sim] The argument that not having for students' free speech has been argi line is that prayer in public school ment clause. Students are free to ] like other students have time to p Students who want to pray can c taxpayer-funded state time. >'' According to a 1971 ruling by the 'lence are an acceptable division of are truly secular and don't advance If Georgia's new "moment of qu supporters say it is, then fine. But if prayer, then it must be and will be Georgia is skating on thin constit quiet reflection." As it's stated now 1 But give it any more strength, it w Basically, Georgia legislators are1 ey on unnecessary legislation. Wha Students ov for election i 4 i \ Dear candidates: \ On behalf of the student body, jone of the laziest in the nation, I'd like to offer this apology. We're sorry for our apathy and ' any difficulty we may have caused ;you or your campaign teams in Mast week's SG elections, or the t difficulty we may cause those of you in tomorrow's run-off elec tions. i We're too busy to vote and put 'in our two cents about what we think should be done for the betterment of our student body and who should carry these items out in their respective offices. Even though it only takes a few moments of our precious time, we v.yuiiivvvvi\ rAA: Student Media Russell House-USC* Col J.T. VVagenheim Nancy Salomonsky Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Tony Santori Viewpoints Editor Sports Editor Carson Henderson David Mandrell Copy Desk Chief 0x310 Edi,or Gordon Mantler Chris Muldrow Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle News Editor Asst- New5 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. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the 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 Student Media is its parent organization. simply can't find the time to fill ; out a ballot and place it in a box. ; In addition, my dear candidates, we basically have an "I could care less" attitude about who's running, what they stand for and how they're going to accomplish their goals if they're elected. Why do we have this rather slack attitude, you might ask? We feel our vote doesn't count, despite the messages sent out by student media on why our vote does indeed count. My potential student government nets it doesn't reallv matter to us that only 9.3 percent of the student body voted. We don't see the point in the whole student body getting involved. In other words, change SG from a farce to a powerful and helpful tool for . student needs. *ma#rnrb 5= teock Since 1908 Lee Qontz, Viewpoints Editor I Board nderson, Gordon Mantler, cy, Tony Santori lone meditation time 0 forced prayer tate in Georgia lessened Feb. 14, 1 legislation allowing for "a mo>ublic schools. ote, it's shocking to see how so ig that is questionable constituact the two dissenters were hold iiu inc moment was lor prayer, otive to institute a truly secular ? are free to pray, think or "look institutional as long as it remains precedent will pave the way to \ :r bill to allow prayer to infiltrate is that some school districts, es1 treat the "quiet moment of rer in practice. ig with a moment of silence per dy feels students need time withsswork to simply think. If that's ; reason to contest a moment of ^ems to be that this is a step toply can't be allowed to happen. j /* ___ I cea prayer is an lniringemeni on jed time and again. The bottom Is is a violation of the establisharay during their free time, just ursue their personal concerns, lo so on their own time, not on : Supreme Court, moments of sichurch and state as long as they : religion. liet reflection" remains what its : it turns into a concealed school challenged in court. uuonai ice wnn ine moment 01 , the moment is pretty pointless, ill be unconstitutional, wasting their constituents' mont's new? re apology apathy Jay Tilley COLUMNIST Moreover, my dear office seekers, we simply don't care about the issues being debated during these seemingly pointless elec- * tions. Either that, or we don't care enough to take some sort of positive-reinforcement action. We don't care that we can't find a parking place on campus or that visitation is too strict or that tuition rates are sky-high. In rnnrlncinn mi; rmd i_ Att wuviu^iv/ii, 111 j uv.ai Lauur dates, I sincerely hope you'll accept this apology I've presented on behalf of the student body. We, the students at USC, wish we could be more helpful to you, the candidates, but as stated before, we're just too apathetic. However, let the point be made that we'll be sure to complain about who's elprteH tomorrow and what SG is doing in the future. We realize we won't have the right to take this action, but apathy won't let us have it any other way. Cordially yours, Jay Tilley --- Chris Carroll Ill-IllO Coordinator of Student Media tising. 777-4249 Laura Day 777-6482 Production Manager umbia, SC 29208 Gre?n Asst. Production Manager Keith Boudreaux Gregory Perez Asst. News Production Asst. Brian Garland Brian McGuire Asst. Carolina! Graduate Asst. Emily Peterson Renee Gibson /\35i. moio Aaverusing ivianager Jimmy Debutts J. Taylor Rutland Asst. Sports Asst. Advertising Manager Paul Jon Boscacci Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Polky The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. Viewpoii "In the 10 years I've been working1 kind of author Post-adolescer So, I hate my life, right? After seeing the newest post-adolescent angsi flick, "Reality Bites," I've come to the conclusions that life is terrible and that I'll never find a job, sc I may as well just give it up. If the movie is to hold any weight, that's what we should all do. Well, pardon me if I don't. I've had just about gl I can take of 20-something Generation X-ers whin ing about how we have no job market, no role models, can't have sex, can't eat, can't drink, can'i sunbathe, can't walk on the street, can't leave oui doors unlocked, etc. like our parents could. I'm even tired of the terms "20-something" and "Gen eration X." The deal is, some things are worse than they were for our parents. We're missing a lot of the things our parents took for granted, such as eating Halloween candy without X-raying it first or talk ing to a stranger without fearing he would shoot you aeaa. Then again, TV, which is now said to be so hyper-violent as to encourage children to burn theii domiciles to the ground, featured such questionable storylines as "let's hunt down and kill the Indians" and "those dirty Japs." Anyway, in the excessively irritating "Reality Bites," Winona Ryder and her pals complain they have nothing to live for, no ideals, nothing to look forward to. They stumble about from job to job, Life doesn't begin concept ^ the embr at conception outside of life yet. Si To the editor: age preg I'm writing in response to Patrick because o McNeill's column in the Feb. 21 tion. Get issue of The Gamecock. "Abortion there will I facts don't back up pro-choice fewer abot argument." Third, i I'm a female who has experi- human is enced first-hand what occurs in can and < dealing with abortion. My best Men can'i friend became pregnant from failed what it's contraception and had an abortion, baby, so I Her doctor told her that had she us live 01 given birth, she could have died Parenthoot from kidney failure. That was a risk not only she had to take, and she's happy forms of < with it. after pills, I'd like to argue some of Patrick's nancy testi points. First, lifp doesn't begin at If your t I Should pu SF" " "I think it should be volu ayp "I "The marriage of church funded is a bad idea." wKKSf m nts with the student senate, this is the first ity. I'm neutral on it. I don't think it'll c On the I it whiners need tLee Clontz VIEWPOINTS EDITOR 'I'- r paying rent when they can, but always with enough : money for beer, cigarettes and marijuana, t When Winona does go job hunting, dressed like - a bohemian refugee with the haircut of a Pekinese i mongrel, she tries to shop her documentary of her loser friends and their pathetic lives to companies which, let's be frank, have better things to do. ' Perhaps most irksome of all is the love story in this misguided mess, which involves a love trian; gle between Winona, her best friend and a '90s yuppie, played by Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller respectively. For some reason, the writers of this movie got it in their heads that the guy with the nice car, the good job and the future is simply the wrong person for Winona. By making a future for himself, he must be materialistic, greedy and stupid. No, she would be much happier with the greasy-haired beat poet who really stands for something, always uttering the brilliant passages apparently taken from Manchu Wok fortune cookies. How touching. How noble. What utter crap. v Up until three months, abortion, would you rath yo isn't able to survive from a safe one or die fn the mother, so it's not a alley one? The choice is econd, the rate of teen- let it rest on your conscii ;nancy has increased er. f the lack of sex educamore education, and Cassit be fewer pregnancies and Education tions. 10 man, judge or other ReliffiOUS Right going to tell me what I IYCU&1UU5 m&11L :an't do with my body. misinterprets G and never will, know like to give birth to a To the editor: think they should just let I've always consideret ur lives. Last, Planned Christian. However, rec d is a service that offers become aware that wher abortions but also all asks me about my religic :ontraceptives, morning- I'm war)' of saying I'm a ( GYN testing and preg- 1 don't want anyone t ng. the conclusion that I'm >est female friend had an mentalist. I believe funds iblic schools have a prayt ntary and not manda- * ^e( Pernin Anderson violen Journalism junior and what is publicly fHHIBBI I m 2 shoul< Alex Suaudom Ume' Psychology senior ' ^kiiriAI^X,X*X*X?X!Xv?;?v?v?v?v?v?v.v.V'V?X*X,XvXvX*X*X*XvXvX* ^ WSJ r~ ^^^^ippir' Jap XvXvIv IvXvXv.'v." 4&&8F * & . *: . ' Vlil- Vi'V-WlWtMMI "ANI6$E FlA& RiVi^cO - 111 ' time that there's been a need for this ause any harm." Woody Carothers SG Ad visa line-item veto amendment pending in the student senatt to face reality The fact of the matter is, there's nothing wrong with trying to make a future for yourself. People supposedly don't go to college to learn to be alternative and counterculture. If you do, don't complain when you can't find a job. Perhaps the most annoying aspect of this entire movie is the outrage the audience is supposed to - show when the Stiller yuppie character buys Winona's stupid documentary and makes a "Real World" show out of it for the network he works for. He is presented as a sellout who has desecrated her great work of art. Who writes this garbage? Are these supposed to be real people? Good grief, I hope not. While 1 realize it's "cool" to think everything sucks, 1 don't buy it. I'm in college, I can take care of myself, and I don't have to go to bed at night worried that the Russians are going to wipe us off the map while I sleep. If vou want to waste vour time whining about your bad lot, save your breath. Nobody cares, so you might as well learn to take care of yourself. Who says reality bites? Only people who don't want to face it. I ler her live is diametrically opposed to the om a back- teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, yours, and Instead, I go into a somewhat ence forev- lengthy exposition of my beliefs. It seems the word "Christian'' has * Shannon developed negative connotations, freshman So many people in our society who want others to think well of them call themselves Christians, even if in the next instant they're indulging in ospel truly vicious or bigoted behavior toward their neighbors. The people of the Religious Right * 7Se!f 3 may be motivated, they may be well ent>, ve organj2e(i an(] they may be politi1 someone ? ' , , , . , )us beliefs ca^ y Power^u' But they ve m,ssed Christian. the central point of the Gospel. o jump to t a funda- J*111 Gleaton imentalism Nursing statistician ;r period? ;1 that prayer should be allowed in Is, because once it was taken out, teen ice increased." Adria Johnson Political science freshman i Christian, and I do believe that prayer i be allowed in school, but at the same students should not be forced to pray." Georgianna Johnson English senior