The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 18, 1994, Page 4, Image 4
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Serving USCI
J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief
Editorial
Wendy Hudson, Carson Hei
Nancy Salomonsk
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Sensationalisi
With Harding saga ove
: of time for another me
W" e are all sick and tired of hea
she.
Tonya Harding pled guilty to 1
and not a moment too soon. Outside th<
ing politely said she respected the medi;
ing some time and space for herself. To
Maybe finally, the media will stop be
other poor schmuck to fill the tabloids1
Not only did the Harding-Kerrigan sj
Olympic Games, the national and intern;
the issue ? leaving more pertinent issue
soap opera-type situations creeping intc
Eighteen-year-old Amy Fisher kicked i
! successfully shot her lover's wife. The M
(YWPR rvf mooiTinpc until T Arpm RnKKiri
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; cover scene.
So what does this say about the statt
housewife from Manassas, Va., who seve
affect on individual citizens? Does a teenin
Long Island have anything to do wit
course not.
If important issues such as health care,
and skyrocketing crime received the att
had, the American people might have n:
these problems.
Saturday Night Live would have neve
host a show, and especially not someom
ing talent as Nancy Kerrigan. Aside from
acting debut, what makes matters worse
that night. According to SNL's media repi
est rating in the past 14 years, surpassing
' tin.
SNL's Kerrigan rating also surpassed t
ly sensational, news shows like "20/20"
other example of the American public's i
The next time one of these pseudo-evi
antee that one will, be selective in the at
entertaining, but it probably won't affec
than it distracts the media's attention a
more ignorant.
Beardman sii
with bands a
I've never been much of a barfly,
preferring to sit in my room and
drool on weekends and Thursdays,
- but occasionally I'll see an ad for a
. band I can't miss. In those rare
times, I throw on some rakish,
styling duds (read: T-Shirt with
spilled Pepsi stains and tattered
shorts) and mosey (or sometimes
saunter, depending on my mood)
down to Five Points to listen to music
and watch the people.
Concerts at bars are strange creatures.
Usually there's very little space tic
for the audience, meaning you get ci:
to be up close and personal with ed
everyone around you. It's not fun wl
for the claustrophobic. pi:
Some people are so alarmed by sa^
the close quarters that they climb up th<
on top of the crowd and get the au- th;
dience members to pass them at
around for air. If that doesn't work, 1
they may dive onto the stage to get sei
a reassuring sip of the performer's bo
requisite frosty beverage. the
Some people tend to audition for ryi
the band while the concert is going be
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on. unionunaieiy, mc wouia-DC gu
lead singers don't take turns and
end up in a fierce cacophony of th<
song and screech. Apparently alco- the
hoi, like showering, inspires people the
to sing when their talent is lacking, pe
Of course, I act like I can sing she
while I'm completely sober, and I ten
sound like a bull moose with laryn- t h
gitis. (I guess... I've never actually thr
heard a bull moose with laryngitis, ties
but if I did, I'm sure it would sound '
like me singing.) late
Dancing is a logical reaction to 1 hi
music, and some dancers find their she
own groove and run with it. I've tisi
seen people start dancing during a htte
fast song and continue spinning and bae
gyrating like an overzealous belly ton
dancer straight through two inter- atta
missions. 'eB
I think everyewie who enters a bar eve
is issued a pack of cigarettes and or- wn
dered to smoke them all at the same 1
time so press photographers can get P^a
those dramatic smoke-tinged pic- cut
tures of the stars banging guitars. Ma]
Those of us with low tolerance for son
smoke are foolish to even go to bars fr*e
because they're one of the last bas- ^
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Editor in Chief Carolina' Editor
Lee Clontz TonySantori I
Viewpoints Editor SP0*4 Edi,or
Carson Henderson David Mandrell {
Copy Desk Chief 1,10,0 Ed,or
Gordon Mantler Chris Muldrow j
Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor
Wendy Hudson Nora D?yk Pa
News Editor As,L New*
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dia soap opera
ring about it, and apparently so i
Hindering prosecution Wednesda
e Portland, Ore., courthouse, Hart
i, but would greatly appreciate hai
nya, take all the time you want!
ating that dead horse and find ar
with.
iga downplay the true spirit of th
ational media kept reminding us c
s on the back burner. We see thes
) the news all the time.
it oil a tew years ago when she ur
[enendez brothers then graced thi
t chopped her way onto the tabloi<
: of our society? Could an abuse*
:red her husband's penis, have an
age girl's affair with a married mat
h the average married couple? O
shrinking budgets, education woe
ention these real-life soap opera:
tore of a clue on how to deal wit!
r signed a silver medal winner t<
e with so little personality and art
Kerrigan's embarrassing televisior
is the sky-high rating SNL receivec
resentative, it was the show's high
a 1980 episode starring Steve Mar
he more informative, if not slight
or "Prime Time Live." It's just antwisted
priorities,
ents takes place, and we can guartention
you devote to it. Sure, it's
t your liife in any way. Well, othei
way from real news, making you
igs along
t bars
Chris Muldrow
GRAPHICS EDITOR
>ns of public smokitude (an offiil
new word...kind of) in the UnitI
States. I'm convinced everyone
10 used to smoke in other public
ices that now sport smoking bans
re up their cigarettes and smoke
sir entire weekly cigarette total on
at one night they decide to go to
>ar.
Of course, bars mean beer, and it
ems everyone buys about three
>rtlf*e fn rarru with ttlpm trmrirri
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; stage. I noticed people were carng
a sampler brace of one ice-type
er, one Zima and one old brand
ist in case the other two suck).
When people are finished with
eir beers up close to the stage,
7 have to find someplace to put
:m. Speakers, the floor, other
ople's coat pockets and really
)rt audience members are all poitial
disposal spots. By the end of
e night, it's like dancing
ough...well...a maze of beer bot?on
the floor.
Jsually I get to the concert too
: to hunker down at a table, and
ave to stand through the whole
>w. I don't mind, but my back
tally checks out about two hours
> the set. I'm getting a removable
:k so I can just pull my middle
so off (I think it'll be Velcro) and
ich my head and shoulders to my
s. That way I won't get out of
:ry show feeling like I've been
isslin' a grizzly all night,
really like going to see bands
y; I don't know, however, if I'm
out for survival in the crowd.
rt>e I should just get the CD, light
le newspaper on fire, get some
nds to come over and yell a lot
I charge myself a cover.
7 Chris Carroll
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"Terrorism in the home on the ris
"Domestic violence becoming 'ep
"1 killed, 3 shot in standoff: Inno i
lice at bay as wife lies dying"
All headlines from the same day.
"In another case of domestic violc
"The shooting was the second violi
bulent marriages in the Columbia an
four days..."
"I told her 'He's plotting somethii
getting too violent."
All parts of stories the headlines v
Domestic violence has started to tx
pie of the news sections of newspaj
nately because women and their frie
killed in startling, unsettling numbt
dent gets more coverage, while each
so becoming bloodier.
Experts are claiming domestic viol
ing epidemic proportions. I say dom
itself is not on the rise, but instead p
the news media and abused women
are becoming more aware of it.
life doesn't begin
after 3 months
To the editor:
I'm writing in response to Cassie
Shannon's response to Patrick McNeill's
column in the Feb. 23 issue of
The GamecPck.
It's a true shame that any educated
person can actually put a three-month
date on the beginning of life. Life begins
when that life is made. Life is
made when the sperm produced by a
male fertilizes the egg produced by a
female, and for nine months, that life
grows.
Yes, it's true that a baby, which is
what it is, needs the womb of the
mother to survive, but that doesn't in
any way mean that he isn't a life! It
means the baby is just not yet able to
survive on his own.
Furthermore, my friend was in a
boating accident and needed to be on
an oxygen machine for two weeks to
live. In other words, he was dependent
on a machine to survive. Does
that mean he was no longer a life for
two weeks?
My mom had diabetes during her
fourth pregnancy and needed insulin
every day to live. She couldn't survive
on her own without that shot of insulin.
Does that mean she wasn't a life
for nine months.
"The embryo isn't able to survive
outside of the mother, so it is not a
life yet" is a poor justification for aborWhat
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Domestic violence has be
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cartoon of the cave man kno
rent with. over 1116 head 311(1 dragg^g 1
?come the sta- he a comical illustration, but,
jers, unfortu- m ear'y form ?f "spousal" at
nds are being In this day of more demc
;rs. Each inci- equality of women both socia
incident is al- creased awareness among wc
marriage, spousal abuse an
ence is reach- should be decreasing, not b
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olice officers, women are second-class citizt
and children as a wife is to bear and rear <
household chores.
tion. If an "embryo" isn't indeed a life, ali
then abortion wouldn't be necessary. T1
In addition, Cassie referred to the per- Lc
son carrying the embryo as a mother, thi
How can someone be the mother of fei
someone who isn't yet a life? tic
At the same time, I understand why
Cassie's best friend felt it necessary to in
have an abortion. I, too, experienced di<
kidney failure, which was passed on da
to me when my mother was pregnant pe
with me. Her doctor advised her to th<
have an abortion, but she refused, tai
and by the grace of God, I'm here, the
Even if my best friend wanted to of
have an abortion, I would rather have ]
two precious lives than one life end- rig
ed from a safe abortion. tio
However, the choice is yours, and sig
let the fact that you ended a life that to \
was a part of you by an abortion rest the
on your conscience forever. rati
it.'
Tamekia Taylor ore
English freshman 1
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Right to property cs
isn't fundamental yes
wit
To the editor: mai
I disagree with some of the points to <
made in the Feb. 7 editorial, "Privacy: 1
Legalization of marijuana a property of;
issue in accordance with the Declara- mo
tion, Bill of Rights." "pr
The editorial states "the signers of alio
the Declaration believed that the right evii
of property was fundamental, in- fugi
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tg that what she did was right,
y bad for her."
John Mitchell
MIBS student ^
mt so much to her, she should
larder."
Brad Busby
Chemistry freshman
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Even with
suing succes
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mews editor of a spouse.
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ler off by her hair may killed in thei
stretching it, it shows Peace f?r m
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problem an
cratic marriages, the Jefves
lly and legally, and in- we need
>men of their rights in ^ in t]
d domestic violence the s^oty!
eing declared an epi- capable of hi
:r holds the idea that Don't say "Ji
:ns and their only role ble to know
children and perform those who ar
our understi
a
ienable, an aspect of humanity."
lis idea was expressed by John
eke, whose ideas greatly influenced
e Declaration's author, Thomas Jefrson,
when he wrote the Declara>n
of Independence.
Locke's ideas influenced many durg
the late 1700s. But Jefferson
Jn't think that property was a funmental,
inalienable right or an asct
of humanity. Jefferson wrote in
e Declaration that men have "cern,
inalienable Rights, that among
:m are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
Happiness."
He oddly left the "fundamental"
ht of property out of the Declaran
altogether. If the Declaration's
ners had actually believed the right
property to be "fundamental," then
y couldn't have signed the Declaion
without that right expressed in
rhere is no mention of the right to
iperty in the Declaration.
The editorial also says people are
assed by federal and state governXT
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111. mow u one is uuKing aDOUl tne
1 or traffic cops, then I would say
, but it doesn't seem to be the case
h privacy rights. At this moment,
rijuana is illegal. Thus, police have
:nforce the law.
'he police don't judge the fairness 1
i law. By and far, it seems that ;
st police searches are done with '
obable cause." The Bill of Rights <
ws searches for illegal substances,
dence in court cases and/or for
itives if and only if there is a probI
a Harding's plea b
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she did not go to j
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try to cheat, an<
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the first of the year,
d now in the rent
Gene Luna
rector of Housing and Residential Services
Lot contempt
these valued beliefs and women purisful
careers in traditionally male-dom- '
, females in our society continue to be
atened and killed. In South Carolina,
r 10 murder victims dies at the hands
Domestic violence made up 27.5 perjgravated
assaults, and those were onts
that were reported,
jciety, as a culture, and as caring hucannot
continue to ignore the problen
and children being abused and
ir own homes, places of sanctuary and
ost of us. It is time for the media and
rcement personnel to recognize the
d treat it with the seriousness it deto
give support and hope to those
tie cycle of abuse. We need to abolish
)e that these women are weak and indping
themselves out of the situation,
ist leave if it's that bad." It is impossiand
recognize the fear and feelings of
e being abused. These women deserve (
inding, not our contempt.
able cause to believe one or more of
the above will be found at the place
or on the person to be searched.
If marijuana became legal and was
used in the privacy of one's own
home, there would be no problem
with its legalization. But there are
some problems.
First, it's not as easy to test for as alcohol.
Thus, it would be hard to deter
people from driving under the influence.
Legalizing marijuana would
just endanger drivers and pedestrians
to a greater extent than they are now
from drunk drivers.
Second, marijuana may be no
worse than alcohol, but some people
under the influence of alcohol have
injured and killed themselves or others.
I believe legalizing marijuana
would just add to this problem. By legalizing
marijuana, I believe the problems
with alcohol will only be repeated
with marijuana, or they could
become worse with the mixing of already
legal recreational drugs.
Finally, the argument for legalization
often turns toward the subject of
tax money from taxes placed on legalized
marijuana. But if too large a
tax is put on it, them home growers
and foreign smugglers will start doing
business and circumvent taxes placed
mi marijuana to make tax-free profits.
Jon Andreski
History junior
iargain?
eal out of the whole thing if
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an.
Leiis Caldwell
Exercise science junior
a winning spirit will play by
vho just want the gold will
i they will eventually be
Candice Boette
Music senior