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Wendy Hudson, Carsc
Nancy Salor
GBQ
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jinuncuiuy necessiu
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March 28 to combine the re
JL and Portfolio Literary maga
.good move, and one that was net
..^yearbook.
Only 3 percent to 4 percent of)
5 percent had your pictures taken
edition of Portfolio is published, s
many are left untouched until the
previous issue are taken away by i
The lack of support for the yeari
and that's just from the 1993 vole
tion of the 1994 book will add to
So it's obvious most of you dor
derstandable since you probably
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hot commodity because most of y
cation with the same group of pe
^vell.
* Your parents, though, used to lii
jtbooks and were on waiting lists v
'with hopes there would be a copj
* The new magazine, Garnet & E
comprehensive and provocative p
thus making it more of an attractr
Of course, we wouldn't dare fc
erary section in GBQ that will offe
It will offer students who submit t
their work read by more people.
GBQ will expand on the 96-year
book. Instead of wrapping things
terty account of USC's happening
enue from advertising, avoiding tl
It took a lot of planning and co
give GBQ the green light We are o
athy shown for the yearbook.
With changing times comes a d
university. You've made it dear yc
ing to do our best to give you mo
you won't be disappointed.
Nirvana's I
*AI1 in all is
My passion for rock 'n' roll su
persedes my passion for just abou
-everything else. But part of the flame
iwas extinguished when Kuri
, Cobain's body was discovered Friday
in his Seattle home. Cobain, leac
singer and guitarist for Nirvana, waj
.dead of an apparendy self-inflictec
^shotgun wound to the head. These
" are the darkest days of rock 'n' roll
for me since The Replacement
called it quits in 1991.
" ' I refuse to elamnrize or svmna.
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thize with the "alternative" lifestyle
so often associated with Cobain: the
drugs, the obvious mental instability
the alienation, the rifts in his mar
xiage and band. Or that Nirvana was
connected with the grunge scene ol
Seattle, a place where everyone is
cool.
However, I will celebrate and defend
Cobain's unbridled passion foi
rock 'n' roll. With "Nevermind"
(1991) and "In Utero" (1993), he established
himself as having the keenest
eyes and ears in popular music.
Cobain's lyrics were often obscure,
but they somehow made perfect
sense within the context of his music.
And sonically, Nirvana thrashed,
wailed and raised pure-T rock 'n' roll
hell.
Cobain, who was 27 when he
died, is the latest in a long line of
young musicians ? Hank Williams,
Lowell George, Jimi Hendrix ? who
literally killed themselves with too
much creativity and intensity. Maybe
their personalities were addictive;
mavhe it's imnnssihle tn tell fart
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from fantasy when you sleep all day
Write
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The Gamecock wants y<
^editor about something
your goat. You probabl
to come up with sometf
what's really on your mi
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Student Media Russell House-USC*
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* J.T. Wagenheim | Nancy Salomonsk
Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor
1 Lee Clontz Tony Sanlori
*, Viewpoint* Editor SPortl Editor
/Carson Henderson David Mandrell
^ Copy Desk Chief I^1010 E^tor
Gordon Manlier Chris Muldrow
Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor
, Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle
"i News Editor Ne**
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 ol
South Carolina.
The Board of Student Publication and Cotmnunicatiou
to the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department ol
Student Media is its parent organizatiao.
iftcock
g use Sinct 1908
rhief Lee Clontz, Viewpoints Editor
?rlal Board
>n Henderson, Gordon Mantler,
nonsky, Tony Santori
e yearbook, magazine
ry in changing times
ublications and Communications voted
sources of the Garnet & Black yearbook
izine into one quarterly magazine was a
ressary to fill a growing deficit left by the
'ou have purchased the 1994 book, while
for publication in the annual. After each
stacks are distributed across campus. But
j next issue comes out when piles of the
delivery crews.
xx>k has left it almost >25,000 in the red,
ime. No telling how much more producthe
deficit.
I't care if USC has a yearbook. That's undon't
know many of the feces in it, conit
USC. In high school, yearbooks were a
ou probably spent 12 years of your eduople
and got to know one another feirly
le up to have their pictures for their yearrtien
they forgot to place an early order
r left over for them.
(lack Quarterly, or GBQ, will be a more
ublication that will cater to more of you,
vc addition to your coffee table.
rget about Portfolio. There will be a litr
the same amount of space as Portfolio,
o the literary section the chance to have
old tradition of the Garnet & Black yearup
annually, it will give Carolina a quars
and will be able to generate more revle
yearbook's debt problems.
nsideration from all parties involved to
onfident it will be able to combat the aphange
in what students want from their
>u don't want a yearbook, and we're gore
of what you do want. And believe it,
airt Cobain:
; all we are'
i Carson Henderson
COPY DESK CHIEF
. and work at your trade all night;
! maybe superstardom isn't an enviable
position. Who knows? I just
hope Cobain and his rock 'n' roll
forefathers are at peace,
p Cobain's mother, Wendy O'Con
nor 01 ADeraeen, wasn., aptly pinpointed
the futility of her son's
death: "Now he's gone and joined
that stupid club. I told him not to
join that stupid club." But somewhere,
there is a mean lot of stupid
musicians playing up a storm.
Cobain and his bandmates, who
had reached unimagined levels of
success, were scheduled at one
point to play this summer's Lollapalooza;
those gigs were nixed.
Thank goodness. Cobain would not
have been at home as part of the
ghastly advertising machine; there
would be no use playing for the very
people who trapped you in the first
place.
My only prayer is that Cobain's
death does not lead to him becom
ing an overrated cult figure a la Jim
Morrison. Being trapped after death
cannot be anymore pleasant than being
trapped while alive.
a letter,
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Asst. Photo Advertising Manager
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Asst. Sports Ant. Advtrtisiig Manager
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Cartoon at Faculty Adviser
Lattar? Policy
The Gamecock will try to print all letters received.
! Letters should be 200-230 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 roam 321.
, The Gamecock reserves the tight to edit all letters for
F style, possible libel or space timi tattoos. Names will not
be withheld under any circumstances.
Viewpoii
if
"It's going to benefit the community
children and parents can get to kn
Cattlegate lal
Many of you are unaware that I am the only member
of the Gamecock editorial staff to have gradu
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me a unique advantage in the all-important areas
of computer science, engineering, winning football
programs and, of course, cows.
With that in mind, let us examine the hottest topic
in the news this week. First Woman Hillary Rodham
Clinton is under fire for investments she made
in the cattle futures market in the late '70s. The
White House doesn't think Mrs. Clinton did anything
improper.
Republicans and bloodthirsty members of the media
seem to believe otherwise.
Who's right? No one knows for sure. But let me
lay out the competing schools of thought on "Cattlegate."
Scenario No. 1, October 1978: Bill Clinton is
about to be elected governor of Arkansas. The man
agement of Tyson Foods, America's largest poultry
company, is not pleased with this prospect. Tyson
is located in Springdale, Ark., and the last thing they
need is an environmentally aware liberal governor
poking around in their business.
Fortunately for the Tyson family, their lawyer, Mr.
James Blair, is a close friend of Mrs. Clinton. Blair
goes to Hillary and advises her to invest in the commodities
market with his broker, Robert "Red" Bone
ofRefco Inc.
Refco and Bone arc in the habit of using a system
of trading known as "parking." Parking in the cattle
futures market is much like parking on the USC
campus ? you just can't do it legally.
Letter misrepresents There * no
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This is in response to the letter by a different t
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sue of The Gamecock. Mr. Watford gests that c
needs to re-examine his "scientific sponses by
light (source)" before he begins to a model ant
criticize any more editorials. His let- television c
ter was filled with inconsistencies and model of ol
misinterpreted information which As in the i
thoroughly destroyed what could being able t
have been an otherwise effective ar- propriate be
gument. supposedly
To begin with, his example of the But I hav<
Ivan Pavlov experiment was wrongly what is yov
presented. The actual experiment in- with Jay Till
volved the study of classical condi- and Butt-he
tioning, in which an unconditioned off the air a
stimulus is paired with a neutral stim- American so
ulus to produce a conditioned re- to imply tha
sponse. grow up in j
The dog hears a bell (neutral stim- cause of "B<
ulus) and is then presented with the other shows
food (unconditioned stimulus). After Also, you
numerous pairings, the dog begins to ty is not fall
salivate after only hearing the bell, the media.
Should Kurt
MN?* He shouldn't. His st
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Parking involves making a large number of trades
on any given day and deciding afterwards who gets
to keep the profits and who gets the losses. This
enables a broker to reward friends with large profits
or provide them with losses for tax purposes.
This continues for 10 months, until Blair cashes
out the Clinton account and presents Hillary with
a check for almost $100,000. Hillary turns around
and gives Baker the $1,000 she owes him for making
the trades. Everyone wins, except for the IRS.
Then, in a stunning coincidence, Gov. Clinton
becomes a good friend of Tyson. Tyson is awarded
4Q million in onvprnmpnt Imns Thp mmnon? ?*?.
ceives breaks on regulatory and environmental issues.
Gov. Clinton is slow to investigate reports of
waste dumping at Tyson's Green Forest plant, and
is forced to declare the town a disaster area in 1984
after residents become sick from drinking the polluted
water.
Blair's broker, Refco, is fined a record 5250,000
for their trading practices. Robert Bone is suspended
from trading for three years and eventually
files for bankruptcy.
Scenario #2 ? Hillary Clinton, operating on her
own, turns a 55,300 profit on a 51,000 investment
ma2e involved. Further- our elected officials" ? in
ype of conditioning can- it should. How can you ag
lied to the association of striker of the match and di
vidual behavior. the fire?
onal learning, however, is Moreover, this world
:hing. This particular the- you describe has been her
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:a uy aiocri d?uiuuia, aug- invention ot television. Th
jrganisms learn new re- of instilling values an<
observing the behavior of morality should fell upor
1 then imitating it. Hence, ers and/or guardians of e
an be and is an accurate tion and not the media,
jservational learning. And yes, it is depressin
case of small children not people are easily influent
o discriminate what is ap- they see on TV, but the otl
:havior, the role of parents of rationally-thinking i
would intervene. should not be deprived
; to ask you, Mr. Watford, clearly optional entertain
ir argument? You agree Mr. Watford, please ge
ey by stating that "Beavis ancj thoughts straight bel
:ad" should not be taken struct somebody to conve
nd that the duo "mimics philosophy department.
nptv" Kilt tK#?n vnii on nn ?
?/> "? ?*? v" iem witn society can be
t your 2-year-old son will rearing your son to be an
i very decadent world be- gressjVe part of it.
;avis and Butt-head" and
express that responsibili- Chemical engineerin
ing upon "TV networks,
the school systems, and
: Cobain be remembered a
licide should not be "No. .
Id focus on how sui- ere<^ :
Laura Till "*
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ipressed. He killed BSEZTI "Kurt
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Undecided freshman
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fhich doesn't happen often, and the
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e to trust and come out because of
Kenneth Brown
Hendley Homes resident
First Family
in a single day. She bravely trades on, armed with i
nothing more than her Wall Street Journal subscription,
until she earns almost 1100,000. Then
she drops out of the commodities market, never to
return.
Although her account records show a $5,300
profit in one day, no one is sure how Mrs. Clinton
did it. Tragically, the Clintons failed to keep detailed
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This can be blamed on the faculty of Harvard Law
School, which is notoriousrfor its weak tax law program.
Many financial experts claim die one-day prof- f
it is impossible, but I can think of several possible
explanations:
1) The trading records might be incorrect, and
the profit was spread out over several days.
2) Hillary invested significantly more than the
$ 1,000 listed on her tax return.
3) Somebody extended Mrs. Clinton a long line
of credit, which enabled her to make the dozens of
v/i rv uai ia incredibly tasteless and crude rfcf?acts
erence to the First Lady was so sijr
ore you in- Posingrse
with his ^1 had never met him'1 probacy
Your prob- would not be writing this letter, buj I
helped by know Tony has more class than thjs,
active, pro- and hopefully in the future, he c^n
raise his standards back up to whefe
they need to be.
?ryj. Green
gfreshman Frank Johnson
Secondary education sophomore
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is a martyr?
'*
He shot himself. He shouldn't be consid- 1
a hero. He did good things, but he had '
ems."
Tooa Ravenell J
Criminal justice freshman J
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t
Cobain is treated like a hero, but I don't \
he should be. It is going to happen J
se of the commercialism involved." J j
Emily Utrner J
An history junior j
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trades necessary to make the money.
As for the Tyson connection, well, Tyson was one
of the biggest companies in Arkansas, and what was
good for Tyson was good for jobs, and good for the
Arkansas economy. Nothing illegal on that front.
No matter which way Cattlegate turns, don't expect
the Clintons to escape unscathed. As we
should have learned by now, there are enough financial
and personal indiscretions in the First Family's
past to kept reporters busy until the cows comje
home.
Pat McNeills column appears every MondA
nplying that Santori's 'first bitch' ;
ree with the ?
isagreewith remark in bad taste :
of mayhem jq editor:
C 1 would like to agree with what
d teaching David Oberly said in his letter to the
i the breed- ec^itor APri* 8 in regards to last Mcinach
genera- day's sports column.
I had the chance to work with Tony
g that some Santori earlier in the year, and I fouftd
:ed by what him to be a very professional add
ter segment friendly person who cared about tt?e
nd mdu als quality of the woric he did. That's wjiy