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TBaiiR Strvint USC. J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chief Editorial Wendy Hudson, Carson Hei Nancy Salomonsk Playboy Magazine celebrates ' will not destroy USC'i The past rew days, some strangers I locals aren't too happy about it. 1 rock for the past week, you've pn tatives from Playboy magazine are in to pose in the buff for their annual colleg< The magazine picks a different athlei tober issue, and 1994 is the year far "Gii About 85 USC women tried out for a s of them having never posed nude befoi As to be expected, there is a contingi exactly like the presence of the classic n after all. Many students don't seem to mind Pla response from the student body has be The furor over Playboy is typical ? cc azine's college issues with some group young women. Wrong. The competition for this pit women who succeed in getting into the ed as campus heroes. This is exploitatic The Playboy campus issue has a lot ir annual swimsuit issue. People claim thai ity and society and convert men into ra Wrong again. Exposure to erotic mai mild nature of Playboy, have never beer ual perversion. Most people, at some poi to erotic materials; if they were inhere would spread throughout the entire po The fact of the matter is, Playboy has cated, "girl-next-door" image. True, the j but the Playboy image is hardly that of th wnnlH lilf#? tr\ thinlf The women posing are having fun ? When the October issue of Playboy is two choices. If you don't like the maga you can buy a copy and be proud to set adventurous young woman having a g Just a person who could well be the gir Electronics < take place o The once seemingly impossible has come true: Computers are to replace books. Reading a book, a sarrpH inctihitinn ic Kprnmino o mm. puter screen instead of a collection of pages. Technology triumphs again! Or does it? Call me old-fashioned or just plain old, but I don't like the idea of experiencing the horror of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" on a bright, well-lit screen of glass. After all, the gothicism of a dark tale is not easily perceived when a passage of a lonely, ( gloom-filled castle lurks from the t blue or white field of a computer c monitor. . There are a few advantages of j reading from plastic, such as the j ease of portability and the added effects of computer graphics. OK, hooray for being able to carry six books on a three-and-a-half-inch square. However, as for computer graphics, I ask, "Whatever happened to imagination?" Some people actually like to create the author's scene in their mind. Willa Cather's flamingred fields of Nebraska's prairies lose ( their open expanse and depth as a ^ digital image. ^ Computer images of the fantastic ( seem like a great idea, but those im- s ages are someone else's interpreta- [ tions. If I wanted to see the movie, 1 then I would have gone to the the- t ater. Reading Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" convinced me that i no movie could depict the hideous < face of the monster better than the < face that I had imagined. Books give j the mind a healthy workout < Though I do not like the idea of i computerized literature, I must give credit to its positive benefits. To I those who have impaired vision, the ? computer offers the aid of enlarge* i ment so the words are easily read, i News: vDamuocK ^ Student Media Russell House-USO Col J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomonsky Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Tony Santori Viewpoints Editor SporU Editor Carson Henderson Da^d Mandrell Copy Deak Chief Photo Editor Gordon Mantler Oiris Mtddrow Copy Desk Chief Graphtcs Editor Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle New, Editor A?L Ncw' The Gamecock is the stndent 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 Communication, is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. iock Sue* 1901 1 Lee Gontz, Viewpoints Editor Board iderson, Gordon Man tier, y, Tony Santori girl-next-door,' > image tave been in town, and some of the Unless you've been hiding under a >bably already heard that represenwn looking for some local talent to : issue. tic conference each vear for its Or is of the Southeastern Conference." >pot in the legendary pictorial; most re. ent in the community who doesn't len's magazine ? this is the South, tyboy's presence on campus. In fact, en surprisingly quiet. >ntroversy seems to follow the mag>s claiming that the nudity exploits ctorial is incredibly tight, and the magazine's pages are usually treat>n? 1 common with Sports Illustrated's t it will be the destruction of moralpists and woman-haters, terials, particularly those of such a 1 proven to lead to violence or sexint in their lives, have been exposed ntly dangerous, mental instability pulation of the United States, always backed a wholesome, edujirl next door was probably clothed, e submissive harlot that some moral they wouldn't do it otherwise. released this Senfemher vnn have - ~ 'r w izine, you don't have to buy it. Or, ' the Gamecocks represented by an ood time. Not a harlot. Not a slut. 1 next door. t) :an never f books ' e u Joseph Eberlin 6 COLUMNIST Also, the programs can track a ? rharacter's appearances throughout v he novel. By doing this, the reader enables himself to realize the imxwtance of a character without havng to flip through several pages to ind critical information. , But this technology spoils the ex- ' ;rcise of retaining details. I want a ( itory with all of its components from he introduction up to the climax i uid down to the resolution. A sumnary is just a summary. It lacks all ; ;ense of artwork, mastery and- ere- t itivity that the writer strives to per- ( ect t Where does the computerized 1 lovel leave us? In a state of laziness } vhere our mind no longer has to i vork to construct a story's compliated network. The work becomes a I skeleton and lacks all of its flesh and flood ? the parts that give a book ife. Give us the story; we want all he details. vji course, inc progi .una ium a nere 119.95, along with a comput;r that costs a couple of thousand lollars. On the other hand, spend tbout four or five dollars and get in afternoon of self-made adven:ure. Another thought: The computer is heavier than the book, and to quote :>ne avid reader, "I can't imagine taking one (a computer) into the bathroom." ___ __0, Chris Carroll ///-// a 0 CoonSnaot of Student Media 777.40/lO - ^ ? , , -Ti--/ Laura L?ay 777-6482 Production Manager lumbia, SC 29208 J] Gr!!n As*. Production Manager Keith Boudreaux Gregory Perez Asst. News Production Asst. Brian Garland Brian McGuire Asst Carolina! Graduate Asst. Emily Peterson Renee Gibson Asst. Photo Advertising Manager Jimmy Debutts J. Taylor Rutland Asm. Sports As*. Advertising Manager Paul Jon Boscacci Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Adviser L?tt*rs Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, profesrional 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. View| II , ^ 111 i KB ! I i .d&??k 'A lot of women at Kennedy f when I began writing tor l he oam< lonths ago, I started with one purpo o get the conservative viewpoint expr ?ut any censorship. My feeling was tha art, then I would be contributing to tl ortant cause in America today. The cac ily, is to pull American governmental o the traditional base on which it was I believe that if enough Americans an ach important issue and the true positi ?sue, then there will be a real "revolui ountry. The American public is not gc inue to be manipulated by liberal spe dvocates who are continually condi tew-age socialist experiments on the An ile. I have spent most of my column spa< rig issues, positions and ideas. This w 3 dedicate my column to the status of lay and the efforts of the thousands of; re making a difference. There is no doubt in my mind that rucial point in modern history. The >ver, and around the world democracy d communism and socialism. But, 1 world's greatest democracy, discontc pread. Polls continue to show the Am >le are greatly dissatisfied with our eleci Pro-gay posters embarrassing to USC to the editor: As a student at this university, I am ippalled by the direction this instituion is going. I was walking through -ioker Lite science today, and I noiced these pro-gay fliers put up by the 3GLA with messages like "2,4,6,8, do vou know if your RA is straight?" This s outrageous! Is this the image that we want to x>rtray at this university? When high ?chool seniors come to tour our university with their parents, do we acually think that these fliers will influence the "normal" person that this is the university for them? Personally, if I would have seen these type of fliers when my mother md I visited the campus, I would have been scared to sign up for on. i T- ?- _ 1?^1_ campus nousing. n is a iiiuc ingiucning to a young, straight male like myself, to think that the leader on my hall, whose rules I must obey, is a homosexual. This would dissuade me from living on that hall. If this is a move by the BGLA to pick up new partners, maybe they should think twice before they make another move like this. Things like this could ruin the reputation of m M ~ " ? "Personally, I' mem son wanted tc >oints ...FLOGGING FOR SPRAY-PAINTING? mrs iiNrnKKCifMBLE rlllfi .A . 1 _ -r T _ C T^l _ J _ uie university or norma w all the time. Showing eve >hining li^ icock a few I jMk I se essed with- fl t if I did my r be most imise, put simpolicy back L IBMr conceived. ' "^1 e oresented The polls also show tl * ? ons on each overall decline in mors Lion" in this the most severe proble ring to Von-White these probter cial interest * ^rdupfs'atrosTiniVcbui icting their about'change.For exai lerican peo- fighting for economic and for putting values :e in expos- rooms, eek, I want Project 21, a group 01 America to- is attempting to educati people who that are important to th are showing young blac we are at a hard work and traditic cold war is each of them a real opf ' has defeat- And, of course, there here in the political, religious and ;nt is wide- real difference in Amer erican peo- One congressman st ted officials, for conservatives ever E this fine, Southern university. If the BGLA wonders why so man "normal" people discriminate agains them, it is for incidents such as these Just because you are "out" and no "in," like your fliers say, it doesn' mean you have to let the world know I am sorry that I missed the het erosexual fliers. I forgot to put up m "it's great to be normal" fliers. I hop this can be a learning experience fc all of us and for the next "gay week Maybe fliers will be reviewed befor they are allowed to be put up. With th concern of the university about the ris in off-campus living and our housin department losing money for the lac of occupancy, it seems to me that w would try to encourage and not di: courage students to live on campu: Stacey Griffit SG senate Pooper scooper law needed on Horseshoe To the editor: Ah, spring at USC. The birds happily chirp away. The warm sun burns away the col _ r ^ oi winter. The flowers and azaleas are in fu E /ill the Playboy sh l't bother me. I wouldn't do it, vant to, that's their business." Amy Liston Political science sophomore m against it, but if another per> do it, it's their choice." Amy Dietz Theater freshman I YEAH. J PREFER 1 , |[ LIFE WITHOUT i PAROLE. | ould pose nude because they're in rything is nothing to them." >ht for conse: cause of who he is. II. He is the son oft Tommy Touchbeiry his name bears this legacy. COLUMNIST But Kenned: Democrat who has j violent criminals, th le economy, crime and an NAFTA, school-pra) il and ethical standards are "*8 federal aid to sc ms facing our nation. teach abstinence in ns persist, there are many tslation that negati itry that are trying to bring Kennedy describe mple, Empower America is mon sense and corn freedom for all Americans votes were influenc back into America's class- \y? Kennedy also s< cratic party stood u fyoung black conservatives, and be proud of it." e other minorities on issues Kenned js a sh(l em and thetr fimuhes. They cause ^ the ^ k Americans that education, , , ., , >nal family values will give wher5 should 'ake xtrtunity to succeed. proof positive that, : are many other groups ? tional base, social ? that are making a Remember, whetl ica today. mocrat, Christian or ands out as a shining light ing for what is right pwhere. He stands out be- the truth will prevai bloom on the Horseshoe. Their scent shoe : y is lovely (sniffj sniff). OMIGOD, WHAT woul( it IS THAT SMELL? back ii Check your feet. It's probably dog to say t poop. but th t Yep, it's that time of year again. The It w r. temperature goes up, turning the a few Horseshoe into a virtual doggie doo think r9S<Pirvlp Hicls TKic ic rko ?ki>vl uoor I'llP fppHc y V4WII. A11U u Uiu U1UU JVAi A ?W *VVV*a been on the Horseshoe and the third a day >r year I've endured this olfactory torture, mani ? For those of you fortunate enough aren' ^ to never suffer the indignities of slip- do th< e ping in a pile, let me set the stage. It's ing ol c Saturday, and you don't have an ex- dents am, paper or project due for two cours ? weeks. You're taking it easy. You call I h up a friend. "Wanna go toss the Fris- stead e bee on USC's historic and beautiful minis s" Horseshoe?" "Sure, that sounds pRsfi? s* great!" (Raise your hand if you know on tl where this is going.) scoop You throw the disk to your friend, who: ,r Good catch. He throws it back. It their arches out to the right. You run to clean catch it. You put your right foot lyrigl down. It goes sailing up. You fall Th smack into the culprit. Once you get prosj over the horrifying shock of lying in famil) feces, you race to your room, burn of th vour clothes and take a scaldine hot thin! shower to purify yourself. grout d if you think this sounds extreme and completely implausible, you 11 should have been out on the Horse5223? oot hurt USC's image? ?~~~ "It doesn't bother me r | ~ "It's their bodies, and t) want with them. If you 0 ? bathing suits David Chan Playboy <photographef rvatives His name is Joseph P. Kennedy he late Robert F. Kennedy, and nation's most powerful liberal y, D-Mass., is no liberal. He is a supported the death penalty for e Balanced Budged Agreement, rer legislation, legislation halt* hools that do not continuously their sex-ed programs and legvely portrays homosexuality, sd his votes as a result of comstructive leadership. He said his ed by "God, country and familid, "It's about time the Demoip for some of the basic values f ling light for the conservative lean cause. Conservatives everyheed of Rep. Kennedy. He is \merica can return to its tradi- ler you are a Republican or DeJew, white or black, keep fight. America is too important, and il. Saturday, April 17, 1993. You 1 have seen yours truly on his n crap. Why have I waited a year anything? I've tried to block it, e truth must be heard, ouldn't be so bad if it were just dogs every now and then. But I every dog owner in Columbia their pets laxatives three times and then brings their panting ire factories to campus. These t even students. They come in, eir business and leave, not thinkf the inconsideration to the stuwho must traverse this obstacle e in order to get an education, ave a proposal for the SG. Inof lofty goals set by every adoration that never get accom *i, lower your signts to me aung le ground. Create a pooper >er law whereby all dog owners, ire completely welcome to bring pooches to the Horseshoe, must up after their pets. It seems onht. ic is is USC's port of entry. Every jective student and his or her r begin their tour at the very foot e Horseshoe. Don't let them k we're the city's dumping id. Jamie Williams Journalism junior 1 v -i . It's up to the individVictoria Mitchell Criminal justice freshman hey can do whatever they don't like it, then don't Cullen Nolan English history senior