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;l T5ai i Serving J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in O Edlto Wendy Hudson, Carsoi Nancy Salom | Research ; Animal-rights advoi | that they owe to ani "?"f you're reading this, you're profc I would have a difficult time argu I JL testing. Anti-testing protesters claim that; ' cause it usually kills the animal. Sot I pain before they die, but animal test j effective and practical way to make s ; have an adverse effect on humans, i The fact of the matter is that anin ! If you eat meat, an animal was kille* J on a road or lived in a house, chanct ? its home to make a place for you. If ably owe your lack of disease to an J The argument against cruelty to ai \ el to test products on animals, then i of burden. It should be wrong to eat < as pets. After all, what self-respecti ! away from nature? \ Throughout civilization, mankin ; this a bad thing? By driving animal: i cnmptimfc L-illino thpm monHnH h ' and transportation for itself. Few h; ' ty, especially while they cruise dow The issue of lab testing is not tha er simulations that can reduce the i always be the necessity to make sur * suit in the senseless, accidental killi Those who complain about cosn i far louder if their eye shadow cause Animal-rights activists seem to impl ' little more than mindless sadists wli dogs and cats. Hardly. It is scientific It is impossible to make a comp< i cats and dogs being used for a legit pily take advantage of the benefits s Columnist r merely Yani When I first started writing columns \ for The Gamecock three years ago, I ; was considered the ultimate moder; ate, especially compared to some of my colleagues. Today, I'm labeled, mistakenly, as a liberal Yankee. \ Well, let me clear that label up. Most South Carolinians don't seem I to understand that Maryland is considered part of the South by many of ;its resfdegfj^311 jof.the United " States, plus most atlases and statis' tical surveys. The only reason it i stayed in the union 133 years ago 1 was because it was coerced to stay: J through martial law. j And the idea that I am a main5 stream George McGovern-type liberal is laughable. Compared to a I Nazi I might be, but compared to most normal citizens in the Ameri> can democracy, I am still the moderate I always have been. J Now of course, criticizing both the national and S.C. Republican parties is my specialty: it's really hard not to be critical of them. But in past columns, I have also spouted off against extremism of any sort, against creating black-majority districts, for more capital punishment and for basing foreign policy decisions on economics. These are definitely not "liberal" views. My other speciality is examining the Clinton presidency with a decent level of intelligence. Sometimes, this material is praiseworthy, and sometimes quite critical. But I definitely give him a fair chance. Yes, I tend to support the man and his policies, but I'm the first to point out his mistakes and character flaws. However, I don't consider Clinton the anti-Christ as so many misguid ed people seem to do. It amazes me that Republicans of all types hate the Clintons with such a passion. During the '80s, Democrats were critical of Reagan and Bush, but they didn't pledge their hate towards Republicans themselves. Democrats even tried to cooperate to a certain extent on accomplishing policies that would benefit the citizens of the United States; that's what officeholders are supposed to do. But Republicans are too busy conducting a full-scale character-assassination campaign against the president of the United States to actually create any worthwhile policy ideas "?aUcock t Student Media Russell House-USO J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomonsl Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Tony Santon Viewpoinu Editor SP0"* E<Stor Carson Henderson David Mandrel Copy Desk Chief P^o Editor Gordon Manlier Chris Muldron Copy Desk Ciief Graphics Editor Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle News Editor A-t New? The Gamecock is the student newspaper of th University of South Carolina and is published Monda; Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring seme: lers, with the exception of university holidays and exai periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of tl editors or author and not those of the University c Sooth Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communicatior is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department < Student Media is its parent organization. fack use Since 1908 tiief Lee Gontz, Viewpoints Editor >rlal Board a Henderson, Gordon Mantler, onsky, Tony Santori zates live in world mal testing >ably not dead. That being the case, you ing against the ideology behind animal animal testing is cruel and heartless benetimes, the animals are in a degree of ing has, like it or not, become the most iure that a new product or drug will not nals are killed for human use everyday, d for your food. If you have ever driven is are that an animal was uprooted from you've ever been vaccinated, you probanimal that took the vaccination first, limals simply does not wash. It it is crut should be wrong to use them as beasts them. It should be wrong to keeD them ing animal deserves to be kept inside, d has used animals to its advantage. Is 5 out of their natural habitats and, yes, as been able to make safe homes, food tve been so radical as to call that crueln the interstate. t far removed. True, there are computlumber of animals used, but there will e that some random factor does not reing of many people, letic testing would probably complain d their blindness. ty that the scientists doing the testing are 10 take pleasure in inflicting pain upon research and should be treated as such, illing argument to protect the lives of imate purpose, when one would hapuch research brings. tot liberal, :ee moderate Gordon Mantler COPY DESK CHIEF or compromise with the administration. They don't seem to care who they hurt as long as they win the White House in 1996. Personally, I find this extremely counterproductive attitude disgusting, intolerant and anti-Christian. This state's Christian Coalition, which runs the GOP, spouts hatred and intolerance towards anybody not like them: homosexuals, Catholics, Jews, blacks, Asians, open-minded Protestants. The list goes on and on. To the contrary of what GOP propaganda claims, the Clinton presidency does represent the country's best chance to achieve true progress: health care reform, welfare reform, stricter gun control, better schools and an overall more tolerant, compassionate government and society. I don't consider shrinking the middle class, nearly bankrupting the nation through massive deficit spending and promoting severe intolerance and borderline hatred needful "reform" as we saw under the Reagan and Bush administrations. Well, I guess that will be my last Republican crack in The Gamecock. On May 14,1 will graduate, and my conservative critics will no longer have the pleasure of reading my columns. I appreciate all the letters of verbal comments I have gotten in the past. That means my ideological op ponents respect me enough to read my material. That must mean 1 made some good points. By the way, as the first member of the Hall of Shame, Wesley, when am I getting my plaque? Thanks for reading and good luck. The Gamecock wishes Gordon Manlier good luck at The Greenville News and thanks him for four years of diligent service and liberal dogma. Break a leg, Gordo! =ws: 777-7726 cJ22'.?llSL ?r^ng;.II7~4249 Laura Day \X: 777-6482 Production Manager Columbia, SC 29208 Gn*n Asm. Production Manager ky Keith Boudreaux Gregory Perez Asst. News Production Asst. Brian Garland Brian McGuire Asst. Carolina! Graduate Asst. ' Emily Peterson Renee Gibson A act Phntn Aduartiaina Jimmy Debutts J. Taylor Rutland Asst. Sport* As*. Advertising Manager Paul Jon Boscacci Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Adviser e Latter* Policy /, y. The Gamecock will try to print all letters received, n 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 lo ,f The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. u The Gamecock reserves the right to edit aD letters for jf style, possible Ubel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. Viewpoin f m-?*nuK,? TA?5 A? MY Mumijcr ON< Concern/ \ A Ml i trt MOiP OM/ I4IM1X ?S *** On* CO*Ce*?/ "I think the change in the pub producing three cor tc man who enters into a torrid allair with his son s girlfriend Anna. They make love in almost every conceivable place, including the kitchen sink. The Animal activists are fully ane! - r - - . cedures and make false claims distress. The cover from ai To the editor: Ms. von K In a letter to The Gamecock, Ms. "pound seizi Kristin von Karowsky made state- false. No ar ments about the use of animals which "seized" froi are misleading and totally inaccurate, shelter. First, contrary to the misinformation Following: of Ms. von Karowsky, research con- release, the \ ducted by Dr. Wolf, an internationally mals availabli recognized scientist, was not cancelled, ty. lne only a but repeatedly funded by the Navy. The those unwani work was thoroughly reviewed and are to be kill< found meritorious by a panel of emi- year 1993, th nent scientists in the field. The project ter was fbrcet has now been completed. and cats, whi Second, while some schools have At USC, t discontinued the use of "dog labs," teaching and the use of animals in teaching is an ulated and e important part of medical education, and regulat A majority of medical schools do use oversight. D< animals in teaching programs. The less than 11 use of all animals in the USC teaching used, while n program has been carefully evaluated percent. The by the faculty. Computer simulations and Use Con and models are used; however, per- community; forming certain key exercises teaches tion, as well; concepts that are vital to clinical situ- entists, review ations facing physicians. Physicians' firm that the patients are not computers, but com- treatment of plex, living beings. The animals used Every studt Should 1< I don t think it s right. It on animals and cut off thei "I don't believe in unnecc makeup, where it doesn1 : testing for AIDS or sibli - could prolong our lives an Pornography, eroi Pornography and eroticism are not the same thing. Eroticism, rooted in "eros," the personification or passion of love, involves positive choice, free-will, yearning for a particular partner. Pornography on the other hand, begins with "porno," meaning prostitution or "female captives," therefore signifying domination and violence. Yet in our books, movies, television shows and minds, the two are often endlessly intertwined. So often, stories of "love" are only examples of dehuma/iization and objectification of another human being. Erotica involved knowing your deepest self. Your Dody opens itseii to tne deepest sensual responses. Erotica is love expressed physically but also spiritually ? the ultimate experience of love beyond just the physical. Sex is viewed as a gift to be shared, the desire for it rooted in a longing to unite completely with another person. Once having experienced the fullness of this depth of feeling and having recognized its power, in honor and self-respect, we can require no less of ourselves again. Not a tall order, just reality. We then see pornography in all its hate and dehumanization. Examples of erotica are difficult to find in our culture, for the media seldom offers straightforward eroticism without pornography sprinkled in to further confuse the two. Similarly, in Louis Malle's movie "Damage," Jeremy Irons plays a respected its No/ weiFARt REFORM V K ww NumW(? OK n (OMCeR"/ ft mwm i h|o/ c?,ME * MumOCH 0?* Coh??M ilication schedule is a good idea. We nprehensive and provocative issues i ) pull together eight weekly sections. ticism not synow movie is extremely erotic in its depiction of the tormented lovers. And notably, the lovers treat each others as equals. There is no sexual domination introduced as normal or desirable. While erotica encourages heightening of the senses to better enjoy pleasure, pornography requires repression of feelings to further the myth that women enjoy domination and degradation. Pornography demands a conqueror and a victim because r .1 it requires power or one person over anotner. Most often, though, this new "accepted" pornography involves the victimization of women. And it comes in unexpected places like our literature books. In Robbe-Grillet's "The Secret Room," we read of the brutal murder of a woman the author describes as fragile and vulnerable. In his homage to Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, Robbe-Grillet artistically savors human sacrifice. Detailed, erotic passages surround the slaying of a woman, obviously suggesting that there are erotic pleasures to be found in female victimization. Through beautiful descriptive passages, our erotic senses are heightithetized during all pro- von Karowsky, has ben experience no pain or the medical advances m y are not allowed to re- research and teaching ui nesthesia. For the foreseeable futui arowsky uses the term medical progress such a jre." The term is totally AIDS, new treatments fo limals are, or can be, gene therapy for birth tk n the Columbia animal pend on the use of anii point in their developm stria guidelines for their pound makes some ani- Rob< e for sale to the universinimals made available are Animal Resour ted, adopted animals that ;d at the pound. In fiscal (;avo |rnow 1jfe? e Columbia animal shel- ^ KIIOW I1IC. I to kill nearly 7,758 dogs WTOllg, abnorm le 274 were sold to USC. he use of animals for To the editor: research is carefully ree- The Gamecock's edit valuated by federal laws 15 asserted that anyo ions and internal USC agreed with the activities 3gs and cats account for BGLAD week simply di< percent of the animals stand the reasons for th( lice and rats make up 97 This was typical of the lil Institutional Animal Care attempting to discredi imittee, which includes those who do not agree ind student representa- ideas or behavior. It als< as scientists and non-sci- with attempts by homosc ivs all animal use to con- tray their lifestyle as nc well-being and humane portraying those who d the animals is assured, their behavior as dysfu mt at USC, including Ms. mophobes. Not everyc iboratories utilize anima is cruel to do tests "I'm r appendages." kind Lori Toland Finance sophomore fjrSF | issary testing, as in \ "It c t matter. Scientific such ng death research anyt d must be tested." Mary Hawkins Economics sophomore ^ : : valt' fu? ocficit 1$ w numqck 0s* con<ern/ L rfy/W/Xs r?i? iim ttoJH C V*t CuwtoN 5TA* FOCU$ P^ :: ''iy can dedicate our resources to nstead of struggling Wendy Hudson Newly elected summer editor in chief of The Gamecock famous in society ened. We read in appreciation of the author's ability to bring us into the secret room. While in this heightened state, he brings the reader to a climax with the awareness that we have just enjoyed the slow, methodical death of a beautiful human being. If we are not sickened by this, if you do not feel betrayed by the author, then we have become desensitized to human victimization. Exploitative images of women such as those promoted by Playboy's Hugh Hefner may seem innocent, but they contribute to today's atrocities in pornography. The danger in Playboy is that it is an accepted version. Have you ever noticed the physical positions of the nude models? I am reminded of a lone dog cornered by a pack. When it has given up, the captured prey usuany raus to tne ground ana exposes its most vulnerable part, the neck, in an act of submission. Notice the necks of these models. Notice their vulnerable positions. Let us make that distinction. Don't let it pass you by that you are being sent the message that sexual domination is normal. If we choose to think of pornography as eroticism, we rob ourselves of ever having a society in which men and women can relate to each other as human beings with dignity and worth. And even worse, we will never know what it means to have truly loved someone. Vicky Holmes is an English senior. efitted from agrees with the homosexual lifestyle ade through is a homophobe (i.e. hates gays). * sing animals. I also believe that the real reasonj "e, continued events like BGLAD week are held byi s vaccine for the homosexual community is to seek r cancer and acceptance from others for what is nor;fects will de- mally considered unacceptable behav} nals at some j0r. I believe that in their heart of ent- hearts, most homosexuals know that their lifestyle is wrong. This conclusion ;rt J. Beattie can ^ reached free of religious influj ences. A simple study of anatom j ce Facilities proves homosexuality abnormal, whikj a detailed study of history shows that tyle no civilization has ever succeeded that sanctioned homosexuality. Finally, I believe the media is con-1 tinuing to promote the inaccurate as; orial of April ser??n thc |TOmosf?xual comm""i' newhodis- Vth<7 make up 10 percent of the surrounding general population. This is an out d not under- uaic" ciaim inai nas Deen aispenea ; "festivities." scientific polling within the gayj beral habit of community itself. Although certain; t or ridicule fields are over-represented by gays,} with certain like the arts and higher education^ 3 falls in line studies have shown homosexuals tbj scuals to por- make up only around 2 percent of theS )rmal, while population, isapprove of nctional ho- Terry G. Cline Jr/ ?ne who dis- 1989 USC alumuv I testing? against it. I don't feel that it is right. I I of agree when it is to help disease, but nst it for cosmetics. " Kyle Schorman Business freshman lepends. Certain products should be tested, i as medical products. Not for cosmetics or hing like that." Aaron Lewis Physics graduate student