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bQi i ??a StrvL J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in < Edit Wendy Hudson, Cars Nancy Salo Value ! If tuition goes up, < students deserve m< It's that time of year again: pari tempts to brown-nose your pr "C." But after the dust has cleai the roaches have moved from the place. The Board of Trustees will gathi The amount of the increases will n trust us, there will be an increase. | We are not here to scream and derstand they are inevitable. Until s comes up with a revolutionary pla tion woes, we must expect, accept What we do contest, however, i less. Earlier this semester, the powe ping certain programs with low en bers and administrators led a succ< This past year, we have lost sevei that could afford to accommodate The budget for student activities forcing smaller student organi2atioi gets. We continue to hear about this \ better facilities and super academic fact, it will make us proud to be alu about now. Are we paying more foi er be able to benefit from? We certainly hope not. Students shouldn't mind paying as long as they are getting at least tl If programs are going to be cut, th then so should what the university USC is not paying for new progr ition? There are, of course, econon ly there are other means of fund ra TKp cavtnn Smu not nrkofr no * ?v juu ^vi wiifti jvu pa for us, we're not. Bad food, make for ? If there's one thing I've notice< since I got to college, it's that collegi students learn to sleep really, reall; weird hours. I firmly believe that shot you ge before you can be admitted to US( ? the one that looks like water be v cause that is all it is ? also contain some sort of chemical that render one unable to successfully go t< I sleep before the wee hours of th< morning. Take Wednesday night, for exam pie. For an entire week I was look Iing forward to getting to bed earl} Wednesday night because I hac nothing ? except prepare for exam v and finish my projects ? to do. 1 said, "Hey, why not go see a basebal game?" Well, the baseball game turnec out to be a doubleheader, and it wa< nearly 11 p.m. by the time I goi home. Great Plenty of time to sleep After my first nighttime snack ? as if I didn't load up on greasy trash at the baseball game ? of Doritos and Mountain Dew, which are perihaps the two most highly consumed food products on campus, I made the mistake of sitting in front of the _ television. Now if I had spent the next two hours watching something productive or enlightening, I wouldn't complain. I should lie and say I watched the "Macneil-Lehrer Newshour" or, for that matter even "Ravwatrh " Sadly, though, I watched the WTBS late movie: Dolph Lundgren's He-Man in "Masters of the Universe," which is quite probably the most lousy movie ever made. After a bowl of Cocoa Krispies, my second late night snack, I was prepared for bed. Still time for a reasonable night's sleep ? after all, it was only 2:30 a.m. Take Oi ^TRntl i * ' >nii '"?aiitcock s Student Media Russell House-USC* J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomonsk Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz Tony Santori Viewpoints Editor Sports Editor Carson Henderson David Mandrell Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Gordon Mantler Chr?s Muldrow Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle News Editor ^ssl. News The Gamecock is the student newspaper of th< University of South Carolina and is published Monday Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exarr periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of tlx 1 editors or author and not those of the University ol South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department o! Student Media is its parent organization. iiitcock ng (JSC Since 1908 Chief Lee Clontz, Viewpoints Editor :orlal Board on Henderson, Gordon Mantler, monsky, Tony Santori 2nd it will, ore for money king tickets pile up, final exams, last atofessor into pushing that "D-plus" to a red from the 1993-94 academic year and Towers, an important meeting will take er in June to discuss likely tuition hikes, ot be determined until the meeting, but yell and protest these increases; we unome brainiac economist or businessman n to cure our funding-for-higher-educaand pay the increases, is that it seems we are paying more for rs-that-be threw around the idea of droprollments. Luckily, certain faculty memissful fight to deny these proposed cuts, rat high-quality professors to institutions them. fppc time CiiKetintlnlli; ?v?/4itI fkJc iVVk) ??W JUL/OUUIUOX1J 1VUUVVU UilO JV-dl , ns to cut back their already cutback budlaster Plan, which includes proposals for : programs. This is all fine and dandy; in mni of such a great institution. But what r less and for programs that we will nev, a few extra dollars for their education tie same as they did from previous rates, en so should tuition. If tuition goes up, offers. ams, so why is there a need to raise tunic issues that come into play, but sureising. y for" usually holds true. Unfortunately bad movies ;ood night s Lee Gontz VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Then I realized that "Masters of " the Universe" was only the first of a f lame-o-flick double feature, the seci Art/1 tltA />llAACa /.l/ltf/Irt UIIU UVllig U1V VI1V.VJV V.10001V,, riddll 5 Gordon." That's right, the "Flash Gordon" ' with Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, pre-James Bond Timothy Dal ton and ' the unforgettable Max von Sydow as ' Ming the Merciless. After a glass of chocolate milk, my brain was freely flowing out of my ears as 1 spent half my night watch1 ing grown-ups cavort around in absurd costumes saying inane dialogue | like: "I have the key to Castle Greyskull now," and "We've picked up an obscure body in the S-K system, your majesty." By the time I finally got to bed, I had only a few hours to sleep, enough sugar and caffeine in my body to ensure that I was sleeping as r\pnrrfu11 v as a mafia cmip-ilor V+KT VVJMVUIVI . Ironically, every time I have some sort of test or project that involves staying up late, the same sugar and caffeine that keeps me awake has the opposite effect. Just tell me I have a test to study for, and I can chomp down two Milky Ways and a Big Gulp Mountain Dew before dozing off in my chair. Go figure ? at least I've still got another year, eh? ir Word. WS- 777-7726 Chris Carrt>n lll-ll*- ? Coordinator of Student Media Ivertising: 777-4249 Laura Day lX; 777-6482 Production Manager Columbia, SC 29208 A Gr!?n Asst. Production Manager y | Keith Boudreaux Gregory Perez Asst. News iroduction Asst. Brian Garland Brian McGuire Asst. Carolina! Graduate Asst. Emily Peterson Renee Gibson Asst. Photo Advertising Manager Jimmy Debutts J. Taylor Rutland Asst. Sports Asa. Advertising Manager Paul Jon Boscacci Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Adviser Letters Polky The Gamecock will try to print all letters received, i 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 f The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. . The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for f style, possible bbel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. Viewpoii 7 So/vj, MAVe t- foi~c? i\o*J MAPP4 "I AM ' low 6A4>UAT? ? So,Po6* "TUi J MEAM \ / J Ger To STAH WiTH y Hoo Mom UA/r? L*?,krT-I A O <-7 y is o<->D r "I met a lot of people and was saying hello to a lot Summer vacai It's time to leave ol' USC for a few months to go on summer vacation, which for most of us means changing locations and either working at career-enriching summer jobs or washing dishes until two in the morning at some restaurant, struggling to get that disk stank off our clothes and trying to talk waiters out of tip money. I hope, however, that I have enough free time this summer to participate in a sport I've sorely missed being trapped in this urban megalopolis of Columbia; I want to go fishing. Actually, my characterization of fishing as a sport is rather misguided, considering the fact that the most strenuous exercise you get fishing is hoisting the cooler full of Sam's American Choice Cola into the bottom of the boat. a 10111115 10 an tALtutui pasmiiv- uctdudc yuu gci to use a boat to do it. I've been in aluminum jon boats that clanged every time I breathed, were painted camouflage (apparently to fool the fish into thinking a forest was floating above them) and had a permanent puddle of stagnant pond water floating in the bottom. My dad and I have had to paddle ashore to empty our wooden swamp boat because the livewell walls (and, actually, about half the rest of the boards in the boat) were rotten. The way to tell an ideal fishing boat is to check for worm guts baked into the seats. Speaking of worm guts, bait selection is an important part of the fishing process. Worms are juicy and goopy, and you get to watch them squirm in agony as you chop them in half. You usually have to chase crickets around the cricket cage for 10 minutes before you Ret a hold of one. but they have a cool little collar that's perfect for hooking. Once you've hooked your cricket, you can put him down on the boat floor and watch him walk around. Then you can toss him out and let the fish eat him. (You know, if I liked crickets and worms, I'd think this diatribe rather cruel...) Minnows are, in relative bait terms, expensive as Gays should be able th fl*"ntir to show love as well gumy than every day. C To the editor: kiss freak y I believe that journalism such as the raged whe kind "exhibited" in the April 15 issue woman kiss? of The Gamecock is wholly necessary. liall tv it is necessary because people often i think the do not acknowledge what they do not , . r see. Point-blank: WE ARE HERE and f WE ARE NORMAL. evenifyou Why should we keep hidden? I can- m:\' consic not walk around campus a single day ^ to exPr( without some heterosexual couple kissing or holding hands or embracing ? and there is nothing wrong Vocal with that. But if you, Mr. Bell, feel we are throwing our homosexuality in jVfcd ?cJ] your face, then why are you rubbing , with your heterosexuality? I see het- t C< erosexual couples everyday and the one time you see a homosexual cou- To the edit* pie ? you freak out and charge us I am ver) How ^ "Since I have been here, 1 #"*|| money every semester. It that's no surprise." tt * m # f "It won't affect me in any have to pay for it anyway." Elementary nits To see ijjjjf ^ talked to them and played with them, t of people and eating popcorn and w< Dj tion perfect tin t Chris Muldrow nuAPHirc cniTno the dickens. (Have you priced a dickens lately? I didn't think so.) They swim around when you throw them in the water, though, so you can act like you've caught a fish when the action is slow. Artificial lures come in all shapes, sizes, colors, flavors and features. They actually have lures that light up. Artificial lures are really neat to play with, but I've always wondered how they judge what a fish likes. It's kinda tough to ask a largemouth bass, "So, do you prefer the shiny silver flashing spoon or the salt-and-pepper covered plastic worm?" If I've elected to use artificial lures, I usually buy at least two very expensive lures to sacrifice to the underwater tree gods and then use "weedless lures" the rest of the day. They weedless lures have a covered hook to guarantee your lure is unencumbered by underwater obstacles, lilypads, fish, logs and other things a hook might latch on. ?i ?1 1 1 ?!?__ J 1 r rvixis aiiu icos arc very inuiviuuai pieces or equipment, and there are so many different kinds, it is hard to tell someone what they'd like. I judge the quality of my rod and reel by the amount of baked worm guts on the handle. Looking for productive fishing spots is not difficult. Usually they have been carefully marked with a nice arrangement of empty beer cans, bait cans with dirt and baked worms, line tangled in the trees and a pair of very old, decayed Fruit of the Looms men's briefs. I don't know why there's always one pair of underwear at most fishing sites, but it seems to be there. Maybe it's a fishing trick I haven't learned. My favorite fish to fish for (though I never discriminate which fish are allowed to clamp on my lg our sexuality. If we tru- someone from the medics ve are guilty, but no more ports the number of anin any other couple seen used, it is different. In 1 )r does seeing two men Livewire column in The ou out? Do you get en- spokeswoman Debra Allt . 1 r in i _ /# n you see a man and a "umoer 01 do animais p Why not? Sexuality is sex- 4 do8s and 28 P?gs) wci educational purposes. major point is that we all However, her numbei d-given right to love. And Jun<:* to ^ec; ^*? *993. A don't consider us "nor- U<4 animaU w"e b0U ler love, the right to love 5e**b<17 dogs: 86 cats' tss that love, normal. and 989 the s month period. Now we _ .... Beattie's number from A Quentin Johnson jogs used for education ii performance freshman Then in the Apri| 2, js State, we find out more tool numbers *9,801 rodents, 104 dog; rmcicfpnt 217 rabbits' 49 pigs and ' jmiaiciu ians. Can't they even cc medical school? ar: However, when a help ' confused. Every time former pet, is strapped to ill a tuition increase affec 've had to pay more 11 w 'n like wnw a rise but every Jamie Williams ? *" stude Journalism junior way. My parents will 1 Lagretta Spain what education sophomore <"sRg| HSg 1 i MocH M sie'-fcc g| >oi/sl6 To MOU"? 11 A|^j) ^ iip i I My favorite part of the day Drking at the computer." Cary Coryell mghter of Honors College Student Adviser David Coryell ne for fishing hook) is the bluegill, or bream. Bream are called panfish because they are very adept at panning a video camera, a technique used to capture an image ol someone in motion. Bream are abundant in any pond, lake, river, rain puddle or bathroom sink in South Carolina, and they bite just about anything. Bream reproduce rapidly, so you can catch one, throw it in your fish bucket and come home with roughly 300 fish. If you catch a bream too small to keep, make sure you throw it back for away from your hook because they are masochistic fish who love to come back, grab your line and get reeled in just to say hello to you, their friend the fisherman person. Once you've caught a couple thousand fish, bring them home and clean them. This involves scraping all the scales off the fish and onto your shirt. Then fillet the fish with a few skillful cuts, put some BandAids on your fingers to control the bleeding and prepare to cook. A fish caught in South Carolina is best cooked by dropping the breaded fish into oil heated to several degrees hotter than the sun on a makeshift fish cooker, which is usually a wheel rim with a gas burner connected to it. A good fish cooker probably has traces of worm guts on the burner. As srtrtn at fKp ficH Kite rhp /-\il n*?t it nut throw in the next one. After you've finished, chop up some potatoes and make french fries the same way. If you can't feel your arteries hardening as you cook, you're not doing it right. The final step in fishing is making up a good fish story. I usually tell about the fish that I caught that stood up in my boat, started to recite Shakespeare and promised me a career in theater promotion if I let him go free. Then I point out the piece of fish that the person is eating and say, "I told him I'm going into the newspaper business and he just told me, 'Okay, fry me up.'" Well, all this fish talk is making me want to go outside and throw a line in the reflecting pond. I guess I should wipe these baked worm guts off the keyboard first. J school re- hours and cut into while having untals they've known amounts of anesthesia, we :he Jan. 21 find this type of torture inhumane. State, USC Ask Yale University if it is possible to :n quotes a teach surgery without using dogs, rats, 8 cats, Why won't anyone from the mede used for ical school debate with a member of the Physicians Committee for Re's are from sponsible Medicine? This is a taxpaylso she said er issue so all taxpayers deserve to ght for re- know what is going on. The medical 50 rabbits school is the epitome of the backward ame seven- South and needs to join the 20th cenhave Bob tury before it ends. 1 Lader: 37 n 1993. David Oberly II sue of The Geology junior numbers: 5, 170 cats, Editor's note: According to USC's >0 amphib- Media Relations Department, 104 ?unt at the dogs, 170 cats, 217 rabbits, 49pigs, in oni J? 1 n/\ --LiLi ? iy,o\Ji ruuerus unu yv umpowians less dog, a were used in research projects in the a table for 1993fiscal year. t you? on't affect me because I am graduating, \ percent is a fair increase. It goes up year. You sort of expect it after being a nt here for a while." Maceo Mitchell Management information systems senior apset, of course. It's disappointing, but not pected. Compared to what others pay, we have is not that big of a deal." Allison Williams Journalism sophomore