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t5a Serving USl Lee Gontz, Editor in Qiief Su EdKotfj Keith Boudreaux, Lupe Jimmy DeBut Case Closet Open container law i streets likely to prove With an open containe: City Council is attei habit of drinking and with it. By forbidding people lumbia, city officials hope to i enness, while bolstering the ci Proponents of the law cite > law will try to protect those v? roam the streets of the city. It; the citizens who meet up witl The goals of the law can be Few people will say they opp< or the protection of other hun and rightly so, that Columbia' uplifting. While this end is highly fa^ as effective as it could be. Unfc ways seem to find a way to get the detour route is pretty eas: not a terribly unusual concep still get drunk at an enclosed i endanger the lives of themseh problem isn't seen doesn't me? The fact that people will tn law to prevent the beneficial e tempt at solving the problem si r l r\ ii _i i: is a iacxor Laiy council snouic deliberating over the concept. If such a law is to go into e keep something else in mind: 1 ply with the ordinance should Anything more than a fine wc case, as the law's intentions s tions, not to provide material: Family disc emotional 1 I" Mm MELISSA TENNEN Cbkimist Sometimes God closes one eye and doesnt look close enough to see how the weary people breathe. I Lee Clontz Jimmy Lie Butts Editor in Chief Sports Editor Susan Goodwin Kim Truett Viewpoints Editor Photo Editor Steven C. Burritt Gabriel Madden Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Keith Boudreaux Erin Galloway News Editor Asst. News Lupe Eyde Robert Wertz Features Editor Asst. News 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 of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is (be publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. guess inai is now iamiiies like mine got away with existing for many years. My family was highly dysfunctional for the 20 years it existed with my parents married to each other. Because of that, I often say to myself, to my friends and to my boyfriend that I am fractured and incomplete. That is because I am. Hie divorce was only a year ago, but my parents were never in love. My mother rotted angrily, cruelly, blindly. It is easy to be angry, but it is never easy to be truthful. Her criticisms of my father were cold and ruthless. She hated his sloppy speech, his constant pawing at her, his bellowing, his verbal abuse of us and her. But my mother couldn't admit she was unhappy. She thought she Viann nVinino Vllf fn afoxr on/1 4-Vi-io iiau XXV V11VIW K/uv ww WWUJ U1XU l/XXXO was a normal family. My mother felt trapped economically. But most importantly, she didn't want to be alone. She was afraid of my father's vengeance, the real odor of the world and of herself. A memory: My younger sister Lindsey and I, sitting mutely eating our dinners, watched her anger rise at the table. My father sat at the head of the table, usually shirtless and cracking jokes at our expense or calling us names. The anger burst from her body and her lips when she would tell him to stop. But he wouldn't. He just laughed. And we could see her hatred dangling into our stomachs. Many times, I was hit by my fa"?fflffrod? 5 Student Media Russell House-USO C( Th? Hcock Z Since 1908 san Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor il Board Eyde, Steven C. Burritt, ts, Kim Truett 1? M.9 ntendedto clean up ineffective r law under consideration, the npting to address the age-old 1 all the problems that go along to drink on the streets of Conduce litter and public drunkity's image. ralid objectives. They claim the rho drink excessively and then also aims to guard the safety of i alcohol-influenced residents, st be described as worthwhile. )se the elimination of pollution lan beings. And most will say, 's image can always use a little /orable, the means may not be rtunate as it may be, people alaround the law, especially when 7 to locate. Drinking indoors is it. Who's to say someone won't )arty and then jump in car and /es and others? Just because a m it goes away. 7 to work their way around the ffect does not mean such an athouldn't be made. Effectiveness i take into consideration when ffect, council members should [he penalties for failure to combe annoying but not too taxing. >uld be going overboard in this hould be to curb minor infracfor "COPS." ord leaves trauma ther. But my mind blocked those memories. It is just as well. I know those events happened because of my nightmares and the separation. During that time, my father behaved insanely. Once, he punched Lindsey in the head when she had an ear affection. She cried for him to stop, but he ignored her. Later, he laughed about it while Lindsey roared in pain. I can speak of other incidents, incidents where we didn't call the police, but should have. I regret that. And now, in retrospect, I know my father is a monster who took my childhood. When I tell people my father is insane, they think Fm speaking figuratively. But my father won't return my calls, changed his number and took my college fund because I didn't tell him my mother remarried. It is painful to say this, but I hate my father for tearing the humanity out of my mother. For so long, she isolated herself emotionally and nursed her career instead. But now, my mother, Lindsey, my little brother Matthew and I are piecing life back together. It is truly an art which uses invisible i.?i cJ i i luuis ui emuwuna tuiu xuve to HOUR. family bonds. And I do. I love them dearly, and I have sworn never to let anyone trample across my soul like my father did. As a child born out of madness and unlove, I can say survival is the key. Nurture yourself and run from evil. If you are married to a demon, run. And run hard. Just don't look back. If s a beautiful life. So, in theory, spit on the monster's grave. And maybe, in the long run, God hasn't really forgotten you. Melissa Tennen is journalism senior. i ri?c ii ? nnn nn^di viiiw vaiimi >. Ill-IIL0 Director of Studett Media rtising: 777-4249 Laura Day : 777-6482 Qeative Director Jlumbia, SC 29208 Jim Green AA Director Wendy Hudson Gregory Perez Asst. Copy Desk Production Asst. Tanya Kropf Elizabeth Thomas A??t fYimf rVtV AHv Hndniitp A??t Allison Williams Renee Gibson AM. Features Marketing Director Ryan Wilson Chris Wood Asst. Sports AM. Advertising Manager Jason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. 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 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. Gamecock VIE Will "Iff they Long distance Have you ever been on the Anaconda, 1 upside-down, twisting roller coaster at Ki minion? If you have, then you know wh distance relationships are all about. I survived that ride this summer, t boyfriend at my side and with a spinning Y a stomach that continued to flip-flop hoi the ride ended. Looking back, I remembered that da; smile, not because I'm a masochist, and I e feeling of high winds and whiplash, but that weekend we celebrated our 14-mc niversary. To the surprise of my friends and fan relationship has survived the 535 miles 1 here and Annapolis, Maryland, where he ning his second year at the Naval Acaden Last fall, I wrote a column about my long-distance dating. This year, I know I ha ing to be afraid of. Of the 15 months he and I have dated, \ ly seen each other for about three, but weVt many invaluable lessons. The most important one is this: take no granted. When he comes home, for four weeks t calendar year if he's lucky, we make the the time we have together. I don't compla he spends time with friends or family, b< know they don't get to see him as often a LETTERS Columnist dis J? arro n rr Mv DViil P a JLkVgUX UllXg AUX A XXXI AWWXCX1UCI g O C letter of Sept. 2,1 must admit I was s somewhat taken aback by his vicious s attack of Mr. Horgan's column (Aug. d 29). Personally, I found the column t; quite humorous. n Who hasn't had the experience of v waiting in a line at the Coliseum on- t< ly to find out that they now need to r go to the cashiers, where women with E the appearance and disposition of ii caged monkeys sit and wait? And Mr. Rothenberg's politically correct winnings about stereotyping females is an old tired argument that's about as in- . teresting to listen to as the agricul- * tural production of the state of Mis- C sissippi. I was on campus this summer and E l heard ot the MlhJb students repu- u tation of looking down their noses at v the rest of the student body, but lit- t< tie did I suspect that this self-right- u Tin vn 11 think JL/ V J VML tllllHll ~~"I think there are go Hp I don't think it's goir what itU do to busir ' '&JB; * jfWt, II "Yes, for safety purj Sh "* drinking. Public dri 2?^ 'm ^ they should try iL E f MNTS * |sse: v^V~v ?oVX% IF ^XJ STAKE lO*3EK|OUSU,AttEA U(?& VvJ?tL AF^I?. A, would enforce the laws the need new < Rockafellas' co-owner, on the prop 3 romance w< iat long- DORi irs after jjj^g ^ either. Even though we our relationship is not perfec y with a anything, we end it with a pill sryoy the talk about what's on our mini because We don>t underestimate 1 ,ntnan" nication. .1 Last year, he and I exchar between ma^- ^en ^ our Otters ar< is begin- inS and soulIul? they say mo !y# "no-speak" of an empty mailt fears of price of $0.29 per envelope, it ive noth- to mail, including discarded fc Wok and free samples of No-1 veVe on- We also learned how easy i learned phone bill, and how hard it is (When in desperation, it's not thing for low your pride and admit to that your monthly phone bill otalina two months late). After two; most of bills, I discovered that the pi in when phone companies on the Rus ecause I only the basic plans. If you asl s they'd you can save money. I f I had s plays wit not AHA AW1A/VAV1AA KTAI ll <4 wt lin/vlf T ' UU.O ai I UgallUC YVULilU. lllClliiiCSL lU5Cil 1j'c 0 early in the semester. It's' sad to inj ee that some of my fellow MIBS stu- in ents apparently have the sensitiviy (not to mention cranial capacity) of lonkeys, cr even lower primates. Any- ofl ray, I want to encourage Mr. Horgan d continue writing columns that iritate and annoy. And, as for Mr. th Lothenberg, guess what? You are bade 1 college now, so just lighten up. pc Joseph Kaplan ^ First year MIBS student ^ lelms needs to renresenft ? - m onstituents, not Judge a Marc LaFountain's defense of Mr. he lelms in his column that appeared pi i the Aug. 31 issue is weak for the le: ery same reason most people object th o him and his politics. If you don't A nderstand what I mean by that, Mr. rif mere snould b< ing to be a lot of unhappy people, ig to affect drinking. I don't know less in Five Points." Kevin Ortiz Criminal justice senior )oses. I think it will cut down on inkenness will decrease. I think very little bit helps." Melissa Owens Broadcasting freshman I / ' I sptember 7,1994 r5, rtdkilrii Distributed by Tn iy already have, they wouldn mes." xjsed open container law irks with righ ing plan I use nov since my freshma \ DeVERA Even with all th olumnist of mine was genei the wonders of eto talk everyday, i i don't bicker, or fight, ^he PeoPle ?fc :t. If we can't resolve my head on ow fight until we can estly>e~mai1 me88i ^ with him in a waj ;he need for commu- time and my room) phone lines with h Iged about 300 pieces J^tVont m't always tear-jerk- lyt as the bitnet T re than the average jf yOU want to cha )0X. For the bargain You'd be amaz 's easy to find things between classes fo irtunes from Manchu It's also a nice > Ooze. lot? on at 9 a. m. to it is to run up a $500 of you at 3 a. m. A i to pay off that debt, mand your loved o . too difficult to swal- of morning, the AT&T operator Long-distance c payment will be sent be. In the days bef< years of outstanding empty-mailbox as ans offered by these Nowadays, the emi sell House patio are ly as rough when j c the right questions, your hand, even if signed up for the callinsensitivity, a iFountain, just look at the follow- to kr g list of words and phrases you used ed of your defense of Mr. Helms: is rig "which he feels are offensive" repr "stop artists from doing blatantly A Fensive works" reali "he believes homosexuality is a sin" your "does things because he believes tide ey are right" P Have I made my point? You see, won sople may transfer their hate to him und 1 a person instead of just hating his Heir ilitics because he attacks people from and personal level. to st Just to further clarify my point, I "oflfe n not an artist, I don't want to see 1 person urinate on staee. I'm not a twee >mosexual and I'm a registered Re- up f lblican. But I have a personal prob- won m with Mr. Helms because I don't peop ink his judgments are always right, ad if he is striving to "do what is jht," who made him the only human b an open conta R"No, because it's really up container law really does t i "No, I don't think thert Charleston, and they have t I on things." II 5 llji a UiXU 1 uoto CU t 0bill TCI jr OTTCCI^ deliver as quickly, and as cheapbe old-fashioned way is fine, but t immediately, why not log on? ed at how easy it is to sit down r a quick "hello." vay to begin your day, when you find that someone was thinking nd it gives you reason to reprime for going to bed at that time lating is not as bad as it used to >re e-mail, couples suffered from phyxiation and telephone tag. Dtional roller-coaster is not nearrou have someone there holding it's via the keyboard. rrogance low what is "right"? He is an electficial. His job is not to tell us what ?ht but to do what the people he esents want him to do. nd speaking of offensive, do you ze that many people would find use of the word "shit" in your aroffensive? m not offended by your use of the i "shit." And I guess by now yoi erstand why I don't like Jesse no Wo /*on inof orrrnn fn /4ioorr??aJ uo? if uui ju0i> ugx w Uioa^i err that's OK with me. Fm not goinf ly you are "wrong" or "sinful" oi nsive." "hat's the biggest difference be sn Mr. Helms and me. I will stan< or what I believe is right, but 't try to take away the rights o >le who disagree with me. Elizabeth Milligai Marketing sophomon iner law? ) to the individual. An open n't affect the usage of alcoShiricka Fair uter information systems junior i should be one. I'm from one there. It puts a damper Jason Drake Sociology junior .@*94ibune Media Services T 4 i aiuiuue v, I would have saved over $700 n year. le letters and phone calls, a friend rous enough to introduce me to mail, a quick, inexpensive way ill day if I really wanted to. omputer services will probably a platter for saying so, but honages are what keep me in touch r that costs me nothing but my nate's patience when I tie up the ter modem all night. a v?ACAa Of*A ofill tTAtnr