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Lee Gontz, Editor in Qiief Su
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Keith Boudreaux, Lupe
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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
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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:
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TENNEN
Cbkimist
Sometimes God closes one eye
and doesnt look close enough to see
how the weary people breathe. I
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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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Gamecock VIE Will
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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
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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
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i learned phone bill, and how hard it is
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thing for low your pride and admit to
that your monthly phone bill
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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 ^
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onstituents, not Judge a
Marc LaFountain's defense of Mr. he
lelms in his column that appeared pi
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o him and his politics. If you don't A
nderstand what I mean by that, Mr. rif
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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
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payment will be sent be. In the days bef<
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sell House patio are ly as rough when j
c the right questions, your hand, even if
signed up for the callinsensitivity,
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your defense of Mr. Helms: is rig
"which he feels are offensive" repr
"stop artists from doing blatantly A
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"he believes homosexuality is a sin" your
"does things because he believes tide
ey are right" P
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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
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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.
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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?
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ly you are "wrong" or "sinful" oi
nsive."
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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.
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