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ISaffot Serving (JSC Since 19 Lee Gontz, Editor in Giief Susan Gcx Editorial Boar Keith Boudreaux, Lupe Eyde, S Jimmy DeButts, Kim "\T-rx AVAtin Afl Despite growing media not to blame for d A homicidal binge in New Mexico has dia brainwashing a new breeding | his teenager cohort in crime allegec state by killing people and taking their ce ly resembled those of the gun-toting pair "Natural Born Killers." Hence, the accu; have ensued. But what has not been as forthcomii sponsibility. Society today seems intent on deed its members do, without taking int< still have a free will they freely exercise. A a blessing from "NYPD Blue" to do it. Rumors have surfaced that the pair h film of malevolence and such a viewing led west. While theorists debate the effects of vi to mention the other thousands upon thous and not taken to the road in a flurry of sh The real truth of the matter is that a p( as horrible as mass murder and then go 01 XllVUgll 1 TTWOllWI.111 avwuui voiir attendance at the stadium (I saw j-veg my parents murdered by a Green j?m Boiled Peanuts vendor when I was tQ three, I just can't go near the place), jmQV some of my acquaintances were j. there and said it was quite a hoo- H tenanny. Actually though, I did wou] participate in a pregame festival gom( popularly known as "tailgating." gtat( It is my personal belief that it is i_ called this due to the way everyone ^ drives once you are within a five- ^ * mile radius of the stadium. Don't laugh, I actually witnessed this hor- wa^ rible phenomenon. I was driving wquj down Assembly Street toward the g^ stadium on gameday at about six ^ , o'clock, sippin' on a Yoo-Hoo, and ^ everything was Jim Dandy. Then mugt I crossed the railroad tracks, and next the man in the car next to me sud- ^eac denly mutated (just like one of those ?Rflrn really cheesy Incredible Hulk scenes, fQr ^ his shirt ripped, too) into a blither- notQ] ing idiot and swerved into my lane. t^e c Shaken, I pulled my car to the side ferg^ of the road to calm my nerves and contemplate the horror I had just ^?aiffcock ??? Student Media Russell House-USO Columbia Lee Clontz I Jimmy DeButts I Wen< Editor in Chief Sports Editor Asst Susan Goodwin Kim Truett Tan Viewpoints Editor Photo Editor Asst Steven C. Burritt Nguyen Le Alliso Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Ass Keith Boudreaux Erin Galloway Rya News Editor Asst. News As Lupe Eyde Robert Wertz Jast Features Editor Asst. News C The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, __ Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semes- *he Ua lers, with the exception of university holidays arid exam Letters i K''?ds. name, p Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the Letters i editors or author and not those of the University of The n*r South Carolina. ine uar The Board of Student Publications and Communications ^ <^al is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of style, po Student Media is its parent organization. be withh mg some mental prooiems to negin witn power, the evidence would certainly show Instead what is seen is the bloodletting get that way by media influence alone. While the media must deal with the iss tray it, TV shows and films must not bear t certainly need to be responsible in what tl ratings system is for. After all, no one wall expecting "Bambi." Though the media is responsible for ii are most human beings. Whether or not the diabolical duo saw the subject of the effect of violence in m crux of the situation is those two individu And just because they made decisions p they didn't know what they were doing. Hate the message, not the messenger. Monkevs. agriculture and other toe j _7 ""r Week brings ne witn ~ the < fV* MATT lysta im HORGAN it! ~ ^ Columnist ^ pelle Hello again and welcome back, my dear and cherished readers, to jeav. another episode of insight and id- brjr iocy. I trust all of you had a relax- tbrQ. ing Labor Day weekend and you ^ celebrated the same way as I did: ^um with a complete and utter lack of ^Qor labor. Actually I spent the major- j ity of the time resting in bed fol- j lowing a violent allergic reaction ^ to VH-1 (eight Michael Bolton videos Q^a in the span of one hour will wreck your system, folks). Though I must j admit, it could've been worse. I ^ could've been watching the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, which has been scientifically proven to t^.g cause projectile vomiting in 87 per- g cent of the test cases ("Send us mon- ^ ey now, or here comes Dom Delouise in stretch pants!"). a Anyway, I suppose the biggest back local news event of this past week- wbat end was the USC-Georgia football be^Q1 rramo TKniifrli T utqq nnf in Th? rck 08 xlwin, Viewpoints Editor d Iteven C. Burritt, Truett ity to violence luo's actions given the familiar topic of meground. As the ex-convict and Uy made their way around the trs, their actions unfortunate of lovebirds in Oliver Stone's sations of media wrongdoing rig is the idea of personal reexplaining and excusing every 3 account the fact that people nd they don't necessarily need tad watched the ultra-violent I to the imitation in the SouthIolence in the media, they fail ands who have seen the movie ots and blood. ;rson doesn't watch something it and emulate it without hav. If the media had that much it. of a few psychotics, who didn't >ue of violence and how to porhe brunt of the burden. Movies ley show, but that's what the ks into "Natural Born Killers" ts actions in any situation, so the intense flick, ironically on wlice to see your parking stick. the irony of this being that ! idgit cop who ticketed me had [ed to the back of my car, he Id've seen that I don't own a :er. Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah ti). /"ell look at the time! I really - go, kiddies, but I shall be back week. That is if I don't drop I from eating grilled cheese itches" at the Patio every day no weeks ... can we say mony? In the meantime folks, if Sweet Pickles bus stops and ofyou a ride, run like hell! MattHorganis a journalism junior. 7I Chris Carroll 777-4249 Laura Day 482 Creative Director I, SC 29208 Jim Green Ait Director ly Hudson Gregory Perez . Copy Desk Production Asst. ya Kropf Elizabeth Thomas . Copy Desk Adv. Graduate Asst. n Williams Renee Gibson iL Features Marketing Director n Wilson Chris Wood ist. Sports Asa. Advertising Manager >n JefTers Erik Collins artoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy me cock will try to print all letters received, ibould be 200-250 wards and must include full rofessional title or year and major if a student, must be personally delivered by the author to oecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. necock reserves the right to edit all letters for ssible libel or space limitations. Names will not leld under any circumstances. edia, is beside the point. The tals had a choice. >eople didn't like, doesn't mean tics w insights essed. Fm not sure, but I think julprit is some new and dead*and of Gamecock Fever-. Catch Veil, what else do I feel comd to share with you dear, dear ?. Gee, maybe Fm the only one, has anyone else noticed that ing the library is like trying to ig foreign virus specimens ugh U.S. Customs? lim: "Okay, open your bag and ip all the contents out on the r Vie: "Hey man, it's only my h." lim: "Just do it, Pink Boy! y... now open up the sand99 es. Je: "Damn, ya got me." te also assured me that the cavity search was routine prore, but I have my doubts about guy ... he kept calling me ky. md what the Sam Scratch is the campus police? I received rking ticket the other day for ing into a parking space ... the hell? I can see myself goin' e the judge on this one, "Yes, Honor, I realize I endangered i with my foolish action, and [oing to attend parking school >rk off the points." Actually, I v head-in parking saves mili of lives a year, but I'm wongif the campus police resources Id not be serving us better in ; other capacity (let me just i for the record that head-in ing makes it easier for the cam -VIEW MWOLD 7? "A lot (of victims) t Fans in IH admit it. I didn't have a good time at t football game. Yep, just as I suspected, the rather high on Assembly Street I was assembled there, effectively ju and moved a bit slower than a Gee er doing math problems. Just as I suspected, we packi people into the car, so we had t praetor concession stand under t] Just as I suspected, I bought t Coke too big for every member of i ily and a Little League baseball t complete with its decorative scr olina football players I've never Y Just as I suspected, I parked i parking lot with one Jiffy-Johnny pie in line. Surpassing all my expectatioi the immense crowd that decided i front row of the stadium, bringin tor traffic to a dead halt. You see, we were supposed to r at the concession stand under thi at 8:15, giving us time to see the We didn't see the kickoff becai ed from our seats by the people \ the tickets for those seats. (Have y one says "It doesn't matter where get into the stadium," but inevitab the seats of the unfortunate fam Columbia A recent article on Columbia Atlanta Constitution. The article Campbell, was a rambling piece t lumbia in every way imaginable metro-Atlanta native and now li felt obligated to respond to the a bell put forth. He begins by addressing the bia is a widely used name (i.e. citii shuttles) and that Columbia, S.C., challenged." I guess that's PC li] lumbia is "imaginatively challer city should sue Christopher Col such an important part of Ameri Campbell then proceeds to p lumbia's airport lobby features * of ticket counters and (when you one car pulling up." Well, compi airport ours is indeed smaller an T*L. 1 J /* ' i men again, us Kina 01 race i< the airport and even park. The la someone off at the Atlanta airpor finest tried to give me a ticket Th to even drop someone off! Incidei IVe been to Columbia's airport the: dreds of cars, not just one. Next Campbell rips downtowr ing quiet and creepy. He says "A closed (downtown), everybody n urbs." A metro area with rapid ] What effect *1, "I think it 1 jggifc and if most mBFIJrmfi it is widesp pk 'Z. ing t0 aPPe /**?L Y)flK?S A Pl-fNEV a Jiink it (sexual assaul think about this. Jennifer I stands he USC-Georgia ? 2j traffic was piled [you might say it |_ W&%j| 3tifying the name) irgia football playlanded in tl ?d way too many We chee o find the chiro- descending he stands. Georgia rur he industrial-size Our nex ny extended fam- under the st ?am to finish off, people deci een print of Car- been as intii leard of. life. A guy t n Eastover in the mob of peop f and 10,000 peo- In fact, ] in the crow< tis, however, was several houi it would pack the the exit, bul g football specta- ed us from 1 on the seas, neet some friends ed for slaug e student section Tempers 1_T olnnrr IViUJVUll. oivug Miv wj lse we were boot- behind you vho actually had Several guy rou noticed every- picked fight s you sit once you Girl: He; ly youVe grabbed Guy: He; ily whose tickets Girl: Yoi n big cih appeared in The , written by Colin A hat put down Co- vBS, !. Because I am a ve in Columbia, I llegations Campfact that Colum- suburbs, w 3s, counties, space that closed , is "imaginatively suburbs? ngo. Because Co- The onl} lged," maybe the Georgia Te< umbus for being Atlanta can can culture. olent crime oint out that Co- close to tou< 'one bar, one row is big news step into the sun) Hot lanta. ared to Atlanta's Mr. Can d has less traffic, federate fla, a be abl e to get to ^ee of fou st time I dropped support kee t, one of the city's erate flag lc e place is too busy sides, what itally, every time Secondly, c re have been hun- Georgia wa that was 7 < i Columbia for be- Finally, lacy's and Belk's hving in the loved to the sub- horo" with i movement to the that Greem ; does violena not sure that it has any influen a cumulative effect. I don't thin action would have an effect." Deanna IV Journalisrr las a negative influence if it's w people are as gullible as they see >read. The entertainment indue al to the lower instincts of its ai Han History } Friday, September 9, 191 LASSIC F?& C?1 ?r^ mm Hi It) is their fault. I ho It's something they Dougherty, Rape Crisis Network Vc too clo i CHRIS MULDRON Columnist le middle of the student seats rea lor tne KicKon m tne mob the stairs, however. Of cours 1 it back? t goal was to get out of the sfc adium, but apparently a whole ded to come in than leave. I' mate with as many people bef< wenty yards behind me in th ?le scratched his butt, and I fe [ considered marrying severa i after being crushed against rs. The mob occasionally drifte t the crowd coming in the exit eaving through it We drifted' like a leaf on a river, like cat hter. i were running short as peopl nspiracy theory that the persoi in line was out to crush you 1 s in fits of testosterone and Bi s with the girls in front of the y you big oaf, stop pushing m< y you cow, I didn't push you. 1 id! There, you did it again. ^in sma | TOMMY TOUCHBEI Columnist hat a shock! Is that Macy's a in downtown Atlanta and moi i things left in Atlanta are skj ;h and the Braves. Of course, 1 i boast having the highest per rate in America! Columbia ci ihing that one. A murder or a i here; there, it's just another lpbell also criticizes us for flyin g at our state house. He pointi r Republican voters in South ping the flag. First, doesn't 01 iok a lot like the Georgia state ;'s wrong with honoring our 1 lidn't an overwhelming perc< ot to keep their stars and bars sf 10.) Campbell points out that Col shadow of Charlotte, and even ts BMW plant. Excuse me, Ci rille, not Greensboro? As for t b in the medi IcLendon ry Garner w i sophomore ??J I o VraeitX >st pie. ) >pe more girls, especially freshmen, will need to know." dunteer se for comfort Guy: No, I didn't. I'm too drunk to stand up, much less move my arms. The only reason I'm still V standing is there are too many people around me to let me fall down. (I realize this is a bit articulate for someone that drunk but play along for. my sake.) Me: Hey guys, we're all being pushed by about 10,000 angry fans who want their seats. ?) Girl and Guy: Stop pushing us, you bearded of people freak. 3e, didn't I quit rationalizing and just picked people's pockets. ands and I finally decided to cut up an aisle and cross the s lot more entire stadium to get out of the crowd. Of course, VP TlPVPf of fnnlr TV* a ok/\nf |V\?*oa knn>*o 1/liUb uv/viv U1U auuub l/l 11 CC 1IV/UI9. are in my I really wanted to do that crowd-surfing thing le stalled' I always see on TV. It it. I think somebody didn't count the tickets for the 1 women game, which is understandable. I guess if you're them for counting out 75,000 tickets and somebody says d toward something to you, you might lose track, prevent- Well, I got under the stadium about halftime, like tides just as everyone decided to reverse directions and tie head- head out of the stadium. At this point I was so frustrated I sat under the stadium for the second half, e passed separated from the friends I came with, exhausti directly ed from being pushed around and sore from havto death, ing my leg almost broken against the bleachers, isch beer And I still had about three quarts of Coke left in my souvenir cup. Chris Muldrow is a journalism senior. His column appears every Friday. J1 town wrapper ow business, every city is in some other's shadow (except for maybe Tokyo). Oh, by the way, isn't LexRRY ington County one of the fastest growing counties in America. Colin should have driven up to the Ir mo-Harbison area. That place is bursting with growth. This article is nothing new from The Atlanta nd Rich's Constitution. For several years their sports staff /ed to the has criticized and put down USC and Columbia in every way imaginable. They seem to be on a witchrscrapers, hunt against our school and city. Many fellow Gamehe city of cock fans in Atlanta have expressed these same capita vi- sentiments. One fan told me that maybe a Cleman't come son graduate is the editor or something. That might rimer Knet Ua Imm Mi* v*^ WMWW WC l/l uc. night in Here's a short wrap. I grew up in Dun woody, a suburb to the north of Atlanta I love it there. I think g the con- the north Atlanta suburbs are a very desirable place 3 out that to live. As for the city, well, I definitely prefer "borCarolina ing" Columbia. This city has a lot to offer: USC ir confed- sports, many nice "historic" neighborhoods, a topflag? Be- notch zoo, a resort lake, several large malls, "counleritage? try club" suburbs and almost all of the eating and intage of entertainment facilities Atlanta has. Columbia has ? (I think South Carolina's state government, the top percapita income (Lexington County), the best schools iumbia is (Lexington 5 and USC) and a much better newsi "Greens- paper (The State), alin, isn't his shad- Tommy Touchberry is a marketing junior. !Q Vioira AH itc LU JLLUVV V/UL ll/O UUUlVliVV/l jH "I think people kill other people under their own free ii I will Tho marlio V?oo o rrroof An tlin narAnnfinn nf p ?!** * *AV 1UVU1U 11UO U gl VUK U11WK V/Ii Vl IV ^A-l Vi-^WUH W1 Afro-Americans as being portrayed as violent. Most shows usually show violence as taking place in AfroAmerican communities." James Goodwin Criminal justice senior I- "It might have an effect on me and not on you. I know it's a TV show; it's not real life. But some people don't think like that. They think it's real." Isheka Manigault Computer science freshman