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"lESaf Serving U, Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief S Editor Keith Boudreaux, Lup Jimmy DeBi Politically ( Definition of politico leaves funding quest Student senators recently pas a political organization. Whi confusion as to which studen ti. 4. A. 11 George Nethercutt. Remember that name. George Nethercutt is already the symbol of the tumultuous 1994 congressional elections. In five weeks, he might be the best known politician in Washington and the leader of an expected Republican landslide. Nethercutt is an attorney in Spokane, Wash., who was the county GOP chairman. People scoffed at Nethercutt when he announced he was running for Congress. You see, Nethercutt lives in the same district as Democrat Thomas Foley, the speaker of the House of Representatives. No one has defeated a sitting speaker in an election since 1860. To give you an idea as the Democrats called them.) In addition, it was Speaker Fo"(Botock 5 Student Media Russell House-USO 1 Lee Clontz Jimmy DeButts Editor in Chief Sports Editor Susan Goodwin Kim Truett Viewpoints Editor Photo Editor ?t?.i< r Rurritf Ethan Myerson 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 th< University of South Carolina and is published Monday Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semes ters, with the exception of university holidays and exan periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of Lbt editors or author and not those of the University o: South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communication is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department o Student Media is its parent organization. of how long ago that is, the Confederate battle flag had not even been created in 1860. With a little over five weeks to go before the election, Nethercutt has a 14-point lead in the polls over Foley. Political analysts are confounded by these numbers. Over the past two years, Foley has used his considerable clout to help keep Fairchild Air Force Base aiive through the recent rash of base closings. He also managed to se1 1 A? J' I *1 J cure ieaerai iunaing to Duna an important local highway project. How can Foley be so far behind? I was curious as to Foley's sudden drop in popularity. Friday's edition of USA Today had some opinions. Unlike many publications, USA Today went to the voters in Foley's district to search for answers. It turns out the voters in Foley's district are more conservative and Republican now than they were four years ago. The voters are also more distrustful of government this year than they have been in the past. Other voters pointed to Foley's support of the 1990 and 1993 tax increases (or "budget deals" uiaiici uuea uvi scwii uu ue iuiiy 1t The new definition claims thai campaigns and propaganda desigi viduals petitioning" executive or group are political. The problem with this guideli just where certain groups like the As with any definition, the real wi Exactly what constitutes petit will be raised on more than one oc ing for an issue? Once again, it's ei Democrats and College Republicai didate have political agendas. But of Animals and other such organi even though they may actively pr< ies. Rather than deal with all the Senate could create three division political and special interest. Gem litical ones, those who advocate a not. T1 * 1 i l uecause special interest group: and general organizations, the tre promise between the two extreme interest category would receive a sufficient for their survival. This membership by providing, say, enoi upcoming meetings, but not enoui Such categorization of student of the confusion that the wordy, a providing a standard way to deal Regardless of the way the situ must be made void of personal or them as possible. Ignoring, suii not best way r i pat f -rn m ? MCNEILL . ? Columnist ffccodt SC Since 1908 usan Goodwill, Viewpoints Editor ial Board e Eyde, Steven C. Burritt, jtts, Kim Truett Correct :l organization vague, ions unanswered sed a bill to reword the definition of le the aim of the bill was to clear up . !_ !_ l r t* i? i y t groups are engiDie ior lunaing, me esolved. ; any group that uses "informational led to, promotes or encourages, indilegislative bodies on behalf of that ne is it still leaves many wondering ! BGLA and Students for Life stand, irth is in the annlirntinn of it. ?7 ? ioning is a concern that conceivably casion. What about a group petitionary to see that groups such as Young is and others campaigning for a cani Students for the Ethical Treatment zations fall under another heading, imote their causes to legislative bodnuances of a blanket definition, the s for student organizations: general, jral groups would receive money; poparticular candidate or party, would s fall somewhere in between political I atment they receive would be a com- 5 s. Groups that pertain to the special uniform, minimal amount of money money would help them build their ugh money to make fliers to announce ?h to further their causes. ; organizations would alleviate some ill-inclusive definition creates, while with questionable funding. ation is nanaiea, nowever, judgment political agendas, or as untainted by ig voters 1 to get votes * ley who attempted to cover up the n House Bank check-writing scan- c] dal. Foley told reporters it would ei not be "useful" to release the names P of the Congressmen who had b bounced checks or the amounts of the checks. (Next time you bounce g* a check, tiy that excuse on the man- P ager at First Union.) While these are certainly plausible explanations for the decline 0 of Speaker Foley, I found one oth- 3 er explanation I hadn't bargained ^ for. Tom Foley's real problem is the n term limits legislation in the state a of Washington. d You see, back in 1992, the voters in Washington passed a bill de- ir signed to limit their Congression- T al representatives to 12 years in office. Foley has been in office since h 1964. b Speaker Foley could have grace- " fully accepted the judgment of his b constituents. He could have pa- si tiently explained his constitutional objections to the term limits leg- n islation. But Tom Foley instead made the type of bold leadership -| move that has been a hallmark of his political career. He sued the voters. That's right Tom Foley has sued the constituents in the state of Washington for passing term lim- q it legislation. He claims term lim- a< its are unconstitutional and the w state of Washington should not be r( allowed to bar him from seeking j0 office. The case is still tied up in tr court. Amazingly, some of the vot- h; ers are taking this lawsuit personally. Many have actually told p] reporters they will not cast a ballot for a man who is suing them for c their votes. se I'm not sure what the outcome si of the Washington election (or the id ensuing court case) will be, but if the situation in Washington is any h< indication, you may want to hire a R, good lawyer before you head to the cc polls on Nov. 8. You never know how many Congressional Democ- w rats will decide to follow the lead se of their speaker. ic Pat McNeill is a third-year th law student. 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Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. / MWHw... \[ W^H'T at LONG UhO'L A Nt\N REASON t$ URDU US?x~~i. ^3^ fi WOlEUUWmE "St Patric Columbia City JL/Uiilg lUIUiUI As shocking as it may seem, the Horseshoe hai tie problem bigger than the termination of toile aper delivery?the laundry room. It seems pretty amazing I even would know wha le Horseshoe's laundry room looks like. (I've spen re last two years stockpiling socks and underwea )r the specific purpose of allowing me to survivi etween visits home.) However, last Wednesday ight I decided to do the unthinkable and wash m; lothes, hoping to leave the experience with clean r attire and to make myself a better person in thi rocess. Once again in my never-ending quest b ecome more productive, I failed on both accounts ii is interesting to note nere my misconception oing into this whole washing thing. 1. That peo le get anything out of washing clothes. (They don't found, unless somebody else does it for them.) 2 hat no one does laundry in the middle of the week Everyone does laundry in the middle of the week. . That people are generally considerate beings wh 'ant to ease the laundering process for their fellov lan. (A night of watching "Beverly Hills 90210 nd "Models, Inc." makes people anything but cor ial.) At the outset, however, the harsh reality of wash lg clothes in Pinckney-Legare was unknown to me he laundry experience began innocently enougl ith the old "maybe-IH-wash-my-clothes-so-I-won't ave-to-wear-my-granny-panties-anymore-and-will e-able-to-see-my-floor" idea. I assembled a rathe 1 ?e 41 J ?4 4? 1 ]? npicaaivc lji'juiiu ui auncu pictco m my iciuiiui asket, grabbed my Tide-free and headed down thi tairs to laundry hell. (When I say "laundry hell," it isn't a feeble jour alistic attempt to be humorous, though I'm no Perot, economy, As I talk with friends about the 1994 campaigr le conversation always comes back to Presiden llinton. They bring up his low poll numbers, hi wful foreign policy and his failure to pass healtl ire. My usual responses include: the economy ha covered from the Reagan/Bush years, 4 millioi bs have been created under the Clinton adminis ation and the GOP (Grand Obstructionist Party as done nothing but stall the Clinton domestii jenda because they want to ultimately see th( resident fail. Well, I have news for the Remiblicans. Prfisiden linton will be re-elected because the voters wil !e right through their stall tactics and their divi ve policies. I have compiled 10 reasons why Pres ent Clinton will be re-elected. 1. Ross Perot. Perot will run again and lose, bul ; will "steal" 15 to 20 percent of the vote from the epublican nominee, giving the president a more imfortable margin of victory than he had in '92 2. The Economy. The Clinton recovery has emergec ith the creation of jobs, the deficit cut to levels nol en since the 1950s and the most robust economgrowth indicators in 15 years. 3. Haiti and Bosnia. President Clinton will show e American people the United States is not the arid police but will help defend democracy around ie world. With the invasion of Haiti to restore Should special ii a "Yes, they should because th tions as well. After you pay So, it might as well go to dif mmmrn "^?> & may go to E one's beliefs." L r<2mr U?MB* - k's Day has gone from being a family event to a pul Councilman Hamilton Osborne on the necessity of an open conl y good for laugl Ml? SUSAN GOODWIN i ^ lr!? Viewpoints Editor i s above such techniques. Rather, it is an honest rep- 1 y resentation of the washing facilities in the hub of ? the 'Shoe.) First of all, the Housing Department tries to * 3 trick residents by placing the "men" sign under- ' 0 neath the "laundry" sign, so the door reads "laun- ? ' dry men." Don't be fooled by such obvious sinister ? 3 actions. There are no men in that room to do your * laundry, so don't ask. They're at Patterson. "? If you make it past the sign test and actually r open the door, you will see the men's bathroom is ? on the left of a little corridor, which resembles some- 1 ) thing out of a Friday the 13th movie, a thought one f 0 can't help thinking when you're doing your laundry 1 vn at midnight. (I just knew I was going to get axed somewhere between the spin and the rinse cycles.) ^ After fearing for my life in trying to get to the * little room, I then found all three of the washers ? full. Now, because I was carrying everything I ever f owned in my arms, this discovery met with severe 1 1 disappointment. I noticed some of the washers were N done, but I didn't think much about it. "Come back later," I thought. r "Dump the wet clothes on the washer," my room- ? y mate said. r "But that's rude," I countered. "Not if they don't know who did it," she answered. 1 I'm not sure whether it was because it was my t third painful trip to the laundry room or that BranDAI A IITll nil i LFUiC Will OpiU VjU t Ar~y\ , P ~ BYRON JAMES 1 , . ~ I Columnist . ; ' ) democracy and the lifting of the trade embargo in v c Bosnia, the president has shown political courage 1" } and fortitude. r 4. Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is the most in- o t telligent and informed First Lady since Eleanor 1 Roosevelt. She has shown she can be as tough as F Bob Dole and as graceful as Jackie Kennedy Onas- e sis. In this day and age of politics, she has shown ^ t that you need to be both to survive in Washington. ^ ; 5. James Carville. The political genius of our q > time will spin his wonder in the *96 campaign. He will identify the pertinent issues that need to be p I highlighted and have the president articulate his a l, vision. o 6. Health Care Reform. Even thought the pres- o ident failed at his first attempt at reform this year, jc r he will keep trying until a bipartisan resolution can ! be reached. When reform does pass, the president 1 should get all the credit because it has been the cen! terpiece of his domestic agenda. nterest groups receive iey are student organiza- "^es> bee the money it's not yours. H@|H would be ferent student organizaGregory Hugi metrical engineering sophomore night interfere with some- 1 other aJ some get _ __ jp '% should." Jim Patterson ?... Political science junior $ r j i blic drunk." tainer ordinance is, little else ion and Dylan have turned into a complete jerks, out I didn't feel too bad when I lifted the lid on the middle washer and slopped the contents onto the next one. (I realize by mentioning this in the paper r am arlvor-tiainrr mv crrrilt +rj tVio rvftoriHoH narh; Tn * ? V? "V M1V VllVUUVU VJ . A V/ that person, I can only say one thing. Blame my roommate; it was her idea.) While the previously told horrors seem enough or one night, the nightmare didn't end there. When ! came back later I found my laundry had been jumped from its original placement. "What goes iround, comes around," I thought. However, upon iirther inspection, I realized the detergent had not jeen adequately flushed from my clothes. So, it's 1 a.m., and I'm in the men's bathroom insing out my jeans, sweats and some of the oth:r more blatantly soaped up articles. After scroungng around to find dryers and subsequently repeating (arlier solutions to such shortage problems, I was n sight of an ending to this whole miserable night. W^ll iy\ Ilia T ron Anf nf nnonforc (irnn naa/^ ? vilj 111 Wit tliu X 1 C4.il WUt \J 1 VjUCIl btl ?> \JUU ilttu iffy dollars worth to do anything, I found out), which breed me to carry all my wet clothes back up the itairs and hang them all over my apartment. While ny ingenuity in finding drying locations flourished, t was an exercise in creativity I could have done vithout. As a result of my laundry experiment, I decided two things. 1.1 had experienced the ultimate disaster is washing clothes. (And I had the detergent esidue to prove it.) And 2. Fall break is only two weeks away. I think [ can make it until then. Susan Goodwin is a journalism junior. nton re-election 7. Leon Pentta. The new chief of staff has the resident refocused on key issues and has reorgalized the White House to make it more effective ind efficient. He has tamed the youngsters who jame in with the president and has brought in oldir members to stabilize the staff. 8. The Christian Coalition. I admit the coalition vill win some elections this fall, but that will onlv lelp President Clinton and other Democrats, as the lation will reject the policies and hidden agendas f the conservative right. 9. Bob Dole and his gang of thugs called the Retublican Party. Hie Republicans will tear each othr apart for the Republican nomination and field a ery weak candidate for President It may be Kemp, ^iayle, Alexander or even Powell, but all these men iave the combined charisma and excitement of a llemson beauty pageant. 10. The Voters. The American electorate will see Resident Clinton is the clear choice over Perot and ny candidate the Republicans nominate to lead ur nation. They will give the president a four-year intract extension and let him finish the outstanding )b he started in 1993. Byron James is a political science senior. His column appears every Monday. student funds? :ause other organizations receive money. It unfair." Josh Mitchell Pre-law freshman groups get money, then they should too. If ; money, then all the student organizations Beth Westfall Speech/pathology graduate student