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TBafi Serving USC Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Sus Edttoria Keith Boudreaux, Lupe ] Jimmy DeButt No justificat Activist's actions illeg legal strategy wrong i When Paul Hill shot an abortion bers on both sides of the issue Hill is back in the news again attempt to use a justifiable homicide d While a federal judge has nixed tl "certainly legal alternatives far less ii dering someone to stop abortions, wha Regardless of Hill's beliefs, abortic to be in the future can only be determi to abolish it. Hill does not have that p< ment on others who disagree with him Other supporters of various causei change and quick to falter. However, tl their goals by taking legal actions to re unacceptable. If s the way this countr no ways around it. Hill's lawyer claimed he had tried c ics and speaking his views to the medi; ter others have bombed clinics and cr< tions had not been stopped. However, Hill's actions this summe continue to be performed around the cc even more drastic measures should bi taking a shortcut around the law does As it was, Hill's crimes resulted in else?actions that could be called "futi Job hunt es for seeker, i ASHLEY BALL Columnist I was browsing through my USC course catalog, half-heartedly looking for an alternative to regularly scheduled, classroom-type offerings (you know, like a street corner guitar class), when I suddenly realized I needed money for the upcoming weekend. "Ashley," my roommate, Mary, quizzed me as I reached for the telephone, "are you calling your parents for money again?" "How did you know?" I asked. "Because it's 4:30 on a Thursday afternoon!" she replied. "So I'm a creature of habit." "Ashley," she persisted, "what are you going to do when you have to start paying your own rent and utilities and insurance? How are you plannine to manaee financially when vou graduate and start living on your own?" "On my WHAT?" I asked incredulously. Next she'd be suggesting I get a job. "Why don't you get a job?" she suggested, reaching for that morning's neatly folded State newspaper lying at the foot of her neatly made bed. Fll never understand how she folds her newspapers into such perfect little rectangles. When Fve finished reading the paper, it resembles a mangled origami kite. I have the same trouble with Texaco-issue road maps. And with my bed. Mary opened The State to the Employment section. "Here," she offered helpfully. 'There are lots of part-time jobs. Maybe you could find something you're interested in." "Thanks!" I said, eagerly pursuing the ads. For the next 20 minutes, Mary sat at her desk studying calDon't what ye Write a Send let The Gan Draw Russell Hous TBaf&orh 3= Student Media Russell House-USO Col Lee Clontz Jimmy DeButts Editor in Chief Sport* Editor Susan Goodwin Kim Truett Viewpoint* Editor Photo Editor Steven C. Burritt Gabriel Madden Copy Desk Chief Graphic* Editor Keith Boudreaux Erin Galloway New* Editor Asst. New* Lupe Eyde Robert Wertz Feature* Editor Asst. New* 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 the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. feotk Since 1908 :an Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor I Board Eyde, Steven C. Burritt, s, Kim Truett ion 'al in any context, n eyes of law doctor and escort this summer, memi were quick to denounce his actions, with an equally offensive action?his iefense. lis plan of action, citing there were ltrusive and far less evil" than murit remains is still unsettling, in is still legal. Whether it continues ned by those who have the authority ower, nor the right to enact his judg L 3 have found the system to be slow to hey have patiently worked to achieve medy whatever situations they deem y works and, like it or not, there are >ther methods, such as picketing clini, to no avail. She added that even afiated crisis pregnancy centers, abor>r have not eliminated abortion. They rnntay and the world. Does this mean e taken? Or perhaps it only signifies not help matters in the long run. the deaths of two people and nothing le" but are best described as "tragic." asperating roommate cuius (even though she didn't have a test the next day) while I lay on my bed, pen in hand, circling furiously. "Have you found anything yet?" she inquired, turning to check on my progress. "Oh, yeah, listen to this... 87 Jag, white wAriack int., must sell, $8300. Or how about this one... '74 Fiat, 2door convertible, red, $5500! Just what I've been looking for!" "ASHLEY! NO! You're supposed fn Via lnnlrinflr fni* a iaVi nnf o PAPI V V MV IVVUlllg IVI U JVWj ilVt U vriiv. Here, let me see that paper," she said, snatching the now-crumpled newspaper. She ran her finger down the columns, then stopped. "Look, here's a waitress position at Cuco's on weekends. Waitressing pays well and it won't interfere with your classes." "But Mary," I said, peering over her shoulder at the job list, "it looks like restaurant managers make a lot more money than waitresses. I think HI be a restaurant manager. Or maybe HI just buy a whole chain of restaurants! All across the country! Who knows, I might even expand to Paris! London! Cairo!" I was flushed with excitement. "Think of all the money Til make." Mary was flushed, too, but not with excitement. "Ashley, how much money do you have right now to spend on the purchase of a restaurant?" Mary's voice was high-pitched and strained. "Well, basically, if you mean whafs in my checking account, my Christmas account and under my pillow... none," I answered. "Thaf s why I was calling my parents." Mary sat motionless for some time, staring straight ahead into space. Ifs funny, I thought as I dialed my parent's number... how frustrated a person can get hum studying calculus. Ashley Ball is a journalism freshman. 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Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. ^jrniVUSS CB-eeMTto^ pore gfftMK ^ llllf HAVE To SHAVE HIS :-i: : \ bott^ huh hui-\ huh f CHILDISH ] \CM.J / yM I ffi_ QUOTEynQOOTE "We're F Til O rC nAtlfMAlTAVCHT nag tuuuuvciaj How long will South Carolinians bicker over the Confederate flag? It continues to fly over the I- J Statehouse, dividing a legislature within and a people without who desperately need to come together, not break apart Other issues such as crime, |_ drugs, education, and economic growth will fail to |_ receive adequate attention and collective effort as , long as that infernal banner falls between us like ' a Broadway stage curtain. Folks can't see eye to eye if they can't see one another. Yet we all know the flag itself is not the issue ~ at all. It is curious how people tend to wrap up their _ core values and deepest feelings in a symbol and ^ hope by debating the symbol they can somehow sort out the underlying issues. Meanwhile, the can- canr cer of racism, the issue for which the flag contro- ^er. versy serves as a surrogate, eats away our body politic. That's the long and short of it. fath( Or so we thought. Luckily, Pat Buchanan was ?f J* there to set us straight. He recently argued in the by tl Washington Times that flag proponents are right udia to demand it remain atop the state house. After erne all, the best and brightest of a generation fought Nazi ana fell lor the battle llag, carrying it before them ther as they clashed with union soldiers. Slavery wasn't chill: the only thing that flag represented to them; in piou fact, slavery was the last thing. It represented a the 1 southern culture?a history, a tradition, an inde- 1 pendent spirit unique and worthy of honor. olins Sorry, Mr. Buchanan. Yes, most southern tra- Hie ditions are worthy of honor, but the institution of bin < slavery is not. The antebellum South was built and time sustained upon slave labor; the idea that blacks serv were not (and could never be) equal to whites was gatio inherent in the reality. Hie South's secession move- the i ment was convinced the North was bent on end- urall LETTERS Movie's advertise To the editor: PldyerS' pft Once again, I am appalled at the V'CtOfy 3t L advertisements posted on campus. -p0 the editor: Are the only people who go to classes . , . at USC men? The fiver on each and -?~nn aikenuon 01 vjain every turn of the stairwell of the Hu- my feUow students manities building would make me football team did think so. Advertising the movie field during last "Sirens," the objective of the flyer against Louisiana seems to be showing as many semi- biggest victory c? nude shots of an actress as possible. Same was over* ^ n P . the USC and LA Do the women of this campus want , , ers and coaches gal to see this movie because they can see cock embiem on ? Elle MacPhereon naked!? I dont think together. This, ii so. There are many consumers on this greater victory thai campus who would like to see this board could provic movie and do not think that the sight the power of pra; of a nude woman is the key selling physical. So, wh< , m . _ iqita an nai point, rlease gear advertising towards l ' both sexes, and you may even increase ^ee^sl ^ 6 '?^c the end of the gam y?uProfits- ment to pray alo Kerf Holloway English Literature senior Ji Is justifiable homicide a n"No, I don't think you should take anyl the court should decide whether a p not. It's not up to a person to take tl own hands." "It doesn't make it right because he's i self. I don't condone abortion but if th an abortion that's their choice." r stum try "\ I a "6nef\T SS ' -:iiil3?":8' '' jfsoWHEMV Vow r* ( <seT HIT, P^Wrt / \ Xi! MA ^ / f Riwr H wesn m\\b\ stoked about going ? if that's the word." reshman Aubrey Campbell, on attending Cockfest waste of legisli sis o % facts PHILLIP WARF be r. Columnist rent _J pers ism slavery?and thus the fundamental aspect of southern way of life. This is a major reason ? ] lg rebels took up the flag and carried it before , ?mi a. No matter how one tries, slavery cannot be 11 j3 reed from the symbolism of the Confederate . VT UOI Similarly, the pernicious events of the holocaust ty p? lot be overlooked when one sees a Nazi ban- pjayf Millions of young German soldiers fought and a ^ under that banner. Most served for family and erland, not out of love for the fuhrer or hatred \c gr, iws. This is not the message that is conveyed yield le swastika, however. It is a message of prej- y anc i and despicable hate. That is not to say south- theS >rs committed atrocities on the scale of the T] is, but the underlying shameful aspects were state e. Thus, if we are unwilling to overlook the citize ing symbolism of the Nazi flag, how can we so this i sly disregard the negative psychic impact of risioi Dattle flag on African-Americans? prese /uckily, for almost 90 years folks in South Car- age t i didn't have to worry about such issues at all. as fly controversial banner was assigned to the dust- unity >f history until the late 1950's. It was at that deba ! South Carolina returned the flag to public futur ice in defiance of federally enforced desegre- ing b n. Of course, this had nothing to do with racism; ssue was states' rights. (South Carolina natly felt it had a right to discriminate on the ba iments offensive lyers real Writer's disrespect a. Tech for women, gays offer To the editor: Iam writing this letter in rest LXSand to Jeffrey Turbftt's letter (Wedne lecocKreaaersma g,,^ 28), in which he gets on his 1 >. .ruuivusii uic an(j t>0W8 to the unsultry GO] a great job on the bernatorial nominee David Bee Saturday s game Jygt where in the world could Tech, I feel that the a patriarchal, 18th-century, sexis ime right after the ology come from, Mr. Turbitt? lis is when many of views on the world need to be m( Tech football play- check and less offensive, thered on the Game- According to your own little v lidfield and prayed no one should have any power e: 11 my eyes, is a far white heterosexual males who i one that any score- land. And the funny thing is that' le, because without Carolina was like that. However, yer, victory is only though this state is constantly 20; sn the Gamecocks behind, more people have opened ct opponent in two minds and seen the diversity ol il fans who stay to country, le should take a mo- No longer should "womyn" st ng with the team, their homes. Have you been aslet the past 20 years? Your outrag Shannon Motley disrespect for an entire gender; oumalism freshman excusable. valid excuse for abortion Dody's life. I think "No, it's a p lerson's guilty or shouldn't pi: le law into their Pt someone els CedricGreen LjL al engineering junior r? mi taking a life him- "No, life's va ey decide to have one else's lift Vpril Donaldson RLrfN" ' 111 y/ lilliiiiiiii;!; : . . . .... . .. efi?\ ) nr(J I ?iiiofiiii ' tmj itive energy f race.) Some maintain that, because of these i, the flag is a 1950's anachronism and should smoved. However, since the racist undercur s that brought the flag's revival in the 1950s ist in the 1990s, one must doubt its symbolis an anachronism of an earlier time, till, in that earlier time, scorn for Washington risions of a placid, self-contained, and whitenated South Carolina were satisfactory po1 stances. But, as political leaders have realour state (in fact all states) is more reliant on lington than is easily admitted; it must deal a growing, more affluent and more politicalwerful black community, and it finds itself a !r in the global marketplace. The flag issue is tical time bomb that threatens to destroy long racial harmony, political unity and economjwth. Already in this decade Alabama has ed to this reality, and Georgia has borne civ1 economic costs because of the flag flying over uper Bowl and potentially the Olympic Games, his controversial symbol not only divides our internally, but also creates riffs between our ns ana omer Americans, many or wnom cite ssue as proof that the South deserves any de1 it receives. It is a grave irony: in seeking to ;rve our heritage, flag proponents only mano besmirch it. And half-baked schemes such ing both the battle flag as well as the African flag only compound the bizarre nature of the te. It is time to move forward and build our e. The Confederate flag will only keep us fightr attles of the past. Phillip Warfis a graduate student in government and international studies. !, ineffective Homosexuals do not need to stay in "their closets' anymore. And why KiS is it that you want gays and lesbians to not take pride in their identity? jonse Could it be that you're not secure with sdav y?ur own sexuality? And why do you oiees f?M?w your statement about gays and 3 lesbians with the comment about "pro' | tecting our children?" For your inforV mation, heterosexual males, on a per ., capita basis, make up the largest per* centage of child molesters. *our Turbitfs responses to the "world's >re in problems" are indicative of Beasley and the Christian Coalition. I'm sorrorld, ry} but we can't turn the clock back xcept 130 years ago. Life isn't that easy. own So, when you go to the polls <xi Nov. South 8, remember Mr. Turbitfs letter. Then even look at the specifics of Beasle/s platyears form. With a closer look, you will find their nothing more than the Bible-beating, F this heterosexist, chauvinistic, racist, Confederate-flag waving, backwoods, white ay in trash South that has plagued us since jp for "Deliverance." eous Tlge Watts is in- Executive Editor In Unison Magazine i doctor's murder? ersonal oDinion if abortion's ricrht. Thev mish the doctor for doing something that e has chosen." Jennifer Link Business administration freshman iluable and that's not worth taking somei over a controversy between different prochoice groups." Brian Kane Biology sophomore