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4 Serving US Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Si EdHoit Keith Boudreaux, Lupe Jimmy DeBu Everybody j Diversity Week chanc cultural differences,, Diversity Week *94 has set o\ USC community life. Far U pie who are just like thems< about those who have different ba It's a basic human tendency t< people. Having to deal with ideolog ond nature to most In fact, leamiii ful, difficult and time-consuming. For many students, daily sche and exams to take the time to get thing more than an acquaintance hanging around a certain group an* any campus activity besides the u a scenario exists. Unfortunate, bu However, attending college is perience. After all, students pay m of taking classes to expand their m the classroom that serve this end j tions among members of the Car< useful endeavors students can pa] of the university years. By neglecti to bring everyone together, studen part of community life. And life in The world is fiill of people whc While such a observation should b guns and hate have been caused b ed people have about this concept and build from them, even learnin go a long way toward solving somi With Diversity Week *94 events ha opportunity to come together and And how much we have in con Erench cla student's t ASHLEY As I waited for my foreign language class to begin, I bantered casually in French about world politics with my equally proficient classmate Melissa, when a hush fell over the class. I looked around In qoo -if*anmoono fomnna nr of laoar W kJVV u 0VUA^mi^ 1O1UVU0 VI Ul< l&CUb someone seriously cute had walked into the room. "L/Examen Demain!" Monsieur DeBure wrote on the board with a flourish. "OH NO!" I cried in disbelief. "The Pizza Hut burned down AGAIN?" "No, Ashley," Melissa mumbled through pinched lips as she rolled her eyes skyward. "It says EXAM TOMORROW!" Our pipe dream of a test-free foreign language course had apparently gone up in smoke. As the class waited breathlessly and in vain for Monsieur DeBure to tell us it was all a big joke, you could hear a pen drop. "Would you hand me my pen?" asked Merrick, who sits across the aisle from me. "It's under your chair." "Good afternoon!" enthused Monsieur DeBure as he cheerfully whipped around from the blackboard to greet us, tossing the chalk into the air behind him in yet another futile attempt to hit the chalk tray. "Now, let's begin our review witn, urn, Asnieyi v^uei temps rait il?" I swallowed nervously, knowing that he was asking either "Why haven't you been in class for the past three weeks?" or "Was that you I saw eating hash browns at the patio this morning?" Hoping fa* the latter, I gathered my courage and, in a verbal flourish, unfurled that tried-and-true answer that is the summation of all that is French: "OUI!" I replied joyously. "Oui?" Monsieur DeBure echoed as he cast a squinted sidelong glance in my direction. Suddenly Melissa mouthed frantically to me, "What's the weather, Ashley. Wfhat's the weather!" I couldnt believe she was asking me about the WEATHER at a time like this! TSaHtodt ? Student Media Russell House-USO C Lee Clontz Allison Williams Editor in Chief Features Editor Susan Goodwin Jimmy DeButts Viewpoints Editor Sports Editor Steven C Burritt Kim Truett Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Keith Boudreaux Ethan Myers on News Editor Graphics Editor Lupe Eyde Erin Galloway Features Editor Asst. News The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina arid 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. The Game* ffcotk c Since 1908 is an Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor al Board ! Eyde, Steven C. Buiritt, tts, Kim Truett get together )e to learn about gain life experience it to work on a basic shortcoming of . _ .n. _x__ J _1 !i.l_ iL xj onen siuuenus suck, wun me peoilves and do not venture out to leam ckgrounds or beliefs. d want to be surrounded by similar peal or cultural variations is not secig from our differences can be stressdules are simply too full of projects ; to know fellow classmates on anys level. So they get into the habit of i effectively shut themselves off from sual. It's understandable that such t understandable nonetheless, supposed to be an enlightening exoney each semester for the privilege inds, but there are activities outside as well. Learning about those variaalina community is one of the most -ticipate in while here in the cocoon ng to be a part of activities designed ts run the risk of losing out on a big general. > are not carbon copies of ourselves, e obvious, many problems involving y the sheer ignorance narrow-mind . Learning to accept our differences . g to use them to our advantage, will 5 of the world's nastiest problems. ippening all week, students have the see just how different we all are. imon. * iss binders 1 social life > Monsieur DeBure regained his now usually pleasant demeanor and ^ was again struggling toward a pos- own itive end. "Can anyone help Ash- ^ ley out?" he asked the class. ^ "Oh, that's okay, Monsieur De- t Bure," I assured him. "My parents 'jg have been told by many school professionals that NO one can help iofl j me!" per" I would never want to say this -j to Monsieur DeBure, of course, but q I really think I would enjoy this class on a whole different level if p0jn anyone in there would ever speak you. MY OWN LANGUAGE once in a Goo, while. It's one thine to coniueate t w - f W X the French verb 'coco crispies'. It's Afte quite another to try to figure out }y w what kind of French weather we're g having. veni "Why can't we talk about the T weather in ENGLISH class?" I newi whined to Melissa. "I'd be so good per j at it in there!" that "I don't know, but I wish we'd er b( talk about the weather in calcu- V lus," Melissa quipped. on.]i After class, Melissa and I spent intel the larger portion of the rest of our day waiting in line at the Sidewalk | 1 Cafe. JJ "Well, I guess our work has been cut out for us tonight, huh, Ash- ^ ley?" Melissa lamented as we fol- wee^ lowed the Sidewalk Cafe line out 0^m the door, up the stairs, around ^ate Gambrell, down Pendleton and ^aV through Five Points. high "It sure has!" I agreed as I filed X. (] my nails in line. "The Wade Hamp- vote ton/Preston mixer is tonight and X," b I still don't have anything picked I out to wear! Plus I've got to do my It se hair and pick up seme Misty Mauve ety 1 nail polish, and ? " to ra "No, Ashley," Melissa inter- foun rupted. "I'm talking about the test in 01 in French tomorrow! I mean well 1 be STUDYING all night!" This . "Oh, you are so right," I agreed as I mentally mapped out new and . 1 lofty study goals for myself for the to bi evening. "I'm definitely taking my ce^e French book with me to the mix- 1 er tonight." l?wHey, it may be a sacrifice, but They it's sacrifices like this that have T made my academic accomplish- P^1 ments what they are today. the s tie fl Ashley Ball is a journalism one ' freshman. Her column appears year every Wednesday I I'kric . nnn AO Art Director t* Studet* Media ^77 6482 L""*D*> - ' ' /-045Z Creative Director olumbia, SC 29208 J Gre?n ? T1 , . , Ait Director i Robert Wertz r ? A^t. New, Gle5?7 PACreZ Wendy Hudson Production Asst. Ant. Copy Desk Elizabeth Thomas Tanja Kropf Adv. Graduate Asst. A?t. Cow Desk Renee Gibson Ryan Wilson Marketing Director Asst. Sports Chrjs W<K)d van Mope Asst Advertising Manager Asst. Photo f !, r- if Jason Jeffers ?nk Collins Cartoonist Facul(y Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to priDt all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must iDcludc 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 LH be withheld under any circumstances. VIEWPOJ Heec m so trs "pwe&sti THf JTup ^yy\y*P\ or A?JpV\ / ( THrfc -we ?* ?* 1 N. / x^^ptcraAe J ^x-pSfr eovj/"^ fiA6f? //lliTe N. Vojpv V COrt\P\ l(.J / Mk /^'Wcm, \ I foHf 1 UJ&7J OTEUNQUOTE ~ I think this is a blatantly unfair situatio Jser-Mendly magine a world without newspapers, cary as it sounds, prognosticators have be licting the death of the printed page for yes . "Interactive," they say. "In the future, yoi ble to pick your own news and print out yc newspaper." Lck, I say. This is progress? "he trend is already, to some extent, here. Pro he interactive service for people who don't we arn to use interactive services, already hai ram that will call Prodigy in the morning, dov the stories you want and have your "newsj: waiting lor you wmie you arrnK your con* 'errified yet? You should be. n your screen, you'll have stories, pictures a aps even sound and video. To read a story, yoi t and click and, like magic, it will appear 1 to read. If you really like it, you can print it o tywill admit, in theory, it might not sound so bi r all, the news will be newer, you can read t hat you want to and it will save paper, ut what do we sacrifice for this so-called cc ence? he feel. There is something about the feel 3print, the joy of spreading out the Sunday { ind the marvelous coating of ink on one's har makes a newspaper something that could n( ; replaced by the computer, ftiy? For one thing, computers, modems ai ne services simply are beyond the financia1 a lectual abilities of many Americans. The bes lumper stickei tecause of the coming elections, the last ft ... 1 1 1_1* l_i. 3 1 J3 nave ueen rugruigmeu oy an enormous amou udslinging and finger pointing, and the cam s have said some bad things too. The 199 ! been called the era of the information sup< way, and has also seen the rise of generati [, personally , was not in attendance when t was cast to iabel our generation "Generate iut then again, who was?) would label the nineties as the era of caus< ems that since the Cold War's end, U.S. so las had no definite enemy (read communis] illy against; so many groups in the U.S. ha d they can create their own enemies right he ir society. his has caused society to become polarize polarization has led to groups blaming so problems on groups that are not like their ow his new finger pointing has found its way o imper stickers, some of which have made e nt reading material, especially in heavy tn [ have listed some of my personal favorites b > have their X, we have ours his gem usually appears in the rear window lp trucks centered below the gun rack. The ] iticker is referring to are the Confederate be ag (currently flying atop the State House) ai of the greatest black leaders of the last fif s, Malcolm X. m not going say anything about that flag issi Does USC have 1 "I don't know how much US PeoPle together. We have to see the need to reach out to \ ^8^^^ backgrounds." "ppP^Bl "No, not really. Most eveiyon< ever, there is somewhat of a p * jl ing from others." [NTS Wednesday, October 26, 1994 G?OOPS, THATf (SHIL? rJcr rY WEEK]1 frfivce uf A la^i &ptT PoeuiATtOfiJ * / ( Tt?< OtJt.. J N. 1 ( p p ''wj / ! Fea _ / n. We've even had TAs quit in the middle of the sem anything else." Physics Teaching Assistant Kurt Koltko newspapers not g en r~ if irs 5 LEE CLONTZ all Editor in Chief ty of a newspaper is both its low cost, <h" typically 50 cents or less, and its tremendous accessibility. 3 a Newer computers boast about "ease of use," meanm" ing that you only have to spend six or seven weeks )a~ learning how to install software, log on, download, se" transmit and make sure that your error protocol is ncj appropriate for the system's local relay service. A newspaper? You simply put two coins in the Por box, pull it open, remove your paper and read it. Thof'ti urUof T Anil "aooa nf non ? iiiai/o TTiiuv J. vciii caoc ui uoc. As for selecting your news "interactively," that's a(j what news editors are for. Part of my 50 cents is )n_ paid so that some guy can slave away all night to decide what is worth putting in the paper and what in_ is best left out Most people don't know enough about 1 the news to select for themselves what they want of to read, particularly before they have seen it. )a- While the notion of saving the paper is noble, ids newsprint can be readily recycled. Doing away with jv- newspapers entirely is certainly a radical way to stop the trash problem. I rid Consider the tremendous benefits of a newspand per. iu- One of the most beneficial, educational things s spell out causes, ?' lEll RYAN WILSON : Os Columnist on ? it seems obvious that nothing is going to be done anyway?but the sticker came out during the height i8 of the flag issue. Some people claim that the flag ci_ represents Southern heritage, not hatred. These [?) same people probably have no clue to what Mai ve colm X represented, nor do they have the desire to , !re find out. Don't blame me, I voted for George Bush id. Seeing this sticker, usually found on any BMW, , ci- Mercedes, and the like in South Carolina is no big , ti. surprise considering this state was one of the handn fill that George Bush carried. It also represents the x- heavy anti-Clinton attitude the leaders of this state 1 if- have. David Beasley is using anti-Clinton rhetoric 1 ?e- in an attempt to get him elected. We will know if it i worked soon enough. The famous "Clinton-Prosperity" sticker, taken i of from any one of a dozen road signs in the town of i Xs Newberry, also illustrates the heavy anti-Clinton ] it. spntimpnt.in t.His stpfp i id Two popular counters to these stickers are: "I ! ty blame you for 12 years of Bush and Reagan," and ; "Get over it, he lost." lie God, save me from your followers a problem in dealing C can do. You can't force [SPSSMfli "No. I kn< look within ourselves to with a cer other people of different with brinj Earl Jones llpP* MIS senior ||| i seems to get along. How- "Well, I h >roblem with people learn- portant.! tanical engineering sophomore I r pa>/iesercr?V i: ? ffilflT 0(T H*'/) [CookO > / |//\Co e>?E?. \ Arte Tg>ftP o^ \ \ u>oMtf />? TH?20 J \ WeALO CoJf*r*lfi-- J \. \ *or i^\\ \ Arimfici! /inr^/^X X ~^?p) I tb&ti&isksdi ^ ester because they couldn't afford to lose ;oing anywhere one can do is to pick up a newspaper and read it from cover to cover. YouU learn more about the world, the state, the nation and your home town than any other way. Make a habit out of reading the paper, and before you know it, youll actually be well-read. Picking and choosing your news on an interactive service, no matter how "interactive" it may be, will never replace that. Try sitting in bed with a computer spread out across your lap. It doesn't work. Try going to sleep with a computer over your face. Try printing out a copy of your "front page" before catching the morn ing train, trailing sheets of cut sheet paper behind you as you run out of the door. It's just not the same as tucking those cylindrical sections under your arm, reading the stories above the fold as you walk. Perhaps I'm just overly traditional because I want to be the guy slaving away all night at a desk readying tomorrow's paper and I'm just fearful for my job. Or it's equally possible that I'm just scared of further ruining my eyesight or developing carpal tunnel syndrome or any of those other *90s hightech maladies. Or maybe I'll just never be able to give up having black ink all over my fingers. Despite its shortcomings, the newspaper isn't going anywhere. Lee Clontz is a journalism senior. His column appears every other Wednesday. state of society With the power of the Christian Coalition on the rise in this state, this sticker has gained more and more meaning. The religious right is beginning to alienate people who would otherwise support some of its policies. It wants to return to a morally sound way of life, if there is such a thing. These groups noa/1 tn qattio an iv?a mnfinn liWU ww w?v WV?MV * VUVCU vil Ull Wit JLlUWUli VI IOICUU OV they find out how a religion really emphasizes the importance of morals. It is also of importance to realize that more people in history have been killed in the name of religion than for any other reason. Guns don't kill people, abortion protesters do It's funny how a group so vehement against the murder of the unborn child would have one of its own murder an abortion doctor. Sounds a great deal like a double standard to me. This sticker can go hand in hand with the previous one. One of the more vocal champions of anti-abortion is the Christian Coalition. And people wonder why the Christian Coalition is perceived in 3uch a bad light. As I have stated before, U.S. society has become adept at pointing fingers at others. I urge everyone to remember the popular saying: "When you point your finger at someone, you have three fingers pointing back at you." It may be corny, but sometimes the most truthful sayings are the ones you laugh at Ryan Wilson is a political science junior. with diversity? ow there are a lot of different organizations "tain groups. I don't think there is a problem sji'.ig them together. I know a lot of different it through classes." Susan Finley English sophomore aven't experienced any. Yes, I think it's imI like the way the university has different out different people, like last night they had out black women." Wendee Antley English freshman