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Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief J
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Keith Boudreaux, Lup
Jimmy DeB
Win, lose o
Video poker fine j
payoffs from games,
When voters hit the polls Tueg
than just the hotly contestec
payoffs for video poker ma<
each county will make, regardless of
machines and the controversy that g
Accusations of immorality aside
serves as a compromise between out
a fuss in this state, and other forms o
video poker machines in South Cart
ning to $125, if s easy to see that son
generated. These machines provide
extra cash, and with the taxes colleci
the state doesn't do so badly either.
Video poker machines are not wi
ties. Besides limitations on the amou]
so apply to the players. That only fiv
lutes their influence even more, as it
springing up in downtown Columbia
While the subject of gambling is
machines exist in this state in placet
nience stores testifies to support by a
supporters play and how much the)
own. Though one would hope that vid
last cent of disposable income they hi
never Jbeen an effective way to influei
find a way to get around it.
With all the other problems Soul
behind these paltry machines is an
daily when faced with problems like e
Energy expended over fighting on th
with these problems, which truly aff
For all the campaign platforms ar
chines are regulated, taxed and ben:
should be left alone.
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ASHLEY
BALL
Columnist
As my roommate, Mary, checked
the rows of weeks on her meticulously
kept calendar of CPU events,
a frown settled across her forehead.
"We haven't missed advisement,
Viflvo wo AoVilovT"
"No," I assured her, checking
my watch. "90210 doesnt come on
until eight."
"I mean SPRING CLASS advisement."
"Oh, THAT advisement!" I remembered
as I picked through what
was left of the treats in my most recent
Candy/Sugar Cereal/Chocolate
Chip Granola Bars box from
home. Unwrapping my last Nestle's,
I worried out loud, "We don't
actually sign up for spring classes
at advisement, do we?"
"No, Ashley, we get TIPS to do
that," Mary explained.
"We get HPS to do that?" I asked
in astonishment. "You mean in ad
anion 10 minimum wager
Mary's gaze gravitated from her
calendar to the ceiling over my bed
and, for a few long seconds, a weak
smile froze across her face and her
eyes glazed over. She did not look
well. I glanced at the ceiling to see
if she'd seen a tarantula or something.
"Here, Ashley," Mary said helpfully,
handing me the 1995 Spring
Schedule of Classes. "The instructions
for TIPS are just inside the
front cover. You should look them
over before you go for advisement."
After perusing the 563 or so
pages of TIPS instructions, I have
to agree with the passage in the
Bible (Luke 18:25 if you have your
Bible handy) that says: It is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of
Letters to the editor s
phone number, majo
number. They shoul
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rplay
i to bring in revenues,
should remain legal
(day, they will have more to worry about
I crovemor's race. Whether or not to keen
w r
:hines legal is a decision that voters in
whether such voters are aware of such
lurrounds them.
, video poker is a harmless game thatright
gambling, which has caused such
f entertainment There are about 20,000
>lina. Even by limiting individual winlewhere
down the line revenue is being
a way for businesses to pick up a little
ted from these little business ventures,
thout rules that keep them viable entint
a person can win, age regulations ale
machines are allowed per location dialso
reduced the chance of a Las Vegas
a sore one around here, that so many
i that range from truck stops to conveome
citizens. The extent to which such
' spend is nobody's business but their
eo poker players would not spend every
ave on games, legislating morality has
ice citizens' actions. People will always
;h Carolina finds itself in, the morality
issue that isn't all that pressing, espesducation,
teenage pregnancy and crime.
d be dropped off at
e Room 333.
7*7*7 770A Chris Carroll
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tising: 777-4249 Laura Day
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Tanja Kropf Adv. Graduate Asst.
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Ryan Wilson Marketing Director
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Jason JefTers Enk Collins
Cartoonist Faculty Advisor
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Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full
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is front could be better used In dealing
ect the lives of people in this state,
id indignant responses, video poker maign
items that serve their purpose and
udents'
he dropping
a nppHlp than it ia fnr a rich man tn
access TIPS.
The TIPS instructions were just
full of news ... like:
You, Ashley, will be given the
last available TIPS time slot.
Each student will be allotted
approximately three minutes to
register via TIPS for classes and/or
bridal gifts
If you fail to complete your
registration during the allotted time
period, then don't blame TIPS if
you get five dozen fondue sets and
20 toasters.
It was good to learn, however,
that I can pay for my entire four
years of college via TIPS on my Eddie
Bauer charge card. And if I
should forget my PIN (which is required
to access TIPS) I can request
it at either the Registrar's office,
the third floor of Petigru, or any
Zipsheet distribution point Finally,
if more than 30 of my friends are
using my PIN, I can request a new
PIN by pressing "3," or new friends
by pressing "5."
Armed with this up-to-date, highly
interesting TIPS info and the
complete works of the 1995 Master
Schedule of Classes, I confidently
marched in to see my advisor, Ms.
Boatwright, at my appointed advisement
time.
"Why, hello, Ashley!" she said
cheerfully as she pulled my file from
a cardboard box labeled 'Assorted
Fruits.' "Before we start, do you
have any questions?"
"Well, just one, really," I said,
feeling very hi-tech now that I so
thoroughly understood TIPS. "If I
decide to drop pre-cal via TIPS, will
I be allowed to substitute something
from the new Eddie Bauer fall/winter
catalog?"
Ashley Ball is journalism
freshman. Her column appears
every Wednesday.
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Well, it's that time again. The mi<
tions are right around the comer, and!
and Democrats across the nation are s<
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news, sling the most mud and general]
intelligence of the average American v<
of this pathetic spectacle, it's not very
derstand why the public's mood is so s<
pie are so completely fed up with Wash]
lie cynicism has swelled up like a tsurn
ready to crash down on Washington Nc
ing out every incumbent who isn't b<
Republicans are salivating like Pa\
the opportunity to gain the Senate and
House?and they have a plan to see th
ceed. It was signed earlier this month
Republican incumbents and hopefuls du
slapping, Democrat-bashing affair on
steps. They dubbed the plan a "Contract
ica"; unfortunately, it merely reiterati
tired, hollow, opportunistic promises th<
Americans for the last 15 years. Yes, i
the American people are hopelessly cyni
a load of this Republican "contract."
One of the main features of the con
standard promise to cut taxes in a varii
including reducing the income tax, low
on Social Security benefits for wealth}
and giving each family a $500-per-chilc
At the same time, the "contract" also c
erally subsidized school vouchers anc
creased defense spending. Of course, we
sume their balanced budget amendmer
ically reconcile these promises for Repu
great at calling for specific tax cuts, but
get cuts are merely "possible offsets" (t
to save $28 billion in 'overhead reductdo
LETTERS
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UCllCli) uu iiU
In response to Jeffrey Turbitt's letter
and also Tige Watt's letter, I would
like to set the record straight for David
straight for David Beasley's campaign
for governor. Neither one of these gentlemen
reflects the mainstream values
of David Beasley or the Christian
Coalition, nor do they reflect the val
ues of conservatives in general.
These two individuals reflect extremist
views that most South Carolinians
do not agree with. David
Beasley, as a Christian, believes that
God created man in His own image
and that each person has equal value
in God's eyes. He is not going to say
that one person is to submit to another,
as these two individuals lead
you to believe.
David Beasley's support of the con- '
federate flag above the Statehouse
represents the view of a majority of
South Carolinians and to suggest he 1
would put it on every building is an
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lost conservative states in the nation, if
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s more cynics
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rrambling to PHII
the evening L A Co
ly insult the [_
)ter. In light
hard to un- er ^at may ]\j0 objective a
>ur and peo- pjan come anywhere close t
ington. Pub- ge^ By contrast, Clinton's eco
urn, and it s duce the deficit by over $200 b
T j s^veeP" Of course, this doesn't sto{
ilted down, spouting their tired claim tha
d oVa dog at cutting government and federal
perhaps the jgm j8 tbe facts just don't bear 1
at they sue- constantly harp on reducing goi
by over 300 they consistently focus only on t
ring a back- as f00d stamps or welfare. The
the Capitol middle-class programs like Mec
With Amer- dal Security and federal pensioi
;s the same grams account for only about 1
i/ve offered eral budget, while the program
f you think are responsible for nearly 50 pei
ical, just get spending. And contraiy to Repu
ernment bureaucracy never shi
tract is the and Bush, but rather did just th<
ety of ways, ton who will reduce the federal
ering taxes smallest size in 30 years.
r recipients But the cynicism does not st
I tax credit, tract With America" also calls
alls for fed- term limits. Republican leaders
1 vastly in- limits because 80 percent of tl
have to as- them. Perhaps so, but not 80 p
it will mag- stituencies. House Whip Newt
blicans are in Congress since 1979; Senate
t their bud- since 1969; Bob Packwood als<
hey expect Helms since 1971. These careei
n,' whatev- the new leaders of Congress if th
t reflect Beaste
As for the accusation that Beasley Unr
is a racist, once again, that is a total # lie.
To the contrary, Beasley has cam- "
paigned hard for social and economic A
reforms that will benefit African Amer- UJS. 1
icans greatly. Beasley has also gained for ar
the support of many blade leaders, and sor, I
many work for his campaign. povei
Concerning the homosexual issue, An ei
Beasley believes homosexuals should crossi
not be given special rights, and that only 1
our children should not be taught in insid<
school that homosexuality is an ac- Cuba
ceptable lifestyle. Anything less in omy <
public schools would be an affront to social
the religious views of most in our state, and d
David Beasley will be elected our etc., t
next governor. This idea may fly in incur
the face of extremists like Tige Watts, U.S. c
but Beasley represents the mainstream be se]
beliefs of South Carolina and will con- Kong
tinue the positive direction Governor flouri
Campbell has led us in. ty of 1
natur
Ashley Brown it]
Education senior
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t money in a different place rather
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Nursing freshman *
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not the most conservative state in the nation."
" Shirley Geiger
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charge?so much for throwing
anyone who falls for this Repu
L WARF probably foolish enough to thin]
lumnist happily vote to limit their ten
power).
Let's be honest: this "Contr
nalvsts believe this is not a at ^in fact>1
lie- The GOp claims that it can
in the first 100 days of the new
:n: lv. Give the ReDublicans 100 dai
uiiuii next year. " , ,, 1 , t.
d 11 e only thing they know how to c
) Republicans from . ^ f , / u,
f n,!,, 0y.0 , ? i since Clinton s health care propos
t tfl6Y BT6 tOUgh. Oil j n ii j i
i nrn u paradoxically, was partly due to
spending. The prob- . , , ru.
. Tin_., I, iety because of the success of his
tins out While they GOP has filibustered almoet cc^
/eminentprograms, ,, , . , lid
for the poor such able lep3,atlon fromfen orim
, , . camnaiErn nnancp rpfnrm wh?r
y never warn to cut , 1 " \ ~ *7"." ~L '"
ficare, Medicaid, So- ators can keep anything from p|
v \ , easy to make a president look t
os. Yet, poverty pro- -.,.r . , ,,
. percent of the fed- sd my of ttas comitiye probl
is they refuse to cut . However, if the Repubhcani
rcent of aovemment ,n both houses of Conp'ess'thl
[ VCIitf vl pC.\J V W1 lillvl 11 i 1 .1 .1 i i |
ur u . come not whether they can blocfc
SS butwhethertheycanyactual.y
1 opposite. It is Chn- 'hey can, Amencans sh
I bureaucracy to its T"C?' or destruct
lined in their contract.
op there. The "Con- Thi'new P1"""
. for congressional P"bbc ,31fuUlble ""P1*
? , . Should be ashamed nf itjaelf and
say tney want term , , ,,, T"T 7 *, ' ~
? public demands ?'? "J0""1* absolutely outrag.
ercent of their con- thls RfP^bcan nonsense before
Gimrrich has been aSenda forwarded by Ronald 1
Minority Bob Dole about 14 years and $3 trillion ir
) since 1969; Jesse
p politicians will be Phil Warfis a graduate stuc
te Republicans take and ink
y or Christian Coal
ted States not cause its of capitalism v<
Cuba's problems ^ detail 111 a lett
remit article, "UC Professor Says ^an', 0weJfr' p ot'
Policy Hostile Toward Cuba," calls .ra<i reca 8* aP
lother point of view. The profes- en J3rac ' Le<
lamon Ruiz, blamed Cuba's im- P^ng, self-suffic
rishment on the U.S. embargo. ^
, , . , P . that are not threats
nbargo, however, controls what 0 ...
. , , ', , j -i . Socialism seems i
es a countrys borders (and that , , ,
* i.\ i. u \ chronic shortages,
ip to a point), not what goes on imDoverish *t t
}. A more credible explanation of impoverishment, t
'8 woes is that its sodalist econ- 8hlP8 8un'?.undedJh
annot produce anything. Could bureaucraaes and,
ism actually create jobs, produce ^nturism As a i
fistributefoodstuffs technology,
hen barring an actual military -everywhere, that
rion it wouldn't matter what the erP 00 f?68 8,1 181
Bd, for the Cuban economy would whose denlz(T.
If-sufficient (as is that of Hon. P?m>US to histo
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shed despite the close proximi- Visitina
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is impossible to discuss the mer)ffs
be kept legal?
"I'm going to vote yes, but it's not that big
don't think there's anything wrong with it,
seem to enjoy it. Besides it's a lot of monej
*? our economy."
a "Yes, because the state government needs
It's fim and the only people who do it are ti
can afford to do it. So it's not hurting any!
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the money,
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always to lead to
, dependence and
o brutal dictatory
bloated, corrupt
to chronic military
*esult, socialism is
ivhere in the world
is, except for Westiversities,
some of
main remarkably
rical reality.
Steven Yates
Assistant Professor
ment of Philosophy
; of a deal. I
and people
iards of living and
to their neighbors.
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the bums out Still,
blican "contract" is
k congressmen will
ms (and thus their
act With America"
t's tantamount to a
fulfill its promises
Congress. Not likens
and they'll do the
lo?obstruct. Ever
lal fell apart (which,
reduced public anxeconomic
plan) the
itantly, killing valuental
initiatives to
1 a minority of senissing
Congress it's
>ad, but difficult to
ems.
i do win a majority
e question will be:
every bill in sight,
pass something. If
ould hope that it's
ive as what is outssumes
the Ameri-minded.
The GOP
the American peoid.
We've heard all
It's the same failed
leagan in 1980?
i debt ago.
lent in government
emotional studies.
ition
jrsus socialism in
r to the editor. We
e their respective
italism, to the ex;ms
to lead to exient
societies with