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"IBaf Serving USC Lee Qontz, Editor in Chief Su< Edltorla Keith Boudreaux, Lupe Jimmy DeButl Sis boom! Cheerleaders' injuries sh from doing stunts, ha The recent rash of cheerleader in of the causes and a suspension c certainly needed to determine? activities should be stopped until the f all stunts by the group is not the way Cheerleading has always been a dt people like it. After all, seeing cheerier er acts with varying degrees of risk v cheers to the masses has always had ? such actions, the spirited movements Sports in general are likely to be ? No one would even consider banning t ketball players get hurt all the time. P are held, there are bound to be risks i others by pushing themselves to the I goes a little too far. Cheerleading is as competitive as i look. USC's stunt team happens to d< the cheerleaders' abilities as much as needs to do these perilous moves in on as a gymnast makes a routine as diffic Needlessly abolishing stunts altogetl when they're vying for the No. 1 positi The accidents occurred because of planned for the group. The two cheer bigger, better and consequently more best has its limits, a lesson the injurec back the rest of the squad because of tl propriate way of handling the situatio It is obvious there are risks from f fact is not lost on cheerleaders either, choose to take their chances when th way to counteract such potentially d? take safety precautions whenever po herently have risks associated with tl can't be avoided or minimized. By woi ronment as safe as possible, cheerlead formances without risking their lives. To ban stunts without adequately injuries is certainly a solution, but ifs Columnist) fowl holida ( ASHLEY BALL Here it is, the week before Thanksgiving, and my economics professor has just finished a highly stimulating lecture about supply and demand, yet not one word was said about Squanto shucking corn for the Indians. What happened to the holiday spirit in college? Was all that corn shucked in vain? I remember the week before Thankseivinff when I was in kinder garden; we decorated the classroom with turkeys we'd made with our very own handprints! We had so much fun coloring our fingers, our palms, our thumbs and our clothes with red, orange, yellow and brown paints. Then we'd splat our hands onto a sheet of paper to make a turkey print. My parents oohed and aahed when I brought my first handprint turkey home so I kept making turkeys at home until, by Thanksgiving Day, the fridge was covered in three layers of curled up turkeys! If you're a student who is understandably concerned about supply and demand but would give your right hand to make just one more handprint turkey, then have I got a deal for you! It's called Mary & Ashley's Turkey Art. Turkey Art is a home turkey party scam ? um, plan ? Letters to the include name, mi number and soci ber. They shou Russell House R< "iSafack B Student Media Russell House-USO Co 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 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.'>; The leak 'Since 1908 san Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor J Board Eyde, Steven C. Burritt, ts, Kim Truett vould not prevent squad ving competitive edge juries has prompted an investigation )f all stunts. While an investigation is ixactly what's wrong, and dangerous >roblem is solved, a permanent ban on to go. mgerous sport. Thafs one reason why iders perform pyramids, flips and othdiile still managing to smile and yell i certain fascination about it. Without would lose some of their impact, issociated with injuries and hazards. >asketball, however, even though basrny time contests of a physical nature nvolved. Athletes attempt to impress limit. Every once in a while someone my other sport, a thought many over) quite well in competitions that test i any athlete is challenged. The team ler to have that competitive edge, just ult as possible to garnish more points, ler would hamper USC cheerleaders ion. actions outside of the normal routines 'leaders were hurt while trying to do dangerous stunts. Striving to be the 1 team members learned. But holding le actions of a few would not be an apn. lipping off someone's shoulders. This liiey know the dangers involved and ey decide to join the squad. The best ingerous activities is to practice and ssible. Just because the routines inlem doesn't mean that some dangers "king to make the cheerleading envi ers can dazzle crowds with their perassessing the real reason behind the not the best solution. gobbles up y artwork where you can purchase handprint turkey kits through exciting home (or dorm) turkey parties. It's like a tupperware party... except ifs a turkeyware party. To host a turkeyware party, just invite a few people, order a couple of Soni's Pizzas, then call me and my roommate Maiy! Well stop by, have some pizza, then sell you a bunch of turkeyware kits. Our kits are designed with turkeys in mind. Each kit contains paints, paper and, for a large extra charge, a kindergarden-sized hand. Can you imagine the many pleasant hours you'll spend printing turkey after turkey in the privacy of your own half of your dorm room? if vnn of ill V?ovKnr fViof eonraf ?1 Ji/u "W" mm, fmt.1 desire to make just one more handprint turkey, then contact me and Mary at The Gamecock office, and we will schedule a turkeyware party for you in your own dorm room, in the room of someone you know or perhaps in the room of someone none of us knows! That can make for an interesting party even if no one orders pizza! Anyway, if you have questions about the 1\irkev Art kits, Soni's Pizza, or about supply and demand, just call Mary & Ashley's Turkey Art, and someone will gladly either put you on hold or cut you off. And have a Happy Thanksgiving! Ashley Ball is a journalism freshman Her columnappears every Wedneday. editor should ajor, year, phone ol nnm U1 OVVU111J 11U.11IId be taken to :>om 333. . 7T7 777(c Chris Carroll .///-///O Director of Student Media -4249 Laura Day 777-6482 Creative Director lumbia, SC 29208 Jim Green Art Director Robert Wertz Gregory Perez Asst. News Production Asst. Wendy Hudson Elizabeth Thomas Asst. Copy Desk Adv. Graduate Asst. Tanja Kropf Renee Gibson Asst. Copy Desk Marketing Director Ryan Wilson Christopher Wood Asst. Sports ^5*. Advertising Manager Jason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year arid major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible Mbel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld, mder any circumstances. i : Gamecock VIEW /im a mi, { accorp! Jtr 47 H quoteunquote "This is the only way we a Karaoke, Si Last week, in the middle of th what may be my most constant drea I became a rock star. Well, not exactly a star, but as ( come. My dream, ultimately, is to be i: nately, I can't play an instrument, c keep a beat, but one day I intend to 1 Stipe, Bruce Springsteen or even I The problem? I have a terrible could be worse than riding in a c? perform every part in Tommy, Th enduro. Just ask my little sister, w vous twitch everytime she hears For what if s worth, I actually f< my roommate during freshman yea tually played anywhere or sang an; we really did was say, "Let's form the response was, "Cool." The band has dissolved, or at lea tioned it since, so I suppose one c might take me an awfully long tin cent days, however, have seen me close to rock stardom. It all started back in 1987, v Carowinds ? the Carolinas' own J with a sudden surge of enthusiasi not to mention a 32-ounce Coke ai peanut butter fudge, decided to re ludicrouslv-named Siner-A-Soner St ^ QJ - -O LETTERS Parents of May we take this opportunity thn the newspaper to thank the staff of 1 for their warm hospitality which we joyed during our family's recent1 with our son, Kes, who is currently st ing and playing soccer for the Ga cocks. We enjoyed our visit immensely,1 impressed with the historic city of lumbia and lucky enough to be thei a time when the Gamecocks were e ing sporting history. We also had the opportunity to in the Blue Ridge Mountains and it tendant high spots, whilst following soccer team's successful away ga with Virginia Tech and Wake Foi That was quite a breathtaking exj ence. We also attended two home ga at the Graveyard and were delight* see such enthusiastic support. We \ uuilllliueu SUOCS8 tu UlC VJcUIlCWUVS will be following their progress av from across the Atlantic. We thank again all those invo with the soccer team for presentin Should USC H toned bodies definitely tal j POINTS Wedne \ f\m I A PEACe, is Student Government know to m going to be a pr Student Government Vice-President Ai ing-A-Song clo: e night, I fulfilled ^ im since childhood. :lose as I may ever n a band. Unfortuarry a tune or even The maligned idea De the next Michael that any schmoe with ierny Rollins. ifthey can really sing voice. Few things fa]se assumption and ? , listening to me M choice of le Who s two-hour . was bab, rho still gets a ner- \ ,, , Pinball Wizard " P-^ls thought h. j i j guys do, Hey, I can do irmed a band with ,AA,, ,,, . r, but we never ac- 1994 he T1 y songs. In fact, all Fining that the $40 a band," to which Sony infringes on his. Anvwav wnpn T wa J J ~ st we haven't men- haPs the sinSle most ] ould argue that it duced. I sang that soi le to get there. Re- ^dd and Glenn get pretty darned worst days. When it v speaker upon my comp vhile on a trip to and the ground split a: Six Flags Lite ? I, its awfulness. m and confidence, It was one of the del nd a half-pound of time, both for me and icord a song in the to the aural hell that i ;udios. Until recently, the student athlet rngh with such an entertaining fortnight a [JSC also those members of staff at USC1 ; en- the help and assistance being given idsit Kes toward his academic aspiratioi udyme Anna, Colin and Jake Outhwai Essex, Engla were 'Co Columnist mistaken aboi re f facts about Reagan, '8( nak- t? xi 3 : x r or uie seconu uiue in receni wee , Byron James has made a ridiculous a e inaccurate claim about budget defici s * When he first claimed that Preside ' Clinton had cut the deficit to "levels i 111 es seen since the '50s," I wrote it off as ] 'est. Htical hyperbole. When he repeated tl Clinton had the "lowest levels the defi mes has seen in 30 years," it became cle id to he believes his own rhetoric, vish For the record, Clinton's deficits: and "93 and "94 are $255 billion and $2021 idly lion, respectively. Neither is the low* deficit in the last six years, let alone t lved last 30. Compared to the Reagan yea g us which Mr. James has repeatedly ch; cheerleaders coi mr friends is a cheerleader, and I'd hate , she could get injured just for an award." Christy Watson Biology freshman 't would be a waste of their athletically to just stand on the sidelines. They should ce risks." Jess Prior Pharmacy senior day, November 16,1994 /II y / \ 0' I i lake our voices heard and let admii ofit center for them." ny Bigham on the Nickel and Dime campaign sest things to i been somei those who ] LEECLONTZ I kept it to Editor In Chief Anywaj Several around wh behind Sing-A-Song Studios is grotesque! a mouth and $12 is treated as Student Mi WTNT 1 This, in my case, was both a J a really bad idea. offbeat, too George Michael's "Father Fig- P ever" otivated more because eighth W1 neveI^ . was hip, and I thought, as all ^ ovf I that" Little did I know that by ^oboot t another British whiner com- i j i ' billion he gets annually from ^ence j :reativitv. r> . . l^uves \^ry s done with my song, it was per- t^ey lideous musical piece ever pro- Thafs 0 ig like a cross between Elmer musically, 1 g, but worse than either on their do is change /as played back over the loud- or shave nr letion,.babies cried, dogs howled Come to sunder in an attempt to escape my name, e hair ? I mi ining moments of my life at the the poor saps who had to listen s that song. "Father Figure" cassette has Hi e thank USC ft nd acterized as having "skyrocketing deficits," for Clinton's deficits are far higher. During to President Reagan's eight years in office is. the average deficit was $176 billion (U.S. Statistical Digest, 1994). If this is "skyIt? rocketing," then Clinton's are a boonmd doggie. Clinton's "cuts" have yet to come close to Reagan's average, and will nevLft er approach Reagan's lowest of $79 bil)s lionAnd, in case anyone wonders, to have the lowest deficit since the '50s, as Mr. ts James pretends, President Clinton would int have to produce a $301 million surplus, lot as the 1960 Eisenhower budget did. 30_ As for Mr. dames' claim that the '80s i i i 1,_ c ai : _u ? lat pivuuceu uaa uirauis iui uienui, tigciiii cjt reality intrudes. In 1980 the top fifth of >ar income earners paid 57.1% of all income taxes. In 1987, they paid 58.1% of all infer come taxes. What about the very rich? )il- In 1977, when the top income was 91%, sst the top 1% of income earners paid 13.6% he of all income (The New York Times, May rs, 21,1992). Some "break." ar- As for the '80s producing "stagnatitinue to do dang< 3 m \ m ) CORP/ J nistration know that we're not uck stardom thing I only shared with close friends and [ merely wished to torture on long car trips, myself. r, on to my imminent rock stardom, friends recently had the misfortune to be en I had a "Father Figure" fit, playing the song for all around. One of them took it to edia's own radio station, WUSC. having a reputation for being a little... well, k right to the song, giving me my first airit was a deeply mystical experience that I forget ? a dream come true. Hearing my le radio was chilling, though that was probicause I sing so badly. I was in New Orleans last week, where I ce to karaoke. In front of my first live auilted out a duet of Prince's classic "When to about 30 people who looked at me as if probably look at a five-car pileup. K. I like to think that Pm ahead of my time, -ather than just bad. Perhaps the thing to e my name to an unpronounceable symbol yhead. think of it though, everyone mispronounces ind I'm genetically guaranteed to lose my l i_: l ay uecorne mp yei. Lee Clontz is a journalism senior, s column appears every other Wednesday. >r hospitality ed economic growth" and a "dormant economy," one must wonder if Mr. James is referring to the 1880s. The Reagan years produced the largest and longest postwar economic expansion our nation has seen. As for "unemployment levels not seen in 40 years," he must be kidding. Unemployment under Reagan was far lower than the double digit days of the late '70s, and comparable to the current numbers. Obviously, history isn't Mr. James' strong suit. Mr. James' devotion to President Clinton has obviously blinded his research ability. Either that, or his ideology has left him unable to distinguish between fact and fiction, much like his beloved leader. Or could it be that he dries nn nasearrh at all and simnlv makes up his "fact." Either way, his column isn't up to journalistic standards, if any still exist. Dave Patchin Campus minister with Campus Crusade for Christ 3rous stunts? ion to our school. If they have their lus the extra guys, it reduces the n Scott Bamett Civil engineering junior should go through being hurt just ent. I wouldn't want to be in it." Otympia Stroman Criminal justice freshman t 4