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4 Servin Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Edit Keith Boudreaux, L Jimmy D< ~ 1 urine iruui Random drug testh school athletes invc The Supreme Court's recent concerning random drug tes topic that has been debate* around is that this case deals wit) The unprecedented case now di with a seventh grader in Oregon v team after his parents declined to was no indication that the studen vasion of privacy as the reasoning Though many college teams us itor players, a middle school taki: abuse is certainly not an admirab ful one with which to contend. If n sial at the college level, ifs not su when pushed on students at a you Just as school officials aren't i discriminately search lockers for c such freedom when students are pi seventh graders aren't immune to is still a bit young to go into blank tablished to do a search; likewise ii ing as well. rnrtnermore, middle school con drug testing puts kids in a positior lious age, those actions may backfi While drug testing serves a vali it should be administered. Holdin standards as a college one isn't onh Battle of tl brings out ASHLEY As the first thunderous notes of "Good Morning, Little Daisy" began to roll, the audience in the lobby of Wade Hampton turned their eyes to the front of the room where the Fourth floor Flower Arrangement stood in a slightly uneven row. I was wedged in third from the end, and couldn'teven bend down to look at my green stretch pants and T-shirt because of the huge white construction paper petals bordering my face. "Okay, little daisies, are we all ready?" coached our RA. Suddenly, all the little daisies froze in horror when we realized, collectively, that we had never even rehearsed our song! "Aggggghhhhhhhh!" I screamed, sitting up in bed, drenched in sweat. "Oh, Ashley!" my roommate, Maiy, chirped brightly as she brushed her hair in front of the window. "You're up!" Mary, I have noticed, is quite a morning person. "Can you believe," Mary gushed, "that this is the big week of the Bat4-U TJ~ll?o P J T :?i. lie UI Hie noils: 1111 su exciieu. 1JUSL know our floor is going to win this year." She is also quite an optimistic person. "Are we still doing that 'Hello, Little Daisy* number?" I asked groggily. "You know, the one we haven't rehearsed?" *No, Ashley! Don't you remember that we decided to do the other one we haven't rehearsed ? Phantom of the Opera!" Wade Hampton's Annual Battle of the Halls, while intended to encourage dormitory togetherness, has turned into quite a competition this year. The Third Floor Thighmasters {dan to perform a complicated, highkicking Coquettes routine to the USC alma mater, the Second Floor Sizzlers are doing a moving rendition of the Gettysburg Address in sign language, the First Floor Fillies will be square dancing in full western regalia, and the Basement Babes are going to distribute free copies of their 1995 Bikini Calendar. Just kidding. They're really $5 a copy. As the days dwindled down to nSnffcod; sr Student Media Russell House-USC* Coll 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 Myerson News Editor Graphics Editor Lupe Eyde Erin Galloway Features Editor Asst. News he Gamecock is the student newspaper of the 'Diversity of South Carolina and is published Monday, /ednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semes- 1 rs, with the exception of university holidays and exam L eriods. n pinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the L Jitors or author and not those of the University of -j ?uth Carolina. be Board of Student Publications and Communications ^ the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of s udent Media is its parent organization. b T aiffcotk g use Since 1908 Susan Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor orial Board ,upe Eyde, Steven C. Burritt, iButts, Kim Truett ble ig of middle and high '.sion of privacy announcement that it would take a case iting of athletes has called attention to a i for several years. The twist this time i middle and high school students, opped at the steps of the high court deals vho was not allowed to be on the football sign a urinalysis consent form. As there t used drugs, the parents sighted an inbehind their refusal, e random drug testing as a way to monng the same action is rare. While drug le trait, the right to privacy is a powermdom drug testing has been controverrprising that it would be even more so nger age. illowed to go into locker rooms and inontraband, they should not be allowed aced in more personal situations. While incidences of drug abuse, middle school :et testing. Probable cause must be est should be determined to do drug testles at an impressionable time. Random i of assumed guilt, and at such a rebelre on school officials, lable purpose, there is a limit to which g a middle school athlete to the same v unfair, ifs unthinkable. lie Halls best, worst the big night, I was ready for the Fourth Floor Floozies performance. My beautiful white gauzy Christine costume was hanging in the closet, my eyeliner was sharpened, my curling iron was hot, and my snorkel mask was in the top left drawer. At first I'd been skeptical about doing an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in scuba gear ? I worried that it would detract from the original beauty. But after discussing the stage design, directing, and intermission snacks with the other Fourth Floor Floozies, I came to realize that our performance bore no resemblance whatsoever to the original beauty. As I swirled into the hallway in my Christine costume, I could see that not only had we not rehearsed our performance, neither had we gotten specific about who would actually portray Christine. Everyone on the floor was twirling through the hall in their white gauzy gowns and snorkel masks. It was bedlam until Shannon, our RA, produced some cookies which had an immediate quieting effect. It's hard to have a loud discussion when you have eight Oreos in your mouth. "Okay, girls," Shannon announced "Unless someone can come up with a clever idea like having one Christine ? me ? with 23 understudies, then let's just plan on doing ... oh, how about 'Good Morning, Little Daisy*, okay?" We all cheered, but about two minutes later we realized that it was because we thought she'd said, "More cookies for everyone." "Let's make some construction paper petals and leaves and meet back here before the show tonight," Shannon finished. "To rehearse?" Emily asked incredulously. "Oh, no!" Shannon laughed goodnaturedly at the little joke. "I just thought we'd have that, extra edcre on the competition if we could have another Oreo pow-wow." "Now that we're daisies," I inquired as everyone filed out of the room, "will we still get to wear the snorkel gear?" Ashley Ball is a journalism freshman. Her column appears every Wednesday. 777 lllf% Chris Carroll . Director of Student Media ising. 777-4249 Laura Day 777-6482 Geative Director jmbia, SC 29208 Ji Grfen Ait 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 AssL Advertising Manager Jason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy "he Gamecock will try to print all letters received, .elters should be 200-250 words and must include full a me, professional title or year and major if a student, liters must be personally delivered by the author to "he Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. he Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for tyle, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not e withheld under any circumstances. he Gamecock viev^Ibi a QUOTEUNQUOTE "He's been in the hospital Miss S Haniikkah an< These are the days when I walk about, smelling the autumn air, think about falling leaves and the upcoming holiday season. Strange thing is, when I think of the holiday season, I don't think about snow falling, Qanfo Plane a>* finoal T 1. - 1 KAU1VU V/1UU0) VI VUIOU V/li Idle Id CC. 1 UJL1I1A. cUJUUL H IlUg6 temple, rebels fighting for their lives, golden lights on a Menorah and potato pancakes (which no holiday season could be without). I think about Hanukkah. What is Hanukkah all about? I had a Christian friend explain to me that he was very confused by this tradition so I told him what it was. I am Jewish and Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday. It is a special time of remembering a part of my heritage. Years ago, during the Hellenistic age, Greek culture was dominant in every aspect of Judean life. And the Greek culture is something to be proud of. King Antiochus of Syria felt it was more desirable to be Greek than anything else and went so far in discouraging the practices of other cultures he placed altars to various Greek gods in the cities of Judea (even our temple in Jerusalem) and ordered us to worship them. The Maccabeans, who were a group of Jews from Modin, rose up against the army of King Antiochus who was in Judea to see that the decrees of the king LETTERS Headline implies I am writing in response to a head- the story of; line you ran in the Nov. 18 issue of The smokes pot, | Gamecock, "Marijuana usage leads to form 40 hou community service." This headline caught among othei my eye because I am a member of the stay in schoc USC Service Corps Leadership Team, translated ir J..'* a:-i. a.ni l. i uuv i uuii i ixniin. mai me causai reia- Community tionship between marijuana and com- by people coi munity service has ever been brought ate their sen up when our team discusses service in- ent problem; volvement. Despite our collective con- by viewed as fusion, however, there was the headline, ac^ performec in stark black and white. In my psy- to be in a pos chology classes, I have been warned against making such direct cause-effect relationships. This headline's assessment must be true, however, because I couldn't find any footnotes at the bot- lah< torn of the page declaring the headline * a result of someone evidently being led fCSpCCl f down the path to community service. C'mon. This headline reads like on After read the pseudo-headlines we used in our letter in the high school newspaper before we thought Gamecock co: of a real one. What purpose the article laboratory at even has is overshadowed by the egre- must admit t gious headline. For those of you fortu- learn that th nate enough to skip by this article, it is practice so or Should middle and high HZ*# "Yes, because I think that drag tt to the youth today because there communities that that would just j ing out drag use." B"Yes. I think if you have nothing it be a problem? If you're not doing be doing, then it shouldn't be a pr Exer L NTS Wednesday, November 30,1994 Hi V l\ ?'?:?:i!?Ks58es55|s3H*Uj?sI||HsSis^^SaH55H*3_ / / for two weeks. When he found out I won, he wuui vscuuiina uciinyiiw ooney on ner granaratnars reaction 1 jther reason fo] t BEVERLY WILSON Columnist were followed. After years of struggle, they were victorious in 165 B.C.E. and entered the temple. They found it had been desecrated by statues of Zeus and needed to be rededicated for the worship of our God. To do this, everything had to be cleaned and sanctiJ J iL- If 1 ' * * * 4 ' 1 iieu, auu me lvienoran ia many-Drancnea candelabra) had to be lit. Once it was lit, the Temple was dedicated. This is Hanukkah, and this year it will be celebrated from Nov. 27?Dec. 4. The word Hanukkah means dedication. This is what Jews celebrate for eight days at the end of fall each year. It is a time of laughter and singing. And, like all Jewish holidays, it is a time of remembering. Much like other holidays, there are customs associated with it. We light candles in a Menorah, and we eat potato pancakes. We also exchange cards and gifts, seasonal greetings and play games. This is a cultural event for Jews much like Christmas is for Chriswrong conclusion i lonely freshman girl who banned in the United Kingd yets caught and has to per- a century. Even more astoni irs of community service, fact that, despite numerous \ - punishments, in order to tax dollars continue to fund .1 ? c *- i i - i i u. >>aj liic tasc ui one gin is auvngiy oppose simpiy Deci lto that hideous headline, ficials of this university ar< service can be performed ignorant to realize the true cc wicted of crimes to allevi- of their decisions, too lazy tences, but this has inher- change or too uncarin to stop 3. True service should not of these innocent animals, i a punishment, but as an Whhe numerous other tc I by those fortunate enough ties in this country, includin ition where they can help. Stanford, to name a few, c close their labs in favor of mor Erich Renken an<^ accurate techniques, su English junior P?ter simulations video tape tech mannequins, the Univers i reflect lack of Carolin!rafused t0 take ,act ' lssue out ?t convemence. Iroi Of III?, education same individuals that we w. place our trust and lives in th ing Kristin von Karowsky's are being "educated" by watd Oct. 24th edition of the beings ripped apart. Profess ncerning the use of a dog expertly teaching their studei the USC medical school, I for life by taking another and hat I, too, am appalled to hind such ludicrous argumen is university supports a given by Dr. James Buggy, v itdated that it has been that dog lab is a "meaningfi school athletes undergo r ;sting would be vital I ' t^nk a is so much drugs in compete ii be one way of weed- drugs bee Sherry Scott Criminology justice junior to hide, why should ''j "Yes. Higl r, what you shouldn't be the idol Shannon Foppe cise science sophomore - \ LJr! /V I \ s II ? ? * \ I J ? & \ I > told everyone in the world." to her win r flip fioiifinn L WLU.V/ kJVtt/kJV/JUL tians. Many people in our society celebrate things we don't understand or know about. Also, being in a society which is predominantly Christian, sometimes those of us who are Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or Jewish feel left out. I feel honored to be wished a "Merry Christmas" by my Christian friends and I in turn wish them the same. Somehow, though, Td like to be wished a "Happy Hanukkah" by my friends whom I know care about my customs and differences as well. This country is so diverse that it is impossible for everyone to be sensitive about everyone else's traditions. However, this Christmas, when sitting with the family and singing "Joy to the World," know that our big world contains a great deal of diversity. During this holiday season take a few minutes to read about the upcoming holidays of a Buddhist. Learn a little about Hinduism or Native American spirituality. Find out why a Muslim fasts during their holy month of Ramadan. Or say "Happy Hanukkah" to a Jewish friend. They will be uplifted and you will be enlightened. Beverly Wilson is a international studies junior. about marijuana om for over medical education. However, I must shing is the strongly question the comments of an jrotests, my individual who does not even have the a lab that I support of many of his own colleagues, mse the of- including the Physicians Committee for j either too Responsible Medicine, which strongly msequences oppose the use of this laboratory. to make a The use of a dog laboratory is cruel the torture ' *--* tuiu i.iiiiipiekei^ uiuictcaBtu jr. n IS time for us as students at this university to ip umversi- ^jj for an end to pointless experimeng ale and tation on living dogs at our medical school, ontinue to eXperiments that provide no new infor*0 advanrpn mation while wasting tune, money and 9 a ^ Meh lives' ^ time for 118 33 taxPa>rers to de" fv fQnvu mand that our money no longer supports inn?rm fhiq suc^ cruelty- ^ i? ^me f?r President lically the Palms? sch??l officials and, especially ill one'day ^ Buggy,^ucate themselves on the le hands of new innovations of science and medihing living c*ne *he needless torture they allow ?ors are so to inflicted upon innocent animals. its respect hiding be- Chris Massey ts as those Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism rho claims Administration freshman al" part of rtYirl ^ miuuiii urug lesung: ny athlete should be tested. If they want to 1 school athletics, they ought to be tested for ause the school makes the rules, and they ve to follow them." T. J. Lyerty Psychology freshman i school and middle school athletes should s of the normal students, and it would keep activities fair across the board." Kevin Smith Media arts senior