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*t5a?l Serving USCS Lee Gontz, Editor in Qiief Susa Editorial Keith Boudreaux, Lupe E Jimmy DeButts Teaching AD S.C. teacher's death n disease, demonstrates With World AIDS Day celebrat Month underway, the death o the deadly disease seems trag not immune to AIDS should not come i dents and parents at Marrington Eleir ever, the shock of a beloved teacher's d knowledge that she had AIDS, a secret The revelation of the 31-year-old tea gry parents to question the logic behin conditions of the school. While some mei pathy over the teacher's plight, the igno to illustrate exactly why the teacher 1 Tv% r>/-?4- iit/\??1 /I fiV? a VtOVO Ill a pCI IC^t VYUl 1U, OllC OHUUIU UlAVW no other reason than simply for suppor pie of bravery in the face of death could with a disease that affects so many pec is an invaluable lesson to learn in a wo As it was, she didn't feel the freedo ents are asking about the disease high ciety?people still don't know all they breeds the fear that won't let people ge most. During AIDS Awareness Month ta AIDS, exactly how it can be spread anc the virus won't hurt you. Our world wot to understand, not condemn, to educat Marrington Elementary School sti the fear of AIDS. Unfortunately, the/\ Family value well at Than fw iv/mmi 7 TOUCHBERRY Columnist The Thanksgiving holiday was a bit different for me this year. I only spent one full day home in Atlanta. I spent the rest of the break in Augusta, Columbia and Summerton. It was both a good and bad Thanksgiving at the same time. The bad part was my Dad struggling with a kidney stone, which is an extremely painful ailment. The good part was spending a lot of time with my relatives. I really got to know some of my cousins I never knew before. The importance of family really hit home with me this weekend. It made me realize the significance of family values. It also reminded me of a statement Newt Gingrich recently made He basically said, if we as Amer icans want real change, we have to start being responsible for ourselves and our families. Effective policy starts with effective citizenship. Governor-elect David Beasley used the slogan "putting families first" as his campaign theme. More or less, that is the cornerstone of conservatism. Another important point any good conservative would make is this: "Government can't solve personal family problems. Only you can do that!" What our new government can do is legislate in a way that promotes natural intact families. I am fortunate to have been raised in a good family. Although my family situation is far from perfect, it is better than the situations that many, if not most, in my generation have encountered I was raised by both of my natural parents. I was also very close to all of my erandDarents. Mv grandmother in particular was influential in my life. She, more than anybody else, taught me about Christian values and the difference between right and wrong. My dad deserves a lot of credit because he took me to church and Sunday school at a very young age. I also identified strongly with my grandfather. I would say he and my Dad were my strongest role models. The one part of the family experience I have always missed out on was the extended family; aunts, uncles and cousins. Because I don't have any first cousins and almost all of my second and third live in South Carolina, Texas and Augusta, Ga., I have always felt like an outsider. Most of "iSaifcock B Student Media Russell House-USC* Co Lee Clontz Allison Williams | Editor in Chief Features Editor Susan Goodwin Jimmy DeButts i 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 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. ' A ti i? ' The Gan track 'ince 1908 n Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor Board yde, Steven C. Burritt, , Kim Truett DS lises awareness for need for education V ed vest.erdav and AIDS Awareness f a S.C. kindergarten teacher due to ically timely. That South Carolina is as a surprise to anyone. For the stulentary School in Goose Creek, howleath was only overshadowed by the ; she kept with her to the end. idler's illness has prompted a few and her silence as well as the hygienic libers of the community express symrance of facts about AIDS only serves I held her tongue and suffered alone. told people about her condition, if for W t during her time of need. Her exam- I have been used to help students deal ^ pie. Tolerance of a person's hardship rid with lots of heartaches, m to admit she had AIDS. That parlights a basic shortcoming in our soshould about AIDS. Such ignorance ^ t close to those who need comfort the ke the time to leam the truth about 1 how hugging a person infected with lid be alot better off if we each learned e, not hate. idents don't have to be taught about re learned about it firsthand. )s alive and ^ iksgiving my cousins know each other quite i well, but they hardly know me at all. On Thanksgiving, I spent the day at my cousin's house in Augusta Many of my grandmother's relatives were there. This was the third-straight year we spent Thanksgiving with them. This year, I felt as if I really knew these people. I felt comfortable and had fun. On Saturday I went to Summerton, where my deceased grandparents lived, for a family reunion. About t 70 of my grandfather's relatives were ^ there. We had a great time. It was fun watching the FSU-Florida game ^ in an equally divided room (all the Clemson fans were pulling for FSU, and all of the Carolina fans were pulling for Florida). We all talked ( about sports, school, work: the usual stuff. One of my cousins mentioned ] he had read a few of my articles in ^ The Gamecock. Thus, the forbidden topic of politics had been raised. Al- \ though we were divided 50/50 on foot- < ball, we found unity in politics. Eveiy- 1 one seemed to be of the conservative i viewpoint so, as you can imagine, I felt quite comfortable. Another great thing about the < family reunion was the devotional of- 1 fered by my cousin Jackson. He point- < ed out what has made the Touchbeny 1 family and its descendants so great: faith in God and commitment to fam- 1 ily. That statement pretty much sums up the whole reason I am active in politics. I want to promote political policy that will allow families to pros- | per by allowing our children to leam about and experience a faith in God and by encouraging parents to be responsible for themselves and their children. Also, I enjoyed talking with my 1 cousin Shawn, who had just finished srViml at f!lemsnn Tt. was interesting to hear about the similarities and differences between life and Clemson and USC. We both had fun playing around with our little cousin Steven, who was five years old and and had more energy than that bunny in the Energizer commercials. He kept going and going and going. I would like to end this little account of my Thanksgiving weekend by saying it is great to be part of a family that has such great values! So thafs where they get that family values thing from! Tommy Touchberry is a marketing junior. His column appears every Friday. _ Chris Carroll . lll-IIZO Director of Student Media tisinp: 777-4249 i r??? o Jbiiui a l/uj 777-6482 Creative Director lumbia, SC 29208 JiAmI?reen Art Director Robert Wertz Gregory Perez Asst. News Production Asst. Wendy Hudson Elizabeth Thomas Asst. Copy Desk Adv Graduate Asst. Tanja Kropf Rencc Gibson Asst. Copy Desk Marketing Director Ryan Wilson Christopher Wood Asst. Sports Asa. Advertising Manager Jason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters reoeived. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include 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 333. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will no< be withheld under any circumstances. necock VIEWP0II ~n ^ r&op/e Mo Hi SPORx<^\ R?FE&EE? \ iuoteunquote "Students mal Kelly Peart express Biggest shoppii Well, I know I wrote about shopping last week, bul ifter Thanksgiving break, I couldn't help but revisil he subject. You see, my mother awakened me at about 7 o'docl he morning after Thanksgiving to go shopping. Now, if you're not familiar with the retail possi )ilities of the day after Thanksgiving, let me fill yoi n. It's the biggest shopping day of the year, mainlj >ecause people blew their year-long diets the day be ore and figured, "Hell, I might as well clean out th< >le' checking account while Fm at it." Stores are opening progressively earlier on Turkey [)ay Plus One, and they're making more and more ad /ertisements for their 6 a.m. sales every year. Our newspaper delivery boy drove up in a tractor ;railer and lowered our newspaper's advertising in serts with a forklift on Thanksgiving morning, and m; iamily spent the day plotting our assault on sale afte sale. The sales are the attractive draw for Turkey-Day Plus-One shoppers. Stores offer 75 percent off to al :ustomere who anive at the doors at 1 a.m., free break fast biscuits and coffee for early shoppers, and cot autside so people can just camp out for the store's open ing. I'm still not sure, however, how my mother man ages to talk me into wading through crazed holida; shoppers eveiy year. If it were a holiday and I were ii Columnist finds Jeffrey Dahmer was killed Monday by his fellov nmates in Wisconsin. It couldn't have happened to j nicer guy. Although murder is usually a terrible thing taxpayers have one less expense on their hands. I think his death brings about an interesting sit nation. Instead of paying for convicted murders, rapist and other dregs of society to live out the rest of thei days in a cell, let them fight among themselves. With prisons overpopulated as it is and the reluc tance of governmental officials to actually tultill tn death penalty, this solution would be a benefit to ever) one involved. The death row inmates are just waitinj to die anyway, and to me, that's more cruel and ur usual than them serving justice. Let the inmates have a competition. Instead of pre viding television for them, make them earn it. Put a those sentenced to life in prison or to death in a roor with a few broomsticks, lock the doors and come bac a few hours later. The ones that can make it out ca have TV privileges for a week. They would have t earn this treat weekly, of course. What could a few broomsticks and coffins cost coir dirmlH toQnildvc VI UJLiUUiU IVWV/llVIO JU "No, because I don't think th * "S^?^e^n^^eV^rUS ^ S it inhibits their teaching, t f? ^now- ^ n?t? it would be s< P^Mp^K disclose at their own discrete NTS Friday, December 2, 1994 7AMECOCK Hoi-lDM SPEC we Earned /1 S. infflfflA WWW ^ ' ? jLr^ <e the school what it is, not visitors who ati ing displeasure over his wife missing class because the BA ttg day of year al ~f9| CHRIS MULDROW 1 Columbia, I wouldn't see the light of day until at least f 2 p.m. Instead, I was in the car listening to far-toohappy Noel tunes before the sun had risen. What surprised me, too, is that at 7:30 a.m., the stores were already overran with bai-gain hunters. We ? cruised around the mall parking lot like vultures poised r to perch on any parking space we could plunder. It made the "vulture lot" in front of the library look like a kid's Matchbox Car parking lot. Once we found our spot (two spaces away from the V door... of course, it took two hours to find it), I took r great delight in walking from inside the mall out to the car with packages, acting like I was ready and willing to drive away and open some prime pavement re1 al estate. I'd pop the trunk, put the packages inside, get in the driver's seat, sit for about a minute, get back s out, lock the doors and go back in the mall. The line of care waiting on the parking spot only tried to run me over once or twice. One sporting goods store we visited was giving y away coupons with a rub-off savings amount. You'd ri food for thought ii ! JIMMY DEBUTTS r pared to the costs of paying for a man to live in prison for 50 years. There would also be less danger of escaped murders on the loose. Let's face it, if someone e has been convicted of brutally murdering someone else, what are the chances of him rehabilitating? Now I'm not suggesting we do this the day after 1 they are sentenced; they should get their appeals. But to wait 10 to 20 years to put them to death is crazy. U The families of the victims continue to suffer while n the inmate gets a free ride. k Make that free ride one into a dark room and serve n justice, not delay it. People complain that inmates are o living in cramped quarters and not treated well. I say good. They are not in jail to party. Excuse me if 1 m l- wrong, but they should have to suffer a little, espeave to disclose if the} ieir students are at any 2 "No. 1 not really the students' mtivith Hobson Powell Journalism freshman ' j he students have a right "I thii Dmething they'd want to *n^er? Shawn Saulsbenry Computer science senior , f \ & i 0' 3 ^ I peciaf Pface / PP\flM,)N6 \| / STAFF \ I SAlP 5?'- J \ I -I cer ore / zofABtes ^: I tend luncheons." parking lot was closed Iso biggest pain pick your purchases and take them and your card to the front. The cashier would rub off your card and see how much you'd save. My dad and I went through the door a couple of extra times, so we had about 10 cards for the cashier to rub off. (Unfortunately, she wouldn't let us add up the percentages. The store would've owed us money.) I think the main reason I go on these trips is to point out to my parents what they should buy me for 1 l /? 1 il 1 . /Ti>. T\ m J T unnstmas ana ror my Dirtnaay. uis uec. io, ana i expect a card from every single one of you. And if anyone sends me a "How to Write Humor Columns for the Criminally Stupid" book, I just want you to know Fve got two of them already and don't need another, thank you very much.) I point at things, smile and say, "Gosh, gee, golly, that Porsche would be nice under the tree." My parents always laugh joyfully and put coal in my stocking. Unfortunately, I always forget to actually buy anyone any presents on these trips. I guess Fll be making paper snowflakes and construction-paper cards for the parental units and my brothers again this year. Of course, I could go mall-hopping in Columbia again ... Chris Muldrow is a journalism senior. His column appears every Friday. ii Dahmer's death daily if they were convicted of rape or murder. You broke the law, don't complain about having to serve time. Take out all the luxuries that prisoners get: TV, weight room and basketball. Make prison a bad place to be in so they won't want to return. With my plan, they wouldn't get a chance for parole after serving 20 yeai-s of a life sentence.The prisoners would really get to feel the way their victims felt, but to many, that would be cruel and unusual punishment. Five words: my heart bleeds for you. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time or take the punishment. If you want to cut down on overpopulation, use the Dahmer technique. Don't build new prisons. Why should convicts get a new home when all over the country innocent people are sleeping on the streets? Pack the bad people together, let them fight if they must and just buy enough body bags. Problem solved. Let me know if vou need someone to organize one of these in Union. Jimmy DeButts is a journalism junior. ir are HIV-positive? Fhey're here to teach. There shouldn't be any acjs where it is possible to contract the disease. 3 a matter of privacy." Kristie Harris Chemical engineering freshman ik the administration should know. If they are icting with children, I think the parents should n Kym Harper Journalism senior