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nSalaitk Serving USC Since 1908 Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Chris Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor Editorial Board Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, Susan Goodwin, Allison Williams, Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Carson Henderson, Radhika Talwani Mitchell expelled Claims of racism don't carry proof South Carolina's Senate voted to expel a member Tuesday, the first time in history the legislative body has taken such an action. Theo Mitchell, the Greenville senator who is finishing a 90-day sentence in federal prison next week, lost his seat in the Senate after a 387 vote. Mitchell pleaded guilty to charges he failed to report $154,000 L i i._ 1 1 J1 _ J _i __x 1_ l _ i _ . i i e* in casn transactions ne nancuea ior a client wno was later convicted 01 drug trafficking; the offense was a misdemeanor at the time, but it is now a felony. Now Mitchell is claiming the vote was a racially motivated attempt to ouster liim, claiming Republican Senators want to take control of the corrections committee Mitchell heads. Though Mitchell's experience in prison ironically might provide some insight into his position with the commission, it is wrong for Mitchell to keep his seat. South Carolina voters, along with voters all over the country, were vocal in their desire for accountability from government. That desire is not served by allowing a violator of federal law to continue to serve. Mitchell argues that he was not given a chance to defend himself to the Senate. He has, in fact, claimed that the charges to which he pleaded guilty were false. A federal court, however, heard Mitchell's guilty plea, ruled against him and said he violated the law. What further defense could Mitchell offer to the assembled Senate? Mitchell says that because other senators have not been expelled for federal convictions, this attempt to expel him must be racially motivated. It appears Mitchell is throwing accusations at other senators to save liis seat, accusations with no proof offered. Sen. Kay Patterson, another of the four senior black lawmakers in the S.C. Senate, dispelled the racial argument Mitchell raised: The only racial thing about this is that Sen. Mitchell happens...to belong to that race." David toppled Goliath; will he rule fairly? New South Carolina Gover- SPKipjP nor Beasle/s Christian name is David, which inevitably brings to Jr * - j CHAD STONE my mind not a Christian, but a JL m Columnist Jew: David, son of Jesse and op- [_ * ponent of the Philistine giant Go- lEl____! Bath. Our new David: nationally territ0 or dvi! ri hts for a coun. obscure as South Carolina State t 130 years dead. He worries Representative from Darlington abJout fi >dj warm she,ter d and gubernatorial challenger of rel- food A lesblln bei d and ahve polihcal heavyweight Nick mutiiated becaus0 shBe reHfu3es t? on. ?re'u i j u have sex with a man and who is This allegory would^be mean- then ejected from her career benglessifthe modern Daiud had cau8e Jshe ts it to her com. lost, but of course he didn t And mandin offi(?r (hmm j wonder y because he didn t he now has to ther8,8 \ Mon,t ask don>t tel,. f take on the mantle of leadership ra^,to?) give a damn about from a more experienced and po- rad8m. ^ onl thinks about 8ur. litically savvy Carroll Campbell, *1 , j _ jjo i tt viYiiiK in mic civilian wuriu witxi a as David succeeded Saul. He now j;0Anwrn j ?ru ha.tos^tchgea.fi.Mcarnpai^ mode to govern mode. Can he do diseaeee. Lie' -rs- , . j ten to them. Eighteen years ago during a Mr Reaslev ask us what we pre-inaugural interview with Pres- thii*Ask^ if^ ident-eiect JinmyCarter, Barbara dtizeng ghould be aggured ^ Waiters qrnpped,-Be wee with us. , h , h d educati Be good to us. Today I ask Mr. wheth h d b j Bea^y to be wise with us and to to gay8/le8b;an8/bi8exuals bein down and murdered likf I ask him to teen to ue. WeVe hred d ^ ^ of ^ ;m?X?aH^weT3 whefter a woman really does rfB^ttaughewinemptiertemis neathheroCskimllteievTyou of office. But what exasperates us dd b surDrised at the *]is most is feeling that once in office SeVe oSZs wodd^e a listen to us?n US y?U n? ?nger W to each and every listen to us. question. Listen to us. H?iT?X?vme?^0n/<,r" Behind ofthe fancyrhetoric hon unemployment gay/ les- ofthe Natjonal G and,Lesbian tnaiVbisexual/transgender rights Task F the Na^ona] q^_ educataon, women s health and Mtion for Women d th ^ rf. rights, and social welfare have cap- a i Liberties Union lie these tured large amounts of national j , ,. -cv j media attention because theyaf' feet such large numbem of people. StofcSStoXX People also tend to feel strongly XKfnToSSK g " ernment 8hould >? "of the people, often to the ^mtof fanaticism Yet b th peop|e for tbe people." ?of we here in South Carolina have been stuck on the should-we-fly- ?rj?u elect*dyou tcw>r-not issue for far too Ions That g0Vern US" ^y the people ~~ you to-or not issue tor tar too long inat are gurel Qne f ^ up the damnable flag isn t going to feed ple?_thyt>8 what all this fuP is ffie hungry, house the poor, clo he ^ ? Maki lawg the cold, or protect the rights of the g liaL*to what we believe to be disfranchised. The flag issue needs f^nght to be addressed, surely, but not David became a wise and rnarous nten d h'TXh B Tgood kr. He built the Kingdom ^ n n of brael into one ofthe most powflf8,shoul,d11f erful nations of his time. He was Down and endless protests and let- known for hi8 t and Why 2? t^nal gentility-He i7remembered T*to finlnSX en?gy **~r to^y 08 much fe what he did while ng to find out what theohzens of ^ a8 how he first t to be M ab0U Will we be able to say the same our _more pressing social concerns? thingab?uty0u? And then we need to act. A cold, /sk us wJhat we belieye ^ listen,becausewejustmightanswer. lDlir? News: 777-7726 Di^S^JLt 1I rfrrnn? Advertising: 777-4249 L.ur. D.y IIVWW \ hAX: 777-6482 Creative Director ident Media Russell House-USO Columbia, SC 29208 AnDirecfor Lee Clontz Susan Goodwin Ben Pillow Gregory Perez Editor in Chief Allison Williams Stephanie Sonnenfeld Production Asst. Chris Muldrow Features Editors Asst. Features Elicabeth Thomas 'iewpoints Editor Jimmy DeButts TiefTa Harper Adv. Graduate Asst. arson Hende; son Ryan Wilson Tina Morgan Renee Gibson tadhika Taiwan! Sports Editors Asst. News Marketing Director !opy Desk Chiefs Kim Truett Ethan Myerson Christopher Wood Erin Galloway Photo Editor Ryan Sims Asst. Advertising Wendy Hudson Jason Jeflers Graphics Editor Manager News Editors Cartoonist Erik Collins Gamecock is the student Dewspaper of tbe Lottort PollCV rersity of South Carolina and is published Monday, Inesday and Priday during the fall and spring senvs- The Gamecock will try to print all letters received, with the exception of university holidays and exam Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full *** name, professional title or year and major if a student, lions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the Letters must be personally delivered by the author to rC^oKua DOt ^ ?f ^ Unive"ity 0f The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. Board of Student Publications and Communications "D* Gamecock reserves tbe right to edit all letters for e publisher of Tbe Gamecock. The Department of style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not ent Media is its parent organization. be withheld under any circumstances. i ? IV QUOTEUNQUC "Students ? fact Loss o It was Dec. 29,1994. we told stories about th< ture, but mostly we wail parent's 55th annivers last together. My grand] terminally ill and restir (a place where the term of and kept as comforts surrounded by her fami My family took turns ing her hand and strokin, her as comfortable as pc to what we should do. It was obvious that i was not able to fully c< longer, she knew she wj band, her children and b ed to tell us that she love Bless," but she no longe At one point, m placed her arms around pered "I love you." Need tional moment. Fortunately, my gra us on her anniversary ar ever, the family had to | back to work and try to p we all loved out of our mi time the phone rang we we saw the message ligl machine we prayed it w say hello. We knew it wa wanted grandma to hapj ter place but, selfishly, hope that the doctors wo Student! Preston to I KEVIN LEWIS Guest Columnist "A Colledge of witte-ci of my humour!" declares sotted in love toward the Ado About Nothing." Oi the Bard, reminding ui the term "college" to cho full in the multivolume My wife Becky and I ston College, starting in 1 experiment. Our role wil slowly (or not so slowly) group will take charge o are delighted to be inch this new "company," thi corporated scholars" ? Together with the res ways to define, to enjoy tial college community, impressive resources o community, of creativi funds to support activit: A residential college Everybody is different, it as a buoyant, support tional and social occasic yond what can be foun may be an unknown qui hundreds of students th plication for residence t< We want it to be a w and a place to have fun. ft value will find a home in find their the protection on their endeavors. A "residential college lege. We are proud of wh ors College is and does, concept. Yes, the climatt work (in its place), and v suits, but we are looking We are looking for si gy, whose creativity, wh lev/T'S LAWS OF ITE itty ? members had indicated to us that there'] question of how 1 - 0'N( Law Professor, organi; f grandmother We sat, we talked quietly, i rinn_ i past...the present...the fu- Iad. Dec. 30 was my grand- < \mm ary, and it would be their ? mother, Betty Kaplan, was [_ . ig comfortably in a hospice I inally ill can be taken care g^e jg fully recuperating ible as possible). She was years." ty. On Jan. 5,1995, my standing by her side, hold- my grandmother had fi g her cheek...trying to make barely get the words oi ssible and yet, at a loss as didn't need to say much hospice led everyone pn ilthough my grandmother passing in the "Sh'ma" (t immunicate with us any er said it was quite bea as surrounded by her hus- everyone present bawh er grandchildren. She wait- cluded. (d us, to stay well and "God Whoever came up wi r had the strength. weak if they cry is weak y grandmother rolled over, the courage to face real: my brother s ear and whis- gay that my father is a i less to say, it was an emo- wears his heart on his si his emotions. I am even ] ndmother lived to be with thought he was a rock, b id even the new year. How- his emotions. As for my; 50 back to their homes, go every time I sit down to lace this wonderful woman jt was my grandfather v nds for a little while. Every tions. The loss he felt wh 1 1 J 1 Al 1 1 neia our oreatn ana wnen passed was devastating, it blink on our answering that it "...hit me like a t as only a friend calling to her death, in fact, he sat is a matter of time, and we weeks waiting for her d jy and on her way to a bet- happened the flood of eir we clung to the slightest jje probably thought al uld say "It's a miracle, but their first dance, their ir 5 should experimei ?e home of improved studei support whether popul will liven up the campi how many ways, ackers cannot flout me out . ?thers Party on i the character Benedick be- or ?r own way> ai end of Shakespeare's "Much n?tony. In a cohesive cc ie of my favorite lines from sources for each other 3 of the many meanings of grateful for it. ose among?five columns- 6 a ^ at tae 1 Oxford English Dictionaiy. GPA requirement is 2.( in the principalship of Pre- sectlon the student the fall, think of it as a great see earrings and Doc I be to facilitate. As planned, 1? j8' sans' ?"rags a a diverse students resident Ourdaughter, 24, has f this college-in-process. We principal is not ? ided by our appointment in Weston keep the ^ s "guild," this "society of in- Erector and student gi pick one or several. ar* arf added on top tidents we may think of new . e' Although moral ti and benefit from a residen- I1011'wa are.not rectu^re( Together, we will draw on l\ontNeither are our 1 f goodwill toward it in the "lty associates who wi ty within and of allocated Shiner wth residents, ui jes and attend college actr might not be for everybody. anc* " ,^.e But Becky and I believe in m Pteston. f 1 ive milieu fostering educa- P,ete^ we hope, by Jar >ns for personal growth be- in?s, Je en^ gr^P8 d in the regular dorms. It ready f?r regular teas, antity at USC, but we hope home to which people w is week will fill out the ap- aga"1o. try it with us. . Four offices on the ] 'arm, friendly place to live ^ay hy faculty i lischief of socially redeeming Beginning in the fall, s Preston, and the adept will UJ m a.J^ew seminar I required to put the bloom laents wm make a Jun plement the Semor Con is not another honors col- ultyassociates and th at the South Carolina Hon- . This total concept ha but Preston is a different League and Ox > in Preston will favor hard Carolina to try to impr, re expect good academic re- while we may indeed v I for something more. iaeas rrom models con tudents whose extra ener- bave been proven elsev tose different ideas we can our way- We will be ad< HEALTH Care BAL ANCEt I v rities. the only faculty couple livise our residence (to be comrnary 1996) to host gatherand guests of all sorts. Get Becky wants to make it a ill want to return again and first floor will be used durnembers yet to be selected, imall classes will be schedroom. A new lounge for resiior Common Room to comunon Room hangout for faceir guests during the day. 3 been sold as a way of bringbridge academic culture to Dve our life-style. However, /ant to borrow some useful ege systems whose values vhere, we are going to do it apting, not adopting the in is dialogue, in I don't know ; Preston students, each in -e going to disrupt the mo)llege like this we will all be -, supportive of diversity and application. The minimum ). We hope to admit a crossbody. Becky and I want to lartens, button-downs and nd T-shirts with messages, pink hair. a parent and not an enforcer, amiliar RA, Residence Hall overnance structure. Becky ) of that, or perhaps to the nrpitude will get our atten1 by job description to stamp colleagues, the 30 or so facill turn up occasionally for se the Senior Common Room i c/c wish pi ayci j. my rnuuilutiful. She also said that ;d their eyes out - men inth the notion that men are ; him or herself for lacking ity head-on. I am proud to sensitive, caring man that eeve and is willing to share prouder of my brother, who ut instead chose not to hide self, tears swell in my eyes continue this article. But, vho truly let go of his emoen my grandmother finally He stated in his own words on of bricks." He expected 1 . by her side for nearly two emise, but when it finally ' lotions crashed inside him. ' Dout when they first met, larriage, the children they 1 it with Res it discourse ar or not. Preston students GRAVITY i a fair amount of aegrega ;o move that forward." ?al Smalls, zer of Operation Community tests fan SCOTT KAPLAN Columnist and will live for many more brother called to say that nally passed on. He could it of his mouth. He really anyway. The nurse at the jsent at my grandmother's . T? :?i \ ii. r r \ I tion on campus. We're looking at the whole oily emotions had raised, the trips they taken together and the love they had for each other. He will miss h'er immensely, but he will always have the memories they shared together. But probably the most vivid memory my grandfather will remember is when he asked my grandmother if he could get her anything (while she was laying in a hospice bed) and she said..."Only you Bill." nn/1 l-!-r>nl/\n J Cm atxj iuuici cuiu uiiuuo Ol<aiCU 111 UlCll CUlU^y bll'cXL my grandmother was a simple woman that loved her family and lived to watch it flourish. She would have been proud to see how our entire family joined together to sit Shiva (a period of mourning in the Jewish religion). My cousins, uncles, parents and grandfather told stories about their childhoods, and we looked at old pictures that haven't been viewed in years. I always felt fortunate that all of my grandparents were alive. Unfortunately, I do not see them very often and I hardly know anything about their pasts. While looking at the pictures in my grandparents home, I began to wonder about my grandmother's life. What was she all about? What were her parents likeTWhat did she do on Thursday nights ~ i. OTT x x_* . _ n Tin _ i i rvxicii one was a men: ner twenties; wnai was ner favorite movie? Music? Actor? Now I will never get to find out the answers to these questions, and I feel that IVe missed out on something. I promise not to let it happen to my other grandparents. My grandmother's love for her family was unconditional and, in speaking for my family, I can honestly say that our love for her was, too. We love you, Grandma. You will always be in cur hearts. God Bless. iidential College ! i .1 i ' . j ** J ' ?L* ^ aBMI, . , _11<# %agsjl|\ i fY^^iiiiffiiii riitiii li. I 7 - li II -ft r -11 .-li v" Iri-Srv' KIM TRUEn The Gamecock Kevin Lewis will serve as principal of the new Residential College. His wife Becky will live In Preston College and help with the program. stitution of the "residential college." The residents will decide what customs, ceremonies, traditions and paraphernalia Preston needs The residents will be the college, exclusively holding all the "rights and privileges" pertaining thereto. Can someone help us with a Latin (or Gullah] motto, with colors, a crest, a song or coinage? Or maybe our own recipe for barbecue sauce?