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Serving USC
Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Ch
Edttorla
Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, S
Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Cai
' Codes must
Student Government elections s
candidates are meeting with the Ele
tions of the election codes.
The codes, a set of bylaws establii
late and control the election process
to candidates before the campaign p:
These university policies deal ma
they tell which information services
use, and they set up guidelines for st
the campus. Included with the pack
lations that tell where posters may t
This list is a compilation of rules f
commission typically writes or calls t
asks where candidates can post an<
sented to the candidates so the cam
copied signs and colorful testimonies
didates. Anyone who's had to stare at
hovering over their professor's head ii
istry class will appreciate the fact ths
signs everywhere.
It's up to the elections commissior
as well as any other infractions of e]
process. If the commission determin
they might issue a warning or an inf
more than five infractions, he or she
Candidates tend to complain abo
posting campaign materials in the wi
the penalty for misplaced posters she
severe crimes such as defacing the ca
years ago, or tearing down an opponei
happens every year. Student Goven
codes and establish a separate set of i
haps candidates who litter the cam]
some time on community service pick
in front of Gambrell.
What's worse is some candidates
knowing that they will be given little
vantage of the publicity afforded by v
given so many opportunities to mak<
it is against the codes that were desi
election process, and no candidate wl
terests of the student body should viol
Right now, though, the rules are
dates need to stop complaining abou
of the posting regulations. They were
rules in a candidates' meeting and th
tions to clarify the rules ? the rules
Small-ftm
want com
Recently, on a trip to my hometown
of Summerton (pop. 975), I
encountered a female friend of mine
in a local dining establishment. I
asked if she cared to join me for
lunch, and she declined on the basis
that her boyfriend, Lonnie Bob,
might spot us and replace my teeth
with my toenails.
This brings us to the subject of
this week's column: small-town dating.
For most big city people, talking
to a person of the opposite sex
on the street is about as common
as telling a lie on Capitol Hill. But
where T enme from (and I know Fm
not the only one at Carolina who
hails from a small town), if a good
ol' boy like me speaks to a good ol'
gal on the street, you can bet your
monogrammed belt buckle that
people are gonna put you together
like Andy Taylor and Helen Crump.
In Columbia, if a guy and a gal
have dinner together AS FRIENDS,
it is seen as such. Where I come
from, ifs not a good idea to get attached
to your class ring because
that joker isn't going home with
you.
That's not to say small-town
women are fast. It's just Southern
small-town women like to have
commitment. And they have big,
mean daddies to back them up.
If you think a campus meter
maid is mean, just try messing
around with a Southern small-town
girl's affections and let her daddy
find out. It's about as safe as chewing
on a chainsaw.
I once tried it. If you think the
dorm beds are hard on your back,
just try having a double-barreled
Winchester 12-gauge shotgun
rammed into your spinal cord.
Breaking up is hard to do in any
situation, but the aftermath is especially
hard in a small town. Up
here in Columbia, if you break up
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with your girimena, omy you and
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be followed
tarted Monday night, and already
ctions Commission to discuss viola
shed by the student senate to reguon
the USC campus, are presented
rocess begins.
inly with communications issues ?
on campus students are allowed to
udents to follow in trying to inform
et is a detailed list of posting regu>e
posted.
rom every building on campus. The
he supervisor of every building and
i where they can't. The list is preipus
isn't wallpapered with photoextolling
the virtues of various cant
the names and faces of candidates
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candidates aren't allowed to post
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lection codes during the campaign
es someone has violated the rules,
raction. If a candidate accumulates
is removed from the race,
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rong place, and admittedly it seems
uldn't be the same as that for more
mpus newspaper, as happened two
nt's posters, which candidates claim
unent needs to review the election
aenalties for posting violations. Perpus
with illegal fliers could spend
ing papers out of the reflection pool
' deliberate violations of the codes,
to no reprimand. Why not take ad
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igned to protect the sanctity of the
10 would claim to serve the best inate
the codes they aspire to enforce,
established and are clear. Candit
being called harshly on violations
given the rules, they were read the
ey were given a chance to ask quesneed
to be followed.
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DREW
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% Columnist
your circle of friends know about
it. Plus, after about a week or so,
it becomes old news and you usually
meet a new one at a fraternity
party or something.
In a small town, if you break up
with someone, you had best take
out an ad in the local newspaper
so everyone will get the whole story
(from your side) at the same time.
Otherwise, everyone will come up
to you for months after the breakup
and say either, "Boy, she sure got
rid of your tail," or, "Man, what did
you get rid of her for."
You see, no one wants to believe
it was a mutual breakup. There's
no drama in it. How many great
football games have you ever heard
of that ended in a tie?
However, it is your duty to
spread the word all over your small
town that you were the one that
dumped the other person or everyone
is going to look at you like you
are the scaliest soul that ever walked
the face of the earth.
They'll sit there and say, "Look
atol'Sam. I heard Betsy dropped
him like a bad habit. Ill bet he's
feelin' about as low as a hookworm
in a latrine."
However, if you make it look
like you did the dumping and were
not the dumped, everyone will say,
"Man, that Sam is a good ol' boy,
gettin' rid of her that way. He got
shed of her like a Playboy bunny
gets shed of her clothes."
Small-town dating is really not
as hard as it seems.
Just remember that commitment
is the number-one thing and
that daddies like boys who remember
it.
___ Chris Carroll
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Fruit Man o
One morning a week, in the dim light of the ear
ly dawn, I visit the State Farmer's Market. Befor
shuffling off to classes at the College of Journaiisn
I replenish my stock of fruits and vegetable,!. It i
for me an enjoyable and necessary pilgrimage.
This is my third semester in Columbia, and
have long abandoned the more common habit of ps
tronizing the Bi-Los and Winn-Dixies for items tha
once grew in the soil. I have forsaken the fluores
cent lighting, the carts of reduced bananas and sup
port of multi-national food conglomerates and rc
tailers. (At least I feel that I have, and that is al
that essentially matters.) In their place I meet m
salad and fruit-cocktail needs at the stand of a sma]
business entrepreneur to whom I have come to re
fer as "The Fruit Man."
I can't recall whether we have ever been for
mally introduced, and we've never invited each oth
er over to our respective homes for beer and nachos
but he is important to me nonetheless. Our curiou
and limited relationship dates from last spring wher
during an exploratory visit through Columbia,
stopped by chance at his stall. In lieu of a friendl
bariber who in Norman Rockwell's time might hav
served as an information conduit and repository c
all manners of town secrets (especially the insid
line on the weekend's big game), TFM acts as m;
personal arrow into the soul of the Midlands.
A resident of Lexington, he is the common Amer
ican man so highly regarded in political campaign
rhetoric and so dismissively forgotten once the ele<
tions have concluded. TFM is an honest, diliger
son of the American Revolution, a church-goinf
proud supporter of America. Married, with a coi
pie of daughters, he displays his wares, not unlik
those pottery merchants who made their living i
some Babylonian souk. The Farmer's Market is hi
home six days a week; he serves restaurants, sma
buying cooperatives and the errant graduate sti
dents looking for a few leafy green things.
I feel great about my visits because I am suj
porting the dusty folklore of the American Drean
Amid all of the crises in the world ? civil strift
Abortion oppoi
As a student of linguistics I often have occasic
to come across amusing and sometimes Strang
(mis)uses of the English language. We've all see
cutesy spellings like "Icee Freez" (which actual!
freezes my soul) and "Nite Time Relief." There
even a beer called "Artie Ice" (Contrary to popuh
belief, "Arctic" should be spelled and pronounce
with a hard "c "). Overcompensations of the fori
"him and I" rattle my bones, and mis-terminolog
like the ubiquitous "dormitory" for "residence hal
abound. But there is no misnomer quite like "Pr
life."
iia The anti-women's rights movement (and that
exactly what all of these people are ? against womer
reproductive and other bodily rights) would like
portray themselves as righteous, upstanding Chri
tian soldiers marching into war against the hear
't less, unfeeling minions of Satan ? women with tl
obviously insane notion that they have a choice i
[ to what happens to their own bodies. "Pro-lifer
are no more pro-life than "Pro-choicers" are anti-lit
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vvnar iney reaiiy are pro Ujaunior ior y. wan
ing roughshod over women in the name of God ar
all that is sacred.
Many abortion opponents use the term abortic
,e4 on demand. Yup, I can see it now... Jane Doe waki
fun up and runs to the bathroom. Oops, pregnant aga:
no (damn, 10th time this year)! She reaches for the tx
of RU486 sitting in her medicine cabinet... gotl
not love that abortion on demand; except that it doesr
happen like this. The decision to terminate a pre
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i- bombs, angry postal workers with automatic weapons, f
it exchange-rate debacles and the violence of the Pei
i- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, he is a constant SP1
>- presence. He exhibits fairness, honesty and a flair to 1
(- for service that carries your bags to the car withII
out expectation of a tip. He is integrity ? a strong C0I]
y handshake and a friendly smile from a face that cor
11 has weathered countless hours erf" sunshine, drizzle s^?
>- and cold rain. y?l
Beyond the litany of cultural, sociological and
some Forrest Gump America-of-yesteryear touchy- sta
i- feely reasons, my primary justification is purely u"
5, mercenary. His oranges, kiwis, cauliflower heads s (
s and funny Southern vegetables are far cheaper than ^
i, at your regular food store. To my knowledge, he ~.c
I doesn't sponsor a NASCAR team, an NHRA top fuy
eler, any golf tournaments, place weekly ads in The ^
e State, distribute thousands of fliers to area homes
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and marketing expenses, and I am only too glad he ^ '
has also forsaken a desire to buy corporate club ^
n seats at Daytona.
> My dietary regimen, which admittedly is fairly ^01
it bizarre, is gleaned straight from the book, "Fit For ^he
5, Life." Adherence to its alternative philosophy rei
quires eating a great many fruits and vegetables, ha
e In sum, two of the principle fundamentals are to rea
n consume only fruits from the moment you awaken y0l
is until midday and to refrain from mixing starches tur
11 and proteins in the same meal. It's simple and ter- dui
l- rifically beneficial if you suffer from weight prob- wa
lems, energy swings* lethargy or a wealth of other rus
)- daily nasties. ani
i. You do have to eat a ton of natural things. From ry
j, my personal experience, an apple, a pear and a badents'
terminology,
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'd nancv isn't an "oh. well. I've not nothiner better to do
111 today" kind of thing. The choice involves much soul5Y
searching as to whether the mother can adequate- ur
1" ly provide for her child once it is born; whether she ^
o- can house it, feed it, and clothe it. She has to take
into account her own future and even her own health ^
is as well. She doesn't just pick up the phone and dii's
al up the nearest drive-though abortion
to clinic or grab a box of pills off a shelf.
s- She agonizes over a decision that will
t- profoundly change her life, no matter
ie which choice she makes. And it is her 1
is life, and it should be her choice. g
s" Tie so-called Right to Life movement >
e> (Hmm, don't women's health providers v^have
a right to life? Somebody forgot to
1(j tell Paul Hill ^ rails against abortion as
a mortal sin equal to murder and argues
)n for the constitutional rights of the fetus.
eg But they forget the constitutional rights
ln of the woman. The right to control the
3X territory underneath our own skin is
t more personal and infinitely more important
than our rights to free speech
and peaceful assembly. It is our most
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tana just wont cut it if you plan to make it through
he morning to lunch. If you plan to follow this,
rou will have to eat more fruit than usual. I eat
i daily average of a grapefruit, one or two balanas,
an apple, pear, tangerine, kiwi fruit and
in orange. Filling this sort of shopping needs
rom a regular store would be prohibitively exlsive,
almost to the point of tossing aside all inred
belief in healthand longevity and returning
he Pop Tarts, Fruit Loops and Dinoghetti.
In the shadows of Wilhams-Brice to my rescue
nes a friendly, helpful, hard-working and pricenpetitive
fruit-stand vendor. It's not a pretty
re, and there aren't any magazines to peruse if
i should have to wait. If I were compiling a Miche
Guidebook, however, I'd give this place three
rs and a "not-to-be-missed" gold sticker. I can't
derstand how anyone who drives a car woulc
>p anywhere else. Cheap prices don't beget, b>
isequence, poor quality, and his stuff stands U{
my of the stuff you will find at Food Lion or Winn
rie.
For my $9-10 a week I buy all of my goods ir
>ut three minutes, rarely wait in line and my gro
ies are carried to my car. Now that is service
Dve and beyond the call of duty. I also get mj
ekly fill of gossip and weather information, as
U as current agricultural pricing and biographic
unfamiliar produce. In any equation it is a bar
n. Admittedly, the beer selection is extremely
>r, but that is beyond his control. No imports, n
nestics, nothing. But for fruits and veggies, he'
i man.
TFM has his stall at the extreme end of the right
nd side of the main aisle at the market. If yoi
ich the newly-constructed and vacant peach shec
1 have gone too far and risk hunger if you don
n around and backtrack to the best source of pit
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ce in ine area, mirouuce yoursen ana teu nun n
s recommended by the Canadian with the ver
ity Tercel. He'll know who you're talking abou
i, after a big thank-you for stopping by, will cai
your bags to the car.
i logic flawed
ndamental human right We, and only we, shou
i able to decide what does and does not happen
ir own bodies. We are currently denied our righ
nceming when and even whether we can choo
ir own deaths. If we lose our rights to control wh
ippens to our reproductive organs, how can i
illy be free? Well just become little breeding m
ines for the good of the state. What's next, inv
itary sterilization for poor women? We are in<
lual beings who should have ultimate say ovH
lat does and does not happen (within our medicH
d physical limits) to our bodies. And until we hal
1 of those rights assured, we will never be fr A