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"TSafll Serving USCS Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Chri Editorial Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, Su; Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Cars* Russia, Uniti salute in Eat The world was treated to a specia shuttle Discovery and the Russian sp; feet of one another in orbit. Sadly, few people will pay attention tacle of two 100-ton manmade vehicle er in the cold vacuum of space. Hie gr those who have completely lost their s The coupling almost didn't happei tanks led Moscow to almost cancel thi It did happen, and the most amaa guishable for members of our generat Americans were treated to a simil: in 1969 when Americans first set foot motivators then, however, was a com Soviet Union was able to accomplish 1 Now, 26 years later, the Soviet States is actually collaborating with the as a testament to man's achievement The fly-by would have been unheE hardly notice amid demands of cutting those of Monday's Discovery mission i "It's like a fairy tale," the Russian best, one must hope, is still to come. Girls plaj to gather Ck$i CASSIE STURK.E Although last week I was down ( and out over my befuddled attempts at trying to date again, I think I I may be getting back into the swing of things. You see, my problem was i that I had been trying to rationalize this new dating experience. < Somehow I had forgotten the most ] Vvaci/? ml a nf Hntincr Tfa nnlv n ramn Lucky for me, I love games. Now 1 I just have to re-learn the game, ] college-style. Since my friends are j tried-and-true players, I decided to ask them for advice. j Although girls insist that guys j play more games than they do, I ( just don't believe it. Guys could be never be as creative or as conniv- j ing as the sneaky girls I talked to. , The earliest stage in the game , is when you are getting to know ] the guy. You may have spotted ( him across the tables in the Grand 1 Marketplace, you may have noticed 1 him at a party, or you may have ( heard about his bad reputation. It doesn't matter ? you know you're , interested. At this stage, youll ca- j sually say to one of his friends, "So j ... tell me about that guy you were standing next to the other night ? what's he like?" You sav iust enouch to show a J hint of interest, but never enough so that you look like you actually care. He will eventually hear from someone that you were asking about j him. If he is interested, he will feed a question back through the same source. Now the game is on. As your interest in this guy progresses, so does your level of risk. 1 It's no longer enough just to ask 1 about him; now you want to see for yourself what he is up to. At this stage, you may consider doing a 1 "drive-by," also known as a "fly-by." 1 This is where you literally drive by I the side of his dorm room or the 1 front of his apartment to see if his car is there, if his lights are on and ] if there are any scantily-clad girls in his room with him. If you continue to drive by several times or | drive slower than 25 mph to get a really good look, you are definite- < ly stalking him. I even had a few girls admit to calling a guy and then hanging up right after he answered. I would have to consider this stalk"ISaffeodi B Student Media Russell House-USO Col Lee Clontz Susan Goodwin Editor in Chief Allison Williams S Chris Muldrow Features Editors Viewpoints Editor Jimmy DeButts Carson Henderson _ ?,, , Sports Editors RadhikaTaJwani James Ponce Copy Desk Ch.efs Asst. Photo Erin Galloway Jason Jeffers Wendy Hudson Cartoonist News Editors XiefTa Harper Kim Truett Tin, Morgan Photo 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 G IDCR ince 1908 s Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor Board san Goodwin, Allison Williams, on Henderson, Radhika Talwani sd States rth orbit I treat Monday as the U.S. space ace station Mir traveled within 37 to or care about the awesome specis gracefully sliding by one anothandeur of the event will be lost on sense of wonder. o. Problems with Discovery's fuel e approach altogether, ring facet of it all is barely distinion. ii i i /* i ar, mougn even more aanng, rear ; on the moon. One of the primary petition to do it first ? before the !he mission. Union is gone and the United * Russians on a venture that serves 3, regardless of nationality, ird of 30 years ago. Today, people I the space budget. Events such as should put those demands to rest, commander said. He's right. The j games guys Although I am not totally sure why girls play these games, I think It has something to do with the fact that we are gatherers. We used to gather berries, and now we gather men. ing, too. Another game where the car is of the utmost importance is the parking garage game. This is where you deliberately park your car next to his, so the next time he leaves, he will see your car and naturally start fantasizing about you. Right. Once you and the guy are hanging out, the mind games begin. This is where control is the name of the jame. The ultimate lesson in control is to act like you don't care about the guy. My friend Alexis told me to always get off the phone first, before the guy does. That way, she explains, you retain control. If you think the guy will be calling you, ifs a good idea to talk to your friends en the phone all night. When he ealls, you can click over and act like you are talking to another guy on the other line. Subtle, but challenging. Guys love that. The worst thing to do with a *uy is to act clingy. Guys would 1 i.1 I ! 1 1 [iiucii ramer cnase aiier a gin wno plays games. That way, guys feel safe from any sort of commitment. Girls tell me that they appear at places where they know guys will be. Of course, they never let on that they know the guys will be there. Girls either talk loudly with their friends or talk to the guy's friends. But they never talk directly to the guy. Although I am not totally sure why girls play these games, I think it has something to do with the fact that we are gatherers. We used to gather berries, and now we gather men. It's as simple as that. We like to keep our options open, and playing games with guys is the best way to do this. I apologize in advance to all the girls whose games I have revealed. As soon as I do some field research ll ll l 1 TJll 1 on me games rnai guys piay, m oe 3ure to settle the score. 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Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. iamecock VIEWPOINT; Ouoti Unouoti "We feel the Amei Cumulative v Here at the Mean-Spirited, Right-Wing Divi- [~j sion of the editorial page, our staff spends count- ~~ M less hours seeking out topics worthy of your interest. But sometimes we spend so much space discussing national issues that we blind ourselves L to the stupidity that takes place in our own com- L-? munity. Therefore, this column is devoted to find- points ing the most ridiculous waste of our tuition mon- 1. ey and poking fun at it. Couni There are so many organizations deserving of counc ridicule that it's difficult to narrow it down to just . 2.1 one. Student Government is out, as it might ac- ity-bli tually succeed in naming the Coliseum after Frank that I McGuire. The USC law school is also out. Even nity b though its "grade cleansing" policy is inane enough 3.1 to deserve mention, I still need to graduate. The recei\ Law Democrats, normally fine fodder for this seg- 4.' ment, have been missing since early November a.' and were last spotted on the side of a carton of Coun Peeler's milk. It is also Dasse to make fun of our non-b campus food services, since people who actually Man.' dine there do so at their own risk. b.. Finally, we have the Office of Parking and Ve- resenl hide Registration Services (motto: "We paved par- as Th adise and took out your parking lots.") But these c.r public servants will always be with us, coasting on th< into their half-empty, newly created faculty and bers s staff spaces, and they'll be first against the wall 5.1 when the revolution comes. No, this week's spot- will d light shines on our good friends at the USC Col- votes, lege of Business Administration's Division of Re- these search, whose questionnaire about Richland Coun- will "| ty elections had the supreme misfortune of landing minor in my mailbox. For those of you who did not re- perso ceive a copy, here's a brief synopsis of the salient for ge Dactyl Nightmare' Death comes quickly in There aren't many things in this cruel life that s= can match the sheer joy of finding an empty park- r~H ing space with a whole hour left on the meter. Except maybe for lining up all those responsible for pP the Pringles commercials and riddling them with [_ semiautomatic rifle fire. ] Then, of course, there's the feeling you get when jng pj your doctor tells you that you don't need surgery big hi for your hemorrhoids... it's like you're walking on ( air, folks. Night But as I was saying, when I found the parking \y( space with the Golden Meter, I knew that it was the A going to be my lucky day. That lasted for all of five and ii minutes. jng 0f I thought that I'd try my hand at the Virtual centei Reality Fest-O-Rama in the Russell House. The Nc game turned out to be a one-on-one fight to the wher< death, Roman-style, that took place in some freaky thirst staircase arena that defied space and time. I think tain t my Virtual Reality persona must have been a con- you cj scientious objector because I got waxed, three kills the nj to one. livers All in all, it was a fairly interesting experience. I'n One thing struck me as being rather peculiar for bring a video game, though. Now, throughout the game Mi you see the action through your "virtual" eyes, but out th whenever you take an exploding round in the lips, finan you're suddenly floating above watching yourself I r diffuse into bite-size chunks. sched It was some kind of Virtual Reality out-of-body "Ice, i experience, like those people who "see" themselves PA. I on the operating table or something. It really made tract the hair on the back of my neck stand on end (al- chriss most blinding the guy behind me). I s Anyway, a little footnote to the Virtual Reality ble fo thir g: During the game there is a huge, fire-breath- music ^ Tuesday, February 7, 1994 \ (fZ ican public has been very alienated from the Rep. John Kasich R-Ohio oting doesr Zmt PAT MCNEILL Columnist (Nc ' * r 1 cu -1 VOt 3: ma Currently, elections for Richland County :il are done by the district method, with one pre il member elected from each district. Spe LJnder the Voting Rights Act, special major- ^he ack districts have been drawn up to ensure mu Mrican-Americans have a greater opportu- SW( o elect Council members. Each eligible Richland County voter currently ^ y res one vote. jan Phis is a bad thing because: The African-American voters in Richland cdn ty are still outnumbered by "a majority of , 1??1, ? 1 C ] 4.? ?TTU_ 01*d ldCIV VUUCIS IlCICmcUtCI I CICI I CU LU dS llltJ > IS \ African-Americans are therefore under-rep- !00' ted if they happen to live in the same district 1f" e Man. rhose African-Americans who do have seats Pe? i Council are still outvoted by Council mem- a^' elected by The Man. The proposed Cumulative Voting Method tua estroy the districts and give each voter 11 see one for each Council seat. They may divide c?n votes up however they choose. This method Sp< give voting strengths to all members of all Gir ity groups," eliminating that worrisome "one a d n, one vote" system that has been in effect nerations. virtual trip to vi i virtual reality MAn MORGAN fib noterodactyl flying around trying to give you a for lg. Because of this, the game designers, in a bee Df brilliance, named their virtual baby "Dactyl wit mare!" (wl ell, I took the liberty of looking up "dactyl" in tioi merican Heritage dictionary (third edition) der ; read, and I quote, "a metrical foot consist ' one accented syllable followed by two unac- wa; d ones." the >w, I don't rightly recall any point in the game 31 was attacked by snarling packs of blood- an, ;y iambic pentameter. In fact, I'm quite cer- ^ye hat there was no literature involved. So as an see, there is a discrepancy between what ame implies and what the game actually de- ^ sn( i hoping there is some money to be made by ing suit against the company for fraud, ovin' right along, I imagine that a few of you ^ol lere attended Friday's rally to talk about the cial aid cuts in front of the Russell House. sa^ neandered onto the scene a little before it was uled to begin, and horror of horrors, I heard Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice blasting out of the al1 ?olks, when you have a rally, you want to at- bul people, not drive them away screaming, fer pin sakes. rincerely hope that whomever was responsir this realizes that they perpetrated a major al faux pas, the likes of which we haven't seen 3 MA ?f\T 7W?) 3 5 6 Congress." l't add up S. Under cumulative voting, minority voters 1 now have the ability "to pool their votes in )port of a candidate" in an at-large election. >te: No mention is made in this survey that the mulative Method will also give The Man 11 es apiece, thus ensuring African-Americans rein a permanent minority on the council.) 7. Please select the method of voting you would fer. Remember that even though we have just nt a page and a half listing the drawbacks of district method and the advantages of the culative method, "there are no right or wrong an99 ITS. A closer inspection of the survey reveals that /as commissioned by our friends at the Richd County Council, run by Democrat Kit "I was ight personally ripping down my opponent's cipaign signs because, ah, ...(mumble)...zoning inance" Smith. It seems that Ms. Smith's crew vorried about its slipping 6-5 majority and is king for more ingenious ways of holding onto [ am guessing that the Democrats would also 5 an at-large election so they can escape ap iring on the ballot with the word "Democrat" ?r their names. While I am cynical about cumulative voting aclly helping any minority voters, I would like to it become a national trend. Then, in the next gressional election, I can cast one vote for Floyd mce and give my remaining 434 votes to Newt lgrich. Whoever said that one person can't make ifference in America? Pat McNeill is a third-year law student. deo graveyard ce Captain and Tenille's "Muskrat Love" was 2 in the late 70s. And Vanilla Ice, boy howdy don't me started. Where the hell is he now? I sure thought his 1 career was gonna take off after "Cool as Ice' jut then, I've never been that great a judge 0 talents. Though, I must say Paula Abdul did quite wel herself, what with the music videos and all. It's in widely documented, however, that her due h M.C. Skat Kat was the beginning of the en< rich goes along with my theory that the addi a of Scrappy-Doo was the major cause in th< nise of Scooby-Doo). While we're on the subject of crap, the circui s in town this weekend... as if you couldn't fee : excitement in the air. Oh sure, I bet you think the circus is all glit i glamour, fast cars and even faster women 11, it's not; there's a dark side to the circus tha ir average Joe never sees. The long hours, the strenuous work, inadequat ital coverage, cotton candy for breakfast, lunc i dinner, the screams of caged animals in th idle of the night, drunk clowns throwing up i ir sink... that, my friends is the real circus. And I should know, because I lived it (let's jus ' I have a bad home life). That's it for this week, folks. Take care and don the bed bugs bite (quick tip: They go for the r< neaty areas like the abdomen and the buttock) : if you coat yourself in Crisco at bedtime, the: icers can't grip). Toodles. Matt Horgan is a media arts junio