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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. <
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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on me games rnai guys piay, m oe
3ure to settle the score.
Cassie Sturkie is a senior in the
Honors College.
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iamecock VIEWPOINT;
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"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
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ican public has been very alienated from the
Rep. John Kasich
R-Ohio
oting doesr
Zmt PAT MCNEILL
Columnist (Nc
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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 ,
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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
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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