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n&nff Serving USC Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Chi Editorial Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, Si Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Car; Vote for! Early this morning, a group of olc in the lobby of Russell House. Most likely, they were carrying b irately cnattenng among tnemseives the tracks of lives. They had met bef for the same purpose. These people are the poll workers tions. Most of them agree to work the e excellent job. They know to check for your picti without it They look out for people paf the polls ? they know that isn't alio ers as long as voters are polite to the Of course, they won't take any cri of their polling places, and they reco men and women know the importai impact each vote can have. Many o every person in this country felt as fi It must be disheartening to these turn out for Student Government elect and voting only takes a couple of mir of the student population chooses to It must be disheartening to see ca the whole process is some kind of gai whining about who's getting more i vantage have unfortunately marked turn into monsters during election tir the rest of the year. Most campaign Competition often goes beyond consl generates into name-calling and mui The group of men and women wl this morning, though, will still be in a what they're doing. They know why e want to contribute. Do you? -m s<j has g( Every year during elections, some candidates for Student Government office choose criticizing Student Government as a means of getting elected. Phrases such as, "Student Government sucks," "Student Government doesn't do anything," and "Student Government should have done something about this a long time ago," are tossed around as campaign slogans. I have had the privilege of serving as Student Body President over the last year and I believe that holding this position makes me qualified to address such criticism. Individuals in Student Govern ment work extremely hard to address student concerns. We are seldom recognized for our work because publicizing accomplishments at a 27,000+ person campus proves to be a difficult task. However, this lack of publicity doesn't mean that "Student Government doesn't do anything." I am proud that we have accomplished many of our goals. To improve campus safety, Student Government worked with Law Enforcement to provide safety workshops for University 101 classes. More than 500 students attended ' these workshops to ask questions and learn more about campus poli- ( cies. We also successfully lobbied ( City Council to close Devine Street between the science building and the Towers. This reduced traffic in this area of campus. In the area of campus life, we were successful in revising the visitation policy to make it more flexible for students. This change will increase occupancy in campus residence halls and contribute to the campus's residential atmosphere. We have also played an active role on the Board of Trustees's Committee to Establish Fraternity and Sorority Housing, making Greek housing a priority in the next five years of campus construction. We succeeded in attaining corporate sponsorship to underwrite the costs of the USC Homecoming parade. We also sponsored a concert during Diversity Week and the breakfast during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. Student Government has been a lobbying force for the students on both the campus and state level. While students went home for the summer, Student Government remained on campus to scrutinize the University budget and propose changes. To protest increased parking garage fees, Student GoverniBatffood? fi Let Clontz Susan Goodwin Editor in Chief Allison Williams Chris Muldrow Features Editors Viewpoint. Editor Jimmy DeButts Carson Henderson Ryan Wilson Radhlka Taiwan! Sports Editors Copy Desk Chiefs Ethan Myerson Erin Galloway Ryan Sims Wendy Hudson Graphics Editors News Editors Gregory Perez Kim Truett Design Editor Photo Editor Jason Jeffers Cartoonist The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Tuesday through Friday during the fail 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. ^ tack Since 1908 ris Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor Board isan Goodwin, Allison Williams, son Henderson, Radhika Talwani SG todaj ler ladies and gentlemen gathered ag lunches. They were almost defi, asking about mutual friends and ore about this same time last year i for the Student Government eleclections every year, and they do an ire ID, and they won't let you vote 3sing out campaign material around wed. They're usually polite to votm. ap off of anyone. They're in charge gnize their responsibilities. These ice of voting, and they realize the f them have seen times when not ree to vote as they should feel, people, then, to see so few students ions. Elections are a simple process, lutes, but only a minuscule portion vote. ndidates jockeying for position like me. Political trickery and constant coverage and who's put at an adrecent elections. Most candidates ne, regardless of what they act like i staffs are even more monstrous, tructive exchange of ideas and ded-slinging. 10 were in such a good mood early good mood because they care about lections are so important, and they )od year BRIAN 1* *??' COMER Guest Columnist ment organized a "Nickel and Dime" campaign in which students paid the cost of the increase in 30,000 dimes. We lobbied the State Legislature for an additional $10 million in higher education funding. To make our voice heard in the November elections, we registered student voters in numerous registration drives. This spring, we organized a rally of250 students representing seven r.ollecre ramnnses to protest significant cuts in higher education funding. A similar rally was held on Greene Street to give 500 students the opportunity to protest federal cuts in student aid. To combat the costs of textbooks, we established a university book exchange on the campus Internet that allows students to contact each other and buy, sell or trade textbooks. All that is required is that a student have an account number with Computer Services. We are also endowing an account at the USC Educational Foundation so that Student Government will be able to award a scholarshin t.r> a Hesarvincr st.nHant annually. Finally, Student Government addressed the decreases in student activity fees. I am extremely proud that we raised more that $12,000 this past year for programming and services. In addition, we are evaluating the organizational funding process to make sure that money is allocated efficiently and properly. Serving as your student body president has been a learning experience that I will never forget. I have been constantly stressed-out and exhausted. I've listened to students complain about everything from tuition increases to their res1 J i _ J r i I i I laeni aavisers. 1 nave neglected my studies for weeks at a time. I have spent summers in Columbia making "beans" compared to what I could have been making as an intern at a company or firm. I have argued, debated and lost my temper with faculty and staff in the name of "fighting for the students." It has all been worth it, and I wouldn't trade a minute of it Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as your president. . ___ __ Chris Carroll ' Director of Student Me -tising: 777-4249 Laura Day 777-6482 Creative Directoi Jim Green Art Director TlefTaH?rp*r Elizabeth Thoma Zl ZT Adv- Graduate As: James Ponce Renee Gibson Asst. Photo Marketing Directc Ben Pillow Christopher Woo Stephanie Sonnenfeld Asst. Advertising Asst .Features Manager Larry Williams Erik Co|ljns KeUh^BouC.ox FaCUltV Advis0r Circulation Editor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters receivt Letters should be 200-250 words and must include f name, professional title or year and major if a stude Letters must be personally delivered by the author The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333 The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters style, pts*ib)e libel or space limitations. Names will t be withheld under any circumstances. rhe Gamecock viEwjii . , iSwiiMttM Quote Unquote "We're the only Dont settle in Two years ago I sat down to write my first bo "How To Avoid the Real World." I could not thi of a more a propos subject for one with sue] thirst for adventure and travel and who harb a strong lingering desire for the world to rev back to the panache of Paris in the '20s. I have often wished that I had been born the turn of the century into a family of means that I could have gravitated to Europe on the he of World War One. Disembarking at Le Havri would have made my way to Paris and, upon curing a studio apartment, claimed a permam seat on the patio at La Coupole. The Pernods wo have flowed into the early mornings amid sluri sessions devoted to the bullfighting season Spain, Easter in Deauville and the legs of Joseph Baker. Were I Christian, I would have considei myself having chanced upon a non-celestial he: en. Alas I missed those evenings with Fitzgera Morley Callaghan and Hemingway by some years and so must resort to visiting Paris in I rain and hunting their ghosts. In their absen I have found myself yearning for a place of a si ilar romanticism where the insatiable lust for j venture, grilled fish and an avenue of late-nij bistros combine together in the damp twilight, yet I have been unsuccessful but not for want trying. For solace I chose my own literary pa I envisaged my book as a guide, a "Hitchh er's Guide to the Wealth of Earthly Opportu ties" awaiting all intrepid adventurers. Not ji any adventurer but the younger types who li had enough of meeting people at school like Bi ness Professor Daniel Feldman who received Ph.D. at 23? or similar folk such as Journali Professor Erik Collins who also sports a Ph (Statistics) in addition to a J.D., a Masters in 1 ucation and a bachelors in tennis (I believe). The] fine chaps granted, but terrible examples for 1 vagabond spirit asleep in your soul. Now this book idea and these sage words advice are not for those bent on inventing a placement for Windows 95. On the contrary, tl are for those who are slightly unsure of the n step. Skip the marriage, the entry-level job w 'Southernly At the University of South Carolina (pop. 26,0 the faculty has done a good job handling minoi issues and is very efficient in promoting divers However, there has been one group that has tally been left in the cold ? the Southernly 1 hanced. The Southernly Enhanced face much discri nation on this campus as well as in other placei society. Many people call them such epithets dia "redneck," "hayseed" and (it hurts me to write tl "hick." Ihey are often ridiculed in society. The B erly Hillbillies" are the worst stereotype, mak * the Southemly Enhanced look like they don't kr how to handle money or wealth. * They are often the butt of cruel jokes. Haven't we all read "You Might Be a [Sou ernly Enhanced Person] if.." by Jeff Foxwortl That is one of the most intolerant and narr< minded books ever written. This intolerance and ridicule has to stop. 1 td. population of Southemly Enhanced students co ^J1 be as high as 25 percent, to Even your own RA could be a little pink aroi ' the collar. 10t As a voice of the Southemly Enhanced, I th that all of us should demand the following of NTS Wednesday, February 16, 1994 0 iuk'TW i state in the Southeast that has reduced its budget f John Palms, USC president to real world; look el NIGEL RAVENHILL ors Columnist at Procter & Gamble and the college loans on a teal i so green Chevy Cavalier. Forget all of that, take my sels advice and a robust backpack and just get the hell s, I out of Dodge. Kiss your Mom and your sister goodse bye, give your Dad a big hug and saddle up your snt bronco for the adventure of a lifetime. Don't foruld get your camera. red Somewhere along the Route 66 of life, you may in well have bought the line stating that you have ine to make something of your life. There's no denyred ing this, but it doesn't have to occur in the temav poral context of immediate post-high school or college and abrupt entry into a life of Winn-Dixie ild, store management complete with a wife, two kids 60 and a backsplit in a newly deforested subdivision. :he I am one who can honestly say that I've been ce, there, done that, seen it, smoked it, drank it, skied m- it, swam it and lived it. Forty years from now I ad- will be able to regale my grandkids with it. What jht is it? It is falling into the river of life and drinkAs incr t.n pyppss flpttincr Hriinlr nn all nf fViP nnnnr. : of tunities, whims, folklore and merriment that life th. can impart to a wandering Gypsy, ik- It is vainly translating a railway timetable ni- from Hungarian, searching for a forgotten chapel, ast awaking under an Ionian sun, losing oneself in i ad the perfume of a Eucalyptus tree or scaling Ayres isi- Rock in the Fall and Mount Fuji in the Spring, his This is adventure, and I believe that everybody sm has a constitutional right to self-discovery before .D. dissolving into more traditional adulthood; the Ed- job, the mate, the kids, the timeshare, the weeky?e ly evening bowling or curling, the annual emthe ployment reviews and the inevitable realization that aI really should have traveled when I had the j of chance." I have never met anyone who ever rere gretted postponing this daily regimen when they ley had the opportunity and the freedom to do so in ext their youth. ith Adventure is out there just around the bend. enhanced' nee ity! iTIf DREW STEWART to- if | Columnist mi- university: 3 in We should designate either the week around ! as the first day of deer season or Hank Williams, Jr.'s his) birthday as B-RED WEEK, a celebration of the spirit of the Southernly Enhanced, ev- During B-RED WEEK, the Carolina Program ing Union should show the following films: "The Caniow nonball Run," "Smokey and the Bandit," "Deliverance" and "OF Yeller." (I would suggest "Gone With the Wind "but those people are so uppitv.) ,th- A special support group should be set up to hy? give support to students who are trying to get in jw- touch with their Southern Enhancement or feel they are being harassed about their Southern Enrhe hancement. We should call this the Elvis Team uld (named after one of our great leaders). A special seat on the Student Government ind as well as on the faculty should be given for Southerly Enhanced students and faculty. All too ofink V ten Southernly Enhanced issues are Neglected bethe cause of their lack of representation. ?I I I 3 -* i i i i i * i*\ ! i i i i i i i i i i > For higher education." \r l : for adventure * I have lived on an Israeli kibbutz, floated down the Nile, attended some of my classes in the South of France, toured rich Americans through Burgundy and Normandy on bicycles and had a jolly good time of it. I have even made a couple of tepid forays into the real world. The end .result is that I discovered a wealth of knowledge about my personal strengths and a great many realizations about what I didn't want to do for the remainder of my days. I similarly developed a clarity about what I indeed wanted to become. Instead of floundering in fractured career planning and future icgiet, i iusi 111 auveiiLure. This summer I will finally enter the real world with a seriousness and maturity which resulted from experiencing the wonders of life. Avoiding the real world isn't about-putting off reality. It is about leaving the comfort of home and hearth so that you can attain a greater perspective on life. It is leaving your small village to climb over into the neighboring valley to see for yourself whether all of the old legends about that nasty dragon are indeed true. If you just stay put then the life you lead will be the one compromised by all of the same hand-me-down nonsense that unequivocally claimed the Earth was flat and witches were made of wood and weighed the same as a duck. Do yourself a lasting favor. If you aren't absolutely convinced about joining some faceless multinational, grab your passport and a sturdy pair of shoes. Go to a foreign land, a souk, a plantation or the Peace Corps. (And save time for Munich's Oktoberfest). Get a job picking grapes, serving beer in a pub or teaching English to faces who have seen more poverty than you ever will. Yop will gain a wonderful perspective on yourself and the rest of the world that is everlasting and mar veiousiy numDiing. Go east, west, north and south, young men and women of the MTV generation. Leave the conformity to the souls who think that leaving the South means finding a job in Washington, D.& Upon returning you may well write with a new clarity your own chapter on how "Avoiding the Real World" was a valuable lesson in career planr ning. As for my book? I am still working on itid support : During Cockstock, the Carolina Program Union should get at least one band picked by the Elvis Team. Some of my suggestions would be Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alabama, The Allman Brothers Band and The Charlie Daniels Band. A deer stand should be placed on the Hors&* shoe to allow the Southernly Enhanced to keep their culture alive at Carolina. The pool of the Thomas Cooper Libraiy should also be stocked witfi several varieties of fish including bass, trout, crappy, and bream. Fishing poles should be included in the housing fee. The University's anti-discrimination clause should contain a line dealing with the discrimination of the Southernly Enhanced as well a quota added to the Affirmative Action policy. I hope this has been enlightening for those of you who have thought that the Southernly Enhanced were a less than desirable group of people: Tolerance is the first step in the journey to when; every Carolinian accepts the Southernly Enhanced' for who they are. I can hardly wait for the day when there won't; be a need for a special group to promote tolerance of the Southernly Enhinced. Until that tim? we' need the Elvis Team.