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"IBaif Serving USC Lee Gontz, Editor in Chief Q Edltorla Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, S Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Ca Many busii choose to ( Employees at American busin formal "work clothes" hanging in days. Businesses around the country in an effort to make work comfort; If people working somewhere a be more productive. This theory makes a lot of sens clothing look nice, but if people r they roll up their sleeves and move to business productivity" mode. Casual Fridays where employe workplaces are important to creat cesful job performance. Of course, there is still a place i Business clothing is important to First impressions, the cliche sa tomers still want to see men in cot business attire. Most people would be hesitant pair of sweat pants and a tank tc that person was. Businesses, therefore, should i dealing with the public. Behind th is acceptable. 1 l uuumDian understant Since my love life is in slow motion, I decided to steer away from the subject of relationships this week- Instead, in keeping with my quest to expose the truth at USC, I would like to address a few misconceptions that have followed me for mv four vears here. These misconceptions all center around one subject: Clemson. I think a lot of people at USC have a common belief that Clemson is a big orange tiger paw somewhere in upstate South Carolina. Okay, so maybe they are half right. But Clemson is more than that. I know, because I grew up in Clemson. Therefore, I feel qualified to clarify these issues once and for all. Misconception No. 1: Clemson is a university, not a town. Here, USC is built into the city of Columbia. At Clemson, the town is built around the university. I guess this is why some out-of-state people don't realize that Clemson is a town. Don't get me wrong ? if you drive through Clemson too quickly, you might miss it. But, it is a town. We even have our own nwn Tin rnHe ? 20831. To people from Columbia, Charleston, or Greenville, Clemson may seem like a peon town. But in the upstate, Clemson is a big deal. People from the nearby towns of Fair Play, Six Mile, and Pumpkintown come to Clemson for a taste of the city life. If we ever get an Applebee's, there will be no stopping all of the traffic in and out of Clemson. Misconception No. 2: There is nothing in Clemson except for a few bars and the university. I am proud to say that there is much more at Clemson. Okay, maybe a little more. We have one movie theater, one McDonald's and zero malls. We have one main intersection, one post office and one high school. We have three a+nr>aa ariar?i all ncr 1 n f^lom onn OI>Vi ^>0 O^VVlUllUlllg 111 S/1W444UV11 paraphernalia. And, within the past year, we got our first Papa John's. The talk of the town ? and I am not kidding?is the new Winn Dixie. For some reason, the largest Winn Dixie in the state just opened in Clemson. When I went home for Christmas break, the entire town was buzzing about it. Everyone asked me if I had been there yet. I didn't want to tell them that I shop at Kroger and the Fresh Market here in Columbia. They might get a little jealous or think nsaffajcl? ? Lee Clontz Susan Goodwin Editor in Chief Allison Williams Chris Muldrow Features Editors Viewpoints Editor Jimmy DeButts Carson Henderson Ryan Wilson Radhlka Taiwan! Sports Editors Copy Desk Chiefs Ethan Myers on 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 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. H i rack Since 1908 iris Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor il Board usan Goodwin, Allison Williams, rson Henderson, Radhika Talwani tesses Iress down esses are leaving their suits and i the closet more and more these have decided to turn more casual able for the employees. ire happy, the theory goes, they'll ;e. Coats, ties, dresses and formal eally want to get into their work from "business appearance" mode es wear jeans and more laid-back ;ivity, attention to detail and sucbr more formal attire in business, firms dealing with the public, ys, are important, and many cusats and ties and women in serious to bank with someone wearing a >p, no matter how good a banker equire nicer attire for employees e scenes, however, casual clothing 1 i s aoni 1 Clemson pTTpO . CASSIE i .^1 STURKIE 8a\|^fc Columnist that I was being uppity. Misconception No. 3: Everyone in Clemson owns farm animals. Most families in Clemson have the standard dog and cat, or the occasional hamster. I will admit, however, that my family has a horse. A few years ago, we even had a pig. My ex-boyfriend has several sheep, and many of my friends have cows, horses, rabbits or goats. But, overall, the animal of choice is the golden retriever, usually named Tiger. Hey, I never said that people in Clemson were very original. Misconception No. 4: Everyone in Clemson is a Tiger football maniac. Okay, this might not be that much of a misconception, but it's not as bad as you think. We don't wear orange all the time, although everyone does have at least one orange outfit for the football games. We don't turn towards the Death Valley stadium and pray everyday ? only on game-day Saturdays. We don't hate the Gamecocks that much, although Taneyhill is about as popular as that pitiful former coach Ken Hatfield. I bet a few people in Clemson would even admit that they watched the CarQuest bowl this year. USC has great traditions like | 2001. but nothine conmares to the electricity in Death Valley when the football players run down The Hill. If you have never been to a Clems on football game, it's definitely worth a trip to Death Valley. And to answer the question that I have been asked about 1,000 times, let me say that at Carolina/Clemson games, I cheer for Carolina (like I said, Ken Hatfield made me sick). People from Clemson are rare around here. There are only six people from my high school that attend USC. Hopefully, if you meet someone from Clemson now, perhaps you will be a little more informed. And if you overhear a conversation about the huge meat department in Winn Dixie, youH just smile and understand. 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PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON * - INDIAN HUNTER OUQTi UNQUOTE "It's easy to say 'don't j Soon-to-be m This article is dedicated to all the marrie soon-to-be married or married wannabees at US As you may already know, (if you have read r column before) I am presently one of the "soo to-be married" people. When I first proposed, a most romantic fashion, of course, my frien that had already tied the knot warned me. Th said the engagement period would be the mc difficult time of my entire life. They said that ? guments would pop out of thin air and that a 1 tie (or a lot of) crow eaten now would certain pay off in the long run. I scoffed and said (usii my best Alfred E. Newman imitation), "What, r worry?" I mean, what did I have to worry abou Ha! My friends have certainly received the la laugh. T* i : ,.^iu _ J: <.1 it <111 uegina witu tilt; uisapjjecu cuiue ui <111 tj people that you used to hang out with when y were single (except for an occasional phone cal You resign yourself to the fact that you must nc make friends with other couples in order to ha any form of social life. If you actually show up a function without your (soon-to-be) spouse, pe pie look at you with bewildered eyes and as "Where is the wife?" or, "Why are you here wit out the wife?" Of course, if you actually show 1 "with the wife," everyone wants to know why y have to do everything together. "Don't you fol do anything separately?" Sound familiar? T reading "Catch-22." What single, still on the prowl, people do n 1 seem to always understand is that your wife ( husband) is supposed to be your best friend ai that you want to spend time together. This is d ficult to do on occasion because of the hours spe working or at school. Thus, couples try to ma: mize the time they have to spend together by ste You pull floss tl Elections always leave a bad taste in my mou Maybe it's from all the b.s. they try and get us swallow or maybe it's that patented Marriott F< Services Aftertaste. Either way, I avoid the afc mentioned E-word like the plague. If I hear 1 words "primary," "caucus," or "gubernatori (which sounds like a real icky nasal dischai problem), I take off like a scalded ape. I guess ] just not a political person at heart. It takes a c tain "je ne sais quoi" (that's French for "lust cower, monev and influence") to run for Doliti office. Oh, I'm sure there are some honest a trustworthy politicians out there, but one bad i pie spoils the bunch or flock, gaggle...whateve large group of apples is called. For example, I'm certain that it is rather co mon knowledge that our U.S. Senate can vote self a pay raise. What the hell is that? The only other peo] in the nation that can do that are pro baseb players, and they don't even need a two-thii majority. But who in their right mind is going vote against a pay raise, I ask you? Is there so: idiot representative from Idaho or somewhe sitting in the back thinking to himself, "Ya km an extra five grand of income a year would b huge pain in the ass ? I'm gonna vote nay." Of course not. They're all licking their lips a drooling. It just seems a tad flawed to me, is I'm saying. Ill step down from the soapbox nc So we've established that I don't like politi The consequences of this being that whenei Student Government elections roll around, 1 generally ill-informed as to the candidates a their particular platforms. So I've developed i 4 EMBASSADOR PRESIDE^ JOSEPH P RlCHARb M KENNEDY, SR. IXOM Jootleg^er- -thiefCRITERIA FOR Pni ITirAL OF get an abortion' or *we need to decrease abortions,' I and offer alternatives, we arent helping." Hank Chardos, Birthright of Columbia tarried see their ay *Jm SCOTT KAPLAN t n" "2m Columnist t ds ?? | ev iner at home and renting a movie on a Saturdav ist night, going to dinner or just hanging out and c ir- talking. Unfortunately, your other friends (init eluding some parents) tend to get a little jealous P ily at times because you do not spend the same amount 1" og of time with them that you used to. This is espe- i. ne cially true when you are planning a wedding. I it? The next thing you notice when you are en- c ist gaged to be married is that simple decisions that t were, at one time, made between just the two of ^ he you have now become complex problems that must ou be worked out between six or more people. Just 1). as you think you have solved a problem, another )w one pops up or an old problem resurfaces. These t ve problems are all compounded due to the opposing r t.n vipws nf pvprvnnp in vnlvari Civoll If thia anim<^a t V J W..W ... ? W. . V,.. *.. V...^ ^VUHUO so- exciting to you, then you are truly a masochist. k, Another fun event during the engagement pe- F h- riod is the meeting of the parents. The first time e up our parents were supposed to meet, Lisa and I 1 ou were nervous, to say the least. I mean, let's face c ks it, this is a truly traumatic time in your life. These ^ ry people, who have never met before in their lives, j, are being forced to become a family of sorts. Our t sot fears grew exponentially because of the fact that or I am from the North, Lisa's family resides in the 1 nd South and our families are of different religious if- faiths. Fortunately, everything worked out very ^ mt well, and our folks have gotten together again '* id- since then with equally pleasant results. I wish I ly- could say this were true for many of my friends Iirough your nose?1 3od MATT H0RGAN :he L_ i al? "ge own system of determining my votes based on the I'm candidate's picture on his or her campaign posters. :er- I believe that a smile is a very telling thing. I think for it gives a great deal of insight into personal char m SURGEON GENERAL ? I. Dr HENRY fa FOSTER * - LEG* AllA&ORTION Q ! v It e . - T _ e UCE? i 1 ^ 2^r y ie ) ? i 1t>ut if we don't do something >. lives change hat are married. Since there are only three months remainin ill "The Day" and there are quite a few detail hat still need to be taken care of, stress seems t >e running rampant. I refer to this as crunch tim >ecause it seems that the stress seems to increas is the amount of days remaining decreases. Not am sure that all of you are used to this type c jhenomenon: test dates getting closer and yo1 laven't opened the book yet; your 25 page pape s due in two days and you forgot where the li irary is located; or you're stuck in traffic on a Fr lay and happy hour ends in less then five min ites. However, this does not even come close t he stress felt when arranging a wedding (with i >ossible exception being made for the happy hou cenario). I mean, let's face it, you can always re ake a class or take an incomplete (although I d lot condone this action), but marriage is a one ime shot (hopefully). Well, I honestly believe that the engagemen eriod was invented by some parents that want d to test the strength of their sons' or daughters ove for their potential spouses. I believe that if i ouple can make it through a full year of brov eating, stupid arguments and the stress of parenta nvolvement, then they can make it through any hing. So, all I have left to say is: "Here is to the lext three months and fifty plus years...Oh, an til meet ya for happy hour on Friday." (Disclaims Sappy hour invitation is only offered to student 21 and older.) Scott Kaplan is a gradual student in education fou got my vote Most of us are fairly effective at dis cerning a winning Colgate smile fron an "I'm a two-bit weasel bastard1 smirk. your personal talents on your campaign posters All you ever talk about is "accomplishments"...fooe kaflooie. If you can snort dental floss up your nosi cough it out of your mouth and then pull it bac and forth, I wanna know about it. That'll be th thing that sticks in my head when I go to the bal lot box to cast my vote. How about "persona shames," that'd be a good category to put on th posters. Or maybe "My biggest sin," yeah, that' be great. See candidates, all you have to do is us that ol noggin or yours to come up with new am innovative ways of campaigning. Anyway, I should be flogged for devoting m; entire column to the elections ? I'm just encour aging them. Oh wow, I missed a golden opportu nity today, I'm so upset. There I was driving u] Sumter Street when I saw my lab T.A. crossini the street. I could have taken him out so easih and never would've had to worry about those pesk] lab write-ups again. Instead I did nothing...I sweai I think I'm slipping. Before I go, I'd like to point out that the bagel? they use here in the dining halls are a brand name called "Big n Crusty"...and I think that sums il up for this week. Matt Horgan is a junior in journalism. cal acter and integrity, or lack thereot. nd Most of us are fairly effective at discerning a ap- winning Colgate smile from an "I'm a two-bit r a weasel bastard" smirk. However, I look for more subtle nuances in the m- candidate's face. For instance, a gold tooth would it- definitely not be a point in your favor. On the other hand, a big, hairy wart or buckpie teeth would put you into consideration, because all that shows you have really got some guts to put *ds those posters up. "Helmet Hair," as it is affec: to tionately called, is a big no-no, and flared nostrils me also tend to make me wary, re, The more you look like a character off of "Bev)w, erly Hills 90210," the less likely I am to vote for e a you (I'm sorry, that's a personal bias ot mine tnat I'm working hard to correct. In my opinion, the ind show is video flatulence, but anyway...), all In short, I choose the candidate whose face ap>w. peals to me the most and gives me a sense of hues. manity. It may not be the most intelligent or infer formed way of voting, but I'm pleased with the re!'m suits so far. Meg Ryan was my write-in candidate...I 1 nd think she's dreamy. Oh and one last thing on my elections. How come you candidates never list 4r<