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"iSiaifB Serving USC S Lee Gontz, Editor in Giief Chr Editorial Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, Su Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Cars Decision ii time to evs The Elections Commission acted ; fraction for President-elect Amy Big Director of Student Life. Now that the decision is made, it's municating on ways the controversie prevented next year. As the cliche sa^ mistake, and it's time for many peopl Hie appeals process needs to be loc concern that he was forced to make ? situation. Added to his concern was tl Young had to drop out of the appeal terest. Student Government needs t students handling the appeals proce ed, but a backup must be available, unit could be used for appeals; it m that will make efficient decisions am elections violations. The infraction process is obviousl; who should be punished and how m different violations. The violations an The makeup of the Commission : tion of minorities is necessary, as is o{ elected offices are public offices su] elected offices in any government. 1 the commission, therefore, should b< Racial conflicts have arisen, ind plague the campus. We need to eva other and make this campus work I The smoke has cleared. Let's eet Choice of indicates < TTnrulLl'liMBIS&fc'r-j^g^KdHiyiojbs^ One of our friends, Brad, was interviewing for a job last month. This was not a summer job, mind you, but a real, earn-a-salary job. Brad's interview was with a prestigious consulting firm, so he definitely wanted to make a good impression. Before the interview, our friends discussed what he should wear, what he should say and how he should schmooze. Then, the conversation turned to the ever-important question: what should he drink for a cocktail? We all agreed that his choice should be a classy one. It would be rather embarrassing if Brad took a swig of Beast in front of the senior partner. It's obvious that college drinks are different than drinks in the real world. This difference is because of that green motivating factor for every college decision - money (or the lack thereof). So, with Ben back at the computer, we thought we would provide our own suggestions for what your choice of drink says about you. First, we will discuss beer. This is a college campus, of course. A few rules of etiquette before we begin. Ladies, you should never drink beer out of a can in front of guys, as this looks cheap. Always opt for a bottle, or for a cup as a last resort. Guys, whatever beer you drink, please refrain from burping in front of the ladies. Malt liquor is out. Period. Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob and Michelob Light are all respectable beers. You will look like the average Five Points patron with one of these beers in hand. But if you really want to impress someone, we suggest that you order an imported beer ? a Heineken, perhaps. Other fairly exotic choices are Dos Equis, Molson's Ice, Corona or Kil lian's Keci. DnnKing one 01 tnese imports says that you are either very refined or are in need of an ego boost. Our last word on the subject of beer is the brand Zima ? if you "iKntcod! i Lee Clontz Jimmy DeButts Editor in Chief Ryan Wilson Chris Muldrow Sports Editors Viewpoints Editor Kim Truett Carson Henderson Photo Editor Radhika Talwanl Ethan Myereon Copy Desk Chiefs Ryan Sims Erin Galloway Graphics Editors Wendy Hudson Gregory Perez News Editors Design Editor Susan Goodwin All Ansaar Allison Williams Jason Jeffers Features Editors Cartoonists 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 exoeption 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 Gamecock VII tattk inct 1908 is Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor Board san Goodwin, Allison Williams, on Henderson, Radhika Talwani s made; p& aluate f < appropriately in assessing one in- ' jham, according to Jerry Brewer, c < i time for the campus to start coms surrounding this election can be ys, we must always learn from our - ) e to evaluate the elections process. C'lc /y ' >ked at carefully. Brewer expressed i decision in a student governance M fit be fact that Attorney General Tom v J fj \ process because of conflict of in- \ 0 establish an impartial means of ^ \ f ss. The Attorney General is need- 1 . Perhaps a second student judicial / ust be an impartial, small group b ( T 1 have power to obtain evidence of f \ I y flawed. It's not clear in the rules luch they should be punished for d the penalties should be assessed, should be evaluated. Representa3enness during the elections. These sported by public funds, just like he conduct of the candidates and i open. icating that racial problems still luate how we get along with each Dgether. rid of the fires. Quote IIhouoi # "A comple 1 -rrN uriiiKS character Fyen t> BEN MARTIN AND Welcome to Wei CASSIE STURKIE day 0f the yea Columnists , T i_ i day, I wish to covei own or not to own t ry). As many of you drink it, you are probably one of Quarters Warehous those trendy people who wear fake jng g00d 01' South ( fingernails or actually went to a property owner w! New Kids on the Block concert. lease his/her propi Next, we have the liquor drink. the staff at Hq tha At this time, we must give defer- ever j was a]so ver ence to our friend Byron, who makes deajg when j see tj the best liquor drink ever. About ten monl Rum and Coke is always an a condominium. s attractive choice for a liquor drink. estate befor(!i j ne, We recommend screwdrivers for owni d tools the ladies, but not for the guys. Af- screwdriver and h ter all, most juice drinks look a lit- , rat.h(,t... . tie prissy. Macho drinks are Jack . . . .' , Danielsandwater,JackDaniels stapie gun. These ana ginger aie ana uas.cauy think about ^ Darnels and anything. ,, ,, ... , . c . i ally, you realize the We must clap for any pitcher . . , ,, j 1 tx* u j i .r . two minutes aftei drink. Pitcher drinks say that you . A . ,? like variety in your life, and that mlnAutes befol;e tb< you will be taking a cab home from yway,a ou Five Points. Our favorites are Long no ce a Island iced tea and electric lemon- business and th ade. However, if you drink sex on 20 ?ff'Th< the beach, you are probably a vir- was w,e!rd'1 gin waiting for it to happen. ^inf! * knew, I wj Lastly, that small but danger- store. I was si ous temptress, the shot. Taking t^ie sound of powei shots says only one thing: you are ^at rea^ Every! on a mission. Goldschlager and everything in the Jagermeister are the shots of choice Well, I figured I in Five Points. The night that you turn 21, these are what will send rv-W you to bed. One last word of cau- \JI\51? vlJLI tion: never take a shot during dinner. This is a clear indication that the night will go downhill. Fast. ? 00 In our connoisseur's guide, we have not sought to condone drink- IIIVO/VPn ing. Rather, if you are of age and decide to partake in the Five Points Fate. Whethe festivities, we want you to know fate still controls 01 what your drink says about you. of fate is that you h After all, style is not for everyone. trol your fate by tl If you want to be stylish, you have bon to implement i to know that a classy drink is a ?t y?ur and gn must-have accessor. would you do? And about our friend Brad - he Sadly, most peo chose a scotch on the rocks. And dents (you know wl got the job. Way to go, Brad: away either on ca Cassie Sturkie and Ben Martin, televi si on, play Se both 21 and legal, are seniors in &et ^ fr?m FU the Honors College. lar, "Student Gov ? m nift Chris Carro" builders." There a . . JlZ, ? .. Director of Student Media fL.' p, ertising: 777-4249 Laura Day control their fi 777-6482 Creative Director didn t study. Jim Green Student Gover Tlefla Harp.r give your input to TASsMNew!n Adv- Graduate Asst. even find OUt who 1 james plnct Renee Gibson the hall I heard so Asst. Photo Marketing Director It is sad to see stu Ben Pillow Christopher Wood , . Stephanie Sonnenfeld Asst. Advertising their TOOm Or Sim] Asst Features Manager return until the m BErlfC^"" What do these U K.ith Boudr.eu. acu> ,lsor Studies have sho\ Circulation Editor , , . Letters Policy w4h? hvtedm. a ci" tk ^ n. . a student life is not The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. , Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full With a 3.5 GPA Wl name, professional title or year and major if a student. mitteeS at their SC Letters must be personally delivered by the author to _ _ .. ? The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. If yOU live OH C? The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for Catch the "I'm-just style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not . r- l. . tit_ 11 be withheld under any circumstances. 10 n6nl ll- **31* 1 EWPOINTS Tuesday, Marcl ST/U RE SI I THE DARK [E to review of the election codes will be a top priority of Amy Bic President-elect of Sti rone should have inesday, March 1st, the sixti r we refer to as 1995 AD. To- > r the all important issue of "to < Jm?, SCO ools" (AKA: The Tim Allen Stomay already know, HQ (Home L ^ se) is closing its doors and leav- ? Carolina. I feel remorse for the hardly, if ever, go on sale., ho must now find someone to you need when you go to ] jrty, and I feel even worse for first day I got a few items th it needs to find new jobs. How- ful in the future (including y excited because I know great which I sometimes refer to lem. blue & yellow can"). One v :hs ago, Lisa and I purchased in the store with Lisa lookir ince I have never owned real a kitchen faucet (ours lea /er realized the importance of didn't work...you truly lear I am not simply referring to a thing trivial like a sprayer > lammer. I am talking about a tions). i drill and bits, wrenches that We purchased the fauce f an awl and nnssihlv even a a shower massacrer that da are tools that you never even ing our dog). I was excited rou start doing a project. Actu- stall our new faucet (a la s it you need a specific tool about I got home, I changed intc you get full of grease or five clothes" and began my own i stores close. About ten minutes afte a month ago, as I was passing that I did not have (you gu n that stated HQ was going out for the job. I did not feel lik at everything in the store was so I went around the cornei i sensation that came over me ue store and bought what have even grunted. The next Unfortunately, at a litt is standing at the entrance of day, I realized that I neede lcked in by the smell of wood, der to get the job done. " tools and the little yellow sign Okay, so my little proje:hing must go...20 percent off pected; my faucet was disi store." stored under the sink was i iow could I go wrong? Most tools and the stores were all clc ! the couch and do sor people are i'! ! ' CHU in campus ! kSP r you believe in destiny or not, ; ur lives. The interesting aspect .. ave two choices: 1) You may con- : f?r a hst studen le choices you make and the ac- 'he wa^' J s.ee *t> y?u re them OR 2)You may lose control ference by sitting on the cc re it to someone else. Which one watching Montel Williams You have to just jump pie choose option two. USC stu- ^ent organizations at USC, io you are) tend to get home right them, start your own! mpus or off campus and watch Being active in differ en ga, or do just about anything to has taught me more about 1 r studying. time management, stress < ts saying, "I can't believe that lsmrave me a D!" or the ever popu- Besides those benefits, I ernment is just full of resume- most trusted and talented 1 re those people who tend to just have a lifetime. uture. You get a D because you iU uiuoc iiu ?'??? i,u Going with option one ab nment can't do much unless you morp than any classroom your senators. Most people don't run ^nto w^? are active m * ;heir senators are. Walking down know that their rewards ai meone saying, "Dr. Who Palms?" them going, dents just go to class and hide in Your fate is controlled ply go home off campus never to y?u Relieve in, and don t g ext class period. Steven Spielberg didn't 1 fSC students put on their resume? by just sitting on the pat vn that a person with a 4.0 GPA drinking sweet tea. re and never experienced REAL *m no^ sure wbat the p as likely to be hired as a person students to run around lik< ho was active in a couple of com- organization or beliefs, but ihool or community. ter PeoPle for ]t* impus, you're even more prone to Say what you mean, m .-a-student" syndrome. You have GIVE A DAMN! nto the student activities center Chuck Griffith is > 4 I 1, 1995 %SJ, S<-*C JIV MOD )ING IN AGES mine, and I will include many si (ham, jdent Government i a good s< know, I ki The ne: >TT KAPLAN in the sad Columnist ]y finishec about it. E "I worked .at least not the ones does this \ ourchase them. That I love the at I felt would be help- I vowec a few cans of WD-40, the right as the "miracle in the to HQ aga feek later, I was back ed as 30 p lg at light fixtures and percent of iked and the sprayer cited, anc n to appreciate some- cantly. I a] vhen it no longer func- Home Dep out, you h t, and we even bought The en y (it is great for wash- about anc to get to work and in- have ever prayer). So as soon as speak for > my "working in filth service, private season in hell. So wh: ir I started, I realized have just essed it) the right tool being wel e driving to HQ again, it yoursell r to our local True Val- be very fu I felt I needed. of for droc le past 6 p.m. on Sun- comes rig d something else in or- may even Whate ct was not going as ex- to pick or connected, everything a deep br now on our counter-top may need >sed for the evening...I Scott Kap aething [blii Pret Can CK GRIFFITH I Jus Columnist about t Commi candid; is: Hovs t organizations. voredc not going to make a dif- ed j >uch in your underwear difficull cording in. There over 250 stu- Electioi and if you don't like any favorec mitted it organizations at USC didate the REAL world through quoted :ontrol and professional- Teresa minute have gained some of the Um riends that I know I will I fai] tc able an mber one, don't give up. that ra ove will help you learn ic insti can teach. The people I other o he way this school works idence re ahead, and that keeps there i: didate by you. Fight for what skin th ive up! The jecome a household name for the io fanning himself and the Ele black r hilosophical reason is for and be ; a rabid gorrilla for their the Eh ; they love it and are bet- their o gumer ean what you say, AND for one it, is w a media arts sophomore. I duck I hi dents in the review process." et of tools I low, "get over it." I did. it day, right after work, I got right back I die and started over again. I eventual-H 1 the project and felt pretty damn goodl Ivery time I get a drink of water I thinkl my $%#&$ off to install this thing...boyH vater taste great." By the way, Lisa and! sprayer. 1 that I would never get caught withoutH i i mi _ i. l_ t tool ever again, ine next ween, i wein? in. Now everything in the store was list? >ercent off (everything is presently 40? f, but there is not much left). I was ex-l 1 my tool collection increased signifi-H Iso visited my newest favorite store...The? >ot. If you have never checked this place? ave no idea what you are missing, nployees know what they are talking? I are the most helpful group of people I? met. NOTE: I am not getting paid tc? The Home Depot...I just respect good^| at is the point of all this gibberish you? read? I just want people to realize that? 1 prepared is important, and that doing^H f can save you a bundle. Tim Allen maj? inny, and men will always be made fui? iling over a new power tool, but when it? ht down to it, owning tools is smart. It? be a rite of passage. ver the case, the next time you are abou? i your friend for owning a tool set, takfl eath...exhale and keep in mind that yo? I to borrow a tool from him one day. )lan is a graduate student in educatior^A ins to nil Editor I raise difficult to prove you say "crybaby?" it read the article in Friday's Gamecock I he racism claim against the Election I ssion in regard to their handling of a I ite's campaign violations. My question r can a student group claim that its fa- I andidate had been racially discriminat- I nst based on a premise that is at least I : to prove, if not entirely impossible? Ac- I to the article, the AAAS claims that the I is Commission would have treated their I 1 candidate differently if she had com-1 the same violations as the winning candid. The student group's president is I as saying, "I know that if it had been I , she would have been kicked out in 30 !S." , OK... I'm sorry if you believe that, but I i see how your conjecture is (1) sustain-1 id (2) reasonable. I acknowledge the fact I cism is still a problem even in academtutions, but before one can accuse an-1 f racist activity, there must be sound ev-1 to support that claim, and in this case sn't any except for the fact that the can-1 who won the election has lighter colored I lan her opponent. i article presented no further reasoning I AAAS's claim. One may point out that ictions Commission did not have "enough I epresentation" (whatever enough means), I cause of this, the mean white people on I ;ctions Commission decided to let one of I wn get away with a hand slap. This arit assumes that people will do anything I of their own kind, which, as I think about I hat the AAAS is doing. Herb Hollar I * i