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Greg Louganis, who was perhap
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AIDS for seven years.
Louganis joins such sporting 1
Johnson in announcing his diseast
to announce he contracted the disi
The shocking thing about Loug;
was gay ? that was widely known,
nis kept his disease a secret from
have contracted the disease from t
In the Seoul Olympics, Lougani
had to be stiched by an Olympic d
gloves during the procedure. Gra
gloves, but Louganis also should h
itive. Louganis said he didn't tell p;
but a contact sport, but he knew th
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friends and coaches need to know, t
related injury, and they are much
themself from blood-borne disease
Most of all, potential sexual p?
ease. If a person with AIDS has se
about the disease, the person with
er person.
We have much work to do on in
it's transmitted, and we have a lc
We need to remove the stigma so
telling people they are infected. Lou
be repeated by others with AIDS.
Indulge ot
Ahhh...shhprring break ? a
time of renewal. When students
seek to heal and soothe their battered
minds and bodies with vast
amounts of alcohol. (This approach
has come under criticism many
times, but we're sticking with it,
by golly.) College kids from all over
the nation converge on a select few
spring break hot spots (Daytona
Beach, Key West, Chuck E. Cheese)
for a weeWong bender of every vice
imaginable. Indulgence reigns; exams
and classes are forgotten in a
haze of cigarette smoke and pickup
lines.
So what, may I ask, is this madness
of professors giving midterms
on the first day back from spring
break? Could it possibly have been
that long since they themselves
were students? Do they not remember
the sheer lunacy and chaos?
I cant even open a book over spring
break for fear of someone vomiting
on it, much less aptually study for
a test. I guess today's faculty is just
a little behind the times when it
comes to having their fingers on
the pulse of student social life...whatever
the hell that means.
Well, the controversy surrounding
last week's Student Government
fiasco, excuse me, elections,
has finally subsided. I think
the next time there is some confu
sion as to who is to serve in an otfice,
they should automatically appoint
the most ridiculous write-in
candidate. Write-in candidates approach
their campaigns with a sense
of humor, which I always find refreshing.
You get the feeling that
none of the "serious" candidates
would ever be able to have a good
laugh at their own expense. I find
this somewhat disturbing (much
in the same way I was disturbed
as a child when in the Hannah Barbara
cartoon "Grape Ape," a 50-foot
"gorillillilla," could sit atop a passenger
van and not crush it. Hello
? physics anyone?).
Hoo, boy, let me tell you about
my grandchildren. But seriously,
folks, I think I'm going to rip my
windshield wipers off my car so I
can't possibly get any more parking
tickets. Rare is the day when I
return to my chariot of crap and
don't find a canary yellow envelope
tucked under the wiper with care.
It's gotten so bad that I've taken to
parking at Sandy's Hot Dogs al"(fiaffenck
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is the best Olympic diver ever, pulled
when he announced that he has had
egends as Arthur Ashe and Magic
i. Louganis is the first sports legend
ease through homosexual relations,
anis's announcement wasn't that he
What was shocking w.as that Lougamany
people, some of whom could
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Idctor, a doctor who wasn't wearing
nted, the doctor should have worn
ave told the doctor he was HIV-posartlv
because swimming is anything
lat all sports carry a possibility ofina
any danger from Louganis' blood,
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field or away from the swimming
re likely to cause the disease,
people must be told if a person is inhey
can protect themselves. Close
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less likely to know ways to protect
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with someone without telling him
ADDS is potentially killing that othforming
people about ADDS and how
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most exclusively now. The down
part of this being that my car is
there so much that people are going
to start thinking I'm some sort
of weiner freak or something. (I've
seen 'im! He parks his car in the
back and then disappears...for eight
hours at a time! Somethin' ain't
right about that boy...")
Not that I don't like hot dogs,
mind you. I'd just rather not be associated
with them, you understand.
I'd much prefer to have my name
synonymous with "Baywatch." (Sorry,
I really shouldn't even joke
around like that.) Though I hear
David Hasselhoff is really big over
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sible explanation for that one. It
ranks up there with the Bermuda
Triangle and the abominable snowman
(new workout video: "Five
weeks to an Ice-Cold Six-Pack Stomach").
Of course, who are we to talk
? we actually bought that Menudo
crap..
For the love of Pete, I'm really
babbling here. Actually, one thing
I could write about is my futile
search for an apartment. I got a
student loan back in January to
pay for rent, and it has sat, untouched,
in the bank ever since. I
don't know what the problem is; I
can't seem to find anything better
than what I could build myself. My
only criteria are walking distance
to USC and a room to myself. Is
that too much to ask? You would
think I would be able to find some
thing quite easily given the number
of apartments around here.
However, just when I think I've
found the perfect place ("200 yards
from USC, private room and bath,
hardwood floors..."), something always
goes wrong (" must love
iguanas"). It's getting so bad, I actually
looked into living in the Preston
Residential College the other
day (shoot me).
Well, folks, I'm going to throw
in the towel for this week.
Don't do anything rash (or pick
one up, for that matter) over spring
break.
And I may be in your apartment
when you get back...with a hot dog.
--n Chris Carroll
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I must be addicted.
When I'm away from it for very long, I want
to go back and take a few shots. I want to make
a few hits. I want to assign a squadron of Apache
helicopters to blow the living bejeezus out of a
column of T80 tanks.
Yep, I'm addicted to my new computer game.
I'm the commander of an elite fighting force of
fine American soldiers assigned to defend towns,
take territory and blow commies sky high, and I
love it. My computer makes ultrarealistic explosion
noises as anti-tank missiles, grenades and
assorted other instruments of destruction rain
fire on my foes.
The problem is, the game is on the same computer
I use for such mundane activities as laying
out the Gamecock Viewpoints page or doing silly
homework or working on my senior thesis. This
means that every time I turn on my computer for
work, I turn on the switch to 33 megahertz of procrastination
power. What's worse is the fact that
we discovered how to hook my roommate's computer
and mine together to facilitate two-player
melees with detailed combatting armies. I'm convinced
well both die old because well put off death
for one more round of TacOps.
It's not the first time I've been sucked in by a
computer game. I've got a solitaire card game that
times you as you play; I played it all summer long.
I was copy editing at a newspaper from 4 p.m. until
1 a.m., so I'd get home and drool over my solitaire
game until 3 or so in the morning.
My older brother is addicted to Sim City, a
game where you are a city designer and you try
to make your city's residents happy. If your residents
tick you off, you can get revenge by sending
tornadoes, floods, fires and Godzilla through
the center of town. My brother had cities larger
than Rhode Island with residents who sang "Zippity
Do Da" when they saw his car going through
Nation's racial i
The issue of race continues to be fueled by liberal
politicians and the dominant media in this
country.
Whites, especially males, are constantly being
attacked as racist because they support a conservative
political agenda It seems that if you oppose
the big government policies of the bureaucratic left,
then you are a racist. Nothing could be further from
the truth.
The media have played the "angry white males"
stereotype to death and have criticized "mean" white
guys like Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole for pulling
racist strings to gain support from their "redneck"
constituents. Of course, the media elitists and the
radical left are in a state of hysteria since several
prominent Republicans announced their intentions
to eliminate all federal hiring quota programs.
Jesse Jackson is contemplating a bid for the 1996
Democratic nomination if Clinton doesn't stand
firmly behind affirmative action. Clinton has also
played the race game many times. He used quotas
for his Cabinet appointments. One liberal congressman
even accused the tax-cutting agenda of
the Republican majority as being racist, which is a
completely illogical charge.
I have become extremely tired of the arrogance
of the radical left. It is the liberals who play the race
card, advocate hiring based on skin color rather
than qualification, and are always pointing the finger.
It is time for America to start pointing the finger
back at them.
I am a white, Southern male who supports conservative
political policies, and I am not a racist to
any extent. I grew up in Newt Gingrich's district,
where the population is 90 percent white, mostly
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the streets. j
Of course, then the company came up with Sim qj
City 2000, where you have to lay out sewer lines,
run electricity and actually pay off your Mafia ^
contractors. (Any of my Mafia readers out there...this
is strictly a joke. I haven't been serious a day in .'
my life, and I like my kneecaps the way they are. ^
Thank you. Sirs.) Next is Sim City 3000, where ^
you're actually given a small city somewhere in 11
the country. It'll be hard to actually fit a real city
in the box, but all this computer stuff is getting V
smaller these days. a
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when I was younger. Ten years glued to Yar's Re- I1
venge was enough to convince anyone computer t]
games must have some kind of addictive power.
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claim you're in control of a giant fly that spits balls a
of energy at a glowing beach ball? p
And what was the point of Pitfall, another Atari p
classic? You controlled a little man in a pith helmet
who ran along, jumping across campfires, on- ^
to crocodiles' heads and over rolling logs in order
to get bars of silver and gold and a giant Pitfall
Harry-sized diamond ring. The problem is, that's
all you did. Run, run, run, jump, run, run, run,
jump, fall in pond with croc, run, run, run, pick
up silver, run, rim, run, run, fall in pit, run, run, F
run, jump over Pitfall Harry-sized snake. Couldn't a
Harry have run into the Temple of Doom or some- a
thing? Maybe he and the Yar could fight it out or g
something.
We finally bought a real computer, a TI99-4A. i
issues fueled by 1
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middle- to upper-middle class and mostly college t
educated. You certainly could not legitimately la- v
bel many of these individuals as uneducated or red- r
neck. \
My attitudes toward racism, equality and equal t
opportunity have been molded not by the liberal
elites but instead by conservative religious and po- j
litical leaders. j
I have learned that the principle of modern g
American conservatism is equal opportunity for ?
every individual with as little government interference
as possible. v
I have learned that racism is morally wrong from
such conservatives as William Bennett, Rush Lim- ^
baugh, Phil Gramm and Pat Robertson.
But the most powerful lesson on racism that I
have heard came from the Rev. Andy Stanley, con- ^
servative pastor of the First Baptist Church of North c
Atlanta. It is from these individuals that I have c
learned that racism and sexism are morally wrong.
On the other hand, the liberal race relations pro- J
grams that I have encountered during my 16 years
as a student have done nothing to improve my racial 1
attitudes. f
In fact, these liberal education programs tend
to alienate whites and males, which in many cases i
creates racial tensions. It is these types of programs r
that are doing the most harm to race relations in c
this country. I
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>ad really big games, and it had a speech synlesiser
so it could talk to you. Talk about cutting
dge of computer game technology. It ran at roughi
the speed my $3 solar calculator runs now, ex;pt
my calculator does more. (Not to digress, but
knew people in high school who had those big
le graphics calculators. They'd get them running
fractal equation that would take the calculator .
ays to complete. Is it just me, or should they have
een out somewhere meeting more people? I mean,
.'s kinda neat to draw Mickey Mouse with equa
ons, but to draw every character Disney's ever
lade?)
Of course, now games are even more advanced,
/hen I bought TacOps, my firend Jimmy bought
game called Rebel Assault. You get to pilot cool
tar Wars A-Wings and X-Wings through Tatooine,
steroid fields and other great Star Wars settings,
ve decided to quit school and fly an X-Wing for
ie Rebellion. I figure it'll look good on a resume: .
Employer: So what did you do after high school?
Beardman: Trained with Luke Skywalker, did
few strafing runs on a Star Destroyer, dated .
Vincess Leia, chased some Stormtroopers through '
Indor and blew up the Death Star, leaving the
niverse safe for truth, justice and the American
fay. ?
Employer: Do you type?
Beardman: Yup.
Employer: When can you start?
I think some of the stigma has left people wwho
>lay computer games. I was a nerd in high school '
ind probably still am, but people don't throw fruit'
it me anymore when I tell them I play computer
;ames.
I could go on, but there's this enemy armor colimn
that needs my attention...
liberal forces
I believe it is time for America to try a new ap-'
>roach to race relations, one founded in basic Amercan
conservatism. Let's try educating our school
hildren on the factual history of America. Let them
ead for themselves the racism that Harriet Jacobs
ncountered during her life as a slave. But don't try
o teach kids that the Confederacy was absolutely
vrone and that Abraham Lincoln was absolutely
ight. On a moral level, slavery was wrong, but we
lave to bear in mind tradition and education at the
ime of the Civil War.
We need to reject preference programs such as
Hack History Month or the proposed Confederate
listory Month. Let's educate kids on the historical
dgnificance of all Americans, white and black, male
ind female. We should also eliminate all federal
luotas, including affirmative action. It's time to hire
vorkers in a color-blind fashion.
If I am an employer, I would naturally want to
lire the most qualified applicant, whether he or she
s black or white. Let's end all school busing programs.
Little kids do not benefit from two hours a
lay on a bus; let's find other ways to improve edu
:ation for all of America's children.
I believe the best way we can help minorities is
o offer better educational and work opportunities,
rhe best way for minorities to climb the economic
adder is for more of them to be able to own and opsrate
their own businesses.
In closing, I want to remind all of you that this
s America, and we are all Americans. We need to
nove beyond using terms such as African-Ameri:an,
Irish-American, etc. Let's all be proud to be
Americans.