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tBafl Serving USCI Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Chi Editorial Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, Su Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Cars Don't go as weath As you could probably tell, the w< a bit while you were on spring break The sky is blue, the sun is out, th on the Horseshoe are fighting Dobei on its way fast. The weather change has an unusv pie begin to want to stay outside, ski around campus on inline skates, bike Keep an eye out ? it's more likely tl overzealous blader or biker. Just doi probably plotted a course around you walking path or speed. Keep an eye on your diet, too. Pe< a last-ditch attempt to get ready fo clothes. Others spend their cash cards try Store and TCBY frozen treats. T tn what, vnn pat. is tn rarrv that. Stvrr shoe for lunch and fun in the sun. It's time for people to cook thems you get a friend to wake you up afte noon sun, or youH end up looking like ster. We know now that skin cancer; hand in hand; glop on some sunscree Many people want to hit the wati sure you know what you're doing if yoi red spinning lights on the Saluda mi on the rocks, so be cautious. There ai rods sticking out of the concrete chuni Be careful out there. If you go to the lake, don't drink friends with your ski boat. They'll ei dock, and you'll be playing Titanic ir officers wait to take you to jail. MCIC 11AJL OdJUlg yvu. OllULilLLLi L OIV1 has to get sunburned at least once e> killed until finals are over ? you wov mester's credit hours. Know what It's amazing enough ? in Bartlett's Book of Familiar Quotations of 1994, Cookie Monster of "Sesame Street" is quoted as saying, "Me want cookie". One at first might wonder what the heck "Me want cookie" would k mean to be in such a fine publi- ^ cation used throughout the world gj for generations, but we all can learn from it. I was struck with an epiphany tl over spring break: What do I tl wont? r>. You remember the days when h your grandmother would take you to Baskin-Robbins and you would drool over the 31 flavors and stress w with the fact that you could only 11 choose one? You had to decide ^ what you wanted... ji Which is my point. Now comes el the time in my life when I have to choose what I want to do this t{ summer. But it really goes with what Fm doing tomorrow, tonight, y( this afternoon, the next minute ^ and so on. uj It's scary, but the sooner we know what we want, the more p( prepared we will be. People seem to be frightened with the idea of m planning anything ahead of time. But it's not just planning, it's selections. 01 You hear generalizations of us men saying, "Women don't WANT w nice and cute guys...They WANT g ierks who will treat them like a _i w ai product." What do women want? f Why don't they tell men? * Society needs to tell each other what each member wants. I le can't read minds, and most peo- at pie ? except for mothers ? can't either. YOUR U.S. Congress can't m give you what you want if you don't tell it. USC, women, friends and professors need to know what you want in order to help you. w This reminds me of my friend wi Richie. Richie was down at Five ty Points in a bar and saw a girl by herself. Richie went up to her and cy asked her to dance. She replied, "Are you kidding? er You look like the boy next door os back home. The All-American Kid. You're not what I want" She didn't "xSafllcocIt *= Lee rinntz i Jimmv De Butts i Editor in Chief Ryan Wilson Chris Muldrow Sports Editors Viewpoints Editor Kim Truett Carson Henderson Photo Editor Radhlka Taiwan! Ethan Myerson Copy Desk Chiefs Ryan Sims Si Erin Galloway Graphics Editors Wendy Hudson Gregory Perez News Editors Design Editor Susan Goodwin All Ansaar Allbon Williams Jason JefTers Features Editors Cartoonists The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Tuesday Lt through Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with na the exception of university holidays and exam periods. L* Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the T1 editors or author and not those of the University of T1 South Carolina. stj be tack Since 1908 is Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor Board san Goodwin, Allison Williams, ;on Henderson, Radhika Talwani crazy M lUTllS rather around Columbia changed le birds are singing, the squirrels -mans for lunch scraps. Spring is lal effect on the student body. Peop class and take to the sidewalks s and other wheeled instruments, lan ever youll get run over by an n't jump out of their way; they've that you'll ruin by changing your aple start starving themselves in r revealing spring and summer on countless Icees from the Counhe onlv chance vnn should make >foam container out to the Horseselves in the sun, too. Make sure r six or seven hours in the after! the main course at The Red Loband the George Hamilton look go ;n and save yourself the surgery, sr when it gets warmer, so make a go to the river or the lake. Those ean you're about to get stranded re also some fun steel reinforcing [s sunk in the rivers around town. a few beers and then pull your nd up jack-knifed on some guy's l your Chris-Craft as the wildlife p class or have fun, and everyone rery year. Just don't get yourself ddn't want to die without this seyou want CHUCK 1 Jwf GRIFFITH i now Richie and didn't even give im a chance to see if he was what lie wanted. You also have to give other lings a chance. Yeah, Richie is le clean-cut guy that you would insider the boy next door, but, ey, why not just get a dance? Then again, she did tell him rhat she wanted, and he wasn't ;. He took it personally; he tiouldn't have. He should have I ist changed his goal ? someone Ise. Most importantly, you have to ( dl yourself what you want. If ( iu do tell yourself what you want, s len you're going to have to fig- 1 re out how to get it. ( Sometimes, I lie awake all night Dndering what I want and how j > get it, which has now landed te with an ulcer. Our goals or ar of the unknown real world itside our campus can control 3, and we have to know if what e want is just too unrealistic. | ut keep your dreams alive, and I i 1 iways try tu icarn someimng om the experiences you have, he education of life is a price- ( ss one and can be used to help ^ ;tain what you want. We can all learn from Cookie ij onster. The big thing is happi- 1< 5SS. t Happiness is the eternal quest P our wants. Depressingly enough, hen we don't always get what p e want, we end up either emp- s, -handed or shortchanged. 1< In that case, you have to ii tange your goals or find anoth- a way...or just buy a lot of Oreu Chuck Griffith is a media arts snnhnmnrp s 77 777, Chris Carroll Q1 . Director of Student Media ;mg: 777-4249 Laura Day w 77-6482 Creative Director n Jim Green C) Art Director TietTa Harper Elizabeth Thomas Ci Tina Morgan . . ? . Asst. News Adv- Graduate AsstJames Ponce Renee Gibson ^ Asst. Photo Marketing Director Ben Pillow Christopher Wood a tephanie Sonnenfeld Asst. Advertising Asst.Features Manager Larry WllUams Erik Collins ? Keith Btrndreaux FaCulty Advisor Circulation Editor t) Letters Policy it ie Gamecock will try to print all letters received. it itters should be 200-250 words and must include full rp me, professional title or year and major if a student. :tters must be personally delivered by the author to ie Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. _ ie Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for de, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not withheld under any circumstances. T? 1 cT? i wiri ' Quote Umoooti "After watching this broadcast, USC alui * Republicans' Question: What does a pro-choice, moderate, feminist Howard Stern fan from New Jersey have in common with a black, pro-life, socially conservative male talk-show host from Maryland? Answer: They're both Republicans who have a good chance of appearing on the 1996 presidential ticket. When the late Lee Atwater ran the Republi :an Party, he envisioned the GOP of the futurc 3Q Q MKiCf fonfw nonoVilo nf Vvnlrlmrr montr r\iffornn AM M Mlg W11V VU|/UU1V VI llVlVUlig 1UCU1J UlilVl Cii people with differing viewpoints. Atwater's viev vas more than a fantasy. It was practical for ar organization that wanted to become the majori ty party in America. The new majority has yield jd a fascinating cross-section of America, unitec mostly by fiscal conservatism and a desire to re /erse the social decay of the past generation. Christine Todd Whitman is the 48-year-ol( governor of New Jersey. Her father was a Re publican millionaire and a friend of the legendary kelson Rockefeller. She met her husband in 197$ it Richard Nixon's second inaugural ball. She wai ilected on a promise to cut state taxes by 30 per ;ent, which she is achieving by eliminating tw( state government departments. Before his death Richard Nixon touted her as one of the future lead jrs of the GOP, and Bob Dole listed her as a pos sible running mate for 1996. Whitman is not your typical Gingrich Repub ican. She is pro-choice, pro-gay rights and a friend I?T a A waxen out ior Credit companies' free offers aren't actually free It's funny how students have put themselves i a marketing category by simply attending colsge. You see, college campuses across the counry have become huge advertising audiences. Comanies that produce goods or services that students urchase have the perfect setup. They have a capive audience that can be subjected to huge camaigns to promote such goods as shoes, book bags, oft drinks and, of course, beer. I don't know how mg tnis nas Deen going on, ior i nave only oeen I school a couple of years, but it is probably not new phenomenon. But there is something that has been botherlg me about this for quite some time. Every so often, some giant multibillion dollar :>mpany will sponsor a fair or carnival or a shindig f sorts with fiin little rides or games on Greene treet or on the Russell House Patio. You can count II that wacky spinning gyro ride being there, along ith the no-tooth roadies to set up the entertainlent. Now I'm all for fun and games, but the inantives offered to get you to sign up for credit irds at these fairs are a borderline scam.. Don't think for a second that someone is going ) hold a pistol to your temple and make you sign form to obtain a Discover Card. These companies make it very easy (but exensive) to receive a credit card. At one of these lirs last semester, I stopped by four different ooths offering incentives to those who took a linute out of their busy schedule to fill out credcard forms. Incentives ranged from the popular -shirt to "FREE" long-distance time. I remember thinking to myself how kind and snerous it was for these big credit companies to ive out gifts to future customers. How nice it was to be given the opportunity to * mnl and fans around the world should have a stn 9 terms of academics and athletics." Flynn BOwie, Alumni Association director tent' has mix< f m PAT MCNEILL / yr \ Columnist of black civil rights leaders. She has spent time teaching English to disadvantaged children in i Spanish Harlem. She told Britain's The Guardian t newspaper that "there is a battle being fought for i the heart and soul of the Republican Party," and i that the party needs to move toward the center. But she is best known in modern media circles for her decision to name a New Jersey Turnpike 1 rest stop after controversial disk jockey Howard - Stern. In short, she is not your father's Republican. 1 Alan Keyes is a 44-year-old former United Nations ambassador. After two failed Senate runs 1 in his home state of Maryland, he finished his book, "Masters of the Dream," and got his own 3 conservative talk show in Baltimore. His speech to the 1992 Republican National Convention was } praised by everyone from Ronald Reagan to Ann ' Landers. He finished fourth out of 10 presidential candidates in South Carolina's Republican straw poll March 3, outpointing big names such as Pat Buchanan, Pete Wilson and Arlen Specter. His speech at the Republican dinner in New Hampshire last month was the best received of any can credit card scai SEAN RANKIN enjoy entertaining rides here on campus. It was later, after I read the fine print, that I realized I was surely being taken for a "ride." Many advertisements for credit cards boast "No annual fee". This is a plus ? however, the big man gets your money another way. While waiving the annual fee, the idea of credit becomes more attractive, but the interest rate always is much higher for these cards. After all, credit card companies are in business for the buck; they have to make money and attract more consumers each day to supplement the number of people who max out their cards or cancel their memberships. Another popular way that companies snag new members is to set a low introductory interest rate. # Then after six months, or perhaps a year, your interest rate jumps to a whooping 25-percent APR, and you are paying the same rate that the Mafia cnarges lor gambling loans. Oh yes, membership has its privileges. Like being able to pull large sums of ducat out of that greedy little Wachovia ATM in Five Points. But you are ignorant to the fact that the 20 bucks will cost you a $5 service charge on top of the interest rate that will probably put you in the poor house. I personally think that the Devil invented the credit card. He did so about the same time that he created Taco Bell. The two are not related in any way, but they both seem to be some sort of curse on mankind. The responsibility that comes with owning a credit card Is incredible. It's just so easy to run that little baby all the way up to the limit the first month you have it in your wallet. This is the main premise my Devil theory is based on. MBf us oKt i y/iHi^ Nig sense of where the university is headed in id occupancy didate. Oh, and by the way, Alan Keyes is an African-American. Keyes spoke to the Federalist Society at the USC law school on the afternoon of the straw poll. He did not speak about budget deficits, balanced budgets or tougher sentencing for criminals. In fact, he steered clear of the safe Clinton-bashing * topics that would have guaranteed a favorable response from the partisan audience. Instead, he talked about subjects that many politicians would find irrelevant. Keyes spoke for almost an hour about the Declaration of Independence. And about the Constitution. And the Federalist Papers. And Thomas Jefferson. And natural law. It seemed tangential at first, but Keyes was making a point In his view, the American government has strayed from its original mission of protecting our inalienable rights. It is now an independent entity concerned with its own preservation and perpetuation. Once these points are understood, the Keyes world view becomes crystal clear. To paraphrase Tom Petty, the future of the Republican Party is wide open. Maybe the next Republican ticket will contain Christine Todd Whitman. Or Alan Keyes. Or both. Pat McNeill is a third-year law student. tns on campus There is also the worry about it getting stolen, so you constantly check and see if it is still in your possession. I always thought this was kind of a hassle. So, if you feel the need to get a credit card, make sure you do your homework. Read the fine print, and ask the representatives questions. Find out what their card can offer you. Keep in mind that you might even be expected to pay your balance back some day. And most importantly, don't permit yourself to be taken for a ride. r ... u _ rACES IN THE HEWS