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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.
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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
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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
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san Goodwin, Allison Williams,
;on Henderson, Radhika Talwani
crazy
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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
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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<
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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
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"After watching this broadcast, USC alui
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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
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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
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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
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mnl and fans around the world should have a stn
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terms of academics and athletics."
Flynn BOwie,
Alumni Association director
tent' has mix<
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/ 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
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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.
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