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"15a! Serving USi Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief C Edttorii Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, J Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Ci Backlasl half-bak Cancellation of bat Members of The Gamecock stai some baked goods today from USC lege students (and poor college joi cided to pool our money. One of t go down and buy the sugary tre? buying power. See, it was supposed to be a "B cil was planning to charge men n That means $10 of hard-earned m; would buy the same number of br Rice Krispy treats a woman coulc A complaint to the Departmei sale in the oven and cooked it 01 plainant said rightly that the baki men. That violates the school's dis lophane packages of sugar-filled i The bake sale was designed t< discrepancies between men and can argue that salaries have been in the past, and the differences w We students aren't in the worl good possibility our generation crimination. Perpetuating discrin joking price differences of a bake age further discrimination. Many) if they tried to sell it to women at they'd be emasculated and hung o to eliminate discrimination againi ed force, not as divided units wavi ready in power in the faces of thos The concept of charging men ir ofoa fV?noA mart Tf mirrVif Kn +1 ai?co wiuoc lucii* xw uuguv wv viiui? w of the feeling that women have h ly, however, that the discriminati chine driving more and more mei Groups nee the word ai As I walked around zoning out the propaganda stapled all over campus bulletin boards, I finally got to wonder: What is everyone doing that is soooooooooo important that someone or something has to advertise? So, I stopped to peruse the credit card applications and the myriad "job offers," and then I noticed a flier from some USC organization washed out and masked by all the abundance of junk on the board. The point is: Fliers don't work. Student organizations have a responsibility to do something on campus. And if they do something, then they better let me and my fellow students know. What is the point of having 250 student organizations and only 10 percent of them publicizing their events? They're not established on this campus to be inclusive. They have a responsibilty to contribute to this university. There should be events every day during the school week offering entertainment to me. For example, I was asked niotnrQD a rnoont SR. It\J WCUVV |/1VVU1 VS 1W1 M M. VVVliV TA debate. I was only there because I was told about it; I never saw posters or fliers or anything else, for that matter. It wasn't much of a debate either, because no one knew about it, so only SETA members showed up. Ttien, I went to an Association of African-American Students function for a comedienne from In Living Color," and only a fourth of the rows were filled. Why? Did you here about it? I did, but it was the day after in the newspaper. Then there are groups who just don't do anything at all. I cant cite any examples, because most organizations don't do anything at all. Why do we waste our money with organizations when they just waste it on themeselves? "(Bate* = Let Clontz Jimmy DcButts Editor in Chief Ryan Wllaon Chris Muldrow Sports Editors Viewpoints Editor Kim Truett Carson Henderson Photo Editor Radhika Talwanl Ethan Myeraon Copy Desk Chiefs Ryan Sims Erin Galloway Graphics Editors Wendy Hudson Gregory Peres News Editors Design Editor Siaan Goodwin All Ansaar Afltaon Williams Jaaon Jeffers Features Editors Cartoonists The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of Sooth Carolina and is published Tuesday through ftiday during the fall and spring semesters, with (he exception of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are (hose of the editors or author and not those of the University ol South Carolina. t leak C Since 1908 hris Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor d Board susan Goodwin, Allison Williams, irson Henderson, Radhika Talwani i sale ad idaa re sale well-justified ET saved money all last week to buy )'s Sorority Council. Being poor collrnalism students, at that), we dehe women on staff volunteered to its because she would have more backlash Bake Sale," and the counlore than women for baked goods, lie college journalist chump change ownies, chocolate chip cookies and I get for $7.20. it of Student Life threw the bake it of existence, though. The comb sale was discriminatory...against crimination policy, so the little celjoodies won't be moving today. ) illustrate and protest the salary women in the workplace. Nobody different between men and women ill most likely continue, kplace yet, however, and there's a will be the one to stomp out dislination of any sort, even the halfsale, is not a wise way to discourmen can bake a mean brownie, but a higher cost than they did to men, n the Horseshoe to dry. If we want st women, we must do it as a uniting the transgressions of people ale waiting to enter the "real world." lore for baked goods instantly alienlis alienation gives men something ad for many years. It is more like on will throw a wrench in the ma1 to push for gender equity. id to get round USC HP CHUCK GRIFFITH Columnist , Publicity cannot be done on bulletin boards anymore because it's passive advertising. Why not have skywriting for an event? Why not have the marching band invade Preston to announce the opening of the new Residential College? We have a television station that is barely holding onto life because clubs don't want to adver tise. If clubs want the best publicity, they should have a program on WCFG-TV. Sure, people may not watch right away, but the more you program, the more people get excited. I will applaud the efforts of CPU, Student Government, WUSC- FM and The Gamecock (of course). We hear about student apathy, but organizations are just as responsible for the apathy that exsists as the students themselves. The big thing is that if you're in a student organization and only 50 people out of 28,000 come to your organization's functions, then your organization is doing something wrong. Worse yet, if your organization doesn't do anything, then it has no reason to exist at USC. I paid you my money, now go and earn it. Chuck Griffith is a media arts sophomore. ___ Chris Carroll NS\ II I-1110 Director of Student Medi yertising: 777-4249 Laura Day X: 777-6482 Creative Director Jim Green Art Director Tletra Harper Elizabeth Thomas ^ N?r*'n Adv- 015x111316 A*51 James Ponce Renee Gibmn Asst. Photo Marketing Director Ben Pillow Christopher Wood Stephanie Sonnenfeld Asst. Advertising Asst Gestures Manager Larry Williams Er|k Collins Asst. Sporu Faculty Advisor Ketth Boudreaux ' 1 Circulation Editor 1 Lattws Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters receiver Letters should be 200-250 words and must include fu name, professional title or year and major if a studen Letters must be personally delivered by the author t The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters fc style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will n< be withheld under any circumstances. ^jM m i?J VAi/nH ?ji] a I V'^^TjTufWIlr Dodge Drivin', School Lunch Stealin' Evil White I? Male Division of The Gamecock editorial page is, "If you want comfort, wear cotton." m We are too busy sulking over our rotten NCAA Tournament predictions to worry about providing aid and comfort to anyone else. But we always have time to educate our loyal readers. Grab a pencil and 111 get ready for our "Contract with America" Pop Quiz: S( (Remember to pick c!) 1. White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta says w it will "take food out of the mouths of millions of g< needy school children, toddlers, infants and moth- jt ers." He is referring to: a. The rotten egg and overripe produce concession at the next Shannon Faulkner public appear- a( ance. c; b. Bill Clinton at the McDonald's drive-thru. c. Hie proposed Republican school lunch reform ir plan. it 2. What will happen if the Republican school s] a lunch reform plan passes? w a. Federal marshals will immediately descend r_ on all public schools, steal kids' lunches and take u their lunch money. b. Parents will have to (gasp!) pay for their children to enjoy a hot school lunch. c. Federal spending on school lunch programs p will increase by 4.5 percent next year. 3. Who is opposed to the Republican plan to in- g. crease school lunch spending and cut out federal bureaucracy by turning portions of it over to the states? a. Taxpayers without school-aged children who e [, will not benefit from the plan. e ' b. Managers and owners of fast-food restaurants that operate near school buildings. * c. School administrators, members of the Na* tional Education Association and the National Def; Ouon UwouoTi "Go to the heart ol Republican we I have been on hiatus for a few weeks because of the Student Government elections and a tremen- [~ dous amount of schoolwork, but I'm back to being the defender of the Left and all that is good about South Carolina and America. Since Fve been away, L several issues have surfaced that have gnawed at the very moral soul of South Carolina and Amer- cjj ica. I'm speaking of welfare reform and the Con- be federate flag. ch This week Newt, and his merrvhand of Re- +V. publican thugs will try to push through another part of their "Contract with America," welfare re- ch form. In their plan, the Republicans will throw Ai people off the welfare rolls if they have not found ca a job after two years, even if they are actively look- be ing for a job. Other parts of their reforms include a stop in fri payments for every child a woman on welfare has. w< The plan also provides for government-run or- sa phanages for children if their parents can't afford to care for them. This plans shows me that the C< Republicans only care about money and not about in the greater goal of helping Americans who have dc limited opportunity and who are trying to break pi the cycle of poverty. ed The reforms proposed by the Republicans don't so include any kind of job training or any kinds of Ai programs that would help welfare recipients locate jobs that pay more than the minimum wage, wi The Republicans don't understand that most peo- at pie don't want to be on welfare; most of the re- C< Take the scho( The unofficial motto of American journalism is, "Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." The unofficial motto here at the offices of the Mean-Spirited, Right-Wing, Straight-Shootin', F the problem and talk to your congressmen congressmen and nip this in the bud." Campus NAACP President Darrell Walker ilfare reform pi I sion f 0BYRON JAMES ^om !. j \ p Columnist /%T| and rients are on welfare because of the health-care The nefits and the outrageous cost of daycare for citizi ildren. Most women stay home to take care of <p01] eir children. _ua| The Republican version of welfare reform hurts ^ ildren the most. With the breakdown of the 'ost' nerican family and the advent of a cold and un- S ring Congress, the most innocent victims will but: : poor children. the1 They will grow up disadvantaged and disenanchised by a system they see as an unbearable eight that crushed their dreams and hopes to ^ar tisfy a contract that gives them no hope. foug The other big news for this week will be the anfederate flag. State Sen. Maggie Glower will troduce the Heritage Act, which would bring >wn the flag from atop the state Capitol and ace it next to the Confederate memorial locat- Am< I on the State House grounds. The bill would al- libei call for a monument commemorating the Africannerican struggle in South Carolina. . , The bill is a compromise from last year that as killed due to procedural maneuvers by sen- trus ors who were against the bill. Sen. Glenn Mc on o )nnell, who supported the compromise last ses)l-lunch quiz fm 0f PAT MCNEILL ' <Ix!V J Columnist locratic Party. 4. Why? a. If the Republican plan passes, the Clinton adlinistration can't go ahead with its plan to raise ihool lunch spending by 5.4 percent per year. b. The school districts don't want to.lose the asteful federal bureaucracy that gives their schools )bs of money without ever checking to see whether is actually used to buy lunches for poor students. c. Both a and b, plus the Republicans will have Ml ctually fulfilled another campaign promise, which y|| innot be permitted. 5. Why does this administration oppose providlg middle- and upper-class families with tax creds on the grounds that "they have to pay their fair hare" and turn a blind eye to those same families hen they scam free school lunches and breakfasts | >r their kids that are earmarked for poor children? ^ a. Socialism II 1- tT ^ u. xxypuci isjr ? c. That, plus the NEA gives them lots of camaign money. 6. Why hasn't any major newspaper or televiion network called Mr. Panetta on the ridiculous tatement displayed in Question No. 1? Heck, why asn't anyone (else) in the news media even pointd out that the Republicans are NOT cutting fedral spending on school lunches? a. Liaziness b. Political bias c. Don't know ? not enough choices. Pat McNeill is a third-year law student. % rals must fight the good fight and search out good in all of us. We must build a communiased on mutual understanding and a guiding t that America doesn't have a person to waste ur journey to prosperity. Byron James is a political science senior. mis in the News w 0*3*^ v /-A cmus^i 'mm/ t and write your 'ans flawed , is leading the fight against the bill. He says Dill is not a compromise because the flag will e off the the Capitol dome, really wish the Legislature would wake up stop fighting a war that's already been lost, flag is an insult to every African-American t?n nf South Carolina, and it should come down. hose of you who argue in bumper sticker lanje, "Heritage, not hate, fly it," I say, "Hie South get over it". ome might argue that tradition plays a role, it doesn't. The flag has only been flying since '60s. The flag was put up to protest desegreon legislation and has been flying ever since, ly South Carolinians, both black and white, :ht and died in the Civil War, and we should a way to honor them without alienating any ; of our community. lie Republicans will do their best to separate irica by race, sex and other factors, but we as