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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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