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Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudsc
Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson,
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people's rights at this year's St. 1
People are complaining that
people at the festival, including a
last musical show of the night, i
take and tried to clear people fr
According to The State, a wc
some other horses stepped on part
Austin is saddled with the decisic
trol during large festivals.
The horses are certainly visib
ring crime. The St. Patrick's siti
for every situation. Perhaps the
patrol similar to USCs. The bike
for maneuvering in crowded secti
pensive to maintain than a posse
around Five Points than horses a
es?) They might be fast galloping
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despite the heavy pedestrian traf
the horses would be more feasibl
The Five Points horses are ni
give the Columbia Police added vii
crowds. As the festival showed, he
head of the pack.
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Saturday with a group of friends
to celebrate the Luck o' the Irish
The green beer flowed readily, th?
Root Doctors jammed, and the
Jagerettes looked, well, sleazy as
usual. Our group of friends, at an>
given time, resembled an active
amoeba.
We had seven guys and four
girls, plus a few people who came
and went throughout the day. Believe
it or not, the major challenge
throughout the day was not elbowing
our way to the beer trucks.
Rather, the challenge was in keeping
our group of friends together.
In any group, there is always
the person who is the Informer.
This is the person who is constantly
looking around to see who is there.
Not satisfied with his own business,
the Informer announces to
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who is where, who is with whom,
who is wearing what and who is
too drunk to walk.
The Informer is always a great
person to have around so that you
can keep up with the day's gossip.
However, if the Informer gets
too annoying, just send the Runner
to get a beer for him or her.
That'll keep the Informer's mouth
occupied for a while, at least.
The Runner is the athletic one
of the group. If you need another
beer, an order of fries or someone
to spy on your ex, this is a useful
person to have around. You have
to flatter the Runner all day long
so that he or she will continue do
ing whatever it is you are too lazy
to do yourself.
Compliment the Runner's speed
and agility, but don't get mad if
your beer is only three-fourths full
when it finally reaches you. After
all, being a Runner is hard work,
and naturally, the Runner gets a
little thirsty.
With all of this beer drinking,
one member of the group has to
go to the bathroom every half hour.
The Urinator is the person you
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m, Susan Goodwin, Allison Williams,
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ted police might have clip-clopped over
Patrick's Day festivities,
the police horses intimidated several
i large group of people gathered for the
Apparently, a policeman made a misom
the street at 5:15 instead of 6:15.
men was stepped on by a horse, and
icipants' feet. Now, Police Chief Charles
n of whether to allow the horses to pale
and are thus useful means of deterlation
shows that horses are not ideal
Columbia Police could adopt a bicycle
is offer excellent mobility, they're good
ions of town, and they're much less exi
of horses. They're also faster cruising
re. (Ever been driving behind the horsj
after thieves, but they're slow on the
e open, and thus it is a car-driven area
Be. If it were closed in to cars, perhaps
e.
ce to have around, and they probably
aibility and some degree of control over
>wever, the horses arent always at the
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BEN MARTIN AND
CASSIE STURKIE
Columnists
j will find in the Port-a-Potty line,
j conversing with all of the other
Urinators. Don't get us wrong ?
s we like our friend the Urinator.
s But a lack of bladder control in
i one member of the group always
r holds up the rest of the group.
Another person who holds up
the group is the Wanderer. The
Wanderer is the social butterfly
who has to stop and talk to everyone
she sees. In fact,Wanderertypes
dont even have to know the
person they're talking to ? they'll
just find some in-depth conversation
to get into while the rest of
the group taps its feet impatiently.
Chances are, if you are missing
a member of the group, the
Wanderer can be found somewhere
in a 25-foot radius gabbing away.
Our suggestion in dealing with a
Wanderer is to put him or her on
one of those leashes that moms
use to keep up with their kids at
the mall. Without this kind of attachment,
your group will never
cover any distance, since you will
spend all dav lookiner for
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the Wanderer.
Your group of friends may have
all four of these players or maybe
just one or two. You may even be
one of these players yourself. Nevertheless,
with the Carolina Cup
and Mayfest just around the corner,
we think it is important for
you to be knowledgeable of your
group's dynamics.
If you have a Wanderer in your
group, make sure you also have
an Informer to let you know where
he is or a Runner to fetch him. If
you have a Urinator in your group,
your only hope is to carry a paper
cup with you at all times.
Good luck keeping your friends
together. But if worse comes to
worse, find a comfortable chair,
put on your Ray Bans, cross your
leg and let them find you.
Cassie Sturkie, a Wanderer, and
Ben Martin, an Informer, are
seniors in the Honors College.
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Shortly before spring break, Messianic Jew
la Levitt spoke to students about the importa:
of Israel and Judaism for Christianity and of
need to support Israel against the media,
placement theologians and Muslims. While t
ing to bond Christians to Israel and its Jew
foundations, he chose to ignore any mentior
the native Christians (mainly Palestinians) v
continue to live under Israeli occupation in i
land of Christ.
Do you agree with the speaker and the Isre
government that the native Christians living th
don't matter and that it's UK for the Israeli g
ernment to continue discriminating against th
just because they're not Jews (or not officially r
ognized as being Jewish)? Or, as a believer
equal rights for all peoples, would you be willi
to agree with Israel Shahak's statement, "Althoi
the struggle against anti-semitism (and of all o
er forms of racism) should never cease, the stn
gle against Jewish chauvinism and exclusivis
which must include a critique of classical Judais
is now of equal or greater importance?" If so, th
please read on.
To begin to understand the exclusivist nati
of the Jewish State, let's examine how Israel <
fines itself. The official Israeli definition stat
that "Israel TDelongs' to persons who are defin
by the Israeli authorities as 'Jewish,' irrespecti
of where they live, and to them alone." As SI
hak explains in his 1994 book, "Jewish Histoi
Jewish Religion," this definition means that"
rael doesn't officially 'belong' to its non-Jew
citizens, whose status is considered even offici
ly as inferior." From this basis, the Israeli i
thorities settled members of a Peruvian tribe, v
recently converted to Judaism, on land in the W
Bank that was confiscated from Palestinians
Why wait for i
Hey, folks, what's going on? I am psyched
announce that comps are over and that I mi;
ace only one more class to receive my maste
degree. If you asked me five years ago wheth
or not I was going to pursue a master's degree
would have laughed at you and said, "You're nut
However, it is now my proudest accomplishmei
I have no idea where I am going to work, wh
I am going to live or what I am going to do fo
living, but I do know one thing for sure ? 11
proud to have furthered my education. Perhs
many of you are trying to decide whether or i
to strive for an advanced degree. Well, to us
Rockyism: "Go for it." How can you possibly
wrong in advancing your knowledge?
Anyway, I have seriously veered off from wl
I wanted to discuss today (actually, it seems tl
I never even got on the path). Since I have op<
ly expressed my views about events that bot!
me lately, I have decided to designate March
Pet Peeve Month. Hence, my topic this week
people that take the elevator to go up or down c
floor.
Oh, you folks know who you are; you are t
people who wait three to five minutes in front
an elevator to get from the first to the second flo
get in the elevator before the people on it can {
off and then complain that someone is in your w
when you wish to get off the elevator.
Considering we live in the "get in shape" e
(otherwise known as the "exercise till you dr
'90s"), I cannot figure out why people refuse
walk up or down one lousy flight of stairs. A
people afraid of wearing out their sneakers?...C
I apologize, I am in the South...! meant teni
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the proper and 70 percent of the Wes
"officially designated only for the b<
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ere by the Israeli authorities is even w
ov- which existed under any aparthei
em in South Africa, since the native.
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in to the same extreme degree whic
ng Christians and Muslims are const]
igh own homeland,
th- But how can Israel be called an i
jg- when it embraces Jewish peoples ol
m, may be true, but it is undeniable t]
im, gives much less respect to non-Je\
len izens of Israel or merely Arab civil:
der occupation, than to Jews. Basic*
ire stitute the term "white" for "Jew" *
ie- "non-Jew" while describing the Ii
;es system, you get a society that m
ed apartheid South Africa,
ve Israel's system of apartheid is
ia- parent and severe in the West B*
ry, Strip ? both illegally occupied by I
Is- 1967 War ? whereby Jewish setth
ish to Jewish-Israeli civilian law wh
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the elevator
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ere sense since tennis shoes are so e>
r a days. However, I do not believe s
am the real reason for people standing i
ips . of elevators these days,
lot Another explanation that comes
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go feel that hanging in and around ele
way to meet new and old friends.
iat you are standing in the middle of the
lat (or any other campus/office build
m- your chariot to take you upstairs
ier there to do besides stare at people
as edge their presence? Well, I am s
i? point you, but I doubt this is the r
>ne ing the elevator one flight either...al
people.
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do have a plan. How about the nex
or> on the elevator with someone wh<
>et up or down one floor, you simply a
ray It is as simple as that. Here, pra<
"Hey dude (or dudette), why did you v
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feet away?"
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when doing this. Some people mig
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discrimination non-Jews. The
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they could live . . ,
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rained in their Finally, whil
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hat Israeli law the New Testar
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lans living un- the New Testar
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sraeli judicial akhim, a Je\
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the harsh die- *^at ^as ^sted
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ling) awaiting fliers, food, book
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and acknowl- all, want to was
orry to disap- vator and wish
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proposed changes are already
ready play."
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official Jewish attitudes toward
lak, himself a survivor of Hitler's
amps, concluded his book by statcritique
"is what many Jews justa
non-Jews: to confront their own
some aware of the discrimination
is inflicted on the Jews. In the last
imber of non-Jews killed by Jews
lan the number of Jews killed by
extent of the persecution and disinst
non-Jews inflicted by the 'Jewhe
support of organized Diaspora
irmously greater than the sufferJews
by regimes hostile to them."
le Levitt referred to the New Tea
imputated Bible," Shahak reminds
pt according to which Jews are ini,
publicly if possible, any copy of
nent that comes into their hands
[arch, 1980 hundreds of copies of
nent were publicly and ceremoni usalem
under the auspices of Yad
vish religious organization subsiaeli
Ministry of Religions."
1 acts, the U.S. government consrael
unconditional support and
>f U.S. taxpayer dollars. Do you
i Administration to use your montrengthen
the apartheid system
in the Holy Land since 1948 when
tate of Israel was imposed on the
ian population?
<ri is a graduate student in MIBS
!>ne floor?
son for traveling such a short dislevator.
On the other hand, some
re a very good reason. "What are
ions?" you ask. Well, I have come
>ff the top of my head...unfortug
these excuses, anyone who reads
1 be equipped with an answer to
>ned question, too. However, I figoes
not matter, because I highly
going to actually ask someone the
I question.
e are some good reasons for takr
up or down one flight of stairs:
uses (trouble breathing, leg probarrying
a lot of stuff (arms full of
;s, boxes); (3) using a dolly or mov1)
you are in absolutely no rush at
ste some time waiting for the eleto
see your friends (refer to my
ition); (5) the elevator opened as
g it on your way toward the stairs
o be a very viable reason...it is a
ae of us are perfect.); and (6) you
ivators (That is a McDonald's joke,
nrrnt if \
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ct time you are passing by an eleee
a group of people waiting for it
e you will think to yourself, "How
Deople are going to get off on the
s probably more than you imagtime,
takeitez, folks.
.ott Kaplan is a graduate student
in education.