The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 23, 1995, Page 3, Image 3
"iBaffeock
Serving USC Since 1908
Lee Gontz, Editor in Qtief Qiris Muldrow, Viewpoints Editor
Editorial Board
Erin Galloway, Wendy Hudson, Susan Goodwin, Allison Williams,
Jimmy DeButts, Ryan Wilson, Carson Henderson, Radhika Talwani
Do you listen
to WUSC-FM?
It's time for you to speak
A debate is brewing intensely on the third floor of Russell House. A
group of students has proposed a change in the radio station's organization,
including a possible format change, playlists and a different way
of operating.
Many disc jockeys and officials at the station say a change isn't necessary
at the station, saying its purpose is to educate the listening public.
In order to help define the debate over WUSC, The Gamecock would
like to hear from you, the students of USC. As activity fee-paying students,
WUSC-FM is your station, and you ultimately should have the
strongest voice in what the station is all about. Write us and tell us if
you listen to the station and why you do...or don't. Bring your view on
WUSC to Russell House Room 333. Keep them fairly short: 150-200
words. We'll use your letters to help our coverage of the issue and help
decide what WUSC should be.
New-fangled automobiles
dont match an old Caddy
|-l iSl! 1 "i know most people
M il DREW
1 m mi stewart call ma eccentric (a eu_
1 ^ Columnist phemlsm for what I am
lil* 4 usually called), but my
I'd like to start things off a lit- dream C8T Is a 1977
tie differently this week. Those ^ .
of you faithful, intelligent read- Cadillac Fleetwood
ers wno iook rorwara to tms coi- ESrougnam.
umn every week like an old lady
looks forward to going to the hairdresser's
(and to my critics, who Qne
look forward to hating this about " ... , . ,, J
like an old, muddy and filthy wal- For one thm& lf>ou took that
low hog looks forward to his rot- j?ker >" mud.14 wouldn't last
ten, maggotty slop) may remem- five seconds. Also, if you hit a
ber a few weeks back when I wrote deer with that thing, he would
a column about country music in probably laugh at you while the
whichlmentioned the radi0 8ta" EMS crew pulls you out with the
tion, WCOS. r
Well, some of my friends at the Jaws
other station in town, Kicks 96, I know most people call me ecwere
upset I forgot to mention centric (a euphemism for what I
them. Well, here you are, folks, am usually called), but my dream
111 look forward to seeing this up carl8a 1977 Cadillac Fleetwood
on your bulletin board. D ,
Now, on with this week's col- rou^ am'
umn Inose are the kind of cars that
A few weeks ago, I had the op- you could fit 25 people in and still
portunity to visit a very fine au- have room for a cooler. Those are
tomobile establishment in Claren- the kind of cars you could hit a
don County's second finest town, d a a horse and a tele.
Manning. While the purpose was . ... , ,
, , , f , , . phone pole with and not even have
not to purchase a vehicle (shoot, r ,
I can't afford a Hot Wheels car to rePair a headlight.
anymore), I thought I'd look any- I'd like to have the Caddy as
way. well as a 1985 Ford F-150 pickIt
is amazing how much pick- Up it's about as comfortable as
up trucks have come alongin their throwing yourself into a combine,
evolution. I can remember a time , , _ T
when a truck was a vehicle you 38 lumnous 38 the Honeycombs
went out of your way to tear up. mid 38 Pretty es e roadkilled posMost
trucks had no options, rode sum, but as fun as a dove shoot
like a wheelchair going down a when it ain't hunting season to
staircase; it was easier to wres- drive.
tie down a bear than it was to dri- r i_ j ,
ve a pickup. Man, if somebody was to give
Trucks now come with things me one of these new pickups with
you only thought you could see ell these options, I'd be afraid
on a Cadillac. They have power to hunt in it, fish in it or drive it
steering, power door locks, leather anywhere where the road might
seats and more luxuri* than most haye the sl, htest ljttle , k of
people have in their homes. T,j , ., f. x
I remember when getting a mud for fear IdBet,tas ^ 88
nice pickup truck meant the jok- most of Sharon Stone's movies.
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CI 11BU tx BUCC1 1I1JJ micci OllU HUU * ?uu.vuuuj gave 1UC a uc?
caps. Storm, Fd drive it about as often
I don't like the new space-age as SETA sponsors a dove shoot,
design these new cars have ei- when j do get out of col,ege
' eThey look Kke something Luke and find a career as a famous
Skywalker would drive to go see columnist, you will more than
Han Solo. likely see me going to buy my first
The rage among the typical car at the used car lot.
college crowd (as if the Carolina All of you who plan to go into
Communis is similar enough to ^ b^eas. beware. Ifyoudont
ue tctueu ijrpiuai ) is tue ueo
Storm. My sister owns one, I have ^ave a Caddy sitting in the
had the opportunity to own one, lot, you're not getting this good
and I would rather walk than own ol' boy's business.
AHWrt?77 77^ o Director of Student Media
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QUOTEUNQU0TE
"I thought that this was a good id
but we're talking about millions of o
Find heaven
It has taken me four years, but I think I ha\
found the secret to happiness in life. Be advise
that you're unlikely to believe what I'm about 1
tell you, but it is the absolute truth.
Everything in life can be obtained through tli
Village Voice classifieds section.
I recently discovered this jewel in the crown <
American publishing genius while looking for a
apartment in New York. I should point out th?
finding an apartment in New York, so far at leas
is like playing Russian roulette with a fully-loade
gun.
Ads tend to use verbose, hyperbolic languag
that makes no effort to actually describe th
dwelling the owner is trying to rent.
For example, any time an ad is headlined ".
Real Steal!" it's a sure sign that you're about t
get ripped off.
"Huge!" means the apartment is somewher
in size between a Five Points bathroom and a co
fin.
"Humongous!" means it's even smaller tha
than "huge!"
'Great location!" means the apartment is perche
atop a leaking septic tank with an interstate higl
way six feet away from the front steps.
"Beautiful view!" means your front windo1
overlooks the brick wall of a crack house next doo
"Must see!" actually means, "words can't d<
scribe the squalor of this building."
"Lots of Light!" means the building has no cei
ing.
"Charming!" means "uglier than bottled sin
TVip nt.hpr t.vnp nf annrtmpnt. vnn finH in sni
classifieds are called "shares," which is a real e!
tate slang term for "I can't pay my bills and th
repo men are knockin'." These can be great deal
for the brave renter, but beware.
Letters to the Editor
Gamecock didn't Wh.e;
nancial <
support debate ticU\wt
* A part in 1
Again this year a poor turnout for dealing
the Student Government elections. jL^j
Yes, it was an increase from last year, ...
but can you get more pathetic than J.^e ^
9 percent of the student body? Rough- ar?c a s
ly 2,600 voted in the election out of z?
about 16,000 students, not 6,000 stu- in ,
dents. stu<>e"t!
So I took it upon myself to try to
change these numbers. I thought that )
if we had an outdoor debate with all didates.
the major candidates, we could force , 3 j
the normally not interested students ah?ut
into stopping and listening on their rained a
way to class. In my opinion, an out- cr?dit "
door debate is the only way you can ^er ?
get people interested. . *qnal
In the past there has been a de- mce an(
bate in the Golden Spur for all the ?ucc?ssmajor
candidates. This debate brings , r
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in an me menus 01 uie cauuiuai.es, ,
and it turns into a bash session with should n
only the strongest candidate both askir
mentally and physically still stand- <jU?s"on
ing. This debate reaches out to no dmereni
one and is ineffective. we*
With over $200 invested by Young JJ^teth
Democrats in this debate, The Game- dates ar
cock would not give us a small arti- u 011 ?
cle on the front page advertising a my *acedebate
for Student Government the
day of the event. wrong,
V
I Learn a New W<
> O is for 1
/ overcrowding !
\ 30 People, 15hower!
inflated prices - \
ixtremely Expensive! 1
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because that statistic is saying a lot. 0n<
ollege students that this will affect Besides,
Engineering freshman Keisha Middleton
in Village Voi
;o I Jmm* LEE CLONTZ
Editor in chief
^ Now that the Village Voice has found a ]
n for you to live, it's time to populate it with a
panion. Well, that's where the big W excels. 1
is a mate for every taste contained within the
d newsprint, though it may take a few tries to
Mr. or Ms. Right.
;e Now one thing you must bear in mind is
e the rental classifieds, everything in the pei
als is a lie. Not the malicious, evil kind of lie
A gets you disowned, but rather the type of su
;o "this is who I wish I was" kind of delusion
makes you report your weight ten pounds lig
e on your driver's license,
f- Most would agree that lies are hardly the
to start a healthy relationship, but, someh<
n great many people seem to find companion
and happiness through the personal ads. Of co
d for many of these people, "companionship
l- happiness" means, according to an ad in the
rent issue of Village Voice, "WM seeks y<
w spoiled woman to torture me and play wit]
r. head. For example, youll be wasted when yoi
?- me at 2 a.m. to demand that I come over for
ing/beating. Make me feel stupid and insec
1- Ain't love grand?
Now that you have a house and a "special fri
? you need stuff to put in it. Have no fear, the
d sifieds can help you find garage sales.
3. A garage sale is, by way of definition, a j
e where people with houses full of worthless
|s try to finagle you into giving them money to
their litter into your home. About 15 minute
n there was a rally for fi- to be named after
lid, they got a front-page ar- for is cooperation f
len alleged racism played a and proper recogni
the Election Commission's
with infractions, they got a President, Yc
ge.
k. your self: what does it take?
rere asking for was a small Animal i*p<
aying that today is the day "'""***1
bate. All we got was two lines Jjgg hgW,
iLcuiA/iv. xiuiicsuy, iiuw maiijr m.
3 read the Datebook? A
., - , ,, , A representative frc
15, the first-ever outdoor de- _^ ,
we called it, "Meet the Can?
15. one was exerosii
* < . 0 w TT ment right to spe?
ton the front page? No. How mal research. I woi
le day after? Nope. It was opportunity to giV(
ut, but does that mean that how sodety has b(
) the people who put it to- mal research.
hould be rained out? In 1928) Aiexa;
lv P'oK 00 tV\o woatVior- ?rac i xi x
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1 the run-off debate was a cillium (bread mi
No front-page article, only growth of bacteria i
>s in the Datebook, and we injected animals v*
iw effective that is. Maybe I termine if it woulc
ave told The Gamecock we'd ganisms and to de
ig racism and financial aid ty of the mold,
s. Would that have made the The mold was f
ce? ic and useful for fij
it out of my way to help ed- fections. Later, tl
e students about the candi- known as penicillii
id encourage a higher voter penicillium.
and doors were slammed in Another exam]
of the Rh factor 01
ach for helping. Don't get me cells.
I'm not asking for a holiday However, not al
antigen. L a trans
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md Putrid!
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teas- Voice, am
ure* a job thrc
to once yc
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clas- ,
less trash
jlace Best o
junk anyone 01
take girl lamp
!S af- It's in
me. All I'm askini
rom the Gamecocl
tion for hard wort
David Franke
>ung Democrat
search
i humans
>m an animal right
d campus on Marc]
ng her First Amenc
ik out against ani
old like to take thi
i some examples c
mefitted from ani
nder Fleming dis
Id known as peni
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n cultures. He thei
ith the mold to de
1 work in living or
termine the toxici
bund to be nontoj
jhting bacterial ir
lie substance no>
i was isolated fror
lie is the discover
1 human red bloo
1 humans have thi
3fusion of Rh posi
*'t Off!
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one incident 01
ce cl
ter you gt
ing hula
you're lefl
own.
There
Dlace ,amp in'
com- fruitcake
["here year to y<
gray Just ai
?find son, place
or "perfec
'llke smashed
rson- ,, ,
that t has 1
ibtle, KratyGh
that H someon
fhter son, plact
it is a me
way anything
m'a If you
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and llke'ytot
1 cur- m?ve you
)ung before th
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PAPKI/S/G SPACE "v.
Good Luck! |
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: sound like a lot to some,
F rape is still one too many."
assifieds
it home, the sheer awfulness of the dancgirl
lamp you just bought hits you, and
: with only one option: a yard sale of your
is, you should know, only one hula girl
ixistence which, much like Christmas
, is merely passed from house to house,
sar like some lei-clad chain letter.
3 a matter of warning, beware of any per!
or thing described as being in "like new"
:t" condition. That usually means it was
t.n smit.herpens in a drtmprft.ir Hisnnt.p
>een pieced carefully back together with
le or some such temporary repair process,
e is honest enough to admit that the pere
or thing is "used" or "has some wear,"
!ss beyond all recognition. Bottom line:
you are going to buy will not work,
ever need to buy a car, the Village Voice
Is can help with that too, though you're
>e straddled with a rusty lemon that will
about 50 feet from the seller's driveway
e radiator bursts in a cloud of oil-laden
here you are. Two bucks for a Village
d your life is complete. You can even get
>ugh the classifieds, but you won't need
iu learn the fine art of bilking people out
ent checks by selling them your worth1
through classified ads.
f luck and good fortune. And if there's
lit there that's in the market for a hula
, I'm selling one cheap,
perfect condition. Trust me.
g tive blood is given to a person whose
k blood is Rh negative, that person will
become ill and can possibly die. The
d Rh factor was discovered by experis
mentation on Rhesus monkeys, hence,
the "Rh factor."
Most very important discoveries
that revolutionized medicine can be
attributed to animal research. The
claims made by last week's speaker
in The Gamecock that penicillin and
transfusions were developed without
s animal research are false. In the past,
h SETA has used false statements to
I- justify its position. I'm not surprised
i- that its national sponsors also feel the
s need to lie.
The facts speak for themselves ?
medical science has and will continue
to benefit from animal research.
l" Alan S. Lader
' Biomedical Science
e Graduate Student
n
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