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[I" ] liberal columnist ; throws one last punch I J* ^ a I is power, money and the ability to tell | ~ ~ | you how to live. 1 BTKrU|PI JAME5 It didn't help last week When Lan] ' umn,st caster Rep. Billy Boan, a prominent De mocrat and former chairman of the House ' ] Ways and Means Committee, switched j The defender of good liberal values parties to join the gang of thugs in the ; has returned, but just for this issue of maJonty. Boan said at his news conferThe Gamecock. I graduated two weeks .,., , , ago, and I find myself hi the unenviable ,ence that h* hadn0 Philosophical diftask of placing myself on the job mar- ferencea wth the Republicans, but wait ket. With South Carolina's government ^ Boan does not tow Republican entrenched in Republicanism, I am shut line next spring; they will punish him out of jobs in state government because to make him realize who is really in of my liberal beliefs or because the Re- charge. publicans don't want anybody in gov- On the national stage, Newt and his eminent who doesn't act and think like gang 0f thugs are now finding it harder them. to ram their selfish and biased agenda 1 I was taught that our differences and , ,, ? A , diversity is what makes America great, do the throats of afi Amencans. W.th ; I believe the Right wants to keep their welfare reform dead until September power base small, exclusive and all one because of presidential politics between ^ color. I won't go into deep detail about Of Man Dole and Phil Gramm, nothing Gov. Beasle/s appointments, but 75 per- was accomplished. ( cent of them were white males. While In the coming weeks, the budget bat- , South Carolina's population is 30 per- ties will become a major fight between ? the parties and the president The win- j nerofftis battle wi.l show who really 1 government cares about America and who is just pre- < I'm not asking for quotas or some tending. type of "affirmative action," but I seek As this is my last column for The ' a government that is representative of Gamecock, I wish the staff much sue- ^ its people and looks like its population, cess this fall and spring, and to the new ? Of all the agency heads appointed by columnists, I have two pieces of advice: c the governor, one was an African Amer- Always do your research, and 2) if ican woman (who was a holdover from you are in five Pointo and someone asks ' the Campbell administration) and no jf ^ forThe African-American men. Is that repre- ' J sentative of South Carolina? ' The State newspaper editorialized en ' have a good fall last week that the two political parties semester, and 111 see everybody Sept. in South Carolina were becoming more 16 at the Farmers Market tailgating. racially divisive: one black party and one white. I believe that because the Republican Party is cold, arrogant and care- Byron James is a less about people in need. All they want ^cent {JSC graduate Don't listen to the rumors about AIDS. Get the facts! 1-800-342-AIDS I X. im Take the First Step ...to Getting Your First Jc Don't Miss the Job Hunt 101 Orientation scheduled for YOl JOB HUNT 101 Is MANDATORY if you plan to interview with employ internships, Co-op, Full-time Positions and/or USC Search Electron COLLEGE DATE TIME Applied Professional Sciences Aug 23 2pm-4pm Business Administration Aug 21 2pm-4pm [Choose (1) only] Aug 22 2pm-4pm Aug 23 10am-12n Criminal Justice Aug 23 9am-11am Honors College Aug 23 9am-11am Music Aug 23 9am-11am Education (Elem/Early Childhood) Aug 29 9am-10am Education (Secondary) Aug 25 10am-12n Engineering Aug 22 1pm-3pm - [Choose (1) only] Aug 23 9am-11am Health (Exercise Science) Aug 23 9am-11am Math & Science Aug 23 9am-11am [Choose (1) only] Aug 23 1pm-3pm Journalism Aug 23 9am-11am [Choose (1) only] Aug 23 1pm-3pm Liberal Arts (HSS) Aug 22 2pm-4pm [Choose (1) only] Aug 23 3pm-5pm L"Your Carolina Career Connection " H. William Close (BA) BLDG Call 777*7280 for more Information The Gamecock VIEWPOINTS Monday, August 21, IN USC's definition of diversii 55ain but clearly we had to learn about life on our own with only our friends to guide J*' RYAN WILSON us. The one thing I think we failed to Viewpoints Editor leam is tolerance. _ Mv n Then again, I don't think that our elMK-d ders have managed to relay any aspect Are we the lost generation? of tolerance effectively, ate fanny how I have asked myself that many times, generation that enced segregation but I have never managed to come up same generation that has manwith an answer. We have been told all to polarize us.) our lives that we are the future leaders , I am not saying that our generation of the world, but what kind of a world has noting*8 look forward to. As I raid will we lead? many of us have shown a powerful dnWe have been labeled Generation X ve \ , bythosewhowishtodescribethegraup Whatistheproblemthen?Iargue ofpeoplel&30 years ofaga We are raised that we dont have ffie leaders that p^t e a. j e j- generations have had. Where are the for our apathy, yet praised for our dn- |falcolmXs,Dl..MartinLutherKing.3 ve to improve our community We are and ^ Kennedys ?f Generation X? the first generation who shouldnt ex- adon.tneedto remind you that all three pect to make more mraqr than our pan were ^ in the rjme of their ,ivea} ents, and we are the first generation to do we have to ]ook to? Kurt come of age in the post-Cold War era. Cobain was tabbed as the 8pokesman We are growing into our own in a time f()r x, but a shotgun blast ended his when technology is racing far ahead and oration j ^ wonder ifanyonc wanto no one can manage to keep up. thejob. Their are also some very influThe way I see it, our parents (or those ential black leaders, like Chuck D of Pubjver 30) should have realized how screwed lic Enemy ^ KRS-\> but they are alap our generation was going to be when so hesitant to show us the way. Fhe Breakfast Club came out ten years in a society where a handful of men leo. (The Breakfast Clllh WAS mnrp nr /?ce?if 1 iv* * ? - - l ?' v?uueruig mrougn mianie crisis^ are ess, a movie about our generation han- fighting over the brass ring of power, iling problems our parents hadn't pre- Gen X is shuffling along and acting consared us for.) They should have seen tent while They, the Baby Boomers, are hat we were going to have trouble with deciding our fate. We need someone or he world because our parents were too something to mobilize our generation (elf-centered on their own lives to raise for the future. (The one thing They fear hildren. more than ever is the potential power I am not making a all-encompassing we have.) itatement, because there are exceptions, But first we need to solve our own Go out with friends and keep track c each other. Don't broadcast yoi name, address or plans in front c I others. On a first date, plan to meet in public place. Let people know wher Safety yOU p|an t0 ancj jet y0ur ^ate |<no, that others know. Stick to your plans. Telephom IgPfililllin If 252-8393 liM 1 Wfllllll 24 Hours The Gamecock. >b After College in your College! ers on campus for... ic Resume Referrals LOCATION Ksuziu I': ' g/UM Col 3001 I c?i3001 I Gambrell 153 I ^Jj^^8pjE8p| B Gambrell153 I >5 ty reflects flaws in society problems. We have too many Gen Xers I think it would be interesting to see killing each other for a few square blocks what would happen if a group of rich, of land. We have too many children hav- white males formed a exclusive organiing children when they don't even know zation, and asked for a cut of student achow to take care of themselves. It ap- tivity fees. Never mind, USC already pem a wc nave oecome our own worst hna those, (bad example but you see what enemy. j ^ getting at.) So what do we do? Well, we definitely j hav8 8aid time8 before that need to qu?rtion those in power and find our 80ciet |g inherentIy raci8t and j out what their motives are. We need to ^ ^ for fte acfens rf tear down the racial and ethnic bam- T . x , f, em that our "traditional" society has ere- InJhe 8ame nlcant those ated. (those barriers, which a recent let- ?ns as well, ter to the Gamecock pointed out, are con- 1 started off by asking if we were the doned by the administration at this l?st generation, and I still don t have a University.) good answer. I do know that much of our In the past year, the buzz word for generation's problems are related to the USC has been diversity, but no one I polarization that has taken place in sohave heard has given a good definition ciety. I suggested that our generation about what is meant by diversity. Some needs our own leaders to end this poclaim the presence of groups on this cam- larization, but we're still waiting for pus that cater to certain groups of stu- them to step forward, dents gives USC its diversity. Society Malcolm X, who once called all white has done this many times before, but men evil, had a revelation after his pilhas never called it diversity. One word grimage to Mecca. He saw that we all I have heard used in the past for this belong to the human race, and should "diversity" leaves a bitter taste in most ^ accordingly. Sounds very radipeoples' mouths: segregation. cle to a large percent of our society, doesn't Do we want this diversitv? T think . *. 4U * + j ~T*~ ~1'C~ it' well he was killed by "some of his versity can only be obtahred when this ^ he began to speak to others about campus fonns organizations that have his revelation, students from many different back- . Is tThat th? Pnce (?Tr obtaming divergrounds as members. sity? No wonder our University uses anMany organizations can daim to have other defi nition. that they are diverse in membership, but they're not the ones that come calling when they want more money or more Ryan Wilson is a privileges. Political Science senior ir NhHHH' il )f i iSMi 01 i * ; y-y.y -. N SX ..ww.. ncau n? yuu. Write it. Say it. Design it. The presses are rolling, and the freauencv is set I Student Media is gearing up for the 1995-96 school year. We're just waiting for you. Come meet the staffs and find out how you can become part of the nationally recognized student media groups. The Gamecock student newspaper Tuesday, Aug. 29 Russell House Room 303 7 p.m. and WcHncdav A no 1ft J, . ? Russell House Room 303 5 p.m. Garnet & Black Quarterly student magazine Tuesday, Aug. 29 Russell House Room 303 5 p.m. student radio Wednesday, Aug. 30 Russell House Room 322 7 p.m. kliei. The University of South Carolina