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Friday, September 1,1995 nBaif Serving USl Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief EdKorla Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Erin < Allison Williams, Larry Don't let overshadi sports ofl Alas, the time has come. The month of September marks the transition from summer to autumn, the semester's first exams, and the finalization of those tricky class schedules. Oh, also of marginal importance in the Southeast is the beginning of another season of college football. All joking aside, the first football game serves as a religious holiday of sorts for many USC students, faculty, and alumni. Some seem to equate the beginning of the season with the start of a new year, and celebrate accordingly. Football is indeed the monarch supreme of sports at USC, and in the South. And why not? Football is a relatively fast-paced, action-filled game. The tail gating tradition at Carolina allows for a time of socialization which is open to all manner of family and friends. Football also brings ill a gicat ucai ui icvcnuc aiiu iicips to gain recognition for our school. However, it may be worthwhile to divert some attention from this sports giant and take a look at the other programs standing in its shadow not out of sympathy, but out of respect Carolina has a wealth of programs that often receive only minimal attention (from students and administration). The vast majority of women's sports are victims of this phenomenon. Perhaps some individuals are under the impression that athletic events involving females are for one reason or another not as stimulating as those inA closer look V ^ if y " ^ /''ill ?0atock pB Student Media Russell House-USO Col Wendy Hudson Lucy Arnold Editor in Chief Stephanie Matt Pruitt Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Features Editors Chris Winston Larry Williams Copy Desk Chief Ryan wilson Erin Galloway Sports Editors Allison Williams Jamie Clark News Editors Photo Editor Keith Boudreaux Circulation Manager The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published daily during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays him! exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors ixr author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is Ihc publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. A Ik rack : Since 1908 Matt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor tl Board n_n n* I _ n r i ? jauuway, oiepnanie aonnenieia, Williams, Ryan Wilson football ow other ferings volving males. This depends on one's perspective. These women are athletes. They have a competitive desire as well; in fact, women often appear to be more fierce competitors than men. If one watches athletics in order to see athletes who are involved in heated competition showcase their talents, then women's athletics are wellsuited for this. If one watches athletics to see men competing against each other and be a part of a very large crowd, women's athletics are probaoiy not appropriate. Some men's sports receive a similar treatment. Until its recent success, men's soccer received relatively little fan support or attention. This may be due to conceptualization c-f soccer as a strictly European sport, while football is a decidedly American one. However, this is no reason to neglect it. Regardless of the reasons behind the neglect, the opportunity presents itself to remedy the situation. In fact, this weekend is bursting with alternatives to football (the game is in Athens anyway). Men's soccer on Sunday (at Clemson, but still closer than Athens), the first home game for the women's soccer team on Satnndav and frVia Pamlina rnaaoi/? Vnl leyball Tournament today and tomorrow all provide a chance to take in some of the overshadowed sports. Don't worry. Nobody here is trying to undermine football. Ifs a great American pastime. Just give the other guys (and girls) a chance. ___ Ethan Myerson 111-7726 Graphics Editor fJsing:777-4249 Ryan Sims 777-6482 Online Editor umbia, SC 29208 Chris Carroll Director of Student Media Martha Hotop Laura Day Tina Morgan Creative Director Asst. News Jeff A. Breaux Ben PiHow Ait Director Chris Dixon Gregory Perez Asst. Features Design Editor Robbie Meek Kim Golden Asst. Spoits Asst. Advertising Manager Jason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. /IEWT I ^ I *5? QUOTE UNQUOTE ' "We recommended Beardman CHRIS MULDROW Columnist Everyone's been asking me what I've been up to over the summer, expecting me to say I've been working at a newspaper or a magazine somewhere, honing my rusty journalistic edge with a whetstone of truth, justice and the American way. Instead, I was often running herd on a pack of uniformed youngsters as program director of a Boy Scout camp. The program director is the guy who makes sure the leather craft, watersports and knot-tying-type stuff runs smoothly during the weeks campers are there. I was at camp for roughly 11 weeks, an experience guaranteed to twist even the most stable mind into a Craftstrip Braid of astonishing proportions. It's not that the Scouts gave me any trouble. The fact is, I was in charge of my program staff and let the Scout masters control their troops most of the time, save the few incidents where one of the little darlings would pull Trauma Talk: m make this as simplistic as possibl to majority belief, South Carolina is n state in this country. I don't mean to ol tional Southerners. I merely would lik< the obvious: learn about other traditior life-styles, and people in general, before that the rest of the country is vulgar, fl 3r insensible. I speak with conviction and truth; s reasons follow. Susan Smith's case la: lew, politically rushed weeks while O. Dehind cold and tax paid iron bars. Ex ire difficult and more complicated thar aortrays. But my conjecture projects t sense of security lies in her county abo :ive and non-biased justice system and she was growing up, a lack of commun :ompelled her eventual wrongdoing. I itate that the community committed the hat the community should be life senten is, even though the O.J. trial is absurd irst to admit the apparent), at least an i fair trial, according to correct judicial :eeding. Wouldn't you agree? Or perhaps that Shannon Faulkner i egardless of what ignorant and closed-n lie might perceive. For Citadel student lates, this might be hard to swallow (try i >ut you simply cannot ignore the factual, iroke a 152 year old tradition and paved or future women. Even though she qi snd the gender barrier at an all-male i iVhat have you done lately? And that killing anyone, as in an eye s still illegal; the outcome of death has r call it bureaucratic or justified murder i this is targeted at those who proudly acks attached to the back of their "All)ick-up trucks while the bumper sticker n 3eople Suck." I have often heard South ibout the death penalty as a means for inction. By the way, some of you could be s? jressed, repressed, but animalisticly obs ifterwards, instead of the traditional rig vould rather be fixin' grits with chili, bao "OINT i#5? $? m 1 ^ _ iHh .** ? I Kmi m P ffleoaitMi I that the street be closed beet motorists were tr Richard Conant, chairms survives s After donning a plastic gaibage b grabbing a shovel and two bottle er cleaner and quashing my risin It was, I must say, the most disj never intend to do ft again. sinks off bathroom walls or other washroom antics. It's just that several weeks away from civilization tends to loosen one's grip on reality. For one, I only saw a newspaper once every week and a half or so. This meant once I did get a paper, I'd read it through roughly 2,347 times to make sure I didn't miss a shred of news. Newspapers became more prized than the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream our trading post director would con the Good Humor guy into bringing every week. And speaking of food... Have you ever imagined what it would be like to eat high school cafeteria food for 11 weeks straight...for every meal...constantly...all the time? The warmedover shaped country-fried mystery meat and endless regurgitation of rectangular pizza turns the stomach and tries the soul after only a few weeks, and two plus months of die same food / > . 1 ^ i soutn Carolir e: Contrary ot the only KEN (Fend tradi- . i to explain Coll is, cultures, concluding ? lamboyant, ^nd of religious additivi fix something that's brol lome major The Blue Law's are a sted only a Everybody is in church, J. remains That still doesn't excuse planations riving hung over and sm< i the media (Sorry, my bad, that's T< hat a false Then there's the confi ut an effec- capital building, some cl that, while ers "racism." ity support And then those South could then cock couldn't print them i crime and back! ced. Where- Ready to send me bi 1 (111 be the your life. A University attempt at graduate (remember thai law, is pro- tion programs) will not 1 Hnn Pnnracro o+r*or>crfVi "1W"' s a pioneer, shall continue, 'cause L< ainded peo- shall strike (then again, s and grad- ligious, but hypocritical e some grits), other column). . Ms. Smith I speak from experier a dirt road individual justification fc lit, she did perience can often be neg nstitution. imprudent, constructive brisk judgement, but I d< i for an eye, California, snow can fall, lot changed 90210 (Fd like to) and C f you may), tually fictional, so don't a carry gun- I have blond hair and bli American" tic doll. In fact, my I.Q. eads "Mean scores, a moderate 158. erners talk ers, I left my home state human ex- to judge them. My point should be c jxually-op- beliefs and goals, my asp lessed. And fore sensing judgement, arette, yall same and I will cease to e on, or some If you choose to stereoty s v / m p?5S SbIM jtin?&i0l?\junu iuse students were in danger, and s ying to run into them." in of the USC safety committee ?uiimici ui 1 ag apron and rubber surgical gloves, i] s of industrial-strength Purple Pow- :1 g queaslness, I attacked the toilet, a gusting thing I've ever done, and I n d is hazardous to your health. If I see " another No. 10 can full of apple sauce 111 snap and strip naked to run wild- v ly across the Horseshoe chanting, "Com " dogs, french fries, chocolate milk." The worst thing about cafeteria ^ food is the fake versions of commercial foods. We even had fake Tang, n making it FAKE fake orange juice. The heat and humidity caused prob- g lems over the summer, too. Once we ir got a bathing suit or towel wet, it was n guaranteed to never ever dry again, ti We began to suspect any dry clothes gi were possessed by Satan. b We never got a chance to watch P television over the summer, either, ir This wouldn't normally be a problem It because I don't watch much TV nor- ir mally. Unfortunately, my last week ir at camp was spent watching the oi v. ...L:I i _i.~ii.ii. laugei a nuuse, which nau satellite yi TV. Having nothing else to do with b< everyone gone, I of course started play- 01 lians might not TRAUM But "bring i TinnEt ifyou dare, not of traditional ? discourse and s (Remember you can only ^?cessary f?r P i\ Discourse perxr ten). f nother intelligent decision. Ppwer ana Pra< so no alcohol on Sunday's. ?ctlon an(* church members from ar- s,in&'e ^n^er> ? slling of aged Jack Daniels. ^nes con^on] mnessee). enthe Utopian derate flag high above the of judgement, aim "tradition," while oth- stereotype, not absolutes and 1 em jokes? Well, The Game- will be reading . Thanks for watching my as you thoroug Unlike my { ick to California? Not on vative Republic of California at Berkeley true democrac t we abated affirmative ac- This makes me turn down such a requisi- ics will reflect i and esteem will prevail. I ]y acceptable. 3rd only knows if lighting My weekly I currently reside in a re- might challeng nvironment. But that's an- perhaps introdi _ condom theory ice. Experience can dictate ^ >r personal bekefs. But at- youeverheard hgentlyoo^ued through mun%movem criticism. This allows for .. , . , out surf, and, yes, even in "fP 111 I don't know Brenda from ?ntfnhous cor alifornia University is ac- . ' sk me for any applications. fectmS yon>the le eyes, but I'm not a plas- &et y?u into mc is higher than my G.R.E. t^ie renovated d Unlike a lot of Southern- tuallythink thl to learn about people, not important! Nevertheles lear. Get to know me, my on controversy lirations and concerns, be- optimistic and i I will be content to do the ed by Hazlitt:' nake gross generalizations, versity is a grei pe further, well, "bring it privation and s fig? jw f ^ ARAPct-r-O , MOTHER ^;^pE ome even felt that y, toilets ig with the TV. Hours later, I wj ddicted to the 10,000 channels. I wa ly MTV2, MTV West, MTV Eas 1TV Beijing, MTV Zimbabwe. He le! I also developed an unappeasab esire to buy expensive outdoor equi lent such as rock climbing gear ai ayak accessories. When you're in tl roods, there's no other retail purchaj lat seems to make sense than an e *a set of float bags for a boat or a ni iore-Tex rain coat. The worst thing that happened le all summer, however, was my fo y into plumbing repair after a toil ot unacceptably- and overwheln lgly-clogged with such things as no tally clog toilets. After donning a pla c garbage bag apron and rubber su ical gloves, grabbing a shovel and tv ottles of industrial-strength Pun) ower cleaner and quashing my ri: lg queasiness, I attacked the toile . was, I must say, the most disgus lg thing I've ever done, and I nev< itend to do it again. If you, or an] me you know, does this for a livinj du deserve a big hug, the alcohol: average of your choice and the thank * toilet users everywhere. understand it on" through responsive languag* anger, misjudgement, or callow ad ipprehension. Language allows fc discourse (Thanks Mr. Locklair) i romoting educating and symbolisn lits us to write or speak through th jess of reasoning. It permits carefi steady control, as if steering, with i shaky wheel past forcible, dotte aity. Through discourse we are gi\ fVinnrrVif nf vnvugtiv vi vnviv^y wit iivuucui iigu We are then able to intellectuall by ignorance or imagination, but b transparent thinking. Because y*a this column, this should be your got hly inhale my meaning, predecessors, I am neither a consei :an or liberal Democrat I believe i y, not governmental interventior ! a visionary. Thus, my column top lpon the "not-normal" or the social column will question the norm, je you to abolish racism, sexism o ace you to my pacifier and adhesiv . I might discuss political corrupt ^?1 A _..i_ IT 5, ui viuicut piutcot uutujxiies. aav 1 of nude marijuana sit-ins or com ents for macrochange? What abou ment, abortion and the recent, bu lsentual rape ideology. I will write about current issues al students of Carolina. Fake IDs wil >st bars and don't you truly despis iorms? And that some professor's ac at they are better than you or mor js, like an attacking shark, I thriw . Be forewarned and cautious, bu intuitive. Please remember, as stat "Prosperity is a great teacher; ad ater. Possession pampers the mind trengthens it."