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Thursday, September 21,1995 "tSaiffo Serving USC Since Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief Ma Editorial Bo Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Erin Galloway, Gr Allison Williams, Larry Williams, R; New educatio Eduiva umvciac There is much debate among future edc or not the removal of the undergraduate e< Unfortunately, many students currei know the debate is happening. They arer has been restructured. The new education program, which al degree in five years provided that they ar< tive graduate program, was started inl99< about the revisions is starting to spread or ing the news about the changes was left tx culation appears to be rather poor. One would think that most students a new five year plan had been implemented, e to go to school for the usual four year peri tion is granted the student, this might be a gain acceptance to the graduate program n ies elsewhere and leave Carolina without Furthermore, the new program doesn'i hopes of some students in the education fi< undergraduate degree since they only wa elementary education. The five year progr make a career out of education, often at hi In all fairness, the new program has it would usually be required to obtain a mast into more money spent. The program was the market needs, which is always a goo< competitive, which helps to raise universit However, the university could have bee dents when making the changes. The nev unquestionably been spread to all student of explanation for the changes might not 1: 'Hie program ultimately benefits the ma I 1 i.l_* J >i. 1. _1_ i.1. rng cnanges such as uua, uon i uvenouK ui More gender ( You know something, folks? |~" Reading that last column I wrote got me to thinking how much different men and women really are. Really. Men and women are as dif- '? ferent as tennis shoes and combat boots (you can decide which is which ^ for yourself). For instance, how many times have you seen a man spend three hours in a bathroom? That's because men's rooms are like hog pens. However, you women have re- ? strooms nicer than most people's houses. Most of them have couches and recliners and studio mirrors with a full drawer of makeup. Heck, . if it weren't for the fact that the 7s1 mall closed, they probably wouldn't * leave. J Also, why is it women have to go to the bathroom in packs? I always like to have privacy when I ^ go. But women have to have about ( five other women go with them, as even if ifs just to check their make- sec up. wo I guess women take this time 4-u^: n 1 4-j.i 1 ser IAJ UAOLTkXZ up I/11C11 lllclil UcLLWC picUl. ~ "Gen. Heather, what will be the ? 1 first plan of action?" "Well, Col. Suzie, our first stop ac* ; will be the petite dress section of v? J.B. White's, followed by a frontal , strike of the makeup department." "But General, how will we bet mt our supplies (male translation: money) for this mission?" ^ Here's where you get to see the . a ladies pull out all the stops. This is 111 the time when the male's paycheck gets shot to the devil. .e When your favorite girl comes 0 ' asking you for some cash, you'd better answer with a few bills or else * 1 it's dinner with Mrs. Paul for the J* next few weeks. And why is it women hate the 1 c way they look so much? Women are so much better looking than men. Even when they get up in the morn- P 8 ing and haven't even seen the first mirror, they still look pretty good. But when most women describe ev( themselves, it seems like they're ^ describing Hairy Gorilla Women of the Congo. Now sometimes, these women are telling the truth. I once knew tnj a woman who was so ugly, a peepnftnUmrlt Advertisii FAX: 111 Student Media Russell House-USC* Columl Wendy Hudson Lucy Arnold M Editor in chief Stephanie T Matt Pruitt Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Features Editors Chris Winston Larry Williams ( Copy Desk Chief Ryan Wilson Erin Galloway Sports Editors R Allison Williams Jamie Clark , News Editors Photo Editor J Keith Boudreaux Circulation Manager The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of The South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Letti Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception nam of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina "e The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the The publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media styi, is its parent organization. ^ v 1 Ddt 1908 tt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor ard egory Perez, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, /an Wilson, Chris Winston in program il appeal icators here at USC as to whether iucation program was beneficial, ltly on the education path don't l't even aware that the program lows a student to get a master's s accepted into a highly competi1. Some two years later, the word 1 a large scale. The job of spread) individual colleges, and the cirvould be eager to know that the ispecially if they had only planned iod. Of course, since no other opi moot point: students who do not aust take up their graduate studa license to teach, b necessarily facilitate the career 2ld. Some students desire a basic nt to teach for a short time or in am only helps those who wish to gher levels. s merits. A longer period of time er's degree, which also translates changed in order to better meet 1 cause. Also, the system is very y standards and status, m slightly more aware of the stilus about the change should have s affected immediately, and a bit lave hurt anything, ijority of students, but when makose who you mean to benefit. differences i UHtW SltWAHl Columnist \ Tom told her to pull the shades wn. If women looked as bad as they y they do, men wouldn't have a ng to do with them. Would you ve anything to do with a thing at was bloated with icky hair, d skin that did nothing but break t constantly and had no clothes at matched? But women do command a cern respect, though. In Summer1 (popf. 975), it's only a woman lo can cause a man to get up off ! seat, take off his hat and autoitically become the most welltnnered and behaved gentleman ire is. Manners would be about existent as a redneck cheering ;tion at Spoleto if it weren't for men. It's women who make you obve manners. Whenever the leader my mother's bridge club visited j house, I was always forced to ; with manners that would make dith Martin look like Elbe May ampett. If I didn't behave like e wanted me to, I had about as ich of a chance of seeing the lat; episode of the Duke Boys as ire is a chance of there being a ddam Hussein Park dedicated Kuwait City. One final difference between n and women; Women are a heck a lot more expensive than men. Men wouldn't buy anything new t weren't for women. We'd just 5p everything we had forever in ; garages in our back yards. And uiything ever broke, we'd just ; some duck tape and rig the jok 4--1 I L_Ji_ __ up uiiLii we ausomteiy naa to reice it. But women have to have new ngs for every event. My sister m has to buy a new outfit every le she cuts the grass. Yes, men and women are very Ferent. Whoever said opposites ract was telling one of the biggest iths to ever be told. Just ask the 1 or boy sitting next to you. 7 7-77A I Ethan Myerson //0 Graphics Editor in* nil A1AQ i _ g- '??Gregory Perez '-6482 Design Director bia, SC 29208 Ryan Sims Online Editor artha Hotop Chris Carroll ina Morgan Director of Student Media Asst. News Laura Day Ben Pillow Creative Director :hris Dixon Jeff A. Breaux Asst. Features Director iobbie Meek Kim Golden Asst. Sports Asst. Advertising Manager ason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy Gamecock will try to print all letters received. :rs should be 200-250 words and must include full e, professional title or year and major if a student. :rs must be personally delivered by the author to Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for possible libel or space limitations. Names will not withheld under any circumstances. yiEWP; FOOTBALL ZOOO... / f i/i/rti. ; Kwaw irj I faAa rue se 1 chuck f 8<>T "HO \u/<e ir* sofien. $ QUOTE UNQUOTE Ignorance 1 It seems that recently the battle betweer cepted and established political factions ki conservatives and liberals has grown to a boil. Battle lines are being drawn deeper th and thev are ones of terrible animositv anc ness that won't go away. Yes, the Democrats and Republicans ? again (again?). With Election Day creepin and closer, we are forced to sit back and c plate the status of this nation that we live must ask ourselves, first, "What exactly se a conservative from a liberal, and why are each other's proverbial throats?" It must go back to when we were very sir our opinions and "values" were not instill* yet. Our parents did the best that they coulc us the morals that they saw best fit. Son still go by those same principles, some of u however, the principles that others possess fail to agree with, we blast unmercifully; grade for not corresponding with our own. Liberals and conservatives might have differences, but there is one which thing 1 have in common: narrow-mindedness. H anyone disagree? It happens time and tim with few exceptions. With MOST, the id* intelligent disagreement is a lost concept. Democrats, open-minded people that th* to be, don't necessarily conform to that n when presented with an opposing view that necessarily correspond to their own. Conser on the other hand, are often grouped with an No excuse f In response to those who have negatively criticized my columns in the past, I show you here with this column that you truly don't know me, but that once again ignorance has produced unnecessary stereotypes. Even though I enjoy and encourage such responsive cor discourse, my perceptions and views ole have been negatively attacked. gei Nevertheless, my columns should sug- ha: gest the following: My ideologies and art views as expressed every week are tuc meant to encourage people to think cor openly, to elicit responses and allow all readers to make independent choices ne1 regarding their own personal beliefs, sel I don't want to upset anyone. tioi The toDic for this week's column lee was inspired by a close personal friend wh who endured a very violent relation- be ship and emerged a successful sur- am vivor. vie Whether the situation consists of a physical relationship or a casual ize friendship, no one has the right to act we violently toward you. Even though ex- tai cessive emotions of love and commit- cai ment can make someone feel power- cor less, it is important to realize that the pie only obligation you have is to yourself, on] Overcoming the frustration of such noi powerless situations is not easy. However, it can be done. th< Experiencing internal guilt, feel- coi ing ashamed and blaming yourself for im the violence is perfectly natural. How- sh( ever, there is help available. Hundreds em of agencies are solely dedicated to is- soi sues such as domestic violence, phys- coi ical or sexual assault and rape. These tre agencies are available; they are not out of reach. foe PINTS f ~7~ f h ' * 6fr\ J V)5 OrJ, \ I 1 Vo you ) <DUjL } I??1 1 . 1 1 "The standard is now set that women's rights USC Professor Jan Love, on the U.N. Confere A/i/IO ^rrv -ft ^-o CdU3 IU 11^1119 I i the ac- "IMiMI "" iowii as LARRY WILLIAMS steady Sports Editor an ever, ^ 1 bitter- ~ ire at it "the religious right." This might or mig _ closer wholly correct, but, according to their relig ontem- ciples, they preach forgiveness and humil in We ever, just like the opposition, they go bad arates holy principles and damn those who do thev at hue with their beliefs. A local provocative talk show host pri tall and be a supporter of neither political party. E id in us es tolerance and responsive discourse, t 1 to give blasts conservative beliefs and morals ar le of us tends to side with the liberal viewpoin s don't* though he professes to be neutral, he le? Wg room for opinions other than his own. and de- On one of his shows recently, the de whether The Carolina Spectator had ov a jot 0? its boundaries in writing against homoi thev all presenting other views that were at sc Low can "conservative." A few callers called in to v e again opbuon, and their points of view just ha] a of an differ with the host's. The host then pro hang up on the caller and blast their con ;y claim v^ews without the caller even present to de lind set self^ . . doesn't e ' m my 0PUU0n'set a bad ex; vatives ?tbers? which occurs all too often in the wc d called itics. Why couldn't the host have remai or physical vie ~^~ porting a viole KEN TRAUM should encom ~p, j r? these crimes ? Columnist The problem, needed attenti Male power and dominance often in such a short itrol and help further the acts of vi- reporting the ii nt behavior. Society has created the victim's rig ider-role stereotypes that only en- victim a sense ace male authority, some of which Friends als ; aggressiveness, an uncaring atti- fill. In most c? le and domination, with respect to concerned thai tversations. This does not mean that be. Even if you I men are "bad" people, that they will contact a close yer change or that they lack total friend, f control but that some physical ac- A few sugg as are not acceptable and can be il- violence in inti al. Also, men are not the only ones low. Although o can act violently. Some abuse can tioned are not s inflicted by the power of women, complicated is d in some instances, men are the preventive me; tims. behaviors. However, it is imperative to real- Communicj that the victim has authoritv as set people can 11. By believing in themselves and Unhealthy re dng the necessary steps, the abused munication. Vt 1 overcome the initial emotions of feelings has b< lfusion. This is by no means a sim- professionals process, and adults and teens would controlling vio ly be adding further confusion by frustration an t subscribing to the complexities, cal action occ Reporting an incident is perhaps However, rem i most troubling obstacle to over- emotional stn ne. In the aftermath of rape, it is violence. Trusl portant that victims not wash or eliminate soie >wer, change clothes or alter their but no one des< /ironment in any way. This might abuse, anger o md disturbing, but for an effective If you or an; iviction and prosecution it is ex- physically abu mely important. that the phras And as educators, we should not "you deserved us so much on the strategies for re- actions of phys v 3 itfm... HfegOK has * STAONZ ^ ret)rA THIS VfPHL, 8u VP,Q\$C0. in Wf UPC,I pe/>si will foce our soni. ~~ n/ are human rights." ince on Women. between factions """"""- ?"I and "open-minded" to an opposing view, just as he says he is toward other ways of life? To bombard those who have dissenting views with spiteful diatribe is the epitome of what liberals claim to be ? narrow-minded. Lefs think for a minute ? what if the host would nt not be have calmly held an intelligent argument with the P1111" other party instead of blasting them off the air? ity, now- Would there be more division among the listeners *'ffii,ir or more understanding? I side with the latter, n t tall in j ?qso have difficulty understanding how this host expects to retain his integrity if he is to bomotesses to ggQigrg ^d listeners who don't conform to his Prea(fo- j-igid beliefs. Look at the G. Gordon Liddys and the ^ 1 Howard Sterns. Both are outspoken, controversial 1 ^ways and could incite a riot with their syndicated talk i-IT shows; however, as far as integrity is concerned, ives little these guys aren't granted much credibility by the general population for their beliefs, bate was As for the publications who print hate rhetoric, irstepped j don't understand how the publishers expect sexuality ^ support with their spitefulness. Strip )me times away the instances of bitterness, and you have the ?ice t^eir potential for a legitimate conservative newspaper with legitimate conservative concerns. cee<^ Regardless of the argument, neither side is right. f Ve How can conservatives attack others when they tend mm- preach forgiveness? How can liberals assault othprs whpn thpv nrparb nnpn-minrlpHnpss? Tt rpallv ample for doesn't make sense, but the ignorance exists every. pol- where from the University of South Carolina to ned calm CapitolHill. 0pnrp LETTER TO THEEDifOR^ I am glad to see someone pointing out that there are fall sports other than football. Football does mt act; rather our goal cas^ 311 enormous shadow over othpass the reasons why er non-revenue fall sports. I know: ire not reported at all. hi high school I ran cross country, is complex and much- end extremely unnoticed fall sport, on cannot be addressed Unfortunately, this attempt to ; column. Nevertheless, draw attention to "other" fall sports icident can only further is a bit late for usc's men's cross rhts, as well as give the country program. It has silently of empowerment. fallen victim to the new standard io can prove to be help- of "gender equality" in sports, as ises, they will be more defined b>' the SEC. hi ^ attempt 0 the victim appears to to make up for the fact that footfeel ashamed, you should bal1 does not and never will have , trustworthy, personal an equally lucrative and crowddrawing sister sport. This new deestions for preventing finition of gender equality states imate relationships fol- that member schools of the SEC the suggestions men- must have two more women's sports solutions to an extremely than men s sports in order to consue, they are meant as tinue to receive the large amounts asures for some violent ?f money that are divided up among the 12 members after some partication is the greatest as- ipate in their respective post-sea1 give in relationships. son h?wl games, lationships lack com- What the SEC wants is to be irbalizing emotions and able to look at the total number of jen recognized by most participants in all sports and have as preventive care for the same number of women and lence. Expressing fear, men participants in member schools, d anger before a physi- What they are obviously neglecturs can be beneficial. hig are the opportunities they are lember that unwanted destroying by cutting smaller nonlin is in itself an act of revenue male sports programs, t and honesty will help Obviously, the Athletics Dele miscommunication, partment feels that the great gods srves to be treated with ?f football revenue are more imr violence. portant than supporting the true yone you know has been meaning of the principle of equalspH nlpasp unHprsiand ity that the department so strong se "you asked for it" or ty supports, it" doesn't justify any WllBam Frick sical abuse. GINT Junior