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Friday, November 3,1995
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Serving USC Since 1908
Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief Matt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor
Editorial Board
Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Gregory Perez, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Allison Williams,
Larry Williams, Ryan Wilson, Chris Winston
Administration needs
to re-read the Creed
Currently, USC has 13 federal lawsuits that it is involved in as a defendant.
Specifically, there are five cases which have been activated
within the past two months. Of these five cases, two are civil rights violations
and two are job discrimination suits.
For a large university, cases such as these are to be expected. No
one party has been found guilty yet and no final decisions have been
made in the active cases. Yet, what if the accusations are true?
If they are, the purpose of the Carolinian Creed, USC's mission statement
for "personal and academic excellence," will be violated. There
within the motto that is etched everywhere from the back of Mortar
Board calenders to a plaque in the Russell House, lies the ideas to "discourage
bigotry, while striving to learn from differences in people, ideas
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demonstrate concern for others, their feelings, and their need for conditions
which support their work and development."
We as students are encouraged to follow the Carolinian Creed and
offer it the utmost respect. Though we are not monitored in our actions
if we do or do not follow the Creed, we must make a conscious decision
to do so. Yet, how can we be expected to do so if our own University can't
do so?
As mentioned before, no one party has been faulted, but the idea is
still in the air that USC may be in violation of some individual's civil
and job rights. In an academic institution that strives to advocate the
ideals of respect, it seems that a line has been drawn between those who
should follow the rules and those who really don't have to .
The question remains is when will that line be erased?
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music they desire
It seems clear the one thing can I
truly define our generation is music. RYAN WILSON
Music seems to be the tie that binds Sports Editor
many while giving us all something I
to hold on to. basic rules: 1. Watch out for bad lanWhile
tastes in music vary as guage (mostly the four letter-varimuch
as the people that identify with ety). 2. Make sure half of your show
it, our society has struggled to define plays the rotation albums. 3. Stay
and categorize the music we listen away from songs and bands currently
to. We have really become very pre- enjoying success in the commercial
tentious in our labeling of music, format.
I have said many times that cur- The first and second rule are very
rent media outlets such as MTV and clear and understandable, the third
"Spin" magazine have taken this pre- rule very grey, with the station detentiousness
to another level. All to ciding the tie-breaker. I can underoften
they are trying to decide what stand not playing Pearl Jam, Hootie,
the "buzz" music is while shunning or the Blade Crowes, but I was warned
those who don't conform to their lis- against playing Drivin n' Cryin', Faith
tenincr standards NTn More and the Smithereens. The
This labeling of music as Alter- rationale was they enjoyed some cornnative,
Top 40 or whatever has caused mercial success or were platinum
many debates as to what we truly bands.
define as good music. No where was Music that was okay to play on
this argument more apparent, as well WUSC was Bjork, her debut album
as striking close to home, than in the has sold 2.5 million copies, and Elvis
battle between Patrick Bryant and Costello, who has been around for 15
Trey Lofton over who would control years and sold millions of records.
WUSC radio. Midnight Oil is okay, but don't play
For those of you unfamiliar with "Beds are Burning." It just seems
the brief scuffle, Bryant wanted to their is some failed logic in the curchange
the station's format to one rent format and that grey area I menmore
adhering to the USC student tioned is the best place to get listenbody.
Lofton, on the other hand, ers.
wanted to keep WUSC on the cut- The actual number of regular lis?
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er that means). would argue that the number is small
The fight was short lived and proportion of as student body. The
Lofton kept his station's format in- problem is the station does not retact,
but through all the smoke and fleet what most USC students want
mirrors that the battle brought out, to hear. We have very eclectic tastes,
I have seen first hand that the for- but we don't want to listen to some
mat is clearly flawed and accentu- guy playing a shopping cart followed
ates the pretentiousness I spoke of by a group of post-surf rockers beltearlier.
ing out "somethings afoot" over and
First and foremost, WUSC gets over again for two and a half mina
percentage of its funding from Stu- utes. ,
dent Activity Fees, so it should make We want to hear a station that
attempts to subscribe to the student will play Jane's Addiction's "Jane's
body's taste in music. This is very Says" (of which there isn't one in this
much at the heart of any discussion market), followed by Shane Macabout
WUSC, and must be consid- Gowan, with old REM (Murmur, anyered.
one?) finishing out the triple play.
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unteer DJ for the station and really WUSC can have, Hootie got it firsts
witnessed the double standard that airplay on the station years ago, and
the station has. I also listened to a its time to harness that power. As I
wide variety of good music that will said, when it comes down to it, its
never make it on a WARQ or WNOK our station, give us what we want to
format. hear, not what a few people want us
When starting out I learned the to hear.
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"There is
Beardman';
There are certain days that just
scream "nasty" as soon as you walk out
the door. You know the kind ? the wind
cuts to the bone, ifs drizzling just enough
so the pricks of rain are icy cold but a
raincoat would be too warm, the algae
on the Horseshoe bricks takes on that
slimy texture that threatens to knock
walkers on their butts. On days like
those, you'd much rather just stay in bed
and sleep.
In fact, we had one of those days
Tuesday. It was quite a struggle to make
it to class, and I think we should all get
extra credit. Weather like that drives
you inside.
In order to survive dreary days like
Tuesday, you've got to take on the right
mindset. That's why I'm offering the
Beaidman's Guide to Not Getting Soaked
and Having a Relatively Good Time Despite
the Fact You Wouldn't Send a Dog
Out in This Weather.
First, don't attempt to drive anywhere.
Ifs a well-known feet South Carolina
drivers go clinically insane as soon
as rain hits the roads. Apparently an
odd chemical mixed with hie asphalt on
the roads mixes with the rubber in car
tires. The chemical reaction causes a
magnetic field inside the car, disrupting
normal brain function and rendering
all common instinct and sense useless.
If you must drive somewhere, pick
a relatively untraveled road, allow extra
travel time (seven to eight hours
should be sufficient) and crack your windows
to help the magnetic field disperse.
It might be a good idea to curl up on
Single-genck
I am the Vice-president of the Federalist
Society of South Carolina. The
Federalist Society is a national organization
dedicated to enriching legal edu
cation.
Part of our mission is to sponsor
speakers, debates, and panel discussions
on issues of particular interest to law
students as well as the general university
population. We are unabashedly
conservative, in the classic Ronald Reagan/Bill
Buckley libertarian sense, and
believe that, given a free and fair forum,
conservative ideals will triumph in the
marketplace of ideas.
Last week's panel discussion featured
speakers asked to propound three distinct
points of view on single-sex education:
(1) for the right of a state to support
single-sex education (Professor FoxGenovese),
(2) for private, but not public,
single-sex education (Professor Synnott)
and (3) against single-sex education altogether
(Professor Schwartz). None of
the speakers are legal scholars so the
arguments tended to be based on history.
philosophy and morality.
The editorial in Friday's Gamecock
attempted to address the legal issues,
but it relied on conclusory statements
that were factually incorrect to argue
against single-sex education. This warrants
a reply.
First, are publicly funded single-sex
_| institutions of higher learning "highly
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CHRIS MULDROW
Columnist
the sofa with a significant other and 1
watch one of the fine selections on the {
television. I recommend a nice game
show. My roommate, for instance, has
started watching "The Price is Right." ^
If you're like me, you grew up watching
Bob Barker verbally caressing alluring
merchandise and becoming best friends
to every variety of contestant.
My favorite game on tne snow was
always the mountain climber game,
where contestants would guess the prices
of products. As the prices went up, the
mountain climber climbed higher and
higher. I used to take a sick pleasure in
watching the climber reach the edge of
the cliff and plummet to his animatronic
death on the rocks below.
Another facet of the show that always
amazed me was the vast discrepancy
between the prize packages in the
"Showcase Showdown" at the end of the
show. Rod Roddy would always present
one showcase with an exotic trip; a new
car, boat or other exotic conveyance; a
video game; and a matched set of waterskis.
The other showcase consisted
of a bedroom suite and a cheap automatic
camera. The trick to the "Show
case Showdown," of course, is to pick the
showcase with the car.
The clue to which set of prizes was
most valuable came in Rod and the Barker
Beauties' presentation of the showcases.
The good, juicy showcases always
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STEPHEN SAMUELS
Guest Columnist
unconstitutional?" (is that like being a
little-bit pregnant?) No, that is simply
not an accurate statement of the law.
It is the job of federal courts to "say
what the law is." The highest court that
has ruled on the issue, the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals, endorsed sepa
rate institutions tor men ana women m
the VMI case. Perhaps the Supreme
Court will overrule that decision next
year, but today the Constitution permits
The Citadel and VMI to remain all male.
Second, providing women "an equal
opportunity for education," which is legal
requirement, is not as difficult as
The Gamecock indicates. Virginia has
already succeeded, via the women's leadership
program at Mary Baldwin College,
and South Carolina is following
suit.
Federal judges are the arbiters, and
they, unlike the media, are constrained
by the law in their opinions. Nor are
judges legislators; they cannot go outside
the facts and issues of a particular
case. Even if the South Carolina Institute
for Leadership (SCIL) is found deficient,
the judge must explain why and
give the state the opportunity to correct
any shortcomings.
Third, must a public institution "ben
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every week. Once a year is enough."
for WUSC, on the 80s weekend
liny-day excitement
iad a storyline. For instance, Rod and a nice meal, preferably one you don't
die Beauties are trekking through the have to cook. You could get something
wilds of the Amazon (where they'll be delivered ? pizza or wings are common
staying at the luxurious Tiki Riki Inn), in this neck of the woods. Remember to
when they happen upon..A NEW VIDEO follow the cardinal rule of coupons for
CAMERA! And Rod and the Beauties delivery places: as long as you've seen
will need that video camera, because the coupon some time in your college cawhen
they push aside the next exotic ^ bab,y send ^ plz.
U .T a, 8 a za at that price. You dent need the coupon
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it can all be yours., jf the price is right. Just i and thf thief (who was
Thev never do an elaborate storyline dressed hke a tree a la Scooby vdlam)
with the cheap prizes, though, probably ^??k -vour C0UP?n b"om y?ubecause
no one ever happens across a I should warn you if you try to order
dining room set in the Amazon. wings you might find chickens have
If you're not into game shows, you shrunk lately. I got an order of wings
could probably find an episode of an old from a prominent local wing delivery
favorite cartoon on the Cartoon Network, service, but they looked more like pigeon
They've been playing quite a bit of Scoo- wings than chicken wings. Mark, the
by Doo lately. You remember Scooby, broadcasting graduate assistant for StuFred,
Velma, Shaggy and Daphne pil- dent Media, has speculated that they
ing in the Mystery Machine to solve per- were, in fact, mouse legs dipped in BBQ
plexing problems at ski resorts, swamps sauce. Wing size varies according to
and amusement parks a'l over the coun- where you order from, so maybe you
try. I saw an episode lately where the shou[d asktheguy 0n the phone to go
kids joined up with Batman and Robin measure about 3() md ^ve
to pursue the Joker and lie Penguin. an e { h SQ ^ ^
Holy cameo appearances, Batman!! . ... . ,
The cool thing about the Scooby Doo no ,m^ nPPe<^0 ' .
With vmir car narkpd hannilv in the
show was the mystery resolution at the ' J r
end where every minor character in the &araSe> your butt planted firmly on the
shoW assembled with the kids to find so^a' remo^e tucked in vour hand, a
out who did the dirty deed. The thief al- pepperoni pie perched precariously on
ways dressed in some kind of odd cos- your lap and your best girl/guy/other
tume, and he or she always would've snuggled by your side, you can face a
gotten away "if it weren't for those pesky nasty day and know youVe got the showkids."
case with the storyline, not the one with
A rainy day is best accompanied by the table and love seat combo.
las strong legal backing
efit all taxpayers?" Well, yes, but only note that separate black and white bathindirectly.
Childless adults get no direct rooms are history, but no one is claimbenefit
from public elementary schools, ing single-sex bathrooms are highly un
the U.S.C. Office of Minority Attarrs di- constitutional,
rectly benefits only minority students, Finally, is traditional a valid argustate-fimded
abortion directly benefits ment in this case? It is, but only in so
only women, and men can't get athletic far as we should be careful about descholarships
in softball, while women stroying venerable institutions that have
can't get them in football. One can ar- served us well. Some things that are trague
on either side whether or not such ditional and good ? like marriage, pri
programs are discriminatory, but they vate property, democracy and basebal
persist because of a belief that they in- ? should be presumed as "right" anc
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certainly not being challenged in the ty seeking the change. The Gamecocl
courts. should not presume that single-sex ed
Fourth, does a private institution ucation is automatically a wrong akii
"have every right to set its own exclu- to slavery, particularly when just on<
sive standards?" For better or worse, the paragraph earlier it states that it ha
answer is a qualified no. The Supreme "some benefits."
Court applies "strict scrutiny" to gov- I believe that diversity in our idea
ernment racial classifications, but sex- and diversity in our institutions is health)
based classifications only undergo at Open, principled debate makes a soci
most a much easier "mid-level scrutiny." ety strong and vigorous, and that is pre
Private entities must agree to these re- cisely what the Federalist Society stani
strictions irf order to receive federal funds for. I hope to see you at our next evenl
(although if thev have public accommo
dations, like colleges, they are subject m _
to The Civil Rights Act of 1964). Ulfffn ft AM/
Currently, only one of the 95 all-fe- WW M f m C f f C/ WW
male colleges in the United States does Reader responses are welcome,
not receive federal funds, and few pri- Letters should be between 200
vate colleges can survive without gov- and 250 words and should be
ernment aid. Educational institutions delivered personally to The
can no longer exclude by race; they can Gamecock
distinguish between the sexes. One may