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Tuesday, November 28,19 "IE Sti Wendy Hudson, Editor ii E Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Gregor Larry Williams I | Carolina you one i So maybe you missed the C couldn't find the time to parti< the case, don't start cursing you week will give you a chance to Carolina Cares offers USC s cal community. By sponsoring < to the Harvest Hope Food Bani helps students and faculty give This is an opportunity to re ( helping hand. Many times, we ings that we forget about the g Cares week serves as an excell Hopefully, some of the holid time during the year when you ? r? i.i ,u? A u 4-i,? ? iuue lux muse wnu uccu it tiic u olent desires than through you Yes, exams are coming up. the end of the semester. No, j These things are understands However, you can still maki nap for a day. If you're going tc something productive? You'll sleep better at night, ceive your help. Now get out tl Horgan J poor stal Well, Thanksgiving came went like a Taco Bell dinner a cheap laxative. Relatives vis thanks was given, and turkeys Yet, amid all the carousing o Happy Holiday, there was a s{ of news on the national scene Watterson, the creator of the < strip "Calvin and Hobbes," is ing it quits. Oh the humanity... i paper readership nationwide if to decline because of this. "C and Hobbes," for many, was i son to carry on in this bleak \ It got you out of bed in the mo] * combed your hair and poured! va down your pants... or some to that effect. I guess what I ai ing to say is that "Calvin and H< was a diamond in the rough an be missed. If you have been paying ? tion to the comic strip scene past few years, you'll notice Watterson's retirement is thi tinuation of a recent trend a good cartoonists. First, "Bloom1 tyV Berkely Breathed called it then Gary Larson and "Ihe Far faded to black, and now this.1 of the best comic strips of r times gone kaput, just like that you ask? Because they were i ' and knew when to call it quits, why. aqo miva lrnnur oil fn/ JL iiuov gujo miun uii ww\ what happens when a cartt burns himself out, but contin draw his strip. They see it's ] evidence every day, running space next to their own stri] let's break from this eulogy fallen cartoon heroes, and foe stead on the lame pretender clog our comic pages with 1 Case in point: "Hagar th< rible," this stinkburger has abs nothing going for it other t Nordic duck who says, "Qvact frankly, that isn't enough to s Moving right along to" Capp"... is this an import or It seems to have that Archie B "All in the Family" thing goii ( cept it's set in Liverpool. Thoi pie and soccer jokes are lost 1 American public, I tell you. "Cathy," I'm not a single, over woman in her thirties, so I g just don't "connect" with tha ic strip. How many of you have e\ tually laughed at a "Snufly ? strip? Just as I thought, St Government raised their h ?0aiflcock Student Media Russell HouseWendy Hudson Lucy Ar Editor in Chief Stepha Matt Pruitt Sonneni Viewpoints Editor Features Ei Chris Winston Jamie C Copy Desk Chief Photo Ed Allison Williams Robert VN News Editor Asst. Photo Larry Williams Robbie P ts* Graphics E The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the U I South Carolina and is published Tuesday through ing the fall and spring semesters, with the exceptioi sity holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of or author and not those of the University of South C The Board of Student Publications and Communici publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Sti is its parent organization. 1 195 r jm I. 5amttocR vmg uscstnce ivws 1 Chief Matt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor dttovlal Board y Perez, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Alhson Williams, , Ryan Wilson, Chris Winston Cares gives more chance !arolina-Clemson Blood Drive. Perhaps you :ipate in any of Oxfam's activities. If this is irself just yet. The upcoming Carolina Cares redeem yourself. students a chance to get involved with the losanned food drives, One Shot programs, trips :, and various other activities, Carolina Cares i back to the community. >ach outside the Carolina community with a are so involved with our own internal work reat big world outside ot usu. liie uaronna ent reminder. ay spirit has grabbed you by now. This is one are bound to feel compelled to do something lost. What better way to quench your benevir university? Yes, you have one million things to do before our professors aren't making it any easier, ble. i time. Maybe you can give up your afternoon i skip that 2 o'clock class anyway, why not do More importantly, so will the people who relere. laments the :e of comics ; and ftera MATT HORGAN Columnist died. f fV>io rm r il.. 11/aiio mere is nu reasuii iui uie wiiuiiucu id bit existence of this horrible piece of s. Bill comic caca (on a side note, the aciomic tual title of the strip is "Snuffy Smith 1 and Barney Google," but no acnews quaintance of mine has any idea of 3 sure who in the sam scratch Barney ^vin Google is. So who is this mysterious i rea- hillbilly, and why is he being kept srorld. under wraps? Two valid questions rn^' my friends, but "Snuffy" cartoonist rot ja- pYed Lasswell could not be reached for comment). n All of the aforementioned comic strips are just plain bad, so when will people learn? Every year in The State newspaper's Reader's Poll, itten- "Bgetie Bailey" and a few of the others I've mentioned constantly finish ^ that ^ ^ T0p 5 How can this be? What 3 con" sort of a person looks at that strip jpon? and thinks, "Haw Haw, Beetle got VP" beat up again by Sarge... that makes everyday for three weeks straight. -T1 I never cease to find it hilarious!" This, to me, is just another reminder pJJjP that you everyday, average Joe out there is an incredible moron. Ifs exfrratf actly why things like the ThighS master and Star Search continue to ) well hW?>onist * forgot to mention a couple of /knwti/i nnvlior nrV?nn T U7QQ Pnm. UGS tO W11UV* SUIips vvlit/1a x new wiu pitiful P^ing mY cartoon Hall of Shame. I in the wouldn't want out leave any deps. So serving candidates out. I give my to our "Lifetime Achievement of Crap rus in- Award" to "The Family Circus." Yes s that f?lks> ^ is the bottom of the cartoon efuse f??d chain. Nothing makes me want i Hor- to S? out and kill more than seeing olutely the spirit of Billy's grandad standhan a ing behind him in church, or that and damn "Not Me" ghost (ooooohhh, ave it. grim! my teeth). Andy Now, while day to day "Peanuts" what? strips are pretty stale, I have to give linker, it to Charles Schulz for keeping his lg, ex- characters young and innocent. So se fish many other cartoonists are giving on the in to the prevailing winds of change As for and aging their child characters. The weight comic strip suffers when these olduess I er characters then have to deal with t com- modern day concerns and problems. I would hate to see a CBS special rer ac- entitled "Wear a (Jondom, unariie Jmith" Brown," or "Come out of the Closet, udent Charlie Brown." Let that one sink lands, in. News: 777-7726 Ryan Sims Advertising: 777-4249 0nline Edi,or FAX: 777-6482 Suzanne USC* Columbia, SC 29208 McDonald m, . Graduate Assistant nold Martha Hotop Chrjs Carrol, me Cece von Kolmtz Director of Student Med feld Asst. News I | aura T)av liters Ben Pillow Creative Director lark Chris Dixon jeff a. Bream tor Asst. Features Art Director 'aiton Jason Jeffers Marilyn Edwar Editor Cartoonist Taylor rfeek Keith Boudreaux Marketing Director Xts Circulation Manager Erik Co|lins rerson Gregory Perez Faculty Advisor iditor Design Editor Letters Policy Friday dur- The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Lett i of univer- should be 200-250 words and must include full name, prof sional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be f ' the editors sonally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsro larolina. in Russell House room 333. itions is the The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for st; ident Media possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withh under any circumstances. VffiWI N So You / pont vzwe p? This mil bt ite wstiirte \H g?ao (oKsc \ \*elp You CH \ lite smi QUOTE. UNQUOTE "We're trying to make pec Carol Ways to re Have you ever had someone wa up to you while you were walking dov the street and ask "Are you saved It doesn't matter if you were mindit your own business and not botheri] anyone, you are still fair game to tl most intrusive question. It has ha pened to me several times, and I mi admit, it annoys the heck out of n Once when I was asked the qu< tion, I simply answered "yes." Bigm take. The questions began to flo probing what church I was a mem! of, how old I was when I became Christian and other matters of fai that I find to be quite personal. T member of the campus Bible stu that was attacking me at that mome A*T~. WV *Vwrv^MW Williams' column "Militant femini not representative of women," I v simply point out that if, as Williai quoting Time claims, "63 percent American women reject the femin label" (whether or not they reject fe inist goals is another matter altogetb it is largely because of misleading r dia distortions of feminism amply i emplified by Mr. Wilhams' colun Cynthia J. Da' Assistant Profes Department of Engl Carolina needs a masc to match its spirit Although I would not like to ad] it, part of my decision to come to Soi Carolina was to be able to call mys ia a 'Cock. Now, I think that the u versity has one of the most unique ? original nicknames, and therefor : should have a suitable mascot. Ccx ds has the name, but I think he fall little short in image. At all the football game I weni this fall, the visiting teams' masc were more colorful and more rec ers nizable. Cocky just does not resem a gamecock. On closer inspectioi om Cocky, he seems to be made of so poor shag rug shaped into a cone. ] M beak looks like a flattened bean 1 "OINTS HI l&DN,G,Nt60H& RER wacA >ple aware of service needs and remind close to the holids Una ri?rp<? Treasurer Heather Cudd. on the UDi did not see it that way, nowever. Once I answered his questions found out that, no, I was not trr saved because the church I was i tending had strayed from the true v of God because they (Saints forbi ordain women. At this point, I hs pened to remember that my gard needed planting, and I escaped t gravity well that he was using to kt me from fleeing. Ever since that experience, I hs LETTERS TO THE ED Rejection c misreprese] Although there is much I woi lilro fn bsw in rssnnnsp tn T,ar fute 'the questii IV SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHi VilnnH ^ CARSON BUSH thxougl l?" Columnist ag Oncesa kept walking when I hear the words hue ret us flowing from someone's mouth, "Are he reac P" you saved?" And for good reason. In Butm ^ my theological opinion, they are miss- boast it ie- ing the point of Christianity all to- Christ, :s" gether. Jesus did not come to Earth ^ceive 1S" to save us from the death. That is a We can w' result, not the reason. He came to re- fL J81 unite us with God. s'alvati Perhaps you are asking how I can s , back up such a claim. I must admit he 4.1 4.1 fr-nrrs m? ^ ^ j U1CSC UlUUglllO CUC liuc lien uuui SG1V6S ^ mouth. I borrowed them from the to. apostle PauL In his letter tp the church They^ , j in Rome, which is the most important ishabl< tjy letter Paul wrote in the eyes of most reward scholars, Paul establishes the method uating ^il] through which we are re united with sonal s (j|) God from our state of sinfulness. First, withpt ip. he establishes that we are justified relatio: en through faith, not actions. (Romans Th< he 4) It is what is in our hearts, not was gins w sep is in our resume', that is important to chief c God. "Man's ive Next, Paul states that through the to enjo mm >f feminist label ( ntation in the me ild and is very dirty. female ry Now, when you compare Cocky to other c sts the gamecock, where is the comb, where in pert nil are the huge tail feathers, where are enougl ms the wings, and where is a hint of the lifetime ; of fighting spirit? On the internet, I hap- affect i ist pened upon the homepage of the Uni- We m- versity of Delaware, which, if you are initial 3r), not familiar with the school, are the have el He- Blue Hens. Their mascot is an im- affecte ex- pressive chicken. now. T in. I am surprised that a university ahead with as much spirit as South Caroli- month ids na would not have a mascot with a save nc sor costume to match. With the money I h lish that is spent on athletics at this school, or dete I would think that they could spare a I am ii small portion to outfit a mascot to freshn match the enthusiasm that the school to go. ] and the state have for the Gamecocks, you is heart! nit Scott Atkins terribl Jth Graduate student come ii self College of Education courai ni- ahead ^ Hunro nf nrovontinn i? eit w""w" ? r1*" ? ;ky worth a pound of cure s a Within my first month on campus, t to I have found out many things that ots scare me. Almost all of the freshman og- girls that I have encountered are scared hie to go to the Student Health Center for 1 of a Women's Health Exam. I had my me fears about going, but my appointment His proved to be life-saving, sag I was just as sure as every other jBliCAH them to give back to the comi lys." coming week of community service on' for the h hed by Christ, we are "saved reason tl 1 him from the wrath of God", so that e nly called salvation. (Rom 5:9) death, bi ived from the wrath of God, the again en ison for the death of Jesus can ship wit! hed: reconciliation with God. Basec ore than [salvation], we even the peo{ 1 God through our Lord Jesus name of through whom we have now question :d reconciliation." (Rom 5; 11) saved?" again enjoy a personal and in- you reC(J relationship with Him. lor y is there such a big focus on forever?' ion? It seems to me that the paL vho are concerned with whether , i , . . ,, sus and e saved are trying to save them- , . from what they fear will hap- ? them if they do not follow God. . , ,1 ? disobeying God as being pun- ^ 71 i instead of following Him as at t ing. Ifs just the same as evac- y?urec0 before a coming storm. Ifs per- reason j afety. They are more concerned their att irsonal welfare than with their Oh, 1 nship with their creator. m^e th i Westminster Confession be- hon. W1 ith the question "What is the knew J< ind of man?" The answer is looked tl i chief end is to glorify God and most tn y Him forever." That was the Jewish.' A ni~ #t UfU ;aused by ;dia on every other hallway in every > lorm on campus is about being ect health. I, myself, have seen < ti sickness and ailing to last a | I was sure that nothing could ; my life to make it any harder. I 11,1 was wrong. By making that J trip to have a physical done, I f luded cancer which would have X\ d my life about five years from ACJg his is not to say that what lies fcTvj for me in the next six to seven >**( s is going to be easy, but it will le a lot of pain and fear later on. au liu way ui luiuwmg, lcciing ctdng this myself. I also feel that i the best of care and I urge all \, lan girls, sexually active or not, Hearing nothing is wrong with the best thing in the world. To iat something would have been [y wrong with you had you not ifora check-up gives you greater je to travel the road which lies Maggie MedKz -Psychology freshman Mi Reac Lett and de Gi : 3 '^T-ho ?i??r~11 w > a. ?3_LS - 1 r ,1 ? 1\ 1 i'T fozrfr ptYT ill Hi ESS -T I , J" ' "-'I nunity, especially so lolidays lat Christ came. It was not veryone could be saved from at so that people could once joy a truly personal relationiGod. I on my understanding of Paul, )le who attacked me in the their faith asked the wrong s. Instead of asking "Are you they should be asking "Are inciled with God?" and "are ifying God and enjoying him * These questions would red's view of the mission of Jewhy anyone should follow his [S. lext time you are approached s question "Are you saved?", he person and ask them "Are nciled?" Then give them the rou asked that. It should get ention. and by the way. A friend of rough off one ringer of salvaaen my friend was asked if he ? * J Ua txt r* n oqtt/t/"! It a ;sus aiiu 11 nc yrcw oa?tu, uw ie guy in the eye and gave the ithful answer he could: "I'm 9 serLook \ \ Jj mmnc&FWuire rite now ler responses are welcome, ers should be between 200 l 250 words and should be livered personally to The imecock, Student Media, Room 333 of the Russell House. > ^