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2 ?ai Senfng Ul Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chie Edltorl Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Gregory Pere Larry Williams, Ryan Provide su World AID! So you're in college now. You th heard enough about AIDS to las everyone else is as educated about The World Health Organizatioi World AIDS Day. This event preseni the world to come together to prom as well as to remember the 20 mil Both schools and communities i AIDS education programs. Howeve to increase. Support programs for A as well. But unassisted victims are It is important we continue the < medical research and give support b level. A June 1995 report shows th own state. This effort needs support. No ot than college students, the future lei the society we inherit will be one 1 adept in helping the victims of this to do so, then we might be the ret decline. There are ODDortunities for vmi 1 the candlelight vigil at 5:30 today, way you can think of. You don't ha either. Make a difference today anc Feel the w Beardman Wei 1,-1 went home for Thanksgiving, and my family observed our normal collection of quirky Thanksgiving customs. My father deep-fried two turkeys. If you've never had deep-fried turkey, you should try to find someone with a huge pot and a gas burner to cook von nn rvno Wo in-ioAfo fnrlrmra with csgun spices and drops them in heated oil. The result is a big ole charred lookin' hunk of tasty turkey flesh fit for any table. Most families have turkey leftovers for weeks after ? most major holidays, but we go through two birds in two days. (Which makes me recall the old saying, "A bird in the hand is worth two in a vat of hot canula oil.") We also put up our Christmas decorations. We start out by assembling the tree. None of that sap-filled, flammable holiday cheer for us; our evergreen Christmas comes courtesy of polycarbonate and other man-made wonders. Of course, tree assembly doesn't come without problems, most notably the color coding used to match tree branches with their appropriate level on the tree. Ifs possible to make a tree with a base of branches smaller than its tip if the color coding tabs are missing. We usually assemble the tree and then drive it up into the woods, where we compare it to other trees to make sure assembly is correct. After the tree is suitably snapped together, we start wrapping it with enough lights to illuminate every mobile home, plastic Nativity scene and 1976 Lincoln Town Car this side of the Mississippi River. My older brother used to work at a drug store where he would accumulate defective Christmas decorations for rock-bottom prices. He's basically technically inept until it comes to electronic Christmas decoration repairs. He can get practically any string of miniature lights to work, no matter how screwed up they might seem. So my brother does the required yearly checkup of all the lights, and we wrap and wrap and wrap until the tree is barely visible through the blinding multi-colored beacons of joy to the world. Another tradition for Thanksgiving break is an early morning venture into the vast crowds of day-after-Thanksgiving-sale "l5afcock Jg Student Media Russell House-USC* Col Wendy Hudson Lucy Arnold Editor in Chief Stephanie Matt Pruitt Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Features Editors Chris Winston Jamie Clark Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Allison Williams Robert Walton News Editor Asst. Photo Editor Larry Williams Robbie Meek Ryan Wilson ,,,. Ass, 'ports Sports Editors Ethan Myerson Graphics Editor The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of outh Carolina and is published Tuesday through Friday durtg the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of univerity holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors r author and not those of die University of South Carolina he Board of Student Publications and Communications is the ublisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media * parent organization. ' J ffcci SC Since 1908 f Matt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor lal Board z, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Allison Williams, i Wilson, Chris Winston ipport for s non i way ink you know it all. You think you've t a lifetime. You may assume that AIDS as you are. Probably not. i hopes to spread the wealth with its ts an opportunity for countries around tote AIDS awareness and education, lion individuals infected with HIV. Lave been the recipients of numerous r, the number of infections continues JDS victims have been springing up i still prevalent. jffort to increase education, facilitate d victims, on both a global and a local at 10,559 people are infected in our her group is better suited to dp this iders of America. We need to ensure hat is educated about AIDS and is i disease. If we don't make an effort :ipients of a society steadily on the jo make a difference. You can attend s You can show your support in any ive to limit your efforts to one day, I tomorrow. Just make an effort. armth of a 1 holiday CHRIS MULDROW Beardman shoppers for a shot at getting the perfed; Christmas gifts a bit early. Many stores are willing to pump the 1 prices down 10 or 20 percent just so the employees can see our sony butts I drag in off the street at some ungodly J hour of the morning. My mother and e I shopped from 7:30 in the morning v until some time in the afternoon. Fd e tell you what time we stopped, but u my eyes stopped focusing after several hours of darting from sale sign to u sale sign. a The odd thing about these sales v is they encourage shoppers to buy d things they'd normally never buy, n siirh as fhp four criant dpmrat/vf tins K erf flavored popcorn my brother fished tl out of the Wal-Mart crowd. While shopping, I also got a is chance to see the new Star Wars k action figures, which, I must admit, Q were quite disappointing. In order a to appeal to some kind of new market is for toys, I guess, Kenner has made si all the character figures much more s1 beefy and muscular than they should "1 be. Let's face it, Mark Hamill never tl had any muscles in the movies. The action figure makes him look like a \? new American Gladiator. Chewbacca p looks more like a gorilla than a tl Wookie. I haven't seen the Princess 0 Leia figure, but Fm guessing she has w breasts a Hooters girl would envy. (Or a Hooters guy... but Michael Graham covered that in the "Free . Times.") J I also got a chance over the holidays to see some old friends from high school. Unfortunately, they J apparently gathered up before the holiday and schemed to make me feel older than I should feel. One's st engaged and bought his fiance what of looks like the Hope Diamond, except Q it's not blue and it's not locked in a re case at the Smithsonian. One has gi moved to Key West to write, work th on a diving boat and drop notes in i n Jimmy Buffett's mail box. One is sy looking for a theater job in in Washington, D.C. One is moving to sy Japan after he is graduated from The Citadel. coo With all their big plans, I feel sii slack. Of course, they didn't get any "it popcorn tins. a \ ph th 777-7726 Ryan Sims pf tising: 777-4249 on'"1* Editor in 777-6482 Sue McDonald la umbia, SC 29208 Jim Speelmon j Graduate Assistant Martha Hotop Chris CarroI1 Cece VOn Kolnitz Director of Student Media gj| Asst News Laura Day Ben Pillow Creative Director Chris Dixon Jeff A. Breaux "a Asst. Features Art Director an Jason Jeffers Marilyn Edwards Cartoonist Taylor ^10 Keith Boudreaux Marketing Director in Circulation Manager Erfk CoUins . Gregory Perez Faculty Advisor ,. Design Editor Ml! Latter* Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-230 words and must include full name, profes- ' sionai title or year and major if a student. Letters must be per- by sonally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. sy The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, yg] possible libel or space limitations. Names will nijj be withheld under any circumstances. 3EWF 1U0TE. UNQUOTE Lauri Warning: 'Pu Surprise, surprise. My parents saw ? Pulp Fiction" recently and guess what? hey didn't like it. Now I am not so unreasonable that ? expected them to start quoting Samuel go ackson and John Travolta dialogue to ach other, but I halfway thought they ffr rould find the movie somewhat be ntertaining. Let's just say they were es< inimpressed. Ts Sure I admit the language is rough or 1 some places, and some of the scenes yo re a little violent, but I didn't think it ras too much. (Although I could have en one without the sodomy scene.) I guess gei ly parents rej ection of the movie Oi igbiights what some people would call ve: re generation gap. an I am not saying the generation gap so i all encompassing because it is not. I th< now some of the older generation found juentin Tarentino's work as amusing do: 31 did and now that the Tarentino style sai i the flavor of the month you can be bij ore the other movies will resemble his "Fi tyle of storytelling. (Last summer's mt Jsual Suspects" is a good example of Sir le new wave of movies.) When I first saw "Pulp Fiction" I an tughed my head off. When I told my if j arents this after they saw it, they thought thi lere was something wrong with me. mc kay maybe there is something inherently an rong about laughing at a guy who just if ] ?TTERS TO THE EDTTOR Know how tc As a Family Nurse Practitioner an udent, I have seen a large number syi students at Thomson Student Health tha inter needing medical care for upper or s spiratory infections. I would like to ter ve all students information about cor is common health problem. Included acl 1 this letter are the signs and mptoms ol an upper respiratory syi ifection and how to treat the hoi mptoms. liqi Upper respiratory infections include by nditions such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis, wa nusitis and laryngitis. The suffix thr is" suggests inflammation, which is the tissue reaction to insult. Therefore, or; laryngitis is an inflammation of the low roat, tonsillitis is an inflammation wa 'the tonsils, sinusitis is an she flammation of the sinuses and soo ryngitis is an inflammation of the ynx. tos Upper respiratory infections can res] her be caused by a bacterium or a anj rus. An infection caused by a tim icterium can be treated with an yel] tibiotic. An antibiotic will generally the t be useful in the treatment of a viral aro fection, although symptomatic the eatment will ease some of the of d jcomfort. whi Upper respiratory infections, he? jjardless of whether they are caused deg a bacterium or a virus, can cause twe mptoms which can make a person of t ry uncomfortable. These symptoms red 3 often signs that the body'fe fighting fati PINTS L m "This is our generation'* e, a member of the USC community wh lp Fiction' no RYAN WILSON Sports Editor t his head blown off. |gg| ||g||| Movies are a great way of escaping >m reality, but when the movies are coming more life-like, it makes the cape harder. Thafs why directors like r% Li ciiuiiu, ureajs. uic sequence 01 events use clever dialogue to remind you that u are still just seeing a movie. I think this new wave overtaking the tertainment industry is a result of our aeration's fascination with the surreal it generation likes things that seem . ? ry real botultimately we kMOW they *"" IT" i not That's what makes "Pulp Fiction'' 1 entertaining, and now TV has taken M** 3 next step. Jl One of TV's brightest spots has IB minated the pop culture scene in the ne way that Tarentino's work has the I screen, and I am not talking about fiends." I am talking about one of the st smartly written shows on TV, "The npsons." Like "Pulp Fiction," "The Simpsons" i about as surreal as you can get. Even rou ignore the feet that it is animated, COn ?1 e show is a great sitcom and draws ^ >st of its audience on the humorous Simpsor tics of Homer and the rest. But laugh you a lei fou will, there are some valuable about it ) identify, treat infection. Some of the most common light si nptoms ar a temperature greater attentio m 99 degrees Fahrenheit, a scratchy If a s sore throat, sneezing, nasal discharge, geners iderness around the eyes, nasal respirati igestion, watery eyes, ear pressure, sympto tiness, coughing and weakness, any of tl Luckily, many of the uncomfortable experie nptoms can be easily treated at Health me. Drinking large quantities of studenl aids will relieve nasal congestion upper n loosening secretions. Warm salt does, I ter gargles will help relieve sore informa oats. Getting plenty of rest allows body to recover. Ibuprofen (Advil) Teresa acetaminophen (Tylenol) helps to rer fever and ease aches. Inhaling rm, moist air, by taking long warm Poy| | >wers or using a humidifier, will the inflamed mucous membranes. "Ill O It is also important to know when leek medical attention for the upper In a airatory infection. If a student notices mad. f of the following symptoms, it is I'm t le visit the student health center: gym and low, green or bloody mucous from day wit! nasa) oassages, pain or tenderness and beta und the eyes, painful swelling of life I do neck glands, cough with production The iscolored mucous, painful breathing, great, th eezing, shortness of breath, sever just one idache, fever greater than 100.5 the play frees Fahrenheit for longer than or made > days, white patches on the back game by he throat or tonsils, an extremely were pec dened throat or chronic/unusual and an gue. These symptoms are "green through i Vietnam.n 0 is HIV positive, about AIDS t suitable f< !" 1 I 1 m Ki ' #! m H * m John Travc itary in every episode. learn nk the best thing about "The with is" is that it knows it is teaching migh sson, but it doesn't get preachy ft . And when it knows you have eithe respiratory gnals" to GO seek medical to so >n. racia itudent first notices any of the were il symptoms of an upper A Dry infection, it is easy to begin throi matic treatment at home. If and le "green light" symptoms are play nnar\ noil TKnmonw Cfn/I/\rt4- Inrtm uwtu, van x liuiiiowii kjvuuciib lcuigi Center. In closing, I hope no nervi ; will have to experience an i'm s ispiratory infection, but if one until hope he or she finds this hoope tion helpful. by m i Page Tomllnson, RN, BSN USC College of Nursing language takes the ut of recreation ? way, I'm sad. In a way, I'm |j Re alking about going up to the 1 shooting some hoops the other Le i a few guys. I love basketball a] iveen school, work and home n't have much time to play, actual game we played was ' e language used was not Not i or two players, but most of ? ers when they missed a shot i a bad pass had to ruin the res screaming obscenities. There te >ple riding the exercise bicycles ,., d others coming into and the gym. Then I had to listed1 he Friday, December 1,1995 4 v tuii liul & i&saw aivAHT V ? A-?V ? ?v*.MO ;>r parents ?1 W!^^^K~W~~~ !>'* > ? www a rfta, star of "Pulp Fiction" ed the lesson, it breaks the moment a funny situation, so you forget you t have actually learned something, [y parents don't get The Simpsons" r. infections imeone come over and make a 1 remark because only white guys playing. few days later, I was walking ugh the gym during open hours there were 50-60 guys in there ing all using the same foul lage, all being "monitored" by one dus looking work study "girl who ure was counting the minutes 1 her time was up. "Play some No thanks, Fd rather go jogging yself. Chris Wlr&zyle Graduate Assistant, Ph.D program vrite now sader responses are welcome, stters should be between 200 ad 250 words and should be ielivered personally to The Gamecock, Student Media, Room 333 of the iissell House. The Gamecock lerves the right to edit all let:rs for length and/or possible beL Names will not be withsld under any circumstances. *