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tf Servi Wendy Hudson, Editor in < Edl Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Gregory Larry Williams, I New posi university Change is more often than r changes in our university are i The most recent innovation advisement office. The Office c by Vice Provost Don Greiner, w attend law school, medical sch< Greiner has kept the unive] career in that post. He was ess College, the Freshman Reading and Summer Programs. He has Another sign of progress is t Eileen Korpita, currently the p in the Thomas Student Health Korpita has done an excellei about sexual assault and safe s because of her public relations { past performance, one would p first leader of this office. If she relations ability in her new posi will be a success. These changes are the marl The new office has the potentia top medical, law and graduate s our reputation. Be proud of our progress. Y Political 1; to other < Normally, I focus on issues tSaiftcock udent Media Russell House-US Wendy Hudson Lucy Arnoli Editor in Chief Stephanie Matt Pruitt Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Features Editors Chris Winston Jamie Clari Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Jlison Williams Robert Waltt News Editor Asst. Photo Editt ^arry Williams Robbie Mee Graphics Editoi : Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Univen th Carolina and is published Tuesday through Frida; the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of u holidays and exam periods. iikms expressed in The Gamecock are (hose of the i uthor and not those of the University of South Carolii " Board of Student Publications and Communications isher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student i i narent organization. they relate to the political conti Today, I want to narrow my fo< slightly to the Christian faith, intent here is to offer my opinion an argument that exists inside Christian faith. I am in no v> attempting to evangelize to pers of other faiths. I have the utm respect for all religions. The argument that I hs referred to is the way the Bible i the Christian religion are view There exists a basic divide in modern-day Christian church. 1 divide is often described by the sa conservative-liberal labeling wh exists in the American political an The word "conservative" (also refer to as "fundamentalist") is usee describe those Christians who beli in the true authority of Jesus Chi This means conservative Christi believe the Bible to be God's w and that no man or woman has right to alter, change or re-inv the core ideas expressed in the Bi "Liberal" Christians, on the ot hand, believe that the Bible can i should be changed to "conform" v modern society's behavior or tit own ideas and agendas. Libe Christians often push for mo acceptance qf homosexuality, abort pre-marital sex, non-traditio family units and permissive attitu toward alcohol use. The most critical differei between these two viewpoints ceni around the actual words of Jei Christ, which are recorded in New Testament by his apostles is truly beyond my understand how some people, who profess tx Christians, can not only exhibit, advocate, behavior that absolut contradicts every moral principle the Bible. This is one concept t has dumbfounded me for many ye The most common justificat used by liberal Christians in tl criticism of the conservative viewp is the line "Jesus didn't exactly that" Again, this is way off the mi Jesus did speak about many m< issues. The writings of Paul, J< and the other apostles were ba on the teachings of Christ. Th men were chosen by Jesus to rec ^aiffccock ng USC Since 1908 Zhief Matt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor lunai oviai u Perez, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Allison Williams, lyan Wilson, Chris Winston tion marks If progress tot a sign of progress. Many of the recent ndicative of our forward progress, at our university is the creation of a new if Pre-Professional Advisement, created ras designed to aid students who want to x>l or professional graduate school, rsity in a state of change in his two-year lential to the creation of the Residential c i TA,II??i.;? iLApt;i leiiuc cuiu uic wrntc ui rcuuwaiupa kept our university in a state of progress, he choice of leadership in the new office: rogram director Sexual Assault Services Center. it job of increasing knowledge on campus sex. Her name is well-known on campus abilities and her diligent work. Given her resume she is an excellent choice as the exhibits the same work habit and public tion as she has in the past, the new office [s of a university that is moving forward. 1 to make USCs name known among the schools in the country, thereby increasing our future depends upon it. abels apply ireas of life i as ;xt. TOMMY TOUCHBERRY cus Columnist My ? 1 on his words and his ideas. I believe the common sense would lead a sensible ray person to trust tne words 01 tne ons apostles over the words of anyone ost today. Besides, to have any basis for Christian morality, we must have a iv e standard to respect. Another important difference ed. between the conservative and liberal the viewpoints is the whole idea of "his tolerance, condonation and being judgmental. Liberals tend to confuse these concepts. It is true that Jesus VCi2L states that we should not judge others. ^ What he is referring to is the judging * of someone's moral worth or their ^ salvation. Only God can judge any ^ person's salvation. ^ Tolerance is the act of accepting different ideas, beliefs, etc. A Christian should be tolerant of other religions ^ and customs. But, a Christian should , e' not compromise his or her own core e*l beliefs in doing so. For instance, a ^ Christian should not have to sit by unemotionally while someone else ^ repeatedly takes God's name in vain. raj A Christian has every right to ask that person to refrain from doing so. ^ Also, it is definitely not wrong , for Christians to refuse to condone ro behavior or ideas that are lce contradictive to God's word. A liberal ^ has the right to advocate permissive 3US attitudes toward sexual responsibility, the and I have the right to advdcate ( It Christian attitudes toward sexual jng responsibility. When a person , ^ condones actions he or she feels is but wrong, then that person is giving up ;ely the fight for what they believe in. I s in believe condonation is one of the hat weakest positions a person can take, are. Finally, I want to emphasize the ion most important aspect of Christianity, 1 1- J-- 1 1? Leir wmcii is wj umig as uiaiiy peupie uu aint know Christ as their personal Lord say and Savior. For this to happen, ark. Christians must have a set of core >ral values and beliefs to fall back on. ahn Without some standard of morality, sed how can the Christian kingdom ese possibly grow? Have a great ord Christmas break. News: 777-7726 Ryan Sims Advertising: 777-4249 ?nline Edilor FAX: 777-6482 Sue McDonald C? Columbia, SC 29208 Speelmon Graduate Assistant J Martha Hotop Chris Carroll Cece VOn Kolnitz Director of Student Media Asst. News Laura Day Ben Pillow Creative Director ' Chris Dixon Jeff a. Breaux Asst. Features Art Director >n Jason Jeffers Marilyn Edwards >r Cartoonist Taylor k Keith Boudreaux Marketing Director Circulation Manager Erik Collins On Gregory Perez Faculty Advisor Design Editor f Utters Policy y dur- Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters niver. should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student Letters must be person sonally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom ?a. in Russell House room 333. is the fie Gamecock reserves the right to edit ail letters for style. Media possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under anv circumstances. ? QUOTE, UNQUOTE "Contfaree Swamo is si Rhett Power, Senior waxe Well, I suppose Hootie and the Blowfish are right: time does punish us. It flies by. I will graduate this month. Four and a half years ago I started what has turned out to be a wonderful trek at the University of South Carolina. Anyone who knows me soon realizes that I am not the straight-A student like my miraculous twin sister, Nikki. However, my father will tell anyone that of the three children he has sent to college, his only son (thaf s me) has been educated the most. The purpose of today's article is to offer some advice for those who will remain here at the University of South Carolina and to simply say thank you to the individuals who have made me a better person. These people helped me realize that we are not only here to nf a 4-Vka nuAmidn nf AiiT Kllf piumuic ulc piuimoc wi uui i utui v> l/uu also to accomplish the things that time < and youth will never allow us to do again. First, for all those individuals who have not yet taken a foreign language, do so immediately. Don't wait until you are supposed to graduate and have to 1 worry. Take all of the language classes consecutively despite what your adviser wants. To realize that the world is a stage, everyone should take a Shakespeare class under the guidance of Crys Armburst. To the lovers and romantics who want to learn how make women swoon and girls fall in love, Dr. Sieberfs poetry is a must. Any person who wants to grasp what law or medical school is l?TTERS TO THE EDITOt Fulfillment of ] goals importan I write in reference to Tuesday's editorial, TJSC watches one more slip away." While you curse the university for not trying hard enough to keep great academic leaders like Provost Moeser, you fail to recognize that running a large, flagship university like USC is just like running a big business. People are going to move on to bigger and better things. It's just a fapt vrai Viqvo tn Hpnl with T'm miitp positive that President Palms didn't type Moeser's application to Nebraska. There is nowhere else for James Moeser to go at USC. As second in command with a strong president, he had no chance of becoming president anytime soon ? something that he has always stated he would like to do. Instead of bashing USC for letting another "slip away," we should congratulate Moeser for reaching his goal. It's tough to compete with someone's personal goals and aspirations. There will be other great leaders that come and go on this campus. We need to focus on what they can do and have done for USC rather than A f1 y J jp uch a valuable piece of heritage, not only to J political studies graduate student and Chairman of th( s nostalgic about ^ firecrackers and a bat TRAV ROBERTSON Andy , Brian, Craig an Columnist the late- night politic bourbon and tunneling like needs to take Sabia's class. Dr. Kim Coward and Wood; Robert Oakman can make any simple- introduced a young, ns minded person, like myself, understand the pains of student lead the logic of computers. The real experience Government. To Amy sf an artsy person is Ann DreheFs class, late-night argumental Fhank you for kicking us all out of class Amy will truly make and then laughing at the skit of yourself and legislator from, R during the play for points. Finally, the entire student Senate, philosophy department. Take philosophy the administration for \ classes. I must suggest the classes taught are the individuals whc by Dr.Wallulis. He puts philosophical cany our state and coue mipcfinns in nnirnip licrhf.q TV MnTvnnpv's uncertain futures. classes are a wealth of knowledge. His I also would lik every sentence is filled with some roommate, Eric. We jo historical, yet philosophical, aspect that Thank you, my frien* never ceases to amaze me. The philosophy experiences we have si department has several new young four-and-a-half years, professors who are excellent because fine U.S. attorney som< they truly care for their classes. MaCrae, Chris, Wren, I want to thank several people who the other brothers o have made my life at USC memorable, fraternity, thank you for The late nights in Maxcy and the fire made and the bonds t escape trips made it a wonderful place what anyone believes to be. It will remain in my thoughts this group of people h always. To my freshman roommate, who deal with a wide variel started growing strange plants in our as well as situations t room, one of which I carried across the later in life. Bailey, ke( Shoe, through Preston and to the library, will be a good psycholog I later found out that it was not a plant good luck and keep yoi that one grows in a home garden. To Ms. Thanks Matt and 1 Linda Newman, who could have thrown educational lessons in jo me off campus for a little incident with I would like to thank nr ? A Closer Loc personal < it for Moeser mourning the fact we're going to eventually lose them to their own aspirations. J.T. Wagenheim A Media Arts graduate student Oxfam Carolina reveals 2 hope for troubled world \ Thanks is owed to the hundreds of caring students, staff and faculty across campus for their support of the recent activities for the Oxfam Carolina campaign against hunger. Not only was well over $1,000 raised, but the voice of the hungry was raised and heard bv manv. Such activities may only scratch the surface of this huge problem, but they are signs of hope in our world, which is often Reader response consumed by self-concern and despair. 250 words and Audrey Shippey Oxfam Carolina Russell House. T1 length and/or pc I <Ut V ? South Carolina but to the world." 3 Sierra Student Coalition USC experience hroom. To Dkh, After graduation, we will probably go d Mr. James for separate ways for the first time in our :al discussions, lives. People say that the longest we . To Tom Young, have ever been separated is the 11 y Carothers, who minutes between our births. Fve enjoyed uve freshman to the pestering phone calls of need and erahip in Student help. Nikki, you are indeed a masterpiece Bigham, for the 0fhfe and spirit, and you shall make a jve discussions. damn doctor, m misS the security 5 vVSTi ' y?u within walking distance, who has fought . PurP?8e of to article is to assert -kp .tnHpntq and ^ ^ peop^ to meet and things > will inspire and to do on this camPus that we take for itry through their granted everyday. Yes, we are here to get an education from our text. Four e to thank my years ago I was a happy, naive person; ist call him Cav. today I am a relatively smarter individual d, for the many who blinked too fast. For it is time for lared in the past me to jump into the waters of the world's You will make a uncertainty, and possibly drown. That sday. To Whitey, jS) unless I choose to swim, and perhaps T-bird and all of get lucky enough to catch a life raft, f Kappa Sigma This metaphor is merely trying to ' r^tiprismps convince those of us graduating that we w*16 esPlt(; can make it It is an exciting era at USC. , eing a part. 0 With fhp prprtinn nf pvptv npw hnildirnr ^of^dividAials0 ^ ^ie destruction ?f another, the future hat will help me is ushered in, yet it takes part of us with ,p analyzing- y0U it Therefore, we have only the memories ist. Jon Robinson, of the Carolina we have known and the it wit about you. hope for a better future. People, study Wendy for the hard, but take time to live and enjoy the urnalism. Finally, university. In the immortal words of y little twin sister. Bob Hope, "Thanks for the memories." ifr: Our Favorite Chimney Sweep <m>*& write now s are welcome. 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