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_4 Columnist answers key USC questior I Due HANLEY the lack 0 single issui attack, tl columnist \ use this space to answer his m The questions have flooded to mailbox like freshmen to Pizza I breadsticks. Many of the questi< concerned the recent cold sp Columbia suffered, so let us bej with those. f\. Va iPT /JA xu, u x nauicu tu ucac tu uc I would've stayed in Jersey. Whaf s the deal? ? Peter Canoli, sophomore A: The cold weather is God's v of reminding us to be nicer to peoj You see, it seems Taneyhill has Ix acting up again. While it may se< unfair to punish us all for o quarterbacks crimes, remember tl the snow was pretty cool, and He < win us the Carquest Bowl. Q: Like, how can we know ahe of time when if s gonna get cold aga so we can be like, warned? ?Betsy Daddysgirl, freshman AfA fairly accurate way to prec the weather is the Marriott Indi This forecasting system monitors t price of hot chocolate at on-camp dining facilities. Whenever the pri rises above $3, a cold front should moving in. Do not get your weath from the television. TVs should timed to Talk Soup 24 hours a da Q: Everything's going great f me. I live in Columbia Hall, and ?1 4. -11 l _ i.1.- r aiuiusi/ oil my classes cu e in uie l "building. My life would be perfe if it wasn't for the stupid Horseshc and if I had some friends. How cai meet people? ?Harris Administration, senior A: An increasingly popular ws to meet people is "elevator roulett* Stand very impatiently directly "front of the elevator door. Convin yourself you have the most importa business to attend to. When the li arrives at your floor, rush inside tl elevator before the door fully open If you have properly inflated yoi worth, you should be shocked to fii people inside trying to get off. Amor the tide of angiy departing passenge ; may Jjepne or two people sympathet to your condition. Q: In an inspiring column aboi profanity last week, Tommy Touchberry remarked, "Fortunatel there is an unwritten rule in the Soul that makes using the Lord's name i vain socially unacceptable Unfortunately. I am from the Nortl - WSot ofiould I use as a guide? ?Gary Indiana, junior AT Fo'rtunately for rud Northerners, there are written rule about etiquette. They're called the Te Commandments. I believe the deuc covers the Lord in vain problem. Bv don't feel excluded, Gary. Yankee have plenty of unwritten rules. It what makes them better drivers. Q: /With all the fine women' organizations on campus, why wasn there the usual uproar about the Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Issue? ?Dave Humes, senior. A: One reason is that SI tonei down the issue considerably, meaninj you're really going to have to find i real date. And secondly, SI is owne< ; by-Time Warner, which will soon b the largest private sector employe (the company is negotiating to tak WUSC off our hands). Do not ange Time Warner. Q: Which is thrown out moreThe Gamecock or ZipSheet? ?Melissa Bong, junior A: This question has intrigued u media gurus since the Zip pusher were dropped on our planet three year ago. Since most people are fetter thai they were then, it's a safe bet th< Zipper, with its pizza coupons, is kep more than The Gamecock, which keep pestering us about the P.E. Center However, the yellow reign of terroi may soon be over, four coeds have filet a lawsuit in which they claim the] were drunk and pressured into taking the ZipSheet. Q: Lately Fve noticed my professor have been writing a lot of what appears to be notes on the board Should I be copying these? ?Joe Mullane, sophomore A: Absolutely not. Professors pul notes on the board every now and then to relieve the guilt of doin| too much research. All you need tc know is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs which looks like the Food Pyramid but self-esteem replaces the dairj products. And remember to call them "doctors" every chance you get. THE GAMECOCK 1$ ALL YOU NEEOt . lis vill -1 ? L,lUDi> $I1< lut Experience: . Emerging Leader Program One of three undergrad students to speak at the Stu Leadership Conference. I spol Goals and Goal setting. Rallied with Student Govern against Higher Education cuts z rl*y Statehouse. )le. Organized the first outdoo 5611 debate last year on Greene Streel em forced students who normally > n e care about SG to stop and listen Participated in several One ^ Community Service Projects. ad My Platform: iin, Greek Housing: My plan for Greek housing alternative to the housing plan all ?x- in the works. My plan is to take "e the lease or buy the existing hoi US ITO 1 1 J? 1 - iixtsse liuuaes nave lu ue witmn a mile radius of campus and ha\ ^ least four bedrooms with a large li room. Some of the houses I've lo< ?e at range from $200-250,000. This W- small amount compared to th or million each house is expected to with the existing plan. ^ The houses could be used meetings as well as other functi )e' Details are still sketchy; it is jus 1 * idea right now. Another thing Fd to look into is where the housing 1 is currently kept and possibly rein that money into a CD so it is recei E Activity fee ie My name is Peter Siachos, a am a political science/Spanish m My freshman year at Carolina I se: on Freshman Council, last year I se you as a student senator and this ^ year I have served as Directo 1C Student Services on the cabini currently serve as co-chairma Freshman Council, and I now war serve you as treasurer. My leadership experiences h shown me what a good feeling it i ^ serve and help others, and 1: important it is to make a differei My campaign for Studi Government treasurer is based on simple slogan: It's YOUR Mor e rrn._TT_: n rci il /~i iik university 01 oouin uaro; is taking your money to provide with education and service, but its giving you back your change. ig For far too long, students have t ; paying the student activity fees i not having them all used for stud g activities. Each and every stud pays the student activity fee on tl s tuition for the funding of stud organizations. Last year alone, t amounted to about $1 million, wh ^ should have all been distributed to student organizations. When the was raised this year, even more co have been distributed.. ; Groundhog Well, ifs been done once again, fol The Sage of the Northeast, in the fo of robust rodent, has once again wan s us that 01' Man Winter is gonna 3 freeloadin' around here for six m< s weeks. i Thafs right, folks. Groundhog E e came and went without much hope t this Yankee-imported weather leavi 3 us before the middle of March And really be concerned too...if I believ r in the Groundhog. 1 You see, us Summerton (pop. 97C f the vacationers were having sue! r good time, they decided to stay anotl week) folks don't put much stock 3 Punxsatawney Phil. We don't have to. That's becau we have the Rimini Rat. The Rimini Rat is by far the m( accurate weather-telling tool in t t Southeast. He makes Doppler Rad look like a weathervane. * Although Phil can only predict t > weather accurately to six weeks, t , Rimini Rat can tell it to the day. , "Well, how does he do it?" you m r ask, ladies and gentleman. Well, I i gonna tell you. Every Feb. 2 in Rimini, everyone Clarendon and Sumter counties gath< in downtown Rimini at the ditch ne the Rat's residence. VIEW] n? Duld co-prog maximum I DAVID interest. | FRANKEL uate Obviously, this dent idea won't le on work for all fraternities and sororitie but it is something I am willing to wor ment for and find out more about if th it the interest is there. r SG Cost effectiveness: ;that When it comes to being cost effectivi rfnn't that, ia AYnrflv what T am Fnr ovamnli my fliers cost 2 cents a piece. This i Shot 300 percent cheaper than both Kinko' and Universal copies offered. This i important for a few reasons. One, i Fm not going to waste my money, Fr definitely not going to waste yours Second, it shows Fm willing to go th is an extra mile, even if it is less convenient eady to save money. I think it is ver; over important for a treasurer to be cos ises. effective and to look for corners to cu one- when it means saving students monej reat even if it does mean driving five minute .ving out of your way. )ked i is a Student Organizations: e $1 I have two proposals ? first, to ge cost student organizations to work together If organizations co-sponsor activities 1 for it saves both organizations money. Ii ons. also promotes the Carolina Community tan and allows students of othei like organizations to work together. Now iund they can split the bill one, two anc vest maybe even three ways. This woulc ving give each student organization more c miccn^nt nn ? U AJLJLLUUJ^N^AAl, UII < ndl Before your PETER ajor. representation SIACHOS rved in the student HE5S2E312S31 rved senate could past even touch your money, the >rof. administration took almost $300,00C et. I away for bureaucratic expenditures, n of which should come out of their budget, it to not yours. This year, they are charging you ave more, and they are taking more. To do isto this, they are cutting every iow organization's budget. Where is alio! ace. this extra money going? 3 n t I believe the students should have (he all of this money. I have even gone as iey. far as to create a new budget based on Una this idea. I call it the "Siachos Budget," you and I'll be glad to show it to anyone not who wants to see it. In my budget, every organization gets almost double ieen what it gets now. and If the university were providing us [ent with more service, we might not mind ent them taking our money so much. The ieir fact is, though, we pay more and more ent tuition each year, and we get less and ;his less for our money. If we were at rich McDonald's and the hamburgers got the smaller and smaller and the price went fee up, we'd probably leave. I know I would uld go to Burger King. The difference is, I don't want to doesn't cast si ks. in the I DREW I rm Clarendon STEWART led County area. be But then, at ire 8 o'clock, the focus changes to the hole of the Rimini Rat as the populous waits (ay for him to get off his behind and on his for feet. But oftentimes, he doesn't wake ing up on the right side of the bed. I'd For instance, in 1977, the Rat decided ed to sleep in until noon. The mayor of Rimini was getting quite impatient, )? so he decided to wake him up by sticking la his right hand in the Rafs hole. At that ler very moment, Rimini gained its first in left-handed mayor. But still, the Rat tries to get out of ise bed around 8 a.m. He exits his hole, listening to the luminous applause of ist a crowd that has left its places of work he to be here. lar He then commences the forecasting process. However, it is not the Rimini he Rat himself that is of interest but the he contents of the Rat's plumbing that gives us the season-long outlook, ay Have you ever heard of cow-chip 'm poker? This is sort of the same thing, except the place where the Rimini Rat in makes his deposit is the indicator of as when winter will end in Clarendon ar and Sumter counties. The closer he makes it to the road POINT! ;ram events money to work with and money to do other things they normally couldn't I afford. The second proposal is to institute s, a treasurer's luncheon once a month k to discuss student issues and concerns e with presidents of student organizations. This will keep the treasurer informed of student issues so he can better represent them. Also, these issues will 3, be passed on to other Student 3, Government officers as well as Student s Senate, s s Employer. if Establish a better relationship a between students and SG by i. establishing an employee, employer e relationship. This means making sure ^ the students feel comfortable enough y to sit down and share concerns with t me. t As a treasurer I am your employee and would like as much input as 3 possible so I can better serve you. Again, these comments will be brought up in weekly senate meetings to keep senate in touch with the student concerns. t Character , Strong work ethic, Action not t promises, Dedication and Fairness are i all things I represent and stand for. r Given the chance, I will prove every , single one of these qualities to be true. I Vote DAVE for treasurer Feb. 15. administration leave Carolina. We are not obligated to be at Carolina ? we chose to come here. I chose to come here because I love Carolina. When you love something, ! you don't abandon it. Yoji choose to fix 1 it and to make it better. , > As SG treasurer, I want to make Carolina better by actively protecting i the students' interests and making y sure the student activity fees are used by the students and by the students ( only. ( I want to be your "watchdog" to ( ensure the money you give, you spend. "] If student activity fees are spent, as e treasurer, Peter Siachos will know j about it. I Anyone can fill out a budget, anyone a can do the paperwork and ANYONE r can be a puppet to the administration f just to make them happy. Peter Siachos c will not be a puppet to the ^ administration. I The misuse of student activity fees ^ is the greatest abuse of students and 0 will be my first and foremost concern c as treasurer. I feel my position is right and just, and I am the only candidate who believes "It's YOUR Money." I hope you will consider me when you vote Feb. 15. ^ cl fi 1 .............. iaaow on rat ; the road shoulder, winter will end in Z two weeks. S And he is veiy accurate, almost to the day. However, this does not mean ? the results are always favorable. For instance, a couple years ago, the Rat had a Maalax moment right around the time he was supposed to come out of his hole. We had to keep our coats ^ handy until about Father's Day. And the next year, the Rat forgot his Ex-Lax. It got so hot so fast in Clarendon County even AC/DC could have found religion. And so ends the tail of the Rimini Rat, the most accurate weather , forecaster in the Southeast But before I end this week's delve into the habits of Summerton, I must tell you about some of the inferior tourist trap duplications in the Clarendon County area so those of you who go next year for the festivities won't be lied to. Watch for the Panola Pig, the Paxvifle Possum, the Pinewood Peacock, the Davis Station Dog, the Manning Mongoose, the Santee Snake, the Sumter Sow, the Holly Hill Hampster, J the Wedgefield Walrus and last, but not least, the Summerton Seal. c And I suppose you're wondering the s "1 > "ISaflcock Serving USC Since I90t Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief Ryan W Tina Morgan, Brent Seeliger, Vie Editorial Board Chris Dixon, Martha Hotop, Karen Layne, Robbie \ Ryan Sims, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Cece von Kolnitz OPINIO Gamecock eli predictions fi We've finished deliberating. The IBLtiUaBHl Gamecock is ready to Student predict the winners in the Government upcoming Student executive Government elections. election? i i CtCC I IL/f Lkj Surpnsmgly enough, it s a tie! Not a tie between candidates ? The a tie between offices. It seems one with t] candidate for office will sweep all three studer executive positions! Truste We couldn't be more excited. The studenl news department will be covering Wh this story for months. Think of the candidi Koorllinoa' rnno fnr nffino WaI I I1VUVUUJ.VU. V/UUVUVUAW X UilU 1V1 Uiaw/) T T Ci I wins three," or "Commissioner blamed for you. in election mix-up," or "Schizophrenia the one in Student Government." part of 1 Ifll be more fun than trying to get the rest a photo of the Horseshoe gunman, system! We know you're curious, so well No t let you in on our little secret. guy has Who won this year's elections? Greek L Why, if s the candidate who took the For i daring stance on parking. You know, he'd tali the guy who said we needed more The spots. us. You still don't know who we're Hie? talking about? with th< To clarify, the new SG president Oh, j of the vice treasury will be the know, \ candidate who shocked the student Nev< body when he suggested this campus LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Candidate sho truth about ab I've known Mr. Wustrow for almost frustra ive years now and have been in many experien< irganizations with him over the years, from t tn Thursday's the Gamecock Mr. overwh< Wustrow points to his "experiences in 2,000 ir lumerous campus organizations. "My campus jxperiences as a senator, parliamentarian, Spring S Chairman ofthe USC Student Legislature Asfo :lub... make me uniquely qualified..." and cust The fact is Mr. Wustrow, your mesayt xperiences in these organizations make the Asso< ou uniquely unqualified. As a Senator Clearar saw Mr. Wustrow come and go. Within Associat t few short months in office Mr. Wustrow the high nanaged to be expelled from the Senate legally a or having excessive absences in the a rights! louble digits. His lack of commitment $100 fori iras also shown in the Student and th< jegislature. While "serving" as chairman, enrollm* dr. Wustrow foiled to show up for three the myall ut of the four days at our annual to $4.00 onvention held two blocks away from make an lis dorm. At the spring convention he are Davin ailed to show at all. that's di\ Mr. Wustrow, in the age of slick As foi oliticians, it would be nice if you would less expei lace yourself above such misleading on a per-] [aims. Show some, as you put it, "old- 300-page ishioned backbone," and tell students two-thirc le truth. the aver; Your latest posters say "students cents. Tb rst" Does your past lack of commitment is$30anc sally reflect such a statement. cost costpercent 1 an Dial Conside tudent Government Liberal Arts Senator coursep instruct) IAPC0 president insists *3 * ackets not "a scam" Kim Boll I'm writing in response to The Custom / amecock's article, "Professors Question President [erits of Packets" in the Jan. 31 issue. First, CAPCO regrets Dr. Dubinsk/s ' l^nflcock SiS! Student Media Russell House-USC* Columbia, SC Wendy Hudson | Robbie Meek | Tyson Pet ? ?? MattPruitt Robert V Ryan Wilson Sports Editors Photo Ed Managing Editor A,|ison AdamS. Tina Morgan Wffliams Jennifer S Brent Seellger Special Projects Asst. Nc Ethan Myerson Lucy Ai Martha Hotop Graphics Editor Dipka Bhai Cece von Kolnitz Karen Layne Asst. Feai News Editors Deanna Achim , ChrisDixon McLendon Asst sP Stephanie Copy Desk Keith Bou Sonnenfeld Ryan Sims Circulation Features Editor Online Editor 'he Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Jniversity of South Carolina and is published Tuesday trough Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with The Gamecoc te exception of university holidays and exam periods. Letters should Ipinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the name, professi ditors or author and not those of the University of Letters must I outh Carolina. _ ? , _ . . _ . _ . The Gamecock Friday, February 9,1996 i rilson. Managing Editor, wpoints Editors leek, Tyson Pettigrew, Matt Pniitt , Robert Walton, Allison Williams ection inally in I- is unsafe. Come on, you remember, the one who disdained convention and argued that students shouldn't be shot when _ walking home drunk from Five Points, n surely you'll recall the person tie scheme to put a voting it member on the Board of es? The plan to spend our ; activity fees correctly? ? 4. J ? U A 11 il- - at uu jruu mean, nil me ates stand on those issues"? 1, this should narrow it down The elected candidate will be who has included as a pivotal lis platform ? stand back? ructuring of the Marriott food hey aren't "all the same," this real vision. He is the guy for ife. cripes sake, the one who said :e student concerns to heart! one who said he'd represent one who said he'd work closely j Student Senate! iust forget it. If you still don't ve aren't going to tell you. armind. aid tell sences ition with his coursepack ?. His comments are far different hose expressed by the dming majority of the nearly istructors at more than 300 es CAPCO worked with this lemester alone. r the comment that coursepacks ;om publishing is "a scam," let hat CAPCO works closely with nated Publishers, the Copyright ice Center and the National ion of College Stores to deliver est quality product available nd professionally. However, if wider charges a flat royalty of the use of copyrighted material, ;n we find out the actual rnt is not 40 but 25 students, y per book increases from $2.50 . CAPCO, however, does not additional $1.50 per book. We g the rightsholder $100 whether rided over 40 or 25 books. value, coursepacks are clearly isive than traditional textbooks page-used basis. If the average i textbook costs $50, but only Is of the text is actually used, age cost-per-page-used is 25 e average 150-page coursepack 1 fully used, making the average per-page-used 20 cents ? 20 ess man me traditional text, ring that the material in a ack is hand-picked by the ir for specific relevance in a r course, you have a learning lmense value. At a savings! inger academic Publishing Company '-4249 Chris Carroll ) 29208 Director of Student Media Laura Dav tigrew Creative Director Walton Jeff A. Breaux itors Ait Director lyder Sue McDonald itanley JimSpeelmon :ws Graduate Assistant nold Marilyn Edwards mbhani Taylor tures Marketing Director lunt Erik Collins orts Faculty Advisor dreaux Jason Jeffers or Cartoonist Letters Policy k will try to print all letters received, be 200-250 words and must include full onal title or year and major if a student. * personally delivered by the author to : newsroom in RuccHI Hoiiv mom 191