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That's the key word - involvemeni
Getting involved is the best thing yo
can do, especially if you want to spic
up your life in a way that your studie
can't. Parties don't do it either!
Employers look for the same thing
colleges do. When they're checking ou
your resume, they want to see not onl
what you have done your time in class
but that you've also been active in othe
aspects of college life. No matter wha
your interests are, there's a club o
organization at Carolina that can pu
some meat in your resume, help yoi
meet people or simply be a lot of fur
If you want to get into the groove a
USC, Carolina Cares is one of the bes
organizations on campus in which to ge
involved. As USC's oldest communit
service organization - dating all the wa;
back to 1969 - Carolina Cares help
USC students discover ways they caj
give back to the community.
To meet this end, the club host
speakers on a wide range of topics. Thi
past soring, these have included j
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Carolina Care:
encourages
involvement
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knight diem, everybod
vSTTTTTTTTrTV If you've bee
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books or hole
up in your root
this semester, think about all the activity
presentation by the director of th<
Women's Shelter, which help
disadvantaged women get back on thei
feet. Another speaker, George Johnsoi
from Multicultural Student Affairs, gav
a presentation for Black History Monti
about transcultural awareness an<
appreciation.
Carolina Cares also sponsors a numbe
of activities throughout the year tha
give students a first-hand opportunity
to sample various activities serving botl
the campus and the Columbia
community.
From trips to the children's ward a
Baptist Medical Center to softball game
with kids from the Waverly Community
and University Treelighting on th<
Horseshoe, afi of Carolina Cares' activitie
are focused to get USC students starter
in what can become a lifelong
commitment to the community.
Carolina Cares spotlights community
service at USC during Carolina Cares
Week, which is generally held the firsl
week of December. Activities include
the Game of Life, the Harvest Hope fooc
drive and the Treelighting ceremony
During this week, a special emphasis is
put on all of the opportunities students
have around USC and in the nearbj
community to get involved in service
Treelighting is representative of mosl
of Carolina Cares' activities because
speakers from several different religions
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significance of the season to their faiths.
Past speakers have focused on Hanukkah,
Kwanza and Christmas.
Carolina Cares has several neat
opportunities coming up. These include
serving dinner at the Oliver Gospel
Mission, a seminar on self-defense
training, our annual Pyramid Building
Contest during Greek Week and two
trips to Baptist Medical Center.
Everybody's welcome to come to our
weekly meetings, which are held every
Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Seminar Room
of Preston Residential College. If you'd
like more information, call the Office of
Community Service at 777-5888 or
Carolina Cares President Anne Knight
at 544-1119.
Calendar for Carolina Cares
March 12
Oliver Gospel Mission trip to serve dinner
March 19
Baptist Medical Center Easter Project
March 26 TBA
April 2
Self-defense training presentation by
Blaine Russell of Columbia Athletic Club
inril Q
year-end party
April 26
Baptist Medical Center Spring Project
Also upcoming:
. Pyramid Building Contest during Greek
Week
Into the Streets/Together We Will Serve
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heart, the state of South Carolina is Ale
j a key showdown on the road to the ah
j Republican nomination. Ste
t I know, it sounds funny, doesn't it? fini
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I everybody else worthy of telling you a si
who not to vote for comes to town, this
} state, the "lint that hangs under North is |
j Carolina," will be in the national se<
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what about yours? the
; In all seriousness, we should all be of 1
, looking forward to Saturday ? if s not Soe
, often South Carolina actually means Bu
i something, is it?
South Carolina, which has 37 our
delegates, has been targeted by many car
analysts as a critical showdown. Bob anc
Dde has the backingcf firmer Governor sea
, Carroll Campbell and Governor David Sui
Beasley. Beasley is an evangelical
Christian, which could prevent the Bu
"religious right" from moving to the son
, side of Pat Buchanan. oft
As for Lamar Alexander, this Bu
political underdog from Tennessee will Am
have to play catch-up. He hasn't spent
much time here, but his Southerner the
status may overcome his lack of poj
Some types of Samarit;
Those of us who grew up in the asl
Christian tradition have heard the by
parable of the Good Samaritan TIh
hundreds of times. Even those who stal
are not Christians have been exposed sh?
to it in one fashion or another. But you
have we really listened to its words? wit
Have we made a serious attempt to yoi
obtain its message? you
Growing up, I was told about the tha
parable that Jesus told of a traveler the
who was attacked by a band of robbers lav
while on his way from Jerusalem to nei
Jericho. They "stripped him, beat him, J<
and went away, leaving him half dead." Got
A priest came by, but he passed on the of t
other side and would not help the man. neij
A Levite did likewise. But then a har
Samaritan came along, was moved law
with pity and bandaged the victim's the
wounds. He even went further, paying A
for the man to stay at an inn until he aro
recovered. aim
What is the message behind the litt
parable? I was always told, from church Sai
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acnooi to summer camp, mat aesus con
was telling us to have mercy on those for
in need, giving of ourselves for the insl
benefit of others. S o
Recently, I found out that I was San
missing the message altogether. In a ha\
sermon preached by the Rev. George coir
Day of Westminster Presbyterian T1
Church, we were told that there is one
something much deeper in the story hea
than simple compassion. The focus is wel
not on what was done for the traveler, you
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Saturday? Will Alexander come from wil
where and claim that first victory
the many he has been predicting? 10
ill Dole regain momentum heading jja
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inv expected earlier? Or will ,.
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ind of guns" to another surprising
toiy over Dole?
We have to believe it will be a battle
tween Dole and Buchanan. eve
xander, who no one knows anything ke>
out (yet), appears to be the next Cai
we Forbes (about six digits smaller
ancially, however). Expect Alexander the
run out of steam before he presents Cai
erious challenge for the nomination. Sui
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joing to fizzle, then well begin to T h
3 the evidence soon. In 1992, ma
chanan sent shock waves through mis
(GOP when he scored 37 percent Sou
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selves is whether or not Buchanan
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ling the Republican nomination. p
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South Carolinians like the feet that S1^r
chanan is a raw, rough and
aetimes even rude candidate. Out (^ev(
he three candidates, voters believe Buc
chanan is most like an average f?ri
terican. Lou
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voiceless," Buchanan is striking a !
)ular chord with many people. Enji
ans not recognized b
ted of Jesus i cawson 1 ^
a lawyer. BU8H Sai
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bes that "you Coi
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ir heart, and with all your soul, and Jes
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ir mind and your neighbor as w
irself." When Jesus tells the lawyer jgjt
it following this commandment is hejj
! way to achieve eternal life, the j)a^
ryer asks Jesus, "And who is my per
ghbor?" dur
ssus then tells the parable of the
xl Samaritan, ending with "Which
hese three, do you think, was a ^
ghbor to the man who fell into the
ids of the robbers?" Clearly, as the
yer states, it was the Samaritan, ^
one who showed mercy. ^
Samaritan? The lawyer and those
und who were listening probably ev?
lost fell back in disgust. There was
le love lost between Jews and
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nariians in tnat aay, lor Jews rr '
sidered Samaritans to be heretical worshipping
at Mount Gerizim
tead of the Temple in Jerusalem. ^o11
why would Jesus choose a
naritan, a person the lawyer would 0 u r
re despised, to be the one to give seP
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le message that Jesus is giving is ours
of acceptance. If the way to get to W
ven is through loving neighbor as Oth
1 as God, then you must love those on t
would prefer not to. Everyone is verj
r neighbor, Jesus sjays. Therefore, if I <
should love everyone. can
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As for Dole, his comeback will have
begin now. His loss in New
mpshire last week was all too
liniscent of the scene in 1988 after -p-,
loss in another race that seemed Jr C
hin his grasp.
Dole says a key primary victory tai
I bnng him back to where he, and
ryone else, expected him to be. That
r primary victory could be South entitl<
"olina. Econ<
As already mentioned, Dole has my lc
s support of former Governor educj
mpbell and Governor Beasley. counl
iday, The State ran an editorial intell
iorsing Dole. In two key assertions, Steve
e State said 1) "The GOP ofAn
instream must not repeat that Firs
take (of nominating Buchanan) in Fort
ith Carolina, unless it wants four Presi<
re years of President Clinton," and ^)ene^
(Dole) is one of the most respected Haw<
n in Washington... we need a m
rident with such qualities. Hie time
come to settle down and choose. . ,
choose Bob Dole." , f'
This support of Dole in South out J
olina is significant. Significantly majC
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Expect Dole to ride a slowly their
doping wave to take South Carolina Amei
:hanan, however, has shown his their
midability in taking Alaska, Sea
isiana and New Hampshire and, 1980s
f now, has the upper hand. cause
Saturday should be quite... different that
oy the festivities. capifc
what
y Christian Right S
Samaritan. Saying that a ^1?m<
naritan showed compassion for a saw *
i was a radical statement to make. ?xPa
lid God possibly work through a
naritan to further the Kingdom?
us says yes, and that affirmation
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io uuc ouux buuaj.
ho are the Samaritans today? Who
that we hate the most? During the
*ht of the Cold War, according to ^
i, it would have been the Soviets.
haps it was an African American
ing the Civil Rights Movement.
"ing the '60s, it could have been a
pie or a draft-dodger. And today it
le poor. It is the immigrant. Could
i see yourself being saved by an
)S victim? A gang member? How ^
ut a homosexual?
Ve, as a church, must realize Stude
ryone is a part of God's creation Wei
worthy of our love. The Christian &
ht is running around condemning ^
pie because they are not Christian, Xir
7 are gay or they simply don't hold Bre
fundamentalist point of view. They ^
lot see that it is their neighbor that Cece
y are refusing to love. If we put n
selves on a Judgment seat, Cl
arating the righteous from the ^
oly, then we condemn no one but fc
jelveS. "H* Gan
e must, instead, be humble. Friday <
erwise, we will find ourselves lying "pTmon
he roadside receiving aid from the carouna
j one we sought to condemn. And the b<?
an love the Christian Right, U*ey swdenti
love me, too.
Serving USl
Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief?
Tina Morgan, Brent Seel
EdKorla
iris Dixon, Martha Hotop, Karen Layne,!
an Sims, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Cece voi
O P I N
Student on
unding ne'
And exactly when did
i learn who the new
jsident and vice TUa .
ssident of Student , . .
, ? having in
rernment were? . . ,
If you are like a lot of lonn8 1
pie, you probably didn't Jin8er
n until a few minutes mpvp
when you picked up HmMmI
s edition of The Student,
mecock. Folks, it's deserves
tty darn pathetic that money to
3 five days after the serve the
:tion and you're just bod
t learning who won.
ere do we start to
ect this problem?
First, take a look at the budget
ielines for Student Media. We
;ive a percentage of a pool that
become smaller in the past few
rs. Quite simply, that means we
getting a smaller piece of the pie
ay our rising budget demands.
Although we pay most of our
get with revenue raised through
ales, we are asking our advertising
artment to sell more and more
ry semester. These advertising
rutives are students who have to
i the same demands as typical
lents. It has forced us to go back
ERS TO THE EDITOR
irbes, future of
gets for pessim
Inesdays column by Ryan Wilson
ed "Generation Will Suffer From
>mic Gap" reflects the validity of
>ng-held belief basic economic
ation is woefully inept in this
try. Mr. Wilson makes several
ectually vacant claims against
Forbes, the 1980s and the future
lerica.
it, Mr. Wilson implies that Steve
>es entered the 1996 GOP
iential Nomination to personally
it from ideas enacted as president
jver, when I ran the numbers
the Forbes tax proposal and
ared that to what he has spent i
5 campaign, I found that it would
aver 100 years for Forbes to get i
in tax savings what he has spent 1
f his own pocket. We shouldn't i
} the mistake of assuming the 1
issful are only concerned with
own gains and tfteir ideas tor
ica are invalid based solely on
financial status,
and, Mr. Wilson categorizes the
; as the decade where capitalism
d "anyone to do anything to get
extra dollar" and the point of
alism is "to get ahead no matter i
the cost." In actuality, the point
italism is to promote self-reliance,
idual achievement and freedom i
ippressive government The 1980s
;he most dramatic peacetime
nsion of the U.S. economy in
y, and EVERYONE yielded the
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atures Editor
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Tuesday, February 27,1996
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Data."
Lastly, Mr. Wilson expresses his
pessimism in his future as well as the
future of the nation as a whole. He
states that we are the first generation
that will not match the economical
achievements of our parents. I contend
that this pessimism is the result of a
basic lack of understanding of economic
theory. I would urge Mr. Wilson and
those like-minded individuals to stop
engaging in class envy and learn from
the achievers and producers in this
countiy. Can you imagine where Bill
Gates would be if he shared the same
sentiment as Mr. Wilson? Instead, Bill
Gates relied on himself and put his
money at risk. (I might add that he
started Microsoft with not much more
than the average college student has
access to.) The result for him is the
realization of the American Dream,
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wnicn is aeemea impossiDie dy ivit.
Wilson. As long as people remain
ignorant to economic theory, the United
States will continue to be threatened
by an overtaxing, oppressive socialistic
government that wishes to subsidize
every aspect of our lives.
Chad Riggs
Biology/Pre-pharmacy senior
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tnnre nf JUSL lucct uuuget wu&us.
r It isn't fair, but there is
iforma- . .?
J , a way to fix it.
at your J
. y We propose, as
lPs' some have suggested, that
mmm starting next year, a
Hill certain amount from
Media every student's activity
more fees be paid to student
i better media, similar to a
student subscription fee.
y. This money will
be divided between The
Gamecock newspaper,
The Garnet and Black Quarterly
magazine and WUSC-FM 90.5.
Roughly speaking, each student will
be paying a few dollars to receive a
newspaper three days a week for a
year. This isn't a lot to spend when
you consider what you get from us election
results, important news
happenings, sports information and
opinions from fellow students.
No matter how you look at it,
some 01 us are getting the short end
of the stick when it comes to student
activity fees. It is time to do something
about it, and this is the way.
' America unfair
istic columnist
benefits. Don't take my word for it.
Check with the U.S. Census Bureau,
the U.S. Department of Treasury, the
"American Almanac" or "The Right