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Wednesday, April 3,1996 ns Sen Wendy Hi Tina Morj El Chris Dixon, Martha Hotop, Karen L Ryan Sims, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, G Death of te overplayed The death of baseball mmm umpire John McSherry HL has brought out the best j and worst of the baseball ^ai community and the worst jQ j of journalists. __ McSherry collapsed | April 1 during the first inning of the Montreal 11' Expos and Cincinnati Reds us' baseball game. Depending on what source you have taken advantage of, you may h seen the footage of his collapse i subsequent CPR. You probably j noticed that baseball players i fellow umpires kept mostly themselves after the tragedy. T1 differing reactions illustrate the between respect and overplay. For example, The Charlt Observer ran the story of McSher death as a full front-page spr complemented with pictures of collapse and doctors performing C Doesn't this man have a family? ] anything sacred? Covering the s was one thing - hyping the stor another. Lack of hype is one place the w LETTERS TO THE EDITOR r r\n c^r\ro 1~ yy 11 ijj. v ct l. draws fire 1 In his new book "Fuhrer-Ex," Hasselback, a former Nazi lea recounts his journey into poli extremism. Having been brand* a troublemaker and outlaw ear life, it was easy for him to fall "u the spell of Nazi war crimina] met in prison. These evil men spun tales foi that seemed to explain all his troi easily. "Nothing is your fault," said. "It's the Jews who manipulating things behind the ? for their own gain. They're not us, but, once we're rid of tt everything will be fine." To the mind of a young: desperate for explanation, this i was seductive. THEY are a race ? THEY are sick. THEY are the s< of all our ills. These vile lies, 1 straight from the twisted rheto Goebbels and Streicher, shifte the blame to The Other. Once th< was thoroughly dehumanized, i from a man with different belief a subhuman monster, any act o could be perpetrated against No doubt this is a frightening but could it happen here? Sino Buchanan began his ris prominence, liberals have been wo overtime to make sure that it < USC's own Gamecock, a newsp that purports to serve the inte of all students, has painted Buchanan and his supporte demons, not thinking men different opinions. On March IS Gamecock's columnist Chris Sa nflti'o /jaciro tft mi CVCU "AVWV Ui 1U0 VtV/OAAW ww Mr. Buchanan. If oily that was the worst he \ it would still be a horror. Yet he i Mr. Buchanan a fascist and, echo of Nuremburg that is si chilling, wrote, "Pat Buchanan enemy, pure and simple.* Buchanan's average supporter "inbred-ignorant-j TBatcodt Student Media Russell House-l Wendy Hudson Robbie Mi Editor in Chief Matt Pru Tina Morgan Sports Editc Viewpoints Editor Allison Martha Hotop William Cece von Kolnitz sPecial ProJ< News Editors Karen La, Chris Dixon Deanni Stephanie McLendi ? * u Copy Desl Sonnenfeld Ryj|n Sjr Features Editor Online Edit Ethan Myerson Graphics Editor The Gamecock is the student newspapei University of South Carolina and is published through Friday during the fall and spring semesl the exception of university holidays and exam p Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are thoi editors or author and not those of the Univ South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Commu is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Depai Student Media is its parent organization. \ affoock zing USC Since 1908 idson, Editor in Chief gan, Viewpoints Editor Ittorial Board ,ayne, Robbie Meek, Tyson Pettigrew, Matt Pruitt ece von Kolnitz, Robert Walton, Allison Williams I N I O N 1 tseball umpire in media of baseball has it over the UaUiklJI rest of the us. Players and he death of umpires paid respect to Ml umpire Mfherry byspealing u \A~ouam with silence. They didnt _ barp on the bad calls he had made or his being . , overweight or having ls death was severe heart disease. One ed for others person failing to keep this advantage same respect was n- 4.; ivcuo uwnci ave Marge Schott. She responded by and wanting the game to go on. "I feel also cheated. This isn't supposed to happen and to us, not in Cincinnati. This is our f to history, our tradition, our team, lese Nobody feels worse than me," she gap said. A man died. His family has to >tte turn on the television and watch it t^s over and over. Journalists have taken ead advantage of this to fill their pages 'his with color action photos. Baseball PR players and fellow umpires have kept Isn't quiet. A baseball team owner has toiy shown a lack of concern for her fellow y is man. Ifsa diversified world of respect and hype. Which side of the the foul rorld line do you fall on? I ive Buchanan :rom liberals Ingo booted-goose-stepping moron." tder, Such hatemongering as this tical columnist and his ilk do is the product jd as of fear and ignorance. These people iy in need an enemy; they need someone nder to blame for everything they dislike is he and dont understand. Who better fits this bill than a conservative? him It sends shivers down the spines jbles of all those with even a modicum of they truthfulness and respect for diversity are to think such lies could be promulgated xnes in a newspaper funded by student ; like activity fees. Where is their integrity? tem, Have they no sense of decency? Do they possess the milk of human man kindness in any form whatsoever? story The truth of the matter is that ipart Pat Buchanan is a good man disturbed Durce by the direction in which his country ifted is headed. The issues he raises ric of abortion, illegal immigration, the id all deterioration of moral values - distress ; Jew many Americans of all races, creeds nade and ideologies. HE is trying to change 5 into things by the most honorable method f evil in our land - run for public office. He him. is not a racist, xenophobe, anti-Semite ; tale, or a fascist. Many disagree with his e Pat positions. Therefore, they do not vote e t o for him. No one except a Gamecock iking columnist has publicly fantasized does, about his murder. >aper It is terrifying to realize that, not rests only does such a person as Chris i Mr. Salmon attend this university, he can rs as have his malevolent words printed ??ri+V> Vnr +Viq afnrlonf nowarwnpr Of milTW TT JL til KJJ UilV/ ovuuvuv uvTTk/^v?|#vA. w. ? -~y ?, The this is only one more chapter in The lmon Gamecock's history of utter contempt xrder for conservatives and their values, but it is definitely a new low point. I vrote, suggest we all pray for those on the called Left who submit to their baser in an impulses. Let us reject this attempt mply by the architects of hate to demonize is the a man for his beliefs. 'Mr. is an Vernon C. Davenport a c k Economics/History Senior News: 777-7726 Advertising: 777-4249 FAX: 777-6482 Chris Orroll JSC* Columbia, SC 29208 Diree,orof StudemMedia Laura Day eek Tyson Pettigrew Creative Director itt Robert Walton Jeff A. Breaux >rs Photo Editors Art Director Adam Snyder Sue McDonald s Jennifer Stanley Jim Speelmon ?ts Asst. News Graduate Assistants yne Jennifer Hansen Marilyn Edwards t Dipka Bhambhani Taylor 9n Asst. Features Marketing Director t Achim Hunt Erik Collins ns _ Assl Sports Faculty Advisor or Keith Boudreaux Jason Jeffers Circulation Editor Cartoonist - of the Letters Policy er-Twrth The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. :riods. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full se of the name, professional title or year and major if a student, ersity of Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. "ment?of The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. IFWPC V///IM VJJ? b^ N0 y/jkri \ ~ J 7?BM EMBER ,CNLl ] 1 QUOTE, UNQUOTE "It (the Hootie and the Blowfisl publicity...it President John U.S. fails to beo In 1964, the Civil Rights Act made regulai equal opportunity the law of the land quotas i for the United States of America. quest In the 36 years since then, the law diversi of the land has shifted substantially this rigl from one of equality to one of retribution, that qu< In the supposed "opening up of prevent opportunity" by Lyndon Johnson's Let's s Great society ? anti-discrimination 800 on laws, the social programs of this period, (SAT). 1 equal opportunity guidelines and is blacl mandates, fair housing laws, affirmative univer action, and so on ? the government rejectioi tried to set the foundations for a new, his acce colorblind society. and to Now, in 1996, America is anything "reprei but a colorblind society. populat What went wrong? Will First off the wounds of past oppression somewl don't heal rapidly; however, we must The re ask ourselves if the conditions necessaiy the con have been present to speed the healing a demo of those wounds as fast as possible. If ability i not, what's been the culprit? The qi It could be due in large part to the work, d institution known as affirmative action, once ii which has played a lead role in achieve hindering more than helping race overlool relations in America. a quota Attempting to function like a social Many program, affirmative action is quotas detrimental to society because it has g??d re become something that attempts to have ^ guarantee parity between the races Does instead of creating equal opportunity, workpk Those promoting affirmative action hne he do so under the banner of "diversity unprefi according to society," and that is one The s of the most harmful pretenses to abide ^5 yeai bv. betweei Under the Drincinles of affirmative lsJ>rea' action, diversity has become ?as of .. ihe F late ? a word that represents races and cultures rather than individuals should and citizens. opport It's well-known that universities a ov LETTERS TO THE EDITOR City Year defei As no one from City Year was Concei contacted prior to the writing of The each C Spectator article "City Year is a Joke," comph this letter is an attempt to correct the week, r numerous factual inaccuracies in this $4,725 article. educat Printed in The Spectator:"... a paid c program in which, for a mere $17,000 institi per participant of funds solicited mostly Year tl from taxpayers..." all grai Fact: City Year is required by 1,700 AmeriCorps to raise at least 20 percent s e r v i of our funding through the private appro: sector. We exceed this requirement by fman< raising 51 percent of our funding compl* through the private sector. Last year, Cit AinoriPnmo as a whnlp rsispH &4.1 TTSC f L XU1V1 IVU1 U0 U ?? IWJIV ? Y ? million in private funds. paid t] Printed in The Spectator: "Who out of in their right minds could see anything corps wrong with "volunteers" getting paid K from the public purse to sit around might campfires and sing "Kumbayaa?" essent Fact: City Year corps members are calisth never referred to by us as "volunteers." from s They are paid employees of City Year Fa Inc. - and low-paid employees at that, calistl They receive only a $125 weekly living and w stipend. After taxes, it works out to be also i approximately $435 a month, or $5,220 progi a year - well below the poverty line prever (and we've never sung "Kumbayaa"). and b Printed in The Spectator "... City ramp: Year orange and yellow clad legions eveiyt receive $ 125 per week and lucrative t o s u scholarships in addition to lodging in elem< USC dormitories, all subsidized or paid Thorn outright by taxpayers." renov Fact First ofall, it's red-not orange, coordi ANTS ?r?'\mf Vfipr^dj El ta ^Lk 0ut t4A ^ T^SS's , A J J I , ,. Jnk^ kLiAf) c?lb3?^ of M5 p p?f/t.? ? | .. *( ts^ax*toj? Vrj ^ iTTl y ^*s ytl ^g??^fr\TU6? ^ '' CS? Cfi^Ss <\11Mirrrn ^un\TT\\ ntt s? you. CA\K/ P&l/?NT i concert) is going to help a gret is a great recruiting tool" i Palms, speaking at the April 2 breakfast 3me colorblind s ly fill LARRY I c?l?r ? cole ti their WILLIAMS | and contrary to 1 ; for by our foundi ty. Is Constitution, it or wrong? It's quite possible With the prin jtas foster racism rather than action, blacks a rt- with past victim ay Joe, who is white, made an perhaps black his Scholastic Aptitude Test in his award.. Mow let us suppose Mdce. who Contentof0uI t, made the same score. 1 he . eT) ., T .. fU. Vision of Racei sity mails Joe notice of his ? . , . i, while it mails Mike notice of I11*. r ^ s * jptance. Why? To fill a quota, W01^. 1 make the university more inferiority, is wh sentative" of the country's so ^at to reC( ^on preferential tre the average white Joe be some extent, be lat bitter that he was rejected? view of oneself a ;sult of this on campuses across affirmative acti ntry has been a goal to achieve focused identity cracy of colors rather than the irony here ii to perform. inadvertently uestion is not a racial one. Hard condition we ar ledication and determination, Does anyom agredients for individual detrimental efl meat in America, are now being blacks being" ted for the sole purpose of filling struggles? Put L". . _ .. ^ , race's past stru 'claim affirmative actions and , ~ are good for society and are a dfirtheropF medy to "pay back" those who ' Stce^ sen wronged in the past. 'Sufienng can b. n't this philosophy, in the A cannot be rep ice or classroom, create a dividing In the 1960s, District One elementary Store" in I ts during their spring and other ng Heroes - a program the disgus Year corps members have been Iers perform community NAACP, 1 ir over eight Saturdays While I ( y worked at the USC the man 1 and work closely with he wills. T ganizations such as being sold he Women's Shelter, rights of fi onistries and Palmetto In a socie learn to t< j our service, City Year There an s work with over 1,400 (cannot < r. Camp City Year will cannot si: lan 250 children, our I undei ention workshops will offensive in 800 students and our back in th brought together over equality v ?m the Greater Columbia as the ra in which over 50 service blacks to XX) hours of service were right to! else's rig] welcomes questions or In my it our program. Anyone Farrakal nity is welcome to visit just as o< :e City Year firsthand. most blac niters of your newspaper has as mi )r) would like to spend and racisl id then draw conclusions in Laure and experience, please the famoi not defer to say it. MatoLouise Ramataie HEY! \ Executive Director yjie q. tween the preferreds and the purpose was 3ireds? opportunity, limple fact is after more than entitlement b s of racial preferences, the gap ' motivate, doesr 1 white and black median income challenge, ter than it was in the 70s. If affirmative >oint of this isn't to suggest the to its original p it and racist notion that blacks racial bias be denied the right to equal purpose whole! unity; however, setting aside America on a tx erlooking skill in the name of hpating ^ ^ nds funding, ac ning "Lucrative Scholarships," Authority, worl 'ity Year corps member who as the US. Olyn ites our 10-month, five-day-a- hold Camp Citj line-hour-a-day program receives Richland School from a federal trust fund towards school student ;ional expenses. (The money is break, run You lirectly to the educational that sees City ition upon verification by City and eighth grac lat the corps member completed service togethe iuation requirements, including (last year the hours of service.) This public Serve-a-thon), ce award is taxed and is other area or ximately $1,000 less than the SisterCare, t :ial award one receives upon Cooperative M sting the Peace Corps. SeniorCare. y Year corps members lived in To quantifi lormitories last year, but they corps member le $395 monthly rent per room students dailj their own pockets. This year, serve more tl members do not live at (JSC. accident prev 'rinted in The Spectator: "You reach more thf be surprised to learn that their Serve-a-thon ial duties consist of doing morning 1,500 people frc ' " 1 *1 1 1 /V- _ J ernes ana waiiang cnuaren nome area ior a oay school." projects and 8,( ct: Our duties include morning completed, denies (Mondays and Fridays) City Year alking children home. Our duties concerns abou nclude running after-school in the commu rams, presenting accident and experien* ition workshops to second graders IF readers or v uilding wheelchair accessibility (The Spectatx 3 (23 of them to date). We act as time with us ai hing from mentors to office aides based on fact bstitute teachers at three let us know, rotary schools (McCants, J.P. as and Bradley), landscape and ate low-income housing areas in nation with the Columbia Housing n Laur ,M Ffje^rl polit ,T^ T#// writx flT ~. I BRI/ /*///? QAMBI ^ --3-? - duty of writi IWvN Well, I have \V^.? ' I feel the 1 ^Xlf\ done" to the ' Jl \ team. Eve --O lj \ disappoint] q a\ \ Fogler has ? y) jL j short of an nJd \ and the ent ^ basketball a J "House Frai * eft) * think it is * _ renamed fo Sl&blUfr. H^se university's after the n wonderful 1 Now, to n nonsense. 1 As duly no mail, I called it dGdl to ?0t It was so gr on the talk I made a m favor of ego Now to ti campaign^ )UV^ldy the Kepubii J stated so elc >r ? is unreasonable to leave, let the principles written Party is big ng fathers in the issue. Peroi fight tooth a iciple of affirmative from receiv re linked constamtly Reform Pai lization. * I also like writer Shelby Steele sarcasm) m winning book "The would a Character-A New Reform Par n America" puts the ^ :ontext when he says ? dmization, like implied , atjusffiesprefcnce nLLteti Jive the benefits of it ^ itg ^ satment one must, to ^ ver icome invested in the jf he was s a victim. In this way, president.' on nurtures a victim- I think I v in blacks. The obvious establishe 3 that we become theparty. invested in the very For good e trying to overcome." has effecl e out there see the Republica fects of this theme of politics) sh< paid back" for past his ilk sho ting a price tag on a reforn ggles is inane, trivial than c iresses the black race. Democrats 5 again when I say, Playmg'? e endured or overcome; program. ., ? Reform if f- , and/or Bu affirmative actions ^enmc to establish equal whichthey Now, it passes out iswhattf y color that doesn't highly log] 1't educate and doesn't seeking to ] avoid ever i action would retreat you are tr urpose ? eliminating me Dole w and stick with that than Clin leartedly, it would put Buchanan itter and faster road to Perot are ire wounds of the past. rather tha for the cou If they ru: then Buc] , . themselve tivities t at special events such Store. All ipic Women's Marathon, the detail; i Year - a dav camp for is a certai 3_ ens shop, ics keep it busy Due to a new job and a rush of school work, I have neglected the ng my wonderful little article, a lot to cover, so here it goes, iniversity owes a huge Veil Gamecock men's basketball ;n though they had the ng last second loss, Coach iccomplished something just liracle. Kudos to the team ire coaching staff. Big-time will be coming soon to the lk built" Speaking of Frank, high time the Coliseum be r the greatest coach in the history. The mandatory year d, and I think it is the i duty to name the building lan who gave us so many nemories: Frank McGuire. ly usual schtick ot political rhe primary season is over, ted by my one piece of fan I the outcome of the primaries, atifying to hear the pundits shows giving analysis that lonth in advance. I'm all in i strokes. Le most salient issue of the >0 far: will Buchanan leave can Party. As Sen. DAmato iquently, "If Buchanan wants him leave." The Republican jger than one man and one t has publicly stated he will ind nail to prevent Buchanan ing the nomination of "his" rty. the gracious (snickering with lanner in which Perot stated ccept the nomination of the ty. Well, here's the no-brainer who will the Reform Party ? In the famous words of /ell, dull!" Of course ifs going 1.1 am sure the party will 1 A J 15 J_ le man wno rounas ana iunas osen" candidate. I don't think y interested in reform because he would be running for If I were a serious reformer, rould be backing one of the d parties and try to reform or ill, the Christian Coalition ted a huge change in the n Party in a relatively (for )rt amount of time. Perot and iuld remember that change 1 in politics is slightly faster :ontinental drift. Both the i and Republicans are busily Let's cut the government 3 best done gradually. If Perot chanan run independently, Jlinton will win in November, have said in no certain terms iey want to avoid. It seems ical to me that when you are prevent something, you should y activity that will assist what ying to prevent. It seems to ould be a much better choice iton in the eyes of Perot or l, but I think Buchanan and j. i t l ii. trying to stroxe tneir egos n think about what is better ntiy or the Republican Party, n, and Clinton is re-elected, tianan and Perot have only is to blame. something a little more sial: the infamous Redneck ow me to illuminate for you s of this sad little tale. There in store called the "Redneck jaurens, S.C.. which sells KKK racist paraphernalia much to t of the offended groups. There many protests, mainly by the to close the store down, lo not wish to defend the KKK, las the right to sell whatever he odious nature of the material does not deny his constitutional eedom of speech or expression, ity as open as ours, we must iterate the good with the bad. e limits placed on our rights :reate a public disturbance, ander or libel, etc.). stand this material is very , but let's imagine ourselves e 1970s. The idea of black/white rasjust as odious to most whites cist ideas of the KKK are to day. It is your constitutional >e ignorant as long as no one tits are violated. nprannal nnininn T.nnis in and the Nation of Islam are dious to me as the KKK is to ks. But I think Mr. Farrakahn nch right to preach his religious t slander as the "Redneck Store" ins ha? a right to operate. As as American motto goes, "I will d what you say, just your right Ve caught you reading tmecock! We like it!