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shortage of Wood. is quick
The org- anci saVi
anization had to
import about 400
units of blood just
for the months of
July and August, which is more
than they expected to import for
the whole year.
According to the Red Cross,
blood shortages and emergencies
are common in South Carolina.
The organization is currently
depending on other states to
provide blood to patients in South
Carolina because they do not have
enough donors to maintain their
inventoiy.
The simple act of donating a
little blood can save another
human being's life.
The Red Cross reports that
someone needs blood every three
and a half seconds to stay alive
in an emergency. There is no
excuse for anyone having to die
for a reason as senseless as the
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say, Americans Volunteerin
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care about, and monetary t
give back to,
their communi
ties. Unfortunately,
American's philanthropic
giving is very lopsided.
A large percentage of the
money that Americans give to notfor-profit
organizations is devoted
to funding for the arts and
education. Of course, the arts and
education are extremely important,
but they are not the only nonprofit
programs in this country that
need to be funded. And many of
these programs, such as those
that help America's poor, are
funded by the government.
One of these programs that
helps provide service to the poor
and needy of this country is
Americorps.
City Year is the local Columbia
part of AmeriCorps. This group
of young people performs one of
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I blood does not take a
easy lot of time or
?s lives effort, but the
effects are
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Americans have
gotten a little too
apathetic lately. When a quick,
simple and life saving procedure
such as giving blood becomes too
much of a hassle, we are definitely
in trouble.
Unfortunately, people do not
think about things like giving
blood until they are in an
emergency situation and their life
depends on a blood transfusion.
Have we gotten so selfish that
we can't see the need for blood
until we are personally affected?
We should all take time out of
our busy schedules to give blood.
Who knew saving someone's life
could be so easy?
We may never receive a
nprsnnal "t.hanlc von" from the
recipient of our blood, but the
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talk in Congress about cutting
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cut by Congress, and many people
are saying that they can be funded
from private sources. That would
be great, ifs just that people tend
not to give money to programs
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Big Brother Bill strikes again! In those th
College Students take note: advertisements
Hide your pipes, throw away white letterin
your lighters and guard your thwart the "yo\
rolling paper. Bill Clinton and the Federal colorful cartoo
Government are coming after your ? this seems rid
TOBACCO??? more. All you
Surelv. this is a mistake. With illegal to do without e
drug use doubling during the Clinton specific tobacc
presidency, he can't possibly be going that will proba
after tobacco with all his might. No, but it could bre
sorry folks, I double checked and was and teams,
right the first time, it is an all out war The problei
on tobacco. Everyone pull up a chair however mang]
and get comfortable; demagoguery 101 in the details a
is in session and Professor Clinton has general appro;
begun his lesson. problem of sm<
In case you hadn't heard, the Did any on
President last week announced new Washington eve
regulations on where and how tobacco to think of the
companies can advertise. The specifics youth begin usi
are disturbing when you consider just see a cartoon i
how far-reaching they are. Thelongarm watch a Vir
of government continues to grow. Tournament on
The new regulations are aimed at that they musl
reducing usage among minors. The rules Nine times
now say that tobacco companies can only around outsid
Cal Ripken Jr. a
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he Democratic National wasonlyonek
Convention got underway in that had perfet
Chicago on Monday. Most peop
Two weeks ago, the perfectattenc
Republicans held their Convention in those special fe
! San Diego. Now everybody knows that with such a wo
the conventions are where the parties Persistenc
pick their nominee for President of the are all essentis
United States. Bob Dole was the such agoal, as
Republican's choice and Bill Clinton will in choosing a |
J be the choice of the Democratic party, are plainly pn
As I was watching the convention, His persistenc
however, a question popped into my play through
mind. Who out there has the helped to keej
characteristics of a good President? If one wen
I pondered this question and quickly describe Ripke
thought of a person whom I feel represents loyal. Loyalty
everything that is right with America: to find in this
Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles, world of sport
For those of you who may not know In this w<
m anything about Cal Ripken, he is the players changi
IS short stop for the Orioles, who, a year as Bill Clintc
i ago, set the record for most consecutive issues, it is re
rds games played, breaking the record held Cal Ripken wh
by Lou Gehrig. manifested i
Now I know that Cal may not have organization:
any experience in politics, since he has not to mentic
been playing baseball all his life, but in the country
spite of that, I have thought of several franchise plai
reasons why he would be a good President These are
First of all, lets lode at Ripken's streak teams throuj
** He started it in the early eighties and upon wl
tw. and he finally broke the mark in around, in as
r10 September of 1995. When the original between, bu
Iron Man. Lou Gehrig, set his mark in shoulders abo
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n tobacco is election
aally in magazines that their friends offers them a cigarette, or
hp by minors of less than throwing the baseball around at practice
when they're offered a chew. Most of
at have more that 15%, the time if s not even a "peer pressure"
i can only be in black and situation.
g- a move designed to Curiosity, coupled with the effects of
lthful" tendency to notice seeing tobacco being used by the two
ins and pictures. While groups most influential on teens (those
iculous enough, there's being entertainment and sports
NASCAR fans will have personalities), are the ingredients which
)rld of free agency, ana game, missing Daumg pracuce.
ing teams almost as much As I was standing in line, I heard th<
m changes his stance on humble man say that he didn'
freshing to see a guy like understand why folks were making sue!
10 stands first mi his beliefs, a fuss over him. Perhaps it is because
n loyalty to the Orioles of the things that I have mentioned, 01
and the city of Baltimore, perhaps it is because he is a hero,
m his many fans all over America is sorely lacking in heroes
. Ripken is known as a these days, role models which our childrei
fer. can emulate. But it is comforting t<
i the guys who stick with know that there are still folks like Ca
jh the good and the bad, Ripken out there. People who overcomi
10m the teams are built adversity, who possess integrity, loyalt)
ense. They are few and far and when are called upon to be a here
it they stand head and acoept it with grace and a humble attitude
ve those whose aim is onlv A Ripken presidency would be nice
vents or teams named tor lead many times to tneir lnmai
:o products. It's a move experimentation,
bly not break any hearts, The approach places the responsibility
ak some banks of drivers of minor tobacco use on everyone but the
minors themselves and their parents,
n with these regulations, If the president was truly concerned
led they may seem, is not about this problem, he would do to
nd specifics. It lies in the underage tobacco buyers what is now
ach taken to solving the done to underage alcohol buyers,
iking by minors. A harsh position you say? Don't think
e of those technocrats in for one minute that Clinton's team of
r stop, for even a moment, spin doctors couldn't sell this to the
most common way that American people if they wanted to. A
ing tobacco? People don't concern about drunk driving and it's
camel in a magazine or deadly effects was a spark that led to
ginia Slims Tennis the drinking age being enforced as
television and then decide strongly as it is.
t now smoke. . With thousands upon thousands of
out of ten they are sitting smoking related deaths each year, I know
e at a party when one of the same people who convinced Americans
good candidate f<
Are kindness and being humble
hat it must take to play necessary traits in a leader? I think that
ive games. I believe there it is. I was in Fort Lauderdale this past
id in my high school class spring break, and I went to a spring
:t attendance for 12 years, training exhibition game between the
le certainly do not have Orioles and the Braves,
lance at their work, and These spring training games are
w that have been endowed typically the times when eager fans flock
rk ethic are to be admired, to the ballpark, hoping to get closer to
:e, courage and integrity their heroes than they normally would,
d ingredients in achieving Most players typically interact with the
i they should be essential crowd more than during a season, signing
*ood leader. These traits autographs and taking pictures,
esent in Cal Ripken Jr. However, I have been to games before,
e and courage helped him and there the superstars don't even sign
pain, and his integrity autographs. Such was the case in Ft
) an eye on the goal. Lauderdale when a particular firsl
5 asked to use one word to baseman, whose first name we share
n, one might use the word walked right by a six or several year olc
is unfortunately veiy hard child asking very politely for an autograph
i world, especially in the In his kindness, Cal Ripken signec
s. autographs for about an hour before the
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that Republicans were going to starve
their school children and their
grandparents could easily lead a campaign
to squelch under age use. But they won't,
because this issue is typical of Bill Clinton's
philosophy.
I find it very interesting that-the
president just happens to address this
issue as presidential rival Boh Dole
hammers away at the Clinton drug rtoord.
If s very easy logic to follow.
While Dole attacks the drug record,
Clinton grabs a similar issue which is
easy to demonize,and does so, shifting
the focus of the arguments and getting
some good press to boot. It's another
straw man set up to absorb the political
fire while the president reloads.
The answer to the problem of youth
tobacco use lies not in Washington, or
even Columbia. It lies in the homes and
the heads of those minors who choose to
do so. The fact that even a believer in
big government like President Clinton
would not take real steps to address this
problem is a sad testament which speaks
volumes about what leadership means
to him. If s politics above principle, and
symbolism over substance.
or president
Saturday, Aug. 24th, so he is now officially
old enough be president.) But as nice
as it would be, I really don't think that
Cal would be willing to give up playing
! ball, not to mention his consecutive game
streak, to be president. (I sure as heck
! would rather play ball than be president!)
However, there is a man who
possesses the attributes that would make
a Ripken-like president This man is Bob
s Dole.
; Bob Dole is a man who was bom into
poverty, but who rose out of it through
persistence and hard work. He is a man
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she needed him. He is a man who chaiTged
; a machine gun nest in World War II,
, almost dying in order to save his
I comrades. He was nearly paralyzed and
was never expected to walk again.
1 But,again, through endurance and
; fortitude, he overcame that obstacle. His
opponent is a man who, when the country
; called on him, dodged the draft, and
t protested against the country in the
i Soviet Union.
; Bob Dole has stood firm in his beliefs
r while also accepting the differing views
of others. He has been loyal to his country,
3 to his party, and to his wife,
i How this country can even consider
o electing Bill Clinton to a second term is
J beyond me. America is like a ship caught
e in a whirlpool with Bill Clinton at the
\ helm.
i, Bob Dole would provide us with the
j. moral leadership necessary to be
i. president. He woulu steer us in the right