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Spending time
during USC Par
Remember
the good ol' days
in high school,
when you Use Parent
couldn't wait to to spent
get out of the quality ti
houseona / f
Friday night? ^
You left at
eight and it was
"be home by twelve," but for those
four hours, you were free from
your parents. No nagging, no
chores, no homework that needed
to be done. You could do whatever
you wanted, as long as it was done
within four hours.
Well, now you can do whatever
you want whenever you want You
can stay out until five every
morning, you don't have to clean
your room, and you can sit around
and drink all the time.
But after the first burst of
freedom, it kind of loses its luster.
Sure, your parents aren't there
to tell you what to do and nag you,
but they're not there for anything
else, either. They aren't there to
console you after a tough day, to
make you a homecooked meal,
and to wake you up for class.
Sure they can still send us
money and we can talk with them
on the phone, but there is just
something about having your
parents there whenever you need
them. After you've spent eighteen
years with them, it's a bt different
without them.
We do get to see our parents
on breaks and whenever we want
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Tobacco ads si
taken out of s|
R J. Reynolds
Tobacco
Company has
proposed a set of Additional;
voluntary on tobacco
restrictions are exces.
eliminating unnece
tobacco ads in
sporting events,
and eliminating
tobacco company sponsorship of
events where 15 percent of
audiences are under the age of
la.
While advertising is pervasive
and influential to children,
additional regulations, whether
voluntary or governmentinstigated,
are unnecessary.
As Americans and adults, we
have the right to protect our
children from any type of
advertising we feel might be
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with parents
ents Weekend
to make the trek
home, but this
weekend we get
> Weekend to have them
Isome here, in our
me with environment.
Some of us are
scared because
we have to clean
? up the room and
throw away all the beer cans, and
they'll probably take the chance
to nag us about our grades.
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spend time with them. They get
to see what our world is like, make
sure we're not living in utter
depravity and our roommate isn't
the devil - although sometimes
they seem to be.
They can take us out to dinner [777
and buy us real food. The GMP
is probably the one part of campus
life we don't want to introduce
our parents to.
And, there's always Wal-Mart
Take your parents to the place
where you can get everything, so _
they can buy you everything you |H
need.
So, relax this weekend, enjoy
yourself and enjoy the^company i?
of your folks. You don't get to see
them that often, and remember
that they miss you, even if you "W
might not miss them that much.
For must of us, we have
to thank our parents for being
here. They're the ones who gave froE
us the opportunity to get this
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sponsorship are going to be thei
restricted at sporting events, then
ads featuring alcoholic beverages
should be restricted in these places a
as well. A
The only reason tobacco has
come under fire is because issues
surrounding the use of tobacco
are more politically volatile. When
President Clinton and Bob Dole
start sparring about alcohol abuse, \
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show it, nobody will. W
w love you, you love me, wanted to watch that si
We're best friends like friends be a problem,
should be. Perhaps people don't
With a great big hug and a kiss premise of capitalism. Sh
a me to you, watch, i.e. shows that mi
Won't you say you love me, too? on television. "Friends"
Frankly, no. I'm scared to death of its educational value,
purple monsters. I can't imagine But at this point, I
it real life 5-year-old would dance explain how out-of-chan
ind in a room with that dino-dude. is for me. (You tirade at
i you guess how big his theoretical all the time, Lucy, you s
h are? right of course. But tl
But there's another great big monster rampage is unusual for n
; scares me a hell of a lot more than one of the twelve peopl
ney. That's right, the government, watch ETV.
Suz, you see, I have a sneaking I enjoy "Nature See
sicion that I could take Barney, dark Manke and all those craz>
y or well-lit playground. But I've (such as "The Utterly C
ched enough "X-Files" to know that Devastatingly Funny L
can't escape Uncle Sam. Mrs. Booties").
And Barney's legacy, ETV, is just But here's the thing
more piece of big government People someone else what to di
to say, "Gee, but ETV has such great don't want to pay foi
gramming! I wouldn't let my kids Barishnakov shake hi:
ch anything else!" understand.
Except "Mighty Morphin Power I wouldn't pay for yo
gers" And the Teenage Mutant Ninja and engage in embarrass
ties." And the "Blue-Green Cubed- yes, I consider "Wishbo
id Stinger Bees." (The longer the embarrassing habit,
le, the greater the kid appeal.) Lefs As usual, I'm not ju
it people, if kids were spending all problems, I'm telling y<
r time watching ETV, Mattel would them. If you love ETV, tl
pathy cured by woi
Mikki I a I better, for USC student
the Columbia area. Our
on students such as the
[ found myself turning the volume Apathy is very easy
smashing Pumpkins up to not just here, butinge
recedented levels and biting pieces young are apathetic to t
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suffering from the stress syndrome, primary, secondaiy, or h]
' had obligated myself to lots of evasive Registered voters s
If this semester, but I hadn't started every reason not to lea>
of it yet. I realized at about three Nov. 5. The revolutiona
le morning that I had better get my '60s has slowly come t
;t in high gear before I got climax of idleness in tl
ultaneously kicked out on my afore- aren't even happy to let
itioned derriere by a half-dozen just passively let them s
inizations. So that's why I now have Involved students a
rmanent hearing loss and bits of my trend. Some students r
t drawer stuck in-between my teeth, service organization
fet, there are many people who legislature in our studen
idle two and three times the plan the hall pizza partie
rities,classes and jobs I do and with willing to walk us horn
lm coolness that leaves me envious, feel the need for an escc
Stress does not seem to touch them. There are many othe
t then again, Fm not handy at three the glory titles of "Pre
he morning to see whether or not President" or "Chair," t
)ne else is flipping out besides myself.) participate and do a lot
Even if it does, these students do not Though there are tha
it as an excuse to let projects, to this University, they a
ilines or grades slip. USC could use more \
Actually, they don't use anything as For those of you who
xcuse. They merely suck it up, take homework and keg par
of primary concerns, then go beyond of a hassle, then mull o'
"eate a change, make things easier, the students who try to n
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Isn 4 ?n W for ETV fere. "Austin City Limits" a
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must stop and f J J
icter this tirade so ^r,out
something . Government-sponsored televis
\ agives the air of communism to i
his particular "extremist" eyeball. Propaganda to ens
ae because I am the loyalty of the masses and ?
e who actually though I must admit that MTV d
a better job of doing that any day.)
ne" with Rudy It's just the idea that if they wan
' English sitcoms to> ^ey could be biased. Oh, who ai
onfusing""Yet kidding, those so-called ne
ives of Mr. and commentators on ETV are just as t
as Tabitha Tike Totally Unbiased" So
r you can't tell and Kurt "The Eye-Rollin"' Loder.
o. If Americans As long as I'm going on a rampa
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myself an extremist in that k
u to sit at home paragraph. People ought to learn no
ring habits. And call themselves names! Every liben
ne the Dog" an talk to labels the faintest conservat
idea "extremist",
st pointing out I don't like bureaucracy and 1
)U how to solve government. Oooohhh, thafs an extren
len donate time idea IT1 tell you an extremist idea send
'king with studen
s and others in Volunteering your time, mind ar
campus thrives high. Watching things fall into pi
to succumb to. it "lay not have worked, is a gre
neral life. The
he needs of the on tllis camPus are Just that, studer
e a damn about ^ have dasses and w
iobpr ediiratinn and a to ^ke Care of, too. J
mddet- have you. Yet these people don', m,
,e the house on f1 sla?k ?ff' ey do someth,
ry legacy of the But thrae people aren't self-saoific
O a rontended man^rs- 1 ney are raping Denenis.
U a luillciiucu tt i , . .. j
ae'Qfk Pennle Volunteering your time, mind a
k Tk talents to help accomplish a goal i
things be. They hjgh Watching thjngs fa? jnt0 pla
3 a^' . ,. and knowing that without your hel;
re tig mg is may not have worked, is a great ene
un community booster. Actually, leaving your do
s. Some drat enables you to meet people besides y
t senate. Others r00mmate, people who have the sa
ss, and some are interests and goals. Let's not forget t
e at night if we involvement in organizations are a gi
,rt- ( resume builder, too.
rs who don't get Eveiy person attending the Univer
sident", "Vice- 0f South Carolina does not need to bea
lut they quietly president of at least five clubs and cl
of PTlinPfi work. r?l o oo' folnnf oKmif fn K /
o o men uiaiua uaoo bui^ut ouvn tu u*
3e who give back Jugt a few is just enough. If you're
re in a minority, going to at least one meeting a we
lelping hands, something is wrong. But if you're go
feel classes and to three a night, something's wrong th
ties are enough as well.
ver this fact: all Overdedication can lead to low-qua
lake a diffeienoe commitment What's the point of belong
Friday, September 20,1996
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government
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ch Barishnakov shake his booty, well, I
ilar bombs in the mail to.ppopj^ypu don't
>en. like. But have you hea$4y?ur liberal
up media refer to the Unabofflber as a Leftent
Wing Extremist (and yes, I want capital
nd letters there!)?
rch No, the Unabomber's just some psycho
off the street, but you try and protect
ion your right to make money and Ta-da!
my you're a right-wing extremist!
are And, you know, there are some right
ill. wing extremists out there. Those guys
oes who set the bomb in Oklahoma City for
instance. But all I want, all most people
ted want, is for the government to let me
in I make my own living, have abortions if
ws I choose, many whom I choose and watch
>ad whatever catches my fancy on TV.
ren So here's the point: neither Bill
Clinton, nor Bob Dole, nor Ross Perot,
ge, nor aliens from outer space (sorry for
ant. the redundancy), nor the Christian
led Coalition has a right to tell me what to
ist do. And whether it means voting
t to Republican or Democrat, or joining
al I Paranoiacs Anonymous, Fm not going
ive to give up on my "extremist" views on
what it means to be American,
big Bye now, boys and girls. Whoooosh.
list (That was the sound of me turning
ling into a small, purple, stuffed dinosaur.)
t organizations
id talents to help accomplish a goal is a
lace, and knowing that without your help
at energy booster.
its. to a dozen dubs, teams and organizations
rite if the only thing you can do for each one
ust is attend the meetings? You will make
ike more of a difference with complete
ing. dedication to one than lukewarm efforts
ing in many.
Every time someone joins an
ind organization, volunteers, gets an idea
s a and follows it through, things get just a
ice, little bit better. At the very least, they
p it are kept from falling apart,
rgy Poverty in Columbia will not end
rm tomorrow if one junior deddes to organize
our a canned food drive,
me But some good will come out of it, if
hat not for the few families a food drive may
eat feed for one night, but at least for the
person who took the initiative and tried
sity to help.
>me Actually doing something constructive
lair with one's time helps fight personal
lot. lethargy, a most serious malady. One of
not my friends could have attested to this
ek, the other night, as he lay across my couch
liner mnanincr that ha was sn hnrad
lere "I need to play a sport or something,"
was his conclusion. "I just need to get
ility involved in something."
png I couldn't ha^e said it better myself.