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I RMay, Octobar 25,1996 "Grf Serving V Stephanie Sonnenl Qiris Dixon, 1 EdHor Angie Campbell, Martha Hotop, Acl Adam Snyder, Jennifer Stanley, Sara S1 0 P I 1 Drug arrest di for students, 1 U S C [ J'J.UJMJ, Assistant Professor Larry Hawkins was Professc r/ii i csyc cti i aiic&icu luesuay omi and charged with faith a possession of in pre steroids, marijuana and cocaine. Hawkins was also charged with two counts of distributing blank prescriptions and attempting to get steroids by fraud. Hawkins' arrest was the result of a seven-month undercover steroid investigation by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department and a Drug Enforcement Administration task force. While Hawkins has not been convicted of any crime, his arrest is embarrassing to the university. Students should be able to lock up to their professors, but they can't if their professors have been Doltfs campai he should let 11 days until Fpppapipvi the election, and ? it seems Bob Dole is getting Bob Do desperate. be more Sources have with his reported one of Sfra Dole's advisors went to the Reform party camp to ask that Ross Perot rescind his candidacy and endorse Dole. The Dole campaign hopes those voters who would have voted for Perot would vote for Dole, especially in the important states of Florida, Ohio, Texas and California. Perot holds 6 percent of the vote, and although that isn't much, his campaign strategists are hoping and praying that it could be the trick. Dole has been lagging in the polls since he declared his candidacy in 1995, and throughout the past three months, he has been trying harder and harder to get back up to where he has a chance against Clinton. Last week, he tried character attacks against Clinton. That didn't work, so now he is trying this. Even if Perot were to drop his candidacy and endorse Dole, it's questionable whether that would have a strong enough effect in those "swing" states to pull Dole Stephanie Angie Sonnenfeid Campbell Editor in Chief Lisa Chris Dixon Noworatzky Viewpoint, Editor Sara Svedberg Martha Hotop Copy Desk Adam Snyder Robert Walton News EAiors Photo Editor Jennifer Stan lev ? Dirt ' 0II?I njj'i Features Editor Graphics Editor Achim Hunt Jason Jeffcrs Sports E^tor Danje| Brown Cece von Kofavlz onoonisis Special Projects The Gamecock is the student Dewspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. 1 1 1 hrt SC Since 1908 feld, Editor in Chief Viewpoints Editor lal Board liim Hunt, Lisa Noworalzky, Brian Rish, /edberg, Ceoe von Kolnitz, Robert Walton, N I 0 N sappointing faculty at USC I charged with I drug possession. rm mere are very )rs arrest few people we dents to lose can look up to ind trust these days. Our fessors. professors should set examples for ? us, not embarrass us. If we can't look up to our professors, who can we look up to? Our professors teach us the things we will need to know to get by in life, and we should be able to trust them completely. Really, we don't want to lose faith in our professors. They are the few people in which we should be able to have faith and trust Whether they like it or not professors are role models who influence lives everyday. When faith and trust are gone, our educations will surely suffer, as will the entire education process. ign desperate, voters 'speak' ?wa| K"1*"' He knows that le should the deficit he has 1 dignified is almost too campaign great to overtones. come, barring a major miracle before election day. So he is trying to create his own miracle. Dole needs something anything - right now to shake up this race. No matter how hard he tries, he can not change the voters mind. The polls simply are not changing. However Dole's attempts to sway votes and to gain support may even cost him money. Even though the poles predict a Clinton victory, no one knows what could happen on Nov. 5. It really is a crapshoot. Bob Dole realizes this as well, so he is making these desperate attempts to give himself some kind of chance. Dole's advisors promise they have some other last minute strategies that could make Dole the next president. But if they are anything similar to this most recent last ditch effort, maybe Mr. Dole should just sit back with some dignity and let the voters speak on Election Day, instead of continuing to embarrass himself. vs: 777-7726 'ertising: 777-1184 K: 777-6482 Chris Carroll Diiectot of Studea Media Rob GioidK Laura Day AssL Viewpoint Creative Director Jessica Nash J.T. Wagenheim Asst. Features Ait Director Bryan Johnston Mark Hopkins Dwayne Graduate Assistant McLemore Marilyn Edwards Asst sports Taylor Nikki Thorpe Marteunt; Director Asst. Phoio Erik Collins Ben Muldrow Faculty Advisor Asst. Graphics The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. yiEWPOi AiAtir 5IUNC. PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS Philadelphia USA /WY, / foRpfiM lAmm m. X)?z*N'rm \ TWO "People expect something like Almeda Jacks, Clemson vice president for Studi Ageism has no Lucy Arnold I if he believes eve why the hell do And for som The level of absurdity on television 1111 , . ,, up there and ae has risen recently. Tr c, fc ,, , J x> t> i I were Strom, Yeah, you say, I ve seen Brooke ? Shields' new "comedy." Or I could be {^^bateA referring to a TV Guide article that ^good senati exuded shock over ABC's Ellen coming for the k out of the closet. Or maybe it s the See t ty.- k Roseanne in Her Undies" brand of According 1 advertising so prevalent currently. because he's youi But no, Fm afraid the actual culprits ^n(j ^his gives are those political commercials. If you pm y0unger thought the Dancin' David Beasley don't see me run commercials were bad last time around, js k ^hat Close 1 then the irony of a bunch of old people Basically, wh talking trash about Strom should strike }s Strom is y?u. for me because 1 At least, though, Nick wasn't sneaky America, or subversive (well, scratch that second And franki nnol TTlVintt io oHamntinrr Wliv/. iJUIWW V>1VAJV- W Up^AUVllUJ UtlVlU^Uilg taliipcllgll OlUgO to pull a fast one over on us. Close's little on both a state shtick is something like this: he's running Clinton-hug as a Republican ? on a Democratic ticket political carpet I think I liked it better when liberals cries of indignati wuz liberals and conservatives wuz he's probably a conservatives. If Close is a conservative, than Strom!) Search for the trul To the editor, If she hones this inaccessible This is in regard to Cece von Kolnitz's of my pity. The Oct. 21 column, "People should not be long and arduo afraid to take chances" majority of us I failed to grasp the link between undertaking. Cece's headline and the editorial that My advice t followed it. In fact, I found the two to someone shoul almost contradict one another. Jesus, take a risi On the one hand she advocates risk- 0r her. taking, while on the other hand she seems See if you car to find herself afraid to contradict the tirade (while ke< questions posed by the "evangelists" (for jn check) and as' my lack of a better word) at the Russell what they beli House and their "sleazy little brochures" unconvinced th; (herwords). y0U wjjj hav Though I too disagree with the understand son methodology with these people, who 0f the truth unfortunately for themselves seem to defeat their own purpose, I am willing poug Hulin to accept that the questions they pose r i:5 : are of universal importance, not to be dismissed as Cece seems to do in her / column, or revised into less challenging PfO-lifc cl< generalities such as, "If you die five minutes from now, what would you HI DCHCC, regret?" , Whether she realizes it or not, she tOWHrOS [ is using that question as a red herring to lead her mind (and perhaps the To the editor column's reader) away from the more important question, "If you died five I am forced ininiltcxs fmm nrwxi wViora u/milrl vnn Vm " Pflitorial "Abort UAI1JWVW 1 I vlii I1VIIJ " 1 IVI V ?? UU1U J VU WV/. - - Certainly this is not a question easily woman's right to answered by anyone. But I must say that the writer's someone who makes a concerted effort influence others to answer it takes a bigger risk than the Recent fede person who brushes it off. created "speec I was especially disappointed to read abortion clinics, Cece's closing statement, "And if we died pro-life activists after the next five minutes we wouldn't of patients, be any closer to the truth about anything Someone at that we qre right now." this is a good i< [NTS ///m this to happen in Columbia because jnt Affairs, on the arrests of four Clemson students for Roh; place in Ame Jiything Strom believes, It seems to me that age cc we need him? asset for a politician - at leasi e reason, Close wants a voters' point of view. A young e they going to do, stand (such as President Clinton) is jree with each other? If of personal ambition that co I wouldn't give that the way of leading the nati( it the time of day, much scrapes with a little thir nd, lef s not forget that Whitewatergate come to min )r does in fact hold the A person like Strom Thur mgest filibuster ever ? have a wider perspective. Sti i can talk. step down with all the dign ;o Close, we need him world if he wanted to, but ins iger. Okay, he's younger, choosing to go on. him what extra edge? Dole seems more concer than Strom, too, and you values, morality, and the actu ining against him. What people in this nation than Cli las to offer? I don't agree with all of Do lat he seems to be saying but I respect the fact that he tru a senile old fart, so vote what he says, i'm a Future Old Fart of Clinton believes what he a as he's reading it off the cue c ly this "He's too old" the man will say anything and in is getting a little old to get re-elected. i and a national level. As a young person, I am p; jers are wearing out the sensitive to these age issues. I with their rubber-soled all too clearly the "You're t< ion over Dole's age. (And thing. "You're too young" to be hundred years younger you're too young to smoke, dr baby-sit, eat with a fork, and ih an 'arduous' ta tly does see the truth as "Abortion protesters infringe on !, she has a healthy dose right to a safe and legal abor search for the truth is a they verbally and physicall us task, and sadly, the women outside of abortion are afraid to begin its But isn't physical and ver already illegal? Of course it is. A 0 Cece: The next time who assaqlts a doctor or path :s at you about God or prosecuted under laws that air k and stop to talk to him It is important to realize 1 laws offer no protection to 1 get past their emotional patients. Shouts would be just a (ping your own emotions from 20 feet as from ten. k them why they believe And that's if you bel eve. If you walk away propaganda that abortion prol at won't matter. At least violent people. The action: e made an effort to individuals do not identify aeone else's perception abortion movement any more th Bobbitt represents all hous Jeffrey Dahmer all people fror Once you understand thi all, these rulings dont increase and, second of all, anti-abortion aren't violent to begin with, i ctivists protest arises. Why have them at all . j their true purpose? not Violent To understand why tl ^ cc instituted, we must examine tl )atients, staff effects. The only things these effectively halt is one-to-one cor They prevent people people frt to reply to October 18 s close enough to talk on a quiet, ion pruiesiers violate a level. Why are some people Si i choose" because I worry innocent conversations that 1 confusion and bias may to eliminate a fundamental J. free speech, ral court rulings have Hie bottom line is that abor :h free zones" around and the so-called "family plannir , and made it illegal for that provide them with patii 5 to come within 15 feet want women to have other opt family planning clinics, prof The Gamecock thinks profit, receive money for referr de^ He or she writes, to abortion facilities - 3_ 1 ? o ' ! 3 (75' GT B* $ CD 3 en I 0 It's a metropolitan area." ypnol possession with intent to distribute rican politics >uld be an up, t from the I just didn't realize that it would all politician come back in a different form one day. often full "You're too old to be president," "you're uld get in too old to smoke, drink, drive, baby-sit, )n. Nasty eat with a fork and chew food up." igcalled I guess I just feel deeply the unfairness d- of that charge, "You're too old." * mrmH ran mono can How do other people know whether rom.could you are too old or young to do something ">7.the anyway? tead he is j ^ matters whether other , ... old people would be president or not. It n,e *11 f matters whether Dole would. I learned inton3 ? to w^en * was e^ht, and while 1 e>g yjewg other eight-year-olds might not have felt iK believes entire^y comfortable behind the wheel, I was Richard Petty in pigtails, ays too ? ^ lQt of people assume I make stuff ards. But ?P ^PP01^ a political party or candidate, eveiything but not f 6- * ma^e UP my candidate to fit my beliefs, articularly You're just saying all that stuff about remember age because you're Republican, Lucy. >o young" Wrong. I made up all that stuff about president, age because I don't vote for liars and ink, drive, criminals. No contest who gets my vote chew food this year. sk worth taking a woman's They receive payment for referrals tion when just like doctors do. The nation's largest y assault group of family planning clinics actually clinics..." has in-house abortion rooms, bal abuse These groups fight any measure that my activist slows down their stream of paying ?nt can be patients, whether it be waiting periods, eady exist, parental approval for minors, medical that these regulation (abortion is the least regulated abortion medical practice - it requires more is insulting paperwork to pull a tooth) or people offering alternatives and information, i e v e t h e The simple truth is that many family ?stere are planning clinics gloss over alternatives 3 of freak or omit them altogether. Major surveys the anti- find that most women who undergo tan Lorena abortions fed that they were not presented ewives or with all the options, a Chicago. A national support group, Women at, first of Exploited By Abortion, (WEJB A) counsels protection, thousands of women who regret that protesters they were never given an informed choice, i question The editorialist assumes that antiI? What is abortion activists want to deny women a "free choice," when in actuality, these 1 ey were rulings serve to hide all the choices but leir actual one: abortions. This is akin to the Soviet elections in which everyone could vote, i rulings but there was only one candidate, lversation. Actually witnessing an anti-abortion )m getting "protest" will reveal the peaceful nature individual of the pro-life movement. The true aim o afraid of of 99.9 percent of all pro-life efforts is to they want give women all the facts, right like They trust that a fully knowledgeable person will make a responsible choice, tion clinics given the chance. The law should not ig center^ be used to deny information to women ents don't and limit their choices. We can only hope ions. Most that the Supreme Court agrees, it or noning people Chris McCormick tngnsn senior