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Stephanie Sonnenfeld
Chris Dixon, Viei
Editorial
Angie Campbell, Martha Hotop, Achim
Adam Snyder, Jennifer Stanley, Sara Sved
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A new status
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* least the next Election yet
two years. get involv
Americans politics to n
have voted and h
decided who they mtCe b'
want to represent
them.
With our vote we have said,
"Okay, we believe in you, now go
represent us."
Well, sometimes on the way
0 from the hometown to the capital
^ building, our representatives forget
who voted for them. That's why
political involvement shouldn't
be limited to an election year.
In fact, it's almost pointless to
be involved just for an election.
If people aren't involved when
their representatives are out
making Dohcv. the politicians don't'
p know what the people think.
And in absence of pressure
from voters, which are the first
people politicians listen to, they
will usually look out for themselves
first and foremost.
The people have to be
watchdogs, and make sure that
the people they voted for are
P looking out for them, first and
foremost. i
That is the entire purpose of
representative democracy.
Through elections, we have
placed a certain amount of trust
in these people, but history has ,
shown us that there really is no
such thing as a politician you can <
completely trust.
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to protest the i
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A federal jury MTmrr
convicted three HHHmhUI
members of a
Georgia militia The gover
Wednesday for should crack
Stockpiling pipe militias u
bombs to use violence to
against the
federal
government.
The militia members were 3
j accused of conspiring to use pipe 1
bombs on roads, bridges, law 1
enforcement officials, power lines t
and vehicles. 1
Everyone has the right to bear
arms and express their discontent t
with the federal government, but 1
that doesn't give anyone the right t
to use physical violence to achieve d
their means.
As we saw with the bombing e
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just as important
ir or not, as our national
ed with politicians.
lake your TTf^,e Pe?P*e *n
eard Washington have
more power and
make decisions
that are more
long term and effect a larger
majority of us. But local politicians,
state house representatives, city
council members, etc., make
decisions that effect more in our
everyday activities.
So, take the initiative, go out
and get involved for the next four Tj
years.
All it takes is a couple letters,
a few phone calls. Maybe going
to an important town council
meeting or a state committee ?
meeting on an issue you are
specifically interested in. }
They may not think so, but
you are doing your politicians a
favor. |When
they get calls from you L
they know how you feel. And
always emphasize that you are a '
voter.
Here are a couple of phone
numbers to call so you can get a
start.
State House of Representatives: sc
734-3143.
State Senate: 212-6500. as
Governor Beasley: 734-9818. th
U.S. Senator Hollings:
765-5731. ar
U.S. Senator Thurmond: vc
765-5494. yc
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protest. government. 1
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militiamen is r?
difficult because I
rou can't infringe on their rights, |
)ut you also can't allow them to
lse violence as a form of protests ^
>ecause innocent people can be
lurt or killed. ^
Law enforcement officials need an
0 keep a close eye on militias to
nake sure another incident like ^
he bombing in Oklahoma city 0vi
loesn't happen.
There are better ways to du
xpress your disagreement with an
he government than resorting to off
iolence. If you think you can do fla
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How to improve your body image:
1. Think of the person that you are,
)t necessarily the body you are housed e
2. Play up the positives! Great SAT ?
ores! Fabulous personality! 01
3. Oh, yeah, and clean up that lard
s of yours. Fifty sit-ups a day, leg lifts, 0
ligh cream, lipstick, you need it all. w
You know, every time you pick up
i issue of "Cosmopolitan" or "Seventeen," y1
>u're taking at least seven years off h
?ur life span. And you can chalk those n
ars up to Paradoxical Stress Syndrome, fc
problem common among subscribers a
"women's magazines." u
Paradoxical Stress Syndrome has to w
?with the fact that those magazines
int articles like "Like Yourself: You're I
1 That!" right next to the picture of a f
aif-like model in a swimsuit. It causes a
ir sensitive female brains to short out. tl
And we are sensitive. We, not our
ale counterpoints, are the ones who a
end hours pondering whether a guy w
id "Hi" in a good way or a bad way.
We contemplate tones of voice, w
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It is very natural to want to help,
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Some types of help are deemed heroic tu
ley are instantaneous; done and then m
er with. CL
You see a man burning in Red Square
ring your student exchange in Russia, a
d you drop your bookbag, run, take
'your jacket and start beating the \&
mes out. fij
Sometimes help is a long, drawn out co
Dcess. You tutor your sister every in
emoon. You coach a little league team
wighout their season. You volunteer m
ice a week at the homeless shelter. th
These types of help are all sweet. "1
ey fill you with a sense of actually m
?mplishing something and make you
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Fred Leach should heed the old saw do
it people who live in glass houses th
iuldn't throw stones. He calls President th
nton a liar and extols the virtues of
3 Dole as if Senator Dole were a saint, re
I agree that Dole is a war hero and th
serves our gratitude, however, that th
isn't automatically mean he is the dr
it candidate for president.
As for lying, Dole told a whopper coi
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ime than it takes our boyfriends to
gbuild their engines.
So how can these magazines be doing
s any good? Do we really need to know
lat we are not thin enough, not pretty
nough, not well-dressed enough?
To what lengths would we have to
o to look like those women on the cover
f Vogue?
Well, we would have to start with
ur weight. We'd, on average, have to
reigh approximately 13 pounds.
When I got my cat from the pound,
ou could see her ribs sticking through
er sides. Her hair was dull from
lalnutrition. And she was so starved
ir love, she'd have jumped into bed with
nyone to get some attention. To sum
p, she could have been a model if she
ere a person.
Yet, I thought she looked unhealthy,
spent the greater part of my summer
seding my cat so she wouldn't look so
norexic. But teenage girls still think
ley need to look like half-starved cats.
I've read articles pondering "why
norexia and bulimia are becoming more
idespread among teenagers."
And I ponder what kind of dummy
ould write an article like that Obviously
le who has never stood in line at the
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sel more human and less uncaring.
They are innocent, good No one could
rgue with what you are doing. The
jcision to help in these ways is easy
id right.
But sometimes the question of
hether or not to help someone is not
i clear and does not rest lightly on one's
inscience. There is a time when help
ims into a cushion, when what someone
ay need in order to get better is not a
ishion, but some hard-ass asphalt.
What is the difference between helping
friend and becoming an enabler?
I've had a hard time learning that
sson, and I still am. But I've begun to
jure out the basics of it. I've learned
ddling only goes so far, then it turns
to something worse: dependence.
Someone very dear to me once needed
y help. I gave the emotional support I
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"his is the last time, Nikki, I swear,"
ore than a few times.
Yet each time was not the last time.
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hen he stated that nicotine is not
Idictive. Dole has taken millions of
liars in tobacco company contributions,
erefore it is his responsibility to know
e facts about tobacco.
Anyone who can read knows that all
putable scientific studies, including i
ose of tobacco companies, have found
at nicotine is an extremely addictive
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for a seat in the S.C. House of Representative
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check-out in a grocery store. One who
has never watched MTV's Beach Party.
One who has never seen Carnie. (My
bad, they probably do watch Carnie.)
Is the waif look so attractive in real
life? Insofar as the "dead corpse" look is
in, I think so.
But when I actually see adolescent
girls, it seems to me that the healthier,
my-parents-feed-me look is very effective.
Not quite so, well, half-dead.
I had a subscription to "Cosmopolitan"
magazine last year. I don't know why,
but I did.
Every time I read an issue,-1 would
buy a new tube of lipstick and a box of
Snackwell's. But I got sick of hearing
about "21 Ways to Hold On To Your Man!
(In Exciting New Ways He'll Love!),"
"How I Caught A Guy With Just A Cherry
And A Bikini," and "1109 Things You
Need To Do Every Single Darn Day In
Order To Look Like The Sunken-Cheek
Hussy On the Cover."
And the other magazines are just the
same slop. They claim to appeal to the
"new woman," the smart and savvy
business gal, but all they do is turn us
into diet zombies.
In fact, I would not be one bit
surprised to near tnat men actually own ,
deal with life
I stayed and stayed, thinking what my
friend needed was someone who was
there, always, unlike the mother or father
who were completely ignorant and
unsupportive. Each failure hurt worse,
but I stayed.
Yet my supposed "help" began to truly
hurt my fiiend. As others dropped away <
or were apathetic, this person always
came back to me for help.
I became the safety cushion. I thought i
I was helping, yet all I was doing was ;
enabling my friend to continue destructive
behavior. ]
When I finally put my foot down and ;
did not comfort again, this child fled to i
others. It was the worst Christmas of
my life, losing a best friend like that. -1
I waited in complete agony, and sure ;
enough, my friend came back, stronger, i
This time sobriety lasted for a few months. 1
By then, I had left the scene. I couldn't
handle problems meant for a psychiatrist ]
and prescription drugs. <
Tough love can work when the
isible for lying ;
company research documents dating ]
back to 1963 stipulated that it was '
addictive. ]
How then does it follow that someone
who lies about nicotine and takes millions (
of dollars of blood money from the tobacco
companies, whose products kill over
400,000 Americans every year, is ready ^
for sainthood? {
By any rational criteria, someone
who allies himself with companies who (
knowingly sell our c hildren an addictive /
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body image
and dictate the contents of magazines
like that. It sounds like the kind of tricky,
scared of eveiything with both intelligence
and sex appeal attitude a man would
have.
But even if men are behind this
conspiracy of "women's magazines," it
is our fault for giving in.
We stand in the check-out line, and,
instead of turning our attention to the
Elvis Meets Ross Perot in Outer Space
headlines of the "Weekly World News,"
we pick up a copy of "AnorexipoHtan."
Then we buy it, take it home, and beat
ourselves over the head with it.
You may be a lost cause. You may
battle weight for the rest of your life
because you think it is important that
you look like a Baywatch Babe. You may
drink lite beer for the rest of your days.
But think about the next generation.
Nobody else needs to be burdened
with our impossible Barbie doll dreams.
Nobody else should have to look forward
to breast implants and tummy tucks.
Nobody else needs to think that 89 pounds
is "about normal for me."
Next time, dont pick up the magazine.
. Buy MAD instead. (Not sponsored,
paid-for or agreed to in any way by that
guy on the cover of MAD magazine.)
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problem is not deep-rooted. My mother
proved this to me herself.
She comforted and cuddled me during
a rougn Dout, until this period started
to last over a couple of months. Then she
stopped being my helper,.and before she
became an enabler, yelled at me to get
off my butt and stop hurting those around
me.
Once I realized I wasn't just hurting
inside, but hurting those who loved me
as well, I snapped out of that one fast.
Ifs hard to figure out where that fine
line runs. It's even more difficult to
actually stop helping when help becomes
an accomplice.
To force yourself to step aside and
watch someone you care about deal with
a problem on their own is rough, but
sometimes it is the only way to allow
that person to get better.
Being thrown to the wolves forces
you to deal with your own problems head
>n and be responsible for yourself.
That's called growing up.
ibout tobacco
product that kills its users is contemptible,
rhis slimy shoe fits both Dole and the
fepublican party as a whole.
In fact, the only thing that the
conservatives want to conserve is the
status quo for the fat cats, no matter
vhat the costs to society or the
environment.
Jary Cadle ,
ixercise Science Junior