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Monday, November 11, 1996
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Chris Dixon, Viewpo
Editorial Bo;
Angie Campbell, Martha Hotop, Achim Hu
Adam Snyder, Jennifer Stanley, Sara Svedberj
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for students to t
Twice a year, hmmm
students are
asked to go see
0 one of the Students need
professors in advisement se
their department and ask pU
and get advised. of questio
These are the
only mandatory
times that a
student must go see their advisor, ad1
or any advisor at all for that to ]
matter.
Some students blow it off, ha1
savine that it's actually pretty pre
pointless, and their advisor doesn't wh
help them anyway.
First, advisement is very pri
important. It's a time where a sty
student can sit down and get
advice on their courses for next cla
semester, on their major and their lor
college career in general.
They have this opportunity to inf
sit down and put some focus into ex]
0 their life here at Carolina.
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many students here atUSC don't qu
realize is you can't just go in and kn
sit down with your advisor and
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say ten me wnat to taxe. Des
We go to a big state university Yoi
with a wealth of opportunities,
but because we are so big, the pr
Ut average student can't wait for ad
^ someone to lead them through
their four years here, to show them op]
what to take every semester, to yoi
tell them what career to have. th<
If you do that, you'll be one of thi
those statistics, someone with a
college degree, but no job. pa;
A student has to show we
Veterans overioi
service should t
Tbday we are hm|ib|
0 supposed to
celebrate
Veterans Day, Veterans de
but in reality, respect for fa
very few people far an unappr
will actually country
acknowledge this
much overlooked
holiday.
Aside from the Gulf War, most an
people in our age group have not a v
been involved in a war.
g Even though we may never at
^ have to fight in a war, we cannot ha1
forget the brave men and women
who risked their lives for their wa
country. the
It takes an innately brave
individual to go to war and fight ari
for a country that does not always An
show its appreciation. Remember
the Vietnam War? to{
When our troops returned
0 home from Vietnam, they were not
| treated like garbage and outsiders, mi;
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Editor in Chief Ljsa t J
Chris Dixon Noworatzky
Viewpoints Editor _ c Br
\,t _,l u . Sara Svedberg
Martha Hotop Copy Desk
Adam Snyder Robert Wa|t0n
News Editors Photo Editor
Jemnfer Stanley Brian Rish Is
Features Editor Graphics Editor
Asch,n,Hunt Jason Jeffers B
Sports Editor * . ._
Cece von Kolnitr Darnel Brown
Special Projects Cartoonists
The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the
University of South Carolina and is published Monday, H
Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring
semesters, with the exception of university holidays and The
exam periods.
g . Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the name
H ?I editors or author and not those of the University of Lette
I South Carolina. The (
The Board of Student Publications and Communications The t
is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of style.
Student -Media is its parent organization. ' be w'i
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iitor in Chief
ints Editor
nt, Lisa Noworatzky, Brian Rish,
?, Cece von Kolnitz, Robert Walton
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important
ake lightly
initiative here.
iUflHI They have to be
informed about
to take their major and
riously their interests,
enty and know what
ns. their options are.
Most professors
have a lot of
students to
rise, and they don't have time
IoqH a ebirlpnt arrmnH
LVUU U WWV?V?V**W VU VVUAU.
When you go into advisement,
ve questions ready to ask your
)fessor. Have a rough idea of
lat you want to take.
Ask your advisor about certain
ofessors and their teaching
rles.
Ask them what value a certain
iss might have for you in the
ig run.
They have awealthof
ormation, but they cannot be
Dected to read your mind.
And sometimes they may not
ow the answers to all your
estions. But chances are they
ow the person that can.
This University has one of the
>t career centers in the country.
11 pay for it, use it.
We have an office just for preofessional
students to get
vised. Use that.
Their are just too many
portunities here at Carolina. If
I have a problem or need advice,
ire is probably someone here
it is paid to help you.
Go out and find them. You are
ying to be here, you might as
II get your money's worth.
iked group,
le respected
The way we
MLflH treated the
troops was
serve unexcusable.
%hting We should show
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, respect to our
veterans.
How many of
us would go to
unfamiliar country to fight in
/ar?
War should certainly be avoided
all costs, but sometimes we
ve to fight for what is right.
While you may disagree with
r, don't take out your anger on
i troops.
The president and Congress
b the ones responsible for
lerica going to war.
Troops are only following orders
insure freedom.
Veterans deserve admiration,
; disrespect. Let's keep that in
nd on Veterans Day.
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Rob Gioielll Director of Student Media
Asst. Viewpoints Laura Day
lessica Nash Creative Director
^Features J.T. Wagenheim
yan Johnston Art Director
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McLemore Graduate Assistant
Asst. Sports Marilyn Edwards
[ikki Thorpe Taylor
Assr Photo Advertising Director
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Asst. Graphics
Faculty Advisor
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"There's lots
Education 1
| Cece von Kolnitz
Our President must think he's
leading a nation full of zombies.
He thinks advertisements control
us, that young people start smoking
and drinking because they see people
do it on TV commercials.
It's time for President Clinton to
turn off his television set and come back
to reality.
The banning of cigarette and alcohol
ads isn't going to stop kids from drinking
until they're left shaking on a cold
bathroom floor.
The ban isn't going to stop 13-yearolds
from filling their lungs with cancercausing
smoke. It won't stop high school
Confederate
Shawn Singleton
The effects of last week's shooting
at a local nightclub in Pelion have been
felt all across the state.
When I later found out that the
assailants were members of the Ku Klux
Klan, and they had attended a proConfederate
flag rally a day before the
shooting, I was infuriated.
It's not surprising that the S.C.
Council of Conservative Citizens (the
group that staged the rally) disavows
the shootings. Isn't it rather
obvious, however, what the message
is? Conservatism at its verv best.
South Carolina has had more negativi
Multicultural^
To the editor,
The Office of Multicultural Studen
Affairs would like to respond to Johr
Prick's column "Multiculturalism serve
to separate people," which appeared ii
the Oct. 23 edition of The Gamecock
Opposite to what one may think
multiculturalism does not strive ti
"accentuate every possible different
among people, and use these difference
to define them," but the idea emphasize
respect and understanding of thosi
differences that make us unique.
Each individual on our campus is
different. No two people are exactly th<
same.
Multiculturalism is not "breaking
people up into neat little groups," but i
is respecting the differences betweer
cultures and giving students th<
opportunity to feel empowered abou
their heritage.
Multiculturalism does not "demanc
that everyone accept everything abou
everybody," but it encourages
communication and education aboui
differences that will then lead to a high?
level of understanding and respect o
our differences.
The goal is not to separate anc
distinguish, but to understand and respec
the differences that make us a uniqui
community.
In 1992, "Population Today" statec
xhnt;
.aI PLANMiMG,
? of confusion that could bo *
Virginia Funk, senior and p<
Ley to ending
1 drink fests, drunk drivers or teen-age i
smokers who light up in the bathroom i
at lunch time. <
Older brothers and sisters will still
buy their underage siblings beer for the ;
next party and middle school kids will <
still buy and smoke several packs a day. {
But I guess as long as it looks like i
Jie's trying to solve a problem, the 1
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eneuuveness ui a prupuseu suiuiion
doesn't concern Clinton. 1
And maybe there are no 100 percent }
effective solutions. It could be that '
smoking and drinking are two parts of 1
American life which kids must face at
some point during their childhood and 1
teen-age years. j
When it comes down to real life ]
situations, it's always going to be an
flag a symbol c
1 negative press over the last two years :
than Newt Gingrich, and almost all of
it has had to do with race. 1
The Susan Smith tragedy, the i
incident involving the state trooper on i
1-95 and the ongoing Confederate flag
dilemma have all made national 1
headlines, and no forums that Gov. i
Beasley can hold will take away from s
the fact that this state has major
problems. i
As an African-American, the
Confederate flag really disheartens me. i
Every time I drive or walk by the 1
Statehouse, I, along with many others <
of my race, feel a sense of disgust because :
it is sending us the message that no 1
matter what advances we have made
3 second-class citizens.
im opportunity 1
that by the ye^r 2040, the population of
African-Americans will increase by 50
t percent; Asian and Pacific Islander
i Americans by 400 percent; Hispanics by
s 200 percent; and European Americans
1 by less than 13 percent.
These demographic shifts will have
> a profound effect on the cultural diversity
3 of the United States.
Caucasians will not be the majority,
3 as statistics state, the minority will be
3 the majority population. Unfortunately,
3 many people fear change.
wny would we tear change or
5 difference? Because we are not educated.
Being educated about words such as
multiculturalism, stereotyping, diversity,
^ prejudice, discrimination, sexism and
classism might decrease fear and increase
understanding.
We are fearful because we don't
understand, we are scared to ask
j questions and leam about someone who
t is different from ourselves. It is easy to
5 go through life without taking the time
t to walk in someone else's shoes.
r it is time to understand that being
f empowered about culture does not mean
that one is stereotyping, but that he or
1 she is appreciating his or her own culture,
t as well as other cultures.
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Tobi Kinsell
l Graduate Student
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teen smokin
ndividual's decision. The only way to
nfluence that decision is through
jducation, and even that may not work, i
I remember having to attend
assemblies in high school where a police
officer toting a prqjector-o'-horrors would
>ive a one-hour presentation of full color,
ilcohol-related accident slides. Some
rids snickered. Others got real serious.
The shows may have been effective
"or a few hours, maybe even days. But
^ou couldn't ever imagine anyone saying,
That slide show really got to me. I don't
:hink 111 ever drink again."
I propose taking kids on educational
ield trips. First, we'd visit an Oncology
loor at a local hospital and talk to
patients dying of lung cancer.
Then we'd stop by the School of
)f racism in S(
second-class citizens.
many wnite people nave tola me tne
flag symbolizes their heritage, a
remembrance of a war to defend states'
rights.
News flash: the war has been over
for 131 years. Germany doesn't fly their
swastika anymore, so why does this
state have to fly their "swastika?"
Last week's shooting is just another
reason to lower the flag permanently.
The flag today
seems to represent a covert, deep-seeded
hatred toward African-Americans and
)ther minorities. The citizens of this
3tate say they want to move forward,
Dut their actions have been the opposite.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once
everywhere."
br education 2
MDA Lock-Up should
have been covered in
student newspaper
To the editor,
On Oct. 30, Kappa Alpha Order and
Chi Omega Sorority held the annual
Muscular Dystrophy Jail-A-Thon, and
despite numerous phone calls, a press
release and major campus-wide publicity,
I was amazed and disappointed that The
Gamecock failed to cover the event.
The MDA Lock-Up was a huge
success as we arrested students, faculty
and administrators, raising over $2,700
for a good cause.
It would have been a great photo
opportunity, and I feel the event was
worthy of a front-page article.
Of course, I am aware that it does
not matter what I feel should be in The
Gamecock, but it is the responsibility of
the staff and reporters who, by failing
to report on our event, ultimately let
down Kappa Alpha and Chi Omega, the
student body and the MDA.
WIS TV, WLTX TV-19 and even two
student T.V. crews reported on the MDA
Lock-Up.
For the past seven years, The
Gamecock has printed a front-page story
covering our project the day before it
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?ir homework."
Lg, drinking
Medicine and look at the plasticized
livers of alcoholics. That evening, to top
off the tour, we'd visit a college party
where the vomit abounds (Watch your
step kids!).
I don't mean to make fun of a serious
problem. But I am making fun of a silly
solution.
Kids and teen-agers aren't zombies. .
They're real people. Instead of attacking
a pointless area, Clinton needs to spend
more time worrying about education.
He has the power to help teach kids
how to protect themselves, to know
what unhealthy behavior is.
But short of traveling around the
country slapping cigarettes and bottles
out of kids' mouths, lending more support
to education is all he can do.
)uth Carolina
justice everywhere."
We as a state must not let this
injustice go unpunished.
We must start living in the present,
not in the past. This is 1996, not 1896,
and the days of Plessy v. Ferguson and
slave codes are over.
Gov. Beasley and the rest of the
Conservatives need to understand that
real change has to be made to alleviate
this problem.
Face-saving forums and committees
aren't going to work.
While lowering the flag isn't going
to solve all of our problems, it can act
as a catalyst for some actual civil rights
advances.
Are you listening, Gov. Beasley? I
didn't think so.
ibout diversity
was to take place, and then printed a
front-page picture of bur "jailbirds" the
day after the event.
Too many people put too much time
into this event for it to simply be ignored
by our student newspaper.
Kappa Alpha and Chi Omega raised
10 times the amount of money we raised
last year.
We broke our previous fund-raising
record set three years ago by more than
$1,000.
It was discouraging and insulting
when we failed to receive coverage and
commendation for our hard work and
dedication to people who suffer from
Neuromuscular Disease.
I have heard complaints that there
is "no news around this campus."
However, a great opportunity to cover
good news was missed when our event
was ignored.
I know it is not easy to put out an
issue of The Gamecock. I am just sorry
that no one listened or cared about or
efforts for "Jerry's Kids."
Peter Siachos
KA Philanthropy Chair
SG Treasurer ;