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I Monday, November 18,1996 _ _ "IBafll | Serving US Stephanie Sonnenft Chris Dixon, V EdHort Angle Campbell, Martha Hotop, Ach Adam Snyder, Jennifer Stanley, Sara S\ O P I I > Give blood duri to help needy, As a whole, mfhrp USC students i really don't like Clemson. Give bio Hating Caroline Clemson is blood drive USC's passion. a victt We love to hate der the orange and I ? white pawprints that identify Clemson; we love to hate their football team; in short, we love to hate everything about our rival. } Seeing as we hate Clemson so much, why then do we let them beat us every year in the annual Carolina-Clemson bloodrive? In the last nine years, we've lost eight times to Clemson in this battle of which school can have the most blood donated during the week prior to the Carolina Clemson football game. ) When we lose in football or in basketball or baseball to Clemson, we get mad. We wish we could have done something to help USC beat Clemson and claim a welldesired victory. The blood drive is one way we can claim a victory over Clemson. All it takes is for everyone to I take a few minutes of their time to truck over to the Russell House and donate a pint of blood, which goes to help people in need. U.s. troops in , to protect sta theu-s> luimjjf| along with LAi9U?&L Britain, France and Canada, is The U.S. hi preparing to rnission i send troops to necessai w a r-1 o r n human j v central Africa to take part in ? a humanitarian mission to help 12 million refugees The U.S. will station abou 1,000 troops in Zaire and abou 4,000 troops in a neighborinj country. ki o m i ooi tit k i n k i i x uio uiisoiuii, n uivu i scheduled to last about foui months, is strictly humanitariai ? the U.S. has no self-servinj f $ interests in Zaire. * r We are sending troops simpl; to protect starving refiigees am to take care of aid shipments am workers in Zaire. The Clinton administration i moving slowly because of concern for the safety of our troops. This mission is positive becaus it is fueled by concern for humai suffering, not financial interests / k. Also, the U.S. is taking carefu ' measures not to risk the fives c our troops. Stephanie Angie , 11 Sonnenfeld Campbell Editor in Chief Lisa Chris Dixon Noworatzky Viewpoints Editor ? c ju wjT ? . SaraSvedberg Martha Hotop Copy ^ Adam Snyder Robert Walton News Editors Jennifer Stanley Brian R]sh Features Editor Graphics Editor Actum Hunt Jason Jeffers Sports Editor n v - .. Daniel Brown Cece von Kolnitz . ? . Cartoonists Special Projects The Gamecock is the student newspaper of t University of South Carolina and is published Mond. Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spri semesters, with the exception of university holidays a exam periods. . , Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of I I I editors or author and not those of the University South Carolina. ^ Tttti Board of Student Publications atJ! Communicatic Is me publisher of The Gamecock. The Department Student Media is its parent organization. A ? buck C Since 1908 ;ld, Editor in Chief iewpoints Editor I Board lm Hunt, Lisa Noworatzky, Brian Kish, edberg, Cece von Kolnitz, Robert Walton ?? M I 0 N ing blood drive beat Clemson Sure, there are MmddmM a lot of myths regarding blood '?d in the donation, and the VClemson truth is, they are ' and claim just myths. It )ry over doesn't hurt to nson. giye blood. Givmg blood is a simplistic medical procedure done thousands of times everv dav. vear after vear. 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 inventory. 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. There is no excuse for anyone having to die for a reason as senseless as the Red Cross' lack of blood. And, you can help rectify this problem. By simply donating blood at this year's Carohna/Clemson blood drive, you can help save lives and help USC claim victory over Clemson. leded in Zaire _ _._J rving reiugees ?? We cannot ^USiliLM overlook human suffering, no imanitarian matter how far n Zaire is removed it may be. *y to end We tend to lose suffering. compassion when we are not directly ? affected by an event or situation. The kind of suffering going on t in Zaire is atrocious and ignoring t it would be inexcusable. y The only thing we will gain by sending troops to Zaire is the s satisfaction of knowing we helped r save human lives. We do not 1 always have to benefit directly to y help others. Not only does the U.S. / government have a humanitarian i responsibility to help people in i need, but we as citizens need to be more aware of what is going s on in the world, s International news may not be the most fascinating events to i i . * . .1 , l e read about, but tney are extremely a important. 5. When we realize the suffering il some people have to go through >f in other parts of the world, we will see how lucky we truly are. lews: 777-7726 Ldvertising: 777-1184 AX: 777-6482 Chris Carroll Rob Gioielli Director of Student Media Asst. Viewpoints Laura Day Jessica Nash Creative Director Assl Features j T Wagenheim Bryan Johnston Art Director Dwayne Mark Hopkins I McLemore Graduate Assistant Asst. Sports Marilyn Edwards Nikki Thorpe Taylor Asst. Photo Advertisiag Director Ben Muldrow Erik Collins Asst. Graphics .. . . . Faculty Advisor ng '"d The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full the name, professional title or year and major if a student, of Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. >ns The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for of style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances. I f I .1 -cy, Wiw] IWSIdN fhpr i% "In order Carolinas b Shawn Singleton Winston Churchill once said, "Democracy is the second worst form of government - all the rest tie for first." This cavalier attitude towards our form of government applies to the recent senatorial elections in the Carolinas. WitVi tVio ror?ont olortinna nf Strnm Thurmond (R-S.C.) and Jesse Helms (RN.C.), it really disheartens me at how far in the past these two states are. The Carolinas are woefully behind in the times all the way down to the men we elect to represent us in Washington. Sens. Helms and Thurmond are two men who have ignominious and sordid records, at best, on the subject of race Multiculturali To the editor, On Nov. 11, Tobi Kinsell of Multicultural Affairs responded to John IFrick's criticism of multiculturalism. Kinsell's letter was arrogant and exemplary of the Office's mindless propagandizing. Kinsell is blatantly intolerant. Contrary to his assertion that multiculturalism "encourages communication and education about differences," he denigrates his ideological opponents as "fearful because [they] don't understand." Kinsell's tactic of deriding men with different opinions by branding them ignorant is an ugly one, reminiscent of the Soviet doctors declaring dissenters from official doctrine to be insane. Kinsell correctly states that "[e]ach individual on our campus is different," but denies that "[mfulticulturalism is not 'breaking people up into neat little groups."" Rv its nature, multiculturalism forces people into Procrustean groups. Multiculturalism denies primacy of the individual. J Its premise is that a person, no matter OINTf 'M'/1/(4L, P IHfcToTiU NfoUrPUrTvlE \ flECIioM 15 ?k i ft [ ^ for our team to take the i defensively - there's no Melvin Watson, junior guar ehind U.S. h relations and civil rights. Let us not forget this is the same Strom Thurmond who, back in 1954, made a record filibuster to block a civil rights bill. Nor should we forget this is the same Jesse Helms who has a history of race baiting in elections, scaring white North Carolinians with threats of losing their jobs to the "evil black people." Once again, conservatism at its very best. Yet, they still get elected year after year. Is there a conservative complacency in these states that sends these men to iL _ o i._ o me oenaie ever_y sia Or is there just a general apathy among the minorities in the Carolinas, especially the African American community? st's letter intc what his preference, is first a membei of a group and must be treated as such This was formerly called segregation. Multiculturalism's nature is no secret and Frick was quite correct on that point Kinsell's statement regardinj demographic changes is indicative of th< multiculturahsfs intellectual intransigence Contrary to it, the massive growtl in the non-white population is not i foregone conclusion. Immigration is controlled by electei representatives, who could stop it almos overnight, as happened in 1924. Multiculturalists maintain thei worldview with a religious fervor, so thi rarely occurs to them. I commend Frick for his courage ii challenging the "official" position of USC miiltirnltiirnl hnrennrrarv He has learned the multiculturalist low level of respect for diversity. I urge Kinsell to think of bette arguments than stating those wh i disagree with his office are "fearful" an "not educated," and encourage eveiyon t to keep an open mind and respec differences of opinions. 1 > f \ ONE- FOR FOI .\1 7 Aov W V V next step, we have to becon its, ands or buts about it." d, USC men's basketball team ti politics, ra However, these are just a few of several areas in the South that have this problem. Why don't African Americans vote in the elections that matter? You would think 1992 was a banner year for us at the polls, but the 1996 elections were a different story. It seems to me all the men and women who fought and died to give my fellow i African Americans the right to vote did what they did for nothing. For years I nave neai u uumpiaiins 11 urn lllj jjcu^ic about these very same senators, first as a child here in South Carolina, then as a United States Marine in North Carolina Even after all this, we still do not vote, therefore we shouldn't complain i about the outcomes of the elections. When we do not vote, we are generally ilerant of diffe: VemonC. Davenport History/Economics Senior ' White culture also part [ of multiculturalism ~ To the editor, I have been surprised and dismayed to see that the defender of j multiculturalism, Tobi Kinsell, has not t responded to the attack against multicultural principles made by columnist r Shawn Singleton in the Nov. 11 edition. s I found it ironic the two statements were published on the same page, one n directly above the other. s Perhaps your columnist is in need of sensitivity training. Singleton's demagogic s diatribe certainly did not "encourage" communication and education about r differences that will then lead to a higher o level of understanding and respect for d our differences." e Perhaps Singleton is afraid because : t he is "scared to ask questions and learn about someone who is different from himself" 5 ^ I il u r '4 ^ """'r wmmu fy 5| ne better ce relations saying we are satisfied about our current dispositions and we have no problems here in the Carolinas. However, as I pointed out last week, this is not the case. To me, the election of 1996 was about the future. Yet we continue to elect the past every six years and a 93-year-old past as well. There is a distinct white Southern culture here in the Carolinas, but it is one that prefers to celebrate the 1890s rather than the 1990s. We must prepare for a new century, a new millennium. We have to do this as one people working together. Change is slow here in the Carolinas, and that is something we must rectify immediately. \ ring opinions Historians such as Forrest McDonald, Grady McWhiney and David Hackett Fischer have proven that a distinct white Southern culture exists. The tenets of multiculturalism, if they are not hypocritical in their intent, must include this culture as one which needs to be respected, honored and understood. White fear in response to the ? i i i i tr' ii aemograpnic cnanges citea Dy runsen in his letter is a phenomenon which we as a society will be compelled to address with compassion in coming years if we truly wish to live up to Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of justice. Racial posturing on both sides only fuels violence. The fear, anger and rage which members of both races feel must be discussed with compassion. Angry rhetoric only fuels the fire of hatred -- a fire which may ultimately consume us. It will be interesting to see how white * U1 ~?L, ouuuiei nei a die ucdicu uuic uiaL.iv Southerners become the majority, v Bryant Sapp Graduate Student