The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 25, 1996, Page 3, Image 3
Monday, November 25,1996
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Stephanie Sonnenfc
Chris Dixon, V
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Angie Campbell, Martha Hotop, Ach:
Adam Snyder, Jennifer Stanley, Sara Sv
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USC shouldn't
on Palms' pari
$72??. |____
That's how
much The
University of The gaU
South Carolina Presider
spent to install parking lo
a new gate in f
front of President ^
Palms' personal
parking lot.
The lot houses approximately
ten spaces for about two or three
cars. For this lot, the President
and his wife now have an
electronic gate with a numbered
keypad, just so nobody else can
drive in.
We would think this might be
for security reasons. But no, it's
because there has been a problem
with students parking in the
President's lot.
How can you blame them?
Would you rather circle the
Russell House parking lot like a
vulture preying on the next
available space? Would you rather
feed a parking meter a daily
allowance of a few dollars? No.
You'd rather find the most
convenient parking place, which
Palms seems too have done.
With such a large parking
problem on this campus, a student
> can easily be tempted to park in
the President's lot, which always
has plenty of space in it.
Even though this money has
already been allocated to
Food recover)
help cut wast
President
Clinton ordered
Saturday that all
Federal agencies We all n
and departments part in fo
take part in food programs
recovery and feed
programs for the
needy. ?
Every federal
agency and department will have
to take leftover food from public
events, cafeterias and other food
service facilities to give to people
in need.
The federal government is also
working with state and local
governments, as well as private
companies, so they can take part
in similar food recovery programs,
too.
Clinton said enough food to
feed 49 million is wasted each
year because grocery stores,
restaurants and cafeterias throw
away perfectly good food they can
no longer sell.
It's a shame people have to
starve when good food is being
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waste money
king lot gate
bnprovements to
the President's
house, couldn't it
2 outside have been better
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lis a waste something else?
anev Even though it
might be a small
change, it could
have helped
improve student parking. We are .
sure the parking services /
department could have used it
wisely. L?
This University gets a lot done
with the small amount of money
the state gives us. But that doesn't
mean we have to waste money.
The powers that be should have UlWl
more intelligence than to be so
ostentatious with their use of "Cl
$7200. an<
Don't insult our intelligence.
We are paying money to go here,
and we pay money to park, and
we still can't find spaces.
Yet the University can find the
money to make sure that the man
we are paying over $100,000 per lJvj
year has his 10 spots in his lot.
There can be no rational for this
display of inefficiency.
Next time you see Palms, tell
him about how you couldn't find
a spot last week and were late to Me
class. And ask him if he would to disa
mind giving you the code to his Its
gate, considering he doesn't even ^
have to drive to work. a "?
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government and To the
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to cut waste recovery at tim
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we needy. ^raigednot contro
only for helping '
the needy, but for define
reducing waste. jn
Food recovery programs cost expres
very little, but they do a lot of issue,
good. Co
These programs are a good attack
example of the government cutting as th<
waste and helping people in need. dange
If it is possible for the T1
government to be efficient and oHnfa
compassionate at the same time, ^
then certainly the average citizen ^ wh
and small businessman can take gj101
part in similar food recovery Ur
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d showed me how much respect that he hai
this was my S
Duce Staiey, #22
>ap opera fans have ]
Cece von Kolnitz 1 things that go on in the lives
characters are so totally outra
My roommate says people whc
it every day are obsessed with it. I
and my roommate have agreed people who watch soap operas in j
igree about "Days of Our Lives." have no lives,
one of those television shows people ' So I'm watching "Days of Our
out in conversations you overhear one day after class, and I'm laug
on a bus or on a chair in the second one 0f the characters, and my rx>o
bby of the Russell House. It seems ^ down on the couch in our livin
lot of college students watch it, and says> thatr
das what I like to call freak-appeal. Naturally I say, Tm not goin]
t because I think of the people who you?
it as fr eaks but because the What my roommate doesn't s
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)lumnist failed to discus
editor, writer seemed to suggest that in
a former editorial contributor to talk about cultural diversity, peop
ol newspaper, I understand that, giving the South a bad rap.
es, it can be difficult to find and I agree, but it took me three 3
loquent on a topic of interest or realize this. Here's my story,
versy to readers. Growing up in Miami, Fla., I
e obligation to do so in a responsible, about Southerners by watchinj
igent manner is the ethos that Haw." But I outgrew those stere
s us as editorial journalists. right? Wellso
doing, we strive for the logical When I first arrived at US(
3sion of a position on a relevant reluctant to make friends
perhaps with an air of persuasion. Southerners. Initially, I found r
ndescension and ad hominem appealing about Southern cult
s, however, we avoid at all costs, my third year, that has all ch
iy reflect the worst and most \ met a group of South Care
rous vein of journalism: arrogance. at River Bend Community Chu
le imposition of overweening made some friends on campus,
itiness in media, societys source They helped me see that wha'
rmation, is like poisoning the town the South great are its people
li insults, miecis ana nauseates friends exemplified Southern hos
0 partake of it and polarizes those wjfr, their courtesy, warmth, ki
aid bring together. generosity and lack of pretensic
ifortunately, The Gamecock fell to j became enamored with the
evel m the publication of Lucy , rashed out t0 b boots and a
ds column last Friday. No issues h ,earned a dand .
kscussed, no problems addressed. sh and, trave|ed the s,ate
stead, this reader found a laundry Bu, evenhJal| reaij ^ m
intolerance and prejudice. , T , rr
1, ,, , , a cowboy. I was a big city Hi
mart people have tne advantage A . j T j u
e. j i ? u *. 6 American and I missed my H
tupid people, she writes. , .
illowing this snide observation is . ? '
, a , . r i u j As I now prepare to return to
humility: ...you almost feel bad T1 T n e j
i , . i , j I know I will cany fond memone
e an advantage though, don t your ^ ? J
is difficult to fit such an indiscreet es ' ,. , ., ,
of hubris to any definition of My fhends acceded me, sha,
alism, and it is sad that from our me and never tne?,t0 chanSe
l's pool of talent, nothing purer nevef tTea!^ me lke 3,1 ts,d!
be drawn. simply invited me to enjoy life wi
han Sharpe by being civil, respectful, cari
Sophomore forgiving. I will miss them deai
Some will say I had a r
tor'sNote: Lucy Arnold's column multicultural experience - th
ot intended to be taken seriously, majority enlightening the H
1 a humor piece, not a persuasive minority about Southern cultui
Call it whatever you wish. Mj
never called me "Latino" or "Hi
just "friend"
i. i . _ i That was okay with me. I kni
VCTSC multicultural I was and never tried to hide i
)prjpf")^,p, TV")QcjV)]p in never challenged that.
I borne even asKea me to teai
South the Salsa. You know, if 1
multiculturalism, then maybe
e editor, half bad.
jceiitly, I read several articles on Clark Bonilla
culturalism in The Gamecock. One Geography Department
rs
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nded that I start the game and th
3 for me. I decided to just go out
last game as a senior."
, tailback tor USC's football team.
lives, not obsess
of the understand is that interest is not the s
geous. same as obsession. When people are <
> watch obsessed with TV shows they refer to
de says the actors or actresses on the show by s
general their first names only, all the time, and s
they talk about them as if they are real ;
Lives" people.
hingat They say stuff like, "Did I tell you i
mmate what Kristen said today?" i
ig room Obsessed viewere will even talk and 1
reminisce about a show thafs no longer i
I to tell in production. The first "Star Trek" TV '
show is the best example,
seem to More recently, the cancelled ABC i
is issues, problems
Everyone in society has
right to live
,'ears to
To the editor,
learned . I would like to respond to the recent
I "Hee- column by John Frick regarding the
:otypes, importance of enshrining a respect for
human life in the Constitution.
Z I was The struggle for civil rights has been
s w i t h a part of American society since prior to
tothing the Revolution. A belief in the importance
ure. By of our treasured rights continues to grow
anged. in our ever increasing liberty-conscious
ilinians society.
rch and The right to speech and expression,
to privacy and to happiness, seem more
t makes exalted now than ever before.
. These Yet, despite the celebration of rights
spitality that seems to go on daily, many people
ndness, have begun to lose sight of the larger
m. issues at stake, having lost sight of the
; South, forest in looking at the trees,
cowboy As each individual pursues his or her
md the own liberties, few people stop to think
of those in our society left out of this
I wasn't celebration of rights,
spanic The sad truth is that those who cannot
ispanic stand up for their own rights often are
left with no rights at all.
Florida, I am speaking of the pre-born, the
s of "the very sick and the very old. Increasingly,
we talk of quality of life as if life is
ed with something that can either be kept or
le. They discarded as if we were choosing fruit
;r. They 'n a supermarket,
th them The freedoms of life, liberty and the
ing and pursuit of happiness can not, must not,
.jy be a Measure kept only to those in society
everse w^? are needed or wanted. Everyone
PwhitP has a right to live.
ispanic Sean Hi,and
re Political Science Graduate Student
1 friends
span,c'" Hunger more than
swwhat news event
it. They
To the editor,
ch them The story of 1.2 million starving
:h at is refugees in Zaire has made front page
! it ain t news.
Vat noarlv /100 000 nortnlo rtio nf
hunger-related causes each week, and
1.2 billion are chronically hungiy in our
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and give my all since
ed with TV
jeries "My So Called Life" has become
>ne of these cult classics.
But most people aren't obsessed with
soap operas they watch or any other TV
shows. They watch TV to be entertained,
md that's all.
So for all those TV snobs out there
ike my roommate, you can complain
about how much people our age and older
watch TV all you want. You can even
make fun of what you see (especially
OCena, Warrior Princess").
But please, at least wait until the
show's over.
i persuasively
world, but there is rarely mention. Why?
When the problem is an immediate
crisis caused by something easily
identifiable (such as war), and it is
concentrated in one area, it is easy to
cover and photograph it as "news."
/It grabs our attention. When the
problem of hunger.is chronic and
persuasive and the causes are systematic,
it is not news.
When did you last read about anyone
hungry in New Delhi, Mexico City, Beirut
or Columbia, S.C.?
All countries and all cities have their
pockets of poverty and their hungry.
Hunger statistics make us
uncomfortable. With our three meals a
day, over consumption, waste of food and
lifestyles of affluence that, in truth, are
immoral, we protect ourselves from feeling
too guilty by maintaining ignorance.
It allows us to get on with our dreams
of DrosDeritv. Or Dossiblv we reallv do
care but feel helpless and overburdened
in the face of such an immense problem.
The week before Thanksgiving has
been designated National Hunger and
Homelessness Week.
Hundreds of thousands of people
around the country will join in fasting,
hunger banquets and other events to
raise awareness and raise a campaign
against hunger and poverty.
For every person that joins in the
work to eradicate hunger, the level of
hope is raised, and the twin enemies of
apathy and despair are dealt a blow.
Individuals and groups at USC are
making a difference. Through the Oxfam
Carolina Anti-Hunger Coalition, attention
is being directed and voices of hope are
being raised.
Many will give up food and other
nourishment in order to experience for
a short period the gnawing emptiness
the world's hungry endure for a lifetime
- usually a short lifetime at that.
What is Thanksgiving anyway? A
hobday of ovei-consumpbon, or an atbtude
and a lifestyle that begets acts of
compassion and deeds of kindness?
We have the opportunity to make
the choice.
Tom Wall
United Methodist Campus Minister