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e MMHHHIRBiBI! Sir Scmji Chris Dix Stephanie Sonn Edit 0 Achim Hunt, Bryan Johnston, Karen La Jennifer St USCneet ' to appre< Some students lament about the lack of intellectual atmosphere on USC's campus. Tbo much focus on sports, too many TAs acting _ l I as proiessors, ana a general student apathy towards # political causes are all common complaints among the "intelligencia" of USC. These students often look longingly to "forward thinking" universities, like Berkeley. A taste of the finest in the intellectual culture will come to USC Feb. 24, mostly as part of the Freshmen Year Reading 0 Experience. They will also provide relief to the knowledgethirsty in this community, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, two of the leading feminist theorists and critics of our time and both professors of English, will provide the lecture foi * this year's Freshmen Yeai Reading Experience. Both will give their critics and understandings of the portrayal of women in Jane Eyre. ' Soienfifl ^ learn that maybe ifs wrong to mess with nature? 3 When we see our own ir clones walking down the 3 street, that's when. use USC Columbia, SC 29208 '8: 777-7726 Adam Synder sillg: 7774249 office Manager I: 777-6482 J*"?" Jefrer" Cartoonist I Ben Muldrow Melissa Sellers Graphics Editor Online Editor Mkki Lji Rocqne Laura Day i Asst Viewpoints Creative Director M Reginna Green Marilyn Asst. News Edwards Taylor Jessica Nash Marketing Director Asst.Features Erik Collins Jef? Nicholson Faculty Advisor Asst. Photo University of South Caroline and is published on Monday, semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exams he editors or the author and not those of the University of South rations is (he Publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of eceived. Letters should be 200-250 words and must and major if a student. Letters must be personally :wsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be , could be Something scary anc revolutionary happened ir # Britain recently. According to a New York Times article, scientists report they've cloned ar adult mammal for the first time. An embryologist at the Roslin Institute ir Edinburgh, Scotland createc a lamb using DNA from e - male adult sheep. Researchers say the cloning will help in the research of genetic diseases They also said it could helj in the replication of animal? ? particularly cattle ? which are strong producer! of good meat, milk or wool for example. So, yes, cloning ma] sound like a good idea 01 ^ paper or when it comes fiun the mouth of a seasonee scientist. But, it's really j bit frightening as well. Now, we as humans have the power to artificial!] create animals who wer< # Student Media Russell Ho Chris Dixon New Editor in Chief Adverti Stephanie FA) Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Achlm Horn Karen Layne Bpmn Jennifer Stanley sJ< n News Editors Sports Editors John Lyons Mark HoPUl J , Ben Pillow ? ?*Uy Copy Editors * rf rT" Nikld Thorp Features Editors photo ^ The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Wednesday, and Friday during the Fall and Spnng periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of tl Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communk Student Media is its parent organization. The Garnecock will try to print all letters r include full name, professional title or year delivered by the author to The Gamecock nt reserves the right to edit all letter for style, ] withheld for any circumstance. * >5! V 0amecock g USC Since 1908 on, Editor in Chief lenfeld, Viewpoints Editor orial Board yne, John Lyons, Kelly McPherson, Ben Muldrow, anley, Nikki Thorpe. elate critics Here's a chance for all to expand minds. If challenging thesis is one's cup of tea, Gilbert and Gubar will amply supply. Now we'll see if these knowledge-thirsty Carolina students sincerely want to learn new thoughts and ideas, or if they will expound on theories only to sit home and watch TV when our ! guest speakers are here. So often students bemoan circumstance. l When given the opportunity , to correct, even just for a i short while, said ; circumstances, they sit still and wait for others to take i the initiative. And even if some will attend these lectures, others 1 still will not go because they i figure the ones attending i will be enough to make a I crowd. , We've got a symbiotic relationship. USC needs a good turnout so the t university doesn't look bad, I the speakers want a crowd ; so they don't feel bad, and i you, intelligencia, want to learn. Right? c cloning dangerous l naturally produced. Is this l an abuse of our power of humans? Yes, it is. Aiding in reproduction ' with artificial insemination t or fertility drugs should really be the farthest we go t in the reproduction process, I with the exception of natural i conception. Fooling with nature is * something that could ' backfire on us as quickly ^ as it could benefit us. Yes, it's great these . Scottish scientists were able 3 to literally create this lamb, , but in the long run what good will it do us? f It's scary to think that 1 humans have the ability to J alter nature. When will we VIEWP GS | optfSymffl We still have a Sororities: When I first came to USC, I told myself I would take a look at the Greek Buefom hofriro T marta anu generalizations about it. Well, eventually I did both. For the past year I have seen Greeks as rich kids who have to use their daddy's money to buy their friends. All they care about is clothes, beer and social status. But recently I have come to a realization. I think I want to join a sorority. Now these organizations receive a lot of bashing on this campus, and gotten their fair share from this newspaper. But, I think a lot of people have underestimated the bonds of sisterhood. ont n.AT7orr UlUUVlll VUVl^ll To the editor: Student Government makes a big deal about their working to serve the needs of the student body. The most important function Student Government serves is to allocate our student activities fees. If the budget appeals process is how Student Government thinks that is working to serve our interests, then Student Government is a bigger sham than I thought. My organization , as has many on our campus, have had their budgets cut severely. Our budget allocation was reduced by 50 percent from last year and we only received 10 percent of what we asked for. I was under the impression that we were to present our case to the Finance Committee in order to justify why we requested the amount of ^ nfTTTTV Student Media @ Uni' JOINTS Ita I % 4( chance to win a cl Eddie Fooler, on the fate of t V. should con ROB G1QELL1 j I Think about it. Spending all that time together with the same group of girls. You get to know each other intimately. You know each others secrets and fears, passions and fantasies. I just love the idea. I have never really been that close to a group of girls in my life. My only sister is considerably younger than me and we can't really bond. She doesn't really understand things since she is so much younger than lam. I just see this whole sorority concept as another one of the great opportunities that Carolina has offered me. A lot of schools talk about iment budget a money tnat we aid. instead, 1 was forced to wait an hour after my supposed "scheduled" time to be lectured on how little time the committee had and how much money my club had in our account. I was told we had a certain amount of money, and the figure was an amount I had never heard before. We have never received an accurate account sheet from Student Government. I was peppered with questions about how my organization planned on spending the rest of our carry-over money. Our budget (what I mistakenly thought was the purpose -frvr* fV?o Vinorinrr ^ tirao Kqtiq1t7 rliamiacuy^ 1W1 UK XKCUUig / T? CAjJ UCUWJ I was under the impression that I would be allowed to discuss our reasoning for budget. The committee was very hostile and adversarial toward me and my fellow members. When one of the varsity of South Carol t I ? mjim ? lampionship In thi lie Gamecock basketball team sider male getting rid of Greek organizations ] because they cause more division on campus. But I don't think this is i true. There really is only one problem here. Fm a guy. Now most people would say that's why they have fraternities. But I don't want to join a fraternity. They do nothing for me. But for reasons stated above, the concept of joining a sorority sounds great. In today's equal opportunity society, you think it wouldn't be a problem if I wanted to join a sorority. But now, these groups are still bastions of all female membership. t 1.1..:?l- hj i i timiiv it a a aiiamc txiat a pcisuii should be barred from joining a group just because of their possessions or lack of certain body parts and mswm llocations unfa committee members would ask a question, there seemed to be no appeal in the process. We were told why we received the amount for our allocation. The mind of the committee seemed to have been already made up. All we had to do was show up and hear their reasoning. They seemed disinterested in anything I or my fellow club members had to say. We were also lectured on the need to conserve money and cut allocations from student groups. However, Student Government's budget has not been cut. My organization does not have an office, graduate assistants and work studies, a secretary, a copier, computers or stipends for officers. If Student Government wants to save money, they should look to themselves first before they cut other organizations . I would like .ina. Three great grot: % stent mmm MirNflts MmMMS MA ?lIff is conference.members hormonal cycles. The thing is that this certain social problem cannot be chalked up to being just a part of the conservative South. It's like this all over the country. Universities everywhere have segregated Greek organizations. And the thing is, no one is speaking up. But I want to start the protest. T _ xx_ 1__ _ J.'/T T X_T_ 1_ i want to make a ainerence. i lhuik this could be the great civil rights movement of our generation. It's time for men's rights when it comes to joining women's organizations. Hopefully by the time my children go to college, my sons will have a choice as to the greek organization they want to join. But as for now I guess all I can do is dream about living in South Tower. ir, unjustified for Student Government to submit a budget to me and my fellow student organization presidents for review i i i.i i i j : cuiu jLisLiiy wiiy uiey suuuiu rewsive $81,000.1 would like to know what fundraisers Student Government have planned for next year. I feel honored that I helped stroke the egos of some very "important" people. If Student Government is so important and makes such a difference, maybe they can explain why barely 10 percent of the student body will vote for them. Most students see in Student Government what I saw last night ? a sham. 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