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Lucy Arnold, Achim Hunt, Bryan Johnstoi
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Unfortunately, USC wasn't
able to make it through the
NCAA annual basketball
tournament. But, that doesn't
mean USC has to miss out on
experiencing the NCAA
tournament.
USC is hosting the Eastern
a Region "Sweet 16" and "Elite
8" women's playoff games,
beginning Friday and ending
Sunday. Not only is this
tournament exciting for the
teams participating in it, but
its also pretty exciting for USC.
Ok, so you're still sour that
USC lost. Yeah, we all are.
And, you probably think
nothing will ever be able to
replace the fact that the
Gamecocks lost.
Don't be dismayed. There's
always next year for the
Gamecocks. Far now, vent your
leftover basketball energy in
this weekend's NCAA
tournament in Columbia.
So, you may not have
enough cash to score a ticket
to the erames. But. if vou set
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With the rash of recent
church burnings, legislators
are passing more anti-hatecrime
legislation. This
legislation, condemning hatecrimes
and serving up a
1 minimum sentence for
offenders, is something we
could all agree needs to be
passed. Trouble is,there's a
fight as to whether or not
homosexuals should be
protected from hate crimes.
Now, we may be mere
college students to these state
_ representatives and senators,
H but even we see the logic some
of these people are lacking.
One's sexual orientation
does not determine whether
or not a person is considered
a citizen of this state. Therefore,
homosexuals are legal citizens
of this state. As such, they
deserve the same protection
as heterosexual citizens.
We really do not see how
legislators such as Charlie
^ Condon can have the audacity
to try and give discriminatory
protection to the citizens of
this state.
Condon seems to have this
problem allowing his religious
beliefs to interfere with his job
as an elected official of the
state.
Part of his job includes
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's tourney
a ticket or already have one,
make the most of the situation.
Go and show the rest of the
country that USC still has a
strong faith in basketball.
In the past year, women's
basketball?both amateur and
professional?has grown
tremendously.
This past summer in
Atlanta, the US women's
basketball team won the gold
medal. Several women's
professional basketball teams
have surfaced across the
country. There are teams in
New York, New Jersey and
Washington, D.C. (among other
cities). There are also two
leagues: the Women's National
Basketball Association and
the American Basketball
League.
Columbia and USC have
been given an awesome
opportunity to host a piece of
the NCAA Tournament. Not
only does it let us still be a
part of the game, but it also
lets enjoy it as well.
?rime bills
itect all
protecting citizens of this state
from anti-hate crimes through
legislation, whether or not he
approves of the citizens' lifestyle.
Fifty years ago, one
certainly did not see state
legislatures writing anti-hatecrime
legislation on behalf of
African-Americans. Fifty years
ago, a church burning would
have produced absolutely no
political reaction. Now, it's
suddenly a bad thing and all
the responsible people under
Governor Beasely are going to
stop these atrocities, gosh darn
it!
Well, how about anti-gay
crimes? They do exist, only
they do not get as much
attention because the public
consists of unsympathetic
people such as Condon.
Condon is trying to pass his
piece of PC legislation simply
because it looks good and he
does not have to advocate
homosexuality in any way.
Holly Cork, R-Beaufort, is
trying to pass hers in order to
protect all the citizens of South
Carolina, white, black, male,
female, heterosexual and
homosexual, not just a select
group of citizens that happen
to have current public
sympathy. We hope this fairer
legislation is passed.
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And all I can say is thank heaven
ar Dr. Laura.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger comes on
alk radio (in Columbia that's WVOC
.t 3 p.m.), and for me that's two
tours in the day when I can see
learly.
I think it's hard for those of us
dio grew up in the '70s and '80s to
eally get parenting. I mean to us
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)r. Spock, Dr. Ruth and spending
very other weekend with daddy.
The '80s are called the "ME"
ecade for a reason. Divorce rates
oared, mom and dad both started
forking late for that house in the
ountry club and kids figured out
bat being a latch-key kid meant the
fintendo could take the place of
tomework.
The quantity of time parents spent
fith their kids turned into the quality
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*irls are "loose" and "materialistic."
First, I would like to say that you
and others with opinions similar to
pours are ignorant of what the Greek
system here at USC is all about. To
start with, the Greek system offers
Lifelong brotherhood or sisterhood
to its members. I will walk away
from college with many friends,
memories and a commitment when
many will walk away with only a
piece of paper. Next, the Greek
community works hard to devote
time to needy causes in the
community. Community service
participation appears to be much
higher in Greek students than in
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told us that all of that was okay. su<
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is natural and that, since almost half for
of the students in my class were from the
broken homes, it wasn't even us
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my preachy attitude. But here's
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didn't give children (us) much
Dught. The current generation of
rents and leaders aren't doing
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I intend to be different. And if we
a generation could embrace Dr.
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ociety that would be better for our
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Some people are going to call
se thoughts idealistic. If s a great
sa, but itH never happen. And as
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long as you do one little thing for
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[r. Singleton, next time you decide
> put your opinions in writing, base
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le ignorance you recently displayed.
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[appa Sigma Fraternity
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