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tea Serving (JSC i Chris Dixon, Gi Stephanie Sonnenfeh Editorial Lucy Arnold, Achim Hunt, Bryan Johnston, Jennifer Stanley, USC needs t< but needs sa It's just this much more, a mere 4.5 percent increase. $855 a semester will jump to a whopping $895. Or, for something a bit nicer, the. normal $1,485 will rise to $1,600. We're talking about housing costs. It's realistic to expect some sort of increase over the years due to inflation, and perhaps we could even gulp and admit we're lucky next year's increase will be under 10 percent. TTT 1 1 '1.1 we couia possiDiy even go further and say the increase is going toward a good cause. People like Bill Stern are pushing for improved safety for USC's residence halls, particularly fire safety. The proposed increase will help install sprinkler systems in older dorms like Wade Hampton and McClintock. But why has this push for safety come about now, especially considering there was a slight increase in fees last year to pay far technology improvements? If s a luxury to hdve Internet jacks in the residence halls, but safety Marilyn Man perform in C OK, so rock group Marilyn s Manson isnt the tamest thing s to hit Columbia. fc Well admit to that. And, ? well also admit that Marilyn r Manson isn't the most reputable group to perform H at the Carolina Coliseum, g Marilyn Manson, whose 1: claims to fame are a few f rumors and two or three hit d songs, will grace the Coliseum C April 20. As you may expect, there's h a little bit of controversy A surrounding their pending is arrival. y According to an article in s The State newspaper on a Saturday, high-ranking state officials and USC President s Dr. John Palms really aren't b very excited about Manson's le arrival. o: Some people want to get the show canceled. The a group's satanic philosophies II and overall persona don't to Student Media Russell House 1 Chris Dixon News: IllEditor in Chief Advertising: 7' Stephanie FAX: 777-6 Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Achlm Hunt Bei Karen Layne Bryan Cn Jennifer Stanley Johnston >Ikk News Editors tyorts Editors Asst. Lucy Arnold Mark Hopkins ReP John Lyons ?en Pillow , Features Editors C?Py Desk . Nlkkl Thorpe , ? Photo Editor Je Ai The Gamecock ii the student newspaper of the University Wednesday, and Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters, v periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is th Student Media is its parent organization. HiBBiBD The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. ] include full name, professional title or year and maj delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom i reserves the right to edit all letter for style, possible li withheld for any circumstance. 1 jmecock Since 1908 litor in Chief 1, Viewpoints Editor I Board Karen Layne, John Lyons, Ben Muldrow, Nikki Thorpe. Dt/IIIIUlUgJ ^ fety as well from fire is a necessity. Why was priority put on the former and not the latter? Sure, it would be awesome to have backbone connection in more dorms, but what's the point if we're all going to burn to a crisp in our beds one night because of mediocre fire alarm systems? We just wish some priorities were set. We encourage USC to move forward with technology. We think if s important to have extra money to improve our communications system. However, before thafs done, it's necessary to have safe buildings, especially the buildings where undergraduates spend most of their time. (No, not Five Points pubs, the dorms!) We dent think the boosted housing rates are a problem. Our safety is worth the increase in money. It's just too bad this couldn't have been done last year. On another point of safety, isn't it comforting to know some of our older dorms are bomb shelters? Those walls will definitely hold up against a smart weapons missile attack. tson should olumbia eem to mesh well with the tate otherwise known as the lastion of family values. Jatan and conservatives don't nake a good pair. Although Marilyn Sanson's music isn't the greatest and their take on ife is extremely different rom the norm, they still Leserve to perform at the Coliseum. So the group may not be a line with Garth Brooks or lC/DC. So Marilyn Manson m't Amy Grant. Plus, did ou ever think that Manson's ketchy actions and beliefs re a marketing ploy? Nonetheless, they still hould be able to perform ecause they have the jgitimate right to freedom f expression. After all, nobody is forcing nybody to go see die concert -v. ?n ? 1 j o cu.i c\ maiici ui pci ouiiai iste. use Columbia, SC 29208 7726 Adam Snyder 77-4249 Office Manager , >482 Jason JefFers Cartoonist Muldrow Melissa Sellers iphics Editor Online Editor I La Roeqne Marilyn . Viewpoints Edwards Taylor Inna Green Marketing Director sst. News Erik Collins isica Nash Faculty Advisor it.Features Nicholson ( ssf. Photo j of South Carolina and is published on Monday, with the exception of university holidays and exams the author and not those of the University of South i s Publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of i i/li [ Ah Letters should be 200-250 words and must < or if a student. Letters must be personally in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock * ibel or space limitations. Names will not be A i 1 VIEW THf OLO.-NC *2\PSHEET' Franklin ann< To the Editor cr ste My fellow students, thank you for pr the honor of electing me as your Student Body president. This cn upcoming year we have an ambitious w' agenda that is designed to create re; excitement and interest in the student st body about Student Government, sti This year Student Government is intent on ensuring that the university cn puts "students first." co: "The Students First Agenda": pr 1. Higher Education Funding ? ed We will personally lobby and of encourage our state legislators to place more of an economic investment to in our state's funding of college on education. Our state's low funding on has caused endlessly rising tuition to and several other rising costs on th students. 2. Campus Dining ? In the talks Er over acquiring a new dining contract, St we will stress the need for new av national brand name facilities with our top priority being the acquisition De of a Chick-Fil-A on campus. We will to also pursue the acquisition of more in facilities around campus at places such as the Swearingen Engineering foi facility. fre 3. Student Academic Beer Program (SAPP) ? We will create student e n peer programs within every academic Gc department which will provide every lee freshman student the opportunity to be mentored by an older student Co peer advisor from their respective to college who has experienced a similar cor academic life that the freshman will experience. The student advisor will ret be able to give freshmen tips on what in classes or professors are good to take and also give them advice an adjusting inc to collegiate academic life in general, to These programs are designed to give freshmen students advice from a di\ person they can relate to academically stn by experience. rec 4. Race Relations ? We will str establish an official Student ap] Government Committee on RaceRelations which will plan programs cor to promote unity across racial lines stu mch as an annual Racial Harmony car Week. 5. Five Points Transportation ? foi We will vigorously pursue plans to sti establish both Five Points-sponsored hoi and city-sponsored transportation shuttles to Five Points. chj 6. Academic Forgiveness ? We are vill personally submit proposals for academic forgiveness or course repeat pla alans to the USC Board of Trustees. foe< 7. Community Servi< e ? We will ser It is a g Dr. William Thes OINTS >R/ttAL | : soys | lfSKEET^ peat idea, but the i Ing, director of Freshman Englisl ounces goals eate Carolinacore, which will be a itewide collegiate community service po oject. lo 8. Voter Registration ? We will en sate the Spread the Hope campaign, hich will be a year-long voter co gistration campaign to encourage bei udent activism among USC un udents. bo 9. Drug Awareness ? We will eate Get Smart! which will be a coi mprehensive drug awareness and to evention campaign in order to im ucate students about the dangers sti illegal drug use. 10. MLK Day ? We will continue en push for a suspension of classes sti Martin Luther King Jr. Day in hif ler to allow students the opportunity Sti attend the education programs be roughout that day. in 11. We will create Project the icourage, which will be a Freshmen of udent Leadership Conference in1 ailable to all freshman students. Go 12. We will encourage the Library spartment to establish a pilot study sti illustrate strong student interest wi extending library hours. stu 13. We will create peer programs is ( transfer students, out-of-state in shmen and international students, pui 14. We will increase the as idowment for the Student ani ivernment sponsored, need-based idership scholarships. 15. We will fund raise for local lumbia charities in order give back Ja: a very supportive Columbia Pr< nmunity. 16. We will review and make ?mmendations for improvements Shuttlecock routes. 17. We will create economic ^ entives for student organizations do community service projects, st 18. We will work toward more rersity at USC by encouraging a tO anger emphasis on minority faculty :ruitment in order to encourage To ong, qualified minority faculty to ply to the university. Hi* 19. We will distribute a cloi nprehensive dining survey to gauge Afr dent concerns about the future of for npus dining. que 20. We will hold campus-wide anc urns on issues important to or 1 idents such as campus dining, Die ising and parking. to t 21. We will push for more coin gra mge machines in residence hall lab ;as. 22. We will attempt to finalize wa ns on testing the appeal of a toll- fool 3 number for TIPS in the fall 1997 bel nester. f in t ( the MgW, "ZiPSHee /I? LOl <L majority has t( i discussing the Freshman DDI for studen 23. We will work to find evt ssible opportunity for new park ts and safety features on t trances of current parking garag 24. We will improve t i.i 1 mmumcauon ana reiauonsr tween the Campus Judicial Boa iversity committees and the studi dy. 25. We will embark or mprehensive publicity campai improve Student Governmen lage and relationship with t ident body. These initiatives are designed sure that this university pi idents first in its efforts to imprc jher education. The 1997-98 U! adent Government is prepared one of the most active institutic the history of USC. We must v, i approval and trust of the msgor USC students in order to r yigorate interest in Stude vernment. We are establishing goals th idents truly care about, and1 11 be a strong force of good idents' lives. Our mission at UJ dear. We must put students fi] all that we do because when a t students first, we put USC & well. Thank you for your supp< d God bless Carolina. mel Franklin, jsident of the Student Bodv frican American Louldn't be apatheti heritage the Editor: The programs and events of Bla story Month have now come tc 3e. It is now imperative that ti ican-American community of US once, ask itself truly self-evaluati sstions. On the whole, our brothc 1 sisters from the African mainlaj from other areas of the Africj ispora came to America strivii nke advantage of every fruit o ndparents' and great-grandparen or has produced for this natio However, we "natives" continua ste a lot of time and energy < lish pursuits. Many of us seem ieve everything is OK for us he he heart of Dixie, better knov EXT&erv\? r" &u ys I i agree. Reading Experience. mm t government iry to us as the "Dirty South." Have we ing really learned anything ab out the he wealth an accurate knowledge of self jes. and surroundings can bring to us? h e Have we come to realize the power lip contained in a collective insp iration? rd, If so, then what are we w illing to ait do in the wake of our celebr ation of black achievement? Maybe ;a better l a question would be, "Now t hat we l 1 _J ii 1 Cil gn nave ueen given ine wisaora 01 me it's ages, will we even have the} will to he do anything at all?" On the other hand, if you did not to learn anything, I think we all know its whose fault that was. Just remember >ve the revolution will not be televised! i \ 3C I believe that it would be a terrible to mistake on our part to list this ins outpouring of information go to waste, on To keep that from happeni ng, the ity word "apathy" can no lon ger be e - synonymous with "Generation X" of nt the African-American community. We must become proactive and no Lat longer reactive to the manifes itations ve of white supremacy in this s society, in If we fail to seize the mome nt and 3C mobilize ourselves for the 21st oentuiy, rst we will definitely find ourselves sold ve short of the prosperity and gl ory the rst new millennium could bring. Every >rt other commiuiity, race, nation, etc. is preparing for 2000 and beyond right now as read this article. It is their right. When are we going to stand up for ours? In case you did not know, the name of the game in Ame rica is competition. Nevertheless, it seems that for the last 20 to 25 ye ars we f have been giving up withou t even putting up a good fight. Tb.e first L g battle has to begin right now., and it is the revolution of your mirnd! Not [(3 taking advantage of the mom entum of the Million Man March, a nd not taking to heart the principles it stood for is a direct slap in the face of our ancestors. They worked too hard for ck all the benefits we now enjoy in > a America ca. 1997. We should not take f he their efforts for granted nor lc:t them G, have been done in vain. Blac k man ng and black woman, what do wt; really srs believe in? What do we stand for? mI What do we place our value in ? What m is so dear to our hearts that we should tig die for it? When I think abo ut our ur next generation and the wor l d they ts" may have to live in, somet imes I n. wonder. Uy 3n Marcus Grant I Psychology, Junior re m