Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Uie (B Serving US( Chris Dixon, 1 Stephanie Sonnenfe Editor!) Lucy Arnold, Achim Hunt, Bryan Johnston, , Nikki' IHHHED APO offers but needs a We all know there is a shortage of space at this university. Girls squashed in Sims, where the suites were designed for four but are now accommodating six, can attest to this. Dr. Palms needed a new gate to keep others out of his parking space. New buildings are popping up all over the place in an effort to create space. Everyone has to share, to A 1_ _ A T* 1 _ _ _ A_ _ iaKe turns. ?>ut sometimes, unfortunately, the people who have to sacrifice are doing a lot of good, and in sacrificing, will not be able to continue their philanthropy. APO, one of USC's coed fraternities, is most wellknown for the escort service they supply. No, they won't be someone's paid date to dinner, but if they're called one evening by a fellow student who doesn't feel comfortable going from point A to point B on campus, a member of APO will walk with them. In some cases, APO will drive students to where they need to be on campus. Their service should be commended. These are neliare-u good for J For the first time in a long time, South Carolina has the distinct notoriety of coming in first in the nation for something. And, it's something to be really, really proud of. According to The Washington Post, South Carolina hired more people through its welfare-to-work program than any other public or private employer in the U.S. 442 welfare recipients were weaned off welfare and acquired new jobs with the federal government without displacing any current workers or creating new jobs. What the program essentially does is take welfare recipients and train them for jobs available in the federal government. While training on the job, participants have access to free child care and Medicaid for up to two years, but no longer than two years. Three Student Media Russell House Chris Dixon News: 7 Editor in Chief Advertising Stephanie FAX: T Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Aehlm Hunt 1 Karen Layne Bryxn Jennifer Stanley Johnston & News Editors Sports Editors Lacy Arnold Mmrk Hopkins ? Features Editor Ben Pillow Copy Desk Nlkki Thorpe . Photo Editor The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Univt Wednesday, and Friday during the Fall and Spring semes periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the edit Carolina The Board of Student Publications and Communications Student Media is its parent organization. The Gamecock will try to print all letters receiv include full name, professional title or year and delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsrc reserves the right to edit all letter for style, possil withheld for any circumstance. 1 iamecock " Since 1908 * Editor in Chief:ld, Viewpoints Editor d Board Karen Layne, Ben Muldrow, Jennifer Stanley, ITiorpe. i service, ome snare 1 students helping students; : peers reaching out to peers. They keep the USC police from having to escort students around campus and leave them free to answer more serious calls. But here comes the space problem. APO must give up the office space they've held for the past two years. No office means no phone, Which means no escort service for the upcoming year. Other organizations may need a turn at the office for things like storage or correspondence. But no fraternity's philanthropic work depends on access to a phone as APO's does. Granted, there are always options. The members could all purchase beepers or cell nhrmes. Rut, thfisft altpmativps are expensive and susceptible to problems. Members could just wander around campus at night, looking for those in need of rescue, but we don't see this as practical. We hope office space, and a phone, can be found for this worthwhile organization by the time fall semester rolls around. >-?ork ii.C., U.S. other states are also establishing welfare-to-work programs, some with federal jobs, others with the private sector. According to the fYLUyflrl/lgLUfl, 1 UOI, CXL 111UCJL of the recipients have filled entry-level positions such as maintenance, food service and personal service for the needy. Only 282 of the jobs are permanent and with benefits. Nine jobs were temporary with benefits, while 151 were temporary jobs without benefits. The Clinton administration. is backing this plan, hoping to place 10,000 welfare recipients in federal jobs. Hopefully, the federal government will take a close look at South Carolina's program and use its recent success as a guide. Congratulations South Carolina on a job well done. Now all you have to do is keep up the good work. use Colombia, SC 29208 77-7726 I Adam Snyder -rnn jrtiA I [: I I vaaawr ?I 77-6482 Juon Jeflrers Cartoonist Ben Mnldrow Melissa Sellers Graphics Editor Online Editor fkioLa Rocqne Marilyn Asst. Viewpoints Edwards Taylor leginna Green Marketing Director Asst. News Erik Collins Jessica Nash Faculty Advisor Asst.Features lefT Nicholson Asst. Photo :nity of South Carolina and is published on Monday, ters, with the exception of university holidays and exams :ors or the author and not those of the University of South is the Publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of ed. Letters should be 200-250 words and must major if a student. Letters must be personally om in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock ble libel or space limitations. \'ames will not be VIEW s I've been rollix Jason Poma Winnie th Oam sure most of you hav heard of the book entitle All I Really Needed t Know I Learned in Kindergarten I've even seen "All I Really Need? to Know I Learned from Star Tret and "The Dukes of Hazard" posters However, I think that althoug] Kirk and Spock are quite clever an Uncle Jesse is a smart man, ther is one whose wisdom surpasses a] of these and that is none other tha that silly old bear who resides in th Hundred Acre Wood. The wisdom one can gain fror Winnie the Pooh far outweigh anything you could ever learn i] school or on Sally Jesse Raphael I mean to say that even thoug] he is a bear of very little brain, ther is profundity on the other side o intellect. Many people I have known believ tViov arp tm amart fn Ko rliimK Pnr?l knows that he is not smart ant makes no effort to be otherwise, bu by not trying to appear intellectual!; superior, and by enjoying himseli HomosexuaL To the editor: First of all, Jesus was Jewisl Not White, not Black, Jewisl Secondly, the Bible does not on] have a firm stance on homosexualit but all sexual sins includin fornication, adultery, sodomy, etc. you think God has a tolerance fc these sins you need only look to tl Book of Genesis. Twice God destroys people for these sins. The first tirr he destroyed the entire earth by floe Wniisp flip world was so wirkoi The second time he destroyed a ci1 because of the evils within. In hot cases God sent people to find out any righteous remained in the thes places. In the cases of Sodom an Gomorrah, Lott went into the cit with two angels, and the men of ti city propositioned Lott to "have the way" with these angels of God. Gc then destroyed the city with a blai of fire and brimstone. Now before you judge me as Bible-carrying, right wing, radicj conservative bigot who hates everyor who isn't a white male heterosexue take a moment. I realize that I ai not perfect; and therefore, I am n< qualified to stand in judgment < others. These are my opinions, an they stem from a theologice standpoint I believe that homosexua have a place in this society. The should be able to live and wor without discrimination. Because, t POINTS Be i I ?7 / ^ 4 ig, and tonight, I jus going to come ii r, USC Baseball player, on his perfo; V ~M "V -| 1 e rooh teacJ r~ FRED LEACH | d he proves that he is wiser than any 0 of his neighbors in the Wood. L Take for example the time when d the fearsome Wooster was trying to - steal all the hunny from the Wood. ' Tigger, Rabbit and all the rest of the ^ gang were fearful of the gigantic Wooster and attempted to figure out ? ways to outsmart him. Pooh however takes Wooster some hunny and a makes a new friend. Pooh knows e that everyone needs a friend after all. One day, the gang began to criticize Pooh for being late and 1 forgetful all the time. Pooh said that ^ if being slow and forgetful means e being himself, then that is what he f was going to be. It was Valentine's day in the e Wood, and Rabbit ordered there not i hp nnv Vnlpnhnp's apnt this vpar 1 J J ? ^ because of how many were given last t year by Pooh, and all the cards were y just too much of a hassle. Pooh just f wanted to show everybody how much he cared. s need to play 1 much as Christians might hate it, this country has lost the base it was ti. founded on. The US is a social and i. economic union held together by ly political and monetary power, not y, religion. So I say, let each person do g whatever they fell is right. The If government can't force traditional >r moralities upon other people with le laws. d The veil that people have over te their eyes today is the phrase "God id is love." Now don't get me wrong, I i. believe that God is love, but you can't y pass your final exam by reading the h the middle four chapters out of the if text book. Similarly, you can't pass je your Christian walk in life if you just d read the Gospels. Too many times ;y people read the feel good messages le written by our brothers Matthew, ir Mark, Luke, and John, and stop id there. They come away with a "hippie3t like" feel good experience. "God loves me. I love God. Peace, Love, Joy." a Keep reading. Soon alter God's love al turns into God's judgment, le Now of course, 95 percent of you il, are saying, "that's a load of'insert m expletive here.'" That's okay you're )t not a Christian. I can't read my good af Muslim friend John 3:16, and then id tell him he's going to hell for believing il what his parents taught him to Is believe. God has a way for all people, ly including homosexuals, but it s not k in the pulpit spreading lies of Satan is to gullible followers. Homosexuals I I k>/ L # I "T/s 6> V I ( it came in with an i 11 and dominate. rmance against the Wofford Terrie V V-*. /N -a A v XX l 1 /"V /N ues rcai less Is there such a thing as caring t too much? Pooh doesn't think so. In a feet, the only thing that Pooh worries e about is trying to make sure that t everyone else enjoys themselves, c It was Christmas, and when I everyone had realized that their r letter to Santa might not get there g on time, it was Pooh who selflessly s did everything in his power to ensure t that his friends got just what they t wanted. He even embarked 09 a r futile journey to the North Pole to li try to make sure Santa got their letter. Pooh would do anything in i his power for those whom he cares ji about without expecting anything in return. a Pooh does not waste his time r trying to spout off tons of useless i information like Owl. r While Rabbit tends meticulously s to his garden, Pooh would prefer to i be taking a stroll through the woods 1 humming a tune and enjoying the ? sunshine. Pierlet snends most of his f days trying to clean his house or fretting over being small. t Pooh however, knows that it is i not the size of an animal that matters, s )y the rules of who want to be Christians have to reform. You don't have to believe much to be a Christian, but you do have to accept Christ as your Savior, and believe that the Bible is God's Holy Word. Homosexuals should find a place of worship where they are loved and welcomed, and they should accept the fervent prayers of others. Then let God do the rest. I don't blame followers of this church. I blame the leaders. The only thing Michele did was find a place of worshiu where she could be loved and accepted. The leaders I blame for leading these people astray. The thing is that Christianity has laws and commandments. If you want to be a true Christian you have to follow them. If you don't want to be a Christian, you can do anything you want to under the law. I am not saying that these people do not have a right to practice religion, because they do. If there is anything wrong with the world today it is a lack of faith. People need something to believe in, and I commend that. Legally they can call this religion whatever they want, but out of respect for our God and our beliefs, please don't call it Christianity. Timothy Roger LeCroy Freshman Chemical Engineering r umv. it's safe i i We've replaced i Communists. ^ ittitude that I'm rs Monday night ons of life nit the heart Tigger is bouncy happy ill the time, claiming to be good at verything, but the heart. Tigger is louncy and happy all the time, laiming to be good at everything, lut Pooh knows that acceptance does tot come by being boisterous and pod at everything. Gloomy old Eeyore its alone in his gloomy spot; sad lecause no one notices him too often, } >ut Pooh realizes that it doesn't natter if other people like you as ong as you like yourself. Winnie the Pooh and everyone n the Hundred Acre Woods are not ust for children. They can teach us about others nd about ourselves. The brook which neanders through the Wood is not n a hurry; it knows that it shall " each its destination one day, and o to shall we. I see people everyday n a race to catch up with tomorrow. Tiey do not take the time to do like 'ooh and enjoy chasing the butter lies and eating hunny. But perhaps the most important hing that Pooh knows is that hunny s good if you can share it with omeone. Christianity Church gets needed ) coverage on campus To the editor: I would like to thank the Gamecock staff and especially Erin Shaw for the thoughtful, sensitive, and positive article on the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in Monday's edition of the Gamecock. It is rare that a ' denomination that is so unequivocally supportive of lesbian/gay/ bisexual/transgendered persons gets such positive coverage in the media these days. I would also like to thank the Gamecock for its consistently positive approach to LGBT issues and its willingness to be open to stories about the issues surrounding the lives of | the LGBT population on campus. It is my sincere hope that this openness continues in the future, and that there continues to exist constructive communication and cooperation between the future officers and members of BGLA and other LGBT and supportive people on campus, and the staff of the Gamecock. Any steps which make this campus a less hostile place for LGBT people, and other minorities, are sincerely appreciated, and vitally necessary. I Gaurav Shroff President, BGLA 1996-1997