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%\[ t(5 Serving USC Sil Chris Dixon, Edi Stephanie Sonnenfeld, i Editorial 1 Lucy Arnold, Achim Hunt, Bryan John Jennifer Stanley, I Child abuse in issue fop stadc If s the end of April We are thinking of finals, summer jobs or summer classes and saying goodbye to friends for three months. But how many of us remembered April has been the month dedicated to the prevention of child abuse? Perhaps child abuse does not affect us at this age; we are not children, nor, for the most part, do we have any. We are more concerned about HIV and AIDS prevention, drug awareness, and safe drinking and sexual assault. But child abuse does affect the twenty-somethings. Child abuse affects everyone, for it is the future being hurt and warped. It does take a community to raise a child. Most of us may not be parents, but that doesn't mean we should look the other way when we see abuse happening. It does not take a lot of energy, just some courage, to pick up the phone and call the Department of Social Services. If someone is publicly, FDR monui should shon Finally, there's a monument in Washington, D.C., honoring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Finally. This is the man who turned a country around with his 13point plan. This is a man who was able to inspire hope in a country plagued by tne woes of the infamous Great Depression- This is a man who was elected president by voters an amazing four times? something which had not been done before and will never be done again. And, he did all of this not just as President, but as a handicapped President confined to a wheelchair. Here's where the problem pops up. The statue of FDR has him sitting down in a chair, with no inkling of his handicap except some almost invisible braces on his legs. President Clinton and others want another statue for the monument showing FDR in a wheelchair, which is entirely Student Media Russell Hob Chris Dixon News N Editor in Chief Advertis Stephanie FAX Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Achlm Hunt Karen Layne Bryan Jennifer Stanley Johnston News Editors Sports Editors Lacy Arnold Mark Hopkln Features Editors Ben Pillow Copy Desk Nlkkl Thorp Photo Editor The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Wednesday, and Friday during the Fail and Spring : periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of it Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communic Student Media is its parent organization mrnsm The Gamecock will try to print all letters r include full name, professional title or year delivered by the author to The Gamecock ne reserves the right to edit all letter for style, | withheld for any circumstance. amecock ice 1908 tor in Chief Viewpoints Editor Board iston, Karen Layne, Ben Muldrow, Vikki Thorpe. nportant ;nts,feculty repeatedly slapping their youn? one in the face, take a stance against it No one has the righ to hit a child. One college group that hai not forgotten this month h Kappa Delta. KD seesawee AfflV Vwjqt+o oiiHn g mgrnthfn til IV^II JLiVCU UJ VlAV Ua m to raise money. Mayb< seesawing doesn't appeal t< everyone, but there are plent of opportunities to hel] children. Carolina for Kids tutoring at the local famil shelter, or being a Big Brothe or Big Sister are all wonderfi ways to get involved with kid Children are refreshing They cause you to see lif through their new eyes Helping children is a cathars: for stress, especially if the tug you to the jungle gym c swings. Children benefit froi adult interaction (and face i we are grownups in their eyes and we can benefit from the liveliness. Help a child ar help yourself. nent in D.C r handicap understandable. FDR was an amazing ma illustrated by hi accomplishments and pla in history. He will continui to be admired by millions Americans not just becau of his amazing leadersh skills, but because he beat t odds. He overcame a damagi handicap to go on a lead tt country with strength ai vision. It's an embarrassment sorts to not have the FI statue seated in a wheelchi because it makes Ameri A 1 1 1 seem arraia ana emDarrass of his handicap or ev< handicaps in general. Certainly a handicap of a magnitude can drastica effect ones life, but that does mean people who a handicapped have to stop liv their life. FDR will always a symbol of this ideal. ue USC Colombia, SC 2920 i: 777-7726 Adam Snyder ling: 7774249 0ffice Manager : 777-6482 JelTferl Cartoonist Ben Muldrow Melissa Seller Graphics Editor Online Editor vydlaRoeqne Marilyn Asst. Viewpoints Edwards Taylc u Reginna Green Marketing Directo Asst News Erik Collins Jessica Nash Faculty Advisoi s AsstFeatures I jen iiicnouon i Asst Photo University of South Carolina and is published oil Mom semesters, with the exception of university holidays and ex, ic editors or the author and not those of the University of Sc ations is the Publisher of The Gamecock. The Departmen eceived. Letters should be 200-2S0 words ai and major if a student. Letters must be pe twsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gs possible libel or space limitations. Names wil I i (.translation t as 1 gr&uimu^ iruxii uuo nsv? cnongE university where I have eaten fiber- name all of [ g rich, but often yucky food, for my made a entire adult life), I sort of feel obliged gay m0 ce to write the traditional I'm-outta- keen gQod ? 3d here-have-a-good-life-suckers column gj.eat of that you all look forward to so much Qne j. se every spring most of all Fm going to try to steer away from r T mushy, but I'm not making any he promises. . , ng Without any further ado, here fa j1S ^ us are the Top Ten Best Ever Things I ffd neyer e nA Love About USC. (This way you ^ untUJ college kids won't have to feel too bad about coming back to the dump 5111 s ^ of next year?hey, just kidding!) ?f my exPer )R 1. There is always talk at USC t"at^ about diversity, and basically that's 3- The v because we have it. At USC I have the we're had the opportunity to make friends business. ;ed with people of many races, religions, wildlife to b en nationalities and beliefs. These The squim interactions have made me a better example. V person and given so many ideas about in their oh . the rest of the universe. way they af y Students at smaller universities passers-by snt often talk about class sizes and things The Rui r e like that, but personally I was happy very insp jng to make the trade: All of us at USC scraggly ur , exchanged homogeny for variety, around tl Education doesn't always happen in dropped fr the classroom. the Discov Lost disk in [S There are few things in HH 8 my life that I actually computer treasure and I think I lost pjaces Tfc , one of them. No, if s not my CDs; if s pretty not a family member, ifs not a friend to d ate ai * ?thankfully, ifs none of these things. evervthir I believe I lost my sanity on . ? WivJn<M^au niotit nr at. lpflat, a small rm papc r part ofit that is stored an a 3M black . ney 1 computer (IBM) disk. printouts) Wednesday was a really busy day n^s ng in my world. For some reason or But? a another I had something like 67 equated papers due and of course, that Computer required me to go to the Thomas fiery, brii , of Cooper Computer Lab. I'm ty] I have a snobby philosophy about lab. tryinj computer labs: sometimes computer that work labs are like public swimming pools Tm worki ?they look all nice and clean and did last w rsomdiy placid when you are looking at them, Peopl Uotbe but as soon as you jump in you notice looking fo that they're not as great as they look, of year, fi Bad, huh? find). An i Now, I must say that most of the pack up tl y r a 3. T ? 'e is iy >r I am happy to wi II t Ray Tanner. 0, ir id Lucy Arnold 1 WfWt I Lt MLwM a I am preparing to leave HHWBH Ah the fair Elysian Fields in HHHal I which I have grazed these 2. Althoc past four years AndUSCh * * ?j?n , , If iA'*^ , 1 * ? I / * ** /i f J (* (s n, but 38-16, tfa , USC baseballl coach on C; rids USC CY ARNOLD I ^ ifPHMPPfmmHH ?vo' HHflB well, igh, on occasion, it does. as some professors who 4. d my life. I cant possibly * hai the professors who've erence to me, but I can ^ve' st of my professors have was md some of them have he things I appreciate is the fairness of USC 0 ^ have always heard people l other schools talk about ^ sexist professors, but I ^av( ncountered anything like g recently. And although ma^ l unfeirness is frustrating, rateful that the majority ^ iences have not been like j3ut that vildlife. Don't start with not in the middle of a city cor] There is quite a bit of ent) e enjoyed around campus. ggt els on the Horseshoe, for ^o^ Vho could fail to delight whc ese lumberings and the pip, jsault non-food dispersing scer with chatters. ; 3sell House cats are also to lc iring. Watching their abo tfed little bodies prowling 1 le patio searching for mu ench fries is better than this ery Channel. < library 5 labs on campus are good ^ tere are generally full of d computers that are up cor id capable of handling tg from spreadsheets to ^ irs. m> :e free and offer cheap see as well, which is always a it? is of presstime, I have . _1 ' mi . the Thomas Cooper ^ Lab to hell?the burning, ^ nstone filled pits of hell. sing up my papers in the m, * to send them to printers n(J : and hoping the program ha ng on doesn't crash like it eek. It's e are strolling around, r free computers (this time D< ee computers are hard to th yway, long story short, I an tie bookbag, saunter off and h? 0:. i* n ^ ft 9 mi * nam? ? A c^Mpftp MANAGE * Lat's not a bast arolina's victory over Clei a fond, lie cockroaches are also real ving. And if anyone spots on , if you enjoy chaos, you'll t ested. Also, over the past four yeai re really enjoyed USC dorm yed not living in them. After a lived in squalor, but at least squalor of my own choosin . Back in reality, I love Theat J. I think we're really lucky ! such an excellent program. N does it give the aspiring theat le at USC plenty of opportunity we all get to see some fantas iter. Take advantage while y 2 the chance! i. How could I forget part of wt tea USC USC? This tow imbia, is a wonderful place USC helps make it good, I kne there are many things we ha ; your average college town d< Five Points is right around t aer. And there are clubs a Brtainment galore. Last yea to see the Refreshments righl a, not to mention other cool bai i come through, like Cake, Vei b and ICs Choice. Plus the la le here is awesome. J. And parking. There's so mi ive! For example, one thing 11( ut parking at USC is ... Uh- I've gained consideral scle in my legs since I came i school. Dkay, okay, scratch number sev L ^ . tests cu veniently leave my disk in 1 lputer. Unfortunately, I don't realize 1 al the next day, when in abv frantic energy, I run to 1 nputer lab to see if my disl jre, lying in the box of otl gotten disks. I curse, curse, ct - irresponsibility. I'm flipping through the b ling other 3M disks that look ne, but aren't. My hands iking, my breath is short and nd is blank. Quickly, I look aro i dig in my bookbag. Nothing 5 sudden, thoughts enter my m Where's my disk? Where? Is ir room? I run back there, no it there, but hey, here's irbrush I thought I lost. I sit down on my sofa in disr 3 gone. Obscene thoughts enter my n jes someone have my disk? ey reading my papers and s Ld using it as blackmail? Or, w ive the> erased all my work 4 If . : . .; i * V"' W MB & '; * ' -'-t ?'3pfira8f%vv * ' * * U ? SIGNE PHII 4 DP/ PHI A DA II V NEWS Philadelphia USA shall score. iison fond adieu ly 8. The Horseshoe makes USC e, one of the loveliest college campuses )e I've ever been to. From the nice old buildings to the lush green grass to *S ' the aforementioned squirrels, it's just a nice place to have, even if you're it just rushing through on your way g. to the drab gray interior ol a re classroom on the fourth floor of the to Humanities Classroom Building 04 9. Okay, here's it comes. The BT mush. I love all my friends who wil ^ be staying behind here very mucl ou and I want to thank them for being the great people they are. iat You Gamecock people have beer n, a lot of fun this semester, Jennifer to Karen, Adam, Chris, Ben, the othe Wj Ben, Achim, B J., Mark, Amy, Marcu LVe and Dionne. And especially Stephank the sassiest person I know. al 10. Finally I am extremely gralefi. r j for the opportunities USC has give: ^ me. I feel that as I leave USC, I ca ids fly like a bird (this is not due to th ve influence of any mind-altering drugs; cal I think USC has prepared me forth rest of my life and I'm ready for it l?k Ergoy your university while you'r 170 here! Despite the bad stuff, I thin] you're going to the best school yo> to could have picked. Goodbye and thanks for sill th en. chicken fingers. mpassion the saved their work on my disk? Then,I begin to ponder LillS ^ philosophical question that probab! .jjg has been pondered by others: ] i is mankind good enough to give bac ler something they find that isn't their My optimistic roommate says ye l0X She thinks someone will find it ai like call me or either turn it into tl are computer lab. She hasn't lost h faith in mankind. und ^ Other people I talk to say no ind. use this example: If you found a $ it in bill on the ground, would you retu I It's it? my I really don't know what to thi nay. about this. I really want to thi] that someone out there will turn my disk and save my life, but I Are jtuff a?"a^ may n?t happen, oi-se, You never really know wh and mankind is capable of, do you?