Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hie (5i Serving IJSC Jennifer Stanley, Nikki Thorpe, V Editoria Marcus Amaker, Sarah Efird, Rosalind Ha Legislators,: 1. _ 11 snouia aecia If s May and the Blue Law bill of November is still confusing legislators. Last November, a bill to lift the ^ Blue Laws, which keep stores closed until 1:30 p.m. on Sundays, was put to a vote in 42 counties. Forty-one of these counties voted to keep the laws. After the election, a circuit court judge put a restraining order on the results. He said the bill's wording was confusing. Law makers said their constituents did not understand the bill so the vote favored keeping Blue Laws. The state House of Representatives plans to introduce a bill to overrule the vote of the "confused" constituents. This bill would allow businesses to open earlier on Sundays in several counties. The bill would rely on legislators' interpretation of the vote. It is ironic that the legislators are suppose to be the voice of the people. We live in a representative democracy. The people elect officials and then the officials vote on policy. Student Media Russell Hous< ImkIAw Oanli>v I n.a P Editor in Chief Copy Des Nikki Thorpe Nlkki T Viewpoints Editor Photo 1 Rosalind Harvey Sarah News Editor Graphics Marcos Amaker Amy Sh Features Editor AsstFei Bryan Johnston April Dwayne McLemore Maurle Sports Editors Advertising The Gamecock is the student newspaper of Th< South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednew during the fall and spring semesters and five time summer witn ine exception 01 university uuuuajo ods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are thoe? author and not those of The University of South C The Board of Student Publications and Commi publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its paten1 IQIQQQIQQQIIQQ The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Lei 250 words and must include full name, professional title c a student Letters must be personally delivered by the auth< newsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letter for so space limitations. Names will not be withheld for any circ amecock Since 1908 Editor in Chief iewpoints Editor 1 Board rvey, Bryan Johnston, Dwayne McLemore not voters, e Blue Laws If a voter agrees with an official, then they can vote for them. If they don't agree with a candidate, then they can vote for another candidate. Politicians are becoming increasingly wary of strong beliefs and convictions. Their concerns are becoming focused on election and reelection. The concern with reelection makes many of our politicians fence-riders. Our state legislators took their desire to keep all sides happy to an extreme last November when six bills were placed on the ballot. These were all bills that should not have gone to ballot No bills should have gone to ballot. It is the job of our representatives to represent us and vote. We elect them to make decisions. Thev should make them. Politicians should be less concerned with re-election and more concerned with doing the job that they were elected to do. ; USC Columbia, SC 29208 lllow Jessan Hager k Chief Donnle Baker horpe Matt Alsup r- ru 1 AL lauor Ciiixuvrui noiiuiu Eflrd Creative Services Editor Ellen Parsons annon Graduate Assistant itures Erik Collins Hall Faculty Advisor e Mars Executive i University of lay and Friday a during the and exam peri- The Gamecock f of the editors or Editor (803) 777-3914 ideations is the 777*7726 ETC. 777-3913 t organization. Viewpoints 777-7726 sporu io? ten Should be 200- Qn-Line 777-3913 >r year and major if * to The Gamecock Advertising 777-4249 de. possible libel or Classifieds 777-1184 umstance. Fax 777-6482 i BOOK / 1 pil | "I can tell this class Pat Conroy Fairies bla I MKKILAROQLE I Wc ^^HUBUSII^HH P? We're not alone on this campus, I j._11 ?M< iUw*1r ?t?A ftuft Ivwmiioa ?TT( uai yuu. moyue yuu uium. wc cue ucuuuc you never see them, but just because you can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I don't think it's weird that you've ^ never seen them, even in the spring when it's so obvious. I mean, we're all practically grown-up. We want grades stf we can live with, our honeys not to cheat y?1 on us, a fun social life filled with friends 1V3 and beer, and for our roommates to just wash the dishes once, please, for God's UE sake, just wash the dishes one fricking SP time. ov These things may seem shallow, g^1 but they're not We want to change and tel save the world. We work for free & (community service) and fight for free hn and get on our different soapboxes. We pi< are well on our way to becoming grownups. nij n_ -J. J >i. 4-V.r.f th DO 11 ClUtJBIl I BUipnac rnc uiai icn and far between know they're here. Ifs lil rare that a person speaks of them to so me. Usually, I must mention them, and yo then, people say, "Oh yes, of course." p? Then, they give me the once-over, and cr suddenly, they have work to do, bye! ro But they are here. Do you think dii none came over from the Old Country? di You think just because they're little they dont have some idea of adventure st and hopped on a boat bound fcr America? ai j e nothing of tragedy, oh thunderstr Yon had Coppin State." , commencement speaker to the Class of '5 Lined for m Take a walk from the back of that w l-awowI 4-Vm prnaflincf snin HT ?UU1UW IUVYCUU UK/ UilUgv ~r ndleton Street. Bu You know all the ivy covering the drunk >und? That's their favorite spot. It's like sa iere most of them live. They hide cause derneath the leaves, and you could aroum mpse at them when the wind blows night } ivy up so you can see the underside, bloom t theyYe way too quick, and when Have } wind blows like that, all they do is guard ind stiff and straight so it looks like looks j u're looking at the underside of the skin, g r. Pretty sneaky, huh? of the The way I knew they were themt iderneath the ivy was this: When weath ring came, the azaleas bloomed all Dc er the place around the Horseshoe, to die? eat big bushes of azaleas. Well, then When 11 me this: How did one wee offshoot to be < id ifs way into the middle of all that jump < j if the little folks themselves didn't the st :k it up and put it there, eh? behin< They wander all over campus at toxic s ght causing mischief, but only when for Fs eyre trashed. You think elves don't Nevei :e a cup or two of the good stuff? It's you k easy to spot their work, too. When 11' s t u wake up one morning after having procr issed out at 3 a.m. to find shaving dead! earn all over your face and your N< ommates laughingly swearing they all yoi dnt do it, that was the wee ones. They tofai d it. remei Do you honestly think it was a at me udent who threw a snowball last year on en id hit Dr. Palms' window? Hell no, she k HtGHVltf tofiwTk 3 15 THE. iOOKSTORL g ^TT"la| uck class. >7 tischief as a frost fairy who sent a little 1 the snowballs course, t not all of the green people get and mischievous. That would be ying all frat boys get drunk and trouble. Have you ever looked * 1 A ?1 a tne campus on an eariy Apru when the dogwoods are just ing their sweet white blossoms? you ever seen the dryad who 3 these trees? Of course not, she ast like them with blossom-white reen eyes and curly hair the color bark. She's the one who coaxes o bloom. Thank her, not the warm er. i you know where the fairies go 1 Behind the Grand Marketplace, their time is up and they want lone with life quickly, they don't off of Humanities building or let ray cats get them. They just go I the GMP, take one whiff of that mell and presto! They're destined dry Heaven, which is a lot like -Never Land. You're a student, oow what Never-Never Land is. ;hat magical place where astination is a way of life and ines don't exist. m, in order to see the little people, II have to do is not forget the way ry land. I asked a friend if she inhered the way, and she looked quizzically and said, "Nikki, you're ick." I gasped. How did the hell now?