Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ww (Sameco Serving IISC Since 1908 Editorial Board Chris Dixon, Editor in Chie jennner Niamey, managing L< Nikki LaRocque, Viewpoints E Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Assistant Viewp OPINIO* Writer in resi< hard position We had a ? d 11 iTil U Ti teacher. He put words USC manied them Writer m ifesuto and divorced [il II |Vjl M Ml [i] them. His job was setting one Search committ word against should listen tc wi t h16 r i tr student opinion Somehow his words became lines of poetry or sentences that read as a promin book. not grs James Dickey taught at Leagui USC, stretching his students prestdgio minds taut. When he passed fans, bu away last January, an entire But community of learners, for less professors and friends mourned is a Soi with his family. kind. H And though we all recognize and the the loss of a husband, a father, from pe ! J. 1 - J J TT a writer, a iora 01 woras, we ne must also recognize the immorti practical side of Dickey's through absence. Scarlet Who will teach students as with th< Dickey did? Santin: What writer, what person McCall of literature, what lover of charach words will share his or her Souther knowledge with students? Who Con will continue to stretch minds descript as Dickey had? there ar There are many wild and sight. 0 not-so-wild rumors traveling book wr around campus that it may be We c Pat Conroy. perhap Officially, there is a search show sti committee, composed of some their ov of the best faculty members If h( at USC, including leading F. distinct i Scott Fitzgerald scholar Dr. he can t Matthew Bruccoli. the san We trust these people are best gift doing a dedicated, detailed job. We v We know they have sound and writer i knowledgeable judgment. This the sean job will not be rushed, but into con carried out with great care and of stude attention. their sej Student Media Russell House USC Chris Dixon Susan Meyers Editor in Chief Photo Editor Jennifer Stanley Donnle Baker Managing Editor Graphics Editor Nlkki La Rocque Stephanie Viewpoints Editor Sonnenfeld Rosalind Harvey Asst Viewpoints Editor Sews Editor Kristen Richardson Marco* Amaker Cmru PrUat Adam Snyder Asst /Vews Editors features Editors . . . . .. Amy Shannon Achim Hunt Assf. Featuress Editor Brjmn Johnston Xor| Sports Editors Asst Photo Editor BenPWow Je?an Hager Copy Desk Chief Donnle Baker The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times during the summer with the exception of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of The University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. uimnaniiniMiMMniiiiniiumip The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should I 200-230 words and must include full name, professional title or year at major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock reserves d* right to edit all letter for style, possib libel or space limitations. Niirrv-S will not be withheld for any circur stance. v n:\ypo ck mmmm ditor ftjlflt* I mjJ NU?' M K loints Editor |Hr KM & HI As such, we S hope much of e the attention will be placed on Pat Conroy. HMKflmjNMA jd Some may criticize this ^BSBBBBS^SgKrj^ statement, for ^A ^Jtd he has done no ent research. He did flHf iduate from an Ivy |BflKSWB9jF4tLI rlXiTf e, internationally us school (sorry Citadel it that's true), we want Pat Conroy tangible reasons. He itherner jof the best e knows the culture traditions of the South LfJrflTreKBnmTl rsonal experience. has helped to alize a modern South "Without this tuition increase. L MsI works. Tara and strides we have made 0 Hara may be gone b wind, but the great ? 1 lives on with Jack w*n' I and other Conroy Will] irs in his oyster-filled n words. roy has a way with ion that doesn't forget rTll *) e other senses besides I l^| q TV1 A I1 ne can almost taste a _|_ C~/ Q XXJ_fl_| itten by Uonroy. ant all be Conroys, but s this man can help brothers an idents how to become of the Gree m writer. | GuestColumnist | We enjo; j could find such a Noted for parties, Greek Denizations expenseofi style for himself surely ajgo 0^er a weajth of experiences, un^', each us the way to do opportunities and friends. , 6 PF le. This could be the Compounded with the network of - G, , nf oil .. r , fromStudei -01 d"- connections you form as an active t f p rant Pat Conroy as our member, Greek Denizations can provide leadership a residence. We hope you with all the tools needed to be we a fo committee will take successful. 0f tge gtu(jf sideration the wishes Unfortunately, Greek organizations participate i nts while conducting in today's society are portrayed as being gncgasspor jrch. anything from "Animal House" frat boys to drunks. The public image of Greeks homes through television has gone as far as to Being a mark us as harboring rapists. 0 ffe r s m a In light of such views, it's not connections I surprising that Rush numbers in recent gflng ou^ n I years have decreased. Thus, I believe talk ^ it's only fair to take a real life view at you aiso hi the Greek community here at USC. and even p< We're not drunks, rapists or idiots. Being C [MffPI We don't live to fight one another. We're experience wAUN not the spoiled rich boys or girls who are in other 01 here just to party. President, T We're distinct individuals who come relations. Y together from diverse backgrounds to a group for K advance not only our own lives, but the still retaini onmmAn 1/I000 nw/1 rrnnlo aPaiih mvMmn 4-1 wiiuuuu iucao aiiu gvsaio ui uui giuupo. iVlUIC LI Being a part of these groups mean we Greek sysfc have common bonds between our fellow Even t Columbia, SC 29208 ?1 . | 1 Creative Services Q T J | f| CI I D Ellen Parsons UClVC/ LUC UllC Interim Director of Student Media Jim Green Creative Director other less a LeePbjpp* I recem lTcuil I Columnist | HonoisCol Business Manager It was a perfect day to experience coming s Michele Dames the world, Zen style. Hal French and his Pennsylvai Graduate Assistant Zen and the Art of Anything class were aa a Sherry F. Holmes roaming through the trees, soaking up reason she Classified Ad Manager the subtler sensory messages that we "Hear," Erik Collins sometimes miss. ourselves t "Feel," Hal instructed, and we removed we'd never our shoes to trace roots with our toes, Just thi The Gamecock nnd swept our arms through the leaf- All sour Editor (803) 777-3914 laden branches above us. we know. If "Look," said our guru. We examined and there i eW8 works of architecture that before had anyone he ETC. 777-3913 just been buildings to our hurried eyes, experience! Viewpoints 777-7726 trying to absorb everything around us picnics, cor Sports 777-7182 in order to do justice to our university's classes hav Online 777-3913 picturesque campus. ofthemair I Advertising 777-1184 You don't need a Zen mentality to Every ti - classifieds 777-1184 appreciate USs beauty. It has brightened theprofess. ? Fax 777-6482 Ble school days of thousands of students, difficultyof faculty, and anyone else who has come fu? jde Central Office 777-3888 through for a stroll. It even plays a part ^ in helping students to choose USC over IISTS WPQMB'97 , we could not continue the remarkable momentu 5 at Carolina under the leadership of President Jc lam Hubbard, chairman of USC's Board of Trustees e to Greeks than d sisters and other members H k community. y a good party, but not at the ^H|SrVxYVVv^n|YTflflRfV|S|fEVl )ur education, well-being or HjBjH||l|lHHUi| roductive members of the HI|fl9|89flfl|iHAflliii / that are active in everything it Government to this paper, jeks hold a majority of the positions on campus even lake up only about 15 percent different schools or different fraternities I ;nt population. We actively or sororities, you'll all immediately become us or in community service events friends because of your common our s isoring the Carolina-Clemson experiences. Wha and helping at local children's Not the fellow associate or casual not tl meeting type of friend, but rather true an e member of our organizations friends. The type of friends that would succi ny benefits. Most cite do anything for you, the ones youH remain socie 3, but whether you want to in contact with after you graduate. L eed someone to listen to, or Here in the Greek system is where or e\ , you always have company, you meet those friends your parents told take ive access to tutors, advice you you'll know for the rest of your life. V srsonal comedians. These friends surround you to offer the mem Jreek gives you leadership family feeling that helps on a campus all w that can't be found readily our size. in R, rganizations. You can be So why does the Greek system have next reasurer, or work with alumni such a bad image? I believe it's the ouH learn how to work with ignorance that comes with not being a p the betterment of all, while part of the system. This could be our you ng your own distinction. rauit lor not publicizing our poss lan anything, though, the accomplishments, or perhaps because dedii ;m offers you friends. it's the nature of our organizations to our < hough you may be from not tell all of our inner activities. toget nee: stop the leaf esthetically pleasing schools. tly asked Racheal, a rising lege Freshmen, why she was io far from her native lia to study psychology. She ad of reasons. But the first ^^HB||VRY|V^||fEfVB|IvSj listed was our campus, called Hal, and we prepared o descry chirps and rustles leaf blower was stalking him. It created freq noticed. its ruckus outside his office window every tricl sn, the leaf blowers arrived, morning while he tried to study, then i ids pleasant cease (as far as followed him to class, making teaching que! a tree fells on the Horseshoe, difficult. (the s a leaf blower around, will The question here is simple. Why mai arit?Ofcoursenot.)Our are leaf blowers used, when the noise can' vas interrupted, like so many (not to mention the billows of allergens) ] iversations, and even indoor destroys the experience of the beauty ans' e been, like these monsters they are trying to create? que* ttenance world. One theory is the university is his < me I've had a class in Harper, concerned that someone might slip on 1 ar has complained about the a wet leaf, fall and sue. But this doesn't Let i * making himself heard over make any sense. of le If the university was worried about som lessor even developed a decree that, they'd fix the bricks on the Horseshoe cam i; he insisted that a certain that snag our shoes, and our balance, so V 4 i 111 and recent quality thn Palms/9 > parties t could be due to others who judge 1 our weakest members or construe silence as an admittance of guilt, tever the answer, the truth is we're be plague of the campus, but instead fficient system that turns out essfid and productive members of ty. f you're thinking about going Greek, ren if it hasn't crossed your mind, all nf fViio infn rrvnqi Hero firm Whether you're a student, faculty iber, or president ofUSC, I challenge ho hold such opinions to participate ash, associate with the Greek sitting to you or just stop by the Office of i >k Affairs. L is long as you hold questions that refuse to ask, you'll continue to ess false impressions of a system rated to the betterment of not only rampus, but the society in which ther we belong. blowers i uently. Besides, a rake would do the i. \ friend of mine once posed our I stion to the operator of a leaf blower machine was off at the time.) The 1 replied, shaking his head, "I just t get them all." My explanation of this nonsensical wer is that the man misheard the rtion. The leaf blowers had destroyed 3ars. [ have a plea for the powers that be. us enjoy this fall without the nuisance iaf blowers. Let those of us who, to ie degree, chose this school for its pus, enjoy it. Let them use rakes.