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? IDie 0am Serving USC Since 1 Editorial Boa Chris Dixon, Editor Adam Synder, Manag Nikki LaRocque, Viewp Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Assistar # Tailgating drunk drh One can just feel the excitement in the air. This Tdllyho. Saturday, the surest sign that school has started [llHUIIUh! will arrive. They""11 Provide pu, be exact. These transportdtil i :n i. i._ 7 uuys wm warn lu StUOeilti tear our Gamecocks to pieces. They'll want to rip and shred us. bein % We'll kill them. are; Ah yes, football is here. The invi American tradition, the icon of drto southern youth. ' Perhaps even bigger then the pub game itself is the sister of football, to t that practice of fried chicken eating Shu and beer guzzling, all done in the is a vicinity of wherever one parks. It's Not time to tailgate. pari Students will flock to the ens stadium Saturday in order to do met some serious tailgating (in plainer terms, drinking). Perhaps the most stu popular place for students is Tallyho, whe where many Greek fraternities set Wh; up their colored tents, which shade to ai food and drinks for everyone. sim Affordable ai A 1 A A Y T -*~V ? A TY -? M #M ? icavcs wuii n Air South ^VVTI9I Airlines went bankrupt last Air South month, officially pjnvirp shut down last closure week, and moved fllH WIIUM ^ out of the ftHaBJAUBil W Columbia Airport, Another according to an /? j l/ article in The State affordable ai Thursday. With should Settl this shutdown Columbia went not only affordable fares, but jobs as well.Granted, the Columbia-based U.S. airline wasnt the creme de la creme of airlines, but it served its purpose the i in an affordable fashion.With a Let's 9 large number of outof-state students days attending USC, it was a relief to put, know one could fly home for a i reasonable price. savi Failure certainly isnt deterring cros Columbia's desire for a home-based Sout airline. Rumor has it that Southwest I Airlines, out of Dallas, is considering add< planting its roots in Columbia, fare; Hopefully, Southwest Airlines I will settle here. resic If Southwest Airlines did move hom into the Columbia area, the city froir would be able to house someone in Student Media Russell House US Chris Dixon Copy Desk Ch Editor in Chief Su8an Meyer Adam Synder Photo Editor Managing Editor Donnie Bake Nikki LaRocque Graphics Editoi Viewpoints Editor Stephanie Sonne: Rosalind Harvey Asst. Viewpoints ?? News Editor Kristen Richard Sara Ladenheim Car a Pellat News Editor, Design Asst. News Edit Marcus Amaker Amy Shannoi Features. Editors Asst. 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VI Sock | |||? 1908 5? > rd * In Chief * ing Editor * oints Editor it Viewpoints Editor causes iug j? I Tallyho is probably JJ the most socially fz~ I important event each week during the football season. m However, sinoi HlffW the stadium is so ild far from campus, i?- students do not oac walk to Tallyho, for like they might walk In Fivp Points Everyone drives. Nearly everyone a drinks. Hie odds of ^ l\ / ig able to find a sober ride home slim.Tallyho is almost a written tation to students to drink and e. rhe university should have lie transportation for students I he football games. Call it The urn ittlecock magnified, but there lectures by real need for transportation. pro-life issui ; only would it cut down on Conferee dng problems, but it would also Wednesda; lure a safe way home for Iatten jriated students. "Respect foi It would also give a ride to and "The 1 dents who don't own a car, be Free to ther or not they intend to drink. Yes, th y should students not be able issues of eu ttend their own football games and abortic ply for lack of transportation? and lend ti Neverthele f p wayweenj IFTMfP us to think, I"* -i-d-i- convictions ^ to find tha jr South s Did you Catholic C , I had asm! UH tnc "ew'y a splinter, ? renovated airport, speak.iw, ls which would her views 1 certainty please the if truth b. 'alp5"8 ^,? Catholic o. iim financed the whole theChurcl Pro-1 - . in the secoi Its going to be peptalkth 7. toughtosell PohVs rhne Columbia to *?<!* e ITl Southwest, mainly 2 because Columbia's located between 1 jT__ Charlotte and UJ Atlanta, home to , Air and Delta, respectively. Columbia has the facilities and aeed for an affordable airline. i face it, flying anywhere these I \ is getting out of hand. Simply Aroun it's too expensive. crammed i Vffordability was Air South's African-Am ng grace. As a city, we must down ^ s s our fingers and hope that Taking hwest will expand to Columbia wearing, oi t would bring new jobs and anyone beli ed income and yes, lower air Night." 3- A dark ilaybe then students and city ^t stopp lents alike will be able to travel women, an< e without taking a small loan ^ i the bank to do it. at the you walking. H one of then Wearin 1C Columbia, SC 29208 short slJ0r approachec "f Brian R?ch it. The darl On-line Editor .. , Jim Green COuldsech r Creative Director enough for r Lee Phipps more than nfeld Advertising Manager This SU Utor Carolyn Griffin Day Vacatic Ison Business Manager Beach. Nc Michelle Dames college stu Graduate Assistant able t() JUor weekend.' Classified Ad Manager Erik Collins , . m* . jr Faculty Advisor trip. ThlS V PH T^WBBHllW m ffl eauur- The Gamecock MM i and Editor (803) 777-3914 fll News 777-7726 V onaia ETC. 777-3913 WM Viewpoints 777-7726 uza- MM n Sports 777-7182 J ___ Online 777-3913 UB1 Advertising 777-1184 H|[H J] should be classifieds 777-1184 I M r year and UH author to Fax 777-6482 M c, possible Central Office 777-3888 C , iy circum- ' BB. EWPOINT! AlB , ZVIA'A#^ "My mom always told me, 'You always Darren Hambrick, senior linebacker jrtion arguments LZ^KIEylSllIMS Still, this was no sermon. Rather than depend upon her ' to support her opinions, Alvare app iversity was treated to three to a property she calls our "na Helen Alvard, an expert in reason." This is the part of us s who represents the national searches for the truth, the part ice of Catholic Bishops asks questions about life and d y. Alvar6 wants us to use our na ded the lectures entitled reason to decide who deserves t Life: A Radical Proposition?' and who doesn't, rather than allc hird Millennium: Who Will our emotion to resolve the issui Live?" face. ey were heavy topics. The I found several points in her let thanasia, capital punishment to be particularly intriguing. >n are ones of life and death Capital punishment does not tiemselves to fierce debate, its own purpose, she argued. I've ss, I enjoyed the talks, in the heard people quoted, after the perpe oy anything that challenges of some heinous crime has been p , that makes us question our death, as saying something like,1 . I was, therefore, surprised hell never do this to anyone else." t few students (who are, of that's true. But Alvar6 wants ver eager to experience consider this?he couldnt comm. 1 rigor) attended. crime again anyway if he spent h i find AlvarS's position in the in prison. Therefore, capital punish hurch daunting? I'll admit, is not necessary as an instrume ill chip on my shoulder. Just self-defense, really, before I heard her Legalized assisted suicide o ici olroirl akn nrmil/1 oiinivw4 -X* ?xl_i x S_ J ? ao uucuu oaa^ ttuuiu i/ many cans oi wnuimg, tangiea w t>y spouting scripture. And, was another argument. One exa j told, she did get a little Alvar6 cited to show the dange a me (and I'm a member of accepting euthanasia was espe< ti since birth). At one point absurd: a woman sued to have dc ad lecture, she lapsed into a let her husband (from whom sh< at could only be appreciated estranged), who had been badly inj olic members of the audience, dig by discontinuing his food su le Catholic moment is now!" The man partially recovered, a l for the family d< trip since I took my big college tri] Columnist I ^ was also the first long trip 1 my soon-to-be 2-year-old (going o d 11 p.m. on a bustling, niece, Sarah, which would prove to 3treet, a handful of young, the trip a dream come true and a 1 lerican women were strolling nightmare all in the same wee! idewalk. Since this was everyone's a look at the attire they were experience with Virginia Bead ae glance would have made weren't sure about what to exps eve they were "Ladies of the friend of mine traveled often wit! quiet and rather conservative fa car with a few young guys so I wasn't expecting the Myrtle I ied at a red light, saw the atmosphere when we arrived, i began flagging them down. I was expecting what one sees stopped for a moment, looked peaceful trip to Hilton Head, S. mg guys inside and kept perfect families of four, sprav owever, a few seconds later, landscaped resorts and old folks lo a decided to come up to the for the nearest golf course. I liked ii i ,1 way. g a white halter, very, very for my "sprawling res ts and a cheap weave, she expectation, my dream became a n I the vehicle and leaned mto We stayed at The Cavalier, consi mess covered tiiem, but one oftwo te hotels; a w h.ri erpulLnghertopdownj^t the oceanfrent where we stayed,; one of the men inside to do haunted_looking mansion.like eapee . across the street. Between the tov mmanzedmy wild Labor .c ,, , . ?i with mv family to Virginia j nagmfioentlandacapmgofthe ,w, I thank God that as a . ?av^ ,on the sloPm? hl110 ident living at home, I am ^ ke family trips over the ? mme- Wu ^ays know y Ihis trip, however, turned at a top^uality "?>* when all < hanjust an ordinary family employees are great looking. vas our first long, new U.S. ^ hotel was a siSht for 30116 nft.nr n dnv nf trnffir in ma nn< "Hie bros will be tailg tfllS ing at the strip." Roderik. DuBose S f > > , 8u-r iA>wA*r OKI ? have enough chiefs, but not c about senior leadership on th > can be no actually able to move around in faith wheelchair. His case that would d lealed him food, however, is still being appea tural Another argument ? the elde that oppose assisted suicide more than ot ; that age groups. Plus, African-Americ eath. and Hispanic-Americans are a tural generally against legalized euthana 0 live Ms. Alvare feels that this is air issu >wing power. The elderly and groups thai js we not hold most of the power in soci may feel that they will be target rtures encouraged to give up their lives wl they become an inconvenience, serve Yet another point ? the issu often power is also, as we know, the driv hater force behind pro-abortion sentim< rnt to Feminists in groups such as the Natk Now Organization for Women believe ti Well, abortion is essential for women to g us to power in the public arena. Howevei it the seems that it is those who already h is life the power who support abortion, ment White males aged 3544 are then snt of likely to call themselves pro-choice v respect to abortion. Those who < pens themselves pro-life are more likeb orms be black or Hispanic mothers w mple comparatively little formal educati ;rs of Doesn't it seem that they should be dally ones demanding more power? Coul >ctors be that they are in touch with some# 1 was more important? iured, Of all the important points Alv pply. brought up, the most poignant one nd is me came out of a discussion Thursi oes not incli p last weirdest people we'd ever seen. Reside with reassured us this was not a typi n 21) weekend at Virginia Beach. We ha< make blame, in part, the American Mi living Festival held that weekend for bring tend, in the crowds, first We endured a full day (and nig ti, we of all these strange and new thing :ct. A what I called "sin city,1' but noth hher could have prepared me for what I wc mily, endure the next day. leach The day we arrived, I noticed a wi sports center ad, and I wanted to i on a jet-skiing. For a few years now, I Ion C. ? to try what appears to be a sim idling watercraft to operate. As I approad oking the small wooden hutch with my m t that to sign up, I was a bit nervous. It \ 1 p.m., and my appointment was i tort" p.m. As we ate lunch at a waterfr iality. seafood restaurant, I got to check sting what I would be doing in a coupli se on hours. and a "That looks like so much fun," I s hotel "I can't wait." j wqq WVion T rofnmor] T ix/qq mrnn m word nervous than before. I saddled in i if the followed the rest of the group out o the marina and into the Atlantic. I \ ou're doing pretty well, and I noticed I )f the have trouble steering, but overlool it and gained speed. We were just i eyes the Virginia coast, and I stopped 1 the engine for a minute to gauge at~ m going to Tallyho David Hurst ^BL/_ i enough Indians."' e football team n-religious his morning over breakfast with Lever and eny the Carolina Scholars at Dr. Palms' led! house. Alvare mentioned the fact that ;rly feminism was not always obsessed with her abortion. ans Such notables as Elizabeth Cady lIso Stanton and Susan B. Anthony felt it isia. out of line with their feminist values. e of In feet, it doesnt concern feminists today t do as much as NOW and similar groups iety would like us to think. Ms. magazine, ;ed, that bastion of pro-abortion propaganda, ben conducted a survey of their readers to determine what they felt were the most e of pertinent feminists issues. Abortion ing came in dead last The readers felt that mt. issues concerning the trials of juggling jnal children and other interests were much bat more important, ain I did not crane out of Alvarfs lectures r, it completely prepared to jump on her ave bandwagon. I am not sure that I can agree with her emphasis on capital lost punishment. Not that I dont agree with nth her. I do think the practice should be :an aisconunuecL cut, lm not sure it s wortn f to pursuing the right to life for the few ith criminals who are executed each year ion. when 4,200 babies die by abortion every the day. d it Ms. Alvar6 gave me some things to ting think about, though, and I feel privileged to have been among her audience. Dr. are Donald Jones and the others who had for a hand in bringing her to our campus day should be commended. ide jetskiing aits bearings. cal I looked behind me to see the back i to of my ski smoking. "Is that supposed isic to happen?' I thought As I turned back [ing to restart the engine, the wave runner began to slowly tip to the right. And I fht) fell in. Unfortunately for me, the other 9 in skiers were much further out to sea ing than I realized. wld Some people believe life jackets are unnecessary and bothersome, but as a iter non-swimmer, my life jacket lived up j i._ *1 try to its name. ged I was more embarrassed than hurt, pie Our 30 minutes on the water was about bed up, and as I climbed into the guide's 10m boat and cruised back to the pier, I vas pondered on what had happened. I never it 3 thought one day I would be crying for ont help on the Atlantic "Ibis was not worth out $55, cuts, soreness, and ruining my e of hair," I thought. My mind flashed to those "Rescue 911"-type shows about aid. people facing death. For a few seconds out on the water, I became one of those ore people. ind Needless to say, my trip went nto downhill, as far as the excitement level, vas We spent Labor Day driving through did rain to different shopping malls in the ked area and spent another six hours home. ; off Trying new things is not my cup of the tea, but that weekend was jammed with my new faces and new experiences. n "/'m going behind the stadium with food and drinks." Kara Jones