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( Hie (Sameo Serving USC Since i ( Editorial Boa Chris Dixon, Editor Adam Snyder, Manag Nikki LaRocque, Viewp* Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Assistan ' Self-protectio to combat ra] A perfect world. ^^ TTTlTijyTr We all love dreaming about it SdXUOl CLSSCL and creating cute O catch phrases that describe it. In a perfect world, schools would Women T166G learn how to p U.S. Army would t6Ct tiUHTlSCLVi have to hold a bake sale to make a bomb. In a perfect world, children would rule, and every morning, there would be . cartoons on television. In a perfect Ministi i world, life would be fair. ^earn ^ sexual In a perfect world, women would be able to flaunt their sexuality as ^c much as men try to do, and they ofcouri wouldn't be called "tramp" or "slut," worry c and they wouldn't have to worry imP^ about some guy believing that it situatu doesn't matter if she says "no" be- We cause the outfit is screaming "yes." homes, be the s Gov supports i at Atlanta conf Gov. David ^BrrfTT7?T?T*l Beasley spoke this weekend at'he Gov. Beask Road to Victory ,. . , ' k Conference in At- Sp6 Crl ITl Altai 9 lanta, Ga., according to an article in Sunday's edition of m1 The state. The govenc Beasley's mes- should CLVe bciCi sage was about the Wn Ji(s argUeiTh need to keep mar- ? ?? riage sacred, mar- Oeiier riage being defined as the religious and lawful union of a % heterosexual man and woman. He tics"called marriage a vehicle for sue- Thi cess" and cited different statistics to tistic t back up his argument, including are twi harmless facts such as married peo- With tl pie live longer, on average, and mar- riage is ried, monogamous couples are "the proble: most sexually satisfied people." find a 1: However, some of Beasley's facts a worn n j ?j ?j 2? ?i _ hnvino were nawea, ana unaerminea sen- <= ous issues like depression and do- He mestic violence. type th % One such fact was "divorced men filled ^ are far more likely to die prematurely sociate from disease." There are components careers missing from this statistic that make P?* it misleading. First of all, what dis- it s the eases? what a Tl) Is it implied that divorced men don't know how to care for them- raama selves, that they need a wife to tell the ne: them to "go to the doctor, honey?" shaky s Or, does Beasley mean that one's Amerii immune system automatically de- Re a clines if a man isn't living with his change wife anymore? What is the under- more a lying cause? the ne: fihiHant Madia Ruaaall llnnu I IC< Chris Dixon Susan Meyers Editor in Chief Photo Editor Adam Snyder Donnie Baker Managing Editor Graphics Editor Nikki LaBocque Stephanie Sonnenfel Viewpoints Editor Asst. Viewpoints Editor Rosalind Harvey Kristen Richardson News Editor Cara PeUatt , . . , Asst. News Editors Sara Ladenheim News Editor, Design Tori O'Hara ? . , Asst . 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Letters must be bel or space limitations. Nam personally delivered by the author to not be withheld for any circumi VI ?7 1 I ICR 1908 rd -mmmmmm in Chief f /M/ ingEditor I U?^| jints Editor In-ru t Viewpoints Editor I t M M 1 Wa n helps n" ip b Guess what. To quote everyone's lift mom and dad, it isn't a perfect world. While idealists insist that our yj|| expectations should j i , mirror that of a / J perfect world, we r W- believe it is necessary to learn how j to survive in reali- fyiof ty. m That is the im portance behind the Rape Crisis ry speaker. Women need to )w to protect themselves from assault and rape. ourse rape should not exist, se women shouldn't have to iver date rape, but they do. It rative to know how to avoid ins fostering rape. know people break into so we have alarms. It should tame way with sexual crimes. narriage 'erence Secondly, Beasley claims y'o "married women are 30 times less 1 tCL likely to become vie tims of violence." m Perhaps this statement would be true Tflk T ^ if the abusers in this I %| fad statistic are X ^ ? strangers, and not the husbands. Is Beasley dismissing domestic violence? Does this crime not PYist in his sffltia. I Thelette rdly, Beasley quoted a sta- Warthens. hat says, "Depression rates The reti ce as high for single women." from my Mi lis fact, Beasley implies mar- I'd been eag i a quick-fix to mental health news of m; ms. Sad ladies? Go out and checked th lusband! Beasley implies that make sure en's happiness depends on spondence t a husband. "Who ar supports an age-old stereo- mused, at a woman is ultimately ful- Althoug iy marriage, that things as- cloning, visi d with single women ? like in my head i ? are unimportant and can- jy> my ssibly bring happiness when m^e the m center of a woman's Ufe. And a letter addr ibout single men, Governor? some e; respectable to wish to defend were lesser .ge, but please, Gov. Beasley, he was not rt time you do it, don't rely on I eventui statistics reminiscent of 1950s archaic waj :ana propaganda. for the entii cognize that times have sonally. Afl id, and perhaps you'll garner child Brad \ ittention and following from ict generation. 5 Columbia, SC 29208 | us< Ellen Parsons Interim Director of Student Media Lee Phipps d Advertising Manager Sherry F. Holmes Classified Ad Manager I tall Carolyn Griffin Business Manager Let me Jim Green COCks are pS Creative Director ? i, ? This Sa Michelle Dames . . . , Creative Services Of Sitting th Graduate Assistant bacleS sin? ?Eri^ c?^n* ment. Faculty Advisor ...Ofcours LLLAULuiiSkUil is last weel The Qamecock COcks VS. Gi Editor (803) 777-3914 Our Ga luthor News (803) 777-7726 chances to g ?ty?f themselves ETC. (803,777-3913 again. Afte 'epX viewpoints (803,777-7726 and hard a sports (803)777-7182 our season, 11 Me" online (803) 777-3913 that We ma rest of the 3 Student Media Let's st< IhqoaII Advertising (803) 777-1184 , ' lusse11 showed sor Classifieds (803) 777-1184 tWO nice Ca e ngnt ible li- Fax (803) 777-6482 drODPed Da ea will 1 . itance. Office (803) 777-3888 'a. next i EWPOIN , \Nt ALU KNOW AgOOT PL* e WIZAW? OF 02." SOT 001 OV\?/w.?UIA C0W8WI tctou ?a<|MDL?R'S ULT / |? pUv'^j +ke SAToftJM / rHT FPER. so'tJ+rtck.../. ? n "While they were messing with Freshmen Lau w last nan ed to challenge the as Columnis^^^^ in her family, that w? Well, now that Fn r was addressed to "The Brad ly avoiding my daughl letters from my grand irn address indicated it was to Mrs. Chris McCon emphian grandmother, and about what I should er to open it and read all the Grandmom, you kno y extended family. I only sent me? The one wit e name on the envelope to Could you address il it wasn't a private corre- time?" I fear that any o any of the seven Warthens. sound petty, complai e these Brad Warthens?" I thi?8 she did ?ut of really matter anywaj h this was before the days of . ^oes., ]}. ons of identical Dads danced ,Cl5? ave avoi . Then I thought that, sure- b* refar8"? J?*01 idmother hadn't meant to always thought that, une plural. That left me with I would either keep m essedtoTheBradWarthen," find some creative al raited title, as though there ?r'when 1 s,Jfted s<* Brad Warthens with whom ls e to be confused. dmg.I found it wasnt The following are alti ally figured this must be some ere(j. r to indicate a letter is meant T. & family. I didn't take it per- ... "Keeping my mai ter all, I was just one of the tb* T? ol Varthens. If my mother want- yehnunateditfromU I wanted to have thi as my children. Whetl ? loss to TTG/ it), and poor decisions 1 est Cotmunis^^^l ^at contributed to tl ? ? ' The anemic running start by saying our Game- much better, with or ithetic! carries, a 1.7 yard p turday, I had the pleasure which is this just i rough one of the biggest de- Don't even get me i last year's NCAA Tourna- lar defense, which G? Mike Bobo, treatei e, the debacle I'm refering to sch??i gi^3. if that. ] t's South Carolina Shame- ? j"1 flhout I jorgia game ball, but when & line , , , Hines Ward, one on on mecocks had numerous up et back in the game, but shot i in the foot time and time . outcome cou! r the game, I thought long worse if the whole Ge bout the remaining part of e &ame becau and I came to the conclusion If I had to pick < y not win another game the our disgraceful da 'ear. would have to be the f< irt with the offense, which from the Bulldog twolie signs of mediocrity with weak call in the first tches by Jermale Kelly, but su^s weren t much b sses by Zola Davis (Hey Zo- ny Wright threw a p ie you call for the ball, catch zone to ZoIa Davis-r no, to Jermale Kelly TS c UM- 'WK sm 09 rut moon" imhii e. ft?$ NtCH HAS UNCOVWEP frflONS_ THAT Pom't wow*. VIPeking ? HEASe WvH, the / 'CKY HORROR. \ cruec show / SounH+rAclc... / l it, a huge rush of hard, dark colored watei ren Clark, on a pipe bursting in Maxy les create pre sumed patriarchy is her job. 1 a mother, guilti- ?j a}wayS thought that wh ters eyes as I read , , . . , mother addressed I would either keep my maide nick. I've thought creative altern say to her: "Hey w that letter you ;h the check in it? t differently next j automatically assume a child's parents like V1 m aren't married if mother and child aroui rung a ou some- ^avg different names. And, while I of nr love that doesn t not ^ ,f a str?mger thinks I had 3 a baby out of wedlock, I don't want to nam( matter? subject my children to taunts of little have his whole problem brats who have just learned the word jng a hris MrCnrmick I ? ? . uaoi/cuvi. lami ''hen \ ?ot married, Besides, I didn't want there to be any are f iy ma]i en name or ^oubt that my children are mine. ("Mrs. kept ternative. Howev- McCormick?" "No, this is Ms. Warthen." idea: lously considering Qh ^ McCormick>s teacher so simple Tfter all" rm trying to get in touch with her moth- stan . P T .,' er." It's me, it's me! Fm the mother of this for 11 irnatives cons.d- ^ and I want everyone to '?" know it!) Of course, my children could . den name. Though be given my name, but then my husband P a 1 ous choice, I quick- would have the above problems instead. e' le running because 2) Hyphenating. Warthen-McConnick wa?r e same last name . . , r A1 .. , ... vvar ier or not it's right, ^ too long. Also, it sounds pretentious, decii V disappointmei ay Anthony Wright be team's demise, cramp didn't, farp ily 56 yards on 34 "Well, I could go on and on ar er carry average, n ?not good. inebriated and forget about th started on our stel- pee-wee league orgia quarterback, i like little pre Mow, I don't claim ;he logistics of footbacker is covering Pennington. (Who? An offensive player? ing \ e, someone mucked n0) a converted defensive lineman). that If I had to pick one positive statistic 9uai Id have been a lot from Saturday's game, it would have to to ^ sorgia roster didn t ^ ^me 0f possession numbers. The ?* ise of dehydration. Gamecocks had the ball longer (30:41) the 1 Dne play to sum up than Georgia (29:19), but I guess that's P3 iy in Georgia, it really only a moral victory, which, last 'essjurth and goal play time I checked, doesn't show up in the \ yard line. It was a standings. I ha^ place, and the re- Overall, the team played with no de- ' etter when Antho- gjre) no motivation, and no will to win. toott ass out of the end _ . ,. , caus ,0, to Kerry Hood. t ^ ^ ^ bombly ff and r? No, but to Trey the 860011(1 straight Veak> 811(1 our o0*?| | J? WPiTCHINiS? sowevL ry wi+K i helve I bum, I t- *7'17(7?/ft 7 THG I * came out." >blems [en I got married, ;n name or find some ative." I'm the kind of person who sits id worrying about what people think f name. Ahem. ^ M \r Vinchanrl nnnlH f q lr o mv , i'A J J1UOISUUV. V-V,V*.VA "'J 3. Well, thaf s fine, but then he would the same concerns I'm having, losi token identification with my own ly (which is, after all, what names or). This is the same dilemma that me from using another brilliant ) Making up a name. McWar, for ince. You know, like a bloody battle tie last fry. ly advice to other women contemng marriage is simple ? recognize, luliet, that a name doesn't tell much it a person anyway. After all, a then by any other name, is still insive. it to fan id on, but I have to get is disgusting display of football." vasn't much better. An example of; gutsy coaching came in the fourth ter, when our Gamecocks decided; ck a field goal (down by 19) instead )ing for the first down. Granted, ield goal was made, but it's that kind ssive call that makes our team worth Veil, I could go on and on and on, but re to get inebriated and forget about disgusting display of pee-wee league >all. Hey Gamecocks, good luck, bee I've seen the rest of the schedule, you're going to need it. 1