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A perfect world. ^^ TTTlTijyTr
We all love
dreaming about it SdXUOl CLSSCL
and creating cute
O catch phrases that
describe it.
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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
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at Atlanta conf
Gov. David ^BrrfTT7?T?T*l
Beasley spoke this
weekend at'he Gov. Beask
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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
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frflONS_ THAT Pom't wow*.
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HEASe WvH, the /
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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*?|
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>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.
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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.
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