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* ?ie <5ai Serving USC Editoria] Chris Dixon, E Adam Snyder, M Nikki LaRocque, \ Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Ass Mistakes c through e ^ - I b a d 1 y B^ETTTT* enough, some HUJk ?&$?&? Nuremb caust happened. ture se The Hol?" J caust killed six million individu- Mistakes als and nearly 7 L j eradicated an en- v Brad tire religion. It through ed destroyed any faith the world vested in humanity. It was per haps one of mankind's great- a est downfall ? ever. w h The only way to make sure we remember the gruesome u legacy left behind by the Holo- b caust is to remember it through e education. t] This week, USC will host a ^ three-day conference on the ^ Nuremburg war crimes trial and P s T1 /ai i />V% lUUgllCl ut needed to! Drunk dri- HK7T37T ving is an issue that pertains to Drunk c everyone. Drunk drivers do not discriminate 7TTFW5TTI against their vietims. All types of Lower th people have been LJ j r , needlessly killed olood-alcoh by someone who was stupid enough to drink and (hive. According to an article in Tuesday's edi- a tion of The State, there's a proposed definition of drunken- r( ness approaching Congress, p, supported by Mothers Against tc Drunk Driving and the Amer- R ican Medical Association. Cur- ^ rently, the blood alcohol level p, is .10, but this new definition ^ would lower the level to .08. je Supposedly, this will save 500 ft tn fiOrt livps a war Onp nf fhnsp lives could be yours, a friend's, w or a relative's. pj The argument has been m made that only 1 of 16 drunk drivers is in the . 10-.08 jn range, and that this new defi- q nition targets social drinkers, ^ not the real problem drinkers. w However, 500 lives is 500 lives, w whether or not the drunk driver is falling down drunk or ^ just a bit tipsy. It doesn't mat- ^ ter who this new definition tar- y gets. What matters is that a Student Media Russell House Chria Dixon | Suaan Mey Editor in Chief Photo Editc Adam Snyder Donnie Ba Managing Editor Graphics Edi Nikki LaRocque Stephanie Son: Viewpoints Editor Asst. Viewpoints Rosalind Harvey Kristen Richa News Editor Cars Pelli Sara Ladenheim Asst News Ec News Editor, Design Tori 0*Ha Marcus Amaker PHao a Amy Shannon Brian Rii Features Editors On-line Edit Achim Hunt Julie Bak Bryan Johnston Chris Cul Sports Editors Casey Dec! Ben Pillow JemanHa, Copy Desk Chief Creative Sen The Gamecock is the student cock are those of the edit newspaper ctf The University ct South and not those of The I Carolina and is published Monday, South Carolma. Wednesday and Friday during the fall , , ol and spring semesters and five times Thej Board of Stuc during the summer with the eicep- ^ Commirucatic tion of university hohdays and exam lisher of The Gamecock P* * The Department ol Opinims expressed h The Game- dia is its parent organu The Gamecock will try to print The Gamecock newsroi all letters received. Letters should be House room 333. 200-250 words and must include full Gamecock res? name, professional title or yea Land to edit all letter for styl major if a student. Letters mu^t be bel or space limitation personally delivered by the authnr to not be withheld for any i 1 iecock I Since 1908 1 Board ditor in Chief tanaging Editor , riewpoints Editor istant Viewpoints Editor orrected ducation rrrsBH its effects on his H tory and human.h. original trial prosnTTTT* ecutors will be I speaking at the canon- event. The derii .1 sions they made icatea affect fiiture ucation war crimes. These people and their decisions are vital ingredients to altering history nd having them at USC is an L__ onor. ^ pTTJ Sadly, the Holocaust takes ip maybe five pages in most hisory books. In reality, it takes ntire generations to make up he mistakes of Hitler and his I m 1 _ i J iencnmen.iaKe some time out 3 attend one of the conference's anels. You just may find out __ omething you didn't know. ifinition save lives P ? rea child may live to tod see her next Iriving birthday. ing People, may nio _____ argue that a his tougher limit in- iy," hibits a person's wc te legal ability to have ing ol level ["!> While we Hebelieve fully in and support Gn many human clos rights, we also adi believe those daj rights stop when der Bother's life is in danger. ly 2 The really sick ones are the "yo istaurants fighting this pro- of t osal. They want their cus>mers to be able to drink as few lany beers and cocktails as to a sfore. If the level is lowered, lun eople may actually become the; tore responsible and drink ly i ss.That means economic loss. trei ,'s really upsetting to think cial >me businessmen are more illing to put economics and rofit ahead of safety and hulan lives. What's the harm in walk- 1 j Lg to Five Points in a group? r shelling out $3 for a taxi? If lis new definition is passed, hat we must do, so be it. We're illing to have tighter restricons if it means we don't have ' i look into a mother's face one ght and say, Tm the one who . thai lied your child." not but pus use Columbia, SC 29208 cric socc era Ellen Parsona r Interim Director 3V e Iter of Student Media the] tor Lee Phippa (J0jr nenfeld Advertising Manager Editor Sherry F. 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Viewpoints Editor I The first day v t i.i u, t,j .u. , , group ofus all ate 01 nAVPr thnncrht I H aav this hut i * i a -o? - 7 ~-v ?7 nic lames, as we mu Hy> ^at's wrong with the kids of my (that>3 sarcasm ay? tation Chick-fil-A I can picture my grandmother say- gnawed on green b this to my grandfather, while my with our buddies, ther squealed at Elvis on the eve of Rem ember wl first Ed Sullivan appearance. "Hen- years old? ^at a ti 1 she would whisper to him, "Whafs anything and well, >ng with Carol? Why is she scream- j suppose that-s the'] for that dirty young man on TV? they>re inn0cent. I s so awful. they're Achilles' he* Maybe it's easier for me to see Suzanne asked mdma saying this. After all, she's what she wanted to le to 80 years old. She is, and she'll up gjrj g ait this, not too in-touch with to- mark smile and told i 's generation. That's cool. She un- _ . 3tands that. But, you know, Tm on- Sweet, we thouf 1 and Tm really concerned with the we w uth" (what a bland word, youth) "Some people I oday. prostitutes," she adi Every Monday, I go along with a Insert gasp ar other members of Mortar Board here. The lunch bui i local elementary school to have us giggled with my h ch with a few assorted kids. We're evidently thought tl /re lunch buddies, and it's a real- No, no, no, we < iwesome program ? I enjoy it a g0od profession. nendously and learn a lot, espe- urged, or a doctor, bi ly concerning today5s Maybe prostitution Vegas Elementary s ook further fc y0Ur thing.) Please, y?ur own cocks>or J __ i i- v -J. i.i 1. up lo uei oil me cock. Having been on campus more for the nearest aban< i a month now, I've been impressed gigantic stadium (no only with USC's academic variety, spectacular events, also the activity variety. The USC Cuban There's a lot of stuff to do on cam- Center ? They're al . Since I've arrived, I've encoun- volunteers. Cubans, d sports like squash, racquetball, penses are paid for 3 ket, mud-wrestling (women's) and and special incenti\ :er, sports not known well to the reaching your month rage American. Besides sports, to meet Fidel Castrc e's the radio station, and, as I'm gain experiences in lg now, The Gamecock. I've gazed port customs officials upiter and its many moons on a 100 cigars, two AK-41 iday night thanks to the Melton es of grenades and a norial Observatory. Of course, butterfly-knife. You: e's the option of joining fraterni- over the great isl or sororities, which many take ad- a '?t ?f teenagers fr tage of. not spot ior missiona . ,. ? ? terested, a couple of The point is, the university allows on g jsh ani pie to gain a broader horizon not technique9i you.? , r mentally, but socially.But there more activities that some people IheUbC btunt not aware of. These activities are Always wanted tojun he "D.L.," so to say. However, they do* a"dbe set offer the same beneficial expert- ,n luck' be'aus,e thl is all other activities present. m?^ ' a stunt person for a i Here's a quick run-down. to piss off directors The USC Cockfighting Club ? the right direction al , we are the Gamecocks, no? What times and how to d Id be better than spending your cliff and blow up. II i (and your money) on cockfights sounds. Looking ally as exciting and stimulating as Swizi...Switchin...Th< atry line-dancing? The club offers Sly Stallone or Jean-C experiences in dealing with low- ^ the only prerequ losers trying to win this month's The USC Monb ; and a lot of dead chickens (if thafs Search for the Holy ITS ST TAKING ?AR,l FOIl A i SCEhi A UTTLE CON stip/]T?0 j JPTHIS ALWYS seem j0 / C fOU THE poo. y J I 1 \Ml?. iear first hand from the people who were actually a an, on the Nuremberg lectures to be held at USC atter with kid rends. dam Primary, but not here. Certainly re were there, the n?t here. itside at some pic- This triggered a memory. A few nched on the yum- years ago, I was a camp counselor at right there), imi- a day camp. Cute little kids, girls clad sandwiches and jn bows an(j }j0yS donning striped eans, we chatted shirts, would come for a full day of kick ball, mother may I and field trips to ten you were 10 the zoo. me. You could say ^ ? , , ? get away with it . ?"e after We to?k ro11' oeauty of children, ?Jkerd of ch'ldrf ran over ,t0 ,me' guess that's also StePhanle' Stephanie, come look at ,1 as wejj this condom we found in the field." I her lunch buddy My nose wrinkled and I looked at be when she grew my fellow counselors. We all went to imiled her trade- l??k at the lovely Trojan laying so inis she didn't know, nocently in the morning dew. jht, we don't know "Hee, Hee," they all giggled. First, either. I told them not to touch it and to STAY know want to be AWAY FROM THAT. The last thing ied. I needed was a bunch of parents ask,d astonishment in8 me,why thei[ 6 and 7-year-olds ddy who stunned were a contraceptive monch buddy. They, stea(^ making popsicle stick people, lis was funny. One of my favorite children walked :hided. That's not ^ck with me to the group. I asked her Be a teacher, we how they knew about condoms. "We it not a prostitute, just do," she answered, shaking her is the goal at Las little blonde pony tails and repeating school or Amster- herself. "We just do." >r unconventic feel free to bring ust simply show Q AVAImmO T /inlf loned building or "The point is, the univerf names) for these a broader horizon not or But there are more activi Cigar Smuggling awar ways looking for the best! All exrour trip to Cuba res are given for cussjon Group ? Ever wanted to know i y quo a (you^ge ^ reaj meaning 0f the movie? What ?, in person)! You n u * n jo getting past air- were they really saying about God? 3 while pocketing And exactly what 13 the ^rence he's, a couple of box- tween a European swallow and an really, really cool African swallow? All these questions mppt npnnle from and more are discussed every Wednes and of Cuba and day at 4:53 a.m. somewhere in this om Sri Lanka (a general facility. Join the round table ries). If you're in- as people yell, scream, spit, sleep tips ? brush up and imitate parts of the movie (Ni! Ni!). d butterfly-knife It's very interesting and you'll have a leed them both! whole new perspective about the -Person Crew ? rabbit that bites everybody's heads off. aP a T" The USC Mob ? Join the famiire. e , you re j , you gee we>g g0^g certains probis activity offers , j n the iob-market lems on camPus> and as y?us ' know, John Palms don'ts likesprobnovie. Learn how ' r for not falling in lems- 0ur motto ~ Problems? No ?ter being shot 18 problem. It s that easy. We take rive a car over a care of any certain situation that may ;'s easier than it be of a quagmire to the university. Unl like Arnold like the other clubs, there's an activi; Terminator guy, ty fee of $50 per semester (they have Claude Van Damn to keep buying cement, buckets and Lisites. gas for their trips out to Lake Marion, y Python and the if you know what I mean.) And the best Grail Movie Dis- part, you get those sharp suits, those -J * i I rr i; i i JiuiwdlWw 7 Thf it the Nueremberg trials." Is today? Maybe I was behind or something, but when I was 7 years old, I didn't know too much about condoms. I knew they were things to make you not have babies, but sex was the farthest thing that came to my mind. When I was 10 years old I didn't want to be a prostitute. I wanted to be president. I know the times, they are a changing. Bob Dylan and others have let me know that. Kids need to know about sex and I think the earlier, the better, especially if the lessons are taught in an informative manner. I'm not a conservative Catholic who opposes this or that when it comes to sex. I'm also not a family-value freak who thinks all lessons about sex and assorted other topics need to come from the home. No, no. I simply want to know why little children don't aspire to be teachers or firemen or nurses anymore. Why do they get excited when they see condom wrappers in a public park? Perhaps those are questions that will never be answered. Perhaps you don't care. But answer this question for me: how would you feel if you're daughter or little sister told you she wanted to grow up to be a prostitute? >nal clubs sity allows people to gain ily mentally but socially, ities some people are not e of." really neat-o gangster hats, and (joy!) an underarm gun holster! Move up the hierarchy of com mand by ratting people out, killing them or, a most unusual prospect, wait for the people in front of you to retire. You'll learn sharp-shooting skills and how to break a guy's neck with your toes. Also, you'll adopt the > name of the family, "Vespucci." So, I would be Kurt Vespucci the III (yes, - * there were two other Kurt Vespuccis). Again, if you're interested, brush up on your Italian and cement-mixing skills. Well, those are just some of the activities going on unknown to many college students. All are valuable learning experiences and great ways to meet friends, as are all other college activities. As you've noticed, some offer more than others, but all will do you right. If s just a matter of what you're into. But, I've got to go. I've got a trip to Lake Marion tomorrow with my "family." We're having some "problems" and we thought it would be nice to "take a dip" in the water and forget about it all. Arivaderchi.