The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 06, 1997, Page 3, Image 3
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Chris Dixo
Adam Snydt
Nikki LaRocqi
Stephanie Sonnenfeld,
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There's no denying
the fact that bikes
are a prevalent Bil
form of trans*
portation at USC.
Really, which USC H^TITTT
students can't say
they've never been Lean
run off a walk
way or sidewalk by ' '
a bike rider? None. tr
Bike riders
pedal through
campus and sur
rounding areas
like bats out of hell. They range
% from the Cannondale riding professionals
to Huffy 10 speed
novices, and they all have one thing
in common: They tend to have a
blatant disregard for pedestrians
and common transportation laws.
Bike riding is an excellent
mode of transportation. If s healthy
for the riders and healthy for the
gasoline-and-smog-clogged environment.
Bikes make sense.
Promises
seen in c<
While The HQ]T3
% Promise Keepers
are struggling to The
reaffirm their spir- jr
itual faith, hanlly 1
an ill-conceived IVSTTm
idea, they are unintentionally
Can
alienating those . L
they wish to help, taken to
protect or call ate JTlin
"brother." feac/l
% "No woman ODDT
should feel threat
ened by this gathering
because the ground is level
at the foot of the cross," Promise
Keepers President Randy Phillips
said, according to an article in Sunday's
edition of The State.
Yet the validity of this statement
and others made with the
same sentiment are null and void
when other Promise Keepers, such
% as Manuel Bustillos of Denver, Colo.,
say, "We are forgetting we are
supposed to love our women into
submission." Or when Phillips himself
refers to exalting Jesus Christ
not in the godly, spiritual (and ungendered)
state Christians believe
He now exists but as "the man Jesus
Christ."
The Promise Keepers also
preached racial harmony, but only
if the different races believe in
% Christianity. Come together
whether you are black or white
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topped
What doesn't
make sense is why
ie riders SO many bike riders
don't follow the
same rules, regu rrrrm
lations and standards
that drivers
I the rules a expected to folThen,
obey low_ .
Bike nding is
the same as any
other mode of
transportation: It
can cause accidents.
Fast
speeds, poor judgements and other
impairments cannot only harm
the bike rider but others who may
either be driving another vehicle
or simply walking to class. It's
much simpler to respect the rights
of fellow students walking to class
rather than running them off the
sidewalk.
As silly as it may seem, riding
a bike is a talent. Riding a bike
responsibly is an art form.
must be
immunity
but only if you
bejieve ^ je_
Promise sus Christ.
epers TheEuropeanAmerican
domiI
nated Promise
Keepers, in asking
must be black churches to
not alien- merge with white
.. churches, seem to
'OTltieS or ignore the fact
gender that they are ask'ession
ing black church
es to give up an invisible
but
exceedingly powerful infrastructure
that shapes and dominates
the church that is unshared by
whites.
It is easy to say "let's get together,"
but it is difficult in assimilating
two different cultures.
If the Promise Keepers want
to prove they are a group of men
interested in supporting their families
and communities through
spiritual faith, it is imperative the
changes be seen not through massive,
public gatherings but in small,
local actions.
Let's see Promise Keepers at
the women's shelter. Lef s see them
eating lunch at the local elementary
school or tutoring teens.
Let's see potlucks and pigroasts
that truly reflect a merging
of races and not just a token
10 percent representation.
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This week is Homecoming Week.
Yet, what does it mean? What are we
actually celebrating?
Homecoming is the one week of
the entire school year dedicated to continuing
the dynamic Carolina spirit
and the pride of belonging to this campus.
Though football is not one of the
greatest assets we have this year, there
are plenty of others that are equally
important. Within sports, we still have
a promising basketball team, winning
the SEC Championship last year.
The volleyball, softball and soccer
teams also have shined a light on
our athletic program at USC.
But being a USC student involves
more than just sports. This University
has great schools.
The Honors College program is
one of the best in the nation. Our business
school has continued to be a point
of pride and distinction.
The USC Law School is 20th in
the nation for the most competitive to
get in. All of the programs at USC are
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To the Editor: il
Tuesday must have been a slow b
night for the editorial staff. Your "ed- P
itorial" on the Southern League
Wednesday amounts to nothing more ti
than a display of ignorance that man- tl
ages to contain not one reasoned ar- e
gument. Granted, the header reads "In d
Our Opinion," but The Gamecock's p
readership might be better served if r<
you supported these opinions with some p
justification. You mount a personal at- b
tack on the members of this organi- b
zation by asking "Are they racist?" I cl
might ask the same thing about the n
editorial staff of The Gamecock. I would y
have no more reason to do so than you l
would have to ask it of the Southern
League, however. If you mean to sugrroaf
fViof a rnciirrronr>o ol
gtou uiav u itouigtutc ui tiauitiuiiai
Southern values might necessarily per- ^
petuate racism, you would be mistaken,
but at least that would present a
valid editorial opinion. T
Your comment that secession is
some type of "regression" without fur- ^
ther comment indicates an extraor- y
dinary lack of understanding, both of ^
what this organization calls for and
what benefits decentralization brings, tl
The issue of whether or not it is best t\
brought about secession is a lengthy ic
debate, and one worthy of the editor- ti
ial page. I imagine that as long as A
the state builds you a school and buys
you newspaper to print on you will C1
question nothing it does. The potential
for interesting material in this sto- ^
ry was endless; you managed to avoid a
PINTS
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to reach out to anyone who is willing to ex]
1 -a
Kris tine Hartvigsen, on the open mic nighl
pirit evident
leard anyone say that their major was
oo easy?
? If school isn't your forte, how about
ixtra-curricular activities? Whether it Wothir
s the Greek system that was reorga- jy jnvc
lized for national excellence or the
vealth of opportunities offered by the W1*
nore than 200 organizations on cam)us,
USC provides more experiences
han one can find readily anywhere
:^se- pus that dc
With such resources, it's hard not icated facu]
o become involved on and off campus, wish to see
^nd with such involvement of the stu- body,
lent body, we are able to actively The
ecommend and pursue issues that Greek Life
:oncern us. ership Proj
Only here can you ensure the sue- me with th<
:ess of your future and the future of not only co
hose who will follow for generations also to raisi
ocome. ityofthest
Though often looked at in the Togeth
lense of us and them, us, the students, combine to f
ogether with the faculty and stafF are named appi
ledicated to the quality of the whole it. This set
sducational experience that we receive, sent, whetl
Jnfortunately, we rarely get the op- ognize it.
)ortunity to see this commitment of Our sc
he University's employees. jeas^ we re
But by being involved in several pursue its j
ictivities on campus, I can promise makes all o
rou that nothing happens on this cam- that the efl
ditorial show<
; entirely, instead choosing to lam- or her own
ast the entire group without com- tainly cann
rehending what they stand for. ers to.
It's a sad comment that those The edi
raining for a career in journalism that are too man;
ley can consider this type of off-hand- the simple f
d libel worthy of print. If this is in- the courage
icative of the generation "coming to Your f
ower" that they can categorically swered qui
sject without reason the ideas of peo- no^ racists
le just because they are "old men,"
ear in mind what happens when we
egin to dismiss people solely on what ' 1S a
lass they belong to. Your own words er ?* S0** ?
lay one day come back to haunt fm ^
ou together as (
ter for all p
ane M. McFadden ^ ^Heve
enior Speech Major and whites,
their own i
fable ideals serve the South hindrance 0
The s?
also is easil
o the Editor, as legal tod*
I hope you (the editors of The ago when tl
ramecock) did not ponder too long over clared thei
our opinion about The Southern despotic Bri
eague. TheDe
The "whatever" opinion shows clearly stat
lat The Gamecock lacks the intellec- instituted ?
lal capacity to deal with serious top- unalienable
:s and should stick with giving mas- by their Cre
jrbation tips as it did in the "Go any form of
sk Alice" column in the Oct. 1 issue, structive to
The editorial begins with the ac- of the peopL
irate assumption that members of institute
he Southern League "are not racists," It is tn
ut later, the question is asked if they a legally bin
re racists. If a writer cannot trust his valid indica
01
Vloold you ^
or a club over your
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press themselves to the masses,
t held at the Art Bar
in faculty
tg happens on this campus tl
?lve dedicated faculty and sta
sh to see the success of the si
esn't directly involve ded-' the students,
Ity and staff members who not exist,
the success of the student So as Hi
the time and
epartments of Housing, University fc
Student Affairs and Lead- belong. Reco
*rams have all impressed has to offer,
iir whole-hearted efforts to Open y
ntinue the standards but tion exempli!
e them to ensure the qual- students but
udents' experience at USC. Sports, class
er, these assets of our school activities all
brm our unique school pride ?f us togethe
"opriately the Carolina spir- It's our <
ise of pride is always pre- lives that dri1
ler or not you want to rec- what the tri
enlightenme
:hool is not perfect, but at 001116 1
cognize that and actively own ^ves>erfection.
And that's what By doinj
>f this great for us: the fact of everyone
brt is dependant upon us, dent, teachei
id lack of ir
comments, he or she cer- which our Re;
ot expect his or her read- principles hs
tyrant has. It
torial also states that there stand UP ^or
y questions to address, but ues against e
'act is that you don't have ernment.
to answer them. The last
irst question can be an- relevant. Ac<
te simply. No, they are "Tta Souther
other Souther
iuthern League officially sentiment^1
spirit and extends an of- J^vere our
11 and cooperation to South- r1 ey W6re
1 areas where we can work e conse(f
Christians to make life bet- You poii
eople of the South." They dependence i
that both groups, blacks generation"
"should be free to pursue ^^g happen
nterests without help or thority to be a
f government." generation as
r?r\r%^ nnoofmn Trnni> v?qioa
NAACP, but
M?jv/uii i ? gerti that ,
y answered. Secession is -u u ? ??r
J ., nnn will be no eas
ly as it was over 200 years
tie American colonies deir
independence from a that mu<
itish government. t0 done by
, _T , , ations. But in
claratioil of Independence Dabney>-It j
es that Governments are ^
imong men to secure the Yet as ^
i rights endowed to them ,
ator and "That whenever
? , j j ture, it is nic
government became de- . ,
these ends, it is the right n
e to alter or abolish it and .
, ? the courage t
a new government.
lie the Declaration is not
iding document, but it is a Brandon Gas
tor of the principles upon History Soph
r?l?( . <%
We, |
la
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, staff
iat doesn't directiff
members who
tudent body."
without which USC would
omecoming begins, enjoy *
celebrate the spirit of the
o which you will forever
enize the hest that I ISC
our eyes to the dedicaied
not only by our fellow
also the faculty and staff,
ses and extra-curricular
exist through the efforts
ir.
ietermination in our own
yes us to this point. That's
le Carolina spirit is: the
nt of the individuals who
University to better their
* so, we enhance the lives
in this community: stur
and resident.
ltellect
public was founded. Our
iven't changed, but the
is every citizen's right to
his or her ancient liberi
tyrannical central govquestion
you asked is ir:ording
to its brochure,
n League is not just ann
heritage group, not just
Iwellers in the past. We
athern ancestors because
it, and because their ideas
uences for our future."
it out that Southern ins
unlikely because "our
would never let such a
l. You have as much auspokesperson
for a whole
David Duke does for the
, you are correct in asSouthern
independence
ly task.
hem League realizes this
:h of the work will have
those of younger generthe
words of Robert Louis
is only the atheist who
i as the criterion of right."
Iankee materialism and
fin to permeate our cule
to know there still exo
have the ability to rec,
honor and decency and
o fight for it.
kins
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