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Editorial Be
Chris Dixon, Edito
Adam Snyder, Mans
Nikki LaRocque, View
Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Assista
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Pageant off
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"Here she riTT!S7iT*I1
comes, Miss Amer- HUiiliiAi
lca! Homecom
Okay, so
maybe it's not a
national pageant, WTnnWTnTHTl
and maybe the
winners aren't just The title re
female ? there s a
male part of the nizes smart, S
team as well. student lead
Thank good- not dumb bea
ness the USC
Homecoming
aueen and kine
pageant is not based on bathing- anc*
suits, twirling flaming batons or
, the ever-imaginative question, "If ?^er
you could change just one thing or 10
in this world, what would it be?" see^
Carolina Productions has 8
done an excellent job of making
academics and leadership the top
qualifications and determining
factors of who is awarded the thei]
crown. With top standards such they
as these, Carolina Productions is theii
not purporting the traditional
stereotype of a great-looking sex nize
object with no brains. gone
It is helping to advance the duty
social importance of intelligence '
and leadership skills.
Needed rev;
ior zoo on i
Riverbanks ^^rTri-U 1.11
Zoo is a wonderful IHUhhLUaJ
place. Riverbanki
Statistics cite
that about 185,000
people visit the zoo TTmrTTnTl
and its Botanical
year,In addition^ Jmproveme,
the 45,000 people name of C
who participate in tion are allV\
zoo education pro- pnnrl
grams each year, ?
according to The
State.
Columbia's a lucky town, fully
Riverbanks is one of the top zoos W1^u
in the nation, which is something
not every city has. It provides a soun
home for education, experience they1
and an ecology that houses many empl
animals who we would never or- imals
dinarily get to see. sands
So does $15 million for zoo &?
i 1 1M_ 1 1
improvements souna wte a Dig re- j
quest? Yes, it does. man]
But imagine what would hap- to m(
pen if the zoo didn't receive these Port
funds. A long awaited gorilla ex- caus<
hibit would go unbuilt; the old ?^0UJ
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testants 7^
Mostly, Home Hl
coming queen and
king titles recogo
nize a lack of apathy.
Every sturyy^
dent suffers from
Mkfl an attack of apathy
at some point ^ -"l
o" of his or her college
ICLSSy career. Some of us Yl|
erS) never shake it.
Uties These are the
unea wnu ucvci ?
vote and roll their PTJ
eyes at feminists
the NAACP as paranoid
cs. They're the ones who don't
money for charity or boycott
cycle because they really can't
low their contribution makes
Ference.
But there are some of us who j i
:e off apathy to take charge |H | j
udent organizations or offer JL JL
services in some way. But
don't allow other areas in
lives to go slack.
Carolina Productions recogs
these students who have
above and beyond the call of I
with the Homecoming king The
queen titles. a flight o
It hurt.
This
point ?
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the way ke
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aviary would get
older; an elephant
v habitat on the der&A>f
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331 The State took to teach)
i an informal poll of c,? eg
]tS m about 450 readers,
iuca- asking them if booka'hc
ays taxpayers would manage
^ be willing to pay
$2 a year for three like Urat.
years to upgrade great mir
1 the zoo. Thank- dtheC
,259 readers said they'd be the pnva
ig to pay an additional tax. and the
tractingi
rhese improvements may game ^
d unnecessary to you, but
re not unimportant to the .
oyees of Riverbanks, the an- in ,en^
i who live there and the thou- ?f i *
3 of students and visitors who ei
the facility each year.
Riverbanks is the envy of
f zoos across the country, not 111 ?i_
Bntion the world. Let's sup- UalSl
it. It's certainly worth it be- __
i it's more than a vital part
r community. It's a vital part JL JL vJ
r world as well.
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Merely making assumptic
Walter Jackson, director of Multicultui
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Anyway, to me, thi
Columnist ] OK job in teaching all i
hodgepodge. But, I lea
other day I was walking up ter through eXperienci
f stairs and my knee popped. through something an
firsthand, than have soi
i little story brings me to my about it.
college is tough^ Especially We? rve been ,jvj
icause of all these stupid ... , , .
ips and stairs are about as ^ ^ ^ 7
,t as beer in a student's re- ^ happemnp (such i
r. Like I was saying, college ^ beginning) that ha1
3ting, not only mentally, but tar, consider myself a
y Yeah, a survivor.
so establishes a pretty large So this is what I'i
y cash flow. But then, that's I'm going to be a nice gu
lave that almighty, all won- "less fortunate" peopli
l-greatest-thing-to-hit-college- versity 101 class, Kurt4
)ks-and-pens-and-stolen-ex- Johnson style. If you're
yersity 101 class. tough time adapting, fc
i grandiose class is supposed advice and you shouh
rou how to get by and survive straight,
e. Yeah, it tells you how to You see, in Univei
rectly, how to read your text- ten you a good way to
>w to use the libraiy, how to and stay in col
your time, where to go get to talk with vour Drofe
(to make lie grade and stuff mm(: ^ advj but,
Oh, and let 9 not forget the a Uttlebitfarther. ^
iues we get to watch, like Sex . ?
lollege Student" which shows ?osmScraPfld,the
te pits ofthe Elephant Man JO^ur class nonser
Bearded Woman after con- ou'dTer'Goove'
gonorrhea and herpes at the md cook ^em ^mce-ho
e Macaroni and Cheese (<
, , . , i j and Macaroni?). Buy th
class tries to get you involved . c iwi
,, ? . toys. If it s a female teac
nronment by requinng com- J ? ,
service and doing good for some A0""* 5 malc>1
is fortunate than yourself." s0"e fl?w?rS' ?? smo1
gether. Nothing beats a j
versation. Believe me
raise Keepers j
itor, Christ is dead, then CI
writing to try to dispel some nonsense. Buthe isn t ?
ptions you and your readers . Finally, Promise K
e concerning the Promise mitted to bringing all
movement that you wrote gether, regardless of ra
qc^. g banner of Christ. A wh
. .. _ .. a and a black Christian hs
romise Keepers President more ^ common ^ a
hi lips stated, no woman ianandablacknon.Chri
el threatened by this move- Keepers are not saying tl
:?u were to talk to the wives es should rather
ise Keepers, you will be tians should bve har
ised to find a woman who re- . _ r jn???
husband's involvement. On 00 ? 1 avc
ry, you will hear these women 7, ^ says'
is a result of their husbands' ProbIem>* 8 a sin probl
)n to Christ, they are better You will find Promi
3, better fathers, their love ing a great deal of cor
ekindled and their husbands ^ in the name of Chris
willing to serve them. I re- working with Habitat f
lea of submission is not pleas- mentoring or rebuilding
i-Christians, but to those of churches,
ive experienced the love and Promise Keepers un
r of Christ, men and women America's problems car
mussion is a key concept of by political rhetoric an
nd true Christianity. The crisis that America
also said that Christians be- wil1 ?nly end when me
is Christ exists only in "the 8^ on their faces before
itual (and ungendered) state." and ash forgiveness an
could be further from the f?r themselves, for theii
hristians believe in faith for their country, beginni
3 is a man, that he is also ful- bon men on the mall of
nd he is still alive today! If D.C., determined to live t
pletely sold out for Chri
tw
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ruth about who is going to succeed i
>ns based on race is not the way to j
*al Student Affairs, on the factor ra<
impts to
s class does an midterms and finals role ai
that academic in there, baby,
trn much bet- Here's a good living
e. I like to go in a dorm ? get to knov
d deal with it door neighbors real well. 1
nebody tell me can do whatever you want
to worry about disturbing i
ng the college of the time. you all will b
tm.imfltii.nnri together and not have to
as the story at bothering them. This als
ye occurred so opportunities for more
suivivor, man. m?re wa?s ?[ m?
and possibly gettmg hook
friend or something, ant
n going to do. more transportation servj
y and give you not have a car.
e a little Uni- . ,
TheSurvivor" When gomg to class,
. or skip steps when going u;
i s avmg a may cause physical probl
illow my sage popped knee, or evi
1 have things stubbed ^ Does
than a stubbed toe? I do:
sity 101, they and I've experienced some
i make better I mean, I was in 'Nam. A
lege longer is reminds me of another gi
ssors. That is when I was walking art
my tip is to go Horseshoe wearing socc
ast the brown- Well, I was walking and
!, I'm really en- t?e on a brick protrudii
ise. Take thfem bricked road. It hurt. So, 3
to their house careM ^ stuff Uke tha
t bowl of Kraft Some things are m
ir is it Cheese tant than others. Food, in
ieir kids some is my No. 1 priority. You s
her, bring her save the best for last. Beli
bring his wife is best advice anyone cai
ke a cigar to- a senior. And, yes, it deal
?ood cigar con- We all know about
, by the time geously inflated prices th<
J _ ^
jooa, noi oj
hristianity is
Jesus is alive! Kirk Whitworth
eepers is com- _
believers to- PoUtlcal ^ence
ce, under the Junior
ite Christian Racism covert, ov<
ive a whole lot
black Christstian.
Promise editor,
lat all church- Webster defines ign
that all Chris- lack of knowledge and con
mony regard- of the thing specified. To t
lination. As apparent that the editors o
m is not a skin cock have no real in-deptl
em." of the complexities of racisn
se Keepers do- forms. Racism, which is
nmunity ser- ?fsegregation, is an i
it, whether it's er-is the overt 2111(1 C0V(
or Humanity, a dominant group to oppi
; burned black dominant.
As it relates to Afri
derstands that cans, it is the conspira
mot be solved wll? dominate our countr
d legislation, economically and sociall
is facing now that 'we don t get out of oi
n and women this end, there are those v
the Holy God in? make symbolic act?
d restoration the appearance of chang
r families and scrutiny suggest otherwis
ng with a mil- The gesture of the pr
Washington, others to recognize the "Li
heir lives com- was certainly meaningful
st. not add any numbers to tl
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in college and who is not.
go about that."
;e plays in college admissions
give advice
round, you're Grand Market Place) puts on their
food. I think it's like $15 for a ham
tip if you're sandwich and $23.69 for a cheeser
your next- burger. Anyway, this little inside inliat
way you f? bas to do with breakfast. I always
and not have get breakfast, so if you're like me, this
myone. Most helps you out the most,
e doing stuff Well, I always stand in the main
worry about line to get bacon. I usually get four
so opens the pieces (at $4.45 each) and then go over
food, more to the grill and stand in line for a panrvfir*rt
r*nnr\l a r PU 1 ? ...L ^11 I. - ? - T T?
cwig peruke uuie. iiua is wiiere it mi Happens. used
up with a ingmy cat-like-reflexes-of-a-mongoose,
d hopefully, I snag a strip of bacon, and (this is the
ices if you do tip) eat it while standing in line. You
get a piece for free. No going over. No
don't run up bonus bucks or cash card. Just all
p stairs. This the way meal plan, baby. It's 100
ems such as percent foolproof and 100 percent inen
worse, a genious.
g hurt worse Believe me, there is no reason to
n't think so, thank me. I'm doing my part to help
great pains, those a little slow on things. Just folnyway,
that low those tips and you'll be rushed to
"isly story of the top of things that allow you to be
aund in the on top. I'm glad I could have been of
:er sandals, some kind of service. I think that should
stubbed my count as community service time. You
ig from the know, all this talk about bacon reminds
rou know, be me 0f pigs. Pigs, yeah, pigs. I remember
those damn pigs in toe jungle back
ore impor- in 'Nam. Always moving, making toe
this respect, bush move. They were everywhere,
ee, I always making all of us nervous and jumpy,
eve me, this Wow, it's hot in here. Like toe juni
give, even gle.The jungle... pigs... hot...
s with rood. 'Nam...jumpy. Boy, college is really
the outra- tough. Excuse me, I have to go cry and
e GiMP (the have a nervous breakdown now.
)pressionists
5 percent of African-American CEO's
of major corporation. Symbolic acts do
not add any African-American cabinet
members to the state of Arkansas or
any other state's government. Symert
bolic acts are just like an apology without
reciprocity. Sadly, those who have
criticized the NAACP really don't know
and are ignorant to the tragedy and
orance as a agony of modern day gradualism,
prehension j think The Gamecock may serve
his end, it is itself better by actively helping to
f The Game- change a university president who
i knowledge wou]d have the audacity to celebrate
1 in its many a Martin Luther King Day memorithe
mother a}) yet refuse to exercise his prerogaissue
of pow- tive to close the school in honor of such
;rt tactics of a g^t American. The Gamecock might
ess the less even consider giving their help to
change the attitudes of those Gamecan-Ameri
cocks who were outraged because the
cy of those coaching staff decided to use an Africaner
politically, American as the first-string quartery
to ensure back. What would life be like if we clean
or place." To up around the backyard of South Car/ho
are will- olina before we clean up the backyard
} which give of the NAACP in Arkansas?
e, but close Ignorance truly is bliss and blind.
le.
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, but it does Graduate Student
le less than Religious Studies