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'Che (5ai Serving USC Editorial Chris Dixon, E< Adam Snvder. M Nikki LaRocque, V Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Ass * Traffic grii surrounds whole, Columbia isn't really Stadiw % S? f^tro of traffic. Every ^pTTPIiTD" day around 5 mLhmbm p.m., the inter- Plana state and a few 7 , side roads are leave earl clogged with com- have some I muters, rushing home from work. Thankfully, accidents are rare and the cars flow in an organized Q fashion. Traffic is fine in Co- g lumbia ? unless you consider a football traffic. Then, there's aw- v fill traffic in Columbia. a Couple that with fair traf- n fic and we've got problems, last w Saturday acting as a testament n to this claim. By 10 a.m., cars si were lining Assembly Street and ji George Rogers Boulevard. Although police were directing traf- g fic, there still was a bit of helter- g skelter surrounding the entire j] affair. Cars were switching lanes g with uncontrollable vengeance, ^ while mini-vans and other family transport vehicles were all n Don't blan 9 for warped it's like something out of "Scream." Luke Murde butchered^is M mother to death, BpTlpW?T3T the 16-year-old _ waltzed into his Tragedy C ?- high school in T/?^nj Pearl, Miss, and _ blamed opened fire on his Friedrich. classmates, zsche killing two and wounding seven others, according to an article in Thursday's edi- ai tion of The State.Unfolding like ?r that bad movie plot, it was re- jj, cently discovered that six other p boys helped Woodham plan the \ e <9 sPree- pc Whenever tragedy strikes, people ask themselves the age- p old question "Why?" Pearl, Miss, ^ is small and rural, not exactly ^ the typical gruesome murder ^ cnnnn The State reported that "T these boys hung out together in a1 an intellectual, aloof group, do bound together by their love of gu ^ "the violent readings of German m; philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche." no It's always a possibility that the ag public at large, particularly ac Student Media Ruesell House Chris Dixon Susan Meye Editor in Chief Photo Editor Adam Snyder Donnie Bak Managing Editor Graphics Edih Nikld LaRocque Stephanie Sonn ^ Viewpoints Editor Asst. Viewpoints E Rosalind Harvey Kristin Richar News Editor Cara Pellai . , , . Asst. News Edi Sara Ladenheim News Editor, Design Tori O'Har ? . , Asst. Photo Edit Marcus Amaker Amy Shannon Brian Rial Features Editors On-line Ediloi Achim Hunt Julie Bake Bryan Johnston Chris Cul[ Sports Editors Casey Deck Ben Pillow Jessan Hag. 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Impaence causes accidents as well, iiving fast, switching lanes all ie time and overall reckless driing promote unsafe conditions. A little patience and planing go far. ie books I crime tne citizens 01 Pearl, will blame rs in the writings of r7"oo Nietzsche for influencing "The JT77T7M Group," as the boys called them\an't be selves. When dire situations arise, people are always Niet- quick to put the blame somewhere. Nietzsche isn't to blame. If lything, we should be imessed these boys were reading is philosopher and not trashy L. Stien, which is just as viont, if not worse, and very tpular with teen-agers. It's imperative that the *arl community, in a panic over e murders, don't turn to banng books as a measured step censor the material children n learn from. Just because he Group" had a fondness for violent German philosopher esn't mean that was the sinilar cause. 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Of V A ftl*AP0X ? ?~s*\ In HRo; "The media ha\ Gene SteDhens. nrofe* ? r ' i Potato as: TTIfnTlTfMHHH Mom v, The or I Columnist | ofpape I should know better than to Pa play with fire. flamet T1 Literally. Dateline: yesterday ? morning's class, group project presen- ? a ' tation. The assignment had to do ew with explaining our group's core philo- e^erj,? sophical beliefs through a visual demon- w . stration. I agreed to, but was not a dri- j^1/1.( ving force in using a "potato gun" to ^ ^ launch a potato from the Coliseum. ^an(j The potato was part of a huge thumb metaphor 111 reduce to describing the ically, truths we seek seem to be within reach my bod (holding the potato), but are always in- most _ evitably propelled beyond full under- j r standing (the potato flying through the gmaj] air, propelled by this device). walked For those unfamiliar with the thing a "gun," it's a dangerous home-made de- and rar vice made out of PVC pipe. Upon spray- to hapi ing aerosol into one end, one lights a already hole ? the combination forces said pota- ments to through the atmosphere for large and fin distances. It's something I would nev- to the ji er take part ol, but somehow, being in ried. I \ the context of class, I naively thought nus th( nothing could go wrong. qj Tell my hand that today. I was my boyi standing at the sidelines, watching oth- about 1 er group members assemble it. Then, agreed they needed someone to light it and I was Of was pulled forward. I was holding a The do< lighter and ignoring the instinct that health Reader attem To the editor, school ] First of all, I must apologize. I was little ti under the impression that you (colum- TT nist Kurt Johnson) were an upper- versity classman. Don't ask from where this do you notion came, but I am certainly re- ly give; lieved to learn that you are a fresh- is due i man. they si Now answer me this, Kurt. Are week> 1 you a freshman in high school or col- y?u 1118 lege? I am racking my brain on this le* me one, because I don't see an ounce of learn 6 maturity in the lines you happen to y?ur e> call a column. Your humor lacks the emban stuff that, well, is supposed to make Fr us laugh. I can recall one so-called col- should umn in which you dug up the old high to back do with v F n "What are you doing T for fall break?" f L_ Engl 5 Compiled by Tori O'Hara >INTS ' / CHICKEN ?00P? ( gUT Fl&? V CHICKEN l' FH6AR. AC 5 fHlU e the impact of scaring the hell out < jsor in the College of Criminal Justice on the media's disproportional portr signmen rouldn't want me to be doing this. iginal plan was to light a piece sr and stick it in the gun. When iper didn't light, I held the "/ nev ?the hole. SO bs le proceeding moments are a bit about ir. There was a loud pop and I hat my hand was hurt. While ne was laughing at the potato lg to the top of the Coliseum, the igan. I tried to be calm and col- maj0 excused myself from the group somethin ised the blackened burns on my am s. They cover only one side, my rojjer ^ and the inside of my hand. Iron- wj10 a]r6i it would happen on the part of hand fron iy I sometimes think I need the ^g) - the hand that writes. T, I ke] lever knew an iniurv in such a c ??~-? 1U1 seven area could hurt so bad. I needtohj back into class, mumbled some- fe]t bette bout "anything for a good story" ^ ex^ei i out to get ice. Why did this have not only c >en to me? In the past week, I'd exhaustec r experienced the Melrose mo- that I wot of helping Susan bury her cat have and ding out my friend Erin ran off place, astice of the peace and got mar;hought a week could go by mi- gecond-de ; drama. cover my utching my hand, waiting for make it 1< riend to come save me, I thought been blov low dumb I'd been. Why had I be as devs to do it? Why did I think that it be ? I gu [ to do it because I was in class? in these ri :tor would remember me at the happen t< center ? "Aren't you an Eng- me. pts to give a protest of too much work in too rolled in t me. learned m lis argument is as old as the uni- wouldntl itself. You are in college, what ^ore w^tn< expect? The professors actual- je?e Studt you a syllabus telling you what impressioi md when it is due. It isn't as if about tha uprise you or anything. Each enceread your column hoping that I get 1 y hit a stroke of genius, but you itors even down each time. You say you ing from, 'om experience, so take this in 8 was enti cperience so that you may not give advia ass yourself any further. tempts.Th om what I gather, a column learning be highly opinionated, with fact should ha it up. What does 'Nam have to freshmen, i University 101? Are you en- the Vietm " ? \ &i?|:. ||| 'V: IIP: ; -!W w - : lllll Studying for five "Goinj ish classes and one history class." rammy McFadden Senior English X ? 0SOPHY \05, )f people and skewing the fear level. e and director of the Fear of Crime ayal of violent crimes t yields 1 er knew an injury in such a sn id. I walked back into class, mi "anything for a good story" anc Why did this have to happe r? Why did they let you light I'm no g?" It couldn't be more true. I down and 1 ime girl who broke her nose one who hi ting. At age 20. The same one happens).r ady has a burn on the same and, while a a domestic accident (iei iron- sary for an1 accidents d< )t my hand in ice and water dages off th al hours before I admitted I my fingers ave it looked at. Every time it steering wl r, I'd pull it out of the water straight to ience excruciating pain. I was Ala. (home ipset at the physical pain, but t , 1 from worrying about the day . , Prr1 lid miss, what kind of scar Fll an an if it was worth it in the first . m goin? have to do i , t, Iplanningc doctor would tell me I have i :gree burns. The nur^ would evenletout hand m enough bandages to ,1Q aok like the whole thing had fa ye /n off. My mother would not ou S0m?01 istated as I thought she would JU?. wro 1 ess they're used to me getting "Miotics an diculous accidents. If it would any^ime so ) anyone, it would have to be "All th it was just dvice to col ;he same class as I? I have ' College uch from this course, stuff I isn't in slipp lave conceived on my own. I con at the e jss to the "Sex and the Col- You are in j ;nt" lecture, and it made an some peopl* 1 on me. I don't want to learn to waste an ( t through personal experi- step down ai job. While y die impression that your ed- ^ ^)est 11 understand where I'm com- your co^u] Your column on Wed., Oct. My goa tied "Freshmen attempts to to offer somt 3," emphasis on the word at- a freshman le only advice I gained was what not to do. Your goal ? . ? ye been to offer advice to us K* * oste not make empty jokes about Freshmen im Conflict. Journalism .11. ii.ii I.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.1.'.1.'.'.1.'.'111111 V WMm m * 1 isi p|i|l ?t?|: Ilk' \v ' ' | J h*. .A I ':i S5|?KV: % '-i&m :5 to either Florida "Catch or Ohio." work a scene s Kia Stone J Senior English Bus X $ w V5 v*? & N *5 Survey, )urn lall area could hurt umbled something \ ran out to get ice. ;n to me?" it angry at anybody. I bent leld the lighter and I'm the sis to explain the scar (if it Fhis class is about learning physical pain is not necesy learning experience, freak ) happen. They took the banis morning and I'm wiggling in preparation to grip the heel that will drive the car Fall Break, Birmingham, ). on watching movies all weekiving discussions on when o stop taking classes that I things like this ? and am >n taking any business classt semester? The doctor didn't ; a chuckle when I said I feel ar-old boy who had just shot le's eye with a BB gun. He a prescription for some and told me not to go near fire on: is for a class, huh? And I bet an elective." umnist is tough, but the solution ing in an extra slice of band of the breakfast line, a position to really help j...use it. If you're going ipportunity such as yours, id let someone else do the ou may think laughter to ledicine, I have grown sick nns. 1 is not to insult you, but ; constructive criticism as giving advice. r Langston irai xllHI v \tfli 1 WwM ing up on homeind building [the] itudio for 'On the Verge'." Sterling Rush Senior iiness and Theater tjf]