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* 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 ^
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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
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desperately trying
their best to
m and set to the fair\ffir
It would be
ideal to not have
the fair and the
game on the
head, same day, but
V and the fair and football
are pretty
oatience much a tradition.
So, eradicating it
would pretty
much be impossible.
Having police directing trafc
is a big help, but the tension
nd time would ease if the driers
would heed the warnings
nd leave early for their destiation.
It makes sense and it
ill, in the long run, prevent unecessary
accidents that occaonally
produce unnecessary inlries.
If you can't leave early, try
aving some patience. 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. Censoring reading
aterial, television or music will
it prevent a demented teener
from performing heinous
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play with fire. flamet
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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
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you doing
T for fall
break?"
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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
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Studying for five "Goinj
ish classes and one
history class."
rammy McFadden
Senior
English
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)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
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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
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ing up on homeind
building [the]
itudio for 'On the
Verge'."
Sterling Rush
Senior
iiness and Theater
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