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Wnz (5amtcc Serving USC Since 190t ^ Editorial Board Adam Snyder, Interim Edit Nikki LaRocque, Viewpoin Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Assistant V Dialects imp standard net There seems to ?mPTVunim be a certain amount of heated debate surrounding ebon- JlOOTIICS ics. 0 What some ^Tripy/lJMIftM people may see as ly young and new OUT diversity\ W dialect, others be- must be able tc dang1'* g'0rifying communicate. There's a need to have a language everybody who speaks English can learned understand in order to commu- core? re W nicate effectively, smoothly and ef- Sufficiently. Dij Although everyone is taught should standard English in their respec- st?od, a tive school systems, it's important It's for all English dialects and foreign rigid ru languages to be celebrated as part way of t of their respective cultures. grow. Children should be taught the Eni language of their past generations guage. to preserve all the cultures that ferent i< ? have richly helped to create mod- Ag ] ern America. andrul. There's a need for poetry writ- spected, ten in jive, for oral history and folk- can com lore to be passed down in Gullah. share 01 State must p: ( abused worn Thirty-six MgTfl J J ,1 JfJ names were read aloud last Wednes- n day morning in Co- Domestic lumbia's Memorial violence park. " Once, they micr^t Vtanatvun nr. T.? . . ?- lt s an atrocity dinary names of , r everyday women? women ore dyil mothers, daughters, beca use of thei sisters and friends. male relatives But Wednesday, they were the names of victims and statistics. They were the to be p names of South Carolina women verely tl who died in 1996 as a result of do- terybyi mestic violence. the dom Attorney General Charlie Con- won f don read the names at a ceremo- s? ta^es ny held in remembrance of the toll P*ace ev domestic violence is taking in seci the homes of our own state. The Ide event, sponsored by Condon and theprob Gov. David Beasley, drew a crowd steps w of family members and friends of when coi those who died from domestic vi- Address olence. nice put So many times, the statistics P^ associated with domestic violence S^?P "ie seem cold, distant and almost un- Wo f believable. But, by taking these They mi statistics and giving them a name, is defen life and story, it showed Columbia the stat Student Media Russell Reuse USC 1 Adam Snyder Suaan Meyers Interim Editor in Chief Photo Editor Nikki LaRocque Donnie Baker Viewpoints Editor Graphics Editor Rosalind Harvey Stephanie Sonnenfeid 0 News Editor Asst. Viewpoints Editor Sara Ladenheim Kristin Richardson News Editor, Design Cars Pellatt Marcus Anmker ** NeW* Amy Shannon Nathan Brown Features Editors Asst. Sports Editor Achim Hunt Tori O'Hara Bryan Johnston Asst. Photo Editor Sports Editors Brian Rish Ben Pillow Online Editor Copy Desk Chief Julie Baker Chris Dixon Chris Culp Copy Editor Casey Decker Jessan Hager Creative Services mmmmKMSJMsammmm The Gamecock is the student cock are thase of tte editors or autl newspaper rf The University cf South and not those of The University Carolina and is published Monday, South Carolina. Wednesday and Friday during the fall n and spring Bemesters and five times Th* Board of Student Public during the summer with the excep- l'onB and Comnumcations is the pi tion of university holidays and exam lisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student N Opinkns exprened in Ihe Game- dia is its parent organization. The Gamecock will try to print The Gamecock newsroom in Rubi all letters received. Letters should be House room 333. 200-250 words and must include full The Ganecock reserves the rij name, professional title or year and to edit all letter for style, possible major if a student. Letters must be bel or space limitations. Names v personally rfelivered by the author to not be withheld for any circumstan VIEW] I I THE TRoi/l I 3r in Chief ts Editor iewpoints Editor ortant, :essary Jewish children must learn Hebrew, and grandfathers should tViirrl. I I I UVUV11 blivii villi u generation American grandchildren the family prayers in Polish. ? But the stan- - //- rr ) dard, central lan guage should be taught and pro moted in schools. Dialects can be . and understood once the The way you 1< cognized languages are ?? ilects such as ebonies Berkeley jui be respected and unders well. ^ important that even in the { les of a language, a new %J B \ hinking and speaking can glish is not a dead lanIt can accommodate difJ ieas- | Columnist long as the core principles tTTi . js of the language are re- What has happened to integ then all English speakers hi sports? imunicate and effectively Just last week, the Florida N or different cultures. lins won the World Series in their p called Pro Player Stadium. Every ?> "4" who keeps up with sports knows it v 1 to be called Joe Robbie Stadii Why the name change? Because s< firm paid the Marlins and Dolph . 11 to change the name of the stadiui some sort of grandiose adverti fl just how real the ment. Apparently, it is no longer eno problem is to Put "*eir name on tae outfi What right is Wa^' given to a man to The same has occurred in i hit, slap, shove, Francisco, where Candlestick Paik kick or otherwise been renamed 3-COM Park. Even abuse a very own Carolina Panthers play: ^ woman,simply be- renamed stadium. The original na cause she is his Carolina's Stadium, penned to sigi wife, his daugh- the team belonging to both the C r ter or sister? The olinas, was changed to Ericsson St ^ days of ownership um. Now our Panthers play in a st and property are ^ namec| after a company that ms ong dead. Domes- hones tic abusers ought unished even more se- IT-TTHTW7?TTiT5l I [ HI lan acts of assault and bat- * 3 otmnrrnr cimrtlv Koranco 2 OWCUigW , UVVUUOV ^ ^ estic abuser not only harms 1^ | aan physically, but he al- \. B y>y> 1V> ' away the safety of the one 7 reryone ought to feel safe , ire in ?the home. Editor, ntifying and addressing The issue of Greek housin, lem is just one of the many one ^ai has ^ debated 811(1 omen and men can take heavily over the past few years. mbating domestic violence. Now, Dr. Gene Luna and the ing the issue publicly is a partment of Housing have done a w )lic relations move on the derful job in constructing a concise p he governor, but it doesn't to remedy this concern through the < i violence. struction of Greek-sponsored hous men must be protected. facilities. In terms of the dispute c ist be believed. If a woman Greek housing and CbffApartmen. seless against an abuser, understand that any student wo e must step in want to have a positive environmer live and leam in. However, the views expressec many of the students in Cliff Api ments were unfair, stereotypicali Columbia, SC 29208 offensive to all who are Greek her EUen Panoni USC. Every student at Carolina hi interim Director right to be treated equally and ?fSTX MtdUl spectfully. To say that if s factual t Advertisin^Manager Greeks in general will cause crime, sherry f. holme* viancy or be a threat to children is classified Ad Manager suiting and not rooted in statistical f Carolyn Griffin m . .. Business Manager To pre-judge an entire segmer Jim Green the USC family by sensationalized n Creative Director js i]]0gjcal and irrational. To use a ste type to classify Greeks and not al Graduate Assistant fraternity and sorority students to Erik coiiin* at a certain location on campus is i faculty Advisor not opien-minded, and if s certainly "striving to leam from differences. our Carolinian Creed, which we m# aanwcocfc pledged to honor, outlines. I Edltor (003)777 3914 we need to remember that as m News (803) 777 7726 dents, we are going to encounter i etc. (803) 777-3913 ers who are different than we are, :ab. Viewpoints (803)777-7726 we must be mature enough to notju 1 ? each other on preconceived notic Sports (803) 777-7182 f . le- stereotypes and prejudices. Online (803) 777-3913 Statistically, the overwhelm | stment Media majority of Greek students do not ca ,eu Adver1isine (603) 7771184 crime, pose a threat to children or thr ciassmeds (803)777-iie4 en the environment of Cliff Apartme u- Fax (803) 777-6482 and concerned residents who livi ? Office (803) 777-3888 Cliff Apartments should probably n with the Greek organizations pro] POINTS 1LES of ?L IFF APA&TMEfJT pi [ 1 TolO you wauin? v nca^y 15 a gad ft ^ pug k\(7 earn in life is from experience, and beinj experiences and iney share yours is tiior Tamara Keith, on Berkeley's diverse lestroys plei H T V . 1 1 1 il n I 51 was cnsmayea 10 learn tne craves new stadium, which opened up this. year, would be called Turner Field. I t rity was hoping they would name it Aaron ' Field. However, Ted Turner has proven sports jar with his charitable donations that he , is worthy of having his own park named after him. DSY E 211V ised Another thing that bothers me im. about sports is the outrageous salaries )me athletes demand and get. Kevin Gar- * tins nett, a South Carolina native, recent- Preva^ent a in ly signed with my favorite NBA team, |ng awa> ise- the Minnesota Timberwolves, for a ^ ^ ^ ugh whopping $123 million over six years. . one , eld That is just ridiculous. sorfsaid.6! My friend, the business major, says woulcfve f San they should be payed their market as well as has worth. Frankly, I don't care what Adam gladly pla our Smith or John Keynes would have to and food \ in a say about it, it's still ridiculous. Let's expensivi me, say the T-Wolves decide to pay Kevin would ne< nify Garnett only $ 1 million per year for the Kevi Jar- next six years. Think of what could be backer foi J? J !iL i. 1_ _ -il Ai i n *11^ ... T x - ~ aai- aone wnn me omer $111 minion. uusi 4yers, is i adi- imagine how many mouths that would wrong in ikes feed. Garnett should be ashamed of Panthers himself, as should any one who would deserved Cliff explain ing to live near them so a true under- No, t j js standing and dialogue can begin, in- * the home ssed stead of the senseless stereotypical sen- school he sationalism that has been written about are raisin ^ USC Greeks. off to sch( ,on. In conclusion, I believe USC isn't degree an >lan choosing between families and frater- ^east one ;on- cities because the two can peacefully Thei ,jng coexist in harmony. Thank you and God that mak iver bless Carolina. many oth ts,I Jamel R. Franklin personal ^ President of the Student Body ate^tudl get into F ,, Cliff resident responds and its r ;r"t. To the Editor, Pa*thet iri ' an aven and I would like to make clear a few cliff and e at things. Cliff Apartments is different the reaso as a than any other building on campus. to use ar ^"e* To qualify to live in Cliff, you must it to be a ^at be a full-time student who is either mar- wanting 1 . ried, has children, is a graduate stu- families c ' m~ dent or an older (23+) undergraduate Man student. We are also the home for over an(j we a it of 40 EPI (English Program for Interna- \ye iyth tionals) students who rent 19 of our 105 dictate thi reo- apartments. We have residents here gg be plac low who are a few months old to residents freedom 1 live with grandchildren. of their p a'so Our residents represent over 20 ty and thi ? countries and may be freshmen or Ph.D. ing placei aa students. With single students, mar- to studyii ried couples with and without children, I saj single moms, international students, battle lin stu- graduate students and undergraduate jggUe ^ 5th- students, we are a very diverse group, to make s hut likely the most diverse on campus. We rea] battl idge also stay a lot longer than the aver- tie. We al >ns, age Residence Hall student6an aver- Greeks. I age of two to three years. Cliff may al- be on our ^ng so be the quietest building on campus. we intenc iuse I have had one call about noise since I by the Be eat- became Cliffis resident manager in Ju- Greek Vil snts, fy-1 have had no discipline cases, nor against a e in do I anticipate any. This is a 12-month the boare ieet building. We don't go home on breaks pos- or during the summer. \Rj?.h>rs,? Tnose gtzEEKS^i ii i\Cijsrz s\*J / M f Lw^/'y; V/l' / S! \ /| (VftWWA 6E J i / B** a~\ 1^k?N I (?>1117 T*t? 6** ? somewhere where you expc the best way to learn." b student population and its i isure of! ; greediness and selfishness ths today is truly taking away the that much money to play has- that he h son befor greediness and selfishness so Pantl in sports today is truly tak- Good for the enjoyment of it all. Just him> ^ hat the baseball strike has enough t ajor League Baseball. I would made to ( a player. Shoeless Joe Jack- thenerv< n "Field of Dreams" that he it wasn't ilayed for nothing. Thaf s me, Athl i countless others who would ciety as i ty for free as long as housing greed am vas taken care of. Forget the goods ar e cars and the houses, all I The fact 1 id is a bat and a glove. money ai n Greene, the former line- sympton r the Panthers, now with the minded c a perfect example of what is pire whe sports. He held out from the ca. The i because he believed that he people in more money. Forget the fact thegladi differing his is our home. Not unlike lage will s many of you left to come to pealing t re. This is where a lot of us j^o g our children, sending them pjan does >ol, working hard toward our the frat d working a job or holding at they pla< assistantship. plan thai 3e are a few of the things committt e Cliff different. These and being tol ers make Cliff home in a very no good j way. There is at any given I kn liting list of over 100 gradu- Greek Vi jnts and families trying to they ^ j amily and Graduate Housing, wjt^ this tot the costr Our residents than it v lighest rent on campus with not man ige of over $7,000 a year. piement< its quiet community feel are ., n several students even come id why many stay. We thought perfect fit for so many of us "* ;o go back to school who have , , j. the socc< Upending on us. tendedt( y of our residents were Greek bers as ^ 11 support the Greek system, bers are y believe common sense would Cliff in p at fraternity and sorority hous- that is to ed to allow their members the ^ sure] to the lifestyle they want out acceptab articular fraternity or sorori- jt doesn'l it Family and Graduate Hous- When re nent continue to be conducive at remoN rig and raising a family. sense pr rallofthattosay this: If the I'm sure es are to be drawn over this To t I that seems inevitable, I want several ] ure they are drawn where the one e is. We in Cliff intend to bat- for everj e not battling Housing or the m any si n fact, we view them both to piace j8 r side of the real battle. What ^ f? I to battle is the decision made a^ an an >ard of Trustees mandating a rently a llage now. Not because we are the time new Greek Village. We share not the j l's view that having this vil- yo] Graduat a\ fOJl | ^ UP! J I srience other's mportance sports it is so prevalent.in enjoyment of it all." ad signed a contract the sea e. Anyway, he held out and lers eventually released him. the Panthers for getting rid lut why was he not upright o honor the commitment he Carolina? Then, the man has . i. ^ n i i 11 a 510 say on aportscenier inai about the money." etics is a reflection of our soi whole. Unfortunately, the i lust for power and material e not unique to athletics, hat we pay people that much id rename stadiums are just is of a sick society. I am re>f the fall of the Roman Emn I think of sports in Amerimost honored and revered the society near the end, were ators ? the athletes. ; sides make our campus more apo incoming students, our issue is that this current 3 not benefit Cliff, Housing or ernity or sorority housing :e here. So, if this is the best t the board and their steering >e can come up with, as we are d, then it is evident there are ilans. ow the board has wanted a llage for quite some time and ired of waiting. But to go ahead plan will surely destroy more rill create. The board should date that a poor plan be imid in the name of impatience. ow the idea of family housing us may be new or somewhat ar to some. I welcome you to 11311 Whaley St., across from ;r field. This invitation is exd the Board of Trustees memvell. I know the board membusy. But we think if you see erson and walk the parking lot become two Greek houses you ly see that even though it looks le on an architect's rendering, ; make sense in real life terms, al life terms were used to look dng the vulture lots, common evailed over what, on paper, was a great idea. >e mandated to choose between poor options is not sound. No J. There is a time and a place rthing. This implies there are tuations when the time and lot right. If the integrity of Cliff unily atmosphere is important d this is the best option curvailable, then this is neither nor the place. To be sure, it is ilace. i Canon e student