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Wk (5 Serving Ui Editor A J CI J T j rtuam onyaer, ini Nikki LaRocque. Stephanie Sonnenfeld, A Don't be s during ad With everything on their list of things to do, Advi (get job, teach, research, publish, get tenure), it's no wonder many advisors have little Sltudfin It no for be active their advisees. w j * sors won We need not even mention 511 quality time. We readily admit advisement is not the most rewarding or pleasant part of being a professor. ("Um, Professor Generic? Um, like, I don't know what classes to take? Could you plan out my entire life for me?") However, no matter how boring and passe this activity is for professors, advisement has a very real impact on students. With a simple miscalculation, due to a bad day or whatever, an adviVandalism orooertv; r jl j One would think that after all the negative press Churcl South Carolina has received about church burnings, |V!TTFY7I they would stop. But, they This Tt( haven't. immedia Last week, nres three white teen- ^ agers were arrested in connection with the vandal ism and attempted arson of a black church near Chapin. Police report the intruders removed flowers from tombstones, pushed tombstones over and broke into the li u n i cnurcn, scattering uowers arouna the chapel, The State newspaper said. The teens were arrested and set free on about $10,000 bail. The teens were arrested on burglary and vandalism charges. The cost of the damage was about $800, police said. Some might say this isn't a big amount, that $800 in damage is a lot better than no church at all. Some may say who cares. Some may say that insurance will cover the cost. It's too bad people may say this because $800 is an amount with an amazing impact on the Student Media Rueeell House Adam Snyder Susan M Interim Editor in Chief Photo & Nikki LaRocque Donnle ] Viewpoints Editor Graphics. 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Become active, not passive, and your advisor will get to know you as a person, not a digit. Then,-, they will be more particular with the advice and care they give you. i injures and spirit church it affects, ^ pe0pje wjj0 i desecra- attend this church and the * entire state of ^TTTTrr South Carolina. In the months ?eds to be following the itely SUV' surSe of church 7 burnings that sea" scorched their way across the Southeast, in par ticular South n I: j.i ^aruima, tnuusands of individuals came forth to offer support to those affected by the burnings. Monetary support was made available, but that wasn't the ingredient that fueled the protest against this sort of violence. No, the people who were fighting the fires did that. These people who fought against the evil destroying the churches had hope. They had the faith to fight against those who destroyed their churches. They had the faith to stand up for what they hold sacred. 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(803) 777-1184 Classifieds (803) 777-1184 eserves the right ityle, possible li- Fax (803)777-6482 one. Names will nycircumstance. Office (803) 777-3888 t viEwr "A liberal g< Governor Dav Dylan,; | Columnist | I saw two musical legends in 72 hours. I'm sure I'm not the only one to experience both Bob Dvlan and Prince this week. Sitting in the presence of the "Purple One," I couldn't help but compare the experience of the two shows. Maybe I shouldn't compare. But Fm an English major, and our lives are based on comparing and contrasting. Dylan and Prince grew to initial popularity in different time periods. Bob was a pioneer of songwriting, telling it like it is to my parents' generation. I consider Prince a pioneer to my own generation, a paver of a different sort. The difference is that while Bob performs with a"no-frills" image, Prince comes with all image ? it's the messenger, not the message, that provides such a stark opposition. I first listened to Prince when I was very young. I grew up listening to him, Madonna and Michael Jackson. nign sen | Columnist | This past weekend I decided to go through some of my old belongings, specifically pictures, cards and letters ? all the little momentos I've collected since eighth grade. I also came across my diary. The one precious treasure that most every girl (and maybe a handful of guys) keeps. I had not written in it since my junior year in high school. So that rainy Sunday, I read it. Cover to cover. Needless to say, I was shocked. No, there was not any Laura Palmer startling diary material. I guess it was the way I interpreted my life back then that really grabbed my attention. Many of us have forgotten how our minds worked during those years. Let me refresh your memory. Most of us were pretty naive when it came to relating to the opposite sex back then. Remember that great guy with the really cute smile who smoked pot, drank Red Dog, skipped class every other day, had a tattoo and Yv ^ "Which {J student /organization has X" the most ^ influence on cam^ pus?" s PINTS dW2\ WWQ,<1 ^Igpl AggHT ^ fc4 jvernment ain't going to desti ain't going to be the id Beaseley, on the role of gov ft Prince r At 8-years-old, I hadn't the remotest clue there was any other kind of music. I would learn of other music and problems of the world later. Fd be awakened from childhood-obviousness in due time. I went with my Woodstock-goingturned-banker dad to see Teter, Paul and Mary" (performers of Dylan's "Blowin' In the Wind"). But when I got home, I headed straight to my pink, plastic tape player and got down to "Purple Rain." Decked out in purple glam, Prince was not writing against a war in another country. He does symbolize the excess of the 1980s, the silliness of "lef s go crazy," and cultural change for America. It's the standard argument ? i-: 4.1 1 c ui uui genei titiuii vs. me une ueiuie. Every person and generation looks for something to cling to, a cause. Our parents emerged in a time of war. We grew up in a time of Crystal Pepsi and Max Hedroom. Dylan, like a wake-up call of struggle and change, would come along farther in my musical evolution. And I ool diary could not spell, but was still your soul mate? Some of you might be saying, hey, this reminds me of the guy I'm dating now. But, others are probably happy to have matured. I also think we had a tendency to be flighty with our emotions. One day could be a really cool day and the next day could really suck. I used to rate my days in my diary from A to F. An A constituted as awesome. An F constituted as... well, you can guess. No side by side entries had the same letter grade. The funny thing was how the smallest thing could make my day/week go great or go sour. That first week I got my learner's permit, every day was an A day. Nothing could go wrong. Or so I thought. Life suddenly took a tragic course. I reversed my 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier station wagon into the school parking lot fence. And to top it off, I got a perm. A bad one. All in a course of a really (highlight/underline) F week. Woe was me. I look at those entries and laugh. If those were the types of problem I had, then I had it pretty easy. - '* f5|| f GAMMA - Gamecocks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol." Amy Szyarto Business Freshman X I mm Hi m a n ro channels W5WUKT?PEAsm UAW piCK&D UP,, ^ 1 ^:\1\ \ EEEEE^\*_ i-T roy America, and a conserv i salvation of America." ernment and political figures ttold yo will confess I couldn't stand him when I first listened. "Why does that man sound so funny," I asked Dad during Dylan's line in "We Are the World." "A lot of drugs, honey," was his joking response. He would later explain he was really a talented man, if not in singing, then in his prolific songwriting. Which brings me to Sunday night. A few years ago, I would have had nc i.~ i.; : l t i hilcxcat in seeing duu l/yiau. juater, i might like to go just to say that I saw such a legend. But Sunday, I went tc hear him sing his songs. It was as simple as that. I nodded all through "Tangled Up In Blue," listening to lyrics that show not a day of age. hi class today we talked about this kind of timelessness in books. We talked about how slang changes, but themes continue. It makes a master and binds such different writers in universality, Call me a child of the 1980s, a corny purchaser of the myth of McDonald's America, but I think timelessness connects Bob Dylan and The Artist Formerly Known As. . . 1 1 leaus 10 For the most part, we all did back then. Most of us were not bombarded with heavy problems. The biggest challenge we could have faced was deciding whether to work at MceeDee's or Winn-Dixie during the summer. Now that we are in college, we have more complex issues to deal with. Getting into law or medical school, finding a place to live, or supporting a family, even. I also think that after entering college, we each have created our own individual style. Most of us tended to follow the status quo in high school. After all, we did not want to be labeled as social misfits, right? We dressed the same, in Gap, Limited and Structure. We participated in the same activities ? football games, student council and honor society. And what happened to the misfits? Well, there was one girl who transferred to my school from Texas the middle of my sophomore year. A really sweet person, but she dressed differently. She used dark lipstick, wore black clothes, dyed her hair black. The vampire look, we called it. Instantly, she was dubbed a "ho." raE a... "Student Government." I o'Anontla ISAAilman M HUHMWUIIIQII Math Education Frmshman \ > : > 1 ative government 4 I i in America's future ung life j i ? Yes, Prince surrounds himself with hype. I bet Dylan purists are turn- ! ing red with the sight of the two names ! on the same page. I'm not saying ! one is better than the other, regardless if one cares for "Hierhwav 61" or "Sign of the Times." At a closer look \ it's easy to see how these artists share ^ similarities. Both experiment with different , kinds of music ?rock, blues and R&B. j Both affect the generations that made , them famous. i The most interesting similarity is that both attracted members of several generations and backgrounds. I - * i was amazed at the diversity at each show. How naive I was to think that it * was only people of my age that would ? go to see Prince. The same goes for the woman that turned to me before Dy- ' lan, making some comment about "songs being written before I was born." * These musicians are about tran- i; scending. I'm glad we had the chance ] * to do both. % * ! * 1 : # epipnany: Such people are not a strange ; sight in college. There are so many dif- ; ferent types of people in college. Po ets, actors, fraternity brothers and ! * computer wizards. It's hard to find two people exactly alike. So, I guess college has taught us gfe a big lesson. We are who we are. And ^ we should feel comfortable with that. ; But, there is one thing I miss * about being in high school. I miss having high hopes and lofty dreams. The first page in my diary was ' about my goals for the future. I want- ; ed to be a big shot businesswoman. I * was going to go to Harvard. With a full anVmloraVnn nf nnnron T xxraa crninrr fn Ul VUU1QV* X TT uw gvuig bU have a job as soon as I graduated and have an office at the top of the tk highest building in Philadelphia. I've woken up since then. I still . have goals. But, they're a little bit more ; ; grounded. Going back to my diary has opened up my eyes. It has made me see who I was and who I am now. I think it's high time I start writing in it again. , ; Athletics." ^ ? ? f ? | Joe Patterson ? 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