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%\[t 0a Serving USC . Editorii Adam Snyder, Inte Nikki LaRocque,1 Stephanie Sonnenfeld, As ? Generatioi aimless fo A new book seeks to enlighten all on the myste- 'Gciieri nous language of "Generation Xers" ^ ?which, big sur- TT|r?JT? prise, means you. rm > I he ironic Irieres thing about the in- fQ fafal Qu formal study is the , , fact this book, Watching Your Something Language, includes 900 words and ex pressions that supposedly make up the slang vocab- ] ulary of all 20-somethings and , ? teenagers. But, the survey was done 1 only in California coffeehouses, as < if our California counterparts define the entire nation's youth. ( Did the "Baby-Boomers" con- 1 ducting the survey fail to remem- . ber the rest of us? It's interesting how "BabyBoomers" are so quick to try and define their children and all their i ? children's friends. Are we "Slackers," "Generation X," "Genera- 1 tion Next," or the all elusive "20- i Somethings? i Reserve Ai J for worth} Army Secre- H tary Togo West publically an- Arlingt S? ,ed?f m Ce names ot by waivers granted M>||)-J>T?3 for burials at Ar- HbbbMmUI ? lington National Ol/v hk Cemetery Friday. , ? The Democratic orated ve National Commit- should be tee announced ther that only one of the waivers was granted to a ma jor party contributor, who was also a former ambassador and j World War II veteran. j Generally, Arlington spots i ? are reserved for highly decorat- 1 ed veterans, not general govern- i ment employees or civilians at 1 large. Occasionally, the burial of ambassadors who dies in office j is allowed into Arlington, but usu- ] ally being buried there requires ( a record of outstanding military \ service. , Arlington's rules may seem 1 staunch, but they have to be. We as a nation should provide our Student Media Russell House Adam Snyder Susan Me Interim Editor in Chief Photo Edi Nikki LaRocque Donnie B Viewpoints Editor Graphics ? Rosalind Harvey Stephanie Soi News Editor Asst Viewpoint *Sara Ladenheim Kristin Rich News Editor, Design Cara Pel Asst. News I Marcus Amaker Amy Shannon Tori O'H Features Editors Asst. Photo I Achim Hunt Brian R Bryan Johnston On line Ed Sports Editors Julle Ba Ben Pillow Chris Ci Copy Desk Chief Casey De rw-?? Jessan Hi "copy Editor | Creative Se The Gamecock is the student cock are thoae of the e( newspaper of The University of South and not those of The Carolina and is published Monday, South Carolina. Wednesday and Friday during the fall ? u and spring semesters and five times The Boa of Sti during the summer with the excep- tions and Commumcat tion of university holidays and exam lisher of The Gameax Pe"ot's The Department Opinions expressed in The Game- dia is its parent organ The Gamecock will try to print The Gamecock newsr all letters received. Letters should be House room 333. 200-250 words and must include full The Gamecock re name, professional title or year and to edit all letter for st major if a student. Letters must be bel or space limitatio personally delivered by the author to not be withheld for an imecock 1 Since 1908 il Board irim Editor in Chief Viewpoints Editor sistant Viewpoints Editor rrrm iial labels ryoung Perhaps they wish to label us ition X in order to simplify us, which is really quite a joke. |TTTTyn*| We haven't come into into our own no need yet - politically or socially. Nor have T gener- we made changes 11 We CIO that could perhaps t worth- one dfly define us. le Until then, why bother? Our generation has yet to undergo an event sp big it can unify us all, in some way, shape or form. We haven't had a war, we haven't had a depression or roaring, ostentatious good times. Yes, we all watched as the Challenger exploded. We either watched or fought in Desert Storm. And we may ask, "Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain killed himself?" But we haven't "found ourselves" yet, our place in history. Until that happens, there's no need for older generations to label and define us. Let us do that for ourselves. lington t patriots veterans with a beautiful final Oil Na- resting place be- < mpfprv cause they were the ones who sac[TTTTTTM rificed their lives for the life of one rhly dec- country. Being ,or-nne buried in Ailing torus sill honor ? buried something that g should be reserved for those who deserve to be honored. Allowing anyone with a Utile clout to be buried in Arlingx>n is unfair and rather disgustng. It defeats the purpose of laving Arlington and is insultng to those who deserve to be juried there. Perhaps West had a good eason in allowing these waivers. Perhaps he didn't. Whatever the :ase, the damage has already jeen done, and deserving veterms are the ones who unwilling y nave to pay tne proDiem s price. use Columbia, SC 29208 yers Ellen Parsons tor Interim Director ,t.r of Student Media fa* Lee Phipps inenfeld Advertising Manager s Editor Sherry F. Holmes ardson Classified Ad Manager },tt Carolyn Griffin editors Business Manager ara Jim Green Auwr creative uirector ish Michele Dames itor Creative Services jter Graduate Assistant Lilp Erik Collins cker Faculty Advisor ager _____________ rvices The Gamecock mm Editor (803) 777-3914 liters or author News (803) 777-7726 University of ETC. (803) 777-3913 jdent Publics- viewpoints (803) 777-7726 sons is the pubSports (803) 777-7182 of Student Meization. Online (803) 777-3913 Student Media . D ? Advertising (803) 777-1184 oom in Russell Classifieds (803) 777-1184 serves the right yle, possible li- Fax (803) 777-6482 ns. Names will ycircumstance. Office (803) 777-3888 1 "Fm thankful for Thank College Press Exchang Ahhh yes! It's that time again. That wonderful time i when the happy, well-adiuste ly gathers together to give tha all the blessings of the previoi When family members unite in som of their loving, supports turing family unit. When fa spend long hours reveling in ea er's company and mourning th spent apart. Right. If you believe that assume you still believe in th fairy. I moved 1,200 miles to g< from my family, people who m Manson family look like Ozs Harriet. My nickname as a chi "Mickey." My family always cal "Icky Mickey." Yes, I really \ spend the holidays with THOJ pie. iime and distance often pu hue on our memories. Every oi while, I get nostalgic for son: that never existed, and I make t home, hoping for a beautiful moment. Instead, it becomes sive-aggressive festival of terr "Your daughter doesn't s be anything like you, she is j happy and smiling. You were such a sour child," my uncle si Fee alloi To the editor, The Gamecock has once missed the point of an imporl sue. The editorial in the Nov.! sue entitled "Question arise fee allotment" is a wrong-hea tempt to justify USC's flawed 1 tem. In fact, the system is corn unconstitutional. First of all, one need on back to last spring to see that lotment system has stirred up versy. When the president of a nization receiving money from t is also the chair of the Senate I Committee, there's an obvious of interest. Furthermore, the nearly withheld the funding o al organizations who engagec campus political activity. Had th bers had more backbone, thej have stuck by their decision, rate, the method of allocatioi tivity fees is notorious among zations for its inequities and en Secondly, the system ii flawed because it excludes re political, Greek and other orj ANOTHER 516N SPZrtQWiG THANKS s Vsliu? j|H TufcKef j||S the simplicity of the breath I breat thankful I can get m Photography Editor Susan IV sgiving ho fl| "Remember the time when you e | thought you would try out for the Miss Othello pageant, but the school vot of year ed on who could participate and they of year only let 12 of 14 girls run and you were d fami- one 0f the tw0 they didn't vote in?" my I^cs f?r cousin gleefully reminds me. the bo- ^ ^oes ^or en^re family ree nur- uni?n- ^ remember being around 7 or imilies ? years my own grandmothich oth- er ca^11? me "that little hellion." Every e hours failure, weakness and insecurity is dutifully recounted. then I Not that the'rest of the family ree tooth mains unscathed. My cousin Billy is it away 811 alcoholic who blames his mother ade the f?r everything that goes wrong in his sie and ^eMy sister Linda, otherwise known 1 d w a s as the "welfare queen," has a penchant led me, f?r marrying wife-beaters, (one of her vant to ex-husbands is still serving time for 3E peo- trying to burn the house down with her in it),. She blames the entire famt a rosy ily for every misfortune she encounice in a ters> 1 could 8? 011 at len&th, but you lething get the picture, he trek Every family gathering is an orKodak gy of put-downs, sarcasm and the exi a pas- posure of old wounds. Think I'd just or. rather spend some quality time with eemto the Son of Sam. always My husband's family, while less always cruel, is not much better. Every holiays. day turns into a screamfest with someone shouting at someone else, tears, hurt feelings and people storming out I tment deem tions from even applying for funding, i again Under a Supreme Court ruling in ;ant is- Rosenberger vs. University of Virginia, 19th is- this is unconstitutional. If there's to ;s with be funding for some groups, then all ded at- registered organizations must be givfee sys- en an equal chance to receive it. lpt and Thirdly, the point of the Wisconsin case Southworth vs. Grebes is ly look not to allow student government to dethe al- cide how the money is spent. After all, contro- it's not the Student Senate that levies ? r ;a>_ at : :a_. norga- i-iit: acuvny lee, lis wie umveisiLy he fund administration. The ruling in Southfinance worth was that it was unconstitutional conflict for a school to force students to fund Senate organizations they do not wish to fund f sever- and would not fund if they had a choice. 1 in on- This is exactly what happens at USC. ie mem- When part of my activity fee money r would I'm forced to pay (even without repreAt any sentation) is used to fund organizaa of ac- tions that I disagree with, my free organi- speech is violated. The Rosenberger anyism. case aiso specifically established that tself is university fees are indeed not like taxligious, es, as The Gamecock would have us Ejaniza- believe. DUVe HIT 80TT0f G\VIN6 ON CAM1 he, the grass, the smell of 1 y kiss on with DJ 319!" I eyers, on what she is thankf liday m< JPvoru nnfo anrl q \17Vnlo T i ? * V4L J ViAVV LU.1U U TliAAV^ X I never existed, and I make t tiful Kodak moment. Inste sive fest of the house, sometimes before thi meal is even served. They usually areri missing much. I have yet to have i turkey at my mother-in-law's tha wasn't dry and didn't taste like card board. This vear is eoine to be differenl My father-in-law (who divorced m; mother-in-law 15 years ago after year of philandering, then married a womaj half his age, then divorced her) is no\ involved with an old flame and live in Seattle. He has decided to spend Thanks giving there. Not surprising since that the only thing we've heard from hir in six months. My husband's brother and his wif are separated. Being the close famil we are, it took us three months to fine out their marriage was kaput, ever though they live right here in North ridge. They have decided not to havi a family Thanksgiving with the res ed uncon USC's fee distribution system i unconstitutional. For the entire se mester, there has been a movemeni led by the USC College Republican: to address this situation through oul side sources. Anyone interested in hel{ ing to correct this problem is welcom to join us. Don't rely on The Gamecoc for the facts about activity fees. Com learn for yourself. Philip Mobley Junior Political Science Veterans Day is areminde To the editor, The Nov. 12 editorial "Veterar Day not pleasant for all" says it al Veterans Day is never pleasant for m My father gave 23 years of his life f< his country, along with his legs, a fi ther who couldn't run and play wit his children, a father I rarely saw whe the Air Force sent him around th world without us. Every November, cry because of all the friends I mac and lost because we moved arouni ft'. ?\)S' v * & ; 0 v-> Uj S V5 * yf! 4 : flowers...screw that, F m just ? i n ui ior. ;ans hell get nostalgic for something that he trek home, hoping for a beauad, it becomes a passive-aggres;ival of terror. e of us, because ... "it might be un^ comfortable." a t Drug-dependent cousins Cynthia and Joe are spending Thanksgiving in ; Las Vegas. That leaves my husband, y myself, our daughter and my mothers n in-law. My daughter won't even eat v turkey, she thinks it is "gross." s Think I'll just buy one of those i- dinners in a box from the local su? permarket. Too bad Jeffrey Dauhmer and Ted e Bundy are no longer with us. I'd iny 1 info fVinrr? nirQf rM?Al\nkl*r CaaI I Vlto W1CU1 UYCI, liXCJ u piuuauij 1CC1 1 right at home. b Editor's Note: This column was written by a student from California State University. stitutional a Yearly, I'm reminded of the buds' get cuts and loss of benefits, of my fat, ther "moonlighting" for extra money 3, so we could go to a civilian dentist. Vett erans Day is unpleasant because I re> member hand-me-downs and the fune ny looks I got at school. Fm haunted k because I'm forced to see my father e walking slowly down the hall to my apartment, pain in his face, his body supported by two crutches. Yes, Veterans Day is an unpleasant day for me, but my father taught me duty, honor, country and family. I've never served in the milir tary, but it bore me, raised me, kept me alive, gave me faith and gave me IS values. 1. Veterans Day is a reminder of who e. we are, what we are, where we've U ? )r and what we'll be in the future. To a- all veterans here and gone, thank you h for my life, my.family and my country. ;n I owe you a debt I can never repay. L ? Grace Neighbors [e Freshmen i. History