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The wonderfully terrific cojomtprof Erin Shaw are bacTclhis semester, at their usual Friday slot. Page S 1 I Be Gamecock Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 EDITORIAL BOARD Adam Snyder, Editor in Chief Amy Shannon, Viewpoints Editor Kurt Johnson, Assistant Viewpoints E Apathetic stud body disgrace An annual sur- I vey of over 250,000 tivi < freshmen at 464 Freshmen apathy is colleges and um- , ,j . l - l stu versities will be re- all-time high, pre, leased Monday by annual survey says. rom the University of raci California at Los botl Angeles. For 30 clir years, the study Every student should Ag? has been accepted become involved and can as a valuable tool concerned about J? in assessing the _ . . tal < perspectives of col- issues facing society. racj lege freshmen. ues * This year's sur- stu( vey reveals that a dangerous epi- insensitive to thes demic of political, social and envi- sues or just too la ronmental apathy is sweeping the Of course it's nation's university freshmen. dent if he or she v Apathy is unacceptable. Not or her college days only freshmen, but also the entire and addicted to ni student body should be concerned at an all-time higl and involved with prominent social But there's m< issues presently facing our coun- that. At some poi try. to take responsib At USC, the survey's results are around them whi ' right on target. Political indifference aware and invol\ rears its ugly head in the form of vot- racial, environme er apathy during student govern- rial issues, ment elections. How pathetic that so Without suffic few students take the time to exer- the younger gene rise a right for which people fought try as a whole wil and died. Make these fo Additionally, more and more of this university coi the freshmen surveyed don't feel play- every student's voi KKK leader lb in school nan Hitler High T .. - ^ *s 0 School. Lucifer El- sch ementary School. School's name is that of a{1( General Forrest A AT pie Middle School, one a KKK creator, Nathan let, of these is a real Bedford Forrest. ers name for a real chf school. BBRilUHMJB eachname'reali; Thke it off! The School ^ quick. Hitler was should be renamed th* the insane buffoon for a positive history *s 1 who had millions of mlpmndpl fee 0 people killed, most- roie moaei. Fq] ly Jews, during wa World War H. Lu- des rifer is another name for Satan, the the school. deviL Civil War General Nathan Bed- Those people ford Forrest was the organizer and doing so for a wort first Grand Wizard of the racist hate deserve all the sup group the Ku Klux Klan. get. That school is Now, are any of these figures wor- of the students wl thy enough to have a public school them to be repres named after them? Well, some seem ator of the stupic to feel that "Mr. Hey Lef s Put Sheets imaginable is ridi ^ Over Our Heads And Burn Some Though he die Crosses" is the lucky name winner, organization fiill s General Forrest Middle School is he was at the roo located in Gadsden, Alabama and is premacy craze in t the middle school for some 500 him- enough to have h * i j :il or j. l a 1.1 1 1 area siuuents, wiui ou perecai ue- lruui uie suiuui. ing black. This is not on] The school is currently under a the organization campaign to be renamed something stand against al less offensive to current school board immature feeling < members and parents. The campaign liferates through Wk ttOamctock Serving tbe Carolina Community since 1908 The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University of South Carolina and is pubii: Friday during the fan and spring semesters and five times during the summer with the exception periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those oft The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The is the newspaper s parent organization. HBii The Qamecock Adam Snyder Editor in Chief Roaallnd Harvey Public Relations Intern Amy Shannon Viewpoints Editor Kurt Johneon Asst.Vewpoints Editor Sere Ledenholm Carrie McClough Asst. News Editor 0 Cere Pellett News Editors g^n Front*. Asst. Features Editor Jennifer Stanley Features Editor ^ ^ sports Editor I %ryan Johnston Sports Editors ?-**** Asst. Photo Editor Susan Meyen Photo Editor O Hsra Asst Online Editor Online Editor ConnMarickhoff Copy Editors Chris Dixon Copy Desk Chief i. ' Student Media Julie fSaket Carolyn Griffin Business Manager Creative Services J,m ?""n Creative Director , EMm, Ramon. Interim Director "chad. Danrns Creative Services of Student Media braauate Asst. i Erik Collins Faculty Advisor Lee Rhlpps Advertising Manager I * Sherry F. Holmes Classified Ad ( Manager Vewpc The Gamecock | 8 i P " * Htor ent I'Afe |Lp Riil i tl harmony have been steadily deing since 1992. in, the findings be evidenced at ? ^ as environmen- A tAm ^ -J ? lubs founder and 1% TT #-*Tl ffl 1 Tl I d hatred contin- il 1/ 1/V? J. J.Vfc JL JLJ. J imong us. Is our * 'mo^entS^ TT Then my family gets together tiontoc to care? VV celebrate, there is always Usually t up to each stu- a classic Motown jam in the held in t ant* to anpnd hi? background, and old-fashioned soul any real n a drunken h^e food on the table. We love to sit around cerning otmXSn^i talk ondjust have a good time. I hold in h , the survey said). , "oddeigoy Clas! re to college than I I SettinS to- us time I it, students need getherwith holiday, lity for the world my tamily is expecl h includes being on. Tart in man doe ;d with political, IllF z. .u ? r So many ital and other so- ^ W havln2 f ent interest from "fleet on ations, our coun- afe'#%n our social somefrie suffer. gill M$ Progessand Aside fix lt or five years at lillllfri to listen to tousethi nt. It's high time felicid BROWN my grand- friendly e should be heard. Columnist ma tell us will be ji about how t . . , . far we really have come. don't nee Undoubtedly, Martin Luther King instead1 was an influential and popular man ????? JPS during his time. His ideas still ring eve d throughout our nation. A man that jd ^ accomphshed so much deserves to be , ,, change ti honored. But, what do we do as a na- ^ a^gr rib^elXr TV PinH Vf\( a local white cou- -A. 11XV who are sending srs to civic lead- ~T\ ude, it's so money. And it's so from the: 10 have the name I Jon, man, so on. Dude, man, three an iged- J--'you're like a bear, with these big month fa< 'he school dis- claws and a person 's superintendent, thpgp hi a toot if th ) is white, feels J freakin' sobered a t the campaign BpPP*|| fangs, and Other 11 for show. He 111!k ^|||||1 that other talkin' to s that since Mr. \&J\ person is from the rest was a "great Blkj1 * fjjllj just a little words th hero," his name |H||, '/ &*#*' rabbit, and "Best On srves to remain on you're One-Line ampaigning are " PIS yourself, oftheclau ly cause and they j "how do I day conve wrt that they can , , .nuwcAW kill the rab- or show f a representation JUHNSON bit with possible) ) go there and for asst. viewpoints ed. these big "Dud< mted by the ere- claws and thing her 2st organization these big freakin' fangs?" ey to me ulous. Fll tell you what, it's so money. It's onyms lil 1't remain in the amazing how TV shows and movies ey," then ead, the fact that are enacted through our daily lives, or whate of the white su- I'm a movie hound, I love to watch ey." Th lis country is fact movies and get the best one-liners and Swingers s name removed use them in my daily life. The same a bunch applies for television. I don't think a women, i r a stand against day g0es by that I don't use some the movi itself, but it is a phrase, no matter how obscure, that I "Dud the idiotic and didn't hear off of television or a movie, the same f hatred that pro- Well, la di freakin' 'da, you say. I the mov ur society. just think it's cool how movies and TV next one are immortalized through our dialogue, in one of i ?????? Some sayings, such as "Show me the before g H morons who are willing to fight on na- other gu; tional TV over a broken fingernail" hook up. led Monday, Wednesday and ' university holidays and exam e University of South Carolina. IT>| ^ J department of Student Media ITZTrrT" Tribute to late USC feaIt?.tl The Gamecock lege 01 kl ""9U professor bypassed article w ewpoints 777-7726 me* ^ ^C To the editor: today ma ews 777-7726 This is in response to the featured ly USC 1 tc. 777-3913 article by Sara Ladenheim entitled, ten. "1997: The Year in Review" which ap- Dr. R ports 777-7182 r peared in the Jan. 12 Gamecock, guage a mine 777-2833 The section briefly noting Professor mentofl James Dickey's accomplishments at twenty y student Media USC prompted me to write this "es- back oft say" letter as a tribute to the passing sion for t of another outstanding professor at of Paris 777-6482 USC, Dr. Amy B. Millstone. ' "Paris th nee 7773888 Although not nationally known like asanun Dr. Dickey, Dr. Millstone meant a great of years "Debate is on where students VXTV it I test the validity < )JJN I O Wednei colleg l class best for elebrate his contributions? here are a few social programs "I think King would be ha] he evening, but there aren't traditions or practices con- we have to be in SchooL Kincr that we as Americans igh esteem. another excuse to skip cl 3es aren't cancelled to give X) acknowledge this national should remember his and everybody m my family ;ed to be at work. The mailsn't run and the banks close. work and school were cancefled in hon- Ir of my classmates gripe about orofK^ ^ and family were ucati o attend class on MLK Day, , , ,, , . , t would you do if you got the encouraged to get together to revive wake would sleep in, hang out with racial harmony, this tradition may for hi inds, maybe do some laundiy. have been continued today. We could some >m the inconvience of having fry up some chicken and talk about the inati* s ATM machine instead of the days when we were restricted to After teller at Wachovia, Jan. 19 stay in the back and couldn't do things and j ist like any other day. like demand a table in restaurants. brati< nk King would be happy to Now, as a people, we can do as we shoul it we have to be in school. We please, when we please to do such. We about ano er excuse to s p c ass, ^aye ^ ^ n0^ ^ J^k back and an e> we should remember Kings , . , ,? , . , . and try to apply it in our lives remember to appreciate the struggles shoul j of those before us. What King gave to peers ,'t think it's too late to try to us is invaluable. We should not treat stere le way we celebrate MLK Day. any day with apathy and mere con- make the Civil Rights Movement, tent. durir )vie lingo immon movie Jerry McSpringer, are "Beautiful babies"? from Swingers, "E d half (give or take a day) means very attractive women. Used from 1 ds that will eventually make mostly in connection with a party: es up. look like a total baboon's pa- "We're going to this party, there are % at person ever says it in a going to be beautiful babies there." great i itmosphere. "He or she plays for the other team" cantx s,like"Youtalkin'tome?You or "he or she can't switch teams; they goo, c me?" (said by Bobby DeNiro) Hke their team"? classic from Sein- j figu early '80s movie Taxi, are feld, which refers to trying to get a les- relati at will be enshrined in the bian or gay person to go straight or when le-Liners Hall-of-the-Best- vise-versa. be's "1 !rs- f "Not that there's anything wrong ho, here s a run down of some that"? another classic from Se- <t jsics that I try to use in every- infeld, which is said after one says that irsations, as weB as the movie he or she ? not gay. T rem which they came, and if "Hi there"-great little intre off w o says em. the '70s smash-hit sitcom, Welcome UJ J,youresomoney"-lhecool BackKotter ^ e is the use of the word mon- aT,? , , . ?. , . ,, onen , , 1 11 make him an offer he tan t :an cool, amazing, and syn- _ ? . . ., . v - ment , ,, . if refuse...? great mtimidation lme of . ? ke that. If a person is mon- ? , . , snifil< they are cool or looking good The Godfather Dude it s so freakm ver. Anything can be "mon- money. It refem topple who are cansis came from the movie mg problems, and if they don t stop P I, which is a great film about causing proDiems, men uiey get a new of guys trying to pick up P*""of concrete shoes to showcase at me^ \11 the characters used it in the bottom ofthe ocean. This, of course, v e. Great film. has to be said with the scruffy, mum- ^ ye e, it's on. It's so on"?from bled voice of Marlon Brando. w^cj movie. Means, in the case of "Are you talking?"?used as an in- that ie, a "beautiful baby (see suit when someone else is talking and W down)" is possibly interested you don't want to hear them talk any- be fin the guys. They would say this more or when a person is talking non- but e oing up to a girl to let the sense or stuttering or something. Orig- just f ys know they had a possible inated by David Spade from Tommy in the Great line. Boy, I believe. TO G The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 250-300 words and mus I ] a student. Hand written letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock news dude the author's telephone number. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letter lor style, c held for any drcumstance. lose of us who had the privi- The only way to describe Dr. to get lowing her. Reading today's Millstone that would sum up her and! ras like a slap in the face to personality would be to say that she divid ithered me that one year ago was one-of-a-kind. I suppose what take rked her death and how quids- really drew me to her was her genuine man] lias seemed to have forgot- concern for her students. To illustrate from her uniqueness, she invited our class a stu lillstone taught French lan- to her house for a final and very im- stud( nd culture at the Depart- portant get-together before our exam, them French and Classics for about How many professors would do that? E ears. She knew Paris like the In fact, how many professors would for m ier hand and had a deep pas- give a student a wake-up call the next rial t he city. She dedicated her love morning when they knew the student frien by creating a course called had stayed up all night putting the fin- sor. ] rough the Ages," which I took ishing touches on a senior thesis? tingi dergraduate student a couple How many professors would invite ago. a former student out for a capuccino e of the few activities ; can really apply and Df what they learned in classroom." varsity debate team 4 J 4 AAA ?aay, January it, 1990 | , J 11 \e press EXCHANGE MLK )py to know that We don't need [ass, instead we message..." i spite of continuing with our edonal responsibilities, we should up on Monday and thank King is efforts. He helped us dissolve of the racial and social discrimm that once choked our nation, class, we should get dressed up oin some of the organized celesns over at the Roger Center. We d talk to the children around us ; loving each other. We should set cample for them to follow. We d discuss race relations with our i and elders, putting aside all j 1 1 J 1 TTT 1 II otypes ana ODStacies. we snouia i use of this day and remember it ig conflicts. talized )oh!!"? famous words of Homer [he Simpsons every time he messfrnmrnm.... beeeeerrrr!"? another one from Homer, though the noun i replaced with a series of others: hocolate, glue, mayonnaise, etc. red that this one could be more able. Often followed by "Doh!" he realizes he can't have what hmmmm"ing about. 11 you need to say is three words, gay "? Homer's solution to an nted person hitting on you or likou. Not that there's anything y with that. Veil, la di freakin' da!"? great om the late Chris Farley. A moof silence please...sob, sob, sob, a, sniffle...okay, I feel better. This o be said really loud and really ically, as to get the full affect of rhrase. Very similar to the inff of "la di freakin' da." Ve're on a mission from God"? s, the Blues Brothers, words that arry on through eternity as words will carry on through eternity. rell, isn't that special, I seem to ished. They are a few more I use, ither I've forgotten them or I've 'orgotten about them. Anyway, ! immortal words of me, FVE GOT O (yell real loud and fast)! it include full name, professional title or year and major If .room in Russell House room 333. Email letters must inossible libel or space limitations. Names will not be with; the student's feedback on a class iow grading structures should be ed? How many professors would a student out for a meal? How ; professors would come forward a crowd of honorary professors at dent's graduation and give the int a warm hug to congratulate i? T. Millstone did all of these things e, which is what made her so speo me. She was a "real" person and id, not just the average profesIndeed, USC has lost another dislished professor and "friend." Adrrenne Fallaw Graduate Student