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Kurt Johnson, Assistc
Too many
absent at <
Saturday night
actor-director Felix HHUmSmJ
Justice and actor Jqq
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"An evening with multicultur
Langston and Mar- ^ ____
tin" at the Roger
Center. The program
kicked off .? ^
February as Black take adva)
History Month. events spon
From beginning USC
to end, the entire
performance was
% superb. An impressive musical sequence
by two very talented AfricanAmerican
soloists opened the show.
Justice then brought the words of
Martin Luther King, Jr. to life as he
delivered a spell-binding monologue.
Glover followed with a rendition of
Langston Hughes' poetry that made
Hughes' poems dance. A question
and answer segment wrapped up
the evening.
0For such an awesome program,
the performers deserve recognition.
It was a great opportunity not only
to see Justice and Glover in acfinn
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and Hughes' message about race relations.
So, where was everybody?
True, almost 900 people from the
community attended. But only a
small number of those were from
^ the USC community, and most of
President
office a b;
It seems Presi^
dent Bill Clinton is | HHuUMii
^ in a deep mess. There are U
with?the piulf
Jones scandal, wrong dc
more charges of thepresx
sexual wrongdoing
have been brought |
forth by Monica Let's vet
was forced to lie move
W about the alleged
affair under oath.
This has to be an annoying fly
for the most powerful man in the
world. Look at all he has to worry
about now: the Middle East, preparing
a State of the Union address and
just running the country in general.
He may have brought all this on
himself, but does he need to have
that annoying tidbit bother him
^ when the people are depending on
*3 him to supervise this country?
How much does the president's
personal life have to do with what
he does in office? This occurrence
would probably have fallen off short
in interest if it wasn't accompanied
by the cover-up accusation.
It might have been passed off as
"Bill being Bill." But when a coverup
or some form of scandal is ever
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As students from
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en^e(* a deeply suffers from
al event. racism, we all should
have made an effort
[Qmm to be there. Soon our
its should generation will be
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We must fight for
sored by understanding and
I equality now so we
can stand strong in
the coming years.
During the question and answer
segment, the parallelism in King
and Hughes' words were brought to
light. Unless we all consider ourselves
Americans, not African-Americans
or White Americans or anything
else, we cannot eradicate
racism. It's pitiful that so few USC
students were there to hear this
message.
Kudos to those audience members
that asked thought-provoking
questions. Unfortunately, other
questions about autographs
and academy awards detracted from
the purpose of the evening. USC was
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spiring, multicultural event. It is
unacceptable that so many USC students
did not attend and were uninterested
in the performance.
s giving
ad rap
whispered on Capital
UiiH Hill, not much else is
X) many discussed.
)ns of **ow s^ou^ ^he
i president be punished
nng by jf it's proven he was
dent. involved in a coverup?
Impeachment is
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g ODviousiy on tne
l0 minds of a lot of conhitanA
gressmen.
But how wise is
?W- that? If Clinton is
found guilty, he
should be punished in
some way, but it would tough to do
that and keep the executive branch
of the government clean.
Impeaching or convicting Clinton
would leave a nasty stain on the
presidency. That's why Richard
Nixon decided to resign in shame in
1974 and why Andrew Johnson just
got off of conviction with one vote in
1868.
Clinton should not get off easy
if he broke the law. A disgraceful
resignation or a degradation in pow
er would be more a "office-saving"
solutions.
Unfortunately, it's the man in
office who puts shame on the establishment,
and we're left with a
cynical and bitter perspective of the
man, the office and the institution.
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Last week in this space, I asked pi
for your opinions on the first of rc
a series of topics that concern te
us. I got several helpful e-mails from H
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people enner aeienumg or coiiuenui- j*,
ing cloning, ta
these voic- 2
Columnist es, as they
are stuck *
somewhere ^
in Procomm. s|
When I sat down to pull the ideas "
together into a column, I found that I ^
couldn't access my e-mail, because Procomm
was on the blink. Instead of a w
rousing debate, then, Fll take a week e'
off from all that is intellectually ti
sfri mil In finer anH crive vnn snmethinp tl
with which it is easier to identify on v;
this campus: a list of complaints, eu- d
phemistically titled a "wish list." a
Kiki's Wish List:
1) I wish that someone knew where t(
our textbooks are. I haven't had any tl
RAkjob:
mark PIRAS S(
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Guest Columnist ^
What would you do if I offered a
you a job making $4 a day, &
and said you must attend P
weekly meetings, work a mandatory a
two unpaid hours at your front desk,
and be responsible for taking on the
roles of advisor, psychologist, listener, ?
mentor, role-model, policeman, surro- .
gate parent and disciplinarian to a ^
group of college students?some of "
whom will want your help at all hours
of the night? t(
I know, it sounds too good to pass
up. From Feb. 2 to 11, the Department ^
of Housing will be handing out appli- S1
cations to interested candidates at the
Res-Ed office in the Towers Lobby. ^
Being an RA means being put un- 11
der a microscope by your residents at a
all times. Some of your personal life
just ain't personal anymore. s
Of course, the university offers some a
good perks: your own room, free
voice mail, half-off on housing and meal a
plans, and the aforementioned $4 h
per day, but these perks mean noth- h
ing if you don't really want to be an o
RA. o
There are also curious rules for be- b
ing an RA. For example, if you are g
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Pro-lifers give ?
choice of life to the "
unborn baby t!
a
To the editor: w
I would like the opportunity to c:
respond to the "Take Our Word" seg- t]
ment of the January 19, 1998 issue u
c\f The Clnmprrvh fit.lpH "nrn-lifprs takp a
away everyone's choice." I was of- s
fended by this article because it paints n
an incorrect and absolutely absurd pic- t]
tureofthe pro-life movement. Theau- e
thor's statement, "If abortion were il- c
legal, no one would have any choice ft
and the people's right to choose would b
%
>s H
abotage
oblems myself, but I have heard horir
stories from classmates. My sisr-in-law,
Amy, went to the Russell
ouse bookstore every day for a week,
very day, she asked them for a Berlin
book on Judaism. And every day,
ley told her to check back "tomorrow,"
id insisted that it had been ordered,
fter six "tomorrows," someone final
admitted that it hadn't been ordered
; all.
It seems that with all the attention ^
tat has been paid to this problem (it
ren made the front page of The State),
le employees of the bookstore would _
5 on their toes. Instead, they are
dually lying to customers. g
11 wish I could get an audience with ,'
loyd Padgett and Wayne Braemer.
o those names sound familiar? They
lould if you, like me, will read anyling
"just because it's there." See, ^
lese are the guys who inspect eleva- a
>rs. Their names are on those little ^
niie pieces 01 paper muuiiieu iu evei^ ^
levator in these parts. Their signa- p.
ires (actually, stamped-on copies of
leir signatures) mean that the ele- b<
ator you're riding is in working con- 3
ition. I re-read them every time I w
m't find stairs. oj
So I would get Wayne and Floyd 01
igether, and I'd ask, "What were you ai
linking when you allowed your proxy I
harder ti
ilected to work in a freshman dorm,
ou have to follow the freshman visiition
policy. It doesn't matter if you
re a 40-year-old senior; you can foret
about having a member of the oposite
sex spend the night. RA's
lust follow the same rules as resients.
Of course if vour significant "oth
r" is a member of the same sex, you
on't have to worry about this visitaon
policy; same sex visitors are al>wed
to stay 48 hours.
If s almost enough to make me want
) bat from the other side of the plate. ^
"That's okay," you may think, "I
on't need an overnight visitor. Til just 0
tay the night in their room."
Wrong! RA's are expected to sleep
reeknights and most weekends in their
Doms. Otherwise, they can't be as avail- a
ble as their residents might require. a
Basically, being an RA means your n
ex life can disappear unless you re- n
lly like those daylight hours. h
As an added plus, whether you are h
returning RA or a new one, you get tl
3 go through a grueling unpaid trainig
process the week before the halls a
pen. The Fall '97 semester training ^
onsisted of 12-hour sessions, leaving s
ttle time for decorating the halls or i1
etting to know the fellow staff, and a
laking sleep a precious commodity, jj
| ] | |l] a student.
elude the author's
H held for any circum:
o longer exist" is absolutely ridicu- 01
>us. First, although abortion is an tl
nportant issue, it is absurd to imply t<
lat all of our rights, such as our right r
) choose a rehgion, a career, a college, C(
part-time job, a date, etc. hinges on f,
whether abortion is legal under any c
irenmotoneflQ oa if io nnw SornnH
tie fact is that the woman with the
nwanted pregnancy chose to have sex,
nd in most cases, chose to do so irreponsibly.
Thus, pro-lifers are not re- ?
loving choice, we are simply stating v
tiat there are right and wrong choic- ^
s. I do not hear pro-choicers pro- n
laiming the Tightness of Timothy r
IcVeigh's choice to kill innocent ba- p
ies, children and adults, so we obvi- r
if
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c
s wefikl
"It seems like, with all
been paid to this prob
front page of The State
bookstore would
affix your stamped-on signatures to
ie elevators in Thomas Cooper?"
Then Fd ask, "Why does the mid
e elevator always stop at the third
)or?" And, "Why is it that it takes
[teen minutes to go down on a rainy
aturday morning when there are ontwo
library patrons?"
I really think the Thomas Cooper
evators have their own agendas. They
ander up and down, opening and closLg
at will. I understand that it isn't
safety hazard for an elevator to haitually
stop at the third floor for no
nown reason. But if it can have this
articular defect, what is to stop it from
eciding not to open at all? It would
s nice if they just worked.
) I wish the College of Liberal Arts
ould allow me to become a psychol%y
major. I have had meetings, filled
at papers, made visits to the office,
ad numerous phone calls. Every time,
am assured that I am officially a re
han it s
"Being an RA meai
microscope by your
Some of your pei
personal
Most of these training sessions are
ltroduced by long, rambling, repetive
speeches from Housing Staff whom
ou will never see the rest of the year,
eginning training with these daily
rations is akin to attending an in
urance seminar before watching UPAN.
Then there's the fact that you are
role model. For some RA's this isn't
sacrifice at all; they're natural role
lodels. For others, however, this
leans no more stumbling around the
all drunk, peeing in the water founain,
then asking your neighbor, "What
tie hell did I do last night?"
Although the job of an RA can be
demanding one, it can be very regarding
to make a difference in a new
tudent's life. The sacrifices are worth
; if you come into the job committed
nd resist the temptation to become
ided before training even ends (est
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elephone number. The Gamecock reserves the right to.edit all lei
stance.
jsly agree on the point. To then say
lat a woman has the right to choose
) let a doctor use suction or scalpel to
ip apart a living fetus is an obvious
jntradiction. It is a medical fact that,
"om just 10 weeks into the pregnany,
the fetus can feel as much pain and
as the same biological systems in place
s an adult, yet Planned Parenthood
epicts a fetus as an indiscriminate
lob of tissue in an attempt to convince
romen in crisis to have an abortion,
'ailing to give women truthful inforlation
about the fetus they are carying,
as well as adoption and the suport
it would provide them, is the true
emoval of choice!
I
m
,/?
tes
ollege press EXCHANGE
Ly topic
the attention that has
?lem (it even made the
), the employees of the
be on their toes."
ligious studies and psychology double
major. But then advisement rolls
around, and I find that despite my considerable
efforts I have failed to declare
my majors.
Just last week, I tried to apply to
the psychology honor society, and was
told by someone official that I couldn't
get in unless I was majoring or minoring
in the subject. So, once again,
I called the otherwise efficient redheaded
lady in the Liberal Arts office,
and she said she'd change my major.
In case that doesn't work, I hereby
declare myself to be a psych major,
with you, The Gamecock readers, as
mv witnesses. Please alt out this col
umn and post it in a conspicuous place
so that no one misses this declaration.
4) More than anything, I wish Procomm
was working. And if you've made
it to the end of this whining pity party
of a column, I'm sure you do too.
eems
is being put under a
residents at all times,
rsonal life just ain't .
anymore."
pecially when you hear horrific stories
of the things that happened to RA's in
the previous year).
Training may feel like boot camp?
even if it doesn't pay like boot camp?
but the information is essential in help
ing you carry out your job, although
that same information may be spoonfed
to you like a rice cake and sawdust
sandwich.
Think about your current RA; he
or she made these sacrifices. Some RA's
may have become an RA for different
reasons, and there are a few who like
the feeling of power it gives them. But
by and large, the RA staff is the most
unappreciated staff on this campus
and really care about the job they are
doing.
Personally, I love being a freshman-center
RA. I just wish that damn
visitation policy was changed.
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closing, abortion takes away the
choice and the life of the baby the
woman is carrying. Fifty years ago
abortion was legal in the event that
the mother's life was in danger; had a
woman been able to abort her child for
any reason at any time, as she can now,
I would not even exist to choose to write
this letter. In addition, my grandmother
would have made the most horrible
and regrettable "choice" of her
life, a choice made out of nothing more
than fear and anxiety. She gave birth
to my mom, who was an immense joy
in her life. Abortion touches and affects
many more than just the individual
woman and her body!
Kathy Hiland
Nursing sophomore