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'1 tk& Serving the Carolina Co, EDITORIA Adam Snyder, Amy Shannon, Kurt Johnson, Assist Student v SG shoulc In less than a month, student government elec- Each StUcU * tions will beheid- voteinas Students will vote , for the candidate building on who will repre- ? sent their particu- BBUIU lar college after be- Student ing elected. should hp i Traditionally, 1% ? student voting has ? ?i? hotter nnno umen piauc 111 DCVeral different buildings scattered i throughout our campus. But the trick of voting lies in the regulation that a student can only vote in the building that has been designated for his or her respective college. If a student has no classes in the building that day or won't be near fliof onH ftf Pflmniia nKonpoc aro versity, their record, along with usual public information, could be easily filed and snooped through by anyone. Most universities now do not allow this form of access to files, but students are wanting more personal information on criminals besides mere statistics. Not only will this ' ) bill, if passed, divulge personal information, it will also open disciplinary hearings to journalists and the public. This is tough, but fair. This would help student media become more factual, more precise and more trustworthy. They would not be looking at it as a right to snoop through a person's files and try to dig up dirt on a person. Mi Hic(5ai Serving the Carolina Com The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University Friday during the fan and spring semesters and five times during tt periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock an those of the editi The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the pt is the newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock Adam Snyder Editor in Chief Rosalind Harve Amy Shannon Viewpoints Editor < Sara Ladanhatm Kurt Johnson A Cars Pollatt News Editors Carrie McCullo Jennifer Stanley Features Editor Kristin Freesta Achlm Hunt Nathan Brown Bryan Johnston Sports Editors ggan ffayfonj Susan Mayors Photo Editor jori O'Hara Brian Rlsh Online Editor ntatj Chris Olson Copy Desk Chief Connie Karickh Student Media Julio Baker Sherry F. Holm Susan Barrett Alicia Dickson Carolvn Griffin Judson Drennan Creative Services arotyn Ellon Parsons Director of Jlm am0n / , Student Media Michelle Dame Lea Phlpps Advertising Manager ?rfk r ||Tf||| \ 1 VliUV vuu vr* VUiU^UO) V11UAAVUU UA V> rather high that the student won't vote at all. Herein resides the crux of voter apathy. 0 All the voting for student elections should be moved to the centralized location of the Russell House. It is, after all, the student union. More students visit the Russell House more often than any other building on campus. It's only logical that student elections be held there. The Russell House's main draw ^ is its food services. Everyone needs Student r< 911UUIU For those stu- yii dents who are planning on committing PersonalJ a crime anytime students 7 soon, first take no- opened to tk tice of this. Congress is considering HKrrr|ri a bill that would force colleges to Personal fih open their judicial become pi records to the gen- allow for < eral public. This resourceful t means that if any student committed anv m'mp whilp at. anv rprtain uni mccoct? mmunity since 1908 LBOARD Editor in Chief Viewpoints Editor ant Viewpoints Editor a oting tor 1 relocate to eat, and hunj UilflHH students eventue >nt must end up in the Rusi pecified House Before or r ter eating, stude ' carnPus' could check off th ballots. UUmHHI The Russell Ho voting is also the home noved to Student Govemm u r offices and meetir House for ft makes sense to \ SSlbility. for representati1 J where they will be bating student issi like parking and academic forgi ness. In fact, the Russell House where almost all student activii are orchestrated. Student orga zations hold meetings in the R sell House. Student ticket distri tion for football and basketb games is located there. Student i dia occupies the third floor. Witt many reasons to be in the Russ House, students would have b ter accessibility to voting if it w moved. The Russell House provide central location for student voti There is really no reason wlr shouldn't be moved there for bet accessibility, student conveniei and decreased voter apathy. icords i nnhlir X rthm] They would lool it as a responsibil files of however burdensoi nay be report the most )e public curate and effici< news that they c; TTTBBH This is the job of y< student media. IS should If you do not wj iblic to anybody to lo 2 more through your files, media. not commit a crimes. That is a si 1 way to keep you na clean and to have years of dust ga er on your folder. Plus, a student media should, does The Gamecock, act under ethics code. Some papers might i take advantage of this, for feai jumping the gun or libeling a p son. But the option should be 1 open to those media sources v want to let the people know whf going on. This would be a resourceful 1 to pass because the public needs know about any potential dang about daily events and about 1 truth. But what it really comes do to is trust in your student media a any media by allowing them to p vide their services with the utm fact. of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday te summer with the exception ct university holidays aid ei rs or author and net those of The University of South Carol iblisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Mi if'iyil'liHiHil1' All numbers area code DC Tha Qamecock y Public Relations Coordinator Editor 777-3S sst.Vewpoints Editor _ ^ Viewpoints 777-71 ugh Asst. News Editor tm Asst. Features Editor News 777.77 Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Photo Editor Etc. 777-3S Asst. Online Editor Sports 777-71 off Copy Editors Online 77726 m Classified Ad ? Manager Student Media Business Manager Advertising 777-11, Creative Director Classifieds 777-11, Creative Services c Graduate Asst. hax 777 64, Faculty Advisor office 77738, I ? 'nW _ iMirt . a e ?ry % illy l LgS. 1 rote ves S Hard t i is ^KiTT=KT T/?1 '1 I ?W'T?T?T?] ! ;ieS JMn -m-yii jm jjj. pj ome months ago, under finai us. pressure and hard pressed to ku kJ satisfactory programming i consistent basis, we decided to connect our cable television ser ne|S0 brian BENENHALEY miles GORDON Upon sharing this revelation1 some of our friends, we receivec actions of shock and disbelief. "How will you cope with the lc they'd ask. "The quiet at night will kill ? 4.0, ? 4-? gujrs in a inuiihi, ouuic ictui ucu. As is readily apparent, the pre tions of the demise of Brian and ft have proven to be premature. Alas ity, 2 Student an. dut jili'ipw/l tmja t -p ey there! ftly name is Da ^ I?I and I am going to gripe an X X moan right now about thi d? place we have all come to call home ny I am a fourth-year, but only in m ire ? first yea me here a th- use. it's dan FROEHUCH phi a fo Columnist threi sill years i to Though they were not the bes er years of my life, I did enjoy one as i npft. nf nn nnrfVi that T fkmicrVif ,ne 1 ~r ?" ? * ?~e would find down here in the self , proclaimed "Southern Hospitality 11 of South Carolina, and that is friend roost B Damn ti michele DAMES " Guest Columnist and tan ina. It was raining which means it rr have been a Tuesday or Thursd g Class had just ended and one of '3 classmates came up to me and sfc ed a typical conversation. Couldn't 114 a parking space today, how about y '26 Can you believe it's raining again? ,26 have our first exam next week alrea Do you believe in the healing powe the Lord? One of these things is 82 like the others. She continues to invite me to 133 tend a meeting where there are yoi men and women who discuss the bi and the meaning in their lives. I politely declined the invitat only to be hounded by questions. H 82 88 Htjs lljJI M office of 1 i IV WWTAFC/ I Lm vxmxt' Eftrfl >1 ;o survive s concerne ti liness and warm smiles. Unfortunated ly, it seems to be just the opposite, s I have been here at USC since 5. Wednesday before classes started for y transfer orientation. That means I have r been on campus since Jan. 7. Since then, t I have come to know all of... two peoI pie. Why? II It is no fault of mine. I have been v friendly and pleasant, offering a It omila iirkanoirav T molra Aim tinfi. OlllUC WUCllUVCi X 11UUVC CjC-VUiliaLt VVXUil ^ a fellow student, or anyone else for that ? matter. A "hello" or "what's up" is al. ways spewing out of my mouth. However, the reciprocation has been few and far between because everyone seems to be really concerned with how r the sidewalks are doing. No less than e 10 times a day do I find myself at^ tempting to make contact with a passerby when they all of a sudden look down j at the sidewalk! Why?!?! From what I have seen, the majority of the sidewalks ? are in good condition. Okay, so I am not the best looking guy. Nor am I an unfriendly looking guy. I am your average white male that hose bible 3 you accepted the faith? Why won't you come? What happened in your past to make you angry at God? TV J- -T _11 T) J. -i. n.J r irsi 01 an, i m not angry at uoa. I am, however, angry at The Basil Pot _rv for having my car towed. Fm angry at that asshole who cut me off at the corget ner of Gervais and Assembly. Fm not ou? thrilled that my roommate moved out and left me with rent and $100 jy? worth of phone calls, and Fm pissed r 0f off that they put Elvis in a Pizza Hut not commercial and that The Presidents of The United States broke up. at- Fm angry at certain people because ing of specific events. How could I be anible gry at someone who doesn't exist? It's my right, after all, to not beion lieve in God. I believe George Carlin ave said it best when he said he was ^ The Gam a student. Hat elude the auth held for any cl, 1 I CQJ 1 RFJ 1 ? N } jwj O till \ mUUni ; wimui "As is readily apparer demise of Brian and 1 premature. Alas, we 1 free lifestyle and are < 1 1 /* 1 1 1 1 A 11 1 1 soieiy ior pointea-neaa mieiieciuai who take themselves too seriously No. 6 Spend some time at a friend' house who has cable television. Man; times friends will offer you free fooi when you go over for a visit. Not onl; will you save on cable, your grocer bill will go down as well. No. 5 Read for pleasure. The ide; of reading when you don't have to i too ludicrous for discussion. No. 4 Go hang out with a friem ii)hn hna rnhlo tolonioinr) Tn aHrlifim to free food, in most instances you won' have to clean up after yourself either No. 3 Take up golf. Brian has. B forewarned though, golf is twice as ad dictive as AM radio and many time more expensive than cable television d about s "No less than 10 myself attempting passerbys when look down at tli likes to meet new people. Only problem is, it seems like no one wants to meet anyone else around here. I finally found something I liked about the rain that has been occurring for most of the time I have been here. As I was walking back from an early class one rainy morning, I spotted a young woman without an umbrella. Be: i-i : ii-i T i i.- i_ _ T lug me nice xeiiuw mat 1 try tu ue, i offered her some of the free space under that umbrella and found out that she was a very pleasant person. Had it not been raining, I have a feeling this girl would have stayed 10 feet ahead of me the whole time and never even given me a look. Thank god for the rain, huh? pushing ] amazed that people actually believe that there is an imaginary man in the sky who has ten rules that he wants us to follow. If we don't follow these guidelines 11 L 1 1 "I . U 1 we win De punisnea ana sent aowr there," but if we are good, then we are going to be handsomely rewarded anc sent "up there." You know whaf s "up there?" Clouds and turbulence. I have never lived in the South un til now, and the Bible Belt was simplj a place that I had heard of, like the Bermuda Triangle. I questioned its ex istence. I suppose I drove through it on the way to Florida, but the only place we ever stopped was South of the Border ecor.K will try to print ail letters received. Letters should be 25(>3(X id written letters must be persccatly delivered by the author to The or's telephone number. The Gar* tcock reserves the right to edit all I rcumstance. icial have adjusted to a cable-free lifestyle find and are doing well, thank you. As a on a matter of fact, we'd like to use our indis augural column here in The Gamecock rice, to offer some advice to other brave souls who may be considering going cable free. So now, here is the official top ten list of things you can do when you don't have cable television. No. 10 Go visit a friend who has g. cable TV. If planned in advance, this |g?j can allow you to see the only things lH worth watching on cable anymore ||| which are "Dallas" re-runs, profes^ sional wrestling and college basket ball on ESPN. No. 9 Listen to AM radio. This should be done in moderation as too much AM Radio leads to an ugly adivith diction. Miles has already fallen vici re- tim to the AM curse. Everyday he skips lunch so he won't miss G. Gordon Lid>ss?" dy. In two weeks, Miles lost eight pounds. you No. 8 Stop by a friend's house who has cable television. This is far less exidic pensive than having cable yourself, files No. 7 Read for class. We haven't ?, we actually tried this. It is included 'b M \ M JlUTf OF a met I COMMIT ! WW5? WK ) college press EXCHANGE it cable .x xi i?.x9 r xi ii, ine predictions 01 uie Miles have proven to be lave adjusted to a cable* 11 1 M ie sidewalk! Why?!" So here is what I am asking the USC community to do. Go out today and try to make eye contact with as many strangers as you can, without frightening them. After sufficient eye contact has been made, make a polite gesture towards them, whether it be a head nod, a "hello" or even a simple smile. Trust me, if the people around the great cities of New York and Philadelphia can do it, I know that the wonderful people of Columbia can do it. Heck, "Southern Comfort" (not the drink) is half of the reason why I ventured out of the Northeast. Prove me right and offer up a smile for a stranger today. people ; Well, now that Fm here for six months i I know it does. j My first day of work at USC, I was handed a flyer proclaiming the Lord. , I went to Wal-Mart and returned to l my car to see an audio tape of his s preaching under my windshield. I Now it isn't even safe to go to class, the belt is whipping me wherever I go. ) So please take this paper, and go whip yourself. Attach it to your windshield, and then get in your car r and drive with it obstructing your view t for several miles. m _ _ % n 1 ? onove 11 m someone s race real good, and then question them as to why they } don't like it. Then organize a trip to ; the Bermuda Triangle. I hear it's beautiful this time of year. ) words and must include full name, professional title or year and major it Gamecock newsroom in Russell House.room 333. E-mail letters must inetter for style, possible libel or space'/lmitctions. Names will not be with ioing.weii, uianK you." s No. 2 Drop in on a friend who r. has cable television. Most folks will des fer to their guest's choice of programy ming even if it is professional wrestling, d And the No. 1 thing to do when y you don't have cable television: write y a column for The Gamecock. Sticking to our top ten list has made a life without cable a piece or cake. Lates ly though, something strange has been happening among our friends. Many i of our friends have mysteriously moved a away without leaving forwarding adt dresses. Miles thinks that maybe we've been wearing out our welcome. Nah... e couldn't be that. 1- Oh, by the way, we've been s meaning to ask you, do you have cai. ble television? lidewalks times a day do I find to make contact with they all of a sudden