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Amy Shannon, V
Kurt Johnson, Assista
USC dish
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By 2001, USCs
men's basketball HHUMMliiL
team will be com- USCs prop
peting in a brand the new spot
new sports arena. . , , fThe
arena will be included vet
part of a civic com- Now the oj
plex that will in- changi
elude a regional
conference center. HHEittUilJ
To help pay for the {JSC must
naurmmnloT ITSf!
asked Lexington ^hatwaso.
County Council for said
funding.
USC told the council the sports
arena would be used for many events
including minor league ice hockey.
Lexington agreed to contribute money
to the arena with the understanding
that it would be home to
ice hockey as well as other activities.
Now USC is saying ice hockey
was never a "specific" part of the
deal and that accommodating ice
hockey might cost too much.
USC should stick to the original
proposal and include ice hockey on
its bill of fare for the new arena. It
is dishonest and unfair of USC to
have convinced Lexington to pay for
part of the arena and then change
the original plans. Not only is this
tactic bad business, it also gives USC
a horrible reputation and shaky ethical
footing.
And in the future, when USC
goes to Lexington County for monSweepstal
needs rev
For the second
time in four
months, Richard Sweepstakes
Lusk thought he
had won the Amer- - . 7. K *
ican Family Pub- thinking they
lisher's sweep- '"MMy? jH,mi1
stakes so he flew to
Tampa, Fla. Thurs- Magazine'
jbytodf.Wsal- companies
leged $11 million . .
prize. reword theu
But the 88- "maUins
vpnp-nlH man frnm
Calif, was mistaken.
The small print in the mailing 2
he had received said he would have c
won only if he held the winning tick- s
et. 1
The incident brings up the ques- i
tion of whether sweepstakes com- s
panies should be able to use such r
misleading mailings in an effort to e
get people to subscribe to magazines, p
Over the past four years, 20 peo- b
pie have flown to Tampa Interna- b
tional Airport thinking they have
won, according to The State. That's li
20 individuals whose hopes were f
built up and then dashed to bits as i
a result of a gimmick to buy maga- b
zines. Instead of being given mil- r
lions of dollars, these people paid v
money for immediate plane tick- 1
ets so they could claim their prize c
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ly likely that Lexing\osal
for ton will tell USC ex~ts
arena act^y w^ere t0 S?to
r L ?et our funds.
> hockey. On top of all this,
fer has a member of USC's
2d. board of trustees remarked
that ice hockfiilJHH
ey is more of an adStick
to diction for Northern
imnallv not South*
iginauy erners>? according to
The State. What kind
of statement is this?
Thousands of people in South
Carolina enjoy watching ice hockey.
It doesn't matter if they're Southern,
Northern, black, white, or purple.
Shouldn't USC be setting an
example by promoting societal harmony?
Instead, we're alienating people
in the community. Society already
has enough problems from
dividing itself up into stereotypical
P.
iacuons.
The whole situation is making
USC look extremely bad. Opponents
of ice hockey claim it will cost too
much. But considering the success
of ice hockey teams in cities around
Columbia, it would pay for itself after
a few years.
Lexington was told they'd have
ice hockey, and they should have it,
especially since they're financing
the arena. It's USC's responsibility,
to stand by its word and support ice
hockey.
ces letter
isions
zzzz^^zn within the five day
aUHHI deadline.
: letters P"nt deI
' ? scribing the conditions
iu>imo of the mailings should
ve won. be enlarged so it's not
so minuscule it can't
UyHH be read. The true naSaJes
^ure ^be mailings
. j. should not be hidden
must behind the slim
" mass chance of winning milfS.
lions.
The million dollar
carrot that magaane
sales companies dangle in front
>f people takes advantage of their
lituations and weaknesses. Eldery
Americans may have trouble readng
the fine print. Other people are
imply naive and gullible to the iresistible
possibility of winning moniy.
Still others cling to the letter's
>roclamation that they are the next
lig winner. These people should not
le faulted for being too trusting.
Not only are these letters miseading,
but they are annoying. It's
rustrating to find so many of these
nailings clogging up a person's mailiox.
Most people throw them out
ight away and regard them as a
/aste of paper. These mailings truy
are deceiving and must be
hanged or banned.
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I THE SURPRISE
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Late at night, the residents of my
building can, even now, occasionally
hear the maniacal giggles
of someone in a first floor apartment
as a young sales clerk (that would
be me) recovers from yet another holiday
season
in the mall.
K Some
9P!ff?lj^H people believe
sales
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!? another
^ 31 Jn species. Be.
' J|Hj lieve me,
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^ew thin^s
\ p^B about you
etntly STREYEB
Guest Columnist | won t djs.
pute that
belief just yet. I'll use it in order to do
the consumer world a service by explaining
a bit about this strangely misunderstood
breed of creature.
The mystery of why sales clerks
wear name tags is solved. We wear
them so you can identify us as staff in
case it's not clear that the well-dressed
people wondering whether someone is
finding everything okay are, indeed,
the salespeople.
We also wear them so that you may
report exceptionally helpful or excep
Friends
Last Friday, I was in the company
of good friends doing the
normal Five Points crawl, and
as all nights should end, we dipped into
Group Therapy for the final evening
beverage.
......... ^Tl As luck
Iwould have
I stumbled
into
|-. four former
||. ||plj a. boyfriends.
wm No' that
wasn't a
f has-beens,
?i>ycDc four been
susan MEYERS , j
there, done
Guest Columnist that and
got the tshirts
to. prove it, all in one place. And
as I was waiting for Alanis Morissette's
song "Ironic" to begin playing, I
made eye contact with them one by
one.
Love of Christ
not forced onto
anyone else
To the editor,
As a Christian, I, too, am concerned
about others' relationships with Jesus
Christ, but as Ecclesiastes 3 states,
There is a time and a season for everything..."
The Holy Spirit is gentle and loving.
He never tries to TUSH" Himself
on anyone.
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WITNESS COULP P
TO "WE DEFENSE
t
ags not
tionally rude behavior to our super
visor. In the event that getting whai
you need involves several phone calls
you can say who helped you the las1
time, which expedites the process
We do not wear name tags so yoi
can summon us to your service or greel
us when you walk in. Any clerk will
tell you he or she cringes at, "Ah, ex
cuse me, Emily, I'd like to see a chess
set now."
The fact that you know a sales
clerk's name doesn't make the two o
you buddies. Until a person has in
troduced himself or herself, it's inap
propriate and a bit rude to call some
one else by name. Miss, ma'am or sii
will suffice and will get you better service.
We really don't need your life story.
The relevant facts are all we really
want to know. Here's a true example:
Guy: Hi. Do you have4any binge
sets?
Me: Sure do. They're right here,
Guv. Oh. wow. ereat. Great. I micrht
come back and get it tomorrow.
Me: Great. We have plenty of them
so they'll be here waiting.
Guy: Okay. Wow. Uh, I guess yoi
were wondering why I wanted one
Man, I really hate to leave people hang
ing, so I guess I'll just tell you. Okay
my girlfriend had a fight with her ex
there fo
One guy offered the casual "hey
how's it going" and bought me a shot
One undated me on his new-found lnv*
for reptiles, and another insinuated
that I must be on a date because I was
out. The fourth, and most recent, gu>
cut his eyes at me then signaled for
me to come to him.
My only thought at this point
was one shared by Ally McBeal: a
horse's ass and what comes out of it.
Once he realized that no line of BS
could sugarcoat or repair the damage
already done to our pseudo-friendship,
he said, "If there's anything that
I can do, anything at all..."
Though the thought of a couple
hundred dollars did enter my mind, I
quickly responded with "disappear."
As it should be no surprise to any
TTnn _x._j._x xi i '
uovj siuaeni, mere are no degrees or
separation around this town, and eventually
you will be in a room full of people
you know. However, I didn't think
that they would be the majority of the
jljlllj* a
elude then
H held for any
Instead, He woos them to Jesus
Christ through love. I don't believe you
have to force the gospel of Jesus Christ
on anyone. I believe you have to be
obedient to do what the Lord shows
and tells you to do.
The Lord exemplified how we as
Christians are to conduct our lives. He
was gentle and loving, yet firm.
He preferred others above Himself.
He was a servant and He
sought the Father's perfect will in eveiy
situation. He lived a life of love that
drew others unto God.
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"We do not wear name
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mon us to vour service
[ walk in. The fact that y
name doesn't make th<
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3 boyfriend while they were in his car,
f and he, like, kicked her out of the
car, like in the middle of the road, and
so she wzilked to my friend's where we
all were, and we went to church, and
r they were playing bingo there and so
we played too, and we had a really good
time. So when we dropped her off at
home, we told her dad what a good time
we had, and then he paid for all of us
1ft ftf\ nlftv Kmrrft orrom IUa nnvl riirrUl
w gu WlAlgv again tuc llCAt liigllt.
And so we thought, as a joke, we'd get
him a bingo set for Christmas.
Me: Okay, great. Well, we have bingo
sets.
Guy: Yeah, thanks.
And just so you know how professional
I am, I didn't giggle once throughi
out the whole thing.
It's stuff like this (and worse, bel
v .t .
neve me, mucn worse; tnat causes us
, to go to the Waffle House afterward
and tell stupid customer stories.
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"As luck would have i
i
| former boyfiends. No,
. I saw four has-beens,
that, and got the t
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> guys that I have dated during my college
career.
But isn't it ironic that I went to a
bar to enjoy free spirits and conversation
among good friends, and I also
was indulged with closure? And could
the name of the bar have been more
appropriate? Group Therapy?
Although "Ironic" never came on,
a more fitting song did. "I Will Survive"
blared through the bar hall
speakers, and all my friends gathi
1 i i
erea in a circle, aancing, clapping
and singing at the top of their lungs:
"At first I was afraid. I was petrified.
Kept thinking I could never live
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circumstance.
Speaking of love, Ms. Dames, who
do you know that loves you as much
as Jesus Christ did and does? He loved
each of us so much that He willingly
gave up His life for us, the ultimate
sacrifice that anyone could make.
He loves each of us right where we
are and without question. I, for one,
am very thankful that He loved me
and loves me so very much. I would
not care to live my life without Him.
Carolyn Lamb
Junior, College of Journalism
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i tags so you can sumi
or greet us when you
ou know a sales clerk's ?
e two of you buddies."
Finally, realize that salespeople
are most territorial about the cash register.
Don't come behind it.
We're happy to invite you to step
around if you ask first. The same A
reasoning is behind asking someone
to pass the salt instead of reaching over
the plate or having the receptionist
make an appointment for you instead
nf crrahhinor the rnltrnHnr and rlmntr it.
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yourself.
Do you notice a theme here? The
key to an enjoyable retail experience
is remembering we're not an alien
species. We're people who happen to
wear name tags. ^
When you treat a sales clerk like
another person instead of someone who
is apparently responsible for you running
late, you'll be amazed at the improvement
of the service you get. Really,
try it. Happy shopping.
VMT ^
J.1C1 ciyy *
it, I stumbled into four
that wasn't a misprint,
four been there, done
-shirts to prove it."
I
without you by my side. But then I
spent so many nights thinking how
you did me wrong, and I grew
strong, and I learned how to get
along. And so you're back from outer
space. I just walked in to find you
here with that sad look upon your
face."
There was a light bulb flickering
on in my head that made me realize
there was a reason I was there. a
Sometimes all you need is your "
mends to stand oenind you. Sometimes
all you need is a little "group
therapy."
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