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Kiki drops off her next
installment of the religious
column.
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Adam Snyder,.
Amy Shannon, V
Kurt Johnson, Assisti
with Iraq. Our
country's top three oehdVt
foreign policy ad- unacceptal
ministrators were everyone WC
at the meeting to chancetc
discuss the United
States'position and
answer questions from the audience.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright,
Defense Secretary William
Cohen and National Security Adviser
Samuel Berger were confronted
by several unruly hecklers in the
crowd who adamantly oppose war
with Iraq.
These rude audience members
repeatedly chanted "murder," "bull
shit" and "one, two, three, four, we
don't want your racist war." At
times, they were screaming so loud*
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ly tnat AiDrigni ana ^oneii were
forced into silence, unable to respond
to questions.
This behavior is absolutely unacceptable.
How inconsiderate of
these people to shout out and cut off
the speaker. Not only did they reveal
themselves as immature idiots,
they also infringed on other's rights
to hear what was being said.
To compound the mockery
they made of themselves, television
viewers from all over the world witnessed
the episode, no doubt reintSt
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Senator Mike ^^MrrrrT
Moore, chairman of IHKuiiiii
the Student Service ft ^ arnazini
Committee, is currently
attempting program
to institute a Safe to be imple
Ride Program for
the university. This ^HKTST|nj
program's main
goal is to discour- USC needs
age driving under ft# t^Qo
the influence while , y' f
students are out on StMte'
the weekends. driving c
The rides,
which may be free
or fairly inexpensive,
would operate during evening
hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights. A student may be
picked up at the new fountain in
Five Points and dropped off at their
dorm or the Russell House.
The program, which is limited
to USC students, faculty and staff,
would buy a pass at the beginning
of the semester (nrnhahlv around
$10) that would allow them free
reign through the routes.
Yes, it even gets better. Drivers
would be certified in CPR and
trained in defensive driving. All passengers
would be required to wear
seatbelts. Even in cases of underage
drinking, the participant would
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Wednesday af
ternoon, Ohio State HHuLmJL
University hosted Rude heckler
a globally televised at the Ohio
town hall meeting
for the public to discuss
the impending
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Viewpoints Editor
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able. According to
l that this Moore, "We just want
; to ensure the safety
has yet 0fUSC students."
merited. The only problem
with this program is
7TJTTVHBB the fact that it has not
yet been initiated. It's
to install hard to believe the
ram to program has not alr
ready been up and
ntsjrom running for nine
trunk. years. This is a great
idea for the benefit of
USC students and for
the benefit of those
who may have been victims of drunk
driving. Students would gladly participate
in the program. They would
feel more comfortable knowing this
program is in place and knowing
they would have nothing to worry
about if they want to go down to Five
Points and have a drink.
If this program is installed, it
would really show students that the
university actually cares about them.
Students would gladly pay a semester
fee to have this service provided
for them. If the Safe Ride Program
is implemented, it is a
guarantee that students will take
advantage of its services.
behavior
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forcing the prevalent
UmJHH stereotype that Amers
chanted icans are loud 311(1 ob"
ctatp I] noxious.
Dissenters had no
Oting. reason to act in this
way. People in the auH^rtf
j dience were given
WCtJUl ^ opportunity to use
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IS gilffil Cl panel. Everyone had
(tfopQb a chance to speak, so
^ ' there is no excuse for
such rude behavior.
Albright also invited for those
outspoken protesters to spend an
hour talking with her after the town
meeting. But if they wanted to yell,
kick, bite and get themselves into a
frenzy, they should have organized
their own rally.
In many other countries, there
would have been no town meeting
because the concept of a town meeting
doesn't exist. In those countries,
such as Iraq, the public is not permitted
to talk with top officials or
disagree with the government, a
point driven home by Berger. Part
of what the United States fights for
is the freedom to argue, he said.
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Thursday, Aiongnt visitea uou
to speak. The session was not open
to the public.
Invitations were issued to attend
the event. Perhaps USC held a
closed session as a result of what
occurred in Ohio. If so, then those
rude protesters ruined the public's
chance of hearing Albright speak .
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It gets awful boring down here at i
USC sometimes, especially when ]
you have an hour or two between 1
classes. I know I could be going to the <
library and working on research or i
something like that, but instead I find <
myself
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computer i
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, learn the
J ted LEACH internet beColumnist
cause it of- i
fers countless
opportunities for entertainment.
The first place I usually go is to the
NFL's home page. There, I can find
all the latest information concerning
any team, but most importantly the
Minnesota Vikings, who incidentally
Southeri
I am a bastard child of the South, j
In my eighteen years as a "South- <
erner," I have made many observations
of what typical southern folk ]
enjoy, believe, and care about. I have ]
taken no- j
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have come
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Vpilll] I know
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kevin LANGSTON fnera)iza"
tions about
| people from
the South is
treading on thin ice, but I whole-heartedly
insist that this is in no way malicious.
Take me with a grain of salt.
I am not so particularly amazed at
what floats a southerner's boat, I am
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rosalind HARVEY
Guest Colunmist
When I woke up yesterday
morning, the sun was already
out. The sky was Carolina
blue. I thought, what a beautiful day!
I wish I could ditch my 9:30 class
and frolic in the dandelions!
To my dismay I knew that class
was more important and besides, who
frolics anymore?
As I walked through the Horseshoe
admiring the beautiful day I felt a cold
chill up my spine. I could not figure
out what was wrong. But something
was telling me this day was not going
to be as nice as I first thought. It
would be hell.
I was in a panic. My heart fell to
my feet. My palms became sweaty. I
was walking into a trap, and I knew
it.
People were passing me. Their
hands filled with small pieces of colored
paper. It was then that I realized
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are going to win the Super Bowl next
/ear. Mark that down, I said it right
lere. It'll be the Vikings, with new
awner Tom Clancy, over the Broncos
ar the Dolphins, with quarterback Brad
Johnson the MVP.
Next, I go and visit the sites of my
Favorite musicians, Jimmy Buffett and
ni iir 11 mi )_ _i a1_ _
i/iay waiKer. inere s always me updated
tour information as well as chats
and other links. Buffett even has an
on-line store from which can buy Parrothead
paraphernalia.
The musician's sites don't change
all that often so I will tread deeper into
the internet jungle. I take a cautious
look around to make sure the roving
eyes of a librarian are not upon me,
and head into one of Niki Taylor's sites.
I don't need to tell any guys what kind
of an optical feast awaits us. All of Niki's
current magazine shots and advertisements
are covered here. There
is no nudity of course, 'cause Niki is
a classy lady. I was disappointed however,
the last time I visited, to learn
that she was dating Carolina Panther
Blake Brockermeyer. If she would
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ust curious as to how I missed out
)n it.
I guess the first oddity I have is the
fact that I am a Roman Catholic. Down
here, we are a rare find. It is unique
to find a town with more than one
Catholic Church. Metaphorically speaking,
the Bible Belt doesn't seem to have
another notch for us Catholics.
Another quirk is that I am of Irish
heritage. I take great pride in this, and
from what I gather, we are also a scarcity
in the South. Let's just say that I
take more interest in my Irish background
than I do of my Southern past.
I could tell you no more of the
South's history than I could of the history
ofVelcro.
I have never seen Gone With The
Wind. I know, get the stones. Don't ask
me why, I just always turned the channel
when it came on TBS, TNT, or any
other station Ted Turner owns. Which
brings me to another point, I don't care
about Ted Turner. He may be living
the "American Dream," but the fact
uts buy1
it was happening today, to me and to
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Election Day!
I did not know what to do. I had to
get to the BA building by 9:30, and
there was no escaping the countless
people holding stacks of colored paper.
Drawing closer, I planned my strategy.
First left, then right, then left,
and make no eye contact.
A zig then a zag. I was making pretty
good time and avoiding the colored
pieces of paper.
"No, I don't want a damn bouncy
ball. Fve already had breakfast so therefore
I don't want a doughnut!"
I felt like a hunted animal. These
Velocarapters circling around me, packlike.
Fangs with blood left over from
their past victims, and their eyes were
red. It was terrifying.
I was proud of myself as I sat down
in class. No colored paper people had
tried to influenced my voting decision
by shoving their messages in my hand.
I think my strategy worked so that I
remained more than 10 feet from all
of them.
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rather have an NFL star than me, then
she should at least go for future league
MVP Brad Johnson (see above).
One of my favorite sweeties to visit
on the net is Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
formerly of "Saved By the Bell." She
has since moved on from Bayside High
to 90210. I lived vicariously through
Zack Morris as he wooed Kelly Kapowski,
through high school and then into
college. My favorite episode was the
one when Zack, Slater, and Screech
caught the guy that Kelly dumped Zack
for at some club with another girl.
I also liked the one where Kelly had a
crush on Screech, but Screech didn't
A 1 A- - n !?!. 1 1
warn 10 go 10 a vreorge micnaei concert
with her. I still don't know what '
he was thinking. Fd sit through a Spice '
Girls concert with Kelly if she asked. '
By now, things are getting kind of
boring, so I go to a chat room, usual- 1
ly one for college students from all over
the world. I've had some interesting <
discussions here witl^ all kind of peo- 1
pie. I was talking to a girl from Dublin
about the violence in Ireland. As a
Catholic, it was interesting to hear of ,
h, but th
that he is a Southerner makes no dif- I
ference to me. r
Okay, I have never been hunting, t
I don't see any excitement to this, s
nor will I ever. I just know that when
duck season rolled around, my high i
school parking lot was filled with boats c
sporting their duck blinds. I never t
caught on to this. I doubt I ever will, i
I hope you're sitting when you read
this one: I do not like country music. 1
It just doesn't speak my language. I i
prefer R.E.M. as opposed to Alabama, 1
Charlie Daniels, or David Allan Coe. 1
Don't get me wrong, sometimes I wish i
"Whiskey River" would take my mind. <
I just don't see myself having a house I
boat on this river. 1
I was at Tally Ho one afternoon, <
and a band was playing various coun- 1
try hits. While everyone around me
was hooting and hollering, I was jamming
my thumbs into my ears.
Let's face it, I am a conservative,
Irish Catholic boy who just so happened
to be born in Georgetown, S.C.
rotes on
And then it hit me. I have to walk
all the way to the Coliseum to my next
class. Only having 15 minutes, I would
have to walk in front of the Russell
House.
Class was over. I was all alone
again. Alone with the colored paper
people. A new-found fear filled my
veins. As I approached the Russell
House, I noticed yet another plague to
this beautiful day gone to hell. Those
who passed me by not only had small
colored pieces of paper clutched in their
hands, but Zipsheets as well!
The odds were veiy slim that I could
get though this swarming nest of pushy
people without having something forced
into my hand.
My old strategy would not work.
I dug in my back pack for my can of
mace. It was not there! I took a deep
breath and plunged into the mass horde
of colored paper, Zip sheet throwing
and (as if that was not enough) Bible
pushing people.
"Have a doughnut," "Have you voted
yet?" "Vote for..." "Do you already
have a Zipsheet? Here, take more!"
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: honest, I don't plan on
g from this point on in
ny college career."
id Snyder, USC track
Friday, February 20,1998
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some of her experiences. I got into a
iiscussion with someone from Nova
Scotia about the mystery of Oak Isand.
Oak Island is the place where
:here is a big pit full of treasure of some
sort, but no one can figure out how to
jet to it. She thought that the treasure
n the pit might in fact be the Holy
Glrail. Those are two of the more in prestinor
disrussinns T have had but
:here are always girls who want to ask
ne to solve their relationship probems.
"Love is a wonderful thing," I
cell them, borrowing a line from
Michael Bolton.
Chat rooms are fun, but they can
aecome addictive, librarians also don't
look too fondly at anyone using precious
university time in order to chat
with some lovesick fool from Boise, Idaho.
"We don't allow students to play
in chatrooms in the school's computers,"
she'll say. So Til have to leave,
but when I look at my watch, I'll find
that I've been on the net about three
hours past the time my last class startat's
it
was very ill as a kid, so I may have
nissed the days that my teachers
aught being a proper Southerner in
ictiool.
I often get into conversations with
ny friends concerning my apparent
lifferences from the typical Southjrner.
They often reassure me by sayng,
"So. You're still a Southerner."
Of course I am a Southerner. I have
ived here all my life, and I can never
see myself leaving the boundaries of
;he South. It would be hard for me to
eave some of the most beautiful land
n this world. I spend every chance I
:an taking in the gorgeous strands of
Deaches, the vast forests, and the brilliant
foothills. Nothing in my mind
lould be more lovely than taking a slow
walk on a Southern autumn day.
I guess I am saying that the South
is a part of me. Although I am not a
textbook Southerner, I do love it down
here. I wouldn't go as far to say that
I am Southern by the grace of God, but
I do have my parents to thank.
E-Day
"You're going to Hell. God is watch
ing."
AHH! Bombarded by all who held
material that they wanted me to have
made me wish I was frolicking with
the dandelions!
Finally, I was through. With a few
cuts and bites I walked on to the Coliseum
defeated by the colored paper
people. The paper I clutched in my
hands disgusted me. I thought of all
the trees that had to die. I felt my life
was invaded! Damn them!
Is this what our forefathers fought
for? Freedom to vote only with influence
of doughnuts, bouncy balls, pizza
coupons, colored paper and candy?
I don't think so!
As soon as I stepped foot into the
voting area, I felt a sense of relief. I
cast my vote like a good American
should. Then I noticed these cool little
stickers that said. "I voted!" What
a great idea.
The rest of the day I was avoided
by all of the colored paper people. The
sticker saved the day!
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