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^ Veteran columnist Fred Leach and newbie Kevin Langston tell it like it is. Wednesday, March 4,1998 I WeCamccod! Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 EDITORIAL BOARD Adam Snyder, Editor in Chief Amy Shannon, Viewpoints Editoi Kurt Johnson, Assistant Vieiupoints E * Math scores d tell whole stoi Last week the ter results of the Third iHHUftMiiUdiiHH glo International Americans again got Mathematics and scored at the bottom in , bcience btudy, re- w , do ? gardedasthemost atj, comprehensive and international test. cee rigorous compari- ket son test throughout HHLfciAilliilkiHill he the world, were re- (js. education needs dei leased to the pub- reform, but still has m,a lie. American stu- J pie dents again scored worthy qualities. ide near the bottom ? among other industrialized coun- reach the universi tries. ican educational I American educators and top ad- up. Graduate sti P ministrators denounced our educa- well prepared in; tion system and complained that ematics as foreigr our country would no longer be able said, to compete in the global economy. There is no d< But is such negative criticism education systei valid? need of improve True, it is deplorable that Amer- whole, our studi ican high school seniors did not mea- ventive and imaj sure up to comparable foreign stu- able to do more tl dents in mathematics and science and regurgitate i literacy. And it is absolutely ap- Even though t H palling that the U. S. ranked dead seems to be wor last in the advanced mathematics our country ahea and physics portion. acceptable excusi But in the whole scheme of lie education to co things, the U.S. is still a strong tech- Educational re nological competitor and leads the ed, but severe cr world in today's global computer and tional test scores information economy. tifiable. Americai Onr cnuntrv remains an innnv- encouraged to be ative nation and we continuously cally literate whi ^ rely upon American ingenuity to fos- to their creativit Clinton will g< tough on drin Drunk-driving laws may be getting be * muchtougherin Clinton wants to lower wh the United States. blood-alcohol level do K^Salill ? that would lower mc the blood-alcohol to level necessary to This proposition ha be considered offi- would only burden me dally drunk. Right , gel now, in most states, mure peupie wurj a.10 percent blood- arrests and fines. jn! t alcohol level is dri legally drunk and coi will land a person in some serious their leisure. Hi doo-doo, including a suspension of have a designat license and possible jail time. not have to wor This bill would lower the .10 per- This bill will ( cent to .08 percent. Fifteen states go out to drink si already have laws this tough. This and in debt. Th< rliffor-QncQ ic enmou/Viat rlractir* hflVP t.hpSP 1?)WS U11XC/1 Ui UWV1V. a. VI "V. ? V . _ a 170 pound man, five beers would And using tl have him at a .10 percent blood-al- dation is abusing cohol level. It will only take four should be allowed ^ beers for that same guy to have a they and their .08 percent blood-alcohol level. necessary and i President Clinton said that with force puts states this new rating system, more than no position to of 600 lives will be saved. And he's us- feelings about si ing intimidation to make sure that If anything states ratify this as law. Clinton has hopefully it will b said he will withhold money for high- more m aturelj ways and road systems if a state de- about drinking, cides not to approve this bill. "innocent" peopl a lot of problem: * Us: 'Che (Bamecork Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University of South Carolina and is pub/ Friday tAring the fall and spring semesters and five times dunrg the simmer with the exceptior periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. Th is the newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock Adam Snyder Editor in Chief Rosalind Harvey Public Relations Amy Shannon Viewpoints Editor Coordinator , Kurt Johnson Asst.Viewpoints Editor Laaennetm ^ Cars PeUatt News Editors Carrie McCullough Asst. Alews Editor Jennifer Stanley Features Editor Kristin Freestate Asst. Features Editor Achlm Hunt Nathan Brown Asst. Sports Editor Bryan Johnston Sports Editors Soan Rayfonl Asst. Photo Editor Susan Meyer. Photo Editor Torl 0 Hara Asst. Onine Editor Brian Rlsh Online Editor Erin R?ed Chris Dixon Copy Desk Chief Connie Karickhoff Copy Editors Student Media Julie Baker Sherry F. Holmes Classified Ad Susan Barrett Manager Alicia Dickson Carolyn Griffin Business Manager Judson Drennan Creative Services Jim Green Creative Director Ellen Parsons Director of Student Media Mlchele Dames Creative Senrices Graduate Asst. h Lee Phlpps Advertising Manager ? H1 Erik Collins Faculty Advisor VlEWI The Gam I "<0v ditor \. * on * c* ideas and produce ?/ J bally competitive K >ds and services. f American students V m not lack the ere- r d in a world marmissing the un lying methods of thematically imimenting their as. When students tv level, the Amer evel seems to catch "WT1 . f idents are just as % jk J - /* <4- L* science and math- WV 1.1 1 students, experts * * ^ >ubt that the U.S. T know she wanted to cry on my 31 is in desperate I shoulder, but instead she poured ment. But on the f pother glass of E&J White . . Brandy and pineapple juice. One of gnts are more in- 1 * j j + * > u j . .. my closest and dearest friends had pna ive. ey are to leave work early yesterday because lan just take tests -j n J she said information. s h p Jie present system "couldn't be king and keeping around id, it still is not an people 3 for allowing pub- Jgtpf: fflB right now." ntinue as it is now. Upon my (form is badly need- < probing I is simply not jus- r a s s i n g i students must be ^er' s^e icome mathemati- announced le still holding on- felicia_BROWN ^yfHend - Columnist just toid j her that he pT has gotten another girl pregnant, and w w he has known about the pregnancy since December. Adding insult to in| ^ jury, he said that the only reason that 1^ III Cj he finally told her was because God -? ^ told him to. All she could do was laugh at him. Yes, this seems to The evening continued. Reaching a good idea, but for her resources seemed to be easy, lat this may really She has people who love her and will is cause more probns for people than any good. First off, ire people are going ^ AlVJ A [Z] be punished and ^ J1^/ Mil V.y J.X.J ve to deal with the iss that comes from "1% !C an, I sometimes wish I were :ting caught. I \l I a kid again. Well, not that I'm This bill is not go- -Lhaving a bad time now, but, I to make people you know, it was pretty fun being a nk less. People will . ?- kid. itinue to drink at And kids opefully, they will know how ed driver and will 4pYi. to have fun. ry about driving. jtt'Ij ' ca" )nly put people who I HRS! fBf - ! aro.un xially behind bars - Vlpr ?J - ln cllc es> ; 15 states that do A| W#5. f aJJ'" 8 , , , v fv* ?* down every have proven that. ^ v ' other circle lat kind of intimi- fo). f e; such power. States hours I to adopt what laws kwt JOHNSON straight people consider Asst. Viewpoints Ed. and have appropriate. Such the time ol and their people in hjs ]ife. A kid can eat mud and you'd fer their input and think he was eating lobster or someach a subject. thing. A kid can make up a whole world comes from this, full of talking camels, flying penguins. e for people to think and magical wonders without any ilr and responsibly legal substances. But if not, a lot of And that's without toys. Toys make e are going to have a kid's life and world that much bet3 ter.Man, I remember my first toys. 1 believe it was around 1984-85. The Super Friends. Hell yeah, I had them all Superman, Batman, Robin, Aquaman ished Monday. We&iesday and i of uwersity holidays and exam I Tj | I ~1 * I | I The University of South Carolina. e Department of Student Media |,.'i?i;.i-h,.i,iil:? Bashing student Tho Gamecock gov. has no place in sports column Viewpoints 777-7726 News 777-7726 To the editor, Etc 777-3913 * would like to take this opportu nity to respond to an assertion mad( spons 777-7132 jn February 25 "Singleton 3:16' Online 777-2333 Column. Singleton makes the statement tha student Media his week has been ruined by th< Advertising 777-1184 takeover of Student Government b classifieds 7771184 "white sheets with burning crosses. Fa* 777-6482 Although I encourage Singleton ant omce 777-3888 any other columnist to express his o her views freely no matter how con 'OINTS ecock You Tested Positive For ma w our mm drugtest, won. give me one reason p _n0t to eire you. j J released o support her no matter what she de cides to do. So at 11 p.m. she knocked. on my door with this E&J White Brandy and one of our good guy friends, and we talked. All sprawled out on an my couch, watching Vibe on television, we plotted revenge. ^ I told her to slash his tires. Key his car. She said it was too risky. She's a criminal justice major and doesn't need trouble with the law. She thought she should cut up the balloons he got her cember abt for Valentine's Day and paste them on he has beer hia windshield. She thought she should They had c cut up that stuffed animal he gave her each other, also. I donated the notion that she could without get tie a noose around the stuffed animal's That was c neck and burn his fur a little and leave She tolc him with the cut up balloons. I think to be straij he would get the hint. tell me no1 Our guy friend said that we were with a pot psychopathic. I agreed. He wanted her than to co to be the mature one. The one to just your shit s let him go. She needs to kill him with your face.1 kindness. Speak to him on the side- ' Insteac walks when she sees him. Just let it write a colu pass and get over it. know that: Hell no! I was infuriated with pur- responsibl pose and intent. He must pay! Even if take advan she does want to be mature about it, with secur he brought these revengeful acts up- You're left on himself. He has known since De' 1 . ms never rt Joker, Riddler, Mr. Freeze and all the others. You press the legs together and M . they would do a chopping motion with their arm or some kind of punching thing or something. They were great. ^ I had the Hall of Justice for the good guys and a make-shift headquarters for the bad guys. I also had each of the corresponding hero's vehicles. I spent endless hours playing with them. During this time was also the era of the Transformers. These were my Geez, 1 favorites. I had a lot of these guys, too. *?y Sun ^ , Man, I could get a new figure and with- would alw in seconds have the robot transformed something i into its respective vehicle or animal eac^ ?^e and back to its robotic person form. I deador w' ! lived and breathed these toys. And they ed. Itwas r had the cartoon that I would rather U the1 1 cut off my toes, put them in a blender we were t and drink them, than miss. came on. I Oh my, and who could forget G.I. And t] , Joe? Man, I remember one Christmas bored. Su when I was making my list for Santa but they i (I believe it was three years ago) and crayon or < i I couldn't decide what G.I. Joe stuff I time, the wanted. So I simply wrote, "All the G.I. The in [ Joe stuff," meaning I wanted eveiy sin- ing a kid s gle product that had a G.I. Joe logo on fifth grad< : it. This seems so crazy now, but I re- eight grad , member it sounding so rational then. lost. It's s< will try to pnr I H II I II I * a student. Hand written letters mu elude the author's telephone numb | held lor any circunstance. troversial, it's reckless journalism to among mc make such purely unfounded attacks, fairest syi particularly from a sports column that Fm soi has no relation to Student Govern- ganizatioi ment. hard to 11 Student Government is here to for> W( serve the interests of all students. We 'n&' are doing this to the best of our abili- surroun i ^eg accusing t " * news. Current campus tensions over the pj-ote t operating budget make things diffi- timeg bu^ j cult. However, in my eyes, SG has con- j baVg se( f ducted its affairs in a totally profes- j absolute " sional manner and in the best interests havior. 1 of all parties involved. Camp r The current budget is the fairest ter covert in years as money has been diversified cial boarc "It's highly net appoi presidi Jamel Frat j I mT J \ SNcUMRDER... college J ri Vinvfr ill no! I was infuriated wit d intent. He must pay! Ev< rant to be mature about it these revengeful acts upo )ut this unborn child, and did wronj 1 leading her on ever since, have to di :onversations about loving real men He could have screwed her Were ting her emotions involved, know? In ay main point. ? cheating I him time and time again his penis *ht up with her. Better to She saw 1 kv and resolve everything carrying! ential friendship leftover in his cai nvince me that you want * ies? She lashed and a box cutter in ed to beli< That's what I always say. the rest I, we decided that I would deeming mn. I would let all the world in their r some men are arrogant, ir- Inste; e, selfish assholes. They alcohol, i tage of you. They tease you bad talki ity and rob you of respect, is us, bei asking yourself what you v rk 11 r t rvnrv ;cuiy giu nd kids know how to hav an around in circles, fallii )ther circle, for four hour have the time of hi :hose were the days. I was a alize it. < *eak and my friends and I room at ays play "war" or "aliens" or thinkinj ;. We'd run around and shoot ter get ti r and argue over who was with sou io was just mortally wound- just beg great. We didn't have a wor- But world, except making sure that tak lome when the street light 17 andb That cl lie thing is, kids are never comes r re, they may say they are, Ahh will find some glue stick or times lo cardboard box to occupy their and wis' ir thoughts, their dreams, but I do mocence is what makes be- why. 11 o great. Somewhere between tions, sc e recess kick ball games and do. I al e recess nick-up lines, it gets ways er ) gradual, you don't even re- and clos * all letters received Letters should be 250300 words and must inc st be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroon er. The Gamecock reserves the right lo edit all letter for style, possii >re organizations. That's the pie get i stem of diversity I can see. quently Ty the budgets of certain or- a] WOrlc is had to be cut. It's always ^ ( lot get what was planned jnfoun s cannot resort to name call- ic accusations of racism or pi ss ng newspaper reporters and things i hem ofbias for reporting the Nan been ef st is fine and necessary at L^g tr 11 must question the tactics rather 1 en used in recent days, and jj. j ly cannot encourage such bewould d us is a sheltered world. Mat- ticultui ;d here by conduct and judils and the things some peo improper for cabintees to ask their snt to resign." lklin, SGpresident Page 5 press EXCHANGE iend :h the purpose en if she does _ 1- 1- X , ne Drougiu n himself." y. How many assholes do you redge through before you find ? n't there signs? Didn't she her heart she knew he was l on her. He was following wherever it would take him. the book bag he only used for his books as an overnight bag * one night. Late night studisn't stupid. She just wantjve that he was different from of them. That he had re- . factors and he was secure elationship. ad she is left with us and our i pack of Newports and Sinng about Ladies Night. This ng mature about it. w lin . X e fun. A kid can ig down every s straight and s life." One Saturday night I'm in my 10 p.m. playing with my toys, I ifs getting late and I'd betd bed. Before I know it, I'm out ae friends thinking the night's un. it seems to be responsibility es it all away. You start to worecome stressed over something, tiildhood dream world beeality. h, to be a kid again. I someok through my box of old toys h I could play with them again, n't. I never really understand hink of all kinds of new situaenarios, and storylines I could most get excited. But it alids the same?I release a sigh se the box. lude full name, professorial title or year and mqorif t in Russell House room 333. Email letters must inHe libel or space limitations. Names will not be with i way with unchecked are fre unethical and illegal in the rel. Most people reading this entering the real world withers or so. If s time to adopt a ional attitude and deal with n a proper manner, ae calling and bullying haven't fective since the first grade. y to cooperate with each other :han divide into factions, understand correctly, that efeat the entire pvupose of mul alism, wouldn't it? Jamie Jeffords Junior, Political Science