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Wednesday, March 18,1998 Affirmative action not for filling quotas To the editor: This is in response to Ms. Emily Streyer's "clear and equivocal" view on Affirmative Action. Fll start my response off by asking the question, how can you have a 'clear and equivocal' view on something in which you don't even have a basic understanding as to why Affirmative Action is in place? The true purpose of Affirmative Action is not to fill some quota or to force diversity. The program was initiated to combat racism and sexism in Elections committee made wrong decision To the editor: After reading the article in The Gamecock concerning Student Government President Jamel Franklin, and his requested resignation by the | Elections Committee, I have a few statements of my own to make. First, the statement by the Elections Committee that "when a person is elected to a Student Government office they are elected to represent the whole student body." First of all, when I was recently elected to the Student Government as a Senator in the Col lege of Math and Science, I was not elected to represent the whole student body. My primary concern must be those students who are in the College of Math and Science. I was not elected by, nor do I represent, any other college at the University of South Carolina. Now, I understand that the major Student Government officers, namely the president, vice-president, and treasurer, must as a necessity listen to people from all colleges on campus, but the senators of Student Government are also elected officers, and as such, must be ' primarily responsible to the college in which they were elected. Second, the Elections Committee also stated, "We feel, as a commission, when Franklin spoke out at that rally that all students were not represented." Of course they weren't. Does the Wl Ten weeks a leader. But i hard work co School (OCS) r. to lead a life fi they've got wl Have you McCulloh at Develop THE FEW. Applications are now availat wBame- jjam.. faamei wusc c Applications and job descriptions mj The deadline for c For more information The Gamecoc *1 >l j I II ' dent. Hand written rjlLVkV^^^H thor's telephone n H cumstance. areas where minorities and women were not given a fair opportunity. First, let's look at the facts through the use of an example. If you go to a Texaco, Inc. to apply for a job, you'll read somewhere in the fine print that they are an "Equal Opportunity Employer." Now Texaco is the same company whose senior vice-president was caught on tape saying racial and hateful slurs about African Americans. "Clearly and equivocally" you can realize that if it wasn't for Affirmative Action, Texaco superiors would have made it hard for African Amerinana fn ho VnrnrJ VUUQ W MV imvu. Secondly, let's look at racism in America. "Clearly and equivocally" it Election Committee feel that it is possible to represent the entire student body at one rally? And if the SG president is supposed to represent all the students, doesn't that include the Young Angiy Minority Student Rally? If young, angry, and/or minority students have suddenly not become part of the student body as a whole, then how can the Student Government claim to represent the whole student body? Third, Elections Commission member Russell Gaither said about Franklin attending the rally, "He had a right to do what he did, but I feel it was the wrong time and the wrong place to do it." So, SG president had a right to speak at the rally, but because members of the Elections Committee feel that it was the wrong time and the wrong place to speak out, Franklin is asked to resign. Again, the Elections Committee is mis-using their authority. Frankly, as many friends of mine can attest, I have always treated Student Government as a joke. I have done Khi? fhnncrh T sprvpH ns a spnntnr in fhp USCA Student Government, and I still considered it something of a joke during campaign, and even after my election to the Student Government. I had even planned on showing up at the inauguration ceremony in a roman toga. However, recent actions and statements have changed this view. Congratulations Student Government, you have my attention. Patrick Gearman Computer Science EL~ J9 :'ll Give you 10 wi may not seem tike much time to prove you're f you're tough, smart and determined, ten w jtd make you an Officer of Marines. And C > where you'll get the chance to prove you've ill of excitement, full of challenge, full of hono tat it takes to be a leader, we'll give you ten t Marines the hew. the rrvua. in*marines. secured a summer internship? If not call (803) 256-9015/16 for info on the Platoon your leadership skills in a challanging ei THE PROUD. M lie for the following leadership | cock Editor-in-Chief, Summer 1998 cock Editor-in-Chief, Fall 1998 rhe Editor-in Chief is ultimately responsible for ever ontent and recruitment and supervision of editoria t & Black EdItor-ln-Chlef, 1998-99 rhe Editor-in-Chief is ultimately responsible for eve ontent and recruitment and supervision of G&B st Station Manager, 1998-99 rhe Station Manager is ultimately responsible for ev ontent, publications and fundraising, and recruitnr ly be picked up in the Office of the Director of Stui ompleted applications Is 5:00 pm, Friday, , oiease contact the Office of the Director of Stude VlEWPQ The Gameco tk will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 250-300 words and must ir letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in I umber. The Gamecock reserves the nght to edit all letter for style, possible libel c is still alive. Despite the efforts of the emb Civil Rights movement, there are more that hate groups and militias in America Ame than ever. wou "Clearly and equivocally" members was of these organizations actually have gUpj day time jobs, when they are not in their q training camps. Some of these mem- ^g bers even have jobs in which they are ^ c in charge of hiring others. Affirmative ,. Action ensures that these racist have o . 1 .1 ts* IT to give minorities a tair cnance at od- ?. taining the jobs that my be open. or _1( Last of all, but most importantly, s^n I would just like to say to Ms. Streyer, one' get your facts straight! Please. Not on- and ly do you have a "clear and equivocal" view on Affirmative Action, you have IF THEY CAM FINP the space ?mm - ^ iA ?* M jSpl ;eks. | capable of being eeks and a lot of officer Candidates got what it takes r. Anyone can say veeks to prove it. Captain Dave Leader's Class, nvironment. ARINE OFFICER. positions in Student Media: y aspect of the newspaper, including editorial il staff. ry aspect of the magazine, including editorial aff. ery aspect of the station, including broadcast lent and supervision of WUSC staff. dent Life, Russell House Suite 115. March 27,1998. ntlife at 777-5782. 'INTS ck iclude full name, professional title or year and major if a stu- ^ pW'lJfl fWWIll Russell House room 333. E-mail letters must include the au- V^vl uUil HI \J U ir space limitations. Names will not be withheld for any cir ?? following rul arrassed yourself by showing ** you have no knowledge of African To the editor rican History. Ifyoudid, then you It has recently bee. iji n , mi in my attention mai certai Id know that Thurgood Marshall ^ ^ blatanU the first black member of the rales and codes set dow] "erne Court, not Clarence Thomas, versity. These groups, v )ne more thing, Affirmative Action name simply becaus not endorse hiring people who are knows which ones they [ualified. For example, I can not be pated in the recent studen 1 for an engineering job to fill a quo- elections by passing out f I don't have an engineering degree er pamphlets which pron ;ense regardless of the color of my ual candidates in the ele (black). For the simple fact that This action is somet has a degree makes them "clearly strictly (or, apparently, n equivocally" qualified. prohibited In past yean Terreace Wilson Pub jcly support, candidates that agreed w Mechanical Engineering, junior agcnda9 These are a? "~| tions of election commiss I CP/TTQU Ahl nothing was ever done to / groups. There were no HAS ITMAPE whatsoever. , They continued to flat 'i i } 'i "HT . er over the University ai ??" did not apply to their grou I ?- this disregard for rules i -11_ ? jjl Bible version: read differeni T!/ To the editor: i'AT"> I would like to commei m xA Cormick's recent column < ^ eralism. As stated in the ^ V *") has to understand the cu ^ ical and linguistic contexl passages in order to grt frw/jf '*'"toimig. - We need to always 1 JlXpn^' that an English Bible ca JK. municate all of the essen that the writers of scripti convey through the Heb ic, or Greek texts. For exa parent conflict between M Luke's gospels regarding the Sermon on the Mount onciled by looking at the Although Matthew's \ that Jesus "sat down and \ the Greek indicates tha "teach" is given the past. T is providing a summary < herblock's CARTOON BeASumr May WL Wrwj During the su 90 camps an over 9,000 over Center, Deparh |HEF energetic, enthi |H fHv MrW run the day-to operation. Dui working the f ities, set-ups, j f DsUr&niaei ^ ? _ camps^ aca^en M ferences. Join m ^ fllllll Two options1 IhI IJ $5.151 a live of $206 pi at are A * both in dining mm Hmm B For more in Conference Ass Wl Meeting in tfa WT t ^MBi H House tonig ' ; - 1 1-s 1 _ ^ H HWm. A nnli^ofinnc meeting. Applications March 19 at tl located in t House, 900 Bi " Applications k UNIVERSITY Page 9 not spicable on their part. The political acr tivism of these groups leads me to my [?? second point. As a student, we all have to pay an activity fee. This money is collected by 1 brought to student government, and they divide n on-campus money between the on-campus stu^ kv!^ hent groups. Certain groups, however, a, . , ye are not allowed to receive hinds from ic won the university because they are based e everyone Qn poetical or religious ideals. Several groups which do receive t government ,,f c ^ j i- j . i money are the aforementioned organibersandoth-. . . , ,. , f, . loted individ- zatlons that vigorously display their ction v political persuasions every chance they hing that is get> 1 feel that other organizations, ot so strictly) which ^ >ust as deserving, yet politi these same ically or religiously based, should also Jd particular ^ a^e *? accept hinds from the eolith their own lection of university activity fees, open viola- " ^ that is unacceptable then I sugion rules, yet gest that funding for the other groups, punish these which are just as political, if not more reprimands so, should be cut entirely. Either of these solutions would be a great im Ull ineir puw- piuvcuicuc uvci uic luiicm aituauuj . 3 if the codes p at all. I find Steve Pardue ind order de- Business Administration, sophomore 5 each kad taught on many occasions, not just once. In addition, the Jews had differ[jy ent ways of interpreting scripture < and that the literal meaning (peshat) was not always considered the most imit on Kiki Mc- portant. )n Biblical lit- There was also the suggested means column, one iag (remaz), the meaning that was Itural, histor- determined after careful study (derush) t of the bible s and the allegorical meaning (sod). We isp their full kn0W that the Jew of Jesus' time was just as concerned with allegorical meanteep in mind ^gg that could be extracted from the ? Ttif F C?u* scriptures, even when they had no conthoughts nection ^ the fectual oneg are wis e jt was perfectly acceptable to take imple the'ap- things out of context and read into them latthew's and ^what we t?day would consider) specthe riming of active meanings in order to make a is easily rec- P?int concerning God's truth. For an original text, example of this, study Hebrews chaprersion states ter seven, regarding Jesus' Priesthood taught them," being patterned after the Priesthood of t the verb to Melchizedek. hus, Matthew . Michael Howell if what Jesus Asst. Professor, Geological Sciences 1 23 )NIGHT! tier Conference Assistant! 25 -August 9,1998 mmer months, USC hosts over d conferences on-campus with night guests. Capstone Conference nent of Housing, is looking for 20 iisiastic, and dedicated students to -day functions of this hotel-style ties include checking in guests, ront desk, assisting with activand being an ambassador for its will also work with sport lie youth groups, and adult conus and gain valuable work expe* are available: >er hour, up to 40 hours a week; t campus ?r week plus on-campus housing lucedrate elude a meal plan at conference facilities formation about becoming a iistant, join us for an Informational e Keystone Room of Capstone ht, March 18, at 5:00 p.m. will be available following the will also be available beginning le Capstone Conference Center, tie north lobby of Capstone arnwell Street, due by Friday, April 3,1998 fOX$\ OF SOUTH CAROLINA