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That kooky Kiki will give you some of that "God stuff' with her column. Page 2 mm Serving the Carolina Cor EDITORIA Adam Snyder, Amy Shannon, 1 Kurt Johnson, Assisti Video pol is not den What a great democracy in which HMuImm welive- Gov. Davio It be gotten so wantsthevu great that we don t ? , , even have to worry industry t about making deci- BnTmn sions for ourselves or determining There an what is right and important i wrong We are be- ^ uHth th mg told what we can and cannot do. That seems to be South Carolina democracy. And what political system wouldn't be complete without the name calling and finger pointing by opposing parties. The video-poker controversy has definitely brought South Carolina into a stir. While other states are worrying about what to do with raises in unemployment or trying to figure out ways to solve their over-immigration problem, we are here deciding on what to do over video poker. "Well, it's the person's choice whether or not they want to play the machines," you might say. But thanks to Gov. David Beasley, such a decision has graciously been made for us. Plain and simple, he wants video poker out. Video poker, according to Beasley, is a cancer that will "suck fVia cnnl anH fVio lioarto mif nf fVio VAAV IJVU1 U11U ItlAv 1AVU1 UO UUU U1AV people of this state." His main reason for eliminating the industry is because it violates South Carolina's constitutional ban on lotteries. He believes lotteries are negative. Yet Georgia's lottery sends the state's students to college with the money it earns. Worst of all, about $60 million comes from South Carolinians who play Georgia's lottery. And now the political ruckus has begun. Three video-poker operators accused Beasley of threatening to close down the industry if they and others didn't contribute campaign money to the Republican cause in 1994. Beasley denies requesting funds from the industry, though he has admitted he was in contact with the School of lucky to g< Today is a day that USC will not soon forget. Darla Moore, a 1975 political science graduate of USC, is giving the business school $25 million. Her gift will enable USC to further improve its already nationally ranked undergraduate and graduate international business specialities as well as build upon other areas of business study. The money will also help USC gain more national recognition as a mialitv instit.iit.inn nf hipher learn m Be(5ai " "Jjf Serving the Carolina Comi The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University i Friday during the fall and spnng semesters and five times during th periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editc The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the pu, is the newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock Adam Snydar Editor in Chief Roaallnd Harve Amy Shannon Viewpoints Editor c__ . Kurt Johnson A oBra LBOcnntiin Cara Pellatt News Editors Carrie McCuiiot Jennifer Stanley Features Editor Kristin Freestai Achlm Hunt Nathan Brown Bryan Johnston Sports Editors ?ff|trr Rayfo^ Susan Meyers Photo Editor Tori O 'Hara Brian Rlsh Online Editor ?ffn nggd Chris Dixon Copy Desk Chief Connie Karickh Student Media Julie Baker Sherry F. Holm Suten Barrett Allela Dickaon Carolyn Qrlffln Judaon Drennan Creative Services Jim Qreen Ellen Pareona Director of Student Media Mlchele Damea Lee Phlppe Advertising Manager CoHlne ? ? 1 mecock nmunity since 1908 LBOARD Editor in Chief Viewpoints Editor int Viewpoints Editor ter ban nocratic accusing party. Now, IbUmMHR he feels this industry f Beasley *s harmful and dander) fiohpr ?erous m some way? and he wants to shut unnea. ^ down Coincidence? Tj^nraMHjl Hardly. When money was ? more donated to the goverthiflgS to nor by video-poker opan poker. erators, and he "found - out" gambling money ttt o a f nlrnr* H r?n cil a*t w a a ta&cii, jjcaaicjr promptly returned it. However, video-poker operators claim he didn't return any other money donated by video-poker vendors that were "disguised" so no one would know the origins of the money. And in a show of how "great" and "upstanding" he-was, Beasley immediately chastised Democratic nominee Jim Hodges for not returning campaign money he obviously received from video-poker vendors. It's too bad every man cannot live up to Beastey^ "morality." It's a ludicrous idea to ban video poker. Gov. Beasley and the rest of South Carolina need to loosen up. There is such a thing as being too conservative. It's almost sickening. Despite what Beasley and the rest of those fuddy-duddy conservatives think, people have a mind of their own, and a vast majority of us know how' to use it. Beasley and others opposed to video poker need to stop blaming the industry and start blaming individuals. If people spend their money on poker, that's their problem. They obviously have no idea of responsibility or proper spending. Getting rid of video poker isn't going to get rid of people's irresponsibility. Instead of throwing the money away that can be accumulated from a lottery and heavy taxation on video poker, take that and use it to help these people. Help them by establishing better educational programs and strengthening the ones already in place. This way, we are ensured of a more intelligent and more responsible population. business et money ing and greater respect from other universities. To Ms. Moore, we extend our thanks. Although her donation is targeted towards USC's school of business, it will create a ripple effect that will benefit the entire university. A monetary gift of this size has never been heard of before at USC. 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Manager Student M#dla Business Manager Advertising 777-1184 Creative Director Classifieds 777-1184 i Creative Services _ 777C.0, Graduate /Isst. ha* fff-Mtu Faculty Advisor office 7773888 4 VWp The Gamec ?i i = [ WPQD aw \ to V A Tvrv Teacher Im going into the wrong line of work. I'm in grad school now, work- i ing on my M.A.T. in social stud- i ies so I can teach history in a secondary < school. I think I might change based on what I have learned from a friend. ?1 One of fe-: coworkers , , - ; $30,000 a : fred LEACH year. In ad- ; Columnist dition, her , friend, let's 7 < call him Jack, never graduated from , college. In fact, he is a month or two away from earning his associates de- , gree. I was stupefied by this, but my 1 friend just told me I was jealous. I sup- j pose I am a bit envious of someone who doesn't go to college, yet is earning ^ $10,000 a year more than I will be when T i. J liA : 1 r 1 i gei uuue witii my six-pius years ui ( school. ] 'Big and I kevin LANGSTON j Columnist 1 Okay, there is no way of getting \ around it (or me for that matter). I am Big and Tall. I was the smallest of the three children in ? the family, but I've sprouted. You can blame it on genetics or the good 1 cooking of my mom and dad. I just live with it. I don't really have much choice, r do I? ? So I live as a large person. It isn't all that bad. Usually people are ma- I ture about it. I have great friends who * accept me for who I am. If people are * prompted to laugh and make fun of 1 me, I simply shrug it off. After all, they I probably aren't worth the thought. I have been a fairly large person ?r for the majority of my life. I have faced ' many inadequacies in the accommo- I dations of big and tall people. When I I go into department stores, I find that * the Rip & Tall section is the smallest department in the men's section. f Wouldn't common sense provide 1 people with the idea that people shop- 1 ping in the Big & Tall section are per- I haps Big and Tall themselves? Wouldn't ? this lead the people to make this sec- v tion of the store a bit larger than the c other sections? f Usually when I approach the Big & Tall section, I find the walls adorned r with hideous articles of clothing, s Just because we are larger does not t mean we have no sense of fashion. How- s ever, most people think this way. It is rare that I will even go into a t store such as The Gap or Structure. I c know they won't carry anything over an XL shirt and a 42 waist. I was in t Structure the other day, and I saw a j ? OINTS iock to ga&zvmt m mnp^.ouck on ^a^^A\UP a i hv3ut? /* 4f' s deserv Now Jack isn't just a janitor, she tells me, he is the "Head of Mainte_ _ _ II TIT .11 il j 1_ _ 1_ _ -I'l' nance, wen, mat may De nis politically correct title, but if something has webbed feet, lots of feathers and sits around in the lake saying, "Quack Quack," then it's a duck. Donald may prefer to be called water fowl, but he's still a duck." Recently, Jack was courted by a major hospital who desired his services. A bitter holdout ensued because JWB wanted to keep him. JWB eventually resigned the all-star janitor to his present contract. He is, I am told, competent (but not spectacular) at what he does. So what if he's the Mark Mcguire of sheet folding? For $ 30,000 a year, I could be the John Elway of sheet folding, the Michael Jordan of sweeping and the Ken Griffey, Jr. of window cleaning. I point this out only to say that hparVipra nrp crrnsslv linHprnniH T am told that teachers choose their career for idealistic principles, not for the monsy. That may be true, but looking at that another way, think of how many people choose more prosperous lines )f work (like being a janitor) who would make wonderful teachers. tall' can' pamphlet that boasted "We guarantee m have your size!" I eagerly picked it lp, and found that the highest size hey carried was a 42 waist. Some guarintee. I wouldn't buy clothes from stores >f such reputation anyway. Reputaion is what you're paying for. Their eputation is worth $60 alone. Clothes or big and tall customers are aleady more expensive than any other irticle of clothing. Why? Is there some tax that larger peo>le have to pay? I am unaware of this ! ax. Most "smaller" people will counter his argument with the fact we are payng for more material. Well, do petites >ay less for their clothes? I doubt it. I don't even try the "one size fits ill" crap anymore. With a hat size of 1 3/4 and a shoe size of 15 or 16 (de>ends on the brand), I know I don't ap>ly. They should rephrase the saying o "one size fits most." I have dealt with being a large perlon throughout my life. I dealt with t in middle school, high school, and iow college. When I came to college, figured things would be different. I ilways thought the college way of life vas one that accepted diversity with >pen arms. Boy was I slapped in the ace with a cold dose of reality. Apparently, being big and tall neans nothing in the realm of diverlity. I always thought diversity applied o everyone. No one can escape diversity, right? Well it seems that the lowly big and all have found a way. Want to know lur secret? So do we. None of the bookstores carry anyhing bigger than an XXL shirt. They ustify this with stories of smaller peoGamec > ] 11 j |1 * a student. Hand \ H 1 1 L il V etude the author' H held lor any circi < "It's like I g ^ thinking at . Mich > ? Pi Mm collet e mure u "We all wonder why the pu tem is failing in America. T sons for this, but one is th; a teacher receives is ver We all wonder why the public ed- force ucation system is failing in America, most There are many reasons for this, but and ? /\m /\ ?n i-Vi r? 4- i-h /\ nnln mt /% ^/\n/tl% am h a t / uuc la timt uic pcutiy aaioxjr a tcauiici nuwt receives is very discouraging, espe- V cially when one could make a lot more ed m at other jobs which require less edu- Whe: cation. When I think of the inquiry mom projects and the textbook inventories Let's that I have had to do so far in grad hold school, I wonder what in the heck I am teacl doing here. The answer is not always he be easily found. is up, If one's desire is to help people and a ne to try and have a positive impact on $125 lives, then there is no better profes- teacl sion than teaching. However, the pay itist is horrible, barely enough to get by so in sometimes. The same is true of oth- the c er important professions like law en- on d< t go to the "It Is rare that I will e store such as The Gap or ! they won't carry anythi shirt and a 42 ^ pie coming in and buying larger sizes USC, for the use of pajamas. So I guess while type, smaller people rest comfortably at night tions in an oversized garment, large folks you r must deal with what they can get. jQ-n Sweet dreams. ^ I don't buy the pajama bit. There is a demand for larger articles of cloth- we ing. So why isn't it met? We want to ^ave be comfortable in our clothes. Is it peopl too much to ask to have something that ganis will fit us? We buy clothes too. You XL si don't see a bunch of large naked peo- us to pie roaming the campus, do you? I hope pe0p] not. We do find clothes, but people al- g so find needles in havstacks. Ask mv et goose bumps just >out the Olympics." elle Davison JSC Diver Friday, March 27, 1998 ie press EXCHANGE aoney iblic education syshere are many reaat the paltry salary y discouraging." ment. Why is it that we pay the for entertainers like movie stars ithletes? The most important jobs, (ver, are neglected. /hen the baseball players wantore money, they went on strike, n a talented athlete wants more jy on his contract, he holds out. imagine for a moment a teacher's -out. Mr. Walker, an excellent ler, wants a bigger paycheck, and comes a free agent when this year . So he tests the market and lands w deal worth an eye-popping ,000 over five years. Why can't lers strike or hold out? Because oo important of a job. But, if it is lportant of a job, then why does ry of," show me the money" fall :af ears? " " sens, uncle. Our selection is nothing com- , pared to the selection everyone else 0 0 has. Clothes are supposed to be a medi- stu(k um for expression. They are supposed forta to reflect our ideas, interests, places II we've been, in short, who we are. So just) with this current argument, it can be furfh said that we are being censored. too I love R.E.M. I would love to show yye v my love for this band by wearing a shirt with the band on it Can I do this? Nope. ^ Apparently large people don't listen to 1 music. PeoP To my dismay, no shirts come in any size above XL. Large people must 'em 1: not go to concerts eitner. CiVen nere at xk will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 250-300 words and mu written letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock new s telephone number. The Gamecock reserves the nght to edit all letter for style, rmstance. * i mall :ven go into a Structure. I know ing over an XL waist." I have fallen victim to this stereoI joined two student organizalast semester. As an incentive, eceive a free T-shirt when you hat wasn't the reason I joined, but 1 like free stuff, don't we? I must slipped through, because large e obviously don't join student orations either. If they only offer lirts, it must mean they don't want join. There is no room for large ie (no pun intended), o large people have no fashion e, don't mind paying extra for es, don't mind settling for what [an get, don't like music, concerts, int organizations and feeling comble in what they wear. 'you can believe that, then I have vasted my time. Nothing can be er from the truth. We are people, Ve want what everyone else wants. /anf liKortips that all are oil. to receive. This is America, damn ) if you are big and tall, tell the ile you aren't going to take it lore. We want our fair share. Give tell, big and tall! ist include full name, professional title or year and major if 'sroom In Russell House room 333. E-mail letters must inpossible libel or space limitations. Names will not be with* ?