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EDITORIAL
Adam Snyder, E
Amy Shannon, Vu
Kurt Johnson, Assistar
Beautificat
just for sp
A $25 million ? -
gift was presented HIHiUMiiAi
to USC's school of In the few day
business Friday. Moore's vis\
USC's College of campuswas,
Business Adnun- r
istration has been beaut
renamed the Dar- H^TTinT
la Moore School
of Business after The campus
the donor, a 1975 look this gooc
political science time.
graduate of USC.
The money was officially donated h
during a ceremony outside the H. e
William Close building. t
Fortunately, the weather was I
gorgeous, and our campus looked t
just beautiful. The horseshoe was
immaculate. Flower beds were new- s
ly planted with colorful pansies, and a
all the dead brown leaves were h
blown away by the leaf blowers, g
Outside the B A building anoth- p
er transformation occurred. The cement
was cleaned by water blasters, p
more new plants were put in the t
previously empty flower boxes, and a
the place had a shiny, clean look e
about it. r
All this campus beautifying was i
completed within the few days c
prior to Moore's visit. The entire
campus was tidied up in an attempt t
to look nice for Moore and the cer- t
emony. And it did look great, no v
question about it. /
But if that much beautification a
can be accomplished in less than a
Kids killin;
quite a pre
For the love of ?gH-y
God, what is wrong HHUUmbU
with kids these Juveniles killi
days? Now more becor)
than ever, that fyPmumt nrn
question needs to Jreciuent OCCl
be asked. In past ^^^frrffrrr
decades, that ques- HBiiiiU
tion was asked of A push tOU
the free-loving hip- stronger, bette
pies of the 1960s
and the poofy- J
haired punk rock
ers of the 1980s. But now we have ii
the mass-murdering middle school- a
ers. i
This, of course, is in reference to
recent events in which kids have y
taken guns to school and mowed o
down students and teachers. The t
most recent occurred last week in
Arkansas, when 11 and 13 year-old t
kids opened fire on a mass of stu- g
dents at school after a fire alarm I
had been pulled. Another occurred r
earlier in Kentucky, when a 15 year- i:
old kid opened fire on a group of stu- 1<
dents praying around a flag pole, i]
In six months, there have been t
three mass shootings by juveniles, p
In 1996, almost 3,000juveniles were v
arrested for murder or manslaueh
ter. Though experts agree this is not v
a trend of sorts, they feel that the r
more often it happens, the more like- i
ly it will occur again and again.
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ion not
ecialday
week, why is the campus
in such a state of
S prior to disrepair for the rest
it the ?f the semester? In leaned
stead of only a couple
of days to spruce up
IJiea. the campus, there is
plenty of time during
the semester to get
should ^ h looking good.
i all the There is no reason
why the landscaping
around the BAbuildng
should have been left to shriv1
and die. The cement was allowed
o become brown and crusty. The
1A building should have been atended
to months before.
yji course, ivioure is a special peron
to whom everyone is grateful,
ind the campus had to look nice for
ier. But the campus should look
[reat all year, not just when imlortant
people come to USC.
We students are important peo>le,
too. After all, we're the reason
his university exists. We deserve
l clean campus just like anybody
ilse. Even Parents' Weekend doesn't
eceive such an all-out effort to clean
ip campus, although it's a pretty
lose second.
This campus should look as specacular
as it looked for Moore all the
ime. As the state's flagship uniersity,
it should be no other way.
Anything less than the best is unicceptable.
g kids
>biem
So what could be
UflHH the root of this probng
each lem? Television is allitlQ
a ways a convenient
suspect, but it goes
tnence- deeper than that.
Family life, or the
JiHHi lack thereof, has a lot
vards to do with such
tfamily events, but video
j j games are equally
thought to, at least,
suggest such behav3r.
And surely a combination of the
tbove might push children to comnit
such acts.
How to solve this problem? Easy,
ou can't. Violent acts are going to
ccur, but, hopefully, there are ways
o make such killings less frequent.
Getting rid of the television and
he video games is not the way to
;o. It has to start with the family,
'arents have got to become more
psnnnsihlp and mnrp flrt.ivp for and
n their children's lives. Kids not
earning what's right or wrong, havng
abusive parents, or not getting
he love and support they need from
larents are likely to end up on the
mmg side of the tracks.
A push for stronger family ties
yould benefit society as a whole and
elinquish such activities from readly
occurring.
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Teaching
In a departure from strictly reli- rel
gious themes this week, Id like to W1
use my column as a pulpit from ths
which to proclaim the virtues of a ca- tin
reer in teaching. fin
Wait! Don't stop reading! I know ati
what you sp<
Bare think- hei
ing: Teach- fig]
thankless ne<
job. There kir
chance of gg
remunera- wh
tinn. little
W1P': iill prestige is anf
kiki MCCORMICK associated P
Columnist with the
calling, you to
don't think you'll be able to make a dif- pn
ference anyway because of all the bu- y01
reaucracy in education; besides, your gm
adviser laughed at you when you men- ^
tioned you might be thinking about
teaching. gir
I admit, the first charge stands. ^
Teachers are not paid enough. Some
say this is because teaching is tradi- ,
tionally women's work, and society is
Sex-craze
rewing these guys definitely did not I w
jp me from taking myself serious- on whi
is a student," she assures us. ulty m
As a professor, her sex life only im- hers. I
ived. Female students could not wait tinguis
The Gamecock
1 I | I 1 a student. Hand written lette
etude the author's telephone
held for any circumstance.
elming amounts of racism and sex- Sht
l in this "Land of Equality." These is so pi
a prejudices, particularly racism, cause s
m from the ignorance and the pow- before i
af the majority. eptituc
Oh, by the way, while I'm writing No1
ignorance, someone needs to tell disadv
i. Streyer that Thurgood Marshall mental
not Clarence Thomas ?was the first ever, u
ick Supreme Court Justice. This can fai
numental error shows the stupid- candid
that Ms. Streyer displays in the rest sity or
ler column. action
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Steven YATES ,
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Guest Columnist 'n j
Can a feminist be accused of sex- C01
ual harassment? Ask Jane Gal- J??
lop, for years now a "feminist .1
theorist" at the University of Wiscon- 1
sin, Milwaukee. She's written a scholarly
tome on the subject called "Feminist
Accused of Sexual Harassment".
"Although I no longer actually have "oc
sex with students," writes Gallop, "I 0u1
still embrace such relations in princi- ^hi
pie." 801
The reason she stopped her
amorous activities is because some J*11
weren't exactly consensual, and one in8
student complained to university au- bre
thorities. The female student accused
Gallop of sexual harassment after re- she
ceiving from her a very public kiss at tou
a university-sponsored event, the First tur
Annual Graduate Student Gay and liti
Lesbian Conference.
Gallop explains that the kiss was risl
an exercise in "lesbian pedagogy:
women together tasting from the for- coi
bidden tree of knowledge." The stu- me
dent's complaint resulted from "psy- tet
choanalytic transference" of anger "Sc
intended for some authority figure such ke<
as her father. ly j
The university dismissed the
charge. pre
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Affirmative action
necessary even for twi
white male reader ^
To the editor:
Unfortunately, the debate over af- on
r* i n 1 Tlf.
rirmative action iorges on, continual- ivia
ly rearing its oppressive head into the ? i
opinions of our society, as evidenced bla
by the column by Emily Streyer. mo
The Affirmative Action policy was ity
initiated as a reaction to the over- of 1
3INTS
:k
tfT\"
; saves pe
uctant to pay women fair wages, the ex<
latever the reason, I can't promise tors ca
it the problem will correct itself any- public
lesoon. I can, though, with tongue respon
mly planted in cheek, promise you fecting
icket to heaven if you are willing to the res
md your life as a public servant (I a VIP,
reby give up pretenses; this is a re- ing a di
ion column). After all, "it is easier of peop
a camel to go through the eye of a An;
idle than for a rich man to enter the sibilitj
igdom of God (Matthew 19:24)." So centur
I can think of a career in teaching is proh
fire insurance; its meager salary to set f
II keep you from burning in hell, ties wa
rich, according to numerous Bible' will pn
3sages, is what will happen if you follow i
md your life pursuing wealth. 8:19),
As though threats on your immor- on a sr
soul aren't enough to entice you As
teach, I now turn to the matter of certifii
istige. True, people will tell you that might
a can do better, that you are too want t
lart to be a teacher, etc. I hope I classes
a't have to explain the idiocy of this severa
itude. I think the problem is that ment i
ice women now have so many op- intellig
ns, they feel they should steer clear once y<
la/a /vnoa fn xirVatnVa flamr xirom fnrmnrlv unn or
die vixco \aj TYiuvii laiejr neiw iwimviij j vu ux
lited. Men, either, still aren't in- educal
ested for some reason. Whatever disorg
d professc
Gallop's career path began when
i was a graduate student at Cornell
he early 1970s, and in her words,
ostantly in heat." She had sex with
n as often as possible, but someng
was missing. Then she attend- ]
Em all-female dance, which some of
i men tried to crash.
She writes, "A large group of us
men threw ourselves against the
>r. It was a thrill keeping the men jiaye
;...heaping our bodies together in nQ
s symbolic enactment of feminist ,
idarity. And then, after the men ^Ur..
re up, we decided to celebrate our , , ..
unph, our women-only space by tak- 1
; off our shirts and dancing bare- C0"leK)
asted." arlyco
She writes excitedly of how hard f?*1
} danced "because I so wanted to |\er
ch all those breasts," her account ldea 01
ning into a dissertation on the po- was ac
cal nature of breasts. self Si
Thus, an academic feminist theo- rassm<
t to be came of age. Prc
Later in her scholarly tome she re- Pl
ints how she slept with two male cently
mbers of her dissertation commit- univer
i, to prove she was their equal, guishe
"South C
best team
them hav
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lople fro]
mses, the truth is that educa- throug
n have a great deal of power; to fill c
schools have perhaps the most and "i
sibility of any institution for af- grade
positive social change. Maybe ence.
it of the world won't see you as boy, b<
but you will know you are mak- that a
ifference in the lives of hundreds Of cou
>le. some e
yway, there is the remote pos- media
j of becoming famous. A first the Mi
y Galilean by the name of Jesus ly 2.5;
ably the most famous figure ever that i
oot on Earth, and one of his ti- the pe(
s Teacher. Now, your students Go int
)bably never say, "Teacher I will plican
fou wherever you go," (Matthew sides,
but you can touch their lives you gf
nailer scale. when
for the actual process of being Ba
ad to teach: Yes, your adviser At 8 p
look at you funny if you say you pert o
0 subject yourself to education tury te
3. I admit, I have almost quit sus Af
1 times. The education depart- giving
nakes a sport of insulting the Call 7
fence of its students (and this is inar, s
3u can figure out which classes ions oi
e supposed to be taking. The to si
aon department is hopelessly kawsu
anized.) I actually suffered
)r not scl
"As a professor, her s
improved. Female student
to have sex with her back
now in the 1990s things
j sex with her back in the 1980s, Do
w in the 1990s things have the sc]
. Students complain of her au- ity. In
rianism in the classroom. They my ha
ke her innuendoes and blatant matte
ns. She tried to organize a schol- cause
nference on professor-student the ni
1 surprise! The university turned sexual
ra. A revised version of the same to edu
1 "pedagogy and the personal" mind,
cepted until a group calling it- partn<
;udents Against Sexual Ha- a real
mt protested. ' Th
tfessor Gallop is still teaching, world
iblishing her theories, and re- wome
became the first woman at her a rath
sity to hold the title of Distin- they v
d Professor. actly i
ill not spend time speculating rent si
it would happen to a male fac- Gallo]
ember who pulled stunts like amine
doubt he would be called "dis- enoug
ihed" anything. ^ ar.
>o print all letters received. Letters should Oe 250-300 words and must
rs must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock news/
number. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letter for style, pc
i models the reason why racism Th
evalent in modern society, be- when
he, like so many others, speaks pathe
thinking about the imbecikc in- such ?
les of which she writes. compc
iv, as a white male, I stand to be cies.
antaged the most by the imple;ions
of affirmative action. Howmtil
we as a "civilized" society
irly choose the most qualified
ate for acceptance to a univerjob
position, then affirmative
is necessary.
bhi
arolina has the
that I have seen
e in ten years."
zk Kriese,
: Tennis Coach
onday, March 30,1998
2 press EXCHANGE ?
m hell
;h one class in which I was forced
>ut a worksheet on "observation"
nferenceas though any highmoron
doesn't know the differ("You
think Danny is a smart
icause he is so quiet in class. Is
n observation or an inference?")
rse, there is the possiDihty that
iducation students need such ration.
(The GPA requirement for
aster of Teaching program is onexpectations
are not high.) If
s the case, though, are these
iple you want teaching your kids?
,o teaching to improve the apt
pool! So, there are some down
But the upshot of it all is that A
it to do something worthwhile ^
you get out of school,
tck to religion for next week:
,m. April 2, Marcus Borg, an exn
the aforementioned first ceniacher
and author of Meeting Je*ain
for the First Time, will be
; a lecture. (I don't know where.
774100). He's in the Jesus Semio
there should be a host of opina
what he has to say. If you wish
lare yours, write me at
-th@vm.sc.edu.
lolarly
ex life only 0
s could not wait
in the 1980s, but
have soured."
n't get me wrong. I don't oppose
tiolarly study of human sexualHealth
Sciences, where I hang
t, we look into such things as a A
r of course. In part, this is bewe
see a serious need to reduce
imber of teen pregnancies and
ly transmitted diseases. We want
icate people with such goals in
Unprotected sex with multiple
;rs is dangerous.'Everyone with
education knows that,
te Jane Gallops of the academic
i write about sex not to help
n or educate society, but out of
er juvenile need to shock. That
rin prestigious awards is not exi
i i- . iL.
a nign commentary on me curtate
of academe. What Professor
a needs is to have her head exd,
and this goes for anyone dumb
h to take her seriously as a scholinclude
full name, professional title or year and ma/or if
oom in Russell House room 333. E-mail letters must inissible
libel or space limitations. Names will not be withLe
English language fails me ^
I try to describe how absurdly
tic it is that we must resort to
i detrimental policy in order to
nsate for our foolish inadequaJeremy
Touzel
Mathematical Science
Sophomore
ia?a