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Kurt Johnson is back with
his latest installment which is
sure to be interesting.
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EDITORIAI
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Amy Shannon, V
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Student Gov- ?
ernment deserves
a pat on the back. SG has n
Now while the important thi
folks in room 110 of .
the Russell House IS ye
faint, we beheve in
giving credit where
credit is due. With HiUijil
collected more than positive.
1,800 articles. Nice
job.
SG Vice President
Chris Dorsel said it is difficult
to get the Senate together in the first
three weeks of their term. And, as
he said, it says a lot about the future
of this Senate and SG as a
whole. We most certainly hope so.
This clothing drive says a lot
about what student leaders can do
if thev set their mind to it. Have a
goal, organize your plan, and take
it to the people. Everything SG does
should follow such a pattern. If SG
has bold goals, is committed to accomplishing
those goals and keeps
the students involved, the opportunities
truly are endless.
SG, remember this and carry it
with you throughout the year. Then,
hopefully, the days of a do-nothing
SG are behind us.
Although this is a positive success,
there are crucial problems that
need to be solved at Carolina. These
tasks might be daunting, but it is
up to our elected leaders to make
progress for the students. Some
things that need immediate'attention
include:
Improving the SG codes and
the election codes to close all loopholes
and not repeat the fiasco of
Knowing:
language i
South Carolina r^HHrrrTTTI
is becoming the favored
destination The influx of
of Hispanic mi- people into
grants looking for Carolina k,
a permanent place .
to stay and work in ClijjlCUIth
the U.S., according communic
to a series of articles
recently featured
in The State. Being flue,
As South Car- foreign lam
.Una's.Hispanic
population grows, J ^
small Hispanic
towns are being formed near the
cities of Aiken and Greenwood because
of the availability of jobs in
the meat packing industries locat
ed there.
Residents of Aiken and Greenwood
are now coming into contact
with a people who speak a different
language and understand little English.
Communication between them
is difficult, because neither person
can speak the other's native language.
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ig drive a
to start
this year. Most importantly,
the role and
tany the placement of the
>nac tn Hn Elections Commis8
sion(er) need to be
ar' well defined.
Improving race
relations. A university
divided against itdrive
is a self can't stand Ifwe
continue to believe
Start. summer will take
away all race problems,
then we will
never move forward.
This is something we all need to do.
Improving student relations
with SG. "Meet Your SG Day" was
a nice start, but as we saw by this
year's voter turnout, much more
needs to be done such as finally centralizing
voting in the Russell House
and setting up online voting.
Moving student allocations
and the elections to different times.
Having such potentially explosive
events so close together is, as we
have seen year after year, unhealthy
for use:
Improving SG's power. Scary
thought, but SG complains it doesn't
have any real power or authority.
Power is not given; it is taken.
SG always needs to be fighting for
students and nagging the administration
to make changes when necessary.
Whether the changes are
feasible or not, SG needs to be advocates
for students, not like administrators
waiting for problems
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to go away or ior students to graauate
and leave.
Congratulations SG on your initial
success. We will be looking for
a lot more in the. fall.
i second
mportant
rrr^?i] That's where the
JHII importance of knowHispanic
ing a foreign lani
South guaSe>in this case
Spanish, comes into
causing pfay
ss M Students, in high
:ation. school and college,
constantly complain
LimHHI about taking a couple
nt in a of foreign language
ICIQ6 is classes to reach a basic
Proficiency level
in a second language.
1 Now the reasoning
behind taking these classes becomes
clear.
Those students who go on to become
fluent will have better job offers
from employers seeking employees
that are bilingual.
That's not to say that the new
i j i l i >j l n im
er residents snouian i learn rmgiisn
because they absolutely must if they
plan to stay in the U.S. But in order
for them to learn, someone who
speaks their language needs to be
there to teach them and help them
adjust to life in U.S.
rock KB
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Ah, summer break is almost here! ^
The drudgery of exams and paper-writing
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to the beach, sunbathing and pure re- 8
laxation for maybe three of you. The *
rest of us will have to get a job.
(Blood-curdling shriek) 1
Oh, don't be such a weenie. Summer
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knowledge of the fact that having to c
work for a living can really suck. Al- 1
so, how else will you learn how long t
Chicken McNuggets take to cook? I'm
not sure how that knowledge will ever v
help you, but hey, it helps to be prepared.
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low-paying. If you want a job that's all r
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Europeans should
not take full blame
To the editor:
I really admire Kurt Johnson's spirit
and his appreciation of a civilization
alien to his own, although a little too
alien according to his column. I'm
not saying Kurt has it all wrong. Many
American Indian tribes had an incredible
sense of community and respect
for all living things. Collectively,
however, Indians were not
peace-loving, politically correct environmentalists.
In many cases it was
not what Kurt calls "the perfect way (
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xod and one another.
"Well wear our nicest clothes, have
ur hair done, and the jewelry that is
he physical proof of the prosperity we
njoy as followers of Chri..."
Oh, wait, that doesn't sound right,
ioes it?
Jesus doesn't want us to show off
ur wealth. So why is it that, tradiionally,
we have worn "nice" (read "extensive")
clothing to church? Maybe
he people in blue jeans have got it
ight after all.
Still, the casual clothes don't seem
[uite kosher. Sometimes, they are
ven distractingly revealing.
Luckily, I've got a solution. In
chools, uniforms are becoming popuar,
because they keep kids from geting
distracted from their studies by
ishion concerns. Surely this should
e an even greater concern in church,
/hen we are trying to (in some sense)
ranscend the physical world through
rayer. How can we pray when our
ye is caught by the glitter of diamond
ings, (or in the case of the gentlemen
/orshipers, the curves of some hussy's
mpon fe
hey stick you in exciting new places
or upwards of three days. Don't wory,
they'll have another assignment for
rou in a few months.
Of course, if you want to temp at a
actory, you'll stay there longer. That's
/hat a friend of mine told me while
hp was wnrlrincr at a mmnutfir rhin
actory last summer. Her job didn't
ound all that bad, so I decided to give
t a try.
I went to the temp agency she used
ind told them I wanted to work at the
omputer chip factory. They asked me
i bunch of computer chip questions,
tnd I gave them a bunch of computerhip
answers. I seemed to make a good
mpression on them, and they told me
hat they'd assign me within the week.
Needless to say, they put me to
vork in the tampon factory.
No, I'm not making that up. Hey,
omebody's got to make those things!
'nl proud to say that I was involved
n the manufacture of that valuable
esource.
Okay, I'm exaggerating my job a
ittle. You know those little coupons
hat you find in the middle of packs of
naxi-pads?
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he/d for any
if life." Some tribes were violently aggressive:
raiding, pillaging, and murlering
were not uncommon. The
Apache and the Inca might fit this secind,
less appealing description. The
Cherokee were great environmentalsts
with an incredible respect for naure,
yet it was not uncommon for an
ndian tribe to cause a local extinction,
larming the biodiversity of their region.
There is much we can learn from
he Indians, but it is important to keep
n mind, that no civilization is flawess.
No one has discovered the perfect
vay of life.
Like Kurt, I have the Ten Indian
Commandments poster in my dorm
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for?
I think cotton robes will work well
in Mass. We can have a variety of (muted)
colors, I don't mind, but no flashy
prints. And we'll wear sandals. No
more pinchy toes to make us curse
when we are supposed to be praying.
And while we're on the subject of
simplifying our surroundings, Fm tired
of feeling guilty going to church in palacial
digs. I go to St. Peter's, which is
very beautiful; stained glass, statuaiy,
and gilded accessories. It's pretty,
but I find myself wondering how
many people could be fed from the proceeds
of a world-class garage sale. I
sometimes think I might prefer a nice
humble mud hut.
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that you find in tl
of maxi-pads? Wei
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Well, I put them there. For eight
hours a day.
I believe I managed to reach new
heights of boredom. You think your
history professor is dull?
Try standing in one place doing the
same motion for hours and hours on
end. I could feel my brain cells dying
off one by one. I started daydreaming
to save my sanity. Then my brain started
producing tampon-related songs to
stave off the boredom. Unfortunately,
due to federal regulations I can't print
it here, but my favorite one was sung
to the tune of "The Candy Man" from
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Still, life in the "plug plant" (the
workers' affectionate name for the
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Maybe it would be a good idea for
Kurt to reexamine the third commandment:
Show great respect for your
fellow beings. His oversimplification
of the American Indian removal seems
a bit disrespectful to Europeans and
Indians alike. I'm not sure anything
can be gained by saying that "Europeans
brought over their guns and religion
and corrupted the perfect way
of living." That seems very dualistic,
and dualism never did anybody any
good.
Oppression is not original to Europeans.
Every civilization that I know
should jump at the chance ^
o help these children."
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But we run into a difficult question
here. Do beautiful man-made things
a) facilitate our climb towards that
from which all beauty springs, or b) do
they tether us to the earth? I've been
arguing the latter, but I'm willing to
compromise.
So here's what we should do. WeH
continue churching in the buildings
we've always used, and we'll wear the
aforementioned cotton robes. The difference
is this: A church building is
constructed with the purpose of giving
glory to God. An outfit, however, is
put together to glorify the person who ^
is wearing it. And there is some
thing about that that doesn't seem entirely
... well. Christian.
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place) wasn't too bad. Ninety-five percent
of the workers there were, for some
unknown reason, middle-aged women,
and they all loved me. They kept baking
me cookies and things. d
Plus, I got to take home all the
tampons I could use! I became VERY
popular with my girlfriends that summer.
All in all, it was a decent job. So
you see, working in the summer isn't
that bad. True, it eats into your bowling
time, but how else are you going
to pay for beer? Plus, you'll be performing
a valuable service to society.
Who are you going to rely on when
someone needs to get things done? ?
"The tampon maaaaan....
"The tampon man can."
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has done something horrendous to
somebody. Kurt, rather than pointing
your finger, you should "dedicate your
efforts to the greater good" (Commandment
eight). ^
Not to sound like a meany pants,
I am really impressed with Kurt's
"back-to-nature" attitude. Not many
people would be willing to give up all
the modern "amenities" for a life that
is possibly "the way it is supposed to
be." I hope more people will follow your
most noble example, but next time kid,
get your facts straight.
Nell Varn
Freshman
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