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Wednesday will feature the exciting prose of Kurt Johnson and Kiki McCormick. Look for it ii-i/H onimr aiiu Ut? Sen'ing Ibe Carolina Co EDITORIA] Jennifer Stanley, Sara Ladenheim, Rob Gioielli, Vu Kurt Johnson, Assistc Kathleen McCormi< Presiden to step d Congratulations Kenneth HHUJfli Starr, you deserve The Starr rq a medal for final- Clinton in c ly delivering your Opus.Three years, numerous scandais and $40 mil- I lion later, the Starr report is fi- He needs to nally in, and honorableth things don't look resign from too good for President Clinton. What began as an investigation into the Whitewater dealings has turned into a 400-page report on the President's sex life, or rather his sexual escapades. The past seven months have been like a whirlwind for this country. We are being forced to face our national dirty laundry, and decide what the limits are to a person's private life, even if that person is our president. Clinton has changed in our eyes as well. We knew that he had a history of extra-marital affairs and possible sexual-harassment incidents. But we thought this was all behind him, and he was governing our nation while being faithful to his wife. But now we have the proof that this is not the case. And we are being forced to decide whether these actions and what the president has done to cover them up are grounds for impeachment. If all that is in that report is true, it could be very well be grounds for impeachment. Then the country would be dragged into another a year of impeachment proceedings before we would ever decide whether Clinton should be removed from office. The country does not need this, President Clinton does not need it, nor does his family. Most people will admit that the past seven months has been hard enough. We know what he did, and we forgive him for it. For the good of the country Clinton should step down. Since January he has had a very hard time running this country. Every decision, every action is questioned. Our president needs i i i. _ . to De someone we can trust, so when he makes the tough decisions, like whether to bomb terrorist camps, we don't question him at every turn. For every American 40 or over, Watergate is still in recent memory. And the painful ordeal that was the Watergate hearings now looms over our heads once again. President Clinton needs to realize that it is not about saving his reputation. He has already ruined that. flic (3a v"*3r Scn iilfi the Carolina Con The Gamecock is die student newspaper of The I niversit Friday during die fall and spring semesters and five times during periods. < ipinions ex|)ressed in The tiamecock are those of die ei The Hoard of Student Publications and Communications is die pi tile newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock Jennifer Stanley litlitor m Chief Rob Llndsey Sara Ladenhelm Mtmajtmn litlitor Jessica Barfl Rob GloieUi \'knfx>iiits Jitlilor Jackie Posto Josh Lonon htctrs lirhlors Todd Money Erin Reed Rosalind Ha Kristin Freestate Ixxitures litlitor Bryan Johnston htlilonal Assistant Kurt Johnso Nathan Brown Sftorts litlitor Brad Walter Nlkkl Thorpe Undo H/Htors Kenley Youi Scan Rayford Ruth Nettles Brian Rlsh Online litlitor Denisha Gra Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Carolyn Gri Studeir i Media Jim Green Lee Phipps Advertising Manager Erik Collins Sherry F. Holmes Classified Ad Jeff Stenslai Manager 1 . \ imecock mmunity since 1908 LBOARD , Editor in Chief Managing Editor ?wpoints Editor int Viewpoints Editor :k, Editorial Writer t needs own If he were to pull an HHHH other of his tradetort puts mark comebacks and 1 rough avoid impeachment ? hlacp or removal Irom 01fice, he would finish out his term as lame duck president. As it stands right ?do the now, not a single ing and bill in Congress could ! office. be passed that favors the president. The lack of possible government action for the upcoming months cannot even be blamed on the Republicans. President Clinton has lost his own party's faith. And that is unacceptable for the head of our government. We need someone we trust sitting in the oval office. Our economy is relatively stable and there is peace in most of the world. But issues in the Middle East and economic problems in Asia mean things could change at any moment. It's during times of crisis when we need a competent chief executive the most. If a major crisis were to occur right now, would Clinton have the trust of the country and the rest ot the government to act in our best interests? Probably the one good thing that has come out of this process is how we are deciding, as a country, how much respect we will have for private lives. This is a discussion we, as Americans, need to have. But it does not need to occur during a lengthy impeachment process. For the good of the country and the good of his family, President Clinton needs to step down. This is not a judgement on his actions, but in his ability, or soon to be inability, to govern. In the current state of affairs, Clinton cannot perform his prescribed duties as the President of the United States. President Clinton has always been worried about the legacy he will leave to this country. He knows that history has not been kind to past presidents, so U Unn kt.A/1 frt molrA UlO ATTAH lit; litis uieu wj iiicuvc 1110 liicii iv uvci the past six years, so history will be kind to him. Right now, history will not be very nice. People will look at his many accomplishments, but then realize he was paralyzed halfway through his second term because of his over-active libido. But if he were to.resign now, for the good of his country, history would view him, as we should, as an honorable man who acknowledged his own mistakes and saw what was best for his country. mem pmib imunity since I'JOR HMBMIWartHiiMBI y of South (iarolina and is published Monday. Wednesday and the summer with tlie exception of university holidays and exam litots ex author and not those if The I nitvisit) ot South Carolina. Wisher of The Camcccxk. 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At that point, a large number of ] American businesses came to the coun- j try and introduced new economic prac- ^ tices, spurring the country's growth. . While the positive impact of major U.S. businesses and financial institutions was and is invaluable, there was an ugly side to the U.S. presence in Russia. } In their book, "The Day America Told the Truth", James Patterson and Peter Kim report their findings on the ( desires of the American public. Immigration Living in the South has always been i somewhat of a sheltered existence, 1 especially when it has come to im- ] mioTflnts ] The] rest of the columnist country has seen great changes in its ethnic makeup, most of the South has remained pretty much the same, until now. The latest immigrant wave has not come from across the sea but from right below us. Latin Americans first started coming to the United States, in large numbers after World War II. Their settlement patterns focused on the Southwest and major northern cities like f!hicflpn and New York. But more and Bible's meaning needs to be literal To the editor: I am writing you with concerns about the Harvard professor, James onrl V\ic rlicfinmncV?D^ infomrn. XVlAgVl} CU1U llilj Ulu Vllig UliJHVU UAVV/&fS*V< tation of the Bible. In reading the article on the seminar, it stated that Dr. Kugel feels that the Bible is a cryptic (meaning ambiguous) document not to be taken literally. For Kugel to state such a thing would be to undermine the whole basis of Judaism and Christianity. 'OINT5 T serves ex-] The research found that, when asked vhat they would want to change in life, 10 percent of the respondents answered wealth " 45 percent said "education " 12 percent said "current job," and 19 >ercent mentioned "sex life." Well, for some Americans with those troblems, being in Russia could help. Let's start with wealth and educaion and how those lead to your _ Iream job. People who failed back in ? he United States would come to Rus- ? ;ia to have another chance. A medical doctor whose license was \ ;uspended in the United States ( :omes to Russia with some legal pro- ^ edures left unresolved and finds a great ob treating Westerners, including Amer- ? cans. ] A dubious businessman who had ^ some legal problems with drugs back ( n the U.S. set up a new fast food i msiness in Moscow. Two other Americans wanted by the *} RS established their own travel agency. ? dow very convenient! All you had to do vas just be an American, and you got \ t. 1 Few people asked what kind of i \mericans they were. There, of course, vould be people with dark backgrounds f rom other countries like South Africa, j die United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia and France, but in small- 1 ir numbers. 1 Okay, what goes next? Right. Sex. i fou do not have to be a Mel Gibson or i 1 1 . prooiem n< more of these immigrants are making their way to all parts of the country, especially into the South. Our geographical proximity to Texas and Florida means more of these Latin American immigrants coming right here to South Carolina. In the past couple of years, there has been a backlash to this immigration in California, with their measures against affirmative action, bilingual education and welfare benefits. Politicians around the country are continually talking about a "get tough" policy on immigration. In California and Texas a candidate's stand on the issue is one of the major parts of their platform. While people may recognize the millions of legal Latin American immigrants that have entered our country and are now citizens and positive contributors to our society, they say the real problem is illegal immigrants: those who sneak across our borders to leach off of our welfare system and take jobs away from U.S. citizens. But many of these immigrants are coming because it's so easy to find a job. Certain U.S. businesses prefer illegal immigrants because they will workfor lower wages and, because of the threat V J I It J * i i.ukI plume number ITk Many of the religions in the world today note the Bible as a revered book in which God used man to spread his word. In the Jewish community, it is fhp hncis nf tVipir vprv PYist.pnrp If it were not for the Bible, then the world would not know of how God chose Abraham to be the father of many nations, nor would we know of the many feats and battles that the Israelites encountered. We would have never learned about the courage of David, the wisdom of Solomon or the faith of Moses. And to say that the Bible should not be taken literally means that we should not believe that the Israelites didn't have to c "Pe pe< i . V K *t * / ? Datriates ii r "All you had to do w a foreign language,.., would find yourself: Russian goddess." i Sharon Stone to enjoy the sex life of i Hollywood movie star. Russians, especially women, driven >y financial need would be throwing ;hemselves at Americans and other Westerners. All you had to do was go to a bar, speak a foreign language, preferably English, and, bang!, you would find murself sitting next to a Russian godlesses in time, willing to be friends and nuch, much more. Sexual paradise comes next. All you lad to do was to be a Westerner, preferably an American. I knew many American males vho enjoyed "being American" with Russian women and spoke quite deroga;orily of them. Well, they did have to worry about sexual harassment problems or follow \ntioch rules in Russia. Well, it has been seven years since the communist regime crumbled and hVio "American lncor'c nara^ico" ic mm. ing to an end. Russia remains in turmoil, politically and economically, as ot migrating of being deported, will not organize into labor unions. That is some of the hypocrisy in our current talk about getting tough on immigration. Many say they don't want these people coming into our country, but at the same time, they are hiring them left and right, knowing that native born labor is much more expensive and harder to deal with than immigrant labor. We can look in disgust at the "dirty Mexicans" all we want, but the reality is that these are poor people who are happy to take the wages they can make here. They're coming here for jobs that A mnrinono nrnn't txnllinrr fn rln ninci itcuio aicn t vviiuixg w uu. So, one could say the enemy is us with this current illegal immigration problem. Although there are certain measures we can take, this problem is never going to go away. We can't stop immigration from south of the border. To do that, we would have to remove all the countries below us in the Western Hemisphere. Though to many that seems like a feasible option, it's not going to work. Americans are going to have to face the reality of our place in this hemisphere. The ideals of multiculturalisir and global community will be testec k will try lo prim all k-tters received. betters should lx- 2SO- W woids i must lx- personally deferred by the author lo Tlx- Gamecock tx-wsn ; C.ameoxk reserves the right lo edit all k-tter for styk- possilrk- lilx-l fight for their land, nor were they ever put in bondage. In the Christian community, the Bible lavs the foundation as to whe Christ is. If it were not for the Bible, we woulc not know of the miracles performed oi people healed. The Bible sets the foun dation of who Christ is. And to say tha the Bible should not be taken literall; means that the Pope has no real pur pose. It is also to say that there is no rea son to wake up on a Sunday morninj just to go to church, because the churcl has no real substance. ople...want Safe Ride to take pie to Five Points. But that 'ould perpetuate drinking." Leigh-Anne Travers; Student Services Committee =1 ~ if ^ 4 t JV i 1 i Moscow as go to a bar, speak . and, bang!, you sitting next to a you have probably seen on television lately. The communist threat is there, but there has been a change. Russians have learned a good lesson out of their misfortune, and there are great business professionals in Russia now. There's a marked tendency even in major American corporations, which view the country as one of the leading strategic markets of the world, to substitute Americans with qualified Russians. Significantly fewer women and men are interested in hanging out with Westerners just because they are Westerners. So, to succeed both in business and personal life in places like Russia, you Kqvo tn Ho Hn+H a nrnfoccinnal and a "WTV MV ~ good person. In short, you have to be an American winner and not just American. 'j anywhere first in our relationships with our neighbors to the south. Although most white Americans identify more with Europe, in many ways we are more closely linked with Latin America. We were all once colonies of European powers, and all of us have tried, successfully or unsuccessfully, to govern ourselves over the past 200 years. While we continue to say our sole cultural heritage lies with countries 4,000 miles across an ocean, we must recognize our vital relationship to Latin America. This means recognizing the importance of Latin American people in our own country. Within the next few decades, people of a European heritage i will be in the minority in this country, and the most prominent "minority" will i be Hispanic Americans, not African ' Americans. So let's start to realize we can't five 1 in a bubble all our fives. We will always be a nation of immigrants. Our ances, tors were able to make their way here . and pursue the "American Dream." We i should be willing to let others do so as 1 well. and mast include full name, professional title or year and major if a student xxn in Russell House nx>m VM E-mail letters must include the authors lele(x space limitations Names will not lx' withlx*ld for any circumstance To say that the Bible should not be taken literally is to say that the Bible ^ is a book of fiction. To say that the Bible ) is cryptic is to say that one should live life by reasoning and not by faith. 1 Now I know Dr. Kugel is a very inr telligent individual with very high cre dentials and a Ph.D. in Hebrew litert ature. But the Bible is more than just y literature, it is a way of living. And - for Dr. Kugel to say the Bible isn't real is to say that, despite how much the good doc knows, it is very obvious I that he doesn't know God. .1 Terrence Wilsoci Mechanical Engr.