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EDITORIAl
Jennifer Stanley
Sara Ladenheim,
Rob Gioielli, Vi
Kurt Johnson, Assistc
Kathleen McCormii
Marriott
improve
Two years ago, i
Marriott's con- HIIHUmB
tract to provide Customers
tood services to Marriott's
the university was onca?
renewed.
At that point,
we were promised
we would receive Monopoly
better food op- Marriott
tions. We have
Chik-Fil-A, Taco servmgUi
Bell and Star
bucks now. These brand names
bring students some comfort, as
they know they'll get a consistent,
quality product.
But as the food has gotten better,
the service remains the same:
horribly inconsistent.
With their myriad of food
outlets on this campus, Marriott
has some huge quality control
problems. At supposed "fast food"
outlets, students sometimes wait
up to 25 minutes before they get
their food. Employees seem to be
indifferent about their jobs and
serving their customers.
Marriott has a large problem
in how they are managing their
food services to this university.
They are not doing their jobs when
it comes to giving students what
they deserve.
The main reason behind this
is Marriott has no incentive to im
Sex offen
close sup
It's tough de- rj55|*TT
fending the reg- HHHLiJ
istry of sex of- Sexoffem
fenders when registeJ
issues of civil lib- ^e jni
erties are at stake.
But we are opti- ______
mistic about the
grant the State
Law Enforcement M) matter
Division recently solution, U
received from the protect C,
U.S. Justice Department
to set up ?
such a on-line registry.
As it is, sex offenders must register
with the local sheriff when
they move into town. Having the
on-line registry will make it easier
for different law enforcement
agencies to snare mat Humiliation.
It will also make the information
more accessible to the general
public.
Now, when a sex offender
moves in next door, youll be more
likely to know ahead of time so
that you can protect yourself
and your family.
Obviously, the rights of the former
criminal are at stake. Most of
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needs to
service
prove its service.
With their monopoly
ervice at on campus food, you
outlets have no choice when
lOus ft comes to who you
want to give your
money to. In the free
market, if you don't
inhibits like the service at a
1 from restaurant, you don't
t better. Sphere. If the service
is bad enough,
nobody goes there,
and they close down.
No matter where you go on
campus, you are giving your money
to Marriott. You have no choice.
With meal plans, this problem is
compounded. You've already given
Marriott your money. You already
paid for it, so you might as
well go there. Why should they improve
their service? Even if you
decide to walk to Burger King
for everv meal. Marriott still has
your money.
The university needs to work
with Marriott to provide more incentives
for good service. Just because
we are students with prepaid
meal plans doesn't mean
we are not entitled to good service.
Whether it's a meal plan, cash or
a cash card, we are still putting
money in Marriott's pocket, and
should be treated like paying customers.
ders need
ervision
us believe that once
someone has done
lers being his time, he should
rqd on be allowed a fresh
pmpt start. However, it is
very difficult, if not
impossible, to rehabilitate
a sex offend
er.
what the He is likely to of)e
need to fend again. Besides,
hildren. the rights of children
(and other targets of
sex crimes) to be safe
are more important.
We hope, though, that this will
be done carefully.
We don't want to label a teenager
a pariah if he got arrested for
sleeping with his not-quite-legal
girlfriend.
We also wonder if there might
not be better ways of controlling
a sex offender's behavior.
Maybe more supervision, longer
paroles, or more counseling and
assistance adjusting to societj
would help.
We just hope that the initia
tive taken helps in a way that does
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Columnist
Hi. I'm your friendly neighborhood
editorial writer, here to
give the dos and don'ts of edi
torial page
KIKI McCORMICK vja several
columnist letters to
the editor,
that some of you out there are confused
about the basic goings-on up here, so
I'll use those assumptions as jumpingoff
points.
Perhaps the most worrying display
of cluelessness was found in a letter by
some law student attempting to defend,
the antics of a video poker machine
magnate. His first sentence stated: "An
editorial is defined as an 'editor's opinion.
In case you ever wonder who
those people are, our names are listed
for your perusal over our editorials. All
Presidents
All right, would somebody please
hand me a saw-off shotgun so I
can kill myself.
? I, along
\ with Bob
Johanr
;.'|S- Hi Helemar
* from Lonjrf
' reallytirec
^% - 0f hearim
KURT JOHNSON about this
columnist Clintor
crap.
Tn the newsDaDer. on the news, ever
in Tiny Toons, all they talk about is
Clinton, sex and cigars. Just stop. Sto]
before we all turn mad. I really thinl
I know enough about Clinton's sex life
7 and it's something that I really don'
give two shakes of a lamb's tail about
The only sex life I am concerne<
with right now is my own. I mean, thaf
enough to worry about considering if;
currently on life support.
What really chaps my lips is the in
j~ tense vengefulness with which Ken
neth Starr went after el presidente
Making his report that graphic was un
Students behavior
at game appalling
To the editor:
I am writing this letter to commen
nn the rnnrlnf-t nf snme students in Ser
tion 30 of the stadium at the Georgia
USC football game on Sept. 12,1998.
am a 1975 graduate of the universitj
and my daughter is currently a senio
there.
She was kind enough to get tick
etgfor us in the student section for thi
game. At halftime, two young men seal
>oint;
t resolves n
of us write editorials, contrary to the
assertion of the above mentioned student,
who assumed Editor in Chief Jennifer
Stanley wrote the one he disputed
(She didn't, I did. Ha!).
Anyway, this is how it works: The
five of us get together at our (at least)
weekly meetings and discuss the issues
and events that we need to address this
week. We argue, pontificate and then
we see if we can reach a consensus. If
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WC Call 1, WC UUll t auuic? uiai ioouc in
an editorial; if we can, we decide who
will write it, generally based on who
knows the most about the subject and
who has time to research it.
Viewpoints Editor Rob Gioielli, Assistant
V.P. Editor Kurt Johnson and
I write the majority, with occasional offerings
from Jennifer and Managing
Editor Sara Ladenheim. We write more
not because Sara and Jennifer don't
agree with us, but because they have
duties on pages other than Viewpoints.
So what do we do when we have a
burning desire to say something with
which the rest of the editorial board
doesn't agree? Glad you asked. Thaf s
what columns are for. Columns are?
well, this is a column. It is written less
formally, and (hopefully) displays more
il scandal g<
called for. And then posting it on the
Internet and making paperback books
of it were mere propaganda. He did it
simply to drag Clinton's name through
, the mud, though Clinton did a pretty
. good job of that himself.
Actually, I think Starr was jealous
because he's probably been backed
t up for about 15 years now. Thafs more
l than any man can handle.
Now he's released Clinton's videotaped
testimony which really didn't
shed any new light on anything. And
[ it did not have the "shocked, shocked
r and appalled" value Starr surely want3
ed it to have on the American people,
i The fact is, we really do not care
about it anymore. Yeah, there's all the
i morality discussion in the background,
3 but that*s really not the point,
j Clinton screwed up, and he's payt
ing for it severely. But Starr has been
i, kicking him while he's down, as well as
t having his attack dogs use the bath;.
room on him. I kind of feel sorry for the
i prez.
s And whenever this is all over, I'm
s sure we'll be bombarded with "Today
on the Jerry Springer Show, Monica
tells all," or "Hear how Kenneth Starr
- brought out the 'truth.'"
- * It's going to be crazy. Starr and
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1 jjewinsKy win pruuauiy gei uuur.
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phone nunfca
ed in front of us felt it necessary to
smoke in the stadium. When asked not
to do so, they immediately left the seating
area and went to another area to
smoke.
During the second half of the game,
t some of the students seated behind us
" became extremely vulgar in their conversations
and efforts to spur the team
I on to success.
r> In the fourth quarter of the game,
r one of the students dropped and
broke his pint bottle of liquor, with glass
shards splattering my family.
s Instead oAan apology ve were subjected
to a protane ti? A. this point,
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"It has come to my j
letters to the editor,
there are confused 2
ons up here."
of the individual writers personal tastes
than an editorial.
Kurt, Rob and I each write columns
on a weekly basis. With few exceptions,
the privilege of a regular column is
reserved for staff members, because
they invest so much of their time in The
Gamecock.
This fact is bitterly resented by a
recent letter writer, who complained
about everything but our shoe size in
an attempt to "get us back" for not allowing
him to become a columnist. He
stated, (after referring to someone's
"signed editorial," a thing which does
not exist;, tne people liatcu un me mooihead
of the Viewpoints page are clue:
less. They wouldn't recognize a real issue
or writer if one walked up and bit
them."
Which brings me to the promised
list of "Viewpoints Dos and Don'ts":
sts enough
"Clinton screwed up
it severely. But Starr
while he's down, as
attack dogs use the 1
deals describing the whole ordeal, an<
Monica will probably pose for Playboy
They'll make millions and go dowi
in history.
If Starr was any kind of man, h<
would say no to any such offers an<
merely claim that he was doing his jol
. and he doesn't want any money. Bu
he's already shown us his intentions
Something else that really surpris
es me is that no blame has ever beei
put on Monica. I think it takes two t
tango, unless you're really in the moo<
and nobody's around, so you, well
you know!
But it seems all the blame has bee
put on Clinton when Monica is just a
guilty as he is. She wasn't forced in an
wav to have sex with him. But she1
just the lowly, young intern who rea
ly didn't know what was goin& on, s
she just went with the flow.
iccock will try to pnrt al kstcn rooovcd Letters ahoiid be 250-300 wore
Hers must be percoruily deferred by the author to The Gamecock new;
The Gamecock loaves the right to edit all letter for style pontile Ike
we contacted a security guard, and th
offensive student was escorted out <
the stadium.
This is not my first experience wit
seats in the student section, but th
was by far the most disgusting to m
family and me.
I would like to let the students kno
that most of us who are seated amor
them at the games have "been ther
done that," but we have outgrown thi
behavior.
Also, it may come as a shock to son
of the students, but some of us adul
are in position of authority and will 1
e offense didn't execute the
ly that I know that we can.
\nd it hurt us; it haunted
us in the long run."
try Hood, USC wide receiver
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confusion
ittention, via several
that some of you out
ibout the basic goingDon't
write a letter attacking us personally.
We won't print it unless you
say something that makes yourself look
silly, and then what have you gained?
Do address the issue itselt. It is
juvenile to complain about a writer
when it is his or her opinion with which
you find fault. Try to give some constructive
criticism, or it is pointless.
Don't ever feel like you don't have
a voice. The Viewpoints page is a vehicle
of expression for the USC community.
Do write a letter to the editor
whenever you want to debate an issue,
or to relate something to the community
which has not been addressed on
our page.
And do feel free to contact us personally
to discuss our columns. I'm at
kawarth@vm.sc.edu, and soon youH be
able to reach all of us Viewpoints people
at one handy e-mail address.
coverage
i, and he's paying for
has been kicking him
well as having his
>athroom on him."
1 Clinton needs to save some face
by resigning. It's about the only thing
i he can do. He has no support from either
party and he will not be able to do
e a thing if he somehow avoids imI
peachment and remains in office for the
b next two years.
t Who knows what kind of president
i. A1 Gore will be, but a lot of people do
i- not like the idea of him calling the shots,
a And another thing... wait, you know
o what, I'm not even going to talk about
d it. Fm horribly ill from constantly hearl,
ing and reading about it.
I'm going on a word strike? I'm
n going to leave the rest 01 tnis column
is blank as a revolt against the whole sity
uation. I'm making a statement by not
s making a statement at all.
1io
Oh darn, I ran out of room. What
a great statement.
fa and mil indude full mine, professional tide or year and major i a atudert.
room in Runcl House room 333- E-mail Idlers must include the author's tele
I or space imitations. Names wil not be withheld for any cscurntanoe.
e making employment decisions that may
)f impact some of these students.
The faces of several students are
h burned indelibly into my mind, and I
is certainly hope that they are educay
tion majors who may be applying for
employment in our district.
w It will give me a great deal of pleaig
sure to remind these people of their
e, boorish behavior on Sept. 12 as I ushat
er them out of my office, still unem.
ployed.
le Robert E. Hartness
ts Clats of 1975
ae Principal,dewberry Middle School