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Jennifer Stanley
Sara Ladenheim.
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Kurt Johnson, Assist
Kathleen McCorm
Student Se
to benefit
Congratulations
Senate. Once
again, you've man- Student Sert
aged to do noth- mandat
ing that benefits
students. This past
weanesaay, our
student senators ? rjL
spent most of their Some oft
weekly meeting de- senator.
bating and defeat- wake up a
ing a bill that their job
would-require one
office hour a week.
Senators who opposed the bill
called the one hour a week a waste
of time and said they felt like children.
The Senate managed to pass
the bill as a resolution after many
senators left before the meeting
was over.
Leaders in Carolina Productions,
community service organizations
and (we hate to toot our
own horn) Student Media manage
to hold office hours.
These hours not only give leaders
time to talk to members of the
Carolina community, but it also
gives them time to work on projects
that can benefit students,
something Student Government
has yet to do. So far this semester,
Student Government has not
passed any bill that actually benefits
students. They have managed
to debate internal decision,
things like office hours that are
not even up for debate in other organizations.
Senators spend dozens of hours
getting elected. But once they are
actually in office, they find it an
inconvenience to dedicate even
one hour to the office. Out of more
than 40 members not one mold
Glenn fli
unneces;
The media circus
that has surrounded HHHU
the latest NASA Media bh
stunt to take John Glenn
Glenn back into
space is a great reminder
to Americans IHTTTTV
of the last NASA
blitz back in 1986, Was bis i
which killed New ^
Hampshire teacher
Christa MacAuliffe
and the rest of Challenger's
crew.
NASA's intentions are questionable
once again. His age has
been the constant answer to the
questions: Why John Glenn? and
Why in 1998? Glenn will undergo
tests that determine the effects
of space on aging and are designed
to give some clues, eventually, that
will help scientists discover the
key to the aging process. These
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The Gamecock
Jennifer Stanley Etlitor in Chief Jackie Post
Sara Ladenheim Managing Editor Todd Mont
Rob Glolelll V'ieu'/xiints Erlitor Rosalind H
Josh Lonon Metes Editors
Erin Reed Kurt Johns
Kristin Freestate features Editor Brad Walte
Bryan Johnston Editorial Assistant Kenley Yoi
Nathan Brown Sports Editor Ruth Nettlt
Nlkltl Thorpe Photo Editors Deneshia <
Sean Rayford Kelly Magi
Brian Rlsh Online Editor Matt Ryan
Rob Llndsey Copy Editors Kathleen ?
Jessica Barileld
Student Media
Ellen Parsons Director of
Student Media Carolyn Gi
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Sherry F. Holmes Classified Jeff StensL
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Community since 1908
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, Managing Editor
riewpoints Editor
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upholds. the rest <
to grow
take resp
for something each men
posedly wanted enough
more than one hour a we
paign for.
Several senators fe'
that students would n
the office hours to bring
to their elected represe
If they need to fill that
hour a week, they coi
phone calls, write letters
with campus administra
dining, parking, safet)
policies, tolerance, advi
ing, technology, retent:
nority faculty members
campus' master plan, jus
a few. If that's not enougi
ators can fill their time
ing The Gamecock c
puzzle, which they the
so important to keep ai
Senate needs to wake
senators are trying to gi
spect and trust that mi
student body seems to
Those who continue to d
that might accomplish e
and introduce bills tha
purpose will dig studer
ment a grave that is air
enough.
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sary
reasons
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itz with John sPace a
returning him to
pace. trip.
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other 255 million Ame
zens wonder about th<
cancer, the solution to (
less problem, or books t
children are missing.
NASA needs to prio
regroup. John Glenn m?
tional hero to those wh
ber him in 1962, but Y
need to return to spaa
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slblllty ard. Shep- rea
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and meet KEVIN LANQ8TON was gay. He ^
tors about columnist didn't steal Pe(
r, grading anything or ^a1
sor train- break any are
ion of mi- laws, but someone saw fit to kill this ka
3, and the young man because he was gay. ues
3t to name I sometimes sit and think. I know av<
h the sen- this can be a self-destructive way to kill
1 comDlet- time, but I do it often. I ponder how far clu
rossword we ^ave come as a PeoPk-1 consider es i
, the advancements we have made in the sej
iught was way 0?technology. I imagine those who the
*ound. have preceded our existence would be q\[
i up. Some more than satisfied with how far we gjj.
lin the re- have come. I think of all this, and I think we
nch of the it all amounts to nothing when I read Qn
have lost. of this horrible event that befell another g ^
iefeat bills human being. on(
something After this travesty, I see human be- ,
t serve no bigs as no better than the savage beasts ^
n govern- ^ People's
thin
Listen to people, read a magazine, by
turn on the TV. Ifs there. You are zes
never sure which one it is, but you lik
' know it's, era
in back to - % ?t jjWl munication if j
re hardly ^ ^aroun(^ ^01
year, bil- QUERMAN ABAEV ?
dollars are columnist handy social be
into the interaction frii
irogram. tools, which people use to ease and beau- tra
ollars ben- tify the burden of existence, never lies uk
4 astro- idle.
vhile the A child is born honest. It will be wo
rican citi- some time before he learns how keep an
e cure for his true feelings in check. Years and in
)ur home- years 01 intensive training, botn tneo- inj
hat school retical and hands-on, consciously and tei
subconsciously given by other humans, im
, finally makes a baby understand the a 1
ritize ana yery sacre(j but unofficial truth. That
ly be a na- is> most of mankind does not really bij;
0 remem- what to know the truth. Do not be fooled mc
le doesn't
in 1998.
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holidays and exam To the Editor:
- of South Carolina. T i i
if Student Media Is In wntmg my recent letter to the reI
editor of The Gamecock, I used a ve'
I22Q2IE1 selection of very unnecessary adjectives in(
odes are 803 _ and generalizations to describe USC's Fii
777-3913 football team. I wrote this letter in anger, to
gcixxMsc txiu an(j jn doing s0 wrote things th$t I thi
ki u-trs@sc ci"in should not have. I apologize for any mis- h1
777-7726 understandings this article may have
bw" caused; particularly to the football playketc@sc
edu ers and coaches who I have personal:kspn^*l
ly angered. Particularly, I should nev- ?
777-2833 er have used the term "gorilla" to
777-3888 describe the football players. In no way. g
777_, 184 did I intend the comment to be a racial
fi H2 slur; however, I understand now how
sc^ie could interpret it that way.
I should never have generalized the y?
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world burdei
it share this planet with us. I am
hamed on behalf of the human "After th
:e. I am ashamed for those who will
id of such acts in the years to come. beings a
we have accomplished, the appar- .
; barrier we have raised between hu- DC3SIS tl
ns and animals, is destroyed when
decide to revoke the lives of other
man beings on the sole basis of their
ng different. ers when we have
I ask you to please define "normal." worry about?
mu can, you are a far better person If you are not
m I am. To me, the only thing that then consider th:
kes us all the same is that we are common sense. Dot
different. Regardless of this, we hate kill someone beci
>ple who are different. We learn to y?u? Don't try too
te. It isn't something with which we cannot fathom somt
i born. Our peers, parents and col- another individual
gues incorporate their hateful val- ey no* mee* 1
s into our lives. This process is un- tus Qu0ridable,
and we will continue it. - ou canno, ?nc
i ..i. ,1 tj-,1 far as a race, but \
Some people, with their Bibles ., . , /
. , ,. \ j , , ny that we have a k
tched m hand, will say scripture lash- ' , , ,
out against those who find the same nol but Qur mQ
i attractive. These people read into plete overhaul. Take
i Bible what they want to see, as do us an(j we are ieft'moral'
Christians. I, myself, see the age instincts. This
rie as a collection of stories from which We live in a wor
are to establish a base of morality, is pistol-whipped an
ie such moral I take from the Bible in a world where a
;he suggestion that we do not judge the back of an autoi
a another unless we, ourselves, want several miles as the
be judged. Why should we see our- down the highway
ves fit to dictate the morals of oth- the weight of the \
st for truth usual
peoples' publicized and eulogized you start looking fo
it to seek the truth Honestly, it seems partner, or maybe
e their true agenda is running like -release on a weeke
izy from the actual truth. surprisingly, it ta
How many times a day do you san- stretching to get yot
ze or "strategically misintemret" men tend to miseui
nething you are about to say? Fm not tie about their fina
king about big-time lies here, just women, in return,
le social lies. I wouldn't be surprised ety of body-enhan
rou do it a lot. Do you feel sometimes gets to lure men.
a do it on automatic pilot? Where However, the
js it come from? Fm not sure, but you realm of everlastii
ibably learned it from other people world of long-term
die Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck still is where the most
rilled you. Maybe you learned that turistic bedtime sf
be accepted by society you had to sold and bought in
"nice." Buy peoples' attention and Most soap oper
endliness with some linguistic Nu- talk shQws are bui
iSweet and they like you. It's a pop- on lies and betraya
ir and reliable trick. huge spectrum of s
Even Dale Carnegie, acknowledged comes into the m
irldwide pioneer in public speaking shapes and strengl
d personality development, suggests It's all over th
his book "How to Win Friends and telligent and classy
Eluence People," that you should flat- to the unsophistica
people no matter what and, more and the unbeatabl
portantly, do it genuinely. Well, say censored group-wi
ie and believe it yourself. mance, Jerry Sprii
You grow up and life asks for even But where do si
jger lies. One sunny day your hor- their plots for blah-1
me level hits the record mark and endless soap oper
The Gamecock will try to print all tetters. U
| 1 I I f 1 year and major If a student Hand written letters
chide the author's telephone number. The Game
tball team in any way. In my defense, your sports coverage
elieve my original submission to The trian team ? a vai
imecock was edited in such a way absolutely no recogr
to alter the intent of my letter. ments. We work h
The letter to the editor did not for is a little acknov
jresent the point I was trying to con- we do. Our first c
y. My intention was not to insult any October 10 and 11
lividuals or the football team itself, pie riders win thei
lally, I would also like to apologize In addition to ti
my teammates, coaches and peers won the overall tea
at unintentionally became involved ing eight other schc
this situation. son, Georgia and A
Chris Henninger ston was the rese:
Freshman Point Rider for the
Our western te
questrian team not
etting any coverage the competition^
? ? champion High P
Td the editor: competitions, mear
I was juKi: writing you a letter to let best rider at the e
u know liow disappointed I am in days. This is a big
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lat share this
our own morals to dei
ter
a moral person, gei
is issue as one of ?p
bs it make sense to
ause he isn't like ua^
hard on this one. I h0,
aone wanting to rob g^(
of his life because ^
the superficial sta- get
i that we have come get
'ou also cannot de)ng
way to go. Sure,
ir\
cuivciiicuto m icvurality
needs a comi
our toys away from n01
with only our sav- x d
frightens me. Wt
Id where a gay man ^
id left to die. We live fer
black man is tied to th<
mobile and dragged Th
i automobile speeds nol
. I go to sleep with
vorld on my shoul- boi
h ends
r a soulmate, lover, thi
just a little energy an
;nd. Again, but not pl
kes a lot of truth- jn.
irself hitched. Some SCI
de women just a lit- ^
mcial status. Some
tend to use a varicing
gear and gadmore
enchanting Pa
lg fraud lies in the ou
relationships. That W1
fascinating and fu- st*
;ories are made up, pe
huge numbers. kn
as and self-cloning
1+ n-nnn anH rovnlvo If.
IV u^uii uuu 1V1<
1 in relationships. A ho
shocking revelation S01
arket in different na
ths.
e box, from the in- ,,
Y "ER" and "Oprah" tn'
ited "Sunset Beach" e
e master of the unrestling
TV perforlger.
tiowbiz folks dig out th<
blah-blah shows and all
a episodes? I don't tn
otters should be 250-500 words and must
must be personally delivered by the autl
cock reserves the right to edit all letter ft
e. I am on the eques- an
rsity sport that gets W
lition for our achieve- ye
ard, and all we ask rej
/ledgement for what
ompetition was on we
, and we had multi- ab
r classes. inj
iat, the English team in
m competition, beat- ni
wis, including Clem.uburn.
Mary Hugh- yc
rve champion High joi
i show. ar
am, which most peo- ai
?w about, was the re- w<
am for both days of th
undy Burns was the pi
oint Rider for both pe
ling that she was the pe
mtire show on both
achievement for us,
; to me like I was drunk
there picttire. I'll tell you
that."
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9. What do I tail thosewho cotae ?fme?
Is this the mark 1 want farther
Mirations to see' jjo i navea cap
ray to my creator that I do.
When I inflect npon the ehtkpfittion,
I feel deep) reraors'fe. ItaiyMi,
vever, distraguish.the target ofniy
el Am I upset that a young man wis
led because he was gay0 Ami hpthat
a man was killed becUusehe
that I am associated with thekame
)ple who could commit or siipport
jse heinous acts.
"Hate conceives ignorance and igrance
conceives hate."
on't know who said this, but its true.
; fear what we are unfamiliar with,
ther than try to understand our difences,
we avoid them by committing
sse acts of violence and stupidity,
is is the human way. To me, there is
thing humane about the human race.
I guess if s back to the old drawing
ird.
I9
im nao
UU 111 lit^
ink I'd be wrong to say that they
5 reflecting some of us real-life peoi.
Sex and lies march together handhand
from everyday life onto the
eens. Seems like too many people
; into this dynamic duo lifestyle. Even
well, you.
My question is, why is all this gol
on? Are we too weak and unprered
to learn the whole truth about
rselves and the people we live
th? Is real life so emotionally depictive
for the average human to exrience
that he doesn't really want to
ow the truth?
To me, that seems to be the case,
my of us are too afraid to face total
nesty, especially if it can hit a peri's
most insecure spot. Normally, and
turally, no one wants to be hurt.
A few real people dare, though, like
s dramatic character of Agent Mulr,
to experience all the reality and
irn from all the veracity out there.
ren fewer people try to stop telling
e biggest lies in their lives, the lies
sy tell themselves. This is what's rey
difficult. We all know that the naked
ith mav not iust hurt, it can kill.
include full name, phone number, professional title or
tor to the Russell House room 333. E-mail letters must in
>r style, libel or space. Names will never be withheld.
d starts us off for a promising year,
e finished sixth in the NATION last
ar, and we are currently leading our
?ion.
I was very disappointed to see that
) did not even merit a small article
out our first competition, despite havg
talked to the sports editor and sendg
in a written article on Saturday
ght to your offices.
Another thing that we expect is that
iu will be responsible in your job as
urnalists that you will cover all sports
id their achievements. We deserve an
tide about us in the paper because
e are a sport that wini/knd we need
Le publicity that your newsjiaper can
wide. Our team is very willing to help
ople understand the sport, since most 1
jople do not even* kj{pw what it is.
. Jennifer Wood
, Sophomore
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