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Lazy? Shiftless? We have an e-mail address just for you: GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU Just include your name and phone number. TThir f Rnmi KLMKxumm Serving the Carolina Commnnit EDITORIAL BO Jennifer Stanley, Edit Sara Ladenheim, Man, Rob Gioielli, Viewpo Kurt Johnson, Assistant V Kathleen McCormick, E Negative adj voters from It's election ^ time, so the roads HHHaiiAiifll and air waves are Negative advertisi inundated with affect voter turti campaign advertising that incorporates mud-sling- BBTTTTTfTnTHTTi ing and petty ^ , name-calling. These ads ai Negative ad- dangerous to < vertising are those political system filthy and repulsive need to stop ads which under- ? mine both the candidates who make them and our to pi cherished political system. knov Most people assume these ads to m run so the differing candidates choi can belittle and insult each other, nauj while at the same time promot- feet ing themselves. A But they also have another mo- and i tive, keeping voters away from the or pa voting booths. "The reason you use ish a negative ads is to reduce turnout," V said David Berube, USC political. let u scientist, in an article printed on will < the subject in The Gamecock. for, r These ads, according to Berube, ing t who quotes from research, don't adec ItAolltr />Vl Ar?r?/\ ?AA?lft'n T?. T icanjr viiange pcupic o minus, ill L fact, they turn off independent selvi Rules take ? authority ol Christopher M IP 1 Woods, a Richland HIHmJmiI School District 1 fifth We've lost faith grader, recently school adminisi served a suspension for violating his dis- KTTHWTPTflTl trict's zero-tolerance weapons policy. The Zero-tolerance n authorities weren't installed to m concerned that the 10 for then "weapon" in question was a mere butter knife, an object that is, by defini- admi tion, blunt and holds less threat tellig than the average pencil. They pun- 0 ished him, even considered ex- been pelling him, for trying to enable need himself to eat a banana (He found mise it difficult to bite down, having re- the s< cently gotten braces). don't There have been other knife minis incidents in the last few weeks. A spons cheerleading coach has been fired, can p appoitjiiuy uver an incident wnere n a cheerleader was found to have perso a knife in her lunch box; the stu- to bk dent is facing punishment as well, when And Dutch Fork High student Ja- like a son Gilbert was expelled for.hav- essen ing a pocket knife on a field trip; who c he maintains he had simply for- who c gotten to empty his pockets the bility night before. discrii Maybe a pocketknife is a ratior weapon, but maybe not. It is Ar possible that Gilbert intended to huma hurt someone with it. But we can't even give a butter knife a "maybe." Hie(5amet Sen ing lite Carolina Community sit Tile Gamecock is the student newspaper of The I 'niversity of South (a Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times during the summer periods. (ipinions expresicd bi The ( amecrxk are tin we of die editors <* and* The Board of Student Publicatioas and Gnmmunicalions is the puNishet of 11 die newspaper's |?rent organization The Gamecock Jenntfcr Stanley liilitor in Chief Jackie Poston Sara Ladenhelm Managing luliior Todd Money Rob Giolelll Vienyxunts luliior Rosalind Harvey Josh Lonon Aims Htlilors Erin Reed Kurt Johnson /Isv/ l ien Kristin Freestate Peatures luliior Brad Walters A Bryan Johnston Kililorial Assistant Kenley Young Nathan Brown \ports luliior Ruth Nettles / Nlkkl Thorpe Photo lidilnrs Deneshia Graham tea Sean Rayford Kelly Maguire A Brian Rish Online Editor Matt Ryan Acs/ (, Rob Lindsey Ofy Pdilors Kathleen McCormlck Jessica Barfleld Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Student Media Carolyn Griffin Hu.su Lee Phlpps Advertising Manager Erik Collins lac Sherry F. Holmes Classif d Jeff Stensland (Iras^ View ~~ I I tVMS* track y since 1908 f ll \RD I lit ) 'or in Chief l aging Editor \ QN ints Editor V iewpoints Editor \ ditorial Writer > keep voting - l ?mems cnangea parties. i-out Such ad non- nttKi sense is dangerous X for our political sysI tem. It survives on the voice of the peo- ?*-* iY) -* pie, it thrives on po- ^ litical debate and /i| and argument, and it JLAJLJLm^?.\^* J ?. dies because of vot- ' er apathy. The recent push Tmage. It's a big thing these da "omote voting, to let people I People like to have a style or so v the importance of voting and -l-form of physical representatioi ake them realize they have a ... . ,/l themsel ce in the matter, is all for : jht if such ads continue to af- . I 1 ies.,, the public the way they are. MBp-; ' unique Jso, these ads are immature jKw,,. dumb stupid, making the candidates J Thisca irties that run them look child- ) to my att md juvenile. * * tion the ( fe need advertisements that er day wl s know what each candidate K fP' - ^ s 0 m e 0 do and what he or she stands KURT JOHNSON came UF lot what the other is not do- columnist me an<V >r the reason he or she is in- ogmzed ~ I ^ t1 mate 00 luun" 1 , ,, ' , , . j n ,, like (and I quote, as always), "t jA the voters decide for them- fat nauseating ^ uhh_ what.s 5S who deserves what. name, oh yeah, Newt Gingrich." I was rather flattered, because th -j- exactly the look I was going for. 1 llV yjLmade me more conscience of my J pearance. Since I am now a cam] ^ ^ ^ celebrity via this recognition, I hav U further uphold my image standai /|f It's kind of like when you see your; in a picture, but it's not a good phot ==n Why is that the you-s?you de<dde tof Setend wa; I 1. i j - i. .l you and make fun of the person m I school districts u ? ? i.? J i , photo... well, no it s not, nevermi: itl our ^ren J- making the Anyway, people take what they w rotors. distinction be- and how they present themselves tween something ligiously serious. And properly so, I s that could be used pose. HH as a weapon and lies are something that f* C?We^think it is be- StlldPflt Vt cause people have Lfl'WVlVllI' no faith in school nistrators to make fair, inent decisions. ur faith in our leaders has L so undermined, we feel the \ Xext time you enter the Univ for rules which compro- I ^1 Slt:* Bookstore, refuse to let leaders' abilities to practice X J1 your book ba8'?th!locke lund judgement we fear they , have. In this system, ad ing to have books with you. Beside, m strators don t have to take re- 0f us can't even afford 25 cents fo: ability for any decisions and locker. If there is such a problem w lace the blame on the rule. books being stolen, why should we le* ;ro-tolerance rules are im- our books unattended? How convenk nal, so there is never anyone for a thief?all pre-paid books in o ime but the offender. And area near the door. They won't s i something silly happens, ^y alarm off-1 don,t k" about y( . child being suspended for, but I can't afford to lose any books w, tially, eating a banana, those ' e ')ay'ng' , . , j Why do they harass the enti ton t trust their leaders or student body and treat us ,jke Ko Ion t want to take responsi- Apple, when we pay their bills? Y shrug and point to the non- know that the few books stolen will jt minating, non-thinking, non- end up back in their inventory so th lal entity that is the rule. id so life is made a little less Vl!PlllnF|^FVllPVll9lP in and a little worse. Student Government OCk KTOjjMl completely powerless lce i<m To the editor: irolina and is published Monday. Wednesday and In response to your editorial of 10/2 Willi the exception nf university holidays and exam j have the following tO Say: you're Hgl ir and not tliose ot "Hie l iiiversity ot South (jrolina. ? ? le liamecock Hie llepartnxiit ot Student Mixlia ts After reading what I feel to be a hea ily biased editorial, but then, if it isi H KQ2EE23XS biased, what's the point, I went to tl aii area codes are w>3_ Student Government office to look i alitor 777-w i i all the legislation that has passed th f7/m* KvlaUuns RCbaMst <yIt, f l>in\liir Viewy* tints 777-77th * . - in,inis ijiiiur vwvc <;h, And you're absolutely correct... \ M %i*v m"? Vws HcbuwsQsJtffn haven't passed anything this year th uu>re luiitor hk. ' 777-3913 benefits students as a whole. Heutiim Muor /(cbeiccsc e,iu Except, of course, for that finan S,,"rt< H^s@scll bill which re-allocated money from st Htkiinai water online 777-2833 dent organizations that failed to qu< Advertising 777-3888 ify to any new groups that students m; Mauayer 777-H83 want to start. And then there's the le um Manayer rax 777-6382 islation that clears up a lot of ambig ally Arlrisor Me Assistant Office 777-3888 ^ POINTS ms so \ T D 3ft MIOLtUCE \ *T?LtM\SIOVl . jppj lothes major s ys. When it comes down to it, the first me impression you're going to make on any- a i of one is through what you wear. People ves see you, and, according to how you look, ^j-j on- a pre-judgment will be made on you. em It's human nature. 1 e r * I'm kind of a people-watcher. Ill be or walking to class or something and just observe what other people are doing, name's ime especially girls, because they are rather Wal-M en- enticing to observe. to be a >th- But by doing this, you can see how people "ten seriously some people take looking good, someth ne It could easily be compared to a horse Oh] ?to race ... well, no it couldn't, nevermind and guy *ec- again. I look a me And there are numerous different so whei in& styles to which people dedicate tfiem- puttha hat selves. I, myself, am more in the genre in the i his of the "jeans I've been wearing for the good?'" past three days and a white T-shirt that or have a*;s looks clean enough" style of clothing, or look However, on special occasions, I may leeway aP" wear a colored T-shirt and a yarmulke. Tur ^us Another popular style with the guvs iects n< e 10 is the "khaki pants and button shirt" wearin combo that indicates a young man to skirts ti j. be of the stylish, "BCBG" type. He wants the mic 0 , the ladies to know that he's money and is going he's ready to party (in other words, he into tes e wants a little company for his "bits and Aloi n ' two pieces"). aretigh Then we have those guys who "aren't bassist i re~ getting paid a damn cent but feel they the bass UP~ must use their entire wardrobe as an be tight advertisement, including their leop- er and i ardskin g-strings, for a certain brand beat, foi ivolts gainst h !can sell them to us over and over again each semester. ?J Addam's Bookstore is no better. The er- book I needed wasn't in, and I decided Yo ive to come back another time. On my way rs. out, a couple in front of me set off the JUl ' to secunty thing. I walked around them go- and left. ost I was walking down the street, when Then 11 r a a posse from Addam's approaches me ahead c ith and starts asking all sorts of questions, would b ive Thjs big guy was obviously in charge ning. Sc }nt because he was doing all the ques- The: ne tion- asking. I finally said, "Do you want jj^g iet me to go back to the store with you?" wejj j }"' He replied, "Yes, and if the security 1 buzzer doesn't go off again, you are free to go." Tmmmg re na i started walking back with them 3"aiiec ou wondering where they thought I had a The lg^. book hidden. I wasn't even wearing a made a ey jacket. Yeah, I have the complete works door. I s of William Shakespeare in my colon. New Yoi EThe Gamecock will try to [ year and major if a student Hat elude the author's telephone nu ities in the Student Government codes? at gettii Oh yeah, that was a big waste of time. Gamecc i I'd also like to point out that Stu- bole. dent Government doesn't need office And hours to accomplish their goals, and do we nevei >6, their business. ingS mo it. Whereas, I imagine that if Student minuse: v- Media stopped having office hours, jonatha i't we wouldn't have The Gamecock to poke ^ prajS( tie fun at. Also, and maybe this is just me, mpptjnp id but I do most of my Student Govern- . , F i . , J - , voted on us ment work at home, on my computer. p If my constituents need to get in . , ve touch with me, well, I've made no se- oarne at cret of my phone number or my e- ?meco< mail address. ally vef ce And gee, I actually take the time to ment cai u- talk to some of them as well between flfeil classes. And then there's your claim ay that we spent "dozens of hours get- Student g- ting elected." to affect u- Well, once again, I hate to break this cies, tole to you, but I spep# about two hours get- nology,: ting elected, so either I'm more efficient members "We really wa today and s think v Keiti ' USCMen's S : ~~ rai ' / "TWE5E. MEGM1VE 1 CMWGV1 M)S tudent cone nyway, people take whs id how they present the ligiously serious. And pi paraphernalia (i.e. Adidas, Nike, shirts that 1 art, Camouflage)." I find this over the she bit extreme, but I guess some straps, mak just like to look stupid or ciass everyd ing, I don't know. AIs0) you Lord, next are those people (girls w^om s) you just have to wonder about. , ' t these people and think. "OK, i they got up this morning and w a ver " hnntfitnn did, the v artiiflllv lnnlr ramklVTI t outfit on, did they actually look rambling or nirror and say, Hey, that looks patoot, just i I don't think these people own ry. i heard of the concept of mirrors Well, let ing good, so I allow them some pie who op collars to ao ning to one of my favorite sub- ingg tori )w, girls. I love what girls are styie may b g these days. TheyVegot those works we?, hat are so short that they show atp ~tfltpmp. l-upper thigh which they know T , .. to throw guys (well, me at least) s a f itosteronal rampages." clothes mak ag with those black pants that *xue' ^ * ter than Dave Matthews Band's personal md drummer (note: in any band, diverse anc 3 player and the drummer must Fm such a d< ;, that is, they feed off each oth- no idea wh? nust be the backbone, or back- don't worry r the rest of the band) and those Sorry. nnksfofps' fv WAHk/WVTA ^ J ' acted as though I just wo >rk City Marathon, and I < nped around the security realized I was a couple of steps and jumped if them. Suddenly I thought it The man jus e really exciting if I started run- I was fre , J did. ?f some kid's re I was, innocent, and I took S^?P ^ a bat out of hell, like a rat out next ike a cat out of Taco Bell, you y?ur ags, t< ., ~JJn , T my books st idea. Oddly enough, I was , . usual, this is ; right towards the store. Even tQ haye y(m] r, they were chasing after me. ieave ask r almost caught me, too, but I officer of the 1 final surge towards the front probable cau icted as though I just won the of adding son rk City Marathon, and I danced take off rum trim aii mien. Letters sMould Be 250-500 words and must Include full nam id written letters must be personally delivered by the author to the Russell mber. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letter for style, libel or S| lg elected, or someone at The I think you a >ck is prone to fits of hyper- us. Yes, it wc then there's your comment on tually do som attend the faculty senate meet- dining probli st especially the one on grade don't seem ti s. Well, as I recall, Senator ment resolut n Sharpe, who you took time fall into the s j, attended the faculty senate to get out of S where the grade minuses were we're our owr l. But at least or myself, I have long ago Whatrea , that, contrary to what The to dogs and 1 :k might think, there is actu- Perhaps you y little that Student Govern- tentions of t 1 do that will affect faculty sen- Student Go\ and notice? wise, there is very little that mate the inc Government can actually do choke-hold o dining, parking, grading poliirance, advisor training, techretentio*i of minority faculty Col i and the campus's master plan. nted to .come back >wim well, and I /e did that." h Switzer, wim Team Coach a \ /' 5 \v' U i h s // // / x' xnjo it they wear mselves roperly so." lave the thin straps going adders, showing their bra es for an enjoyable walk to lay. have the T-shirts and jeans I find just as sexy. I guess doe that's more my style or gosh, I'm sorry, I'm just i here. I feel like a horse's 1 here, I feel like a horse's ignore me or whatever, sor's not forget about the peot for the chains and dog cessorize the fishnet stocko, black leather shirts. This e a bit too extreme, but it n portraying the appropriut (what it is,- I've no idea), bout image. They say the e the man. That might be hink it's more of the overity and way he behaves in 1 complex situati...geez, )pe, just walk away, I have it I'm talkine about, iust about it, I'm really sorry. ranny n the New danced and y thing." around the security thing. ?t said, "Fair enough." e, so I grabbed a soda out 3 hands and ran off; never idam's Bookstore again, time you're asked to leave (11 them, "No, I don't want olen." Go on shopping as America. If you are asked r bag searched when you lem whether they are an law and whether they have se. Then, just for the sake ae excitement to your day, ling. I did. e, phone number, professional title or House room 333- E-mail letters must Inpace. Names will never be withheld. iscribe too much power to mid be nice if we could aclething about parking and jms on campus. Petitions 3 work, Student Governions on the matter either ame bottomless pit, or fail Student Government. Yes, i worst enemies sometimes, we admit that. 1 purpose does ranking us )ack really serve, though? think this will grab the athe students or make the rernment actually sit up I think you underestiredible apathy that has a n this campus. Patrick Gearman lege of Math And Science Student Senator