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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
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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."
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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^
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sense is dangerous X
for our political sysI
tem. It survives on
the voice of the peo- ?*-*
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Heutiim Muor /(cbeiccsc e,iu Except, of course, for that finan
S,,"rt< H^s@scll bill which re-allocated money from st
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Mauayer 777-H83 want to start. And then there's the le
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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
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think v
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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.
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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."
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wim Team Coach
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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