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VkG Serving the Carolina ( EDITORS Jennifer Stanley Sara Ladenheim Rob Gioielli, V Kurt Johnson. Assist Kathleen McCorm Party prob unusual in When the Republicans swept into Congress four The curre, years ago, many conflk thought it was the Republic beginning of a long reign for the reborn H party. But Clinton's No party hi victory two years imm\ ago and the loss of internal House seats in last weeK s elections proved the cohesive group we saw in 1994 was actually full of different factions. Liberal minded people across the country have been worried about what they've been doing in Congress ever since this "Republican Revolution." They came into office on such a wave of popular support, it looked as if big changes were coming to Washington and to our country in general. Now the rest of the country is seeing the party's internal divisions insiders have known about since we first saw the Contract with America. There is no easily identifiable party line among the ReCommittee step in rao "Without strug- gBMBBTTT gle there is no process." That's a Student Gc quote by Frederick current m Douglas, who lived initic as a slave but became one of the most revered men 7i, in our history. Itsanmpo That was more improving r than 100 years ago, on ca and we are still struggling. In every corner of this country, some form of bigotry rears its ugly head. And unfortunately in the old slave states of the South, it is a bit more frequent. That's why, as an institution of higher learning, universities such as ours have to be leaders in the movement for multicultural understanding and acceptance. This has hppn a nrnhlem at. our university, as pointed out by many student multicultural groups. To help with this, Student Government is currently organizing a Multicultural Presidents' Council, which will feature the presidents of each multicultural student organization. There will also be a Multicultural Committee, which will consist of any student who wishes to be a part of it. ?ie(&) ^3" Serving the Carolina Con, The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The Tniversir Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times during periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the ed Hie Board of Student Publications and Gommunications is the pi the newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock Jennifer Stanley Editor in Chief Jackie Posto Sara Ladenhelm Managing Editor Todd Money Rob Glolelll Viewpoints luhlor Rosalind Ha Erin Reed News Editor Kristin rreestate teatures Editor Kurt jonnso Bryan Johnston Editorial Assistant Brad Walter Nathan Brown S/mrts Editor Kenley Youi Nlkkl Thorpe Ebola Editors Ruth Nettles Sean Rayford Deneshla Gi Matt Ryan Online Editor Kelly Magul Rob Llndsey Copy Editors Kathleen Mt Jessica Barflekl Kevin Langs Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Jeff Stenslar Student Media Susan Barre Lee Phlpps Advertising Manager Kathy Van P Sherry Holmes Classified Manager Daniel Brow Carolyn Griffin Husiness Manager Julie Baker Erik Collins /acuity Advisor amccock Community since 1908 JL BOARD y, Editor in Chief , Managing Editor riewpoints Editor tant Viewpoints Editor ick, Editorial Writer ferns not politics publicans. There are social conservnt internal atives and social 't in the moderates, fiscal an Partv conservatives and ______ fiscal extremists. The significance of this is it's not iseverbeen an anomaiy jn une to American politics. division. Rarely, if ever, has a major party been completely united. The Republican Party has given us the impression of invincibility over the past four years. But just as all large groups with a membership ol such diverse opinions, they are vulnerable to internal problems. It just seems like such a shock because the Republicans have presented such a united front to us. Part of this can be contributed to Gingrich. He was adamant about keeping unity within the party. He knew divisiveness would only prevent them from fulfilling their legislative goals. But life will go on in Washington. The Republicans will recover, and the same old partisan squabbles will continue. s are first e relations "We want them to bring together a )vernment's forum to discuss isulticultural sues, such as the itives. [upcoming student] election, finances and race relations," Student numwmw Body President ace relations Kim Dickerson 'mpus. said. "We want to create relations on a social level." Some of the activities Dickerson wants to set up would include a race-relations forum where people can discuss relevant issues, the promotion of the Birmingham Pledge to prevent bigotry and narrowmindedness, and a finance forum, through which organizations can discuss their budget. This is a great way to get the u l i. T*-'~ ? c?l _i.? wiieei turning, it a a 111st step 1x1 addressing all the problems and getting everyone's voice heard. Yes, a 100 percent prejudice free society is impossible. But getting the ideology out and spreading the word of understanding is one way to get things done. With this program, Student Government is taking that important first step. mtcork Mi imunity since 1908 y of South Carolina and is published Monday. Wednesday and the summer with the exception of university holidays and exam itors or autlior and not those of The University of South Carolina, ihlisher of Hie (iamecock. 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Abortion, however, has many techniques, both surgical and chemical. They include intra-uterine devices (IUDs), the "morning-after" pill, overdoses of the birth control pill, as well as tradiSG officer SG President and Vice President \ With more than half of the semester over, we would like to tell you what has been happening in Student Government. Our present projects can be divided into two areas: those things that have been ac compnshed and tnose tilings that we are still working on. One thing that has been accomplished was a successful voter drive, which added more than 300 USC students to the voting population. Also, a program has been put in place called "Second Serving." This organization picks up food, which would normally be thrown away, from three different USC dining halls and donates this food to a local homeless shelter. In addition, SG has successfully lobbied and achieved an extension in library circulation hours from 11 p.m. to midnight. A free Thanksgiving shuttle to the airport has also been organized Student opposed to views on porn To the editor: I am sorry, Kiki, that the people you associate with have a foundation of inconclusive morals and poor values. "avarwir\mrr ty? Arv'o InTaw jjciuic cA.aiuii.img men o mot iui teenage girls," perhaps your buddy Brian should examine himself. Although our society is at fault for this entanglement of debating sides on the issues of the Internet, society could invite the women to find some finalizing answer to the regulation of this new media. However, this would be unfair because our society is at fault, not women. In any event, it may not be you that is interested in "school boys who do anything you want," but it should go on the record that it was a female teacher that had sexual indecency with a significantly younger male student. I wonder if sex education was in this teacher's curriculum. If not, then this If I rtionist sr tional abortion techniques. Contraception, by definition, prevents conception from occurring; any "contraceptive device" that prevents a fetus from continuing to grow gets there a bit late, and is more accurately described as abortion rather than contraception. "Emergency" contraception is an oxymoron; they haven't invented a Relativity Pill yet. I find it interesting that abortion should be considered a "women's issue." I'm especially curious about men who say, "It's up to the woman," as if she got pregnant by herself and it's her problem. Letting her make the decision seems to be the easy way out of it, doesn't it? One can think of a pregnancy as a temporaiy full-custody situationit's harder, then, to say that aborting a child should be up to the woman. A woman can't kill her child after it is born without going to jail for it. Birth seems a rather arbitrary line to draw. A woman has a choice, certainly, but she makes it well before she misses her period. Her choice is whether or not to have sex. and if she chooses to have sex. what birth control to use. I have no moral uncertainties about abortion, although it's not a moral iss discuss 1 by your Student Government. Those students who need to take this shuttle can sign up in the SG office. o r ii i*i i oorne 01 our omer accompusnments include hosting an SEC Student Government conference, establishing an organizational listserv, forming a dining committee in order to have student input into our dining services and holding a Safety Walk to address issues oi safety on campus. One final thing is the establishment of the Multicultural Presidents Council which will meet regularly and discuss race relations on campus. The next projects are those we are currently working on. Unfortunately, SG's hands are a bit tied because of the fact of the administration's understandable preoccupation with entrance into the Association of American Universities. However, there are several areas where goals can be accomplished. One project we have been working on is trying to establish a service so students can catch a free ride back to camThe 3 |J I IV J . year and maj chide the must be an attenmt to course herself through a world that is changing too fast for her. I am anxious to conclude this because the last thing I want is to have grudges surface. But having you finish that men are unable to accept women in competition to our societal status that we begin to endeavor ourselves to child pornography, only displays a pathetic attempt for you to write an article before youi deadline. You must not assume that men, ir general; are frightened child pornography consumers. As far as your proposition, it is nol so scary. However, what is scary is how inconclusive statements can be produced and published so readily anc rapidly. Theodore Graham Junioi * ^-S'er^ looting rai //?Trrt 4 % -u-n m me nignest taui< violence are, perl not in the Bible B sue, but one of rights. For anyone witl an elementary understanding of biolo gy, it's quite a clear-cut case of murdei any argument to the contrary is mer itless. Yet I find it difficult to take a le gal stand on abortion. I have to wonder if our society woul< be a better one if women were not al lowed to kill their children with im punity. Although the majority o abortions are premeditated murders the problem comes with the exceptions If a woman is raped, one can hardly as sert that she had a choice in the mat . the Russell House and along campu streets is a given, something that is a< i cepted as being horrible. What I do not accept from the d vision of parking at USC is the hoi t rendous Bull Street garage parking de r cal in the back window of my car. My decal consists of a four-by-sb 1 inch index card with a hand written ej piration date and semester verificatioi I disregarded the index card decals i received for summer session that wer exactly like the one I have at the pre sent moment. I then chose to disregar the index card decal I received fo Fall '98. ter or that no contention of rights ex ists. Cases of rape which result in con ception are rare, but they do exist. Med ' ical science has once again given us j dangerous weapon, but one which hu manity and compassion dictate we wieli when necessary. We ought to be abli to do so within the law. heir achie "Getting feasible t the hard part Coi ideas is what is di pus from Five Points on the weekend Right now we are looking into workini with a local cab service on a plan tha would cost students nothing to use Another thing we are working on i getting Gamecocks painted on Green Street and having them lead all the wa; to the stadium. We have gotten th backing of the athletics-department and now we are taking the next steps Two more things we are working on ar better advisement and a school-wid book swap to cut down the high price of books. A lot has been going on in SG am , a lot is still going on. We knew whei ! we took office as elected officials w< would fall under the scrutiny of the stu necock will try to print all letters. Letters should be 250-300 worch or if a student Hand written letters must be personally delivered hor's telephone number. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit Bull Street should improve car decah To the editor: Parking is a never-ending issue her at the University of South Carolina | The addition of Bull Street garage a fev years ago made the parking problen easier to deal with. Limited parking a <1 z 3 _l Q a z </> 3 i it k> D> cu/V*- 9&r~ ses issues is for anti-abortion laps surprisingly, * s Getting feasible things done is not e the hard part. Coming up with the ideas y e is what is difficult. We're here to listen and to help you in any way we can. ' Please feel free to come by, voice your e e opinions and tell us your ideas, s Thank you. d n Editors note: The Gamecock publishes e a Statement of the Student Body once each semester. ) and must include full name, phone number, professional title or by the author to the Russell House room 333. E mail letters must Inall letter for style, libel or space. Names will never be withheld. I was infuriated to once again receive yet another decal of the exact same j form when I prepaid yet another $ 160 for Spring D9. These "homemade" parking decals are unacceptable at an accredited university. P rm f ii * inereiore, tnere is no excuse why l" the people who pay the fee for parkv iner in Bull Street eaiase should not be a issued an attractive, professional * window decal just like those issued to s the other garages and parking lots. A gaudy, handwritten index card in my back window gives not only myself, but l" my car and this university a cheap, unsophisticated, unprofessional and crude appearance. Our window decals should at least be brought up to the standards of the other respective garages at USC. A parki ing decal is a symbol of the university I that is transported all around the state e as well as the country. d David T. Baker r Media Arts Senior elt." i The highest tallies for anti-abortion - violence are, perhaps surprisingly, not ; * in the Bible Belt. California and New England have the highest incidences of - bombing, arson and shooting of abortion clinics. Perhaps the pro-lifers in 1 t.hp Smith arp morp inrlinpH tn Ipt thp consciences of anyone who has had an - abortion or provided one be as they will, f I'm afraid that in this case, I must i, take a rather isolationist view. I know ;. my rights will never be violated as a rer suit of abortion. I know I can choose not to violate another's rights through abortion. Therefore, to legally protect the minority of women who undergo abor tions justified by a contention of rights, - my conclusion on the legality of abor- , a tion is to live and let live, and hope that others will do the same. 1 e Send comments to The Gamecock or esstreyer@mindspring.com vements hings done is not ming up with the ifficult" l. dents, and that is a great thing. It keeps | us on our toes and forces us to be pro| ductive and to serve you well.