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Hit? Serving the Carolina Con EDITORIAL Jennifer Stanley, Sara Ladenheim, 1 Rob Gioielli, Vie Kurt Johnson, Assista Kathleen McCormic Problems v needtnhei Ever since the BBBMBTiTT Gulf War, Saddam Hussein has Iraq'sskitti constantly denied towards U.A UN. representatives inspea access to Iraqi ^ weapon storage HBSmUASm units, which the 7w United Nations wants to make sure enough wi there are no Action is 1 "weapons of mass L? destruction" readily available to i the possibly hostile nation. 1 The flame has been rekindled 1 '1 * J 1 Til- a. TT "J 1 1 inese pasi weeKS, wirn me unuea States and United Nations pressing arduously for military action against Iraq if they continue to deny U.N. weapons inspection. The United States was on the verge of airstrikes this weekend when Iraq released a statement to the Security Council saying they would no longer hinder the investigation. France, China and Russia accepted the proposal, while the United States tlat-out denied it, with Britain having yet to make < an official stance. Hence, the threat of airstrikes by the United States or Britain are not yet over, just postponed. In the Stores min with comn In years past, HHK7jTj the colors of store decorations have Christrru deepened as the exploited U leaves turned with the) autumn. When we ^n-w? saw the first hints E1S33 of yellow on trees, Consume* we could expect Lonsumers hanging paper giving tn pumpkins in Wal- bypwg UP Mart; orange on the outside, and darker orange/brown turkeys greeted shoppers. By the time the leaves fell and we were left with drab brown in nature, we were cheered by bright red and green decorations in malls. But the stores force celebrations upon us earlier and earlier every year, and we've been affronted with holly and bells since the day after Halloween. Come on, guys, it's more than 70 degrees; quit it with the fake snow already. We used to warm up to Christmas as the weather grew cooler. Now, we're seeing evergreens outfitted in tinsel when we're wear ing only shorts. Stores do this (surprise) because they make more money the earlier they start hyping the season. If they can make us feel the holidays are coming soon, we will think we need to get started shopm Be 6a Suit ing the Carolina Com inc- vamecocn is (no stuuent newspa|ira i? mi i Friday during the tall and spring semesters and live times during periods. < tpinkxis expressed in The Gameccxk are those of the ed The Brrard ol Student Puhheatkxts and Communications is die pi the newspaper's |wrent organization. The Gamecock Jennifer Stanley Editor in Chief Jackie Posto Sara Ladenhelm Maruiginx Editor Todd Money Rob Glolelll Vieupoints Editor Rosalind Ha Erin Reed Netts EAitor Kristin Freestate features Editor Kurt Johnsc Bryan Johnston Editorial Assistant Brad Walter Nathan Brown Sfxirts EAitor Kenley Youi Nlkkl Thorpe limo Editors Ruth Nettles Sean Rayford Deneshla Gi Matt Ryan (inline Editor Kelly Magul Rob Llndsey (jfy Editors Kathleen M< Jessica Barfleld Kevin Langs Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Jeff Stenslar Student Media Susan Barre Lee Phlpps Adivrtismn Manager Kathy Van ? Sherry Holmes ClassifierI Manager Daniel Brov Carolyn Grlflln Hnsniess Manager Julie Baker Erik Collins ftmthy Arfivxtr mecodt imunity since 1908 BOARD Editor in Chief Managing Editor wpoints Editor nt Viewpoints Editor k, Editorial Writer \ rith Iraq rlpalt Tirifli UViUi T T JAJLJL nMI letter, Iraqi officials stated that with sb policy their readiness to r. weapons comply to the tors. inspections, any form of military action would be , L,,,y "naked aggression" and uncalled for. 2 gS- This all started leeaed. a g00(? njne years ago with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, which soon led to U.S. involvement in the Gulf 1 j War. Thafs when this should have wT been settled. But it still exists and will continue if something is not done. T dc rhe United Nations and U.S. have I be tried numerous times to cooperate -*-yc with Hussein and Iraq, but all for naught. Hussein consistently took advantage of our diplomacy and refused cooperation, because he thought they wouldn't do anything. Now, with weapons pointed in their direction, he's decided to welcome talk and compliance. How convenient. It needs to be let known that Iraq's insubordination will no longer be tolerated. Talk is cheap. Action colt is needed. [HI stitu l holidays is: the j aercialism oVlAtl jnMMl ping; then, when reas Christmas is fi- love as being nally nigh, we'll ^oni 50 early in keep buying in the Pret X>flr spirit of the season. A QllSifiH This is one of ^ .. the reasons * Christmas is such ' stores a stressfiil time for ) holidays. so many; stores goad us into buy- J_ ing more than we really need to, which taxes us financially and emotionally. We hope their current strategy will eventually backfire. Maybe people will start getting sick of their holidays being bastardized by materialism and revolt. Anyway, we can't ask big business to save our holidays for us. They won't stop forcing seasons Ef on us if it will make them a buck. JEI rm 1. i i_ i_l COl i ney nave no interest in tne mean- | ing of the season for us as long as we spend. H?l< One suggestion: make a do- on * nation to charity in the name of someone you love. Then the cheer will be spread to someone who re- ^ ally needs it, your loved one can st0I feel good about it and, best of caUi all, you've thwarted those who ted would over-materialize your cher- mos ished holidays. is a mecotk BfSjd I mttnffy since I'JOH y til Stxith (jrolina and is published Monday. 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I don'i ;lieve in all the phony stuff thai >u can simulate ? smiles, friend liness, be I believe ir ERMAN ABAEV heve m any thing peopl< use to sub te for other people in their lives tobacco, excessive alcohol, crack ;he Internet, video games or choco - whatever you tiy to use to escapi oys and inescapable downs of re elings, real people, real life (evei igh it's darn hard to be all real don't believe in the culture of tall /s, which try to override our owi oning and maim our belief in tru or at least normal human rela ships. Those guys in the box ar i i nrn __ i 1 j. i. j. cy gooa. iney Know wnai lu use i inti-Semi "Ihe Prague museum, which memc rializes the men, women and chi . dren from Moravia who died i ???Hole sians pain """""""wpl ed over th NNIFER STANLEY n e a r 1 umnist 8 0,00 names of tf iraiist victims, which were inscribe ;he walls of the Ceremonial Ha e. Now, museum visitors wa] >ugh the hall, reading the recent ealed names. They can procee ugh the cemetery and observe grav les piled on top of each other h se of the small space the city alio for the Jewish sector. Perhaps tl st memorable part of the museu: t the top of a twisting staircase i udent neglect at ult for problems To the editor: We are writing in response to M imore's accusations in her letter editor about misuse of technoloj 3 in the computer science depai it (Nov. 11,1998). She is referring to the Macinto: racy labs that support the CSCIII I 102 students and the fact that oi he machines "ate" her zip disk. T1 tir of the department was corre fating that there is nothing that i do to recover her lost data. This is one of the lessons that evei i who uses computers must oi ould stop livi t take advantage of us: fear. Our fear of ~ being lonely in the whole universe and our eternal fear of being betrayed and . abandoned. In the long run, people act like tiny [ instinct-driven insects, which fly to the 1 light only to be burned to ashes. Peoi pie can't get their eyes away from the ) flickering screens, while their sacred tb I belief in the virtue of human nature f? 1 is stomped on over and over again. That t does scare them, but they still can't j-1 1 push that red "off" button on the re- ^ mote, because it can be too difficult. ^ I don't believe in women who asso- j*1 - date all men with dogs and apes. I don't 3 believe in men who think that all women - are fluffy "kittens" and white "doves." e' These associations probably make life easier for both genders, even though it n " doesn't seem to take anyone anywhere ^ e near their true happiness. Why take time and explore the soul ^ 1 of a well-endowed "kitty" or listen to ( [ the dreams of a check-writing "baboon." g1 Why change and take the challenge? g| I don't believe in heroes. There are e always a bunch of them on sale. You $ can choose anybody, from cartoon char- ^ e acters to movie stars. You can wear a p 0 T-shirt with their names and faces, send asm rears uj y a small tower. There hang pictures |. painted by children who lived in the n ghettos and concentration or death camps. n This experience was what brought g the horror of the Holocaust and antiSemitism to life for me. Until now. ie When I walked into the office Thurs! day, I found my friend and co-worker c fighting to hold back tears. She had just ? ;s become a victim of anti-Semitism. 1 i - During the summer, Sara visited f 3- Israel and Poland with the Anti-Defama- 1 t- tion League. Traveling with more than a dozen other college journalists, her j; y goal was to study anti-Semitism and j 0 the legacy of the Holocaust. Since her ie return, she hasn't been the same. j ' t It's rare to find a 20-year-old so im- c passioned about something. She has j been dedicated to sharing this passion ^ y with this university through speeches, ? an independent study and articles in ? ^ The Gamecock and Garnet and Black . ? j. magazine. Her most recent piece detailed what she learned during her vis- { a i 1 m it to Auscnwitz. ane usea gruesome { ln facts and honest commentary to clear r up facts about the infamous camp. The Gamecock I j I I | J . year and major a elude Che author's I day learn: if if s important, keep a back- i up copy. Unfortunately, most people 1 learn it the hard way, just as Ms. La- ] timore did. ] Apple is under state contract and , ;s. the state of South Carolina considers < to Apple computers to be a good buy. It is yy not just some "Mom and Pop" vendor, t- It is a highly reputed and successful company which has aimed its products sh at the educational arena for many years. Pnf Annln loKc coo nvor 1 OHH J1. l^Ut Wit X ip^/it 4UUO utt V/TV*. x,wvv le students a week. And not all of these tie students care about taking care of the ;ct equipment or realize that they have alhe ready invested their money in these machines. ry- We tell the students to carry their ne zip and floppy disks in hard cases, but Pf, AS LONG PS ml \mw?m mk m> BGtR- ? k A ing in iantai "I don't believe in he] always a bunch of th can choose anybody. iem e-mails and copy their lives. Still, llowing and worshipping a hero seems see i be robbing yourself of your own iden- fac ty. Unless of course, your identity is ^e< entical to Beavis. Being yourself and ^ jcoming somebody seems to be genme heroism to me. But again, it can 3 surprisingly arduous. a b I don't believe in suicide. Well, it's or isy, once the going gets tough, to can- ou1 ;1 your Christmas and let all the trou- ev( les go. However, if you're not termi- aj ( ally ill, there's always a chance to work lings out. Living is all about winning and losig. You never know what's around the irner. A little losing should make you be] tronger and not suicidal. But being ou tronger can be so strenuous. I don't believe in people who still en link Elvis is not dead. They proba- ^ j ly also believe in Santa Claus or Suerman. f ^ly head at "I wonder if other m Generation X all hav stand up for what th However, someone must have itc * 1 * ' 1 1 x T xl n A nougni IX was xoo nonesx. i^ess xnan to lours after the article hit the stands, tiwo swastikas were plastered on a door ti her building. We wondered how such a disgustng way of thinking could still exist in fr( he United States, a country that had in ed such a collective effort to rid the th vorld of Hitler and his hatred. But this ^ hreat is not only alive in the United States, it is also rearing its head at the Jniversity of South Carolina. So many w Americans died because they so m idamantly opposed Hitler's hatred. Despite this sacrifice, anti-Semitism d( still thrives. f0 Maybe my eye-opening experience ^ H ine rrague museum jusi maue me iware, but it didn't disturb me the way ei rhursda/s crime did. I was only a vis- U1 d< i will try to print all letters. Letters should be 2W- J00 words and mus student Hand written letters must be personally delivered by the aui elephone number. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letter I many students throw their disks in their book bags or put them in their back ol pockets. You must realize, both zip and rr [loppy disks are delicate mechanisms e( and the aluminum sleeve is easily bent. $ This activity literally tears up the heads tj in the disk drives and wastes the money of the students. While we are not implying that Ms. Latimore was careless, but there is an extremely good chance that someone who used the machine before her was. These machines do not just eat student disks for no reason. There is really nothing we can do about the situation other than try to educate the users, which is what the literacy courses are designed to do. ? uT n r u HHHHHtHB HP bkb sy world roes. There are em on sale. You n Living in the kingdom of fantasy ms to be a great thing to them. Why e the cruel world, with its necessi3 of paying bills and traffic tickets? ly make a move and meet somebody? ere's always a Luke Skywalker with ouquet of cosmic roses in fyis hands a Tomb Raider Lara, willing to go ; with you on a virtual date and kick jrybod/s digitalized ass. Getting recan be just too painful to bear. I do believe in something, though, id it's not a bunch of funny looking ens saving us all. I believe in us. I lieve we can all live a real life and be rselves. Moreover, I believe most of us can joy it like nothing else, even though can hurt a little in the beginning. I lieve most of us can afford to be reT want tn hplipvp Carolina embers of e the courage to ey believe." >r in Prague. I knew I would return South Carolina, to a place where anSemitism could not harm me or anyie I cared about. Now I'm not so sure, le United States is not the sanctuary Dm prejudice and violence that it was tended to be. Many people might think is one incident has little effect on USC id America. But it does. It has an efct on me, on my feeling of security ith the progression of society and on y friend. Sara is stubborn. Despite this inci;nt, she will not give up her passion r informing the world about anti-Semism. I wonder if other members of Gen ation X all have the courage to stand p for what they believe the way Sara Des. t include full name, phone number, professional title or ihor to the Russell House room 333- E mail letters must In for style, libel or space. Names will never be withheld. Tf students were to take better care F the equipment, we could dedicate lore of the lab/technology fees to new quipment rather than repairs. And le sad fact is, no matter how we spend le student's technology fees, we canot buy a cure for apathy and careissness. Steven Wright Ronni Dockins Jerry Branch Billy Turkett Tanya Argoe Systems Staff, Computer Science Department '9