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Sara LadenheL
Rob Gioielli,
Kurt Johnson, Ass
Kathleen McCor
Holidays i
time to be
The holidays mh
are rapidly approaching
and sud- I
denly USC has yearc
come alive with chariU
philanthropy. Bins
for donations are
all over campus
with one goal in ...
mind: to set neonle coula t
motivated to serve (
give and serve others.
Every year, most people forge
the "me" attitude and bah-hum
bug, to show support for variou:
charities. This is a good move 01
the part of humanity, but it seem
to only shine during this time o
the year.
Children, grandparents, wives
husbands and virtually all peopL
from all walks of life need hel]
and support during this time o
the year. But what happens ti
them when the bins are collecte<
and the fruitcake is gone?
While efforts to ease the strug
gles of the poor are commendable
there is no reason why the solic
itation and food boxes shouldn'
appear after this time of the yea
is over. The holidays are the hard
Parking p
stems fix*
Parking is a continual
problem on
USC's campus. Nu- Garag
merous articles, basis
columns and edito- BfrTTH'l
rials in this paper
have discussed the University
issue, and almost differen
every student has differ\
an opinion on it.
We've commenti
1 r . _1 i _ _ _ l
ea Deiore on now parang is so oa<
the system needs a complete ovei
haul. Of course, any significan
improvements will take a fe\
years.
Thaf s unfortunate for those c
us who hope to be out of here in;
few years, but there are som
things that could be done to im
prove the parking system righ
now.
One of these would be to insti]
a certain degree of fairness in th
current system.
Last week, the Division o
Parking and Vehicle services aske
students who had garage space
whether they wanted to rene\
their parking permits.
Prices didn't change for garag
spaces. It's still $160 a semeste
for a spot in the Pendleton, Sen
ate, Blossom or Bull Stree
garages.
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ble events. difficult.
The Gamecock
lUSIQyiH and other predomcontributions
i nt organization
on campus are all
? given any guilty of using the
fthe year. holidays to spur
participation.
We need to recognize that
the holidays are not the only time
to take action, but a time to begin
the habit of giving. /
Instead of promising to lose \
that "freshman 15" or call home
more often as the new year begins,
we should all promise to continue
the service we started during
the holiday season.
If everyone in the USC community
volunteered one hour once
a month, USC would contribute
nearly 30,000 hours a month to
Columbia.
As for those who really have
nothing, they probably would ap- 1
preciate the attention and chari- \
ty if it were consistent through: L
out the year. r?
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Students who
have ever used any ^
? inequality 0f these garages sj
5f problem. know the degree of
?-rjnnTj^^ security is not pj
equal among them.
should charge The Bull Street
amounts for and Blossom Street 1
ntgarages. garages are the
most obvious examples
of this.
They are roughly equal in size,
and only about 100 yards away
from each other. Yet, Blossom J
Street is known as the "Blossom
Street Ghetto," while spots in Bull [~
Street are the most coveted on
campus.
Pendleton and Senate garages
fall somewhere in the middle of
these two as far as safety, yet
aren't as convenient for most students.
But all of them cost the
same.
Parking and Vehicle Services
needs to evaluate this system and
rate the garages according to their L
pluses and minuses. Then, charges
should be made different for each
! garage.
This would simply be a sign of v
good faith to the students ? an S]
understanding that all the garages cl
at USC are not equal. si
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'<~">ocky is normally known
happy bird. The surprisii
< ^dictability of Carolina's
gam
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GUERMAN ABAEV wppl
:ofaw"^ lions
very
datives are going to make a :
lot and spicy" appearance on
>om tables this Thursday.
Honestly, I'm a little nervoui
hanksgiving. First of all, the 1
;ems to be especially designe<
male's weakest spot: his stomal
omen are exceptional at cook
lis holiday. They spare no ma
By Thursday evening, ei
luches across the country are g
i covered by food-stuffed, moan
reathless husbands, sons an
ves. Having too much good foot
tting can be so cruel!
Secondly, I am going to mi
arents of my class' most beauti
Walking
A nyone reading this colur
f\ knows me at all is prob;
L JLready laughing. Too oft
frien
I be
A. T-l
BRAD WALTERS ye. h
columnist von
" pus e
as I
ar can become little more thai
ance.
According to USC's Parkii
ices division, oniy aDout 4,ouu r
paces exist on the entire cam]
luding parking garages and oi
erved parking.
Then you have the 1,300 uj
y parking meters, for which si
ave to compete with everyoi
iingleton's coluin
listurbs readers
To the editor,
We are angered and, frani
lrbed, by the Nov. 13 column by
ingleton entitled "It's time for
o," in which he states, "By tl
it's make one thing perfectl;
here is a difference between
nd vermin. The difference is no
ut there is one."
It is quite obvious that thi
lent is inflammatory and insj
atrvd, and the fact that was
/POINTS
i nervous abou
to be a very P?Pu^ar girl- We're just friends,
lg. Dre. but I still feel uneasy and very much "Pvpn t
losing excited. Her parents are going to judge
e after me as being representative of the class- your lil
e this mates she hangs out with. So I guess ^
all Sea- showing up in a rented pilgrim's cos- latiOfl 2
loesn'tr tume or demonstrating bouts of obn
to sessive eating is not an option. of thinj
e the More importantly, I should keep
i off his quiet about the fact that many students
.Well, here, although not her, traditionally of that. And i
proba- shift to bars and clubs after one of our bve there,
lot go- night classes in the middle of the week, Many of y
3 be ec- where we stay until 2 a.m. change the T\
ic this In short, I was chosen out of a big People of Norl
?. Mil- pool to represent our diverse and "noth- brainwashed'
; of his ing-human-is-repulsive-to-me" class. It day commun:
rclose might be a little difficult, but this kind ^ew governm*
special 0f a thrill makes this holiday a genuine and maybe i
dining on6) not just another day off to watch dare to watct
TV. with Mickey 1
s about But Thanksgiving is not just a It's not the
loliday mechanical consumption of a turkey, aware of all
i to hit it's a g00(i time to think about thank- world.
;h- Boy, fulness. I'm just re
hig for Even though you may be pissed mg born in a i
n' off at your life and the rest of the hu- a well-develop
n e^s man population at times, I'm sure there start, someth
:om^ , are a bunch of things vou should have uinely thankf
d rda gratitude for. Generally
1 in one You probably drive a car and eat of people whc
hamburgers, which do contain some many things,
aet the amount of real meat. People in rural seem so at firi
ful and Aftica and Latin America who live on For instai
a few bucks a month can't even think that the recer
; best way to avo
hh w|j0 Thirty-seven hundred decal spaces campus know
ibly al- ex*s* in areas like Bates, the pit and car, and most
en my ^he c?hseum for those who don't want have cars g<
ds 'say to spend $160 for a reserved space, once a week.
! m o a n Many of these decal spaces are lo- hitchingfa ric
act that catad hi BFE (a not-so-nice term for "a Don't take
i't have l?n& way fr?m the center of campus"), mooch off the
r The which means you have to either walk I have literalb
I think or take the ShuttleCock to get to your got annoyed \
m classes from there. rides,
gh, the The shuttle isn't exactly known as Options f(
; I real- the most dependable mode of trans- ist close by, a
how portation around. And either way, you go off the be;
y I am have to get to campus 30 minutes ear- My persoi
to dri- ly to ensure getting to class on time, on on Harden
special- hast I checked, there are about I walk the str
a cam- 26,000 students who attend classes on almost feel lil
is large this campus. Do the math ? there Why I get gral
JSC a are nowhere near enough parking know. Mypoii
i a nui- spaces to accommodate everyone. in fact, survii
This begs the question: Why even Groceiy st
tigSer- drive at all? Sure, there are some peo- within walkir
eserved ple who have to commute to class or the Vista and
pus, in- drive to work from campus. of the options;
ther re- For the rest of us, having a car use the adde(
makes no sense. We can get virtually Yeah, livi
aiversi- anywhere we need to go without one. its drawback;
tudents Take, for example, the need for gro- case, being th
le else, ceries and other supplies. I'm sure struction and
the majority of us careless po'folks on but I'd rathei
The Gamecock will try to print all 1
I I Jill 1|1 year and major if a student Hand writte
chide the author's telephone number.
awkwardly inserted into a column on mediate wher
the sports page further underlines this, wards womer
While we are all strong defenders Our inten
of the First Amendment, we think it is ton's resignat
imnortant to realize that this kind of ~i_-.
?r periecuy cieai
;ly, ais- speech has nothing to offer a democra- not reflect th
Shawn tic dialogue ? in fact it serves to squelch . ? .
Scott to that dialogue. Instead these kinds of erate(j ^
le way, words cause harm and serve to per- ,
y clear: petuate the culture of sexism. If other 8 W1 1 as
women racial or ethnic (African-Americans or
t much, Hispanics, for example) and/or religious Angela
groups (Jews, for example) were ins
state- serted into that quotation in place of Waj
)ired by women, the outcry would be immedi- Michael Gr
i rather ate. The outcry should be no less im
ii tunes, 1 <1111 sure ui
gs you should feel gr
t's not like they chose to really emb
volved are
ou probably care only to On the
1 channel if it gets boring. hIH. tj
;h Korea or Cuba are still f
with same-shit-different- ?coming <
ist propaganda on their percent pu
mt-controlled channels, minutes or
isk their lives if they Mr. Pre
l the "enemy's" cartoon, to the brune
^ouse- image, whii
it I'm trying to make you , , ..
i the problems of the ? ?
elections.
iminding people that be- *m Per
i . . ..t iJlL.l
Tie Curtin, MPA Student Maria A
o&sman, GINT Graduate
Student
democratic country witn "iui wome.
ed economy is a very good terestingp
ing that one can be gen- ity to be cr(
^ f?r- be better i
speaking, there are a lot , ^
.should be thankful for dre*ms,f
even though it might not can 1
st glance. thankful f<
ace, everybody believes thing: I ar
it White House saga is a ing.
idheadacl
r at least someone with a deal with s
of the people I know who fic on Hug
) to Wal-Mart at least ^ay
It's a simple matter of .
le with a rehable friend. w
s this to mean you should way
transportation of others. She sin
f lost friends because they in front of
iviui me a&jvuig uiem iui WllnOUt let
parking ti
)r off-campus food do ex- , if
lthough you may have to . , ,. .,
aten path to find them.
lal haven is the Food Li- ^me f?
Street. For a moment, as court ? w]
eets with my groceries, I Since tl
te an inner- city dweller. pUS jsn'f gC
tification from this, I don't ???? T .,
it is that a college kid can, "T t ^
re without a car. to beat the
ores aren't the only places every?
lg distance. Main Street, cars tomoi
Five Points are just a few few freshn
available. Most of us could who are ti
1 exercise. bring a car
ng on campus may have After a
s ? the main one, in my
e constant sounds of con- vers on car
[ leafblowers at 8 a.m. ? of getting r
r have that than have to Street eve]
e Iters. Letters should be 2)0-300 words and must include full r
n letters must be personally delivered by the author to the Rus
lie Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letter for style, libel <
i the hatred is directed to- Mart
l.
t is not to call for Single- C!
ion but simply to make it
r that such statements do Dai
ie University as a whole
ainly not be silently tol- ^ '8 1
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se of us who are associatstudents,
staff and facul- pauj
Ledford, GINT Graduate Melissa
Student
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t Thanks
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hough you may be p
re and the rest of the
.4- 45.?T 4-U
"I'm their foe
I certainly h
be bac
Brad Scott,
>tball coach tonight,
ope and expect to
:k next-year."
USC football coach
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DC
If
sivins
lply parks at a metered spot
her apartment every day,
(ding the meter, and lets the
ckets fall where they may
ey fall conveniently on her
). Thaf s just fine, if you have
ht each and every ticket in
hich she actually does,
le parking situation on earning
to be improving anytime
r?lr tirnllrir* rr ic r* 11 iita aam /)a
lixv. waiAxiig 10 an wc i^an uu
i system for now. I don't exne
out there to abandon their
tow, but maybe 111 snag a
len or prospective students
-ying to decide whether to
to school next year.
11, the fewer disgruntled drinpus,
the less chance I have
on down when I cross Greene
ry day.
tame, phone number, professional title or
sell House room 333. E-null letters must In>r
space. Names will never be withheld.
ha Anne Humphries, GINT
Graduate Student
hris Dolan, GINT Graduate
Student
a Bracken, Political Science
Senior
ton, Political Science Senior
ina Baggs, Political Science
Senior
T. Collins, Political Science
Senior
McMurray, GINT Graduate
Student
nastasiore, GINT Graduate
Student
CF C7
(issed off at
human popuere
a bunch
atitude for."
arrassing matter, so all incross
with each other,
other hand, the brunette
hankful to Mr. President for
i national star with a 100blic
awareness in just five
an (T rliHn'f time
isident should be thankful
itte for reinforcing his "hunk"
ch seemed to play a winning
i party in this November's
sonally thankful for beaud
and funny comedians, ineople
and cinema, the abiliative
and a right to hope to
and make the most of my
a day.
remember everything I feel
ar but I do recall the main
n damn grateful to be livlies
>top-and-go rush-hour trafer
or Blossom Street each
orker of mine has found a
liner with traffic nrnhlpms