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EDITORIA
Sara Ladenheim
Rob Gioielli, Vi
Kevin Langston, Ass is
Emily Streyer, Assisti
Jennifer Stanley, Sped
Highscl*
athletes fi
After the suecess
of drug testing | HHHHJmI
at three upstate Statewide i
high schools, all drug testing
South Carolina bighxhot
athletes might soon ?
be tested for mari- HV
juana and cocaine, r? ?. ^ ,
a measure sup- Testing stud
ported by coaches fordrugs
and parents. Be- everyone in
cause the program of W<
is inexpensive,
funding is a minor
issue, but its legality has come under
fire.
Under the proposed plan, no
athrlete will be tested without
parental consent forms, which
aren't required if the test is random.
Coaches point out that by
implementing a drug-testing system,
the athletes will have a
reasonable excuse to stay clean.
Furthermore, students aren't
forced to play sports. If they choose
to do so, they should abide by the
school's drug-testing policy. It
should be no surprise or issue if
their coaches see fit to test them
for drugs. If students oppose the
Georgia r
help in D
Sharon Lively
was driving drunk HHRJaai
with a revoked li- Georgia a
censeonthewrong reJliset0 cc
side of 1-20 near J
Graniteville when
she collided with BHpTTTTIT
another car, killing
the man and two Georgia
small children extraditeth
aboard. instead of St
This should be a routinep)
an open-and-shut _
case of DUI, but
Lively is the daughter of a Georgia
state employee and a legal resident
of our neighboring state.
It still should be an open-andshut
case of DUI, but after she
was treated for broken limbs at a
Georgia hospital, South Carolina
authorities have had difficulty
keeping up with her.
South Carolina law enforcement
officers would like to charge
her with three counts of felony
drunk driving, but Georgia authorities
won't release her to this
state. Lively was released from
the hospital to a Richmond County
(Ga.) jail, where authorities initially
wouldn't even admit she was
there.
She was released on bail and
sent to a Georgia psychiatric hospital.
South Carolina authorities
again weren't notified, although
Georgia claims this isn't so.
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x)ls test
m* drugs
drug test, they can
liSHBHI simply not play for
mndatory the school.
r among all As athletes, stu)/athletes.
dents represent
their fellow classmates,
teachers,
, 'p 1 ^ administrators,
ent athletes boosters and com'
benefits munity. They
a number should try to pre
ays. sent tnemseives in
? the best possible
manner.
If an athlete under the influence
of drugs were to have an
accident during a game, the
high school could be held responsible.
Schools protect themselves
against liability charges by
testing student athletes.
A statewide drug-testing program
would be a huge advancement
for South Carolina. It's refreshing
to see a program like this
pushed for enactment in South
Carolina. By offering counsel
ing rather than harsh punishment, I
this program can prove to athletes
that drug abuse should be looked
upon as a solvable problem, not a
sin.
efases to
Ulcase
Georgia authorities
have demonstrated
an arroWerate
in ?an^> antagonistic
j\j ? ^ disregard for our
cast. state's interest in
mrnmM this case. They
claim they will give
should out any needed ink,offender
formation if the
onewalling state would bother
rosecution. t0 send over an
officer. The Highway
Patrol claims
to have done so, to no avail.
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law enforcement officers have been
anything but cooperative in this
case.
Is Lively being unfairly sheltered
because she's the daughter
of a Georgia state employee? We
wonder why Georgia seems to
think that South Carolina can effectively
build a case in a situation
where authorities can't keep
track of the offender.
Georgia should rescind the
bond and extradite her to this
state, where she can be detained
until her trial. Everything needed
for a prosecution is here: witnesses,
victims' family members,
the responding officers and paramedics.
Justice suffers when au4-U
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liiui intra gcugi cipm^ paitiality
ahead of established legal
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T"'m surp a rmrnher nf npnnlp likp mp
1 coming to Columbia for whatever
reason can use my advice for wise
time man?11
agement of
their stay in
* *0 advice is:
wP:^i months of
GUERMAN ABAEV to New York
columnist and D.C. left
-ZZZTZZZZZIZIIIIIZJ me with a
painful realization:
I don't belong here.
First of all, I don't believe in God.
And this is a very wrong thing to say
in the Bible Belt. I'm sure tomorrow my
editors will be swimming in the letters
of anger and desperation as well as those
from people who will either call me a
servant of Satan or pray for me to
"see the light." Please don't pray for me.
Some people back in Russia tried to
make me believe in Communism. Trust
me, they tried really hard. They made
Feminist gi
My first brush with feminism was
in my freshman year, while sitting
in my cluttered dorm room.
Surrounded
k ^ ^ ^
hood.'
JENNIFER STANLEY ?T?m _nt
columnist getting
married until
I'm at least 30," one said. "A guy's
never going to tell me what to do. I'll
wear the pants in our relationship," another
said. On the television, Oprah's
guest was urging women to reclaim
their individuality from their captor,
the man.
All the while I sat back, clinging
to my idea of the perfect family, the one
that rarely exists anymore. Dad goes
tn wnrk Mnm talrps flip IriHs tn snpppr
practice, piano lessons and slumber parties.
Although this life of a housewife
wasn't the life I envisioned, I still didn't
consider myself a feminist.
Senator defends
closed meeting
To the Editor:
In the article "Gamecock staff ranks
top stories of 1998," which appeared in
the Jan. 11 issue oiThe Gamecock, you
listed as the No. 3 story the matter of
the Judiciary Committee voting twice
on the matter of whether impeachment
charges should be considered against
both Blakely Hallman and Susanne
Newman. However, in my opinion, you
are not completely or accurately representing
the matter.
The article seems to give the impression
that because The Gamecock
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me join the Young Communist League
and everything. They never made me
believe in Communism, but they made
me feel a disgust I will carry for the rest
of my life. And believe it or not, Americans
from Pastor Moon's Unification 1
Church came to Russia and tried to
make me find their God.
Guess what? It didn't work! I ran
away from their maximum-security ^
"seminar" at a secluded resort. No one ^
can make me believe in anything! I tried 1
to believe in something apart from me,
and it didn't work. If your faith helps \
you, I'm really happy for you. Faith 1
made people of this country great. How- '
ever, it wasn't always necessarily faith *
in God, which many South Carolinians '
find difficult to live with. Go ahead, you t
can call me Satan's servant, but I don't *
believe in that, either. I just believe in
myself. c
Another thing I find very disturb- 1
ing is the fakeness of many people. I've *
never met as many phonies in my life 1
anywhere as I have in South Carolina. *
They go out of their way to be nice
to you when they really don't like you. \
They smile at you like crazy, ask for 1
your phone number, promise to call and *
never do. I'm nearly used to it. Damn, ^
I don't need that kind of bogus friend- *
oals ignore 1
If I became a declared feminist, I *
would have to conform to the stereotype.
As a feminist, I would have to elope
with a banker at city hall sever- al
years after my 30th birthday. I could
have children, but the nanny would
take my 5-year-old daughter to Mommy
and Me. And if I were a successfulfeminist,
my husband would become
a house-husband, and I would wear the
pants in our home. I would be the queen
of the castle. I would laugh at women
who were homeroom mothers and
school-dance chaperones.
But if feminism stopped where Webster's
Dictionary defined it, I would be
happy to join the feminist coalition. I
wholeheartedly agree with fair employment,
fair compensation and social
equality for women.
But the connotation has extended
past these goals. It has now become an
"easy" job for a woman to remain in her
home with her family. When a woman
leaves her job to spend more time with
her children during their school years,
she is weak.
The definition of a true feminist
should be a woman who is free and equal
and happy. If a woman feels trapped in
her marriage, she should have the
means to free herself and become
happy. Similarly, if a woman feels unhappy
missing her child's first step or
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^1 student I landwrilten letl
J her. Ihe Gamecock rest
was not there to observe the first meet- i
ing, the voting therein was illegal. 1
Quite frankly, the Judiciary Com- 1
mittee has voted on many matters, and i
the lack of any Gamecock staff mem- <
ber being present does not invalidate i
those votes. Furthermore, at the time i
of the first vote on this matter, the 1
Judiciary Committee was not aware of 1
all the vagaries of the Freedom of In- c
formation Act and believed we acted in
good faith. ?
I have been previously quoted as \
saying this was a "formal/informal meet- I
ing." For the benefit of the student body, i
let me place this quote in the proper i
context, which has been neglected in i
the past. This meeting was a "formal" r
s
it not fo
"I've never met;
life anywhere as
Carolina."
iiness. Fd rather people be hones
;heir feelings toward me if the
jive a damn. That would be less ]
Frequently, women of Soul
Dlina are torn between being an
can and being Southern. Many o
ike other American women, i
sessed with the idea, heavily rei
3y the U.S. media, that all men
ontial rapists who will take any
jo tarnish women's reputations
On the other hand, they']
:razed about getting successful]
"ied ASAP, as a good Southe
should do. This wonderful comb:
nakes many of them neurotic ai
need. They were taught this w
I tried really_hardto assimila
s supposed to be'much more th
:ing the books and cramming foi
: tried to make friends, pretenc
Delieve there's no better place
liappine;
;cIf feminism sto
Dictionary defin
to join the femii
crVirtnl nlnv cV>p cVinulr} Vinvp mr
that quitting her job is an honor
tion.
Career moms are also faced
difficult decision and a contro
debate. Experts are advising th(
how to rid America of youth vi
saying parents need to impro\
relationships with their childr
when women stay home with cl
they're viewed as stupid, incapa
less than human. So either choic
seem wrong.
Feminists need to realize 1
home 'moms are capable of be
executive bankers or stockbro
doctors. However, these moth
the beauty in parenthood. A ma
stay home with his children w]
wife worked, but then the mar
be the lucky one. The woman
miss the first step and first los
At-home moms, the ones w
hannv doine that, pain more th
would as a highly paid profes
linns are welcome from all mcmlx-rs of the (
ilumnisLs can only Ix- printed twice a semcst
o print all Idlers Ldlers should Ix- 250-50" words an
lers must Ix- personally delivered by the author to tlx
rves tlx- right to edit all letter for style libel or space
meeting of the Judiciary Comm
:hat it was our regular meetinj
week, during which we conduc
less. This was not a special n
convened just for the matter c(
ng tiallman and JNewman. tic
it was also an "informal" mee
:hat it was an informal setting
ermine whether or not impea(
iharges were even warranted.
There was substantial cc
imong Student Governmen
vhether the actions of Hallim
Newman even met the standa
mpeachment, and the Judiciar
nittee decided the best way to
nine this was to talk to both ol
fhis was not, at any time, an act
QUOTE, UNQUOTE
"I would call them [the homeless]
less of a problem and more
of just a presence."
Ernie Ellis, director of Law
Enforcement and Safety
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as many phonies in my
; I have in South
t about world than the Palmetto State, comy
don't municate with words I don't mean. I
painftd. deceived myself by trying to be more
;h Car- like everybody here than my real self.
Amer- That didn't work! I'm still not acceptifthem,
ed, and I'm sure now that I'll never
are ob- be. I want to be myself again, and I don't
aforced care about acceptance here anymore,
are po- I can almost hear people shouting,
chance "Get out of our state!" Well, I was told
that after showing my Russian pass
re also port to a boozed security guard at
[y mar- Pavlov's. Sometimes I wish I could. But
rn girl I'm staying here for the school because
ination I like the University of South Carolina
id two- and I know it will help me to make
'ay. my dreams come true one day?
itehere And I'm fllsTrsT.aying trTTfe a reten
hit- isolated world of fnany^SSuth Car
finals, olinians, where tolerance isrjust a word
I that I in a dictionary, is not going to stay this
in the way forever.
>s of women
pped where Wehsfer's
ed it, I would be happy
list coalition."
able ac- non-feminist. I love my aeon "to-be ca
reer, but I a Is o -under st an d the iniversial
that's more importantthairSBEy careei
; nation I could choose.
iolence Should I decide to stay at home, ]
re their will do so with confidence that I am noi
en. But a failure, but successful at making my
lildren self happy. And if I go to work, T will dc
ble and s0 wiil1 the confidence that I'm doing
e would what's best for myself aQ&Siy peace
of mind.
e r s1s ee a man'or a child or career foi
? ,, that matter, but I will share tfiy lift
with them instead.
1 would Women should realize they don'i
,, have to be greater or better than mer
' ^ ?Uf, to be equal. They just need to be hap
00 ' py. Whether they're happy staying a'
0 are home, in a career of.both, that's ex
an they ac^ly how it shouldhe.
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ittee in peachment hearing, and the Judicial
of the ry Committee was concerned both with
:t busi- getting to the bottom of the matter and
leeting protecting the respective privacy of Hallmcern
man and Newman. It was my opinion
iwever, at the time, and still is, that there
ting in was no room for turning this matter inI
to de- to simple sensationalism. At the time
:hment of that first meeting, I agreed with man)
of those present that it would be in the
mcern best interests of all present if it were
t as to a meeting closed to the press. The rulin
and ing of Attorney General Peter Siachos
rds for has not changed this view,
y Comdeter
Patrick Gearman
f them. Student Senator
ual im- College of Math and Science