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E-MAIL! Celebrate the technology of our generation. Send your opinions to GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. Write one, write all! Page 4 The? Serving Ibe Carolina C EDITORIA Sara Ladenheim Rob Gioielli, Vi Kevin Langston, Assis Emily Streyer, AssisU Jennifer Stanley, Sped SG might parking o Over the past six months, the al- HUii ready considerable A referer, parking problem at fresbmar, USC has gotten even more compli- - ? cated. A wide variety ^ . . ,, of university orga- , ^ ' nizations is looking determine \ at the issue, but body's o one group is final ly stepping forward and giving us solutions. Student senate has proposed that the upcoming election ballot contain a referendum on parking. It would ask students whether they think freshmen should be aoie to parK tneir cars on campus. This is only a referendum, and if it's passed, the proposal would have to go through the university administration. So there's a good chance nothing will ever come from it. But the fact Student Government has stepped forward and offered an idea that could help improve on-campus parking is commendable. The administration hasn't given us any answers, just a promise that the issue is being examined and that they will have some kind of plan in the future. Career bureaucrats are often afraid to make decisions unless \T\Af?r\ pvr IViVV ViV\ not good In what was supposed to be a HHHHJLi quest of truth, U.S. Video exc senators got no clos- testimony,, er to the truth in "tymnP' iri Senate chambers than when they I watched television or read their news- Ut-an papers. testimony House man- acceptable agers used excerpts for a live from taped deposi tions oi iormer White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Clinton's friend Vernon Jordan and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal in what many call their last chance to prove their case against President Clinton. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist's denial of the use of live witnesses might have actually strengthened both sides' cases. Both the managers and Clinton's attorneys had the opportunity to present their cases, using excerpts as evidence. How ever, neitner tne American people nor the Senate jurors saw the complete answers to questions asked. It became obvious that the -fte IDicGai Saving tlx Carolina Com The Gamecock is the student newspaper ol The University Friday during the fall and spring semesters and live limes during t periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those ol the edi Tile Hoard of Student Publications and Communications is the pu the newspaper's parent organization. The Gamecock Sara Ladenheim Editor in Chief Emily Streyei Rob Gioielli Vieu/Mtinls Editor Kevin Langst Kenley Young Neus Editor Rachel Helw Brad Walters News Editor Clayton Kale Nathan Brown Sjtorts Editor Brock Vergal Erin Reed Eealnres Editor Charlie Walla Rob Lindsey Eealnres Editor Katy Evans Sean Rayford I'hoto Editor Denesltia Gr< Matt Ryan (Inline Editor Ashton June Kristin Frcestate Copy IX-dt Chief Ann Marie M Todd Money Gnpy Editor Jennifer Stan Rebecca Cronlcan Co/iy Editor Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Sherry F. Ho Student Media Lee Phipps Advertising Manager Carolyn Grlf) Susan King Creatitv Director Erik Collins Jeff Stenslani 1 imfrrnrb EMIIUUUV ommunity since 1908 L BOARD l, Editor in Chief eupoints Editor tant Viewpoints Editor int Viewpoints Editor al Projects Coordinator address m ballot the issue has been lidHHHI examined so much idum on that there's no way iparking they can make a in ballot. mistake. This is ______ good because it H means the solution will ncnalHr Ho fHo oformally mo&^ thought-out the Student and well-considpinion. ered. But issues change over time, and often the solution given doesn't fit the current status of the problem. The only group Student Government is accountable to is its constituents, the students. And because most of us only spend a few years here, we want real solutions whose effects we can feel. With this referendum, Student Government is doine exactlv what viewed the tapes. However, had viewers and the full Senate been able to see the complete testimony rather than excerpts taken out of context, they might have gotten the truth and not the makings of a Monday night drama. merodt ma munity since 1908 of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and he summer with the exception of university holidays and exam , itors or author and not those of The University of South Carolina. 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But it's great to see somebody stepping up and taking action, and even better that this somebody is Student Government. :erpts evidence managers and atAiaflHHHi torneys would cut wpts, not off the video exnro ucpri nc cerpts in mid-sen V*I w the Senate. tence if it would help prove their H point. Just as people a-paste take biblical ex' is not an cerpts out of con?substitute text to support > witness. their actions, the ? managers and attorneys might have taken the video excerpts out of context to support their own sides of the story. This kind of testimony would not hold up in a regular court of law. We don't want to assume the two sides are twisting the facts, but when we don't hear the complete testimony, we don't have much choice. Many of the senators had view The G? Anti-smo It seems like the general public in the United States already has an opinion on the topic of smoking: It's unhealthy. But is the issue that JBp 11 easy? ] Recently, leading organizaiv tions such as the American Cancer Society, the GUERMAN ABAEV American columnist Lung Association and the American Heart Association came up with a new proposal of tobacco control using the settlement money. These organizations and other anti-tobacco activists have done a great job in past years to A' rrV? 4- n n rl /InrvAtMil oniQ cm in rr the Honors College to bolster its academic reputation. By ensuring that the students in the Honors College have an academic environment like Maxcy's, USC is protecting its own interests. Before The Gamecock begins to lament the loss of diversity on campus, it should consider the real reason students are here: to get the best education possible. Some of the most memorable things I've learned were not from a professor but in late-night exhanges about such trivialities as existentialism and Southeast Asian politics. I have not found these types of exchanges in the non-honors dorm I live in now. I commend The Gamecock for the consistency of its crusade to end honors housing. But there are people who t point imecock i _ = OUYlAfl 50,000 1H CASH? J BBS BY U^XVTU&^TJ B5SSI A. NYLOU DIM bag; ligiii/ aiiu ucpupuiaiuc However, their major victory seems to be one of political correctness rather than a massive reduction of smoking. Today in the United States, a non-smoking section of a restaurant is a must, all flights of the majority of U.S. airlines and airports are smoke-free, and Honors noustng good for USC To the Editor: With regard to the recent editorial concerning special housing: Most people see USC as a mediocre, state-funded school. It is forced to compete for top-level students with schools that consistently outrank it, such as Clemson and UNC-Chapel Hill. Special housing is one way that USC at tracts these students. Despite The Gamecock's insistence that the school's pluralism is being neglected, Honors College students have assimilated well into the general fabric of the USC community. We join clubs, form organizations, participate in Greek life and even venture down to Five Points, all with non-Honors students. The Honors College is not an elitist club for "those who were considered most intelligent when they came out of high school." Students work hard to gain admission and even harder to maintain their honors standing. Having a residence hall that emphasizes academics helps students to balance the extra coursework the Honors College demands. The university uses the students in athletes USC does have. However, that a same weekend Ryan Harrison posted fc an AMERICAN COLLEGIATE e RECORD in the 35-pound weight, with c * 73 feet, 6 inches, besting the old record s by almost a foot. This amazing accomplishment, on a national level, was r squeezed into "Nate Says" at the top a right of the sports column. Perhaps s this newspaper doesn't quite compre- I hend the nature of this accomplishment, , a but it is not a school record, not a con- p ference record, but a national record v nonors college siuaents win nor nave ji to be subjected to the widespread apathy and mediocrity that, with notable c exception, permeate non-honors hous- t ing. e s Keitha McCall International Studies Sophomore Other sports < deserve praise To the Editor: 1 I am upset at your recent sports coverage of USC athletics. It seems that t your sports editor had forgotten the fact f that other sports besides football and t basketball exist at this school. I I admit that these are the revenue- p generating sports at this school and f without them the rest of the athletic e department would not exist; however, o I feel that non-revenue sports such as f swimming, golf, tennis, equestrian, and p track and field deserve more attention d than they are receiving. t While you have repeatedly ques- t tioned the reasons of why our basket- o ball team is on its way to a last-place I finish in the SEC, and how our football v team posted its worst season ever, these t other programs have been excelling to v the national forefront. o Just last week, you posted an arti- d cle describing the extraordinary ac- t complishments of BJ McKie in setting t the school records for career points, c This article was indicative of the great s all the time, pack alter pack, as the com- r pany policy permitted. r Drinking isn't my big choice either, v People who know of my vodka-free ex- c B~~5uKmIssions for colu length. I 1 , 1 777-7726. k J ^ r The Gamecock will try t< student. lea B ber. The Gamecock reset wish to preserve this policy so future t tt ri.li _i. j i *n i l kers over-^ strict regulations of tobacco-products ~ sales have been enacted. Deciding whether to smoke tobacco" is a tricky thing. Millions of smok- ^ ers, in America especially and around the world, agree that it is dangerous, J nasty and even immoral, but still they keep on puffing in corridors and restrooms during lunchtime, or ner- j, vously fidget in their chairs and chew ^ candy after candy on non-smoking E flights. s Many minors start smoking under e peer pressure or to "improve" their im- a age. But many of them, once they are p of age, keep smoking. Is that a habit or r an addiction that has to be cured? And s is it really about smoking? ? Smoking has never appealed to me. p I have never smoked, nor do I plan to do so at any point of my life. I wasn't t tempted even when I worked for a pub- p lie relations department of a major v worldwide tobacco corporation, where ? you could get nign-ciass cigarettes tor t free and smoke until you drop. And the e overwhelming majority of employees c there smoked right in their workplaces QUOTE, "I do rush in SI can't ? Fresh M< LTV Strenj simplify th 'Puf cmrkL-Jnrt tr\V\or>r?r? wur?c uiau iiiu5i ro the Editor: I am writing in response to an aricle written by Gamecock columnist Cevin Langston. It is asserted by him hat the president of the United States, lill Clinton, is in some way an exemilification of everyone's human To aults. Well, this president, who "exmplifies our human faults" as a result pla f his receiving campaign contributions cot rom wealthy Chinese businessmen, tal iroceeded to sell our national security Th [own the river. By receiving these con- B r ributions to his election and re-elec- ter ion campaigns, he allowed members pa f the Chinese army to tour some of the Jnited States' most secure nuclear a r weapons facilities. In fact, he allowed Sn hem to take schematics to nuclear pa] weapons and other advanced technol- wh igy, including lasers that can shoot no [own cruise missiles. I cannot think of ad oo many presidents or regular citizens to hat would so willingly destroy their a r ountry's national security for some in- un ignificant campaign contributions. I CC ilso cannot think of too many people's leliefs that Bill Clinton would be'"ex- pei mplifying" by giving away national se- op< urity secrets in such a brazenly trea- as onous act. of But this is not the main issue; the ep oain issue is what man wouldn't lie bout an affair? Indeed most would, to me ave their marriages or relationships, fus >..i. u1 * u i i JUL WIlcll OLU WUU1U lie LU Ills UUdI u. ibout a sexual relationship with a comlany intern and get away with it? Or /hat general or lieutenant dare show UUl C?111V/I\111^ IVUMVW . relief from stress via v; physiological mechani! stence question my Russian origin, and evi he fact that I wouldn't partake of the cal lational drink angered and puzzled of < ome people back in Moscow. Howev- org :r, very (and I stress, very) moderate as md regular consumption of alcohol, be ireferably in the form of a medication, night prevent some health problems, glc uch as high cholesterol, as you age. as Imoking tobacco, however, has no ch( iroven curative effect. thi But smoking tobacco, apart from bu he cigarettes being tasty to some >eople, provides a huge relief from stress isn ia various physiological mechanisms. Sti 5ome pteople have chosen this poten- sh< ially dangerous and questionably ben- mc ficial method to fight stress either sub- du onsciously or by choice. ph The best answer to the question of tee tow many people are willing to pay to tat educe stress by a puff is best answered ing vith skyrocketing revenues of tobacco pie orporations around the world. And mns are welcome from all members of the Carolina Communil lumnists can only be printed twice a semester. Please deliver a a print all letters. Letters should be 250-300 words and mast include full na ers mast be personally delivered by the author to the Rassell Hoase room rves the right to edit all letter for style, libel or space. Names will never be hat should be acknowledged for being int list that. mi I hope that in the future, The Game- wo ock will be more willing to give credit ch; o athletes that have performed on an m? xtraordinary level, no matter what soi port it is. be< tn Patrick Tvarkunas rul Biology Junior mi Clinton's faults J , UNQUOTE n't want [the Senate] to and do something hasty, imagine what it'd be like not have a car here." Norm Jones, iman Senate Candidate Dnday, February 8, 1999 IT ^ ie issue ... provides a huge irious 5ms." en though anti-tobacco activists 1 tobacco industry people "merchants death," I can't say their brilliantly ;anized and thriving business is wrong long as it stays legal ? but Ihis might the case only for a matter o:'decades. I am sure the health insritutions' ibal crusade is invaluabe as long it doesn't violate people's rights to Dose, and is a needed ant thankful ng; the millions of tobacco settlement cks will not be wasted. But still, I believe smokng tobacco 't a major enemy to a huiran's health, -ess is. All anti-smoking programs 3uld consider that, and he issue of ire effective and healthie ways of racing stress should be equally emasized with the discouagement of m-age smoking and th< implemen;ion of environmental toacco smok\ controls. If that is done saving peos's health will be a mucl easier task. :y. They must be between 650 ad 756 words in ill submissions (o Russell Houseroom 333. or call me. phone number, professional tille>r year and major if a 333. E-mail letters must indude the athor's telephone numwithheld. erest in woman undeihis command, ich less carry on an iffair without rrying about being Irought up on arges? But Bill Clinton is the commder in chief, shoui he be under me special law tha protects him muse he is the presideit? If that holds Le, then what is to fcxsaid about the p of law f-Viat tViic nroiHpnt Pvirlpntlv ist resent? If this i: your idea of a eat president," thei I would really te to see a presidentthat you hold in idain. Hasan James Phjsics Freshman DL supports he Gamtcock the Editor: The Anti-Defarration League apluds the editorial taffof The Game:k for the strongstance they have ten against Holoaust denial (1/13). ey saw right though the ruse of adley Smith aid CODOH's atnpt to take out ai ad in their newsper and exposedhim for what he is. As the editors ndicate, this is not natter of First amendment rights, lith has a right t his views, but news per editors haveeditorial control over tat appears in heir papers. They are t obligated to ccept any and every which comes heir way. The decision not run the Htlocaust denial ad is esponsible ore that recognizes the derhanded am misleading way that )DOH operate It is a fact tha the Holocaust hapned in all its htrror. This fact is not en to debate. 1) suggest otherwise, CODOH does^s to deny the reality those who livd through this tragic isode, as well is those who died. The Gamecoc editors are to be com>nded for thpf strnne stand nn rp >ing the COD)H ad. Shelley Rose Associate Director AntiDefamation League