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Senators
to define
The Senate
can't agree on bHHHUm
whether to censure Talk of
President Clinton,
nor can it even a^ressin
agree to what degree
it cannot agree B
on whether to cen- ?
sure him. The Serial
Depending on concerned
which senator gets violations,
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u) tne press nrsi jUClgl
each morning, a
censure agreement
is "a rose that is beginning to wilt"
(Larry Craig, R-Idaho) or "picking
up support" (John Chafee,
R-R.I.). And certainly no one
agrees on what to actually put
in the thing if they can get that
far.
But a recurring theme in Beltway
chatter is the "immorality"
of his crimes. The president has
been befriended, by people who
have no stake in the matter, because
he's being persecuted for a
"victimless" crime, and every time
senators try to make the president's
crimes "immoral," they dilute
the gravity of Clinton's actions
and fuel the fire that
victimizes the man who's supposed
to have left no victims.
The articles of impeachment
don't list crimes that have no victims.
Student parking tickets are
evidence of victimless crimes; Clinton,
on the other hand, has hurt
his employees, disgraced the ofJournalis]
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It's nice to see
our generation doing
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and ulti- This act Si
mately freed a man everyone he
on death row. The generation
inmate, who had the worldfc
been wrongly con
victed, was on death row for more
than 15 years.
Writers, psychologists and educators
have found terms for the
younger generations: Generation
X, Generation Y. They might as
well call us the "failed generation"
or the "generation of complaints,"
Our generation is immersed in
an epidemic of AIDS, drug-ad
aictea oaoies, cniia muraerers ana
other negative issues that characterize
us to the rest of the world.
And when we arise from our notorious
apathy to complain, we
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might try
morality
^ce and cost the
UftUHBHIi taxpayers millions
a Senate of dollars.
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g morality. impeachment don't
? y list enmes that are
I immoral; they list
, ,,, crimes that violate
2 should be ^ ethical code of
with ethical the most important
not moral job in the world.
nents. One senator has
even said that a
censure resolution
is an opportunity to define the
morality of America.
Politicians defining the morality
of America? Every time senators
makes a statement like that,
they undermine the fact that
the trial is not about sex.
This impeachment trial is
about lying, it's about arrogance,
it's about the abuse of power (even
though that article didn't make
it), it's about a president disgracing
the office.
It has nothing to do with
morals, and every time a senator
tries to make a Sunday school
lesson out of this trial, he twists
the government's structure further
out of the shape the founding
fathers built for this country.
Our Constitution was designed
so that this country's chief executive
may be held accountable by
the voters for "immorality" if so
they ch&ose; the legislators may
punish acts and acts alone.
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rarely take action
JmHHH to fix the problems
n Students' that plague our soeed
a man ciety-We are more
tb row reactive than pro'
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to see some stulould
give dents, members of
Tfie that OUr nnr (Tpnprfltinn
Will change working to improve
yrthebetter, another individ
ual's life for the
sake of justice and convictions.
This man owes his life not to
lawyers, activists or a guilty man
who decided to confess.
He was freed by members of
Generation X and their professor
who decided to take action against
something they viewed as unjust.
These students went beyond
the uresent-dav stereotvDes to
prove the skeptics wrong.With
more people like them, our generation
might be able to turn its
reputation around - and the world
along with it.
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Thanks to all the drug educatio
programs we had in high-schoo
most of us are aware of all th
drink ca:
ROB GIOIELU bringabou
coWast But ther
is one prob
lem they didn't seem to mention ii
my sophomore health class: hangovers
I guess they think you will learn fo
vourself what it feels like to wake ir
with your head in a vice grip and you
mouth as dry as the Sahara.
Like every other sane person in th
world, I originally dreaded this morn
ing torture session. I would make at
tempts to control my drinking and the:
consume lots of water before I went t
bed. But over the past few years, I'v
come to an agreement with those week
ly bouts of the Tm never going to drin]
again" syndrome. I don't necessaril;
enjoy my hangovers now, but I cai
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One phrase that has been throw:
around like a bad ventriloquist'
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co'"m"'?' thority" as;
result of th<
Lewinsky scandal.
The president no longer has th(
"moral authority" to command suppor
for his actions in the Middle East
i ne president is regaining some ot ni
"moral authority," and from the polls
mind you. I don't know what "moral au
thority" is supposed to be, but if on<
gets it from high poll ratings, I don'
think I want it. I don't think I want m;
president to have it, either.
SG candidate
treated unfairly
To the Editor;
Despite the triumphs and valiani
efforts of The Gamecock to publish cleai
and unbiased news, occasionally th(
context of a story can be blurred. As ?
friend and fraternity brother, Norn
Jones has always accepted responsi
bility in his role as philanthropy chaii
of Delta Tau Delta. His integrity anc
genuin$ compassion for others de
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n endure them. And I've learned they cai
I actually have some good points.
e Throughout my college career, som<
n of my best times have been sittinj
, f around with some good friends and jus
I- drinking a couple dozen beers. I enjo;
>- these times as much as ever, but in cer
tain situations, the next morning cai
d be just as good a time,
i- I love waking up on a Saturday
it morning after a night of drunken de
e pravity. My roommates and I sit around
)~ all anrl rlicnncinfnrl Winrllir rnooVi
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? ing for the juice and cigarettes. But sooi
n enough, our brains try to start func
tioning, and we try to recall wha
e happened the night before. Soon w<
start laughing as we remind each oth
n er of what we actually did, then w<
laugh even more trying to figure ou'
why we did it. The bonding that occurs
was just like the night before, excepi
this time we actually remember wha'
e happens.
L. Earlier this year, my friend's little
sister was telling me how she hatec
n hangovers. I disagreed, trying t(
o point out their good points. Hei
e boyfriend backed me up with an excel
lent point. This freshman, obviouslj
k wise beyond his years, argued how ?
y hangover was the best excuse to do noth
a ing all day.
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a Why are we so concerned aboui
g moral authority and whether our lead
y ers have it? I reahze, certainly, that oui
leaders, whether they are statesmer
^ (ha), athletes, clergy, artists or intel
j lectuals, are leaders precisely becaus<
we look up to them, and people have ?
e need for leaders not merely to get things
-j done, but for inspiration and guidance
But what exactly does "moral author!
? ty" have to do with it?
Because I'm still not sure what, ex
s actly, "moral authority" means, I parst
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me pin ase iui us literal meaning, m
s thority over morals? Authority exer
cised in a moral manner? Authority or
a moral issues?
e And what morals have to do with z
crisis in the Middle East has got me
g too. I suppose that because war is noi
t a nice thing and military action involves
to paraphrase Rush Limbaugh, break
s ing things and hurting people, which
, are also not nice things, that peopk
need someone who has moral authori
a ty, like President Clinton, to say it's
okay to do those mean things. For th(
Y sake of morals? Or for the global econ
omy, balance of world power (which is
pretty good coming from us) or the pre
vention 01 a worse war.'
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fines his character. In response to the
SG violations article of the Feb. 10 edition,
senate candidate Norm Jones was
unfairly portrayed on two accounts
1) Preceding his response in his testimony
before the Elections Commist
cmn Trinoc plnlnd oil Unnnplir " Unn
OiUll, WV/1ICO OlXiUCU, All CU1 1IUHCOIJ. 1IUI1"
esty?something we haven't seen much
! of in politics over the last year.
1 Rather than try to be truthful yet
1 misleading, Jones was completely honest
in his testimony. Jones admitted an
error and took action to correct the in^
cident.
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\ his years, argued hcrv
1 the best excuse to do
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As many know, even after you've
drunk 23 glasses of water and the
^ headache is gone, that monkey is still
with you for most of the day. As a friend
' once so accurately described it, it's like
' you're a radio, but with a hangover:
You've been tuned just a little bit off
j. perfect reception.
Usually, the only thing I'm able to
do is loaf around. I have no energy to
s leave the house except to maybe grab
? some food. I know cable television
3 was invented for people like me. With
I 80 channels, I can sit around in my un(.
-derwear ail day-without a care in the
world. I used to give myself a guilt trip
3 about these days I would completely
1 waste, cut most attempts to study or
) be productive are futile. The most I can
pull together is throwing away the emp
ty beer cans at about 5 in the afternoon. .
j This is how I prefer to spend my
t hangovers, but unfortunately, the slacker
paradise can only be a reality on the
weekends. Most days, I have to do someity'
has no <
l. "I don't know what 'r
r hut if nnp oet? it frnrr
1 fry
j I don't think I want it
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Authority certainly has its uses, but
Fm not sure "moral" authority is a good
4 thing. My radical idea is that people
should think for themselves, and that
; includes creating personal moral codes
that Hn nnt vinlntp ntVipr rvwnlo'c riorVitc
The only moral authority a person
1 should have is over his or her own. And
every person should have authority over
his or her own morals.
No one talks about "ethical" authority,
which I could understand more
' than "moral" authority. Ethics of office
l are far easier to defend than morals
; of office. Ethics pertain to a group and
can be dictated. Morals cannot.
Morals don't last. Rights last. Just
in the past few decades in this country,
the "immorality" of homosexuality, atheism,
women in the workplace and black
people in the front of the bus has crumbled
as the rights of more people have
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! 2) In response to postings in the Humanities
Building, Jones simply pointed
out that others had posted in the
same location and should be warned
before they, too, were slapped with a
violation.
The reasoning for his posting in Humanities
was out of respect for a custodian
who instructed Jones' staff on
areas where it would be acceptable to
post and would not require the custo- <
dian to remove the posters. Again, Jones
accepted full responsibility for these actions
without relying on an excuse.
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:ause of all the conflict and
Dblems, my mother hasn't "
n her parents in 20 years."
haal Awwad, HRTA junior,
Jordanian citizen
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thing, even if it is just making an appearance
in class.
On days like these, depending oh
how early one has to rise, the hangover
can De vicious, ine same iactors tnai
can make it so enjoyable on the week-,
ends make it an abomination on the
days when responsibility actually takes
precedence over laziness.
I've gone to work at 7 in the morning
thinking I would have enough miracles
for sainthood if I made it through
the day. Early-morning classes have
beckoned after some midweek booze
ups, and I'll sit in the hack with
bloodshot eyes, hoping the piSfessor realized
I wasn't able to be my normal,
opinionated self.
I realize that college life will soon
be over and that I won't have the luxury
of drinking and being hungover
with such frequency. But I'll still revel
in those days when my stomach was
doing somersaults, there was a bass
drum in my head and football was on
television all day long.
iuthority
noral authority' is,
i high poll ratings,
.?
been increased and continue to strengthen.
Americans become more open-minded,
and some people, those who probably
know what "moral authority" is
and have more of it than I do, think
we're going to hell for it. Progress is an
exchange of morals for rights.
Arid I think that's a good thing.
Morals I can take care of on my own;
rights, I need someone to acknowledge
or else I expend an awful lot of energy.
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has lost his "moral authority" or gotten
it back, or if the Senate doesn't have
the "moral authority" to convict him?
Let's skip the morals and stick to the
facts. I care about more concrete things:
President Clinton has lied and obstructed
justice. These acts might offend
morals, but more importantly, they
violate rights and a code of ethics. "Moral
authority" is just a buzzword.
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It is obvious that the entire context
of a story cannot be printed because
of space limitations, but, as in this instance,
sometimes stories can unknowingly
be portrayed through a critical
lens. I commend you on your efforts
of elections coverage. It is vital for the
student body to be informed of the issues
that govern our daily routines.
However, the press should always exercise
caution when delivering the news.
Graham Newman
English Sophomore
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