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E-MAIL! , Remember, we have an email address, so don't hesitate to write us. It's GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. Write one, write all! Monday, February 22, 1999 tk(5anradi serving the Carolina Community since lbXJo EDITORIAL BOARD Sara Ladenheim, Editor in Chief Rob Gioielli, Viewpoints Editor Kevin Langston, Assistant Viewpoints Edi. Emily Streyer, Assistant Viewpoints Editc Jennifer Stanley, Special Projects Coordinc Shuttlecock net improvement f Amid all the shoi campaign chaos mov( Thursday, a poten- The parking Pus'? tially monumental referendum aMrneed syst< referendum was referendum approved men j ] l j_t /w ctnAmi tc voieu upon uy me <</ okwciwo. a per students. The ref- ^^FTTTVTYTWTT^H ^ey1 erendum (Should pabl< student parking If the referendum is to tP Si privileges be dis- , r r 7 then tributed by senior- be fully successful, resid ity in the universi- campus parking will theii ty garages, need improvement. park according to hours stud< earned?) received tied 1,691 "yes" votes and 876 "no" bus system to carr) votes. the wide campus. The effects of the referendums The current shu approval should prove to the prop- in dire need of revan er listeners that the students of parison with other this university see a problem with versities, our camp parking and are for a restruc- in an efficient and re turing of the system. However, for tern. First and forer this referendum's approval to be es should run on s< carried out in a proper manner, dents shouldn't the entire parking system needs concerns on an inca] an overhaul. This includes the se- tern that might or l lection for garage spaces and the them to their classe Shuttlecock bus system. In addition, the Freshmen do deserve parking, run into the evening hut it should be on a peripheral buses stop running level. Upperclassmen are entitled several students are to the better parking spaces on from their late class campus, and they should not have what the condition, their rightful parking spots swept This university away by the newer students. Se- providing a better t niority gives the students an ad- its students. If frai vantage with registering for class- sororities can afforc es and housing, so why not for basis to have buse parking? to and from parties, The approval of this referen- university offer the dum should not stop with the se- to students intent lection for parking spaces, but class? Good managem liplnc ctiirlpfit m JLAVX^/er JL The Office of incn Student Media is of- HHHUMillflHHI vice ten a sheltered one, The vast improvement not ( ll^oftheRuS S House. The only spor contact many stu- fall's dents have with our HmmJUhM and' office is through this WUSC has managed to 111 ac neWFoP?Ptehe past e three years, USC's controversy to become rea< student radio sta- more professional. your tion, WUSC-FM, throi has been in the and limelight only under trying and which has helped r controversial circumstances. But find their places at this year has been different. Un- ty. der the leadership of Station Man- In the past, WU? ager Robert Regal, the executive itself its own entit staff and dedicated and enthusi- from other parts of astic disc jockeys, the station has dia and the univen stayed in the spotlight this year, year, it has become The difference between this year interested in the C and the past three is that WUSC's munity. successes, not failures, have been We at The Gamec newsworthy. to work with them The station has experienced to consider them ou only one unfavorable incident we The vast improvemi know of, and Regal handled the is proof of what gooi situation swiftly and with wisdom, pecially the quiet om concern and discretion. WUSC has Regal, can do. %% tk6amecock i Sewing tlx Carolina Community since 1908 The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The l.'niversily of South Carolina and is published M Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times during the summer with the exception of univ periods. Opinions expressed in 11k- Gamecock are those d the editors or author and not those of The L'ni The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The IX'paru the newspaper's parent organization. EC The Gamecock Sara Ladenheim Editor in Chief Emily Streyer Asst Yienptints Rob Gioielli Vieupoints Editor Kevin Langslon Editors Editor Kenley Young A'rirs Editor Rachel Helwig Ave Sens Editors Brad Wallers A vies Editor Clayton Kale Viesvpr Nathan Brown Sptrls Editor Brock Vergakis Asst Spirts Editors Erin Reed features Editor Charlie Wallace New s Rob Undsey features Editor Katy Evans Asst. features Editors Sean Rayford I'holn Editor Deneshia Graham lite. Matt Ryan Online Editor Ashtonjune A.K Photo Editors Kristin Freestate Co/ty Desk Chief Ann Marie Miani Sports Todd Money Copy Editor Jennifer Stanley prial Propels Rebecca Cronican Copy Editor Coortlinalor Online Student Media EUen Parsons Director of Jason Curry Creatine Sr-nices /\dvenl Student Media Kathy VanNostrandC'rcvrriri' Seances Lee Phipps Adivrllsirig Manager Sherry Holmes Classified Manager Classifi Susan King Creatine Director Carolyn Griffin llustness Manager Susan Barrett Creatine Semites Erik Collins facility Advisor ' '* f Daniel Brown Creatine Senhces Jeff Stensland Craduale Assistant (j|yKV View ~ The G I Z z' tor T it or A ESU M ids /// irst ^ 0 lid further / / ' i to the cam- / hf" ? shuttle bus 3m. ii iresn- ?-? \ are to park on ipheral basis, will need a ca3 bus system ? afely carry 1 from their ence halls to : r respective m ing lots. All -4 'i'T T ( 3nts are enti- 1 II 1 I V * to a reliable l-r V'^xl^ I r them across ttle system is A nahonal nonprofit organization, aping In com- r\ Shape Up America!, whose misregional uni- Asion is to combat obesity through >us is lacking aable bus sys- 4ll elusion in its ^night not get guidance^or forced to walk GUERMAN ABAEV CUred " ;es no matter co,umnist Well, sad IS CEpclblG of but true. jus system to That leaves about 30 percent of men ternities and ^5 percent of ladies in the United 1 on a weekly States to be the target of cruel jokes, s run people However, some ambitious businessmen why can't the sometimes go further than just joking same luxury about generously proportioned people, on going to Tbey use this type of fun-making to sell their service. . Last Monday, about 25 differently A sized protesters picketed a San Francisco fitness club against its new billLI board claiming that, when space aliens finally do descend on Earth, "They will <4 ^ eat the fat ones first." jased its ser- ! Faithful fa to students jnly by playliverse forms -ywag jas^. ?ve minutes of the isic, but by co- I gam6) with Carolina down by six isoring last JLto the visiting Arkansas Razorbacks. Swing Night Cheers pul80s Weekend. sated Idition, senior throughout :hed out to I** "renamed fhraraMif f adrenaline . Mmk Wmtr F u 4X1 f c u training, through my lew students veins theuniversi- Everyone L^_ :???J was stand>C considered JAN LA ROCQUE ing cheer. y, separated columnist p' Student Me- I chanting, rooting for the team their invoked and hearts wsere dedi(?ated to a com- Surprisingly, Carolina fans are loynrh prp nrn, ,A al 1111111 the end ? eVen 3 loS1I1g Season and hp hi won't keep them away. Unfortunateir collpapnipcf ly>this was the first time 111311 the bas" ent of WUSC ketball games I've attended here where j lporiprc pc. the crowd was loud and spirited. like Robert Duringlhe other games, only a few spurts of fans would get the courage to stand up and cheer, and most would be Wednesday ersity holidays and exam SSS2S Columnist leads 1 .1 J V < I I ! 4?11 ?-< I ! C P. rl ui univcii mcsiyic rea codes are 803 * 777-39H To the Editor: Kckcd@SL.edu >inis 777-7726 , f-ckriews@si edit I found Rob Gioielli's column on Feb. 12 to be vefy offensive and inappropri777.3 ate. The typical stereotype for college ,i!c ivic@sc.cviu students is what is seen in the movie "Animal House." Gioielli's column is 777-28.M helping to perpetuate that stereotype and give us all a bad name. I don't understand what would move anyone to 777-H83 write a column about hangovers to 777-6382 begin with. I feel that the lifestyle that 777-3888 points iamecock SI shouldn't be T"Y?? P \Zr\r\-r\ / ' Vi o -i WM n n nr*/l ~~" " ul. \j. uvcicbi; v^iidii mail aiiu. 44X founder of Shape Up America!, said A Wtl American society is experiencing "an . epidemic of obesity in both adults and COdbU children." e j "The rates, which are already among the highest in the world, are increas ing rather than decreasing," he said. To stay abreast of changing Amer- 1 was ^din ican society, which formerly used obese coaster dirt ' actors and performers mostly as sup- one dav I ( porting or whimsical characters, Hoi- And j d lywood has opened its doors for big-time jdss goodb stars with some extra pounds. Roseanne, people jusl Drew Carey, John Goodman and Rosie they try. 1 O'Donnell- these are names that need body reSpo no more publicity. There are more and are people more plus-size models in the fashion stay pretty industry, as well. Fightin According to "Inside Media," talk- a game of 1 show queen Oprah Winfrey, who was can be a d< once wearing queen-sized clothes, lost crets of hu ratings once she'd slimmed substan- more and tially. . position ti I used to be really overweight, weight. There's no clear understanding of the Educafc biochemical defects that cause obesity, cases, bigbut for me the cause was simple: I ate Head puts a lot of food I should have avoided. But this doesn't I ate because it helped to cope with nesque wo: stress. Chocolate and endless cans of social stign Dr. Pepper and Pepsi were some of the to lowered most important items on my daily menu. ' cal depress m us deserving c quieted and then reluctantly take their ^ " seats 1 lie 1 Who was the source of these cheer- ? . ing "spurts"? The students. Those with UtlCtyi young, spirited hearts and loud, obnoxious mouths. But they define the lg college sport, in all their whoops and hollers. Why are these loyal fans quieted and forced to be reserved? Because and undyii of the lack of a delegated, unified stu- Crazies to : dent section. it built on < A large, consolidated student sec- game of has tion is necessary for three reasons. One, Cameron L to keep the loud but youthfid fans from the infamoi annoying those loyal, quiet alumni, quiet and a Two, to keep the older and sedated dents woul alumni away from those who want to . they were have lots of fun. And third, but most nosebleed : important, to raise the spirit through- Grante out the arena. Cockpit dei A key example of the value of the who pay thi student section is the loud, rude, ob- This is a gn noxious Cameron Crazies of Duke, to be more. We've all seen them, and we're all jeal- great floor ous of their spirit. But if the team pen- dents (alth nants were in Gamecock fans' hands, perhaps set wouldn't we be just as obnoxious? row A to rc Personally, I think if we were all in in and chee one section, our strength in numbers ing, studer a "Tetters to the editor or guest columns are welcome frori columns should lx- an opinion piece of about 600-70C major, if a student. Handwritten submissions must lx | telephone number for confimiation. The Gamecock re? I)l->/^tr\c r<? n*f nitr/>sl frtr ouocf rnliimnief artel r-in l-w? r?ro% Gioielli professed to have in his column I sound too is very destructive and sinful. I'm just st< I wonder if he has ever considered in. Clean v the fact that he can have a good time with his friends, without getting fallingdown drunk. I do it all the time. Mr. Com Gioielli, if you can't have fun with your friends without drinking, maybe you -p * should get new friends. I've seen what alcohol can do to people and the prob- W lems it can cause. It is not something to take lightly. I feel that I speak for all the students at USC who choose a sober lifestyle when I say that columns Williar supporting this drunken lifestyle have column. I s no place in our school paper. You might Gamecock think that I'm oo old-fashioned or that ' ? I frowned upon s riding the happy food-drug roller er directly to Fat City. Fortunately, lay I decided to get off the ride." g the happy food-drug roller Even the California fitness chain jctly to Fat City. Fortunately, that posted the notorious billboard said, lecided to eet off the ride. "Wp all know hnw harrl it is t.n lnsp [id so. But I was lucky I could weight. Sometimes humor helps make pe chocolate and sodas. Some things easier, and can even be motit can't, no matter how much vational." \nd I m twice as lucky my j ge^ They knew that getting a nded to a healthy diet. There body 0f gteel abs and slim buns is tough, who eat like birds and still still they made fun of people who r u y- already are stressed about being difgyour e raweig isn jus v ferently sized and who can't change notivation and willpower; it ,, . , , ,, , , r .L their bodies no matter how much you eath match against the se- ,. , , ,, , man phys.ologj-. There are ft'vate them. At least, thank you more people who are in no for honesty fitness geeks. o do anything about their Wcl1' then?I ve eot a ^ thm6 to say, as well. According to sciened people know that in many fists, in five or so generations, 100 perboned people, just as Butt- cent-of Americans will be overweight, it, "can't help it." However, Maybe then it will be skinny people, save adipose men and Rube- qualified as horizontally challenged or men from different forms of as weightism survivors, who will serve latizing that ultimately lead as the target for hurtful jokes and will self-esteem and even clini- suffer from lowered self-esteem and ;ion. clinical depression. )f student section beauty about Gamecock fans is our ng loyalty, even when we have a ; season." ig loyalty would put those with as much gusto and might as posshame. We have true spir- sible without annoying the older crowd. 3ur love and support of the Of course, the closer seats would be sketball. If you notice, in the given out first-come, first-serve, but an tidoor Stadium seats above entire section could be used for those is student section, life seems who want to have a night of loud cheerilm. Do you think these stu- ing and obnoxious yelling. This idea d be united half as much if has been extremely successful in footscattered throughout the ball games, with the student section in seats? I seriously doubt it. the North Stands as well as the block d, there is the established seating in the East Stands, so why signated for those students not try it for basketball? It would one fee for seats near the floor, ly better the sport for the loud fans, the Bat attempt, but there needs quiet fans and, inevitably, the game as I'm not suggesting all the a whole. seats be delegated to stu- The beauty about Gamecock fans is ough it would be nice), but our undying loyalty, even when we have aside an entire section, from a losing season. We don't need to win iw Z, for the students to sit every single game to show that we love r. From the floor to the ceil- our Gamecocks. We .iust need a chance its could show their spirit to show it. n all members of the Carolina community. Letters should he 2S0-300 words. Guest ) words. Both must include name, phone number, professional title or year and x-rsonally delivered to Russell House room 333- E-mail submissions must include .erves the right to edit for libel, style and space. Names will never be withheld, ided by the submitter.Call 777-7726 for more infomiation. i much like your parents, but look forward to reading what he writes. inding up for what I believe I remember two wonderful pieces that ip your act! he contributed last fall, and I just finw ^ ished his recent piece, "Holtz puts USC Jason Cromer , ? puter Science Freshman on TI"ac ' I m personally reserving my judgment on whether Holtz can pull our IT enlightened football program out of the doldrums. - . But, if anyone can, he perhaps is the OrtS columnist man who can. I hope so. Thanks for giving me something '^or: worthwhile to read in The Gamecock. n Folks writes an excellent eldom read an article in The ^en Peters in its entirety. 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