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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
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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?
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Student Media is of- HHHUMillflHHI vice
ten a sheltered one, The vast improvement not (
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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.
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Sara Ladenheim Editor in Chief Emily Streyer Asst Yienptints
Rob Gioielli Vieupoints Editor Kevin Langslon Editors Editor
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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
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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
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shouldn't be
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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. However, I Associate Professor
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