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EDITORIAL
Sara Ladenheim,
Rob Gioielli, Viet
Kevin Langston, Assista
Emily Streyer, Assistar
Jennifer Stanley, Special
Vacations
relaxing f<
Spring break ^i
starts today, and HHRHUJdU
for many of us it Alternative
will be a week of Breakers ar
sun surf and theiriveektc
drunken debciuch- **
ery.
This annual ritual
usually doesn't Kudos to sttic
mean as much to WOtkfor the i
us as it does to the less for
those at the frost- during the v
bitten northern ?
schools, whose first
glimpse of sun in months comes i
when they get to the beach. t
Whether you head for the coast r
or just head home, though, for
most of us, this week means a a
chance to relax, sleep in, not think d
about class for nine days, or Maybe \
catch up on some schoolwork. t
But there are a few people do- d
ing something a bit more admirable
than lounging on the a
couch or a beach chair. b
Instead of taking a week off, i
those who will participate in Al- s
ternative Spring Break have de- ii
cided they would rather have a t
week "on."
Now, there are many people a
and groups on this campus who v
devote th&ir time and energy to r
community service the whole year, s
They make the effort for no other i
compensation than knowing they
Regulatior
in right di
It happens to be
a constitutional flflBHUJyhll
right for any indi- The prop
vidual to waste regulationsJ
away as much mon- hokei
ey as he or she ^
wants on whatever
trivial pleasures ? . , .
our free-market People have
system offers. This gatnbh
includes video pok- regulation
er. neede
Some people
prefer to see gambling
or lotteries as a tax on peo- s
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pie who are uau ai niaui. ils urns
easier to justify video poker be- v
cause the taxes on the profits can b
be put into schools and fix this v
problem. Then the market for p
video poker will drop. v
The problem, however, is that, t
in the meantime, video poker machine
owners, such as Collins En- a
tertainment, are leeching off the C
lower classes. Those in the poor- d
est tax brackets have more to gain a
and less education with which to t
understand the true odds, and t
thus lose the most in reality. , r
Helping schools at the expense p
of the least educated is an alarmHie
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not too
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Were able to give
something back.
Spring But those stue
giving dents who organize
, cntv ura and participate in
Alternative Spring
Break are"'making
, , a very strong statelentswbo
ment about the
benefit of meaning of com
tunate munity service. By ^ ^
acation. taking a time nor- 1}/|
mally reserved for &JL 1\ I
self-indulgence and
ising it to help the less fortunate,
hey're showing us what commu- A s our numerous
lity service is all about. LA bodies consider
Many of us wouldn't think jL \.ways to solve \
tbout doing community service ;
luring spring break. We have a fc,,
vhole week off in the middle of
he semester, so why spend it
But service really doesn't mean mm * 1 l|||
inything unless there's a sacrifice Wm
leing made. Only when you're usng
time that could be spent on
trictly personal pursuits does the
dea of service start to attain its ROB GIOIELLI
me value- columnist
We'd like to commend those
imong us who realize this, and
re hope they and others who don't par^ down ^ ^
nind making the sacrifice can tear up ^ ^ parking,
erve as an example to the rest of replaced with gree
lS- tramural sports fields
desperately short of. Ai
nice to have an on-camp
^ ^ you could squeeze one tx
IS SljCU garage.
All parking should
outskirts of campus. T
dtn room behind the Coli
|rnf I | fl |T1 land, tear down the old
"* build parking lots thei
all the people who cui
;=^=jr| ingly fascist result,
iBBBHii even if its intended
tions are good.
briAfeo Clearly, a balance
can be found JLYJLv-r
' that supports indi
vidual freedoms,
tho riaht yet Prevents a dis" Tsaw a sticker rece
mengDi proportionate seg- I "PRO-VEGETARL/
% but ment of the popu- _Lof the sticker appa
is Still lation from bearing ^?
tep in the right direction. * jPf *** igk
Regulations must be applied
/ith care, however. People will go ^H|
o great lengths to indulge in their ||^HK jfl
ices, and every step toward the jm
irohibition of a vice makes it more j|Hn fl
aluable - and more expensive for ^^ cTacv?
hose who do indulge. EMILY STREYER
Video poker should not dis- " ?
ppear from the state because our
^institution guarantees this free- md there f "8'
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,om, but it should be regulated, An/, do* tWnk ,,m
nd the profitability of this pas- ?n
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ime used for the betterment of vegetables' rights and
his state. South Carolina has sections worldwide. Ru
ouch to lose from unchecked video run! Fast in protest, a
oker, but it also has much to gain. to farmers telling the
tolerate these atrocitit
day, the rutabagas of tl
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administrative campus, we'll have a comp
' the numerous shuttle system.
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?I parking the mght. Drivers will be tr
problem, I fessionals and will operate
want to pro- muter buses, not painted scl
pose a solu- Services will be scheduled, fn
I tion that ontime.
may not People won't mind park
have been campus if they know the lo;
considered: have to wait is seven m
Get rid of it. tore the bus drops them with
The only minute walk of their cla
way to solve minutes from car to class soi
- on-campus fantasy, but it could happer
parking is We depend on parking i
- not to have tral part of campus because
nn-camnns nience. If you have 10 min
somewhere, where do you pai
parkinggarages; isaum or one of the meterei
ots. They should campus? Obviously, the mete
n space and in- ^ costs a couple of quarters, t
3, which we are UP 25 minutes to walk fro
id wouldn't it be iseum to some parts of car
>us park? I think waiting for the Carolina SI
ihind Bull Street ta^e even longer.
People will park on the o
be done on the campus if it's easy and conver
"here's plenty of aiso park there if the;
seum. Buy the Bight now, this solution
warehouses and effective for students, fire.
To transport staff who commute to campus
rrently park on about the students who live t
should they have to walk al
ment defen<
rntly that said Emily, you ask me, \
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rently supports Salt. Got a couple of oce
? vegetarians table salt contains io<
in their en- essary nutrient. (This mo\
deavors to course, has nothing to do wi
be who they that I own stock in Mortoi
are. tional Inc. Standard disclaim
I don't. Jast about no one is ant
Vegetables anymore because it's all abo
tare sentient by. It's always better to be s
beings ing for something than aga
(plants re- need to gat vegetables invol
Bspond to pro-salt movement,
music ? my But I was wondering: Wh
sixth-grade threatens vegetarians? Wh<
_ science pro- mobilizing against? Are th
ject said so), ments, say, that are anti-v<
ights violations (The one I described above ii
street at Kroger, although I started a Vegeta
alone here. I'm Society in high school with a
tizens to protect had two members.) Every ai
i storm produce a veggie option, where you
n, little potatoes, before everyone else,
nd write letters Just about every restaur
m we will NOT for those with names like
?s, and that one Slaughterhouse, has a veget
le world will rise ter on the menu, and some f
onsible for their specialize in meat-free cuisir
etarians missing rights the
world have?
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program.
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deemed more worthy." Deen
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itled "Leave Re- officials whom we choose to
1 World." select group of intellectua
ited, pseudo-lib- whom I assume Freeman hai
e role of the Stu- appointed?
mpus life makes I guess Freeman would si
have a problem the SG should write up a list <
tudent funds to worthwhile world causes an
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mu J*' e First off, the buses will run till at
tin a ree jeag^ eVery day of the week.
ss-,en They will obviously be more frequent
111 s e a during the day, but there will be con1
tinual service. And since buses will be
n the cen- Qn scheciule) people won't have to sit
t C<!nVi^ waiting at the bus stop. They'll know
V ?r ? exactly when it will come.
Ideally, this bus system would exi
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campus students live. And in a per,u
* es feet world, it would be an integrated
m the to - part 0f bus system. In reality,
npus, an campug extends far beyond its
tu e can traditional boundaries, and so should
? its transportation system.
n. s 0 If this whole plan sounds compliU
h* cated and a bit radical, it's because it
y a^e ?' is. Completely overturning and resoun
s re vamping the current parking system
^utwhat wou^ take years of planning and a
, u^? strong commitment from the admin1
th t wa istration and local government. But if
a wa> we reaiiy Want to solve our parking
is unchalleng
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iide, a nec threatens vegetarian!
ththefact mobilizing against?"
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i-anything (If I may have a moment of irony,
ut p.r., ba- j think it's interesting how many veg>een
as be- etarians are pro-choice. Those who
I nSH ^ v,8 protest deforestation for cattle grazing
ve in t e notwithstanding, most vegetarians
. . , make defending the life of a cow a pria
the oiaty. bat protecting the life of a small
human comes somewhere behind trash9re
move3
tarian9 ^g Republicans. It's a smorgasbord of
" madp iin movements out there, folks. Go figure.)
ble Rights OK, I'm done making fun of vegefriend
We tarians- Before the green-munchers
rline offers write in threatening to make spinach
get served out of me, let me say that I'm not
criticizing vegetarianism itself ? eat
ant, except what you want, I say. As usual, there's
Big Dan's a l^ger point,
arian plat- America is an arena of rights. As
daces even much as I'm for defining and defendle.
Are veg- ing them, the contention is beginning
rest of the to look like a scene from a "Where's Waldo?"
book: Every group has its own
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Safe Ride the student money for dispersal around
the globe.
e SG fund Freeman seems to take issue with
omething the fact that these funds will not be for
led worthy the benefit of all USC students. I am
he student one of the off-campus students who will
elect, or a not be a recipient of the benefits of
.1 elites to the Safe Ride service.
3 been self- However, I am not bitter about that
fact, nor am I egotistic enough to imlggest
that pose a "responsibility" sanction for all
of the most students. As a concerned member of the
d earmark USC community, I would love to see a
Safe Ride program implemented for
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trip just fell into place."
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problems and not just give temporary
solutions, then this or some other longterm,
comprehensive plan is the answer.
USC is only getting bigger. The student
population will grow, and that
means the campus will grow. With the
current master plan, the campus will
be moving further south and west.
With this growth, there will only be
more campus. The current parking system
will just call for more garages. All
garages do is hold cars; they are ugly
and add nothing to the campus landscape.
And to build more garages, we
usually have to sacrifice green space.
The path to an aesthetically pleasing
campus does not involve destroying
green space to put up eyesores.
If the administration is really looking
toward the future, it needs to plan
for these possibilities. Only by thinking
about the long term will we have
a chance at becoming a truly great university.
?ed rights
g: What is it that
5? What are they
shouting and pointing to do, and no one
gets heard in the cacophony.
Sometimes I wonder if there aren't
too many rights running around today
? or at least too many privileges claiming
status as rights. A person's rights
ending where another's begin sounds
like a simple plan, but the gray area
gets bigger as each person decides the
rights of other people should take up
less space.
Nothing's wrong with vegetarianism.
The subject was close by, so I
grabbed it to make my point. But when
vegetarians feel they have to defend
their right not to risk violating an animal's
rights, it makes you wonder just
what kind of threat is out there in the
rights arena ? and how far it will go.
I'm going to eat a nice, juicy ham
sandwich now. It will fit nicely into the
hole in my cheek.
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current and future students who live
on campus.
Maybe in your brave new "real
world," Ms. Freeman, irresponsibility
will be wiped out. Until then, I am
thankful that the SG will attempt to
safeguard the lives of the irresponsible
as well as those who are unluckily hurt
or killed by poor decision making.
Daniel South
Economics Senior
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