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E-MAIL! Remember, we have an e-mail address, so don't hesitate to write us. It's GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. Write one, write all! Monday, March 22, 1999 Hie(3amcci Serving the Carolina Community sine EDITORIAL BOAR] Sara Ladenheim, Editor, r>?u AUU UIUiCJLU, V IK^LAJjJUirLl^ Kevin Langston, Assistant Viet Emily Streyer, Assistant Vieiq Jennifer Stanley, Special Projec USC student for better e-i USC's technology fee has been put to good use in Our computer syste the past semester leaves a lot to be or two, but we still desired. have a long way to go. The Windows N T m a c h 1 n e s a t Students deserve tfa Thomas Cooper Li- Qwn acc()Untprofl\ brary and Gam- , % J brell Hall are good a an e'mci^ s)'s^ news because betterthan VM. they're fast and current, but many students don't wrappii know how to use the machines, even use nor do they have their own pro- use Wet files. Profiles are personal accounts vices (ai with set disk space for e-mail, pa- lines su pers, spreadsheets or other work, cess the We should be assigned ac- Netscap counts from our college and be ory and able to access our accounts from An e: any lab on campus, including those be Pine located in buildings outside our that is s colleges. Our accounts should pro- erful. Al vide access to e-mail and all oth- the moi er university resources like uninitia Netscape, USCAN and Microsoft any stud applications. Being able to save UNIX ( work to a profile shouldn't replace through backing up to a diskette, but it thing els snouia oe a convenience everyone tern, should have. Part Such a system will require a but e-rr small amount of training, but this '90s, an is preferable to students' having we're ge Contesting] ridicules his This year, Oscar night controversy hHHH&UhmB won't come from the Elia Kazan's dresses that are so Lifetime Achieveme ridiculous they look Ckrar like they just came off Parisian run- M ways, Lynn Red- rr , ,, grave's protest of deserves the auztVi'o Qfcifo nf Tcmoi for his otttstandin txiv WVUW Vi .A-kJ.*. IAV/X, ^ , or an actor's play- contribution to th ing an American In- cinematic world. dian accepting Mar Ion Brando's refused Best Actor world t Award. In a surprising move, this hind hir year's Academy of Motion Picture to the "F Arts and Sciences Lifetime ica was Achievement Award has been giv- What p< en to a man of cinematic genius is that i' and anti-communist beliefs: Elia and Ka2 Kazan. sponsibl Kazan, who directed the mas- fied aga: terpieces "On the Waterfront," "A ter all, h Streetcar Named Desire," "East directinj of Eden" and "The Gentlemen's Proti Agreement," also participated in search j the 1952 McCarthy hearings for stand ag the House Un-American Activi- recognit ties Committee. In the ( It was there that he testified HUAC1 against those who were his fellow failure c Communist party members. While protect f he did not add any additional in Kazai names to the list of "blacklisted" he belie1 Uc6amccoi Si-mug the Carolina Community since , The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University of South Carolir Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times during the summer with periods. 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The Gamecock Sara Ladenheim Editor in Chief Emily Streyer Assl.V Rob Glolelli Vieupoints Editor Kevin Langston Kenley Young Ai-u-s Editor Rachel Helwig Asst .V Brad Walters News Editor Clayton Kale Brock Vergakis Sports editor Michael Strickland Assl Sp Charlie Wallace Sports Editor Jared Kelowitz Erin Reed R-atuns Editor K Fvans AvN/ Ei-ut, Rob Undsev / i-attin-s Editor ' , , , , SeanRayford Photo Editor ^shia Graham Matt Ryan Online Editor Ashtonjune Assl I* Kristin Freestate Copy Disk Chief Ann Marie Miani Todd Money Opy Editor Jennifer Stanley *>/*' Rebecca Cronican Copy Editor < Student Media k Ellen Parsons Din-dor of Jason Curry Cn-aliis Student Media Kathy VanNostrandOeo/ii Lee Phipps Adeertising Manager Sherry Holmes Classified Susan King Creatiei- Din-dor Carolyn Griffin business Susan Barrett Cn-atiee Sen-ices Erik Collins Eacully Daniel Brown Cn-atiee Sen ices Jeff Stensland (,'raduate ? "1 S M'JjiSf 'I Vie* The jck r~ :e 1908 in Chief \ & icuuur ?*# Lpoints Editor 1 EU Ooints Editor /\ ts Coordinator v. s want mail [/ m to learn one system ) ^ for the university f m and another for their colleges. But the biggest problem is e-mail. In this decade, erjr mail doesn't have , to be as painful as VM, the archaic ^ system currently 4 Cv T^\d^C used, which doesn't ^ even support line- J ig. Most students don't ' their VM accounts. They A"T"1he 71st Annual Academy Aw: )-based mail, dial-up ser- I after blinding us all with its ad not all campus phone _L merizing glamour and bre pport modem use) or ac- taking fashion show, now exists on sir VM accounts through ?i digital e, which uses extra mem- analog other system resources. IM* forms 01 xcellent alternative would ^ .e r c , a UNIX mail program / m% imple, efficient and pow- M Say8"ar though UNIX itself is not % g'ous"? st user-friendly for the j ry) t ted, it would be simple for must lent to access Pine through soundec and a UNIX machine a bi NT) without knowing any- CVE?!?*W ABAEV tosau* ;e about the operating sys- ? &ust^n& jng might be a privilege, 00 Pfter! ^' synthespians! i , /? What re synthespians? You ve ' ls.a necessity in the the question ^ wrQ^, Ut me as d we deserve better than executive at Walt Disney Co. to d 'tVng. the explaining: "No more artistic ? agreements. No more demands for d timillion-dollar contracts or fights %/l#^11 1 top billing. The movie star of the century will be a perfectly obedient i puter program." Hurray, Hollyw T Pixar Inc., a computer anima | II II Y production company, is one of the J neers, which struck gold by playing artists, Kazan did ^mouse and computer drawing wholeheartedly co- The producer of the Academy Aw operate, a move __ 4 -g # -n/ seen by s?me as an act of cowardice ^ v^lVI\/l111 and betrayal. Kazan did what he ven though the first preside: lrj had to do. primary is nearly nine mo His affiliation J_!Jaway, the race for the big ? with the Commu- prize in all of politics is on. Any TV \ 2 nist Cell in Holly- er can wood was a thing on CN! ted Scare" in which Amer- P?^e ^ i63.c 2ople should understand Gary B t was a trend at the time , preachi an should not be held re- ^^1111^1 the Ch le for all those who testi- fljfl ian Cc inst fellow colleagues. Af- COREY FORD tion of le's being awarded for his columnist Hamps p. not his nolitics. First esters can revel in their GOP- George W. Bush: The Repubi for something to take a Party hasn't sought a polihcian for | gainst. Kazan's moment of ^ntth.saggress'vely since n ho r ed Ronald Reagan in 1979. This ( ion is not a proper focus. front-runner, however, has quite ? 2nd, the blame tor the ficult task in winning the party's i learings should lie in the ination. )f America to completely His moderate stances and pn reedom of speech and not tion of "compassionate conservat l for standing up for what will arouse the over-zealous, relig ^ed in. right wing of his party, a problen ?????????? father struggled with. Gov. Bush i: BBEEnSSESEB ready to be president, despite his [|| tus. He has only 4 1-2 years of pi ia and is published Monday. Wednesday and exception of university holidays and exam J not those ot Ihe I niversny of South Carolina ) I B x 1 J I 1 I Q tmecock. Ihe Department of Siudenl Media is ^ Ail area codes are 8(13 SALA tTCaSUreT I-ditor 777--Wl 4 - ? ^ ^ _ deiends iundin Viewpoints 777-7726 Rckvieu nQsc vein m . i *-1 1 < "rts,:Aa"s News 777-7726 To the Editor: ficbicu s@sc.cdu This is in reponse to a letter t( irvs hlitors itt itt i k xch tcZi ethi editor sent by Heath Hoppes, unde nun s 777.7 ik2 headline "Groups'funding questior Mcks/?,ns@sc.c<iH that appeared on the March 15 issi L22 <>nlinc The Gamecock. While I cannot speak for NA, ? 'Si'iricls Advcrtisin* 777 V4S,S (because I have never been to a n ' Muuaner Classified 777-1 1X4 jng to See how true Mr. Hoppes' Si i ax 777-64X2 ment is), I can speak for SALA beci Assign ()(|j ^ 777-sxxx I am the treasurer and have bei % /points i Gamecock **~\ r?\ OWE. ME. y <\\h U_VOUR.MOME.-r: VMM \W HA.VEACDRN.ESS I WJ J ECTR.IC bRlU. HERE., \ p~V ND TV\ NOT APRAlb : vU , TO USE IT. Vfl; \S ?pians' wanted winning "Toy Story," Pixar, in cooper- u : mes' ation with Disney, came up with "A JNO Hl( Bug's Life" last year. The bugs seem to j \y ^ kick gluteus maximus. On March 9, HlOrC CU an(j PRNewswire reported that the "A Bug's rnr,f-/,r milo Life" overseas box office passed $150 COllllrtCl ^nu_ million that weekend, bringing the film's ) u s worldwide earnings to more than $310 a n (j million. Not bad, ladies and gentlemen, scenes wearing j not bad at all! torian costume: lalo- However, the true victory is the vie- of greenbacks. Sor- tory over shareholders. According to and more addii hat Charles Schwab, Pixar's last fiscal year's But the tir ' v e price-to-earning ratio was 279.13. The synthespians a 1 hke P/E ratio provides insight into valua- being a second f - o n. tion on an easily understood yardstick: Maybe synthes 5 dis- earnings. Even the mass media and en- they so far do roar! tertainment giant with stance of steel, trouble and mo ital! Time Warner Inc., is dragging behind adult entertain with its P/E of 233.65. Digital "Bugs" I guess the Fo j got are ruthlessly pushing off the pedestal thought of com k an fossils like "Pink Panther" and "Bugs nt Publishing, o all Bunny." But let's go back to mystic syn- Vivid Videos wl dis- thespians. Those guys are huge movie Amendment. T mul- actors, even though you may never have ness activists in over been aware of that. In "Titanic," they zy, as they firn 21 st painlessly got hurled into the water just are portrayed i com- before the notorious sinking monster ry light. If ther ood! went underwater. No living human, in- don't really kn ition eluding pro stunts, would want to do the people who i pio- that; it would have been a way too dan- like that or thos with gerous trick. In "Shakespeare in Love," who buy hard-c pad. our friends the synthespians courte- it through cata ard- Ously agreed to appear as extras in mass discreet envelo] al hopefuls lacking ntial service under his belt. And how can con- j~ nths servatism be compassionate? OllXy O gest Elizabeth Dole: Many around the % I de\%- country love the prospect of a female CrOWtl L turn president. Dole might just pull it off, iri fVvi* N or too. Only one other politician can woo AN a crowd like her, and he can't rim for a see third presidential term. Dole has in) e t h valuable experience in presidential Cab- Bush and Dole Iking inets and as head of the Red Cross. Dole the conservat hers has never run for office, though, and unlike those tv a or may not stand the media blitz that will lead the peopl auer attack the candidates. His status ng to Dan Quayle: Despite lacking abili- Vietnam veterj rist- ty to spell, this former vice president crease his chan ali- will turn heads this primary season, set. Believe mi New Bet on it. Of all the Republican candi- (God forbid the hire, dates. Giiavle has the most exnerience mv vntp fnr thi , the in public service. He will fight with The Has-Be lican Bauer, Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan Steve Forbes z pres- for the religious vote, but his intelli- their shots at tl und- gence will also gain a following if he can The voters wor SOP lose his label as a goof. Watch out for And Bauer's r< i dif- this man. far, either. Ant 10m- John McCain: Who? I know that's the Democrats what you're asking. McCain, a maver- A1 Gore: an jmo- ick Arizona senator, certainly enters ratic Party. Vict ism" the race as a heavy underdog. He ac- Father of the ' pous tually resembles a statesman, not a have us think) c i his politician, if that's still possible. a positive road, s not McCain sponsored moderate, pro- ness of Quayle sta- gressive bills, including the huge an- Gore, the hi iblic ti-tobacco legislation and the campaign team, will win 1 finance reform bill. McCain, like party along wii Letters to the editor or guest columns are welcome from all i ^columns should be an opinion piece of about 600-700 words, if a student. Handwritten submissions must be personally deli number for confirmation. The Gamecock reserves the right t required for guest columnist and can lx* provided by the subn member since the organization was Japanese Ameri founded three years ago. Irish America] O It is obvious that Mr. Hoppes has Middle Easten ? never attended a SALA event or a meet- So to answe ing. It is possible Mr. Hoppes has nev- "Yes, I am aw; ) the er even taken the time to read one of groups are ope r the our fliers or our banners in front of the this really the 1C<1> Russell House. I say this because if he "yes." And whei ue of bad, he would know SALA is about many Caucask diversity. cans belong to How else could one explain that our The answe leet- president and our secretary are NOT seven African I tate- Latin American? How else could one members). I w ause explain that our membership has in- Hoppes and ar en a eluded Hindus, African Americans, SALA is an org; QUOTE, UNQUOTE "The prevailing concept is that sororities are made of those who only care about themselves and partying. This is wrong." Sony a Duhe, Delta Gamma advisory team chairwoman Page 3 rsr i is i f f f\Q?IV -S-^Mri JO?/ io~>m for lead roles >re artistic disagreements. No ^mands for multimillion-dollar ts or fights over top billing.'" picturesque digital Vic- demand for adult films and videos will 3, saving producers piles fall anytime soon, maybe using synAnd the list has more thespians can ease the social tension tions with every movie, about the industry. Secondly, using synae has come when the thespians will eradicate the job-relatre not pleased with just ed cases of HIV and other sexually transiddle. They want to star! mitted diseases for actors. Also, creative ;pians can star in what animators can work on ideal actors with best: saving producers enhanced dimensions, as makers of ney. Take, for instance, "Tomb Raider" came up with well-enment ms an vi eos. dowed digital diva Lara Croft, portrayed unding Fathers never off ^ rather ski Rhona Milra ipanies like Larry Fly- A/r , , , ? , Metro Global Media or Maybe ?ne Sunny day' when Ho1" ivicti u vjriuucti lviv/Uid ui 1 1 11 < .1 . , len they wrote the First lywood ^ on thc mai?hunt for fT?" his throws gender-fair- - Puter an a >on specialists, real-life to a foam-monthed fren- actors 13161,18 not need to aplly believe that women P'-v at a?- Celebs are ln the instant n a false and derogate- spotlight of millions of fans eager to e's someone to blame, I C(Wtheir lifestyles and hear juicy gosow who's more guilty: sip- So unless computer animators make make and star in movies synthespians buy villas on islands in ;e millions of consumers the Pacific, sleep in germ-free chamore skin flicks, ordering bers and have exotic and intense loves, dogs to be delivered in we can rest assured that we won't let pes. As I don't think the real-life celebs go. in primary search ne other politician can woo a ike [Elizabeth Dole], and he can't a third presidential term." , will have to answer to votes. Like Quayle, he has to watch ives of his party. But what he says. Of course, past fund raisro, McCain doesn't mis- ing and his defense of President Cline; he tells it like it is. ton will hurt. Gore never acknowledged as a highly decorated the fact that Clinton's behavior was an will undoubtedly in- wrong, and the Republicans will eat ices of pulling off an up- him up for it. But he has a lock on the e, if I were Republican nomination. ; thought), I would cast Bill Bradley: Like McCain, the s man. former senator enters the race as a subiens: Lamar Alexander, stantial underdog. The New Jersey Deind Pat Buchanan lost mocrat doesn't have the money or name le White House in 1996. recognition of Gore, but he has the fer1't listen to them again, vor of a progressive and could make it adical agenda won't go close if Gore slips up somewhere. 1 now for the good guys, Bradley will make a charge at the traditional liberal vote; he didn't vote for i enigma to the Democ- Clinton's welfare reform proposal. He ; President Gore (or "The will cover the middle erround with talks Internet," as he would of saving Social Security. He's got my ?uld lead America down support. but he shares the goofi- To be honest, though, I don't believe any of these candidates can lead Amer)eral in the Clinton-Gore ica into the millennium. I can only ask: the moderate vote of the Where is Dick Gephardt when you need th most of the left-wing him? iiembers of the Carolina community. Letters should be 250-300 words. Guest Both must include name, phone number, professional title or year and major, vered to Russell House room 333- E-mail submissions must include telephone 0 edit for libel, style and space. Names will never be withheld. Photos are litter.Call 777-7726 for more information. icans, Filippinos, French, come out to our meetings or events. If, as, Italian Americans, however, lers, etc.? your own stereotypes and prejudices r Mr. Hoppes, who said, prevent you from coming because you are that 'legally' these- think you're not invited, that is your n to all students. But is problem. Our doors are open, and we case?," the answer is are actively seeking a diverse mem1 he asks: "After all, how bership! ins and African AmeriSALA?" Mario I. Ona r is 18 Caucasians and Public Relations Junior Americans (out of our 42 ould like to invite Mr. lyone else who thinks anization OF Latinos to \V