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E-MAIL! We like e-mail. E-mail makes us happy. Send us e-mail. GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. E-mail is good for the soul. Monday, March 29, 1999 "Che (Bamccocb Sen'ing tbe Carolina Community since 1908 EDITORIAL BOARD Sara Ladenheim, Editor in Chief Rob Gioielli, Viewpoints Editor ivcvm Ldii^iuii, s\ssisiuru v urwy virus nuuvr Emily Streyer, Assistant Vieupoints Editor Jennifer Stanley, Special Projects Coordinator Baseball in Cub; good for freedo Major-league the farm baseball took a ma- tern, Cu jor step in thawing Baltimore Orioles triple-A out the last of the pfayfag in Cuban Tl]e Sug most frozen Cold prhadition oame mled'Fr War links in the expedition game. ^1^ Western world Sun- JMpTIT-l^ "hip" clul day, when the Bal- , ? ,,, , Mafia \ timore Orioles be- Baseball could be the therent came.the first team bey to thawing USA- itself on to play on Fidel Cas- Cuba Cold War once he] tro's turf since 1959. relations. Spanish Baseball is con- ? tadores sidered to be the and the great American pasttime. Since nist Party ended the its post-Civil War inception, it has for Cuban baseball. 1 managed to enthrall millions, slogans once proclai What many Americans are un- promise of playing in aware of is the popularity of the Leagues," now adorning sport beyond the boundaries of the of the 50-year old Esta United States. During our years noamericano, the stadii of neo-colonial rule, we managed vana, are "Socialist Cub to addict many Latin American and "Sports for the Peo and Caribbean nations to the thrill Considering the nun of the game. major-leaguers who ha1 Cuba is no exception to this ed from the island in rec rule; Cuban baseball dates back (Orlando Hernandez, to the days of the construction of donez), the presence ol the Panama Canal. Cuba was seen nism has not quashed tl as a spring training paradise, and abilities of Cuban Many teams, including the Los ers. More games like th Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets tween the Orioles and and Boston Red Sox, traveled to all-star team could pos the island and played in exhibi- ther a link between free tion games. In the earliest days of baseball. SAT champs dor .-a encourage otnet Look out, Math- by watc letes, here come the 9 HJUmnHHHI smart cl SAT champs. To The latest high school up a Se "improve SAT championship is based morning scores" and "focus on the SAT. tle w"! greater attention on gies and J the importance of H|HTnT3^r2QTT^7QH[|| geomet K5TS es," the College campaign for college Furthen Board (the compa- preparation is really lege isn't ny owning the rights fust about money. one. Wh to the test) has de- benefits veloped a shorter, two-hour ver- campaign? (Other than, sion of the SAT for the purposes the College Board, whic of competition among high school its revenue.) Certainly, hi standardized-test lovers. students should be ma< High schools across the nation, of their options, but mal each placed in one of four divisions fun out of the SAT seems based on enrollment, prepared ing it a bit far. This elitii fpamc fpnmnlpt.p with tn pHnrfltifin shnnlH hp nut WUllliJ " *w*? vvuvtivu/ W vy\*w?w^v?w?* WtiV* MV \J U V take the test last week, and the now ? society needs p: ecstatic winners were recently an- auto mechanics, cons nounced. This is supposed to en- workers and scores of o courage the academically disin- pie with skills different clined? The College Board is rivative-taking and the preaching to the choir; the kids -ing. interested in taking the SAT for The College Board's fun are going to do well on the re- of a competitive SAT (as al one anyway. admissions aren't corn We have news for high schools enough for some) is noth and the (College Board: The kids than a way to increasi it's trying to reach, the ones try- while inflating honor s ing to decide whether college is egos. Give us a break, for them, will not be persuaded TEhr (Bamecnck |BB Sewing the Carolina Community since 1908 The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University of South Carolina and is published Monday, rnuay uuimg ui<- ion anu spring semesters ana live limes during uic summer nun ??. uA^u|nii7ii ui university IK periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are lliose of (he editors or author and not those of The University c The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of the newspapers parent organization The Gamecock All area co< Sara Ladenheim lidilor in Chief Emily Streyer Asst. Viewpoints Rob Giolelli Vieupoints lidilor Kevin Langston Editors 1 Kenley Young Neuv lidilor Rachel Helwig Asa A'ras Editors Brad Walters Ni-ws lidilor Clayton Kale Viewpoints Brock Vergakls Sports lidilor Mjchael Strickland Assl Sports hditors CharUeWaUace Sports lidilor Jarcd Kelowitz V'ws , Erin Reed hcaturvs hdilor __ _ KL*-f RobLindsey Features lidilor *** As' Featum MUors ^ SeanRayford /** fittbr ^"?hla Graham ^ Matt Ryan Online lidilor Ashton June Asa. I'holo Hditors s rts Kristin Freestate Copy Desk Chief Ann Marie Mianl gcks Todd Money Copy lidilor Jennifer Stanley S/xcial IMrjccts cJnlin Rebecca Cronlcan Cofty lidilor Coordinator Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Jason Curry Creative Services y\jvcrtjsjn? Student Media Kathy VanNostrandCn-rt/iPe Services Lee Phlpps Adtvrtising Manager Sherry Holmes Classified Manager Classified Susan King Crealiee Director Carolyn Griffin business Manager Susan Barrett Creatine Services Erik Collins /'acuity Advisor ' ax Daniel Brown Creatine Services Jeff Stensland ftraduale Assistant , ? Office viewf The Game tn team sysba was a . paradise. ar Kings ^ ank Sina- ' y i all of the ^ )s and the vas furrenrhiner o territory Id by the conquis- w . -g Lawsuit-ha romance iVhcrcEis m e d the f I ^his is the American way: Sue,"sue , aR. I and sue! The ability to sue so eas- gest ? JL ily works well in protecting cus- stuci the walls tomers from is h, idio Lati- ?faulty ser- me iminHa- vices and mar pie." 9pKjjl 1 companies you' iber of top &) fromunfair ^ ve defect- $ ecmpehtion, get^ f commu- care^ess ^n" thai re talents vers a ' ballplay- GUERMAN ABAEV sweep- law; le one be- columnist stakes. erm a Cuban Lm^=IZZ^lJ But the Cha sibly fur- flexibility of was idom and the American legal system requires in- er fo novation. And it's not uncommon that casti new ideas come from truth-searching wroi ^ minds of the young. So it's no surprise er C that certain creative students at the Ent< Southern Methodist University in Texas r\ filed a precedent case last week. ma i 1^, The students are seeking dam- won ages from the school for a computer cent course that was "too hard." According one 1 to their attorney, they were told that if of tl hing the "they could point and click, they could Not ique give handle the course. In fact, you needed ing, 11 u r d a y more prerequisites than that." puz: tn wrp?. Ss Laughter th 3 doesn't lat way. a s people go through life, the ones wari nore, col- f\ wh0 will truly live are the indi- Whi for every- XA-viduals able to approach their 1 lo really ( i lives with mat from this j>" an un" Gun of course, changing mer h boosts ;1l sense of hu- Asse gh school ^ mor- No I kn ie aware 1 n matter hous dnggood i - ' I " ,.a 1 this totetak- U -.-5 M ***"? nei8 st view of \ J thlt wfll h?m i.ji I ttiat Wlil sundated by ' > face a perlumbers, ' " son tttu truction JEFF LARSEN throughout thr^ ther peo- guest columnist his or her from de- life, the on- ^ * isis-writ- . !y way to muc keep trudging on is with the perspec- * T hawkine tive that all that happens in this short r ,i term form of existence is a joke. l co ege For people to become over-emotional i p e 1111 v e or greyly upset by the cruel tricks their Peol mg more ]jves pjay on them is a clear indica- wa& e profits tion that they are letting the bad things ^d itudents' in life take precedence over all the beau- tice( tiful and joyous things in life. Laugh- door ter (maybe only for a few seconds) can had make everything go away. Laughter glar a can cut through, redefine and some- brea times save a seemingly hopeless situ- teri ation in a person's life. like. I will forever remember the first I i j T i i i J i I . i Wednesday and mgnt i got DacK to L/Oiumoia to Degin wors JnhjiiIctota mY final semester here as a college stu- less, Student Media is dent this spring. It was a long and past ... painful drive down here from the sub- tele\ urbs of Philadelphia, and my receipt of food jh V)U a speeding ticket in Emporia, Va., did add [;ckcd@sc.cdit not improve the trip at all. After 10 set c hours in a maroon station wagon and to gi 777.7726 after obtaining a traffic violation that n-ws9sc.edu would cost me $90,1 was looking for- ever 777-391.4 lc@sc.edu 777-7182 Ix>t1s@scx-dti 777-28.33 II ?J ill kJVTj If J 1 kl 777-3888 777-1183 I 1 Aren't you paying at 777-3H88 " 1 ^ ^ J\m >oints tcock fp^bbyo\c. then/^b it3!^ cross "nw jjj c ppiness the A rhis is pretty tough. Jay Leno sug- I ~ nd that the school counter-sue the 'ThC JUflgC lents for being stupid, which, to me, -. arsh and untrue. The kids seem to <U*C prCQlC to be pretty smart since they did . i ? ? lage to get into school. In fact, what HOl DC Dial y did sounds pretty smart: Once re in school, don't worry about parg all the time. By the time of finals h Manatee c ; a good a lawyer and you re OK! , , , J it they will calculate c There are more examples. I never ?T , ,, ,, . , lui-j i-i.f i Ui. 1 don t think w lybeheved weather forecasters, but ? . ,, , T, . X. .rT sunng, a sheriffs r. s whprp I m wrrmcn Rppaiiap it every time they got a prediction he press, ng would be a good chance to call a Hmmm, if wei yer. The family of a drowned fish- there, I would not lan in Florida sued the Weather spokesman also said 1 nnel for failing to report that a storm meet with state and coming. The judge ruled that weath- to determine how to irecasts are predictions and broad- force the law. He me srs should not be blamed if they are might seek a volunt* lg. Oh well, I guess that the Weath- to see if it holds up ir hannel should be considered "For tng to be surprised jrtainment Purposes Only." with Pamela Anders rhere's another huge legal dilem- derson to appear, re in Florida. One county has barred than 75 percent, ten from exposing more than 75 per- Also, how dare t] of their breasts in public and every- such a sexist law in from showing more than two-thirds cal correctness and ge leir buttocks. This is outrageous! law clearly says tha only does this make life pretty bor- restricted from airi it puts law enforcement officers in How unfair! What dement. Now, sheriffs deputies .breasts, like Fabio? I le best way to< i to retiring to my estate on 1014 ~ iley Street "I'm living rhe house I shared with two room- . ? es was across from General Jack JVISt 3S iUp and Grease Service and the for- Urfnf-n _ Citgo (now Texaco) at Whaley and DClOrC lilC ;mbly streets. My roommates and ew when we decided to rent the se for our upcoming senior year that My roommate be house was in a particularly shifty ine-berserk while I c rhborhood, where the bums and and why this happ eless people of Columbia ruled the would be covered u: ounding abandoned structures and home insurance (w ehouses. However, the house on did not find reason i iley Street was a perfect place to and cursing the worli w keg parties, and the bums and was doing. >le of the surrounding area never I kept telling my tied to mind us or bother us that the destruction to oi h. things happen all the Jntil the night my roommate and m?st of the time to ;urned from Christmas vacation. na^ than me. And liscovered then how desperate some everything I had ow )le are. After Darkine the station South Carolina was on in the back yard of the house ,f?, , , , r * Life had dealt me. grabbing some of our bags, we no- ^ ., f , . i i l i The author of m 1 upon trying to unlock our back . ., . , ,, iii. ii to write m more drair that there was no lock where a lock ., . , , w been before. We realized that a bury had occuired in our house over Pcnnsylvania to k, and we had no idea before en- x ever done anything ng what the house would look 0neelse?No,buttha from having bad thii t was trashed. At least 10 times What I could hav ;e than any damage from the count- ment was decide tha mindless hquor and keg parties of fair an(j unjUst to i semesters. Our clothes, gone. Our foun(i the humor ii usion and VCR, gone. CDs, booze, someone else's life su< and computer ? all gone, and to than mine that that ] insult to injury, the criminals had what I had. iff a fire extinguisher in our house Months have pass ve an extra layer of filth and hu- in, and almost everyt ition to our misfortune. We did not en from me has been i own a fire extinguisher. head and three teer Letters to the editor or guest columns are welcome from all mcnihc columns should foe an opinion piece of alxiut 6(X)-700 words Both n if a student. Handwritten submissions must foe personally delivered t numlier for confirmation. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit required for guest columnist and can lie provided foy the sufomitter.G tention? You must be mad t w QUOTE, UNQUOTE "We know this is history. This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing." Scott Ka m ten iecki, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Page 3 American way i ruled that weather forecasts tions and broadcasters should tned if they are wrong." ire wondering how to expose their breasts all they want? ompliance. And all this in the time of the exciting re 11 be tape-mea- victory in the history of the feminist , spokesman told movement: the introduction of a female re a police officer urinal Dutch bathroom maker ; be so sure. The Sphinx! Jiat deputies would It's good that the law, hypotheti[ county attorneys cally, can help anybody in just about ' interpret and en- any situation. For instance, best actress mtioned that they nominee Fernanda Montenegro wasn't jer to test the law , , , , , ,, , T, . very happy when she heard that i court. I m not goif they negotiate Gwyneth Paltrow got the Golden Man. on's agent for An- She later said, "It's easy to understand ;ady to bear more the reason that she won. She had the most possibilities within the industry bey come up with for being young, pretty and blond." this time ofpoliti- This is pretty unfair, Fernanda! ;nder fairness! The ,, . , . t only women are Gwyneth 18 80 damn ^ of 1**** at" ng their breasts! tractive and a good actress, too! So what about men with are you waiting for? Sue the lucky low come they get Blondie, fast! deal with life somewhere better, and I'm py if not happier than I was burglary." gan to go Wolver- been convicted for the burglaiy, and the :ontemplated how house on Whaley Street stands uninened. I figured I habited. Fm living somewhere better, nder my parents' and I'm just as happy if not happier hich I was), so I than I was before the burglary, n yelling, ranting I believe the reason lies in my i as my roommate ability to handle all aspects of life with a comedic approach. When my roomself as I surveyed mate wondered why the bums did not it house that bad steal his Hawaiian shirts, I replied, time in this world, "Even the poor and ruined have some people less fortu- sense of fashion." as I realized that So when you think life is a poop ned down here in sandwich and you just keep taking a gone, I could only bite out of it every day, step back and he dealer named examine your life with the belief that none of this really matters. Laugh and y life had decided have a blast with your life. Don't let 1a by having every- things like the fact that you will only le after getting a receive $2 for the books you paid $200 g a long drive from for get you down. Or that your girlfriend th Carolina. Have has been accessed more than an really bad to any- ATM. If you can't find a job after colt does not save me lege, who cares? igs happen to me. Don't spend time complaining about e done at that mo- how hard life is and how no one unt life had been un- derstands your struggle. Just believe ne, but instead I that things in this world always have 1 the notion that a way of working out. Life has a way of deed so much more making people believe that the worst person had to take will never pass. The truth is that the best is almost always yet to come, and ed since the break- those who have the ability to find comhing that was tak- edy in tragedy already know this. He replaced. A crack- who laughs, lasts, l-age punks have rs of the Carolina community. Letters should be 250-300 words. Guest nust include name, phone number, professional title or year and major, o Russell House room 333 * E-mail submissions must include telephone for libel, style and space. Names will never lx* withheld. Photos are all 777-7726 for more information. ibout something. Write us! " 1 1 1 111 \