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E-MAIL! ~ -y QUOTE, UNQUOTE We like e-mail. / "We're not where we need to E-mail makes us happy. % J i be, but I thank God we aren't Send us e-mail. % / A \ T^m\ \ | ^ where we used to be" GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. \f | \/\/ I II III || E-mail is good for the soul. T ^ M M -A. Lou Holtz Friday, April 9, 1999 The GameCOCk - Page 3 TDic (5amccock Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 EDITORIAL'BOARD Sara Ladenheim, Editor in Chief Rob Gioielli, Viewpoints Editor Kevin Langston, Assistant Viewpoints Editor Emily Streyer, Assistant Viewpoints Editor a Jennifer Stanley, Special Projects Coordinator W/aiK Iwf nlorp fn nw uvoi |/iovv i*/ watch hate groups Davis Wolfgang A Web site Hawke and his HIJdUdii IHI might drag in vulwhite supremacist Web sites for Internet nerable followers organization, the hatesroups. who normally Knights of Free- wouldn't join a hate dom, should be re- group. But in adpulsive to any ra- dition to prospectional human _ _ . . . . tive bigots, the site befiig. Letting them stay in the can ajso vjewe(j Their views on public eye is the best by civil and human "nonwhite" racial way to fight these rights organizaand ethnic groups organizations. tions that are tryare full of igno- ? ing to monitor ranee, prejudice them, and just plain hatred. They go Keeping groups like this out against everything our country in the open is one of the best ways stands for. to fight them. That way, their ideas But even though this group and methodology can be fully unand its views fill us with dis- derstood. The best way to beat the gust, they still have every right enemy is to know him better than to profess them. Whether it be on he knows himself, their Internet site or at a public Also, suppression of these rally, Hawke and the Knights of groups gives them more leverage Freedom are protected by the First in attracting attention and posiAmendment, and it's a good thing tive publicity. If they are censored they are. in any way, they can say they are The proliferation of hate groups being oppressed. This has the ten and their Web sites on the Inter- dency to attract people who nornet has led some to ask whether mally wouldn't sympathize with the Internet is actually encour- their cause. 1 aging the growth of these groups. Groups like the Southern But these organizations do not Poverty Law Center and the Ancreate racism; they simply en- ti-Defamation League have the courage it and give people an or- right idea. Hate groups should be ganization to identify with. While monitored closely in case there this is an undesirable outcome of are any clues to actual criminal their Web-based advertising, it is activity. But until then, let them more important that they stay out stay on the Internet. It's always in the open. good to keep an eye on them. Episode One makes Fox, Lucas too greedy This year's said about how our "movie of the cen- society is building tuiy" will undoubt- The upcoming release UP this movie, edly be the first in- of "The Phantom George Lucas stallment of the Mcmnro " knows his picture Star Wars prequel, * ' is the most highly "The Phantom JBPWJjrjJlJTO anticipated film Mpnarp " pvpr and hp's 11sFans, however, The stringent screening Lg this to push the will have to be care- demands are only part movie as much as ful where they of a desire to make possible. By makchoose to see more money. ing these stipulaEpisode One. Fox ?'? tions, Fox is more Studios is issuing a or less saying that list of stipulations for theaters it knows the film will gross to meet before they can show "The highly at the box office and that Phantom Menace." In addition to the audience should only see it in having up-to-date screen and the best of conditions, sound capabilities, Fox wants each Although it appears Fox is trytheater to show the film for no less ing to give its audience the best than two months. If a cinema product possible, fans should be shows this film on two screens, it aware of the unique advantage still must keep the movie on both Fox and Lucas have, screens for the minimum time al- Lucas and Fox are only conlowed. cerned about making as much Fox also wants a maximum of money from this film as possieight minutes of previews before ble, and by creating such an uptVio mmrio on/1 nn nnn.mmnP !(H- ffiflr nvpr tViio mmrip fnns ATP TlOW vertisements are allowed. Al- more impatient than ever, though final terms are yet to be However, we do hope "The worked out between the cine- Phantom Menace" blows "Titanmas and Fox, there is much to be ic" out of the water. gffe fficflairadi IjSli tp" Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 The Gjmecock is ihe student newspaper of The University of South Carolina and is published .Monday. Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five limes during the summer with the exception of university holidays and exam periods Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of The University of South Carolina The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock The Department of Student Media is the newspapers parent organization The Gamecock All area codes are 803 Sara Ladenheim Editor in Chief Emily Streyer Asst. Vieupuinls Rob Gloielll Vieupuinls Editor Kevin Langston Editors 'dilor Kenley Young News Editor Rachel Helwlg Asst. 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Desk Chief Ann Marie Miani gamecocksporto0 Todd Money Copy Editor Jennifer Stanley Special Projects holmail.com Rebecca Cronlcan Otpy Editor Coordinator Online* 777-2833 Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Jason Curry Creatine Semites Aelve-nisinjj 777-3888 Student Media Kathy VanNostrandCn-a/ir*' Sendees Lee Phlpps Adnertising Manager Sherry Holmes Classified Manager Classified 777-1183 Susan King Creatine Director Carolyn Griffin Business Manager Susan Barrett Creatine Semites Erik Collins /'acuity Adnisor '""a* 777-6382 Daniel Brown Creatine Sendees Jeff Stensland Craduale Assistant qjj. ^ ^ People to As we count down toward the apocalypse, medical experts have deemed tomorrow Millennium Conception first child ROB GIOIIELLI born jn columnist third mil lennium. And to have the best chance of having a child Jan. 1, 2000, people are supposed to try and conceive tomorrow. So don't be surprised if you know some young couples who will be spending all day tomorrow in the throes of passion, trying to see if they can score the big one with the "millennium baby." Word is that some people have actually aborted current pregnancies out of their manic desire to have the first child of next year. The first thing that comes to mind is that with everyone worrying about U.S. has nc The United States of America: kindergarten teacher to the world. Be nice, share, don't hit people, EMILY STREYER who'Jcot colummst the Button with Russia?) because of a few dangerously misunderstood analogies. The current global crisis, which exists only because the United States is paying attention, repnlls fhp nrp-WnrlH War T nnwHnr Vpot and 1930s appeasement - but not for the reasons people think. World War I didn't start because a legally elected leader was killing people, it started because an outside power got involved in a local incident. A Serb assassinated an Austria-Hungarian. The conflict escalated, and Russia stepped in to help the Serbs. Austria-Hungary called in a favor from "Germany, and France had said it would back Russia. Then we had a war. Braves problems on Korlr l/MVll J ?-* To the Editor: Just when I thought nothing could surpass Shawn Singleton's ill-informed, gutter-minded flirtations with defamation suits as testimony to The Gamecock's desperation for sports writing, along comes David Cloninger's broadside at Braves manager Bobby Cox ("Braves' Cox Worst Manager in Baseball," April 7). Like the heckler he is, . I t.,"tn wr r* REFUC o obsessei the Y2K bug causing a technological meltdown, why would anyone want to be in a hospital on New Year's? Last time I checked, even for the most routine births, doctors use lots of electronic and computer equipment. And if there were complications in the birth, doctors would be using all sorts of monitors, jumper cables and other sorts of medical technology. Ideally, hospitals will all be prepared for the potential disasters that could occur. But this desire to have millennium's child is just another example of the world's schizophrenia toward tne coming 01 tne next tnousana years. For every person who wants the Y2K baby or who can't wait to ring in the new year at "the biggest party of the century," there is somebody stocking up on tomato soup and building a shelter in the back yard. First of all, these preparations are for such an arbitrary day. Other than possible Y2K computer bug problems, there is nothing special about the year 2000. The only reason it will fall on the day it does is because somebody centuries ago decided this was how our calendar would work. In fact, the next millennium doesn't even start next year. It's actually in 2001. > business ta Let's talk about NATO, whose forces are supposed to be defensive. NATO j. i i j ii, tit j cuuiitei ufcucuiceu uie vvaisaw raci uurr ing the Cold War and has been running around like a loose end ever since it ended. During the Cold War, the arrangement was that if an Iron Curtain-aligned countiy started something with a free country, everyone would go to war. Another way to put it: If my hand's on the button and your hand's on the button, well both be nice to each other. There's your pre-World War I Europe: A bunch of major powers agreed to support each other during a war, and when a local conflict erupted, everyone got involved. Other people take the humanitarian approach, which is commendable, but the truth is that atrocities go on everywhere. Man's inhumanity to itself is one of the world's oldest phenomena, and it's not going to stop any time soon. Why are we in the Balkans? Why aren't we in South America or Africa? Why aren't we fixing some of ? uui uwii piuuicmo; Fin not trying to say Slobodan Milosevic is a nice person. But in the words of Henry Kissinger, he's a "Balkan thug," not a military mastermind. Milosevic is a politician who got hold of some big guns. But let's talk about the KLA. People point out that the Kosovars supa Letters to the editor or guest columns an columns should be an opinion piece of a if a student. Handwritten submissions mu number for confirmation. The Gamecock required for guest columnist and can be j Plnnmrror /lAoen't lat wiali+ir rfflt in tko v/iuiiiiigui uv^oii i/ luaiitj in uiu way of his desire to seem witty. Cloninger writes of Cox's first managerial stint: "If he couldn't win with the likes of Dale Murphy and Bob Horner, what makes us think he could possibly win now?" Well, here's some news: neither could Joe Torre, who now manages the Yankees. Neither could Chuck Tanner, who managed the World Champion 1979 Pirates. Both managed the Braves of Murphy and Horner and, between them, couldn't get beyond a single league championship series. Why don't we hem* Cloninger ranting ?EE > m\ A 12^ 1 with mil "I guess compared t< a semen-stained drej a big deal." Our obsession with Y2K might seem ludicrous, but historically, it fits the pattern of putting meaning on dates +Viq<- roallv Hnn't Viavo nnv Tn IftQQ there was a lot of hysteria about the world coming to an end at the turn of the centuiy. Religious fanatics who practice numerology have put meaning on certain days of this centuiy, saying those were the days the earth was going to end. Needless to say, all these people were wrong about their predictions. And unless there is some major computer catastrophe, we will probably all be here one year from today. But this desire to assign significance to a date just because all the numbers turn to zero says something about our culture. We seem starved for meaning and significance in our lives. Right now, if you were to define the American experience in the 1990s, the first two things in someone's mind could be the king action ported the most recent pact. Of course they did - NATO was willing to beat up their enemy if he didn't sign, too. It was the smart, tactical move. A few mere months ago, the United States regarded the KLA as a terrorist organization. (The most recent "official" State Department list available was from i n<V7 a tu ~ in a > ~i: a. ? a. JL^7i71.7 iiitr i\jlin. b gum iiul lu get away from oppressive Serbs; they want an Albanian state. Milosevic is trying to keep a province of his country from seceding. The KLA wants Kosovo and parts of Macedonia, too. Think the KLA will stop once it gets Serbian independence? Think again. There's your appeasement. Milosevic wants to kill his enemies. The Kosovars want to create a nation of Albanians and recapture their homeland. Who's your Fuhrer? The United States is the most resented nation in the world, and I know that if it weren't involved, people would be complaining about that, too. So it might as well please itself, and what it should do is get out. America shouldn't be there. It has no interests in the Balkans, and it shouldn't be financing someone's civil war. If the Kosovars get independence on their own, more power to them. If they decide they want Macedonia or Greece, too, then the United States might have reason to get involved - on the side AGAINST the Kosovars. ? welcome from all members ot the Carolina corr bout 600-700 words. Both must include name, phi st be personally delivered to Russell House room reserves the right to edit for libel, style and Sf provided by the submitter.Call 777-7726 for more i about what miserable managers Torre and Tanner were? The problem with the Braves has always been too much starting pitching, too many home runs, not enough manufacturing and questionable bullpens. That's not just under Bobby Cox; that's also under Tanner and Torre in the 1980s, under Cox and Dave Bristol ift the 1970s, under Luman Harris in the 1960s, and in Milwaukee under Fred Haney in the 1950s. That's why the Braves have Hall of Famers like Hank Aaron and Eddie Matthews and not Lou Brock and Joe Morgan. M - w O t-'Wf&k u s ? o. #. 0 ' 0 1////^^ s 11 ,/ lennium > a bloody glove and ss, the millennium is O.J. Simpson trial and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. I guess compared to a bloody glove and a semen-stained dress, the millennium is a big deal. Ideally, in nine months, the whole thing will end up being a blip on the historical radar. This would happen if We would all stop worrying about it and get on with our lives. Paranoia begets paranoia. Some people have talked about taking all their money out of the bank in case banks collapse because of the Y2K bug. Well, in case anyone hasn't checked, banks don't fail because of computer problems - they fail because people take all their money out. And most banks are federally insured anyway. People will get drunk, a few computers will crash and a lot of babies will be born. Then we can get on to worrying about things that really matter. Like who will win the Super Bowl. in Balkans The media keep spouting rhetoric of "peace and stability" in Europe, but I have news for it, too: There's never going to be peace in the Balkans. In that part of the world, people don't align themselves according to nationality or lines drawn on a map, they identify with races - tribes that go back further than maps. If you need identification with a group to define yourself, take your pick - some groups are more arbitrary than others. As an economics student, I believe the acceptance of and capitalization on differences between groups can make the world a better place, but you can't drive enlightenment into people with tanks. Why are Americans so hung up on making everybody live together in a happy melting pot under beautiful democracy? Not everybody wants to be like the United States. It's not that happy over here, and it's not that beautiful. Americans are still trying to reconcile hundreds of years of prejudice and misunderstanding. Parts of Europe and Asia Minor are working on thousands. America can't fix it for them in a few days over a cushy diplomatic retreat, and it can't fix it with a week or two of fire bombing. They have to do it themselves. lmunity. Letters should be 250-300 words. Guest one number, professional title or year and major, 333- E-mail submissions must include telephone >ace. Names will never be withheld. Photos are information. The last time I checked, Bobby Cox had seven division titles, four pennants and a World Championship as Braves manager. David Cloninger had none. I a suspect oox Knows a tfting or two more about managing a ball team than does Cloninger. Maybe that's why Cox is in the dugout and why Cloninger is nothing more than a loudmouth in the bleachers. Jodie Peeler Journalism Graduate Student * k.