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Emily Streyer, Assistant Viewpoints Editor
Jennifer Stanley, Special Projects Coordinator
Master Plan ought
to get our support
As the univer- But if you look
sity breaks ground at how universities
on more new build- Some students resent are run, this has alines,
some students ftnvhia fnr a Mnet or ways happened.
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are starting to re- plan they won't see. The,re ^ been
sent having to pay ^ students at USC
for all this con- during the construction
without .... . m r struction of almost
actually being able We benefit notvfrom all the buildings on
to use the facilities. buildings and this campus.
One of the most programs our alumni Universities are
obvious targets for paidfor. always building or
this bitter senti- renovating. It's just
ment is the Strom part of the process
Thurmond Health and Wellness of change that exists at any large
Center. There has been lots of pub- institution. Those being graduatlicity
about how great this facili- ed this year have seen numerty
is going to be. But it doesn't ous additions to the campus
open for another two years and it- during their time here. Students
sn't open to alumni, so only a frac- before us had to endure seeing and
tion of us will be able to use it. paying for those projects without
And our current recreation build- being able to use them,
ing, the Blatt P.E. Center, is over- We have a tendency to resent
crowded and out of date. this construction because we think
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in a aeiiae, inudt ui us die gcu- itajusL aiiuuici way iui unc oenuui
ting the short end of the stick. We to screw us over. But it's not,
give this school our money for four and there's nothing to be done,
(or more) years, and it doesn't de- Just remember what it's like
liver on new services until we're now, so when your children
gone. And then USC has to rub it come here, you can tell them what
in our faces by talking about how it was like in the "good old days"
good things are going to be. and how lucky they are to have
such great facilities.
New standarized
test isn't answer
On Monday, el- ^tain and re?urgi
ementary ana mia- taie miorinauon.
die school students 50W/& Carolina schools Teachers shouldn't
will take the new fafe a new loader adJust their teach"
standardized exam standardized test soon. Processes to
known as the Pal- ' better prepare stumetto
Achievement dents for one parChallenge
Tfests.In ticular test. Idealwhat's
being called TeStinS ***** ly, the teachers
"the most antici- assessment purposes should be teaching
pated education re- dlone; it WtU not yield the students on a
form in 15 years," true improvement. level at which any
students will not ?? standardized test
only be tested for would be an accorrect
answers, but their abili- ceptable test for these students,
ty to think, as well. Teachers should tap into the
Teachers have adjusted their creative processes of students and
techniques and curriculums to bet- encourage them to think for themter
prepare the students for PACT, selves. Although creative and
hut thp tpst is still pvnprtpd to individual thouffht Can't bp mpfl
be a challenging transition for the sured on a standardized test,
students. the students are bound to score
South Carolina is known na- better when they have a better
tionwide for its poor quality of ed- knowledge of their own capabiliucation,
and this new exam is ex- ties and potentials,
pected to help pull the state out Parents should also aid in the
of the basement. Its intentions are learning process. It's up to parobviously
in the right place, but ents to reinforce the lessons
people shouldn't expect test scores learned in school. The PACT is a
to skyrocket to never-before-seen step in the right direction for edlevels
in the near future. ucation reform in South CaroliThe
process of standardized na, but reforms also need to be
testing is our only adequate as- made in the teaching and reinsessment
of students, but it doesn't forcement processes. Only then
necessarily reflect the true worth will the test scores truly reflect
of a student's capability to re- the education process in this state.
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The time left in the semester is running
out awfully quickly. It's a really
confusing time of year. Some
celebrate the
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GUERMAN ABAEV without failcolumnist
ing any
^-1 courses.
Happiness
or fear, the end of the semester
is always a period to remember. It's
when the huge stress is being released.
How is it released? Let me count the
ways...
Scientists say the stress can be released
effectively in three fashions popular
with students: sports, sex and alcohol.
"Sports," I believe, in the minds
of scientists, must mean doing something
associated with athletic activities
not sitting in your easy chair with a can
S.C Demo
Dick Harpootlian is up to it again.
Now the chairman of the South
Carolina Democratic Party has
? angered not
?just state
Republicans,
but his
own national
party.
With his
leadership,
the state executive
committee
endorsed
a
COREY FORD plan that
columnist would place
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olina's Democratic primary February
26,2000.
National party rules forbid any state
except New Hampshire or Iowa from
having a primary or caucus before
March. Despite this, Harpootlian defends
the state committee vote by proclaiming
he will continue with the date
"come hell or high water."
Harpootlian has a history of making
people mad ? just not those in his
party, usually. It began at last year's
annual Democratic Party dinner. There,
he claimed that the party would kick
some Republican (well, you know) in
the upcoming November elections. Later,
the media got after him when he
compared then-Gov. David Beasley to
Lucas' rules for
art, not money
To the Editor:
I was Very disturbed when I read
your editorial "Episode One makes Fox,
Lucas too greedy."
Let me tell you one thing: Lucas is
a pure artist. He is producing the movie
out of his own pocket so that he can present
it to the public the way it was
meant to be presented. By not going
through corporate studios that are
only interested in money, Lucas has
brought movie-making back to an art
form. Lucas is rich enough as it is; his
point
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of Bud and grease-soaked, combustible
chips, watching the Gamecocks play.
I still think all those ways of academic
stress reduction have some
types of flaws. You should have some
time to practice sports. Maybe you don't
drink alcohol at all or can't drink it anymore.
And satisfactory and fulfilling
sex is not something you get like the
morning paper or as a prescribed drug.
What should you do for the last day of
classes?
Students at the University of Michigan
came up with a different idea.
Reuters reports that UM officials
are urging students to keep their clothes
on next Tuesday night and avoid participating
in a nude spring jogging rit
ual known as the Naked Mile. As
many as 1,000 men and women are expected
to disrobe and make the milelong
run April 20 while another 10,000
spectators line campus and Ann Arbor
streets to watch.
University President Lee Bollinger,
in a letter to students this week, said
he is concerned the annual event could
lead to assaults, excessive drinking and
nude pictures showing up on the Internet.
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a derogatory term for a mentally handicapped
person. And Harpootlian really
angered Republicans this past month,
when he called some House members
a few choice words because they didn't
support Gov. Jim Hodges' First Steps
proposal. This time, he has irritated the
leadership of the Democratic National
Committee.
Harpootlian has devised a plan that
could actually help build the Democratic
Party in South Carolina, however.
Undoubtedly, the earlier primary
date would increase the state's clout in
the presidential selection process.
Whichever candidate wins the state will
have the momentum for Super Tues-day,
when most other Southern states
hold their primaries.
And, despite the election victories
of Hodges and other Democrats in November,
the party still is at a disadvantage
when compared with the state's
Republican Party. The Democrats
lost their momentum when Republicans
gained a seat in the state Senate
in an April special election. The demographics
of the state haven't changed,
and most voters still remain conserva
tive m their beliefs.
So this move wouldn't hurt the Democrats.
Vice president A1 Gore and
Sen. Bill Bradley would visit the state
more often due to its importance in the
nomination process. Those two fighting
for votes, endorsements and monLetters
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companies produce many other movies
and add visual and sound effects to other
movies, including "Saving Private
Ryan" and "The Lost World."
Money is not Lucas' objective. As
the producer and director and writer of
Episode One, everything in the movie
is his thoughts. Nothing is put into the
movie or even considered before Lucas
approves it. The only reason for the regulations
on the theaters is to give to the
audience the art that Lucas has made
in the way it was designed to be seen
and heard.
John Sagona
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our own: an all-USC
carnival or the like
Started 13 years ago to celebrat
the last day of classes, according to uni
versity spokeswoman Julie Peterson
the event became dangerous and un
ruly two years ago when the crowd o
onlookers became so large that runner
were forced to slow to a walk, makini
them easy prey for gropers and vide
cameras.
Would you run, or rather, walk an<
be touched and videotaped by excite
spectators on the final day of classes
Would I do the same April 28 if we hai
the same tradition here at USC
Well, I probably would if I had the bod;
of Fabio. But is this a really safe anc
all-fun celebration for all students'
Hardly. According to the same UN
spokesman, every year there are a num
ber of fourth-degree criminal sexua
conduct complaints, and last year, i
nude woman was found unconscious or
the steps of the university art museum
lie national
"Harpootlian has a
people mad ? just:
ty, usually."
ey could arouse interest in the part;
among independent and moderate vot
ers weary of the extremism of the state'
Republican Party. Attracting and pre
serving this voting block would only en
hance Democrats' success in future elec
tions.
The decision does face some repei
cussions, though. The national com
mittee threatens to put the state dele
gation for its 2000 national conventioi
in Los Angeles in the worst seating sec
tion and hotels. The committee couli
also deny seats for South Carolina'
state chairman and executive commit
tee members at the convention. But a
a friend of mine pointed out, why wouli
such a small state that has voted fo
nearly every Republican presidentia
candidate since the Southern strateg;
have decent seating under normal cir
cumstances?
"The national party folks are mon
concerned about their interests thai
about building the party in South Car
olina," Harpootlian declared in Th
State. "We've been ignored, time-wisi
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wrong on Rouse
To the Editor:
After reading the questions in th
1999 Gamecock Sports Cornwalli
Awards Poll, I felt compelled to responi
to one of your categories, Worst Im
personation of an Athlete.
Despite our basketball's disap
pointing season, that is no reason t<
criticize one of the game's hardest work
ers and best attitudes, Hagen Rouse
He consistently gave everything of him
self both on a^ad off the court. As a tean
JOTE, UNQUOTE
"I think students go toward
digion in college because you
need it more."
Yolanda Wilson,
mputer engineering sophomore
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lebration
: start a tradition of
3 end-of-the-semester
e Well, the UM students are certaini
ly original as well as controversial in
l, what they do to celebrate the day
they officially break free from classes,
f Even though most of us worked res
ally hard during the semester, we probg
ably should not go to such an ex0
treme. I'm sure that most of us deserve
a little break and even a celebration.
1 Maybe it's time we start a tradition of
i our own: an all-USC end-of-the-semester
? carnival or the like. College years are
i the years to remember, not because
? you've learned something in school, but
y because you were a student, a young
i and optimistic individual who was al?
ways ready to party.
I However, if we, the USC students,
do come up with an idea of such a car1
nival, I hope that it will be safer than
i the "Nude Mile" in Michigan and a
l little more exciting than drinking beer
in Five Points or the Vista.
party boat
history of making
not those in his pary
and money-wise, by the DNC." He eventually
wants to show how South Cars
olina has "a viable party system," along
!- with illustrating the important reasons
l- "to participate in a Democratic primary
and the Democratic Party."
Despite his occasional inappropriate
remarks, his creativity should not
be underestimated. Here's a guy who
!_ led a deteriorating party to victory in
1 a Republican-dominated state. Among
the state's constitutional officers, De^
mocrats upset two Republican incum
bents and kept one otlice while gaining
another. The party also made significant
gains in the state House of Reps
resentatives. Harpootlian's fiery, persistent
attitude inspired many
T fair-weather Democrats to volunteer
and aid the party at a time when it need '
ed it the most. His contributions to S.C.
Democrats outweigh his shortcomings.
The proposal for moving the prie
mary date might fall short, but it
1 can't hurt to try to build a base for the
party. And in a conservative state like
e this one, let's just pray it works.
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captain, Hagen was continuously
praised publicly for his attitude, work
ethic and leadership by coach Fogler.
In case you were wondering, it is quite
an honor for your teammates to elect a
junior as a captain on a team with
e five seniors.
s Given the self-centered nature of
1 many college athletes today, it is in my
" opinion we need more players like
Hagen Rouse. Until you put your heart
into a team for four years, I suggest
3 your writers stick with subjects on which
their ignorance isn't so profound!
Shelly Hogan
1 Political Science Senio.