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Emily Streyer, Assistant Viewpoints Editor
Jennifer Stanley, Special Projects Coordinator
Course availability
hinders students
Last week, reg- thus preventing
istration for fall, them from making
Ma'ymester, Sum- The lack of Space in any real progress
mer I and Summer required classes. toward their dell
classes took grees.
place. Many stu- It is ridiculous
dents chose to map for a university
out different see- . fJ_ , , , that is aspiring for
narios to compen- f36 university should AAU /atusB t0
sate for the poten- have as many sections make its students
tial full section or of a class OS needed. wait and worry
course. It is sad ?? about getting into
that some students must forgo desired classes. In recent years,
their initial choices because the it has grown more common for a
section or course is filled. Students student to spend more than four
should not need to worry about years in college. While grades
the availability of their courses, might be an issue, more students
They should be more concerned are staying longer because they
with passing the course. Howev- cannot get into the required classer,
this is not the case. es. It is a waste of money and time
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editorial board that English 101 college career is extended because
and 102, two courses required for of full courses. It might be exall
students, do not have enough cusable for classes that can be resections
to accommodate the stu- placed with other options, but not
dents who need to take it. Some for required courses like English
students have to wait a semester 101 and 102.
or even a year before they can take The university might be prothese
entry-level courses. moting external beauty through
This can lead to several future its Master Plan, but before it
problems for a student. Without can reach AAU status, pressing
English 101 and 102, students can problems like this must be allebe
blocked out of many courses, viated.
Bigots disguised as
conservative group
In February, equal opportunity
Rep. Jim Clyburn legislation,
of the 6th District The Conservative These laws benin
South Carolina Citizens Council. efit all Americans,
introduced a reso- The council sees
lution in the House them as discrimiofRepresentatives
MBnTjTi'E natory because
condemning the ? . , tJ , they were origiCouncil
of Conser- People shoiddn t be nallypassedto
vative Citizens, fooled b)> their help African Ameran
ultra right-wing white-collar approach icans. This is one
political organiza- to prejudice. of the many examtion.
?? pies of their prejuAlthough
we question the ap- dicial views shrouded in acceptpropriateness
of our congressmen able language,
to speak out against these groups The council has its roots in the
in such an official form, we Citizens' Councils of the 1950s
agree with the sentiment behind and 1960s. These groups were the
the resolution. white-collar counterparts to the
The council, which has exist- Ku Klux Klan during the civil
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to present itself as a more main- nomic and political intimidation
stream conservative organization, instead of violence, but they were
Like many groups, it focuses on still committed to white suSouthern
heritage and the unique- premacy.
ness of the South. The Council of Conservative
But the council goes way Citizens is just a modern-day verpast
where most other conserva- sion of this hate group in retive
groups stop. It proposes what spectable clothing,
is basically the secession for the Of course, condemning only
Southern states. gives it the attention it wants. But
Also, it wants to repeal laws we need to recognize the real nathat
it considers "discriminatory" ture of their organization so it
toward Southerners. These in- doesn't attain any legitimacy,
elude the Civil Rights Act, the Voting
Rights Act and most other
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Editor's Note: This is the second in a series
of columns dedicated to the fact Rob
is finally graduating.
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ROB GIOIELLI Do?" paracolumnist
phernalia is
trying to
send. Jesus (unlike many of his followers)
was extremely kind and loving
toward all human beings. Therefore,
when faced with important decisions,
we should try to think what the big guy
would do.
Now, WWJD is great for all those
big things like, "Should I bash gays?"
or "Should I shoot that abortion doctor?"
But for those more common, eveiyday
decisions, I think a different
question is more appropriate: What
Would Rob Do?
Since I don't have my own four books
in the greatest propaganda tool ever invented,
I thought it would help if I pro
Challenges
As the last few bars of the semester
drift over the Horseshoe toward
summer, I dismount my
socio-pojitiEMILY
STREYER
not gradualing
yet, I've
accumulated some wisdom with regards
to getting the most from a college education.
While most university educations
are designed to broaden horizons (and
do so), just about every part of college
life is about selection. You choose
your clubs, your dorms, your classes,
your majors. College in one sense is
about defining yourself, and sometimes
the nnlv wnv tn rtn it ie tn di?rerH thnsp
things that you are not.
But living in little boxes can make
it difficult to understand people who
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Columnist needs
to check facts
To the Editor:
This letter is concerning a column
by David Cloninger entitled "Wholers'
attitude: 'ingrate.'"
For someone who thinks he is a
Braves expert, he didn't get his facts
straight before publishing his column.
The paragraph that mentions the '95
rookie class from Richmond and the "Inf)
point
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vided a few examples so you can apply
WWRD to your daily life.
Let's start with courting. You're at
a bar, and across the way you notice a
cute girl you'd like to talk to. You know
her, but only from class or through a
mutual friend, so you're still nervous
about talking to her.
In this situation, the "smart play"
is to get a good buzz to raise your confidence,
then mosey on over and try to
start a little chit-chat. Something harmless
and innocent, just to see if she's interested
in you.
WWRD: In this situation, the term
"good buzz" doesn't apply. YOu must immediately
start downing beers and doing
rounds of tequila. When sufficient- ,
ly sloshed, stumble over and stand next j
to her, hoping she'll acknowledge ,
your existence. j
Because you're hovering there like 1
a silverback gorilla, she'll talk to you <
because she's afraid of you, basically. ]
ui course, you can t even string tftree (
words together, and when you see her \
on campus the next day, she'll hide behind
a tree to avoid talking to you. c
Now, all of us (at least the people I (
hang around with) have shown up to i
class one day and realized we completely i
forgot about a big assignment that was i
due. If you have any sense of responsibility
left, you talk with the professor ?
the key to u
are different. If you're an English ma- ~
jor, take a hard science class like physics
or chemistry. If you are an engineering
student, take a meaty, intensive course J
on Romantic poets. There are cardboard
classes you can take in both areas, cours- *
es that "count" as your science or humanities
credits but really don't teach
you much about the disciplines. You >
may think you will never use that course c
again, but a hard-core course in a new
area will force open your mind in a way
that a simplified science class or a slack- c
ened humanities course, whose pur- t
poses are to preserve GPAs, cannot. r
Perhaps this sounds grand coming t
from an interdisciplinary major who ^
has studied and continues to study a
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more of a few things. But the ability to g
communicate with residents in every ^
neck of the intellectual woods is
worth it. e
If you want to appreciate something,
do it. Never, EVER take a course with s
"appreciation" in the title. If you want c
to appreciate a musical instrument, v
learn to play it. You can rent a violin d
for $25 a semester (a lab fee) and take r
lessons for one hour of credit. You can d
do this for anything that you would "ap- F
predate" for three hours of credit. And o
there are organizations on campus in o
I Letters to the editor or guest columns arc wt
columns should Ix an opinion piece of about
if a student. Handwritten submissions must h
numlxr for confinnation. The Gamecock res
required for guest* columnist and can Ix- prov
dependent League" title they suppos- ti
edly won is totally incorrect! w
I am a big Braves fan, and I live in ii
Richmond when I am not in school here, ti
The first title in the '90s to be won by
the Richmond Braves was in '94. k
Wholers and company mentioned t<
in this article were all taken to Atlanta t<
at the end of the '93 season, known as o
the Great Eight year in Richmond, yi
which did not reach the potential hoped
for by all those watching. is
This team didn't even reach the n
playoffs, although they were expected p
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QUOTE, UNQUOTE
,"The chip card definitely offers
students more benefits."
S. '
Ken Corbett, Division oj Busines.
and Finance
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lave all the answers
"But instead, your first job as a college
graduate will be working at a golf course
for minimum wage."
right after class, apologize profusely all you have to do is put some extra
and promise to do whatever they ask. effort into the job search. You spend
Then you immediately get to work on hours perfecting your resume, doing rethe
assignment, knowing it has to be search at the Career Center and huntbetter
than normal to make up for the ing down every possible opportunity,
late grade. By the time you graduate, you have
WWRD: Completely embarrassed at least a couple of options,
about how you forgot about an assign- WWRD: First of all, you don't have
ment once again, you shuffle out of class a clue what you want to do with your
as quickly as possible and curse your- life. Then a friend gets you a contact,
*elf all the way home. You think about but when they ask for your resume, vou
x)ssible solutions, but then you realize say, 'Til fax it to you tomorrow" because
mu're screwed and go out and buy some you still haven't written one.
Deer. Near the end of the term, you The interview goes well, but they
-ealize you'll fail without doing that as- won't have any openings until July. You
iignment, so you complete it as hasti- could send out some more resumes and
y as possible, shoving it under the door try to find a backup. But instead,
)f the professor's office the last possi- your first job as a college graduate will
)le dav. be wnrkinp at a trnlf rnnrsp fnr mini
Our last example concerns career mum wage.
:hoices. You're a history major whose These are just a few situations where
rnly job skills were gleaned from wait- you can use "What Would Rob Do?" in
ng tables and working as the editori- your everyday life. It's just a little of
il page editor for a mediocre student what I've learned in college, but there's
lewspaper. nothing more important than the passBut
you are reasonably intelligent ing on of knowledge,
ind willing to start at the bottom, so
niversity experience
'The best lesson a large university can
*ive you is that it's up to you to get
around whatever's in your way."
vhich you can learn just as much as a USC is a big place, and big places
:lass. have to have numerous rules. Never,
Hard professors teach you more than EVER be discouraged by bureaucracy,
asvones do. Never. EVF.Rdmn a rlnss You mav curse at it. but don't walk
>r fail to take it because you heard away- ^ best lesson a laree univerhe
professor is "too hard." "Hard" does can y?u ^-bat it s up to you
lot mean "bad," and in my experience, * Set ar?Vnd wbaJf\er's in your way.
he difference is usually pretty easy Successful people find new roads and
0 distinguish. "ays a,roun? ml,es - ^ dually with
v %.r? a xi_ x i i the rulemakers permission. You can
Your GPA isn t tha important ^ a ^ that TIps js
naming and GPA ye related, but not doscd _ but ^ expect offers of he,
is much as a lot of driven students from the registrar.
hink. Graduate schools and employ- Study abroad if at all possible.
rs look at the classes you ve taken (an The things you leave behind here are
1 in introductory basket weaving is not worth a fraction of what you get from
is impressive as a B in physical seeing the world from a new place. If
hemistry) and how you balance them they're not here when you get back (but
nth your other activities. Learning most of them are), you probably won't
loes not take place only in the class- miss them.
oom, and when it does, it's indepen- USC is a springboard to great places,
lent of the grades you get in there. Most but not if" y?u just stand on it. Great
ieople need a balance of academics and things to all those staying longer,
ther experiences to get the most out those movmS on but f?r the reachf
college. ing. A good summer to everyone.
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3 win it all. So truly, the '94 season The title, thought of as the World
ras Wholers' first, and rookie season Series for that year because of the strike,
l the big leagues, and no independent was won in '94 by many no-name playitle
was ever won by this group. ers who knew how to play as a team
To even play in an independent and stunned the whole Triple-A diviiague,
you are not signed as part of a sion. Thev even made it into Snorts II
earn. We all know that these highly lustrated for winning this title,
iuted players have been an official part Just letting you get your facts
f the Braves organization for many straight.
ears.
The league that Richmond plays in Alice Buchanan
i called the International League, but Sports Medicine Sophomore
o title was ever won by this group of
layers while there.