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NEXT WEEK You hate us in the fall and spring. Are we just better in the summer? Write us. GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU Page 4 ?ie(5 Serving lire Carolina i EDITOR!/ Brad Walters, Kevin Langston, Emily Streyer, Kenley Young, LfVU. JULVXVi' I in right di A judge recently threw out the claim by a man whose Ajudge.sn surname is Costanza, J y that the producers of ClgClinst a "Seinfeld" used his law name, likeness and personality to create the character of *?,; George Costanza The judge went further prevent a\ and fined the man ludiCTOUi and his lawyer $2,500 for wasting the defendant's and court's time with such a ridiculous claim. Perhaps an end to stupid lawsuits is near. It seems that it began a few years ago when some klutz spilled coffee on himself and sued McDonalds's for serving coffee that was too hot - and won. This opened the floodgates. Exoneration, especially for those with deep pockets, is usually not worth the price of lawyers and drawn-out legal proceedings. Columnist George Will noted the absurdity of our lawsuit-happy society when he ridiculed the case of a 51-year^ te(5 < > Serving tlx Carolina i The Gamecock is ihe student newspaper of The Lniversi Friday during the fall and spring semesters and eight times durini periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock ate those of the e The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the p the newspaper s parent organization. The Gat Brad Walters Editor in Chief Clayton Kale Netvs Editor Kevin Langston Vietipoinrs Editor Emily Streyer Features Editor Jeff Romig Sports Editor Studen Ellen S. Parsons Director of Student Media Lee Phipps Advertising Manager Susan King Creatiie Director Kris Black Creative Services Editor gcked@sc.edu 777-3914 News gckneivs@sc.edu 777-7726 Viewpoints gckiieus@sc.edu Tn-TI2(s Advertising 777-3888 Classified 777-1184 amecock Community since 1908 VL BOARD Editor in Chief , Viewpoints Editor Features Editor Copy Desk Chief suit a step irection old who sued hi MyHH mother for nam* vent ruling caUing: "What M sl j call him, 'litigious" ridiculous The court ha Suit. become a place ft immature people of ? ages to den ^inguna ? ny further financial rewards f( llaiVSUitS. acting upon has: stupidity, furtherir the notion that a lac of common sense is a reason for tt redistribution of wealth; anyone withoi enough brains is entitled to squand* our legal resources, attacking anyor with too much money. On the rather dull (by comparisoi bright side of this trend, companic have learned to watch their steps i every stage of the manufacturir process; a rich firm can no longer ston on an individual without expecting 1 pay for it. It's time, however, for the penduku fa ctiMnrr ir\ fVin mi'HHIo TVi l/vs o n nxg uuvn tu i/iiv ixiiuuxvi xu "Seinfeld" suit is certainly a step i the right direction.. amecock 1MB ly of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday at ? the summer with (he exception of university holidays and exa Jitas c* author and not those of The University of South Carotin uHisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media mecock Charlie Wallace Sports Editc Kenley Young Copy Desk Chi Justine Wells Copy Edit Ashtonjune Photo Editi t Media Sherry F. Holmes Classified Manage Carolyn Griffin Business Managi Erik Collins Faculty Adeisi I Hil'lll Etc. gcketc@sc.edu 777-391 Sports gcksports@sc.edu 777-718 Online gckortli@sc.edu 777-283 Fax 777-64F Business Office ^ 777-38F IEWPOI The Gamecock rn une-itbk f~ vetowould/ v , cot^ein ' r " ' ll i s ?? 01 ' * Gamecock flic A nd you thought it was difficult to ,g l\ determine what year begins the ;k JL JLnew millennium. ie Last spring, I bid my farewell to this jt newspaper, but now I have to come out ar of retirement to correct a wrong I made, ie And my mistake means The Gamecock has traveled through a contusing time "Gamecock bug," Volume ADAM SNYDER 92 ! columnist Several years ago, when I was studying past volumes of ld The Gamecock, I realized something had gone awry. The volume number was s wrong, or so I thought. Obviously, this is something to which the general public ? pays little attention, but it has great significance to the members of the staff ef of the newspaper. In addition, our able librarians at the South Caroliniana Library appreciate an accurate reading O 1 _ ?1 _ - J 1 ! 1 or volume numoers ana aaies mr msaincai * purposes. ,r Seven years ago, The Gamecock staff had changed the volume number at the | beginning of the fiscal year in July, as 3 is our custom. Then, at the beginning of the fall of that same year, the new 1 staff moved the volume number up 12 another notch. Noting this, I told the 18 QU afl A TITC IN lO I j?||||l| 1 TRpO SH&i-T Nc ^Sv PISSI RM-S ^SCP6> Bfl Sx ^?6' <"*nfrflS?tem' Mi k. _ K A, Sgglg ?UV*VSnawv? r ^\\ mMm 3-K?aPH(5*^rH j?^v fllP S TY*oOS+\ACT, > W\ U m' J 7. TH^ 5>MAC-T 7 \ g. TM^C^SfV^r A \\ ?ruse ioiTM ?^ TUnn^nAnr I /II I " "rvv^-riMKi , \ ?tw II I /? TH^ ?44A-^ I celebrates mi "Norma Palms takes over the duti husband In Nancy Reagan style, s has been running the university a editors two years ago that we were off schoKt7 o imoit on/1 nnn/ifn oil ot? rro flio oro c kjj a j cai auu uuuuou i/u vuuii^v/ vuv tuv ? volume number back. a lit All was fine until I did a little more the 1 of that "millennium math" when I was stud researching The Gamecock in May. Much to my frustration, I realized that volume Aug change seven years ago was to set the the' records straight, and I undid it. loca You see, this newspaper began in the and spring of 1908. The three issues that wor) spring were Volume I. If you or I were 01 ^ born that year, we would not turn one until the spring of1909. But in newspaper stu<^ talk, 1908-1909 was Volume II. So, 38 w following this math, the school year of 1999-2000 would be Volume 93, although Sep just two weeks ago, during the 1998- ^t 1999 school year, this newspaper's header 131P. indicated it was Volume 91. So today, in order to get back on track, ^reef we will be foregoing Volume 92, and ,xe would like to welcome you to the first ?^n< issue of the 93id volume of 77ie Gamecock. 0 This staff remembers that the job of w this newspaper is not to confuse you over we birthdays, but inform you of the year's a^?" work, bo, we would like to let you know what happened during that missing . g year, Volume 92. to ^ , , arei July - Carolina s newest class visits sygt( campus for orientation. They are an twQ. extraordinaiy bunch -100 national merit finalists, four students with perfect SAT scores, and a record number of PTE, UNQUOTE It's an unfortunate state of fairs when a state legislature ider-funds the largest school in the* state." David Manley, law student Wednesday, July 7,1999 rr u**2SKiP |gi||| OT TAK? TH?- fSBfe IN VAJNt? ~g??^::-r e u>ppjs PAP. |j|||||r W7HE:I2ANP ||l?f N?f K4P^. NtfT-S-TBAL, ?UgVg o;/F . r/o^r^sueT Kfrz&Z <ZCO&>. college press exchange ss\uq vear O J es of her devastated ?he reveals she actually ill this time." larships are handed out The numbers shocking at first, but when you look tie closer you see that 60 percent of reshman class are foreign exchange ents. UST - With a new plan to eliminate "suitcase-college" stigma of USC, 1 bars and Marriott offer free beer liquor drinks on the weekend. It ire - ilia intprsfptpe nnri harlr maHc )uth Carolina are empty on Fridays Sundays. Although a little drunk, ents get more involved on campus, fell. rEMBER - Safety advocates finally heir way. After years of trying, USC roves lighting on campus and inates unsafe areas by cutting back i and shrubs and adding more call s. Muggings, rapes and all violent 3 drop to next to nothing. University ials are overheard saying, "If we d have known that this is all it took, muld have spent the money years > OBER - Safe Ride, the plan pushed tudent Government to get students id from Five Points safely, becomes ility. Also, a new transportation 3m that allows students within a mile radius of campus to ride city LOST YEAR continued on page 5