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Brad Walters,
Kevin Langston,
Emily Streyer,
Kenley Young,
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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^
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suit a step
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immature people of ?
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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
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ar of retirement to correct a wrong I made,
ie And my mistake means The Gamecock
has traveled through a contusing time
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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
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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
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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 ^
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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
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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
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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
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