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‘Experience won’t play a factor in this election, but dedication and
determination will.’
) Donald Brock, SG presidential candidate
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Wilson, White best
for executive posts
During The Gamecock’s debate on Monday night, it
became abundantly clear that Angela Wilson deserves
The Gamecock’s endorsement for SG president. Amidst
the quibbling and condescension of Corey Ford and Donald"
Brock, Wilson showed poise, intelligence and class. Wilson is
neither a career SG representative nor a squawky outsider; she’s
a true-to-life student leader. Wilson has served as president of
BGLA, an organization that’s gained significant ground this se
mester in challenging the administration to add sexual orientation
to its anti-discrimination clause. Wilson’s leadership is natural,
not learned. Her words are spoken, not rehearsed.
Before Wilson earns widespread respect, however, she must
identify a series of goals for her presidency. Right now, her only
pletjge is to start an “e-community,” or campus listserv, to con
nect USC students and student organizations. But she should
choose carefully; too long we’ve seen would-be officers make
unrealistic promises, people who didn’t give campus parking two
thoughts until they filed for candidacy. What Wilson will be able
to deliver to USC students is flexibility. If elected, Wilson could
break up old-school SG cliques by choosing a cabinet that re
flects the diversity of her life experiences and USC. Angela Wil
son is our choice because she’s less rhetoric and more real.
nor the office of student body vice president, The Game
cock endorses Sen. Nathan White. Instead of a vice presi
dent promoting his or her own extensive agenda, the vice
president should focus on effectively leading Senate and working
with the president to accomplish shared goals. No candidate will
be able to do this better than White.
White has great leadership ability, and that’s what matters
most when it comes to running an often-juvenile Senate. He’s
served as an SG senator and president of Tau Kappa Epsilon fra
ternity, held leadership roles in ROTC and worked as a page at
the State House.
However, White’s best attribute is that he’s someone who can
identify with almost anyone. He’s an easygoing person who can
represent Greeks and non-Greeks, on-campus and off-campus
students, and most importantly, the overwhelming majority of
USC’s population that is not involved in a student organization.
White is the candidate who will have the fewest problems get
ting along with Senate and the president-elect when lobbying is
sues important to all students, not just a select population.
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Letters
Stop name-calling;
print the real news
To the Editor
Ever since Eddie Hill’s letter last
week, the Viewpoints page has been
nothing but a battleground for Greeks
and Greek-haters. I, personally, am sick
of this.
There is real news that needs to be
discussed and much more valid opinions
that need to be expressed It was wrong
of Mr. Hill to stereotype all Greeks as
stupid and for Ms. Shannon to deem
everyone who is different from her
“freaks.”
It’s a great big world, people. Find
your own personal space, and leave
everyone else alone.
And as for the BGLA’s amendment
to the anti-discrimination policy, you
homophobes can relax. Your oiganization
will be safe. A BGLA member is about
as likely to join your group as an African
American is to join the Ku Klux Klan.
So you have nothing to worry about.
I think it is ridiculous that we, as
American citizens who all seem to
embrace our freedom so readily, are
so willing to deny that to someone who
is homosexual.
So enough already. No more name
calling. Time for some real news.
Jessica Bradshaw
Third-year student
College of Science and Mathematics
Ushers’ power trips
do not win games
To the Editor
For the recent basketball game
against Mississippi, I woke up at 5:30
a.m. to get front row seats in the Z
section. For the entire first half of the
game, my friends and I were on our feet,
screaming our support for the home
team.
We received no complaints from
anyone behind us, but in the second half,
an usher confronted us and immediately
started yelling that if we did not sit down
for the rest of the game, he would throw
us out.
Even when the people behind us
told him we were not obstructing
their view, the usher was relentless and
forced us to sit. To make sure we
acted in accordance with his power trip,
he sat a few seats away with his eye on
us for the rest of the game.
I am not certain that our presence
could affect the game, but basketball
commentators often note that for a
visiting team, the hardest environment
to play is the one with the loudest fans,
especially the students.
It also appears that university officials
wish to create this environment with
the “Sixth Man Club,” but incidents like
this can only push this goal backward
Jonathan Mason
Second-year student
College of Science and Mathematics
Let’s address real
issues in our letters
To the Editor
I recently looked at a copy of The
Gamecock and quickly realized why I
stopped reading it a long time ago.
The topics of the Letters to the Editor
and Viewpoints are always childish.
Students bicker about Greeks and
non-Greeks. Students whine about the
mean police. Of course they’re mean;
they’re police. Students whine because
there is no parking. Face it, the
administration does not care, and nothing
will be done about it until someone
intelligent comes and fixes the problem.
I have attended here for four years,
and the same stupid issues have been
continuously discussed. If these people
are so concerned about right and wrong,
why did everyone give up on the flag
issue?
Was that just something that
everyone around here used to look
enlightened when the nation was
watching? What about the racially
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more important things for college
students, like Greek discrimination and
the rising cost of tuition, that this school
needs to raise the quality of our education
and the value of our degrees.
Everyone should be lucky it has been
so cheap for so long, hi Virginia, in-state
prices are about the same as out-of-state
prices here. Think about the students
from up North.
Reynolds Blankenship
Fourth-year student
College of liberal Aits
Green should direct
anger at criminals
To the Editor
I would like to comment on the
column written by Darryl Green on
Friday, Feb. 16.1 believe his frustration
is misdirected. I wonder why Mr. Green’s
column isn’t written to the person who
broke into his car; that, to me, would
be a better place to start. How could it
be the police’s fault if they didn’t commit
the crime?
Secondly, has Mr. Green ever tried
to be in more than one place at one time?
Criminals are obviously going to wait
until no one is around before they try
to commit their crimes. Granted, police
officers are here to help prevent crimes,
but they cannot do it alone.
How many USC police omcers have
you actually personally dealt with, Mr.
Green? From reading your column, one
interaction with one officer hardly makes
you an expert on their abilities. Our
officers go through the same training
academy as all other S.C. police officers.
Furthermore, Mr. Green should be
aware that the patrol areas of campus
are much greater than what he perceives.
I recommend that Mr. Green and others
try riding around with an officer for an
evening to get a better perspective. Call
the USCPD for more information.
Complaining and expecting someone
else to take care of the problems on our
campus is not the solution. 1 think we
need to read the Carolinian Creed
thoroughly and start working together
to stop crime on campus.
Standing on the sidelines and
criticizing others and not offering
alternative solutions is pointless. We
would never find a cure for “cancer”
doing that!
Jennifer dark
Graduate student
College of Education
USC police doing
an excellent job
To the Editor.
If you took a thousand bulls and
collected their feces for a thousand years
you would still not have as much B.S.
as there is in Darryl Green’s column
concerning the USCPD. Green’s first
complaint, that there are too many
muggings, attempted rapes and violent
acts committed at this institution, shows
how little he truly knows about his own
campus. Only a handful of those crimes
have occurred in the past few months,
and even fewer occurred on campus.
USC is one of the safest colleges in
the country, and that fact is true because
we have a top-notch police department
serving the students.
I was enlightened when Green
mentioned how the state police patrol
the whole state and keep S.C. safe. I had
no idea that there was no cryne
anywhere in the entire state except
for USC, so kudos to him for that
informative fact. As far as our police
department not being able to be present
at all times and at all places, I have a
suggestion for Green. Get five friends
together, drive around campus for 12
hours, and if any crime occurs and you
don’t see it happen, consider yourself
useless.
Jesse Simmons
Third-year student
College of Criminal Justice
Voting is best way
to get voices heard
To the Editor.
The time is here again to vote in
Student Government elections. Once
again, candidates must fight to win a
small percentage of the estimated 25,000
students who go to Carolina On average,
2,500 students will vote in the election.
Hopefully, this year will be*different.
For those who do not believe Student
Government can do anything for you,
nnu/ ic thp timp to sneak out. SG Dlans
and works on many projects throughout
the year, but the main reason for the
projects is you, the student. Aside from
working on these projects, students’
needs can truly be addressed.
The SG office is open each day, and
anyone is always welcome to stop in,
hang out or voice your concerns. SG is
here for you and happy to hear your
opinions so that we can make USC the
best experience for everyone.
Your voice will be heard on Feb. 21
and 22 when you vote at vip.sc.edu by
clicking on the personal tab.
Angela Malek
Second-year student
College of Liberal Arts
Senate Clerk
Financial Advice
Getting
rich the
not-so
fast way
There are two
types of people
in this world:
people who are rich
and people who make
others rich. If I had to
hazard a guess, most
people reading this
column fall into the
second category.
Obviously, if you were
rich, you’d be sipping
a pina colada in the
Virgin Islands and
reading The New
Yorker, not stuck in
Hamp Netties
is a second-year
student in the Darla
Moore School of
Business. Send your
letters to
gamecockviewpoints
©hotmail.com.
Columbia reading The Gamecock. The
harsher truth is that most of you reading
this column don’t believe you will ever
become independently wealthy. The truth
of the matter, though, is that most
millionaires are made, not bom. The trick
is to stop making others rich and start
making yourself rich. There are two simple
ways to do this: spend less and invest more.
It’s self-evident that the less you spend,
the more money you keep. And the
cornerstone to becoming wealthy is to cut
back on consumption. Say, for example,
you’re buying $30 of weed and $15 of beer
every weekend. Over your entire college
career (assuming vnu Lake five vears to earn
your degree), you will have spent more
than $ 10,000 on drugs and alcohol. Imagine:
if you had consumed half as much narcotics,
you could graduate college with a nice nest
egg
Almost everyone can find an area to
spend less. I, for example, hardly ever buy
new clothes; I just wear hand-me-downs.
At any time, 90 percent of what I am
wearing is not mine, from a 1975 jean jacket
down to a circa 1990 pair of Timberlands
that my brother won at a swap meet.
What I like to say is “live like a pauper,
die like a king,” though changing it to “retire
like a king” would be more optimistic.
Either way, the secret of self-made
millionaires in this country is that they
hardly spend any money. They drive used
cars, wear 20-year-old tweed suits and think
a weekend on Lake Murray is as good as
a week in the Caribbean. You might call
them tightwads; I call them smart.
But before that cash bums a nole in
your pocket and you go out and put a phat
new sound system in your Ford Tempo or
take your girlfriend to a special dinner at
Outback, you might consider saving that
money. By saving, I don’t mean stuffing
some money in a dirty sock and hiding it
under your mattress. I mean investing. And
by investing, I don’t mean buying a crate
of Beanie Babies or becoming a partner in
an emu farm. I mean buying stocks, bonds
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A conservative rule of thumb is that a
dollar invested, long term, in the stock
market will yield 10 percent every year.
Or in terms even an English major can
understand, every buck you invest will
make you about 10 cents every year. It’s a
sure bet; you can be a complete idiot and
still make 10 percent a year in. the market.
A dime might seem pretty paltry, but the
trick is to invest more than just a dollar and
to invest more each year. Assume you
are 21 years old (if you’re older, your life
is pretty much over, anyway, right?) and
you invest a measly $1,000 a year for 44
years. When you are 65, you will have
$1,000,000 dollars. Can we say cash
money?
The irony of all this is that the self
made millionaires in this country didn’t
become wealthy by winning lawsuits,
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lottery. They became wealthy by rejecting
money. Simply, they don’t spend a lot of
it, and what they don’t spend they put away
for dozens of years. The less money matters
to you, the wealthier you will be.
For me, wealth has never meant greed.
Wealth, to me, means security. It means a
good education for your kids, good
health care when you’re sick and a
mahogany, silk-lined coffin when you die.
And contrary to popular belief (mo’ money,
mo’ problems), the wealthy have a lot less
to worry about than everyone else. They
can stop worrying about when the next
paycheck comes in and start worrying about
how to enjoy life.