The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 14, 2001, Page 7, Image 7
IN YOUR OPINION
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bitter lie that the adminis
tration wants student input. If
they really wanted us
students to attend the SDIC
meetings, we would read
about in flyers and e-mails
sent through the various
campus listservs, not in The
Gamecock the day or so
afterward. As for Student
Government, everyone but
the people involved with it
realize that, in the end, SG
can do very little to make a
difference in student life and
usually chooses to do even
less (the Eaddy administration
being a luminous departure
from this pattern).
But the blame cannot fall
on the board alone. It was our
own state legislature’s
squandering of our budget
surplus and its under
estimation of USC’s value to
this state that put us in this
situation in the first place. We
cannot appeal to the general
public — the campus could
bum to the ground for all they
care, so long as the football
team wins its next game.
And where, oh where, is
the fury and the organization
I saw last spring when some
of us marched on the State
House? I was never so proud
of my fejlow students in my
life and wished that I could
join them. Sadly, we’ve
learned that nothing we say
gets through. To anyone.
So we scurry to find
enough money to pay our
tuition, various colleges
within USC see their classes
canceled or facing total
collapse, membership in the
Honors College now comes
with a hefty fee, the patch
cords Computer Services
used to distribute for free
now cost $25, professors print
notices on overhead
projectors to.scrimp on paper
... and all because the people.
with the power to change
things won’t act and the
people in need can’t.
No wonder John Palms is
leaving. If I were in his
position, so would I. He sees
where this handbasket is
heading and wants out.
JAMES L. “VLADIMIR”
ENLOW
FOURTH YEAR STUDENT,
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Family says thanks
to daughter’s friends
On behalf of our daughter,
Connie S. Tingin, who passed
away just recently, our
family would like to express
our sincere gratitude to all
her friends, teachers and
anyone who was associated
with her.
Each and every one of you
made an impact on our
daughter’s life. She would
not have been the person she
was without the various
influences that she attained
during her growing-up years.
Those influences
transformed her into a
young, strong and very
outspoken woman. She lived
a lifetime’s worth in such a
brief time.
Connie is missed, and it
will take some time for the
emptiness to be whole again.
We have to be strong. Connie
would have wanted it that
way, but every time you see a
butterfly, just smile and say,
“That’s Connie’s spirit — so
beautiful and free.”
The Tingin Family of
Goose Creek, S.C., extends its
gratitude to whom Connie
had touched during her
entire existence in this
world.
THE TINGIN FAMILY
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.
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Watson
The throwdown
at the fairgrounds
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advocating the audac ious
conduct that will take place; I’m
just predicting it. It’s going to
get vicious down there. Those
with weak stomachs should
stay in Irmo.
The fairgrounds will become
war zones, and the stands at
Williams-Brice will become a sea
of fights, liquor law violations
and arrests. Without a doubt,
doctors one through nine will
have a busy day Saturday. When
the fourth quarter winds down
and USC has more points on the
board, the field will be in
absolute chaos. The goal posts
will undoubtedly come down,
and once again Williams-Brice
Stadium will be left absolutely
devastated.
No amount of encouraging
good sportsmanship will work.
The football players might be
sportsmen, but most of the fans
are not. In the words of’Lil
John and the Eastside Boys, “If
you scared to throw it up, get
the **** out the club.” (That’s
Gangese for “If you are fearful
of acknowledging the
organization you support, don’t
come to a venue at which both
sides of the conflict in question
will be publicly involved in a
power struggle.)
Watson is a third-year student in
the College of Journalism and
Mass Communications.
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“whacked,” “clipped,” “How
YOU doin’?” or “I’M GONNA
KILL THAT F**KIN’ SON OF
A BITCH. HE HAS NO IDEA
WHO THE F**K HE’S
DEALING WITH!” Actually, I
think Uncle Paulie called the
guy they popped a “f**king
commie bastard,” but that’s
beside the point.
So I hope I’ve eliminated
any fallacies that the movies
might have put in your mind
as the truth. I should get Uncle
Vito to go after those movie
producers and make them an
offer they can’t refuse.
Miani is a fourth-year student
in the College of Journalism
and Mass Communications.
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