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‘Sweetest Thing’ is
good chick movie
As you read the reviews of
“The Sweetest Thing,” notice
that all of the bad ones were
written by males. Well, this
movie wasn’t meant for men —
it’s meant for young women.
Guys have enough dumb,
egotistic movies, like “Road
Trip” and “American Pie,”
and now women have one.
This movie does a good job
of capturing the female “way
of life.” David Germain’s
review calls this movie vapid.
I can assume only that he has
no understanding of women
and not much of a sense of
humor. When I was at the
theater, everyone seemed to be
rolling with laughter.
Germain also seemed to add
to his incomprehension of
women with the jab he took
toward one of women’s favorite
scenes m tne movie, unristma,
played by Cameron Diaz, was
having a sexual fantasy. Her
date ordered her a cart full of ice
cream and, as her eyes lit up, he
said, “I had them take out all the
calories for you.” Some might
not want to admit it, but this
captures the heart of most
women. While I hope that most
women wouldn’t drive to
another state to crash a wedding
to see a guy they had met only
once, it was great to finally see a
girl’s road trip on-screen. The
silly antics of Diaz and Christina
Applegate mimicked those of me
and my friends.
Germain had cutting
remarks about the girl’s
“noncommittal passion.”
What do you think most guys
are like? There’s nothing
wrong with a girl having fun.
Germain didn’t even mention
the end of this movie, which
gives hope to all women. This
is a wonderful, light-hearted
comedy for women that
touches the heart.
LYNDSAY MCNEILL-JACKSON
FIRST-YEAR MEDIA ARTS RTF DENT
Awareness needed
about homophobia
I hoped I would be able to
relax in my room on Monday
evening, but, of course, that
didn’t happen. Reading Brian
Phillip’s letter in Monday’s
issue of The Gamecock forced
me from the television screen
and to the computer screen.
Though Phillips feels that he
and his straight friends should
have every right to flaunt their
sexuality, my friends and I
shouldn’t be allowed one week
out of 52 to discuss
homophobia, with the simple
hope that maybe we won’t be
beat senseless by those who
fear our lifestyle.
In his letter, Phillips says,
“If you’re homosexual, fine,
but don’t flaunt it or rub it in
my face.” I believe there were
many people, including fellow
clergymen, who considered
Martin Luther King Jr.’s
“militant” actions as rubbing
racial problems in other s
faces. (I think we all know the
results of Rev. King’s
flaunting). Phillip’s “keep
quiet about oppression”
argument is a little old.
I wonder whether Phillips
has ever heard of Matthew
Shepard, who was brutally
murdered because he was gay,
or about the countless others
who are harassed daily
because of their sexuality.
Homophobia does exist.
Keeping quiet about it won’t
make the problem disappear; it
will only make it worse.
Phillips says he won’t
discriminate, but his
homophobic attitude
encourages others to do so.
As long as I live, I will
attempt to rub my sexuality in
the face of Phillips and those like
him. If I can’t change their
attitudes, I can at least make their
day slightly more miserable.
STEVEN TEAGUE
SKCON'D-YKAI*POLITICAL SCIKNCK
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Tennessee. He says, “Need I say
more, Taylor?” Need I say more?
Another regret is leaving my
father. College in South
Carolina has kept me closer to
my dad, who’s probably older
than most of my professor’s
fathers. Whether trying to
sound like Mel Kiper Jr. on your
answering machine or sending
you stamps, your parents are
probably cooler than you think.
You have no idea the
opportunity you have or the
pride your parents probably
hold for you to be where you are.
My days at USC once seemed
more numbered than I actually
knew. After becoming a statistic
and dropping out as a freshman,
I petitioned my way back two
years later and, with a 1.7 GPA,
assured the academic probation
office that I never wanted to see
them again.
I told a lot of friends that I’d
miss going in on the grams,
ounces and Steelers by six and a
half. Those things grew me, but I
knew that getting my act together
in college would make me.
And now, I’m glad to see that '
my days hgre are numbered.
And to the people I’ve known
and met along the way, it’s been
fun counting.
Marshall-Green is finally
graduating as an electronic
journalism student. He began
writing columns for The
Gamecock last summer.
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