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SOUND OFF ONLINE POLL Create message boards at . Should Annika Sorenstam be www.dailygamecock.com or allowed to play on the PGA Tour? send letters to the editor to www.dailygamecock.com. gamecockviewpoints@hotmail. com Results published on Fridays. i IN OUR OPINION Don’t usurp student lots On the day of the recent Jimmy Buffett concert at the Carolina Center, students were told to move their cars out of the Coliseum parking lots by a certain hour or risk being towed. It’s not fair to students who have already paid $20 to park there for the academic year. Often, the only solution offered to students has been to park on the perimeter of campus and then walk or take the shuttle to their eventual destinations. Well, the Coliseum is the perimeter. It’s far away „ from nearly everything on Students should campus, but the lots there are not lose Coliseum big and they often provide the CaroHnaCenter • audiences. So what are students supposed to do when a concert rolls into town? If it’s late enough, they can take then cars to a metered space or a faculty lot, but they will just have to move them again early the next morning. And why should they have to in the first place? The Carolina Center has its own parking; if that’s not enough to fit everyone, that’s not the students’ faults. Most students aren’t likely to make a special trip to the Coliseum every day just to check whether the lot will be closed later. They have a valid permit to park there; they shouldn’t have to worry about whether that legal parking space will all of a sudden turn illegal. The parking situation at USC is bad enough already; taking away students’ last-resort spaces is needlessly cruel. Winners and Sinners ZORA AND EVAN The substitute teacher won the liar’s heart. Fox’s new reality show, “How Long Will it Last?” will air Monday. MICHAEL WALTRIP Won the Daytona 500 in 109 laps, beating prerace favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. And this time, he can celebrate without regret. “CHICAGO” The new musical has swept up a lot of Academy nominations and saves Catherine Zeta-Jones from doing more commercials. MICHAEL JACKSON Martin Bashir’s video is proof that the King of Pop loves kids—his own, his neighbor’s, yours. And that he’s a total freak. CREDIT-CARD HACKER Cracked security at Visa, MasterCard, Amex and Discover. Now, Bush will launch a war against cyberterrorism. “MARRIED BY AMERICA" Another Fox reality show. You’ve seen this before. It’s “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?” without the money. GAMECOCK CORRECTIONS An article about Unity Week in Monday’s newspaper should have said the movie “Bamboozled” is about black actors putting on blackface, not white actors. The Gamecock regrets the error. If you see an error in today’s paper, we want to know. E-mail us at gamecockviewpoints@hotmail.com. 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Additional Bianca Knowles, copies may be Denise Levereaux, nurchased for $1. each G0S« MaFrv° wieArf00 JaCqU6li"e R'C^ from the Departmlm Goff. Mary Waters stacey Todd of ^ Bessam tthadraoui TO PUCE AN AD „ .. , The Gamecock Advertising: 777-3888 Community Affairs 1400 Greene st ^ Classified: 777-1184 Kiransnah Columbia, S.C. 29208 Fax-777-6482 CARTOON COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS -: ■ V Faculty deserve recognition EDRIN WILLIAMS GAMECOCKVIEWPOINTS@HOTMAIL.COM Liberal arts professors should win awards, too. Each year, the university awards faculty members for their achievements and contributions to this institution. Year after year, the awards seem to go to profes sors in research fields or other fields where big bucks bring ac claim. I’ve seen very few liberal arts faculty receive recognition. I see this as a slight. So, until the university catches on, I will rec ogni2e someone worthy of all the accolades that USC, our state or our country could grant him. Cleveland L. Sellers is perhaps the greatest resource this univer sity has. First, let me admit, I might be a tad biased, but noth ing I say is an isolated opinion. These are the thoughts and feel ings of hundreds of students of dif ferent races, genders and majors. As director of the African American Studies Department _ and professor of history and African-American studies, Sellers has touched countless stu dents who have had the pleasure of making his acquaintance. His department, though rela tively young when compared to some others, is constantly seeing effective growth and develop ment in terms of faculty, classes and programs offered, and stu dent interest. The classes offered give the entire student body the opportunity to become more learned in interdisciplinary African-American topics. Many non-black students who aren’t in timidated by the course listing enjoy a semester geared toward attaining knowledge of “the African-American experience.” Arguably greater than his con tributions as program director is the unique lecturing offered in his AFRO 335 class — survey of the civil-rights movement. His exper tise in teaching this class stems from his being an active partici pant in some of the most impor tant moments of the movement. Nationally and statewide, Sellers has been a key figure in the struggle for civil rights. His mission has carried him from his home in Denmark to places across the country, with key stops in Washington, Mississippi and Orangeburg. This university is lucky to have Sellers on board. He could easily be at some other universi ty, such as Harvard, Califomia Berkeley, Chapel Hill or Emory, where he would no doubt receive more money, recognition and fame. Although he could be at any of those places, he is here in South Carolina — at USC — where for several years now, the budget has taken the beating that was promised to Osama bin Laden. Why is he here, then? Because Cleveland Sellers has a genuine interest in South Carolina and its citizens. He loves the students here. No one is more concerned that students receive “a real ed ucation.” If you’re wondering what the quotations are for, Carter G. Woodson has a piece of text you should check out. But this is not about Woodson; it is about Sellers. I encourage students all the time to go visit him. I guar antee he’ll strike a chord in you that will leave you inspired. I’m sure he’ll smile about this, but stop by his office, Flinn Hall 202. A look around his office will give you goose bumps — but don’t worry; he’s a cool guy. Williams is a fourth-year African-American-studies student. IN YOUR OPINION Student launches write-in campaign In light of the recent dramatic events that have taken place within the hallowed confines of USC’s Student Government chambers, I have decided to forge a write-in campaign for SG president, vice-president, secre tary and treasurer. And I hope to be the sole representative in the Student Senate for all of the university’s academic colleges. I’m sure that many loyal readers of The Gamecock, along with many veterans of Student Government, are asking them selves, “Who is this guy?” I am a man of principle — a man well-versed in all impor tant issues of international, na tional and local concern. I am also a man of high culture, ap preciative of all the finest arts. I can even shoot the breeze about the current weather patterns in Kalamazoo; I’m George W. Bush, Quentin Tarantino and Willard Scott rolled into one su perhuman student. And I am volunteering to serve as your fu ture USC Student Government. If elected, I promise to fight for the issues that truly matter. Why do our SG representatives continually avoid the true issues facing us today? Why haven’t we heard where they stand on the potential war in Iraq? Why haven’t they told their opinions on Bush’s recent economic stim ulus plan? Who shot J.R.? We, the students, demand answers! Once elected, I also promise to work hand in hand with my fellow members in Student Government, and I fully intend to lend a healing hand to all members of the Student Senate. What better way to unify Student Government than to have just one superman run ning the entire thing? I ask each of you to look in side yourselves and dig up that revolutionary spirit festering just below your flesh. Help make my dream a reality. Damn the man! Fight the sys tem! Rock the vote! Oh, yes, and of course, God bless America! ANDREW CHRISTOPHER THIRD-YEAR BUSINESS STUDENT Donehue is unfit for SG presidency Man, I was more excited than Allison Hicks (who?) to hear that Wesley Donehue is running for student-body president. I am not a College Republican (hut you have to ad mire a group with such dedica tion that half of them actually look like elephants), and I don’t know Wesley personally, but I almost had to tackle hiip once to keep him from going ape shit on J.D. Shipman. Wes stormed in .T n nlnnnina mpotinp mak mg what I imagine was his first campaign speech. Wes is a pas sionate speaker, and I know from that first speech that, if elected, he guarantees to catch J.D. alone and beat him down “Goose Creek Style.” Who wouldn’t vote for that? But why stop with Shipman? With leadership like Wes’, there are endless accomplishments possible. Want more parking? I’ve seen Derrick Huggins. Wes could easily take him, no prob lem. Got a beef with the Board of Trustees? Wes would lay them out like nobody’s busi ness. And as far as budget cuts go, I’m sure with a little help from his Goose Creek boys, Wes could open up a can on the whole General Assembly. I don’t know why Student Government didn’t give up all self-control years ago. Bad anger management is an inge nious plan for school politics, and no one can deliver it better than Wesley Donehue. I know I’U vote for him — hell, I’d be afraid not to... and you should be too. ADAM HARK .SECOND-YEAR HISTORY STUDENT Student Government coverage excessive Although I enjoy it when arti cles intended to be serious inves tigative journalism result in being really funny, all this nonsense con cerning the Student Government has gotten out of hand. Let’s highlight a few key phras es: “campaign staff’; “exploratory committee”; “subpoena hearing”; “strong-arm methods”; and best of all, “the balance of power.” To the untrained eye, these look se rious indeed; but we students who could care less about SG know better: That’s funny stuff. Those crazy SG kids. At least they’re not doing suiiieuiuig uieamngiui 10 uie icm political scene, like, say, watch ing the news and realizing that a world exists out there. It’s good they’re in SG; this virtually en sures they’ll never be able to win a real elected office. Now, don’t think of me as cal lous. Of course, the SG is a useful and very important part of every student’s life. After all, they did... CHRIS GALLOWAY FIRST-YEAR POLITICAL-SCIENCE STUDENT Submission Policy Letters to the editor should be less than 300 words and include name, phone number, professional title or year and major, if a student. E-mail letters to gamecockviewpoints@hotmail.com. Letters will be edited. Anonymous letters will not be published. Submissions are limited to two per person per semester. Call the newsroom at 777-7726 for mor-e information. Fight for your right to shut up BROOK BRISTOW GAMECOCKVIEWPOINTS@HOTMAIL.COM Everyone has the right to say what they like. The first amendment reads: “Congress shall make no law re specting an establishment of reli gion, or prohibiting the free exer cise thereof; or abridging the free dom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” So maybe it’s just me, but while some groups are sporting their First Amendment badges of courage like a pledge sporting a new function shirt, there is cer tainly a limit to what John Q. Public can put up with. It doesn’t take much to be heard at Discotheque USA anymore. All the cover charge consists of is something that resembles a brain, a mouth that runs properly and an audience that doesn’t run prop erly at all. Some of these people are so off the bathroom wall, it’s no wonder their thoughts are in the toilet. Now, the following people have expressed themselves time after time, but now is the time for us to use our right of selective hearing. No. 1: Athletics Department. Sports and performance are founded on the premise that some people out there aren’t going to be cheeringfor you. Students are stu dents, and will say what they want. If you go over to the other sections of the Carolina Center, you’ll hear some of the same stuff from people who aren’t students, and no one ever says anything to them. Although the basketball team might be on a winning streak now, that wasn’t always the case. Be grateful students are still coming to the games. Win a few championships, and then maybe you can tell them what to say. No. 2: G. Dubya. Either we’re doing it, or we’re not. With all of the time you’ve talked about it, you could have finished this al ready. Actually, we shouldn’t even be in this position right now; too bad Bush No. l didn’t finish the job. But at least war protesters from all over the world have had something to do for the past few months. But now Phish is back on tour, so they’ve moved on and so should you. Make your mind up already and stop wasting our time. No. 3: College Republicans. Shut up, all right? No. 4: College Republicans. Really, shut up. Just wanted to make sure to get that across in case you just started reading. No. 5: Michael Jackson. You might be the king of pop, but you’re also the king of spin. Martin Bashir’s documentary was pretty fair and an accurate portrayal of your million-dollar antique-buying, children-sleep ing-in-your-bed, Henry-VU-outfit wearing, child-dangling, pa parazzi-laden lifestyle. Cry us a river, build a bridge and get over it. You haven’t made a good al uum suite iuui a j-'cmgemus. oo, if you really want to “heal the world,” stop complaining, and use your millions to make a decent al bum. And take Tito and Jermaine with you; they need something to do other than defend you on Fox News. Yes, people have the right to fill our televisions, newspapers and lives with messages and propa ganda, but we also have the right to take our remote control, change the channel, turn off the television and throw it out the window. But maybe it’s just me. Bristow is a fifth-year advertising student.