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TTirpT) ADATATrrd **9 hi I K r \ ill ,hCoSu5„?sKeruS»a,r Monday, March 30, ZOOS B B B 1 \^/ B i ^ B r^/ www.dailygamecock.com. Results nn<:tprl Frirlav AMECOCK editorial board EDITOR Michael LaForgia NEWS EDITOR Jon Turner VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Wes Wolfe THE MIX EDITOR Jennifer Freeman ASST. VIEWPOINTS EDITOR Patrick Augustine SPORTS EDITOR Jonathan Hillyard DESIGN DIRECTOR Chas McCarthy COPY DESK CHIEF Steven Van Haren To honor the 200th anniversary ofUSC students’ arrival, \ The Gamecock is publishing a series of editorials and columns from the student publication’s 97-year history. ..I**.*.. •. , IN OUR OPINION Gas shortage demands on-campus monorail JAN. 26, 1972 — Parking problems on the USC campus increase each semester more and more as students have automo biles. One parking garage cannot and does not solve this problem, especially in long-range terms. What this university needs is a monorail system. USC, with its students, professors, administrators and staff, is a small city within itself. Therefore, like any other city, it must cope with and find The monorail is the idea of the future, and one with great potential. IJVIUVIVIU W UU111V IUIU pal IV ing problems. A monorail is one answer to this problem. Of course, the monorail would cost money, but perhaps the university could talk to some big corporations who are experi mentally working with monorails to see if they would like to try their product on campus. All students, faculty, administrators and staff would park their cars in a large, patrolled lot — perhaps the fairgrounds would be a good site - off-campus, and catch the monorail to campus loca tions. With the monorail, campus traffic problems would be solved and Greene Street could be closed. Students would no longer have to feed meters and pay spending money for park ing tickets. It seems everyone would be happier. Until USC's monorail becomes reality instead of a dream, per haps the university would be willing to try using the fairgrounds or some other suitable location as a huge parking lot for students, fac ulty, administration and staff to park and provide bus service to romr\nc Inrafinns. Of course, the bus schedule would have to function better than the present one. Students would have to be able to catch a bus that does not leave the parking lot at the hour when their class is supposed to begin. We think this can be solved, and we think something must be done to alleviate what has ceased to become a parking problem on campus and which is developing into a parking crisis. Let's take action before a crisis develops and not wait like we have done in the past. GAMECOCK CORRECTIONS ic , i _,n.r we want to know. E-mail us at If you see an error in todays paper, we gamecockopinions@gwm.sc.edu. 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TO PLACE AN AD The Gamecock Advertising: 777-3888 1400 Greene St. Classified: 777-1184 Columbia, S.C. 29208 Fa* 777-6482 . “It’s ia honor of one of the Carolina students who passed this last semester.” - : / - ' * CARTOON SPECIAL TO THE THE GAMECOCK, FEB. 19, 1956 Massacre underscores need for equality ■ Shootings prove S.C. must work harder to reach racial harmony FEB. 16, 1968 — Anyone naive enough to think that the racial situation in South Carolina was as quiet underneath as it appeared on the surface was brought harshly to reality by events in Orangeburg last week. Certainly violence is not to be condoned, but the burden of responsibility must be placed equally on the white community as well as on the Negro. Orangeburg is neither worse nor better than most other towns in South Carolina where the ruling white societies have buried their heads in the sand instead of tackling the problems that have confronted them. One Orangeburg citizen last week expressed the feelings of, hopefully, a minority of South Carolinians: "If we didn't have the television and newspapers constantly publicizing the situation in the South, we wouldn’t have had this situation here in Orangeburg." That makes about as much sense as saying the Viet Cong would throw all their weapons in Haiphong Harbor and surrender unconditionally if American newspapers would quit reporting the war. Obviously neither situation can be ignored. Southerners are a proud people (I know because I’ve been one for nearly 22 years), and swallowing one's pride is the most difficult thing a person is ever called on to do. But by no stretch of the imagination can the system that now exists in the South — and much of the rest of the nation, for that matter — be rationalized. Unfortunately, there is no instant formula that can be applied to the situation to make everything come out DON CAUGHMAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR all right, but a genuine concern by everyone involved for the moral and legal rights of others must exist before steps can be taken in the right direction. One question that should be considered is whether the situation is one of white vs. black as such, or rather is it a failure of members of the human race to get along with each other? In South Carolina, there are 15 counties in which Negroes make up more than 50 percent of the population. Seven — Allendale, Calhoun, Clarendon, Jasper, Lee, McCormick and Orangeburg — are more than 60 percent Negro. But the legislative delegations from these counties, as well as all others in the state, are all-white and have been since Reconstruction. No one can justifiably argue that it is all right for a majority group to be represented by persons who have the interests of the minority group at heart. Fortunately, with the advent of the 1966 Voter Rights Act, this regrettable situation may be changed in this year's elections. The answer then, though it my never be reached, lies in greater respect by members of a majority of the human race for the rights of members of a minority of the human race. Racial issues fueled by liberal forces ■ If it weren’t for leftist programs and policies, we’d get along better MARCH 3, 1995 — The issue of race continues to be fueled by liberal politicians and the dominant media in this country. Whites, especially males, are constandy being attacked as racist because they support a conservative political agenda. It seems that if you oppose the big government policies of the bureaucratic left, then you are a racist. Nothing could be further from the truth. The media have played the "angry white male" stereotype to death and have criticized '"mean" white guys like Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole for pulling racist strings to gain support from jheir "redneck” constituents. Of course, the media elitists and the radical left are in a state of hysteria since several prominent Republicans announced their intentions to eliminate all federal hiring quota programs. Jesse Jackson is contemplating a bid for the 1996 Democratic nomination if Clinton doesn't stand firmly behind affirmative action. Clinton has also played the race game many times. He used quotas for his Cabinet appointments. One liberal congressman even accused the tax cutting agenda of the Republican majority as being racist, which is a . completely illogical charge. I have become extremely tired of the arrogance of the radical left. It is the liberals who play the race card, advocate hiring based on skin color rather than qualification and are always pointing the finger. It is time for America to start pointing the finger back at them. I am a white, Southern male who supports conservative political policies, and I am not a racist to any extent. I grew up in Newt Gingrich's district, where the population is 90 percent white, mostly middle to upper-class and mostly college-educated. You certainly could not legitimately label many of these individuals as uneducated or redneck. My attitudes toward racism, equality and equal opportunity have been molded not by the liberal elites but instead by conservative religious and political leaders. I have learned that the principle of modern American conservatism is equal opportunity for every individual with as little government interference as possible. I have learned that racism is morally wrong from such conservatives as William Bennett, Rush Limbaugh, Phil Gramm and Pat Robertson. But the most powerful lesson on racism that I have heard came from the Rev. Andy Stanley, conservative pastor of the First Baptist Church of North Atlanta. It is from these individuals that I have learned that racism and sexism are morally wrong. On the other hand, the liberal race relations programs that I have encountered during my 16 years as a student have done nothing to improve my racial attitudes. TOMMY TOUCHBERRY COLUMNIST In feet, these liberal education programs tend to alienate whites and males, which in many cases creates racial tensions. It is these types of programs that are doing the most harm to race relations in this country. I believe it is time for America to try a new approach to race relations, one founded in basic American conservatism. Let’s try educating our schoolchildren on the factual history of America. Let them read for themselves the racism that Harriet Jacobs encountered during her life as a slave. But don't try to teach kids that the Confederacy was absolutely wrong and that Abraham Lincoln was absolutely right. On a moral level, slavery was wrong, but we have to bear in mind tradition and education at the time of the Civil War. We need to reject preference programs such as Black History Month or the proposed Confederate History Month. Let's educate kids on the historical significance of all Americans, white and black, male and female. We should also eliminate all federal quotas, including affirmative action. It's time to hire workers in a color-blind fashion. If I am an employer, I would naturally want to hire the most qualified applicant, whether he or she is black or white. Let's end all school busing programs. Little kids do not benefit from two hours a day on a bus. Let's find other ways to improve education for all of America's children. I believe the best way we can help minorities is to offer better educational and work opportunities. The best way for minorities to climb the economic ladder is for more of them to own and operate their own businesses. In closing, I want to remind all of you tnat this is America, and we are all Americans. We need to move beyond using terms such as African-American, Irish-American, etc. Let's all be proud to be Americans. 1HE L 1 ST CENTURY HAS ARRIVED. Experience the wonders of the Internet at ivww.dailygametock.com = =====— — America still lacks good jobs for blacks ■ Affirmative action doesn’t threaten chance for white male success APRIL 27, 1987 _ The federal government’s passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, sex and nationality. ivevertneiess, a ! years later in America, "land of equal opportunity," we are very far from political, economic or social equality. At the lower end of the totem pole are a substantial number of blacks, women and other minorities SAMUEL STARKS COLUMNIST .UDDallO 1UI a piece of the American Pie" and the opportunity for advancement in America's white, male oriented society. Many minorities occupy inferior societal positions because they are the victims of racism and sexism, among other forces that have strived for generations to keep minorities down. Although the discrimination of today is often subde and inconspicuous, it is not to be taken lightly. It is still a very debilitating force, depriving many minorities of their constitutional right to equal opportunity. Fortunately, there are strong affirmative action programs, as evidenced in the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a road dispatcher, Diane Joyce. In a 6-3 ruling, the court held that employees can voluntarily enact hiring and promotional goals to benefit minorities (who are under-represented), even at the expense of better-qualified white men. Even with the high court's recent decision, many defend the current state of race relations, denying that discrimination is a major factor in institutional disparities and disregarding conclusive evidence indicating current discriminatory practices in American institutions. Subsequendy, affirmative action programs are ridiculed and undeservingly stigmatized. Granted, affirmative action generally involves small-scale discrimination against white males. However, this is 1987 necessary, unavoidable and insignificant if one is familiar with the intent and goals of affirmative action. One of the most widely attacked justifications of affirmative action is that of compensatory justice, which today begets a popular rebuttal from white males who firmly assert that they cannot be held responsible for such wrongs as slavery and black civil rights, although the ramifications of such acts greatly benefit them. American society is not only responsible for those black Americans who have been directly affected by discrimination, but also their heirs, who have, and are still, paying a tremendous price for the unfair and cruel treatment their fathers and forefathers were subjected to. Although white males probably realize that affirmative action poses no great harm to their status, some will always attack its principles whenever they can. Having existed for more than a decade, affirmative action programs are targely accepted by American institutions. Furthermore, statistical studies reveal that affirmative action programs have reduced discrimination without causing any damage to the effectiveness and/or quality of American insrirurinnc Affirmative action is America's only hope for minimizing inequalities in business, employment practices and education, all very important aspects that affect the overall strength, efficiency and well-being of American society. Even with the aforementioned evidence, we are still faced with an administration that largely wants to do away with affirmative action programs. Whatever happens, minorities must not become discouraged. We must maintain a fight for equal opportunity and fair treatment. If its form is affirmative action, so be it. Minorities should not feel inadequate or ashamed of affirmative action. There is no justification for such feelings.