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14 Righteous hi chance with ne SOUND ADVICE Marcus Amaker Staff Writer DILATE Ani Difranco kick (out of four stars) Clearly one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of our time is Ani Difranco. Within six years she has released eight albums on her own label, Righteous Babe Records, but has yet to find success beyond her loyal fans. Earlier in her career she released strictly acoustic albums, and eventually her sound developed and progressed, really beginning in 1994 with "Out of Range." Her latest album, "Dilate", finds Ani taking more chances than ever with her music and picks up where 1995's "Not a Pretty Girl" left off. Hie difference with "Dilate" is there's less focus on Ani's acoustic guitar skills and more attention paid to Ani as a complete artist, able to compete with the best of her Top 40 peers. "Dilate" begins with one of the boldest songs in Ani's career, "Untouchable Face" (largely due to the use of a certain four letter word twice in each chorus). This song, with its underlying bass and slow tempo, sets the tone for the whole album, along with the second song "Outta Me, ItJi 1AIA I If you are a freshman from South I I passion for community service anc IUSC Service Corps Leadership Te I Team members recieve $500 per si 112 hours per week in the communi I service learning at USC. I Interested? Pick up an application I or call 777-8402. Applications due mn rg UUX/M'.'.'Al/ff na n SB Bg S ^^wmmh ra^B^v.vIv hI H^iv'vi'X':* | HMBHBBBMMW8888g8Wg^^A Th? Gamecock ibe takes a w release Onto You", which is the album's first single. These two songs show Ani wants to take "Dilate" in i different direction than any of her previous works. Insteai of including humor in this album, as she has done in eacl of her earlier releases, Ani takes on a more serious ton with "Dilate" ?exploring every aspect of failed relatonship and romantic disappointments. "Dilate" is easily Ani's most eclectic album. The soni "Going Down" and her seven minute version of "Amazin Grace," both inluenced by trip-hop, are unlike anythin she's ever done in the past. The track which stands out from the rest of the albur is "Napoleon," an irresistable song-with an equally irresistabl guitar hook. Two ballads, "Done Wrong" and "Adam and Eve," ar other highlights. Both songs display the raw emotion < a broken heart and the anger felt from betrayal. In "Dor *Uaw aauU vnn olmrvaf ovarvfhin TTIUIIg , 911C 9111^9 HUT? WUiU jvu wwvv uiutww v.vi^ / and come back for the rest." "Adam and Eve" is powerful song that at times feels almost too personal 1 listen to. "Dilate" may not be the best choice for first-time fan but this album is one of the best of the year. Ani Difrant continues to be one of the most consistent artists of 01 generation. Carolina and have demonstrated I the ability to be a leader, the aih needs you! smester and work approximately ty and on campus to promote in the Campus Activities Center August 30. Qg| Thursday, August 22, 1996 l Lab equip] CECE VON KOLNITZ Special Projects The room in the center of Thomas a Cooper Library's fifth floor computer i lab has a Braille printer, a Kurzweil i Personal Reader and speakers on each e side of the lab's computers, s "All this stuff talks to you," David Bundy, former lab assistant, said, g The lab's official name is the Center g for Adapted Technology. The center a houses eauimnent for students who O ? "11 have physical disabilities, n Bundy said everyone including e students, faculty and staff can and do use the lab. Most people who use the e equipment have some kind of visual )f impairment, Bundy said. ie Judy Coloney, coordinator of g adaptive needs technology, knows what a equipment is already in her lab. What ;o ?? ?L HUU mm^ULM^dLmLi Imagine - you have 60 s< with as much stuff; Maybe you've had your t new pencil? Whatever yc o Register to win one of 3 Madness Thursday, A Y< Pfps m ped for hai Coloney wants to know now is: What else? Coloney said students can requesl equipment according to their needs, "We'd like to expand, but until w? can identify specific needs, its hard tc do," Coloney said. According to Coloney, the technology is out there. There's a world of technology oul there, but if you don't have anybody that has a need for it, no one uses it,' Coloney said. "A lot of the technology is specific for the user.' flnlnnpv said shp has an oDeratim budget for the lab, but she doesn't wan to buy a lot of equipment unless student request it. "I don't want to buy somethinf because a vendor says it's a thing ti buy," Coloney said. "I want to bu^ sconds to fill a brand new as you can and its all your iye on a new Gamecock sv >u want, whatever you can ne minute is yours to keep lliM^PESIF Shonnine S gr ? ? r r o ugust 22,3-6pm only at I Russell House. 5u must be present to wir m I PHONE: ndicapped something because students are going to use it." ; Bundy said traffic in the lab is "like any other computer facility. Ifs busiest ! around exam time." i ' The center's hours are the same as the fifth floor computer lab's. The main r " lab assistants are on-hand to help aturlonta who want t.n use the renter. t Coloney said for students who can't r get here during regular hours she is ' available by appointment. i "We want people to know its here ' and that we're here to help," Coloney I said. t Bundy said, The fact that this (the 3 center) is here is great. It makes things a lot easier. I don't know how I managed I before I had all this. 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