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Traditionally each spring,
Carolina Productions has given
USC students a cheap, fun
day filled with vendors, freebies
and, most importantly, music.
This April, as in years past,
Carolina Productions will
present Cockstock.
But this year, the tradition
will take a new turn. The local
bands will not change too
much?they will be the same
mixture of the best small bands
Columbia and other area cities
have to offer.
But the headlining act will
not be the traditional
alternative band, such as Dave
Mathews and Widespread
Panic, both of which have
played at Cockstock in the
past.
Instead, this year's
Cockstock will feature an R&B
style band, 112.
Carolina Productions has
a commitment to produce
entertainment for students
with diverse interests.
With this campus
supporting 20,000
undergraduates, this must be
a daunting task. Carolina
Productions cannot please
everyone. But with the
different events, movies and
guest speakers sponsored by
Carolina Productions each
semester, these students have
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Nuclear waste dumps and
college scholarships may not
normally fit together, but in
the state of South Carolina,
anything is possible.
Two years ago, state
lawmakers took funds charged
at a nuclear waste dump in
Barnwell and parlayed them
into a scholarship for the state's
top high school students.
The scholarship became
known as the Palmetto
Fellowship and is currently
worth $5,000 to lucky
recipients.
Lawmakers wanted to keep
these students enrolled in S.C.
colleges and universities, an
article in Thursday's State
Newspaper said.
But, this year, 2,100 top
high school students in South
Carolina didn't get the award,
and they're mad.
Some legislators who award
the scholarships say judging
a student on their SAT score
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obviously worked toward their
goal of diverse entertainment.
With their choice of 112 as
a headliner this year, Carolina
Productions has made a
definitive move toward
diversity.
Many students at USC
enjoy alternative-style music,
but there are just as many
that groove to disco, punk/indie,
ska, gansta rap, latino, country,
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industrial, metal and even
Micheal Bolton. (Now that
shows courage and an open
mind.)
Carolina Productions has
realized the musical diversity
of USC students and has acted
Upon this realization, lb reachout
and offer a headliner to a
different segment of the
campus population shows a
grasp of reality, and more
importantly, an understanding
of the needs of a diverse
campus.
With most of the local bands
being of the alternative genre,
and the headliner being R&B,
a good portion of the campus
will surely be entertained
during Cockstock. We do wish
Carolina Productions could
make Cockstock a little more
diverse and throw in some
metal.
Pat Boone, anyone?
idents may
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or class rank was too subjective.
They point out criteria like
extracurricular activities and
essays as heavy factors in the
deciding process.
Students disagree. They
think their high school
accomplishments should be
awarded?especially if they
are attending state schools.
South Carolina isn't a state
overflowing with extra money
for education?USC being case
and point. But, they have the
right idea with allocating some
money to help top students out
when it comes to college bills.
Whafs the point of getting
good grades and being a wellrounded
student when you
can't be rewarded?
There need to be specific
standards set when awarding
scholarships AND these
specifics need to be adhered
to.
It's not too difficult of a
concept.
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Reach out
I have gotten some
interesting things over email.
One of them was a
list which started out "You
know you are in college
when..."
I knew I was in college when
telemarketers started called my room
and asking for me instead of my
mother. I also knew when I started
getting things in the mail like "You
could be our next grand prize winner!"
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your name in here)! You have been
pre-approved for a gold card with a
$500 limit!"
How do these people know who
I am and where I live? I probably
filled out some form with my life
history an it, who knows. The problem
is I can't get rid of them. I get junk
mail more frequently than anything
else, and I usually recycle it in those
Scooby Doo e
Were you aware of the fact
that you can actually watch
a full two hours of Scooby
Doo mysteries each and
every morning?
It's true. From 7:05 to 8:05 a.m.
TBS brings you the Doo, then flip to
TNT at 8 a.m. for more (don't worry,
you only miss the credits of the last
one on TBS).
You may be saying, "Yes, but do I
care? What relevance does this
information have to my beer-enhanced,
sleep-deprived and basically
meaningless college existence?"
Watching Scooby Doo first thing
in the morning can really start your
whole day off on the right foot. Not
only that, but Scooby Doo can give
meaning to your pitiful life.
After all, what is Scooby Doo at its
heart? It's the story of these kids and
their dog chasing ghosts, phantoms,
monsters, etc., who turn out to be
criminals in disguise. This is the perfect
mptanJinr for human lifo aa wo
constantly pursue greater goals, which
always turn out to be unfortunate
reality in disguise.
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fun if we could set a trap for our goals
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attractive blue bins by the mailboxes,
but I hate it when telemarketers call
me.
Some people don't mind when
telemarketers call them. They listen
to the spiel and say very sweetly "no
thank you." I tend do this as well,
but in my mind I am throwing the
phone across the room or reaching
through the fiber-optics and strangling
them. Not a positive solution.
I did read something creative in
the Beaufort Gazette when I was
home over spring break. It was in a
humor column and the authors
suggested telling the caller that you
will listen to the pitch if they listen
to you sing the entire score for the
musical Les Miserables in Norwegian.
I also saw a short piece in The State
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that's what cartoons are for.
Well, if you are nodding your head
right now and just fell for that big pile
of Scooby Doo-Doo I just fed you, let
me just mention the college education
in Clemson Td like to sell you.
You don't watch Scooby Doo to
psychoanalyze it, you guys! You've
been listening to too much Dr. Ruth.
And I can just imagine what she'd have
to say about Fred and Daphne. And
boy, have you noticed Velma's repressed
sexuality? You know she wants Shaggy.
No, the real reason to watch Scooby
Doo is to solve the mystery. And to
attempt to decode Scooby's language,
which is a continuing mystery.
Sure, sometimes you know right
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But often it's a real toss up between
Old Mr. Fiddlesticks and Captain
Gallumbits.
There will be times when Scooby
scares you. Any episodes involving
clowns or witches, for example. But
you make ft through. In all honesty,
it's a little^^gher to get through the
oifes about villains who aren't even
faintly scary. I guess we all recall the
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which told of a man who lists his
telephone number the name of his
deceased dog: Lillie Von Lang Tree
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When people call and ask to speak
to Ms. Texas he tells them that she
isn't available?he shot her and
buried her in the back yard
(apparently he had to do this after
the dog drank some antifreeze). It
works.
The callers hang up before he
does. My first thought was why the
telemarketers wouldn't call the police,
but I guess they figure it is an excuse.
I may have to try that sometime.
Another type of call I get (and
hate) are wrong number calls. I
understand when people get the
wrong numbers, but you don't have
to be rude about it.
Someone called yesterday asking
for a guy named "Ted." I live on an
all-girls hall, and told this to the
)ries of human
Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla
Phantoms.
I'm now forced to mention the
downfall of Scooby Doo mysteries. I
guess you could say there were lots of
problems, but you'd be wrong. Scooby
Doo started reeking with the
introduction of Scrappy Doo.
You know you hate him.
With that obnoxious little voice,
apparently idiotic belief that he is a
great dane puppy and suspicious arrival
via the postal service, how could he
help but be a problem? (They actually
got the puppy idea right in the eighties
with A Pup Named Scooby Doo.)
Then they dumped Fred, Velma
and eventually even Daphne, leaving
Scooby to wither and die in a pit of
antic-based humor.
Eventually they resurrected Scooby
Doo, Shag, Daphne and (urgh) Scrappy
for a fun-filled, Ghostbusters-inspired
piece of parody know as The Thirteen
Ghosts of Scooby Doo. Basically it was
a continuation of earlier antics with
some dance numbers ana Kia named
Flim-Flam added in. Even more
basically, it was a dumb show.
There was no more mystery.
I think that it's something basic
about us humans. We want to solve
the mystery, unmask the criminal.
Thafs why Murder She Wrote ran for
100 years (Angela Lansbuiy has really
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caller, who cussed me out and started
to ask for "Ted" again before I hung
up on him. |
I wanted to slam down the phone,
but that doesn't achieve much with
a cordless phone.
I also get really irritated by people
who call me at 8 a.m. and have the
wrong number and are upset. I'm
the one who had to get out of bed!
People, please be nice if you get
the wrong number, and if someone
calls you with a wrong number, do |
the same.
There's one more type of phone
call I can't stand: Somewhere on this
campus or in this town is someone
who thinks it is funny to call and
ask if I am ticklish or if my feet are
ticklish. I am not going to answer,
but whoever you are, grow up and
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been dead since 1984. She just seems
to be alive through computer technology
and clever manipulation of her
cryogenically frozen corpse). That's
why there are shelves and shelves of
murder mysteries in any given
bookstore. d
That's why X-Files is so successful
on TV today. Who else could so clearly
be the inheritor of the Scooby Doo
tradition? The plot's a little backward
though, since Scully and Mulder search
for criminals who always turn out to
be monsters, ghosts, aliens, etc.
(As an X-phile, I've always wanted
to see a Scooby Doo episode with Scully
and Mulder as the special guests. You
know, like Don Knotts. And Scully
could finally be right for a change! g
Mulder: It's a paranormal
personification of horror! A ghost,
Scully!
Scully: If s a gay in a mask, Mulder.
Ghost/Criminal: And I'd of gotten
away with it too if it weren't for you
FBI agents and that dog!
Scooby: Rooby rooby roo!)
So anyway I guess I was wrong,
and Scooby Doo really is a microcosm
of the human experience through its
focus on mystery.
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Scooby snacks.
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