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Serving L Chris Dixon Stephanie Sonnen Editor Lucy Arnold, Achim Hunt, Bryan Johnston Nikk f Rain does] program s At the time of this writing, the alternative band part of Cockstock has drawn a "crowd" of about 30 people to the Tbwnship Auditorium. The low turnout could be blamed on the weather. After all, on a rainy day who wants to drag themselves out of bed to drive to an indoor festival? Perhaps the main show, 112, will entice more people to show. Not only are they scheduled to appear in the early evening, but they are also the only nationally recognized act performing. Both of these factors may draw a larger crowd. Cockstock took on a different face this semester. There were more local bands, and the national act is R&B. Carolina Productions saw past Cockstocks as being too commercialized so they tried to go back to basics and helped showcase local bands and up-and-coming national acts. We applaud the change because it accommodates Summit 1 improve For three days this week, people such as Oprah Winfrey, President Bill Clinton, former Joint Chief of Staff Colin Powell, former President Jimmy Carter, John Travolta, Patti LaBelle, Wynton Marsalis and Tbny Bennett are among the thousands of Americans who have gathered for a summit in Philadelphia to discuss volunteerism and the welfare of children. The conference is stressing five principles in aiding American's children? giving children a solid relationship with an adult, a healthy start in life, a strong education that emphasizes job skills, safe extracurricular activities and an interest in doing community service. About 2,000 delegates from 140 comunities across the U.S. will discuss these issues with dozens of local and national government officials. The idea of the summit is Student Media Russell How Chris Dixon News: Editor in Chief Advertisii Stephanie FAX: Sonnenfeld Viewpoints Editor Achlm Hunt Karen Layne B?7M Jennifer Stanley Johnston News Editors Sports Editors Luey Arnold Mark Hopkins John Lyons Ben Pillow Features Editors CoPJJ^k Nlkki Thorpe Photo Editor The Gamecock is the student newspaper ot the Ui Wednesday, and Friday during the Fall and Spring set periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communicati Student Media is its parent organization. BKBBI The Gamecock will try to print all letters rec include full name, professional title or year a delivered by the author to The Gamecock new reserves the right to edit all letter for style, po withheld for any circumstance. 5amecock ISC Since 1908 , Editor in Chief feld, Viewpoints Editor 4al Board i, Karen Layne, Ben Muldrow, Jennifer Stanley, i lttorpe. n't help ittendance more than one musical style. But somehow, the freshness of the day-long music celebration was not communicated well enough to the student body. It sounds exciting, yet the attendance numbers are not as high as we thought they would be for Cockstock. Garnering slightly over 20% of student activity fees, Carolina Productions is one of the most heavily endowed student organizations. Yet, with all the money and changes made, Cockstock seemed a bit flat this year. Blame it on the rain, on lazy students who didn't want to drive to the Tbwnship, or the time of year (the weekend before the last day of class). Maybe Carolina Productions should have shelled out a little more money and advertised more extensively, or at least paid off the weatherman to make lb sunny <111 u warm wiui a i high of 80 and zero percent i chance of afternoon showers. looks to future to improve life for children by establishing a solid base of community involvement in their lives, which can happen via volunteerism. The goal of the summit sounds really amazing. ' Communities all across America volunteering to give children a brighter future. Sounds almost too warm and fuzzy to happen. Hopefully, the spirit and idealism behind this summit will be able to last. Volunteering is the best J" way to give back to a community. It doesn't take ?1? 1 I ..... rMM. WAAIT ^/\ muuii umc tu give uola iaj uic J. community you have helped g create. j It's our responsibility as a country to upkeep our j society for the posterity of ^ future generations. s Giving back to today's \ children can only help make i a stronger, bolder future. ie USC Colombia, SC 29208 777-7726 Adam Snyder rig: 7774249 Office Manager 777-6482 Jason Jeffers I Cartoonist } Ben Mnldrow Melissa Sellers Graphics Editor Online Editor MdaLa Rocqne Marilyn Asst Viewpoints Edwards Taylor { Heginna Green Marketing Director Asst News Erik Collins ? *!__?. P A Jessica nun i dtiuij auvioui AsstFeatures t Jeflf Nicholson Asst. Photo liversity of South Carolina and is published oa Monday, nesters, with the exception of university holidays and exams editors or the author and not those of the University of South ons is the Publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of jij?^H W^L 1 HI I HH M eived. Letters should be 200-250 words and must nd major if a student. Letters must be personally sroom in Russell House room 333. The Gamecock ssible libel or space limitations. Names will not be ?IEWP fParirZ I J. U11Y1UV l?950rt W \51| CAKltQC W3K | vaMWiBR L4A-J ?? W ^ 1 1 AM- _. i iruiiK one inui gates of Ausch* Eileen Andrews, Honors Coll There's n hea stared into his drink | at the bar. He had been doing the same thing he lad done for eight drinks before, rhis had not been a good day for >hea. Classes were starting to overwhelm him, his fraternity >rothers were giving him problems, ind his girlfriend had left him for lis now ex-best friend. He tried to unwind and relax but lis environment wouldn't allow him. The sounds of Trane's tenor laxophone caromed off the dark blue vails like a cue ball banking off the ails. The relatively dim lighting created i romantic ambiance about the bar, >ut Shea couldn't appreciate it. He vas drowning in the sea of his rum ind Coke. No life jacket could save lim from the crashing waves of each Irink as it hit the back of his throat, juenching any fires of happiness nside him. When Shea opened his eyes, he iwoke to find himself in a strange oom. Instead of the poster-covered vails of his room, there was nothing, fhere were no blankets on either of ;he beds, although one bed had a spot of crimson on it. Sealed paper bags covered the floor, each with a tag bearing the oms *1 Cl^T AJtfi C f* I ) * patrol T_/wi W\le'K cm, i f 8601VW IE1 I ElfMEMl em PN! i %)|$ MK5S "0 J lTLk'>r my mn | ww ? MHS? wts.t tws?.! KmT( ig that's poignant is tb itz. We don't know wh ege senior on the subject of her senior t VV o excuse fc | SHAWN SINGLETON I J"5^ bar. The to go hoi word "Evidence." He tried to leave -jv * but thin yellow barriers kept him . * from freedom. f in? Nothing made sense anymore to ast voi Shea as he finally returned to the ^ barren bed. "What have I done to 8 ?rn. deserve this?" None of this mattered au as an invisible gas entered into the ^ room, making him drowsy. To Shea, this was all a bad dream, 8 S0Uj and all would be better in the morning. He welcomed sleep as a another mistress, next to his old and ^ dear friend Bacardi, and her warm, f, soft voice sang a beautiful lullaby as re8 ? ^ he closed his eyes. , . The next morning, Shea was ^ aj awakened by a woman's voice. ^ e However, this voice was different. . It wasnt the warm soft voice he heard 8X^ * in his dreams the night before. No, a. .w? , .? think a this voice was more shrill, more , , frantic. Screams resonated off the ^ ' concrete walls of this room, saying * things like, "No," "Please don't," and 1 "Stop." They filled Shea's head to the bct*?n' brink of msanity. He tried to escape the screams but an iron door slammed shut, mc preventing him from obtaining _. tv? freedom once again. J f , More noises filtered into the room, 8 e/ layered one on top of the other. First ere 4 ..a Utev (? o^Bi55Wfo BUSK ? OftlK.HW W\ I iciF ? * ft tat their fame expire at they could have at hesis, musicians in Terizan, a Nazi co ir rape - r d his own voice back at the than murder n he heard a woman agreeing left alive to b me with him for more drinks. I have ma t came those awful, blood- to liquor st< I screams that were driving columns, but lane. However, it was the this time. A ce that brought all of this any action, - s together. 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