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Berkeley, students %T can
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graduate students una
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graduate courses. that
How about a junior There are more
forCfeilowaundere. worthy poets to be
graduates? studied than to0]
That's just one Tupac Shukar seei
of the idiosyncrasies reas
surrounding a new a s
class at the univer- c o u
sity. The Poetry of Tupac Shakur films of Keanu Ree'
is the latest edition to the class a course on rap i
roster, according to a brief in Tues- various artists is ere
day's edition of The State. Arvand then you could see 1
Elihu, the young instructor, called 0f music relates to pc
Shakur the "Bob Dylan of our how it ^fleets a par
day." How kind of this single Gen- sodety. But, one m?
eration X-er to speak for the en- compass and repre
tire youth of the nation. matter how many
If s no wonder corporate Amer- have been found,
ica sneers at higher education to- Some may belie
day and refer to it as "dumbing shukariq work will
down." Studying the lyrics an3 versity to the currii
V poetry of a dead rapper doesn t ? , ,, .
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seem to scream intellectual. ,7 . . ,?
Studying pop culture does have ? af'
it's merits IV8 important to un- ^ ,?""khe/e Hg'!
derstand our society, and more- studled before Shal
ESPN (finally)
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A few years ago, ?mor
USC wasnt known coulc
for its basketball. pecte
Before we Midnight BJ ^
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eastern Conference,
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thing but losing. ball
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W ^ necessary to light the fire that ^ucky something t<
would make Gamecock basketball ?ur chance
a force to be reckoned with. thuu you'd expect,
mi r , Saturday, Oct. 18,1.
There were a few lean years turedm the school's
and times when fans and players ni ht Madness. al
ahke wondered when they wouH Coliseum/Frank M
become one of the top teams m the _
SEC. Their patience and their farith event will t
paid off last year when the Game- TvA J*?
cocks took the SEC with a flour- with Duke; Rhode I
ish and a style all their own. Ded- uessee. The show
icated coaches and fans were key cfs^ } a-m- Sat
A | to this victory, but team members P|ar?s ave Duke
were the ones who took that faith autime to compare
and transformed it into something
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And I loved it.
I had finished ir
templated the untimt
e than USC on 90210 and decide<
1 have ever ex- to ta^e a ^rea^
id. Players like It's been a particu
Ickie, Melvin and I wanted to spend
son, Herbert Susan. We hadn't se
)avis and Nate while and wanted t<
ourne ? along ferent than just getti:
a host of oth- cup of coffee. We dec:
? catapulted the treacherous den
! into the top in jean shorts ? Nig]
tings, where night,
deserve to be. por any 0f yOU w
ow, USC has this fine evening of
ered the seeds not sure if I should
great basket- that fact or go the ne
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and USC share learn In high school
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don't mind going to
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look forward to goii
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"It is a real tribute to the Gamecock fans, who are the most sup
USC Basketball Coach Eddie Fogler, on ESPN choosing to highlight I
toke magic found at
day. Karaoke is a trend that should have
never fallen to the level of bowling alleys
inist and once-a-week occasions at sporadic
bars. Karaoke is an institution that should "Where else Can
vrite about things I be respected> adrmred and continued. equipped with t
>e challenged. Where else can anyone get up in front Neil Diamond t<
,. ? ?of an audience, equipped with the vast . , ....
eveal in the follow- creativity of artists ranging from Neil Di- have the ability
r-^Vr -I amond to Prince, be handed a microphone
J SC. I will sacrifice ^ave ability to become instantag
and thought. Here neously transformed? I nervously thumbed t
It's the opportunity to embody the of available tunes and re
ke Wednesday night. muse of ages, with only the flick of a switch early singing experience -
of a lyricless track and a bouncing ball calist in my school band, s
highlighting lyrics. * own "America's Younge
ly homework, con- I don't know where karaoke gets its I was the only gir!
ily shooting accident magic. And I really don't care. All I know which qualified me uncon<
i it was time for me i? that Wednesday night there was com- "Sentimental Journey" a
munity. It didn't matter how well you companying dance. I muc
Iflrlv qtrwofiil wppV san& (?r y?u could even carry a tune). inS behind my alto sax a
I time with my friend ^ family of karaoke welcomes jn Pub1^ until last sumn
en one another in a Ihave to say that Wednesday night's 0 rea 16 s e"
) do something dif- croP wa? particularly fruitful. We heard Iwas visiting my frie
tig the token beer or selections like "Tainted Love" and "Up- nesota. We went to a be
ided to venture into town Girl." As liberating as the experi- Polynesian Room." I'm r
of 30-year-old men ence seemed, I could only dream of get- what was Polynesian abo
htworks on karaoke ting up on that stage and giving it my all. a polka band in one room
What was stopping me? Was it fear of fail- Piano bar in the next. Shii
hn Viavon't Kaon fn ur?? a deeP doubt that I wouldn't mea- seats, 80-year-old waitre
pntortainmpnt I'm sure UP? * s^ched the deep recesses of Rolling Rocks made f
sav be than kfu'l far my mind to find the scarring singing ex- backdrop to my born-agi
xt possible Wednes- P?rienc? that stopped me from joining. The next thing I know I
ling done both in and
That's not why I came to college in were supposed to forg
the beginning, but it's why I'm here now. hood's gone.
ts Editor Ifs why I want to go on to graduate school. But tell h t- ti
pletely different peo- More, more, more, I must know more.
f different thought ?ut? ?ther people will take this same want you to be there, or
i 1??:?i course of action ? eo to erad school ? for easiest thine to do after hi
lie same ujiiuusiuii: o u w
totally different reasons. Namely, they is none. That's being rot
are the people who want money ^ 1+1> ?a? md v it adds cal
ip walkingin Iheofn up A hj^er degree equab more digits in Qne of my dearest fr
ch other ones income. a semester off. I railed a
I don't fault that, but I don't see the that. I couldn't understa
some cases, love to glamour 0f it. My parents think I'm nuts, who had been in school w
1 would have risked idealistic and, moreover, "liberal" when get used to learning, ho1
oi by saying that. 1 j much to them. Well, maybe I am. we uad manv an arm
some of my classes, . wenaa manyanargi
hose that I actually But, I d rather be passionate over mainly because I care al
ng to that I would my wor^, and learn about things I love, want them to succeed ii
ited if I missed and drink cheap wine, then turn gray at that into prose ? I'm ?
a desk while fostering a nice ulcer and think I know what's best 1
e been thinking lor tjien f]ying ^ Italy to pick out a winery and family members.
'then suddenly this rd Uke to ^ What I'm finally and ,
lecturing in front of We re practical, rational humans. But to see (through my protei
ponent I've missed. I think many people forget to feed their tacts) is that he's of the
ips open a blind and sou'-1 don't mean that in a religious con- process as me, only his oi
and comfortable is ^xt. *mean people sometimes forget that posite of mine. Learnin
^rk but interesting it's OK to have aspirations and dreams is not just about opening
and to still believe in the things that we
ses should
ng Day?" ^ "
"Yes, because we don't "Yes. He deserves
acknowledge enough important be honored
people in our society." accomplishn
Frank Haigler Stefan Roi
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anyone get up in front of an dudience,
:he vast creativity of artists ranging from
d Prince, be handed a micro-phone and
to become instantaneously transformed?"
hrough the book microphone with the words of the Johnminisced
on my ny Ma this song "Misty" in front of me (the
?occasional vo- one that's always on easy listening sta2f
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ist Jazz Band." kitten up a tree..-.") There was much point1
in the band, in& laughing and staring. Cliff and my;
iitionally to sing apologetic rendition of "Eleanor Rigby"
nd doing the ac- did not appease the crowd,
h preferred hid- Looking back on these singing disas-;
ind did not sing ters, I realized why I should put down the'
ler. It was time Patsy Cline song sheets and keep my'
mouth shut.
nd Cliff in Min- As karaoke-inspiring musician Ken- J
ir called "Nye's ny Rogers says, 'You got to know when >
lot sure exactly to hold them, know when to fold them."
ut it. There was It was getting late and I had class in the J
and a sing-along morning. This would not be the night that
ly, speckled gold I would shine at karaoke.
isses and ample Maybe my reputation would be saved!
or the perfect after all
lin lyrical style,
was clutching a
out of school
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jet once child- ing at it and listening solemnly to professors
in important gray suits.
le point of being There's life-learning as well. Learnimy
and Daddy ing how to deal with stupid people who
because it's the work for you in a kind, productive, pro- i
gh school? There fessional manner. Learning which is bete
and mechani- ter to read for business, The Wall Street i
Journal or The New York Times. (My
iends is "taking friend has decided to not limit himself j
t him because of and reads both.) Granted, a lot of typi-.
md why anyone ^ lessons in life are learned on campus,,
rould stop. If you but now I see "taking a semester off" as J
w can you stop? a really intense studying of life, as op- j
. posed to escaping from it.
jment over this,
bout people and Ther? s Just ao credit hours for this \.
i life. Translate course- He s auditing it.
i busybody and Learning is really a pair of twins. Two J
for all my friends completely different individuals, but bora i
of the same idea and intentions.
dimly beginning I'd rather have people around me who
n-encrusted con- genuinely believe in education, no mat-!
! same thought- ter which way that takes them, than sur- J
itcome is the op- round myself with people who stay in 1
g, I've realized, school for the simple appearance of learna
book and hav- ing and the material gratification that!
may occur afterwards.
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