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Site of the Day CONCERT CALENDAR Mishap, 10:30 pm, Oct 2, Pavlovs The Bhie Dogs w/ Jack Ingram, TBA, Oct. 9, Elbow Room Fiona Apple w/ Hooverphonic, TBA, Oct. 10, Grady Cole Center (Charlotte, NC) Elton John, 8 p.m., Oct. 15, Carolina Coliseum Blues Traveler w/ Jonny Lang, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 10, Township . Auditorium (tickets on sale Friday Oct. 3) ETC. BRIEFS Disk Makers accepting band demos for prizes, CD Disc Makers is now accepting demos for the first Southern Independent Music World Series. Indie bands playing original music will compete for prizes worth more than $35,000. Six finalists will be chosen to showcase for industry professionals Thursday, Dec. 11 at The Cotton Club in Atlanta. The winning act will win prizes ranging from the recording, mastering, manufacturing and promotion of a major label quality CD. This competion is open to all original, independent acts based in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. 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In Maxcy Hall, for len Bp example, students have to doi KT show their IDs at the front str s VS. ? 111 fa itors, swipe their IDs just jet into the living section f he dorm and use their key I fl ipen a door that, in many 19 es, will only open with a I IV Some students like the se of camaraderie they get ^gjgji^ lorms. In a dorm, there is lost always someone else taking the ae course they are. cor "There's always someone to help in i i with your homework, someone who an< I let you borrow their computer and soc iter or just someone who will lend bei i a CD you were thinking about buy- ha; ," said freshman Sona Shah, who alesides in Maxcy. "You can meet lots ^ tew people in the same situation as L." car Freshman Angi Biggs said there i "real sense of friendship in Mc- ^ atock. stu iiLiJi. 1 ; * C '\V/' 0: ^ WMBH : ^5^ apartmt "If we need something, we can just who next door and borrow it," she said, her 's like having a really big closet." noi? Dorm life does have its downsides, ivever. Many students see a lack of ing i vacy as a big problem with living an 01 a dorm. stud With two people stuck in one tiny im for an entire school year, there's ; usually much of a chance of getting aspe ne space of your own. About the on- reas place someone can go for privacy in live < iorm is the bathroom. Thei Also, many students have a proba with the visitation policies in their ins. are; "The dorms have unreasonably ?^? ict rules about visiting members of i opposite sex," Esch said. spac mSm > "Every time someone wants to tie into your room, they have to sign thin; ind leave their ED at the front desk, hvin 1 vou have to eive them vour name, with ial security number and room num*," Johnson said. "It's all just a big said 3Sle-" scho The noise levels in dorms are what aoys other students. maj( "There's always commotion you rade l't control," Shah said. "There are t too many distractions when you're ally ing to get your work done." just "There's never a quiet place to choo dy when you need one," said Esch, 0ti^: PH' >.> A. w^ Br' .j ^i?iHHI^^P^ ^ ^jB mm z' -^ -^ -^m { int life , remembered having to do work in hallway sometimes to escape the e and distractions of her own room. The very popular alternative to livn an on-campus dorm is living in ff-campus apartment, which many ents consider after (and some durtheir freshman year. Many students see a lot of positive cts of living off campus. The biggest ^ on students have for wanting to iff campus is having more freedom. *n awa wa iriaifnfian t\a1i/maa aw c cue nu vioitatiuii ui ^uimes" in off-campus housing. Some freshmen at the University already looking forward to living f campus. "You have more freedom, more e, more of a sense of the real world," Johnson said. (Freedom and priva- ^ cy. What more could a student want? It's not always so nice to live off campus. In fact, sometimes it's just really inconvenient. 1 "You'd have to get up earlier in the morning and j drive all the way to campus " an/4 trv fn fin/4 narlrinor " Shah said. The lack of convenience is some g people dislike about off-campus g. Another problem students had i it was the social aspect. "You would be lonely," Shah . "There might not be anyone from ol or any of your friends nearby." Choosing courses and choosing a )r are nothing. Privacy and camarie are tough. And with this decision, there re- ^ isn't a wrong choice. Each student has to look at their options and se what is best for them. i 'y ' * I, n liy : Wf **^*B liiB ff A