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"Triennial '98,"featuring t work of 35 contemporary loc artists, continues through Sept at the South Carolina State M seum on the first floor. Two ne features editor MARCUS AMAKER Students now have two more options when they want to buy and sell used CDs. Disc Go Round and CD & Video Exchange are two new CD stores that opened in Five Points this summer. Both stores have massive amounts of music, and their owners are hoping to cash in on the crowd that frequently goes to Papa Jazz, New Clear Days and Manifest Discs & Tapes. Disc Go Round, located at 631A Harden St., is unique in many ways. In addition to having more than 8,000 used CDs, the store is able to repair scratched ones. For $4 per CD, a customer can bring in one of their CDs and store owner Gene Kluttz, or one of his employees, will repair it. Kluttz said this service is guaranteed. Disc Go Round also has a reliable ' way for a customer to find out what the store has in stock. There is a user-friendly computerized look-up station that allows someone to type in the name of an artist or band, song, or album title and see a track listing of the li CD along with its availability. I Ifa CD is not in stock, Kluttz 1 will order it. The store also has T-shirts, IBl stickers and posters. There Wt are door-sized posters of i everyone from Jimi Hendrix |S to Janet Jackson, and each | are reasonably priced. Within their eclectic music I collection are the latest popular I rap, country, jazz and rock . CDs. Disc Go Round also sells - imports with hard-to-find songs Elilllllll from Fiona Apple, Sarah I McLachlan and others. After New Clear Days moved to Santee St., Fred Arnold opened his 22nd store, Students staff writer TJ LYERLY Last Spring, a group of USC students from Robert Lamb's creative writing classes from the past five years published a book of short fiction under Lamb's Red Letter Press. The Class Menagerie: A Collection of Short Stories Out of USC was released on April Fool's Day, but it takes more than a fool to appreciate the hard work and talent that went into this project. Lamb, a professor at USC, is a published novelist who also contributed one of his own stories. He said the students who contributed to the collection ranged twenty somethings to senior citizens. The authors of the short stories come from all walks of life, so each story in the collection is unique. There are stories about childhood, |k death, disease, v: f 1 relationships f s and everything II in between. 1 What makes | these stories most lff|b effective is not the Ifllv W\ iP^gf uniqueness of the 111 f 1 plot, but the char- flll% il 1 I acter development. m \ 1 In any good It 1l movie, the audience f||| m j#,, *g|| must be able to relate KflHH to the characters. They W^?Mk^ l3^ have to be both interesting and credible. Though the plots may be carefully crafted as well, those who read any ^111111? of these short stories are more likely to remember the unique individuals rather than the story lines. Lamb formed his publishing company, the Red Let- W$ ter Press, a little over a year p||P||P ago in order to make sure the 1|H|| students'talent for writing good f||?| short fiction is shared with oth- WmM ers. W$M Lamb said that 500 copies were printed in the first printing of the 1|| book, and they cost $25 each. He sent 40 copies to the Caroli- llj na Bookstore and copies to the Uni- 11 versity Bookstore. A second print- 1 - fiL. I 1. 1 I?I Ulg ui uie uuujs. ma_y ue ueeucu. ? Lamb isn't so concerned with how many books are sold, but he wants the book to be used as a teaching aid. He is going to use the book in his own classes. Lamb said that he urges students to find their own way and be creative, and he doesn't believe in force-feeding \ * he :al .7 [uw CD st( CD & Video Exchange, in the abandoned location. CD & Video Exchange has a lot of used CDs, along with a good selection of posters, tapes and videos. One of the distinguishing qualities of Arnold's store is that customers can only sell their CDs for store credit, not money. The trade value is determined by a set worth, which depends on the year fhn CD nroo oooorl nvomrvln nil uit va/ noo ititaov^u. x v/x cui CDs released in 1997 are worth $5 in trade and 1998 CDs are good for $6 towards a purchase. These values are posted in the store. "I'm not into money. I'd work with anybody," Arnold said. "We give a real fair trade-in value." Another aspect of CD & Video Exchange, different from other CD stores, is a policy allowing customers to rent any used CD for 30 days for $1. Rental and trade also applies VHS video tapes and laser video discs. "People can experiment with titles they never heard before," Arnold said. " S3 .JK, ? gpl | 1 ' ?. :& THn^nnlniTi ; m g&slgl *?? . . .-. .-.W - V\V. V '.V. A'.W.' , .v.v .v.- SV,\ ,\V.^ . .AVA\W.'.W.%WM%sV\ ?' stories students and telling them exactly what to do. He teaches his students basic elements of good fiction writing, like beginning the story with a "hook" or "lead" much like you would in a newspaper article or even a motion picture. "In good movies, there is no fiddling around, they grab your attention at the very beginning," Lamb said. Any good story begins with painting a picture in an almost cinematic establishment of the setting. Though it requires some talent, good fiction writing can only be created after a great deal of instruction and practice. ?V?.. 1 A? 1 ^ ^ "V 1 J:" V doing," Lamb said. "There's a craft to it, like being a carpenter." Though good writing does require hard work, not many aspiring writers have the "knack" for becoming a great writer. "Most students are average writers. Only one or two are head and shoul<* Ei >res oper Because of his musical background, | Arnold has access to imported and rare 1 music. Some of his prize possessions are the | albums and CDs given to him by Yoko Ono, whom he said he met as president of the Beatles fan club. Arnold said he f and Ono are still good friends. He is also legally blind, which he said 1 doesn't hinder his ability to have a 1 productive life. "I'm not handicapped, because in order to be handicapped, you have to have lost something," he said. "I haven't | lost anything, because I was born this way." Arnold plans on giving away free posters to students at the beginning of | the semester to promote CD & Video Exchange. CD & Video Exchange is located at 919 Sumter St. next to Lizard's Thicket and Sammi's Deli. There is no phone jj r*Trr*i1r*V-tl/-v fViic fimn avauauic at uuo tunc;. The number for Disc Go Round is (803)799-9221. HP Ipw IBi f?3 lllf lli ^Bbs^ gBrllip JgJ I" { I H in book ders above the ~Z~ rest, and the other students in the %'"' class know who ^ #*! ? those people are," ^ W& does not apply to jj^^B jU writers. There are ^fl onlv a few good writers out there, LAMB which is why the high quality of the stories in The Class Menagerie is not typical of those produced by most students in writing cours es. Lamb said that the South produces good writers, and the South produces good musicians and artists in other media as well. The reason for this artistic fertility is debatable, South is definitely his^ory and steeped H I "1 jk in tradition, it I The stories in this |?| \ wM collection aren't necesp|| sarily Southern or re!?| gional in flavor, but Southern influences can definitely be no||8B| ticed in many of Wk them. The stories in The Class Menagerie are so well-written and dramatic in nature, that some of them are being adapted into one-act HB plays to be performed in anyofthe ||| several local theaters m&ri wMb. ? -% sucn as IIKIy , if! li Trustus, WorkHHk shop Theater, use. Lamb said pIP " that he wishes to eventually publish a second volume of short stories by his students, so any students who have aspirations of becoming a published author might be interested in taking his short fiction class. Lamb's own award-winning novel, Striking Out, a story about a boy's relationship problems, exactly as the title implies, can be checked out at the USC Cooper Library. :c. i near c '* llPi Disc Go Round owner Gene Klutt owner Fred Arnold (left) opened summer. Both stores sell used posters. Disc Go Round is at 6 Exchange is at 919 Sumter St. Hemp pro health, dru COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE KANSAS CITY, Ma?Nestled amonj the lotions, oils and soaps on a shelf a the Body Shop on the Kansas City'; Country Club Plaza is a 2-foot display that's hard to miss. It is an illustration of a familiar looking leaf, Cannabis sativa L. otherwise known as hemp. Reactions from customers have beer iiiiACU liiviuuiug uuc wuiiia.ii wnv began crying after she rubbed a smidger of the hemp lotion on her hands. "She just freaked out," clerk Mical Schiller said. "She was rushing arounc saying, 1 need water! Where can I wasl my hands?' She said her company die drug testing, and she didn't want to b< fired." That customer had nothing to won] about, said manager Peggy McEwen who explained that the hemp products have negligible amounts of Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol "I was conoemed v ' too, when I first heard we would be carrying this line," McEwen said. "But I was misinformed. I'm a parent. And as i parent you certainly don't want t< promote drugs." The controversy over hemp seem: to be growing as fast as wild ditch wee( on back-country roads. Hemp ui eveiyuuiig uun BMW brake pads to clothing to veggie burgers and beer, consumers fac< mounting contradictory information What hemp is, a versatile cash croj or an evil weed, depends on whom yoi ask. Is it marijuana? All marijuana is hemp, but not al hemp is marijuana, said Paul Mahlbeig a professor at Indiana University ii Bloomington and a molecular biologis who has studied Cannabis for 30 years "Hemp and marijuana come fron the same plant genus, just like swee corn, field corn and popcorn come fron the same plant genus," he said. "Bu the strain of industrial hemp," used ii consumer products, "has a much lowe k Evei hti ampus PHOTOS BY AMY McCORMICK The Gamecock i (above) and CD & Video Exchange [ their stores in Five Points in the domestic and imported CDs and 31 A Harden St. and CD & Video ducts cause ig concerns I concentration ofTHC." Low THC means that the plant has I high concentrations of cannabidiol, t whichis antagonistic to the mind-altering 3 properties ofTHC. ' In other words, smoking a hemp plant with low THC would produce a strong headache, and that's all. > But it is impossible to verify THC levels without a chemical analysis, 1 Mahlberg added. J Industrial hemp is cultivated to 1 encourage a woody stalk, so it is densely planted and often grows to 16 feet. The 1 plants are harvested within 100 days. 1 Marijuana is cropped to promote a 1 bushy plant with bigger leaves. It is 1 harvested after 190 days. Hemp advocates insist marijuana is a distant cousin to industrial varieties. f But the Drug Enforcement >' Administration just says no. "Hemp is ^^^^^^^^^^^^ation program is about eliminating marijuana." 1 Industrial hemp advocates distance 3 themselves from recreational marijuana users. 3 In fact, any hemp organization that ^ even hints of supporting recreational use is denied entry to the North 1 American Industrial Hemp Council, a group lobbying to change current DEA 2 restrictions on growing industrial hemp. Twenty-five countries, including 3 Canada, England, France, Germany 1 and China, currently produce industrial hemp. Both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the General 1 Accord on Tariffs and Trade recognize I) hemp as an agricultural crop. 1 All members of the Group of Seven t Industrialized Nations permit hemp > cultivation, except the United States. 1 "In the United States we are living t on an island of denial, surrounded by n a sea of acceptance," said Erwin Sholtz, t chairman of the North American o r HEMP page 11A rybody loves Sporty Spice! tp//www.angelfire.com /pa/LovelyMel Finlay Park Summer Concert Series Ross Holmes Band, Aug. 15 Mystic Vibrations, Aug. 22 The O'Kaysions, Aug. 29 ' Martin Luther King Jr. Park blues festival, Aug. z\) (Etta Baker, Drink Small, Magic Slim, John Mookey, Skeeter Brandon) Greenville Fairgrounds Creed, Fuel, Finger Eleven, Spilling Poetry, Marvelous 3, King Slender, Aug. 21 House of Blues, Myrtle Beach Hall & Oats, Aug. 21 Magnolia St. Pub, Spartanburg SKWZBXX, Aug. 20 Come on Thunderchild, Aug. 27 Root Doctors, Aug. 28 Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte Dave Matthews Band, Aug. 21 Rod Stewart Smokin' Grooves, Aug. 26 (Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Busta Rhymes, Black Eyed Peas, more) Janet Jackson, Usher, Sept. 4 Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte Gravity Kills, Pitchshifter, tonight Snapcase, H20, Boy Sets Fire, Aug. 21 The Ritz (Raleigh, N.C.) Massive Attack, Sept. 9 The Masquerade, Atlanta Cannibal Corpse "Aug. 15 Punk/Oi Festival, Aug. 22-23 Thrill Kill Cult, Aug. 25 Chastain Ampi theatre, Atlanta Tori Amos, Aug. 17-18 all dates subject to changes A Tribe Called Quest will release their fifth album, The Love Movement, on Aug. 25 PJ Harvey's newest CD, Is This Desire?, will come out next month Sneaker Pimps lead singer Kelli Dayton left the group to pursue a solo career Jump, Little Children's majorlabel debut, Magazine, will come out Sept. 1 The next single and video from Madonna is expected to be "Drowned World/ Substitute For Love"...she still has no plans to tour in support of Ray of Light Elliot Smith's new album, XO, is available on vinyl. The CD will hit stores Aug. 25 Joni Mitchell's 20th album, Taming the Tiger, should be released next month The fourth album by The Scofflaws, Record of Convictions, will be in stores soon The long-awaited album from Hole, Celebrity Skin, is scheduled to be in stores Sept. 8 The next Tori Amos single in the U.S. will be "Jackie's Strength"...the two b-sides are "Never Seen Blue" and "Beulah Land" The U.K's next single will be "Raspberry Swirl" Joan Osborne just finished recording her new album. There's no release date vet. The next album from The Roots, who are now on MCA records, is called Things Fall Apart. It's scheduled to be released in January 1999 "Holland, 1945" will be released as the next single from Neutral Milk Hotel on Blue Records The Flipmode Squad, featuring Busta Rhymes and others, will drop their CD, The Imperial Album, Sept 1 Sheryl Crow's new album, Riverwide, is scheduled to come out on Sept. 15 And finally, Sept. 15 will also be the day that Hootie and The Blowfish release their third album, Musical Chairs compiled by Marcus Amaker (for CD reviews, see page 12A) Those interested in submitting concert or event dates for the concert calendar should bring them to The Gamecock, located in room 333 in the Russell House University Union. Our entertainment editor is available at (803) 777-3913. Our fax number is (803) 777-6482. it