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E-MAIL Does anything in this paper grab you? Write us. We won't bite. GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. Page 4Hie(5ai Serving the Carolina Comr EDITORIAL ] Brad Walters, Ea Kevin Langston, Vi Emily Streyer, Fe Kenley Young, Cc City shou Club Mer< During the early morning hours of May 9, the USC po- jt,erecent lira Hpnartmpnt rp- i tJt> IKAAZIM sponded to reports C/W# Afe of gunshots fired ^? near Club Mercedes on Devine Street. TK~ , For many stu- SIOOU dents, particularly asking tl those who take tocbsetl classes at the ^ School of Law and UYltxH d the Carolina Coliseum, walking past Club Mercedes bi is a part of their daily routine, m More than 400 students live in e$ the Towers, less than a block away from the club, and twice that num- u] ber will be there this fall. of These students, or anyone else w for that matter, shouldn't have to g< feel threatened by a club that b< has no reason to be open. The uni- N versitv should be a living and learn- m ing community, not a place fe where we should have to sidestep it gunshots. sc USC President John Palms if wrote two letters in a two-week it time span to Columbia mayor Bob ttelSair . Serving the Carolina Com mi The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University c and Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times durin and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of South Carolina. 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As long as the club remains in usiness, though, we as a comlunity need to make sure our voic 5 are neara. We must act now. Students, facIty and staff, not just university ficials, should let the mayor know e want this club shut down for xxl. One person already has died jcause of gunfire outside the club, o USC students, faculty or staff lembers have been directly afcted yet by the crime there, but 's only a matter of time before imeone else gets senousiy injured the club continues operating as is. iccock !?m in ilv since 1908 it South Carolina and is published Monday. Wednesday ig the summer with the exception of university holidays of the editors or author and not those of The linisersitv munications is the publisher of The Gamecock The ion. tck iarlie Wallace Sports Editor rnley Young Copy Desk Chief hton June Photo Editor iR Ryan Online Editor 11a ierry Holmes Classified Manager irolyn Griffin Business Manager ik Collins Faculty Advisor z. gckelc@sc.edu 777-7726 ons gcksports@sc.edu 777-11&2 iline gckonli@sc.edu 777-2833 x 777-6482 isiness Office 777-3888 iWPOII The Gamecock i Three days KEVIN LANGSTON columnist Agi In a summer with acts like Bob tioi Dylan and Paul Simon, Tbm Pet- vid ty, Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. u r touring, they all seemingly take a ent back seat to the third installment of ten the Woodstock Music Festival. Even this three more days or peace and music ing will be held this summer in New Spi] York. Profit is what has all the pro- stur moters' eyes glowing as the festi- the val gets closer. With ticket prices at val $150, this show won't come cheap, que Where the first Woodstock was fa- sen mous for a number of things, one coui of which was the number of people Sec who sneaked past the gates, this broi Woodstock will be notorious tor tne n 11 outlandish charge that good music ln f brings with it. tiva Gracing the stage's presence at imp Woodstock '99 are acts like Aerosmith, George Clinton and the P- fori Punk All Stars, Willie Nelson, Count- 30tl ing Crows, Fat Boy Slim, Dave this Matthews Band, Metallica and Rage mot QUOTE, UNQl "I switched rr semester of my ji . "rA I ^ have a lot tc V I Matt Katz, compt ^ I i J on why he chose 1 school. Wednesday, Tit NEW ^OIY? of profit and t certainly is sad to see the sa ho celebrated love and music y to exploit it in 1999." ainst the Machine. The ques- into the value 1 of whether the show will pro- name, we'll cor e entertainment is absurd. Nat- lame imitations ally, the festival will be tide, ertaining. However, something What are we ribly important is missing from ebrating by ha1 > year's blatant attempt at cash- stock? With nob in on the Woodstock name: the Tibetan Freedon rit. Aid raising mon The promoters tried the same tive causes, the it five years ago when they held falling short in p second Woodstock music festi- hide the true air . Once the hype from this se- in Woodstock w] 1 died down, the general con- on Griffin Busim sus was that the first Woodstock Park. It just doe Id never be duplicated. Sure, the ring to it as Yas^ ond Woodstock might have 1969 was t! aght in more money, but it was- decade that broc the same. The spirit was gone, to America. Hur act, the second Woodstock Fes- for their civil rig! il fell far short of the fame and walking on the lortance of the first. and women we Money is the only logical reason many opposed, i laving another Woodstock. At its KingJr.,Mal ti Anniversary, are we to expect Kennedy and Ro every five years? As long as pro- assassinated. In 1 ?rs can keep sinking their teeth ment to raise a1 WOODSTOCK. JOTE iajors the last unior year, and I ) make up." iter science senior, : to take summer courses June 2,1999 o 10 gain me people in 1969 of the Woodstock itinue to see these i of the genuine ar: supposed to be eelzing a third Woodle festivals like The -? Pa?/ia?4 o-*-?/-! Form _l VyUllUCl t CU1U x cum Ley for their respecthird Woodstock is urpose. It's hard to q of the next phase den it's being held ess and Technology sn't have the same pir's Farm, he last year in a ight radical change aans were fighting its, Americans were mnrvn vnnncr mpn re fighting a war md Martin Luther colm X, John F. bert Kennedy were ight of this, a movebareness and pro:ontinued on page 5