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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
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Crime Ctt The university
rcedes should be applauded
for letUKhyBB
ting the city
, , t know in a consisut
keep ^.en^. manner its
7e City feelings about the
)e club continued operation
of the club.
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.
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The Gamecock
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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
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