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■e This Day In USC History November 19, 1977 — USC pays the bill for the Student Government offices. The cost is estimated at $15,000. - by Emily Stewart Staff Writer It’s Tigerbum time again. While students, faculty and other fans are awaiting the annual “burning” of th< Clemson tiger, members of Carolina Productions are working to plan today’s Tiger bum rally at the State Faiigrounds. Tigerbum begins at 4 p.m. with a barbecue cookout on the Russell House Pa tio. At 6 p.m., the tiger, built by the Student Gamecock Club, will be escorted in; “funeral procession” to the State Fairgrounds and will later be cremated. Many special guests, including football coach Lou Holtz, varsity cheerleaders the pep band, and Scott Summers from WNOK radio station, will all be a part of th< event. Parking is free. Tigerbum was begun during the 1960s by Pi Kappa Psi, and other organizations including the program board, the alumni association and athletic department. In the beginning, the Tiger was paraded to the Statehouse for a pep rally and ther brought back to campus for the bum. Tigerbum has since been held in several otht piaLco, »uui <v> me nuiseuuc, rive rumis aiiu uie r.r,. uciua. Once it became more popular, Tigerbum was no longer just aimed toward the Greek community, but more toward the entire community and all students. “Once the event reached the magnitude where it no longer was being a Greek targeted event, it was an event for the entire community,, which included the stu dents at USC and people who are not necessarily affiliated with the Greek event and began to shift over to Carolina Productions,” said Cedric Scott, President of Car olina Productions. According to Scott, “Tigerbum is essentially just a huge pep rally.” In the past years, it has been celebrated on the Horseshoe, but in an effort to pro tect and preserve the area from the bonfires, the rally has been moved to the Fair grounds. The Alumni Association helped with the move and has donated money to ward the event. “We want to still keep Tigerbum geared towards students, but at the same time we want to allow community peo ple to be involved,” said Scott. Some students said they’re look ing forward to Tigerbum. Marine Science junior Renee Co hen, said, “I am so excited. I know it will be fun as well as entertaining, and it will feel even better if we win on Sat urday.” Anne Squires, a Columbia College graduate agreed, “I think that having the Tigeibum rally at the State Faiigrounds this year will be interesting and differ ent. but Drobablv fim.” Some students, however, aren’t so excited. Junior Rob Vargas said, “I don’t re ally care if I go or not, I will try to, but It is not the most important thing on my agenda for Friday.” Tigerbum sponsors are the Caroli na Productions, Zeta Tau Alpha, the Fra ternity and Sorority Councils, the Stu dent Gamecock Club, LOU’s Crew, tl Alumni Association, WNOK, office of A cohol and Drue Proerams and Dam Marathon. The “Great Gamecock Tailgate” will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the old Tally-Ho location (next to Seawell’s). >e Members of Zeta Tau Alpha light the Tiger on fire on Greene Street to begin Tigerbum last seson. This 1- year’s Tigerbum will be held on the State fairgrounds.6 e Anime in mainstream, still a mystery to Americans by Michael Townes Staff Writer Awareness of Japanese animation is at a high with the re cent popularity of “Pokemon: The Fust Movie: Mewtwo Strike Back” ($50.8 million gross in five days) and the animate feature “Princess Mononoke” on the horizon from Mirama> Despite its persistent emergence into the mainstream, ani me (pronounced “an-ih-may”) and manga (“mon gah”) might still be a mystery to some U.S. au diences unused to the stereotypical “saucer-eyed chicks,” speed lines and big hair. First, anime is, as the name implies ,the animated form, while manga is the comic-book form. Anime is sometimes, but not al ways the filmed version of popular man ga. While technically true, this can be a misleading generalization. Uncountable different manga and anime exsist for all walks of life; where some Westerners be lieve that comics are for children, the Japanese have something for everyone, including children, women, men and profession specific comics. s There’s even an entire category called hentai (“hen-tie”), i which is pornographic and accounts for 25 percent of all ani • me and manga sales. Another difference lies in the stylistic quirks, particular ly in manga. Manga tends to have simple lines and fomis of ex pression that include facial distortions like a mouth getting laig L er when someone shouts or smiles. H The story lines in manga feature well-developed charac ten and focuses on the interactions between them. Rathei , R than trying to force characters into a plot, as is often done ''■jL in American work, the manga-ka (artist) instead let’s a plol grow from the characters. . In fact, most manga is the work of one author, rathei k a than being scripted by one person, drawn by another, inked J I by a third and lettered by a fourth. MH This synthesis allows for fewer internal discontinuities, The Japanese language also translates better into ono matopoeic sound effects. Basically, this means that the “BIFF!,” “POW!” and “OOF!” from the “Batman” television show look a whole lot less stupid in Japanese charac ters. And the final major difference in man ga from American comics is that nearly all manga is in black and white. The differences in anime from the Ameri can form of animation are virtually the same as the differences between manga and amecoms (the Japanese term for American comics). A recurring theme is that of a normal person do ing normal things, like going to school or work, who happens to have a “shadow life,” which causes them to be thrust into extraordinary circumstances, have psionic abil ities or have a best friend who is a robot from the planet Xor gon. These characters have real lives, traumas and personal foibles that might get them into trouble or | cause them to learn from their mis takes. The great majority (though there has been a ma turing trend in recent years) of American ani mation tends to be cliched and geared to the extreme ly young. As a result, many is sues can’t be raised in American animation that arp oftp.n nrPSP.nt in anime. Death, the disappearance * 0f characters, marriages and even the simple fact that nothing is absolute are all read ily apparent themes in anime. 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