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□ The 'royal we' with Rob and Kevin I —MM—M¥i I It is mid-February, as we dearly hope all of you know, and this is a time of the year where the uni versity has a lot going on. We would like to'take note of some of these events so you, in being aware of them, can be all the student you can be. Fust of all, the Student Government elections will be held Thursday. While this might be a cheap attempt at self-publicity, we would still like to encourage all of you to carefully read over the candidates’ platforms that are printed in this issue of The Gamecock. We won’t tell you who to vote for because that would be unethical and fascist. We will encourage you to se lect a candidate who makes sense to you. Choose the person who doesn’t want to change every aspect of this campus. We all know that a candidate’s power, while important, is limited. All power is limited. So vote for the person who seems to have a sensible plan for the advancement of this campus. Don’t vote for someone just because he or she is in your fraternity, sorority, student organization or what have you. This “buddy system” might have worked in high school, but it shouldn’t hold merit at the col legiate level. We can’t stress this enough! Do not vote for a buddy. The only time you should vote for a buddy is if this buddy of yours looks like the best can didate. We would hate to think that our next president is elected because he or she was in a fraternity, soror ity or popular student organization. We guess we should also encourage you to do the obvious: just vote. One of the biggest problems that faces this campus is student apathy. So don’t sit aside and watch the fate of your university go to the hands of a candidate you don’t agree with. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain, and don’t you see how much fun complaining is? The voting process has been made much easier this year. You don t have to walk to your "district" to vote. You just plant your butt in front of a computer for a few seconds. We all do this every day, so this shouldn’t be too troublesome. Just visit the StudentGovemment Vvfeb site (www.sa.sc.edu/g5a/sg.htm) and plug in your votes. This cuts down on the paper, time and inconvenience for people to vote. Now, there is no damn excuse for you not to vote, so do it. In addition to Student Government elections, we would like to remind everyone that February is Black History Month... duh. Wfe would like to encourage all of you to join in the celebration of African-Ameri can heritage. It is no surprise that Black History Month falls in the same month as Valentine’s Day because that is what this month is all about, love. Love of your her itage and of other people is what makes February (al though the shortest) one of the most rewarding months of the year. Don’t be ignorant of other people and then history. Embrace everyone as fellow Americans and as fellow human beings. By the way, WUSC is now adding new DJs to the large squad that already serves the station. You could expect to hear WUSC operating nearly 24 hours a day in the upcoming weeks. If you like WUSC, this is a good thing. If you don’t like WUSC, seek help... NOW. How could you not like WUSC? Only if you’re an au tomatronic moron who likes to be spoonfed all pos sible ideas and thoughts from an outside and uncaring source would you not like WUSC. Then again, we’re biased... heavily biased. As you can tell, Encore has oeen working closely witn tne oest station in Colum bia, and we do so because we think it deserves the press, and because you deserve to know about it. That’s how much we love you. Finally, we would like to uige you to pick up a copy of the Garnet & Black, another one of our Stu dent Media cousins. This issue looks as good as the magazine has ever looked. It contains some incredi ble poetry, photography, fiction and art. Get some cul ture in your lives and pick up the Garnet & Black. Come on, it’s free. Read something, for Christ’s sake. It’s just another way Student Media gives you the most for your dollar. Until next week, God’s mercy on all you swine. . WUSC-FM spring 2000 schedule Time siot Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 12-2 a.m. Tug, with Audio Imperial Chris F. Nonstop Andy’s Tug, with Occa Occasionai Music Assault Theater Hip-Hop Onslaught sional Music 2-4 a.m. 4-6 a.m. 6-8 a.m. 8-10 a.m. 10-noon 12-2 p.m. 2-4 p.m. I 4-6 p.m. 6-8 p.m. I I . * 8-10 p.m. I I 10-midnight i I Peter A. lim Village O /ariety [rent differ fhe Wasteland breakneck 3unk Rock lad 10 Riot tardcore tARDTIME .oudRock Mandy Kevin Heard It Auditory Simulation The Girl Show Marquee Music Blues Moon w/ DeLune Big Band Show The Connection Audio XTC Adam C. & Bek. M Rothchild’s Revenge Supertwins Action Hour Scar Radio Richard H. The Revolution Revolution/ Wed. Shag Wed. Shag The Dead Cow Show DJ McLaine Jason P. Justin DJ Smiley Russ B. Afterlight Free Forma Nonstop Hip-Hop LOUIS St. Jacques MattB. The Catacomb Late Nite with JMAC !@$?... TGIF Ska mageddon t La Voz Latina Locals Only Red Bank Bar & Grill Red Bank Bar & Grill Nate the > Great Ghetto Hymns Easy Skanking Nick & CK Textures Dark Entries Sunday Mom. Excursions Lone Gunman Radio Clash Radio Inferno Electric Podium Digital Dis tribution Heads Down wusc top 30 for the week of 2/09/99 1. SexMob- Solid Sender 2. CrookBdFmgers-S/T 3. Enigma- The Screen Behind the Mir ror 4. Songs:OHIA- The Lioness 5. Robot Pollard- Speak Kindly of your Volunteer Fire Department 6. DJ Spooky- Subliminded 7. Jim ORourke Halfway to Three vrajr 8. Blame- Two Revolutions 9. Mos Def- Black on Both Sides 10. Charles Gayle- Ancient of Days 11. Russell Mills- Pearl+Umbra 12. Camper Van Chadboume Revenge of... 13. Green Pajamas- 7 Fathoms and Falling 14. GungaDin- Glilterati 15. CaU/Flcreoce/POW- These are the Plans 16. Pachora- AST 17. The Jesus Lizard- Bang! 18. The Kingsbury Manx-S/T 19. Kismet- North Atlantic Balkan Ex press 20. Black Heart Procession- S/T 21. Snapcase- Designs for Automa tion 22. Briggan Kranss- Descending to End 23. KidLoco- DJ kicks 24. Knodel- The White Hole 25. Terry Calher- Lifetime 26. VIA- Delicious Vmyl 27. The Anniversary-Designing a Ner vous Breakdown 28. Swearing at Motorist- More Songs From the Mellow Struggle 29. Company Segundo- Calle Salud 30. Adrian BeSew- Coming Attractions ADDS For Feb. 14/15 1. Mouse on Mars- Nynung Nugung 2. Third Eye Foundation - Little Lost Soul 3. The Wicked Farley's- Make It It 4. Kid Koala- Corporal Tunnel Syn drome 5. Kid Dynamite- Faster, Shorter, Longer