Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Literary magazine offers creative forum by Brad Walters Journalism Senior The Gurnet & Black, USC’s student magazine, serves a dual purpose: it show cases the university’s best and brightest literary and artistic talent while providing interesting feature articles. The magazine is published three times a year by the students of the University of South Carolina as a forum for all print able creativity. It’s distributed to the uni versity community free of charge in No vember, February and April. Journalism sophomore Martha Wight was named editor of Gomel & Black mag azine for the fall. Wright said one of her first priorities will be to develop the mag azine’s Web presence. “Having a Web site will help us cater to the entire USC campus, not just to those who are picking up magazines,” Wright said. “I think the magazine is in great shape, and there are plenty of traditions to con tinue.” “Garnet & Black’s” former editor, Emily Streyer said she thinks the maga zine will be in “excellent hands” with Wright as editor. “Martha’s been really involved this past year, and she knows exactly what she’s getting into,” Streyer said. “The mag azine has been getting better every year for the past several years, and 1 know it will continue to get better under Martha" For more information about how to submit your work to the magazine or to become a part of The Garnet & Black’s staff, call Wright at 777-1149. The Gamecock gives valuable experience to student journalists by Brad Walters Journalism Senior For more than 25,000 students, fac ulty and staff at USC, the first thing they read in the morning on Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays is The Gamecock stu dent newspaper. The Gamecock gives students of all majors the chance to develop their writing skills and be at the center of what’s going on around campus and the Co lumbia area. The newspaper consists of four sections (news, viewpoints, fea tures/entertainment and sports), and the paper often produces special sections throughout the year. Journalism junior Brock Vergakis will serve as editor in chief for The Game cock student newspaper this fall. Ver gakis said one of his main goals is to ex pand the newspaper’s coverage of state and local events and to increase the qual ity of writing by allowing section editors to concentrate more on editing stories rather than laying out pages. “I think the paper is doing great now, but 1 want to take it to the next level,” Vfeigakis said. “We’ll continue our march up the ranks of the best college news papers in the country.” Kenley Young, previous editor in chief, said he is certain Vergakis will do a great job as the paper’s editor. “Brock is a meticulous planner and has a definitive course he wants to set for the direction of The Gamecock next semester,” Young said. “He has the re spect of all his peers at the newspaper, and 1 have no doubt he’s going to make a wonderful editor.” The Gamecock publishes once a week (on Wednesdays) during regular summer sessions, but will return to a schedule of three times a week starting in August. For more information about how to become involved at The Gamecock this fall, call 777-7726, send an e-mail to brockveigakis@yahoo.com or stop by newsroom in Russell House 333. Photo By Sean Rayford Fall Viewpoints Editor Kevin Langston looks over old issues of The Gamecock to gain ideas for future editorials. WUSC challenges listeners with diverse mix of music by Brad Walters Journalism Senior On the far left of the radio dial at 90.5 lies the University of South Gtrolina’s student-run radio station, WUSC-FM. Columbia’s only college radio station is located on the third floor of the Russell House, where students broadcast shows featuring un detground and lesser-known bands and diverse types of music. WUSC is an educational non-profit radio station. Listeners can hear music that isn’t played on other stations in Columbia, and with no commercials. Most WUSC shows are two-hour free-format shows; however, specialty shows are featured from 6 p.m. to midnight. Spe cialty shows focus on specific genres like hip-hop, jazz, big band, met al, punk, country, blues, and drum and bass. All shows adhere to WUSC’s non-top 40 music policy, with the exception of ‘80s weekend and Moolah for Music weekend. During ‘80s weekend, WUSC DJs take requests from listeners and take donations to help the station. Of course, the music selection is re stricted to the ‘80s. Moolah for Music is the other promotional week end for WUSC, but it’s open to any kind of music from any decade. The ‘80s Weekend is held in the fall, and Moolah for Music is held in the spring. Recently, the station updated equipment in the on-air studio and added a computer cartworks system, allowing the DJs to record and air promotions with the click of a mouse. The station has also revised their Web site to include a search en gine, and a link that allows visitors to listen to the station over the In ternet. WUSC also has a music library filled with thousands of artists for DJs to pull from. With this wealth of material, each show has the po tential to educate its listeners with never-before-heard music. WUSC has several executive positions open for disc jockeys who want to take on more responsibility. Except for the station manager, each position is voted on by DJs who attend station meetings regular ly Journalism junior Taylor Marshall-Green is the 2000-2001 station manager for WUSC. Jason Paddock, former station manager, said he thinks Marshall Green will do “fantastic” as station manager. “Taylor has been here longer than almost anybody,” Paddock said. “I’ve had the honor of seeing him go from a DJ to becoming one of the central characters in a dramatic renaissance at WUSC.” Marshall-Green said he hits seen much improvement in the station since he first became a DJ, and as station manager, he plans on seeing more improvements for WUSC. Marshall-Green believes WUSC has become a powerful voice in Columbia for college, independent and underground music. “WUSC is going above and beyond cutting edge music—more than what any commercial station would only hope to achieve. By sup porting the local, the regional and the national underground and com mercially neglected scene, WUSC is a catapult for new music." Marshal I-Green said that the station relies on the different opin ions and tastes of its DJs to be as diverse and educational as possible. “This station is run by students, and it is their knowledge and pas sion about the music that is our biggest asset,” he said. “Therefore, we can be the most capable voice in educating the community." A DJ interest meeting will be held Thursday, August 31, at 7:00 p.m. in Russell House 326. For more information about becoming a DJ , call 576-WUSC or 777-5468. Photo By Sean Rayford WUSC DJ Nathan Lowe cues up an album before airing it on his radio show.