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Quote of the Week "I disapprove of what you say, but ! will defend to the death your right to say it." - Attributed to Voltaire Page 6 * 'CIlC 03MCOCk Wednesday, June 21,2000 Students tiy to stay busy in summer by Cris Lawhon Staff Writer If you are one of the many students here at USC for summer class es, you may be wondering what exactly there is to do in Columbia. Many of the on-campus activities that usually absorb a student’s free time have disappeared with the coming of the summer. The campus and “night-life” is a shell of what it was over a month ago. Students may be feeling uncomfortable from the eerie silence, so The Game cock went out to find what students are doing for fun in their spare time. Doug McKay, an electric engineering junior, decided not to work during his Summer I session because of his demanding class schedule. McKay takes Kung Fu at Lan-Tang Shaolin Kung Fu Academy to keep in shape. He will be competing in a tournament in Orlando in July. There are many fitness opportunities. The Blatt P.E. Center offers students free group exercise classes. The faculty and staff class is of fered during lunch break, for those that only have time to work out from 1 to 2 p.m. (Jne or the most popular instructors is Marta Junasz, wno is Known for her a very demanding work out. She teaches a Body Sculpting class on Wednesday night. Lania Ramsey, the program coordinator for the Blatt, said, “[I rec ommend the] cardio jam on Friday or any of Marta’s classes keep my attention, my heart rate up, and challenges me.” A yoga class is offered on Friday and Sunday night at 5:30. This class is becoming increasingly popular. Brice Gill and Stephanie Barris teach kickboxing class during the week. Both are quality instructors. For those who are injured or just want to exercise in a pool, there are water aerobics classes Monday through Wednesday night at 5:30. The weight room is open every day from 7a.m. to 10:30 p.m. as well. Students interested in culture can attend the concerts offered in Finlay Park every Saturday until September. Caroline Byrd, print journalism sophomore, enjoys going to inde pendent films at the Nickelodeon, a small theater on Main Street, and she frequents the coffee shops located in Five Points. Byrd is learning photography during the Summer I session. So much of her free time is monopolized in finding beauty around Co lumbia. Many students have to work while attending their fast-paced cours-. es. Darrin Martin, a business junior, works two jobs while going to school. He is a server at Damon’s Restaurant and New Orleans River front Restaurant. In his free time between school and work, Martin likes to play golf. Callie White, a broadcast journalism sophomore, was involved in Al pha Delta Pi during the school year. Now, with much more time on her hands, she relaxes by lying out by the river near campus. White said for late night fun, a lot of people go to the “Flip Side,” a dance club that plays techno music instead of mainstream. White en joys summer school because even though it is harder, a student can get more one-on-one with the professor. So if you have some free time you can do anything from learning how to play the guitar to water-skiing with friends. So embrace the opportunities during the summer because you may not have time during the school year. File Photo Instructor Sarah Morgan (middle), leads a class of kick boxing at the Blatt PE Center. The class is a combination of kickboxing and step aerobics. Slim Shady brings rap to a new low by Phil Watson Staff Writer Attention, angry suburban white boys! Throw on your wife beaters, turn up the system in the BMW your dad bought you, and IM your friends! Eminem has made a new CD. Making murder, rape and incest seem like.no big deal has never been easier. Eminem has opened a new door for all the nut cases of America with his new al bum “Marshal Mathers LP”. Eminem’s first album, “Slim Shady LP," pushed the envelope with songs about domestic abuse, rape and drugs. This notoriety gave him his name. If Eminem were just a white guy rapping about police, sling ing dope and jocking bitches, he wouldn’t have the fame he has today. Instead, he takes his lyrics to a whole new level that most black rap pers won't touch with a ten-foot pole. Being over the edge has every tiling to do with Eminem’s success. Marsnai Mainers Lr ines loo naru iu oe uuuageuus. cnuueui knows the only way he can sell records is to go further than the last guy with his lyrics. This new CD is so outlandish it seems phony. Eminem raps about being a serial killer in his new album. Not about being a “serial killa" in a Compton gangster kind of way, but about being a “serial killer” in a Jeffery Dahmer kind of way. In one song he goes into detail about dragging an unidentified woman into the woods and “painting the forest red” with her blood. Basically, the whole album is about raping, beating and killing women. “Kim,” a song from the new CD, is one of the most chilling de pictions of murder you could imagine. The song starts out with Em inem screaming at his wife because she cheated on him. Eventually, we hear him strangle her to death and break her neck as she begs for mercy. One of the most memorable lines from this song comes while Eminem is choking his wife. He screams, “Now bleed, bitch! Bleed!” as we hear Kim’s neck being broken. After listening to this CD, I’ve come to the conclusion that Em inem is crazier than an anorexic three-homed toad in Beirut with a spatula made of country-fried plutonium. Don’t ask. He talks about murdering people more than I think about women’s breasteses (no, that’s not a typo. And yes, I’m immature). And believe me, that’s a lot of talk about murder. We’ve all heard “The Real Slim Shady hundreds and hundreds or times. Good old MTV wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a catchy song, I admit, but if you expect the whole CD to be about Christina Aguilera giving head to Fred Durst, you’re in for a disappointment. “The real Slim Shady” is like a church hymn, compared to the rest of the CD. There are some redeeming qualities to this album, though. Har vard man Dr. Dre and Inglewood tax attorney Snoop Doggy Dogg be throwin’ out phat rhymes in this dope-ass record. It’s always nice to hear from Snoop Dogg. Dr. Dre seems to be doing well, too. Dr. Dre gave Eminem his start. It’s nice to see that Eminem didn’t forget about Dre. We all know how mad Dre gets when people foiget about him (don’t worry, if you don’t know much about rap, that’s not supposed to make sense). The gay community hasn’t taken well to “Marshal Mathers LP”. And no wonder, in one of his songs, Eminem says, “You think I’m anal retentive. You’re damn right. Because I don’t get ****** in mine, you fa.” Ok, I won’t include the rest of that quote because I’d like to be able to walk around campus in the future without having to look over my shoulder. A funny thing I recently learned was that Eminem is facing charges for assault with a deadly weapon. We’ll see just how “anal retentive” he is when he goes to prison. Ini reminded or the uood ol days ot rap. tn this golden age ot gangstas, the music was about bitches, blunts and low-riders. Not about sadistic murders, rotting corpses, rape and cutting heads off with chain saws. Where have the old-fashioned values of Snoop Dogg and Tu Pac gone to? I miss those days. Leave it to a white guy to spoil the pure art of rap.