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Quote of the Day “Let none presume to tell me that the pen is preferable to the sword.” - Miguel de Cervantes USC students flock to new bar in Five Points by Meredith Davis The Gamecock A new bar opened in Five Points this summer, and its popularity is taking area regulars by storm. The Cock Pit opened its doors July 3, next door to Dr. Rocco’s on Harden Street, across from The Elbow Room. A 21 and older bar, it is known for being laid-back and spacious, as well as for $ 1 draft beers. Around the time of its open ing, many people saw the bar only as a place to go late in the evening, but now it seems to many to be providing competition to other Five Points bars at all hours of the night “It’s a mix of Pavlov’s and Jungle’s,” advertising junior Lindsey Bonds said. “There are some Greeks and non-Greeks. I would be happy to spend a good while there, and not just to kill some time before the crowds build at other bars.” However, some competing bartenders such as Jungle Jim’s Brandt Horton said they haven’t noticed a dwdine in business. “We haven’t noticed any drop in pop ulation. In fact, we’ve been just as strong as ever. As far as another bar goes, good for them. Anything that brings more people to Five Points is good for us.” Business senior Katherine Huckabay said she prefers the familiarity of the old er Five Points bars. “The reason people keep coming back to Jungle Jim’s and Pavlov’s is that the bartenders are all our friends, and the reason people are going to the Cock Pit is because it’s new,” she said. When students returned in Polo shirts and tube tops a week ago and packed the bar, the music still remained the main factor in what distinguished this bar from the others for many students. “This music makes me want to rock old style,” said junior medical student Andy Anderson. Psychology senior Erika Howell agreed. “I’m a rock girl,” she said. “So this is where I come to hang out.” The big leather seats in the comer of the bar and the unassuming atmosphere is helping the bar bring in students, night after night. TTie bar is Carolina-themed, with garnet and black in every comer, a football with a Carolina logo in the center of the circular bar, a USC throw blanket hang ing on the wall, and a USC 2000 football poster hanging on the wall. The Cock Pit’s manager, Hellen Phillips, said what makes the bar so unique is who fills it. “We have an outstanding staff and the people that come in are just great. The bartenders know a lot of people, and those people bring in their friends. You could n’t ask for anything better,” she said. Exercise Science junior April Garris agrees. “The thing that makes the Cock Pit so much better is that the bartenders are older. If there was a fight, I’m sure the bartenders would jump over the bar to break it up, not to join in,” Garris said. Howell added that she did not feel dating pressure in the Cock Pit. “There’s no pick-up scene. There’s no nothing. It’s strictly a go out with your girlfriends bar.” Some atttribute the bar’s popularity to the fact that it’s Five Points newest es tablishment, and say its popularity is only temporary. “Eventually, the newness will wear off and everything will even out again,” business senior Katharine Huckabay said. Even if the newness wears off, the Cock Pit has already made a name for it self among much of USC’s population. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotJight@hotmail.com. 1_ Amy Goulding The Gamecock The Cock Pit, located on Harden Street across from the Elbow Room, has become a popular late night stop in Five Points. — Courtesy of Buena Vista Pictures With their bravado reawakened after executing a brillient scheme to keep from being evicted from their retirement hotel, former goodfellas (left to right) Tony “The Mouth” Donato (Seymour Cassel), Mike "The Brick” Donatelli (Dan Hedaya), Joey “Bats” Pistella (Burt Reynolds) and Bobby Bartellemeo (Richard Dreyfuss) are back feeling like die big shots they were a long time ago. The Crew7 - The laughs are fun, but few ■ Reynolds movie fails in comparison with other codgerly classics £ out of iklOtlkft by Meredith Davis The Gamecock ovie-goers beware: “The Crew” is not on the same tier as “Grumpy Old Men,” nor is it worthy of such a comparison. The movie, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, and Seymour Cassel, is instead a bad example of that wlrich makes shallow humor fun. Not to say the movie tries to be like the former, but the story goes like this: A group of graduated Mafia old-timers re side in the beachfront Miami hotel, the Raj Mahal (the first sad play on words), and fear being taken over by the sunbathing twenty-somethings that have permeated the surrounding apart ments. The four men are the end of a legacy, senior citizens with an ocean view. So to fight against their coming demise, they do a little “whacking,” or a dusting off of their handguns, and tire story rolls on from there. Two storylines, one about a murder and the other about a long-lost daughter, find themselves connecting in tliis cheap comedic thrill. The problems, which may have been intended as cheesy fare (given the director’s intentions), begin with the laughable deadbeat humor that fasliions similarities to the “Naked Gun” movies and “Mafia!” Here are a few examples: Bobby (Dreyfuss) defends “Mouth”’s (Cassel) li bido-driven advances at a strip club by saying “It’s his pre rogative.” Cliches are, of course, not generally re ceived well by audi ences, but what is worse is that Bobby said it with Bobby Brown’s “My Pre rogative” playing in the back ground. Ouch. The good times do prevail, however. For instance, “Mouth” pre pares for a long-awaited Crew see page « . • Economics experiments otter cash tor time by Jennifer Bowen The Gamecock Getting money quickly and tax free is often the pursuit of the American dreamer. Dream no more. Some psychology courses require students to com plete experiments for credit. However, some of these experiments can lead to profitable as well as educational gain. A grant through the economics and sociology departments at USC offers student and faculty mem ber around ten dollars an hour in cash for doing psy chology experiments. “The reason we pay cash is to ensure that peo ple come at their own free will. We’ve have criti cism in the past about getting students to do these experiments as credit. It might affect their judg ment in some way.” Masters International Busi ness Studies Professor Lisa Rutstrom said. The economics experiments often consist of de cision-making problems or puzzles with some kind of financial theme. “All the experiments are simulations of market circumstance,” Rutstrom said. t < “There are no right or wrong answers, and you don’t have to know anything about economics in order to participate,” Rutstrom said. According to Rutstrom, most of these experi ments last up to one hour and are single sessions. However, some experiments require the person to come back two or more times. For the next three weeks, the economics de partment will be recruiting students in lobbies of buildings, classrooms, and cafeterias in between classes. There will also be a sign up sheet in the lobby of the William Close (EA) Building and a Web site with more information (http://econ.badm.sc.edu). After sign up, the department will enter the par ticipants’ names into a database and e-mail those on the list when an experiment comes up. “We inform them it’s a first come, first serve basis. However, if the participants do show up and we cannot use them, they will be given five dol lars just for coming.” Rutstrom said. To lake the experiments, the students must sign a consent form saying they will keep what they did confidential until the material is published. After t wards, they will go to a computer and take a test and then go to the payment department and receive their money. “Complete animosity is always observed,” Rut strom said. Students that have taken the economics and so ciology experiments all had positive comments about their experiences. “It was an experience that made you wonder what was going to happen next," junior biology ma jor Bonnie Koon. jaj “It was a great way to be involved in a team ef fort,” Koon said. “It wasn’t a very stressful event and it was a good way to make money,” International Studies student Gillian Mabrey said. “If I needed the money I would definitely do this,” German student John Fogarty said. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotinail.com. ‘The reason we pay cash is to ensure that people come at their own free will. We've have criticism in the past about getting students to do these experi ments as credit. It might affect their judgment in some way.’ Lisa Rutstrom Masters International Business Studies Professor CAMPUS NOTES AMA to hold open house The American Marketing Association is hosting an Open House drop-in from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday on the 8th floor of the Darla Moore School of Business. There will be free pizza, prizes, and info about AMA. All ma jors are welcome. Football tickets to be distributed Student football ticket distribution for the New Mexico State and Geoigia games takes place today and Tuesday in Russell House room 205. Tickets will also be distributed Thursday at the Student Organization Fair on the Rus sell House patio. Students need to present their student IDs for a ticket. Blockseating coupons are also avail able. Call Student Government at 777-2654 for block seating informa tion. Organization accepts applications Sign up for USC's Leadership and Community Service Oiganization. Ap plications are available in Campus Ac tivities Center in the Russell House. Applications are due Sept. 8. If you have any questions, visit the Campus Activities Center in the basement of the Russell House. "Encounter" to meet "Encounter," meetings will be held at 7:37 p.m. Tuesday in the Rutledge Chapel. For more information, call Jane Poster at 799-3854. Spring Board accepts applications Spring Board is accepting applications in the Campus Activities Center. USC's Leadership and Community Service Oiganization is looking for those who want to get involved and make a difference. Applications are due Sept. 8 in the Campus Activities Center What’s Happening Wednesday 8/30 The Village Idiot: The Speakeasies at 10 (all ages ) Thursday 8/31 Billy G’s: Wild Men of Borneo at 9:30 Delaney’s Pub: Patrick Davis at 10 Monterrey Jack’s: Robert Newton Group at 10:30 (21+) New Brookland Tavern: Burns Out Bright with Grounded and SuperBike at 10 (18+) Friday 9/1 Billy G’s: Fourth Element Elbow Room: The Steele Group Jillian’s: Larry James at 6 (21+ after 9 p.m.) New Brookland Tavern: Hick’ry Hawkins with karaoke hosted by Chris Bickle, lead singer of Confederate Fagg (18+) saturaav v/z Billy G’ s: Sourwood Honey Elbow Room: Motherload, Mass Connection, Appleseed Monterrey Jack’s: Josh, Ryan, and Josh from Captain Easy at 11:30 (21+) New Brookland Tavern: Dr. Dan with Death to Van Gogh’s Ear (18+)