This Week in USC History
1995 - The Towers begin renovations, with con
crete joints enclosing the balconies.
Special to The Gamecock
Zakk Wylde’s band, Black Label Society, takes the stage Thursday night at Ground Zero in Spartanburg along with
Crowbar and Sixty Watt Shaman. Wylde achieved fame in the late 80s and early 90s as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.
Zakk Wylde *
has a Penchant
for Violence
by Jonathan Dunagin
The Gamecock
If you’ve been craving a night full of violence and pound
ing music, then you might be brave enough to venture up to
Spartanburg’s Ground Zero this Thursday night to witness the
Penchant for Violence tour, courtesy of Spitfire Records.
Crowbar, co-creators of the Nola sound (a meshing of
English doom and sludge metal), and opening act Sixty Watt
Shaman will be taking the stage and punishing the crowd with
their versions of metal anguish. And as if this were not enough,
the headlining band will be none other than Black Label So
ciety, guitar icon Zakk Wylde’s latest venture in black ‘n’ blue
metal.
If the name sounds familiar, but the face escapes you, lis
ten to Ozzy Osbourne from the late fiOs and early 90s. The
guitar work by Wylde on No Rest for the Wicked and No
More Teats had critics comparing him to some of rock’s great
est musicians, an acclamation he readily deserved. After all,
he was responsible for writing the riffs to some of Ozzy’s most
popular songs, including the radio hit “Mama, I’m Coming
Home.”
However, it wasn’t until Wylde left Ozzy that he was able
to exert complete creative control over his music. With the
band Pride and Glory, he wasn’t only writing the riffs, but al
so had developed into an accomplished lyricist and vocalist,
something unexpected from a man famous for his guitar work.
■ “I pretty much write about stuff that means something to
.me,” Wylde said. “It could have been something that hap
pened to me, something that happened to a friend, something
that I see on TV, you know, anything. The majority of the time .
it is about real sh*t.”
Eventually, Wylde moved on to other things, included
among them founding the alcohol-fueled moniker Black
Label Society. With this band, Wylde has produced two al
bums, the most recent being this summer’s Stronger Than
Death. These albums have taken the traditional sound of met
al and added to it both classic blues and southern rock influ
ences to create a sound that’s truly unique.
“The bands I grew up listening to were Black Sabbath,
Jimi Hendrix, Frank Marino, and bands like Led Zepplin,”
Wylde said. “Stuff everybody was weaned on when they were
growing up like The Allman Brothers, [Lynyrd] Skynard and
Elton John.
According to Wylde, these bands have effected and in
fluenced him, helping to create the style and sound of Black
Label Society, which Wylde describes simply as being “just
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Study shows students not getting enough sleep
by Marguerite Higgins
The Gamecock
This situation is classic for any college stu
dent who’s struggled with last minute cramming:
It’s the night before a major exani is given or an
important paper is due and the clock shows it’s
way past bedtime.
If a student’s final grade is riding on this spe
cific assignment, and the hour is late, that stu
dent’s sleep is destined to suffer. In fact, 200,000
0 young adults experience some level of sleep
ing problems during the daytime, according to
the National Sleep Foundation (NFS).
The NFS reported 53 percent of young adults
in the nation, ranging from ages 18 to 29, are not
getting enough sleep. Mary Safko, vice presi
dent of corporate development for SleepMed
Inc. in Columbia, said the number continues to
grow in the university population, as students
continue to take early morning classes and spend
late-night evenings studying.
“In your teen-age years, which studies have
found to be starting at as early as 12, students
need to be getting at least nine hours of sleep to
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have optimum peak performance during the day,”
Safko said.
Safko said adolescents enter into Phase De
layed Sleep Syndrome, which shifts the body’s
internal clock and increases a desire for later
bedtimes, thus causing sleep deprivation. •
To most students, sleep deprivation includes
sleepiness, lack of concentration, or an unre
freshed feeling, Safko said.
But rather than catch up on the weekends,
Safko suggests students make a regular bed
time pattern, which includes having at least nine
hours of sleep, as well as a consistent bedtime
and wake-up time through the entire week.
She also advises students and adolescents
to veer away from sleep aids like alcohol and
over-the-counter prescription drugs.
“What alcohol and prescription drugs will
do is upset your sleep architecture and offset the
waves, which flow through three different stages
in your brain, leaving you with a hangover or
making you feel like you haven’t slept at all dur
ing the night,” Safko said.
More serious reported consequences are
falling asleep while driving or operating heavy
machinery, a NFS representative said.
In a recent 2000 study, NFS cited more than
1,900 car accidents resulting from falling asleep
behind the wheel.
While the number has been decreasing in the
last four years, Safko said most students are vul
nerable to developing detrimental sleeping habits
in their youth, before their bodies can require
less sleep.
“Before and after your teen-age or adoles
cent years, a person’s body needs only eight hours
of sleep, but during that transitional stage they
should get nine to function,” Safko said.
Most students, such as senior Emily Gifford,
say they can deal with fewer hours of sleep than
the prescribed amount.
She said, “I get about seven hours each day,
and I am pretty fine for my morning classes, but
usually I sleep in the afternoon.”
“In fact, I prefer the earlier classes because
it leaves the afternoon free, and I just don’t have
time for nine hours devoted to sleeping.”
Safko said SleepMed Inc. has also advised
USC to start their earliest morning classes at a
later hour, allowing people who stay up late the
opportunity to make a healthier pattern.
Senior April Sheppard said many students
would have mixed feelings about changing morn
ing classes, since some students schedule class
es around jobs and other activities.
“I take morning classes so I can work in
the afternoon and evening, which means I don’t
get to bed until at least 2:30 a.m.,” Sheppard
said.
“That’s sometimes because I’m studying, but
a lot of times it’s because I just can’t go to bed
any earlier.”
The main goal, an NFS representative said,
is to reduce the number of students suffering
from daytime sleepiness.
That number for students was reported to be
33 percent this year, comparable to the 29 per
cent of shift-workers in the United States.
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What’s
Happening
ART EAR
Wednesday, September 20 -COUP
Thursday, September 21 -The Motion
Rotation
BILLY G’S *
Wednesday, September 20 -Aaron Whis
nant of Dezeray’s Hammer, 21 +, No
Cover. Show starts at 9:30pm.
Thursday, September 21 - Plane Jane
21 +, No Cover. Show starts at 9:30pm.
Friday, September 22 -The Pondering
21 +, No Cover. Show starts 9:30pm.
Saturday, September 23 - Atlantic Coast
line, 21 +, No Cover. Show starts at
9:30pm.
CRACKER JACK’S
Thursday, September 21 -Acoustic Jam
With Rene Russell
DECISION’S EAR & GRILLE
Wednesday, September 20 -Muddy Quar
ters, 21 +, No Cover. Show starts at
9:30pm.
Friday, September 22 -Karaoke, 21+
Starts around 9pm.
Saturday, September 23 -Jackson’s Girl
21 +, No Cover. Show starts at 9:30pm.
Sunday, September 24 -Blues Jam with
Brainstorm, 21 +, No Cover. Show starts
at 9:30pm.
DELANEY’S
Thursday, September 21 - Loch Ness
Jolinny, 18 +, No Cover. Show Starts at
' 9pm.
ELBOW ROOM
Wednesday, September 20 -Sector 9
18 + with I.D., $7 Cover. Show starts at
8pm.
Thursday, September 21 - Marvelous 3,
featuring Tsar and Dexter Freebish, 18 +
with I.D., $8 Tickets (being sold at Man
ifest and on Etix.com). Doors open at
8pm, Show starts at 8:45pm.
Friday, September 22 -The Toasters, 18
+ with I.D., $10 Cover. Show starts at
11 pm.
Saturday, September 23 -Jupiter Coyote
18 + with I.D., $10 Cover. Show starts
at 11pm.
Tuesday, September 26 -King Hippo
18 + with I.D., $5 Cover. Show starts at
10pm.
FIVE POINTS AFTER FIVE: FREE
CONCERTS AT THE FOUNTAIN
Wednesday, September 20 - Elliott and
the Untouchables, All ages, No Cover
Show starts at 6:30pm.
GROUP THERAPY
Tuesday, September 26 -Live Bluegrass
on the Deck
HEMINGWAY’S
Friday, September 22 - Mojo Blue, 21 +,
$2 Cover. Show Starts at 9:30pm.
Saturday, September 23 -Elliot and the
Untouchables, 21 +, No Cover. Show
starts at 9:30pm.
SALA Events
Sept. 20
“What it means to be Hispanic” - panel
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Russell House 205
A student, a professor and a local attor
ney will discuss the Hispanic culture and
its implications in today’s world.
Sept. 21
SALA meeting
7:30 p.m.
Russell House 203
Sept. 25
Spanish Conversation Group
6 p.m.
Russell House Grand Marketplace
Sept. 27
Study Abroad Opportunities in Latin
America
7 p.m.
Russell House 203
International Programs will present a va
riety of study abroad opportunities for
students interested in studying in die Latin
Americas.
Sept. 28
SALA meeting
7:30 p.m.
Russell House 203