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This Week in USC History Nov. 18, 1991 - Garth* Brooks played at the Carolina Coliseum. Page 5 Willie Hoge Band rocks Elbow Room by Mackenzie Craven The Gamecock While some fans were mourning USC losses this weekend in football, soccer, basketball and volley ball, some students managed to have a good time Saturday at the Elbow Room. . The small, tightly packed crowd circled the stage for performers Movie Star and first-time headliners r the Will Hoge Band. ^ Lead singer and guitarist Will Hoge promised fans they would get their $5 worth for the two-hour gig Hoge started playing guitar just before finishing high school. As the years went by, he stuck with it while many of his peers gave up the hobby. After two years at Western Kentucky Universi ty, he decided to make music his career. His parents were scared about him joining the thousands already in the industry. “There are no guarantees [in the music indus try], and that’s the thing that scares some people out of the business. That’s the thing that scares my moth er to death and my father to death,” Hoge said. However, it was Hoge’s father that sparked his interest in music. “My father...was my biggest personal influence. He was the first one who exposed me to music, just to be fan of music and to be passionate about it,” Hoge said. “My first band that I discovered that really moved me was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.” In addition to Tom Petty, Hoge said he has been influenced by singer-song writers Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello. “They are a huge influence on a lot of great rock ‘n’ roll,” Hoge said. The first band Hoge joined encouraged him to be a better guitar player and songwriter. After leaving that band, he formed the Will Hoge Band a year and half ago. Band members include lead guitarist Dan Baird, bassist Tres Sasser and drum mer Kirk Yoquelet. “I am not naive enough to think we are doing anything new. We aren’t re-inventing the wheel, just showing our version of the wheel,” Hoge said. Hoge believes the whole concept of a band is confusing. “A band is a really a big democracy of equal share and equal reward,” Hoge said. Hoge doesn’t understand how bands with more than six people work. Hoge has worked with larger bands before and he thinks it is harder for larger bands to collaborate. “Granted, everybody comes up with their own part, but to put the song together as a unit some body has to do everything else,” Hoge said. Hoge comically guesses how these bands work together. “It gets really confusing when there are seven people—three do the work, and four drink the beer,” Hoge said. Hoge said the best part of working with a band is having other people around for support. “The good thing about having the band is that you have this supporting cast around you that you feel comfortable with and makes you feel like you can do the things that you do best,” Hoge said. The mood of the show was upbeat. The lyrics were easy to understand, and Hoge was pleased with the crowd learning the lyrics after they had been performing the same songs for awhile. Hoge also incorporated spoken words into the set. During the encore of the show, Hoge performed a song about how much he cared about his girlfriend before they broke up. Then he quickly changed the mood of the show. “I can’t end the show with a song about how much I cared about her. Here is a song about how I got over her,” Hoge said. The Will Hoge Band will be in Charleston on Nov. 22. For more information, check out the band’s Web site at www.willhoge.com. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotiight@hotmaiI.com. Laura Dalrymple The Gamecock Vista Lights showcases local shops, restaurants ■ Furniture, artwork, lighting among displays by Chrissy Taylor The Gamecock Downtown Columbia came alive for Vista Lights, on Thursday as local artists, shops and restaurants were showcased. p Traffic was blocked at Gervais and Huger streets in the Vista so the crowd could take a walk ing tour to see what the area offers. The event was held from 6 to 10 p.m. while jazz and other musicians livened the shops with mu sic as people wandered among the stores and streets to view everything from furniture to clothing to art work. Brandt Andrew, a local furniture store located at 1315 Gadsden St., showcased different types of fur niture. Manager Connie Kelly said setting up for the event didn’t take long because so much work had been put into getting displays ready over the past three months. “Tonight has been wonderful because so many people, local and from out of town, came out. This is a great chance for them to see what we are and what we’re about,” Kelly said. “Since 5:30 p.m., we have easily had a 100 peo ple about every 15 minutes, so it is great to see a crowd,” she said. AV, at 808-B Lady St., displayed new televisions, surround sound systems and home theaters for the event. The display rooms were arranged like living rooms with each system playing different movies so the crowd could see how each system looked and sound ed. This store was a main attraction, as each room was filled with people watching and experimenting with the new toys. In addition, a side room in AV had artwork by Marcelo Novo displayed. Eight black and white pieces were shown on laige canvases. Lewis and Clark, at 1231 Lincoln St., featured many paintings and lighting. They displayed differ ent styles of lamps made from steel, glass and wood with a variety of colors of lampshades made mostly from paper. Another highlight of the event was the art dis played in Cameo Art Gallery, at 1213 Lincoln St. A1 Beyer’s paintings were a great show of portrait work. The paintings featured different women, but the best ones were large wall canvases with simply faces depicted. Along with the retailers, the restaurants in the Vista were in the spirit of the event. Many decorat ed with extra lighting at the entrances and shrubbery outside. Just to the side of Billy G’s, a one-man band al so gave a performance using a harmonica, violin and the sounds from different metal plates beneath his feet. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotmaiLcom. Thanksgiving and beer: an American tradition tt r..A. —__ »___ ____ It’s Thanksgiving time. The time of year when fami lies gather around the table to enjoy turkey, stuffing, pump kin pie and beer... lots and lots of cold beer. Although it seems hard to belieVe, beer has been a part of Thanks giving since Thanksgiving was started. Sophomore Charles Becker said he’s never had beer uritK Kir TKonl/rmintirr r\■ n ner, but would like to try it sometime. “Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all that we have. If people want to m drink beer with their din- It ner, that’s fine. Personally, In I prefer a tall glass of sweet tea,” Becker said. “If I did drink beer with my Thanks giving dinner I would drink Corona. It’s my favorite beer, and I think it would go great with the turkey and dressing. The first Thanksgiving, in the fall of 1621, was over flowing with beer. In those times, contaminated water was a big problem. Then, making beer required water to be boiled, which effectively killed'an disease the water might contain. Because of this and the fact that pilgrims enjoyed it, beer became a favorite beverage of pilgrims, even on Thanksgiving. Pilgrims even brought plenty of beer with them on the Mayflower. It provided a healthy drink and sentimental reminder of home. It’s a little known fact that beer is why the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. They had originally planned to travel further south before landing and settling. William Bradford, a pilgrim on the Mayflower, wrote in his jour nal that beer was a reason they landed early. “We could not take much time for further search... our victuals being much spent, especially our beer, Brad ford wrote. A shortage of beer forced them to land early, thus al tering the course of American history. At the first Thanks giving, the pilgrims tapped a barrel of beer and introduced it to and enjoyed it with the American Indians. Beer on the first Thanksgiving, however, was much different than it is today. It was cloudy and dark. Brew in il. • iV.. . ^ 11 1 11 uus uinc av^iuaii^ iiau uupa in it, which helped give it a pleasantly bitter flavor. Beer was loved so much in those days that a brew house was one of the first buildings built by the pilgrims. H Even the Puritans ' loved beer. When they came to the New World in 1630 they brought three times more beer than they did water. Today, beer is still an American favorite on Thanks giving. Most people enjoy a traditional domestic beer with holiday basics like turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and vegetables. A light-colored beer like pilsner or lager also goes well with turkey and oyster stuffing. Plum pudding and pumpkin pie is often enjoyed with a stronger, dark beer, like stout. Thanksgiving is a time for family to gather around the table to enjoy the harvest of a bountiful season, and many will down cold beer after cold beer in memory of the first Thanksgiving. Phil Watson contributed to this report. The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotiight@hotmail.com. Employers finding more value in student interns ^_"i ...aac^ani Gary Bogdon College Press Exchange Alex Morton, owner of International Publishing Co. ie jf America, goes over some work with intern ' Beth Palladino, a senior journalism student at UCF. 3 . ' • ', . f , by Susan G. Strother Clark College Press Exchange Student interns are as important to Alex Morton as the computers he uses to publish his newspaper and magazines. Without either resource, Morton would be back in the dark ages, pounding on a clunky typesetting machine — and pounding his head against the wall for lack of workers. "Don't ask me what I would do without my interns," said Morton, whose student-hire 25 years ago is still with him today as controller. His business, International Publishing Co. of America, employs 15 people, including one University of Central Florida student. She works as a reporter on the Celebration Independent, a monthly newspaper for the Kissimmee, Fla., de velopment. "Writers," he said, "are especially hard to find." In the past several years, businesses have gotten creative in their search for workers. They've imported from out of state, tapped day-labor pools and welfare-to-work programs and, in the case of one manufacturer, used jail inmates on work release. Now, Morton is among hundreds of Central Florida business owners to discover that interns aren’t just for short-term, summer jobs anymore. Students once were considered cheap, temporary workers. But the labor crunch has turned bright young people into precious commodities who can fill jobs year-round. " UCF and Rollins College report far more employers looking for bodies than there are stu dents available. "We probably have 10 times more intern ship opportunities than we do students to fill them," said Ray Rogers, Rollins' assistant direc tor of career services. Companies that are able to get students aren’t always willing to let them go. Internships have become what one executive called a "pre-cruit ment" tool; that is, a way to decide whether a part-time worker might make a good permanent employee after graduation. "Sixty-five percent of our students end up working for their internship employers full time," said Sheri Dressier, UCFs director of coopera tive education. To find good interns, business owners should get to know career-placement officials at local j schools. Owners who hire interns also need to treat them professionally — limiting the grunt i work — and meet with them regularly to re- i view progress. If things go well, those concessions are a small price to pay. Interns can be very cost-ef ficient, typically earning less than permanent ; employees and not requiring any peiks like health : insurance. Additionally, student workers are like text books with legs, walking in the door with a brain ’ brimming with the latest information about a 1 particular industry. "You get fresh thinking, new ideas, new con :epts," said Bob Porter, general manager of Au omatic Co-Ax and Cable, a Sanford, Fla, man lfacturer of cables and wiring harnesses. He recalls an industrial engineering intern vho redesigned the production line for one of he company's products. The student studied the actory floor and found a more efficient way to ;et cable equipment orders out the door. "This was an example where we had been loing something one way for years and then omeone came in and said, ‘What if we do this?’” ’orter said. "Good students have ideas and are villing to get involved." Beth Palladino, the UCF senior who works is a reporter for Morton, is learning the ins ind out of the publishing business — and putting n the long hours of any novice scribe. "I like getting my hands in this," she said. "I vouldn't have had a chance to do something just ike this in school." ■4 l'