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THEY SAID IT RODNEY DANGERFIELD AS LOU IN BACK TO SCHOOL: I got two kids. One I put through college. The other, I put through Story ideas? Questions? Comments? a wall.” Write us at gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com - r Sarah Swyers Hardy Childers Chelsea Hammond raw--—9 Jessica Lee Thurmond Lanier use LIFE GREAT Expectations HOW WILL FIVE FRESHMEN CHANGE IN ONE SEMESTER? BY ASHLEY VAUGHAN THE GAMECOCK SARAH SWYERS THE BASICS: Sarah, 17, comes to USC from Auburn, Ala, While attending USC this semester, she will live in Maxcy, the freshman Honors College dorm, and work toward a degree in pre-med biolo gy. EXPECTATIONS: Sarah, a long way from home, plans to meet a lot of people. A self-described “A” student, she also plans to keep up her grades. For Sarah, simply get ting a taste of what college class . es are like is important, too. Sarah hopes to get familiar with the large and unfamiliar campus soon. “Hopefully, by the end of the semester, I will be able to find my way around,” she said. INVOLVEMENT: Sarah is look ing forward to doing volunteer work, and she might give in to the drama bug that bit her in high school. CONCERNS: Being away from home is one of Sarah’s biggest con cerns. She wants to be able to “be on my own without anyone hold ing my hand.” She said she’s also worried about her workload. Sarah is taking 15 credit hours, which is average, but could seem overwhelming to a freshman. An Honors College student, she has added pressure, "but is only taking two honors courses to avoid be coming overloaded. Taking high er-level courses is often an option for students who took Advanced Placement or college-level cours es in high school. Sarah exempt ed English 101 and 102 and decided to enroll in an English 282 course. PHOTOS BY TRAVIS LYNN “I am nervous about taking such a high-level course,” she said, but she knows she can change her schedule. WHY USC? Sarah received a scholarship for being a McNair Scholar Finalist, but the deciding factor was her visit to the campus. “The major reason I decided to come here was the beautiful cam pus and friendly people.” * PREDICTIONS: Sarah hopes that after going to school here for a se mester, she’ll be more comfortable because she’ll know what to ex pect. She believes meeting people besides those on her floor is a way to achieve this. She also hopes to “turn a new leaf and stop procras tinating.” DREAM JOB: Sarah hopes to be a practicing pediatrician. HARDY CHILDERS THE BASICS: A Columbia, S.C., native, Hardy is an 18-year-old business major with a love for mu sic. He graduated from Spring Val ley High School and has a younger brother who is a junior in high school. Hardy will live in Preston College. EXPECTATIONS: Hardy looks forward to “meeting new people,” but being away from his parents is an issue. “I expect to be able to function on my own and to deal with the transition from high school to college,” Hardy said. Voicing what goes through most freshmen’s heads, Hardy said, “I also expect to find out where everything is.” ♦ FRESHMEN, SEE PAGE B2 Incubus heads music festival in fourth year BY JUSTIN BAJAN THE GAMECOCK Channel 93.5’s fourth annual Fall Out Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 28, at Finlay Park. The gates will open at 2 p.m., and the first band will hit the stage at 3 p.m. Incubus, with its funkcore sounds, will headline, accompanied by the rock bands Good Charlotte, Puddle of Mudd, Stroke 9 and Seven Mary Three. Tickets are available in ad vance for $7 at Domino’s Pizza and Sounds Familiar, or $10 on the day of the show. Proceeds will go to the annual beneficiaries of the festival: Co lumbia Animal Mission, the Cen ter for Missing and Exploited Chil dren and SiscterCare. INCUBUS Incubus may be at the height of its career; the band’s recent sin gle “Drive” was nominated foi Best Group Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. This garage band, based ir southern California, has beer around for more than a decade. It evolved from an independenl high school rock group to a na tionalforce. Although Incubus exploded quickly after its first hit, its work ethic remains as rigorous as if ever was. The band worked around the clock to record its most recent al bum, Make Yourself, in nine weeks. Rather than rest after thaf marathon recording session, In cubus headed back to the studic to work on Morning View, sched uled to hit stores Oct. 23. ♦ FALL OUT, SEE PAGE B3 Matrix fans to wait longer for sequel New faces to join Reeves, Fishburne BY CHIP BOYES THE GAMECOCK Bad news awaits fans of the 1999 science fiction blockbuster The Matrix. The long-anticipated sequel, The Matrix Reloaded, rumored to be slated for late 2002, is not offi cially set to arrive in theaters un til May 2003. Producer Joel Silver told the Sci-Fi Channel’s web site, "It’s a staggering project. There’s so much dealing with it, it’s unbe lievable it, it’s unbelievable." The sequel and the third in stallment will be filmed simulta neously, also contributing to the delay. Despite the efforts of the film’s distributor, Warner Brothers, to convince Silver to give the sequel . a PG-13 rating to appeal to larger audiences, Silver refused, saying an R rating will give him greater freedom. The Matrix Reloaded promises the return of Keanu Reeves as Neo, who has been going through a rigorous training program in preparation for filming. Ac cording to Movie Headlines, Reeves broke his ankle while in kung fu training for the film. Also returning will be Lau rence Fishbume as Morpheus and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity. Newcomers to the dim, futur istic world of The Matrix are singing sensation Aaliyah and Harry J. Lennix from Titus. Despite the acclaim of Manex Entertainment’s Oscar-winning special effects created for the first movie, a different company will replace them for the next two films. ESC, founded largely by defec tors of Manex, took the contract after Manex demanded $30 mil lion for the effects work. - So for now we are left ponder ing the questions The Matrix in troduced. Questions such as do we really exist, will artificial intelli gence one day rule the world and how the hell do Morpheus’ sun glasses stay on his head? A night at the movies BY TUG BAKER THE GAMECOCK You may have heard stories about how most of your college nights would be spent in the li brary or dorm, face buried in books. Well, in reality, most of your college nights will include the question, “What’re we doing tonight?” After the initial shock of being free to spend your evenings bar hopping wears off, the need for more relaxing recreation will be come apparent. Why not go to a movie? Sure, it seems like an easy path to bore dom, but the truth is, your trip to the movies will never be the same once you give these theaters a try (unless you’re one of the people who saw Pearl Harbor 17 times). So to give you an idea of the best Columbia has to offer, I’ve made a list of the five theaters that I have frequented during my time in col lege. THE NICKELODEON The Nick is Columbia’s inde pendent movie theater, bringing a diverse assembly of foreign and “indie” films. On the corner of Main and Pendleton streets, it’s only a five or 10-minute walk from campus. With its 75-seat theater, the Nick provides an intimate and unique movie-going experience, one unique aspect being a fine se lection of beer and wine. I began going to the Nick as soon as I could drive, even though it was more than an hour away from my house. The Nick offers the films you won’t be able to see anywhere else. I credit my expanding under standing of film to this place. At $4 for students ($3 if you be come a member), you can’t afford not to give the Nick a try. COLUMBIANA PLACE CINEMAS Columbia’s newest theater, Columbiana Place Cinemas, is lo cated on Bower Parkway, off Har bison Boulevard. The centerpiece of the Columbiana Place shopping cen ter, the 14-screen theater has spared no expense when it comes to attractive surroundings. A fountain greets moviegoers as they approach the theater, and once in the lobby, they can watch previews on a big-screen televi sion while waiting in line for pop corn. While Columbiana is a com mercial theater, it does occasion ally play movies caught between mainstream and alternative, such as O Brother, Where Art Thou? or the remastered Hard Day’s Night. The biggest problem with Columbiana I’ve found is the un helpful staff, but otherwise it’s a great th|ater. RUSSELL HOUSE THEATER As you probably guessed, the Russell House Theater is located on campus in the Russell House. Operated by the Russell House staff and organized by Carolina Productions’ Cinematic Arts Com mission, the Russell House The ater provides free, on-campus movies to USC students. The weekly schedule consists of a second-run movie that has re cently left commercial theaters and also classic and cult films such as the Halloween screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Be sides its regular schedule, the Rus sell House Theater also shows a number of sneak previews during the year such as “0”, which played this week. For convenience and af fordability, you can’t beat it. ST. ANDREWS ROAD CINEMAS St. Andrews Road Cinemas is Columbia’s other second-run movie theater. With five screens, it generally shows a good mix of films, and for only $1.50 per ticket, it’s hard to complain about any thing. If you missed a major release the first time around, or want to see Pearl Harbor for the 18th time, chances are you can catch it there. It’s one of the cheapest date spots in Columbia. ♦ MOVIE, SEE PAGE B3 The Nickelodeon, located on the corner of Main and Pendleton streets, features alternative and independent films, photo by aaron hark 1 t ♦