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THEY SAID IT MURPHY’S LAW: “In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.” BY JUSTIN BAJAN THE GAMECOCK This is the fourth year for Channel 93.5’s Fall Out, an outdoor best-of-the radio waves bash. Previous years have featured bands that seem to stay in constant rotation, like Everclear, as well as perennial crowd pleasers like Cowboy Mouth. This year’s line-up is no exception. Headlining will be Incubus, building momentum for the Oct. 23 release of their new album, Morning View, though they might best be known for their single “Drive.” Veteran grunge rockers Seven Mary Three, who reached acclaim with the 1995 hit “Cumbersome,” will play before Incubus. Puddle of Mudd is best known for their rocky relationship anthem, “Control.” Stroke 9 hasn’t issued a follow-up to Nasty Little Thoughts, but then single “Kick Some Ass” appeared on the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back soundtrack. Two changes to the original line up have been made. The pop-punk band Good Charlotte won’t be making an appearance. Playing instead will be the straightforward rock bands Default and Hoobastank. Default will be playing from their debut album, coincidentally titled The Fallout. The heavier Hoobastank is currently on tour with Incubus and is anticipating its first major-label release in November. Food and beverages will be available, as well as the usual souvenirs and merchandise. Manifest Discs and Tapes will sponsor an autograph tent. Park officials are asking people not to bring coolers, cans, bottles, chairs or blankets to the park. Parking will be available at lots on Lady and Assembly streets, Taylor and Assembly streets, Washington and Assembly streets, and Park and Taylor streets. A fee could be charged before 5 p.m. After the concert, the official Channel 93.5 After Party will be held at Momentum. It will feature local favorites the Soul Mites and the rap-rock-funk of Bad Ronald. The cover will be $3 for those 21 and up and $5 for those 18 to 20. Top: Seven Mary Three. Middle: Incubus. Bottom: Default. PHOTOS SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Fall Out 2001 Timeline "_1_, ..T___-_. I I I I I I 2:00-2:45 p.m. 3:00-3:45 p.m. 4:05-4:50 p.m. 5:15-6:00 p.m. 7:00-8:00 p.m. 9:00-10:00 p.m. Hoobastank Default Stroke 9 Puddle of Seven Incubus Mudd Mary Three ‘Evil’ lives up to name BY ANDY EVANS THE GAMECOCK ★ ★★outof**-£r* You walk into a huge building, only to be met with dead silence. The only sound is the echo of your footsteps being swallowed by the darkness of the hall. You see blood on the windowpane, and you approach it to investigate. Suddenly, you find yourself being flung across the room by the terror from the window. Now it’s your blood splattered on the floor. When Resident Evil first came out, it stirred up controversy with its gruesome scenes. There’s no doubt this game helped create the ‘survival-horror’ genre. Resident Evil Code: Veronica definitely lives up to the gruesome Resident Evil legacy. The latest installment fills in a lot of the missing links and holes in the storyline. It also equals, if not tops, its predecessors in overall eeriness and fear. Code Veronica came to PlayStation 2 from a Sega Dreamcast port, which means the publishers didn’t change the game much but basically just converted its format. The only noticeable difference between the two versions is that, in the PS2 version, the colors are more distinct and objects blend into their environments better. The acting, typical of a Resident Evil game, hurts. The characters’ mouth movements and other actions make them seem like string puppets, But don’t let that keep you away from the game; its focus is still on what to anticipate next, not how the characters are directed. If and when you beat the game, you unlock the “secret” Battle Game. Depending on your performance, you can gain access to items and special tidbits not available during the regular game. If you’re suave enough to beat the game in less than 4.5 hours without dying, saving or using a first aid spray, you can unlock the linear launcher. The linear launcher is Code ♦ RESIDENT EVIL, SEE PAGE 7 t* » y *#**«• ' BRIEFS AmSouth Bank donates Eudora Welty pictures JACKSON, MISS. (AP) - AmSouth Bank donated 18 Depression-era pho tographs by Mississippi writer Eu dora Welty to the Mississippi Muse um of Arts. In announcing the gift Wednes day, bank representatives said the photos will be showcased in a travel ing exhibition in the coming months in the Mississippi cities of Greenville, Columbus, Starkville and Meridian. Welty, whose loving depictions of small-town Mississippi in richly crafted short stories and novels brought her a Pulitzer Prize, died in July at age 92. Hailed primarily for her writing, Welty also was well-known for her photographs of Depression-era Mis sissippi that showed the pride she saw among even the poorest people. Birmingham, Ala.-based AmSouth bought the signed photos, which make up the “Eudora Welty Photo graph Portfolio,” in July 1992. The traveling exhibition will take place in AmSouth branches Oct. 22 26 in Greenville, Nov. 5-9 in Colum bus, Nov. 12-16 in Starkville and Dec. 10-14 in Meridian. After traveling the state, the pho tos will be included in the museum’s permanent collection. Next March, they will become part of the muse um’s “Eudora Welty’s World of the 1930s” exhibition. Jay-Z’s Blueprint No. 1 for second straight week NEW YORK (AP) - Jay Z certainly has the Blueprint for success. His new album was the most popular disc in the country for the second week in a row. The rapper sold 270,814 copies for the week ending Sunday, according to industry figures, making it the No. 1 album on the Top 200 album sales chart. R&B newcomer Alicia Keys nabbed the No. 2 spot with 152,567 copies of her Songs in A Minor sold, and the rock group Nickelback was at No. 3, selling 119,451 copies of its latest disc, Silver Side Up. Tori Amos’ Strange Little Girls, in which she covers tunes by famous male artists, had the best debut of the week, selling 110,727 copies to chart at No. 4. Other top 10 debuts included Martina McBride’s Greatest Hits, Gerald Levert’s Gerald’s World and Diana Krall’s Look of Love. One of the year’s most anticipat ed new releases, Macy Gray’s The Id, debuted at No. 11 with 92,724 copies sold. ‘Being involved* can be an obsession DENISE LEVEREAUX GAMECOCKMIXEDITOR@HOTMAIL.COM Each thing Idol rush through so lean do something else. In such a way do the days pass—a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a Gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car, I see all that I love falling away: books unread, jokes untold, landscapes unvisited. Cemetery Nights, by Stephen Dobyns Whoever said we should be very, very involved in college must have been a sadist. I, unfortunately, am a runner in the rat race we call “being involved.” I work more them 15 hours a week, I’m taking 18 hours of classes (most honors), I write for the paper and I’m in a community service organization. My roommate is taking 19 hours, goes to Carolina Alive practice for more than four hours a week and is pledging a professional music fraternity. She’s also thinking about getting aiob. Another friend of mine is heavily involved in her dorm community, almost to the point of obsession. Her duties as peer coordinator are kind of like having a full-time job, on top of taking a full class schedule. She is constantly running to meetings and group sessions and coordinating special events in her dorm. From where did this obsession, this compulsion to “be involved” come? For me, it started in high school. My counselor told me, “You have to be involved in [insert ungodly high number here] of extracurricular activities so it’ll look good on your college application.” So I did the yearbook and the literary magazine, Beta Club and National Honor Society and this tiny, offbeat writing club. I didn’t do student govern ment because I wasn’t popular enough. I was the girl carrying around the big camera and the new Stephen King novel. One might have called me a nerd. At least I was an involved nerd. Or so I thought. I worked my butt off, too. I took as many AP courses as I could. I got fives on all the exams I took. I graduated 21st in a class of 750. The Honors College almost didn’t want to let me in. “Your SAT score is barely high enough. You haven’t been as involved in the community as we’d have liked,” they said. Excuse me? Not involved enough? Did you not read the little block that says “list extracurricular activities” on my application? Did I mention I had a job, too? One of those nasty, awful, self-degrading high school jobs? When I first started college, I thought maybe this race to “be involved” would end. I was wrong. In college, it just got worse. The stakes are higher. The goal is to have a fat, well-rounded resume, as well as a stellar GPA. These things will influence what kind of job you get after college, and (although they won’t say it out loud) what kind of grown-up you’ll be. So, I still play the game. I run •; in a race that has no finish line, no trophies or medals to be awarded at the end. What’s the point of all this rambling? I’m trying to tell you what it took me almost five years ♦ LEVEREAUX, SEE PAGE 7