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Philadelphia Concertmaster returns home BY KURT LING THE GAMECOCK In what might be the most an ticipated event on the USC Symphony Orchestra’s schedule this year, violinist David Kim will perform Mozart’s Divertimento and Larsen’s Symphony of Strings with the orchestra at the Koger Center on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Skyrocketing to dizzying pres tige, Kim has become a highly re quested soloist since his appoint ment as concertmaster of the pres tigious Philadelphia Orchestra. As concirtmaster, Kim is second only to the conductor. “He decides the nuances the con ductor wants and decides the bow ing for the whole string section,” said Zane Knauss, USC Symphony Orchestra’s public relations repre sentative. “With an orchestra like Philadelphia, it has to be one of the greatest jobs in music.” Kim has performed with the or chestras of Dallas; Pittsburgh; Buffalo, NY; Rhode Island; the Boston Pops; KBS (Korea); Moscow; Seoul; Capetown, South Africa; Polish National Radio Orchestra; and several others across Central and South America. Kim is another example of a Horror The classics continue to scare CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 horror as it does suspense. The film is filled with horrible, and memorable, images and manages to give the audience the characters’ feelings of isolation. Jack Nicholson is fantastic as the father, who has been driven to homicidal lunacy. Recommended if you like: “Redrum” EVIL DEAD (1982) Writer/director Sam Raimi first got attention for this super low-budget, campy-as-hell horror flick. Starring Bruce Campbell as the leader of a group of teens who discover the Columbia-bred success story re turning home. The now-intema tionally recognized violinist made his debut at USC in what was then the Columbia Philharmonic Orchestra. Both of his parents were USC faculty members dur ing the ‘70s. During that decade, Kim performed often and became a child-prodigy famous around the city. Kim began practicing music at three years old. His mother taught music and encouraged him to ex cel. At the age of ten, Kim was al ready studying at the Julliard School of Music. At 17, he won the Julliard Paganini Competition. In his early twenties, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia. Kim was married at this time and the couple endured the hor rendous stress so often found in the professional musician’s life. Jobs were not steady, and the ♦ ORCHESTRA, SEE PAGE 7 ancient Book of the Dead out in a cabin in the woods, Evil Dead runs somewhere between serious and spoof. While much of the movie makes fun of the horror genre, quite a few scenes are really disturbing. The flm’s sequels, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, spend more time poking fun, but Evil Dead can be truly terrifying. Recommended if you like: Bruce “The Man” Campbell HELLRAISER (1987) After years of slasher flick imitations, the directing debut of Clive Barker brought us the groundbreaking Hellraiser, one of the goriest horror films to date. The coolest thing about the movie? The film’s “heroes” are a group of demons even scarier than the villain. Here, we’re introduced to the now-infamous Pinhead, leader of the Cenobite demons and star of the film’s sequels. (Bloodline is the only one worth watching because it’s grosser than the original.) Recommended if you like: S&M IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995) Of all the movies on my list, this has the least recognizable title. Directed by John Carpenter, In the Mouth of Madness (his second film on my list) stars Sam Neil as the unknowing victim who’s found himself trapped in a story that seems to be straight out of an H.P. Lovecraft tale. This movie is rife with imagery that toes the line between disgusting and fascinating. It’s also Carpenter’s best direction ever. This is, in my opinion, the ONLY horror film of the 1990s. Recommended if you like: having nightmares. IN YOUR OPINION... Students stripped of traditional rights As a student here at the University of South Carolina, I am extremely disappointed with the university’s decision concerning the amount of student tickets that will be distributed, or should I say “won,” for the USC vs. Clemsongame. We, as students, pay the university over $3,000 a semester to educate us and help us get to “the next level.” We, as students, choose to come to this school to get a degree. We, as students, came to this school expecting to be apart of a community that has built itself on tradition and held together by a family only a fellow Gamecock could understand. But we have been denied the opportunity to support one of the greatest football teams in the history of USC and continue a tViot hoc honnmo enr*Vi o part of each and every one of us. WE make up this school, we fund this school and WE ARE THIS SCHOOL. Yet, we have been stripped of our right to participate in one of the biggest traditions here at USC and, more importantly, the right to support our fellow athletes in our biggest rivalry of the year. Each and every one of us, as students, or, should I say, the foundation of this university, have every right to have access to OUR student tickets. Yes, I understand that we are ranked No. 9 and that the game is already sold out. That doesn’t mean that “you,” the university, has any right to take away something that is rightfully ours. As students, we should have the opportunity to attend and support any athletic event here at USC. When will this university begin to actually care about us as students and give us the respect that each and every one of us deserves and sure as hell have paid for (you athletes and scholars are the exception. Enjoy your free ride)? What will be next? They are taking away the oldest and greatest tradition that we, as GAMECOCKS, take much pride in. I, as a student here at the University of South Carolina, am really getting sick of the university and its continuing disrespect and tremendous lack of concern for the very one thing that makes up this university— US. We pay tuition that a lot of us will still be paying for long after we leave here. We get ripped off every semester and buy $300-400 in books so we can earn our degree and so “you” can make that extra buck any possible way “you” can. We give “you” jobs and we give “you” reputation (some of us better than others). Most importantly, we have given you our respect, pride, and trust that “you” will educate us and teach us, to the best of your ability, so we can continue on and take that next step in our lives. What do “you” give us? Beautiful green grass, no parking spaces, and limited/denied access to one of the greatest traditions that makes us who we are —GAMECOCKS! So, as the GAMECOCKS step on the field to “2001” bn Nov. 17, preparing to embark on their final and most important demand for respect, the crazy, wasted, dedicated and loyal USC students will not be watching this game from the stands. This time, we, as students of the University of South Carolina, will not be given the opportunity to support our own football team in the most exciting, if not one of the most important, games of the season. Thank you, USC! ASHLEY LITTLE SENIOR, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Why America should continue bombing This letter is in response to the guest column written by Nirav Mehta in The Gamecock on Oct. 22, in which he asked for someone to tell him “why we should bomb Afghanistan.” The first reason we should bomb Afghanistan is because of their government. The Taliban has not given up its fanatical terrorists groups. By their failure to act, they tell the world that they condone these terrorists’ actions. The Taliban is the Afghan government, and if there is one thing his story has shown is that a people have the government they deserve. The second reason we should bomb Afghanistan is because of their people. They support what happened on Sept. 11. They are taught from a very young age to hate Americans. They are poised and ready for a jihad. Even if their views and fears of Americas trade policies are valid, their ways of making their views heard are not The terrorist acts that are carried out are not, and cannot, make us change our views or how we work in the world. We cannot give them what they want We have to let them know that the people who could have moved America’s hand in foreign relations were the very people they killed on Sept. 11 and all other previous acts of terrorism. You have to win over the American government by winning over the people and you cannot do that through bringing death. When Mehta asks, “Why?” I ask, “Why not?” They’ve begun it. Any grievances they have are meaningless. If the Taliban wanted to help America find its enemies, I would feel different. If the people of Afghanistan wanted to oust the terrorist groups they could, I would feel amerent. me simple tact is tnat we should continue bombing. Bombing until Osama bin Laden and his brothers in arms are in our arms, and bombing until the people change their tactics. Last time that world sat and watched as a people came to power through hating another group of people, the Nazi party took control of the German people and the German people’s minds. We cannot let it go that far again. STEPHEN KAHN SECOND-YEAR STUDENT, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Submission Policy Letters to the editor or guest columns are welcome from the Carolina community. Letters should be 250-300 words. Guest columns should be about 600 words. Both must include name, phone number, professional title or year and major, if a student. Deliver handwritten submissions to Russell House room 333, or send e-mail to gamecockviewpoints@hotmail.com. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit for libel, style and space. Anonymous letters will not be published. Photos are required for guest columnists and can be provided by the submitter. Call 777-7726 for more information. 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