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THE GAMECOCK ♦ Friday, November 2, 2001 contact ds HF MTY Story ideas? Questions? Comments? ■ fl I J I W I I / your enemies. Nothing annoys Writeusatgamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com B B T B B -A. ^ them so much.” I - . ILLUSTRATION BY RENE MOFFATT/THE GAMECOCK THE ESSENCE OF THE’80S WUSC will bring back the ’80sfor fund raiser BY LAUREN VAUGHN THE GAMECOCK Take some time to remember the ’80s. Pick your favorite part: high-top Converse, tight jeans, Cindy Lauper, big hair, lots of hairspray, Poison, neon colors... the list could go on and on. For a lot of us, it’s the music that sweeps us up and warps us back into memories of the ’80s. Most all of us remember some thing about the wild world of ’80s music — the styles of the bands, the dress, the hair or the beat. YXfTTCr' no C TTCT’o pus radio station, is bringing the ’80s back to life this week end so listeners can request their favorites and re-learn the words to others. The objective of ’80s Weekend is to raise mon ey for the non-commercial sta tion, as well as revive the thrill and exhilaration of the decade’s music. “Over the past couple of fund raisers, we have made it well oyer $2,000,” said Camille Watkins, WUSC public affairs director. “I believe that with this year’s ex tra events, such as our Rocky Horror Cover Show, we will have the extra push to make our goal.” What began simply as an on air fund raiser has grown to a weekend of requests and dona tions complete with prizes, kick off party and band party. Over the course of the weekend, listeners are invited to call and request any ’80s song and donate to the sta tion. A WUSC T-shirt will be giv en to each donor who contributes $25 or more. Prizes and gifts, do nated by businesses in the area, are also available to listeners. The person who makes the largest donation during each two hour show will get a prize pack. When a contributor’s donation puts the grand total over a $200 mark, that person will also be awarded a prize. “This is one of the only times that we play Top 40s stuff, so peo ple call and pledge $5 or more for a song,” said Alyssa Saint Vincent, a third-year media arts major who’s been with WUSC for two years. “We have a lot of cool prizes... a mountain bike, gift cer tificates to Papa Jazz, lots of WUSC propaganda stuff and oth er things.” Wednesday mgnt, wut>c staff, listeners and other mu sic enthusiasts gathered at The Elbow Room for the band par ty, only in its second year. Four bands took the stage: Fling, Suck, Skillit and My Blind Luck. WUSC arranged a costume contest and gave the winner $100. Fling, dressed in lacy underwear and wigs, per formed songs from Rocky Horror Picture Show. “We had a strong turnout, the place was packed, and almost everybody was dressed up,” Watkins said. “Fling was awe some. They gave a very convinc ing performance.” The kickoff party, in its third year, will be held today on Greene Street in front of the Russell House from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with pizza and music for everyone. Student or ganizations such as Student Government, Garnet & Black, Carolina Alumni Association, Carolina Productions and the Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs will join the crowd for the kickoff. The Carolina Collegiate Credit Union is the corporate sponsor for the festivities. “’80s Weekend gives the peo ple who listen an opportunity to get directly involved with the station,” said DJ Keane, a third-year media arts major who’s been with WUSC three years. “We don’t play Top 40s because we’re out there to edu cate the city, so it gives our lis teners a chance to listen to some music they haven’t heard in a while.” Grab that boombox and make a weekend of it. Call 576-WUSC to make requests and donations. ’80s Weekend 2000 Top 10 Requested Artists Madonna U2 Soft Cell Cindy Lauper A-Ha Michael Jackson Eurythimics Rumpshakers Bangles Go-Go’s Guns N Roses Who was the greatest artist of the 1980s? “MICHAEL JACKSON.” KENNY NORSWORTHY “DURAN DURAN.” JUSTIN COOPER i T “CYNDILAUPER." JESSICA GADSDEN “QUEEN.” MATT STOREY PHOTOS BJY MACKENZIE CLEMENTS' USC graduate student David Axe pens his fourth novel, Columbia no money no change of dothet. 4400 miles from home, by * -;-— BY CARRIE PHILLIPS THE GAMECOCK David Axe is 23 years old, a graduate student, a movie theater manager and an overall nice guy, but, first and foremost, he’s a writer. The Dallas native received his undergraduate degree at Furman University and went on to study medieval history at UVA for a semester before coming to USC to continue those studies. He has since switched to the master of fine arts program, pursuing a degree in creative writing. Besides his day job as a manager at Columbiana Place Cinemas, Axe has written and self-published, under his own company, Waiver Publishing, three novels: Anything and Anywhere, Make Me and Song ■ About a Girl. His fourth novel, Columbia, will be released in February 2002. Axe counts among his influences writers such as Arthur Nerses ian (The Fuck- Up) and Robertson Davies (The Rebel Angels). In March, Axe’s story “Indistinguishable” won the Free Times Short Story Contest. Anywhere and Anything Anywhere and Anything, Axe’s first novel, is the stdry of Teller, who is 19, just out of high school and on his way to Paris for a two-month solitary tour of Europe. Two hours after getting to Paris, he is mugged and left with no money, passport or plane ticket, and is forced to survive until he can go home in October. On his first night, Teller meets Australian Adam Ham, who takes pity on him, takes him under his wing and teaches him how to survive. A series of rather serious mishaps follows. Anywhere was the first thing Axe ever wrote. He wrote it in ten days, then spent six months revising it. For his first attempt at writing, the story is remarkably self-assured. It knows what it is — a simple story, meant to develop a character and entertain the reader. Because Axe isn’t trying to be didactic, the story unfolds itself and allows the reader to take away whatever he wants. Song About A Girl Song About A Girl is Axe’s third novel, written in collaboration with Geoff Edwards from Atlanta. The story follows an American exchange ♦ AXE, SEE PAGE 6