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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
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“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 *
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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
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