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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Wednesday
Dec. 5
BIG SKY, CRAVIN’ MELON’S DOUG
AND JIMBO, BOLT: RH Ballroom.
Free for students, $3 for
nonstudents. Doors open at 7 p.m.
NONSTOP HIP-HOP LIVE: This
specially titled “B-Boy Document”
show will feature a talented DJs and
breakers such as Openmic and Paul
Duece. 9 p.m. The Elbow Room, 812
Harden St.
THE DOC SUMMERS BAND: This emo
rock band from Irmo brings its hard
hitting chords and catchy choruses to
Shandon Baptist Church. 6:30 p.m.
Free.
Thursday
Dec. 6
GALLERY 701 CHAMBER MUSIC
SERIES: Charles Wadsworth will be
host of the program, which will
feature Elina Vahala on violin,
Nokuthula Ngwenyama on viola,
Carter Brey on cello, Lewis Paer on
double bass and Ralf Gothoni on
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piano. 7:30 p.m. Ebeneezer Lutheran
Church, Sumter and Richland
streets.
SINGING CHRISTMAS TREE:
Shandon Baptist Church will
present the 17th annual Singing
Christmas Tree through Dec. 10.
Dec. 6, 7 and 10 at 7 p.m., and Dec
8 and 9 at 1:30,4 and 7 p.m.
Shandon Baptist Church, 5250
Forest Drive. $7. Call 790-1274.
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS,
JAMES MATHUS AND HIS ♦
KNOCKDOWN SOCIETY: The Elbow
Room, 812 Harden St.
FESTIVAL OF TREES FUNDRAISER:
Designed to benefit the Palmetto
Place Children’s Shelter, this
fundraiser will feature the veteran
beach band The Embers. 7-11 p.m.
$15. RH Ballroom.
JOSH GRANT, MARTY FORT,
HICKORY HAWKINS: New Brookland
Tavern, 122 State St.
WOST
Jokes can have consequences
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p.m. this spring. And don’t worry about a hostile
teacher. Ask any student who’s taken a course
with me and they’ll tell you I don’t deduct points
from people who disagree with me. On the
contrary, I encourage debate. And they’ll tell you
I have a sense of humor — not only do I get the
jokes, but I also make them on a regular basis.
Don’t worry if the course is full; I’m happy to
extend some overrides to those who want to come
to my party. If you can’t take the course, Mr.
Prashaw and Mr. Watson, I invite you to visit my
class as guest speakers and talk with the students.
I invite the editors of The Gamecock to be
editors and exercise more critical judgment about
those columns you decide to print. I invite all
students who have taken a WOST course to write
in or speak out and refute this recent nonsense in
The Gamecock. And I invite the women of this
campus — that 50-plus percent of the student
population — to make it clear that the newspaper
—your newspaper—shouldn’t consistently and
persistently publish essays that trivialize you,
mock you, disrespect you or reduce you to a pair
of breasts to be fondled. Will we have to read a
column about what some guy wants to do with
our crotches next, or will we challenge these silly
boys to find something interesting to write about?
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Big Sky
Battle of the Bands
winner also to play
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a “hobby.” The band has since formed a
strong local fan base, one that has pur
chased more than 21,000 copies of its
first three albums. Its success is derived
from its hard-to-label sound; when
asked how he would classify Big Sky’s
music, David Moore remarked, “I’ve
been trying to answer that question for
the past five years.” Upon further
thought, Moore said its sound is “reg
ular, live, upbeat rock ‘n’ roll.”
Mackenzie Craven, Carolina
Productions’ concert commissioner,
said, “We wanted Big Sky because they
are considered a regional act. We want
ed to pull them into the center of cam
pus.” Craven said bringing the band into
the campus’ focus might increase its fan
base by exposing it to the college scene.
“Another college will say, ‘People at USC
liked them; we should get them. ’”
“With the instrumentation that we
have, and the energy that We bring to
the music aq.d the singer’s voice,”
Moore says the band can easily be dis
cemed from rock’s current monotony.
He says that, unlike other acts,
Gargnard’s words are “lyrics that say
something.” Moore said the band’s real
power comes from its live show. With
seven members, he said, “it’s a full
sound on stage.”
Recently disbanded, Cravin’ Melon
was a group with state and national no
toriety. Representing South Carolina, it
released five albums afte'r forming in
1994. Its last album, The Great
Procrastinator, was the most popular be
cause it elevated the band’s stature to
that of its contemporaries, such as Hootie
and the Blowfish and Edwin McCain.
Former members Doug and Jimbo con
tinue to play as an acoustic set, along
side long-time friend Tim White.
. Since forming last May, the creative
trio of Bolt has risen to prominence in
Columbia’s music scene. The band
consists of Bill Elliot on drums, Geoff
Maxey on bass and Heyward Sims on
guitar. In part because of its October
Battle of the Bands win, Elliot said,
“The planets'started to align.” The
band plays an instrumental form of
rock Sims explains as “1980s Nintendo
music.” The band is determined to
keep going. Elliot said: “We’re all in it
... We have no intention of quitting.”
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