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CONTACT US THEY SAID IT Story ideas? Questions? Comments? EMERSON: “The secret of education is E-mailusatgamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com „_f ... . . . : - respecting the pupil.” “I realized that there was no publication for undergraduate writers to send their work.” ELIZABETH CATANESE CREATOR OF THREE RIVERS LITERARY MAGAZINE rivers literary magazine USC's newest literary magazine showcases students'poetry and prose BY RACHEL BEATTY THE GAMECOCK " “Liberal, yet tasteful.” That’s the unofficial slogan of the Three Rivers Literary Magazine, USC’s new literary publication. The brainchild of Elizabeth Catanese, a third-year English student, the magazine will let undergraduates share their writing, both prose and po etry. “I got the idea driving home from Christmas break,” Catanese said. “I realized that there was no publication for un dergraduate writers to send their work. We had The Embassy, which is a graduate literary magazine, and the Garnet & Black, which has turned more into a campus mag azine than anything. So I thought we needed an under graduate magazine.” The magazine’s staff is creat ing flyers to pass out during classes and also to key figures in the English Department. The group hopes that spreading the word will garner more student submissions. Three Rivers will serve as Catanese’s senior thesis for the Honors College. She already has a sizable staff of mostly English students. Together, they’ve reg istered the magazine with Student Government and are ready to print a mock-up. Now that it has dealt with reg istration paperwork, the staff has turned to face its initial goals. “We want a big first issue, something that will snowball into something more perma nent,” said John Howell, one of the magazine’s poetry editors. The first issue is slated to come out in the fall of2002. It will be a tribute to writer James Dickey, a South Carolina native. “We’re going to use him just in features, but I thought it’d be a good thing to do,” Catanese said. “It will be five years after his death, and he’s gotten a bad rep the past few years; we want to help boost it.” The staff of “Three Rivers” is vying for an unpublished Dickey work, which could help give the magazine national notoriety. Some worry that the new con tender will create competition for USC’s existing literary mag azine, Garnet & Black. Garnet & Black Editor in Chief Mackenzie Clements said: “It was my intention as editor to make the Garnet & Black more of a campus magazine, because it previously wasn’t reaching a wide enough au dience. After the change, maga zines were flying off the stands. There is still the opportunity for writers to be published.” Catanese agrees that the two magazines have different paths. “There’s no ill will, no step ping on toes,” she said. “We’re just going to present undergrad uate literature as opposed to be ing a campus magazine. We both can coexist on this campus.” Another goal of Three Rivers is to publish submissions from undergraduate writers nation wide. The Dickey angle will help provide needed publicity. Word of the upcoming mock-up will be sent to listservs of colleges na tionwide, including many Ivy League schools. The staff intends to distribute flyers in indepen dent bookstores statewide, in cluding stores in Greenville, Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Flyers might also pop up in cam pus bookstores, not only at USC but also at other state colleges, such as College of Charleston and Clemson. “We want to provide a publi cation for all undergraduates to send their work. We feel there is not enough opportunity for them to do so right now,” Catanese said. ■ Another goal is, of course, fund raising. The staff needs money to print the magazine, and it is scour ing Columbia for sponsors. The op timism is high for potential sup port. Three Rivers has gotten a jump-start from English Department faculty. “We want to thank all the fac ulty that are helping us: Ben Greer, who helped us with con tent; Nina Levine, who set up our account; William Price Fox; and Don Greiner, who has been inspirational,” Catanese said. The magazine’s staff includes Catanese, poetry editors Howell and Mitch Frye, prose editors Lori-Eston Lane and Katie Rawson, treasurer Amy Greene, graduate advisers Grant Collins and John Chapman, public rela tions manager Jessica Clary, Jared Joyce-Schleimer, Kurt Huffstetler and Leigh Thomas. For submission information or to join the staff of Three Rivers, e-mail Elizabeth Catanese at princess_zelda23@hotmail .com. To submit a donation, e mail blueduck3517@aol.com. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com WUSC Top Ten Albums FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 10-16. 1. “ALL YOU CAN EAT” _ Beat Crusaders 2. “BLOODSPORT __Sneaker Pimps 3. “‘ROYAL TENENBAUMS’ ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK” _ ^Various Artiste 4. “WE ARE THE ONLY FRIENDS WE HAVE” Piebald 5. “I AM” Ayumi Hamasaki 6. “PRETTY TOGETHER” _ Sloan 7. “LOVESICK, BROKE AND DRIFTIN’ ” Hank Williams III 8. “RESIST” Kosheen 9. “SIMPLE THINGS” Zero 7 10. “NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS” Liar’s Academy WEB REVIEW Radio with an edge WWW.HARDCOREJUKEBOX.COM An Internet radio Web site BY MIKE LUKE THE GAMECOCK Even amid huge copyright lawsuits, accessing music via the Internet is just as popular as ever. File-sharing Web sites allow users to download music onto their computers. Radio Web sites, such as Hardcore Jukebox, are quickly becoming more popular and are the legal solution to copyright violations. Here, the music isn’t downloaded; instead, it’s made available to users through media file streaming. Hardcore Jukebox (www.hardcorejukebox.com) is Internet radio of a different kind. David R. Teleposky, president and founder of Hardcore Jukebox, said his site “plays all the heavy music everyone else is afraid to play.” The site is user friendly and takes up little of the screen. To enhance listening, it offers options such as balance controls, volume control and a choice of three player “skins” to customize the radio’s look. And how about the music? Users have a choice of three hard-core stations, a metal station and a punk-and-emo station. The site is the perfect blend of underground and popular music for each genre. I encountered various problems with the site, though. Teleposky claims the music’s format is top-of-the-line. The music comes in the form of streaming Flash media. It sounds good on paper, dui me music s quality didn’t blow me away. As with some lower-quality MP3 files, the music had that low quality, “underwater” sound to it. In file-sharing Web sites, however, low-quality MP3s are uncommon, and you get to choose which files you download. I found this low-quality sound on every channel, and the modem selection option at the start of Hardcore Jukebox didn’t help. MP3s are supposed to relieve listeners of CD skipping; I experienced skipping. I ran AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word simultaneously while listening to Hardcore Jukebox. I eliminated each program until Hardcore Jukebox was the only program running, and it still skipped. The skipping wasn’t specific only to my computer; the same results were found on three other computers. The skipping, however, lessened as each program running simultaneously with Hardcore Jukebox was closed. Lastly, the music is on a 10- (or so) song cycle. While switching stations, I sometimes encountered the same song three times on one channel. The heavy channel played Metallica’s “Fade to Black” three times in 20 minutes. The same cycle system applied to all the stations, and after an hour, the cycle didn’t switch to another 10 songs. Hardcore Jukebox has a lot of potential, but the little imperfections will hold this new company back in the high-tech Internet world. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com MUSIC PREVIEW Band a ‘breath of fresh air ’ BY AUBREY FOGLE THE GAMECOCK Proving that live music still has life after the Elbow Room, rock band Fifth Year Crush will play in the capital city. Hailing from South Florida, Fifth Year Crush will visit the New Brookland Tavern tonight and Spartanburg at the end of the week to promote its upcoming album. Fifth Year Crush comprises Jason Walls on vocals and guitar, Guy Nicolette on lead guitar, Tom Wood on bass guitar and Kevin King on drums. Its first CD, “Two Twelve,” sold out its 1,000 copies, and the band is heralded as local music heroes in Florida. The band performed at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Fla., and at the Nashville New Music Conference last year. Fifth Year Crush has also been featured on the Nashville New Music Conference Compilation CD. The group has enjoyed nearly unprecedented local success, and it’s been touring nonstop since it formed two years ago. Florida disc jockey Chad Kellogg said: “The one band that will always stick out in my mind is Fifth Year Crush. Their ability to write strong songs, expand their fan base and gain the support of large radio stations has made them one of Florida’s most gifted and exciting bands.” Fifth Year Crush’s sound is a blend of rock and pop with a generous spread of catchy The band Fifth Year Crush will perform Its “light ly hearted" * music at | the New j Brookland Tavern tonight at 7 p.m. Admission will be $4. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK guitar riffs and vocal hooks. There’s not much difference between Fifth Year Crush and just about anyone on channel 93.5 FM, but it’s strong musically; its music is something the whole family can enjoy. The band prides itself on its songs more than anything else. Jason Walls describes the band as something girls will probably enjoy more than boys. He says its songs are just too pop for some crowds and younger males probably won’t enjoy the performance as much. Walls says the band’s target audience is college age young adults. “We’re not a mosh-pit band,” he said. “We don’t mind them at all, but they just don’t happen at our concerts.” The band is a breath of fresh air for light-hearted pop song lovers. As de.-ressing anger ballads battle boy-band hooks for Billboard supremacy, bands such as Fifth Year Crush provide a healthy alternative for the not so-disillusioned public. As the band says, “Good songs define Fifth Year Crush: songs that are good no matter what genre is currently trendy. Songs that combine solid songwriting qualities with an unabashed love for pop-rock melodies.” So, if you’re looking for a drunken blast of a concert, look someplace else. But, if you feel like hearing some catchy songs while you shoot some pool or chill out in a bar, look no further than the New Brookland Tavern tonight. The show starts at 7 p.m. at New Brookland Tavern. Comments on this story?E-tr,ail gamecockmixeditortaJiotmall.com