University of South Carolina Libraries
THE GAMECOCK ♦ Monday, April 22, 2002 5 * CONTACT US TTT^ A/TT^T -» Story ideas? Questions? E-mail us at A i V / everywhere, and yet we always think of gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com ®— —M ■ » -A-T M I i -Sl_ Him as somewhat of a recluse.” “Year to year, generation to generation, we forget how to care for the earth. We still need to recognize that the earth can only accommodate so much.” GWEN GEIDEL ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR THE SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT Earth Day events Here’s how USC plans to observe the 32nd annual Earth Day: ♦ Celebration of the Earth and the Environment, 11 a.m.-l p.m. ♦ Earth Day essay contest awards ceremony, noon ♦ Rocky Branch Creek Cleanup, following the awards ceremony ♦ Nature Walk, 3 p.m. USC celebration 1 seeks to raise environmental awareness BY KAMILLE BOSTICK THE GAMECOCK Today is the 32nd annual Earth Day,«and as the entire world celebrates the greatness, greenness and fragility of our planet, USC’s School of the fc Environment has planned an exciting day for those at the university to participate as well. The Earth Day Festival will not only feature events that ed ucate students about the envi ronment and what can be done to protect it. The festival will also recognize students, staff and faculty who are taking such actions. Another impor tant feature of this year’s festi val is an event to encourage in volvement on the campus. Beginning at 11 a.m., the Celebration of the Earth and the Environment will take place. Lasting until 1 p.m., the celebra tion will showcase environmen tal programs, research, and ac tivities taking place at the uni versity as well as community en vironmental groups such as the Sierra Club and the Baruch Institute. The philosophy de partment’s African Drums and the Moonshine band will per form. The festival also includes a ceremony for the Environmental Essay Contest and Environmental Stewardship Award win ners. Several English 101 classes participated in the essay contest that will give a cash prize. One student, two staff members and a fac ulty member will be recog nized for their involvement in environmental affairs. Winners will receive'their awards in front of the Russell House at noon. An award will also be pre sented to the fraternity that placed first in the intrafra ternity recycling contest. Several fraternities will have information and activity booths set up throughout the day as well. Following the awards cere mony, volunteers can help clean up Rocky Branch Creek, which lies between the Blatt P.E. Center and the Swearingen Engineering Center. On Tuesday, organiz ers plan to park the dump truck filled with the collect ed trash on Greene Street. The festival will conclude with a nature walk at 3 p.m. Earth Day became an annu al observance in 1970 to focus attention on the issues con cerning the environment and affecting the planet. It was founded by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his activism. On April 22,1970,20 million Americans participated in rallies, demonstrations and protests to show their support for a cleaner, better Earth. Activism shown that day led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts. To promote awareness as well as action, the School of the Environment has resumed the ob servance here on campus for the past five years. “Year to year, generation to ♦ EARTH DAY, SEE PAGE 6 Spidey tickets out early PHOTO BY ZADE ROSENTHAL/ COLUMBIA PICTURES | BY CARRIE PHILLIPS THE CAMK(TICK “Spider-Man” doesn’t hit the big screen until May 3, but fans can already set the date and time that they want to see the movie. Two theaters in Columbia have already put tickets on sale, and tickets are also available through Fandango.com. AMC Dutch Square 14 and Phoenix Theaters Columbia Mall Cinema 8 are selling tickets for May 3 through May 9. Fandango.com started selling tickets April 15. Since then, Fandango.com reported that “Spider-Man” has gsyrnered 16 percent of ticket sales for the past week. The next two highest sellers, “Changing Lanes” and “The Scorpion King,” each garnered 13 percent. “ ‘Spider-Man’ promises to be one of the biggest films this summer, and fans are already making plans to see it,” said Art Levitt, president and CEO of Fandango Inc. He said that this way, fans can get seats in advance and not have to worry about the show selling out. People who buy “Spider-Man” tickets at Fandango.com will be automatically entered in a sweepstakes to win Spider Man merchandise, DVDs or the grand prize — a DVD player. The webslinger first came on the scene in August 1962 in a Marvel comic book. Since then, Spider-Man has become one of Marvel’s most popular characters. This is not tne character s first live action appearance. From 1977 to 1979, Nicholas Hammond starred in the title role in the television series “The Amazing Spider-Man.” “Spider-Man” stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson and Willem Dafoe as William Osborne/Green Goblin. AMC Dutch Square 14 is located in Dutch Square Mall at Bush River and Broad River roads. Phoenix Theaters Columbia Mall Cinema 8 is located at 7201-802 Two Notch Road. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com < Staley found dead at 34 BY GENE JOHNSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE - Layne Staley, lead singer and guitarist for the grunge band Alice in Chains, was found dead in his apartment, authorities said Saturday. He was 34. Tests were required to establish the identity because the body, discovered Friday, had started to decompose. The King County Medical Examiner’s office did not release his cause of death. “It was natural or an overdose — that’s the way it was determined by our investigators,” said Seattle Police spokesman Duane Fish. Police did not immediately release details on anything that was found at the scene, and a spokesman did not respond to several messages. With Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Alice in Chains was one of the most prominent bands of the Seattle grunge scene 01 tne early 9us. me group was known for its dark, menacing sound, which combined grunge and heavy metal, and often wrote about heroin. “He was a sweet guy, but very troubled,” said Charles Cross, a former editor of the defunct Seattle music magazine The Rocket who recently wrote a biography of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobam. “He lost his girlfriend to drugs a number of years ago. People still had hopes he would turn around. It’s a sad tale.” While Alice in Chains didn’t gamer as much respect as other Seattle grunge groups, the band’s influence still reverberates, Cross said. “Critically, they’ll never rate in the same pantheon as Nirvana, but they were a band that inspired hundreds, if not thousands, of other bands,” Cross said. He PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Layne Staley headed Alice In Chains. pointed to Creed and Godsmack, a band that shares its name with an Alice in Chains song. “They had huge commercial aspirations from the beginning. They fulfilled that, and so much of that was Layne’s voice,” Cross said. His voice ranged from a low, growly monotone to a pained, piercing wail; many a bar-band singer frayed vocal cords in the early 1990s trying to imitate it. Staley also played some guitar for the group. Alice in Chains stopped touring in the mid-’90s, when Staley’s drug use proved too great an obstacle. He began a number of stints in rehab. In a 1996 interview with Rolling Stone ♦ STALEY, SEE PAGE 6 Art Jam premieres Tuesday Danielle Howie’s concert Is free with a college ID. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Danielle Howie performs to kick off the celebration BY CHARLES TOMLINSON THE (MMECOCK The Columbia Museum of Art will play host to the second annual Art Jam on Tuesday and feature a blues photography exhibit and a performance from recording artist Danielle Howie. The event will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and its main features will be Howie’s performance and the photography exhibit “Visualizing the Blues: Images from the American South.” Visitors can also observe the museum’s international art gallery. College students are admitted free with a student ID. Refreshments will also be served. The Art Jam began last year as a way to make local college students more aware of the art museum, said Ellen Woodoff of the museum’s marketing and communications department. “It’s a fun evening, free for college students, of art and music, and there will be some refreshments,” Woodoff said. The museum will also offer special $10 student memberships on the evening of the Art Jam. Regular student admission is $2. “We do like to get the word out there because it’s a fairly inexpensive thing for students to do and not too far from campus at all,” Woodoff said. Howie will perform a solo acoustic set. She has garnered critical acclaim for her folky, bluesy songwriting. According to Interview magazine, “Howie is quickly making a big noise thanks to her richly resonant voice and spirited songwriting. The music, a funky, down-home patchwork of boisterous rock and country strumming, also speaks of the 200-watt independent mind behind it.” “Visualizing the Blues” chronicles the history of 63 photographers to show the influence of blues music on their work. Featured photographers include Eudora Welty, Gordon Parks, Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Sally Mann and Henri Cartier Bresson. The museum’s current exhibit spans the history of photography from the Civil War and Depression era to contemporary times. In addition to Howie, two local musicians will perform. Saxophonist Garrick Sherrod and D J Shekeese will play for museum visitors Tuesday evening. Sherrod plays outside of Rising High on Main Street every day at lunch time. Museum staff asked Garrick to play at the Art Jam. “The exhibition is about the blues, and he was outside Rising High playing the blues, so we thought it was perfect,” Woodoff said. The Columbia Museum of Art is located at Main and Hampton streets in downtown Columbia. Comments on this story?E-mail1 gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com