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Music stores
a dying breed
The impending closing of Manifest Discs & Tapes
signals tin end of an era for Columbia’s — and the
" Southeasl’s — music scene. Manifest provided a
haven forunsigned regional acts through their CD
consignment services and years of in-store CD
release events. Also, the store’s used CD selection
helped many impoverished USC students pad their
music collections without breaking the bank over
the 19 yea~s of its existence. More recently, Manifest
has been one of the title sponsors of Columbia’s
Colossal Music Crawl, which featured local bands.
However, the store’s
The siccess Of eventual demise is not
legal online surprising, considering the
downloading overall downward trend in CD
sennas shows sales throughout the nation.
^ that Onsumers While popular, but illegal,
are eager for music downloading services
paid dmnloads. are usuai]y faulted for causing
the slide in retail sales, the
structure of the industry itself is also to blame.
The music industry’s slowness in responding to
changes :n technology and failure to admit that
consumers warned new ways to access music
foreshadowed tie close of many outlets like
Manifest The success of legal downloading services
like RealNetwork’s Rhapsody, Apple Computer’s
iTunes Music Sore, and even Wal-Mart’s
forthcoming misic site, shows that consumers are
eager for paid d>wnloads. These services provide
music at compeitive prices, but their selections are
^ limited and sone people will always prefer the
P comfort of a CDand its accompanying insert.
It is far too emly to proclaim the death of
traditional music retailers, but the industry is
definitely chaining in ways that may be bad for all
but niche seller. Columbia has suffered through the
loss of several jnportant live music venues over the
past five yearsnnd there are many genres of music
that do not hav a place to call home here in town.
What remains o be seen is how Manifest’s loss will
impact local bsids and venues, which now have one
less friend.
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New Year’s tips for the gym
Alas, another vacation has
come to pass, and we find our
selves once again amidst the en
virons of the world of academia.
To many, it is a much-wel
comed homecoming; an opportu
nity to once
again elude
the totalitari
an grasp of the
parental units.
To others, it
marks the end
of the festivi
ties of the holi
day season,
and the begin- CURTIS CHOW
ningofanoth- Third.ymr
er semester of political
debt, panic science
and caffeine student.
addiction. In
either case, we are here, each
with our respective hopes and
premonitions of the semester
that awaits us.
Admittedly, the first day of
classes has not been at the top of
my agenda of favorite things. To
be honest, it actually falls rather
low on the list — somewhere be
tween Richard Simmons and the
Spice Girls. Astoundingly
enough, however, it is not all due
to my anticipated workload, but
rather to an even greater antici
pated evil: the annual New Year’s
resolution gym invasion.
Every year around this time,
the gym is filled beyond capaci
ty by those seeking to fulfill their
ephemeral resolutions to be as
beautiful on the outside as they
are on the inside (evidently, a
person’s insides are a beautiful
thing). While serving a very no
ble cause, these Fitness Aspiring
Tubby Students (FATS) often
serve little purpose than to ag
gravate the regular gym-goer for
the first three weeks or so of
school (or however long they last
before they find another more ex
igent cause, i.e. reality TV).
If you are a FATS, you can
save the real gym-goer some un
due frustration, and yourself,
some disappointment by not go
ing to the gym. For those of you
who are going to show up any
way, I’ve compiled a list of tips
and tricks for your workouts:
Avoid “fatting around the
weights.” Going to the gym
doesn’t do you any good. The
physical benefits of going to the
gym are actually derived from
the proper use of the equipment
therein. You should therefore
avoid sitting around for exces
sive rests while occupying equip
ment. Go ahead and crank out
some reps. It’s good for you.
Princess, I understand that
changing weights can be an ar
duous task, but asking a 250 lbs.
man for assistance after he has
just cranked out a mean set of
squats is simply not a good idea.
Girls - Wear clothes. The cute
guys you’re probably trying to im
press are trying to concentrate on
their weight and form — not
yours.
Guys — Wear a shirt. It’s bad
gym etiquette to walk around
without a shirt. No one wants to
see your little bird chest anyway.
On that note, working out your
chest four days a week is not pro
ductive. You’re just occupying
equipment. This is almost as bad
as “fatting around the weights.”
Do not give advice unless
someone asks you for it. This can
be especially embarrassing if you
(the FATS) make a stupid sug
gestion to a seasoned lifter.
If you heed this advice and ac
tually make it past the first month
of school, maintaining a consis
tent workout schedule, then con
gratulations! You are now well on
your way to no longer being a
FATS, but a real gym-goer.
In.your.opinion
Professors, use VIP
to post course info
Thank you for your article
in the October 17,2003 edition
of The Gamecock drawing at
tention to the issue of online
course syllabuses. The Office of
the University Registrar heard
Student Government’s desire
to have more course informa
tion available over five years
ago. For five years now, course
syllabuses and other course
section information has been
available to students on the
Master Schedule of Courses
(http://registrar.sc.edu/html/
Course_Listings/). To see how
well this can work, click on
“more info” on selected Physics
(PHYS) or Political Science
(POLI) listings in the Spring
2004 Master Schedule.
The Registrar’s Office has,
each semester, encouraged in
structors to use this function
by posting a URL (Internet ad
dress) using their VIP class
roll. Unfortunately, relatively
few instructors take advantage
of the option and perform the
simple transaction required.
Students should encourage in
structors to use VIP to post the
public and private (available
only to enrollees) URLs for the
courses they are teaching next
semester and maybe we’ll see
more “more information” in
the future.
BARBARA BLANEY
I'XIVERSITV REGISTRAR.
iiurnMH m
St. Paul had a chip
on his shoulder
This letter is to Jeff Mobley
(“Pragmatism alone shouldn’t
guide law,” Dec. 5,2003) and all
the Christians in America who
| oppose homosexual unions.
Please try to understand that ho
mosexuals in America are try
ing to retain the same civil
rights extended to heterosexual
couples, such as insurance and
banking privileges.
using me wuius ui oi.
Paul in the book of Romans to
base your anti-homosexual,
pseudo-Christian morality is a
dangerous foothold. Paul was a
man who was a channel for
many important religious ide
als, but he was a man who was
governed by his emotions of dis
like.
From the start of his career,
Paul showed he had a strong dis
like for the early Christians who
opposed the traditional Jewish
and Roman society which St.
Paul sided with.
In an instant, Paul became a
tool for the Christian move
ment, turning his emotions
against the Roman regime into a
weapon for the ministry of
Christ. Now, Paul’s spiteful at
titude toward the Romans came
out in many of his critiques,
mostly on women, marriage and
homosexuality.
To Paul, homosexuality, like
all other forms of Roman hedo
nism, was a Romanization of the
early Christians, something
Paul’s hatred of the Romans
would not allow.
The next time you base a
moral doctrine on Biblical
scripture, try basing it off
someone who didn’t have a
chip on his shoulder.
Paul’s slamming homo
sexuality is not valid since it
is a religious justification of
a man’s personal vendetta.
PETER COPTER ,
COLUMBIA
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Column
writing
101: what
not to do
Well well well, another winter
break is over and here we all are,
back again for an exciting spring
semester at USC. This is my first
time writing a column for the
“Viewpoints” section, so I hope
nya’ll will all
bear with me to
day. Not only do
I have no clue
how to write a
column, I also
started writing
less than an
hour before this
GRAHAM Piece was due.
CULBERTSON If it sucks,
Third-year . just read some
English thing else. It’s
student. not like USA
Today isn’t
free. (Note to
Editor: If this column turns out
to not suck, please remove the
previous sentence.) (Also, please
remove previous parenthetical
note to editor.)
Ha ha, only kidding. No
Gamecock writer would ever be so
unprofessional. And to show you
just how much I respect the colum
. nists who’ve come before me, I’m
going to do a quick rundown of
their favorite types of columns.
(Note to Reader: This will only
be interesting if you have, in
fact, actually subjected your
selves to Gamecock columnists.
Remember, The New York Times
is also free).
Feminist Rant: This type of col
umn can show up at any time of
the year, but when the Vagina
Monologues is at USC, sometimes
they even infiltrate the sports
page. Basically, the (usually) fe
male writer just wants to let you
know how great abortion, the pill,
the morning after pill, partial birth
abortion, having a vagina, and les-.
bian sex are. These columns are
only read in their entirety by girls,
but lots of guys read a few sen
tences when they spot the term
“lesbian sex.”
Ivory Tower Monologue:
Although readership for the fem
inist rants is sparse, no one has
read an ivory tower monologue in
its entirety in the history of stu
dent newspapers. In these
columns, a well-intentioned but
out of touch political science stu
dent talks about how fascinating
textile mills are, or Supreme Court
appointments, or any other sub
ject which is guaranteed to put ev
eryone besides Andrew Sorensen
to sleep. If you’re an insomniac, I
recommend reading one of these
as a sleeping aid, but don’t get dis
tracted by the words “lesbian sex”
in the next column over.
runucai nant: nere is a sample
intro: “As a radical conserva
tive/liberal/Naderite/Tibetan
Nationalist, I want everyone to
know how stupid liberals/conser
vatives/Libertarians/Mao Zedong
are. I hate them all. Find out why
you should hate them too in the
next 500 words of groundless po
litical froth in which logic and
facts will not be consulted!”
Green Space Rant: Although
this is supposed to be a subcatego
ry of the “Complain about
University Policy” column, no one
has had time lately to complain
about anything else. So many trees
have been planted, so many fields
have been sodded, and so many
parking spaces have been lost that
administrative idiocies ranging
from Value-Centered Management
to four straight semesters of tu
ition increases have been ignored.
Everyone even loosely affiliat
ed with USC reads and agrees with
these columns, except for Andrew
Sorensen. Dr. Sorensen, who has
two reserved spots outside the
President’s House and a recently
expanded garden, would much
rather read about textile mills.
College.Quote.Board
MICHIGAN DAILY
TlfEB^pRSITV OF MICHIGAN
“According to the White House, the purpose of the 2005 Bush
budget is to rein in domestic spending programs to ‘‘trim the pro
grams without damaging any essential services.” Bush’s plan, how
ever, causes serious harm to many crucial programs. Under the
White House proposal, many veterans will see their healthcare
costs increase, as prescription premiums are expected to double.”
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OREGON DAILY EMERALD
THE I NIVKIiSlTV OK OREUON
“Americans learned Dec. 23 that mad cow disease had been found
in Washington state, and the nearly hysterical response to the sin
gle incidence of the disease here is already damaging. Caution is
prudent, but given that there’s a very small chance contaminated
material actually made it to the dinner plate, avoiding beef now if
you didn’t before is probably unduly paranoid and only compounds
the nation’s meat woes. ”
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