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Bread
is fuel,
•not evil
carbs
BY KATHLEEN PURVIS
KKT CAMPUS
We’re missing a grain of truth.
tn our rush to embrace the
health darling of the moment, the
low carbohydrate mantra of the
“ABZ” diets — Atkins, South
Beach and Zone — we may be
throwing the baby out with the
breadbasket.
“Carbohydrates are not evil,”
said Elisabetta Politi, director of
nutrition at the Duke Diet &
Fitness Center in Durham, N.C.
“People should not fear carbohy
drates as something unhealthy.
(Consuming) a lot of carbohy
drates leads to weight gain. But
they’re a good fuel.”
Even as dietitians shake their
heads at eating plans that severely
restrict certain food groups,
they’re pleased with the basic mes
sage: Too much sugar and refined
- flour lead to weight gain.
But the other part of the equa
tion, replacing refined flour with
whole grains, might not be getting
through.
“The public has somehow mis
understood the message,” Politi
said. “Americans need to be aware
that carbs by themselves are not
the culprit in weight gain and di
_ abetes.”
Jeff Ganoung, owner of Great
Harvest Bread Cohas degrees in
microbiology and chemistry and
a master’s degree in food science.
His wife and bakery co-owner,
Janet, is a biologist with a mas
ter's in nutritjon. These days, they
spend almost as much time ex
plaining chemistry as they do
grinding flour and baking bread.
“The carbohydrate message
needs to be refined,” Ganoung
said. “What we hear is 'low carb.’
What they mean is sugar (and re
fined flour). It’s like saying 'mo
torcycles are dangerous, so don’t
drive motor vehicles.’”
□ Peter Reinhart of Johnson &
Wales University in Charlotte, a
baking instructor and author,
was the keynote speaker at the
Bread Summit in Providence,
R.I., in November. Bread bakers
from across the country came to
gether to consider the effects of
the low-carb message. “I don’t
think most people know what a
carb is, in general. That’s com
plex. What most people need to
understand is what a balanced
diet really is. You don’t have to
understand carbs to understand
that” he said.
Here’s one message dietitians
would like you to hear: Increase
the whole grains in your diet.
Even the diet books, such as Dr.
Arthur Agatston’s “South Beach
Diet,” recommend them.
So what are whole grains, and
^^why are they so good for us?
“A whole grain is any grain
that all the constituent parts are
♦ GRAIN, SEE PAGE 6
Hollywood heavyweights hope to win top honors at the Golden Globes
BY MEG MOORE
THE GAMECOCK
The ceremony serves as a red
carpet dress rehearsal of sorts,
a precursor to the awards show
season’s more celebrated galas
— the Academy Awards and the
Emmys. Honoring the year’s
most noteworthy shows and
films, the Golden Globes unoffi
cially divide the Oscar and
Emmy hopefuls from the hope
less.
Hoping to walk away with
their first— and ideally, not
their only — Midas-touched tro
phies of2004, Hollywood’s finest
will be awarded for their on
screen efforts Sunday evening.
The ceremony will be broadcast
live from the Beverly Hilton
Hotel starting at 8 p.m. on NBC.
In the Motion Picture catego
ry, the silver screen’s heaviest
hitters are all hoping to secure
a win. The highly anticipated
“Cold Mountain” leads the cin
ematic pack with eight nomina
tions. Sophia Coppola’s “Lost in
Translation” and Clint
Eastwood’s “Mystic River” each
earned five nods. Yet they are all
up against imposing opposition
from lauded films “The Lord of
the Rings: Return of the King,”
“Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World” and “Big
Fish.”
Numerous A-list actors are
also in the running for top hon
ors. Russell Crowe and Tom
Cruise are up for Actor in a
Leading Role (Drama) and, con
sequently, the action-movie
hunk of the year title. Seasoned
stars Diane Keaton, Nicole
Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis
are vying for Actress in a
Leading Role (Drama).
On the small screen, new se
ries including “Nip/Tuck” are
competing for the top Television
Series (Drama) against veterans
“The West Wing” and “CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation.” As
the only network sitcom in the
running for the Television
Series (Comedy) trophy, “Will
& Grace” is battling cable TV
spawned shows “Arrested
Development” and “The Office,”
among others.
Matt LeBlanc represents the
nearly departed “Friends” cast
amidst the nominee pool, with
his nod for Actor in a Leading
Role (Musical or Comedy
Series). The “Sex and the City”
foursome also received nomina
tions for their acting finesse;
their oft-emulated fashion sense
couldn’t have hurt either.
When the stars come out this
Sunday, tune in — Hollywood
might just be warming up, but
the competition is red-hot for
2004’s first awards.
PICTURE (DRAMA)
“Cold Mountain”
Produced by Albert Berger,
William Horberg, Sydney Pollack,
Ron Yerxa
“The Lord Of the Rings: The Return
Of the King”
Produced by Peter Jackson,
Barrie M. Osborne, Frances Walsh
“Master and Commander: The Far
Side of the World”
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr.,
Duncan Henderson, Peter Weir
"Mystic River”
Produced by Clint Eastwood,
Judie Hoyt, Robert Lorenz
“Seabiscuit"
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy,
Frank Marshall, Gary Ross, Jane
Sindell
PICTURE (MUSICAL OR
COMEDY)
“Bend It Like Beckham"
Produced by Gurinder Chadha,
Deepak Nayar
“Big Fish”
Produced by Bruce Cohen, Dan
Jinks, Richard D. Zanuck
“Finding Nemo"
Produced by Graham Walters
“Lost In Translation"
Produced by Sofia Coppola,
Ross Katz
“Love Actually"
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric
Fellner, Duncan Kenworthy
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
(DRAMA)
Russell Crowe in "Master and
Commander: The Far Side Of the
World”
Tom Cruise in “The Last Samurai”
Ben Kingsley in "House Of Sand
and Fog”
Jude Law in “Cold Mountain”
Sean Penn in "Mystic River”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
(MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Jack Black in ‘The School Of
Rock”
Johnny Depp in “Pirates Of the
Caribbean: The Curse Of the
Black Pearl”
Bill Murray in "Lost In
Translation”
Jack Nicholson in “Something’s
Gotta Give”
Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad
Santa"
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
(DRAMA)
Cate Blanchett in “Veronica
Guerin"
Scarlett Johansson in “Girl With a
Pearl Earring”
Nicole Kidman in “Cold
Mountain”
♦ AWARDS, SEE PAGE 6
Web site
shows
what’s in
a name
BY JENNIFER SITKOWSKI
THE GAMECOCK
Behindthename.com provides
an interesting insight into the ori
gin and history of first names.
Names can be researched by ori
gin, gender or first letter, or by typ
ing them into the “Search” box.
The site gives a description and
historical background for each
name that is input. There is also a
list, provided on the home page,
with unusual links to different
name-based facts and other sites
related to the given names.
For ex
ample, a
link titled
“The Most
Popular
Names”
provides
informa
tion re
garding
the popu
larity of
each first
name in
every
country
for a given
year.
In addi
tion, the
site has a
link titled
“Names
by Usage,”
which
makes
available
the num
ber of
Oscar
winners,
biblical figures and Queens and
Kings with that the same first
name as the user. As well as hav
ing informative links, the site
has a list of interactive links such
as a message board, “Random
Name Generator” and interactive
polls.
The name generator picks a
moniker based on the gender and
descent of the name you choose.
For example, if you want a
German boy’s name, then select
“German” and “male,” and a
name is automatically generated
for you. The site also provides
links to other pages if you’re in
terested in further researching
your name.
One of the most interesting
links on the site is the “Name a
Star” page, where for $54 plus
shipping and handling, you can
name an actual star after your
self — or someone special in your
life.
There are several entertaining
links on this site, but the lack of
detail concerning the actual his
tory behind the names may prove
disappointing to some. For those
only interested in basic facts
about their namesakes, however,
www.behindthename.com has an
assortment of sources.
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PHOTO BY KATIE KIRKLAND/THE GAMECOCK
,AI Franken spoke at the Koger Center on Wednesday evening.
The “SNL” alum held a book signing after his lecture.
Speech. Review
Franken subtly wreaks political havoc
★★ ★* out of ☆☆☆☆☆
BY STEVEN VAN HAREN
THE GAMECOCK
As A1 Franken launched into his
lecture Wednesday night from be
hind the lone lectern adorning the
Roger Center stage, it was clear he
knew he was in South Carolina. He
pulled out a grizzled, screw-any
thing-that-moves Strom Thurmond
impression and went to work.
Over the course of two hours of
political comedy, Franken shot
gunned all things “right” with ap
propriate touches of dry wit and
storytelling.
Franken, like any true comedi
an, keeps his material moving with
the times. Half his routine consist
ed of the repertoire he employed
over the pffist severalmonths while
promoting his latest book, “Lies
and the Lying Liars Who Tell
Them: A Fair and Balanced Look
at the Right.” But the other half of
his material centered on Tuesday
night’s State of the Union address,
his recent USO tour in Iraq and a
few USC-related anecdotes.
He discussed his confused meet
ing in the mid-1980s with an insis
tent USC student who kept saying,
“I’m Cocky,” much to Franken’s
puzzlement. To the crowd’s de
light, he later modified Stuart
Smalley’s uppity catchphrase: ‘Tm
good enough; I’m smart enough;
and doggone it, I’m Cocky!”
Franken bolstered his negative
views of such prominent
Republicans as President Bush and
Bill O’Reilly with humorous com
mentary. He discussed who would
win in an old West shootout be
tween him and O’Reilly, after the
Fox commentator made the sug
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gestion at a book convention.
“Know what O’Reilly said?”
asked Franken. “He said, ‘I’d shoot
[Franken] right between the head.’”
Political opinions aside,
Franken is a gifted comic and pub
lic speaker. He created a comfort
able ebb-and-flow with the audi
ence, pausing for comedic effect at
just the right moments. He knows
swearing is an art form and
dropped in his obscenities in only
the perfect spots to fully accentu
ate his points.
A1 Franken lost that ease, how
ever, when he started to get too se
rious. During the question-and-an
swer session, there were moments
when his comedic smirk went flat,
and he became the “old muttering
professor” stereotype. Luckily, he
always had off-the-cuff jokes to pull
himself out of those ruts, i
Even one of his more extreme
Bush criticisms left the vastly
Democratic audience quieted. “I
would go so far as to say that I
blame Bush for 9-11,” he said. While
this comment is taken from a con
text in which Franken discussed a
Bush adminis.tration anti-terrorism
committee that never once met be
fore September 11, it was probably a
step over the line that he should not
have been taken.
If A1 Franken were a
Republican, he would warrant
this same praise and criticism.
While the political nature of
Franken’s routine provides for in
cendiary fun, his comedic talent
would work just as well for any
number of social issues. Franken
left the Roger Center crowd laugh
ing hard and thinking harder.
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