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THE GAMECOCK ♦ Friday, March 5, 2004 5 are of all enterprises that new clothes.” HENRY DAVID THOREAU Contact. Us " *m Story ideas? Questions? Comments? E-mail us at gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu Warmer weather brings a list of necessities for a new, improved wardrobe BY RACHEL HARTLEY I THE (iAMEUQCK Spring is in the air, and with it has come the urge to box up those winter clothes and go shopping for a fresh spring wardrobe. Now that afternoons are spent catching rays and playing ultimate Frisbee on the Horseshoe, it’s time to begin streamlining the ever-im portant selection of apparel “must haves” for the spring season. The first step toward a success-, ful wardrobe overhaul is to make a list of what items you are in dire need of now that temperatures are rising. For girls, styles of choice include fun skirts, dresses, cropped pants and shorts that can be paired with colorful polo shirts, tank tops and T-shirts. Guys are looking to stock up on shorts, T-shirts and polos. When choosing clothing that will be well suited for one's dai ly trek to class and around cam pus, the top priority is comfort. Sarah McEachern, a third-year experimental psychology stu dent, said she is planning to buy “lots of girly clothes, skirts and dresses” for spring and hopes to have “a more feminine style.” After reviewing what is trendy this spring, students must figure out where will be the best place to purchase the se lected items. Considering that most retailers start putting their spring lines out in January, the stores are one step ahead of you. Their pre-plan ning allows you to better assets what you will be buying once the weather changes. Stores such as Arden B.( Luna and bebe are great stops for spring essen tials. When choosing where to stock up on seasonal picks, Jeremy Melville, a third-year experimental psychology student, said he “will probably make one fairly long day trip to Columbiana Mall and do a little shopping at Hot Topic, then make a few side purchas es at Belk.” Another easy way to make this year's purchases is to shop on the Internet. For those cutting-edge styles that shoppers are not able to find in Columbia, a Web search can uncover those sought after items, allowing stu dents to achieve a more unique look. Given that most of us are poor college students living on a budget, students finding stores that offer that optimal mix of high quality goods for the lowest prices is key. “TJ Maxx and Marshall's always have great deals. I always get my Ralph Lauren shirts from the little boys' section,” Katie Norwood, a third year public relations student, said. If you choose to take advantage of such discount stores, they offer great brand name choices for the budget-minded student. Although students' favorite trends and styles might be diverse, we can all agree that as far as the warmer weather is concerned, it's about time. Being able to trade those winter coats for T-shirts has been a welcome re lief. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu Getting online and in style The Web offers fashion-savvy surfers a wealth of wardrobe-restructuring resources. From sites that allow users to examine items up close to those that spotlight cutting-edge styles, The Mix has your guide to getting well dressed online. Shopping with a twist: ♦ If you're in the market for designer jeans, stop by www.revolveclothing.com. You can check out prospec tive pairs from — quite literally — every angle. ♦ Landsend.com and www.hsn.com utilize My Virtual Model technology so you can see how styles will look on a figure with your proportions. And even if you aren’t in a shopping mood, it's fun to make a pseudo-self at www.MyVirtualModel.com. ♦ At American Eagle's Web site, www.ae.com, you can view their shoes in 3D via AE Tumstyle technology for a more comprehensive view of any coveted sneaks. ♦Abercrombie and Fitch, www.abercrombie.com, al lows shoppers to put together outfits in a virtual chang ing room, enabling you to see how certain styles and colors look together without stepping foot in store. Style hints: ♦ Check out what’s in this spring at www.style.com. The online home of Vogue and W magazines allows you to peruse looks from a slew of designers' runway collec tions. Check out what's stylin' now and what's on the way for fall via the site's comprehensive database or ready to-wear and couture collections. ♦ The New York Times' Fashion & Style pages, at www.nytimes.com/pages/fashion/, contain a variety of articles detailing who's who and what's hot in the fash ion world. ♦ Head to Lucky Magazine’s online site at www.lucky.com and check out the “Bargains” section for coupon codes and special offers from online retailers. Surf the rest of the site for style ideas. ♦ At www.fashionnet.com, you can browse the direc tory of fashion-related sites and continue your journey to wardrobe perfection via whatever hyperlinks you choose. Movie. Review ‘Dread’frighteningly bad film “CLUB DREAD” * ★* out of ^ LESLIE DENNIS fflK GAMECOCK The self-proclaimed “warped minds” of comedy group Broken Lizard have finally released a much anticipated follow-up to “Super Troopers.” Their newest effort, “Club Dread,” however, does not de liver the same amount or quality of jokes as their previous flick. Instead, “Club Dread” is a mediocre attempt to make audiences laugh and scream at the same time. Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter and Steve Lemme, bet ter known as Broken Lizard, have written and performed together for the past seven years. “Dread” is their third feature film, with Chandrasekhar directing each of ^em. ; Taking place on a swinging-style Island owned by an aging rock star, Coconut Pete (Bill Paxton, eerily like Jimmy Buffet), “Club Dread” is an alcohol-drenched paradise Promoting free love and illegal sub stances. But the party becomes lethal when employees of the island be Sin to show up dead in odd places. Before anyone on the island knows about the murders, Dave (Soter), the island DJ, tells a ghost story around the bonfire about a machete-wielding psycho strug gling with a sexual escapade gone horribly wrong. Once the bodies start to pile up, the staff starts to be lieve the DJ's haunting tale. Following the lyrics of a Coconut Pete song, the killer murders the employees one-by-one, creating ten sion and suspicion between the re maining employees as to who might be the machete-wielding murderer. The staff of Coconut Pete's Pleasure Island begin to turn on one another. Even the island's fun loving policema, Sam (Stolhanske) attempts to uncover the real crim inal but becomes a suspect himself because of his absence. Dave, Coconut Pete’s nephew and Juan (Lemme), the vibrant diving in structor, also become suspects be cause of secrets buried in their pasts. Overall, “Club Dread” provides a couple of laughs and even fewer scares. The only truly frightening aspect of the movie is how horri bly the film was made. After the fresh satire of “Super Troopers,” the comedy of “Club Dread” seems mediocre and unoriginal. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK The long-awaited next installment from the Broken Lizards, who created “Super Troopers,” falls flat In humor. MPAA attacking online piracy from all angles BY JOHN MYERS tl-WIRE With the music industry step ping up its civil suits against peo ple who illegally download mu sic, the movie industry has be gun to prevent movie piracy from reaching the same level, an offi cial from the Motion Picture Association of America said ear lier this week. The association has been en gaging students from middle school to college, as well as the general public, in discussions to see the association's perspective since 2003, said Matthew Grossman, director of digital strategy and corporate commu nications. “In the past, the consumer had a choice either to buy something or not buy something,” Grossman said. “Now there's a new option — to just steal it from the Internet. Why is that? I don’t know many people who would walk into a store and take a DVD off the shelf.” In order to stop movie piracy, Grossman said the association began several campaigns and funded programs last year to create awareness about the is sue. “We have an anti-piracy group that sends out cease-and-desist letters to (Internet service providers),” Grossman said. “We’re not snooping, and we don't know who you are. We have your IP address, and your college or (Internet service provider) will let you know.” The association sponsored Junior Achievement's Digital Citizenship program, which in forms middle school students about the moral, legal and ethi cal issues that come with down loading movies for free. “This year, the curriculum will reach 900,000 students to help them understand that their ac tions are not in a void,” Grossman said. “Every time someone offers a movie (online), that person takes away the mar ketplace from existing. It's not too complex for students to under stand.” Grossman said the association also ran an ad on television giv ing the public the association's point of view on the piracy issue. The ad aired simultaneously on 30 networks last summer, Grossman said. Chris Mangrum, assistant di rector for San Jose State University's residential comput ing network, ResNet, said his of fice received more than 160 let ters from associations like the Recording Industry Association of America about students down loading illegal media. This year, he said, he has only received four. “That's a dramatic drop,” he said. Mangrum said the housing computer services department has not received any letters from the Motion Picture Association. “Ninety-five percent are from the RIAA,” Mangrum said. “Some are directly from record labels or from (media companies) like Sony. We got a couple from computer companies about (pi rated) software.” Pavel Rakhlin, a student at San Jose State, said the network in residence halls limits file shar ing online. “You can't really download anything in the dorms because they blocked off [the file-sharing program] Kazaa,” Rakhlin said. “It's been blocked off the whole time I have been here.” But Mangrum said programs like Kazaa are not blocked by ♦ PIRACY, SEE PAGE 6