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THEY SAID IT “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent." JOHN DONNE POET Unity Week incorporates students’ diverse talents w By JASON REYNOLDS THE GAMECOCK lb many students, UBC's irrurerable there weeks are hard to tall ^art. Ore thity week Cfcnmittee is vaddng hard to ensure stucferrts cure out ard oalftrate their differences ad ocrarcnalilies. GrroUra thity Vfesk is full of everts spcnscred by Uiiv«sity Housing and geerred toward students coning together and laving fun. The thity Vfaek Cfcnmittee is curpiLsad of students vho work with other carpus cr^rizaticrs. 'Tt's jest ai eat to cpt sh rials involved cn carpus," said Charel jerkins, a third-year accounting sturfent who served an the thity week Ctrarittse last year. thity wedc kirks c£f trocfey with the cparing cererory at tods Field fron 11 cun. to 2 pun. The evert will include fme T-tfnrts ad pi 77a r ad sbxfets cai bounce an an inflated air dstarde course. Ctrky will be in attarferue fron nun to 1 pjn. The Unity week Ocranittee also works with other cn-catpus denizations life Carolina Prndrt.irrE, Qsdc life and the International Stub*. Organization to promote s^nts enphasizing tDcpthemess. Jerkins said the fcos cf Unity Vtedc is not jst cn ere giojp, hi rather to provide students with the opportunity to meet paqde firm different tadgrnrrfe and cultures. "LEE is so dfa^rse with paple firm different hadgrorefe," Jerkins said. Jferknrs s*iH stubfc participBtim offers an qprtrnify to Team *out rlhs- niltires. "Sbu get to mast peepde that jcu irarjit not nomaLLy heng out with," Jerkins miri. Ihe thity week Ounnittee is ooiprised cf 15 students who help carpus cngsrizatkns plan coordinating aents that bring stubnts together — Lite Carolina Pmdrt.irrs' dewing cf 'The Oder Hrrpde." (teairtre Assistant fcr Special Erograns in Hcusing aid AAriscr fcr the liiity Week OcnmiLlee, Elizabeth Vtiibe-Hist said a najcr fixus fir this year has bsai putting inity thrarji fgnnwrim cf diffaat miriml taste. Ararp cf mrriral acts is sst to toe the stage at the Stron Humcnd Vfellness & Fitness Ctenter Hiesday begiming at 6:30 pjn. The (tecktaiis, (BO'S a crpyella grotp, and rock bend .06 are shediled to perform. Viiitre Hirst also acrfimed that the gape! grrp A Ttirh cf ESith is also set to paribrm. Third-year chanical engineering student and thity Week Ocnmittee Renter Richard Chapnan said dxwcasing nusic from difftaai. gsres helps to erphasize saiething that all stuteis hare an infaaest in. 'Carolina cfaes hare ere raioe, rtepritra nr rti ffipw=rrrxil hFrtijnnrti and ethnicities," Ctqgiai said. "Vte one: the tread rags a£ itusical. dhrecsity that we hare here cn canpus," said ftricmicus Dads, a fcurth^ear pnl i-Hrwl <riftrp stixfet vlD algo 333ES cn the Unity Week Cfcmnittee. "Wa didi't vat it to seen lile it ves jst geared toward are specific kind cf ariienoe." Uiiuasrty Basing is also gpasadng a talent dxw to be teld Thirsty at tte Resell Base Theater at 5 pan. tads said tte talent drwhas beat a major fccus af tte aamittBe. Tte perfbarancES will inclrtfe a stand rp aatBdiai, acting, a poetry reading aid singing. Eads also arfirmed that WE mebaorJcgist tfen Amin is slated to be cne cf tte talat judjas. Ch^gren said tte talent stew ties into tte thsie af inily, baaa.se mgarileFB cf sh lints' place, "It chesn't nean cne pasai's talent is less cr greater thai another. Eaii cne cf us has saiething that we can do that scmacne elsa can't do cr can't do as wall. In that TFtpri-j tenures tie us topthaf as soiethingwe can all contribute." Unity week vail ocnckrte with Eance hferathcn, to be held Ericfey and SSfcmrfey. "It's a gaud cause because the ntn^r is gcdiug to the Chilrten's Hcspital," lazis said. "It's quen to eisryare cn caips, vhich in ard cf itaslf is ai iradtatkn to imibe fcr a uuuim rare." Comments on this story ? E-mail gamecockfeattires@gwm.sc.edu PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK The Cocktails, USC’s female a cappella group, will perform Tuesday at the.Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center for Unity Week. By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — He labe Pay Charles diets albun "Garins Lres Ctnpeny," recoxfed during the fife norths cf his life, was fee early leadr at fee Gtannys wife six wins cn Surfey ni^t. Charles, fee saturated ferrite, wn fir best pep albun and best pep aril Iteration wife vocals fir "tee Vfe Qd florin," wife ttrfe Jcres. ffe also was aonberriing fir albun cf the year and recced cf fee year fir 'tee Vfe GO Acpin." "I'm glad he's ^tting remgriaFri becase cf who he is ad towmrh I love him," Joes said backstage. Otter writers irr.lirtd Alicia Keys ad tfeer, each ncminated fir ei^it aaranys. Ey mritevening Keys had wn four virile Lfes: fed ferae. They tered cne a«rd, fir best RSB perfirnace by a do cr greep wife vocals fir feedrtfa. 1 dEt, 'tty Boo." Keys ves chasing a record (iarny hail _ fee mild win ncre tfen any other varan in ere evsring. In 2002 Keys vcn five Gtamys fir her cfebut albun, "Scncp in A Minr," beconing only the seccrd varan to win tint irany in cne rrii^fc. (Inryn Hill wn five in 1999; so did Jones in 2003.) Green fey, wife six nendnatrins including albun cf fee yeer fir fee pnlit.imlly charged perk epaa 'fliaitHi Idiot," wn fir best rack albun. "rock 'n' mil can be canorous an an at the saie time, m thate a lot," lead stop: Billie Joe Amstmng said as he aerptsd the award. The nc6t nominated artist cf the jeer my be the nest nultlfanebed _ I&ye Vfest, the sangadtEr-ptodrier who made his rp> dsbut in 2004 with the cutting-edge CD “toe ODllege Dropout." Vfest vas nominated fcr 10 Grararys, including album cf the year, to the fre-teleest aaerrery he wen two, inclining best rap sarg fcr "Jesus VfeHs." at he was upset to the best new artist categry, lesirg to terror 5 in a race that also indirfed ocutay stop: Qebchen wil.snn, the Ice Ioely ttys ad soul siren Jess Stare. terccn 5's Adan tonne seated alnost fpologetic after wiming. "terye Vfest, I vent tD thank you so mrh fcr being wxrhrfirl," he said. Soon afterward, tie caiera cut awey to Vfest, who laded less that pleased. Sore exacted Vfest to hate a neltffcwi like at tie ftrerican Mjsic Aards, where he oonplained backstage after losing the sane award to Wilson, went cn to ctel.iver an e^e^rpping perfcmerce Of Vfelks" ad ai aicticnal axqtaxe ^jeerin tor the After referencing the car ax.'iibnL a few JBBS: ablest trrk his life, Vfest prmised to lie life to, "I plan to oelftrate and scream and pep chanpagne eery chanoe I get because I'M AT THE QtAJMJTS BABY!" He also referenced his ftnsricai Mjsic A«rriB embarrassment. "Euerybcxfy wanted to know what would I do if I didn't win. I gss we'll refer krw," he said, holding A least Vtet didn't hae to went chntrbB to gat a ttrpiy, as did sore veterans finally henxed by the Recording Acadsny. Store Ehrle's left-leaning "IheIteurdtattionStarts ... tw wen tor ccritsipcrary folk albun. And Rod Stewart _ who had ocnplainad in recent >ears about merer winning a Oaraty _ won fer traditional pep vocal albun for his starrhrcfc recording "Stardjst ... The Great ftrerican Brian wuscn, who released ms ainm "amoe" ana: a mxe th=n three-ctende wait, wen best reck insttunantal performance ficr "Mrs. O'Leary's CCw." He fad never teen hatred before, even as leader cf Be Beech Bys. Be big ircry: tts iren vho did ntre for vocal harntry than ayre in rock 'n' roll wen in an instnnstal categay. "I waited 42 joars fir this Grainy aid it wee well worth the wait," Wilscn said bedstage. "It represents triuiph end achiEEiEt in nusic that I feel that I charted, and I'm really glad I wen." Be aft-naligEd Bntney fftaars also ven her fide Grainy best dance reccrdiig for "Itsdc." Shears wasi't present, but another neHLjwadwae on hand: Jgriiftr lepra perfcmed a dEt in ^cani^i with new hddy Ebro £nthay, their first pHio pafomaoetoother. Other perfemErs irdirbd Kys, vho sag with 'fty" star and dahleKScar ncminee Janie Ftstx; Green Esy, vho’s rollicking pafornaToe wee blaged by the assets; and U2. EErhaps the evening's nest rahilarating perferrranoe was ,| from tfelissa Ethandge. Be rode:, vho is battliig ttse&L>0 carer, tock to the stag; fir a tribte to Jfnis JEpiin wdift;a£'.J daved head but strorg voice, and received a standing ovation for her stirring pafernaxe with Sbcne. Just fondue it By NICHOLAS BOER KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Ewiifyou car tcak, a/enfycu te a irai who qrois cais cr e/anifyou are rare arnudgecn than Caerov^you can make fcrrLe cn VaGardrefeDy. 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