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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
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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."
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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.
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