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^J Wednesday, February 14, 2001 | The Red & Black
Nothing like a big ol’ slice of humble pie
You can’t tell it from the pic
ture, but I have egg on my face,
I’m eating crow, and my foot is
squarely in my mouth.
If you can think of any other
overly-used expressions to convey
the sense of embarrassment I am
feeling right now, I’m that too.
Contrary to popular belief —
including my own — last week’s
Club Crawl was not the last Club
Crawl ever.
I was sitting in my apartment
Saturday night, feeling miserable.
Earlier in the week, I had pro
cured press passes to the Georgia
ice hockey game at Phillips Arena
and the preceding Thrashers
game. I was going to sit in the
press box!
When Saturday night roUed
around, however, I was too sick to
make the trip to Atlanta.
It was no big deal, I thought,
because my column — Club Crawl
— was through.
Then, I started to feel really
bad. I thought about how proud I
felt watching the Ice Dawgs play in
Savannah. Then, I thought about
going to see the men’s club soccer
Club Crawl
John Broderick
jbroderic@randb.com
team play its heart out on a Friday
night last semester.
I missed Club Crawl. It had
been gone for less than a week, but
I already felt empty without it.
OK, so maybe it wasn’t that
bad. I did realize, however, that I
had made a mistake. Club Crawl
was needed.
Along with the emails I received
last week, several club teams
called me at home to let me know
that they didn’t want Club Crawl
to end.
I realized that I didn’t want it to
end either.
Welcome back, Club Crawl.
Happy Valentine’s Day (sorry
Marge).
Dig it!
The First Annual University of
Georgia Women’s Club Volleyball
Tournament will be held this
Saturday at the volleyball arena in
the Ramsey Student Center.
Club teams from Georgia,
Florida, Clemson, Georgia Tech,
Missouri, Tulane and Appalachian
State will compete in the tourna
ment. The tournament begins at 9
a.m. Admission is free.
Holy Hockey, Batman!
The club hockey team defeated
the Florida Gators by a score of 3-
1 Friday night at the Atlanta Ice
Forum in Duluth.
On Saturday night, however,
the Ice Dawgs were edged out 3-2
by Georgia Tech in front of a
Phillips Arena crowd in Atlanta.
According to the Ice Dawgs’
Web site (www.ugahockey.com)
the club will play Tennessee on
Friday night at 9:15 and on
Saturday night at 7:15. Both
games will take place at the
Atlanta Ice Forum.
Rub-a-dub rugby
On Saturday, Feb. 3, the men’s
rugby club took on a ferocious
Clemson Tiger team waiting to
sink its incisors into the undefeat
ed Bulldogs.
The Tigers were, however,
extremely unsuccessful.
“We turned those tigers into
pussycats,” club president Wes
Bradford said about the club’s 26-
10 victory over Clemson.
This weekend, the team will
challenge the Atlanta Renegades
Men’s Club.
Meanwhile, the women’s club
rugby team travelled to Georgia
Southern last weekend to partici
pate in the annual Black Rose
Tournament.
This weekend, the team will
travel to Charleston, S.C., to take
on the College of Charleston.
— John Broderick covers club
sports for The Red & Black. Club
Crawl appears on Wednesdays.
Ballroom Magic features footloose couples
By LAURA CALLAHAN
lcallahan@randb.com
If you think ballroom dancing
ended when Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers glided off the
dance floor, then the Ballroom
Performance Group’s latest show
will prove you wrong.
The show “Ballroom Magic”
features the group’s 14 couples.
Showcasing a variety of dances
from the Fox Trot to Swing, the
performance will whisk the audi
ence into the vibrant world of
ballroom dancing.
BALLROOM DANCING
When and Where: 8 p.m., Feb. 14-17,
at the New Dance Theatre in the dance
building on East Campus
Tickets: $6 student; $10 non-student
Information: 542-4415 or on the web
at (www.coe.uga.edu/dance)
According to their Web site,
the ballroom group is made up of
couples who have gone through
an exhaustive process to become
members.
For consideration, each couple
must complete entry-level cours
es and an apprenticeship.
“All of our performers have
been through a large amount of
training,” said Amy Lay den,
manger of the Ballroom
Performance Group. “During the
week, we rehearse about four
hours, but around showtime
that number goes way
up.”
This season’s show highlights
a diverse array of dance
performed to a variety of
music.
“We have music ranging from
the B-52’s to Sinatra,” said Mark
Wheeler professor in the dance
department. “This means that
there is a wide variety of dance
and we have nearly two dozen
numbers that are sure to keep
the audience excited.”
Audience members who tap
their toes to the music will have a
chance to grace the stage with
the performers.
“We really want our audience
to have a great time,” Layden
said. “The audience will be invit
ed down to the floor for a chance
to dance as well.”
Napster-philes
find mp3 options
By JEFFERY WHITFIELD
jwhitfiel@randb.com
While the federal court sys
tem is flexing its legal muscle
and threatening to shut down
Napster for copyright infringe
ment, the future of download
ing free music from this contro
versial web-site is in jeopardy.
Despite the uproar swirling
around this online music ser
vice’s legal integrity, the con
cept introduced by the compa
ny is here to stay.
Justin Watkins, a junior from
Canton, said that while
Napster is facing growing
scrutiny, the recording indus
try’s attempt to fight free song
swapping technology is
futile.
“We’re moving toward hav
ing music online all the time
anyway, so I think it’s a waste
of time,” Hardin said.
Moreover, a variety of alter
native Web sites emerged over
the last two years performing
the same task — devious down
loading.
Programmers released soft
ware such as Gnutella,
Newtella, BearShare, Gnocleus,
LimeWire, and ToadNode. All
of these releases use similar
peer-to-peer technology, which
makes it possible for comput
ers to both receive and serve
files.
Disheartened Napster fans
can also pull up MusicCity.com,
which features Fileshare, a
freely distributed song-swap
ping software package.
Like Napster, Fileshare soft
ware uses a central server,
which acts like a traffic cop,
directing requests for songs to
other users’ hard drives.
Despite the metamorphosis
of song-swapping technology,
Michael Covington, associate
director for the Center of
Artificial Intelligence, said he
questions whether Napster
proponents understand the
economic impact of the
software.
“What the Napster commu
nity does not seem to realize is
that when they put the pub
lishers out of business, music
will not be free,” Covington
said. “Music will be scarce; it
will be hard for musicians to
get their work published.”
In a Napster-oriented world,
Covington said fledgling musi
cians would be hurt by publish
ers skeptical of putting out
music by previously unknown
groups.
Marie Wallden, a senior from
Savannah, said the legal issues
surrounding the issue rests
solely in business interests.
“It’s not about artists’
rights; I think it all boils down
to money,” Wallden said.
Jay Hardin, a junior from
Canton, said he would use
other online software to down
load music if Napster ceases to
operate.
“We’re going to download
like hell,” Hardin said.
Contributing: The
Associated Press
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