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THURSDAY
June 21, 2007
Vol. 114, No. 155 | Athens, Georgia
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▲ Coulier played their last show at AthFest 2006. This year’s lineup includes The Whigs, Modern Skirts and Drive-
By Truckers.
AthFest back for 11th summer
Whigs try out
new bassists
By ANN CANTRELL
acantrell@randb.com
Losing their bassist has
not been a huge setback for
The Whigs when it comes to
producing new music.
In fact, Parker Gispert of
the Whigs said having differ
ent bassists play and write
with the band has actually
been beneficial for writing
new material.
Gispert said their first
album, "Give 'Em All A Big
Fat Lip,” was an accumula
tion of their writing from the
first eight months to a year
of when The Whigs were first
together.
“We reached a point where
we weren’t writing new
songs," said Gispert.
He also said that having
several different bassists
write with them has not only
helped them with new mate
rial but has also helped them
to be more organized
because they have to work
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er to download illegally over the internet. •
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BLAST FROM ATHFESTS PAST
OUTDOOR STAGE
What: The Winter Sounds and
The Whigs
When: 6 p m Saturday
Where: AthFest Outdoor
Stage, Washington Street and
Pulaski Street
around the bassist schedule.
This organization is help
ful since the band plans to
start recording anew album
in two weeks
The Whigs play this
Saturday on the AthFest
main stage. The Whigs
recently played at Bonnaroo
and Gispert said it is differ
ent to play in Athens.
“There is a higher stan
dard to play to at home.
You’re playing for people you
know,” said Gispert.
He said they will also play
their new music for the
AthFest show. It stays true
to their basic sound, but is
different because the mem
bers are older, and things
happen over the years.
► Sc, WHIGS, Friar 5
RIAA takes on students
By CLAIRE MILLER
cjmi!ler#randb.com
The Recording Industry
Association of America filed lawsuits
against 15 University students for
illegally downloading music, accord
ing to a June 15 news release.
These lawsuits are a small frac
tion of the 400 total suits filed
against college and university stu
dents across the country since Feb.
28, according to an industry official
who asked to remain nameless.
The RIAA sent letters to universi
ties and asked the schools to for
ward the letters to students violat
ing copyright laws. The letters give
the students the option of settling
the suit at a lower rate without mak
ing the suit public, the official said.
If students don’t choose this
option or don’t respond to the let
ters, the industry will continue with
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weekend's festivities.
Nugi’s Space
for teem, too
By JENNIFER JACKSON
jjackson@randb.com
AthFest appeals to
numerous audiences, just
not normally those under
18 years old.
Nugi's Space, however,
offers two nights of eclectic
musical collaboration, one
of them free of "age dis
crimination.”
“Music Hates You has a
big underage following and
we wanted to do something
different for AthFest, so we
decided to create a show
based around them and
throw in some high school
aged bands,” said Will
Kiser of Nugi’s Space.
“This show is the only
all-ages club show during
AthFest.”
Music Hates You is origi
nally from Athens; they
said the only thing you
need to handle their “dirt
metal" music is “some pro
tective headgear.”
Head Honchos
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Both national champi
on teams - gymnastics
and men's tennis -
found their way to Dee
Cee to meet Gee
Dubya.
However, Lazer/Wulf
headlines this underage
show without their vocalist
“Our vocalist is getting
throat surgery, so we have
to play all of our songs as
instrumentals. However,
the music can and will
speak for itself," said
Lazer/Wulf bassist Sean
Peiffer.
Stab The Cook, a punk
rock band, said they like
the all-age policy because
they're underage.
“Our music could be
generalized as punk, I
guess, but I hate that. It’s
way too focused.” said
Chris Miller, guitarist and
vocalist of the band.
“We are an energetic,
chaotic composite of every
thing we like.”
“I’ll just say we re myste
rious in hopes it will
intrigue more people to
attend the show.” said
Chrismon Hinsch bassist.
Nugi’s Space follows up
this high school-friendly
show with a night of three
completely different bands,
including Russian Spy
Camera, The Good Ship
and Beth Satalino.
formal legal action, the official said.
In the University’s case, the RIAA
sent settlement letters to the
Security and Abuse Department of
Enterprise Information Technology
Systems, who then sent copies of
the letters to Student Technology
Support, said Evan Demere, who
works for Student Technology
Support.
“It’s our job to inform the stu
dents of the violation,” Demere said.
Student Technology Support for
warded the letters to the students,
unlike some universities, such as
North Carolina State University and
the University of Maine, who refused
to pass the letters on.
“The University of Georgia is
going to comply with any legal
requirements handed down to us,”
said John Gorzynski, the assistant
manager of Student Technology
Systems.
*
District race
down to two;
runoff in July
By MANDI WOODRUFF
Fob The Red a Black
The 10th District congres
sional election did not yield a
decision about who will rep
resent the district.
Republican Jim
Whitehead failed to receive
the majority vote he needed
to secure his seat in
Congress and avoid a runoff
election.
Whitehead who
received 44 percent of the
vote will face Paul Broun,
a Republican from Athens,
who secured about 21 per
cent of the vote. He nudged
past Democrat James
Marlow with a margin of 0.3
percent fewer than 200
votes.
With a margin of less than
one percent separating him
from entering into the
runoff, Marlow retained the
right to call for a recount of
the votes. But he conceded
Wednesday evening. He sent
an e-mail to supporters
thanking them
Whitehead, a former state
Senator and chair of the
Senate Public Safety &
Homeland Security
Committee, also hails from
the University.
His campaign platform
promises to end illegal
immigration and increase
the value and quality of edu
cation for children.
Whitehead also has spe
cific goals for the district,
according to John Stone, a
spokesperson for the cam
paign He supports the intro
duction of the Brain Train, a
train that would link univer
sities from Athens to
Atlanta, Stone said.
Whitehead believes that
elected officials must pro
vide unity, according to
Stone.
“We need someone that
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Crimewatch
page 3
Double-check your week
end and make sure you
didn’t end up in jail.
Cause, you know, some
times you just forget
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WHITEHEAD
can deal effectively with
that,” Stone said.
Before Whitehead can
begin to put these goals into
effect, however, he must
defeat Broun in the runoff
election on July 17.
“The massive issue is
voter turnout," Stone said of
the next election.
Whitehead’s organization
plans to continue campaign
ing.
“We're doing more of what
we’ve done this time," Stone
said.
Broun, an Athens native
and University alumnus, is
the son of the late Paul
Broun, who served 38 years
in the Georgia General
Assembly.
Broun's grassroots cam
paign strategy helped him to
secure a majority vote in
Oconee, Oglethorpe,
Jackson and Morgan coun
ties, according to Joshua
Evans, the Broun campaign
manager.
Broun, a local physician,
lacks the years of political
experience that Whitehead
boasts. But his campaign
manager said it does not
take experience to know how
to effectively lead others,
Evans said.
“If you want someone to
listen to the people and what
they want, then he is it.”
After narrowing down the
large field of candidates
Tuesday, voters will make a
final decision July 17.
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Crossword 3
Sports 8
Sudoku 7