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Nick Campbell
In the nick of time
nickscampbell@hotmail.com
I was browsing the
Internet late last week and
came upon one of the great
est discoveries I have ever
made: free food.
There is a new Web site
up here that caters to the
fact that most university
students order delivery food
for 90 percent of their
meals.
The Web site acts as a
middle man, allowing you to
browse several different
restaurants, pick out what
food you want, and then
place an order. You do all of
this without ever having to
call it in.
Now comes the best part.
Since they are a new Web
site and looking to get a lot
of business, someone in
their marketing department
decided to offer free food
from certain restaurants on
certain days to people who
ordered through the Web
site.
The way the promotion
worked was that people
would order food through
the Web site, which would
increase its publicity. Then,
the Web site would shoulder
much of the costs of the
food.
Needless to say, I don’t
think the Web site or the
restaurants were quite
ready for what was about to
hit them. Apparently, nei
ther took into account what
lengths students would go
to in order to get free food.
The only promotional
advertisement that I ever
saw for the Web site was on
a website called Face Book
that is pretty popular.
Within 24 hours of placing
one small advertisement
that mentioned free food,
the overflow of people
ordering caused two restau
rants to close business for
the day.
After the first day, the
powers-that-be wised up a
little bit and realized that
they couldn’t offer free food
at all of the restaurants
every day. This set into
motion a craze among cam
pus in which everyone tried
to figure out what foods
they could order for free (or,
in some cases, at drastically
reduced prices).
Sometimes you could get
a pita, sometimes a wrap,
sometimes a sandwich, and
sometimes pizza. This
meant that around 5 p.m.
every day, there was a mad
rush to the computers to
order food for dinner.
Following the rush was an
almost-certain traffic jam
near downtown, where most
of the participating restau
rants are located.
This problem did not last
for long though, because
people soon began to car
pool downtown. Like I said,
there are very few things
college students won’t do
for free food.
Over the course of the
past week, I’ve had more
than my fair share of sand
wiches and wraps on the
house (excluding, of course,
the tip). I’m dreading this
Friday though, which is the
last day of the promotion.
After that, I’ll be back to
eating dining hall meals and
fast-food hamburgers. But
I’m guessing there may still
be a few late night Web site
visits to get a pita sent my
way.
THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005
Wil native wins Ylext Rising 6tar’
By LAURA INGALLS
GUNN
HHJ Lifestyle Writer
Chadwick Loyd knew
early on that he was des
tined for stardom.
He was 3 years old when
he heard Whitney Houston
singing “The Greatest Love
of All” and he told his
mother he wanted to be on
the radio too.
He began singing at age 9
and started songwriting at
age 12. While attending
Warner Robins High School
he participated in several
musical productions.
After graduation in 1999
he moved to Lakeland, Fla.,
and enrolled in
Southeastern University as
a vocal performance major.
It was his mother,
Barbara Loyd, who still
lives in Warner Robins, that
first became aware of the
show “America’s Rising
Stars” on UPN. It is a spin
off of the tremendously
popular American Idol.
After obtaining all of the
details and traveling to
Tennessee, Loyd appeared
on the show and began his
weekly ascent to stardom.
Just before the quarterfi
nals, Loyd was traveling
home from a singing
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Lifestyle Editor
PERRY - Get ready for
life, liberty and the pursuit
of reservations. The Perry
Players are about to open
the curtains on the musical,
“1776,” which brings the
founding fathers to life and
follows them as they make
their decision to sign the
Declaration of
Independence and create a
new nation.
The play, based on a book
by Peter Stone and score by
Sherman Edwards, is being
directed locally by Martha
Scripps Howard News Service
Your guide to what’s ahead in the
entertainment world:
This week at the movies
Film critic Betsy Pickle tells you
what’s coming to your neighbor
hood:
John Travolta treads familiar but
potentially dangerous ground in
“Be Cool.” On the upside,
Travolta reprises his popular char
acter, Chili Palmer, from 1995’s
“Get Shorty” and reunites with his
“Pulp Fiction” dance partner, Uma
Thurman. On the downside,
sequels tend to be disappointments,
and Travolta already has a dubious
track record (“Staying Alive,” the
“Look Who’s Talking” sequels).
Like “Get Shorty,” “Be Cool” is
based on an Elmore Leonard novel.
This time, mob collector-turned
movie producer Chili has tired of
the film business and decides to
taste the music world. Along the
way, he gets involved with the
widow (Thurman) of a music execu
tive. Vince Vaughn, Cedric the
Entertainer, Dwayne “The Rock”
Johnson, Christina Milian, Steven
Tyler, Harvey Keitel and Danny
DeVito co-star for director F. Gary
Gray (“The Italian Job”).
Vin Diesel tries to show his softer
side in “The Pacifier.” Diesel
plays a Navy SEAL assigned to pro
tect the five children of an assassi
nated scientist who was working on
a top-secret government project.
He finds dealing with rebellious
teens and rambunctious tots much
more difficult than fighting bad
guys. Lauren Graham, Brittany
Snow, Carol Kane, Brad Garrett,
Faith Ford and Max Thieriot co
star for director Adam Shankman
(“Bringing Down the House”).
Oscar winner Adrien Brody sees
his future - and it isn’t pretty - in
“The Jacket.” Brody (“The
Entertainment
Perry Players to present 1776'
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Chadwick Loyd is a WRHS alum who is headed for stardom.
engagement at a church
and was involved in a seri
ous car accident.
He barely escaped the
vehicle before it exploded.
Loyd suffered a broken
i ifo
Alexander.
WHAT'S COMING IN THE ENTBITAINMm WORLD
Pianist”) plays a Gulf War veteran
suffering from bouts of amnesia
who returns to his native Vermont
and is accused of murder. His doc
tor’s treatments, including tying
him in a straitjacket and putting
him in a morgue body drawer, pro
voke clairvoyant episodes in which
the veteran foresees his own death,
which apparently will happen
shortly. Keira Knightley, Daniel
Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Jason Lewis, Kelly
Lynch and Brad Renfro co-star for
director John Maybury (“Love Is
the Devil”).
Two films open in limited release
before platforming:
“Dear Frankie” stars Emily
Mortimer as a woman who has
spent years inventing tales of a
sailor father for her young deaf son
and ends up having to talk a
stranger (Gerard Butler) into pre
tending to be the dad.
“Emile” stars lan McKellen as a
Canadian who abandoned his fami
ly for 40 years and now returns to
seek redemption.
This week's television
TV critic Terry Morrow gives you
a capsule look at the week ahead
(all times EST):
Usher headlines a 90-minute con
cert culled from songs off his
award-winning best seller,
“Confessions.” The event (9 p.m.
Saturday, Showtime) is coming live
from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Halle Berry stars in the Oprah
Winfrey-produced “Their Eyes
Were Watching God” (9 p.m.,
Sunday, March 6, ABC). It’s the
story of a woman who defies social
expectations of her race and sex in
the 19205.
This week's music
Pop writer Chuck Campbell
ankle. Undeterred, he
insisted on performing and
was helped onto the stage
where he gave a perfect per
formance of Bonnie Raitt’s
“I Can’t Make You Love
The mostly male ensem
ble cast includes the follow
ing local actors and per
formers:
Phil Ballard as John
Adams; Jim Roberge as
Benjamin Franklin; Kevin
Murchison as Thomas
Jefferson, Bill O’Neal as
John Dickinson; Jonathan
Willis as Edward Rutledge;
Russell Evans as Richard
Henry Lee; Stephanie
Littleton as Abigail Adams;
Katy Thompson as Martha
Jefferson; Bill Andrews as
John Hancock; Randy Pinto
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Usher will be in concert live March 5, 2005, from the Coliseo de Puerto
Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
wants you to be aware of the fol
lowing CD releases, due in stores
now:
• Black 47, “Elvis Murphy’s
Green Suede Shoes”
• Doves, “Some Cities”
• El Pus, “Hoodlum Rock”
Me.”
As he then advanced to
the semi finals his moving
rendition of Journey’s
“Open Arms” won him the
judges’ approval and they
as Livingston; Christopher
Graddick as Roger
Sherman; Chris Ross as Mr.
Thomson; Greg Groves as
Samuel R Chase; Jeff Lintz
as Stephen Hopkins; Chuck
Mollenkomph as Col.
Thomas McKean; Steve
Corkery as Caesar Rodney;
George Steele as Dr. Lyman
Hall; Nick Sostillio as
Andrew McNair; Joe Steele
as George Read; David
Lintz as James Wilson;
Shane Best as Hewes;
Andres Salazar as Lewis
Morris; Jared Bixler as the
awarded him the chance to
compete in the finals held
on Jan. 27 in Knoxville. The
competition against seven
others was unquestionably
fierce in the Top Male Pop
category.
Loyd took to the stage,
nerves in check, and wowed
the judges with his rendi
tion of “At This Moment”
by Billy Vera and the
Beaters.
After much deliberation,
Loyd was announced as the
winner.
“It was shocking,” Loyd
said. I had given my all but
I still expected to hear
another contestant’s
name.”
This is an understandable
reaction given the $25,000
grand prize, a demo CD and
video to be marketed to
major record producers and
a six-foot-tall trophy.
He and his band are cur
rently in rehearsals and
have great hopes to be
signed as performers in the
R&B or Christian music
market.
You’ll soon have a chance
to see this winner, as Loyd
will be performing at the
“Save a Life” benefit to be
held in Macon on March 10.
submitted
Rev. John Witherspoon;
Cody Salis as Dr. Josiah
Bartlett; James Hulett and
Thomas Groves as the
courier and leather apron.
Reservation lines are
open now. Call (478) 987-
5354.
Play dates will be March
10 - 12, 16-19 at 8 p.m.;
with Saturday matinees on
March 12 and 19, and
Sunday, March 13 and 20.
Matinees begin at 2:30 p.m.
This play contains some
strong language, according
to Alexander.
• Lily Holbrook, “Everything
Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt”
• Ivy, “In the Clear”
• Shooter Jennings, “Put the ‘O’
Back in Country”
• Jack Johnson. “In Between
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