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Show A V t W.O.W. events fill first week back by RHETT SULLIVAN Staff Writer Along school with buying books and reviewi- syllabuses, students can expect to receive free food, learn about clubs, have their minds played with, and dance like it's the 70s during the first ng of school. week welcome students and old to the new To new student government members planned the Week Of Welcome, which started Monday and will continue until Friday. Club Rush gives clubs two days to recruit students on the diagonal. All clubs are invited to participate and are even given $50 of merit money to help set up, said Mike Sheffield, athletic and recreation club represen-tativ- e and a sophomore semester business major from St. George. Sheffield also said tables are set up for each club, and electricity is available in the event a club brings something like "Rock Band" or a basketball game set. Club Rush also allows student government members to pass around lists of new club ideas and get feedback from the students. There is a lot of interest in a lot of different things, and we're just taking them in the order of how much interest is showed in them, Sheffield said. Mentalist Chris Carter performed at DSC last year and did a really good job, Higginson said. In his show he tries to mess with the audience's minds by doing things like pulling random telephone see WOW page 3 WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12. 2011 M a ii AV Lfrj ? ; j i t s r v ST. GEORGE, UTAH m 1 .j ' h n u u K u Mentalist makes mockery of minds BY MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer Mind reader and hypno- tist Christopher Carter is back to do more than just mess with students' minds at Dixie State Colleges Spring 2011 Week of Welcome. Carter has performed at W.O.W in the past, and he has been a favorite of the many activities put on by the student government. Carter is on tour, and DSC is next on his list. Carter's performance is today at 7 p.m. in the Gardner Ballroom. He came last year and is one of the top campus performers, said Stefanie Higginson, vice president of student life and a senior communication major from Ogden. Around 500 to 600 people showed up. According to www.mindcramp.com, see MIND page 2 Mentalist Chris Carter will perform tonight in the Gardner Ballroom. Carter will give a unique performance that will involve the crowd and entertain all in Recycled Percussion banging on trash SCHURR StaffWnter BY MARK The highly entertaining sounds of the junk rock band Recycled Percussion will fill the Dixie State air with music no other band can replicate. The diverse sounds of this nationally recognized band can be heard in the Cox auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 pm. The band is an un- mixture of three drummers and a guitar- usual fT W playing disc jockey. The drummers play anything from aluminum step ladders to hub caps and even pound on their own bodies to make music. Donna Stafford, director of student activities, said the band has played at DSC two times already, and both shows went very well. "It was expensive to get them here," Stafford said. "We still got them for half the money they usually get." Natalie Belka, social events chair coordinator, and a junior elementary education major from West Valley City said the band was booked last year before they became regulars on the Las Vegas cir- cuit. "They're committed to us," Belka said. "This well probably be the last time they play here. After this show, we won't be able to afford them." Justin Spencer formed Recycled Percussion in 1994, and the band's career began to flourish in 1999 when they appeared on the cover of USA Today. The band also placed third out of 100,000 acts on the popular show "America's Got Talent." Recycled Percussion has won four awards for the best live act and frequently plays NFL and NBA halftime shows, according to www.ktnv.-comstory13013420re- n. Recycled Percussion has brought the big city street and subway sounds into the mainstream. Their blend of rock and hip hop is made with the T I t, sounds of everyday common items, which creates an original mixture of modern music. r. "Recycled Percussion interacts with the crowd a lot," Sarah Francis, a freshman undecided major from Moab said. "They're really good." i 1. N 1 . , I I H I 1 I ! I J ages. Anyone attending the show might want to be honed in on their drumming skills. According to the website ? i L I 4 -- h wwwIvrj.-comneonrecycled-per-cu- A' Americas Got Talent to their own show in Las Vegas, Recycled Percussion created a unique music experience, and is now coming to DSC. Their Jan. 26 Performance is sure to draw a large crowd. om has Contact us: State College innings Bldg. 225 3 700 E George, UT 84770 8 Jhone: (435) 652-781- (435) 656-401- 9 (QlMesundiie.edu ss j L ;ax: Stafford said one of the band's drummers is the fastest drummer in the world. According to LIFESYTLES PAGE 8 True Life: Custodians reveal dirt ion 103 120909.html, audience members are given a drum stick and something to bang on such Shooter in Arizona likely to receive death penalty after attack. Page Mens basketball loses in final-secon- she is right. Spencer is the record holder when it comes to quick drumming. According to the same website, Recycled Percussion has also averaged 250 shows a year since 2001. In the span of three days they have played for as many as 80,000 people. This is a band that is meant to be seen live. Seeing them on TV or the Internet only allows the audience a small portion of the Recycled Percussion experience. "The show is high energy from start to finish," Stafford said. "Its a performance like no other. For more information on the band visit www.recy-cledpercussionband.co- 3 waning moments after d shot. Page m The band is fun for all 1 Aie as a pie pan or a bucket during the performance. Toj stories in this issue "I recommend getting your tickets early," Stafford said. "The show will sell out so If you haven't seen this band perform live, I highly recommend you do so." General admission tickets are S 15 for the public or $5 with a DSC student I.D. 4 Sports Geek uses psychic powers to predict top sport stories for spring. Page 5 Tech specialist Josh Scott wows with skills of all kinds. Page 6 DSC students prepare to perform in Dixies Got Talent show. Page 6 New movie Black Swan receives high praise while Season of the Witch falls flat . Page 7 Students set New Years Resolutions to improve ; their lifestyles . Page 9 Worst clothing fads of the last decade explored and revisited. Page 9 Unnecessary ridicule of. nerds places burden on ; society. Page 10 Skewed Review tackles often unfulfded new years resolutions. Page 11 |