ENTERTAINMENTpage 21 Technique • Friday, September 8, 2006 • 21 VOLLEYBALL DEFEATS UGA LIBRARY WELCOMES ART On their way to capturing the Regency A planned mural brings new color ENTERTAINMENT Invitational Midtown Championship, and art to the conference room on the volleyball beat Georgia. Page 36 seventh floor of the library. Page 17 Technique • Friday, September 8, 2006 Shinedown rocks Hi-Fi Buys, Southern style Rollergirls vs. Apocalypstix By Craig Tabita grow,” Kerch said. Contributing Writer The Amphitheater is an outdoor In the final match of the At- stage with a large pavilion for fans lanta Rollergirls’ season, the Sake Shinedown rocked the Hi-Fi to sit comfortably underneath, with Tuyas will compete against the Buys Amphitheater on Wednesday, an expansive lawn surrounding the Apocalypstix. The Championship Aug. 30, opening for Rob Zombie outside facing the stage. Showdown Throwdown will begin and Godsmack. By the time Shinedown took this Sunday at 7p.m. Tickets are The night featured three solid the stage at 7p.m., the crowd was $10. All-American Skating Center. acts who all share in common the relatively sparse, likely a consequence Visit www.atlantarollergirls.com heavy rock music they play, and it of the humidity and the Georgia sun for more information. provided the unusual opportunity still brightly shining down. for concert-goers to see three success- This combination of environ- Celebrate Gumby ful rock acts, all at different stages mental factors didn’t exactly lend of a rock band the open-aired and Pokey again career. Amphitheater to Shinedown “I might have just being the ideal The exhibit in the Center for is a young band, location for a Puppetry Arts’ Love Family Atrium fresh off of their got in a fight with bunch of music celebrates Art Clokey’s Gumby. The second album, my wife, or my fans to pack in green claymation character, and his 2005’s Us And densely, dance best friend Pokey, the red horse, Them. mortgage is late... and scream. appeared in over 200 episodes and Despite their but I still have to go But those inspired today’s stop-animation art- huge success on who were around ists like Tim Burton. Tickets are $16 the radio and out there and kill early were given for adults and include admission to the charts, par- [the drums].” an outstanding Photo courtesy of Josh Rothstein all current special exhibits. ticularly with the performance by Shinedown’s southern rock tunes filled the Hi-Fi Buys Amphithe- single “Save Me” an unsung band ater on Wednesday, Aug. 30, before Rob Zombie and Godsmack. Yellow Daisy Festival which reached Barry Kerch with few the- number one on Drummer, Shinedown atrics but with grassy fields, far away from the stage, Godsmack broke through in 1998 at Stone Mountain the Billboard some good, pure with a wave of screams following his with their self-titled album and hasn’t rock charts, Shinedown is still look- rock music. path as he made his way through the looked back since then. This weekend, the 38th annual ing to become a household name Shinedown went through hits crowd and hundreds of cell phones Their fourth album, 2006’s IV, Yellow Daisy Festival will be held like the way the other acts in this from their debut album Leave a snapping pictures. has been tremendously successful at Stone Mountain Park. Voted the show have. Whisper such as “45”, as well as “It’s all about putting on a show. like each one before it and will likely #1 arts and crafts show four years “We’ve had seven singles on the songs from their latest album like All these kids pay so much money be their fourth record to go platinum in a row. More than 500 artists radio. Eight now,” said Barry Kerch, “Heroes” and “I Dare You”. to see a rock show. You gotta give in the near future. and crafters from 38 states and 2 Shinedown’s drummer. “I think this one’s a little more them everything you have, night Kerch, with an undertone of countries will be at the festival, and “I can still go into a mall, and stripped down. A little more straight after night. If I’m sick or not in the self-deprecation, explained why the daily live entertainment, Children’s when we walk into a mall together, ahead rock, not as many overdubs, mood, [I] still have to give it, because band was on the tour. Corner activities, clogging and it’s obvious that we’re in a band, and a little more classic rock style,” to them it’s the first time they’ve seen “Godsmack, for some unknown crafter demonstrations will go on and they go, ‘What band are you Kerch said. [our] show…I might have just got in reason, is a fan of ours. We love it. throughout the weekend. in?’ and we tell them ‘Shinedown,’ Shinedown ended their perfor- a fight with my wife, or my mortgage They said ‘We want Shinedown to Admission is free, though parking and they go ‘Shine who?’. It’s very mance with the smash hit “Save Me.” is late, or all these other things, but be the other band on this tour,’ and is $8 per vehicle. Please see www. frustrating for us, the band, because For the finale, singer Brent Smith left [I] still have to go out there and kill God forbid we be the ones to deny stonemountainpark.com for more we want to be bigger, we want to the stage and headed straight for the it,” Kerch said. that to those guys,” Kerch said. information. Scottie Mayfield visits campus By Jonathan Saethang Contributing Writer The dining halls at Tech are usu- ally crowded around the lunch and dinner rush, as droves of hungry students pile into the halls for a sat- isfying meal. The diners at Woodruff on last Wednesday, Aug. 30, however, experienced a special “treat.” Not only did students receive free Mayfield ice cream, but they also were able to shake hands with the man behind the brand – Scottie Mayfield, himself. Tech students buzzed with excitement and enthusiasm at the Photo Courtesty Harold House prospect of meeting Mayfield, and Tech alumnus and dairy mogul Scottie Mayfield visited Woodruff Dining countless students brought posters Hall last Wednesday for the official opening of the ice cream bar. for Mayfield to autograph. One enthusiastic freshman, Nathan gia Tech in 1973 with a degree in water and delivered to the locals.” Welch, even brought a one-quart Management. He originally came to Now, 84 years later, Mayfield Dairy jug of Mayfield milk for Mayfield Tech to play football, but the family serves nine states and manufactures to sign. Smiles and laughter filled business was always in him. “I started a wide array of premium-quality the room as Scottie shook hands working on the farm when I was dairy products. and posed for photographs. eleven years old,” Mayfield said. Innovation seems to be one of the Mayfield, the president of May- After graduation, he returned to cornerstones of Mayfield’s success. field Dairy Farms, paid his Alma Tennessee where he started working “Our customers have changed a lot mater a visit to celebrate the arrival in the factory. He ascended the ranks over the years,” Mayfield noted. of Mayfield’s dipped ice creams in and eventually assumed leadership “They are very demanding, and they Woodruff Dining Hall. Apparently, a of the company that he holds to should be. We are always striving to simple invitation from Todd Schram, this day. make products that meet and exceed the director of Operations of GT The highly popular Mayfield our customers’ expectations.” By Ariel Bravy/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Dining, was all it took for Mayfield company had humble beginnings. A strong and well-managed to stop by Tech to meet and greet “My grandfather started the business Adam Hyneman of the Mythbusters crew, visited workforce is another aspect of the elling the truth: the students. in 1912 with just 45 cows,” Mayfield campus to speak about his popular Discovery Channel program. T Mayfield graduated from Geor- said. “The milk was cooled in spring See Scottie page 26 22 • Friday, September 8, 2006 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT King of Fighters Neoworld provides thrifty thrills By Nathan Garcia against the computer or a human Contributing Writer player. There is also an “endless” mode where you can fight a cease- King Of Fighters Neowave (KOF) less string of computer-controlled for the Xbox harkens back to the characters until your health meter days when Capcom’s Street Fighter expires. While the reward is minimal, II was popular. Dropping quarters performing well in endless mode into the machine to challenge other unlocks high-resolution character people in virtual fisticuffs was the pictures, available in the gallery. high point for T he w ide the afternoons range of charac- of many. One welcome ters helps keep While SNK feature...is the the game fresh. Playmore’s take The game offers on the fight- Xbox live function over 24 distinct ing game, the which allows you to fighters, each Art Of Fight- having his own ing series which fight anyone from unique fighting later became the anywhere in the style; none seems King Of Fighters to have a large world. By Ariel Bravy / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS (KOF) series, advantage over Tech students can now enjoy King of Fighters Neowave, a new game for the Xbox console in Tech Rec. hasn’t enjoyed another. This Though lacking on graphics and music, the $20 price tag increases the game’s student appeal. the same suc- makes the player cess as Capcom, it still has its own rely more on skill than a sure-fire which is important in keeping the nice if they had taken advantage of like “You are just a bunch of fool!” dedicated fan base.