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This Week in USC History 1995 - USC honors Hootfe and the Blowfish with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the Alumni Association. “Che (Bamecock . * page 7 * 1 Sorority searching for more members by Mackenzie Craven The Gamecock Epsilon Sigma Alpha continues their rush this week at 8 p.m. Thurs day in RH 315. According to sorority President Elise Tyndall, they are having the final meeting to try to add more members to their organization. The sorority is looking for girls that are dedicated and hard working. They work with many organizations in the area to raise money for the com munity as, well as to support them selves. Last week, they had three nights of rush for new members. The first night the girls discussed philanthropy. They were taught what the sorority stands for and what their beliefs are. According to Tyndall, their motto is, “All for one and one for all.” I hey told the sisters about the ser- | vice projects they participate in. Sis ters are required to commit to at least 50 hours of service for the semester. Some of their major projects are with “Babies R Us.” located on Harbison. One of the events, “Rock-a-thon” will take place Nov. 11. They will be rocking in rocking chairs to raise mon ey for St. Jude’s Research Hospital. Before the event, sisters will have people sponsor them for their time in the chairs. Patrons can also add mon ey to their bucket as they are rocking. Another project taking place at “Babies R Us” is the “Cutest Baby Con test.” Sisters collect around 30 pic tures, from infants to three-year-olds. During the contest, money is dropped into the bucket of the baby they be lieve is the cutest. The child who is voted the cutest wins a prize, donat ed by local contributors. The money in the buckets is donated to St. Jude’s Children Hospital. For Halloween, the sisters make popcorn, cotton candy mid candied ap ples for Children’s Epworth Home. They pass the goodies out during their carnival. They also help run the booths for the carnival. “The most rewarding thing for us is to the see the children’s faces when you give them a candied apple,” Tyn dall said. Tyndall recalls her experiences of Halloween when going to the carni vals. “They are all dressed in costumes. It reminds you of when you were a child,” Tynall said. The sisters also go to a neighbor hood and, instead of trick or treating, they accept can goods for the Harvest Hope Food Bank. They will compete against each other to see which group | can collect the most can goods in two different neighborhoods. For Thanksgiving, the sisters con tribute their own money and purchase fruit baskets to donate to the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home. Accord ing to Tyndall, the sisters make enough baskets for an entire cottage of chil dren. They also send each child a gift 1 in a different cottage for Christmas. During the spring they have sev eral different events, one with WCOS for the Radio Marathon. Callers can pledge money to St. Jude’s Research during this event. The radio DJ plays ^ stories from the children in the hos- ^ pilals. The sorority serves as the part ner in hope. They also help with Carolina Chil- ( drcn’s Home Spring Barbecue event, ( where the sisters help serve patrons ( from the community. The cost for all you can cat bacbecuc is $4. < Another event in the spring is j the Dance Marathon. Last year, five , of the sisters participated and raised , Sorority "seepages 1 < I ( Musicians show off fashions I at MTV Video Music Awards by Samantha Critchell • The Associated Press NEW YORK — The little girls are all grown up. Britney Spears shed her wholesome teen queen image at the MTV Video Music Awards Thursday night, stripping off a man’s tuxedo to reveal a nude colored glimmering bikini top and matching pants as she performed a version of The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.” Spears, 18, also teamed with fellow teen pop sensation Christina Aguilera, 19, onstage as pre senters — and both wore sexy black dresses with thigh-high slits. The red carpet outside Radio City Music Hall was a parade of stars, each trying to be sexier and more daring than the other. Everyone was a candi date for the most-talked about outfit at the awards — a la Jennifer Lopez at this year’s Grammy Awards. Lopez toned down her look from that memo rable green Versace gown with the plunging neck line and slit-up-to-there skirt, opting for a white midriff-baring top and liiphugger pants made for her by boyfriend Sean (Puff Daddy) Combs’ Sean Jean clothing line. Lil’ Kim, however, didn’t stray from her typi cally shocking look. She arrived in a revealing reddish-orange spider-web design that looked more like lingerie. Merle Ginsberg, entertainment editor for Women’s Wear Daily, a leading fashion newspa per, and W magazine, wasn’t impressed with Lopez, Kim — or anyone else. “There was a severe lack of fashion. People were going for coolness instead of style,” Ginsberg said. But there was plenty of cleavage, bellybuttons mid shoulders on display. Aguilera’s asymmetrical dress was held up by a shoulder strap on only one side, and two of the three members of Destiny’s Child showed off bare shoul _ p-"1 ders. Destiny’s Child, winners for the R&B video “MTV SEE PAGE 8 Top: Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were presenters at the MTV Video Music Awards both wore sexy black dresses with thigh-high slits. Bottom: Spears stripped off a tuxedo to reveal a nude-colored glimmering bikini top and matching pants as she performed a version of The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.” Golden Spur once was popular nightspot by Chris Tilly The Gamecock USC students often use the Res ell House as a place to pick up their nail, get a bite to eat and interact mo mentarily with other students before enturing back to their respective res dence halls to talk about where in nve Points they’ll later congregate to [rink some beer. The Russell House s not by any means the hottest af er-hours hangout for undergraduate iantecocks, but in the 1970s, things t'ere a bit different. The Golden Spur, that hidden area djacent to the Pizza Hut on the scc ind floor of the Russell House, was nice alive and kicking as a college bar hat served alcohol to students. Today, those who come to the joldcn Spur sec a skeleton of things >ast, comparable to the Titanic and its inderwatcr shell featured in the 1998 novie. They find a room with deso ate bar stools, an abandoned DJ booth, nd the elevated, but empty stage that las potential for more - for nights of (xcitemcnl, post-football game so cializing and dates. Some curious vis itors of this seeming graveyard can not help but wonder, “What once went on in this place and why is it not hap pening now?” Leigh Leventis was an active mem ber ofUSC student government in the early seventies and contributed to the opening of the Golden Spur us a bar. “The Golden Spur was very pop ular when it opened. We just felt like we'd like to have a place for students to meet, have a beer, and walk back to the dorms easily,” he said. In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, be fore it became a bar, the Golden Spur was a faculty dining hall. At that time, USC, like many other college cam puses around the nation, was a hotbed for political activism. This was the era where President Nixon sent troops to Cambodia to support the South Vietnamese, and riots had erupted at Kent State, where the Ohio National Guard killed four student protesters and wounded nine. US( Director of Student Life Jer ry Brewer worked as the director in the niid-eigluies, when the Golden Spur was closed. “In the late sixties and early sev enties, there was a great deal of un rest on college campuses. The Rus sell House here became the center for student unrest,” Brewer said. “You had the center for student unrest and you had a faculty/adminis trative dining room, which was a sym bol of the system, or the establish ment. So what eventually happened was that group became very uncom fortable and then my understanding is the students basically look it over.” Lcvontis remembers the change as a rite of passage. He said, “I’m not so sure it was because it was a faculty area. I think it was more the issue of, ‘We w;uit our place. We’re 18 years old; we fight in Vietnam.’ A lot of people obviously objected to that. We just felt like, ‘Hey, why can’t we have a beer li cense where students c;ui have (a beer] in the Russell House?’ “There was a lot of activism go ing on and that as much as anything else led us to be a pretty active stu dent union and student government. We all wanted to feel we had a little Golden si i ma e ‘In the late sixties and early seventies, there was a great deal of unrest on college campuses. The Russeli House here became the center for student unrest.’ Jerry Brewer Director of Student Life Campus Notes Carolina for Kids needs tutors Carolina for Kids is recruiting tutors for tiie fall semester. If you are inter ested in becoming a tutor or mentor, pick up an application in the commu nity s&rvice office in the basement of Russell House. Association to hold dance The Greater Columbia Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dance Associ ation will hold its monthly dances 7:30 p.nt. to 11:00 pan. Sept. 23 at the Hugh Dimmery Memorial Center, 680 Cherokee Line. West Columbia. Dress is casual. Admission is $4 for national USABDA members, $7 for non-mem bers :uid $3 for students. For informa tion, call Mike Verdone at 407-0132 or Grace Keller at 957-9259. Battle of Gettysburg topic of USC exhibit The Thomas Cooper Library has com-, piled iui exhibit detailing the Battle of Gettysbuig. The exhibit is on display during normal library hours, 7:30 a.m. to midnight weekdays and 10 ami. to 8 pan. Saturdays ;uid 1 pan. to midnight on Sundays through Sunday on the li brary’s mezzanine level. CPR class to be offered Health mid Wellness Programs will of fer an American Red Cross Adult CPR course from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Blatt P.E. Center. Golden Key to meet Golden Key International Honor Soci ety is having their first meeting of the semester at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Golden Key room, Russell House 309. Honor society to meet The Gamma Beta Phi Society will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the ODK/Mortar Board room on the third floor of Russell House. Items to be dis cussed include all upcoming activities for this semester. Talk Show Guests Monday, Sept, 11 Conan: Alicia Silverstone, Andy Dick Kilbom: Anthony LaPaglia Leno: A1 Green Letterman: Sting Rosie: The Coors The View: Charles Groden Tuesday. Sept, 12 Conan: Eugene Levy Kilbom: Rodney Dangerfield Leno: Heidi Klum Lettemian: Chris Rock, Emmylou Har ris Rosie: Nathan Lane The View: Luciano Pavarotti Wednesday. Sept. 13 Good Morning America: Sally Field Leno: Dennis Rodman, Kate Hudson, The Coors Letterman: Sally Field, Eddie Irvine Rosie: Sally Field, Yolanda Adams The View: Renee Zellweger Thursday. Sept, 14 Conan: Jamie Foxx Kilbom: Ryan Stiles Leno: Renee Zellweger Letterman: A1 Gore, Supeigrass Rosie: Cheryl Ladd The View: Jiunic Foxx, Peter Fr.unpton Friday, Sept, 15 Comm: Fastball Goixl Morning America: Gwyneth Pal trow ‘ Kilbom: Juliette Lewis, Eugene Levy Leno: Penelope Cru/. Rosie: A1 Gore The View: Greg Kinncar