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Committee mivpfi fun JL ML* JL 4^ education By Cindy Taylor "Our purpose is twofold, to provide entertaining and educational speakers and to nmvide an tniucational exDerience I? ~ - & for committee members," said Cara Lynn White. Russell House University Union Ideas and Issues chairwoman. The Ideas and Issues Committee wasformed three years ago during the reorganization of the Russell House University Union. The committee was formed from the former Lecture's Committee which booked the major campus speakers and the Commons Room Committee which booked speakers fltr* HrvlHnn Qmir onH Afhnr 1UI UIU VJVIUV.I1 I^pui UUU V/VIIV t places. The committee operates on an $8,000 budget from the Student Allocation Commission (SAC). Although the most the group may spend on a speaker is $2,000, they are allowed to spend up to $2,500 on a speaker if the event is cosponsored with another organization. Recently there has been some discussion between the University Union and the Student Government Association (SGA) about the creation of the union's Speaker's Bureau. This move seemed unnecessary since there is another campus organization that books speakers. White, also a member of theSGA Speaker's Bureau, sees no conflict between her committee and the Speaker's Bureau. The Ideas and Issues Committee tries to cover a broad area of topics. Time and publicity are important factors of the com mittee. A speaker will often ai ?n i 1 n V-vl rv U #-* ucvunic avuiiduic witii uniy a /)/szv II By Kd Turner "Hi y'all, I turned down an engag Leningrad to be here in South tonight." With that introductioi Gillespie, a native of Cheraw and j< extraordinaire, launched into a sho routine to mark the opening engagement at the Carolina ( Monday night. His technique was patent and pretense, a method with which he to "soften un" the crowd hv maki laugh and fall into a state recepti fine art of jazz. At the end of his routine, Dizz "Does anyone know where that Diddy is?" and sat down at the coi 1 _ J i i* < pruuueueu 10 piay exacuy mat. It marked the beginning of a lon? some of the finest jazz ever to be j the Columbia area. Unquestionably, Dizzy is a mast craft. Credited with introducing B the American music world, Dizzy h marked influence on the world of ja: his long tenure. Monday night, Dizzy showc Columbians exactly why he remai top of the list of the world's grea musicians. His solos during Do Wah Did tasteful and fluid, though there wer moments during the opening Alternating between mutea trumj trumpet, congas and assorted pe Dizzy conducted his quartet and with the type of professionalism th iSm Hunter Thompson will appear today s limited amount of time to do publicity on him or her. Such was the case with Raymond Moody who I >u:n 4 1? ? t- - - I icxiuicu una [jasi iviunuciy oil Ul? | best selling novel Life After Life. The committee offers varied programs. This past year they brought Kenny Cramer on the National Organization of the 1 Repeal of Marijuana Laws, the Who Killed JFK program, Brian de Palma co-sponsered with the Cinematics Arts Committee, James Dickey and Raymond Moody. i Coming this semester will be ; Arthur Knight on March 31st with i his lecture film presentation on "Sex in the Cinema." Knight is | author of the Playboy series by the ( same name. Also coming is Pat i <h sm MB A -0-^ MH S ( / ?/ only after years of experie During Do Wah Diddy, ement in pression that his quartet wi Carolina comoetent but lacklustc i, Dizzy designed to complement D izz artist overshadow him. I was wrc rt humor Dizzy has assembled soi of his musicians to back him. Coliseum \ selection from the movi showed exactly what the b without 0f playing. Featuring Jimn intended i^e piece flowed and swirle 4U/v? nig uieiii trumpet work. The polyphc ve to the composition was astoundin; in fact, at times it was har y asked, fjve musicians were on sti Do Wah Dizzy followed that num ngas and composition dating from 1 Tunisia." This time the fea { night of the band was Benjamin 1 3layed in Dizzy's bassist. Brown's v funky without being trite, er at his indicates funk is not tl e Bop to musicians seem to make i las had a Following a strong bass zz during after "A Night in Tunisia' more familiar than the pas id 1,400 ^e introduction of Dizzy ns nt the mnii^^ ,,m? icnut-cu uic UUJ/ vy?."> test jazz troduction to the classic Dizzy then put down 1 dy were amazed me completely b; e ragged front and singing. Until thi number. realized he was such a fir jet, open The addition of Dizzy rcussion I u-? if captivating repertoire was himself Cake. It also drew a segmei at comes |n|0 a njce ^it 0f interaction i li Br > JUk wMm ?BS? ^c;>S?fSOo?n it 8 p.m. in the Capstone Campus Ha The Gamecock Conroy, who wrote the best selling book The Water is Wide, on April 1 n 117211* rii ?? io. wiuiain t>iyron will De awarded the USC award for Distinction in Literature on April 6. Styron wrote The Confession of Nat Turner, Lie Down in Darkness and 'Miel>ong March. Ideas and issuesoffered its art award toAnsle Adams who was unable to come to the university this term to accept ;he award. Members hope Adam s vvui oe aDle to come in the fall to wd with mce. a contingent of I got the im- and ready to helj is composed of I dubbed the St? ;r m usicians, Section. (SLC&I izzy but never Complements tng. SLC&RS clappe mp of tho fino?f ano santj. nrodn teresting and i ie Black Orpheus support during 4 and was capable Dizzy almost los ny Heath on sax, he became engr< d around Dizzy's them end the pi >nic nature of the The interactio ? ? Kll (llfl rl?r.>... giy cornpiex ana, unci d to believe only ^ie crowd to th? age. applauding each ? iL f hn *~vC ? uei wiin anuiner ,-,,w ?i mc ? 947, "A Night in The last two ni tured member of "To Brother K Franklin Brown, Luther King, ai vork was almost Georgia," a sh< something that JvncKey itoker. le cliche many Returning aft< it out to be. performed an u lino (ho tn 1 mKnr the wnrlf HIV I1U11IUV/I o w "? ?? ' began to sound extended solos, ( ?t offerings. With guitar is nothing r on trumpet, I was free of elec playing the in- effects, yet it c "Summertime." guitarists who h, lis trumpet and The following y moving to the dedicated to one i e timn T horl nn( ill th(? f :i i J UIIIV, A IIUU IIUl .? l:4 u/nrlr nf tlio n?n? vtMJUIllil. , " ? iitvcn 's vocals ' tp ?f the group doir like icing on the affa'n, the SLC^ it of the audience Dizzy to round o . At the show was composition. BB y & H^HMBmra^ < gjj oS ' Ml ?m. Enter tea i receive the award. The Ideas and Issues Committee along with the College of Journalism and the Department of Government and International Studies will present Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at 8 p.m. today in the Campus Room in Capstone. Thompson who writes for Rolling Stone Magazine has also written such books as Fear and Loathing in I^is Vegas. If Thompson appears familiar looking it is because he is jazz ho Dizzy's fans, enthusiastic This I 3 along. The result was what plauded ?ge Left Choir and Rhythm IS). The : ig the group's work, the recordin d along with the selections ofthegri ipintf nn offoft ""> : ? 0 .... v..vvi niai Wclb 111- 111G Si lice. In fact, their vocal had to be 'Summertime" was so fine alto sax >t his place once, and when work on 9ssed in their efforts, he let that he > ece for him. n rounded out a fine effort Follov I ? " i cnargea tne atmosphere of and res! t point that the crowd was with an individual solo as if it were tivating how. seemed jmbers of the first set were and pro^ inC." a hnllnrl Jn T\ * ~ * ? U?.iuu iu mm mi expand id" "Never Going Back to owcase for the drummer, At the for his 31* intermission, the group reqUest< nidentified piece featuring cussive of A1 Gaffa. During two out the , jaffa showed that fine jazz long rj to be sneezed at. His work tronic encumberances and dua,enc, ;clipsed some of the jazz ave been touted as artists. It was < number, "Olinga," was from r>f Dizzy's friends, a brother ,he croWi th. This wa? chn,.,?n? he returr " ~ w V..V, oiiuvwdM* ing, featuring all members ig what they do best. Once A Pr feHS was incorporated by homeco ut the effectiveness of this H complei ?js >1 f w k*jt^ a inmeiit characterized in Gary Trudeau's comic strip I)oonesbury as Uncle Duke, envoy to China. Thompson is known for what he desrrihps as "gonzo" journalism -- an intense, demented style of writing. The Ideas and Issues Committee is open to students, facultv and staff. A person can become a member of the committee after iiiiw iiivciiuga. mt'y iin.*ci cvfi y Tuesday at 7:30 in room 312 at the Russell House. f f ?/ ime though, the SLC&IiS was ap- . by an appreciative crowd. CAIIft 4 ' A1 " I o C TM "" t, v/iiu^d IS 11(1111 wizzy s g Bahiana and shows the versatility DUn as a unit ac \u?ll ae ca 1 a andout member of Dizzy's group Jimmy Heath, as he switched from to tenor sax and to flute. Heath's those three instruments indicates vim oe neard from again. ving "Olinga," Dizzy took a break Led while Heath dazzled the crowd extended sax solo that was caoand diverse. The rest of the eroun equally capable of backing Heath fideda fine backcrnunH fnr Hoath to upon. close of the number, Dizzy returned msi ptn iormunce, me mucn id "Salt Peanuts." Dizzy's pervocals during this selection rounded f?VPnintf ill lO nlncn Q - - ? .>n M..VI M ?, VI l\y V.1V/OV v/u^lll C4 chly deserved ovation from the i>. obvious Dizzy was fairly exhausted long performance, and although d was applauding enthusiastically, led only to take a bow. r 1 - ? uiuunu jazz musician, Dizzy s ming was presented with grace and lis performance was engrossing and te. And, it was good.