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# From the top Columbia and the USC campus are seen by two unidentified students as they eat at the Top of Carolina. The restaurant offers this vantage point while dining. Rotating ICBiaUI all 3. scans view u., iiPMnv nu it?r\T Gamecock Staff Writer Carolina has a unique restaurant that is a good place < eat with moderate prices, but is relatively unknown b students. ?i The Top of Carolina, located on the eighteenth floor < Capstone House, is beautifully decorated with murals < university buildings. It is easily accessible from any part < &t - 4i :ui ?r 41 T ?... r*?t, uic campus wiui uic (juomuic cacc^uuu ui utc lkiw v>euit and the Coliseum. What makes the restaurant distirictiv< though, is the fact that it rotates once an hour. A diner gets a remarkable view of the USC campus, ar to a large extent the entire city of Columbia. If he takes a hour to eat his meal, he will get a panoramic view of t! m From Page 8 r lay gangster film from the '30s and '40s. Why then, didn't this play achieve its full potential? responsibility must go to the director, Russell Green. Hi: . ? 1 I A ! ^1- il 1 f.. oi uie material maae eacn aci seem sugnny less iu preceeding when actually, the comedy simply works on a with a different approach. Most damaging, however, wa interpretation of the ending, which seemed more like station break than a conclusion. Mr. Green also let stage i) n his actor's characterizations smother many funny lines, much of Bizoni's Shakespearean tirades and Sandy's outn remark in Act II. Mr. Green did, however, contribute humor by his excellent blocking and is sympathetic rap actors. I the best rt^*eiver vBiue^ ever offered. When other companies design a low-priced ster?x> reofcive tlwirbig concern ia how much'they can leave out. When Pioneer decidea to build the SX-1.?0. they wanted to see liow much they , fOUlU |?UI 111. Yhere'scontinuous power output of ir? watts minimum HMS per channel at Hohinsfrom 2<Mo 20.000 Hz with nomoivtl 0.5% total harmonic distortion. The FM section uses a phase-ioeked k>op uiuitiplex circuit?just like the most expensive tuners?for great stereo separation. And there's a ?|>?eial integrated eimiit to keep station from interfering with each otl>er. For operating convenience. 4he S,V 150 has a duai-functk tuning meter, (ape monitor circuit five-input function selector f / and even a inicroplionejack. No one else gives you OdPtTlflHPPlY this much, for this much. .. . HOMWWU** - 2/14 Dev ? m ' te>: 52*2^^^8lk ^ ^^TPjE^vffjanjgp m*m?i5 m^z m,^3|| -. HKB^^JH/. hi campus and Columbia?to the north, south, east and wes by the time he gets back to the spot at which he start to eating. The concept of a rotating restuarant came from c >y built for the New York World's Fair. Robert Gary Wilson, to whom the restaurant is dedicat of gave money to the University for the Top of Carolin 3f construction. It was built in 1969 and makes USC the 01 of university in the state to have a rotating restaurant, ir Top of Carolina is a popular place for parties and c e, vention luncheons, according to Michelle Randol] manager, but individual students do not seem to know at> id it. It has not fullv caught on for people who iust want in ordinary lunch because many students tend to think of it le too exclusive for them. Focus ? INTERACTION, an in- draw Much of the novative chamber music en- main s presentation semble, will perform at 8:30 stree nny than the p m in the Russell House different level Ballroom. The ensemble, all arauserfora graduates of the Julliard Ka business and School .? Music, an.d C.)'alc coun m(V?t nntflhiv University, consists of Ethan LOUri ageous closing Sloan, clarinetist, Paul mad< to the overall Posnak, pianist, and David paint ? ?- ?^ C ^vll 1 ? n 4 T M f o f 1 /\ tn ' o port wiui uib ociia, tnnai. mici a\^uun o concerts attempt to free the I * ?| artists and their audience from "M open the convent onal limitations of Char I ui i formal concerts. Halse 1 Wed. at t, || fil The Columbia Museum of artis 9*00 *s P^ann^nS two exhibitions Colle B , of watercolor paintings and studi SKl ^ 1 1 8 00 STIDPTRFJ f WUROOG: i rv r A i cd A ?WI u cnLt.rvi a m ROW ? , Available in S.C. o IARTM9H 2020 Devine St. 15rine Street ColumbloS.C ~' B SI Ik EWti 1 a|<|r^!!!L. ^ * _ * * ' I^^Pwj^KfgWBfeawMBBMJM^M|^^ .4r'^WM fUSSLm^X^^Mj ^4< \I * -* i^ %-v * . , : j ; bpWBP ^ ;||MI ^ . jwn i?Mh-THE OAMECOCK t? But the price is not high. It is open for a buffet lunch from ed 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and Sunday. The price is ne $2.75 for "all you can eat" on weekdays, and $3.95 Sunday. There are also special student nights featuring an entree, sd, baked potato or french fries, a trip to the salad bar and a's dessert. The restaurant is busy these nights, Randolph said, lly and it is important to make reservations. The atmosphere is liA\irni mn nn/4 of r /lwAr>n iiiiui uiai, IIUYVCVU , anu oiuucuu) ui cso ^aauaujr. :>n- The restaurant is open to the public for lunch and for the 3h, student night specials. It is popular among faculty, staff, >ut alumni and state employes. an True, the Top of Carolina is by no means a MacDonald's, as but prices are reasonable. A little more advertising might help dispel the notion of exclusiveness, Randolph said. ings through Nov. "18 at its Boston Museum of Fine Arts office on Senate and Bull and the Academy of San Carlos ts. in Mexico City. Halsey has assembled a portfolio of drawings and watercolors thryn Hodgman's based on the Mayan litinn is rallpH "Raflf - rivili7atinn'c lanHcranA try: France", and is ; up of 20 recent oil ings. BELLYDANCER "Mystic Maria", in her second appearance at USC, will belly nva lonrnal" hv dance at 8 and 9:15 P m' leston painter William tonight in the Golden sPur... :? ii I i_: i i: y is uit; setjuiiu exuiuiuun le museum. Halsey is rp^e roc^jng souj sounds of /,nce at the Earth, Wind and Fire with The ?[ *5. c l?e i r Emotions can be heard at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Carolina Coliseum. Tickets are $8.50. The RHUU Cinematic Arts kfTIlWtfCommittee's pay film this IkJI week is Monty Python's "And R ? MMCNow For Something ComBm? a pletely Different." As Gene Shalit wrote, the movie is "A I ...mj : W1IU series* UI JUIVCU, ClIlvJ .. .... r,v skits. If you want to laugh at something different, go to see it. 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