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entertaii Author 1 By CHUCK CROMER Entertainment Editor The Russell House University Union's (RHUU) Ideas and Issues committee will sponsor John Marks, executive dire tor-of the Center for National Security Studies and co-author of "The Rise and Fall of the CIA," in a free lecture-film discussion called "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence" at 8 p.m. today in the Russell House ballroom. Ed McCall, chairman of the - committee, said, "The program will discuss the CIA mechanisms used to interfere with other countries that ignore and un dermine American processes and pose a threat to the democratic system at home." Many students see the CIA as an agency with little relevance to campus life. Marks believes this is wrong. He said, "The CIA today operates secretly on over a hundred American college campuses in ways that directly touch the lives of students. Hundreds of American professors secretly work for the CIA. Their main task is 'spotting' and helping to recruit as spies foreign students studying at our universities." USC actres By GLENN RAWLS Gamecock Staff Writer The set for "Much Ado About Not usual week-before-production state the crew was on their lunch break was having lunch in Drayton Hall's Chris Carter, the scenic studio su show. Kathleen Estes? YES," BEAMED Patti Gill Department Chairman, just a day really excited about it. She was n< judges from the American College for her performance in 'Hedda Gab] production last semester) and we go umn in tlio ? e ? ?v.? iii wiv ovuiucooiui ii i cgiun ior Award. She'll be competing in nati< Easter Sunday in Washington, D.C The Irene Ryan Scholarship Awar the late Irene Ryan. Ryan was audiences as Granny in "The Bev and for her role in the Broadwaj pin. "The award is a $5,000 scholar former who wins the national comp "When they told me I'd been nomi for the Irene Ryan Scholarship," Es bites of salad, "it really didn't affe didn't know what it was. Chris had to Estes, a senior in the theatre < I 1 ? *1 woweu locai crmcs wun ner perf manipulative Hedda Gabler. She is (JSC's latest production, "Much Ado as the scornfully witty Beatrice. "I didn't consider acting seriously Estes said. "I tried everything excej it's a hard life. You can't just walk ii agency and get hired. You can't say, and take dictation.' When you go i you're saying, 'Here I am. Me!' yourself and your talent. "I tried everything: waitii bookkeeping, marriage. I even tri finally I decided that if I was going t( a bookkeeper and not make any mor as well not make any money being a iment to speak THE COLUMBIA Museum of Arts and Sciences, at Senate and Bull Streets, will feature a combined exhibition of paintings and mobile sculptures by two South Carolina artists, Ralph Waldrop and Clark Ellefson, March 6-27. Candy Baker of the museum said, "This unusual combination of paintings and mobile sculpture reflects two distinctively different approaches to the visual manifestation of the concept we know as "object." Both approaches are valid, both work as objects ana both have at their core that almost forgotten, yet one of our oldest concepts: craftsmanship." Instead of using paint, Waldrop dyes canvas or paper. Baker said Waldrop uses a wide range of "Mr. Fox's Magic Dye" to produce objects that are "color-fields." Clark Ellefson produces mobile . sculptural pieces in a variety of media such as steel rods, electric motors, wire, rubber, metallic tape, wax pewter, copper, brass, nlvu/fvirl an/1 loofhnK f/MJ ?T vrvv* UtIU IVUUIVI Of his work, Clark said, "The object is still very much a part of me. Recently I've become interested in multiple objects and in s up for aw happy." Ilict fllVlQit io UUOL TV I Id V IO Ui hing" was in the she do it so well of turmoil, and "The big thing . Kathleen Estes balize my feeling outer lobby with gotten it as clear ipervisor for the of me is thinking is feeling. Your parts, but a big audience - wha espie, Theatre thinking about a earlier. "We're they know, but >minated by the believe I'm Hed Theatre Festival Acting is, after i ler' (USC's third Estes's start ii t wnrH that cho'H fm-nncinf W..V v* IV/* MIOICO CUlIl^l the Irene Ryan she wanted to a< )nal competition "So I dropped taking acting cl Dowager Fairy I d was founded by "My favorite p best known to she said with pa erly Hillbillies," really control her r musical, "Pip- she was a little o ship for the per- Gwendolyn in T1 >etition. adore her." nated to audition tes said between ct me because I For the nations tell me." read a monologu from "Much Ado iepartment, had nrofpssnr .in??nh I f" ormance as the "I'm really gra now starring in how many faults About Nothing," have to do. I thinl things, but for the until last year," long way to go. )t acting because "If I do win t i an employment reached over an< 'Well, I can type going to go into g into an anriitinn ...uv. ??! *? -w.., wiin uiujr veil pcu ' You're selling offers made. Coll they can't get the lg on tables, Lunch was ovei ed nursing. But to the mountain < > be miserable as "Much Ado Abou ley, then I might Gabler and Beat n actress and be hammer the set about C] multiple elements within an object." The Columbia Museum's hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is free. THE RHUU Cinematic Arts committee's pay film this weekend is "The Bad News Bears," to be shown at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. today through Saturday in the Russell House theatre. Admission is $L "Tne Bad News Bears" was the sleeper film of 1976. Walter Matthau, in an excellent performance, stars as a beer-guzzling pool cleaner hired to coach a little league baseball team of misfit boys and one girl (Tatum O'Neal). The flick is entertaining and diverting. ABC Theatre discount tickets can be purchased by students for $1.50 at the Russell House Travel Center. These tickets provide a 50 per cent savings and are good at the Palmetto and Richland Mall Theatres. THE LONG-AWAITED local premiere of the film "Rocky," nominated for 10 Academy Awards, will be Friday at the ard iis talent called acting anil how does I? ! is concentration. I've tried to ver;s on acting before and haven't ever as I'd hoped. When I'm acting, part how I'm feeling, what the character mind is in three or four different part of me is thinking about the t they think and feel. I could be i ham and cheese sandwich for all all that's important is that they da or whatever part I'm playing, all, manipulating your audience." 1 acting came late. It was not until itioo in high school that she realized :t. t my forensics course and started lasses. My first role was as the from 'Anastasia.' art of all time? It was NOT Hedda," irflPlllor nmrkUapin J ^ pitaoia. x cuuiu never I had glimpses of her, but I felt like ut of my reach. My favorite part is fie Importance of Being Earnest.' I il competition, Estes is planning to e from "Joe Egg' and a dialogue About Nothing' with visiting acting Totaro. teful to Joe because he showed me I have and how much work I still k I'm ready for dinner-theatre-type roles I want - classical -- I've got a he competition," she said as she i knocked on a wooden table, "I'm [raduate school. Even if I don't win, pie competing, there're bound to be eges would prefer number one, but if im, they'll settle for number three." r and it was time for her to get back of technical work left to be done on it Nothintf " Kathlp*?n FtctAc n?u)Ho rice had to leave so they could go together. [A ' Richland Mall Theatre. "Rockv." starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role and Tally Shire, as his girlfriend, is the story of a struggling fighter who miraculously gets a crack at the world heavyweight title and at the same time develops a tender, romantic relationship with a lonely young woman. THE RHUU Fine Arts Com mittee will exhibit the ceramic art of Michael Johnson, Debbie Cobb and Michael Rikowski in the showcases of the Russell House second-floor lobby through March 11. The show includes nieces in stoneware and porcelain. The world premiere of "Green Pond,"a musical written by Robert Montgomery and South Carolina native Mel Marvin, will be presented by Stage South, the state theatre of South Carolina. Its five performances will be at A.C. Flora High School at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. March 5-6 and 8 p.m. March 7. For further information call 795M5270 or the S.C. Arts Commission at 7583442. The RHUU Trips and Expeditions Committee will be rs;:ZM pWMLwMnin u>> Eites as He ^ . . . ,jR Marks sponsoring a trip to Charleston on Saturday, March 26. Tran spoliation to and from Charleston will be provided at $3 per person. The bus will leave from the Russell House that morning at a time to be announced and return to Columbia at approximately 10 p.m. Participants can roam the city at their leisure. Dinner at a seafood restaurant in Charleston will end the afternoon's activities. Persons interested can sign up at the Russell House Travel Center or phone 777-7130. dda Gtbler