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Contemporary Sounds of the I
sponsor an end-of-semester par
Russell House Ballroom. Entei
Flying Burrito Brothers who w
mission is $1 with student ID
provided by the Golden Spur.
An inmate art show and sale
Modnay - Wednesday, Dec. 4Tnfffino
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Correctional Institute and Cent
display in Room 107 of Curreli
artist, will be available to discus
University President James
Christmas Music Festival, whic
8 in the Carolina Coliseum. The f
the USC Band, Orchestra, Dan
Jazz Ensemble and Carolina
music will be performed, along
"Literary Video Tapes" by R
the video gallery of McKissick ]
nttamnt to fuse literarv materi
words and images complement 1
itself to the presentation of co:
"A Chris tmals Carol," Worksh
presented Dec. 1-10 at the W
Church Fellowship Hall. Eveni
formances will be offered. All
formation call 799-4876.
USC professor Raymond Dud
forte-pizno in A concert at 2 p.m.
McKissick Museums. The conce
The USC Concert Choir will pi
at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 3 at ]
program is open to the public.
A representative from Mars
will be at the Columbia Museun
4:30p.m., on today and Saturcta
original Oriental prints. The \
atmosphere and the public is i
tion.
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brighten
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Campus
lussell House University Union will
ty at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8 in the
rtainment will be provided by the
ill begin performing at 9 p.m. Adat
the door. Refreshments will be
will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 o.m..
6 at the USC College of Criminal
and string art from the Kirkland
ral Correctional Institute will be on
I College. Jimmy Herd, an inmate
s the art program.
B. Holderman will host the USC
h will be held at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec.
estival will feature performances by
ice Comnanv. Concert Choir. Choir.
Coquettes. Popular and traditional
with orchestral and dance members.
ichard Kostelanetz are on display in
Museums through Jan. 14. The tapes
al and video possibilities so that the
one another. The video medium lends
ntinuous movement.
top Theatre's holiday offering will be
ashington Street United Methodist
ng performances and matinee per1
tickets are $2.50. For further inley
will perform a Haydn Sonata on
, Sunday, Dec. 3 in the Art Gallery of
srt is open to the public.
esent an evening of Christmas music
North Trenholm Baptist Church. The j
on Limited of Baltimore, Maryland
is of Art and Science from 10 a.m. to
ly, for a special exhibition and sale of
vorks will be shown in an informal
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"A Shot In The Dark"
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By David Baker
Oamtcock Film Critic
Since its release in 1964, A Shot in
made less money than each of the oth
in the Inspector Clouseau series, it is
the five that does not feature the Pink
title or in its opening credits. That alo
grounds to lower the movie a notch in n
This is not to cite A Shot in the Dai
worst of Blake Edwards' comedy seri
the five can really be called bad. Let r
that A Shot in the Dark is just the fifth t
AS IN the other films, the center
Peter Sellers' wacky performance
Jacques Clouseau. Sellers is probably
who can successfully combine the wi
Grant with the slapstick of the Thre
tainly, he's the only one who has pi
times.
Sellers' co-star in A Shot in the
Sommer. As the suspected murderes
the film with several nice moments,
Rare books <
USC is offering a quiet way to
v celebrate Christmas by looking
back through the ages at how men
and women have expressed their
personal interpretations of the
PhrictmoQ ctnrv
On display through the first week
Autograph party set
An autograph party for author
Ben Greer will be held from noon to
2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. today at the
Book Corner of the USC Campus
Bookstore. An autograph party
will also be held Saturday, Dec. 2
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Greer will be
signing first edition copies of his
work AHalloween.
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even the most capal
able to handle. Most]
the Dark has pretty and get Clou#
er four movies well as anyone evei
the only one of The film's biggest
Panther in its revolving around mi
ne is sufficient a nudist colony. H<
ly hook. without a single glin
rk as being the his resourcefulness
ies, for none of
ne say instead, FROM TIME to til
>est. think that it's going
in the series. The 01
of attention is ceeding is the leng
as Inspector scenes.
the only actor In the other Pant]
ttiness of Cary top of one another to
e Stooges. Cer- bombarded with h
died it off five Edwards and co-sci
have decided to giv<
Dark is Elke between the better i
s, she provides us so much time the
some of which a bore.
on display at
of January in the Thomas Cooper s
Library are a collection of F
medieval manuscripts from USC's c
rare book collection. f
"Books of hours," as these hand- *
nainted and hand-written C
devotionals were called, date as ?
far back as 800 A. D. Those on f
display show not only the *
meticulous, painstaking pride
artists devoted to these prayer 1
books, but also the social and ar- 1
tistic history of the times, according
to Roger Mortimer, head
librarian of rare collections. Many <
show the everyday activities of \
nobility and peasantry.
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ly, what she is asked to do is look
mu into trouble, and she does as
has with both requests.
t laughs are derived from gags
sdirected bullets, flying beds and j
aw Edwards handles the latter [
ipse of real nudity is a tribute to f
as a director. i
me, A Shot in the Dark makes you
to be one of the best installments !
nly thing that keeps it from suc[th
of time between the funnier |
[ier movies, the gags are piled on
the extent that the audience feels i
lumor. While making this one,
ripter William Peter Blatty must [
9 the audience time to settle down
scenes. Unfortunately, they gave H
it A Shot in the Dark is quite often
McKissick I
tained glass window with colorful i
>aintings, often employing lavish j
loses of gold leaf and detailed,
lowing penmanship. The books
vere a sizeable investment in their L
>wn times, and were created by |
irtists commissioned by private j
amilies. Bibles were rarely
ivailable for ownership. |
Most books of hours were |
jroduced in France, Flanders,
[taly and Germany.
The manuscript exhibit includes ,
originals and reproductions and 1
vill be on display on the mezzanine
level of Thomas Cooper throughout
the holiday season.
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