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... Page 8 - February 6, 198f> J] IltCrtjllIl 1110111 THE GAMECOCK I i Freshman named j Student receives By Kem Carter A Greenville native was crowned Miss Black USC i 1985 Sunday after receiving a standing ovation for her talent performance. J Linda Spearman, a freshman electrical engincer: ? ing major, entertained the crowd of more than 700 i : with her presentation of an original monologue en: j titled "Granny goes to the Movies." Spearman said she has always enjoyed making people laugh, and the monologue was her way of in: spiring laughter. ; "1 want to get involved with everybody and find : . out what they want Miss Black USC to do for them," Spearman said. ; The opening ceremony for Black History Month : preceded the pageant. A welcome, prayer and a : brief history of the Association of Afro-American Students, the event's sponsor, was presented. Perry Stradford, treasurer, summed up the importance of observing Black History Month. "rm noping lor tne day when Black History Month can be incorporated into American history," Stradford said. After the opening ceremony, the audience was welcomed to "An Evening in Paradise." As the house lights dimmed, the eight contestants danced JSlilBlil Htti ^ppjjjl :: i^K' jSlB iuf ^ jJ^i _^jnfl Linda Spearman of Greenville, 1985 Miss Black USC :r competition at Sunday's pageant. > HE _ -V :r-^/ '' y'y'^-i' *? :S'-C':'' '"V;S:;'-^':. \r^-^.::t. ^ miiIj^l A i|M 'a HL*ffiFi j SBI sB|SsI *? ^^Mtaw?MKItrf<llItIWm>MflHlKf?MVItf?lOll 'A $&0fl iKfM flThi I ^^HnMHHnmNnSHfln^HBknuBEl^HaBBMKK MBjWiBfBHWBWillWHWfflW i Mff'??l^^^g"''??M''Mllg?IllW * pMWII | 1??g: : pt^ipswiw^ferw Miss Black USC; standing ovation onto the stage in black Danskins to Stevie Wonder's "Make Me Feel like Paradise." The dance was choreographed by Harold Odom, a USC graduate student. The contestants were l.atanya McDowell, Tracey Douglas, Melodye Clark, Harriet Joyner, Patricia Speaks, Stephanie Taylor, Marsha Gordon and Linda Spearman. The hosts for the pageant were L.ydia Garrett, Miss Biack America, and Btoderick Samuel, WLTX-TV anchorman. Harriet Joyner was first runner-up, and Stephanie Taylor was second runner-up. Melodye Clark won the spirit award, Latanya McDowell won the congeniality award, and Linda Spearman won the talent competition. Talent ranged from songs to jaz/.y tap dancing and monologues. Additional performers were special guests Carketa Mickle, former Miss Black Columbia, Cheryl Pittman, the 1984 first runner-up to Miss Black USC, and Eleanor Jenkins, Miss Black USC 1984. In the evening gown competition, the contestants sauntered on stage to "Almost Paradise." The reigning queen, Eleanor Jenkins, thanked friends and supporters for a wonderful year. "The memory of it will last," she said, blowing a soft kiss into the audience. mm JNlK yK^^MfeJfl ' l'^Hr,v' - ? I u.m %^61vr JOSEPH GARNETT I The Gamecod I, received a standing ovation for her entry in the talen i ^. V I |Mr^ \ ||gg jipl ! ^tJ$*> iJL 'ailtfr liiBr / BBKWBWniyjP^^WBBBMP'^BW^w^^BY *9V^D ' < 7". I?' * iSkvFrightening humor Woody Allen demonstrates his nostalgic but futuristii the Russell House Theatre at 4:30, 7 and 9:30. Trivialists pursue Col By Andy Duncan Do you know the name of the college in "Animal House?" Or the only two U.S. presidents to score holes-inone? Or the singing group responsible for the top five singles in America on April 4, 1964? I f 1 - - ? r - ' ii yuu miuw, ui warn 10 Know, any 01 me aDOvc, you should be in USC's College Bowl competition. Individuals, groups and campus organizations that want to play "the varsity sport of the mind" can sign up in the Carolina Program Union office on the second floor of the Russell House this week. The competition will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 11-13 in The Golden Spur, and the winning team of four players will go on to represent USC at the College Bowl rcgionals at East Tennessee State University. Officials say "Atlanta CI By Associated Press Cater and Payne ATLANTA ? Officials involv- young blacks, n cH in the two-year investigation of children, whose d the widely publicized series of 22-month period < murders of young Atlanta^lacks 1981 were investiga "I say a private screening x)f i con,- * *np'?cc ta^K force* . j j ' trovefsial moVie abouf the* killing c'Orfvittlon, the "tl r-l convinced them the city not disbanded, and aui treated fairly. v,/ ly blamed William I was very disappointed that it killings, although portrayed the local media, the charged in any of I . police and the prosecutors as being The movie, "Th a bunch or burglars and hatchet Murders," will be j men, and that couldn't be further segments Feb. 10 i from the truth," Assistant Cobb It makes the case County District Attorney Jack was wrongly convii Mallard said. ings of Cater and F Mallard was a Fulton County with a statement tl prosecutor in 1982 when he played assigned to the ta< a key role in the nine-week trial unsolved. k that led to the conviction of Wayne "It tended to po B. Williams on two counts of witnesses as being * murder in the slayings of Nathaniel away when pressed Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, indications that thi ? 21. while the defense f LINED, EMBROII I CAROLINA JA | j Large selection Small, Mec I Coaches Jacket* 1 I Nylon Baseball Jacke 1 JEWELRY WAREH ] 2909 Piatt Springs Rd. 3102 Broad Riv ffi Mail Order: Add '2 Postage and / j CENTR DANCE SUPPL1 L. CAPEZIO, DANSKi: [ fBiKSSSStei Shoes Tights f wl or Bags Warm-upt skirts Sweater | Custom Costumes r| g Available | Costume Rental 717 j^Ip from 5.00 - up Co,.UK, i Come by and see Capezio Dance N Theatre Historical Truck Museum Moi I Collection on display now. 10:C ' ^ | |||||| S:-' "I : ; ' .;?;,"||S C0tJI^--T^J,: Jr -i~?K'~'~^J^^z- :r:' I : comedy in "Sleeper," to be shown tonight at lege Bowl contest Contestants score points by correctly answering questions on subjects from science, literature and current events to movies, music and sports. You need not be a member of any campus organization to sign up, although organizations are invited to field teams. You don't need three friends to sign up with you, either; individuals arc also welcome to join. ror mose wno aiuni Know, inc scnooi in "Animal House" was Faber College, Eisenhower and Ford are the only presidents with holes-in-one to their credit, and The Beatles dominated the singles chart in April 1964. The USC College Bowl competition is sponsored by CPU's Special Programs Committee and the Association of College Unions ? International. hild Murders" unfair were among 29 portrayed as being truthful and lost of them standing up well under crosseaths during a examination," Mallard said. ending in May "That was completely at odds with a special the truth. g\ \Tttr Williams' - VI don'ttrpnk anybody doubled " Wrc* was " that It WUs Wfitten tq make m6ney. ' [hr ities public- I don't thi("* there would have isTor 22 other been such a demand to show a he was never movie in which Wayne Williams [hose cases. was guilty. Everybody knows he e Atlanta Child was found guilty. It had to be shown in two controversial." md 12 on CBS. State Sen. Arthur Langford, : that Williams who organized searches for miss- j cted of the slay- ing children during the two-year ) O %f fl /^Inroc calrl Uo u;nv uiiu viuovj uiuvai, iaiu niv invjvn, was viiinviy tiat the murders too critical of the efforts by the ad>k force remain ministration of former Mayor Maynard Jackson to solve the rtray the state's killings. evasive, looking "The movie showed Maynard , fidgeting ? all more concerned about conventions ey were lying ? than the lives of innocent witnesses were children," Langford said. IRV5 MKMMS mimiMPHi | |i, na, )ERED, BLACK 1 CKET SALE! I lium, Large, & X Large m 4" .. I er Rd. 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