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Spotlight Monday, February 24, 1986 g USC geol ? prepares With a lot of skill and a little luck, USC's Dana Cofficld may be one of the first Americans to make it to the top of Mount Everest. The geology graduate student is the youngest of a 12-member American team planning an April ascent of the highest mountain in the world. "This will be the first American attempt of the Great Couloir on the north face of the A mountain,'' Cofficld said. He ad^ ded that only seven Americans have successfully reached the summit. At 29,028 feet above sea level, Mount Everest represents the supreme challenge to a moun laineer s couragc and endurance, he said. Of six attempts to reach the Everest summit via the Great Couloir route, only one by a team of Australians has been successful. ^ Everest has claimed the lives of 40 people; only 100 have reached its summit since it was first conquered in 1953. "Years ago the goal of many climbers was to see if they could reach the summit," Coffield said. "Now, climbers attempt more difficult routes with less support. "My own goal, other than to reach the summit, is to sec if I can reach 26,000 without using ? oxygen." Coffield, who started mountain climbing durine his senior year in high school, said the U.S. Everest North Face Expedition team is one of the strongest with which he has been associated. . GOT I* | We urgently need peo to aid In medical resea had mono within the [ qualify for $100 per w time. Call 254-6537. ! OT\ Serol< I Mk J 2719 Mick daffr B^lPa Colui ScrtifiogMs THER BECOMIN on the right mean earning a BSN, u Clifton, NJ 07015 ARMYNUR I \as we HOME u?r GAMECOC < You will be the envy of yo friends when you win as j you step out and "strut / your stuff" at a / Homecoming Event / # during the week. / ^ For more Informal logy grad foir Evere &jtptKK^~ HH Dm* Cofflttd, IISC fl?|V y<ii?H iti "All of the members have an average of 15 years alpine experience," he said. All have experience in the Himalayas and have climbed above 21,000 feet. Several have reached the summit of one or more peaks exceeding 26,240 feet. Although Coffield doesn't have the years of experience of the other team members, he has climbed more than 500 mountains, including Mount Kilimanjaro and Devil's Tower. The latter peak was made familiar to millions of moviegoers in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." He also was among seven to reach the 24,980 foot summit of Mount Gongga Shan in 1982 ? a peak urst conquered by Americans in the early 1930s. During the first week in 1QNQ? .. it. : ! pie with Mononucleosis rch. If you have or have Dast 2 weeks, you may eek for 3 hours of your ; ogicals. Inc. ileburg Dr. Suite 105 Tibia, SC. 29204 254-6537 EARET^OS!! G A NURSE IN And they're both repr< sented by the insignia you wea as a member of the Army Nur Corps. 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But \ Lena, being a good Christian woman, will have nothing to do with that. The role of Ruth, Walter's wife, was performed well by Francis J. Thompson. She seemed extremely natural in the part. As the moody, idealist Beneatha, Vernette Mack -j-: |HHBH^^rM'#wVB A M) DAIRCl]' 1 ^TirrvmTTi ? A att * tt? Afl lUM IM Lilt COLUMBIA MALL till uppar l?v?l mall antranc* f M BJ? batwean J.C. Pannay and V lA, I Rich's Department Storot Wm%\* 10-9 M-Sai. 1:30 6:00 Sun !j PHONE 788 95M I FOF ' jHHIBIIS hkk^wHH TBBHtii^^BBvM RAY GRONBERGfThe Gamecock ade to the Coliseum on Friday. The parade markg Th? Ringlumbia. ?1 1 ' . ?I poignant drama; t entertainment provided the show with some of its funniest moments and deepest insights. A commendable performance was also civen hv Robin Roberts as the mealy-mouthed neighborhood chairman of the white community the family wants to move into. He tries "to practice prejudice in good Christian fellowship," and explains that "Negro families are happier in their own communities." The best performance of the evening, however, was by Arzell Pressley. She played the family matriarch Lena with conviction. Pressley easily switched from anger and disgust to tenderness and understanding. Commendations should also go to John Green as Beneatha's African boyfriend, and to 12-year-old Michael Jackson as Walter's son. The show will continue its run through March 2. Reservations are available by calling 777-2551 or 777-2552. The theatre's next production, King Lear, directed by Russell Green, will open April 4 at Longstreet Theatre. $<i sii m f/ II * I ' HOUIOC ft If KOTM HAIR AOOlTlOMAl CHAROC All CUTt INCIUOI INAMPOO AND CONDIT10N'NO TftfATMfNT Hke e a mm dn DOWNTOWN I or ATinw FIVE POINTS 2002 Grc?rx? Street 10-8 M. W, Th, F 10-6 Sal. CloMd Tu?? and Sun. I hair PHONE 799-0234