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I Features ?< 4 Monday, October 13, 1986 J M ** "^Hjiiji" -:_ j v .J^ IMIlMft^ HIIMPHRPYITho nomornrt Thursday's Best? Childhood education senior Eleanor Huey, dressed up for SAGA's "Gourmet Night," waits for her dinner on Thursday night in Russell House. Cable Connection will merge ' A I 1 IM "r . - wnn viaeo i ape commiuee By BRAD WOOOHOUSE and money has kept it on the h'.iiu'es renoitsi back burner for some time. A A merger is being planned bet small but loyal group got things ween I'SC's (.'able Connection off the ground this year, and Carolina Program I'nion Clements said. Video I'ape committee, accor- "Cable Connection suffers dmi' to Hill ( lements, student from a lack of sufficient equipnicdia director. ment to produce quality produc; able Connection is a student tions," Clements said. gani/at ion t hat produces The members of Cable Con ifiti-Mii 111#*#*! r#?0 II1 '1 r IV 'liui llilW* * U U I J ' k l> - V U I V. I I I C* I C IV ? I^IV 'I I I 'U'- "VVIIVMI IIIVVI i VL,UUII I; unw m? ' N. kir. tins and \ideos. I he Video been through a training session to I ape committee produces sideos learn about \ideo equipment and :o: the Carolina Program Lnion \ideo production. However, the and othei on-campus groups. actual production ot videos has 1 he Video I ape committee been limited. sutteis from lack of student participation and ( able Connection Clements said things are going doesn't ha\e enough funds I he bettei for C able Connection. ::ic:gct would ?i::v}\ both club's People are sticking with the proneeds. said Ion In/, a toriner erani "even throuuh the rough .'hail ;n.in ot the committee. spots," he said. While ("able Connection pro- lit/ said as separate groups duces programs to: more public either one could provide (he extra consuinpi ion. the \ uleo commit- manpower the other needs. He ke makes \ ulcos lot stnctK on said the merger would combine uimpih iH^iiu/aiions and tor each group's strengths. students 10 sec in the Russell Cable Connection is shown House from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Col1 o; se\eial >eats, the idea toi umbia Cable IV channel 13, ac( able C <>nneciion iias been in the cording to Ron Dupont ot uo'ks. I ,[ (he la^k o! suppoit CCIV. I j [?? ?" i.isri-x to . . WUSC-FM Hlirl 905 Penguins ! ! ii a i. itrna iivf ? . L 1 Are Finalli k I The Gamecock Adoption 1 I H K \ M M hi h is the student new s- from $1.C paper "f the I nniTMli of South Carolina .111(1 i? published three times a week mi Mondays. U ednesda)*and I ridats during th? fall an"! -1>r114seniesi its and \\ KIs mi \S edne s?l?v s during both summer ses- r 1 j-\ s 11 in s, with the exception of uni>er?it> O I L i? holidays and examination periods Opinions expressed in 1 H I' t.VMK \ A T \ 7 Ci CI < I K h are those of (lie editors and not rV CT V C. CT (hose of the I niwr-it* of South ( arolina I'l.e Hoard of Student I'uhl.oat ions and p . , .. , , . . / I >??. < >1.1.mun.rations the publisher of I Ml. to W 111 ( lOrgt'OllS I VT ' \MKIIKK I he Student Media Depart 0 s0|J vvj|] f nient is the parent organization of III! t.wiKtotK Sirn t* we vt' tricked you < < hantce of f?rins. suhMTi|?tion . . . requests and other correspondents should 'l> lTt'0 t. .1IH1V tie sent to M F (. \ M Ft'<>< h l?rn?er \ , t n<*ersit? of South arolina < olumhia ^ OI1H* D\ S < ?".l20s >iilis<ription rates are > 1 - <?0 for ill teiir fx On per fall or ?prmc semester and ilMMriBBl J I 00 for hoth summer session* I hird I yfSA I ( i lass postage paid al I olumhia S I [&-uUHEH58j ^ /vIV Illl . \ K( I ! K is a I ieense.1 student IJNIV ortCrtm/Htion of the I imersitv of South i 1W \1 I arolina and recenes funding from stu I) UVJI jjiit-ni a* n\ ii > iw* j| ? Unusual que By CANDY M. BARR Features reporter "What arc the names of the soon dwarfs?" "How old is Ronald Reagan?" People ask ASKIJS, newspapers and libraries questions like these. Reporters, school kids and even television producers call to get answers to questions, said Dan Boice, a reference librarian at Thomas Cooper Library. "Friday nights arc great for barroom bet questions," he said. Sometimes the Thomas Cooper I ibrary's staff gets a question such as "Where was this book published?" or "When was the first pyramid built?" Boice said. I or excitement, the staff looks up the answers. "Friday nights seem to be wacko time, but we re usually pretty slow on rinlays so we look them up," he said. Boice said he got a call once I torn a Hollywood producer who wanted to know the ^HOB ^ v- ? wl I V. ^Hni?' ^r-iaft Piano man Music graduate student Greq Boatwright plays C\ Saving I Wcl |?k\ babies is I ^v\ our goal! j & i \ BB# to c ia HanaTT I: s\ Lg HUVii " |:v? Prices Range B jj; **, )0 to $9.95 |j -I f est Books Sales I; ver had! if: ' tguin BookKi^s Oi t. 13th-18th j?3 ! eceivt* a Penguin tie t.n k E| i little, runs \vc II trr.it vow Monday Ot t 1 Mh |1| i ; psri I: hrsmv H: \svcM-: G5> 8:.. j Wmm icfinnc inct i fouuiid juai i names of famous people from South Carolina and another call from an 8- to 10-year-old boy in California who wanted help on a report he was writing on South Carolina. R r< 1 won :i lihrnrinn r?t thr> Richland County Public Library, said people usually call with strange questions when there are community trivia contests going on. Richardson said people have asked her various things such as "How to slaughter a hog," "Mow to build a still" and "What's the distance between this city and that city?" When asked it" the library staff honors such calls, Richardson said, "Sure we do. We're here to answer questions." She said they don't usually answer homework questions but might if the questions were short. The State newspaper also gets interesting questions from callers but most arc just "kids doing homework," said night news editor ' N "Willill "L. . in the Grand Marketplace for SAGA's "Gourmet Night.' come To... <&> cateda _ li _ no/* U ^ i >m me uou norsesnoe SUPER COUI ?ms | SUPER SIZE | _ ; SLAW DOG <? : A'. BffF SANOV S SPECIALLY DOG f ?nA\> SfRVft) a MOSTARO I I 8 IB SANDY'S CUSJOM N NS L.II HFCIPf CHILI K OUR (HANK S?MVtO a MUSI t :;Ai'< CFtfAMY COLE Si AA I HECIPt CHILI ONIONS ANC J CHEESE -A,< $ *| 39 c7;; I $11 HI 15 86 * i ' '.auiicm liood A: Any Sand* s Coupon Good At Any wfm HUGE! ; HUGE! l.HUCOLATE NUT j H0T FUDGE s SUNDAE 10 IS Of RICH VANHIA r > A N > I i A :C( CfitAU lOAUfO COVtRfD * HOI 'HICK UA< > . -Ul-wlili RICH AAINUTS ft, I t. TOPf'fO Off WWHIPP ;'-t? tRf/W HfRRY CHfRRY HUGF' $ 'I 49 Cou^ | $ 1 4 W:cj86 L.mit 1 Luuj)on Goo J A; An* Sandy 5 Coupon Gooil Ai Any part of job j Gordon Hirsch. The majority of the homework questions arc geography or politics, he said. a The State employees will answer questions over the phone. "If we don't have the answer, we give them the number of our library," Hirsch said. The operators at ASKUS, an informational network on campus, said they seldom get calls on trivia questions. ASKUS is a network of informational tapes about activities and pro grams throughout USC and the community. ASK US operator I .at relic Chambers, a criminal justice junior, said she docs not usually get questions that cannot be answered by the tapes. ASKUS has over 800 tapes on a various topics. ^ Chambers said if she were asked a question not on the tapes or one she did not know, she would refer the caller to a department which could answer the question. fflSKI * rM.'^JBBr** WKmam THOMAS HUMPHREYllhe bamecoc* . . jj I > SO B,^Q0, ^ COUPONS GOOD )! 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