The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 14, 1987, Page 5, Image 5

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Features Wednesday, October 14, 1987 THE GAMECOCK 5 **; : n?" 1 "*,<? "' .. . .jMHnaMt.xi lThe Equestrian Club swept the competition at Softwinds farm Sunday, 1 * Equestrian club sa By LUCY SOTO animal you're de; Staff writer equipment, but an If you left your best friend at home, the and a temperment, Equestrian Club is inviting you to make some new tional studies/fore four-legged friends. relations chairman "The primary function of the club is for people Southerland sai< who have not had a chance to be around horses, or provided and arc who have and want to continue to be around horses stadium at Softwi and learn about them," said Kelly Southerland, an coach Janet Browi international relations/economics major and presi- She said the cl dent of the club. collegiate Horse S "That's what we're here for is to let them learn. with Clemson I It is the beginners that keep the club going." Georgia, the Colle "It's different from any sport in that it's an lege, St. Andrews > v * 1 ' I 2 j I Soni's, spe For one lov them. We'r fut k 252-1231 ) ?o ? ' ^^^^^^OO^GREENESIT^^ *- * Courtesy Photo of USC f Oct. 5. ddles up for new y< anng wun ana not a piece ot ot hlorida. She also said there is a place other creature with a personality ners as well as more advanced riders to " said Kelley Grady, an interna- "It starts at the beginner walk-:rot lev< ign languages senior and public the very basic, and they have a divisioi i. level of riding," Southerland said. "It g i the horses and equipment are way up to jumping a three- foot fence c kept 12 miles from the football Grady said she just started in January, nds farm, owned by the club's as a beginner, and after two lessons, I e i. first show," she said. "I kept trying and ub is a member of the Inter- greatly this semester. It was very rewarc how Association and competes my own progress." 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Runner. Never mind that he steals Although Someone To Watch some of the music from that film and Over Me has many of the tvnical Thp Himoor .... ..r...Sv> . MVIVi 1I111IU 111(11 9UIIIC a Scott touches, such as rainy urban of the interior shots look like outlandscapes and dazzling takes from both Alien and Blade cinematography, it also has Runner. Never mind that he uses a something new in the numerous public bathroom as a place for references to both his own works and violence, as Peter Weir did in those of his brother Tony, the dircc- Witness. Never mind all that, tor of The Hunger and Top Gun. because it all works, even the second But those who haven't seen Blade time around. vjfjffiaj V Runner or The Hunger a half dozen Berenger gives a competent perfortimes each are left with what mance as the detective, but Rogers amounts to a second-class version of steals the film with a sensuous peforWitness. mance the likes of which rivals The plot of Someone To Watch Kathleen Turner's best work. Over Me is all too familiar. A salty Someone To Watch Over Me is detective (Tom Berenger) from just one more romantic thriller in a T 4 / Queens is assigned to protect a long line of such films. It's stunningwealthy woman (Mimi Rogers), who ly beautiful, but ultimately empty, is from the Upper East Side. She has Although it's good to see Scott witnessed a friend's murder. Despite branching out, it seems as if he may ^ the difference in their social status, be succumbing to the pressures of they are attracted to each other. commercialism, just as brother Tony Meanwhile, the murderer begins did with the cliche-ridden dreck of .v- "*?' stalking the witness. Top Gun and Beverlv Hills rnn 11 The theme of a couple overcoming With Alien and (especially) Blade quesinan ciub differences to fall in love has Runner, Scott showed that he was a been floating around Hollywood for top-notch director capable of years. Witness took the idea to its breathing life into what seemed to be logical extreme, and Someone To a floundering genre. 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