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Features 5 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday. December 9. 1987 Big Buddies underprivilei | By CLAIRE DIEPENBROCK Staff writer "How can we give something back for all the good we have had our whole lives?" This is the question Ben Mario, a criminal justice freshman and Tim Suggs, a political science freshman asked themselves one night as they were sittir. i around As the result, with a lot of work and patiencc, Ben Mario, president and Tim Suggs, vice-president, have put together a student organization called 'Big Buddies'. The idea was to form an organization on campus that would be able to pair underprivileged children with college students in a brother-like or f) f ^ sister-like atmosphere, Suggs said. Suggs said Big Buddies is slowly getting off the ground. "We are meeting with our adviser, the Rev. Debra Quillings of the Weslev Foundation anH m/WVi enma of the children who want to be a part of our program on Dec. 8." There will also be a meeting with a v v:iFfiP Cat's play Computer science freshman Donnic the steps of Maxcy residence hall. 1 ?-T? i(SL "Need Ey $20.00 On F I Twice A Wt $d? i ?P ? 1 COLUMBIA PL j ! 1916 Taj jj Columbia, Sout Phone I Appointmei OPEN i |j "Bring this Cc ?1 f LI Enjoy the fun of t This Video v Basic skt What What What i Call 1-800 VISA & K $1Q95 A or send I w To: Main Street Video v PO. Box 1758 or Memphis, TN 38101 want to help ged children all the college students interested in the program on Dec. 11, according to Suggs. Big Buddies will help underprivileged children get the attention and love a big brother or big sister would give them if they had one, Suggs said. "The program is advantageous to everyone involved. It gives college men and women a chance to give some 01 trie love, triendship and support they had as a child to someone else that needs it, along with providing the children a chance to have a special friend to spend time and build a special bond with." Big Buddies has already received their charter from the university and arc officially recognized as an organization on campus, according to Julia Ivey, a graduate assistant for student organizations. Although the organization doesn't U -J - ?nave any armnre events scneainea m the near future, Suggs said they hoped to get something in before the holidays. |.?V| ;;3 Ik3 . li lv gj J ImA ^: ' | KEITH JONES'The Gamecock Pendergross plays with a stray cat on I draCash" (*3}l irst Donation | ?ek Donation jj 3? <? <? ' ?P ?P ?P n ,ASMA CENTER flor Street M h Carolina 29201 j i 254-6683 nts Available 7:30 AM >*1? jujjoii witn you | IRST TIME? EARN TO SKI! 'his exciting sport! /ill teach you: i handling to buy to ren t to wear -238-2636 lasterCard plus $1.50 shpg./hdlg. hs Perfect for Be,a Christmas! ,ssss^ MA tlBwi. Wv *v/ * -- -E& r<^ * wig?j i >% B Slfel V;i q^pn k ,tjg. ^ atjj V offlnH I f / ?' pi H ^9 /4 coliseum Christmas The USC Dance Company performs at the Christmas Music Festival, wh Student strives for succ By MAKY PEARSON ancf Wake Forest in Nort Administration reporter pi State. Traveling, singing and studying can be a difficult Phipps, who grew up combination to handle, but music composition said he is from a Christ junior Brian Phipps has managed to combine these him on his course, elements as he tries to launch a career as a contem- "My dad is a Presbyt porary Christian singer. really understood what tr Phipps, who has been singing for about two ed to turn my life over years for churches and college groups in the United sophomore in college," 1 States, will perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Phipps, who writes h First Presbyterian Church on Marion Street in Col- said a major influence in umbia. Admission is free. spirational. "I sing solo but I sometimes use "It is tough traveling, singing and going to col- concerts. lege, but I have managed it because I try to set my "My music is a gut feel major singing dates during the holiday vacations. experiences, and I have b For example, I sang in Tallahassee, Fla., this past my life." week during Thanksgiving," Phipps said. He said one of those ex In addition to Tallahassee, Phipps has perform- diction, which almost co ed in churches and colleges in Charleston, W. Va., Phipps says he want; and different cities in Oklahoma. member band. "I am r During the spring, Phipps said he will be giving whether to be a solo art is concerts at Davidson College, Appalachian State If he forms the band, I | I IIIIIIHI HI I I III II Mil IIIIMII?III II | HUNT CHICKEN OUT. j EXCUSES DON'T SAVE LIVES. ; ; ISIOOD DOES J j Southern Womens Services Inc. 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Va., my dad m ian home, which directed bands and would beet erian pastor, but 1 never "1 did tl ue religion is until I decid- But it is a to Christ when 1 was a successful i Phipps said. am rich o is own music and lyrics, because I 1 singing and writing is in- father did with just me and a piano, "I really a back-up tape during look at it a of the mou ling. It flows from a lot of keep that r ppn in tho nuieif u>rvrl/l <*11 nL! ... w.v IIIU.1K. "WIIU an rilipps S week on hi periences was his drug ad- "But 1 thir st him his life. is a real pr; 5 to form his own five- Christ is m cal'y struggling to decide Phipps : t or put together a band." Asheville, ie said he wants to name it have his fii GAMECOCK A !D V IS T1! 3 H N G 7 7 V 4 'A 4 9 THE GAMECOCK i nr. iiAMhCIH'K is the .student newspaper of the I niversity of South Carolina and is published three times a week on ! 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You have to keep striving to elationship with Christ." aid he spends only about three hours a s music because of his heavy class load, ik about it all the time. 1 can't say there actice time, but playing one on one with iy life," he said. said he also plans to record with the N.C.,-based band called Signet and to rst album out within a year. I I j CHIRSTMAS I! {&. SPECIALS! J [l ! DIAMOND i i SOLITAIRES>li^. i| . ?f.*nAi ?288??[K ^"\\ ! \ si *"*' *488?? | i , ,c*RAt *588?? x^-~. Jj I I CAHAT 'OBS00 I ow I C AHA I ,14UJ? 9^^^!^WainStnj 799 1770 SPECIALS E DELIVERY HA (1 Topping) ~] OKES | n ! y tax included ill Expiration Date 'H J^c.j>0J_987 ]J ZA (1 Topping) !l Jokes i| JJ tax included jl Expiration Date (;j Dec. 20, 1987 |