Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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chuck dean's ; Random Patterns "... I try to imagine another planet, another sun, where I don't look like me and everything I do matters. ..." ? Rickie Lee Jones When I was a kid, my cousin Duane got a new haircut; he called it a "style." Duane came over to the clubhouse to show me and my other cousins his new style, but my mean cousin Juan didn't think much of it. Juan got Duane in a vicious headlock, messing poor Duane's style up something awful. Duane went and told on all of us, and we got our butts beat for ruining his style. Word got back to the Random Patterns headquarters that a girl was in a tiff because I called Janis Joplin ugly last week. She thought my remark was sexist, and this weighed on me. I started thinking about Janis, then Duane, then Janis again. You see, Janis is one of my favorite singers. She fanned those adolescent fires that used to be inside me, and to this day, she has an incredible calming effect on me. But to be honest, I don't think Janis would have created music if she had been beautiful. She was born different; thus, she was either ostracized or tormented by her fellow peers. In turn tKo In ricp ahr\\;p cnr?h LUIU) lilt UVJUV If 1 low Ul/VTV JUV11 people and pain was instilled in Comedy to From staff reports Forget about those pre-warm weather blues, the three papers due Wednesday and the seven parking tickets ? comedy is coming to town. Taylor Mason, musician, ventriloquist and comedian, will bring his one-man entertainment show to the Golden Spur Tuesday. Mason brings with him sturdy credentials. He has been nominated 1989 National Association of Campus Activities Comedian of the Year and has appeared at ths Comic Strip in New York and at the Improvisation in Los Angeles. He is the first comedian to appear as part of the Comedy Corral of the special programs division of the Carolina Program Union. Four other comedians are scheduled to appear throughout the semester. Just weeks ago, John Pinette GOT A NEWS TIP? CALL 777-7726 The Application Deadline for May Graduation is January 27 THE GAMECOCK THE GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university l- _i: j i i? iiuuuays ?*iiu CAaiiuiidiiuii pciiuus. Opinions expressed in THE GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of THE GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of THE GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to THE GAMECOCK, Box 85131, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $18.00 for (1) year, $10.00 per fali or spring semester and $4.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. THE GAMECOCK is a licensed student organization of the University of South Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. I Janis, and she did exactly that. We at Bryson Middle School had to sell candy ? Pecan-nut Logs ? to raise money for the school. All classes competed against each other because a prize was awarded to the class and individual who sold the most Pecan-nut Logs. All my classmates were out for blood, selling Pecan-nut Logs like wildfire. It was a race, and everyone wanted to be No. 1. On the day the awards were announced, the whole student bod> crammed into the school's gym. The winning class was called out ? il wasn't my class ? and a lot of booing and cheering filled the gym. Then the big prize was announced; the person out of the whole Bryson Middle School who sold the most Pecan-nul Logs was named Barbara. The gym grew silent. Barbara was in the specialeducation classes. She was the big gir! who couldn't talk right. Plus, she had legs that were supported by big. metal braces. All proud, Barbara hobbled hei ntnif /-? f L n f rt Ant !-?/** mimw/l way iu Lite puuiuiii gci nci awaiu, and soon everyone was cheering in stead of surprised. She had done what no one else had done. She sole the most Pecan-nut Logs at Brysor Middle School, and she was happy. Daisy, my aunt, once told me thai the good Lord never put anything or us that we couldn't handle, and I us ed to think that was sort of mean ol the good Lord. Now I'm not so sure Maybe the people who have to strug gle to overcome barriers tend to b< more beautiful in their ability to live Janis didn't make it. She dealt with the pain through a bottle and soitu needles. But Duane made it, and Bar bara made it. My hat goes off to th< thousands of other people who an living differently in this beautifu world. hit campus cancelled to appear in order to work on a new sit-com he will star in. Special programs was able to sign Mason and not skip a beat. Mason, who bills his act as commando comedy, began his career as musical director of Second City Theater in Chicago. He then began writing material for the group and his own act. * He soon played clubs in Chicago and subsequently moved to Mew York. Mason has since then worked with the likes of Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Emo Phillips and Yakov Smirnov. une ot his songs aoout tne demented king of Christmas, "Psycho Santa," received national radio airplay, and he appeared at the MTV 1986 Video Awards. The show begins at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $1 with student ID and $2 for the general public. Unibed Way of the Midlands ^ |? m m i Friday and Saturt Karla Dc On Broadway, in the Pir and Leader of the Pac Bat uut or Men tour, stean "Paradise by the Now, here at THE USC, Ka Roger Center 8:00 pm i (student tickets: $4, $8 and $1 On Satur The Koger Center a Featuring Special Gu* f Please join us for the very first | just for you! The performii * Bring your friends This open house is es The Open House is Free ' 'Torch Song' I By TOMMY JOYNER Assistant features editor Homosexuality. It's had a bad rap. Even in light of National Coming Out Day and the Gay Rights movement, there has been Liberace, art-deco and ; disco to poison the heterosexual mind on the whole i schmeal. The era is over. Popular cult figures that epitomized the late '70s sexual revolution ? Lou Reed, David Bowie, Andy Warhol ? slowly ' brought the moth ball-packed coat out of the closet : where it has been stored since the ancient Greeks. With the appearance of AIDS came respect. Any population group with enough influence to get i Trojan ads on the tube deserves it. Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein at Trustus Theatre is a Dlav about the "coming of age" of homosexuality. The '90s are here and i "those damned queers" are an integral part of American ? and world ? society. The main ' 1 k -;n% * "*?> ' X' '. : -.. SSSSi !: j liiKsfci-ijiiSS sS % '* %? %w Legscellent A pair of dancers from the Southern Belles puts i performing at halftime of the USC game Wedn Coliseum. (\osoooooooo5osccocooccococooocococ I-1 11 I ruJlbnergy S - A new appi ^ ESBEPVl 'oss *?la' w0 b IjSfjKtfli body to help V ^ satisfied, heali | BAILEY'S SHAKLEE Ni J | 794-0440 8 Eas^ x Call in your order for the S. X a 10% Discount. (corner ( ncosoooocgoooooocosoocccooccooosoc I Mast Th( Only o ST7TJ^W Ar7T?X 77T9 lay, January 27 & 28 ivito sings. ates of Penzance, Big River k, with Meatloaf on the ng the show with rock classic Dashboard Light." rla Devito sings for you at the this Friday and Saturday. H 0 - For reservations 777-5111 ) U day, January 28 \q? ind Mortar Board Present: a I -3:00 p.m. j ests, Door Prizes, and more! , public tour of the Koger Center, designed re will be over 75 students ng in every corner! (f ^ ; and COME AS YOU ARE! ;pecially for you so don't miss it! and Refreshments will be served ' valid for mo characters, Ed and Arnold, were as real in their pursuits as any heterosexual could be. Of course, you say, people are people and all that rah-rah, but the typical portrayal of homosexual relations generally bring words like "flaming" and "pink" to mind. This was not the case with Torch Song.' The cast of three carried this light comedic drama along with utter professional ease. Arnold, played by veteran actor Scott Blanks, is a prissy drag queen who, strangely enough, comes across as sincere, honest and likeable, though he is something that could probably never exist in a place like Columbia. Identifying with his love problems, namely Ed, played by Tony Lucci, is made easy through the author's use of universal-type love themes. Although it is applied to a situation By JACK & HENRY STR KjtflHp Staff writers Henry said, "Re Picasso?" v "How could I forget?" "WiANRflH "He has only been dead Bp , ^ ^ ? "Well, I wanna make pi m m m him," Henry said. So he I m mm to where the light is gooc Hflf ^m m m m J ching and putting on the p mm And I thought "Hey, I m crap about 'Roll over Bee the Picasso review without jg^ suiting Henry." Now, He you is the expert on art. If ed, I would've learn< Picasso's history and techn K it would have been a bett Henry is one of those peop ___ preciate most when he's n< We did get to Rockaf( before Henry headed out the pavement turns to sar teddy lepp/the gamecock had better not get the Mus in the sand.) We were so d! . ... the place that we asked 1 ts best feet forward while , j n . r- ? carve our names in the loi esday night at Carolina , ? . .u n J 6 bar. Pictures on the walls Springsteen and Lenn !0000!^00^JW?0<S05^ jv?w T~v V I I ARE YOU Diet 11 oach to weight o j TRV 1 rks with your x L Leep you feeling 8 1 JUST thy and full of !j J Bloss energy. b P Pass "1 8 j Acre ^TURALS | 4 . , , |( 10 Visits y pick-up at fi J C. Bookstore ? )f Greene & Main) o I . SCCOSCOCCCCOCCCOC9 j from TO&t $ast ALL WOLFF } Best of the Oldies ^ from 6 to 9 PM > SATISFA< ery Wednesday fs r ^ ^ n WUSC-FM 90.5 Sl> CAROLINA PROGR SPECIAL PROGRAMS < presents TAYLOR Mi pfe LIVE ' sf at the II COMEDY CC THE GOLDEN Tuesday, Janu // at- 7-so n mr-M | Students w/1 General Pub * Taylor Mason has replac< dern times that most of the populous never deals with, Fierstein cleverly has Arnold using lines that everybody has or will say and hear. Stan Brown plays Lady Blues, a faceless bystander who acts as a narrator. In between every scene, Lady Blues comes onstage and sings an explanitory song about what one of the protagonists is feeling. The acapella songs were generally light, and sung mighty well in smooth bluesy time. This unusual use of a narrator in a modern, post preschool play is a credit to Fierstein's interesting style and makes for easy, compelling transitions. Torch Song Trilogy is not a play for everyone. It is the late show, 11:15 p.m. curtain time, and therefore there won't be many younguns attending, and it is a good thing. The play is very well staged and, though highly humorous in many parts, thought provoking. Tickets for the Friday night late show are $5 and $10. Call 254-9732 for information and reservations. beers, leers; ts bar trip EET Henry's day. Carolina is great! We had thought only Charlie Daniels and member televangelism would be allowed. Another thing: Us guys are I asked. lucked-out here. Every woman I met for about was appealing. Dig it, no more cold, cold northeast, ctures like Rockafellas' has a small dance leaded out floor and stage which accommodates 1 for sket- bands. French fries and chicken >aint. wings are available. A raised dining wrote that area allows snackers to eat without thoven' in dealing with the happy hour types, even con- Live entertainment is offered nearly nry, mind every night. I had ask;d about The city and siren noise of Cola iques, and Town unsettled Henry. He doesn't :er review. share my enthusiasm for train >le you ap- whistles. I have no idea how he will 3t around. pass university courses without being dlas' once here. Maybe you are wondering the to where same thing about yourself. But I id. (Henry never sell Henry short. When I ask tang stuck about these things, he is evasive, eased with "Memory is like the L.A. freeway f we could system. There are many ways to get ig wooden downtown," he says. I have seen oi L/yian, nenry pui icxidooks unucr ms pmow on made at bedtime. TIRED GF DIRTY BEDS? 7 GGLES? BEING RUSHED? { DESERVE THE BEST! ? rAN EASY TODAY [ 5 MIN. FROM CAMPUS f om St. - Cross over river \ 2th Str - Tan Easy on Right y >ss from Love Chevrolet I 739-0221 | Month Unlimited 1 a $19.95 f (with $1.00 Session Fee) 1 : BEDS*BELLARIUM S BULBS i Richer Golden Tan \ 3TION GUARANTEED ? U AM UNION uUMMlTTEHi \SON \*n i lie $2 3d John Pinette.