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Random Patterns "Sun's coming up. Like a big bald head. Poking up over the grocery store ..." ? Laurie Anderson HISTORY: This week in the past, Mahatma Gandhi was shot in '46; U.K. army troops shot 13 civilian marchers in Northern Ireland on "Bloody Sunday;" the Grateful Dead were arrested in New Orleans in 1970 for possession of LSD, barbiturates and narcotics. Drummer Phil Collins and author/filmmaker Norman Mailer have birthdays on Tuesday, Elvis' legitimate daughter Lisa Marie Presley on Wednesday, singers Graham Nash and Roberta Flack share a Thursday birthdate with author James Dickey, and finally, one of my favorite singers in the world, Melanie, was born in Long Island, N.Y.,back in 1947. A STREET: What a way to start a week ? senseless violence, a drug bust and births! . . . and the weamer: 11 s me soiree iirne 01 me year. It's a time when people walk the campus wearing shorts and Tshirts in the dead of winter. Defying the weather. You can witness such power with a simple walk down the hippest street in town ? Greene Street. You'll see cool, skinny pale radicals breaking out the hacky sack and lounge chairs. Like robins, they're harbingers of spring. Maybe a little premature, but you can do those things when you live on Greene Street. A JUNGLE: A long, long time ago, back in '84, I lived on Greene Street, and I was skinny. Recently I went back to my roots, but I kept my shirt on. I visited a friend, Crazy Rob, who lives on the end of Greene Street. I was recovering from a night of straying, so all the day, stinky, dirty and loud, me and Crazy Rob stood on his front porch and shook like worms and snakes. We sang "Welcome to the Jungle" to all the Greene Street cruisers, because we consider The USC to be one giant, ferocious jungle that will eat you if you don't eat it first. HOGS: Speaking of jungles, Thursday is Ground Hog Day, one of I NEED I M rHVI Bring it to "s -we're only 1 252851^59^ 2 ? ' $1.00 OFF E# WITH STUB The income tax la changing. Put H& enced preparers t 1720 Broad River Rd. River Center 772-4022 1505 Charleston Hwy. Granby Village 796-1400 ] 1001 Harden St. In Ton's 0' Toys 799-2803 ] 1735 Decker Blvd. Decker Plaza 787-8682 ' In Ton's 0' Toys 1001 Harden Also in most major BMMJRi MasterCard, VISA, and Discover C; the most anticipated, respected and spiritual holidays in the South. I know that the bookstore has a good selection of Ground Hog cards and candies that you can send home to your ma or sweetheart. To be truthful, Ground Hog Day has never done anything but depress me. The idea of good weather resting on the shoulders of some insipid little ornery rodent, one that has a deep rooted hang up about his shadow, really frightens me. His diet probably consists of bugs, and he predicts the weather* It sounds like an agent of the devil. RITUALS: Do people go to Bell -Camp? Not me ? I hope they sell the place. I don't have anything but disappointing memories of that godawful camp. During my freshman year, I went off to some mixer there where every human being was funneling beer and puking. It was a fated evening, and I didn't have fun. At any given time, someone would bounce up to you saying, "HI! My name is Courtney ..." and then spray you with venemous bile. It was like some animalistic, primative mating ritual that I didn't want any part of. DIRE PAIN: At this same mixer from Hell, a cubby dance-queen of a girl threw her back out doing some routine to AC/DC's "Back In Black." People just stood back and watched her go mad on the dance floor, like someone had put bees down her back. From the looks of her sloppy, drunken gyrations, I thought this wasn't her song; when she hit the floor screaming, I knew it wasn't her song. Everyone was so sloshed that it took a few crucial seconds for them to realize she wasn't showing off with a fancy floor step and that actually she was in dire pain. This girl was dirty dancing before dirty dancing was cool. KARLA AT GROUP: Speaking of dance queens, I heard that Karla's sold-out performance at the Koger was pretty cool. I'd like for Karla to scurry down to Group Therapy one Friday night when it's so packed that you feel everyone's heat. I'd like for her to see the place go mad when the management spins "Paradise By The Dashboard Light." As you know, the whole place freaks out to this song. Even the most restrained person joins in on this psychotic release ? an unofficial lament to Meatloaf, Ellen Folley and yes ... to Karla. ENDING: That's it. Enjoy your week. I've appreciated the past comments and gripes, which can always be sent to me, here at The Gamecock, Drawer A, Russell House. O SHIP I KAGE? HIP SAFE" . blocks away! 0616 WOOD DR. ?j V CH PACKAGE >ENT IPiill | lws are ever:R Block's experio work for you. 647 St. Andrews Rd. Piggly Wiggly Shopping Ctr. 772-0455 6840 Garners Ferry Rd. Landmark Square 776-5747 Hwv 378. Town Square Lexington 359-4297 SEARS, Columbia Mall 788-2558 St. during regular store hours j> during regular store hours, ird accepted at most area locations. ? I ^B 4* ^^^B U^Bt Jfcfefggi ? V' Ik iw ^%e *ll * ^XIK IIhHki Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe p Mississippi Burning. Film is hot topic 'Mississi By ANDY BECHTEL Editor in chief Message movies always face the trap of turning into shrill indictments of society, but Mississippi Burning gracefully avoids this pitfall to become one of the most important films of the past year. Inspired by true events, Mississippi Burning graphically depicts the South of the early 1960s. It tells the story of the FBI investigation into the disappearance of three civil rights activists in Jessup County, Miss. Director Alan Parker uses Mississipi as a figurative and literal vortex for racial hatred, the flat landscape providing the canvas for this well-crafted film. Rural Mississippi in the steamy summer of 1964 becomes the epitome of an era of MARRIAGE IN THE NEAR Sign up for the Fair at any of Sunday, Febr GREAT PRIZES...FA PANEL DISC Come by the Sunshine Booth am wedding gown. Everything free 425 Assembl Tel. 799 We're located just off campus ? DON'T WAIT, TIME $20 "Immediai $20 With Tl New donors or any dono in 30 days can earn $20. annnintmpnt npppssan/ hut ni -rrw - wwwww? r. lajgs Columbia Plai 1916 Tayli 256-6683 or ^ ^ "Automated Plasma Cent p20 ? ? Jr *%J i- .' .Mr bbbb|^ $u| Bk laBBHl Wl m Jgw| IHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBI WlmI lay two FBI agents working on a missi ippi' has racial tension, and Parker pulls no punches in his portrayal of the times. At the center of Mississippi Burning is the relationship between the :wo FBI agents sent to investigate the disappearance. Rupert Anderson [Gene Hackman) is the older, jaded agent, a native of Mississippi who grew up with racism, but refused to accept it. His counterpart is the dealistic Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe), a product of John F. Kennedy's 2amelot. The two men have their awn ways of getting to the bottom of ;he case; ultimately, Anderson's oueher methods prevail. Parker, whose previous films in:lude Midnight Express, Pink Floyd ? The Wall, Birdy and Angel Heart, deftly handles the development of hese two characters. He never allows Mississippi Burning to degenerate in1 WJ CLEANERS PLANS FUTURE? WLTX Bridal our stores, uary 5th SHION SHOW... IUSSION d talk about preserving your to Bride and Groom. ly Street -2030 one block from the coliseum. IS RUNNING OUT! $20 te Cash" lis Coupon-J rs that haven't donated 00 on first donation. No f 'ocessing is faster with one. # if : rma Center >r Street ^ 254-6684 J er - Faster and Safe''. ? $20 i| mtefm iTji^i v m flH W ^r^PPP :^K ing persons case in Jessup County, Miss., ; timely r to the all too familiar buddy film that is so prevalent nowadays. Instead, t Parker keeps the focus on the in- / vestigation, gradually peeling away li the mystery layer by layer. r\ Hackman and Dafoe give excellent f performances as the two FBI agents. \ Hackman is especially convincing as e the cynical, unscrupulous Anderson; e he should receive an Academy Award b nomination for what amounts to the n performance of his lonp career r The superb gospel music provides a subtle underpinning for the film's a violent scenes. The juxtaposition r produces a chilling, moving effect a without being manipulative. Parker has never been one for / subtlety, but Mississippi Burning a finds him relying less on s cinematographic effects and more on c plot development. He discards the t The University of Campus R< FITNESS I Monday, January 30, 1989 E Free T-Shirts OeJ,er?l>'c Isfy. at'ons FITNESS SC ''Schedule For January H AEROBIC DANCE Exercise your heart, mi Aerobics Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Biatt P.E. Center, 6yn Low Impact Tuesday, Thursday a L: Hct UUltb Biatt P.E. Center, Gyn Aerobics Monday Friday Biatt P.E. Center, Gyr AQUA AEROBICS Exercise using the wat how to swim Aqua Aerobics Monday Thursday Biatt P.E. Center, Poo BODY CONDITIONING - Isolation exercise Stretch and Tone Tuesday, Thursday Biatt P.E. Center, Con LIFECYCLES Computerized stationary bil< lifecycles Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday These programs are offered to students at no charge < For more information cal! 777-5261 We look forward Refreshments and Door Prizes Attic, Athletic Lady < in the early 1960s in tiessage latant symbolism of The Wall and \ngel Heart for subtle nuances. Still, ike any Parker film, Mississippi Burling pays attention to details and eatures outstanding camera work, ie has tempered the flair of his arlier films, but retained his keen ye. Mississippi Burning may be his >est film, a remarkable accomplishnent considering the impressive list >f movies to his credit. The movie doesn't chronicle facts, ind it doesn't intend to. Instead, it eflects and encapsulates the tone of in era. Without Parker's discipline, Mississippi Burning could have been i kneejerk exercise in white guilt as o many films about racism end up loing. Instead, it's a vital, rich work hat cannot be forgotten. South Carolina jcreation KICKOFF i:15 Gym 307 P.E. Center HEDULE 1989 - April 28, 1989 ml, and body to your favorite music. Friday 1:00 p.m. * 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. \ 307 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. ^307 5:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m. n 307 er as resistance, You need nut know 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. =1 to tone the muscles. 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Native Room es. 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 5:45 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. through the Office of Campus Recreation, to working out with you. on Jan. 30th From Athletic And T&T Sports CR111