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'Shocker'
By KATHY HEBERGER
Staff Writer
Shocker, the latest movie from
the creator of A Nightmare on Elm
Street, is a great horror movie because
the gruesome, grisly action
never stops ? no matter how
much the audience needs a break.
The plot revolves around the inrroHiKK,
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Parker, an honor-roll football star
in a Midwestern town who loses
his adopted family and his girlfriend
to mad slasher Horace
Pinker, whom he later learns is his
natural father.
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By ELIZABETH LYNCH
Staff Writer
It's a cold, rainy November
night, and there might be a
10-year-old child lying in a hospital
because he has been physically
abused by his parents.
Also imagine that tomorrow is
his birthday and no one is there to
buy him a gift except for the USC
organization Carolina Cares.
"Community service is an integral
part of everyone's life, and during
college we have the chance to
start volunteering and hopefully
continue our services after we graduate,"
Carolina Cares President
Heather Koval, a business senior,
said.
Carolina Cares' fund raising for
Continuum of Care for Emotionally
Disturbed Children can help
buy Christmas and birthday gifts
for children, Koval said.
Since 1969, Carolina Cares,
made up of USC student volunteers,
has raised funds and provided
volunteer relief for organizations
such as the Salvation Army,
the Providence Home shelter for
the homeless and the Sister Care
shelter for abused women and
children.
Last year Carolina Cares raised
more than $12,000 for the Harvest
Hope Food Fund and other smaller
organizations, Koval said.
Other organizations and causes
that Carolina Cares has helped so
far this year include Hurricane
Hugo, with a collection of more
than $300, the Carolina Blood
Drive and the selling of Christmas
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Orchestra violinist Paul Arnold
wasn't impressed when he
first saw the hit TV sitcom "The
Wonder Years." Then he noticed
his resemblance to the star's nebbishy
friend.
"I started watching this show
about kids, and I really wasn't too
interested, but the longer I
watched, the more the names and
situations became very familiar,"
Arnold said this week, recalling
seeing the premiere episode of the
ABC-TV show last year.
"Suddenly, I was seeing me, this
kid who played the violin and
wore glasses and was allergic to
everything. He even had my name.
When the show ended, I saw it
was Neal and Carol's show."
Neal Marlens, Arnold's friend,
and his wife, Carol Black, created
the show about adolescents growing
up during the late 1960s.
Marlens and Arnold were best
friends growing up in the New
York City suburb of Huntington
Station. Marlens' character on the
show, Kevin Arnold, is played by
actor Fred Savage. Paul Pfeiffer,
the character based on Paul Arnold,
is portrayed by Josh Saviano.
Arnold said the show's details
make "The Wonder Years" real for
him.
"For instance, I remember how
we agonized before calling a girl
on the phone. You'd sit there for
hours, just trying to get up the
courage to do it. There were hundreds
of moments like that in the
show," he said.
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Horace Pinker is a TV repairman
and devil worshiper, but he
spends most of his time slashing
entire families with his foot-long
butcher knife.
He has some sarcastic lines such
as "No more Mr. Nice Guy" before
he kills, but his scariness
doesn't get lost in sarcasm the way
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"Carolina Cares helps us deal
with the kids who have fallen
through the cracks," Regional Director
for Continuum Care Paul
McCravy said. "They help us to
provide clothing, birthday and
Christmas gifts and other basic
needs."
Presently, the USC volunteer
service is planning the Carolina
Cares Community Service Week,
which will take place the week of
Nov. 27.
The event will include a collection
of clothes and canned foods
for the needy, the annual Christmas
tree liehtine ceremonv and the
third annual Voluntary Service Reception,
which will honor other
USC students for their community
service.
"In society today, everyone has
to give a little bit. Carolina Cares
gives back to the community that
houses our school," Koval said.
"I feel that this is a club that
USC needs," junior journalism major
Merry Jolluck said. "It not only
helps USC faculty and students,
but the community surrounding
Carolina."
Many of the Carolina Cares volunteers
say there is a great feeling
of self-satisfaction when one helps
one another, Koval said.
Any students who are interested
in community service are urged to
go to a Carolina Cares meeting,
Koval said. The meetings are held
every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Russell
House room 303.
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Although Jonathan can see the
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