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% Carolina Life 4 the gamecock Friday, November 10,1989 Reptil E 1 D 0" < The chameleon, a s different surroundin new Aquarium Reptil By REBECCA ODOM Staff Writer Amazon rivers rush and desert sands teem with life just off Greystone Boulevard in the new $4.5 million Aquarium Reptile Complex at Riverbanks Zoo. Scheduled to open to the public for the first time Saturday, the 22,000 square foot ARC will house nearly 1,500 specimens of reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. "It is most unusual for a zoo this size to have an exhibit like this," zoo spokesman Deborah Slice said. Nearly 80 habitat displays called dioramas make for a home-away-from-home environment for the animals. These naturalistic settings are located in four galleries separated into geographical settings, Slice said. The first gallery is filled with South Carolina's own stock of wildlife. Poisonous and nonpoisonous snakes slither through pine forests and lowcountry .swamps while bass and rainbow trout lurk around a dock at Lake Murray. 19-year-old pr By ELIZABETH LYNCH Staff Writer It is 8 p.m., the spotlight shines, the crowd crazy . .. it's showtime for 19-year-old vocalisl Tidwell. "I perform in front of big Crowds every on awhile. I always get nervous right before a shov as soon as I get up there on stage, the nervi away," Tidwell said. Tidwell performed at USC's Golden Spur We day. This marks Tidwell's first professional ap ance at USC, and he said that he hopes to perfor more universities across the country. "I thought it was a great show. He's (Tidwell] good at relating to the audience, he makes yoi like he's performing right to you," said Robi chardson, a junior physical therapy major. "Eric performed a big band tune, which waj prising. He's not just a country/western singer. K ? flltilAfl txv\A n \7A1PP " P 1Q CL IUI U1 anu a lWHJ gVA/u ?v/iW) ixivuu said. ^ean ' on/^ ,A?VSet a"d * \ <n? - m t his ? ? "o. eCor x * JULIE BOUCHILLONIThe Gamecock imall lizard who changes colors in gs, is part of Riverbanks Zoo's le Complex. Just next door to South Carolina is sert Gallery, which depicts, among ol Sonora Desert of the American West of Gila monsters and iguanas require: tion that these animals have mastered. The third exhibit, the Tropical Ha Gallery, is where Amazon waters swi piranhas and eels while huge anaconc wait. "More than half of the world's p animal species are found in South A southeast Asian and African tropical Slice said. The showpiece of the ARC is th Gallery, which contains more than 1 iums, Slice said. Coral reefs from th to the Caribbean dioramas hold 95,00 r\f w/atAr Ul TT UIV1 . Black-tipped reef sharks and stingn in their respective environments, but gerhead Sea turtle has his own aquai wjll be used for raising young as well. It takes a lot of water to make an o< even if it's a small one, it's a complic 'ofessional \ For the majority of the sho sisted of country/western turn goes also performed musical numbei t Eric '60s, top 40 hits, and he concluc Tidwell does not have a live 1 rp. in taped music in the backround. v, but ;s go "He's a rarity. I've been in and I've never seen a talent lik dnes- that he's down to earth and hi >pear- sonal manager Sid Badger said, m for Tidwell said he never really i very professionally until he met Bad 1 feel high school. After much consi n Ri- cided to give up a music scholai ; sur_ "At first I was a little hesista [e has larship because it was somethii rdson s*x mon^ls ?f perfoming thougl what I want to do," Tidwell saic If dorm living cran your style, then RIVERBEN has an alternative 1, 2 & 3 bedroom available for immediate occuj flexible lease term; competitive rates. Ptp-Ipasp Now For Nptt Come to our open Sunday, Nov. 19th, Riverbend - fo beverages served. x $100 OFF 1 Mo. | for students, faculty I Bring this coupe & I j to the open hous ^ J ^ (limited to the first 15 re 100 Riverbend Dr. West Columbia 794-2948 mplex fe"' 1 ^ ^ ^ JULIE BOUCHILLONIThe Gamecc AU sorts of underwater species, including this Lio Fish, will find home in one of the complex's acquarium Zoo's $4.5 million lew indoor complex to open Saturday \ the De- cess, Slice said. Pipes and filters hum wi ;hers, the their efforts 24-hours-a-day at the ARC. W The land ter is pumped from the nearby Saluda Rive s adapta- and salt is added for those animals that need i Eight full-time staff members keep the AR bitat and running smoothly. rl around Bringing publicity to the complex, Willa las lie in Scott of NBC's "Today" show, broadcast li from the zoo on Wednesday. "On the show >lant and was mentioned that the 60,000-gallon aquj imerican, ium is the largest from Baltimore to Disn forests," World," Slice said. Funding for the $4.5 million project w le Ocean provided through general issue bonds issued 5 aquar- 1986 by the Riverbanks Park Commission, e Pacific "The ARC will get bigger and better," z 0 gallons director Mary Leverette said. Riverbanks is the largest public attraction lys swim the state and was awarded the Governor's C the Log- Award in recognition. Slice said that sevei rium that publications have mentioned the zoo as amo: the top ten in the nation. ;ean, and The ARC will be open daily from 9 a.m. ated pro- 5 p.m. >ocalist gives up , w, Tidweii's act con- "What inspires me crowd- E^ryone we'v led with a gospel tune, tivals and in the sma band, therefore he uses been about as nice as sihlv he." r._.-_avjl...? J jnrLC J IUWCU, the business 15 years, ???????????? e his. The best part is "I've had to give up watchir imble," Tidwell's per- out with my friends because singing as much as possible," 1 interview. considered performing [ger his senior year of Besides South Carolina, Tid ideration, Tidwell de- Georgia, Alabama and Florida, ship to USC. "Talent America" in New Yoii test, Tidwell received first runn nt giving up the scho- model and music solo competiti lg certain. After about While in New York, Tid\ i, I decided that this is chance of a role on the ABC so I. Live." nps I I |X CHI for you. ^ apts. EXCUS ^ I Very J Looking for a job I n T T T rl- n mission r wiui nex t Semester. able training and L house: terested in free us l-4pm at ^y?uas?Phc ? ? Full time studei iod and ^ ? . Computer Fami ??? With at least a 4 '"""""I If all of your ans\ Kent passed this test. & staff | in I Manpower needs e I resentative to proi ,nters) J Personal System experience that p? 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The 5 second- quality of his performance is ley have matched by the other drummers as the album well, equal the in actually Overall, the percussion on The Seeds of Love is some of the best shows the recorded in years, exceeded pernd into an haps only by Metallica drummer le. The al- Lars Ulrich. with a life conscious, The album's lyrics cover a wide sd and rich range of topics from freeing the feminine side of the male psyche in "Woman In Chains," to calls for d sound of social change in "Sowing the Chair Seeds of Love." The eight-and-a is re. half minute "Badman's Song" is a zy life ap- throwback to the jazzed-up rock of sailed The London in the late '40s. i Tears for Fears poured four erts from years of work into the eight tracks nd piano, on The Seeds of Love, and their o real sax- hard work has resulted in some rom drum truly unbelievable music. Mic drumif talented Eight tracks is normally considins among ered an average length for an album, especially one with a single -talented song of more than eight minutes, nd singers. But on The Seeds of Love, twenty zabal and such tracks would not be enough, iuties with her voices Best cuts: "Woman In Chains," "Badman's Song," "Sowing the oices are Seeds of Love" and "Year of the erful with Knife." 1/2 ip for career didn't take the opportunity because it meant that aid have to fly immediatly to California and put nusic on hold for two or three years," Tidwell Iwell can be seen as an extra in the new movie ig Together. Tidwell also said that he has done ling and commercial work for Modern Bride ma5 and the J.B. White company. Iwell has already signed his first record contract a producer who has worked with such stars as ; Presley, Patsy Kline, Conway Twitty and ta Lynn. m looking forward to this contract. That has been rain goal in my career," Tidwell said. le of his favorite aspects of performing is singing >nt of an audience, he said. "What inspires me is ing the crowd. Everyone we've seen in the festiand in the smallest towns have been about as nice zy could possibly be." YOU'RE UNIQUE! We could use your talent and om_ time at Hie a1"- Office of ? Programs, Campus Activities Center, Lover lave Level, Rnssell House, 777 6688. repIBM For COPIUINITY