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Mall hopes will bring By ROBERT THOMAS Carolina Life Editor Parisian department store will open its doors Wednesday, and some Richland Fashion Mall store owners are hoping the store will lead more traffic into the finanr.iallv ailino mall The three-story mall has been in the spotlight since the L. J. Hooker Corp., its owner and owner of the Bonwit Teller department store chain, filed for bankruptcy in August "A full mall would certainly help, but Parisian has been able to stand on its own before," store manager Kevin Chiselko said, referring to the fact nearly half of the mall's stores are still not filled. "Business is okay, but we could stand to do a little better," Record Bar manager Scott Crosby said. "The mall is going to make money whether L. J. Hooker owns it or someone else." "I hope now people will see that the mall is here to stay," Chiselko said. Meanwhile, other major department stores in Columbia may be keeping their eye on Birminghambased Parisian, but they're not talking about it "It is no doubt they will be competition," said Carl Belk of the Belk department stores Charlotte headquarters. "They have an excellent reputation. We welcome them to the marketplace." Belk currently operates two stores in Columbia and is scheduled to open its third at a new mall on Harbison Boulevard next summer. Columbia Macy's and Rich's stores referred all inquiries to their Atlanta offices. However, the executives in Atlanta would not reTour Of 1989 The Metro Will l\lev Work for The Gar ^^^Jlegistratior < ??-___ i / 77K')' ^^IBACI FT^^ete For mc This ev( i new store business "A full mall would certainly help, but Parisian has been able to stand on its own before." Kevin Chiselko, store manager turn calls to The Gamecock on Friday. "We feel like our people set us apart," Parisian assistant store manager Kim DeArmond said. "Our goal is basically to find out what the cos turner wants and to give it to them." When the 100,000-square-foot store opens Wednesday, costumers will find an upscale store that af- XI fords antique displays, neon lights, que , lounges in the restrooms, a biggerthan-life floor piano on which peopie jump from key to key to make the sounds (similar to the one in the movie Big), pastel colors accented throughout and many other visual affects. The chain's visual team came to > the Columbia store directly from / the 19th Parisian, which opened ' / Nov. 1 in Sarasota, Fla., DeAr- / mond said. ' "We will carry some merchandise you might not be accustomed to seeing in Columbia," Chiselko said. The store's grand opening, Wed nesaay tnrough Sunday, will also ? have a pianist playing music throughout the day, the NBC character Alf posing for pictures with children, Robin Leach of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," designers Tommy Hilfiger, Toni Elkins and Donna Fujii, and informal modeling of items. Parisian, Inc. operates 19 stores in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Gnphic Mississippi, Florida and Ohio. Terror I 90 I er Be The Same I ]imecock. Call 777-7 nes Tournament i: November 13-21 in the CPU c Russell House 209 ^ T AAI/ ff\Y* A11V ni/w\ 11W l?l_ TT ? JLJWIY J.V/1 uui oi^n-up uiuie on tne 2nd floor of the Russell House _ from 12:00-3:00!^^^^^ e will be a $2 registration fee. 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At 7:30 pm, ^ running the 1 P Multiple Scle Sponsored by D Carolin TEDDY LEPP/The Gamecock ional and refined. The store will have various anti^P ^ TEDDY LEPPIThe Gamecock J various visual effects, Parisian will sell clo- F *e family in its various departments. ^ Hi ! (Jw**' 2 Blocks from J 1907-08 BLOSSC pon | AT FIVE PC 98-5450 . olina/Clemson Wc November 14 lllIBBltilM^ tin I n t m ? uiemson tsiooa urive ana I ne 2001 n, Russell House Ballroom USC Fraternity & Sorority Councils, American Red Cross, Oi F* & v. N ' : nual Carolina/Clemson Student Exdi >st student leaders and administrators from CI >f ideas and information between the the two i I H V V"; : : :v ; * ..-V- ' * . ay, November 15 Clemson Blood Drive and The 2001 < v, Russell House Ballroom JSC Fraternity & Sorority Councils, American Red Cross, Ok . November 16 Clemson Blood Drive and The 2001 < i, Russell.House Ballroom JSC Fraternity & Sorority Councils, American Red Cross, Olc RN '89 -- It Only Takes a Spark! illy begins at 7 pm, in front of the Russell Hou TIGER will be paraded down Sumter Street t< be BURNED! 'hi Kappa Psi and Delta Gamma vember 17 ball Run USC students will meet Clemson students ha :ootbal! from Clemson to Carolina in their effo; irosis. elta Upsilon. a/Clemson Week Activities are paid for. in part, by Si 'Corporate' comedian to perform here By SUSAN NESBITT Staff Writer Frank King was born and raised in Raleigh, went to school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, married his high school sweetheart and got a job with an insurance company. But in his heart, he wasn't content. So he quit "the system" to follow his own bent, which brings him to the Golden Spur Tuesday night. King is the Corporate Comedian. He looks like a yuppie and calls himself the king of whitecollar comedy. He describes Raleigh as a place where men are men and croissants are still called crescent rolls. Going to school after the eighth grade is considered post-graduate education. Where the only person with an open mind is someone suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. His biography describes the growing-up years this way: After serving 12 years of public school, and doing his first stand-up comedy performance at the senior talent show, Frank enrolled at UNC2hapel Hill. His major, like that of nany of his classmates, was undeclared. Four years, several sorority prls, a bachelor's dcgreee in politcal science and *a bachelor's decree in industrial relations later, in lis heart he still remained mdeclared. His first break came during imateur night at the Improv in San Diego. After five minutes on stage, le decided insurance was not the lusiness for him. That was two years ago, and Cing now earns his living making >eople laugh. King's performance begins at :30 p.m. at the Spur. 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