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Carolina Life Wednesday, November 29,1989 the gamecock 5 Parade boasts floats, people in tacky attire By The Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. ? The "14th Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade," a tacky ensemble of floats such as the Hibachi "erill team" and an outhouse with Santa's wife inside, weaved through the streets before 50,000 people. Unlike the traditional Rose Parade, Sunday's Doo Dah boasted few rules, no queen and no formal judging, and featured marchers carrying briefcases, lawn furniture and snow shovels. The highlight was the Great Zsa Zsa Drill Team, in which several women and one burly man, all dressed as Zsa Zsa Gabor, recreated the actress' infamous policeman-slapping incident with men dressed as Beverly Hills motorcycle officers. Other favorites were The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Dmnl Tpam nf the Living Dead Dishonor Guard, featuring marchers with live, running chain saws ? with chains removed. There were several Exxon Valdez floats, including one operated by roller skaters who kept falling down and yelling, "The reef, the reef." The Barbecue & Hibachi Marching Grill Team members banged on barbecues with metal tongs behind a drum major with an ice chest around his neck. Replicas of bathroom fixtures were popular among entrants, including a Santa Claus who drove a bike equipped with an outhouse, whose door would open to expose a compromised Mrs. Claus. The Doo Dah parade was first held Jan. 1 1978, when the Rose raraae was switched to Jan. 2 to avoid being held on a Sunday. Last year's event was the 12th parade, creating some confusion over why this year's was dubbed the 14th. "Well, this is the 'occasional' parade, and 40 or so of my friends celebrated Doo Dah 13 with a pub crawl along the parade route on New Year's Day, while I was out of town," said self-proclaimed Doo Dah Czar Peter Apanel. Amnesty I, By ELIZABETH LYNCH Staff Writer Imagine yourself as a college studen day you might express your opinion ag frwrwi lau/ whilp pnoacrpH in a rlass disi Within hours after your class is disnr yourself in jail waiting to be whipped, 1 for another form of torture. The USC chapter of Amnesty Intern to help prisoners of conscience such as "For years I was held in a tiny cell. 1 contact was with my torturers. . . On the door to my cell opened and the gu crumpled piece of paper. It said, T; world knows you're alive. We're with Monica, Amnesty International.' That 1 LOOKING FOR PA I 1rv jl I" mi \ / 29 Ru Ro( f An Equal Opportunit) E m% - In The Little Mermaid, the sea prince with everything human, while her friend would give up her dream to become huma |rjk:; > mlr^ w ? x- .safe \. - ' J/tm?'*' ... JF Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) and h (Sam Elliott), discover a very special reindi In Back to the Future //, Jennifer (Elizal Fox) listen to Doc Brown (Christopher Llo; future. nternational J life," said one released priso Paraguay. t in Chile. One Besides writing to the pri ainst a new en- Amnesty International freedor cussion. ters to the heads of the gov klCOa/1 trrvii noowvi, yvju imu prisoners, beaten or ready "A government gets hundre ters. They realize what they ; lational is there that we're watching. Then, these students. come," said Monica Costello, vly only human an(j president of USC's A Christmas Eve chapter, ard tossed in a "Every other Wednesday v. ake heart. The 5^ 0f RUSsell House. There 1 you. Regards, signatures to petitions deman< letter saved my eral prisoners. We also get ab RTTIMEWORK?) Loot % miss Iohlg teres Ai W If all pass Man resei Perst expe: aroliija Car Day V' "M |\/| feflH Bv DAVID BOWDF.N Staff Writer ss Ariel is fascinated The Christmas season Flounder wishes she with it a horde of movies in. cause, after the summer p regarded as the second bq ; movie industry. Christmas is one of the I "I what they hope to be theii the guaranteed megahits si fHht and the possible successe MOL poon's Christmas Vacatior If However, having the bij necessarily ensure quali Nights, with Eddie Murpl universally panned by criti t m 3 The following summari if in its endless quest for qua # Back to the Future I his role as Marty McFly highest grossing movies of McFly and mad scientis by Christopher Lloyd) tra^ alternate 1985, and back or It will be interesting to the goofy humor of the c audience in special effects. Christmas Vacation: ler Dad. John Ripps dad in vet another Vnmti, ' " - OO" y - - * "wv"rv eer in Prancer. Wally-World and Europe, ( home for Christmas. beth Shue) and Marty McFly (Michael J. da yd) as he insists he must take them to the m( Ights for hum ner of conscience from ters out to governments conscience." isoners themselves, the Amnesty Internationa] n writers also write let- that they are an impart ernments holding these movement of people a< governments must not d ds and thousands of let- human rights, are doing is wrong and "I'm involved with Ar hopefully, the changes think there is a lot of a journalism sophomore world that need to be si amnesty International one way of doing it," fre Vonn said. re set up our table out- Amnesty International we get about 80 to 90 in more than 1,700 high ling the release of sev- sities around the U.S. out 30 hand-written let- The basic plan of the Very Ambitious? ting for a iob with great Dav and rn ? ?? JT J >ion? With flexible hours? 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For example, Harlem Barr's characu ly and Richard Pryor, was die griping cs. She is a psycho r es might help the audience War of the j lity motion pictures: ing the Stone." h I: Michael J. Fox recreates P^Y a divorcing in the sequel to one of the ^Y* all lime. This movie coi t Doc Brown (aga.n played inherently funny , /el to the year 2015, to an ice again to 1955. Prancer: P see if this movie can keep Santa's reindeers, iriginal and not drown the with J?hn Riggs liott) and his dauj Chevy Chase is the dorky USC journalisr ?n movie. After terrorizing ?????? rhase and company relax at iflHH ; &BH *. . .Ar.g^T f>! <5rt^f Drum Eatenton (Tom Skerritt, r.) proudly ughter, Shelby (Julia Roberts), and son-in-la >tt), are soon going to be parents in Steel Mag lan rights wi i helping out the prisoner of special campaij ers while educa I said through their literature tcllo said, ial, independent, world-wide Since the orj :ting on the conviction that nesty Internatio eny individuals of their basic 25,000 prisonei TIC A U.KJ. niiiiiV/Oijr nnesty International because I lease 200 prisoi human rights abuses in the Beginning D topped. Letter writing is just International w shman journalism major Jana students will tx write a messag 's student program is active of conscience, schools, colleges and univer- On Human R the Amnesty In USC chapter is to work on sell House Rooi I P EARN m" Need money for a new i uition ana dooksy ur jus *n~ The United States Navy I *r? can make it possible. If ac will receive a $4,000 acc month, free medical and ( ranteed job upon graduatioi lve the following requirements: ?Be a sophomore or junior ?Be a math, physics, chemist ;P" ?Have a 3.3 GPA or better (w *M ?Be physically fit or ?Be a U.S. citizen Don't wait! Each month you d $1,200. For more information or 1-800-845-5640 in GA, M I I Student Charity Drive day, December 2 > AM -4 PM Hng canned goods, toys, clothing a tions at the Russell House. Dn for ES r, Chase's white-trash relatives also ;iL As with all of Chase's movies, this either really funny or really awful. ?hts: Eddie Murphy fancies himself a icreenwriter. The plot centers around a* Richard Pryor and his hot-headed the movie: Redd Foxx, Jasmine Guv World," Michael Werner, Delia Reese 1. Roseanne Barr and Meryl Streep iegley Jr. in this comedy. Barr plays 10 cheats on her with Streep. it is a world apart from her character mother on television's "Roseanne." lurse with a moustache in this movie. Roses: Reunites the cast of "Romanc/lichael Douglas and Kathleen Turner couple who fight a lot in this comtld go either way as divorce is not an :omedic device. ^ children's movie about one of . The reindeer gets lost and winds up (played by gruff but lovable Sam Eljhter Jessica. n sophomore Corey Ray said that ElSee MOVIES page 7 m i announces to party guests that his sv, Jackson Latcherie (Dylan McDernolias. th letters 5ns on behalf of the individual prisonting the campus on human rights, Cosganization was founded in 1961, Amnal has worked on behalf of more than s around the world. In 1988 alone, the International chapter has helped to relers of conscience. ec. 8, students involved with Amnestv ill sponser a "Tree of Hope" in which 5 able to buy a holiday greeting card, e inside and have it sent to a prisoner ^ghts Day, Dec. 10, the club will show ternational Human Rights Tour in Rusm 302. ;$$$$$$$$ car? 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