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Carolina Life 4 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, December 6,1989 Tall tea cups,: part of secret u By SCOTT PRUDEN Staff writer It's happening again, and this time it's personal. The folks from Marriott, in a move to cut costs or get the antichloroflorocarbon people off theii backs, have gone back to the dreaded tall drink cups. You know why, too. They're obscenely top heavy, and as much as they might help keep the ozone layer from breaking down, they still make your average, everyday dextrous tray carrier look like a klutz and a complete idiot. I know, because some poor guy looked like a klutz and a complete idiot the other night when he dumped his sweet tea with lemon all over my right leg. He was embarrassed. I was embarrassed. He was apologetic. I was forgiving. He even offered to ?... .u? ?i _ \xxy iui uic cumulate eiup euuiuc that perished in the fray and get my pants cleaned for me. I almost took him up on his first offer, but on his second offer, I'm just not the kind of guy who would just strip down to my skivies while waiting in line at the Grand Marketplace. Actually, I've decided that things like the dreaded too-tall tea cups are planned by the university's secret propaganda and covert operations division, the Department of Morale Reduction. Yes, a secret operation working from within the university administration, no doubt without the knowledge of even our highest ranking officials. Somewhere, lurking in the echoing halls of the administration building is USC's own Ollie North, formulating devious plans to drag down the spirit of its students. After all, who do you think is responsible for things like toppling tea cups? No sensible person Woods le; By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES ? Actor James wife, Sarah Marie Owen, have sep months of marriage, citing irreconcila Documents filed in Superior Coui wyer, Dennis Wasser, said the coupl 6, and all property had been divided, the filing for legal separation. Woods, 42, and Owen, 26, have no < Woods won television Emmy Aw his portrayal of the mentally ill broth ner in "Promise" and in 1989 for the "My Name Is Bill W." Owen is a hor It was Woods' second marriage Owen. IS DOM CHKft QUI / SEASOff yGREETINGS^^j^ ^ CHRL AUD! WITH ANY ITEM C GIFT FROM OUR PHONES, TAPES, Al While Quantities Lc ALL RECORDS SONY "POPS" BL "YOUR sandblasting niversity plot Scott Pruden's Lifestyles would go out of their way to make people spill tea all over the floor of their own establishment, now would they? And for the life of me, I can't imagine who would want to chop down some of the nicest trees on utinpu:>. wiic ucuuiu my uunu gut iced just as school started, and that's put a downer on my whole semester. Only such an insidious organization would ever befuddle students so well by authorizing that Woodrow be sandblasted and painted, and then sandblasted and chipped and then painted again, all within two years? What's the point? Maybe whatever bozo that ap- ! proved this has seen too many Bugs Bunny cartoons and figures ! he'll eventually get to that one elu- < sive stone that holds the key to riches, fame, and a speaking tour of ! Donahue, Oprah and Sally Jessie. < Yes, they must be looking for ' the singing frog. And don't even pretend you don't know what I'm talking ab- ' out. You're not so mature that you 1 don't remember that little green amphibian, derby in one hand and cane in the other, popping out of I its box and singing "Hello, my ' baby! Hello, my honey! Hello, my < ragtime gal!" 1 It's quite obvious that some loon somewhere in the administration ' building has gotten it into their head that that little frog really ex- < ists and is hiding somewhere inside the superstructure of s Woodrow. ' Well, I've got news for them. < This is USC, and if there's going ] to be any animal singing and danc- 1 ing, it's going to be a squirrel. aves wife; Woods and his DaAI^ arated after four | 1W WM ble differences. ^ * t by Woods' la- I m trie r e separated Nov. Woods initiated LOS ANGELES was leary about repr chiseling country c< :hildren. Vacation. ards in 1987 for The cousin, Eddie er of James Gar- National Lampoon's 1 tide character in se trainer Quaid has balances ing career that includ and the first for kleptomaniac sailor in "I love playing Ed< T ibi xN to (JSC JNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE RUSSELL HOUSE STMAS 10 AND CALCULATOR SAL OSTING $7.50 OR MORE, OF PRE-SELECTED GROUP OF S ND CD'S. VALUES UP TO $12.C 3 St.) >, PRE-RECORDED TAPES, / 10% OFF ANK VIDEO TAPES a-120) 1 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTE mJKnm # jp ]^^^hk^b|q The Christmas tree at USC Presi James Holderman's home. By KATHY HEBERGER Staff Writer It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas it USC and in the downtown area as students and the city get into the festive mood. "We were feeling that impending doom of semester exams so we decided to go out and decorate," mathematics senior Boyce Lawton said. His two-foot pre-decorated real Norfolk Island pine's lights sparkle through a thin layer of frosty snowflakes from his second floor Harper apartment window. Lawton and his roommate, finance junior Jim DicKson, maae two trips to K-Mart ior the materials ? four strands of lights, mistletoe, two Christmas stockings and Santa zaps, three cans of snow, three "Merry Christmas" signs and the pine. "We were in the Christmas mode," Rigby said. Freshmen Julie Eyerman and Tricia Leathers also made the trek to K-Mart. "That's where it all started. We were looking for some Christmas decorations, and we saw tiim sitting there among the larger trees," Eyerman said of the two-foot plastic Canadian pine in their Baker dorm room. "We charged him," she said. Their tree features a 20-piece light set, miVaughn says the role bei those kinds interview. "But, I re 10 7/) Q couldn't wai lvujo NEW YC drugs more ? Actor Randy Quaid says he Stevie Ray ising his role as Chevy Chase's cember issu< eusin in the movie Christmas ?The obs< a crutch, bi first turned up in the original Xt^lly' Vacation in 1983. The Red 1 comic roles with a serious act- Milk, includ led an Oscar nomination for his cent death c i the 1973 film The Last Detail. a heroin ov< die. But, I didn't want to reprise of 26 is a n I EXCUSES DON7 SAVE UVES. BIOOODOES American Red Cross Wfe'll HelpWill\6u? BOI . 1 RU! gggpy' The l for res; Buy B XLS Buy B E (OOSE A FREE iTEREO HEAD- Buy E 10! 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I do variations of the tree each year," Rigby, a hotel, restaurant and tourism senior, said. The Horseshoe also features the USC President James Holderman's Williamsburgstyle home decorated with white lights and fruit-laden wreaths, the university's Christmas tree on Sumter Street and lamp posts ; drugs don't ;ause I want to get away from playing dis of characters," Quaid said in a recent CO :ad the script, and it was just so funny; I all it to say some of the lines," he said. )RK ? Rather than inspiring creativity, of often hamper musicians, blues guitarist Fc \7oiirrKor* onH AtKnr orfietc CQ\7 in thp rv?_ r?.. y au^uau anu uuivi uxujio m uiv X>U i of Musician magazine, jssion with the quick fix becomes not just 17, it everything to us," said Vaughan, who :ked a long-term drug habit. "And then ne< matters gets pushed out the window." W1 Hot Chili Peppers' latest album, Mother's Co es an anti-drug anthem inspired by the re- Ca >f the band's guitarist, Hillel Slovak, from irdose. 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They get me so into the mood of Christmas that I want to go home and help my family decorate," journalism fresman Kristen Black said. Excitement about going home is the theme of the Freshman Council and CPU's "Countdown to Christmas" activities. The groups will sponsor the "Beat the Clock" dance this Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., and Bill Murray's Scrooged will be at the CPU theater Thursday through Saturday at $2 admission. # Campus dining halls are having Christmas specials to abate students until they can get some of mom's ham and cabbage. On Thursday night, a candlelit and table- < clothed Patterson Hall will have a buffet line with chefs in full attire to carve all-you-caneat ham and chicken. "We want to give every thing a homey atmosphere," said Angela Evans, the Marriot Food Services employee who has decorated The Patio for the past two years. Bates House will have its Christmas See CHRISTMAS page 5 ID-'X U " W help music ;, the funk band's lead singer. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. ? 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