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Carolina Life 4 the gamecock Monday, December 11,1989 H3 0 s a I S] m ' .'i 1 | 0 A si I v I Y TEDDY LEPPtThe Gamecock g President George Bush j Batman was overwhelmingly selected a: Tying for second place was Eddie Murpli chael J. Fox's Back to the Future II. Fri Earth Girls are Easy both received third Excellent Adventure and Shocker tied in j placed in the fifth spot. Best Televison Show of The Year: I Wonder Years." "The Cosby Show" receh dice Bergman's "Murphy Brown" got the i The critically acclaimed "China Beach,' Children" and "Rescue 911" all tied for f "21 Jump Street," "Roseanne," "thirtysom the Night all tied for fifth position. The music of 1989 could best be summ; val," bridging the generation gap for the Therefore, it was no surprise to see that Wheels album won Best Album of the Y was Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl ai Know It's True. Tears for Fear's comeback, Seeds of L solo album, Full Moon Fever, and the Ind debut album, won third place as Best Albi Cosmic Thing and The Cure's Disentegrati Ironically, when it came to Best Sonj II ' , The Keepir * ~ m iwm XRHHRl^/ ~> ? StfS 20% off e 718 Santee Avenue 2i IUTOHS fTC [iji"}! ^ I ? iBMINii r ji i r? devine st. 8" thick futon: 100 % cotton n 1 ' ' 100 % COTTON T POPLAR HARDWOOD BOUNG FRAMESINGLE $119.00, DOUB1E $149.00 ly ELIZABETH LYNCH ^ Itaff Writer As 1989 quickly comes to ^ n end, it's only logical that fl >eople reminisce over the V ositive and negative aspects f the year. While thinking bout the* past, students often ind themselves asking the uestion, "Where did those ^ 65 days go?" The Gamecock has tried to _ _ upply its readers with the \X^ t, nswer to those ques- | f**j | ons.. . and some of the reponses might be surprising. This past week, more than cf\ r 11 i jv quciiuunaucs were iineu ut by random USC Ludents. The first question asked /as Best Movie of the rear. Students selected Steel fagnolias as the winner. 4 taming in second place was :obin Williams' Dead Poets ocie'ty. When Harry Met ally placed third while Batlan received fourth place. etle Midler's Beaches and pike Lee's Do the Right hing tied in fifth place. s the Worst Movie of 1989. ly's Harlem Nights and Mi'day the 13th Part VIII and place while Bill and Ted's fourth position. Star Trek V JSC students selected "The /ed second place while Can- I third spot. ' the raunchy "Married With I Durth place in this category, ethine" and "In the Heat of arized as the "Year of Revimsands of rock 'n' rollers. | The Rolling Stones's Steel The cast of the m< ear. Tying for second place Sally Field, Daryl Hai id Milli Vanilli's Girl You Julia Roberts. .ove tied with Tom Petty's selected top-40 music, igo Girls's self-titled smash place, while second p im of the Year. The B-52's Shack," Prince and SI ion tied for fourth. "We Didn't Start the I I of the Year, the readers When it came to M v ,. * } CPU he Koger Center Carolina Life ; Gamecock tg you entertained. ' ^ riPffl 'Wj?- ' ' everything stock 52-4656 OPEN Mon - Sat 10 - 7 9ji J J ""J ! J & FUTONS CONV J v J . * x^>|J beo to sofa ic nnt/^ fifotyfe furnishings ...v:,;,,./ qr^vACATK 5 IN 100% COTTON: RIFOLD - SINGLE $74.00 if \ S< RIFOLD - DOUBLE $99.00 <r^jL- ^ "kOA voyi cpI rr i Fem in Review & ory. plac^ frey i 19 Whit perfo "bad. as an Th Even of thi most Th for a 1989. receb ovie "Steel Magnolias" includes Dolly Parton, P^ace nnah, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis and cane Milli Vanili's "Blame it on the Rain" won first place lace went to a variety of songs. B-52's "Love Morri leena Easton's "Orion's Arms" and Billy Joel's ?? nre" tied for second place, ost Attractive Male, Mel Gibson, star of Lethal j, j ; . "The United Way ? days a year, not. they take up th ERT FROM I ^ ^ I j WHAT >n homes j yy lljnLA IJ 'security \ laundry iaciln ?I *full furniture i. package S^A swimming po< . | sleeping & str I 2 OFFICE HOURS: f M-F 9:30-5:30 I i 211 MAIN ST. m r oon I and II won first ?. Kevin Costner from Durham and Field of 2ms won second place, WKKmjmk e Tom Cruise got third e. Eddie Murphy, Tom and Ken Wahl for fourth place. ichelle Pfeiffer, the sexy of Tequeila Sunrise, was jI :ted as Most Attractive lale. Top model and na-be-actress Paulina y\ second in this categ- j mM Kim Basinger won third V~/B ' while "Cheers'" Kirstie Jmj y placed in fourth posi- / Rp.a 111ip.s cnrh *c B sty Brinkley and Jas Guy tied in fifth place. te Gamecock asked its irs to pick Person of the r. Overwhelmingly, %. munist leader Mikhail ' H ?achev was selected. 1* I risingly, Rep. Mike Fair he second place winner. w-x M&t esident George Bush gi *m >? I with his wife Barbara, #, n television evangelist ^ Bakker and Bill Cosby ? all tied for third place. 8 students of Tiananmen Square and talk show hostess Oprah Winreceived fourth place in this category. 89 marked George Bush's first year as reigning president in the e House. Thirty-two percent of the readers rated the president's rmance as "fair", while 20 percent said Bush's work rates as " Seventeen percent voted "good" while 11 percent voted Bush "excellent" president. e Gamecock asked its readers to determine the Most Significant t of 1989. Overwhelmingly, students agreed that the breakdown z Berlin Wall and the democratization of East Germany was the sipnifir.flnt p.vp.nt e destruction of Hurricane Hugo not only cancelled USC classes day, it also ranked second as the Most Significant Event of The persecution of the Chinese students in Tiananmen Square /ed third place while The Rolling Stones tour not hitting USC d fourth. Students also listed the visitation policy crisis and the luake in California as other significant events, len asked the Most Memorable Moment at USC in 1989, HurriHugo remained fresh on students' mind and came in at first . The tragic, unexpected death of Gamecock football Coach Joe ison was voted the second most memorable event. The Clemson See 1989 page 5 r works 365 _ , ,, . i^^kThe United Way Is just the daylipTheMbyOfLove. le money." )MESEE \ 1 WE'VE GOT \ OR YOU! \ ^ Zt I 01 \ idying lofts { A NEW LEASE \ I DIVERSITY LIFE \ I EH 254-7801 Hi. I \ I