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I j i .. . P . ' ' ' ' the By KATHY HEBERGER Assistant to the Editors Partying, studying, eating and living together are nothing new to the Herbkersman brothers; and when Bill, Tom and Marty opened their new Cycle Center this Saturday in Five Points, they added working together to that list. 'The beauty of it is that my brothers are my friends. That makes it good working together now," said Tom Herbkersman, the fourth oldest of seven Herbkersman brothers. As the accountant of the three Cycle Center executives, Tom said being in business with your brothers is different iluin working with non-blood relations. Love. Sex. Marriage. In-laws. \f |[ mm\m4U ^ 2:15-4:45-7:1 S-*45 J V y| /""" An ancient evil. f~~ m the Guardian ? J u f pi 1hehumihm \Tt tj kb october im 8? IlTI No Bargain Day No Passes / \ 4| |l ^ 1 ;00-4.00-7.00-10:00 _j(. V Br ii ovf yoij \(z TOffA "Jl" r-< . IT'S EASY TO TO WORK J jV ^ > ?y ' " X'.* -V ' Split RFF WORKING FOR STUDEI [Ops] UPS DELIVEI Apply in pers Services 700 T{ Columbia M-l : '' 'J' ' Bill (third left), Marty (second right), and iir opening day festivities this Saturday. Bicy< "You have arguments just like ar business Dartners. but vou can fore them two minutes later and get back business as usual," he said. All of the brothers attended USC, ar all were in Lamda Chi Alpha fraternit just as their father was. Marty Herbker man, who is graduating with a theafc degree and business minor in May, sa] the decision to go to the same schoi was not collective nor coincidental. "We're a pretty close-knit family We've always done things in group: We're from Columbia, and USC wa close to home and a good school," h said. "USC definitely prepared us fc what we're doing now. It helps to b TEENAGE C NINJA TURTLES. U % passes no bargain night-PG- W| 1:00-3:00-5:00-7:00-9:15 J SV 12:50-3:10-5:30-7:50-1 Q-QQ J M MV MFV PRETTY WOMAN \ M BK i/f FivTPoWkRis |B I 3:10-5:25-7:40-9:45 ' S MM ~~ ' ii i ii 11' iimlr FIND TIME IT UPS." "UPS is flexible I told them I had a problem?classes all morning and labs in the afternoon. They said, 'No problem. Could I work an evening shift?" Perfect. But that's how UPS is. They make it easy for student to work part-time. "Picking your own schedule is only part of it. I get almost $10,000 a year, paid holidays, paid vacations and medical benefits?all for working about four hours a day. "No other company understands students like UPS. And no other company offers more. TKaii mnlro ?fr Fa ?mi/>rl/ tint u> i i it/jr 11 ianc it caoy iu vvuirv jfuui way through school." TO WHO WORK FOR US. US EDUCATION ;on at job aylor Street FQ.30 A. 30 O.am- pm ^- \H ^pv I - 1IJH . " if"'' ' -- C' |- liRl _ _ ;_j Tom Herbkersman (first right), along with other cling broi iy near home where we have our brothers et and friends and all the people we know to in Columbia," Marty said. Bill Herbkersman, at 32, is the second lcj oldest. He agreed that opening a cycle y5 shop in Columbia feels good. It s neat s_ to be back in Columbia and at USC," he er said. Bill, while renting beach equipment as 31 part of a job for the Hilton Head beach patrol during his undergraduate years, noticed the demand for bikes. He opened !. his first Cycle Center in Hilton Head in s. 1987. is Bill got his journalism degree from USC in 1982 and his masters in commu>r nication from Pepperdine University. He tried his own talents in Category 2 cyOu* "I ALWAYS 0|W^l|NITV Modern day heros KSnT/ff'rtl may not wear ca efforts and place Community Service I BMiB jfll Teddy Lepp/" Cycle Center employees, take time thers cling in California, trying out for U.S. Olympic team, before returning South Carolina to his old Hilton H( turf. The Herbkersmans are now I largest Trek bike dealers in t Southeast. The Five Points branch of Cycle G ter will be the fifth store of a chain t has developed in the past 10 mont Marty says the brothers try to surroi themselves with pro cyclists, athle and mechanics who are in the thick the bike business. The strategy is pay off. "Business is great," he said. Tom, who graduated with his mast in accounting in 1987, joined his brotl when Bill needed help expanding, says he and his brothers get along vi WANTED TO BE have a new name these pes or fly through the s them where they're ne Programs, Campus Activities O ty Ve Need You! anc BL< ^ Th eve of ^ -<N'? nsjF*rhe Gamecock i out from the well. "We don't fist fight anymore," he to said. "It's great (being in business with ^ad brothers) because you know what they're the thinking. You've grown up with them, he lived with them your whole life. You know them like the back of your hand," en- he added. hat The brothers said their strong family hs. background has been a primary factor in ind their professional success and in their tes personal happiness. Marty said their paof rents have always supported him and his ing brothers. The oldest of the seven brothers is ers producing the movie Ghost House in Caher lifornia. One of the brothers was killed in an accident. 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