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New film By TANA BEARD Staff Writer t _ ^ /-\nn r\ f 1u r* ^ Longurrit umyuruun, unc ui mc mosi controversial films of the summer, is a low budget film reviewing the AIDS issue in a staightforward and thought-provoking manner. Longtime Companion is a film which revolves around a group of gay friends in New york City devastated by and fighting against AIDS. The eight major characters in the movie, four of whom die, are followed over a span of 10 years. The story begins with a report from the New York Times on the outbreak of a rare cancer called Kaposis sarcoma which is connected to AIDS sufferers. The characters are forced to Town builds nr By The Associated Press CAMPBELLTOWN, Australia ? Most cities would shun the name "ghost town." Campbelltown embraces it wholeheartedly. The city of 140,000 people is growing briskly. But it would like to see a few more tourists from Sydney, about 25 miles to the nortneast. So officials are investing $200,000 to build a special monument to the city's most famous resident ? Fisher's Ghost. "We want to be known as the liveliest ghost town in the South Hemisphere," Alderman John Hennessey, one of the project's backers, said today. Campbelltown already has a 32-year-old Fisher's Ghost's Festival two weeks each November. As many as 50,000 people attend the annual parade. vX JH ijg* i 4 Making the actors look goc Theater technicians Clark Nicholson an< - workshop. The play is one of four plays to n""'n" ^/? 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Third class post- ft age paid at Columbia, S.C. ft The Gamecock is a registered student ft organization of the University of South ft Carolina and is partially funded by student ft activity fees. ft I wiF DISC JOC Attention all you intense music lovers o we want YOU to enter our musically alt (schedule below) to begin your j Monday, June 11 Room 332 Russell House 7-8 p Wednesday, June 13 Room 332 Russell House 7 Monday, June 18 Room 332 Russell House 7-8 p Wednesday, June 20 Room 332 7-8 p.m. Russell Monday, June 25 Room 332 Russell House 7-8 p Wednesday, June 27 Room 332 Russell House 7 A processing fee will be requi nines gay relat, realize their vulnerability, yet try to ignore the e risk. s The film depicts two types of gay living r the traditional couple and the "swinging" single, r Both groups allow the audience to gather a realistic view of the homosexual community. The -t characters are easy to relate to and share com- < mon problems like the rest of society. AIDS be- 5 o fiv,,c whftn thp. rhararter Tnhn mprnwt < L/Uliiv^o a ""v" fc%" "" " v^wi.iuu ?. Mulroney) dies of pneumonia. John's friends 1 try to continue their lives, but everyone wonders who will be next. p \ The character the film centers around is p Willy, played by Campbell Scott. He was t John's best friend and has a monogamous rela- n tionship with Fuzzy (Stephen Caffrey). It is ti lonument to Ic Now comes the 20-foot glass monument, < which will contain 60 tons of glass in about i 480 sheets. It will feature special lighting at ; night and fog machines to enhance the superna- i tural effect. 1 Fred Fisher was a former convict who by j 1826 was a wealthy farmer and builder. He < stabbed a man during a fight and, expecting a j long jail term, gave power-of-attorney over his { considerable holdings to his neighbor, an exconvict named George Worrall. On the evening of June 17, 1826, Fisher dis- c appeared. Worrall said he had sailed for Eng- ? land, but officials got suspicious when Worrall started selling off Fisher's possessions. This is where legend and historians diverge. j According to legend, a farmer named John ( Farley spotted the ghost while walking home ( BMRMmiiMRram - . ' 4 p*?ng|pap I I JpilJ BSil i s M 11 i 111 S|| M i! l\: ** r , i: ; ^ . ' *- 'i I A r H ^ I tli ^ 1 V,?JL Jf jf fllljitap , " 'v.l ^: f '.r- mt <> ^s v? mF #f >d d Lisa Vincent work on the set of The Mystery be put on this summer by the USC Summer Rep The Gamecock at 777-7726 5SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS5 % APAKmENTSO-7 / Te Have Everything Excep YOU!" 5Hall Today About Our BACK TO SCHOOL Specials just minutes from U.S.C. Exit 1-26, right on Greyston Turn Right at Traffic Light. 779-2373 "ONE MONTH FREE RENT" ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss >v-rn :key training ut there! Summer D.J. training begins soon, * ernative world. Just attend the training sessii ourney to the land of broadcast brilliance! m (New Persons Orientation and Announcer Responsibili -8 p.m. (Technical Operation Radio Equipment) .m. (EBS and Filling Out Logs) House (Music Policy and Meeting with Executive Board) i.m (FCC Regulations and Meter Interpretation) -8 p.m. (Test) ired for the acquisition of your FCC license. ionships asy for the viewer to relate to his world ympathize with his problems. His fear eaction to the AIDS virus is an all too com esponse in most individuals. AIDS is the theme of this feature, but ire other issues to observe as well. The filr >ome explicit scenes which may be offensi >ome people, but were tactfully done and n ;ary. This film forces the viewer to realize lomosexuals are human beings. This film is a moving tale of modern >roblems. It is a film for those who care vish to understand the different worlds of i >eople. Longtime Companion is not an< iatman or Dick Tracy movie, but a m aany will appreciate and think about for a ime to come. Deal ghost i>ne night after a stint at the local pub. Farl said to have sparked the murder investig ifter seeing the ghost sitting on a bridge ng, pointing a finger upstream, where Fis Dody was found. But Carol Liston, author of Campbellto Bicentennial History, says in her official ;ion that two boys found bloodstains, a lot tair and a tooth on a fence on Worrall's 1 \ tracker then discovered Fisher's remains ihallow grave. Whatever the truth, Worrall was tried :onvicted for murder, then confessed or ;allows before he was hung. Hennessey said Fisher's ghost has been it least four times since the farmer's mu ncluding once 20 years ago on the annive )f the death when many in a crowd of 2C claimed to have spotted the specter. Nick Leoncavallo/The Game* of lrma Vep in the Longstreet Theatre ertory Theatre. SI Sprinj | anlBI t I le Blvd. i I Bes) iiMHHiiiii ~ PS/2 i wusc and tmon there n has ve to a eces i that ^ m In a strange lane Media Arts graduate sti cently got a glimpse of Tib ey js Tibet," a photograph exhik ation to 24 at the Columbia Art f railher's ^ Columbia r- is now ar and By TANA BEARD i the Staff Writer General Cinema Theaters 1 seen cently expanded and remode rder, Columbia Mall Cinema or rsary Notch Road to create a new ),000 eling strategy and establish z accomodating atmosphere f public. The new facilities includt new theaters, the largest witl pacity of 300 persons, and viewing and sound system. Divisions Director David i said the new dolby system, includes 14 speakers, shou prove sound quality and p more enjoyable entertainmen | FELLOW AMERIC , X more com ? ahead wi \l PS/2. jj /v\\V/ / -\)> fc & v/ jp \ r\% F 1 i,,i i ; . /Pjp L :Wv *y/ l " .4 1 PTfi ' 17 - Come ?^ Student Orien t! 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