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Prof, gain* with love-1 ||||NfeSiii[| _ "Profik By KIMBERLY TURNER Staff Writer Sometimes it's either all or no thing, and for some professors, there is no middle ground. "Students either enjoy my class and come back for different classes I teach or they tell everyone within ear shot/Don't take Salomon,"' Dr. Hilel Salomon, associate professor of history, said. "Students rate me either the best or the worst teacher they have, never in the middle," he says. Growing up in Bolivia, Salomon held Spanish as his native language. His parents traveled extensively, allowing Salomon to acquire eight other languages: English, Chinese, French, Hebrew, Polish, Portugese, Mongolian and Japanese. "I am fluent in four of these languages ? English, of course; Spanish, because it's my native language; Chinese and Hebrew, which I learned in Hebrew school. The others I am relatively fluent, especially in the readings," Salomon said. Throughout his life, Salomon has traveled throughout the world. "I have always had a kind of wonderlust," he explains, "I lost count of which countries and how many long ago." Salomon estimates that he has visited between 85 and 90 counLibrary Contii resources are great. "They have tremendous resources here, a very good collection," Price said, recommending that genealogists do thorough research at home with a family Bible and birth certificates. Price is no amateur ? she's been tracing family histories since she graduated from college 18 years ago. Currently compiling a book on Barnwell County mar _ r\ l. _ _ _ j _ _ *t _ .1 nages, race oegan aoing me wonc because of the Mormon religion's emphasis on genealogy. Putting the puzzle together and BBHHHIliIiHflG! nHiiiillininni ZENITH DATA Even if you can' here^s your char performance of j sound decisi your nearby Car could win you o grand prize A $10,000 Sony Home Entertain first prize A Sony Portable second priz] A Sony Sports V FREE CD Featu ing Artists To 1 Hurry! Contest No purchase necessary. 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Salomon explains that each class he has reacts differently to his teaching style. "Some like me and some don't. I'd rather be disliked and respected than liked a great ntied from page 6 even getting it started takes patience. "I've heard people say, 'Oh, I just found such-and-such that I've been looking for for six years.' And they're just happy as a clam," she said. "It takes patience and a lot of digging, but you can find some real plums here." Richardson says most of the people tracing their roots are older, probably because they have more free time, but they come from all over. "Some husbands and wives come through doing a little family YouU>ui1 SYSTEMS INNOVATES AGAIN t sing a note or play an instrument, tee to cash in big with the musical /our life. Just enter Zenith Data Systems' [ONS MUSIC TRIVIA CONTEST at npus Contact. Your knowledge of music ne of these great prizes: -ONE WINNER ? Surround Sound/Projection TV ment Center! 200 WINNERS : Discman? 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"I guess I could call myself antiestablishment, a theoretical anarchist." Salomon goes on by saying, "I believe that to excercise intellect is to question, to criticize. I am critical, over-critical sometimes. I want my students to question and to criticize. I want them to question their texts, their learning facilities and positions of authority. "I would rather them be upset with my opinions and form their own, than to just accept what I say because I am the instructor," Salomon says. Salomon lives in the suburban Columbia area and has three children in Ivy League universities. The oldest son graduated from Princeton and is currently enrolled in medical school. The youngest son is enrolled in Harvard. His only daughter is enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania. "After seeing the grading systems of these schools," Salomon said, "I know I am not the hardest." I research. People from Wyoming h come here because they know their roots began in South Carolina. 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Since the reopening, Rockafella's has hosted many popular rock bands, including Faith No More, Bonnie Raitt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skid Row, Soundgarden and Warrant Boerke says, "We're doing the live music thing better than anyone ever in this town." FITNESS is FREE in the C: Come Workout with US!! 77 Bon Joining a Sports Clul CatI or come by Campi | :;~1" p Sjff ?WES' jgjl Look no lurthi R M and conveniei ^ M Bridge in We< ffl. Come visit W j StU(lent ,ifeStV \ J 1 W( The C c10,000\ 12261 " .. 254-5 Open Balfou 11 Balfou v! 19721 Full ar Gamec Alumn Suppc /henever you're 286 lp Pius Present : a free demo? ^ ) decisions JIVTSION / y form. X); Walkman. $75.00; -286 LP Plus is a T / *? T* 1 / LG Bali ^ "^f^Py . |$i c SI Hsf." Kg i^muBKWEny?w ??mhw m ., mMmmSSBSKBSKBSm??1 V Renee Meyer/The Gamecock io is usually jammed packed with local music club faces ; rtain future I "V i 1 Billboard magazine named Rockafella's as one of the top small venues in the country two* years in a row. The management estimates they get 150 to 300 people a night. When the controversy with the Bohemian started last June (see page 1), over 1,600 people signed petitions to keep the club open. "Rockafella's is a really fun place to play. If they close, there will be a big void of original music in Columbia," Frank Robinson, lead singer/ guitarist for the local band Channel Zero, said. "They gave us a break." Other band members are fond of the club also. "I love Rockafella's," Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish, said. "I love the people. I love to play there. I hope they find someplace new because I'll miss them. 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