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Literacy benefit s By DESAREE T. HOLLINS d Staff Writer e Literacy Awareness Week began ji Monday, and USC's Campus Coalition for Literacy is trying to raise ti attention to America's greatest cri- p sis ? illiteracy. e Another of Literacy Awareness s Wflfclr's (male is tn opt mnm shi dent involvement in helping others ji to read and write, or help fellow v citizens to be functionally literate. n By attracting attention to the na- c tional illiteracy problem, Literacy Awareness Week aims to encour-r u age people to make a change. V One way students can help make S a change is by training to become I a tutor. Students can leam to teach b others to read through programs b such as the Campus Coalition for tl Literacy, founded by Rajan Shah. In programs such as this, the inability to fill out applications for 1 employment or follow simple in- f structions will hopefully be a thing 1 of the past for many individuals. F Fifty-five students are trained to 3 teach this year. 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It does not discrininate against race, religion or soioeconomic class. In efforts to create a better nderstanding on campus about the iteracy problem in the United Itates, the Campus Coalition for .iteracy will expose presentations, tanners on Greene Street, flyers, irochures and advertisements hroughout the week. Tonight, Campus Coalition for literacy will sponsor the Literacy "orum and Information Session, "he forum will take place at 7 ?.m. in the Russel House room 105. Illiteracy being a disability is a myth. Illiteracy being a problem, however, is a fact. s are a waste? hen why are you reading one? esults! Call 777-4249 for details. UM EACH now i if you have or f of the following es must be free of other STD's) !719 Middleburg Dr. Suite 105 Columbia, SC 29204 803) 254-6537 link You're ;gnant? nrl mil NTnwl -LV^L vy v^\t i > wy . nfidential pregnancy test ; only minutes! Planned nthood also provides seling, complete GYN exams, :ost Birth control and tion services. 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I was suprised such a young, New-Kids-on-the-Block-type crowd composed the Ice man's primary fans. There were very few collegians present. My ears were ringing more from the shrieking prepubescent screams than from standing in front of Vanilla Ice's speakers. He performed all but two songs from his LP To the Extreme including "Ice, Ice Baby" and his encore "Play That Funky Music." Also, he performed a rap version of "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones. The concert was long considering the relatively few songs he performed. A good amount of time was taken up by boring, obviously rehearsed dialogue between Vanilla Ice and his D J. DeShay in between songs. Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robby Van Winkle, tried to make his fans feel sympathy for him for all of the abuse the media has inflicted upon him, including abuse from Arsenio Hall. Poor Ice. A surge of sensitivity prompted a poem: "No matter what they say, or what they do, I will always have beautiful fans like you." How sappy. 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