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Wanted: USC Hunks: USC hunks are being sought for USC ladies to bid on. Freshman Council, an executive branch of student government, will sponsor its second annual "Dib for Date" fund raiser Feb. 26. The hunks get a free date, and the money raised goes to charity. Applications for interested "hunks" are available in the student government office on the first floor of the Russell House. Calvin and Hobbes Returns ... BIGGER: After nine months of reruns, "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip will return with original strips Feb. 2. Along with new strips will come a larger / Sunday strip. Cartoonist Bill^^l^ Waltcrson is causing con-;. ^ trovcrsy with his demand for~'V^? ^ the popular Sunday strip to _'w run half of a page, in protest, > many newspapers have f' pulled the Sunday feature. * r"" The Stale newspaper will run n the larger strip, but with it jJ comes the cancellation of "Prince Valiant," a strip , which is least popular among ii J their readers. Readers of The H RjJ Gamecock can expect new \ /TA weekday strips starting next "'K fj ? Lewis Grizzard Live: Lewis Grizzard, probably the South's most humorous and satirical newspaper columnist, will appear at Koger Center Tuesday at 8 p.m. The show is sponsored by the Columbia Sales and Marketing Group. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office and all SCAT outlets. Call 777-SCAT to charge either concert by phone. Grasping At Straws Can Block Cavities: Using a^nking straw to get liquid from glass to mouth helps preve^tooth decay, according to the Chicago-based Acad^^<^^CTf?aj^?entistry. Using a straw to drinking sugary soft drinks^fds^jwiC^^an prevent cavities and harmful erosion of teetfiJiffi^ study^ifeowed. "The worst thing you can do is to savor the-flftV??r of popi/6r fruit juice by letting it sit in your mouth," acaderrry^^kesmarr'/jM.^Villiam Kuttler said. Ttfp Test results showed diet soft drinks had th^^^ljijirtbfril effect on the patients' teeth. The Right to Remain Silent: A public forum about the right of South Carolina journalists to shield their sources will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the USC Law School Auditorium. The forum "The Right to Remain Silent: Criminals Have It, But Do Journalsist?" will be moderated by Erik Collins, a tenured media law professor with the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Mandatory Campus Alcohol Policy Workshops: in compliance with the University Policy and Guidelines on the Use of Alcohol by Students, representatives from each student organization planning to sponsor an event on campus at which beer or wine will be served must attend a Campus Alcohol Policy Workshop. An executive officer, a student member and the USC faculty/staff adviser of the organization must attend a workshop before approval will be granted to host an event on campus where beer or wine will be served. The next workshop will be Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Russell House Theater. Contact Patti Tomanio or Janet Massingill at 777-6688 for more information. ' mk I Thn R El'' '' m ^B| Jamming at W ll ^1 Thursday night ^jj ^^^BM Tiani Scott (left; a jffijf era (bottom) ar |?^ son.Kiran Sand I Pearce. The da ^ dence Hall Ass< 5 wM o L pi i x 9 f' flH ^ ;? j^K TB BPBB. il Bill Baker i By GREG RICKABAUGH Carolina! Editor Parking frustrations often increase when students get tickets ihey believe they don't deserve, and that's where Bill Baker comes in to do his job. Baker, Director of Parking and Vehicle Registration, hears parking excuses every work day from tick- i cted students. Some of the excuses are legitimate, some are creative. and some are fake. Baker said one of his all-time favorite student complaint for receiving a parking ticket is "If the officer had not given me the ticket, hu 1 would not have received it." wh "That makes a lot of sense," a i Baker said. be, Baker said another memorable stu student excuse for receiving a av< ticket was "I was dropping off a handicapped football player." stu One of evety three parking tick- pai cts issued by campus patrols last his year were excused by Baker's de- he partmcnt. If students' excuses are l0 , not accepted, they must pay their fines to the Parking and Vehicle Registration Services office on vvh Pendleton Street. drc I hythm of the , the "Back to School" Dance k in the Russell House Ballroom is 1\ ). Strutting their stuff for the cam- Ty e (I.to r.) Jon Skvoretz, Kelly 01- 1\ rapaty, Steve Ortaldo, and Mark _ ince was sponsored Dy ine nesi- WM ociation. Sta E Soi Kal mai dun 5 Hday /.cn I'ict moi thin cell fror Eve to b E ? C0,T ^ its I Jo" | IOCS J of 3 w life I I obi handles bi a m pr 11 S Exr avid Adcock, right, pays Kel ton Street Garage recently Baker listens to an tne excus i he is not the decision-mal icn it comes to dropping ticke committee of three faculty me rs, three staff members and t1 dents meets monthly to read crage of 150 excuses. Baker said he often listens dents who want to describe th king problems with someone office. Surprisingly, Baker st enjoys his job because he g< speak to many students. rhc committee that determir icther parking tickets will >pped is human. "Moving in ~inc acti in insigh Jlh eel to for STEPHEN BROWN ff Writer Ivelyn Couch, the pluck ilhcrn housewife portrayed I hy Bates in "Fried Green T toes," has been down in tl nps lately. he has trouble coping with 's events without eating a d candy bars. She has girdle di lilies at the most inopportui mcnts, and she also trys ever ig short of wrapping herself ophanc to get a raised eyebro n her bccr-guxxling husband. eel ing powerless and useles lyn exclaims, "I'm too your >c old and too old to be young ivclyn's feelings arc not ui imon among people. Throu? insighi inio Southern cultur Avnct's "Fried Green Tom: " successfully captures the jc ^outh, the heartache of midd and the retrospect of old age. vclyn sits alone in a hospit }y, but as she dips into h< mjjm Jam ___s InlB?^lflHflHHp I u se s SJB ^ 'fHH SSig? Mmwf . B^T!^Mr^M|HHL|| ^HBF Wf , - > ? ko-. - "^^-_ lie Moses for a parking ticket at Pei es out of your dorm ... they are v cer forgiving in those types of sit >ts. tions, Baker said or the exc m_ committee. w0 Some examples of excu; an Baker has heard in his years u Parking and Vehicle Registrat include the following: 10 "I had parked next to the bu eir r ing because I had to carry . , Lazy Boy Recliner up four flig 11 of stairs." sts "I went to move my car fin the faculty lot behind my buildi Ies and my car wouldn't start. I I no gas in my car. I'm one of th< or people who ride on 'E' and ne ng makes ' itful Southt medicinal box of Krispy Krei hdonuts, she is approached Ninny, an 82-year-old lady, vivk realized by veteran actress Jessi Tandy. kBoth women are in despan need of human connection, a Evelyn instantly becomes fas< nated with Ninny's animated e thusiasm for the human experien as she begins to relate a very sf :y cial story to Evelyn. The stoi by told in flashbacks, inspire Evel o- to take control of her life, he Ninny's story transports us to bizarre world in which a walk a the countryside is a Saturday's c o- cupation, autumn leaves line t if- dusty roads, trains are always i ie time, and friends gather at t y- Whistle Slop Cafe for barbeq in and a plate of fried grei w tomatoes. Ninny's flashback story of t\ c iiinmcn \?/hr? hcf-nmp iinlilrp lg friends pairs Mary Stuart Mast* !" son with Mary-Louise Park* i- Masterson delivers a lour-de-foi as an assertive woman who c, tragedies in life have toughen a- her to the gritty world around hei )y Parker displays keen insight ir lc the mind of a woman torn betwe life on the wild slide with Idgic a al the traditional role of wife a zr mother. .* s irritation I | ICE ? ri < mm as -J Bill Baker handles parking matters at his office in Pendleton Street Garage I where students I often find creative and humurHp ous excuses for illegal parking mmmammmaaB mrnrn o 8 a> E 03 O <D -C ? c Id zj _i ! $ seems to run out of gas, until yesterday at least." , "I carry a small statue of Buddah in my car and needed to park close to class." Among the most widelyaccepted excuses of last year's 1800 written appeals were people who were at the Thomson Student Health Center, Baker said. Baker said some excuses are nd- very serious, stemming from an illness or a death in the famBy. Some reasons are obvious fakes, ery After a while, the committee gets a < ua- feel for the ones that have merit, , use Baker said. The estimated $400,000 in park>es ing fines USC collected from USC rith students last year is a cause of stuion dents' irritation. Baker said he had to call USC police twice when students' comnlainLs became too irate. 11Q" "Nobody likes getting a parking rhts sa^- "I feel I'^e t'le ' system is very fair and effective." ; Overall, Baker said students are om mature about receiving tickets. He ng, said that by talking to students, he lad is able to work some of the prob- < 3se lems and kinks out of the ticketing ver system. Tomatoes' yrn comedy ; i by fcFrigdf(jgien'^ ^ Tomatoes Starting: Kathy Bates* Jessica tte ||v Tandy M^.St^rt.Mastersoi^ nd HI Mary-Lotiise jp'atker j|jf '! :i~ Director: Jon Avnet f|j|: "; j Starts: Fridayjan. 24 \e- Rating: PG-13 ||JJf j||f; J y, Reviewer's Rating: A* =1 ;t yn '' 5?- ^v;i%v^ . || Golden Gfobe Nominations; , a for Best Picture, Best Actress arwf Rfief <5i?rw>rtif\rt Artrtscc 111 :: ;T* ^ wyvv x ,c- I Screenplay by Fannie Flagg he I and Carol Sobleski. Released on I by Universal Picture$:;.|||||||!i; he ?? ? ue The director captures the flavor en of Southern culture through loyally, secrecy, joy, strife; love and wo sacrifice. "Fried Green Tomatoes" ly is a zcsty blend of all that matters er- in life and the barriers we must er. overcome to achieve happiness, ce Tandy and Bates offer all the sc charm and appeal that made them ed the Academy Award winners of r. the past two years, ilo The true message of this movie en is a simple one ? as long as nd friends remain in your memories nd and stories, no one will ever be alone.