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Round T Gaming ? Role-playing games By STEPHEN BROWN Gar Staff Writer qjj qq Have you ever wished you could Roun< fly ... or rule the world ... or travel memb through time to days of the Eac past... or slay a three-headed dra- gather gon with one stroke of a sword? ties, i Students in the Round Table rest ol Gaming Society have found the the Ru club to be a perfect compliment to Clul their imaginations. Through board plainer and role-playing games, members of stn cherish moments of pure recreation do am and explore the many facets of enjoy their personalities. tions "The games we play are more and s( complicated than kid's games, but fun," 1 they're just as fun," Dennis Forest Van said. "Gaming is a cheap way to are thi do anything you want to do. You games can get worked up, stressed out, game i you can relax and you can day's scream." game Itc but it ( The new App computer makes; classes, activities, and still find time life real life. 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Classic' II it easier for you to juggle projects, and term paper; for what makes college e and affordable Macinto; it's ready to help you get d fast. It's a snap to set up >owenul 68U 3U micromeans you can run even :ated applications with ea Dple SuperDrive disk md writes to Macintosh ai d disks?allowing you to ition easily with i and of computer. / : j more infora Mi ?1991 Apple Computer, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo,; Classic is a Le threa mention JENNIFER FULLER ff Writer iuicide. U least three USC students c< expected to turn to it and k mselves this year, said Sal binson, chaplain of the Pr terian Student Center. ?ast week Robinson describe v to recognize suicidal peop I how to deal with suicide a lpts. The talk was part of gram for Patterson Hall reside isers. 'Any attempt or talking abo :ide should be considered a c help and taken seriously," R son said. 5he warned RAs about peop h feelings of helplessness jelessness, which can be tri ed by stressful situations su< :;r^und Table ( Meeting place: Russell House Games: Paranoia, Empires in, Shadow Run, Civilization Cost: $5 semester and 50c a; For more information call John time of 90 hours, allowing tl h tr> cnAnrt mnltinlp in poleonic war. 'In games you see a lot of pei 's true character," Kevin Col n said. "You find out quick o's passive, diplomatic < kstabbing. People have mar es to their personalities, ar ning usually brings one sic teynard shared the same vie\ lot of people like playing mag as because you can't do it I life. If you've always wishc 1 were the big strong fight >e, you can be one throug nes," he said. "It's a lot lil ater." 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A ly suicidal person who has suffered a e- broken relationship or the death of a relative might refuse to talk to A anyone and carry the problem with le them. it- Suicidal people often exhibit a sudden behavioral changes, such as nt loss of appetite, disinterest in their activities, apathy and social withut drawal, Robinson said, ry She said people also may drop o- hints or even make direct statements about their intent to commit le suicide. Statements like "life isn't or worth living" and "I wish I could g- just go away" should be consid:h ered suicidal because-the myth that Saming Society ( Room 332 at 12;0Q p.m., Saturdays Arms, Dungeons and Dragons. session : {V s ^ ^ Reynard at 544-0771, f??If|' || If Ryan Sims/ The Gamecock ie played all their life, people who a gravitated to the game scene as a fun college activity and other stuo dents who randomly appear to ese cape for a while, ly To provide a place for game :>r players to come together and to iy raise money for charity, Round id Table will be hosts of Roundcon ie '92, an official Role Playing Game Association convention during the v. first weekend of April. ;i- Reynard gave many reasons for in the resurgence of gaming as a poid pular activity among college stuer dents. "It develops logical thinking [h skills. It lets you be anyone you ce want to be," he said. "It gives students an outlet for imagination. iix After all, if you can't imagine and ve dream, what can you do?" f or find y( id more ti ? v.,?i?;?,? In Macim Comparaliue Lit 355 IbRI MHHI a 1A , bed~ia to10' 11 be />2^ run se ml 3 with Is ihbeSl ^7? ?| Tf , " Do I (fare?" A Mtto faZ* *T m*1*"' A MM? ?mm ? km m4 cln /%)/ AM M man kteatef Atr -Ptotp Bemttkttnton p: ? and w, Imuikn, k* 'Wwi* fo, f0m, woi nai gggjg^^ Macin upgra< and it' puttin See us 1 11 o place an oraei iter Demo Lab 6015 SuperDrive is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MS-DOS is a regisi jple Computer, Inc. This ad was created using Macintosh computers. >e taken s< iscover p >eople who talk about suicide < von't kill themselves is not true. 5 Most suicidal people experience i i sudden peacefulness right before ' hey attempt suicide. Robinson :alled this the calm before the ' ;torm. The person is at peace with < he decision to commit suicide, al- J hough to others he or she appears > 0 have "snapped out of it." 1 Robinson offerred the following ' idvice for helping suicidal people: 1 1 Draw the person into conversaion and show that you are ;oncerned. Ask direct questions like "Are s you thinking about suicide?" c Don't feel that you have to have c ill the answers. Your interest is / enough to show you care. g Establish the degree of suicidal a risk. If you think the situation is f Isabelle's Gi at Rockafell; By KIPP SHIVES c Staff Writer A decade or so ago, some t trendy, anti- establishment types r m CantHa rrr\t frvrtaf Kar on/4 a iavjiii j^auiv^ lugv/iiiw auu o blazed an entirely new movement of rock music ? grunge. c Since its conception, this "Sub Pop" scene has spawned a gaggle of plaid-wearing long-hairs such as Mudhoney, Coffin Break, Soundgarden and most recently, Nirvana, but the music hasn't stopped at the Seattle city limits. Grunge has filtered into almost every town in middle America, even Columbia. Isabelle's Gift is such a fourpiece grunge band comprised of USC English majors Mark Austin and Cullen Flower and their friends Chris Swallows and Hagus Nelson. Their sound is melodic, yet aggressive, reminiscent of Nirvana and their less- commercialized Seattle counterparts. Drummer Flower said the band has been together "spiritually" for about seven centuries. "It was the crusades. That's how we all f 311 a date me for b addition to its built-in capal tosh Classic II can be equipf megabytes of RAM, so you'll veral applications at once at irge amounts of data, you already own a Macintos ant the speed and flexibility tosh Classic II, ask us about de?it can be installed in jus s affordable. i put more time on your sid< g a Macintosh Classic II on) ; for a demonstration today, xi're in, be sure to ask us fc about the Apple Compi I It'll be time well spc r contact the tered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. eriously, roblems Dut of your control, or if the person has attempted suicide before, efer the problem to a professional. Don't agree to keep the conversation a secret. Try to get the person to make a commitment to you. Say, for instance, "Promise me that you von't do anything without calling ne first." Don't try to make the person "eel guilty by saying things like, 'How will your parents feel?" English junior Crystal Adams aid she attended the workshop beause she had a friend who was onsidering suicide at one time, ^dams found it helpful to try to ;ive her friend reasons for living nd tell her that her friends and amily love her. ft to play is' tonight ;ot together." The band, in reality, has only >een around five months. The nembers have been playing for everal years in various groups. Band members' influences >utside the realm of grungy rock ange from rappers Paris and Del rha Funke Homosapian to rf/Mir-vn lilra Tnna'n A nn onrl ;iuupd imt/ J a lit/ o nuuituun aiiu <aster Pussycat. "We just want to vrite and play music we enjoy, md if someone likes it, fine," \ustin said. Don't let them kid you ? havng fun is the prime motivator in sabelle's Gift. If stagediving and noshing is your sort of thing, ^ou might want to check them )ut. "I totally spaz out when we )lay live," singer Swallows said. Band members also said they vould like to play parties. If you ire interested in booking them, :all Cullen Flower at 252-6623. Isabelle's Gift will play with ocal band 49 Reasons tonight at ^ockafellas'. The band David Secret will open the show at 10 ).m. The cover charge is $5. i oth. bilities, the )ed with up be able to id work h Classic, of a an t minutes 2, copsider 'our desk, and while ir details jter Loan. :nt. *