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Greek W.eek Activities: A gong show, canoe race and cook
out highlight Greek Week 1992, which starts Sunday and end
Thursday, April 2. This year's Greek Week will be called "Tb
Week Thai Zeus Cut Loose." The following are the planne<
activities:
Greek Games, 3 p.m. Sunday, P.E. Field F
Shield & Crest Drawing Contest, 1-5 p.m., Monday, McBrydi
Quad
3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, 3 p.m., Monday, McBryde Quad
Volleyball Tournament, 3 p.m., P.E. Field D
Gong Show, 7:30 p.m., RH Ballrooms
Greek Jersey Day, All Day Wednesday
Canoe Race (Benefitting Habitat for Humanity), Wednesday, !
p.m., starting at Gervais Street Dock and ending at Rosewood
Landing
Greek Awards Ceremony, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, RH Ballroom;
Greek Week Cookout & Awards presentation, 5-8 p.m., Thurs
day, McBryde Quad
Mock Trial for Pre-Law Fraternity: Chris Salamone, di
rector of National Law Camp, will conduct a mock trial for the Ph
Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Russel
House Ballroom.
Salamone also will be keynote speaker tonight at the fraternity'
7 p.m. meeting at the Holiday Inn on Assembly Street.
15 Years Ago At USC: (From the March 24, 1977) Less thai
three weeks before a new student government president was to b<
elected, Dave Wilsford, the incumbent, faced possible impeach
ment by the student senate. A resolution was presented to the se
nate charging that Wilsford violated student government codes, ex
penditure guidelines and the student body constitution. The resolu
lion was sent to the judiciary committee.
Slating his position in a letter to The Gamecock, Wilsford said
"Despite rumor to the contrary, every penny of student governmen
money was expended strictly in accordance to existing guideline:
and rulings."
Note: The resolution was not passed by the senate. It failet
miserably.
Corrections: Two pictures of women housekeepers at Columbi
Hall and Wade Hampton residence halls were not credited to Ja
King, a photographer for The Gamecock.
In Monday's edition of Carolina!, we failed to fully identif
Marian Douglas. She is a USC sophomore.
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Friday at 7 p.m. VIP tickets are $17.50, and regular tickel
are $13.50 and $11.50. Call the Carolina Coliseum i
777-5111 for more information.
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By KATHY HEBERGER
Copy Desk Chief
The word "roommate" ma
evoke warm memories of goc
. limes or bring on a throbbing he;
dache, but it rarely coincides wil
indifference.
Whether freshman, upperclas
man, on campus or off, roommat<
will have an impact on your life.
"You live, eat and breathe wil
these people," political science ji
nior Darwina Bugarin said. "Argi
ments come up, and you see a
sides of people, and that's the on!
i way you really get to know them.
1 Bugarin lives in an off-campi
apartment with three roommate
s One of them was her best friend i
high school and has been h<
roommate since her freshman yea
They are the exception to tf
rule. Best friends often don't ma*
the best roommates, according I
i Jim McMahon, director of Res
^ dent Student Development.
"People grow in different dire<
tions when they get to college," f
said.
Whether you're living with yoi
best high school friend, a rar
, domly selected roommate or som(
t one you met five minutes befoi
s you signed up for housing, sti
dents and housing staff say con
i munication is the key to survival.
"If you don't address problem
mey ouua up, ana eventually or
person explodes," McMahon said.
There is a population on campi
with horror stories of their roon
mate experiences. These studeni
share their stories only with th
understanding, "You won't te
anybody my name, will you? The
might find me."
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By SHAYLA STUTTS
Staff Writer
"Susannah," an opera about
misunderstood young woman in
small Tennessee mountain towr
will be performed by USC's Sout
Carolina Opera Company tonigl
and Sunday at the Koger Center.
"Susannah" was written b
South Carolina native CarlisI
Floyd in 1955 and is his besi
known work. The opera, first pre
duced by the New York City Of
era in 1956, has received the Ne^
York Music Critics' Circle Award
Talmadge Fauntleroy, the ne>
director of USC's opera progran
expects the performance to be
success.
"I feel the USC community wi
have an extremely positive reac
tion to 'Susannah.' It is a folk op
era people can relate to," Fauni
leroy said.
The opera tells the tragic stor
of an innorpnt vonno wom!in fal
sely accused of being promiscuou:
"It is a wonderful, but sad stor
about misunderstandings and bi
gotry in a small town," he said.
Dorkas Bean, USC student an
cast member, said, "The opera is
ct very dramatic performance aboi
? human reaction and how easil
lt people can accuse and hate."
Fauntleroy said that the student
in the opera have been one of th
best parts, of directing th
performance.
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studies, lets newspapers stack up
if in the corner or borrows a shirt,
i- "These little things can just fes>
tcr and fester," marine biology se'e
nior and Baker resident adviser
Denise Wicks said.
Basic respect for your roommate's
rights is an important ass>
peel of a good living situation, fiie
nance junior Chad Desmarteau
said. He's lived on campus with
ls randomly selected roommates and
now lives with his high school best
ls friend in a house off campus.
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H current living situation because
y he's got more privacy. "When you
live in a one-room situation,
1_ there's no way to escape, no pri:e
vacy," he said.
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Their enthusiasm is extremely
11 high. I've seen growth and improvement
in them, indicating that
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partment," he said.
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Desmarteau said any roommate
situation, but especially when you
don't know the roommate, is a
learning experience. "It's a toss up
when you choose to live with
someone you don't know. You
might or might not get along with
them. You're taking a chance," he
said.
He also said living with friends
has benefits. "There's a feeling of
security. You're more at ease calling
your place home, a place
where you can hang your hat," he
said. "If you don't know someone,
you're less comfortable, especially
if you don't get along."
Not getting along is an understatement
in some roommate situations.
One freshman said her first
randomly assigned roommate had
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Christopher Cockrell stars as L
Susannah in USC's production
Bean agreed, "The opera is professionally
done. The scenery and
costumes are colorful." The USC
Costume Shop and Workshop
Theatre provided the costumes.
Some members of the USC
Symphony Orchestra will perform
the music to "Susannah." Fauntlcroy
described the music as tuneful
and beautiful.
The USC production spotlights
the talents of USC students and faculty,
as well as some Columbia
citizens in smaller roies. iwo roies
in the production will be doubled
? the role of Susannah and the
role of the town preacher, the Rev.
Olin Blitch.
USC doctoral student Chcri
Cook of Charleston will play Susannah
on March 27 and graduate
student Mary Margaret Roberts of
Columbia will play the role on
March 29. USC music professor
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Playgirl magazine pictures all over
the room and watched pornographic
films. The roommate, an
upperclassman, and her friend,
would watch her undress and ask,
"Why are you so bashful?"
"I moved out at th<? first opportunity,"
she said.
In some situations talking out
problems just isn't enough. "It
completely depends on the disposition
of the roommates and how extreme
they are in their beliefs,"
Desmarteau said.
One Columbia Hall resident said
his roommate's religious extremism,
combined with inability to
communicate, created irreconcilable
differences.
"He didn't want anyone in our
room, even though he was never
there himself," the Columbia Hall
resident said. He added that his
roommate would pray for his welfare
in front of him and posted his
name on a prayer list over his bed.
"I was No. 5 on the list right af1
ter world peace," he said. "I tried
to talk, but it just didn't do any
good. I moved out, and now everything's
cool. Unfortunate things
happen."
Of the thousands of students living
on campus, 842 requested
room changes in 1991.
"It takes work to make roommate
relationships positive, but
those can be lasting relationships,"
McMahon said. "Don't give up,
don't run away or move because
you don't like something."
Broadcast journalism junior
Matt Malarich agreed that most
conflicts can be solved by long extension
cords and lots of giving
and taking. "When you want privacy,
you can get it," said Malarich,
a Columbia Hall resident.
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.ittle Bat and Cheri Lise Cook as
of the opera Susannah.
Richard Conant will play the role
of the town preacher on March 27
and Drew McMillan, senior voice
performance major from Columbia,
will play the preacher's role
on March 29.
Chris Cockrell, a junior voice
major from Batesburg, will play
Little Bat, a half-wit fascinated by
Susannah, and Columbia resident
David Quaekenbush will play the
role of Susannah's brother Sam.
Tickets, available at the Carolina
Coliseum box office, are $10 for
the public and $5 for USC faculty,
staff, students and senior citizens.
Show limes arc 7:30 tonight and 3
p.m. Sunday. To order by phone
call 777-SCAT.
For further information about
USC Opera Theatre performances,
call the USC School of Music at
777-4280.