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Ray Charles is shown here in a jazz critic Li
photograph that is part of a written that CI
: Columbia Museum of Art ex- product of "a
hibit, "Jazz: William Clayton/' antj looking,
'Babe' filled with
By the Associated Press The film be)
'v "The Babe." the much- 7-vear-old Ri
anticipated film biography of the school for de
great home run hitter, is a baseball ends in 1935 \
movie that reminds you of the way time player an
' they used to make baseball for the Boston
* ' movies. cancer in 1948.
This is not good news,
v The old baseball films ? "The If you believ
"** Babe Ruth Story," "The Pride of and director Ar
the Yankees" ? presented the most of his h<
game as a fantasy of wide-eyed strikes and <
kids in hospitals and blushing pitcher. When
brides in the bleachers. by connecting
Actually, "The Babe" isn't as single game, <
bad as all that, but by now there's wife to the dyir
no excuse for the tiresome cliches once hit a homt
and careless mangling of facts. him on.
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The Office of Leader\
and the Departn
would like to cong
for their leadership
thank them for making C
1992 Hal
Carolina L-ares
Margaret Brown
Fraternity Council
Steve Robinson
Student Government
Manish Shrivastava
Portfolio Magazine
Dennis Shealy
Sports Club Council
P^,,1 T
X uui L-CC
WUSC-FM
Brent T. Riley
; " Living off Campus and Learning
Angela Holt
1992 Caroli]
Devin L. Beaver Melrose
Elizabeth M. Dubil Erskine R
Joella R. Lastica James C.
Reginald
1992 Advist
Harrison Greenlaw - Ca
1991-92 Lead'
Shine Brooks John Cun:
Tina Lark James C. 1
liana Myerson Amy Lyn:
Christopher A. Smith Mary Tile
1992-93 Lead*
Scott Aston John Cum
Tina. Lark Faith Law
liana Myerson Kelly Prici
, Jeffrey Reid Shannon I
The group Root Cellar, which recently won th<
Greenstreets Friday night.
iSli1 From Staff Ret
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i Battle of the Bands at Rockafellas, will perform at
jgraphy exhibition fe;
Ldary artists at work a
30rts musician's art in his own."
)ril 17, Billie Holi- Growing up in the 1940s, ClaxParker,
Louis Arms- ton's early passion for music
ke Ellington will all prompted him to begin photolumbia
Museum of graphing the Los Angeles jazz
scene, where he quickly became
illiam Claxton," a the photographer of choice for jazz
exhibition of jazz record covers and publicity stills,
res more than 90 In 1962, Claxton first achieved
famous photographer international recognition for his
1 '60s. work when the book "Jazz-Life"
laxton was photo- was published in Europe. This
t performers during book is now considered a collecthe
jazz scene in the tor's item. Many of the images in
i. Claxton's photo- that volume were included later in
e intimate glimpses the book "JAZZ: William Claxidary
artists at work ton," from which the exhibition is
ehearsal halls, night derived.
ooms and at home. In addition to his work with jazz
sonard Feather has musicians, Claxton pursued a sue
axton's vision is the cessful career as a photojournalism
lifetime of listening a special photographer for motion
mirroring the jazz picture production and as an interi
tiresome cliches
j*ins in 1902, with a John Goodman, who plays
ith at a Baltimore Babe, does look like the actual
linquent boys, and man and captures the mercurial .
vhen he was a part- personality that was such an essen- |
d assistant manager tial part of his mystique: the generBraves.
(He died of osity and the stubborness, the hot
,) temper and the hearty laughter.
Also, credit "The Babe" for acke
writer John Fusco nowledging the drinking and wothur
Hiller, Ruth hit manizing old Hollywood producers
Dme runs with two kept safely out of the way.
in overconfident But "The Babe" has as much to
he caps his career do with Ruth as "JFK" has to do
three times in a with JFK. Call it "Babe: The
everyone from his Countermyth," in which distortions
ig boy for whom he pile up like angry players during a
?r is on hand to root bench-clearing brawl. In this story,
Ruth is a reformed bad boy who
v
ship Training Programs
tent of Student Life
ratulate the following
accomplishments and
Carolina a better place to be.
1 of Leaders
Homecoming Commission
Elizabeth M. Dubil
Sorority Council
Jennie Lennartz
Assoc. of African American Students
Donna L. Moore
The Gamecock
Kathy Heberger
Carolina Program Union
John Cunningham
Student Alumni Association
Sally Tibshrany ,
Residence Hall Association 1 I
Joella Lastica and Rick Reigo de Dios 1
niana Awards
By SEAN MCGUINNESS Howeve
Staff Writer nan^ wa.
Root Cellar continues to lead the mate to
Columbia music scene with hard- the band
edge acoustics and kinetic rhythm,
especially after winning the Rock- That N
afellas' Battle of the Bands. l^em ov
One year ago guitarist Angelo loca^ ^av
Gianni, drummer Tony Lee and Cellar w
bassist Dan Cook formed the nu- tic ta'en
cleus of Root Cellar. They toured P?rt' a 1
around the state for a year until the times t;
contest, which they never entered. friends o
"We were just sort of put in. Comf
They didn't have enough contes- former'
tants so someone entered us into Street 1
the contest," Lee said. fjnes ld ,
But two weeks before the end of down or
the final round, Cook quit Root
Cellar because of schedule con- "We'
flicts with the rest of the band. acoustic
V atures
jazz, Cl?
nd at play I
nationally recognized fashion
photographer. His works have been
seen extensively throughout the
T InitA/t CfO C l A
u."ivu jj,uiuuc anu /\sia.
"JAZZ: William Claxton" will
be on display April 17 through
July 12 in the Trustees Gallery at
the Columbia Museum of Art. This
exhibition is funded in part by
First Citizens Bank and the City of
Columbia. Media sponsorship has
been provided by South Carolina
Educational Radio.
The Columbia Museum of Art is
located in downtown Columbia on
the corner of Bull and Senate
streets. Operating hours are Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Saturday and Sunday
12:30 p.m. through 5 p.m. Admission
is free. For information of this
or other exhibitions call 799-2810.
Movie AO0
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Revje^jsl Th<
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wanted and deserved to manage,
but is kept out by a conspiracy of Act <
jealous peers and heartless owners. the clas
Anne F
The truth is more complicated. ^ay anj
Ruth, who did dream of managing, Heywar
Ipfl ihp tpam Ko^nico ho ?mi.
mv ivum uwuuob iiv was it>uu" WcSt
ing with manager Joe McCarthy, a jhe
popular man with the other Yank- Frankees.
The Babe gave Ruppert an ul- ? fj
timatum the owner could have j
never backed down on: Fire him or
I quit.
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Loot Cellar victorious
i Battle of the Bands
r, String-slapper Josh Ten- about girls or anything. We're ins
recruited by Lee's room- fluenced more by bands like The
take over and learn all of Replacements, KISS and the
's music in a week. "Grease" movie soundtrack,"
i * * ? Gianni said,
veek was all it took to put
er the top and beat out While they agree that success is
nritP fifvt'c rV\mir>C Pnnt Immrtint Tannnni ~?
? -V-) WW U wiiiivu, i\vui inipvyi uiiil, lUlliailL daiu 11 d U1U1C
as judged purely on artis- important to do what they want to
t rather than crowd sup- do.
nethod of judging some- "We'd be perfectly happy earnainted
with help from ing just enough to get by and pay
f any band. for rent and food. If the band made
ortably home based in the me as much money as my job
'Ape City" club on Sumter does, yeah, I'd quit work in a miRoot
Cellar constantly re- nute," he said.
sound that can't be pinned ? ?
defined ' Root Ce"ar ?e Pl(jyin8 wlth
Danielle Howie and Lay Quiet
re more of an acoustic/non- Awhile at Greenstreets, Friday at
: sounding band. No songs 10 p.m.
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eekend and next
sater shows 'Anne Frank'
taff Reports association with the S.C. State
Museum exhibit "Anne Frank in
Dne Theatre will present the World: Lessons for Humansic
drama, "The Diary of ity." The museum exhibit opened
rank" tonight* and Satur- March 25 and runs through April
i April 21 to 24 at the 22. Ticket prices are $9 for
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Columbia. students, and $5 for pre-college
play is based on "Anne students and groups of 10 or
the Diary of a Young more.
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