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yy tunwow; , ?r Fall TV s< of Holly wo By The Associated Press As if watching Los Angeles [ for real wasn't bad enough, 1 comes a slew of television j grams to re-enact the spring r that devastated this city. From the teen sex symbols "Beverly Hills, 90210" to the s opera mavens on "Knots Landii seemingly every fictional chara on nighttime television has soi thing to say about the non-fictic April violence sparked by Rodney King beating verdict. All this prime-time riot wrii makes the line between reality TV even blurrier. Hey, if the \ president thinks fictional Murj Brown merits a real-life lecti why shouldn't television prodm moralize about setting fire to nation's second-largest city? Last week, ABC's "Doo Howser, M.D." and NBC's Different World" chimed in v their takes on the three days looting and fires that left 53 d in Los Angeles and nearly $1 lion in property damage. The make-believe 18-yearI Benefit to support Dinwiddie search By LEE CLONTZ Carolina! Editor Jungle Jim, the location o the last known sighting of Dai Dinwiddie, is sponsoring ; benefit for her searcher; tonight. The benefit will last from ( p.m. to 2 a.m. and will featuri eight local performers, includ ing the Zasoff Boys and Rem Russell. Cover charge is $2, and any one 21 and over is encourage* to attend. Instrume Perform With The Col Men & Women. Bi Espec No Marching Day: 786-3830 'Tile <Jks SWtirk &* Wednesday, Se{ Russell House 7:00 pm For more information call 7-713C ^ason reflect; od about Los l wunderkind doctor on "Doogie' )urn Sot a lesson Wednesday night ii tere social awareness when riot victim: >ro- began streaming into his hospital': i0ts emergency room. Sample morality lesson during i , 0f conversation between a blacl oap orderly and an injured looter: M "T nnb t h ! 11 ; O O r\ lr\ni^ tim< j^v/v/iv, into wao a li/iii; iniiv cjer comin' man. If you beat people me- down long enough, they're gonn; >nal fight back," says tlie looter, the The orderly's reply: "You're no fighting back. You're just steal ling ing" and On "A Different World," the /ice newly married characters ol phy Whitley and Dwayne saw theii jre L.A. honeymoon interrupted b) ;ers noting. the In July, Fox Broadcasting Co.'< "Beverly Hills, 90210" incorporatnic ed the carnacre into its nlot line ? 1 "A Dylan's boss losing his busirith ness t0 fire- The network's othei of glossy young show, "Melrose ead Place," wove the racial unrest intc bil- its script two weeks ago by having a leading character (a white cat old driver) attacked by black gang members in South Central Los Angeles. The list doesn't stop there. Yet to come are next month's USC guitar By DOUGLAS BELL f Staff Writer 1 So you think you hate classical a music... s Guitarist Christopher Berg will present a free concert on Wednesday ? Oct. 7 at 12:30 p.m. as part of 2 Trinity Cathedral's Wednesdays at Noon Concert Series. 2 His program of legends and lullabies for guitar will feature the music of Leo Brower and Agustin i Barrios. Also included on this program is the Columbia premiere of "Tusitla" by Stephen Funk Pearson. "Tusitla" ntal Musicians umbia College Wind Ensemble 'ass & Woodwind Players lially Welcome Travel Meet People Night: 788-9262 - -?V. ' ' ' , f - ('v ' ' 1 -' ' J H ^Rfluk 1TN rer and ( izer I' >tember 30 Mond Ballroom Russell FREE 7:00 pn ?I?IP CAAOUHA rtOUAM UNfOH ), or stop by RH Room 209. This activity paid fo s attitudes Angeles riots season openers of NBC's "L.. 1 Law" and CBS' "Knots Landing 5 two long-running dramas knov 5 for sensationalizing provocate issues of the day. l Leland McKenzie, patriarch : NBC's fictional law firm, will utl "I watched the city hum om i before. I never thought I'd see 3 floflin " And nfTire nnin-in-thp-npi \ Douglas Brackman will find hii self stuck in the rioting and aire: t ed for looting. "Knots Landing," CBS' 1 year-old nighttime soap oper ; plans to make William Devane f character, the slimy Grego r Sumner, head of a corporate ta r charged with rebuilding the ci (not to be confused with the res > life Rebuild L.A., headed by fc mer baseball commissioner Pet ; Ueberroth). Barbara Corday, co-executr r producer of "Knots Landing," sa i she sees nothing wrong in usii > die riots as subplot in her series. ! fact, she said, the series actually i trying to send a message. ; we re saying to peop 'Everyone should get involved. If city or an area is going to 1 rebuilt, then everyone has to g ; involved,'" she said. ist to play f is dedicated to Christopher Ber who premiered the piece in Nei York in 1988. Berg tours extensively througl out the United States. The Nc York Times wrote, "The prograr was well chosen to highlight M; Berg's manipulation of color, del cate voicings and interplay of cor trapuntal lines." Berg is also a recipient of th Solo Recitalist Fellowship from th National Endowment for the Art and a Solo Artist Fellowship fror the South Carolina Art Commission. Tools for personal Books & tapes fo Audio/video rente Crystal jewelry Hours: M - i 2733 Rosewood Drive C ; : ICHDQOR Shopping Center Broad River Rd. 798-8441 r (Rjiccn of Eomc6o rtlce t0err? Lay, October 5 House Ballroom i FREE r. in part. by student activities fees Dillon Fence F ck j0^SKi ^ JbF h Jj^^j IK :'S ry ?rer i/p id In is le a ?e et Dillon Fence will be playing Rockafella; ree concert r~j g Berg is director of guitar studies |H v at USC and is known for having one of the best guitar programs in I t- the country. Many of his guitar stukV dents have won top prizes in n national competitions and students r. come from all over the country to I i- study guitar here. ?- Berg earned degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and was one e of the very few guitarists invited to e perform in master classes with the * :s legendary Andres Segovia, n Trinity Cathedral is across from s the state capitol on Sumter Street between Senate and Gervais Guitarist Hi Hi , T . Books ? d other Resources I [ and spiritual growth I r body, mind, & spirit 1 C T is New Age Music I Jy Incense & candles | Witt F10-7 SAT 10-5 J olumbia, SC 29205 252-5221 U m?i li M n 9 Mfclri L*kT3 Ttv MSI ^?5^^KTT| JIM1* ^^^2?2l?!AL2lL12L I HIS!! SUNDAY, 7:30pm ? Tickets on sale a use Sti General Pi This program is paid for, in part, by student activit The University of South Carolina, Department of J u ? !*s > :^fe| v. jsS^BWHfillBll nj^"ii ti W? ^ m Jf> ;< * y r' ~f HHi -411} js m$? i i Thursday at 10 p.m., supporting their album Rosemary. correctionI The Gamecock incorrectly printed fill? vj juggler Mark Nizer's Jm performance in the Russell House Ballroom at 8 p.m. tonight. The correct time is 7 p.m. I Christopher Berg. he Orchard | "Where a Sandwich is a Meal" I QP Philly Cheese Steak, ,/0 + fax Fries, and Drink i coupon (Ribeye steak, onions, peppers, lesday thru and melted cheese on top all on 1 rday Only 6 inch hoggie roll) regular price $4.75 I 1202 Main Street Columbia 256-6221 I mam UuL^lS|J ? j || | |i AYM |T|Tj|| B b* J Music that's Heart OCTOBER 4, 1992 it the Koger Center t the Coliseum Box Office idents w/ID - $5.00 Jblic - $8.00 & $10.00 I* IP jes fees CAROLINA PBOGBAJ4 UNION Student Life, Division of Student Affairs