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Casting Calls Go Out For Movie: Casting calls tor the Touchstone Pictures' release "The Program" will be held at four Columbia locations in the coming week. The first is Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Russell House Ballroom A. Dutch Square Mall is the scene of the second call Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The final two casting calls occur on Jan. 30 at Columbia Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. All those who sign up will have the chance to win prizes such as a WYSE computer, a S2,000 gift certificate from Crate and Barrel, Rossignol skis and ski poles, RAM golf clubs and many others. All naid extras will also receive a free box lunch and enjoy the entertain ment of the Chicago comedy duo "Saslow and Allen." If you have signed up at an earlier casting call or have been used as an extra before, you are still eligible to appear in the scenes that day, but the producers and casting directors ask you to sign up again for work that day at one of the casting locations. The casting calls are for the final day of football filming, which will take place at Williams-Brice stadium on Feb. 6. Rockafellas' Will Be Laying Quiet Awhile: The Columbiabased band Lay Quiet Awhile will be bringing their diverse music to Rockafellas' Thursday. The band's music covers a lot of territory, moving between punk and folk sounds with surprising ease. It has been described as soft violin to hard head-banging mayhem. The four-member band has received much local acclaim and has opened for acts such as the Indigo Girls. The group features Danielle Howie on vocals, Phil Cook on guitar, Dan Cook on bass and violin and Dave Wright on drums. Children's Art Exhibit Coming To Museum: Pentel's 22nd International Children's Art Exhibition will be coming to the S.C. State Museum Feb. 1 and will be on display through Feb. 26. The 250-piece show features art from around the world as well as from South Carolina. Pentel, a manufacturer of art supplies and writing instruments, holds a yearly competition for children in kindergarten DECLINE & FALL I OF THE AMERICAN PROGRAMMER EDWARD YOURDON H PRENTICE HALL $14.95 Qj WE OFFER FREE SPECIAL ORDERINC through ninth grade. A third grader at Heathwood Han, wmcn co-sponsors the competition, created a work judged the best of the 4,254 U.S. entries. Several other South Carolina students also won awards in the competition. The public is invited to attend the Pentel Awards Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, free of charge. For more information on the Pentel exhibit, contact Lise Swensson at 737-4921. McKissick Museum Offers Interesting Diversions: McKissick Museum has several unique exhibits on display during the next few months. "I Want To Be Your President: Issues, Images and Voters in the 20th Century," a collection of political paraphernalia from the 1900s, will be featured through Feb. 15. "Quilts and Community," an exhibition of regionally-made quilts from 1840-1984, will be on display until March 28. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 777-7251. Art Museum Displays Visionary Art of Baptist Minister: At the age of 60, Free Will Baptist minister Howard Finster was inspired to paint "sacred art" with a brush and a can of tractor enamel. Almost two decades later, his messages from God have been captured in thousands of his works, including record albums and advertisements. Finster believes he can reach more sinners with his "sermons in paint" than with sermons from the pulpit. The exhibit of his works, which also includes the world premiere of .nrv?*b> ^AlliKArofiAn uritK Mouj Vnrl' PAnlpmnnrctrv orficf rillMCi 5 VtlI"WUllV vv/liauviuuv/ll wilil X 1 V/1IV vvuivuij'v/im; Ml woi Mark Kastobi, is on display at the Columbia Museum of Art from now until March 26. ^ | t A rr IA ABC Beauty sal( By MELINDA WALDROP Assistant Carolina! Editor Carolina Styles, USC's own hairstyling salon, has been meeting the needs of students for over 18 years. Wanda Davis, manager of the salon, was surprised when she reflected on how long Carolina Styles has been in business. Davis has been working at the salon for, 14 years. "This place has been here a long time," she said. Davis' day is filled with activity, beginning with her first appointments at 9 a.m. and lasting until "whenever I leave." officially at 6 p.m. "I'm busy every 15 minutes," she said. Davis began working at Carolina Styles fresh from beauty school, when the manager of the salon called for "the best students" to apply. Davis said she did it "for the heck of it" and expected to stay for two weeks or so. "I really and truly loved it," she said. Smoke, Di i i 1 ? ^ t /i >n offers 01 Stylist Nikki Mathis also enjoys her job. She landed the position at Carolina Styles when a friend told her about the opening. Mathis said she thought. "Hey, that sounds like mo I" 111 v~ . "I feel like I tit in here much "We respect more than where ,ry ,0 have I worked before," Mathis a,waYssaid. Mathis feels that Carolina Styles' prices are very competitive with oilier salons. "We're giving it away." she said. Mathis has spotted several trends in hairstyles lately. She says a good number of guys have come in recently to get "those bowl-type things" done to their hair. Along with hairstyles, Mathis also does nail art. She performs many services, including acrylic, fiberglass and silk wraps. She feels that her rates are competitive, esti e. It's That w> I You JL " SEA ( Sea Oats is lo offers rooms television, ph pools, air com Reser\ Call us Carolina Styles manager War shapes this student's hairstyle own hair salon for the past 14 in the Russell House near the ! i-campus c mating her fees to be about $20 less than other places that offer the service. "It looks like it (nail art) might get really popular," Mathis said. Mathis also thinks the location of Carolina our ClientS.We Styles helps smiling faces bus,nes-s Located across from the student governWanda Davis ment "offices Manaaer and just inside the door that leads to the bookstore, a lot of students pass by die salon during the day. "They at least see we're here, if nothing else," Mathis said. Davis also says she thinks the location helps the salon, although some people aren't aware of it. "A lot of people still don't know we're here because we're in a little cubbyhole," she said. Davis said more than half of her customers are USC students, but iitiomng, ana am re Your Room at 1-800-365 Simple. Pl< use Students r Spring and Summer F Begins at Mvrtle Beacn me of the Sun Fun Festiv 3ATSM cated on Ocean I 3 and efficiencies, ones in rooms, ft* i... . 1 rr Jg&a l||r KVr^^EnMBi tE rf| Stephanie Newlin/The Gamecock da Davis cuts, combs and re. Davis has worked for USC's years. Carolina Styles is located tudent government office. onvenience she does have many off-campus customers. "The parking's kind of rough, or I'd have more," Davis said. Davis agrees with Mathis on the fairness of their prices. "You pay for what you get, plus more," she said. Along with lower rates, Davis said she feels Carolina Styles also offers unbeatable customer service. "We respect our clients," Davis said. "We try to have smiling faces always." The salon's hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and Mathis said it usually closes Saturdays around 2 p.m. Appointments are not necessary, hut may help to avoid waiting, said Mathis. "We do take (walk-ins.) We try to squeeze them in whenever we can." Davis said she has confidence in the salon's ability to provide quality service. "A lot of people have heard of us because we're good," she said. sase Stop. un j aJ | IOTEL boulevard and color cable jo swimming ordable rates. Today !-9135