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Harpers' By DEREK MCKISSOCK Staff Writer Harpers Restaurant, ' located at the intersection of HarHAn onH ::::::::::::: -?u?uvu anu Devine streets in Five Points, U III offers a relaxed, -7 classy atmos- iL. phere, reason- ~~* g||gy|||| able prices and / good service. ?? J, ::l|p Surprisingly, the CSJINC^ restaurant offers I a rather limited menu as far as variety goes. As my partner and I entered the restaurant, we were rather offended 1 a ? ? ' ? uy uie nosiess suoue aress coae inspection. We must have just passed because she begrudgingly led us to our seats. Luckily, we were promptly Dickey trim! By ERIC JAMES STAMEY Staff Writer The third nov el of James pjpilll Dickey's effulgent career, "To P* the White Sea," i carries him further into bril- I C/)r 7^ liance. The set- i -L/P ting of the novel is World War II ( in 1945, and the y///mi protagonist is an >w/ /////j^ American soldier CT\ zrdr named Muldrow. Muldrow is the tail gunner on a B-29 priming Tokyo for a major American air attack of napalm and white phosphorus when his aircraft is hit by ground nre ana oegins to plummet. Muldrow jumps from the plane and parachutes into the night onto the 'The Secret ( Sometimes IHRMI there's a place ||[!li||9 so special that it I is hidden in ^S|||toZS darkness for ittttliaSttS --p-iill full of beautv. I rifice and share" The human heart is quite a place to visit. "The Secret Garden" is a sumptuously detailed and splendidly crafted film about a little girl Smoke menu lir approached by a pleasant and coi teous waiter, Rusty, whose dri order offer helped to set a bet | mood. Looking through the menu, t sophisticated atmosphere is son what unbalanced by the relative simple-fair food items. Maybe tl is not a fault. Perhaps all the ov\ ers want to provide is simple-fair a sophisticated atmosphere! This simple-fair, it must < added, is presented in a decorati ! manner. ; Then again, the proof is in t j puuuing. My partner ana l oraer a honey wheat cheese bread apj tizer, which was slightly inadequt in portion and not really got enough to rival your mother's. For her entree, my partn ordered a chicken club sandwi and french fries. I ordered a 1 ounce New York strip with a baki potato. nphs again v outskirts of Tokyo in the heart < enemy territory. With only a silk map, an erne gency kit and a sharpened butt< knife, Muldrow begins his northei trek across Japan in search c i IT-? J _ .1 * % m * ? noKKaiuo in me coia i onoK region. His only hope of survival finding Hokkaido before the Japai ese do. Every page of the book drip with suspense and a marvelous pei spicacity to detail, making the boo impossible for the reader to pi down. The book contains hints c the poetic genius found in Dickey' book of poetry "Helmets" an human emotion that might surpas his other two novels, "Deliverance and "Alnilam." Dickey, who was a pilot i World War II, gives a firsthan vision of the death and terro Muldrow faces on his way to th jarden' bloss< named Mary who is orphaned an moves to an eerie house inhabite by her anguished uncle, a sprite! playmate, a bed-ridden boy and a unsympathetic housekeeper. Despite the traumas in her youn life, Mary cannot cry, no matte how hard she tries. In the film, sh is so moved by the spiritual rebirt of the new friends around her thj she begins to feel emotions she ha never had. Although the story revolve around Mary as a stubborn girl wh will not even dress herself, w watch her evolve into a caretake for those around her. The richness of colors and th highly textured performances ca Die. 11 nited but ur- My partner said the chicken cl nk was tasty and filling. A salad cai ter with my meal, and the creamy g lie salad dressing I ordered knock he French off its pedestal of ust le- choice. ;ly My meal was fine, but the steal lis ordered medium was cooked a lit rn- too rare for my taste. Still, I was in too fussy as evidenced by my b; plate. be Rusty was attentive and pleas; ve throughout the meal. The pacing the meal was excellent, he For dessert, my partner and ed were tempted to indulge in t >e- many wonders topped with i ite cream but did not because of pre' 3d ous vows made to the diet Gods. Sitting in my somewhat num er the-bum wooden chair, I was al ch struck by the architectural design 0- the restaurant. The main dinii 2d room is split into three parts, don nated by a wood look in the pant vith 'To the A )f safety and solitude of the 9 snow: n had made it H >f through the u fire, through /; is the fields and h||l f J H the terraces, through the 9 is fights, through | r- my own blood DICKE k and gone teeth, it through the lakes and the creek >f through the stars, through the goc s times and the bad. If the ocea d opened up in front of me, I didn js think there was anything I couldn " do." Dickey uses a wonderful symtx n of the snow as an escape back t d the peace and contentment of chile r hood. His use of the purity i e nature sets a wonderful backdrop t oming in self d be largely attributed to directc h A aniaclvo t-i a! lonH urhnon f?li ~ liunauu, YT1IWOV 1111 y "Olivier, Olivier" is also playing i n Columbia. It is perhaps the fir; time a European female directc g has had two films playing in a S.( jr multiplex! ie "The Secret Garden" is Hoi h land's first English-language filn it proving the universal appeal of thi is timeless tale and the great talent c its director in bringing new dimer s sions to an often-filmed work, o The film was produced by Frar e cis Ford Coppola, known for brin? :r ing visual splendor to recent effort such as "Bram Stoker's Dracula" a e well as to his children's produc n tions such as the excellent "Blac rs That; fair meal I lub ing, columns and furniture, me The three sections create separate I ar- atmospheres with different reflec- I ;ed tive moods. jal Overall, Harpers provides a I pleasant enough dining experience I k I that does not cost an arm and a leg. tie Harpers opens at 11:15 a.m. Sunn't day through Monday and closes at tre 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday, 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and int midnight Saturday and Sunday. nrr wrn 1 ? jjjj ._ -Wiitl 1 te; t b58-" nlip to' of V ??Wl Bv t c-piiii 1} 0 5 (11) "7 x w HH z blai iVhite Sea' '?? ft frat show the horror and anger man has unr spread across the world. And the tero only way to truly find such peace- two ful harmony is to become a part of ing nature in a celestial way, to become ^r" Gee where your voice is the wind's ^tla whisper and your eyes are the hawk j that soars the crisp, blue skies. ram "To the White Sea" is an extraor- sure ,, Hinarv hrrnlr Hie cn/w?cc with tho nOIT, Yv>u>w r J/Wrti 1&1U UVIVVVUU ?T 1UI UIV _ N novel and his talent to capture the ^)ers s: conflicts of human emotion reaf- s <1 n firms him as a major American liv- Cou 't ing legend and keeps the world of ^ 't wanting more of the quality litera^ ture that only he can write. D 0 "To the White Sea" is another med l_ milestone in the already celebrated heali n and distinguished literary sphere of 0 James Dickey. discovery 2 J teror >r Stallion." the i it With 'The Secret Garden," Hoi- Pat^ 111 land and Coppola have fashioned a sai(1slow, thoughtful work of art that >r coul should delight movie goers who ^eca yearn for a sensitive alternative to to a |. the slam-bang summer action films. whic i, Holland stresses the morals to be ing, is learned from this special story: In s've >f all that you do, if you take care of l" others and the earth around you, 111UU life will return and love will bloom. jevej Like a treasure chest or a music rang, ^ box dusted off in the attics of our caus< ^ memories, "The Secret Garden" ior. evokes pleasant images of how Le k childhood teaches us to care. ^lam beha teste 1 men Simple, OC September 16 19 9 3 nnn 'mmmmm, mm m mmm aaiah J r' ' tuv. ^ udy examines stosterone link fraternities College Press Service INCOLN, Neb.? Two Unisity of Nebraska-Lincoln lers doubt a recent study that nes testosterone levels for bunctious fraternity mem' behavior. lembers of three "rowdy" entities at an unidentified /ersity had higher testosne levels than members of "responsible" ones, accordto a study by James Dabbs nrnfpccAf rvf ncvphAlAm; of V/?W^OV/I V/* ai >rgia State University in nta. he testosterone levels in the bunctious fraternities mead in the higher end of the nal range, the study said, inety-eight fraternity memwere tested for the study, cott Bunz, Interfraternity ncil president and a member Upha Gamma Sigma fraterat UNL, said the study was ;rous. r. Russell F. LaBeau, the lical director of student th services at Nebraska, also itioned the validity of the f s results. iliva, which was used in the y, is a less accurate medium blood for testing testosie, LaBeau said. In addition, number of subjects particiig in the study was small, he ut LaBeau said the study d have a shred of validity use testosterone was related nabolic steroids. Steroids, h are used for body bulkare known to cause aggresbehavior when used in high s, he said. iBeau also said the study :ated that the testosterone s were still in the normal ; and thus really shouldn't : much difference in behaviBeau and Bunz said they ed rambunctious fraternity vior on factors other than >sterone levels. Fraternity often act either responsibly responsibly because of the lples set by leading fratemiothers, they said.