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International Festival 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Distorted Media Mirror: Examining Stereo 5:30 p.m. at Russell House Theatre RisQue Business 6:00 p.m. at Capstone Campus Room "Disappear Fear" 7:30 p.m. at Russell House Ballroom USC students with ID: Free, General Publ Women's Studies 20th Anniversary Celeb 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Russell House E Tenth Annual "Take Back the Night" Walk 5:30 p.m. at Russell House Ballroom Gallery Talk/Exhibit: Jubilation! African Arr Southeast .. r - 'tv.-Tf'vzv?::5 :-5:::.;::.:::::.::::::::::::::::;:::;:: RisQue Business 8:00 p.m. at Towers Main lobby . Film: Children of a Lesser Qod&M 9:00 p.m. at Russell House Theatre Admission* $2 00 Volunteer Fair | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Russell Hous< | RisQue Business | 7:00 p.m. at the Women's Quad Diversity inWorship 7:30 p.noXSj^uge Chapel use vs. Kentucky 8:10 p.m. at Wilfiam$?EM1c# StSdwift' Film: The Crying Game ':}. * 9:00 p.m. at Russell Admission: $2.00 ' ; rjA I African-American Blockfest 12:00 noon to 5:30 p.m. at Greene Street : Cll?> Vhjk)^w/iHt: Acoustic rock to bring < By LEE CLONTZ Carolina! Editor < USC ? Over the years, there has : been no shortage of philosophies 1 intended to explain the human con- J dition. Sonia Frank, one of the two core members of the acoustic band disappear fear, has her own. "It seems like what's between people is fear," she said. "Once that isn't an issue, people just relax and 1 they're together. I believe in the ' issue of disappear fear beyond show business, beyond the glamour < and the entertainment aspect. I ] believe it to the core." i Sonia and her sister, Cindy, ^ formed disappear fear in 1988, < although they had been writing music together for years before. i "Basically, disappear fear is i Sonia Frank," Cindy said. "She < does all the writing, all the arrang ing. ine rest 01 us are just peopie ; who love music and want to help and participate." ' Disappear fear was originally 1 intended to be the name of a rape 1 crisis center, Cindy said. The cen- ! ter decided not to use it, but the ; name stuck with the band. 1 HP lease Stop ^IJSC~\ WEDNESDA RUSSE li rain lc stop by af1 can becom: Office of Community S I | > c types in Mass Media 1 t | J ;i t MONDAY, fie:$s.oo SEPTEMBER 20 r II ration v altroom iy* ^ ^ .; y and Rally v t^rjpan Qei$bratiDn$ in the e i-S Ml-= OiMi :ii i "St 1 ,- v Jr . :'f":|| : s TUESDAY, 1 HSl 1?-:'SE PTEMB E R 21 F i : :.' : I"- C V v " -: I 3 Patio v t WEDNESDAY,! SEPTEMBER 22 ( , , !|j \ |?||l8l THURSDAY, s w . ..... ...... r FRIDAY, t SEPTEMBER 24 | band strives \ ers together "We've been singing together all aur lives," Cindy said. "We'd r always been in bands separately, t then we finally joined. It took ^ about six months before we quit our day jobs." ^ The band has released t three albums, "Echo My *60 Call," "Deep Soul Diver" N and "disappear fear Live at the Bottom Line e NYC," in addition to the "Box of Heaven" EP. Cindy said they will oegin working on their next album later this year after more touring. Disappear fear has won numerous awards and has played with many groups all over the country, including the Smithereens and Indigo Girls, with whom they are often compared. The band, which plays only original songs, fluctuates its membership, but Sonia and Cindy are the :ore. "Every show is different, never straight," Cindy said. The group will be playing :onight at 7:30 p.m. in the Russell Bouse Ballroom as part of Diversity Week. The band She Says will also play. USC students are admitted free and general public tickets are $5. Smoking.; 'OLUNTEE X, SEPTEMBl LL HOUSE R 0:00-1:00 pm >cation: Golden S] sfD FIND OUT Hi E A VOLUNTEEI 777-8402 lervice Programs/Departrm Caroun 'TBe: Gre James Dickey ce |Commentary Iv ZAC MOORE kND JUD WOLFSKILL Staff Writers I USC ? On Friday, Sept. 17, the Tiomas Cooper Society hosted a ribute to USC's Poet-in-residence, ames Dickey. A banquet hall at he Capital City Club filled with riends and admirers celebrated )ickey's 70th birthday and the elease of his widely acclaimed I hird novel, "To The White Sea," vhich tells the gripping story of an American World War II tail-gunner vho is shot down in Japan. At the reception, Dickey's towring figure wove through the rowa or tans, young ana oia. exchanging handshakes while lowly sipping a drink by the manle of a fireplace, Dickey stood as a ;randfather of modern American >oetry, a man who filled the shoes >f John Steinbeck in the National nstitute of Arts and Letters. Dickey expressed his love for working with students. "I like it a lot," he said. "I like | he play of the minds, not only ' ? >etween the professor and students Tames Die >ut between students." ., , . , , released n< He said his students poetry lelped him learn. a horse in "Some of it is very good," he have a kii iaid. "You take what you can use." American hi When asked about some of the His most inusual rhythms in his earlier poet- "The Eagli y, such as anapestic trimeter, a reflect his i hree beat rhythm like the patter of exploring pc Sigma Nu begir *y TONI TURBEVILLE Senior Writer USC ? More than 123 years ago, two men vho had fought in the Civil War ended up on he doorstep of the Virginia Military Institute. At VMI, they were introduced to hazing. * OR CALL If you ent or Student Life LOC, ine iwo men naa just oeen mrougn me tation's bloodiest battle and had nc desire to go hrough such childish antics. People's lives were >eing endangered. With another friend, they formed a "legion of lonor" in 1868. They petitioned and worked ogether to promote the goal of building leaders vithout hazing. On Jan. 1, 1869, Sigma Nu's first chapter was :stablished. Within five years, a Delta chapter had been :reated af USC where it remained until 1987, vhen USC and the Sigma Nu Fraternity Council :ame to a mutual agreement to temporarily Jose the chapter. Six years later, Sigma Nu headquarters staff nembers Michael McKenzie, Walt Sokoll and [odd Denson are working hard to re-establish he chapter. "The decision was made to re-establish Sigma Monday, Sept. 20 Distorted Media Mirror: Examining Stereotypes in the Mass Media, 5:30 p.m., RH Theater. Media and Diversity will be discussed. American Red Cross Blood Drive, ~7~~ " ~~ 11 a.m.-3 p.m., School of Nursing lob- ? ?win? m< , r t ? Russian by, first floor. .. m a /??i * . t? Humanities SCUBA Club, 5:30 p.m., P.E. _ . , ~ ^ . Conference 1 Center 134. ? Deadline day for submitting 1 *a '... Omicron Delta Kappa applications. at Tuesday, Sept. 21 P'P1" r information. Waterski Club, 7:30 p.m., P.E. 135. Tl ? ^fta Bodybuilding and Fitness Club, 7 ^ "\merican p.m.-8 p.m., PE 110. Hillel, 7 p.m., RH 201. Discussion ^ otlf An on intermarriage. Refreshments served 3R 22,1993 l<YTIO L pur > DW YDTI ^ < a! :\/ Iarf of lebrates his acclaii V Hr # I lyf Eric Glenn/The G key, 70, is the author of 'Deliverance' and the r ovel 'To the White Sea.' mid-stride, he said,* "I "I'd like to do some mo nd of thump-loving, said. "I like to experiment sad." language. It's ("The Eagle's recent book of poetry, a commitment to langua; s's Mile," seemed to self." unquenchable thirst for After dinner, George Pliir )etry. friend and editor of the is recolonization < Nu at USC at the time of close," said Sokoll, coi associate executive director of Sigma Nu me Fraternity Inc. "If we have the choice between am creating a new chapter or re-establishing a the closed one, we'll go where we've been before." Cai "Sigma Nu didn't leave on bad terms," said Mckenzie, also an associate executive director. iej "It was definitely a mutual agreement. jm "Obviously, our reputation is still intact. Everyone has been extremely supportive. We've ajj had great help from both the community and the Fraternity Council." cu Sokoll said the welcoming comes from the work Sigma Nu has done. ^ "Sigma Nu is a leader of change," he said. 1 "We've always been one of the top fraternities a 1 in the country." aa Sokoll said Sigma Nu's Leadership, Ethics, Achievement and Development program has been the forerunner for many similar fraternity programs. The concept started in the late 1970s when Si< many fraternities decided to abolish pledging go due to an anti-fraternity movement. Sigma Nu members decided to restructure the process, which led to the birth of the LEAD program. LEAD is a four-phase program. Phase one ab "" * Hafphnr I 1 VLV1 vv^ \*s seting. Studies, 4:30 p.m., RH Ballroor Club, 6:30 p.m.. Take Back the Night Rail; Office Building p.m., Sidney Park. Campus Room 917. "If the People Awareness will participate in th a Film on the 1991 coup instead of having a regular mee be shown. Ballroom Dance Club, 8 p.n Student Association, 7:30 107. Singles or couples welcon 105. Call 777-2477 for Gabriele at 781-0598. USC's pre-law fraternity Phi inagement Workshop, 4 Delta, 7 p.m., BA 402. Guest 3. Susan Zeil, attorney. New m Red Cross Blood Drive, 2 welcome. Towers lobby, niversary of Womens' NITELITES and ^ \ Proudly Prese m THE COMEDY -y EVERY TUES1 FOLLOWED B ^??? VIKASIH IK??IK TPS, {S DRESS IN 70'S ATTIRE AND OR BRING THIS AD AND GET $ i axe under the age of 21, it is against the law to buy alcoholic beve Sifver med new novel ~1 Review, greeted Dickey with warm mirth. Plimpton described Dickey | as the author ot the chilling novel, i "Deliverance." "It might be a bad idea to go on Ian extended trip with Jim," Plimpton said. "Judging from his works, things tend to happen!" USC President John Palms also applauded Dickey's creative spirit. "For anyone who has grown up in the South, the name James Dickey has a certain aura," he said. Monroe Spears. Dickey's teacher at Vanderbilt University, said, "Every teacher should have a stu dent like James Dickey." I At the end of the evening, Dickey read from "To the White Sea" and "The Drift-Spell": "Under moss the color of her eyes, and like them full of the drift-spell. Moss, son, is the grey part of silver, moving as though found in air." Dickey said of his life's literary triumphs, "If you think this is good, you should have seen it amecock before it was written!" tewly- One can't help but admire the spirit Dickey instills in the literary ire " he Seniuses ?f our time, such as the beyond ^69 Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Howard. At 70, surrounded by a ge and sea admirers, the white-haired Dickey continues to show unbriipton, a died poetic verve in his ability to Paris "splinter uncontrollably whole." effort at USC nsists of 16 sessions where the candidates :et with distinguished alumni locally and read d discuss ethics during and after college. At : completion of this phase, a-select group of ididates become Knights, or brothers. In phase two, the brothers meet locally and irn leadership, self-analysis and how to prove themselves. Phase three is a regional conference, which officers attend. Seven brothers are sent from :h chapter. Ethics are the main topic of disssion. Only seniors attend phase four. They are iwn to a regional, seminar with prominent imni. Their skills are polished, and they get vice. By the end of the LEAD program, Sigma Nu s "created ethical leaders for tomorrow," koll said. Sokoll, McKenzie and Denson, along with gma Nu alumni, are currendy deciding who is ing to get a bid. "We look at what's at the heart and mind of a ... i : u 4i ?? * <r^T/ ! J ill anujuugc uiein on uiai, ivicts.enzie saiu. Anyone interested in Sigma Nu can find out out the fraternity by calling 777-0763. MEETINGS Water Ski Club, 7:30 p.m., Tuesdays, P.E. 135. All levels wel1IV come. ANNOUNCEMENTS n. V'5.30 Applications for scholarships for ? ape College of Education students can be us rally picked Up in Wardlaw 113. The deadtin2 line for application for spring Peabody n.. P.E. Scholarships is Oct. 8. le. Call The deadline for Datebook is two days i Alpha before the publication date. Bring speaker Datebook requests in writing to room em ers J27 in the Russell House. Submissions are free and printed according to available space. WNOK Tits ' ZONE DAY on Das?? 1 GET IN FREE ^ <//<? 1 OFF ADMISSION <?' rages. All ABC regulations enforced. GREYSTONE BLVD. * 252 > 8700