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I WHAT'SUP Guide to Arts & Ente AUDITIONS The South Carolina Philharmonic will i hold auditions for the fully-staged pro- I duction of "West Side Story" on Friday, | Sept. 30 from 7-10 p.m., Saturday, < Oct 1 from 2-5 pm. and Sunday, Oct i 2 from 7-10 p.m. at Cottingham The- < ater on the Columbia College campus, i Ml I MM A I ne snow win run jan.zy-Ji. Anyone | interested should prepare a song from the show. The dance audition segment will be held first and callbacks will be 1 held at Dreher High School Auditori- 1 urn Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. For more information, call Ashley Senseney at 771- | 7937. CONCERTS The Scofflaws with The Fiascos on Sept. 28 at Rockafellas'. American Cancer Society Benefit featuring Spoonful, God's Comics and The Soul Mites on Sept. 29 at Ftockafellas'. Blightobody Sept. 30 at Rockafellas'. Moe Tucker of the "60s band The Velvet Underground, Sept 30 at Annie's. Widespread Panic Oct. 7 at the Township Auditorium. LECTURE Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines" win be presented by Mark Ptotkin, author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice," Monday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. in the USC Law School aucfitorium. MUSEUMS/GALLERIES McKissick Museum "Of Earth and Cotton" is an off-site exhibit at the old Gibbes showroom on the comer of Blossom and Assembly streets. The exhibition joins contem porary artist Jackie Brookner's environmental sculptures with curator Susan Edwards' selection of 40 Farm Security Administration photographs. South Carolina State Museum Admission is $3 for students. Admission is free on the first Sunday of each month. Call 737-3014 for information about exhibits and events. "Of Surfboards, Rolleiblades and Polymerase Chain Reactions," an exhibit by Kary B. Mullis, South Carolina's third Nobel Prize winner, continues through June X, 1995. The exhibit nvninlnoc tfva lifa onH urorV of a former requirements you can start saving you earn! milejA 1916 Taylor St. 254 Noticm: Ptmma donon an to mtttcal scr?0rim A sen novel, what read it I : Sponsored Campus/l CoaMon for Utmey 0 Paid for, i contact tli Columbia resident who dscovered how to rapidly copy DNA. Columbia Museum of Art Southeastern Arts and Crafts Exposition will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 2,10 DONATIO* 929 J Student ID required.: i88888g """ Did You Know... mm Plasma 1$ an essential fluid of life an on-goihg need for good quality Plasma-based medicines save tho lives, some right here in our comn Just a few hours of your time each help make the difference in somec Miles is seeking STUDENTS and o share their good health with peopl you're at least 18 years old and mi irtainment a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. More than 130 artists and craftspeo- L 3le from across the United States will jjj Dffer their work for sale at the Caroli- ? ia Coliseum. Adnission is $4 for stu- ^ dents. Contact the Columbia Muse- ? urn of Art at 799-2810 for more information. , le TELEVISION g Ma... riimo" nn CPCTTV/ aI v^riu vvcsyo, now viumw vh wu i ? tonight at 10 p.m. The show examines America's ability to face economic cha)- m lenges from Europe and Japan and focuses on how American giants have ^ been undermined. d< THEATER Longstreet Theater 31 Lanford Wilson's, "The Hot L Baltimore," will open tonight and run until 31 Oct. 1. The play is produced by the P' USC Department of Theater, Speech ft and Dance, and tickets are $10 for the oi public, $8 for senior citizens, military and USC faculty and staff and $6 for p< students. Tickets are now on sale. For ai more information, call 777- 2551. Cur- tf tain time is 8 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday w and 3 p.m. on Sunday. tc V "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," dinner a theater at the Russell House will be- tl gin Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are b $10 and $8 for the public and $5 for USC students. Tickets are available at Carolina Program Union in Russell House Room 209. For more information, call CPU at 777-7130. Town Theater "Fiddler on the Roof will open Sept. 30 and run through Oct. 22 at Tcwn -n I necuei. WORKSHOPS The Counseling and Human Development Center is holding an "Under- I standing Your Personality" workshop with Dr. Roger Bowerstock, 3-4 p.m. Thursdays, starting Sept. 29. For more information call 777-5223. MISCELLANEOUS The National Library of Poetry wil award $12,OCX) in prizes for its North American Open Poetry contest. The entry deadline is Sept. 30. The contest is 1 - !_ t T_ open 10 everyone ana enuy is iree. iu enter, send one original poem, any subject and any style, to: The National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge Dr., P.O. Box 704-1981, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The poem should be no more than 20 lines, and your name should appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked by Sept. 30. A new contest opens Oct. 1. Ejctra i luuuuuuin .Mnr wffin. ^SooBnf ?5wS ^ # J m m Ms < J When You ] and there is 2 plasma Donate < S."*"" Plasma ^monftc." you Save Lives T^'JiT" While Miles Ino. Earning -6683 Money! =?j itenee, . We d JUSI J by. p mm Ss Carolina Program Union JT J in part, by Student Activity Fees. P< ie Carolina Program Union at 777 Van Damme IGHTSCAMERAREACTION B| EIL HALLtDAY Staff Writer MECOP (out of tour stars) Jean-Claude Van Damme's latest kicking rease, "Timecop," has made good use of a large budit with better special effects and a better all-around ijm jpearance than his previous cinematic efforts. 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This is done with the usual bouts of fly- , t ^ t magically able to overcome scores of villains na^st ~n 1 aii mr LVUI1V * IraflSI ^ ;^y^'\:^::Z ^^ liiSlfisttSJ^ 1 " " " V =S3 VOODOO STADIUM The transformation Williams-Brice preparation for the Rolling Stones 1 foot snake above the main stage %k4 ^Eminarg J o Learn more about; street I o seminary progi ww.w 5! ; representatives ft < Wednesday\ <n. 1-4 3:0C ? Gambrell pirfplfrplfrplfrpirnSSl fc m l@ I Presented by the Humanities an III |S I Program Persons needing specia ILL j=jl J Sally Rowell PIZZA '|| From The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" to a Beach B _ medley to the Flintstones them Beachfront Property delivers a < artful twists on familiar songs wi Beachfront's distinctive sound e Pacific Coast Jazz Festival at UC Disney World awarded them be J/ This hot 2 young gro?P ? [>.m. will blow ' dies y?u away! SUN, 0C1 IpDf $8 STUDENTS ($10 re Tickets on sole now at please ia|| Capital Ticket outle Call 777-9733 for of time semi-automatic machine guns, i, under the direction of Peter Hyam, is together and manages to keep itself on n keel, but there is not a great deal of "Of Course!" I hear you cry. "It's a Van >vie. It's not supposed to have a great th is it?" True, but the film promised a tilled a Van Damme film unlike anv be ;n promptly failed to deliver. It was just t. we get to the actors, and what is there i Sara does a great job of looking pretty able, and Walker's boss (Bruce McGill) tutory weight requirements quite comly do movie producers think cops are onl to captain when they tip the 300-pound e only genuine plus in this film is Ron he sneering senator. "You've got it all informs Van Damme, "with all that fanyou should be on Broadway." Silver can iself after appearing in this dud by knowbecome a welcome addition to the ranks ?a.?L-i-i i.i iu_ u. Ul., more enieruimmg umn me uiiucoi auijr dull heroes. :onfess that I am not exactly a fan of marms and my expectations about "Timelot exactly high, but I couldn't help but :ious minutes had been robbed. I could us time to better use, like cutting my toe iE ACT Stadium went through all week in /oodoo Lounge tour included a 92 Career Bag j regional and national 'ams by talking to vm various schools. , September 28 ) - 5:00 ' Hall Lobby Social Sciences Career Development I assistance for a disability please call at 777-7280 sponsored by ALEANA V^^BY5i^?!oufOUTM I e, :harged-up, eclectic show, singing th tight harmony (and a great look!) :arned them top honors at the 1986 I Berkeley. Two years later, Walt st college vocal group in America! lis male/female mix has the fused >und and energy that's been described ;e "Manhattan Transfer meets Take 6." :or every 10 songs we sing, the idience will know eight immediately," ys founder Tom Dustman. r 2 7:30 PM g adult) KOGER CENTER the Coliseum fco* Office and ts. Call 251 -22>2 to charge. masterclass information.