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I WHAT'SUF Guide to Arts & En CONCERTS The Koger Center presents "Secret Garden" today. Tickets are $22 or $18 for adults and $15 for students. The Newport Jazz Festival on tour will perform jazz from three great eras: New Orleans, Swing and Bebop Friday at the Koger Center. Tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for students. Township Auditorium presents "My Fair Lady" Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.75 for students. The USC University Chorus will present concerts at Northeast Presbv terian Church, 601 Polo Rd. Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and at Shandon Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St. on Nov. 16 at 6:15 p.m. LECTURE "Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines" will be presented by Mark Plotkin, author of "Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice," Monday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. in the USC Law School auditorium. MOVIES International Programs for Students presents "Raise the Red Lantern" Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Belk Auditorium. MUSEUMS/GALLERIES McKissick Museum Recently-opened exhibit "Natural History mnis is a presentation ui 33 beautiful natural history paintings of flora and fauna from 18th-century South Carolina and east Florida. The exhibit runs through Nov. 13. "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 contemporary artist Jackie Brookner"s environmental sculptures with curator Susan Edwards' selection of 40 Farm Security Administration photographs. The USC art department faculty show opens Sunday. The exhibit will feature approximately 40 recent works in a variety of media, including paintings, drawings, mixed media, printmaking, photography, watercolors, jewelry and sculpture. Yoi Anotl T If you have item LET US DO For the next t offer one F] Sale" headin section!! Th; call or come 1 How often do Plflr.p. vonr A( tertainment The exhibit will run through Feb. 12, 1995. Columbia Museum of Art "Richard Estes: The Complete Prints" will run through Dec. 11. This is the first traveling exhibition surveying the print work of photo-realist Richard Estes. Admission is free. South Carolina State Museum Paleontologist Dr. John R. Homer, the model for the hero of Jurassic Park, will speak and sign copies of his books on Nov. 12. ON CAMPUS Late Night at the Blatt- "Back to the Shack" Monday from 8 p.m.midnight at the Blatt P.E. Center. Free food, music and door prizes, "Caddyshack" in the pool, 3-on-3 basketball and whiffle ball tournaments. OPfcHA Opera at USC and the South Carolina Philharmonic bring "Dido and Aeneas," the outstanding English opera by Henry Purcell, to Drayton Hall Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 and $10, and seats for students and senior citizens are $5. For reservations call 254-PHIL. TELEVISION A series of discussions about education in South Carolina will be shown on SCETV at 8 p.m., Nov. 15 in "Conversations on Education." THEATER Chapin Community Theatre "Say It Ain't So, Pharaoh!" is playing at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and November 10-12. Drayton Hall Theatre USC will present "Eastern Standard" Nov.17-21. Workshop Theater "Six Degrees of Separation" runs until Saturday. Tickets are $8, $10 and $12. WORKSHOPS Irina Kolpakova will lead a classical Daiiei worxsnop mov. \amj. i ma id the first of a guest artist series by the USC Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance. i r Tun " J ier Pe 'reasui is you want to sell THE SELLIN wo weeks, The REE 3 line ad u ig of our classif it's right- we sa by today and tal this great offei you get someth i in the Gamecc M Part-time TANYA BURKEL Staff Writer So you say you need money' haps you want to get an early st Christmas shopping, or you wi splurge on winter clothes. Selling books bade early or selling plasm: not sound appealing. So what c do? Get a job! re or just get rid oi [G FOR YOU 1. V/ V/XXJL V/ | Russell Hoi ft 9am - 4pn I Mon - Fr Finding a job and being a ful student is not easy. Unless yoi on living off work-study pay, away from campus can be hard t especially with a schedule tha include a night class Tuesda Thursday, day classes througho week and the obligatory everySaturday off for home football g However, all is not lost Many at the local malls are hiring t< rary part-time Christmas empl Carolina SCOTT H. LEVA Staff Writer life is like a box of chocolate playing the dim but lovable F recent box office success. "Yoi you're gonna get." This "Gumpism" may have the slow dialect of rural Alabai Carolinians realize they have a motion picture and dozens of o Poi?AlinQ USlm i I lie kjv/uvu vai viuia JL niu > brought "Forrest Gump" to the films the office has recruited t years including, "Prince of Tid "Consenting Adults," "The Abys Man." Many new South Carolina the works, according to Isabella Film Commission. "The War," recently shot i opens Friday in theaters natior ring Kevin Costner and child ? about a Vietnam veteran reti sissippi in 1975, finding emptii til he and his son build a tree 1 to protect it against ignorant i "We just announced that ^ shooting a portion of their fi Charleston County," Hill said, In addition to these mains mission was responsible for bi k is rson's [tfMc ' extracurricular e ?? "I have learned I ? Perart on Educ ant to I your Sears, Victoria's Secret and R - J lr?rtlrir?rr fnv PliwafmQa WArlr* d UUC0 IWIUllg iV/I VllllOVUiWU TTVJLttf lo you average hourly pay is arour an hour. They also give discc 1-time purchases made by employee i plan places will work with a studenl , a job ule, especially if they need em o find, Another problem with gett t may is working throughout the h y and Unless you live close to Columt ut the will cease after a month or s other- places will transfer studenl [ames. other store in a different cit; stores holidays and then rehire then empo- uary. oyees. Okay, so you got the job. Y. in the movi as," Tom Hanks said, p orrest Gump in the u never know what ^ drawn attention to na, but many South special claim to this Commission, which Btate, is one of many o the area in recent es," The Program," H is" and "Renaissance * * . ra>A/1iiotinna aro in ML Gamecock wi inder the "For ied advertising id FREE! Jusi ce advantage c ! . ing for nothing >ck Classifieds Call Toda1 777-4249 or come b si* rnnm ^4^ . i/ziy b CoCb tC I 53: (with co Mmmmmmmm r -AI&u 608) ^^KllLJUi ise I pi UUUVMVllO UJI V AAM. iwide. The film, atarictor Elijah Wood, is A treA fort ^ irning home to Mis- war" starring less and despair un- and direct?* louse and are forced filmed In Bea leighbors. cult films such Die Hard III' will be in Charleston lm in Berkeley and Can't Be Brok< South Caro tream hits, the com- oak-lined strec inging lesser-known the most popu i | I 5AJI wl I jff I I >nev I * mployment can b :o work with Immature people! ation junior Melanie McAbee ich's are is it to work and go to clas irs. The dally with the end of the s< id $4.50 sight? Melanie McAbee, an lunts on junior and Wal-Mart associ is. Some years, said "It's not hard to & sched- and work. It's hard to ge iployees. schoolwork done." ing a job Schoolwork should come olidays. "Absolutely," McAbee sail aa, work ample, I called in sick to o. Some weekend to work on my V ts to an- per." Does her employer get y for the employer gives me time of] .1 in Jan- for school without a lot of i Working while in collej [ow hard students gain experience i ies: it's a he 77 Universal ?comes the centerpiece of "The ; Kevin Costner and Elijah Wood I by Jon Avnet. The set was ufort, SC. as the original "Swamp Thing," shot many years ago, and "Wild Hearts :n" with rising star Gabrielle Anwar, lina, with its historical communities, its and lowcountry beauty, is among lar production locales in the SouthSiL U V f \? || V V * \i| ? ? Dining Saturday, slovember5 ? Teresa Moshell. meE 196-1396 URGER J + . . EHOUSE i 1? 75 ! tupon) | Slues e full-time reward ~ resume. It also helps students learn time management skills. McAbee said her job has given her valuable experience in her chosen profession, eduises, espe- cation. "I have learned how to work imester in with immature people!" McAbee joked, education c?~ ?j tv,o n - UV. gu UUb CU1U KCb O JVUi JL iiv liiuu site tor five go to class ey *s out there. It's not as hard st all your 38 y?u think to go through an interview. When in position to land a partfirst, right? time job, McAbee said "Smiling and i. "For ex- making good eye contact are always work last a p}^ j never would have gotten hired listory pa- at\ygj.Mart if I hadn't done those two mad? "My F for things irgument." And think how much easier it would re can help be than to sell plasma for Christmas to put on a money. msehold name east "We work with the creative team to analyze and be specific on what the look of the picture is all about," Hill said. "If somebody calls, they want a small town for a period film, well pick maybe four, five or even 10 small towns." The staff of five, headed by Hill, recruit and facilitate between six and eight major projects per year including feature films, "made for TV movies and episodic television. If you recognize the background of certain episodes of "Rescue 911" or think die buildings in a particular commercial look familiar, you might not be too far off. They film between 50 and 80 smaller projects each year, ranging from music videos to print advertisements. nn t~v i? ?:? ?u:-i_ : l T\? ine rum commission, wmui is pen t ui uic i-department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, provides a strong source of revenue for the state, according to Hill. "Last year, we attracted productions which contributed just under $25 million in revenue to the state of South Carolina," Hill said. "That represented a $70 return for every dollar invested by the state." The job may not be as glamorous as it sounds, though. "There are times when its 11 o'clock at night and some producer's got a problem, and you have to solve it by 5:00 the next morning when the production Starting Oct. 8 at 6pm your Saturday Nights will change forever. 1 We will be offering an informal I evening service featuring a variety of Contemporary ^ Jj Christian gospel music and a message that addresses the problems and concerns that we face day to day. W e look forward to seeing you every Saturday Night. mmum W IIS ua|n street United Methodist Church I 1830 Main Street 779-0610 H 1082 Sunset Blvd I Suite A I west loiumbia, b.L 29169 y 2 entrees, served with an stizer and choice of side dish ottle of the MARKET PLACE'S PRIVATE LABEL WINE $24.95