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I inus oioii ian Hobson, pianist, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25-26, Koger Center. Shanghai Acrobatic Theatre, 7:30 p.m., March 8, Koger Center. Page 6 USC alun staff writer JAMIE BOWMAN Susy Fish began rollerblading in place ofjogging five years ago. It wasn't too long before she found herself competing on the South Carolina Women's Rollerhockey Team. Fish's team is the first in South Carolina. "My husband plays in the MAHA, (Midland's Area Hockey Association) league, and I would go out and watch him as well as with other women. And from there, we were interested in playing, and we had enough women to form our own team," Fish said. She moved to Columbia in 1991. Prior to her graduation from USC inl996, Fish was a member of the Women's Club Soccer Team. Fish said, "I've always been athletic with soccer in high school and col lege, as well as softball and tennis?so I've grown up around it. I like competitive sports, and hockey is my outlet." Fish describes herself as a fairly confident player who can hold her own on skates. She attributes being comMcCour copy editor CONNIE KARICKHOFF Fifty years after Frank I 111 McCourt escaped the blind- jy ing poverty of childhood, f|F growing up in the slum liy ^ lanes of Limerick, Ireland, fcgj| he finally sat down and told \ What he wrote in 1996 has been on the New York Times Best-Seller list ever ? since and has earned him MQCOUR a Pulitzer Prize. The author of Angela's Ashes, which just sold over two million c< visited USC Friday as part of the Souther gional Conference for Irish Studies, taking to meet with English graduate student! hopeful writers as well as give a public rei of his book Friday evening, NAME 1 ADDRESS I PHONE / AGE I CABLE SYSTEM SEND1 Attn: MT\ 1515 Broac (No purchai Sweepstakes su return postage) i 1998. Sweepsta) restricted by law. gratuities. Must h C1998 MTV Netwc fortable with rollerhockey as a result of her experience as a soccer player, re "I didn't know the rules, but because cc there is an offensive and defensive line 0f like soccer-positioning, it was a lot easier to catch on to," Fish said. Fish's first time playing hockey was w during a six-week clinic held last summer by the men's silver division. She was the only woman that participated th in the clinic. After the clinic she began iti practicing with her husband and scrim- ^ maging on tennis courts with in-line co hockey skates. ^ The women's team is in its second season after its forming last summer. There are currently 30 women signed e* up, but only about 10 players compete he on a weekly basis. Therefore, they di- b* vide into two teams of five and scrim- a mage. ge The men's team has different divisions, gold and silver (similar to J.V. and Varsity). The Palmetto Bugs, former national champions, travel to *J competitions. Although the women are interest- SF ed in traveling, they haven't been able to. ed t reflects "It would be very difficult to wr nary book about an ordinary life," M students. And his life has.been far The book chronicles his life, told 1 childish voice of a young boy. McCi ly moved back to Ireland from Nev in the 1930s when the Irish were st hold their own as an independent s McCourt's father, an unemploye often left the family of five children gry and begging in the streets. The] J ing conditions in Limerick at the t rampant disease among the poor a McCourt's siblings did not survive. )pies, He, his mother and his brothers i n Re- gering odds just to find food and a pi; [ time Yet McCourt's memories are noi 3 ana skill in blending comedy and trage ading heartwarming tale that has captiva around the world. spr V MTV! ' Spring Break '98 Promotion Iway, 24th Floor NY, NY 10036-5797 (Deadline for ent >e necessary) bject to complete official rules or for a copy of the official rules send a fo MTV Attn: Spring Break '98 Rules, 1515 Broadway. 24th Floor. NY, Ny ces open to citizens who are legal residents of the US and its territories Winners are solely responsible for all insurance and applicable federa ave a Valid U.S. passport at time of entry. rfcs. All rights reserved. F The 4 ieers S.C. "There's just not enough women curmtly participating," Fish said. She intributes this primarily to the lack knowledge about the sport. "We still need sponsors, so right now e don't have team names, we just wear fferent colored jerseys," Fish said. When asked her overall opinion on ie sport, Fish said, Tfs very competive and similar to soccer. It's a great irdiovascular workout that improves ordination. Basically, if s just a lot of _ r> n. Fish is the manager of K and M Jewry on Broad River Road. Aside from )ckey, she also plays on a co-ed softill team in the summer. Because of lack of open rink times, she doesn't it an opportunity to practice roller >ckey during the week. The women's team plays 9 p.m. lursdays at Skater's Choice, 7565 St. adrew's Road. Admission is free, and lectators are encouraged to come out. Any women 18 and older interestl in participating should call 750-3293. > on life, 4 ite an ordi- Half a century latei [cCourt told teacher in inner city N from ordi- tided to bring them to 1 "I had to write it," M< through the gone howling to my gn Durt's fami- Influenced by Irish i York City Beckett and O'Conner, niggling to tionalized version of his itate. says, the truth kept com id alcoholic, been telling about his li alone, hun- his students and his pil horrible liv- took the author a year ime caused And once he began v nH fViroo nf naat nnnrpH rait nf Trim "Sometimes I feel I fought stag- it," he said, indicating ace to sleep, vivid episodes came out t bitter. His themselves, dy create a Returning to Ireland ted readers to teach, McCourt has b raised the money to iim -Inn 39 wmmmmaw * B ries is midnight, March 2) self-addressed stamped envelope (WA and VA residents may / 10036. All entries must be received by midnight on March 18 years old at the time of entry. Void where prohibited or 11, state and local taxes, prize tax, hotel incidentals, meals and \ rc. Samecock 's women's The South Carolina Women's Rollerhockey te; member of the team, the only women's team , book duri *, a retired high school "Ireland has changed. B ew York, McCourt de- to feel like you're about to ife on the page. fore you can really apprecia ?ourt said. "I would've changing Irish culture, ive if I didn't write it." McCourt, in fact, celebrat writers such as Joyce, mg a fladdagh wedding bant he began to write a fic- symbol of love, loyalty and ft i life in 1969, but, as he ^is books with the name " mg out Hough he had Gaelic &r Frank ife for decades through T ?. , , , es of notebooks, it only r , .. . Court appears nothing likt to write the memoir. ,, , U1 , X mting, the voices of his acabby-eyed black-toothe speaks of in his book. It i had nothing to do with ^ "miserable childhood" he that some particularly harder to believe he has ir at once, almost writing ary spotlight. Among his numerous d only briefly in the 1970s received a Los Angeles Tir een in America since he National Book Critics Circle migrate at age 19. azine Number One Non-Fi , J jds I ji blester flmm nRjHfMQ omit 2. A n EnsaomMM Want to take off some weight before spring break? http//www.lightcooking.com Monday, February 23,1998 SEAN RAYFORD Asst. Photo Editor un practices at Skater's Choice. Susy Fish, a USC alumnus, is a in South Carolina. 1 WI l . nig ruduiug ut I think you have and the New York Times Book Review Editor's lose something be- Choice for Best Book of 1996. te it," he said of the As the movie rights to Angela's Ashes are being negotiated, he is also contracted to ?s his past by wear- write its sequel. 1 a traditional Irish Yet he seems to take his success in stride, iendship, and signs He has a family, and he is still close to the three Onanh" McCourt, brothers who him, one of whom can be seen as the Irish pub owner on ABC ^ , ,. ,. v. One Life to Live. ' au encf' j" When asked how one begins to write his or ;1 le pimp y- ace , ^er story, McCourt smiled and said "Get a noteid teen-age boy he book and scribble." And as he pulled one of s hard to imagine ouj. ^ share, he told students, "There's a sto! describes and even ry in everything. The story will insist on being lade it to the liter- written." McCourt's next book, Tis," will pick up where iistinctions, he has Angela's Ashes leaves olf as he leaves Ireland ties Book Award, a on a freighter in the early 1940s bound for New i Award, Time Mag- York City and will appear in book stores nexA cnon do ok Awara, year. h w w V r ' .. . <> V v? v!i^P^ , :w Sfe 1 S! -"'f4M Aim %