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Auditions for "Cat on a Hotr Roof and "Our Country's Goc 7-10 p.m., Aug. 20 and S Longstreet Theatre. For more formation, call 777-9353. USC stuc encore editor RUTH NETTLES Students gathered two nights ago in the Russell House Ballroom to watch their friends stand up on stage, forget their names, act like Tarzan and dance with brooms. Michael Anthony calls himself a hypnomentalist, his own word for what he does. His show combines mentalism (what looks to us like magic tricks) and hypnotism. "My uncle did hvonosis and magic. I first got interested from him," Anthony said. He began by learning magic and moved into hypnosis in his early 20s. He studied neural linguistics programming, or NLP, in Canada. NLP is a method of reading a person's physiological signs to understand what parts of his brain are being accessed and, therefore, what he might bethinking. Book makt asst. features editor DENESHIA GRAHAIV Even though today marks the first da es, a select group of freshmen started t demies on Monday with the First Year Experience. The program is an effort to involve j in an academic experience during Welco and before classes begin. "The First Year Reading Experienc strates to the scared new freshmen th; members are human and that the fresl engage in stimulating intellectual discuss a novel without fear of uttering their c ion," said Don Greiner, associate provost of undergraduate affairs. Greiner created the program five yei response to students who said they wan academic activities with professors outs classroom, and a more intellectual expe common among their peers. "I never had any trouble getting facul ticipate," Greiner said. However, he was concerned that f were getting the wrong impression whei # | # Auguf # Augu: # Augus 03 T3 Au?us J # Augus Q9 Septei w # Septei Cv Octob it 5 0?ob Q3 s Never OD , Nover ? 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He ended up tearing off his g shirt, popping off all of the buttons!" 1 Anthony traveled from table to table in e the Russell House Tuesday afternoon c to entertain and gain interest in his v show. g js first colleg I activity of the year was Greek r tivity. y of class- While Greiner, who is a mei heir aca- organization, recognizes the imp RG^dillff inT7nlT7QmQnf Vm fnnla fViof fVtn \tc ? All V KJl V V/illWli U, HU 1V/V1U IXXUb VXXVs J V with academics. Therefore, the treshmen ence js scheduled for tl me ee morning of every school year. , This year's novel was "Who W ISy Hospital?" by Lorrie Moore, lmen can Cynthia Davis, assistant pro! don about ^ a sc^ar on topic of wome iwn opin- as ^est sPeakerand dean Past selections have include Wide" by Pat Conroy, "Rich in Lo irs ago in Humphreys, "The Great Gats ited more Fitzgerald and "The Bear" by W: ide of the The first two years, authc irience in Humphreys were able to attend 1 serve as the guest speakers, tytopar- Both Fitzgerald and Faulkner cause that year marked their li reshmen A novel by Ernest Hemingwa 1 the first 100 years old in 1999, is likely t selection. O / \.V' v' / ' i 51 v^uiiacuin iv open Sat or Jt 15 Halls open it 18 Cancellatio for non-pay it 20 Classes beg ;t 26 Last day to Fall room c Tiber 7 Labor Day/ nber 18-20 Parents We< er 1 Last day to grade of W3 er 12-13 Fall Break/1 nber 3 Election Da nber 4-5 Semester ro nber 25 Thanksgivii Halls close nber 29 Thanksgivii Malic rtnpn < 11MUO VJJVH ( iber 4 Last day of iber 7~14 Final exams iber 14 Commence) iber 15 Halls close jaDSjlsi ILubUcc under h1 i As he performed one card trick, he old the students with a big smile, "Pick i card... Ill go ahead and tell you now cheat." He performed a two-hour show liesday night in the ballroom to an aulience of fascinated students who ouldn't stop laughing. In his shows, Anthony begins rith 30 or 40 volunteers who rush the tage, and gradually narrows it down 0 a group of 15 by looking for signs of 1 trance. By looking for dilation of pupils, lushed faces, and other signs, he can ell which members of the group are nost suggestive and uses them. Once Anthony had chosen his 15 olunteers, the nighf s real laughter be:an. lhe volunteers were made to teel xtremely hot, and clothes began to ome off. Then they were made to feel eiy cold, and they began to huddle toother. ;e experien ush, a social ac"I like the nber of a Greek , ortance of social CtOWIl tO < jar should begin reading experihe first Monday Unlike past yea ill Run The Frog their own books, th to provide the book fessor of English Greiner said pi in writers, served The program st sell House and end d "The Water is During the pro] ve" by Josephine into their Univers: by" by F. Scott novel, illiam Faulkner. "I like the fact irs Conroy and have an opportuni ;he program and formal setting to en try to figure out wl were chosen be- it means to me and 00th birthdays, tively," University y, who would be man said, o be next year's Wellman thinks for the rest of the s ;e payment (not Sun) 10:00 a.m. # n of registration C ment at 5 p.m. (| in drop/add, # hange begins R No classes skend " drop without a ? being recorded So classes Si y/No classes om change ig Break begins ^ at 10 a.m. . ig Break ends at noon classes fi ment exercises PI at 10 a.m. I *1 lc mple *mPu? rc. ypnosis One girl was made to forget the number six. When she began to count her fingers, she got 10, then 11, then 12 and couldn't understand why. Perhaps one of the best suggestions to the group was when they were told that they were in the fifth grade and Anthony was their much-hated teacher. Whenever he turned his back, they made faces and gestures at him. Shortly afterwards, Anthony used J 1 J1 1_ *-I* J _ VI _ 1 1 J a rea nanoKercmei ana a DiacK nanakerchief to alternately (and even simultaneously) put the volunteers into peals of laughter and then make them turn their heads in disgust. Both the audience and the volunteers were thoroughly entertained by the end of the evening. Anthony has been doing these performances for eight years. This was the second year in a row he's entertained USC during Welcome Week. ice an acadt : fact that we have an op explore a piece of literati irs, when students had to buy to see tha te program this year was able process. : for all participants. Freshi articipation was mandatory, program. ;arted at 8:30 a.m. in the Rus- thoi led at 12:30 p.m. ?j gram, the students separated Samps ity 101 classes to discuss the that, before classes begin, we , ^C | ty to sit down in a rather in- 6 ? j"' ? ;plore a piece of literature and 0 aat it means to you and what ofUnivers I what it means for us collec- a ? 101 instructor Denise Well- Greine man class that the program sets the tone room largi emester and allows students commodat Get I | A | I "* | w W w w w w w w Becoming invo one of the mosl living Serve as a member o ouncils or campus-w tHA) Join the Leaders in / esidence Hall Honor; Working to Inspire Leai Meet others at hall S| liip conferences and bv Improve your acade cademic Center Fo lassmates in the hall si Get tn knniAf vnnn r w ? w ? w mm j w m iculty/student activ Dom to the dining room Connect with faculty ai ibs or data lines in you Departm 777.4283 v * Bore the p firs htt 4 Hypnomentklist Michael Anthony checl while in a trance. Anthony came Tuesd Ballroom for a show sponsored by Carol :mic one g iportunity to sit lire" Denise Wellman University 101 instructor t higher education is a participatory nan Felicia Sampson also enjoyed the IH lght it was interesting," she said. ! fun doing it." Eg son admits that at first she didn't like KQ we started talking about it, I liked it nors College freshmen and 25 sections I iity 101 classes were included this year, 175 students. r said he'd like to see the entire freshinvolved in the program, but there's no e enough in the Russell House to ace that number of students. Involved I I > Ived in campus li t important aspec on campus. if the Hall Governme ide Residence Hall Ass tpviApnrp nrnara.wn.sil m. is wsw ^ m mt v Jl ^ ^ m ^ KJ g spy (NRHH) op the Wh lepship Development) lonsoped events, studen f serving on hall commitl mic skills by stoppinj r Excellence (ACE) an [udies and classrooms irofessors better by ides spanning from th nd staff using the area c ip room ient of Housing vww.housing.se edu i id? Unmotivated? Here's erfect alternative to that t week of homework. p://www.bored.com pr ** - (| mj ASHLEY CRAIG The Gamecock ls on students who fell asleep lay night to the Russell House Una Productions. # # # ? fe is r Its OT nt, Area ociation National ID Team t leaderees l by the d joining joining e classomputer