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This Day In USC History
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How many times do you stop
and think about the last
place you bought an item?
With the rise of catalog and In
ternet shopping, that oh-so-common
phrase, “Did you get that at the Gap?”
should soon be replaced with a re
quest for a Web address and the ques
tion, “Is shipping and handling See?”
Catalogs are back in a big way this
fall. No longer is the common col
lege student limited to the offerings
at the mall. With Internet access at
an all-time high at USC and credit
card vendors at every comer, the cat
alog shopping revolution is set to be
gin.
Let’s face it; everyone has a tiny
part of him or herself concerned with
how he or she looks.
Many catalog companies market
themselves to target audiences.
This marketing strategy can help you
find items that you might not be able
to locate elsewhere.
A huge bonus is the guarantee that
size, color, style and price are usu
ally easier to find online or in a cat
alog than in retail stores.
Take the Delia’s catalogue for ex
ample. Featuring clothing that is on
ly available via phone or online, it is
a marketplace for the unique and fash
ion-conscious female.
This is one of the best sites show
casing up-to-the-minute designs and
styles. Dressy items are the special
ty, but funky accessories and shoes
also complement the array of shirts,
jeans, skirts and sweaters. Delia’s Web
address is www.Delias.com.
If the trendy look is out in your
opinion, the long-tested tradition of
one of the most classic catalogue com
panies in existence beckons.
Land’s End is the most intelligent
site on the web for those whose tastes
lie in a more “Animal House” fash
ion sense than that featured in “Clue
less.”
The classic oxford shirts, tailored
pants and monogrammed blazers are
great for the almost-graduated senior
or the intemship-ready sophomore.
Land’s End also features at least one
trendy item of the moment, the
natural canvas tote, better known as
the “boat bag.” Before the summer
of 1999, it was last seen 40 years ago
on the shoulder of Jackie Kennedy
as she boarded the little sailboat pi
loted by John Kennedy in the sum
mer of 1959.
With its classic canvas styling and
color trimmed edges, this bag carries
it all. Land’s End features it in three
colors that scream Harvard, Dart
mouth and Yale: crimson, navy and
hunter green. A catalog can be re
quested at www.LandsEnd.com, and
any items that need to be ordered can
be done so on the site or by telephone.
We like the look of the student
who walks into the 8 am. classes with
the look of relaxation as opposed to
those who appear to have just won
an “Oprah” makeover.
For most of us, those early
hours require the least amount of
preparation as possible.
One site that gives you many op
tions in this category is www.LL
Bean.com. For those wanting a com
fortable outdoors feeling, L.L. Bean
is a virtual paradise of durable cloth
ing items.
If you are going on a hike, or if
you just want everyone around you
to think that you are as you walk to
class, this is the catalog and site for
you.
Most importantly, you will be able
to find those great backpacks sport
ed by anyone who has more than one
class a day.
As with Land’s End, L.L. Bean is
wonderful for those who want to
spread their names around.
Monogramming is a $5-dollar fea
ture that lets those around you know
your name or initials, or perhaps for
you to remember which bag is yours
when certain professors make you
put all your bags in one comer of the
room as you take a test.
The three companies men
tioned above also feature printed cat
alogues you can order online that can
be sent to your home.
For those out there still depen
dent on their ritual Gap shop time,
rest assured. The Gap is entering the
Internet market full speed ahead.
Their site, www.Gap.com, is one
of the easiest sites to use on the In
ternet and often provides shoppers
with more selection and availability
than their retail stores and outlets can
offer. Considering the weather, sneak
ers and shorts are great this time of
year, and this site supplies
all of the above
on sale as this
summer draws
to a close.
Campus Notes
McKissick exhibits
S.C. photographs
and archaeology
The McKissick Museum is exhibiting
“Lord, I Wish I had a Prayin’ Church
Tonight.” The black-and-white pho
tographs are of revival meetings at small
African-America churches in rural,
coastal South Carolina The exhibit is ac
companied by recordings of gospel music
from the churches photographed, along
with quotations from Langston Hughes,
Zora Neal Hurston and Margaret Walker.
The museum is also highlighting “Lega
cies: An Overview of the Programs of
the South Carolina Institute of Archaeol
ogy and Anthropology” through Oct. 3.
The exhibit highlights six of the SCIAA’s
major excavations and investigation sites,
ranging form the Paleolithic Era to the
19th century.
Registration to be
held for USC String
Project
The USC String Project, a national
model for the teaching of string instru
ments to third- and fourth-grade students,
will hold its annual registration meeting
at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the USC School
of Music Recital Hall. The USC String
Project offers instruction in violin, viola,
cello and bass. Parents must be present
with their children at the meeting. En
rollment is limited, and there is no pre
registration. For more information about
the USC String Project, call the USC
School of Music at 777-9568.
School of Music
to offer lessons
The School of Music is holding registration
through Sept. 1 for its Preparatory Music
Program for children and adults. Classes are
held each week after school, evenings,
and on the weekends, and are held in the
School of Music building, next to the Koger
Center for the Arts on Assembly Street. To
register, call Sandy Janiskee at the School
of Music at 777-4281.
Ballroom dancing
lessons to be offered
The Greater Columbia Chapter of the
U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Associ
ation is sponsoring dance workshops for
National Ballroom Month. Lessons in the
fox trot will be held Sept. 11; the waltz,
Sept. 18; the rumba, Oct. 2; and the cha
cha, Oct. 16. Workshops will be held
from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hugh Dim
mery Memorial Center in West Colum
bia. Cost for each workshop is $8. Casual
dress and comfortable leather-soled shoes
are recommended. For more informa
tion, call Jeane Mader at 791-8336 or
Sheila Brown at 781 -8114. The USAB
DA is also holding its monthly dance,
“Bright, Hot Nights,” from 7:30 to 11
p.m. Saturday at the Hugh Dimmery
Memorial Center. Admission is $3 for
students, $4 for members and $7 for non
members. White clothing is required, and
singles are welcome.
Briefs for Campus Notes can be submit
ted to Russell House 333 or by e-mail at
gcked@sc.edu. Submissions must include
a contact name and phone number and
will be edited for length and content. We
can't promise to run your brief, but we
will certainly try.
Thomas Cooper Library
Fall 1999 Tours
Discover the world of information available in the Library-take a tour this fall! One-hour tours will be divided into two parts:
a tour of the building for the first half-hour, and a tour of the Electronic Resources Network for the second half-hour.
No sign-up is necessary. Just meet us in the lobby and learn what resources and services are available to you.
August 23rd - September 30th
Tours
Monday: 11am
Tuesday: 11 am &S pm
Wednesday: 2 pm & 7 pm
Thursday: 4 pm
The tour will last approximately one hour. The first part of the tour will include many of the library departments, such as
Reference, Science Reference, Education, Government Documents, and Circulation. The second part of the tour will focus
on the electronic resources available at the Thomas Cooper Library. USCAN, Internet, and CD-ROM databases will
be demonstrated.
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