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This Day In USC History 1971 - Alpha Phi Omega started offering an escort service to USC women on campus. It ran from 6:30 p.m. tollp.m HI! Wednesday, August 25,1999 A place for everv taste by Rachel Helwig & Ann Marie Miani Gamecock Features Five Points Where can you find many USC stu dents on Thursday. Friday and Satur day nights? In Five Points. Just a 10-minute walk from campus, the area is named for the five-pronged intersection of Santee Avenue. Harden Street and Greene Street. Five Points has long been known as the social center of Columbia and as the quintessential shop ping village. And. of course, it’s also the place many college students go to party on the weekends because of all its bars and clubs. Some of the most fre quented locations in Five Points include: Loo<& Located on Saluda Street, this hippie shop specializes in import clothing from India and Guatemala. It sells T-shirts, posters and stickers featuring classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin. The Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix, as well as newer bands like Phish, The Dave Matthews Band and Widespread Panic. In addition, it sells incense, tapestries, sandals and hemp jewelry. Located on Harden Street, Tiger Rose specializes in clothing made from all-nat ural fibers like organic coffon and hemp. Tiger Rose also sells candles, body care products and accessories made from hemp. Some of the biggest sellers are aroma-therapy products. Other gift items are also available. foftcr; Rafters, on Harden Street, is a favorite among many students. It sponsors theme nights, including South Park night (Wednesday), College Night (Thursdays), Ladies Night (Friday), Quest for a New Chest night (Saturday) and School’s Out Night for W to 20-year-olds (Sunday). Knock, Knock, Ckb Located on Harden Street, the Knock Knock Club is one of the more upscale clubs in Five Poinfs. Wood-paneled walls and leather couches make for a more intimate atmosphere. Knock Knock boasts two levels and a full-scale bar. with some of the lowest-Price Coronas in town. Yesterday KcVtavrant and Tavern Located on Devine Street. Yesterdays serves American-style food with a South ern flare. Yesterdays also offers a full scale bar with a variety of beers and liquors. The Village Idiot Located on Devine Street. The Village Id iot serves New York-style pizza, as well as stromboli. calzones and sub sand wiches. A full-scale bar has a variety of beers and liquors. The Village Idiot also hosts local acoustics artists. Saluda's in Two Points Located on Saluda Street, Saluda’s serves New American-style food. Saluda’s also has a full-scale bar with a variety of beers and liquors and more than 200 differ ent wines. The Vista The Vista, which Columbia natives define as anything from Assembly Street to the Congaree River, is often overlooked by college students for the more bar-ori ented Five Points. This is a shame, however, as the Vista offers students many eclectic alternatives to the bar scene, like restaurants, galleries and mu seums. This isn’t to say that the Vista doesn’t have its fair share of fun, but if does offer more “cultured” forms of en tertainment. Tho Columbia Visitors Contor Many students have probably never seen the Visitors Center, which offers stu dents the materials needed to truly ex perience the heart of Columbia. Locat ed on Gervais Street, the center has magazines and pamphlets that give de tails about many of Columbia’s must-see Places. It’s also the place to go for South Carolina souvenirs or gifts. 6k Marlin Also located on Gervais Street, the Blue Marlin offers many Low Country-inspired dishes, including shrimp and grits, dev iled crab, pasta, and steak. The 19405 style dinner-house atmosphere adds to the eclectic feel of the restaurant. Mate C\j'\ Mais Oui. on Gervais Street, isn’t your typical antiques store, (n addition to its selection of antiques, Mais Oui also of fers everything from lamps to silver. For those students with a much higher dec orating budget, Mais Oui also employs professional interior designers to help customers with their decorating needs. Noiwah'$ Nonnah’s, on Gervais Street, offers an alternative to the typical date-restaurant fare. Because it concentrates on offer ing delicious dessert and coffee choices. Nonnah’s is an excellent Place to go af ter a movie, or just to talk. It’s also open later than many restaurants f other than IHOP or Waffle House, but how roman tic are they?J. Nonnah’s also offers a “light-fare” menu and a full bar for those who want more than just dessert. tfavt A N'tco Pay Cafe Have A Nice Day Cafe, located on Lady Street, is probably one of the most eclec tic restaurants/clubs in Columbia. Most Columbia residents have seen the Have A Nice Day Cafe bus. which is paint ed like the Partridge family’s bus, but not everyone has experienced the clubs”70s atmosphere. You can enjoy dishes like Alice’s Meatloaf or the Ralph Mouth Turkey Club while living for reliving, for those older students) the disco atmos phere. After 9:30 p.m., the restaurant transforms into the “only disco dance c(ub’’in Columbia. Mowenh/M Located on State Street next to Steam ers, Momentum calls itself”fhe hottest dance complex in Columbia.” With dance cages, raised dance floors and 7,000 watts of power, it is the Place to go to get your groove on. And since Momentum is conveniently located behind the (HOP. dancers don’t have to walk far to get their grub on. $o\rth Carolina Shfo Mi/$cwi While the State Museum often brings back memories of the days of elemen tary school field trips, it offers college students the chance to expand on topics covered in classes or just explore South Carolina’s history. From an exhibit of slav ery in South Carolina to contemporary local artists, the museum explores all of what the state was, is and will be. 1_ Photos by Sean Rayford photo editor People crowd the bar area of the Knock Knock Club on Saturday night, above and below. The Knock Knock Club is located on Harden Street in Five Points. It opened last year and is one of the more popular 21 -and-up clubs. Campus Notes Gamecock holds interest meeting The Gamecock, USC’s student-pro duced newspaper is holding an interest meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in room RH 333. No experience is required, and all majors are encouraged to apply. Positions are open in the news, fea tures, encore, sports and viewpoints sections. Photographers and copy edi tors are also needed. Food will be pro vided. Literacy Council needs volunteers The Columbia Literacy Council needs volunteers to tutor adults for all levels of literacy. For more information call The Cola. Lit. Council at 765-2555, or contact Joan Kirkpatrick at 777-3799 orjoank@gwm.sc.edu. NAACP social to be held NAACP is holding a social at 6 p.m. Thrusday on the RH Patio. There will be free food, and everyone is invited to come. USC Rugby holds try-outs USC Rugby tryouts will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday on the band field. Players need to bring running shoes and cleats, but no experience is re quired. For more information, call Dan at 771-7318, Jeff at 779-1103 or Mike at 256-8048. Blood drives to be held The American Red Cross is holding blood drives from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today through Sept. 1 at 2751 Bull St. For more information, call the American Red Cross at 251 -6000. Drumming and Dance Ensemble holds auditions USC’s West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble is holding open audi tions at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Blatt 114. Male and female dancers are needed. Business fraternity rush to be held Alpha Kappa Psi fall rush information sessions will be held at 8 p.m. Monday and tuesday in RH 205. For more in formation call, DeLane Stone at 544 4427. USC Orchestra to open 1999-2000 season The USC Symphony Orchestra opens its 1999-2000 season at 8 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Roger Center, with a concert version of John Philip Sousa’s operetta “El Capitan.” The lead role will be sung by Metropolitan Opera tenor An thony Laciura. Tickets are $14, gener al public, $11, senior citizens and USC faculty & staff, $7, students. Tickets can be purchased at the Coliseum Box Office or by calling 251-2222. American Red Cross offers CPR classes The American Red Cross will be of fering the following classes during the month of September: Community CPR, Community First Aid and Safe ty, Disaster Courses, and Adult and Child CPR. For more information or to register, call 540-1200. Briefs for Cimpus Notes can be sub mitted to RH 333. 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