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Page 8 WW (IMIfCOCK Friday, October 1,1999
by Maya Hollinshead
Staff Writer
Starting today, parents from across the nation will come to
USC for Parent’s Weekend, an event that will give parents a chance
to catch up with their children and to see what college life is like.
According to Brad Morris, a graduate assistant working for the
weekend’s events, said he estimated 1,000 people will attend Par
ent’s Weekend, a number that will top last year’s attendance of about
800.
Parents will be able to pick up information packets from the Vis
itor Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday.
Today’s events include:
• McKissick Museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for fami
lies.
• A parent/student drop-in at the President’s House from 5 to 6:30
p.m.
• “Carolina Pig Pickin’” at the Russell House Ballroom from 8 to
11 p.m.
Saturday’s events include:
• A 5K Fun Run that starts at 8 a.m. at the Blatt P.E. Center.
• Tours of the Statehouse and the Columbia Museum of Art from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “Food for Thought”: students and their parents enjoy lunch from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bates House Cafeteria.
• Parent’s Weekend Tailgate Party at the National Guard Armory from
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday’s events include:
• Religious services at various campus churches.
• The South Carolina State Museum will give a tour from 1 to 5 p.m.
Invited Carolina Alumni Scholars and their parents can enjoy a
reception from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Capstone Campus Room.
The Honors College is also having a picnic from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sun
day for invited Carolina Scholars and their parents.
THE NIGHTLIFE
All Ages:
★Billy G’s American Bar & Grill:
828 Gervais St.; 806-8870; Hours: from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday and from 4:30 until; 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Satur
dayr Entertainment: live music; Food: full lunch, dinner menu; At
tire: casual/dressy; Atmosphere: laid back.
★Harper’s:
700 Harden St.; 252-2222; Hours: from 11:15 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday through Monday, from 11:15 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday, and from 11:15 a.m. through midnight Saturday.. Enter
tainment Friday through Saturday: acoustic musicians, sports on TV;
Food: full lunch, dinner menu; Attire: casual/dressy. Atmosphere:
laid back.
★Casey’s Crossing:
2009 Greene St. in Five Points; 254-2273; Hours: from 10:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, from 10:30 a.m. to
2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday; from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. Sunday.
Entertainment: CDs, acoustic musicians, TVs; Food: Lunch, dinner,
late night, full menu; Attire: Casual dress; Atmosphere: laid back.
18 & Over
★Bentley’s:
1710 Main St.; 933-0515; Hour: 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Sat
urday; Entertainment: live music; Food: appetizeR, sandwiches, din
ner; Attire: causal/dress; Atmosphere: Uptown/swanky.
★Comedy House Theater:
14 Berry Hill Road; 798-9898; Shows: 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
shows Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. show Sunday; Entertainment: live
comedy show; Food: appetizers, dinner, full menu; Attire: casual
dress; Atmosphere: loud and manic.
21 &over
★Art Bar:
1211 Park St.; 2544792; Entertainment: dance and live music;
Food: late night snacks; Attire: casual; Atmosphere: loud and man
ic, dark and smoky, laid back.
★Jillian’s:
800 Gervais St.; 779-7789; Hour: 11:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday
through Thursday, 11:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, Entertainment: dance,
DJ, live music, pinball, pool, televisions, video games/poker, Food:
Lunch, dinner, full menu; Attire: Casual/dressy; Atmosphere: Loud,
manic, uptown.
FCA offers outreach
for all students
by Leigh Priester
Staff Writer
More than 300 bodies - Christians and non-Christians,
athletes and non-athletes alike - packed into gym 307 of
the Blatt P.E Center last Thursday night for the Fellow
ship of Christian Athlete’s weekly meeting.
“Its really neat seeing all these people coming together
at USC with the same common goal of glorifying God,”
president Gerrick Taylor said.
FCA is a nondenominational, student-led, religious or
ganization found on high school and college campuses
across the nation.
It’s purpose is “to present to athletes and coaches, and
all whom they may influence, the challenge mid adventure
of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, serving Him
in their relationships and in the fellowship of the church,”
Taylor said
Many of FCA’s activities are centered around their
athletic ministry. This includes activities like decorating
lockers and prayer support for various USC teams.
“If anything, I would love to reach more athletes than
we have in the past,” Taylor said
Although FCA is an athletic ministry, all students are
welcome. FCA, has been at USC for 11 years, offers ac
tivities such as, weekly meetings, weekend retreats, state
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rallies and spring break mission trips for all students.
They also have a high school outreach ministry that
puts on weekly programs for about 10 area high school’s
FCA groups.
Members said that find FCA a great place 3o be.
“I think FCA is really great. The outreach is awesome.
It’s also great to be with people with the same morals
and values,” theater junior Wendie Whlls said.
Being Ale to share common morals is not the only at
traction that FCA offers. FCA’s six-member band appeals
to the tastes of many students.
“The music is awesome, not to mention one of my fa
vorite parts of FCA,” nursing sophomore Krisit Mixson
said. ,
But besides offering Christian music and fellowship,
FCA is most importantly “a place where people can come
and hear about Jesus Christ,” Taylor said.
Taylor said he hopes visitors will “think of the peo
ple at FCA as being genuine and real and not that it is just
another campus organization.”
He said he extends this wish for all Christians min
istries on campus and not only for FCA.
For more information about FCA and its ministries
contact Taylor at 318-6819. Weekly meetings are held at
8:30 p.m. in room 307 at the Blatt P.E. Center.
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FIT. to look back
on Bob Mackie
by Samantha
Critchell
Associated Press
New York — Bob Mackie has seen
his life flash in front of his eyes: It’s a
purple, aqua and magenta cape deco
rated with a roulette wheel and draped
over a white, sequined wedding gown.
The Las Vegas wedding outfit, with
its battery-operated blinking lights, is
one of the most eye-catching pieces in
“Unmistakably Mackie,” a glittering
retrospective of the designer’s work
that will be on display through Dec.31
at the Museum at the Fashion Institute
of Technology. The retrospective took
more than a year to organize. It includes
Mackie’s childhood doodles, original
sketches and designs from a career that
has spanned nearly four decades.
Clothing designed for Cher and co
median Carol Burnett fill entire sec
tions of the exhibit, which includes
more than 125 outfits and almost 20 of
his special-edition Barbie dolls. Diana
Ross, Madonna and “Seinfeld” regular
Julia Louis-Dreyfus have been dressed
by the “Designer to the Stars.” He
has also dressed Mitzi Gaynor, Barbra
Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Sharon Stone
and RuPaul.
“You see things you haven’t seen
in a while, and you think, ‘not bad,”’
Mackie said as he walked through the
exhibit.
The retrospective includes the an
imal-print jumpsuit that Cher’s “Lav
erne” character wore on her 1970s va
riety series. The outfit is one of the
designer’s favorites. Mackie also cre
ated the sheer gown with black sequins
that Cher wore when she accepted the
Oscar for best actress (“Moonstruck”)
in 1988.
“The outfits are sometimes mis
taken for fashion, but they’re costumes
like for a character in a play,” said Mack
ie, shaking olf criticism of Cher’s of
ten outlandish wardrobe. “I want peo
ple to have fun. I want people to say
‘Wasn’t that interesting?’ or ‘Wasn’t
that wild?”’
Mackie created 22 - 24 glamorous
dresses per season for the opening seg
ment of Burnett’s long-running variety
Mackie see met 9
Campus Notes
Hurricane Floyd
relief needed
Those who want to help the victims of
Hurricane Floyd can drop off items be
ginning at 7 a.m. today at Hamilton Col
lege. The disaster relief project, spon
sored by the Student Association of the
College of Social Work, will be collect
ing bed linens, washcloths, diapers, baby
bottles, towels, pillows, pots, pans, dish
es and plastic ware. Donors are asked
to bring items in plastic bags or boxes. ,
For more information, call Melissa Re
itmeier at 779-4614.
Phi Beta Sigma to
hold donut sale
The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma fraterni
ty Inc. will be selling donuts this week.
Donuts will be distributed the following
Monday. Twenty-five percent of the pro
ceeds will go to a local charity.
Sorority to hold
information meet
ing
Sigma Gamma Rho will be holding an
information meeting at 8 p.m. Monday
in Nursing 502. Participants are required
to wear business attire. For more infor
mation, call Mansa Molnar at 544-0824.
Contra Dance to
be offered
Columbia Old Time Music and Dance is
offering a Contra dance from 8 to 11 p.m.
Oct. 9 at the Hugh Dimmery Memorial
Center. Traditional dancing from New
England with caller Seth Tepfer and live
music by Cabin Fever will be provided.
A workshop will also be offered at 7:30
p.m. for new dancers. All dances are taught
and no partners are necessary. For more
information, call 796-8935.
Rape Crisis
Network looking
for volunteers
The Rape Crisis Network is searching for
responsible, caring people to respond
to survivors in local hospital emergency
rooms and on the 24-hour crisis line. Con
cerned people over the age of 18 who
have access to transportation are en
couraged to apply. For more information
or to interview, call Cecily Watkins at
252-8393.
Drug Abuse
council needs
volunteers
The Lexington/Richland Alcohol and
Drug Abuse Council needs college vol
unteers to share experiences with high
school students to help them prepare for
life after high school. For more infor
mation, call 733-1390.
City Year
announces annual
Serve-A-Thon
City Year will hold its annual fund-rais
er Serve-A-Thon Oct. 16. Participants
will renovate buildings, build playgrounds,
clear vacant lots, plant urban gardens, run
children’s carnivals and change the face
of Greater Columbia. For more infor
mation, call City Year at 254-3349.
Briefs for Campus Notes can be submit
ted to RH 333. Please include a contact
name and phone number. We can’t
promise to print everything, but we can
promise to try.
MONDAY
Monday Night Football
A chance to win $100
If you are under the age«
TUESDAY
Two for One Dances
All Night
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SATURDAY
Free admission with
your Carolina football
ticket stub
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