Pride
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By Sarah Rapalje
Contributing Writer
While most students re
laxed on Saturday, Sept. 7, the
Methodist cheerleaders spent five
hours with 300 screaming girls.
The 25-member
cheerleading squad instructed a
cheerleading clinic from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the Cumberland County
Civic Center. Girls age 6 through
14 who cheer for Fayetteville rec
reation teams were invited. The
event was organized by the
Fayetteville Parks and Recreation
Department.
Sophomore cheerleader
Stephanie Cuddy said, "At first I
^was hesitant about working with
Buch young girls, but the clinic
lurned out to be a lot of fun. I am
looking forward to teaching it
Ifagain next year."
The 1996 Methodist
Ji cheerleading squad consists of
senior Erin Hawkins, juniors John
Cooper, Jeanette Cox, Allen
Avant, Chrissy Cullen, Jeri
Francis, Sarah Rapalje, Tim
Reger,Todd Irby, Jimmy Peaden;
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Over-exposure not a concern to Whoopi
Goldberg in back-to-back films this fall
"It'll make you want to kiss your kid or kiss your mom, because you
know how quickly people can disappear from your life."
--Whoopi Goldberg on her new film Bogus
The Monarch cheerieaders practice a lift during the UCA summer camp at the
University of Tennessee. The squad is preparing for the UCA college national com
petition, in which they have participated the past eight years. (File photo)
Cheerleaders teach at
local camp, prepare for
national competition
sophomores Ryan Baer, Stephanie
Cuddy, Sema Hashemi, Jessica
Kindle, Lisa Massaro, Andrew
Mullis, Don Tolley, SaraTrelease,
Shan Williams, Jeff Starks; and
freshmen Nicole Birchfield, Stacy
Fabrico, Crystal O'Quinn, Jason
Tomasko, Jennifer Williams,
Adam Bryant, Geral Woodall, and
Amy Turner. The squad is coached
by Abel Rosa, a Methodist gradu
ate and former cheerleader.
On Aug. 2-4, the
cheerleading camp squad traveled
to the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville for the UCA College
Camp. They placed first in fight
song and cheer divisions compet
ing against 17 other NCAA Divi
sion II squads.
The cheerleaders have
already begun taping practices for
UCA College Nationals. A tape of
squad material must be sent to
UCA headquarters in Memphis,
Tenn., in order to qualify for an
other year of competition. Meth
odist has successfully competed in
the UCA Nationals for the past
eight years.
The College Press Service
Over-exposure? It’s not
in Whoopi Goldberg’s vocabulary.
“I make four movies a
year, so over-exposure is the last
thing on my mind. I don’t even
think about it,” says the Oscar-
winning actress with a wry smile
as she sits for an interview at a
Manhattan hotel. “You go and
talk to people about the films and
hope that audiences go see them
all in succession, because they are
coming out back to back. I’m
excited about all of them because
they are all really, really good.
They’re all vastly different.”
The Whoopi Goldberg
film festival, which began this
spring with the basketball comedy,
Eddie, continues unabated with
Bogus, which is out now, and the
upcoming films r/ie/lisodfl/e and
7'he Ghosts of Mississippi.
“Bogus is a fantasy. In
a part of The Associate, 1 get to
play an old white man. I have to
produce him for the courts on Wall
Street. 1 made him up and used
my expertise (as a financial ana
lyst) to get other people to buy
his ideas. I start making a lot of
money, people get jealous, and
they send in the feds. So, I have
to produce this old white guy,”
says Goldberg, taking off on her
various roles. “The Ghosts of
Mississippi is an incredible movie
about a real person. 1 get to play
this incredibly stoic, elegant, bril-
liant, feisty, very motivated
woman: the widow of Medgar
Evers (the slain civil rights
leader). So, they’re all com
pletely different, and I’m thrilled
they’re all good. I’ve had years
where I did several films and they
weren’t, what can 1 say... so
good.”
Goldberg’s eyes light
up and she laughs at herself.
Clearly, she realizes she’s had
more films like Burglar and Fa
tal Beauty in her career than she
has Ghost and The Color Purple.
While it remains to be seen
whether The Associate and
Ghosts of Mississippi are as
good as the New York City-born
and-bred Goldberg asserts. Bo
gus is a charming winner. The
films casts the actress as Harriet
Franklin, a New Jersey business
woman who receives a call in
forming her that her foster sister
and best friend has died and that
she is named guardian of the
friend’s 7-year-old son, Albert
(Haley Joel Osment).
A child is the last thing
Harriet wants, but she agrees to
care for Albert. However, Albert
also has a pal. Bogus (Gerard
Depardieu), an invisible French
playmate. So, as Harriet and
Albert awkwardly stutter-step
their way through getting to know
one another, the good-natured Bo
gus occupies Albert’s more lonely
and sad moments, and counsels his
young friend to give Harriet a
chance.
“Harriet’s a woman who’s
completely closed down,”
Goldberg says. “I get to peel away
the layers of this woman who
doesn’t want to care for this kid,
who doesn’t have time for a man,
and who doesn’t believe in imagi
nary friends.”
Directed by Norman
Jewison, whose credits include A
Soldier’s Story, Agnes of God, and
Moonstruck, Bogus is on of those
sweet little movies that too often
gets lost in the blockbuster shuffle.
Does Goldberg worry about that
fate befalling Bogus?
“Puh-leeze,” she sighs, “a
lot of sweet movies I ’ve done have
gotten lost in the shuffle. 1 did one
called The Long Walk Home. It’s
a tremendously wonderful movie.
It disappeared. Boys on the Side
was a great movie. What can you
do? I hate to do Kreskin. I hate to
predict. Bogus is a wonderful
movie, and it’s great for families.
It’ll make you want to kiss your kid
or kiss your mom, because you
Cape Fear Regional Theatre opens season with A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Staff Report
Cape Fear Regional
Theatre's 1996-97 season opens
with the musical farce A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum which will open Oct. 3.
Showcasing music by
Stephen Sondheim, Forum is cur
rently enjoying a thriving Broad
way run and was nominated for
several 1996 Tony Awards, in
cluding winning Best Actor for
Nathan Lane. Starring in CFRT's
production is Eddie Mekka, best
known for his role as Carmine
Ragusa in the hit television series
Laverne and Shirley. He also ap
peared inyl League of Their Own
as Madonna's boyfriend and in
Beaches with Bette Midler.
The romantic comedy
Luv follows in November. Re
garded as one of Broadway's fin
est hit comedies, Luv is a plot-
twisting story involving a triangle
of characters whose plan to re
verse their fortunes is quickly
turned upside down.
1997 begins with a bang
with the musical The Secret Gar
den, starring Suzanne Ishee who
recently appeared in CFRT's
Phantom. Period costumes and
scenery encompass this magical
tale of a young orphaned girl
brought to live in a dreary En
glish manor with her uncle and
young crippled cousin.
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest, directed by
former Fort Bragg playhouse di
rector Lee Yopp, will run in
April. This contemporary dra
matic piece, brought to life in the
popular 1976 film starring Jack
Nicholson, has captivated audi
ences around the world with its
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Corps experience, but 1 realized
that if 1 was going to move on with
my life. I’d better do it while I’m
young. College has been a tre
mendous undertaking for me.
Working before going to school
put things into perspective for me.
Education is a continual process
and everything we do helps us to
learn in some way.”
In the burgeoning work
force, it is difficult to advance to
the upper echelon of any corpo
ration without a college educa
tion. More and more people are
seeking education not simply as a
means of advancement, but rather
a means of survival in corporate
STRATEGIES (cont'd
taking notes, and finally, review
everything.
Most students don't
know how to really study for an
exam. You should start review
ing a week before by dividing the
material into sections. Recite the
information out loud and list items
you have trouble with on note
cards to keep for frequent review.
America. It is difficult for some
to return to school, as the transi
tion from worker to student can
cause stress. Senior Alvy Styles
said, “It’s tough being older, but
I try to blend in. I just take all
the age comments in jest and do
my work.”
Those who were inter
viewed agreed that being non-
traditional students does not
mean that they are better people,
simply more experienced. Styles
relates that “they (traditional stu
dents) are the clever ones. They
chose to go to college right after
high school. It is easy for non-
traditional students to say that the
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Finally, review everything the
night before or morning of the
test. "You can usually earn a high
grade with good knowledge of
about 75-80% of your subject
matter," says Bovier. Sopho
more Michael Vazquez says, "I
study the day before the test,
skimming through the informa
tion to find a solution and then
kids are irresponsible. Tell them to
turn back the clock and most of
them have made the same mistakes.
We are in their territory, we must
learn to accept their actions.”
McKenna agrees, stating, “I’ve
done everything they can think of
and more, and now I am ready for
school.”
Dr. Martin Luther King
once stated that “knowledge is
power.” It seems that older Ameri
cans have come to realize the wis
dom of these words and are return-
^ing to school in droves. Perhaps
with the growing number of non-
traditional students, the title will
someday be a misnomer.
go over it again and try to memo
rize. I take an hour of studying for
each chapter the test will cover."
Different learning styles
greatly affect the ways in which we
absorb information, says Bovier.
It's a good idea to discover which
one you are, either visual, auditory,
or kinesthetic, to help yourself. If
you are visual, flash cards,
timelines, and maps will help clarify
know how quickly people can dis
appear from your life. I hope Bo
gus finds an audience.”
As if Goldberg isn’t busy
enough with her current slate of
films, she’s appearing in another
spate of MCI commercials, hosted
President Clinton’s star-studded
birthday party in August, plans to
join Billy Crystal and Robin Will
iams for the next Comic Relief
fund raiser, and will play a sup
porting role in a cable movie to be
directed by her friend Christopher
Reeve. Beyond all of that, she’s a
mother and grandmother and is
still dating actor Frank Langella,
her Eddie costar.
So, all these years after
blazing her way to stardom in the
one-woman Broadway show,
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from
Broadway, how do audiences view
Goldberg? Is she a comedienne?
An actress? A do-it-all personal
ity?
“1 don’t know,” she re
sponds. “I think people just see
Whoopi. That’s why I still have a
career. People go see whatever
I’m doing, and they’re glad I’m
still doing it. Left to any other
devices, I probably would have
been gone a long time ago.”
unique comedic view of the world
through the eyes of asylum inmates.
Ending the season in June
is Beehive, the female answer to
CFRT's recent hit Forever Plaid.
Styled as a musical revue filled with
great 1960's hits such as "Respect"
and "My Boyfriend's Back," Bee
hive is a tribute to the girl groups
of the era.
The 1996-97 season cou
pon package includes one coupon
for each of the five season shows.
Season coupon packages range in
price from $40 to $65 and may be
purchased by calling the CFRT
business office at 323-4234 or by
stopping by the theatre at 1209 Hay
Street, M(>nday through Friday be
tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum previews
on Oct. 3 with a half-price ticket
of $7. It continues through Oct. 20
with evening performances running
Wednesdays through Sundays and
matinees on Sundays as well as
Saturday, Oct. 12 and 19. Ticket
prices range from $13 to $17. For
information or reservations, call
323-4233.
Comedian Buzz
Sutherland to
perform Oct. 17
Staff Report
Comedian Buzz Suth
erland will bring his comedy act
to Methodist in a performance
Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.
Sutherland has appeared
on HBO's Comic Relief, Comedy
Central's Sram/ Up, Stand Up, and
A&E's Comedy on the Road and
Caroline's Comedy Hour.
He has also appeared
with Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills and
Nash, and the Harlem
Globetrotters. His act is described
as a "smooth blend of home-spun
characters and facial expressions
that keep audiences rolling with
laughter." NBC's Bob Costas said,
"1 can't believe this guy's not
famous...he gets funnier every
time I see him!"
Sutherland's perfor
mance will be held in the Berns
Student Activities Center and ad
mission is free.
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things for you. If you are audi
tory, it's a good idea to record your
lectures, notes, and ideas. Those
of you who are kinesthetic need
to be actively involved with the
material. Classes with labs, dis
cussions, and projects are best.
Using these study tips
will help end the Sunday-night
panic.