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November 9,1994 Campus Extras 12 • Levi's has started using a personal computer to find the perfect fit of blue jeans for the female customer. Sales cleiits at a Levi's store can now use a computer to enter in a customer's description, which in turn points out a blue print of the desired jeans. The customized jeans cost, on the average, about $10 more than the mass-produced pairs. • IBM and Apple have united on a new computer standard. Monday they met to unveil the new common personal com puter standard for the Power-PC microprocessor. • David Bruck, Susan Smith's attorney in the murder case of her two sons Michael and Alex, said Monday that he may use an insanity defense for the mother. Smith recently told police she was suicidal the night she rolled her car into the lake. • A woman in Wadesboro was killed Saturday trying to save her 3-year-old son who stepped in front of a moving car. Melinda Canter, 19, raced back into the street to grab Bradley. The car struck them both. Bradley was listed in critical condition at Carolina's Medical Center on Monday. • Believe it or not, a school in Smithfield actually offers classes for men and women aspiring to be Santa Claus. For $10 each, six people enrolled in Roberts' Santa Training School. Richard Roberts, the school's instructor, has appeared in many malls and flea markets throughout North Carolina. • Truckers going through Craven County Monday got then- fuel tanks checked for illegal disel fuel at a rest stop. The IRS said that on the average, millions of dollars are lost every year because of truckers who fill up their tanks with tmtaxed fuel. Security Notes. • Security would like to congratulate all those who participated in Comhuskin' 1994. We would also like to thank all of you who cooperated with security in checking coolers and bookhags. There were no problems, and the night went smoothly. • ATTENTION COMMUTERS! There has been a problem with commuters parking in the faculty parking spaces and on the grass outside the buildings. There is plenty of parking in the grassy overflow commuter lot behind the art building. The lot is usually only half full; therefore, students have no excuse for not parking there. Any student who does not park in her designated area will be ticketed, booted or towed. CHARLOTTE • KANNAPOLIS • SALISBURY • HIGH POINT • GREENSBORO BURLINGTON • DURHAM • RALEIGH • SELMA • WILSON • ROCKY MOUNT TOP TEN Reasons to Ride the’B*ain 10.' You won’t get a ticket for doing 79 mph. 9. You won’t run out of gas. 8. You won’t get lost. 7. It’s a great place to meet girls. 6. It’s a great place to meet guys. 5. It’s mindless and hassle-free (like our favorite instructor). 4. It’s environmentally correct. 3. You have more time to sleep or study. 2. It’s as low as $36 round trip from Charlotte to Raleigh. I. It’s not just a trip, it’s an adventure. AMTRAK’S CMS&INIAN NEWYORK-RALEIGH- CHARLOTTE The Carolinian is jointlyjunded by Amtrak and the North Carolina Department of Transportation AMTRAK THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT A TRAIN THAT’S MAGIC. The new Carolinian Connector provides daily van service for ticketed passengers from the Salem Inn in Winston-Salem to the Greensboro Amtrak station. Departing daily from the Salem Inn for Greensboro in the morning and returning in the evening. Call your travel agent or Amtrak for details at 1-800-USA-RAIL.
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