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IFESTYLES
Wednesday • November 19,
Etiquette
Continued from Page 3
Wilder said there are three events planned
for the week. The first is a formal seven-course
dinner at the faculty club.
“We invited leaders from organizations
whom we felt would be in these situations,”
Wilder said. “People attending are from Wiley
Lecture Series, Student Conference On Nation
al Affairs [SCONA], SBSLC and many more.”
“It is a tutorial dinner,” Wilder said. “Mr.
Murry will host the event, and he will basical
ly talk throughout the meal, describing how to
eat certain foods. Where to place your napkin
and what kind of fork to use.
“The meal was planned by the faculty club,
and they choose the foods,” Wilder said. “The
dinner begins with a shrimp cocktail and ends
with New York cheesecake and rolls.”
Reeta Maddox, administrative assistant
and membership coordinator of the faculty
club, said the idea of having formal dinners
was first introduced in 1994.
“We first started the dinners with Dr.
Howard Hesby’s animal science class,” Mad
dox said. “We had honor students come in and
MSC Hospitality. It has grown from there. Any
student organization can sign up for a formal
dinner class.”
Maddox said the reason they began the din
ners is because they noticed students take
many academic classes, but they do not know
how to dine properly.
“Students go for many interviews, and most
of them are conducted over lunches and din
ners,” Maddox said. “You can learn all the
knowledge you need for a job, but you cannot
learn about dining. The boss or the person hir
ing notices how you eat.”
Maddox said the students are very excited
when they attend the class.
“Not only do they learn about dining, but
they learn about the history,” Maddox said. “It
is something that most students do not know.”
Maddox said formal dining is still relevant
in today’s society.
Wilder said the fashion show will be held
today and an etiquette panel will be avail
able to answer questions on Thursday in the
MSC Flagroom.
“The fashion show is about how to dress for
an interview and for business,” Wilder said.
“The clothes were donated by clothing stores
in Bryan-College Station. A&M personalities
will be modeling the clothes.”
Wilder said Thursday’s panel will feature
four speakers, each representing different as
pects of an interview. Topics will range from
what to wear for interviews to how tobel
during an interview.
David Shellenberger, owner of The
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to wear for an interview is a dark navy or
suit, a white shirt and a maroon or patte
tie. He said this should he the typicalY
form” for a student.
Wilder said people today may notbt
formal as in the past, but etiquetteis :
necessary.
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said. “Society as a whole has become less!
mal. Everyone has become relaxed.Thisis:
a bad thing, but sometimes formality is net
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"I’m the make-up artist and
sound operator,” Reeves said. “It’s
fun doing both.”
McKnight said anyone can get
involved in community theater.
“We have students, professors,
local residents and school children
perform with us,” McKnight said.
“We welcome anyone who wants to
join us.”
McWhorter said the best way for
people to discover “Arsenic and Old
Lace” and community theater is to
see it for themselves.
“People need to come down and
see it,” McWhorter said. “I think
anyone who sees the play will enjoy
themselves.”
NEW YORK (AP) — The scorned
women of “Bella Mafia” and kid-
friendly antics of Bill Cosby helped
CBS score a narrow win over NBC in
the television ratings last week.
CBS had a 10.4 rating and 17
share for the week, outpointing NBC’s
10.3 rating and 16 share, Nielsen
Media Research said on Tuesday.
ABC finished with a 9.1 rating and 15
share, while Fox had an 8.4 rating
and 13 share.
While critically panned, the first
part of the “Bella Mafia” miniseries
on CBS placed seventh in the week’s
ratings, clobbering NBC’s airing of
“Batman Forever” and ABC’s
“Medusa’s Child.” CBS dramas like
“Diagnosis Murder" and “Walker,
Texas Ranger” had some of their best
ratings of the year.
Bill Cosby’s “Kids Say the Darnd-
est Things” special brightened CBS’s
normally moribund Friday night lineup
with a 13th place showing. CBS an
nounced Tuesday that “Kids” would
become a regular Friday series start
ing Jan. 9, with “The Gregory Flines
Show” moving to 8:30 p.m. and
“Family Matters to 9 p.m. “Meego" is
off the schedule.
CBS has done a good job sched
uling its shows to offer clear alterna
tives to what other networks are do
ing, said Steven Sternberg, television
analyst for Bozell Inc.
The WB and URN are beginning to
cut into the audience of the other four
networks this year, Sternberg said.
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won the evening race with a 9.2.
PE.OP
John F. Kennedy Jr.
gets back at media
NEW YORK (AP) — John F. Kennedy Jr. is shoot
ing back at photographers.
Apparently losing patience
after being chased by photog
raphers for years, Kennedy
has taken to videotaping pa
parazzi who stake out his
apartment, the Daily News re
ported Tuesday.
“Fley, guy with the green
jacket!” he was quoted as
yelling at a photographer Sun-
JFKJr. day as Kennedy’s camcorder
rolled. “You’re here every weekend. You’re look
ing for a harassment lawsuit.”
Benny’s violin takes
top dollar in auction
LONDON (AP) — The violin Jack Benny was fa
mous for not playing during his comedy routines
sold at auction Tuesday for $84,300.
An American dealer who did not want to be iden
tified bought the instrument, which was made in
Paris in 1845, Sotheby’s said.
Benny, who died in 1974, used the violin as a
prop for more than 40 years in vaudeville, televi
sion, movies and during his standup routines.
In real life, he was a skilled musician, once ac
companying President Truman in “The Missouri
Waltz” at the White House.
Michael Jackson to buy
ski resort in S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Michael Jackson ar
rived Tuesday to discuss a possible investment in a
financially troubled ski resort, according to the resort.
Lee Kyu-bum, a spokesman
for Ssang Bang Wool Group,
said Jackson was considering
investing in the Muju Ski Resort,
115 miles south of Seoul.
Lee wouldn’t disclose details,
but the national news agency
Yonhap reported that Jackson is
considering investing in an
amusement park at the resort.
The pop star flew in from
Tokyo and went to the resort by
helicopter. He had no comment.
Ssang Bang Wool, the country’s largest under
wear maker, is under court protection after running
up $1.5 billion in debts.
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will be honored Dec. 1 with a candlelightP*
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AIDS Day.
Film producer David
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event, dubbed the “Celelii
tion of Life” by the sponsc
the National AIDS Trust.
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Park in London, then wa!
Diana along Piccadilly and arrive!
St. James’s Church, where the vigil will taH
place.
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to look back and remember Princess Diana’s
and work on AIDS, and the many lives that ha®
been lost to the disease," trust director Dere*
Bodell said.
Diana, who died in a Paris car wreck on
31, was a patron of the trust and worked hard!
highlight the plight of AIDS sufferers.
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