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w;.Q:DwI,bslxt;l,lIJ __ ;mnrKsA_,_:_n;.;pg Madison Smartt Bell To Just a bitofadvice... By Jonathon Shacat Deliver Ridington What advice would you give President Clinton? Reed, History Lecture Tonight I. "Stop being a jerk." The man is a buffoon.-Dr. Room Attendant Professor Alt, Dining in Gter 2. "Think before you act"-Jeannine that you 3. "Keep doing what you are doing" Good effort at doing everything set out to accomplish..---Cindy Slaughter '96 Madison Smartt Bell, whose work Los Angeles Times Book Review. 4. "Listen to the general public and try to follow what they say"_ Tony Knight, has been selected for the Best Village Voice, USA Today, the Lon- Manager of the Book Store American Short Stories collections don Standard, and many other pub- 5. "Let your cabinet do its job, stop trying to do the job for tbem"-Suc Schmidt, in 1984, 1987. 1989, and 1990, will lications. Bursars Office present the fourth annual William His major works include The 7. "Get a move on protecting our environment before it is destroyed"-Ali and Edith Farr Ridington Lecture on Washington Square Ensemble Terrell '98 Thursday, September 15 at 8 p.m. in (1983), Waiting for the End of the 8. "Get a greater consensus over your health plan "-Rajiv Neewor '98 McDaniel Lounge. The lecture is World (1985), Straight Cut ( 1986), 9. "Free Leonard Peltier"-Jimmy Kim '98 free and open to the public, although Zero db (1987), The Year of Silence IO. "Keep up the good work"-Sue Anderson, Dining Room Attendant in Gtar seating is limited. (1987), Soldier's Joy (1989), Bark- II. "Worry about the deficit before you worry about anything else"-Diana Mr. Bell's lecture entitled ing Man (1990), Doctor Sleep Thornton, Beverage Runner in Glar "Apocalypse When?" will discuss (1991), and Save Me, Joe Lewis 12. "Don't run for office again"-Vincent Buscemi '98 relationships between New Age (1993). Bell's latest work is All 13. "Resign while you canr-=Tarua Huzarewicz'96 mysticism, medieval alchemy, Re- Souls'Rising. He lives in Baltimore 14. "Change your foreign policy"-Nicole Roop '93 naissance Hermeticism, and the and is married to the highly re- 15. "Get the job done"---Chris Schroeder '98 present-day environmental crisis. spected poet, Elizabeth Spires. The Nashville-born and Princeton The William and Edith Ridington educated writer (1979 summa cum family contributed to the Western laude, Phi Beta Kappa) has pub- Maryland community in a number of The Phoenix lished seven novels and two vol- ways during their nearly 60 com- umes of short fiction over the past bined years of teachmg here. decade. Nine of his books have been Past Ridington lectures have been reissued in the Penguin Contempo- provided by Dr. Robin Ridington Jr., professor of anthropology at the rary American Fiction Series. Needs You! Even though he has been called a University of British Columbia and "fiercely prolific" writer, Bell has one of the Ridington's four children: also had a busy teaching career. He Theo Lippman Jr., editor and colum- has been a lecturer at the Poetry nist at the Baltimore Sun and a po- Center of the 92nd Street YMHA in litical biographer; and Taylor New York, a visiting lecturer at the Branch, social tnstortan and editor. Iowa Writers' Workshop, visiting Additional information about the Meetings are held every Mon- associate professor with the Writing William and Edith Ridington Lec- Seminars at The Johns Hopkins Uni- ture nay be obtained by contacting day at 6:00 pm in our otlice versity, and, more recently writer- Ms. Virginia Story, Department of in-residence and director of the Cre- English at 857-2420. ative Writing Program at Goucher located in the basement of College. In his spare time Bell is a Provided by the Office of Public In- regular book reviewer for the New formation. DMC 3rd Section. For more York Times Book Review, Harper's, information call x8600. Visit WMC's Pub n Grille x 735 SPRING BREAK '95 __ SELL TRIPS, EARN CASH, & GO FREE !!! Hours of Operation Student Travel Services is now hiring campus representatives. Lowest rates to Mon-Fri 8:00 am- 11:00 pm (delivery 6pm-JO:30 pm) Jamaica, Cancun, Daytona and Panama City Beach. Call 1-800-6484849. Sat 11:00 am -7:00 pm (no delivery) Sun 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (delivery 6pm - 10:30 pm) CARRIAGE HOUSE LIQUORS Use your express card delivery 113 West Main Steet for fast delivery Microfridge Visa/Me 848rJ~suPplies Minimum order $5.75 Items. © A WMC Tradition Also avaiJable for SPECIALS Mickey's Malt Liquor & Ice Ale $.99 quarts Milwaukees Best & Light $ 7.99 case cans National Boh $6.99 case'cans Coors, Miller & Bud $ 13.99 case cans MlUer High Lire $9.99 case cans Molson Ice $ 13.99 case cans Busch, Light, Natural Light $9.99 case cans Labatts Ice $8.4912pack Labatts Blue $7.99 12pack Icehouse $14.99 long neck bottles Cash and Carry WHILE SUPPLIES LAST