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when sin< ikini;
was still hip
ami 1 )nni
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Icatlui mg lit*i hair, ilu*
grassv tjiiad at lilt* l .ul
Man land was m > im >i «• ail
icon than a om «• mm*
(lest i i|H /ip emit* in IV\«*i l\
Mills.
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\ n<I i hr now l.immh si rur of
m \cu (.rorxrtown I grad* making
thru wa\ actovsthr l «*1 Maryland
gmnnds again*! thr *iaik ptllats ol
(irrek tow lias m.ulr thr vrt lot V
t lmo 's ttrr a hit ol a legend at least
among i ollrgr r ampusrs
I hr mo\ir mdusliv aftrt all, ha*
thr ahtlits to put a campus like* thr
l ol Man land on thr map not lot
am great ac .identic ac hirvrmrnt*
hut lot a pie tut r-prtfre t po*tc.ud
kind ol vi rue tli.u sa\s Now this is a
c ollege ”
I hough Si t.lmos ttrr, whit h trac rs
thr liirndships ol the h’M-ii thiough
thr |winxi * »l ad|ustm< nt that follows
gt .Hill.HIM!!, suppose «11\ MMA pt4ie
.it (.ee»igct<»wn. it is the* Mankind
c ampus tli.it gels tlu* hilling
"lt'\ Miitirthiu^ \«>ti point out to vmn
friends who don i go to Marvlanet. s.»ns
Kate ( a 11 a w a \, .« Maryland senioi
( aiiassas is a mmilici of Sigma Kappa
Miroiitv. where- Rob lowr ns.is filmed in a
hat hienun lot the mov'ir
"hnNoiic > like ' R calls 1 hat * aui
siiine, " she sass At the same time,
though, sharing a house nshere lanve oiue
walked isn't that big of a deal to the sistets
who li\e the n “We don't make a big de al
abeart it. it s just a |x»tnt of intoimation
\ ixunt, though, that Memphis State
wheie 1‘aiamount just finished filming lhr
Firm hojies toeaptuie foi itse lf.
1 he film, based on Jedm (.nshain s
novel, stais loin ( ruise as Mitch
Mi I Veie. an fionois graduate of I latvard
I a \s sc hoed who dee lilies oft ri s at the
nation s top law fums to accept a jx wit ion
at a small hnt wealths partnership in
Memphis
1 hr Firm, se t foi release this summer,
tot goes the- inn walls of Harvard foi the
e ampus «>1 Memphis State “first auel fe»rc*
most, veni re looking tm the look You
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On Location
On Campus
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Where doe* TrtStar go to film the »tory of a Notre Dame football player? The U . of Notre Dame, of coor*e.
Hollywood goes back to school
tofind thepicture-peifect campus.
Here's where it ended up.
It\ Jill Salomon, Kiev 'thresher, Ritv l!.
want In sIiihiI what |K-n|)lr think it's going
to look like." vi\s Mike 1 kllheim. Iih.i!mil
managei i>l III*him.
In ihr i m nl ihr turn. Memphis Stale
was ideal not only lot its I\y walls anil tree
lined stirets but also heiausc the test ut
the movie takes plat e in Memphis
’ 11s h atioii mangels) i house some shots
liased on t onvement e ( i uise mines to a
Memphis him the fitst thing they think
ol is to i all Memphis State.” s.us t .regg
Hi i 11 i an t. pnhlii ist lot I’ai amount
\tui that's one i all lew admmisiiatm s
muni taking
"| Ihrhrm] was a wotuleiliil thing lot
the university hot one thing it highlights
the uimeism .incl (he* f.uultv. Malt ami
»ludtiih vvrir vi nUIii to see the movie
tome toge-thn.~ sa\s |.mn liaiUiiann,
video i oordinutot m the media lelations
department at Memphis Stale
Memphis State- like- most campus
tin me- sets — got a sure*! deal i« *i »t\ t ooj* i
ation I hough univeism of fit ials and
industiN people are hush-hush on the
spec dies ed the deals, 1 )el lheiru sa \ s
Memphis State got "a tan ollri
\t Rue l III Houston, \sheie the KIM
filmed a IV mim-seiies last summer, a
movie de-al amounted Oidx to about
$3,000. Hut (*rrg Mat shall, who c ooidmat
ed the filming lor the uimeism. \a\s it was
enough "We ir nut inteiestrd in trs
nig in make mimes, jusi tiling lo
compensate evtoime for theii
mi ovcnienccs. V\ e didn't make a
whole lot on it, hut it was l.rsciinuing
lor the students “
Ik ing in the movies, though, isn't
always in the lards lot a universits
I he 1 ol \otie Dame wanted more
than |ust a fan oflei ttefore u would ^
allow a film i lew on Ms i ampus Du k ‘
Conklin, vire president of mm el sits
il lations, sass Notre Dame has want
ed to keep its foi us on ai ademii s
ictusing movie olTeis to maintain its
integt its m eilui allon
Kill foi a true slurs of a sitting man
whose lifelong dream was to plas
football lot None Dame, univrisits
oflinals found n haul tosas no
Rudy, set lol lelease sometime
next fall, siais Sean \stin as the
Nolit Dame football plasel who
pursues his lifelong goal to wear tin
uniform, if utils foi one down
f’loduiei Koh filed s.iss Rnds him
sell tiled to get the university to
loopetatc foi seseial seals befori
I riStai stepped in to gel Ins slots
told When (lie unisersits finalls
assenteil, the production iress
■ nosed hi
"We've turned down several
si npts on dns same still's before wi
said ()k to tliis one 1 lie i idle I s wen
wuiti ni'tsii. i <iimi lilt
dung vii- need is .1 foothall movie
1 his movie uses loothall as a metaphor Ini
.1 voting iii.in 1 having Ins dream." (Innklin
savs
Iii tins i .isc. ilu- piodui (1011 i ompanv
< hose Notre I kune l>e< ause (he Iim .111011 is
vi lentral lo iht- plot
(>1 1 mu si-, .11 ,i si I100I like the l ol
Noiiihern California. wheie (inn 1 \ntilvml
the Houir Parly movies and p,m of ihr
('uuituitr wrie filmed. .ill this movie host
ness gets ,i hit old .iltcl .1 while
I St sludelils tend lo ignore die pro
duetlon 1 lews, savs l St juilloi tddv Sain
who vs .is an ext 1 a one e lot .1 ( Hs I \
movie "Aftei .1 while you )usi walk hv and
don t teallv i aie I here aie v» mans films
d<me here — ii Novel kill "
Bui at eollege 1 ampiiv s like Memphis
Slate — not ficquented so often hv
Hollywood ptoduelion iievss, the simple
lai t that its s< hool will he named 111 the
1 I edits is ell< >ny>h
"I guess d we did it even dav, people
would get tiled ol it." s.tvs Cores,
Ilu kelson, a |uninr at Memphis State
"But loi that one dav, you rant imagine
what it was like "
Class of '96 tries to make
mark in line-up of cheese
With networks scrambling to reach college students through a cheesy
line up of shows like The Heights. Covington Cross and 2000 Malibu
Road, a new offenng is struggling to set itself apart from the mediocrity
Class ot 96 which debuted in January, chronicles the craziness and
drama in the lives of seven college freshmen
The senes is filmed at the U of Toronto (a campus with an East Coast
look) that provides an idyllic college setting
If this show sounds like another Fox program hoping to test the limits
ol the youth-oriented audience it is The network is looking for another
90210'Melrose Place -type show and it thinks it has it in Class ol 96
There are plenty ot cool dressers and plenty of stereotypes as well Kan
Wuhrer plays Robin Farr a promiscuous strawberry blonde who is tond of.
among other things lingerie
But there’s more to the young vixen than a plentiful underwear drawer
'She s streetwise as well as book smart," Wuhrer says
The show is the brainchild of former Columbia U professor John
Romano, who says Class ot 96 will raise some eyebrows by dealing with
college issues like date rape anti semitism, scholarship and sports
But. most ot all Romano says the show will be about college life in gen
eral 'College is the place where the American Dream still lives"
■ J. Marti Dudick. Montana Kaimin, U of Montana