WIG OUT AT ZIO'S
HAIRY SITUATION HAS DINNERTIME COMPANIONS AT LOGGERHEADS

TEMPERS WERE RUNNING HIGH and accusations were flying after an argument broke out at Zio's Italian Restaurant when Gonzaga University student Brigid Carey accused fellow Spokanite and computer lab tech Darcy Caputo of wearing a shaggy wig in a promotional video.

The video, shot on location in Italy by director Dan Garrity, is an 8-minute-long promo reel for the Cagli Project, sister program to the Armagh Project. Caputo makes a brief cameo as an Italian Don Juan, flirting with vivacious video host Annie Carey-- Brigid's sister.

Brigid Carey charges that Caputo, these days sporting well-oiled close-cropped hair, was wearing a long wig during his scenes in the film. "It just looked really funny," she explained.

The two entered into a lively debate fueled by red wine as they sat across from each other upstairs at Zio's.

Carey claimed she got the idea it was a wig from Caputo himself. She charged that Caputo did not directly claim to be wearing a wig in the video, but had a "shrug and a smirk" attitude towards life that led her to question the authenticity of the long, lush hair on display in the film.

Carey, no stranger to courting controversy after repeatedly claiming to be related to pop star Mariah Carey, viewed the video on popular website You Tube, where it is still openly available. Caputo believes that Carey simply "jumped to conclusions" when confronted with his thick, flowing mane in the movie.

The debate remained unresolved at the end of dinner, with both sides still sticking to their stories. But some had fears for Carey's sanity following the contentious charges fired by each of the parties.

"She was up all night, worried, angry, and confused," Brigid's sister and roommate Meg Carey, also a student, told me, making veiled allusions to her sister's mental health, which she described as precarious. "She'll go into old age worrying about this. There won't be any end to it."