A DAY FOR JUSTICE: Not every dose...

A DAY FOR JUSTICE: Not every dose of medicine is for the patient: Dr. Glen R. Justice, cancer director at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, is taking 50 doctors, nurses and staff members to South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa tonight to see “Wit.” . . . Justice was so moved by the play--about an ovarian cancer patient--he wants to share its message with co-workers. . . . Says Justice: “We professionals need to see this. We all can get a little jaded and distant.”

FRONT GROUP: Another milestone for the Orange County alternative rock group Offspring as it rises to superstardom: its first magazine cover--this month’s Spin. Spin suggests that “if Green Day is the Beatles, Offspring are the Stones.” . . . Lead singer Dexter Holland, in light of Offspring’s 4 million in sales, notes that he’s come a long way since he was a high school geek: “I used to have kids flushing my glasses down the toilet.”

TAP TV: If you loved those early movie musicals of the ‘30s and ‘40s, chances are you saw the tapping Nicholas Brothers: Fayard, above, and Harold. Their work will be featured tonight at 8 on “Straight Up: The Nicholas Brothers,” on KOCE Channel 50 (F2). . . . Fayard, now 80, doesn’t like to be labeled a “black” artist. Good is good and bad is bad, no matter one’s color, he says. “But I support Black History Month and the black performers who have really, really strived through the years to be recognized.”

PARTY CHECK: A school legislative coalition from Orange took some of its funding ideas to state Sen. Leroy Greene (D-Sacramento), chairman of an education committee. A heated discussion left Greene telling them: “Look around this room, you’re all white women from Orange County.” . . . Greene, also white, later said he only meant minorities need more of a voice in education. But coalition member Sharon Grindstaff suggests what he really meant was they were all Republicans. . . . . And Greene’s retort: “She probably is a Republican.”