The Clarion
Tuesday, November 4,1980
College Bowl
by Pam Blalock
and DeAnna Johnson
This President was called “The
American Talleyrand,” “The
Kinderhook Fox,” and “The
Little Magician.” He served as
Jackson’s Secretary of State, as
his Vice-President and then
succeeded him as President. For-
20-points ... who is he? This is just
one of the many questions one
might hear at a Phi Theta Kappa
monthly college bowl. One might
be asked to recite the Preamble
or be expected to know the
dreadful people who invented
Calculus. Strange as it sounds,
the participants claim that it is a
lot of fun. One reason is because
the competition is between the
dorms. A student who is in
terested in competing on his or
her dorm’s team can sign up in
the cafeteria the week before the
event, or he or she can come
early to the College Bowl to fill
any vacancies there may be.
Phi Theta Kappa organizes all
the College Bowls and mvites
members of the faculty to act as
mediators. Two college bowls
have already been held, one on
Math and Science with Don
Lander as mediator and the
second was on History and
Political Science with that turtle
like fellow, Peter Burger as the
guest host. Steve Moore,
Cameron Tankersley, Barbara
Sue Combs, and Hong Sian Oen
composed the winning team for
Math and Science. They were
from Stamey and Ross and were
known as the “Stross” or
“Stroh’s” team. The History and
Political Science victors were
Mary Gay Michaels, Jeff Taylor,
Dan Clay and Gilbert Bradham,
members of the “Pink and
Green” team and known af
fectionately as “Green and
Preppette.” (It’s okay M.G., we
know the light bulb didn’t work.)
Next month’s College Bowl will
deal with Sports. PTK is hoping
for active participation from
every dorm. Be sure and look for
posters announcing the date and
sign up for your dorm’s team.
You should probably start
brushing up on your sports trivia.
Incidentally, “The American
Talleyrand” was Martin Van
Buren.
You And Your Roomie
by Karen Wehunt
Getting along with your
roommate plays an important
role in enjoying college life.
Many students suffer when they
have a roommate they cannot get
along with. By changing room
mates, they can solve their
problem. Usually changing helps,
but sometimes one seems to
move around all year long. This
is typical at all colleges including
Brevard.
Sometimes I think students
move too much, but then again, I
wonder why some don’t change.
For example, roommate #1 wants
to move in with one of her friends.
She doesn’t tell her roommate
because she’s afraid she’ll hurt
her feelings. Also, roommate #2 is
having these same feelings
toward the other. This continues
throughout the year and the only
ones who know are the other
people living on the hall. If the
two students would talk about
their problem and be more open
with each other, they both would
be happier. No one knows
anything unless they are told
what they need to know.
Another typical situation is
when one student wants her
roommate to move out. The two
girls see each other a lot, but they
never have any type of con
versation other than a few words.
This makes it difficult for the girl
to tell her roommate to leave.
Instead of telling her, she plots
against her roommate. For
example, she never cleans the
PTK is really fired up this year and ready to
conquer anything they come across.
Caddyshack
“Hillarious”
knows will wake her roommate.
When this doesn’t bother the girl,
she finally tells her to leave. This
upsets me sometimes, because
the two girls have never talked
together to solve their problem.
In my opinion, my roommate
and I get along better than most
roommates. We talk over our
personal problems as well as
problems affecting both of us.
This helps us understand each
other’s needs plus we have a
better chance for remaining
friends. College friends play an
important role in one’s life,
because it is said, “frienog made
at college are usually kepi
throughout life.”
by Lisa French
Caddyshack, starring Chevy
Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted
Knight, and Bill Murray as
“Carl,” is a hilarious farce about
a young caddy, Danny Newman,
who works at a posh country club
golf course. Danny is torn bet
ween going to college and playing
golt^and between two women.
Dangerfield’s vulgar, loud
mouthed character is so loveable
that we forget Rodney “gets no
respect”. In respect, Ted
Knight’s despicable judge begs to
be hated. Boih SCtors keep the
audience in stitches.
Chase and Murray’s charac
ters are both very reminiscent of
their Saturday Night Live roles.
These characters, a shell
shocked greenskeeper (Murray),
and a half-witted millionaire who
considers himself a “veggie”
(Chase), are very unclear and
bumbling. The acting is a
disappointment.
The story takes a while to make
its point but there is practically
non-stop laughter along the way.
The highlight of this flick is a
treacherous little gopher who
gains the audience’s support as
he is bombarded by outrageous
war traps.
The musical score by Kenny
Loggins, including the single
“I’m Alright,” is excellent and
lots of fun.
This film is recommended for a
fun evening. Now playing at the
Bijou in Greenville along with
Tin-S Square, Borderline, I Spit
on Your GfSye. Middle Age
Crazy, Prom Night, ana EJephant
Man.
Vote
“Off The
Record”
by Scott Lafoy
TIIK CARS - PANORAIVIA
The Cars’ latest etfort,
“Panorama”, is probably one of
the best albums to be released
this year. The band is
progressing deeper into more
electronically oriented music
than on their two previous
albums. The new songs involve
much more keyboards and more
sophisticated melodies than
before. Ric Dcasek has come up
with even catchier lyrics than
before and still displays his
unique talent of taking ordinary,
down to earth topics and tran
slating them into deep, mind
boggling expressions; for in
stance, rephrasing the act of
committing a major crime as
“living outside the
misdemeanor”. The Cars are one
of America’s foremost rock
bands, combining a mixture of
rock and new wave to produce a
totally unique sound, and this
album reassures their fans that
the Cars are very much alive and
kicking. My favorite songs from
“Panorama” are “Getting
Through”, which is probably the
prettiest tune on the record,
“Don’t Tell Me No”, which
sounds like something in tune
with the Cars’ tremendous debut
album, and “Just Gimme Some
Slack”, a fast-paced song which I
dedicate whole-heartedly to the
Brevard faculty. All in all, I think
the Cars’ “Panorama” is an
excellent album, and if you like
the Cars, you should already own
it.
AC/DC-Back In Black
With “Back In Black”, AC/DC
has continued their string of fine
rock and roll albums, and this one
should achieve the acclaim
they’ve deserved for years.
“Back In Black” is one of
AG/DC’s better albums,
naturally consisting of pulsating
heavy metal sound? that they are
so famous for. “You Shook Me
Night Long” is the first singiS,
and is doing well on the charts.
My favorite cut is “Hell’s Bell®
which is the opening song of the
current AC/DC concert tour and
receives the most FM airplay oi
any song on the album,
“Back In Bi’^ck” is a good ro
and roll album, which I m sur
AC/DC fans all over will quic Y
agree with.
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