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Cult filmmaker jokes about movie industry at Thalian
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Atlantis distributing
first editions
April 12, the first edition copies of the lit
erary magazine Atlantis will be distributed
at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble Bookstore.
Some of the writers will also read from their
work in the magazine. Refreshments will be
served.
Artist Recitai Series
presents pianist
Pianist Valerie Zamora will perform at 8
p.m. in Kenan Auditorium April 10. The pro
gram will include pieces by Mozart, Chopin,
Brahms and North Carolina composer
Pamela St. John. Admission is $10 for the
general public and $5 for senior citizens and
students.
NC poet laureate to
read in Cameron
Fred Chappell will read from his fiction
and poetry at 7:30 p.m. in Cameron Hall Au
ditorium April 13. A reception and
booksigning will follow in the lobby. The
reading is sponsored by The King's Road and
the creative writing department.
Classical guitarist to
perform in Kenan
Michael Lorimer will perform in at 8 p.m.
in Kenan Auditorium April 11. The central
theme of the performance is “Masters of the
Fretboard,” meaning music by great guitar
ists and composers. Tickets cost $10 and are
available through the Kenan Auditorium box
office.
Stained glass artist
leads lecture
St. John’s Art Museum will host a lecture
by artist Rown LeCompte titled “The Art of
Stained Glass: the Gothic Era through the
20th Century.” It will last from 7-9 p.m. April
13 in St. John’s Hughes Gallery. Tickets cost
$2 for museum members and $3 for the gen
eral public. LeCompte has an exhibit at the
museum, “Rowan LeCompte: 60 Years of
Color and Light.” At 12 noon April 28, mu
seum personnel will lead a walk-through tour
of LeCompte’s exhibit and “Quintet: Five
Print Suites” by Donald Furst. The walk
through is free with museum admission.
by MEGAN O’BRIEN AND MAI HAMRICK
The Seahawk
7:48:32 p.m.: Doors to Thalian
Hall’s main stage opened to the hun
dreds of Kevin Smith fans who showed
up as early as 5:37 p.m. to hear the
“Dogma” director’s presentation. Last
Thursday, students, staff, Wilmington
residents, an Alanis Morrisette version
of God and a priest filed into the his
toric theater for the Association for
Campus Entertainment evening with
Smith.
“1 thought he was a great showman.
1 think he had a concern for the audi
ence, making sure that their needs
were met, he answered every question
and he would have gone all night if the
venue would have let him. That’s quite
unique, he really wanted to make sure
everyone got what they were looking
for,” said Ian Martin, campus program
coordinator .
Instead of lecturing. Smith gave the
audience free reign to ask any ques
tion, as if he were having a conversa
tion with nearly 600 people.
“ We’ll go as long or as short as you
like. As long as you guys keep gener
ating, I’ll keep generating, we’ll try to .
make it worth the exorbitant $20 fee,”
Smith said.
“It was definitely a cooler format
than I was ever used to, with the title of
DirectorKevIn Smith answered questions
about his most recent movie “Dogma.”
“An
Evening With...” 1 liked the Q&A, his
stories were amazing . . .he wrapped it
up really well.” He cussed a lot more
than I thought he was going to, but 1
liked it, I liked the cussing,” senior
Chad Reeves said.
Several members of the audience
wanted advice to kick-off their own
film careers.
“The field has opened up. Take it
away from the elitists, like myself.
Tell your story, not someone else’s.
And get a bunch of...credit cards.
They really help,” Smith said.
To produce his first film, “Clerks,”
With buddy Scott Mosier from the
Vancouver Film Institute they pro
duced the low budget film. Smith
maxed out 10 credit cards, spending
$27,575 he didn’t have to make a
movie he wasn’t sure anybody would
see. Smith would wake up at 6 a.m.
and work until 11 a.m. at the now-fa
mous New Jersey convenience store.
He would then shoot the movie until
4 p.m. and work again until 10:30
p.m. and continue shooting through
the night.
From these primitive working
conditions. Smith emerged as a new
celebrity in the world of independent
film. Four years later, Disney-owned
Miramax “Dogma” brought in box
office revenues of $30,631,422, as of
March 26.
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See SMITH, paae 21
WLOZ strives for higher power
by KRISTI SINGER
The Scene
The Federal Communications Com
mission (FCC) held a lottery to deter
mine the order of application acceptance
for low power FM (LPFM) March 27.
All 50 states, possessions and territo
ries, were divided into five groups for
the lottery drawing. North Carolina was
placed in group five, the last eligible
group.
“At least we have an opportunity to
get LPFM,” said station manager John
Bundy about North Carolina being last
in the lottery.
Public notices will announce the
Commission’s acceptance of applica
tions. The commission will accept ap
plications in a five-day filing window.
The notices will be issued at the end of
April, 30 days before the first filing
window.
“I don’t know what the waiting pro
cess will be. They have to figure out
who gets what. There’s a limited
amount of space in Wilmington; 1 think
there are 12 to 15 slots available.”
Bundy said.
LPFM will be available with a maxi
mum power of 10 watts or 100 watts.
The 10-watt stations would be able to
reach a radius of one to two miles, and
the 100 watts will be able to reach a
radius of three and a half miles. The li
censes will be awarded for eight years
with renewable terms.
The LPFM service is a non-commer-
cial radio service. According to the
FCC, “eligible licensees will be non
commercial government or private edu
cational organizations, associations or
entities, and government or non-profit
entities providing local public safety to
transportation services. Individuals
will not be eligible to apply for LPFM
stations.”
“I would love to see it go through.
Thomat M Ruytt/Tht
WLOZ has expanded their involve
ment in campus activities in recent
years, and want to increase their
broadcasting power. Above, Jesse
Masek, left, interviews SGA presi
dential candidate Lee Keenen.
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