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Monday, February 17, 1997 COLLEGE NEWS Pride Auditions set for new show choir By Whitney Larrimore Assistant Editor Methodist College has an ■active music department with many performing groups such as Rainbow's End, the MC Chorus, and the Stage Band. The department is about to gain one more performing group: the Methodist College Show Choir. Show Choir is being estab lished by Betty Neill Parsons, assis tant professor of music and director of Rainbow’s End. The show choir will begin in fall semester 1997. Show choir is, according to Parsons, "a group of approximately 12 to 24 performers who perform popular music by singing and danc ing." Show choir is not to be con fused with Rainbow's End in any sense, though the two groups are somewhat similar. Rainbow's End sings some popular music, but it most often performs religious music. There is also some choreography, but it is not complex. Show Choir will be different in that the music that will be performed is secular, and the cho reography employed will be much more complex. Show Choir will also have a band that will accompany it during performances. Auditions for Show Choir will be held this semester on Feb. 18, Feb. 27, and March 3. This group will be a one-semester- hour class and have a syllabus just like any other class. Participating students won't get a scholarship, but can get credit for their arts requirement as an applied music. Parsons says, "[Students will] follow a curriculum. Included in the curriculum are performance, at titude, physical, vocal and mental pre sentation, and physical/vocal energy." In essence. Parsons says students will have to "know how to sell a song." Once the group is as sembled, it will include a maximum of 24 performers (12 men and 12 women) and the accompanying band members. The band will be composed of percussion, piano, guitar ,and brass sections. Flashy costumes will be worn by the performers and band members alike. The costumes will be made so that slight alterations, like reversible jackets and Velcro pieces, can give them three different looks. The group will perform six times a semester because, according to Par sons, "Twenty-four people have to have room to do the choreography," and only places with large auditori ums can host that kind of perfor mance. The band also limits the group’s touring capabilities because the chorus will have to move a full- size band. Each time the choir per forms, it will do eight to ten musical pieces. This music will range from Broadway pieces to top 40, hip-hop, and rhythm and blues. "The music will be secular big time," says Parsons, with pieces by artists like Janet Jack son and Madonna. The group will not tour abroad; however, Parsons hopes that MC can begin hosting a show choir contest each spring where show choirs from around the east coast will come to Methodist to compete. This will be similar to the type of contest held at James Madison University in Virginia where groups compete for high honors in show choir perfor mance. The name of the choir has not been established yet; it will be de cided upon later by the chorus mem bers. Whatever the name, Parsons hopes it will be a name synonymous with MC. "I would like the MC show choir to be made up of people from all areas of MC, "says Parsons, "and [for these people] to be ambassadors for Methodist." For more information about audi tions, call Betty Neill Parsons at 630-4198. [OteUHWT I know. W* Ifji Ntw Ihk T(WU 1 towsmuNE Campus News from around the nation On-line business listings aid job search MIDDLETON, Mass.- Looking for a job just got a little easier thanks to BigYellow (www.bigyellow.com), a national on-line yellow pages service that lists nearly every business in the United States. Graduating seniors can find everything they need to help land a great job upon graduation by using this service developed by NYNEX. It’s not too early to start thinking about how to put that new degree to use and how to begin pay ing off those student loans. Rather than spending hours looking through piles of reference books, graduates- to-be can log on to BigYellow to check out thousands of different products and services available to help find a great job. Students can use BigYellow to find comprehensive lists of resume services, employment agencies, and career counseling firms. Many of these businesses are showcasing their products and services with comprehen sive Web sites so that graduates can tiiake informed choices. BigYellow also has shopping information to help find a great-looking interview suit or even a new car to get you to those in terviews. For example, a student can type in Employment Agencies in New York and find hundreds of listings like Career Blazers, a White Plains-based full-service staffing firm. This company helps everyone from recent college graduates to experience professionals find a job. The JobBank, is another Big Yellow advertiser whose Web site al lows you to submit'a'resume i‘o'their resume database or search the JobBank USA database for a job. Big Yellow’s database is ex tensive, with more than 16 million busi ness listings. Students can use it to find names and addresses of companies they’re interested in pursuing on their own. The companies are categorized by business type. For example, if you really want to work in the field of com puter graphics, simply type it in the category box, highlight your desired work location, and within seconds you’ll have a list of prospects. With more than 5,000 adver tisers, BigYellow exceeds any other on-line shopping directory in content and is one of the largest advertiser- supported sites on the Internet. The service is free to consumers. BigYellow also features 75 million residential listings, as well as a directory of 7.5 milli6rt e-rnail ad dresses. Complementary shopping in formation is also supplied by more than 20 content partners for topics including dining, entertainment, health care, computers, travel, finance, edu cation, home improvement, legal, and home-based businesses. West Point cadet acquitted of rape WEST POINT, N.Y.-A West Point cadet accused of raping a female classmate after an off-campus party was acquitted Jan. 24. James P. Engelbrecht, 22, told a court-martial jury thai he did not know the woman had been drink ing heavily when she climbed into bed with him. He also said the female ca det initiated the sex. The party was held last Me morial Day weekend at the New Jer sey home of another cadet. The woman testified that she had passed out in a bed, then awoke in pain to find Engelbrecht raping her. The case marked the first time a cadet has accused a classmate of rape since the academy began en rolling women 20 years ago. The prosecutor, Capt. Dean Raab.-told the court in summation that it didn’t make sense for the woman, who claimed to have been a virgin, to suddenly become “a sexual predator.” Engelbrecht’s defense attor ney focused on the woman’s inability to remember details and inconsisten cies in her story. NC Symphony to perform in concert with pianist Feb. 26 The North Carolina Symphony will per form the N.C. premiere of contemporary com poser Steve Heitzeg’s Mustang in a concert featuring pianist Andre Watts on Wed., Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in Reeves Auditorium. Music director Gerhardt Zimmerman will conduct the concert, which also features Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini. Watts will perform Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 as part of the symphony’s season-long Brahms retrospective on the 100th anniversary of the compoer’s death. Single tickets are available. Reserved tickets are $18, adult general admission is $15, and student and senior citizen general admis sion tickets are $12. For more information or to order tickets, contact Amy Holt at 323-2924 or Adrienne Watts at 433-2382. History dept, honors African- American contributions in films Student Leaders Sought Summer 1997 Internships The Fund for American Smdies is recruiting leaders from colleges and universities to participate in its 1997 summer institutes at Georgetown Univei^ity in Washington, DC. Undergraduate students will gain critical work experience through internships in public policy, politics, business, jour nalism, or international affairs and will earn credits through coun« work at Georgetown University. The final application deadline is March 15,1997. There is no minimum GPA requirement, and students who have been active on campus are encouraged to apply. For btochures and applications, students should contact The Fund for American Studies at (800) 741-6964 or visit our web site at http://www.dcinternships.org Staff Report The history department is sponsoring a tribute to African-Ameri- can achievements by showing the films The Color Purple and Hoop Dreams. As part of the observance of Black History Month, the department sponsored showings of Glory on Feb. 7 and Malcolm X on Feb. 14. The Color Purple, based on the novel by Alice Walker, stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and ENGEL from page 1 you would like, 1 can come back an other time and finish it at a much higher price.” Engel drew laughter in his reference to the marketing scheme set up by Dickens, in which Dickens would sell his books three chapters at a time in order to ensure that the read ers would continue to buy his work. Dickens used this strategy in making his novel The Pickwick Papers the best -selling novel of the 19th century. JORDAN from page 1 - “I couldn’t believe this was the man 1 see on TV all the time, and here he was in front of me.” Monroe was impressed by the size of Jordan’s giant hands; how ever, he was surprised that Michael isn’t as tall as he appears on the screen. Monroe, who plays comerback on the Monarch football team, stands 6’1” himself. He also hopes to play pro fessional football someday. He is ma joring in education, and plans to teach middle school and coach football if the NFL doesn’t draft him. MC football coach Jim Sypult seems to think Monroe has the potential to go professional. “Trayfer was the most productive defensive player we had [this season.] He has the athletic potential and drive to play for the NFL,” Sypult said. “He’s a Personality may influence TV watching GAINESVILLE, Fla.-You are what you watch, suggests a new study by a University of Florida re searcher. An energetic guy is more likely to watch Hard Copy after a tough day at work, while the stereo typical lazy guy will watch videos on MTV for hours on end, said Cynthia Frisby, a UF advertising doctorate stu dent. “My study determined that a link exists between program choice and personality type,” said Frisby. Frisby surveyed 289 people spanning a wide range of ages, edu cation, and income. The subjects an swered questions relating to five ma jor personality traits: openness, extro version, agreeableness, conscientious ness, and emotionality/neuroticism. Frisby found the subjects’ personality types not only influenced what television shows they watched, but also why they watched them. Most groups of people in the study watched TV primarily for en tertainment and escape reasons. But certain types of personalities were drawn to certain types of shows. Hostile or rude people tended to watch situation comedies for information, Frisby said. “This could be because they are unable to interact socially with people,” she added. Extroverts tended to tune in frequently to soap operas and news magazine shows. Unenergetic people reported watching music videos often and emotionally related to talk shows. The results of Frisby’s study could be useful to advertisers. For example, if people are sitting down to watch Seinfeld each week primarily to be entertained, an informative car commercial may not work well with the audience. “If we can define these shows by personality types, advertis ing could be much more effective,” Frisby said. First-generation students lack support UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- Compared to traditional college stu dents, first-generation students take fewer classes, work more hours off- campus, and expect to take more time to complete their degrees. See FIRST GENERATION, page 3 Oprah Winfrey. It will be shown Feb. 21 at 7:30 in T246. The documentary Hoop Dreams depicts two high school bas ketball players’ struggle to earn col lege scholarships and to earn a spot in the NBA. It also illustrates the in fluence of their neighborhoods and families. Hoop Dreams will be shown Feb. 28 at 7:30 in T246. Admission is free and re freshments will be served. Engel closed by offering autographed copies of his latest book for sale as a fundraiser for a children’s hospital. Engel was so well-received that he sold the entire box of books and had to take orders from students and staff who were at the end of the line. Editor’s note: The text of Leon Clark’s convocation address has been re printed on page 4 of this issue. compliment to our team. You only come across a few where you can sit up front and say, ‘Be like this.’ We wouldn’t have any problems if they were all like him.” Athletic talent apparently runs in the Monroe family. Brother Travis has had an excellent recovery from the transplant surgery and is now playing on his high school basketball team in Fairmont, S.C. So just who is Monroe’s fa vorite NBA star, anyway? He says he likes Jordan’s teammate Dennis Rod man “because of his work ethic...he hustles.” But, Monroe added, “Bas ketball is not my favorite sport. It’s just a hobby. I like football best.” Oh, and about those exams: Monroe didn’t escape them. He took them early. Counselor’s Corner Editor’s note: The Counselor’s Cor ner is a new feature in the Pride. The situations and advice herein are drawn from actual cases handled by the Counseling Center. All names and identifying details have been changed to protect the identities of the par ties. Dear Darlene, I’ve been friends with this guy for four years. We started off in a relationship which ended badly. I went further sexually than I was comfortable with. He cheated on me more than once. He verbally abused me and left me feeling bad about myself. Needless to say, the “more than friends” part of the relationship is over. He wants to continue to be friends with me. He calls me only when he feels depressed or lonely (using me again?). He con tinues to be rude to me and em barrass me in front of other people. Still, I care about him and want him to be okay. He has lots of fam ily problems and has attempted suicide in the past. I’m scared that if I cut him off totally, he won’t have anyone to turn to. He tells me that I’m the only one he can count on. Am I being stupid? Should I hang in there with him? Is it advisable or even possible to be friends with someone after so much hurt? —Friendly Dear Friendly, You seem to be caught be tween your impulse to protect your self and your impulse to help a hurt ing human being. That’s a tough po sition to be in. I believe it is possible to do both, provided you get them in the right order. Let me explain by using an analogy. The last time you took an airplane flight, the attendant demon strated the oxygen apparatus and gave instructions. She said, “If you are traveling with young children, give yourself oxygen first before at tempting to care for the children.” These instructions seem wrong; young children should get immedi ate attention, you’d think. But after a moment’s reflection, it is easy to understand that if you don’t care for yourself first, you will be incapable of caring for those you love. The same is true in relation ships. There are some oxygen-like elements that are essential to your emotional health. If you don’t have these, you will not be have the strength to be of real help to others. These oxygen-like elements include a sense of your own worth and abili ties and the knowledge that you are respected by others. If you have these elements in abundance and have the supply replenished daily by other re lationships and friendships, then you could probably successfully be in a friendship with someone who is all take and no give. You would know not to expect anything and would be in the friendship in order to be of service. If you are in short supply of the essential elements of positive regard from yourself and from oth ers, you would be foolish to put your self in the position to give away what you need most. You will be able to make the right decision, and I sus pect that it may vary from day to day. Just be sure and take good care of yourself. You matter, too, you know. If you would like to sub mit a problem or request for ad vice from the counselor, you may send it to Darlene Hopkins, Direc tor of the Counseling Center, Sanford Hall, or call 630-7150.
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