January 30,1979
By GWEN BIKIS
Santana has had a long, success
ful career. The band has gone
through several changes and
innovations, but has always
managed to maintain that Latin
spice until now. As an avid
Santana fan, I have followed the
band through such tasties as "Oye
Como Va," "The Conga-driver,"
"Everybody's Everything" and
the passionate "Europa"; through
the progressive-jaz albums
"Welcome" and "Caravanserai";
and the spiritual rock which Carlos,
the band's namesake and backbone,
with his burning guitar, brought
back from his "Love, Devotion
and Surrender" collaboration, and
the earthy funk of the recent live
album. I've loved every moment
of it.
And now there's "Inner Se
crets." The Latin snap is almost
gone. What Santana has done is
go off on another tack, this one in
the direction of contemporary soul,
disco-infection as that may be. There
have been indications of this from
as far back as "Amigos," on
which "Tell Me Are You Tired"
appeared. But that was before the
disco wave engulfed everything,
unfortunately even Santana. The
Latin flavor has been washed away,
and the result is something like
eating soggy Doritos.
Case in point is "Dealer,"
the first song on Side One, which
might as well have slid off the wax
and under the turntable for all the
impression it made on me. Unfor
tunately, there's more than one
such filler song on this album.
There's also three cover versions
here. Santana has done cover
versions before: In "Black Magic
Woman" Santana transformed the
Internships alternative experience
By CAROLINE COLES
In the past year a total of 33
Guilford College student interns
have been practicing everywhere
from the vet's to the District
Attorney's office in Greensboro.
The program is an alternative
learning experience designed to
give credit not merely for work but
"for the relating of learning to a
profession."
Some interesting internships
last semester were held by Stan-
Gardner and Frank Petrousky at
the District Attorney's office, while
Katherine London served as an
administrative assistant for
the Volunteers to the Court.
Mike Smith and Phil Manz
worked at Wesley Long Hospital
though in different capacities, Phil
under an accountant and Mike for
a pathologist.
Santana's snap is gone
Fleetwood Mac classic into a
Santana masterpiece. '' Secrets'''
track "One Chain Don't Make
No Prison" does nothing for the
original, and "Well All Right"
could pass for a clone of Traffic,
which is good enough in itself,
but also pointless. "Stormy," how
ever, benefits gready from Carlos'
guitar breaks.
That, as a matter of fact, could
serve as an accurate evaluation of
the album as a whole. The guitar,
muted as it is (who could forget
for example, the beautiful screams
of "No One To Depend On")
gives the album some real Nacho
Performances ranging from magic
to opera and from dance to drama
will highlight the entertainment
events sponsored during the week of
Jan. 29-Feb. 4.
On Monday, Jan. 29, interna
tionally-acclaimed soprano Anna
Moffo will join the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra for a perform
ance at 8:15 p.m. in Aycock
Auditorium on campus. Two days
later on Wednesday, Jan. 31,
magician Harry Blackstone Jr. will
present his Blackstone Magic
Show at 8:15 p.m. in Greensboro's
War Memorial Auditorium.
On Thursday, Feb. 1, the Russian
Festival of Dance, a touring group
from the Soviet Union, will present
a two-hour sampling of the lively
folk dances and music of that
naiton's 15 republics at 8:15 p.m.
in War Memorial Auditorium.
That same night, UNC-G Theatre
will open a four-day run of the senti
mental musical, "I Do! I Do!,"
When asked how she liked being
an intern, Katherine London said,
"The program provides a good
opportunity in a professional atmos
phere that is both structured and
unstructured.
How does one begin working
towards an internship? First the
student must qualify. Juniors and
Seniors with at least a 2.5 QPA
are preferred but sophomores occa
sionally enter the program, accord
ing to Dick Coe. There is no
guarantee of an internship for
anyone. The individual must first
qualify at Guilford, then the agency
in question may accept or reject the
student.
Undoubtedly one of the most
important requirements is thinking
ahead. When hoping for an
internship of any kind the student
should obtain a faculty advisor
(not necessarily his own) for the
kick beyond the bland Velveeta
disco flavor.
The songs I like on the album
are "Open Invitation," a good
solid rock number, and the medley
"Life Is a Lady/Holiday" which
features Carlos on guitar. This
thing is good, starting out slow and
mellow, but I keep expecting it to
light up like "Europa" and "Samba
Pat." Wham! is a driving instru
mental featuring the only conga
break on the entire album. It is
obvious on this album that Santana
is a great band, but other albums
have showcased the talent in the
band to better advantage.
Moffo, Blackstone on UC/LS slate
in the Greeasboro City Schools'
Weaver Education Center. The
shows will be at 8:15 p.m. Feb.
1-3 with a 2:15 p.m. matinee on
Feb. 4.
The performances by Ms. Moffo
and the Russian Festival are spon
sored by the University Concert and
Lecture Series at UNC-G and tickets
The Guilford College chapter of
the North Carolina Public Interest
Research Group (NC PIRG) today
announced its formal intervention
in federal rulemaking concerning
nuclear cargo transposition.
The group recently filed a 15
page comment with the Federal
Department of Transportation
(DOT) charging grave danger to
program. He should then con
tact Dick Coe before the middle of
the semester preceding the one in
which the internship is desired.
Internships involve much contact
work. Dick Coe frankly prefers
for students to contact the agency or
firm, but both he and the faculty
will perform that service.
When a plan is resolved, a learn
ing contract and proposal for
academic credit must be drawn up.
Both of these are vital parts of any
Guilford internship. The purpose of
the contract is to make clear the
basic expectations for the work
situation while the proposal for
academic credit specifies what
project the student will submit
for credit.
The death of internships at other
colleges, says Dick Coe, '' has
been through misdirection. Often
interns have not found a balance
Guilfordian
NC-PIRG after U.S. DOT
BBLjL I- JpJ
are available at the Aycock Auditor
ium box office, 379-5546, between
1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Saturday.
Blackstone, who is one of only 11
illusionists to receive the coveted
Star of Magic Award, is sponsored
by the Broadway Showcase Series.
Tickets for his show are available
Greensboro and other N.C. cities
from truck shipments of spent
nuclear fuels.
Steve Kaplan, speaking for the
group commented that "eight ship
ments of high level nuclear wastes
passed through Greensboro in the
first four months of 1978."
"With the expected increase in
spent fuel shipments through
between academics and experience.''
Most of the internships are both
voluntary and located in Greens
boro. Although credit may vary,
most internships are equivalent to a
four hour academic course. More
than four hours credit is never
given for an internship.
Ideally the student works
twelve hours a week for twelve
weeks. This leaves one week at the
beginning of the semester before
starting and two at the end to work
on the project.
The amount of experience
gained can be a tremendous ad
vantage when the student enters the
job market. Katherine London, for
instance, was in charge of monthly
reports of the volunteers who are
matched to befriend juvenile
offenders. These reports might
determine at the end of one year
whether or not those juveniles are
convicted and sent to jail.
Results of vandalism
at the Greensboro Coliseum box
office, 294-2870, weekdays.
A sentimental musical comedy
which traces the ups and downs of
a 50-year-marriage, "I Do! I Do!"
is jointly sponsored by UNC-G
Theatre and the Greensboro City
Schools. Tickets are available at the
Taylor Building box office on
campus, 379-5575, weekdays
between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Greensboro over the next 20 years,
we will have hundreds of yearly
nuclear shipments through Greens
boro which is at the hub of three
major highways, 1-85, 1-40 and US
29."
"Our study of Greensboro's
danger was thorough. The Greens
boro Central Business District, and
shopping centers with thousands of
shoppers and employees are within
short down-wind range of the cargo
routes," stated Kaplan.
"Eighteen Greensboro schools
are within a mile of these roads,
and 50,000 people live in city
census tracts contiguous to the
three routes.''
An accident with one of these
shipments could kill hundreds of
people and make millions of dollars
worth of valuable property worth
less. •
For example, a release erf cesium
137 on a windy day would typically
cause 700 added cancer deaths in
a suburban area.
NC-PIRG has studied local regu
lation of nuclear cargo transporta
tion in other cities including New
York, 38 Vermont towns, Shaker
Heights Ohio, and Atlanta.
These cities and others currently
prohibit the passage of nuclear cargo
through their borders except in
small quantities for medical pur
poses and for military use.
The position on federal regulation
taken by PIRG is that federal reg
ulation should be at least as string
ent as these local ordinances.
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