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Irony is a Versatile
Actress
By Howard Pear re
Everyone knows irony. She is the stuff of jest, and the stuff of
puzzlement. Sometimes irony is the stuff of horror. Last week she wL
around in many ways.
She played a twisted, humorous role at Stone Mountain Georgia
Vice President Agnew has decided to "keep the rhetoric cool" in these
volatile times. He will "tone down" his remarks about dissent
However, 't does not mean he has changed his mind about those
unruley, unwashed dissenters.
Mountlir^The^rhlm Stone
mountain The rhetoric is cooler and the crowd is disappointed. Thev
ripH-® '“"3 dissent. He does not. He simplj
dedicates the memorial to Confederate heroes.
I wonder if it went through his min^ at the time that the memorial
he vvas dedicating was to a group of men who staged the highest
States government. It was
called rebellion and secession. ■■■em. ii was
^ony played a different role several weeks ago.
he President announced his decision to expand a war into a neutral
country m order to expediate that war's end. Irony for sure In thp
rm of strategy, I suppose. In the form of wise strategy I hope
is '* ^ far more so than a military one. If this
IS so, we have an expert as our captain.
gar^wTworkV""'“'‘ T'ME Magazine asks will Nixon's
it an investment. He says the move will "buy
ime to allow the Vietnamese army to strengthen enough for U S.
troops to come home. This sounds familiar.
whon department here didn't call it irony
F^PPriom a«ention to the significance of certain playtoys in
Freedom Park during Saturday's peace rally.
Our nation pushes peace on earth, good will toward men But our
aty places a tank m Freedom Park for children to play on. The irony is
^ *' Pol't'^ans, and diplomats wonder at the AmeriLn
mentality that stresses violence. American
Finally the most tragically, irony played its part at Kent State,
our students died violently during a demonstration for peace
fire oXcr‘;::i“„',S„r''
Newspapers reported that two of the students killed were "innocent
presumable were guilty of dissenting.
Confederacy “ the
Mrs. Jones
” Mother Of Yeor Award
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By Pefi;}’}’ Caldwell
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espiTelJr"’"-™' ‘""V » i-pr »„ Den. bn,
sho^£d''Tn"d lln^' *5" f completely surprised
Thp hn ^ 3‘=‘=ompanied her to the luncheon. ^
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ung people, who have always been her major concern.
May 13,1970 THE CAROLINA JOURNAL Page 9
Contestant Steve Faires
Second place: John Oeland
Piano Players
Never Win
Photos
by
Richard
Bartholomew
Contestants Don Keaton
and Debora Osborne
^ilack Viovfioini
First place; Tom Banks and Glenn Kiser
By Charles Spriggs
The first annual Alpha Kappa Psi Talent
Show on last Thursday evening was a huge
success. The Parquet Room was packed, and
the thirteen acts were enjoyable some even
good.
Dick Taylor, of WBT, was MC, and right
away had the audience and performers in a
friendly, easy going mood. Judges for the show
were Pegge Lee, of the Pegge Lee School of
Dance; Bill Bailey, professor of voice at UNCC;
and Delbert Bowles, instructor of voice at
CPCC.
The show proved two things. One, piano
players never win talent shows, no matter how
good they are. Two, there is a great deal of
talent on this campus that most of us are
unaware of. The first and third place winners
were new groups on the UNCC talent scene
First place went to the duo of Tom Banks
and Glenn Kiser. They strummed guitars and
sang two of their own folk compositions. The
audience agreed with the judges as they gave
Tom and Glenn a standing ovation after two
encore numbers which they had also written
Second place went to John Oeland who has
tecome a campus folk favorite during this past
Third place was awarded to the Groove
Makers, a new group composed of Norris Dae
Ben Byers Spencer Singleton, Stanley Graham
and Frank Sullivan. The Groove Makers put
together a rendition of 01' Man River that was
good, and with more practice could be verv
good. j ^
Alpha Kappa Psi succeeded in producing an
enjoyable show for UNCC students, especially
since It was free. We look forward to the second
annual AKPsi Talent Shaw next year.
^01 Alexander Street North
By Janies Cuthbersou
harln«^'* L" floodplains of Little Sugar Creek in North
p erlotte, there lies a gamut of communities. They are Piedmont
•ourt. c I w".. — communiiies. i ney are neamont
rea * ' Village, Belmont, Villa Heights, and Jackson. The general
area
®onst^°"*-*^* striving small business, public housing, and tremendous
^on small businesses include small stores, manufacturing
f-ourt ^®f3il outlets, while the public housing areas are Piedmont
l^orth Village; the tremendous construction includes the new
vvest Expressway. It is an area of exciting change and contrast.
^ exander Street used to be the school for the general area, but they
are
^•ex H Lansdowne, Idlewild, and Windsor Park.
*^Us(^*^i ^ Street School, however is being used for a very beneficial
UNrV* ^ seminar project of the EDUCATION 201 class
to T participate in the project range in ages from 6
*^artic all underpriveledged. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.. they
and .**’ many activities such as singing, dancing, playing games,
fo The purpose of the project is to give the kids something
on Saturday morning.
VvbiJ[® banks of Little Sugar, there is very interesting program
'ihii.i ultimately have a far reaching effect on the lives of the
uren involved.
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