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- Debbie Phialas performs in a scene from "The Maids" by Jean Genet, French
playwright noted for his studies of criminality and perversion. Described as "A play
c of envy, love-hate relationships, impotence, and violence turned inward," this Lab
Theatre production is directed by Cheryl Earp and is on view at 4 and 8 p.m. today in
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by Sue Anne Pressley
Staff Writer
"When will General HospitaTs darling Dr.
Hardy ever see that he should marry Jesse
Brewer she's needed a good man for so
long."
The standard-edition groupie of daytime
serials has often been presented by satirists
as a variation of housewife Ruby T.
Funderburk in her K-Mart duster secured
with a safety pin. absorbing As the World
Turns and ironing Leroy's shirts while the
pinto beans boil.
Fictitious Ruby and her cohorts are not
alone: a substantial number of UNC
students and employees are able to
regurgitate the plot lines of the assorted soap
operas that grace daytime, television.
The only time the television is oh in our
department is at I p.m. when All My
Children comes on. a journalism professor
told his students. Across campus. TV sets are
blaring as devoted viewers settle down for
their favorite programs.
Some students even take caution to
arrange their class schedules so they will be
free when the idol bed All My Children
comes on. In one of the high-rise dorms,
suitemates have teamed up to create an
elaborate family tree so that they can keep
the characters straight. Obviously an all
time favorite. All M Children was
frequently named "the show 1 hate most to
miss" according to an unscientific random
poll taken last week on campus.
Quite a few viewers are impartial; they try
to catch as many programs as they can. "Did
anyone see The Young and the Restless
today?" a girl asks as she plops into a chair,
kicking off her flipflops. The group in the
Student Union basement displays reactions
ranging from disdain to infatuation as the
revamped theme of Search for Tomorrow
flows from the CBS full-piece orchestra.
A girl sitting in a modified lotus position
idly explores her left nostril with an index
finger. A young man painstakingly salts his
so) burger. The majority of the crowd fade in
and out of their DTH's and textbooks.
reading only when Durwood Kirby appears
with his Ivory Liquid girls.
A few student son their way to the bowling
lanes openly scoff at a poignant scene
between Scott and Jennifer, frustrated
adulterers on Search for Tomorrow. "Oh.
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Gazing at daytime drama is a favorite past time for students, whether here in the
Union or in various T.V. lounges across campus ' , "
Scott, donl do thb to me!" one young man
pleads in an anguished falsetto to his friend.
Meanw hile. Jennifer b tearfully grappling
for Scott. Scott finally succumbs and
passionately jerks toward her. She shakes
her head and resists:
"Scott, you still love me. don't you?" -
"You know 1 love you."
Scott, that's not answering my
question. Please tell me. I need to hear it."
"I love you."
"That's not very convincing."
Their dilemma remains unresolved.
Instead, a deodorant commercial aerates
their passion.
In one of the fraternity houses lining
Columbia Street the set is on. but only
sporadically watched. A couple of young
men with Lacoste alligators on their breasts
and Levi tags on their jeans chat- with girls
drinking Tab. One of the girls confides. "I
don't really watch these things. But. alter
being in classes all morning you need some
kind of relief." .
In one of the administrative offices on
campus, typewriters are abandoned as Ihe
Young and lite Restless spans the set. A
group of young matrons hover around and
gulp coffee. "These things make you feel
better about your own little life." one lady
volunteered."! feel like I've been lucky. I've
still got my original husband."
"I don't know . . ." another lady
commented. "My life has been pretty dull
compared to Lisa Shay's (a character in As
the World Turns)."
Even professors get in on the act.
Dr. Paul Ziff. philosophy professor,
admits to having watched soap operas in the
past. "They're dreadful . . . but interesting.
The people arc like specimens under a
microscope. Soap operas show all the
absurdities of the middle classes. 1 hate
them . . . but I love The Beverly Hillbillies.
Now that's a great program."
Garbage.: collectte
mo wast eral career
by David Perlmutt .
Staff Writer
Six-thirty a.m. came early, and sleepy
eyed Lisander Stroud, along with his two
assistants, climbed into garbage truck 207
and pulled out to do Chapel Hill's dirty
work.
Born and raised in Chatham County, the
35-year-old Stroud has been driving truck
207 for one year. ,
"I tried farming for a while, like my daddy
taught me, but 1 couldn't support my wife
and four kid sAvhen there was. a bad season."
Stroud's primary function is driving his
two assistants along a well-planned route.
When garbage is unusually heavy, he lends
assistance to his co-workers.
Stroud is quick to admit that the ground
forces ("toters," as he calls them) have it
particularly rough.
"They are giving a whole lot of something
for nothing," Stroud said. "Their work is
strenuous, with each toting pails weighing 80
to 100 pounds when full. If they had to tote
for eight hours a day, it would be too much
for them. Since the toters average six hours a
day, they can handle it."
The length of a garbageman's workday
varies. Mondays are usually the longest.
'Stroud saidf because "of garbage piling up
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Holidays bring an overload. "During
holidays, the garbage builds up to an
unbelievable amount." Stroud said. We
sometimes have to work six-day weeks for 12
hours a day. so we don't get behind. We're
just beginning to catch up from Labor Day."
Stroud devised the route that truck 207
travels. It is highly efficient, scurrying in and
out of lanes, not missing a single can or
Dempsey dumpster.
The route is strategically mapped along
Cameron Avenue and lanes running off of
Cameron, throughout the west section of
Chapel Hill.: - : - - " "
Stroud said in the past there have been
complaints about the regular trucks
breaking up the smaller roads. "These arethe
streets we send Little Joe (a small, scouter
like vehicle) down. Since it has a better
maneuvering ability, it can go anywhere."
Several unloading points are placed
throughout the route where truck 207 links
up with Little Joe. Chains from the truck are
hooked to Little Joe's garbage container.
The container is hoisted up the side of the
truck and dumped through the overhead lid.
into the storage bin.
Many hazards are inherent in ' the
garbageman's job. "When a toter has so
much weight on his back, he has trouble
keeping his footing on ice and wet grass."
Stroud said. "Also he can't see low fences
and stumps."
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i In many ways the new year begins in October. Theatre, sports, cinema,
music-all revive in fall. We begin doing a lot of good things for ourselves.
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And it's more complex than mere climatic changes.
With fall there comes a wave of price increases as
startling as the first hard freeze, but there are some
nice surprises, too. Discovering a really good value
can be as satisfying as oteerving a forest's vivid
changes.
A pair of Advents
with the wonderful
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Stroud said there are also dangers' of
failing into the storage bin. Housed in the bin
is a packer that compresses the garbage into
a block. "I fa person should get caught in the
packer, it's instant death," Stroud said.
"There are many things that can go wrong
during a garbageman's day." Stroud
remarked. "If a cable breaks, you're in
trouble because a container could fall on
vou. If you forget to close the lid on top of
the bin. you could ruin the whole truck. You
have to keep your eye on the other, man."
Stroud ..said, he neerfeltulhat his
, workers resen t hefact ; tha t J heyarej doing
the work while he sits in the truck: "1 think
they respect, me because I help when the
loads are heavy; most drivers don't do that."
After driving truck 207 for a year, Stroud
has learned certain habits of different
families. "There is one house in particular
that two elderly couples live in." Stroud said.
"Every Thursday I'll pull around the corner
and sitting at the head of the driveway will be
two neatly packed paper bags with some
flowers, coffee grinds, and orange peels in
them. Never fails.
"You never know what you'll find in the
garbage. One time 1 found $5 at the bottom
of a pail. I don't know if someone was trying
to tip me or if he just made a mistake."
Stroud feels his service is invaluable to the
community. "It's a dirty job. but someone
has got to do it. The town has to have
garbagemen."
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