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By HEATHER FREY
Staff Writer
After a 75-year absence, he's
making another swipe by this planet.
Chinese astronomers first recorded
sighting Halley's Comet in 240 B.C.,
and he's made -curtain calls ever
since. This time, people can see the
comet through a telescope or binoc
ulars beginning in mid-November.
But peak viewing time won't begin
until January. Another good viewing
time will be March and April. The
gap between viewing times occurs
when the comet travels behind the
sun.
The best time to see the comet
should be after dusk in mid-April.
It will appear on the western horizon,
moving in a low arc to the southern
horizon.
Halley's comet will be most visible
between about 20 degrees and 40
degrees south latitude. That means,
the farther south you are, the better
the view. The ideal places to go in
April are Australia, Madagascar,
New Zealand, South Africa and
parts of South America.
What? Not heading for Sydney or
Johannesburg next spring? Well,
favorable North American sights are
South Florida, Hawaii and desert
areas of the Southwest. If these
locations still are too far away, there
is the nearby golf course and a pair
of binoculars.
According to Chris Adams, pres
ident of the UNC astronomy club
and a physics major from Washing
ton, D.C., Halley's Comet will be
visible from Chapel Hill around mid
November with the aid of binoculars.
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By IAN WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
The UNC Lab Theatre will open its
season this weekend with the student
production of Tom Stoppard's comical
murder-mystery The Real Inspector
Hound. Steve Maler, a junior drama
major from Brentwood, Tenn., directs
the play, which will be performed
Sunday and Monday at Graham
Memorial Hall.
The plot of the work revolves around
a play within a play; the audience
witnesses both two critics and the play
they are watching. Although the play
is aquasi-spoofof the Agatha Christie
genre, director Maler says that the play
within the play has a meaning outside
itself."
('.Certain production problems'had to
be overcome,, said! Mater. -The most
notable was the staging of the critics
with respect to the real audience. Maler
overcomes this hurdle by using a mirror
effect which he describes as the reflec
tion of the critics instead of the real
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The tail will be visible, but youll have
to rise before dawn to see it. The
earlier the better.
Still, the visibility won't be spec
tacular. In fact, Adams called it
"pretty crummy orientation.
"The worst view in 2,000 years."
To the unaided eye, Halley's
Comet will look about as long as
the Big Dipper. Two tails and a gas
cloud around the nucleus will look
like a faint white smudge in the sky,
like the Milky Way. Youll have to
look carefully, because it will be
dimmer than the moon.
In 1910, Halley passed so close to
the Earth that it lit a third of the
sky and seemed to threaten to
contaminate the atmosphere with
poisonous gases. Panic was wides
pread. This time the show won't be
as fantastic or frightening, but it will
be the last until 2060 A.D.
For viewing, astronomers recom
mend a pair of binoculars with 7x50
mm strength. The 50 mm lenses
allow a better view than regular 35
mm's. At larger magnifications, the
slightest breath will shake the image.
Be prepared to pay $150 to $700 for
a pair or just borrow Dad's.
Telescopes only are worthy invest
ments if you plan to keep gazing at
the heavens. Otherwise, they are too
powerful to aim at Halley's comet.
The tail is expected to be 25 million
to 50 million miles long, and the
nucleus is 100 miles in diameter.
Telescopes only will show bits and
pieces of it, losing Halley's true
dimensions.
"In the meantime, start preparing
for the return of Hallev's Comet.
thing.
Maler says his cast is performing
wonderfully despite limited rehearsal
time. Lab veteran Mike Wilson and
freshman Roderick Cameron play the
roles of the critics, and Susanna
Rinehart and Stella Backler provide the
actresses for the mini-play. Hound also
features Joe Shugart as Magnum.
Admission to Hound,as at all Lab
productions, is free. The remainder of
the Lab season will include Altered
Mates and The Idiot Box on Oct. 13
and 14, The Actor's Nightmare on Oct.
27 and 28, A Mother 's Love on Nov.
3 and 4, Sizwe Bansi is Dead on Nov.
10 and 11, and Nora on Nov. 17 and
18. Students interested in participating
in Lab Theatre productions should
inquire" at :Graham- Memorial; no
prerequisite is necessary r 1 y '
The Real' Inspector Hound will be
performed by the UNC Lab Theatre
Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. and Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.
in 06 Graham Memorial Hall.
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By SALLY PONT
Staff Writer
For a good honest laugh, there is no
time like the 18th century. PlayMakers
Repertory Company's performance of
Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to
Conquer in Paul Green Theatre created
a hearty world of humor with perpetual
motion. This comedy entertained with
an unmitigated yigor that was a wel
come retreat from modern subtlety,
perversity and contradiction. There was
no catch to this entertainment; it was
offered by the cast with pride and good
cheer, like a host offers coffee to
contented guests after a good meal.
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beautiful heiress who is in the keep of
the country gentleman. Both con
founded and abetted by the gentleman's
raw but good-natured son, the two
young men stumble and stutter through
a series of hilarious mishaps until the
couples fall neatly together in a joyously
saccharine ending.
Wanda Melocci, a third year grad
uate student from Pittsburgh, was
perfectly charming as the endearing
"conqueror," Kate Hardcastle. Her
petite barmaid, who was actually the
gentleman's daughter, could have
warmed the lap of a shyer man than
Young Marlow, played by John Feltch,
a third year graduate student from
Boston.
The show-stopping scene was their
introduction as Kate Hardcastle and
perspective suitor. Feltch performed a
stunning stutter and a painfully awk
ward pose so convincing that the
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By PEGGIE PORTER
Staff Writer
What better way to spend a semester
than drifting across the sea on a luxury
ocean liner with 500 other college
students? You even can earn 12 to 15
hours of credit for this 100-day cruise.
Of course, you do have to take classes.
Semester At Sea is a non-profit
program for. students interested in
"expanding their own education
through comparative study," said
Marty Greenham, marketing director
for the program. The University of
Pittsburgh's Institute for Shipboard
Education runs the program.
Students take a required core course
and three or four other courses from
faculty members who come from
universities across the country. The ; core
course emphasized the trip s itinerary
which includes stops at such ports as
Spain, Egypt and Japan. According to
the program catalog, this course
explores major contemporary eco
nomic, political, social, environmental
and moral issues and possible
solutions."
In addition, the three to seven-day
stops at ports of call include lectures
by "interport lecturers," said Max
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audience winced right along with him.
The scene was the quintessence of the
verbal chase. With every word Kate
Hardcastle uttered, Feltch executed a
rapid retreat so that by the end both
he and the audience were panting for
respite.
Bill Goulet, a second year graduate
student from Indiana, also evoked an
energetic empathy from the auduence
as Tony Lumpkin, the gentleman's son.
Whether standing on a table while
swinging a mug and singing an old
fashioned drinking song, or sitting
cross-legged on the floor while gnawing
on a raw onion, he provided the
coursest, most straight-forward appeal
to sheer humor. The gutteral joy he
derived from his schemes was infectious.
Michael Cumpsty, a third year
graduate student from Capetown,
South Africa, reigned over the comedy
as Mr. Hardcastle, the good-natured
host, enjoying the humor as well as
creating it. As in all of his PRC
performances, he created vibrancy by
his sheer presence on the stage.
Vivid performances by Mimi Carr,
a first year graduate student from
Seattle, David Gottlieb, a third year
graduate student from Chicago, and
Shelly Williams, a third year graduate
student from New Hampshire, com
pleted the tight ensemble. All the
performers worked together like a team
of verbal acrobats, executing perfect
gymanastics.
David Hammond, the new artistic
director of PRC, was our host for this
happy gathering and welcomed us into
his first season with this comedy. May
the good cheer continue.
course.
"For example," Brant said, "between
Hong Kong and Sri Lanka we would
have a specialist about those countries."
Students who have participated in the
program include liberal arts and bus
iness majors, Brant said.
"We want students who are curious
about the global aspects of their
education," he said. "Many of them go
on to careers in international fields, such
as the Peace Corps and business."
The advantage of spending a semester
at sea, according to Greenham and
Brant, is the high quality of student
professor interaction. Students both live
and study with their professors, foster
ing a unity that a traditional faculty
student relationship may lack.
"This is not just ; a -world globes
trotting trip," Greenliam said. Students
need at least a 2.5 GPA. Admissions
officials recently added an essay ques-1
tion to the application so they could
discern top-quality students, Greenham
said.
While no UNC students now are
aboard the S.S. Universe, which sails
in January and September, UNC
students and faculty have been aboard
in the past, Brant said. Last spring, the
program's director of student life was
Frank Joseph, an administrator from
UNC-Charlotte who since has left the
university.
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Center at UNC said she believed UNC
students had participated in the pro
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or how many had done so.
The Semester At Sea costs about
$8,845 for tuition, passage and a double
room and board. Scholarships for as
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