The miniskirt is tops
By HOLLY YOUNG
Staff Writer
Fashion designers' attempts to
increase the popularity of the
miniskirt have not been in
vain. If Chapel Hill is any indica
tion, the business is booming.
"They are definitely catching on,"
said Lisa Long, an employee at
Ivey's in University Mall. Shoki
skirts just above the knee are the
most popular, rather than really
short skirts, such as mid-thigh, she
said, adding that almost all short
skirts arriving at the store seem to
be selling well.
"WeYe had women ranging in age
from 20 to 35 buying short skirts,"
Long said. Shorter skirts made for
business wear in fabrics such as
linen are top sellers, as well as skirts
designed for more casual wear, she
said.
Brands such as Generra and
Guess are popular casual minis.
Melrose, a brand that offers shorter
skirts in professional looks, is also
popular.
"A lot of people will be wearing
shorter skirts, but there are always
going to be women who prefer
longer skirts and who look better in
longer skirts," Long said. "Minis
aren going to appeal to every one."
Longer varieties will still be avail
able, but they will be harder to find
because most fashion buyers are
purchasing shorter lengths.
Many people buy the shorter
looks for casual wear or to wear out
for the evening, according to Long.
As far as career clothes go, she said,
short skirts are not likely to catch on
in the Chapel Hill area because the
people are too conservative. "It
really will depend on the person."
Annette Dockus, an employee at
Brooks in University Mall, agrees.
"Some will wear short skirts in the
business world, but I don't think
they will ever really catch on," she
said. "Basically, I think it's a fad."
Dockus said minis are selling bet
ter than they did when they first
came out. She said she has found
that the knee length is more popular
than really short minis.
Kammie Redding, an employee at
Belk-Leggett in University Mall,
said the store has sold a lot of minis
kirts, especially in the junior areas.
The recent warm weather has also
been a big factor in the increase in
miniskirt sales. Sales skyrocketed
just before Spring Break, she said.
"WeVe sold a lot of cotton minis
with cropped tops to match
everything is short," Redding said.
"That's all we have in the depart
ment." Esprit cotton skirts in bright
colors seem to be favorites among
young people.
There is still some opposition to
the new lengths, Redding said. This
comes primarily from older women,
who are still asking for longer skirts.
"I think skirts will stop about
mid-knee in the business suit," Red
ding said. Most people would rather
wear a longer skirt for business
attire, she added.
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UNC campus succumbs
to spring fever epidemic
By CAROLE SOUTHERN
Staff Writer
Autumn leaves brought the
cold season, winter snows
brought the flu and just
when you thought it was safe to
breathe the air again, the fever has
come to Chapel Hill. -
Every year about this time,
when the skies turn from steel
gray to Carolina blue and the
temperature rises to a balmy point
on the thermometer, a strange epi
demic plagues the campus. There
are only speculations to the causes
of the sickness, and no one is
quite sure where it comes from.
Worse yet, there is no cure and no
medication that will relieve the
symptoms.
Some believe that the sickness,
known as spring fever, thrives in
popular Spring Break locations
such as Florida and Cancun and
is brought back to our area by
students. After a week of sun and
fun a student's body becomes
depleted of necessary nutrients
that beer and cookies don't con
tain, and it is easy for the
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MORE parasite to invade his or
her body.
After the parasite has entered
the body, the ultraviolet rays of
the sun become harmful to the
individual. The rays penetrate the
student's brain and cause it to
enlarge, giving the student the
sensation that he or she knows
everything there is to know.
Therefore, the sufferer reasons,
studying is no longer a necessity.
Believe it or not, medical offi
cials say, spring fever is a figment
of the imagination. Mike Liptzin,
assistant director for mental
health at Student Health Services,
said spring fever is a seasonal
mental disorder unrelated to any
known medical condition. "For
people emerging from the winter
doldrums, spring blossoms on the
trees and warm weather give us all
a lift."
Evidence of the disease's des
truction of formerly productive
minds can be seen all over cam
pus. Some students are forced by
the pull of gravity on to sit under
trees for hours on end. Others
have disk-like objects in various
Mackey shatters two school
records; tennis teams split:
From staff reports
UNC freshman Kendra Mackey set
two school records and ran on a
record-setting 4 X 400 relay team to
lead North Carolina's women's track
team to a quadrangle meet win
Saturday on Fetzer Field.
Mackey, a freshman from Rock
Hill, S.C., finished second in the 100
meter race with a time of 11.58,
breaking the old UNC record of 1 1.7
set in 1981 by former Tar Heel AU
American Lisa Staton. Mackey also
broke Staton's 200-meter record of
23.9 with a 23.72 clocking.
Mackey's 100 time qualified her for
the NCAAs later this spring.
"Kendra is destined to be one of
the best in the country" UNC sprint
coach Charles Foster said. "If not this
year, than next year."
Other strong performances by the
Tar Heel women came from Michelle
Withers in the shot put, Michelle
Faherty in the 1,500 and 800 meters,
Sharon Couch in the 100-meter
hurdles and Jill Irizarry in the 400
meter intermediate hurdles.
UNC's women outdistanced their
competitors from Appalachian State,
Virginia and Auburn, winning the
meet with a team total of 79.5 points.
In the men's meet, UNC finished
second to Auburn, scoring 63.5 points
to the Tigers' total of 93.
The UNC men were led by sopho
more Don Colson's winning 400
meter race. The sophomore from
Huntersville ran a 47.04, the second
best time in school history.
"Don's always thought of himself
as a second-class runner, and he's
better than that," said UNC track
coach Dennis Craddock. "He's been
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colors growing from the palm of
their hands, or are ruled by the
desire to bake their skin to a fiery
red.
Students are complaining from
many different symptoms. "I can't
sit still and study I have to be
doing something," said Ellen
Flora, a freshman psychology
major from Charlotte.
Some students report problems
with their central nervous system.
"I have this burning sensation to
cut class and go to He's Not
Here," said Elise Wheeless, a
freshman political science and his
tory major from Baltimore.
"You are blinded by the sun
when you have spring fever, and it
is absolutely impossible to do any
reading," said Jennifer Boatright,
a junior psychology major from
Charlotte.
The disease is so diverse that it
produces completely different
symptoms in each person. Some
people suffer from hallucinations
and the separation of the mind
from the body. Robert Jessup, a
junior nursing major from Wal
lace, said that to him, spring fever
is sitting in class with your body
in the chair and your mind on a
sailboat off the coast of Florida.
Other symptoms reported by
students include the balance in
one's checkbook taking a sharp
nosedive, a compulsion to plan
one's days around around prime
tanning hours, and the sensation
of having a hangover every single
morning.
Even professors feel the effects
of spring fever. During spring, the
world begins to wake up and you
begin to wake up with it, said
Donald Shaw, a professor in the
School of Journalism. "It just
goes to show that the sap can rise
in the old tree as well as the young
one," he said.
There is good and bad news for
those suffering from the disease.
The good news is that the disease
doesn't last very long the
gloomy spectre of final exams
seems to kill the student spirit on
which the disease feeds, killing off
the epidemic in the process.
The bad news for students is
that until final exams begin,
ports
waiting for a breakthrough, and
today he had that."
"I felt pretty good, pretty loose,"
Colson said. "I wasn't expected to go
this fast so early in the season."
Other Tar Heel men who excelled
Saturday were pole vaulter Kevin
McGorty, shotputter Tim Goad,
Johan Boakes in the 1,500 meters and
Mike Clinebell in the 5,000 meters.
The men's 4 X 400 meter relay team
of Colson, Clive Harriott, Marvin
Hembrick, Robert Vineyard also
captured first place.
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The UNC softball team bowed out
of the Husky Invitational in Storrs,
Conn., with a 6-0 loss to Massachu
setts on Saturday.
The Tar Heels fell to 18-14 on the
season with the loss. Massuchusetts
improved to 12-7.
UMass picked up two runs each
in the first, third and fifth innings,
and Lisa Rever held the Tar Heels
to three hits on the day.
For UNC, Tracy Brower took the
loss and saw her record fall to 11
5 in the process. The lone Tar Heel
bright spot was Regina Finn, who
went 2-for-3 on the day.
The UNC Tennis Center blistered
Easter weekend, not from the unsea
sonably warm weather, but from the
Clemson Tigers, who thumped the
Tar Heel men's squad 9-0 Saturday.
Clemson improved to 14-5 with the
win, 3-0 in the ACC. The Tar Heels
fell to 12-7, 0-3.
The Tiger dominance should not
be a surprise to many, considering
that Clemson boasts of four AU
Americans. Since 1979, the Tigers are
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they're still expected to attend
class and fulfill their academic
responsibilities. And as bad as
your case of spring fever may
seem, the Student Health Service
will not write you a medical
excuse.
However, there is a seasonal
mental disorder that is a medical
problem, Liptzin said. Mental
depression for people who have
Seasonal Affective Disorder usu
ally begins in the fall and winter.
The advent of spring helps to
relieve this depression.
J. Wilbert Edgerton, a profes
sor of psychiatry in the medical
school, said that he believes there
are phenomena that people
respond to with the coming of
spring. Different people are
affected differently and respond
differently to the seasons some
positively and some negatively, he
said.
"The phenomena that is repres
ented is that April's weather
changes one day it is it cold
and rainy and the next it is warm,
bright and sunny," Edgerton said.
"For people who have gone
through winter, April is supposed
to be a renewal, and they have dif
ficulty dealing with it. They may
see evidences of people falling in
love, and this may not be availa
ble to them."
Other people respond to the
new spring season by catching the
fever. "The sun rises on warm
days and this can make you feel
lazy," Edgerton said. "Students
have been cooped up all winter
finally you are let out the air
feels soft, and the sexes get
attracted to each other.
"I think it is hard to sit in class
when it is warm outside, and you
can be having fun with other peo
ple," Edgerton added.
Liptzin said that even though a
student might have a bad case of
spring fever, he still has to be
responsible in dealing with school
and personal affairs. "Whether the
sun warms you and makes you
feel good or not, if you are deal
ing with a crisis or mental prob
lems, there are therapists who will
see you in confidence to help you
with your concern."
62-1 in ACC matches. In addition,
they are so talented that the defending
national amateur champion, Brian
Page, plays at No. 2.
But the Tar Heels didn't roll give
up very easily, as most matches were
fairly contested and two went to three
sets.
Kent Kinnear got things started for
the Tigers at No. 1 by crunching Don
Johnson, 6-2, 6-1. Page followed that
with a 6-3, 7-6 win over scrappy
James Krege, and John Sullivan
thumped Thomas Tanner 6-3, 6-0 at
No. 3.
But the fourth and fifth slots were
far from easy, as the Tar Heel's John
Bristow and Andre Janasik pushed
Brandon Walters and Jim Spencer to
the maximum before bowing, 4-6, 6
4, 6-0, and 7-6, 2-6, 6-2, respectively.
In doubles, Kinnear and Vince Van
Gelderon downed Johnson and
Tanner 6-3, 7-5; Sullivan and Page
beat Krege and Bristow 6-2, 6-4; and
Spencer and Todd Watkins pushed
past Janasik and David Kessler 6-4,
7-6.
There was one bright spot at the
Tennis Center over the weekend,
however, as the UNC women's squad
thumped Virginia Tech 7-2 on Friday.
Spencer Barnes got things going
with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Maria
Lochiatto at No. 1, and after the
Hokies' Laurie Shiflet beat Valerie
Farmer 7-6, 6-4, Land is Cox, Dana
Kanell and Dianna McCarthy won
at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 to give the Tar
Heels a 4-1 lead.
The Tar Heels moved to 13-8 on
the year with the win.
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