6The Daily Tar HeelMonday, November 21, 1988
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By LEIGH PRESSLEY
Staff Writer
TTn B.T. Linder's office a picture
of Albert Einstein hangs on the
Jivvall, not a picture of Harry
Houdini. But when the 40-year-old
"Mr. Wizard" isn't working as man
ager of teaching labs at the Universi
ty's physics department, the magi
cian in him comes out.
Under creatively demonstrates
principles of science such as his
showing the difference between force
and pressure by pushing a knitting
needle through a balloon. He travels
to various Triangle schools to per
form his physics show.
"I try to present the gee-whiz-bang
part of science instead of
teaching the actual physics," Under
said. "When I give shows to the
children, they may become more
interested in physics in the future."
Under became interested in phys
ics at an early age because of a show
similar to his. Even though he did
not pursue science until later in life,
"The show pointed out that physics
is fun and interesting it's not dry
and mundane," he said.
A mental block against physics is
one of the hardest problems to over
come today, Under said. While
many older people have already
developed an apprehension of the
difficulty of the subject, younger stu
dents have a better attitude toward
learning, he said.
"The younger the student is, the
more open the mind is," he said. "I
have shown these shows to adults,
and they are taken aback, but gram
mar school students are more adept
to following my meaning."
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YouVe seen it on posters, fliers and
advertisements. But just what is this
"la" business anyway? Luscious
amazons, Lucifer's angels or lazy
agriculturalists? No . . . it's just la as
in "la la la" and other nifty little ditties
for the Loreleis, who gave their fall
concert on campus Friday.
If you've never seen the Loreleis,
then you really don't know what
you've missed. The Loreleis have
something that all singing groups
probably should have, but few do
they've got style. There's a fine line
between being personable and being
obnoxious; fortunately, the Loreleis
come across as just plain fun.
Starting their first set off with the
Bangles version of Simon and Gar
funkel's classic, "Hazy Shade of
Winter," the Loreleis demonstrated
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Like many UNC students, Linder
had a hard time determining what
he wanted to do in life. He worked
in construction, built culverts and
bridges, owned a paint and body
shop, and developed computer
programs.
"I like being the boss and having
a captive audience," Linder said. So
he decided to return to school. He
obtained an undergraduate degree at
Augusta College and received his
master's degree from the University
of South Carolina in Columbia.
In his physics shows, Linder says
a few words about how the demon
stration is done. The reaction is usu
ally very positive, he said. "I like to . -shake
them up with interest," he
said. "I want them to go home and
tell Mom and Dad about things they
see every day, just the real world."
Some of the demonstrations
include lying on a bed of nails to
demonstrate the difference between
force and pressure, showing inertia
by snatching a cookie pan out from '
under eggs without breaking the
eggs, and throwing a Nerf football
with a buzzer implanted inside to
demonstrate the Doppler effect.
Linder said he hoped these shows
would also tell children more about
world issues concerning science.
"The public may one day have to
make a decision about nuclear reac
tors," he said. "If they know the dif
ference between fission and fusion,
they can make a more intelligent,
informed decision."
At UNC Linder writes lab manu
als, designs and arranges class dem
onstrations, and maintains the
Loreleis
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Concert
their versatility as an a cappella
singing group: Their repertoire runs
the gamut from classic rock to the
classical.
Didn't think that an all-female
ensemble could pull off the Who's "I
Can't Explain" or the Beatles early
"Chains"? Or how about the Catholic
spoof "Vatican Rag"? Perhaps the
most spectacular song of the evening
was their version of "Hallelujah" from
Handel's Messiah. With the arrange
ment's complex harmonics and
rhythm, the Loreleis showed , they
aren't just fun but also . extremely
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B.T. Linder performs a miracle of physics for a young audience
teaching equipment for the physics at a school, his main goal is to enter
department, tain and to spark interest in physics.
But when Linder leaves Einstein "Once the concepts are down, the
in his office and becomes a magician students may remember one day."
shine in
talented singers.
But then they're more than just a
singing group; the whole aspect of
performance is incorporated, visual
as well as aural. Introducing each
song with a skit or an explanation
sometimes personal, sometimes
humorous the Loreleis bridged the
gap between performer and audience
and seemed more like a bunch of
friends goofing around. Especially
when the girls serenaded an innocent
but slightly embarrassed young man,
whom they lured from the audience
to the stage with Bobby McFerrin's
recent hit "Be Happy." Then the
Loreleis really began to charm the
audience.
That isn't meant to imply that the
Loreleis aren't a serious singing
group; they have obviously put a
great deal of work and training into
their performance, but that is pre
cisely why they seemed so smooth.
Of course there's only so much that
an a cappella group can accomplish,
and the Loreleis aren't perfect.
Their version of Elvis Costello's
"Almost Blue," for example, left a
little to be desired. Costello's version
is probably one of the saddest songs
ever made, but background singing
spoiled the effect of the original. And
there were one or two songs, perhaps
new and not quite ironed out, that
sounded just a little on the flat side.
But you can't help liking a group that
can perform Handel and then turn
around, and in complete earnestness,
sing Oscar Mayer's weiner song.
And the group did something very
different at this performance: The
Loreleis showed their true colors. I
mean literally they actually wore
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Staff Writer
The Black Cultural Center and
the Chapel of the Cross church
held a birthday celebration in
tribute to Pauli Murray, the first
black woman to be officially
ordained an Episcopal priest in the
United States.
Murray's achievements were
recognized during the tribute at
the Chapel of the Cross Sunday
with memorial speeches and read
ings from her books and poems
and later through testimonies from
her friends.
Murray grew up in Durham and
attended Hunter College in New
York. She applied to UNC's
graduate school to study sociology
but was denied the opportunity to
attend because "members of your
race are not admitted to the
University."
However, Murray tried again to
attend UNC, this time at the law
school, but was refused admission
for the same reason. Murray did
not want to give up the chance
to attend graduate school, so she
attended Howard University and
won a fellowship to Harvard
University. But she was denied
admission to Harvard because she
was a woman.
Murray graduated from the
University of California School of
Law and later earned a doctorate
in juridical science at Yale.
She worked for the civil rights
movement, wrote poetry and even
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UNC offered Murray an honor
ary degree in an attempt to repay
her for the injustices she suffered
at the hands of the University, but
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at the time.
Murray was perceived as a
person who told the truth about
racial situations, said Lee Kessler,
a teacher at Guy B. Phillips Junior
High School, who kept a close
correspondence with Murray dur
ing her lifetime. She was a person
of dedication who worked for
causes unselfishly, Kessler said.
Floyd McKissick, president of
the N.C. Center for the Study of
Black History at N.C. Central
University, said that as a lawyer,
Murray was a staunch advocate
of civil rights and was constantly
asking what we could do about
race relations.
"She represented the best in all
of us," he said. "We can't just claim
her and call her black; we can't
just claim her and call her white."
Murray was also praised for
contributions to the church,
although she became a priest when
she was 67 years old. "Pauli had
an infinite faith in God," Kessler
said. "She had such a fierce joy
about her."
Also remembered was Mary
Ruffin Smith, a wealthy white
woman who took care of Murray's
grandmother as a child and rec
ognized the Murrays as real people
with rights.
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