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New releases offer little sound innovation
Life is full of disappointments.
Your initial moment out of the womb
and into the real world and you're
slapped around by your first author
ity figure. The next thing you find
out is there's no such thing as Santa
Claus. Does it ever end?
Accompanied by the usual hype -billed
alternative and a college radio
fave on the West Coast, the San
Francisco-based trio Legal Reins
debuted this month on Arista with
their album Please, the Pleasure. But
for all the energy and intensity they
claim to have, it's somehow lost in
the final production.
I have a sneaking suspicion that
this band is probably a good live
band, for all it matters here on the
other side of the country. But with
everyone calling themselves "alterna
tive" these days, what exactly is
normal now? OK, I take it back; I
really don want to know. But all
these new bands claiming to be on
the cutting edge of rock V roll are
all beginning to sound alike.
Though the single "Jealous Rage"
shows promise, the album was pro
duced by Tim Palmer, known for his
work with Mission UK, the Mighty
Lemon Drops and Robert Plant's
Now and Zen, and the album smacks
of that overproduced sound. Perhaps
a different producer or a less main
stream label would have provided this
allegedly "unusual, off-center" group
a better alternative to their alternative
to whatever that is.
American band Siren released its new album "All is Forgiven"
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based on town employees' input
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By BLAKE DICKINSON
Staff Writer
A Chapel Hill committee working
on a smoking policy for town
employees presented its preliminary
draft to the town Friday and called
for further input from employees, a
committee representative said.
A poll of personnel and complaints
by employees indicated a need to cut
down air pollution as much as
possible and to make a safe work
environment, committee spokeswo
man Ceberettia Hinton said. .
Town manager David Taylor chose
seven people from a pool of 43
volunteers to form the Smoking
Policy Committee. Bunny Spadaro
was chosen as chairwoman of the
committee.
The committee fielded concerns
from town departments and created
a questionnaire that was mailed to
more than 500 employees on Dec. 22.
The results of the 314 responses gave
the committee an .indication of
worker attitudes.
"People wanted a policy, some
thing in writing, so they would know
if and when their rights were vio
lated," Hinton said.
But the survey results did not call
for a blanket smoking ban. "More
people were willing to tolerate smok
ing (than expected), as long as
smokers smoked in their own space,"
she said.
The committee asked North Caro
lina towns for copies of their smoking
policies, contacted departments,
researched the health issues and held
several meetings before producing the
draft of the smoking policy.
The furor caused by the smoking
bans on certain airline flights, in
trains and in restaurants taught the
committee a valuable lesson about
taking an active role.
"It's kind of like passing the buck;
it's going to affect you sometime,"
Hinton said.
Other Triangle communities
already have implemented smoking
policies.
Durham has a new employee
smoking policy in. place due to the
complaints of some who felt smoking
by others was affecting their health,
Durham city manager Orville Powell
said.
The Durham policy designates
areas as smoking or non-smoking and
makes provisions for those who
object to smoking. "I think employees
are much more willing to accept these
rules than they were a few years
back," Powell said.
Carrboro assistant town manager
Larry Gibson said Carrboro's smok
ing policy was implemented late last
fall, but it is very limited in its scope.
The town adopted a policy banning
smoking in the council chamber and
the hallways joining any office on the
first floor.
The first draft of Chapel Hill's
smoking policy calls for banning
smoking in areas where it would
create a safety hazard and in non
smoking areas as designated by
department heads. -
Sports
wimmers go Ifor ACC title
By CHRISTINA FROHOCK
Staff Writer
Frank Comfort doesn't make
predictions about his team. "We don't
like to tell anyone what we're doing,"
UNC's swimming coach said with a
smile.
From today until Saturday the Tar
Heels' 9-2 women's team will battle
Clemson and Virginia for the 1989
Atlantic Coast Conference cham
pionship in UNC's own Koury Nat
atorium. The competition is tight and
victory is uncertain for any school.
Each team has 18 slots to fill in
the meet. UNC is competing with six
divers (filling two slots total because
there are fewer diving events), 16
swimmers and one alternate. Comfort
said he does not expect to use the
alternate.
"We give the swimmers a desig
nated week in February to get sick,"
he said, "and as of yesterday no one
was hurt."
He guaranteed that the team's
freshmen class will play a pivotal role
in the three-day meet simply because
there are so many of them. Three
divers and four swimmers are rookies.
But Comfort has confidence in his
newcomers. "Statistically, they're the
best freshman class in the confer
ence," Comfort said.
The freshmen have all swam excep
tionally well lately. Lisa Brown and
Susan Leupold have already qualified
for the NCAA championships and
Comfort expects Dawn Davies and
Melissa Douse to qualify this week.
Also, three freshman divers have
qualified for the zone NCAAs.
But the Tar Heels have their work
cut out for them. Clemson is ranked
fifth in the nation this season and is
back to defend its two-year ACC
winning streak. Virginia, ranked 1 1th
nationally, is no easy team either.
North Carolina has the strength of
Melanie Buddemeyer swimming the
butterfly and three returning 1988
conference champions. Of the 15
individual events in the meet, Kim
Beattie in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard
freestyles, Heather Nottingham in the
100- and 200-yard backstroke and
Hannah Turlish in the 1650-yard
freestyle are all back to defend their
titles.
But the team's physical ability and
past record are not the only factors
that could carry the Tar Heels to
victory. The girls are a "tremendously
close-knit team," according to
Comfort.
"The swimmers are pumped on an
individual level but everything is
team-related," he said. Though each
event is a personal challenge to the
swimmer, Comfort said he is pleased
with the pride his team members take
in representing the other swimmers
and UNC.
Comfort said he believes in a strong
home advantage as well. "We used
to be known as the road warriors,
and the opportunity to swim at home
is a wonderful advantage," he said.
He said he considers Koury Nat
atorium one of the best swimming
facilities in the country. The Tar Heel
swimmers know every intricacy of
their pool and, according to Comfort,
that knowledge can be the deciding
factor in a close competition a
strong possibility in this ACC
competition.
As in any sport, the enthusiasm of
the home fans helps out a great deal.
"It's a lot more fun to do something
in front of suitemates than strangers,"
Comfort said.
If the Tar Heels come out on top
Saturday, they will avenge a two-year
losing streak to Clemson, the team
that ended North Carolina's streak
of ACC championships at six in 1987.
Although he hopes to win, Comfort
said he is not obsessed with victory.
"We're a team and we're just trying
to do our best every time," he said.
"It's that simple."
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Albums
Scotland's Love and Money also
released their latest LP Strange Kind
of Love, their second with Mercury
Polygram. Their first album, if you
remember a few years back, featured
the UK hit "Candybar Express." This
album is slick and sleek, that melo
dious and jazz-influenced pop that
sounds like Sade meets Simply Red.
Produced by Gary Katz of Steely
Dan recordings, the music has that
heavily-produced studio sound, but
the difference between Love and
Money and Legal Reins is that Love
and Money is supposed to sound that
way. As a representative of this genre
of Euro-pop music, it's really pretty
good: pleasant melodies and lyrics.
It's sort of the musical equivalent of
the coffee table artbook.
Another UK band, the Name, has
released its debut album on Polydor
with Dangerous Times. Billed as a
group with a cult following in Europe,
a band with a social conscience, they
sound sort of like a watered-down
version of the Cult. Really watered
down. In fact, some of the songs are
a little monotonous and droning,
sounding sort of like the long dirges
of U2 (and I don't mean that as a
compliment). Nothing exciting,
nothing original, but at least they
don't call themselves alternative.
Finally the American band Siren
also debuted on Polydor with All is
Forgiven. They call themselves "des
tined to become a vital force of Os
rock," but what they really sound like
is Heart with a synthesizer.
This album is some sort of a music
history event, not because of the
music unfortunately, but because it
is the first rock album to be recorded
without tape. The sounds were
digitally recorded straight on the disc,
rather than by analog methods.
Actually I don't know what I'm
talking about, but then again, prob
ably most people don't. So seize the
opportunity, impress your friends,
you can be the first on your block
to own a chunk of the best that 20th
century consumer technology has to
offer. But put this one on your coffee
table too, and not on your record
player.
Campus Calendar
The DTH Campus Calendar is a daily
listing of University-related activities
sponsored by academic departments,
student services and student organizations
officially recognized by the Division of
Student Affairs. To appear in Campus
Calendar, announcements must be submit
ted on the Campus Calendar form by
NOON one business day before the
announcement is to run. Saturday and
Sunday events are printed in Friday's
calendar and must be submitted on the
Wednesday before the announcement is
to run. Forms and a drop box are located
outside the DTH office, 104 Union. Items
of Interest lists ongoing events from the
same campus organizations and follows the
same deadline schedule as Campus
Calendar. Please use the same form.
Thursday
Noon UNC Student
Government
Forum will have the
student body president
portion of the forum in
the Pit. Foul weather
site will be the Union
o Auditorium.
12:30 p.mWomen's Studies
Lnnchtime Collo
quium will sponsor
Dr. Sara Maze, Fellow
at the National Human
ities Center, speaking
on "The Rose-Girl of
Salency: The Politics of
Female Virtue in Pre
Revolutionary France."
The lecture will be in
Toy Lounge, Dey.
12:55 p.mUNC Student
Government
Forum will have the
Residence Hall Associ
ation president portion
of the forum in the Pit.
Foul weather site will
be the Union
Auditorium.
1 p.m. Masters of
Accounting Stu
dent Association
will present the annual
accounting career fair
until 4 p.m. in Great
Hall.
1:36 p.m. UNC Student
Government
Forum will have the
Carolina Athletic AssoT
ciation portion of the
forum in the Pit. Foul
weather site will be the
Union Auditorium.
2:22 p.m. UNC Student
Governmemnt
Forum will have the
senior class president
vice president portion
of the student govern
ment forum in the Pit.
Foul weather site will
be the Union
Auditorium.
2:53 p.m. UNC Student
Government
Forum will have the
Daily Tar Heel editor
portion of the forum.
Foul weather site will
be the Union
Auditorium.
3 p.m. IABC will present a
panel discussing port
folios, resumes and
ethics in 112 Murphey.
Blue CrossBlue Shield
will host a reception
afterwards.
Study Abroad in
Buenos Aires will
have a representative
from Argentina in 12
Caldwell.
3:30 p.m. UCPPS will have an
on-site interviewing
workshop for seniors
and graduate students
in 209 Hanes.
4 p.m. Association of
International Stu
dents will present its
keynote speaker, His
Excellency Ambassa
dor Valeriano Ferrao of
the People's Republic
of Mozambique, in 100
Hamilton. Ferrao is a
former FRELIMO free
dom fighter.
4:30 p.m. AIS and Marriott will
have "A Taste of the
World Night " featuring
international foods, in
, j Lenoir and Chase
i cafeterias.
5 p.m. Academic Affairs
Committee will meet
in Suite C, Union.
Christian Science
Organization will
meet in the Union.
Phoenix Student
Newsweekly will
hold a staff meeting in
108 Union. All current
staff members are
required to attend, and
any new interested par
ties are welcome.
Carolina Commit
tee on Central
America will meet in
213 Union. All are
welcome.
5:45 p.m. Baptist Student
Union will have its
weekly worship or pro
gram at the Battle
House, across from
Kenan Dormitory.
Anyone is welcome.
6 p.m. UNC Pre-Law Club
will have dinner at
Pizza Hut.
UNC College
Republicans will
have a regular meeting
in 111 Murphey.
Students for the
Advancement of
Race Relations will
meet in the Campus Y
lounge. Discussion will
be of interracial rela
tionships. Everyone is
welcome.
. Presbyterian Cam
pus Ministry will
have a student dinner
at the Student Center,
110 Henderson St. All
are welcome.
7 p.m. UNC Outing Club
will meet in the Union.
Campus Crusade
for Christ will have
Thursday Night Live in
205-206 Union.
Campus Y will hold a
forum for all candidates
for the offices of co
president, co-treasurer
and secretary in the
Campus Y lounge.
7:30 p.m. Chimera, the UNC
fantasy and science fic
tion club, will meet in
the South Gallery
meeting room of the
, Union.
UNC PC Users
Group will present
the Art and Science of
Clone Building by the
Computer Co-op in
101 Greenlaw.
8 p.m. Union Cabaret will
present a free night of
poetry reading, featur
ing AH" Arte and Cellar
Door.
Items of Interest
Office of North Carolina
Fellows has applications for the
Peer Leadership Consultant pro
gram at the Office of Leadership
Development and the Union Desk.
They are due by Friday, March 3.
UCPPS is accepting resumes in
211 Hanes from seniors and grad
uate students interested in careers
with non-profit organizations after
graduation. The resumes will be
compiled in a book which will be
made available to 200-300 NPO's on
the East Coast. Deadline is March
1.
ALL'ARTE, the artliterary
magazine, will be accepting sub
missions of original prose, poetry
and artwork in the Campus Y until
Feb. 17.
"Sister Mary Ignatius
Explains It All for You" tickets
are on sale for $3 at the Union Box
Office.
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petition forms are available in the
BSM Office for those interested in
becoming an officer.
The Association of Interna
tional Students, in cooperation
with various campus organizations,
will present its annual International
Week until Feb. 18. The theme is
"Developing Our World."
Senior 200 Race continues at
Ham's, Four Corners, and Franklin
Street Bar and Grill.
Les has his
own apartment
Sid lives in
Granville Towers
Les has his apartment decorated in "Early
American. Orange Crate".
Sid's place is furnished. Eyerythins he
needs is there when he moves in.
es generally eats his meals at the "Happy
Intestine Cafe", but when money is tight
he's quite the chef.
Sid's meals are cooked for him, and he can
dine anytime, even on weekends.
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Les spent last Saturday looking for his ex
roommate, who still owes last October's
phone bill.
Sid had enough money to go on a real
date. At Granville you're only responsible
for your room and board.
Les missed a final last semester because
he was stuck to his bathroom floor.
Sid's bathroom is cleaned for him weekly
and campus is within walking distance.
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