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DTrfOmhlbdstrtursy;ApHr27 t989 CyLCACIICIlE Assistant Design Editor Design Ecftor Yes. That's right Graffiti is bade in celebration of our last Omnibus of the 1988-89 school year, we wanted to write our first article to let the seniors know how much we will miss them. Please note that we are design editors, not writers, so bear with us. Our first victims are the old staffers from the Jean Regime Csthy ttSi led the merry band. You may remember Cathy as the infamous Omni editor with eyes that "really do twinkle." . She always handed the weekly crisis with a special flair. Well never forget when she spent days with lipstick on her cheeks, let's darify that last statement She was a down for Halloween and used "long lasting" lipstick to make the little, obnoxious red dots on her face. She was rosy for a week. We had two assistant editors during that year with Jean we started out with Jenny Liv ingston, who continued her reign from the year before. As Cathy's frierKiconfWafrtroom mate, Jenny had a special insight into helping Cathy deal with our many crises. After Christmas, however, disaster struck. Cathy said that our beloved Jenny fell down a staircase and shattered her wrist "She wont be able to help us with Omnibus any more because she has a contraption on her arm that looks like an erector set" we panicked Then EJcnl Cterr-s appeared out of the blue to save Omnibus. But then again, she may have appeared just to use the dth phones. Movie Review Don't Believe the Hype for "She's Out of Control" Oy CCTJ CSAV.TCrS) Stiff Writer You can call this column a trib ute to the great Hollywood hype machine, because if It werent for public relations, I never would have seen ssa's Ct of Central it an started one day last week when this big, fat package arrived at our offices. That was their first good idea, because around here the fattest packages are always opened first. inside the fat package was a huge press kit for this relatively small movie. YouVe seen the ads - Tony Danza as a nervous dad trying to keep his hot teenage daughter down on the farm-not Jenny came to visit a couple of times to assure us that she was OK. On one visit, only half healed from her accident, she saved the day by writing the circus cover story at the last minute when the computer ate the original. Come to think of it, she hasnt been back since. When the Jean Regime ended and Sharon's Harem took over, Cathy and Eleni passed the torch on to the next sucker (sorry, James). They had to do something silly like . . . finding a Job. Sniff? We had to bid our fearless leaders good-bye Our next victims are the few senior writers who stuck around after the changing of the Omni guard. Andy Lraier (the infamous "Codspell" reviewer) continued to write the General college updates. We would like to take this space to thank him for putting up with ail the times we told him that his articles could be 25 inches after he spent naif an hour cutting three inches out of his masterpiece. Thanks Andy! Every week we looked for ward to Winston Lloyd's "Edited 4 TV." He scared us to death, though, when he listed "chips" as one of his 10 favorite, shows of all-time. Luckily, he was joking, and we fell for it He regained our trust, however, by making "Cheers" his No. 1 show of all time. Well miss your column, Winston. Next year's Omnibus wont be the same without it And who will ever replace f&nzlEX3Scandhis. . .well . . . interesting album reviews? We used to call it "Ontrax." Then we called it "Offtrax." Now we dont know what to call it. Well never forget his review of Sneeches, which can best be described as existential Randal, you get the award for writing the wierdest thing we ever pasted up. Congratulations! Our last distinguished writer is the one and only Jsns Dssn. Yes, Omnibus realty does the stuff that gets the Academy breathing hard. Weil, its not the kind of stuff that gets critics excited, either; when my editor handed me the folder, l snorted derisively, "Tony Danza?" But then, l read It By the time l was finished, I was raving. "I have to see this movie," l foamed. "If it's one-mlZkxrtti as good as its press kit, HI throw dying duck fits." Well, I went to see "She's Out of Control." Very little fit throwing went on, but dam It, it was a cute movie. The real fun, however, came after the movie, when I sat down with the press kit and compared the product to its poop. mm mmmmmmmmimmmmmmmi ..WW- . ' i iii ' .m.. .i i.i mvr'rti Yes, have a guy named James Dean who writes movie reviews. We arent dever enough to come up with that one on our own. For those readers who dont know, James is British. The guy even writes with an accent. Check out the first line of his review of "Crusoe" and see for yourself. Well miss your dever quips on the movie page, James. Next victim please. David lnten, come on down. You didnt think you would escape this article, did you? Thank you for not killing us every time we came up with a photo assign ment one day before we went to press. Not to mention the many times we had you take DTH file photos out of your fiie. What are we going to do with out his immense library of photos? Finally, we salute two honor ary seniors. First, tr. Jss csb First of all, this press kit weighed about four pounds and was bound in a glossy cover with a cool logo. inside the press kit were a naff dozen 5"x 7" glossies, a 42-page bound booklet describing "Con trol" in minute detail and several "press releases" with titles like "Real Dad Tony Danza Identifies with Movie Dad" and "Ami Doisnz Calls Tony Danza Her Good Luck Charm." But in the "Cast" section, there was some really good stuff: Fkxh gllng teen heart-throb Dana Ash brook appears as Joey, one of Katie's macho boyfriends com plete with motorcycle duds and piereced earring. Ha, ha! Joey turned out to be ill this is James Dean. No, he 's Crtrs. He's not even a student here (contrary to popular belief), but he deserves men tion. Since only one member of the Omni editing staff likes Joe Bob, he is no longer with us. We, the design editors, differ on our opinions of Joe Bob Briggs. Laura says "Joe Bob is sexist and in bad taste. Yes, l realize that is ths point, but l do not have to Cs It" Lisa, being the above mentioned sofe Joe Bob fan, admits, "He is offensive, but he is funny as helt. Anyone who can make me laugh while they offend me has something going for him." But please kids do not try this trick at home. You may receive some gratuitous Karate Fu. Last but not least, we hail our fearless editor, Jsnrs Ccr.tcn, who has no idea what we are saying about him. Thank God for the First Amendment a marshrrcSow in a pickup truck. But the greatest thing is he looks exactly like that guy on the cover of the Cramps' "Bad fc'Susic For Bad People No, reaiiy! You have to see ittobeSeveit And, of course, on Danza himself: With the good-natured persona of a young and playful Tony Curtis orJackLemmon Danza plays Doug Simpson in this broad-based comedy. Actually, Danza doesnt resem ble Lemmon or Curtis near as much as, and I say this with all sincerity, Rodney Dangerfiekl He's funny. He twitches. His eyes pop. He & the young Dangerfield. - And, finaHy, the movie itself: The story hits at the very heartbeatof mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm PV dtllill mmmmmmmi ;mmmwm c not dead. Tar Heel file photo James, thank you for taking over the Omnibus when no one else would. We realize what a sacrifice you made this semes ter, but in the end, wasnt It worth it? Dont answer that Look out ETiaus here comes James Benton, the RA from he3 well we've almost made It to the end of our first article. If youVe stayed with us, thank you. What stamina you have! we want to apologize to James Dean (we had to say his name one last time) for using his picture. James will be proud to know that he inspired this article, so any unsatisfied reader can blame him. Thanks for the memories, guys! Good luck next yean well miss you! By the way, as design editors, we reserve the right to put our article on page three. Aint power great? ttie emotional bonding between contemporary fathers and daugh ters . . . Xontrot" depicts ths tug of war relationship with a steady eye that tells both ths father and daughter viewpoints. ill buy that it also has carloads of cute chicks and cool guys, explosions, car races, slapstick, cool dothes and pop music iTs also glitzy, often silly, and almost one hundred percent predictable. In other words, pre-packaged for pre-pubescents. So, if you happen to be 12 or if you can convince yourself you are for two hours, go see this movie. Otherwise, dont bother -7 that is, unless you have a press kit
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