December, 1981
COLUMNS
Page 7
News
In Brief
1981-82 Hurricanes
Left to right - Brian Pendergraft, Dal Lucas, Thomas Rawley, Patrick O’Donnell, James Cooke, Marcus Keith,
Henry Harris, Will McCraw, Timmy Copeland. Top - Linwood Sloan, Jim Wilkerson, Bryan Maddox, Ricky
Kirkland, Gary Worley, David Gray, Sidney Joyner, Tommy Moore, Russell Herring, Glenn Bynuin.
New Discs
By Ben Hitchens
The weather we have bqen
having this year has been quite
unusual. We had some spring-like
days in the middle of November.
The weather has been confusing
to a lot of people, but now it looks
,as if Old Man Winter is finally
settling in.
Exams are coming up and it's
time to really buckle down. This is
the most dreaded time of year for
students, but again it is the most
important also. There is a new
play, underway by the Louisburg
Players, directed by Charlie Smith,
head of the Drama Department at
Louisburg College. This play is
ititled “Inherit the Wind" and is
jabout the Scopes Monkey Trial
held at the turn of the century in
Tennessee, in which it was
debated whether to teach Dar
win's Theory of Evolution in
public schools.
The Lady Hurricane Basketball
team is the defending champion
of the National Junior College
jAthletic Association, and they are
expecting another big season this
year. Their coach is the able Paul
Sanderford. The best of luck to
them.
One of the best athletes at
Louisburg is Everette Graham.
This sophomore from Charlotte is
an outstanding center fielder for
the Louisburg College baseball
team. He plans to turn profes
sional next season, and right now
he is under the rights of the San
Diego Padres. He should make a
very fine professional ball player.
Christmas is the time for
happiness and joy. It is the
anticipation of unwrapping
presents and watching children's
eyes light up. But the best part of
Christmas is getting the whole
family together, expressing your
love for one another and being
together. The Columns Staff
wishes you and yours a very merry
and safe Christmas.
Linda Floyd,
Editor
“Tatto Review”
By Ben Hitchens
The Rolling Stones, the ever-
popular rock group from England,
who have been producing hit
albums for over 16 years, have
done it again. The name of the
latest Stones album is called
"Tattoo You". It contains the two
hit singles, "Start Me Up" and
"Hang Fire".
The album has sold millions
already. In fact, after the album hit
the charts it climbed all the way to
the top spot on the charts within
two weeks. "Tattoo You" is very
similar to the previous Stones
album entitled "Emotional Res
cue." In fact, many of the cuts off
of "Tattoo You" were actually
recorded at the same time as
"Emotional Rescue." Most of the
songs have an upbeat tempo.
Mick Jagger of the Stones
commented that a lot of their
songs were produced with the
idea of having tunes people can
dance to. The Stones are getting
j older and their music is changing,
but the quality is always superb.
“Belle Donna”
By Beth Bethune
Three months ago Stevie Nicks
released her first solo album.
Now, almost everyone in America
and Canada is familiar with it.
Stevie Nicks herself can be
described as a "Bella Donna".
She has a voice like a "song bird".
She can sing a beautiful love
song, like "Leather and Lace",
I which was originally written for
jWaylon Jennings, with the most
i grace and elegance of any female
singer. Yet she can get wild and
ijam out in "Edge of Seventeen".
Stevie Nicks writes most of her
own songs. She is an excellent
writer, with such verses as:
"Even when you feel like your
life
Is fading
' I know that you'll go on forever
You're that good
Heartbreak of the moment is
not endless
Now your fortune is your life's
love."
from "Think About It."
Stevie Nicks can be described
as a mixture of Joni Mitchell, Joan
Baez, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick
and Judy Collins all rolled into
one. Maybe the reason she is so
good is because she is unique and
unlike any other singer in the
'world.
“Changing Tunes”
By Beth Bethune
Have you ever stopped and
thought about all the different
kinds of popular music there are
today? It's not that more and
more singers are popping up; it is
us. We are starting to listen (and
like) "different" music.
One might turn the radio on and
hear rastaman vibrations, yea! Of
course, we all know what kind of
music that is: Reggae. The most
popular of this type of music was
Bob IVjarley, who died this year.
Another person might turn on the
radio and hear lyrics like: VPIanet
Claire has pink hair, all the trees
are red, no one ever dies there, no
one has a heed . . Of course,
this is New Wave. This type of
music is growing faster and faster
with many enterprising groups like
the Ramones, the B-52's, Adam
and the Ants, etc.
Yet rock and-roll is and will
always be around, wiih such
experts as jerry Garcia, Mick
Jagger and immortals like Jihimy
Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim
Morrison. These people are
probably the deep roots of rock.
No matter what type of music
tickles your fancy, it is very
relaxing to listen to it every day.
Psychologists now believe that
fifteen to twenty minutes of music
each day can be very soothing.
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