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pace 2 — THK DECREE — FEIiRUARV 9. The Decree OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Editor — John Pernell Staff— Dhana Chesson, Mark Brett, D.A. Lentz The Decree is located in the Student Union, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Wesleyan College Station, Rocky Mount, NC 27801. Policy is determined by the Editorial Board of The Decree. Republiciation of any matter herein without the ex press consent of the Editorial Board is strictly forbidden. The Decree is composed and printed by The Spring Hope Enterprise. Opinions published do not necessarily reflect those of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Introducing new editor of Decree Hello. My name is John Pernell. I am the new editor of this paper. If this is good or bad, I have not yet discovered. I hope to give The Decree a new look. I want to reflect, in the writing, the opinion of the student body, but to achieve this I am going to need to hear what the opinion of the stu dent body is. I would also like help from the faculty of Wesleyan. Let me know what you would like to see. When I agreed to become editor, I realized that there would be a lot of work in volved; my interest in writing pushed me forward. Having never worked on any type of newspaper staff, I am, with this issue, still learning. I would also like to let every one know that I am by choice a creative writer. Please bear with me as I learn the news paper prose and cons (joke.) On my first day as editor I learned that I have to supply an editorial every issue. Oh no! I guess no job is as slack as I would like it. First, I would like to com mend the freshman class. They are a tight group. They are a class in the way a class should be. The freshmen, for the most part, have not formed cliques. This is good. Hint. Hint. There needs to be more of this type of fellowship on the Wesleyan campus. Second, the number of people who get involved in school events stinks. Do not spend your college years in your rooms! I am tired of people saying that they hate this school because there is nothing to do. To have some thing to do you have to do it. ‘Nuff said? I know that Steve Ferebee hates for people to use the word “something,” but I think “something” is a good word. In the future of North Caro lina Wesleyan College, I want to see the students stand up and start yelling for every thing that they believe in. I encourage everyone to make their voices be heard. People, we have just en tered the 90s. This is the last decade of this century, and the first decade of the future. You are holding that future in your hands. Make your voice the voice of Wesleyan’s future. Decade in review 80’s bands were ’whacky’ By MARK BRETT Here we sit on the edge of a new decade, our recent memories saturated with ream upon ream of tiresome “80’s in Review” pieces from all the various media. Well, here’s another one. Never let it be said that The Decree doesn’t keep in step with all the most up-to- date journalistic practices avail able (don’t miss the startling ex pose’ of Wesleyan’s Midget Nudist Satan-Worshipping com munity in our next thrilling edi tion). At any rate, this is indeed an 80’s in Review article, but one with a slight difference. Whereas most of these things concern themselves with the popular, this one deals with the obscure. Sort of “the music that time forgot,” shall we say; the ten that escaped the public eye. Given this theme, there can be no better place to start than with Devo. Though just about every one remembers Devo, very few people remember them for what they were: an innovative bunch 'ink • Review of musicians. Their name con jures up images of flower-pot hats and the infamous Devo Lei sure Suit. In truth, they only wore those outfits, flower pots included, for one album, “Freedom of Choice.” This was an album cen tered, for the most part, around the theme of individuality and the lack of it in modem society, and the suits merely reinforced that theme in an appropriately bizarre way. The album was also one hell of a lot of fun, proving once and for all that pop can tackle serious ideas withouKsounding com pletely pompous in the attempt. It’s a shame so few have been able to accomplish it. Another pop-type band that managed to achieve that precari ous balance was Hanoi Rocks. Coming out of L.A.’s club scene at the same time as Motiey Crue, this band pioneered the “glam” Coaches appreciate student support Dear Editor: Please print this letter in the next issue of The Decree: Dear Student Basketball Fans and Pep Band: I want to congratulate our stu dents who attended the Methodist basketball game on Saturday eve ning, Jan. 20. Not only were you outstanding in your enthusiasm and support for our basketball Letters to the Editor team but your antics were funny and entertaining also. I know that the noise and support helped our teams to victory over Methodist. Thanks also to our pep band for their music and support. I hope that this support will continue throughout the season and that we can get more students out of the dorm and into the gym during our home basketball games. It is nice to see that we now have a “student section” and I enjoyed your actions during the game. Please don’t forget to come out and support our wom ens’ team also in the future. Once again congratulations for not only attendance and sup port but your class in doing so. Keep up the good work. Mike Fox, Director of Athletics Bill Chambers, Men Basketball Coach look that so many current heavy metal bands use (Poison espe cially seems to have copied Hanoi’s look; that is, until they started copying Guns N’ Roses’ look). Hanoi Rocks’ appeal went far beyond mere image, however. Their songs had a raw, powerful edge that permeated both mu^ic and lyrics; the group was just as likely to play straight blues or cover Hoyt Axton tunes as they were to play syrupy sweet ballads or kick out the jams on blistering semi-punk numbers. Hanoi Rocks’ career was cut short when their drummer was killed in a drunk driving accident that landed Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx in jail for a while. After five albums, Hanoi Rocks disbanded, never having attained the recog nition they deserved. To change gears somewhat, some attention should be focused on 80’s punk. Minnesota was home to a large concentration of punk bands in the early 80’s, and the best of these were the Re placements and the Soul Asylum. The Replacements’ early album spoke for a whole generation of American youth; the ‘Mats sang very incisive songs of young- adult angst set to the tune of cha otic guitars and mercilessly driv ing drum sets. Later albums have seen the Replacements mellow and ma ture a bit, learning more than two chords and slowing the pace a little. Lead vocalist Paul Wester- berg has also become one of the best lyricists of the 80’s, capable (Continued on Page 3)
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