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VOLUME LXVVII, NO. 9 GUILFORD COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N.C. 27410 MARCH 5, 1986
Guilford's Rock Star
By Richard Weinbiatl
People Pernon Pntfiler
Foreigner has visited him.
Women save his autographed
underwear. Groupies run up to
him and kiss him. Who is he?
He's Marc Becker, the
charismatic leader of that super
rock group Inspector 12.
"We used to be called The In
fallible Flying Bofungus
Brothers," the freshman rock
star explained, "We were fallible
and folks used to throw objects at
us - hence the 'flying' part of the
name."
He has taken the Guilford Col
lege community by storm and
has become the first freshman to
join the elite group profiled on the
front page of The Guilfordian.
His group's musical talents
have improved to the point of
shedding their old name for one
honoring the famed underwear
inspector. With a new agent rival
ing the likes of Ken Kragen
(Lionel Richie and Kenny
Rogers' agent) the group is conti
nuing on their calculated ascent
up the rough ladder of the music
business.
Agent Kris Weik (who is
available for beautiful women
who want to be stars) told The
Guilfordian, off the record, that
The Who will open for Inspector
12. "However that's not set. We
don't want to start a rumor."
Bohn Wins Senate Seat
By Richard Weinblatt
Hcluctant Political (Uprreapondent
On Friday the 21st of February.
644 students cast their ballots in
the hotly debated Guilford Col
lege Community Senate elec
tions. Nathan Bohn, Senate Vice
President in the Freeman ad
ministration, was elected to the
presidency. Rounding out his
ticket were Edith Caggiano as
Vice President, Cliff Tatum as
Treasurer and Susan Morris as
Secretary. The opposing ticket
was led by Wade Shannon. The
election results were tabulated as
447-197.
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.4 humble Marc Becker
photo by Quaker
Becker, on the much sought
after entertainment discussion
show with Rick on WQFS Radio,
said that plans are in the works
for a world tour with Lawrence
Welk.
The son of a chiropracter
(Foreigner went to him after
visiting Becker while in town),
Becker was raised in an upper
class brick house in Roanoke,
Virginia. The band has been
together for three years and in
cludes his protege and brother, 17
year old David. His younger
brother even wants to follow his
footsteps to the hallowed halls of
Guilford College.
Newly elected President
Nathan Bohn said that his ex
ecutive committee was hard at
work in several areas. They are
examining the bookstore, the
feasibility of Founders Hall as a
more active student center and a
restructuring of the Senate com
mittee system.
"We are also trying to figure
out a way to keep the people who
run for Senator and don't win. We
want them to get involved," Bohn
explained. He went on to point out
that anyone can get involved in
the activities of the Senate.
Take A
Break...
The five members of the band
(all in high school except Becker)
stepped up the seriousness of
their calling when they made
their first, and only, tape called
"Life's A Party And You're Not
Invited."
"The tape is being carried by
several record stores in
Roanoke," Becker pointed out.
"We are working on the
Guilford Bookstore," added his
super agent who is being paid the
customary ten percent in the
form of liquid assets.
The frenzy of his fans have
reached an almost unimaginable
proportion by Guilford stan-
The Charlotte, N.C. raised
Bohn replaces President Jim
Freeman who graduates in May.
"Nathan will do a terrific job. I
had a great time in office but now
it's time for new blood,"
Freeman told The Guilfordian.
Elected to the Student Union
Presidency was Union Vice
President Tom Kelly.
This year's election was the
first to be held on a single day.
The turnout reportedly was
higher than when it was held over
two days last year.
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Appreciation
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dards. On March 28 at around
5:0() P.M. Becker was jumped by
a band of ruthless groupies ex
cited by the occurance of his 19th
birthday. They tied him up, blind
folded him and threw him in the
back of a two door car.
"It was horrible," he relates
still visibly shaken by the inci
dent, "Every once in a while they
would stop the car and spin me
around."
They took him to the sub stan
dard eating establishment called
McDonald's and forced him to eat
a Happy Meal complete with a
Ronald McDonald toothbrush
surprise. Inspector 12's security
force is still investigating the in
cident.
Bo Markley, President of the
Guilford College Marc Becker
Fan Club, came up to Becker and
presented him with a card.
Markley was reportedly concern
ed about this recent example of
irresponsible groupies behavior.
Security was stepped up during
the interview and Markley had
some trouble in approaching
Guilford's musical sex symbol.
As part of its continued
penetration into the music in
dustry. Agent Weik recently had
the tape sent to a video director in
New York City. Weik has
employed a large contingent of
students to man the Inspector 12
phone banks to handle the flood of
inquiries that have resulted.
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Newly elected Senate leaders
photo by Luke Poole
What song would Becker like to
do in video form first ?
'"Caribbean Sunset' because
we'd have to do a location shoot,"
Becker replied sporting a slight
tan from his rocker image
building sessions at a tanning
booth per Weik's orders. He was
obviously proud of his tan and the
use of such industry lingo as
"location shoot."
Becker has been busy discharg
ing his campus responsibilities as
well. His workload, which has
arisen out of his Biology major
status, kept hiir away from the
recent Grammy Awards Show in
Los Angeles. He feels that he
must give back to society some of
the wealth and success that he
has gotten and, in his own way,
refute the boozing rocker im
age/stereotype by serving as a
Bryan Senator and on the year
book. Such activities have
elicited lavish praise from
recently profiled and retired
Senate President Jim Freeman.
"I'm very impressed," said
Freeman as he toiled relentlessly
on the Senate Auction.
So where does this up and com
ing extravaganza of musical
wizardsy go next? "To play on
Serendipity Friday complete
with autographed underwear,"
said Becker. Better check for the
"Inspected by 12" label inside.