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Ben Kelly & Kristie
Parmenter
Staff Writers
Students crowd the
Underground. They sit
on tables or lean on the bar
next to the Grill. On the stage,
four kids dressed like Mods
assemble a drum kit and plug
guitars into an amp painted
with the Union Jack.
The lights dim. The audi
ence stands up.
"We're Starlyn Garvy," the
singer announces. "And we're
glad to be here!" The band
launches into a raucous cover
of The Who's "A Quick One".
From 8 p.m. to midnight on
Feb. 17, over 100 Guilford
students came to the
Underground to listen to
music, dance, and raise
money for the March 19 anti
war protest in Fayetteville,
N.C.
Sophomore Adam
Waxman, a regular in
Guilford's activist community,
organized the event. He
explained that the show
served several purposes.
"It raises money, of course,"
he said. "It gets people ener
gized. And it brings activism
back into the spotlight. It
shows that Guilford is an anti
war campus."
Many of the performances
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literally turned the spotlight on
activism. The night's opening
act, The Womyn's Circle,
focused on singing anti-war
songs. The a capella group
was at its best when it juxta
posed simple lyrics with com
plex, layered harmonies.
Freshman William
McKinley-Ward led the crowd
in a sing-along rendition of
Edwin Starr's "War", and the
Jazz Ensemble (or
Whittaker's Six Peace) played
a relaxed, solo-filled set that
drew copious applause from
the crowd.
Other acts focused less on
politics. CCE student Ziggy
Johnson performed both origi
nal and cover songs on an
acoustic guitar. The highlight
of his set came when he
played the song "Spend the
Night with Me", a "feel-good
song for the gay community",
about the joys of one-night
stands.
Sophomore Lisa Jaeggi
played an unplugged set of
songs she wrote. Her catchy
melodies and blues-accented
vocals prompted spontaneous
whistles and hand claps from
the audience.
By the time the night's last
act, hard-rocking Guilford
band St. Claire, took the
stage, the crowd was psy-
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ched.
"This song's called 'Lose 50
pounds in three seconds,"'
the singer introduced the first
song.
"How do you do that?"
someone asked.
"Just listen to this song!" he
responded, before erupting
into a frenzy of screams.
The audience showed the
same enthusiasm for raising
money as it did for the music.
By 10 p.m., student volun
teers had collected $2OO from
the audience. By 12 a.m.,
they had more than $350.
Students donated whatever
they could afford, and the
performers volunteered to
play.
"We're really happy to play
something we support like
this," John Kelly, the drummer
for Staryln Garvy, said. "We're
happy to support bringing the
troops home."
Jaeggi agreed: "Guilford
usually doesn't have these
types of things," she said. "It's
good for the community."
Waxman is happy that the
show helped raise money,
and is excited for upcoming
events.
'Thanks to all those who
made last night's fund-raising
concert a success!" he wrote
in an e-mail Feb. 18. "If you
think last night was a blast,
you haven't seen what we
have planned for next week."
On Feb. 24, a panel of anti
war activists spoke to Guilford
students about the costs of
the war in Iraq. Entitled
"Costs of War: Perspectives
of Military Veterans and Their
Families," the panel featured
5 speakers whose lives have
been affected by the war in
Iraq.
On Feb. 26, The Guilford
Action Network (GANE), in
conjunction with students
from Greensboro's eight col
leges, will sponsor a teach-in
at UNCG to further promote
the antiwar cause. §€
Buy a Date to help end the
war in Iraq
At 7 p.m. on Feb. 17, nearly
20 Guilford students hung up
their pride in order to stand
on stage and be auctioned off
to the highest bidder.
With junior Chris Wells
humorously extolling the
virtues of the brave volun
teers, bidders excitedly raised
their hands to 'purchase' the
man or woman of their
choice. Originally meant to be
an auction with all-male
goods, several women in the
crowd - not to be shown up
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by the guys - rushed on
stage to earn money for char
ity.
Sophomore John Wilson,
willing to "shake his booty
and read poetry"; senior
Cesar Weston, "a sculpted
progressive piece of man;"
and "house-trained" sopho
more David Kosbob were just
a few of the guys for sale with
the "qualities" that made them
quick to sell.
Some of the students auc
tioned off, such as sopho
more Jesse Seitel, sold for as
much as $2l.
The funds compiled at the
end of the night totaled over
$3OO in donations and pro
ceeds from the auction, are to
fund the March 19
Mobilization Committee. This
committee is a group of
Guilford activists organizing a
trip to attend the large anti
war demonstration in
Fayetteville, N.C., on March
19.
Sign-up sheets for the
event were available through
out the auction along with a
wide variety of informational
flyers providing details about
the casualties and cost of the
Iraq war and other upcoming
benefit activities. 3§