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October 26, 1989
SScMers Star in TV Production
by becke White
This yetr'f "Undtr
Construction" is... undtr
construction, no pun inttndtd.
For those unfortunate
souls Mho are unfaeiliar, UC
is NCSSM's salute to the sit
COM. Not just any old sit com,
though, it is created by and
for NCSSN students to depict
student life in all its gloi7.
As Peggy Nanring, executive
producer along Mith Barbara
Ward, Mid, "The biggest part
of UC is that students run
it...THEIR ideas cow out."
Indeed, UC is student-
run. In front of the cawra
and behind, fro« checking
sound to editing tapes to
writing dialogues, dozens of
students' blood, sweat, and
tears go into the uking of
an episode.
This year’s episodes will
be directed by Zac Swith,
Becke White, and Cawisha
Covington. Nitch Davis and
Phoebe Juel are head and
assistant technical directors,
respectively. Shannon Oliver
will be production
coordinator, while Chris Lands
will oversM art and props
direction. The first sewster
video production class
will be running the cawras,
and Saw Nullis and Carey
Cates, student editors, will
be slaving in the Media
center.
You’ll be seeing on your
T.V. actors and actresses
Lakisha Farrow, Michelle
FordhaM, Brent 8off, Kenneth
Harrell, Derrick Hines, Megan
Jackson, Gene Ko, AriM
KusuMi, Jonathan Magid, Zac
Swith, Becke White, Tyler
Buckner, Faiwl Bukhari, Sasha
Clapper, Tracy Fitch, and
SuMrmah Paletz.
Lydia Coulter, script
coordinator, and her arwy of
writers have been hard at
work. She said, "Script
writing is like cafeteria
grit; you keep having to add
salt to it." Though story
lines have not coapletely
evolved, Lydia prosised that
there are "lots of weird
characters."
Even the Music is
Student-Made! Reuben Cox and
Jason Kapp, student coMposers,
described the coMing
soundtrack as "a delicious
blend of electrifying ear
candy."
"Under Construction"-l989
is aiMing for a new level of
quality. Cutting the nuMber of
episodes to two—froM three
last year-UC has high hopes
that by taking the first
episode to Channel 4, it can
Make the long-awaited wove
froM cable to public
television.
To wake a successful
production, it is necesMry to
bo wore than a collection of
directors, writers, actors,
and techies. It is necesury
to work as a production
coMpany...as a tsu. As a
first step toward achieving
this, on October Sth, everyone
involved in UC attended a
workshop run by Linda Belans,
a professional actress.
Actors and non-actors alike
engaged in acting and
iwprovisational exercises.
Linda considered the workshop
a successi "Non-actors can
now see frow the side of the
actors."
Stay tuned, for soon
"Under Construction" will be
coMing to an REP progras near
you...
Performance “Cures” Boredom
by Kasl Jackson
Lights darkened...then
flashed! Swoke poured through
Caweron Indoor StadiuM and,
with a sudden burst of sound,
the Cure appeared.
Unquestionably, one of
the Major assets of the show
was the light display.
Brilliant purples, greens,
reds, and oranges danced
in front of the cheering,
swaying crowd. The lights
soaetiaes illuwinatsd the
band, and soaetiwes
obscured thea. The charac
teristic wake-up, poufed hair,
black clothing and Robert
Swith’s Melancholy voice
contributed to the aura of
depreMion and weirdness that
often surrounds the band.
The stage backdrop
by Tim Tucker
provided another' interesting
counterpart to the music.
During sous songs it ressMbled
a cave, during others, a
forest, and during "Killing an
Arab" it was bathed in
blood-red lighting. At one
point purple, orange, and
green fish and uahorut swau
across it to entertain the
crowd.
The Cure played wany
songs froM their newest albuM
Disentenration but also
featured tunes fro* previous
albuMS. Particular favorites
of the crowd were "Lovesong",
"Boys Don’t Cry" and "A
Forest*—which featured a
particularly exciting
instruaental piece at its end.
The band ended the show after
the third encore with the
controversial "Killing an
“Motley Crue* Dr. Feelgood
The long awaited Motley
Crue albuH, Dr. Feelgood has
finally hit the stores and its
already Making big woves on
the Music charts. The first
single off the albuw is the
title track, "Dr. Feelgood",
and is doing extresely wall on
the radio and on MTV count
downs.
The albuw continues the
Crue’s reputation for hard-
driving, heavy wetal ausic
with soae added, unpredictable
twists. It features songs with
good potential to sake this
one of the Crue’s best yet.
Hard-rocking songs like
Arab." Coopared to the
startling quality of the
Cure's Music, the set
perforwed by opening band
Shelleyarm Orphan seeoed
bland. Music and lyrics were
often unclear due to the sound
systew. One of the reasons for
the ineffectiveness of their
act could have been that
the lights were kept on during
their perforwance so that
people could find their Hats.
To the disway of wany fans,
Swith has proclaiwed this to
be the Cure’s last tour in a
recent Rolling Stone
interview. However, he has
threatened this before, so
perhaps residents of the
Triangle will have the
opportunity to see this truly
unique band in the future.
"Rattlesnake Shake* and
"Kickstart My Heart* and rock
ballads like "Without You* and
"Don’t So Away Mad* add soae
variety that was perhaps
lacking in past albuws.
There’s also a "duet* with
Skid Row called "Tiwe For
Change" which deals with the
group’s current view of the
world.
However, this albua is
not for everybody. The Crue’s
style tends to be repetitive
at tiMes and usually carries
the label "for heavy Metal
fans only. * Even though there
are sow differences frow
their previous albuMS, if you
didn’t like thea before you
NCSSM Art
Greg Abbas’s "Hyvemachy" hanging in The Art of Science exhibit.
NCSSli Hosts
Art Exhibit
by Robert
Easterling
The North Carolina School
of Science and Nath is
currently hosting The Art of
Science exhibit presented by
the Dow Cheaical Corporation,
and three NCSSN students are
part of the exhibit.
This art exhibit isn’t
quite like those on display in
an art auseua. The Art of
Science exhibit is very unique
in that the artworks showcased
are the creations of high
school students. The purpoH
of the exhibit is to link
scientific subjects and
original works of art.
These two criteria
coMbine to produce artworks of
a different nature. Popular
?rt Media, such as airbrush,
watercolor, and pen and ink,
were used by sow finalists.
However, sow of the
coHpetitors used cowputer
graphics and circuitry—wdia
that are not seen in wide
distribution.
The exhibit was the^
probably won’t now either.
Motley Crue’s 8n
Fwlgood is definitely not for
the Musically weak at heart,
but wetal fans will want to
check this one out. The albuM
gets a B as a good prescrip
tion for your wetal blues.
—Bad English: Bad English
Bad English, led by lead
singer and forwer rock solo
artist John Waite, is one of
the newest bands on the Music
scene. Their debut is out in
stores now and with their
first two singles, "When I See
You Swile" and "Forget Me
Not", they are wll on their
way to potential stardoH.
culwination of a cospetition
under the caw naw. The
coiqietition is held in
conjunction with National
Science and Technology Week in
the spring.
Fifty finalists
chosen froM the entries by a
panel of eight judges. Awards
were then given for first
place, special werit, and
honorable Mention. Thrw NCSSM
students were cowwnded for
their outstanding pieces of
art. Gregory Abbas, class of
'89, won a special Merit
award. Ross Little won an
honorable Mention. Reuben
Cox was chosen as a finalist.
The first place winner was
Melissa Tho^ of South Aiken
High School who did an etching
on evolution.
The upcoMing year’s
cowpetition should be as
thrilling as ever as new ideas
are expressed by students. If
you are interested in
participating, contact Joe
Liles in the Phillip Norris
Art Studio for
inforwation.
Bad English contains a
great Musical variety which
will utisfy alwost anyone’s
Music taste. Harder rock fans
will enjoy songs like "Forget
Me Not* while thoM with a
softer side will enjoy the
albuM’s fabulous ballads such
as "When I See You Swile",
"Possession", and "Price Of
Love."
The rewainder of the
albuw Mixes these two
coMponents together into a
foTH that blends Richard Marx
with Warrant. It provides a
interesting coabination which
works very well and wakes the
albuw definitely worth Listen-
ing to. (see page 8)