4The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, February 10, 1987
"Light of Day" fails
to illuminate screen
Paul Schradcr, writer and director
of "Light of Day," bills the film as
"a grassroots story in the American
tradition of family drama, set against
a backdrop of rock V roll." This
drama is that of rock singer Patti
Rasnick (Joan Jett), who has an
illegitimate 4-year-old son and is
trying to makeit despite extreme
criticism from her mother (Gena
Rowlands). The characters, includ
ing Joe Rasnick (Michael J. Fox),
Patti's brother and peacekeeper in
the family, are intriguing. However,
neither the plot nor the characters
axe well developed. These defects
Combined with lack-luster acting
lead to a film with only potential to
claim as a main merit.
; Early on, moviegoers who expect
to see Fox in another Marty McFly
type role will be disappointed. In
"Light of Day,' Fox attempts to play
a dramatic part, an experiment that
is not exactly successful. He is
supposedly the driving force that is
trying to keep the family together.
However, it is hard to picture Fox
as a "force," especially when his
acting is not outstanding. His char
acter never matures, which is most
notable in his dealings with his sister.
Fox does deserve credit for doing
Professional ffralts
By JESSICA BROOKS
Staff Writer
Learning about your career is not
limited to classroom lectures and
textbook facts.
Professional fraternities provide
added career knowledge and friend
ships with other students in the same
field of study.
UNC has several professional
fraternities. The School of Business
offers four such organizations.
Alpha Kappa Psi, an 85-member
fraternity, is for business, economics
or industrial relations majors. A 2.0
grade point average is required.
Following an eight-week pledge
period, new members become part
of the fraternity.
Arthur Packard, president df
Alpha Kappa Psi, said, "Many of
the other professional fraternities are
more like organizations. But we are
a fraternity. There is a real closeness
between the members."
Packard said friendships were the
biggest advantages of being an Alpha
Kappa Psi member. Friendships
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all of his own playing and singing,
a feat which lands him a cut on the
soundtrack.
"Light of Day" represents Jett's
movie acting debut. She is fairly
successful in her portrayal of Patti
Rasnick, the strong-willed lead
singer of the Barbusters. Most of the
story revolves around conflicts that
arise because her mother has never
forgiven her for having an illegiti
mate child and not revealing the
father. For Patti, music seems to be
the only escape. Jett naturally
handles the band parts well but lacks
either the experience or the ability
to captivate the audience in emo
tional scenes.
The movie's best attributes are the
performance by Rowlands and the
atmosphere which the film captures.
Rowlands is outstanding as the ultra
conservative mother whose life is
devoted to the church. She can
probably be best described as a
never-pleased mother-in-law who is
constantly nagging. As for the film's
made in the fraternity were often
lasting ones, he said.
Delta Sigma Phi is another busi
ness fraternity. Delta Sigma Phi
historian Kim Boyett said that when
a fraternity is connected with your
major, it makes it easier to find out
things about your chosen field.
"You can talk to people socially
as well as professionally," Boyett
said.
Delta Sigma Phi is only open to
business and accounting majors, and
a 2.7 grade point average is required.
This semester the 86 members have
done service activities including
sponsoring the Blood Mobile and
preparing dinner at a community
kitchen in Carrboro.
Pharmacy and dentistry students
also have an opportunity to join
professional fraternities.
Junior John Evans is a member
of the School of Pharmacy's Kappa
Psi fraternity. The only academic
requirement for its members is to
stay in the School of Pharmacy.
Evans said this type of profes
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Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett in
atmosphere, Schrader ("American
Gigolo" and "Cat People") was able
to make the viewer taste both the
bars and conditions in the Midwest
through his use of realistic bar shots
and gritty scenery. The film might
have benefited if more of this type
of footage were employed.
Even though "Light of Day" fails
to fully develop its characters, the
film's, major downfall is its attempt
to handle too many themes. In doing
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stress knowledge
sional environment is a big help
academically. "All of the members
are pharmacy majors, too, so if I ever
have to miss a class, I can always
find the notes around here."
Mary Lyhrie McElhaney, a dental
student and president of the School
of Dentistry's Psi Omega fraternity,
believes professional fraternities also
help with stress release. "There are
parties to help ease the pressure,"
McElhaney said. She added that the
School of Dentistry's popular Air
Band party is coming up soon.
"We're going all out this year."
Psi Omega has 45 members and
conducts a rush period like the social
fraternities to get new members."We
Disqualified
spending limit was adequate. But
candidates who get a minimum
amount of votes should be get their
money back somehow, he said.
"I think it's very important that
there be a limit," he said. "But I think
that if you get 10 percent (of the
vote), you should be reimbursed."
He said reimbursing students for
their campaign expenses would
encourage more people to run.
"IVe sunk $500. That's a lot of
money."
Mark Gunter, who got 8 percent
of the vote for student body pres
ident, said money didn't make much
difference.
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a scene from "Light of Day"
so, the movie never thoroughly
cultivates any of these subplots. A
two-hour film is not. sufficient for
evolving the intricate relationships
between mother and daughter, sister
and brother, and husband and wife,
and also giving the story of a
struggling rock band. In trying to
accomplish this, the film seems to
jump rather than flow, making what
could have been an interesting film
unfulfilling.
usually have about 20 pledges a
year," McElhaney said.
"I feel like the biggest advantage
(of being in Psi Omega) is going to
come after I graduate and start
looking for a job," McElhaney said.
"If I need a place to stay or help
with finding an interview, all I have
to do is call another Psi Omega
chapter and they will set it up."
Along with these fraternities, there
are also a number of professional
honorary societies in the schools of
journalism, nursing and public
health. Entry into these organiza:
tions is based on academic ability
and leadership qualities.
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"1 could have spent a lot more
money," 4ie said. "I don't think it
would have mattered that much."
The current spending limit is
appropriate, he said. "I think it's a
good level not too high or too
low. It's enough for a candidate to
get exposure.
"Posters don win elections.
That's obvious from my campaign,"
he said.
Organizing campaign workers and
going door-to-door are more impor
tant than money in a succesful
campaign, he said.
"If I could have organized my
workers it would have helped," he
said.
Gunter spent $213.39 on his
campaign, according to Elections
Board records.
And Suzanne Lowe, who came in
second in the race for president of
the Carolina Athletics Association
with 15 percent of the vote, said
active campaigning was more impor
tant than money.
"The key is meeting people," she
said. "People get tired of receiving
so many fliers ih the mail."
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City school buses
fall prey to vamdals
By LINDA MONTANARl
City Editor
Vandals broke into 23 Chapel
Hill-Carrboro city school buses this
weekend and sprayed the insides
with chemicals from their fire
extinguishers.
In one of the buses, the vandals
tried to burn a hole in the seat,
leaving an 8 by 6 inch charred hole,
according to the school's transpor
tation supervisor, Al Hogan.
All the buses were back in com
mission and running on schedule
Monday, but Hogan said it took
several hours to wash off the yellow
powdery accumulations from the
extinguishers.
"I'd say it was kids bored to
death," Hogan said. "They probably
knew they wouldn't get caught."
The damage would have occurred
Winds during weekend
take Triangle by storm,
cause minor damages
By HOLLY BAKER
Staff Writer
Two dumpsters on wheels rolled
into two parked Honda cars in
Granville Towers East parking lot
as a result of 50 mph winds Sunday
night.
The bumpers of both cars were
bent, causing damages of $50 and
$100, according to police reports.
Other damages from the wind
storm were also minimal, town
officials say.
Duke Power Company did report
having minor problems such as fallen
telephone and power lines.
"I guess we were lucky. Damages
could have been much more exten
sive," said Phil Ray, a spokesman
for the company.
The cold front originated in
southern Canada, according to
Six students to perform
in Symphony program
By DAVID HESTER
Staff Writer
Six UNC student-musicians will
get their chances in the spotlight
tonight when the UNC Symphony
presents its annual Scholarship
Benefit Program in Hill Hall
Auditorium.
Each musician will perform a
concerto with the orchestra, accord
ing to acting music department
chairman Thomas War burton. So
loists were selected last fall after
auditions before a committee of
faculty members. The concerto
program is "the one time that the
music department features its most
outstanding advanced students," he
said.
Before performing the pieces
featuring the six soloists, the Sym
phony, under the direction of Alan
Neilson, will open the concert with
Beethoven's "Overture to Egmont."
The first soloist will be senior
Elizabeth Fleming, who will perform
Rossini's "Introduction, Theme and
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Friday night, he said. School buses
are unguarded during the weekends.
Some fire extinguishers were
missing after the incident, as well as
some of the first aid kits.
The vandals could have gotten
into the buses through the rear
emergency exits even if they couldn't
get in the main doors, Hogan said.
Those doors are never locked and
have external handles.
This is not the worst damage ever
done to city buses, Hogan said. In
the past, vandals have broken
windows and sprayed paint on the
outside.
No one saw the culprits, and so
far, no one knows who did it, he
said.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro city schools
regularly run 42 buses and hold four
to six in reserve.
Larry Gabric, a National Weather
Service forecaster in Raleigh.
Neither the Chapel Hill transpor
tation department nor the public
works department had any compli
cations because of the wind, and
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
did not treat victims of any wind
related accidents, spokesmen said.
Other areas of the state did not
do so well, as winds broke off tree
branches and, in some cases, blew
over houses.
In Henderson County, gales
flipped a mobile home sideways and
ripped roofs off several houses and
businesses.
Gusts in the mountains were
recorded at 40 to 65 mph Monday.
Associated Press reports were
used in this story. " '
Variations for Clarinet and
Orchestra."
The concert will also include
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4,
performed by senior Jeffrey Sykes.
According to Sykes, this piece is "one
of the greatest, if not the greatest,
of the piano concertos."
The program will also include an
excerpt from another piano con
certo, the first movement of Saint
Saen's Piano Concerto No. 2. Senior
Michael Carver described his selec
tion as a "very lyrical and beautiful
piece." He also characterized the
piece as technically difficult."Every
type of technical problem the pianist
has to deal with is in this piece,"
Carver said.
The concert will also feature senior
Elizabeth Brant's performance of
"Susanna's Aria" from Mozart's The
Marriage of Figaro. Brant said that
this soprano aria is sung in the opera
by a young maid who is trying to
lure the man she loves into a garden.
Brant said that she has never before
performed with a full orchestra and
that it should be an exciting
experience.
The concert will also include
graduate students Hank Van Dev
enter, who will perform Aruturian's
Concerto for Trumpet and Orches
tra, and Carol Lynn Flanigan,, who
will perform fteinecke's Concerto for
Flute and Orchestra.
Warburton said that the concert
is held to raise money for the
undergraduate music students' scho
larship fund. He also said that the
concert has been held annually for
more than 15 years. The event
usually earns between 15 and 20
thousand dollars, he said.
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with student soloists tonight at 8
p.m. in Hill Hall Auditorium. Call
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