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ByTERRI CANADAY
Staff Writer
A new Student Congress liaison
will create a communication bridge
between students and the admini
stration, said Speaker Gene Davis,
who has appointed Jonathan Martin
(Dist. 8) to the position.
Davis said he created the new
position to remedy what he believes
to be a "relatively low level of com
munication between the student body
and the administration.
"The position of liaison to the
administration will allow for two
things: an increased flow of informa
tion, thus bridging this communica
tion gap, and a watchdog over the
administration in order to protect,
defend and advocate for the student
body."
Davis said he chose Martin be
cause: "He's a charming individual
whose interpersonal communications
skills allow him to work successfully
with administrators as well as his
constituency."
The new position is necessary,
Martin said. "Gene Davis is so busy
fighting for what the student body
wants and the administration is so
busy fighting for what they want,
they don't have much time for nego
tiation." Martin has no set duties, but he
has outlined his fundamental goals
as establishing a relationship with
the administrative council, making
the students aware of what Student
Congress is doing and acting as a
"buffer zone" between student gov
ernment and the administration.
Martin explained that most stu
dents are only aware of major issues.
"The student body doesn't realize
the amount of material covered in the
meetings of the legislative branch,"
he said. "All the bills and all the
resolutions affect the whole student
body."
Martin is still working to inform
the administration of his position and
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plans. Donald Boulton, vice chan
cellor and dean of Student Affairs,
said Friday that he had not been
informed about the position's crea
tion. Dennis O'Connor, provost and
vice chancellor of academic affairs,
had been approached by Martin and
said he thought the creation of the
liaison position was a great idea. But
he said he hoped the position "wasn't
bom out of necessity." For the few
years that he has been working as a
vice chancellor at UNC, he said he
felt the interaction between the stu
dent government and the admini
stration had been good. But, he said,
the appointment of a liaison "can't
help but help."
Students seem to agree with the
appointment. Barb Kistenmacher, a
junior from Maryland, said: "I don't
see how they survived this long
without it. When dealing with two
different groups of people, there is
an unavoidable communication gap,
no matter how slight."
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News Flash: Elvis is alive!
Faithful followers say they have been
listening to him all over the Triangle
and he can be heard this Friday night at
The Cave in Chapel Hill.
Funny, no one has actually seen him.
But three area men who call themselves
Messablues are promising to speak, or
at least sing, his words. They stop short
of calling themselves a channel for the
rock n' roll stars of the '50s, but they've
been known to carry the tunes of the
Night Hawks, Muddy Waters andB.B.
King.
In a recent interview, the band en
thusiastically shared their inspirations
with the public.
"We call it 'Rockabilly' music," said
lead vocalist and guitar player John
Arthrus. "The Thunderbirds, early
Elvis, Delbert McClinton, that kind of
style of the '50s is what we really like.
I guess it is sort of nostalgia."
The musicians of Messablues are in
their mid-30s, so this early rock 'n' roll
is what they grew up with, Arthrus said.
This childhood exposure to rock V
roll apparently stuck with the mem
bers. "I'm really not too keen on the
newer music, although I'm not trying
to knock it down," he said.
Automobile accident kills UNC student
Carolyn Jean Lam, a senior from
Oxford, died at 1:45 a.m. Aug. 25 in a
one-car accident.
Lam, 22, lived in Chapel Hill at B-12
Kingswood Apts.
She was traveling south on State
Road 1302 just north of Oxford when
she misjudged a sharp right-hand curve
before the intersection with State Road
BOT
said BOT member Robert Eubanks.
In response to Hardin's recommen
dation that community cost-of-living
factors be included in determining a
base rate of pay, Pope said, "They're
not going to pay state employees more
in Chapel Hill than state employees in
Winston-Salem. It's just not going to
happen."
Pope said the proposal was not po
litically realistic.
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Bass player Perry Sessoms is not
only inspired by the older music, but
energized by it as well. "I like playing
rhythm and blues," he said. "It's some
thing happening for a bass player."
Rockabilly is not only fun, Sessoms
said, but it is "in." "You can see it in all
the commercials these days ... it'll never
die," he said.
Steve Arthrus, drummer and John's
first cousin, further explained the
group's philosophy. "All the music we
have today is based on what these guys
in the late '50s did, so why not do the
real thing?" he said.
While Messablues is not exactly a
household name, residents of Raleigh,
Durham and Chapel Hill may be famil
iar with the group. It plays at local clubs
and private parties regularly.
No commercial recording of the band
has been produced yet.
Although none of the members con
sider their music-playing a full-time
job, all of them have considered it a
1300, said Highway Patrol Trooper
M.L. Dupree, the investigating officer.
Her car went into a ditch and turned
sideways. The car flipped onto the
shoulder, throwing Lam from the
driver's seat, and then back onto the
road, where it landed on its wheels on
top of her body.
Lam was not wearing a seatbelt and
was thrown through the driver's win
Strickland. A plan of action will have to
be worked out by the board, he said.
BOT Chairman Earl "Phil" Phillips
said he was disappointed in Pope's
reaction. "I'm not content to be in the
top 10 percent. Why be complacent?
Why not shoot for the top?"
The University needs to gain fiscal
autonomy so it can appropriately use
the money it receives, said BOT mem
ber William Darity. "I do not want the
University of North Carolina to bow to
(any other university)."
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career before.
John and Steve Arthrus were in
volved in the Silvertones, which John
called a "'60s-type band." John also
played in a "top-40" band called Bits
and Pieces, and Steve played with
country band Rocking Horse for a while.
"But we wanted to get together and
play the stuff we liked," John said.
Steve, who has been playing profes
sionally since he was 11 years old,
agreed. "I've played a big variety of
music heavy metal as well but
every kind of music I like traces back to
what I grew up with: rockabilly."
Sessoms has been a professional
musician since he was 10 years old and
has been involved with several country
bands, particularly when he lived in
Nashville, Tenn.
Ironically, Sessoms said he is not an
avid country music fan. "I really don't
like country that much," he said. "It's
too boring to play. Rhythm and blues
keeps you busy."
The music does seem to keep the 4-year-old
group busy, in more ways than
one. Both John and Steve Arthrus have
families, and all three members have
other jobs. "We would all love to do a
dow, the only broken glass in the car,
while the car was in the air.
"If she had been wearing a seatbelt,
chances are she wouldn't have sus
tained any injuries except for minor
bruises," Dupree said. "The car was not
crushed."
Although the car was traveling
around the 55 mph speed limit, a light
rain was falling and Lam was unfamil-
Student Body President Brien Lewis
said that the report was a sound starting
point and that he supported the
chancellor's call for control over tui
tion money. "I don't think students
should be singled out as a revenue
source when the state needs some extra
bucks."
Gaining financial control is a long
way off, Lewis said. "It probably won't
happen while any of us are here."
Lewis said although tuition could be
raised if the University gains financial
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full-time band, but it's really impos
sible," Steve said.
But Steve said he wouldn't mind
expanding the group's work, especially
in the area of doing opening acts for
other bands. "We've played with a bit
of 'big times' like Mason Ruffner, who
is opening for Ringo Starr, and Mark
Wenner, who plays with the Night
Hawks," he said. "We'd like to do more
because the exposure is good."
While a world tour isn't an immedi
ate goal for the group, Messablues is
not without its fans. The band usually
plays at places like La Terrazza and
The Cave in Chapel Hill.
Steve said he is happy with students
reactions to the band and its music.
"I'm starting to see a growing trend for
going back to the '50s music, and it's
great to see college students showing
up and getting into it."
John agreed. "Students seem, to like
it a whole lot because it's really dance
able." Messablues will play Friday, Sept. 8
at The Cave. For more information,
call 968-9308.
iar with the area.
Lam planned to enroll this fall in her
last semester toward a bachelor's de
gree in industrial relations. Lam trans
ferred to UNC in August 1 987 after two
years at Louisburg College, a junior
college in Louisburg. Lam was active
in the University Band as well as in
bands at Louisburg and at J.F. Webb
High School in Oxford. '
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independence, the proposed program
will handle monetary matters more
efficiently. "If we stick with the current
system, we're screwed." ;
By determining financial matters
through independent campuses, student
concerns have a better chance of being
addressed, he said. j
Student Congress Speaker Gene
Davis said he was concerned that tui
tion would be raised if the University
gained greater financial autonomy. "He
(Hardin) is willing to raise tuition. He
stated in his inaugural address that he
believed tuition should be raised.
"The people of North Carolina are
willing to suffer a little to provide for
higher education."
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