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Welcome to Carolina's musical Mecca
By ALISA DeMAO
Staft Writer
It's Friday night. The DU's had their
all-campus party last week and the
DKE's had their all-campus party the
week before and you never would have
thought it, but you're actually beginning
to burn out on frat parties. So how's a
college kid to release hisher Econ-10-induced
frustration (a special sort of
General College Hell)?
Well, despair not.When you applied
to UNC, you applied to the musical
capitol of the northern southeast. One
music reviewer called it "the next Ath
ens, Ga.," or something like that.
Chapel Hill offers great places to
hear live, and sometimes free, music.
For a little eclecticism in your life,
try The Hardback Cafe and Book
store.. The Hardback offers a variety of
local bands ranging from folk to rock to
..." well, pretty-darn-unclassifiable
sometimes. But it's always great music,
and you'd better get there early because
it can end up being standing-room-only.
There's no cover (although they ap
preciate it if you buy something) and the
hat gets passed for the band several
times throughout the evening. Please
give generously. It's worth it. The
Hardback Cafe is located on Columbia
Street, behind Spanky's
For a lot of eclecticism in your life,
check out Skylight Exchange. This
bookstorerecord storecafe has got
something for everybody. They buy and
sell records, tapes, CDs and books, and
they usually feature bands that play
folk, blues, bluegrass, jazz and rock
mainly of the acoustic variety. This is
another place that just passes the hat for
the band. You can get stuff to eat and
drink, but no alcohol is allowed. It's
located at 405 12 W. Rosemary St.,
near Breadmen's.
The Cave is yet another cover-less
club where donations are accepted. It
showcases the usual Chapel Hill blend
of up-and-coming, college alternative,
acoustic folk-rock. And it's just down
the street from Magdalena's La
Terraza, which offers reggae (and
other off-beat fare). La Terraza's cover
usually doesn't exceed $5. They're lo
cated on West Franklin Street, toward
Carrboro, across from McDonald's.
And then there's the Cat's Cradle,
the musical mecca of North Carolina.
The Cradle caters to just about every
kind of musical taste there is, whether
plain-old all-American or gourmet
rock, folk, reggae, punk, funk, alterna
tive, hardcore and even some metal.
(They even featured a "nuclear polka"
group last year.) The only thing you
won't hear is cheesy dance-pop.
Most bands swing through Chapel
Hill and hit the Cradle during nation
wide club tours, but local bands also
frequent the club. Tickets to shows range
anywhere from oh, say, $4 to $12.
You're not truly a Carolina student until
you've been to at least one Cat's Cradle
show. No matter where it's located, it's
an institution. Right now it's located on
Franklin Street across from Hardee's.
Well, Hardee's is located across from
the Cat's Cradle.
There are also places affiliated with
the University, like the Cabaret in the
Student Union or Memorial Hall. Be
sides having local live music on occa
sion, the Cabaret also offers Club Both
Sides (which features dance music) on
the weekends and student theater pro
ductionscomedy showsetc. Many nationally-touring
groups visit Memorial
Hall, which offers a more college-radio-oriented
alternative to the Cat's Cradle.
Tickets usually range from $12-$ 15.
And last but not least, for the really
big-name enthusiasts, there's always
the Dean E. Smith Student Activities
Center, more commonly known as the
Dean Dome, the Dome and the SAC.
Try to get good seats for the concerts
here. You sure won't get them for the
basketball games. Any group that has
sold out (in all senses of the word), plus
various heavy metal and pop acts, should
hit the SAC eventually,. Tickets have
recently shot up to somewhere around
the stratospheric vicinity of $22.50
(gasp, choke).
The Dean Dome is conveniently lo
cated on South Campus near those "poor
unfortunates" who live in high-rise hell.
On the other hand, if you live on South
Campus, you don't even have to buy a
ticket. You can stand on your balcony
and hear the show.
Students get convenience, headaches with credit
By HEATHER SMITH
Staff Writer
-;From behind the mounds of mer
chandise, a few sweaters, a pair of leather
pumps and several other items essential
for a happy life, the salesclerk innocently
inquires, "Will this be cash, check or
charge?"
' . The words "Charge it!" emanate from
the customer's mouth, accompanied by
a delirious grin and a piece of near
melted plastic.
Credit cards bring with them many
misconceptions, such as how, where
and when to get them and how to use
them.
. Students should learn how to use a
credit card responsibly because of the
many benefits it can offer, according to
Dottie Bernholtz, an attorney and di
rector of Student Legal Services.
"You should use your credit card
because you build up a credit history
which is a valuable thing, but you should
not overextend," Bernholz advised."
J.Rogerson, vice president of
Wachovia Bank at the University Mall,
said filling out an application is a basic
procedure and that some companies may
be combined on one card.
A parent may have to sign with a
student in order for the student to obtain
a credit card, Rogerson said.
"They (parents) are generally nec
essary since students typically don't
have the employment and income on
their own to support the debt typically
they don't have a credit history."
Bernholz said getting a card was the
easiest part of using credit.
"(The companies) are offering a tre
mendous amount of credit. From my
understanding of the literature, the
companies have decided if you're a
college student, you really care about
your credit.
'They're willing to take the loss of
the dead weights that they'll have to end
up suing in order to get the customer.
It's such a competitive market now,"
Bernholz said.
Credit may be more convenient than
cash sometimes, but it has disadvantages
too. Bernholz said Student Legal Ser
vices deals with many students who
have run into problems.
Unauthorized use and theft are two
common difficulties. "One example is
Where a student will loan a friend a
credit card and said, 'yes, you can use
it, maybe for a limited amount
and they'll run up the max on the credit
card.
"The student is liable for that,"
Bernholz added.
"Another example is where the credit
card is lost and someone uses it. If you
lose your credit card, you're required to
immediately report it to your card com
pany in order to limit your liability, "
Bernholz said.
Perhaps the easiest trap to fall into
when owning and using a credit card is
overspending.
"Many students, because credit cards
are so easy to get, will get a card and
overextend themselves and forever more
damage their credit rating," Bernholz
said.
Students may be able to avoid many
of the problems with credit cards by
exercising caution and common sense.
"First of all, you should only have
one card, maybe two at the most. You
should always know where (your cards)
are and never loan them. If you lose
your wallet, report it immediately and
notify the card company.
"Keep the numbers of your credit
card in a pi ace separate from your wallet
which would of course be stolen,"
Bernholz advised.
Editor's note: This article was re
printed from the March 30, 1989, edi
tion of The Daily Tar Heel.
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