2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, October 26, 1992
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Homecoming boosts stores5 sales
By Karen Clark
Staff Writer
As UNC's 1992 Homecoming sea
son came to an end, many local busi
nesses found themselves overwhelmed
by the increased number of customers.
Local restaurants and specialty stores
were swamped by parents, students and
die-hard UNC football fans.
Many merchants said they believed
Homecoming coupled with Parents
Weekend helped business tremen
dously. Shelton Henderson, the owner of the
Shrunken Head Boutique on East
Franklin Street, said he thought the in
creased patronage partly was due to the
time of the football game.
The Homecoming football game be
gan at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, instead of
beginning around 1 p.m. as originally
scheduled. Game time was moved so
ABC could televise the game against
Georgia Tech, which UNC won, 26-1 4.
Homecoming
Adam Beck, co-director of Home
coming, said the selection process was
changed this year to include three parts
an interview, an application and ser
vice project submission, and a general
body vote. The new process puts more
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"Our business was wonderful,"
Henderson said. "It did increase some
because of the time of the game, which
was a big help. The winning also had a
tremendous impact."
Ascher Mikow, the manager of
Johnny T-Shirt, agreed with Henderson
that the increased flow of business was
due to the time of the game and the
combination of Parents Weekend and
Homecoming.
'This weekend was one of our big
gest of the year, right after Thanksgiv
ing and Christmas," Mikow said.
According to Ned Dirlek, an em
ployee at Barr-ee Station, the increased
influx of parents caused most of the
crowds.
"We saw a lot more parents than
usual," Dirlek said. "Overall, business
was pretty steady. You know, business
brings money, and money is good."
While retail stores did an increased
but manageable business, employees at
local restaurants said they were over-
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emphasis on factors other than the stu
dent body vote, he said.
Rolanda Bumey , another Homecom
ing co-director and a senior from
Wilmington, said the judges were im
pressed with all the candidates. "(The
judges) were really impressed. It was
hard to narrow (the candidates) down."
The other members of the Home
coming Court were: Jennifer Blackwell,
sponsored by the Wesley Foundation;
Carol Brown, sponsored by the senior
class marshals; Eve Furse, sponsored
by Pi Beta Phi sorority; Courtney Miller,
sponsored by Kappa Delta sorority;
Elizabeth Pierie, sponsored by Alpha
Phi Omega service fraternity; and Jen
nifer Smith, sponsored by the Marching
Tar Heels and the UNC dance team.
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whelmed.
Lines and 45-minute waiting lists
were common at many restaurants.
According to Jack McKinney, the
assistant kitchen manager at Spanky's,
business was more hectic than usual.
"Well, we're always busy on football
weekends," McKinney said. "This
weekend we were alot busier than usual.
In fact, we were swamped."
Mike Hubbard, manager of
Landlubber's Seafood Restaurant on
N.C. 54, said he thought this particular
football weekend brought more people
into town than usual.
"Most Carolina football games are
around 12 or 1," Hubbard said. "After
it's over, most fans just go home.
"But this week, since the game ended
so late, the fans hung around for dinner,
and we did a fantastic business,"
Hubbard added.
Henderson said that although the busy
weekend brought more people to the
stores on Franklin Street, he did not
think that an increase in crowds caused
any problems.
"We love a crowd," Henderson said.
"We never have anything harmful to
say about a crowd. The one thing I do
have to say is, thank God they're here."
Fire
Greer said he attributed the fire to
normal cooking procedures and added
that it was only an accident.
The evacuation was orderly because
the bar was fairly empty.
"There were only 10 of us," Greer
said. "We're all friends and employees.
We did what we could and got out."
Greer said the bar and restaurant
would reopen today.
"We have to get everything rein
spected before the kitchen reopens,"
Greer said. "The bar will open as soon
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'Chamber Music' shows women's pain!
Arthur Kopit's ''Chamber Music"
mi xes humor and seriousness to create
a powerful feminist message that left
audience members truly intrigued at
Labi Theatre's preview performance
Saturday night.
But the humor is just the anesthetic
the nitrous oxide that keeps you
laughing even while the shot is being
ad mini stored. The message is too pain
ful to be taken any other way.
With a cast of characters that ranges
from Gertrude Stein and Amelia
Earhart to Susan B. Anthony and Joan
of Arc, "Chamber Music" brings to
gether eight of history's most intrigu
ing female figures. The setting is the
meeting room of Wing Five, the
women's section of what seems to be
a mental institution for the dead.
Just on the other side of the wall, the
side the audience never sees, is the
men' s ward. The idea is that the men's
ward is going to attack the women's
ward, and the women are meeting to
figure out what to do alwut it.
There is little in the play that is
outwardly serious. The seriousness
comes in the insane way that every
thing is so absurd.
Joan of Arc whines about the way
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as they say everything's all right."
Bub O'Malley's employee Bob Hill
said he had been watching football high
lights before the fire started. .
"It wasn't any smokier than it nor
mally is on Saturday," Hill said.
The Fishermen, a Raleigh band sched
uled to perform at Rosey ' s Sunday night,
said they probably would leave since
they would not be able to play, accord
ing to lead singer Eric West.
While three Chapel Hill fire engines
were at Rosey 's, an automatic fire alarm
sounded on Spring Lane, according to
Chapel Hill Fire Department active as
sistant chief David Lewis.
Carrboro fire engines were dis
patched, but it turned out to be a false
alarm, Lewis added.
On Sept. 20, three local businesses
burned in fires that were allegedly con
nected, according to investigating offi
cials. The Intimate Bookshop, Eastgate
Shopping Center's Food Lion and
Cameron 'sin University Mall were rav
aged by fires.
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her armored pants are rusting and chants
lines like "Gertrude Stein can't write a
lineGertrude Stein is a swine." Amelia
Earhart passes around cigarettes, but no
: one has matches, so they sit around the
table puffing until someone finally says,
"Smoking just isn't the same without
smoke."
The world of "Chamber Music" is so
absurd because it is an extreme repre
sentation of reality, in many cases a
representation more pure and less ob
scured than reality itself. One of the
greatest representations occurs when .
the women finally decide to frighten the
men into not attacking by killing one of
their own and sending her body over to
the men's ward with all their signatures
attached. Sometimes it seems the only
way to survive is by destroying the very
people with whom you should be unit
ing. This play contains many memorable
things. Memorable lines like "The right
to sleep is never given to women" and
"One birth should be enough for any-
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Several applicants said they wished
they had been given more time to pre
pare for the forum.
Roland said that the selection proce
dure could have been better organized
but that she had "no qualms" with the
process. She said she thought the coun
cil had done the best they could.
But Tripodi was less satisfied. "They
should' ve decided in the beginning not
to have an application process but an
electoral process," he said. "I don't have
any problems with an open forum, but I
think they should have a number of
open forums in front of the various
citizen groups, like the NAACP and
environmental groups, so the people
will really know what we think."
Applicants Pat Evans and Ed Devany
were unable to attend the meeting, but
planned to submit their answers in writ
ing. Council members said they realized
the process was rushed but added that
they thought the empty seat needed to
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Mozart throwing open a window afttl
lip-syncing to one of her husband):
operas or Susan B. Anthony strafy
gling Amelia Earhart, But the really
memorable thing is the cast. .
"Chamber Music" presents nine of
the best performances Lab! Theatre
has seen. Sophomore Sharon Wall's
sadistic Gertrude Stein is incredible,
macabre as an Edward Gorey charac
ter. Senior Wendy Bounds is beliey
ably antagonistic as Earhart. And now,
whenever audience members hear the
name Joan of Arc, they will foreyej:
picture a pouting sophomore Shannon
Drysdale, long-haired and whining,
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very hard to tip-toe around in," "; . ,
Still,afterall thehumor.afterallthe
craziness, after all the laughter, toe
audience is left with the final image of
the man in white reminding them,
"Ladies, yon must keep the windovy
closed." But even through a closed
window a cry for help can be heard if
the cry is loud enough. ,
The play runs at 4 p.m. and 8 pjpi,
today and at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Lab I
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be filled as soon as possible.
Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun said,
"We need a ninth person, and we need
to get back to normality." , ,
Tripodi said he thought the council
had decided in the beginning to pick an
African American for the seat. He said
he wanted evidence that Roosevelt
Wilkerson had served the black com
munity better than he could.
Tripodi added that because of , (lis
knowledge of business, he thought he
would be able to bring black businesses,
which are sorely needed, to the area.
Campus Calendar
MONDAY
NOON: TARP will stun Recycling Week in (he
Pit.
12:30 p.m. SEAC will have buses leaving from
Morehead Planetarium to go see Bill Clinton and.-Al
Gore at NCCU in Durham.
2:30 p.m. University Career Services will offer
basic information on how to use the UCS office for
seniors and graduate students in 209 Hanes.
3:15 p.m. UCS will offer the basics for construct
ing a professional resume in 209 Hanes. -
4 p.m. UCS will have a two-year career opportuni
ties panel in 210 Hanes.
5 p.m. Orientation Office will have a meeting for
students interested in an Orientation Leader position
in 208 Union. ;
6:30 p.m. The Order of the Bell Tower will Have
an information session for the Extern Program in
Upendo Lounge in Chase.
UCS will sponsor a presentation by Andersen Con
sulting in the UNC Ballroom, Carolina Inn.
: 7 pM. UCS will sponsor a presentation by Signet
Bank in the CaroSna Inn. - --m
The Writing Center, will offer a' workshop on
"How to Write an Effective Application Essay for
Graduate & Professional Schools" in 222 GrccnlaW.
Rape Action Project will have a mandatory train
ing session for all new members in 210 Union. '
TARP will have an open house for all those inter
ested in recycling issues in 517 Hamilton. . '
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Youth United has applications available ai the
Campus Y, the BCC and the Union Desk.
CUAB Social Committee has applications avail
able for men and women interested in participating in
the UNC Dating Game at the Union Desk. ',
UPCOMING
Presbyterian Campus Ministry and Institute for
Development Training will hold a presentation and
discussion for World Population Awareness Weekat
6:30p.m. Thursday at University Presbyterian Church.
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