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by Rodney Cline
Club football loses to
Appalachian, finishes 7-3
One of the finest seasons In UNC Club Football history has come to an
end. Appalachian State defeated UNC 35-6 Nov. 22 at Navy Field in the
semifinals of the state playoffs, ending the Tar Heels' season with a 7-3
; record.
They took a 21-0 lead in the first half and just dominated the game on
the ground," UNC head coach Gerald Featherstone said. "We only had die
ball for 19 plays In the entire first half."
The Tat Heels' only score came in the fourth quarter on a 74-yard pass
from quarterback Carl Sicieaniak ro Freddy Bryant.
"This season was realty satisfying for us," Featherstone said. "The .700
' record is our best record in die last U years."
In beating UNC, the Mountaineers avenged a 17-13 loss to the Tar Heels
earlier this season.
"We were just flat, and they weren't," Featherstone added. "I thought we
had a Magus Cup (championship) team this year." ;
Appalachian State wi 11 meet N .C. State for the Magus Cup championship
this Sunday. A optional consolation game between UNC and Duke will be
played if both teams agree to play it. .
Sailing club competes in St Petersburg
The UNC Sailing Club placed fifth overall in the South Atlantic
Intercollegiate Sailing Association Fall Dinghy Championships, held Nov.
6-8 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Eight teams, representing North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee competed in a total of
24 races to determine a champion.
Sailing for UNC were Pierce Barden and Kyle Owen in the A division,
and Brian Lunsford and Charlie Saville in the B division, .
Three win first prizes in hjorse show
Three first-place finishes paced the UNC Equestrian Club Nov. 8 at the
Intercollegiate Horse Show at Quail Roost Farms in Durham.
First-year team member Kelly Manix and Sara Caldwell each placed first
in two different classes of the novice over fences division. Erin Moore won
In the intermediate over fences division. -
Meredith Douthit placed second in intermediate over fences.
"That's the best we have done at a show this fall,"said club correspondent
Katie Shonerd. "We still have one more show in December."
Women's tennis beats Wake Forest
The UNC Women's Tennis Club improved to 2-0 for the fall semester
after winning nine of 1 2 matches Nov. 8 against Wake Forest. The Tar Heels
wete 8-1 in singles matches and 1-2 in doubles matches.
Winning singles matches for the Tar Heels were Laura Fulk, Kelly
Nordlinger, Katie Hulquist, Whitney Mansfield, Heather Yamall, Beverly
Newhouse, Tara Toohill, and Sharon Schlesingcr. Meanwhile, the doubles
tandem of Yarnall and Toohill also won its match.
"We're really strong this year," said clubpresident Yamall. "We have a lot
of good freshmen, girls like Katie Hulquist, Meredith Blackwelder, and Isa
Finch."
Yarnall said the club had a membership of 40 people and that 25 were
active participants.
"Our main season is in the spring,"she added. "We always play the varsity
reams at Peace , Guilford and Davidson, and we will also play the Wake, State
and Duke clubs again. Right now, we're just getting ready for the spring
IM-REC winner's gallery
Ouns and Hoses won the men's comp championship in the recent grail
Softball tournament. Other winners included Heinous and Atrocious in
men's tec and Gooberheads in women's comp.
Winners in the floor hockey tournament were: men's comp, The Large
Hippicamps; co-rec comp, Sudden Paralysis; women's comp, Set to Go; and
men's rec, K.C. Chiefs.
Seven intramural athletes each won two first-place finishes in the 1992
IM-REC Track and Field Meet. In men's comp frat, Loren Hamlin won the
4x 100 relay and the 200 run, while Craig Fortenbury won the 400 and 4x400
runs. : 'I
In men's comp residence hall, Brian Metcalf won the discus and shot put,
while Chip Mosley won the 200 run and was on the winning 4x400 relay
team.
Kelly Gosnell and Susan Williamson each won two firsts in women's
open, Gosnell in discus and shot put, and Williamson in long jump and high
jump.
Finally, Rodney Denton won the shot put and discus championships in
'rhe men's comp Independent division ' , . . ' . .
SpikeLeeHates Your
Cracker Ass. That
headline on the Octo
ber edition of Esquire
magazine, promoting
the interview with Lee
inside, was a big reason
why Lee now says he
prefers to be inter
viewed by black jour
nalists. The Esquire
writer, Barbara Grizzuti
Harrison, is white. Lee
found her article a bit,
too harsh.
Lee said his request
was not unusual. "I'm
doing what every other
person in Hollywood
does: They dictate who
they want to do inter
views with."
Lee gave another rea
son for seeking black
interviewers he
wants to use whatever
clout he has to get as
signments for qualified
African Americans,
(sources: Newsweek
and The New York
Times) $
Malcolm
Mom
than you knew
before
Facts about the movie. Malcolm X. Spike Lee
and Denzel Washington to know so that you
can sound media-oriented at cocktail parties:
At least one film crew converted to Islam so they could
film in Mecca, which is barred to non-Muslims.
The film crew re-created scenes of the hajj, or pilgrim
age to Mecca, outside of Cairo. This was the first video
taping of the hajj in history.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X has sold 3 million
copies since 1965.
' Anita Baker bougnt the original manuscript of the book
for $100,000.
Malcolm X is the first dramatic feature film on the
subject. ' j '
"Malcolm belongs to everyone, and everyone is
entitled to their own interpretation." -Spike Lee
Jeff Healey and Jazz: Page 4
Music Briefs: Page 5
'Nutcracker' returns: Page 8
Batman and WhoopI: Page 9
Malcolm X: Page 10
Movie listings and What's
Happening: Pago 11 .
On Religion:
Spike Lee is Southern Baptist. He was not allowed to join
the Cub Scouts as a child because it was a "Catholic
organization.
Denzel Washington's father was a Pentecostal minister.
Malcolm X converted to Elijah Muhammad's Nation of
Islam
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On Parents:
Two days after he went to New York to prepare for his role
as Malcolm X, Washington's father died.
Spike Lee's father is a jazz musician who scored four of his
son's movies.
Malcolm X's father died when he was a child and his
mother broke down soon afterwards. Malcolm and seven
other brothers ended up in foster home8.
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On Schooling:
Zimmie, Lee's 86-year-old grandmother, put him through
Morehouse College and NYU film'school.
Washington took his first acting role in 198 1 at Fordham
University as Malcolm X in When the Chickens Come
Home to Roost.
Malcolm X did a great deal of his learning on his own
during the six-and-a-half year jail sentence he served for
drug dealing, pimping and petty thievery.
Erica Southworth
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