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.._. ._ _ By Gary Wull the 15th, 16th and 18th floors,” Derickson said. Dan Gockley, Kirwan Tower hall director, would
Associate News Editor He said the investigation into the causes of the not comment on the situation. ' '
and Kathy Redlng fires continues, but it is not known if they are con- “Because of the seriousness of the issue I would agent WIth esplonage
News Editor prefer not to comment,” Gockley said.

 

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Removed ceiling tiles, fire stains in the carpet and

more upset residents are what remain from three
separate fires in Kirwan Tower early Sunday morn-
mg.
At about 5 a.m. the resident adviser on the 15th
floor noticed burning material han ing from the
smoke detector. According to Ralph Derickson, UK
spokesman, she broke the glass out of the fire extin—
guisher case to put out the fire.

Derickson said police were called and the building
was cleared. At about the same time, a resident of the
16th floor called police after he found and extin-
guished a burning roll of toilet paper under a couch
in the lobby by the elevators.

“Firefighters also found damaged ceiling tiles on

IFI: elects
new leaders

By Kathy Redlng
News Editor

Promising a productive term in office, 29 UK
fraternity members vied for 1997 Interfraterntiy
Council offices yesterday.

After members cast their votes, the seven new
officers and sixJudicial Board members began dis-
cussing ways to make a smooth transition from one
administration to the next.

Tony Hayden, a member of Sigma Nu social fra-
ternity, was elected IFC president, replacing cur-
rent president Bill Brassine. Hayden said his top
goal is to recruit more Greek members, which have
allen in the past five years at UK and nationally.

“It’s from a total attitude of incoming freshmen.
The ‘Animal Housesnesque’ of it is sunk into par—
ents‘ mind,” Hayden said.

Hayden thinks use of a web age or a system of
fraternity ambassadors could he p with recruitment
and with presenting a ositive image of fraternity
life since “incoming fiaternity freshmen have a
higher GPA than other incoming freshmen.”

He also said IFC needs to have input on disci-
linary measures taken by administrators against
aternities.

Brassine said at this point, the council has no
means of giving its opinion. He said IFC’s lack of
input is partly the council’s own fault “because we
don’t have a solid structure or plan.”

“There were some small incidents this semester I
was never even made aware of,” Brassine said.

“We need more a role pla in discipline, even if
it’s just a recommendation,” lfiayden said. “We are
actually a group of their peers.”

Hayden ho es to “establish a solid J-board and
hopefully it will snowball.”

He also said having a new IFC advisor, Assistant
Dean of Students Tony Blanton, will lead to more
opportunities for his council than Brassine’s had
without an advisor for part of his term .

Josh Mitchell, a member of Phi Kappa Psi social
fraternity, was elected IFC executive vice president,
said he wants to see better communications.

“I’d really like to work on inter—greek and espe-
cially inter-fratemity unity,” Mitchell said. “It can
get a lot better.”

Other newly elected executives include: Clay
Suter of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity as vice
president for recruitment, Michael Clarke of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon social fraternity as vice president for
internal relations, Chad M. Laughlin of Phi Kappa
Psi as external vice president, Joe Pat Lee of Fann—
House social fratemity as chapter services vice pres-
ident and Charlie Tichenor of FarmHouse as vice
president for education. Jeff Hester of Pi Kap 21
Alpha social fraternity was elected chairman oft e
Judicial Board.

 

nected. No sus ects have been identified, but they
will be charged) with first-degree arson and third-
degree criminal mischief.

With the new round of fires, James Kuder, vice
chancellor of student affairs, said that the adminis-
tration and residence life are considering new solu-
dons to deter this semester’s fire problem.

“We have discussed considering raising the award
to $1,000, asking Crime Stoppers to get involved,”
Kuder said.

Kuder said they are also considering installing
video cameras as a wa to prevent residence hall fires.

Members of resi ence life and Residence Life
DirectorJim Wims hold meetings about the fire sit—
uation every day, Kuder said. He said the residents of
the halls have a responsibility to report any informa-
(ion to prevent anyone from getting injured in a fire.

 

Idle my blood, please

Fifteenth floor resident Jessica Stevens was one of
many residents who were sleeping when the fire
alarm went off early Sunday mornin
though she could not see the smoke s e could smell

it as she left her room.

“It‘s dangerous. Too many people live in here for

this to happen,” said Stevens, a journalism freshman.

When asked if she would be leaving because of

the fires, Stevens said, “It’s a big possibility.”

Kuder said if students wished to change residence
halls, they may do so, but he was not sure ifstudents

could terminate their residence hall contracts.

Todd Rodgers, a 16th floor resident, also said he
could not see the smoke as he departed his floor. The
undeclared freshman said though he could not see

anything he was able to smell the smoke.

 

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JAMES CRISP Kernel staff

Chemical en ineering senior Kevin Kennedy watches while Shannon Haney of the Central Kentucky Blood Center

draws blood om his arm. Kennedy is also participating in a bone marrow drive sponsored by the Golden Key National

Honor society. Donors gave 88 pints in the Big Blue Crush ’s first day. The drive continues throughout the week.

 

WASHINGTON — A onetime CIA station
chief was charged yesterday with selling top
secrets to the Russians for more than $120,000.
The FBI sus ects that the highest-ranking CIA
officer ever cfiar ed with espionage sold the iden-
tities of all new CIA agent trainees in the past two
years.

The l6-year CIA veteran, HaroldJ. Nicholson,
46, of Burke, Va., “betrayed his country for
money. He was not motivated by ideology but by
greed,” said US. Attorney Helen Fahey. “He had
access to a great deal of very damaging informa-
tion.”

An FBI affidavit said that Nicholson had access
to the biographies and assignments of every new
CIA agent trained from July 1994 to July 1996,
when he taught at the CIA’s secret Virginia train—
ing site, and that evidence strongly indicated
Nicholson sold the material to the Russians.

Nicholson was arrested by FBI agents at Dulles
International Airport in suburban Virginia Satur—
day afternoon as he was about to leave for
Switzerland, where Fahey said he intended to
meet his Russian handlers.

BBCISTIIII on sending troops [III III!“

WASHINGTON — A decision on sending
U.S. troops to central Africa to take part in a
multinational relief mission was on hold yesterday
amid questions over whether the effort was need—
ed.

Army troops stationed in Italy and Air Force
transport planes in Europe and Africa were stand-
ing by in case they were ordered to take part, but
no deployment order has been given for the mis-
sxon.

The delay came as a half-million refu recs
poured across the border from Zaire to Rwanda in
just three days.

Military planners and diplomats from more
than a dozen nations who might participate were
to meet Thursday in Stuttgart, Germany, to share
information and discuss options, officials said.

The U.S. Agency for International Develop-
ment is providing $140 million to help humanitar—
ian organizations and UN. agencies in the region
deal with the emergency.

STATE Man charged in latal stabbing

FRANKFORT — A Florida man charged with
murder after a fatal stabbing at a bar during the
weekend pleaded innocent esterday.

Billy Newton, 26, of Lakeland, Fla. was arrest-
ed Sunday following the stabbing Saturday night
of William Hutcherson, 45, of Frankfort. The
stabbing happened atJim’s Tavern during a fight.

Police were called to break up a fight at the bar,
but when they arrived they found Hutcherson had
already been stabbed several times. Hutcherson
died later at Columbia Hospital Frankfort.

Newton was being held in the Franklin County
RegionalJail on $50,000 bond.

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JECIISIIII'S tather-in-Iaw speaks out

LONDON — Did Michael Jackson do it or
didn’t he? His new father-in-law sa 5 the pop
star’s baby was conceived by artificiallinsemina—
tion, not the old-fashioned way.

Jackson got married last week to nurse Debbie
Rowe, who is six months’ pregnant with his child.

Gordon Rowe, 67, who lives in C rus, said he
was shocked when his daughter cal ed to say she
was expectingJackson’s baby.

“I just couldn’t help myself. I said, ‘Isn’t this
the same man who was accused of child abuse?”’
Rowe told the London tabloid News of the
World.

He added that after a silence his daughter said:
“Come on, it’s not so bad. We had the child by
artificial insemination.”

Compiled from wire reports.

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loans have gained interest with students

 

Costs of attending UK

According to the Peterson's College Money Handbook.
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rowin ? In art, the trend is due cost of attending UK to $2,966 a level. Some states even use lotter- .
Students need more to thegfact that less mone is avail- year for resident students, accord— ies to supplement education resudent pays 5’0‘554‘
money t0 attend able in “free” financial' aid, or ing to the College Board. spending. ,
money that does not have to be Rapid increases probably will ”K :
BY Roam!" P- 30m” paid back, such as grants or work- continue in the future because of Tllltlll It
sufl’Wn'ter study programs. decreases in public funding for Tuition at UK has risen 216
Loans accounted for 51 percent higher education. But grants and percent since 1981, when a full-
”’0'" "0“: ”1'53"" mi"“”"“ of aid in 1993, an increase of 31 work-study have not matched time resident paid $3 70 in tuition

part series of articles det ing with college
loans.

College students may borrow
as much as $13 billion next year to
finance their educations.

More and more students each
year rely on loans to pay for col—

ege. In 1995, 8.2 million students
received aid including loans — up
from 6 million in 1994.

“Students are not really bor-
rowing more per student; we just
have more students borrowing,"
said Lynda S. George, director of
financial aid at UK.

Why are more students bor-

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percent since 1970.

Why such a huge increase in
loans? Perhaps part of the reason
is the recent tuition increases,
which have outpaced inflation.

From 1980 to 1994, college
costs rose 212 percent, according
to the American Council on Edu-
cation, an education lobb 'ng
group in Washington, DC. his
year, average tuition costs will rise
6 percent, twice the inflation rate,
according to US. News 8: World
Re rt magazine.

uition rates increased 5 per-
cent this fall, bringing the total

 

inflation, so tuition increases are
assed on to students and their
amilies. Surprisingly, however,
these increase to date have been
small.

“On average, the per-student
borrowin has increased by only
about SIEO, which is really quite
minimal,” George said.

Nevertheless, the avera e stu-
dent at a public university li e UK
now pa onl 20 to 30 rcent of
his or er e ucation. he rest is
subsidized by the public through
property taxes at the state level
and income taxes at the federal

per semester, according to Stu-
dent Billing Services.

In 1996, the same fees were
$2,340. This may account for the
67 percent of full-time undergrad-
uates who applied for financial aid
in 1995.

Of those who did apply, 89 per-
cent received some type of help.

UK students borrowed
$43,333,340 for 10,797 direct
Stafford/Ford loans in the 1995-
96 academic year, said Jud Mar-
shall, assistant to the vice c ancel-
lor of administration.

This equates to $4,013.46 per

 

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loan, but this does not include
Perkins loans, and community
college students are not included
in this figure.

Also, many students take out
more than one loan. Taking this

mum-wing

, into account. fewer than half of

UK students take out direct
Stafford/Ford Loans. I:

“They nee to ta e a good,
hard look at their borrowing,"
George said.

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Seniors worthy of praise

fthey wore blue and
"white uniforms with-

out Nike Swooshes, if
they played in Rupp Arena
instead of a new no—name
stadium and if they played
on national TV night after .
night, the women 5 Wild-

  

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No cameras.

Just two reporters ask-
ing players questions they
should not have had to
answer.

Tenet”

I hat’s how UK forward
Carrie Staber described

 

cat soccer seniors Would be J II how it felt to lose for the
considered heroines. Their . second straight year to the
faces would be recognized “.30" Commodores in the tour-
[1' fans across the Blue— Sorts nament.

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grass, jerseys retired, Column!!! T he loss didn t create a
maybe even given a memo— V statewide panic. After all,

rable nickname to boot.

Instead, following a bitter 2-1
loss to archrival Vanderbilt in the
first round of the NCAA Tourna-
ment, this group ofseniors and the
rest of their fallen teammates
comforted each other — alone.

some mi ht say, it’s not basketball.

But i Kentuckians bothered to
take look at this team’s effort, they
might see similarities to “The
Unforgettables,” a roup of
mi hty tough Cats w 0 super-
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the sights, and travelled
countries . . .

Last year over 300 UK students
studied, danced, made friends, ate, sang, slept, saw

Where in the World
Were You?

in more than forty

and came within one shot ofa trip
to the Final Four.

More than five years ago UK
women’s soccer was a nifty club
sport.

But in a short time s an, under
the guidance of Coac Warren
Lipka, women’s soccer at UK has
not only competed at the varsity
level but succeeded in unimagin-
able ways.

“You’ve got to ask Kim Bucci
and them if they ever thought
they’d go to two NCAA tourna-
ments in their career coming to a
brand new program four years
ago, heck no,” Li ka said.

“They wante to come some-
where and compete — they’re
overachievers. They’re people that
maybe weren’t highly recruited
but came in and worked very, very
hard and overachieved.

Lipka says they’re unbelievable.

“Hardest working people we’ve
had here and most deserving of
everything they’ve achieved,” he
added.

UK’s eight seniors (Bucci, Amy
Buerkle, Kory Freudenberg, Torie
Hesser, Carrie Landrum, Ashley
Miller, Elizabeth Raynolds and
Amanda Varner) can look back on
their careers and find happiness
amid the gloom of defeat.

A Top 2 5 team.

A combined record of 5 3-29-2.

Two NCAA Tournament
berths.

Southeastern Conference
Tournament champs in 1995.

This group of seniors exceeded
expectations and raised the bar for
others to follow.

These Wildcats have made UK
a premier soccer team in the SEC
and in the nation. They have laid
the foundation and created a tradi-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Our seniors are great and how '
much we’re going to miss them — p i W id as}; is?»
just how much they’ve done for WW 3 ” 3"?“ “s
our team,” Staber said. “(They) “ , a i I
totally took leadership this Year. '1 M “Rum . 1
They’re all a great bunch of peo- ’ '
ple. I gan’t give them enough a;
respect.

No one has to give them l
respect. UK’s seniors got it the i
old—fashioned way. .I

They earned it. BILL MABLOWE mamfl' ;

5170"“ alumni“ 74f Vim‘m i5 “ BANNER YEAH Carrie Staher was one of keys to the success which the UK women ’s soccer team achieved during the {

joumalim mm"- 1 996 season. These successes included a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. j

Pitino likely to get commitment from McGrady

By Brett Dawson
Senior Staff Writer

Though the fall recruiting season has
thrown him a number of curves, Rick Pitino
isn’t about to strike out.

This week, in fact, he might knock one out
of the park.

Tracy McGrady, a 6-foot-9 power forward
from Mt. Zion Christian School in Durham,
N.C., will likely commit to UK today or
tomorrow, his coach said yesterday.

“It’ll be Tuesday or Wednesday,” Joel Hop-
kins said, “and it’s pretty much definitely going
to be Kentucky.”

Until the latter part of last week, many
recruiting experts saw McGrady, considered
one of the top five players in the nation, as a
sure bet to jump to the NBA. That’s primarily
because of suspect grades and test scores.

“It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see Tracy
jump straight to the pros, because I’m not sure
about his academic status,” recruiting analyst
Bob Gibbons said last week. “He’s one of the
guys in this class who’s strongly considering
it.”

Hopkins expects his star to get his grades in

Women's team has a lllt to look IOI'WBI‘II III III Spring

order in time to attend college, but not for very

lon .

‘gl‘racy’s not a grown man yet, so he feels
like he needs some time to grow up,” Hopkins
said. “That’s why he’s going to spend a year in
college.”

One year will probably be the extent of
McGrady’s stay in blue and white. Like
Stephon Marbury two seasons ago and Tim
Thomas last year, McGrady is making it clear
he will bail after one season if the opportunity is
there.

It appears he will 5 end his college year or
{Ears at UK, thoug rumors abound that

cGrady’s mother, who lives in Florida, would
prefer he attend Florida State. _

“I couldn’t say if that would have an effect,”
Hopkins said. “I certainly hope it’s going to be
Kentucky.”

If McGrady picks UK, the Cats will be reel-
ing in quite a catch, to hear Hopkins tell it.

“He 5 the best player in the country, hands
down," Hopkins said. “He’s like Scottie Pippen
or Anfernee Hardaway, the way he can handle
it and shoot it at his srze. He’s just the best ——
that’s all there is to it.”

Asked what McGrady could bring to the
court for UK, Hopkins didn’t even pause.

“He can bring them another national cham—
pionship, that’s what.”

lint at the runnlnu

Though UK is all but assured of landing
McGrad , the Cats won’t be signing the top-
ranked pl; er in this year’s high school crop, 6-
foot-lO Chris Burgess from Woodbridge
Academy in Irvine, Calif.

Burgess was expected to announce late last
night or toda that he’ll attend either Brigham
Young or Du e. The odds-on favorite is YU,
the alma mater of Bur ess’ father.

A source in Wood ridge’s basketball office
confirmed yesterday that Burgess eliminated
UK late last week.

"CI.“ IVIIII'II

Student guest tickets remain for tomorrow’s
exhibition against Melbourne and the Dec. 9
ganlije against Wright State. Tickets are $13
eac .

For more adventurous students, tickets also
are available for UK’s game against Ohio State
in the Rock & Roll Shootout in Cleveland on
Dec. 28. The remainin seats cost $28, $25,
$15 or $12. For more in ormation, call Ticket-
master Ohio at 281-6644.

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By Dave Gorman
Staff Writer

Finishing off its fall season, the women’s tennis
team has a lot to be proud of.

The team received spectacular play from their
four so homores, especially Massoumeh Emami
and Kel y Brown.

Emami started off the fall season on a roll, win-
ning her first four matches in the National Clay
Courts before losin to Christina Moros of Texas
7-6, (8-5), 6—4. The fichean, Va., native broke even
in the Southeastern Conference Fall Individual
Tournament, winnin two and losing two.

She ended her fal season on a ositive note,
decisively beating three op onents rom Furman,
North Carolina and Duke. e finall went down to
Mag 'e Harris of Wake Forest 6-3, -2.

Emami has been working hard this season and
the work has been ‘paying off,” first-year coach
Mark Guilbeau said. She has had a great fall season
and she alwa s plays her best. I am happy that we
are etting w at we ex cted out of her.

Bgrown also had a all season to remember. The
Buffalo, N.Y., native went 2-1 in the National Cla
Courts before going 3-1 in the Notre Dame Fali
Classic. She lost a tough match to Nora Sauska of
Minnesota 7-5,. 6-3.

Guilbeau is excited about Brown’s play this fall
season.

“She is playing more aggressive and is getting

more and more ex erience,” Guilbeau said.

Sophomores C risty Sigurski and Caroline Kirk
have stepped thin 5 up for the Cats, roviding a
dee er squad. Kirk went 3—1 in the otre Dame
Fal Classic and 3-1 in the SEC Fall Individual
Tournament.

Doubles partners Sigurski and Kirk went 2-1 in
the Rolex Southeast Regionals before losing in a
match to a doubles pair from Duke.

Seniors Courtney Allen and Amy Lyons have
provided leadership for the team this year as they
got a new coach.

“She’s a natural team leader,” Guilbeau said of
Allen. “She always is tryin to help the team and has
a willingness to work har and make everyone bet—
ter.”

Althou h Allen’s fall season didn’t go as well as
she had p anned, she is putting things in perspec-
tive.

“I have got to play a lot this season,” Allen said.
“The team and I have the potential to do well in the
spring season.”

Al en did, hOWever, et off to a ood start, going
2-1 in the National C ay Courts efore losing to
Manon Buskens of Boise State.

Lyons, on the other hand, said she played as well
as she was expected to. Although not in the top six,
she was hap y to play.

“I think Coach helped out a lot,” Lyons said. “He
is probably the best thing that happened to the
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Hollz resigning
lrom Notre Dame

Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The
Lou Holtz era is over at Notre
Dame.

The coach will announce at his
weekly news conference today that
he’s resigning after 1 1 seasons.
Details were completed at a meet-
ing yesterday with athletic direc-
tor Mike Wadsworth and the Rev.
William Beauchamp, the universi-
ty’s executive vice president.

School spokesman John Heisler'
declined to confirm Holtz’s resigy

nation, saying only he had met
with Wadsworth and Beauchamp.

Wadsworth declined comment,-

and Beauchamp was not immedi-
ately available.

“They have reached a decision

and it will be announced at 1 pm.
(today)," Heisler said.

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Call it a musical Revenge oftbe
Nerds — Weezer, the smart guys
who made sweaters and garages
cool two years ago, gracing the
sta e of Cincinnati’s musical gem

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brushing and good study habits
played the crowd-pleasers
(“Undone," “Say It Ain’t So”)
with the eventual hits (“F.l Scor-
cho,” “Getchoo”).

Backstage, Bell 5 okc about
fame, Knoxville and is affection
for baseball.

rock star; my second dream was to
be a professional baseball player. I
gave it u in high school; it wasn’t
cool to play sports.

M: Wbat was it like growing up
in Knoxville?

B: It was really a dead music
scene, except that since it was such
a small music scene, everybody

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‘tfi five-year-old with his first guitar. Bell: bio, this might be the friend’s brother’s friends, who
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Drummer Patrick Wilson’s slap
happy expression is so implanted
on his face you wonder if he’s on
Valium. Decked in garden-variety
indie—rock attire, second guitarist
Brian Bell bears a striking resem—
blance to the Cars’ Ric Ocasek,
the producer of Weezer’s debut
album.

Churning through most of the
old tunes and new material off
their sophomore effort, Pinkerton,
the five advocates of nightly teeth—

M: Do you like the town?

B: Yeah. I’m from Knoxville,
Tenn, and I used to come see
shows here when I was a teenager.
I would come to King’s Island.
The (Cincinnati) Reds and the
(Atlanta) Braves were the teams
that I saw the most games of. I was
into the Reds for two years at one
point.

M: Did you ever play baseball as a
kid?

B: My first dream was to be

 

 

me, and were out of their mind
crazy. That’s because the scene
was so small and anyone that was
into unk music, skateboarding or
anyt ing out of the ordinary
would come to these arties. You
couldn’t really select (your
friends).

It was like, “I know these eo-
ple are bad, but I’m forced to hang
out with them because there’s
nobody else that’s interesting in
this town.”

I had a lot ofwild times. I saw a
lot of good bands: Dead
Kenned 5, Circle Jerks, Scream,
Black F ag; all those bands came
through. It was wild at the time,
but then I realized for myselfthat
to join a band there was kind of
pointless because nobod had the
dreams that I had, t e same
visions.

I knew by the age of 15 that I
must leave the city and go to a
bigger town.

M: Were you sbell-sbocked, going
from a city like Knoxville to one like
LA?

B: A bit. I took about three
years adjustment lperiod. That's
when I joined m rst band (Car-
nival Art), after e three years.

1W: Wbat did you spend most of
your time doing before you joined a
band?

B: Playing guitar. I was pretty
much a closet musician, and I

 

wanted to fully develop a style of
playing before I hit the clubs, and

ave something to offer people
that was unique.

M: How would you describe the
sound a your first band?

B: t was in the vein of Pixies,
Buffalo Tom, Tom Waits-ish,
too. We had two records on Beg-
gar’s Banquet Records. The singer
was kind ofa storyteller.

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M: is being popular necessarily bad?

B: It has its negatives, sure.
Dealing with fans can be difficult.
Sometimes it can be rewarding,
you can meet some great people.
People treat you as an object,
someone that they feel free reign
to grab at, stick little pieces of
paper in your face and say, “Sign
this, sign this!” It’s so overwhelm—
ing. I’ve been extremely shy most

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8‘" IT AIN'T so Weezer ained world recognition wben Spike jonze directed the band’s video, ‘Buddy Holly. ' He
incorporated footage of tbe and in classic ‘Happy Days’ footage.

ofmy life, and only recently have I
been able to break out.

The business side really gets
me down; that’s something I've
never thought of before. just
remember where you come from,
and keep yourself grounded.
Don’t forget your friends. When
all this is gone, it’s more impor-
tant to have friends than it is to
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5’ StaffWriter The crowd was definitely wound up from the
i very start of the night. As we all rushed to our seats,
i The tri-state area has lon awaited the arrival of the entire coliseum was full ofmany different music
' , one certain country music Fegend, Garth Brooks. fans, not just country music freaks. Brooks took
—,—l 3 Petitions were even si ned to try to get him to stage only to be blasted by a eardrum busting roar
“fl -. come to Cincinnati. He finally scheduled four from the crowd that lasted through his first song.
l shows, all sell-outs. Brooks even added a fifth show By looking around, I could see that he had a very
l to his series which also sold out. The show I attend- warm welcome to Cincinnati. Posters were hanging
’ By Jill Erwin ed was fantastic and well worth the wait. that read, “Goodbye Cincinnati. Hello Garthcitv!”
. ' Senior StaflCritic Garth Brooks has been named Entertainer of the (Not to mention the number of undergarments t at
“9 Year many times; it is obvious why. He definitely were flying toward the stage.)
it - knows how to work a crowd. He seemed to keep us Garth Brooks relates to people so well because
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n— ' release Of 5,190" Ones. A l°t has until someone ave up, meaning him or his fans. crowd began clapping, after every song. He often
happened to the duo Since then. The crowd efinitely won. gave others credit for his success. He talked to the
. Prodigy and Havoc, the .tWO Brooks played songs beginning with his first crowd as ifhe was speaking to each of us individual—
' members 0f the grout), JOIUed album, No Fences, containing “Friends in Low ly. This may have been what kept the crowd
1g With the QBCI Godfather Pt 111, Places,” up to his newest album, Fresb Horses. intrigued and wanting more the entire evening long.
p- GOttl, Ty Kmtty and Gambino to The old sounds captured the hearts of many; the After three straight hours of playing and two
6- create the FUCkUS on Hell 0'1 Eartb, new songs kept us coming back for more. Besides encores, we left a satisfied bunch. He went above alll.
39 the new release. his own material, he