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o Entertainn IMIHIWIWB?W?WMlMW?BW Carol .. Witl Student tickets for r*. * _ v_ ai winici v/uncci u> are nuw available at the Carolina Coliseum ticket office for the reduced price of $10. The new performing arts series for the university open Sept. 11 with a performance ?>* jky clevelan(* Orchestra, " f ^widely recognized as one of the top symphony orchestras in the world. There are five performances in this inaugural season and the $10 student ticket includes admission to all of them. The performances will be held at 8 p.m. in Carolina Coliseum. All seats are general admission. Students must show their identification card with til) Aa sluaenl ticket for ad" ^mission. No single event tickets will be sold. CAROLINA Concerts is the first major performing arts series ever produced by Carolina, and fills a void in university entertainment, according to Chris Vlahoplus, senior vice president for administration. "Major performing arts v ^series of this quality and caliber have long been associated with major universities in the nation. But we wanted to do more than have a great series," said Vlahoplus. "The coliseum is such a great asset for this area, in fact for the state, that we wanted the ^series to be -a joint l^ppuniversity -community proDog Go( V) V >^;:K^."'.,v^s"-j-~X_yl^T^V^i^f^ Stephen King struggles to m lent lina C< L TL? - ii i lie < ject, to be fiscally sound and attractive." The new Wenger acoustical shell in the coliseum makes the series possible. It converts a largeseat arena into an ap inupiiciie selling ior me performing arts by improving the acoustics of the arena. The larger capacity of the coliseum makes it possible to sell a large number of subscriptions for a low price, opening the performing arts to young people and families who would not normally be able to afford events such as the Cleveland Orchestra according to Vlahoplus. WHEN THE orchestra performs, more than 7,000 subscribers are expected in the 9,000 seat arena. More than half of those subscribers bought season tickets in March during the OA -J 1 * 1 ' nrsi ju uays suDscripuons were available. After the Cleveland Orchestra, the Coldstream Guard and Royal Scots Dragoon Guard will perform on Oct. 8, followed by the Norman Luboff Choir on Nov. 23, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre on March 4-5 and Marvin Hamlisch with the Atlanta Symphony on March 24. The Cleveland Orchestra program is Mozart's Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201; Glazounov's Violin Concert in A minor with Daniel Majeske as soloist; es Rabid li main tain reader interest. >ncer1 rievs and Dvorak's Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60. The Coldstream Guard will be making its first appearance in America in a decade. It is the royal regimental band of Britain. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard is best known for its recording of "Amazing Grace" on the baiZDioes The Norman Luboff Choir will perform classical and popular favorites. THE PITTSBURGH Ballet Theatre will probably present Coppelia in two performances in March. Because of the extravagant sets for the ballet, the stage will be moved to play to half the coliseum and subscribers may choose the night they wish to attend. The Hamlisch/Atlanta Symphony match is one made exclusively for Carolina Concerts. The symphony will open with a light classical program before Hamlisch, composer and arranger of many popular recordings, movie themes and songs will present a concert of his works on the piano, accompanied by the symphony. "The coliseum has added its special talent to the series. Bob Horning is the director and he has negotiated with the artists after program recommendations to the university by the Carolina Coliseum Citizens Advisory Committee." said Vlahoplus. n 'Cu/o' By CHRIS II AND A! SUH Writer Almost 100 pages into Steph M/M tnl ' * 1 ' * uuvei, l,ujo, i lhigan 10 DreaH sweat. A tightness developed i an unspeakable fear gripped thought Stephen King was c; level of writing. Unfortunately he was, and sagged I came to the realizat had indeed written a boring bo To be fair to King, the whol ? only one-half to two-third problem with the book is its ] 200-lb. Saint Bernard that b< To begin with, the America already been beseiged by com turned killers. We've seen whales, birds and bees and with alligators, dogs and rats have seen the Medfly. ALL THIS raises the quesl rllp o(nrv nf a roKirl Cair.t Do v??v mw* j v/* M * UM1V4 LTU1I11 JLFV reader interest for the 319 paj up C?4/o?It can't, and King <k to make Cujo's story carry the Instead, King delves into i \s Opens Se land Orches W II "^kL *m W^-.<jmr ::*, : :ajBr I ^ & 2 fl^BHjB Jj| fsSi ill l? - |J?| |||jg ~V_"/J 1'- V~^^ ; - ^ 'Jp* p^-\ I? |S ^9 - R.<P \ Other performances included in the Carolina Concert Pittsburgh Ballet (March of next year) and The Coldstrea C n ~ v will ultimately be affected by Cujo. There is L Vic, who has to save the one account that keeps his ad agency in business. To com plicate his life, he finds out his wife, Donna, has had an affair. Donna is worried her en King's new marriage might end. And Tad, their son, is : out in a cold haunted by a shapeless moster that resides in my chest as in his closet. me. I had not These ar<? thp phnrartpr? that or*, octroi apable of this support the novel until the rabid Cujo takes the spotlight. In King's other novels, the as my eyelids central characters, while always comlion that King pelling,have never been asked to carry a ok. novel solely on their merits without some outside supernatural force exerting its e is not boring influence on them. Cujo's characters are ? rpl 11 if* no 11!? T,; *- A ? ui ii is. me juoi. no t uiupriiiii^ us iving s pasi creations plot. Cujo is a but they are not strong enough to support jcomes rabid, the novel, and it collapses. in public has itless animals TO HIS credit, King is able to rebuild it sharks and and give the reader an exciting, tension bears, along filled last 100 pages and the climax stirs an Recently we emotional reaction in the reader similar to "The Dead Zone." But that is not enough. King's loyal fans, inn- hnw nan whn hnrl mn/io fhio 41? 1 1 ??>.. >IU.. VUII ?uuv UIIO 1IUTW VIIIC in UK uesirnard sustain selling books in the country, deserve more ?es that make than 100 pages of good writing for the $13.95 esn't attempt that this book costs. The story might have novel. made a good short story, but as a novel it the lives that fails. pt.ll B ?Tra t - m ? ; < ^ v Bfc I V. M> Mia r c c^ * JpTfh I^Bf " :s package will be by the | m Guards and The Royal j! I Styron Reads By CUIUS HANOAL SUM Writer Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Styron spoke to a standing-roomonly crowd at Belk Auditoruim Monday night. An attentive audience listened as Styron rebutted j critics' claims th?t his lact novel, "Sophie's Choice" lacked humor. To prove his point, he then read a long passage from "Sophie's Choice" and there was indeed a great deal of humor in what he read. 1 Styron ended the evening by answering questions from the audience Hp p*nlairu?H tiie background to "The Long March" and told a story about a woman he met years ago who helped inspire the novel "Sophie's Choice."