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| UB40 fills T( By TOMMY JOYNER Assistant features editor A professional, modern and slick UB40 played at the Township auditorium Wednesday night. They took the stage with polished ease and provided an hour-and-ahalf of solid, punchy, danceable pop-reggae to an audience comprised mostly of high school-aged white ;! suburbanites seemingly on drugs. UB40 didn't make it to the top by being mediocre. They have the talent and polish that any band aspiring to reach the heights o' the pop heap should have ? and that's just how UB40 got there. Though the latest LP, titled UB40, hasn't sold as well as expected, the five year-old single from the previous Labour of Love LP, "Red Red Wine," hasn't even considered dropping off the charts. Throughout the show, professionalism showed through in every move and step. : WUSC"FMr5R?N^ BHHHI BH IBNM V*' I j Bfrri r ring sal Order your college ring NOW. JOSTENS * M I C ? 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In the Township, though, UB40 members were cramped enough to necessitate (regretfully, so regretfully) placing the scantily clad backup singers behind a wall of speakers and thereby obscuring them from view. I didn't even know they were there until they were called into view to shake their extremities, bow and sing the Sonny and Cher classic "I Got You, Babe." Bummer. UB40 performed all of their hits, including "Red Wine," "Cherry O Baby," "Please Don't Make Me Cry" and "Rat in Me Kitchen." The tunes were thrown rscn5l Students en TTVE s-nnx"-v-v-vvv MIHHtlllUll Editor's note: Thames is a student in Rob- vi I by Benson's filmmaking class, telling his ju story from the inside, looking out. pi By RIPLEY THAMES st Special to The Gamecock th "I would first like to thank the ti: Academy, whose unparalleled ap- d< preciation of artistic excellence has b; made my humble acceptance of this award possible ..." b< """ This could be a line from a re daydream that Sarah Camele is prone tl to slip into. A junior in the depart- fr ment of theater and speech, Camele ti is the first to admit her aspirations of becoming a marketable and recogniz- in ed actress. st Pursuing a bachelor of arts degree ai on her way to the Oscars, she runs into an occasional detour that can si make receiving the necessary training " a challenge in itself. ai First among them, she said, is that sj the theater department doesn't offer in any courses in film acting. ai "Acting for an audience with many points of view is quite different n< ???1??irom acting ror tne singular point 01 tr Payment Wans Avalaftie SEB JBIast fvcm $ast C , c nn The Best of the Oldies 150U from 6 to 9 PM W ' Every Wednesday m xir college bookstore J Only on WUSC-FM 90.5 I ' I The Gamecock f P.O. Box 85131 Columbia, S.C. 29208 I Name: % SSN: J All I Want For Christmas Is . . . M I l l l Hi lii?a Cares ?ay > - - - " reggae, but out all in quick succession, without much talking, o even any space, for that matter, in between. The resul was a worn-out audience by the show's end as the folk on the dance floor ? that is, everyone ? swayed almos non-stop throughout both the opening and headlin bands' performances. High-energy dod concerts an typically successful for this very reason. The UB40 con cert was no different. People were standing and dancinj in their chairs and leaping onto the stage. What a buncl of spunky young people. At this point, I feel I should give mention to the open ing act, Ipso Facto. This seven-piece band from som< place I've only heard of like Minnesota put on one hel of a show. They were tight and well rehearsed. Though didn't recognize any song except Jimi Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," I was impressed witl both the original songs and the band's collective at ijoy inside loo ew of the camera," she said. "We Looking b ist don't get training for and ex- Graham said, ' Dsure to that medium." we are going t< The media arts department was in- side in the mark ituted at USC in July 1973 and in cians will be d ie past 15 years has remained ar- jobs, yet doing stically segregated from the theater Media arts ju spartment, a separation encouraged sees the coopert y both departments. ing as a hopefu Many students have expressed the "It's the log slief that a trend may have begun to "We need to w ;duce ? some hope, to eliminate ? to realize our ie barrier that has kept students ticularly in dire om interdepartmental collabora- many technical on for so long. video direction Paul Graham, a media arts junior the importance i Robby Benson's filmmaking class, tively commun lid he feels the sharing of talents (actors)." id resources was inevitable. "I'm not saying the two programs Sheehy is co lould be under one roof," he said. Davis, of the lati They each provide specialized skills of Benson's fa id a developing curriculum wun looks rorward 1 >ecific goals. But the potential for tern on Bens itegrated projects should be realized Modern Love, v id taken advantage of." ed in Columbia Benson's class is composed of a Sheehy said 1 ;arly even ratio of media arts and with his ow ieater students. Underneath, a si SPRING SREfll\ IT'S JUST AROUND THE COF BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!! Carolina Program Union presen , CRUISE TO THE BAHAMAS: DflYTO Four Nights/Five Days on the *Seven(' "Carnival Cruise Line" "Center *Eight(8) Meals/Snacks Daily Accom Daily and Nightly Entertainment *Welcor * Ports of Call: Freeport *Discoui Nassau *Poolsi<3 *$515 Per Person *Pool Pi (includes port fees and gratuities *lntrami and $50 refundable damage fee) Headqua Deposit of $75 due by December 15,1988 *$149 Pe Deposit Decemt Responsible for own if mL Transportation u// riease sign up Program Union Office, l-SC's Annual ? Sat u rda, 10 A Volunteers will be collecting inonetary donations at tlje Rut Mall and not people ? ?r titude. They were cool and, with the exception of the penis-flaunting bass player, suave. The guys were also good studio-quality musicians. Every note was timed to perfection, and the songs just made a body want to dance. Now as to the question of promoting. Did anybody know about the concert? The Township appeared to be far from full capacity, which was surprising considering the success UB40 has garnered throughout the world. Was the concert promoted far enough in advance? Or is ine 1 ownsnip enougn ot a cuve tnat people just don't like to go to concerts there? Why do people like to dye their hair blond? Ah, such questions. Both UB40 and Ipso Facto produced a good ole reggae time for an appreciative audience. The music was good, and a good time was had by all. So to sum up, I give them both four-and-a-half stars, mon. k at filmmaking eyond graduation, a young man through a brief adven'When we leave here, ture on the subway. Sheehy himself 3 be working side by took charge of the second unit of et. Artists and techni- operation, which taped establishing oing their individual footage of subways in New York City them together." over the Thanksgiving holiday, inior Timothy Sheehy The remaining filming will be itive class in filmmak- supervised by Davis, the film's direc1 beginning. tor and another media arts student in ical thing," he said, the class. ork together in order Theater major Jennifer Ray said full potential, par- she hopes to find film and commercting. While there are cial work in Charlotte after aspects of film and graduating in May and is glad to have , we cannot discount worked with media arts students, of being able to effec- "Benson's class will probably lead icate with the talent to more interaction between the two departments and broaden the horizons of future USC students of -author, with Lucia the performing arts," she said, est screenplay project Others agree. 11 class. He said he "I originally joined the media arts ;o working as an in- with a minor in theater because it is on's feature film, very important to learn both sides," vhich will be produc- said Lillian Garcia. "Simply studying in the spring. acting doesn't give you a full enough le has his hands full cinematic perspective. You can't see n project, Nasty what the camera se$s until you look hort film that follows through the lens." rs9 SHIP i CAROLINA PROGRAM UNION INER, I k 1 aral Sports Tournaments B i in the Carolina ? 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