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T Voyager, Dee LUCY ARNOLD Asst. Features Editor Now that a full year of Voyager has aired, it's time for another look at the 30-year Star Trek tradition. How do the current series fare in comparison to the first two classics? Well, it may just be one woman's opinion, but let's just say it's a Trek-ucated one. Despite the roaring success of the original Trek, Next Generation and the fledgling Voyager, Deep Space Nine has taken more heat than Scottys engines ever took from Kirk. Strange , enough, since DS9 boasts better plot and character development, more realistic situations and stronger writing than any other Trek. Many Trekkies defected from the ranks for the first time with Deep Space Nine. Some cite the stationary nature of the show; instead of flying around the galaxy in search of new adventures to have and new women (of any shade ' of hideous green) to enjoy, the crew of DS9 is forced to sit around Quark's bar entertaining themselves in the holo-suite. < But the stationary quality of DS9 gives it a Stars come ou ASSOCIATED PRESS asan"ea For Mariah Carey, it was the music ^ the 1 of Gladys Knight and the Hps that pulled discjocke her "through a lot of lonely times" and ^n^le n touched a chord. Carey repaid the favor Wednesday ps'. night by introducing the soul-singing p?Vf mSr group during the Rock and Roll Hall of ^ Fame's 11th annual induction ceremony. Knig Also inducted were the Shirelles, culminat David Bowie, Jefferson Airplane, Pink ?pr0I Floyd, the Velvet Underground and the goals foi late blues balladeer Little Willie John, packed G Folk singer Pete Seeger was honored Waldorf s A r I _ set student A have i B Ml Be suret r?n t-, 11 For mo call 777-5 Campus Sponsored by the Office of Student Organiza, The Gi xa. O T i .x -?^ p opace in lilt: depth the other shows never had. Instead of w stumbling onto a planet of barbarians, wrecking li] their lifestyle and then taking off and leaving them to clean up the mess, Sisko and company tl have to deal, week after week, with the problems tt they cause. it The down side is obvious: to keep up, you si can't miss too many episodes. But the political a entanglement, personality clashes and less-than- V cohesive nature of the crew make for more intriguing plot lines than the Kirk-dominated fi; original crew or the way-too-happy crew of Next ai Generation. K This season Lieutenant Commander Worf (v from the Next Generation joined Deep Space fo Nine in an attempt to raise ratings for the newer ca show. And as we all know, everybody loves a ec Klingon. Unfortunately, Michael Dorn (Worf) al has basically been used as background filler, of There has been little, if any, character development for him. This is incredibly disappointing considering a the way Worf was filled out in the last few seasons 11 of Next Generation. th Voyager, on the other hand, has been welcomed T it for the Rock riy influence" on rock performers, "We wanted a ( ate Tom Donahue, a pioneering a hit record, we a y in San Francisco, was inducted Copacabana and w on-performer" category. Hall of Fame one <3 3 years, Knight sang with the The group sco r brother Bubba Knight and "Midnight Train b William Guest and Edward and won a 1989 ( fhe group split up eight years Overboard." Madonna, hers ht called their induction the for the Rock and ion of a dream. credited Bowie foi n the very beginning, we set path to stardom. ourselves," Knight told the Hearing Bowi Irand Ballroom at Manhattan's concert, at 15, ms Astoria Hotel. woman," the Matei ? what over 250 organizations to offer you! L rlii VJ wM m o check this out! re information, 780 or stop by the ; Activities Center. Hons Department of Student Life Division ofSti Jij:" imecock Friday, Januar B^BMMx^;!!:^'^MniTO^^^ welcome adc ith open arms by Trekkies and publications fe ke TV Guide" tx Now there is something good to be said for le newest incarnation of Trek. For one thing, a( tere's a female captain, to which I can only say, A 's about time. Unfortunately, Janeway has to w lare the limelight with Chakotay, the former is iptain of a Maquee ship, now second officer on gr oyager. th It may be a subtle detail, but Voyager is the re rst ship with two even chairs for the captain ot id the second in command. If you'll remember, "" irk's Enterprise had only one command chair ef nth Sisko's Defiant on DS9 following the same E; rmat) and Picard had three chairs, with the lil iptain's chair clearly in the center. Having two st pial chairs seems to undermine Janeway's to lility to captain on her own, without the help or 'some man. There is one basic problem with Voyager as he program. It's Gilligan's Island in outer space. W think you may recall the basic plot: every week fr ley try to get home and every week they fail, bt tie basic futility of the whole thing makes me Bi : and Roll Hal jrammy, we wanted accepted the award for the al vanted to play the "I was your normal dys e wanted to be in the rebellious teen-ager from th lay." she said. "He has truly char red its biggest hit, Thank you, David, where^ o Georgia," in 1973, for inspiring me." jrammy for "Love Inspiration was a com among the presenters, self a future shoo-in poignantly about the music Roll Hall of Fame, their lives, r setting her on the Beverly Lee of the Sh pointed in her acceptance s e at her first rock "We deserve this. What ide her "a changed long?" she asked before joini nal Girl said, as she surviving members of the gr (fi __ pi? HOW Hflfc Y< I AV?. Students intereste f for an executi' senate position n candidacy forn 1 001 J\ T~I *7 I ?i Dates I ?_l mond; i REMEN Heve i 19, 1996 litions to Star ie Midwest," Harris died of a heart attack in 1! iged my life. Of the Velvet Underground, w] rer you are, had a short but influential existe inductor Path Smith was typically pc mon theme "They opened wounds worth open who spoke with brutal innocence." that shaped Band members John Cale, Lou I and Maureen Tucker performed "1 irelles was Night I Said Goodbye to My Frie peech. their tribute to guitarist Sterling Morr j l l v i n i j ilkjk you so wno aiea or cancer rase year, ngtheother Cale said the honor "makes oup, Shirley astonishing point to young musici ?M CAFI P55 IESPR Coffee . ?| Sandwich * jf M Salads ou BEAM?? iHT AUW&?<?] i2l" WW '.din running ve office or a lust file their as this week. WJP H hhihhbi mmmmm m^m MHHH mm ELECT \Y, JAN. 22 - FR1 HDEDb undergraduate c f|DEII Aii forms and inform ME Student Government BY VOTE el weary of the show before the opening theme t jgins. - r But if Voyager were having some original c iventures, maybe that would save the show, g pparently, Voyager's writers spend a lot of time J atching original Trek episodes, because Voyager a basically a rehashing of plots that weren't that jeat in the '60s. Remember the giant space blob lat turned out to be (gasp!) alive? Or maybe you v (call all of the space/time anomalies and, well, her anomalies Kirk bumped into. v Voyager also took cues from the successful t )isodes of Next Generation that involved popular . arth characters from the 19th and 20th centuries, te Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes s ones. This season we found out what happened a Amelia Earhart on Voyager. (DS9 elaborated c 1 the incident at Roswell.) So what's the verdict? Do DS9 and Voyager ^ )ld up the fine Star Trek tradition of the past? d rell, it's not black and white. DS9 is a departure t om Gene Roddenbenys original concept. He tl ;lieved in having no friction among the crew. S ut DS9 is a better show than it's predecessors n 1 of Fame ind bsent rocker. Alston and Doris Kenner-Jacksoi sfunctional, sing a brief medley of Shirelles hits, ft 5 r - ami V V* - ** ' Trek family>ecause of this strife. It's a show that deals with elationships, which we can relate to. You just an't get teary eyed over the fate of a computer generated amorphous blob, whether or not it's iving. And when you come down to it, Star Trek ilways has been and always should be about nterpersonal relations. Voyager is still a show just getting used to talking in its squeaky new shoes. And the cast 3 fantastic, like any Star Trek ensemble. And rhen you look back, Next Generation and DS9 ook some time to really get things together, ^oyager has had the advantage of a loyal and upportive audience from day one. Give the show mother year, and they may be the best thing to ome out of Trek. But for now, Voyager is dragging and Deep Space Nine is full of life. Trek fans who were iisgusted with DS9 early on should consider aking a new look at an old station. And hang in here with Voyager, because the best thing about Star Trek is you never know what will happen iext. uctions 1, to all over the world. Sales are not the belicki all and end-all of rock 'n' roll. Inspiration ^ and artistic freedom is the cornerstone luch of rock'n'roll." nee, Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead ing( introduced his fellow San Franciscans, Jefferson Airplane, describing the group teed as "the best in the world en many a night" Last Riek Wright, a member of Pink Floyd, . ' accepted the honor with grace. 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