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6 Rollins COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE A philosophy professor known academic circles as a pioneer in qui titative aesthetic theoiy has develop his own mathematical formula for ju< ing rock bands and their music. And according to the calculatic of Crispin Sartwell of Penn State U versity, the Rolling Stones are a b ter rock band than the Beatles. The basic reason, says the 39-ye old professor, is that the Beatles < parted from rock V roll's African-Am ican blues traditions in order to becoi avant-garde artists. The very symbol of their downfi he says, is the seminal "Sgt. Pepp Lonely Hearts Club Band," an albi Sartwell describes as "truly bad." "It has a very European tons ty. It is Umpah-band stuff" the p feasor says. SO 1601 Longcre 4 fat fqcbr. Hair ! 3214 Millwood 803-25 ?w ' Jk m 4? T. Kelley A ^ Andrea ] Corey Bi Kristin B Heather Beth Brie Justine I Leigh Ed Liz Galin Gayle Ha 5 Stone s be By contrast, the Rolling Stones In rarely presented themselves as any- a ratio < in thing but a straight blues band, Talking Sartwell explains. vana, a . _ J * "Mick Jagger never mistook him- Jam is self for Pavarotti or T.S. Eliot. Keith Sa Richards never tried to do anything ing abo >ns but make great little riffs," he said, early B However irksome this may be to were m e " Beatle fans around the world, Sartwell ^es anc says his conclusions are no simple mat- ora|;en( a1*" ter of opinion. Rather they are distilled rienan fe" from an empirical analysis that Be er" turns on a pair of principles appro- was un 1116 priately named, Sartwell's Laws. wit, th< Sartwell's First Law dictates that invers the quality of a rock band is inverse- taace fi !r>s ly proportional to its pretentious- W] 1111 ness, with pretentiousness expressed Benny as a ratio of artistic ambition to artis- the Sto ili- tic accomplishment. The higher the ceeded ro- rating, the professor says, the worse music s the band. diences ~| (L-R): Poetic and Frukwan of the Cravediggaz COLI WUSC Monday -] to promote the drink release of their , upcoming CD, The Pick, the tutec jSpr j|f:rapfjfc. Sickle and the of COl ^ Shovel. The their Cravediggaz also r feature RZA and s Prince Paul, who S1^0 jL / were absent from Miam the interview. throu / J salec ^ ry / an al< yeart ' da St. nities 134 State Street "$ % 'West Columbia 603-194-6634 f T; _ fax 603-1940066 ?. 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"But Tor rtwell also offers a specific warn- the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' sounds like ut the quality of early U2 and the relic of an extinct, incomprehensiruce Springsteen, saying both ble culture." ^the-habit of takrng simple dit- ^ ^ stone8 do a9 we]] m mounting them with an dab- fte on ^ Sartwel] tem jss usually reserved for Wag- a ra^Q ^ ^.g opera". , ., Ti ? ? , , "That's about as good as it gets," it, where the Beatles fell short ? der Sartwell's Second Law. To ** Professor says' 3 quality of a rock song varies the other hand, the Beatles of ely as the square of its dis- the Sgt. Pepper era wind up with a ratrom the blues. big of 8:2. bite pop music performers from "In '64 or '65, the Beatles were one Goodman and Elvis Presley to of the best R&B bands ever to play," J ik ? kn ooif] "TVtn rfnPTnroo Tirnn/lnnfiil onr] Ilea Mini tile DCclllCS nave sue- lie ocuu. inc otiui nao nfuuucnui auu by taking African-American Fd put it in the same category as the ind repackaging it for mass au- Stones. It was with "Rubber Soul" that i, Sartwell says. And the clos- they really started to slip." alleges deal with beer JEGE PRESS EXCHANGE All four of those Florida schools also offer support programs for sturhe most recent case of binge dents with drinking problems. ing that caused the death of a TT n, n , , ,, , y ,. AttheUmversityofNorthCarnt at the Massachusetts Inst.- oUna where fiye student8 died jn a ,f Technology has led a number ^ at g h(Mse ^ a heayy lege administrators to review ^tofdrinldng last year, theschool's policies on alcohol abuse. 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"Smudging with sage and Acco sweet grass is part of my heritage, and th Harp* I do it as a spiritual ceremony." ington I Now a senior at the University of Rights Fi Pittsburgh, he is still battling university officials over his right to pray. . t . ? ^ ,1 i public im bast April, noDert uanagner, interim vice chancellor for student affairs, canno ' reaffirmed the school policy on sage "The burning. this depe: "The University cannot permit you has it's o\ to burn anything within your residence Freedom hall room even as a religious rite," he said, citing the student code of conduct. A ri Although the school bans the burn- Court tw ing of incense, candles and "like ma- Religious terials" because of fire danger, Gal- moving t lagher offered to find an alternative orove th; place for Sinkevich to pray. ^ J "He preferred to do it in his room to ^.ee ex and we can understand that," Gallagher said. "We have a no smoking policy in "Bas the dorm rooms and we decided that it can hold ^Priority" that ban; Sinkevich is the president and s^j ^uri founder of the University of Pittsburgh's ., Native American Student Association ^ sm ' and has been working with school offi- Sink cials to create a Native American stud- hy the ies certificate. startthe "Basically, they were just wasting socjation my time," he said of his talks with school officials. "In the places where there was "I'm privacy, burning sage would violate the doing it f smoking rules. It came down to them students Pittsburg m i?:: %s^a ' 'K^'. ;. .. * |P W&MB& M 4 <%v$T % M^ltilik \ X ^ ?!' %H^Ray Ban Suncloud ^^^^RmWiSfsjn Stussy Oakley* Costa Del Mar 'Oakley's available but not discounted Vho Needs Plasma? [emophiliacs, burn victims, transpk irdiovascular patients are people w roducts made from the plasma of d< Earn up to $175 Professional medical facility and s safety. 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A London is volunteered to help him fight ;rsity. rding to Bob Peregoy and Kei3r, attorneys for the Wash).C.-based Native America*^ and, although private schools ? students' religious practices, 3titutions, such as Pittsburgh i chances of winning a case like nd on whether or not the state vn American Indian Religious Act in place," Peregoy said. lling by the U.S. Supreme 0 months ago overturned tl|% 1 Freedom Restoration Act, rehe obligation of the state tc at its laws and policies wert restrictive possible on the righl :ercise of religion. ed on that decision, the court* that a neutral law, like on? i smoking, doesn't impermis den religious freedom," Pere ( evich said that he is motivat same concern that led him t< Native American Student As not doing this for me, I'n or the next American India] who come to the University o [h," he said. C HP1? . 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