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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.
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e " Beatle fans around the world, Sartwell ^es anc
says his conclusions are no simple mat- ora|;en(
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Sartwell's First Law dictates that invers
the quality of a rock band is inverse- taace fi
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as a ratio of artistic ambition to artis- the Sto
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st band ever?
this manner, the Ramones, with er they have remained to the real thing,
if 1:8, come out better than The the better their music has been.
? Heads, with a 7.7 ratio. Nir- "Twist and Shout' and other earit
3:9, is just as good as Pearl jy Beafjeg songs sound like they were
bad, at 9:3. recorded yesterday," he said. "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,"
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ind repackaging it for mass au- Stones. It was with "Rubber Soul" that
i, Sartwell says. And the clos- they really started to slip."
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When University of Pittsburgh student
Fred Sinkevich burned sage in his Ah-h
dorm room during his freshman year, situatior
two resident advisors pounded on his Sinkevic]
door, demanding the history major put to 0hqng<
it out. , ,
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"They said it was a violation of .
dorm policy," Sinkevich said, who is 6
part Lakota. "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. .
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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
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i as "pretty much resolved,"
ti said he will continue to try
3 university policy. 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
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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
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