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ideas,” said Johnson. fall. T he company would also lil By Beth Hoyle The group decided to take professional portraits at con. Staff Writer to form a photogra­ mencements in the future, accorj. phy company be­ ing to Johnson. cause they had the “W e have a mobile photqgraplj equipment and studio that we take along with us wanted a business said Johnson. “Chris and Jason ai; With Mother’s Dayjust around the where they were not the photography specialists. Chris’ corner, some students may be strug­ needed every day, ac­ father is a professional portrait pti( gling with what to get mom. cording to Johnson. tographer so he grew up around i[ Apersonal portrait is a fast and easy “We are just a and his father taught Chris a tot way to show that you are thinking of bunch of students Jason does videography for tli her. that knew each other Asheville Smoke Hockey team. A student-run photography com­ and wanted to start T he company has all the profs sional photography equipment pany, formed last fall, will be taking our fijtures by get­ Have hand and will be using it wlii!- portraits April 1 in the Highsmith ting into something mg extr taking the Mother’s Day portraits University Center lobby, and April 2 that wecould handle single The pictures will be sent off to in the Karpen Hall lobby. now,” said Johnson. Thus, < company in Morganton, and mi The Litde Guy Composite Com­ “W e don’t expect flowers be returned in time for Motlic-: pany plans to offer affordable por­ this to pay big divi­ are the | Day. traits to students. dends, but what it weather “What we would do would be to The company will mail out moE does is teach us real people give people a chance to come in, sit information on this Mother’s Dz world experiences.” makes r down, take their picture, develop special to on-campus students. The Little Guy What them, and then get the proofs back to Having the picture taken shout Composite Com­ 'some ol them,” said Jay Johnson, a junior take less than five minutes, if then pany began their bag, wh management major. is not a wait, and the company wi!; photography work there tr) Once people see the proofs, they work with those purchasing pi(. by doing compos­ for per can decide to purchase the pictures tures on what type o f package tk ites for fraternities thing), and pick which package they would PHOTO BY TARA HAMMOND customer can buy. and sororities. know tl like to buy. Little Guy Composite Company helps keep your mom happy on Mother’s Day. Their work can be viewed on tk They worked on share of “W e’re not looking to make a bunch web at www.greekcomposite.coni Kappa Delta Rho’s hormon o f money off o f this. What we’re according to Johnson. composites last fall. trust mi looking to do is gain experience, get pictures taken, and we would like to The students in charge ofT he Little bers hope to branch out into new The Little Guy Composite Com­ every or our name out a little bit, and provide explore this,” said Johnson. GuyCompositeCompanymeetwith areas in the fiature, according to pany is trying to branch out into The L ittle Guy Com posite Companj problen the students with a service that is not U N C A students. Jay Johnson, Ja­ the alumni about twice a year. Johnson. other areas o f photography, start­ w ill be takin gpictures in Highsmith who air currendy available (affordably),” said son Graham, Chris Garner, Ian Jones, It is an officially registered company “When we decide to make an exten­ ing with the M other’s D ay portrait on April 1 and in Karpen Hall m all of th Johnson. and Jason Shope, make up the pho­ in North Carolina. The goal o f the sion, what we do is try and figure out idea. They also hope to get a con­ A p ril 2 . Carck are $ 5 each. Photi Look “Most college-age people don’t usu­ tography company. The company is company was to teach those involved if there is a need to (form a new tract with a public school doing packages are $5, $10, and $20. guys oui ally get an opportunity to get their also supported by U N C A alumni. how to run a company. The mem­ company), and we research out our school portraits in the upcoming New barbershop chorus forms with feminine twist

group of people that really want to musical art form o f barbershop har­ for singers with other abilities as that in a lot o f choruses, barbershop According to Maney, this is wt By Jessica Wolf try it.” mony through education and per­ well. has evolved into a highly developed she decided to start her own grou Staff Writer According to Maney, they do not formances, according to a Sweet “W e are also looking for singers musical art form o f singing.” in Asheville. have a name for the group yet, but Adelines International brochure. with additional talents such as cho­ T o be really good at this type o f “A lot o f times, there are a lot they are chartered with a much “Sweet Adelines International is a reography, vocal coaching, and singing requires very specific train­ choruses and quartets who sing I larger group called Sweet Adelines barbershop organization o f30,000 public relations,” said Maney. ing, said Maney. fun, and they are not really serioi A female barbershop chorus is International. singers,” said Maney. “There are Maney said that the people who “A lot of times, there are a lot of about getting really good singersi currently being formed in Asheville “Sweet Adelines offers education about 600 different choruses in the are interested will have to audition. choruses and quartets who do it for there,” said Maney. that will provide a com m unity ser­ and certification in arranging, di­ organization. It is an international “It is all by audition, but to audi­ fun, and they are not really serious If people were to see some o f the vice, offering entertainment for paid recting, teaching, and judging,” said thing, and we are going to belong tion people just have to be able to about getting really good singers in good choruses and quartets, th( performances as well as selected Maney. “I am currently working to to a specific region.” sing their part by themselves,” said there,” said Maney. would realize that it really takes charitable functions. be a certified director, which most Maney said that choruses in Sweet Maney. “It doesn’t require any for­ This is why she decided to start lot of talent to do this, Maney saiJ Karen Maney, the organizer and directors attain after several years o f Adelines range from about 15 m em ­ mal training.” her own group in Asheville, Maney “Every time I talk to voice teacl the first director o f the group, is directing a barbershop chorus. Any bers to 150 members. The group will train the singers that said. ers or the sophisticated type aboi looking for all females who are in­ member ofSweetAdelines may take “We have about 20 people right join, Maney said. “I thought it would be an interest­ barbershop, they say, ‘Yeah, that terested in singing in an a cappella advantage of the many learning now who are interested in it through “W e don’t expect them to already ing idea in Asheville to try what cute...that is fun...that is somethin! choir. opportunities the organization of­ advertisements, posters on walls, know everything, because barbershop some other person won’t try,” said you should do some other place, “I came up with the idea in De­ fers.” and people that I have talked to,” has a unique style,” said Maney. “A Maney. “To start with singers and said Maney. “They don’t look at cember,” said Maney. “I have been Sweet Adelines International is a said Maney. “I wouldn’t mind hav­ lot o f music people look at barber­ train them in barbershop. You like it has the potential to be somt in barbershop for a long time. lam worldwide organization of women ing as many people as we can.” shop humorously, like it’s fun and know, just show the community thing really good. And, o f coursci interested in getting together a singers committed to advancing the M aney said that they are looking cute, but what they don’t realize is what modern barbershop is.” does.” 'Carrie 2' bums in raging flames Eggs on Phair's face

bad name. know that she possesses. Snell knows that tune and a hint of that old lyrical style, “Do y« “The Rage” is all too similar to its predeces­ history could repeat itself if Rachel doesn’t By Erica Shusha By Diana Abbott wanttobeapolyesterbride/Doyouwanttohai! sor. A relative o f Carrie’s experiences similar learn how to control it. Features Editor your head and die/Do you want to buy aligat® Staff Writer symptoms: isolation from peers, objects mov­ All o f this leads up to the inevitable horrific cowboy bcxjts they just put on sale/Do you w al ing by themselves and a mother who keeps climax, just like its predecessor, when the to flap you wings and fly away from here.’ praising Jesus. mean kids at school plot to play a prank on The blatant sex references from the previoif In a brief synopsis, Rachel, a young girl with Rachel, this time at a party, not the prom, albums are also missing fi-om thisone. Nowshe telekinesis, sees her schizophrenic mother “The Rage: Carrie 2” is such a waste of time which in the end pushes her over the edge. The newest Liz Phair album, singing, “I believe in myself and I believe in you that you shouldn’t even bother renting it on taken away in an ambulance to a mental “The Rage: Carrie 2” comes off as a prime whitechocolatespaceegg, marks a change o f style When before she was singing “he said he likt* hospital. video. example ofthe poindess remake adding noth­ from her previous albumns. On this album, she to do it backwards/1 said that’s just fine w ii W e then travel forward to present day. The In 1976, director Brian D e Palma released ing substantial, only reminding us o f the shows a mellower, softer side. The heavier guitar young girl is now in high school living with “Carrie,” based on the novel by Stephen infinitely superior original. melodies have been replaced by prettier guitar unloving blue collar foster parents. King, which was nominated for two Acad­ For the first hour and 30 minutes, the film nines, and her crass often vulgar lyrics have f?een emy Awards and is considered a horror classic Rachel is a girl that stands apart from the moves at an extremely slow pace that is only the exchanged for sadder, slower ones. with the unforgettable shocking climax of unpopular crowd at school, but is not actually set-up for the gmesome showdown. The whole style seems to have turned from screams, flames, and lots ofblood at the senior ridiculed the way Carrie was. The only acdon occurs in the last few minutes of ar^er to melancholy. I n some aspects, this change prom. W hen Rachel’s best friend, Lisa, commits the movie where bodies are castrated, decapi­ makes this album more easily accessible to new Twenty-three years later, a sequel seems like suicide, she learns that her friend had been tated, impaled, drowned, and creatively sliced by Liz Phair listeners, but to those who have en­ a desperate attempt for studios to make some seduced and abandoned by one of the school’s flying CDs in such rapid fire it’s hard to tell what joyed the anger and bitterness o f her earlier money, which is exactly what “The Rage: football players as part o f a cruel competition exacdy is happening during all the chaos. albums, this is a bit disappointing. Carrie 2” is, while giving the great original a among the elite boys to see who can “score” “The Rage: Carrie 2” is just another lousy teen Instead of the cutting remarks o f “Imagine me the most. flick as Rachel, the outcast, pursues a love af&ir behind your eyes/Nowwhat did I see/I sawhips/ When these jocks find out that Rachel knows with super jock Jesse. I saw thighs/I saw secret postitions that we never what happened, they set out to first intimi­ The movie seriously lacks even the slightest bit try,” o f her previous album. Whip Smart, she’s ART PARTS date, then psychologically destroy her. This, ofsuspense; I feltnoneandl thinkl’m not alone. singing “It’s a long way down/ you’re hoping for as previous “Carrie” viewers know, is a huge “The Rage: Carrie 2” isn’t so much a sequel to a heart attack.” mistake. “Carrie” as it is an attempt to do it all over again The lyrics just don’t have the same kick. Phair The one boy who has actually grown tired o f 23 years later. The only thing it remembers is has turned into a big softee. this immature game is Jesse, played by Jason the blood, definitely not the characteriza­ Some of the songs on whitechocolatespacee^ PHOTO COURTESY OF MATADOR RECOB# London of “Dazed and Confijsed.” He be­ tions that made the original what it was. also seem to drag. The music is just slow, and gins to have eyes for Rachel. sometimes boring. Meanwhile, high school guidance counse­ Oneofthebest songsonthealbum is “Polyester lor Sue Snell begins to detect that Rachel is Bride,” which still doesn’t quite have that usual developing telekinetic powers she doesn’t Review Liz Phair kick. It does, however, have a catchy Review