Marc:h 17, 2000 Covering all the good stuff Sec:tion B

V INCE MAKES HIS RETURN AND T HE ROCK BRING ON THE BAND!

SECURES T ITLE SHOT by telling a story about the "invisible horn section from Venus" to explain The Rock is going to Wrestlmania! After a long Both Show and Rock were out cold as a limousine ~:~~,~;'i~i.;;:'j::~i::::1:::i ~o;~z ~ :a~ the horn sample that opens the song. struggle that started with Shane McMahon screwing pulled into the arena. Vince McMahon (out of the pic­ returned At one point, the whole crowd was the Rock out of the number one contendership at No' ture since November's Pay-Perlfiew; Armageddon) to this side of the pond for anotber dancing to a crazed jam that included Way Out which included being put through a table emerged, came to ringside, beat the snot out of his U.S. tOl!r to promote their second Gray and Ball quoting "Pump Up the by the Dudley Boys and - . and put on the refer- , . This included a Vo lume" to get us all moving even mated by the Radicals, 's shirt as the Rock came stop last Friday night at the TLA on more. They debued a new song, H and the Big Show, Rocky delivered the Rock South Street in Philadelphia. I've which was the only one with the People 's Champ finally to Big Show and always found it incredibly difficult to bouncy Gray on lead vocals. Gray also some payback. It's counted one-two­ describe the music of Gomez without treated us to some solo flamenco fi long time since my last and a huge victory for and the WWF has been a People's Champion! using a lot of hyphens. They're a dancing before one song. For the itable roller coaster of It was such a welcome blues-folk-rock-Brit-pop-jam band, and intro to "Las Vegas Dealer," most of events. seeing Vince back and after this concert, I think I can add the the band gathered around the left side At last month's again on opposing word "dance" to that description. of the stage to clap in unison while View, Mick Foley lost a Hell with Shane. Hopefully Gomez put on an amazing show, reall y Ball played the guitar intro alone on the Cell match to Triple , s events will ignite getting the crowd into it all, and kept the other side. This set up numerous thus ending his 15-year ,r pp-w"v power struggle getting progressively better through­ clap-alongs between the band and the career. The three time WWF a head at out the show. audience. But because they ' d Champion gave it his all, The Openers Beluah were a pleasant already set the precedent with "Las put through a ringside n-Helmsey era was s urprise. They V ega s hit with a two­ _ to make me sick wrapped in barbed wire the cards the WWF played an enjoy­ Dealer," it fell through the top of putting up were get- able set of noisy like we cage, collapsing the mat on monotonous. The Cage pop, with great part of between the Rock melodies hiding music, Chris Benoit on March in between all the the 6th 's Raw was phenomenal. keyboard sounds play E~~t~:g~:i;l~~:11 From a technical standpoint, and feedback. of the his opponent look good) and}}} it was the Rock 's best Gomez finally In that's exactly how he wentt!:: match in months. took the stage every out. It was fitting, but Val Venis recently went and started off g , ing that Mick was so '--~ - --.1 back to work after suffering from his constant strained neck. Mr. Ass had with the mesmer­ sur­ and willingness to to repair a torn rota­ izing "Get Mile,", me his body to put on the best sustained after an the opening track some show for his fans that he had landing following off their debut mazing to bow out at only 34 years Fameasser-through-a­ album Bring It drum skills. age. I know he's doing it to Buh Buh Ray On. The band is Plus, he's his health and his family, but quite impressive got the can't help wishing Foley did­ on stage, being that they're a five­ coolest name in the band. And Ball n ' t have to go so soon. piece band, plus had an additional per­ amazed us with his extensive collec­ Foley is the greatest ers in and out of the ~~~::~d2!:~~:~~!~~~t~~ cussionist/keyboard· player as well. tion of colorful acoustic guitars. you' ll ever see and the WWF will never be the same return to action soon, but then again, who really Gomez is made up of Tom Gray, Ian The regular set winded down far again. cares? Where the hell's the Undertaker and Ken Ball, , Paul Blackburn, too soon with the gorgeous ballad "We The same night Mick said goodbye, Shane clob­ Shamrock? Please come back! and Oily Peacock. Ottewell and Ball Haven't Turned Around" and the bered the Rock with a chair to give the Big Show the In closing, I'd just like to say the Dudley Boys are do most of the lead vocals, with upbeat "Bring It On". They returned right to take on current champion Triple H for the belt my heros! Every week I sit and wonder why in heav­ Ottewell 's one-of-a-kind gravelly with the song much of the crowd at Wrestlemania in April. The Rock appeared out of en's name we have to see decrepit Mae Young in stu­ blues-man voice reverberating wanted to hear, the wonderfully goofy the running, but he assured the fans that come hell or pid, often times disturbing little skits taking up valu­ through the speakers all night. "Tijuana Lady" (with lyrics like high water, the Rock will be in the main event at able air-time. This hit rock bottom (not the Rock's fin­ After "Get Miles" and the uplifting "Tijuana lady, where did you go?/Yeah, Wrestlemania. The Rock 's fate seemed sealed as isher, either) with a sick and twisted "delivery room" "Hangover," the band went through well I, I heard you lost your last som­ Shane and Stephanie combined forces, putting the episode awhile back. screws to the Rock any way they could. The Rock, Then the Dudley Boys like genies emerging from a some amazing songs like the rocking brero") and a crazed finale of frustrated and tired of being humiliated, put it all on bottle to grant my wishes, took Mae and not once, but "" and "Rhythm & "Whippin' Piccadilly" that had every­ the line on Raw this past Monday. He wanted a match twice, power-bombed her through a table! It almost Blues Alibi." A section of the crowd one in the audience dancing. Gomez with the Big Show. If he won, he would be the num­ brought tears of joy to my eyes. Now B.B., the 'tall, were apparently major fans, chanting certainly left the crowd wanting more, ber one contender at Wrestlemania. If he lost, he lean, blonde, well-endowed, EMT was put through a something about the band that they especially since there were so many would leave the WWF forever ala Mick Foley. Well, table several weeks ago and we haven't seen her recognized and caused them all the great songs they left out, like "78 the Rock appeared screwed once again as Shane came since. I hope the WWF follows suit and keeps Mae off crack up laughing early on. Gray was Stone Wobble" and "Revolutionary to the ring in referee 's stripes to call the match. my television screen for a good long time. Long live the chattiest band member, doing Kind". But they certainly lived up to Shane, frustrated at the Rock getting the best of the the Dudleys and thanks for the memories Mick Foley, most of the talking for the band and their reputation as one of Britain's Big Show; once again clobbered the Rock with a chair. wherever you are! introducing the epic "Devil Will Ride" best live bands.

They played a good set of their new wave informed us that his voice wasn't quite at STATE OF THE UNION rockers like "Excellent Body" and "This Is 100% and had the Statesmen help out the Road ." They closed with their crowd­ singing the very loud chorus to "Montana". pleasing cover of a-ha 's "Take On Me." They also pitched in by singing a whole On Saturday, February 26, there was a John Linnell took the stage along with chorus of '!Arkansas". Guitarist one-of-a-kind performance at the Khyber his three-piece backing band, the also played the shaker egg and held a tape Pass in Philadelphia as John Linnell came Statesmen, and immediately informed us recorder up to the microphone to play the to town to perform his . he'd be playing songs named after states, car alarm sample during "Idaho." Linnell Linnell is one half of the veteran rock band not songs about states. He opened with and his Statesman also included? few cov­ , and released his the one-two rock 'n' roll punch of "The ers in the set, playing Bruce long-awaited State Songs solo album last Songs of the 50 States" and "South Springsteen's "Nebraska" and a fun song fall. The album is full of offbeat, melodic, Carolina." Many of the State Songs are titled "North to Alaska." and catchy pop and Linnell was on a very very much studio creations, with lots of I was disappointed, however, that they brief tour to promote the album. synthesizer sounds and samples, in addi­ left· out their cover of the Dead Kennedys ' When I got there, I was impressed by tion to the carousel organ used on many of "California Uber Alles" but maybe that was how small the venue was. The Khyber the songs. However, all the songs translat­ due to Linnell's voice troubles. After seemed to be only slightly larger than my ed very well to the basic guitar-bass-key­ picking up his saxophone for the bouncy basement and it was great to see Linnell board-drum lineup. Linnell switched "Michigan," Linnell and the Statesmen left perform in such a tiny venue, as compared between keyboard and quite the stage for maybe the funniest to the places They Might Be Giants usual­ often in fact, far more than he does during exits/returns for an encore I've ever seen. ly perform. New Jersey-based pop-rockers the average They Might Be Giants show. They just walked out the exit door behind You Were Spiraling opened the show. They Live, "Idaho" became a slinkier ballad and the stage, stood on the sidewalk for about opened with their cover of "Will You Love "Iowa" a total funk-rock jam complete with a minute, and walked back inside to play Me Tomorrow." I 'd seen You Were a harmonica solo from drummer Mark "West Virginia". This was probably a once­ Spiraling open for They Might Be Giants Donato. in-a-lifetime show that I greatly enjoyed. twice in the past, including last fall where The packed-in crowd was very respon­ they blew me away with a great perfor­ sive to Linnell and his music, and quite a mance at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. few people were dancing.. Linnell Page B2 Widener University: The Dome March 17, 2000 IXINVf IT UP

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FRANKLIN AND MARSHAL ENDS PORT~ PIONEER'S RUN FOR FINAL FOUR

1999-2000

WIDENER

UNIVERSITY

PIONEERS

First Row: Sean Hayes, DJ Johnson, Chris Hightower, Frank DeLuca, Chaz Williamson, Tim Whalen

Back Row: Head Coach Dave Duda, Mike Swoyer, Bryan Fains, Mike Siuchta, Jan Cichocki, Assistant Coach John Michels

AFTER A PROMISING SEASON FOR WIDENER MEN'S Pioneers. In the final 30 seconds, Kraft went to the line twice and was 3 for 4 to put his team up BASKETBALL TEA M, THE PIONEERS FA~L SHORT TO FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL AND ARE 65-e9 before Frank DeLuca hit the [mal 3 point shot at the buzzer. Williamson scored a Pioneer ELIMINATED FROM POST SEASON PLAY. team high 18 high. Mike Siuchta finished with 15 points. Chris Hightower had 13. Widener ends its season with an overall record of 24-4. while Widener suffered their first defeat in 13 ing only 23.1 percent in the half (6 of 26) while Captain Frank DeLuca feels that the team will be back again next year because they have games. It also was the Pioneer 's first loss at Franklin and Marshall connected on 11 of 28 will everyone back including up and coming fresh­ . -~~i~~i;:;:i:iiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiii> ~~:i5 ~ili; home this season. Widener trailed early in the shots for a 39.3 percentage. leading Franklin game after a 10-0 run by the Franklin and Chaz Williamson scored 7 points early in the men. "O ur goal for next year is to make the and Marshall to a 65--62 victory at Widener in Marshall Diplomats. The Pioneers pulled in with second half to pull Widener within 3 points. final four", replies DeLuca, "and to win the National Championship." NCAA tournament second round acton. The 5 points before the half but trailed 26-19 at the However Franklin and Marshall, led by Kraft, win was Franklin and Marshall's 13th in a row break. Widener struggled from the field, shoot- pulled ahead again firing 3 point shots past the

WIDENER SPORTS THE WIZARD'S NCAA PICKS FOR THURS- MARCH WIZARD ON A MADNESS!! ! DAY AND FRIDAY ROLL , "" "'8" '('.. Every. rear spor~s,.. ~tilii::i::Ii.; ~~~u~1 tl;~\i~~:t tournaments takes was on place. The NCAA Division I tournament is to crown college basketballs best team champion. ·-~~?:~:~~;it: ~ii·ii~ii! ii.ii iiiij ~~~~~ b:~ 78 I NDIANA 67 AUBURN There have been many legendary games and peo­ ready to dis­ ple like Michael Jordan,' Patrick Ewing, Tim sect the sports world once again. I was 6-4 in Duncan and many other pros made their claim to the last issue I wrote for and come out 25-10- fame during these tournaments. TIlls year will be GONZAGA 81 PEPPERDINE 71 CREIGHTON 1 for the season. no different as there are several teams vying for It's March Madness time, and everyone is the crown. Originally everyone had Cincinnati winning going around with their pools scrambling for the tournament because of their superstar KANSAS 90 UTAH CONNECTICUT contestants. It's heaven to all the people like Kenyon Martin. But with his unfortunate injury me who predict the winners of the match-up. :I lil--l:::Ftml in the conference tournament, he will be lost for It 's also a time where pro basketball and the year. So now you have to wonder who has the DEPAUL ST. LOUIS UTAH STATE hockey get pushed to the side and let the 76 best chance at winning the tournament. amateurs take charge. So this week I will not put their picks aside and pick some games in the tournament. First off, I think the committee did a hor­ _;~~: ' · lf7ol. · ;· ~~~Ij:f .~d ~~;']:]~~:~1~~E~~g rible Job picking the field of 64. Vanderbilt, that will make it to the final four. My picks have Notre Dame and Virginia did not get in to FRESNO STATE 79 SETON H ALL number 2 seed St. Johns representing the west the tournament, but teams like Dayton and bracket; number five seed Kentucky represent­ Missouri got in with terrible out of confer­ ing the Midwest; the south by University of Connecticut, which is another five seed; and of ence records. Well the good thing is we have course number one seed Duke representing the four tough number one seeds in Michigan, east. My pick for the best game in the tourna­ Stanford, Duke and Arizona with Temple ment will be in the elite eight, matching Duke and taking a number two seed in the east. The Temple. The Two seed Temple really is a strong games start on Thursday at 12:20, so don't contender, possibly the only team to beat Duke miss any of the action! Next week I will give and if in any other bracket would probably make my Final Four predictions on the way to the final fo ur. Every year we see a couple of lower seeds Indianapolis. upset the higher seeds--this year will be no dif­ ferent. My upsets are 11th-seed Dayton beating 6th-seed Purdue, 13th-seed Penn downing 4th­ seed Illinois, and 10th-seed Gonzaga taking its game against 7th-seed Louisville. Also I see 5th­ ANYONE INTERESTED IN seed Kentucky knocking number 1 seed Michigan State out of the tourney in the sweet sixteen round. MEN'S TENNIS TEAM TIlls year March Madness will be crazy and ot s anyones tournament. Duke clearly has the advantage with the talent they have. Teams like PLEASE CONTACT COACH Kentucky, UConn, Cincinnati, Temple, Ohio State and St. Johns have really strong chances to give Duke a run for their money: It all depends on BOB PIOTTI @ X4148 which team wants it more and which team can make the big plays.