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Vol. 70, No. 35 The Student Newspaper ofDrexel University August 11,1995 Landau says: No food in class To deal with limited custodial resourcesy Landau has asked professors to discourage students from eating and drinking in class.
Anh Dang inspected “[appeared] to resem News Editor ble places where motorcycle “Effective immediately, food maintenance classes are being and drink are not allowed in taught ... but it’s really food and classrooms.” drink stains.” In In a July 27 addition, I.andau memo, Senior Vice noted that a majority President for Finance of trash in the class and Administration rooms is food and Bert Landau asked drink trash. college deans, I-andau realized department heads that the guideline will and faculty to “constitute an incon enforce the new venience” for some guideline. students and possibly “When students Bert Landau some faculty. enter classrooms with “(The policy isj food or drinks, please ask them ridiculous,” said biology preju to consume these items else nior Pete Buckley. “I’d rather see where,” Landau continued. [students] eating than passing The classroom guideline was out. Some people are just too set in an attempt to reduce stains busy to eat outside of class.” on carpeted classrooms and to “I think they’re treating us make up for the 50 percent like kids,” said mechanical engi reduction of the custodial staff a neering prejunior Eric McGill. few years ago. “It’s one of those things where a KRISTEN UING/r/)e Triangle Landau wrote in the memo few [uncivilized students] ruin it Under Landau’s direction, students may be eating more of their meals in.lounges. that some classroom carpets he see N O FOOD on page 3 Paco Texas- Hitting the books outside bound Nick DiFranco Production Manager Leland “Paco” Redmond, member of the 1994-95 North Atlantic Conference All-Rookie team and recent transfer student out of Drexel, has settled on a new home. Redmond, who hails from Houston and left Drexel in order to be close to his family, will be playing his next season with Texas Southern University. Redmond was the Dragons’ starting point guard in his rookie season, leading the team, in assists nine times through the year. Recruited by Head Coach Bill Herrion out of Willowridge High School in Houston, Redmond leaves a Drexel team which recently lost freshman Jason Yoder to the Philadelphia Phillies organization. The Dragons, minus Redmond and Yoder, are set to open the 1995-96 basketball sea son at the Purdue University Tournament, Dec. 1 and 2. In This Issue ANH DANG/The Triangle Ed-Op...... page 4 When the weather is nice and warm, It’s no fun to sweat yourself studying in Hagerty Library. This student chose Comics...... 6 instead to study in the Quad and catch some rays at the same time. Classifieds...... 8 Entertainment...... 12 2 * The Triangle * August 11,1995 Engineers, rocket scientists need not apply nation’s gross domestic products experience working at NASA, This past year, Gessner said Graduates with science or engineering PhDs, devoted to non-military research Gessner was able to obtain fund she ta u ^ t three undergraduate are finding the job market slim. and development in the U.S.. is ing for her research project fi-om labs a week while taking three the lowest among industrialized the space agency. classes on her own. “That’s a College Presf Service director for Ph.D careers at nations. “But many students go to huge workload,” said Glessner, When Ann Snyder started Harvard University’s Office of He recalled that when he was graduate school from under who added that sometimes she graduate school, she never Career Services. a young scientist, the National graduate without any work believed her department was thought twice about what she’d The reasons for the Ph.D sur Science Foundation was award experience,” she said. “And the more interested in finding teach do after she earned her Ph.D. plus are numerous, said ing grants to about half of all professors don’t encourage that ing assistants “rather than some “In academia, the career track Newhouse. During the past research proposals that reviewers their students obtain work expe one who will be a potential is very, very set,” said Snyder, decade, many universities and found had merit. Now, the NSF rience outside the university. researcher.” who expects to complete her small colleges have been forced and the National Institutes of Some end up teaching elemen One way to solve the long doctorate in neurobiology this to tighten budgets, and as a Health are funding less than one tary school after going to school term underemployment of doc summer from Harvard result, research and teaching third of the meritorious propos an extra four years and setting toral degree holders in science University. positions “have been consolidat als, and those numbers continue their sites on research.” and engineering, say researchers, After completing a post-doc ed and have evaporated,” she to go down. In most labor markets, when is for academic departments to torate, she imagined herself as a said. For many graduate students, job opportunities decrease, fewer reduce the number of doctoral principal laboratory investigator Meanwhile, as the U.S. econo this decrease in the percentage of people seek to enter the field. students they admit. “To put it and lecturer at a university. my has moved away from manu meritorious proposals funded But in the^case of Ph.Ds, the bluntly,... at least some kinds of “But the closer I got to com facturing toward service indus means leaving the scientific fold Stanford researchers said they institutions will have to change pleting my Ph.D, the more I tries that don’t support scientific altogether to pursue careers in found “neither [universities] nor their mix to use more faculty realized to get the research, research, funding for public and business and other fields. prospective doctoral students and fewer TAs to teach under become a professor and then get private research has been shrink “A lot of graduate students take close accounting of the doc graduate courses, because that tenure, one has to be extremely ing. are making plans for back-up torate employment gap.” has a dual effect: It reduces the single-minded,” she said. “Then, Physicist David Goodstein, careers,” said Andrea Gilbert, a For universities, admitting number of doctoral students even if I made my job my life. I’d vice provost at the California graduate student studying astro students to doctoral programs produced, and it increases the have to be extremely lucky to get Institute of Technology in physics at Harvard University. ensures a steady stream of teach demand for faculty,” Massy said. the research and get the grant Pasadena, argues that the “They’re going for careers in ing and research assistants, said But this is easier said than money.” Golden Age of American science money — on Wall Street, in Stanford Professor William done. For one, if faculty admit Snyder’s dilemma is far from lasted ft’om 1950 to 1970. In the investment banks and in con Massy. fewer graduate students, it unique. Universities in the 1990s, opportunities in science sulting.” Faculty and administrators would make their own jobs— United States are producing have dramatically dwindled, he But the bleak job market has who make admissions decisions and chances for tenure—more about 25 percent more doctor noted in a paper called “The Big not deterred Gibbons, who just tend to admit the same number difficult. ates in science and engineering Crunch.” began pursuing her Ph.D. “In of doctoral students, regardless Having fewer graduate stu fields than the U.S. economy can “With the Cold War over, the next five or six years, who of changes in the quality of dents to assist in research would absorb, according to a new study national security is rapidly losing knows what could happen? A lot applicants. Massy added. “They make it harder for professors to by researchers at the Rand Corp. its appeal as a means of generat could materialize,” she said. do that because they must have publish new research results and and Stanford’s Institute for ing support for scientific Susan Gessner, a third-year the Ph.D students for teaching also likely would cause them to Higher Education Research. research,” he wrote. * graduate student in astrophysics assistants, for research assistants spend more time teaching “As the production of Ph.Ds At a San Francisco news con at the University of Alabama, and because faculty have a sense, undergraduate courses, rather continues, the supply has grown, ference in June, White House said she considers herself one of in certain places, that they really than the upper-level courses but the demand has not,” said science adviser Jack Gibbons the lucky ones. After coming to need Ph.Ds to keep intellectually many prefer. “It goes against a Margaret Newhouse, assistant noted that the proportion of the graduate school with two years’ alive.” whole lot of forces,” Massy said.
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Cofiyrii^ 01096 Th9 nmtiifi*. No woiH h«r»^ miy bi» duoed In any fonn, In wtioto orln part without wftnod oonwit oftheEdttor< Greater (^iladeiphla 'Chmber of Commerce Delaware Valley Collegiate Press Association Columi)la Sctralastic Press Association Associated Collegiate Press Plewe recycleQ T»i» Tmnfk The Triangle«August 11,1995 * 3 L a n d a u Cliffs Notes goes multicultural r e q u e s t s Wendi Williams African-Americans, Mexican- in introductory literature cours genealogy charts. College Press Service Americans and Native es. The supplements run from They have become heavy on If anyone doubts academic Americans. And so these are the $3.75 for J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher analysis and less dependent on n o f o o d multiculturalism has arrived, kinds of authors being taught.” in the Rye” to $4.50 for the plot. And glossaries galore maybe they should take a trip to Carey said teachers begged the poems of Keats and Shelley. explain unfamiliar terms, which the campus bookstore and scan company to come out with Cliffs Notes has published are especially useful in books i n c l a s s e s through the Cliffs Notes tides. guides to the books their stu guides to books by ethnically laden with foreign words, Alongside such dyed-in-the- dents have been studying, such and racially diverse authors in idiomatic English and Biblical NO FOOD from page 1 wool staples as “Beowulf’ and as “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy the past, but they were few. references. “Great Expectations,” the famil Tan and “I Know Why the Those titles include Lorraine And what about the millions for everyone.” iar black-and-yellow study Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the of students who buy only the Chemical engineering preju guide’s newest titles include Angelou. Sun” and Gabriel Garcia familiar yellow-and-black sta nior Libby Boucher admitted to “The Autobiography of Malcom Of the eight titles the Marquez’s “One Hundred Years pled booklets, rather than using eating in her organic chemistry X,” “Bless Me, Ultima,” and 20 Nebraska-based publisher will of Solitude.” them to supplement their class, which coincides with her other “minority” titles. release for the 1995-96 school The new guides, in addition assigned readings? dinner time. Boucher said none For years, the study guide has year, only one—the science-fic- to filling the Notes’ muhicultural Teachers tell Carey that those of her professors mentioned the offered desperate students notes tion classic “Fahrenheit 451” by void, try to reach today’s TV-sat- students tend to do poorly memo nor made an attempt to and plot synapses of the “best Ray Bradbury—was v^itten by a urated readers by containing because they rarely crack open enforce it. books never read.” Yet while white man. more visuals, such as maps and the Cliffs Notes, either. Materials engineering profes Cliffs Notes offerings were once Yet Carey said the decision to sor Linda Schadler-Feist did, limited to the classics, a profiler- include expand its title selections Cliffs Notes titles however, announce the new ation of African-American, has nothing to do with the com New Cliffs Notes tHIes: Cliffs Notes Top Ten titles: guideline to her class, conse Hispanic and Asian-American- pany’s desire to portray itself as • Beloved by Toni Morrison • Great Expectations by Charles quently asking a student to put centered literature courses has politically correct. “It’s where • Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolpho Dickens away his food. opened up a whole new market the money is,” he added. Anaya • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury “I’m not a great advocate of ing opportunity to the publisher. Cliffs Notes target students in Rtzgerald this rule,” said Schadler-Feist. • Handmaid's Tale by Margaret • Hamlet by Shakespeare “It was like a domino effect,” 10th to 12th grades with its 225 Atwood • Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain “But since the senior administra said Cliffs Notes Editor Gary tides, although there are a num • House Made of Dawn by M. Scott • Julius Caesar by Shakespeare tion asked me. I’m going to Carey. ber of books like “The Scarlet Momaday • Macbeth by Shakespeare enforce it.” Schadler said the “If you’re teaching American Letter” and “Macbeth” — which • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by • The Odyssey by Homer guideline “is a good rule but also Maya Angelou • Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel literature,” said Carey, “you’re annually vye for Cliffs Notes’ • The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Hawthorn a hard rule,” since it is designed mandated to teach boolu v^itten most popular titles — that are • Their Eyes Were Watching God by • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles to protect the classroom carpet, by women, Asian-Americans, also taught to college freshmen Nora Zeale Huston Dickens but it may present a dilemma for • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee students who have a tight sched ule. “This is absolutely lunatic,” said a professor who spoke in anonyminity. “Most of Drexel students are civilized enough to clean up after themselves.The school cafeteria is closed, and they want to prohibit eating AUerST SPECIALS food in class.” Vice Provost for Student Life Diana Hackney said the memo is not a policy, thus it will not appear in the fall edition of the student handbook. fllnneOf Student Vice Provost for Student Life Chris McCarthy i z z a said he heard a few complaints from students. “But since it’s not m RBSTAD RANT a policy, it’s not going to be enforced so we can’t do anything about it.” CalibnaeL Qacken, Charles Hass, chairman of the 387-1213 Faculty Senate, told The Triangle that Landau presented the D lU V nV ALL DAY guideline to the faculty on Aug. 8, and the issue is sent to the Faculty Senate’s appropriate committee. Meanwhile, Landau men tioned in his memo that signage has been ordered and will be placed on every classroom MiiMlNnarflktiyiis entrance. PIZZA POWELTONS CRUST COVERED WITH IMPORTED OLIVE OIL, FRESH 6ARLIC, BASIL, ORE6ANO, AND A COMBINATION OF PARMESAN, MOZZARELLA AND PROVOLONE CHEESE. .danfc OtUi^ $ 6 .2 5 % , SmaU $3. fS 'Mangle Ed-Op. Read between the lines. AKirST SI’IH'.IALS AKil'ST SriKIALS Al'Gl'ST SPIK^IALS I LATE NIGHT WITH | BUY A LARGE I POWELTON PIZZA I PIZZA AND GET ■I C H E E S E \ 2 LARGE PIES| A SMALL CHEESE I P I Z M I ONLY $9.95 ! P I Z Z A FR E E |ONLY$2.»5 I TOPPINGS EKTRA _ I TOPPINGS EXTI^ I TOPPINGS EXTRA j Must mention coupon when ordering for delivery. I Musi mention (m p m iImi ordering for derivery. | Li ■ ■ M JL» .filsi! -■ J 4 • The Triangle • August 11,1995 E d ito rial & O ionion Lets hre ome of thdse F S : (O e SHDOUD c l o s e TM£ U5eU£SS At5KlMl5TRP[TORS ftpfTH?jac>KS. “ H6y ALMAi^S 5^A£U.. ^ 'Vef9i, O? ALL Editorial Bonrd "Th e g r a s s , i t Editor-in-Chicf ▲ John Gruber ^^eE.'D5“r^> 'B e. c-uT. Ed-Op Editor A Jonathan Poet Noah Addis Kristi CUiano Anh Dang Nick DiFranco t LANPAU Gina Di Vincenzo Patricia O’Brien Larry Rosenzweig m Cooking with Bert Bert Landau is a smart guy. His recent memo to the faculty promoting a ban on food B oP 6ET COrm '^RTT and drink in classrooms is the masterpiece that proves his genius. Sure, lesser intellects might have simply asked pro fessors to remind students to clean up after themselves, but Landau knows those crazy kids won’t listen. L etter to th e Editor Nope, the only way to go is an outright ban. And Landau route sells short the accomplish tions that made each day an is right to be concerned about the stains in the carpeted SimDragon excelled ments of the SunDragon race adventure. Race stress can make classrooms — which he claims “resemble places where in competition team. or break a team, and Drexel’s motorcycle maintenance classes are being taught.” Even The team’s 11th place finish students performed like champi though we can only think of a handful of carpeted class in a 1,200 mile race with a three- ons regardless of the final posi rooms on campus, a smart guy like Landau probably Editor: year-old car and funding signifi tion. I appreciate The Triangle's cantly lower than many of their Anyone who wishes to see knows a lot more of them. short report on the performance com petitors is really quite more detailed SunRayce stories Sure, most students clean up after themselves. But there’s of Drexel’s SunDragon IV solar remarkable. written by the students and fac no need to worry about majority rights when a few stu car in SunRayce 95 which Team members had to make a ulty at the racc can visit our dents leave their Snapple bottles and soft pretzel crumbs on appeared in the “News in Brief’ three week commitment to the World Wide Web page at the floor. And even though the custodial budget cuts section of the paper’s July 14 race, not to mention the hun http://cbis.drexel.edu/ Landau cites in the memo occurred several years ago, we all issue. dreds of hours of preparation. SunDragon/SunDragon.html. However, I think that the tone During the race, they had to Dr. Kevin Scoles know that kids just keep getting worse and worse. of The Triang/e’s reporting and work from 5/i.m. to 9 p.m., sleep ECE And it’s not just the kids either. Most evening college stu discussion only of the problems in a new place every night and Project Coordinator, dents have full-time jobs, and come to Drexel straight from which occurred along the race travel under bad weather condi SunDragon Team work. These yuppies are so greedy they insist on eating din ner in class sometimes. Instead, they should pile it on at lunch, and hold off until class is over at 9:00 p.m. to eat dinner. Classrooms are not food courts. Maybe if they didn’t sign Insider information on up for so many classes, students could eat in the cafeteria once in a while. Of course, Drexel’s cafeteria is currently closed, but it’s common knowledge that human beings can go for weeks without food, and Landau knows a couple th e revolution in print extra hours won’t hurt. And don’t forget, all of Drexel’s buildings are equipped This is probably because they Something along the lines of with water fountains. Static Across don’t like me, and haven’t actu the “milk” ads (sponsored by ally thought of the changes, so I America’s Dairy Farmers), or the The Lines thought I would devote a col ads sponsored by the Plastics m m m . Scott umn illustrating my ideas for Council, which point out that Smith changes that could be made. I’m even though plastic suffocates pretty sure The Triangle will cute furry animals and little You may have seen ads in agree that most are good ideas babies, it’s useful for covering recent issues of The Triangle and will choose to adopt them. CD’s so that consumers get pointing out that a "revolution Here’s a change that I think arthritis trying to tear the plastic in p rin t” is coming on would be a hit: print everything off, thereby benefiting the chiro September 22. These full-page in reverse. That way people will practic industry and the fine ads were created mainly because have to read The Triangle using a folks who manufacture Tylenol, there was nothing else with sub mirror, and sales of mirrors will which is safety-sealed using plas stance to print, and The tic, and I’m pretty sure this Triangle must have an even is a run-on sentence but I number of pages to be con Also, the intent of the ads is don’t really care. sidered a newspaper. (I bet The mirror industry you just flipped to the last to stir Drexel students into should try to encourage page to see if I’m lying.) a frenzy, wondering what consumers to cover every o n i B wa Also, the intent of the ads inch of their walls with mir is to stir Drexel students exciting changes are rors, as that will save a lot of Submission Policy into a frenzy, wondering money on paint, which con what exciting changes are coming to The Triangle tains lead anyway and has Guest columns, letters to the editor, and artwork may be sent coming to The Triangle this this fa ll an annoying habit of drying. to the attention of the Ed-Op Editor, The Triangle, 32nd and fall. Certainly this has been And having mirrors all Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. They may also be sent the talk of the town the past around the house will cause via e-mail to edopdtrian0e.8tudent-org.drexel.edu or delivered couple weeks, although people in go way up. people to constantly look at in person to 3 0 1 0 MacAllster Hall. Albuquerque, New Mexico Also, The Triangle should find themselves, even when they look All submissions must include a name and phone number and haven’t been talking about it mirror manufacturers, and away, and that will send them to should include an address and appropriate affiliations such as much for some reason. entice them to advertise in The their plastic surgeons, which will major, year of graduation, or organizational position. Since I’m a columnist for The Triangle. Finding mirror manu please the Plastics Council Anonymous submissions will not be published; authors’ names Triangle, I figured I was enough facturers might take a little immensely. will only be withheld under special circumstances. of an “insider” that they’d research, but there’s a mirror in And The Triangle can be at the divulge all the exciting changes my bathroom, so I’m pretty sure center of all this. On September Written pieces should be presented on disk in MacWrite to me, but this wasn’t the case. somebody’s out there making 22. format. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. on They won’t tell me anything them, and I’m quite certain a big 1 would also recommend that Wednesday of the week of publication. The Triangle reserves about what’s in store for Drexel’s advertising blitzkrieg would be The Triangle place my column the right to edit for space, grammar, clarity and content. official student newspaper. in their best interests. see SMITH on next page The Triangle * August 11,1995 * 5 Taking a shot at the postal service New Post Office Situation: Now, Cliff, I And don’t deliver the mail with it however. After my freshman year I was A Pig understand that you sometimes feel either. What the hell is a postal worker anxiously awaiting a letter from Drexel. I threatened on the job, what with all the going to shoot anyway? If your front door knew the date that it had been sent out, in Zen dogs and the hot weather. However, we is being sticky, does Mr. Postman shoot it but came to the conclusion that the postal Jonathan C. are just going to have to ask you to clean down? That nasty pit bull would surely be service had lost it. 1 eventually got the mail Poet out your things, because you’re fired. less bothersome with a couple slugs three weeks late. The amazing part is that Maybe you should have left your AK-47 at buried in its spine. the usually-awful postal service got the let I turned on KYW the other morning home. It’s just not appropriate for deliver Of course, those postal workers are a ter to my home in Massachusetts despite and heard an interesting tidbit of news. ing mail. We have an zany bunch anyway. the fact that it was addressed to a four Apparently, the group of people that gov image to uphold. Guns They are inconsistent at digit zip code in Mississippi. Of course, erns the United States Postal Service are not a part of that What is a postal best. How else do you four-digit zip codes don’t exist, but don’t passed a mandate that declared any postal image. explain my magazine tell Drexel that. employee caught with a gun on the job Can you believe peo worker going to shoot subscription that disap I always thought mailmen were cool would be fired. ple had to even debate anyway? If your front peared for five months when I was young and impressionable. I Let’s all rejoice. the issue? It’s downright and then miraculously just wanted to drive their jeeps. Postal Somehow I can’t believe that such a scary. I would hope that door is being sticky, reappeared? And you workers get to drive from the right-side of rule needed to be agreed upon at all. my office mate would does Mr. Postman know that guy deliver their vehicle. That’s so cool — or so I Consider the following situations: get axed if he elected to ing the mail reads every thought. Old Post Office Situation: Now, Cliff, I bring in his handy shoot it down? single letter. What else I later realized that the poor bastards understand that you sometimes feel Beretta 9-mm to worlc does he have to do with delivering mail all wear black socks pulled threatened on the job, what with all the Please, keep it at home. his time? up to their knees during the summer. dogs and the hot weather. However, we I’m no anti-gun freak, either.' I really Speaking of inconsistency, my mail No wonder they take guns to work. are just going to have to ask that you try to don’t care if you want to keep a gun safely takes anywhere from two to 14 days to leave your AK-47 at home. It’s just not locked away in your gun cabinet where travel the 300 miles from my parents’ Jonathan Poet is d pre-Junior majoring In appropriate for delivering mail. We have your three-year-old kid can’t get to it. house. Apparently, the postal service occa mechanical engineering. He is Editorial and an image to uphold. Guns are not a part of Take it out and shoot up some targets. I sionally sends my mail via pigeon. Opinion editor of The Triangle. He didn’t that image. don’t care. Just don’t point it at me. I will give credit where credit is due. know Jeny Garcia. New ideas for a revolutionary newspaper SMITH from previous page fiin, the articles could be broken up into 1-inch chunks, so that on the front page, so people the reader would have to piece won’t have to bother flipping together 200 chunks to read an through a few pages to read it, entire article. Of course, those which will decrease the likeli chunks wouldn’t be in any par hood of them developing arthri ticular order, and might be tis. This assumes that people spread across different issues. read my column. There’s no sci There would no longer be a entific evidence of that. need for that silly crossword One of the most entertaining puzzle, which I seriously doubt aspects of reading The Triangle anyone except Lester has ever or other high-quality publica done anyway, and that would tions is that of “flipping around” free up more room for mirror to get to the end of the story. ads. Some news stories, and damn I suppose The Triangle should well near all of my columns, are also come shrink-wrapped in so large that they don’t conve plastic. That way, you’ll be niently fit on a page, once large assured that it’s the real thing, ads have been placed on the page and that your copy hasn’t been by the mirror industry. tampered with. Thus, it is necessary to I’d also encourage The “spread” the articles or columns Triangle to discontinue using the across multiple pages. The extremely toxic ink they use Triangle usually says something now. Oops! I wasn’t supposed to like “See SMITH on page 900” to say that. I was just joking. let you know that there is more You needn’t be alarmed that SMITH on page 900, even when your hands are no doubt covered there is no page 900. with gray ink right now. No It would be much more fun if one’s proven that it seeps into these subtle hints weren’t includ your bloodstream and causes ed at all! cancer. Readers would then get to I can hardly wait for have an adventure searching September 22. through the paper for the rest of the article. The adventure would M. S cott Smith (umsmith@ be compounded by the fact that mcs.drexei.edu) is basically a everything would be printed in senior majoring in Computer reverse. Science. We’re pretty sure this To make things even more ini( is safe. . I 1:. I! i M! r!-i ! i! i i !.h ri rl r! i! r! li I'Hli-' rl-il-il ri • • The Triangle • Ai^ust 11,1995 Com ics H o r o s c o p e s t h e Eric It Minbiole Correction: Last week we pre dicted that you will be struck by a 14 pound red snapper while mowing your lawn. It will be, in fact^, a 1 2 pound halibut. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): A com puter error will result in the termi nation of your coble service. You will try everything from solitaire to needlepoint, but nothing will be able to occupy your time. If all else fails, you may need to learn to read. Taurus (Apr. 20-Moy 20): A lit tle luck of your church BINGO tournament will land you a year's subscription to Redbook . Gemini (May 21-June 21): Quit your dead end job as a K-Mart security guard. Instead, exercise your constitutionally protected right to sell $40,000 toasters to the U.S. Government. Be sure to charge extra for the Pop Tarts®. Cancer (June 22-July 22): You have kept your true emotions hid den for too long. Let the people you work with know your inner feelings. Besides, who soys that only postal workers con be 'dis gruntled.' Leo (July 23>Aug. 22): A roman tic candle lit dinner may help to rekindle deep emotions with an old flame. If all goes well, she may even lift that restraining order. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will win the respect of your peers when you defeat the school bully in a heated thumb wrestling match. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): After years of training, you will achieve fame and fortune as the country's foremost Twister® play er. Unfortunately, a game related injury will leave you color blind and unable to compete in the '98 Olympics. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): A careless remark against Marlin Brando will lessen your favor with The Family. Convince them of your loyalty by breaking one of your own kneecaps. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): when the townspeople discover your mischievous actions, you _ ^ V k ' will be forced to wear a large red 'A.' ------Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jon. 19): Now's the time to forget all the ------worries and hassles of the big city. Sell your beeper, move to Concun, and start a lucrative career painting nature scenes on episode 4.'5 O 1995 d.m. haring jr turtle shells. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 10. You are registered as Wear your best suit and get your Warning signs that you're mares that you’re still in hair done for that big presenta both a day and evening stu taking too many classes. class and you wake up to tion. Instead of felling a joke to dent. find that you’re still in class break the ice, try passing out rub T h e and it's the middle of night. ber chickens. The boss will be T u t A xTi-^r r course request fprm to regis- 4- You haven't heard that impressed by this kind, of innova i RIANGLE ter for classes. 0.J. was on trial. tive thinking, and is sure to give n | H | r ^ ^ 8. Your main source of nutri- 3. To save time, you just you a bigger cubicle. I tion is Vivarin. told OSIR which classes Pisces (Feb. 19-AAar. 20): Those * 7. Your textbooks cost more voices in your head will soon you’re not taking. return. Though you will try to than your tuition. 2. You fail three classes and resist their influence, they will 6. By the time your classes still make the Dean’s List. overpower your conscious. Your I end, 7-Eleven is closed. 1. You’ve spent at least one jonly hope is to fill your car with I 8. You keep having night Friday night at the library. whipped cream and drive into a - giant vat of JELLO. 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The Triangle Classifieds are sepa Bt, full mod kit, w/w carpet, central air, Powelton Village, HW floors, 1.5 bath, DW, for 1 person. Galley kitchen, carpeted, walk to school. Very clean apartment and economical gas appliances, huge roofdeck, patio, coin-op laundry in basement. Call Interior security bars, gas heat. $320->-. quiet unit. Large bedroom with good size rated into 11 available classifica washer/dryer. Avail. Sept 1. 35tti & Spring and leave message 624-7536 386-6722. Free W/D.______closet. W/D in basem ent. Very secure tions in the order below. If you Garte^n. R^UC^D to $1250 731-9550. 3300 Spring Garden. Recently renovated, 2 BR-3200 Hamilton St. Beautiful Victorian building. Available September 1st: $395 includes heatl Call 222-9117 day, (610) cannot find a heading, there are 38XX L ancaster. 6 Br, 3 Bth, eat-in bright 2 BR apt with central air, gas heat, building. Living area, nice kitchen, tile bath, pine floors. D/W, free W/D. $795. 667-2426jii^t. Ask for Chris.______no ads of that type in this week’s kitchen, large living room, colnop laundry, new carpeting, tile bath, lots of extras. A old pool table, $1100/month. September must «ee. Convenient to bus route Into includes heat & hot water. 386-6722. One bedroom: 32nd and Baring, 7 min newspaper. 1. Call 483-2395.10 month lease. city. $495 + util. Call Chris (609) 429- 3 BR apt.-3200 Hamilton St. Beautiful walk to school. GREAT VIEW OF THE CITYI Very clean apartment with high ceilings Nice 2 bedroom apt for rent. Large, mod 0463______Victorian building. Patio-grassy area, living and large eat-in kitchen. Separate living em. Fenced-In bacl^ard, garbage disposal. 34th & Arch Streets. Spacious, sunny, one area, nice kitchen, D/W, free W/D, interior Apartments room. W/D in basement. Very secure build Sublets 32nd & Powelton. Call Jay or Erin 9 (215) bedroom apartment. Laundry facilities, off security bars. $975. Includes heat & hot street parking. Available September. water. 3866722.______ing. Available now or September 1st: $415 386-1872.______Includes heat. Call 222-9117 day, (610) Roommates $550/month includes heat & hot water. 2 BR apt. 432 N. 34th St.-Living room, 35XX Baring. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 667-2426 night. Ask for Chris. ______For Sale (610) 527-7809______large kitchen, tile bath. Interior security modem kitchen w / DW, microwave, wash Efficiency apartment at 32 & Baring $305. Wanted er/dryer. Full floor, private Victorian home. Newly renovated 2 BR apartm ent. Best bars, small yard. Free W/D. Gas heat. $595+. 3866722.______Franklin Rentals 382-7368______Text Books Rent includes all utilities. Very quiet loca location. Laundry facilities. $650/m onth tion. Private entrance. $1020. John 587- includes heat and hot water. Available 2 BR apartments-3408 Spring Garden St. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS (5 locations in Services 6937.______September. (610) 527-7809______Under construction-will be ready for Sept. 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Heat incl. 322-6041. a t^on^ (opens ^pt. ^ ______The deadline for placing a central air, gas heat; wall to wall carpet. 3 BR-434 N. 34th St. Living room, large 34th AND BARING. Beautiful very spacious two bedroom apartment. Large enough for Large two bedroom located at 3325 Spring classified ad is 5:00 p.m. on the $650 + Util. Must see. (610) 279-1205 kitchen, tile bath, free W/D, D/W. $775. Garden. Sunny, entire 3rd floor with lots of Includes heat. 386-6722.______three. Eat-in kitchen, two decks, laundry. Tuesday of the week of the issue 39xx BARING- 4 BR apt, 1 1/2 baths, h/w Will totally repaint for new tenants. $825 natural wood. Large bath with kitchen. in which you want your a(' IHTERNATtONAttfvlPLOYlVIENT Mai Alice Harvey to play the legendary King Joe Koren Arthur. Staff Writert Richard Gere plays Lancelot, Love, honor, betrayal, a beau the solitary wanderer who tiful queen, a beloved king, a becomes a knight. heroic knight and a ruthless foe Unlike other retellings of this set the stage for the epic telling famous story, Lancelot is intro of the timeless and tragic love duced as a swordsman who triangle in the golden city of roams the countryside demon Camelot. strating his great skill with the The story of King Arthur, sword for money. Guinevere and Lancelot is leg Having no home, no love and endary. First Knight adds a new no fear, Lancelot finally assumes and different twist to this classic his place at King Arthur’s tale. Roundtable in an effort to After years of civil war. King remain by Guinevere’s side. Arthur decides to marry the Richard Gere, unlike the rest honorable Lady Guinevere of of the cast, makes no attempt to Leonesse, whose father was a maintain an English accent, pos close ally. Leonesse, however, sibly due to his fear (not has been plagued by the evil Sir Lancelot’s) of falling prey to the Malagant, a former Knight of the random accent that plagued Round Table. Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Guinevere promises to marry Prince of Thieves and the accom King Arthur, not only because panying criticism. his army will protect her coun Gere is without doubt the try, but because she truly loves weakest of the cast. Although him for his wise and gentle ways. some may remember him fondly On her way to Camelot, Sir as the dashing love interest from Malagant sets a trap to capture Pretty Womany he is unable to Guinevere, but his hand is stayed convey the same feelings, possi by the brave intervention of a bly because every time he speaks wandering swordsman, Lancelot. he sounds American. Lancelot’s bravery, swords This First Knight should have manship and youth awakens been the last pick for this role. conflicting and powerful emo Sword master Bob Anderson, tions within her. however, did hone Richard First Knight has an impressive Gere’s swordplay into some of cast. Of course, the best fighting most people scenes in recent FRANK CONNOR/Co/umb/a Pictures remember Sean Richard Gere, memory. "I’ve had them all: Miss Moneypenny, Pussy Galore, even Goldflnger. But then I met you. Your Connery from his The climactic sword handling Is ... Incredible. Oops! I've dropped my bar of soap. Could you pick it up, stud?” famous days as unlike the rest of battle between James Bond and the cast, makes Lancelot and Sir were given by Ben Cross as the this movie. and the Knights of the his most recent Malagant is grip evil Sir Malagant and Liam In one scene Lancelot Roundtable were not developed films The Hunt no attem pt to ping and fierce. Cunningham as Sir Agravaine. removes his chest armor and lets enough. for Red October, maintain an Completing The scenery was beautiful and it fall to the floor. Tin garbage Possibly any attempt to retell Medicine Man, the love triangle the film overall well shot. cans look sturdier. The miscast this tale will fall short in less Rising Sun and English accent. is Guinevere, So what was wrong — first, of the movie was Gere. than a two-hour period. Even Just Cause. , played by Julia First Knight takes so many liber His inability to be Lancelot with the film’s failings, the per The beloved king, who Ormond. ties with the story of the Round instead of a Yankee in King formances (except Gere’s) are believes in doing what is best for A relative newcomer to the Table that, other than the names Arthur’s Court is a major bur outstanding. the whole of society, is played big screen, O rm ond’s previous of familiar characters and the den on this movie. It is a great ’90s telling of an majestically and with heart-felt credits include her portrayal of classic love triangle, little The story is well told, but the old Arthurian tale. emotion by Connery. Stalin’s tormented wife in HBO’s remains of the original ending, though containing the Arthur’s wisdom and kind Stalin and her highly acclaimed Arthurian legend. climactic battle between Film ▲ A A ness are the basis for Guinevere’s role in Legends of the Fall. There is no Merlin or Lady of Lancelot and Sir Malagant, is H n tK n lg tit love. A true Queen, Ormond plays the Lake. The magic of the orig unrealistic. Sean Connery, Rfchard Qere, Connery plays the role so well Guinevere as strong, quick- inal story is lost. The story concentrates on the Julia Ormond it is easy to see why he was the thinking and caring. The costumes are very 1990; love triangle and Ben Cross’s Directed by Jerry Zucker filmmakers’ first and only choice Spectacular performances there is no bulky plate armor in character, the evil Sir Malagant, Columbia Coming to the Triangle area • Monster Magnet wants you to ‘Species’ an d ‘N ine M onths’: bring your teenage sister to the show. They’ll see that she gets home. Psychedelic-metal-polka can’t sound much better, especially 5 h o u rs o f big screen sex ed considering the chemicals you’ll inevitably ingest, like it or not. Inter species breeding, a hard bodied killer alien, edly attempts to have sex with BYOSyringe. Corrosion of every man she meets. The prob Conformity should show up too. and a smack-ass of a British heartthrob await lem is, she keeps getting pissed August 12 at the Trocadero, 10th you at climate-controlled movie oases. off and killing them before con and Arch Sts. Doors open at 7:00 summation. p.m. Advance tickets are $10. Jason Woerner was great. I admit, I thought it Nine Months, on the other Information and tickets from the Staff Writer would be good before I saw it. hand, is a much better movie. Trocadero, 440-0923, and Within the space of one week, The ads and previews I had seen Where Species sets out to scare TicketMaster, 336-2000. I went to see both Species and looked very good. Plus, it’s been you and fails laughably, Nine Nine Months, two movies about so long since a quality horror Months sets out to make you • Quadriplegics have been known the consequences of reproduc movie has come out that in the laugh and does it so success^lly to dance at The Jon Spencer tion. meantime I’ve been contemplat it is scary. Hugh Grant receives a Blues Explosion’s concerts. Some Nine Months is easily the bet ing Newt Gingrich as President message from his girlfriend that of them even get topless. If you’re ter of the two films, although just to scare the hell out of she is pregnant with a British- not sure if you should like them. being better than a film that is a myself. human halfbreed. When his girl Beck and the Beastie Boys do, and mound of shit is not the loftiest But Species was not great, nor friend escapes from their rela / vV CTs you know what that means. See for of achievements. was it even good. I need only to tionship, Hugh freaks out and yourself. They got all the crazy Most of my friends, upon summarize the plot and you will repeatedly attempts to win her flayva, with plenty to spare. August hearing that I saw Species, have realize why I feel this way. back. The problem is, she keeps 30 at the Trocadero. Doors open at asked me if it was any good, just Mankind receives a message getting pissed off at him. (No, 7:00p.m. Advance tickets are $10. like people are supposed to when from space telling us how to cre she doesn’t kill anyone.) i Information and tickets from the they find out you’ve seen a ate an alien-human halfbreed. Species attempts to scare you Trocadero, 440-0923, and movie. But in this case, they all When this thing escapes from by throwing squirrels out of TicketMaster, 336-2000. seemed to expect me to say it the genius scientists, she repeat see HORNY ALIEN on page 11 The Triangle« August 11, 1995 * 11 Costner drowns in $200M W aterwaste Jason Woerner idiot by Hollywood. All summer Waterworld, just like any Staff Writer I get fed movies that make little other film that has had a signifi I’ve been receiving a lot of or no sense and are hailed as sci- cant amount of money put into pressure lately. It seems that the ence-fiction, horror, or even it, has its moments of cinematic nev/spaper community thinks comedy classics when all they are glory. 1HE FRANKLIN INS' this article is running way is shit. In 2 hours and 15 minutes, I MUSEUM behind schedule and way over Some genius decides to write counted four impressive scenes budget. Rumors are circulating a script telling us what would that almost made the movie that I’ve spent nearly $200 mil happen if the polar icecaps melt worth seeing. lion. ed. Fine. But much more frequent are DOCK ARE AIVAVS OP[N OK, so I’m talking about His magnificent conclusion moments that make you wonder Waterworld, Kevin Costner’s is: there’d be a lot of water and whether Hollywood executives VMmwm «• «w NmMh iMttM* «dMm LW«Mn«NMi •( « «Wt <1^ (• y*«r Robin Hood with gills meets we’d all be left cruising around passed fifth grade science, like Road Warriory which has taken on sail boats and floating towns when a balloon filled with enough heat to evaporate every made of fish guts. hydrogen gently floats over an drop of water on the planet. ^ ------...— mtirntlnni I suppose this means those exploding oil tanker without WMWMi. CiJ iir Mhy — Cheap Imitation of Plot: bursting into flames like the I»—» Wiwtilwi wiinri i w n «ii< Costner is the Mariner, a loner Costner is the Hindenburg. who enjoys swimming, sailing, Or when the entire point of and drinking his own urine. Mariner, a loner who the film, the quest for dry land, a ^ Where: He spends most of his time enjoys swimming and quest that has eluded what is left il http://slnJ.eclu/ sailing around the world and of mankind for hundreds of occasionally dives to the bottom drinking his own years, is suddenly fulfilled when of the ocean (no problem with an old fart decides to look at the pressure, Mr. Cousteau) to pick urine, map upside down, thus making ^ Fbr those aspiring minds who are too lazy tQ up some trinkets which he then crystal clear the enigmatic arrow go downtown, the Franklin t n s ^ e offers a vir> sells to small floating villages for icecaps would have melted which had previously defied a drink of water. instantly and we wouldn’t have comprehension. ‘ a tKJOk without leti^nf^y^urroonrt?^ At one of these villages he hundreds of years to prepare for I believe the actual quote is: meets a young girl with a tattoo such an occurrence. As the sur “Aha! Land is this way!” on her back of a big arrow point vivors are in this movie, we’d be But hey, like I’ve said before, ing to the fabled DryLand. left using wads of dirt for cur what are summer movies for but Dennis Hopper is a really bad rency and spending our days get to leave your brain at home on guy who would like to see this ting a good tan. ice, sit back and watch Kevin tattoo. Beyond this simple premise, Costner go swimming. He’s tired of sailing around Waterworld is so unoriginal it I say defy the Hollywood in an oil tanker with his buddies, makes Friday the 13th Part 10 executives and be original. Rent who somehow all have access to look like Eraserhead (pardon the Road Warrior and then go swim jet-skis which must be floating obscure movie reference). ming yourself. It’s hot out there. all over this planet with But no one in Hollywood absolutely no land. Kevin meets cares about originality. In fact, Film S tarrin g th at cute Dennis and they don’t like each they’re counting on all you Wmtmrwortd other so they fight and that’s moviegoers to act just like K«vln CostiMTi DmmiIs about it. you’ve acted in past summers, HopiMr I’m getting a little tired of seeing movies that are clones of Directed by Kevin Reynolds Brit sex fiend guy being treated like a complete earlier, superior films. Universal HORNY ALIEN from page 10 gives the saying “looks that kill” a whole new meaning. The alien trees and having street bums side is another creation from H. suddenly stumble out from R. Giger, whose paintings behind dark alley dumpsters. inspired the creatures from the There is no real fear involved at Alien films. It is as nightmarish all. Someone could tap you on as those triple-jawed insects - A Hole lot of fun the shoulder at the wrong but rather than using costumes moment and you’d be more and makeup to bring the Species SCHMALOOZA from page 12 tunity to see them. Around 9:30 p.m. Moore frightened. to the screen, the filmmakers After their Lollapalooza per announced that they were run If you decide decided to use “Plump,” “Credit in the Straight formance I never want to see ning out of time and would have you’d rather If you want to be computer ani World,” etc. Throughout the set them again. to take out a few songs. laugh than jump mation to do the she was passing out dolls from First of all, my friend swears So what did they do? They at the sight of a scared, you can go job. And that is the stage as I heard she often that Thurston Moore was wear played a 20 minute version of fuzzy rodent, then see Hugh Grant just what this does. ing a Ralph Lauren Polo shirt. something that seemed nev- go see Nine thing looks like, As she popped something into Kim Gordon could have been erending. Months. There’s kiss Tom Arnold computer ani her mouth she said, “Don’t just another performer. What If I wanted to hear a screech an adorable scene mation. worry, they’re only Turns.” happened to this ultra-cool ing, guitar clanging, version of in which Hugh in 'NineMonths' The bottom There was a tiny reserved woman? an Allman Brothers jam session, Grant sits in his line is, if you open area in the front which was They played several new songs I could have saved the Advil and car while Devine Brown goes want to be scared, you can go see some sort of an insulting version from an upcoming album that left after Hole. down ... wait a sec. I’m getting Tom Arnold kiss Hugh Grant in of a pit. no one came to hear. Did they play the danceable confused here. Nine Months. If that’s not fright I guess your daddy had to They have so many old mild hit “Kool Thing,” from the Actually, Nine Months will ening, I don’t know what is. If know someone to get you in albums, I don’t know why they 1990 Goo, which is one of my all make you laugh more than you want to laugh, you should there. We couldn’t figure it out. had to play new stuff which time favorite songs? No. Did today’s headlines. Tom Arnold, go see who our model/alien So again, what could have been a dragged on forever and was they play Dirtys “100 Percent,” Joan Cusack, Robin Williams finally does decide to have sex wild set if the pit had been in the putting me to sleep. another great favorite? Of course and Jeff Goldblum are great in with. Regardless of which film front, was basic and to the point. The one new song, “Washing not. supporting rolls. Hugh is the you see, it should comfort all Chills went down our spines Machine,” sounded more like I don’t own all of their same as usual, always looking you guys out there to know there when she broke out with the garbage disposal at my old albums, but I have enough to confused, with that smirk on his are psychopathic Swedish aliens Nirvana’s “Penny Royal Tea.” apartment. know that I’ve never been more face that makes women want to and fat guys who dig Roseanne Then Love was mumbling a little One audience member even disappointed by a band’s perfor kiss him and men want to smack waiting just for you. song about suicide. booed when they said they were mance. the hell out of him. We couldn’t figure out what going to play another new song. Maybe instead of all the new The only thing funnier than Film AAAA she was saying. The band finally asked if we artists learning from them, Sonic Nine Months was most of the Nine Months At the end of the set, Love wanted to hear old or new stuff. Youth should learn from the dialogue in Species. But I cannot Hugh Qrant, RoMn Williams, dropped her guitar, lightly We all yelled old. Others yelled young ones. fault the actors so much as the JulianiM Moore screenwriter. The cast of Species Directed by Chris Columbus pushed over a speaker, and left out song titles. Twentieth Century Fox the stage. They say that’s mild They did play a few decent Catherine Campbell graduated in was like Julia Child cooking with for her. jongs. “Bull in the Heather” and June and is recovering from her scrapple. No matter how well Film they did their job, they just Though I have liked Sonic “Self-Obsessed and Sexxee” last five years at Drexei at the Specie* didn’t have the right material. Youth since the mid-’80s when from their recent Experimental Jersey shore for the summer. Natasha Henstridge, Ben the video for “Death Valley ’69” Jet Set, Trash and No Star sound She works in a surf shop in As for the Species itself, the Kingsley used to be on USA’s “Night ed pretty good amongst the Stone Harbor. Some people think human side is played by ex Directed by Roger Donaldson Flight,” I’ve never had an oppor heavy feed back. she is a schmuck. You decide. model Natasha Henstridge, who UA and MGM 12 • The Triangle • August 11,1995 Entertainment I’m a ’Palooza, baby Thousands of kids managed not to get killed in Camden. Oh, yeah, there was a concert area. That’s The venders were similar to the ones of the past: silver, Her leather and hemp jewelry, vin Catherine tage clothing and ethnic food. Campbell This year, the Waterfront pro vided an extra bonus, beer for The Camden Waterfront the small price of $4.50. Yes, Entertainment Center is a lovely they were carding, but the con place to see a Barry Manilow sumption of it was not restricted concert, but was not an appro to any particular areas as it was priate venue for Lollapalooza at the New York, Randall’s ’95. Island show last year. To begin, the first stage area Personally, I thought it was was set up in reverse in a cov too hot for beer. You could also ered amphitheater, complete purchase mixed drinks and wrine with reserved, permanent seats, at other venders, along with a with the general admission and high caffeine type fake ecstasy. the mosh pit on the sloped grass We didn’t try that either. area in back. This setup was Beck was up next with his detrimental to the energy of the strange blend of folksy rap. We main stage. went down to our assigned seats I admit that after attending to get a good look at him, then five Lollapalooza shows, it was quickly went back to the grass. nice to sit back in a cushioned Everyone in the seats was sitting seat without worrying that some down and acting like they were mosher was going to kick me in watching a movie. the face at any moment. Though many thought that I also appreciated the abun Beck would be a “one hit won dance of clean, new bathrooms der,” we thought he put on a and a MAC machine in an air- good show, which probably conditioned lobby that looked would have been better if the pit more like an airport. But that’s was in the front. He, of course, not what Lollapalooza should played “Loser,” some songs ft-om be. the first EP and the funky “Beer The all-day festival should be Can.” completely general admission, so I was once a fan of Sinead everyone gets a chance to get O’Connor, but I have to say that close to the stage and connect I didn’t shed a tear when she with the bands. The uptight, dropped off the tour. I was quite strict security guards made sure surprised when I initially heard that even the people with that Elastica was added. assigned seats couldn’t get any I mean, Sinead is one thing, closer. but another band from the U.K. Some critics have complained to be added? The songs they per about the line-up, but I think it formed from their self-titled was one of the best since 1992. debut album were tunes that I’m After the 1993 show, three fellow sure will make the WDRE air Triangle reporters and I made up waves this year. our own Lollapalooza dream I’m surprised there wasn’t teams. Sonic Youth and Cypress more of a response for their lat Hill were both on my list. est single “Stutter.” It’s getting a When a band like the Mighty lot of air play on the Jersey shore Mighty Bosstones, who have 83 stations where I currently live. albums, are set to open up the Maybe the Philly stations day, you know it’s going to be haven’t picked up on it yet. good. We spent the first half of However, their first single, ENRIQUE BADULESCU/DGC the day hanging out in the “Connection,” did get the crowd Behind the scenes footage of "Weekend at Pokey’s,” a riotous comedy about 3 necrophiliac sunny, grassy general area. jumping. Between songs, the farm hands and the fresh corpse of a petite blonde. Take the kids, but don’t forget the gloves. The Bosstones were the first band made little melancholy band on and statements like any other concert goer. around here but where we come throughout her tight hour-long seemed to have most British We went back to our assigned from ...” set with one foot propped up on the most energetic The only political bands do. seats because Cypress Hill was The only political statement a speaker. response of the statement of the Pavement up next, and we needed a break of the day that I heard came Our seats were so close we day. was our “sacri ft’om the sun. We had both seen firom Cypress Hill as they started even caught a glimpse of Their moshable day came from fice” dinner them at Woodstock and didn’t a chant of “Fuck Bob Dole.” adorable Francis Bean Cobain set seemed similar Cypress Hill as band. want to miss anything. They also blasted Washington, who was being held at the side of to the one from We probably Their stage set-up featured a saying that they don’t under the stage. this year’s Spring they started a should have giant inflatable Buddha holding stand our generation and that Unfortunately, their set was lam. chant o f ''Fuck watched some a marijuana leaf. “Bob Dole wants to put tape plagued with sound problems We weren’t of the second Their pro-pot message over everyone’s mouth.” and lots of feed back, which familiar with Jesus Bob Doler stage too, at that seemed a little shocking to the Funny how the Inquirer and Love whined for the sound crew Lizard, other than point, but you parents in front of us, as they Daily News never mentioned to fix. knowing that the had to walk to sang songs from their second that part. At one point she even whined lead singer often partakes in the other side of the complex to album like “Hits from the Bong” Hole was nothing less than at guitarist Eric Erlandson saying rude onstage antics, like the time get from the Tai food to the and “I Wanna Get High.” spectacular. I used to hate that the sound his guitar was he dropped his pants at a prior other stages and we just didn’t They also included a few Courtney Love and everything making was “grody.” Has Love Lollapdooza show and the time feel like bothering. songs from their third album, she seemed to stand for, but transformed into a Valley Girl, he ripped the shirt off a female While eating our dinner in which has yet to be released. after the recent Vanity Fair cover or is she just making fun of his stage diver at last fall’s show at the lobby, B-Real from Cypress They complained to the audi article and this performance, it’s girlfriend. Drew Barrymore? the Trocadero. Hill walked right past us with a ence about cops but after they safe to say I’m a fan. The set was packed: “Violet,” Instead of watching them, we lady friend. No security guards. got little to no response they Suited in a simple black “Miss World,” “Doll Parts,” chose to walk around the viUage Just walking around like he was said, “I guess they aren’t that bad dress, Love chain-smoked see SCHMALOOZA on page 11