McMurry University, The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 5, 2001 Page: 3 of 4
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Wednesday December 5 2001
The Wur Whoop - Page 3
Entertainment
Midnight Oil burns bright
In Ii;Giciii
The band in ques-
tion is Midnight Oil Doug
the boyfriend in question
presented me with the op-
portunity to go ind see tlieni
in concert in New Orle.ins
Never one to turn down a
fiee trip to a new and here
toiore unexplored plate
(that I didn't hae to pa) a
dune lor). I jumped at the
oppoi limit)
At this point an
aside might be necessary to
explain who Miilnight Oil
is If my age 20. is roughly
the average age oi most ol
the campus then you who
are reading this weie all still
in elementary school when
Midnight Oil's biggest hit
"Beds Are Burning" was on
MTV and getting heavy io-
talion on the ladio 1 he only
other thing 1 can ollci in the
way ol identification is to
say they're one ol. if not the.
biggest Austialian band ever
(think about it. though how
many i calls big Australian
bands can you name ') and
Peter Garrett their singer is
tin original bald lead singei
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Orleans Sunday night we
located the place without
too much incident and ate
dinner at the restauiant be-
fore the show (if you ever
get down that way try the
chicken breast with mango )
The road crew for the band
(m inteiestmg collection of
mostly bald-shaven
goateed tattooed licice
looking Australian guys) sat
right behind us
The opening band
was from Tennessee some
flavor-Dl-llie-month generic
light rock (you know the
type the unshaven laces the
Manuel completel)
oblivious to the lact that
Seattle is over ) I'd mention
their name so that someday
maybe I could eat these
words when they make it
big. bm I don't leniembei it
The opening band
loll I he lights went oil
Music stalled up piiiiu-
tive (piobably abonginal)
wailing and a beat that
shook the walls and tever-
berated in the soles ol my
shoes Shadows came on
the stage donned instru-
ments the lights came up.
and the band launched into
the first song. "Redneck
Wonderland "
Many things have
been used to describe Peter
Garrett's style as a liont
man I will attempt in my
own humble way to add to
that: spasmodic gyrating
mesnieriing Peter 6'4."
baldhead gleaming stmts
across the stage snapping
bobbing and jiving like a
madman Watching the man
you can almost leel the en-
eigy I lowing oil hi in in
waves Stage pi esence does
not describe this man
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When Peter grabs a micio-
phone he is the micioplione
the band the stage and the
audience all lolled mlo one
I he band nevei let
the energy subside not lot
one second 1 he high en
crgy even lell me at a
slightly disadvantage when
thcovcrcalous lansaioiind
me (the avei.me height ol
whom seemed to k licet the
physical siatuie ol the lead
singei hovering past the six-
lootmaik making me even
at V I I " st i ai n to see)
thiealened to stomp me in
then (lancmg lienv
Die conceit ended
triumphantly when the
opening band this being
then last slum with the band
(and pei haps then last show
cm i) joined Midnight Oil
on stage to peiloim the last
song koekin in the I ice
Woild
I he lights came up
and people stalled lihng out
leaving Iheeainageol ciga-
ictte bulls. Hash and spilled
heei hollies in iheir wake
Talking to the madies at dm
ncrdidn l quite mgiatiaic us
with them and ihoueh wc
asked about meeting the
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Sum
4 Talk back
8 Old India copper com
12 Hawaiian garland
13 Medicinal plant
14 College official
15 Elevated ralroads
16 Exercising moderation
10 Make happy
20Bd(pt)
21 S New England tlate (abbr )
22 Jelly
23 Number
V Democrat (abbr )
29 Dog
30 Trite
31 Extended play (abbr )
32 Father boy
33 Sun
34 Southern state (abbr )
35 Cloth cap
37 Rule
38 Number
39 Sea bird
40 Houri ol light
41 M dwest state (aobr )
42 In bed
44rtowcr
47 Dnnk maker
51 Attempt
52Vivacty
53 Chair
54 D reclion (abbr )
55 Uader pbbr )
50 Makes m stakes
57 Legal po nt
DOWN
1 leeward side
2 Secluded wooded valley
3 Take away gun
4 Glut
5 Beer
6 Sad
7 Calyx of flower
8 Gland near the kdieys
9 Teacher's group (abbr )
10 Native (abbr)
1 1 Saturated hydrocarbon (suffix)
17 rdwartfl nickname
19 Scale note
in New Orleans
b.ind we ended up wailing
outside lor them evenaltei
seuiiny told us to mmi;
along We stood among the
oilier lans lh.it were hoping
lot .i' hnipsLol the band oi
an aiiiuiMaph Baineades
weicet up between the lans
(the number ol which
dwindl ldi n to about si
as time pi cd without sight
ol the bind l and the road
eievv as lhe loaded geai
into a K)del ti lie. k
I mally well past 2
a in sonicof usiosigncdlo
sitting on i'ic lillliy pave
ment. sonic dumping
against the hniic.ulc the
call went out ill it the guvs
weie coming I got up as
quickly as inv aching legs
would allow mil stood al the
space between the baiiicade
and the wall snapping inc-
lines I didn tsay much ex-
cept ' Good show is they
passed since I didn't know
any ol then names The
guitarist. Jim picked me out
to talk to lor a while and
even suggested altei I
snapped a picture ol him.
thai I om him lor a second
I malls Pctci
Col) Hamlin's Se-
iitm Show. "It's
About Time." is cm -iciith
on display in
the Ryan Hue Aits
G.illeiy. Hamlin
took the photo al lelt
m Monument Valley.
nona. while at-
tending a woikshop
with MeMuity pio-
essoi Tim Suthei-
l.tnd. The icception
loi Hamlin's show
will take place De-
ee'inbei IS at 2 W
p m.
22 Weapon
24 Not out
25 Central part of church
28 Dash
27 Owe money
28 Fencing ewoid
29 Bed
30Rbbon
32 Lawmaker
33 Articulate
33 Railroad (abbr )
37 Object lor cl mblng
38 Tear badly worn
40 Thick
41 Sing present of be
43 Am
44 Crafts
45 Gael c language
40 Whiskeys
47 England s electronic media (abbr )
48 Appendage
49 Free ol something
50 Hearing organ
came out last and.
emboldened by the picttue
with Jim. I asked lor one
with him Doug quickly
joined us while anothei Ian
handled the camera loi us
A minivan that
was obviously the band's
escape tianspoitation came
around the corner and
paiked to wail lor them
Peter having satisfied the
lans to the best ol his abil-
ity went for the van Doug
ieahed he was still missing
a signatuie on his
aulogiaphed stull (a set list
f i (ini the lighting guy and
iwoC D inserts) made a i tin
loi the van and was actually
allowed inside to get the last
Oil ssignaltiiefiomMaiiin.
ihe member we missed
I unshed. Doug
ran back to me and the van
drove away We tramped
away sleepily but happily
I wouldn't yet call my sell a
Ian but boy does that band
put on a show'
New Mascot Names:
The Politically Couect
The Non Ollendeis
IheSexOltendeis
The Delciidcis ol the
faith
Apartments eontnuied liom page
latest predicaments accoid-
nig to a licensed pluinbei s
icsponse lo ihe situation
The McCatheieii Associate
plumber who investigated
the problem icporled that a
plug was lelt out ol pve
pipes in boih apaitnients in
question thai can led walei
thiough ihe walls thus caus-
ing a slow deteiioration ol
the sheet lock Inoneapail
mem mold giew thiough
the cabinet allixed lo the
wall and caused the moil.u
in ihe Inundation on ihe out-
side wall lo moisten eousid-
eiably How could such a
mistake have happened'
Aecoiding to the
McCatheieii Associate
pluinbei. the day he ai lived
lo cheek all pipes on the
west side anolhei crew had
come in anil begun lo blow
insulation into the walls
iheiebv hindeiiiig his and
the City ol Abilene s inspec-
tions As a lesull the
buildei McCatheieii Asso-
ciates iclused to clean out
the mold and icplace the
desiioved sheet lock and
cabinet alter sending out
then pluinbei to slop the
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Answei to last issue's Crossword
Students
participate in
area-wide
service day
l Kun I nlnm
I oi the second
yeat inaiow McMuirv stu
dents took pan m Abilene
wide Inieicollegiate Sei vice
Dav sponsoied and planned
by students al bilenc
Chiislian I iiiversitv
Ihe event took
pl.iee on Satuidav Novein
hei 17 Students liom A( I
Haulm Simmons and
McMuny met Inst lor a
kiekoll breaklast anddevo
tional set v ice at Nelson
P.uk Students could seive
thccommiiuitv dm hid both
a morning session and in
af lei noon session
I lie theme loi this
yeai s Inteicollegiaic Sei
vice Day is lahng il to the
Sneets Mine than nine
teen sites opened thcirdoois
lot students to do volunleei
woik. raneing liom woiking
al Habitat loi llumanilv
helping out with ehildieii at
the Dav iiisciy ol bileiie
lo singing to the eldeilv at
Windelesl AIhcillKi s
See SKRVICK
PMKC 4
leak
Mtcrlwowceksol
disputing the civil mallei
between McMiniv and
MeC'atheien as to who
would be doing ihe icpairs
the Mi Minis Maintenance
Dep. ii linen! icplaccd all ol
the damaged materials al
McMiniv s expense
Bill Burleson a
Texas Depailnieni ol I lealth
repiesentativeol Indooi n
Quality summaiied the se
veuly ol Ihe situ iiion bv ex
plaining thai il the mold had
not been cleaned awav pei
manently. eilv and govern
ment ollicials would have
been loreed lo evacuate the
entile west side and con
denin Ihe building based on
pievious deaths m ihe Stale
ol lexas 1 1 om mold lelated
illnesses
Luckily Buileson
was able lo solve the pi oh
lembeloieiteainc loevaeii
atiou by inhuming
McMunv Manilcnanec ol
thepiopci audclleclive pio
ceduies lot icmov ing the
mold and ensuiing the
saleiy ol maintenance woik
eis liom bie.uhine in the
noxious chemical and hai m
lul mold spoies
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McMurry University, The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 5, 2001, newspaper, December 5, 2001; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth104643/m1/3/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.