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Tuesday
September 22,1981
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Tarleton State University Student Newspaper
Non-Profit Organization
U.S. Postage Paid
Permit No. 133
Stephenville, Texas 76401
Parking remains serious
problem atTSU
With the beginning of the
fall semester comes the
problem of parking on the
TSU campus. There are
3730 students enrolled at
Tarleton this fall. So far,
2833 parking stickers have
been issued, with some
students having bought
more than one sticker for
their vehicles.
Campus Police Chief Don
W eiler said there are
about 2000 parking spaces
on campus. He said that
the parking jot on Lillian
Street isn't used much, and
that the 600 parking spaces
east of the football field
aren't used much either,
because students don't want
to walk the relatively long
distance from these lots
to their classes.
The Safeway store west
of the main campus has
had problems with students
who park in their parking
lots. "I've had some hauled
off in front," Safeway
manager Roy Coppedge
said. "It's okay in the back
as long as they stay out
of the way of the trucks.
As long as they park in
front, I have no other
choice but to have them
hauled off. The customers
have to park."
The campus police have
also had some trouble
with students parking in
visitor and handicapped
spaces. W eiler said there
are 12 visitor parking
places, and they have
cont. on p. 5
TEXANS WIN • Texan quarterback Bill Bayless
demonstrated his winning pass at Saturday night's
game against the McMurry Indians. TSU defeated
the Indians with a final 22-12 victory. For details,.
see story on page 4.
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Charly McClain concert draws rave reviews
by Carol Daniel
As dozens of
camera-clicking cowboys
crowded the aisle to get a
closer look, progressive
country singer Charly
McClain weaved a musical
spell over the
near-capacity crowd at
Wisdom Gym last
Thursday night.
'Beautiful', 'charming',
and 'sexy' were just a few
of the adjectives students
used to describe Charly.
One student on the
front row was particularly
mesmerized as he rocked
to the music, singing along
with the songs. The show
opened at eight p.m. with
The Charly McClain Bartd
singing Eddie Rabbit's
foot stompin' "Drivin' My
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Charly McClain
Life Away" and
continuing with a string of
popular country songs
such as "Broken Lady,"
"The Race is On,"
"Heart," and "Family
Tradition."
Accompanied by chants
of "we want Charly" from
the impatient crowd, the
four-man band introduced
the 5'1" performer.
Hand-clapping and
shouts of "we love you,
Charly" drowned out the
opening lines of "My
Baby's Back as Charly
began her performance.
For the next sixty
minutes Charly sang
soul fully about lost love
and loneliness with a
line-up which included
"Let Me £|e Your Baby,"
" That's What You Do to
Me," and "You and Me."
"I want to do a song
for the ladies now,"
Charly said as she
introduced "Women Get
Lonely." "It's the only
song that was written
especially for me," she
said.
Charly added a personal
touch to her performance
by taking requests from
the audience. "I'm gonna
do this song for you,
J.W.," Charly said in her
Tennessee drawl as she
began one of her most
popular songs, a song she
wrote herself, "Take Me
Back."
Charly began her
singing career at nine when
her brother formed a band.
For six years Charly
performed as vocalist and
bass-player as the band
entertained at dances and
in clubs around Memphis.
"I barely made it
through high school,"
Charly said. "In fact, \
skipped a year to get out
early; I barely passed with
a C because I used to work
on songs during study
hall."
When she was 17,
Charly became a regular
singer with the Mid-South
Jamboree in Memphis.
During her two-year stint
with that group she was
discovered by producer
Larry Rogers, who signed
her to a contract with Epic
Records in 1977. Her first
album, "Here's Charly
McClain," was an instant
success.
Last year 25-year-old
Charly was listed in People
magazine as one of the
rising new stars of the year
in country music. She was
also named "Most
Promising Female Vocalist
of the Year" at the Music
City News Cover Awards.
After answering
questions from the
audience, Charly rocked
the bleachers with the
classic "Johnny B. Gjaod,"
then slowed the pace with
"Surround Me With
Love," "Sleepin' with the
Radio On," and ended
with her current hit
"Who's Cheatin' Who."
Charly, who just
finished a four-week tour
with Kenny Rogers, says
she enj oys Texas
audiences. "Texas crowds
are easiest to work with"
she said. "They're
friendlier, but they don't
clap as much."
Charly's sparkling
performance more than
satisfied the expectations
of her TSU fans and made
her several new ones,
including one ten-year-old
boy named Keith she
brought on stage to
serenade with the song
"Men."
As the lights went up
and the last notes echoed
through the gym, one TSU
student expressed the
general mood of the.
concert crowd. "I wasn't
expecting this at all. She's
even better than I thought.
It couldn't have ever lasted
long enough."
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