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Arts & Entertainment
Mall is Celebrity ol the Week until
Friday, so if you see him. give him
a big hue. and say. "Hey. Carbo.
have a great day. Can 1 bum a
smoke?"
UntversifyNews *^Qctober 30, 1996
about Matt Carbo:
Profile:
“He’s a great guy and a great worker,
even though he’s a Steelers fan.”
- Dave Lemire
“He’s the coolest person I know, espe-
cially when he plays the girl and I play
the guy.”** - Candace Woodard
“It’s unbelievable that a heart so big
can fit in such a little guy.” - John
Connaughton
“He has a collection of CDs that every-
one else is too scared to buy—they’re
all made of medddal! ” - Joe Lockridge
“I can’t help but have profound re-
spect for a man who can get on the
floor and do ‘the rowboat’ in the mid-
dle of a party.” - Joe Cristofaro
• Just so no one gets the wrong idea,
Candace is referring to an Airband act
two years ago, when she and Matt
cross-dressed and sang Grease’s “Sum-
mer Lovin’.”
Class: Junior
Major: Classics
Date of Birth: 11 29 76
Hometown: Pitcaime, PA
Favorite Glam Rock Stan
"Diamond" David Lee Roth
Favorite Movie: Meatballs II
Favorite Food:Hot dogs and
potatoes
Favorite Pro Wrestler: One
Man Gang
Most Recent Promotion:
Supervisor of Student Workers
(Campus Safety)
Accomplishments:
-Finished 12 pieces of Cici's pizza
in 15 minutes
-Starred in George Balanchine's
The Nutcracker
-President of the Lawrence Phillips
Fan Club
-Made a dummy
Matt’s thoughts on:
Miller High Life: “I need it!”
Cicero: “Well, I’ve read all of Cicero
[in Latin], and I have a firm grasp of
his stylistic import.”
Lance Curtright: “He’s so ignorant!”
Music On the Mall: “I find that the
tawdry lyrics and subtle, perverse
messages which become so readily
accessible to the student body through
music on the mall seriously impede
the search for moral and intellectual
truth both by myself and by the uni-
versity community.”
photo courtesy Aaron Deacon
Matt Carbo, wearing his usual
cheerful expression.
The Greek Definite Article: “It’s used
frequently and with great subtlety.”
*These thoughts may or may not be
Sun & Stair 1996 still strong after first fifty days
By Marci Tuck
Contributing Writer
One of the best ways to understand
our own culture better is to delve into
the ideas and traditions of another.
This Japanese philosophy, represent-
ed in the yin and yang symbol, means
that in order for one thing to be under-
stood, or even exist as we know it, we
need the opposite. Two parts of the
same essence make it a whole. For
example, the Western culture and tra-
dition that UD is based on would not be
distinguished as such if it were not for
the Eastern culture.
The label “Made in Japan” has come
to mean shoddy goods to us in recent
decades, but the traditional crafts of
Japan exhibit something far different
from that view. Much like the Shaker
culture in America, the beauty of Jap-
anese craft is often based in simplicity.
“The practicality of Japanese crafts
generally— that is, those things which
are of practical use—generally end up
being beautiful in their simplicity,”
Lyle Novinski, Professor of Art at UD,
said in an interview with University
Relations and Development.
The whole of Japa-
nese culture, from reli-
gion and philosophy to
the way Japanese people
live, can be seen in their
crafts. Accidents while
making a piece, such as
painting mistakes, exem-
plify the Eastern-based
Zen philosophy that ac-
cidents are just as much
a part of life as anything
else is, and should not
have to be “fixed,” as we
in western culture might
tend to do. A simple Jap-
anese Bison, which is a
pot with a hole you can
cork and a handle you
can it pick up with, is very economical
to make and very versatile in its use.
This simplicity and practicality fit per-
fectly into the Japanese lifestyle of
small living areas and play as much a
part of Japanese aesthetics as ornate,
silk dress kimonos do.
The state-wide celebration of Jap-
anese culture entitled Sun and Star: a
100 Day Celebration of Japanese Cul-
ture is the result of a growing aware-
ness of Japanese influ-
ence in Texas. UD pro-
fessors such as Novin-
ski were interested in
UD being a part of this
celebration as soon as
they heard about it, but
UD did not turn in its
bids for events in time
to be an official part of
the Sun and Star cal-
endar. They did, how-
ever, feel that UD had
a lot to offer in terms of
Japanese crafts and
culture.
- “We try our best to
expose students to
things they don’t see
every day,” Scott Churchill, psycholo-
gy professor and sponsor of the For-
eign Films series at UD, said. “Sun
and Star was a way to bring some of
that to UD... by providing several occa-
sions for students to encounter some-
thing new, different and valuable in a
casual setting.”
A few of the Japanese films are still
scheduled to be seen, but a majority of
UD’s contribution and support of Sun
and Star has already occurred. Art
exhibits such as the Ukioy-e show in
the Haggar Gallery and the Japanese
Graft show in the Art Department have
already come down as the 100 day
celebration that began at the begin-
nings of September has passed its half-
way mark.
Attendance to lectures, films and
art exhibits were low, but those low
numbers were expected. Churchill
noted that they expected four to six
people to turn up to certain events,
and so they were satisfied when that
number came. The interest from the
community seems greater, or at least
more publicized, than that on the ca m-
pus. Novinski supported this by stat-
ing that not as many people viewed the
Japanese Crafts exhibit as he would
have liked considering the magnitude
of the pieces in the show.
The city-wide celebration of Sun
and Star is far from over, however.
Up-and-coming events and exhibits in
the Metroplex area are listed in the
Arts and Entertainment Calendar, but
a pamphlet can be picked up with a
complete schedule in the Art Depart-
ment and outside of Student Life.
n
★
Sun & Star
1996
Bits and pieces: is it bitterness or sarcasm?
By Craig Hart
Contributing Writer
I am struck from time to time with
a great many questions and points
which I am unable to answer on my
own, so I pose them rhetorically to the
rest of the world so that we may all
share in the answer (or the confusion,
as the case may be). So, without any
further ado, here goes this year’s first
list:
1. Has anyone else out there noticed
that our school newspaper is becom-
ing like one of those green circulars
filled with ads and coupons? If they
start running classifieds for old lawn
equipment, I’m outta here.
2. The theme of “Carpe UDiem” for
Charity Week continues a long string
of highly*"intelligent, word-and-logic-
bending expressions that are trade-
marked for all UD events, as we all
know. Nothing patently offensive or
suggestive, because we just can’t have
that. And none of the accursed bovine
imagery. However, the posted remarks
from Spinal Tap were strangely appro-
priate...
3. If Old MilL.er, I mean Tower Vil-
lage, is “Beirut on a good day,” why
don’t those upset with the conditions
move somewhere else instead of pay-
ing for their misery?
4. Dr. Crider...Quentin Tarantino: any
questions?
5. Elm Fork Ranch stalled? How can
that be? No construction just thrown
up on the Trinity River flood plain?
Why the heck not? Unless, of course,
it’s a water park....
6. All of the people in Carpenter are
just as friendly as can be.
7. Do any of the candidates for the new
UD president have any idea what they
are getting into? Talk about the larg-
est whoopee cushion in the world...
8. The more things change, the more
they stay the same: F.S. still hates
every movie he’s ever seen...which
means YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!
9. The new “Great Evil/Social Forum”:
chalk blurbs on the Mall. Elevating the
consciousness by looking at one’s feet.
(“Preserve the Mali’s Purity!” HA! That
is funny.)
10. To all those who have to have neat
signs up all over campus to advertise
the fact that they can drink with their
profs, grow up and go drink. At least it
will keep you quiet...
11. Let’s hear it for the “newly-caffein-
ated” Tower bells that go nuts every
six hours or so.
12. Now it’s alright to attack a profes-
sor who attacked a student who at-
tacked a group of students who proba-
bly never attacked anyone. How the
vicious circle spins wildly out of con-
trol. (Actually, Jimmy Hoffa wrote the
first letter that set the whole thing off,
but don’t tell anybody.”
13. There is a difference between sar-
casm and bitterness. It’s just very sub-
tle.
14. We need more of those wacky
letters in the commentary section. One
a week on average.
15. Eat more acetylcholine (whatever
the heck it is)!!!
16. To the “Chapel Thief’: YOU ARE A
TWIT!-
Craig Hart is a senior who always
spell-checks his bludgeoning attempts
at satire.
Dallas Arts Calendar
September 8-December 1, 1996
Sun & Star 1996
Japan’s Golden Age: Momoyama
Dallas Museum of Art
Tickets: Adults $8, Students S6
Call 214-922-1200
September 13, 1996-January 5, 1997
Sun & Star 1996
Mingei: Two Centuries of Japanese Folk Art
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
1501 Montgomery St, Fort Worth
Call 817-732-1631
October 17-November 17, 1996
Dallas Theater Center
Angels In America, Part 2: Perestroika
Kalita Humphreys Theater
3636 Turtle Creek Blvd
Call 214-522-8499
October 31-November 2, 1996
Sun & Star 1996
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eiji Oue Concerts
Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora
Call 972-605-6124
November 7-10, 1996
Sun & Star 1996
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Midori Concerts
Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora
Call 972-605-6124
November 9, 1996, 8:00 p.m.
The Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra
Verdi, Ravel, Renderecki, Tchaikovsky
The Irving Arts Center
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd
Call 972-580-1566
In Concert
November 1, 1996
Hard Night’s Day
The Days
Breedlove
Club Dada, 2720 Elm
Call 214-744-3232
November 2, 1996
Modern English
Rehab Lounge, 2614 Main
Call 214-741-1311
Novemer 2, 1996
Tablet
Strap
Bobgoblin
Psalm (h
Trees, 2709 Elm
Call 214-748-5009
November 7, 1996
Tool
Bronco Bowl
Call Ticketmaster
November 8, 1996
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Caravan of Dreams
312 Houston St, Ft. Worth
Call Ticketmaster
November 10, 1996
Kiss
Reunion Arena
Call Ticketmaster
November 16, 1996
Melissa Etheridge
DCCC Arena
Call Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster, 214-373-8000
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University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 30, 1996, newspaper, October 30, 1996; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth841523/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Dallas.