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Lecture
Continued from page 1.
to promote a miniseries entitled
'Victor VUlasenor's Rain of Gold.'"
VUlasenor has a made a career
out of writing about his experiences
as a Hispanic entering the United
States; Villasenor was born in Cali¬
fornia, but moved to Mexico at a
young age and did not return until
he was 20.
In addition to "Rain of Gold,"
Villasenor has published "Wild
Steps of Heaven," "Macho," "Jury:
The People vs. Juan Corona" as
well as a screenplay, 'The Ballad
of Gregorio Cortez," which starred
Edward James Olmos. He is re¬
nowned for his speeches on fam¬
ily, pride and world peace.
Not only do Walsh and
Villasenor embody the vitality of
the University Lecture Series as a
program, but they also represent the
principles that the program seeks to
uphold.
"We are doing our best to main¬
tain a di versity of topic areas as wel I
as a diversity of speakers, thus
reaching out to a wider base in the
c&mmunity." Fiorentino said.
"You'll notice that there are no fe¬
male speakers for the fall, but we
will definitely have a female or fe¬
males speaking in the Spring."
Even in the midst of the creative
financing, the University Lecture
Series still charges only $2 for stu¬
dents.
"We had toyed with the idea of
raising the fees a little bit,"
Fiorentino said. "But that went,
against our main goal of being ac¬
cessible. We are here for the stu¬
dents; our goal has never been to
make money. In fact, we are con¬
stantly brushing up against zero.
"We are happy to be able to of¬
fer students access to programs that
they ordinarily would not have ac¬
cess to in any other area of the com¬
munity. The lecture scries is alive
and well."
Egoian
Continued from page 2.
its name in the alley way Paradise.
Just remember this mantra: AK 47...
AK 47.... (Warning: do not chant
too loudly.)
The biggest contribution to this
album is actually the lyrics.
Sublime's first track 'Garden
Grove' is rough but rhymey as are
most of the songs on here. You'll
only start to wonder how long of a
criminal record this guy has got
when he says, " all that I can see 1
steal." Talk about an absence of
morals — this dude must've been
born in juvenile hall. Progressively
we're taken from stealing to carry¬
ing guns. But I suppose that might
be an accurate representation of
American youth. News flash don't
look to these guys for advice. One
study says that Americans between
the ages of 15 and 24 are 16 times
more likely to be murdered than
their counterparts in other western
nations.
The song that everyone has
probably heard is "What I Got." It's
got a good rhythm and a few words
of modest counsel. "So love the one
you got 'cause you might get run
over or you might get shot." Hey. I
never said they were optimists.
The third track "Wrong Way"
supports that completely. It starts:
"Annie's 12 years old in two more
she'll be a whore." That's funny. I
was under the impression that four-
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teen year olds were late starters.
(Just kidding.) Anyway, at least
they didn't call the song "Right
Way." Sublime don't appear to be
advocates of street trash, though
they might fool you into believing
otherwise. If you look at the inside
of the CD cover there's a dead-cute
pic of a tattooedguy playing guitar
for a baby. Maybe they have a ten¬
der side after all.
I am still wondering what hap¬
pened to a song that is printed as
"April 29,1992 (Miami)." In the
actual song, the lyrics arc "April 26.
1992" Are they dyslexic or what?
It seems as though they'd remem¬
ber the day pretty well since the
song says " First spot we hit was
my liquor store/1 finally got all the
alcohol I can't afford/with red lights
flashin' time to retire/ then we
turned that liquor store into a struc-
turc lire ." Sounds like the ideal
night for this group of tough in-
your-face types. "Seed" is a rather
openly sexual song, saying "sorry
bout that mess/I made her bleed/I'm
planting my seed." Okay. I suppose
you could say love is a gun and sex
is a round of bullets for these guys.
We seriously should question if the
next track "Jailhouse" is speaking
from personal experience. Perhaps
we're better off not knowing. This
album itself could be an accessory
to the crime. A reprise of "What I
got" seems-ltlmost unnecessary
considering the fact that the song
is all over the radio waves and
we're unlikely to forget it But no¬
body ever complained about
.strengthening a statement through
^irepetition.
Altogether, this is a pretty good
CD. As long as you don't get a
group of guys together to clean their
guns while you're listening to it ,
you should be pretty safe. Key word
to remember: "sublimation." — by
definition a "direction of the energy
of a primitive impulse into socially
acceptable activities."
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