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New UK football coach praises crop of signees

By BARRY REEVES
Sports Editor

Bill Curry had only one word to describe his
first recruiting class at UK A “tremendous.”

Curry, UK’s new football coach, and his staff
signed a total of 23 players to national letters of
intent yesterday, the first day a recruit can sign.

“This is clearly an exciting day for us and our
program," Curry said at a news conference last
night. “A good foundation is set here. It’s obvi-
ous that this program is set to take a big step for-
ward. But that’s because of the work of Jerry
Claiborne and CM. Newton...

“This is a fine group of kids we‘ve signed to«
day. We would be pleased to have this group
anywhere. But the fact is that we won't know
how good these classes are for about three
years."

Included in the signings were 12 linemen, It)
backs and a kicker. Another lineman is expected
to sign today. The signees‘ represent ll states.

Ticket amendment fails in SGA Senate

“We wanted to get our inroads to a lot of dil-
ferent areas." Curry said. “But these kids are
good ones and they know how to play football.
plus they are also qualay people.

There are some people on this list that
we‘d loved to (have) had at .‘dabaitia. and (icon
gia Tech. I mean, these kids can play."

The bulk of the signees are trotti Kentucky
And Curry said he plans to maintain that cottrse.

“We intend to make otii living iii Kentucky,"

he said. We Will have signed (the bulk) of

our players trotti Kentucky and we hope to con-
tinue that as a pattern.“

The new UK coach said tiiat high school loot-
ball iii the state is underrated arid that there a
many blue-chip, Division 1 players.

“Kentucky high school football has gotten a
bad rap around the country," said Curry, who
will be taking over a UK team that finished 65

“Some things have been thought and said. in
and otil of this state. that aren‘t true. There are .i
lot of good Division l prospects ill the stat.- ol

Kentucky.

High school football players iii the state
of Kentucky are plenty good enough to wiit in
the Southeastern Conlerence, and that‘s a great
encouragement to us,"

Because Curry's stall started six weeks late in
the recruiting wars, he said ltis stall, eveti
though it did a good Job. had to work hastily and
probably overlooked some viable candidates.

"In the future, 1 would hope that we wouldn't
fail to evaluate every player iii this state and
every player in the area we intend to recruit
heavdy," Curry said.

The major areas outside ol Ketitucky that the
UK staff will heavily recruit iii are Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Curry said his stuff would also recruit selective
areas of Tennessee. Georgia. leias. Alabama
arid Florida.

At the outset, based oti what (‘laiborne said.

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By MICHAEL L. JONES
Editorial Editor

Saying it was too close to elec-
tion time, the Student Government
Association Senate defeated an
amendment that proposes a change
in the way students vote for the
SGA's president and vice-
president.

After a heated, nearly one-hour
debate, the Senate voted 18-14,
with three senators absent. to defeat
the amendment, which would make
it mandatory that candidates for
SGA's top two positions run as a
ticket instead of on separate plat-
forms.

Many senators said the amend-
ment would make it impossible for
candidates to run for either office
by themselves and that presenting
the amendment so close to the elec-
tion smacked of political manuver-
ing.

“There is no way we can pass
this." said Senator-at-large Daris
McCullough. “It’s too close to the
election." McCullough said that
passing this amendment would be
unfair to students because it would

limit their choices.

Seriator-atdarge Lance Dowdy
said that he could not support the
amendment because students would
“take this as an insider move."

Law School Senator Jim Musser.
the main sponsor of the amendv
merit. became the first senator to
publicly support the Sean Lohman-
Paige Foster ticket for reelection at
the last Senate meeting. However.
Musser said that his atttenditient
was not politically motivated.

Senator Rob Lohmatt also threw
in his support for the Lottinzitr
Foster ticket yesterday.

Musscr said, “We need only to
look at our Governor and Lieuten-
ant Governor to see what kind of
discord can happen" when leaders
are not elected as a ticket With Slnl~
ilar ideologies.

“We‘ve been very fortunate this
time out because we have a ticket
that was elected together. We can‘t
guarantee that everyone Wlii over-
come petty differences and I want
insurance for the students," Musser
said.

He used fortner SGA Presidents
Cyndi Weaver and James Rose as

an example. poitiiiti.! out that they
had tuobl ‘llls tilt their tic; prest-
tit‘lil.\,

“ l he l.i;t l\ \i‘ll ..iti't ttu\ oil and
vinegar. said SG \ i’l.'sltit‘lll Sean
Lohman “When you spend six
months slashing someone else‘s
platform and telling why it won't
work that leaves lei lines of hostili-
iy."

In other .iciion the Senate:

- act spied loluuan's recomttien-
dtiitoris 'or ;i coituuiltee uiadc tip of
undergraduates to adVisc 'l‘eel
llruncr the \llliii'lll member of the.
presidential search LtllllmlILCC. The
coitirtitttee w ill tonstst of Lohman.
Vice-President loster, IFC Presi»
dent Sean Coleman, Pan-Hellenic
President Diana (iocll. Graduate
Senator \ic‘l‘l‘LI'l lubed. l.("(.‘ Sena-
tor Keitlt ('iark. President of the.
Black Student linion Ricardo Naz-
ario-Colon. Senator-at-Large Ash-
lev Boyd and Resident Hall Presi-
dent Cindv Lange.

Lohman was pleased yesterday
alter the House of Representatives
approyed a bill 96-“ that would
give students more say on the
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VALENTINE’S SAFETY

 

 

Condoms
distributed
on holiday

By KIP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Writer

Two Lexington organizations
yesterday distributed valentines
that contained a different kind of
message.

The small, red valentines had a
typical heart drawn oti them with
the words “A Special Gift for
You and Your Valentine." writ-
ten in the middle. But taped to
the inside of the card was a con-
dom, along with guidelines for
safe sex.

The Gays and Lesbians United
for Education (GLUE). and the
Aids Volunteers of Lexington
(AVOI.), who lteaded the drive.
said people should be thinking
about more than just candy and
roses on Valentine‘s Day.

“We wanted to show that
AIDS was a real problem arid to
raise awareness. " said Steve Da-
venport, a library and informa-
tion sciences graduate student
and co-chairperson of GLUE.
“Today is supposed to be Nation—
al Condom Day, so we thought

See CONDOMS, Back page

Steve Davenport. co-ehairperson oi GLUE. presents Tracey
Boyd and Denver Brown with a specral valentine

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Newton wants a supportive crowd

By BARRY REEVES
Sports Editor

CM. Newton has seen w ltat ef-
fect a rowdy crowd can have on a
basketball game. That‘s why he's
just a little nervous about tonight's
UK-Loutsiana State l'nivers‘ity
basketball game

An intense rivalry already. a new
tw’isl was added to the l.Sl'-I'K
game oti Jan. 13 when I'K (‘oach
Rick Pitino and LSII Coach Dale
Brown exchanged heated words
and almost got into a shoVing
match.

Anticipating an emotional cott—
tcst. UK students lined up iti
droves this week to claim tickets.
And the game is one of the most
talked-about in years. LSU is a
one-point favorite.

NEWTON

““9 just
want ottr folks
to know pretty
much what the
npu‘laliiins are

Said UK guard iyfIi'is \ltllct. .i
senior: “I've been ticic tor tour
years. And l‘yc tit ti r sccii anything
talked about like lill\ '

Make no mistake. \cw toti wants
Kentucky tans to Mar their hearts
on their siecycs. \s long as they
keep their bad Hood iiut t‘l Rtipp
Arena.

“In light ol the game down there.
we want cytiythitie and everybody

'.-~ be siipportiyt- l K not detri-
:tieiitai.‘ \ewton said. 'We Vtust
want our li‘iiss to know pretty much
fuiitli lilc‘ t".;‘t‘tlcillt‘ll\ clIC and
that is they . the out loud. lultilled
and eyciiedi :' tats.
a Liitle con-
ssif'llily that the
.i \ ,i. tions may
cause d it’cili'llctti r ,ll be called
i-ti'i l\ or .i payer iv . :titer team to
be ll ititcd
'1 inst c.illll()l ittiagiiie that any-

one who catcs about this basketball
t:'.'iitt would teopardi/e it either by a
technical tool or throwing some-
thing that might ieopardize the
health oi our players or their
players. ‘ he \.tltl.

\cwtoti saw llrsl hand last year

\k‘\\lt‘ll \.:..t I n
.erncd about L: ,
Rupp .\reii;i .

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Group trying to block mining of forest

Statt reports

A LTK student group has
formed in art attempt to block min-
ing efforts near Ifniversity-owned
Robinson Forest.

The group, Students to Saye
Robinson Forest. has planned a
public forum for Monday night to
discuss plans by Arch Mineral
Corp. a St. Louis-based mining
company. to strip-mine ltii acres
on the edge of Robinson Forest. .i
”.000 acre tract of land that cov-
ers parts of Breathttt. Knott and
Perry counties. The land is used by

[is lot wiitci duality studies.

Students to Sate Robinson
I‘oresi originally was lormcd iii the
caily i”\.ll\ to block cllotts by tltc
ltiiytistty to scil the lllillc‘ldi llci‘i
lorcsl's titincral rights

[he tuiretii \t‘fsli‘ll itl the slit
dcitt group is asking I K and state
leaders to endorse a petition to hayc
land .\rch wants to mine declared
unsuitable lor mining.

Although the petition has not
been lilcd yet. seycral criyiiotitiictt
in! groups in Kentucky tiirrcntly
are considering whether to tile otic

Arch \ rcceitt application to

stripiuuic .iioiic the di\iding ridge
oi the lotcst has prompted concem
by totestiy tilllcltti\ that 'i tiiyers‘ity

Tc‘u‘dlc h t tlotts .otdd bc .iilllltlgc‘d.

lhe land \tttt l\ proposing to
mine is t‘tiy.itc|y insiicd by the
toiiititttiy. but it is lt‘xtlix‘kl within
the I niycrsity's watershed. a pri-
ttiary base lot water duality studies.

lhc coiiit‘atiy hay i‘llcttdl K tip
to \l,‘ tiiillioti to study the effect
of mining on water duality 17K of-
lltldis hate tzoi takcn a stance oit

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Rose calls for cooperation in address

By MARK R. CHELLGREN
Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. Coni-
promise and cooperation tempered
by a recognition that the General
Assembly has its own political and
constitutional mandate were the
themes of a state of the legislature
address last night by Senate Presi-
dent Pro Tem John “Eck” Rose.

But while Rose offered renewed
efforts to work with Gov. Wallace
Wilkinson, he also took pains to
point out that the legislature Will
not forfeit its place just to get
along.

“While we are mindful that each
branch has its obligations upon
which the others should not tread,
we believe that there must be coop-
eration between the executive and
the legislative," Rose said. “That
cooperation can be the foundation
upon which our common future
will flourish."

Rose also wamed of consequenc~
es if that spirit is not maintained.

“The altemative to cooperation is
constant confrontation, from which
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not just for us here in the Capitol.
but for all our people," Rose said.
“That altemative is not acceptable
to reasonable men and women of
goodwill in arty part of this com-
monwcalth.

“And it is not acceptable to the
Kentucky General Assembly."
Rose said to a standing ovation.

There were similar oblique refer-
ences to the recent conflict between
the legislature and Wilkinson
throughout the speech, but Wilkin-
son, who was on the front row in
the House chamber, applauded

heartily during 11 interruptions of

the 27-minute address.

Wilkinson said after the speech
that his frayed relations with legis-
lators were overblown by the news
media, but promised even better
times.

“Tomorrow will be the first day
of rest of a very congenial 1990
regular session of the General As-
sembly," Wilkinson said.

Rose’s theme, though, was clear
~ that lawmakers want to work
with Wilkinson, but will not roll
over just to appease him.

The speech itself, the first ever

titled a state of the legislature, was
indicative of that.

Rose, a 49-year-old Winchester
Democrat in his seventh session
and second term as elected leader of
the Senate, said he was not trying
to speak on behalf of all legisla—
tors.

“Each member comes to these
chambers of free deliberation with
a mandate from the folks back
home. And that's important to re-
member," Rose said.

Rose emphasized the deliberative
nature of the legislative process.

That process works well and can
be used to resolve pressing prob-
lems in education, corrections. the
environment, human services and
even increasing taxes, he said.

Rose commended Wilkinson for
proposing a tax increase, but also
made it clear that, while the legisla~
ture agrees a tax increase is needed,
it will not automatically accept his
proposals.

“The only decision will be which
taxes are affected," Rose said. “We
suggest this is one of many areas
where reasonable men and women
may disagree while respecting one

another’s right to differ."

Rose also staked out a legislative
position on a couple of other
touchy subjects, especially roads.

“As we all know, roads have too
often been tools for political deal-
making throughout the history of
Kentucky." Rose said.

To resolve that, Rose predicted
the legislature will put a two-year
road-construction plan in the stat-
utes and require a four-year plan-
ning schedule.

Rose promised legislative action
on a host of other topics but also
extended an invitation to Wilkin-
son to join in the effort.

“So, governor, tonight we extend
our hands in a spirit of friendship
and cooperation, and with a firm
belief that together we can and will
dedicate our joint efforts toward
putting this commonwealth first,"
Rose said.

Wilkinson took that invitation
literally. mounting the podium to
shake hands with Rose and House
Speaker Don Blandford.

Kurth agrees to be Murray head

By CONNIE CASS
Assocmzed Press

ML'RRAY, Ky. W Rear Adm.
Ronald J. Kurth, president of the
Naval War College in Rliode ls,
land, has agreed to serve as the next
president of Murray State L'niversi-
ty, the chairman of the board of re«
gents announced yesterday.

Kurth and the board have reached

  
 

 
    
   

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though the board has not yet voted
on his appointment, said Chairman
Kerry Harvey. That vote is planned
at the board‘s regular meeting Sat-
urday.

‘I expect the board will vote to
authorize a contract with Dr. Kurth
and I expect it will be a unanimous
vote." Harvey said at a news confer-
ence.

After hearing recommendations
from various campus groups about
the five finalists at a closed meet—
ing Saturday, the board reached a
consensus that Kurth was the best
choice, Harvey said.

He said the board chose to an—
nounce the decision early because
“there has been a great deal of spec»
ulation in the media about the stat-
us of the search.“

Kurth was on vacation and could
not be reached for comment.

“A formal agreement will be con-
cluded in the next few days," Har-
vey said. Kurth will take over the
post in mid-July, he said.

Kurth, who has master‘s and
doctoral degrees from Harvard Uni-
versity, appealed to the board be-

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complishments and the breadth of
his experience,” Harvey said.

Kurth also has been a teaching
fellow at Harvard. He told Murray
campus groups last week that he
has always had a strong interest in
academics and wants to focus the
remainder of his career in that direc-
tion.

He has been president of the War
College since 1987. Kurth intends
to retire this summer after 36 years
in the Navy, during which he as-
cended rapidly through the ranks to
become a leading Defense Depart~
merit liaison with the Soviet Un-
ion.

He was a primary negotiator on
the US. Incidents at Sea with the
Soviets in 1971 and has served as
both Naval attache and Defense De-
partment attache to the Soviet Lin-
ion.

“He managed to sit down eyeball
to eyeball with these people and
negotiate a treaty — that indicates
to me he has some diplomatic
skills," Harvey said.

Kurth should be able to deal ef-
fectively with the governor and
state legislators because of his “ex-
periencc moving through the halls
of Washington,” Harvey said.

Kurth appeared “very high" on
the list of almost all the groups
that presented their opinions to the
board Saturday, Harvey said.

The board heard from groups rep-
resenting students, faculty, staff
and administrators.

    

 

Gov. promises veto
of campaign measure

By CHARLES WOLFE
Associated Press

FRANKFORT. Ky. — Gov.
Wallace Wilkinson said yester-
day he would veto a bill for
public financing of gubematori—
al campaigns because it was
“not proper use of tax dollars."

The bill was appr0ved earlier
in the day by a House commit-
tee, with proponents saying it
was the only way to conquer
Kentucky’s campaign spending
frenzy.

“Anymore, you just about
have to be a millionaire, with
great personal wealth, to run for
governor," said Rep. Harry Mo-
berly, D-Richmond, one of the
sponsors of House Bill 489.

Wilkinson, who is a million-
aire, said public financing was
the refuge of "candidates that
don’t think they can raise any
money."

“1 was one candidate that
couldn’t raise any money in the
primary and 1 still wasn’t for
public financing of campaigns,"
Wilkinson said in a news con-
fercnoe.

"It is not proper use of tax
dollars and it ought not to be
done and I’m against it," he
said.

Asked if he would veto the
bill, Wilkinson said: “Yes, and
if 1 could be any more specific,
I would."

Wilkinson spent heavily from
his personal fortune to win an
upset victory in the 1987 Dem-
ocratic primary.

After that, as a prohibitive fa~
voritc against late-entering Re—
publican John Harper, Wilkin-
son quickly rccouped millions
he had loaned to his campaign.
His total spending for govemor
was $10 million.

Attorney General Fred Cow-
an, the bill’s chief proponent,
said he was “very optimistic"
about its chances, although the
bill also faced a trial with the
House’s budget writers.

If enacted, the new law would
take effect with the 1995 gov—
emor‘s race, allowing candidates

who accepted matching funds
to spend up to $3.3 million in a
primary election and $2.8 mil-
lion in a general election.

To qualify for matching funds.
a candidate would have to raise
$300,000, with only the first
$1,000 of any single contribu-
tion counting toward that thres-
hold.

Money would be drawn from
a state-managed fund, for which
the bill seeks $6.4 million in
seed money in the coming two-
year state budget. That will re-
quire the bill’s approval by the
House Appropriations and Reve-
nue Committee before it could
go to the full House.

Cowan, testifying to the
Elections and Constitutional
Amendments Committee yesrer-
day, said there was no other le-
gal way to limit the amount of
money a candidate would spend.
And with television advertising
becoming increasingly impor-
tant, the cost of campaigning is
skyrocketing, Cowan said.

A candidate’s "major goal is
to compete with the other follow
on television,” he said. Mean-
while, fund raising “has gotten
so distasteful and borders more
and more on Outright black-
mail.”

Cowan also said he believed
per-capita spending in govern-
or’s races was higher in Keno
tucky than in any other state.

“Some people say, Can we
afford to do this?’ My question
would be, how can we afford not
to do this?" Cowan said.

Cowan said he believed sup-
port for the bill was “very genu-
ine" in the House.

“I haven't talked to all 100
(House) members, but no one
has told me he is dead set
against it," Cowan said.

Cowan said he knew Wilkin~
son had opposed public financ-
ing of campaigns in the past,
but did not know whether the
governor’s stand had changed.
He could not be reached for com-
ment after Wilkinson‘s news
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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet set to play Singletary Center

 

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The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will perform Sunday at the Otis A. Singletary Center for the Arts.

By REBECCA MULUNS
Contributing Writer

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
began ten years ago at the Univer-
sity of Southern California when
music professor Pete Romero se~
lected the pupils he felt were talent-
ed enough to master the art of gut-
tar.

The students »— Anisa Angarola,
John Dearman, William Canengts-
er, and Scott Tennant — fonned an
ensemble that since has attracted a
following of many admirers, in-
cluding Andre Segovia — the “fa-
ther of classical guitar."

The musical group will demon-
strate its guitar expertise in a con-
cert Sunday evening at the UK Sin-i
gletary Center for the Ans.

The quartet's diligence won it the
Concert Artist Guild Award, the
new signal of success in classical
guitar, in 1987. That award.
coupled with an eye—opening con-
cert at New York City's Lincoln
Center, brought the group opportu-

 

By MICHAEL L. JONES
Editorial Editor

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to
Taste

Ministry

Sire

Al Jourgensen is a very dis-
turbed person. He also might be
a genius. You’ll find proof of
both on Ministry's new album,
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to
Taste. The album is chock-full
of interesting samples from tele-
vision and films.

Ministry has gone from a
dance band to being one of the
deadliest, hardest bands in rock
music. “Stigmata”, from their
last album, The Land of Rape
and Honey, probably made all
the early originators of rock ’n'
roll do flips in their graves. Each
of Ministry's albums have
progressed farther than their pre-
decessor and Mind is no excep-

 

tion.

The album starts out With
“Thieves". a collage ol sound
with Jourgensen yelling "Thief,
liar” in the background. The song
leads to the excellent first single,
“Burning Inside“.

The album’s standout cut is
“So What“. lourgensen takes out
his frustration on what he sees as
mindless authorities.

“Test” is an interesting song
because it is, believe it or not, a
rap. Grand Wizard K. Lite pro-
vides the vocals while lourgen-
sen, bassist Paul Barker, drummer
William Reflin and a number of
synthesizers provide the music.

In “Cannibal Song" the hand
even makes use of a saxophone.

The only problem with Mini-
stry is that they basically just
make noise. And although it can
be great to listen to, it can be an-
noying or I'CpCIlIth‘ at “"th,
Ministry is music tor an angry
generation.

 

Kovic
ponders
election

Associated Press

SANTA ANA. Calif. M Ron
Kovic, the disabled Vietnam veteran
whose story is portrayed in the hit
movie “Born on the Fourth of
July," has not declared his candida’
cy. but Rep. Robert K. Dornan is
taking no chances.

The Republican congressman al»
ready is on the offensive against
Kovic in mailings that portray the
veteran as a draft card-buming ultra»
liberal.

Dornan sent out 20,000 fund-
raising letters that reproduce an old
newspaper photograph apparently
showing Kovic burning a draft card.

The letters, received Saturday by
contributors. called Kovic the favor-
ite of the “ultra-liberal Holly-
wood left."

Kovic, whose transformation
from patriotic Marine to war oppo-
ncnt is recounted in the movie. said
Sunday he would announce later
this month whether he will run as a
DemOcrat in Dornan’s 38th Con-
gressional District.

He called Doman‘s letter a “hatred
campaign,“ and a desperation move
that will backfire.

“it's the false patriots who always
attack the real heroes," said Kovic,
who received the Purple Heart and
is paralyzed from the chest down
from a combat wound.

Dornan's letter asks for immedi-
ate campaign contributions of $100
or $150 and mentions the less savo-
ry aspects of Kovic‘s life, as re-
counted in the motion picture.

“The movie shows Kovic in a
panic and mistakenly shooting his
corporal to death in Vietnam, visit-
ing prostitutes, abusing drugs and
alcohol and cruelly insulting his
parents," a postscript said. “And
this is a person the liberals want in
the US. Congress. No way.

“He's threatening to bring Tom
Cruise and Jane Fonda to town."
Doman said. “If he's going to bring
in these big guns, I've got to start
building up my war chcst."

By MiCHAEL L JONES
Editorial Editor

[JEEP
Peter Murphy
Beggars Banquet

Deep is Peter Murphy’s third
solo album since his days as lead
singer of Bauhaus, those masters of
the morbid song.

Murphy’s solo work has been
pretty tnuch uneven. with every al~
burn containing a few brilliant
gems and the rest being just aver-
age.

'1 he other three members of Bau’
haus have fared a lot better as Love
and Rockets.

But this album finds Murphy
back to his old tricks — using his
distinctive voice and semi-poetic
lyrics to his advantage. Murphy’s
songs are more abOut mood than
anything else.

[)t'ep opens with “Deep Ocean

Ministry good, but Murphy album falls short

Vast Sea", an atmospheric song
that would sound great on a
compilation \\llll, say. old Cur;
or the Jesus and Mary Chain

"Let go and “ash/"lake the
steps to the other side/l 'n’ttirn-ctl
razors the air is thick "with kar
ma/The sutra of a way (ltmtt/
Down to heavens gate," Mur-
phy sings.

“Marlene Dietrich‘s Favorite
Poem" and “The Line Between
the Devil’s Teeth (And that
which cannot be repeatt“ are ex-
amples 0f Murphy’s tendency to
be either too contrived or. as in
“Devil’s teeth too repeti‘
tive. The chorus in that latter
song is [00 long and sung too
many times, and the “Work.
war.“ shout by the rest of the
band doesn’t work,

 

 

 

 

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miles to perlortn throughout the
eastern United States and Europe
within the past three years.

Romero, a native Spaniard. had a
special interest in forming the gut-
tar quartet since the guitar originat-
ed in his native country.

And perhaps gratitude for Romero
l\ the reason it has included an ar-
rangement of the opera "Barber of
Seville" in its latest tour, which in-
cludes Sunday's performance.

The UK concert by the Los An—
geles Guitar Quartet will not be its
first in Lexington. The ensemble
performed on campus in 1987 as
pan of a series of concerts spon-
sored by the Guitar Society of Ccn~
tral Kentucky.

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organization directed by two L’K
graduates, Todd and Karen Russell.
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.‘vlo/art arrangements.

Quartet tnerrtbcr lohn Dearman's
arrangement of Mozart's “Sy mpho-
ny #24" will be performed in three
movements. Dcarman has fluctuat-
ed the tempo during the first and
second directions. building the
piece with a very last tempo ill the
ltnal movement.

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contemporary than the Mo/art and
Rossini pieces, including a tollee
non of songs by the composer [)e
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"Love the Magician“ This ar-
rangement consists of compos