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Trekkie trivia: Are you a slime devil?
by Ricardo Pimentel
What is the Vulcan word for the 'time
of mating?" Why is Speck's blood green
and what the heck are tribbles <
Depending on your answers, you
might rate somewhere between an
Organian and Dennebian slime devil
on a Star Trek IQ chart. A Dennebian
slime devil is dumber than a cribble and
two rungs below a klingon on an intel¬
ligence scale. Humans rank somewhere
in the middle of the chart.
, The answers to the questions are con¬
tained in the definitive book on Star
Trek trivia. The Official Star Trek Trivia
Book by Rafe Needleman has hit the
stands and poses a fresh challenge to' all
trekkies who vegetate before Star Trek
reruns-orwho have now flocked to see
how well Mr. Sulu has aged in the mo¬
tion picture version of the popular TV
series
• The book has more than 600 questions
designed to baffle all those who travelled
with Kirk and crew in their five year
mission to explore the galaxy. Unfortun¬
ately the series only lasted four years.
The Vulcan word for the tirpe of
mating is pon far, according to the book.
A trekkie's heart bleeds for poor Spock,.
who like Other Vulcahs, only pon fars
everv seven vears. And no. that isn !t the
reason why Spock's blood is green. It's
green because of traces of "nickel and '
Hawaiian album a sea of 'glissando'
E, Pahinui, hiki ia 'oeke ho 'okani hou
kaukikal
(Hey, Pahinui, can you play your
guitar once morel)
No'ukahau'oli.
(It would be my pleasure.)
The classical guitar was brought to
Oddities
■ by Michael Fitzgerald
Hawaii by American sailors. Once in
the hands of the Hawaiians the guitar
evolved into metal-stringed instrument
held across the player's lap.
Hawaiian guitar players like Pahinui
strum the metal strings with their right
hand while 'stopping* the guitar with a
movable metal bar held in their left
hand.
Cliding the metal bar over the strings
produces that famous Hawaiian guitar
effect known to musicians as glissando, a
sweet surge, of metal string-sound that
' rises out of those sleepy Hawaiiamtunes
like a wave about to crest.
The Cabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band
album, a sea of glissando, was recorded
in 1974 in a remote house in the North
Kona district of Hawaii. The album's
liner notes tell us the house's 'natural
'pahoehoe' lava walls' provided 'excel¬
lent acoustics and a natural recording
environment."
Pahinui and his band of Hawaiian
musicians, joined by eclectic instrumen¬
talist Ry Cooder, perform mostly tradi¬
tional songs with native Polynesian
lyrics— But several "post-American
contact* Hawaiian songs found their way
'onto the album too. , .'
The unabashedly trite Blue Hawaiian
Moonlight gives die listener a sense of
inevitability, as if even this unique re¬
cording endeavor must culminate with
Don Ho stepping from behind the
pahoehoe walls and breaking into a
schmaltzy rendition of Tiny Bubbles.
It is just this aspect that some-people
wilt like about The Cabby Pahinui
Hawaiian Band. After all, Hawaiian
shirts are excessively colorful-loud,
some people would say. But others of us
like Hawaiian shirts and wear them. And
not in spite of the excessive color, no,
nol Because of itl
copper. His blood type is T-negative,
hv the wav. The book has an entire
chapter devoted to "SpockcJogy.* For
instance, ever' wonder why Spock has
those long pointed ears. The book says
it's to capture sound waves more effi¬
ciently in the tbin Vulcan^atmosphere.
The ears also come t in handy when
counting to twelve, according to the
book. .
The questions come very trivial..The
book asks you to'name the only creature
in the history of Star Track with poison
fangs. Of course every self respecting
trekkie knows it is the Mugato on the
planet Neural. And remember tribbles,
those cute little balls of fur which unlike
Vulcans lead active reproductive lives,
which is not to say they pon far a lot.
According to Star • Trek legend,
tribbles are born pregnant, a "great
time saver," the book says.
But not all the questions are as trivial
as "How old is Kirk?" (34). If you ever
contract Regellian fever, it's nice to
know that Ryetalyn is the only known
antidote. Live long and prosper.
Physical fitness courses
planned for Roeding Park
by Linda Marty
There will be a new addition at
Roeding Park this summer with the
construction of three physical fitness
courses at the public facility.
The three courses are being installed
as a community service project of the.
"
A map of the
conversation and Olympic course, to be built at Reeding Park.
North Fresno Rotary Club at a cost of
$70,000. According to Rotary president
Besley Lewis Sr., the project involves
construction of a wheelchair course,
conversation pace course, and an.
Olympic course. Each of the .three
courses is. designed with different
physical abilities in mind, said Lewis—
The wheelchair* course will be a half-
mile long, with an eight-foot concrete
path and 15 exercise stations. The course
will provide "a place -to practice and
perfect skills necessary to be more
independent and get around without,
help,' according to a Rotary Club pre¬
pared statement.
The second course, the conversation
pace area is recommended by doctors for
cardiac and stroke patients and others
recuperating from major surgery, said
Lewis. The course is also geared toward
use by senior citizens and is' three-
quarters of a mile long with fifteen
exercise stations along it. The area's
unique name comes from the placement
of several chairs along the path for those
exercising to sit and rest and talk with
others, according to Lewis.
The last course, called the Olympic
course is one mile long and contains
twenty exercise stations. This area is
J designed for more strenuous activities,
and according to Lewis is similar to the
par course at Woodward Park.
Lewis noted that the three courses are
a first for any city in the country/ 'No¬
body has ever had even two in the same
place,'he said:
Roeding Pari: was chosen as the
installation site because of its "central
location," Lewis said. 'It can be used by
people in Fresno and the immediate
area,'he said.
Construction of the courses should
start by March 15 and be completed by
June 15,....,•'
Object Description
| Title | 1980_02 The Daily Collegian February 1980 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | February 15, 1980, Page 8 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Page S-the Dally Cafllgltn Ttbraiary 15,19M t Fililf/WIIlill Trekkie trivia: Are you a slime devil? by Ricardo Pimentel What is the Vulcan word for the 'time of mating?" Why is Speck's blood green and what the heck are tribbles < Depending on your answers, you might rate somewhere between an Organian and Dennebian slime devil on a Star Trek IQ chart. A Dennebian slime devil is dumber than a cribble and two rungs below a klingon on an intel¬ ligence scale. Humans rank somewhere in the middle of the chart. , The answers to the questions are con¬ tained in the definitive book on Star Trek trivia. The Official Star Trek Trivia Book by Rafe Needleman has hit the stands and poses a fresh challenge to' all trekkies who vegetate before Star Trek reruns-orwho have now flocked to see how well Mr. Sulu has aged in the mo¬ tion picture version of the popular TV series • The book has more than 600 questions designed to baffle all those who travelled with Kirk and crew in their five year mission to explore the galaxy. Unfortun¬ ately the series only lasted four years. The Vulcan word for the tirpe of mating is pon far, according to the book. A trekkie's heart bleeds for poor Spock,. who like Other Vulcahs, only pon fars everv seven vears. And no. that isn !t the reason why Spock's blood is green. It's green because of traces of "nickel and ' Hawaiian album a sea of 'glissando' E, Pahinui, hiki ia 'oeke ho 'okani hou kaukikal (Hey, Pahinui, can you play your guitar once morel) No'ukahau'oli. (It would be my pleasure.) The classical guitar was brought to Oddities ■ by Michael Fitzgerald Hawaii by American sailors. Once in the hands of the Hawaiians the guitar evolved into metal-stringed instrument held across the player's lap. Hawaiian guitar players like Pahinui strum the metal strings with their right hand while 'stopping* the guitar with a movable metal bar held in their left hand. Cliding the metal bar over the strings produces that famous Hawaiian guitar effect known to musicians as glissando, a sweet surge, of metal string-sound that ' rises out of those sleepy Hawaiiamtunes like a wave about to crest. The Cabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band album, a sea of glissando, was recorded in 1974 in a remote house in the North Kona district of Hawaii. The album's liner notes tell us the house's 'natural 'pahoehoe' lava walls' provided 'excel¬ lent acoustics and a natural recording environment." Pahinui and his band of Hawaiian musicians, joined by eclectic instrumen¬ talist Ry Cooder, perform mostly tradi¬ tional songs with native Polynesian lyrics— But several "post-American contact* Hawaiian songs found their way 'onto the album too. , .' The unabashedly trite Blue Hawaiian Moonlight gives die listener a sense of inevitability, as if even this unique re¬ cording endeavor must culminate with Don Ho stepping from behind the pahoehoe walls and breaking into a schmaltzy rendition of Tiny Bubbles. It is just this aspect that some-people wilt like about The Cabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band. After all, Hawaiian shirts are excessively colorful-loud, some people would say. But others of us like Hawaiian shirts and wear them. And not in spite of the excessive color, no, nol Because of itl copper. His blood type is T-negative, hv the wav. The book has an entire chapter devoted to "SpockcJogy.* For instance, ever' wonder why Spock has those long pointed ears. The book says it's to capture sound waves more effi¬ ciently in the tbin Vulcan^atmosphere. The ears also come t in handy when counting to twelve, according to the book. . The questions come very trivial..The book asks you to'name the only creature in the history of Star Track with poison fangs. Of course every self respecting trekkie knows it is the Mugato on the planet Neural. And remember tribbles, those cute little balls of fur which unlike Vulcans lead active reproductive lives, which is not to say they pon far a lot. According to Star • Trek legend, tribbles are born pregnant, a "great time saver," the book says. But not all the questions are as trivial as "How old is Kirk?" (34). If you ever contract Regellian fever, it's nice to know that Ryetalyn is the only known antidote. Live long and prosper. Physical fitness courses planned for Roeding Park by Linda Marty There will be a new addition at Roeding Park this summer with the construction of three physical fitness courses at the public facility. The three courses are being installed as a community service project of the. " A map of the conversation and Olympic course, to be built at Reeding Park. North Fresno Rotary Club at a cost of $70,000. According to Rotary president Besley Lewis Sr., the project involves construction of a wheelchair course, conversation pace course, and an. Olympic course. Each of the .three courses is. designed with different physical abilities in mind, said Lewis— The wheelchair* course will be a half- mile long, with an eight-foot concrete path and 15 exercise stations. The course will provide "a place -to practice and perfect skills necessary to be more independent and get around without, help,' according to a Rotary Club pre¬ pared statement. The second course, the conversation pace area is recommended by doctors for cardiac and stroke patients and others recuperating from major surgery, said Lewis. The course is also geared toward use by senior citizens and is' three- quarters of a mile long with fifteen exercise stations along it. The area's unique name comes from the placement of several chairs along the path for those exercising to sit and rest and talk with others, according to Lewis. The last course, called the Olympic course is one mile long and contains twenty exercise stations. This area is J designed for more strenuous activities, and according to Lewis is similar to the par course at Woodward Park. Lewis noted that the three courses are a first for any city in the country/ 'No¬ body has ever had even two in the same place,'he said: Roeding Pari: was chosen as the installation site because of its "central location," Lewis said. 'It can be used by people in Fresno and the immediate area,'he said. Construction of the courses should start by March 15 and be completed by June 15,....,•' |
