1983_02 The Daily Collegian February 1983

              8    February 9, 1983
Dorm students wager despite low budgets
Staff Writer
Despite the fact that gambling is illegal,
some dormitory residents bet what little
money their budgets aDow on weekly
wagers.
With the recent Superbowi football
game, one dorm resident estimated that
"thousands of dollars" exchanged hands
in the dorm*.
The most popular football pool on
Superbowi Weekend seemed to be
"Squares." One such version of the foot¬
ball pool in Homan Hall was worth $200,
in $20, $50, $30, and $100 increments
respectively, payable at each quarter of
the game.
A 10 x 10-inch grid, consisting of 100
squares in all, was assigned
each side. The Superbowi included the
Washington Redskins and the Miami
Dolphins.
Numbers 0-9 are randomly assigned
each square up the side and across the
top of the board. Bettors choose one
square. If the square they chose corres¬
ponds to the score at the end of the quar¬
ter, it pays off.
One Homan dorm resident and his
roommate split the $2 bet it cost per
square, and wound up splitting $70 when
the quarter and half-time score of the
Superbowi didn't change.
"Not bad for a dollar," said a fellow
dormie, who all chose to remain anonym¬
ous rather than face "disciplinary and/or
legal action," which is outlined as the
penalty for gambling in the resident
assistant's policy handbook.
According to one dorm resident,
"someone's father in Merced" won the
Kitty at the end of the game.
It's up to the dorm resident advisors to
keep a lid on such vices as gambling tak¬
ing place in the dorms.
"I would say like anything else, if you
don't see it and you don't hear it, there's
not much you can do about it," said Guy
Savage, resident assistant on Graves
"1 know occassionaUy when I'm gone I
return to hear of someone losing $40. I'm
sure it happens a lot more than I hear
about it," said Savage.
Carol Lowart, one of the Graves Hall
resident advisors, entered Savage's room.
Her reply to the prevalence of gambling in
the dorms was a surprised question.
"Gambling?"
Lowart was waiting for Savage to
accompany her to the dorm cafeteria for
"Cafeteria food drives you to gamble I"
she said.
With so many students complaining
about the rise in tuition costs where does
everybody come up with the cash to
gamble?
"You skimp a little bit here and there to
get the money," said one Graves resident.
"If you play penny, nickel and
dime " said another.
"Gambling is part of human nature,"
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Music
By Ja* Reynolds
Contributing Writer
Greg Kihn has done it again.
The Berkeley rocker who first garnered
national attention two years ago with his
Top 15 hit "The Breakup Song" has come
through with another fine effort with the
release this week of "Kihnspiracy," his
eighth album.
Although his last album (Kihntinued)
was a commercial flop, it did get good
reviews from music critics. That trend
should effort to date:
Review
'Kihnspiracy* succeeds for Greg Klhn;
'Sundown'bright dawn for Rank and File
The addition of former Steve Miller
sideman Greg Douglass on guitar fills out
t he solid sound of drummer Larry Lynch,
bassist Steve Wright and keyboardist
Gary Phillips, and gives Kihn and com¬
pany a harder edge than on previous
The first single from "Kihnspiracy" is
Jeopafdy7^rauTitTng:-mocrtyT<5c*?r-
ihal features a solid bass line and a pump-
Already racing up the charts after two
weeks, "Jeopardy" could push Greg Kihn
hack into the Top 20. The single is backed
with "Fascination," a raveup that is pro-
: *Ued by Douglass' blistering guitar work.
The rest of side one includes "Tear
rikit City Down," a bouncy number that
- huffles along, forcing one to pick up their
feel and dance along to the beat, "Talkin'
1.1 Mysell," a bluesy number that laments
■emg alone after breaking up with his
i.onte girl, and "Can't Love Them All,"
■.■■other raveup number that finds Kihn in
"v enviable position of having too many
: rls to choose from.
Side  two opens with  the old Patsy
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. i  cr "I Fall To Pieces." Instead of cover-
• ■; the tune faithfully, Kihn turns it into a
. dium tempo rocker, which makes for
uteresting interpretation of the coun-
I tine and again, Greg Kihn manages to
i ims up with delightful cover versions of
■ <1 (. lassies, and "1 Fall To Pieces" is no
songs in that these songs use more group
harmony vocals, and tend to Branch into
a more guitar-oriented style. There's ,
nothing wrong with that, especially csf
"Curious," which should be the second
single from "Kihnspiracy."
On a scale of one to 10, "Kihnspiracy"
r»8%.
One of the most refreshing and different
sounds for 1983 has been that of Rank and
File, a quartet form Austin, Texas that
plays a style of music that has been
dubbed "country punk" by some music
Whatever it is called, Rank and File's
debut album, "Sundown" is definitely
worth.listening to. This band of punk-
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■produced one of the most exciting
records in the last year or so.
Fronted by brothers Chip and Tony
Kinman, formerly of the DOs, one of the
West Coasts's most political punk bands
in the late 1970V Rank and File had its
beginnings in 1981 when the brothers
teamed up with rhythm guitarist Alejan¬
dro Escovedo and drummer Slim Evans
and moved to Texas.
What they come up with is a hybrid of
county and western and punk, but yet is
neither. You certainly wouldn't hear
Kenny Rogers, Ronnie Mitsap or Dolly
Parton singing songs like "Amanda Ruth"
or "Coyote." Nor would you hear groups
like the Sex Pistols singing love songs like
"(Glad Tm) Not in Love" or "I Don't Go
Out Much Anymore."
The twanging guitars and Everly
Brothers-style vocal* art vaguely remin¬
iscent of Bob Wat and the Texas Play-
boys, but are stghdy dsSarent in that the
bass tint is more rock-oriented.
Roffing Stone's David Fkka noted in
the recent review that Rank and Fas
sounds a bit antiseptic, and that Wayfcm
Jennings plays tha same thing Rank and
File does, only better. I don't agree with
that at al, since Rank and FsVs lyrics
aren't the usual standard topics of coun¬
try and western songs, and have a harder
sound than Waylon Jennings.
For those who are tired of the usual
shrieking guitars and wailing vocals on
new wave records, then give Rank and
File's "Sundown" a listen. It's well worth
the money.
On a scale of one to 10,
rates a solid 8.
'Sundown"
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