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filing ai s Mil spe;. Iloflenr- Inn peit Plear 3ntoda|: >n loda,! as Iron •; H7p.ir • centeia!: lionals?, !. Evari ir. aeak aid ).m. iniij illdii HeCfc waves at JlRute WilldiSMi ilromii tudio. D(r il lane Us araiy. 3locke' psalS: - as tties::; ial7p.n ihape ! te details if ! 4p.m :- r Rudds’ Rudde 1 /McDofs; only 10 VhafsUi mum ill miff* B-CS receives reggae sounds with open arms By Mia B. Moody Reporter Reggae music has been around since the 1700’s, but it wasn’t until recently that it became popular in the Bryan-Col- legc Station area. Edison Arnold, a senior aerospace en gineering major from Trinidad, said that what people call reggae in the United States is actually “scarr,” a European version of reggae. Groups like UB40 and The Killer Bees play forms of scarr. Edison said he believes people are becoming more inter ested in reggae because of scarr’s popu larity. “Scarr has a new wave sound com bined with a lot of rhyming,” he said. Traditional reggae is more upbeat with lot of bass and chanting. Music from artists like Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliffe would all be examples of traditional reggae.” Monica Banks, a junior mathematics major from Austin, said she believes that the rise in the popularity of reggae music in this area is just a fad. “A lot of my friends who used to dis like reggae music are now going to con certs and buying reggae records,” Banks said. “1 think they are beginning to listen to it just because it’s the “in” thing to do. e-jopGfBdon’t think people could suddenly start iking music that they used to laugh at.“ Sean Smith, an ex-disc jockey for ra- Jio station KANM, said he thinks people are beginning to listen to reggae more al7p’’ iccause they are getting tired of top 40 music. He said he believes that reggae will in- rease in popularity because once people tart listening to it, they often become looked. Jonas Abraha, a senior mechanical en- jineering major from Ethiopia, said that leople are attracted to reggae music be- ause it allows them to express their indi- iduality. “When the punk rock movement tarted, people began dyeing their hair wearing mohawks,” Abraha said. Now people arc wearing dreadlocks and nulticolored ankle bands. People like ningser-: eggae because it makes them feel a part fsomething that is different. Ruddei iOp.mii! 7:05 p n. in Ri* in167te or the & Glen Goode, manager of Eastgate Live, said that reggae music always has been popular there, but its popularity has increased dramatically in the last 18 months. He said that at first, people come to reggae concerts because their friends dragged them there, but then they get hooked on the music and start coming to concerts on their own. Goode said The Killer Bees is the most popular reggae band that performs at the club. Eric Beatty, a junior engineering ma jor from Austin, said that when The Killer Bees perform, there is hardly any room for dancing. John Bosey, who used to do public re lations work for Eastgate Live, said that even though very few people showed up at the Wazobia concert a week ago, reg gae is still popular in this area. He said that only a small crowd turned out for the concert because of the fact that Wazobia is not well known in this area and that people tend to see the bands that they know they like. “Reggae is popular because people are getting more exposure to it and they like what they hear,” Bosey said. “They like it because it has a lot of bass and is easy to dance to. People who don’t know how to dance can stand still and the bass from reggae music will make them move be cause it sounds so good.” Hugh Stem, manager at The Brazos Landing, said reggae is the biggest at traction at the club. When blues or rock bands perform, it is not certain that they will draw a crowd, but when reggae groups play, they are guaranteed to have a large audience, he said. Lisa Jarrard, assistant manager at The Record Bar, said that Ziggy Marley, the late Bob Marley’s son, is the reason that reggae has become so popular. Jarrard said Marley’s album is receiv ing so much air play that people who aren’t normally exposed to reggae are now hearing his songs on the radio. Mar- ley’s album is the biggest-selling reggae album of all time, she said. Listeners like what they hear of Mar- ley’s work, so they start listening to many different reggae groups, she said. A&M economist: Housing demand improves for state By Ellen Nolen Reporter The Texas economy has passed a tuni ng point, and the state’s economic fu- — ure is beginning to look brighter. Dr. ^■ackC. Harris said. Harris, associate research economist ■t the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, i; 0Baid current housing and real estate de- ■nands show the first evidence of an up- i Bwing in the economy. ic m!I? “When the economy picks up there is I greater demand for family homes, of- nce space and buildings for industry,” Karris said. I Texas home sales in the first quarter of ■988 were 7 percent higher than in 1987. Slther oil-producing states — Louisiana, [Oklahoma, Colorado, Alaska and Wyoming — suffered declines during the same period. I “Texas is demonstrating that it can iad a recovery in the Southwest,” Harris sdaf in volu^ 12 sente 1 table lo ^ ons lo t*' Brazos.^ sis CeiW nstDoitl uddei an eif ective if 5 n hints * inland!)? w laid. An oversupply of homes exists on the larket, he said. In Texas, an upswing in is andl* 1 ales may not push prices too far up, zementfr' (hich is encouraging for buyers. The poor showing in home prices of Southwest stems from overbuilding the early 1980’s, he said. As the economy continues to grow, jore people will move to Texas, which jrsanddd jintinually will feed the economy, he id. Newcomers will purchase new mes and residents will buy better-qual- , higher-priced homes. i, will ^ win a fr in from ^ ibby. 'in Tell' bandits elude police fter robbery attempt DALLAS (AP) — Two would-be ban dits eluded a police tactical team Mon- after a botched robbery in which a lafeteria manager was shot at twice and a iaker hid in a freezer. ut the aspomf icnf> to itce 1 " dbep^ lie said permit*^ Gus Simon, a baker in his 40s, fled mharmed from the rear of a Wyatt Cafe- eria after hiding in a food freezer and lolverot^ toreroom 2.5 hours, police said. The uspects, who had weapons, escaped, apt. E.R. Walt of the police tactical ection, said. jbeet^ jiiathc^ The gunmen apparently fled from the arof the restaurant before a police tac- Rlcal squad entered the South Dallas busi- Bess about 10:30 a.m., Walt said. One employee told police the sus pects, in their 20s or 30s, were seen crossing the restaurant parking lot shortly before 8 a.m. The manager, Clarence Hart, told an employee to lock the rear door, but one gunman entered the cafeteria before the door was latched. The other assailant en tered the front door after asking a win dow-washer for directions to the man ager. “As he walked up to me, he pulled this gun out near the register,” Hart, 32, said. “I went into the kitchen. I was try ing to duck and get out of there. ” Hart said one man pulled a gun from his waistband and fired two shots, but no one was hit. 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From 1985-1987, most regions of the country experienced home-buying activity stimulated by fall ing mortgage interest rates. California’s economic expansion helped the West lead the nation with a 19 percent growth in home sales. New En gland and the states in the farming Mid west ranked second with a 14 percent in crease in growth. Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas also showed increases in home sales. Texas and the Southwest trailed the nation during these years with a growth in home sales of 4 percent. “Available 1988 data suggests that the years of declining housing in Texas are over,” Harris said. Houston already has seen im provement, and employment rates are rising statewide, he said. The Texas economy is on an upswing, he said, but unlike 1980, the state will not thrive unless the whole nation contin ues its economic growth. “We’ve been down, and now it’s time for Texas to come back,” he said. 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