Frank C. Lewis, Jr.
Republican
for County Commissioner
Supports: Precinct 4
• Strong Christian family values
• A&M Student voting rights
• Stronger law enforcement
• Better Fire Protection
• Lowering taxes
• Rural Roads Improvements
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By SANDRA AVANT
Special to The Battalion
High heels are staying down this fall, per
haps because more women are unwilling to pay '
the unfashionable price of risking their health.
Low-heeled shoes and boots in earth tones are
the popular choices for fall footwear and that’s a
healthy trend, says Alma Fonseca, clothing specialist
with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
“Any shoe with a heel higher than one inch is detrimental .
\ to the health of your feet, ankles, calves, knees and back,” she^f?»>
' said. “The higher the heel, the more harm can occur.” '
if* It’s no secret that wearing high-heeled shoes can cause poor
'jAposture, backaches and even loss of foot function.
>v Problems with the shoes stem from the lack of space in the toe
S ^ area. The cramped quarters squeeze the foot and may lead to corns,
^ bunions and ingrown toenails, she says.
Some doctors advise people who have problems with ingrown toe-
(jk nails to wear shoes that are round at the toes, allowing toes to spread
Tv out naturally in the shoes. But nearly all high heels are pointed and
pointed shoes can cause toes to be cramped leading to serious foot problems.
^ “High heels also shift your body’s weight to the forefoot, which places undue
^ stress on the metatarsal heads — where the toes and foot connect,” Fonseca says.
^“This leaves only a one-by three-inch area to support the entire weight of the body.”
Other problems include an increased impact when the heel
strikes the ground. High heels decrease walking stability and in
crease the risk of a sprained ankle, she says.
“High-heeled shoes also force the calf muscles and
Achilles tendons to shorten, which is difficult to reverse,”
Fonesca says. “Shortened muscles and tendons predispose women to
such serious injuries as tendinitis or Achilles tendon tears.”
Fonesca says flats and other low-heeled shoes are popular and may be
so for a long time. The fashion trend is that the longer the skirt, the flatter
the heel of the shoe, but some short, casual outfits look fine with low-
heeled shoes, she says.
Fonesca is not advocating that women throw out high heels, only to
wear them sparingly. i
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4 Roxy Carmichael’ merits no welcome mat
By CAROL GLENN
Goodbye and good riddance Roxy
Carmichael.
Directed by Jim Abrahams (“Air
plane!” and “Big Business”), “Wel
come Home Roxy Carmichael” is
one of the most bizarre and disap
pointing teenage-type flicks this
year.
“Welcome Home” stars Winona
Ryder (“Beetlejuice” and “Hea
thers”) as Dinky, an adopted 15-
year-old tomboy and social outcast.
Thomas Wilson Brown portrays the
object of Dinky’s crush, and Jeff
Daniels is Dinky’s alleged father by
birth.
Laila Robins plays Dinky’s high
school guidance counselor and
pseudo-psychologist.
The story is set in the remote town
of Clyde, Ohio, — the hometown of
the infamous Roxy Carmichael.
Roxy married young and had vi
sions of living happily ever after. But
after having a baby before she
turned 20, her visions of an Utopia
in the closed-minded town of Clyde
were squashed.
After her baby girl was born,
Roxy decided that her life was too
tame. She packed her bags, left the
baby at the Clyde Hospital and went
to Hollywood where she met a sing
er/songwriter and fell in love. The
singer wrote a song about her and
gave her the rights to it. The
relationship didn’t last, but the song
made millions. Now Roxy is a mil
lionaire.
And now Clyde residents consider
her a legend. They restore and make
a shrine out of her old home. They
even erect a Center of Cosmetology
and Drama in her name.
Wait, it gets better!
Now the townspeople, who are
obviously very bored and lonely,
make extravagant plans for her
homecoming. While this is all going
on, Dinky deduces that she is Roxy’s
daughter.
Dinky is considered strange. Al
though she doesn’t sleep around,
she establishes herself as a rebel
without a cause. She tries too hard to
be unique and ends up alienating
herself from society. Her peers
throw food at her in the cafeteria
and call her names behind her back
such as Rosemary’s baby and mar
tian.
Dinky’s only refuge is a boat she
turns into an animal shelter in a re
mote part of town. She picks up
abandoned animals and gives them a
home on the “arc.” Dinky herself
feels like an abandoned animal.
This movie hits an all-time low as
far as teenage Hicks go. The prd.
ers incorporate everything rnii
the sun, including bisexuality,sra
promiscuity, bizarre people
even shrine worshipping —noun
which tie together with anyrhvi
reason.
The movie is sad from the m
lievable beginning to the irrilai
end. I kept asking myself,“Wl
Why do the people of Ctl
worship a lady of Roxy’s tarai
stature whose name isjustinasra
Why do they even care about km
want her to come back home!At
mostly, why does anyone paygn
money to see this trash?
Well if you’re still interested
seeing “Welcome Home RoxyCi
michael,” it’s now showing at
Manor East Theater and is rated
13. But you can’t say you hi
been warned.
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Editor’s Note: Lifestyles
feature periodic entertaint
articles by Texas A&M mem
of the Natioanl Association
Black Journalists and the Hi
panic Journalists Association.
By Pamela Lee and TonjiWhd
Special to The Battalion
Public Enemy, EnVogue, Aie
Franklin and other lip syncenij
peared at the Bryan Civic Aui
rium Friday night when Alpki
Alpha held their second lipsynct
test.
Graduate student Tommv B.
can said Alpha Phi Alpha v
to make it an annual event.
“The purpose of the contesP
to provide a social atmosphere
fellowship and have a goodii
Duncan said.
(Top) DeShandra Sandies
(Above) Sherri Williams and Will Adams
Photo by Kevin Ivy
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Our Habits
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week 1990
Date
Event
Time
Location
10/22
Natural Highs
3:00 p.m.
201 MSC
10/23
Mocktails
11:00 a.m.-l:00 p.m.
Campus Dining Centers
10/24
"Clean and Sober"
8:00 p.m.
Rudder Theater
10/25
Hall-Y-Wood Squares
12:00 noon
Davis-Gary
10/25
Mocktail Madness
6:00-7:30 p.m.
212, 224 MSC
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The lip sync contest was
nized by Duncan andjuniorW
ams.Andre Bradley, Kappa
Psi member, said he entered the#
test to represent his fraternityc
positive way. His group, Tlioi
Miles and Company, won besK
tume, best concept and first pi
for their tribute to Marvin Gate'
“What’s Going On?”
“In the 60’s there was a lot
black-on-black violence,” Diednl
ter, member of the winning gts
said. “We did that song as i
minder that we (blacks) need
come together.”
“Hold My Mule,” a spiritual
performed by Thomas Miles
Company, won best choreognf
and second place.
The group chose the reli?
songbecause it was somethingd!
ent and meaningful, Bradleysal
Run DMC, an eight meB
group lead by Alvin James andfc
Grice, won third place for theitc
cert scene performance.
The contest judges were
James, student activities adviser
dric Walker, “Tony Dean
Hearne; and Delvin Atchison,
of the Progressive Baptist Ckf
and Hearne city councilman,
eight acts were judged on chorf
raphy, originality, lip sync
and stage presence.
First, second and third place
ners received $300, $150 and S’
spectively.
The members of Kappa Alpl
will donate their prize money
the contest to the College Su 1
Girls Club, Bradley said.
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