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Lifestyles
The Battalion
Thursday,
Thursday, September 26,1991
Student worker Anna Treinies, a senior
health major, assists Ben Wolf, an MBA
student, with an accounting exercise.
Reading Between
the
Lines
Student volunteers, workers tackle double studies
to read and see for the handicap.
By Terri Welch
The Battalion
H elping each other out is a
natural part of being an
Aggie.
Two Texas A&M students in
particular are part of an ongoing
program that especially helps out
Aggies who are blind or handi
capped.
Adrienne Montgomery, a
sophomore premedicine Ynajor
from St. Augustine, Texas, reads
for and gives tests to students
who need some assistance in
their school work through Sup
port Services located in Hart
Hall.
She became involved through
Alpha Phi Omega, a service fra
ternity, and is no head of the vol
unteer project.
"I heard about the project and
decided to try it out," said Mont
gomery, "and now I am always
in there (Support Services of
fice)."
Volunteers and student
workers do a variety of things
that include reading text books
on to cassette tapes, reading out
and giving tests, writing and do
ing scratch work for the students.
Montgomery said the first
time she read for a student, she
was a fittle unsure of herself.
"I; was reading a statistics
book and I know nothing about
statistics," she said. "I couldn't
pronounce a lot of the words, so
at the end of the tape I said I was
sorry and I hoped I hadn't
messed him up."
However, Montgomery is not
alone in her efforts. Anna
Treinies, a senior health major
from Houston, is a student work
er for Support Services and also
reads for and assists the students.
"I'm trying to get into physi
cal therapy school, and this
helps," she said. "Handicapped
services are something I've been
interested in for some time."
Treinies has found that her
work continuously sheds a new
light on her day to day activities.
Having seen the books and ma
chines that the blind must deal
with made a big impact on her.
"I wasn't aware of half of the
problems they (blind students)
encounter," she said, "My expo
sure to these things has opened
my eyes."
Treinies said even though it is
her job, it does keep her busy.
"It's like keeping up with two
people's classes," she said. "That
is why it is a big help when peo
ple volunteer."
She agrees with Montgomery
about the employees in the of
fice. Everyone is friendly and
she always feels welcome, she
said.
When it comes to the actual
students, both girls said there is a
special bond that develops.
"More or less it is a working
relationship," said Treinies. "But
there is a friendship, an apprecia
tion from both sides."
Montgomery said the stu
dents love their help.
"They aren't by themselves,"
she said. "They don't have to
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Music Review
Metallica: Not just for thrashin 1
By Kevin Robinson
The Battalion
Metallica
Metallica
Elektra
At midnight on the day Metal
lica released their new self-titled
album, stores remained open to
sell the new disc to eager fans.
Within the week, the album debut
ed at number one on the Billboard
charts and the first single, "Enter
Sandman", went into heavy rota
tion on MTV and radio. All of a
sudden it's hard for everyone to
remember that only five or six
years ago Metallica was consid
ered part of a fringe element, as a
defining force in underground
metal.
The new album, Metallica, con
tinues a constant evolution. Al
though many people still like to
consider the band "speed metal,"
the new album clearly shows that
the days of speed for its own sake
are long gone. Drummer Lars Ul
rich is still capable of reaching a
machine gun-like tempo, but the
band now has control of its inten
sity and knows how to make use
of it through contrast.
Lyrically the band has ma
tured as well. While I've always
considered Metallica's lyrics
above average, the straight for
ward approach of old songs has
changed. Metallica"s lyrics take
the front stage with layered mean
ings whose complete implications
require a little extra thought.
Someone should tell Axl Rose to
take notes.
In "My Friend of Misery", po
litical and social activism is given
a twist, seen as an example of a
self-righteous and masochistic
ego. "You're out to save the
world/ Misery/ You insist the
weight of the world should be on
your shoulders/ Misery/ There's
so much more to life than what
you see". Strangely, listeningto
songs on Metallica and previous
albums, vocalist James Hetfield's
"Friend of Misery" just mightbt
himself.
The lyrics of "The God That
Failed" takes on advocates of
Christian Science. "I see faith in
your eyes/ Never you hearth
discouraging lies/ I hearfaithin
your cries/ Broken is the promise,
betrayal/ the healing handheld
back by the deepened nail/ Fol
low the God that failed".
The topic of Christian Science
parents allowing their children to
die for the parents' beliefs has
come up every few years in the
news, but seldom has criticism
come as powerfully as this.
Finally, in "Sad But True," the
implications are the most disturb
ing of all. The song concernspeo
pie who live their lives through
others, dealing with their own
lives through escapism. "I'm you
only friend now.../ I'm your
dream, make you real.../I'm your
pain/ You know its sad but true
It's an unsettling possibilih
that Metallica might be talkint
about some of their own fans
those who find peace of mind onlt
in a pair of headphones, shutting
themselves out from the world
Cutting lyrics maybe, but they
show a depth that isn't usually as
sociated by the public with the
metal scene.
The evolution in Metallica
seems far from over. With their
growing success and influence,!
think we should see even more
encouragement to experiment
with lyrics and musical style from
upcoming albums. Add to this
their growing acceptance by the
mainstream and we just may see
the uncompromising little thrash
band from California become one
of the biggest bands of the
nineties.
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