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Organization promotes cultural study, awareness
Students perform Native American songs and dances
By JULIE POLSTON
Feature Writer of THE BATTALION
Members of the Native Ameri
can Student Association (NASA)
will perform Plains Indian dances
and songs Wednesday Nov. 18 at
11:30 a.m. in front of Rudder
Fountain.
The purpose of the perfor
mance is to recognize Native
American culture in a contempo
rary manner through dancing,
singing and storytelling.
NASA president Ray Torger-
son said, “This is very much a
contemporary, modern type of
performance."
Torgerson said students will
perform several different styles of
dance including the traditional
style, the fancy style and the old
style.
The traditional style is some
times referred to as contemporary
dance and stems from the South
ern Plains Indians, he said.
He said the fancy style, which
is also called the feather style, is a
more active and aerobic type of
dance that originated in the 1930s
to attract tourists.
The old style, however, is an
accurate and historical representa
tion of various tribes from differ
ent eras, he said.
Torgerson said there are sever
al reasons for dancing.
"Usually, people say they
dance for their ancestors," he said.
"It's sort of abstract, but they
(dancers) dance for their people,
the history and the tradition."
Torgerson said there will also
be Northern and Southern Plains
singing.
"The Southern Plains has a
lower, bass sound and the North
ern Plains has a higher, falsetto
type of sound," he said. "These
are typical songs that are very old
in history, and there is a story be
hind every one."
Torgerson said some of the
songs are more modem and were
written recently for pow-wows.
Other songs date back to the mid-
1800s and are consequently very
important to the Native Ameri
cans, he said.
In addition to the dancing and
singing, students will also be
telling stories.
Rose Hardman, a senior at
Texas A&M, said she began using
the stories to teach her children.
Hardman said that in the past,
Indians taught their children
through stories and examples.
Many of the stories are legends,
which are based in truth, she said.
"I get my stories from books
and things that have been written
down from elders in different
tribes," she said. "They are inter
esting, very beautiful stories of the
Native American people that you
never would hear."
The Native American Student
Association meets twice each
month at 8:30 p.m. in 407 Rudder.
Membership is open, and every
one is welcome to join.
"The purpose of the association
is to educate and break down
stereotypes," Hardman said.
"You don't have to be an Indian to
be a member of the club."
R.E.M. gets back to the people,
stays true to earlier releases
By JENNY MAGEE
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
R.E.M.
"Automatic for the People"
Warner Bros. Records
"Automatic for the People" was an automat
ic for induction into my personal top 10 fa
vorite albums.
This album is important for R.E.M. and their
fans, not only because Michael Stipe's clear
voice sings out profound lyrics with captivat
ing distinctiveness, but because "Automatic
for the People" has rechanneled an honesty
that seemed absent on "Out of Time."
More than a continuation of the style of
"Out of Time," "Automatic for the People" is
reminiscent of older works such as "Life's Rich
Pageant" and "Murmur."
However, this album has something more.
There is a maturity, a refined understanding
for the pain and suffering of existence that
makes this album a musical photograph of life.
I would even venture so far as to say that this
is one of R.E.M.'s best albums.
The Georgia-based b^and is singing for the
people again. It feels as if the music wants to
wind its way intone dark corners of the
world and touch some hidden part of humani
ty. The acoustic quality of the songs adds to
the simplistic, truthful nature of the album.
The album's opening song, "Drive," pro
fesses, "Hey kids, rock and roll, nobody tells
R.E.M.’s latest album returns to the band's
basics, diverging from its recent “pop” trend.
you where to go," setting a personal tone that
is continued throughout the album and culmi
nates with "Everybody Hurts," which pro
duces a feeling of the unity of pain.
Even the fact that the album contains an in
strumental, "New Orleans Instrumental No.
1," seems to denote a diversion frOrh the "pop
ular" collection of songs that made (ip "Out of
Time."
R.E.M.'s ever-present environmental theme
reappears with "Try Not To Breathe." Every
song seems important and carries its own
unique message. It would be impossible for
me to pick a favorite oxit of the album's 12
songs, but I can come the closest with
"Nightswimming." It is not as if I can explain
the songs in a generic way; the experience of
listening to "Automatic for the People" is
something that allows for personal interpreta
tion.
R.E.M. has always had something to say. I
mean, they are not exactly the type of band
that has spent their musical career singing be
bop love songs. Michael Stipe claims to have
written only one love song in his career, "Los
ing My Religion."
There is something profoundly artistic
about all of R.E.M.'s albums, but it seems even
more intense in the work on "Automatic for
the People."
In this world of mixes and technological
sound, the basic musical accompaniment pro
duces this rare untarnished effect. However, I
must say that a lot of the effect that R.E.M.'s
music produces is the result of a very signifi
cant factor — Michael Stipe's voice. The man
has this ability to mix his clear musical vocals
with deep brooding emotion. The result al
most borders on a folk sound; it is absolutely
mesmerizing.
As much I would have liked to see R.E.M.
remain an underground college band forever,
I think they bring hope to the semi-main-
stream music scene and to a synthesizer-
nursed generation.
R.E.M. sings for the environment, for hu
man emotion, and for life in general. It is for
the people; that is automatic.
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