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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | The Red * Black
Pulitzer Prize poet,
alum to read at SLC
By SETH MCKELVEY
The Red & Buc k
Natasha Trethewey
wears her poems in her
voice and on her body.
The 2007 Pulitzer Prize
winning University
alumnus will read a selec
tion of her work today at
the Student Learning
Center.
“Her poems are just so
beautifully phrased and
structured,” said David
Ingle, assistant editor of
The Georgia Review, which
sponsors the event.
“They’re just so graceful.”
Dr. Ed Pavlic, director
of the creative writing pro
gram for the University’s
English department, said
that Trethewey's work is
very functional and direct.
“This is very much a
public poetry. She’s recov
ering a sense of life which
is very much a shared
sense of life,” Pavlic said. "I
think there is a translation
between the page, the
work and truths people
can really enact in their
everyday lives.”
Trethewey's poetry cre
ates a vivid image in the
mind, said Dr. Barbara
McCaskill, associate
English professor at the
University, who has a focus
on African-American liter
ature.
“She, as a writer, uses
the camera and calls our
attention to visual details,”
said McCaskill.
HIROSHIMA: Survivor speaks
about pain and recoveries
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them, dying 10 days later
from radiation poisoning,
he said.
“It wouldn’t be true to
say that I felt no resent
ment towards the U. 5.,” he
said. “My mother was
kiUed. I lost many of my
friends. My older brother
also died from the radia
tion."
Now 62 years later,
Teramoto has overcome
the resentment in order to
relate his story to audienc
es worldwide, he said.
“I have learned to deal
with the pain over the
years. Now the stronger
feeling is that this should
never be repeated again.”
Teramoto’s crusade for
nuclear disarmament wiU
bring him to the University
Wednesday night.
Accompanying
Teramoto will be Steven
Leeper, the first American
to be placed in charge of
the Hiroshima Peace
Culture Foundation.
Leeper said eliminating
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“What attracts me to
her work in particular, is
the way in which she incor
porates African-American
musical styles,” said
McCaskiU.
“Most of her poems are
based in the South, look
ing at Southern life, and
Southern history," said
PavUc.
“I think she thinks that
much of the Uved reality of
Southern Ufe has been
kind of buried under vari
ous kinds of mythologies.”
He said Trethewey tries
to debunk these misrepre
sentations of Southern
Ufe and history in her
work.
“One of the words she
uses a lot in talking about
writing is ‘erasure,’” said
PavUc.
“She’s kind of trying to
make up for the fact that
certain things have been
erased, and people’s expe
riences have been erased.”
Trethewey also brings a
greater understanding of
her work when she per
forms them, said PavUc.
“She reaUy found her
way all the way into those
poems, truly wearing them
in her voice and body, in a
way I thought was just ter
rific,” he said.
nuclear weapons is the
change the world needs to
solve other global issues.
"A lot of people are talk
ing about the war in Iraq,
the economy, global warm
ing and world poverty.
These are tremendously
important issues, but none
of them can be solved if we
don't get rid of nuclear
weapons first.”
According to Leeper,
such a change must begin
in the U.S.
Jason Garland, presi
dent of the University’s
Japan Club and a senior
comparative Uterature
mqjor from Athens, echoed
Leeper's sentiments.
“I hope that people who
know very Uttle about the
event wiU walk away with a
new perspective.”
For Teramoto, the view
point from Hiroshima is
very clear.
"Survivors are dying
every day,” he said.
“It is up to you and
your generation to make
the future of a peaceful
world.”
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A Members of the Classic City Rollergirls practice Wednesday at Skate-A-Round roller skating
rink on Cherokee Road. During these practices, the rollergirls go over drills and scrimmage
against each other.
Rollergirls seek ‘sassy’ skaters
By CHELSEA COOK
The Red & Black
Athens' most uncon
ventional sisterhood is
looking for new members.
Today at 7 p.m., The
Classic City Rollergirls
continue the first-annual
roller derby camp to
knock skaters into shape.
Roller derby, a predom
inantly female contact
sport, was introduced in
Athens two years ago.
A “bout” is best
described as a race versus
two “packs” of skaters,
with a point system based
on passing certain players
and knocking them down.
Once initiated, each
girl acquires a roller derby
name. Some include
Carmen Slamdiego,
Knockin' Bootsy and
Demanda Rumble.
Head of Recruitment
WUOG debuts new Japan Pops,’ Iceland rock
BY TAMARA BEST
The Red & Black
Whether exposing the
community to internation
al music or the sounds of
the 19505. WUOG 90.5 FM.
has new programs offering
a diverse selection.
The student-volunteer
station has 31 specialty
programs, with four new
shows this semester: “Odd
Man Out.” “Breaking the
Ice," Japan Pops" and
“Jitters and Rags.”
“There were (disc jock
eys) interested and they
proposed the shows, and
we thought they knew
enough about the genres
to host the show," said
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Sheila McAlister, better
known as “Poke A. Dot,”
said that the boot camp is
a way to ensure “newbies”
receive equal instruction.
“There’s usually this
huge learning curve,” she
said. “With the boot camp,
(new skaters) can get the
individual attention they
need through pairing with
veteran skaters or small
group work.”
For those fearing rejec
tion, McAlister said that
the boot camp is not a
form of “try-outs.” If a
prospective roller girl is
dedicated and can grasp
Amanda Perofsky, a junior
from Macon and program
ming director.
"Japan Pops” showcas
es Japanese music from
8-9 p.m. on Mondays, fol
lowed by "Breaking the
Ice.” playing Icelandic
music from 9-10 p.m.
For Jennifer Cole,
“Breaking the Ice" DJ and
sophomore from Suwanee,
the idea for the program
came after a call from an
excited listener, who
heard her playing
Icelandic bands, she said
“I realized that
Icelandic is kind of its own
genre," said Cole.
“The more I researched
it, I realized that there are
the skills, CCRG will be
happy to have her.
“Most people experi
ence skating at around
age 10 or 11, and then
never skate again,” she
said.
“They most likely never
learned how to fall proper
ly, whip someone around
on skates or bootyblock.
This is what the boot
camp is for.”
After the four-day boot
camp, a prospective roller
girl must attend at least
four hours of practice and
one to two hours of open
skating per week.
Although derby takes a
lot of energy, commitment
and athleticism, it doesn’t
require a tough-girl
appearance.
“It’s a strength of mind.
A bunch of girls do have
wild hair color, tattoos,
ripped fishnets, but there
a lot of cool bands out
there.”
Cole’s program is driv
en by listeners voting on
what genre of Icelandic
music to play the next
week.
Voters chose Icelandic
hip-hop for next week’s
show, Cole said.
“They are really big on
indie rock and metal, but
have all the same genres
as American music.”
"Jitters and Rags" fea
tures pre-1950s pop music,
while “Sundialing" offers
“psych-pop garage rock,”
Perofsky said.
“We thought (“Jitters
and Rags") would be great
because not a lot of other
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too,” said Brett Buckelew,
alias Carmen Slamdiego,
of Dahlonega, who gradu
ated from the University
in December.
“Derby is the kind of
sport where you need dif
ferent kinds of athletes
and body shapes,"
McAlister said. “A girl who
is 160-plus pounds can
easily knock over one who
is 100 pounds.”
But perhaps the most
important thing to bring
to the rink, aside from
your mouthguard and hel
met, is a sassy attitude.
“It takes someone who
has a certain amount of
confidence, but at the
same time, derby is a huge
confidence builder,”
McAlister said.
"(Carmen Slamdiego)
is a sexy pinup girl, but
she's a demon on skates.”
stations have it," said
Perofsky. “It’s an interest
ing concept.”
In addition to premier
ing new shows, “Odd Man
Out,” returns from a
semester-long hiatus. It
highlights the music of all
female bands.
Still, pre-existing
shows such as “A Matter
of Jazz” remain popular
with listeners, Perofsky
said.
‘“A Matter of Jazz’ airs
on Sundays for three
hours and is a staple of
WUOG.”
Students interested in
DJing for the station can
e-mail trainings wuog.org,
or visit wuog.org.
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