Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Itfs hard not to look at the media and around the streets to see new wave fashion as the pervasive trend it is: even in Carbondale. Experimenting with music, dress and dance are vital to this trendls development. Some may label these experimenters punk rockers, new wavers or just weird. This trend has, undoubtedly, been influenced by ilnew music? This new sound has, however, become increas- ingly difficult to iind in Carbondale. Most of the local and area radio stations are dedicated to a predomi- nately top-4O programming mix, rejecting the less restricted album format that existed in Carbondale a few years ago. However, top-40 is exactly what these people want. They seek an alternative that is more bold and full of more energy. SIU-C,s student station, WIDB, remains dedicated to the policy of bringing good alternative sounds to listeners, says music director Ken Krause. Krause thinks that there is a deii- nite punk scene in Carbondale, but describes it as iisort 0f contrived? tiThe attitude is not really there and it canlt be. The attitude for true punk rock has to emanate from a source. iiTrue punkers are those who are iinancially deprived, and are angry about the way they are forced to live? . he said. iiHere its just middle-class boys and girls having fun? WIDB doesn,t play the hard-core punk sound of bands like Black Flag and Throbbing Gristle, he says, but does give more airplay t0 the com- mercial sound of Romeo Void and X, which he believes represents more of what listeners want to hear. Movements like punk rarely rejoice, yet there is a certain joy in collective bitching, collective recognition of l frustration. The joy comes in the re- , lease of both aggression and frustra- New wave dancing is less restric- tive than its predecessor, punk. Frequently, dancers can be seen running around the dance floor and slam dancing; a form that, some believe, is both highly controlled and highly creative. Features tion. Primitive forms of dancing were the perfect vehicles. The pogo consists of jumping up and down and shaking all over, is very close to a temper tan- . trum in attitude. With the exception of four bars, however, Carbondale fails to supply enough clubs that cater to the new wave audience. Dress is perhaps the most impor- tant aspect of new wave. Those in- volved with new wave step outside the bounds of conventionalism by . either a commercial new wave look or simply by sporting something un- usual and original. One employee of a vintage clothing store in Carbondale, said many peo- ple come in looking for something punk and leave with something unusual and outlandish. Unusual clothes can often be found at thrift shops, according to Yvette LeTourneaux, known to friends as a unique dresser and often labeled a ipunkerl by those who see her on the street. LeTourneaux said that she gets most of her clothes from her grand- mother and thrift shops. ltMost of the things I wear are older but you could call them vintage, she said. Unique hairstyles can also be seen in Carbondale and have been a vital part of achieving a head-tuming look. The trend has reverted back to a six- ties vogue known as the spike. Spiked hair stands up, forming points or spikes at the top of the head. Aside from shaping your hair it is impor- tant that one finds a color that best reflects his or hers feelings. Colors vary from shades of purple and red to green. Allen Weisman, though he is not a participant in the new wave move- ment, sees the entire attitude and look as an ttintellectual movement that focuses on avant-garde self expression? Steve Rush, a senior in public rela- tions, agrees. tiTheirels a definite sub- culture of new wave which has a more realistic set of ideals? he said. tiBut I don,t think its quite as strong as punk was. Punk was a total lifestyle? El

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Iused to have a pattern shaved into the back of my hair, a zig-zag. It was a lfavorlgiuen to me by a friend for the sake of fashion. The pattern which emerged from under the scis- sors resembled a series of v-shaped irrigation ditches running from the middle of my scalp toward my ears. To those unaccustomed to such Chic, I must have looked like Ifre- quently engaged in domestic violence or like I had had at least one good beating. Fashion of this kind may be drastic for a southern Illinois college town, but in a more fashion conscious en- vironment such a hairstyle would be in step, if not a step behind. Features

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The Year in Review ' The Obelisk II takes a look at some of this yearis headlines and highlights. From El Salvador t0 the Falklands, war raged on. Eighteen nations were fighting, whether it be battle of the land or seas or guerrilla warfare, and an es- timated 125,000 men, women and children lost their lives during these skirmishes in 1982. Since the ultrarightist Major Roberto d,Aubuisson came into power three years ago, 30,000 citizens have died there. Despite public complaints to Congress over continuing abuse of hu- man rights, the US. sent more than $300-million in military and economic aid to El Salvador in 1982 alone. Aside from the continual flow of arms into to the Central American hot-spot the United States proposed increasing the number of military advisors to train government forces. The increased aid made the light for El Salvador look more and more like Viet Nam. In Guatemala, where government forces have claimed some 5,000 civil- ian lives since a coup in March of 1981, the picture was no different. On April 2 Britain was pushed into a battle for 4,700 square miles of rocky islands in the South Atlantic when Argentines took control of the tiny Falkland Islands colony. Prime Min- ister Margaret Thatcher reacted by sending 27,000 men, more than twelve times the population of the province, aboard warships, submarines and converted luxury liners-the Queen Elizabeth II and the Canberra. Although the war only lasted until early J une, the human cost was high. Some 255 British troops and 746 Ar- gentines died along with three civil- ians from the capital city of Port Stanley. 10 X L mm: k. 5 Wide World Photo GOOSE GREEN, EAST FALKLAND-Argentinian soldiers captured at Goose Green are guarded by a Royal Marine shortly after their surrender ended a three-month- old conflict with Great Britain. While the battle off the coast of Argentina took most by surprise, the fighting in Lebanoneafter seven long years-was just part of everyday life. A surprise attack by Israeli bomb- ers and troops, however, was the far- thest thing from everyday life that the residents of Lebanon were expect- ing. It looked like the Middle East bloodshed might come to an end when US. envoy Phillip Habib mediated for the Palestinian Liberation Organiza- tion and the Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Menachem