University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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ASSCU Social Presentations should pat themselves on the back for bringing the Crazy 8 ' s to Spotlights. The Portland-based band left everyone sweating and demanding more. Singing You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille! Frank Josef won the hearts and legs of dancing students. No one ever tired of Frank ' s show — some students even saw him four times in one week at Cats, Mountain Charley ' s, McNeil ' s, and of course. Spotlights. Tim Myers The lead singer for the Crazy 8 ' s takes advantage of the enthusiastic coffeehouse crowd during a winter quarter gig. Attendence at events varied depending on the type of entertainment offered, with rock bands drawing the biggest crowds. 1 6 student Life

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Tim Myers Exploring the Perimeter The Bay Area s diversity provided an escape from our limited campus. is Pehl In 7th grade I drove to California in a station wagon with my family. When I returned to St. Louis (landlocked and flat), I told my friends I was going to college in California at any cost. While the cost was great to my parents, California became my home for four years. And in ten more days I ' m leaving a dream. I quickly adapted to the California habit of driving everywhere and discovered the Coast Highway. On some boring Tuesday nights, my roommate and I would hop in her car and take off for the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz or her home in Carmel Valley. On the trips home I discovered Monterey and whale watching and Carmel and tourism on Ocean Ave., but the most affecting drive was south from Carmel to Big Sur. I returned many times to Garapata Beach for fun with nature days and was overwhelmed by imposing fog banks that fit themselves against the cragged cliffs of Big Sur and slipped through the bridges along the highway. I loved watching the inland hills turn from green to gold. There is peace in the hills with their clum.ps of oaks; when the sun sets, solitary oaks are silhouetted on the crests of gold fir. For northerly excursions we ' d go to Napa for similar beauty and wine (we turned cultural field trips into party phenomena), San Francisco for coffee and partying in North Beach, and occasionally to Berkeley to witness an age gone by. Returning home from Mill Valley one Saturday afternoon. The City took ' us in (as it ' s known to do when there ' s responsibility at school) and we we decided we needed an espresso pickup. A latte at Cafe Trieste turned into three glasses of Chianti with an aspiring writer beside us. Next we moved up the street to Savoy Tivoli for a forgotten number of drinks before a 12:30 a.m. dinner at Basta Pasta. When we were confined to home (SCU), it was into San Jose (and massive reconstruction) for movies at Cameras 3 and 1, dinner al Original Joe ' s, or Elvis Costello and other concerts. The quote below my senior pic ture in my high school yearbook was, Sail on silvergirl Sail on by. Your time has come to shine. All your dreams are on their way. My only dream then was California. Tim Myers Spring quarter marks the beginning ot mass migration to Santa Cruz, Capitola, and other beaches both day and night. Sunday (or Wednesday) driving along the coast on Hwy. 1 was a popular alternative to the smoggy Silicon Valley. Scott Alyn Exploring the Perimeter 1 5

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:r9: . - ' V. 9Bas(ixm€m»farw L: A Place for Spotlighting Alternatives I went down to the office (ASSCU) one afternoon and found five messages — all with the urgent box checked in the bottom right hand corner. One was from Ichabod Stowe, one from Mark with Daddy in His Deep Sleep, Raffi from Epic Rumors, Ron with The Regular Guys, and Gordon with Threshold. (Gordon has called me every day for the last month. Gads!). It amazes me that all th ese people, in one morning, have such urgent needs to perform in the coffeehouse a.k.a. Spotlights. I gave Pete two of the five messages, and I took the k other three. Pete dropped f the bomb on Gordon. Gordon I just don ' t think your type of music will go over too well with SCU; we ' re not interested. He should ' ve just told him the truth; the band ' s music gives us a migraine. We dug ourselves out of our message hole and booked three gigs for the Spotlights. I filled out the necessary facilities and expense by Ellen Feaheny reqtiests and gave Anita the promo materials for advertising the shows. Now the only thing left was to talk it up and rally people to go. The first show came around and, to my surprise, Ichabod had the people wanting more of the cafeteria at dinner. (I admit, I did pad my announcement a bit, saying that Ichabod had performed on both Carson and Letterman before. That ' ll get ' em, I figured.) Nevertheless, the quality was good and the beat was soothing. He played nice Sharon Bender Sometimes, Spotlights is a place to simply hang-out and eat WILD Pizza. Seniors Carolyn Ahern and Joe Cooney are doing just that while resting after a senior happy hour. hispsuedo-James Taylor guitar act. Most people at the show were there by chance, eating Saga food from the Cafe St. Claire. Others came down to check out this great performer they had heard about when I made an announcement in dinner music. A new night, new people present, a new performer. Something a little more up-beat. Daddy in His Deep Sleep woke up Spotlights with some good sounding Bay Area rock and roll. On the 12th, this band changed the tempo of Spotlights, allowing many people to forget what they were really eating (Saga) and let loose a little stress to the beat of the music. Another night of free live entertainment. How about some reggae jazz? Well L.A. ' s Regular Guys were here the 26th to impose themselves on SCU, and to change the speed of Spotlights once again. These guys were not just regular though, these guys were HOT with some really fantastic musicians. It almost moved me to take up the sax. What an instrument. ; Pete and I were talking today, agreeing diversity has come to Spotlights. Speakers, the Crazy 8 ' s, the Call, movies of all types, A Night at the Races, Comedy Nights, Happy Hours, video dances, etc., etc. Pete, we gotta get something different still. But what? It ' s all been covered it seems. Ellen, I just hired Mime by Hank for a week from Thursday. There ' s something. All right! Good juke Pete! A Place for Spotlighting Alternatives I 7