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LEGACY ROCK OPERA TAKES CENTER STAGE By Trevor Reid arts@uncmirror.com
An album that has sold over 20 million copies, The Who’s “Tommy” has left an important legacy in music since its release in 1969. UNC’s musical theatre program breathed new life into that legacy last week in Langworthy Theatre. Philip Kramer, a jazz studies major played electric bass for the rock opera. He said all the musicians in the play understood the legacy. “It seems like everyone was treating this with the same level of reverence as you would a Miles Davis cover or a Mozart sonata,” he said. “Everyone’s like, ‘This has to be done right.’” Kramer knew “Tommy” well since playing in a junior high rock band that stressed the classics. “We just listened to that album over and over and over again until you could wake up from a dead-sleep and be able to sing it,” he said with a laugh. “It was kind of a dream come true. It came full circle.” Continued on page 6.
Tommy, played by Tyler Jensen, looks on from the background as he sees his mother holding him as a child during a dress rehearsal in Langworthy Theatre last week. Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror
NEWS BRIEFS
A series of symbols accompanied by flash drives have appeared across campus and at other college campuses in Colorado, sparking a flurry of theories, including an analysis by a former UNC professor and expert in symbols. A Youtube channel has been posting heavily edited videos of an unidentified person drawing the symbols and leaving flash drives. UNC police do not see the signs or their creators as a safety concern. Story page 2. Saverio Parker, a UNC student who unexpectedly passed away in January, died of multiple pulmonary emboli, according to autopsy results released by the Weld County Coroner’s Office last Monday. A toxicology report provided by the Coroner’s Office found that Parker had not consumed any harmful substances. Story page 3. The deadline to withdraw from individual full-term spring semester classes is Monday. Withdrawals do appear on official transcripts, but may be preferable to failing a class, as they do not affect grade point averages. Indigenous Women’s Awareness Week will be celebrated with a documentary film, a clothing and coat drive and a performance by Tanaya Winder, a slam poet. Native American Student Services and the Women’s Resource Center will be hosting these events between Monday and Thursday. UNC’s website has an updated home page header, involving a brighter color scheme. Department website headers will be updated in the coming weeks to reflect the new layout.
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