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FEATURES Thursday, September J 7, 1998 - Page 9 IN THE FISHBOWL ... A feature spotlighting staff and students at WMC MATIIIF:W THOMAS Staff Writer Note: the Features Section was a little short on staff for this first Eric Barry is not someone who issue, so we let the squirrels write the horoscopes. lets the grass grow under his feet. Pisces(2/30 -3/20) The communications major from Canton, New York is trying to break Stop searching for the worm in the bottom of the into show business from multiple bottle of mescal-look within for the truth. directions. He has done extra work in mov- Aries(3/21-4/19) ies , been in an MTV video and acted in the theater. Last year, Barry Stop ramming your head against the wall over some- had hjs own show on Channel 17 thing ewe can't change. which provided much of the mate- rial for his latest project-the rap Taurus(4/20-5/20) CD he is releasing in October, un- You da bull. You da bull. 'Nuff said. der the pseudonym "Cheazy-E." The CD, "Cra.k.a.-The White Mystery," is his second release on Gemini(5/21-6/20) the label he himself created, Chirp Having problems with your love monkey twin? Stop Records. "My goal is to have 10 beating your chest and apologize. people on my label, but all of them are me under different names," COURT~SY OF ERIC Cancer(6/22-7/23) Barry jokes. junior Eric Barry poses for a publicity shot for his new rap album. Barry was influenced musically You'll pull through these hard times if you just re- by the simpleness of '80's music, Despite surface similarities. Barry insists that he is "!1QJ_ a Beastie Boy." member the wise words of Will Smith and "get jiggy especially one-hit wonders and 2 * * * graduate degree in physics and wit' it." Live Crew. Personally, he has been While not well-known for either mathematics, and is currently influenced by his three very differ- his skateboarding or his rapping, working on his doctorate. Leo(7/24-8/23) ent older brothers. ''They prepared Professor Jim Stutler does bring A United Methodist minister, me for the world,',' he comments. fresh teaching talent to WMC. Stutler lives in nearby Finksburg. A kitty cannot scratch a lion. Roar! Although he is trying to advance Well-acquainted with both his sub- He is married with two college- his acting career as well, Barry's ject and the Westminster area, aged children, and enjoys golf. He Virgo(8/24-9/23) current focus is on the promotion Stutler was recently added to describes his teaching style as stu- "Like a Viiiirgo ..Touched for the very first time." of his rap CD. Barry is keeping his WMC's philosophy department af- dent-oriented and likes to "give stu- Happy Birthday! plans for the future open, trying to ter teaching philosophy at Carroll dents latitude with how they learn," establish himself in different areas Community College for twelve an approach which he feels is a re- but hoping to concentrate on his rap years. He holds a masters degree action against how he was taught -Libra(9/24- 10/23) career, if possible. in theology as well as an under- in the past. Cover yourself in Wesson Oil, it's your last chance to get a tan. Scorpio( 10/24-11 122) You're a Scorpio. Nobody likes you. Sagittarius(11123-12/21) Repeat after me: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, I like myself!" Capricorn( 12/22-1/20) 24 hours in a day. 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? We think not. Aquarius( 1/21-2/19) We ran out of things to say by the time we got to you. Disclaimer: The Phoenix does not endorse undcraged drink- ing, inappropriate use of Wesson Oil, or even worse, listening to PREREQUISITE: ADRENALINE Madonna. The real horoscopes will begin in the next issue. Hey there! Drive. Intensity. Those aren't your character, confidence Again, and words you're likely to see inmany skills. decision-making course requirements. Then again words other courses seldom use. 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