University Daily Kansan, September 11, 1981 Page 11
Tosh, reggae rhythm hypnotize KU crowd
By DAN TORCHIA Contributing Reviewer
Within five measures of the first song and before Peter Tosh had sung a note, the crowd of 1,300 at Hoeh was on its feet and erasing the music that had taken over, and the dancing had begun. I rarely stopped the entire night.
Tosh and his excellent backing group, Word, Sound and Power, played an hour and a half of reggae that showed Tosh could become as popular with the public as he is with critics.
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Tosh's music is accessible to the unaccustomed ear, being full of melody and having already dance beat. At times, the music sounded like conventional soul, and Tosh's reggae seemed to show that all black music is derived from similar rhythms.
"Africa," the second song of the set, was full of stop bars, places where the music stops for four beats and then starts again. That was a
common device used often in classic '60s soul songs, and it was a dynamic contrast in the song.
The best number was "Rastafari's," about the closest thing all night to a slow song. That is, until the middle of the song, when the instruments dropped out. Tosh and C. Walker began a percussion duet. Immediately the crowd, which had quieted down, came alive, yelling and clapping with the rhythms.
The lyrics are essential to Tooth's work, and they almost always matched the music's urgency. In 1975, Tooth sang of the Jamaica's, perhaps "Perfect."
Tosh is an appealing performer and the crowd responded to almost every gesture. Yet he remained curiously aloof all evening.
The Blue Riddim Band, one of the most popular bands in Lawrence, opened the show, displaying their own brand of reggae. Several songs from their recent album, "Restless Spirit," followed by a new form, especially the singing of Korchak and Bob Zohn. The music lacked the sophistication and power of Tosh's, but it was still enjoyable.
Polish students thrive despite hard work
By PAM ALLOWAY
Staff Reporter
Ideological and academic pressure prevent students at the University of Sydney from thinking creatively, a KU English department taught there last year, said yesterday.
Rather than ideas or concepts, students think literature consists only of facts, history and politics, Alan Dekker's American literary literature at the university said.
"Ideas—they don't talk about ideas. Students are not encouraged to ask questions and at first resisted my discussion approach terrifically."
Students attend class from 5 to 40 half days from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and one-half days from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Lichter said the strict class schedule had some good points.
"In Poland you feel alive all the time.
There is a constant pressure of what's going to happen and not knowing what is happening in United States, life is just too predictable."
Students also are limited to four years of college and cannot choose their teachers, classes or curricula. In the four years that U.S. students are completing their B.S. or B.A. degrees, Polish and French students, the magister' degree. A magister degree is the equivalent of a bachelor's and master's degree combined.
Most Polish students take 40 credit hours a semester compared to the average U.S. college load of 15 hours.
Lichter, a Fulbright scholar, taught three American literature classes at the university, one of the eight major universities in Poland.
"Students are fascinated with American literature, they can't get enough. They come to it in a fresh way. You can up with ideas Americans could not."
However, Lichter said Polish students were not used to the discussions that are a part of his classes.
Lichter said he handed this problem by making students act as teachers and having them write short papers and question their classmates.
The University of Gdansk has about 4,000 students and is located in northern Poland. Student population at the university is 95 percent female, mainly because there is a large humanities department, Lichter said.
In Poland, Lichter said, women traditionally study the humanities while men study subjects such as engineering, chemistry, shipbuilding or Poland's Polytechnical universities are designed specifically for these fields.
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Lice in Poland were friendly, Licker said but many students resent the fact that lice are a common problem.
Students are not always serious though, Lichter said. He said he thought he was honoring a tradition when on the first day of class the students told him to adjourn class to the campus coffee shop. He was rather suspicious though, when on the second day of class, a woman brought a cake. That day, students told him it was also tradition that on the second day of school students and faculty always ate cake and tea during class.
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