Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

&
DeLory's experiment
rides on space shuttle
By frier Font
Why u Lowell t.tiior Greg Dc
Lt;/ .rndipg mrwthinR lecmingly as
ueJ^ntfktnc a» you on the space
shuttle?
Dr Lory "*** « this » the lint
«rp f»*anj »he colonization of space.
"Eic*riroenta done in bbloyy 011
Over this past summer. Dc Lory
worked wiUi Dr. Michael EtjwsitJ.
a itiif vmior biophysical, and other
lab technicians on ground control experiments
and simulations.
De Lory, who hopes to finish the
simulation* before he graduates, will
then postp-mc graduation for a year
Crcz DeLmy tcn£s bis jeast project Into space.
cdi rtprvhKUon and cell dt\ nun c
provide lucfii 1 infornu^on w h
risks in snacr. It's a baui on wiiat
kind of things can happen !o human*
in rnicTURMVity." expressed Dc
Lot*. wSote project is ichedidcd to
go -ip on tbc ipace sHuttw in the
if.-iiti of |O87.
Dc Lory chute yean hecau*- c
cooveniently met the requirements for
the orxxnWm he uv looking for.
"I knew I waited • smglc-ccJlcd
offannm to I could cH-rt its cell dtvj.
lion in spice. It** «?U researched xnj
is fijntliar to people because of its uw
in bftac* ind wmc-makirip. It's n x
torn: unLnuMTi organism that pnrplc
neve- heard of. Me t imiwrtaMly. it
could bz frccxc-dncd wuhuui having
cell djnuff. That** imponant
because it imut be stored in a runsar
for a rncruh before it's down up."
reasoned Dc Lury.
to so 10 AteSma :c rxiild tie equipment
for the ciperimciJ.
3c Li
it* ^n. N:ki uj^ the ch.ikc. V.'.ih
her jvrcri*' ^u[lp.^n arv] cfKMunipcnvni.
0>: Nr^an working *i^ da;> J
»evk. Alter litres ila>», Niki %t{:ricd
a kimlfact cjfnm^ Si.500 a vcek.
Niki *,-}> in H:V».>( when «rw iutwl
making UK t.»>v>c. and final* Mcf.'
tKann;. She got lie?p frdo and «n able M arrange w iih
bet icachcis how to con:p!eie the
semester. During her schooling for
four houn a day 00 the *ct. Niki Ux>t
her finalt.
The costume of "Teak" was built
onto her body. PU^cc cast* were pot
on NikVs hands, feet, and hoi.
These casts were healed with hair
diyrrs to make them dry faster. The
hea 1 . of:cn felt "...like it wu burnins
me.
Everyday for lunch catefcn came
witn prime rib. fish, and chicken-
"Seme people didn't like the food,
but I thought it wu the b-si...arkl
they had Jesscm. They even fed my
friends." sbe cr.tnutcd.
During Ihc filmJCR of the movie.
.FEATURE
7V LewtU. Nmn-btr I. /MS.
Street performers
Fisherman's Wharf
By Andrew Let and
AletLau
What do \ Jjcrman's you do if you're Wharf walking 2nd \\z a rctpnnme audience — * show
denl* find flla^ing torc*Ks, fla-J:i:ij; dcncixlt a It* on the au-Jicncc. I've
. nviili-colotcd hiv-tin)* pii.s, noticed, though, thsi people these
subher chicken fly'v\g through days have a iNirt au^ntion spun.
the *ir a few feet away 'ntfti \tv!
It you're *mart, yuijfn cwl ot the
way. If yoj'iconan auignmen: for
Jht Lmrll, you irat *ie-* V%e juggler
rrforming nearby,
r-'iUicmun s Wiurf is fillert wml.
jgicur.". clowAi. a.vi otner type*
of street perfnrmers, tut accwMtrtp to
• juggler known tiriply as "Charlie
he Street Ani*t." juj;t*lcr»
predoti'.ina'c Itw arc
Charlie has been p -niin;; r. the
Wiurf frr J liclcotc -onih. .Sut
has juggled for aboui >r >cais.
"Tticre's a vast tlillrre. etween
coming out» TTi*:
ming."hc Mid. but Ihcvuik.canoe
it. since '*. . . some jugglers
can nuke as mcch as seme tltvton
or lawyers can "
Bmbarking on a career as x juggler
ot area anitt tiVl always u difficult
• co*n.tiitmcnt to make at it may
seem.
"When 1 was 19. I hid 2 chow
between silling in a warehouse, going
to co'lcfr for four years, or jugging,"
Charlie stated. He chute to
;o to college and 10 jupgle-
Being a street artist, however, has
txxh iu ftoixl and t>-J ,K>ints. Said
Charlie. "I enjoy the freedom . . .
but somnimes ynu can he out here for
12 hours or vt"
Small audience-, van t< another
pruMcm. L'cfuic the interview.
C'tuMic perfKniK-il !i>r 4 j;rn«jpof \ix
pctiple. He ctpl.uncd. "II I K c tinp Jivtuclcd in a couple nf
minuics."
Hecklers are of rn another pan of
a street performer's audience,
Daniels, a performer for I! yeaii,
f«i* that Mxnctii.ie* c't gooj 10 ruve
a hcc'itei i.t the enmd.
"It iht'»-4 whether or not the audience
1. paying attention," Daruelt
•aid. ••S-.Knctimcs ll^rc arc obnu**
ioui ones, th^n )ou u\c lines like,
'Let '1;:; have hu fun — lomnrow
he'll br hack n his garha^e truck'."
B*nh DanKls anj Ctuilte ihc Street
Anivt know uut M?IW pecpltf can get
carried away witli hecklmg. At Pier
39 dtmng a show, DinieN had a
bucket t>f water thrown no him f"vn
the ptcr't uoper level, and Charlie
had 4 friend who was "pamtcd" -
had his pants pulled duwa — in the
middle uf his juggling set.
Still. Daniels and Charlie both et