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•• Braoth tba sWek exterior of
S»a FraaebeoY Wire Train Ues a
bud that alma to tooch people
with lbrlr personally Inspired
SOBgS.
;; "We're not saying things about
having cor egos stroked. We're
u>tng things about pain, the pain
of bunue- bondage." said lead
guitarist/composer Kurt Hcrr of
u^gu^ar-oricated. pop quartet
vwr;ose; debut 'album* In a
tJntmhtr, brought them to &e attentlott
of the •lamocatu world ol
tekvUoa and mataztoes eaflr this
*+li» Train** m«t popular
trag»*, VChamber of Helios." on
which Herr sang icaJ vocals and
co*wrcti with lead siogtr/guitarist
Keifo Hunter, b aboo* people's
hubtUty - to communicate with
each other.
"You become a stronger penon
through your contact with lots of
different people and teeing a lot of
what goes on,** he said. "People
are like mirror* to you. You talk 10
them and, U you arc aware, you
are listening to yourself. Communication
with another person b
lik« looking into the mirror of jour
consciousness."
Awareness b the force by which
Herr believes Win Tram and
mankind In ftcneral exist.
"The rousfe and fords on oar
ndt album will be a growth lor*
ward. What we lliKd Harold
tradfed home while he desperately
tried to lolv? the mplery o( why no
one wif Wti fencrstu Ihb Halloween.
Then be remembered.
A buck eat had cmied hU path
•nmetinw before be had rung the
nmdooebUJ.
"1 nnderatand." thouitht
Harold. "The cat brouiht me bad
< lock..Thai eiplalni why nobody
gan me any cacdy."
• Bot Harold was not 100 percent
' am about this data. M early the
. fcJkmtafnonU»l. he 'WKo hb
' local public Utnrj.
-Although be hid only come to
.do^rojmreh en the particular
. mpendtloa ol black c»u. Harold
busd. the . entire rabiect ol
'., tupctftltlon so latereslinf that he
•pen*, the day reading at th.
Dbrary. • ' . -
TUt b what Han*: learned:
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AJ a word, 'upcntlthn" has a
variety ot mcioiags, but all dictionaries
emphasise Its main quality
— tnat it Is based on tear or Ig-
OJ/«£W. The /car is of the
unknown elements that may Influence
one's situation or
hehavlor.
Superstition Is ch*e!y related to
biagk, to the idea that mtn can
uw supernatural forces to control
the natural worU.
Primitive man existed at a lime
wbea the torn* ot nature ia/Jucsc*
ed his enryOay life. He did not
understand anything about the
earth and sky or About the
elements that affected him, weh
as heat and cold, rfjrfc and tight.
or clear and storm/ wrutijer. He
stood in awe at these and attributed
them tc utuecn power*.
which he came to tear.
Today, In spite ot the general
belief that vrerything In nature has
a natural cause, there still exbt In
America mote than one million
superstitions oa which people depend.
Several examples are that a
bliter on the tongve means that
one has told a He. that tbs finding
ot a tour-kat trover brfajs food
tfack. and that the position nt the
stars end the time ol birth in-
fluence * person's destiny.
Why do people continue to rely
on lAese superstitions T
A person may often assume that
tl eoott$h truih scenu to exist in a
superstition, it Is "safer" to obey
it, tt a Mipen*i*ion concerns good
luck, tor Instance, he might teel
that nothing can 6e fait by paying
attention to It.
W*bcn one cannot explain why
an incident has happened, he Is
apt to connect it with the super'
ruturtj and to draw eoocttuhnt
from, false evidence and
After reading many books about
superstition. Harold reasoned that
the black cat had not been the
cause of hb bad luck the previous
night.
When he stood up lo leave the
library, he noticed 3 calendar
hanging on the* all.
The date wu October 31.
"Wow l" exclaimed Harold.
That means that yesterday wasn't
Ha'loween — today is!"
Harold had solved the mystery.
Why do we sleep?
DyNfcacjChaag
Loretta raa> be taking the bus
to school, sitting in her hbtory
rlas.-. or most likely, lying In the
comforts of her owe bed, wnen she
experiences a common sensation.
Her eyelids hang heavily and
threaten to shut themselves from
the world. At the same time, her
mind and body drift Into a cloud ol
tranqulltty. Her breathing
becomes slow and cvuj...ZAP) Sbe
has entered that mysterious, but
fundamental v.zc of life called
sleep.
Everybody sleeps.
About one third of our lives are
spent sleeping, yet no one really
knows ntut sleep is or what purpose
U serves.
From our experience, \tecp is
like a vacuum - It robs u* of our
time, but leaves no memory
behind except for an occasional
dream or two and usutUy the feel*
ing of being refreshed.
mUtVly carefres. The fcwi
sleepers, oa the other hand, an
more Introverted and critical.
They are Uw "worrier" type.
Two well-known theories, have
been developed to explain lh« •tarpon
ol sleep.
The -core accepted one b the
restorative theory, which lUus
that varkvus restorative processes
occur drring sleep and give our
body the chance to reovcr from
the fatigue uf the day.
However, there b noevidcece to
prove 'hb, *nd our systems do not
shut down during tlcep. and the
brain never really reUi.
Thfl other, more skeptical view,
the adaptive theory, argues tha*
sleep b a teamed process rather
than instinctual.'Thb explanation
maintains that skep b actually the
result of the evolution of primitive
man.
According to ihis theory.
primitive man found it safe and
"About one third of our lives is
spent sleeping ..."
*£vcn more curious is the fact
that sleep differs from person to
person and tram age to age.
Everyone's needs are different,
and the old standard of eight
hours per night no longer applies
to all.
lit fact, although the average
sleep time for adults !* between
seven and nine hours, there jre
those who need as Ullle as three or
lour hours,
N«(>olcon was such a short
sleeper. So wU Thomas Edbon.
who resented *.* time sleep inok
awiy from hb work and ateraged
about tour hours of sleep a day.
Even more extreme was a ^0year-old
retired nurse from Lon*
don who. after extensive testings,
ihowco that she slept only about
one hour each night.
Then there are those who need
more-than the average houn. A
college professor was reported lo
require 14 hours ot sleep pr n'*ht
to function.
Psychological differences between
the two groups nf sleepers
were detected by several studies.
Short sleepers are generally efficient,
extroverted, ambitious, and
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advftbugeout to Hay in ;hc cave at
night time rather than face the
danger of hb environment. With
nothing else to do, the caveman
ip-nit the time slceptor. Thus,
sleep cau be thought of av having
evolved from patterns ot man's
survival.
While the mysteries ot sleep still
remain unsolved. t*e can only RO
along »lth our biological clock
rather than rebel against "sleep's
gentle tyranny.**
According in a recent poll of 200
students taken at Lowell. 0.40%
Indkited that they sleep three
houn or less on the average uight;
7.04% Indicated four to five
hours: 54.4% indicated six to
seven hours: 37.3% Indicated
eight to nine hours: and 0.49% Indicated
ten or more bou.-s.
In responre to the question
"How many hours of iltep do you
need to functlod normally and clficlenily?"
0.49% Indicated less
than threr hours; 3.98% indicated
four lo five hours; 22.4% Indicated
six to seven hours: 55.7%
indicated eight lo nine hours: and
17.9% Indicated ten or more
hours.
NIKOLA BASICH
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