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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 2, 1993                   TAG: 9302020148
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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SHEARER TO VISIT TECH FEB. 9

Harry Shearer, voice of many of "The Simpsons" and alter ego for Spinal Tap band member Derek Smalls, will make a multimedia presentation at Virginia Tech on Feb. 9 in Burruss Hall.

Admission is $3 for Tech students with ID and $5 for the general public. Tickets are on sale at the Squires Ticket Office and will be sold at the door. Seating is general admission.

Shearer is a popular comedy writer and performer whose work has been seen on "Saturday Night Live" and "SCTV." His appearance at Tech is sponsored by the Virginia Tech Union Speakers and Issues Committee. For more information, call the Squires Ticket Office at 231-5615 or the VTU office at 231-7117.

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