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Friday, Nov. 7, 1986
Conductor guests at CSU F
Arizona's Boyd calls^xpression link to musicians
By Darius O. Crosby
Staff Writer
\Dr, Jbhn Boyd was the epitomy of
architecture and style as guest conductor
Thursday right in the CSUF Wind En¬
semble's first concert of the fall.
The program was presented in the
Satellite College Union before a responsive
audience of about 100 people.
Scott McBride. host conductor and
associate director of bands, opened the
program with thc "Vienna Philharmonic
Fanfare" by Richard Strauss. Other or¬
chestrations on the program included
"Circus Polka" by Igor Stravinsky, "WiU
liam Byrd Suite" by Gordon Jacob, and
"In Storm and Sunshine" by J.C. Heedt
Boyd, director of band organizations at
the University of Arizona, conducted a
magnificent personal" arrangement of
"Masquerade Overture" by Carl Nielsen.
With distinct definition in every move he
made. Boyd conducted a second personal
arrangement — a sensitive rendition — of
Bach's "Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor."
Boyd has arranged and composed for
all forms of wind band organizations and
has had his works published in the catalogs
of Ludwig. G. Schirmer, Barnhouse, Cole,
and Associated Music Publishers.
Boyd presented conducting and wind
orchestration clinics to CSUF students
this week, and was brought on campus by
the music department as part of a special
musical experience for the students.'
In a clinic presented to about 40
Wednesday. Boyd demonstrated thc tech¬
niques of "bread and butter" conducting.
"Very few people conduct the way
conducting books talk about it." Boyd
told students. "The majority of conducting
takes place in between beats, and it is
important to strive for absolute control
over what happens before each beat."
Boyd also cautioned students that "the
face is the human length between con¬
ductor and performers."
It is important to develop confidence,
Boyd said, because thc face distorts the
personality'of the conductor when he is
not confident about what he is doing,
creating miscommunication between mu¬
sicians.
Boyd said students can attain this
confidence by "practicing what you do
best and developing a systematic approach
in dealing with music."
McBride, who was Boyd's student when
hejwas professor at Kent State University,
said he was "very pleased with Boyd's visit
ao the university."
"We feel that someone like Dr. Boyd is
an experience our students should have."
McBride said.
In an interview following the concert.
Boyd said. "I'm very pleased with my visit.
The students were very responsive, and
after the performance tonight. I can see
they have been very well-taught here in the
music department."
The techniques Boyd presented to
students were exemplified throughout the
concert and the students were attentive
and gave the impression of well-rehearsed
musicians.
The ensemble's next concert will be
December 4.
Positive childhood
means self-esteem later
By Loriann Lowry
Staff Writer
Self-esteem is confidence and the way
one sees oneself, guest speaker Jim Mc¬
Donald said Wednesday during the first
of a two-part lecture titled "Change thc
Way You See Yourself."
The program, sponsored by the Em¬
ployee Assistance PrograYn. was part of
the "l.earn-at   Lunch  Series" and  was
Kun Hegre/ The Dally Collegian    atlended by about 50 CSU F staff members.
Guest Conductor John Boyd of the University of Arizona led the CSUF Wind Self-esteem has many elements, includ-
Enscmble during a concert at the SCU Thursday night. ,ng how a Pcrson thmks about h,mself or
Collectivization plan may revolutionize
traditional allocation of AS budget pie
By David Forster
Staff Writer
In the face of mounting requests for a
-f   share of the Associated Students' annual
<■  budget   pie, a  proposal  is  now  under
consideration  that  would  revolutionize
the way in which funds are allocated.
The primary goal of this proposal,
sponsored by A.S. Administrative Vice-
P/eswent John Love, is to shift a majority
of the burden of the yearly budget-alloca¬
tion process to the shoulders of the clubs
and organizations reauestine funds.
The first step in accomplishing this
goal. Love said, would be to group the
present multitude of clubs and organi¬
zations together into a few "umbrella"
groups which would be responsible for
representing the collective interests of
* their members. It would then be the
. responsibility of these umbrella organi¬
zations to request a single lump sum
during the normal budgeting process and
divvy out portions of the amount received
to all their members. •.
The way the budgeting process is set up
now. Love said, "any group recognized by
thc student programs office can come
before the Senate lor funding."
Until a few years ago. he said, this
method of budget allocation did not
present a problem because there were
generally only about 20 to 25 requests for
funds. But since then, the number of
requests has skyrocketed, and last Spring
the. Senate was faced with a record 10*2
applications for funding. Love expects the,
number of requests next year to be even
higher, possibly reaching 150.
This volume of requests is causing
problems for the Senate simply because of
the time involved in reviewing all the
applications and trying to determine which
groups to fund and how much to give
them. During the annual budget hearings
last Spring*, the Finance and Budget
Committee, which is responsible for
rpj/iewing the applications and making
recommendations to the Senate, spent
over 80 hours pouring over the 102 requests
for funds. Love said.
"It's gotten to the point where we can't
handle all the requests." he -said. "The
Associated Students Finance and Budget
Committee doesn't have the time to make
effective decisions about where the money
will go."
The umbrella groups Love proposes
will embrace all the clubs and organiza¬
tions on campus and "will be of three
general types: those representing the eight
schools on campus and the graduate
studies program; those representing the
various cultural organizations on campus,
with one umbrella organization for each
ethnic group; and those representing
campus-wide organizations and programs
like intramurals, the Campus Children's
Center, and Vintage Days.
Some of these umbrella groups are
already in place and active. Love said. For
example, the various organizations within
the School of Business are members of the
' Inter-Business Council. The responsibi¬
lities of the council include keeping open
lines of communication between its mem¬
ber organizations and working for their
collective interests. Two representatives
from each member organization form the
decision-making body of the council, and
they have a responsibility to the group as
well as to their own respective constitu¬
encies.
Similar councils have also been estab¬
lished in the School of Agriculture and
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herself, both positively and negatively,
feeling good about oneself, and having
confidence in one's abilities. McDonald
said.
McDonald said self-esteem begins in
childhood, and one's childhood exper¬
iences effect self-esteem at an older age.
"Life is not just improper toilet training."
McDonald said..saying positive aspects of
childhood have as much affect on later life
as do negative aspects, although we fre¬
quently remember negative aspects most
vividly.
McDonald said when a child is told
who or what he or she is, those feelings
become internalized. The child believes
them, becoming what he or she was told.
McDonald also said children see general¬
ized statements such as "You're a nice
boy." as untrue flattery, while they see
more specific statements such as "you did
that well," as true.
McDonald said in adulthood, self-
esteem is affected by several factors that
must survive childhood. These factors in¬
clude a natural self-love that children
have, a sense of being able to perform
some task well, the capacity for love and
being loved by someone else. How can a
child be conviced that he or she is lovable
if no one loves him, McDonald asked?
McDonald said lack of positive reinforce¬
ment during childhood will lead to a poor
self-image.
"Being ignored does not make us feel
good about who we are." McDonald said,
adding that people incorporate praise.
McDonald mentioned many factors that
serve only to hurt a person's self-image
arid included comparing oneself to others
and feeling that one falls short, both in
terms of looks and abilities, and criticism
based on who one is rather than for what
one has done.
^Criticism that is critical of the person
more than the behavior such as 'You're a
bad worker.' rather than 'I doQ't like what
you did.' is perceived as being internalized
and hurts the individual's self-esteem — a
child or adult." McDonald said.