1986_03 The Daily Collegian March 1986

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NEWS       March 10,1986
Lecturer relates Hindu fables
In hisJbumorous but sensitive style. Dr.
Ed EmanuEl, professor of theater arts,
ancient Hindu folktales yesterday as pail
of the UniversityTJowntown Leclnre Ser¬
ies at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum.
"A Vvay of laughing at
themselves."
EmanuEl said he once had to listen tc
an Indian actor interpret Hindu folktales
as part of his Ph.D. curriculum. "1 didn't
want to go," he said, "but during the lee-
He noted that all folktales of India have
morals and that folktales act as vehicles,
relating past to present. In ancient India,
moral values and lessons were passed
down through generations via stories.
EmanuEl said that most of the Hindu
folktales date back to 1,500 B.C.
EmanuEl explained that all Hindu folk¬
tales are based on the premise that every
object of nature has a soul and "the object
can affect you positively or negatively,
depending upon how'you respond to its
EmanuEl proceeded to tell five stories
and explain the moral behind each.
He dedicated one of the folktales to
Richard Nixon. The story was about a
jackal who, after falling in a vat of purple
dye, declared himself a god, ruling over all
the other "dirt eating" jackals. EmanuEl
related that this jackal appointed other
creatures in the jungle to his cabinet and
all creatures except the other jackals.
The other jackals knew that underneath
the purple paint he was still only a jackal,
and set out to prove it. One night, as the
purple jackal danced and partied in his
cave, the other jackals began howling at
the full moon. The purple jackal heard
them and, unable to supress his instincts
any longer, let out a loud howl in the
middle of his party, to the surprise of his
guests.
their positions in his regime and left. The
moral of the story is that 3,000 years of
breeding can make a jackal a god...but it
EmanuEl pointed out that the ancient
H indus used folktales as "a way of laugh¬
ing at-themselves."
Ht expressed his respect for Hindu
foljftales; "Through their simplicity, there
is absolute beauty; through their charac¬
terizations, there is incredible phil¬
osophy."
Strummer performs
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excellent bv the way they project their
voice or make hand motions."
Eight-year-old Alton Gibbs said he re¬
cited "The Three Bears" along with two
classmates from Lincoln Elementary
School. "We've been practicing, oh, for
about three months," he said. "And we
didn't forget it, neither."
John Salazar gave his rendition of "Up
His Nose^by Cheech and Chong. using a
Gerrnan accent.
"That was a very different interpreta¬
tion," a judge said when he was finished.
"You held back on your facial expressions
and didn't give away the punch line until it
was time. You did a good job."
In the College Union, seventh graders
from Awahnee Middle School recited "If
We Were A Rock 'n Roll Band."
They chanted earnestly, "If we were a
rock 'n roll band, we would play and sing
and wear spangley things. But we're just
our hands, drcamingand thinking... if we
were a rock 'n roll band."
At the Speech Arts building. Richard
Randall said he came to see his nine-year-
was proud as punch." he said. "1 think it's
a great opportunity for these cl
speak in front of large audience:
feci their speaking abilities."
McDonald, classical guitarist,
fed the audience at the Wahl-
berg Recital Hall in the Music Building
last night during her California debut.
ranging from sonatas to dramatic ballads
to the zesty "Hungarian Fantasy" by
Johann Kasper Mertz. She also performed
three works arranged by her instructor,
Pepe Romero.
"I love lo play more than anything,"
said McDonald. "1 can sense a real com-
the audience." McDo-
Shehasstudiedwii
Wolfgang Justen an
Pepe Romero. In a p
said, "Susan McDon
gifted young guilaris
i Manuel Barrueco,
e for i
truly wonderful experie
was the first to go up and say my poem,
said Miramonte third grader Candic
Bowlin. "But once I got up there, it wa
Six-year-old Lisa Melikian said, througl
a face full of chocolate ice cream, that sh(
recited "Jabbering in School.""! felt ner
vous and weird," she said, "but it wa¬
ttle past few years
When asked how
the many ovations she received.
Tony Wilcox, a CSUF music major
who came to watch the performance, said,
"She is a beautiful and well-reasoned
guitarist who plays with a confidence evi-
"I can sense a real com¬
munication with the audience."
McDonald has studied with many well-
known guitarists and said she learned how
to  play  on  her  own  "mainly just   by
"I love to play more than
anything."
McDonald studied music at the Univer¬
sity qf St. Thomas in Houston and made
her concert debut, there last year. Since
then she has performed with the Houston
Classical Society, the Houston Harpsi¬
chord Society, the University of St. Tho¬
mas Festival Concert Series and numer¬
ous churches, schools and community
centers. She plans to play this summer in
Solzberg, Germany.
McDonald said she doesn't know what
the future will hold for her, except thai it
will involve playing the guitar. "I enjoy
playing in concerts, symphonies or solo...I
enjoy everything about playing."she said.
McDonald returned to Houston after
her recital.
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