1977_09 The Daily Collegian September 1977

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'Sword of Shannara' lacks spice
P«ge«,
By Charmalne Getz
"Th* Sword of Shannara,"
despite plctur** by a wen-known
artist-' team and a hefty 726
_ _      'j a disappoint-
ot, but fat tu price, It IS
also a rip-oft
Why review it at aU, than?
Because it bills Itself as an
epic fantasy ln-th* tradition of
J. R. Tolkien and it would b*
wise to warn Tolkien tans b*for*
they buy an eipenslv* mistake.
And don't let illustrations by th*
Brother* Hlldebrand, tt-^jam*
team who does Tolkien illustrations, fool you.
This book Just misses being
good. It has all th* Ingredients
of Tolklsm'* Middle Earth In th*
f   dwarfs,    elves,    trolls,
•vtl
It t
a company and lots of magic,
danger galor* and valiant men
to brav* It, but It Is still only
a pale, sptceless Imitation of
the real thine
The story Is about an *vil
mystical Warlock Lord who seeks
to dominate the world (sound
familiar?), and the Druid, AUanon
who seeks to destroy him through
the power of a
The sword only w
>rks with des-
Tnt. MM. protection mora mom t.
TAMPAX
cendants of the first king, JSrl*
Shannara. The last Uving heir
to this Sword Is a half-elfin adopted son of an innkeeper named
Shea. Naturally, the Warlock
Lord I* eager to kill off this
fast threat to himself and sends
Allnnon the Druid warns Sb*a
in Ume to fie* and so he doe*,
with his brother, FUck, and,
later on, with a hotheaded prince.
Braving peril, the trio eventually
remeets AUanon and his allies,
Flick pUys Sam to Shea's
Frodo-llke character but again,
both ar* only pale Imitations,
whll* even the Warlock Lord's
Skull Bearers, although gruesome Indeed, are only Brook's
artswar' to the dark riders'of
Tolkien. '
Altofwthssr,   "The Sword of
foUow-up to "The Lord of the
Ring*" nor a good fantasy In
its own style. It Just misses
being both and therefor* has no
salt to pep It up.
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up isith their own solutions. "We
can't take the world's problems
on our shoulders." s
Helzman said at Umes a volunteer win Just Usten." Sometimes
a caller win call "to explode,
Just to get It all of their chest.
Sometimes someone win talk for
hour* and I won't get a word In
edge-wise.' '"They need someone
to listen—anyon*."
"We're all rescuers," she said.
The people at HET "see someone
In need,   and   they want to help
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to another person, Intimately-
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it'* very difficult not to be affected by this person. There are
rewards in every possible way."
AU calls remain confidential.
The names, not oven first ones,
of th* volunteers are no* tfren.
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they   ;
t out
for paranor, where the legendary
Sword of Shannara is supposedly
resting in a block of stone (shades
of "Sword in the stonet")
Of course, there is much
danger and weary travelling
before they make It, fighting
evil Gnomes aU th* way.
In spit* of aU this, how*v*r,
th* dialogue Is stilted and the
characters stereotyped. The
author loves to use a lot of
adjectives to describe the glances, attitudes and speeches of
his characters, and he waxes
overly lyricaUy about gloomy, silent forests (through which his
company seems ever to be passing  through)  and barren land-
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"All faculty must take their
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The nursing department is the
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Bush charged the university
with destroying the tenure rights
of th* nursing faculty with this
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He added, "The hospitals
don't have the authority to
suspend teachers from clinical
teaching without due process of
law."
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hospital  is  governed
laws   governing
university," Bush said.
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KENNEL BOOKSTORE
(IN THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS)
Students get involved
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1977
4, to foUow up on plai
ad   been outlined In a
meeting of e
The meeting waa held in CU
In th* earlier meeting held
September 9, in CU "09, Assistant Director of EOP Ernie
Shelton told the audience that the
meeting had been called to find
out what Blacks wantsjd. to do oh
The purpose .of the meetings
to encourage n*w and -return-
!g   Black   students  to become
(See picture
At Wednesday's meeting coin-
mitt*** were tentatively formed
for Black History Week and a
Black choir.
Other topics discussed were
Uhuru,' the campus newspaper
for Black students, student government as it relates to minorities, EOP, Black Studies
Program, and the Black Faculty and Staff Association.,
Regular weekly meetings
wiU be held throughout the
year.
The next meeting Is scheduled
This special edition includes
€m& ti©i£mi@M
New Ethnic
likes class
Studies prof
atmosphere
Blacks are jobless
'Joblessness arnongBlackyouths
tat," said President Carter in
recent meeting of the Congres-
ional Black Caucus.
'at is horrible," said Carter,
Obviously,        something has  to
[change.     There  has  to be a rear said be had been "study-
August statistics since this
Information   came   out  about  the
"■ of unemployment among young
The problem, he said, is caused
by a "lack of comprehensive urban
policy. There is no trust to the
urband policy.
In recent weeks. Carter has been
under attack from Black leaders,
Including Vernon Jordan, executive
secretary of the Urban League, who
said    Carter was   neglecting the
Carter said he win reemphaslze
addressing government sponsored
employment opportunities among
those    who   need the opportunity
"I am pleased with my students wllilrigmsa to work and
also with the friendly atmosphere that exist in class among
both Blacks and whites when
discussing controversial
issues, " said Jm*h Uyo*, a
new Black professor In the
Ethnic Studies Department, at
CSUF this y»ar. >
Uyoe left his home In Uyo,
Nigeria, seven years ago and
came to the United States, he
attended Kearney State College In Nebraska and received
a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Business Administration and
Economics.
From September 1973 to 1975,
Uyo* ' attended Fresno Stat*
wherein he obtained a degree In
Urban and Regional  Planning.
. Later, he went to Claremont
Graduate School to .work on his
Ph.D In Government with emphases in Urban Studies, Administration and International R«la-
Currently he Is a faculty member at CSUF and a doctoral
candidate In Government. "I'm
awaiting the final announcement
which will hope fully come within
the next few months, " Uyo*
said.
He teaches thr** ethnic studies
classes: Black Studies 15, which
is designed to help students express themselves clearly, concisely and logically in speech
and writln-;. Black Studies 56,
which introduces students to
the Black family as th* basic
Institution of society, and Black
Studies 150 also designed to give
plor* ..and. examine, the^ many
problems Involving predominately Black or minority schools.
"For four year* I had training courses as a teacher In
Nigeria and also taught at various coUeges there before coming to th* U.S. to stutry," Uyo*
And although teaching methods
h*re may dlff*r from those in
Nigeria, Uyo* said he expects
no problem* In adjusting to the
biachlng system bar*.
Uyoe, who has been married
nine years, plans to return to
Nigeria and teach at one of
Nigeria's unlvertsties after his
wlf* completes h*r thesis in
CSUF's Home Economics De.
partment.
*""cOTF^^^d1ogs^id*Bols?^to"on" touchdown Saturday      J
night in the  opening home; gam* of the season.  Tho Bulldogs I
j    mgnt in  the  opening home, game of the sean
I    scored 47 points against^the Boise Broncos.
Fellowships to Africa
Th* National Fellowships
Fund, with funds provided by the
Fonf Foundation,^.Is offering
a Umlted number of fellowships
for field research in Africa
and the Middle East which
are'deslgned to expand opportunities available to Black Americans for pursuing academic
careers related to the two re-
AppUcaUons will be accepted
from Individuals presenting
proposals at the dissertation-
year level. Persons pursuing
academic programs In graduate
faculliles of arts and sciences
as weU as th* professional
schools may apply for a fellowship under this program.
An appUcant ne«d not b* a
Middle East or African ape-'
claliet when applying for a fel-   ,
Th* purpose of this program
Is to provide opportunities for
an extended diss*rtatioo re-
March in th* overseas *ettlng.
Frtlowshlps   will normally be
awarded for projects requiring
up to 12 months In the field.
Stipends win differ according
to country, but wiU lnclode all
transportation costs, malnte- .
nance allowance for the Fellow
and dependents plus certain
expanses related  to undertak-
Aappllcatlons should be,submitted by January 5,1978. The
announcement, of Fellows selected will be made on or about
April 25,1978.
1) They  must be a U.S. dtiaen.
2) They must b* enrolled In or
planning to «nt*r an accredited U.S.
graduate school offering tbe doctoral degre* In their field oa study.
3) They must b* currwty etaffea
or ijlannlnt; "to enter a career In
higher education.
(Continued page 8)