1971_12 The Daily Collegian December 1971

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EDITORIALS
Guide deserving of scorn
The Fresno Guide, Fresno's 'shopper* masquerading as a newspaper, has .again decided to attack the CoUeglan with one of its half-
baked, half-thought out editorials.
This week the Guide Is insulting, along with the CoUeglan, the
Fresno State College chapter of Sigma Delta Chl, the professional
Journalistic fraternity, for a resolution It passed urging President
Norman A. Baxter to restore Collegian funds for the Spring 1972
semester. This action has not yet been taken.
The Guide, In Its eagerness to have done with the Collegian, has
"ilch does not exist, namely that CoUeglan funds
it off fo
basis. President
ly being released on a semester to semester
■ has said that if he is advised by theJBoard
on  publications tnai tne Collegian is operating responsibly In the
Board's estimation, he will release funds for the newspaper.
President Baxter has, In fact, been advised by the board that In
Its  opinion  the Collegian has been operating responsibly, and has
been asked that funds be restored for Spring 1972.
veiled charges have replaced open specifics. Although the CoUeglan
has made mistakes in the past and will no doubt continue to make
them In the future, It Is certainly Irresponsible to continue flogging
the paper for an error in judgment made last semester.
If the Guide has anything specific (and recent) It wishes to cnm-
plaln about, the Collegian suggests It put it on paper and get it out
Into the open where It can be seen and defended, If necessary.
The members of Sigma Delta Chl were acting with great responsibility In defending the First Amendment rights which protect the
Collegian as well as the Guide. They have the thanks and apprecla.
tlon of the staff of the Collegian.
The Guide deserves only scorn for Its continuous and. It may be
hoped, futile battle to bring about the end of the CoUeglan. When
Constitutional rights are denied to one, all suffer. —Bill Schlffmann
Seeger brings warning, humanism
ssued a clenched fl
Yet, the predominant undercui
was hope. He sang frequently of
tunlty lo rescue this nation from i
J . •£ of German shopards.
•.fclOV»* «»>C The program's commander at
H*«rfT»P     Edgewood   Arsenal,    Maryland,
Pete Seeger brought his own
lllqt
• -stvl
of folk singing
nd story
o Fresno State College
•venlng, and the
hundreds
who  crc
wded   Ihe College Unlc
n L
o hear him did
dlsappol
sang both the old ant
ew. African chants an
English
folk  tun
es  were  Interspersed
wltli
describing the
plight of
present
day America - the atro
■Itlo
of It
wars, the pollution of Its
reeding selectively y
BY ROBERT WOLF
ie oppression of Its minorities.
■ most desperate times America has ever seen,
re going tobekilled."Following some musical advlc
■If Revolution Comes to My Country," the folk si
WITHIN A WEEK after he was
taken prisoner In Vietnam two
years   ago.   23-year-01d  S/Sgt.
family. But the Army held the
letter for two years, while Sexton's family In Michigan thought
temperature for one minute, then
spun dizzily for another minute
on a tilted carousel device. No
doubt if the commander underwent that training from birth,
he'd bite savagely too.
ledly freed the CI.
Now a Detroit Congressma
wondering aloud how many ot
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THE NEW ACTION army will
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the draft status of a West point,
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who bred a flockof superchlckens
that grow to about double the size
of   ordinary   chickens  in  three
EDWARD EGAN Is a 40-year-
old New York City detective
whose exploits In busting a drug-
smuggling ring are portrayed In
h Page 5, Col. 1)
Collegian N<
Scnlffmann seei
into Mary Lou Greenberg'* b|_
ture on the People's Republic of]
China with so many preconceived
China Is not perfect, andyj, M
Greenberg brought 6"
several points In her speech. Ball
what Is Important Is howthechl- f_
nese people are struggling to I
overcome their faults. She his 5
been to China, and has r<
impressed by their socialist so. I
clety. You, Mr. Schlffmann,
not been to China, and, from lb
that you have not eve
tact with anyone who has. Andyet,'
you appear to think yo
actly what the situation In China
Is. Bullshit!
Furthermore, you altack Mi.
Greenberg's presentation as be-
ing aimed at those Inferior to
yourself. Perhaps long-winded
rhetoric and cold stall
have been more to your liking, but
Ms. Greenberg's moving stories
illustrated perfectly the Chinese
spirit she was talking about.
Lastly, you falsely claim that
Ms.   Greenberg had  no respect
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had left. Maybe your hang-ups
could have been cured then, If you
had bothered to question her before writing such a biased, Ig-
e      .
Bruce McDowell
Association responds
This letter Is In response to
the commentary that appeared In
last Friday's edition of the Dally
Collegian concerning Mary Lou
Greenberg's presentation on
China. Mr. Schlffmann came out
with quite an Interesting analysis
of what Ms. Greenberg had to
say.   Ills
slders the fact that he was present for approximately only one
third of the talk, falling to stick
around for the question and answer period which followed.
Mr. Schlffmann writes that *the
main  complaint I   heard voiced
thing wrong In China'.* We don't
know who Mr. Schlffmann Is quoting here, possibly he feels that
been unquestionably the same as
the rest of the audience whether
they voiced It or not. We do not
recall any such "complaint" being
raised at all, although there were
many very good questions brought
out at the end of the presentation.
If  Mr.   Schlffmann   had stayed
greater part of the speech he
would have heard (or maybe HE
wouldn't have) Ms. Greenberg
touch upon some of the problems
that do exist In China.
Mr. Schlffmann also states that
the whole presentation wa« 'propaganda, pure and simple.' It
seems strange that when one
carefully analyzes Mr. Schlff-
mann's commentary, It becomes
somewhat clear the extent by
which he has been affected by
propaganda himself. For' example, he uses the term "Bamboo
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
-- ''■••■ ■       J « —"•"■ "«=»mber 7. 1971    TWfDAILY COI
As You Like It receives uncertain response
_/ Lee Traehtenberg
Collegian Staff Writer
omeUmes you Just can't offer
overall assessment of a dra-
:1c production.  At least this
| critic   <
s You L
elf
■ shakespear
as performed by the FresnoState
CoUege Drama Department.
The obvious question that a
reviewer of the opening night's
performance can answer Is, *Dld
you like It?* My unexpected answer Is "I don't know."
Three causes lead to this over-
| all uncertainty, not the least of
which was my own constant note-
taking which surely must have
detracted from my understanding
of the Shakespearean prose. Maybe some actors spoke their lines
too quickly or didn't articulate.
Or maybe I Just wasn't listening.
"slight technical difficulty* that
was announced to the audience as
it waited the better part of a 30-
mlnute delay In the lobby for the
theatre doors to open. That 'difficulty" turned out to be a transformer, a lighting equipment
mechanism that brought the stage
to darkness now and then during
Thirdly, there was this cat.
[f It were a black cat, perhaps It
*ould definitely have brought bad
luck. But It was grey and Its effects on the show can't be stated
as black or white, detrimental
ir harmless. I will save this bit
nf  FSC theatre folklore for the
The play began with Adam,
irlando, Oliver, Dennis, and
rtiarles, the first five of 31 play-
burth and the fifth did fine. It
*came clear In the end that It
*'oiild be a matter of saying who
young lovers Orlando (Gregg
itcpeek) and RosaUnd (Mellnda
•vjkefleld) were, If nothing else,
ure to look at. And Ms. Wake-
ield was something else. There
us a definite warmth In the
tlrliao pat'er between Cella
Cayl* Cooper) and Rosalind. Ms.
.Vjkefleld rose to her high point
*hen telling Orlando of the faults
Rosalind Is disguised as a boy
il -he time she lectures Orlando
nu ib* subject of females and
must lake care to hide her bosomy
aaiur*. The actress does well as
she describes the unsolld state
nf-*onianklnd whose watery emo-
—*-» by his
tlons run from weeping to spitting
In your eye. A clogged throat got
In her way a little during the
show, but only a Utile.
Briefly totd 'As You Like It*
Involves the banishment ofRosa-
Und from the court of Duke
Frederick. She leaves, and with
her go Cella, the Duke's daughter,
and Touchstone, his clown. They
head for the Forest of Arden
where Rosalind's father, Duke
Senior, has long been In exile.
May the Bard forgive me that
quick synposls.
Duke Frederick and his coldly
white-draped court lords and
pages act as a unit with the
leader receiving automatic and
synchronized support In the pantomime of his aides. They act as
one moan machine, and they dolt
well.
An effective contrast was provided by the simple but happy
forest lords and pages who live
with Duke Senior (Robbie Robinson) In Arden. They, too, work In
it they ai
all In
uals and all very much alive.
Each Is given his own action
whether they are hunting or picnicking, and you damn well want
to Join them In the fun.
A stand-out was the singer.
Amiens. Roger Keller was chosen
for the role and he sang it through
nicely. Humming humorously
along with him In the first song
(there are a few In the play) was
Michael Lynch as Jaques.
Lynch tells a young lover to
quit marflng trees by posting
love poems. He says, 'All the
world's a stage." He calls two
lovers 'strange beasts.* He Is
cruelly funny and has a mean wit.
Yet he seems a nice guy. Maybe
I Uke them mean.
Jaques goes through the seven
stages of a man's life and begins
with Infancy as he points out one
of the forest pages, Jerry Fort-
ner. This young man stole the
his open-mouthed simpleton.
Later on Fortner and page
Richard Rees do a little song
and dance with both accused of
being out of tune and the dopey
one definitely out of step. The
two are a bit aghast about the
maid they are dancing with, the
positively pregnant Audrey.
Audrey (Kate Skinner) Insists
she Is not a *sluf but does thank
the gods that she's *foul.* Touchstone the court Jester, has faUen
for her. Terry Burns Is the clown.
Though the first few lines of
Touchstone's In  the play were
GEORGE HIATT: RECORD REVIEWS
Jones Presents Pipes of Pan af Joujouka'
The aceof "psychedelic* music
Is probably gone, but the effect
or ihe effort to affect an effect
remains. The use of cross-channeling stereo and droning guitar*
is used by both good and bad artists alike in an attempt to make
the jutrp from the world of here
■nd no* into another place some-
i Hendrlx, the early Jef-
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Pandlrig recordings before hi*
untimely demise In mid-1989.
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ripes of pan at Joujouka* (Roll-
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._"• °' lhe strang**t musical
•ipertences ever captured on
r»cord. Tne rtconBBf „, g^^
« the annual Pipe* of pan Hashish
una?1. h*w uu*au' *■ *■
W**l of Morocco. Th. music
consists primarily of reed pipes
and percussion sections which
play together in wild abandon.
Listening to this music sends
one beyond the Inner limits. It
Is hard to conceive what the
throbbing, driving music is able
to create In term* of mental
1 mages. The music works in much
th* same way that Indian music
does In meditation, but the end
r*»ult I* much more strange,
wild and/or unearthly.
Brian Jones, of all the RolUng
Stones, was probably th* most
well Informed member of the
group In term* ot music and culture. HI* efforts to bring thl*
recording about Is both a tribute
to bis ability to discover the
strange and exotic aa well as being a reminder that to was a
part of th* Strang* world which
lived on the fringe.
It Is as If the strange world
of beyond reached out and claimed
him. This 1* nut* wot thy tor sev-
boggling to be found.
id his expressive face captured the mood
of what he was saying. Whatever
he said, The audience didn't seem
to care - he waa funny anyway.
Theatre-goers were especially
pleased with Burns' manhandling
of Audrey's boy-friend and they
applauded the action. The clown
d the
change In temper
but a delight.
Touchstone's costume was one
of my favorites, but there were
so many great outfits that you
can take your choice at which
looked the best. When the clown
and Corln (Michael Deanda) got
together you had two of the better
outfits side by side. The motley
Jester and the furry shepherd
were clothed through the efforts
of Jeanette Bryon.
Corln's friend silvius (John
Shepard) was bug-eyed In love
with Phebe (Caryl Llnenbach)
who was equally enamoured of the
"pretty youth* who was RosaUnd
In disguise. Ms. Llnenbach has
one line that hits a keynote In
the play: "Whoever loved that
loved not at first sight?*
Michael McGulre as Adam does
not fall In love with anyone. But
he's got a good excuse - he's
around 80 years old or so. Though
his costume seemed a bit splc-
and-span new for his dusty character,   McGulre performed the
vant in a vary touching manner.
The true gentleman In Duke
Frederick's court (the accent 1*
on gentle and not man) was La
Beau, played by Todd Oravetz.
His shudders during a wrestling
match go over well as does hi*
whole dainty nature.
The lighting situation was unfortunate because only one set
was In use and the light* were
what would change the mood so
we knew that the (tag* was no
longer the Icy cold court of
Frederick but the living forest
where Senior dwelled. '
Th* set looked stoney and roe-
taliic and was certainly In tune
with th* people of Frederick's
court and with Frederick (Cliff
Allen) himself.
The Important thing about th*
light* going out Is that the actors
didn't black out with them. They
kept going. Of course there was
not much els* they could do, but
and even had tor kittles there.
All during rehearsal ah* waa
allowed to go onstage and nobody
bothered bar. She didn't see anything wrong with going on tonight.*
Whether Gray remains family
lathi*
"Anyone interested In giving a
good home to a grey, stagestruck
cat, please see Mrs. Bryon tm-
fan* w*r«, *Not now — a »tar
ha* been bornl" And also, "Who
1* tor ag*nt7*
There you have on* reporter'*
view of "As Too Like It" Did
he like It? Let me us* my favor-
It* cop-out- "Well, I didn't dislike It."
But w
Btlort
n't si
In the ci
And now for the cat. Right In
the middle of Oliver's (Dennis
Pratt) hateful speech about his
brother Orlando, this animal
zipped across the stage and then
came back and wandered around.
To his credit, Pratt ended the
speech with a vow to not only
boy but to get
somewber* in my ni
the dark a* I contemplated a cat
whose purred ,Un* must have
been: "All the world'* a cage.*
Yes and all the cat* 'and kittles
are beasUes in It So, too, at
the c:
too.
toothless and ever-o
bedlent ser-      'She lives
In the costume room
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