Skydiver Dies in Fall

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1974 Cheap speed reading initiated by Goldsworthy If approved by the Student study of materials written on the Senate, MSU may soon have a subject, combined the finer speed reading workshop such points of each into the program as presently offered at the U of he now teaches. The course, M. taught at U of M. is offered The program, taught by Rob'ert through that school's equivalent Balyeat, of Missoula (a speed· of our Student Union Building. reading expert), is considered If given Senate approval, the one of the finest in the nation. program would be offered in one Balyeat, after attending six of two forms: a six-hour course major speed-reading "colleges," - taught on either a single and having made extensive Saturday, or split between two consecutive days; or secondly, a ten week course - taught two hours a day, one day per week. The former schedule was Capitol recommended by Balyeat. The six-hour course would cost each student roughly six dollars; the ten-week course, roughly The Beachboys appeared Thursday night at MSU w ith a bad sound system and a great show. twenty dollars. Both schedules Photo by Noennig News By Ginny Prior would require each student to Almost a dis-AST -ear ... Several bills of pertinence to provide his/ her own preferred MSU were heard in legislative reading materials test committees yes terday at the material would be supplied by capitol building. the course instructor. Beach Boys plagued by hodaddy sound Two of these bills, dealing Dave Goldsworthy, ASMSU with intern programs at the vice-president, and a proponent Montana co llege and un iversity of the cou rse, has indicated that apologies and " Heroes and st icking the mike stand into the Concert Review systems, were passed its acceptance is complicated by Villains" and " Funky Pretty," but stageside crowd so a spectato r By Pat Dawson unanimously i n executive a number of factors: "Our SUB still the sound system was cou ld sing along. Dennis Wilson They didn't play "409", but hearing of the House Ed ucation has no precedent for such a spitting out tinny highs on the hung a mike and stand like a their hearts were in it. committee yesterday morning. program," he said, "and I fishing po le over the organ The Beach Boys mounted the drums, pronounced stumbling These bills, sponsored by Rep re. hesitate to get involved in all the keyboard. Another hint to the stage half an hour late last night lows on the bass and feeble sentatives Bardanouve and Cox bureaucratic 'bull' necessary to sound people. Love constantly and led off with "Wouldn't It Be vocal mixing. Mike Love came off dealt with the establishment of get it passed." maintained his banter with the Nice." There was a sound check as a super-trouper in the "now" both an executive in te rn The "bull" involved includes audience, telling them to try to earlier. but it proved worthless. sense of the rock medium with program, and the codifying of the space allocation within the bear with the performers and the The AST concert sou nd people his stage theatrics of prancing present legislative intern Student Union Building, a auditory assault being visited from North Hollywood blamed and pantomiming to the lyrics, program. determination whether the upon them. circuit interferences from the while his cousin, Dennis Wilson, Representative Murphy's program should be handled by "Get Around" was another lighting system, but it seemed emphatically exhibited his intern appropriation bill has not the Student or Academic Boa rd, rousing foot-stampe r, but the there was more. disgust with the sound situation. been voted through committee and what manner of financing Dennis urged the audience to lead guitar licks were barely Alter cuts off of their yet. This bill ca lls for $5,850 in the program is ca lled for. discernible. Dennis dedicated "Holland" and "Surfs Up" listen carefully to the lyrics of the funds for three execu tive Financing, according to "Good Vibrations" to "all of albums, the Boys brought the next number, as he had "worked interns. Goldsworthy, would consist of crowd of about 4,000 to their so hard" on them, and the group you." It came off reasonably, feet with "California Girls," launched into the ancient except for the almost inaudible (Continued on Page 7 ) (Continued on Page 3 ) followed by "Surfer Girl." On "Sloop John B." high-pitched sliding attempted " Surfin' USA," the guitar solo on Instead of commencing with by Love on the usually distinctive the bridge exploded severa I the familiar and nostalgic bass ending. decibels thanks to a mis line, the Boys camoflauged the The Beach Boys then left the balanced sound mixing job, they intro and blasted into a stepped stage. finished the song, and Carl up arrangement of " Help Me The clamor that followecf was Skydiver dies in fall Wilson announced inter· Rhonda." Love, in his Algerian probably just enough to bring Scot "Scotch" Mclean, 22, mission and· called the sound motif velour jumpsuit continued them back for an encore, a time died in a parachuting accident crew back to the dressing room. his Jaggeresque calithentics. (Continued on Page 3) Sunday morning near Ga llat in The Beach Boys returned with jumping around, and even Field. M clean, a 1973 graduate of Montana State, was jumping with four other skydivers near Downtown Merchants retain check pol icy Belgrade. After a normal 30second free fall, his main chute fai led to open "I have been in business for "All we ask is that you show By James C . Ryan properly. He failed to deploy his fou rteen months and have had us some identification." states A spokesman for the reserve at an altitude sufficient Downtown Merchants Associa· no problems so far, " sta tes Evans. Evans. "I have never had to for it to inflate. tion announced yesterday that Scot had been ac t ively they are ans hundred percent in prosecute anyone. - ANNOUNCEMENT - According to Evans the jumping in the Bozeman area for favor of cashing out-of-town Applications for editors of the businessmen on the outskirts of almost fou r years and had checks. This policy is directly Expo nent, Montanan and Free Bozeman and in the shopping accumulated over 300 jumps. opposed to the position that Quarter, General Manager of malls are the only people having He was the only son of Mrs. P. L. other Bozeman merchants and KGLT, and Business Managers Mclean of Helena and was trouble. the Chamber of Commerce took of all except the Free Quarter are employed at Ga llatin Homes of Last week some Bozeman last week. now available in the Student merchants agreed to accept only Belgrade. According to Robert Evans, Senate Office located in the Officials from the United spokesman for the association checks which were covered by a SUB. Deadline is March 1, at 5 States Pa rachuting Association 'The downtown merchants ar~ bank within a thirty mile radius Photo by Troll pm. are investigating the accident. Scot Mclean .dependent on the college trade." of Bozeman. BDRIE &Ellli By Ben Rayland anrnalate police cars. car doors. Connection, the audience Producer Philip D'Antoni's and (well, almost) passers-by knows the psychotic nature of films are h1ghl1ghted by A chase scene does not, Popeye, hence. when he resorts exhilarating car chases that however. make a movie. and on to a car chase we anticipate must be counted among the very the level of exposition and how serious his compulsion is . finest ever staged In Bullitt. characterization. The Seven The Seven Ups does not prepare Steve McOueen bounces a Ups is iust plain dull. This is us The chase isn't necessary to Mustang about the streets of Antoni's first directoral attempt. the story and therefore does not San Francisco in pursuit of consequently. his movie fails to engage us on an emotional level another car The French achieve a coherent and The actual staging of The Connection pits Gene Hackman serviceable atmosphere. Roy Seven Ups' stunt sequences 1s against a runaway train In both Scheider tries to give some the work of veteran Bill cases audiences are on the edge depth to the film 's central Hickman. who has both starred of their seats an11c1pat1ng a thrill character. and his scenes with in and arranged stunts for all of every second the fellow members of the Antoni's previous productions " seven ups" manages to convey Hickman 1s 1n demand Before Antoni's latest film, The something of the policeman's such recent films as The Seven Ups contains his most struggle with the infuriating Getaway. The Seven Ups, and amb1t1ou sly staged chase scene contrad1ct1ons which prevent an most recently, Thunderbolt and " Hilarious - Funniest yet A New York policeman (Roy eff1c1ent Film I've fulfillment of duty This Lightfoot (filmed in Great Falls. Seen In Months Scheider), - Richard & Mory Landis pursuing two kid 1s not enough, however, to cover Montana). he supervised car nappers who have ''Excellent mistakenly up the film's most basic flaw 1t chases for It's a M ad. Mad, Enterta inment'' killed one of his fellow " seven fails to provide an adequate Mad. Mad World. The Great - Leslie Lyon ups" (specially trained g-men). mot1vat1on for the chase Race. and several others ra ces down a sidewalk, then Because of this inadequacy. Not surprisingly, and to Clint across several 1ntersect1ons to a the chase. for all us splendor. is Eastwood's dismay, the most street filled with small children not as exciting as its more Pagerly ant1c1pa ted aspect of Failing to wipe out anything modestly-staged predecessors thunderbolt during filming this more valuable than a few Detective Bullitt had to catch the summer was not the star or garbage cans.

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