OBSERVER Vol. 15 No. 2 March 9, 1972
Cover Page Photograph Niles Jaeger Back Page Odd Bodkins Dan O’Neill Page 1 Announcing A New Policy! Observer Staff Drawing Andy Aaron Page 2 Letter To Dean Selinger [ “. . . Writing in response to your memo of February 23, 1972.”] Luther Douglas, President, Student Senate Letters [“ . . . Agree with much of Charles Pavitt’s article in the February 29th . . .”] Mary Sugatt In Response To James Garner’s Utopian Article, ‘Look Out Below Or The Senatorial Conspiracy To Teach Elephants To Fly’. Michael Flaherty [“ . . . ‘Educating the Community’ . . . With which I must take issue.”] Richard Tedesco Page 3 Reflects On The Morals Picture Kevan Lofchie Political Cartoon R. Cobb Basketball: Final Statistics Page 4 Bard Theatre Of Drama And Dance Enemies Sol Louis Siegel Federal Money For Our Schools Larry Levine Page 5 Musician Ship Sol Louis Siegel Harvest Chris Martinez Page 6 Moving Pictures Spring 1972 February March April May Page 8 Is Dope “Safe”? Hot Tuna Burgers D. H. Page 9 Cosmic’s Community Scene Charlie Pavitt Page 10 Pin-Up
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The Observer wishes to state a new editor This policy will c_oncentrate upon the of the Entertainment Committee, the Ed Another purpose of the papershall be ial policy. center of student life here at Bard Col ucational Policies Committee, the Ecolog that of a forum for discussion and debate. lege, namely Bard College; what .happens ical Concern Committee or any other cam This is neeessarv to maintain eventhesmall Weil, not exactly a new one, because when. here, what doesn't and why. Knowing pus ·organization will be made public and sense of community that has somehow sur one states a new policy it must be presumed the why (or why not) of this place dep· available to everyone interested. vivad here. To say that we eneourage art· tha:t there was an old one to change. L_ook· ends largely on the functions of the news icles on the state of the community and ing at Bard newspapers of previous years, paper and the role of a paper as a means Also, a large number of significant events events coneerning it is an understatemrnnt· one begins to wonder if anv of them ever of comprehensive communications with- that most of us are unaiWare of happen in we are desperate for them, and for written hadareal editorial policy at all. True_, the in the community. This is something classes. Some of the offerings of the "life replies. After all, if we don't argue what's papershoweda gerierally leftist stance in that has been sadly overlooked in these of the mind" at Bard, particularly the new right and/or wrong with Bard, how are we . recent years, most of the issues touched_ ivy h9unts. Despite its small size there is additions to the curriculum, deserve wider going to find out? upon in the last year or so, especial\y in alot going~ on at Bard about which very attention. The women's courses, those the Red Tide, were irrelevant to the jm few peopl,e kpow the first thing, and about offered by students and those offered by fhe-first steps toward implementlng this mediate Bard Community. The desire te which mC;Jny don't seem to care. members of the dance department faculty policy have already been taken. The use turn on the community to revolutionary . ., . ~ - · are of interesrt to large segments of the of the New Dining Commons, for instance, (in mo re ways than one) news of our time The Obseryer's new policy can be summ·ar- community. So are such items as the new was discussed among the members of the - is understandable, but the end result was ized roughly in two words: PUBLICIZE Film Department, the Humanities Depart- Observer staff, who decided that the new that the paper emphasized (a} hoiW little EVERYTHING. Granted, thisisa big ment the Ecology Department and its building has a great potential as a coh'iin of the revolution there.. really is here, and task, and we rn_ay missa few things (or · field ~tation, and tfie Music Departm€mt's unity facility which has not been taken ad (b) how badly the lack of a communitY quite a few things), but we certainly in· Jazz lmprovization class. A series of att- vantage of. This was brought to the atten· newspaper shows. In light of all this, our tend to try. We hope to get to the point icles by students and teachers on these tion of Student Senate, which respanded opening setence deserves restatement in a where we can inform the community of courses, published by the Observer, could by expanding the duties of the present different form: The Observer wishes to all important- or unimportant, or simply provide insights into the direction in which Food Committee. The Food Committee state that henceforth it will have an editor occuring- events on campus and cover themBard academia is going . to page 11 iaf policy. for later issues. Under this plan, the plans 2
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March 1, 1972 · not a 'young budding etymologist'., but I cannot conceive of you as being anything sollouis siegel, editor To the Editor: but a 'Gossiper'. In other words, you shouldn't go around talking or writing jackie keveson I agree with much of Charles Pavitt's about anything you have no hanest know kevan lofchie artide in the February 29th edition of the ledge of. 'Senator' Levine wasn't upset chris wynn, associate editors Observer, particularly his point that "any about the remark but you were. lf anyone group operating last term which used Con-. was to respand it should have been him lisa aldin vocation money should send, for publica 'NOT YOU'l chari i e clayton tian in the Observerl a complete account lee fryd, typists · of its expenditures." I have purposefully quoted the word 'Sen- . ator1 because of your negtigenee to recog This should, as he says, serveas an oppor nize me as Senator Flaherty. This is really mi.chae( apfelbaum, finances tunity to show the members of the Stu petty but I just wanted to bring it to your dent Community where the $26,000 they corrupted attention. with: andy aaron, luther douglas, dan hicks. contributed for the fall semester has been ' .-·: · larry levine, chris martinez, chariie pa~itt spent. Apparently, you owe me and the Bard ~- . . Community an apology coniving. When cover' photo by niles jaeger (In fact, I think it would oe hetpful to all making the apology please don 1t etaborate students, to evaluate the extra-curricular or use flowery language. Obviously it is centerfold by niles jaeger 1 life of the College1 if this were done at the also neeessarv to familiarize you with beginning of each semester.) some 'Street Ethics' upon which t have been nurtured. It goes something like this: i Sincerely yours, 'lf one is to make certain aecusa Mary Sugatt tions about someone (especially if they are talse) he should be pre pared to face the consequences.' I n response to James Garner's Utopian This is not a threat but a fact. Unfortunate tv my up-bringing was not as 'liberal' as artici e, 'Look Out Below or The S~natorial Conspiracy to Teach Elephants How to your writing seems to reveaL This fact is Fly'. Mr. James Garner, not intended for,you alone but for every one. Keep this in mind when writing your I found your statements in the Utopian next artictes especialty if Senator Michael coneerning me to be quite misleading. Flaherty is to be mentioned. Personal ly I First, I woutd teke to clear your conscience I do not wish to deat with you or anyone about that 'Jew-diciary'. remark I had made else in writing anymore, because nothing to Senator Levine. That remark was made ever gets salved. Anyhow, we do not live in responseto someone wtio had mispro miles apart. We are really within 'arms ----~-· :~ ..... nounced the word 'Judiciary'. Evidently, reach'. I was talking to 'Senator' Levine. 'NOT YOU!' It was just an ethnic joke for which Forever Latin, I meant no harm. lf my humor aroused your cudosity or interest, it would have Michael Flaherty To: Dean Selinger been easier· to consult with me than to Frorp: Luther Douglas, President, Student Senate falsely propagandize my good nature. I do believe in the freedom of the press but it is against my convictions to abuse it. In March 2, t972 I am writing in responseto your memo of Februai-v23; 1972. lri regard so far as your artide is concerned, I think 1 To the editors, and other concerned to your deep concern about the traditional lack.·of organization of the it was total 'bullshit • You were absolutetv Student' Association, I am, as a representative of this group, in agreement successful in taking advantage of the press parties, with your reprimands and suggestions. However, regardless of my personal to satisfy your ignorance. I do not wish to agreement, I think that some type of action is called for, on both the part discuss this in writing but I prefer to with I am compelled to write this letter by an of you and me. I think that the administration, as weil as the Student Asso you in person. hanest interest in community affairs, such ciation, must be made aware of this terrible lack of optimism of newly arriv- as they are. I mention this mativatian as ing' students to the' college. · . At the end ef your article you used the a preface in passing, because it has cometo word, 'Cosa Nostra', which means 'our my attention that certain bodies on the thing'. I do not belleve it was neeessarv Bard landscape consider anything producec by myself, or other members of "The The Senate, at its regular meeting, on Wednesday, March 1, discussed th is to utilize our, language to meet your in problem thoroughly, Consequen'tiy, Senatorial elections have been moved tentions. This I find insulting both because Utopian" staff, as little mare than destruc tiv:e invective. Be assured that· th is has up from the week of April 23 to the week of April 9. I think that this your article was an onslaught on a Latin .Senator (Michael Ftaherty) and because never been, and is not n ow, my intention. would provide mare than adequate time for the Fall semester senstors Nor will it ever be. to work ~ide by side with the Spring semester Senators. Also, this will . you seem to find our language much more expressive_ It is not insulting that our be a means by which new Senatars can easily learn the variaus rules of I must offer a word of praise to Sol Louis Senate, and, hopefully by which they can participate on a much mare language is expressive, on the contrary it 1 Siegel for his article in the last issue of mature and active level. · is beautiful. It is disgusting to see you manipulating our dialeet to attack a Latin. THE OBSERVER, "Educating the Com mu11ity." In view of the past efforts of After the week 9f Senatorial elections, the most important.co~mittee Your article was in such a sequence as to THE OBSERVER staff the article showed should atso be elected, with the specific positions held open for arriv· effectively stereatype the Latin students surprising forethought and insight, There ing students. Of course, this election will also indude the Orientation at Bard College by victimizing me~ You are certain points, however, with v·1hich I Committee. Hopefully, at this time, some type of revised handbook also mentioned that I 'gently pointed out must take issue_ including dub listings, will be available for incoming students. to Sol that Latin music was not fncluded among the choices', you respanded to . . # First, thereis Mr. Siegel's questionable I think that by ·advancing the variaus dates of elections, by form i ng this by stating that 'Jewish ethos was also an Orientation Committee in conjunction with the Dean's office, not included'. It seems you h The police are: the regulators of Truth. In order to be certain thereis not too mucli trutr floating around at one time, they . arr'est people for possession. --. So mu ch for sociology. Let's get down to :ease histories. Here is an example of the irsesisfabil ity of the pol it ies of truth: Abbie Hoffman was tac.tful and eluslve for a long time; He was the wry humorist of the revolution. Since, however, he has ·been gh:ing serious thought to problems of our time, and his public image has changed drastically. Will Abbie win the hearts of his followers by telling the truth? One morning Abbie was cutting his hair livhen John Chancellor of NBC reported Abbi~ was cutting his hair -- to make it with the straight folks. Abbie got sore and then it came, the great force of wisdom that no one knew was llllithin the breast of Abbie. ·Said he: 'I think Warner Brothers has control of the hippie cuit. Hippie is out moded, we must become new citizens if we are to surilive.' Weil, that's politics. everything. Hoffman, the publ i e pol it ici an of satire, nual fertility rites on the weekend. It They think their proposals tion. 1'11 risk it: bathtubs. Batlitubs? - - became a merchant for the politics of truth. shouldmean that people of influence be can and must be done the minute they Yes. Did you know that, according to involved as pol itical forees of the conceive of them. Welcome to Vogue Hill. move statistics, mare American families have ment, and as teachers willirig to go great televisions than they have bathtubs? lt's lengths to spread the word äbout lf Abbie's si-ateri,ent-~n the 1-iippie cult the in In the land of the free and the home of a fact: mare people prefer to wash their has weight, it may al so apply to the cult's justice and depravity this country suffers the brave we learn that, after paying a brains than their bodies ... that's free- political segment: peace demonStrations. from. In addition, the word should be price for our PhD.'s, we have better dom in our great land, yes sir!) " Now the demonstrations have become an spread in the area of Socialism --- the a, things to do. We simply cannot abandon b, c's, "in the beginning" -- - oras some of our families and careers; outing for clelebrities: enter.tainment especially the However, speaking of refrigerators and us free capitalist types stars, ex-atheletes and politicians. Soon might prefer, latter. G6ing to jail for a cause would . revolutions, the reading assignment for - "Social Democracy" (I mean, we're be out of the question. Besides, if you Richard Nixon will show up ata peace next week will be Peter Weiss' MARAT/ · liberals but notthat liberal.) In any live comfortably (enough}, Fascism? · demonstration. Wouldn't that be a big SADE ata theatre near you, Rated X. caSe, Sartre is right. Communism? Oligarchy? Corporate . step forward for the peace movement? The intellectual Here's one of the dirty parts: "What's must pllt his body where his mouth·is Eriterprise? What's wrong with them? Finally, to get the president to participate: the point of a revolution?" Answer: (see N.Y. Times, Sunday~ __ l0-17-71). I have food in my refrigerator . . . And A home, a refrigerator, a horse · if you're poor there is a refrigerator (in and "FRIENDS OF THE PEACE MOVE carriage ... But Sartre is European and worse, he's most cases) and, most likely, a television. IVJt;NT. ;-.THiS IS THE MOST IM French and, stiil worse, these Great So what mare do you want? PORTANT VlCIORY ... IN THE And that's where the morals picture French Philosophers (very excellent chaps stiil stands. HISTORY OF ... THE ÖEMONSTRA• you know) sometimes think they know (There might be an answer to that ques- TIONS ... I URGE YOU TO WELCOME ; .. DIRECT FROM THE WHITE -_HOUSE.-.. HIS EXCELLENCY ... YOUR fiAlEND AND MINE ... MISTER RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON!" • While we ~re all keeping our fingers · crossed, here isa rather amusing his • torieal footnote to the peace demonstra tions. The demonstrations have been dri ven toa state of politfcal insignifigance because too many people felt too com- -placent. As a result mass peace demon- -• strating was the only consistent inal strategy. statistics >'It has been worn out. It has also been BARD COLLEGE INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE virtually dominated by the under-thirty - ~t anda few 'courageous' over-thirties. TEAM STANDING WON LOST So where were the elders, what were they l)BARRACKS AND TEWKSBURY 6 0 doing all this time? 2}FACULTY 5 1 3)MODULAR 3 3 EXCEPTION.: It is quite coriceivable that 4)WARD MANOR 2 4 it Norman Mailer (who, for the sake of 5)STONE ROW, this argument,.we shall designate as an _ ALBEE, AND WARDENS 1 5 6)0FF-CAMPUS AND -E!Ider, big-nam~ clebrity) had not been at BLITHEWOOD 1 5 the front lines versus the Natiõnal Guard on Pentagoniim Property in 1968 there might have been some bloodshed before (4 games or more} it 'happened at Kent State two years la FIELD FREE TOTAL ter. And what about the Kent State NAME TEAM GAMES GO_ALS THROWS POINTS AVERAGE incident? It was instrumer'ltal in further l}ROBERT MI LLAN BARRACKS belittling the campus peate-movement 6 55 11 121 20.2 2}MICHAEL FLAHERTY BARRACKS 6 53 10 116 19.3 pfotests. So it should be_contended that . 3)JIM MARIENTHAL if some professars or, even better, some · STONE ROW 5 35 18 88 17.6 Big Names were there in the front lines 4)JEFF MILLER MODULAR 5 33 12 78 15.6 . we might not have had those l ENEMIES (3/4/72) this the alwaxs be enemies: By the time anyone sees ~eview, capital ists; Bard Theatre's production of Maxim (2) 'Capitalists" refers to alt toa worker, thereis no difference be- Gorky's ENEMIES will have completed reactionary its five-performance run, which isa tween a liberai capitalist anda shame. lt's a shame because it'll be too one. · to the (3) The workers are united in their cause lateto teil you to be sure to go at Tuesday night performance, oy which while the capitalists are constantly be totally sure each other's throats. · time the performers will and of their lmes and of the blocking, allowing_ (4) The young shall lead the revolt giving_ tne best inherit the earth. · them to concentrate on is in- piece of ensemble acting the Theatre has (5} The victory of the workers seen in some time. As it was, they were evitable. 95% there on the first night. ·The big problem of the play is that Gorky blame the_ east sperids more time making these state- !\ctu_aiJy, ~>n~ coulc! hardly even tf anyone m 1t was JUSt a ltttle sl ow wfth ments than developing them, and because ENEMIES more time developing his characters, some a li.ne once in a whtle, the theme lasts three hours, including two inter- · of whom are indespensible to Gorky's dialogue but irrelevant to the actual plot. This missions, and because except thJt sometimes takes the form of a mountain would be perfectly forgivable, over- ·1 don't remember anything that was stated or some other such obstacle to be the come. This appears to be a novelist's in "the third act tbat wasn't statedin play; the reliance is not on plot but on first two. · theme and the characterization of some are'marve dozeri major characters. T~ey Stiil, those characterizations thing like a lous. Thereis Zakhar, perfectlv willing spend a great deal of time telling other _ saying it to to let the world collapse around him people what they think, or simply complains; 1\Jlikhail, the themselves. while he epitome of ai_mless e!lergy; Nikolay S,kro- m Russia in the · . botov, an asststant d 1stnet attorney, The play takes J?lace in erudite and equally despicable; summer of 1905. The factory owned by credibly is Zakhar s drunken brother Yakov and Zakhar !3ardin and Mikhail Skrobotov wife Tatyana; the at crisis point because of a threatenep his mysterious actress is a "Lib egotistical General; the girlish, naive strike by the workers. Zakhar Cleopatra; and God eral" who thinks that the workers' de Nadya; the shrewish order to pre al one knows how many others. Often it· mands should be granted in watch the interaction ve·nt trouble while Mikhail thinks that is so fascinating to and the .of these characters that one loses track , the plant shoüld be shut down Copynylttrd by Iolu; Anics Jditciu~Il - woi-kers told who's boss. Mikhail wins of what the play is about: From the Depths the arg~ment, and sends for troops as that William Dri Mitchell to supervise lt's difficult to imagine ori~.dually l'\lhlish~d in "The Silent \\"ar," by John .Ames weil. He goes to the factory could have been From a in a poor rural area (working-class area) would have the same amount of revenues to work with for each school year. Now all school systems would pay appro)(.imate· ly the same amountper teacher. Natural DJoneyfor ly, not all school systems will be uniform rederai autonomous ·· be schools! wiiJ system must be approached not only sincerely, each school in deciding how its share of the pie is to Malthus, an allegedly brilliant but realistically. lfwe are to make thb ·Thomas be divided. thinker of his time, subscribed to the a serious effort, we must necessarily begin some were 'destined to be at the root of the problem: What is one ·. doctrine that The next logical question is where is the were destined to be poor; of the primary causes for social distress tich and some money to fund such an extensive program one big lottery and some in society? An inequitable educational :that life was come from? (1) from a "drastic" cut Malthus argued that system. That is, that children from. the to :just drew blanks. back in military and defense spending of society had Iittle lower-middle class, working class, and the ·the institutions (2) from a progressiva income tax in poor. The miserable, ghett':)es are by nature of their birth - affect upon the which all tax loopholes will be closed tramp was the inevitable (unlucky sperm) bound to an inevitable downtradden (3) from a progressive tax on education law of nature and not life of economic, political, and social victim of the iron (4) from taxation of corporations based unequal social structure. Mai- depribation. As these children grow into . that of an on assets of a certain level (5) from a social reform as a young adults then to adults, they will be . thus scorned upon sales tax -- each state will submit a certain the ey~; of G-d. There was lockedin chains toa demoralising, and ··useless tool in pereentage of its sales tax revenue to the process· by which man could self-defeating mental state. no avenue or Federal Government to become part of have a"meliorated his lot, except by pru social system the "general fund." dence and restraint. This senseless and inequitable which perpetuates this vicious circle of The cancer must be stopped at the outset the "invisible misery must and can be stopped --and . Malthus' subscriptiori .. to before it spreads its potent of unjustifiable this can be accomplished by "equal educa hand" principle or the "sweep it under inequality. Naturally, I am weil aware of in tion for all." The pricess by which this the rug" thecry is stiil loudly echoed the fact that this plan is not an instantan- enclaves today. It isa very plan can become a reality is for the Feder · middle-class eous soiutlon to the problem at hand. reassuring way for the al Government to distribute equal amounts · comfortable and But it isa step ·- a very bold step. lf we to justify poverty by of funds (proportional with regard to middle-classes "good deed" that she did and talk about can possible offer the same educational that it has always existed. population) to each of the fifty states, acknowledging how bad poverty is, andthengo down rasourees to all segments of society, may is to be doneto help our less and then each of the State Governments But what to the beauty parlor to have her hair done be then can we posltively correlate a escape the confines would divide the revenue equally and fortunate bretherh for tt}e cocktail party that night. minority group's intentian with his of constant hunger and disease? Weil, distribute it to each and every school dona would mean that a school ambition. ·the middle-class answer is to give a The problem of alleviating the plight of district. This .. ·tion to some community project or fund, and system in Westchester and a sc-hool system the poc·r, is, to be sure, no easy task, by Larry Levine then talkto a friend and teil her the .... \. I . '/' 5 __.·I harvest Chris Martinez Neli Young's albums always hold a certain element of trustratian for me. I always end up thinking "Gee he has alot of po tential" instead of "My what a fine album' Somehow something always seems to get in the way of his ,making consistently good music. For example, why take a beautiful sang like "Expecting to Fly" and thrust it in the middle of a reverberated, over orchest rated, Jack Nitzsche production nightmare Or why put an incredible mediocre, eight minute guitar sala in the middfe of a sang which isalready having a tough time try ing to make sense of itself? (By which I mean "Down by the Rlver") (And if same one could point out to me what the rela tionship between the verses and the cha· rus is in the sang I would be very grateful) Stiil in all, I like Neil Young and I like his music which brings us to "Harvest" his Musician Ship new album. Taylorish" in certain spots in a tired, sad by Sol Louis Siegel in a reading that shows just about every I guess I was expecting something special, way. nuance of the score without saqificing either really good or really bad, from this See the lonely boy This is 1972. Ralph Vaughan Williams any of the excitement, which is ptenty. album because I was a little dissapointed Out on the weekend was born in 1872. This, of course, means on fir.st hearing it. In other words the Trying to make it pay. . that this is Vaughan Williams' birthday However, I wouldn't urge you to rush to potential is stiil there, stiil not quite real dentenial year. Who is, or was, Ralph your local.record show and get this record ized. ·One of the things you will reialize after Vaughan Williams? you might'ask. immediately, and not just because your you've heard this album is that Neil Young Vaugham Williamswas the greateSt Engli"sh local record shop doesn't have it either. Much of this album was recorded "live" is a very lonely person or at least writes composer of this century, or perhaps of . For all the beauties of this performance, in the studio with the studio being in I ike he knows what it's I ike to be a very any century. I n any case, the fact that . I had a vague feeling that something was Neil Young's barn out in the country. The lonely person. "A Man Needs a Maid," he was born 100 years ago is·ari excellent Wrong when I was listening to it for the idea behind this is to get a freer, less "Old Man," "Words" and "Heart of excuse for tl)e record corripanies to start · first time. The second time, I was able to hassled feeling in to the music and to Gold" all deal in some way with the very putting out recordsof his music by the . pinpoint the trouble - there was not too this effect it succeeds along with the as personal kind of loneliness. dozens. Sirice the music of Vaugham ri"llJCh dynamic contrast in the recorded sistance of backup group of studia musi Williams is not too well known outside sound, which was al so a bit bass-heavy. eians under the name of "The Stray Ga "A Man Needs a Maid" however,in its Great Britain, it's a good thing in these I then put on the library's copy ofBoult's ros" (including Jack Nitzsche, piano; realization on this album is hardly a very days when good things in classical records early recording in london, which is stiil Kenneth Buttrey, drums; Tim Drummond, personal sang. It, along with "There's are not all that comnlün: ·. . . ·· in ptfhty good condition, and was aston bass; Ben Keith, pedal steel guitar}. The a World" on the second side were given ished to discover that the dynamic range sound Young seems to be trying for on over to Jack N itzsche and be fore warned, Angel, especially, with its huge home base · and tone quality on this ·1952 album was this album isa kind of country-rock which they are both very HEAVY production ·· rn London, is getting on the ball; appar· far better than that ori the !972 album. strikes me as beinga bit "trendy" as weil numbers. I mentioned earlier what I ently, the Angel people are issueing a Was it Angel's mediaere American press as a bit forced. There really aren't too thought of the production of "Expecting complete edition of his works for the ing? Was it the recording engineers in many songs OQ the album that are especial to Fly". The only worse thing abou~ centenial. We_are now getting the operas London? Or was it simply that london ly benefitted by the sound of a pedal these two cats is the insanity of using the for the first time, as weil as a number of Records took great pains to insure the steel guitar. Young doesn't write songs entire London Symphony Orchestra to the chor~lvvorl Anyway, my two favorites on the album . are "Damage Done," a simple song record ~·..:,;.u ...... __ .;.;,."'"-"-=·..c.... ed simply ata live show at UCLA, which I feel unfortunately has the potential for becoming an anthem of sorts for a lot of people. l've seen the needie and the damage don e Alittle part of it in every one But Every junky's like a setting sun. and "Harvest" which I can't claim to und erstan.d yet, but, like so much of Neil Young, I think has something to say, and a lot of potential to say it with. -~ ' '· ...... ·, . ...... ,oi... .· - ~ - ~~~' ...... _ ~ ~ . .. tues feb 1 THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL wed teb 2 BEDAZZLED ,.j thur feb 3 BALLET MECHANIOUE (Leger) SYMPHONIE DIAGONAL.E (Eggeling) ~ RYTHMUS 21 (Ricflter} ANEMIC CINEMA .(Duchamp) ADEBAR; SCHWECHATER, ARNULF RAINER --. (Peter Kubelka) · , fri feb 4 ~ STREETCAR NAMED OES1RE (Kazan) ', e sun feb 6 SAMURAI ' ". wed feb 9 FUOTLIGHT PARADE (Berkeley) ', ,, thur feb 10 UN CHIEN ANDALOU (Bunuei/Dali) ', MESHES OF THE AFTERNOUN (Deren) ', THE LEAD SHOES (Broughton/Peterson) õ ' •.:= SCORPIO RISING {Anger) e ' ~IICl:US fri feb 11 TARGETS (Bogdanovitch) e. sun feb 12 MON ONCLE (Tati) . a tues feb 15 ALEKSANDR NEVSKV (Eisenstein) m . • wed feb 16 THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL Q. thur tP.b 11 SUNRISE (IV urnau) ~: fri · feb 18 PULSE (Biow Your Minds Productions) '< I FRIENDS AND FAMIL V (P. AaronJ ..... WORK (B. Wartes) . I( .~~'•,. A CHILD'S ALPHABET BOOK WITH CASUAL REFER.ENCE TO DNA REPLic.;ATIÖN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN (T. Spence) . .· THE SECRET CINEMA (P. Bartel} ·sun feb 20 SET-UP (Nick Doob) . .tues feb 22 CHAPAYEV (Vassiliev Bros.) SPRING 19972 wed feb 23 ORPHEE (Cocteau) thur feb 24 \IIVRE SA VIE (Godard) KUALA BEAR (nostalgia) (Hallfs Frampton) fri fe.tl 25 HOTEL PARADISO . (P. Glenville) sun feb 27 BEFORE THE REVOLUTION (Bertolucci) tues feb 29 SADKO TTUSHKO (the ope~a of Rimsky-Korsakov) ma wed mar 1 THE HAUNTING {Wise) thur mar 2 THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Dreyer) fri mar 3 BREWSTER McCLOUD (R . Altman) nymets · sun mar 5 LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Resnais) .. tues mar 7 RIMSKY KORSAKOV , wed mar 8 THE HORSE'S MOUTH thur mar 9 VAMPYR (Dreyer) fri mar 10 LOST HORIZON s.un mar 12 TRANS-EUROP EXPRESS (Robbe-Grillet) tuE:>s mar 14 THE COLT (Setin) THE FATE OF A MAN (Shmaruk & lvchenk wed mar 15 MONKEY BUSINESS (Marx Bros.) o) thur mar 16 ORDET (Dreyer) fri mar 17 KNI FE IN THE WATER (Polanski) tues mar 21 HAM LET (trans. by Pasternak) wed mar 22 JAl LHOUSE ROCK (Elvis) thur mar 23 DIES IRAE (Dreyer) g fri mar 24 SPRING VACATION (Drab) thigh=arm + + + + + +- 0,) m""" + I+ < 0 ~ e 0.. 0 < 0 e '~- ' ("') 0 ?fc "rl_ . • ,~ .. ::I - ...... et en a: ART????????????!P - m -<""" 0 sun apr 2 BRIDGE OVER THE AlVER KWAI e wed apr 5 TR ISTANA (Bunuel) en ('[)""" thur apr 6 THE RULES OF THE GAME (Renoir) -i'! fri apr 7 CAPTAIN BLOOD :J 0 sun apr 9 PICKPOCKET (Bresson) wed apr 12 SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS (Kuchar Bros.} . 3ru thur apr 13 lVAN THE TERRIBLE lEisenstein) ·-v fri apr 14 WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Teshigaharu) sun apr 16 THE BIG SLEEP {Hawkes) tues apr 18 THE MEEK ONE wed apr 19 THE KNACK (AND HOW TO GET IT) (Lester) thur apr 20 NANOOK OF THE I\IORTH (Fiaherty) LAND WITHOUT BREAD (Bunuel) · UNSERE AFRIKAREISE (Kubelka) fri apr 21 THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray) , sun apr .23 ·FELLINI SATYRICON tues apr 25 THE QUEEN OF SPADES {Tchaikovsky's opera) wed apr 26 EAST OF EDEN (Kazan, w. James Dean) thur apr 27 ANTICIPATION OF THE NIGHT (Stan Brukhage) - THE DEAD (Brakhage) -. BLU~ MOSES (Brakhage} fri apr 28 - COUSINS (Ciaüde Chabrol) sun apr 30 MAJOR DUNDEE (Peckinpah) • - ~ -- - 1 - "0 Cll :::r+ V .,Q) !I 3 0 e \ ::::l r-+ Q) wed may 3 FREAKS (Tod Browning) ::::l THE PUSHER thur may 4 CITIZEN KANE (Welles) fri may 5 BED AND BOARD (Truffaut) sun may 7 SCIENCE FRICTION (S. Vanderbeek) · _1933 (Joyce V\'ieland) SAILBOAT (Wieland) RUCKUS SHORTS (Red Grooms) WAlT ( Ernie Gehr) SCOTCH T APE {Jack Smith) NEW YORK EVE AND EAR CONTROL (by Michael Snow; jazz soundtrack includes Roswell Rudd) tues may 9 BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (Grigori Chuf 0 ACE TROUT - .... l .. , - ...... ' 8 is dope ?''• The following articie, 'Marijuana Hefd ments and was commonly prescribed In Relatively Safe to Health', was dis the United States during the 19th century. patched to us through our European It was only made illegaf during the 1930's. contact and appeared in the International However, the report did caution against Times of London : · indiscrimlnate use of marijuana. The report said that those driving under WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (IHT). -· A new ·the influencB of marijuanaare like\y to government report on marijuana today be slower in braking and recovering from characterized the drug as relatively safe gfare. Further, it said that mixing m.arl- _to physical health and suggested that it may juana and alcohol slows mental perfor- have some medical uses. - mance more than when either is used . afoner : ; '" - " ' The second annual report to Congress by the National Institute of Men'tal Health In addition, the researchers strongly stressed, however, that more research is ~tated that women of child-bearing age needed, especially on marijuana's etteets should not smoke the drug until questions on chromosomes of women of child-bearing of.chromosome damage are cleared up. age, possible damage to kidneys and brain and effect on the ability to drive a car. Although research has uneavered little evidence of chromosomal abnormalities I n its study, the institute he\d that, con the report said, the active ingredient in. r trary to popular myths, the drug does not marijuana can invade the bloodstream of appear to lead to crime, hard drug use, animal fetuses and therefore women toleranee build-up, is relatively safe to phy- should avoid the use of marituana and : sical health and does not cause chronic other drugs of unknown potential for psy~;hosis . · · producing birth cJefects ~ In addition, 'With the currently expanded The' NIMH report"made no reccomenda research effort into marijuana and related tions either for or aga inst the legisl ation synthetics, there isa strong possibility tha-t öf marijuana. However, a special pres cannabis derivatives, very possibly in idential commission, doing its own study .chernically modified form, will once again of the drug, is expected to make recom achieve medical acceptance in the treat: mendations on marijuana when it issues ment of a varietv of conditions,' the re- its report next month. port ~aid . ~ ..Of particular interest is the note on the ··' NIMH researchers cited recent studies effects of marijuana use on the unborn show ing that the drug can be effectiv~ foetuses of pregnant women. Pregnancy in treatment of depression, alcoholism, and birth beinga natural high for all skin problems, sinus, ear inflammations . concerned a straight mother means an and prevention of epileptic seizures. organic kid or so implied. Chromo somes, brain and kidnev. damages are stiil without scientific validation; Further, they said that a recent stuciy in dicated that marijuana may be useful in J:he treatment of glaucoma, a hardening m_aMixturr i}~;,:~r ._ .0fmari~anaand~coh6lor."md gasoline vary so widely BU~G~RS of the eyeball, often resulting in blindness. With mtluJ~uals that effects are debat~- : ble. Everything else is welcomed light The drug has been used since the 5th in smoke-filled corners. centurv for treatment of a varietv ail- . . of . This is Hat Tuna's third and best album. Jt's studia, beautifully mixed and need Sin~e l'm not talking about contemporary less to say, it has a lot of long-awaited hab1ts and methods of Saivatian l'llleave goodies on it. Hot Tuna produces in man Jack Casady sings tor the {first?) time on Y ways what is the best Hard-Biues Rock r~cord, so do Papa John and Sammy around. They have truly come around Ptaz_za, the ?rummer. The group is a tan from the roots and yet stiil maintain dis tastle workmg unit. They (Jack and Jor tinctly individual styles. No white blues ma) have been playing together so long gui~arist can claim a more orfginal appr they don't have to sacrifice looseness for oach than Jorma Kaukonen not to men tigh~n~ss, or vice versa. lndividually-the tion the fact that he single-handedly in· mus1c1ans are extremely good. lf not in vented the electric scream. He wrenches any virtuQsitu; of the fingers, in their hon the notes from his guitar. esty, originality and nearly monumental creativity. Drummer Sammy Piazza is also Be WC!rned- if you don't I ike hard-rock and much less boring on this album than on blues-rock you may not care for this album their last. at all. Even if you're real ly into the Brit ish qlues you might not- Hot Tuna plays Kaukonen is writin~ most of the material very· American music, country bfues and now. He didn't used to write too much folk rock infused with Lord knows what · during the Airplane days and now he has else. blossomed into a folk lyricist with a start ling abifity to convey angst, joy, a-maze- - Mama Take the Pill ment and underst<:mding the likes of which From under my head this reviewe: hasn't seen since Bob Dylan Hallelul was up all n1ght long leaning on the wind Jesus ·gonna make up my owsiiL Dyin' bed G.ive it a listen. · ~- Hallelul D.H. -!he? Y?u'11 need tha·t f;·ue Religion \ ~ I l i..o- by Chariie Pavitt · I have previously attempted to thank all In this i?sue's seg;nent of THE COLLECT Dan Lewis· Now toa cause closer to my heart, the to the people I could for voting for me back ED BITCHING OF COSMIC C., I would Herb Ritts Religion Club. Our sale purpose was my abortive Senate election campaign aboL;t eertai n exper bring Joseph Campbell; famed mytholo: in Iike to reJTlinise a bit term. Now, I woutd !ike to thank connected Basical]y, we_wanted a phonograph, to gist and author of THE HERO WITH A of last iencenhe orgaf)izations I am vote for me, who completely useless one the THOUSAND FACES, the four book · all those who didn't withön campus had in their attempts at replace the elite and was equipped with, and OF GOD series Ü'rimitive, Or- . kept me from joining the power seeurl ng· furis:Js for operatiön this term. Di ning Commons MASKS being sucked into the pompousness and a tape recorder. The latter was to serve represenatives The st.odes I will teil could probably be iental, Occidental: and Creative ~~fythology egoti.sm which the supposed . two purposes: First, taped music during seem unable to avoid. parrored to some - de~:iree by afl those an? ~he recent ed•tor of_ a coll~:tton oi the of the student body meals would be mare operable from out without falling to others wno eritered the m,eetings hopetui wntmgs by Carl Jung, Slmply tltled JUNG, As for their behavior freeing people from sitting over following Of S011ie S',fmpathy· for their OWn pet pro standpoint, to speak this term . . His asking -. · their le1.el, all 1 can s~y is the when they'd rather be eating din to.Bard jects and left dlsappointed, no so much records $500, cheap for someon.e of h1s .. maxim: poVI!er corrupts. Jessening the chanee pTice w?s from the drastic cuttirig down of their ner, and furthermore, reputat1on (he usually asks for tw1ce that talking incessantly over the budget"requests, w!iich was unavoidable of scimeone much) and so, in order to show that th~ _ I sh all not be stopped so easily. On May with it we could help solve du e to lac:k nf enough funds, but from air. Secondly, Bard community desired him enou_gh to 11th, Joseph Campbell shall speak at at Bard and start a perman- the at9-tude ofthe P.eople involved. a crying need make that expenditure worthwhile, riine Bard College, on the top_ic The lnterpreta taped music collection,' including re · . ent of us went around with the mysterlous tion of Symbolic Forms, or more simply, perforri-mnces here by students I was not at Luther Douglas, Senclte President Until next time, same page (me and the Henry jones, Senate Treasurer ads), same newspaper, • and.Budget Committee members: Steve Foster Chariie Pavitt Jackie Keveson Larry Levine - ,.r barbara steele !n "~lack sunday" -~ ::.· . .. -..J .... - . 11 . . ~ LETTERS vall)able service as a journal of opinion. NOTICE öur orgariitatiön is amenable to change But ( ~rom page 1_} (from page 2} and cooperation with other organizatiöns, This is wherEtWe must begin it we are to shall now have direet communications 1 änother and and the essense·ot"any communrty is spirit. educate outselves about one with Joe Roberts, Buildings and Grounds, create a comi!'_unity~ ancfthe Dean's Öffice coneerning the prob- reasen for this lack of spirit is The initial pledged a lem ~f who the Dining Commons is for and of this campus itself. The Calvin Coolidge Society has the physical reality Itshall be used. as this campus substantial portian of its funcs this semeste how Dispersed and disjointed · is, there exists no_physical necessity to toward co-sponsoring Joseph Campbell's Articles submitted by Bard students on make contact with any living beings beyond subjects that don't relate directly to ev a clique of beings with whom one chooses ents at Bard are stiil quite welcome. Copy will be to associ~t~: ,Su_b!){i!quently, social activity frOm outside sources, however, at Bard is exclusibely clique'-örlented. i used rarely, and only when it is considered . _do not mean to beat a dead horse, for this by the staff tö be of p!Jrticular interest to ·-situation is obvious, but it is essential that the community. it be understood before o-ne undertakes any further examination of the mythoiogv Now, before we leave you to your dinners, ot community at Bard. "' we have some requests. First, we would like it if all the organizations on c<;Jmpus Ideolegieal and racial ditferences-support were to send us reports including descrip the condition of non-community, but the tions of the organizations, their plans, perpetuation of th·e condition and specific events) for this sem origin and (general The Observer has app. 160 names ,Iie in the phy-sical facts of life at Bard. ester, and the name and box number of .; list at the present someone to get in touch with, to be pub on its mailing Communication is virtually non-e"xistent, lished in the next Observer. moment. · becaüse physical estrangenient renders contact improbable which in turn renders Second, and more important, is a request In order to send copies through coniinunlcation unnecessary. The cycle -nay, a desperate need- for help in the form the mail at reduced rates, it must isa vicious one indeed. So we all float' of reporters, artists (You will note the have 200 names on its list. along, sheathed in voluntarv withdrawal, absence of local graphics 'in our ;papers) but our rampant alienation is submerged and layout help. The typical attitude herefore, if there is anyone to when newspaper here seems ~ because we HAVE our community, toward the studuent whom you would I ike to have the and where we waht it. · · to -~e ,"lt's not a good paper, so why . ~"' . for free, please which is like retusing to bserver mailed shoüld I help?",- (or names) and ad movement which Mr. Siegel appearance here, with the B!ack Student itch. Bard isn't goimg to be a end the name Th educational scratch an Box 79, · describes is simply another clique attempt Organization and the Chapei Committee. better place to stay if everybody decides dress (or addresses) to ing, in the style of so many Bard cliques, This is, admittedly, a small step. The to let someone else do the work. So let's Campus Mail. ., . to impress the rest of th~ community, articles in this past Observer are also a. get up, goddamit, and OO something! with its standards. Thereis no grain of step. by the All addresses MUST have Zip . . I f the movement composed altru fsm ih 'th'ls effort · Observer staff. Code. were, -in ·fact; altruistic, it would be far Establishment of interaction between -· ress öbjectionable than Mr. Siegel suggests, organizations is one mcthod of shattei-ing of standards is an of non-communication. for the maintenance the clique barriers hank you. admirable ambhion: However, again in the I ap.preciate THE OBSERVER's efforts - -style of many Bard cliqües, the ambition in this direction. is towards an assertion of superiority in The Management. relation to the 9eneral group, and the And I would appreciate your personal · .- other..fHqu~s . thl:lrf:!Jn. . _ ~a .ctions-to what I have said here. My And ~~~-.~~~J~t~-~;rh~~ second pol.nf ? ·"box numberits ·129. with Mr: Siegel's artici e. bf cdhtenHon Respectfully, failure of the RED The r~a-soA fOr the Richard T edeseo TID_I~ ~as a·vlapie organ of communication last ~~IT{~~tM W