Mary Catherine Bateson at New College

Volume VI, Issue 12 November 19, 1996 Help! I've fallen and I can't raise my morals! AN INTERVIEW MARY CATHERINE BATESON AT WITH JOSH SILVER OF 'TYPE 0 NEW COLLEGE In honor of Professor Mary Catherine in population growth. She stressed that NEGATIVE' Bateson's two day visit to New College, a peopled must consider the ramifications by Mario Rodriguez student sponsored dinner took place at of having children on natural resources. Even the autumn leaves trembled on Cook Hall on Sunday, November 17th. "I'm not suggesting that a solution as the branches of a makeshift forest as Type The dinner included professors and stu draconian as China's birth restrictions 0 Negative took center stage at this dents, most of whom attended the (one child per couple) is right. But, year's Guavaween celebration in Tampa. workshop which Bateson conducted ear clearly we should think about the fact that Under a full moon, green light permeated lier, "How Might the Insights of there are just too many people. As soon the mist sweeping over the imposing fig Anthropology Inform Decision Making." as it is born, an American child consumes ure of Peter Steele, the band's 6'7" The workshop focused on how every (much) more of the world's resources as vocalist/bassist. day actions effect society as a whole. compared to mo t other countries," she Steele has used his impressive size Tony Lenzo, a student who is concentrat said. and dark, opinionated demeanor to gain ing in philosophy and physics said, "I Though Bateson doe not intend tore publicity for Type 0 in sources ranging found it interesting that individual action lease another book anytime in the next from Playgirl to The Jerry Springer effects society on such a large scale. year, she eluded to one already in the Show. In a summer interview with Most people have a profound ignorance planning stages. The proposed topic will Seconds magazine, Steele claimed that of the way that their decisions effect the center around present life cycles and how the band's music is predominately his system. She (Bateson) led me to see that they will affect future generations. She "baby, which the rest of the band clothes each person must make provisions for the commented that increased lifespan should and feeds, so to speak." consequences of their actions, no matter facilitate increased learning. Like the mist, the tones of Josh how small." Bateson said, "I think the presumption Silver's keyboard eemed to rush around Bateson further remarked on this point Steele, meshing with and carrying the at the dinner as it applied to current trends SEE "BATESON" ON PAGE 3 singer's deep voice. Impassive before the camera's eye, seldom quoted in inter ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION UPDATE views, Silver form part of the supportive ; artistic base that propels Type 0 Negative by Charles Choi $400,000. As a result, the workings for above and beyond the hype. You might say that New College, in the residence halls are going through Yet Silver's contribution to the music regards to to its construction contracts, changes in order to bring down the budget is anything but an underpinning. In the has come close to "incompletes" or "un by $200,000; the other $200,000 is ex October issue of Guitar Shop, a review of sats" quite a number of times. pected to come from the efforts of the Type O's late t release observed, "true to Construction projects have a hi tory of New College Foundation. The plan is to budget problems and time delays, while rebid before the end of the year, and if all SEE "TYPE 0" ON PAGE 2 "temporary" structures such as the Palmer goes well the bid should be accepted in INSIDE Buildings have a habit of remaining far January. Construction of the residence longer than intended. halls would then start in February, and Ivory Tower . ... .. ... .......3 In the upcoming year, four major con ideally the dorms should be ready for oc struction projects will be in various cupancy by January of 1998. Calendar . ... .. .. ...... ... .4 phases of completion. Some time and The Eisermann Fine Arts Building, Movie Review: Extreme Measures ..5 money will be allotted for a few non-aca another project in the works, will be built demic projects on the side. behind the Caple Fine Arts Building and Amnesty Int'l Open Mike .........6 Last month, bids for the new Dallas will house additional painting studios. Editorial .. ................ ..7 and Elizabeth Dart dormitories came in Caples Fine Arts can then be retrofitted from prospective contractors, but even the with a photo studio, although funds need Conservation News ... ....... .. 7 lowest bid exceeded the budget by about to be secured to purchase equipment. The 2 The Catalyst News November 19, 1996 "CONSTRUCTION" FROM PAGE 1 "TYPE 0" FROM PAGE 1 a morose sarcasm which Silver attributes to growing up in Brooklyn, October Rust building will also have to be fitted for the the progressive genre, keyboards have a deals with themes ranging from lost love proper disposal of toxic photographic dominant role in the music." The review to nature worship, echoed in such pagan chemicals. The construction documents described the album as "atmospheric... songs as "Green Man." are in the process of completion, and the slowish, dense, gothic-sounding." "Worship or respect," he said. building should be ready for use by fall "It's a more linear album. It's more of "Certainly to me God is a pretty useless of 1998. a mood kind of album," said Silver in a entity and just a great story. The only The Natural Sciences Building that telephone interview, contra ting the new thing I will give respect to is nature." wi11 replace the "temporary" Hanson and opus, October Rust, with the band's 1993 Whereas Silver may wholeheartedly Selby Buildings is in its advanced design release, Bloody Kisses, which went gold sympathize with goats, donkeys must phase, and should be ready for use by faJI last year. scatter when Type 0 Negative shows up of 1998. Campus architect Rick Lyttle Beyond the media blitzkrieg, the suc on the White House lawn this Halloween. sent the lab layout to the faculty the cess of Bloody Kisses (their third album) The band calls for the reclamation of the week before last, and construction should can be attributed to cxtensi ve touring. United States by Vikings in "The start next spring. Type 0 Negative spent 18 months on the Glorious Liberation of the People's On the other hand, funds for the road, although they were initially reluc Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Marine Sciences building was received tant to tour, with artists ranging from Combined Forces of the United only recently. No architect has yet been Nine Inch Nails to Ozzy Osborne. Territories of Europa." This track off selected. According to a June interview with Steele October Rust is just the kind of inflamma Four constuction projects will be in huh, October Rust was written predom tory statement Silver feels the media tries funded by the Capital Improvement Trust inantly "in the back of the bus over the to elicit from Type 0. (CIT), a financial trust which supports past couple of years." "I think the press loves to exaggerate non-academic endeavors on campus. The material covered on October and completely encourages that," he said, These are the building of the Coffeehouse Rust, however, draws from more than a but noted that real life is always shocking in the Barn, a house for the Sailing Club year and a half on the road. In Silver's in and of itself. Silver said October Rust at Caples Hall , the renovation of the opinion, a band is a "combination of a lot takes from reality, but "there's nothing Teaching Auditorium, and Hamilton of different areas," including Black wrong with some science fiction as well," Center renovations that include the Mac Sabbath's macabre, driving sound, A which might account for songs like "Wolf Lab, the Publications Office, and the Clockwork Orange and an affinity for Moon," "Haunted," and the band's goth Student Government office. 70's B-horror movies, (i.e. the band mem image. Luckily, contract renegotiation has bers' formative years.) Not so. Silver claims the media plays managed to get New College some exten But more than that, Silver also feels the gothic portrayal up significantly. ions, if only for a little while. Don't you that Type 0 Negative's music is com Really, he said, their music is just the net wish you had control over your academic prised of themes which "take on their result of being "depressed your whole life contract like that? own character after a while." Pervaded by SEE "TYPE 0" ON PAGE 5 The Catalyst is available on the World Wide Web at ;Ciitalyst http://www.sar.usfedul-catalystl 1 I '<'J')'TIJ'N I'J'Ho .,... t 'rfl.r. ol All •• tor~or4 Direct submi sions and inquiries to: General Editor The Catalyst James Reffell 5700 N. Tamiami Tr. 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