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.....II1II ' "Where did all the parking spaces go'? "No, not really. Once we had everyone's There are never any spaces left when I get class schedule, we could easily group to campus." together all the people that need to ar­ British Composer Presents Religious Concert Do you find yourself saying this more rive at a certain time. The same method often than you'd like? Then you should try is used for departures. If there are too A concert of religious music by Donald Swann and The Singers will be presented at 8 p.m. what one group of students in the North­ many for one car, then we use another Wednesday, October 15 in the University of Maryland Baltimore County recital hall. The West Area of Baltimore City and the car and driver." recital hall is located on the first floor of the fine arts building. Sponsored by the UMBC . surrounding County did. They formed a yet. But if you consider that there are just lteli~ous Studies Committee, the concert is open to the public free of charge. mammoth carpool system with 22 some people who can't be ready on time, Donald Swann, considered one of Britian's foremost composers, has blended spiritual members. then yes. Then again, those people who merriment, lyricism and an earnest probing of the human condition into a highly en­ "I've been a member for 2% years and can't be ready are usually the first to drop tertaining and involving concert called "A Crack in Time." Subtitled "A Concert in Search I've never had to drive more than once a out of the carpool. Although problems may of Peace," it includes in the first half, "Requiem for the Living," with its oriental week," boasts Irv Gertner, one of this arise when it starts to snow or when people arabesques and Gregorian touches interwoven with Swann's piano accompaniment.. year's two co-ordinators. "I think it's one start dropping courses and don't want to Audience participation for modern folk songs and carois, is invited for the second half. of the largest on campus. If it isn't the remain on campus long." Mr. Kessler Donald Swann is better Imown to American audiences as the partner of the late Michael largest then it certainly is the oldest." hoped that these problems would be Flanders, in their two-man Broadway hit show, "At the Drop of a Hat" and" At the Drop of This particular carpool is a combination worked out when and if they arose. Another Hat." of several splinter carpools that have been During the summer this carpool system in existence for almost 10 years. It brings lays at rest, but the members continue to together 22 people with 100 different see each other. They get together for Ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood to Speak classes at 15 different times during the bowling, swimming, and skating parties week. It reads like a plane schedule with and even try to take trips together. Mantle Hood, an American ethnomusicologist, will talk about "A Question of Music" 8 arrivals, departures, who the driver is, It seems that there are more ad­ p.m. October 6 in the University of Maryland Baltimore County recital hall. and who the passengeJ;S are. vantages to carpooling then just saving Dr. Hood organized the first graduate program in in the country at the When George Kessler, ' the other co­ gas and wear and tear on your car. If you at Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books and articles on ordinator, was asked if setting up the still don't think so, then ask George the music of and as well as ,.general theoretical works on ethnomusicofogy. schedule was a difficult as it looked, . Kessler and Irv Gertner, the master co­ There is no admission charge. he replied with a shrug of his shoulders, ordinators for the Northwest Area carporl . . SGA Film Series Dates Corrected 'Crime Scare Rapes U.S. The Film Series schedule appearing in issue one of The Retriever contained several College Park, Md., Sept. 15--lncreased crime problem" and have caused many mistakes in dates for film showings. The corrected dates should read: white collar, juvenile and female crime Americans to lose confidence in their 10-4 Sat. The Learning Tree have contributed significantly toward the government's ability to deal with and 10-8 Wed. Thomasine and Bushrod rising crime rate experienced in the prevent crime. 10-11 Sat. Harry and Tonto during the past five years, "There is a deep and widespread 10-15 Wed. Shaft In Africa according to a report prepared by a disenchantment specifically with the 10-18 Sat. Chinatown University_ of Maryland professor for the correctional effectiveness of im­ Fifth United Nations .Congress on prisonment, the mainstay of all crime Prevention of Crime and Treatment of control programs for well over a century, " Offenders held earlier this month in the report states. Thompson To Discuss African Dance Sculpture Geneva, Switzerland. The report deait with recent developments in criminal Robert F. Thompson, professor of the history of art at and an authority on justice in the U. S. the art of Africa, will discuss "Yoruba Dance Sculpture: ~ Five Ritual Examples" at 8 p.m. According to Dr. Peter P. Lejins, FLOOD Thursday, October 2 in Lecture Hall Two at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. director of the Institute of Criminal Justice The discussion will be illustrated with slides and films of Yoruba art and rituals. and Criminology at the University of Continued from page 3 Dr. Thompson has written extensively on various African art forms as an outgrowth of his Maryland's College Park Campus, risine: field work in West Africa. His most recent work is African Art in Motion: Icon and Act crime rates have contributed to "an un: The resignation of the merchants was published in 1974 by the University of California press. precedented public concern about the underscored by the pain of deja-vu and the realization that after the flood subsided the job and expense of rebuilding would be next. Discounts on case lots Party The new flooding had come when the "An incredibly literate, astute, lovely-to-Iook- at, town was still rebuilding from the 1972 charming and chilling movie that is guaranteed orders welcome flood. Since that time the city has become to open both your eyes and mouth in shocked more and more of a tourist attraction with its 19th century flavor and small shops of disbelief. I want to warn that this film isn't for antiques, books, plants, and clothes. the faint - hearted, nor thpse given to blushing. But all of that rebuilding and promise of a bright future for the rebudding town was A sparkler you won't forget for a long time." Maiden Choice clouded over by the downpour of Eloise -Liz Smith. Cosmopolitan and its deluge. The old, crinkled sign on the symphony Liquors hall on Main Street had said that the ef­ fects of Agnes would not stop the rebuilding and that the hall would re-open soon. Now that sign is not visible under the swirling, driving brown water. The entire front of the place is swimming in the mess. specializing in popular Agnes' sister Eloise has not been kind. As the rains continue to pour, Ellicott City wonders how many of these stormy sisters and imported wines ' it can handle.

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