Volume 162, Issue 4 Second Class Postage Paid U.S.P.S. 491-440 Mann 11,1986 Purple-w^The Sewanee -^

University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee

SPRING BREAK: at last!!! The Sewanee Purple March 1 1. 1986 Sewanee Breaks Another Record

BY RUSSELL PENFIELD

in full swing again rd year. As of Febru-

ary 28, the Admissions Office had received 1 167 appli- cations. This tops last year's record by 109, and late ap- lications are still trickling in. Applications to the college have increased 41% since 1983. Considering this year's large freshman class of 340,

it is understandable that many people are wondering exactly how many will be admitted next year,

a particularly difficult question given the fact i

sions is really a game. This year, the Admissions Com- mittee hoped to get 295 students. To get that number, 41% of those accepted would Rave chosen Sewanee. However, 45% of those accepted decided to take Sewa- nee up on its offer. As students, faculty, and administrations officials

are aware, the University had a little trouble coping with this number of students (with cro

r. tories and the like). To avoid a similar I with the incoming freshman class, the Admissior The Second City perfoming the "Switch Improvision" at Guerry Auditorium, March 6. will probably admit fewer students and count on a proximately 44% of those accepted choosing Sewanee. ONE OF THE OBVIOUS effects of this increasingl Regents Visit Campus selective process is that the credentials of the incoming Sewanee students will average a little higher. This, ho

is not really unique when one considers that in the last two freshman classes, the average SAT score has BY ALISON RIOPEL review the food Duke, gone up 42 points. THE BOARD OF REGENTS met last Monday and State, and Davidson. Ed Wilkes, the Director of Admissions, cites several Tuesday for their winter meeting. The twelve member She also cited the need for more student housing reasons for Sewanee's good fortune. First, he credits board directs the larger Board of Trustees for the Uni- and the possibility of forming a semi nary-college group a program called Student Search in which the Univer- versity. They review, evaluate, and direct most aspects to discuss space allocation. The importance of this of the College and Seminary activities. The Advisory point was reempbasized by Joe Wiegand, the SA Speak- The University might Committee for the College which consists of six mem- er, as he specifically called for work to be done on purchase, from the National Testing Service, the names bers of the Board met with the Deans of the College, Quintard Halt. In the area of student life, the Regents of students with a certaing PSAT score living in a cer- the Provost, Chaplain, Faculty and Student Trustees, were interested in the status of the faulty alarm system tain geographical area. In the last few years, Sewanee the Directors of Admissions and of Athletics, and which is ten to twelve years old and has been malfunc- has been increasing these parameters. the Heads of the Order of the Gownsmen and the tioning for over six years.' The second reason that Mr. Wilkes cites for success

Student Assembly. Since budgetary decisions are An increase of applicants to 1175 for places in the in admissions is the quality of the publications that

made at the Winter meeting, several related issues 1986 freshman class was reported by Mr. Wilkes. He the University is sending out. Third, he credits the were raised. stated that the committee could admit only 60% of special perspective weekends that we have in Sewanee, Five areas were noted by Dean Patterson as areas the applicant pool this year in contrast to 70-72% of including the Sewanee Experience and the Wilkins which needed funding. The establishment of several the past. The regents felt that the geographical diver- interview weekend. Another factor, Mr. Wilkes says,

new faculty positions in very small departments which sity of incoming classes was important. is the changes in the Wilkins Scholarship program. have near capacity classes of 25 students was a primary Student Trustee, Jim Folds, asked for the Regents' Brown Patterson, Dean of the College, cites a few request. This need has been cited by both the Ap- support in urging the Career Services Office to bring more reasons. His, however, deal more with the es- pointments and the Curriculum Committee and the goal larger, more diverse selection of companies into Sewanee sence of the Sewanee community, the beauty of the is to fill positions within the next five years. Depart- for job recruitment. Jim said that most college grad- Domain, and the quality of the students and faculty. ments to be enlarged would be Anthropology, Geology, uates wished to work for a few years before continu- Dean Patterson also gives credit to the Admissions Russian, Music, and Theatre. ing in professional or masters programs. Currently staff, currently six people, who do the job in a very Also requested were funds for faculty research, there is too much competition for slots in the limited confident and professional way. interview schedules of most recruiters. Although the process of admitting students and

foundation grants (such as the National Endowment Student concerns about Dr. Archer's birth control actually getting them to the Mountain is a sort of

for Hurr policy were expressed and the Board wanted to know game, one thing is certain: the admissions process

Review. m of a Strategic Planning her policy as well as the prevailing student opinion. at Sewanee is becoming increasingly more selective. Committee for the University has occurred. It is divided Mrs. Cushman said that she had called some colleges DDDDDDODDD into ten sub-committees. These sub-committees look checking on their policies and while some provided at the recommendations in the 1985 Self-Survey and will full gynecological care, others did not. The Regent's DAVID KEARLEY, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN, a report setting the make priorities of long term physical opinion on the matter is yet to be seen, but they were asks that all personal belongings which were left in th*^ and academic plans. The sub-committees will study aware of the student petition. library be claimed at the Circulation Desk by April 1. all aspects of the University, from the academic to the THE CONCERNS OF THE OG about the estab- Items not claimed will be sold at the book sale table in spiritual life of the school. lishment of the Wilkins as a merit-based scholarship the library or discarded. Bill Huyck, director of Athletics explained his work with a monetary award were expressed. The Regents

are also interested if such a program would result in the use of other Financial Aid money. They requested that a summary of the funds used be drawn up by Mr. the Student Executive Committee. That was a time for and Schaefer and Mrs. Hall. Mr. Williamson, the president when they could hear from most of the student organ- THE PLANS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE Food of the Regents, said that information on the whole izations. The meeting has always been held the morning Service Committee were reported by Dean Cushman. matter needed to be gathered. The OG is currently of their last day here. This time it was moved to the Along with the SA group, their aim is improve to the working on such a report. first morning so that they might take student opinions quality of food and dining facilities. This committee The Regents are always very interested in the student into consideration. The Regents will be returning has heard from two food service consultants and sent concerns. Earlier in the day, they ate breakfast with along with the Board of Trustees in early May. Workshop Held

BY LESLIE GRANT

WHAT DO BROADWAY AND SEWANEE have i

common? Bright lights?. . . . Superb theatre?. . . .

Astounding talent?. . . Well, perhaps, but the mo between The University of the

South and the Great White Way is Jim Mulkin, former Sewanee student and present casting director for the New York Shakespeare Festival. Jim Mulkin, originally from Bessemer, Alabama, has been living in New York for the past four years. Last weekend, he returned to Sewanee to conduct an Actor's Audition workshop. Mulkin, who graduated from Sewanee in 1978, obtained a masters in directing from Carnegie-Mellon in 1981. He says he "got his start" assistant-directing

a musical in Toronto, Ontario , entitled Say Hello to Harvey, starring Donald O'Connor. "Unfortunately," laughed Mulkin, "the play was a complete disaster. Four So from there I just decided to go to New York." years later, at twenty-nine, Mulkin has cast such greats as Hamlet, The Marriage of Bene and Boo, and the cur- rent Broadway smash. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Despite his overwhelming success, Mulkin modestly denies that his job is any different from any other job

in the theatre. And, observing him in his L.L.Bean bluchers, flannel shirt, and raybans, one might be tempted to believe him. The Audition Workshop was held on Saturday, The finals of the MS Rock-A-Like contest at Cravens, March I, where Marichal Gentry as Stevie Wonder March 1 at the Outside Inn. Those who participated gathered the most votes and won. (L to R: Ron Jones; Bill Wadley; Marichal "Stevie Wonder" Gentry; were primarily Sewanee~s~tudents and faculty members, Virginia Hipp, Stevie's manager; and Mark "Bruce Springsteen" Rembert.) although a group of Nashville actors did join the session in the afternoon. All participants came prepared to perform at least one monologue or scene, as one would at an audition. From 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Student Works to be Published Mulkin patiently watched and listened to, critiqued and encouraged the performances of each of the actors. BY SHE LI A BE LEW - Swiggett poetry contest. This His suggestions and criticisms were quite helpful, ONE OF THE OLDER publications which is still just those submitting work especially to those who plan to pursue acting seriously circulated is The Mountain Goat. It is the student 10 me Mountain Goat. The poetry is juagea oy rnree in the future. All of those who participated will agree literary magazine and publishes works of short fiction faculty members and prizes are awarded for first, sec- that the workshop was indeed a success, and that a great and poetry as well as artwork and photography which ond, and third place of.$100, $50, and $25. deal was gained from such an experience. Hopefully, are submitted by students. It does not publish essays Jim Mulkin will retun submission is March 10. The Moun- or non-fiction which is the concentration of the Jour- The deadline for shop of this kind. students seriously nal of Arts and Sciences. tain Goat is an excellent way for interested in creative writing to get their work pub- The Mountain Goat publishes one issue per year lished. Free verse written on the spur of the moment containing 44 to 48 pages of student works which due to some great inspiration is welcomed, but the staff are chosen by the eight member staff. All work is have been pol- Talent Showcase is also looking for contributions which judged anonymously. Students wishing to submit ished with a certain amount of hard work. poetry or fiction to be considered for publication

should SPO a copy of the work with no identifica- The eight member staff is headed by editor Thomas tion and a separate sheet of paper identifying both Lakeman and consists of several graduating seniors. TINA TURNER stopped over in Albuquerque, New themselves and their work to either The Mountain This provides a golden opportunity for any literary - Mexico, during the "Private Dancer Tour" to perform a Goat or Thomas Lakeman. minded students who would like a chance to be on fund-raising concert for the American Collegiate Talent Any poetry which is submitted is also entered in the staff next year. Showcase (ACTS). Monies raised will contribute to the 1986 ACTS program and scholarship fund. ACTS, a nonprofit organization operated from Mexico State University in Las Cruces, is beginnir ig Z Sewanee Outing Club Events for April fifth year as the only nationwide talent competition encourages, develops and helps prepare talented college in West Virginia April 11- OCOEE RAFT TRIPS April 20 and May 4 students for a career in the entertainment industry. BLUE STONE RIVER TRIP 13 The Ocoee is the best half-day raft trip in the South- ACTS not only awards cash and scholarship prizes to its This will be a new trip for SOC and the preliminary east. It is a great first-time raft trip or one that can be contestants, but also provides them with auditions, over- reports of the river and the area sound very good. The enjoyed by a veteran. Don't miss it! If any other groups seas tours, career direction, showcase opportunities, raft trips, for more infor- trip will go out as early as possible on Friday and return are interested in contact SOC workshops, and cash awards for songwriting and video late late Sunday. The plans now are to rent a cabin to stay mation. The Ocoee runs weekends starting in in both Friday and Saturday night with two full days of March. April 25 INTERESTED COLLEGE STUDENTS may enter paddling on Saturday and Sunday. The river is 25 miles HOT AIR BALLOON It was cancelled because of heavy winds at Fall Party ACTS by submitting an audio or video tape of their per- of class III rapids, so you must have previous boating ex- Steve Weekend but SOC will fly on Friday afternoon. Look forming talent by April 15, 1986 All entry tapes are perience. If you are interested please contact for sign ups as Party Weekend approaches. SOC also has judged by top entertainment industry professionals. The Puckette (ext. 328) or Ed Roper (ext. 214). information on an introduction to hang gliding and Para- finalists go on to perform at the live National Finals in chuting. These can be arranged if a group is interested. Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Sep- NORTH GEORGIA BIKE WEEKEND April 4-6 KING OF THE MOUNTAIN TRIATHLON May 3 &4 tember 5, where they will compete for additional prizes Spring should hit North Georgia exactly on this Start training now! Let's have a big turnout. and the title of "Top Collegiate Entertainer." weekend. Plan now to get out and pedal around some of outdoor activity, of IF YOU HAVE A wish to do some For more information on how you can be a part the surprisingly beautiful mountains of this area. We please contact SOC. We have many resources available the 1986 ACTS program call toll free: 1-800-44&/CTS will use the van to carry gear and you can ride as far as and can with you on any trips. There will be nu- State Univer- work or write ACTS, Box 3 ACT, New Mexico you want and the van can pick you up. This is a good merous boating, bike, and nature trips so keep an eye sity, Las Cruces, NM, 88003. way to try bike touring for the first time. Contact Ed open for these. Roper. 4 The Sewanee Purple March 11, 1986

Towards an Active Student Body the whim

IN THE FEBRUARY 28 issue of the Purple I read of a brim cover the event." several articles which I Randy Horn had-a timely article as well, describing deserving of response. the increased quality of the university radio station, WUTS, 91.3 FM. It is my experience that the WUTS i body for not being as concerned, involved, and produc- production staff are superbly helpful in the effort to tive in our community as our potential affords us. promote campus organizations and their activities. We In a wonderful article whose inception came from should all take full advantaqe of their quality service. 10 WEEKS. THAT'S RIGHT. Only 10 weeks concern for the lack of attendance at certain Confer- Also, the Mountain Messenger, edited by the incom- ence on Women activities, Anne Swartz discussed the parably cooperative Geraldine Hewitt, has brought a il graduation. For some of us, ; number 10 has problem of student apathy. Anne reminded high-tech, grass-roots weekly er invoked such fear before. F at the end of 10 general to our community. Her

Sewanee that the possibilities for entertaining, exciting, desire to maintain the cogs spinning in is >ks, all of us with the necessa Sewanee evi- and educating ourselves are limitless. Anne feels we dent by her generous coverage of jrs will be officially evicted fi the events and by the lack the enthusiasm to tap that potential. We need to thorough back page calendar.

develop, foster, and orovide for that feeling of enthu- AN EXEMPLARY USE of communications is seen 1. Find a job immediately {that's

c-a-r-e-e-r). Welcome to reality. Anne also pointed out that any students with a 2. Go to graduate school. sense organization and a positive idea can petition 3. Travel for a while, either to sei of the Student Assembly for charter, after which the to seek yourself. a the chartered organization may petition the Student Acti- 4. God only knows! vities Fee Committee (SAFC) for funding. Anne en- le chosen something between number one and number 4% couraged inspired students to take such action, and ful- scratch ur. I hope to get around to options two and three f*# fill their own desire for interesting activities. entually. I am quite sure I am not ready to go on to

I join with Anne in this encouragement. I must ore school. I enjoy being a student, but it is time to pad arid, however, that the pool of funds available for or-

gans the ! lOT r&Jltg- option is — The job a tough one. A long, long time approximately 1 100 student activity fee payments of o, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to be rfoe lAJiet/and eiahtv-five dollars each made by the students of the nen I grew up. I knew exactly how I was going to college and the seminary. There are, at last count, t there and where I was going to live. thiriy-two organizations which receive monies from in Dr. Charles Brockett's Only the second part of that seventh grade goal has Dromption of 1 afternoon discussion, "Reagan and Nicaragua." Talk AS RESULT OF MY LIBERAL STUDENTS WITH IDEAS should consider the exis- about a media blitz; tbePurple, the Messenger, WUTS, ting organizations, and approach current members to the B. C. calendar, SPO notes, class announcements, if those see ideas can be incorporated into that club's posters, and an information table promise to attract a activities. AM of the student groups and clubs would sizeable audience to hear this important program. love for one or two go-get-'em types to join in. At the I guess that s a Dr. Brockett and his sympathizers on this issue have same time, the activity fee funds and the organizations ! want nothing t do with calculus, also taken another admirable step. They have invited a it supports should both be freshman and tnow some things subject to energetic com- rebuttal to be aiven in response to Dr. Brockett's anti- petition, by old and new groups alike. Submitting the changed. I know I will r t be a physicist; Reagan presentation. The Student Report called for, budget proposal to the SAFC should reflect the great- and Dr. Brockett seem to quite get the hang of it last year. I also know has provided, a balanced presenta- est aspirations of a group, and the leadership of that I do not "do art." tion of ideas in our public forums. group must endeavor English is not my forte either. It is quite ironical to meet these goals. This brings me to Brian Jackson's column, "The that for someone who was not particularly enthralled The SAFC and the funded organizations must bet- Politics of Reticence." My articulate colleague has ter avail themselves of with English (I do love to read) and never developed the existinq channels of public broached an important subject—the silence and apathy communication in order to inform our community of those wonderful writing skills, I should be editor of of the conservative members of our student and com- their the Purple which requires a column in each issue. Plus, activities. In this vein, the column bvPurpfe edit- munity bodies. Of special interest to me are these" hit I am a biology major. or Nancy Brim home. She wrote, "In order for the comments Brian made (mv apologies for any crime of

Writing an article is like pulling teeth or getting Purple to be truly representative and include students, removal from context): ferns faculty, seminarians, and to extent, to live in my apartment (a some the com- 1. I "wonder why the conservative are such a truly si- munity, we must represent these groups. With a staff lent majority and why they conceeded so many argu- ally n how to write. The of eighteen, this could be made much easier with help English paper was a B- from each of these. A simple notification to the Purple

I that paper \ letter to the editor assign- through the SPO stating the event^or topic and some

Id enable the Purple <

I as I guess much as disliked English classes, I should have stuck with them. But, as a result of pursuing other classes, I can now write a twenty page lab report on a lab that didn't turn out or draw the dermal and epidermal layers of mammalian skin in my sleep.

I don't think I've led a sheltered classroom life at

Sewanee. 1 took Religion 111, two philosophy courses, Purple the required number of language classes {which nearly

>e Purple is the student and physics, a lot of political science (I should have Spongier : The University of the maiored in it) and buckets of biology. South, Sewanee, Tennessee. The BUT BACK TO THE TASK of finding a job. With KoJk a biology major and a love for children, I could teach. With my experienn as a seven year veteranof the sum- COPY EDITORS mer C3>np ircuit -i three years as a ropes course dir- Published bi-monthly Julio Cable ecto- >uld c :eivably be an outdoors director. CIRCULATION MANAGER i^enuc year (except l" xpern Amte-Barton Robison COMPOSITION £"1?" Sf".IP* school new ..paper , gh school college), I could go LAY-OUT EDITOR Ah. but back to the r learned

; to wr . March II, 1986 The Sewanee Purple 5 Nicaragua's Forgotten Children

TODAY'S MAIL CONTAINED a rather interesting the Nicaraguan people, it's time to wake up and smell report from the Anglican Bishop of Honduras, the Right the coffee. Fact: no Marxist takeover of any nation Reverend Leopold Frade. Bishop Frade was writing has ever evolved into a democracy or anything close of the situation along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, to one. Fact: as Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick has where tensions run high with the Sandinistas on one noted, a number of traditional non-Marxist authoritarian side and a U.S.-backed government on. the other. Judg- regimes have indeed become democracies. Witness ing bv most reports we hear these days, the Bishop's report sould be quite predictable: he undoubtedly wrote of the inhumane war the "Contras" are waging G. GORDON LIDDY will be in Sewanee this April. aqainst a terrorized civilian population, right? Wrong. A study of Liddy reveals a Republican zealot. He also Instead Bishop Frade (who was incidentally arrested has been called a fascist. It is a curious situation when for assistinq Cuban boat refugees a few years back) a man who practiced extortion at the highest level of writes of the daily influx of Nicaraquans into Honduras. our government and went to prison for his crimes now They are fleeing, not from the violence of the Contras,. the but from the Sandanistan government itself. Bishop Frade is understandably exasperated with American liberals who continue to paint the Sandanista

regime as one big rosy picture of democratic bliss. Liddy is a patriot who tends to be fanatical as re- "We must take note of the human rights abuses and Spain, Venezuela, Greece, Argentina, Portugal, and vealed in an interview given to Lynn Darling of the harrassment taking place in Nicaragua today," he (most recently) the Phillipines. Moreover, these count- "Not Washington Post (October 27, 19791. He said, "I ries are not exporting Soviet weapons to their regions am devoted to seeing that the United States regain of the Church in that country, to the arrest of Roman in a systematic attempt at destablization. military preeminence." I doubt the methods ot a man Catholic priests, to the human rights violations of These are the clear facts. The best hope for the de- who idolizes Hitler. Indians and peasants who rebel against Sandanista velopment of democracy is to be found not in Marxist Liddy is the author of two books. Out of Control force. Children come across our borders daily escaping regimes of any kind-which ultimately become just as (1979), a spy and espionage novel, and Will (1980), bloody and repressive as their predecessors, not to his autobiography. He wanted to overcome his fears These children are fleeing, he says, not from Amer- mention dangerous to U.S. security -but in stable author- bv facing them and reports his "unorthodox methods" ican-backed guerrilla forces, but from Sandanistas who itarian regimes based on non-Marxist values. in Will. The most unusual method he used was butcher- attempt to conscript them into the army at the age This is what the aid to the contras is all about. ing hundreds of chickens to learn "to kill without of "13 and 14 years." Bishop Frade is furious those at The question is whether Nicaragua will ever have a emotion." He says "How [else] could I expect to be Americans who would ignore the plight of these refu- chance at democracy, or whether it will become yet a soldier in the war?" This is a rather odd expectation gees-hundreds of are whom starving daily- "because another Soviet satellite, complete with imitation gulags they say the children are leaving a ... paradise. If the and its own edition of Pravda. Meanwhile, American paradise is so good, why are they leaving?" liberals, finished with business in the Phillipines (funny, Liddv was one of Nixon's plumbers and steadfastly What makes this question so interesting is its source. no one talks much about the validity of elections in "pleaded innocent [of his Watergate crimes) on the It comes not from a stateside, armchair-bound Reagan- Nicaragua), turn their attentions to protecting the ground that he had acted on an official assignment." ite, but from someone in the "front lines." Every Sandanista reqime, while every day children pour into He was sentenced to twentv-one years in prison with day Bishop Frade sees starving children whose families Bishop Frade's diocese. a $400,000 fine. His sentences for the Watergate and (or at least as many as remain alive) have fled from the Marcos may have been a "right wing/fascist/dictator/ Ellsberg cases ran concurrently. President .limmy Carter Sandanistas. Every day he sees the true dynamics of oppressor of the people/U S. puppet'" but we sure reduced Liddy's sentence to eiaht years ; he was released in Marxism action. And it is no paradise. heard a lot about his elections and subsequent fall. on parole on September 7, 1977. Liddy wrotejOut of

I don't think we can expect a similar story in Cuba Control to pay his legal fee debts and then wrote Will THE SOMOZA REGIME was no democracy, that anytime soon. If some Americans have their way, to tell his story. He now supports his family by lectur- much is certain. But if Americans expect the Sandan- the same will be true of Nicaragua. ing. istas to provide all the benefits of > G. Gordon Liddy is using his civil liberties to freely lecture to interested crowds. But what a comment on the American public in general and the community of Sewanee in particular that Liddy can do this. Many of like 1 try in, i His opinions are not mine, but Liddy's claim to fame

are his crimes. He is being oaid to give his views which :e and considerate in- include calling E. Howard Hunt, "treacherous," and dividuals. How often have een a liberal heckled John Dean and Jeb Magruder, "crybabies," because by a conservative. On the hand, liberals are al- they admitted their involvements in Watergate. ways interfering right to speak freely. IS LIDDY COMMENDABLE because he acted like a in When Eduardo Baez came to Sewanee last semester, cog a large corruption machine? No. Because he was more than acting order, I could have gathered a few signs, a few friends and just under he was Letters To The Editor master mindinq the intelligence marched in a circle for an hour; but it would not have division of the Com- mittee the Reelect the President (CREEP) under the done any good. Instead I went to hear his speech. I direction of John Mitchell. His intelligence group, listened politely, although I did find it hard not to laugh at some of his blatant propaganda. After his GEMSTONE, had a plan for sabotage and intelligence- collection. This plan includes "proposals for kidnap- speech during the reception I had the opportunity to voice my disagreement: ping radical leaders likely to disrupt the Republican There was a young man called Johann S. Bach, National Convention;... sabotaging the air-conditioning at the Democratic Who scrolled the notes till your fingers did ach This is the way we conservatives think and act. We system convention;... staging dem- onstrations "repulsive" do not picket, protest and chant. Instead, we talk to by groups in favor of Demo- the person with whom we have a difference of opinion. and] It may not always accomplish what you want to be done, but this person knows you and your problems as a fellow human being, not as just another disgruntled Sewanee has had diverse and interesting speakers,

one of will is To all you liberals: you can protest and march all whom Liddy become. He interesting, as you wish. We conservatives should have control of this Bob Woodward describes him, because of "his freedom country well into the next century. Your ideas will die from any kind of guilt about what he did." Liddy is out because because people are becoming disgusted allowed to deliver speeches to whomever he wants but Dear Editor: with your attitudes. We, the silent majority, will once be prepared for what may be heard. Liddy is extremely In response to Brian familiar with the lecture circuit and can probably mentioned the spirit of Jonathan Z. Ludwig SEE PAGE 9 6 The Sewanee Purple March 1 1. 1986 Season Gears Up

"LEARN THE BEAUTY OF THE SPORT." Those are the words of women's varsity soccer coach, Todd White. The season's practice officially started March 3, although there have been optional indoor practices since the beginning of December. Nine members of the team participated in an indoor tournament this past weekend in North Carolina, a first for the women's soccer program. The outdoor games begin with a match against Vanderbilt at the Nashville

university on March 22 at 1 p.m. With the loss to graduation last year of four seniors and four underclassmen who are away this semester, several positions on the team need to be filled. With the addition of five freshmen, this hopefully will not be hard to accomplish. The captain of the team, Marcella Taylor, says

that this year she is hoping for "good team unity and

when the team wins, it is because we played together." The team includes Captain Taylor, Elizabeth Schooler, Sharon Rowland, Susie Kaufhold, Nancy Brim, Laura Haas, Laura McColley, Kathy Rappolt, Kathy Wilson, Peaches Yeilding, Sarah Sitton, Lainey Collins, Serena Smith, Laura Lockhart, Louisa Gibbs, and Kirsten Dahlberg.

player at the Maryville Indoor Tournament in which What Happens When You Lose?

EVERY BASKETBALL FAN worth his or her salt, hovered around

figured I (it is grossly awkward to say "his or her", but I UCLA team would avoid fanning any more flames on the feminist current crop front) knows about UCLA. Most us remember the day involved in more in 30 losses. January 1974 when John Shumate canned a long jumper by contrast, was to give Notre Dame a 71-70 win and end the Bruins'

eighty-eight game winning streak. I for one, reserved It's not that difficult to figure out why the Bruins the right to be John Shumate in every backyard contest have fallen on hard times. Wooden left a legacy of c for at least a week. success no mortal could possibly hope to match and the g Great names from the UCLA pantheon roll off the pressure on his successors has been unbearable. And '*: tongue at a moment's notice: Gail Goodrich, Keith times have just flat changed. Recruiting rules have 5 * Erickson, Walt Hazzard {who chooses to call himself changed, so UCLA can't always get everyone it wants Mahdi Abdul Rahman every now and then), Sidney anymore. The 45-second clock keeps everybody in ^ Wkks, Keith (later Jamaal) Wilkes, Lew Alcindor (later, every game and no lead is ever safe. There are more «. "§ or course, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). And then there was good players and coaches out there than there were ten

telephone "Im- is Bill Walton, the center who answered his or twenty years ago. Pauley Pavilion just a gym and £5 the Song Girls are just cheerleaders. Nobody is afraid of UCLA anymore. Men's tennis coach John Shackleford Vince Lombardi told us that winning wasn't every-

thing, it was the only thing. Bear Bryant said it wasn't

the only thing, but it sure beat anything that came in seems to have come to the generation before them.

second. And Jimmy Buffet tells us we live in a land of They've got problems, because the way the game is play- too many TV dinners, where everyone loves a winner. ed today, they can't have what they want. A lot of But what happens when, like these Bruins, you lose? times, their parents have left a legacy of success they

This is not going to be a column that glorifies failure. couldn't possibly hope to match. There are a lot of people who bask in a sort of snobbery And a lot of things have just flat changed. They

of failure and I figure that's its own reward and they couldn't duplicate their parents' material success if they

don't need me to help thei They just aren't like, tried because there are more talented people out there Men 14a you know, into this work b maybe they just can't than there were twenty years ago and somebody, some-

quite find something they cai without compromising where, is always one step ahead of them. And even if peach the Presiden , ate bean sprouts, themselves or could, the respect that to that maybe they j they used come with a single sting, bee and turned a bevy of I Daddy's money and trying find themselves while success is gone. A big house is just a big house and a

from his vegetarian buddy Greg Lee into a 21 of 22 longneck beers and chasing members of the lot of money is just a lot of money and you can'rfeej night from the floor in the 1973 NCAA finals as UCLA x half their age. At any rate, this column as good about yourself for having them as somebody a

romped past Memphis State. John Wooden directed ;for 1 generation ago could. A name is just a name and a lot of those guys and an assortment of others to national titles people who thought they were special are finding out in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, IT'S FOR PEOPLE LIKE THE ONES who play for they are just ordinary. And they don't feel too good 1973, and 1975. Sports had never seen such a dynasty, UCLA this year. The Bruins want to uphold the trad- and it probably never will again. ition passed on to them from another generation. But They feel like losers, failures, just like the current

they've got problems, because the way the game is crop of UCLA Bruins. There isn't much that is going

IT IS EQUALLY PROBABLE that most of us would played today, they can't do it. if you think that doesn't to make them feel any better, but maybe they can take be hard pressed to name a single player on the 1985— a little solace in what everybody's mother has said at one 86 Bruins, with the possible first exceptions of string Those fifteen guys aren't that different from a lot time or another, if you do your best, that's all that really All— team Name member Montel Hatcher and Reggie of other people. People who would love to be as suc- counts, even if you lose. Because, as usual, tho.se moth- Miller who has a sister Cheryl. named This squad has cessful and to have life come as easily to them as it Warren's Optimism Cited

BY BEN HARRIS Morales and Meadows, will hold down the bullpen. THE 1986 BASEBALL CAMPAIGN is underway, The only problem seems to be a shortage of southpaws, and even though his team is 0-2, having dropped a Oliver being the only one in the Sewanee arsenal. double-header to Trevecca, Coach Dewey Warren is op- Offensively, the Tigers will rely upon the big bats timistic about the Tigers' chances for a good season. of Meadows, Savage. Kent, and Morales, along with "We're way ahead of where we were this time last Morrissey. who hit .400 last year. Morrissey occupies THIS TIME OF YEAR is always a difficult o year," he says, and he doesn't consider the losses to the eighth slot in the order, so that when the other four me. Mother Nature refuses to admit that it is 1 Trevecca to be particularly damaging, since Trevecca (who occupy slots 1-4) come to the plate, they will season; the but government says that I can't has also beaten Vanderbilt this year. again until fall. -Every year there seems to be a t One reason for the Swamp Rat's optimism is a Coach Warren will also be relying on the strength three week break between the end of hunting lineup that is studded with experienced veterans and of his bench to pull the team out of tight situations. and time when fish become active. This year is talented newcomers. Four year stalwart Tommy Black He has been particularly impressed with the play of to be even harder than those in the past; I'm a will once again be behind the plate for Sewanee, and Todd Willmore, an outfielder with "a lot of ability," and this is my last year to really enjoy 1 veterans Mark Kent (2nd base), Bobby Morales (3rd and also Steve Finley, an outfielder and a backup on and around the mountain. Knowing that my days base), and Phil Savage (shortstop) will combine with catcher, rightfielder Alan Hardee ("he's swinging the of fishing are limited to precious few makes wish me sophomore Mark Browning at first to give the Tigers bat really good"), and freshman Mark Conwell. Will- for warm weather all the more. a solid infield. Youthful outfielders Keyes Williamson more may be tabbed for the designated hitter slot. Maybe some of you don't understand where it is (leftfield). Will Meadows (centerfield), and John Mor- Assistant coach Mike Shirley should prove to be

that I am coming from; let me explain. Since I rissey was (rightfield) bring speed and talentto their positions, of great help as well. He's from Tampa, a town re-

about eight or nine years old, I have been fisherman a so solid defense could be a Tiger trademark this spring nowned for its baseball, and he played junior college is (that to say; I've fished since I was eight if or nine). the pitching holds up. Warren will start righthand- ball with several future major leaguers. And he's had a My father never had the time to take me so I always ers John Huber, Kent, and Williamson, and lefthanded good deal of coaching experience. ended up borrowing friends' fathers or going by my- junk er Parker Oliv along with self. By the time I was twelve I was going fishing just about every weekend that the lakes weren't frozen

My mom would wake up and make me breakfast at some early of hour the morning and then drive me to The Intramural basketball finals one of the two or three lakes where pay that I frequented the staff beat the ATO's,

while I lived in Ohio. I feel that somehow she under- 47—45; Jim Startz scored 18 stood how important it was to me to go and always points for the staff and Todd managed to put aside her worries about my safety; at Turner led the ATO's with 16. least she didn't let them show. It was during those /Foreground, left to right: Eric years of fishing bv myself that my love for fishing Benjamin, Russ Norment, Jim really grew. Startz, Dennie Crabtree, and Bill At the same time that my love of fishing was grow-

ing, so was I. The people that I was surrounded by at Credit: Lyn Hutchinson the lakes were many years my seniors, but they took me in and taught me a lot about fishing and about people. Fishermen, for the most part, are truly genuine people (though they have been known ' exaggerate a little) and I came to respect those men that they represented. As I look back over my two decades plus of existence I realize that much of what

THE FIRST BASS of the year is always a special for

year > fishing, instead because it marks a new year of growth. It's like a birthday for me. The type of fish that I have fished for over the years has varied, but my

latest obsession in fishing has been bass, so it is the first bass that I look forward to each spring.

I had lost touch with these feelings while I was in high school, due mostly to the fact that after junior hiqh I moved to Florida where you catch fish all year round. There is no real beqinning and end to fishing season then^, a real fisherman's paradise (or is it?).

I love living in Florida, but I tend to take fishing for granted down there. It is not granted to me each year as the water begins to warm like it is in more northern

The old cliche about not knowing how much you love something until you lose it comes to mind when

I think of fishing and my childhood. Each year when

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the : the inq that I have each February when I get them out again more than makes up for the feeling of loss I ex- perienced the four or five previous months.

Enough of my rambling on; deadline is approach- ing and I don't want to deal with the wrath of an angry editor. Besides, I think I'll go fishing.. .and think about some old friends. a The Sewanee Purple March I

I am a Man as Other Men Are'

stands behind though, because of the IF YOU MISSED BRIAN JACKSON'S article The Similarly, the Reagan Administration which Jackson of Reticence" in the last Purple, please go the racist South African government in order, it says, Politics ; Communist-in- to realize how selfish dig it from under your dirty clothes and read it. It to prevent bloodshed and prevent a being established. One thing view such as Jackson's re really was incredible. As I read his article, I didn't spired government from

- I've never read a more € know whether to feel amused, angered, or worried. is certain racial reform will occur in South Africa, blessing of P.W. Botha, just as it the horror and destruction contained in the Iliad, I think the latter is the appropriate response to a person with or without the and more relevant is Homer's message who actually holds such a twisted view of liberal and occurred here in the 1960's. But if Botha's govern- how much today, has alues, especially as they apply to Sewa- ment is allowed to continue its policies through lack now that the word "war" become a superlative.

of U.S. pressure, this change can only come through I think my liberal tendencies were confirmed once and

for all when I came across the pronouncement of Shake- First of all, Jackson writes that the Coalition for more bloodshed, since the blacks of South Africa - other Justice and Peace, which organized the demonstration don't have their constitution on their side, as Ameri- speare's Nick Bottom "I am a man as men are." Bottom's vision extends to all men, whether they are during George Bush's visit, was so naive as to lay blame can blacks did in the 1960's. directly on the Vice-President for apartheid, world Thus, Reagan's do-nothing policy toward South Russian, Nicaraguan, or American. all acquire hunger, and the threat of nuclear war. Had he bo- Africa is not only a slap in the face to everything ac- We must Bottom's wisdom to understand political problems addressed in thered to read the list of goals of the Coalition, Jackson comolished by the American <-.ivil rights movement. that can only be human might have learned that the demonstration was in no terms. Bottom would know that you can't yell "Marx- ist" your grain can save lives. That way a personal attack on the Vice-President, nor did it when human you name the Reagan Administration as the direct cause of Guest Editorial can't sit idly by and watch South African blacks denied these problems. The Coalition was only demonstrating even basic human dignity. That you can't support a terrorism in Nicaragua. its opposition to the policies of the ReaganAdministra- KoLrl Carter war of

tion which it feels promote, rather than undermine, Until we understand that Ethiopians, South Africans,

these problems. but it will eventually lead to greater violence. It is and Nicaraguans are "men as other men are," we can't In attacking the School of Theology's non-sexist especially ironic that the Reagan Administration de- expect to deal effectively with these problems. So,

Eucharist, Jackson uses the pitifully inept example fends its policy by attaching the Communist label if it weren't for Shakespeare and Homer and other of the uproar caused by "a service using the 1928 to Botha's opposition, since a certain governor of forms of "traditional" Sewanee learning, many of us Prayer Book." Hell yes, there'd be an uproar. There California in the 1960's attached the same label to here at Sewanee might still be subscribing to Ronald Rfeagan's view of would also be an uproar if a bill were proposed which Martin Luther King, Jr. Of course, after Governor the world. Dr. Stirling says that a revoke the right of neither liberal arts education frees us from ignorance and pre- would women to vote, but Reagan was elected President, he compromised his

judice, but I guess that's only if it absurd example has any relevance to the non-sexist former views for political expediency by signing the you want to. Sewa- Eucharist. see, Brian, the is forward, nee's curriculum may be classic and timeless, but it's You idea to move King holiday into law, all the while smiling for the not backward, in the area of equality of the sexes. hardly conservative. cameras as if he had always been the best friend of refers By applying Bottom's wisdom political Jackson to the new Sewanee course in Nica- I to today's ragua as trip first-hand issues, we can arrive at a standard for approaching a to "see the wonders being PERHAPS THE MOST DISTURBING of Jack- | worked by in South America." It is these issues which can be followed by all people, re- Communism ama- son's denunciation of the Nicaraguan course as an zing how quickly conservatives apply the labels "Corn- gardless of their ideological bent. This standard might "excess of liberal activism" is his implication that be defined as "the courage not to hate." This is Sewanee's "traditional learning" including "Shake- no to cloud the real issue at hand. easy task in today's world, for it includes the courage speare and Virgil" - naturally leads to a conservative DURING THE FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA, many con- not to hate Colonel Qadafi, Ali Agca, P.W. Botha, or point of view. If conservatism is the aim of Shakespeare servatives increased aid Ethiopia even Brian Jackson. opposed to because and Virgil and the entire "Sewanee experience", I'm they feared some of the money would fall into the If we as a nation ever acquire this courage, perhaps afraid many of us here have wasted a lot of time and hands can the paranoia of the country's "Marxist regime." It's awfully quite a few bucks. we overcome and narrow nationalism easy to sit back and smugly talk politics when you're which has pervaded our country in recent years. The When I came to Sewanee as a freshman, I too was a well-fed American, but you can be sure that politics rather conservative - not because of my own political right wing often denounces this courage as the coward- was not on the minds of the Ethiopian people as they thinking; it was more like an inheritance from my small ice of "bleeding-heart liberals" who are too soft on watched their children starve to death in their arms. abama town. And (although I've never admit- Communism. But, if the courage not to hate is an ideal It is barbaric to allow political paranoia to take pre- to anyone). ted for Reagan in 1984 which is left of center, then Jesus Christ was left of cen- cedence when human lives are at stake. iimply because I didn't Eventually, Wiegand

FROM PAGE 4

very visible durinq Vice-President Bush's October visit, for a full scale assault." was due, at least in part, to a sort of peer pressure de- while the next month "student activity fee funds were 5. "Only by abandoning their silence, by e signed to seed fear and shame into a student who pro- cheerfully used to welcome an official of the Commun- essentially antihuman spirit behind modern "progres- fesses conservative viewpoints. ist government of Nicaragua," with no similar Drotest sive liberalism" can (conservatives] ever hope to regain There is some truth to this, but we must admit the of Sandinista infractions of moral and civil riqhts. that which they have lost." seed is watered and nurtured by our continued inac- (Anne Swartz as well, "was intrigued that there wasn't IN MANY WAYS, I whole-heartedly with AGREE tion. There is no inherent division between conserva- even a squeak of protest from the ideologically conser- Brian's sentiments. For the sake of clarification, we tism and activism. The Reagan wave of 1980 was both. vative about this pro-Sandinistan speaker.) must point out that the summer school course in ques- I believe our lack of conservativism stems from a short- 3. "Even the formerly sacred Sewanee curriculum is tion will spend equal time in Honduras, an economi- ness of academic insight on our part. We may believe not immune to the excesses of liberalist activism. The cally destitute, traditional ally of the U.S., breeding in those values and political insights that are considered College now offers, for credit, a trip into Nicaragua so ground for democracy, and neighbor of Nicaragua. If conservative, but how thoroughly our conservative that students can see first-hand the wonders being elders have taught us in the presentation of those beliefs worked by communism in South America." it is again a self-provoked mistake by campus conserva- is another question. The elder conservatives must realize 4. "Why are conservatives so silent? Why especially tives. To be true to its purpose, this course must be en- that the most promising front for a liberal offensive when liberals are trumpeting their views from every a- hanced by an educated conservative viewpoint. is amongst the youth. The conservative must vailable forum? There seems to be something inherent come to We conservatives are not opposed to change; rather in our campus, and consider doing so at prices competit- conservatism that dislikes activism. After all, the we approach change with cautioned reason, desiring to ive with the liberal activists. conservative reasons, we aren't trying to change the understand the dynamics of our society, prior lurch- to William F. Buckley defines a conservative as a liberal world: they are. But to believe this is to deny reality.

. iithi . Of i findc has who been mugged. I believe a conservative is a lib- The fact of the matter is they have changed the world. strength in the church, in the free market, and in the eral who has been broadly educated. This i He must make a ; why, despite the fact that the of majority peo- compassion of the private sector. concerted effort to present the conservative veiwpoint not believe in a godless, amoral world, most uni- • Yet, on campus we drop the ball. The fumble may utilizing the aforementioned media and publicity out- bs and organs of public opinion teach it as real- occur, however, because we never really aot a hold of lets. We owe it to Sewanee and ly their dangerous tendency towards complacen- to ourselves. our own ideology and its appeal to the rational mind. in effect, left the field wide open Brian seemed to feel that the silence of conservatives March 1 1, 1986 The Sewanee Purple 9 Field Study Goes South VioMe Vfo\m~

Course Description: Political Science 313s/Spanish of the instructors and their connections, and several 313s. Contemporary Culture and Society of the Carib- safety consideration*, interviews will be arranged with bean Basin: Intensive field study in selected countries public and private officials of contrasting viewpoints. of the Caribbean Basin, with a focus on The understand- two countries offer contrasting models of develop- BY CHARLES BACHMANN AND ing the RON CHERRY both contemporary human condition in the ment and advantage of these unique opportunities OCCASIONALLY A MOVIE comes along that leaves region and contrasting models of development, from will be taken. In other words, while the viewpoints the viewer entertained but a bit confused as to its i cultural and religious. Some might not be equally balanced within each country, focus. White is Nights such a movie. That is, it is . (Credit: three hours: does not they will be between the two countries. unclear whether this movie is intended to be a patriot- fulfill the language requirement). Instructors: Charles The field study will begin in Mexico City on June ism-inspiring thriller, laden with political overtones, or Brockett and Thomas D. Spaccarelli. 3 with general orientation lectures by the two instruct- whether this is a dance movie intended to display the ACCORDING TO BROCKETT and Spaccarelli, ors, seminars of the required course readings, as well super human ability of Mikhail Baryshnikov and to a this course will focus on understanding contemporary as an examination, and trips to major Mexican cul- lesser extent, Gregory Hines. society and culture in the Caribbean Basin as well as tural attractions such as the National Museum of The plot is as follows. Kolya (Baryshnikov). a the study of contrasting models of development prev- Anthropology. Russian ballet dancer who previously defected to the alent in the region. Given the different backgrounds Both Nicaragua and Honduras contain areas that are United States unhappily finds himself back in the of the two instructors, students will be encouraged to war zones. The study tour will maintain a most pru- Soviet Union when his plane, due to view technical dif- development in the broadest terms, from the dent distance from these areas. As of December 1985, ficulties, is forced to crash land in Siberia. The Sov- economic and political to the cultural and religious. The the State Department assured the instructors that North iet government, realizing what they have on their hands, Spanish instruction will be provided as part of the Americans in Nicaragua outside of these zones had refuse to give him back, claiming that, as a result of the complained of no dangers. Both Brockett and Spaccar- crash, he is too badly injured to be moved. The movie For the 1986 field study, Brockett and Spaccarelli elli will stay in close contact with the State Department addresses his maneuvering to escape and the Russian selected Honduras and Nicaragua, not only because of and will alter the itinerary if this is warranted by chang- government's countermoves to detain him. On the way, their differences, but also because of the specialities Baryshnikov's talents are showcased at all possible times. The plot definitely has potential for holding the

viewer, but while this seems to be a potential, it does Spring Break Arrives at Sewanee not live up to the fact in some cases. White Nights gives ordinary and obvious solutions to situations which could have been potentially intriguing, and BY MARIAN MACPHERSON "Napping in the middle of University Avenue." they end up being dissapointing. It seems at times WHAT ARE YOU DOING for Spring Break? -Marcel that the action is hurried and underdeveloped. "Going home to Hermitage, Tn." "Practicing soccer here* at Sewanee." THE CLIMAX OF THE MOVIE was i -Randy Lancaster -The Girls' Soccer Team and as vague as was (Randy lives within twenty seconds has a tendency to ' of Andrew Jackson's backyard). THIS YEAR WE have twelve whole days to do with Baryshnikov's heritage and dancing, however, often

"Studying for comps, but I'm going to take a few we please. Some of us are going home, some are salvaged these situations, if not curing them. days off to sing like Stevie in Daytona." aying here, but most Sewanee students are going to The entire story seemed a bit more credible by

-Marichal Gentry e beach. At noon, March 12, car loads of students virtue of the fact that Baryshnikov's history is similar ill quit the mountain and head for the coast. The rea- to his character's (a Russian defector). Also, Bary-

n why so many people are beachbound is one of shnikov's dancing was a joy to watch, if for no other

We NEED sunshine. Living at Sewanee, reason, one that made the movie worth its admission Shenanigans t GET sunshine. Thus our spring breaks are into quests for the sun. Simply finding Another entertaining facet of the movie was the

the sun, however, is not enough to fulfill this quest. political aspect. Like many movies of late, it seems to

Once we reach the beach, we must have fun. I asked push the theme that the U.S. may not be perfect, but

Julia Ward how to have fun at the beach. the Soviet Union has the same faults and more. It "You lie in the sun, eat seafood, and go to bars," portrayed a world of oppression and disunity, one where she responded. you must sell your soul to get ahead. This added a patri- If these suggestions do not correspond to your idea otic lift that definitely worked as a plus for the movie.

of fun, you can always take along your favorite text In summary, it seems that White Nights is a movie book, get packed lunches from Gailor, and sit reading searching for its purpose. If you're looking for an bv yourself in your beach house for twelve days. movie you can probably find better. How- ACTUALLY. THE BEACH IS a good place to study. if you have any interest in a dance movie, this If you are compinq, or if you have a term paper due, for you. you might want to go to the beach anyway. The sun

will stimulate your brain - which is probably water- logged from living the past two months under inescap- Brim able Sewanee Fog. FROM PAGE 4 HAPPY HOUR-THURSDAY 5 - 7 Lake Cheston promises to be a very "hot" resort this season. Unfortunately, though, (due to the massive typing, editing (I know some Sunday Brunch influx of tourists from Florida) Cheston's beautiful 11:00-2:00 beaches will be somewhat overcrowded. You would very interested in the writing aspect of journalism. Blueberry Pancakes, Waffles, Eggs Benedict, Scram- not probably be happier elsewhere. If you are looking conflict occasionally, because I bled Eggs with cream cheese and broccoli, c That tends to cause a for friends, try Jekyll Island, St. Simon's, Pawley's have to fill a paper with something). Island. Shores, Pensecola, or Padre. That's Gulf Tampa, with three possibilities. Starting Monday the grill will be open week n So that leaves me where Sewanee students are going. Whatever you are in the world from 5:30-9:00 and Saturday from 11:30 a.m.- But what I would like to know is how doing this spring break, make the most of it for spring p.m. and 5:30-10:30 p.m (with only ten weeks left) am I supposed to find a job break comes but once a year. amidst all these 'due dates' I have?? That's some food burgers. Delicious new fried foods and incredible for thought. Swartz ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK to those of you going on that vou are to graduate school. I admire the fact PAGE 5 FROM willing to be a student for a while longer. of you who are going to travel. undermine any challenging argument with only a few Good luck to those Europe or California or anywhere words. A student once told me she thought no one Give my regards to of the Mississippi River. I'll get there some day. controversial ever came to Sewanee. Liddy is one of west good luck to those of you in the same situ- the most controversial people the Student Forum And ation as myself. We can't live at home forever you know. CALL AND SEE WHAT'S COOKING jddy will receive t 10 The Sewanee Purple March 11, 1986

away from thrash towards more pop. The

Husker's latest album, released during the fall, is the last to be released on SST, as the group has been signed Hecond Review© by a major record label. On the world's fastest band demonstrate their ability to write pop songs accessible to the ranks who shuffle around mum- blinq mainstream inanity. The two songs which stand out are "Flip Your Wig" and "Makes No Sense at All," DEAR GOOFUS AND GALLANT, which are both immediately catchy. The album also legitimize an illness? contains a stock of songs such as "Green Eyes," doctor's excuse to "Find Me," and "Private Plane" which would sound SIGNED, For SICK AND TIRED, BUT NOT

the way, as will this album remained close to the top of the college EXCUSED

Fiii- the radio charts. It seems that the Huskers are poised on DEAR UNEXCUSED, move men from gnosis into praxis, knowledge trans- the brink of success. It remains to be seen whether They have to have the University Doctor here for lated into action, has always been a fixed belief in the this success will destroy the group's integrity, turning some reason! Giving out excuses is about the only angst into froth artist's lexicon; one that is, perhaps, essential to the the group's calculated to please the thing that isn't against her religion! creative process. In the modern world; however, the public on a purely sensuous level. GOOFUS

innovative artist has been quarantined. He lives in a When Sir Philip Sidney wrote his Apology, the poet leper colonly of idealism, from which his ideas will lived in the center of the Elizabethan court society.

never escape, let alone influence the vacant majority The artistic creators and the rulers of the society were DEAR GOOFUS AND GALLANT. of society. This unsettling faTt is nowhere more evi- one and the same. Since then, however, the artist has region* What makes a steak taste better: a cafeteria with dent than in the lunatic fringe that is underground been cast into a dark where federal budget cuts a face lift or better quality meat? are all too likely to undermine his uselessness and im- SIGNED. In this world, as in the academic domain, things potence within his own culture. Since it is rumoured tend not towards entropy or anarchy, but towards that all cultures need art, ours has created a mass media ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT conservatism and conformity. A perfect example which waters down the ideas of artists until they be- BEEF to feckless of this movement is HUSKER DU. The come tenable the products of our indus- DEAR ATGINB, trio began their career in the early eighties, recording iich Maybe if they got some meat up here with ANY on the California hardcore label SST. They claimed instead of fostering it. quality, we could answer your question! When an artist moves of to be the fastest band alive, and established this fact out the underground where GOOFUS & GALLANT with their album Land Speed Record; one threaten- revolutionary ideas were forged, the media almost ing growl of thrash broken by several two second /itably manages to smooth out his progressive edges pauses DEAR GALLANT, for a breath of air and a new song. The group became I stereotype his new ideas into same banality. No- You may think I'm a silly freshman, but I'll just renowned for their distorted guitar work and agonized ire is this process more obvious than in pop music, be honest— I miss my mother's musical voice waking vocals, which fleshed out uniquely well-constructed jse very name dramatizes the contradictory situ- me up each morning! Where can I find a substitute songs. The distortion created by Husker Du comple- m in which the modern artist is placed. Should to satisfy my need for maternal affection? mented the melody of their songs in a manner never intelligent listener throw up his arms in despair

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