observer Vol. 19 #5 December 2, 1974

Election Results bob bruce Student Senate elections held on Nov. l3, produced Phil Carducci, Cliff Forrest, qeftali Martinez and Ron Wilson as Senate withdraws tdditions for the spring semester. .. The Senate•s main job is to communi­ ~ate with people," stated new senator Cliff from By Andrea Kelly ~orrest. "I'll be learning the ins and outs >f the Senate," said Cliff, "but I'll make ~ure that my door is always open to anyone pres. race

On Nov. 11, Robert Bruce, acting President of Bard, sent a letter to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and to the Presidentlal Search Committee. It begana •: After much thought and careful­ consideration I would like to withdraw my name from any further consideration as an active can­ idate for the positian of Pres­ ident of Bard College." New Senators(left to right)aRon Wilson, After more than a year of indecision by the Phil Carducci, Neftali Martinez, and Presidentlal Cliff Forrest Search Committee, and an ultimate polarization on campus, Bob Bruce made his own de­ cision to take the opportunity offered by Clark 'lho needs help." University in Worcester, Mass. to be their Vice Neftali Martinez stated that,- "becoming President of University Relations. He feels that '1. Senator is my way of getting involved." the move from a small college to a university is a The total election results werea very positive step at this stage of his career. Neftali Martinez-163 votes He is looking forward to the educational, social, Phil Carducci- 163 votes and financial options that will now be available Cliff Forrest- 157 votes to him. Ron Wilson- 131 votes Now that Bob Bruce is no longer a candidate Christel Miller- 125 votes for the presidency, he feels he can tackle the Cecilia Area- 119 votes practical problems at Bard without the candidate Steve Pouchie- 115 votes stigma of doing good to advance his posltion. He Mark Viebrock- 109 votes is presently involved with the recommendations of Richard Peters- 93 votes the College Life Committee. Defeated candidate Mark Viebrock The polarization Bob Bruce felt seems to stern >ointed out the number of women not elected from the Bob Bruce-for-President camp vs. the Leon :onsidering the three to one female -male Bottstein-for-President group. Bottstein, the dy­ ·atio at Bard. "After the primaries there namice, young President of Franconia College now rere only two females versus seven males," must be number one on the Seareh Committee's list. aid Mark. "This leads me to belleve more When the committee makes up its mind it will be up to the Trustees continued on page 5 to support their decision.

ST. KATE by Jeff Watnick

RESIGNS "I wanted to bring some humor to the paper. It was too somber. All this was Karen Murray, better known as St. kate, just a little joke with the community." resigned as editor-in-chief of the Bard Ob­ Bard's self-proelaimed saint can often server on November 18th. be.;seen wearing assorted cloaks, kil ts, "The pressure was just too much," feathers, and Scottish pride. She said she stated Karen, "people promised things for had little bitterness toward the newspaper. the paper and never delivered." When asked about the future of the Bard Friction with factions of the staff and Observer without her leadership Karen sta­ community over the campus newspaper's man­ ted, "The Observer will go to hell in a agement and orginization came to a head with handbasket." the almost full issue (November 8) publi­ Karen•s departure also led to the res­ cation of The Bard Game. Key Senate mem­ ignation of the typing staff and Feature bers expressed concern over the issue, stat­ Editor, Barbara Whiteman. At the present ing that such-a large portion of the school time The Observer has no Editor-in-Chief newspaper should not be spent on a game. and that position will be filled by staff Flack from other sources became too great elections in the spring semester. for the editor to handle. The stress, lack "What do you think of when you hear of constructive feedback and an excessive the name St. Kate?• "Costumes," said one academic worklead led to the flamboyant st. Kate Ms. Murray•s resignation. continued on page 5 LETTERS

To the Editora In a community as small as ours, it's yery disheartening to realize that there Uncter New are individuals with so little respeet for the rest of us that they would so blatantly rip us off. I was nothing short «)f dis gusted when, having to recount the beer that Management was stored for the country dance, we real• ized that someone had taken four-and-a­ by Philip N~ Carducci quarter cases, The audacity of those people in assurning that the community should pro­ vide them with beer for their ewn private The Observer has been through many party astounds me, I ean°t undarstand where different phases in its existence,. all the they got the idea that the beer was for them, way from real newspaper type issues to Com­ whenever they wanted it, regardless of when munistic propaganda te saintly guidance. the rest of us got it, Everyone must be The new staff of the paper deals basicly in aware of how tight convocation funds are the first of these types, getting together this semester. With that in mind, these a ~ newspaper, people were only adding to the lack of rnoney Many things are needed in order to do available for entertainrnent. I see that as this; the .f~rst is money, We have started a slap to the entire community. to initiate a new system to get more adver­ If the tno·tive behind the the:f't was to tising so that the paper can take care of rip-off the entertainment cornmittee, it was itself and not rely fully on the contingency worthless. The entertainrnent committee was fund. We will have to draw money from con­ ripped-off no more than anyone elsea the tingency but no more than one thousand a community; as a whole, was ripped-off. semester. If the rnotive was a protest against The second item needed is articles. the entertainrnent committee, it was · also Everyone at Bard knows how to wri te·;we worthless. Granted, everyone may not be would appreciate letters to the editor; both satisfied with the job we are doing, but the pro and con on any subject printed. We also way to remedy that is through positive need reportars to go out and get the news. action; certainly not through the negative As it stands now, our staff consists of action that was taken. twelve dedicated people 1 ready to work at Finallyt if the rnotive was as simple any time, we need more of this. as.getting sorne beer, who the hell did they We are now under new management and th1nk they were? No ~ else was given the we nee.d your support. This samester is prac­ privelege of drinking the beer early and I tically gone·, but next semester is still a­ don't see why these individuals should have head of us. Plans are now being made for assurnad that they were. (No~ even members next semesters Ob~erver, any suggestions by of the entertainment committee, who spent yeu to help us report the news better, wi'll a few hours Saturday morning moving the be appreciated. Many of the new ideas are fif~y cases of.beer and two hundred pounds incorporated in this issue, look at them of 1ce, were g1ven any beer earlier than an~ let us know what you think. Remember, anyone e Ise) • th1s school needs a newspaperi a real news­ I presume that the whereabouts of the paper, liquor before any dance is common knowledge. It's always been assumed that the community could be trusted; and; up until now, rightly so (as far as I know). This trust was · abused and this abuse; unfertunately, will necessitate extremely tight security in the The Bard Observer reserves the right future. This will just serve to make things to edit and print letters at their unpleasant for everyone. own discretion, I enly hope that the individuals in­ Please submit letters and editorial volved realize that their action encompassed cornrnent to Box #749. more than just ripping-off a few cases of beer~-it manifested a total disregard for ...-~ the rest of the community. I hope that the ISEIVI rest _., ... oe-wr .. ~t ,., • .., ... oe.. of the community views this as sueh, __...... Oihll ...... n.a...wr too, and are as angry as I am that this ... , ...... u...... ,...... IWNI- kind of thing happened, __ ...... u.s.hldlrlt...... • ..,...... ar11111. a..rv. il Michele Petruzzelli \RM...,_ Co.,._··-·tiii!Wt 21. V...... 11811oft. Nlw Vertl, N. V. 1.14. 11w oplnlona•p I f ...... not MC- Chairperson, entartain­ -'1-of .. Ed ...... of.. . mant committee ...... Colllt.

n.a..-il ... 9$ ••t....-.ntpulll...... of ...... Collllt~. PulallcMton ...... ly ...,... ..In Colllll t ude y.-. Dear Observians, THE OBSERVER Recently, upon regaining my ability Bard College to read, I stole Abbie Hoffman•s "Steal Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. 12504 This Book." The book has you in ~ list of undergro~nd papers on page 127. Associate Editors-Phil Carducci, Jeffrey Th1s was a great honor bestowed upon Watnick the Observer in its past history, I am Sports Editor-Rich Emmet sure that I spe~k for many when I say that Photography-John Burnett, John Kisch, Harry you are not l1v1ng up to this great honor when you print the current bullshit that Sunshine you•ve Staff-Jean Antonucci, Terry Bowers, Jamie been printing. Fishman, Lora Jacobs, Linda Hirsch, Thank you very much. Andrea Kelley, Mare Kepner, Robert Sincerely, Lever, Debbie Needieman Truman Capote Copy Reader-Pat Cone Penthouse B Typists-Terry Bowers, Gina Moss, Priscilla Elithewood Natkins, Debbie Needleman, Kelly Polan BARD By Jean Antonucci FEMINIST ALLIANCE senate By way of an author•s note (and intro­ duction, since the last senate reporter has left Bard) I'd like to mention that this senate column does not consist of the min­ utes of the meeting. Carol Merle pqsts the Overooming a rough start in September, minutes far too effiently in far too cön~­ the Bard Feminist Alliance has re-establish­ venient a place for me to bother to rehash ed itself as a functioning,vital organization them. Therefore, this column consists of my Nurses from Planned Parenthood in Pough­ impressions of the senators. keepsie and Rhinebeck came to Bard,in Septem­ Last Wednesday (November 20) the meet­ ber, to talk about birth control. Mrs. Han­ ing began with committee reports from four kel {from Poughkeepsie) and Mrs. Docal{from committeeer only one of which identified Rhinebeck) are visiting again on December 9 itself {Student Judiciary Board), and one and will talk about abortian and will show a which was narned by Lindsay Hill {President film in Sottery Hall at ?100 F.M. . of Student Council), who chaired the meet­ Films the alliance has sponsored th1s ing. One of the two people who were there samester were Kirsha Nicolina, Encouoter, out of interest and not as senators whisper­ .frQm Zero To Sixteen and The End o:f the gt ed to me who the first report was from. I World. Each was done by a woman f1lm-maker. supposad that since virtually no one comes There were suoessful turnouts for all the to senata rneetings except senators, commit­ films. . tee ehairpersons feel no need to identify Roohelle Owens, poet and playwr1ght, themselves, as the senators already know came and read her poetry and spoke about ex­ who they are. perimental theatre on November 5. On ~ecem­ The second item discussed was a pro• ber 5, Sidney Callahan, author of The 1llus• posal made by three girls for Bard students ion of Eve is coming to Bard. Ms. Callahan to give up one meal either this semester or will speak about working olass women. next and donata the food or money thus ob• There is a consciousness raising group tained to the indiana reclaiming their land anda self-help group that both meet once.a in Appalachia. The girls were questioned and week. If you are interested in ~he consc1ous• in in general were politely told that their ness raising group, contact Conn1e Fowle. chances were slim. Mary Sugatt said similar tf you are interested in the self-help prQ­ had been tried before and not enough people gram, contact Roberta Baldini. bad responded. Peter Pratt said those em­ ployed in the dining commons had to be con­ sidered, that the students• and o thers• ernployment for one meal was just as impor­ tant (as food and clothing for indians winter camping in the mountains). April Dworetz said some people will refuse to have their money sent to support these indians. Woman•s Center It seemed that no one was particularly inter­ ested. The Yes there is a woman•s center. There 0 s not one of us who has spent a center i~ located in the basement of Albee, semester without missing a meal. That rais­ next to Albee Social. After many coa~s o! es the question of where does the money from paint and long overdue elbow grease, 1t wi~l answar is that SAGA to the women and men of Bard, that missed meal go? The soon open gets it. Misse~ meals mean money not spent has a lending library, which is desper~tely which means profit for the company. All this in need of more books. Any book that ~s by boils down to a choice of giving your money or about women would be greatly appreo1~ted to SAGA or to some indians reclaiming their and shared with the rest of the commun1ty. land. They would be returned at the end of the end The next issue was more pet proposals of the year or when ever you ~ant them b~ck. and problems. The point was raiaed that no Next semester we would l1ke to publ1sh matter how good new regulations are, that a woman•s journal. Written work such as hopefully pet owners will be less apathetie. stories essays, poetry or art work that you The pet problem is still being worked out, would like to submit to the journal should but as things stand now, next semester's be sent to Box #98. rules will most likely be a trial run. If The Feminist Allianoe also has an abor­ pet owners can't be responsible next semes­ tion fund from which you oan borrow up to ter, there will be no pets. at Bard. $50 and have six months to repay it. We . April Dworitz brought up the problema will be selling beer at movies to hel~ ra1se Of infirmary service, Dr. Fernandez,and the money for the abortion fund. ~yone 1n need gynecologist,it was agreed that if there are of money or willing to help ra1se money only two gynecologists on this side of the should oentact Patty Farber, Box #270• Hudson(Mary Sugatt said that the area has we need your help and support to keep historically been under-doctored) then ar­ The Alliance going. We will continue to or­ rangements should be made to get Bard stu­ ganize and sponsor events as long as we have dents to doctors on the other side of the community support. river. April said it shouldn't be that dif­ ficult. Jarnie Fishman agreed 1 noting that •there is a bridge." Mary Sugatt said she would do research on it, and since the wo~ men•s self-help group is also working on it. Any females who have had bad experiences with the gynecologist~are urged to contact Rober­ Get ln~Dlediate Help ta Baldini or Carol Merle to aid in pre par­ ing some sort of statement. ForYour Druc ProbleDl! Those were the main issues of the even­ of the lf you area narcotic addict or if you know someone who is, ing. There was a brief discussion history, and pos~ibilities of, vending roach­ immediate help is as nearas your telephone. A 24-hour, toll-free ines on campus that could be available after hotline is now available to addicts seeking treatment. The New the dining ~ommons eloses at midnight. Also, York State Drug Abuse Control Commission will help any sponsoring a child in Latin Arnerica as was addict who calls the hotline- day or night- to get into a done up until two years ago, was agreed on. treatment program. The final problem was brought to the IN NEW YORK CITY CALL: 246-9300 senate by Mark Rosenburg about the muzak in the coffee shop. This was discussed, and is ELSEWHERE IN NEW YORK STATE CALL: being looked into {quiet times, changa of 800-522-2193 (toll-free) station, possible a change to WRPI). Adjournment. The Observer page 3.

läJers continuecl ... To the Editor, 'l'o the Editora I would like to draw your attention to the perils of study abroad. Last year The Bard Game, which the Observer so Abbie Rockwell and I spent the year at Tel proudly displayed to the Bard Au~ience, . Aviv University. We took the usual four concerns itself with petty, mock1ng goss1p courses a semester and successfully complet­ of about sixth grade level, about 90 per ed them. If these same courses were taken cent of which deals with what a sixth-grader at Bard, according to the Bard Credit sys­ is most coneernad witha sex. It is nothing tem, we would have received 32 credits for more than a childish fixation (of b0th avid the year. As it stands now, according to reader and writer) with the cutsie little the lord high registrar(who believes that pitiful sex rituals which mostly occur at foreign courses are not to be trusted and Adolf's, and shows your pa~hetic, longi~g therefore are evaluated by hours- i.e.- a quest. I am in no way aga1nst the notion 2 hour course is worth 2 credits), I will of a Bard Game, it could have been carried receive 26 and Abbie will receive 21 ered­ out with intelligence and wit--(a vocabulary its for a years work. does not ~ean intelligence), But instead The "study abroad" advisor is Justus all the "chance" and other cards have the Rosenberg. Mr, Rosenberg tells me that he peking humor of a few sniveling gossipers, has had this job for many, many years. slandering and making insinuations about When we first came back, Mr. Rosenberg other people, when it is really their own evaluated our credits, correctly translated laeking selves they are coneernad with. them to Bard's system, and sent the results to Elsie Quinn, Elsie Quinn(who, incident­ John Cline ally told us at the outset of this, that she would abide by Mr. Rosenberg's decision) decided that Mr. Rosenberg's judgement was incorrect. Mr. Rosenberg then called us in again and agian evaluated our credits. He came up with the same results- i.e.- ~ credits a course. Elsie Quinn then sent him another letter saying that his evaluation was still incorreet. I then sent a letter to President Bruce explaining everything that I have ex­ plained here. Five days later I received this replya "After consultation with Mrs. Quinn, Dr. Rosenberg and Professor Oja, Chairman of the Faculty Executive Committee, I have determined that the evaluation of the courses has been done consistent with Bard policy." According to Bard Policy then, a stu­ dent studying abroad would have to take 8- 2 hour courses a sernester to receive a years credit from Bard. No mention of this "Poli­ cy" is made in the Bard cataloguer and be­ cause of this policy, Abbie Rockwell and I ~ have to give Bard more money. ~w~ Sincerely, ,{' Eric Schwartz cca Bard Observer Student Senate Bruce To the Ed i tor, Oja We of the Intestinal Enterprises Co, Me kas hereby award SAGA the following• Rosenberg 1) the J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Award for Yarden presering finger prlnts in peanut butter. P.s.- We were assured by Mr. Rosenberg before 2) the Mr. Clean Awar~ for putting pieces we left that all our work abroad would be of real soap in cookies evaluated ·according to Bards credit system. 3) the Dou Prize for aesthetic excellence We even discussed the possibility of more for inside-out spinach and dog barf than a years credit. ravioli. 4) the Richard Nixon Terminal Phlebites Award for what we found in the liver. 5) (and last but not least) the Nelson Rappoport,M.D. Prize in Mediclne to Paul Zarooglan for his research and ex­ tensive experimentation in the field of intestinal diseases. J Movie Timetable Thank you, Julian Child Red Hook Thfatre• Vice-President The Stinga 7;00, 9;00 in charge of Non-Food

Mayfair Theatre(Kingston)­ Death Wishr call 336-5313

To the Editor, I am grateful to the staff and stud­ Kingston Community Theatra- ents for their thoughtfulness, kindness, Law and Disorderr call 331-1613 and generosity. Love you all, Mickey Bentley Dining Commons Roosesvelt Theatre(Hyde Park)- The Trial of Billy Jack; call 229-2000 the advance man at bard By Jamie Fishman

Jerry poin~ ~na~ ~ne people have been lied to too Bruno, campaign consultant for often and of course John and Robert Kennedy, leetured there•s going to be at Bard's apathy. Mr. Bruno replied that· "a candidate Albee Social on November 19. doesn•-t "Politics in feel he has to be truthful if the the Post-Watergate Era" people don't demand that he was discussed with the 25 attentive students be accountable for 45 on election day." Mr. Bruno, who has spoken minutes. Mr. Bruno's main point of at many campuses, stressed how politics must change in the Post-Water­ his belief that young people in the 18-21 age group have t~ gate era is for a return to "Kennedy-style, come out in the street" campaigning. and work for the candidate they "Candidates believe in if there is going to be any rely too heavily on polls instead of people change. to find out what the issues are," declared Mr. Bruno•s Bruno. He asserted that appearance was sponsored by candidates have be­ the Bard Government Club. As a result of come too secure in their offiees with the the lecture, use of media oriented Mr. Bruno gave a copy of his campaigns and have not book The Advance Man to the Bard gone "into the streets to meet the people." Library. Eruno feels that It was a refreshing change to hear there has been a gradual someone other than a professor reduction in voter-turnout since or other 1960. intellectual speak about analysis and politi­ There was a considerable arnount of cal theory. "After alli" said Bruno, . .. when disagreement from the audience on methods of you get out of schooll practical politics campaigning and voter apathy. Mr. Robert will be more important than anything else Koblitz, government professor, expressed the when you work in a campaign." Political advance man Jerry Bruno at Albee Social

~LECTION RESULTS- - continued from ST. KATE RESIGNS- - continued from page one. page one

women than men vote," observed Mark, "turn­ Bardian. "Mary Poppins,"retorted another. ing elections into a popularity contest "It•s hard," said the last,"to nail it for the cutest or most important boys." down in one word,'' Not many Bard students "They (the students) have the power to can fit that description. turn the St. Kate (who is more of a public in­ Senate into something that wouldn•t stitution be regarded laughingly," he said. "There than a student) leaves The Obser­ are a lot of ridiculous people on the Sen­ ver with "Exelsior,""Eschew Obfuscat~Rn ate and the majority of them are ego-ori­ (look it up)," and smatterings of 14 Cen­ ented," tury Tuscan. She will be devoting most of her time to finishing her senior project. mishkin mishkin By Mishkin(with some help from Lora Jacobs, Linda Hirsch and Mare Kepner)

Crime and Punishment 1/16 National Lampcon (which he regur- Mishkin McKhan, English Springer Span­ gitated) ie·l, son of Chauncey Beaur~gard(who h~s sur­ 3 tons unidentifiable garbage vived eating one pair blueJeans and h~s own 2 tbsps. tail) flea powder has eaten during his seven months of 2 hefty bags grass (lawn) lifea came close to 2 tabs of acid 126 used 1 Flair pen Kleenex 2 pink plastic 1 French Po·odle ( she loved it) hair curlers 1 pack 1 Bic pen(minus cap) Camel nonfilters 3 boxes of "Success Without College" 1 2B pencil . matches (he was 10lbs. dog food(at one sitt~ng) sent his degree last week) 1 box dog 1 two by four biscuits, plus the biscuits his 235 dishes cat food and cottage cheese sister (she liked it, too) 3 lg. pieces papperoni pizza t eheelate cake 1 MacDonald's hamburger 30 Saga sandwiches Kosher 3 boxes Pepperidge Farm cookies 5 garlic dills 1 eompleted Sunday Times erossword 1 carved pumpkin 3 argyle socks (?) 1! six pack.of beer 2 pieces carbon paper 2 glasses w~ne Everybody's food at Philadelphia 1 glass gin 1 Folk Festival 2 yogurt containers 1 thumbtack 1 lb. kitty litter cat shit cont1nued on page e;ight The Observer

"Lulu" is a play which deals with the downfall of one segment of German aris­ tocracy; a downfall which comes about through the laseiviaus workings of one enticing female--Lulu. Pamela Verge was adequate in the title role! yet ~he ~uality of overwhelming sen­ suallty wh1ch 1s called for in her portrayal of the vamp, never quite comes through in her performance, However, the expressive quality of her face was at times dramatic enough to carry her through the play. Stewart Arnold was nothing less than outstanding in his role as Herr Schon. His performance was dignified, sensitive and By Lin

Ra~ond Benkoczy as Ferdinand powerfully dramatic. Particularly memorable Nicholas Samstag as Alwa was the scene in which Lulu beguiles him into breaking his drawn-out engagernent to an i~fluential aristocrat,· in favor of marr1age to herself--a marriage which would eventually destroy not only Herr Schon but the lives of everyone around him. ' Raymond Benkoczy, Neftali Martinez and Nicholas Samstag were equally convi~cing i~ their respective roles as helpless vic­ tlms of.Lulu's unquenchable passion. Br1an Keane was perfectly east as the a~rogant and egotistical though somewhat l1kable acrobat, Rodrigo. We just loved Pamela Vf those tight leather pants ••• Elsie Rivera was marvelous as Countess

DANCE By Terry Bowers THEATRE li

"Dance Theatre II", which opened of the piece overwhelmed them and weakened Sa~day,. November 2.3, was a short, in­ some of its most forceful moments. All teresting performance of Senior Project three dancers (Fiona Kelly, Debra Weiss, choreography. The large audience seemed and Marjorie Berman) performed quite well1 appreciative, but not particularly excited, Fiona•s solo in the third section demon­ The first piece, Michele Kates• strated a confidenee in her performance. "Overall Matinee" was bright and refresh­ She was not afraid to move very slowly or ing in a clear, unaffected light. Michael not at all; her often-understated move­ Sweet•s music was correspondingly straight­ ments focussed the attention on her self, forward and the piece as a whole was an which is consistent with the conceptian inviting opening. Without being frivo­ of the piece. lous, the spirit was light and the move­ "Movement and Rhythms", choreographed ments, through their accessibility, lent by Luis Flaherty and beautifully performed the audience a sense of participation. by Nancy Cruz, seemed redundant at first, Though technically the performance was b~t the repetition of phrases gave the well-executed, only Michele seemed to p1ece a steady rhythm that contributed enjoy the dancing, and the only drawback considerably to its over-all atmosphere to the piece was that the other perform­ of sensuality. The continuously rippling ers did not seem to dance it in the spirit sensation that united the pieee worked in which it was choreographed. well with the music ("Creeping" by Stevie Fiona Kelly•s "E.E, Curnmings Suite" Wonder), and its steadiness became an followed with a clarity of its own. The inherent- characteristic of the dance in­ purity of the movements, in combination stead of weakening the work by its lack with silenee and a warm depth in Polly of dyanmic variety. The light was parti­ Corman•s voice, gave the piece a pristine cularly sensitive in this dance, and quality. The movements themselves were dynamically varied, but the smooth flow continued on page eight The Observer page 7 Geschwitz. Her acting throughout the play was consistently excellent, revealing fine dramatic sensibility as well as great in­ sight into her particular role as Lulu's impassioned lesbian lover. The costumes were of superior quality. Lulu's clothes were completely appropriate to the style of the play. Her wedding dress, her harlequin outfit and her corsets were exceptionally well-designed. The cou:r;tess•s black suit and brocade coat were part1cular­ ly noteworthy as wereall of the circus costumes. The make-up $howed a great deal of a ·Hirsch originality and artistry. The countess•s striking green eyes were captivating, to

Stewart Arnold as Herr Schon Alwa, Herr Schon and Henriette in shock a!·ter the suicide of Herr Schwartz. say the least. The background music was significantly distorted which gave to the piece a heightened sense of the period. The set design, too, conveyed a true sense of the German Expressionist era. Yet the set as a whole was indistinguishable, and should have been given more prominenee :-ge as Lulu in order to convey the strong Expressionist influence found in the Lulu plays. Under Lawrence Sacharow•s direction, "Lulu" was admirable treated on all levels, and showed the Bard Drama Departrnent to its · best advantage. But for some strange reason, the actors all seemed more at home in the "circus" scenes. I can•t imagine why.

Record Revi.ew • Phoebe Snow • MELLOW By Robert Levers

This excellent record is Phoebe Snow's suc11 as Jon1 NU. tcheTl does ori "t.:our't -anu Spark," she sings first and only one to da~e. She.did not the melody stepwise and rely. on the big name mus1cians.w1th whom occasionally lets out a vibrato line to she chase to record to make th1s a good punctuate a statement. This version of album. Certainly, the.addition of "Zoot" "San Francisco Bay Blues" is the best I've Sims on saxophone, Dav1d Brornberg and Dave ever heard (with all due respects to Richie Mason on guitars, and the singing of the Havens). It is quite airy, and her use of Persuasions does nothing to detract from dynamics (variation in the loudness and softness of the music) creates so~e beauti­ Phoebe's songs. .. ful nuances. She wrote all but two of the songs7- Let the Good Times Roll" and "San Franc1sco Bay Her lyrics seem to be a cut above those Blue s." "Let the Good Times Ro11•• probably in your standard Neil Young/Eltan John pop songst has the most insistent beat of all t~e songs although they sometimes become a bit and as she belts it out, the Persuas1ons pretentious. However, they serve to launch her voice since she often roakes use of it provide a nice blend of harmonies in the as background. "Either or Both" best exempli­ an instrument. fies the type of singing that is her trade­ To borrow a word that I've picked up mark. Instead of sliding from note to note, from you ~asterners, I would describe this album as being "mellow." I strongly reeom.. rnend at least one listening to this album (because then I know you'll be hooked). .Llle uoserver page 8 ·retaln a right of way and write a clause to the agreement that would require the buyer peeves to (at his own expense) erect wind deflectors pet .along the river bank which would again save blow around noisily by Cleveland Storrs money, evergreene wouldn•t .their.limb~ rubbing buildi~gs, chipping paint, "Bard without dogs is like a country break1ng w1ndows, and keep1ng students from estate without polo ponies." What a lot of the work at hand. The trees wouldn•t blow bruhaha that statement is and I mean itl over knocking out utility lines and creating First off, you can ride polo ponies, they disorder. don•t bark, and Bard isn•t a country estater A plan !·or a.eaJ.lng with non-evergrttens it is an institution of higher laarning (ex­ or trees that shed their leaves (which is cuse the pun-heh-heh). already being put into effect in the Liver~ I wholeheartedly believe that dogs should more-Amador Valley, near Oakland, California) be banished from the Bard campus. We are is to hire a crew to climb the trees and pick here to get educated and not to act as care­ the leavea before they fall to ~he groünd, takers for a country estate-go to Cornell blow all over, and create hazards(wet leavea for Animal Husbandry if that•s what you•re are hazardous to pedestrians while dry leavea looking for in life. are fire hazards). Any leaf is pretty use­ I like Bard fine but like anyone, any­ lessr ~hey help the tree grow, true, but they wherep I do have a few squacks and ideas are no1sy on the tree, a mess and hazard on how to improve our educational experience when they fall off, and almost impossible to here-dog removal is one. I realize that people like different things and I abide varying behaviors. I continued on page nine don't mind all the sexual promiscuity at Bard because that•s pretty much freedom of choice. You can go down the road and bump and flaunt about till all hours if that's DANCE THEATRE II-- continued from what you want but I don't have to. I can page six attend a concert, go to the library, carry in on existentialist conversation, or read Nancy cruz• cos~ume the mos~ appropriate my room(provided all those four-legged dia­ in the eoncert. traetions allow it). Dogs, unlike Adolphs, Gale Strazza-Kimball's eontribution, and are forced on the community as a whole "Our Duet",~carne next. The title at first that is wrong. seemed awkward, but was actually very Dogs have many disadvantages to them. appropriate, because the beauty in the work Whoever said they were man's best friend lay in the relationship between the two first off was a sexist, secondly was just performers, Gale Strazza-Kimball arid Beth plain dumb, and thirdly, probably lived in Weinberger. In their differences, they the woods and slept with racoons and bears seemed to set each other off, and when (dogs by comparison aren't that bad). Dogs they moved together there was an almost are loud, they smell, carry fleas and even visible connection between them. The very rabies and really, nothing irks me more than different elemants of the dance were in­ coming out of a meal that Paul has laboured tegrated well, and left the impressian of over all day and stepping in dog messey. It something fully-realized and eomplete. is just sickening and I want to regurgitate. The final work in the concert was When we try to study (which is theoretically "Diodes" choreographed by Dawn Toppin. why we are at Bard) those four-legged ere­ The accompaniment was electronic noises tina are howling at the moon, pooping on the interspersed with a Gertrude Stein-style doorstep, getting stuck together, or fight­ discourse on language. The dance opened ing (even when they play they make noise). on a very intense level of concentration Bard is an institution of higher laarn­ that remained uninterrupted. It was a ing and we, as students here, should realize very difficult piece technieally, calling that apply ourselves to our work more stren­ for a special blend of tension and loose­ uously and more consci.ously so that one day ness, precision and randomness. Each we can take our place and fulfill our role dancer performed very well, ereating an in society. Now I'm not saying that society•s alien atmosphere through the intensity of right as it is, but while at Bard we should the movements themselves as well as the be. just jam-packing ourselvea with knowledge performance of them. The costumes were so that we march from that graduation tentr well done, but the make-up seemed extra­ diploma in hand, a gleem in our eye, and our neous. The themes of alienation and same­ feet firmly planted in the direction in which ness were more than adequately eommuni­ we will travel through the twilight and into cated through other elemente. The dance the eventual sunsets of our lives. Distrac­ was powerful and exciting, but demonstrated tions have no place at Bard and a twenty the inadequacy of Bard•s technical equip­ thousand dollar education should be taken ment. The lighting was not particularly a mite more seriously than it is by some bad, but could have contributed much more factions of our commünityo to the piece if the equipment had been I have several proposals and ideas available. which would improve our life here at Bard The concert did not seem to ~e an and give us more direction. I have outlined integrated evening, rather it was a collec­ of ay plans below and will bring them tion of pieces shown consecutively. The some were not weakened at all, t~ the attention of the proper authorities individual dances at the proper time. but its disjointedness could account for excitement in the audience. First off9 we do not need two aeres the lack of per student in order to function in a col• "Dance Theatre II" was an enjoyable eve­ lege capacity and Bard need not spend exor­ ning, most people wishing it had äästed bitant fees to maintain such a large and longer. useless campus. If we consolidated on four or five acreb around main campus we could expand our faculty and facilities with monies part time saved on maintenance. By accepting MISHKIN MISHKIN-- continued from and evening students we could take in more page five tuition and turn a heck of a lot more people onto what Bard is all abouto We could get frontage a lot of money for all the river JO Tampax (used) Bard owns and even ehoose the buyerl We Lawn or 2 rolls toilet paper could sell to Ferncliff or Forest 1 black cat (she came back for more) (who wouldn•t love similar orgänizations 1 pink pearl eraser to spend the twilight years on the banks of the h~storical Hudson? And who wouldn't If you find anything missing, check just JUmp at a chanee to be buried there?)o with Mish. We could design the deal to benefit Bardr The Observer Looking Backward By Andrea Kelly

Schulyer House, a now defunct dormitory ing achool for physically and mental~y re­ in Rhinebeck owned by Bard, is eerving a new tarded children. Bard has removed the val­ function. Bard has been trying to sell the uable furniture and antiques, while substit­ old mansion which was economically unfeasi?le uting more diehard equipment like beds and to retain as a dormitory. The $200,000 pr1ce chairs. As Schuylre became more stark ex­ seemed to be the stickler and when there were ternally over the years, so now is the in-

The elegant Schulyer House decor ••• the bunkbed dor.a~or1es of the is now joined by ••• Rhinebeck Country School.

no takers as of September first, Bard began terior. to rent it on a monthly basis to the Rhine­ Bard and the Rhinebeck Country School beck Country School. Schulyer House is now are negotiating the sale of Schuyler for one of the locales for the school. It had $200 1 000. Meanwhile, Bard continues to lease been looking for a new establishment since it by the month. The sale is far from final, its former lodging burned down. and anyone else interested in purchasing The Rhinebeck Country School is a board- Schulyer House is encouraged to inquire.

PET PEEVES-- continued from page eight as picking up litter or garbage removal. Both are small in themselves but very im­ get rid or. Burning leavee is very pollut­ portant in the overall scheme. It is a be­ ing and most leavee are too acid to compost. ginninga the first step in the march to im­ Our campus is too large now, but a leaf pick­ prove our school and get it to a point where ing crew of twelve or so handling a five it can function at it•s highest efficiency acre campus is quite feasible, and, as I said and in it•s fullest potential. Just think before, a reduction in B&G men would save us of it •••• valuable funds which we could rechannel more effectively.

I see heated walkways that would nat ~OLLFREE)246-9300(NEWYORKCITY)CALL JOBOPPORTUNITYLINE800-522-2193(1o ~ y allow ice formation on the ground and there• ~ ~ ~ ~ fore eliminate the necessity and expense of ~ m N ~ snow removal equipment and personnel. No ~ N broken ankles, lower insurance rates and fewer bicycle accidents. ~z· 4 former addict isa human being, ~ I have long range plans also, like rooving :J No different from anybody else. ~ Tewksbury eloeer to main campus, building a sister building that would house our medical ~ Just an ordinary worker. ~ school or hotel/motel management students. ~ d Eventually Kline Commons could be moved or re­ ~r lf he gets the chance. ~ located down wind so that the smells of steak 2 0 and seafood don•t waft across campus and keep ~ You can give him that chance. ~ ~ ~ students in anticipation of dinner rather than 0 0 """) lD in anticipation of their duties to society. ~ 0 I realize that these things would take awhile N ~

but with the funds we would save from my other N llrutAIMIHCanlreiCo:oiWI...... --- ~ plans it would be feasibleand we could really ~ ~ get some great things happening around here. ~ ~ ~~N Il A.liNnli::IOddO sor (AlO >li::IOA M3N) 0086-9vc (331::1::lll01)86 ~c-ccS-008 3Nil A'Y I realize that some people will be skep­ tical of my ideas. Change a progress are al­ ways slow, but neccessary. I.have always had a good imagination and a gift of fore­ thought and sight and I can see a Bard that we would be proud to bring our children up in. BEEkMAN CLEANE RS I see a tight, consolidated Liberal Arts College with evening classes,and eventually graduate school nestled in the Hudson Valleya Pt~~~~ a safe, peaceful, enjoyable, productive en­ vironment in which to study, work and play. ~).·'Pw %_n I see dog remaval in the same context continued next column 7ss-- 15l91 ----- .-- I ~fle®lassi tzieel !IS s If you have something for Unclassified Ads, submit it to Box #749. NEWS BRIEFS FOR SALE 1971 v.w. Bug, excellent con­ dition, 44,000 miles, $1350., Call FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL INVITES "HELP-7" VOLUN­ 876-2827. TEERS TO AUDIT COURSE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS Lawyers, law students or persons with WANTED training experience in consumerism, hot­ lines or as ombudsperons who want to help Wanted badlya 12 string guitar resolve consumer problems of residents in in good condition. Call 876-2827 the New York area can do so as volunteers Ron. for Geraldo Rivera's expanded HELP-7 Eye­ I want to get ahold of a copy of the witness News Consumer Information and Pro­ Beatles• Revolver. blem Solving Center. Gerdi. E. Lipschutz,­ Box 263 Executive Director of the Mayor•s Voluntary Action Center announced that her office A house needed near Bard for will help recruit for the project. next semester. 2-3 people . and dog. Volunteers will be enlisted to resolve Box 1037. complaints from start to finish. Where a preponderence of complaints in any given HOUSING area would merit an Eyewitness News feature, volunteers assigned to handling complaints For Renta One-third share in house in that area would be invited to perform in Tivoli. Very Comfortable. Call indepth research and serve as resource to 759-2711. Mr. Rivera in the preparation of a feature. Besides required experience to qualify, volunteers will be asked to commit at least SERVlCES three hours a week to the project on a reg­ ular basis on either Mondays, Tuesdays, or Tickets for the Friday, December Fridays between the hours of 1o,oo a.m. and 6 concert by Odetta and Eric Weissberg's 5a00 p.m., at the WABC-TV offiees in New Deliveraoce are on sale at the Bard York. Book Store at $4.50 -- or $4.oo, w~th HELP-7 is sponsored by Channel 7 Eye­ student ID cards. Kingston Commun1ty witness News in cooperation with Fordham Theatre, 601 Broadway. 8a00-10aOOp.m. University Law School. Sheila Birnbaum, Professor of Law at Fordham, who is coordin­ Lessons in drum set technique. ating the problem solving effort, has in­ Reasonable r~tes. Contact Harvey-­ vited HELP-7 volunteers to audit her course Box 762. on Consumer Affairs. The course is given Wednesday from 4a00 p.m. to 6aCO p.m. at Expert typing done. Same day Fordham Law School, 140 East 62nd St., New service. Call 876-3702. (Rhinebeck) York City. Persons interested in volunteering Controlled Parentedhooda should eontact the Mayor•s Voluntary Action A non-profit Abortian Referral Service Center, 250 Broadway, New York City. The 200 West 72 Street, New York, NY •••• telephone number is 596-5950. (212)595-4220. Free Pregnancy Tests

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Jonathan s. Wyner has been admitted two Morgan Linen bed sheets to the Columbia University School of Eng­ three Morgan Linen towels McVickar-2 ineering and Applied Science, in New York as a Combined Plan student. Two{2) cans of V8 Tomata Mr. Wyner graduated in June of 1968 juice from the Sawkill refrigerator. from Bard, and came to Columbia this fall Please return if found. in order to participate in the unique edu­ cational affiliation between both schools Light green-brown plaid cap known as the Combined Plan. Has great sentimental value. The Plan enables the student to take Box #263. liberal arts courses at his original school for three or four years before transferring One pair of black leather gloves.- Box to Columbia for two years of study at the #749 Engineering School, thus earning appropriate degre~s from both schools. Brown wide framed glasses- Box #85 sports

BASKETBALL SCtlEDULE Soeeer- Wed., Dee. 4 -st. Joseph•s College-AWAY Soeeer season has been over for almost Mon., Dee. 9 -Manhattenville College-AWAY a month but since the Bard Game excluded Wed., Dee. 11- State Univ. at Purchase-HOME sports in the last issue, I would now like Sat., Dee 14- Mount St. Mary College- AWAY to say a few words about the season. It Feb. 11- Berkshire Christian College-- eight Tues., was generally a losing one. Bard lost . AWAY games, winning only two and tying two. The Fr1., Feb. 14- Mount St Mary College- HOME team did better than the records indicate. Mon., Feb 17- Vassar College- HOME This fall the soeeer players learned what Sat., Feb. 21-St. Joseph College- HOME teamwork is. At the beginning of the seasen Mon., Feb. 24- Vassar College- HOME no one would pass the ball, each player ho­ Wed., Feb. 26- Albany Pharmacy-AWAY ping to score or make the play by himself. Peb.28-March 1- Northeastern Championship In the last game against Vassar, Bard was all games are at 8aOO p.m. playing team ball, they were staying in po­ sition and playing the right way. Even though we were beaten badly, it was nothing now the soeeer team Cross Country- to be ashamed of because In the Northeastern Athletic Conference was really a team. Next year holds more 2nd play­ Championship, held at Bard on November promise for Bare. There were many new team placed second to Al~ able to fill important the cross sountry ers that will now be bany Pharmacy. Bard runners times and places spots on next years team. werea Place Time 2- Phil Carducci 29a54 school record ?- Jerry Drucker 33r21 8- Tom Hirsch 33•35 Tie 11- Mike Russo J4a22 14- Marvin Fell J6a07 15- Bill Dickens 37t05 21- Eligo Greene 41:01 22- Tom Redmond 42aJJ Team Results- 1) Albany Pharmacy-29 pts. 2) Bard- 42! pts. J) Vassar- 62! pts. 4) Berkshire Christian- 83 ptso Overall Cross Country Record- Dual Meets- 9 wins-0 losses Columbia-Greene Invitational- 4th place N.A.C. Championship- 2nd place Weiss and Dewsnap Professars Griffith, thanks to discuss touch football strategy An everall successful seasen the coaching of Prof. Bill Griffith.

Open every day but Monday · Varsity Basketball- The Bard cagers opened their 1974-1975 seasen on a down note by losing to last years league champs, Albany Pharmacy. Cliff Heroes e·I· ~ Pizza and Bill Moss with Forrest with 13 points g~ 11 points were Bard•s high scorers. But the J/o",. o/ U.. PGIUWel~ well-balanced attacks by Pharmacy and the v many Bard errors helped Pharmacy trounce Bard Phone: 914-876-7711 94-50. Two days later, Bard faced another top Take-out Dlnners Christian. The game was opponent, Berkshire p.m. very physical and also very close throughout. Houn: Tuesday thftl Saturday, Noon • 11:30 Cliff Forrest led all scorers with 28 ptso Sunday, 4 • 11 p.m. and Dave Watson was next with 25 pts., but Bard couldn•t evertake Berkshire. Bard came Rhinebeck with Route 9 within one point as Forrest fouled out - Acrou from the Falr Grounds less than ~hree minutes left on the clock. The final score was Berkshire Christian 91- 82. Bard SEXUAL EoucATION 'Reoftootc VRoo, Sro~i . .L.c.. inc. 75S·.ss11 CouNSEL, (NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION) ~~-&xldwo.Y I~ 1\x)k' ~:y. PROBLEM PREGNANCY? FREE COUNSELLING

MON. - SAT. 9:00 - 5:00 PHONE: 914-356-6508 page 12 The Observer INTRAMURAL SCHEPULE Tues. Dec,J 3-4 Tues, Dec.lO 3-5 1-2 1-4 5-6 2-6 Thurs.Dec.S 1-3 Thurs.Dec.12 1-5 2-5 2-4 4-6 3-6 Tues. Dec.l? 2-.3 4-5 1-6 TEAM CODE 1) TEWKSBURY (includes MODULARS,SANDS) 2) SOUTH HALL-BARRACKS (includes WARDENS) STONE ROW {includes ALBEE) Angelo DePalma meets the immovable Prof. 4~ MANOR(includes the ANNEX, ROBBINS) Dewsnap 5) OFF-CAMPUS (NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS) 6) FACULTY (includes FACULTY AND STAFF) Intramural Basketball- Intramural basketball consists of six teams who play for the Bard Colle~e Champion­ ship every Tuesday and Thursday n1ghto The first game begins at 7,00, the second at g,oo, and the third at 9100, in the gym, IT'S ST/LL NOT TOO LATE/ Four sets of games have been played already. SPEND THE SPRING IN Tewksbury holds the lead, with Manor in 2nd PARIS or MADRID place, and Stone Row in third, A corrected ACADEMIC YEAR ABROAD schedule for the rest of the seasen is shown 221 East 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022 212-752-2734 in next columnt Semester • Year • Summer Programs

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