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FRESNO CITY COLLEGE VOL: XXX!l,. No. 23 Fresno, Ca: Thg¡sday Mar. 2, 1978 ' Orpheus Descend¡ng' shopes up for tlorch 9-18 tCC run By Mike Hoffman actors to be more aggressive in "Enjoy what you are doing in this their acting. play." He sat in the center of the "Start being aware of your The play Orpheus pescending ninth row of the empty theater responsibility to the audience," is set in a small rural town in watching the rehearsal with he said. "Îhe biggest thing that Mississippi. Written by Tennes- you have got to do is attack this see Williams, it tells a story of play with more guts, more love that develops between a aggression." young drifter, Valentine (Val) Moad clicked the recordeCs Xavier, ¿nd the lonely wife of a the- last_ scene,-picked herself up remote control switch with a dying store owner, Lady Tor- and walked offstage towards thè rapid wrist movement for em- rance. seats. The rest of the cast phasis. He threatened at a one filtered into the theater and point, in a joking manner, to tie sat The scattered in the {irst threerows. towels around the necks of his townspeople treat Lady On stage, sitting on a high actors to make sure that they and Val with curiosity ai¡d scoru. looked the scenes between Lady.and stool, was the man with the tape up at the audienee. Val range from subtle humor, as recorder, Chris Moad, director of "I FCC had a director once that tièd Lady tries to convince herself of spring play, Orpheus get urrscenotng.lle a broom to my back to me to this stranger's worth, to the Moad played stand straight," he explained as tragic, as she pleads that he stay the tape of cast gíggled. "It was pretty her comments for everyone the for revenge against hei to hear, stiff and I had this big thing over husband. stopping the machine frequently to explain. Occasionally my head." he He demonstrated how he moved to the set to demonstrate The play will be a point. walked on that occasion and the p""ir*"a io the Theater on March 9, 10, 11; "You see, crowd laughed. Sammie," he said 16, 17, 18 at 8:15 p.m., with all to one actress, "Tonight you let In a more serious moment seats reserved. Tickets are Phoro oY Mike tloffman the telephone cord come across Moad sounded like a good coach, available at the Theater Arts your neck. Tutn around this way building his team's confidence. Box Office wedkdays between 10 Annette (1) so the cord is Federico as Lady Torrance and behind vou." "You are one of the most a.m. and 3 p.m. General The actress noted the direction talented, Sammie Slater (r) as Carol Cutrere in the pad. comprehensively intel- admission is $1.50, children and on a Moad continued his ligent group of people that I've students upcorni.ng FCC play comments 75 cents, and ASB "Orpheus Descendingtl and encouraged his ever worked with," he said. members free. Runners/ spons ors, donors sou ghl for lllorch 18 benefit The ASB Senate will studv l'inances. Several bills from last community benefit "Jog-O "We only need the money to plans to sell Fresno _-A bus pa.."s ai semester must be paid before Thon" is slated for March 18- buy the organ which will enhance savings in a of $1.50 to ASB the new budget can be made, Ratcliffe Stadium as part of a the musical possibilities of the members, according to hesident according to Peterson. fund drive to ¡iurchase a theatre theaùre with its outstanding Sue Martin. ASB committee membership concert organ for FCC. acoustics and comfortable seat- The proposal to sell the passes w4s the topic of two presenta- Runners, joggers, wheelchair ing," Weinschenk said. on campus for 97.50 instead of tions by Recording Secretary athletes and novices of all ages "We think it is altogether regular the fare of $9 was Richard Mata. Mata reâd a letter will try to complete as many lãps appropriate that we raise the suggested by Douglas Peterson, from Doris Deakins, dean of as possible to earn money frorn moley for the organ from people student government adviser and rilomen and head of the assembly sponsors thao will be used in the community who àppreciate dean ofmen, at Tuesday's Senate committee. Disappointed the by toward the purchase of the and will enjoy it rather than musical groups. In addition to the meeting. lack of student participation, instrument. !"yilg to get it through tax Deakins-wrote that "all assemblv Jog-O-Thon chairman Franz funds." The Senate met with a quorum committee meetings have beei IVeinschenk, dean of humanities, for the first time this semesrer. canceled." is looking for participants, . The college is looking for help Nine recently elected senators The campus has a need for the sponsors, prize-donors and spec- trom anyone who can run, walk. were sworn in. They are Kevin eommittee, according to Martin. tators to share in the afternoon or jog laps in the stadium, She encouraged the Bush, Peggy Erickson, Kevin interested 1nd help the eollege complete the afte Jones, Carol Kovacovich, Martha senators to work with Deakins. facilities in its fine new theatre at3 electronic entertainment The publicity i: equip- Norman, Albert Quintana, Brett and information for ers ment. committee Rodger, Scott Schaub and Myra also needs volunteers, and Sponsors agree pay the said Ma to Suggs. ta participants any amount per lap In its first action the Senate A 4:30 p.m. intermediate class from 25 eents and up for eaeh lap appointed Susan Sorensen as In other action the Sen¡te will be for more experienced the participant covers in the executive vice president and created a special.$1,000 fund to Weinschenk. "The theatre is runner (the oldies but-goodies), allotted hour. Clubs or organiza- Kathy Hopkins and Brian rapidly becoming an important and a 6 p.m. start is planned for tions aÈe encouraged to sponsor Guthrie as senators. Guthrie cultural asset to the community. the "zephyr" class that will eompeting runners individually declined the position of president We want to make it even bettðr inçlude open class, junior high, or collectively. pro tem of the senate, which he Conference to be held this spring for the college and for the high school, college and univer- There is no limit held last semester, because his in Sacramento. community to the number with the installation sity runners. ofrunners an individual job conflicts with the executive Mata told the Senate the of an--excellent piece or group of equip- can sponsor and there is no limii meeting schedule. money could be considered a loan ment." All participants will be The Senate delayed revising to the association. Any money The theatre was designed for awarded a ribbon and a eertifi- the ASB budget, a task lingering spent will be repaid by the .such an instrument ãnd the c¿te for competing in any, way since the start of the semester, association after the conference, yhing and pit are already built that raises funds for the concert because of uncertainties in according to Mata. ln. organ. Runners walkers and wheelers raising at least $25 will also receive a specially designed r.ed-and-gold "Jog-O-Thon" Each runner _NTF-]IS ISSU T-shirt. will receive l0 ftee tickets for admission to the Student PoII . ..........a.....pa4 "Jog-O-Thonl' Participants who secure $100 and musical mad- more through efforts ness. These tickets c¿n be or their distributed Luther Reagan during their onehour stiut w"ill as the runner wishes appears on campus . p. 4 and be awarded a eustom-desig¡ned all will be eligible for the "Jog-O-îhon" burnished metal Fun in thg snow . ... p. 5 belt buckle. The three top money-raisers will have their names engraved on a donor plate Dick Selma helps young babeball.players . p. 6 that will be affrxed to the organ Humanities Office or in the OfEce when it is inst¿lled. Members of the community as see Jog, Page t\pÞ Menrs basketball team ends season with a loss . p. 7 i"ãi"ìïuär" or businesses are 19.9% proposed )ord begin rt¡ons process A 19.9 percent wage inerease with 12 posted class hours, four if the proposal passes. The for instructors, conversion of posted office hours and 24 district could use either senority professional hours. The propo- lists to reduce the staff, or do ii sals resulted from consideration by program, he explained. of the current contract, last The district is required by Jog-O-Thon year's proposals, a faeulty survey state law to contact by March 15 one and a general faculty meeting, people whose jobs might be frorn page according to Sadler. endangered. An assemblyman Trustees meeting Feb. 23 by the Chancellor Charles Chapman, has introduced Community Services. avid runner, "but I would a bill changing of an State Center iederation of in an interview, termed the notification Individuals, groups, clubs, prefer we try with an event that the deadline to after Teachers. proposals "ambitious" and speak- the election, according businesses, industries and or- pay dividends in fun, to Chap- can Harold Sadler, chairman of the ing for the board said, "We are man. The bill is still ganizations can help by volun- entertainment and the physical before the negol.iating committee for the Iooking forward to sitting down legislature. teering to sponsor- a runner or well-being of those involved." SCFT, gave board members a with them (the federation) and Chapman also reported runners.

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