Liberal Arts Come Alive on ETB Stage
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The Carletonian, October 17, 1986 res These boots have their ups and clowns. Liberal arts come alive on ETB stage • by Jay Rubenstein falling apart, and focuses particularly on one member of that family, a son obsessed Sixties liberalism Carleton students this weekend will with the theater. In addition to this have an opportunity to experience the art troubled character, much of the action half of "liberal arts," as the Experimental revolves around an "Electric Church" Theater Board presents three original which causes the author to say, "All born- one-act-plays, written, directed, and per- again Christians are kindly invited not to led to new formed by Carleton students. Performan- attend," or at least those who are afraid of ces of the three plays will be held Friday having their ideas challenged are invited Phi Shils, Julie Bauman and Jeff Dickinson in MEAT There are boots for dress up. And boots for casu and Saturday nights at 8:00. not to attend. wear. Dexter puts them both together in a dress The first production All Good The central figure of All Good the effects of the theater Itself. The blurred the "father-son" relationship between the * casual boot for you. It goes to work. Or to play. Children Go to Heaven by sophomore Children is used by Mennel to examine boundaries between what is real and scientist and the clone. student handbook Or a night on the town. Tim Mennel. tells the story of a family not only the role of the church, but also what is imagined are used to heighten the The final production. Meat written Dress Casual boots. From Dexter. Open Sunday conflicts in the play, a play which the and directed by sophomore John Ran- 12:00-4:00 • by Mark A. Greene book for potential readers, this article will director, junior Nat Case adds, "it has a dolph, closes the evening on a very strong rwiru sense of depth that draws the viewer in." note. Meat is an abstract and effective not reveal the ending. Several observa- USA Paradise Forgotten, the second examination of relationships that the Now that everyone has had a tions have been noted down, however, production, written by junior Josh author describes by saying, "No, I was not chance to read their Student Handbooks and one wonders whether the authors Timmers and directed by junior Cathy drunk." The play mixes humor and drama at least once from cover to cover (you have grasped all of the implications of this ver- Stop in and see our large selection Podeszwa, offers a complete change of as the four characters move naturally read your Student Handbook, haven't satile work. pace. "It is essentially a farce." says through a series of scenes, all of which you?), it may be an appropriate time to "Beerball, for instance, if one goes of Fall and Winter Boots Timmers. a take-off on the ideas in Mil- seem to fit perfectly together at the end. take a look at the origins of that indispen- by the strict letter of the law, is prohibited. ton's Paradise Lost Meat also features an excellent cast; sable little volume. The modern Student The rule on alcoholic beverages confines In Paradise Forgotten, a scientist especially impressive is sophomore Julie Handbook dates to 1971. The rapid drinking to residence hall rooms and the changes in the social and academic regu- Cave, and at special campus events creates his own world, and then sells it to Bauman as the Chorus Woman, whose 1 an industrialist. The play, however, could character sets up the atmosphere of most lations which took place in the 1960s - indoors. Monument Hill [Hill of Three not be classified as science fiction, des- of the play. Audiences, all in all, will find culminating with the adoption of the Oaks?) and Mai Fete Island are the two pite it interplanetary themes and the Meat to be a compelling ending to an present governance system and the exceptions but they shoot you if you cross inclusion of a clone-character, who is to evening well worth investigating. Chan- approval of coed housing in 1970 - the line. be the first inhabitant of the new world. ces to experience art which is a total pro- prompted a thorough overhaul of the con- "Saga can have no student help. According to Timmers, his story is "more •duct of Carleton. are sadly rare, making tent and presentation of the Handbook. According to Stud Handbook, 'For health of a romantic comedy that just happens the ETB one-acts an event not to be Much of what appeared in the 1971 and sanitation reasons, students may not to occur in outer space." Relationships missed.D version of the booklet would be familiar to engage in businesses which involve the are the most prominent feature of Para- today's Carleton students. Notable excep- cooking or sale of food within the resi- dise Forgotten—both the relationship tions to the familiar would be the sections dence halls or on campus.' Here we find a between the scientist and his fiancee, and on draft counselling, selective service simple solution to a complex problem -all reporting procedure, and pet policy (pets we have to do to restore health and sani- THE ADVANTAGES OF A were permitted in the dorms until the tation to the Carleton food situation is to HALLOWEEN COSTUME FROM 1977-78 academic year). The alcohol pol- withdraw all the student kitchen help. icy in 1971 was much like the one soon to "'No guest may be entertained for RAGSTOCK Left Wendy Valdez and Rob Mann in GOOD CHLDREN be in effect again: by state law only "stu- longer than three successive nights.' dents who are over 21 may drink alcoholic And if you've succeeded in entertaining beverages," and by college regulation only anyone at Carleton College for even one "in their residence hall rooms and the night you've accomplished a miracle. Cave, and at special campus events " rA flat fee of $.75 per night will be indoors with the prior approval of the charged for anyone wishing to sleep in Director of Student Activities and the another student's bed' [this under the Dean of Students." Guest Policy section^the fee will cover Of course, that groundbreaking the cost of linen1]. Rumor has it that this handbook of 1971 was not a perfect is the college's way of solving, and at the instrument. At least one student -Robin same time making money off of, an Bates -did read the volume; in fact, she embarrassing cohabitation problem. emits high energy in St. Paul not only read It. she studied it and ana- " TA11 wastebaskets in rooms shall tions of "Swan Swan H" and the Everly temala." Stipe, at the end, altered his lines lyzed it. And then she told the world (or at be made of metal.' If this is taken seriously, Brothers'"Dream." Michael Stipe's sensi- in a way that would have made the late D. least the campus) what she found. Her the store in Willis (the bookstore, the post tive, longing vocals helped make these Boon proud:"Guatemala is the name/We efforts might inspire someone to do the office, and the other facitlities of a stu- songs one of the concert's nicest sur- cover over everything" (which raises the same this year. Even if "Selected Quota- dent union were located in Willis from prises. question of just why he didn't do it on the tions from the Little Red Book" {Carleto- 1954 to 1976] will find itself suddenly Another unexpected delight came album in the first place and shut up feisty nian, 7 October 1971} prompts one stu- stuck with 18 plastic wastebaskets. when the band performed an apparently rock critics like Tom Carter [and me]). dent to simply read the current hand- "The last rule was initiated by the "in-the-works'1 RE.M. song—a beautiful The good-time rocker "Superman," book, it will have been worth reprinting mythical state Fire Marshal, and Is the the article below. one prohibiting electrial appliances (hot melody, during which Stipe crooned, which was written, as Stipe said, before Halloween costumes from most stores have one built-in • by Jay Rubenstein across the stage - the guitar work always "This one goes out to the one I love/This acid became popular among teen-agers, "Consider yourself honored..As a plates, percolators and irons) in rooms. driving and exciting - he seemed to be wan- one goes out to the one I left behind." represented another peak during the per- Carleton student, you have inspired an The Fire Marshal is one of the most mys- disadvantage-anyone can buy the same costume. In an interview last week R.E.M.'slead dering through another universe entirely. administrative muse to new heights of terious characters in the book. He is men- guitarist Peter Buck outlined his goals: "I before adding an absolutely blood-curd- formance. Mike Mills carried through his Michael Stipe, on the other hand, ling, agonized cry. This track should be a lone outing at lead vocals in concert just flowery eloquence in the recent hot-selling tioned often and is always treated with want to be the best band in the world some classic. Student Handbook, 1971-72. A reverence and obedience. No one has seen A costume from Ragstock, on the other hand, is unique. day...I don't think we're there yet." Last looked as though he had been bom in great one, recalling the emotional tor- as effectively as he did in the studio, with another universe.