Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 120, No. 02 -- 22 September 1978

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FEATURES' '4 . 1978: A Social Space Odyssey Elizabeth Donovan 6 LaFortune: Fiction Becomes Fact Paul Peralta 7 Rich Dorm,. Poor Dorm Bob Southard and Lisa Hartenberger 9 Affirmative Action: Women's Housing Elizabeth Weber 10 Home of the Brave, Dave Gill CATALOG of COLLEGIATE RESEARCH 12 Sardine Semester Patrick Joyce

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All unsolicited material becomes the property of Scholastic. ,'. 10 Advisory Board . . copyright 1978 'Scholastic , all rights reserved ,'none of the' contents may be repro- Elizabeth Christman, John Reid, Thomas © - duced without. permission. . a.. Werge, Thomas Jemielity,. John Miriam Jones, ~.C. SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 3 infinitum. Who cares anyway? The reasons vary, but the need univer sally exists. Social space has not always been an issue. Andy McKenna, Student Body president, feels that the prob lem is a by-product of co~education. According to McKenna, the dormi tories (which were all built before co-education) were designed to ful We. too. share fill only two requirements: sleeping and studying. Before women were admitted to Notre. Dame,' the need for social space did not really exist. . But the times and the needs .have the responsibility changed, and the dorms have as sumed a new dimension-that of be ing a place to socialize with mem bers of the opposite sex. The demand for a good social for more social space goes hand in hand, so to speak, with the advent of women at the University. 'Social space has been a problem ambiance. for many a -Student Body adminis tration and Trustee meeting. For example, in.1976 a proposal was sub mitted to the Student Life Council calling not only for more social space but· also for an increase in the num ber of services offered to attract stu optimistically low; renovation ally is fixed upon "the Administra dents to these centers. "People fre ; , proved to be much more expensive tion," "the Trustees," fuzzy figures :."" quent buildings because of the va ...... : ••<",~ ... .; "" •••• ~ than planned. Nonetheless, the work in unknown places. They do not, riety . of activities offered within. in dormitories, as well as LaFortune, however, '. leave paper bags and Renovations themselves do not' at has begun. orange peels on the floor of LaFor 1978: A Social Space Odyssey. tract people to a building." . Among Let us, then, be up and doing. Dr. tune, nor are they responsible for the more interesting were the pro James Brogle of the Psychological cleaning up spilled spaghetti sauce by Elizabeth Donovan posals which .called for student Services Center feels that the initial in Lyons' kitchen. "We enjoy the lounges in major classroom build progress is a step in the right direc comfort of opinion without the dis Never miss lunch. If you do, the opinion of many, has not been solved, "space in which to be social." Some ings, a night cafe in the South Din tion. He views the social space issue comfort of thought." This 'seems ap chances are good that you'll be nor even been seriously considered. students envision a dazzling play ing Hall, and more activities, .such as a call to create an informal en propriate to describe some students ignorant of the issues of the day. For several years there has been lots ground equipped with everything as wine-tasting parties, in the ball vironment which is conducive to the who leisurely criticize the University Students bury their faces in' the of talk about social space improve from bowling alleys to pubs. Indiana room of LaFortune. We waited; noth- emotional health of students. In the without thinking of their stake in Observer and surface minutes later ments, but until only recently, little University in Bloomington has an ing really happened. ' constellation 'of meanings which sur maintaining clean and enjoyable so to pontificate on the "goings-on" at progress was evident. Seniors, re elaborate Student Union. While the The social space issue has con round the phrase "well-rounded edu cial space. An "attitUdinal change," Notre Dame. Issues such as alcohol member four years ago when Union may pose certain health risks tinually frustrated students,' for cation," Dr. Brogle feels the a phrase coined by Mike Roohan for policies, unionization, and football Brother Just Paczesny proposed a to forty-year-old male guests, it is , amidst all the talk and plans, there social growth of an individual bal this' occasion, is necessary if we scores have. a way of cropping up at restaurant in· LaFortune? Delight a nice stomping ground for students. seemed to be only superficial prog ances the scale with the academic really want more time and money lunch. They fuel heated debates on ful! But it has taken four years for Other students are more realistic ress. Most students are here' for develop~ent, and both are neces-' put into more social space construc~ the sanity of the stUdent body and proposal to become fact. "The res . with their humble plea for just a only four years. They are impatient sary to nurture the well~adjusted tion. We, too, share the responsi Administration. They inspire ban taurant will be open by January," TV room, a 24-hour lounge, or a when changes stroll instead oi'stride. student. A TV room in Sorin or bility for a good social ambiance. . ners, railies, ad hoc committees, says the confident student body vice kitchen minus roaches. John Reid, They are, jUstifiably, self-centered a pizza joint in LaFortune does not Space is a hot topic at lunch these emergency meetings. And issues are, president, Mike Roohan. Time, director of Student Activities, views enough to want the best for, their alone constitute 'an ideal environ days. Andy McKenna feels that the often forgotten by dinnertime. money, planning, and patience are social space as a place where stu tenure at Notre Dame, not for next ment in which to clone happy; number-one priority for his adminis Social space is one issue which has key ingredients to improved social dents can get together and relax. year's' class. But when school began healthy' students. But more social tration is "residentiality." Social defied this short life span. Its peren space. Renovation proceeds slowly; Comfortably. Whether in a dorm or this fall, additional social space was space will give rise to a: more re space is part of this issue,but there nial appearance makes it a favorite complications are inevitable, moti in LaFortune, students, being the becoming an apparent reality. laxed, comfortable student life.' are also many tangents; for example, for lunchtime politickers, but not for . vation fizzles, funds dwindle. But the social creatures that they, are, need Last spring the Student Govern -A university truly committed to overcrowding.. The following articles Student Body presidents. Or Housing initial work this year is a start to a place where academics are sub ment proposed construction of more offering a "well-rounded" education concern the many aspects of "space," officials. Or the Administration. Or wards creating a better social en- ordinate to socializing. social space in five halls. These must encourage a: good social, as well orin some cases, lack of space. Some . rectors. vironment lor stUdents.' . What does one do in social space? dormitories, Howard, . Morrissey, as academic and spiritual, atmo of the articles relate directly to the The social space issue debuted In 'order to understand the issue, Relax, blow off steam, make spa Sorin, Fisher, and Pangborn, had an sphere. Much' of the lunchtime ban social space problem, some indirect early this year. The reason why this it is necessary' to define "social ghetti dinners, hold hands, drink cof appalling lack of common'rooms in ter concerns this responsibility. In ly.. They all pertain to what Dr. topic predictably reappears is be space," for the term itself.is elusive. fee, argue, study for a government which to' hold meetings, entertain, terestingly, the blame for' bad con Brogle calls "the creation of a good cause it is a problem which, in the Everyone' has his own conception of final after the Library has closed, ad etc. The initial cost estimates were ditions in existing social space usu- and enjoyable living environment." 4 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 5 infinitum. Who cares anyway? The reasons vary, but the need univer sally exists. Social space has not always been an issue. Andy McKenna, Student Body president, feels that the prob lem is a by-product of co~education. According to McKenna, the dormi tories (which were all built before co-education) were designed to ful We. too. share fill only two requirements: sleeping and studying. Before women were admitted to Notre. Dame,' the need for social space did not really exist. . But the times and the needs .have the responsibility changed, and the dorms have as sumed a new dimension-that of be ing a place to socialize with mem bers of the opposite sex. The demand for a good social for more social space goes hand in hand, so to speak, with the advent of women at the University. 'Social space has been a problem ambiance. for many a -Student Body adminis tration and Trustee meeting. For example, in.1976 a proposal was sub mitted to the Student Life Council calling not only for more social space but· also for an increase in the num ber of services offered to attract stu optimistically low; renovation ally is fixed upon "the Administra dents to these centers. "People fre ; , proved to be much more expensive tion," "the Trustees," fuzzy figures :."" quent buildings because of the va ...... : ••<",~ ... .; "" •••• ~ than planned. Nonetheless, the work in unknown places. They do not, riety . of activities offered within. in dormitories, as well as LaFortune, however, '. leave paper bags and Renovations themselves do not' at has begun. orange peels on the floor of LaFor 1978: A Social Space Odyssey. tract people to a building." . Among Let us, then, be up and doing. Dr. tune, nor are they responsible for the more interesting were the pro James Brogle of the Psychological cleaning up spilled spaghetti sauce by Elizabeth Donovan posals which .called for student Services Center feels that the initial in Lyons' kitchen. "We enjoy the lounges in major classroom build progress is a step in the right direc comfort of opinion without the dis Never miss lunch. If you do, the opinion of many, has not been solved, "space in which to be social." Some ings, a night cafe in the South Din tion. He views the social space issue comfort of thought." This 'seems ap chances are good that you'll be nor even been seriously considered. students envision a dazzling play ing Hall, and more activities, .such as a call to create an informal en propriate to describe some students ignorant of the issues of the day. For several years there has been lots ground equipped with everything as wine-tasting parties, in the ball vironment which is conducive to the who leisurely criticize the University Students bury their faces in' the of talk about social space improve from bowling alleys to pubs. Indiana room of LaFortune. We waited; noth- emotional health of students. In the without thinking of their stake in Observer and surface minutes later ments, but until only recently, little University in Bloomington has an ing really happened. ' constellation 'of meanings which sur maintaining clean and enjoyable so to pontificate on the "goings-on" at progress was evident. Seniors, re elaborate Student Union. While the The social space issue has con round the phrase "well-rounded edu cial space. An "attitUdinal change," Notre Dame. Issues such as alcohol member four years ago when Union may pose certain health risks tinually frustrated students,' for cation," Dr. Brogle feels the a phrase coined by Mike Roohan for policies, unionization, and football Brother Just Paczesny proposed a to forty-year-old male guests, it is , amidst all the talk and plans, there social growth of an individual bal this' occasion, is necessary if we scores have. a way of cropping up at restaurant in· LaFortune? Delight a nice stomping ground for students. seemed to be only superficial prog ances the scale with the academic really want more time and money lunch. They fuel heated debates on ful! But it has taken four years for Other students are more realistic ress. Most students are here' for develop~ent, and both are neces-' put into more social space construc~ the sanity of the stUdent body and proposal to become fact. "The res . with their humble plea for just a only four years. They are impatient sary to nurture the well~adjusted tion. We, too, share the responsi Administration. They inspire ban taurant will be open by January," TV room, a 24-hour lounge, or a when changes stroll instead oi'stride. student. A TV room in Sorin or bility for a good social ambiance. . ners, railies, ad hoc committees, says the confident student body vice kitchen minus roaches. John Reid, They are, jUstifiably, self-centered a pizza joint in LaFortune does not Space is a hot topic at lunch these emergency meetings. And issues are, president, Mike Roohan. Time, director of Student Activities, views enough to want the best for, their alone constitute 'an ideal environ days. Andy McKenna feels that the often forgotten by dinnertime. money, planning, and patience are social space as a place where stu tenure at Notre Dame, not for next ment in which to clone happy; number-one priority for his adminis Social space is one issue which has key ingredients to improved social dents can get together and relax. year's' class. But when school began healthy' students. But more social tration is "residentiality." Social defied this short life span. Its peren space. Renovation proceeds slowly; Comfortably. Whether in a dorm or this fall, additional social space was space will give rise to a: more re space is part of this issue,but there nial appearance makes it a favorite complications are inevitable, moti in LaFortune, students, being the becoming an apparent reality. laxed, comfortable student life.' are also many tangents; for example, for lunchtime politickers, but not for . vation fizzles, funds dwindle. But the social creatures that they, are, need Last spring the Student Govern -A university truly committed to overcrowding.. The following articles Student Body presidents. Or Housing initial work this year is a start to a place where academics are sub ment proposed construction of more offering a "well-rounded" education concern the many aspects of "space," officials. Or the Administration. Or wards creating a better social en- ordinate to socializing. social space in five halls. These must encourage a: good social, as well orin some cases, lack of space. Some . rectors. vironment lor stUdents.' . What does one do in social space? dormitories, Howard, . Morrissey, as academic and spiritual, atmo of the articles relate directly to the The social space issue debuted In 'order to understand the issue, Relax, blow off steam, make spa Sorin, Fisher, and Pangborn, had an sphere. Much' of the lunchtime ban social space problem, some indirect early this year. The reason why this it is necessary' to define "social ghetti dinners, hold hands, drink cof appalling lack of common'rooms in ter concerns this responsibility. In ly.. They all pertain to what Dr. topic predictably reappears is be space," for the term itself.is elusive. fee, argue, study for a government which to' hold meetings, entertain, terestingly, the blame for' bad con Brogle calls "the creation of a good cause it is a problem which, in the Everyone' has his own conception of final after the Library has closed, ad etc. The initial cost estimates were ditions in existing social space usu- and enjoyable living environment." 4 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 5 1

action was, initiated by, the student government. Sensing the need for L~ -=()~TU~~: -=ICTI()~ readdressing the issue, the, Mike Gassman administratiori sought out I3~C()M~§ -=~CT student' input on the matter in the form of a surVey. The student survey Rich Dorm, by Paul Peralta gave form to an eight-point renova~ For as long as, this writer has tion plan submitted by SBP Gassman attended Notre Dame," promises of to 'Brother Paczesny. Paczesny LaFortune Student Center renova promised to circulate the plan among Poor Dorm tion and expansion have emitted administration offici'als. The Gass from the august confines of the man plan, included 'everything, from Golden Dome. Our student govern , bowling lanes" to a banking facility. ment has perennially canvassed for For the sake.of pragmatism, no tar , ',by Bob" Southard opinions and submitted resulting get date was, set for renovation and' Lisa Hartenberger suggestions to the administration in completion. ' . an effort to initiate action. Appar After apparently overcoming fi , , ently, this bureaucratic ballet has nancial obstacles, LaFortune reno Father Riehle snorted. "I see this also commented on the lack of con finally resulted in the present reno vation is close to becoming a reality. proposal as being a hastily thrown sultation. He cites as an example the vation of the student center. The combined efforts of administra together, ill-conceived attempt at fact that he was given only forty According to Brother Kieran Ryan, tion and student government have solving the problem." The rector of eight hours to draw up a plan for his C.S.C., Assistant 'Vice-President of" served to produce results. Pangborn is speaking of the pro hall. 'He submitted a "crude pencil Business Affairs, present plans call A question remains, however. Is posal, prepared by Student Govern sketch" and also' requested profes for the installation of a fast-food the physical change alone enough to ment last spring, which' deals with sional construction assistance. That type restaurant at the north end of transform LaFortune into a' campus the "social space" problems' of five was the last he heard ofthe 'project until he returned this fall to' 'con the HQddle. The south end, the pres center for students? Director of Stu~ South Quad dorms. The proposed ent dining area, is to be converted dent Activities John Reid offers an renovations are as yet unfinished, fusion in his basement, he not~. into a convenience shopping area interesting answer to this. and this incompleteness has gener Not all of the halls, though, felt ieft out of the planning. Father where students may purchase neces Reid feels that LaFortune has ated confusion, surprise, and resig Gorski, rector of Howard, described sary go'ods heretofore unavailable at social space but that it is inade nation among the halls affected. his participation in the process as the bookStore. The first floor of La quately used. Defining'social space Last March, in their report, the Student Government addressed the complete." Howard's, glass-walled Fortune will be furnished with wood~ as "a place for people to gather com lounge would indeed satisfy anyone; en tables and chairs and will serve as fortably in 'small groups," Reid need for social space renovation in certainly the .other rectors' . would the dining area. Lounge furniture acknowledges the merits of the pres- " Fisher, Howard, Morrissey, Pang have been pleased to reCeive com- from the first floor area' will 'be ent renovation but adds that the most born and Sorin. Joe Gill, Executive Coo;dinator in the Bender admin .' parable' 'treatment. Howard,' how moved to the ballroom. Brother Ryan important ingredient, activities, is istration and author of the proposal, ever, was the only dormitory to sub hopes this type of remodeling will needs." , .' we anticipate." and will be needed to draw students said that the report "'was meant to a ,detailed 'set of blueprints. make LaFortune a' true student In February,' 19,76, the Student ',This flurry of' administration/ to LaFortune. Citing the success of mit be a beginning, not a solution. We Gorski had' a graduate architecture center. Life Council (SLC) concurred by student, government activity' was Darby's arid the Nazz, Reid suggests just wanted to get the space in the student draw up it plan which was Previous to these plans, LaFor recommending LaFortune' expansion. climaxed bY,a statement fromUni , that weekly activities coordinated by halls." Given this goal, the, report , 'easily translated into action. The tune's most recent renovation came Among proposals submitted, was the versity President -Father Theodore Student Union would add much to stated' that "in each of these halls, other halls' planning lacked this in 1975 whEm several fifth year idea of a sound system' in 'the main Hesburgh. In an Observer. article LaFortune's social meeting potential. the rector and hall staff conducted sense of direction. ". . , architecture students drew up re lobby, a television room, and a res dated February 13, 1976, he stated For all intents and purposes, the an extensive study to determine the The language of the proposal ad modeling plans for the lounge area taurant-pub establishment:' Efforts that he would welcome a "great bier solution to LaFortune's inadequate best possible locations in which to , dressed to the Board of Trustees' im and ,the Huddle.' Completed reno by the SLC resulted in the establish stube" in the Rathskeller if the In usage haS" been presented: first" in construct the proposed social' areas. parted a sense of responsible research vations included refurbishing of the ment ofa Deli in the Nazz which, by diana drinking age were lowered and the form of physical renovation and . . ." A document was then drawn which apparently did not take place. first floor loUnge, the installation of coincidence or not; opened' the first if such a locale were conducive to second, in the form of a "concept up, consisting of brief recOmmenda . Student 'Government is, however, new staircases, the relocation of stu of April., " , casual social drinking opposed to renovation.'; It would seem that stu as tions for each hall, and was then 'limited in its'scopeand 'eXpertise, dent ; government ' and' publication SLC proposals were not met by the typical stUdent bar whereexces~ dimt responsibility falls on the latter, submitted to the May meeting of the and a 'complete 'technical report offices, and the painting of the l>uild- deaf administration ears as then sive drinking is not UnconUnon. " for if there 'is continual apathy to Board of ,Trustees for approval.;The would not be'within its capabilities. ing's interior., ' Vice-President of, Student Affairs, : Father ',Hesburgh's statement efforts by students ~nd administra~ TrUstees accepted the, proposal,' ,and The Office of Student AffairS' was 'Despite these changes,'however, Brother Just Paczesny, C.S.C. re raised the hopes of students for an tion alike, it is doubtful that any handed it back to the Office of Stu : aware ,of, this undertaking, and the now-defunct' Conuruttee 'on vealed pians in early March ' for on-campus pub, and instantly be degree of success can be achieved. dent Affairs for implementation., '. should have insisted ontruly,exten Undergraduate Life recommended Huddle ,renovation. Estimated to stowed LaFortune statUS as a poten Reid's proposal is an invitation open There is some question of wheth,er sive consultation. the need for a "neutral space" on cost' close to $300,000, pians included tial center for student socialization. to making LaFortune a genuine stu~ any "extensive" study, as implied by Another weak point' in the report ,campus, "areas where students can a Baskin-Robbins-like ice-cream par Unfortunately, however, neither the dent center. Whether we accept or the report, ,was indeed' conducted. ,is its cost estimation. In such a pro go and be free from the academic lor and a "Barnaby's-type restau lowering of the drinking age northe reject~may well iridicate our concern Some' of the rectors feel. very posal, great care should be taken in pressure of the, classroom and the rant" which was to be located as an stUdent puo concept materialized. In~ with theproble~ o~· camp,Us social strongly the planning was not at all arriving_ at the costs submitted to social pressure of the conventional extension over :the pool room. deed, for one reason or another, talk space. extensive, and in ,fact, ;"slipshod." the Trustees.; Student Government date." The Committee went on to Brother Paezesny' hoped for a fall, of renovating LaFortune ceased and . Father Riehle states, emphatically, put a, price' tag of· $6;100 on the _state that it was "a delusion to, con~ 1976 completi9n time. As he stated, Brother Paezesny's projected '.,com Paul Peralta is a senior govern~ , ~'I 'was not consulted., If my hall improvements-:-currently, the proj- sider the present building (LaFor "I have a positive feeling we will be pletion date was not reached. " ' major. This is his' secOnd year ment . president was, it was dOlle casuaIIy." , ect is budgeted at $38,000. The Stu tune) as one that 'serves the stlid~nes able to get done on the schedule that It was, not until e,arly 1977 that" on the Scholastic 'staff. ' . Father Brenner, rector of. Fisher, dent Government's· figures were 6 " : SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 7 1

"extrapolated from a contractor's sional assistance for )fisher. His The Office of Student Affairs could estimate of work to be done in Sorin plea apparently fell on deaf ears. have avoided much of the confusion Hall," Rick Pinkowski, assistant to The sensitive and difficult problem in Maintenance by following through Joe Gill on the project, explained. of the creation of social space has with the Business Office and obtain "It's possible our numbers were low, .. been mishandled. in this project. The ing professional estimates and blue but not that far off for what we had . incompleteness of the improvements prints for all the halls involved. proposed." Gill agrees~ "For what is only a superficial complaint. The Brother Ed Luther, rector of Mor we had in mind, our estimates were renovations will be finished. But rissey, questioned the effectiveness of close." He emphasized the '.'bare there should be no need for McTag the original proposal in meeting the Affirmative Action: bones" nature of the proposal, and gart to 1characterize his encounter needs of Morrissey residents. Just felt some of the construction which with the system as "damn frustrat "getting the space in," without furni took place was extravagant. The ing," a sentiment shared by many of ture, light fixtures, ceiling tile, and proposal was not meant to include those involved. ventilation does seem somewhat im W..omen 'H· '8 "ousIng furniture, fixtures, or decorations. There has been a serious lack of practical. Due to the end-of-the-year Apparently, the proposal was radi communication ,and concrete plan shuffle or internal administrative cally. altered after it left Student ning throughout the project. Rectors transitions, the project did not re- Government's hands, which accounts for the major part of the cost dis crepancy. Some responsibility for the disparity between estimated costs and the actual construction by Elizabeth Weber fees should be placed somewhere in the Administration. If the Office of Notre Dame will begin breaking Plans for the new dorm were an The new dormitory was one of the Student Affairs envisioned such a ground aga.in Soon with the an nounced by . Sister John in a letter goals set by the Campaign for Notre grandiose improvement project, the nouncement of" plans fora' new this summer to members of the Dame, the'$130 million development $6,100 proposal should not have been undergraduate "women's dorm, ac Women's Advisory .Board. She drive by the University. In materials submitted to the Trustees. cording to Sister John.Miriam Jones stressed in the letter that 'although distributed at the beginning of the S.C., Assistant Provost. The pros plans were vague, suggestions for campaign,'. the amount' .designated Finally, after the planning was peets for anew dorm beCame a the use· of social space would be for the the dorni was $4 million, and completed and the cost estimates realitY this summer when a donor appreciated. Sister John' said she it is assumed that the benefaction determined, additional difficulties oc for· the project was loca.ted. had received' many suggestions over will be at least that amount and very curred in the actual implementation The new dormitory will allow the the summer 'and would be going over likely higher. of the project. The main problem University to increase the . current and discussing' them with the archi No construction timetable will be seems to lie in the fact that no student enrollment from about 6,800 tects in the next few weeks. established until all details are technical information supported the to about 7~200. According to 'Sister StUdent Government's basically con John the'increased student popu ceptual proposal. With the excep lation will consist o{women, and the tion of Howard, no blueprints or present number of males willremairi supporting documents ever reached the same. This decision was author the Maintenance Department. Main- ized by the Board of Trustees last . tenance received a copy of the stu year, and a:t that time the trustees dent proposal which is vague, at "We have had some -contact also gave their approval'for the.uni best, regarding construction details. versity to' seek donor, for the new with the architects Combined with the deplorable lack a: dormitory. of detailed plans, the summer recess about plans and costs, Sister John indicated that the left Maintenance with insufficient guidance. Maintenance seems to donor's name will remain anonymous but 'nothing has'been have made the best of a bad situa at this' time since negotiations are definitely decided'yet." tion. Brother Joe McTaggart, Fisher's still under way on the amouittof the Assistant Rector, who was here over donation. "We a.re going to do it in the summer said, "In my dealings the near future; 'Wehave had some I contact with the architects about with Maintenance, they were very I did not describe their plans· to quali ,ceive the direction and careful leader- I plans and cost, but·nothinghasbeen willing to help.'~ fied personnel, orily inexperienced ship it merited.' . 1 definitely decided yet," she said. It would have been possible for all . students. Student Government ad At Notre Dame, there is not it There is no location set :for the the halls to have been completed if vanced a somewhat misleading pro more crucial issue than the effective 1/ facility yet,but there is a possibility Stressing that dorms will definite settled and confirmation on the there had been some sort of cohesive posal. After approving the proposal, utilization of social space: .Thedeli 1 that the new building will resemble lybe the answer to fue growing con amount of the gift has been received, plan. As it was, Howard was the the Board of Trustees took the mat cate nature of the problem demands Grace and Flannerhalls. If this cern over lack of social space at ND, but the.new women's dorm will def only hall that furnished Maintenance ter from Student Government's con truly thorough planning and care style is chosen, the area between Sister John said that she would like initely be a reality in the near with a strategy that could be readily trol and returned it to the Office of ful coordination. Not the super those two dorms and the Memorial to see the new dorm designed in a future. converted into action. The other Student Affairs. Student Affairs ficial treatment received. Library would be a likely spot for way that would facilitate better so rectors 'were not aware such tech handed the proposal, as it stood, to construction. "A lot of people are cial interaction: "We definitely are nical imormation was required from Maintenance. Maintenance could not Bob Southard and Lisa Harten against a tower, but. it-is an advan notgoirig to build a new student ,- them; Father Brenner, as previously car;ry out. the proposal without the' berger, both Scholastic editorial tage since we already have the archi center in the immediate future, so Elizabeth . Weber is a senior stated, wrote a letter to StUdent Af necessary blueprints and technical board members, are copy Editor and tecturalplans for that type of build we must work with our available American Studies major. This is her fairs specifically requesting profes- information. .. 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What is off-campus living? Off Off-campus living has its hassles, campus living consists of doing e.g., trying to think of something for dinner dishes for six; living in a dinner that everyone likes, at least I I I rented house or apartment means a little. But the good part about it HOITleof.the Brave cleaning bedrooms, bathrooms, and ~ ,I is going 0 to bed in, one's. own bed- living rooms; off-campus signifies all room, eating in the kitchen, and the work Mom used to do. Of course, drinking the after-meal coffee in the !j' off-campus also means the lUXury of living room. A house or apartment coming to the breakfast table in a lacks the claustrophobic feeling that by Dave Gill bathrobe; it's walking out the back . comes: with squeezing,: two ,: people door and falling into a car; it's leav into a '15-by 15-foot room and tell ((All on campus regulations) except ing campus and all of the accom ingthose two people to sleep there, line for 15 minutes; in order to sleep for parietals) will apply to off cam panying pressures behind every day. study there, listen to, music there, or study, one does not have to yell at pus living as well.)) When a student chooses to move entertain 0 there--to live there. a hyperactive freshman to turn, his -du Lac 1978-79 out from under the protective, and Everyone doesn't want to live off stereo down; in order to live, one ,I Well, maybe., Luckily for Notre many times stifling, wing of the Uni campus; everyone, can't live 0 off, does not have to walk around campus Dame students living off-campus this versity, he comes to ,grips with the which, is good, ,-; or class' attendance to keep from climbing the walls. The semester, no university administra rea'l world, more so than he ever, did rolls may take a' drastic drop. This house on Sf. Louis does not have tiOIi official has chosen to enforce the while living, in a dorm room.' While article merely attempts to point out cockroaches, although crickets, a aforementioned clause. On the other on, campus, the major responsibility what living off-campus can mean, few mice, and one bat have made hand, maybe the adniinistrati~n has a student. faces is remembering to speaking with the total' experience recent appearances. been lucky. No matter, though, be change his bedsheets twice a month: of three very confusing, but also As in all things, one can find good cause both parties adopt the policy After a student makes the decision very satisfying 0 weeks on St. Louis and bad in off-campus living. Moving of live and let live, and everyone in to leave campus housing, a thousand Blvd. with five other males." off may mean one likes to have keg volved leads a much' happier and new, and sometimes frightening, re Maybe . some advice 0 should be parties or' may mean that. one has more peacefill life. ' sponsibilities appear. Paying rent, rendered to those who have pondered groWn tired of hav,ing the University The student's life is easier and fixing a leaky faucet, taking out the the ,idea of- moving off-campus at watch overhim to keep him on the more tranquil, specifically because trash, going shopping, and paying some point in the future. Know the straight and narrow. Whatever off the great weight of in loco parentis the paper boy (or girl) all combine people who: will be living together campus means, it comes highly rec~ has been lifted from his chest. The to complicate, his life' that much and know them well, or hostilities om mended by ,those who havcexpe only people an off-campus student more. concerning labor division or study rienced it. has to answer to are God, the police, A learning process takes place hours may,'occur. Again, from per his neighbors, his landlord, and his that no professor or book can ever sonal experience, pure communism housemates', not necessarily in that teach. A student realizes that life really does work, at least on a scale 'order. He enjoys a freedom, a re consists of more than going to class, of six., c Everything is shared, 'from sponsibility, that, for the first time, going to the dining hall, and going who 'cooks to who shops, from Dave Gill is a senior from Hunt makes him feel like he lives away to football games. Priorities change clothes' to albums, from food to ington) IN: He was last seen on , fr9m' home but still enjoys the in and classes no longer hold the top booze. Even the' dog believes in fours scrubbing a kitchenjloor timacyof a home. notch on the list., Surviving , ~kes ocommunism; she ,leaves presents in St. Louis Blvd. precedence, over book learning. every 0 room, without .regard to ~ -.;:-: .~-. --::::;::::==.::5: Of course" most students, whether .---- - location. ' , 0 - '-~.::.:~~ ____.::::.::::::::~~.~ they, live on 'campus or off, in 0 a ',The off-campus life-style does not ," _c' ' single or a quad, in a dorm or the

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The night begins with several peo to portray the mostly funny but At practices she paces the lobby ple pretending that they are sleepy .often sad life stories of "the neatest where the actors rehearse" periodi cats awakening from a deep slumber, girl" and ",the neatest boy" from' cally breaking in to shoot questions stretching noiselessly in exaggerated Bradleyville High in Bradleyville, as to what the stUdents feel about motion. It continues as they grab Texas. their characters. She walks from one chairs and run ar~und. barefoot, If anyone harbors any illusions of side of, the room to the other, sug Sardine Semester grumbling in heavy Texan drawls. a director who must organize all this gesting poses, inflections of lines, Then they start playing checkers chaos as a stuffy character sitting and subtle movements that bring the that aren't there and drinking beer languidly in a canvas chair periodi play to life. "Good., That line's per that is wherever the checkers are. cally yelling "stage .right" while fect. Yeah, keep going," she prac by Patrick Joyce This is not a typical night, hope- sticking a pencil in the back of his tically screams every once in a while South Bend, Ind. (API) A revolu their rooms cozy while others find tionary new idea in interior decorat 'r" '" )'i:fl!!!',• , them stuffy. Some are abhorred by ing has just been developed by offi the lack of privacy while others may cials at a prestigious Midwestern thrive on a close communion with university. Conceived in joint co others. In short, although stUdents Lu Ann ~ho? operation by the University of Notre 1. ",f' " ' ' may adapt" to their problems in dif . , Dame's Housing and Admissions Of fering ways, all will eventually learn fices, this new look is now being ,~;" to cope with an unpleasant situation 1"-<-"; ~ >f • : sported by all of the more fashion to the best of their abilities-hope able dorms on campus. Indeed, the fully without feelings of regret or by Marcy Weigle overcrowding fad has begun at ND, remorse. 'and the crowded look is "in" for this No matter what the' causes of fully anyway, for any typical stu ear, they will be happily shattered and rehearsal continues. fall. The ingenuity of the innovation overcrowding, the consequences re dent; yet it's a"familiar scene as a by the director of Lu Ann Hampton: Jensen's enthusiasm as director is self-evident, if only because of the main. In admitting a larger number rehearsal night for the members of Julie Jensen. carries over to the students cast in novelty of its prime ingredient: peo of freshmen to the University this' the ND-SMCTheatre Group as they Jensen is Assistant Professor of the play. Of eleven cast members, ple. Yes, this year more and more fall, two basic benefits have been prepare for the first major produc Speech and Drama, beginning her five are freshmen and six upperclass students are decorating their rooms incurred. First of all, more students tion of the four to be presented this second year at Notre Dame-Saint men, of whom four are Speech and with their roommates-in the purely have been, included in the educa year: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Mary'S. If the word intense is too Drama majors. Oberlander by Preston Jones. Re artistic for' anyone to handle, per The lead part of Lu Ann is played literal sense. tional community and this will ob~ The consequences of the over viously benefit both the stUdents and hearsals like these encompass activ haps a more fitting description is by Chrissy Foy, a Saint Mary's crowding situation on campus are the University as each contributes ities from the "loosening-up" exer dynamic. freshman from Indianapolis. Chrissy, many, and they extend well out of valuable input." This leads to the cises headed by assistant director the, dormitory and into classrooms, even more obvious advantage' of an Lisa Turco, a Saint Mary's senior, dining halls, and athletic events. augmented pool of revenue from the to the drilling, redrilling, and im Taking a showe~? First take a num tuition that flows from these stu provisation of lines on the part of ber. ,Waiting for an elevator? Better dents. However, in light of'the con the cast members and director. Each bring a bodyguard. Going to dinner? sequences that affect all students rehearsal strengthens the coopera Better pack a lunch. The new look and especially the overcrowded tive effort that· exists between the has truly arrived and with it the Although almost all ND students freshmen-perhaps the University Notre Dame and Saint Mary's stu "grim and white-faced" visages of realize the seriousness of the dormi- should examine its actions to avoid dents and faculty as they strive to disappointed freshmen and disbeliev- tory overcrowding, only those di- any future mistakes. The 'uripleasant bring a touch of class to the cam ing parents. . rectly 'affected can speak on the sub- effects may outweigh the benefits puses through theatre productions. 'Freshmen are, of course, both the ject with firsthand authority. In and some stUdents may feel cheated If the title of the play, Lu cause of this year's big squeeze as talking with freshmen now living in as they pay a' great sum of money Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander, well as those most affected by its makeshift rooms or with, inadequate to receive an increasingly smaller doesn't pique your interest, the short consequences. In Flanner and Grace, " facilities, the attitudes' prevalent slice of the "pie.", Whatever the production blurb released by the study rooms have been converted to were as various as the individuals cause and whoever is at fault, Speech and Drama Department impromptu quads complete with interviewed and the rooms assigned whether it be upperclassmen who should: "The neatest girl was a' bunk beds, carpeted floors, and see to them. Some stUdents were notice- remain on campus or freshmen who cheerleader (apparently with more through doors. In Farley, 16 girls ably perturbed at the lack of ade- care accepted at too great a rate, the sweaters in her closet than Jimmy have been relegated to the basement quate facilities. Comments such as, malady must' be cured ,before it Carter has blue jeans). The neatest amidst sundry pipes, insectS, and "We paid to live down' here", and grows out of hand. If not, then we boy was a basketball player, kind of underlying feelings of resentment. In "They should give us discounts" con- can possibly look forward, to the shy, and not very bright. But cute, Lewis, it has been" decided that a trastedstrongly with sentiments absurdity of the day when students so cute." And if that doesn't bring woman's ,place is inthe kitchenette, such as "Well, I'm'stuck here so I'll will be forced to live with professors to heart everything that was ever at least temporarily. In other dorms try to make the best of it." In short, ,residing on campus. Then perhaps Bobby Deerfield in you, nothing will. across campus, quads have been con the attitudes reflect not so much the would a lucky student be heard to And with that, eleven cast mem verted to six-man suites, doubles to gravity of the situation as the differ- exclaim "Well, he may 'not" be bers, approximately forty backstage triples, 'and R.A~ singles to doubles. ing abilities of students to adjust to tenured, but he does have a stereo!" crew members, a director and assis And so on top of all the usual fresh circumstances .beyond their control. tant director, and' a five-member man difficulties and adjustments, one As no two students 'are exactly alike, Patrick Joyce is a senior from bluegrass country-style band cooper other has been added: the distinct all may react indifferent ways to New York: This is his firstcontri ativelystrive to tell the story of Lu lack of "personal space." the'same problems; Some may find bution, to Scholastic. Ann Hampton. 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_Julie Jensen when describing her character, Lu desire for nothing less than perfec the ND-SMC Theatre Group is best Ann, delves right into an animated tion on stage. This determination summed up by the adept commen dissertation of- "the neatest cheer will ultimately _work to make the tary of Shawn Maguire, a sophomore leader," breaking into a Southern play successful for them and in who plays Lu Ann's .brother: "It's drawl that makes so~e Texans teresting to the audience. fun. It's worth every minute." --:- sound absolutely Bostonian. All in all, from the time that the And if the play 'is anything like Mark Amenta, a senior Speech announcement posters for tryouts the rehearsals, anybody in his right and Drama major who has directed are hung on the walls of O'Shaugh mind, ,and even anyb,ody not in his two student plays and who will_ be nessy until the time of the perfected right mind, would benefit greatly the first student in the history of the production, Lu Ann Hampton in from seeing Lu Ann Hampton ND-SMC' Theatre to direct a major volves a lot of hard woi-k. It en Laverty Oberlander when it opens on -productbnthis fall, epitomizes the compasses strenuous rehearsals October 7 and runs until October 14 student's enthusiasm for hard work every night and late night hours of in the theatre in ,the round at and a:good time. At the same time, scene practices. It means working O'Laughlin Auditorium. After all, he dispels the common image of the in the barren lobby of O'Laughlin it'll be fun and worth every actor's delusionS of grandeur. "If r bec:mse of limited stage facilities minute. told my moin about the part I have im 1 the constant drilling, redrilling (Milo, the town nerd, in Mark's own ami -rehearsing of lines. - Not least Marcy Weigle is a junior govern description) ~ a graduating Speech - of all, it means practicing being ment major from Sea Isle City, N.J. and Drama major, sh~'d tell me to sleepy, stretching, awakening cats _switch to Engineering . _~ . quickly." which can be a very emotional, if But, no matter whf.t part they_ not downright heartrending expe play, the students in [''kAnn Hamp rience. ton all share a great en :husiasm and Yet with all this, the attitude of

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Father Sorin implored the Creator once more. "Please," he asked the Almighty, "Let me return to Earth for but a few hours, to see again the University which I have founded social gathering. A foamy ale was so very long ago." being distributed to all. The Creator heaved a timeworn I approached one'of the youths sigh, and Sorin was transfixed. In and asked him of it. He stared ines" had become such prized game! stantly, he stood back on Earth on blankly ahead and said nothing. And I left, at length, when that same song became too tiresome, and I did the outskirts of, the University. It then, he retched, and I, not being get struck squarely on the forehead was the Friday night before the of strong stomach, sought the door. It was evident that Father Corby by a flying roll of soft white cloth. Michigan-Notre Dame game. This apparently having followed us here. is his diary: was not here. ' Presently, I came upon the school Saturday, September 23, '1978 After gaining entrance, they marched I was most pleased to see so many in a most, lightheaded fashion Friday Night, September grounds and was amazed at the ex 22, 1978: parents and alumni of Notre Dame toward the middle of the fleld. They When I arrived back on Earth, I pansion my campus' had' undergone. come to the school this morning to then proceeded to play that same saw great and wondrous things; for I entered the largest of the buildings, visit with the youth. Such large- song. ' Strangely enough, all seemed all over, excepting deep black slashes that which had a stone mural of Christon the outside. It was ob scale visiting shows tremendous con- cheered by its playing. of smooth rock, the trees that I had cern on their part. Upon looking about me, I saw that planted were now large and lush, viously a sacred place, for no one was there, save for many books and As I wandered about the grounds, perhaps I should have saved, those and only beginning to tinge with the I chanced upon a general store on small metallic cylinders that I had colors of fall. keepers. Finally, I chanced upon a youth campus, and .indeed, upon entering I encountered in such profusion on It is good that I have returned could see that it had become a lu- the way to Father Corby's; for a during the fall, I thought, for the on an upper floor, reading a book of chemistry. I asked him a question,' crative venture to please the adults large nu~berof those around me stUdents will just have returned who visited. Everywhere there stood seemed to covet these objects greatly. from their homes-it is the most but he simply muttered a strange pagan rite; "Tri-nitro-toluene; gotta older people buying many items all Soon, all attention was turned serene of the seasons. , engraved with "Notre Dame" and, toward the field. There, to a tumult On the way to, Sorin College, I getta fouroh." I left quickly, he be ing an uninteresting subject to study. strangely enough, all of similar color quite indescribable, ran large- bespied large, brightly colored horse patterns. I ventured on. shouldered, golden-helmeted men. less carriages, within which were I then went inside that golden domed building.' I heard the banging On' the road to the school, many What transpired then is beyond people, staring out from behind brightly colored' chariots were at- my capability to explain. It appears panes of glass. of heating pipes and smelled the musty smell. The floors were worn tempting, to move. At one place, a that the men clad in green and gold All seemed headed in the same long-armed 'machine blocked the coveted a brown leather object. With direction, so I proceeded by foot to and the stairs dangerous. How nice that nothing has changed since last road periodically, letting some char-' it, the green-clad youth would run ward that direction, stopping along iots pass, and turning others back to and play for many minutes until the way only to pick up small, cylin I was, here. ~resently, I followed the flow of whence they came. I watched for a they had run out of room at the end drical, metallic objects that had evi very long time and discovered a pat- of the field. Then, growing weary dently been discarded along the road. the crowd to a strange, shiny build ing. It must have been struck by tern to this activity. Evidently, those of the game, they would kick the I can venture no explanation of chariots whose glass panes were ball to other men, dressed in maize these, but upon closer examination, lightning many times, I thought, seeing as how the roof was dented marked with small' green squares and blue, who would hold the object I could discern some German writing were denied entrance. All others 'for a brief time and then kick it -a language, unfortunately, to in various and sundry places. Inside, 'what a ruckus was occur were allowed through. back, probably angered at the green- which I was unaccustomed. ' I followed the flow of the crowd clad for not allowing them even half By the time I had proceeded sev ring! A band was playing a fast melody, and the thousands of people to a huge brick coliseum, where it of the field in which to play. ,eral hundred feet, I had collected seemed that all had gathered. En- At the end," everyone assembled too many of these objects to carry gathered there listened, entranced. ; At length,' this song grew tire trance to this vast coliseum seemed, there was smiling and greatly along, so I, too, discarded them along at best, difficult. cheered. ' ' the road. ' some, and I 'wished to hear it no longer. Finally, someone tried to There, outside the walls, there was My time had expired, and as I rose Then, 10 and behold, came a won speak, yet the crowd 'most rudely much bartering of money for small to return to Heaven, the echoes of drous sight before me . . . for there ' pictures of large, evidently holy, that same song trailed behind me, was a small, dark building with interrupted with shouts of joy and handclapping., No sooner would one grails, with different numbers on ,filling the air. many youth trying to enter through speaker tire of'thisrudeness, and each. Once acquiring these portraits, Despite the incessancy with'which Paradise the door. A huge placard was above another' attempt to speak, then however,'each person watched seem- this tune had been,played that.day; that read "Corby's." Eureka! How would the band' and impertinent ingly unperturbed as strangely uni- I found myself becoming, somehow, pleasant, I thought, it will be good formed men demanded each to sur- ' much endeared to it. Revisited to see old Father Corby,once again! crowd'do the same. I did not blame the crowd for its render them, only to tear them in I resolved then to further study I squeezed through the door, ap restlessness, ' for' it was of extreme halves. this activity in the future. . . by Greg Solman parently invisible to all gathered heat, and the subject of the speakers Once inside, I became immediately and Tim Gulstone' there. I, was pleased that Father quite repetitious. I kept' hearing of angered at having to sit in such Greg Solman is a junior American Corby still had such wonderful Mass "beating'" "and "killing" and of close proximity with others, while Studies major from Caribou, Maine, attendance. ' "flelds," and what would transpire on before me lay a seemingly empty while Tim Gulstone is a junior Eng As I became immersed in that them, and so I assumed that some field. I became further perturbed lish major from DeKalb, IUinois. crOWd, I. did discern that there was hunting expedition was being organ ,when the band with such limited This celestial insight is their first no Mass going on, but instead, some ized. I 'didn't realize that "Wolver- repertoire appeared upon the fleld, joint contribution to Scholastic. 18 19 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 "The Writer and the University," final shore, was the world of dusk, finger to cheek. "Do you go to he claims: of rust, of iron, of gaslight, where, church?" The tables are turned and I thought, I would find my way to Alfred Kazin begins to interview us. The presence of so many writers that fork in the road where all Kazin's fascination with aspects of in the university is really a chap American lives cross. personality, his undiscriminating New York Jew ter in the still undescribed revo curiosity about individuals, and his lution of America since the war. This is Kazin's world as much as it awareness of. background and influ But what needs finally to be said, is the world of Dreiser, of James, of ence are the tokens' of a far subtler on the writer's part, is that he is Melville, of Dickinson, of Whitman. and . more personal, perception and by Kathy'Ryan and Jerry Perez in the university because he wants His work on these and other figures pursuit. Kazin is not an animated to be there. It enables him to ranges from essays, to critical pieces social recorder ; New York Jew is taking in what are to us familiar interviewers. Throughout his auto play a role-as moralist, as phi 'to entire editions of their works. But more than a view to "the literary sights: the Administration Building, biographical trilogy (Starting Out losopher, as literary guide and they . are more than old friends to world of contending egos," more Washington Hall. (Of campus archi in the ThrirtiesJ A Walker in the teacher to his tribe . . .. Kazin, and they are far greater than than a sophisticated gossip sheet. In tecture, he comments, "I have 'such CitYJ New York Jew) Kazin emerges .f their individual accomplishments, the same way, the volumes in the a fascination with anything nine as the literary inquisitor of our Kazin understands the premise: for greater because they define for Kazin autobiography reach beyond the out teenth century.") We can tell that times. The anecdote, the .observa himself, as well as for any writer, in what America "wanted to be" then, lines of self-awareness and. confes he is still trying to orient himself tion, the opinion expressed through the decision to teach at a university, and may still seek to be now. , sion. Character fascination is too ob {(A profileJ by common understand as a Jew teaching American litera out these and other works result "his choice is made in the deepest The figures in Kazin's procession tuse to describe Kazin's interest or ingJ is due someone currentZy im ture at a Catholic university. As a from asking the right questions, both freedom." clarified the American religious talent. It is an altogether _different portant. The interview is our way of visiting lecturer in the English de of himself and of the "literary ids Kazin identifies the current proj mission, initiated by a literary so impulse which evades the .world of understanding his fame. It is not partment, Kazin is just getting and egos" in his world;' This -man ect as· the fruition of his interests ciety of Puritan writers in early fiction, where figures are elaborately settled, already acquiring a feeling America and, in a sense, carried on composed. The "difference" in talent wisdom that we try to 'uru1erstandJ· who had been on both sides of the and efforts throughout his career. it is exceptionality-in the case of for the surroundings. "The statue of dialogue, an expert in both, was now The American P~ocession character today in the intensely "Protestant" transforms information and incident Mary on the dome faces south, in atmosphere. of this nation's litera into a parade of verbal caricatures. a writerJ his reputation as a writerJ our challenge. Cavett and cliche were izes post-Civil War, pre-World 'War case you get lost," we tell him, try ture. Kazin comments on the singular Kazin finished New York Jew in his hold on our imaginationJ means. out of the question; we resolved to I America in the period of its great that for us he is like no one else. The ing to be helpful. fight off convention in' documenting est economic, social and literary ad American commitment ,to civilliber May, 1977 and Alfred Knopf pub interview becomes a way of getting "I take it you've read the book," one writer's exceptionality. vance.· The Protestant ethic grows ties, freedoms of expression and pur lished it earlier this year. The book the writer to document this ex he judges from our questions. "The . During his decades of critical en into the economic motivation of the suit, which find their greatest chal received much critical acclaim and ceptionality himseZf:~J book" here is his third and most re deavor, surely he had heard every nation at this time, while the implicit lenge worldwide in the contempo has been touted by at least one critic -Alfred Kazin cent autobiographical novel, New question, constructed every, appro religious mission of growing America rary schema of growing centers of as "a book that will assume a con York Jew. We respond affirmatively, priate answer. The "Great Man," we implants and nurtures the American authority. spicuous place in the documentation nodding and smirking like well-pre had decided, was no easy mark, but myth. The imaginative obsession Power is still the issue, the writer of the literary life of our times." pared students who, having read The the wealth of information· launched which emerges from this rapid social responds. The organization of years Kazin is quick to point out, though,· Brothers KaramazovJ know who the challenge: imagine the image and economic advance draws the of work and a realm of interests into that "some people hated it." "I guess Alfred Kazin talks easily, not quite Father Paissy is. maker. There had to be one new artist .into confrontation with the the new volume is Kazin's attempt it just depends on whether or not eagerly, this scorching Friday, fol "Then there really is no need for question to ask. notion of power. ,.. - to locate the crossroads, the point at you like the author," he comments lowing a lew'of our leads, abandon which America defined for itself a matter-of-factly. an interview," he smiles pleasantly, It was a question of particulars. For Kazin, the writers in this pro ing most of them and inventing some commitment. ' New York Jew is a highly charged the eyes narrowing to carrot-sticks. Why Notre Dame? Why now? cession both respond to the intense of his own. Despite the recognition of a his chronicle of Manhattan literati (of Let us make one thing clear: it is While he has taught at such new power which is "America" and "Mr. Kazin, what questions do you torical American challenge, there is which Kazin is one) as they struggle not that ·Alfred Kazin coddles a schools as Smith, Stanford, Univer become aware of their role as an hate to be asked?" a further, more personal concern in to establish and maintain literary writer's temperament like some of sity of California, and City College organ 'of power within the develop . "Why don't you try me and find his explosive contemporaries. It is of New York, Alfred Kazin confides ing complex.. The writers who iden Kazin's work. The strength of Kazin's identities against the backdrop of the out?" he countered, looking inscru commitment to religion doesn't limit Second World War,' the unreality of simply that he prefers asking ques , that Notre Dame is his first teaching tify the' Centers of increasing' in table, even in blue cotton shirt itself to the Jewish question, and it the Holocaust, the brutality of the tions to answering them. We forget experience at a Catholic. university. fluence in nineteenth-century Amer sleeves. . goes beyond purely intellectual in McCarthy era, and the pop-pastiche that he is no longer "on' native He admits to being here partly out, ica also come to understand the Kazin is the sole ordering principle quiry. His questions about our of the sixties. grounds" and that he, too, .wants to of curiosity and partly because, in scope of their 'own power as leaders in his fifth-floor Memorial Library Catholicism are those of a fascinated In the New York Review of Books know some things. his words, "they made me an at of opinion and public voices .. J office. He sits behind a cluttered "Can't we just talk?" he asks us. tractive offer." Apart from teaching observer. They reveal an intense, Robert.Towers says, "Kazin displays desk amidst a confusion of paper, So the three of us talk. The voices of this period are. fa personal interest. "What percentage a rigorously pruned style and ,a an undergraduate "Major American miliar' to Kazin; in a much earlier but the office assembles itself splen The situation leaned in the direc Writers" seminar and the graduate of the students would you say still complex awareness of the extent to didly around him. Now and then, he tion of true irony: we were inter work, A Walker in the CitYJhe tried attend Sunday Mass?" he asks, sup which. literary and personal striv level "James Family," Kazin spends to make CIear his fascination with gazes out the window as he talks, viewing the most accomplished of porting himself armrest' to arm to ings were conditioned by the eco- much of his time (specifically, his the time, and his imaginative com mornings) writing and researching mitment to the period: . a project tentatively titled The American ProcessWnJ a work which ' ... ariYthi~g old, glazed, touched he refers to as. "probably the most with dusk at the end of the nine ambitious book of my life." teenth century ... 'immediately For Kazin, the daily transition be set my mind dancing. The present tween writing and teaching is a was mean, the eighteenth' century smooth one. . He approves of .the was too Anglo-Saxon, too far present university system, and sees . away. Between them, in the light it as appropriate for the writer as of the steerage ships waiting to well as the student. In his essay discharge my parents' onto the 20 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 21

...... "The Writer and the University," final shore, was the world of dusk, finger to cheek. "Do you go to he claims: of rust, of iron, of gaslight, where, church?" The tables are turned and I thought, I would find my way to Alfred Kazin begins to interview us. The presence of so many writers that fork in the road where all Kazin's fascination with aspects of in the university is really a chap American lives cross. personality, his undiscriminating New York Jew ter in the still undescribed revo curiosity about individuals, and his lution of America since the war. This is Kazin's world as much as it awareness of. background and influ But what needs finally to be said, is the world of Dreiser, of James, of ence are the tokens' of a far subtler on the writer's part, is that he is Melville, of Dickinson, of Whitman. and . more personal, perception and by Kathy'Ryan and Jerry Perez in the university because he wants His work on these and other figures pursuit. Kazin is not an animated to be there. It enables him to ranges from essays, to critical pieces social recorder ; New York Jew is taking in what are to us familiar interviewers. Throughout his auto play a role-as moralist, as phi 'to entire editions of their works. But more than a view to "the literary sights: the Administration Building, biographical trilogy (Starting Out losopher, as literary guide and they . are more than old friends to world of contending egos," more Washington Hall. (Of campus archi in the ThrirtiesJ A Walker in the teacher to his tribe . . .. Kazin, and they are far greater than than a sophisticated gossip sheet. In tecture, he comments, "I have 'such CitYJ New York Jew) Kazin emerges .f their individual accomplishments, the same way, the volumes in the a fascination with anything nine as the literary inquisitor of our Kazin understands the premise: for greater because they define for Kazin autobiography reach beyond the out teenth century.") We can tell that times. The anecdote, the .observa himself, as well as for any writer, in what America "wanted to be" then, lines of self-awareness and. confes he is still trying to orient himself tion, the opinion expressed through the decision to teach at a university, and may still seek to be now. , sion. Character fascination is too ob {(A profileJ by common understand as a Jew teaching American litera out these and other works result "his choice is made in the deepest The figures in Kazin's procession tuse to describe Kazin's interest or ingJ is due someone currentZy im ture at a Catholic university. As a from asking the right questions, both freedom." clarified the American religious talent. It is an altogether _different portant. The interview is our way of visiting lecturer in the English de of himself and of the "literary ids Kazin identifies the current proj mission, initiated by a literary so impulse which evades the .world of understanding his fame. It is not partment, Kazin is just getting and egos" in his world;' This -man ect as· the fruition of his interests ciety of Puritan writers in early fiction, where figures are elaborately settled, already acquiring a feeling America and, in a sense, carried on composed. The "difference" in talent wisdom that we try to 'uru1erstandJ· who had been on both sides of the and efforts throughout his career. it is exceptionality-in the case of for the surroundings. "The statue of dialogue, an expert in both, was now The American P~ocession character today in the intensely "Protestant" transforms information and incident Mary on the dome faces south, in atmosphere. of this nation's litera into a parade of verbal caricatures. a writerJ his reputation as a writerJ our challenge. Cavett and cliche were izes post-Civil War, pre-World 'War case you get lost," we tell him, try ture. Kazin comments on the singular Kazin finished New York Jew in his hold on our imaginationJ means. out of the question; we resolved to I America in the period of its great that for us he is like no one else. The ing to be helpful. fight off convention in' documenting est economic, social and literary ad American commitment ,to civilliber May, 1977 and Alfred Knopf pub interview becomes a way of getting "I take it you've read the book," one writer's exceptionality. vance.· The Protestant ethic grows ties, freedoms of expression and pur lished it earlier this year. The book the writer to document this ex he judges from our questions. "The . During his decades of critical en into the economic motivation of the suit, which find their greatest chal received much critical acclaim and ceptionality himseZf:~J book" here is his third and most re deavor, surely he had heard every nation at this time, while the implicit lenge worldwide in the contempo has been touted by at least one critic -Alfred Kazin cent autobiographical novel, New question, constructed every, appro religious mission of growing America rary schema of growing centers of as "a book that will assume a con York Jew. We respond affirmatively, priate answer. The "Great Man," we implants and nurtures the American authority. spicuous place in the documentation nodding and smirking like well-pre had decided, was no easy mark, but myth. The imaginative obsession Power is still the issue, the writer of the literary life of our times." pared students who, having read The the wealth of information· launched which emerges from this rapid social responds. The organization of years Kazin is quick to point out, though,· Brothers KaramazovJ know who the challenge: imagine the image and economic advance draws the of work and a realm of interests into that "some people hated it." "I guess Alfred Kazin talks easily, not quite Father Paissy is. maker. There had to be one new artist .into confrontation with the the new volume is Kazin's attempt it just depends on whether or not eagerly, this scorching Friday, fol "Then there really is no need for question to ask. notion of power. ,.. - to locate the crossroads, the point at you like the author," he comments lowing a lew'of our leads, abandon which America defined for itself a matter-of-factly. an interview," he smiles pleasantly, It was a question of particulars. For Kazin, the writers in this pro ing most of them and inventing some commitment. ' New York Jew is a highly charged the eyes narrowing to carrot-sticks. Why Notre Dame? Why now? cession both respond to the intense of his own. Despite the recognition of a his chronicle of Manhattan literati (of Let us make one thing clear: it is While he has taught at such new power which is "America" and "Mr. Kazin, what questions do you torical American challenge, there is which Kazin is one) as they struggle not that ·Alfred Kazin coddles a schools as Smith, Stanford, Univer become aware of their role as an hate to be asked?" a further, more personal concern in to establish and maintain literary writer's temperament like some of sity of California, and City College organ 'of power within the develop . "Why don't you try me and find his explosive contemporaries. It is of New York, Alfred Kazin confides ing complex.. The writers who iden Kazin's work. The strength of Kazin's identities against the backdrop of the out?" he countered, looking inscru commitment to religion doesn't limit Second World War,' the unreality of simply that he prefers asking ques , that Notre Dame is his first teaching tify the' Centers of increasing' in table, even in blue cotton shirt itself to the Jewish question, and it the Holocaust, the brutality of the tions to answering them. We forget experience at a Catholic. university. fluence in nineteenth-century Amer sleeves. . goes beyond purely intellectual in McCarthy era, and the pop-pastiche that he is no longer "on' native He admits to being here partly out, ica also come to understand the Kazin is the sole ordering principle quiry. His questions about our of the sixties. grounds" and that he, too, .wants to of curiosity and partly because, in scope of their 'own power as leaders in his fifth-floor Memorial Library Catholicism are those of a fascinated In the New York Review of Books know some things. his words, "they made me an at of opinion and public voices .. J office. He sits behind a cluttered "Can't we just talk?" he asks us. tractive offer." Apart from teaching observer. They reveal an intense, Robert.Towers says, "Kazin displays desk amidst a confusion of paper, So the three of us talk. The voices of this period are. fa personal interest. "What percentage a rigorously pruned style and ,a an undergraduate "Major American miliar' to Kazin; in a much earlier but the office assembles itself splen The situation leaned in the direc Writers" seminar and the graduate of the students would you say still complex awareness of the extent to didly around him. Now and then, he tion of true irony: we were inter work, A Walker in the CitYJhe tried attend Sunday Mass?" he asks, sup which. literary and personal striv level "James Family," Kazin spends to make CIear his fascination with gazes out the window as he talks, viewing the most accomplished of porting himself armrest' to arm to ings were conditioned by the eco- much of his time (specifically, his the time, and his imaginative com mornings) writing and researching mitment to the period: . a project tentatively titled The American ProcessWnJ a work which ' ... ariYthi~g old, glazed, touched he refers to as. "probably the most with dusk at the end of the nine ambitious book of my life." teenth century ... 'immediately For Kazin, the daily transition be set my mind dancing. The present tween writing and teaching is a was mean, the eighteenth' century smooth one. . He approves of .the was too Anglo-Saxon, too far present university system, and sees . away. Between them, in the light it as appropriate for the writer as of the steerage ships waiting to well as the student. In his essay discharge my parents' onto the 20 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 21

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nomic and political turbulence of the from either the book's panoramic on certain' very present figures, on period he is writing about." magnitude or its consistent ahen- his colleagues and critics, on the The book is a succession of care- tion . to subtlety, nuance and detail. new crop of writers in from various Fiction fully penned portraits of Kazin's . rIte critical impulse of the auto fields, he refused to pass into the contemporaries: Lionel Trilling and biographical writer involves'· more present. His greatest influence was his hostile wife Diana, the blithe than the construction of a literary John Keats; among autobiographers, Paul Goodman, the up~and-comiIig circus. It concerns the historical por he admires Augustine' and Rousseau. writer Saul Bellow and the singular trait, and' Kazin is an impressive He came no closer in time' than his Edmund Wilson. While his char- artist. Further, as the autobiography praise of Edmund .Wilson; beyond acterization of Bellow is the most moves to the literary vertex, a him; . there were "too many" and persistent, his sketch of Wilson (a distinction emerges between . the Kazin's views were too sketchy. critic whom Kazin "very much writer of autobiography and the We wondered if there was some How I Spent My Summer with Pete . Rose admired") is the most exquisite. He autobiographical artist.· Kazin is a thing about the historical' view, or writes of his contemporaries novelis- classic of the second case an«i says about the accomplished man, which by Tom Balcerek tically rather than journaliStically. he wouldn't think of Writing fiction. subordinated the present. Surely New York Jew ends up being poeti- His imagination is never constrained Kazin knew "his time," but was his cally disguised reality. . by the environment of reality. age the '30's and '40's'in this country, ,Kazin does, however, exhibit a The romantic imagination idealizes some Jewish past, or turn of cen tendency, ,as one critic put it, "to the present; the. historical view turyof America; land of Dreiser and imbue everything with significance." rarely has time for the contempo Dickinson? In either case, America Sex with a 'Greenwich village mis- rary. This mim of historical pres in 1978 had no identity for Kazin; All the bush league batters tress becomes a deliciously pagan ence, who can glance back 50 years his vague concern· with the present are left to die on the diamond. rite. Prefacing the book with a into his own yesterday, and speak made us wonder if the future was of In the stands the horne crowd scatters Fitzgerald quote, he presents .th~ with assurance and conviction about any interest to the historian, to this for the turnstiles. Brooklyn Bridge as' the fine line be- the realities of that time, aggressive historian. Neil Young tween' sanity and madness: Such" ly evaded 'any comment on the truly But perhaps this is unfair; after passages, however, cannot detraCt present.. Though we asked his views all, we weren't conducting the inter view at all. Though we asked the· I never really liked the guy and I detested Aqua Chicken Leg looked' up from a half-blown cookie questions and. made the .attempt, he Velva. Pete Rose wanted to smell like a man because jar' with a countenance' of aloof interest. "Is that went· precisely where he· wanted to, a man wants to smell like a man. But what does a man right?" he said. After handing me the apparatus he with slightly less than intiInidating smell like basically? Had Aqua Velva somehow stum plugged himself into a conversation that I don't think professionalism. All that he said, he bled upon the olfactory essence of masculinity? "No," he' was quite ready for.. Sure, he was a baseball fan, wanted to say; .When we asked the I thought, and my suspicions turned out to be well but he did not indulge in the fanaticism of' his friend "wrong". question, we got no answer. grounded. Aqua Velva did not smell like a man and who waspresently bobbing up and down on his tiptoes We were subtly led, by artist and consequently neither did Pete Rose. Ah, sweet mystery and digging frantically into his pockets. I. noticed teacher, through .the fears· in our of life. . . .. silicon'specks on Chicken Leg's.lips and watched them own curiosity. We followed through Anyway, that was all I knew of hiIn aside from sparkle in the, faCtory light as he talked. It was Pete the al!swerable questions, construct the facts that he was the pride of the Cincinnati 'Reds Rose I avoided. '. '. ' . . '.', ing an interview in Kazin's terms, and had established himself as "Charlie Hustle." And "He's goin' 'all the way," ·beamed'the,worker. ""He's better than any we" might conduct. I think that's why I didn't like him, for I too had been gonna' pass Stan Musial soori and then it's Ty Cobb." . He looked out the window of his an 'incessant .hustler at one time'and exist now as his "Are you sure of that now, Billy?;' replied Chicken office, and' we still wondered what diametric opposite. The transition was a kind of slow Leg in mock challenge.' . he was thinking. He asked the fresh~ fade which, at this time, I am not sure was for the "Pete Rose is the greatest ballplayer of all time, and man question about' the figure on the better or worse. I believe it was Pete's lack of confusion he's a hell of a man." dome,and wondered aloud about our .that led to the eventual demise of our relationship. I cringe.. Catholicism. The interview was over; Of course, I could shut 01' HusUin' Pete right out "Yeah, .he ain't young no more,"..continued Billy, we had asked all the right questions. of my life just like that. I stopped' collecting base "but that's all the more reason he's gonna do it. You He had found two new "characters': ball cards years ago and if he ever came on television watch, he's gonna break that hit streak record.".,. in us, and we had met',a center of I could simply turn him off. Or better yet, I could turn "Who's got it. now?" inquired Chicken. Leg. ' power; an artistic power which is the volume all the way down and employ' my cacoph "DiMaggio-56. games---:-1941." .• simply the unique personality. But onous sportscaster's voice to make deliciously crass "DiMaggio," I thought, "Marilyn Monroe--Mr. Cof every personality is' unique, while comments about his batting stance and/or haircut. I fee--DiMaggio." . Immediately. I threw my, mind into not all follow the artistic impUlse. He soon realized my lack of prudence in this atIair 'and dis neutral and got back, to work.. Glass-blowing requires had the final word on that view, too; continued the practice as the subsequent 'remorse be complete concentration but I COUld. still .hear them. on when he wrote that, for the" artist, came unbearable. And if Pete Rose would send me a the periphery of my consciousness. Chicken Leg ·was "his gift and his life are really ver letter, I wouldn't even open it. I would tear it up. concerned now. ' sions of each other." ,His' is the gift This. summer, however, Pete Rose. had' unexpectedly, "He's got a ways .to go before 56,Billy. I wouldn~t perception; Of personality; a literary re-emerged in my life. 'I was working my summer job get my hopes on up there too high.'" .; . talent. whose imagination grasps the at the glass factory. as an apprentice under the head "You watch 'n see,"reminded Billy;as he departed. characte:r' which is real.' . . blower (yes, they still blow glass) when a worker "You watch 'n see.": Chicken. Leg resumed,respon from the conveyor line cruised by with a fUll smile and sibility. for. the cookie jar as· Billy's voice. shouted' from ',Both seniors, Kathy'.Ryan and a bit of news. that would almost change my life. a distance, "Hey, what. was the lottery number?'~ ,Jerry Perez are in the Oollege of Aris "23, ·Chicke~.Leg," bubbled the canvas-clad worker. "2-8-9," chopped Chicken.· Leg, as .he:wiped, the arid Letters. ' . "Rose is hot." sparkles from his lips. '. , 22 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 23 I "Ah, shit!" cried Billy, waving an acknowledgement I was unloading pink flamingos from the conveyor acknowledge me." Willie sat down on the edge of my of the fact. Chicken Leg looked over at me and smiled. when I saw Chicken Leg approaching from the corner bed, removed one of his cleated shoes, and started mas I worked a double shift that night; the overtime of my eye, and as he came within speaking distance I saging his left foot slowly. "Damned bullheaded-" pay was good. But as the night wore on, I couldn't felt myself trembling while words began to spew forth "Mr. Keeler-" get Pete Rose out of my mind-he was tenacious there from my mouth. "What did Pete Rose do tonight?" I "Call me Boontra, that's my nickname in the other too. Between the hot. glass and the mental turmoil I asked. The words slid out like nude babies on oily world." fell into an uncanny delirium and by the end of the plastic. .' "Boontra," I said, "I don't think it's quite fair night was.plagued by absurd mental images. Although "Two for three, sport," he reported walking briskly somehow that you would come back now at the advent sleep came easily when I ,returned home, it too .pre past. of another man's defeat." My own words surprised me. sented me with bizarre ramblings ..1 had a strange For a moment I phased out. I put my hand over "There is one thing you must know, son : I've been dream in which I found myself before a man in a Cin the mouth that uttered the frightful question and felt with him always." He stood up, leaned forWard on his cinnatiReds uniform, however it wasn't Pete Rose.. To a sad passion over the loss of control. Something was bat, looked me straight in the eyes, and said, "You know, me he appeared to be some kind of sage, full of wisdom, happening here, something beyond me. In confusion it's not whether you win or lose, or even how you play and I was. there for guidance. He was .drinking milk I blurted, "What was the number?" He didn't hear me. the game, it's simply that you must play the game." and eating an American flag. Now desperate, I hollered again, "What was the lottery "What?" I asked incredulously. . "Be·a fan, son," he advised, as he plucked a star number?" But just as I yelled, the grinder shut dowri "Oh, and don;t forget the rules," he added as his from the blue and popped it into his mouth. "Be. a and my strained voice laid naked in the ears of at least form began to fade. goddam fan." ten fellow workers. Herbie Sangula, who was sweep "But ..." I protested. I remember nodding in a trance-like state. "That's ing the floor in my station, looked up in disgust; "You will understand soon, and so will Pete ... all there is," he said, "any way you look at it." He tore "One, one, eight," he answered. "Take it' easy," .he one day." All that was left now was his voice. "Hey, off a red stripe, sprinkled a little salt down its length, advised. the lottery number is two fifteen, play it big, it's my ripped it ·into halves, and offered one to me. I was The following day I went out and bought a Cin wife's birthday." abhorred at the idea of eating the flag. cinnati Reds ball cap. I had to settle for a cheap im I sat staring at a cold bowl of chili in the kitchen "No!" I shouted. itation from the five-and-dime store, but in the long while voices from the living room reverberated wildly "Suit yourself," he replied. At once:I found myself run it was worth it. I wore it to work every day and throughout the house. Everyone was watching the clad in flag material; red and white trousers and a blue even got into a fight over it. I remember it well because Reds game in the living room. Pete Rose was 0 for 3, star-ridden shirt with striped cuffs. I screamed in fear it was the same day that Pete tied Wee Willie Keeler and Howard Corell had been calling him "Petey" all day. as the sage laughed hideously. "Oh come now," he for second on the all-time list at 44 consecutive games. I didn't know what to think. My father came into the chuckled. "Just take it off and I'll eat it for you." I was numb with excitement, for after Rose passed kitchen with an empty bowl of popcorn and placed it That's when I awoke. Keeler, there was no one to pass but DiMaggio. Any in the sink. "Rose is up this inning, aren't you going way, this guy from maintenance walked up to me and to watch?" The July afternoons were enveloped in a distinct said simply, "You're an idiot." He then proceeded to "I'll be in," I said. haze that hid the sun and turned the sky a cruel white. knock my hat onto the floor. "You know the Dodgers , I put the chili out on the back porch for the dog I was working the midnight shift and doing just a bit are going to win it all," he continued. I made a com . and watched him gulp it down with fervor. I was about· too much sleeping during the day. All the days of ment about his mother and all hell broke loose. to leave when he threw up all over a novel I was read summer seemed to swirl into one long montage of ing. Now I had to decide between dog vomit and Pete varying degrees of light and darkness and I found .Chicken Leg had to break it up, but. not before I . sustained three bumps on the head and a bloody lip. Rose. The choice was obvious; I trashed the novel and inyself bored in a somewhat strange manner. It· was They sent' me .home that night with blood on my hat, headed for the televIsion. When I got there, Rose was an infinite boredom that embraced both the ridiculous but I wouldn't let it spoil my day because it was Pete's at bat, and the count was 1 and 2. It was the ninth and- the sublime. "Happy resignation," I thought, "the inning, and it didn't look good. I watched the final swing factory life!" I tried to do some reading from -time to day too. I had a couple beers and went to bed thinking of Pete Rose, Willie Keeler, and the triumph that was to 'and 'the look on Pete's face. The streak was over. .' time but found my brain exquisitely numb to any such "What a way to go," I thought. Staring blankly at endeavor. I was just "there" and it felt fine. come the following day. I said a prayer for. both of them. . the tube I experienced two beer commercials, another Meanwhile, Pete was slicing his way through the That night I felt a cold touch on the back of my for muscular dystrophy, and one for mascara. Suddenly record books and'had just-passed Tommy Holmes' mark neck, and my first waking sense was that of smell; the . before my eyes was Pete Rose. Howard Cosell had of 37 consecutive games set ·in 1945. By this time Pete room was filled with a musty odor. When I looked up nabbed him after the game. - Rose was omnipresent. His 'name was splashed across I saw a man at my bedside. I opened my mouth to "How do you feel, Pete?" he asked. the front pages of sports sections in every newspaper. scream, but no sound was emitted. With a wave of "I'm pissed," answered Pete. ' There were specials on TV and interviews before every his hand I became calm once more. Slowly my eyes Just then I noticed a message floating silently by on game. Pete Rose was on his way to immortality.. surveyed him, and as he raised a baseball bat into a fortune cookie slip at the bottom of the television I felt something welling up inside of me, but I swinging position I suddenly recognized him as . . . screen. "Today's. winning lottery number is 2-1-5," it said. My family and I danced gleefully around the COUldn't explain it. Anaffinity for-Pete Rose was grow "That's right," he said, "Wee Willie Keeler here. living room. I had just won $30,000. ing-yet it wasn't for the man himself, it was for the I was just over to see Pete, did.you know he sleeps in event. In all of modernity, nothing was .happening but the fetal position?" I didn't know what to say, he -Tom Balcerek is this year's Fiction Editor. He ha.ils Pete Rose; nothing that was both measurable and im looked real enough and his uniform was right out of from Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. mediately significant anyway. And I thought, "Hey, why the 1890's. "Don't be afraid," he suggested. "A young not be a fan? Why not support fellow man-in his strug spunk like you should have lots of courage." gle against gravity? Why not indulge in the glory of Our "Yes, sir," I managed. "Why are you here?" Time?" Then T remembered the dream and the em "I'm going 10 the Reds game tomorrow, I haven't barassment I had felt at even having it. This spurred been to a game since 1938." A flash of apprehension a curious disgust in me, one that would not allow me must have crossed my eyes ..~'He's not going to do it," to be complacent. The central question rose to the fore he informed me, head down taking a full cut with his front: "Why always 'why'? Why noL'whynot'?" bat. I jumped back in fear. "I tried to talk with him < Why not? tonight, but he wouldn't listen, he wouldn't even 24 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 25 "Ah, shit!" cried Billy, waving an acknowledgement I was unloading pink flamingos from the conveyor acknowledge me." Willie sat down on the edge of my of the fact. Chicken Leg looked over at me and smiled. when I saw Chicken Leg approaching from the corner bed, removed one of his cleated shoes, and started mas I worked a double shift that night; the overtime of my eye, and as he came within speaking distance I saging his left foot slowly. "Damned bullheaded-" pay was good. But as the night wore on, I couldn't felt myself trembling while words began to spew forth "Mr. Keeler-" get Pete Rose out of my mind-he was tenacious there from my mouth. "What did Pete Rose do tonight?" I "Call me Boontra, that's my nickname in the other too. Between the hot. glass and the mental turmoil I asked. The words slid out like nude babies on oily world." fell into an uncanny delirium and by the end of the plastic. .' "Boontra," I said, "I don't think it's quite fair night was.plagued by absurd mental images. Although "Two for three, sport," he reported walking briskly somehow that you would come back now at the advent sleep came easily when I ,returned home, it too .pre past. of another man's defeat." My own words surprised me. sented me with bizarre ramblings ..1 had a strange For a moment I phased out. I put my hand over "There is one thing you must know, son : I've been dream in which I found myself before a man in a Cin the mouth that uttered the frightful question and felt with him always." He stood up, leaned forWard on his cinnatiReds uniform, however it wasn't Pete Rose.. To a sad passion over the loss of control. Something was bat, looked me straight in the eyes, and said, "You know, me he appeared to be some kind of sage, full of wisdom, happening here, something beyond me. In confusion it's not whether you win or lose, or even how you play and I was. there for guidance. He was .drinking milk I blurted, "What was the number?" He didn't hear me. the game, it's simply that you must play the game." and eating an American flag. Now desperate, I hollered again, "What was the lottery "What?" I asked incredulously. . "Be·a fan, son," he advised, as he plucked a star number?" But just as I yelled, the grinder shut dowri "Oh, and don;t forget the rules," he added as his from the blue and popped it into his mouth. "Be. a and my strained voice laid naked in the ears of at least form began to fade. goddam fan." ten fellow workers. Herbie Sangula, who was sweep "But ..." I protested. I remember nodding in a trance-like state. "That's ing the floor in my station, looked up in disgust; "You will understand soon, and so will Pete ... all there is," he said, "any way you look at it." He tore "One, one, eight," he answered. "Take it' easy," .he one day." All that was left now was his voice. "Hey, off a red stripe, sprinkled a little salt down its length, advised. the lottery number is two fifteen, play it big, it's my ripped it ·into halves, and offered one to me. I was The following day I went out and bought a Cin wife's birthday." abhorred at the idea of eating the flag. cinnati Reds ball cap. I had to settle for a cheap im I sat staring at a cold bowl of chili in the kitchen "No!" I shouted. itation from the five-and-dime store, but in the long while voices from the living room reverberated wildly "Suit yourself," he replied. At once:I found myself run it was worth it. I wore it to work every day and throughout the house. Everyone was watching the clad in flag material; red and white trousers and a blue even got into a fight over it. I remember it well because Reds game in the living room. Pete Rose was 0 for 3, star-ridden shirt with striped cuffs. I screamed in fear it was the same day that Pete tied Wee Willie Keeler and Howard Corell had been calling him "Petey" all day. as the sage laughed hideously. "Oh come now," he for second on the all-time list at 44 consecutive games. I didn't know what to think. My father came into the chuckled. "Just take it off and I'll eat it for you." I was numb with excitement, for after Rose passed kitchen with an empty bowl of popcorn and placed it That's when I awoke. Keeler, there was no one to pass but DiMaggio. Any in the sink. "Rose is up this inning, aren't you going way, this guy from maintenance walked up to me and to watch?" The July afternoons were enveloped in a distinct said simply, "You're an idiot." He then proceeded to "I'll be in," I said. haze that hid the sun and turned the sky a cruel white. knock my hat onto the floor. "You know the Dodgers , I put the chili out on the back porch for the dog I was working the midnight shift and doing just a bit are going to win it all," he continued. I made a com . and watched him gulp it down with fervor. I was about· too much sleeping during the day. All the days of ment about his mother and all hell broke loose. to leave when he threw up all over a novel I was read summer seemed to swirl into one long montage of ing. Now I had to decide between dog vomit and Pete varying degrees of light and darkness and I found .Chicken Leg had to break it up, but. not before I . sustained three bumps on the head and a bloody lip. Rose. The choice was obvious; I trashed the novel and inyself bored in a somewhat strange manner. It· was They sent' me .home that night with blood on my hat, headed for the televIsion. When I got there, Rose was an infinite boredom that embraced both the ridiculous but I wouldn't let it spoil my day because it was Pete's at bat, and the count was 1 and 2. It was the ninth and- the sublime. "Happy resignation," I thought, "the inning, and it didn't look good. I watched the final swing factory life!" I tried to do some reading from -time to day too. I had a couple beers and went to bed thinking of Pete Rose, Willie Keeler, and the triumph that was to 'and 'the look on Pete's face. The streak was over. .' time but found my brain exquisitely numb to any such "What a way to go," I thought. Staring blankly at endeavor. I was just "there" and it felt fine. come the following day. I said a prayer for. both of them. . the tube I experienced two beer commercials, another Meanwhile, Pete was slicing his way through the That night I felt a cold touch on the back of my for muscular dystrophy, and one for mascara. Suddenly record books and'had just-passed Tommy Holmes' mark neck, and my first waking sense was that of smell; the . before my eyes was Pete Rose. Howard Cosell had of 37 consecutive games set ·in 1945. By this time Pete room was filled with a musty odor. When I looked up nabbed him after the game. - Rose was omnipresent. His 'name was splashed across I saw a man at my bedside. I opened my mouth to "How do you feel, Pete?" he asked. the front pages of sports sections in every newspaper. scream, but no sound was emitted. With a wave of "I'm pissed," answered Pete. ' There were specials on TV and interviews before every his hand I became calm once more. Slowly my eyes Just then I noticed a message floating silently by on game. Pete Rose was on his way to immortality.. surveyed him, and as he raised a baseball bat into a fortune cookie slip at the bottom of the television I felt something welling up inside of me, but I swinging position I suddenly recognized him as . . . screen. "Today's. winning lottery number is 2-1-5," it said. My family and I danced gleefully around the COUldn't explain it. Anaffinity for-Pete Rose was grow "That's right," he said, "Wee Willie Keeler here. living room. I had just won $30,000. ing-yet it wasn't for the man himself, it was for the I was just over to see Pete, did.you know he sleeps in event. In all of modernity, nothing was .happening but the fetal position?" I didn't know what to say, he -Tom Balcerek is this year's Fiction Editor. He ha.ils Pete Rose; nothing that was both measurable and im looked real enough and his uniform was right out of from Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. mediately significant anyway. And I thought, "Hey, why the 1890's. "Don't be afraid," he suggested. "A young not be a fan? Why not support fellow man-in his strug spunk like you should have lots of courage." gle against gravity? Why not indulge in the glory of Our "Yes, sir," I managed. "Why are you here?" Time?" Then T remembered the dream and the em "I'm going 10 the Reds game tomorrow, I haven't barassment I had felt at even having it. This spurred been to a game since 1938." A flash of apprehension a curious disgust in me, one that would not allow me must have crossed my eyes ..~'He's not going to do it," to be complacent. The central question rose to the fore he informed me, head down taking a full cut with his front: "Why always 'why'? Why noL'whynot'?" bat. I jumped back in fear. "I tried to talk with him < Why not? tonight, but he wouldn't listen, he wouldn't even 24 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 25 i,------:-:------.....------~-'-""' .. ----~, ... -

third baseman Mark Simendinger. field: Winning games has bE!en the major Pullano begins his second year as Pitching is a main concern with problem with the baseball program captain and returns to his shortstop' every team and this year's Fighting in the last few years but if Pullano position where he has started every Irish are no ·exception. Kelly must has anything tosay about it, -things A game since his freshman year when find replacements for Don Wolfe, Joe are going to change. "Right now, I he hit .329. As a sophomore he post Karpowicz, and Pete Zabroski, all am very optimistic," says Pullano. ed a .340 batting average and im lost to graduation. Senior Mike "Last season our hitting was ridic proved that last season to a team Bobinski, fifth-year student Mark ulously poor but I think it will im Diamond in leading .356. "Rick gets better every Ladd, and sophomores Mike Deasey prove. We're young but I think we year," says Kelly, "and we'll be and Bob Bartlett will be counted on have experience at some key posi counting on his' bat heavily this heavily for most of the hurling tions and this will help us." the season." chores. "We lost some starters," says Intangibles are something that can The Irish are also solid behind the Ladd, "but I think with Deasey, never be predicted or foreseen but plate with sophomore Jim Monta Bartlett, and Bobinski returning we Pullano thinks the intangibles will gano returning .to split the catching have the basis, for a solid pitching be the real key to Notre Dame's RO,ugh chores with junior Dan Voellinger. staff. We ,will be doing some experi success. Pullano feels that the Irish Montagano hit .314 last year and tied menting in the bull pen, because we must make up in hustle and desire Simendinger for team leadership in don't have much experience among what they lack in raw talent. home runs with two. "We're. very our relievers. But we do have some "Let's be realistic," says Pullano.· pleased with our catching," says good~looking freshmen who should "We are not an extremely talented by Bilt ~choll Kelly. ,"In' fact, we' didn't even look see some action' this year." . team, we don't have a lot of power,' for a. ,catcher: when we were re- The action is already' beginning and we don't have great speed. So cruiting." , :., for,Kelly's squad With a 14-game fall we have to build character. We have In the 'outfield, Kelly's Irish are schedule which Kelly' says "will· be to playas a team, we have to hustle, short on experierice. The only re very crucial" to us. It gives us a we have to be dedicated to the game, turning. starter is junior' Greg chance to see the newer players in and we have to develop a winning Rodems ,who hit only.178 last sea~ actual game conditions." .' attitUde." son. The only other outfielder with , .Although ,winning . games is 'al Developing' a winning attitude is any varsity experience is sophomore ways atop priority, thecoaches view the most important of .all the in Mike Jamieson. Jamieson played well the fall schedule as a chance' to look tangibles, according to Pullano. "It's Coach Kelly and team members during' last year's spring trip but at their team rather than an oppor easy to become accustomed to losing broke his hand in the third game and tunity to '\\Tin ball games: "We have and I think that's what we've done was sidelined for the remainder, of to look at the new guys during the the past few years., We haven't felt . There is a sport" played and en- turning point. "Last season we make excuses for Notre Dame's poor a the season. He bounced back to hit fall schedule," says Lentych,' "be like winners so we didn't play like joyed by literally millions of Ameri-' lost 14 ball games by three runs or record last season~ "I'm tired of .420 in the Detroit 'SuinmerLeague cause we don't' get outside in the winners. This year we have to de cans. ' It' captivates both young and. less., If. we can put those games in hearing people say;that Notre Dame and Kelly hopes he will continue his spring until 'our' trip south and by velop a winning attitude. We can't old, both male arid female. Many be- the win column this season, we could; will never be good because: 'they hot hitting when th.~ Irish take the then we have to be playing to win." get down on' ourselves and we can't gin playing this sport early ani:!' 'really turn things 'around," says don't get enough money' or they give up." continue to participate in it as ,a' . don't have, enough 'good weather. Kell~.' After all is said and done winning player or a fan for many years. This '. Assistant coach Ray Lentych feels Notre Dame has been in'theNCAA is what counts in collegiate athletics sport is played at Notre Dame, not that one of . the keys to turning tournament in the past and' getting and that is the goal of this year's in front of 55,000 spectators, but' _around last seaSon's 12~25-1 record there again is not an impossibility." Fighting Irish baseball team. "Ob rather. in front of' about 55 spec~ is .to playa ml!ch more sound game "Turning the corner" is one of viously, the goal of any team is to tators. It is played by about 40 dedi- ,fundamentally: "We just kept find- the goals both Kelly and Leritych get an NCAA tournament bid," says cated athletes. The players are not,' ing ways to lose the close games," "would like to accomplish during the Kelly, "but we would really have to named Montana, Heavens, Tripucka, . says Lentych.. "For example, in one 14-game fall schedule and· the 40-50 put it all together in order to do or Branning. Instead, they are game the'tying run got on base be- game spring season. Hitting is one that." named Pullano, Caruso, .Bobinski, . cause of interference being called of the keys to improving upon ,last A more realistic goal may be that and Ladd. This sport is called base- . on one of our guys. In another game, season's dismal showing. Last ; sea of Captain Pullano. He feels that ball., . the tying got on because of a son the Irish batted only .232 as a run playing .500 baseball would be an .. Baseball is not a common topic of . walk. It was little things like those team while their opponents hit a accomplishment. "Sure I'd like to conversation in the Notre Dame din- that kept costing us ball games." - solid .271. Only shortstop RickPul get an NCAA bid and if everything ing halls, particularly during a week' Turning Notre Dame's baseball lano and catcher Jim Montagano comes together we might do it. But following a football defeat. However, fortunes around would seem to be a boasted averages over .300,< hitting . more realistically, I would like to according to, Irish coach Tom Kelly, difficult task when one considers the .356 and .314, respectively. Second finish one of my four seasons at there is a high amount of interest fact that 'baseball is limited to one baseman Tom Caruso was next at Notre Dame over .500. This may on campus, at least as far as'playing scholarship per year that is usually .237. "If we're 'going to win' more, sound derogatory but we playa very the game is concerned. "Obviously, divided among three or four players." we're going to. have to hit more," tough schedule and .500 would be a a lot of kids want to play baseball "Sure, it would be nice to be able says Kelly; Lentych agrees. ,~'I def realistic goal to shoot for." because we have between 100 and to give more scholarships," says initely think our hitting will" im- 150 students try 'out every year," Kelly,"but we just don't have them· prove this season which will in turn ,says Kelly. . to give.'" greatly improve our record." ' Bill Scholl) Scholastic's sandlot Beginning his fourth season at But Kelly, who piloted Penn St.~ One of the main strengths of,this sage, is a senior American Studies the helm of Notre Dame's baseball 'Altoona to a. winning'percEmtage of 'year's Irish nine will be the solid major from South Bend. This is his team, Kelly feels the program is at .805 over two seasons, is not one to, infield play of Pullano, ,Caruso, and Coach Kelly first contribution. 26 : SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 27 _. i,------:-:------.....------~-'-""' .. ----~, ... -

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by Theresa Rebeck gether the hall presidents and other ourselves, each other, and God. These, try letting the students govern Okay, so Dean Roemer came out parties and the like even more? Or student body representatives to ask values are strangely absent from the themselves a little bit. with a controversial and dictatorial is he simply warning us that Big for their help in combating alcohol campus of "America's foremost For the students, I have an even "alcohol directive" the' week before Brother is watching and' 'we had ism on campus? Each hall has a Catholic University." Instead of these more radical suggestion (don't the first football game. Student re better at least start toning the judicial board and student govern relatively basic Christian ideals I find laugh, this is really more sensible sponse was predictable: general out drinking down? ment has a judicial branch; we have ruthless ambition, narrow-minded~ than it sounds): let's behave our rage, emergency meetings of the dif It is still too early to know exactly the judicial mechanism necessary to ness, hypocrisy, materialism, a lack selves so well they won't know what ferent branches of student govern how strictly the directive is going to handle the problem if the problem of self-respect, and fear-fear of our hit them. Let's never start food ment, letters to the editor, a few be enforced. If Roemer meant his were ours to handle. Unfortunately, selves, each other, fear of failure, fights, let's never start riots on the suicides; earthquakes, and tidal statement to be nothing more than the administration decided long ago fear of the opposite sex. But we're' quads, let's never throw up all over waves. All of this was effective to a warning against excessive alco that we are not responsible enough all virgins and sober, by God. the halls. Let's all be little angels holism, then his wording was bad ._ an extent; the student body once to take control of our lives during Another common defense for the (relatively speaking, of course). We but his purpose was admirable. Notre again has let the administration our stay at Notre Dame. administration's rather dictatorial proved that we could do it at the Dame does have the reputation of a know that we definitely do not like The general attitude held by the stance is, "You act like children, so Missouri game-most of the "irre "drinking" school, and by now every being pushed around. By this point, administration seems to be that this we treat you like children." The sponsible" drinking was contained one is pretty much aware that alco however, ,the furor is dying down. collection of 18 to 22-year-old men answer to this kind of logic is simple: within the alumni sections-and it hol abuse is a problem here. It's time Everyone's learning to adapt (the and women, mostly from ,upper no, you treat, us like children, so we wasn't all that difficult. I'm not say evil weed get.you there faster, we learned how to keep the drinking will act like children. Any psychology ing don~t drink or get high or party relatively "responsible." middle-class, strictly Catholic back and it's not even fattening) and old grounds is not mature enough to tell major can tell you that when you at all,just keep it reasonable. If Let's be realistic, however. Dean Peggy Lee tunes are running through the difference between right and treat an animal with kindness it re you have to get totally ripped some Roemer was probably not just mak~ our heads, "Is that all there is? ..." wrong, so they have to decide for us. sponds favorably. Why shouldn't night, don't do it in the room across ing idle threats. In the past, he has Is that all there is? Probably not. This attitude is reflected in policies that apply to human beings? Maybe the hall from the rector. And if your always ruled with an iron fist. If he Anyone who's read the directive , such as strictly enforced parietals, if we were treated as responsible girlfriend or boyfriend ends up says that he wants something, he carefully cim tell you that in spite the sex code, and now, the alcohol young adults, we'd act like respon staying in your room until three or means he'll get it. His new goal is a of all the brouhaha over the stadium directive. This' attitude is defended sible young adults. It's worth a try four in the morning (for whatever relatively alcohol-free camllus, and prohibitions, the majority· of the di with the statement, "Notre Dame is treating us as children who need reason) take her/him/it out the back rective deals with drinking on cam the directive is only a first step. a Catholic University, and its regu baby-sitters has only turned us into hall, and don't giggle all the way pus. And if Roemer intends to carry I, for one, am getting tired of all lations must reflect Catholic ideals." frustrated half-people. down the stairs. out the threats made in the directive, this. I am tired of the administra To those who use this defense, I I suggest that the administration What I'm suggesting is radical, but more adjustments will have to evolve. tive attitude which holds that the would like to ask, who do you think turn the responsibility for our lives we need something radical. Let's kill In the directive, Roemer "insists" only way to deal with us is to beat you're kidding? There is more to over to us. If we can't do away with them with kindness. If we start act that Rectors, Assistant Rectors and us into' submission and then 'lock Catholicism than virginity and so things like parietals and the sex code ing as if we had minds, maybe they'll Resident Assistants enforce alcohol us in our,rooms. I am tired of being briety. If the administration is con completely, (this is, after all, a start treating us as if we had minds. regulations in and around their re told that I am an adult and treat~ cerned about Notre Dame's reputa Catholic institution.... ) we can at It's time to break this vicious "We spective dorms. What does this as a child. I am tired of having my tion as a Catholic institution, I sug least loosen up the rules a little and . treat you like children because you mean? In the past, these administra morals and ideals dictated to me. gest they work on instilling within let the hall J -boards and student act like children/But we act like tors have taken a tolerant stance ~t Why couldn't Roemer simply have :- , 1 us a sense of respect for ourselves government decide upon the penal children because you treat us like best toward in-hall drinking and brought the problem to our atten~ and our fellow man, brotherly love, ties for those who break them. I children/Yes, but you're acting like' partying. Does Roemer mean for tion through an open letter to the Christian selflessness, and faith in suggest that the administration just ..." circle wide open. them to crack down upon section community? Why didn't he call to-

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When Pope" Paul VI' died this summer, a lot of the community. The proper context for these visitation old Irish ladies who rode in my cab and whom I had rights is that visiting hours for the opposite sex are gotten to know, kidded me, saying, ."1 wonder if they'll not to begin before 11 a.m. on any day and not to elect that Father Hesburgh as the new pope." I just sort . extend beyond two a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights of laughed it off, but as I returned this semester and had . and midnight on other nights. However, visitation may a new edition of du Lac pushed under my door, I started begin at 10 a.m. on bingo days or on any other days to think what might have happened if Father Hesburgh when the Church will make money. was elected pope and had the kind of control over the -The office of the Papal Inquisition presented these entire Catholic Church as he does over the University of regulations to the Catholic Church: 1) Any directive Notre Dame du Lac. Here are a few of those reflections. of this office has the force of a Divine Commandment. There's something you have that we want. -Father Hesburgh, in his papal address, stated that 2) All Catholics must carry an official I.D. and present since the society of a religious community is voluntary, it when requested by a Church official. 3) The Church Unbelievable Savings one does not have to be a Catholic, and since the Cath has the right to transfer a Catholic's residence. 4) The CALCULATORS & STEREOS Your Opinion. olic community is to be a place where Christian ideals throwing of food is a serious offense to the Catholic .. 'Calculators will be realized, the Church hierarchy must represent Church. 5) A false alarm is a serious offense to the If you tell us-:-we'll tell the world. the paradox of faith and impose stringent demands on . Catholic Church. 6) This office can deal with a serious HEWLE:TTI PACKARD one's behavior and social constructiveness. And, as Pope, . offense to the Churchoniy by excommunication and WAS SALE WAS SALE Write: Letters to the Editor Father Hesburgh has set up the office of Papal Inquisi final damnation. Tl·59 ...... $300 $219.95 HP·l0 ••••••••.• $175 $1«.95 tion, and has appointed Cardinal Wormer as its com~ -In response to mass criticism' of Cardinal Tl·58 ...... $125 $ 92.95 HP·l9C •••••••• $275 $222.95 mander. All Church rules and regulations come under Wormer's sixth regulation, the Papal Inquisition today Tl·57 •••••••••.• $ 60 $ 45.95 HP·21 •••••••• ;. $ 80 $ 49.95 Scholastic Magazine PC-100A ••••••• $200 $149.95 HP·25C •••••••• $160 $130.95 the jurisdiction of Cardinal Wormer. . released a long list of disciplinary procedures. These MBA·FlNANCE $ 70 $ 52.95 HP·29C ...... $175 $1«.95 -In Washington, after hearing his close friend, regulations are much too long and complicated toeven Tl-55 ••••••••••• $ 50 $ 38.95 HP-31E ••••.••• $ 60 $ 49.95 LaFortune Student' Center SR-40 ...... $ 25 $ 19.95 HP-32E ...... $ 80 $ 69.95 Pope Ted· I, give his papal address, President Jimmy try to deal with here. However, Pope Ted I cleared BA·BUSINESS $30 $ 23.95 HP-33E .••••• ~. $100 $ 81.95 TJ.5040 ••••••.•• $110 $ 78.95 HP-37E •••••••• $ 75 $65.l15 Notre, Dame, In. 46556 Ti·25 ...... $ 33 $ 23.95 HP-38E ...... $120 $ 97.95 Tl~1750 ...... $ 25 $ 17.95 HP-67 ...... $450 $359.95 PROGRAMMER $60 $ «.95 HP·92 ...... $495 $395.95 SPEAK & SPEll $ 55 $ «.95 HP·97 ...... $750 $599.95 MOOULE UB. FOR 58, 59 $ 29.95

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