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Marin offers esteemed opinion By Suzanne Gorga upstairs to the WBIR-TV S","_ newsroom. ;_ Sbe became agerieral assignment WMAQ-TV anchor/reporter reporter and later theassislantnews Carol Marin offered Columbia stu­ director. dents an insider's view into the Marin said she had the finest ex­ realities of broadcast joumalism. perience as areporter at WSM-TV. Marin was quick to out that the NBC affiIiatc in Nashville. Te.• she regretfully meets students from 1976-1978. There.bewasthe nightly news anchor and genel1ll assignment reponer. In 1976. she received a job offer from WMAQ-TV. the NBC af­ filia!e in Chicago. and turned them down. "My goal was not to hit big time. The only tiling I wen for is going to ajob I can't resisL If it was a job I could resist, then I wouldn't take it," Marin said. However. in 1978. WMAQ-TV offeted her the job of weekend anchor/reponer and she took iL In 1985. Marin was named the co-anchor of the 10 p.m. newscast and in 1988. she was named co­ anchor of the 5 p.m. newscasL Among numerous awards. Marin going i/lto television who say they are working on a paper about won the national UPI "Best "Meeting" covers more than introductions Reponer" award in 1988/1989. broadcast ~ and want to kiiiIw viIial ...... wear. • Mari1t, who ·has a IOIaI of 14 Chicago Emmy A wsrds. won three By Scott Molenhouse From there. the play 1akes you an ann' wrest1ing march that was Sbe says this upsets her because awards for her 1989 documentaries S"'"_ into a room where Malcolm X won by Malcolm X. Itudents shouldn't go into Orief's Children Harold (a look at and his bodyguard arc con­ The meeting comes to an end rich and television to be famous. the contributions of Mayor Harold On Tuesday. January II.aplay templating the meeting. which as the two can't seem to agree on "The broadcast iDdusIry is an em­ Washington) and her contributions was performed in honor of Martin incidentally. was the idea of Mal­ what the other is saying. Just as baUIed business and I am sick of toWMAQ-TVChanneIFive'sspot Luther King Jr.'s birthday. colm X. FmaUy. King arrives and King is about to leave. he presents people going from beauty pageants news coverage of the Laurie Denn This play. beld in Hokin Hall. the argnments begin as this meet­ MaIco1m X with a gift for his to news," story. ponrayed an imaginary meeting ingtumsintoastand-offbetween dough"". because Malcolm X's According to Marin. "Students Marin says. "A dedicated between Martin Luther King Jr. the two leaders or. as Malcolm X house had been fue bombed that shooId go into television because reponer. each day poses an ethical and Malcolm X. The Meeting put it. a stand-off between a day. The gift is adoU from Martin they love toreponnews. They have Luther King's daughter Yolanda. problem that calls for a reassess­ was wrinen by John Stetson and revolutionary and a dreamer. to that news is more than a This touches the hean of Mal­ resIize ment of their ethical values. Who directed by Columbia faculty As time went on. the two strug­ public trusL Also. be prepared for member Chuck Smith. gled with basic Issues and colm X and the two leaders make you are and your responsibility to The play opens with Martin couIdn't seem to agree 011 any­ people to hate you because you do the public is weighed along with a connection. Luther King and Malcolm X thing. Malcolm X said revenge The two square off in an arm meaningful reporting. As long as the demands imposed upon you by you do it fair and accurately. you're standing at opposite sides of the was the only way to stop the wrestling rematch. this time won other people." violence being done to his by King. The two leaders stub­ okay. Be ready to give up some of ''The job of reponing is to report Slage. speaking on issues such as: your privileges as a citizen, your civil rights. Islam. unity. progress people. King responded to that by bornly teU each other that they let what is going on out of the ordinary and readership. The short saying that there is no unity in the other one win and af"" all the membership in civic organizations and should not be going on." Marin dialogue ends with Malcolm X . revenge. Then Malcolm X said arguing. they become friends • and dinner with friends." says. repeating over and over, "If you that there is no unity in marches realizing that they both are striv· In regards to what influenced her "Positive and negative valence is lead. you die; the price of orsongseither. This arguing went ing for the same goal. but are just to go into television. Marin says, disturbing because it is telling freedom is desth." on for a while. finally ending in going shout it in different ways. "My father was republican and people what they tIlink they should anti-catholic and my mother was know instead of telling people what democratic and catholic. When they need to know." Chicago had four newspapers. my "You have to realize that people father would go out every day and who read and see news are smart. buy copies of each newapaper IIId They know when something is theNationalObserveronceaweek. phony and when something is I would fight over the Daily News authentic. I look for two sides to because I wanted to read Mike every story and I know there are Royko." more sides than that." she says. She says the political fighting in Marin urges students to under- her house provided a background stand the technology of broadcast for her to enter the news. journalism.She said she would not From 1970-1972. Marin was a allow a reporter on the street teacher in English and debate at without knowing everythiHg from Dundee High School in Carpenter­ shooting fIlm to writing a story. ville; D. Marin, who has no prinI Marin urged students to. "take the experience. went directly to practical classes at school. get ex­ television. On a dare. she aodi­ perience in the newsroom and at lioned for a talk show. cable stations. Start in small She also did a women's talk show markets where there is less at WBIR-TV in Knoxville. Te. "II segregation of job functions. also was condescending- why were have great persevellUlce and work women's issues so radically dif­ for free. or almost for free. to get ferent from men's1" Marin asked. that experience." So sbe started bringing in members Marin said, reporters have to be of the KKK and to liven others honest in what they say and do and things up. Her break came when her talk if they have strong feelings about a story to back away from it show was beaten by Lady'. Dey Noreen Pabolak, Krenly Guzman and Meredith Bristol perform Opossing DivinUin II In the Senior with Margie. sending Marin Dance Concert. 2 JANUARY 18, I".

The BUZZ It's Time to Get Ready People By Matt Kurten for the Spring Semester Ex,ewliw ElIitor By Bethany Geisler Ahhhhhh, the last issue of the '93 fall semester and I feel as though StJiffWriter I've helped every one of our students and faculty members get involved in the Columbia experienre-whatever that may bel Seriously thou~, . ,The Acade~ Agvising Office if any of you have taken advantage of the goodies listed in this eoitunn, .. held 'a Y'o~ :W:OO .. January you probably doubled your intelligence and tripled your social convOl­ 12 about getting' sfudents ready sational tools. What a smart, popular person I've made youl for registnition for the Spring, The College Development Office is offering the Slud.nllAlumnl 1994 semester. N.tworking BTlalifasl on Sacurday, Jan. 29 at the Congress Hotel, 520 'Registration begins Monday, S. Michigan. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. and the session begins at 9 a.m., January 31 for Seniors and work with introductory speakers that includes Columbia's PresidentJohn B. aides and Tuesday the Feb. I for DI4ff. The:e will be a Continental Brealcfast served and from 10 a.m. to continuing students. Classes will noon, panel discussions take place with employed alumni who resume on Monday Feb. 14. gmduated with degrees from the following departments: MGFuting The Academic Advising Office COmnlunicadoM,Management, WrldngandEdllcalion,PUmlVld,o, has designed' a Theater/Music, Dane., Radio/Sound, TeI,vlslon, Photography, worlta1tee!/portfoUo to help keep Art&DlSlgn, Computer Graphics and Education. This event is open track of your academic process. It to all students, but is primarily aimed at gmduating seniors. Admission is an actual folde: with grids to is $5, and registration deadline is Jan. 21. Direct any further questions mark off your general studies and to Eric Mixon (312) 663-1600 exl420. elective classes upon completion The lfllh Annl.. nary Chkago lAI/no FilIfJ F.sdvoJ, _ted by the and help you record your GPA lAI/na Film C.nter and the Canstlak Gtneral 01 A".IIItNl, will be on status. It has infonnation of re­ Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Getz Theate:, at 72 E. 11th SL quirements for a Bachelor of Arts Rose Economou Tickets fur this event are limited, so call (312) 431-\330 by Monday,JIIL degree as well as whe:e to go for 24 to reserve your seat(s). Tickets are SIS. Don't miss your ebanee to help. The folder is desigoed to Wbosbeis: absorb the CullUre of Latinos in their most po\isbed production. carry all the academic statistics Rose Economou is the broadcast journalism coonIinaIor, advisor Imd Th. MGFtin Scorc.SI FUm and Social Club is presenting their weekly necessary. financial aid. mentor, as weli as the faculty advisor for the joorna1ism club and the tribute to the "King ofall Media" with End-ol-S.mI.llrllUtJ1lltJ. This transcripts, waivers and petitions. Columbia student TV network. She is alBo a broadcast DCWI writiu& will take place Tuesday, Jan 18 in room 921 of the Micbigan building together to bring to registration instructor; at 6 p.m. Admission is open to all members. and other academic meetings. Fina1ly, for the last event I will list in my column for this wonderful "There are 13

. . 'Free Sex' catches attention Expressionist R.O.O. T .S. By Suzanne Gorga is homosexual or bisexual," giving I knew already but the perl. the next event planned in mid­ SII(fWriUr By Gloria Roberson During Tobit StraJ,h/ Boy & formance was tight and the S"'ff WriUr February. Simmons plans to Dim P.,.:epliolll, a skit about a direction was good." improve the event each time it oc­ The Frtt S'x Show at stnlight guy and a bisexual guy, One of the most haunting Red lights, candles, reggae music, curs. Columbia's Getz Theatre from the straight guy played by demonstrations was the Scarf. smiles, jasmine incense and rattling " We can have a better set-up, lanuary sixlb to the eighth was Michael Graham comes 10 some The Scarf showed how Ibe deadly papers consumed Ibe atmosphere more promotions and better equi~ both educational and entertain­ surprising conclusions. One is disease of AIDS IriIIs so quickly, of a poelry reading sponsored by ment." he said, "I would also like to ing. that gays and lesbians were not One minute the man performed the Afrikan Alliance in December, see a better turnouL .. TIle show produced by Ibe Stu­ deviant queens or doing it for the by Rob Schaefer is ta1Idng, the R.O,O,T.s. (Reading Our Own Ashald AI-Sudan, co-chair of dent Productions Association and shock, they just believed that if noxt he is being wrapped in a Thoughts) took place recently in R,O.O.T.s. was thrilled with the funded by the Student Organiza­ you loved someone, who they are . scarf from heed to toe and carried the Torco Building. The event was outcome and content of the evenL tion Council was an array of doesn't mauer, TIle second con­ past a black coffin. a poetryIreflection reading by "It gave me really great insight Columbia student artists using clusion is when he asked a friend Another piece called The pub­ design, featuring some of from readers. I didn't know there their chosen fields to express about being queer and the friend lem is challenges many of the Columbia's finest, as well as some were so many talented speakers." whar they felt and Ibought about told him that being queer is not feelings and thoughts that people outstanding non-Columbia stu­ The list included: Kayla Wallace, the issues that are affecting them about sex. Being queer is more have today. The speakers com­ dents. Readers converted Dustin Harris, Ronnie Boykin, today. about being able 10 accept a life­ menton how it is to be a minority. memories to prose. which were Gloria Roberson, Mitch Upton, Director Laura Cohen said, style and that everyone has 8 to not know where you are read to an attentive audience of Sidney Choen, Lattice Bailey, "'The titIeF,." S'x was chosen to choice. headed in life, to not fit in and to about 45. Kingdnm Sanders, David Hunter get people's attention to what Cohen said, uP". S'x will be harassed. Through their com­ Thesubjectsranged from growing and Sharlemagne Lewis. these two words mean, not the throw people inlO thinking it is mentaries. the speakers show up as a black person in a white Lewis, who directed publicity for face value of it. but going into the pornography, eroticism and sex. how American society and world to ancestors and R,O,O.T.s. said the atmosphere deeper meanings of the two Certainly it is not ignoring television fail to depict that not brother/sisterhood, was comfortable. "It was a great words." people's sexuality, but it is free­ everyone is white and stnlight Kimeco Roberson, emcee for the way of unleashing verbal aesthetics The multi-media show dealed ing sex, freeing people who are and they also show that no matter event. said it was beneficial. "It al­ (poetry). I have lots of verbal aes­ with a number of subjects from homosexual or bisexual. it is a who we are. we all have the same lowed me to express my words on thetics to get out, everyone has ... showing how hard it is to teU your protest as well as a personal feelings, desires and needs. paper ... I got a message across." we just have to dig it ouL" family that you are gay to not rebellion." Artistic Director p, David Gill Rashid Simmons, co-chair of Freda Richmond, president of having to say a word because they Interspersed during the show, said, "I decided to do this because R,O,O,T .s" said he was happy Afrikan Alliance, concluded the knew already as depicted in the were informative statements of the march in Washington D,C, with the turnout. "It gave-way for program with a speech on getting entertaining skit called His/ory in regarding the march on Over a million people marched lots of ideas. It triggered many involved. "Get involved! We lIuMaidltl· Washington D.C., how people for human rights. To say they thoughts, I look forward to upcom­ watch, but we don't ge.t so in­ Another skit caUed can or can not get AIDS and how only marched for gay rights is ing eventllike this. It was live and volved," Richmond said. Laundromat Etiq,,,tt. deals AIDS can be prevented. discriminating." mellow." . Afrikan Alliance meetings are and with being bisexual, The narrator Some of these swements in­ Gill continued said, "We The Afrikan Alliance plans to host held every Thursday at4 p.m., Rm. lu1iet Schaefer is dressed as a cluded that "in April 1993, one ean rant and rave but it is more R,O,O,T.s, twice a month, wilb 304 in the Wabash building. man and also is the voice of a million gays. lesbians. powerful to artistically express woman sitting at a table. oc­ homosexuals. bisexuals and our feelings through color and casionally being waited on by a queers marched at Washington mood. If we feel that much about Foreign study .program earns credits waiter. One of the skit's best lines D.C. for civil rights,life,liberty, concepts, this is what makes the pursuit of happiness and 10 Scott Molenhouse available this year. The main re­ is after the narrator admits that people remember they attended S"'ffWriUr she loves both men and women have an apartment in Oregon and this show." quirements for students to and shows the hurt and rejection tllCSC rights should not be ta1cen Anyone interested in joining participate in this program is good Columbia College currently offers academic standing and enrollment she feels when her need to be away because of who you sleep the Student Productions Associa­ an overseas study program that al­ loved by a man is ignored when with. Also, you can't get AIDS tion, whose purpose according to in Columbia for two semesters. lows students to spend four weeks The major concern for ' most is .she saYSt ~ waiter flirts' and from hugging, kissing or toilet Gill the founder of the associa­ 1turing the summer studying in one price. Last year, the cost was . makes conversation with the old scats. You can get AIDS frOm tion, is to netWork and promote of the most beautiful cities in lady and the hooker down the blood, semen and vaginal secre· student shows. can leave infor­ $2,300, which included everything England. street but he will not give one tions. You can protect yourself mation about themselves from airfare to accommodations, This program takes students to field trips and transportation. How­ look at me. I want one look." from AIDS by using a condom, including show ideas in their Dartington, England to experience Cohen said, 'The show goes surgical gloves, you know what I mailbox in Rm 301 the Student ever. this cost did not include its cultures, gain valuable life ex­ tuition which is based on the num­ under the skin, gets into deeper mean. And in 1993, 300,000 Life Office in the Wabash build­ periences and allow students to levels and gets into the one per­ Americans died from AIDS." ing. ber of classes one takes. study various British topics. While in England, students live son, the human being with a Chas Vrba said, "I liked the This program is offered ex­ in dorms that are located on a brain, emotions and feelings that show. The information they were clusively through Columbia beautiful estate in Dartington, so College, and is in it's second searching for host families or year of existence. It's frrst year Gay / Lesbian Alliance =action for Columbia apartments is eliminated. was considered a major success. A meeting is scheduIod fur students After the officers of the Alliance Washington, D.C. in April, 1993, By Gina Reyes IS students went abroad to interested in taking port in the po­ they also walked in the march for SII(fWriUr graduated it fell out of recognition. study. This year it is anticipated gram, Fri., Ian. 14 at ooon in the Current President 10hn Gion and AIDS this summer. that 18 to 25 students will travel. Michigan boiIding,Fezguscn TheaIer, Columbia's Gay, Lesbian and V -P Rob Schaffer then stsrted the The new co-presidents. Mark Students are offered Iibernl arts .Those who are interested can talk to Bisexual Alliance deals head-on alliance again in November '92. Masaracchia and Christian Cramer, courses without pre-requisites. Gene Barura in the dean of students supervise Ibe group and their panel with students who want to get in They organized a trip for Ibe Last year. classes included: office or Michael Rabager in the film touch with their sexuality, Alliance to attend the march on discussions. Their specific respon­ British history, a photo-documen­ documenting center, sibilities include collecting and tary course, British film study and evaluating the organization a humanities class. It is expected members' different ideas and coor­ that more offerings will be made dinating class panel discussions. This semester the Gay, Lesbian and BiseJntaminaIixI lening to the facll. They don', shoveling snow in the fall and winter. vacuuming or sweeping hallways involve adolescents between 13 need1es used to injcCI drugs. heed the warnings," Jacobe said. and changing smoke alarm baueries. These jobs are taken care of and 19 years of age (statistics 3. Through an infected woman For more information, call the primarily by a maintenance person who is paid hourly. Building based on a study done in Septem­ to het baby during pregnancy or Illinois AIDS Hotline, (800) manage .. are also paid a sa1ary, which comes indirectly out of your­ ber, 1991). The Government delivery, and possibly througb AiD-AIDS. For education, train­ the renter's--pockeL You might want to remember that if they're doing Accounting Office estimates breast-feeding. ing, pamphlets or videos to a crappy job. thatin 1991,75,000 adolescents 4. Transfusion of contaminated purchase, call the American Red One of the last things I found that sucks funds from rental aa:ounts is were IiIV positive. blood or blood components; Crossat44().2000. an obscure entity called amenities. These are anything extra in 8 The National Center for recently this risk 1m been sharply Call the Chicago Depar\llletll building that makes life more convenient and pleasing for the renter. Health Statistics found that cases reduced by screening of blood of Health Services BI 7444312 Let's just can it a bonus. For instance, some buildings have a simple among blacks increased more donors and new pocesoes to for locatioos of IllY testiJJa buzzer to let guests in the front door, some have more elaborate than 27 percent between 1989 treat disorders, such as sites. intercom systems, some have doormen. A buzzer will be less expensive and 1990. Among Hispanics, the bemophilia. . Also, the AIDS Fomdatinn eX than payroU for three doormen shifts, so it's your call. More rent will rate of increase was more than 25 Many infected with the IllY Oticago 1m • reCemsl aavic:e for be required for a building with a doonnan, and if that', important to you. by aU means go for iL If you can live without ta11dng through an intercom system and only use a bu.z.zer, fine. Just remember, it's your LET COLUMBIA HEAR YOUR YOICE!!! money, and you usually get what you pay for. 1 I '1 If you are interested in being a staff writer, staff photographer, cartoonist, day issues that people with aitcrna­ free lancer, or columnist and can handle deadlines, accept constructive Alliance tive lifestyles are faced with. All criticism and enjoy seeing a concrete final product with your name on it, drop students are welcome and can par­ from page 3 ticipate in making the Alliance a off a sample of your work in the Chronicle office,located in room 802 of the In honor of the Stone Wall rioo, stronger voice at Columbia. Wabash building. . one million people will marcb past the United Nations building and on to Central ParI< for a rally interna­ GREAT SAVINGS EVERYDAY tionally supporting human and civil ON THOUSANDS OF ITEMS axTIMmA AL.,,~ rigbts and The COLLEGE~"'~ for gay men wanen. 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Dear Editor, advisor. PI .... be wiJ1Ing to dedI­ I am responding to Landis E. Be­ cate over 40 hours of yoor time and ckett Jr. in the Jan. 10, 1993 issue sacrificing your weekends. Please of the Chronicle. I do not wish to be able to admit mistakes that you continue this game of slander but I have no control over while keeping would like say my peace. the school administratioo happy. I Mr. Landis, I am deeply offended would be interested in knowing at your remarks of the paper of how you would be able to keep which I have worked so diligently your inspiring journalists happy by for. I have focused the last 16 working with their schedules. weeks of extensive work for that If the Chronicle is blowing paper and I don' t need someone smoke, I like you to inhale, the who has never had any experience pressures, the aggravation, and the in journalism to insult the work of hesdaches that is involved in run­ sever-aJ dedicated individuals. ning a newspaper. I would be more than willing to Hope to see you next semester Mr. take the COU1're again which has Landis, it would be an honor to given the opportunity to write for work under you. this newspaper. Though, I do have JoyVeeD one request, please be our faculty

Board and shelter send thanks for party We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the students, faculty and administration members who donated toys to our recent holiday toy drive. We would also very much like to thank thosesllldents who belped us in wrapping the donated toys. Through our combined effons, we were able to host a wonderful party Chronicle accused of racism - again! for 70 needy children from the Tap Roots Foundation and offer them Not too long ago, the same old Iyrica. just an extra little something to be thankful for in 1993. student wort-base, For tbla r-, Chronlcl. was billing itself as We can over-loot teacher rum­ it seems, we are leaming a new Columbia's eyes and ears. Right­ blings about the paper'. conteDt. Together For Christmas CbUd.-.D FuDel facet of the buJiness: UDleaa you fuDy so; it is the school's only School issues must swely not be you nothing & are bead-d>ef, are newspaper. This credential alone Holda Studeat Advisory Board as imponant as an excellent film more than peas in a pot waiting is enough to boast such a claim. showing at the mall. We can to be cooked. Even then, however, it was not down-play the idea of news Unfortunaldy, the bead-chef's enough for at least 260 Columbia being covered months after it has menu excludes ingredients that The \ir\\\ r\prr"l'd Uti thr Op-td pa~r ul thr students, who signed a petition happened. It is diff1Cult to get make up Columbia's melting [//I'{lIIil'/" do tlut tll' Cl' "aril~ rdll'ct thr \ irlH demanding cl\ange. scoops when tcacbers are public­ pol. Once again, there is a foul lIIIeI1 CIIUlIllIling from Ibo _. uf thr cullr~r . thr jutlrnalism til'partmrtlt ur Ironically. these s tudents ly complaining about the wanted "diversity." It would Chronicle's faculty advUor. As Ironically, Columbiaboats ofill thr C/rnlllirl". come at the expense of two open enrollment recipe as a African-American columnists. means of lIlIr8Cting minority stu­ A peek of racism was defmite­ dents. Iy rearing its ugly hesd after the "Students and Tbe Cbronicle's laIest woes are petition appeared a "brilliant" just a small example of the idea This year, "open competi­ faculty members school's objective taking a step By Robert Wood tion" among Columbia students are demanding backwards. Also, we must take cmmpo.dm. allegedly explains why the two notice of the peculiar IIld c1oaed. columnists were not given an op­ change." door faculty firings - most of 'The economy as a whole is functioning preuy well, but the people portunity to stay. whom were African-Americans. within it are getting killed." That co!pOl1lte double talk is a direct quote Now the paper is boasting its If we are to buy into the melt­ from a Chicago Tribune front page story. Tbe stock market is hitting new slogan: "under new and bet­ for the editing, readers must ing pot and open enrollment record highs at the same time that Fortune 500 companies are laying ter management." And yet remember IWO things. Fust, that theories, then Columbia must off a record number of people. Productivicy is up and yet there is a another petition is circulating. no one is perfecL Second, but take measures to enswe there is higher unemployment rate, including white collar Workers, from Students and faculty members most importantly, we are only a conducive environment for M.B.A.s to Ph.D.s. How can this be and what does this mean for those are demanding change. Ap­ students. such. For some of us, at least, of us still in college or just graduating? parently, African-Americans are Nothing more, nothing less. actions speak looder than band­ We hear about "downsizing." anothc< word for firing all the time and fighting for a voice of oppor­ But we can not over-look dis­ wagon objectives and those nice, we hear about companies having to "restructure," meaning move to tunity - not just five inches of crimination, whether overt or catchy slogans. cheaper labor markets. We're given the same worn explanations about print to speak out. isolated. How simple it is to expanding global matl

Photos by Lisa A. Adds Staff Photographer In the Senior Dance Concert, Monomyth , Krenly Guzman, Atalee Judy and Debra R. Levasseur choreographed and danced routines they created from real life experience. Top Left: In Opposing Divinities II, Meredith Bristol, Deborah Dohrman, Krenly Guzman and Noree Paholak dance to a Gothic chant. Center Left: Sometimes things got in the way of rehearsal. Dancer Ann Boyd comforts the ]jttte boy she was baby-sitting. Bottom left: Krenly Guzman practices a move­ ment during break. Bottom right: Atalee Judy not only choreo­ graphed and danced, but also wrote the music she danced to. 8 JANUARY 18, 1994

ford They shore -r lIIppy ..... By Simeon Peebler meDII, and __ her c.:er CIIIieo &IiItriJJ P..- &JiI,tw Lewis' tale of triumph is a victory of the human spirit her ba:k into cIoqI m-. -V.. SlIIIIIow/iurds arc .he deep have 10 let me go." me pleads. COOlO'1 of our minds, the bleak and "I love you; l'n ...... let YM dart shadows...., hide willtin, the go ... "hesayL places where we escape the "Please. I have 10 die." tragedy of our lives. The Oxford And 90 he leu her go. She dies. scholar and children's author, C.S. He IaIcr tells her son. "Wbco I was Lewis wrote of these hidden a boy, I chose safety. As a mao I human secrets. The new movie chose suffering." Lewis has .... SluuIowlands recounts the true caped his shadow1and, only 10 find story of how Lewis rises above his misery and pain. own shadowland, and follows his The American woman is played deep love of an American woman by Debra Wmger, who's amazinc who is diagnosed with terminal performanee goes beyond her ac­ cancer. . ting. It inftltrates die hearts o(!be When he was • child, Lewis's audience. Anthony Hopkin. mother died, and as a child he hid portrayal of Lewis is sWring and from the suffering her death real. Once again Hopkins bas b'oughL As life went on he was taken • difficul. role and played it always the brightest and best in with genius. As for other players in every scholastic achievement he the ftlm, nobody detains the over­ auempted, but still a hermit in his all quality of this "rnustoee" film. own way. There is a SIatling revelaboa Late in life. Lewis meets an this story offers to the world. It is American woman, a poet who is the am of the buman condition, n:nning from her alcoholic hus­ !bellascofhuman_. Webidc band in the U.S . She has corne 10 in the sbadowlands lOlIil""ac:tno­ England with ber young son - and Iy decide 10 cboose 10 live tbere ia she wants 10 stay. Sbe asks Lewis !be open, our dcf...... gone. Our Joy Gresbam (Debra Wloger) and C. S. Le.... s (An.bony Hopkins) 10 Sbadowlands. 10 OWl)' her 90 she may obtain suffering is !be boldest Yinue, citizenship status to keep her c::oonge in misery. We _ over- residency in London. He marries Just as Lewis bcgIos 10 realize 10 her. "I love yw; he finally says nms down thcircbceks. Soon, Ibcy come ourselves 10 face!bedeepell her, as a gesturcof friendship. The his feelings for her, her leg breaks 10 her, as she looks up 10 him from arc married in die hmpi1li rocm. adversities in 1iJe. This is seIfIca. tension grows between them. - she's rushed 10 a bospilal where her bospitaI bed. "I wan. 10 OWl)' As radiation __push !be It is love. Their beautiful Jove for each other the cIocIors disco\oer she has 811 ad­ you for real, in fron. d God. in caoccr inlO rtmissioo. she' sli>lc 10 remains 1IIISpWn. vaDCed case d cancer. Lewis nms front d the wboIe world" Tears move into Lewis's bouse in 0.-

The film focuses on the transfor­ He abO slows !be pace, .. in 811 Family fights together in Father matioo of the ",lationship Gerry inaedibly roucbiDg oceoe ...... has willi his father. Both men an: tbe prisoners pay tribute to Reviewed by Grisel Y. The new film is based 00 die He moved 10 London, bu. en­ imprisoned in the same jail ceO and memoir.; of Geny ConIoo, titled countered only more trooble wben Guiseppe or when Geny slowly Acosta the situation. This forces tbem 10 discovers he's broken into the Sl4ffWriler Proved I1IJUJcelll. Conloo grew up he was accused of bombings, deal wilh die confIiets they have in Belfast, lreIand, 00 the wrong believed 10 be associated with the home of a prostituIC- with eacb other. DespiIe the 01>­ EventhougbI,,/lMN_O//IM Jim Sheridan, the director of My side of the tracks and was en­ lrisb Republican Army. Not only vioos rebellioo and judgments that F_ is about a 90IIICWbat grim Left Foot. has once again teamed couraged by his f •• ber, was Conlon convicted of the make up the gist of the fathcr-900 subject, it is DOl a dcpressingfilm. up willi Daniel Day-Lewis for 111 GuiscppeIO, to get away from die crimes, bu. his friends and family associatioo, they both care foreacb The story is not only inspiring, but 1M Name of 1M Fallur. petty criminalliJe. were also tried as his accomplices. other deeply. very cnlerl3ining_ Scn::enwriu:n The acting in the film is supeIb. Terry George and Jim Sberida do Daniel Day-Lewis walks, breathes a wooderful job by balancing !be and lives the role of a man _­ serious subjec.!IUIIter with • great going eX

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other groUPS. they seldom make years of fascism in I!aly. presses her desire to be Greta dangerous confusion she was in. presentations. Suddenly. the group At that time. women were denied Garbo and her longing to have According to Esi. "It is a modem ofall women becomes aware of the the right to "'press their creativity Mary Pickford's sweet. arfec- day Africa and we are still tied to differeot comments the professor in writing. However. Italian tionate face. Negri also describes our traditions." makes when their group makes women challenged the masculine her desire to be somewhere ''Mari!al rape," as Esi called it. presentations compared to theothec cul!ure by writing aboot their hopes beyond her fascist society. was what prompted her to make the groups. and dreams for a better tomorrow. If one ignored the introduction choice to break cultural ties. According to Katz and Vieland. Althoughthefasoistpoliticians did to this book. it would be hard to As the story evolves. Esi leaves this happens to one-third of all col­ notcontrolltalianwomen'sliterary believe that these ingenious her first husband and later meets lege women. even though women talent. they did develop cenain stories were written at a time of Ali Kodney with whom she falls in make up more than half of this stereotypes to dissuade women denied rights. Thesestories iDeor- love from the start. country's urtivenity students. from writing. For instance. society porate a and fairy !ale effect and Kodney is attractive. married. What this reviewer couldn't un- believed women writers to be they inspire creativity. This is a well-educated and wealthy. Esi derstand is why Katz and Vieland seductive individuals, who used book that should be read by enters into a polygamous marriage even bothered to devote one whole writing to entice young men. people dying to get past writer's with Ali, although he does his best page to harassment and discrimina­ This book is composed of . to keep his two wives separated. tion against men. According to several creatively written shon Esi learns that polygamous mar- them. men can handle themselves. stories that fiction wrilf'n should riage "involves" all parties and Maybe it's just me, but this sounds take note of. One story that is should include Ali's flI'St wife, who like a discriminatory statemenL incredibly written is Grace by Esi never meets. GetSmart GelSl1IIlrt! is a bookofhypotheti- Grazia Deledda, which speaks of Readers of Aldoo', latest woric by Montana Katz and cal situations that this reviewer has her denied right to become a will be enthralled with herpezspecp Veronica Vleland never experienced. and therefore. literary artist. Grace meets an old, tive of African culture, the cannot relate to. p The Feminist Press at the poor woman whose son was ac autonomy of the main character cused of murder. The woman and hee ability to make light of hee City UniversIty of New York. begs Grace to incorporate her own traditions. 1993,170 pages. $13 writing !alents into a petition to Another highlight of Aidoo's the Queen to free her son. writing is the way the characters Reviewed by Kandace Deledda's words seem to flow discover new things about each DeSadier together as she describes this other although they've known each Copy Editor woman who is asking faT Grace 's other for many years. help. The creativity and explicit Also an interesting aspect of Males of the world, watch out! detail make this story enjoyable. Aidoo' s writing is the irony of the Montana Katz and Veronica As you read this book, remember modem day character wrestling Vieland have authored a book that these women lived through fasp with traditions that are centuries is designed to enlighten people cist times and were considered to old. about sexual harassment and sex be very weak. unintelligent in- Changes Changes is a book that will hold discrimination against women in a dividuals. This story. and others by Ama Ala Aidoo your interest from the first page to classroom setting. prove that stereotypes are often The Feminist Press, 1993, the last. . Gel Sl1IIlrt! is a new self-help wrong but still can be similar to 196 pages. $12.95 book! women's guide to bull. the Italian stereotypes of today. Gel Sl1IIlrt! proposes hypothetical Another interesting story is Reviewed by Onita Mack classroom scenarios involving Man and Death. by Marinella Com:spcmdfmt females in intimidating situations. Lodi. This writer reminisces Katz and Vieland suggest that a about her childhood in which sbe Changes, Ama Ata Aidoo's cur· WO!Il81>.cften ends up feeling like was raised by a priest. rent fi ctional work. and winner of l ~ than a person. Throughout her adolescence, Best Book in the Africa Division of They suggest that men and MClIinella notices that she has the Commonwealth Writers Prize, WP,~lIte .tr'1"te<\ lliff_rendy in the never really encountered love for , is about love, marriage, mother· a man. She alsb realizes' that she classroom, but women are Unspeakable Women hood and tradition. . programmed not to notice the dif· has never really been faced with In Aldoo's story, an African ference. This is called the "hidden By lta11an women during fas­ death. woman chooses happiness over curriculwn." cism When she receives word of her tradition. This tradition is dictated The hidden curriculum is a study The Feminist Press. 1993, 118 uncle's death. she is terrified to by religion and yean of socializa­ that deals with sexual discrimina­ pages. $14.95 enter his home to view his body, tion, which demands that African tion that can lead to harassment. she is left alone with her cousin's women should be docile and con­ Favoritism is the professor's hid­ husband. Unfonunately. he tries tent in their roles as mothers and den curriculum. One example By JoyVeen to molest her. At the end of the wives, regardless of their careers. StllftWriter story. she finds that she prefers Esi Seyki. a well-educated described is when the professor death to man. woman, is the lead character in the divides a classroom into groups of I!alian women are stereotyped One final story, that should be book. Although she was able to four or five and most of the time is to be the strongest women in the mentioned is The Movies by Ada attend boarding sehools, a privilege spent working out assigned world. In the book UnspeakJJble Negri. This story incorporates the that allowed her to get a master's management problems. One group Woman. translated by Robin author's great passion for the degree, Esi felt that the price was consists ",clusively of women and. Pickering-Iazzi, this stereotype movies. She imaginatively exp too high to pay to achieve the although there are women in the was proven to be true during the

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I POET'S C ORNER Love If I had a choice of love or death, Here are my top 30 player rookluRS for the 1993:94 SCMOQ By Kenneth Dickens Spartt Rqxwter I think I'd rather die.

1. , Purdue, junior forward. Love is something special So never fall in love, my friend, 2. , California, sophomore goard. We all seem to share, You'll hurt before you'~ 3. , Duke, senior t'orward. through, It's built upon UUSt 4. Donald Williruns, North Carolina, junior guard. You see my friend, I ought III And people who care. 5. , Michigan,junior center. know, 6. , North Carolina. senior center. It comes from our bodies, I fell in love with you_ 7. Kendrick Warren, Virginia Commonwealth, senior forward. Way deep within, 8. , California, junior forward. My heart was yoWl fORYer, Where's no other love 9. JaIen Rose. MiChigan. junior guard. I hope you understand ' Than the love from a friend. 10. , Syracuse, junior forward. This time when I gave my heart 11. Bill McCaffrey, Vanderbilt, senior goard. again, To love someone special 12. , Connecticut, junior forward. I gave it to a man, So tender and kind, 13. Ed O'Bannon, U.C.L.A., junior forward. Scott Molenhouse SlIl/fReporter The love of a person 14. Othella Harrington, Georgetown, sophomore center. Helps to bring peace of mind. 15. , Wisconsin,junior forward. Frank Sinatra had not been in 16. David Vaughn, Memphis State, junior forward. Americana the studio for over 10 years, Nothing is so peaceful and 17. Jrunes Forrest, Georgia Tech, junior forward. By Kristen S, Gay before he recorded this year's quiet CormpmuImI 18. , George Washington, sophomore center. historic album Frank Sinatra Like flights of a dove. 19. , Georgia Tech, junior goard, Duets. There's no greater emotion felt (For 1.40 -Art /IJ CItIcG60 20. , Michigan, junior guard. Sinatra has had an unparalleled Than when one feels love. Now) 21. Rodrick Rhodes, Kentucky, sophomore forward. career that has spanned over six 22. , Indiana. senior goard. decades. During that time, he has sticky mooths 23. , U.C.L.A .. junior goard. carved a place in history, having 24. , Oklahoma State, junior center. A Heart perhaps the most recognizable dirty faces 25. Wesley Person, Auburn, senior forward. voice in music. With DuetsJ By LaQuonna Young 26. Aaron McKie, Temple, senior goard. Comspondml Sinatra once again effectively bloody hands 27. Decn Thomas, Illinois, senior forward. bridges all generation gaps with A hean is not a play thing, 28. . Texas. junior guard. A hean is not a toy, startling music that caters to all can't read what I wrote 29. Shawn Respect, Michigan State, junior guard. age groups. But if you want it broken. 30. Derrick Phelps,North Carolina, senior goard. Give it to a boy. In Duets, Sinatra teams up with second rouod some of the biggest names in stay down stay down Here are the most significant rule changes you'll see in college music today to create some new A boy likes to play with things To see what makes them run basketball this season. stunning rendi tions of old Sinatra Wbere's the showmanship But when it comes kissing 1. The five-second defensive presswe call is gone. Because teams can classics. Duets features Luther to my friend? ' no linger use stall tactics, this rule was deemed obsolete. Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Tony They do it just for fun. 2. The grune clock will be stopped in the last minute after evOl)' made Bennett, Natalie Cole, Charles What do you do on ThaDksgiv­ basket In order to get as much action as possible at game's end, the And boys never give themsel­ Aznavour, Carly Simon, Liza ing, bobby? clock will be stopped in the last minute after successful freld gool and ves Minnclli, Anita Baker, Bono and Tbe old family thing? restarted after the ball is inbounded-just like the N.B.A. does for the They take all girls for fools. Kenny G. Right- entire grune. . . Sharing the spotlight with "ai' They wait until we give oursel­ 3. The shot clock is now 35 seconds. The college game IS movmg ves Blue Eyes" was surely an honor how many mistakes do you closer to the NBA's 24-second standard; no longer will teams have 45 Then they try and play it cool. for any onc of the wide range of make before they become seconds to take a shOL star s. Among the most bloody? 4. No improper trash-ta1ldng. In previous years the rule prohibited Love is great, memorable are: What Now, My Do you realize they do? players from using profanity. Now it prohibits ~' the use of profane Love; I've Got A Cr usb On And can be fun. language" in an effon to deter a face-to-face meeung. You, I've Got You Under My But the price YOll pay is high. Skin and The Lady !sA Tramp, In the last Sportsbeat it was incorrectly stated that Bill Foster was the In What Now, My Love; Athletic Director of Northwestern University. Foster is no longer the Sinatra teams up with "The A.D. and now is the associate commissioner of the Southwest Con­ Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin, ADVERTISE IN ference. Ken Kraft is Nonwestem' s current interim Athletic Director. to form a playfully happy song This was an editorial error and no fault of Mr. Dickens. The Chron/de that is sure to give you a whole THE COLUlVIBI A COLLEGE..(, regrets the error. new perspective about Aretha. In I've Got A Crush On You, Sinatra teams up with Barbra ~ Strcisand and they produce pure magic, as two of the most popular singing voices in the world com­ bine. In I've Got You Under My Skin, Sinatra teams up wi th Bono of U2 to form probably the most Career Connections: memorable song on the album. If only Bono would u kr some ad­ vice on how to be cool from Frank, the coolest guy on the planet. In The Lady Is A Tramp, Sinatra teams up with R&B legend Luther Vandross to form yet another great duel. What Vandross brings to this song is a new,jazzy dimension thatscems to work just right with the help of Frank's unparalleled vocals. The Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan Avenue Although "ai' Blue Eyes" is gelling older and is already more Saturday, January 29. 1994 than a legend, he proves once 8:30 a.m, till noon again with DUets that he is still very much at the top of his game. 8:30 a.m .· 10 a.m . For a man that has done it all - 1 • :--Jt' I \\' o r~ j J \ .I: \ l' ~ ~ l o fl / br l' Jk l a' l s inger, aClor, television per­ 10 a.m.·12 noon sonality, producer, director, 2 • ,\iumn l p anl'l ~ (PIck a pjl!w h winner of many awards, includ­ • ~ t ~I~l' l in~ C<) nlmunjCHtll lO ing O scars, Grammies a nd • ~ t"n .l!eml'nI Emmys, this album didn't even • Writing anll [tlilinl: need to happen. But Sinatra' s • F ilm lV id t'H {Th ~· . l l· f / ~lu ~ jc !l) Jn ( t' • Tea ching desire to record the Duets album • R~di o/Sou nd rrl'il'v i si(l n was all that was nceded, as this • l 'h u I O~ r ~ l ) h y"' lt N [ll'\IJl,n l CompUll'r GrJl'hl\) album was put together in 8 rela­ READ 1~ ric:-. tI~ on ti vely short period of time. . \r. Dt'wlnpmt'nl Oln c ~ WiLh Duets, Sinatra has solidified himself as the un­ Admission $5 ~';:~' ~=.:,,3nlOr. (:All: 3 12.66]· 1600, ;(420 deniubly greatest singer of the ...... I. "' ~ ".~~ . .. r"' I· ... .. r",wm'" .... ll• • •· \I~ ... n' ~ ..... ''' .... R~HbtraUon D~.dlln~ : Friday, January 21 20th century. This time, as 01 - wuys, he did it his way. JANUARY 18, 1994 11

Reviewed by Bethany being raised by an iron-flSl They okay to cry in Eddie's home and to Geisler move in Grandma' s house raw, love, hug and show wisdom StIl/fWriJ.a representing the" before" and their through warmth. The boys learn of crazy aunts and uncles represent Grandma's cold heart, and get the Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers is the "aflers." The boys also learn same lesson of stolen pistaChios. a warm, light~heaned comedy that there is a method to their mad­ They learn that Grandma's bitter­ filled with many colorful, ec­ ness. ness comes from the days of the centric characters. It is a story of Bella is a child at hearL Innocent old country where one had to be two young boys who are left in the and naive, she is constantly verbal­ tough to survive. They cannot care of their iron-fisted ly abused by her mother, even as change the old ox, but they learn to grandmother while their father is an adulL In a tear-jerking confron­ respect one another. off selling scrap iron in the South. tation between Grandma and This is the second year the Royal The story is set in 1942 in Yonkers Bella, we learn that Bella has the George Theatre has put on and is fuU of thick Jewish accents pure wisdom of a child and the Simon's Lost in Yonkers, which and ice cream sodas. desires of a woman, such as getting was written in 1991 and won a Grandma Kunitz (Marji Bank) is married and settling down to a Tony Award as well, as the Pulit­ Tevye (Jerry O'Boyle) and his doughten in Fiddler on the Roof. hard, bitter, cold, and manipula­ family of her own. zer Prize. It carries the same motif tive. She expects the worst from Loui, a man who constantly looks that Simon is known for-life in the Timeless Fiddler still enlightens the children, yet demands the besL over his shoulder, shows the kids outskirts of New York in an enter­ She has already screwed up four how to be tougb and stand up for taining, witty, light and charming Reviewed by production: 8 combination of children of her own: Eddie (Brad­ their rights. fashion. Elizabeth Ward beautiful and intensely strong ley Armacost), Bella (Kathy Gert has managed, through SeniorCmrupcmdmt music and lyrics, an engaging his­ Keyes), Loui (Jim Cantafio) and therapy, to learn to breathe and Lost In Yonurs by Neil Simon torical and intricate story and a Gert (Sharon Carlson). Now she is speak normally outside of the Directed by Michael Leavitt "On the other hand, our old ways happy ending! asked to keep an eye on her house. Eddie has shown his two Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. wcre once new, weren't they," asks The Athenaeum Players have en­ grandchildren, Arty (Devon boys what the definition of respon­ Halsted, open run. Tevye, the dairyman who tries joined a talented cast and crew to Leonardi) and Jay (peter Regis­ sibility is. He has worked hard to Shows Tues.-Sun. Times and desperately to follow a traditional, achieve their goal in presenting Civeua), for about eight months. earn the money to pay back the prices vary. For more info. call patriarchal way of life. Try as be "classic theater in a classic setting She says no! loan within a year. Eddie is spine­ the Box Office at (3 12) 988- may, the proverbial, political and as playwrights originaUy intended Bella. who lost her wits when she less to his mother. but nurturing to 9000. social times are a changin' in the their work to be viewed." The was beaten on the head with his children. For example, it's Athenaeum Theater's production theater is intimate and wann and Grandma Kunitz' cane every time of Fiddler on the Roo/. Decades the voices of the cast carry with she opened her mouth as a child, is after its debut, Fiddler on the Roof near-perfect resonancc. desperate for companionship by is still one of America's greatmusi­ Jerry O'Boyle's Tevye could someone other than her children cals, the age old "story of social have been a bit more physical and and demands that the kids stay conflict laid at 8 precise tum of robust. however, his singing was a with Grandma. history-the last days of Soviet sufficient deterrent to an otherwise Eddie learned a different lesson Russia." minor problem. Tzeilel (Heidi Lan­ from his mother - to be afraid. It is during the end of the Bol­ dis), Chava (Jennifer Lee Eddie is weak, a cry baby and shevik Revolution that Tevya's Jellicorse) and Hodel (Heidi S9,OOO in debt to a loan shark, not daughters, one by one, defy the in­ Meyer) each carry a unique tone­ to mention terrified of his mother. herent valued tradition of marriage in their voices and their Loui is a "gangsta." He learned made possible only through a performances and the dance se­ how to be as hard as steel like his mal£llt"I!l\er. Although he believes quences are inspiring and, overall, "mutha" while sitting locked in .' that1hs c&Udien are poOr girls from a lot of fun. closet for hours as a child. His, a poor family and only wants the Fiddler On The Roof is a time­ mother stole pistachios from their best for their futme, he concedes less story that will hopefully downstairs store and told Loui he (gradually and with increasing continue on the stage time and time was responsible for any goods trepidation) to all their wishes to again. The reality of its content is a missing while he was minding the many their chosen mates. lesson everyone (parents in par­ ticular) can benefit and learn from: store. Loui. in return. stole the pis­ Tevye's story is one of losing tachios back from his mother's top kids will do whatever they want to tradition, losing control. His dresser drawer and kept on "lift­ in the long run and you need not country is changing, his daughters ing." sacrifice your beliefs. You might are growing and thinking for them­ Then there is GerL Gert spoke in simply have to bend the rules some­ selves and he must admit that he her sleep and her mother didn't times. has to adapt to these modifications. like what she heard. So to keep Change is not easy, however, and Fiddler On The Roof by Jerry from being locked in the close~ according to the adage, "If you hold Gert began sleeping with her head onto something too tightly, you'll Bock and Sheldon Harwick. Presented by The Athenaeum inside the pillow case so she end up losing iL" couldn't be overheard talking in If Theater Co. Friday's and it's been a long time since you her sleep. As an adult, she speaks have seen Fiddler on the Roof, or Sarurday's at 8 p.m. Sunday's at 2:30 p.m. Tickets Sl5 (SI2forstu­ her sentence half breathing ou~ if you know aU the songs but have half breathing in. yet to see where they originated (as dents and seniors). 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The lives of two lovers unfold on stage in Letters the audience is filled with laughter that it is such an Wlcomplicated Richard L. Schultz, respectively. and the nex~ ready to burst into play to produce and perform. Frank Romanowski is the lighting Reviewed by Joseph most of their lives. tears. The only characters are designer as well as the stage comes as no surprise Love Schrank ulJers is filled with the life - it that Makepeace and Gardner. A good manager and sound is provided by Reviewed by FeQJlITU Editor afflfllling feeling of what it is like ulJers is the most produced play rapport between the two characters Nichola'l Kurasz. to reaDy know another person ona in the . One of the is sure to make a prodoction suc­ The whole atmosphere of The Actors Center of DuPage biggest for its success is very deep level At one reasons cessful. production is very professional kicboffits 1994 season with A.R. In this production, Frederick and and this reviewer can only look Gurney's Lore Letters at the Salamone are more than up to par. forward to more in the future from Crossroads Studio Theatre, lo­ Salamone is strong and witry in the the AclOO! Center of DuPage. cated on the campus of lllinois role of Gardner aDd Frederick in Benedictine College QUcago's plays the Slightly stuffy Love ulkrs by A.R. Gurney westan suburb, Lisle. Makepeace to perfection. Directed by Jeffrey Baurnganne.. uturs tells of the life-long Ieffrey Baumganner is the Crossroads Studio Theatre at 11 relationship of Andrew director of this wonderful produc­ limis Benedictine College Makepeace m (Rick Frederick) tion and he is surrounded by an through Jan. 23. Thur., Fri. and and Melissa Gardner (Tina exemplary production staff. Set SaL at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m. Salamone). Their lives unfold design and costume design are Tickets S12.50and SIO for through the lettecs they write to handled by Barney Adams and seni(X"5 and students. each other over a period from childhood to middle-age. The letters teU their life staies ADVERTISE IN through anecdotes about adoles­ cent fumblings, love affairs, poJaltOOod and career successes Imd failures. At the heart of their Rick Frederick Tina Salamone Ieuas is the affair theycarry on for r -.: ~12 ______~ ______J~_U~~_Y_l~8,_1~_

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