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Voi.J,No.JO Theatre Sports teams get a ~name; sets pla.ns UTD Comets It's official. The UTD "no name" sports for spring teams are no longer nameless little orphans. By CAROLE LESTER In action taken at the December meet­ SlaH Writer ing of the UT Board of Regents, the nick­ "Have we got a show for you!" Some­ name Comets was adopted for all sports thing for everyone. That's what the UTD teams at UTD. theatru Jepartment has planned for the The name, which relates strongly to spring semester. Productions began the origin of UTD as the Graduate Re­ Friday Jan. 23 with two student-directed search Center of the Southwest and plays, Ludlow Fair and Jean-Paul later the Southwest Center for Advanced Sartre's No Exit. Carolyn Gillespie is Studies with activities accented heavily preparing for a studio production of by space research, was among three J.B. Priestly's English murder mystery, selected by a vote of students and staff Dangerous Corner, to be presented as top choices for a team name. ~eb ?7 and ?8 in Jonsson Center Per­ The regents also okayed forest green, formance Hall. orange and white as the school's official The spring musical set to open March colors. 27 will be the fifth anniversary produc­ tiOn of George Furth and Stephen INSIDE Sondhe1m's Company, under the direc­ He wants to do what? No bull. tion of Dr. Michael Gillespie. Page 3 A family musical Free To Be You and BASEBALL SEASON AT UTD Is nurlng Md 1M CoiMta' ttrat Pr8CIIee MM~vna Fall graduates total 405. Page 7 Mlf will be the climax of Unda Williamson's are underway. Taking batting practice Ia Keith CoiYin, a senior whose .514 children's theatre program. Perfor­ average led the UTD batting records 181t H81on. Catcher Is Dewey Long, Jr. mances are set for May 1-3. (Photo by Wade Jones) In addition to these productions, several concerts, recitals, and art shows have been scheduled, and will be an­ Nine-digit zip code to be voluntary nounced later. Scholarship Postal official visits, talks numbers By REB£C.';A STRINGER to Texas this month was to attend the "We handle almost 300 million pieces St•tf Writer Postal Service Annual Board Meeting of mail a day and people expect to take offered here "It's no problem," said Postmaster in Austin where the fiscal year 1980 was us for granted, as they should. But," he General William Bolger about the pro­ scheduled for discussion. added, "If a letter, parcel or even a bill posed nine-digit zip code when he was "We operated in fiscal 1979 in the doesn't arrive, people get disturbed for 'elders' here Jan. 8 to view the Philatelic Library, black," Bolger said. "Oripinally 1980was (See People on p. 2) A $100 scholarship is available for the part of the Special Collections in predicted to end with a "$.2 billion defi­ fall1981 semester for a highly motivated McDermott Library. cit, but 1 forecast not more than $600 ~ student over the age of 50 who "beat "Right now, we still have 3 or 4 percent million and we did much better than that. exemplify the ageless attitude toward of our mail going without the five-digit Since 1970 when President Lyndon education." code and we will be asking people to add Johnson signed the Postal Reorganiza­ The scholarship has been made avail­ the four other digits voluntarily." tion Act, the U.S. Postal Service has able by the Colonial Penn Group of The postmaster general noted that operated as a "business-like" govern­ Philadelphia, a multi-line insurance 80 percent of all mail the U.S. Postal ment agency and has modernized mall company specializing in insurance for Service handles today comes from busi­ handling techniques. Further, the postal men and women over 50. ness. "Business uses computers and will service eliminated politics from the To be eligible for the Elder Scholars have the ability to implement the use of selection of postmasters and Bolger is Award, a student must reach his or her the extra numbers. What we'll do to only the second career postal employee 50th birthday on or before enrollment make it attractive for companies to use in two centuries to rise to the rank of for the fall '81 semester , and mu!!t com­ the nine digits will be price incentives. postmaster general. plete an essay on one of a group of "You can't expect people to make an A native of Connecticut, Bolger went assigned topics. investment into something like this with­ to work for the U.S. Post Office as a clerk Deadline for making application for out receiving a return on their invest­ in 1940 and became postmaster general this scholarship is Feb. 20. Interested ment. We're not trying to impose num­ in 1978. Today, he directs 30,000 post students should call Ellen Benjamin at bers, but want to rely on automation for offices and 650,000 employees deliver­ 690-2281 for more information and an processing of letter mail so that we will ing 100 billion pieces of mail each year, entry form. have cheaper rates and better process­ and he is proud ot'the strides which the Orion Nebula to be viewed ing over time," he predicted. postal service has made. The Astronomy Society will sponsor "It has taken us from 1963 until today "We're doing a better service job than a public Observing Night with the 16- for 97 percent of our mail to include zip we did ten years ago. While our rates inch telescope at the UTD Observatory codes and mail will not be refused by the have gone up, it's been at a lesser rate U.S. Postmaster General William Bolger from 8 p.m. until midnight on Feb. 8. In postal service if zjp codes are not in­ than inflation. Our productivity of the tells reporten the postal service Is In case of clouds or inclement weather, the cluded," Bolger noted. aggregate has increased over 30 percent shape. (Photo courtny of Richardson viewing will be Feb. 9. Bolger's primary purpose in coming in the past ten years. Dally News) ,.,. 2 UTDIIercwJ ~--,., 26, 1981 Va·n Selm art works People should take service on display in library for granted Works on paper, including as sensuous rather than intel­ (Cont. from p. 1) lectual, concerned primarily drawings and sketches, by about it. I don't blame them. with responses to color, shape Dutch artist Arie Van Selm are They have a right to take us for and texture. on exhibit in the Special Collec­ granted. Three hundred million. Van Selm, 40, began to draw tions area on the third floor of pieces of mail a day with a one­ and paint during his preschool the library through Feb. 4. percent error equals three mil­ years in Holland but the wide­ Entitled Selected Pieces, the lion errors and 99 percent non­ spread poverty World War II in­ exhibit includes 13 Van Selm error is an acceptable margin flicted in Holland forced him to works on loan from Dallas' anywhere." give the bulk of his energies to Steward Gallery. Among them The U.S. Postal Rate Com­ learning a trade. He pursued are four charcoal works, two mission will decide by Feb. 21 the culinary profession but untitled and each of the other whether to recommend that used much of his income as a two entitled Parallel Forces; postal customers pay more chef for art study. His work as three pastels, each titled Car• than 15 cents for stamps. Bolger a chef took him throughout ousel Parade; two acrylics, one believes a decision to increase Europe and his travels included entitled and the other entitled the rate is justified. much time along the Mediter­ King of Birds; an oil titled Sun­ "With our present rates, we're ranean coast which heavily in­ burst; and an untitled conte­ the lowest in the world with the fluended his artistic work. AUSTIN ARTIST !d Klrll who ...... on marble ...... wll bring crayon piece. exception of Canada which is The display offers an aspect He is currently a resident of some of hit wor11 to the McDermott Suite from 1·3 p.m. Feb. 5 when he will thow tlldel and talk on '"The UH of Perceptual subsidized 28 percent while the of Van Selm's work different Dallas. Factortln Vltuat Art." U.S. Postal Service is subsi­ from the brightly-colored oil dized only 4 percent by tax­ abstracts for which he is per­ payers. haps best known. Rea1l Hora-tio Al:ger stan ~ds up_ "We don't want to be increas­ Van Selm's art has been char­ ing postal rates any more fre­ acterized, by himself and others, in UTD profess-or's. new book quently than every two or three OPERA - A play representing years and prefer that it be less By TOM UHLER tion of his name brings to mind the purpose and plot of his for­ life in another world, whose In­ frequently despite inflation. Just about everyone I have the success stories of men like mulaic fiction have become dis­ habitants have no speech but The last increase was three talked to lately has heard of Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius torted during the generations song, no motions but gestures years ago," he noted. Horatio Alg,r, Jr., or of the Vanderbilt, and John D. he has remained unread, be­ and no postures but attitudes. "Horatio Alg.tr hero." It seems Rockefeller. He was, many of cause he is considered Impor­ All acting is simulation, and the Weill's music to be common knowledge that us assume, a "success propa­ tant by so many who invoke his word simulation is from simia, Horatio Alger wrote success gandist," not unlike Dale name and supposed authority, is D TC special an ape; but in opera the actor books sometime in the nine­ Carnegie writing in our day it is important both to set takes for his model Simia au­ By KEN WOOLLEY teenth century, and that his (although Carnegie's works are straight the record of his life dibilis (or Pithecanthropos Butlneu Manager heroes invariably rose "from considered non-fiction). and to establish clearly what Martha Schlamme and Alvin stentor) - the ape that howls. rags to riches." The mere men- Horatio Alger, Jr., a new and for what purpose he did Ambrose Bierce book by Dr. Gary Scharnhorst, write." Epstein brought a special event UTD assistant professor of It is a sad fact of American to Dallas from Broadway with American Studies, quickly literary history that Horatio their Dallas Theatre Center pro­ dispels any misleading ideas Alger and his books have been duction of A Kurt Weill Cabaret we may have about Alger, in­ distorted for over half a century on Jan. 18 and 19. ~ ~d'thtf111ingsJ(Jfflgve. cluding all of the above. to accommodate the whims of Weill's compositions, written WITH THtS COUPON Alger did not write success society. With Horatio Alger, Jr., in Germany, attacked the deca­ ~C:.~·: oo BUY ONE BUFFET books: he wrote moral, didac­ Dr. Scharnhorst clears the dence of the twenties of his AT OUR REGULA'R PRICE _OF S~ . AND tic novels for boys (he had been name and work of the one-time Berlin period when he pro­ GET ONE FOR ~ c a Unitarian minister at one time minister, and in doing so pro­ duced The Threepenny Opera. 9 In his life). The term "rags to vides a model for literary his­ The Rise and Fall of the City of ALL THE PIZZA, SALAD& SPAGHETTI riches" was coined 20 some torians to follow. Mahogonny and Happy End in YOUCANEAT. years after his death, and was collaboration with Bertolt Brecht. Good At One Location Only (Dr. Scharnhorst's book, pub­ 2-U N. Central Expwy. 231·7269 an inaccurate description of lished by Twayne Publt .. hers, is After leaving Germany, he col· C»fi I Ii lil I(PI 111311811 M his heroes' rise to respectabil­ available in the UTD Bookstore.) laborated with Odgen Nash, ity anyway. In less than ten out Maxwell Anderson and Ira of 103 novels did Alger's heroes BSU sponsors Gershwin. UTD MERCURY amass fortunes that could be Spring Break Many of his songs deal with even compared to those of the The Student Newspaper of ski trip passion and love, pimps, prosti­ The University of Texas at Dallas millionaire industrialists. And, tutes, a soldier's widow, and if Alger could be considered A ski trip to Taos, Santa Fe deserted lovers. And from this any kind of propagandist, it and Sippopo during Spring wealth of source material came THE MERCURY is published on Mondays, at two-week Inter­ would be not for success, but Break will be sponsored by the the Schlamme-Epstein collabo­ vals during the long term of The University of Texas at Dallas for the morality that he propa­ except holidays and exam periods, and once each month Baptist Student Union. The trip ration at DTC including Mortat, gandized. He was, it seems, a during the summer term. Distribution is made on campus will begin on March 9 with re­ That's Him, September Song, product of the machinations of without cost to students. turn scheduled for March 14. The Life That We Lead and later generations in need of a Editor ••• ••••• •••••• ••• , • • • . . • . • • • • . • • • • • • • • Sally Nance The cost is estimated to be many others, sung to perfection justifying symbol for success, Business Manager •••• •• •• , • •••••. • ...•••••• Ken Woolley $180 per person, if ten people by Schlamme and Epstein In much as Ben Franklin had been Staff Writers • •••••••••••• ••••••••••• •• • Barbara Baynham make the trip. excellent linguistic form. Carole Lester before him. Gerri K. Lewis As Dr. Scharnhorst· says in ·------Rebecca Stringer his preface, "Indeed, I am will­ Staff Photographer ••• •••• •• • •• , • • . • • • • • • • • • • Wade Jones ing to admit that were Alger's FAE,E name not associated with the Chicken Filet Editorial and business offices are located at 2.308 and 2.310 rags-to-riches hero of Ameri­ with the purchaae of • H•mburger in the Green Center. Telephone 690-2286. can myth, were the phrase Please present this coupon before ordering Mailing Address: Box 688, Richardson, TX 75080 'Horatio Alger hero' not in the Not to be used in combination with any other offer. Non-discrimination Polley: "It Ia the policy of The Unlvrwlty of Texu at Dallu popular currency, his life and that no person shall be excluded from participation In, denied the btntfita of, or be aubjec:t to diacrlmlnation under, any program or acti¥ity aponaored ~ work ..• would command little conducted by the unl\lenlty on any bala prohibited by applicable law, in­ more than passing attention. cluding but not limited to, r~. age, color, national ~lgin , religion. Mx. ~ But because his name has be­ handicap. In addition. the uni¥eraity will not diacrlminete eglinat disabled

veteran• or veteran• of the Vietnam Era.M come a metaphor of economic success in America, because January 26, 1981 UTD llercury ,.,.3 Film series Bull-riding fascinates to observe Black History UTD student- right now The university's Minority Ad­ By RICHARD POWELL Sherman. I've always liked that kind of thing. Last winter, I got viser will sponsor a series of Why would anyone in his iced in up there with the cows, films pertaining to Black His­ right mir"!d want to ride a bull? so naturally I got to feed them. tory in America each week dur­ This question, so I've been It was then that I decided that ing February, Black Awareness told, has no answer since no bulls couldn't be all that bad Month. one this side of a funny farm because cows are so stupid.' On Feb. 4, two films Black can Imagine why I want to do it. They seem to be totally lacking History Lost, Stolen, Strayed If this is really the case, then I in intelligence. In fact, those and The Black American Dream suppose I must be counted cows were so dumb they tram­ will be shown in MC3.224. James among the insane. pled all over my feet when I tried Baldwin - My Childhood, Paul I suppose the reasons for to feed them. I had to kick their Lawerance Dunbar, and wanting to ride a wild bull are thick heads to keep from being Langston Hughes will be shown about the same one people give Feb. 11 in GR2.302. Montgomery stomped and then stook back when asked why they skydive to Memphis - The Life of Martin and just watched them eat their or race motorcycles or wrestle Luther King, A Tribute to protein cubes. They stood there alligators - they think it's Malcolm X, and Frederick munching down their goodies interesting. pouglas will be screened while they stared at me with Sometimes while I'm lying in Feb 18 in GR2.302, and the those insipid cow eyes. Saliva bed. my con:o"ience will take Feb. 25 film is Young. Gifted clung to their chin whiskers and the offensive. and Black, which will also be THE RA" gave a f,.. concert Frtdey, J•. 23,• the ftrtt In a they bellowed, then they would .. ~ you want to ride a bull, shown in GR2.302. Mrln of events currently pblnned for the entire spring sem"ter munch some more and stare huh?" it asks in a sneering tone. All films will be shown at by the UTD Stu«Mnt Congrea. The concerts will be held In some more. "Why not? It will be fun," I 12:15 p.m. Green lobby until the opening of the new Student Union. Considering the apparent answer, perhaps a little defen­ imbecility of the bovine female, sively. I ought to be able to handle the Placem.ent "Tsk, tsk, tsk. And you with a Enrichment courses male of the species. Right? brand new wife and an educa­ Now I'm ready to try this interviews tion to worry about. I'm ashamed interesting sport but my wife is ,offered by Con Ed of you." about ready to toss me out of "So buzz off. Who needs Anyone seeking ways to ful­ and from the community. Most scheduled the house, my family wants to Ten companies from busi­ you?" I counter sleepily. fill New Year's resolutions to of the courses are presented at have me checked by "a very ness and industry will be on "Okay, okay, but don't say I !l'pand horizons, or to further night on campus. nice young doctor," and my campus beginning Monday, didn't warn you," is its parting more long-standing goals in The more than 30 personal nerves are frayed. The time Feb. 2 through Friday Feb. 6, that area, may be able to do just enrichment courses scheduled shot. seems ripe. Anyway, it's like to interview students in various "Okay, I won't," I reply, drift­ that through this spring's pro­ this spring cover areas includ­ Custer said as he rode towards fields for potential employ­ ing off to sleep. gram of personal enrichment ing astronomy; career planning the Lrtt e Bighorn, "Why not? courses at UTD. and preparation; calligraphy, ment. The interviews are spon­ I dream. I'm sitting on a bull " .,;u .., fun " sored by the Placement Service the size of a milk truck. I can Offered each semester by the design; and watercolor paint­ (Richard Powell is a U fD Office, located in MC 1.408, hear the gate click open. Then UT-Oallas Center for Continu­ ing; personal financial man­ business mlflor who will relate telephone 690-2943. sitting straight up in bed, ing Education, these short­ agement; photography and rm h1s fu11her bullish adventures The schedule and major sweating like a pig and tryihg to llrm. easy-entry, non-degree writing; and improved self­ in the next iS$tJe of The Mercury.) courses offer participants op­ adjustment. fields of interest are: catch my breath. This is fun? IJirtunities to develop their Complete information on the Monday, Feb. 2: Datapoint, In the past, I've worked cattle OPTIMIST- A proponent of the lllills, expand their knowledge spring program, including the systems engineers and market­ on my father's place around doctrine that black is white. or just have fun. list of available courses, dates, ing representatives; EDS, math Instructors are experts in days, times, instructors, meet­ and business computer sci­ their subject who are drawn ing places and fees, is available ences; and Southwestern life Announcing the campus discount: from UTD's faculty and staff by calling 690-2204. Insurance Co., sales and sales management. Tuesday, Feb. 3: Connecticut General Etna Insurance Co.: 10%off... business majors; Mutual of New ARE YOU WORTH IT? 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ANDERSON 530-1015 2.8 Greenville, Suite 104 Cal Between 8:00AM-7:00PM " ,..,.. ...,. •... Accounting Society will meet Feb. 1 "Internal Auditing Opportun­ be available at the meeting or ities Within the Accounting from any AHS officers, Includ­ Profession" will be the program ing Marcella Anderson, Anne subject for the Feb. 1 meeting Pelosof, Elizabeth Gibbs and of the Accounting Honor So­ Judy Shrader. To be eligible for ciety scheduled to be held at membership, students must Canyon Creek Country Club, have had nine hours of ac­ 625 Lookout Or. in Richardson. counting with at least three at Speakers will include John UTO, an over 3.0 overall GPA Jenkins, Tl; Richard Townsend, with a 3.25 in accounting. J.C. Penney; and a representa­ The meeting will begin at tive from Texas Utilities. 6:30 with drinks followed by the Forms to join the society will program at 7:15p.m. A&H sets lecturer "The Eccentricity of Modern T.S. Eliot. Literature" will be the topic of HewiH teaches at Pembroke Douglas HewiH's lecture to be College, Oxford, is an editor for delivered here Monday, Feb. 2. the English scholarly journal HewiH, a scholar and literary Notes and Queries, and has critic from Oxford University, published two books on the will discuss the relation be­ modern novel. The lecture, sponsored by tween literature and politics in HEAD BASEBALL COACH WayM Cowan II wOftJne Mrd readying his tum for the M ason opener the undergraduate and gradu­ the work of several important Feb. 28.when the UTD Comets I'IHHtt Mountain VIew Community College on the DCCCD field. ate students in the School of 20th century writers including Among returning players II Mark Mooring, who hu played both Infield and outfield positions. Arts and Humanities, is sched­ W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and (Photo by Wade Jonn) ------uled-- for- ----12:30 p.m-.- in- J04.102.---T Free cocktell with the eKh dinner entre Veterans, new players lriFi1 ~ . ... ~- .. begin baseball practice oau.n& Five veterans were among 16 Keith Colvin, Dallas senior Comet workouts extended WJI~~H[Y Cedar Sprlnp, candidates who answered the whose .5141ed the UTD batting over the past weekend on the WNCII ...... Jiri. II:JO a.&· Z:JO p.a In the Melfole UTO baseball callout Jan. 15. records, and Marty Long, Plano UTD sports fields. The club will ex...... ,,,., ..... ,..,_~_ . . ... _...._. Ma .....·Fri II:JIJL•.· IZ...... -.v.et Mark Amand, Plano . senior senior, whose no-hit game last work out mostly on Tuesday ... ,,~...... 521-5151 who played first base and spring was the first for a Comet and Thursday afternoons dur­ pitched In two games In 1980; hurler, were among the veterans. ing the training season. --~------~ Mark Mooring, who had both Scheduled games begin Feb. infield and outfield duly, and 26, in a single nine-innning nsm·- - --- Larry Thoen, Richardson junior, clash with Mountain View at the •-- . ' -- ·- -..• . --I . I , •I '. who was designated hitter, also southwest Dallas community . . . . . I returned. college's field. - . ' ~ ISC8B 0. J. Pack, infielder and catch­ Twenty-four other games are er whose lefthanded swing pro­ listed on 12 dates, running duced a .438 average, is also ex­ through April 21. All will be CHEESE FACTORY pected to join Coach Wayne seven-inning contests, sched­ Cowan's roster. Pack is also a uled as doubleheaders. senior from Plano. Only three dates are listed as La... e Tarlety ol top •aallty sandwiches Southpaw Jim Chambless, "home" games, and the six 6-4 first baseman and pitcher, games will be played at at low low prices! is a Plano junior, among new Churchill Park, one block east players. Glen Gonnet, Mesquite of Hillcrest Road and three Sala•s, aaclaoa and ••up too!! senior who throws left, bats blocks south _!)f LBJ Freeway right, will aim at outfield and (IH 635). Try us once - tt's so good first base duties. Mike Hopkins is a switch­ lnt ~ramural you'll be back again! hiHing shortstop candidate and Dallas junior. Dewey Long, Jr., from Memphis, Tenn., is a basketball IS.. oil Oft all food on •howlq a UTD m catcher and utility man who The intramural basketball also bats left and is a senior. season began Jan. 14 and will between II a.m. and II p.m. Both Billy Ray Johnson and continue through March 2 with Bryan Johnson come from all games being played at 6, 7 Monday throqh Saturday and S p.m. at Richardson North lifO Rockwall, but are not related. _jl Billy Ray, senior, is experienced Junior High girls' gymnasium. c .....u.., Seven teams, one each from We have the cheapest prices in town on beer, at catcher and shortstop. Bryan, ] junior, will get a pitching trial Biology, Chemistry, Social wine & mixed drinks. and has also played shortstop. Science, Physical Plant, and ARAPAHO.. Doug McFadden, junior from Environmental Science. plus Happy hour 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday ,g I Dallas, is a switchhiHer who the Sultans and the staff team known as the Bouncing Bears, Ladies' night Thursdays - 75$ drinks all night long i g~ ~ bats left most of the time, and .. :II"' ! has pitching, infield and out­ will be competing. II i! ...~ ~ s .. ! field experience. u UTD registration was de­ Open from 11 a.m. t o 2 a.m. Monday-Saturday I Utility man Steve Murphey is a 6-5, 200-pound candidate and layed, and spring semester 1520 Promenade Center under the bank tower opened January 14, 1977, be­ Utltlttft: a junior from Dallas. Mark 234-2917 Parlington, also a Dallas junior, cause of a severe winter storm. has experience at second base. --from SCAS-UTD Chronology ,_,., 25, 1981 .. UTD MerCUI'J Pate 5 One day with the idiot box cures academic blahs By SALLY NANCE be picky about toilet paper. better." Susie was born wearing when the "criminal" is so much is currently dealing with the up­ Editor "Johnny brushes longer with a diaper? as put in a jail cell. coming trial of Dr. John Dixon UTD is the educational insti­ Aim." "My detergent sure didn't "You don't like my coffee?" Take the sitcoms - please! for raping his wife. Dr. John is lution within whose confines I do the job yours did (sob!)" sounds like an accusation Just the slightest bit of humor, obviously a dyed- i n~the-wool clligently attempt to absorb "Use White Cloud, it's softer." against mother, home and flag. usually having to do with sex, rascal everyone loves to hate, what instructors aim at my Now Isn't that a grand name for Reality hides its head when especially if the kinky variety perhaps the daytime version of lnin. But I think I blew out all such a mundane item? At least people gulp a taste of a new or is implied, and canned laughter J.R. their successful attempts dur- Nice 'n Soft tells you something different brand of steaming hot or the primed studio audience The Guiding Light just com­ 1119 the Christmas holiday about the product, but White coffee and. without swallowing, erupts into screams reminis­ pleted a murder trial in which season when I took a day off to Cloud? Sounds like the name of declare it to be right up there cent of Olivia de I-111VIIand's co­ the accused and now convicted read or do something that wasn' an Indian chief or something with the gods' own nectar. players 1n the oln .C:nake Pit woman is determined to go to 'good for me." . designated lor use by only Medicmal products are fun, movie. And I love the statement prison rather than let anyone Having no books around the archangels, cherabim and too. "She's scratching her head. that "This show was hlmed know she had an illegitimate howe that qualify as "bad," seraphim. No fjakes but it could be dan­ before a live studio audience"! child twenty-some years ago. honest, I decided to see what The daytime TV ads are di­ druff."-or leprosy? Sometimes Is that better than a dead one? Meanwhile, a teenager with a people who stay at home with rected at mothers, of course. just touching the product itself How about the quiz shows? A drinking problem is being thtt tube drtt absorbing in re­ Feed the family what it wants. cures the problem. The poor screaming, sometimes crying pushed over the brink by a gard to what is aimed at their "Mom spoils us. She makes our fellows who start the pitch contestant comes arunning scheming little minx, while a brains via the idiot box. favorite blueberry muffins," and sounding like death would be a when Monty Hall hollers, "Mary business tycoon, former scoun­ 11 was educational - and good old Mom's a candidate for kindness become hale and Smith! Come on down!" Fami!y drel turned semi-nice guy, is (lightening. World's Greatest Mother. But hearty within the 30 or 45 Feud contestants dppcar to vacationing with his current That Americans have the let her family wail, "Hamburger seconds the commercials run have been provided with Pogo beautiful wife on a private tlllfltality of a backward 1o­ again?" and she redeems her­ by simply grasping a bottle of Sticks for use when they guess island in the Caribbean after year old seems to be the work­ self by whipping out a batch of Vicks Formula 44 or a Contac the correct answer Tic Tsc flying there in his private jet. Ing dictum for those who create potatoes au gratin courtesy of capsule. Dough, however, really exer­ Ah, the stuff of dreams. ldweltising campaigns for TV. a Betty Crocker box, and the But the one wn1ch brings out cises the contestants' brains. The reality of UTD is a haven And this concept has spilled Toll House Cookie Mix com­ my killt:r instinct is the Sucrets "It's nickname is The Big Apple of sanity after my day with the over to TV programming which merical equates cookie mix commercial in which the fellow and it is the largest city in the tube. I don't believe I'm saying llleges to be aimed at the over with homemade cookies since :.hakes h1s w1te awake to tell her U.S. Name that city!" this, but I started the spring 10-year old market. it is imperative that good moms he can't sleep because his Then there are the soaps. My semester actually champing at Now it's no secret that tele­ provide their little darlings with throat is ,v, u i ong-suffering sampling consisted of As The the bit to tear into textbooks viSion isan advertising medium. homemade cookies. Uttle wifey cheerfully gets up World Turns and The Guiding and worry about my GPA. But is it really necessary to Then there are diapers-the and gets "the aspinn and Sucrets" Light. lhow people getting argumen­ disposable ones. of course. which immediately put him to Almost without exception, tltive over the kind of tooth­ "The Pampers Susie wore when sleep wh1le she plays Solitaire the characters are doctors and peste their kids use or their she was born were good but After seeing this one, I switched lawyers with an occasional Wffi~~ffi®® brand of laundry detergent or New Improved Pampers are to Cepacol. construction worker or restau­ Now let's take a look at what rateur thrown in for contrast. 00 @(ID(jj}ffi[j] comes between the commer­ The women, dressed In clothes cials. which are straight out of Wo­ Immigration Don't lws In A In the 1950's and early '60's, men's Wear Daily, go shopping Attorney it was fashionable to define an or visiting all day. They can do intellectual as one who never this, of course, because they T••• certified speclaMst In Animsl Hou1s... watched television. If that was don't have to clean house. It's lmmlgretlon lind true. it was a shame because TV never known who does it unless neturellutlon metten. was an experimental art. People someone happens to mention a like Ernie Kovacs and Lucille housekeeper but this activity is Lsf U1 Tsme Your Home Ball were doing some wonder­ rarely if ever seen. But those ful comedy bits and experi­ beautiful homes are spotless. menting with the then primitive Sex and v1o1ence on mght thi1 lsmslfsr/11 machinery of the me'dlum. I time TV should concern no one (214) 748-4901 often think that if Kovacs were if they or their children watch m Ca••••• · ...... still alive, television today might the soaps. As The World Turns ~ ...... CENERAt FURNITURE LEASING be more than instant news and - t$• Rtrt ,.., ,., garbage with an occasional ,_.,()If worthwhile tidbit thrown in so AT LAST! c.,~~-. 0. ,.,...... ,.., - , '"'"" the network execs can boast of - the medium's social value. A HEALTH CLUB - ,__.,.,. u... Since the early '7rls however, _.,,.,., we have been bombarded with I CAN AFFORD sitcoms, quiz shows and made­ for-television movies. Talent is r------1 WMllll * a word which is thrown around as loosely as is superstar and : 10o/o : --~· l- I DISCOUNT 1 now means about as much. I WITH THIS I Reality Is proclaimed as the "In" ,I ______AD .JI _--.JII. thing while those shows which Lf.w_ claim to be portraying reality N.W. HIIJHitAY I frequently need the disclaimer that Many resemblance between With: these characters and actual persons is purely coincidental." Separate Facilities for Men and Women The current reality seems to RACQUETBALL be rape, murder, terrorism, I child abuse and any other type AEROBIC DANCING ,_, C.. S, 1111 ViiH O.r s-tt.l $,_,.,. of mayhem which shows up on WEIGHT LIFTING . police blotters far too frequent­ ly. But once the perpetrators of STUDENT MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE 6830 ri1Ritlf l1111 these violent acts are appre­ hended, they are found to have Pneuma Fitness Center 0.1111, TIXII 15231 had a rotten childhood and Walnut St. at Plano Rd. some character is assigned the task of making excuses for 494-0224 tl4-349·6896 them and/or being saddened Pate 6 UTD Mercury D TC's 'Goya' flamboyant, Afew words ... visually explicit piece About tlhi By CAROLE LESTER ill and troubled man. He is now or poetic expression, the lan- • Staff Writer alone except for his latest guage used is not quite elegant. and that Biography sometimes lends mistress, Leocadia, played by enough. Flashes of·humor and itself to dramatic interruption Susan MacDaniel Hill, who also shy puns are used very effec­ By MIKE RINGLEY and sometimes it doesn't. The portrays Goya's longsuffering tively and prevents the play Student Congr"' President life of SpaniSh painter Francisco wife, Josefa. from becoming comp,etely Goya was colorful and flam­ In the midst of civil and polit­ dark soul-searching. The members of the Student Congress Entertainment vu'"'"-• bOyant enough to provide ical upheaval and emotional The visual treatment of the tee have planned an entertainment extravaganza for the ample material for Henry confusion, the master is trying play is as adult as its language. semester. Tentatively scheduled are musical groups n ...rt .. u·mll• Beissel's play entitled Goya to come to an understanding of Goya's relationship with the every other Friday night beginning with the RAFT on Jan. 23. which is now playing at the the contradictions of his life by Duchess of Alba is examined. the Student Union opens, performances will be held in the Down Center Stage of the completing a final self-portrait. Sensitively portrayed by building lobby. The committee also plans to present several Dallas Theater Center. His efforts are interrupted by Eleanor Lindsay, the Duchess teresting speakers during the semester. Directed by DTC's Peter the ghosts of his greatest was lover and model for his ************************* From time to time, at its regularly scheduled meetings, Lynch, Goya seeks to show masterpieces. It is through "Naked Maja." Miss lindsay is Student Congress will have various speakers addressing the dark recesses of the these living pictures that seen completely nude in both and events pertaining to UTD. Past speakers have included painter's life as well as the Goya's life is examined. the first and second acts, but Ann Harris, Director of Student Activities, and Dr. Edward waltAIII• flashes of brilliance found in The language used is very neither the actress nor the audi­ Director of Libraries. Student Congress meetings are held his magnificent paintings. often earthy and risque but ence seemed uncomfortable or other Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in GR2.302. These meetings are The action of the play is set considering Goya's peasant embarassed. to any interested persons. Please plan to attend. in the turbulent Madrid of 1823. background it seems to. be in The small stage and intimate Goya, played convincingly by character. However, when the atmosphere of the Down Cen­ ************************* The UTD Comets baseball team began practice on Jan. 15 Russel Henderson, is an aging, speeches call for a more lyrical ter Stage enabled the audience the season opener with Mountain View College on Feb. 28 to feel persunally involved in 2 p.m. at Mountain View. The home games will be played the action. The subdued and Churchill Park, two blocks south of LBJ Freeway off Hil functional stage setting de­ TOTAL GYN CARE Road. Signed by '((m;tn Aul\1 was a perfect frame for the colorful ************************* Pap Smears - Birth Control - VD Treatment The UTO Comets tennis teams began practice on Jan. 16 period costumes and energetic their season opener with Brookhaven College on Feb. 19 actions of the players. 349-9533 1:30 p.m. on the UTD courts. Both men's and women's teams One ma1or detraction of the compete. Free Pregnancy Test .,Jay wa:.•l::> '"'""'"·Ana anu1ner related to this was the long ************************* Please support the UTD sports programs by your an•encaa111•1: pauses employed to heighten Women's Health Service at the games. Of course, admission is free. dramatic tension. Some pauses Affiliated with: Metroplex Gynecological Group, P.A. were just too long. But the over­ 1CU05 E. Northwest Highway all theater experience out­ PTK alums set 1st me Dallas, Texas weighs these flaws, and it is Toll Free: 1-800-442-4076 Phi Theta Kappa Alumni, an definitely worth seeing. Goya organization of students who will run until Jan. 31 at the DTC. have belonged to the National All alumni are encou Honor Society of Junior Col­ attend. For more ntn,rmo~tiolll Counseling groups leges, holds its first meeting of call Susan Arnett at o:nrc..,.,.• .,. workshops set the spring semester at 12:30 Stephen Coats, 271-1939. 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