"Newton Society" tops Mesa trivia bowl
A team calling themselves contest that benefitted the "The Wold Newton Meteorite Mesa College Mexican Ameri Society" came up the reigning can Scholarship Fund raising champs in the third annual around $200. Larry Marquez Trivia Bowl in Walter Walker coordinated the bowl, and the Auditorium last weekend. quiz master was Mesa Col Members of the winning lege counselor, Rich Baca. team were John Fowler, Arn Jose Cruz, regional director of McConnell, Todd Rutt, and the Colorado Civil Rights Tim Rutt. The other finalist in Commission was the tech the contest was KEXO, with nician, and Lydia Trujillo ar team members being Dick El ranged the team registration. liott, Steve Janakka, Don Cirio, and Norma Eisenhour. The various topics of the KEXO lost the bowl by a mar trivia bowl included movies, The "Thadeus Thootenblooten Theosofy Society" were one of twelve tnms that enterea 1aat gin •of over 100 points. sports, comics, radio, tele weekend's Trivia Bowl. The "SOclety" cons1at1ng of tum members Steve Ausmus, Rick Enstrom There were twelve teams of vision, music, literature, and Ralph Donnen, and Reford Theobold lost to the "Four Players." four members entered in the advertising slogans. The @RITER/ON of c0'r(esa Gollege Vol. 43 No. 23, Grand Junction, Colorado Aprll 12 1sn Criterion hits ''iackpot" in Las Vegas
By ANDREA PAPAS of color photo, use of color and which several Mesa students and Criterion Staff Writer cover competition. Last year's drama staff attended last Maverick, edited by Janice November. The Criterion captured 16 Campbell, was the first yearbook Chief Photographer Leonard ~ awards at the 53rd annual Rocky to appear at Mesa College since Weddle won not only photo com ~~~ • Mountain Collegiate Press Asso 1972. Yearbook advisor is Tess petition, but also placed second :~ ciation Conference, winning more Carmichael. for specialized column writing in awards than any other school in A total of 13 staff members the Criterion. He captured first Its di\lision. from the Criterion, the Maverick The conference was held at and KMSA attended the confer and third place in feature photo the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas ence, which was hosted by the competition. In the news photo e-· last Wednesday through Friday. University of Nevada.Las Vegas category he placed third. The RMCPA is composed of 39 (UNLV) and Pima Community In competition for single adver schools from 10 Rocky Mountain College of Arizona. Varied work tisements, Ad Manager ~eff Wal thall and Salesperson Susan states. shops, seminars and tours were The Criterion placed In 12 of held for news and feature writers, Burleigh won first and second 18 categories. photographers, and those who place, respectively. Walthall also Five first place trophies were work on campus radio stations, lit captured first place in advertising presented to the Criterion and erary magazines and yearbooks. campaign competition. staff members for best feature The state of Colorado had Criterion Cartoonist Dave Mor photo, critical review, single ad, more schools participating than ton won second and third place ad campaign and page make-up. any other state in the conference. for cartoons relating to the 1976 Criterion Editor Jeff Frye won The RMCPA is composed of presidential campaign. first place In editorial writing in schools from Arizona, Colorado, The Criterion won third place journalist of the year competition Montana, Texas, New Mexico, in general excellence, and first in held during the conference. All Nevada, Kansas, Idaho, Utah and page make-up. other awards won by the Crite Wyoming. The top general excellence rion were for items appearing in The Criterion competed with award went to T·Staata, the newspaper of Lewis-Clark State The Criterion received 16 awards In categories ranging from the newspaper this school year. other colleges in Division Ill, which is composed of four-year College in idaho, and second advertising to Investigative stories on homoMxuals In Grand The Mesa College yearbook, the Maverick, won three awards schools with a student number of place was awarded to the Cata Junction. for last year's book. The Maver less than 5,000, who publish two lyst of Colorado College. Criterion advisor Carol Ed photo by Lee Gearhart ick placed third in the categories or fewer times a week. Frye placed second in entries monds, noted, "Especially pleas in the investigative and inter ing abOut this year's competition pretive reporting category for his was that we took twice as many series of articles on homosexual awards as we did last year, and Everest assau It to be shown ity. In the sportswriting com eight staff members were recog petition Randy Keller came in nized, compared to three the pre Jerry Roach, a member of the successful Roach, a professional photographer from second for a story on Mesa's out vious year. Bicentennial expedition to the summit of Mt. Boulder, hopes to offset part of the team's door program. "The Washington Post had its Everest, will present a slide show on the as expedition debt by presenting slide shows Associate Editor Don Olsen Woodward and Bernstein. We have our Frye, Olsen, Walthall, sault at 8 p.m. this Saturday in Walter held around the region. won second place in the feature The presentation will vary from the tele writing category for an article on Weddle, Freeman, Morton, Bur Walker Auditorium. leigh and Keller. Next year Papas, vision special on the Bicentennial Everest Jack White, professional pool The presentation, sponsored by the Cavanagh, Miller, McGregor and Assault aired last December. player who was here at Mesa last Mesa College Outdoor Program, is entitled fall. Entertainment Editor, Vincent Shafer are likely to join that Cost of admission for the show will be "A Climbers Eye View" and will attempt to Freeman came in first for his criti roster." portray conditions as experienced by mem 50¢ for students and $1 for the public. Tick cal review on "Equus," a perform (Related stories on p8g9 3 and bers of the expedition. ets may be obtained at the door. ance at the Denver auditorium 5) Page 2 CRITERION Tuelday, April 1 2, 1977 A re-commitment President Carter has decided to champion the hu man rights issue in our foreign policy, and. we applaud his action. Our endorsement of human rights 1s con sistent with the principles upon which this country was founded, and it is high time we re-committed ourselves to this cause. The right and the left have met in their opposition to the adoption of a human rights stance in our foreign pol icy: they say we are setting a "double standard", that it is hypocritical for the United States to impose human rights on other countries when things have not always been so perfect at home. . . However, this country has striven for a more egahta- • rian society since its birth, and these are our creden tials in this crusade. The Apostle Paul warned in his writings that we should beware of the recent convert to Christianity, be cause his rhetoric would be swelled by the pride of his conversion. But when the United States speaks of hu man rights, we are not speaking as recent converts - our history proves that. Although it is potentially dangerous to impose our will on other countries. it has become more important than ever to do this. The world is becoming smaller as the result of an increased population and improved communications. In a smaller world it has become diffi· cult for us to ignore the issue any longer - it is hard to ignore the fact that citizens of our world are b~ing jailed for dissent, jailed without formal charges being made, and tortured for their offenses. We are hardly meddling in the affairs of other na tions by talking about the human rights extended to citi zens within their borders, because as the world becoi:nes smaller, so does its culture become more ho1ne9eneousCertain definitions o~ ~iety will h_ave to be mace tor everybody. Our definition of the impor tance of the rights of the individual should not be compromised. James Kilpatrick, the syndicated columnist, has sug "We've got a mean one here, EltrJO. He was caught transporting gested that the pressure we are applying to the Soviet large amounts of drinking water out of Colorado." Union with regard to human rights is ineffective. Kilpatr ick suggests that we should instead oppose the Rus sians slmply on general principles, saying, "We should aim our sights lower." But there could hardly be a nobler issue to take with More publicity needed the Soviets, there should be no cause that we would be Students at Mesa College been warned of It? study. quicker to support than the basic rights and freedoms are required to pay their tui The school provided stu Library hours on the week that should be guaranteed every individual. tion and activity fees, but it dents with no vacation in ends are scarce enough at doesn't seem as if the facil honor of the holiday, nor were Mesa. The library closes at 5 (Note: Thia edttortal la adapted from the first-place ities those monies finance are instructors required to lighten p.m. on Friday, is closed all winning edltorlal entered by Jeffrey Frye In the ..~ required to provide regular their homework loads for stu day Saturday. and is open for lor college edltorlal writing competition at the re service in return. dents on behalf of the holiday. a six hour split shift on cent Rocky Mountain Collegiate Presa A11oclat10n First the college center staff So why was the library staff Sundays. conference In Laa Vega,.) recently decided to take an permitted to slouch off? Was Students have already com unannounced night off work. the library any less useful to plained of the need for ex They locked up the doors. students for their studies on tended library hours. The threw everybody out of the Easter Sunday than any other library staff responded that it ouilding, and went home. Jay Sunday? could not maintain extended The @RJT£RJON Jefferson, the center director, The library might have hours under the present reasoned tha! students been more useful to students budget without diminishing of c.71(esa Gollege should have been attending a on Easter - uteful to the stu the quality of Its service. But ...... , __ ...... -...·-- ..· ·----...... ,,.,. championship basketball dents dismissed from their Sunday we were treated to ...a al• Edlllllr ...... - ...... - .... - -DDn OIIIII game that evening instead of part-time jobs for the day and c.tooftllt_...... --...... __,_ ...,.,...... both less service and fewer ~--.... -...... _.. ._ ...... - ...... c.roe ...... using the college center. so afforded an extra day for hours. JF Cllllf ~ ...... ___. .... _.. ~ - And now the library has l!i...... ldllof .....- ...... --Vlnae ...... _ TIM ..... 1oined in the sloth by taking a Adw9r1lllnl ...... - ...... ,.,, ..... poorly announced vacation ...... ,ast Sunday. That the Easter ( Letters to the Editor "'*-~ t6, ) ...... Cl.II .... Sunday closing of the library Vllld ..... was poorly publicized was ap Editor: treated to the student center GllylWy parent: there was a two-way One can easily become dis to study, amidst the noise of An*m .... parade through the college gusted with the current library an AM radio station. 8NerlolDftld v... V911GnN °"" center Sunday night - to the hours that seem to satisfy the I'd like to see the library re 1. Anne ...... library. and back again. library staff more than the main open longer, especially Offloenlroductlon Mll,-ger...... lruoe lloilal .... The library had posted type students. during midterms and finals. I written notices on their doors I resent not being fore realize this issue arose sev to announce they would be warned that the library was to eral weeks ago; unfortunately, 1175 Texas Avenue closed, but no formal advance be closed last Sunday (April no affirmative action resulted. Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 announcement was made, at 10). I'd also like to hear KMSA Ph. 248-1255 least not to the Criterion. Many students desiring a more often in the student Would students have chal quiet atmosphere conducive center. ~ : .. lenged the closing had they to good concentration re- Rosemary Scott lffttge 3CRITERION ilueact,.y, April 12, 1977 Insider warns of nuke dangers Vocal nuclear opponent Rob about the possibilities of such a reaches you, you should move lard emphastzed, "I am not very encouraged. It's just 'mcon· ert Pollard, $peaking to a par "catastrophe." circumferentially around the against nuclear power per se. I ceivable to me that we build a fast tla II y-tH I e-d Walter Walker Pollard also blasted the Ras reactor" am opposed to attempts by the brN
Award-winning pianist Terry At dent Gerald Davis will conduct 25, from all areas, some coming kison of Grand Junction will per the orchestra in Delius' '-T.:ln from as far away as Ya le form as guest artist for the spring Caprice. University. concert of the Mesa College Sym A pianist since the age of 5, phony Orchestra at 8 p.m., Ms. Atkison is a 1972 graduate of The spring concert, billed by Tuesday, April 12, in the Walter Grand Junction High School. She Birkedahl as a "big deal, a big Walker Auditorium. received an Associate in Arts de blow-up" will be just that, as the The symphony, composed of gree from Mesa College in 1974, -symphony will utilize a cannon musicians from Mesa College and graduated cum laude from durmg t heir performance of and the community, is under the Hastings College, Hastings, Ne Ts:chatkowsky's lf812 t'bnt,lire direction of Walter Birkedahl for braska with a Bachelor's degree Other sete-ctlons on the program this, their third of four annual per in piano and vocal music educa include setections from ''Fiddler formances. The concert is open tion in 1976. She is currently a on the Roof," Beethoven's laon- to the public. Admission prices music instructor at East Junior 1>re Overture , and Kodaly's are $1 .50 for adults and $. 75 for High School. On February 19, lntermezz.o. students. Mesa College students 1977, Ms. Atkison was the recipi with an I.D. will be admitted free. ent of a $100 award in the Young 13rrkedahl added that the con Ms. Atkison will perform the 1st Artist Competition, sponsored by cert would be a "variety program movement of Beethoven's 3rd the symphony and the Mesa Col with a lighter style meant for all Concerto, accompanied by the or lege music departmertt. ,he con ages, which shautd appeal to the chestra. In addition, Mesa stu- test consisted of musicians under general public." CIA and censorship
to be di'SCtJSS.e'Ct 1Waltar Birk:adatil, Mesa College Symphony Director. This liriday, John Marks will be shell in the publishing industry. Al· eign service officer, and a-s in the Walter Walker Auditorium ired A Knopf's edition indicated executive assistant to Serrator to speak to Mesa College con wheTe all defections had been Clifford Case (D-N.J.). He has cerning the OIA and other govern made by the CJA, following a contributed articles on the press, mental matters. tte is brought to court ordered pre-publication diplomacy, and intelligence, to a the campus with the co-sponsor review. variety of publications-, including 6'~ Entelltainment ship of the Mesa College lectures Mark's job with the State De Harper's, Foreign 'Policy, Rolltng ~ and 'forums Committee and the partment was as-staff assistant to Stone, London Financial Times, Studecnt Body Association. The the director of intelligence and re the Washington Star, Washing talk is opecn to the public without search. He afso worked as a for- ton Post and ~veral others. charge, and will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5. Hap;penings Marks, co-auth.or of the book, "The CIA and the Cult of In telligence," will use the book's title to discuss the U.S. govern Mesa CoHege"s annual exhibit of student art work continues at the ment and censorship. ' le~er n Colorado Oertter for the Arts. The wide variety of work in Presently the executive direc cludes, paintings, sculptures, prints, ceramics, jewelry, andl drawings. tor of the Center tor National The Center is located at 1803 N. 7th. . . Security Studies, Marks gained On Tuesday, 1'tlr1 King wlll ITost a comedy spe-cial for ABC. His his CIA expertise while working in guest wllf include Angie Dlcklneon,Don Knotts, Lln:t a Lavin and the State Department's in Abe Vtgoda.•• telligence operattons. ~is c-ollabo the life of 'HOMtrti Hugtln will .be the focus Of a TV movie this ration with former CIA operative, Wednesday and Thursday night. ,he movie ls entitled "The Amazing Victor Marchetti, resulted in their "Howard Hughes," starring newcomer Tommy J.11e Jones and cd book which proved to be a bomb- Flandera. ' 'Snnee firom a -Marriage" written and directed by Ingmar Berg man, concludes this Wednesday on PBS. This six-part movie sturs Liv !!Jlrtmtnni1n iiEr1'8'1.1l J~phson , • .Johrt Chancellor w111 interview ,Pr•hdtnt. Jimmy on NBC TICKET AGEN CY ca,._r 242-9225 "Reports, "I Day wlth"Pretltillert Carter." The spe.cral will tpllow Car ter through hls typical office and home activities . . . Friday's Channel 2 movie broadcasts Greta Garbo'• first talking pic ture, 'Eugene O Ne1ll's "Anna Chrletle." ,he film also stars Marie Drenler a mt Chal'feeBJcltford: This week's Saturday NI git host on NBC, wltl .be Bllo ltt Gould with htsmusical guest Rotellnd .Kind. Last week's host, Geargia stat~ Senator, Uillle111Bond, spoke to Mesa College last November. His mo .John Marks, who wlll speak atMesa tion _ptcture"Greaaed Llghtenl11g'' with RtcharCI Pryor.nii:I Vincent AliE.MSFO! IHT(RNA!ION ~L on the CIA and cens.or_ship. Garderl a sllould be reteasedwithin the next few months . . . • AIRLINE S • STE.AMSHI PS • TOORS • CRUISts "The Fa.titer f GO LO IGGERS IIMCE II M£514. Tl"t A CrtterlonPwl'Wr the excitement of 'Winnie the How could I sit caJm and col- clothes for Cher, Carol Burnett -Pooh' in a honey factory. Ftelds made numerous jokes By"VINCENil" FR:EMAN lected, when people like lucille andDiana Ross. about her artifrcial leg, both the Eritertatnrmmt 'Betita Ball, Milton Berle, Danny ___ _ purchase of it, and getting used Thomas, and Steve and Eydie - to it. are walking right in front of me? - l L (E.dttor's note Mt.rntnrs of the The star-studded audience in I She proved she·vr4s still fling 1 1 ertterion r!tmff traveted tdt cluded: David Brenner, Steve Al· ing wise-cracks as sharp as ever, '1'tW1< to .Laa Vegas, ·with ttmJe len, Jayne Meadows, Jan when a woman drifted into the Mttff memberstaklng time out I ·.~ Murray, Carl Reiner, Phyliss Dil show from the casinos, when it to r.tmrttt the midnight 'Totle ler. Peter Marshall , Marty Allen, was already hatf over. Fields com Fhl dtf&r't Convy Show on Shecky Green, Keenan Wynn, mented, "A lot of class! You Aprll 7.) Pat Cooper, lucie Arnaz., Andy cleaned out?" When a show business freak The commedienne also san.9 like myself was placed in the en "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows' tertainment capital of the world, 'and ended with "Why Did I Las Vegas, and was sitting in the L.ucille 8111 and Lucie Arnaz Danny Thomas Choose You?" It was a very emo showroom in the Sahara HOtel, tional night for Totie and her and was staring at some of the many friends, and gained two biggest stars of all time, there There are many tactors tha1 The audience immediately made this snow a night the enter gave her a standing ovation that tainment world will rTever forget. lasted for.several minutes. Fields read telegrams from her friends, First of all, this was c.'Omed,enn_e Totie Fields' return to the Las such as from Eydie Gorme ("Break a leg!''), and from Buddy Vegas stage, her home away from home. A year ago, Ftelds Hackett ("If you ever-neeed acu •was stricken with phlebitis, and puncture, get a woodpecker!") was forced to have her leg ampu and proved that she was w1lling to tated. After her surgery, Fietds toke about the most vulnerable had done talk shows and a few person in the showroom - Florence Henderson other small clubs, but this •\llas herself. David rat, enn8' her return to the Las Vegas Fields opened up with a song nightclubs. was rro other way to describe my entitled "Friends" that was writ- more well deserved standing ova feelings, except as "stunned, ex ,------1 tions that lasted-several minutes. cited, and paralyzed." ITdttelFit!ms Just myself gettil)g 1he au10- The night before 1he Fields/ graphs of num Jrous stars would Griffith, Florence Henderson and Convy show, I had v1ewe:d the have been enough , but the in Eddy Arnold/Frank Gorshin who knows how many other spiring Totie Fields and Bert show, also at the Sahara, an.d celebrities? Convy put on a super strow that constdered that a good show. Entertainer Bert Convy opened wi!I long be remembered. with many amusing moments. the show with many fast paced songs, and -sa,,g " That's Enter tainment", "Get Happy", " Strike Up The Band" and "Singing in the Rain" in his salute to MGM ·------=------· Eydie Gorme and Steve musicals. Convy proved he nad a Rose Via-I e l1,,;8«l1HlCe much better voice than l imag- ined, and presented a slick, styl ish show, abette-d by two lovely ten especially for her. Her voice is female backup singers. quite good, and at times sounds Secondly, the show was being like Judy Garland's throaty voice. ta-ped for braodcast by the Home Jan-Murray 'Miiton lie•:\! Box-Office, nationwide, which is Finally, the curtain opened to ·~ !VljllftMMINIWW!VljMMMINIWWIWIIMMIINIWWMMAJ1 locally known as a Station. But Totie Fields sitting on a chair, perhaps the real clincher of the dressed in a yellow"'6equined out But I ha~ no idea that the ldllow evening was the wide assortment fit that was created by Bob ing night, I would experience all of show business personalities. Mackie. the man who does all the Qom.mun fty chair to sing An 'A Capella' performance of son, soprano; Elizabeth Warren, " Gtoh:a," the choir will be accom 2 PIECES Vivaldi's "Gloria" wiJI be the so-prano; and Larry Oswald, te n,an1ed by Donna Gonzales, Cen grand finale for' the Mesa College nor. Other sdloists are Mary Mah~ tral High Scho()l instructor. The Community Choir's spring pro jas, contralto; Barbara Darnell, orchestra will perform the "Prel duction, scheduled for 3 p.m. , soprano; anti Joyce Kelley, sopr ude to Gloria," also. CHICKEN Sunday, April 17, in the Watter ano. ~or the performanc.e of Walker Auditorium. & A ROLL Offer good through Apri I 1111 NDrth ~ve. Page 8 CRITERION TUHday, Aprll 12 , 1977 White-haired Holloway-always in ~~~.2Qt:L. By LEONARD WEDDLE people. he says th~t the one-di- role as a professor of history at Criterion Staff Writer mensional ~pie are so hung Mesa College. "Communication Every Wednesday, Thursday, up on conformity that they a~~ af- of values to people is my thing," and Friday afternoon, Christo raid to. express themselves. . he said. "Teaching and singing pher Holloway closes the door to Chns Holloway Is not afr~ to are like living. They're nothing Mary Ralt 303 and leaves the express himself. When I inter- without giving " Mesa College Associate Profes viewed him, I turned the reco~ Part of the. reaction that Hal ser of History behind. After hours, on, he took the mike, and I dtdn t loway gets from Mesa College is Chris Holloway is a balladeer at say more than 20 words as he due to his lack of inhibition in com the Howard Johnson's Rum Keg ~ked about himself and other munlcatlng. He prefers for many Lounge on Horizon Drive. th1~ for 30 minutes. of his students to call him "Chris." The fact that Holloway Smee he came to the commu- One faculty member recently critl moonlights as a singer is not the nlty of Grand Junction In 1968, ctzed Holloway for allowing this. only aspect of his life that could Holloway says he has been He replied, "What's wrong with be called unusual. In the past,he looked upon by th! community it? That's my name." he says that has been a lifeguard at the Sands and t~.college as ~ little crazy he sees students as human Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. at best. Since his amval, he has beings and that by showing that He has appeared in two movies. been extensively Involved In mi- he respects them he encourages He was a guest star on the Mitton norlty rights. In 1969, he taught them to return ~ favor Berte TV show. He tried out for Mesa's first class in ~lack history. Holloway sees some problems the part of Tarzan and lost to Gor He has participated m ma~ In with the student body at Mesa. don Scott, a fellow Las Vegas life downtown. Grand. Junction the academic quality of students ... guard and friend. He spent a year against police brutality against at Mesa is not as high as at the ' . in Siberia as a Navy commu Chicanos. . University of Northern Colorado, nications officer. What does he think abo~ t~ Holloway says. "I'm talking about He recited his life story like he community of Grand Junc».;n · students who can write a sen was reading a shopping list. It He says that Grand Junction is tence and a paragraph creatively goes on and on. beautiful as you look down Main and with good organization." As 8 More important, however, than Street, but it has a lot of problems result of this and the competition what Holloway has done is what when you look at a diffe~nt level. to enroll new students at mesa, he is. He thinks of himself as, According to Holloway, 'Ten per- Holloway obs«ves that the aca "not a college professor, but a hu· ~nt of this community are being demic standards at Mesa are de manist first." He calls himself "a rejeeted. The ten per~ are the cllning. He admits that he Is guilty multi-dimensional person." poor, mostly Chicanos. He ~ys of this, too. "My As and Ba are He divides the world into multi that Grand Junctlo~ ~ I~- still pretty hard to get, but my Cs dimensional and one dimensional stitutional racism. 'The ma1~ and Os are eomewhat easier. I problem I, In the school system. hardly fall " Holloway helped Introduce a bill- ever anyone. ? Christopher Holloway prides Will the Circle be Un bro ken • ngual program In the valley himself on the way he Is nvtng his At 13 Jody WU anNted for volunteer would act as the pro · Mertz hu run headlong into a ~ the conservative na- life. He is Intent on getting all that he can out of It. the enthusiasm burglary and twice a week la re bation officer, including Jody In lack of response from students quired to report to his pnx,.tion his actlvltlee and In general, shar ture of Grand Junction reflected that he feels about life Is shown In but he obeefves that any new or in Mesa College, but says this is everything he does. For inatance, officer. He's scared, hia perents ing time with the youngster. Mertz ganization "starts at the grass changing. Since Mesa has be- he Is a managing partner 1n a lo- constantty fight and Jody has no commenta that It Is situations like roots." What we need is expo one to tum to. this that benefit both the volun come a tour year Institution, cal night club and --urant the sure to Inform the students about "New blood has been lnfuaed into ·- I Labeled a juvenile delnquent, teer and the recipient. us," sal d Mertz. an ancient Institution " Out- Kings II at 2nd and Cokndo. He Jody is one of thousands who Club dues are "nominal" and · and his partner, Rick Medina, are need a wllllng, caring volunteer. help pay for the International stanclng new faculty have come trying to make the Kings II a p1.ce Circle K, an international or newsletters and related costs. Mertz says stuoents wno nave to Mesa College. where people can get together ganization dedicated to volunteer Mertz deeaibea the of helped organize Clrcle k Include: Currently, Holloway ~ singing and communicate. (The food is placements, offers students the Jim Coleman, Steve Good, Glenn at the Howard Johnson s Motor great too ) "" Lodge. He is in the proce11 of The that people have opportunity to work with such Leighton, and Tim Garner. With r9dons negotiating a contract with Milty to Chris Holloway vary, but per youngsterl u Jody I and 1180 their help Mertz hol)N to gener with the mentally retarded and ate response to Circle K. recordl of Alabama as a eong hapl If more people took the time the elderly. Any student Interested in writ•, and poesibty •singer. Hof. to know him, their reactions Mesa College Nniof Steve Circle K is invilld to the organiza loway, however, doN not IN would change and 90 might their any conflict bMween his ~ lives, I Mertz Is currently Involved in re tinnal meeting . establishing Circle K on camput. The next organizational mNllng will be at 7 p.m. Thul'8day In the ea snap Faculty Dining Room. The Nl'V· College can Ice organization nNdl around 20 What do the lazy awdent and the athlet8 with • heavy rolld schedule haY9 people to qualify for • chmW in common? They are both looking for euy credlta. In the vernacular they membership with the inter are known as "snap1," "guta," or "pipes," that Is a clul requiring little or no nmlonal Circle K organiullon. So won(. far, eight to nine students are I~ To the delight of IIUdefa wilhlng to snow 1helr way through IChool, 1r,ap1 volved in Circle K at Mela. are lNffli,vy becoming lnatilullonallzed It many collegee in cfaeN where Says Mertz regarding the lec6c the required 19xt rnic,,t be a comic book, or where the homework might be to of reeponse to preylouely sched view prime time tel9vtllon. uled meetings, "I think ~ the organization as a tool to help For example, Bowing Green Unlw:l'llty In Ohio on.rs clasees that study . aren't aware of the organiulion." the community. Through Circle K, such weighty topics • T-ehlrt8, contemporwy IPC)r1a. radio and TV com Mertz bellev.. that Circle K of an afflllale of Klwanu. a lludent merclals. rock music, and anttudel lowarde dying, under the 1.t,e1 of ·~ fers a unique teaming experience Is Ible to build stronger tiel with lar culture ltudlee.'' But the lment of these ltUdlN It echolarly bec:91• BGU for students OU1lide the trld the community. Mertz adds that a has both bachelor's end mater's pn,grama In pop cutue. tlonal clUlfOOm. "The volunteer student that has wortced in Circle Although BGU takea Its degree programs in pop cullure Nrloulty, not all broadens his or her experience K haa an "excellent" recommen educalOra agree on the value of such conl9mporary IIUdlel. William Graoe, and gains personal satisfaction in dation for extracurricular in a humanities instructor at New York's Fordham University Mid, "I think the knowing that someone reliN on volvement during their college purpose of getting an education Is getting an alternate viaion to your own ex them for moral support," he Mid. days because Circle K is a "repu perience." Grace observed that contemporary studies might be an euy way Involved in his high school table organization and a good for students to avoid ''the arduous experience of learning." days in Key Club, a similar organi way to gain recognition." On the other hand, advocates of popular culture studies cite the appeal of zation, Mertz felt that the benefits "It is a good way to distinguish the class matter as Its justification for study. Dr. Leslie Fiedler, an English of Circle K warranted the rebirth yourself," says Mertz. professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo said," Most In of the organization on campus. In The volunteers work in an indi tellectuals seem to feel that if a lot of people like a book or a movie, It can't be 1974 when Mesa was a two year vidualized set-up, scheduling good. We have to look at It the other way - why did this story grab so many college, Circle K existed but, ac times and activities compatible people? I think works like "Dracula" and "Gone With the Wind" stick In cording to Mertz, who was in with their own availability and in people's memories, so they should be taught together with Shakespeare." volved in the club then, the high terests. A chairman heads each It is not yet certain if academic studies in popular culture are here to stay rate of turnovers of transferlng sectioned group, such as working - to date there have been few students electing to major In those programs. students caused the club to be with juvenile delinquents, and the Rather it is possible that pop culture studies will prove tobeas transient as C0""8 inactive. individual works with the chairper some of the fads they document But more likely, students will continue to In the case of a juvenile son to coordinate that particular sign up for pop culture as an elective, sensing a possible "snap". delinquent like Jody, a Circle I< program. Page 7 CRITERION Tueaday, April 12, .1977 Mavnetters stroke right By JON YAMAMOTO Mesa College's Tennis Team success, ns that we had a strong Meets .chedu'9d started practice last fall with 17 week of competition in Arizona, On the whole, it looks like the players going out tor the team. By (over spring break.) Not only did Mesa netters have a strong team this spring, the team was down to we play good strong competitio~. and a good chance to finish out nine players, six of which make which helped everyone:s g~me, it with a winning season. April 15- up the traveling varsity team. So was also a ~rong motivating ex 16 is the Mesa College ln· far the Mav natters have a 3-0re· perienoe, which made our guy~ vitatlonal in which the Mav net· co;d in the Rocky Mountain Ath· want to get with it. . ters host, Snow, Westminster, letic Conference, in which eight "l think that another !actor tha and Colorado School of Mmes. conference schools participate. will help us, is returning letter· Play begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, Coach wayne Nelson is hope· men, Paul Peterson, Barret: and 9 a.m. on Saturday. The net· ful about the outcome of the team Westbrook, and Scott ~orton: ters could use student support at in RMAC play. In an interview, that is three out of the six poSI· the match. On April 22 the mavs Coach Nelson said, "I'm quite op· tions. Three members who a~ take on the Colorado School of timistic. We defeated Ft. Lewis 6· new to the scene are: Craig Mines in Golden, Colorado. On 3. They have been traditionally Southard, Doug Ca~son, and Da· the following day, they meet one of the stronger teams vid Metzger. Compns\ng the re~t Regis and Metro CoJJe,ges. The through the years. They have five of the team are: Pete Car;rol, Kris 1f0Dowing weekend, they travel to players on grants and aids. We Kropp, and Jon Yamamoto. Ephraim, Utah, for the Snow Col-- have two players on grants and "Prior to the Conference Tour· lege Tournament May 6 an~ 7 aids." nament, we will have played the RMAC Tournament will be in "Another reason for optimism every team except Southern ~I- Pueblo, Colorado, dosing out the is our showing against Adams orado. This tournament. decides season; May 13·15 is the NAIA State College, who is consid· the Conference champion, The District Tournament held here at erably strongerttiis year," Nelson NAlA t~rn&r:'9nt played here at Mesa, play begins at 9 a,rr:i· e~ch continued. Mesa defeated them Mesa w11~ decide who g~es}o .N~· day. This tournament wtll give 6·3. tionals m Kansas City, said Mesa students a chance to see "Another factor that will have a Nelson. some good tennis playing. strong influer,ice on our team's