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March 24, 1977 Vol. 29, No. 11 Westark Community College, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903 by Roger Jeremiah If you enjoy pantomimes spic- Jim Belmont, Jim Cameron, simpleton. Also performing are ed with humor and wit, then don't Cyndy Cates, Lahne Cook, Glenn Jim Belmont as Sexton, Red miss Westark's own version of Jeffords, Red Khilling, Bobby Khilling as the king, June Ross as Story Theatre by Paul Sills. Mason, Jim Moody, Sherryl Mother, Cyndy Cates as the Story Theatre is a collection of Robinson, June Ross and Mike eldest daughter, Lahne Cook as tales from Aesop's Fables and the Shone. the second daughter, and Sherryl Grim Brother's Collection. David Young is the Director Robinson as the princess. The play will be presented at and Producer of the play, and The stars of "Henny Penny" 8:15 p.m. Thursday, March 31 Westark freshmen Cathy are Mike Shone as Foxy Woxy, and Friday, April 1 in the Frederick and Lori Rials are the Jim Moody as Turkey Lurkey, Breedlove Building Auditorium. stage directors. Cindy Cates as Henny Penny, According to David Young, Lahne Cook as Goosey Poosey, Director of Theatre Activities at In "The Little Peasant," Glenn and Sherryl Robinson as Ducky Westark, Story Theatre is Jeffords stars as The Little Pea- Daddies. suitable for people of all ages sant and Cyndy Cates is his wife. "Is He Fat" will star Glenn because children will like the Bobby Mason is the cowherd, Jeffords as Sextin, Jim Moody as basic fairy tales and the adults Jim Moody doubles as the the parson, Mike Shone as the will like the wit and the humor. mayor-judge and a peasant, Mike first man, and Jim Belmont t as Young also said the characters do Shone is a farmer and June Ross the second man. quite a bit of pantomiming, and is his wife, Red Khilling plays the sometimes have to create images parson, and Lahne Cook, Sherryl "The Master Thief' features and sound effects of animals. Robinson and Jim Belmont all Mike Shone as Master Thief, Some of the more familiar tales are peasants. Bobby Mason as the Count, and to be performed are "The Little "The Golden Goose" features Jim Moody as the old man. Peasant," "The Golden Goose," Glenn Jeffords as the little gray Admission to the play is free "Henny Penny," "Is He Fat," and man, Bobby Mason as the eldest with a Westark Student Activities "The Master Thief." son, Jim Moody as the second Card and is $3.00 for non- The cast of the play includes son, and Mike Shone as the students. When the Cliff Keuter Dance Tipton studied gymnastics was accepted by the Harkness Company comes to Fort Smith from the age of seven and began Ballet in 1967 and was Rehearsals are underway for cast members Lanne Cook and Mike this week, it will almost be a ballet training with June Ru- promoted to soloist that same Shone as they prepare for the upcoming performance of "Story return home for one of the nyon at 16. In New York, his year. He remained with that Theatre." (Photo by David King.) company's dancers, Michael study at the Harkness House for ballet for a year before becom- Tipton. Tipton was born in Ballet Arts Centered around ing interested in modern dance. Tulsa, Okla. training with Jack Cole. Tipton His new interest led him to join the Netherlands Dans Theatre, where he spent three seasons working with several European and American choreographers, including Cliff Keuter, who staged his "Sunday Papers" and created "Christmas Story." "Sunday Papers" is one of the scenes to be enacted at 8:15 p.m. Saturday when Students, instructors, and from April 4-10. Keuter's company performs in employees will soon be able to the Breedlove Auditorium at enjoy Spring Break, the six day The normal schedule of classes Westark. convalescence period will extend will resume Monday, April 11. Other members of the com- pany to appear in Fort Smith include John Dayger, Joan Finkelstein, Ellen Kogan, Michael Rivera, Susan Whelan, Breedlove Building. Another and Rivera. Karla Wolfangle and Edward class in "Movement for Prior to the Saturday perfor- Effron. Athletes" is planned for 1:30 to Finkelstein, Kogan, Whelan mance, several activities of in- 3 p.m. in the Westark gym- and Wolfangle will be seen in terest to the community are nasium. scheduled on the Westark cam- "Visit" the first number of the A lecture-demonstration, pus. Saturday program. ^Tetrad" designed to inform and educate will feature Whelan, Wolfangle, Three separate technique classes are planned for Thurs- students and the public about Dayger and Keuter. * the nature of the dance com- In addition to Tipton, "Sun- day, March 24. Registration may be in any, or all, of the pany's work and ways in which day Papers" will include Kogan it may be approached, is and Dayger. classes. They include Afro- Carribean, ballet and modern scheduled for 4 to 5:30 p.m. The final number on the Friday. Further information is program will include accom- dance. Anyone who is in- terested in participating in any available from Minniear at paniment by the Fort Smith Westark. Symphony Orchestra, with of the classes should pre- register with Walter Minniear There is no charge for the Walter Minniear as conductor. activities on Thursday and Fri- Logan Green, of the Westark at Westark. Friday's activities include a day. Admission to the Saturday music department, will sing a performance is $4. Tickets are solo. Dancing will be Deuter, lecture on "Music as it relates" to Dance" from 12 noon until 1 available in the Westark Tipton, Finkelstein, Kogan, Business Office. Whelan, Wolfangle, Dayger p.m. Friday in room 101 of the Page 2 The Collegian March 24, 1977 I demand my right to breathe by Robbiihhiep WiknWilsonn As a human being I realize that some people need a crutch to get Now I've already pointed out You, as a smoker, who are so around me. Make sure that when cigarette looks in a half empty them through the day. For some that 1 feel no great need to save used to breathing in a smokey I go away sniffing and wiping the cup of cold coffee, it always there is alcohol or drugs, for your life by making you stop atmosphere, and smelling the tears away, that there will be makes my day. others there is the reliable smoking. scent of smoke on your clothes enough smoke left on my clothes cigarette. and every object around you have Please disregard all I said and hair to keep me sniffing and about making me ill. Really, I But I do want you to feel guilty become so accustomed to the crying for the rest of the day. don't want to be ill anymore than enough to stop smoking around smoke that you can no longer feel Third, smoke up wind from me so you do. So do us both a favor. In Now as far as alcohol and me. it or smell it. I can get all the benefits of your one step you can stop me from drugs are concerned, 1 don't par- You can't imagine what it is ticularly care, I'm not a person Now I'm sure that you're fed up tar and nicotine. Then, as a last being bothered by your smoke like to have an itching nose and insult to my senses put out your who greatly cares for my fellow with people telling you what burning eyes from the smoke. and it will also stop your smoking cigarette in a half drank cup of forever. All you have to do is light humans. you're doing to yourself with Personally, I'd rather save my cigarettes. O.K., that junk hasn't cold coffee. You don't know how a cigarette, fill your lungs with However, I do care for myself tears for better things than your wonderful a half smoked smoke, and don't exhale! and your smoking really bothers stopped you yet, nor is it likely to smoke. in the near future. me. Do you know what it is like to get physically sick from the smell of stale cigarette smoke? A book you should read I may be super-sensitive but I do feel, perhaps wrongly, that I by Robbie Wilson have a right to breath! Do you get upset when her social position in her era All right, 1 made it clear that I someone suggests that you read a didn't even consider leaving the don't care about you, so why care biographical novel? If so, who house alone. She also attempted about me? You don't have to. I've can blame you? Biographies can to show how life was in the changed my mind. Go ahead and be very dull. But occasionally nineteenth century. In both these smoke around me. there comes a book that destroys cases she succeeded. Only don't just make me slight- all those theories about This particular novel is not ly ill. Remember, I'm the person biographies. perfect, it will never find its way who doesn't care what happens to One of those novels is among the great classics. At times you. Go all the way in making me "Stranger and Traveler." the the storyline is slow and the sick. I'll even give you detailed Story of Dorothea Dix American vocabulary used is rather com- instructions on how to really Reformer," by Dorothy Clarke plicated, but the extra time it destroy me.

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