James Madison University JMU Scholarly Commons The iF xer, 1969-1973 JMU Special Collections 1-12-1970 The iF xer, January 12, 1970 Madison College Press (Free) Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.lib.jmu.edu/fixer Custom Citation The iF xer, January 12, 1970. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College Press (Free). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the JMU Special Collections at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iF xer, 1969-1973 by an authorized administrator of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. '/—j- m •/r m jinm a8 f.'cK couf%tc«couf (C.U Vol.xVol.X Hi > Mo.Mo, 5 ■<"h •-5t ■' -Pw p ^"O ^BlthI'^cB 11 psi u X. I \\ | an)n inAjiilt"iroii I r toto-il tho^l 3? \ J. AN ■V- „ ojhoin ho i'Vii'Vx Cin P'brfb vSicKrvtV)OcKntJ!)^, >r The Fixer - Bernard Malamud 0 12 January 1970 This paper is written, edited, and published by SIG; a non-poli- ». 1 / i mvO A U 58 ^ tical, non-sectarian, non-sexual, ??- non-racial, non-national, non-af- V \S \ , r.rY.L< filiated, non-profit, non-Harambee A.A./' Ho. ^ 'j ■.:< v\ aggregation. q ( J L t 0 J A.C ting in mid-air. Heaven only knows v how far back the department has been set because of this disappoi- iliADISOBvIADISOB COLLEGE PRESS"PRESS (PBBE)(FREE) ntment. ..er...appointment.A little bird told me that this was a result Box 35, Broadway, Va. 22S1522815 of Dr. Poindexter's lack of success in actualizing his progressive pla- — 0 ns in the department.(one may then ask "What progressive plans?plans?"Never,,Never OUR PURPOSE heard of any, have you?) Therefore a conservative peon of classicali- This paper's purpose is not to sm was chosen for this worn position olarize the Madison campus. The It all goes to show what little ew interested students who made drive some administrators really his publication possible do not have in them. One does not grow up ©fleet,■afleet oneone. absolute philosophy, overnight, and neither do institu- es have no common goal save to ex- tions. They have to be fed and ress ourselves. We do not expect changed regularly and prepared for veryone to agree with what we say. the future. Great patience and Qe do not want readers to accept perseverance is needed in order to ur word as being above question, create a well-rounded and useful e are striving for a meaningful institution. Such a display of de- xchange of ideas, a confrontation featism is quite unbecoming towards f? minds. If we fail in our object-object— one of the most sensitive and per- /G/Q, it is not because of what we sonally rewarding areas of life:life; LyW Uutbut how it is received. The the Creative Sphere. ines of communicationcommunication'at at Madison Perhaps some Masochistic mem- ave been cut, if they ever exist- ber of the English department will d,i, and the sole purpose of this one day undertake the responsibil- aper is to reopen these needed ity of averting the disaster of de- hannels of dialogue, not only be- partmental suffocation, and insti- atweenetween student and administration, gate some wanted changes with the at also between student and stu- support of the more present-orien- ent, between the student and fac- ted professors and interested stu- Ity, and within the faculty itself. dents. Until then, pax vobiscum. An Outraged Major 0 A.-] kHo K , ' if * V^ '''Qil io i i I I Cr■f UL 3 A -X »• "Hrr^t ■ fc o Vv tc yp.r-1 The FIXER continues to keep ( o m Aitsj"its head above the water, but not > H by much. Our four previous edit- It is indeed ■unfortunate that in ^ ions have netted approximately hese days of forward advancement 1',$U$100 100 inin contributions and advert- %. ere at Madison, that certain areas ^ising"ising is on the increase. But to V re in a state of regress. One such re re S 0ne ch ...continuecontinue to appear regularly, The rea is in the SchoolqL f of? Humanities,w .^ i continue to appear regularly, The AFixer needs a mimeograph machine. r. WilliamiAmiS J. McMurraySchool of isHumanities. taking ^Fixer needs a mimeograph machine. * ^Murray is '■"WeWe can turn only to you, the stu- verT as the head of the English De- 0 En dents, with the hope that you want 1 artment!P-r+mpf+? Oh,nh woe +to those glishprogres- De- dents, with the hope that you want 0 6 1 your paper to continue. If every ive, dynamic^ professors® o® and pnegnes- student y your paper to continue. If every • a dynamic professors and student XoneAnne who receives a copy of this ho desire changes and advancements. ^paper would contribute a dollar s j paper would contribute a dollar $ Anyone who nadhad taken a class \iI ($1.00),(11.00), we would be able to pur- aider Willie knows exactly what I ^v- 'chase-chase a new electric mimeograph ean. That is, unless they fell as- jxmachine. machine. One dollar is not too mu- 4 eepsep during his opening comments, Ach-Ich to guarantee the continuance of is those who have him are wont to i ^freedom^"freedom of speech at Madison. Ple-Pie- T' io. His classes are so exciting it ^ ase send your contribution to:to; j is more fun watching flies copula- ^MadisonJj.Madison College Press (Free), X $ ~'F-" ~~" "5, Broadway, Virginia, 22815 the fixer page 2 J o <J(u 7 \V fci0 no yMjfyUY o C5 VI-■c &Sj^O O By Mark Hobach „- oa Four Sail-Love (Llectra(Electra Records) ^ t.T \S- PutOut Here-loveHere-Love (Blue Thumb Records) »/ L i*> tL e* Lovelove is Arthur Lee and.Arthurand .'Arthur ♦\6 Lee has been gone a long time. His /! >, first group broke up in 1967 after 2 two years of being critically ac- i\nn claimed failures. How,twoNow,two years la- H6 \ ter,Arthurter, Arthur Leelee is back with a stun- •> / ningly versatile new band,ready to MLV?\ zoom back to the bottom of the cha- nts again. 1970 may not be love-'sloveJs year to be ignored. They did at le- in4 it ast make it to the middle of the ■ y mkus charts in September with "Four Sail" \7pts~\JV Aaa/U and their new follow up album shows signs of doing the same. There seems to be some contro- But what the Hell if Lovelove never versy as to the use of "obscene" surpasses their 1967 success? They words in this paper. As one of the have got Jay Donnellan who is un- previous and (maybe still part of questionably one of the very best the silent majority herehex^e at Madis-Madisr new guitarists around and they've on) I would like to put my"twomi-"two centscentx got George Suronovitch who is with- in. ¥eWe have more important moral out a doubt THE most original drum- issues to concernconcern, ourselves with. mermer, , periodperiod, , not to mention Frank Rather than spending our time quib- RayodFayod hangin'in there and doing a bling over how they are said. I'm_I'm fine job on bass guitar. Of course sorry I have to waste space in this the focal point is Lee, who wrote, paper over such trifleness, so I'll arranged,produced,and sang every- make myself brief. thing with a fantastic sense of Norman Mailer in his Armies of timing. the Night wrote, "The American cor- "Four Sail" is certainly beau- poration executive, who was (is) tiful in terms of material and per- after all the foremost representa-i-epresenta- formance, but in the end it comescoj ,es tive of man in the world today, was across as just another collection (is) perfectly capable of burning of songs. Not that this is bad-it's of ^songs. Not that this is bad-it' s unseen women and children in the a linefine collcol1ootton gotion of songs, but it's Vietnamese jungles, yet felt a a little hung up by the fact that large displeasure and fairly final Lee seems to be a bit nervous at Lee seems to be a bit nex-vous at disapproval at the generous rise of being in the studioStudio again. obscenity in literature and in "Out Here"Hero" is much more relaxed; public." it comes through like a letter from Are you more concerned with what an old friend. EvexythingEverything you've this paper is saying? Or how it is been wanting to know is in this said? musical letter, and it's such a Marilyn Miller relief to hear it and know your friend is finally safe and sound -0- (oh Christ, what a pathetic pun). The versatility is stunning. This 5^ two record set starts out with a happy bit of gospel and then a snatch of country, and then BOOM! jva into "Signed B.C."D.C." one of the f.c; most powerful blues cuts in re- cent days. There's a nice long 177^7! Toj solo where Suronovitch sounds like a drum factory in heat and a SoaihUomSouihKdm mutnext to little song about why".why"... every- thing' s fine, I just got out of the army, today." There's a little per- sonal philosophy and a little sad- ness axidand a whole lotta love for f je life in general. The thing that makes this album CdliCtlli in what it is is the fact that you can fW.ba.