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February 27, 1981

APhi Beta Kappa Elects§Fourteen High Achievers

by Frank JonesFourteen members of the Senior class

have been elected to the Southwesternchapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Following is a list of these Seniors andtheir majors:

James Brannon, ChemistryCindy Brittain, Communication ArtsJames Christie, Political ScienceBill Clark, BiologySteven Garrett, ChemistryKathy Hayek, Foreign LanguagesTim Henkel, Chemical BiologyDonald Johnson, PhysicsSara Jones, American StudiesKatie Kennedy, EnglishJeff Lane, HistoryMary Kay Loss, International Studies/

SpanishMartha Van Haitsma,

Antropology/ SociologyDean of Students, Bo Scarborough, and coeds enjoy a few hearth-warming moments Thomas Woods, Physicsaround the ol' construction site in the Briggs Student center. At least ten additional students will also be

Photo by John Peep/es elected at the end of Term III.

Dilemma '81 Announces a Variety of Performing Artistsby Todd Weemns

Dilemma '81 will put on something alittle more unusual than in previous years,presenting the campus with five days of art-related events, from April 21-25.

This year's title, "Dilemma '81Presents a Celebration of the Arts", willconsist of a variety of artists discussing suchpertinent questions as , "Why art?" and,"What is the importance of art in our socie-ty?"

Among the many featured guests willbe mime Bob Berkey who is affiliated withthe Community Artists Residency Trainingprogram (CART). He will perform as wellas discuss the important aspects of mime oncampus and in our neighboring com-munities.

George S. Heyer, author of Signs ofOur Tinmes: Theological Essays on Art inthe Twentieth Centuryv, will attend classesand give informal talks on the theologicalimplications of 20th century art. Besides be-ing an author, Mr. Heyer is Associate Pro-fessor of Theology at Austin PresbyterianTheological Seminary.

A British pantomime, Alan Brown,will also attend the arts symposium anddiscuss his unique form of theatre as it isapplied in England. Mr. Brown is an ac-complished playwright/actor/transla-tor/director, and he starred in the original

Southwestern IReceives Tor

The model United Nations delegationfrom Southwestern has recently beenrecognized as one of the top two delega-tions in hard fought competition at theNebraska Model United Nations Con-ference at Lincoln.

The nation-wide conference includedover 450 delegates representing at least onehundred different countries, yet the fiveman squad representing the Soviet Unionfrom Southwestern dominated in the fourday foreign policy debate spanningFebruary 11-14. In the words of theSecretary General of the NMUN our

Our delegation was very for-tunate to meet with the firstSecretary of the Soviet Embassy.

delegation performed its duties with "exac-ting professionalism."

The delegation from Southwestern in-cluded head delegate Craig Ian Hughes, ajunior, heading the Soviet Union in thePolitical and Security Committee of theGeneral Assembly; junior Buck Matthew,representative to the Social, Humanitarian,and Cultural Committee; junior ScottOwen, Special Political Committee; seniorCharles Gurney, Security Council

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London performance of "Whose Life Is ItAnyway?"

David Liptak is Assistant Professor ofComposition/Theory at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lecturewill be on the problems in the performanceand acceptance of contemporary music. Hewill also participate in a panel discussionwith two other composers.

A popular local musician, Edwin Hub-bard, will be giving a dinner lecture/perfor-mance on Memphis music and its origins.His six piece band, Prana, which is present-ly touring the Memphis City Schools, willaccompany Mr. Hubbard.

Donald Freund is Professor Theoryand Composition at Memphis State Univer-sity and is well-known in the Memphis areafor his involvement with contemporarymusic. During his lecture/performance,Freund will enhance what the audiencehears with his own insights and explana-tions.

Luisa Kreisberg currently serves asDirector of Public Information for theMuseum of Modern Art and is an ex-perienced journalist, broadcaster, and lec-turer. She is the author of Local Govern-inent and the Arts and will give several in-formal talks on that subject. Aside fromparticipating in a panel discussion, Mrs.Kreisberg will attend economic-businessoriented classes to discuss the support ofthe arts.

J.N. DelegationRecognition

Representative; and Van Daly, serving theEconomic and Social Council.

The delegation award was notSouthwestern's only honor. Our delegationwas very fortunate to meet with the FirstSecretary of the Soviet Embassy inWashington D.C. who, by his own efforts,sought to gain special travel permit by theState Department to enter the interior ofthe United States to meet with theSouthwestern delegation and address themodel U.N. Assembly. In addition, CraigIan Hughes earned the high honor of topdelegate in the entire General Assemblygiven by the model United Nations Associa-tion Chapter at Lincoln.

Hughes said that immense credit goesto Colonel Likes, head of the InternationalStudies Department. "We could not havemade it to Lincoln, let alone excelledwithout Colonel Likes' fund raising,coaching, and involvement in the year longpreparations. His successful seventeen yeareffort in the program speaks for itself.

"In addition, special thanks should goto Southwestern's Model U.N. Chairman,Conrad Mehan, whose invaluable organiza-tional effort have facilitated trips to fourconferences this year."

Hughes further stated that the awardsare secondary to the great educationalbenefits derived from attending the modelU.N. Conferences.

A professor from the University ofRedland's School of Music in California,Barney Childs, will give a lecture, performsome of his recent works, and talk infor-mally on the role of the contemporary com-poser in today's society.

Stan VanDerBeek, a prominentfilmaker from Maryland, is scheduled toappear during the latter part of the sym-posium and will discuss his use ofphotography, television, computers, andvideotapes in the creation of artisitic forms.

Dilemma '81 coordinator GregorTurk said, "We want this to be a celebra-tion, but at the same time a learning ex-perience."

Piano to Jazz PubPhineas Newborn, Jr., described by

Lenoard Feather of Downbeat Magazine as"the greatest living jazz pianist" will per-form two sets tonight in the Pub, from 9 to11, and from 11 to midnight.

The rare performance is presented bythe Social Commission tonight only.

Phi Beta Kappa was founded at theCollege of William and Mary on December5, 1776, making it the oldest academichonorary organization in the United States.The Southwestern chapter was founded in1949 by Dr. Peyton Rhodes, and was thethird chapter founded in Tennessee.

Dr. Terry W. Hill, a biology Professor,is President of the Southwestern chapter,and Dr. Bernice W. White of the EnglishDepartment is Secretary-Treasurer. Dr.White stated that either undergraduates oralumni may be elected. An alumnus can beelected for outstanding post-graduate ac-tivities; she cited Professor Richard Woodof the English Department as an example.

An undergraduate must be a senior,have at least 90 semester hours in liberalcourses, 7 terms or 72 semester hours atSouthwestern, including the first term ofthe senior year, and at least 96 hours towarda B.A.

Furthermore, the potential Phi BetaKappa member must have at least a 3.6grade point average. No more than 10% ofthe Senior class is elected in any given year.

Most of the above rules are based onnational organizational rules, but somewere added to Southwestern's chapter.

Also, the above criteria are not the on-ly requirements for election. The Phi BetaKappa student must also showcharacteristics such as good moral characterand a broad cultural interest.

Phi Beta Kappa is known for its sym-bol - the key. "There is a key that memberscan wear anytime they want," said Dr.White. "The key represents substantialscholastic achievement."

She also said that Phi Beta Kappa ismuch more than a grade point average;rather, it is dedicated to the whole liberalarts education idea.

The national organization sponsorsmany programs. Dr. White said Phi BetaKappa is sponsoring a visit to Southwesternby Dr. Evelyn Witkin on March 16 and 17.Dr. Witkin, of the biology faculty atRutgers University, will address the com-munity on March 16 at 7:00 pm in FJ-B.The topic is "Splicing Genes - The NewBiology."

Southern Life Depicted in Photo ExhibitRobert Jones, chief photographer for

the Memphis Center for Southern Folklore,will exhibit 34 black and white photographsin a one-man show at Southwestern AtMemphis' Clough-Hanson Gallery,through March 20.

Using film as his canvas and his cameraas the brush, Jones attempts to documentthe culture and life styles of people of thisregion. He records images which "makesome statement of the times and the en-vironment in which we live," Jones ex-

plains. His subjects, most of which are peo-ple, are depicted in a straightforward butsensitive way, Jones says of his work.

Jones, who was born in Mississippi butgrew up in Memphis, graduated from theMemphis Academy of Art in 1980, with aB.F.A. in photography. He has exhibitedhis work at the New Haven (Conn.)Teachers Center (1980) and at Shelby StateCommunity College.

Jones' display is free and open duringweekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Donna Perdue, Bill Grabenstein, Lewis Duckworth, and Jay Henry (left to right) star asthis year's College Bowl Champs, Purple Haze. The team finds it necessary to perform in-cognito to maintain private, unharrassed lives, yet many fans still manage to recognizethem around town.Other finalists were Aristotle's Assassins, The GDI's, and the Plasmatics.

Photo by John Peeples

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THE SOU'WESTERExecutive Editor-Tom DorianEditor-Steve CrabtreeAssoc. Editor-Gail Mc Knight

Contributors:

Layout:Photography:Art/

Cartoons:

Circulation:Typists:

Frank Jones, ToddWeems, Julie Hicks, SteveWills, Craig Hughes, Mat-thew Fishpnan, BrynWood, Laura Whitlock,Rick Cartwright, JeffCowell, Robert Norfleet.Richard BirdJohn Peeples

Lewis Kalmbach, ToddSharpWayne BeamHope Armstrong

Box 724........Chickey-Baby andWomen's Issues.

Dear Editors:

Having just stormed out of the refec-tory in a fury because of the latest"Chickey-Baby", Steve Crabtree's article"Meeting the Challenge for More OpenCriticism" was all I needed to inspire myfirst letter to the editor. I read "Chickey-Baby" every week, and have found it mild-ly amusing at best. I have never found ittruly offensive, however, until this week.

Poor Chickey-Baby - he has such rot-ten luck. Not only does he get hit bywhiteballs and flying frisbees, but now thechick "with the cute little..." that he met inthe library last week doesn't believe in thepill. Well, damn. Now she tells him. Don'tmiss "Chickey-Baby forks out 200 bucks atthe abortion clinic" in the next excitingissue.

Not only is this the poorest of taste, itis positively insulting and perpetrates one ofthe most obnoxious stereotypes in existence- that of the conniving female trying to trapan innocent, unsuspecting guy into mar-riage (or some equally annoying position)by getting pregnant on purpose. Come onnow - is this supposed to be funny, or what?Are we supposed to be able to identify withthis? Take my advice, Chickey-Baby, andkeep:to the slapstick, or you can bet that I'llbe behind the next well-aimed frisbee.

Patrice Buford

More Chickey-BabyTo the Southwestern Community:

Please let me take this opportunity toapologize for the last "Chickey-Baby" car-toon. It was not brought to my attentionuntil I passed Liz Hart on the way to therefectory that Friday. She said a few choiceunkind words in passing. Now, after talkingit out with her, I can see they are applicable.

This really disturbed me as I enteredthe refectory and I thought to myself "OhGod, everyone is going to attack me when Iwalk in." I ate upstairs.

But instead of criticism, I was praised.Many told me that this was the funnieststrip so far. Strange, though, those who lik-ed it were all guys.

Birth control is a common subjectthese days, and I try to play on currentevents in my strip. I think that in each ofmy cartoons I offend some small portion ofthe campus. I try to poke fun at, not makefun of.

I do "Chickey-Baby" in my spare timeand it takes about two hours to completeone strip. I draw it out on a long piece ofpaper and the printer shrinks it. Often timesI don't have the time, but feel I have tomake it because it has become a regular inthe Sou'wester. I often find myself finishing"Chickey-Baby" during S.G.A. meetingsto make my eight o'clock deadline, so manyof my ideas are spur of the moment.

Please, I am always open to any con-structive criticism. You will not "hurt myfeelings" as Steve Crabtree suggests in hiseditorial. And, if that doesn't satisfy you,don't read it!

Thanks for reading this,Lewis

More Women's IssuesTo the Editors:

We were wondering if the statement inthe Feb. 13 issue of the Sou'wester -- "thetypical woman at Southwestern is differentnow" -- is actually true? Maybe women atthis particular college have "broken out oftheir traditional roles and have begun totake an active interest in politics andwomen's rights." If so, where are you?These are the reasons quoted for wanting todissolve the Women's UndergraduateBoard.

*Has the women's housing problembeen solved?

*Are women concerned about thedisproportionate ratio of male to femaleprofessors at Southwestern?

*Do women, as well as men, feel free

to shake off the sterotypical roles impossedby society?

Two former Women' UndergraduateBoard Commissioners would like to know.

Leslie Phillips WUB 1979-80Jenny Yancey WUB 1978-79

Hall Phone ResponsibilityDear Editors:

Let me make a suggestion to all peoplethat plan to live in Robb or White Hall inthe future. Get your own phone. Why, youask?

Because it is inconceivable and utterlyimpossible to receive a call on one of thehall phones. It could be a call fromReader's Digest that you just won a milliondollars, or a call from your parents that thehouse just burned down, including yourpersonal collection of Stones and Beatlesalbums.

Or it could be something urgent, like ateacher who calls to inform you that if yourterm paper is not in his hands in one hour,you automatically flunk the course, or it'sfrom this girl who you've been trying to geta date with for four years, and she finallycalls, for the first time, I may add.

The fact of the matter is, you wouldnever receive any of these calls.

For the past six months now, when I'vetried to call someone in Robb or White. orsomeone was trying to reach me while I wasin Robb, I've never had a call come throughor received one single call.

The hall phone is the responsibility ofeveryone in the dorm. Now, you have theright to not answer the phone (I, myself,rarely do) but if you take it upon yourself toanswer, please go to the room that was ask-ed for, and if the person is not there, pleasecome back to the phone and say theperson's not there.

So, all you Robb and White dormresidents, next time it rings, get the phone,it may be for you--

Phonetically yours,Matthew Fishman

THIS WEEK'S PROVERB:

TRY TO BE HELPFULWHEN YOU ANSWER

HALL DORMITORYPHONES

SGA Concerns

WLYX Future

ScrutinizedAt Wednesday's S.G.A. meeting the

main topic of discussion was the financialdilemma of WLYX. After first reviewingfour articles of the proposed constitution,the S.G.A. discussed the dissolving ofWomen's Undergraduate Board. A deci-sion will be reached at the beginning of nextweek's meeting. Students are urged to at-tend in order to inform the S.G.A. of stu-dent opinion.

Then the S.G.A. listened to a briefsynopsis of the situation at WLYX from theGeneral Manager, Allen Cook. Afterwards,Cook fielded many pertinent questions pos-ed by S.G.A. members. The S.G.A. hascommitted itself to working with bothWLYX and the Southwestern Administra-tion to help find a solution to WLYX'sfinancial woes.

March 16th will be the day of springelections. Petitions will be available fromLewis Kalmbach and Margot Emery onMarch 2. The Election Commissioner re-quests volunteers to help tabulate votes onthe computer.

Two Reactions to Crabtree'sEditorialTo the Editors:

I have two reactions to SteveCrabtree's editorial in the February 13 issueof the Sou'wester. One is shock at a com-plete lack of regard for punctuation, gram-mar and coherence by a college senior inwhat has the potential to be a high-calibernewspaper. William Strunk would have afield day with a column in which the fifthparagraph opens, "Well, here is what Iwant to say."

My other reaction concerns what Steveattempted to communicate. I agree thatcriticism can be helpful to all of us but doesthe kind of criticism that he suggests weengage in make us "honest"? I can write aletter to the Sou'wester and say that I thinkChickey-Baby ought to be taken out andshot, but what good does that do anyone?It's honest, but it's not real criticism. Realcriticism is analyzation and valid denounce-ment of what is being condemned, just asreal praise is analyzation and valid com-mendation.

Steve Crabtree wrote an infamouseditorial earlier this year concerning theDilemma program that amounted to

Some Criticisms

Box 724.....nothing more than name-calling. ChrisChristie, on the other hand, analyzedSouthwestern's Budget Committee andfound valid fault with it. The Sou'wester,through careless editing that was not entire-ly out of character, made a fiasco out ofChris's intelligent and well-researched arti-cle. Those two articles constitute an ironicshame. Had Steve's comments on Dilemmabeen more well-grounded, his columnwould have been a more beneficial observa-tion while retaining its honesty; yet Chris'scareful research was jumbled into non se-quitur.

A good newspaper puts itself in a posi-tion to receive criticism. The staff of theSou'wester reacts well to such criticism, butcouldn't we take it a step further by usingintelligent criticism on intelligent, intelligi-ble articles and editorials? If the Sou'westeris going to be used as a sounding board, let

it be used articulately. There is a differencebetween intelligent critical analysis, whetherpositive or negative, and badmouthing.One of them is completely unnecessary.

Elizabeth Pritchartt

Need ResponsesTo Our Readers:

The Sou'wester does indeed welcome letters, opinions, praise, and constructivecriticism. We feel, however, that we must answer the implications of Elizabeth Pritchartt'sletter in Box 724.

Miss Pritchartt addresses three articles in this year's Sou'wester as the basis for hercriticism---two editorials by Steve Crabtree and an article on Southwestern's budget byChris Christie.

Her criticism of Steve's last editorial is largely a question of style and semantics. WhatMiss Pritchartt needs to realize is that the editorial column is a forum for the opinions ofthe editors, as Steve stated last week. The column is intended to raise questions, discus-sions, praises, and criticisms. Steve has never claimed to be an eloquent editorial writer.His style is blunt, humorous, and, indeed, somewhat disconnected. His messages,however, have a definite ring of truth. Miss Prichartt should, perhaps, be more open to un-familiar or unconventional styles of writing.

Steve's editorial clearly addressed five main points:1) The need for a weekly opinion on the Sou'wester editorial page2) The irony of living in a very critical, yet very sensitive, environment here at

Southwestern3) The choices we make in delivering---or withholding---criticism in that environment4) The need for criticism---of all kinds---in a newspaper, in a college, and, by exten-

sion, in the lives we will lead after college5) A restatement of the role of the Sou'wester in "helping to keep us honest"--- i.e. in

providing and encouraging a forum for individual expression.Perhaps Miss Pritchartt would have preferred these points to have been numbered (as

above) rather than laced through, and between, the lines of Steve's editorial, but theirpresentation is matter of style.

In reading Steve's editorial, I fail to see what Miss Pritchartt vaguely refers to as "thekind of criticism that he (Steve) suggests." Instead, Steve addresses the need for criticism ingeneral, certainly nothing contrary to her concept of "real criticism"

Miss Pritchartt refers to Steve's "infamous editorial" on the Dilemma program as"nothing more than name-calling." Upon analyzation of that November 7th editorial, I

cannot find more than a shred of truth to the name-calling charge. (Steve called the 1981topic a "jr. high dilemma.") Instead, I see a coherent attempt to spotlight the pitfalls ofplacing a broad blanket topic over the Dilemma program. Steve called for a re-examinationof the underlying purpose of Dilemma: "Wouldn't people rather hear issues instead ofhearing people ramble around in broad topics?"

Steve decried the prospect of hearing another round of canned stock lectures, with thewording "changed a little bit to fit the slogan" of the program. Perhaps this kind of lectureis hard to avoid, but Steve made a concrete suggestion to encourage originality on the partsof both the invited speakers and the program organizers: Present the speakers with "a"short paragraph stating a debatable position" which they can either "defend orrefute....See who shows up to hear 'The Rise of Right Wing Christian Morality Politics:Good or Bad?' "

Again, Steve's style is blunt and "distinctive," but his message is loud, clear, valid,and well-grounded: The waning interest in Dilemma over the last several years couldperhaps be better cured by a specific topic of burning interest than by a broad, loosely-defined topic. The idea should at least be considered as an alternative for next year's pro-gram.

This may, of course, be a moot point due to the interest in, discussions of, and con-troversy over Dilemma generated in part by Steve's "infamous editorial." We all hope thisattention will lead to smashing success for Dilemma '81: A Celebration of the Arts. Welook forward to seeing the fruits of the Dilemma program's hard work.

Finally, Miss Pritchartt takes her own stab at name-calling in discussing ChrisChristie's January 16th Budget Committee article. The Sou'wester did indeed perform ma-jor editing surgery on Chris's article. It is our policy not to mix opinions with news articles.(This is not to say, unfortunately, that an occasional opinion never hits the front page. Wetry hard, however, and succeed in making the vast majority of our news stories unbiasedones.)

Chris's original article came to us as a thorough mix of a well-researched news storyand a well-informed opinion piece. With his consent, we reconstructed the article into twoseparate articles: one front-page news story and one editorial. Unfortunately, in thereconstruction process, the term "room and board" was substituted for the word"board". This error distorted the story's facts. To try to avoid just such an error, however,we had made sure that Chris read, proofread, and approved the article before it wasprinted. The article in the newspaper was word for word the same as the article approvedby Chris (except for a paragraph splice near the end of the article which made the faculty'ssalary increase unclear).

Miss Pritchartt's charge of "careless editing that was not entirely out of character" isharsh and unfounded. We are not professional journalists. Instead, we are full-timestudents, who also work part-time jobs, who also devote an average of at least 15 hours perweek to the production of a weekly newspaper. We depend almost totally on the dedicatedvolunteer efforts of students interested in maintaining an informed community, studentswho, for the most part, are even less experienced in newspaper writing than Steve and I.(Gail has worked for three summers at the Nashville Tennesseean.) At some point we mustput our trust in the integrity of our reporters' stories. Such was the case in asking Chris todo the final proofreading. We made a mistake; he made a mistake; the campus was misin-formed.

This type of mistake (and others which have been made) is perhaps unavoidable in astudent-run weekly newspaper which tries to fairly cover the different aspects of this cam-pus. In fact, it seems every other issue has demanded some kind of an apology or another.This is a frustrating position to be in, but it seems to come with the territory.

There is something to be said, however, for standing up under unfair fire. Perhaps aresponse to a letter should never be this lengthy or detailed; perhaps only ten percent of thereaders who began this reply are still reading; perhaps I should apologize to Miss Pritcharttin advance (as well as to Gregor Turk, Chris Christie, Steve Crabtree, or anybody else whomight take offense). I assure them no personal malice is intended in this editorial.

It's just that some criticisms cannot go unanswered, and this letter happened to be thestraw that broke the proverbial camel's back. The Sou'wester stands by its decisions in allthree of the articles cited in Miss Pritchartt's letter.

Tom Dorian,for the Editors and

staff of the Sou'westerP.S. To our readers, again:

We love our jobs as editors and the service we provide to you, and we appreciate theoverwhelming support you, and our staff, have given us.

Box 724........

February 27, 1981The Sou'westerPa e 2I-

4pLangdon Gilkey EmphasizesRelevant Contemporary Religion

Professor Langdon Gilkey from theUniversity of Chicago Seminary visitedSouthwestern's campus February 17.

A theologian with much to say and atalent for communicating and interactingwith others democratically, he understan-dably had a tremendous impact on thosewho heard him speak. Gilkey has writtenseveral books including Message and Ex-istence, now being studied by the ReligionSenior Seminar.

Gilkey addressed a crowd of about for-ty students and Memphis clergy on the sub-ject "Theology and the AmericanCulture." He suggested three waystheology is related to contemproary culture.First, through hermenuetics, the translationof meaning from one culture to another.Our world view is considerably differentfrom that of the Old and New Testamenttimes. The difference is in science and inour understanding of human nature andsociety. The central purpose of theology isto propose belief statements that are

Students look on in the Burrow Refectory as Jewell Atkins receives a Belly-gram in appre- representative of the cultural experience.

ciation for his hard work. Photo by John Peeples.

Polanski Reveals a Different, Yet Excellent Tessby Laura Whitlock

Roman Polanski fled criminal chargesin the United States and found refuge inFrance. His first film since this incident is aFrance-England co-production, "Tess".Without doubt, this film is the mostbeautiful, sound, sensitive film Polanskihas done (and certainly his best since"Knife in the Water")

The 170-minute run time is welcomedeagerly...even if the only thing you remaininterested in is Nastassia Kinski as Tess.Kinski has a beauty of blinding deepness,and her acting is pretty good, too. She cap-tivates you immediately--no doubt aided byPolanski's loving, intimate photography ofher.

But this "Tess" is not ThomasHardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and thisis a distracting (though the only) flaw. Kin-ski fits the physical description of Tess well,but the temperament is all wrong; thepresentation is perverted. In the novel, Tessis rather indomitable She refuses to be atthe mercy of men, society. The film takesanother approach -- one that damages.

Here Tess is a creature at the mercy ofcircumstances. A pure sufferer. Rarely doesshe show any signs of inner belief or

Movie Review (Too)

by Matthew Fishman"Ft. Apache, the Bronx" deals with a

sensitive subject: an area of the SouthBronx (nicknamed Fort Apache) which is acircus of crime, and full of low-incomehispanics and blacks. Half the buildingslook bombed out, the other half are in-filtrated with junkies, prostitutes, pimps,murderers, rapists; the remaining few arelaw-abiding citizens.

The story centers around how thepolice deal with Ft. Apache and its in-habitants. The residents and crooks seem tocontrol the cops. The film shows how of-ficers turn the other way when witnessingpetty crimes or prostitution; and the oldpeople sit inside the police precinct, becauseit's the only area where they're safe frommuggers.

Generally, the politics of the police is"laissez-faire" just so long as there are nomajor riots.

Then, eureka! A new police captainnamed Connelly (Ed Asner) who goes bythe book; every crime, however large orsmall, must go punished, and the cops mustbe clear (from bribes, etc.).

Now, this sounds like the ingredientsof a good police story, trying to deal with aheavily crime-ridden area.

But that's just not what the movieevokes. This movie, actually, is not aboutanything. Or rather this movie, doesn'tknow what its about. It has no center, nofocal point.

I sat in the theatre and wondered whythis confusing, non-connective uncohesive,piece-meal kind of story was told.

And then I remembered a time manyyears ago, when I drove through the SouthBronx, and it was flooded, buildings wereburnt-out, bums were strewn all over theplace, "What for?", I asked.

Amongst all this, we get a tremendouscrowd-pleasing performance from PaulNewman, 18-year veteran of the policeforce. Ken Wahl as his young partnercreated a very touching and attractivefeature. Yet Ed Asner, who is a trulytalented actor, was given a role that waswasted here.

What makes the film so moving and in-triguing is the character of Murphy, playedNewman, and his partner, Ken Wahl.

What you get in Newman's character isa real sense of conflict. As a policeman hewants to help these people, but he realizes

strength. (I can think of only two -- herdiscussion of souls leaving their bodieswhile looking at the stars and her disbeliefthat Angel couldn't forgive her as she hadforgiven him.) And these isolated incidentsalmost seem out of character. In fact, theyare out of the "Tess" character thatPolanski-Kinski create.

Yet, the film has a hypnotic powerover the viewer. You feel it; you indulgeyourself in it. The supporting cast is superb(with the possible exception of a mediocrePeter Firth as Angel). Leigh Lawson is agood Alec, John Collin a believabledrunken Dad, and Dairyman Crick and hisdairy maids were better than their roles.

The script, a great deal verbatim fromHardy, was a fairly good one -- overlytheatrical at times, but solid. The visual im-ages were beautiful -- Stonehenge atdaybreak, landscapes, Tess' face. Thecamera was used to quietly, but effectively,enhance various scenes. However, thefascination of the film is not the acting, thedirection, the cinematography, or thescript. It is a combining of them with adelicacy unusual in cinema today.

While not Tess of the D'Urbervilles, inorder to create this "Tess", the choice of

sometimes how fruitless and frustratingthese efforts can be. And when he sees allthe corruption and senseless killings withinand outside the police headquarters, he's allbut ready to quit.

"Ft. Apache", which lacks a focus,comes in perfectly clear with the crystal andsparkling performance of Paul Newman.

'Gertrude Stein....'Portrayed Tuesday

The McCoy Visiting Artists Programswill present Gertrude Stein Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein at 8 p.m. in HardieAuditorium, March 4.

Pat Carroll's portrayal of GertrudeStein - the American author who influencedand was influenced by Picasso, Matisse,Joyce, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald - hasbeen described as one of "the best of thesolo theatre pieces offered over the lastdecade." She has won several awards in-cluding the New York Drama Critics'"Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role1979-80" award and the Outer Critics Cir-cle Award for the most outstanding produc-tion of an off-Broadway play or musical.

Complimentary tickets will beavailable through March 3 at the main swit-chboard in Halliburton Tower. Tickets arelimited to one per student and one each forfaculty and staff members and theirspouses. Immediately following the perfor-mance, everyone is invited to attend areception honoring Ms. Carroll in the EastLounge.

Ms. Carroll will hold two informal ses-sions with students on topics ranging fromthe development of solo theatre, to the artof Ms. Stein's contemporaries in post-World War I Paris, to Gertrude Steinherself---her art, her wit, her influence onsome of the greatest literary minds of hertime. The first session will be Wednesday at12:15, and the second Thursday morning at9:30; both discussions will be held in theEast Lounge.

In conjunction with Ms. Carroll's visitand performance, the film "When ThisYou See, Remember Me" will be presentedTuesday night at 9:00 in FJ-B. The freemovie is a 90-minute interview with thelegendary Gertrude Stein herself. It willprovide an excellent opportunity for theSouthwestern community to becomefamiliar with this remarkable lady.

Culture is also related to theology in itsambiguity, or "sinfulness", of nature, ac-cording to Gilkey. The church must eitherdeal with the sins of culture or it is par-ticipating in them. The church must bemoral in relation to its culture.

Third, theology must take into accountthat culture is not immortal. A changingculture must be met with a changingreligion. Western culture was once all-powerful but that time has ended. Althoughthe values of Christian society should bepreserved, we must learn to share thepower.

A theory of progress for culture isrealized through an accumulation ofknowledge and the growth of science. Theideals of society have proved progressivelyalso. But although the morals may improve,morality remains constant. Selfishnesshasn't diminished in society. The moralissues are very real but none the easier tolive up to now than then. Our hope lies inour belief in God's eternal providence, ac-cording to Gilkey.

Professor Gilkey's visit was sponsoredby the Southwestern Religion Departmentto supplement the senior seminar program.Faculty and seniors from this departmentenjoyed a private morning discussion andlunch prior to his afternoon address.

Nastassia Kinski was brilliant. She is Polan-ski's Tess. No star would milk cows, digturnips, manage poultry, bail hay. Tesswould. And she does it like no other.

For what "Tess" attempts, it is abeautiful, hypnotic achievement. Polanskihas reached a finer tone here than he has ina long time...a hope-full sign, a recommen-dable film.

IN THIS CORNER

Robert NorfleetWhen college educators and student services personnel reflect on the tur-

bulent sixties and early seventies, they frequently conclude that the current stu-dent generation is content, well adjusted, and generally happy. No stereotypecould be more inaccurate or even dangerous in its implications.

Never have college students been so preoccupied with their performances orso anxious about their future as they are today. A study just released by theCarnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education reveals that educators at586 colleges selected, with remarkable consistency, the following characteriza-tions of undergraduates at their institutions: career oriented (84%), concernedwith self (73%), concerned with material success (63%), (When Dreams andHeroes Died: A Portrait of Today's College Student, Arthur Levine, San Fran-

cisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1980).Southwestern's student body is no exception. The number of students taking

advantage of career planning workshops and resources has risen by nearly 300%in three years. This trend is likely to continue. Our admissions counselors reportthat high school students are asking increasingly about the ways in which an

education here will prepare them for the world of work.Less easy to measure but no less apparent are the changes in values and in the

psychological atmosphere that complement this preoccupation with "voca-tionalism." The current economic crisis threatens to turn a healthy realism aboutpreparation for careers into the coldest king of pragmatism, thus obviating theidealism that can humanize the work place.

At the same time, fierce competition for grades, a high level of performanceanxiety, and more maladaptive ways of coping with stress are threatening the

enterprise of discovery and reflection that we have traditionally associated with

liberal education. When Southwestern's Counseling Center recently offered aworkshop on stress management, the response was so overwhelming that all of

the students who wanted to participate could not possibly be accommodated im-

mediately. It is apparent that the world of the current generation of students is

not nearly so tranquil and prosperous as superficial observation seems to in-

dicate.As a community of scholars involved in a common enterprise, how shall we

react to these conditions? How can we resist the myopic and materialistic views of

the world that are so frequently symptomatic of anxiety about the future?In my work with students, I have found two ways of approaching this ques-

tion that are especially helpful in achieving a balanced perspective on the future.

One is concerned with values and the other with a sense of purpose.Those students who are most well adjusted and most happy with their

academic work are invariably the ones who have chosen their electives and their

major subjects on the basis of the intrinsic value of those subjects for them. More

often than not, the student with ability who is truly struggling is one whose

academic or career goals have been dictated or otherwise influenced by external

pressures (parents, peers, etc.), or so-called "practical" issues (marketability, for

example) that are based on partial information.To design one's academic work around subjects that the individual student

values for the skills that such subjects cultivate and for the light that such subjects

shed on human life and enterprise is ultimately the only practical course of action

for the student to take.Finally, there is the critically important issue of the student's sense of pur-

pose. No exercise brings more clarity to the taste of career planning than that of

answering, as specifically as possible, the question: What purpose do I want my

life's work to serve? Do I want to nurture, heal, teach, investigate, negotiate

understanding, make peace, sell, build, or entertain?No question gives students more pause for reflection. It invokes silence in

career planning workshops normally filled with voices. Its answer is unique for

each of us, and is deeply rooted in who we are. To answer it honestly is to

transform anxiety about the future into hope, direction, and determination.

By claiming the courage to confront the issues of value and purpose in our

work now, we can prepare not only for viable careers but also for productive

lives. Ultimately the two are inseparable.Robert Norfleet

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by Rick CartwrightThe Lynxcats all but assured

themselves of a National Collegiate AthleticAssociation tournament berth with a trio ofwins against Illinois, Millsaps, and CentreColleges that boosted Southwestern to 7thplace in the Division III national rankingsand at least a tie for the College AthleticConference basketball crown.

Southwestern, playing at home for thefirst time since the Sewanee victory ofFebruary 6th, treated the fans to a closebasketball game against C.A.C. rival Il-linois College. The Lynx beat the Blue Boys98-93, recovering from a 14 point deficitlate in the first half to take a 47-45 halftimelead. Southwestern finally took the lead forgood, late in the game, despite the best ef-forts of the Illinois squad. The Blue Boyswere keyed by the performance of theirstarting center, who shot a phenomenal 14for 14 from the floor.

"We made Radabaugh (the center)look a lot better than we should have" com-mented head coach Herb Hilgeman. "He'sgood, but he had an exceptional night andwe did not play him like we should have."

Southwestern met Millsaps February17th and posted its cond victory againstthe Majors 75-70( before a full house ofLynx fans. The Lynx had pulled ahead to ahalftime lead of 48-33, but Millsaps battledback to make the score respectable. Thecrowd got to see a "super performance" byNed "The Fed" Hill who "came in andmade some key baskets when we neededthem" according to coach Hilgeman.

The Lynxcats overcame a major hurdlein their march to the C.A.C. title last Fridaywith a 71-64 victory over Centre College.The win also avenged an earlier loss to theColonels in Danville, Ky. The game alsomarked a milestone for the Senior forward

Mike O'Keefe who broke the Southwesterncareer scoring mark of 1550 set in 1972 byEric Cardwell.

The 27 points O'Keefe used to breakthe record came in handy for the Lynxbecause Centre almost repeated historywith an extremely tight zone and some ac-curate shooting. Clutch shooting by MattBakke, however, an excellent "back door"layup and free throw by Kurt Wyckoff gavethe Lynxcats a five point lead and the gamewith less than 50 seconds left.

The Lynx play tonight at Illinois Col-lege. A win there or Saturday night at Prin-cipia College will lock up the C.A.C. titleand an automatic bid to the NCAA tournyas conference champs.

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by Rick CartwrightIn Mallory gym the question for the Lynxcats is not so much "Will we get a play-off

bid," but "Are we going to have to pack?" The answer to whether or not Southwesternwill host the South Central Regional NCAA basketball tournament will be decided Sun-day.

Southwestern hosted the Division III Tournament last year and did an excellent job,according to NCAA officials. The decision this year will be made by a committee of fiveNCAA schools and will be decided between Southwestern and Savannah State. "Rightnow, the people are leaning toward Savannah State but that could change..." according tohead coach Herb Hilgeman. "In any case, they will make their decision Sunday when theygive the rest of the bids."

Wherever Southwestern plays, however, team spirits will be high. The Lynxcat moodis summed up by Matt Bakke: "We're going to go all the way. "

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