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OCTOBER 7, 1977, ISSUE NO.3NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

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2 THE COLLEGE VOICE, OCTOBER 7, 1977

Activities vs the budgetConn students have neither sufficient funds nor an effective voice in

obtaining funds necessary for student activities. When the College'sbudget is drawn up, student organizations and extracurricular activitiesneeds are virtually ignored by the Administration.This week, the Student Government Association slashed the proposed

budgets of the three campus medias - THE COLLEGE VOICE, WCNI,and THE SPARK. THE COLLEGE VOICE's proposed full year $7500budget was cut to $2600 for the fall semester. This $2600is simply notadequate to operate a weekly newsmagazine. In addition, by putting bothTHE VOICEand THE SPARK on a one semester trial basis, SGAhas theoption to discontinue funding upon evaluation of the respectivepublications.Another victim of SGA's scissors, WCNI, is up for FCC license renewal

this year. According toWCNl, if they do not receive the funds necessaryto operate a second studio, they will not pass FCC re-evaluation.SGAclearly demonstrated mismanagement in their aims to control the

content of THE VOICEand THE SPARK, and their staggering of budgetreviews, leaving the three medias to compete and scramble for the in-sufficient leftover funds. The actual blame, however, lies with the Ad-ministration. SGA has only $52,000to fund all student activities for theentire year. This money comes from the students' Comprehensive Fees.Realizing the inadequacy of this amount, last year's SGAasked the Boardof Trustees for a $15 per student Comprehensive Fee increase. TheTrustees cut this request to $3.Student activities, an essential element of a liberal arts education,

obviously lacks necessary and sufficient priorities in the College's eyes.THE COLLEGE VOICE, WCNI, and THE SPARK have formed theStudent Coalition for Immediate Action to establish an effective voice topush for remedies. We need your support in contacting SGA represen- .tatives and emphasizing to the Administration the necessity of increasedfunds for student activities.

Grass is greenOur centerspread this issue is a capsulation of the legal, physical and

psychological repercussions of smoking marihuana. The law seems to beheading toward a more rational outlook on grass. The results of varioustests on the physical and psychological effects of marihuana have been,on the other hand: a trifle confusing.First of all, THE COLLEGE VOICE supports the decriminalization of

marihuana. Out of 623respondents to a campus poll, 84 per cent alsof~v.ored making possession of small amounts a misdemeanor.The more pressing jssue for the busy college student is, however, the

effect smoking might have on the books. In Francisco Garcia's essay onp. 6-7,some revealing comrnents were made as to the effect a casual jointmight have-on studying for mid-terms.It seems that marihuana inspired for a calculated period of time can

make one's memory lapse. Speaking patterns melt and disintegrate intomeaningless streams o{what-have-you. Futhermore, one becomes lessadept at sticking to the immediate topic at hand.We at THE COLLEGE VOICE believe that a " social joint" will not

affect logical, non-repetitive, whole-wheat, rational- thought processes.Did we mention that logical, non-repetitive, whole-wheat, rationalthought processes will not be affected by a "social smoke?" In otherwords, if you just happen on to a "social smoke," don't expect yournormally logical, non-repetitive, whole-wheat, rational thoughtprocesses to become illogical, repetitive, mulli-colored and irrational.With this inmind, take care and, if youmust, toke it easy.

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LETTERSRe: Oakes, tokes and folks

way, what will be 'the ad-ministration's response to someonewho is turned in for such an in-cident?Anyway, I just wanted to fall the

fire a bit, and do not take it toopersonally, I suppose that this is allpart of workmen's harzards andseeing as it is written in the Gospelthat we all must expect to get"goosed" now and thn, I'm merelyfollowing a higher principle of llfe,that called "duty". I only wanted tosay that we should be given a bitmore responsibility. appropriatefor the blossoming young adultswith fertile minds that we are. Inreturn, we promise not to becomePhilistines living it up in Sodom,Connecticut.P.S. Remember, even the "finkclause " is up for reappraisal.

Singing Off,Peter Radin (Raisin«~-

Mr. Ames declined an invitation torespond.

Re: OHeIlllive food.

Septembe."26,1977

To the Editor:

As one of many Jewish studentshere at Connecticut College, I wishto express my utmost disap-pointment in the choice of thedinner which was served onWednesday evening, Sept. 21.YomKippur, the' most holy day on theJewish calendar, began at sunsetWednesday evening and this was,for many people, the final mealbefore a 24-hour fasting period.In the past, when the only choice

of anything solid to eat was pork orham, I have either grinned andbore it or settled for the usual salador peanut butter and jelly.' Afterspeaking with several people, Ifound that they, too, were appalledthat pork was served on thisparticular evening. I am fullyaware that (at least in Harris)there was an alternative of fish, butthat, to me, is inedible any day! Idebated whether or not to evenwrite this letter, but I decided thatthe Jewish population at Conn.deserves a little more respect thanit has received. Perhaps in thefuture, the school can exercise a bitmore consideration for others inthe preparation of the menus.

Sincerely,Jody R. Paskow

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September 28,1977To the Editor: This is in repsonseto the interview with Oakes AmesConcerning the College's policy ondrugs. Therefore, the following isdirected towards our 'COLLEGEPresident.Mr. Ames,Thank you for your in-

terview,thereby illumInating theshadow covering the ad-ministrations's view towards"drugs:'. However, this does notappear 10 De consistent with thecollege's recent decsion to rid usfrom Craig "Creepo" Hancock'sunhealthy infiuence (as the leaderql our force of elite killer-trainedbodyguards). It's cool,security, westill love you, Anyway, it seemsthat the administration is intentupon helping the studentshere,while keeping us on the pathsof righteousness and virtue. Yet,we are still treated as pre-pubescent people.Why cannot the administration

adopt a policy whereby thehousefellows are allowed to usetheir discretion (seeing as they arealready in a position of respon-sibility) and speak with the sup-posed victum of "drug" abusethemselves. There' should be acertain amount of fairness allowed,and if a minor incident arises (nowbe realistic), let the housefel1lowhandle it, thereby nipping it in thebud and not dragging it to theadministration. I wish you couldhave been more explicit in ex-plaining exactly what you meanwhne referring to "drugs". Alcoholis considered a "drug" and we areall aware that there is a greatamount of its use on campus. Thevagueness of your policy anddefinitions when you say "drug"conjures up in my mind notions ofhallways littered with polka-dotskinned junkies leering, at passers-by in evil manners. Also, there is amajor difference between alcoholand marijuana (contrary to yourstatement that they are both anequal social problem).Therefore,possibly, the ad-

ministration could reconsidergiving the housegellows the fullresponsibility that he or shedeserves, and only come to theproper authorities if the problem istoo great. To do that, we mustestablish exactly what "too-great"would be. Please let us know. I donot thin k that some poor luckiessindividual should have to face thedeans simply because someoneaccidentally dropped a "roach" infront of that person's door. By the

THE COLLEGE VOICE, OCTOBER 7, 1977 3

Part 1

Tenure •IssueNothing appears to be as endemic to the academic world as the system

oj tenure. Conn. is no exception to that practice. Here. there is a wellestablished program for tenure that has survived for many years. Tenureevokes a multitude of ideas depending on to whgm one speaks. Thisconfusion stems from a general ignorance 01 what tenure means, both ina general system of eductaion, and as it applies to Conn.In an attempt to educate ourselves and the rest of the College Corr.-

munity, THE COLLEGE VOICE id doing a two part investigation ontenure. Below is the introduction to this in vestigation. Research andwriting by A my Kest, Lisa Shaw, and Walter Sive.

The American Association ofUniversity Professors calls tenurea system that protects "academicfreedom." They state, "A college isa marketplace of ideas, and itcannot fulfill its purpose of tran-smitting, evaluating and extendingknowledge if it requires conformitywith any orthodoxy of content and·method." Mr. William Cibes, headof the Faculty Steering and Con-ference Committee elaborated onthis theme. He said, "Professorsmust be free to teach as they seefit. There must be no infiuencefrom trustees, administration orpolitical authorities."The statements of both Cibes and

the AAUP seem valid, but does theexternal pressure they talk aboutreally exist? In an interview withActing Dean of the Faculty, R.Francis Johnson, he conceded that

perhaps ""outside pressure is not asvalid a reason as it was twentyyears ago:' However. he em-phasized that he does not believethe tenure system to be an"anachronism."At the present time, 70 per cent of

Connecticut's faculty is tenured.Tenured faculty are given full timeemployment until they reachretirement age. According toAAUP guidelines, a tenuredprofessor can only be removed forreasons of "financlal exigency" or"gross negligence. It These con-ditions have proven almost im-possible to meet and are thus avirtual guarantee to permanentappointment for a professor.The College, wary of the high

amount of tenured professors,adopted a new tenure policy a fewyears ago. That policy made

certain teaching positions un-tenurable in order to provideflexibility in cutting and addingstaff to specific departments. As aresult, many new professors willhave to leave, regardless of theirabilities, after they finish thestandard probation period.This policy has been called into

question by" trustees I ad-ministrators and faculty. Themajor complaint seems to be thatthe policy does not enable theCollege to keep professors whoshow good promise for the future.In addition, the College has haddifficulty in attracting newprofessors, when those potentialprofessors discover they mustleave after five years. In an at-tempt to rectify this problem, anAd Hoc Tenure Committee wasestablished this past summer. Thecommittee contained three facultymembers (one untenured), threetrustees and two members of theadministration.The major thrust of the com-

mittee's proposal is a provision for"contingent tenure." The provisionattempts to solve the problems ofuntenurable positions while stillproviding flexibility for the Collegein its efforts to shift staff fromdepartment to department. It alsopermits the College to keep newprofessors who have shown goodpotential for the future. Fur-thermore, the proposal could helpin attracting candidates for newteaching positions. Specifically,"contingent tenure" means thatthe College will grant tenure to aprofessor who has proven himselfduring a probation period. The

,I:NTERVIEW"Tenure produeedure too lenient"

The follOWing is a tape recorded interview with Acting Dean of theFaculty, R. Francis Johnson conducted Tuesday October 4.

VOICE: Why is there a need for atenure system at all? What is theacademic basis for such a system?Ten ure has originated in

academic institutions for varioustypes of historical reasons. Theyha ve something to do withproviding job security in the face ofknow-nothing attitudes or politicalpressures. .

It was a way of protectingacademic freedom, of offering theacademic person the security andthe peace of mind to explore issuesthat might be, unpopular, thatmight lead to answers thatwouldn't fit into conventional valuestructures.VOICE: Can you point out anycircumstances within the last fewyears of political or administrativeintrusion in the academic affairs ofa professor?I know that the situation at the

University of Texas at Austin hasbeen a very troublesome one andthere has been a good bit ofpressure fro!" the state gqvem-ment and from the legislaturedirected towards the ad-ministration of the University.There has pressure, both, on itsgoals and on its internaloperation.VOICE: That situation is inAustin, Texas and we're in NewLondon,Connecticut. Do yourealistically think there is anychance of governmental or ad·ministrative pressure on aprofessor's academic freedomhere at ·Connecticut College?I don't think so, in any direct

way ... but as you know, laws andprinciples of law need to be madein relation to problems and con-flicts of interest and not tailored toparticular individuals or a par-ticular moment ... conceivably thatcould happen. The academicprofession cannot be treated inisolated tiny segments.VOICE: Do you agree with atenure policy,such as Connecticut's

where it is virtually impossible toremove a professor?I think that's an inevitable part

of the tenure system. Anirreversible appointment is thelynch pin of the tenure system andif that is what it takes in order tosupply tenure, then I would say Iagree with the present situation.VOICE: Do you support the Ad Hoccommittee's proposal for con-tingent tenure?Yes.

VOICE: Why?I think that it is the best solution

that this college can arrive at, atthe moment, to deal with problemsthat have developed over the lastseven to ten years. I wish that theCollege would have had the energyand the foresight to have grappledwith these problems successfullyearlier in that period, rather thanat the end of that period ... but wedidn't.VOICE: The Ad Hoc Committee'sproposa I ca lis for more stringentstandards for granting tenure. Whyis there a need to do this?To try to make the language as

accurate as possible, the reportcalls for a number of procedures inassessing candidates. The goal ofthese procedures is to bring out amore rigorous consideration ofqualifications for tenure. I thinkthat it is necessary here, becauseConnecticut College has had apattern of awarding tenure toalmost all the members of theuntenured faculty, unless a very.strong case could be made againstthem. If that person performs withreasonable satisfaction, hadreasonably good reports andseemed reasonably industrious,even though not outstanding orunusually distinguished, thatperson will receive tenure.

_VOICE: Do you mean that Con-necticut's standards for tenure, inthe past have been too lenient ... •that we have tenured professors

whom we shouldn't have tenured?Yes. Our tenure procedure has

been considerably more lenientthan that of other colleges in New.England. Amherst has had apattern of rigorous assessment ofcandidates for tneure, with a resultthat not more than one third of anytenure class has been tenured.VOICE: Do you forsee any facultyopposition to the proposal for morestringent standards for tenure?I don't think that the change

should be called drastic. I thinkthat there are many people thatnow acknowledge that tougherdecisions will have to be made jndthat it's inevitable that there isgoing to be some pain in doing this.One of the strong aspects of this

College is that life here isreasonably pleasant, and there is afriendliness 'among all the mem-bers, or almost all the members ofthe faculty, and in that situation itis very hard to make a toughdecision.VOICE: Why would there be anyopposition to the Ad Hoc Com-mittee's proposa I for contingenttenture?I have not seen any and I don't

believe that it would come out inthe open.VOICE: Do you believe thatConnecticut can realisticallyimplement the new tenure proposalafter being entrenched in the oldsystem for so long? .I do believe that both, people and

institutions can change their ways.That may be an evasive answer.. VOICE: lithe Ad Hoc Committee'sproposa I is not passed, do you seeany adverse affects in the futurefor Connecticut?I think there would be a morale

problem within the un tenuredfaculty, and that morale problemcannot be isolated within thatfaculty group, but will spread farand wide, to departInents wherethere are such faculty members,and to other areas where there is acollaboration between those un-tenured faculty members andother members.

catch is that the College can ter-minate the tenure appointmentwith three years prior notice.Besides recommending a system

of "contingent tenure," thecommittee's proposal calls formore rigorous standards forgranting tenure. Itappears that thecommittee wants to upgrade theprocedures for professor reviewduring the probationary period.The new proposal calls for aprobationary period of six yearsreplete with numerous reviews ofthe candidate for tenure. Thesereviews entail stricter standardsfor teaching and scholarship.A pamphlet distributed by

Conn.'s Admissions Departmentstates, "As a vibrant institution,Connecticut must keep Itscurriculum responsive to shifts ofemphasis in contemporary socialand cultural concerns." TheCollege has repeatedly stressed theimportance of a liberal artseducation. In future articles wehope to determine whether anytype of tenure system is com-patible with these aims. TheCommittee avoided this question intheir report, perhaps, because theyfelt it is unrealistic for Conn. toseriously consider doing away withtenure. Many campuses, however,are rexa mining their tenurepolicies and some do not even havetenure.In order for the Committee's

proposal to be implemented It mustpass a vote of the faculty. Indeed,with so many different viewpointsand opinions on tenure it would bestartling if the proposal remainedintact.

VOICE: Would you make astatement at this time,to thefacu Ity, to support the Ad HocCommittee's proposal?

I will support it when itsdiscussed and I would assume thatdiscussion will begin at the Octobermeeting. One of the things that thetenure report does recommend,which I think is a condlerableimprovement, is that the initialappointment. in effect, is a longerappointment than is presently thecase.A very significant assessment of

that person would take placeduring the third year of service ofthe College. Some people might notbe reappointed after that review.Their service at the College wouldend after four years. However, if aperson were reappointed after thefour years, the appointment wouldbe for three years and that wouldcarry the probationary period inthrough the seventh year, one yearlonger than is presently the case.This offers a better basis, a

longer experience with the person,which is a better basis for making ajudgement, and it also means thatthere would be fewer reviews.Essentially, there would be twocritical reviews; one in the thirdyear, and if the person werereappointed after that, then thecrucial tenure review would comein the sixth year. This is an attemptto focus the energies of students,faculty and administration onthose two key moments ofassessment. I think that's a goodstep forward.

THE COLLEGE VOICE. OCTOBER 7. 19774

Homecoming teamswith the Booksalefor big weekend

- "A happy eoincidence"

Mrs. Louise Ames, General Chairmanof the Booksale.

which they feel will reflect theschool's atmosphere. Laurie Heiss.student director for HomecomingWeekend. stated "TheHomecoming Weekend is going tobe a low-key affair. Itwas designedthis way because of the type ofschool Conn is. We've never beenbig on fraternities,parties, andthings of that sort. so why shouldwe start now?"Homecoming is being funded by

the College and the AlumniAssociation. Social board has also. put a great deal of time into theorganization of the events planned.

By LINDA FOSS and LENOREPELOSIConn College.students' "second

home." will be the site thisweekend for alumni "cominghome" for Homecoming Weekend.Activities for alumni,students, andfaculty include sports event-s.dance, con-certs.lecture s,worksbops and justplain fun and game s,Conn College has had other

Homecoming activities in the past,but these Campus Days did notreceive sufficient support fromalumni, and were discontinued.Since that time. the college hasbeen trying to find way. to get·recent graduates of Conn to comeback to see how the school and it.student. have changed.Only the last four cla •• e. were

invited to this year's HomecomingWeekend. Louise Anderson,Executive Director of the AlumniOffice. explained the reason forthis was that the spirtt of theweekend was coed, and that thesefour classes had the most evenratio of men and women.In the future Homecoming may

include every alumni class butsince this is the first year, no onecan estimate how many alimni willattend. However. graduate. ofcla •• e. earlier than 1974who haveindicated that they would like toparticipate are welcome.The Alumni Council, a com-

mittee of 150alumni from all over. the United States. will hold theirannual meeting on campus duringHomecoming Weekend. TheCouncil consists of classpresidents, club representatives,class agent chairmen who are incharge of fund-raising for theirclass, career internship coor-dina tors from key cities andbequest aid s. The Council will meetin work. hop. during HomecomingWeekend and will discuss theiractivities and plans for the comingyear.Mrs. Anderson said, "Essen-

tially. there will be two kind. ofhomecomings. The fir st willconsist of learning about thecollege a. it is today. This will beembodied in the Alumni Counciland in the discussion of specialstudent programs such as CareerInternship. Study Abroad. and theReturn to College Program. Thesecond aspect of homecoming willbe that of a special event andreunion for alumni, students andfaculty."Sports events will play a large

role in Homecoming Weekend'.activitie s, On Saturday afternoonthere will be a soccer game again.tVassar, a field hockey gameagain.t Mt. Holyoke. and Cro".Country meet again.t We.leyan.There will al.o be a barrel rollingcontest, a punt and pass contest,and a coed tug of war sponsored bythe Quad. These events will be for•tudents.faculty. alumni and staff.Student. and alumni will have an

opportunity to discuss work ex·perience. after graduation at theCareer Fair on Saturday morning.Alumni from many different fieldswill .peak at the Fair.The major art. event. for

Homecoming Weekend will be aperformance by the Marcu.Schulkind Dance Company onFriday night and a DanceImprovisation performance bydance .tudents at Conn onSaturday afternoon.The Homecoming Committee

•which has been meeting .ince last.pring. has de.igned a weekend

OPINION.The cheetah and gazelle

than 10 rounds. "I was off myfeet." Ali later said. Indeed he was.He appeared back up. and

finished the round. Round 14. andShavers didn't punch as hard. butstill Ali was not a•• trong as he hadseemed.In round 15. the cheetah'. corner

made a fatal error. They hadfigured that Shavers was ahead.and told him that. if he could stayon his feet for the fifteenth. thechampionship would be his. Theywere not watching television inShavers' corner, like AngeloDundee was.. NBC was posting the judgesdecisions after each round, so thatthe whole world watching couldknow that Ali had wrapped it up bythe twelfth round. Dundee. Ali'.trainer. knew this and. although hepurposefully kept the news fromthe champ. he planned Ali'. attackin round 1,5: go and get 'ern.Shavers, told to stay on his feet,was staggered by devastating Aliblows to the head and body.

It had turned. briefly. Thegazelle had outfoxed the cheetah.and had become a cheetah himself.The new gazelle was slow. andeasily beaten. Shavers was verygroggy. but still on his feet at theend of the fight. It was Ali by aunanimous decision.I viewed the fight in Danny's

Bar. a place across from therailroad station in We.terly (justdown the street from theknickerbocker). with a seven-toottelevision. There were no animalsin there a. graceful as the gazelleand the cheetah. but hust gorillasand various forms of low life.During the fifteenth round. twotables to our immediate leftdecided that they were bored withthe fight. and started one of theirown.

By DAVID CRUTHERSAs a feature of Homecoming

Weekend the second annual benefit The gazelle and the cheetah arebooks ale will be held in Palmer two totally different animal. thatLibrary. Mr s. Luise Arnes, General live in the· wild. of south-eastChairman of the book. ale. felt that Africa. The gazelle grazes on thehaving this booksale as a part of growth that is spread about.the activities during Homecoming, growing wild like marihuana alongwas a "happy coincidence." the railroad track. in IndianaA selection of nearly 40.000used where the hemp farm. used to be.

books. including both hardcover It is contentto stay in Its own place.and paperbacks all subject matter, happy and carefree. until itswill be available at very modest privacy is intruded upon by aprices. predator.Enthusiast s, a. well as collec- The cheetah will attack the

tors. will find something of in- gazelle. oft-times to feed it. young.. terest, as many of the volume. are The mother will take a few bite. tono longer in print. Some were kill the animal. and then standeven published during the 19th guard to let her cubs come running.century. Among the types of books. playfully, to have a good dinner.available will be ThiS happens, of course. providingbiographie s,mysterie s," how-to" the cheetah can catch the gazelle.books. as well a. a large array on The cheetah bursts out of itstravel, cooking, science fiction and hiding place, after taking care toeducational subjects, ,.. _'J. survey Th'e''Sltua'tlbn'''witl( ~the-11$~One section of Palmer Library most scrutiny. When the killer feels

will be devoted to foreign works on the time is right. it leaps from itsa wide variety of subjects. and camouflage and race. toward. itsanother to children's literature. target, usually one specific animal.Those interested in memorabilia He may sometimes run by onewill find game s, puz- gazelle. to take the one that he haszles,records,sheet music,prints set his eyes upon.and postcard. to catch their at- The gazelle. however. may havetention. . a trick up its own steeve, If it canMany prominent people have figure out what is going on. 'in the

donated autographed work. either nick of time. it can get quite a goodfrom their personal collections or headstart on the cheetah. Since.that they wrote themselves. in- over a long period. the gazelle caneluding John W. Gardner's In outdistance a cheetah. the gazelleCommon Cause, Ann Lander's An escapes, and the fallen predatorExcepUonal Crew of Life, Art returns to survey another potentialBuchwald'. I Am Not A Crook, victim.Edward Kennedy'. Decl.loD For A This is baaically what happenedDecade. These book. will be when Mohammed Ali and Earnieauctioned off through silent bid. Shavers met it the end of Sep-throughout the sale. tember for the World HeavyweightThe booksale also has prints and Champtcnshtp. There were.

records, as well as original art however, some surprises.works donated by the art depart- The cheetah did not tire early.ment and area artists. These works Shavers bombarded Ali with hardwill also be in a silent auction. punches to the head with hi.Mr.. Ames was a •• isted in the powerhouse right in the second

sale by many different scholars In round •• taggering the champ. Thecataloging the books. Gertrude gazelle had not yet been trapped.Hayes. Dean Emeritus of the as Ali. who can take a punchCollege .and a Professor of probably better than any otherEnglish, commented, "This boxer in history, came back to playbooks ale is a great opportunity for with his predator •• om~time.students to build a library for only dancing. sometime. using hi. rope·a couple of dollar.. from a·dope ploy. But Shavers. like theauthorities in the field. Many of the cheetah. is cleve:. He knew that hebook. represented are ba.ic career had to wait for the right moment toones." make his move.The sale will benefit the Con· So. instead of following hi. prey •

necticut College Library book fund. Shavers waited for Ali to come toItwill run from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. and him. which Ali did. However. Ali7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday. noon to 5 was not eaten by Shaver. in tho.ep.m. Sunday. and 9a.m. to 5p.m. middle round •• as the two boxer.Monday. punched each other. with the

If you have any arUcle. you gazelle holding forth. At the end ofmight like to donate to the the twelfth round. the point came.ale.drop them in the .pecial where only a knock-out wouldcollection box in the main foyer of dethrone the champ.the new library. Al.o. student Round 13 came, and Shaver.volunteer. are needed to work at came out punching. punchinjfhard.all hour. during the sale. Contact So hard. in fact. that. in one brief.Mr •. Fred McKeeban. 443-7944or. exciting moment the gazelle hadbox no. 1634. indicating the time. met it. match. For Ali. who had.. you might assi.t.if you will have only been knocked down four time..pare time during thl. event-filled before. tasted canvas. pummeledHomecoming Weekend. by a man who had never gone more

In the perfect sense of baseball'and football. both benches emp-tied. with men from most tablespiling on. with broken gla •• es andspilled beer (fortunately. ours wasgone) flying in all directions. Wecalmly got up. and watched the endof the bout (on tv) from the rear ofthe bar. Back here were thepatricians, the elders, sipping theirbeers and yelling "down in front"to the participants in the localfight. We heard the decision. whichwe already knew. thanks to NBC.in the car on the way home.So. in all. we enjoyed our evening

with mature. The natural combat, -man against man, proving thevictor in cIa. sic style. and the pureanimal instinct of beating onanother drunken fool. It'. a sadthing when animal. who passthemselves off a. grown men haveto resort to spontaneous violence,which certainly does not equal thetalent of two profe •• ionals. But. it'.happened for centuries. and I'msure that bar room brawls are hereto .tay. and won't leave justbecause of article. like thi •.

THE.COLLEGE VOICE. OCTOBER 7. 19775

'Writing of the 70s is here

but we're not seeing it'

By RUTRELL MARTIN

I met John Gardner this summerat the Bread Loaf Writers Con-ference held in the GRREENMountains of Vermont. Of thefourteen writers on the staff atBread Loaf, Gardner was one of-the ones who stuck in my mindafter I left the conference. Thelasting image of Gardner. in mymind, was that of the clever manwith the white shoulder-length hairfading into the Vermont sunset onhis 750-honda.

It is only natural that awell ;known writer like Gardnerbecomes more than a man in theeyes of aspiring young writers. Theman becomes lost in a sea ofidolatry. To bring the man out ofthis storm one has to catch him in adifferent setting. When I left BreadLoaf I never thought I would reallysee him again. in any setting.When our paths crossed again, I

was klighted at the chance to talk.to him. Now. I thought. I would seehim as a human being. Thefollowing was taped Sunday .Oct. 2.Q._How do you view yourself as awriter? The tenor sazophonlstDextor Gordon once .ald, whenasked about how he felt aboutjazz, "It's my IIfe. I can't .ayanything more. It's a way ofliving" So, How do you feel aboutthis?Gardner: Sure, every artist wouldsay that. That is ultimately it. Youdo every thing for that art and yousacrifice everything for that art.You may make fancy reasons why

. you're doing what you're doing butthe real fact is you do it becauseyou love it. You believe in it. Itseems more real than anythingelse.Like you compare what politics

does. It seems kind of silly. I neverknew a jazz musician in my lifewho cared about politics. Theysometimes pretend to, to befriendly to somebody. I never knewa painter who really cared aboutpolitics. I don't think artisit reallycares about religion. they may bereligious people on the side. All youreally care about is doing what youwant to do. Sure, I'm convinvedevery painter, every composer,every jazz musician, every writerwould say this.Q., I've heard you .ay that manystories today have texture but nOstructure. And I wondered why I.

that? Now, you compare com-po.ers with writers as bavlnl thesame type of .tructure problem ••Gardner: I think really seriousartist have texture plus theStructure. For instance,therecordings of Coltrane practising •working over and over on phrases,He wants to get the texture exactlyright but the structure is alwaysthere. Same way if you're a writer.It's easy to make words kind offlash and dassie, especially if youabandon sense completely. likesome writers do. But I think greatartists always care about whatthey are saying. Every art is sort ofexpression o!~motlon and how thatemotion grows and what it leads to.That's structure. The rest is sort offooling around. A really greatartist has both structure andtexture. Some pretty great artistcan have structure but no texture.But no great artist can have justtexture. So what every art has to dois make a perfect marriage bet-ween texture and structure. And inLiterature you get caught fasterthan any place else.Q._Earlier today you .ald life I.n'tart and art I.n't life. Do you see atension between the two?Gardner: Well, they're reallydifferent. Life is raw material andart is what you make out of the rawmaterial. Although art is not life.art affects life. If you take a storyabout a guy who is an ordinaryperson, this is a novelist, right, andyou show how he becomes amurderer. it may be a beautifulstory. But i3 some mother readsthat story and she's got a kid whosein that second stage and he is in-

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elining In the direction that hemight become a murderer, she'sgoing to say, "Hey wait a minute,I've seen this before. We're notgoing to let that kid do that." Sothat art changes life.In the eighteenth century people

didn't like nature. They'd makeformal gardens and avoid woods.Late eighteenth century writersstarted to praise the woods andwriting poems of the woods, theRomantics. Then everybody startsbuilding cottages out by lakes andloving nature because art taughtthem to do it. Art teaches useverything we know.bad and good.Of course. the horrible thing aboutart is that it can teach us to lovewicked things ...You have to thinkabout what the affect of your art isgoing to be.Q._ TurnIng to the writing of the70's, slnee tbat will be your topicfor your lecture tommorrow nllht,what phase of development do youthink literature I. taking on here InAmerica? 'Or I. that bard to .ay?

Gardner: That'. really hard .What'. going to bappen in thefuture is what i. really happeningunderground ... 1 know writers whoare really brilliant writers. in myopinion, that I can't sell.Even Iwith some name. I take thesewriters' works to my publl.ber oragen t and say, H Look here'.something that i. real and exciting.It's brand new ..And they .ay, No,John, get out of here."I think that so far we don't bave a

writing of the 70' •. I think that themain names. the people who getreviewed all the time are the sameold people. Like John Gardnerbrings out a novel and it'. going abe on the front page of The NewYork Times. Updike bring. out anovel, and Updike is really tired.He hasn't done anything reallybrilliant in a long time but he'll beon the front page.Tim O'Brien, who was at Bread

Loaf, is a young w.riter who write.like nobody else in the world. He'.not going to be on the front page ofThe New York Time •. Maybe he'llget a paragraph. Maybe he'll bereally lucky and get a regularreview some place in the back. Butthe likely hood is that he won't evenget reviewed.My friend Charles J'ohnscn

published his first novel six year.ago. Never sold his second novel.Best young writer I ever ranacross, amazing writer. He'll makeit. No doubt about it. He works allthe time. He does radio plays. Hedoes television, and he keep.turning out novels. Last novel hepublished. he's a Black Buddhl.ts.right. an incredibly good novel. It'sabout Black Buddhists here inAmerica. I took it to my publl.herand said you've got ' to read this.The publisher said "Come on, howmany Black Buddhl.ts are therehere in America?"Q._ I met one at Bread Loaf.Gardner: Right (Iaugha). The

. thing is you don't buy a bookbecause it's by a Black Buddhist.The establishment is always a littlebehind. not that they mean to be. Sothe only thing I can possibly say isthst the great writing of the 70's isnot being heard. Soon as people willstop promoting all those deadwriters, like me, and all thosepeople of my age and look at theseguys. they're going to be the kings.For a while, and then the baby kingwill come along. Writing of the 70'sis here but we're not seeing it.

Ga,dner's visit was jointly spon-sored by the Lecture. andDiscus.ion. Committee and theEnglish Department. Tallts withthe Creative Writtng, Chaucer andSurvey of Engli.h Literatureclasses as well as a lecture on"novelists of the '70·s"kept thewriter busy. Being an enthusia.tof radio drama, Gardner 01.0played the tape of his latest play"The Temptation Game."

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Effects of marihuana uncleardespite scientific research

Study on the effects of marihuanain humans has been met withmuch apprehension from

many persons, who question the safetyof administering drugs to researchsubjects. Despite this apprehension,research has been done and I shalldescribe a study made to documentsome of the physiological andpsychological eflects of marihuana inhumans.Two types 01 subjects were tested;

ones who used marihuana on a regularbasis (chronic) and those who professednever having used the drug (naive). Thechronic users were tested only on highdoses n grams) of marihuana with nopractice sessions. The naive subjectswere required to go to four session-s,spaced about a week apart. The firstsession was always a practice sessionand each subject was instructed tosmoke two, hand-rolled, tobaccocigarettes, to inhale deeply and tomaintain inspiration for 20 seconds, astimed by an experimenter with aspotwatch. In subsequent sessions, whencigarettes contained either drug orplacebo, all smoking was similarlysupervised by experimenters. Subjectswere not permitted to smoke tobaccocigarettes while the experiemnt was inprocess.Despite the popular belief concerning

the dangers of administering drugs toresearch subjects, no adversemarihuana reactions were observed inany of the subjects in this experiement.The observable effects of marihuanawere maximum at 15 minutes aftersmoking and were diminished between30minutes and one hour. The effects hadlargely dissipated 3 hours iilter the endof smoking and no delayed or persistenteffects were observed or reportedbeyond 3 hours. With the high doses ofmarihuana ( 2 grams), all the subje'ctsbecame "high " by their own accountsand in the judgement of experimenterswho had observed many persons underthe influence of marihuana.The effect of marihuana on heart rate

was found to depend on the subjects'previous experience with the drug. Inthe naive subjects, marihuana smokingin low doses or high doses was followedby increased heart rate IS minutes aftersmoking. The effect was not demon-strated to be dose dependent, a ith thechronic users being statistically greaterthan in the naive subjects.The effects of marihuana on

respiration were shown to be differentfor both groups. No change was ob-served in the respiratory rate befor~ andafter smoking marihuana in the naivesubjects. The chronic users, on the otherhand, showed significant increases in

By FRANCISCO GARCIAtheir respitatory rate after smoking.Contrary to popular belief, the resultsalso showed that pupil size is not af-fected by marihuana. There was nochange in size before or after smoking ineither group. However, results did showthat dilation of blood vessels in the eyesdoes occur and is responsible for theobserved· reddening of the eyes. Theeffect on the blood vessels of the eyewere more pronounced 15 minutes afterthe smoking period than 90 minutes afterit.To measure the psychological effects

of marihuana,S psychological tests wereconducted. They consisted of the· Con-tinuous Performance Test (CPT), CPTwith strobe light distraction, the DigitSymbol Substitution Test (DSST), theself-rating bipolar mood scale and thepursuit rotor test. The CPT was designedto measure ethe individual's capacityfor sustained attention. The DSST wasasimple test of cognitive function.Neither one of these two tests. the CPTor DSST, showed a changed in .per-formance with previous exposure. Theself-rating bipolar mood scale was usedto evaluate the subjective ef-fectsmarihauna. The experimentershoped that by allowing the subjects torate themselves, within a given categorygf moods, suggestion would beminimized. The pursuit rotor testmeasured muscular coordination andattention.There were no observed difference in

the performance of either group on theCPT or the CPT with strobe distraction;the naive subjects showed a significantdecrease in performance ability at ISand 90 minutes after smoking. Thedecrement following marihuana wasgreater after high doses than after lowdoses, giving preliminary evidence of adose-response relationship. Chronicusers improved on their performance onthe DSST after smoking marihuanawhereas the naive subjects' per.formance was grossly impaired. Theeffects of marihuana on pursuit rotorperformance was also different for thetwo groups. Again the performance ofthe naive subjects was decreasedsignificantly at 15and 90minut~s, at boththe low and high dose. This effect onperformance followed a dose-responserelationship. All chronic users improvedtheir performance on the pursuit rotorafter "smoking the drug (Improvement,however, may have been the result ofpr actice)' (Weil, et aJ. (1968))No physical dependence or tolerance

has been demonstrated lis resultingfrom the use of marihuana. Neither hasit been demonstrated that Cannabiscauses any lasting mental or physicalchanges. However, persons who use

marihuana continually and as thesymtomatic expression of apsychological conflict, a means ofgaining acceptance, or a way ofescaping painful experiences of anxietyor depressions, may be said to bepsychologically dependent on the drug(J. Amer.Med.Assoc., (1967).A study by F. T.Melges, et al.· (1970)

was undertaken to answer questionsconcerning the effects of marihuana onTemporal Disintegration. Temporaldisintegration means that the individualhas difficulty in retaining,coordinating,and serially indexing thosememories,perceptions, and expectationsthat are relevant to the goal he is pur-suing. They found that high oral doses ofTHC induced temporal disintegration innormal subjects; that this performancesstems partly from impaired immediatememory and that temporal disln-tegration is associated with disorganizedspeech and thinking.Temporal disintegration was

measured by a task termed the "goaldirected serial alternation (GDSA)"which required that the subjectsimultaneously hold in mind andcoordinate information as well asmental operations relevant to pursuing agoal.

Melges, et al (1970), using double-blindcontrols, gave eight normal malegratuate students 3 oral doses ofmarihuana extract (containing THClevels of 20, 40, and 60 mg) or placebo, inrandomized order, on 4 different testdays separated by at ieast one week.Tests, carried out at 2 hours intervals,beginning one and a half hours afteringestion showed that increased doses ofTHC progressively impaired GDSAperformance. Higher doses tended toprolong temporal disintegration, asmeasured by the GDSA. There were nosignificant increases in mistakes of long-term memory operations as reflected inmiscalculations after taking increaseddoses of THC .• Short-term memory,however, was impaired.Analysis of the types of mistakes made

during performance on the GDSAshowed that, with increasing doses ofTHC , there were progressively moreerrors in the serial, or U working"functions of immediate memory. Serialimmediate memory errors included lossof place, failure to alternate betweensubtraction and addition, whennecessuary, and blocking. Temporalincoordination of recent memories with

intentions may accoudisorganization of spoccurs under marihThe construction ofrequires that wordsordered in a goal-dithere is a detlclenmemory, the corn!'become poorly inutime, and the person :her train of thougtdirectedness and looslcommon in the speecsubjects tested when,of THC.At present, there

evidence of organicmost that can be said 1is that the effects of 11use have not beenestablished beliefmarihuana as an adleads to personalitypsychoses and to crirrsexual excess. Clknowledge is of greafurther research maycan be used clinicallpart of the doctor's b

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intentions may account in part, for thedisorganization of .pee~h patterns thatoccurs under marihuana Intoxlcatjon.The construction of meaningful speechrequires that Words and phrases beordered in a goal-directed fashion. Ifthere is a deficiency in immediatememory, the components of speechbecome poorly Interconnected overtime, and the person is apt to lose his orher train of thought. Lack of goal-directedness and loose associations werecommon in the speech patterns of ohesubjects tested when under the influenceof THC.At present, there 'is no reliable

evidence of organic damage, and themost that can be said against marihuanais that the effects of long·term or heavyuse have not been ascertained. Theestablished belief tends to viewmarihuana as an addicting drug thatleads to personality deterioration andpsychoses and to criminal behavior andsexual excess. Clearly, the newcnowledge is of great importance, and'urther research may find that Call11llblsian be used clinically, once again, asiart of the doctor's bag.

Connecticut lags in marihuana reformBy MICHAEL SITTENFELD

There has been no reform ofmarihuana laws in Connecticutduring 1977. Or~on, Alaska,

Maine, Colorado, California. Ohio,Minnesota, Mississippi, New York and,most recently, North Carolina have alldecriminalized possession of smallamounts of marihuana. Meanwhile,Connecticut lags behind because of whatThe New York Times has labelled"political controversy. o.

As defined in the General Statutes ofConnecticut, marihuana is, "all parts ofany plant, or species of the genus can-nabis or any infra specific toxin thereof,"whether growing or not; the seedsthereof; the resin extracted from anyplant of the plant; and every com-pound, manufacture, salt. derivative,

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mixture, or preparation of such plant. itseeds or resin extracted therefrom,·fiber .oil, or cake,or the sterilized seed ofsuch plant which is incapable of ger-m ination .... ,A person who possesses less than four

ounces of marihuana in Connecticutfaces up to a $1,000fine or one year injail.or both. A "subsequent offense"may lead to a fine of $3,000 or im-prrsonment for five years, or both.Selling marihuana in Connecticut can

draw a fine for the first offense of up to$1,000 and-or imprisonment for up toseven years. For subsequent offenses. aperson may be fined up to $5,000 and-orimprisoned for up to fifteen years. Thestatute does not specify fines fordispensing certain amounts ofmarihuana; therefore, selling a fewgrams of pot can result in a severepenalty.A Gallup Poll release in May .. 1977,

showed that 24 per cent of aU Americanshave tried marihuana. 59 per cent of allAmericans 18-24years of age have triedit, while more than 50 per cent under 30have smoked pot at least once. The pollalso showed that 13 million people are"current users" of marihuana and that 3million Americans smoke it daily.The Gallup Poll indicated that

marihuana use is rising rapidly. A polltaken in 1973showed that only 12per centof all Americans tried marihuana;.therefore, in four years marihuanausage doubled. Among people 18-24yearsof age. marihuana smoking went upfrom 41per cent in 1973. In addition, the1973 poll .showed that 22 per cent ofcollege graduates tried pot while the 1977poll reported 36 per cent. .New York's decriminalization of

marihuana was signed into law by

Governor Carey on June 29 of this year.The new law made the penalty forpossession of 25 grams (almost an once)up to $100 for the first offense. Thesecond offense can result in a fine of ujlto $200, and the third offense can draw afine of up to $250and -or a jail sentence of15 days.

Support for decriminalization ofpossession of marihuana is widespread.The National Organization for theReform of Marihuana Laws, or NORML,has led the fight for decriminalization.In additon , the Carter administrationopenly advocates decriminalizatlon . InMarch, 1977, Dr. Peter Bourne, SpecialAssistant to the President for MentalHealth and Drug Abuse, told a HouseSelect Committee that the White Housesupports decriminalization of possessionof small amounts of marihuana. SenatorJacob Javits and Representative EdKoch, now Democratic mayoral can-didate in New York City, co-sponsored abill this year thai calls fordecrimlnallzatlon.There is a great difference between

decriminalization and legalization.Decriminalization reduces the penaltyfor possessing small quantities of pot toa violation ( which is legally not acrime). Legalization would permit boththe possession and selling of marihuanawithout legal reprecussions. Few. if any.politicians favor lealization.

Despite these efforts, however, thereare still misconceptions among millionsof Americans. The 1977 Gallup Pollshowed that 59 per cent of the populationbelieved both that marihuana Is "physically addictive" and that it canlead to the use of "harder z rugs likeheroin."

8 THE COLLEGE VOICE, OCTO,BER 7, 1977

The weekend is upon us with itcome great expectations for thebest Flag Football game of the 1977regular season. As early as lastspring fans were predicting thatthe winner of the LarrabeeHarkness clash would dominatethe season and most likely goundefeated. Kick-off for this battlewill be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct.9th. Follwowing the first week anda half of play on the Conn. Col.gridiron it is clear that these twoteams are the class of the in-tramural league.

Larrabee opened iu season onthe 23rd of September as strongfavorites over an unknownHamilton-K.B. team. The spec-tators were looking for a high-powered offense from the formerRoyboys featuring the strong armof Mark Fiskio at quarterback andthe speed and sure hands of LarryWilgus at wide receiver. This pair,which helped lead Morrison to thefinals last season, has a greatsupporting cast on offense asLarrabee expects to score at will inmost games this year.Joining Fiskio in the backfield

will be veteran allstars Peter Galeand Tom Bell. Gale, 'with morespeed and moves than a hooker inheat, displayed his talents lastweek in a brilliant touchdown runagainst the Quad, leaving chair-man Jerry Carrington bi ting thedust. Bell has the speed to get to the

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outside, and with a solid offensiveline T. may "go for six" often thisyear. The line features the Bud-man, star of last year's playoffs atthe center spot. Buckwheat isflanked by Paul Sabatino and BillDavis. this trio is expected to openholes for the running backs andgive plenty of protection to Fiskioagainst a very large and equallydetermined Harkness line thisweekend.According to Tom Deedy, spark

of last season's Super -BowlChamps, defense is the heart of theHarkness team this season. As weall know.ithe best offense is a gooddefense. In last week's 56-7 blastingof Burdick two interceptionsdemoralized Gardner's Heroesearly in the first quarter and thegame was no contest. First, DavidStewart intercepted a MarkTeschner bomb and returned it 30yards to the one setting up a Deedyplunge. Minutes later a pass wasblocked at the gine by Don H.P.Capelin and picked ff in the end-zone by the sure hands of Peter'Kelly.Featuring Stewart, Kirth and the

inimitable Beaver at linebackerand Norman, Capelin and Kelly onthe line Harkness has one of thebiggest defensive lineups in recentFlag 'Football htstory., The check.and balance system of theHarkness defense rests on theshoulders of safety Tom Deedy whodefends his territory as well asMickey Rivers ever covered theacreage in Yankee Stadium.

Although Harkness outs coredtheir opponenta 135-14 in their firstthree games, there has been somedisappointment with the offense.After experimenting with Beaverat quarterback, the big man hasbeen moved to center spot. Deedywill be calling the signals with asteady, fi not fleet footed Kirth atrunning back along with thetemporarily unknown ScottPollock. With the determined,team-minded Paul Sanford joggingpass patterns into the secondary,Harkness has displayed a potentbomb themselves.Of course, it will be tough to

move against the Larrabee 3-2-2 Dwhich has yet to allow a point. AsSab, Big Daddy and MiamiWatkins string out sweeps anddisplay an aggressive pass rush,the occasional blitzes first twoshut-out victories, 51-0 over Ham.-K.B. and 37-0 over a disappointingQuad Squad. As the Gator and T.K.roamed the secondary both op-ponents found it very difficult topick kp even a first down.However two teams do not make

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Quad tells us that the team hasenough talent to challenge but willhave to prove it over a long season.JA-Freeman-Lazarus also feel thatthey have the talent to field a play-off contender. Although the star-tling loss to Quad hurt, the Clauson- .Sprague defensive duo helped toshut-out Wright 28-0. The only otherteams with victories are Burdick,featuring four touchdown passes.by Mark Teschner and the finerunning of Ricky Shrier in a 28-14victory over Windham andHamilton-K.B. with a 28-7walkover of Windham. Hamilton,led by the tall tight end Paul P.G.Greely, who caught three touch-down passes, may challenge for anorth division playoff birth. A finalreminder to all fans, Sunday Oc-tober 9 at 2 p.m, Harkness vs.Lar rabee live at FitzmauricePark.

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Breesin' on the ThamesBy AMY KEST

"Sailing makes one feel good, itenables a person to be open withhimself, it involves working withnature, it is challenging and itbalances out the day," said bothWisner Murray '79 and JesseAbbott '78, two important studentsdealing with the development ofthe sailing club. They both agreedthat sailing was a big part of theirlives so they worked towards theimprovement of the club.

The history of sailing at Con-necticut College' is very short.Originally, the girls at Connecticutwent down to tlte Coast GuardAcademy and sailed there. Theythen became members of the NewEngland Woman's IntercollegiateAssociation. As the college went co-ed, so did the team and the newteam became associate membersof the New England IntercollegiateAssociation.

In 1974 Jesse Abbott tookcontrol of the club and tan it with afew innovations. As a part of hisleadership, they were more in-volved in both recreational andIntercollegiate sailing. In the fall of1976 Wisner Murray became incharge; he reevaluated it andstarted to build the club towards asolid competitive racing team.They have practices everyday,using the Coast Guard Academy'sboats and regattas on theweekends. Both Abbott andMurray helped make the teamwhat it is today. It is now a clubwith approximately forty membersand seventeen regattas for thisseason.

To learn more about the club, Iwas able to interview Jesse Abbottand Wisner Murray and discoveran over-all impression aboutsailing and the sailing club.

Q. What motivated you 10· lakecharge of the sailing club?

Murray: I'm a sailor from wayback. I love competitions and Iwanted to set up a team where thatwould be competitive and so kidscould have fun.Abbott: I love sailing and I've doneit for the past fifteen years. A sailoris a sailor-once you get it into yourblood its something you can't getout.Q. How did you build Ihe team?Murray: The first thing I wanted todo was set something up betweenthe Coast Guard and ConnecticutCollege since we don't have ourown facilities. I talked to the coachand in working with him I was ableto establish that we could use twoor three boats each day. As the clubhas improved, they have allowedus to use some better boats.Q. Did you have Irouble startingIhe club?Murray: No, people were receptiveto my doing this. It didn't takemuch money and what money wasused was given, to us frwu _theS.G.A. Everyone has. beer..responsive, the Coast Guard washelpful and our traveling expenseshave been minimal.Abbott: It depends who we areracing against. When racingagainst the associate members wehave a confident feeling becausewe have won trophies from themand we know we are capable ofwinning. However, most of thetime we race against M.LT.,U.R.I., Harvard, Yale and'Tuftsand they are national champs.With them we go out with the at-titude that we'll do the best we can.Sailing when you get into it is verytense thing because every moveyou -make is a variable. How youfeel on the water changes everytime the variables change.Q. What boats do you use whenracing?Abbott: We have been racing twoclasses. One is the Flying Dut-chman' Junior; they are a sixteenfoot sloop. The other boat we have

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used has been the shields which is athirty foot sloop.Q. During a race, what do you feel,are you nervous?Murray: It is probably the mostexciting thing there is for me to <1,0.It is challenging.Q. Are Ihere any dangers whensailing?Abbott: The only danger would belack of confidence. The boat cancapsize but any competent sailor

. knows how to handle that situation.However, there are problems. Towin in sailing, one has to COI)-centrate very hard because there'are so many variables to consider.The wlndshifts, tides, waves, whateverybody else is doing andwhether you are going the rightway are a few of them.Q. What are some of Ihe factors 10consider when going into a racer.Murray: You want to understand'what makes a boat go fast and thetheory behind it. You also want tokrro.w--S1lmething about sails andhow they are adjusted. Once onelearns how to do that there aretactics to consider such as how tohandle the boats nearby, where togo, when, and why.Q: How successful has Ihe sailingclub been and how would you like tosee il develop?Abbott: I would like to see theschool get its own facilities so wecould build our own program.Murray: We compete in a league-New England IntercollegiateSailing Association- which has twodivisions. One division is theregular membership. It consists ofschools such as Tufts, Harvard,Yale, Coast Guard, Brown, M.I.T.,and U.R.I.. These schools haveboats and sailing is a regularvarsity sport. That is a verycompetitive division. Then thereare schools such as ConnecticutCollege that do not have boats orfacilities and still want to race.This is the group that we have donewell against. We have won the Bliss

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Balletic Modern DanceBy MICHAEL LENGSFIELD andALICE WILDING· WHITE

The Marcus Schulkind DanceCompany will be performing aseries of dance pieces tonight at 8p.m, in Palmer Auditorium. Alongwith the world premiere of aquartet commissioned by StanlySussman, a conductor and com-poser, the company of nine dan~erswill be doing pieces to the music ofBeethoven Randy Nuwman, theBeatles B~Ch, jand Talemamn in a. style ~hich Marcus Schulkind,choreographer for the company,oonaiders to be "modern dance'with a very balletic line."The four dancers in the quartet

are Dante DelGrudice, ZaneRanker, Elisa Mante, and SerenaWard. Elisa Mante is a guest artist,and is the principle dancer inMartha Graham's company. Allfour dancers, along with the fiveother members of the company,have done work with Eliot Field,Alvin Aily, The American BalletTheater, Martha Graham, LPearlLand, and others . ..,...Schulkind has worked with

Martha Graham, Lar Lubovitch,Norman Walker, Pearl Lang, TheBalstrbo Dance Company of Isreal,and others. About two arid a halfyears ago, Schulkind decided to trysomething new. "I decided I couldlarn no more from the people I hadwokred with, and, in order to goahead, I decided to choreographfor myself."Schulkind gathered people who

were interested in his company,and they gave their first per-formance two and a half years ago.in New Haven, Connecticut. Sincethen, the company has performedat colleges in the tri-state area andhas done two seasons in New YorkCity each year. The company hasreceived favorable reviewseverywhere; Schulkind's danceshave even been called "littlemasterpieces" by dance critics."I think this is the best company

I've had,"said Schulkind about thedancers who are presently in hiscompany. "Technically andemotionally .. .' it is ..... one of thestrongest companies. The quality Ihave in the company is quite ex-ceptioanal ."Schulkind is presently teaching

ballet and modern dance at Con-necticut College. Anyone meetingMarcus Schulkind is struck im-mediately by his presence andextremely acute wit. His presenceeasily envelops the space itinhibits. This presence is re~ctedin his choreograpby. It is bold and,exciting, always punctuated withohe unexpected.Schulkind's wit often is the

source of the punctuation, and isvery effectively utilized to balancea work. His style leans towards theclassical. Yet, the works are un-deniably modern. Quick flashes ofhumor and the unexpected gestureor movement, balance the classicalstyle, rescuing his work fromsaccharine banality. His use of

stage space is excellent and hisdancers move! This aspect is awelcome relief from some of thecerebral or purely comic worksbeing choreographed today.The Connecticut College campus

was first introduced to Schulkind'schoreography last spring .with thework "Wood's Rain." This danceshow'ed Schulkind's ability toutilize the full beauty of movement.Though thr same patterns wereofetn repeated, the dance was farfrom monotonous. In fact, therepititions enhanced the piece.Schulkind's lighter side was shownwith his series of balleticmovement mixed with unexpectedmodern movement.Last summer, Schulkind was an

instructor for the American DanceFestival, and the campus saw twomore of his works. The first of thetwo the solo 'IAffectuoso·'. wasperformed by Schulkind himself."Affectuoso" is one of Schulkind'searlier works. choreographed in1972. It displays a much simplier,and perhaps more sentimen~lattitude towards dance. Yet, Itcontains within, many of theelements explicit in his currentwork.The second work, "Of Talesin",

was a work performed by thestudents of the Festival. The workwas excellent and exciting dancingwas interlaced with humor. Thechreography was magnificentlyadapted to the Prokofiev scorewhich he chose. The work wasaltogether stunning,. ~nd was ~ellreceived by the critical Festivalaudience.Schulkind's choreography in this

case was highly technical, as ismost of his work. His cast wasexcellent and includes some of themost advanced students ana youngprofessionals attending thefestival. Two of the members ofthat cast, Zane Rankin ans DanteDelGrudice, have joined hiscompany and will be performingtonight. Keep a special eye out forZane Rankin's delightful stagepresence. The dancing of Elis.!'Mante will also certainly commandattention.After performing at Connecticut

College, the company will bedancing October 22nd at the NewYork Dance Umbrella (MiniUmbrella) for young.choreographers and develop-mental choreographers from NewYork City. On November 10th, thecompany will begin a season inNew York City at the AmericanTheatre Laboratory ( 219 W 19thSt.). They will be doing a revival of"Of Talesin", and the quartetwhich they will be doing tonight.The Marcus Schulkind Dance

Company has come far for acompany which was formed onlytwo and a half years ago. Theyhave the potential to grow and bedven more successful. Theirperformance tonight,like theirearlier performances : at Con-necticut College, will be remem-bered far into the next year.

THE COLLEGE VOICE. OCTOBER 7. 1977 11

1M bread of lifeaccording to SchumannBy JANET A. NOYES

"We sometimes give you a pieceof bread along with the puppetshow because our bread andtheater belong together. For a longtime the theater arts have beenseparated from the stomach.Theater was entertainment. En-tertainment was meant lor theskin. Bread was meant for thestomach." So says PeterSchumann, a German-bornsculptor and director, puppetdesigner and show-wr-iter for theBread and Puppet Theatre whichwill stage its production. "Joan ofArc," on Thursday. October 13. inthe Harkness Chapel at Con-necticut College.

To Schumann, theater is not justa luxury commodity to be pur-chased by a select few. "Theater isdifferent. It is more like bread,more like a necessity," he says.This is a philosophy that waswith the Bread and PuppetTheater in its earliest days on thelower East side of New York Cityduring the stxlties, where it per-formed street and anti-war piecesas well as indoor puppet shows.There was no entrance fee, and thespectators generally walked awaywith their stomachs and spiritsfilled.

FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER

YALE REPERTo-R-YTHEATRE: Presents. THEGHOST SONATA by AugustStrindberg. Box office: 436·1600.222York St. New Haven.Ct .. Through Nov. 12.PALMER AUDITORIUM:The MARCUS SCHULKINDDANCE COMPANY at 8pm.Admission: $2-$4.BRIDGEPORT: EROTICFILM FESTIVAL at 8pm.Recital Hall, Berhard Center.Univ. of Bridgeport. Ad-mission : $1.25.

SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER

GOODSPEED OPERAHOUSE: Presents the REDBLUE+GRASS WESTERNFLYER SHOW. A newmusical directed by JohnCullum (Shenandoahff. Boxoffice: 873-8668.Through Oct.30. East Haddam, Ct.WESLEYAN: THE SUN RAARKESTRA. a 25 piece jazzgroup. will perform in Mc-Conaughy Hall, 9pm. $4 inadvance ,$5 at the door.Middletown,Ct.MOVIE: THE PASSENGER.Playhouse Cinema, 321 EastSt. Westport. Ct. In-formation: 227·3998.

SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER

METOPOLITAN MUSEUMOF ART: 50drawings and OilSketches by George Seurat(1859-1891).5th Ave and 82ndStreet, NYC, Through Nov.27.MUSEUM OF MODERNART: CEZANNE: THELATE WORK, 100 Paintingsand Watercolors Focusing onthe 10 years before his deathin 1906. 55th Street,NYC.Through Jan. 3.

In 1970, Schumann brought thetheater to rural Vermont. "He isaware of injustices and op-pression." says Schumann's wife,Elka, "but that is not as immediateis the war was. He would likeshows that reflect the immediateenvironment- the landscape andagricultural themes." (From anarticle by Madeleine M. Kunin inVermont Life, Spring. 1977.)Schumann himself explians, "Forme.the theater is not just an ab-stract art production. I want toperform for my neighbors. I amiooking for things that can beunderstood." (Ibid.)So he says what he has to say

simply and cleariy, not with words,but with puppets three or fourtimes bigger than the people whoplay them. Puppets and puppet-people on stilts, in masks, in theair. It is a combination ofmusic, dance, puppetry, polltlcs,philosophy,and religion; sculpturethat has come alive and moves andbreathes its larger-than-lifereality.It is through the joint efforts of

Linda Herr, Director of TheaterStudies, and David Robb,Chaplain, that the Bread andPuppet Theater is performing atConnecticut College. A grant fromthe New England TouringProgram and the National En-

MONDAY 10 OCTOBER

NEW" 1~jH)'-C;Ki-A 1010PLAYHOUSE: BLUEOYSTER CULT. In-formation: (914) 356·4650.$6.50 in advance. Ticketsavailable at Ticketron.

TUESDAYUOCTOBER

LYMAN ALLYN MUSEUM:Photographic Studies of N.E.Train Stations. Photographsby James Klar. Ipm.·5pm.Free Admission. Just south ofSouth Parking Lot, ConnCollege.

HAMMONASSET SCHOOLARTS BARN: Presents theSEQUOIA STRINGQUARTET. They will playthree qu'artets by Haydn,Beethoven. and Brahms.Madison,Ct. Info: 245-2954

WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER

CITY CENTER DANCETHEATER: Presents theJOFFRER BALLET'sBenefit Preview: ROMEOAND JULIET. Fall Season:Oct. 13-Nov. 13. Ticket In-formation: (212) 256-7300.489-6810. 55th Streeet, NYC. .

MOVIE: •'MacArthur"starring Gregory Peck.Groton Cinema 1, GrotonShopping Plaza. CaU 445-64-1for times.

THURSDAY IS OCTOBER

MOVIE: "Star Wars"Norwich Cinema 1,' SalemTurnpike EXXIT -? Call889-5521for information andtimes.YALE REPERTORYTHEATRE: Preview ofDavid Manet's REUNION.Box Office: 436-1600.222 YorkSt., New Haven, Ct. OpensOct. 14 through Dec. 14.

Members of the Bread and'Puppet Theatre will perform on October 13 inHarkness Chapel.

dowment for the Arts is making itpossible.Several years ago Linda Herr

saw the Bread and Puppet Theaterperform an anti-war piece that shecalled, Hone of the most touchingand beautiful statements I'd everseen done about the war." Shedescribed the event as a "com-munal kind of performance." The"SpiI1oit of communion andhumaniry" in Peter Schumann'swork, she said, create. anaesthetic experience that has a"unique and far-reaching effect onaudiences and performances"throughout the country.David Robb attended the annual

"Domestic Resurrection Fair andCircus" this summer in Glover ,-Vermont; home of the Bread andPuppet Theater. He descrtbed it asa "two-day celebration ...unitingvisual imagery, movement,theatricality, sigbts and sounds

By MICHAEL SITTENFELD

Barry Miles. a jazz artist whospecializes in fusion music, willperfor m with his quartet atMabrey's on October 9th at 7:30.Mabrey's Club is located in

Marbrey's Hotei next to OceanBeach. Mile. has performed withsuch varied artists a. BillieHoliday, Herbie Hancock, andJohn Abercrombie. Currently,Miles dominates his group's jazz-rock sound. with his keyboardwizardry.In a recent interview , Marc

Gentilella, who arranges concertsat Mabrey's through his talentagency Flash Groups, spoke freelyabout the series of jazz concertspianned for the New London Club.Seated in his combine. office and

home, Marc spoke about futureperformances while Barry Mile.'.latest record, "Sky Train," jllayedin the background. "What we'retrying to do is offer an alternativeto the basic stuff that's playedaround the area all the time." heexplained. '«There is no otherplace to go for good music in thisarea. "Other groups planned for

Mabrey's include the Pat MethenyQuartet on October 16th. The YoungAdults on October 23rd, Mo.eAllison on November 20th. andCharlie Byrd for sometime inDecember. In addition, Marc'.organization is trying to arrangedates for Jan Hammer and the AIDiMeola Group, as weil as Eyes,formerly known as Jasper Wrath.Marc called Pat Metheny an

"excellent guitarist" who is"beginning to get the recognitionhe deserve s. " The Young Adults'the only non-jazz act booked thusfar is a group that "can do .Poofs ofalmost any type of music you canthink of." Marc called The YoungAdults "theatrical " and "wildlyfunny."

and smell ..... transporting you intoanother world." "The whole thingwas like a huge gift," sald Robb."It had a very powerful impact onme."Ten Connecticut College students

will be performing with the Breadand Puppet Theater in theproduction of "Joan of Arc" atConnecticut College. Among themare Jody Steiner, Nancy Kerr,David Jaffee, and Bill Lattanzi, allof whom work with Linda Herr inTheater Studies. Jody Steiner andDavid Jaffee also serve on theChapel Board.

This should be an unusal andexciting performance;good for allages. Admission is $1.00at the doorfor members of the ConnecticutCollege Community. That'.Thursday, October 13.at 8:00 pm inthe Harkness Chapel. ConnecticutCollege.

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.'Miles of jazz at Maybre 1-'~1-

Barry Miles

"Most of the group. we arebooking are national acts." heremarked, "but, we also want toget people interested in new artistscoming on the scene," For the mostpart, Sundays will be "the nightsfor top jazz performers:'Larry Coryell, jazz guitarist, the

first performer at Mabrey's,played before a sell-out audienceof 250. "Every show will sell out,"said Marc, citing the wide audiencethat jazz can attract.Our community extends beyond

the bounds of this campus. Thelocal musical future needs thesupport of Conn. students. Jazzconcerts at Mabrey's couldenlighten and provoke many.

12 THE COLLEGE VOICE. OCTOBER 7. 1977

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