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vol. 63, no. 9 memphis, tennessee 38112 December 1, 1978 Schorr confirmed as Dilemma '79 speaker The Steering Committee for Dilemma '79 announced the confirmation of its first speaker for this year's symposium, reporter and commentator Daniel Schorr. The title of the weekend is "In Media We Trust..." Co-chairman Greg Yeatman said that, although the committee had gotten off to a slow start, it is gaining momentum and potential every day. Their main work up to this point has been in asking members of the Southwestern community for names of potential speakers. Along with the confirmation of Schorr, the Steering Committee has received positive replies from several other potential speakers, including Ron Nessen, former Pledges to fast raise money as World Hunger Week ends Today marked the end of World Hunger Week at Southwestern. The first in a series of events aimed at the problem of world hunger, this week of activities was sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain. By noon on Wednesday, 540 students, more than 75% of the college's boarding population, had pledged to fast all day on Thursday, November 30. The Epicure Food Service agreed to refund the cost of all meals not eaten that day. Together with cash contribu- tions made by faculty and non- boarding students, who also agreed to fast, an approximate total of $1,330.00 has been raised. Proceeds will go to CROP, the Community Hunger Appeal of Church World Service. Other activities included special educational opportunities, films, and worship. Professors Michael McLain and Mark McMahon addressed the complex social, economic, and ethical aspects of the problem in a forum on Tuesday night. Two document- aries, "Rich and Poor: What Can We Do?" and "Beyond the Next Harvest" were presented Wednesday. During Thursday's fast, students gathered for prayer at noon and for a special vespers communion service in the evening. Robert Norfleet, Southwest- ern's Chaplain, called the initial response of the student body "overwhelming," and attributed the project's success to more than 30 student volunteers who worked day and night for a week publicizing events and soliciting pledges for the fast. Plans are already underway for the establishment of programs that will represent an on-going commitment by members of the Southwestern community to deal with the problem of hunger. A cooperative effort between the campus and citizens in the larger Memphis community is planned in conjunction with the observance of World Food Day in April. Included in the curriculum offerings in Term III, is a course on World Hunger offered for credit in the Philosophy department by Professor McLain. The Community Hunger Appeal of Church World Service ("CROP") was chosen to receive the proceeds of this week's fund- Committee announces savings The Energy Committee announced this week the energy savings for the month of October. Students saved $161 dollars compared to last year's expense. This amount, plus the savings from September, bring the two-month total of the Student Bonus Account to $694. The figures from October reflected a drop of 19000 kilowatt hours compared to last year, but an increase in the use of gas offset these savings. Peter Cobb, student member of the committee, extended congratul- ations to the student body on its behalf. He also said that students will be able to choose the way the money will be spent in the spring, and that further success will depend on the actions of each student. raising because of its low operating costs and its ecumenical nature. CROP resources support work in eight program categories: family planning, refugee relief, technical consultants, development education, appropriate technology, foreign and domestic emergencies, seeds, and food. All of CROP's programs emphasize the need for education with regard to the complex nature of the hunger problem, for economic develop- ment aimed at self sufficiency, and for adequate food supplies for the future. press secretary for President Gerald Ford; John Tebble, media historian and auther of Media in America; and Nix Johnson, executive editor of Time, Inc. The Steering Committee is negotiating with them at the present time. Others who have been written are John Chancellor, Nora Ephron, Jody Powell, Tom Snyder, Barbara Walters, Harlan Ellison, Geraldo Rivera, and Shana Alexander. Daniel Schorr was a news correspondent and commentator with the CBS Television Network until the fall of 1976, when he was fired. He was responsible for leaking a secret House document to the Village Voice magazine, causing an uproar among governmental officials and media leaders alike. He has been called "a martyr for the First Amendent." His most recent book, Clearing the Air, deals with the problems of investigative journalism. Yeatman also said that, because the movies shown before last year's Dilemma were such a success, this year's program will include several. Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, The Front, with Woody Allen and Zero Mostel, and Triumph of the Will, a Leni Reifenstahler World War II German propaganda film, have already been selected. The committee is also working to schedule Network, with Faye Dunaway and William Holden. Tom Parrish, Finance Committee Chairman, has initiated the fund drive with a series of letters to the Board of Trustees and former large contributors. Yeatman said that the beginning of second term will bring with it a need for many helping hands, and he asked that those interested contact a member of the Steering Committee. Members are Cathy Roan, co-chairman; Deborah Legge, Business Manager; Sally Barge, Publicity; Cathy Caldwell, Operations; Trinka Dykes, Format; Melissa Kent, Program; Tom Parrish, Finance; at-large members Bobby England, Deck Reeks, Keith Thompson, Edward Wheatley, and Jim Whitlock. Fruchtmans to highlight festival Drs. Caroline and Efrim Fruchtman will present a concert of viola da gamba and harpsichord music at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 5, in Hardie Auditorium on the Southwestern campus. The program is part of the Southwestern Music Department's Festival of English Music, a series of lectures and performances featuring vocal and instrumental music from the baroque period through the 20th century. The Fruchtmans, who teach at Memphis State University, are guest artists for the festival, which runs from November 29 through December 10. .The festival is open to the public without charge. Caroline and Efrim Frucht- man both were trained in music performance at conservatories-- Efrim at the Juilliard School of Music and Caroline at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Both received master's and doctoral degrees in musicology from the Unitersity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They did further study in Europe, Efrim in Vienna and Caroline in Florence. The Fruchtmans' interest in .both performance and research found an outlet in their preparation of historical recitals. They perform frequently and have given workshops in early music at colleges and universities in the United States and Mexico. Efrim's research specialty is the field of early musical instruments. He is the author of articles in music journals on the baryton, viola da gamba and violoncello. Caroline's research and publications have dealt with Benedetto Marcello and baroque chamber cantatas and duets. Caroline will play the harpischord, and Efrim the viola da gamba, in the Southwestern concert. Efrim, editor of the Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, formerly served on the faculties of Ohio State University and the University of Arizona. He was a founder and director of the collegium musicum of both institutions. Sou'wester Box 724 2000 N. Parkway £ 1 Memphis, TN 38112 - ; , ~

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vol. 63, no. 9 memphis, tennessee 38112 December 1, 1978

Schorr confirmed as Dilemma '79 speakerThe Steering Committee for

Dilemma '79 announced theconfirmation of its first speaker forthis year's symposium, reporterand commentator Daniel Schorr.The title of the weekend is "InMedia We Trust..."

Co-chairman Greg Yeatmansaid that, although the committeehad gotten off to a slow start, it isgaining momentum and potentialevery day. Their main work up tothis point has been in askingmembers of the Southwestern

community for names of potentialspeakers.

Along with the confirmation ofSchorr, the Steering Committeehas received positive replies fromseveral other potential speakers,including Ron Nessen, former

Pledges to fast raise moneyas World Hunger Week ends

Today marked the end of WorldHunger Week at Southwestern. Thefirst in a series of events aimed atthe problem of world hunger, thisweek of activities was sponsored bythe Office of the Chaplain.

By noon on Wednesday, 540students, more than 75% of thecollege's boarding population, hadpledged to fast all day onThursday, November 30. TheEpicure Food Service agreed torefund the cost of all meals noteaten that day.

Together with cash contribu-tions made by faculty and non-boarding students, who also agreedto fast, an approximate total of$1,330.00 has been raised. Proceedswill go to CROP, the CommunityHunger Appeal of Church WorldService.

Other activities includedspecial educational opportunities,films, and worship. ProfessorsMichael McLain and MarkMcMahon addressed the complexsocial, economic, and ethicalaspects of the problem in a forumon Tuesday night. Two document-aries, "Rich and Poor: What CanWe Do?" and "Beyond the NextHarvest" were presented

Wednesday.During Thursday's fast,

students gathered for prayer atnoon and for a special vesperscommunion service in the evening.

Robert Norfleet, Southwest-ern's Chaplain, called the initialresponse of the student body"overwhelming," and attributedthe project's success to more than30 student volunteers who workedday and night for a weekpublicizing events and solicitingpledges for the fast.

Plans are already underwayfor the establishment of programsthat will represent an on-goingcommitment by members of theSouthwestern community to dealwith the problem of hunger. Acooperative effort between thecampus and citizens in the largerMemphis community is planned inconjunction with the observance ofWorld Food Day in April. Includedin the curriculum offerings in TermIII, is a course on World Hungeroffered for credit in the Philosophydepartment by Professor McLain.

The Community HungerAppeal of Church World Service("CROP") was chosen to receivethe proceeds of this week's fund-

Committee announces savingsThe Energy Committee

announced this week the energysavings for the month of October.Students saved $161 dollarscompared to last year's expense.This amount, plus the savings fromSeptember, bring the two-monthtotal of the Student Bonus Accountto $694.

The figures from Octoberreflected a drop of 19000 kilowatt

hours compared to last year, but anincrease in the use of gas offsetthese savings.

Peter Cobb, student member ofthe committee, extended congratul-ations to the student body on itsbehalf. He also said that studentswill be able to choose the way themoney will be spent in the spring,and that further success willdepend on the actions of eachstudent.

raising because of its low operatingcosts and its ecumenical nature.

CROP resources support workin eight program categories: familyplanning, refugee relief, technicalconsultants, developmenteducation, appropriate technology,foreign and domestic emergencies,seeds, and food. All of CROP'sprograms emphasize the need foreducation with regard to thecomplex nature of the hungerproblem, for economic develop-ment aimed at self sufficiency, andfor adequate food supplies for thefuture.

press secretary for PresidentGerald Ford; John Tebble, mediahistorian and auther of Media inAmerica; and Nix Johnson,executive editor of Time, Inc. TheSteering Committee is negotiatingwith them at the present time.

Others who have been writtenare John Chancellor, Nora Ephron,Jody Powell, Tom Snyder, BarbaraWalters, Harlan Ellison, GeraldoRivera, and Shana Alexander.

Daniel Schorr was a newscorrespondent and commentatorwith the CBS Television Networkuntil the fall of 1976, when he wasfired. He was responsible forleaking a secret House document tothe Village Voice magazine,causing an uproar amonggovernmental officials and medialeaders alike. He has been called "amartyr for the First Amendent."His most recent book, Clearing theAir, deals with the problems ofinvestigative journalism.

Yeatman also said that,because the movies shown beforelast year's Dilemma were such asuccess, this year's program willinclude several. Citizen Kane,

starring Orson Welles, The Front,with Woody Allen and Zero Mostel,and Triumph of the Will, a LeniReifenstahler World War IIGerman propaganda film, havealready been selected. Thecommittee is also working toschedule Network, with FayeDunaway and William Holden.

Tom Parrish, FinanceCommittee Chairman, hasinitiated the fund drive with aseries of letters to the Board ofTrustees and former largecontributors.

Yeatman said that thebeginning of second term will bringwith it a need for many helpinghands, and he asked that thoseinterested contact a member of theSteering Committee. Members areCathy Roan, co-chairman;Deborah Legge, BusinessManager; Sally Barge, Publicity;Cathy Caldwell, Operations;Trinka Dykes, Format; MelissaKent, Program; Tom Parrish,Finance; at-large members BobbyEngland, Deck Reeks, KeithThompson, Edward Wheatley, andJim Whitlock.

Fruchtmans to highlight festivalDrs. Caroline and Efrim

Fruchtman will present a concertof viola da gamba and harpsichordmusic at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December5, in Hardie Auditorium on theSouthwestern campus.

The program is part of theSouthwestern Music Department'sFestival of English Music, a seriesof lectures and performancesfeaturing vocal and instrumentalmusic from the baroque periodthrough the 20th century. TheFruchtmans, who teach atMemphis State University, areguest artists for the festival, whichruns from November 29 throughDecember 10.

.The festival is open to thepublic without charge.

Caroline and Efrim Frucht-man both were trained in musicperformance at conservatories--Efrim at the Juilliard School ofMusic and Caroline at theCincinnati Conservatory of Music.Both received master's anddoctoral degrees in musicology

from the Unitersity of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill. They didfurther study in Europe, Efrim inVienna and Caroline in Florence.

The Fruchtmans' interest in.both performance and researchfound an outlet in their preparationof historical recitals. They performfrequently and have givenworkshops in early music atcolleges and universities in theUnited States and Mexico.

Efrim's research specialty isthe field of early musicalinstruments. He is the author ofarticles in music journals on the

baryton, viola da gamba andvioloncello. Caroline's researchand publications have dealt withBenedetto Marcello and baroquechamber cantatas and duets.

Caroline will play theharpischord, and Efrim the violada gamba, in the Southwesternconcert.

Efrim, editor of the Journal ofthe Viola da Gamba Society ofAmerica, formerly served on thefaculties of Ohio State Universityand the University of Arizona. Hewas a founder and director of thecollegium musicum of bothinstitutions.

Sou'westerBox 7242000 N. Parkway £ 1Memphis, TN 38112 -; ,

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Pae 2Suwse ecme ,17

Box 724. ..... @ *..............Dear Editor,

I was informed by our interimDirector of Athletics that thebudget for the Training Room hasbeen drastically overspent.However the problem could havebeen much more severe had it notbeen for the professional trainerwho was hired for football season.Much of the equipment andsupplies that were used during thatseason belonged to him.

My concern is for the athletes -who are presently beginning theirseasons and for those who will beparticipating in the spring. Wehave 15 band-aids left. It istherefore necessary for nme toinform everyone of a few new rulesconcerning the services which willbe provided in the future.

As before, we will be happy tohelp -anyone in need (not only

varsity athletes, but any member ofthe student body, faculty, or staff)however our hours- mustcorrespond to those of theInfirmary should the treatmentrequire smallband-aids, NeosporinOintment, or Zinc Oxide. If youhave calluses to be shaved orblisters to be lanced, please bringyour own scalpel and we will beglad to take care of you. All cases ofjock-itch should be reported to thenurse or can be treated with

Tinactin - about 79¢ at most drugstores. For any other injuries orillnesses, come by and we can try-we can cure just about anythingwith tape. (It's a good thing sincethat's all we have!)

Thank you for your coopera-tion and remember - SUPPORTATHLETICS: Any donations offirst aid supplies will be gratefullyaccepted!-your desperate student trainer,rabbit

College students shy ?PITTSBURGH, PA. (CPS)-Lots ofcollege students feel compelled tolook like they're comfortable insocial situations, while tothemselves they're wondering,"Boy, how do I start a conversationhere?"

Viet Nam war movies crowd theatersNEW YORK, NY (CPS)--FrankEspositio graduated from highschool in Brooklyn in 1968, andwent off to war. He returned todepressing job prospects, and to abureaucracy seemingly dedicatedto denying him his tuitionassistance benefits. He also cameback with a bad drinking problemand a lot of bad memories. Hisanswer has been to repress thememories: "There's a wholegeneration, a whole chink of time,that's been junked."

Talking with Frank Espositio,you begin to understand why theentertainment industry has beenloath to produce movies aboutVietnam. Those is has producedhave been presented as love stories(Coming Home), comedy (The BoysIn Company C), or "high epicadventure" (Apocalypse Now), notas chronicles of war.

It is a war, after all, in whichmany people have a strong stake inforgetting. The truth about itsconduct may tell us things aboutour society and ourselves that arenot pleasant to ponder. Yet it isprecisely this evasion of historythat opens the war to commericalexploitation. And Hollywood,judging from its recent andapproaching offerings, has finallycaught on.

Coming Home and The BoysIn Company Cboth did very well atthe box office. Who'll Stop TheRain, the third of eight Vietnammovies scheduled for release in1978-79, is also holding its own. GoTell the Spartans, with BurtLancaster, has been something of adisappointment, grossing less than$500,000 in its first seven weeks of

play. The big Vietnam movie,Francis Ford Coppola's Apoca-lypse Now, has yet to appear intheaters.

The story of how ApocalypseNow came to be made isemblematic of Hollywood'scollective hand-wringing overputting Vietnam of film. Threeyears ago, United Artists hired PatCaddell and Gerald Rafshoon, twoof President Carter's top publicrelations aides, to find out "whypeople go to movies and what theirfeelings are about the war."

The details of the report aresecret. But insiders, who describe itas a "massive intelligence report,"say that Caddell and Rafshoondiscovered a deep resevoir ofunease over the lack of any officialaccounting of losses in Vietnam.Uneasiness, of course, is seldomworth betting $30 million on, butCoppola's film has indeedconsumed that much money.

With Vietnam Caddell believes"Coppola is trying to do what hedid in The Godfather: not to have amovie that takes an extreme pointof view at either end, but one that'san experience that touches a lot ofdifferent levels at once."

"It's not political," confirmsJohn Milius, who wrote theoriginal screenplay in 1969. "It'san adventure story (based on) theidea of white civilized men goinginto a place where they suddenlyhave enormous power." The tale isnotably detached from troublingallusions to time and place, causeand effect. Though the plot is awell-guarded secret, it is roughlybased on Joseph Conrad's Heart ofDarkness. An early script I haveseen shows Apocalypse. Now as a

kind of Vietnam-era Lawrence ofArabia, hot on the sex and deathtrail.

Hal Ashby's Coming Home,though, does take a more politicalapproach. It's the only Vietnampicture so far that has portrayedopen resistance to the war'sdemands, which were as much apart of the era as the surrender toviolence and disillusionment. YetComing Home reflects the period'stumultious social changes only inindividual terms.

Starring Jane Fonda, BruceDern, and Jon Voight, ComingHome turns out to be a catharticlove story about Vietnam. Fonda isSally Hyde, an officer's lonely wifenightingaling at a VA hospital.She collides with Luke Martin(Voight) on his rolling stretcher,smashes his support hardware,begs forgiveness. Out of suchbeginnings, only true loveconquers. Their relationship ispatient, respectful, restrained by ahusband (Dern) at war. It's atimeless formula, but like thepersonal focus of the film, more aproduct of the mid-70's than the1960's.

"I would have liked to haveseen the movie much more rooted inthe Tet Offensive period inVietnam," Fonda has said, "but wecouldn't find a way to do it thatwouldn't come across as laying amessage on people." When aveteran anti-war campaigner likeFonda must keep the pivotal eventsof 1968 out of a film about 1968 forfear of "laying a message onpeople," something is up.

In short, the post-Vietnamgeneration that makes up the lion'sshare of any audience leaves thesepictures seeing nothing of thetremendous upheavals inAmerican life caused by the war.They don't see the smashing ofidols, the fall of the dollar andAmerican credibility, theassassinations and attemptedassassinations, the riots andrebellions in the inner cities andcollege towns, the breakdowns inestablished authority and theonrush of repressive rhetoric andlaws.

Instead Vietnam and 1968,when the country finally wentaround the bend, emerge as fiction,caricatured as individuals toyingwith mental - not political oreconomic -- forces. The trendreaches its most offensiveincarnation in The Boys inCompany C.

Produced by a huge HongKong-based conglomerate headedby Raymond Chow (of Kung-Fufame), this Golden HarvestProduction takes five all-American boys, standard brand,through induction, basic training(where "pussies turn into men")and on into combat, where it's allhigh jinks going downhill.

Since only "our" team is on

camera, there is a certain loss oftension, of truth. We still don'tknow "what hit us." In fact, a totalstranger of history might wellleave his neighborhood theaterpossessed of the extraordinary ideathat the origins of the war, theferocity of its conduct, the deathand mutilation of so many, lay inthe psyche of the American soldier.

For in these movies (and inmemoirs like Dispatches), this iswhere the war is being dumped.Even in Coming Home, Vietnamappears as a kind of free-floatingnightmare from which only thefortunate few may awaken.

Nowhere in these movies do wemeet the folks who brought us theGreat Southeast Asian War, or seetheir reasons for it. Nor do we seethe "enemy," the people whose 30-year fight for independence loomsso large in the minds of Americanpolicy makers that, to extinguish it,they were willing to risk their ownpolitical survival and the lives ofthree million Americans inVietnam.

EDITOR .......................... Edward WheatleyLAYOUT ................. Christie Ray, Mark HurleySPORTS ............................. Taylor PhillipsPHOTOGRAPHY .................... Boyd Chitwood,

John Peeples, Deck ReeksTYPIST ........................... .. Laura Huff

CONTRIBUTORS .......... George Clark, Peter Cobb,Jeff Horn, Robert Norfleet,

Bryan Wood, Greg YeatmanI I- --

Basketball ScheduleDATE OPPONENTDec. 1 Millsaps

(Carried live by WLYX (FM 89)Dec. 7 Oglethorpe (AU., GA)Dec. 15 Sanford-BrownDec. 10 Maryville Coil (St. Louis, O)Jan. 5 & 6 Dixie Tournament (Southwestern,

Millsaps, Union and Southwestern of Texas)(Carded by WLYX -FM 89)

Jan. 10 Christian Brothers College(Carried by WLYX-FM 89)

Jan. 12 Sewanee(Carried live by WLYX-FM 89)

Jan. 15 Lambuth(Carried live by WLYX-FM 09)

Jan. 18 PrincipiaJan. 20 Harris Stowe CollegeJan. 25 TreveccaJan. 27 CentreJan. 30 UnionFeb. 2 Rose-Hulman

(Carried live by WLYX-FM 89)Feb. 8 MililsapsFeb. 10 SewaneeFeb. 12 David LipscombFeb. 14 Christian Brothers College

(Carried live by WLYX-FM 89)Feb. 17 Rose-HulmanFeb. 20 Maryville Coill. (St. Louise, MO)

(Carried live by WLYX-FM 89]Feb. 23 Principia

(Carried live by WLYX-FM 89)Feb. 24 Centre

(Carried live by WLYX-FM 89)Feb. 26 Xavier

PLACEHome

Home 7:30 p.m.

Home 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.3:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.

Home 7:30 p.m.Home 7:30 p.m.

om 7:30 p.m.

Home 2:00 p.m.

Away 8:00 p.m.

THE SOU'WESTER

But a recent study at theUniversity of Pittsburgh suggestssuch people are far from beingalone. Paul Pilkonis, an apparentlyassertive researcher at Pitt'sMedical Center, found that nearly ;_half of the college students heinterviewed as part of a studyconsidered themselves and,according to subsequent psycho-logical testing, actually were, shy.

Pilkinis, though, found thateven certifiably shy people wereonly shy in certain circumstances.Observing generally-outgoingpeople talking to members of theopposite sex, the researcherdiscovered they were quicker thanshy people in initiatingconversations, and that theytypically did most of the talkingonce the conversation got going.

Yet shy people didn't differfrom the outgoing when theaverage length of each utterancewas measured.

Both shy and not-shy groupsperformed as well when asked todeliver a speech using preparedmaterial. Shy people were, it's true,more anxious while giving theirspeeches, but their overallperformance :sores were .the shmeas the outgoing people.-

Pilkonis thus concluded thatshy people are only shy when"there is no clear definition of themost appropriate or desireablebehavior" in a given socialsituation.

TIME

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.7 p.m. Tues.7 or 9 p.m. Wed.

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December 1. 1978

Ramones: "I don't like anything"In its short lifetime, punk rock,

or New Wave as sophisticatedpeople at cocktail parties call it, hasdeveloped some pretty distinctivestyles. These are the "gross out"groups, such as the notorious SexPistols, who learned three chordsand set out as spokesmen formental illness. Others, such as theTalking Heads and Patti Smith,took the raw power of punk andadded art and meaning to it, thuspumping art into a slowly dyingrock scene. And then there are theRamones, who defy definition.Literally a three-chord band, theirlyrics previously would hardlyhave inspired thoughts of BobDylan. Like the walrus in Alice inWonderland, the Ramones havetalked of many things: "from deathand drugs and stealing things, ofsuicide and drink." Needless to say,the Ramones do everything withtongue deeply in cheek, includingtheir humorous insistence that allfour group members, Johnny, Joey,DeeDee, and Marky are brothers.

The question that remains isjust whom the Ramones arelaughing at: the disgusting punkrockers who dwell on subjects ofanger and despair; the creative, so-called avant-garde new wavepunkers; or us, the ever-gulliblepublic who buy it all.

Surprisingly, the Ramones arevery capable, at times powerfulmusicians. Although their first

Vibraharpist Milt Jackson entertained students in the pub earlier three albums tended to blendthis week. He is the first jazz artist to appear here in a series of together into one very long playingperformers that will visit the campus throughout the year. song (there is only so much you can

New St. Nick

Santa "tired of being taken for a ride". Don't be surprised if you see a

familiar figure dressed in redpicketing., your local shoppingcenter this December.

ALTERNATIVES, an alterna-tive lifestyle education group, issponsoring a national AlternativeCelebrations Campaign this year.One activity presently beingplanned is the launching of thehalf-serious/half-satirical"Alternative Santa ClausMovement".

According to reliable sourcesat ALTERNATIVES, jolly old St.Nick himself is totally fed up withthe gross commercialization of theChristmas celebration. "I'm tiredof being taken for a ride every yearby the people who are out to make abuck at Christmas," said anexasperated Alternative Santa atan October 11 press conference inWashington, D.C. "Christmas hasnothing to do with the wholegaggle of gadgets, trinkets, toysand extravagances they try to sellus each December. I'm fed up withseeing my image and reputationbeing used to hype NorelcoShavers, Ford Trucks and artificialChristmas trees. I've had it! I'mgetting out! Christmas is going tobe a time for me to get back tohelping people and their socialneeds."

The Alternative Santas, whoare being recruited from universitycampuses, activist groups andchurches around the country, willbe engaged in a wide range ofactivities in November andDecember to make the public awareof their choices at Christmas time.

The Alternative CelebrationsCampaign is encouraging people toreduce their consumption levelsand to redirect some of the time,energy and money typically spentduring the standard Christmasshopping routine to importantsocial concerns projects. Theseprojects might include thosenational and local efforts dealingwith food and housing, humanrights, social and economic justice,environmental protection,disarmament and appropriate

technologies.The national goal of the

Alternative Celebrations Cam-paign is to see up to $10 milliondiverted to social justice work thisChristmas (out of an estimated $10billion spent on Christmasconsumption). Already theCampaign has people pledged toundertake alternative Christmasprojects in over 350 communitiesaround the country.

Besides the "Alternative SantaMovement", other local-levelactivities which are being plannedinclude alternative Christmasfestivals, community gift-making(and gift-recycling) jamborees, TVand radio campaigns to counter thecommercialism of the media, andThird World and self-help craftsfairs.

ALTERNATIVES, the nation-al sponsoring organization, hasalso published a number ofresources for the Campaign. Thenew, 246 page, 4th edition of theAlternative Celebrations Cata-logue has just been released and isfilled with dozens of ideas andarticles on alternative celebra-tions, simple and rational living,and various social justice concerns.

Voluntary Simplicity, a 100-pagestudy/action guide, has also beenwritten specifically for Christianswho wish to better understand thereligious base for an alternativeChristmas and other celebrations.(The Catalogue, at $5 each, andVoluntary Simplicity, at $3 each,can be ordered directly from theAlternatives Bookstore, 1924 EastThird St., Bloomington, Indiana47401. Orders must be prepaid.)

So, if you see a Santa thisDecember with the traditional redhat and beard, but who is alsowearing blue overalls and a "Kickthe Commercial Christmas Habit"button, then it's pobably one of the"alternatives".

If you don't see them, or hear ofanyone else doing anything aboutthe commercialization ofChristmas in your area, thenmaybe you should do somethingabout it yourself.

To become an AlternativeSanta or to work on otheralternative Christmas activities,contact the National AlternativeCelebrations Campaign, 1500Farragut Street, N.W., Washing-ton, D.C., 20011; or call (202) 723-8273.

do with three chords), it wasobvious that the Ramones could dobig things if they so desired.

Perhaps now, the desire hascome of age. "Road to Ruin" is theRamones' latest and best offering,as they strive for and reach newmusical heights, with at least fourchords. Johnny's guitar work issharper, complete with a few trickychord changes, somethingpreviously unheard of in aRamones' song. A forceful, at timesoverwhelming beat is provided bydrummer Marky: this newcomer,who replaced Tommy, appearsintent upon making his presenceknown. With excellent production,the Ramones are definitely tighterand more creative on this album,but they never leave their basis ofpunk.

Thankfully, the Ramones havenot lost their slightly bizarre senseof humor. For example, in "I'm AllAgainst It," the band hilariouslyrips apart every punk "hate"songever written: "I don't like playingping-pong, I don't like the VietCong, I don't like Burger King, Idon't like anything."

In spite of all of the above,"Road to Ruin" fails to answer thatone important question: are theRamones laughing with us or atus?

Jeff Horn

Paper binon campusnext week

The newspaper bin will be oncampus December 5-8. The BurrowLibrary staff would like to remindeveryone that you are welcome torecomment titles to be purchasedwith proceeds from this drive. Moreimportantly, your efforts can helprestore the health of ourenvironment. Less energy isrequired to produce recycled paperproducts; and reclaimed paperfibers are used for insulation inbuildings, thereby adding to theconservation of energy. So don'tthrow away those newspapers -help yourself by sharing them.

Theatre Memphis to presentDickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Christmas, more than anyother holiday, is filled withtraditions and symbols. Of theliterature which has grown uparound this holiday, none has beenmore popular than CharlesDickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL.As its second production thisseason in its "theatre in the park"Theatre Memphis will presentCharles Jones' musical adaptationof the classic. Opening on Friday,November 24, and scheduledthrough December 17, thisproduction will serve as a holidaygreeting from the theatre to thecommunity.

Barry Fuller, veteran actor anddirector, will be Ebenezer Scrooge.Tom Hassinger is Bob Cratchit andTimyn Rice in Tiny Tim. The castof sixty, which will include aChildren's (Singing) Ensemble oftwelve, will feature JohnMurphy as the Ghost of JacobMarley, Jim Ostrander as theGhost of Christmas Present, andLaurie Smith as the Ghost ofChristmas Past.

Sherwood Lohrey, ArtisticDirector of Theatre Memphis, hasgiven stage direction for theproduction. Tony Lee Garner wasMusical Director and did thearrangements of the traditionalcarols for the chamber orchestraand harpischord. Ruth Woodardchoreographed the folk dances,and Judy Tevlin of the MemphisBallet Society was Ballet Mistress.

Set design for the production--which is England in 1843, the yearthe novella was first published--was by Jay Ehrlicher, with creditsto Elinor Conrad Hawkins for thespecil properties. Andre' BruceWard was costume designer.

Performances are 8:00 p.m.nightly except Monday, matineesare at 2:30 p.m. on Sundays.Reservations may be made at 901-682-8323 or by sending a cheque($6.00 for adults, and $4.00 forstudents) and a self-addressedstamped envelope with three (3)date choices to Theatre Memphis,630 Perkins extended, Memphis,Tennessee 38117.

No paper next weekIn a magnamimous and

altruistic move, the Sou'westerstaff has agreed not to put out anewspaper next week.

Although under tremendouspressure from the student body topublish the widely acclaimedweekly paragon of journalisticvirtue, the staff voted by a narrowmargin to bring the term to a close

with this issue, thus providing nodistractions next week as studentsstudy for exams. After lengthyconsultations with the Presidentand administrators, it was learnedthat reading day is designed for thereading of textbooks and notes, notnewspapers. The staff graciouslyagreed to still the presses for a weekto comply with these wishes.

Foreign Film Festival schedule announcedThe Foreign Language Department has announced the titles of the Friday, January 5: Two classics of early French cinema:

movies to be shown during its Foreign Film Festival, at the beginning of -- Georges Melie's fantasy trip, "Voyageterm 2. -- Georges Melie's fantasy trip, "Voyage

Saturday, Jan. 6:

to theMoon , full of ingenious visual tricks (1902, silent);and also

-- Jean Vigo's masterpiece "Zero for Conduct"(1933),which zestfully depicts life in a French boardingschool, and which had tremendous influence onFrancois Truffaut and other later filmmakers.

"Crime and Punishment" This version, made in theU.S.S.R. in 1970, is remarkably faithful toDostoevksy's classic novel. Directed by LevKuladzhanov.

Sunday, January 7.'Rogopag," (1962) featuring Orson Welles, is acollection of short films by continental directorsRoberto Rossellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Jean-LucGodard.

All films in this FOREIGN FILM FESTIVAL will be shown in FJ-Band will be free to the Southwestern community. "Crime and Punishment"will begin at 7:00 p.m.; the others, at 7:30 p.m.

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Soccermen close seasonwith win over MSU

Coach Sepp Huber's third second half. Howevseason ended with an 11-8 record (9- minutes into the half C3 against division III competition) took a throw-in fromand a share of the first CAC crown. corner of the field. He tISAM ended on a winning note, straight across thedefeating Memphis State 2-1 at Hartman moved tohome. In the opening minutes of David Bartholomew'the Memphis State game shot, but the ballSouthwestern was awarded a free between them both akick just outside the penalty area. Johnson came crashiTaylor Phillip's shot was blocked righting to head it in.by the Memphis State Wall, but The match betweenJimmy Onubon chipped the rivals was as usual,rebound over the head of battle as members ofgoalkeeper Bob Hartman and into were put out of the gthe far corner. Barker and Rodney Na

Memphis State failed to score knee and anklethe entire contest, with nine respectively, and Memminutes remaining in the first half Jack Dale broke hisSouthwestern defender Dan collision with BartholcWitherspoon attempted to pass This was the last vback to his 'keeper. Instead of for seniors Andy Falls,rolling to the intended target Greg George Johnson, B.Volgas, the ball took a bad spin and and Phillips. Nolan ancurled neatly into the corner of the came out for soccer Igoal. year and both saw qi

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Chris Barker puts a shdt past a Memphis State opponent in the final game of the season.

Women's basketball begins play today17 The women's basketball team9 opens its season today at 4:30.9 This year's team as promised is8 even shorter than before. Pygmy8 co-captains Elaine Toulon and7 Laurie Lynn, hope to lead the team6 victoriously through a much5 tougher season.5 At 5'8", Junior Molly2 McLemore is the Lynxcat's center.

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'UTS Watson (Fr.) and resuming her roleas hatchet woman, Senior CarolMcCown.

Coach Risser has chosenSeniors Toulon and Lynn, JuniorsMcLemore and Leapin' LeighWalton, and Sophomores CarolineClore and George Clark as her topplayers. Risser's strategy ought to

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Terry Moore (Fr.) will also see alot of action. Sophomore transferClaire Ringer and freshman KatyYeilding, Anita Howenstein, and

Susan Sharp roud out the troops.Coach Risser's game plan is to

set the turnover limit at 80 toencourage a running attack. In herown words, "We're just going to bewild and crazy."

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