Herron:
closing in and peeling
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APO to the defense
To the Editor,
In rcapoue to tbe September 3 letter from Piui D. RuiuD to tbe Sagamore, I'm writing thia letter of reply to reassure everyone of the In- tefrity of the SAGAMORE and to acquaint you with A.P.O.
A P O u a national wnrice fra
ternity open to both men and women on the IUPUI carapui. Our main purpoK ii to be of icnricc on a volunteer baaia. The A.P.O. book exchange is one of many non-profit aenpees we provide and thoae who wore, often all day, do ao between their own work and d a a commit
ment!.
Mr. Ruaaell stated that he had had past experiences with the A.P.O.
book exchange. Therefore, you mutt realize that A.P.O. is trying its very beat and a certainly in no way daari- tying night students aa "second- class" citizens.
In defense o f the notorious and reliable Sagamore, I must say that they did not misprint our article. The A.P.O. book exchange had originally planned to be open from 10-6 Mon
day through Friday, but due to cir
cumstances beyond our control, we found it necessary to dismiss at S
p.m. each evening. University offices dose at thta time and our books have to be locked up at this time as well.
However, do not blame the naive r-
■ty! We found them most coopera
tive in providing a place in the Hide- a-way and aiding us in any way pos
sible! Rest assured that we have not joined forces in plotting a sinister hoax against evening students. We will, as always, try to be of service to as many students aa possible, and if this means staying open later hours we will surely try to^Jo so.
In conclusion, I would just like to say that A.P.O. remains to be one of the few organizations which does not expect to be rewarded for its ser
vice projects. Maybe you would be interested in A.P.O. yourself. Our rush party is Friday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in the 38th St. Campus Auditorium. Why not check us out?
Sincerely, Susan Softener A.P.O. Book Exchange Chairman
Dear S.S.,
Yeah, we know you guys m t cool bat Battery Is ■ cheap way of getting an ad is this paper. Thanks also for Integrating oar integrity.
Ed
Nothin’ at all?
Dear Sagamore,
I am aa intelligent person who is greatly concerned with current events and I was wondering if there were any current events that I should be concerned with. You see, I'm a u g h t up on all other events and to be quite frank, I'm rather bored with them. Isn't there anything else hap
pening around here? If there is, just let me know and I will concern myself with them.
One other thing, if anyone is Interested in bsck-issue current events, my mind is a stockpile of facta For example: Watergate, Soyez, energy crisis, Civil War, Caeser's assassination, you name it and 111 come up with something.
Currently, Rabbi Noae-ltall
Tho Sagamore welcomes (attar*
to tha aditor. All lattan should ba short and to tha point. All lattan should ba signed and in
dude tha phone number of tha writer. Only tha name will ba published with tha latter. Tha editors reserve tha right to adit ail tetters wtd to refect thoaa lattan they feel are obfection- d>to. All letten to tha aditor should ba typed.
4 a.m.
THAT WINNING SMILE... Not thst anyone ssked, but Ssn Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Csen has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter uses Crest.
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Cultural Calendar check-off:
The IU theater production of “Pic
nic" will open Friday, Sept. 10, not Thursday, September 9, u it has been previously announced til over the world, except in the Sag. The
■how will aho be presented on Sat., the 11th and Monday to Saturday, September 13 to 18.
There will be a presentation by Dr. Peter Sehhnger, Director o f Over
seas Studies, Indiana University, on the subject of Overseas Study Oppor
tunities. This presentation will be In Cavanaugh Hall, Room 131, on Sep
tember 14, at 3:30. AU interested faculty and students are invited to attend.
For yoor info: The IUPUI Per
sona] Counseling Center in the Blake St. Library baaement Is now open in the eveninp. The new hours are from 9:00 am until 8:00 pm Monday through Friday. Call 264-2348 to set jip an appoint
ment.
Note! To win “Name that lot" con lest grab ■ pakteg lot i .up-aoJabh from Student Activities Officer..
red icuit it for y o u noofckrr
Savings You a n save money on photo copies at IUPUI if you shop around a little. Copies are only Sc i t the Medical Science Bldg Library, but to the best of our penny-pinching knowledge, the rest of the coin-operated copy machines on campus will run you 10 a n t s a shot. For lsrge numbers of copies, check out the Law School's D upliating Center in Rm.
M 2 , phone 264-4036.
A little bird told us about an inconvenience In the Sdence-Tech Bldg It seems th st the building has piper towel dlspenaers in all of the restrooms but no paper towels have ever been ordered for the place. But when we checked it out, we did find paper towels in the mens' room across from the Dean’s office.
From what we have heard, be buys his own paper towels for the room which be uses most. Everyone else is ju s t- o u t of luck.
Did you notice: Two new signs have been erected on Michigan St.
d coigns ting Cavanaugh Hall and the Admisrions Office. Now if you ere driving on the west bound street you will know where you ire but if you are beading into town, you can stay tost forever-theie i n no rigns for east-bound m otorists
SAGAMORE 3
CAMPUS JOBS ARE AVAILABLE
A weekly bet of jobs available to itudenti, spouses, and of coune to anyone who qualifies, if made a- vailabie by the IUPUI Personnel Office.
The university is an equal op
portunity employer and all pcraons are screened, reviewed, assigned, transferred, promoted and upgraded without regard to race, color, reli
gion, sex or national origin.
Last week, there were 21 part- time jobs listed, including physical therapist and respiratory therapy , technician, secretaries at Education and the Medical Center, clerks at 38th Street and the Medical Center.
| Weekend jobs as an admitting desk, an information clerk and desk clerk ' also were offered.
Most postion openings are for full-time persons, however. There were six and a half pages o f these Us tings, ranging from secretarial (24 openings) to research assistants, to therapists, to directon of units and departm ents.
Ther Personnel Office has details on all jobs and qualified students are invited to apply. The Personnel Orflce to in the Allied Health Build
ing, 1100 W. Michigan St.
ENGLISH FOR FOREIGNERS TO DEBUT
English as a foreign language to offered for the first time this faD at IUPUI.
Golaro Merman, director of the Office of International Programs, said the courses have been planned primarily for Indochinese whose mastery of English to not sufficient for them to become students at IUPUI. O then will be admitted as space permits.
The non-credit courses are of
fered in both spoken and written form s-and at two levels, basic and advanced. Classes meet Monday through Thursday evenings, October 7-25, in Cavanaugh HaD and the Nursing Building.
The program to presented by Continuing Studies, the English De
partment and the Office o f Inter
national Programs.
AppUcants who wish to take the written English Courses are required to take two placement examinations.
A written objective teat will be given from 7 pm to 8 pm in Room 105 of the Lecture Hall Center on Thursday (Sept.2).
Those interested in the courses should contact James Foreland, Di
vision of Continuing Studies, 264-4501.
Plastic Surgery Meeting, 7:30 am, Union Renal Division Meeting, II 30 am. Union Fortune Fry Research Labs Meeting, Noon, Union Pulmonary Medicine Journal Club Meeting, 12:15 pm Union Botzuma TA Group, 5 pm, Union
Radiologic Technology Programs Meeting, 11 3 0 am, Union Mental Health A n . , Class of 77 Meeting. Noon, Union Endocrinology Meeting, Noon. Union
New Life Temple Meeting, 7:30 pm. Union
Dentistry Teaching Conference, 9 am, Brown County Infectious Disease Group Meeting, Noon, Union SchooLof Business Meeting. Noon. Union
Inner-city International Y men's Club Meeting, Noon, Union Bookstore Special Meeting, 2 pm. Union
Dentistry Teaching Conference, 9 am, Brown County Vector Control Advisory Council, 10 am, Union Ultra Sound Principles Seminar. 11:30 am, Union Radiology Staff Luncheon, 11:30 am. Union Student Activities Board Meeting, 5:30 pm, Union New Life Temple Church, 7 :30/pm, Union
Dentistry Teaching Conference, 9 am. Brown Country School of Medicine Library Meeting and Lunch, 8 am, Union IU Computer Network Operator Advisory Committee, 10 am, Union Pre-Medical Advisors Conference, Noon, Union
Fortune Fry Research Lab Meeting, 11 30 am, Union Local No.1477 AFSCME Meeting, 3 pm. Union
Kaplan Educational Center Meeting, 8 am. Union MCAT Review Sessions, 8:30 am, Union Indiana Artists and Craftsmen Meeting, 9 am, Union Indiana Music Education Association Meetings, 9:30 am, Union
Kaplan Educational C rater Meeting, 8 am, Union New Life Temple Church, 10 am, Union Lions Club Cancer Control Club Meeting, 10 am, Union Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists Luncheon, Noon. Union School o f Science Picnic, 2 pm. Northeastway Park
PENROD DAY AT 1NDPLS ART MUSEUM
It isn't listed on any university calendar, but one of the big events of the fall which attracts many IUPUI folk to the annual Penrod Society Art Fair at the Indianapolis Mimeum of A it.
The next annual event, which opens the fall season at the museum, begins at noon next Saturday, Sept. I I .
There's b n tw u n t and beer and fun and music and hot dogs and fun and artists..and iota of people.
The indianapohs Symphony Or
chestra will perform, and there will be Blue Grass, jazx and rock musi
cians. The Krannert, Clowes and Lilly Pavilions will be open. It's s traditional day for many in India
napolis to become acquainted with the art museum.
The cost to S I0 per family, SS individual, and tickets are required.
Metro bus service is ireliable from downtown, and special free shuttle will run from the Butler Fieldhouae parking lot to the museum grounds.
PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE, AND SEARCH GOES ON TO PROVIDE MORE AND MORE
it may come as a surprise to many students that there are parking space* available on our campuses which go unused at even the most critical times
According to Col. Spurgeon Davenport and Mai John GUbcrt, spaces remain empty at most hour*
of the day in lots north of the Law School, in the 10th Street lot, in the gravel lot north of Michigan and Cavanaugh Hall, and new parking is being prepared at Blake and New York Streets, south of New York Street n e v the tennii courts, and north of Michigan opposite the Engineering and Technology Build
ing.
Maj. Gilbert says that if even 100 ca n can be accommodated in lots away from the central undergra
duate area, there will be tome relief.
But he says that about 300 new stu
dent spaces are to be provided south of the ICFAR building on New York St. in previously ill-used spsce. That will be graveled and parking blocks installed to that more autos can use the lot than at present.
1ST OF 40 MED ED COURSES OPENS FRIDAY
More than 100 eye specialists from throughout Indians will attend the third annual two-day continuing medical education coune on "Pedi
atric Ophthalmology", sponsored by the School o f Medicine Sept 10-11 at Stouffer's Indianapolis Inn.
Dr. Eugene Helveaton, Professor o f ophthalmology and head of pediatric ophthalmology, said that the coune will present some of the practical problems that may arise in childhood eye dtoease.
Some subjects for discussion in
clude diseases of the tear duct sy
stem, learning disabilities, diagnosis and repair of ptosu (dropping of the upper eyelid), techniques for refrac
tion in the infant and young child, and tips on genetic counseling of the young parent.
This to the first o f more than 40 continuing education courses planned by the School of Medicine for this schoo year to bring the latest sdvances in various fields to practic
ing physicians.
Two yean ago a total attendance of 2,958 was reported for the con
tinuing education courses presented by the School of Medicine during the year. That year about 28 p a cent of the d octon in the state attended one or more of the courses. Last year there was a total enrollment of 4,523, with approximately 34 per cent of the state's physicians attend
ing one or more courses.
The Campus Police said that there always is a certain amount of hunting for new spaces by students as the school year begins, and this creates both driving and ps king pro
blems. As students and faculty become accustomed to their own systems, there should be fewer pro
blems in weeks to come.
The currently available spaces should prove no more distant to most campus buildings than in some space* in the vast lot bounded by Vermont-Agnes-Bcauty and New York Streets. Maj. Gilbert pointed out that the Law School lots are probably closer to the E-T Building and Cavanaugh Hall than some other much sought-after lots.
There still will be .parking crunches north o f Michigan St. on the Medical Center lots Students should avoid these tress for parking.
The least likely place to find parking, however, is the area near Vermont and Agnes Streets
This year has brought some spe
cial parking and traffic problems Daytime traffic is up considerably and there are parking problems all day The hours of 10 to II am and from 2 to 6 pm are worse than in previous years
Traffic flow surveys are being made constantly, with aid of a video tape camera These are studied and ways are being sought to move traffic the fastest way by posting of officers, and all other means avail
able
The police reminded students that red sticker parking is allowed in blue and green spaces after 5 pm and space is often available in the Med Science lot after Spm.
SEARCH OPENS FOR TOP H.S.
SCIENCE TALENT
The annual Indiana Science Talent Search is on with finals to be h^d at IUPUI March 3-4, 1977.
All juniore and seniors in Indiana high schools are eligible in all science fields Deadline for entries is Dec. 15.
Entry forms are available from Walter Corey, 103 Momson Hall, IU-Bloomington.
Students who with to enter the National (Westinghouae) Science Talent Search may obtain forms from Ms. Dorothy Schriver, Science Service, 1719 N Street. NW. Wash
ington DC 20036. Deadline also is Dec IS.
Students and staff members who may know of deserving youngsters should urge them to enter the state or nstional competition.
4 SAGAMORE 4.1974
our view
Name that lot
Announcing M o th e r crow ds'
We here noticed while perambulating through the maze of parking lot*
•found Ikk place that it ■ relatively eaay to mkplacc your car.
Staggering out of a clan after a ragged lecture do you ever have trouble locating the place where you lift your four wheel bead? We d on't believe that we arc the only ones that get lost around here.
At any rate, we propose that the univeraty place signs in the parking lots similar to the ones in shopping centers. This would also make it possible for you to inform someone of the location of your car. especially helpful if you need to have repairs performed on it.
Signs designating the name or number o f the parking area, as well as a system of reference points within the larger lots we believe would be benefi
cial to ajl students Currently, the lots do have names but only the campus police and the physical planners use them or know what they are. You can sometimes spend a great deal of time trying to tell someone the location of an accident or emergency situation.
Usually it goes something like this.
‘Hello, operator. I need the Campus Police I need to report an aocident in a parking lo t." (pause, d ick...)
"Hello. Safety office."
"Hello, there has been an accident in a parking lo t."
"Calm dosvn. Now, tell me where this happened."
“Omigod! I do n 't know! Well, it's in the lot that is behind the big lot in front o f the small one. which is just across the street from the red lot beside the lot in front of that big row o f buildings where I have my dam ."
"What row of b u ild u p 1 Are those all red lots you're talkin' about? Was anybody injured"1 Arc you talkin' about the Northwest Dents] lot?"
"Oh. the hell with it! Why d on't they have signs on the lots?" d ib k !
"Officer Cagw. this is the dispatcher. I just got s call from one of them dumb kids. He said somethin’ 'b out a wreck in one of the parkin' lots, but he didn't know its name."
■Well, H I take a tour around the Ion... toon at I flnith writing-up thii guy for parking in the wrong place."
The story you have just read te true Only the names have been dunged to protect the not so innocent.
In order to prevent such occurences in the luture, we believe the lots should be named In fact, we sugg»t » CONTEST. “ What kind of contest”
you say1 Why. the name (h it lot contest, of c o u n t. We will even submit the winning lot names to the people in charge of this place...you know, the peo
ple it the lop of the Lot Naming Department.
Juit think, you could go down in IUPUI history is the person who named the parking lot south of the Lecture Hall.
We will select the best names but you will have to send them to us.
Th. CONTEST is invalid in Montana and open to all S sp m o ro n i as well as the public.
Our addrea is found in the staff bos below
I
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ial s tiff or of the individual whose name appears in the by line. Those views do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, admin
istration or faculty of IUPUI. The Sapm ore is l weekly newsmagazine published at 925 W Michigan. Ind
ianapolis. Indiana 46202. Phone 264-4008
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IUPUI takes arbitrary stance on fund raising
During the tin t three days of classes it was impossible not to notice the use of the parking fscili- tiei at the 38th Street Campus by a foundation for the purpose of fund raising The foundation was charging Indiana State Fair goers S2.00 for parking. In addition to using univer
sity lots, Coliseum Avenue was con
verted to one way south bound and many of the entrances and exits to the parking lots were barricaded.
There is nothing objectionable about the use of univeraty facilities for fund rising Many organizations including student organizations are allowed to use university fsdlities to raise funds. It k the way in which different organizations are permitted to raise funds which is grossly un
just. The issue is the seemingly ar
bitrary way in which the university selects who can and cannot incon
venience students and faculty through fund raising activities.
Almost a year ago the Board of Trustees of IU decided that non- academic causes would not allowed to collect funds in the rcgktration proccu. The decision meant that stu
dent and other organizations would have to seek funding elsewhere Whether the Trustees felt that col
lection of funds for non-academic
organizations would inconvenience students or that the organizations were not deserving of accew to the registration process was never made dear.
N onetheles. all organizations which had previously funded their activities through donations at regi
stration, no matter how beneficial the cause, were left to find a less an
noying form of funding. It acems that with the use of the parking facil
ities i t 38th Street Campus while clames were in session, some organi
zation! are more equal than others where fund raising is concerned.
ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS
MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS?
Another example o f the univer
sity's arbitrary value system might be the location o f the student ac
tivities tent during fall registration this year. The Student Association provided a tent to house student organizations such am the Sagamore.
InPirg. Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, the Black Student Union, and others.
The tent provided a weather proof place where student organizations could solidt funds and distribute information.
The lent had to be erected out
side of the direct path between Cavanaugh Hall and the Lecture Hall so u not to inconvenience or annoy students registering. Evidently the same enters was not used in determi
ning bow other organizations were to collect funds. It wems that some or
ganizations can even infringe i pon right! which students and faculty have to pay for-nam ely parking.
Many worthy causes are wilting on tbe vine because they cannot get the proper exposure due to univer
sity policy. For many organizations, publicity is costly and fundi cannot be raised without expowire, unless the university k willini to help.
If the univeraty is unwilling to apply policy to SO organizations equally then it would appear that the univenity k overtly trying to deter
mine which organizations wUl receive adequate funding and which will not.
It is not tbe purpoK o f th k article to make value judgements as to which causes should be promoted.
What k at tame k the fair administra
tion o f univenity policy towards
•U causes.
Tim othy Breen Bany Sample IUPUI Students
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j iy u m .ii w, iv/w SAGAMORE
Is it a bird, a plane, or a school?
Dev S a iu o n ,
Hey, il'i n.n again I u n d m ie x i Ihb iuui 'i mein Iheane cononrn* Her roe Ail School. Well. you're in luck
■l jurt b happen* that I V been aa avid bird-w itcV r for y ean and I cai knowledgeably tell you that the pro
per name of thia t in su re d bird u the p e a t blue Herron (actually. if*
gray). Thii bird ha* a long neck and D ' > around a lot, although no onr hardly ever me* it.
Binoculan in hand, Rabbi Noee-ltali
From one brew lover to another
b ear Editor
Perhaps you hare heard of m.
and my nationwide compaign in the cauae of temperance. Each year for the peat 14 I hare made a tour ol and Waco nun and hare delivered a aerie* of lecture* on the crib ol drinking. On thia tour, I hare been accompanied by my young friend and ami* tan I, Clyde Blankenship Clyde, a young man o f good family and eaceDeat background, t* a pathe
tic eiam ple of life ruined by eacee- ure indulgence hr w hi* key and Clyde would appear with me at the lecture* and d t on the platform,
■wearing, iweating pro finely, picking hi* noee, paming gaa, and making ob- mene gesture*, while I would point him out a* in example o f what over
I hi* ipting, unfortunately, Clyde died. A mutual friend ha*
given me your name end I wonder if you would be (reliable to take C lyde', place on my 1977 Sommer
Tour? Y oon tar Faith.
Reverend Elton lone*
Clyde 6 t i the S n g p -e te 'ij Hon for Editor perfectly.
“ Chalk Garden” tryouts announced
Dr J Edgar Webb, Director ol the lU rU I Theatre, announce* try outs to be bald in the base me a I theatre of M irrolt Building (MO-II) Thursday ta d Friday September 9 and ID, at 7:30 pm. This FsB'i Americas ( ollrgi Theatre Festival entry will be Enid Bagnold'i comedy TV Chalk Garde*. AD inlereeted part i n may tryout, casing n open.
There are parti for tw o men and mren women. Of the men, one I*
6 0 4 S. one h 27-32. Of the women, three are 35-40 (one require* as ou tit anrling act ra n ), two ire 50-60, one I* 6 0 6 5 (requires sn outataad ing sc Iren), one i* 16. AS require exocDsnt diction, according to Dr.
Webb.
SCB . seeks you
The IUPUI Division o f the School of Education can boast ■ unique student governmental body.
The Student Coordinating Board.
Not only doea the SCB (m it is known) make nioeetion* to the adnum itiatuin but also hm. within
R ibcanah will be evenings Monday through Friday. Production date* are the bat two weekend! in October Thorn untreated m doing technical w ort on the production should go to tryouts and fifl out a card, or me Dr Dorothy Wabb (2*4- 7S4I, 264-7659)
THE STORY: After fifteen yean ■ prison, Mu* Midngal an- iw en aa adrertaem enl placed by ec
centric Mrs. St. Maugham kem for the purpem of rinding a governess tor h a 16-year-old granddaughter.
Laurel, (ban for the pleasure of seeing what wiD come of it Mn. St.
Maugham'* honuahnld is aa uaauited to the proper development of the granddaughter aa her chalk garden n for growing flowen. Madrigal, hired because Laurel', mother is due to *Mh, succeeds m creating both a more appropriate atmosphere for Laurel and better conditions in the garden A e r a a rue. when a gurit for luncheon turns out to be the judge who sentenced Madrigal; the can no longer remain a* govem em But MadngaJ has done her w ort well, and Laurel is now wilting lo return to her mother. Madrigal remains on as gardener -companion to Mia. St.
Maugham
Although the play sounds aa if it might V tragic, it is effective tugfa comedy
aen La tires to the Policy Council of the School of Education. Aa itudcnl member, of the Policy Council, tha student representatives have a full
The Student Coordinating board baa recently taken real deuce in the office for student education groups in room 033 of the Marott Budding, 902 North Meridian Street. Students intererted in serving on Education School committee*, the SCB or the Policy Council are invited to visit the office Monday through Friday, or when the office la dosed, caD lane Novru ki, 264-3907.
Manpower, interest and input is greatly needed and desired by the Student Coordinating Board. If you are an education major or a potential one, the of ft u rn hope you will make your voice known. The office phone number is 264-3570.
Herron:
Saturday school
The Annual Herron School of Art Saturday school program for junior high and mnior high school students will have it. regntration from 9:00 until noun, Saturday, September 11 (lam es will begin tbc following Saturday, September 18.
Thia program, designed for Ike conscientious student, affords an op
portunity for study hilife-drawing, painting, thrae-dimaMMa*] design, water color, portrait drawing, etching and Oriental Calligraphy. The dames meet from 9:00 am to noon, Satur
days, for a ten week aamon Fa* iddlional information, please c a l the school at 923-3651.
Meeting set for varsity golf team
A special meeting of atudeeli
■(created in trymg out fer the IUPUI Vanity Golf Team will be held Tuesday, Scptembcf 7. at 7 30 pm ai IV School of Phyvcal Educe boa, 1010 W 64th St Any lulHtmc undergraduate Undent, according to Conch Irff Vessel) u eligible lo try out
Prospective golf team mem ben should plan to attend IV uitroduc lory meeting T V try-out. wiD be V id at tV Golf Club of Indiana.
R R 5, Lebanon, (Intenection of 143 and State Road 334) ir addi tioaal in fo rm itn a la denied, c a l laff Veaaely, 264-3764.
Science picnic
this Sunday
Science majors and their guest.
wiD join faculty and Waff families from IV School of Science for IV mutual pilch-m picnic at Northern way Park thia Sunday, Seplem V r 12.
Dinner will be at 5 00 (rain or shine) following an afternoon temus tourna
ment
Evening fun in chides a sofibaD game Jiut pack up your t* <leware, drinks, bread (if denied) and bring a vegetable, salad, or desert to serve 10 person. T V meal and tabic cove ring are provided
Reservations may V made by aD ins 923-1321, Ext. 315, or M6-762D
A t t a c h
16th and Lafayette Rd
ALL YOU CAM EAT
S 2 . M
PIZZA, SPAGHETTI, SALAD BAR, GARLIC
BREAD
h'ruley Afternoon
A fter J 0 0 m Saturday 4 Sunday AU Day
A great pljce to get together
All
B 00 K 5
BOOKS
0 0 K
CHEAP CHEAP
14th Annual Brandeis Book Sale
Fret to Pablic kept 9-13
Special Preview Night Sept. 8th 5 :0 0 -9 :0 0 Admission for Preview $1.0 0
Lafayette S quare A
s a g a m o r e
rA, 1*7*
Day c a re cen ter open longer hours
by J .C S a i l e r Dr GoUm M in u s , who super- m e t the IUPUI Dey C u e Center, had good newt to spread lad week The Center has extended rti houn from 7:4$ am to $ 3 0 pm to meet the need> of itu d en ti on the IUPUI jampus
' That'* 90 h o u n per week la*
dead o f 80. ' he laid, “except Friday when we will dilT c lo u at I 00 pm.
Mi Kathy Gogoia. Director of the Day Care Center, told us that parent i would probably take a vote to decide whether or not they wished the Friday h o u n extended, but that the outcome of the vote would not lake effect until next semester
Budget for C rater b dim
The budget for the Day Care Center u ilim Last year $$.000 was supplied by the univerbty and
$$,$00 was taken in through feet From this total budget of $10,$00,
$4,300 was paid to the Indianapolis Public School System for rent at School Number 4 and the rest went for supplies, equipment and salines for the work-study students and one full-time employee. T hu semester
rent for the two rooms at the school has been raised due to the extended ho u n and ruing torts of utilities.
Dr. Mannan said that several ideas arc in the works for locating a permanent facility for the Center, but as yet there are no definite plans.
He mentioned that there has been some talk that the Center will be placed in the future Student Services Building which b in Us planning stage. However, those plans Indicate the y e u 1980 as a pomiblc beginning for the building's construction and have no immediate effect on parents now enrolling their children in day care.
The Center b capable of handl
ing thirty-fire children per hour in the two rooms presently available.
Most children attend day care several hours a week, but many come for only a few lessons per week The Center s programs allow for s flexible attendance schedule
At present, Ms Gogoia b the only full-time employee There u e Kvcn or eight work-study students employed as part-time help.
"We also had several volunteers with us last semetfer," Ms. Gogoia explained. "Both sociology majors and education majors came in to ob
serve as part o f their univenity studies."
Staff A Faculty May Uee Services While tfaff and faculty may use the Center's services, Undents will al
ways be given first priority. The Center follows the u udent's vacation schedule, shutting down during the various vacation periods. ‘T h is might create a problem for staff members,"
Ms Gogob said
Students who work In academic- type positions may leave their child
ren at the C rater during their work hours as well as during class tim e, but anyone interested in doing to should con (let Ms. Gogoia to tee If they qualify.
“ If we hit our limit jp enroll
m ent.'' Ms. Gogoia commented, “we will have to give first priority to parents who wish to leave their child
ren during clam.**
Ms. Gogob stated that she would be happy to talk with parents concerning further rubs and reguU- tions and would pass out an infor
mation sheet with the items listed.
Cost of child care is $0 cents per hour you agree to use the service, payable by the month in advance.
Anyone wishing more informa
tion about the Day Care Center should contact Mike Wagoner, Di
rector of Student Activities, at 264- 3931.
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BY I. N WilluiMon
Native* o f V lifo, pleaae tik e one itep forward! No, no, dummy—Ih a t'i backward! For it ii lha Umc to put Virgoana (bora approximately Auguet 23 thmii^h September 22) on the griddle and the truth of the m atter ia, you people juet aren't too bright.
It la true that Virgo la ruled by Mercury, tbe planet of thought. However, in Virgo'i caae the form o f thought taken ia generally one of tw o kinda: Either curioaity (read: aheer, gabby nortnem) or waya of bringing condition* to auch a
■tale of order that it approache* perfection. Unfortunately, people of Virgo arc about u well-equipped to undentand perfection a* IU ia equipped to play the Miami Dolphin* in football.
Actuafly, thia u a Virgo p anon'i concept of that perfection they dream of.
A Job ia to be done, the end reault hopefully to produce dollar* or rictoriea, and it ii an unuaually complicated taak The Virgoan methodically nguree out all the detaila, geta thing* into a atitc of grand order and loeee right completely of the need to earn dollan or rictoriea. They arc the kind of morie producer!
who turn out a gorgeoualy photographed, neatly directed 01m which bore*
everybody to death becauee they forgot to get a decent atory and decent ac
to n . Virgo football coechea are thoac guya who are alwaya raying, “Well, they
■ure did execute well today." After the acore wa* 0-56.
For all there reaaona, Virgoan* make excellent Army offlcen, beautiful actreaaca who take direction without a bek of initiative, and competent proati- tutea. Aa a matter of fact, aatrologen uaually refer to Virgo a* tbe leading ngn of atreat walken. I've never been eo aure about thia, arnce they generally can't find their apartment* or make change.
Virgo people are forever raying th in p like “ Lat'a get thing* etraight"
(Richard Nixon had Virgo aa hi* riling rign) and trying to “ bring order to thii meea." They very much want to be of aervice, to feel that they fit into an un
demanding niche and work hard at gatting nowhere faat. Dropping the critical comment! briefly, it may be mid that Virgoan* probably do work banter, aa a rule, than any other rign. That'a mainly becauee of the preoccupation with methodically coping with every detail. A great amount of aweal, dcaire and effort are expended on the rimpleet taak. Children and atudenta of Virgo arc the type who can make any rabiect harder that it really ia. True, once they concentrate on a aingla area o f atudy they may end up knowing it better than anybody aha. Thu*, there h a veneer of expertiee that c h o p to them, a vaguely arrogant aurenem that can be picked ao canty by ao me body with a new idea or challenge that the wind goae out even farter than it went into the Virgo bal
loon.
Two ro dlacal rigna are known for being neurotic, and Virgo ia one of them. Don't ever aak a Virgo woman how aha ia today unleaa you want to have a complete rundown from head to toe, with all kind* of embarraaaing peraonal detaila The few ladiea of the rign who mature much will p nerally reapond to
“ How are you*” with a pained, far-away look in the eye that aiy i either
“ Don't aak,” “ How ahould I be?", or “ If you only knew.” Drug atore medicine o in n tcfi are often operated by and for Virgo people, who like to b raw n along murmuring, “ Say, I haven't tried that yet." And, “ I'd better buy come of that atuff. Grandma had that ailment In Ought-eight and I've probably inherited a tendency toward It." Aa a coneequence, their medicine cabinet* arc crammed by everything from aapbtn to laxative* to feminine hygiene to atuff for )ock- rtrap Itch to moutharaihaa and gargle*
Before ahowing you aome typical native* o f thia aign of doom A diaarter, let me ragged that you rtart p ttin g your queationa into me for the “ Help"
aegment of the column. Indudc your birthdate* and remember that IU really try to help you with your problem, even if you're a Virgoan!
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•The T rack," as it is koowm. is the only source of food for tha «tu- dent* *1 Herron aside from candy b a n from the bookstore or A d e n from White Caatie. about a 444ocfc walk away Should h fafl to make u appearance, the ait atudeuti nay Hungm may be aomethuig that many art atudcati should meat tally , though, for It a u y kaep them com pany throughout their Ifrea.
Ideation living off of wagaa earned from ail work, and the * u - denta gathered on the curb to drink bottled orange juice and potatoe chipa laugh.
Aak "Why a n you art m ajon If you d on't expect to gat jobeT" and you get: fin t, rilencc, then a quri- in return? "Why d on't you aak us why w e 'n artists? Or why we a n ? ” The subject la dismbaed
What it all adda up to la that the Fine A ril Major la a very distinctive beast He k not particularly inter
ested in m oary, nor ia he overly aeiioua. While devoted to his parti
cular interests, be recognizer the innate abaurdity of spending so much time learning something which may offer only personal u tb factio n . There is disdain for the ordinary um venity division students: “ You have to realize that we pul in roughly th hours for every tingle hour of credit that we get,” one curb-aitter pointed out. "We do a lot more w ork." The others agreed.
S lill.it ’s a bargain So why Herron? The location is poor in terms of u fe ty and food aourcee, the students agree that the classes are too large, and there are bo d to be tom e “ not-ao-hot" In
structors.
Simply, the answer from both the .tudents and Ihc Director of Ad
missions Ralph Thomas was the ta m ': "Y ou get more for your money at Herron than any place else "
A student from Pittsburgh said thi* his reason for coming was sun- pi’ hat it was to much cheaper: “ It coats lets for me to pay out-of-state fees here than it would have cost me to i to a comparable thcool in Pti.usyhrania."
Thomas w u able to explain the reason for the low rate. “ As an in
dependent school within a large university, we arc able to keep tui
tion extremely low. When I foil came here, about a year and half ago.
(from a small private art school in toi>conan) I was shocked when I found in-stale fees were only S630 for the entire year. I just couldn't believe it."
Thomas said that m od of the approxim ately 60 other art schools m the country are private schools, which must rely on fees for their continued existence. Since Herron doesn’t have quite that problem, fees ai wet.
Herron's problems arc different.
The students mention incrcasmgly crowded classes. Thomas verified it.
"I nroUment is up about 60 per cent from last year,” be said, later adding that the sophom ore class in particu-
W fents turning commercial lar la crowded this year Tha Harrow programs o f MdivMimJ study d m * lunior m i aaaaor y ean i m l inpsac hbM yet, but things a n going to p i much e n te r
There la the phywcal coadt tsoa o f Um *—" " -g r i h i n n h e i A trip to the haasmswt reveals peel
ing gray p a n t, damp hatw ays. Tha g o tte n wheab under the akyfehla a n plagued by exoeaave heel in the summer, cold due to Inadequate
"Wa do open tha d o a n and turn an fans during the summer, though,"
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Art equipment is expansive, and Herron's equipment is surpnaingly extensive and varied. Separate areas arc designated for typography, sculp
ture, painting, photo mechanical r. lithography, and so forth.
But, the equipment ia n ot due to the careful aUotmcnt o f funds from the univem ty
Rather, it is there th ro i« h the interested and tangible concern .of such people as Robert Egerton, head o f printm aking, who scrounges needed items through ads in the Trader and other secondhand routes.
“There ate plana, I understand, move us out to the univenit
now that has obvious and excellent fine arts backgrounds.
If the VC students arc prepared to communicate both visually and verbally, there is a different emphaau for fine . s students. Thom as- who baa a B.F.A. and M.F.A. himself, mid, "All we can do for a fine arts student h help him to realistically tee that hejarm o th e r have to go to grad school and try to get a uaivrrwty teaching fob, or h e ll have to gri a
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"What happens to students after graduation?'' The curb craw says,
"They either go to grad school or they disappear " Some give up art, tom e go to the east or west coast and try to acU their Hungs Very few seem to be heard of ai Herron again.
The atmosphere at Herron is unique. The students, whatever con
flicts due to differing philosophies between thcmaelvci. are dedicated, do it because they love it,"
says. "O h, they grumble, but ways grumble." The stu
dents themselves laugh about "de dicitio n ". but they stay
The current and recently broad
ened amemment of portfokoa for adnuamom may have to curtailed again soon. While the new procedures for admission now allow ■ second or third attem pt for admission. Hus may have to be ebminated as the quabfird and, yes. dedicated students con
tinue to flood the present facilities And, for once, the students and administration seem to have few con fbets Both agree that i t s time some thing was done to upgrade Herron Thomas, who is a part-time in
structor in addition to his duties as the director of admissions, doesn't try to hide the current weak points from parents and prospective parents who come for tus "fifty-ccnl tour "
It is obvious as the tour u made that repairs and c a tr i funding are badly needed it's impossible to re
fuse leaky roofs, difficult to over lolk the dampness and m ustuicu of the lower floors
Thomai did point out that the crowding would hive been worse had the university not hired some part-time instructors and increased
•orne d a a c i by an additional section, but neither he nor the students are really satisfied.
StiB, Thomas maintains that there is a need for Herron and schools hke it. schools which prepare individuals to contribute as pro feaaonal artists. "The world will always need artists. I believe, and they need a place to prepare them wives "
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A SAG AMORT GUIDE TO ENTERTAINMENT N INDIANAPOLISAmerican Flyer takes off;Orleans,sweet as ever
I he ir biggest hn (?), “ Amy". Steve Kali haa played with ao many bands and people he a alm oit legend, bul BK.ll people know him for hli work with Blood. Sweat and Tearv Eric Kaz i* beat known ror his writing. His
■onp mem to be required for female aingtn, and nearly all of them have recorded his "Lora Haa No Pride" or
“ Tonight, The Sky'a About to Cry."
It would mem that this collection of talent would produce an amazing aound and they do. ---
A great place to get together
Happy Hour 8 to 9 Damndest Beer and Bar Drink Prices in town
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B A SEM EN T
the kind of music you should play to lift you if your aptriti are drooping.
The list of lo o p on the album include the previously mentioned
“ Love Has No Pride" which jus might be the beet version recorded to date. “ Queen of AH My Days" is the obligatory reggae number, and "Call Me. Tell Me" and "End of a Love Song” show that the boys work u well with a full orchestra as they do with electric guitars.
Produced by George Martin (the man who can make even America sound good on record), American Flyer (the group and the album) are totally at the mercy of FM disc joc
keys all over the country. If they don't get n m e airplay they may Juet
DISCOtbeqiae B d y Dance
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can't dislike these guys. The sugar content of Waking u j Drrann j (Asylum), their new album, would probably be enough to sweeten your corn flakes for a year but we all need something sweet now and again.
John HaU had been lending his guitar and writing talent to people for many years before Orleans came about. It's all formula and Hall knows it well.
The hit single on thie Ip is the very hot, “ SttD the One", which seems to be picking up a good deal of airplay around here. “ Spring Fever"
by Lany Hoppea, the group's key
board man wil] also make good radio fare...but you will probably not hear it any place except at home on your own turntable. One angle per Ip is usually the norm for Orleans.
Mr. Doveaport. our rerideat record critic, daiuw to km* every Todd Rundgrea record ever recorded
Maybe Dr. Crane la right! Maybe Rock A Roll does cause brain darnsgr ' Those clever rumor mongers over at Capitol Records a n circulating reports that Sweet get psyched up for concerts by locking the mantras in their drawing rooms and fighting. Hooo hoy! They also claim that in Germany, Sweet fans recently were found kneeling in a circle before the stage during a Sweat con
cert. beading backwards and banging their heads on the floor. C'm on, they c a n t be that had...
IMA Flicks Scrim
Science Fiction freaks, your hour has come!! The Indiana poke Museum of Art has scheduled Iwo new film eerier running in September and October. The first Is Science Fiction and H onor Films and the second eerier is a Stanley Kubrick rUm festival. The S d Fi and H onor schedule is set for Friday evenings with all films urithe DcBoert Lecture HaU at 7:30 and 9:30 pm. The miles leads off with 2001: A Space Odyssey on Sepl. 10; The original Fay Wray King Kong Sept. 17; Gene Bany in H.G. Wells' W a rO fT h t Worlds, Sepl. 24; Forbid
den Planet on Oct. 1 with Walter Pidgeon; the original Dracula, Nosfireru on Oct. 8; Kurt Voonegui's Slaughterhouse Fire on Oct. IS; the film version of Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 on Oct. 22; and the original I93S Bride o f Frankenstein on Oct. 29.
The Kubrick series will lead off with 2001: A Space Odyssey in the Showalter Pavilion on Sept. 12. Kubrick's first flick. Paths O f Glory will be shown Sepl. 19; Spertaou on Sept. 26; Lolita on Oct. 3; Dr. Snangelore on Oct. 10; and Barry Lyndon on Oct. 17 In the Showalter Pavilion. Except for 2001 and Barry Lyndon all of the other films will be in DeBoast Lecture HaU.
Now for the bucks: Students with I.D. curds and IMA members can get into the individual shows for $1.75 or buy the series tickets for $1125. Take note, you mnet show them yossr ID . card or ebe end up paying what people out there in the real world have to pay.
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Another note from the IMA: they will be showing s special Childrens' Movie Sept. 25 at 3:30 p.m. (that's a Saturday), Harry NBwou's The Point, narrated by Dustm Hoffman (I know some big people that'll try to see that one')
Country Hook
Remember "On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone” from a few years back?
Well that vraa, as you probably remember, Dr. Hook and that crazy band of Shel Siveretain wierdier. Now they're all big-time country music too! Yup.
They're on the Country Music charts with "A Couple More Year” and they recently played the ChapparaJ in Austin, Texas for the like* of such folks as Jerry Jeff Walker and Willie Nelson. Add to that, Waylon Jenniup who played on Dr. Hook's last album and produced one cut, has Included “ A Couple More Years” on his new album. Oy vey!
IRT Changes
Just' in case the word hasn't reached you theatre-types, you're going to have to charge your calendars 'cause the Indiana Repertory Theatre has changed its program. Who's Afraid Of V irgU a Woolf? will not be a pert of the regular IRT season. It has been moved to the smaller program, 2nd Stage Instead, IRT will be producing the Anthony Shaffer mystery 9 e u th in the March 18 through April 9 slot. IRT Artistic Director Edward Stem says the change was made after “ many subscribers" wrote request mg that IRT perform a straight British mystery.
Cheap Shots
Oh ye coHectors o f wierd records, take note! The pressing of Steve Miller's single “ Rock 'N Me" has “ Living In The U.S.A." on the ftp side of the first 200,000 copies. But (here it comes!) the flip side of the copies after the first batch features “Shu Be Da Du Ma Ms Ma Ma". The disc number la the same on both records and should be worth a lot o f money in the future for absolutely
no good reaeon a l ( l
Newsweek m agilia* has finally come around to our side. In their issue on the Republican showdown between Reagan and Ford (appropriately enough?) ihair muric sectmn agrees with our m use section that Steely Dan is the best band in America. Let's bear it for the Dan! In the obviously well-thought-out artfcie, they also reveal a tittle-known hunk o f trivia: Chevy Chase o f NBC's Saturday Night once stepped in as part-time drummer for the Dan's Becker and Fagan in the old days whan they w e n juet the Don Fagen Jaxz Trio at Bard College In Poughkeeprie, N J . No doubt w h en Chevy picked up his talents for faRing o ff stages...
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That long awaited reunion o f The Monkeea any day now! Mickey Do leal, Da vey Jones and Peter Tork (who is now teaching school under hie real name, Thorkelaon) teamed up with their old producers/eongwritsn Boyer A Hart to share a concert stage ringing half a dozen o f the tunes that made them famous.
The only one mtaring was Mike Nesmith (who would probably jurt as soon for
get the whole think). Where did it all taka place? Disneyland, of co rn e l
M William I.efJmivr n . o f co urse, reputable; however, check local enter tasament lutings for ^wcific dates, time, and places.
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Spirit gone in Denver?
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L ulhohiBy tku ila x , if you have aa hdIu o i (bout Joba Denver it ■ r o l l likely ia abaohitee. Either h i it (be m od obnow oui milk-end-cookies performs* in y ean or els* he la one of the few people in the muric in- diatry who really know i where hii mind ia. th e re h very tittle room at all for a middle p o u n d . Unfortu
nately, that ii precisely where I stand.
Let’* face a few facts. Mediocre or not, John Denver is one of the most successful performers in this seventh decade of the twentieth century. If there were any doubts about that before, his Lake Tahoe appearance with Frank Sinatra surely proved the point.
Still baby-faced si he approaches his 34th birthday, Denver continues to sell-out record crowds which ranee in age from young pre-schoolers to Social Security groupies. His albums spend most o f their time on the top 100 albums list. The occasional tele
vision appearances Denver makes draw heavy audiences in the prime time market.
The clastic response to all this would be something like " It makes money but is it art?” From the simple songs he started out with (i.a.-"Leaving On A Jet Plane",
“ Country Roads") he has arrived at a period where practically all of his big hits have a heavy mandatory orchestra and choir behind him making loud noises. And his record company,RCA, continues to squeeze albums out of him at a phenomenal rate. Is John Denver still John Denver?
His latest album, Spirit (RCA- AFLI-1694) may answer to part of that question. Time will answer to the rest of it.
As i listenibke disc, Spirit is pleasant enough. If you like Denver, you 11 like this album. If you don't, you will probably hate it. If you don't care about Denver, go buy something else. This one w on't turn you into a true believer
The best part of the album is that at least some o f the oom-pah orchestra has been dropped off most o f the cuts. On the other hand, for anyone who makes a living reading liner notes, it's interesting that only three of the album's 12 songs are
"Words A Music by John Denver".
The rest are either written by other people or else Denver and friends.
In The Beginning | In the early days things weren't I like that. Poem s. Prayers k Promaes (my favorite o f Denver's discs) was mostly by Denver and Bill Danoff Denver's "greatest hits" album, you will note, features eight songs out of eleven "Words k Music by John Den
ver".
So who cares who writes them so long as they sound good?” Right?
Maybe nobody cares, but it marks a definite change in the artist's abili
ties or, in this case, a refocusing of his talents. Sinatra performs prac
tically no original material. But Frank Sinatra was quite a distance from the early John Denver. The pre
sent John Denver may be much closer to Sinatra than he would've ever cared to imagine before.
One way to judge what has hap
pened to Denver is to go back to his first hit song. John Denver had re
corded "Leaving On A Jet Plane" on his first album but it took Peter, Paul k Mary recording to turn the tong into a hit. Oddly enough, the tong marked the waning days of P,P k M and the beginning m e of John Denver.
Jump up to 197S and a new group appears on the scene, the Starland Vocal Band consisting of John Denver's songwnting compan
ions Bill and Taffy Dsnoff with Jon Carroll and Margot Chapman. They gel one hit off their first album
"A fternoon Delight” and John Denver records one of their other to n p from the album "Baby You Look Good To Me Tonight", which appears on the Spirit album.
The Long Way Down?
Now all this may be making a long shot, but it seems that Denver's
star has peaked. Everything from here on out will be a tittle less than the best As James Taylor's producer Peter Asher once noted, the red
dest thing about being number one is knowing that you can’t be number one forever and that sooner or later somebody else will shake you o ff the top.
The Starland Vocal Band is going to shake Denver off?*? I doubt it. Or at least if they do, it won't be a fast shake. But I will say that their first album is much better than their m entor's tenth album and it doesn't take too sharp an ear to hear the dirrerence.
Is Denver doomed to the same fate as Peter, Paul k Mary??? I doubt that, too. He's not going to shrivel up and go away (although some might wish he would). He may simply slow down the pace, concen
trate more on production and management and take an honorable back seat Better to ouit the war nf power voluntarily than to be forcibly removed Irom it.
In the meantime, there is Spirit.
Yup. He's still “just a country boy", out and running down the road.
He's just running a little slower, that's all.
Denver's problem (and I think Spirit clearly illustrates this) is that he has become “ The Common De
nom inator" in music today. He has become, whether he likes it or not, all things to all people. And pretty soon all th in p to all people become nothing to everybody.
Some people say that the first years of a performer's career are the hardest But Denver may find that the yean of trying to survive his own success and match his own reputa
tion will be even harder.
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Recently. CBS succeeded in gsthenng together its collective courage and bringing to TV an outstanding program that they had had ready for nearly s year The program was called "The Tenth Level," and everyone I know who witnessed the show ( I ) was fascinated by it and (2) could not understand why it took so long to screen it In reply to point 2, CBS claimed that it was oo- ginaOy scheduled during Chnstmas week and the decision (probably with some justice) was that it scarcely held to the sweetness-and light sentiment of the season What goes unsaid is how the programmer succeeded in ovrrlookmg the fact that late December is almost always the time for Chnstmas
Nonetheless, here it was at last, buned deep us the Summer doldrums and m competition to Rod Setting's last teleplay. (d u n c e s are. some twicr-ic- pcated comedy senes bereft of intelligence and guts beat them both out . For those who didn't have the good fortune to see "The Tenth level “ it starred William Shatner in a basically true story of a psychologist in the be- hsbioral end of th in p who decides to eapenm ent with volunteers who are asked to pve incrcaang electrical jolts to pseudo-volunteers who miss the answers to questions. The real purpose behind the testing was not to determine if punishment aided the learning process, but to see how far ordinary people would go, in apparently hurting the devil out of strangers, before they stopped taking the authority figures' instructions
The answer was, briefly, just about as far as they could go The show was an education, and a shocking one (pun intended), for those who have never come lo grips with the ides that "ordinary people" tend to obey even mock authorities if the conditions are properly established along Pavlonsn lines It was not as good a show as it could be because of useless subplots which we found painfully intrusive, but it was vastly better than most TV fare
Your columnist had some thoughts to pass along, as follows Isn't it potable that theTest was to some eaten! invalidated if the volunteers partici
pated once they understood that pain was involved whether their own or that of strangers? While an argument could be made along macho lines to the effect that male volunteers wouldn't back out because they might appear cowardly, my overall feebr* was that the volunteers weren't really "ordinary " They al
ready knew that someone was going to get hurl.
Second, there appears to your writer to be an enormous question of ethics involved here I suspect that moat viewers wilnesang "The Tenth Level" wil be damned hesitant before they volunteer for scientific tests. I question whether subterfuge and misdirection belong in such an eapenm ent but instead in a magician's tnck. Or. for that matter, TV itself
I have a final opinion to offer but before I do. it occurred to me that if would be interesting to ask a handful of people who had seen this thought- provoking program Hus question "How far do you think you'd go’ " These were the replies
1. If the questions were easy and they missed them, I'd push the huitun But not the last one, the tenth level
2. I couldn't have volunteered to begin with.
3. Ditto.
4. Until the first time I heard the person yell "S to p 1"
J. It depends on whether I'd have to go all the way to get my five dollars 6 Would all depend on circumstances If I was mad at the world. I'd prob
ably go all the way without blinking an eye.
7. Would probably go about halfway! if I even volunteered 8. I honestly don't know. I've thought and thought, but don't know 9. I'd probably stop when I knew I was hurting them unless I knew that
it was a guy I didn't like.
That list of answers should provide you with another session ol self- analysis and croaaeaamination of your friends I think that they were tfl honest responses, some are clearly scary as hell by implication
My last thought was this: To most people, the concept of God or. where atheists are concerned, the concept of the absence of God lends to be ulti
mate authority figure. Throughout what passes for civilized history, man has quested for conventions as well as laws which act and enacted as God's sur
rogate on earth. The instinct to worihip would seem to obtain, to cause othes- wise decent people to follow the commands of those who have succeeded ia capiunng the image of authority. This shifts the respolnbility foi such m o derns as the discussed tests-even the acquiescence of Nazi Germany back from the “ordinary people" to the people providing the authority And it makes it clear that anyone who is looked up to, respected, or simply occupies a position from which he gives orders had better be very sure of his ground and his own ethics, principles, and morality
