October 31, 1973
Bones' Production Impressive
by Bob Wetmore
News Editor
This year's Behrend Players'
production "Sticks & Bones" has
proved to be one. of Arno Selco's
greatest achievements.
Those attending dress
rehearsal Monday night were
certainly not disappointed in the
performance. "I'm not disap
pointed in it," stated a Theatre
100 student. "I really expected it
to resemble the TV version, but
Mr. Selco has created an air so
different from that the TV
1 4 Stag &reef
Note: This is the fourth in a
series of weekly articles.
I really don't know what I want
to write • about Sagittarians. I
know what I should write but I
also know what I have ex
perenced. Not all of it has been
pleasant. But I'll begin by telling
you what a Sagittarian looks like.
He can be tall and athletically
built or short and sturdy. He'll
have a fairly large skull and a
high, forehead coupled with
friendly expressive eyes which
twinkle with humour. He's an
active person. He loves sports
and travel. And he is terribly
honest. In fact his honesty can be
totally devastating. He won't
ignore your bad points: he'll be
too busy making jokes about
them. But no matter what he
says, he doesn't really intend to
hurt your feelings. He just thinks
that everyone else sees with eyes
as honest as his.
A Sagittarian is an intelligent,
loveable, idealist. He'll always
try to cheer you up and make you
smile when you, feel out of it and
depressed. He may say the wrong
think. and make you feel _worse
but you'll know he only
well.
He can be a gambler, an en
tertainer, a' scientist or an
aviator; Ifis only flaw is his
violent temper_ He wield rather
Ost fight than use a weapon. Don't
be. rude, insult him, abuse - , his
cable 'TV Comes to Behrend College
Another first fir Bdirmd is - on stages,. costs for .the use of the television stations: three Bu ff alo
its On Wednes day, October cable should be $5 for one month stations, WGR, WKBW, WBEN;
IS, University. Park gaVe the final . or. .$39.95. for. an entire year,- four Erie Stations, WQLN, WICU,
"gci ahead" on plans for cable pr d: There will be no in- WSEE, w JET ; three Canad i an
television in the l3ehrend dorms. stallation charge. In addition to atafions, CFP, CHCH, CKCO;
By Winter Term (hopefully) the cable television, there also will be one Cleveland station, WWJW;
service. will be available to all cable -FM radio available which and two local stations, one of
resident students. According to receives 20 local and distant FM which (channel 6) broadcasts
Mr. Robert C. Finley . , director of stations. 'Costs for this service local weather conditions,
Food and Housing, . Behrend will w i ll be $1 per mon th_ forecasts, UPI and local news,
be the only PSU campus equipped etc.; and the other (channel 12)
'with this service. - With the cable, students will be which is reserved for any local
Though . still in the planning able to receive a total of 13 programming_ -
production that it could be
classified in its' own unique
category."
All present expressed their
surprise at the professionalism of
the play. "I think the new lighting
and sound system really helped a
lot," added one, "and the ex
pertise of the actors was
amazing."
This feeling, of course, was
shared by all. Everyone was
impressed by "David", por
trayed by Mark Studenmund. He
seemed to feel quite at home on
by Rosa Myers
friendliness or try to push him
around. You'll regret it.
In the romance department a
Sagittarian can be a trip. To
many a woman, the Sagittarian
male comes on like a heavy when
in actuality he's seeking friend
ship and someone with whom to
pass the time. He often confuses
love with friendship and friend
ship with love; sometimes
marries his friend instead of his
lover. A Sagittarean woman is no
exception. Like the male she is
hard to pin down because she
loves her freedom, likes to flirt
and looks for variety and menta
stimulation.
Once married though, a
Sagittarean makes an excelle.gt
companion but requires a
broadminded mate who is free of
jealously. A Sagittarian man
needs a wise, tactful wife and a
Sagittarian woman while being
both a sympathetic listener and a
useful helpmate, needs a man
who will let her be and not try to
tame her or tie her down.
)ne other thing: A Sagittaria' n
can not lie. So don't go asking him
questions you don't want an
swered honestly_
Some Sagittarian people at
Behrend: Mrs. Jacqueline Smith,
Dave Scypinski, Alan Kirk,
Gregory Panos' date at the
homecoming iteeeption.
Instruchirs . : Herb Lauffer, Louis
Balmer, Eva Tucker. - „ -
Behrend Collegian
the stage' .yet he still possessed
that profane bitterness and
revulsion heeded to emphasize
his role.
Ozzie and. Harriet, portrayed
by Craig Latimer and Virginia
Dreibelbis, really offered a -
realistic mood (almost slightly
impossible in this play)
throughout the performance.
Harriet was the typical "Mommy
loves you" type, and Ozzie por
trayed his, "damn it. boy! In my
day..." role quite well. .
Ricky, who was none other than
Gene Wirth, added an unusual
twist to the sequence of the happy
household, with his constant flit
fluffing about, while conveniently
injecting "hi, mom" and "hi,
dad's." It got to the point where
you almost expected each of his
entrances to be accompanied with
his "hi's" and the flash of his
spastic camera.
PSL Convention at UP
The first annual convention of
the Pennsylvania Student Lobby
will take place November 9, at
the Penn State University Main
Campus, University Park.
This is the first Student
movement of its kind in Penn
sylvae.a. Tht - :. main goal of the
PST is to erect systematically
=ad continually, the collective
uscie of all students.
Cr-- ..41 last spring, the SPL
has . ..leen concentrating its effort
on making the state govern
ment—especially its legislature
and administrative agencies—
more responsive to the problems
and needs of nearly 440,000
students of higher education in
Pennsylvania.
. Nearly 200 colleges and
universities have been invited to
attend. The program outlined for
the first convention will : (a)
Feminists Initiate Program
The Women's Awareness
Group has been - very active
lately, with more goodies planned
for the rest of this term, and early
in the winter term.
About '45 -women attended the
recentwograni about "Women in
Medicine." This program was the
fint in a series of "Women in
Bar-Kays
Erie Hall
This is no backup band. These
are headliners, and they've got
the talent, stamina and egos to
prove it. So now, at last, the Bar-
Kays are moving up into their
own.
After the release of their new
album, "Cold Blooded", the Bar-
Kays are embarking on a national
tour of both rock clubs and
colleges that should put them
comfortably in the league with
such artists as Sly, Tower of
Power, Mandrill, and Stevie
Wonder.
Here is the group: James
Alexander, is the leader and
decision maker, he plays bass,
sings, is 24 and a Capricorn.
James is pretty easy going but a
diesel engine in business, so
watch out. Winston Stewart is the
key-board player and arranger, is
23 and a Libra; he is quiet, shy,
serious, reads allot, but on the
other hand, he drives too fast.
Lloyd Smith plays guitars, is 21
It is questionable whether
Father Donald, alias Tim C.
Newell, was actually good for the
Christian audience. After all, how
many priests would conduct
confession over a basketball?
And of course, Zung, who was
Cathy Lipinski left the audience
in constant awe and mystery'
while Michael Wolfram, better
known as the Sergeant Major,
drove you into your seat.
All in all, this IS the most
unusual play that Mr. Selco has
ever directed for the Players.
And yet dress rehearsal proved it
very well organized, nearly to the
point of perfection.
"A major premise of the play,"
said Mr. David Rabe, who wrote
"Sticks and Bones", "is that
stubbing your own big toe is a
more disturbing event than
hearing of a stranger's suicide."
So true, so true.
establish the permanent struc
ture of the Lobby and (b) the
election of a twelve member PSL
Board of Directors. Also included
will be discussion of student
concerns such as 18 year old
drinking legislation, student
rights, and scholarship funds.
Students will have the op
portunity to develop ongoing
relationships with other student
leaders as a means of exchanging
information and ideas between
schools.
The convention will be open to
the public, members of the press
are invited to attend. Meetings
will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
November 9 at the Hutzel Union
Building Assembly room at Penn
State. Students interested in
attending should contact SGA
president Jim Armstrong for
more information.
Professions." Three. women
doctors from Erie and a student
nurse each related the problems
and advantages they have in
being a woman in a typically
male-dominated profession.
Seven women had lunch af:
terwards in the RUB with the
doctors for a chance at informal
discussion. The program was
- well received 'by all. The second
in the series,' "Women in Law", is
scheduled for November 7, but
more about - that later.
Last Sunday, a group of women
fromo our campus attended a free
play at Edinboro. The play,
"Bread and Roses," portrayed
important, but little-known
women in history in a series of
short skits. The cast was a
professional theatre group from
New York. They received a
standing ovation.
Coming soon is the second
program of the series. This will
Headline
Concert
and a Sagittarius, a super quiet
vegetarian who also has a ?Jack
belt in Karate; knows what he's
doing. Michael Beard is the
youngest and the biggest,
everybody's little brother,
mischievous and wild, gets you
going. Michael plays drums, and
is 18. Larry Dodson is the lead
vocalist, 23, and an Aquarian,
looks for beauty in everything. He
also has a snake aquarium in his
den for his three pet boas, Cecil,
Clarence and Clyde.
What kind of band plays backup
on fifty million dollars worth of
hit records and then changes its
direction? The Bar-Kays, and
they must be crazy. Crazy like a
fox.
The Bar-Kays--the classy and
sassy Bar-Kays are a seven-man
band are from east Tennessee
who started playing together in
high school. They were driving to
their very first job one night and
they passed a ranch called the
Bar-K. When they got to the gig,
that was their name.
After personnel changes
through the years, after severe
dues and blues, the Bar-Kays
found themselves taking over as
the house band at Stax Records in
Memphis. They just outplayed
everyone else. It was the Bar-
Kays you heard on Issac Hayes
"Hot Buttered Soul" album
(produced by
_Allen Jones. also
the producer of the Bar-Kays)
and the Shaft score. It was the
Bar-Kays behind records by the
Staple Singers, Albert King,
Carla Thomas and others, some
of whom refused to go into the
studio without the special but
unsung group
The qualitythat made the Bar-
Kays so exciting to other artists
in the studio is the very quality
that led them out of that secure
but quiet lifestyle.
_ _
Clyde the snake is ten feet long,
and weighs about fifty-pounds. He
joins them on stage from time to
time. The boa's best friends,
other than Larry, are Larry's
wife and three and one-half year
old daughter. Harvey Henderson
plays sax, is 24 and a Libra; he is
the visual and theatrical mem
ber; he stages the act,
choreographs, and designs the
clothes. Harvey is also into
amateur racing and someone
recently offered him $12,000 for
his Corvette (he said no). Charles
Allen plays trumpet, is 24 and a
Cancer. His hobby is girls. In
fact, if you had to sum up Charles
in a hurry, that would be it:
music and girls.
That's about it, in terms of
biography. But now you begin to
get a taste of what the Bar-Kays
are all about. You know that the
real flavor is in their music. If
you want to experience snakes
and chains, rhythm and blues,
smoke and lights, then have we
got a deal for you, Turkey.
The Bar-Kays will be at
B ehr end , on Thursday,
November 7, at 9 D.M. in Erie
Hall, Activity Card holders will
be charged $3 admission and all
others will be S 4. Go down, to get
down!
be "Women in Law; " featuring a
group of women lawyers and
paralegals. The lawyers will also
discuss women's legal rights in
rape and abortion. The program,
like the last, will be followed with
lunch in the RUB cafeteria. It will
be held November 7 at 10:40 am.
(common - hour) in- room 123
Behrend. (We will have a double
room in anticipation of a large
turnout. All interested persons
are invited.)
Mr. Stoner is holding a self
defense - demonstration and
workshop for. women. This will
start November 16. Sign up DOW
with Lynn Estes in Room 241
Perry.
Last day for Preregistration
is November 4. Preregister
now and eliminate
Registration pains.
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