Thursday, January 20,1972
Do you know if the student
affairs or Student Govt, people
are doing anything about the
lack of tables and chairs in the
vending area? If not, why not?
Can’t they see that a student
problem exists in that area, or
must they be begged to do
something about which they
should be naturally aware. If
they are doing something, why
isn’t the student body being
kept informed? Also, who keeps
lining the tables and chairs up in
neat little rows? So nice and
orderly and sterile!
May I suggest a visit to the
vending area at HACC. Certainly
with all the intelligence around
here, the problem can be coped
with, even though there is a
space problem. How about a
section of shelves with partitions
only large enough for an average
load of student books? If
located in the cafeteria area,
students could stash their books
there, then get in line, and go to
their seats without the books
taking up valuable table space.
On the way out, the students
could pick up their books and be
on their way. It works other
places (such as in the bookstore,
but with much higher and longer
shelves). Also, there could be
more variety in the size of tables
many food service operations
use 6’ round tables. Six students
caiL-easily sit at one of these
(without books) and space isn’t
wasted. Also, narrower tables,
intermingled with the present
ones would add many spaces.
Well, I bitched and I offered
positive suggestions. What else
must be done to get results from
our ‘‘student
representatives”??????
May I suggest that the last day
of drop/add, or any other such
day requiring profs’ signatures
be on a school day, and NOT on
Wednesdays, as has been the case
for quite a few terms. Very few
profs seem to make it on a
Wednesday. This is fine, but for
students who for various reasons
wait until the last days problems
are created. Then you get upset,
the office personnel get upset,
etc. It seems the last day for this
is not made known by having
signs plastered around the round
table, as many other things are,
so many kids overlook it. All I
suggest is that a sign be posted at
the round . table notifying
everyone including profs - of
the deadline, and that all such
last days be on class days, and
not on Wednesday.
And.
Wouldn’t it be helpful if all
campus events such as the
talent show, speakers, plays,
etc., had on the poster ads an
estimated ending time. I feel
that for myself, and in talking to
others, there are many things I
would like to do and go to, but
due to possible conflicts etc.,
don’t go. However, even if I only
have a guesstimate of the length
of the program, I could at least
make some land of preparation
for fitting that event into my
schedule of study, social life, or
whatever it is. Would this help
attendance?? It couldn’t hurt,
could it??
So.
Thanks for the lounge area. It
would be nice to see an article
about the who-what-when-how
where-why of it. A little student
personality in decorations would
go a long way.
Then.
How about a phone or two
for use of students to call dorm,
Meade Heights, or downtowners,
or even commuters. This seems
to be the day and age when
profs cannot teach without
assigning a project or two. Many
On The Move
times I have wanted to talk to
dorm or MITs students from the
school, but the only phones to be
used are pay phones, and this
can be costly. Also, for projects,
many times appointments etc.
have to be arranged, and mostly
during class hours. Again, either
pay phones or possibly a profs
phone must be used. (It isn’t
proper to tie up a profs phone
AND office - but what else is
there?) Perhaps two phones
could be installed for just such
purposes. Other colleges have
them - Main Campus at the
HUB, for example. With the
phone number insert removed,
(from the dial center) the
problem of placing or accepting
long distance calls is eliminated.
A self controlled time limit
could be requested to prevent a
few individuals from typing up
the phones. Also, these phones
would be available when other
office phones are behind locked
doors. How about it, could the
students be supplied with a
beneficial service such as this???
NOW!
What about that damn maze
in the library? Rumor has it that
due to the volume of books
stolen it is a necessity. I
wouldn’t know for sure, as I
guess Tm not responsible enough
to be told why things are done
even such degrading things as the
HELLO, MISS AMERICAN PIE
Come with us to those
thrilling days of yesteryear when
home-baked apple pie and the
New York Yankees reigned
supreme. Do you remember
motorcycle jackets, white bucks,
and when the only form of
student unrest was when the
pinball machine tilted? Do you
MARATHON
Beginning at 9 p.m. on
Tuesday we’re starting off “Old
Times Week” with a Marathon
Dance in vendorville. Those of
you who saw “They Shoot
Horses Don’t They” might have
some ideas as to what a
marathon is all about. However,
we think our Marathon Dance
will be a lot less painful and a lot
more fun. We’re starting off with
one solid hour of good old rock
and roll to drain some of that
energy out of the dancers.
During this time prizes will be
awarded to the club with the
most participants, best SO’s
dancers, and best dressed
dancers. The final prize will be
given to the couple who stays on
their feet the longest. Frankly, I
don’t think there will be more
than 5 or 6 couples who enter
the marathon. Those crazy kids
of the thirties really had their
shit together and I don’t think
we can match them. I hope you
prove me wrong.
Okay, so how do you enter?
Just sign up in the Student
Activities Office (W-105). Give
your name and your partner’s
name and what club or
organization you would like to
sponsor you. If you don’t like to
dance stop down to Venderville
anyway and pitch pennies at
your favorite couple. You will
get a big kick watching the
couples race around Venderville
on one foot. The loser is
automatically disqualified. Cheer
up dancers, there will be a 5
minute break every hour. And to
be really easy on you we’ll turn
to all slow records around 3
O’clock. That is, if there is
anybody left.
THE CAPITOLIST
“guilty until proven innocent”
treatment they give you. If theft
is the alledged problem, Tm
sorry to tell them that even an
honest naive individual such as
myself could figure out six ways
to beat it. How many ways have
the real thieves figured out? The
equipment itself is an insult, but
the evil eye looks and then the
page by page search - WOW!
Soon they’ll make you drop
your drawers. After the search
and seizure, you get your
belongings back, BUT then
comes the grin while you wait
for them to find the pedal - and
the strength to push it. Getting
serious, is it really necessary to
subject us to this - both in
personal degradation, and also
in the cost of the added
pedal-pushers. Hbg. State seems
to have an effective system, but
there is no big deal or
inconvenience made about it up
there. What about HACC, LVC,.
. . . They evidently can operate
without any such infringement.
What is it about us P.Staters that
we must be run through stalls???
like animals!!!
Student Government, here is a
real issue the dignity of
everyone, including profs, office
personnel, etc., is being attacked
every time they enter that
library.
Do you agree????
remember when the Cold War
was a hot item? Do you
remember Elvis the pelvis? Do
you remember when some of the
top records oh American
Bandstand were “Witch
Doctor”, “Rock Around the
Clock”, “Great Balls of Fire”,
“To Know Him is to Love Him”,
“Venus”, “Come Softly to Me”,
“Love Me Tender”, “Flying
Purple People Eater”, and “Love
Letters in the Sand”? Do you
remember when “Tricky Dick”
caddied for Ike?
Well, we will get a chance to
look back on “the good old
days” here at Capitol during Old
Times Week. Entertainment all
week is designed to take a few
steps backward into time. Our
look back will come in the form
of a Marathon Dance, a Flash
Gordon flick, a Night at the
1950 Drug Store Soda Fountain,
a Nite of Jazz, a Chaplin flick, a
Trivia Contest, a Faculty
Entertainment Nite, an Old
Time Medicine Show, and finally
to come back into the modern
day with the Rio Clemente Trio.
All in all, it should be a great
week, filled with things to do.
So guys, get out your old black
leather jackets and slick your
hair down. Girls, put your hair
in a Pony tail. We’re goin’
back!!!
“Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God
above
If the bible tells you so
Now, do you believe in rock n’
roll
Can music shake your very soul?
Can you teach me how to dance
real slow?
Well, I know that you’re in love
with him
Cause I saw you dancin’ in the
gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin’
buck
With a pink carnation and a pick
up truck
But I knew that I was out of luck
The day that music died.”
(Don McLean)
dike 3SU. C.keif
"I Have A Dream”
Last Thursday, the Black
Student Union presented a
program in memory and
recognition of the Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King. The
program included a speech by
Dr. Winston Richards, poetry
readings, songs and a dance, all
planned and performed by
members of the Black Student
Union.
Dr. Richards opened the
program with a short talk on the
life and aims of Dr. King. This
was followed by poetry reading
after which the BSU Choir
offered several songs. With the
poem “Forty Acres and a Mule”,
Ron Edwards pointed out the
broken promises and dreams
that the Blacks have suffered
since their days of slavery. And
Bill Hooper’s rendition of “The
Creation” was one of the best
and most moving of the
program’s offerings.
Included in the BSU Choir’s
presentation were “Try a little
Love”, “God Gave Me a Song”,
“United We Stand”, and “Hey,
Have You Tried”. The choir was
ably accompanied on the piano
by Carolyn Sims and on the
bongos by Greg Garth in several
songs. Greg, Carolyn and Lois
Brockington also supplied some
solo work in these numbers.
Previously, Eva Warren sang a
moving solo—“If I Can Help
Somebody”.
The songs were followed by
Evon Golphin reading “Death of
WHO IS RIO CLEMENTE?
Rio Clemente plays the piano.
He doesn’t play ordinary piano.
It is more like fantastic piano.
When he joins with his talented
bass player and drummer, the
result is the Rio Clemente Trio.
But you might never even notice
the dudes on the bass and
drums, because Clemente is that
good.
When Mike and Nancy came
back from the National
Entertainment Conference in
Pittsburgh this fall, they talked
about almost nothing but this
artist for two weeks. At the
Conference, Rio Clemente did a
twenty minute show, which was
followed by a thirty minute
standing ovation!
Okay, you never heard of Rio
Clemente, right? Well, his credits
include performances at Drew,
Lehigh, Bucknell and Nevada
Southern Universities, as well as
on WOR-TV in New York,
WNET-TV and NBC-TV. In
addition, he has played at
Grossinger’s, Jimmy Ryan’s and
by Lee Nell
a Chief’, and Ron Edwards, who
offered Dr. King’s meaningful “1
Have a Dream” speech of 1963.
The program ended with Gerian
Reed, Lucille Collins and
Carolyn Sims doing a
magnificant dance symbolizing
the need for Black unity in this
country.
But the service to Dr. King
was more than a few BSU
members presenting poetry,
songs and speeches. It was an act
of love. Love and a little
prodding for real justice for all
Americans. True, the words
which were read and sung were
meaningful. But the spirit in
which they were offered was one
of love and respect for a man
who urged us all to love our
brother. And in seeing and
hearing the BSU members
present their program in this
way, we can be sure that the life
and efforts of Dr. King will not
soon be forgotten.
There can be no doubt that
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
is one of the greatest men in
recent American history. And
we can be proud, as I’m sure Dr.
King would have been, of the
program presented in his
memory by the Black Student
Union. We look forward to the
day when all Americans honor
Dr. King by treating all our
fellow men with love, respect
and justice. It is toward this goal
that the BSU is dedicated. We
can do no less than join them in
their efforts.
by Don Lewis
the Hilton in New York City
And what do some of the
people who have heard him have
to say? Well, Mr. Ed Sorto (Vice
President of Rowntowner Motor
Inns) proclaimed, “Rio
Clemente is just a fabulous
entertainer. He is as adept at the
piano with semi and classical
music as he is with jazz and
modern tunes. His ability to play
so beautifully, any piece of
music, I am sure will make him
one of the most popular
entertainers in the musical field
very soon.”
Now you are going to get a
chance to see, and more
importantly hear, Rio Clemente.
On Tuesday, February Ist, he
will appear in the
Gallery-Lounge for a
“mini-concert” at 2:00 p.m.
with free admission. Then, at
8:00 pjn., Rio Clemente will
present a full concert in the
Auditorium. Tickets for the
8:00 pan. show are $1.50 or
$.75 with an activities card.
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