Thursday, February 24, 1972
The February 4 ,
by Lee Nell I`vildv
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Maybe it's the month or
maybe it's something else, but
rve noticed a terrible lag on this
campus. That is not so unusual,
perhaps, but this lag is much
worse than normal. Everyone on
campus seems to be operating at
a loss.
Take Mike, for example. I
spoke to Mike last week and
complained that I couldn't fmd
enough hours in the day. He said
that the same thing was
happening to him. In fact, for a
time he had toyed with the idea
of throwing in the towel. Just
sayin `the hell with it' and
walking on out of here.
And Pepper. Poor Pepper was
runnin' around the other day
just tearing his hair out. It seems
that his favorite prof wanted
book reports of six or ten books.
And the kid didn't have enough
time to read them all and still
keep up with his other courses.
Bob was in even worse shape.
I had a short (for obvious
reasons) conversation with him
last week-" Hey, Lee. When is
the Baez concert?" "Thursday
night." "When is • that?"
"Tonight!" "Huh?"
It's all over the place. People
are 'tinning all over trying to get
jobs or get into grad school or
t ' g to get married or
some ' . Ansl nobody is
getting an • done.
So, Uncle has come up
with the theory of the February
Blahs to explain it all. You see,
February has got to be the most
worthless month of the year.
And I can prove it. They
This is a story about a dog
getting over in amerika. The dog
who came to dinner a year ago,
and stayed ever singe. Were you
there, or do you even remember
that fateful eviction day: when
Berkley was either to be forced
back to the streets, or the love
that I had for one spaced out
dog made me bring him home to
the country. Yeah, the city dog
gets over, Hurrah!
The fast meeting between the
young gemini, cancer rising Berk
and Ms. Punkus a gemini, virgo
rising, was one of mixed
emotion and heavy territorial
mind raps. The two, finally
adjusted to air and became to
envelope each other. Of course,
there was some adapting for
their overseeyer and guardian of
the establishment, but she drew
a fine libran balance for the two.
When I first met Berkley, he
was audacious, bold, strung out,
spaced-out, and crazy—he hasn't
changed a bit, except he's more
of the same. Though it wasn't
long after livin' the commune
city life that Berk got pretty
burn't out, right along with his
master, buddy, sidekick. But the
final burn for Berk was being
locked in jail - in the basement,
while life teemed on the floors
above. His oppressors had locked
his vitality and youthful life in
the basement, all the while
tarnishing it. During these
cynical moments, Berk came to
question the human zoo. Its a
rip off. They are just like my
parents, thought Berk. They'll
lay this hippie freak right-on
artist rap on ya', and then they'll
turn right around and blow you
away. Man they will bring you
right down, Dog damn'it! those
idealistic hedons. So when Berk
got his moments of repreive, and
wouldn't have given it
"Aquarius" if it didn't need
help, would they?
February is so bad that the
only thing you have to look
forward to is its death. Anyway,
the Blahs work like this. All fall
term, you get to meet your old
friends and make new ones. And
Christmas sits at the end of the
term like a pearl. January isn't
so bad because you had a break
and probably a good time at
Christmas. But by February that
has worn off. And you can't
even look forward to the term
end until March. But March
doesn't need the help. In March,
we get to• fly kites and look
forward to spring, a term break
and summer before long. But
February? Nothing!
More evidence can be found
right under your noses. At what
point has the CAPITOLIST been
even worse that ever? February.
See, I told you. But now that
the month is almost over, so will
the bad reporting be. I can feel
So it's either the February
Blahs or we're all overworked.
And that might be the case, too.
How many papers and tests have
you got this term? Isn't it fun
trying to get them done? Can
you do it? Of course not. You
s#e, the professors have teamed
tip with February, and they have
resolved to do us in. They get us
coming and going. You leave the
gloom of the classroom only to
walk out into the gloom of
February. Back at the house,
you can only break off the
Guess Who Came To Dhow
was aloud to stalk the denizen's
of the jungles on the floors
above, he'd come on. He'd go
around and literally infringe his
trips on people. His raps were
cooled out and idealistic, so
everybody dug his thing, until
Berk would lay a cynical jab on
their alteregos'. Of course, he
flipped everybody right the fuck
out, but he'd just laugh.
It was around this time that
Berk started getting into camel
fantasies, or he was just peekin'
alot. Regardless, Berk was at
that age, and seein's how I didn't
want to walk in on him and
embarrass him while he was
playin' his harp; so I walked him
to the door and said, Well if I
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amsortstornic
homework to go out for
cigarettes. And what happens?
You freeze your cookies off.
Have you had a cold
recently? What is the longest
term of the year? Have you had
trouble starting your car? Has a
vendorville machine ripped you
off recently? Well, bunky,
you've got the February Blahs.
One more piece of evidence and
then I'll tell you what to do
about the Blahs.
If you're still not convinced,
run over to see Dr. Grimm. Ask
him how things are going, or if
he's busy enough. I'll bet you 4
copies of the CAPITOLIST that
he throws his arms up and utters
an obscenity. So what do you
do? I thought you'd want to
know.
We're calling a moratorium
on the February Blahs.
Tomorrow is going to be a day
of rest. Nothing meaningful or
earth-shaking or beautiful is
going to happen. In fact, nothing
is going to happen at all. If you
are overworked, you need the
rest. Put it down to rebellion. If
youjust don't give a damn, then
you'll probably not do anything
anyway. And if February has
finally gotten to you, you can
either surrender and do nothing
or let February know that you
know its game and not do
anything.
Simple, isn't it. Next issue
will be in March so you won't
have to put up with stupid
articles like this. But why put up
with it now? Whatever you're
doing, quit. See you in March.
ever see you again pal, then I
will. All I ever wanted to do was
plug into the dog's brain for a
day, but this one was his, and
maybe forever.
Hereturned as usual, but this
time I think he was rather dazed
from it all. He wasn't in love or
nothin'. He just looked like he
spent the whole day trippin' in
the city. This of course severely
limited Berk's movement and
confined it totally to the house.
Still, Berk was rather existential
about it. There were those times
when all those emotion
moments would be packed into
one while being locked in the
dungeon, b u t
then his freedom would return
him to outrageousness. This rare
quality being funded by his aries
moon.
Thus the stream of events
that followed, brought Berk to
the country; if you can imagine
burn't out mellowness, then dig
it.
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THE CAPITOLIST
Faculty Women's
Club Sponsors Opera
Provost Robert E.
McDermott will be guest of
honor at the reception following
the opening performance of
"Old Maid and the Thief", the
comic opera by
Menotti which will be given on
February 26 by the Harrisburg
Civic Opera Association at
Capitol Campus under the
sponsorship of the Faculty
Women's Club. Proceeds will go
to the Scholarship Loan Fund
for Needy Capitol Students.
Dr. McDermott is the first
Provost of Capitol Campus, the
upper level and graduate division
of Pennsylvania State University
at Middletown. Dr. McDermott
assumed his position on
February 1. He was formerly
Dean of the Graduate School at
the University of Arkansas, and
prior to that, Associate Dean of
the Graduate School of the
Pennsylvania State University
where he had been on the
faculty since 1959 serving as
head of the Department of
Forest Management and
Associate Director of the School
of Forestry.
The reception will also honor
members of the Board of
Trustees of Penn STate and the
cast of "Old Maid and • the
Thief', at Capitol. The audience
is cordially invited to attend the
reception.
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and women at Capitol Campus
There will be a special
matinee on Sunday afternoon,
February 27. This amusing
modem opera, sung in English,
has great appeal to young people
as well as adults.
Tickets are on sale at Shenk
and Tittle in Harrisburg, Sears
Roebuck at the Colonial Park
Plaza, Gimbels at the Harrisburg
East Mall, the Stitchery in the
Camp Hill Gallery, Camp Hill,
the Charleste Dress Shoppe,
Middletown, and from Mrs.
George Gumas, in Hershey,
533-3974.
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