NOVEMBER 22, 1974
READER REVIEWS
Comedy
in
Currently playing at one local theatre or another is the Ernest
Borgnine-Carroll O'Connor comedy, Law and Disorder. Rather,
it's ostensibly a comedy. Mainly it's just a frightening look at New
York City and how powerless its average citizens are.
If this is Ivan Passer's idea of comedy, I'd hate to see one of his
tragedies. But it is true that there are some funny episodes in the
picture, but on the whole, Passer seems to be desperately begging
for laughs thru most of the film, and he never seems to succeed
more than half-way.
The TV ads had me expecting to see areal knee-slapping funny
picture starring two of TV's top comedian-actors. And the opening
half-hour almost lived Up to the billing, but then things started to
get too serious: like when O'Connor's daughter is attacked and
tie-'nine's son's bike is stolen in a couple of scenes that belonged
"Dirty Harry" than in a supposedly "fun" comedy.
Hind serious social commentary in a comedy, as long as
:,ry doesn't interfere with the comedy and, as it due,
It. LIILI pit_tuie, actually kill the comedy, and the audience's very
urge to laugh. By the time this picture began winding-up, I felt
self-conscious about laughing at anything, even the funny parts,
mainly because the underlying purpose of the film (to provide
some kind of commentary on the Big City vs. the Little Man) got in
the way of the superficial purpose of the film (ostensibly to
provide entertainment).
This is a picture which you can't really enjoy, mainly because
it's all too true. And there's nothing funny about life these days.
Grad student represents Capitol
at Conference
Mr. Craig Zumbrum, a
graduate student in the
humanities program at Penn
State-Capitol Campus recently
represented the University at
the annual conference of the
Association of College Unions-
International held at Frost
burg State College in Frost
burg, Maryland. Zumbrum is a
resident of Middletown and is
the representative for Central
Pennsylvania to the ACUI Arts
Committee.
The conference was com
prised of colleges and,
universities from Maryland,
West Virginia, Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia.
In total 284 delegates
represented 84 schools.
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TOP 15 SINGLES
1. Whatever Gets You Through , The Night - John Lennon
2. Tin Man - America
Back Home Again - John Denver
Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond
Jazzman - Carole King
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - BTO
Overnight Sensation - Raspberries
Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Bad Company
I've Seen The Saucers - Elton John
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
It's Only Rock and Roll - The Rolling Stones
Pure and Easy - The Who
Bungle in The Jungle - Jethro Tull
TOP 12 ALBUMS
1. Walls and Bridges - John Lennon
2. Photographs and Memories; His Greatest Hits - Jim Croce
3. It's Only Rock and Roll - The Rolling Stones
4. Holiday - America
5. Not Fragile - BTO
6. Wedding Album - Cheech and Chong
7. Wrap Around Joy - Carole King
8. When The Eagle Flies - Traffic
9. War Child - Jethro Tull
10. Serenade - Neil Diamond
11. Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. Odds and Sods - The Who
Disorder
development of college unions
as functioning tools for the
betterment of educational
services in general.
Dr. William Bierbaum,
President of the Staten Island
Community College, New
York, was the keynote speaker
at the annual banquet. Dr.
Bierbaum recently returned
from a tour of Red China. His
message focused on his ob
servations of China, primarily
the responsibility and pride
exhibited by the students and
workers, acting for the bet
terment of the people of China.
Bierbaum urged for a renewed
committment to others, to
follow the example of the
Chinese.
WZAP
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CORRECTION
In last week's "Reader
Asks", we made an error in
quoting Mr. Gary Sheffer.
The Reader extends its
apologies, and would like to
print the correct quote, as it
should have appeared:
"Really I'm kind of hesitant
about the present Congress.
For Democracy to work,
there should be a balance of
both parties with equal
power."
YT - ,
You're not the only one this world knows
There're lots of other way-out shows,
But all you eat is what you bake
You can't stomach my piece of cake.
We all try io .7'iow that we're all right,
Lwt you're too busy shinin' in your own light;
Yet you seem to think it's all so fine,
As long as it's yotirs instead of mine.
Now I'm not sayin' that I'm too cool,
But I sure as hell ain't no fool;
And I stay off of your ten toes
While you don't look where anybody goes
For once, try openin' up to see
There's more to here than just "dear old Me",
For when you splice ygur rope and I splice mine,
All the world will feel just fine
- Jim Bollinger
September
September wind,
The highway's breath
Song of diesels
(throats of black smoke)
Early morning road
Black coffee and truck stops
And the golden thrill
of sunburst gone
to idle on
the asphalt dawn
(Grey shadowy)
Smear of September skies,
A dirty watercolor
My face is as
Long as the wind
Brush of fall,
Bristling wind
Coats summer with
a stroke
Dying leaves
And frozen trees
(Atumn breeze), the sweep
of seasons
Packs my bags
And blows me down
with leaves
Blows me down the
path . . . .
The road beckons,
And yet I hesitate
And yet I wait . .
Pulling up the roots
Of twenty years,
Warm faces that
Will cool with time,
Friends that will
Become strangers,
A love that turns to
Frost
(Ice cold souls in
the winter wind)
The end is a beginning
(When seen by older eyes)
When seen by colder eyes
The eyes of time
and wind
C.C. READER
To A Friend
Wind
—Jeff Steinfurth
First
Coffeehouse
Succeeds
—Romeo Trajanus
SGA
Parking
Proposal
Having listened to the concerns of students over the past year, it
seems as though one of the main tensions on campus is the parking
situation. It is obvious that we cannot eliminate the $7.50 parking
fee and as Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me
death!" All joking aside though, the $7.50 does go into a fund for
the construction and upkeep of parking facilities at all com
monwealth campuses.
It is obvious that many students participate in school activities
which occur on the athletic fields or in the Athletic Building and
Placement Center. In order to alleviate tension and bring about a
moreharmoniouscampus community, we propose the following:
We propose that there be offered an alternative sticker for
those students who wish to use these areas but do not park
in the school parking lot. This alternative sticker would
cost $l.OO and would be in effect after 3:00 p.m. on week
days and for the entire period beginning 3:00 p.m. Friday
until Monday at 9:00 a.m. It would be available to com
muters who do not otherwise register their cars and to
residents who have restricted stickers
In addition, we feel that the 15 minute parking zone in front of
the Main Building should be available to all vehicles regardless of
the sticker they display. People that have pressing business or
emergency situations and will only be in the building for less than
15 minutes should have the RIGHT to park in front of their own
school.
PAGE FOUR
On Friday, Nov. 8, Capitol
Campus experienced the first
of a series of Coffeehouses,
sponsored jointly by Head
Shop, Cultural Committee,
Social Committee, and the
Meade Heights Board of
Governors.
Featured guests were Dick
and Anne Albin, recording
artists from Anchorage
Kentucky, who played a
variety of their own material
based on their experiences and
feelings. They were so well
received by the crowd of 200,
that they got a standing
ovation. and TPe en-
Also . tart ‘A i. trie
Cumberland County Bluegrass
Band, a local bluegrass band
which includes Capitolite Mark
Sherman. They really got the
crowd into the right mood with
some well-played, good, old
fashioned bluegrass music.
The Coffeehouse, besideg
providing some good en
tertainment for the people that
came, also proved that you
don't have to serve booze at a
function to get people to come.
One final note: remember ...
Tuesday, Nov. 26 is the
Communal Dinner, put on
every year by the Head Shop.
There's a lot of food and a lot of
fun for everyone. Sign up in
Vendorville any time this
week. Donation is a dollar. It is
really worth going to.
Michael McAllister, SGA President
Russell Hogg, Vice-President
Respectfully,