'.I.I).E.LiAI, MAY 27, 190 Al Capp and Colloquy: They Just Don't Mix By GLENN KRANZLEY Collegian Managing Editor As Al Capp finished his travesty on free speech in Rec Hall by telling the crowd what a powerful cartoonist and swell Amer ican he was, I walked out. I stopped in the doorway and as I looked back toward the stage, Don Shall was telling the audience that the Colloquy Core Committee did not want to present its en graved tribute statue of the Nittany Lion to Capp. This was immediately followed by an other student, Mike Gehling, seizing the trophy, and handing it to Capp anyway. Among the points to be considered is whet hannencd before the trophy incident and what follow ed. For one and a half hours, Capp humili ated, degraded. and browbeat all those who asked questions which tried t o pene- trate hi s arro- gant, one - liner philosophy. •-• 3 17 .;•>:, Afterwards, Capp was heard . • 4'4 / to say, "Now what the hell am I going to do with this lion?" Real grateful guy, Al Capp. Also consider the intent of the lion pre sentation. Colloquy gave identical lions to the two other keynote speakers, Ralph Nader and Muhammed Ali, to show appreciation for the speakers' efforts in the Colloquy pro gram. The Nittany Lion is a symbol of Penn State, and to use current phraseology, the possession of the lion by Capp is prejudicial to the good name of the University. Shall's action can be criticized on sim ilar grounds, that it may hurt the good name of the University. But taking all things into consideration, he is guilty of no more than bad protocol. The Colloquy committee, seated in the front row, tried to relay the message to Shall to present the lion, which had already been engraved, backstage, rather than in Paper Requests Faculty Writers University faculty are in viten to submit - articles to Col legian's "Faculty Forum." Columns of opinion from all mem hers of the faculty are welcome. 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Capp was not being scolded for his beliefs, but for his total destruction of the ideas of Colloquy. Unfortunately, the blame for the aber ration falls on the Colloquy committee. Capp was hired for his staunch conservatism. But the committee admits that they were not aware of his operating methods, or that he would insist on the preplanned planted ques tion format, or that he would personally attack all those who had courage enough to walk to the microphones in the center aisle. While all speakers prepare their speech es ahead of time, Capp tried to go farther than that. After 20 minutes of asking him self artificial questions and nearly chuckling himself out from behind the lecturn, he ordered the 25 students with whom he had planted questions to line up and fire away, A word about the question planting, H someone wanted to ask a question Capp didn't like, he ruled it out. And most of the questions were taken from cards and assign ed to students. "Here's a good question. Who wants to ask it?" Capp would say. When everyone of them refused to go through with the artificial dialogue, Capp was angered, and he took it out on the crowd. These are the things that Shall should have told the crowd before he withdrew the lion trophy. Perhaps his action would have been better understood. KRANZLEY To rub the trophy in Capp's face and then tell him he can't have it was an emo tional action, and it pulled Colloquy down to the same level of tactics that Capp uses. To withhold the trophy on stage may not have been the best lecture hall manners, but the person who slams his door in the face of Jack the Ripper will always be ex cused a breach of front porch etiquette. Capp didn't deserve any better. After the program, at a press conference, a news man asked Capp to read the inscription on the little lion to the group. He held it up, read it, then turned it around and said, "It says 'piss off':' You sure do Al. ,••••••••••••••••••••••41 I. Epsilon Alpha Chapter ik i 0 of • le Alpha Omicron Pi *1 10 • 0 Salutes its recently • • honored sisters • 0 0 leSuzanne White and Donna Morton e le tapped for Phi Bets Kappa • • • 0 Gail Malinoski • l e tapped for Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honorary 0 1. Margo Streeter • . • e . co-editor Activities Section of '7O La Vie • ketisootsooefisooo•waseibeol THE DAILY COLLE(AAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA Concerning Capp and Capp: Little Intellect TO THE 'EDITOR: As rash as it might have been, the action taken by the Colloquy Committee in refusing to hand an award to Al Capp dramatically demonstrated revulsion toward a dangerous trend in American politics. In the manner of numerous candidates, Capp successfully evaded discussion of any issue in favor of vicious ad hominem attacks. Whereas the Col loquy theme was the "continuous interaction of minds and ideas." Capp's performance revealed a potent wit but little intellect, a violent speaker eliciting violent emotions. However, Capp might be excused on the grounds that he is only using his considerable talents to please the tastes of the public. What he is like in private is the subject of speculation. But the actions of an approving crowd in Rec Hall cannot be easily excused. Exulting in personal attacks on anyone taking a more liberal view than Ronald Reagan. the crowd provided a visage of what Germany must have been like in the late 30's. It is notable that Colloquy was able to suc cessfully bring together representatives ranging from the Ku Klux Klan to the American Com munist Party to present their views for public scrutiny, all without incident. It was left for a well-known member of mainstream politics to destroy the atmosphere of sincere intellectual in quiry established in Colloquy by appealing to the worst qualities of a partisan crowd. Degenerate Monologue TO THE EDITOR: I regret to say that I was one of the unfortunate many who sat through Al Capp's degenerate monologue Saturday evening. 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Christopher Stone (3rd-Liberal Arts-Cedar Grove. NJ.) Students Mar Affair TO THE EDITOR: Members of Colloquy should be congratulated for coordinating an exciting round of speakers and discussions on the most timely subjects. Ironically enough, students marred the affair by their hissing and booing when speak ers voiced opinions contrary to theirs. This was the case at the discussion. "If black is beautiful must white be ugly," and Al Capp's talk. I applaud Al Capp for exposing these phony liberals, lacking common courtesy, as undisciplined children. Or perhaps the label, "fascist pig." often used by student activists these days, would better apply. I feel sorry for the Colloquy committee for exhibiting one of the most glaring examples of adolescent behavior in withholding the award of the Nittany Lion from Al Capp. PSU saved little grace by finally giving it to him. The Colloquy was a good idea, but it failed in the sense that the very students who thought they wanted a colloquy would not permit one because they simply desired their own opinions repeated by the speakers, instead of allowing the speakers to inspire a challenge and provoke some thought. I hope at the next Colloquy freedom of speech and opinion prevails for all. Ann Pirnot grad student-history Explains Confrontation TO THE EDITOR: Being the individual who had an unfortunate confrontation with Al Capp on Saturday evening, I believe that I owe an expla nation to those members of the audience who did not understand why I did what I did. In his speech Saturday night. Al Capp per sistently interrupted, belittled, insulted and an noyed one questioner after another. The only per son who escaped Capps unfairness was the crew- 230 W. College Ave Sears Sears wants you'safe. MONDAY and FRIDAY-9:00 A.M. to 9 P.M, Phone 238-2451 Tue., Wed., Thur. & Sat.-9 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Colloquy tutted middle-aged gentleman who told the audi ence how much he admired what Capp said and sought his advice for a poor, hard-working tax payer. Surely, anyone who believes in the dialogue sought by the tremendous Colloquy program could not agree with Capp's rude disregard for the audience and those questioners who did not flatter his ego. When I made the comments about Capp's dis regard for free speech, I was interrupted by ap plause—which I did not want. As I tried to ask the question, I was interrupted by Capp's nasty remarks—which I did nut want. All I wanted to do was say my thing and sit down. But I became angry with Capp's rudeness and first tried to speak despite him, and finally told him to shut up. Instead. Capp insisted that I go up on stage arid say what I was trying to say. I hesitated. But he persisted in that demand. So I finally went up and asked where Colloquy could refund the dollar I wasted on that circus show, and walked off the stage. On my way to my seat, the gentleman who earlier had lavished praise on Capp came running to me with a dollar. I told him I vented the dollar not from him lthe "poor, hardworking taxpayer") but from the Colloquy people to whom I had paid it. He pushed it into my hand and ran off. I was about to throw it toward him, but it was suggested instead that I tear it up. Seeing that immediately as a better idea. I did just that, and threw the pieces into the air. That apparently upset a few people. I have been to many speeches and discussions, but have never seen such unfairness and nastiness in my life. Never have I asked a speaker a ques tion—much less challenged them. But Al Capp was so disgusting that I shattered that prece4dent. I hope more students will understand now why I did what I did. Bruce Shaw (ard-Pol. Sc.-Prospect Park) Disgusting Conduct TO THE EDITOR: I attended Al Capp's presenta tion on Saturday night. I was quite disgusted with Capp's conduct. Capp says he has fought fascism. nazism and other such forms of tyranny at various times during his life. Therefore, one would think he would not have adopted many of their tactics, i.e. smearing. stereotyping, attacking a person rather than his ideas, and the suppression and ridi culing of questions and views. Capp repeatedly insulted and belittled questioners, listened with a closed mind to their comments, and in general violated the purpose of "Colloquy" which is dia logue and communication The "Colloquy" Committee was quite right in choosing not to present Capp with the Nittany Lion plaque. I regret that they feel it necessary to apologize for their altogether proper decision. It is Capp who should apologize. Barbara Pollack Graduate-Social Studies STORE HOURS PAGE THREE
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