16—'The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 23,1980 George Mamedov (left) and Ycvgeniz V. Afanasyev, third secretaries of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., pause to hear a question from the audience during a speech on U.S.-Soviet relations last night at the HUB. Soviet officials warn of conflict with U.S. By KATHY MILLS Daily Collegian Staff Writer If harmony is not achieved in present U.S.-Soviet relations, serious conflict will result, two Soviet representatives told a HUB audience last night. George Mamedov and Yevgeniz V. Afanasyev, third secretaries of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, said that the Cold War cannot continue indefinitely. “There comes a time when a ‘hot war’ will result,” Mamedov said. “There will be no more water, but fire, next time.” Referring to U.S.-Soviet relations, he said that the edge between war and peace is narrow and that it may easily be overstepped by one of the parties involved. The two nations must cooperate with each other or face possible destruc tion, he said. “The one road that the United States or the Soviet Union may walk alone is the road to oblivion,”- he said. The United States currently refuses to negotiate with the Russians, Mamedov said. He said that internal matters, such as presidential elections and primaries, are more important in the United States than peace with the Soviets. “Every four years during a national state of emergency called elections, America expects all problems to come to a standstill,” he said. “Everything that has taken hard bi lateral efforts to achieve is now being destroyed.” He said hope that the situation will improve after 1980 is unfounded. The United States is continuing to build its military program and to pour money into arms in order to gain military supremacy, he said. “There was a sharp buildup of U.S. armaments even i * f-, j p lsf| I^' ln cooperation with Pabst Brewing Co. »«. s *«. v * -s'. “ill mm ; if Cold War persists Random Pairings Olympic Games !t ; " ’ -r ' --*•? • •■ ■* - K$ ’■ before the Afghanistan crisis,” Memedov said. “The U.S. believes their purpose is to bring the military might of the West to Russia, to give America military supremacy.” However, he said that nobody can intimidate the Soviet Union. “We’re not afraid of the American challenge. We know better than them the course of war.” Mamedov said differences between the nations may be solved even during times of conflict. “In 1972 the Soviet Union accepted Nixon despite America’s involvement in the war in Vietnam, and im portant agreements were made between the nations. Some very fruitful multi-lateral negotiations were made then in Europe,” he said. Mamedov called for an opening of communications ' between the United States and Russia that would enable the powers to work together for the best interests of both. “I hope that through communication we can bridge the gaps between us,” he said. Afanasyev said that relationships between the Soviet Union, China and the United States are vital to the world’s political stability. “We are not opposed to America’s good relationship with China,” he said. “At the same time, we will not close our eyes to the fact that the U.S. and China could use the new relationship against us.” He said that the Soviets are attempting to better their relations with China, and that Soviet-Chinese relations are not as stormy as Soviet-American relations. Mamedov was asked what would happen if the U.S. un dertook a naval blockade of Iran. “I can offer only pure speculation of what the Soviet government would do,” he said. WEEK 1980 East Fairmount, Between Hetzel & Garner Block Party • 7:30 P.M. East Fairmount • Garner to Locust Skits • 7:30 at Block Party Thurs., April 24 Gentle Thursday Friday, April 25 Happy Hours A Bar-A-Thon Scavenger Hunt • 7:00 P.M. HUB Lawn Olympic Games ® 2:00-5:00 P.M. Best “3” Skits • 7:00 P.M. Awards • 8:00 P.M. IFC/PANHEL presents Wed., April 23 Chariot Race • 5:00 P.M. Sat., April 26 Skits • 11:00-2:00 P.M. Lots of AlO, KO Nash: tugging at By JUSTIN CATANOSO Daily Collegian Staff Writer Graham Nash is serious about his music and the message it carries. He fully understands the powerful influence music has on this country’s youth and after 18 years of putting his beliefs, emotions and experiences to song, his message has lost none of its impact. Last night in a filled Eisenhower Auditorium, Nash gathered an overwhelmingly enthusiastic crowd into the strong yet subtle arms of his acoustical sounds and carried the crowd away but not before tugging at their minds with his anti nuclear energy songs, tugging at their hearts with gentle love songs and humble personality, and certainly, tugging at their memories with songs that remain timeless. The concert was more than an unforgettable musical ex perience. It was also a glimpse of a man obsessed with his causes and submerged in his desire to unite people and ideas through careful thought and understanding. Accompanied on stage with only acoustic guitarist Joel Bernstein and keyboardist William Smith, Nash opened with a classic tune written in reference to the Vietnam war a decade ago. Somehow though, “Military Madness” seemed even more relevant last night. “Military madness,” Nash sang, “it’s killing our country.” On the last verse, he replaced the word “military” with “nuclear.” In a post-concert interview, Nash said, “Throwing that word nuclear in there drives people nuts. I don’t do it for effect, I do it to let people know I’m totally serious and committed to a certain lifestyle and certain ideas.” Doctor explains theory on racism By CALLAS RICHARDSON Daily Collegian Staff Writer Dr. Frances Crest-Welsing, for mulator of the controversial “Color Confrontation Theory,” gave a talk and discussion on how her theory explains racism in today’s world. “My theory is an attempt to explain the very nature of racism by whites, blacks, yellows, reds and browns.” Welsing said. “Racism is the most important problem facing the world in the ’Bos.” Welsing said she started focusing upon racism while she was in residency as a psychiatrist in Washington, D.C. “I was working in a training center that had a predominantly white staff that insisted that black patients could not discuss their - problems and could only be treated with drugs,” she said. Fire causes minor damage and injuries A small explosion of flammable cleaning solutions resulted in a fire which caused minor damage to a cleaning room and slight injuries to the owner of a College Township business yesterday morning. Alpha Fire Co. responded to a call from Walter McCloskey, owner of McCloskey’s Office Equipment, 305 Benner Pike, at 10:51 a.m. McCloskey “After I began talking to patients, I realized that there were inherent problems in existence that had everything to do with racism. ’ ’ “Therewas a pointwhere I discovered that whites and the colored races seemed to separate,” said Welsing. “I read everything that I could get my hands on, and listened to a lot of reasonings,” Welsing said. “But despite everything I read I still wanted to know why people treated one another this way.” An inspirational point for Welsing occured when she attended a Black Power meeting in 1967. “After that meeting I met a black man who described racism as simply a global system for maintaining white domination,” Welsing said. Welsing then formulated a reasoning had already extinquished the fire when the fire company arrived, but had suf fered minor burns of the arms and face and was treated by ambulance technicians. The fire started when the flammable liquids McCloskey was using to clean equipment were ignited by sparks from a short-circuit in an exhaust fan in the cleaning room. McCloskey was able to minds, memories That commitment shone through clearly with the songs “Barrel of Pain,” written about nuclear waste barrels leaking in the Pacific Ocean, and one of his four encores, “Power,’’ written by fellow MUSE member (Musicians United t$ Safe Energy) John Hall and his wife. At the outset of the concert, Nash said, “We’re going to do our best songs the best way we know how.” He more than lived up to his promise. Mixing songs from the early ’7os equally with releases from his new solo album “Earth & Sky,” Nash showed thjit his talents, like fine wine, are mellowing and improving with age; Evidence of that improvementcame through songs “Magical Child,” a beautiful piece written for his two-year-old son Jackson, and “Out on the Island;” a song born on the beaches of Hawaii. By and by, the beauty of Nash’s songs is their timelessness. “Chicago” and "Teach Your Children” sung in harmony with the Eisenhower Auditorium Choir remain as valuble today as the day they were released. In a particularly dramatic and chilling moment, Nash, on piano, shared his trip through Winchester Cathedral with an emotion-filled rendition of perhaps his finest musical work, “Cathedral.” The crowd simply could not get enough. Its thunderous standing ovations won three encores, including “Our House,” Nash’s final song, “In the ’Bos,” fittingly ended the evening. Nash showed, musically and mentally, that he is ready for the coming years. His desire now is to prepare as many people as possible. Skits Wed. 7:30-45 AXP-AXP iil sis 7:50-8:05 XQ-4>rA 8:10-8:25 ArP-0M 8:30-8:45 AX-AZA 8:50-9:05 TKE-AIA 9:10-9:25 AIO-7th fl. Heister 9:30-9:45 AXI-OKI Sat. 11:00-15 OX-OX lil sis 11:20-35 KKr-AKA 11:40-55 nBO-X0 12:00-12:15 AO-ATA 12:20-35 Ar-OKO 12:40-12:55 IN-ArA 1:00-1:15 ACACIA-KAO 1:20-1:35 TOA-ZTA 1:40-1:55 TOB-AKO m ||j| I# fel I a for racism based upon genetics and psychiatry, contending that the white races account for only 10 percent of the world population. “Then I took the premise of ; 4 Their equipment was unfortunately s.y inferior; lead singer Reuben Sairs played a guitar that definitely looked like it had seen better days. During the || # first set he and the lead guitarist had to tune up between each song, and the p| amplifiers tended to fuzz with the U'ij volume was cranked up. Yes, if The Hipsters ever become intent upon success, they may have to r.| their image from ’6os Hippie- C‘,;t casual to a slicker, more modern look, and similarity slick up their act. k j But I guess I really can't be too sure; Sairs’ attitude was impressive. ‘‘My dream,” he said, “is to play a $l5 Sears Robuck guitar in Carnegie Hall.” (The definitive punk attitude circa 1976.) The tSpsters may have missed the boat by a few years, but nevertheless good rock ‘n’ roll is never out of style. 1 Despite technical difficulties and some ragged edges, The Hipsters played rock with a reverent passion, which made for some intense music. Particular numbers stood out for their drive and energy. During The Buffalo Springfield's “Mr. Soul” and CSN’s “Wooden Ships,” the guitarists locked into each other gathering incredible momentum; the dramatic impact of the songs’ instrumental passages were overwhelming, proving that sophisticated equipment means nothing next to having your musical chops together. Neil Young’s electrified "Hey, Hey, My, My” which Saires introduced as “the reason for my existence," was another high point. Here, their just adequate sound equipment actually worked as an advantage. This tune is Young's ode to rock ‘n’ roll in all its raging, ugly, offensive glory and the fuzzy distortion that resulted from the band’s emphatic execution (the louder the band played, the more hideous the sound became) added an appropriate dimension. Their choice of covers revealed a well rounded rock ‘n’ roll sensibility. Tastes ran the gamut of '6os pop, from British invasion (The Stones, The Animals. The Kinks, The Yardbirds) to psychedelia. (The Doors, Donavan) to west coast folk (The Band, Buffalo Springfield). Add Wansel and Smith well worth a listen By DAN McKAY Daily Collegian Staff Writer Dexter Wansel split a bill Saturday Smith and his sideinen in the Cosmic night with Lonnie Liston Smith, playing Echoes, however, came next into play, before a small yet receptive audience at Their smooth, soulful jazz style Eisenhower Auditorium. A good many in showed the vitality and polyrhythmic the crowd were probably torn by the contrast of Earth, Wind & Fire, and they ravages of this year’s fabulous Phi Psi were every bit as together as that band, festivities, but the show had the buf- In fact, singer James Robinson had all fering effect of a gentle spring shower. the range and power of EW&F’s Maurice White. The band’s music is something to lay back and float on like a king-size waterbed. ■ The band’s music is like very fast, but music review • _ light, fusion jazz. It was not nearly as After Wansel's opening act, which heavy or funky as the music played at lasted barely more than a half hour, it last fal i> s Atlantic City Jazz Festival; became readily apparent that something Robinson’srich delivery of some very was amiss. Technical difficulties with beautiful lyrics stood out like a brilliant his band’s sound system proved to be the ru by. insurmountable, obstacle to a suitable He and the others in the band mostly jOTesentation- for their talents. It’s a played tunes from their . most fecent shame, because Wansel’s music showed album, “Love is the Answer.’.’ If this early promise. concert is any indication (a'reasonable In a way Wansel was like the kid who, assumption), this disc should be worth a dissatisfied with the progress of the listen. some 'sos rock ‘n’ roll to that list, such as Buddy Holly and Fats Domino. This sensibility was well reflected in their original tunes, which, by the way, were pretty exellent. Both Sairs and lead guitarist Dick McEwen exhibited a real flair for lyric writing. Titles like “The Nuclear Twist," “Rock Around The Communist Block,” (both excellent satire) and “Rumours of War," (well done reggae) give one an idea of where The Hipsters’ political sentiments lie. Although many of their original numbers exhibited a decidedly new wave feel, their songs were mostly new wave by association, reflecting the at titudes and musical traditions that have fueled the new wave. In other words, 70s nihilism and love of musical dissonance and atonality were mostly absent from their music. Their politics resemble The Clash’s, critical but hopeful. Musically they range from the pure fun and traditional punk of The Ramones, to the British beat of The Jam, to the rockabilly of a stalwart traditionalist like Dave Edmunds. All categorizing aside, I enjoyed The Hipsters • tremendously. Besides their musicianship, it was the sense I got while I was listening that these guys listened to and loved all the same music as I did while they were growing up. The relationship was from one rock ‘n’ roll lover to another. game, takes his ball with him as he storms off in protest. The Hipsters played a wide variety of rock’n’roll selections for a crowd gathered on the HUB lawn this weekend. This per formance was one of many activities scheduled as part of Earth Day 'BO. Gentle Thursday and so much, much more There’s a lot going on here within the Slowly,” reads from his prose at 8 p.m. next few days (besides, of course, Gentle tomorrow in the Corner Room Hotel. Thursday’s semi-gentle activities), so Command Performance The Center just as a reminder here’s a schedule of Stage Players present “Godspell” in a special campus events going on here special Gentle Thursday preview within the next few days. I mean, as long tomorrow night, and Friday and as you’re going to party all of Thursday Saturday nights in Kern Graduate away, you might want to keep it up Center. through the weekend. Holly Near Concert A singer. African Music Mandinka griots, or songwriter and cultural worker whose bards, Alhaji Bal Konte and sons Dembo music is loved and respected across the and Ma Lamini perform on the Kora, a country, Near and pianist Adrienne Tori' 21-stringed instrument said to be the perform in a concert at 8 p.m. Friday in precursor of the banjo, at 8:30 tonight in Schwab. the Paul Robeson Cultural Center. Jazz Offering Tim Everman and the Reading of Fiction Novelist Mark East Coast Jazz Offering perform at 8:30 Harris, perhaps best known for his p.m. Sunday in the HUB Ballroom in a works based on the realm of baseball, concert sponsored by the Student “The Southpaw” and "Bang the Drum Foundation for the Performing Arts. 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