weekend daily collegian Films On Campus “Luna” Starring Jill Clayburgh and Barry Matthew in a mother-son relationship. Directed by "Last Tango in Paris" and "1900" director Bernardo Bertolucci, with, photography by "Apocalypse Now" ’s Vittorio Storaro. 6:30 and 9 p.m., tomorrow and Monday, 112 Kern, “Bedtime lor Bonzo” Starring the Republican candidate for President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan. All about living with a chimp named Bonzo. (Reagan is the tali one.) 6, 8 and 10 p.m., tonight and tomorrow, HUB Assembly Room. "Women In Love" D.H. Lawrence's beautiful story brought to life on the screen with Glenda Jackson, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed. 6:30 and 9 p.m. tonight and Sunday, 112 Kern. “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodle" A 1969 film concerning the irresponsible teachings of an unconventional Scottish teacher in a con ventional school for girls. Starring Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin abd Celia Johnson. 6:30 and 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday, 10 Sparks. Orientation Yo, Froshies! and upperclassmen, 100, who may have either lost your orientation guide, or are just looking lor some tun things to do this weekend, here's a rundown of activities assembled by the Orientation Committee, Pedal Pushers A bike tour of Happy Velley and the campus, 9to 11 a.m. Bring your bike, and meet in North Quad. In the Moo-d Meet the cows on a tour of the University barns. 9:30 a.m. to noon. Meet in Johnston Quad. Walk This Way - Tours of the HUB, WUB and other campus attractions. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Meet at Warnock Union. I Scream, You Scream See how Penn State's renowned Creamery ice cream is made. 10 to 11 a.m. Meet in West Halls Center Quad. What's Mime is Yours Street mime presented by Penn State students. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Warnock Quad (rain: Warnock Union). The Arts: Alive, Well, and Blossoming at Penn State Conducted tours of the Museum of Art every hour (on the hour) noon to 4 p.m. at the Museum. Get Looped Guided bus tour of the University. Tours leave from Parking Lot 80 noon to 4 p.m. Get Spiked! Join in on a workshop led by Penn State varsity volleyball players 1 to 4 p.m. in the Findlay Volleyball Courts. Intramurals for All Bob Eisenhraun talks about the variety of intramural sports available on campus. 318-319 HUB, 1 to 2 p.m. "What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?” Counselors from the Career Development and Placement Center will be available to answer your questions. 1 to 3 p.m., Cross Lounge. Star Power A forceful dog-eat-dog game that represents' power struggle between in dividual players. 1 to 3 p.m.. Findlay Lounge. Play Ball! Softball with the Orientation cooordinators. 2 to 4 p.m., West Halls, IM Field. Interviewing Skills: Finding a Job Jeff Garis of the Career Development and Placement Center discusses job interviews and services of the CDPC. Recommended for transfer and advanced standing students. 2 to 3 p.m., 320 HUB. A Star is Born The Theatre 100 Company has audience participation games planned. 2:30 to 4 p.m., Findlay Rec Room. Meet the Outing Club Members of the Penn State Outing Club are on hand for your questions about the organization. 3 to 4 p.m. Waring Lounge. "Cooley High” The story of high school students at a New York City school. 8 p.m. tomorrow, Paul Robeson Cultural Center. "The Knack" 7 and 9 p.m., 112 Kern. Downtown “The Blue Lagoon" Two children stranded on a desert island, leading a Garden-of-Eden existence as they grow through adolescence. Starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. 8 and 10 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Cinema. “The Hunter” Starring Steve McQueen as a free-lance bounty hunter. 2:15, 7:45 and 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 2:15, 4, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:30 Saturday and Sunday. Cinema. "Caligula” Presented by Bob Guccione and Penthouse International Productions. With Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Terese Ann Savoy, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud. Rated X, and deservedly so. A gruesome, gorey, ex ploitative film roughly based on the reign of the Roman Emperor Caligula, AD 37 to 41. 1:30, 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:15 Saturday and Sunday. Cinema. Get Crafty The HUB Craft Center offers art instruction and guidance in stained glass, pottery, macrame and other crafts. 3 to 4 p.m., Thompson Lounge. Man, Woman, or Mouse? Assertiveness training. 3 to 4 p.m., Hoyt Lounge. Job Interview Be Prepared! Preparing for an interview. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Findlay Lounge. Star Power Fun and games in a struggle to reach the top. 4 to 5 p.m., Stephens Lounge. It Couldn’t Happen to Me A representative from the Women's Resource Center presents a program on rape prevetion and counseling services offered to victims of rape. 6 to 7:30 p.m., Simmons Piano Lounge. How to Become a Virgin Bob Boyer discusses some positive ideas on dating, marriage and sex. 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Findlay Lounge. Two’s Company Learning how to live with another person; developing a roommate relationship. 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Cross Lounge. Everyone's an Athlete How to get involved in the University’s intramural sports programs. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Findlay Rec Room. Room Wonders Learning decorating techniques for residence hall rooms. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Hamilton Lounge. Rape Escape A staff member from Police Services discusses rape prevention. 7 to 8 p.m., Hoyt Lounge. "You Look Wonderful Tonight" The latest styles in fashion and makeup, presented by The Carriage House. 7 to 8 p.m., 106 Fisher (East Halls). Services of the Peer Contraceptive Education Program Counselors from the PCEP staff present an informal question and answer period about campus and area health services. Group and Individual Information sessions offered by PCEP also discussed. 7 to 8 p.m., Thompson Lounge. IM's For Altl Discover the IM sports program at Penn State. 7 to 8 p.m., Pollack Piano Lounge. Student Unity Forum Representatives from all black and African student organizations discuss the nature and activities of their respective organizations. 7 to 9 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center. Nlttany Lion Boogie Starting at 7:30, a pregame pep rally with the Nittany Lion, coach Joe Paterno and some of the team. Then at 8 a dance sponsored by WQWK and Hi Fidelity House. 7:30 to 11 p.m., in the parking lot In front of the Nittany Lion Shrine (rain: North Gym of White Building). Athletic Hypnosis Penn State volleyball * ,-V Superstar Profile Woody Allen speaks out on women, psychiatrists, suicide and sunshine, and Is captured in one of his weekly clarinet playing performances in a New York bar. 9:30 p.m. Also tomorrow at noon. Tomorrow The Adventures of Gary Marshall Sitcom. 12:30 p.m. Masterpiece Theatre "Lillie: Home on the Range." 1 p.m. Once Upon a Classic "Dominic: Part 5." 3 p.m. Music In Interesting Times "Music Today. . .andTomorrow."6p.m. Extensions Forest wildlife specialist Terry Rader continues < his series of environmental walks and talks. This week's focus is on a stream's pollution and its effect on the surrounding environment. 7:30 p.m. Old Friends, New Friends "Gerald Jam polsky." 8 p.m. The Human Face of China "Mind, Body and Spirit." 8:30 p.m. Ballet Ho —9 p.m. Jazz at the Maintenance Shop "Great Guitars" No. 2. 10 p.m. Counter clockwise from above left, Robert Redford stars in "Brubaker” at the Starlite Drive-In, and Glenda Jackson is featured with Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in D.H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love” this weekend in Kern. The Nittany Lions kick off the 1980 football season against Colgate University tomorrow afternoon at Beaver Stadium. Maggie Smith is a frustrated school teacher in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” this weekend in Sparks. coach Tom Tait talk about hypnosis its uses, abuses and applications in athletics. Hypnotic techniques will be demonstrated. 8 to 10:30 p.m., Pollack Piano Lounge. Great Northern Resorts Casino Night Prizes for all winners. 8 to 11:30 p.m., Warnock Lounge. Hypnotize Me! East Residence Association sponsors famous hypnotist Walter Sichort. 8 p.m., Johnston Quad (rain: Findlay Rec Room). Coffeehouse West Light music with John and Mark Kernion of West Halls. 9 to 10 p.m., Thompson Lounge. Get Psyched Highlight's of the Lions’ '7B football season and movies afterwards. Bring a blanket. 9 p.m. to midnight, Hoyt Hall (rain: Hoyt Lounge). “Party” Let upperclassmen show incoming freshmen what Penn State's nightlife is like. 11 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center. Saturday Up, Up and Away A gigantic blue-and-white balloon launch prior to the game. 1 p.m., Beaver Stadium. West Halls Victory Jammy Postgame celebration. 5 to 7 p.m., West Halls Quad (rain: Waring Lounge). Gammonphone Conversation and backgammon. Bring a board if possible. 6 to 8 p.m., Findlay Lounge. "HI, My Name 15...” Meeting people, especially those of the opposite sex. 6 to 7 p.m., Hoyt Lounge. After Carrot Day... Ka-Ra-Te Karate demonstration. 7 to 8:30 p.m., Pollack Quad (rain: 133 White Building). "IM Who?” Learn about intramural sports at Penn State. 7 to 8 p.m., Warnock Lounge. Runnln' on Empty? Representatives from the Athletic Attic and the Penn State Biomechanics Lab answer your questions about running. 7 to 8 p.m., Hoyt Lounge. West Halls Goes Crazy Earthball and other games follow the West Halls Gong Show. 8 to 10 p.m., Waring Lounge. Get Rubbed the Right Way Learning back massage. Bring powder and a towel. 8 to 9 p.m., Stephens Lounge. Movie “Cooley High” A touching film about high school students in a New York City' school. 8 to 10 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center. East Halls Hoedown Jerry Elliot calls for this fun-timin' square dance. 8 to 11 p.m., Johnston Quad (rain: Findlay Rec Room). Jammy It's No Pajamma Game Enjoy the sounds of a popular State College band. Band TBA. 9 p.m. to midnight, North Halls Basketball Courts (rain: Warnock Lounge). '.‘Brubaker” Starring Robert Redlord as a white-hatted prison warden in a world of black hatted baddies. Double bill with creeper feature "Magic," starring Ann-Margret. Starting at 8 p.m., Starlite Drive-In. "Caddyshack” A comedy of sorts revolving around Bill Murray’s attempts to stop a menacing gopher from ruining his golf course, as Ted Knight, Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield fight it out on the greens and fair ways. 2:30 p.m. today and tomorrow. Screening Room. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind” Stephen Speilberg's new "Special Edition,” with more footage of those cute lII' critters from outer space and the Interior of their space ship. Starring Richard Dreyfus and Melinda Dillon. 7 and 9:30 p.m. daily, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. State. "Smokey and the Bandit: Part II” More fun from Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, with Jackie Gleason. 7:30 and 10 p.m. daily, 2:30 Saturday and Sunday. State. "The Empire Strikes Back” "Three years after the release of 'Star Wars' (George) Lucas now gives his audience another helping of a delicious celluloid pie known as 'The Empire Strikes Back' . . . (Linker)-. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams. 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. daily, 2:30 Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, midnight Friday and Saturday. Movies. Television Note: All programs listed here can be seen on WPSX-TV, channel 3. Today Family Day Care A Full Time Job First of a five-part series intended as on-going training for professional care-givers and parents who wish to raise their children themselves. 5:30 p.m. Austin City Limits "Ray Charles.” 11 p.m. Sunday Nova "Termites to Telescopes." 11 p.m. The Desert's Broken Silence 12:30 p.m. 1980 International Prep Track and Field Meet—lp.m. Flambards "New Blood." 2:30 p.m.. Great Performances: Dance In America Herbert Von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic. 3:30 p.m. The Righteous Apples "A Dream Fulfilled." 6:30 p.m. Evening at Pops “Toots Thlelemans." 8 p.m. Masterpiece Theatre "Lillie: Mr. Jersey." Lillie Is warneed that her latest suitor Is cruel and dangerous, but she Is instead fascinated by his arrogance and wealth. 9 p.m. TV Quarterbacks "Colgate." 10 p.m. To the Manor Born DeVere allows the traditional hunt ball to be held at the manor, and tricks Audrey into organizing it. Proccupled, he forgets to invite her in the process. 10:30 p.m. Murder Most English "Murder Must Ad vertise." 11 p.m. Monday Bluegrass Fred Beil and the Nittany Mountaineers return In this four-part series on bluegrass music. 2:30 p.m. The Behavioral Revolution Behavioral technology in prisons and mental health centers, a cause for great moral and ethical concern, is this week's topic. Can behavioral technology be used to control people? If so, who controls whom, and for what reasons? The rights of the individual versus'the rights of society, and the nature of man are commented on by prominent professional. 6 p.m. The Dick Cavett Show "Joan Plowright and Lawrence Olivier, part I.” 7:30 p.m. All Creatures Great and Small "Will To Live." 8 p.m. Five Presidents on the Presidency Material from the CBS News archives presents an unusual perspective on the White House as sween by Presidents Truman, Elsenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. With a report by Eric Severeid. 9 p.m. An Act of Congress Translating the "will of the people" into the law is a many-sided striggle. A documentary about the passage of the Clean Air Laws in the House of Representatives. 10 p.m. Tuesday Talkabout "A is for Architecture.” 11 a.m. On Nature’s Trail “Woods in Fall.” 1:30 p.m. St Chance A dramatization about family eating habits and how they affect weight control. 2 p.m. Bluegrass "History." 2:30 p.m. Peace of Mind a Green Place Gives Me A documentary on the life cycle of the white-tailed deer and about one man’s philosophy of man's relationship with nature. 6:30 p.m. Nova "The Insect Alternative." Dusting crops with chemical pesticides may not be the answer to pest control. Nova examines the problems Incurred by the poisons and possible alternatives. 8 p.m. Flambards "Prisoner of War.” Christine Toga, Toga! Wear a toga In true "Animal House" fashion. 9 p.m., Pollack Quad (rain: Rec Room). “Party” Come get down, for a second round. 11 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center. Sunday PLAYFAIR! Noncompetitive games and group dynamics exercises for hundreds of players. Matt Weinstein, one of Playfair's creators, directs this unique blend of audience participation and entertainment. 1 to 3 p.m., Women's IM Field (rain: Rec Hall). Splash Down Free admission to all incoming transfer students at the outdoor pool (rain: Natatorium). 3:30 to 5 p.m. An Academic Llfesaver Learning how to budget time, how and when to study, etc. Marc Levey from Special Programs and Services explains. 4 to 5 p.m.-, Hoyt Lounge. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Penn State faculty and staff will be on hand to share dinner.and conversation. See your OL for more details on your residence area's guests. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Area Dining Halls. Get Physical John Lucas talks about fitness and jogging. 6 to 7 p.m., Findlay Rec Room. Of the People, By the People and For the People Learn about the University's various student government organizations. 6 to 7 p.m., Haller Lounge. IM an Athlete Athletic facilities available on campus will be discussed. 7 to 6 p.m., Stephens Lounge. Services of , the Peer Contraceptive Education Program Counselors from the PCEP on hand, to answer your questions about area health services. 7 to 8 p.m., Findlay Lounge. Hitting the Books Study habits discussed by peer counselors of the Studenmt Assistance Center. 7 to 8 p.m., Thompson Lounge. Passages Leila Moore, associate professor of education, discusses the the special needs of students over 25. 7 to 8:30 p.m., HUB Reading Room. Starpower A game of power and power struggle. 7 to 8:30 p.m., Pollack Rec Room. Interdenominational Sunset Service Join in a service in the rose gardens behind East Halls. Information available on area churches. 7 to 9 p.m. (rain: 102 Forum). Drugs and Alcohol: More Than a Feeling Facts about drug and alcohol use and abuse. No value judgements made. Presented by Bill Eck of TAAP (Total Alcohol Awareness Program). 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., 108 Fisher (East Halls). Fourth Annual East Halls Gong Show Outrageous talents. 8 p.m. to midnight, John ston Quad (rain: Findlay Rec Room). restores Flambards to a working fram with the help of Dick and a P.O.W. 9 p.m. Wednesday Bluegrass "Instruments.” 2:30 p.m. National Bluegrass Jam 8 p.m. Four Women 9 p.m. Thursday On Nature's Trail "Stone Wall.” 1:30 p.m. Bluegrass "Songs." A sampling of bluegrass music with Charlie Monroe. 2:30 p.m. The Finite Earth "The Twenty-Fourth Day." Exponential growth and its Implications are explained through parables and converstlons. 6:30 p.m. Pavarotti at Julllard 9:30 p.m. Music In. Interesting Times "The Black Music Scene." Rene de Lerma of Morgan State University joins Nancy Miller for a conversation about music composed by blacks, an essential part of the contemporary music scene. 10 p.m. Galleries Pattee Recent photographs by Stephen Tuttle In the Lending Services Lobby, and post functional ceramics by Susan McGilvrey in the Main Lobby, both through Monday. Korn Bronze sculpture by Alfred Charley through Sept. 26. Museum of Art Paintings, drawings and graphics by Philadelphia artist Sidney Goodman through Oct. 12. Works from the permanent collection. Playhouse-. Starting Monday, production photographs from the 1978-79 University Theatre season, and the 'BO Summer Festival Theatre season, along with production posters, throughout the term. Green Thumb Clinic Learn about plants that thrive In residence halls and apartments. 8 to 9 p.m., Thompson Lounge. Meet the Collegian Betsy Long, editor of The Dally Collegian, will be In hand to answer your questions about one of the country's top college papers. 8 to 9 p.m., McElwain Piano Lounge. Evening In Song Sacred music presented by the Gerry Lloyd Choir, Tim Splller, and others. 8 to 9:30 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center Assembly Room. The Dating Game Pollack-Nittany-Centre’s version of the popular TV game. 9to 11 p.m., Pollack Rec Room. Don’t Get Rubbed the Wrong Way Mike Monahan gives lessons In massage. Bring Matt Weinstein, one of the creator’s of Playfair, directs an afternoon of fun and noncompetitive games 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Women’s IM Field. Sounds Autoport Lounge Entertainment Friday and Saturday night with pianist Jim Langlon. Allen Room Chris Tracy on guitar appears through tomorrow. Sunday night hear the mellow rock sounds of Duet. Brewery Have a good ol' time tonight and tomorrow with Tahoka Freeway. Bistro The Arthur Goldstien Jazz Trio plays Saturday evening. Phyrst Musical madman Terry Beard performs this afternoon and tonight. Tomorrow night, sing along with the Phyrst Phamily. Rego’s Swing along to old time music with the Killer Bee Sting Band tonight. Tomorrow and Sunday evenings, local artist Glenn Kidder appears. Press Box Tonight The Rustical Quality String Band performs bluegrass and country tunes. Tomorrow, the duet Renaissance ap- Coffee Grinder Randy Hughes provides some soft sounds through tomorrow evening. Jawbone Joy Annas performs tonight, with John Hastings at the mike tomorrow night. Open mike between sets, as always. Shandygaff Gran Stan spins the hot wax throughout the weekend for Oldies Happy Hours. Rathskeller Tonight and tomorrow, get down to JB. Sunday, Bernadette Peters provides the entertainment. Saloon —. Tonight and tomorrow hear the sounds of Black Sheep. Sunday Tahoka Freeway Is featured. La Bella Vita Vocalist/guitarist Mick Dennis appears through Saturday for happy hours. powder and a blanket. 9 to 10 p.m.. Waring Lounge. Movies —TBA. Dusk to 11 p.m., HUB Lawn. Monday Thin as a Beanpole or Fat as an Eggplant? - Learn how to eat right on dining hall food. 6 to 7 p.m., Findlay Lounge. Better Booking Improve your study habits and skills. Presented by peer counselors Irom the Student Assistance Center. 7 to 8 p.m., Findlay Rec Room. Winning the Academic Game Learning about college life. 7 to 8 p.m., Warnock Lounge. Doctor, Doctor! Discover Ritenour Health Center's services. 7 to 8 p.m., Thompson Lounge. I*. j J Friday, Sept. 5 34* i^arts 'Dancing Fast' tells it like it is By P.J. PLATZ Daily Collegian Staff Writer “Pm Dancing as Fast as I Can,”, by Barbara Gordon, Bantam, $2.75, 307 pages. I walked into Barbara Gordon’s “I’m * Dancing as Fast as I Can” with less than great expectations, and emerged (three days later) a believer. This is a first person account of a 40- . year-old woman’s withdrawal from ! Valium and increasing dependency on analysts. Without coming off like •another “true confessions” story, it is ; instead an honest, intense and com • pellingbook. i Gordon, an Emmy-award winning ; producer of documentaries for CBS in ; New York, has everything today’s woman could want: a fascinating career #with good co-worker rapport, a live-in lover with whom she shares an apart ment on Central Park West, a beach i house on Long Island, several sets of ! close friends outside the city. She also has incredible guilt feelings and pent-up ; anger, a hangover from childhood days of her overly doting parents, and an analyst who supports and Oliphant: A little birdie told me »y ANDY LINKER ; Daily Collegian Staff Writer “Oliphant!,” by Pat Oliphant, An ! drews and McMeel, $6.95,200 pages, i Depending upon your political beliefs ; and cynical attitudes, you have probably ;at one time or another been either thoroughly amused or thoroughly • irritated with syndicated cartoonist Pat ! Oliphant. Hifi House THE AUDIO/VIDEO PROFESSIONALS Oliphant, who appears in over 400 newspapers across the country, holds no politician or social situation too sacred for his drawing pen in his book of car toons titled “Oliphant!” Actually, “Oliphant!” is a collection of what the cartoonist sees as his best works over the past 18 months or so. While it is probably true that anyone who has been out of touch with world events for a while could pick up “Oliphant! ” and get a biting look at how things on this globe are really being handled, Oliphant fails to give his readers his most cynical and best cartoons. This is not to say the book is a waste of time or money. It is anything but that, however, the selection of cartoons in “Oliphant!” could have been more diversified. Olifant, who has won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, fills too many of the book’s 200 pages with last year’s Illustration by Della Hoke encourages her 20 miligram-a-day Valium habit. We set off on the year-long journey with Gordon as she begins to encounter her first tremors of xenophobia and claustrophobia (fears of strangers and closed-in places). She finds herself panicking at the very thought of being in a crowded elevator or shopping at Bonwit’s. To alleviate these anxiety attacks, her analyst simply prescribes an increase in Valium,, and even recommends she start on Lithium. But one day she decides to go off all medication cold turkey. And that’s where the nightmare begins. Fortunately this is not a diatribe of one woman’s fall and subsequent rise and re emergence as a whole person. Gordon lets us know that this problem does not effect only a handful of individuals. It’s a problem as serious as alcoholism and other drug abuse. “God,” Gordon wonders, “how many women are doing the same thing I did? ” And another addiction is brought to light, an addiction to analysts. Gordon is always at the mercy of these people. “Remember what Dr. Robertson said: the Difference! we only fear what we hate. Oh, someday I want to live without holding on to the homilies of shrinks. Someday I want to be on automatic pilot,” she writes. And it’s amazing the number of people who are addicted: “If people on the street in New York during the summer look drawn and anxious, it’s because every shrink worth his weight in Valium has disappeared" to vacation resorts and abroad. Gordon finally realizes how much more her “shrink” did to compound her problems then to alleviate them. And she is angry. “ ‘Why?’ I said. ‘Why don’t their doctors tell them the truth? I have a haunting, almost obsessive picture in my head.. . thousands of women all across the country being given pills by male doctors. Men sedating women, tranquilizing them, helping to rob them of themselves. It’s obscene.’ ” And perhaps the most thought provoking statement: “We would never treat our bodies the way we permit doctors to treat our minds. Never!” Hear, hear, Barbara Gordon. You had enough guts to tell is like it was for you, and is for thousands of others like you. infamous Middle East talks between Menachen Begin and Anwar Sadat. All too many times Oliphant paints for his readers the impression of Begin as a pushy, unyielding negotiator and Sadat as a benevolent arbitrator with a firm hold on Jimmy Carter. Oliphant does touch on topical issues like Three Mile Island and nuclear power, Iran and its “leaders,” Carter and his inabilities, and everybody’s whipping post—Cleveland. As is typical Oliphant, a tiny caricature of a bird can be seen somewhere in his cartoons. If you are not familiar with Oliphant’s style, the bird usually comments on Oliphant’s editorial comment giving the readers a double dosage of editorial humor and social enlightenment. At least in “Oliphant!” the bird’s comments are funnier and more poignant. Mailer's 'Executioner's Song' Gary Gilmore in life and death By PHILIP GUTIS Daily Collegian Staff Writer “The Executioner’s Song,” by Norman Mailer; Little, Brown and Co., $16.95, 1056 pages. The American penal system is definitely not working. As evidence of its failure, Norman Mailer vividly retells the life and death of Gary Gilmore, convicted murderer and victim of capital punishment. Written in clear and concise style, “The Executioner’s Song” narrates Gilmore’s life from the point of his last release from prison where he had spent most of his life through the reverberating echoes of the firing squad’s guns. The cynicism with which Gilmore traveled through life demonstrates the failure of prisons and ineffecacy of everything associated with them. Gilmore was not a hardened criminal when he entered a reform school, but by the time he left the institution, he was ready for a life full or robberies and burglaries. But Mailer does not present a normal everyday convict. Gilmore was an artist, writer and a person who suffered such deep wounds from confinement in prisons that he chose death instead of appeals and lesser sentences. “No, I’ll be honest with you,” Gilmore said to the prison chaplain. “I’ve been in for 18 years and I’m not 1 . 'foRTHE WfT OF m OP YOU WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARP N\E THE FUST TiA/VE, l MWMNQUNCE,. Beautify Your Corner of the World. * . IfeF'" with tasteful accessories 48 from MANY SPLENDID THINGS. You can organize your desk with the elegance of intricately designed pen and pen cil holders, ornate boxes, stationary and many decorative ideas. Add that personal touch to your sur roundings that is all your own. Look for our display window . on East College Avenue near Garner St. Then take a \ jvalk upstairs to about to do another 20. Rather than life in this hole, I’d choose to be dead.” When asked by his cousin Brenda to describe the life of a prisoner, Gilmore replied:. “I don’t think there’s any way to adequately describe this sort of life to anyone that’s never experienced it, I mean it would be totally alien to you and your way of thinking, Brenda. It’s like another planet.” After complicated legal hassles and manuevers Gilmore received his wish and the famous “turkey shoot” Mailers terminology for the execution by firing squad took place on Jan. 17,1977. Mailer also delves into the thought processes of Gilmore and his girlfriend Nicole Baker. Baker was the ruling force in Gilmore’s life; both were devoted to Many Splendid lings ABOVE MR. DONUT 352 C East College Avenue 237-8683 bestseller .*/*, f s' ' ' The Daily Collegian Friday, Sept. 5,1980—35 each other. However, they did argue and one of these fights led to Gilmore killing Benny Bushnell and Max Jenkins. “I never felt so terrible as I did in that week before I was arrested. I had lost Nicole. It hurt so fucking bad that it was becoming physical I mean I could hardly walk, I couldn’t sleep I didn’t hardly eat. I couldn’t drown it,” Gilmore wrote. “Booze didn’t even dull it. A heavy hurt and loss. It got worse every day. I could feel it in ' my heart. ... I could feel the ache in my bones. I had to go automatic to get thru the day. I “And it grew into a calm rage. “And I opened the gate and let it out. “But it wasn’t enough. “It would have gone on and on. “More Jenkins, more Bushnells “Lord... “It didn’t make any sense —' Gilmore was obviously tortured by what he had done. He was not the criminal type people usually read about. But the U.S. government and the state of Utah fought this man’s final wish to be executed with dignity. That, however, is not the major point of the novel. Mailer writes to tell the country its system for punishment is not working; and Gilmore’s life is an excellent way to demonstrate that point. jLji '"RENOUNCE' ■ M '»! <*L *L-
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