4—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Dec.lo, 1980
Fans buy up Lennon memorabilia
By JUSTIN CATANOSO
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Daily Collegian Staff Writer
When one man's life touches as many others as
John Lennon's has, it's only natural that news of his
death would spark a reaction both broad and
overwhelming.
In the wake of Monday night's tragic shooting,
music enthusiasts and opportunists alike scoured the
downtown area yesterday for records, books,
magazines, and newspapers to commemorate and
possibly capitalize, on the musical life of one of rock
and roll's most influential forces.
"The second we opened the door," said the
manager of the Record Ranch, "we sold out of Len
non's albums. Sales of Beatles albums have also
picked up "
The big seller has been Lennon's latest release,
"Double Fantasy," an album written and sung with
his wife, Yoko Ono. Jay said he ordered 25 copies
when it was released last month, but sold only 10
copies in the last three weeks.
The remaining copies were bought up instantly
yesterday, he said.
The Lennon racks in The National Record Mart
and Record Revolution were also depleted, with
more requests coming throughout the day. Georgia
Decker, assistant manager at Record Mart, said
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their,entire stock of "Double Fantasy" 48 copies
was purchased within two hours of opening.
Although Record Revolution sold out of their
relatively small stock of Lennon's work (10 albums),
store manager David Bailey said he had mixed emo
tions about the influx of sales.
"I don't like the idea of people rushing out to buy
albums just because he died," Bailey said. "I think
records should be bought for their content, their
musical value. I considered not over-stocking Len
non's albums just for that reason."
For the time being, local record shops will be lucky
if they can stock any Lennon material at all. Bailey
said his distributor in King of Prussia is sending him
the last 15 copies of "Double Fantasy" it has in the
warehouse. Decker said the Pittsburgh distributors
serving the 50 Record Mart chains have completely
emptied their warehouse of Lennon music.
Record shops, however, were not the only
businesses deluged by Lennon fans yesterday.
Downtown bookstores blew the dust off their small
reserves of Lennon and Beatle books and sold out
their supply.
"The sales haven't been really significant," said
sales clerk Fred Ramsey at B. Dalton Bookstore, 126
E. College Ave., "but we sold every Lennon or Beatle
book we had."
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
Wed.-Thurs., Dec. 10-11
Wednesday, Dec. 10
CDPC/RobeSon Center, Careers Unlimited, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Walnut.
Holiday Festival VII: Inteinational Crafts demonstration, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Kern Gallery; International Music, noon, Kern Lobby; Coffeehouse, ethnic
American entertainment, 8 - 11 p.m., HUB Main Lounge.
Kern/WPSX-TV, Cosmos series, "The' Edge •of Forever," 2:15 p.m., Kern
Lobby.
Sports: swimming and diving (men) vs. Villanova, 4 p.m.
Comp. Lit. Film Series, Down and Dirty, 7 and 9 p.m., Room 112 Kern.
GSA Workshop, Kung-Fu Club, Self Defense, 7 p.m., Room 101 Kern.
College of Science Week, info. on majors: Biology, Room 117 Osmond; Corn
pSci, Room 102 Forum, both, 7:30 p.m
lAHS/Art . History, illustrated lecture, 8 p.m., Room 230 Arts Bldg. Carl
Nordenfalk, art historian, on "The Five Senses of Medieval Art."
PSUBAMS meeting, Career Night, 7 p.m., Room 112 Walker.
USG, Minority Affairs, 7 p.m.,. Room 306 Boucke.
VICA, 7 p.m., Room 309 Boucke.
Accounting Club, John Yannacone on "Starting Your Own CPA Practice," 7:30
p.m., Room S-209 Henderson. '
East Asian Studies Society, 7:30 p.m., Room 173 Willard.
Froth, 7:30 p.m., Room 312 Boucke.
Model RR Club, 7:30 p.m., Room 311 Boucke.
Nittany Grotto, 7:30 p.m., Room 217 Willard.
PSOC, Ski Division, 7:30 p.m., Room 119 Osmond..
Bald Eagle Archaeologfcal Society, 8 p.m., Anthy Museum
Equestrian Team, 8 p.m., Room 307 Boucke.
Thursday, Dec. 11
CDPC/Robeson Center, Careers Unlimited, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Walnut.
Holiday Festival VII: International Crafts demonstration, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Kern Gallery; International Music, noon, Kern Lobby; International Holiday
Candlelight Dinner, 4:45 - 6:15 p.m., HUB Terrace Room; James Bostain,
linguist, Foreign Service Institute, on "Read Your Neighbor," inter-cultural
non-verbal communication, 8 p.m., Room 112 Kern.
Kern/WPSX-TV, Cosmos series, "The Edge of Forever," noon and 1:15 p.m.,
Kern Lobby
CDPC Seminars: "Job Search for the Non-Technical Major," 4th period;
"Interview Skills," sth period; "Resume Preparation," 6th period, Room 205
Boucke. •
Black Studies Colloquium, Waldo Emerson Martin, Greensboro, N.C., on "The
Mindof Frederick Douglass,".7:3o p.m., Walnut Bldg.
College of Science Week, info on majors: Chemistry, Room 333 Whitmore;
Micro/MedTech, Room 101 Althouse, both 7:30 p.m.
IFC Dance Marathon (Morale) meeting, 7 p.m., Room 102 Forum.
SDA, Nutrition Week, 7 p.m., Room 108 Henderson.
USG, Women's Services, 7 p.m., Room 306 Boucke.
Wargame Club, 7 p.m., Rooms 101 & 132 EE East.
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Penn State Dames, 7:30 p.m., Room 101 Kern.
Campus Bible Fellowship, 8 p.m., Room 314 Boucke.
By SHARON TAYLOR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The University hopes to save approximately $124,500
as a result of adding three more days to the holiday
recess, the University manager of energy conservation
programs said
"That figure doesn't try to predict the weather, it
doesn't try to• predict how many people will file re
quests for exceptions, but is based predominately on
experiences we have encountered in the past years," J.
Carroll Dean, said last week. _
Ralph Zilly, vice president for business and chair
man of the University's Executive Energy Conserva
tion Committee, said the committee thought adding the
three days to the holiday break would be
advantageous.
"We recommended to (University President John W
SPECIAL EVENTS
Ramsey said the books ranged in price from $5.95
to $3O.
At Nittany News, 108 W. College Ave., owner Cathy
Bell said she sold most books she had in stock on Len
non, and expects the January issue of Playboy
Magazine, which features an exclusive interview
with John and Yoko, to sell out sometime today.
Also, she said all 55 copies of The Daily Collegian
she ordered (headline: "John Lennon killed") were
sold out before 11 a.m. As a result, she had the story
photocopied and posted in the display window.
"People stopped all day long to read it, even in the
rain," she said. "The ones that came in seemed real
subdued. I think people are still kind of numb. They
aren't ready to accept it.':
At the Music Mart, 224 E. College Ave., owner
George Ward said he viewed Lennon as a musician
who would not be fully appreciated until he died,
although he said he didn't feel that was right.
"I think many of his songs will become standards
now," he said. "As a musician, I've played a lot of his
Beatles songs. I'm 40-years-old and it was unusual
for someone like me to be playing music like that.
But I think Lennon's music was always able to trans
cend the negative connotations adults had for rock
and roll in the '6os."
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Oswald) that Dec. 23, 24 and Jan. 1 be added to the
break because of additional energy savings," Zilly
said.
Because of weekends, the University will actually
benefit from seven extra days of reduced-energy costs
instead of just three, Zilly said
During the break, all University buildings will be
open, but temperatures will be lowered to between 50
and 60 degrees fahrenheit and ventilation will be shut
off. Temperatures in animal quarters and buildings
that house Federal offices, such as the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, will not be lowered.
"The Energy Conservation Committee will review
requests for exceptions (to the reduced temperature
and ventilation plans) on Dec. 10 to decide whether to
leave the entire building in the request heated or to
equip individual offices with small portable heaters,"
ARHS will sponsor
one free Florida trip
'We're trying to encourage peo
ple to go on this trip.'
—Fran Kenawell, president of
the Association of Residence
Hall Students
By IRIS NAAR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The Agsociation of Residence Hall
Students voted at its meeting last night
to award a free trip to one person who
signs up for the organization's trip to
Daytona during spring break.
In addition, ARHS voted to offer
students the option of a trip to Disney
World from Daytona .on March 6. (The
Daytona trip runs from Feb. 28 to March
8.) ARHS will sponsor free buses for the
first 90 people who wish tb go to Disney
World on that date, ARHS President
Fran Kenawell said.
. Kenawell said ARHS is offering the
free Daytona trip and the Disney World
buses as a service to the students, and to
help promote the trip.
"We're trying to encourage people to
go on this trip," Kenawell said.
Though the Undergraduate Student
Government is also sponsoring a trip to
Florida, Kenawell said ARHS is not in
competition, and has actually been
helped by USG. .The USG trip is by
airplane, not bus, and it goes to Fort
Lauderdale. In addition, the ARHS trip
is about $lOO less than the USG trip, he
said.
"We're just trying to offer another pp
tion," Kenawell said.
In other business, ARHS said Feb. 2
will be the deadline for submitting a
$45.00 deposit for dorm contracts. In ad
dition, Kenawell said the dorm contract
line placed at North Halls last year will
be moved to East Halls.
The association also announced tliat
the Movin' On weekend will be held May
2 and 3, 1981.
Zilly said.
The requests should include the specific days and
times the exception is needed and be endorsed by the
appropriate dean or administrative officer, Zilly sa;;I.
Dean said he expects 12 to 15 requests, but he said it
is difficult to determine what sort of impact these ex
ceptions would have on the total savings.
"How they (the exceptions) occur has the greatest
impact," Dean said. "If most of them are in the same
building, then that's a much better situation as far as
savings are concerned."
Dean said the exceptions generally are related to the
buildings that house the hard sciences such as
chemistry and physics
"We are more capable this year of regulating
building temperatures because of a remote control
system," he said.
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John Ono Lennon was shot shortly before 11 Monday
night. He was dead minutes later. And in the matter of
seconds it took for a "deranged" person to fire five
rounds into his body an entire generation suddenly felt
older.
I! Ironically, the founder of the Beatles whose musical
poetry united • the youth culture of, not only America
and England, but the entire world, was unable to utter
any last words before his death.
impressions
In fact, the entire situation of John Lennon's death is
surrounded by saddening ironies. A self-proclaimed
"peacenik," Lennon spent much of his career as a
_peatle, as well as a solo artist (with wife Yoko Ono),
Tienouncing the Vietnam War and promoting world
peace through his songs and musical benefits, in addi
tion to the staging of a series of bizarre "happenings"
(such as 1969's Bed-Inat the Amsterdam Hilton and
Mailing of "acorns for peace" to 150 world leaders).
This is especially tragic since one so dedicated to
peace and non-violence was senselessly slain on the
faitreets of New York City, a place he dearly loved and
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Lennon's death surrounded by ironies
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his home since he was awarded permanent-alien status
in 1975.
Also devastating is the fact that Lennon had just
come out of a 5-year year retirement to record "Double
Fantasy,"his musicalman-wife dialogue featuring
such ironically titled songs as "(Just Like) Starting
Over," "I'm Losing You," and Ono's "Hard Times Are
Over."
Lennon, who believed his 5-year seclusion enabled
him to acquire a new lease on life, recently expressed
positive sentiments about his future in an' interview for
the January issue of Playboy Magazine. According to
Lennon, the experience of taking care of Sean, his
5-year-old year old son, and becoming a "house
husband" was totally worthwhile in helping to put his
life in the proper perspective.
Also expressed were Lennon's• beliefs about having
no desire to be a musical superstar or youth
spokesman. In regards to his sentiments on why he
wanted to record with his wife instead of aquiring a
supergroup following such as that of the Beatles, Wings
or Rolling Stones, Lennon responded, "I absolutely
don't need it. Let them chase Wings. If that's what you
want, go after Paul or Mick . . Don't bother me. Go
play with the Rolling Wings."
Unfortunately, his death and the subsequent publici
ty will make such superstar status inevitable for the
deceased, despite his wishes. In addition to the
'Fragments':
By B. DRU LONG
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A 1 5 -minute movie titled
"Fragments" is in the process of being
born on a $3,000 dollar budget.
How can a movie be only 15 minutes
long? How can it cost only $3,000 dollars
to make? Why aren't there any big name
stars in it?
The answer is that "Fragments" is an
independent project, resulting from
money given by the College of Arts and
Architecture through the Department of
Theater and Film.
The department told Jerry Halway,
who teaches film production at the
University, that this year, for the first in
popularity generated by increased record sales and
radio air-play, thousands of posters, books, trinkets
and other memorabilia created by money-grabbing
hucksters will undoubtedly find their place on the
market place in weeks to come.
However, Penn State students will be able to express
their love for the ex-Beatle in a personal, non
exploitive fashion, if they desire. The Penn State Music
Department, with assistance from Sherrie Musser of
Pleasant Gap and The Daily Collegian, will be holding
a memorial service for the late singer at 8:30 tonight in
Eisenhower Chapel. The service will feature Lennon
music of peace and brotherhood, in addition to the op
portunity for personal prayer. Anyone attempting to
sell items for personal profit will be asked to leave.
Included in the program will be the ' Lennon-
McCartney song, "In My Life." Although the lyrics are
15 years old, they serve as a moving and respectful
epitaph for man who brought pleasure to millions
through his music.
"There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone, and some remain.
All these places had there moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all."
a long time, they had the money to make
a short film.
So, Halway became scriptwriter,
director and producer. Shooting started
the first week of Fall Term and con
tinued for five Sundays. Halway says he
hopes to have all filming done by
Christmas so that editing can be done
with the final release occurring
sometime in early spring.
"I intend to have a showing here (at
the Playhouse) and show it (the movie)
to production classes," Halway said.
"I'd also like to enter the film in festivals
all over the country if it's good enough."
Halway said the script was written
withthe idea that students could handle
it. He said he took into . consideration
cost, location, crew and equipment -
working the script around all that was
available.
"I can't explain the film," Halway
said. "There's no real plot. It's almost
without narrative structure. It's almost
all impression.
"The film involves comparisons in
relationships. It has to do with accep
tingthe end of a relationship, coming to
terms with it, and at the same time
believing it's not the end of the world."
Halway said the viewpoint of the
character Peter changes so that the au
dience will see different takes of the
same basic idea Peter (Charles
Roney) breaking away from Mary Ellen
(Susan Chambers) and starting a rela
tionship with Karen (Barbara Bisbing).
Accounting for its title, the movie is
loaded with flashbacks and shifts to the
Above left, camerapersons Marce
Ralston and Jeff Sternberger check a
light meter before shooting. At left,
director Jerry Halway confers with
Sternberger about a particular scene,
while, below, actors Susan Chambers
and Charles Roney do what they do
best in a scene from the film. Below
right is Sternberger and camera in
action.
campus film being born on $3OOO budget
present, all happening in unusually brief
scenes.
"You don't have a lot of time in a short
'film to give mass information about the
characters," Halway said. "So, you
compress the information with techni
ques that get the idea across."
Halway said he filmed shots of Mary
Ellen with the wrong color, the framing
off, and by fracturing space and time.
He said he used these and other
technical devices to create uncomfor-
table shots that he hopes will come
across to the viewer as the uneasiness
between Mary Ellen and Peter.
To create further tension Halway said
he would rush a scene; not grving time
for the actors to think.
"I wanted to create harshness in the
scenes between Peter and Mary Ellen,"
he said, "so I had a male's (cameraman
Jeff Sternberger) less sympathetic eye
behind the camera for those scenes."
Not all the scenes are supposed to be
harsh. Shots of Peter and Karen are in
tended to be "soft" and relaxed. .
"I have Marce Ralston filming those
scenes (between Peter and Karen)
because she has a female's sympathetic
eye that can get the sensitivity of the
roles," Halway said. "There's a signifi
cant difference in footage (between the
two camera people's work)."
The camera people aren'tthe only ones
working behind the scenes. A large
number of students are part of what
Halwaycalled "a remarkably profes
sional crew."
On handfor the scene shot on the
Playhouse stage was a gaffer who works
the lights, a sound man (who records the
sound), a Boom Man (whose job is to
hold the microphone) and evensomeone
to wack the slate that identifies each
scene. More crew members mingled
around Halway who was carefully direc
ting Roney and Chambers.
Four scenes were scheduled to be shot
in one hour. Chambers was dressed in
period costume and wore stage make-up
( the only timeextra make-up was used)
to convey the fact that her character was
an actress coming off the stage from a
performance. Roney wore a suit and car
rieda bouquet of pink roses that he would
be presenting to Chambers in one scene.
The shot of Peter handing the flowers
to Mary Ellen took two practices.
Then Halway called for a take: "We're
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gonna tail slate it." (Wack the slate at
the end of the take.)
"7D take 1," someone announced.
Everyone got quiet. The camera rolled
and the actors became their characters.
"Cut." Roney had his back too much to
the camera.
"7D take 2."
Good one.
The other scenes went similarly with
"controlled confusion," as Halway
described it.
"That's a wrap! Thanks, folks,"
Halway said.
Peter and Mary Ellen became Charlie
and Susan again: graduate students,
Master of Fine Arts candidates Who
were recommended by the Theater
Department to take on the roles.
"I liked it (the film experience) a
whole lot," Roney said. "The people are
cooperative and the guy directing it real
ly knows what he's doing."
Chambers agreed. "I enjoyed it quite
a bit. I learned a lot. I got a sense of
camera work and lighting. I appreciate
Jerry (Halway); he gives a lot of moral
support."
Both Chambers and Roney com
mented on how film is vastly different
from the stage.
"Little things like a move of your eye
or shift of your head are picked up by the
camera," Roney said. "Whereas that ac
tion would go unnoticed on the stage."
"And you have to be more yourself on
camera," Roney said, "because the
camera picks up false movement. Any
exaggerated movement is bad on film.
It's unrealistic."
They both stated that doing scenes out
of sequence (common in film) was dif
ficult in terms of having a sense of
continuity.
The two of them hope to be hired by a
regional repertory company once out of
graduate school, adding that they want
to get a few jobs under their belt before
hitting New York or Hollywood.
The entire cast and crew might be
novice moviemakers but their
casualness about the project seems
characteristic of those who are "old
hands" at the business.
"What's up?" a passer-by asked at the
stage shooting.
"Eh, just trying to make a movie,"
Halway said.