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a series of FREE outdoor concerts
and films presented for your
entertainment by GSA on Fisher
Plaza in front of Kern Building
Thurs., June 26 The Four Seasons - Alan Alda’s entertaining comedy about friendship
between couples and the complications that ensue.
*Tues., July 1 All That Jazz - Bob Fosse directs this razzle-dazzle semi
autobiographical film with fabulous dancing and a fine performance By
Roy Scheider.
Thurs., July 10 Brainstorm - A science fiction thriller starring Natalie Wood,
Christopher Walken, and Ellen Burstyn.
Thurs., July 17 Camelot - The tales of King Arthur and his court are retold on film
complete with music by Lemer and Lowe. A fun film for the whole family,
Thurs., July 24 Tootsie - Dustin Hoffman stars as an out of work, down on his luck actor
whose fortune changes when he changes into a dress and into a popular soap
Thurs., July 31 Joshua Then and Now - An engaging film centering on the conflict
arising when a Jewish writer marries a gentile girl.
* please note special day for this film
Tues., July 8 MISSION - featuring former Hipsters Ruben Sairs and Richard McEwen
Tues., July 15 THE SCREAMING DUCKS -one of State College’s favorite bar bands
playing danceable rock-n-roll
Tues., July 22 THE EARTH TONES - another favorite livening up the night with the
sounds of reggae and world beat
Tues., July 29 COUNTRY CROSSOVER - a new band with the best of country rock,
Tahoka Freeway fans take note!
Everyone is invited to bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating, some
refreshments and enjoy! A
In case of rain call GSA 865-4211 before s:oopm/
Kern Info Desk 865-1878 after s:oopm.
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FILMS
Competition and teamwork define School of Visual Arts
By NATALIE NICHOLS
Collegian Arts Writer
A small and relatively unknown
program at the University has re
cently received national recognition
through the work of two of its stu
dents. It is not the first time that the
graphic design program, in the
School of Visual Arts, has enjoyed
distinction, however.
The program is well known for its
excellence in both the United States
and abroad, graphic design instruc
tor Bill Kinser said.
Evidence of this excellence is re
flected in the national honors be
stowed upon two undergraduate
students, Sandy Chambers and
Charles “Chip” Kidd, who recently
won first place and honorable men
tion, respectively, in the Gilbert Pa
per Company’s Great Designer
Awards competition.
“When publicity is spread pretty
widely,” Kinser said, “it is very good
for the student.”
The competition awards originali
ty, creative concept, use of graphics
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'Eagles' is lightweight
that fails to intrigue its
By PAUL CREMO
Collegian Arts Writer
Summer movies are the films with
out a soul. F/X, Cobra, Space Camp,
Raw Deal their titles all blend
together after a while. They offer us a
few light laughs, a handful of thrills,
and attractive, charming or tough
performers. Like summer, they
are all too easily forgotten after the
heat of the moment has passed.
Every so often a moderately intelli
gent, creative film slips into the
batch. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off al
most made it, but forgot that a hero
with no inner conflicts isn’t compel
ling or memorable when the gags
wear thin.
Many looked forward to the release
of Legal Eagles, starring Robert Red
ford, as a bright spot in the round of
disposable summer fare, a film which
would prove more thought provoking
and fun than Stallone et al.
flexing their pectorals.
Unfortunately, while Legal Eagles
meets the light-entertainment re
quirements of a summer movie, it
never moves beyond easy laughs and
TV- detective-show plotting to be
come a memorable, or even interest
ing, film. The main reasons for this
are the screenplay, and surprisingly,
Redford himself.
Directed by Ivan Reitman (Meat
balls, Stripes and Ghostbusters), Le
gal Eagles is Redford’s 25th film.
During the course of his career, Red
ford’s screen roles have alternated
between Heartthrob (The Way We
Were) and Champion (of social
change in Brubaker, of baseball in
The Natural ). He has come to rep
resent Romance and Integrity. The
only problem with being an icon is
that it can become boring. Both audi
ences and Redford himself seem to be
aware of this.
As a result, we have Redford’s role
as Tom Logan, an accident-prone,
insomniac assistant district attorney,
who loses his job when he injudicious
ly becomes involved with an accused
murderess and a recklessly uncon
ventional lawyer. The role seems an
attempt to humanize Redford’s righ
teous golden-boy image by adding
“endearing” character flaws, ner
vous tics and a clumsy streak. The
result is akin to having Gary Cooper
play Woody Allen’s role of Alvy in
Annie Hall.
These attempts to bring Redford
down to Earth fail for two reasons:
Redford is a limited actor, unable to
counter the established associations
of his screen persona; and the script
suffers from a kind of schizophrenia,
and overall design excellence in logo
designs for corporate stationery. Gil
bert publishes the three top designs in
a nationally distributed portfolio as
well as selected design magazines.
Chambers submitted her letter
head logo for Beavertown Block Co.,
Inc. and received the $2,500 first
prize. Kidd entered a corporate logo
designed for Annie’s Balloons, a com
pany owned by his mother. Kidd also
received the College of Arts and Ar
chitecture’s Creative Achievement
Award this year, and last year won
the Simeon Gallu scholarship for his
work in the School of Visual Arts.
Both students emphasized that
PenmState’s graphic design program
was an instrumental part of their
success. “I was very lucky because
the program here is so good,” Kidd
said.
“The program is strong and very
competitive,” Chambers said.
Kinser attributed the students’ suc
cess to the quality of the depart
ment’s instruction staff and facilities,
the individual attention each student
gets from the faculty, and the com
Slack-jawed and pouty Darryl Hannah stars as Chelsea Reardon in the film Legal
Eagles, now playing downtown.
veering between romantic comedy, Similarly, scenes in which Logan
courtroom drama, and high-tech deals with his ex-wife or teenage
thriller and tossing accuracy, logic, daughter are glossed over, as is his
and believability out the window. It admission to Laura concerning his
just can’t decide what it wants to be. dalliance with their client. In the
In fact, the film was originally in- latter case, it’s difficult to believe the
tended as a star vehicle for Bill feisty Winger would let this pass,
Murray, and several scenes seem given that her character is falling in
inadequately revamped for Redford’s love with him.
style and abilities. i n contrast to Redford, Winger
One example is the courtroom sometimes manages to rise above her
scenes. Besides the lllogic of haying sketchily-written part to create the
Redford defend a woman the jury mos j realistic, endearing character
knows he’s slept with, the trial scenes in the film . Her natural) relaxed
are just dull. It s easy to imagine the ac t; n g enlivens her low-key moments
cool, mocking charm Murray would Redford, and the subtlety with
have brought to thes scenes as Logan s jj e conveys her attraction for
toys with the jury and wins them . |jj m charges all their scenes with
over. Redford, on the other hand, romantic tens ion.
isn t up to the insousciance or sly
sense of irony required Hannah portrays the dis-
Most opportunities for drama are turbed young woman defended by
either undercut or avoided entirely Logan and Kelly. She plays the ma
by Reitman and screenwriters Jim nipulative, over-sexed Chelsea Rear-
Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., so we miss don with her usual slack-jawed stare
the intimate or serious moments and pouty lips. Redford and Winger
which might humanize Redford’s are reduced to arguing over her phys
character. Instead, we get a humor- ' ca l attributes, because she has no
ous, mildly charming scene parallel- character.
ing Logan’s insomnia and that of his Legal Eagles is a disappointment,
new colleague, Laura Kelly, played Appealing performers, flashy loca
by Debra Winger. Unfortunately, in- tions, and a big budget aren’t enough
ability to sleep is Reitman’s most to raise it above the level of junk food,
profound notion regarding character- I, for one, long for more satisfying
ization. fare.
petitiveness of the program.
Students must pass a portfolio re
view at the end of their sophomore
year to gain admission to the pro
gram, Kinser said, and last year
about 40 to 60 students competed for
24 positions. The program now has 24
juniors and 18 seniors enrolled, he
said, but several will probably be
unable to handle the demands of the
curriculum and will drop out.
Despite the stringent artistic de
mands students must meet, Kinser
said, there is no minimum grade
point average requirement. The de
partment does prefer its students to
be Bachelor of Arts candidates in
stead of Bachelor of Fine Arts candi
dates, he said, because the B.A.
program gives the student heavier
academics and a broader education,
which includes a foreign language.
“The notion of the ‘dumb artist’ no
longer holds,” Kinser said. “The
more broadly educated a student, the
more successful they are.”
It might seem cruel to let the stu
dent go through two years preparing
to enter the graphic design program
and then refuse him or her entry, he
said, but it is less cruel than allowing
that student to go through the curric
ulum, graduate, and then discover
that he or she lacks the talent to get a
job.
“Letting people in (to the program)
is an implied promise that they will
be successful,” Kinser said. “Graph
ic designers without a job are not
graphic designers.” With that in
mind, the department feels obligated
to train their students to be the best
possible.
Students in graphic design must
exhibit a talent for working with a
variety of formats and mediums,
with competition constantly being
emphasized. For example, Kinser
said, seniors must design projects for
film or video as well on paper. Each
year the department sponsors the
“Film Follies,” which features the
best of these film and video projects.
Despite the emphasis on competi
tion, students are trained to learn
teamwork as well. Heavy emphasis
on the practical application of skills
learned is also taught early in the
program. Students begin acquiring
these talents in their junior year,
comedy
audience
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(Above and lower left) Sandy Chambers and Charles “Chip” Kidd pose with their award-winning graphic designs.
Kinser said, when they work together
designing promotional material for a
downtown business.
This year’s students gained more
experience by designing recruiting
and publicity material for the College
of Arts and Architecture, Kinser said.
Graphic design students also work on
the college’s alumni newsletter and
its calendar of events.
“We try to make them profession
als as soon as possible,” he said.
“That way they’re better off.”
Graphic design students have in
past years won a cover design contest
sponsored by Print magazine, a
graphic design magazine, Kinser
said. Some junior class members
entered a contest sponsored by the
International Typeface Corporation,
he added, but have not yet received
the results.
Most graduates from the program
go into corporate design groups, he
said, which means they design annual
reports to stockholders, booklets and
Dylan plays his hometown
By JEFF BAENEN
Associated Press Writer
MINNEAPOLIS - Before his
protest songs became the sound
track of the 19605, Bob Dylan was a
shy, small-town Minnesota boy
who wrote poetry and pounded
rock ’n’ roll on the piano.
“He was a dreamer, like he was
way out. He kept to himself,” said
Dylan’s godfather, George Berman
of Duluth. “He was writing poetry
when he was 10 or 12 years old.”
Dylan returned last night for his
first concert in his home state in
eight years. He performed at the
Metrodome in Minneapolis with
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
and the Grateful Dead. Their eight
week concert tour got off to a
rousing start in San Diego on June
9.
The older of two sons, Dylan was
born Robert Allen Zimmerman 45
years ago in Duluth. When he was
6, his family moved to Hibbing, a
mining town on northeastern Min
nesota’s Iron Range. It was there
that Dylan showed a penchant for
hammering the piano.
“He was into pretty heavy rock
’n’ roll,” said Hibbing Mayor Dick
Nordvold, who attended high
school with Dylan and graduated
the year after he did.
In 1959 Dylan was kicked off the
stage of Hibbing High School by. the
stage manager after the young
musician broke the soundboard of
a Steinway during a talent show
rehearsal. He was doing an imper
sonation of one of his heroes, Little
Richard, the flamboyant 1950 s rock
star known for his pounding piano
style.
“There were many that liked
him and were excited by his mu
sic,” Nordvold said of Dylan. “His
audience was screaming right
along with him.”
Music and poetry were Dylan’s
main interests as a youngster.
“Bob was quiet, retiring,” said
Berman’s wife, Betty. “He always
showed an interest in writing
short stories, poems. He’d write
poems to his grandmother who he
was very devoted to.”
“He’s always put everything into
a beautiful rhyme,” said Dylan’s
71-year-old mother, Beatty.
After high school, Dylan at
tended the University of Minneso
ta and played guitar in local
coffeehouses. He changed his name
one night before going on at the
Scholar, a former Minneapolis cof
feehouse.
He dropped out of college and
moved to New York, where he
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brochures, or video presentations.
Graduates may also get jobs in pub
lishing, he said, mostly with mag
azines.
Graphic design differs from a mode
of expression such as painting in that
it has many more restrictions placed
on it, said professor Bruce Shobaken,
who teaches printmaking in the
School of Visual Arts.
There is an emphasis. more on
problem-solving than individual ex
pression in graphic design, he said.
Outside limitations are imposed on
the graphic designer, he said, and in
order to be successful, one must work
within those limits.
“Graphic design is always analyti
cal,” Kinser said. The graphic de
signer must be concerned with
constraints such as the cost of a
project and the size of the paper, or, if
working with film, the time limita
tions. The graphic designer is also
restricted by the needs of the person
or company he or she is working for.
honed the rough brand of singing clean-cut, all-American kid, hardly
and harmonica playing that be- the protester.”
came his trademark
His first album, Bob Dylan, was albums have sold more than 35
released in March 1962 and fea- million copies. He has started his
tured folk songs done in the style of first U.S. tour in five years after
Woody Guthrie, Dylan’s idol. It appearing at last year’s Live Aid
also included a tune Dylan wrote, and Farm Aid concerts.
“Song to Woody.” “He happened to be in the right
Dylan had read Guthrie’s mem- place at the right time at his age,”
oir about depression-era America, his mother said.
Bound for Glory, and he developed Critics have tried to analyze Dy
a deep attachment. Dylan made lan’s enigmatic lyrics. They’ve
frequent visits to Guthrie when the also tried to analyze the singer who
legendary folk singer was hospital- has experimented with different
ized in New Jersey with Hunting- musical styles folk, rock, coun
ton’s Chorea. try, gospel and religions.
A moral urgency crept into Dy- Born a Jew, Dylan found Jesus in
lan’s music by the time his second 1979 and converted to Christianity.
LP, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, He’s now reportedly studying Or
came out. He sang against war and thodox Judaism,
injustice with such songs as “Blow- Though Nordvold and others in
in’ in the Wind,” “Masters of War” the area take pride in their native
and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna son’s accomplishments, Steve Zim-
Fall.” merman, Dylan’s cousin, said the
They became anthems of protest town of 21,000 has not properly
for the ’6os. As did “The Times acknowledged the singer.
They Are A-Changin’,” the title “The town has a big banner say
song of his third LP released in ing this is Gov. Rudy Perpich’s
1964. hometown, but there’s nothing here
However, said Nordvold, “The about Bob Dylan,” Zimmerman
Bobby Zimmerman I knew was the said.
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In contrast, the painter or other less
commercial artist works within per
sonal limits, he said, which is harder
than facing the constraints set by
someone else.
No single “look,” approach to or
philosophy of graphic design is taught
by the four faculty members, Kinser
said. The program’s mission is to
educate talented students, he said,
and it accomplishes this with a vari
ety of teaching methods and points of
view.
“We take great pride in the individ
ual attention we give to students,”
Kinser said. Treatment of the student
as an individual is not just an ideal,
but a necessity. Each student has
varied interests, he said, and the
faculty tries to encourage the stu
dents to pursue those interests
through their allotted electives. Fac
ulty members often recommend
courses in areas such as advertising,
public relations, video production or
filmmaking, he said.
Bob Dylan
Nearly 25 years later, Dylan’s 28