arts Skywalk By KERRY FORD Collegian Arts Writer They may have begun as studio musicians, but the members of Sky walk have come a long way since then. Now they are establishing themselves as stage performers as well. concert preview The jazz group is appearing in a free concert to promote its newest album, The Bohemians, released ear lier this year. The event, sponsored by the Penn State Jazz Club, is sched uled for 8 tonight in Schwab Auditori um and promises to be an exciting display of Skywalk’s diverse skills. Originally, Skywalk was a trio from Vancouver, Canada; the band mem bers formed the group for a pastime activity outside their studio work. Now Skywalk has six members, in cluding guitarist Harris Van Berkel, bass player Rene Worst, keyboardist Graeme Coleman, horn player Tom Keenlyside, percussionist Jim McGil lveray and drummer Kat Hendrikse. “We started out by playing music that appealed to us, and our enjoy ment translates easily to our audi ence,” Coleman said. “The biggest lesson I’ve learned from this band is that if you pursue and do what you really want to do, you will be success ful.” That theory seems to have worked well for Skywalk. Although individu ally they are the foremost studio musicians in Canada, together they seem to be making quite an impres si6n in North America. Skywalk’s first album, Silent Witness produced by Zebra/MCA, hit number 12 on Billboard’s Top 40 Jazz Charts. Not just another Dixieland jazz band, Skywalk’s style is best de scribed as innovative jazz fusion. The players combine jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and funk into a unique sound. Their music appeals to fans of traditional jazz. and to those who prefer more modern and technologi cal music. Skywalk’s stage presence is en- 'The Fantasticks' will kick off Thespians' 89th stage season By RON SWEGMAN Collegian Arts Writer With the fall semester now well underway, it’s time once again for one of the University’s more famous autumn traditions a Penn State Thespians’ musical. The group will begin their 89th season in grand fashion with The Fantasticks, the longest running off-Broad way musical in history. Ever since The Fantasticks, based on Edmond Rostrauds’ Les Romantiques, opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in 1960, theater companies around the world have followed with productions of their own. Rob Russo (junior-hotel, restaurant and institutional man agement), stage manager for the Thespian show, said that the musical is performed on roughly 50 different stages around the world every night. This production, directed by University graduate Margaret Lloyd, will be presented from Nov. 14-16. “The Fantasticks is a parable about love,” said Russo. The musical is a relatively simple story of how two young neighbors fall in love and live happily ever after. But what makes this story unique is the young lover’s fathers, who give the story a “cohesive jell.” The concerned fathers collaborate to keep the two apart, hoping that the separation will strengthen their love for each other The two fathers, Hucklebee (to be played by Dallas Alexander, Jr.) and Belomy (Howard Vincent Kurtz), are highly successful meddlers. Both the incurably Mini-festivals, conceits and tours keep active Concert Choir singing By JENNIFER EDWARDS Collegian Arts Writer It isn’t often that a large group of musical performers from the Uni versity gets to go on tour and show off its abilities to other audiences. The University’s Concert Choir, however, gives its members the opportunity to perform outside the State College area twice a year. The Concert Choir began its an nual fall tour yesterday morning when they performed at a mini festival at Warren High School in Warren, Pa. A mini-festival is a show where several singing groups perform both individually and to gether. “In this way, high school groups can get- the experience of singing with a more performance-oriented group (the Concert Choir),” said Joseph Talento (graduate-polymer science), the vice president of the choir. is spreading The six members of the jazz band Skywalk will give a free concert at 8 tonight in Schwab Auditorium to promote their newest album The Bohemians, released earlier this year. The group’s first album, Silent Witness, hit number 12 on Billboard’s Top 40 Jazz Chart and is now In its 32nd week on the list. Skywalk’s unique music style, which should appeal to a wide audience, is best described as a mixture between jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and funk. hanced by the superb talent of guitar ist Harris Van Berkel. Jazz Life writer David Grierson said, “In live performances, Van Berkel is ablaze with a power that most rock guitar ists dream of, yet it is such a pure melodic power that “he transcends competition in their league.” Also of particular interest is the romantic boy (Kevin Warner) and his young “prin cess” love (Kim Bender) emerge a little hurt and a lot wiser. After their travels and forced separation, they find that their love has grown stronger and more meaningful Last night the choir performed at the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Erie. This morn ing, the group will sing in another mini-festival at McDowell High School in Erie. At first glance, the ensemble’s repertoire seems to be a very un usual combination of musical pieces. In the same program, the choir is performing music of the Russian Liturgy and folk spirituals by American composers. Over the past few years, Talento said, D. Douglas Miller, the director of the Concert Choir, has been experi menting with various dichotomies. These two types of music, while different in form, are similar in their conception of spiritual praise. Many of the Russian Liturgical pieces have been translated into English, but the group does sing some works in this foreign lan guage. The Russian words are not incredibly difficult, Talento said, innate sensibility of drummer Hen drikse, whose driving beat provides a comfortable basis for each musi cian’s solo improvisations. These im provisations, typical of jazz performances, yet unique in their range and emphasis, fill each Sky walk performance with musical di versity and surprise. The supporting cast further complicates and en riches the story. One of the most important characters, though she never utters a word, is the mute (Theresa Desseaux). Part of her role is to provide a symbolic representation of what the audience doesn’t see on stage. In one instance, she separates the two fathers with a wooden staff. This “wall” reminds us of the obstacles which must be overcome for the young couple’s love to succeed. The “two actors,” Old Henry (Fred Housel) and his sidekick Mortomer (Tim Altmeyer) also add an inter esting slant. They are living props who emerge from a trunk on stage right to fill a variety of roles from ultra-theatrical attackers who stage a mock rape planned by the fathers, to additional stage help when duty calls. Another integral part of this show is the music itself. Unlike many standard musicals, the orchestra will be on stage with the actors during the show and not in a pit down front. The ensemble consists of only four players but includes a harp player, something you don’t see every day in musicals. A few of the popular tunes the quartet will play in the show include Try to Remember and Soon its Gonna Rain. and in many cases, the same words are repeated over and over again, with variations in the speed and the key of the music. The Concert Choir was formed about five years ago and is a 70- person, multi-voice ensemble. Sur prisingly, only about half of the membership is music majors. The rest of the performers come from a variety of areas including polymer science and individual and family studies. This diversity benefits the choir. “You get all sorts of perspec tives (on the music),” Talento said. Anyone interested in hearing its music should attend the choir’s annual fall concert on Nov. 14. This is one of five scheduled- perfor mances the choir makes every year. The organization, which also performs at Christmas with the other University choral groups, has an annual, tour and another concert planned for the spring. its wings It’s a treat to hear such innovative music, but to have the opportunity to see such talent in a free concert is truly rare. As Jazz Club president Cary Stadtlander said, “Expect Sky walk to be a strong show of musical talent, energy, emotion and creativ ity that can appeal to a wide audi ence.” Bruce West’s unique photographic work uses black and white prints to showcase his perception of rural America. His studies of trees pay careful attention to the shadows of sunlight through leaves. Photos offer accessible visions of America By KERRY FORD Collegian Arts Wriler For some of us, photography’s place in our lives is limited to stiff wedding pictures and'snapshots of the family around the Christmas tree. Yet photography is more than a popular pastime it is an art form of increasing importance in our modern technological world. Four American Landscape Photographers, a photo collection which opened last week at the Zoller Gallery, proves this point. A group effort by Bruce West, Jay Pastelak, Jim Baker and Skeet McAuley, the exhibit provides four very diverse visions of American land scapes. When entering the gallery, visitors first see the work of Bruce West, a former University student who received a master’s degree in photography in 1972. West’s work is unique in this show because he primarily uses black and white prints to showcase his perception of rural America. West focuses on agriculture and a few studies of trees. In particular, his “Arboretum” series illustrates the rolling, tangled quality of forest hills while paying careful attention to the shadows of sunlight through tree leaves. That’s not an easy task in black and white photography, but West captures the subtle details beautifully. Less impressive are West’s construction site scenes, which appear rather cliched in comparison to the depth and continuity found in his other work. Also included in the exhibit is a survey of Jay Paste lak’s landscapes, which emphasize the cohesion between water and land. “Shoreline, Chapman Lake” typifies his style, as the vibrant colors digress from the’ shoreline to form the movement of the deeper water. <*.y New music special will air Friday night The following records make up WPSU’s Top 20 for the week ending Oct. 29. Tonight at 8, 91.1 FM will present the Top 20 Countdown. At 7 p.m. on Friday, WPSU. will broadcast a three-hour new music Gothic Rock special. 1. “Floating” 86 2. “Greetings to the New Brunette” Billy Bragg 3. “Broken Promise” New Order 4. “Blue Sky Day” Died Pretty 5. “Panic” Smiths 6. “Scientific” Mr. T. Experience 7. “Love Me” Love & Rockets 8. “Over There” Housemartins 9. “Like An Angel” Mighty Lemon Drops 10. “Mr. Pharmacist” The Fall 11. “Call Me” Throwing Muses 12. “Tears” Chameleons 13. “Carnivore” Gargoyle Sox 14. “On The Screen” Government Issue 15. “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” Tall Dwarfs 16. “Tsavo” Das Damen 17. “With You” Flaming Lips 18. “Great Divide”.— Ruin 19. “Satellite” Sorry 20. “I Against I” Bad Brains 'As We Lay' takes #1 spot on WPSU's list of Jam hits The following singles make up the Jam9l Top 10 for the week ending Oct. 25. The Jam9l Fresh 10 airs every Saturday at 6 p.m. on WPSU. 1. “As We Lay”— Shirley Murdock 2. “Human” Human League 3. “My Melody” Eric B. 4. “Last Night I Needed Somebody” Shirley Jones 5. “Unfaithful” Full Force 6. “I’m Chillin’ ” Kurtis Blow 7. “Crazay” Jesse Johnson 8. “Raising Hell” Run-D.M.C. 9. “Good Combination” Peobo Bryson 10. “I Can’t Turn Around” J.M. Silk Perhaps the finest piece in the exhibit is Pastelak’s “Tree/Fallen Tree.” The scene has an unusual focus and makes great use of line contrasts and background light. The most disappointing part of the exhibit is the work of Jim Baker. His landscape scenes are rather abstract and lack any real focus. Although “Dead Horse Point” and “Marble Quarries” show a close attention to detail and color, overall Baker’s treatment of his subjects seems rather pretentious. He says he is “attracted to the ambiguity of scale, orientation and our whole physical relationship to the landscape.” However, Baker seems to take this idea too far. Rather than portraying American landscapes, Baker seems preoccupied with developing his own fantasy world. In “North Rim Black Canyon of the Gunnison,” I couldn’t decide whether it was a landscape in Colorado or a dungeons and dragons scene. The final artist, Skeet McAuley, approaches his photog raphy with a fresh and innovative manner and a keen sense of humor. In his Native American series particular ly, McAuley presents serious landscape portraits with various amusing twists. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1986 For example. New Mexico’s mountain range is stun ningly portrayed in “Pecos National Monument,” but the picture becomes truly eye-catching once you realize it is a photograph of a boy posing for a photograph. Sometimes art displays seem too inaccessible or lofty for the average person. However, Four American Land scape Photographers avoids that problem. The exhibit is easily appreciated even by those with little or no artistic background. It’s well worth the effort to see this series at the Zoller Gallery before it closes on Nov. 11. 'MX M f ? • ■ ' • V -i.' Collegian Photo/ Jody Stecher sports Ex-Phil Bowa named as Padre's manager By DENNIS GEORGATOS AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO Larry Bowa, the former All-Star shortstop for the Phil adelphia Phillies, whose team won a minor-league title in his first manag ing job, was named manager of the San Diego Padres yesterday, replac ing Steve Boros Boros was fired as manager but will work in an unspecified job in the Padres organization, General Man ager Jack McKeon announced yester day. Boros formerly was director of minor-league instruction for the Padres. He took over as manager of the team three days into spring training, when Dick Williams resigned, and guided the Padres to a 74-88 record and a fourth-place finish in the Na tional League West. Bowa, the Padres 11th manager in the organization’s 18 years, led the Padres’ Class AAA farm club in Las Vegas to an 80-62 record and the 1986 Pacific Coast League title. A shortstop who played 16 years in the major leagues, Bowa collected 2,- 191 hits for a .260 lifetime batting average before retiring after the 1985 season. He passed on a $250,000 contract offer to play as a utility infielder for the New York Mets this season to begin his managerial career. “I certainly feel that Larry has a chance to be an outstanding major league manager,” McKeon said. Bowa, 40, led the major leagues in fielding a record six times, won two Gold Gloves and set a National League record for most games by a shortstop (2,222), playing 12 seasons for Philadelphia, three for the Chi cago Cubs and splitting his final sea son between with the Cubs and Mets. Boros, 50, who was in Tahiti and unavailable for comment, had served as manager of the Oakland A’s in 1983 and a portion of 1984. He was fired on May 24, 1984, after Oakland started the season with a 20-24 record. His record at Oakland was 94-112. The Padres also announced that the coaching staff for 1987 would remain intact except for third-base coach Jack Krol, who will be offered anoth er job in the organization. The new comer to the staff is Greg Riddoch, who served as coordinator of minor league instruction after Boros be came manager Bowa was twice suspended in May by PCL President Bill Cutler follow ing ejections by female umpire Pam Postema. League reports said Bowa spit toward Postema in the ninth }, : ' ■> * Penn State’s Tracey Neave, shown in a game earlier this season, will try to help the field hockey team keep up its winning ways today at 2 p.m. against Stickwomen host By MARK FURRY Collegian Sports Writer The field hockey team is now enter ing the home stretch of its 1986 cam paign, and once again, visions of the NCAA playoffs are on the horizon. And why not? The Lady Lions have been there the last seven years. But before the tournament, Penn State still has three games remaining and must face an improving Prince ton team at Lady Lion Field today at 2 p.m. Princeton sports a 5-5-2 record, but the Tigers have won their last four. Head Coach Gillian Rattray knows her team is in for a game. “Princeton always improves to wards the end of the season,” Rattray said. “Three of their last four wins have been shutouts. Last year we Larry Bow a inning of a game to earn his first suspension and carried on a nine-in ning verbal barrage against Postema in the next game. “She reversed three, decisions on me and she was wrong on all three. I would have done the same thing if it was a man. It didn’t matter if she was a man or a woman,” Bowa said yesterday when asked if he had any regrets about his run-ins with Poste ma. After the incidents, Bowa calmed and there were no fubther incidents between the two. “Don’t expect me to be a choir boy. I never have been. But don’t expect me to get kicked out of 50 games either,” Bowa told a news confer ence. Though Williams never had a losing season in four years at San Diego and took the Padres to their first pennant in 1984, most players had welcomed Boros and his easy-going manner after enduring Williams’ gruff ma naging style But harmony eluded the Padres and Boros throughout the 1986 season, and several players who had crit icized Williams said the team missed his stern leadership. Boros was on the job two days when the Padres announced that pitcher LaMarr Hoyt had entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Hoyt rejoined the team a month later, but ended 1986 with an 8-11 record and a 5.15 ERA. Boros was publicly criticized by relief pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage and was the subject of implied crit icism by shortstop Garry Templeton. “There’s hardly any enthusiasm on this team whatsoever like there was when Dick was around,” Templeton said on June 30. “You can’t keep patting people bn the back if they’re screwing up.” , * * » , 4V-t•' ■’v * tW* ’ifwi v»«- » ' * * * ' **- fh \ S~ •v ?•;- • ''*’ ’?.• r. f "jto t » * * > a 2L i- z*. r * - only beat them 1-0, so we know un jt rather than a defensive unit, they’re tough.” “Our whole back line is playing The Lady Lions own a 7-0 career hurt,” Rattray said. “Beth still has to mark agianst the Tigers. wear a pad on her in-step, Miriam The 13-3-2 Lady Lions had a scare strained her shoulder on one of her last weekend against Davis & Elkins famous dives, and of course, Becky s when defenseman Becky Vaughan finger.” injured her finger. Penn State has . Despite the lack of healthy de already lost two defensemen to knee fensemen, the players don’t seem to injuries, so the position was thin even be downtrodden, before Vaughan’s injury. “in practice, everyone plays of- Luckily for the team, Vaughan’s fense and defense,” sophomore Lisa finger is okay and she will start Bervinchak said. “We practice both against Princeton. offense and defense skills, so if need “The doctor looked at it yesterday be, anyone could play defense.” and didn’t even X-ray it,” Rattray with three games remaining, the said. “It’s bruised, but she will be Lady Lions would like to go unde- able to play.” However, the back line of Beth Stokes, Miriam Geller, and Vaughan is far from healthy. In fact, the three sound like they should be in a MASH Lions jump four spots to No. 2 By DICK BRINSTER AP Sports Writer Head Football Coach Joe Pater no, whose Lions climbed to No. 2 in The Associated Press’ college foot ball rankings following a surpris ingly easy 23-3 victory over Alabama, says his major concern is Saturday’s game against West Vir ginia. “I haven’t thought about it (the ranking) and I’m not going to think about it,” he said. “I think we’ve got to-settle down and get off cloud nine and start thinking about play ing a good football game against West Virginia.” The victory moved undefeated Penn State up from sixth in the poll and dropped the Crimson Tide from the ranks of the unbeaten in a fall from second to eighth. “1 really don’t know how the team’s going to react to it, and I’m not going to ask them.” Paterno said. “I’ve not paid any attention to the polls all year, and I’m not going to start doing it right now, not when we’re coming down the stretch.” Alabama Coach Ray Perkins said it was obvious last Saturday against Penn State that Alambama is not a great football team, and that over coming the defeat will be the real test.- “Sometimes you learn a lot more about yourself in how you get up off the ground after you’ve fallen than when things are going good,” Per kins said. The Tide had company in its slide, with previously unbeaten Ne braska falling from third place to ninth after being upset by Colorado 20-10. Nebraska’s Tom Osborne said an upset loss of major proportions usually leads to negative talk. “I’m sure right now that there are a lot of people, maybe some of our players included, who think that we’re not very good, that we’re overrated, that we’re in bad shape,” Osborne said. “We’re not conceding anything to anybody.” Moving up in the poll were Michi gan, Oklahoma, Auburn, Washing ton and Arizona State. Top-ranked Miami, which hosts Florida State this Saturday, was idle last weekend. The Seminoles rejoined the Top Twenty after a four-week absence. Miami received 55 of 60 first place votes and 1,193 of a possible 1,200 points from a nationwide pan el of sports writers and sportscas ters. to Penn State’s four first-place * ' , v , A*V t -*V *'> t V «, r# , •***. Princeton at Lady Lion Field. The team is looking for strong performances over Its final three games as it prepares for the NCAA playoffs. improving Princeton feated in that stretch before the play offs start. “We would like to win all three games to gain some momentum be fore the tournament,” Bervinchak PENN STATE 23 ALABAMA 3 ml B votes and 1,107 points. Unbeaten Auburn’s 35-6 victory over Mississippi State 35-6 moved the 7-0 Tigers from seventh to fifth with 986 points. Washington ad vanced from eighth to sixth with 818 points after a 38-3 drubbing of Ore gon. Arizona State, 6-0-1, .routed win less Utah 52-7 to jump from ninth to Collegian Photo / Dan Oleski said. “Three wins would definitely keep us up ” Princeton is led by Sue Gauchoe and Sue Finney, each having six goals. The Tiger’s goalie, Angela Tucci, has stopped 92.696 of the shots taken against her, and has three shutouts in her last four starts. “They play the offside trap (trying to draw the offensive team offsides), which can be frustating,” Rattray said. “That and their goaltending have kept their opponents scoring down. We’ve been practicing against that trap, but it’s not the same as in the game.” LADY LION NOTES: Tracey Neave leads all Penn State scorers with 19 points, 14 goals and five assists. The sophomore from Glenol den is tied for fifth place on Penn State’s all-time goal scoring list. GOING DOWN .. ... GOOPPYE. » . seventh with 798 points. Alabama followed with 792 points and Ne braska with 684. Texas A&M re tained the 10th spot with 679 points after crushing Rice 45-10. lowa, LSU, Arkansas, Arizona, UCLA, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Southern Cal, Mississippi State and Florida State comprise the Second Ten. job announced today Driesell's new By GORDON BEARD AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. Lefty Driesell’s future at the University of Maryland will be announced this morning, but weeks of negotiations may have had a less than amicable conclusion. The embattled basketball coach and Chancellor John B. Slaughter scheduled separate news conferences to announce Driesell’s new job after they couldn’t agree on a mutual meet ing place The Associated Press learned that Driesell, after being told yesterday that the chancellor wanted to meet with the media at 10 a.m. this morn ing, scheduled his own at 9 a.m. Because of the logistics involved, Slaughter later agreed to start his news conference at 10:30 to accom modate the movement of people and television equipment between the two sites on the Maryland campus. Attorneys for Driesell and the uni versity had been negotiating for weeks on a settlement of the remain ing nine years of the coach’s contract, and it was reported earlier yesterday that an agreement had been struck. “We are in sync on suitable terms for an agreement,” James J. Mingle, an assistant attorney general hand ling negotiatins for the university, said. “It is just a matter of final review by the clients.” Driesell, Maryland’s coach for 17 years, has been under attack since basketball star Len Bias died of co caine intoxication on June 19 and subsequent revelations that other players were involved in drugs or had academic difficulties. Although Driesell once vowed to finish out the remaining nine years of his contract, a source close to the negotiations said he had agreed to resign and become an assistant ath letic director. The settlement came just four days before the Terps begin practice for the the new season. The Saturday opening of practice, 17 days later than the starting date allowed by the NCAA, is in keeping with Slaughter’s The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1986 THE POLL Last week, it was lowa, LSU, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Arizo na, Clemson, UCLA, Stanford, Southern Methodist and North Car olina State. Clemson lost to North Carolina State 27-3 and fell out of the rank ings. Southern Methodist dropped out after losing to Texas 27-24, and Stanford also lost its ranking. decision to set the season opener back one month. The Terps will open on Dec. 27, instead of Nov. 28, and no games will be played during the first semester, giving players more time for study. Of the 25 games on the revised sched ule, 12 will be played during the semester break. With so little time for transition, Ron Bradley, an assistant under Driesell for three years, was ex pected to be elevated to interim head coach. Bradley came to Maryland from Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where his teams were 96-51 in five seasons. “If there was time,” a source said, “maybe they could get a small search committee with faculty representa tives together to find a replacement.” Driesell’s new duties haven’t been defined, but there was an area of disagreement. “This is not a concocted portfolio,” one source said. “There are areas where the university needs help and we expect he’d be the one to provide the help.” But another source countered: “One criticism of the athletic de partment has been that in the past we’ve filled positions from within the department, moving people to new jobs even though they may not be best suited for the position. Now it sounds like we’ll be doing the same for Lefty.” At HECK ITH MICHIGAN WELL TAKE iAT THANKS. COLORADO. | Lefty Driesell