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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER April 12, 1967 THE SIfSCIIPEI A,,.. , MB 1 MIL UII I U U IIIII L ll will grip current issues and events and H hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Why Is There a Seasonal Riddle? Once again the MSC is facing the seasonal riddle of how to per suade qualified students to run for congress offices. And there are quali fied students, phantasmal Red Barons who stealthily take cover behind clouds of books and fogs of inadequacy while the Groovy Kids Run for MSC. The absurdity of the situation looms into view when you hear the a Red Barons' sagacious dissections of the students' jGGK problems and novel ideas toward their solution over J- corn beef hash in the tearoom. LcQQCIS The Red Barons are the spontaneous leaders. Unfortunately, they never leave their Sopwith camels to mount the plat form for MSC offices. The officers who revised The Constitution of the Student Congress, Mundelein College in 1965 felt this need for the untapped leaders when they defined student government. The MSC constitu- m . tion states that Student government has a right to V ICVv exist in order to fully realize the interests of the in- fjj*..- fJ- - dividuals termed its student body. Therefore, the right ajllUQTIOn of student government to exist comes from the student body only when the government is representative of that body. The idea is sublime and its fulfillment should be the aspiration of every woman at Mundelein. The Red Barons could yet win the war to save student government, if they would bother to run for offices. Changing Image: Drinking on Rise Statistics for 1966 indicate that an alarming number of college stu dents, both male and female, are heavy drinkers. A market research survey prepared for a national advertising service reveals that three- fifths of undergraduates drink milk more than once a day, while an ad ditional one-fifth are classified as heavy coffee drinkers. But students do not limit their indulgences to milk or coffee. The report indicts 20 j , a per cent of students for their addiction to cola beverages. UrinK A breakdown of the figures into the two sexes shows male * drinkers ahead by five per cent, however. The women, not V*OIQ surprisingly, take the lead in diet colas: 15 per cent prefer the low calorie beverages, while only three per cent of the men use diet drinks. Responsible students, faculty and administration must cooper ate to bring a halt to such immoderation in beverage consumption. Any major attempts to control drinking on college campuses should be accompanied by a firm program of complete cookie control. Of the 75 per cent of students who bought cookies during the semester, nearly 20 per cent ate them once a day or more. Other dangerous trends ap pear in the statistics on chewing gum (more than one-quarter of college students are heavy gum chewers) and candy bars (more than one-tenth of students are daily candy bar chompers). Collegians seem to devote their extra time, when they are not eating or drinking, to grooming themselves. Nine out of ten students brush their teeth at least once a day, using their favorite brand of toothpaste. The most popular brand is the toothpaste for people who can't brush after every meal. Although only one-half of the male student popula tion shaves daily, 65 per cent splash on after-shave lotion every day and 30 per cent use cologne. Jade East, English Leather and Old Spice are the top sellers. Four-fifths of the female students wear ... perfume or cologne once a day, while almost three- WCGT quarters are regular users of skin creams or lotions, p Other feminine cosmetics include eye make-up, worn by * ITU III 76 per cent of the women students every day, and hair rinses or dyes, used by 28 per cent of the female undergraduates. These statistics raise disturbing questions for the alert reader. What has happened to the lovable image of the unkempt, undernourished intel lectual ? Is it being usurped by the well-groomed student with a dab of English Leather behind his ears who likes nothing better than to indulge in a box of Oreos and a quart of milk? Hooked on Kookiness Sounding Board As treasurer of the Mundelein Student Congress, I would like to clarify the Congress' position on budgets as it was presented in the last issue of the Outlook. When the Congress approves the budget of an MSC-sponsored organization, publication or project, it expects that the budget is realistically drawn up and it hopes that the approved budget will be adhered to throughout the year. If the organization, publication or project is for some reason unable to stay within its budget, it is always able to petition the Congress for more funds. We currently have over 2,000 in our MSC accounts. This budget policy seems to me to be sound. My opinion is supported by the fact that the Student Congress has not encountered any financial difficulties while the policy has been in effect. However, if there is anyone who wishes to question or have the policy farther clarified, they may contact me and I will be glad to talk to them. Nancy McDonough, MSC Treasurer Seniors Show Talent by Kayellen Hartman Splotches of Pop Art spoofing life into the faded elegance of Art Nouveau in Gallery 8 portrays the influence of a Baroque Andy Warhol or the touch of Patricia Lenihan and Bonnie Rochetto. BY DESIGNING THE senior exhibit according to this unusual motif the artists have created an aesthetic experience similar to the tragic-comic impact evoked through the Theater of the Absurd. Regal flamboyancy, the major characteristic of 20th century Art Nouveau, adorns the entrance to the exhibit, where a cardboard sil houette of Bonnie and Pat beckon one to step into their Comedia del Arte. DESIGN AND COLOR KEY NOTE the work of Pat Lenihan. Illustrative of this vein is her Picasso-inspired piece entitled Elephants Go Berserk which re sembles, through its pop influence and cubist design, a cracker box joker. Pat's Grandmother and Grand father contains the impressionist influence of Tolouse Lautrec by its dramatic blackness and vivid poster effect. BALANCING THE EXHIBIT SELF -PORTRAIT cut-outs of Bonnie and Pat welcome you to Gallery 8. THE PORTRAIT Rochetto Bonnie Chaotic Result Seen In Psychedelic Play by Carol Ries A Dream Play by August Strindberg, currently playing at the Good man Theater until April 23, offers the audience a psychedelic experience. It is a strange blend of oriental mysticism and Theater of the Asburd. The play's resemblance to an unpleasant dream follows Strind- berg's pessimistic view of life and his knowledge of oriental religions. In A Dream Play, life is merely a temporary illusion. Man is guided by primal forces and yet trapped by his mortal existence. This con flict between the mortal and the metaphysical nature of man is the cause of sorrow in the world. There is no climax in A Dream Play. The chaos is already in motion when the play opens and it continues throughout. The Daughter of the god Indra descends to earth to learn the rea sons for the wails and complaints of the man-children. Once earth- bound, she is forced not only to witness the human conditions, but to actually experience them. When she has learned that Man is to be pitied, she can return to the heav ens to plea for mankind. The earth which confronts the Daughter is represented on the stage as an eerie fusion of reality and dream. The viewer recognizes familiar places and objects the castle, the opera house, the law yer's office and the church, but the a dreamer, sees the reality ob scurely. The familiar is distored by un natural phenomena the castle is a growing castle and the locked door with the clover leaf window (which supposedly holds the secret of man's existence) has nothing behind it. It is not imme diately clear what is meant to be a symbol and what is merely an absurdity created by an uncon scious mind. The characters emerge from be hind transparent props and dra peries to lament their intolerable existence. Although the entire cast numbers about 50, they do not con fuse the audience. Gloria Foster as the Daughter of Indra docs an excellent job of coaching and per suading mortals to dispel their anxieties. In supporting roles, Frank Sa- vino as the Officer proves to the audience that he has been wronged by life. Howard Witt, aided by a grotesque make-up job, aptly por trays the Lawyer who suffers the burden and guilt of all Man's crimes. Arthur Sellers in the part of the Poet, excels in his naive ef forts to discover the secret of a better life. The play does not attempt to solve the problems of being human. It merely enumerates them in an exaggerated manner. Pleasure is sin; life is a repetition of sorrows which is alleviated by the small hope that suffering is salvation and death brings deliverance. The only relief from pain is the Daughter's return to the heavens to plea for mankind, marking the end of a bad dream. Bonnie infuses an existenial aura into her work. An example of this theme is evident within The Por trait, which blares forth color and bulges fear. The dominance of purple and green fusing with a blurred blue effects a Renaissance quality to the main subject. Its strength lies in the dominating purple figure supporting the sub ject from behind with an intangi ble quality of kinship. STRIPES IS ANOTHER EX AMPLE of Bonnie's existential concern in which the abstract painting seems to revolve chaos into creation. The perpendicular lines of the stripes add rhythm and order to the chaotic potential swirling at its vertex. Tongues of red bitten by cosmic energy seem to leap into tulip creation. The entire exhibit is an experi ence in reality; popism, Baroque and surrealism blend to form a collage of life. ELEPHANTS GO BERSERK by Patricia Lenihan Skyscraper Photos by Jennifer Joyce GRANDMOTHER AND GRAND FATHER by Patricia Lenihan Jhe hudcraper Vol. XXXVIII April 12, 1967 No. 12 Catholic School Press Association Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during e.xam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago, III, 60626. Entered as second-cluss matter Nov. 30, 1932. at the U.S. Post Office, Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1897, The Skyscraper is a member of the Catholic School Press Association and subscribes to the National Educational Advertising Service. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Co-Editors , Jennifer Joyce, Kathy Riley Feature Editor . . Marilyn Gibbs Business Manager .................. . ,, - . Theresa Ebenhoe Photographer . Marianne Fusillo Cartoonist Mary Fran Campbell Staff Julie Caruso. Kathy Cummins, Pat Czapar, Pat Devine. Aldine Favaro, Kathy Flynn. Kay Ellen Hartman. Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Mary Beth Mundt, Jayne Quinn, Giselle Riba, Carol Ries. Diane Sargol, Janet Sass, Peggy Sieben, Mary Beth Wagner. Anndrea Zahorak
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