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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER April 26, 1967 i mmm am I III L UII I 0 ll IIIII LII will grip current issues and events and f hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. CAC Survives Death Penalty The Mundelein student body performed what can be con sidered a self-saving act in this week's MSC elections by re fusing to endorse the amendment on the cultural affairs com mittee. The amendment, as those who read the Outlook or attended the nomination speeches may recall, proposed that the position of the cultural affairs committee Lose chairman as a Congress member be eliminated Status am* at fc e status * tne AC as a standing committee of the MSC be dissolved. The cultural affairs committee would no doubt continue to function without a direct tie to the MSC. But, the real issue appears to be whether the CAC would be as effective in its roles as sponsor and promoter of a cultural program if it was relegated to the position of an independent committee. Although the CAC does not receive its funds from the MSC and in spite of the fact that the Congress has little direct control over the committee's actions, the MSC gives the com mittee a degree of prominence and respect among students which it might otherwise lack. Gain In addition to the publicity which the CAC it- Pft ?n f t self receives from its affiliation with Congress, l***5pew the CAC's Performing Artists Series gains coverage in the MSC Outlook. The position of the cultural affairs committee on Congress this year has produced a revived student interest in the artists series. The Fantastiks, performed by most of the members of the original New York cast, and the Swin gle Singers of international fame, were both well attended. The last part of the series will be the First Chamber Dance Quartet next Fri- Revive Interest Push Vote day evening. Perhaps student interest was heightened this year by scheduling the programs in the early evenings instead of dur ing the afternoon. Perhaps this year's selection of the pro gram appealed to a wider range of students. Or, perhaps the student body is simply becoming more culturally aware than it was last year. The posters which appeared in the lounge area and in both dorms urging students to vote against the MSC amendment indicate that at least a core of students have an active interest in the fate of the CAC. What ever the factors behind its success this year, the cultural affairs committee could never be sure that it could continue this course as an unrelated cam pus committee next year. In view of the excellent work of the committee, it seems surprising that the chairman of the CAC expressed a desire to relinquish her seat on the Congress. Equally disturbing was the readiness of the majority of Congress to pass the proposed amendment. Fortunately, the student body was aware of the issue expressing their opinion through ballot. Duke, Ella at Opera House Jazz Beat Swings Out by Marilyn Gibbs permeated the Benny Carter and Zoot Sims in a Swingin' sound Opera House April 14 when Jazz at the Philharmonic came to town for a single-night set of concerts featuring Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and the Oscar Peterson Trio. UNINHIBITED JAZZ FANS snapped fingers and clapped hands to the beat of familiar musicians and the all-star cast responded warmly. In addition to music there was abundant showmanship, and just in case there was a lack of heroes, of one sort or another, Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali) danced across stage long enough to take a bow. The seldom silent champ, how ever, wasn't given time to speak. INITIALLY, an agreeable musi cal greeting was extended with the easy pace of the Oscar Peterson Trio who joined Coleman Hawkins, jam session. The staccato of The Shepherds Song as well as the smooth sound of Stella by Star light contributed varied moods. Duke Ellington developed the diversity of sound with his larger group. This time, solos personi fied different approaches to jazz featuring an array of imaginative musical interpretations. The Duke, obviously enjoying the perform ances a little more than anyone else in the hall, commented, You're a sweet, dear, kindly audience and the band and I want you to know that we love you ma-a-dly EMULATING the Duke in a dis play of affection, Ella Fitzgerald sang and clowned in her inimitable easy manner. She gave way with her version of Mack the Knife and Chicago as well as a mimic of rock and soul music. why take the cultural affairs committee off the m.s.c. boardp it's a vital Part of the College connumrV.' ''* gt; WHV DON'T WE TAKE SOME ACTION THERE MUST 8E A WAY TO GET THE STUDENTS lrlTERE TEl). Cultural affairs should Be recognized Bv the M.S.C- fok th valuable service it Renoers to the College/// Comedy Unseaworthy: Owl, Pussycat Drown by Kathleen Cummins Contrive a predictable plot of a pert, puckish, New Breed prosti tute and a stuffy but pliant peda gogue, peppered liberally with patter, and what have you got? Scenes that build not to a climax, but to the nearest punchline. A farce where stereotypes would be excusable if they were somewhat recognizable. Acting thick on pos turing and sparse on characteriza tion. Such is Philip Rose's pro duction of gagwriter Bill Hanhoff's most comprehensive gag, The Owl and the Pussycat, now at the Studebaker. In the initial impetus, Doris, a neighboring call-girl, storms the hearth and faint heart of Felix, an owlish bookstore clerk and frus trated writer whose overscrupulous tips to their landlord have gotten her evicted from her flat The story then lurches into a tiresome seduction-rejection cycle as Felix's ascetic rationale alternately rails against and succumbs to the allure of what he wants to do. But Doris, an allegedly big word-shy Philistine who aims to disarm the Owl's inhibitions, occasionally lapses out of foil-character and into articulacy with pronouncements like I may be a prostitute, but I'm not promiscuous. In the unscheduled absence of co-star Richard Vath during open ing week, the role of Felix was han dled quite adeptly by the stage manager, Joseph De Pauw. De Pauw's braying voice con veyed the bland expansiveness and fatuous didacticism of a dispirited belle esprit. His response to Doris' inanities became stereotyped (per haps understandably) in a dead pan, but not particularly expres sive, glare at the audience. With DePauw on stage, however, stage managing suffered, with in explicably long intervals between scenes and oranges squeezed on The Morning After remaining on the sink for weeks to come. Pat Susuki's athletic performance as Doris was more mannerism than manner. Her reactions seemed con fined to well-timed but patently technical mugging. Occasionally she threatened to obscure the play's chief virtue, the wry lines, in an excess of crooning, growling and chortling. Both Owl and Pussycat resorted too often to stock comic gestures, double-takes, poker faces, eye-roll ing, as well as prat-falls, (none too deftly executed), head-slapping and eye-clapping. What the plot lacked in internal pace, the cast could not make up for in rapid fire repartee or steeplechasing on stage. Unadulterated twaddle might have been palatable. But the play wright somewhat apologetically at tempts to weigh the material by inserting palid but semi-serious motivations like, You're scared of people and folksy alienation crises which Doris and Felix ultimately resolve (after an abortive suicide plotting session) by revealing their real first and last names in an orgy of illusion-stripping. Aside from such token concessions to causality, it's the kind of moment-to-moment titillation designed to make money, which, unfortunately, it does. Sounding Board As far as we were concerned, the Revue was yesterday's news. The judges had made their deci sion and after the first few emo tion-packed minutes of losing, we returned to a more stable frame of mind and congratulated the win ners. For you to bring it up again and to credit such a derogatory ex cuse to the seniors is really un believable. Being dedicated theater people, and graceful losers, we did not even consider lost study time in our moment of disappointment. Each involved senior would gladly re-experience all the weeks of re hearsal that led up to the per formance of our class act. In the future, your columnist should consult with the parties concerned before attributing to them such an inane and childish remark. Come on Skyscraper Show us that your reporting can be that than which nothing greater can be thought. Madeline Rossetti, Marilynne Tivener, Sandra Sansone, Kathy Wright, Ann Marie Zei, Mary Ann Griffin, Anita Cudia, Mary Kay O'Shea, Ann C. Griffard, Junie Bourke, Chris Stevens, Marilyn Kohout, Marcia lianas, Cynthia Pelke, Madelyn Kauth The liberalism fostered by Mun delein in its students has created a tension that possibly is misun derstood at times. With the current school elec tions, the question of why qualified students do not leap toward in volvement seems to connote a fail ure on someone's part. Could it not be just the opposite the ex position of a triumph? Every faet of the total education of a Munde lein student is geared toward an independence. This is exemplified in the ideals of the 3-3 system and its aims toward independent study. The life of the dorm student is based on a freedom and trust un known in previous years. The whole atmosphere bred by Mun delein differs from that of a high school where offices gained pres tige and power for the student. These status symbols are too strongly outweighed by today's student's involvement in her major field of study, her involvement with the city around her and her in volvement in knowing herself. It is therefore impossible to ex pect students to be as involved and interested in school activities as they once were. Their scope of in terests is constantly radiating out ward with the college acting as a base and not as the center. Aldine Favaro Jn huAcraper Vol. XXXVlTl April 26, 1967 No. 13 Catholic School Press Association Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper la published serai-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago. Ill- 60626. Entered as aecond-clasi matter Nov. 30. 1932. at the U.S. Poat Office. Chicago. III., under the act of March 3. 1887, The Skyscraper ia a member of the Catholic School Press Association and subscribes to the National Educational Advertising Service. Letteri to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut lettera 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 Caspar, 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 Soss, Peggy Sieben, Mary Beth Wagner, Anndrea Zahorak
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