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Page Two - The SKYSCRAPER - January 19, 1968 Ml I H L uKYuuHHrLn will grip current issues and events f and hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Commuters seek quiet study corner lose warmth With the snow season bearing down in full force on Mundelein again, the yearly cry of the stranded com muter is heard once more on the lakefront. Enforced this winter with the voices of off-campus seniors who no longer have the warmth, quiet and security of a dorm to return to, the problem of finding a pleasant place to study between that 8:30 and 12:40 class looms noisily over the cam pus. In the Greyhound Bus terminal atmosphere of the locker rooms, the post-picnic look of the lounge area, and the discotheque sound of Lewis Center, the com muter appears doomed to 405. where she must con tend with whispers held to a dull roar, or the gothic chambers and secret passageways of the library. Complaints are passified with many floating refer ences to the Learning Resource Centers future majes ty. Visions of study areas where one can M smoke and sometimes talk lull many a study-starved commuter to sleep. But what is to be done at the pres- QSIucp ent, when the snows confine the com muter to the concrete campus? Is there nothing that can be done for the vanishing commuter whose only desire is a comfortable chair, a cigarette and her beloved textbook? Draft dodgers call system restricting Without analyzing the complicated motives of CADRE members Dennis Riordan and Jeremy Mott. pediatrician Benjamin Spock and Yale Chaplain Wil liam Sloane Coffin, let it suffice to refer to the Selective Service System's Orientation Kit of 1965. Two of these men recently received prison terms for refusing induction and two were indicted on charges of counseling young men to oppose the draft. The kit's section on channeling offers a reason for men to not co-operate with the draft and for women to support the actions of draft oppo nents. In this section, the Selective Serv ice System describes the limited choice they present to men in determining their futures and implies that the final re sults of the draft and a totalitarian sys tem are no different. The Selective Service System defines the purpose of deferment as to control effectively the service of individuals who are not in the armed forces by assur ing that every deferred registrant continues to con tribute to the overall national good. Some deferred professions and skills are science, engineering, teach ing and tool and die making. The system admits that choice is limited but not denied since a young man may choose between en tering a deferred profession or being drafted. The psychology of granting wide choice under pressure to take action is the American or indirect way of achieving what is done by direction in foreign coun tries where choice is not permitted. The Selective Service System does not use the to talitarian direct method because it would raise ad ministration difficulties. Key men would have to be transferred from important national-purpose industries to staff the system. Deciding what people should do, limit rather than letting them do something 1111111 of national importance of their own choosing, introduces many problems that are at least partially avoided when indirect methods, the kind currently in voked by the Selective Service System, are used. The System does not claim the direct method to be against the democratic principles of the United States nor does it insist it wants to preserve the lim ited choice of American youths. Instead, it seems to support what draft resisters have been saying for a long time: the present draft system is antithetical to freedom. analyze kit choke Swedish film ends tragically Elvira mesmerizes audience terfly. The scene is reminis cent of an earlier one in which they Joyfully tried to catch butterflies together, But this time, as Elvira reached down to capture the butterfly a shot rings out anti she her self Is captured in .suspended animation. One more shot shatters the silence and ihe film is over. Throughout the film, the viewer is continuously struck by the poetic beauty of the scenes. The photography has been expertly adapted to the screen and avoids the peren nial problem of overstatement. In my opinion by Alice Johnson Elvira Madigan. now playing at the Playboy Theater, is a film whose beauty has hypnotized even critic and filmgoer who has seen it. The production, starring Pia Dengermark and Thomas Ber- gan. is a Swedish import with English subtitles. The familiar complaint ol distraction, however, is not valid in the case of Elvira Madigan. ' The dialogue, like that of A Man and a Woman. seems to be merely an afterthought for those in the audience with less imagination. Interrupts Scene There is little lo suggest thai the lovely, long-haired blonde and the handsome man are really a fugitive couple until the first scene is suddenl) in terrupted by a shot of the cav alry from which one young lieutenant. Sixten Sparre. fled. Just as suddenly, the viewer is returned to the laughing couple. Once more the scene is interrupted by a circus ring master calling for the tight rope walker. Elvira Madigan. who has disappeared. This un usual photography, using blurred backgrounds, rapid scene changes, and symbol istic lighting, continues throughout the film. The film concerns two run away lovers who attempt to escape their pasts and them selves. Elvira uses her real name, Hedvig. and Sixten cuts the gold buttons from his lacket. but these symbolic at tempts to obliterate their iden tities are futile. Their summer and their love continues until the leaves and seeds of the forest become, not things of beauty, but things of necessitj. The days grow shorter and colder, and with out money the two are forced to grovel on the ground in search of anything edible. Stuns Audience There is no way to relive the joy they have known. For Sixten only a jail sentence for desertion awaits: for Elvira, life without him. Suicide is the only alternative to two unbear able lives. And so in a final embrace in their last picnic together. Sixten draws a gun to his love's head. But he is unable to kill her although she pleads that it is the only way out. in desperation she leaves his side and begins to chase a but- The score, a Mozart concerto, adds lo ihe idyllic beauty of the time. Ends Abruptly The abruptness with which these idyls end and the trag- ed gt; of the lovers make El vira Madigan a topic for con siderable contemplation which is difficult bul necessary. And so. in stunned silence an en tire audience considers the film's impact. Elvira Madi gan extends an invitation into a strange world whose mes sage may be that the tragedy of love UFites all worlds. Live Roles With unequaled beauty and simplicity Ihe film has man aged to tell a tragic story that speaks to those who can ap preciate the demands of love and of duty. Pia Dengermark and Thommy Bergan as the two lovers, live out their roles with perfect emotion in a film whose excellence will be dif ficult to equal. Sounding Board I would like to thank the faculty and students for their expressions of sympathy and prayers for my mother. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt (EDITOR'S NOTE: Linda is a senior history major who has served on class day com mittees. She has an education minor and plans to teach in high school.) By Linda Krieger Apathy has many faces, all of them blushing in non-com mittal indifference, all of them flushed with criminal passivi ty. Mirrored with deadly pre cision in the reflective setting of student life, the many faces of apathy become unmistak ably clear, unbelievably shab by and unbearably disgusting. Apathy smiles timidly, sees lit tle and says less. It is notori ously withdrawn, uncommitted and aloof. Despising any kind of personal commitment or in dividual responsibility, apathy is sometimes confused, often mistaken and usually mislead. Apathy votes if it bothers at all with little or no respon sible reflection. Apathy is busy with all kinds of homework and has little time to spare. Easily impressed b.v that which is ornately superficial, apathy tikes the bright color of the campaign parapher nalia, the eloquent word-magir of the platform, the profession al mannerisms and the impres sive facade of the candidate. Apathy is famous for some rather thoughtless blunders. It often mistakes the talent of the novice politician for the skill of the leader. It prefers impul- ZJhe kydcraper Vol. XXXVIII January 19. 1968 No. 10 The Skyscraper is published weekly. October lo Mov inclusive except dunno tmm and vocation periods, bv the students ol Mundelein College 6363 N Sheridan Bond, fhicogo. 111. 60676. Opinions expressed are. hose ol the SkyscrdPar staff SeCOnd-class postage oo'd nt Chicago. Illinois Member of The Chicago Area Student Press Association The United States Student Press Association The Catholic School Press Association (Newspaper of Distinction gt; Entered at second-class matter Nov 30 1933 at the U S Poll Of,'C*r. Ch'coac. III., under Ihe ocl ol Morch 3, 1897 Editor Knth'een Flynn News Editor Janet Sail Feature Editor Morv Beth Mundt Business Manager Theresa FJbenhoe Photographer Mn'innne I . Cartoonists Rita R'jittlt, lt; 'l-Vi-n Korriiwiion Editorial Board. Mary Kale Coonev. Kolhleen Flynn. Jennifer Joyce. Mary McMorrow. Morv 6 gt; h Mundt. Kathy Riley. Janet Sals. Sta'l. Kuthy Cummins. Mary Coonev, Pol Oevme. Aldine Fovoro. S. 6ile n Jack. Alic* Johnson. Sheila McCarthy. Mary McMorrow. Sally Nokai Pegav Sieben Reporters; Karen Appelt. Rosemary Beales. Zoe Hillenmnver. Ale Jaiowko. Rose McKiernan. Vvra Milenkovich. Mary Nachtsheim Mary Ann Novak. Sharon Pelletier. Carol Ries, Lmdo Sullwjn sive action t lt; gt; responsible deliberation, haughty insolence to tact. It calls politiral shrewd ness a leader and accepts in discretion as leadership. Dan gerously shortsighted and often downright blind, apathy stupidly endorses ineptitude and then casually ignores out rageous mismanagement. It somehow forgets that the stu dent leader ran and should be the highest compliment a stu dent body can pay to its school and to itself. Apathy knows that the would-be leader falls to meet academic obligations with any degree of responsibility and yet quietly looks the other way. It knows that this very basic commitment to the col lege community is conspicu ously lacking, but says noth ing. Apathy at this level Just hopes for the best and fool ishly misplaces confidence In an equally apathetic elec torate. Believe it or not. apathy can even be a leader and this very subtle kind of apathy is the most treacherous of all. As embodied in the leader, apathy can mouth responsibil ity, bluff sincerity and clinch elections. But even in the leader, apathy remains a stranger to any kind of per sonal commitment and tails to attach responsibility to the job she so dramatically assumes. She enjoys the personal pres tige and the political theatre her office provides, but this is the hideous extent of her own personal commitment. And as prestige and political fanfare become available else where and on a grander scale, apathy the leader will casual ly toss responsibility aside with characteristic yet nause ating indifference. And when all is said and done, apathy will still manage to attach honor to blatant irresponsibility. It will find nothing glum as It witnesses the virtual collapse of student government. Through it all. apathy manages to remain blissfully complacent, happily unconcerned. Apathy does in deed have many faces, all of which glare in ugliness. And while its faces are many, its posture always remains one and the same nothing more than a careless slouch that can and often docs tilt an entire school.
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1968-01-19 (2)
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