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... ois.r.b KAr'Cjiv - uctoDer ia, isoi VI /I MIL UII I U U11III LII will grip current issues and events 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. THE Mil EH Reveal mythical 'generation gap' The generation gap, that phenomenen which has become the handy scapegoat of parents and educators in attempting to find the causes of student unrest, has finally undergone scientific scrutiny. Conclusion: it's more of a myth than a social reality. In a comprehensive six hundred page report, Stanford psychologist Joseph Katz studied, through questionaires and in- evade tensive interviews over a six year period, more than I . . 3,000 students at Stanford University and the Berkeley tieCISIOn campus of the University of California. His results are not only suprising, but rather discomforting. Although students boasted opposition to traditional educational values by condemnation of the bureaucr;.*ic structures of universities and colleges, the majority displayed a passive view toward life. For many, enrollment In college was not a real decision, but merely an adherence to parental or cultural demands. Katz suggests that for many there will never be a clear cut decision, but that each step, channeled by educational and other social institutions, gradually deter mines the 'decision' for them. He concludes that the majority of students adhere to the parental values, occupational choices and life style. Few students, he says, experienced severe conflict or violent change during college. Equally disturbing are Katz's statistics on col- r liglate extra-curricular activities. Only seven per SflOpe cent are active in the civil rights movement. Another / . 4 to 8 per cent are involved in campus political TUTUre action; a minute 2 to 4 per cent participate in local or national politics. In an era of student rights demonstrations, new leftist organiza tions and civil rights movements, why are so many students drifting through four years of classes without an ounce of conflict? Perhaps the key word here is drifting. Faced with decisions about human dignity, war and their future, they turn away, hoping to postpone hard decision-making. In evading these basic questions, they unwittingly destroy the chance to create their future, their world. The few students who perpetuate the generation gap by forming their own values and by making their own decisions will mold the world of the 21st century. Pull same old tail; mouse to rescue Not long ago, when Lion B. Johnson was debating where to hold the next electoral gathering for his democratic friends (an important de cision, for he wished them to feel free to follow their conscience and choose him again as their leader), Little Mouse Daley began pestering Lion again and again to use his part of the forest for the meeting. All this pestering was not necessarily pleasing to Lion who liked to make important decisions on his own (and besides had a sentimental preference for the wide open spaces of the forest where he was born In which to hold the convention) and he might have killed the Mouse's idea. Pardon, O King, cried the little Mouse; forgive me. I shall not annoy you again. But remember - who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days? Now Lion was tickled at the thought of Mouse Daley being able to help him. Shortly after this, Lion's throne was threatened by hunters of the republic who galloped after him making repeated jabs with a pole. Lion was getting closer and closer to defeat (even some of his own friends seemed ready to desert him) when the little Mouse happen ed to pass by. Seeing the sad plight in which Lion was, Mouse Daley went up to him and offered him refuge in the Mouse's part of the forest which alone had sufficient greenery and an Ancient Machine to ward off the poles and save Lion. Was I not right? , said the little Mouse. Little friends may prove great friends. ZJke huicraver Vol. XXVIU October 12, 1967 NO. 3 Member of The Chicago Area Student Press Association The United States Student Press Association The Catholic School Press Association The Skyscraper Is published weekly, October to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, ni. 60626. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30, 1932 at the U. S. Post Office, Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1897. 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 Business Manager Theresa Ebenhoe Production Editor Kathy Flynn Feature Editor . . .'...'. Mary Beth Mundt News Editor Janet Sass Photographer Marianne Fusillo Cartoonist Peggy Sieben Staff Kathy Cummins, Mary Cooney, Pat Devine, Aldine Favaro, S. Eileen Jack, Alice Johnson, Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Sally Nakai, Carol Ries, Maureen Sexton, Peggy Sieben. Reporters Karen Appelt, Rosemary Beales, Micky Carlson, Sherry Cruz, Janelle Donovan, Zoe Hillenmeyer, Alex Jajowski, Terry Killiker, Rose McKiernan, Vera Mllenko- vlch, Terry Nachtrab, Mary Nachtsheim, Mary Ann Novak, Chris Russick, Maggie Smith, Linda. Sullivan, Carol Summers, Nancy Vydra, Sandy Webb. Cinematic 'Ulysses' fails; leaves viewer perplexed by Kathleen Cummins It has been said that James Joyce, in his novel Ulysses, tries to create with words an effect which lends Itself better to cinematic technique - the exploration and testing of a person's entire aware ness - not only his immediate sensations but what these tell by asso ciation of the vast assortment of past feelings and experiences which connect to make up the present person. Since in a film, images whether related in reality or not, flow organically from one another, as they do in an individual's stream of experience, it follows that a film could make a more natural, direct presentation of the realm of feeling than words which must rely on strange conceits or arti ficial juxtapositions to have the same connotative impression istic effect. However, I doubt that the film version of Ulys ses comes off any less obscure and confusing than the book re putedly does. The film treats one day and night in the lives of three lower middle class Dubliners as they go about their daily business - and one is never sure what that is. They are Stephen Daedalus, a would-be poet, Leopold Bloom, a Jew, and Molly Bloom, his wife, a singer. The connection between the last two is obvious, but that between Daedalus and Bloom escaped me completely. The film is a progression from Stephen to Bloom to Molly as each grows from a one dimen sional observation in the mind of his predecesor to dominate his portion of the film with his own thoughts. The deft way in which the film eases the viewer into the subjectivity of each character is evidenced in Daeda lus' portion. When Daedalus, who like the other characters seems incapable of regulating his sensitivity, shuts his eyes to imagine blindness, the screen blacks out. A realistic example of the way in which mundane ob jects become private symbols, a falling bowl of shaving cream touches oil in Daedalus a se quence of memories of his dead mother, who knocked over a sau cer of milk in an attempt to bless him as she died. Stephen's guilt pivots on his refusal, as an agnostic, to receive the bles sing, which puts him in the im- Sounding Board As a member of the Munde lein Student Congress, I would like to express my opinion on two related issues that have a- risen before the Congress re cently. The MSC has not taken a stand - either pro or con - re garding the war in Viet Nam. In a sense, I can see why this has not been done. For if we should attempt to take a vote right now, the outcome would merely re flect the personal opinions of the Congress members. I, myself, must admit that I am not qualified to express the opinion of my class, and this was the feeling of other members - that we could not vote on the issue because we did not know the feelings of the student body. As a result, the Congress de cided to remain neutral and the issue was dropped. At the time, I agreed with the majority of the members that we could not take a stand. But the more I thought about it, the more I began to question whether it was not, in fact, our fault that we did not know the consensus of the student body. It is my feeling that our failure to take a stand is equal to an attempt to evade the issue. And I do not think that an issue as important as the Viet Nam War can be ignored. Therefore, I would like to propose to my fellow members of the MSC: If we are truly interested In being a student Congress, let us initiate a student referendum to find out exactly how the students feel on this issue. I would also like to take issue with the Congress* de cision at our Oct. 11 meeting to refrain from sponsoring Staught- on Lynd on cam mis. This decision was an expres sion of a feeling held by many Student Congress members that the MSC, by sponsoring a num ber of ANTI speakers, will receive an unfavorable repu tation. The basic assumption here Is false. The MSC should spon sor ANTI speakers, just as they should sponsor PRO spe akers. Bringing a speaker, what ever his views, on campus in no way reflects the view of the Congress. The Congress' refusal to sponsor Staughton Lynd is not as important as the underlying cause for their refusal - the fear of acquiring an unfavor able reputation. It would truly be unfortun ate if we should always and for ever be guided.by what we feel others' will 'think of us as the re sult of our action. Even Socrates would condemn our MSC's ac tions: MSC your anxiety would be precious if there were any right in it...what does it matter what the many think? Just because the MSC brings a speaker on campus does not mean that they approve or dis approve of his views. The important thing is that he comes and talks to the stu dents, that they may form their own opinion regarding the truth of what he says. Mary Kate Cooney Junior MSC Rep. When government fails to be representative of the views of the governed, it ceases to be just. In recent weeks, the dorm council has been enacting meas ures without the heed of the opinion of the residents; notably the raise in dorm dues and the decision to send seven dorm representatives to the Presi dent's Dinner on dorm funds. These are decisions that should first be decided under a refer endum. Margie Emmons Mundelein seems to delight in being dubbed liberal; to the extent that they are apparently going out of their way to avoid any contact at all with a right wing representative. Every speaker, save one man on a four-man panel last year, has been dove like in views. How can a student choose when offered only one choice by her own school? Please, let us hear the other side. Margie Emmons I was deeply touched by your editorial and wish to thank you for your generous appreciation of what I have tried to accomplish in these ten years. You caught the spirit, I feel, when you refer to the Joint effort of administration, faculty and students. This is what makes us a strong and loving community. As I sat at the ban quet on Saturday night I thought of your words and felt with all my heart that the joy, beauty and love manifested there were true symbols of what the spirit of Mundelein Collegs is hopes to be. Sister M. Ann Ida Gannon Congratulations on accomplish ing the fact of making the Sky scraper a weekly newspaper. I agree with you that this will make a more complete coverage possible. Maureen Sullivan Director of Alumnae Relations possible position of having kil led his mother on conviction. The ambivalence of his feelings toward his mother are further typ ified when a slow pupil in his arithmetic class reminds him of himself as a graceless, ignor ant child, made unique and thus redeemed by his mother's love. Unlike Daedalus the artist, Bloom, being of the scientific temperament projects much of his dissatisfaction outward. He is the most well-developed char acter, or in the sense of the film, the most variously fac eted. In the memorable Night- town sequence, In which Dae dalus and Bloom indulge in a veritable orgy of free associa tion in Dublin's Red Light Dis trict, Bloom fantasizes about how he would reconstruct a world which refuses him national iden tity with the Irish because he Is Jewish. Carried to their ulti mate, absurd conclusions, Bloom fancies make him a Great Re former, his puissant majesty, Leopold I, and finally the ar chitect of the New Bloomus- alem. This edifice Is under mined and eventually toppled by Bloom's nagging consciousness of his own inadequacies; his ob session with having been cuck olded by his wife (in the hil arious literalism of fantasy, Bloom often appears, wearing horns), the fact that he is con sidered over-emotional, having been unmanned by debilitating grief for his son Rudi who died as a child. (In his reverie he is pronounced bisexually ab normal, a neo-womanly man with ambidexterity latent, by a demonic sex specialist. Molly Bloom's awareness is a languid stream, in keeping with her philosophy of adaptability and exhaustion. Through her re signation to the concept of wo man as a pleasure object and her methodical cultivation of those sexual tricks which have proved most successful after many trials, she makes the best of a bad lot. Her attitude of be mused contempt for men is well brought out in the film's con trast of her notion of the dia logue between Bloom and Daeda lus as a lewd exchange of prow ess notes to what reaUy hap pened. If the purpose of this film is to prove graphically that ev ery Instant of an individual's presence has a marvelous com plexity of implications, it suc ceeds. The experiential flow oi each character, though repiti- tious as memory tends to be, is imaginatively conceived, well paced and always interesting. But despite all this movement, there is very little action or interaction between the charac ters; they serve each other main ly for Inspirations and launching points for reveries. Each is a Ulysses a passive soul who wanders about is impressed by his surroundings but does not react constructively to them. They are perception-machined for whom the present provides only cues which set off their subconscious, or bottomless sub jective pools Into which stones are dropped which detonate all sorts of responsive currents and ripples, but who, like pools, are unselective and must accomodate all stones. What results is frag mentation of these personalities for minute analysis, which leaves us with no basis for predicting how they would act if placed in a situation different from the immediate circumstances of the film like for instance the next day. Aside from marveling at their powers of total recall, we end by not knowing Daedalus, Bloom, or Molly, though know ing all about them. Stream of consciousness, even in a film, remains an experimental tech nique, and characters thus ex posed as conglomerates of phen omena, not persons, are cas ualties of the experiment.
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1967-10-19 (2)
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