1985_10 The Daily Collegian October 1985

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FEATURE
Oct. 7,1985
Oct. 7, 1985
Parade casts centennial flavor
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Over 25,000 people turned out to celebrate Fresno's 100th birthday
with a parade on Van Nets Avenue Saturday morning.
The 90 degree heat did not stop the 250 entrants from reliving Ihe
last century in Fresno. Spectators saw a dozen marching bands and
everything from floats to old Model A's to horse learns pulling
carriages. The parade was part of a series of celebrations going on
through November 9.
'All the Answers' humors with our clumsiness
Knowing most people do not go through
charm school. CSU Fdrama teacher Terry
Miller has made manners training unne¬
cessary by giving the  public "All The
"All The Answers" is currently playing
at Ihe Good Company Players Second
Space Theatre.
The play, written by Miller, is like a
M^s Manners newspaper column set to
siage. The two-hour comedy with music
poses question after question about 22 of
life's most uncomfortable social situations.
For each inquiry. Miss Demeanor, played
by Lanie Levenson, gives an answer which
best handles the situation tactfully and
The other six characters seek Miss
Demeanor's advice on such things as how
to make proper introductions, how to
respond to tasteless jokes, how to take
rejection and even how to start an office
affair.
The play was written more for its humor
than for having a central message, said
Miller. But if he had to find a message in
the play it is that "there's, a way that you
should treat people."
Last year Miller took an unpaid year off
from teaching to write "All The Answers"
under the commission of the GCP. Miller
said he got the idea of doing a play on
etiquette from a party he attended where
great effort was taken to introduce each
"Most people from my generation —
you didn't learn much about etiquette,"
said Miller. "I always thought it had a
potential to be funny. You know most of
us are very clumsy wilh introductions."
Directing the play is longtime GCP
staff director, Nancy Miller, Terry's wife.
Nancy said a clear line of communication
between her and her husband of 15 years
made working together easy." It isn't hard
Wine tasting a sidelight to enology study
!0 get smashed. Nor
a group of snobs getting together to cere¬
monially destroy cases of Thunderbird.
No: the CSUF Enology Society is a
group dedicated to developing and fine-
tuning a taste for a wide variety of wines,
and encouraging people to recognizetheir
social use.
"We see tasting as a sidelight to our.
study of enology." laid Bob Priestly.
CSUF Enology Society president. The
enology major encompasses a wide field
of study. "It's not a Mickey Mouse major."
Priestley said. "Then) are more stringent
courses than in many other majors, and by
the time .they graduate, most enologisl*
have a minor in chemistry." Chemistry,
biology, math, and computer science are
part of the requirements, in addition to
wine production courses.
Breaking down intimidation is part of
the society's purpose. Priestly said. Order-
"People say it's fun to
learn the proper tith?
niques."
—Priestley
ing a wine in a fine restaurant has it* dis¬
tinctive type of etiquette. "The ordering of
the wine, the sniffing of the cork, and the
tatting itself."
"Moit people say. i don't know how to
do it right." " And telling the waiter the
wine is no good is another story altogether.
Priestley also gave the example of walk¬
ing into a retail store and being con¬
fronted by hundreds of different wine lab¬
els. These unnerving situations are what
make* learning the techniques helpful, he
said. "People say it's fun lo learn the
proper techniques."
Not only tnologitts belong lo the society.
"We're not an exclusive clique of enolo-
gists only," Priestley said. "There are
members from business, engineering,
English, and viticulture, to name a few."
The typical Enology Society meeting
involve* introducing the selected wine, it*
background, comparison to other wines.
and it* composition. Then conies the tast-
for me as a director to see what Terry is
trying to say," she said.
Another aspect of working together
Nancy enjoyt is being able to share the
experience from the same production.
Except for a play Terry wrote and Nancy
acted in', the two have not collaborated on
a production before.
"She's given me a lot Osgood sugges¬
tions." said Miller. "We have a lot of
respect for each other's point of view."
Along with writing the storyline. Miller
wrote the lyrics to the songs composed by
Tim Price and Mike Dana. Accompany¬
ing the cast on piano is Ronald J. Harlan,
CSUF music librarian.
Miller developed trie Miss Demeanor
character from all of the etiquette books
he read while researching for the play.
She's a very gracious person,"said Miller.
"Although she is not real young, ihe
knows what is going on with young
Back at school this semester. Miller said
the time away from teaching gave him
mcjre than just time to write. "1 find 1
appreciate my students a lot more after a
year off," he said. "I find myself getting a,
little out of patience. The year off really
fixes that." -. : 1—r—~
Miller admitted he is "kind of sick" of
writing plays now and is glad to be back at
school.
With such plays to his credit a* "An
Evening With The Avenger" and "Para¬
noia in the Polo Lounge" Miller i»nt sure
how this play s tacks up against so me of his
others. "It* really only once a play is a year
old that I can start being objective about
it," he said.
Fabulous
increasing responsibility until becoming
editor-in-chief in 1965. He was chosen
outstanding four-year college educator
of 1978.by the California Newspaper
Association and Western Newspaper
Foundation. He was chosen to be a
j Pulitzer Prize nominating juror in 1960,
/  1961 arid 1985. In 1980, he was the recip¬
ient of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
for journalistic excellence. He wa*
named CSUFs Outstanding Professor in
1981 and CSUPs Outstanding Alumnus
in 1984. He retired a* full-time journal¬
ism professor in 1982 and now teaches
part-time, returning to CSUF every
spring to teach classes in advanced
reporting. When not teaching, he works
a* a writing coach for aeveral newspap¬
ers (including The Fretno Bee) and is a
frequent lecturer on the press and its
role in the world system.
CoraeUu*"
CSUF a* a track coach in 1947 and
retired as CSUPs head track coach in
1980. Known a* "The Flying Dutch¬
man," he was the first person to pole
vault over 15 feet — a feat he accomp-
litbed in 1940 — and held the world pole
-vaulting record Until 1951. He it recog¬
nized at the foremost pole vaulter of all
' time and hi* name wa* among the first
group to be named to the Fresno
Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1974. he «
became the first person named to the
National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
He received CSUr"^ Dittinguithed
Alumnus Award in 1980. In recognition
of hit accomplishments and devotion to
CSUF, the CSUF track facility wa*
named Warmerdam Field in hi* honor
when he retired.
Although the list of 118 Fabulous
Fresnans has certainly left out many
who were worthy of inclusion, these 12
cat) be viewed a* a representative sample
of the quality of faculty and staff who
have devoted their time and energy to
CSUF.
Sister-city mayor, others,
welcomed to CSUF
Wine
ing, followed by a sort of poll-di
to critique its enjoyability, taste, and to
get personal opinions.
"Personal opinion plays a big part, but
just because the enologist has found an
exotic taste in a wine doesnt mean it will
sell," Priestley said.
With a 2.2 gallon-per-capita yearly wine
consumption in the U.S., compared to 15-
pTus in Europe, it's easy to see the reason
for an appreciation organization. For the
enologist, development of palate now can
be good for the pocket later. "If it doesn't
taste good, it's not going to tell," Priestley
Anyone 21 or older and interested in
developing a taste for wines can&in the
society. "Tasting fine-tunes the ability to
distinguish different types of wines by
their acidity, sweetness, or pigmentation,"
Priestley said.
The society used tomeet in the winery,
which may have started ihe rumor of "eat,
drink, and be merry in Ihe cellar*." But
since the acquisition of new wine-making
equipment, the group has had lo find
space elsewhere.
The society has made an increased
effort lo attract new members since 1983-
84. The annual barbeque to kick off the
years serves to get people interested in the
purpose of the group, and to knock down
some of the misconceptions people may
have. This semester's barbeque attracted
about 50 people.
"We want to be seen at a professional
organization of appreciation and edu¬
cation," Priestley said. "Not as a drinking
club."
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Now hiring campus arid Greek rep
to promote snow skiing and Maxat-^
Ian trips. Mutt be outgoing and
motivated, flexible hour*. Contact *
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(619) 272-9660 collect.
A reception wat held Friday evening in
the Henry Madden Library at CSUF-to
welcome the mayor and city council
membert of Muntter, West Germany,
Fresno's litter city.
Judy Garrett, assistant to Peter Klatsen,
Dean of the School of Social Sciences, said
Muntter* rhayor. Dr. Twenhover, wa*
"very excited 19 come and visit hit titter
Garrett taid the findt it interesting that
the piciuret of Muntter in ihe lobby of the
library portray a "timiliar city to Fretno."
She said Twenhoven and his city coun¬
cil are staying with host families who are
member* of the Fretno-Munster Sitter
City Committee.
Although Klatsen-it the chairman of
the committee, the said "We are not pay¬
ing for any of thit, thit it not a univenity
expenditure."
Garrett taid the visitor! are "delightful"
and "have nothing but wonderful things
to say" about Fresno.
" It's great to hear someone comment on
how great we are instead of telling ut we're
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CSUF President Harold Haak went to
Muntter in June 1984 and developed the
exchange agreement with the Univenity
of Muntter.
Garrett taid the ttudent exchange pro¬
gram it "primarily for high tchool stu¬
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dent is n't a* fluent in the two language* a*
is a ttudent counterpart in West Germany,
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"It * only America that thinks English it
the only language," the taid.
She taid the program bring* a real
a wa re ness of "how the other tide lives" to
participating students.  ,
"The world it not bound by the Atlantic
shore and the Pacific thore," Garrett taid.
"Anything that expound! the boundaries
should be explored."
These programs should be a part of a
college student's life, said Garrett. "There's
more than just CSU Fresno. It's all out
there."
PULSE
Programming University Uft A Siadvnt Enttrtalnmvnt
Presents
George
Plimpton
Tuesday, Oct. 8
8:00 PM
Tickets are $2" CSUF
$3°° General Admission
Available at the
College Union Box Office