1979_02 The Daily Collegian February 1979

              CSUF students honored
Actors headed for bright lights
Ever since Les Marderosian was a
little kid, he has. loved tlie movies He
promised   himself   that   one   day   he
,  he  '
of 'A Doll H
Although as he says
peed,' he survived that fii
stage fright
Today, Marderosian, a CSUF theatre
acclaim for his production of 'Love Me
and the World is Mine A tribute to
Harpo Mane '
Robert Beltran and Les Marder¬
osian, CSUF theatre arts students,
will be competing Feb. 16 in the
regional* ot the Theatre Contmun-
agency which casts lor different
repetoire groups. If selected, both
will head lor the nationals in
Chicago this April.
Marderosian's 'Harpo M*rx" one-
man show, which he wrote, directed
and performed in, received the Ameri¬
can College Theatre (ACT) Festival
\plaque orHan. 19 for Theatre Excel¬
lence in Region 1.     t
Among many CSUF productions
throughout the past five years, Mar¬
derosian has played in 'MacBeth,'
'Merchant of Venice,* Tiny Alice*
and The Auction Tomorrow," last
year' s regional finalist for ACT compe¬
tition
As het
e of his
thus  far,   Marder¬
osian became sober and reflective.
"I feel pretty good about it. I'm very
happy rt turned out as well as it did,"
com men ted Marderosian
Marderosian   studied  Harpo   Marx
from the people who knew him best-
He worked with" Susan, Harpo's
wife, and Bill, his son, last summer,
striving to acquire Harpo's manner¬
isms and style
Harpo's family told him many things
that were never written about the man-
his mannerisms and techniques. They
offered to give Marderosian lessons in
harp technique, but he was able to
master it on his own.
Susan was able to come to Fresno to
see one of Marderosian's perform¬
ances last month
ances,"   said  Marderosian    'But   she
'The comment I'really took to my
heart was when she said 'He would've
loved the show, he would've loved to
know   you,"   remembered   Mardero-
Next month, Marderosian will start
rehearsals on a production which he
plays a dramatic part as the author's
mouthpiece in 'Wild Duck' to be
presented in early May
He is currently relaxing, waiting for
word on his one-man Harpo show,
which is being considered for inclusion
in the national festival performances in
Washington, DC, in April. He should
hear the decision around Feb 20 If
the show is accepted, it could mean the
start of Marderosian' s career.
'As long as you are there (at the
nationals), people will see you. There
are people from stage, films, commerc¬
ial tv...you never know what happens
there*
Robert Beltran, A CSUF senior
theatre arts major, won the highest
honor, the Irene Ryan Award, at the
regional. American College Theatre
(ACT)  Festival held m Berkeley on
The award gives him the opportunity
to perform at the national ACT Festival
in Washington, DC. in late April
He was selected to participate in the
Berkeley Festival as a result of his per-
formance in the CSUF production of
Earl Robinson's new folk opera,
'David of Sassoun " He. then won the
Irene Ryan Award based upon his per¬
formance in two audition scenes at the
Berkeley Festival.
Besides   the   'David   of   Sassoun'
production of "Tiny Alice', directed by
Beltran, in the spring of 1978. *S
production, Beltran has played in
'MacBeth," "Merchant of Venice,"
'The Visit' and other productions.'
He directed Tiny Alice" which he
also had to play the lead role, Julian,
at the last minute.
He is currently rehearsing the part
of Mr. Pinchwite, a man who
is jealous of his young wife's admirers
in the college ,s production of 'country
Wife," whieh will run for nine perform¬
ances starting March 1. ■   ■
Commentary
Sid dies a vicious death
ByMlKEBLAESSER
Sid Vicious, ex-Sex Pistol is
dead. An overdose of heroin
Accident or accidental suicide
or just suicide? Only Sid knows
andheain'ttalkin'.
But it really was a great way
to go A Punk to the end, Sid
upheld the tenets of Punk.
Anti-establishment, anti-record
companies, anti-stardom, anti-
everythmg. Punk disgusts
and insults its audience. It is
naturally repulsive.
And repulsive the Sex Pis¬
tols and Sid were. A hair-do
borrowed from David Bowie's
'Space Oddity,- safety pins
through the nose, music and
vocals crass enough to defy
being called  musk,  the Sex
Pistols delighted audiences that
were looking for something tot¬
ally rotten and degrading.
And the Sex Pistols were
making it big. 'God Save the
Queen" was banned in the UK
and the Pistols were a rapid
success in the United States
where the Ramones were pro¬
viding the mainstream Ameri¬
can punk..
Then the show was over. The
Sex Pistols broke up. The-anti¬
thesis of commercial stardom,
the Pistols just decided not to
Who knows what may have
been in stone for the Pistols.
Maybe johnny Carson, an inter¬
view with Dick Cavett, maybe
Night Live. But no. they nad to
disappoint us and just break up.-
But Sid Ijved on in true Punk
fashion.     \
In October of last year he
was arrested in the knifer
slaying of his girlfriend. Later
that month he tried to commit
suicide, but failed. And now ...
Sid is no longer a Sex Pistol ...
no longer anything, just dead.
Sid didn't quite go the way I
had expected. J thought the
ultimate Punk show would be
a group suicide on stage. I
mean, rf you really want to dis¬
gust, why not make offing your¬
self a show. The fans would
have loved it.
Punk will probably die be¬
fore any Punk rockers do them¬
selves in orsstage, but just the
same Sid, you gave it your afl.
Thanks for the show.
February 9,1979
Refuse to be dormant
Seqouia residents organize basketball tourney
asketball tournament for dormitory
loams thev had several goals in mind.
First they sought to spur the interest
m the intramural program for dorm¬
itory teams, many of which felt that the
CSUF IM Office had slighted in the
The second objective was to have a
tun tournament where team play would
be emphasised.
And last, as well as the least success¬
ful was the desire to make a little profit
According to. Activities Director
Keith Connelly, two out of three objec-
Students can now
apply for graduation
Students who anticipate graduating
m December 1979 may apply for their
degree at the Evaluations Window H1
in the Joyal Administration Building or
m the Evaluations Office, Room 109,
Feb 20 through March 2.
A graduation fee of $10is required at
the time of filing. No applications will
be accepted after March 2. Students
who do not apply during this filing '
period must wait until the beginning of
the Fall 1979 Semester to apply.
and the cooperation received from the
intramural department were more than
enough to offset the lack of profit at the
gate. And, he said, as a result of the
tournament-won by the Homan Out-
landers-there has been a great in-
crease.in the interest among dormitory
teams entering in this season's IM
"the IM Office provided a great
amount of help with equipment and
facilities,' said Connelly. 'Since dorm
teams have often had trouble in finding
facilities to practice in the past, the
" tournament was a great way for many •
team players to play together for the
first time,' he said. He also-said that
the IM Office is working on a plan to
possibly provide dorm teams practice
facilities in the gymnasiums on Sun-
When asked if the tournament would
become an annual affair,. Connelly said
he wasn't sure but that hopefully it
would become so.
In the scoring department, Homan
ilall walked off with top honors in both
In the women's final, the Homan
Hustlers   bombed  the   Birch   Babes First Round/Women:
34-19, and in the men's title game, the Birch Babes 24; Homan Hellcats 22
Homan Outlanders lived .up to their Homan Hustlers 46, Sycamore Sec-
preseason reports by blasting a good ond13
Baker Hall team 52-29. | i?
x Heanine   Hagler   of , the    Homan First Round/Men:
iHustlers was the leading icorer for the J Craves Stoners 59, Misfits 9
women's division with 34'points in two Homan   Outlanders   42,   Rough   Rid-
gmaes.   Shannon   Wade   <*   Birches ers30
Babes was second with'27. Baker Hall 43, W.C.C. 29     •
Mark  Kennev>of  the Outlanders Two Pointers 34, Voters 29
scored 49 points in three games-to lead
the men, followed closery by Rocky s»»i»m»sq
Brock of the Rough Riders with 48.   . ^^
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