1976_03 The Daily Collegian March 1976

              2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN     Thursday, March 4, 1976
Play review
'The Maids: *an ambitious
project for actresses, director
Letters to the editor.
Student replies
to 'Fritz' letter
Staff Reporter
When director John Osborne
stated that his two plays were In
striking contrast, It was almost
an understatement. Seeing "The
Maids" by Jean Genet followed
by Ed EmanuEl's 'Lead Rings
on the Merry-Go-Round* last
Saturday In the Little Theatre,
was rather like seeing "Bugs
Bunny Superstar* on the heels
of "The Pawnbroker" (understand
that I am comparing emotional
timbre, not greatness of achievement). But certainly the audience,
myself included, was grateful that
they understand conventional the-
On Thursday, the audience was
not aroused because good acting
and good directing are simply
not enough in a play that stub-
lornly demands brllllancl In order to work. Furthermore, I will
t this show suc-
it It helps."I'mgoing
they ci
I'm sure readers expect me to
describe what this play is about.
That is an entirely unreasonable,
if   not   outrageous   expectation.
Insufferably rich woman and her
two maids (who are not of the
ordinary    brand).    Because   the
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Marta Hagen and KateSklnner,
the maids, I would address as I
would the director — that is to
acknowledge that they showed
considerable talent In the face
of a difficult script.
Yet I was constantly frustrated
because I felt the energies In the
a breakthrough that never came.
At best, Genet's play Is sleeker, tougher, more jarring and
more dangerous than the one John
Osborne presented us with. But,
s approaching a
vould like to reply to remarks
e by Terry Redman in your
ers column, 2/24/>6.
n being made
pl.n   v,
attempt -mill they are g'rey-
haired and have thoroughly exhausted Shakespeare and Pinter.
For his ambition I corftmend
him, but for being such a young
upstart as to suppose he can succeed where old and experienced
directors have failed, I refuse
to temper my criticism.
Amazingly, I have actually seen
this play staged successfully.
During intermission, however,
the comment I heard most often
was: "The director and actresses
are so good. Why do they waste
possibly succeed?*
And I'd urge those Involved to
Student elected
Clovis treasurer
Is prevented fi
Mr. Redman's
censorship simply
Censorship is the act of limiting
- either partially or totally -
release of printed or broadcast
or otherwise distributed mate-
representing
lief,
. Pre
venting a film- from being
Is not censorship; It Is prior
restraint (and Is equally objectionable).
CSUF Is a community of Its
own; If "Fritz* Is banned from
CSUF, the members of this community will - if they wish to see
the  aim   -  be  forced to go to
lows Its showing.
1) It Is doubtful that one could
find "Fritz* playing anywhere
In Central California at this time
Contrary to.Mr. Redman's claim,
the availability of the aim to
the general public Is limited,
since "Fritz* Is several years
old and Is no longer "hot" on the
film   market)  and 2) many stu-
n 18-y
Terry Kays,
math major at CSUF, was elected
Clovis city treasurer Tuesday
by a 934-vote margin (1,008-74)
over a write-In opponent, Donald
Buller.
A   second  CSUF   student,  19-
year-old Stanley Payton, was de-
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as largely matters of
Ics. Mr. Redman's most
glaring fallacy lies In his charge
that "Fritz* is Racist, sexist
(and) violent ...» He says it's
racist because. "It depicts one
ethnic group .violently achieving
'superiority' over another.*!,!*,,;
It depicts vl
Either   Mr.
t Is sexist for depleting
lales and violent because
•e simply l!
Redman is not
urpose of satire,
i unable to recog-
i of *Frltz." The
satirist depicts those elements -j|
of society that he believes to
be grounded In lllogic or counter-
productivity. "Fritz" -s creator
does depict members of society
acting In a racist manner; "he
does depict males regarding females (and some females as regarding themselves) as mere objects of sexual pleasure; he does
depict members of society resorting to the extremes of violence as a method of problem-
solving; the aim maker Is using
' his medium to expose those
models to his own scorn and disdain.
If a aim that depicts racism,
sexism, and- violence is therefore racist, sexist, and violent,
i Psychology As-
i depleting neurosis '
or psychosis Is therefore neurotic or psychotic. Does George
Orwell's '1984" deliver a totalitarian message because It depicts a «Blg Brother* government? Is a biography of Hitler
necessarily lasclst In nature?
Does 'Days of Wine and Roses"
foster alcoholism? By rational
standards, no; by Mr. Redman's
logic, yes.
certainly   least  1
Last
•Fritz*   is  -perverted t
the cartoon foists onto c
selfish human beings." He appar-
often use such
a method of pro-
Jectlng human
folbles onto non-
human subjects
for emphasis and
Is perverted, then
let   us   assign
Tom   &   Jerry,
Mickey Mouse,
Donald Duck, and
Tweety  & the
Puddy Tat — not
to   mention   the   characters   in
Animal Farm -
- to the Perverts'
Hall of Fame?
Finally, a note to those persons on campus who automatically label "X-Rated* films as
"pornographic": The two terms
are not synonymous. An "X-
Rating" denotes adult treatment
of adult material; It does not
singularly denote'smut." There's
a big difference between •Midnight Cowboy* and "DeepThroat*;
motion pictures should be Judged
by their Individual strengths and
weaknesses . . . not by an arbitrary rating symbol affixed to
Its advertising.
Danny Odess
Student calls for
safe bicycling
Have you ever ridden a bicycle
on the Fresno State campus? I
am speclflcally referring to the
students who ride their bikes on
Maple Avenueln front of the Ad- .
. ministration Building. A bicycle
study conducted a year ago (Feb.
20, 1975) indicated that' over 600
trips occur over that path; And
have you ever been frustrated by
those stupid car barriers which
force the bicyclist onto the sidewalk thereby causing a great deal
of conflict between the cyclist and
the pedestrian? A simple solution
to the problem Is to redesign the
car barrier to allow the bicyclist
to use the street rather than the
sidewalk. Let's get with It - ei
courage safe bicycling:
Brace Barnes
Autonomy move
Thursday, March 4, 1976    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-3
Senate transfers funds
by Michael Robinson
Staff Reporter
The Associated Student Senate
voted yesterday to transfer$l,500'
irom the J7.094 unallocated reserves to the legislative discretionary fund to bypass President
Norman BaxterXapproval on the
■Currently we (finance and
budget committee) are listening
to four requests,* Carlllo said,
citing the example of a $400
request by welghtliner Roger
Wright for travel money to a
tournament.
•It is Just ti
ir the
c.lved from the enrollment over
the predicted 15,000 students that
; SUF   had the past two semes-
B> transferring the J1.500 to
the legislative discretionary
rmid, the senate need not get approval from Baxter before It
-lends  the  money, but they do
tel i-ommlttee, said this action
».is done only to cover expen-
litures for the remainder of the
e going
"That is not to say
to spend It all.*
Gene Gibson, proxy for Senator
Paul Simmons, questioned Carll-
lo's actions.
;  If  your   committee
well and One," Gibson said.
Carlllo said the senate needed
to transfer the money.
•I think It's unfair to promise
money to organizations . . . tell
them we'll give them money If
and when the president okays It
and then It fails through,'Carlllo
i  Vega,
Proposed stadium discussed
by student, professor
iiiR   the West Coast  Relays
ufhl to the new stadium.
> an  Galder  said  the   relays,
ich in past years have brought
upsurge In a variety of crimes
..ie   Is   to  be no  track built
Some  residents of the nelgh-
< ir hood   surrounding   the   pro-1-
.-.Ml stadium site have gonebe-
iind   signing petitions and have
ii id a lawyer to represent!'
• 'lore the California State Unl-
-rslty  and Colleges  Board o
Students, explained
the alternatives to the senate.
•Should you decide to vote for
approval It doesn't mean that it
will be spent at this time,* Vega
said. It means you have it.to
allocate at'your discretion. If It
Is not to/your legislative discretionary fund, then you need
the president's approval.*
The senate voted 9-2-1 In favor,
of transferring the money." .
_. In other action,' the senate
passed a resolution thanking the
Olympla Brewing Company for
donating shirts to the winning
Intramural teams.
The brewing company donated
110 shirts with the Olympla Insignia on them to the 10 championship Intramural teams during
the fall semester.
Pete Conrad, coordinator of the
intramural program, said Olympla has also arranged for the best
CSUF Intramural basketball team
to play the best team from Cliico
State during half-time of an upcoming Golden State Warrior
game In Oakland.
In   other   action,   the   senate
i budget requests
Society, not hormones
■conditions behavior
(Continued from Page 1)
According to Ramey, we condition our sons to be cool, rational and in control. Women an told to be warm, feeling,
and to be at their best when they're out of control.
Ramey said she thinks some female qualities considered as
•weak* are good, and other supposedly 'good* male qualities
are not so great.
Women have been scorned for their need for interpersonal
relationships but, said Ramey, the world la a system of Interpersonal relations.
MALE Ai.GRr-SSIVENESS
The admired male quality of aggressiveness is not that admirable, in Ramey's opinion.
•Aggressiveness Is not a virtue In a world that has the tools
to destroy Itself,' she said.
According to Ramey, endocrinology does not have much to
contribute to the way men and women behave. The major difference between the sexes is in tr
the  lute
At the last meeting of the
CSUC's Campus Planning,Buildings and Grounds Committee,
lawyer Judith Soley said the residents she represents may go to
Tickets for 'Company' now on sale
Tickets for the Theatre Arts for eight performances.   It will
Department's     spring   musical play Thursday through Saturday
•Company* are now on sale In the first week, Tuesday through
the John Wright Theatre Box Of- Saturday  the second week.   All
ace.   Tickets are $3 for general performances will be at 8:15p.ro.
admission, }2 for children and The play Is based on abort stor-
lilgh school students and 00 cents les by George Furth -■-—* - ■—
for      	
The flnal words on the stadium
controversy, In that case, are not
likely to be spoken by a student
and  a  faculty  member,  but by
student activity cardholders.      bachelor among married couples'
'Company*   opens   March  11     who try to get him married, off.
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