1986_04 The Daily Collegian April 1986

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Company kicks off first season
Theater group
showcases
black talent
CSUPs Black Theater and Talent
Showcase has its opening show Sunday
night. The show offers black students a
chance to showcase talents that they
may not ordinarily get to display.
The show has been worked on this
semester as part of Ethnic Studies
130T, "Black Theater." The class is
directed by Dr. James Rogers, the
ve director of this first year's
lion called, "In Celebration of
Life: A Love Supreme."
The money for the class was provided by the City of Fresno and CSUF.
The theatrical operations cost was$2500
and the city footed 88 percent of the bill
while CSUF provided the remaining 12
"The Black Theater is open to anybody, be they>black, white or whatever," said Dr. Rogers. "We want all
sludents to know that they are able to
perform in the Black Theater.
"We would like everybody interested
in performing for them to know that we
can find some pan Tor them, but they—
should know that the play will be based
on the black cultural experience."
"We are not trying to promote separatism from the drama department."
says actor/dancer Darius Crosby. "Instead we are trying to work v,'
mthatt
Crosby, 26, a se
nalism, performed i
he was younger. 1
larly got involved \
because, blacks need an autnentic medium of expression on this campus. We
need some true way to express ourselves. Blacks on this campus need to
"The Brack Theater was started for
Rehearsing for the Orel Black Theater and Talent Showcase, Crystal Crowley (right) and Tammy Clark slnj "Glory Train."
Tracey Bernard. "We wanted to start
something where students could see the
black experience and hopefully convince the drama department to have a
show in the future that will have equal
parts for blacks, whites, and everyone,
instead of having blacks doing smaller
less important parts."
"In an article in The Fresno Bee last
weekend, a CSUF drama professor
he drama said that plays were geared to Ihe pub-
absence of large parts for blacks is due
to the lack of public interest. 1 wonder
if it's a lack of public interest or maybe
the public doeint feel that blacks can
play some of the parts. In any case, we
sense that we are being overlooked and
ar for ui
otrytc
climate this problem."
" My hope is thai the Black Theater will
help to eliminate a covert problem
of race relations on campus," said
Crosby. "It's like when you walk across
the campus and you make eye contact
with someone and then they look down
to the ground. It's like they're telling
you they dont know where you come
from. 1 hope the black theater will offer
people some insight into what is important to blacks.
Sm THEATER, pa>9« 3
Festive week
planned for
India Year
tyCtntfy Ghent
Contributing Writer
lo most of tbe major cities all over
the United States, -India Year" is
celebrated by the Indian community
and Fresno is no exception.
April 19-25 a seriea oi Indian lectures, filraaand variety shows will b»
heW on the cam pus
President Ronald Reaaao declared
1986 "India Year" last June and a
huge otfcbratkw followed in Washington D-c- Indian exhibitions were
most erf ihe
Br
erf ihe tMher'majof mtatdttflW to
Expanded trade urged
California ranks 'first' in state exportation
Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy believes California needs an independent trade strategy because its interests are not being
represented in the federal government.
"Our own federal government does noi
reflect California's interests," he said.
McCarthy was at CSUF Thursday as
part of the University Lecture Series and
spoke to a crowd of ISO students and
He pointed at several examples of how
California has been ignored by international trade policies at the federal level
even though the state is the largest exporter of the 50 states. California is the 11th
largest trading unit in the world, he said,
and since 1982 more goods have been
shipped across the Pacific Ocean each
Atlantic.
"This provides a great opportunity for
California," he said. "We are the gateway
to this new Pacific world."
He said $100 billion per year in trade,
flows through California, but goods can-
"Our ports can either be
bottlenecks or gateways."
— McCarthy
•y might
is agents
not be moved as rapidly as i
because of the number of custi
assigned to West Coast ports.
"Our ports can either be bottlenecks
gateways," he said.
McCarthy believes this lack of atte
lion to California's needs has to be solved
by Californians. He proposed that a trade
policy to reflect "California's Unique
Needs" be devised by economic leaders,
elected officials and academic researchers.
He said in this way a trade policy which
would leflect "California's unique needs"
would be devised.
"Now is the time for us lo identify California's interests," he said. "We can no
longer afford to assume that our products
will  have a  good  domestic of foreign
"If the world is going to be our oyster,
we have to make sure our interests are
looked after."
McCarthy said he favored such negotiations as those with Canada. Canadian
and California officials have agreed to
Sm. MCCARTHY, p*«a 2