1974_11 The Daily Collegian November 1974 Reloaded

              S-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN        Thursday, November 1
Children's world
displayed in art
Interested in devils?
Two classes to be offered
By Kathy Freem;
Collegian StaH Wr
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philosophy major.
She said 50 children between
the ages ot two-and-a-half and
five-and-a-half are participating
tn the show. Natural sculptures,
paintings   and   drawings   will be
dren's art exhibit In the CSUF
College Union today and tomorrow,   said Judle Rarlden, prga-
•A Child's World Thru Art"
Is being presented by the children
of  the  CSUF   Day  Car
Anyone Interested In demons,
devils, vampires and other manifestations of the supernatural
should have no trouble choosing
classes for the spring 1075 semester at CSUF
Two classes In the subject are
ceptloi'
»  3p.tr:
Although   the courses ar
ested la the subject may b<
link them together,* said Selb.
However, he added some of the
films will be based on the llter-
Mlchael Tate, associate professor of English, said the'films
go almost hand In hand wltfi that
course."  Tate  will Instruct the
'Traditional works of-^ the
supernatural like Frankenstein
and Dracula,** will be studied in
Seib's class. Students Interested
In myths, sociology and anthropology will benefit from the
course, which Selb said was not
limited to English majors.
The tl
,vill  h,
e Day Care Cent
>r.
■I   couldn't   flgu
t show for
prehenslve review of the horror
genre." according to Tate. The
development or horror films from
ON CAMPUS
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
•The people Yes" will play
nightly through Saturday and
Tuesday through Saturday next
week In the Arena Theatre. Cur-
fan early German
film) to *Nlght of the Living Dead"
will be viewed.
Interest In the supernatural is
high at present, according to
Selb, who said It seemed tocome
allsm. the feeling that the na-
terlal Is not everything,*hesald.
In addition, "younger people are
especially disenchanted with
technology . . there's also this
feeling more and more ... that
there's something that lies beyond the physical."
And, of course, 'people always
like   to be frightened," he said.
Metzger
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precise." It contains "the gem of
thoughts," she said.
far enough developed to have a
language of its own, she feels,
so how can you say something If
you don't have a language
She said it Is absolutely es-
len make public
Black players to '.hftttrf Wichita game?
By John Karlukl
. Uhuru Editor
Tomorrow evening the CSUF
football team (aces the Wichita
State Shockers In the last home
,:ame of the seaaoa admlst rumors that the Black players on
the team Intend to boycott this
very vital game for the 5-GBull-
dogs. The Bulldogs will be "trying to redeem themselves" for
last week's 24.-28 loss to Long
In
tbe 49ers, the
Bulldogs were ahead by 17 points
early In the Second half, but
failed to score the final 29 minutes of the game.   .-
Rumors persisted of a last,
rninute scrubbing of a contemplated boycott of the game by
setexal Black members of the
Fresno State team.
As will happen with rumors,
some versions have been so distorted that accusations ot certain
*F»ERSITY
players not ttayr-b-g-ftOhe best of
their ability during the 28-24
defeat have been mouthed.
Co,lfr0Wi,wl*»1flh*,W*,gatlon'
the head /TWtball ToafcrF refused
to deny or confirm the rumored
VfnwWjI couldn't
According to Eddie Lopez, a
Fresno Bee sports writer, one*
of the players contacted Monday
admitted he had heard the boy-
UHURU
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1974
cott rumor. He also said several
other players were aware of 1L
But they treated It aa a joke.
"No. I- don't actually know It
anyone planned to stay borne
Saturday or not. I did hear two
players (Blacks) talking to one
■**"-■ before the game. They
said something like, 'Hey, I hear
.we're supposed to boycott tbe
game.'  And then they laughed.*
For the first time since the
football team problems surfaced,
In an article by Uhuru writer
Melvln Ricks, coach J R Boone
admitted that problems do exist
In the team.
I'll admit there have been
some problems, said Boone In an
Interview with Lopez, "but they
have been more internal than
external. But there seems to be
certain radicals who want to keep
stirring things up.
They Just won't let things
die. I don't intend to make a lot
of
their     s
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I fclnk lt'a just ridiculous.
"My first responsibility la to
the school. I can't help It If some
of tbe radicals keep on talking
about certain things which we all <
felt were solved. It's just selfish
actions by selfish people, that's
all.
to It.*
Among tbe accusations made
by some ot the players were
lack of communication and respect between Boone and his assistants and the team. Racial
discrimination waa also charged.
These charges led to the expulsion of running back Ron Parker
Everything may now be smooth
sailing for Boom, but the team
problems were never solved.
Whether tha boycott will come
through, all we can do Is watt and
see. Whether It comas through
or not. there is still a horrible
smell coming out of the Doghouse.
African art versus Black American art:    any differences?
By Kwesl Kay
[I all goes well, the postponed
invocation of Black artists will
• held In Nigeria In November
>7S. It will be the second such.
stlval; the first was In Senegal
1966.
1 complex
>n In Nigeria's
tal. Lagos, to accommodate
il 25,000 artists, who areex
it lsi
s of
■ orga
rs, but the obvious e
Its that will accrue-not to
on the prestige — to the
Ian Government (by way of
st trade) and to the sponsors
vay of TV and ancillary
l) will more, than compen-
or the outlay.
I Idea behind-the festival
s to be to promote and fos-
lack culture'and forge desks and solidarity, moral and
lii Black and African Festl-
o( Arts and Culture. Judging
the plethora of literature that
appeared In the world press
it it. the 1975 festival would
m to be more outward looking
1366 festival v
iloneer spirit and was thus
ve. But the 1975 festival
irlve for greater commlt-
o create a lasting cohesion
acts of the Third World.
ipants will come from as
field   as   Latin   America,
described as original when placed
beside African art. What originality It
by Its li
which Is neither African nor
American but a combination of
both. Although that kind of art
Is derivative, It can be expansive
because Its origins are to be found
In social beliefs which are
brought to bear on the environ^
men! In which It grew, serving
specifically the needs of a social
Its milieu Is political, because
It is protest art an art In search
of art and Identity, a gestation of
historical awareness and a counter-attack on constricting political and emotional pressures. It
Is thus otward looking and draws
Its primary cohesion and uniformity from an underlying mela-
physlcs peculiarly Us own. Its
Immediate surrounding being
hostile. It sometimes commands-
response by resorting lo ex-
thereby becoming coun-
tends far beyond. Ihe topical
problems of the Third World. Its
two-faced nature prevents It from
achieving any kind of commitment. On the one**hand. there 15
the cry for return to Africa and,
on the other, a demand tor more
:k art* 1
a term canonly
superficial and
rapid-
id where migrations are becoming a way of life
and Improved communication
bring the nations closer to one
another, It Is not too difficult to
foresee the establishment ol new
polarisations; It may then even
sound absurd to talk of 'Black
While   there   Is  nothing apparently wrong In using a •West
ern" format to present 'Black*
art, the danger la that in the
-absence of clearly Identifiable
genres, theatre, especially
•Black* may lose Its entertainment value.and become, a platform ror political agitation.
It must be said, however, that
one advantage of using a well-
presslon Is the facility afforded
thereby In communication.
Whereas It behooves African artists to re-seek and establish the
moulds In which African art can
best be cast and which consequently will show their art tobest
advantage, Afro-Americans must
make do with the Western forms
chain; African art to develop what
has been suppressed for centuries by Imperialism. Insofar as
they complement each other, both
pure African art and Afro-
American art, or any art of the
Afro-American plays display a
kind ot unity which is lacking In
.their African counterpart. The
plays of Soyinka, for example,
portray characters who are essentially Nigerian, not Congolese, not Camblan, whereas Afro-
American ones are without such
1 all-embracing prob-
deal   1
h they
It 1
■ "original art* from -Africa
id the hybrid forms from out-
le the continent.
Among the discussions the ven-
re has generated, one thing Is,
" 10 he resolved - that Is the
•'inltion of 'Black Arts.* To
■eesi that are can be divided
n "Black* and 'White* on the
1 me lines as political dlfferen-
JTon based on pigmentation
wld be the height of naively.
I! African art Is original, mosl
11 Is not only traditional but
-•ped in tradition. Historically
"1 e of its social importance
ay have waned or even been
si on later generations- of the
rage.
it Its si
"on still generates heated arguments between traditionalists and
"'» new Iconoclasts. Its origins
i^e to be found not in social beliefs but In nature Itself In alius
aspects. Being traditional It Is
incapable essentially of fast
"trowth or development.
Afro-American art cannot be
Given the various for
the channels through w
baffling for a clear definition of
BUck art to be constructed. Colonialism, Imperialism and the
slave trade have had a marked
effect on them, so that they reflect as much psychological differences as linguistic attitudes.
What makes them acceptable
Into one matrix of speculation is
that they are products of, and are
fired by, the Black imagination.
But although they can fit Into the
•Black experience*, their diversity (the Black experience itself
Is very diverse) makes It Impossible to assume a uniformity
which has been removed through
alien imposition.
The diversity becomes clearer when one considers the executive arts. In Africa, where the
cantata and the communal story*
telling under the silvery moon
were part and parqel of community life, the advent of the theater
The fund of ritual and animistic
purification has so far failed to
yield an eloquent and Identifiable
continental theater. Thesongand
dance routine, which served Attic
Greece so well, has not been capable of creating a continental
Identity.
The Black American theatre
Is,- In form, a Western theatre,
whose only distinction to being
considered Black is that It deals
with themes peculiar totheBlack
American experience. Theoretically, It is original. Its symbol-
Ism may be plantation-influenced
but as It deals to an extent with
the aoclo-poUtical plight of the
deprived and the minority, Its
relevance is universal and ex-