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the Dally Collegian California State University, Fresno MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989 Taiko Do jo pounds up a storm Playing along with th« eight ma>mr>»r Japan***) group Talko Dojo, tan Hadtoy and tway avll spirits to mMhm funaral marchaa In tha John Wright Thaatar Saturday night Mark Kfrto/Dai/v Collegian parterrraaxl avarythlng from ritual* to drrva Japanese drumming performers entertainWright Theatre crowd By Mike Klingbeil Staff Writer Ancient Japanese ritual dances punctuated with emotional drum renditions performed by Taiko Dojo regaled a capacity audience Saturday night ai the John Wright Theatre. San Francisco-based Taiko Dojo used four miya taiko drums, two small hime taiko drums, six fan drums, the 0—tai drum (the largest in the U.S.) and flutes to perform a sophisticaied synthesis of rhythm, harmony and body movemenL The group performed five acts, including a grand finale. Its fust act—sdoko/bayashi—was a dedication to San Francisco through music marches. The second act. called Isamigoma. lets the enthusiastic playing of the drums describe a young horse running along the countryside. The intensity builds throughout the piece and is sustained until the���end. These ntualsj allegedly drive evil spirits away. The third piece was called Hiryu sarndamgaeshi, which goes back to ancient Japanese times. It is a I The history of Taiko is an integral part of the Japanese people funeral war time dance where each of the performers take turns in pairs pounding the OH—taiko drum. The act finishes with the final two members concluding their drum playing and all of ibem forming a circular stance around the drum, This act also used dragon costumes to scare away what were believed to be ghosts in order to save the village. The grand finale, called the Tidal Wave," is an original composition which involves everyone participating in pairs on the OH—drum while being accompanied by smaller drums and bells in a highly expressive performance signifying the immensity of a mill wave. The performers—si* men and two women—wore Japanese traditional walking clothes which go back to the Japanese culture around 500 years ago. The history of taiko is an intregal pan of the Japanese people The drum, considered sacred since ancient times, was first used to drive away evil spirits and pests that were harmful to crops. Taiko has developed from a somewhat primitive folk an to a more sophisticated art in recent years. Taiko Dojo is on a nauonwide lour with its next stop in Florida. Research with computers Terminal hookups will provide instant information By AliU Loe $M0 Writer In the near future, CSUF students will be able to sit down at a computer terminal, punch a few buttons and kx>k up research material without going to the library and riffling through the card catalog. According io Michael Gorman, dean of library services. CSUF will be replacing its card catalog with an automated circulation system, expected by fall 1990. "It'll be a more extensive systdH thai will provide a public on-line catalogue finder," said Gorman. The system will cost between $500,000 and S75O,000 and will come from campus funds, said Gorman. Gorman hopes to see terminals eventually installed at different parts of the campus. There's no reason why they can't be in the dorms as well" he said. According to Vlnce Smith, head of catalogs and chair of the automation committee, this will be an intergraied system. "Looking down the line; all serial holdings will be on n, books we were going to order, if the books are out of circulation," said Smith. Smith called the system one of the best, flexible and very each to use. It doesn't have a lot of special symbols or key abnviauons...it leads you into the activity and through il" With the new system, students will be able to search for books using such information as key words, graduate or undergraduate level and date published. Eventually, the system will be linked with other CSU and local libraries, said Gorman. "It's exciting. If you can't find something here, you can look at the other CSU campuses," he said. According to Smith, il would be reasonable lo believe that if a student had computer at home, "he would be able to have dial-up access." Smith said the committee, comprised of CSUF and two other CSU campuses, looked at specific plans drawn up by other libraries. The committee had been formed for about a year. "Most libraries need the same type of things, the needs of the users arc very similar," he said, "But each campus will have Control of their own on-line system." Smith added die system will enable the library stall to do things much quicker. Things like access to records, being able to quickly change things and have them immediately show that change." said Smith. Smith said the main goal of the library "is to make knowledge easily approachable," "We have ova 600,000 tides that cover all types of subjects," he said. See RESEARCH, page 3 CSUF_ sees rise in gifts By Suzanne M. Com; Contributing Writer CSUF received a record $6,853,000 million in donations during die 1987- 88 academic year with more than S3.4 million in scholarship gifts- Donations were made di reed y to the university as well as through other support groups. . . Richard Francois, CSUFd&ptfptof development and; said he believes t a record levd Of rontrtouuonj, nu angle support croup experienced a See G,m. pane .1 -
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Title | 1989_02 The Daily Collegian February 1989 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1989 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
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Title | February 13, 1989, Page 1 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1989 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
Language | eng |
Full-Text-Search | the Dally Collegian California State University, Fresno MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989 Taiko Do jo pounds up a storm Playing along with th« eight ma>mr>»r Japan***) group Talko Dojo, tan Hadtoy and tway avll spirits to mMhm funaral marchaa In tha John Wright Thaatar Saturday night Mark Kfrto/Dai/v Collegian parterrraaxl avarythlng from ritual* to drrva Japanese drumming performers entertainWright Theatre crowd By Mike Klingbeil Staff Writer Ancient Japanese ritual dances punctuated with emotional drum renditions performed by Taiko Dojo regaled a capacity audience Saturday night ai the John Wright Theatre. San Francisco-based Taiko Dojo used four miya taiko drums, two small hime taiko drums, six fan drums, the 0—tai drum (the largest in the U.S.) and flutes to perform a sophisticaied synthesis of rhythm, harmony and body movemenL The group performed five acts, including a grand finale. Its fust act—sdoko/bayashi—was a dedication to San Francisco through music marches. The second act. called Isamigoma. lets the enthusiastic playing of the drums describe a young horse running along the countryside. The intensity builds throughout the piece and is sustained until the���end. These ntualsj allegedly drive evil spirits away. The third piece was called Hiryu sarndamgaeshi, which goes back to ancient Japanese times. It is a I The history of Taiko is an integral part of the Japanese people funeral war time dance where each of the performers take turns in pairs pounding the OH—taiko drum. The act finishes with the final two members concluding their drum playing and all of ibem forming a circular stance around the drum, This act also used dragon costumes to scare away what were believed to be ghosts in order to save the village. The grand finale, called the Tidal Wave," is an original composition which involves everyone participating in pairs on the OH—drum while being accompanied by smaller drums and bells in a highly expressive performance signifying the immensity of a mill wave. The performers—si* men and two women—wore Japanese traditional walking clothes which go back to the Japanese culture around 500 years ago. The history of taiko is an intregal pan of the Japanese people The drum, considered sacred since ancient times, was first used to drive away evil spirits and pests that were harmful to crops. Taiko has developed from a somewhat primitive folk an to a more sophisticated art in recent years. Taiko Dojo is on a nauonwide lour with its next stop in Florida. Research with computers Terminal hookups will provide instant information By AliU Loe $M0 Writer In the near future, CSUF students will be able to sit down at a computer terminal, punch a few buttons and kx>k up research material without going to the library and riffling through the card catalog. According io Michael Gorman, dean of library services. CSUF will be replacing its card catalog with an automated circulation system, expected by fall 1990. "It'll be a more extensive systdH thai will provide a public on-line catalogue finder," said Gorman. The system will cost between $500,000 and S75O,000 and will come from campus funds, said Gorman. Gorman hopes to see terminals eventually installed at different parts of the campus. There's no reason why they can't be in the dorms as well" he said. According to Vlnce Smith, head of catalogs and chair of the automation committee, this will be an intergraied system. "Looking down the line; all serial holdings will be on n, books we were going to order, if the books are out of circulation," said Smith. Smith called the system one of the best, flexible and very each to use. It doesn't have a lot of special symbols or key abnviauons...it leads you into the activity and through il" With the new system, students will be able to search for books using such information as key words, graduate or undergraduate level and date published. Eventually, the system will be linked with other CSU and local libraries, said Gorman. "It's exciting. If you can't find something here, you can look at the other CSU campuses," he said. According to Smith, il would be reasonable lo believe that if a student had computer at home, "he would be able to have dial-up access." Smith said the committee, comprised of CSUF and two other CSU campuses, looked at specific plans drawn up by other libraries. The committee had been formed for about a year. "Most libraries need the same type of things, the needs of the users arc very similar," he said, "But each campus will have Control of their own on-line system." Smith added die system will enable the library stall to do things much quicker. Things like access to records, being able to quickly change things and have them immediately show that change." said Smith. Smith said the main goal of the library "is to make knowledge easily approachable," "We have ova 600,000 tides that cover all types of subjects," he said. See RESEARCH, page 3 CSUF_ sees rise in gifts By Suzanne M. Com; Contributing Writer CSUF received a record $6,853,000 million in donations during die 1987- 88 academic year with more than S3.4 million in scholarship gifts- Donations were made di reed y to the university as well as through other support groups. . . Richard Francois, CSUFd&ptfptof development and; said he believes t a record levd Of rontrtouuonj, nu angle support croup experienced a See G,m. pane .1 - |