1991_04 The Daily Collegian April 1991

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Truth not an issue with hypocrites  h
By Morey Holzman
H,
.ypocrisy is alive and
well in the Valley.
Proof can be found in the
attempted shooting of Visalia
judge Harry Broadman by an
anh-abortionist,wholiketocall
themselves "Right-to-Lifers."
Regardless of your view on
abortion, ifs hard not to see the
hypocrisy.
Nowhere else on campus do
we know that any better than
at Truth Central, known this
semester as The Collegian.
The editorial staff at Truth
Central would like to be able to
print some of the unprintable
comments received but if you
wanted toseea four-letter word
tirade you could rent an An¬
drew Dice Clay concert.
And there have been many.
Lawsuits were threatened also.
All in the search of one thing:
truth.
There are a lot of behind-the-
scenes events that never make
their way into print. Like lep¬
ers, the only solace journalists
ever receive is from other jour¬
nalists.
We know this entering the
profession. And if we don't,
we leam soon enough.
If we write something posi¬
tive about a person, chances
are that person will thank us
forwriung"agreatstory." Even
if the writing is the literary
equivalent of Fun With Dick
and Jane.
If we write something truth-
ful-yet-negative,even if it is so
well-written Emie Hemingway
would have been impressed,
we are the bad muckrakers.
Likeifs Bob Wood ward's fault
that Watergate was broken
into.
To give you an example ol
what a conversation in such a
subject sounds like, please al¬
low me to repeat (as accurately
as 1 can, I took no notes) a reac¬
tion toa recent column of mine
in Sanger that printed an uglv
truth:
Mrs. J: "Howcould you write
such garbage?"
Me: "What are..."
Mrs. J: "Ever since you came
here two years ago, you've
written some great things and
some awful things about my
'son. Your writing sucks. Espe¬
cially that last thing vou wrote.
Why are you doing this to these
good kids? Defend yourself."
Me: "Well, I don't under¬
stand...
Mrs. J: "It angers me that
(incoherent diatribe that lasted
45 seconds, which I tuned out-
MH). No wonder whv you still
work here. There's no other
paper in America who would
hire you."
Me:"Well vou're certainly
entitled to your opinion."
[mistake on mv part)
Mrs. J: "Your dammed nght
I am." Slam. She hung up.
My thought: Sit and spin.
Oh, there arc times when we
deserve it. For instance, the
New York Times wrote a fea¬
ture story on hockey's Brett
Hull and mispellcd twonames,
the teams they played on and
made a serious factual error.
No journalist is ever perfecl
— myself included — but as a
group we're far more honest
than many of the people we
write about,
Morey Holzman is a December
1990 graduate of CSUF ami
currently employed as sport*
eduor of the Sanger Herald
Male dancer makes his pointe
By Thorn riouseman
dyer sit down and realize
that you are incredibly uncom¬
fortable? I am writing this col¬
umn with the world's most
masochistic article of clothing
on. It is called a dance belt. It is
basically a jock strap with only
one strap. I'll let you guess
whereit goes. My theory is that
it was invented to avenge the
creation of pointe shoes for
female dancers.
Three years I have had to
deal with this bugger and it
hasn't gotten any better. But,
by far, this is the least of the an¬
noyances in the dance world
here at glorious CSUF.
Let me explain a few things
about the dance program here.
11 is comprised mostly of mod¬
ern dance. When 1 mention
modem dance to most non-
dancers the reaction is similar
to thatof a graphically describ¬
ing hemorrhaging or boils or
something.
Modem dance is like any¬
thing else, there is both good
andbadandanoverabundance
of mediocrity. And my recent
trip to the American College
Dance Festival in Springfield,
MO proved just that.
CSUF showed two student
pieces; both received positive
reviews. One was chosen for
the final gala (kind of like the
play-offs for you non-artsy
types.) Basically, we blew most
of Ihe other schools out of the
water. If it had been a sporting
event we would have been
awardeed a trophy and
whisked back at the school's
expense. As it turned out, we
paid our own ways and patted
ourselves on the back.
What I'm trying to get at is
this: How many of you out
there know that Martha Gra¬
ham passed away on Aprill?
How many of you even know
who she was? How many of
vou give a damn either way?
Toenlighten those of you who
do not know who Martha Gra¬
ham was; she is an American
treasure to the arts world. Much
of dance today around the
world, has been directly or
indirectly influenced by this
one woman. And yet, if Bo
Jackson were to as much as fart
half the U.S. population would
go into mourning. Sound fair?
So here I am trying to clench
my cheeks and continue to
make my point. The Portable
Da ncc Troupe, CSUF's equiva¬
lent to the Fighlin' Dogs, is
about to start a slew of per¬
formances, likel v of which most
nights theaudiencc will fill less
than half of the theatre.
Where are the box seats full
of drunken alumni? Where is
any sort of student support
outside a handful of diehard
dance fans, Drama 62 studenis
trying to salvage their grades
and friends of the dancers
themselves? 1 will give you a
simpleanswertoasimpleques-
tion - they aren't there.
Life certainly isn't fair. Ten
people have been rehearsing
every night of the week since
the beginning of October, some
in dance belts, others in pointe
shoes - all for the eight nights
of glory under the colored
lights. All they look forward to
is the thought of a full house, a
grateful audience to perform
for. No matter how full the
audience, as the addage goes,
"the show must go on."
I realizethatdancingisn'tas
macho as say ditchdigging or
filing taxes, but it is very dem-
manding, both mentally and
physically. The fact remains
that the only thing that will
come ou t of closet are mv shi rt
and pants, oh, and ot course,
mv dance belts.
I have managed to sit here
with this death strapon while 1
have been pecking awav at the
keyboard, a feat in itself, con¬
sidering my typing skills.
The least students could do
istoattendtheupcomingdance
concert and others like it. Hev.
youcanbnngadate. It'sagreat
opportunity to impress them
at how cultured vou are. Make
them swoon at the insightvou
used in deriding to broaden
your horizons.
Friday the 13th Part 36 can
always wait a week. We all
know Freddy did it. So go see
the PDT if for nolhing else but
the sheer delight of knowing
that I'll be there with my hell
belt on.
Whoknbows? You may even
walk out of the show, (prefera¬
bly at the end) having enjoyed
yourself. You may not
It's a chance you'll have to
take. Either way ihe show must
goon.
And it will.
Mr. Houseman is a theatre and
dance majorat CSUF.
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