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On his way through the library, Tou Moua takes time to   the south, selected by exhibit coordinator Dr. Robert
view the display of photos of the civil rights movement In   Mikell. The photos are on display through Febraury.
By Mike Treleven	
Staff Writer
Twenty photographs honoring slain civil rights leader Martin
Luther King, Jr., will be on display during February in the
Henry Madden Library.
The black and white photos, located on the second floor mezzanine, chronicle the rivil rights movement in the South during the
c^rs.
A second display, tradng black history, is featured across from
the map library, also located on the second floor.
Exhibit coordinator Dr. Robert Mikell selected the photos from
books he has used while teaching African American Studies. He has
taught at CSUF (or 20 years.
Elementary school children from as far away as Hanford have
viewed the exhibit as part of class field trips, Mikell said.
Several CSUF history professors have also made visiting the
exhibit part of their classes, Mikell added.
"I'm not sure how many people will view the display, but I'd
estimate it will be several thousand by the end of the month," he
said.
The exhibits are free to the public.
Madden Library hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to
11 p.m., Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, Saturdays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sundays from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Sponsors of the displays are the African American Studies department. The African American Research Center, the School of
Sodal Science and the Instructional Media Center.
Play is therapy
for local shrink
Christopher Heredia
Staff Writer
"I like to work with people and
help them. I knew this kind of job
would allow me to be indepen-
Doing one-man shows has be-    dent. I couldn't have gotten into
come second nature for Fresno    anything better," he said.
ador Julio Cesar Gramajo.
"A one-man show is the most
demanding thing in theater,"
Gramajo said in a recent interview,
"but it is also perhaps the most
rewarding thing.
"When it's over, the only thing
the actor gets is the applause."
The 56-year-old Guatemalan-
bom actor got more than he bargained for in his recent on-campus solo performance of the Span-
ish play, "La
Amada Inm6vil."
The standing -aa-B-aaaaaai
ovation he received on closing
night of "La
Amada" was just
the kind of re-
Gramajo wrote "La Amada"
based on a book of the same title
by renowned Mexican poet
Amado Nervo. It placed second in
Ohio State University's 1984 National Play Writing Competition.
When he decided to perform
the play at CSUF, Gramajo said he
didn't doubt that a foreign-language play could be successful on
campus. "La Amada" had its first
run on campus in 1984 and
Gramajo said
"In a one-man
show, you don't
££££?   have to depend on
him in theater, he anyone else..."
^"That was a  —Julio Cesar Gramajo
wonderful feel-   	
ing,"   Gramajo   ———
said   after  the
play.
Acting is not Gramajo s vocation. In between his 40-hour job
with the Fresno County Mental
Health Department and his part-
time work at his private psycho-
the audience
then was "terrific."
"Forme, it's
a triumph to
bring so many
people,"
Gramajo said
of the audiences, which
numbered between 60 and
90 each night
during the
play's four-day run.
The play is about poet Nervo's
real-life love for a Parisian woman
who died from typhoid fever in
the early 1900s Gramajo said writing about Nervo was a particular
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/American College Theater
Festival Schedule
The Theater Arts Department is he
the Region VIII Kennedy Center
American College Theater Festival. Theater
arts departments from throughout five
western states are participating.
The Festival, which began yesterday, ends
Sunday at 11 a.m. with an awards banquet:
Registration for the festival costs $35 and
covers tickets to all the productions, workshops and social events. Individual tickets to
the performances go on sale one hour before
curtain. General admission is $8 and $4 for
students.
New Play readings will be held at 1 pan.
Thursday and Friday in Lab School 101.
Workshops are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. through
Saturday at various locations on Campus.
CSUF's "Championship Theater", written
by Terry Miller, is scheduled for today at 2 and
8 p.m.
Play Schedule:
Wednesday
"The Beyonders" by Christian Gossett of
Los Angeles Fierce College, "Writing Fiction"
By John Lamas of San Jose State University
and "Untitled, As of Now" By Seth Howard of
the University of Southern California, 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Arena Theater.
Thursday
"A Warning Of Absence" by Jody Duncan
of California State University, San Bernardino, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Arena Theater.
"The Absence of Lulu McPherson" by Wayne
Taylor of Bringham Young University, 2 and 8
p.m. John Wright Theater.
Friday
"Boys' Life" by Howard Korder of Bakersfield College, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Arena Theater.
Saturday
"Sir Isaac's Duel" by Rand Higbee of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Arena Theater.
"Campaign Promises" By Lee Papa of
Sonoma State University, 2 and 8 p.m., John
Wright Theater.
For more information call 278-2216.
If you have any campus related activities that you
would like listed within Insight's calendar, contact
Laura Rasm ussen at 278-2892.
Black Fry bashes
Neanderthals' hopes
therapy practice, Gramajo sets    pleasure for him.
aside time to write and perfo
the theater.
Even in his vocation, Gramajo
said he prefers to work alone.
"In a one-man show, you don't
have to depend on anyone else,"
Gramajo said. "I could not fit in
working for anybody because my
Ideas were totally different and
radical. I've always wanted to
"Nervo's works rre taught
throughout the Hispanic world,"
he said. "Nervo was so famous
because his language was so
simple. Someone who never went
to school and the person with 15
Ph.D.'scanunderstand his work,"
Gramajo said.
In an interview at his North
Fresno home on the closing night
pursue a career that would give of the play, Gramajo talked about
me the opportunity to be my own some of his reasons for entering
boss." theater, as well therevolut.on-torn
His psychotherapy practice, he conditions he left behind in Gua-
said, gives him that ability. temala in the early 1970s.
Written and performed by Julio Cesar Gramajo, the play
La Amada Inmovll delves Into writer Amado Nervos
state of mind after the death of his beloved.
"At that time |in Guatemala)
things werea^hek and white, left
or right, with no middle ground.
"I wanted to get the hell out
of my country," he said. "I
couldn't make a living there."
Gramajo's "extreme left"
ideas, he said, didn't coincide
with those of the conservative
government nor with any of his
former employers.
"If I had stayed over there, I
wouldn't be alive today," he
said.
Gramajo said he still longs
to be with his family at times.
"I had my parents there."
As he looked around thespa-
cious'living room of his self-
designed home, he said,
"Maybe over here I'm trying to
compensate for the things I
Overall, the sacrifice has
been well worth it, he said.
"People in Guatemala are
victimized by a political system." Gramajo said the small
country is politically and economically exploited by several
foreign countries, including the
United States.
"The territory is very small.
Most of the land is used to grow
bananas for Safeway instead of
planting something for the
people."
In addition, he cited human
rights violations as his reasons
for leaving Guatemala.
"A college professor friend
was dragged out of his class
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By Jeff Kopp	
Staff Writer   -— _.
The Jan. 31 Dodge - MTV
Rockin' Campus Bash was more
than a battle for the title of CSUFs
best bandr^
The concert is one of the few
opportunities for Fresno's youth
to catch a glimpse of local bands.
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lately 700 fans showed up at the
Train of Thought played their set
after Th#* Shroud, but people
seemed to come out of the woodwork when Black Fry took the stage
at 7 p.m.
The crowd incrcased^tojiearly
400 fans as Black Fry played their
version of punk-funk.
Black Fry's punk influence,
heavy bass line and high energy
initiated the fans to begin a mosh
msassssssssssssssssssssmmnsssm   circle in the pit
of the Satellite
Student Union
where several
fans danced
and ran wildly
around      in
circles.The
bands seemed
to feed off the
energy of the
younger fans,
who absorbed everything the
dimly lit Satellite Student Union    ™™J
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Thought, Black Fry, The Nean
derthals and the Miss Alans.
Miss Alans bassist Jay Fung
said, "I could care less about the
The Shroud took the stage a. drunksweusuallyplayforatbars.
the scheduled starting time of 5 1,k*Dlhe C"Cr8y °f 'hC W?6"
pm. to play before a crowd of fanS" PluS^7"Cmorcl,ke,y '°
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of CSUF students. School sophomore weanng a shirt
The crowd remained small as	
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