Highlights

Friday

Taylor Kitchens is a "sort ofsoft rock" piano player and vocal-ist who will start cooking at 9o'clock in the pub. Alcohol awarepeople will note that beer is 50cents.

Saturday

What do "how now, kiss me, notnow" and "o u kids" mean to you?

k Maybe "Love is in the air" wouldbe a better hint.

Well, I won't tell you what anorange carnation on Sunday means,but I will tell you that I'm lead-ing up to a story about the bigValentine's Day dance in the pub,which will start at 9:30 o'clock. It

" would be a Crime to miss it. Ac-tually, The Crime will be there.50-cent beer is no crime.

Monday

If this is Monday the 15th, thenRA applications are hereby avail-able. You have to put your nameon this list so they'll know who'sthinking about it. If you want itfor the money, it's not worth it.They also let you take only oneapplication, so if you don't makea scratch copy, you could easilyscrew up, and how good would thatlook? Celebrate with a 50-cent beerin the pub.

Breakfor some

Don't forget to invite your 'rentsto Parent's Weekend (March 12,13, 14) when you see them or callthem over break for a little morecash-hish.

Breakfor others

If the pub and the grill can doit, so can the social commission.Beauty and the Beats will begintheir rock and roll at 9 o'clockFriday night in the pub, the placewith 50-cent beer.

On Saturday, come watch somebasketball against Centre Collegeat 2 o'clock.

Tuesdayand Wednesday

"Picnic at Hanging Rock" is thisweek's movie about a St. Valen-tine's Day picnic in Australia inthe year 1900. The excellent pho-tography is well worth 50 cents.That's for the film, not the beer.9 o'clock.

Thursday

Diana Jo Stein plays a mellowpiano. Come relax in the pubaround 9 o'clock and drink 50-centbeer, 90 cents if you own a stein.

Ethridge Knight is a literary fig-ure who will do a reading in thepub at around 7:30 o'clock. If youcheck with Professor Pat Stevens,you can find out what this is allabout. Let's hope Ethridge doesn'tfind the 50-cent beer!

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VOL. 68, NO. 15 FEBRUARY 12, 1982

Workshop examinestI = i campus alcohol use

Donna "D.r. rarus staas and killsn r Assassmn vcum. LUo sur-vive," said D.P., "you have to be continually alert, or in other words,paranoid." photo by Jeff Wright

Assassins stalkingworried student prey

by Sherard Edington

"Are you still alive?" seems amindless question to ask a personwho is eating supper. But thisquestion has been raised hundredsof times in the past week in re-gard to Southwestern's Assassingame, in which students secretlystalk each other using toy guns.

Assassin has been played at col-leges and universities around thenation for many years. Althoughusually played in the spring, or-ganizers Brian Maffit and DonleyMatthew thought it appropriate forthe winter term at Southwestern.

"Right now people can't go outto play tennis or sit by the pool,"Matthew said. "Assassin givesthem a way to relieve some of thesecond term pressures.

"They are also getting out andmeeting new poeple," he added.

Bo Scarborough, D e an of Stu-dents, met this week with Maffittand Matthew to question the valueand safety of the game. Maffitt as-sured him the game is safe andthe guns used are completely harm-less.

Scarborough asked the game or-ganizers to meet with him whenthe game is over to discuss guide-lines for future Assassin games atSouthwestern.

The origins of Assassin, alsoknown as Killer, Secret Agent,Godfather, and, most commonly,KAOS (Killing As An OrganizedSport), are shrouded in legend. Thegame has been around at leastsince 1966 when a group of OberlinCollege students, inspired by theUrsula Andress movie "The TenthVictim," organized a round of thestalking game.

The game is open to variationand modification. Instead of rub-ber darts, Oregon State and Univer-

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The use and abuse of alcohol atSouthwestern was the focus of theAlcohol Awareness Workshop at-tended by students, faculty andadministrators last weekend.

School psychologist John Whirleyorganized the workshop out of con-cern for student well being andcampus drinking habits. "For threeyears we've tried to put togethera workshop that would interest stu-dents, and we finally succeeded,"explained Dean of Students BoScarborough.

The consensus of the 35 peo-ple attending the workshop, accord-ing to Whirley, was the need for in-creased discussion on the use of al-cohol on campus. More open com-munication on the subject wouldcreate a more accepting atmos-phere for those who have run intoproblems with alcohol, he said.

A movie shown Friday night pre-sented the basic facts about alco-hol abuse and alcoholism. It was ameans of giving all participants abasis from which to consider theissue. Following the movie weretalks by Nurse Gill and a student'spersonal account of her case of al-coholism.

Milt Trapold, chairman of theDepartment of Psychology at Mem-phis State and reformed alcoholic,talked with the group on Saturdaymorning. Mr. Trapold's topic wasalcohol abuse in the context ofchemical dependency, which is astate when the use of a chemicalsubstance - not necessarily al-cohol - creates problems in thelife of the user but consumption of

the chemical is continued.

Small group discussions followedlater in the day providing workshopparticipants with the opportunity toconsider the information presentedand how it actually pertains toalcohol use at Southwestern.

Besides a greater awarenes ofalcohol abuse and alcoholism, Scar-borough believes the most impor-tant results of the workshop werethe many "suggestions made thatwould be helpful" not only to theDean of Students office but to theCounseling Center and to the SRCin coping with prevention and in-tervention, of alcohol abuse.

Suggestions made by groups in-cluded: the sponsoring of similarworkshops which would be opento the campus community, the es-tablishment of a hotline to handlecalls from and provide informationto those with drinking problems,and the enforcement of providingnon-alcoholic beverages at a 11campus functions.

Whirley said the workshop wasbeneficial in raising participants'awareness of the use of alcohol oncampus. It pointed to the need ofheightening individual's sense ofresponsibility when they d rink.Also, it raised the need of relievingthe "subtle but unintentional pres-sure on those that don't drink.

"If nothing else, the attendanceof the workshop indicated an in-terest in the subject and a senseof commitment to the search forideas to enlighten the campus tothe responsible use of alcohol," hesaid.

Newsbriefs

Activist to speak on political organizationSteve Summerford, political

organizer and activist, willspeak about political groups oncampuses Sunday at 6:00 p.m.in the East Lounge.

Summerford has spent timein jail both in the United Statesand abroad as a result of civildisobedience. He was once ar-rested in Red Square, Moscow,for attempting to hold an illegaldisarmament demonstration.Summerford organized and

participated in the AppalachianRoute of the Continental Walkfor Freedom, a six-week footjourney from Oak Ridge, Ten-nessee, to Washington, D.C. Dur-ing this walk, he, along withseven other Americans and twoJapanese Buddhist monks, talk-ed with hundreds of local citi-zens along the route about theimportance and dangers of thearms race.

Summerford has also been in-volved in issues such as thedraft, U.S. involvement in ElSalvador, nuclear power, sex-ism, and racism. He will alsospeak at the Prescott MemorialPresbyterian Church on Mondaynight. His topic will be the cam-

paign to freeze production ofnuclear arms.

The Committee for PoliticalAwareness, which is sponsoringthe event, will give rides, whichwill leave at 6:30 p.m. from theEast Lounge.

GolfAny student interested in try-

ing out for the varsity golf teamshould see Coach Troll by Mon-day, February 22. Qualifyingrounds will be arranged as try-outs. Four of last year's six-man team have graduated, leav-ing the team wide open forbright young golfers. See CoachTroll in the gym, or call exten-sion 353 or 355.

PartyThe Black Student Association

will be having a Valentine's DayParty Saturday, February 13th,at 10:00 in the lower level ofPalmer Hall. Admission is $1.50for singles and $2.50 for couples.Open to everyone.

SGA taxisThe SGA Welfare Commission

will be providing transportationto and from the airport beforeand after winter break. If youneed a ride, call Debbie Efird(276-3627) or leave a note inher box (215) by noon on Mon-day, February 15.

lockers

The Town Student Represen-tatives would like to announcethat the lockers in the StudentCenter are for the use of townstudents only. All town studentswith lockers should report theirlocker numbers to Steve Sharpat Box 829 before the end ofFebruary. The locks on unre-ported lockers will be filed offon March 1.

correction

Bylines were inadvertantlyomitted from two stories ap-pearing in recent editions of TheSou'wester. "Dogs life easy atPam's pet boutique" was writ-ten by Liz Hart, and "Sexualabuse increasing at Southwest-ern" was written by SherardEdington.

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Editor ............... ................................. Mark HurleyAssociate Editor ............................... ...... Tracy VezinaNews Editor. ................ ................... Sherard EdingtonSports Editor. ............................................... Ed ArcherPhotography Editor. ....................................... Jim SandersFortnight Editor ....................................... Debbie WalkerHighlights Editor. ........................... Sarah Dabney GillespieCirculation Manager ...............................:....... Mary HomeReporters ..................... Jennie Inglis. Kevin Ferner. Margot Emery,

Donna Schardt, David James, Connie Thompson,

Mary Home, Peggy Wood, Bert BarnesPhotographers ............... Jeff Wright, Sherard Edington, Mike Nance

Cartoonist ................. .......................... Brian Maffitt

Contributors ..................... Debbie Efird, Robert Ford, David Carig,Terry Hampton, Gregor Turk, Lesa Halfacre.Beth Baxter

A sense of identityAlex Haley, in the novel Roots, wrote that "one must know where

he has come from in order to know where he is going."' This statement,in other words, expresses the ideology that an individual must have asense of his own identity - who he is with respect to his accomplish-ments, failures, strengths, and weaknesses - before he can know thedirection toward which his life is destined. This concept is applicable topersons of all races and ages; however, it is the purpose of this articleto examine its relevance to Black Americans and the importance oftheir history.

The accomplishments of Black Americans and their contributionsto the American way of life have been excluded from the annals of Amer-ican history for far too long. As a result, many Black children have beendeprived of a vast portion of their rich heritage, beginning at an earlyage. This deprivation stunts the development of a positive self-imageand, thus, hampers or prevents the attainment of goals and desires. Lack-ing the knowledge of their past, Black Americans have no basis onwhich to determine their future. This is very important in light of thefact that the future of Black Americans is entwined with the future ofall Americans. All Americans, no matter what their race, will determinethe United States which is yet to be.

Black History Month was developed to heighten the awareness ofpeople to the contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans.Black history is most certainly a source of pride for Black Americans.It is a heritage of talents, faith, ingenuity, courage, and determinationwhich allowed Blacks to overcome trials, hardships, and oppression.Black history is also of benefit to other racial groups as well. It remindsthem that many groups have contributed to the American way of life.There is a tendency by some to associate American History with "WhiteHistory." Black history is part of the history of America and should berecognized as such. The Reverend Jesse Jackson expressed this histor-ical perspective in the following manner:

If you show me an Abraham Lincoln writing an Emancipa-tion Proclamation, I'll show you a Frederick Douglass providingthe ink. If you'll show me a Woodrow Wilson dealing with theUnited Nations or the League of Nations, I'll show you a W.E.B.DuBois whose papers were the forerunner. If you show me aFranklin Roosevelt, I'll show you an A. Phillip Randolph. If youshow me a Harry Truman, I'll show you black men of the caliber,of those in the Red Ball Express who rebelled in mutiny to thetreatment of black soldiers. If you show me an Eisenhower, I'llshow you an Adam Clayton Powell, bringing blacks from theDemocratic to the Republican party. If you'll show me a JohnKennedy, I'll show you a Martin Luther King. If you show me aLyndon Johnson, I'll show you a Selma, Alabama.2

Black history is important. It instills pride and determination in Black

Americans. It is the saga of a people. It is the recognition of forefatherswho faced the challenge of sometimes seemingly insurmountable obsta-cles with courage and dignity. It is a part of the history of America. Per-haps Langston Hughes best expresses the emotions which Black historyevokes for a Black individual: "I, too, sing America . . . I, too, amAmerica."3

Lisa Halfacre

1-Alex Haley, Roots (Garden City, New York; Doubleday, 1976), p. 557.2-The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Universal Life's 50th Anniversary Celebration,Memphis. March, 1973.3-Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper and other Poems (New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1932), p. 76.

Box 724:The Sou'wester article on sexual

abuse exposed an issue which hasbeen brewing for weeks. Hopefully,through the process of dialogue,exchange, confrontation, and in-creasing consciousness, we will un-derstand the nature and extent ofproblems which exist here. Hope-fully, some of them will diminishas social attitudes which spawnand maintain them change or be-come unacceptable.

It is difficult to separate rumorfrom fact, to determine the degreeof overlap of vaguely reported in-cidents, or to choose appropriateactions. I believe as conversationcontinues directions will emerge.

Meanwhile, when rumor and al-legations threaten to hide under-lying issues and truths, and whenwalls may be built of paranoia anddefensiveness, I worry that theneeds of individuals might pale be-side the passion for social justiceand reform. There are probablywomen who have never talkedabout frightening or humiliating ex-periences which still worry them.

I invite these to come and sharein confidence (i.e. privately, with-out fear of retaliation or exposure)their fears and feelings. I invitemen and women who are concerned

Evolution: Robert Ford

Keel:by Robert Ford

Being a biology major at South-western, I have become very fa-miliar with evolution and its manybiological applications. It has beensaid that "evolution is the one uni-fying theory in all of biology." Allof the classifications of living thingsare based on evolution. The studyof the development of animals isclosely associated with evolution.Genetics would not be the sciencethat it is without all of its evolu-tionary implications. And I believethat evolution occurs.

As I see it, the problem withteaching young students about evo-lution, as opposed to creation, isnot in the theory itself. But it isin the aura that has grown uparound evolution, that evolution isa godless process. The theory im-plies that evolution runs itself andthat God is not involved. And whenour kids start growing up withoutrecognizing God as the author andperfector of life is when we start

Evolution: David Craig

Fightingby David Craig

"Scientific" creationism shouldnot be taught in the public schoolsbecause it is not science; it is partof a religious belief system. Sci-ence deals only with what can bededucted from physical evidence.Creationism t a k e s its "theory"from literally interpreted religiousliterature, and then attempts tomake the facts fit the theory. Thisis not very good science.

One p rob le m that creationistsseem to have with evolutionary sci-ence is their claim that it is "ahumanist religion that denies God."It does no such thing, but nor doesit confirm His existence. Sciencecan describe only that which is de-tectable by physical means. Godis by definition (or lack thereof)beyond such detection: science cansay nothing about God, either toconfirm or deny his existence.

Another thing creationists liketo do is question the very firmphysical evidence for evolution.They question the accuracy of suchtechniques as radiocarbon and fis-sion-track dating used in modernpaleoarchaeology. Near ly all ofthese techniques, however, arebased on very well-known physicalprocesses, and possible ranges oferror are very carefully noted.

Fossils are checked by as manytechniques as possible. Such meth-ods eventually revealed the famousP il tdo w n Man hoax which had

about the well-being of friends tocome and talk. I invite men wor-ried about the way they use theirstrength and power in relationshipsto come and learn what alternativesthey have.

This is a stressful time in a stress-ful, complex, and unpredictable en-vironment. Under such conditionsmany problems increase, includingphysical illness, violence, alcoholabuse, depression, sexual actingout, anti-social behavior, withdraw-al, anxiety, and self-abuse. It helpsif people know their limits and re-sponsibilities, know where othersstand, understand their rights, andfeel that others care about whathappens to them and about whatthey do.

As we continue dialogue aboutsocial behavior and sexual harass-ment, and anything else whichneeds the light of day, my hopesare that we will seize opportunitiesfor reconciliation, affirm the worthi-ness and dignity of each of us, andaim for growth of, rather than de-struction of, community.

Sincerely,John WhirleyCollege Counselor

Box 724:In response to last week's article

)ing God inhaving problems.

I was raised in a very conserva-tive environment, but I have foundout that evolution is not the "badword" I thought it was when I wasgrowing up. As long, that is, as youmean evolution through naturalselection, the "differential survivaland reproduction of individuals car-rying alternate inherited traits. Ibelieve that God created the natur-al laws that govern the universe,and one of these is evolution. But Ibelieve that God still take s anactive part in the world and doesnot just sit back and let evolution,or anything else, take its course.

I was talking with another stu-dent about this last term, and hesaid that I was crazy if I believedthat "poof," one second there wasno life and the next second therewere a bunch of living things onthe earth. This does seem farfetched. But it is even harder forme to believe that all of life weknow today came from one little

the fundamfooled biologists for years before the1950's. Creationists often gleefullypoint to such mistakes as examplesof the failure of science. But theyfail to note the thing that distin-guishes their beliefs from true sci-ence: science is self-correcting.The Piltdown hoax was discovered,and by modern dating techniques.

The whole science of evolutionrests on a very broad base. Evolu-tionary research is highly coopera-tive. Research teams commonlyinclude anthropologists, anatomists,linguists, physicists, microbiolo-gist s, chemists, geologists, andmany others.

As far as the scientific commu-nity is concerned, evolution is afact, not a theory, although theremay be details of the process yetto be worked out. The creationists'claim that evolution is "only atheory" is like saying that nuclearphysics is "only a theory" (Hiro-shima is quite tangible evidencethat it is much more).

As far as religion is concerned,biological evolution simply saysthat man did not simply spring intoexistence, he slowly evolved fromlower forms according to the na-tural laws and processes of nature.It says nothing of God, but norcan it deny his possible involve-ment.

Modern cosmology says that theuniverse began in a huge explosion10 billion years ago. It can say

"Students Man March Phonathon,"we would like to point out a fewmore aspects of the phonathon that *affect the students involved.

As former participants of thephonathon, we have found it excit-ing to contact alumni who are in-terested in talking with currentstudents. The alumni not only de-sire to share with us what South-western was like in their years, butalso they are very eager to hearabout campus life today.

In this regard, students are inthe best position to provide a cur-rent positive view of the school. A

The Development Office recognizedthis; therefore, for the first time,the 1982 phonathon - instead ofbeing run by alumni and aided bystudents - will be completely or-ganized and carried out by stu-dents.

One benefit of the. phonathon tostudents is that the total contribu-tions to the ,Southwestern Fund con-stitute 10% of the annual budget.This is, it helps hold down TUI-TION! In addition,, the student willbenefit from an important involve-ment in the Southwestern commu-nity without commiting himself toa long term project.

Alice Marie ClarkPeter Rooney

mindnucleic acid in a hydrogenous, am-monia filled atmosphere. I am

not sure if I believe that God di-vinely created the fir s t life andcontinues to oversee the creation oflife by the control of His naturallaws.

I just as strongly believe thatman is not .a product of evolution.His physical body may haveevolved through natural selection,and may still be doing so. But thething that makes man man, a spiritmade in the image of God, is notthe product of evolution. It is some-thing that God had to have mi-raculously created and placedwithin man. It is not something inus that is not in the chimpanzeesimply because we "grew up" in adifferent part of the world.

Since the physical evidence forcreationism is not overwhelming,maybe it should not be taught asthe way it happened. But we shouldteach our kids that no matter howlife first began, God did it.

Mentalistsnothing of God, and as far as weknow, there is no way of getting "information from before the BigBang. Of course, it is possible to •discount all the evidence by sayingthat God instantaneously createdthe universe and all evidence forevolution ("to test the faithful")6,000 years ago.

Of course it could have been lastTuesday and our memories werecreated to test us too. If God isgoing to make it looks so much likewe evolved, we .might as well haveevolved.

"Scientific" creationism shouldnot be taught in public schools be-cause a) it is a religious belief,and therefore unconstitutional toteach in a state institution, and b) "it is simply very bad science.

One of America's problems isthat its leadership in science isslipping. Those who attack evolu-tion indirectly attack many otherdisciplines. Those who would forceit to be taught make science sub-ject to the whims of those who lit-

erally interpret the Bible.If biblical creationism must be

taught for "equal time" what aboutHin d u? Islamic? Shinto? Greekmythology? America is supposed tobe free of state-established religion.Biblical fundamentalists are tryingto get their beliefs established aspart of the public school curricu- *lum.

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Assassin fosters paranoia(Continued from Page 1)

, sity of Pennsylvania studentsplayed rounds of the sport withchocolate kisses. One short-livedMichigan State version used piesin place of the normal darts.

Southwestern's version requires aplayer to submit an informationportfolio with his address, classschedule, and picture. After re-

, ceiving the portfolio of a potentialvictim, the player must use a toy

4 gun to kill the victim in front ofno more than two witnesses. The

" assassination cannot take place ina class or a victim's room.

Each player tapes a quarter totheir portfolio. The quarter and

o portfolio are collected by e a c hplayer's assassin, who then usesthe portfolio to identify his nextvictim.

The game began last Saturdayand will continue until March 10 or

until only one p a ye r remainsalive.

Assassin hay had its drawbacks.Cal State University-Long Beachstudent Michael Reagan was shottwice by campus security officerStephen King, an 11-year veteran ofthe department. King mistook a toyguy Reagan was brandishing for areal gun. Reagan, who was hos-pitalized in critical condition, isexpected to recover fully from thewounds.

Psychologist B run o Bettelheimthinks the game is "pretty sick."

"These kids don't have any realproblems, so they invent them," hesaid.

Many Southwestern stud entssaid they have enjoyed devisingingenious ways to trap and killtheir victim. Some have hidden forhours waiting for their target to ap-pear, while others have used fakephone calls or other tricks to lurethe victim out of their room.

'Dilemma' bypassing 1982,attempting revival next year

Dilemma, Southwestern's annualsymposium in which national and

a internationally known speakers con-front topical issues, will not be heldthis spring for the first time in its14 year history.

The program, which is totallyL student run, was born in the sixties

and was politically oriented. By thelate seventies, however, Dilemmawas centered around more generaltopics. Dilemma '79 was entitled"In Media We Trust," Dilemma'80 was "Technology and Tomor-row: An Inquiry Into Progress."Last year's program was called"A Celebration of the Arts."

Dilemma '82 will not occur thisyear primarily because of waning

student participation and interest.At present, the '81 Steering Com-mittee is ready to choose a newcommittee for Dilemma '83. TheSteering Committee, consists of twostudent coordinators and five otherstudent participants. Approximate-ly 40 students are needed to runthe program for '83.

If you are interested in organiz-ing Dilemma '83 or have any sug-

gestions, please attend a meeting

in the Student Center Lobby, Mon-day, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. Studentsare needed to organize the opera-tional and financial aspects of Di-lemma. If you are unable to at-tend, please contact Gregor Turk.

Donna "Death Pistol" Parks, whoby Wednesday night had killed fourmen and two women said "It'sgreat to shoot a guy and see hisface when he discovers he's beenkilled by a girl."

She went on to say the main at-tributes of a good assassin are pa-tience, ingenuity, and all-out de-ceitfulness.

"Any paranoia or other negativeaspects of the game," said Parks,"are far outweighed by the tre-mendous amount of fun it has beenfor everyone on campus."

Many of the game's earlier vic-tims said they plan to enter thenext possible round and try to sur- "The only difference between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatchervive a little longer. is their sex," stated Gerald Frost (left) during last Tuesday's Inter-

Obviously, many students are not national Studies discussion. Frost, who is a writer for the Londonaccustomed to handling weapons. Times, advisor to Margaret Thatcher, and member of the Institute for

"After this, I'll never keep a real European Affairs and Strategic Studies, spoke on the close relation ofgun around the house," John Mil- British politics and Thatcherism and American politics and Reagan-ler said Monday. "I've shot myself ism. Col. Likes (right), head of the J. S. Department, oversees Frost'sthree times today." notes during the lecture. photo by Jim Sanders

Currents pictures the presentPercy Bysshe Shelley ended his

"Ode to the West Wind" with thisline: "If winter comes, can springbe far behind?" Spring may be hoton your mind, even if it has notyet crept over your window sill.S pr in g - more specifically, thespring issue of Currents - lies inthe forefront of the minds of itseditors, David James and Gail Mc-Knight.

With the March 1 deadline forsubmissions less than three weeksaway, the. editors are concernedover the input of contributions."They aren't exactly gushing in,"lamented James. "We've receivedsome very fine pieces, but we arein need of more."

He explains that the spring issuewill be the same length as theone distributed in December (44pages) but that "the format will

differ somewhat." The publicationwill be set entirely in one type, anelite style. Prose pieces will beset in even-margined columns, twoper page.

"Marsha Stark in the alumni of-fice has graciously consented to dothis for us," said James, "be-cause it requires the use of a spe-cial machine."

Photographs and two-dimensionalart creations are desired in addi-tion to the written material. "Theprinter can reduce large drawingsand paintings for reproduction,"stated James.

When asked what the purpose orgoal of Currents is, its co-editormused, then responded, "I thinklast year's editors summed it upbest when they said the purposeof Currents was to let 'the voicesof Southwestern speak.' I feel that

all the publications at the college- the newspaper, the yearbook,and the literary magazine - arethe only tangible records that areleft behind for future classes toget a picture of what Southwesternwas like at any given point intime.

"I've learned much about thepast here from reading old issuesof the literary magazine in par-ticular," James continued. "Youcan find out what people werethinking and feeling through thewritings, the photographs.

"I think it's very important for'the v oices of Southwestern tospeak'," he said. "That is why Iencourage people to submit to Cur-rents."

Winter has come; spring is notfar behind. The time has come tocontribute to Currents.

m Y.En< niN i9 .. i IThe Sou'wester Semi-Monthly Calendar of Select Local Events. Edited by Debbie Walker

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Films* High Noon, starring Gary Cooper

and Grace Kelly, will air at Brooks Me-morial Art Gallery at 2:30 p.m. on Feb-ruary 14. Free and open to the public.

* "Easter Island: Puzzle of the Pa-cific" will be shown at Chucalissa Indianr Museum on February 14 at 2:00 p.m. Thefilm describes the large stone figuresfound in that area and speculates onr their origin. Free.

Theatre* "Frankenstein" will be featured at

Playhouse on the Square through Febru-ary 20. For ticket information call 726-4656.

* "I Do! I- Do!" will be playing atr Gaslight Dinner Theatre, 1110 BrooksRoad, through Sunday. A two-person cast

goes through fifty years of marriage inthis musical production. For ticket in-formation call 396-7474.

Dance* The Memphis Ballet will present its

30th Anniversary Concert on February24 in the Music Hall. Henry James' "TheTurn of the Screw" with new choreog-raphy, and "And Ye Shall Be As Gods,"to the music of Stravinsky, will be per-formed.

Music* Thomas Stacy, playing the English

Horn, will perform with the MemphisSymphony on February 20 at 8 p.m. andon February 21 at 2:30. The Concertofor Oboe d'amore by Bach, the Sym-phony No. 4 in D minor by Schumann, theConcerto for English Horn by Persichetti,

Members of the Memphis Ballet Company will perform on Feb. 24 in the troupe's30th Anniversary Concert.

and La Mer by Debussy will be pre-sented.

* "The Barber of Seville," by Rossini,will be presented on February 13 at 8p.m. at the Cook Convention Center inDixon-Myers Hall. Southwestern's librar-ian, Bill Short, plays one of the peasantsin the first act and one of 12 soldiersin the second and third acts of this OperaMemphis production.

Students can buy unsold tickets after7:45 p.m. the night of the show for $3.00.Must show a Southwestern I.D. For ticketinformation call 454-2043.

* Andre Watts, pianist, will play atthe Auditorium Music Hall on February18 at 8:00 p.m. For ticket informationcall Goldsmith's Ticket Office. Sponsoredby the Beethoven Club.

* The Memphis State String Quartetwill perform in Harris Auditorium atMemphis State University on February23 at 8:15 p.m. and on February 24 at8:15 p.m. The Memphis State Concertand Varsity Bands will perform in Har-ris Auditorium. Both events are free.

* Gladys Knight and the Pips willplay four shows February 19 and 20 atthe Orpheum. Jerry Butler will open.For ticket information call 742-2202. Spon-sored by Fred Jones and K97.

Exhibits & Lectures* "Image Guild Exhibit," a photogra-

phy exhibit sponsored by the NationalBank of Commerce, will remain on dis-play through February 27 at the NationalBank of Commerce, Main Branch. Timesfor showing are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, and on Sunday from8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free and open to thepublic.

* "Dinosaur!" a lecture in the Mu-

Persichetti's Concerto forEnglish Hornwill be presented by the Memphis Sym-phony on Feb. 20 and 21 featuring themusical talents of Thomas Stacy.

seum Theatre of the Pink Palace Mu-seum, will be given from 7:30 to 8:30on February 19. Questions to be raisedinclude "How long ago did they live?How many kinds were there? and Whendid they become extinct?" Admission is$1.00 for adults, 50 cents for studentsand free for museum members.

Sports* The U.S. National Indoor Tennis

Championship continues at the RacquetClub this week. Quarterfinals begin Fri-day at 11:00 a.m. and continue into theevening. Tickets are $15.00. Saturday thesemifinals begin at 1:00 p.m. Ticketscost $12.00. Tickets for the finals on Sun-day are sold out. For more informationcall 767-6980.

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February 12, 1982The Sou'wester

Lynx flirt with national ranking

Lynxcat point. guard Rusty McDonald dishes off one of his five assistsin Wednesday night's 69-58 victory over Millsaps.

photo by Jeff Wright

Lady Lynxcats splitduring crucial

by Terry Hampton a fired-up Tigi"Intimidation" seemed to be the like a repeat of

key word for the Lady Lynx as Sewanee led bthey split their two-game series points early inthis past weekend. ever, Sewanee's

"In the first half of the game, three points atFisk simply intimidated us," said western was osophomore forward Melissa Hayes. its comeback rSouthwestern trailed by nine at the The Lynx's cchalf and were behind for the great- forts didn't faller part of the game. A late second- a balanced sco:half rally fell short as the Lady lissa Hayes (18Lynx lost by five (64-59). Betty (16 point

"If we would have had two more (14 points) paccminutes, I believe we could have 58 win over Sewwon the game," said Hayes, who Southwestern'led the Southwestern ladies in scor- rently rankeding with 28 points. and with wins

Things didn't get any easier for games they cotthe ladies when they traveled to a berth in the i

Sewanee on Saturday night to face al Playoffs.

triper team. It lookedd the Fisk game, asby as many as 12the first half. How-s lead dwindled to'the half as South-

once again stagingmove.ome-from-behind ef-short this time, as

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western men's basketball team wasnationally ranked for the fourthconsecutive year last week as theycame in at number 17 in the NCAAIII Top 20.

What's the bad news? The Lynx-cats responding by losing theirfollowing three games. The Lynxdid however, bounce back to de-feat the Millsaps Majors 69-58Wednesday night at home.

Of the three losses, all of whichoccurred on the road, the mostcrucial was the College AthleticConference loss to the Sewanee Ti-gers last Saturday. SAM led at thehalf, but Sewanee came back totake the lead midway through thesecond period. The Tigers immedi-ately proceeded to bring all actionto a halt, by going into a stall of-fense.

Southwestern was forced to foulin an attempt to get the ball back;Sewanee was deadly accurate fromthe foul line, hitting 21 of 28shots in capturing a 63-55 win. Theloss put Southwestern's CAC rec-ord at 4-2, dropping them fromfirst to third place. The leadingscorer for the Lynx was junior for-ward Tim O'Keefe, who ended with20 points. Rozelle Henderson led theteam in rebounds with seven.

In addition to the defeat, South-western also lost point guard JeffPhillips to a knee injury 11 minutesinto the game. His presence asplaymaker was soon missed as theLynx offense had trouble adjustingto his absence. It is hoped thatPhillips will be able to return toaction by the end of the week.

The night before the "game onthe hill" the Lynxcats again blewa halftime lead in losing to FiskUniversity in N a s h v i lle, 69-65.SAM's leading scorer, freshmanScott Patterson, totaled 26 points.

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Union Bulldogs. Once again South-western took a lead into the lockerroom at halftime, but they failed tohold it as Union pulled out a 64-59win. Rozelle Henderson was boththe leading scorer, with 16 points,and the leading rebounder withnine.

The Lynx returned home Wednes-

Box 724.......I would like to say a few words

about liberalism at Southwestern,as it seems to be all the rage inthese pages.. Everybody's lookingwildly around to see who electedthat heartless, racist scoundrelRonald Reagan to the presidency,and I have a possible answer, asnobody around here seems to wantto confess.

But first let's have a look at thetypical self-professed Southwesternliberal. I would like to know a littleabout these noble idealists; let meget out my Little Black Book ofSweeping Generalities . .

Here's a good one, let's have alook. It's the New Flower Child. Asfar as this mellow individual isconcerned, the late sixties were thehalcyon days of American. politicaland social consciousness. Idealismran hot in the veins of everyone,a burning desire to create a better,more humane society. Absolutely.

Tell me, who was elected to thepresidency in 1968? And where areall those high-minded humanitari-ans today (1972 was just 10 years

ago-)? Obviously, the sixties "rev-olution" was a little more super-ficial, transient, and - dare Isay it? - faddish than a lot of ourpsychedelic relics would care toadmit. Also, they don't like to bereminded of the fact that theyspent the Age of Aquarius sittingin various elementary school class-rooms in the Mid-South.

Despite what they would like tobelieve, they were much too youngat the time to burn a draft card,march in a civil rights demonstra-tion, or tour with Jimi Hendrix.The New Flower Children view ourpresent decade through a purplehaze of disgust - seems like noone wants to conform to their non-conformity any more.

Also, the sixties were, as every-one knows, more fun to be youngin - back then, you could takedrugs, occupy administration build-ings, and do all sorts of groovythings in the name of some hollowbut lofty-sounding political or socialcause. Nowadays, there's no excusefor it, and students are more con-cerned with trivialities like gettinga job and making a living.

How tragic. The sixties may look

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day and broke a three game losingstreak with the victory over Mill-saps. Sparked'by the outside shoot-ing of popular point guard RustyMcDonald, who filled in for the in-jured Phillips, SAM recovered froma 28-26 halftime deficit by shoot-ing a hot 62% from the field in thesecond half.

exciting and romantic in retrospect,but I'll gladly live in our presentdecade - nobody's trying to draftme.

The New Flower Child may beharmlessly deluded and backwards-looking, but his more presentablecounterpart - the Button-down Lib-eral - is crass and hypocritical.Mark Hurley might refer to theButton-down Liberal as the Neo-Liberal. Which is, by the way,simply a liberal who has adoptedthe tactics and style which got allthe neo-conservatives elected.

The Button-down Liberal indulgesin such pastimes as discussing theproblems of the poor over a few

Heinekens with his fraternity broth-ers. Although he may not adoptthe more flamboyant characteris-tics of the New Flower Child, he isat least as offensive. It is to himin principal that my appeal is di-rected.

All I want to say is: get real! Doyou think liberal thought allows youto sit holed up in an elitist insti-tution c ar p ing about idealism?Hardly. If Mom and Pop had been

Socialists, you wouldn't be herenow. Face it, in terms of finances,Southwestern is a blantantly elitistoutfit. And no, there can't beenough students here on full schol-arships to negate the truth of thatstatement.

Ever hear the epithet "limousineliberal"? The limousine here ispurely figurative - any old Mer-cedes, BMW, Cadillac, or foreignsports car will do. So if the shoefits . .

If you're into helping the poor,why don't you transfer to someless-expensive state school andgive the difference in tuition to thedeserving poor of Memphis insteadof talking about social justice?

Basically, whores don't belongin the vice squad - and, as theysay, Southwestern is the highest-paid whore on North Parkway.

So next time you're trying ,toblame someone for Reagan's elec-tion (that elitist, reactionary ty-rant!), you might look to the peo-ple who are paying a rather heftytuition bill a couple of times a year.

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