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?iHe<l and Black. Thunduy. April 3. 1975
'Cop Out' to be
performed here
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Photo by DALE STALEY
POLITICAL FORUM AT MYERS
L-l . Thurman, Horsley, O'Connell, Bills, Wildes, Glassman not pictured
Forum yields
candidate stands
By JIM GALLOWAY
and SANDI MARTIN
FOCUS' connection with the
“scandal-ridden'' administra
tion of ONWARD was the main
topic of discussion in a ques
tion and answer session in the
South Myers lobby attended by
five representatives of student
political parties vying in next
week's elections.
Mark Glassman (Indepen
dent). Scott Thurman (UAP),
Carolyn Wildes (FOCUS), Neal
Horsley (PPP), and Jodie
O'Connell (Coalition) were
each given five minutes to
make an opening statement,
after which the floor was open
to questions.
Thurman accused the
FOCUS executive slate of
"Getting out (of ONWARD)
just before the roof fell in,”
connecting them with the "cor
rupt" administration of J Riv
ers Walsh.
Wildes countered Thurman's
remarks "Thai's just like
condemning the whole Republi
can party for what the Nixon
administration did. You can't
blame us for what others did,"
he said. Wildes went on to say
that the FOCUS executive slate
was not involved in the hierar
chy of the ONWARD party and
thus had no decision making
power in forming ONWARD's
policies.
The effectiveness of the Stu
dent Senate was another major
issue discussed at the debate,
which was sponsored by the
Myers Hall Council.
Voicing support for the com
plete dissolution of the Student
Senate, Thurman said, "Four
limes FOCUS senators voted
against holding the Dixie refer
endum. a referendum that was
passed by an overwhelming
number of students. So it is
clear that the senate does not
represent the majority student
as it claims.”
Thurman also said that,
since the senate would not
exist, the SGA treasurer would
be elected by the student body,
and the treasurer would then
appoint a committee that
would determine the allocation
of student funds.
Horsley agreed that the sen
ate was not representative of
the student body, but recom
mended retaining it. "In total
referendum, senators will be
required to sign charters re
quiring them to vote with the
majority. Senators who refuse
will be forced to resign.”
Referendums containing is-
ues of concern will beheld each
month, according to Horsley.
and the president will have the
power to call special referen
dums
Wildes advocated no such
changes and said that the
FOCUS slate offered a “com
mon sense attitude" toward
working with the administra
tion, "asking politely rather
than demanding violently."
O’Connell blames the sen
ate’s ineffectiveness on the
students involved. "If student
government is going to be
worth a damn, then the people
have to be worth a damn. Per
sonally. I am disturbed at the
lack of informed people here
tonight," he said, referring to
the candidates
Glassman. who is spending
no money for campaigning and
accepting no contributions, of
fered himself as an alternative
candidate with no party ties.
Making his first appearance as
a candidate. Glassman said. “I
will serve you with no commit
ments. with no set philosophy.
I am the only candidate who
will admit that I honestly don't
know what I'd do if I'm elect
ed."
Glassman added that "if I do
happen to walk on water” and
receive a significant number of
votes, he will ask for a runoff.
By TERRI DORSEY
A young woman clad in a
leotard walks around the room
flopping her arms like a rag
doll and making deep guttural
noises warming up her vocal
chords A guy in a police uni
form asks where the bullets
are for his gun.
Cathy McQuaig and Wayne
Knight are preparing for a
rehearsal of Cop Out. a play by
John Guare about the fantasy-
world of a policeman The
play, directed by Gary Raines,
won first place at the Georgia
Theatre One Act Play Festival
As a result of winning the
competition, the group has
been asked to perform and
conduct a workshop at the
Georgia Theatre Conference as
student representatives. The
play will be performed Thurs
day night in the Drama build
ing at 8 p.m.. as a special pre
view
Stewart Vaughn, a well-
known New York director, con
sidered such criteria as the
cast's performance, execution
of the play, lighting, and
staging in selecting the group
as winners.
The play is about a loser cop
, that falls in love with a demon
strator that always carries a
blank placard. The cop, Bert
Arrow, tells her that it would
be belter to love a murderer
than to cavort with some
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dupo-Oomtme " ‘HUr affair
with the girl causes tiim to fall
in the ill graces Of hit superi
ors. lii an attempt to gain
favor in,,the police force and
prove his. dedication to cop-
hood. Arrow gets a vasectomy
because, as Arrow soys. "99
per cent of the L A police
force has them.” In between
scenes of Arrow 's dull life we
see him in his fantasy role as a
super cop out to get "Mr. Big."
Raines said that in a two
character play, the director is
like a third character, because
he makes decisions that can
influence the audience's rear-
lion to the play almost as
much as the actors' perform
ance
For example. Raines chose a
simple crate as the only piece
of set because three objects on
the stage are more pleasing
visually than two.
He also uses lights to give
the illusion of a swimming
effect around (he main char
acter. Raines combined the
lighting effects with confusing
transitions between Bret Ar
row's real life and fantasies to
show how vague the difference
is between reality and fantasy.
Raines originally directed
Fop Out for a directing class.
He chose the play because he
was challenged by its difficulty
and because be agreed with
the play's suggestion that
American society is crazy.
Photo by ROBERT PUSEY
WAYNE KNIGHT IN TOP OUT'
Play is about fantasy world of a policeman
University plans course
on how to run a resort
GVA asks for input to
aid discovery of problems
By VERNON JONES
Vietnam era veterans are a
very apathetic group as a
whole, according to Mike Dom-
iny. president of the Georgia
Veterans Association <GVA>.
The GVA is an organization
for veterans at the University
to help serve the needs of the
veterans enrolled in school
"We need input to find out
what new problems veterans
may be encountering, but we
don't have any communication
with a lot of veterans." Domi-
ny said. "Many veterans are
skeptical as hell of organiza
tions because of their experi
ence in the armed forces," he
explained "They are three or
four years older and have seen
a lot more than most students,
and they don't think they need
an organization." he said
"Out of a population of 1800
veterans attending the Univer
sity, only about 20 are actively
involved in the GVA," accord
ing to Dominy
"Their efforts have succeed
ed in creating a loan fund.
Veterans Emphasis week, and
in gaining six hours credit for
veterans in physical educa
tion," Dominy stated
"The loan fund was estab
lished to help students attend
ing school under the G.I. Bill,
who had their monthly checks
delayed or stolen,” said Dom
iny. "The money for the fund
was contributed by members
in the GVA,” he stated
“Veterans Emphasis week
<Mar. 29 through Apr 4) was
proclaimed by Gov. Bus bee at
the prompting of the GVA,"
Dominy said. "A photography
exhibit and two petition drives
have been organized for this
week,” he added “Cine petition
asks for Congress to increase
the efforts to account for
soldiers missing in action in
Vietnam, and the second asks
for increased benefits for vet
erans in graduate school."
Doininy explained
"Veterans have been ex
empted from physical educa
tion courses, and no longer
have to make up the six hours
of credits by taking other
courses." he said.
"The GVA also has a wel
coming committee, that puts
out a monthly newsletter, and
is continuously lobbying con
gressional representatives to
improve benefits for veter
ans. " he said
Other activities such as in
tramural athletics. % picnics,
and beer parties have been
organized, but few veterans
have participated, according to
Dominy
"Our biggest problem is
gelling enough veterans in
volved. so we can help all
veterans." he stated
By JACK COWART
A new course on designing
and managing tourism facili
ties, planned at the University
next year, will show that there
is more to running a resort
than providing restaurants,
motels and recreation.
"Developers once relied on
engineers and architects alone,
to design tourism facilities.”
Charles Aguar. associate pro
fessor of environmental design
at the University, said. "To
day. they are beginning to
engage ecologists, foresters,
landscape architects, sociolo
gists. psychologists and others
who can apply scientific and
design principles to the land "
The course, which Aguar is
coordinating, will emphasize
the necessity of incorporating
social and environmental im
pact factors into the planning
and design of resort facilities
The course w ill be for students
and practitioners in the fields
of environmental design, ecol
ogy. behavorial and social
sciences and management.
Aguar said
The proposed six week
course will enable students and
practitioners from all over the
nation to visit and conduct in-
depth investigations of resorts,
park and recreation com
plexes. new towns, historical
districts and other vacation-
scapes It will also include
lectures, workshops, field exer
cises. interviews, and oral and
written critiques and reports
Tentatively scheduled for the
summer of 1976. it will be a
joint project of the University's
School of Environmental De
sign and the division of social
sciences at the University of
Minnesota (Duluth). Faculty
members from the two univer
sities. managers and designers
of private resorts and repre
sentatives of federal and state
agencies will serve as instruc
tors
A grant is being sought for
funding scholarships and re
source consultant costs.
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