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April 14, 1983 The Empath Page 5 Marat/Sade Go with an Open Mind Dear Editor: I would like to respond to Peter P. Romano’s letter that appeared in the Empath on April 7th. I do not know much about any organized religion, so on that I shall not comment. But there are other points of the letter to which I take exception. The first is that the lines from the play were quoted out of context. One should not take individual lines from a play (or any other piece, for that matter) and attempt to extrapolate the overall meaning, especially from a play like Marat/Sade, where the meaning is veiled in a multitude of clashing styles, layered action and ironic twists. The second is Mr. Romano’s contention that . . . there are people being slaughtered in Iran, The Middle East, and El Salvador because blind artists like these [Peter Weiss] are spinning their wheels . . . ” I km disappointed. I would have hoped that Mr. Romano, as a musician, would understand that art reflects the human condition, rather than shapes it. An artist sees suffering then writes a lament or paints a picture, not the other way around. True, there are people being slaughtered in Iran, The Middle East, and El Salvador, not because of blind artists, but rather because of blind leaders who believe that their version of the truth is the only truth and all others should be suppressed. This brings up my final point. The letter says “ . . . they [the blind artists] have no idea what the real truth is.” I ask you, does anyone know what the real truth is? Perhaps it is too large for any one belief or person to encompass or understand. If this is the case then Peter Weiss’ vision is just as “true” as Mr. Romano’s. I implore you, readers, don’t be afraid to go see Marat/Sade, to keep an open mind, and to form your own opinion. Thank You — Terence J. Griffin U.§. aRMY KMiFe WeaPoN SYSTeM C°MBiNaTjOK CoNGReSSbioMaL PRY 3NP WHiSTLe- SY&TeM R X j j ^ B L O W e R PLUG NoH-FuNcTiOMai-SiBS^^B f CiNPiNiTeLN y expaN paB ifi) SaccHaRiNe For r£>vteeTeNiN6 PeaLS Students Around the Nation Students Avenge Poor Grades Coaching Doesn’t Help Students Score Better o n . the S.A.T. A Harvard study says the 50,000 to 100,000 students a year who sign up for Scholastic Aptitude Test coaching classes are wasting their money. The study found students who retook the test after a coaching program only improved their scores an average 10 points. Coaching magnate Stanley Kaplan says his course can raise scores by as much as 10 0 points. Women’s Graffiti in Campus Bathrooms Differs From Men’s, a University of Illinois Anthropology Prof Finds Comparing the writings in men’s and women’s johns on the Champaign-Urbana campus, Edward Bruner concludes women’s graffiti is “more interactive and personal.” Men’s scrawlings, Bruner told the Daily Illini, tend to concern sexual conquests and powers. Three Out of Every Four High School Students Cheat Highwire magazine found 6 6% of the 433 students it surveyed had cheated in school. Copying homework was the most oft-cited offense. But only 8% said they’d bought a term paper. Stripping a Pledge Isn’t Hazing, the Director of Oklahoma’s Inter-Fraternity Council Has Ruled Jack Matkin says the Beta Theta Pi pledge who was publicly “de-pantsed” February 28 was stripped by fellow pledges. Since the pledges weren’t full brothers, the frat isn’t responsible, he says. The three pledge-assaulters, however, will face a disciplinary hearing. For a Fee, Students Can Avenge Stinking Grades with Smelly Flowers Gainesville, Florida (CPS) — A University of Florida student is hoping to make a little extra money at the end of the semester by helping disgruntled students send dead flowers to their least-favorite professors. “We figure this will be a big time for teacher orders,” says Ken Farkas, a fast-talking finance major at Florida. “ It sure beats filling out teacher evaluations.” For $9.95, Farkas or his partner will don a three-piece suit and deliver a bouquet of dead daisies, roses or carnations — whatever they happen to find at the local cemetery or scrounge from florists getting rid of leftovers — to unfair YOU WAKE UP ONE MORNING RECALLING THAT YOU FOR6oT TO DRoP THAT HISTORY of ART OA$5 You signed up foR BUT NEVER ATTENDED,., The old Food in the back of Your refrigerator BECOMES SENTlNENT LIFE,,, SOME THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO DURING THE LAST WEEKS OF THE QUARTER... Your fa ith fu l dog d e cid esth a t your 30 rage ENGLISH PAPER IS DEl/ClouS, YOUR 1968 VOLKSWAGEN, THAT You WERE PLANNING ON DRIVING 70 FLORIDA, DB/ELOPS A SUGHJ MECHANICAL PROBLEM,,, graders, inattentive lovers, or whomever the buyer wants. Since starting his dead flowers business in February, Farkas has only gotten about two dozen orders. He’s hoping the arrival of grade season will help him recoup the $300 he’s invested in the business. Farkas delivers the boxed flowers and flees. “I don’t stick around,” he says. No one’s tried to follow him yet. “We were worried that people would take it in a very negative respect. But so far, everybody’s gotten a charge out of it.” Presidential Candidates Visit Two candidates for President of St. Mary’s College will visit in the next few days. Dr. Christopher N. Breiseth, President and Dean of Deep Springs College, will visit Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15. His schedule includes a Faculty Forum on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Blackistone Room, •a Dinner Meeting with Student Leaders Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria, a Public Lecture Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the Blackistone Room, and a Forum for Librarians and Administrative Staff Friday at 9:00 a.m. in the Blackistone Room. Dr. Warren B. Martin, Scholar in Residence at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will visit Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19. His schedule includes a Faculty Forum Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Blackistone Room, Dinner Meeting with Student Leaders Monday at 6:00 p.m., Public Lecture Monday at 8:00 p.m. in Montgomery Hall 25, and a Forum for Librarians and Administrative Staff Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
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FullText | April 14, 1983 The Empath Page 5 Marat/Sade Go with an Open Mind Dear Editor: I would like to respond to Peter P. Romano’s letter that appeared in the Empath on April 7th. I do not know much about any organized religion, so on that I shall not comment. But there are other points of the letter to which I take exception. The first is that the lines from the play were quoted out of context. One should not take individual lines from a play (or any other piece, for that matter) and attempt to extrapolate the overall meaning, especially from a play like Marat/Sade, where the meaning is veiled in a multitude of clashing styles, layered action and ironic twists. The second is Mr. Romano’s contention that . . . there are people being slaughtered in Iran, The Middle East, and El Salvador because blind artists like these [Peter Weiss] are spinning their wheels . . . ” I km disappointed. I would have hoped that Mr. Romano, as a musician, would understand that art reflects the human condition, rather than shapes it. An artist sees suffering then writes a lament or paints a picture, not the other way around. True, there are people being slaughtered in Iran, The Middle East, and El Salvador, not because of blind artists, but rather because of blind leaders who believe that their version of the truth is the only truth and all others should be suppressed. This brings up my final point. The letter says “ . . . they [the blind artists] have no idea what the real truth is.” I ask you, does anyone know what the real truth is? Perhaps it is too large for any one belief or person to encompass or understand. If this is the case then Peter Weiss’ vision is just as “true” as Mr. Romano’s. I implore you, readers, don’t be afraid to go see Marat/Sade, to keep an open mind, and to form your own opinion. Thank You — Terence J. Griffin U.§. aRMY KMiFe WeaPoN SYSTeM C°MBiNaTjOK CoNGReSSbioMaL PRY 3NP WHiSTLe- SY&TeM R X j j ^ B L O W e R PLUG NoH-FuNcTiOMai-SiBS^^B f CiNPiNiTeLN y expaN paB ifi) SaccHaRiNe For r£>vteeTeNiN6 PeaLS Students Around the Nation Students Avenge Poor Grades Coaching Doesn’t Help Students Score Better o n . the S.A.T. A Harvard study says the 50,000 to 100,000 students a year who sign up for Scholastic Aptitude Test coaching classes are wasting their money. The study found students who retook the test after a coaching program only improved their scores an average 10 points. Coaching magnate Stanley Kaplan says his course can raise scores by as much as 10 0 points. Women’s Graffiti in Campus Bathrooms Differs From Men’s, a University of Illinois Anthropology Prof Finds Comparing the writings in men’s and women’s johns on the Champaign-Urbana campus, Edward Bruner concludes women’s graffiti is “more interactive and personal.” Men’s scrawlings, Bruner told the Daily Illini, tend to concern sexual conquests and powers. Three Out of Every Four High School Students Cheat Highwire magazine found 6 6% of the 433 students it surveyed had cheated in school. Copying homework was the most oft-cited offense. But only 8% said they’d bought a term paper. Stripping a Pledge Isn’t Hazing, the Director of Oklahoma’s Inter-Fraternity Council Has Ruled Jack Matkin says the Beta Theta Pi pledge who was publicly “de-pantsed” February 28 was stripped by fellow pledges. Since the pledges weren’t full brothers, the frat isn’t responsible, he says. The three pledge-assaulters, however, will face a disciplinary hearing. For a Fee, Students Can Avenge Stinking Grades with Smelly Flowers Gainesville, Florida (CPS) — A University of Florida student is hoping to make a little extra money at the end of the semester by helping disgruntled students send dead flowers to their least-favorite professors. “We figure this will be a big time for teacher orders,” says Ken Farkas, a fast-talking finance major at Florida. “ It sure beats filling out teacher evaluations.” For $9.95, Farkas or his partner will don a three-piece suit and deliver a bouquet of dead daisies, roses or carnations — whatever they happen to find at the local cemetery or scrounge from florists getting rid of leftovers — to unfair YOU WAKE UP ONE MORNING RECALLING THAT YOU FOR6oT TO DRoP THAT HISTORY of ART OA$5 You signed up foR BUT NEVER ATTENDED,., The old Food in the back of Your refrigerator BECOMES SENTlNENT LIFE,,, SOME THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO DURING THE LAST WEEKS OF THE QUARTER... Your fa ith fu l dog d e cid esth a t your 30 rage ENGLISH PAPER IS DEl/ClouS, YOUR 1968 VOLKSWAGEN, THAT You WERE PLANNING ON DRIVING 70 FLORIDA, DB/ELOPS A SUGHJ MECHANICAL PROBLEM,,, graders, inattentive lovers, or whomever the buyer wants. Since starting his dead flowers business in February, Farkas has only gotten about two dozen orders. He’s hoping the arrival of grade season will help him recoup the $300 he’s invested in the business. Farkas delivers the boxed flowers and flees. “I don’t stick around,” he says. No one’s tried to follow him yet. “We were worried that people would take it in a very negative respect. But so far, everybody’s gotten a charge out of it.” Presidential Candidates Visit Two candidates for President of St. Mary’s College will visit in the next few days. Dr. Christopher N. Breiseth, President and Dean of Deep Springs College, will visit Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15. His schedule includes a Faculty Forum on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Blackistone Room, •a Dinner Meeting with Student Leaders Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria, a Public Lecture Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the Blackistone Room, and a Forum for Librarians and Administrative Staff Friday at 9:00 a.m. in the Blackistone Room. Dr. Warren B. Martin, Scholar in Residence at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will visit Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19. His schedule includes a Faculty Forum Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Blackistone Room, Dinner Meeting with Student Leaders Monday at 6:00 p.m., Public Lecture Monday at 8:00 p.m. in Montgomery Hall 25, and a Forum for Librarians and Administrative Staff Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. |