Tuesday, October 25, 1983
The Clarion
Page 3
Stephen King’s Christine
Another Horrifying Tale
By Mike Shell
Stephen King strikes again
with another great horror ex
travaganza. King creates his
scariest villain in his newest
book, Christine. Christine is a
1958 Plymouth Fury with a
customized red and white body,
flashy grillwork and the devilish
ability to repair her own parts by
going back in time.
Arnie, a shy and downtrodden
teenager, is drawn to the car, and
buys it. The car is haunted by her
evil previous owner. Arnie’s best
and only friend, Dennis, and Ar
nie’s girlfriend, Leigh, sense that
there is something terrible about
the car, but they cannot figure it
out. Later, Arnie’s enemies are
killed by Christine in the usual
King manner that is, they all
meet descriptive, horrifying
deaths.
The first half of the book
describes Arnie’s character, and
sets him up as the unwilling
benefactor of the evil deeds. The
last half of the book screams into
full speed as Christine races
down her path of destruction. The
climax of the novel is one of
King’s best, as Dennis and Leigh
try to save Arnie from what he
has become. This sets the stage
for a real confrontation between
man and machine, because
Christine does not like what Den
nis and Leigh are doing to Arnie.
Some people may accuse King
of writing books for commercial
reasons, since horror is so
popular now, but they shouldn’t
forget that King is the guy who
made modern horror popular. He
certainly succeeds this time,
creating believable characters
-and producing what at first
glance looks like a “B” movie, in
to a great and original movie.
Big Chill Proves Entertaining
The ’60s; a time of sex and
drugs and politics, backed up by
such performing artists as Mar
vin Gaye, Three Dog Night, Pro-
col Harum, and Smokey Robin
son and the Miracles.
The Big Chill is about a man
named Alex who kills himself in a
house owned by two old college
friends, Harold and Sarah. The
story begins as Harold and Sarah
get the old gang back for Alex’s
funeral. Sam, Karen, Meg, Nick,
and Michael return to give their
last respects to an old friend.
Afterwards the friends decide
to stay the weekend with Harold
and Sarah to catch up an old
times, and figure out why Alex
decided to end it all. What follows
is a weekend of bull sessions to
talk about regrets, old dreams,
and what life is all about.
This film is a great story of how
old friends lose touch, and reunite
to help each other get through
troubled times. All the actors in
this film are excellent in their
roles as college students in the
’60s and adults in the ’80s.
Lawrence Kasdan directs a good
picture and along with Barbara
Benedek writes an excellent
screenplay. The Big Chill’s cast
is Kelvin Kline, William Hurt,
Mary Kay Place, Jeff Goldblum,
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close,
Jobeth Williams, and Meg Tilly
as Chloe.
The Big Chill has a soundtrack
that is equally as good as the
story with tunes like “Ain’t Too
Proud To Beg”, “A Whiter Shade
Of Pale”, and “I Heard It
Through The Grapevine”.
The Big Chill is a realistic view
of how tough the real world is and
how nice it is to get out of the cold
once in a while.
Usually one or two actors will
headline a movie, but the star of
The Big Chill is the story itself.
The Big Chill is a fine film that
has everything working for it;
story, actors, and director. This
film is being called the feel-good
film of the year. If a person only
sees one film this year, make it
The Big Chill, a movie predicted
to sweep this year’s Oscars.
Cadets Build Confidence
On September 23, seven
Brevard College ROTC students
participated in adventure train
ing at Glassy Rock Mountain,
South Carolina. The students
were led in rappeling instruction
by members of Furman Universi
ty’s ROTC corps of cadets.
The cadets participated in 40
and 50 foot rappels and in some
cases had only a three or tour
standing area on the cliffs.
Several of the cadets were rap
peling for the first time. Although
apprehensive at first, the cadets
soon realized that the experience
was a safe one.
The rappels consisted of con
trolled manuevers in which swiss
seats were used to lower the
cadets down the cliffs. Com
mands were used to inform the
man “standing on belay” to be
prepared to break the descent
rate if necessary.
“The objective of the rappeling
was for the cadets to develop con
fidence in their skills and
themselves,” stated Major Jack
Burwell, head of Brevard’s
ROTC program.
Masquerade Party
Planned For Halloween
By Kathy Parietti
The Student Government
Association has special plans for
the Halloween weekend.
SGA is sponsoring a mas
querade at Ross Hall on Satur
day, October 29 from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. No student will be allowed
unless “dressed for the
occasion”. Two prizes will be
awarded for the best costumes.
Refreshments will be served.
Terry Hodges will be the disc
jockey for the evening. Those
who turn out can expect “special
surprises,” according to Kim
White.
SGA is also sponsoring a
pumpkin-carving contest for the
halls in the girls’ dormitories.
Fall Production
Fool’s Paradise A Comedy-Farce
By Jonathan Matthews
The Brevard College Drama
Department will present Fool’s
Paradise, a comedy-farce in
three acts by Peter Coke on
November 3, 4, 5, 6, 10,11, and 12
in the Barn Theatre.
Fool’s Paradise is about two
ladies, Jane Hayling and
Catherine Hayling, who try to get
themselves out of debt by
creating schemes to make
money. Jane and Catherine are
the widows of Basil Hayling, who
left both women the house ana
furniture. He left all his money to
his and Catherine’s son Phillip,
who can’t receive it until he is
thirty. If Phillip gets married
before he turns thirty, he loses
the money. To make matters
worse, the furniture left to Jane
and Catherine is tied up in debt,
because they used it as collateral
to get credit to buy things.
Though the rest of the play, the
characters try to keep secrets
from each other and try to keep
from going to prison.
The cast features Linda Fer
rell, Christine Parker, Pam
Ward, Jill McFarland, Bill
Greene, Susan Bridges, Deloris
Wade, and Steve Cureton.
Tickets may be obtained in
Beam Administration Building at
the receptionist’s desk.
Student tickets are free, but an
I.D. is needed; tickets for family
members are $3 per person.
Homecoming Court
By Jill Avett
The 1983 Homecoming
Festivities were held October 8
and 9. Diana Howard was crown
ed queen and Nelson Davis,
princess.
On Saturday morning, a
Homecoming parade was held,
followed by a picnic lunch on the
green. The Carolina Band provid
ed entertainment with a concert
on the green. The Homecoming
Dance at which the court was
presented, was held Saturday
night. Music was provided by the
Band of Oz.
The court was presented again
on Sunday afternoon during
halftime of t)ie Brevard-Berry
soccer game. At this ceremony,
the 1982 Homecoming Queen,
Billie Beard presented Diana
Howard with the Crown and the
1982 Homecoming Princess,
Sharon Stokes, presented Nelson
Davis with the crown.
The freshman representatives
were Nelson Davis, Allison
Fowler, Suzanne Gay, Cindy
Hall, Tina Holland, Ann Kirby,
Piper Smith, Tina Taylor, and
Angie Vickers. The sophomore
representatives were Patti
Brooks, Diana Howard, Bambi
Lohr, Kathy Marlowe, Judy
McDonald, Suzanne Peterson,
Jane Roberts, Stacey Shriver,
Travel Club Organizes
By Susan Rogers
A travel club has been formed
at Brevard College under the
direction of Dr. Will Dunstan,
professor of history.
The club’s main purposes are
to discuss foreign countries and
to learn how to handle the dif
ficulties involved in international
travel, such as where to visit and
how to get reservations.
The club hopes to raise money
for a trip overseas this summer
to give students an opportunity to
experience the activities they
have discussed during the
meetings.
Plans for an International Din
ner have been discussed. The
group also plans to sponsor
travelogues, speakers, and slide
shows of foreign countries.
Anyone interested in joining
should attend meetings on Mon
days at 7:30 p.m. in the McLarty-
Goodson Building.
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For Further Details Contact Major Jack Burwell, McLartyCoodson Room 108, Phone 883-8292 Ext. 232