February 14,1978
You May Not Meet Her Anywhere But in Your Very Own Room
When I met the high-strung,
disheveled, chain-smoking
woman who was to be my
roommate, I had serious
doubts that there was a
dorm room big enough to hold
her, much less the two of us.
I knew it would take no small
effort on both our parts to
blend Sarah's impulsive
character with my somewhat
contemplative one into any
kind of a meaningful relation
ship. Fortunately, we have
somehow succeeded in creat
ing wierd roller-coaster exist
ence which has been a good
experience for both of us.
So when my family left our
sleepy Virginia suburb for a
Christmas visit to relatives in
Connecticut, I decided to
take a day to visit the environ
ment which nurtured Sarah's
peculiar character - New
York City. The morning began
with a mishap which got my
adrenalin flowing for the
exciting day that followed. En
route supposedly to Grand
Central Station, I disembarked
instead in East Harlem. The
only thing I knew about the
area was that it was about
eighty blocks from my destina
tion. Feeling particularly iso
lated in my camping jacket
and backpack, I questioned a
few people and rushed to the
nearest subway, and almost
an hour late, found myself
circling the monumental lobby
of the train station, looking for
Through the Looking Glass
UA B-t By AMY FRIBUSH
JLXm and ARLENEFURMAN
"Through the Looking
Glass," we traveled at the
North Carolina Museum of
Art in Raleigh. We entered
the domain of three-dimen
sional floating images known
in today's art world as Holo
graphy, stemming from the
Greek roots "holo" meaning
"whole" and "gram" meaning
"message."
This revolutionary tech
nique, now almost ten years
old, uses laser light to record
the patterns of light waves
reflected from the object
onto the emulsion of light
sensitive film. IT is then devel
oped and re-exposed to laser
light or white light recreating
all the points of light that came
from the object in space.
Holography is an extremely
sophisticated complexly
informational medium. It does
not exist in flat perspective
that can only be seen from one
fixed view, but rather can be
seen from many angles appear-
an appropriate place to stand
"Sue, Sue!" I heard from
nowhere and a nervous bundle
of energy ran up and hugged
me. Were we glad to see
each otherl
At that brisk pace of Sarah's
which seems inappropriate in
Greensboro but not in New
York City, we started for a
coffehouse off Madison
Avenue for bagels and coffee.
We talked about ourselves,
about our men and women
friends and about our rela
tionship® and interrelationships.
We marvelled as always at the
close circles of friends so
characteristic of the Guilford
community and then dashed
off to Brentano's, a three
story bookstore where I could
easily have spent the rest of
my Christmas vacation. But
that was only the beginning of
our morning. Before the city
was really awake, we had sat
among a hundred shoppers
and a million crysanthemums
in the splendor of St. Patricks
Church, gaped like children at
the stuffed animals, battery
operated dolls and toys trains
in the window of FAO
Schwart, satisfied our sweet
teeth with an assortment of
Godiva Chocolates, and
searched a number of music
stores for a tape of the Red
Clay Ramblers.
Happening by Carnegie
Delicatessen, we stopped to
relax a minute and gulp down
a lunch of matzah ball soup.
ing to change when viewed
from different positions. There
are a number of ways in which
the images can be projected;
in front of the plate (a real
image), in back of the plate
(a virtual image), or it can
straddle the plate (an image
plane). Several of these
images can be combined to
create different compositions.
Although they consist merely
of points of light focused in
space, the holographic images
have all the same physical
qualities as their real counter
parts such as size, dimension,
volume, perpective, proportion,
balance, symmetry, direction,
textue, shape, and so on.
The exhibit was made up
of- three types of holograms
Transmission holograms
rely on the position and the
type of light source used
during exposure and the view
ing of the image. An out
standing example of Trans
mission Holograms was
The Guilfordian
Swiss cheese sandwiches, and
the biggest dill pickles I have
ever seen. To excited to sit
for long, Sarah rushed me on
to our next destination - the
Cezanne Exhibit at the New
York Museum of Modern Art.
This first exhibition to focus
on the final decade of Paul
Cezanne's career included
many landscapes of his native
city of Aix-en-Provence, por
traits of friends, women and
art world figures in rich, often
dark colors and irregular light
ing, colorful still-lifes, and
monumental compositions of
female bathers.
Afterwards, our heads
reeling, we boarded the subway
for Greenwich Village to do
some last-minute Christmas
shopping and have dinner at
Mother Courage, a restaurant
well-known to feminists, but
were disappointed to find
that it had closed because of
financial difficulties. Instead,
we had a spaghetti dinner at
L'Grosserie, while being
serenaded by a mandolin.
Returning to the city, we
spent the next hour or so
watching the ice-skaters in
Rockefeller Center and walk
ing around singing all the Joni
Mitchell songs we could
remember. Before we knew it,
it was time to head for the
Booth Theatre on Broadway
for a performance of "For
Colored Girls Who Have
Considered Suicide When the
Rainbow Is Enuf." This simple
"Newton's Apple" by Randy
James. It was a series of three
images depicting the devouring
of this delicious delight. One
could actually feel the juices
contained in the fruity
meat.
Reflection Holograms are
differianted by the kinds
of film emulsion used and the
source of light. Scott
Nemtzow's "Creme de Motion
H" displayed that holography
can go beyond a three dimen
sional image by the use of
vertical lines creating a kinetic
effect.
The Holographic Movies are
a combination of "holography
and cinematography."
Donald Schmidtz's "X-ray
Hand" showed a man reach
ing out from a movie screen
to a member of the audience.
This exhibition made us
aware of the opportunities of a
new field, Holography, that
has opened up limitless realms
of exploration and expansion
for modern man.
but soul-stirring play is a
compilation of the poetry of
Ntozake Shange, performed
without props or intermission
by a cast of seven women.
Sarah and I both felt that it
was melodramatic at times,
but we thoroughly enjoyed
ourselves.
Our day in New York ended
at Jo Allen's, a small rest
aurant where we sipped Irish
coffee and reminisced about
the many different things
we had seen and done. To
think that we had only touched
upon the cultural, educational,
entertaining, and palatable
opportunities the city had to
offer, amazed me. We both
felt that the shared experiences
had brought us closer together
and helped us to under
stand our differences.
Roommates are often people
you would never meet any
where but in your own room.
I suggest you take advantage
of the opportunity you have
to get to know these indivi
duals who may have a very
different outlook on life, for
most likely there is much to
learn from and share with your
roommate.
German Semester
Plans for the Fall Semester
in Germany are moving along.
The registration goal of 25 is
within reach. Twenty students
have registered thus far, with
an equal number on the
prospect list. It is important
for anyone who is thinking
about going to contact either
Mary or Carroll Feagins,
the faculty leaders for the
Semester program.
The form will also be used
in the event that registrations
exceed the 25 person limit, as
set by the Administration, and
selectivity becomes a factor.
Communications with the
University Office for Foreign
Students in Munich have
confirmed accommodations
for students in private homes
near the campus of the
University of Munich. Students
will eat their meals with German
students at the University
Mensa, have access to the
University library and may
join the Student Union
or take part in other campus
activities. This will give
students the opportunity to
"become a member" of their
own culture and community.
For more information,
contact the Center for Off
Campus Education, Frazier 21,
or Mary Feagins, Duke 312,
or Carroll Feagins, Archdale
104.
Page Three
V-Week Festivites
Mid-semester blues got
you down? Cheer up! Spring
break is less than three weeks
away! And to help bridge the
gap until then, the Student
Union has planned lots of
things for you to do.
For your Valentine's Day
celebrations, attend the
Old Timey Coffeehouse!
Guilford day students have
worked hard to bring you
three different old-fashioned
string bands. Get into pickin'
and grinnin' of Coffee's Gap
Corklickers, Ace Weem's
Band, and Guilford's own ver
sion, with students and friends
Doug Dorshaw and Dick
"Sticks" Terrier. Your pre
sence is all that's needed to
make it a lively, good old
time. The music starts at
9:00 p.m. Tuesday in the
Urban Center lounge. Admis
sion to the coffeehouse is free.
Hot apple cider and brownies
will be served free, too. Come
to the coffeehouse and enjoy
some down-home music!
More entertainment is in
store Friday night when the
Film Series presents The
Producers. One of Mel
Brooks' earliest comedies,
The Producers, combines
Brooks' wit with the talents of
Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.
The result is a zany story that
runs the gamut of varieties
of comedy, from satire to
caricature to burlesque. Within
the humor is the story of a
theatrical producer (Mostel)
eager to make as much money
as possible. With his neurotic
bookkeeper (Wilder), he
schemes to produce a sure
fire flop that will somehow
save him from the poorhouse.
But the "flop" is a hit, and
the results are outrageous,
come ready to laugh at The
Producers, Friday, February
17, at 8:15 p.m. in Dana Audi
torium, Admission is 25C.
PCMS Plans Trip
Have you ever wondered
how a radio station sends
music to your stereo? Or
how scientists know so
mi'ch about outer space?
To find out more, the
Philosophers' Chowder and
Marching Society (PCMS) is
planning a trip to the National
Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank, West Virginia.
; r.e trip, scheduled for
Wednesday, March 15, (alter
nate March 22), will visit thp
1 nsky Laboratory
If you are interested in join
ing PCMS on this trip, contact
Rex Adelberger in the Physics
Department, Helene Dauerty
(P.O. Box 17125) or Duf'e
Gross (P.O. Box 17215).