October 30, 1979
Ah Rome, what a Classic
By Roger Lifson
Staff Writer
Classical literature, and Ro
man and Greek commerce are
the two topics of study for the
1980 summer school in Greece
and Italy. Professor Ann Dea
gon and Professor Eugene Oli
ver will be in charge of the
program.
"Myth and Lyric," the course
taught by Deagon, is designed
to examine myth as a pattern,
and poetry as a projection of
such patterns into art. Readings
for the Greek classics will be
Sappo, Archilochus, and Pin
dar. Catullus and Horace will be
the selections for the Italian
section of the course.
Professor Deagon will try to
have a break from the classics
for a little creative writing. The
writing will be in conjunction
with the study of the poets'
personal experiences, and the
milieu in which they lived.
Carbon 14 is a book of poems by
Deagon, which came from her
Kansas concert carries crowds away
Kansas, the headlining act at
the Greensboro Coliseum Satur
day night, is a hard band to
categorize. A given song shows
any number of influences, but is
never strictly jazz, classical, or
any such thing, including
"rocking and a-rolling," which,
according to their fourth album,
Leftoverture , "is only howling
at the moon."
But whatever else it is, the
crowd approves of it loudly from
the start, when there is a sound
like the hypothetical album,
Richard Nixon speaking from
the Grand Canyon in a gale,
played at ten rpm.
The sound is coming from
behind and beneath a stage
walling, semi-opaque white cur
tain which, when lifted, reveals
the band against the backdrop
of the cover of their latest
album, Monolith. This end-of
the-present civilization scene
looks desolate on the album
cover and even more so when
The Guilford College chapter
of the North Carolina Public
Interest Research Group (NC
PIRG) today released the re
sults of a survey of the Greens
boro City Council and Mayoral
candidates' views on the trans
portation of radioactive mater
ials through the city.
NC PIRC found that a majo
rity of candidates polled favored
a ban or stringent regulation of
such transport.
PIRG spokesman Howard
Luehrs stated, "The survey
indicates that the facts about
the hazards of nuclear waste
transport are finally being taken
seriously. We are encouraged to
see that our local leaders share
our concern with this important
1972 experience in Greece.
"The Role of Commerce in
Greek and Roman History,"
will be the study of the commer
cial endeavors of the Greek and
Roman Civilizations from 2000
B.C. to the Roman Empire.
There will be trips to Mycenai,
the ancient Greek center for
commerce, as well as Pompeii
and Naples, which are Italian
commercial towns.
This course is different in that
it is an aspect of commerce that
has never been studied. "It will
hopefully show the active role of
commerce in the spread of
civilization."
Since there is no textbook
that covers this topic, the
curriculum will be from a study
guide Professor Oliver is compi
ling.
The group will depart from
New York on May 22, and stay
in Athens'til June 22. During
this period, there will be side
it's blown up a few dozen scale
and put on black cloth.
Although Kansas' themes
don't follow any pre-established
school of music, there are
certain themes that are consis
tent through some of their
songs. One of them is American
Indians, and the cover of the
new album clearly depicts the
re-ascendance of the Indians
after the American technocrats
have choked on their own
technology.
In this concert, the first three
numbers are from the new
release. "On the Other Side,"
"People of the South Wind,"
and "Away from You." then,
Robbie Steinhardt, the vocalist
violin virtuoso with a cascading
head of hair and beard, steps up
to the mike and welcomes
Greensboro to Kansas.
Dressed in avant-garde
smock and bell-bottom pink
orange doubleknits, Steinhardt
proceeds to announce that they
will go back in time to The Point
of Know Return, their fifth
album. They do the title cut and
PIRG opposes shipment of nuclear waste
public issue."
A telephone survey under
taken by Guilford students was
completed earlier this week.
Prior to the survey, the students
had mailed to each candidate a
copy of the PIRG report Radi
ation on the Roads, a March
1979 publication documenting
the transportation of radioactive
materials through Greensboro.
The candidates were ques
tioned both on their familiarity
with these shipments and on
their opinions as to the appropr
iate response for city govern
ment. A summary of the re
sponses follows:
Jimmie Barber - "I'm against
the shipment of these materials
Guilfordian
trips to Delphi, Epidarus, and
Crete.
On June 23, there will be a
trip to Naples and Pompeii.
From June 27 to July 3, study
will be in Rome. July 3 to July
19 is reserved for independent
travel. The group will return
from either Athens or Amster
dam on July 20.
While in Greece students will
be living in apartments; class
will be held in a conference
room that is located in the
apartment complex. Classes
will meet in the morning for
approximately two hours per
class.
Cost will be $1,750 for six
weeks of study and travel.
Anyone interested in going may
obtain information from Profes
sor Deagon in Archdale Hall,
Professor Oliver in King Hall,
or The Center for Off-Campus
Education located in Frazier
Apt. #2l.
"Closet Chronicles" leading to
a Leftoverture opus of a similar
theme, "The Wall."
Next, Steinhardt lets us meet
two members of the band,
which has always consisted of
the same six players. The first is
Steve Walsh, the wild, jumping
and dancing, electrifying player
of keyboards, congas and xylo
phones. Walsh also sings most
of the lead vocals, especially in
the later albums in his emotio
nal, often uplifting voice.
Kerry Livgren, the lightning
handed lead-quitarist and syn
thesizerian who writes or co
writes many of the group's
songs, is also spotlighted.
Walsh wears gym shorts and
Livgren a sleeveless tunic, both
of which are popular with
female members of the au
dience.
Two more POKR titles follow:
the acoustic hit "Dust in the
Wind" and "Sparks of the
Tempest;" between these,
Walsh (who successfully con
quers a lisp to sing and speak)
introduces Steinhardt.
through the city, if legally
possible."
Dorothy Bardolph- ' 'We
should follow the lead of other
North Carolina cities in passing
a resolution to ban these mate
rials from being shipped
through our city."
Joanne Bowie- "I need to
look into this matter further."
John Forbis- "I need more
information."
Charles Forrester- "I'm
against the transportation of
these materials through
Greensboro. I would like to hear
what government officials say
about this matter, and as long
as it doesn't cost a whole lot
more to switch routes I'm
Anne Deagon and Eugene Oliver will be teaching courses on
mythology and commerce in Greek and Roman history this
summer.
Steinhardt sings or co-sings a
good share of the leads also; he
has a deeper, throatier voice
than Walsh and uses it mainly
for the darker songs of life. He
sings lead on the first two songs
in the following medley of
"Child of Innocence," "Mys
teries and Mayhem" (both from
album no. 3, Masque), a Walsh
keyboard Solo, "Stay Out of
Trouble," from Monolith, and
the POKR success, "Portrait
(He Knew)."
Once this is donethe "Gentle
men in the Back" are intro
duced, somewhat poetically:
"Mr. Smoke- Dave Hope on
bass; on electric and acoustic
guitar, Mr. Richard Williams,
and amongst tons of drums ~
Phil Ehart!"
The velvet sport-suited, thick
mustachio'd Hope does blow
out a cloud of smoke on cue, but
his bass, while by no means
slow, is more undulating than it
is smoking. Williams is in suit
and-tie, as usual, and his play
ing also has a clean appearance,
though a bit less earth-jiggling
against it.
Joseph Freeman- "I don't
think these radioactive wastes
should come through our city."
James Kirkpatrick- "If ade
quate safety precautions are
taken I see no problems with the
shipments of these materials,
they should have police escorts.
I'd rather have these materials
travel on the Interstates than
backroads."
Ben Matkins- "I strongly
oppose the shipment of nuclear
wastes through our city."
Lois McManus - "We need to
wait to follow what the state
hands down."
Vic Nussbaum - "This ques
tion should be handled on a
page three
than Livgren's.
A farewell, a safely laser
shaded jam, and a single encore
close the show. The tune, a
Monolith manifestation, is
"How My Soul Cries Out For
You." Near the end of the song,
Ehart shows pure percussional
power in a revolving strobe solo
which is otherwise beyond
words.
Kansas creates all kinds of
moods with their note arrange
ments and can change them in a
flash with their crescendoes,
vocal emotions, and general
sound waves. All in all, they are
melodically metamorphosizing.
Come see Israel
i
Cuilford/UNC-G
Summer School in Israel and
Guilford and UNC-G Hillels
invite you to view "Elie Wie
sel's Jerusalem," Thursday,
Nov. Ist, 7:30 p.m. Gallery,
Founders Hall. Refreshments
will follow.
state or federal level, not city by
city."
Larry York - "I support a ban
on the shipment of radio-active
materials through Greensboro
with exception of medical mate
rials."
Mayoral candidates:
Sol Jacobs - "I support severe
regulation of the transport of
these materials through
Greensboro."
E.S. [Jim] Melvin- "I think
we need some precautionary
measures. We need a report
from both the Public Safety and
Transportation departments."
The remaining candidate, Na
thaniel Swindler, could not be
reached by telephone.