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travel down the hallway-have
you seen it? The white one with
the outline of the face in brown,
the color of dried blood, where, is
it background or foreground;
with streaks the marks of
lashings streaming down
calamitously across the
countenance--and those the color
of blood fresh shaken from the
viens? Not foreground now, not
background now—sunken,
sunken. The hallway has disap
peared, the painting begins to
have bowels and I climb through
them. Yes, the painting is a
mask, the title of the exhibition
has told me that much, but really
is it a mask, or some torrid inter
nal landscape? And that a mask?
I begin to recognize some breach
in sanity. The realization that the
hallway has receded begins to
Senate Notes
By Greg Hastings
Becky Gunn
At the Wednesday November
30th Senate meeting, the Guilford
College Prelaw Club became of
ficially the Websterian Law
Society.
The Senate gave S3OO to the col
lege's Hillel club. A request for
additiflhal funds for this year's
Piper were turned fown.
English dorm's intramural
champs were given S9OO from the
budget committee to fund
transportation expenses for the
Intramural Flagfootball cham
pionship trip to New Orleans.
Before the Thanksgiving break
some of the Senate members at
tended the North Carolina FICUS
meeting. FICUS, Federation of
Independent College and Univer
sity Students, is an organization
started by students at Duke
overwhelm me, demands to be
re-instated. Me eyes open and
shut quickly. I look up and down
the hallway and move on. And
move on.
Suprise Epilogue
Wishing I knew more about
Art-I urge one and all to see
Mary Edith's work. The exhibi
tion continues in Boren Lounge
until December the ninth. The
viewing is free.
Really!
Campus Digest News Service
A bumper sticke r viewed
recently in a collegt town
caught the eye of at least one
college graduate, and perhaps
a few professors.
It read, "right illiteracy.
Write for free information."
University. FICUS is a network
of the 38 independent colleges in
North Carolina; a network which
will share information and ideas.
FICUS will also work with
COPUS, Coalition Of Private
University Students, which is a
national organization represen
ting 250 private colleges
throughout the U.S., working
toward changing legislation so
that no one will be restricted
from attending the college of
his/her choice because of their
financial standing.
Also before Thanksgiving Bo
Markly reported at a Senate
meeting that NCNB had agreed
to a special credit card rate for
Guilford students. Students can
now obtain a VISA credit card
through NCNB for the low rate of
SIO.OO for the first year. Filing for
the cards began last Wednesday,
but applications are still
available in the Senate office.
An American in Europe
We'll Be Home
By John K. Cox
Did you ever wonder how we
Munich Semester folks feel? Did
you ever wonder how things are
going over here on one of
Guilford's far-off branch cam
puses? You will all hear the wild
stories soon enough: who was
hassled at what border, who
drank how much where, who
started a romance with whom, &
who did not want to leave Europe
& come home. But there are a few
things I can tell you, just to get
you primed for the onslaught of
stories in January.
You should know, most impor
tantly, that we are a close bunch.
As former participants of this
program know, we make quite a
few excursions together, all 33 of
us, plus Bug Ed Lowe (group
leader) and a few odd Germans
thrown in for variety. So far--and
the end is near--we have manag
ed to get along well.
The Big-Time Travelling began
last month with a two-week trip
through the German Democratic
Republic (often incorrectly but
conveniently named "East Ger
man"). Our Eurail Passes, offer
ing us unlimited travel in the non-
Communist countries, are now
valid, and our three-day
weekends are all booked for in
advance.
Our Independence Day was Oc
tober 17, when we validated the
Passes, now our achievements as
a Nation of Travellers grow
every weekend, out Heritage as
we let out senses of adventure
realize our Inalienable Rights &
Desires. Ah the joys of Life,
Liberty, & the Pursuit of Fine Art
Museums!
We have heard some in
teresting things over here about
the prevailing opinions over there
regarding the so-called
"slackness" of our Program.
Perhaps I cannot speak fully for
everyone else here, but I can
honestly say that for many of us
Art Preview
Penick Shows Substantial Thesis
By Karl Miller
As the fall semester of 1983
draws to a close, Ed Penick,
senior art major from Lyn
chburg, Virginia, makes final
preparations for his thesis exhibit
which opens Sunday, December
11th in Founders Gallery.
"There was a time when I
thought I'd never paint the
human figure again," says
Penick, who is twenty-three. That
was two years ago before he
became interested in the
psychology of the human figure.
Now all the pictures that hang on
the walls of his Hege-Cox studio
are of people. Bold., expres
sionistic color and brushwork are
used to describe figures in tur
bulent or impersonal landscapes.
A favorite theme is the conflict
between mankind and his natural
environment. Penick's painting
"Man in a Yellow Shirt" shows a
solitary figure in a warm
domestic interior looking out
over the fury of an impending
thunderstorm. Another painting
depicts a woman alone by the
shore of a mysterious lake.
this semester has been no picnic.
Just like the program back home
at 5800 West Friendly Ave., one
gets out of this Munich program
what one puts into it. We do not
really have access to a library
here, and the language problem
has been very difficult for some.
But our teachers do get angry if
we skip classes-and they do give
homework.
We over here have heard that
we have too many travel rights,
that we "take advantage" of be
ing in Europe to such extent that
we neglect our studies. Personal
ly speaking, I think that is
Hogwash. I'm under plenty of
academic pressure, I study plen
ty, and I'm sure learning plenty.
And what is the option of Mr.
Schmickle's office-cutting back
on our travel rights? Whoa there,
boy. I mean, why would I spend
SBOO on a plane ticket and fly 8
hours over here and eat strange
food for 4 months and miss all the
Guilford dances if not to have
some golden travel oppor
tunities? There is more to being
in Germany than being in a Ger
man speaking city.
Well, no matter how much fun
we have here, it will certainly be
nice to come home to the land of
hot showers, real music, and
peanut butter. (It doesn't take
much to make me happy). I still
get chills up and down my spine
when I hear real American
music, whether it be Motown or
country or beach. It's funny how
sentimental one can get, being
away for so long. Lots of
memories come flying by when
the Drifters or Springsteen pop
out of the radio. True, they are
mostly pretty shallow memories
-High school, driving around
wasting gas, football games, surf
and sun-but they are ours. And
who knows, in 2000 years they
might be as highly esteemed as
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Unlike most expressionist art
today, Penick's does not neglect
drawing. His carefully con
structed figures bear little
resemblance to the wild and
reckless expressionist art that is
currently in vogue in the glossy
art magazines. Penick is happy
with the progress he has made
here at Guilford and feels confi
dent that his work is now
"substantial." After graduation
he plans to do an apprenticeship
with an artist in Lynchburg to
further develop his drawing
skills.
When one looks at Penick's art,
one is immediately struck by its
large scale. His paintings are
typically 4' X 6', 4' X B', 6' X B',
larger than any other Guilford
art major in recent years. To
paint such large pictures, he
must use two inch wide and four
inch wide brushes and a lot of ex
pensive, high-quality materials.
Unlike many pictures, Penick en
joys the process of preparing
each canvas -- building the
frame, stretching and priming
the canvas. "I think everybody
earning less
Cumfttis Digest News Service
Since a 1977-78 difference of
$3,500, the gap between male
and female faculty sa'aries has
continued to widen, last year
reaching $5,374, according to
a study on last year's salaries
by the National Center for
Education Statistics.
The study attributed much
of the difference to the lower
level positions women hold.
As instructors, 53 percent are
women, compared to only 11
percent of college professors.
Another possible reason for
the difference is the fields of
study. Engineering and com
puter science, fcr instance, is
male dominated and have
higher pay scales than other
fields. The average male
teacher's salary was $28,394,
compared to $23,020 for
women.
NCES analyst Tom Snyder
believes time will help narrow
the gap as more women work
their way up, achieving more
seniority.
The study also showed that
faculty salaries increased less
over the previous year, and
that public school teachers
make more than their peers in
private- schools.
should paint at least one big can
vas," he says, "It'll beat you to
death."
Commonly seen wearing holy
T-shirts and carrying giant pain
tings, Penick has become a fix
ture around the art building and
he will be sorely missed. Always
inventive and always urging
other art students to work big,
last year Penick and his com
rades took his studio door off its
hinges, laid it on the floor, and
covered it with paint splatters
Jackson Pollock-style.
When I asked Penick about
what kind of a reaction he wants
from the viewer, he responded,
"I want the viewer to think. I
don't want people to understand
everything that they see."
The Ed Penick Senior Thesis
Show will run from December
11th through December 20th in
Founders Gallery and Commons.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the opening reception on
Sunday, December 11th from 3 to
5 p.m. Refreshments will be serv
ed.