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February 22, 1985
Guilfordian—
American Collegiate soet£f iHntfjologp
International Publications
is sponsoring a
JSattonal College |Boetrp Contest
Spring Concours 1985
open to all college and university students desiring to have their poetry
anthologized. CASH PRIZES will go to the top five poems:
SIOO I SSO I $25 fls •=-.
First Ploce Second Place Third Place $lO
AWARDS of free printing for ALL accepted manuscripts in our popular,
handsomely bound and copyrighted anthology, AMERICAN COLLEGIATE
POETS. _. .
Deadline: March 31
CONTEST RULES AND RESTRICTIONS:
1. Any student is eligible to submit his or her verse.
2. All entries must be original and unpublished.
3. All entries must be typ *i, double-spaced, on one side of the page only.
Each poem must be w a separate sheet and must bear, in the upper left
hand corner, the NAME and ADDRESS of the student as well as the
COLLEGE attended. Put name and address on envelope also!
4. There are no restrictions on form or theme. Length of poems up to
fourteen lines. Each poem must have a separate title.
(Avoid "Untitled"!) Small black and white illustrations welcome.
5. The judges' decision will be final. No info by phone!
6. Entrants should keep a copy of all entries as they cannot be returned.
Prize winners and all authors awarded free publication will be notified
immediately after deadline. I.P. will retain first publication rights for
accepted poems. Foreign language poems welcome.
7. There is an initial one dollar registration fee for the first entry and a
fee of fifty cents for each additional poem. It is requested to submit
no more than ten poems per entrant.
8. All entries must be postmarked not later than the above deadline and
fees be paid, cash, check or money order, to:
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
P. O. Box 44044 L
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Slides Depict Sterotypes
Brenda Verner, a well known
communications consultant,
presented, "Through A Glass
Darkly" and "Ministrel Snow,"
two of her noted studies on
stereotyping, Tuesday and
Wednesday in Boren Lounge.
"Through A Glass Darkly," a
historic review of the media's in
justice to women to African de
cent, included a number of slides
from Verner's personal collection
of artifacts featuring
"stereotyped" displays of blacks.
Verner described the slide show
as an "overview of popular
American culture which
categorizes stereotypes of black
women." The slides depicted
stereotyped associations of black
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women with watermelon, color
and dirt, sexual availability, and
concept of "mammy." The show
also featured slides of black
males in dresses, representing
castration, and illustrations in
which black children were not
distinguishable from animals.
"Ministrel Show," an "analysis
of stereotyping of African
culture" focused on the
"dehumanizing effects of
stereotyping'' on relationships.
Verner made frequent reference
to popular television shows to
substantiate her arguments. She
pointed out that black women on
television are often cast into roles
of servitude and are "rotund,
animated and asexual." One
Creative Corner
"breakthrough" for black women
in television is the character
Dominique, on Dynasty, played
by Dianne Carroll, Ms. Verner
called Carroll's role a
"breakthrough in a powerful,
positive way."
Verner called the practice of
cast black male lead actors with
white female counterparts,
"abominable" and a reinforce
ment of the "most sensitive and
vile subject among women in the
black community, that they have
been rejected by black men."
A self-tilted "women's ac
tivist," Verner said she was
"concerned with all women and
"particularly gender identified
power."
Music Review
By Ken Tagious
Music Reviws
Roman Holliday, Fire Me Up
(Jive ARISTA)
The juke-jive sound that made
Roman Holliday so popular has
been abondoned on this, their se
cond album. Boosted by the com
mercial success of "One Foot
Back In Your Door" and MTV
airplay, Roman Holliday will un
doubtedly pick up loads of teeny
bop fans, but in the process lose
many of their original ones. The
band has become image concious
and seems to have put more time
into their hair-styles than into
their music. Fire Me Up, is a
bland collection of songs aimed at
the charts and I'm fcorry to say
you'll probably hear a lot of it.
Chris Isaak, Silvertone (Warner
Bros.)
Isaac explores the hallowed
gounds of early rock and roll on
this LP, which features slow,
brush drum tunes and shuffling
rockabilly rhythms. His vocals at
times, as in the somber "Tears,"
are a throwback to the days of
Elvis Presley. Silvertone,
however, is not a collection of
relic copies. Isaac uses modern
studio techniques to avoid
musical cliches and bring out the
best in his vocals. "The Lonely
Ones" is an upbeat song which
features any innovative vocal ar
rangement that hold the
listener, as do ballads like
"Livin' for Your Lover" and
"Back on Your Side." If you like
to listen to music, this one's for
you. rib
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