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Despite Rod Steiger's
compelling performance as a
repressed homosexual in the
Peacetime army, THE
SERGEANT is an unsatisfying
movie.
It is an obtuse study of
twisted relationships, told
against the violent background
of the military establishment.
The Sergeant's loud
commandeering of his
subordinates and wartime
action provide an outlet for his
latent feelings. When these are
removed, his emotions must
become manifest. Because our
society is structured as it is,
such manifestation can only
mean self-destruction.
This is essentially the
Orientation: Thematic Style
Eliminates Red Tape Stigma
By MARY DAY MORDECAI
DTH Features
The typical freshman enters
Carolina in the fall
bewildered. He is driven
through the generally
unfamiliar campus by Mom
and Dad, up to a tall brick
building, shuffled into his
dorm and left. The first week
at the University, he is
confronted with mass
infirmary checks, mass
meetings, and massive forms to
complete.
That, according to Bruce
Cunningham, new Orientation
Commission Chairman, is
precisely the wrong way to
begin life at Carolina.
Cunningham feels that there
is potential within the
orientation program for
dispelling this confusion and
for presenting students with
creative and relevant
information about university
life. . He . is concerned -with .
erasing the "orientation-red
tape stigma."
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position
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abbr.
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soldiers
25. Wakes
27. Satchel
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cornered
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theosophist
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sleeps
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homosexual's complaint-that
society will not accept him on
his own terms and HE cannot
accept those of society.
Alienation must result, and
since the homosexual is, from
the outset, a lonely man, this
compounding of the fact can
induce withdrawal and, in the
The new program is called
"thematic orientation." It is a
proposal to present students
with an issue which will shape
the entire week. The approach
will be symposium-like, with
films, panel discussions, and
speakers. Topics of interest to
students, such as Black Student
Movement and the
state-university relations will
be discussed. No political bias
is intended in the presentation,
however.
A second area of change
involves the mechanics of the
program. Further
decentralization to the
residence college system is
planned. Selection of
counselors will be from
students who plan to live in
their present dorms next year.
This is intended to avoid the
confusion of temporarily
moving counselors into dorms.
Cunningham anticipates;
training for counselors within,
individual residence colleges
this spring. They will be
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most dramatic terms, suicide.
Steiger's Sergeant follows
along these same lines as our
stock homosexual figure,
though constantly infusing the
character with life, pathos and
sincere emotion. He brings true
dimension to Dennis
Murphey's fictitious man and,
adequately prepared to lead an
intelligent discussion on the
over-all motif.
The Commission is working
on further changes, such as
moving the Chancellor's
reception to the Carolina
Union. This will enable
students to visit the offices of
campus organizations.
Improvements are being made
on the Greensboro picnic and
the Honor System orientation.
Working with Cunningham
on the commission are Phyllis
Hicks, Transfer Women's
Coordinator, and Richie
Leonard, Men's Coordinator.
Two new positions have been
created this year. A Program
Coordinator will set up
residence college schedule and
serve as a resource man. Theme
Coordinator should be an
artistic person to incorporate
theme with the publications
and programs. Interviews will
be held from 3-5 p.m.
Thursday and Friday in the
South Lounge meeting room of
the Carolina Union.
Cunningham stresses the
Commission's desire for
interested, creative students to
fill all positions. In this way
only can orientation become a
rewarding experience ... a real
introduction to the
opportunities and activities at
the University.
Lost And Found Items
LOST
CHECKBOOK from Third
National Bank. If found, call
Rosemary Zibart at 968-9168.
Reward.
SKI JACKET, soft green
with fur-lined hood and
off-white mittens. Disappeared
between 8:30 and 8:15 p.m.
Wednesday from Fetzer Field
bleachers. Contact Dianne at
933-3623.
2 PHILOSOPHY
NOTEBOOKS, lost last
semester. No questions asked.
Large reward offered. Call
Michael K. Hooker at
929-5320.
LEATHER MCGREGOR
basketball, lost in Woollen
Gym. Call 968-9147, ask for
403 Manly. Reward.
WALLET, with ID's, driver's
license, etc., lost at the dance
at the new union, Jan. 16. Call
Paula Dressel at 330 Parker,
933-2755.
BROWN WALLET, in or
near Carolina Theatre Sunday
night. C all Glenn Deal at
968-9129. Reward.
as a result, saves THE
SERGEANT from becoming a
maudlin, penny-ante
philosophic tale of perverted
cause and effect.
But where the camera and
plot isn't focusing on Steiger,
the film's premises and
motivations seem to begin to
fall apart.
Perhaps a major fault lies
with the casting of John Phillip
Law as "Swannie," Steiger's
pet private. For the most part.
Law is wooden, his emotional
variation and dramatic
intensity falling into a class
with the equally dull Laurence
Harvey. His role is a pivotal
one as respondent to Steiger's
approaches and the audience
must understand something of
Swanson and his thoughts in
order to know how to view the
character.
When Law clenches his
jaw-muscles and glares ahead, is
this anger? or hate? or
determination? or just plain
bewilderment? Is Swanson
compassionate towards the
lonely Sergeant or is he simply
shockingly naive?
No answers are provided by
Law's performance, and even
fewer by the purposely
low-key script. The disparity
between our understanding of
The Sergeant and His Private
directly parallels the depth of
interpretation and of
perception by Steiger and Law.
Subsequently we can
discover the same disparity
between our affection for
Steiger's performance and our
lack of such for the picture as a
whole.
Playmakers
Host Robert
Anderson
Robert Anderson,
renowned Broadway
playwright, will lecture
on "The Future of the
American Playwright," at
8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
12, at Playmakers
Theatre.
Anderson, who is
writ er-in-residence here,
through February, is the
author of "Tea and
Sympathy," "I Never
Sang For My Father,"
and "You Know I Can't
Hear You When the
Water's Running." He
wrote the screenplays for
"The Sand Pebbles" and
"The Nun's Story."
The public is invited
to attend the lecture.
PAIR BROWN MEN'S
GLASSES. If found, call Larry
Taylor at 968-9182. Reward.
WATCH with black band,
near Mitchell Hall on Monday.
If found, call Cindy Chappell
at 968-9078. Reward offered.
GERMAN SHEPHERD
COLLIE puppy. If found,
contact Art Tucker at
968-9024. Reward.
"PROSSER ON TORTS,"
Call Mary Caroline Patton at
314 Winston, 968-9333.
Reward offered.
BLACK FOLDOVER
WALLET containing $3 and
important cards and pictures.
Reward. Call Erica at 933-1772
or the DTH 933-1011.
CHECKBOOK from State
Bank of Wingate. Contact
Oscar Montero at 230
Ehringhaus, 933-5257.
FOUND
LONDON FOG COAT in
Acquisitions Department of
Wilson Library. Contact Pat
Schabery in that office to
identify coat.
Film
Every move by the superb
actor is controlled, calculated
and directly enroute to a
consummation of character we
all expect and, in the final
minutes of the film, appreciate.
The entire production is
neither as disciplined nor as
well directed. The love affair
between Swanson and Solange
is ponderously developed and
curiously staggered. Now vou
see it, now you don't. But,
again because of Law's
ambivalence, when did you
ever really understand where it
stood?
The film is nicely
photographed and interestingly
begun and ended (with
quasi-newsreel shots). But most
of its artistry is overshadowed
by the inherent dramatic
clumsiness in its conception
and development.
Steiger has begun to emerge
as an actor who is remarkable,
regardless of his material. He
has both lifted a not-so-special
flim into the ranks of greatness
(IN THE HEAT OF THE
NIGHT) and has salvaged an
otherwise forgettable one (NO
WAY TO TREAT A LADY).
In THE SERGEANT he
strikes a happy medium, lifting
a meaiocre mm just a siignt Dit
out of its neutral state.
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Campus
KINETIC ART FILM
Program Two. At 7 and 9 p.m.
in Carroll Hall.
GSA NEWSLETTER is now
available by wrriting to the
Graduate Student Association,
Box 26, Student Union
Building; also available at most
departmental offices, Y court,
Lenoir Hall and the Union
Information Desk.
"SOUL FOOD DINNER"
Tickets for the benefit of Pines
Community House will be sold
at Y Court from 9-12 noon
today.
THE MARX BROTHERS
film "A Day At The Races"
will be shown at 9 p.m. tonight
at The Connection Coffee
Shop, Wesley Foundation.
STRAY GREEKS will meet
at the Porthole tonight at 5:30.
Call 968-9066 for information
or a ride.
ORIENTATION
COMMISSION Interviews will
be held today and tomorrow
from 3-5 in the South Lounge
of the Union.
CLAIM CHECKS from the
Student Book Co-operative
may be redeemed at the APO
Offices, ground floor Smith
Building, from 1 to 4:00 any
afternoon this week.
PAUL R. DESJARDINS will
speak on "Combined
Hardware Software Approach
to Time-Sharing," Thursday at
8 p.m. in room 114 of the
Duke University Physics Bldg.
GOVERNOR SCOTT'S
BUDGET Message will be
Putting you first, keeps US first.
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Most of the cars. that are competitive with Chev
rolets are clamoring for you to buy them now.
Big deal. (You hope.)
Chevrolet offers something even better than hope.
Many popular items are priced less than a year ago.
Such as Powerglide and large V8's. Head restraints
are now standard. New advanced-design power disc
brakes are priced over a third less than our power disc
brakes were last year.
So we're offering a '69 Camaro Sport Coupe for less
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Her Brand Of
"Just dance and
scream that's what this music
is for." says Janis Joplin of her
singular brand of rock blues.
The Carolina campus will get a
flashy sample of Joplin's cheap
thrills February 28 in
,
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JANIS JOPLIN COMES TO C
Calendar Reminders
televised live over WUNC-TV vt
12:30 this afternoon. It will
also be rebroadcast at 10:30
tonight.
GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION will meet
tonight at 7:30 in rooms 207
and 209 of the Union. Topics
to be discussed and all graduate
students urged to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
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FEATURING
'69 Camaro Sport Coupe, "The Hugger'
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Joplin B
Carmichael Auditorium.
It is more than psychedelic
or acid rock style that has put
Janis in the top notch of
musical preference from UNC
to Playboy's annual Jazz and
Pop Poll. She possesses that
(Photo by David Alien)
AROL1NA
LOCKERS are now available
to any student at the Union on
a first-come, first-served basis.
Union Information Desk.
ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL
Lieutenant Governors will
meet at 5:30 in the Frank
Porter Graham Lounge of the
Union. All members are
requested to attend or send a
representative.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
5-7 P.M.
0 1 lb. Squire Chopped Steak
O Large Baked Potato
O Squire Salad
O French Garlic Bread
O Cheese & Crackers
ONLY $2.00
PLUS A FREE MUG OF DRAFT with each meal
Dine in English atmosphere at the Country Squire Steakhouse
V2 miles from Eastgate Shopping Center on 15-501 Blvd.
money than last year.
$147.00 less if you equip it with the new 350-cu.-in.
250-hp V8 (as compared with last year's 327-cu.-in.
275-hp Eight), the Powerglide and power disc brakes,
whitewalls and wheel covers.
Help us deflate inflation.
Show up at your Chevrolet dealer's Showdown.
You'll win.
Based on manufacturer's suggested retail prices,
intludtng federal excise tax and suggested
dealer new car preparation charge.
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blend of little girl and truck
driver which must have begun
some 25 years ago in Port
Arthur. Texas, and matured
with her various sensations
from Leadbelly through Bessie
Smith and Odetta to the funky
vibes of Otis Kedding. All of it
instinct without any formal
musk study. She has sour not
the Aretha Franklin kind but
the kind that a girl acquires
when she decides that the
"comfortable" life and the
guy-next-door just don't make
it; when she drops in and out
of four colleges or runs away;
when she first goes into herself
with painting and reading
poetry and decides the way to
bring it out front is through
performing.
Janis started in folk clubs
and bars on the West Coast
using a srriooth and easy voice
for country music or blues
until she found herself
musically with Big Brother and
the Holding Company. "1 just
exploded. You have to sing
loud and move wild in front of
a rock band with all that
rhythm and volume going.
Now I don't know how to
perform any other way. I've
tried cooling myself and not
screaming, and I've walked off
feelinc like nothing."
She has been described as
something awesome on stage.
She scowls, chortles, thrashes
her hair and swings the
microphone like a scythe. But
it's no act. For Janis Joplin it's
release it means she's into
herself, her emotion, and so is
the audience. "It's super-valid.
It's what 'soul' is all about."
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