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By ALEXANDRA MANN
Staff Writer
Willi the onset of every school year
come hordes of new students fresh
men, junior transfers, graduates -- with
a common need and desire to find out
about UNC's campus and its diverse
offerings. But even students who have
been here for years may not know the
extent of the offerings of the Ackland
Art Museum on South Columbia
Street.
With more than 8,000 works of art
in the permanent collection alone, the
museum is a resource for art students
as well as students with only a minimal
knowledge of art. "My job emphasizes
educational programming," says Ray
Williams, this year's coordinator of'
public programming for the museum.
The museum's weekly Wednesday
morning tours, conducted by art history
professors and people connected with
the museum, are a large part of that
educational emphasis.
Williams wants to draw special
attention this year to the training
program for students who want to
become guides at the museum. The
program involves 12-week sessions
which start in January and take only
a few hours out of a student's day. "It ..
involves a series of lectures by members
and docents of the museum who discuss
the Ackland collection and put works
in a historical context," Williams
explained.
Williams said he also hoped to
spotlight the museum's student mem- "
bership program. Once students
become members, they are put on a
mailing list and receive advance notices
of upcoming exhibits. Members are also
invited to a spring purchase party at
which they are consulted by both the
curator and director of the Ackland on
possible purchases for the permanent
collection; members vote on how they
feel the museum's funds should be
spent. "The group also takes trips
together," says Williams. "This semester
they'll go to Charlotte, where the Mint
Museum is located. The focus there is
on modern architecture, which fits very
nicely into The Critical Edge' exhibit -we
have this year."
"The Critical Edge" is only one of
the many exhibits on this year's Ack
land schedule. The schedule represents
a wide variety of art styles and genres.
Kicking it all off on Sept- 7 is the annual
faculty exhibit,. which will feature recent
paintings, sculptures and prints by UNC ,
faculty members and one visiting artist.
fThe Critical Edge," which begins
Oct. 12, is one of the biggest shows of
the year. Drawings, plans, photographs
and models depicting changes in recent
American architecture will be on
display. The exhibit is "critical" because
it spotlights the 12 most controversial
buildings in recent architecture, among
them Michael Graves Portland Build
ing and Philip Johnson's AT&T
Building. i
Beginning Dec. 3, the Ackland will
showcase the fruits of two years of
collecting efforts in "Acquisitions 1983
85." Drawings, photographs, prints and
19th-century European! paintings are
among the strengths of the Ackland
collection. Less emphasis is placed, on
African, Indian, Far j Eastern and
modern art. ; ' ; J
On Feb. 1, a cross section of North
Carolina's folk arts will be exhibited.
Pottery, quilting, wopdearving and
painting will be on display. Throughout
much of March, Master of Fine Arts
candidates at UNC will present a
number of works in various media.
The final exhibit on the jnuseum's -f
schedule for the 5 '86: academic year
will be "The Woven and Graphic Art
of Anni Albers," an artist trained at the
Bauhaus, the radical i art school in
Dessau, Germany. It will arrive late in
March. !
The Ackland's schedule comprises an
eclectic group of exhibits aimed to
appeal to a diversity of tastes. The
museum itself is a mere 26 years old.
As Williams puts it, "Whereas our
collection started as a teaching device
for art students, it has developed into
a substantial collection with a wider
appeal."
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'Beauty' an oil painting by Mary Jones, will be displayed at Ackland Art Museum Sept. 7-29
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I3y MARK DAVIS
Staff Writer
Everyone deserves a second chance,
even Hollywood directors.
Several years ago, Michael Cimino,
who received wide acclaim for his
direction of The Deer Hunter, saw his
name become a Hollywood synonym
for failure after his wildly unpopular
and extravagantly expensive Heaven's
Gate. After a lengthy layoff, Cimino is
back with Yearofthe -Dragon, a movie
that isnf rg6tng'td-Jd' a -whole lot ? to-'
improve'h'lfeputatibrf."r" --" ! lj ;
Perhaps the best description for Year
of the Dragon is unoriginal. It's pretty
lifficult to find something here that
hasn't been done before. The movie is
about a police captain in Chinatown
who tries to crack the Chinese Mafia
that is threatening to destroy the city.
Mickey Rourke stars as Stanley White,
a hard-as-nails cop who bucks the
system at every opportunity in his
aggressive pursuit of criminals. Yes, the
name Clint Eastwood does seem to
cinema
spring into mind, doesnt it? Finally, the
story centers around the battle between
youth and age in the Mafia. Anyone
ever heard of The Godfather!
Imitation is not a crime in itself; some
of the best movies ever made explore
ground already trampled on by others..
The trick, however;1 is jto 1 bring some
thing new to the material, and this is
where Year of the Dragon fails most
completely.
It' hard to pinpoint where the brunt
of the blame should fall. Since Cimino
co-wrote the script as well as directed,
it seems fair that he should shoulder
a large hunk of the responsibility, but
there's plenty of blame to go around
for everybody. The jmost obvious
criticism one can address to Cimino is
the pacing of the film! He cuts away
from several scenes too 'soon and drags
others out interminably. The most
notable examples of the latter are the
two funeral scenes, both of which add
nothing to the film except boredom for
the viewer.
There is also excessive attention given
to White's personal life. Far too much
time is spent on the deteriorating
relationship between him and his wife
and on his subsequent affair with a
television reporter, played by model-turned-actress
Ariane, , who, inciden
tally, gives one of the most wooden
performances of the decade. Cimino's
intention is to show the effects White's
high-pressure job has on his home life,
but given White's arrogant, self
centered nature, this creates empathy
not for him but for the poor women
who have to put up with him.
Rourke tries very hard to bring his
role to life, but his character never really
takes off. He merely comes across as
just one more tough-guy cop in the
movies. No matter how rough East
wood or Jack Nicholson may behave
onscreen, they never fail to establish an
identification between the character and
the audience. Rourke has yet to master
this art. Sure, his character is a good
cop who is determined to destroy crime
and corruption, but you don't really
root for him.
The rest of the cast is not particularly
noteworthy with the exception of John
Lone, who gives an excellent perfor
mance as Chinatown's new ruthless
head, determined to stab his way to the
- top. ... V-:,:,V- ;
Year of the Dragon is further hurt
by an almost ridiculous abundance of
cliches. You could lose count over the
number of times Rourke says, "It's a
war out there and I'm going to win it,"
or something to that effect. There's also
a barrage of cracks about how the media
' exist by preying on the misfortunes of
others.
. Year of the Dragon was Cimino's
--T' second chance, and he blew it. The
studio that gives him a third deserves
a film as preposterous as this one.
Unwed mothers have high poverty rrate9 prof essor says
By DARLA GODWIN
Staff Writer
Giving birth to a child out of wedlock
or raising children without a father
often accompanies , poverty for many
women, participants in a luncheon
colloquium were told Tuesday.
Dr. Thomas Kniesner, an associate
professor of economics, spoke on the
"Feminization of Poverty" as part of
the Institute for Research in Social
Sciences' fall luncheon colloquia.
Kniesner said the increase in the
number of women living in poverty
since 1970 had become known as the
feminization of poverty. Twenty-five
percent of white female heads of
households and almost 50 percent of
black heads of households are living
below the poverty threshold, he added.
The poverty threshold is about
$11,000 for a family of four, Kniesner
said. The level varies according to the
number of people in the family, inflation
rates and a number of other factors.
"Women who move from being
married with children to divorced with
children or from single without children
to single with children are more likely
to be poor," Kniesner said. "Fifty to
65 percent of the women enter poverty
because of divorce, and almost 17
percent enter through birth out of
wedlock."
The rise in the number of unwed
teenage mothers has contributed to the
feminization of poverty, since most of
them live in poverty. "From 1970 to
1981, the number of farnilies headed by
never-married women increased by 350
percent," Kniesner said. However, he
added, "Young females; can get out of
poverty by returning to their parents'
or other relatives' homes."
Black women are more likely to enter
poverty than white women because they
are much more likely to become female
heads of households, he said.
"One-half of all black families are
headed by women," Kniesner said.
Most of the women living in poverty
are not helped by upward swings in the
economy because most of these women
are black. "Good times help the whites,
but not the blacks," Kniesner said.
Ads to prromniote goods mraatile io the U,
ByTODDGOSSETT i
Staff Writer . ; '
"Crafted With Pride! in the USA" is a new slogan that
should become more and more familiar to Americans in
the next few months. - .
Starting this week, there will be a series of five thirty
second commercials aired on national television, promoting
the "Crafted With Pride" campaign, according to the
campaign's organizers. Sponsored by the Fabric and Apparel
Industries, the campaign's main goal is to make consumers
more aware of what they are buying and where it is made.
Formed a little over a year ago, the "Crafted With Pride"
council has been sponsoring community and employee
awareness programs, !mainly in the Southeast textile
producing states. According to Frank Fary, Public Relations
manager for Cone Mills in Greensboro, the television ads
mark the first time the council has tried to spread the "Crafted
With Pride" message nationwide.
The 30-second spots: will feature such celebrities as Bob
Hope, Diahann Carroll, Cathy Lee Crosby, O.J. Simpson
and Don Johnson, saying "It Matters" to them whether or
not they buy clothes made in the United States.
"Seen mainly between now and Christmas, the commer
cials are aimed at raising the consumers' attention during
the peak buying season j" Fary said.
The increasing number of foreign imports is behind the
development of the "Crafted With Pride" program, according
to Bryant Haskins, Public Relations manager for Burlington
Industries in Greensboro. '
"Imports account for 50 percent of all the apparel and
fabric goods sold in the United States today, double the
percentage of imports sold in 1980," Haskins said. "This
is a problem that has resulted in the loss of thousands of
jobs."
According to Haskins, if every American were to spend
20 more dollars this year on American-made clothes than
: on imported clothes, then it would save 100,000 U.S. textile
jobS. ;
Haskins said the "Crafted With Pride" program is only
one part of a three-pronged attack on imports. He said more
automation of the textile industry will be necessary to
compete with imports.
The third attack is political. There is currently legislation
in Congress, which, if passed, would limit the growth of
imports to no more than the domestic market growth,
Haskins said. : '
- The Reagan Administration's free-trade policy has
hampered efforts to get anti-import legislation through, but
there may be enough sponsors in the House and Senate
to override a Presidential veto, Haskins said.
Groups offer students
special support services
By KIM WEAVER
Staff Writer
Two support groups, one for
women students who experienced
sexual abuse as children or adoles
cents and another for students whose
parents were separated, divorced, or
in the process of doing so, will be
offered free of charge by the mental "
health section of the Student Health '
Service. Both groups will meet
weekly for a semester, the former
group beginning in late September
and the latter group in early October.
These groups were offered last
year and were successful, said Myron
B. Liptzin, M.D., director of Student
Mental Health.
"These groups are perceived needs
we became aware of on part of the
student population.
"Results (from last year) show that
people who attended the groups
generally felt improved by the
experience, he said. "These groups
will not completely resolve their
problems, but they are a beginning."
The special types of problems
these students face are often better
handled in group format, Liptzin
said. Students who have been sex
ually abused often experience deep
feelings of guilt and shame, he said.
Problems of students whose parents
are separated or divorced include
divided loyalties, financial problems,
concern for siblings left behind and
concern for the most vulnerable
parent.
"When talking one-to-one, there
are often things they don't want to
talk about," he said. "In a group,
there is usually someone who will
break the ice and others will follow.
It's very supportive. You feel closer
to those who've gone through a
similar experience."
The group discussions will be
facilitated 'by a professional group ,
leader who will maintain an agenda, '
which will unfold throughout the
course of the discussion. Carolyn
Cole, a clinical social worker, will
co-lead the group for sexual abuse
victims.
"I've done a lot of work over the
years with incest survivors," she said
"There seemed to be a pressing need
for the sexual abuse group. I think
it's important for people to know
they are not alone."
Cole said she stressed that any
contact made with the students
would remain confidential. A co
leader for the sexual abuse group and
co-leaders for the group of students
whose parents are separated or
divorced have not yet been chosen.
If the response is so overwhelming
that both groups cannot be safely
accommodated on a weekly basis,
other groups will be formed. For
those students who feel uncomfor
table relating in a group situation,
the mental health service will see
them on an individual basis.
Interested students may call the
Student Mental Health Service at
966-3658 for more information.
(BTH meeting Thursday,
There will be a mandatory full staff
meeting on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in
room 226 of the Student Union. All
members of the Tar Heel news staff are
required to attend. Vague, muttered
excuses will not be acceptable. Legit
imate excuses must be submitted to
your particular editor prior to the
meeting. Questionable excuses may
requisition further action (you might ;
not get a staff Christmas greeting, for 5
instance). '
At any rate, it is suggested that all
members should abstain from excuse
making and attend the meeting. Impor
tant information will be disseminated
at said meeting. Comprende?
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