Wiit jlBUligerimner
October 6, 1977
UNC-AshevUle, 28804
a review of the premier
THEA TRE UNC-
ASHEVILLE
OPENS SEASON
by ERWIN COOK
UNC-A-drama, under the di
rection of Arnold Wengrow,
opens its 1977-78 season'
with Langford Wilson's
The Rimers of Eldritch.
Wilson, an American play
wright, acheived popular ac
claim for his comic Hot L
Baltimore. Rimers shows Oc
tober 6-8 at 8:30 p.m. with
a Saturday matinee at 2:30
p.m.
Langford's central concerns
are expressible in the time
old question "Is man no more
than this?" To express this
he assembles an array of mis
fits, cripples, and looneys,
vainly trying to live their
illusions. The town's cho
sen symbol is the rusting
Plymouth of its hero who was
killed in a two bit race in
Centerville. Its' voices of
truth are a town retrobate
named Skelly and Mary Winrod,
a senile nur'se who has the
•bravery to believe in her
dreams, as the citizens laugfi
as they try to live theirs.
A vagrant trucker moves in
with Cora, the town restua-
rant owner, and only sane ci
tizen, scandalizing the town.
The trucker at first doesn't
consider or care about the
gossip but the city has its
effect, and by Act II he is
paranoid too. The citizens,
robbed of all ambition, fall
to justifying their own
wretched lives by reducing
everyone else to their own
level, in an endless stream
of malicious gossip.
God looms indifferent and on
ly Centerville offers escape.
Lanford's result is a soap.
an albeit sophisticated soap,
but all the same a soap. And
on a series basis could of
fer America an advanced case
(^f "Another World" or "Gen
eral Hospital", His chrono
logical hocus-pocus sets in
relief an array of stereo
types and impotent symbolism
that would make Harriet .
Breecher Stowe cringe. The
Betrobate, an 80 year old
dissipate has insights into
town members worthy of
Freud. Three years earlier.
Driver Or's brother; Driver,
the towns' only celebrity,
is killed in a car race and
his car is left as a memor
ial in downtown. And Driver
Jr's girlfriend Eva tells
Jr. "Everytime I see that
car it kills mel"
Wilson's Rimers nevertheless
scores some potent emotional
punches. All the lead roles
were strong, with ace perfor
mances by Paul deVere who
played Skelly Manor, Byron
Ballard who played Nelly
Windrod and Rebecca Meadows,
the cafe owner. Also in the
cast are Tom Lee and Toni
Williams, the two lovers
whose quarrel leads to an
accidental killing.
Chric Mathis, Cora's lover,
Cynthia Cole, Brenda Cook,
Fred Jones, Michael Manly,
Michael Moon, Lisa Mulvaney,
A1 Myers, M. Katherine Rey
nolds, Valerie Stewart, and
Sophia Zsigmond complete the
cast. All in all a very suc
cessful staging with superb
lighting and set designs,
and special effects. Well
worth the seeing.
Paul deVere plays an eccentric hernrtit whose behavior in a small town
in Iowa causes his death in the Theatre UNC-Asheville production of
The Rimers of Eldritch playing at the Carol Belk Theatre, October 6-8,
8:30 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $3.00 ad
ults, $1.50 students, reservations may be made by calling 253-577.8.
Student Oubs and
Activities
Have you ever been
bored stiff with your
school work? Have you
every thought that you
would go stark-raving mad
i f you di dn't get yoyr
mind off of classes? If
so, you should check into
some of the extracurriculum
activities that are avail
able at U.N.C.-A., for
there is surely to be
something that will be
suitable to everyone's
taste.
Those interested in
sports might want to join
Alpha Nu Lambda, a social
and athletic activity on
campus. Early each fall,
there are cheerleading
"tryouts" for all eligible
students, as well as the
participation in intra
mural football. Winter
sports include a womens'
basketball team, under the
coaching Professor Tom
Cochran, and a mens' team,
with Bob Hartman serving
Student Senate Meeting
Chancellor King Visits Senate
The seventh regular
Senate Meeting of this
semester was held Tuesday,
October 4, 1977 at 3:50.
Senators present were:
Kent, Parham, Keesler, Har
vey, Eller, Gardner, Brown,
Skeele, Reed, Smith,
Neuschaeffer, Williams,
and Mundy. Others present
were: Dr. King, Dean Deason,
Branham Stevenson, Phil
lips, McAffee, Saunders,
West, Parker, Parrish,
Bigelow, Putnam, Kindiey.
Sales, and McEnerny.
After the meeting was
called to order, twenty
minutes late. Dr. King,
acting chancellor, spoke to
the Senate. He assured
them that they could,
". . .expect me to see
things carried on as usual
during the illness of the
chancellor." He told the
senate he would be glad to
listen to anything they had
to say and he urged them to
come to him anythime.
Senator Harvey then
questioned Dr. King and
Dean Paul T. Deason about
the possibility of estab
lishing an off-campus SG
account for the funds gen
erated from the up-coming
concert. Dr. King stated
"I believe all money col
lected by any agency must go
through the usual procedures
in order to provide for
state auditing. And Student
Government would be acting
as such in this case." Mr.
Deason agreed to meet with
the already established
Senate^Committee chaired by
Senator Kent to discuss the
fate of the projected pro-
f i ts.
The fall semester SG bud
get was then presented to
the senate. The $14,188.50
budget was sponsored by
Parham and Eller. A summa
tion of the budget is as
con't on page 3
as the coach. Also,
there is an intramural
basketball team that is
open to all interested stu
dents and faculty members.
The year finishes each
spring with intramural
volleyball, which also is
open to all interested
members of the college
community; tennis activi
ties, under the coaching of
Professor Harry Johnston of
which students must try out
for, and performances by
the square dance team,
which, too, is based on
tryouts.
U.N.C.-A. also offers
such service organizations
as the K-ettes, a club,
primarily of young women,
whose goal is to serve the
University through a con
cern in campus and civic
affairs. They have two
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