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March 13,1987
gupcessful Spring Writer's Forum AntiripatPH
Ravings From The
Editor
My original plan for ravings
this month was to write a dreary
literary romp about the
pointlessness of St. Valentine's
Day. The powers-that-be decided
that it was too dreary, incoherent,
and Valentine's Day had already
passed. Instead you get a drab last
minute piece about what's
happened around the office since
the last time we visited.
Are you mentally prepared?
Good, cause here it comes.
The first item on the
agenda is the amount of support
we have been getting from the St.
Andrews faculty/students. There
has been an inordinant amount of
cheers, jeers, and suggestions to
pass through my mental processi.
The conclusion I reached
from all this input is that the majority
of people really like the A & E
section. I know we can not satisfy
everyone, but "we aim to please."
Thanks, people.
The second item is that a
sub-staff is being created for the
A&E section. Two new
correspondents have been added
to our staff. Kevin Hauver (whose
work appears in this issue) has
created his own column of "Odds
and Sods." He has also taken the
job of theatrical
correspondent/liason. Which he
doesn't find to hard because he
performs in the majority of St.
Andrews' theatrical productions.
Elisabeth Ross is the other new
member of our little production
team. She has taken on the job of
literary correspondent. Though her
work does not appear in this issue it
will in the very near future. All this
help is enabling ©I&C ©I'Ct-
toOt^fec!> (iFaitora to have a
little socializing time. Thanks, staff.
The third item is the need
for an experienced (or talented in
experienced) movie critic. Any
volunteers? If you desire no pay,
brutal hours, lots of fun, and
journalistic experience then this is
your kind of employment. All
interested may apply to: Steve
Skinner, ext. 494, or Lloyd Mielenz,
ext. 454. Thanks, and throw
money!
The final item to be
discoursed upon in this drab piece
of begging is the need for satirical,
humorous, or irrational pieces of wit
to be used in a extra-large humor
section. Somebody please do a
cartoon! Anything reasonably sane
and clean will be considered.
So now it's time for all you
sensitive, intelligent individuals to
make a contribution to the status
quo. Get the witicisms to me about
any subject at all. It could be on :
road trips, holiday experiences,
student life, family members, pets,
or anything that tickles your funny
bone. Thanks, you lunatics.
The A&E section is really
beginning to take shape. Two
regular column’s begin this month.
Odds and Sods and Wha's
Happ'nin. And of course Did You
Know? has once again been
revived. I hope you enjoy these
columns as much as we did creating
them.
Pax En Terra
Lloyd E. Mielenz, III
By Steve Skinner
Section Co-Editor
Following in the footsteps
of a most successful fall season,
the St. Andrews Writer's Forum is in
full swing. On February 12, 1987,
the Brunnenburgers entertained
the forum with poems about their
time overseas. And following a
week of welcoming them back,
Grace Gibson (professor of
Journalism this spring at St.
Andrews) delighted her audience
focusing on various types of
poetry. She shared poems
containing vivid memories of her
childhood and poems about her
travels overthe past several years.
The rest of the season
looks just as promising as the
beginning. This season's list is full
of familiar names including some
widely know poets as well as our
own talented writers. A few to
mention are Writer's Ink, a group
By Astri W. Holland
Contributing Writer
The Scotland County Arts
Council, St. Andrews Art Guild and
C.U.B. are in co-operative
preparation for their first annual
Spring Fest to be held on April 4th.
The festive event will
feature many artisans, crafts,
musicians, displays, and
performers with many wares to be
sold.
Similar spring fesfs in
By Kevin Hauver
Theatrical Correspondent
The Saint Andrews theater
department has recently com
menced preparation for the spring
season. After the successful
production of two plays in the fall,
everyone involved is excitedly
anticipating the potential of the
spring season.
The plays in the works are
Thriller of the Year and
RosencrantzandGuildenstern are
Dead, with the plays being
performed on April 11, 22, 24 and
April 9,10,23,25 respectively.
Thriller of the Year,
from Fayetteville; Clyde Edgerton
(know for his book of ever-rising
popularity. Raney); the poet
laureate of South Carolina, Grace
Freeman; Princess Mary
deRachewiltz. from Brunnenburg,
Italy; Soichi Furuta; and Harvard
poet, Martin Robbins.
All students, faculty, and
the public are invited to be a part of
this season's forum. Several Open
Mike dates have been scheduled
for those willing to share their work.
On May 7, 1987, the chapbook
contest winner will be crowned with
a reading, followed by a Senior
Open Mike.
If the readings and list of
famous names thus far are any
indication, this should be a season
to look forward to with great anticipa
tion.
Readings are at 8:00 p.m.
in Mecklenburg Main Lounge
unless otherwise noted. All are
welcome to attend.
Chapel Hill and Charlotte have
been quite successful. With the
St. Andrews Lakeside setting this
is bound to be one of the best
regional spring fests in our area.
The St. Andrews art, music
and theatre departments, with the
support of various student/faculty
members, will be creating an
unforgettable spring afternoon that
you will want to be sure not to miss.
Stay tuned for more
information.
directed by D.K. Beyer, will feature
student Amy Sarno in the lead role.
Rosencrantz and Gulden-
stern are Dead will be directed by
Robbie Rankin and feature the
already proven talents of Michael
Leer.
Both Sarno and Leer gave
memorable and well-rated
performances in the fall production
of Scratch. Similar success is
expected in the upcoming spring
productions.
All performances will take
place in Liberal Arts Auditorium.
Advance ticket sales will be held at
the front entrance to the L.A.
Building later in the spring.
—A—
Friday
Night
Review
By Heidi Jernigan
Editor
Friday afternoon during
winterterm. No where to go until
eight or so. No classes until
Monday. No homework to be
done. What to do?
Cleaning my room seems
like a good Idea (my roommate
recommends it). Moving a
mountain of clothes I find it: the
book.
After tossing tommorow's
(always tommorow's) laundry into
the bottom of my closet I sit back
and open what must be one of
today's best works of
contemporary literature, Less Than
Zero.
Brett Ellis' Less Than Zero
deals with the California brat-
packers' confrontations within the
degenerative drug and pen/erted
sex scene of Beverly Hills. But it's
more than that.
Ellis recalls his own days of
attending an east coast college
and his summer return to the
infectious hopelessness of the
bars and mansions of California.
Behind all the BMW's, Camp
Beveriy Hills clothing, a plethora of
"mommy and daddy's " credit cards
and the everpresent MTV, lie one
too many noses bleeding
continuously from the abuse of
cocaine; one too many gang rapes
of a 12 year old; one too many
friends dying from anorexia
nervosa. And all the while "people
are afraid to merge."
If all of this is not enough
then take it one step further. Slip
in the new DAVID & DAVID tape,
Boomtown. Then just play side
one over and over again while you
read. Boomtown portrays a realistic
cross-section of American life,
namely the drug culture. Could it
be that the two Davids have met
Ellis before? The title cut.
Welcome to the Boomtown,
develops its characters just as fully
as does Ellis' book. The final cut
from side one. Being Alone To
gether, brings back to mind and
more cleariy into focus the
underlying theme of Ellis' book:
"People are afraid to merge."
I finished the book in a few
hours. Suddenly I found myself
satisfied with being in Laurinburg,
N.C.,USA.
Ready to face the evening
ahead, I grabbed a jacket and my
car keys. Heading out I wondered
if people here are also afraid to
merge.
ST. ANDREWS CELEBRATES SPRING
First Annual Spring Fest
SPRING THEATRICAL
PRODUCTIONS UNDERWAY