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N.C. Essay
Friday. October 24. 1975
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Practice Rooms
For several years, the music department has received complaints
about the poor acoustics in the practice rooms. These rooms were not
designed for music study. The music department has found it difficult
to meet the needs of all tiie students involved, but it is trying. Acoustic
tiles have been installed in three practice rooms and it has improved
the sound somewhat. The installation of tile will be completed in all
rooms when the financial situation improves. The job is high on the
school’s priority list.
When the new Workplace is completed, there will be proper practice
rooms but, until then, the music department is asking students for
their understanding, cooperation and suggestions. A memorandum
from Scott Schillin. assistant dean of music, sets forth guidelines to
help music students keep the existing practice rooms in the best
condition possible. The school will make its improvements when it is
financially able to do so.
Poetry Contest
The National Poetry Press has announced its spring competition.
The closing date for the submission of manuscripts by college students
is Nov. 5, 1975. Any student attending college is eligible to submit
verse. There is no limitation as to form or theme. Shorter works are
preferred by the Board of judges, because of space limitations.
Each poem must be typed or printed on a separate sheet, and must
bear the name and home ad(kess of the student, and the college
address as well.
Manuscripts should be sent to the Office of the Press, National
Poetry Press, 3210 Selby Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90034.
Sex rHscrimination
Chancellor Suderburg recently appointed Frank S. Ruark to be Title
IX Compliance Officer for the School. Title IX is part of the Federal
’Education Amendments of 1972. Mr. Ruark’s duties will be to
coordinate the School’s investigation before July, 1976, to discover
and eliminate from its policies and practice any dircrim^tion on the
basis of sex, especially against women. Reverse discrimination
against men is also forbidden. Protections of the law and regulations
apply to students, faculty, and staff.
When making the appointment. Dr. Suderburg reiterated that the
school has not and will not knowingly discriminate against any student
or employee.
Ruark anticipates setting up committees of faculty, staff, and
students to examine recruitment and admissions, financial aid,
student services and activities, academic (including arts) programs
Md related activities, and employment. Any student who is interested
in serving on a comnuttee should contact SCA President David
Winslow. Interested faculty and staff members should contact Ruark.
Grievance machinery and procedures to hear individual and class-
action complaints be established. Individual cases of
discrimination, if any, not involving sdiool policy, probably can be
corrected in a short time. Unsuspected cases of group discrimination
may have to await the end of the investigative period next July and
action by the Board of Trustees of the school. Any students, faculty, or
staff who wish to report an instance of sex discrimination should
furnish a signed and dated written statement to Ruark in the Financial
Aid and Institutional Research Office, Room 318, Student Commons..
Student Grants
Full-time undergraduate college students who are legal residents of
North Carolina may now apply for North Carolina Student Incentive
Grants to attend in-state institutions of higher education. The amount
of each grant will be based on the individual student’s demonstrated
financial need in relation to resources and cost of education, but may
not exceed $1,500 per academic year. Each applicant must first apply
for a federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant.
Applications for the 1975-76 school year will be distributed soon by
the Financial Aid Office to all in-state college financial aid applicants
who appear to qualify. If you do not receive an application by Friday,
Oct. 24, 1975, and think you may be eligible, contact Frank S. Ruark,
financial aid administrator, in the Student Commons building.
Applications should be completed and returned to Mr. Ruark.
1975-76 grants will be made for the entire school year retroactive to
its beginning. Awards are determined by College Foundation, Inc.,
from equal matching federal and state funds administered by the N.C.
State Education Assistanc Authority. The sum of $847,000 is avialable
for this school year for all eligible North Carolina applicants. College
Foundation has announced that grants will be made initially to first-
year students, next to fourth-year students (because they are not
eligible in 197M6 for BEOG grants), and finally to second-year and
third-year students to the extent that funds are available. In future
years applications should be received by College Foundation, Inc., not
later than March 15. Applications received after March 15 will be
processed if funds are available.
SECCA Grants
Drama Dean
Will Be Chosen
By KEVIN ATKINSON
The Drama Search Coirmiittee, a group of Drama and
Design and Production students formed to help choose a
replacement for the present Dean of Drama Dean Ron
Pollock, is working with the final five candidates.
Although the committee was not able to divulge the names
of all five men-in fairness to those not yet interviewed-
they were able to explain the process which they will go
through in making their decision.
Each candidate will be interviewed by the entire drama
department during a large open meeting. Candidates
Malcolm Morrison-head of the acting department of Rose
Bruford College, England-and Edgar Loessin, Chairman
of Drama at East Carolina University, have already been
interviewed. The committee will also meet to discuss the
prospective candidates. After all five candidates have
been interviewed, all the drama students will vote for the
man they feel is most qualified and place all other
candidates in descending order of preference on the
ballot. The Search Committee will count these ballots and
use them to help determine their choice for Dean. Two
members of the committee will then be selected to vote
with the Board of Trustees. Each of the students will have
one vpte, and theif votes will count as much as any of the
ten board'members'.^T^e conmiittee expecte the new Dean
to be chosen within a jponOi. > • •
Bailey Street
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art and the National
Endowment for the Arts jointly announce a new program of Individual
Artists Grants for Southeastern artists.
Artists, 18 years or older, with established residency in Alabanla,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia may apply for
a $2000 grant. There will be 7 grants available for painters, sculptors,
and printmakers. SECCA and NEA define the purpose of the grants to
enable artists, of (exceptional talent, to set aside time and-or purchase
materials, and generally enable them to advance their careers as they
see fit.
Artists are encouraged to write for applications forms and
guidelines to: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA),!
500 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. 'Oiis program is
supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts,
Washington, D.C. - a federal agency.
Almost two years ago, City Hall announced to NCSA that, as part of
bicentennial plans, funds could be used to raze the approximately 15-
acre triangle north of the school known as BaUey Street and make the
area into a public park. Since then, the idea has evolved into a
proposal to the school by the city Board of Aldermen to use part of a
Housing and Urban Developmoit grant for the project. It has become
almost totally independent of the bicentennial plans.
Last year the Essay did several articles on this matter. Some of the
residents and businesses were interviewed. The overall feeling from
the neighborhood was negative. Some people have lived in the area all
their lives, and did not like the idea of moving.
Plans for the area were still in the first stages. Since last spring, a
definite plan has been established. In November, residents will begin
to be moved out, and demolition will begin. After the whole area is
razed, it will be up for purchase by the school. The school is planning to
put up housing for the elderly and some commercial use for the land.
The project will take approximately three years.
The main purpose of this project is to beautify the area around the
school, to make a better ent^ceway, better parking facilities for the
public, and to improve the bad conditions in thp arpa
Piedmont Orchestra
The November schedule for the Piedmont Orchestra calls for
concerts in Atlanta, Macon, Carlton, Greensboro, and Raleigh.
Featured soloist will be Eridi Friedman playing the Mozart A Major
Concerto. Also, a T.V. taping using the orchestra is planned.
The filming will take place at the Biltmore House in Ashville, and it
will feature the orchesb^ and a chorus playing Christmas music.
Each piece will be performed in a different room, according to that
certain piece’s style and flavor. Also a brass ensemble will be
conducted by ChanceUor Robert Suderburg as they play one of his
pieces.
It is" hoped that because of the broader audience reached, and the
impressiveness of the presentation, the school will make gains in
popularity across the state. Sam Stone, director of the Foundation,
says, “The aim is to present the school favorably, as well as to produce
classical music in classical surroundings.”
“HiUbilly Module
By JAMES ROCHELLE
Essay Staff Reporter
To say that the module
performed for students, faculty,
staff, and alumni last Saturday
was great is putting it very
mildly. I guess the word that pops
up in my mind is simply,
magnificent. To those of us who
got to see the performance, I
must say, it was a real treat, and
to those who didn’t, well, you got
tricked.
“The Way I Was Raised” has to
be the best module that I’ve seen
thus far. Cindy Garret and David
Dillon gave excellent acting.
They were great and they really
conveyed a message to the
audience. If I had not known
these two, I could have sworn
that they were real “hillbillies.”
As for Patricia Casey and Harry
Grose, what can one say about
the modem dance performance
set to good old-fashioned hillbilly
music? Exquisite!
Of course, what module could
be a real success without music?
The band was just great, with
David Winslow, violin, Marcey
Rollins, bass, Jim Lauderdale,
banjo, Brian Evans, guitar,
Preston Broach, guitar, and last
but not least, Carol Piatnet, viho
sang with a light and swinging
texture.
How can you go wrong with a
group like that? All of the
ensemble numbers were
performed very well, with nice
rich harmony and eveness. All I
can say is that it was superb! To
everybody else who worked on
the module’s technical part, I
give you a twenty-one gun salute
for a job well-done.
As a couple of people said to
me, “This is the best and biggest
audience that we’ve had to see a
module.” So, to future module
tours, if you want to be a real
success at home— and I know
they’ll be a success on their tour-
take a few notes from what I’ll
call “The Folks Module.”
Television
Exposure
By ROBIN SMITH
Essay Staff Reporter
Late-night weekend television
finally has an intere^ing
offering: “NBC’s Saturday
Night” at 11:30 on Channel 12
(WXII). The basic concept is to
offer new comic talent a chance
to perform and get nationwide
exposure. Popular musicians are
also part of the show, and it
makes for all-round, enjoyable
entertainment.
The first live telecast Oct. 11
was hosted by George Carlin in
his usual, dikinctive style. He
explained the differences
between football and baseball:
“In football, you really try to take
the other guy’s land away.
Playing baseball, all you want to
do is get home.” Cta religion:
“Sunday is supposedly God’s day
off, and that’s the day that
everybody goes to church to talk
to him. What sense does that
make?”
The musical offerings were
Janis Ian and Billy Preston. She
performed her popular “At
Seventeen” and a new release.
Her style is quiet and
introspective, really conveying
the mood of her songs. As always,
Billy Preston was exciting, doing
“Will It Go Round In Circles?” -
obviously enjoying himself.
The only regulars on the show
are the “Not-Qiiite-Ready-For-
Prime-Time” Players, who
perform skits and appear in
spoofs of commercials. At times,
it takes a while to discern
between the real ads and the
spoofs-both are pretty
ridiculous. In one . fake, an
insurance company offers
security after a death in the
family. No money is involved;
they simply find a replacement
for the mother or father. Another
spoof was of the Geritol
commercials; “My wife, I think
I’ll keep her.” The couple was
two young men, and the “wife”
smoked a pipe. According to the
husband, “Jariitol” helped his
wife “know just what to give me
after a hard day at the office.”
The -'new comic talent” was
not that great, but the main
problem was simple
nervousness. One guy did an
mutation of a man auditioning by
lip-syncing along with a record.
The gag was that it waaa chorus
num^r, and the solo only had
one line every two stanzas. In the
meantime, he drank water,
cleaned his fingernails, and
waited for his cue. When it came,
he suddenly put on this ear-to-ear
grin to “sing” his one line. Really
terrific, huh? A new comedienne
had a good monologue about high
school experiences, but she was
IVT nervous, and ended so
ilCW r aCUliy abruptly, the audience didn’t
know what to think.
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Percy Stevens has studied at
Rose Bruford College in London
and Prague in Czechoslovakia. In
1964 he won the best actor award
in South Africa for his role in “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. He
has directed “The Maid” and
“Six Characters in Search of an
Author.”
Other new Design and
Production faculty are Ann
Bonety, who works part-time in
visual arts, and Martha E>unigan,
also in visual arts. Kent Dorsey,
Clyde Fowler, Steve Kennedy
and Jack Miller work in Design
and Production.
The special guests were an
entirely new cast of “Muppets”:
swamp monsters who do little but
discuss sex. “Sesame Street” will
never be the same.
“NBC’s Saturday Night” is a
good opportunity to really be
entertained. The Oct. 18 telecast
was hosted by Paul Simon, with
special guest Art Garfunkel.
Each show will have a well-
known host and several new
performer?, and the live-
television element makes it
totally unpredictable and lots of
fun.