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PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — MAKCn i:»yt R ks«»'"3 Rosen displays his huge talent to Wesleyan’s small audience CARL ROSEN PLAYED TO SMALL CROWD IN THE SAC. Poet plans reading April 6 at Wesleyan Emily R. Grosholz will read from her poetry at North Caro lina Wesleyan College on Wednesday, April 6, at 8:15 p.m. in Pearsall Library. She is the author of three vol umes of poetry, including books in the Princeton Series of Con temporary Poetry and the Johns Hopkins Poetry Series. During the past two decades, Grosholz has traveled extensively in Italy, Greece, and England, and has lived for periods in France and Germany. That experience left its impression on her first two books of poetry. The River Painter (University of Illinois, 1984) and Shores and Headlands (Princeton University Press, 1988). By contrast, her third book of poetry, Eden (Johns Hopkins Uni versity Press, 1992), reflects the domestic landscape of Pennsyl vania where she now lives with her husband, Robert Roy Edwards, and two sons, though far away places weave in and out of those poems. Grosholz is cunently wcaking on her fourth book of poetry, some of which has been published in The Hudson Review, New En gland Review, and Poetry and Poetics. An advisory editw for The Hudson Review, Grosholz has published poems, literary essays, and reviews in a broad spectrum of quarterlies. Her work has been anthologized in such a diverse volumes as The Virago Book of Birth Poems, love Poems by Women, and Gathered Waters: An Anthology of River Poems. She has been awarded a fel lowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and a residency at the Djerassi Foun dation. She has taught poetry workshops at the Sewanee Writ ers’ Conference, the Wesleyan Writers’ Conference, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Bom and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa., she received her bachelor’s degree at the Uni versity of Chicago and doctorate in philosophy at Yale University. A professor of philosophy at Penn State University, where she has taught since 1979, she has also held positions as a fellow at the National Humanities Center, se nior research feUow at the Insti tute for the History and Philoso phy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto, and adjunct associate iffofessor of phi losophy at the University of Penn sylvania. Oxford University Press pub lished Cartesian Method and the Problem of Reduction, her book on the impact of Descartes’ method far both his scientific and philosoi^cal work, in 1991. She has published numerous articles on phik)S(^y. In addition to North Carolina Wesleyan College, Grosholz’s poetry reading tour this year has included Washington University, Duke University, GuUford Col lege, and East Carolina Univer sity. By BEN HAMRICK Amid the on-going cries of “There’s nothing to do here!” Wesleyan, through CAB and Sigma Pi Fraternity, welcomed singer/songwriter Carl Rosen to campus on the night of March 16. Rosen performed beautifully to the small crowd of 35 students and staff gathered in the SAC. His interpretations of The Eagles, Elton John, and Billy Joel songs flavored with some of his own creations took the gathered through an hour and a half odys sey of musical excellence. Many of those gathered rel ished in Rosen’s involvement of the audience as they sang and even danced the limbo to his mu sic. Rosen, in his tenth year as a college performer, continues to hone his talent and style with each performance. This writer had the good fortune of witnessing Carl perform in 1985 when he first began his career. His version, then as well as now, of Billy Joel’s Piano Man could convince even the most adamant Joel fan that Billy was doing the vocals and not another short Jewish guy originally from Long Island named Carl Rosen.' Rosen has traveled through out the country performing and sharing his talents with all com ers and was honored as college performer of the year in 1991. Through his experience Rosen has Dr. Kuykendall to present lecture Dr. Crystal Kuykendall, a former teacher and guidance counselor, will present a lecture on “Bringing Out the Best in All Students” next Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 pjn. in the Student Activities Center. Kuykendall is the president and general counsel of her own firm, Kreative and Innovative Re sources for Kids. She has {ve- sented at more than 50 national and dozens of state conferences across the United States, and served as a consultant in Africa, Europe, Australia, and Bermuda She is the author of several books, including From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black and Hispanic Students, and won widespread recognition. Review developed a repertoire that will satisfy most musical tastes. Even as entertaining as Rosen was, some of the gathered found themselves unable to show even simple, subtle respect for the per former. The brash rudeness of some as they carried on countless conversations, yelled across the SAC, and walked in and out of the performance disrupted Rosen on a couple of occasions. This embarrassing behavior seems to permeate most events that Wesleyan has. While students hold a good portion of the re sponsibility here, staff members could make an attempt to set a better example. Rosen was very appreciative, though, of the en thusiasm that those present dis played. This writer hears constant complaints from Wesleyan stu dents that there is nothing to do here. Examples such as poor stu dent attendance at performances and lack of participation in cam pus programming shows that the problem is not in the variety of offerings but in the apathy Wes leyan students show when oppor tunities are presented. Even our supposed “most in volved” students (such as SGA officers, presidents of campus or ganizations, and athletes) perpetu ate the problem of apathy as their absence at campus events is the rule, not the exception. All of these words will most likely fall to oveffkwing trash cans as stu dents apathy is so well developed that few, if any, will ever, read them. I Because at issue is Carl Rosen’s performance and not the obvious lack of concern of Wes leyan students it must be con cluded with a strong grade of “A” for Mr. Rosen. Our community missed yet another opportunity to be enriched. Just do it!!! It is back, and it will be better than ever be fore! The Campus Activities Board is planning a trip to Busch Gardens, and we would like to extend an invitation to you to join us for a fun- filled day in WilliaW§6urg? Virginia! We will be traveling by bus to Busch ti^ar^ns on Satur day, April 16. There will be only 46 tickets available, so you will need to go ahead and get your name on the sign-up li^t if you are interested! Deadline for sign-up Is Friday, April 8. iz-ibnon^b avBji 0ji)0aj o?le ^ The cost is..$T4 p^r stuqlenjfo The pnce in cludes continental breakfast, transportation, and park admission. To reserve your spot, call Sue today at 5227!
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