Editorial
Carter's reality:
more than a concept
As the presidential cam
paigns wind down, one thing is
regrettably clear it's going to
be close. The winner will be
either Reagan or Carter, which
is too bad because Anderson is
truly impressive. But the reality
is that the choice that makes a
difference is the choice between
Reagan and Carter. And the
difference is significant.
Reagan offers a dangerously
simplified world view that as
serts that there is no energy
crisis, that we do not need to
conserve, and that we can
increase military spending, cut
taxes eventually, and balance
the budget. The panacea is
comforting to those buffeted by
modern complexities who seek
nostalgic reassurances. But, as
the ERA issue points out, times
have changed. "Happily ever
after" is a lovely ending for
fairy tales, but it is not a
sufficient premise on which to
base governmental policies.
Reagan is also naive on
foreign policy issues. His stand
on arms control lacks sub
stance. And his intimations of
intervention smack of brinks
manship. In a volatile inter
national setting, one should
certainly be wary of such rash
attitudes.
Carter's alternative view is
more realistic. It is not as
realistic as Anderson's, but it is
not as unpopular as Anderson's
either (which does count for
something in a popular elec
tion).
Carter is not without his
problems. Domestically, his
supplort of minorities is not as
strong as it should have been,
and he has not developed a
cooperative relationship with
Congress. He has also not
The Todd Hobin Band will be
performing Thursday, Nov 13
at 8:00 p.m. in Dana Auditor
ium.
After New York City perfor
mances, Variety declared that
this "first rate rock combo .
is most impressive." In Buffalo,
the Courier Express added
"good hard clean rock 'n r011...
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generated an enthusiasm about
his leadership. But look at the
political environment, the coun
try is falling deeper and deeper
to the right. Given that decline,
any politician that must have a
broad constituency cannot be a
hold-out on the left. Moderation
is not always the best, but it is
sometimes the best we can do or
expect.
The other, more fundamental
factor that confounds Carter is
somethng that Carter (or any
other politician) cannot publicly
admit -- much goes on that is
out of his control. Further,
much would be beyond any
one's control. The hostage crisis
and the drastic increase in oil
prices are examples. We are no
longer the uniquely powerful
country that holds all the trump
cards. Wheeling and dealing is
the best we will be able to do.
Inflation is too high, but who
could do better given the sky
rocketing energy costs that
OPEC has demanded.
Carter is thoughtful. Con
sidering the risks of ill
considered decisiveness, that is
important. Carter does pay
close attention to detail and to
information. He leads with a
cognizance of his environment.
Reagan, on the other hand,
can't get his facts right and
changes them frequently. He
believes in the Invisible Hand
and other outdated myths. We
need something more consis
tent than the image of a strong
leader of a weak government
that tries to stay out of people's
lives.
Carter offers something bet
ter. He may be a compromise,
or he just may be the best
person for a position of which
we expect far too much.
intelligent, satisfying and excel
lently played." Emory Riddle
University in Florida labeled
Todd's performance excellent,
and one of the finest.
Powerful and melodic rock
ers, Todd's style is vocal and
tasty, yet lacks nothing in
dynamic rock 'n roll.
Art series presents Harry'
Walk into Dana Auditorium
on Friday night, November 7 at
8:15 p.m. What is this, a dance
company called "Harry"? Who
is Harry? There's nobody
named Harry in the dance
troupe And what can she
possibly be doing up there? And
why should anybody want to do
anything like that?
The performance, free to
Guilford College students and
staff, is a presentation of
"Harry: Dance and Other
Works by Senta Driver." Senta
Driver is one of the most
provocative dancer/choreogra
phers in the modern dance
scene today, and her company
of four dancers perform dances
rather unlike any you will have
seen before. "Harry" is "like a
troupe of koala bears moving at
high-speed," favoring roly-poly
movement and scaling one
another indiscriminately like
trees.
A signature of Senta Driver's
works is a preoccupation with
weight, a concern shared by
many pioneers of modern
dance, but an element that has
all but vanished in much con
temporary modern dance. In
Harry, dancers support one
another in a variety of ways as
they move. They stand on one
another, slam into one another,
slam into the floor. Dancers
seem to be testing their sta
mina, virtuosity, or the extent to
which they expose their guts to
the audience. Frequently they
display great bursts of hyper
activity and determination, but
not an ounce of decorativeness
or illusion to cover them up.
Vou can understand why Senta
says of herself, "Marathon
running has created an atmo
sphere in which my work should
flourish." It has to do, she says,
with finding out what the body
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can do, with maybe taking it a
little bit farther. She's inter
ested in violence - not in the
sense of brutality or sadism, but
as in the violent expenditure of
energy, even to the breaking
point.
Despite the physical nature of
Driver's dance pieces, a sur
prising element that breaks
through and continuously re
surfaces is the wit and humor of
it. Sometimes it is the slapstick
wit of bodies colliding, some
times the sly wit of the incon
gruous or offbeat gesture. Dan
cers reverse traditional sex
roles: women partner men or
hold them aloft; Senta is rotated
on the pivot of her head; a
dancer dances en pointe bare
foot. The reviewer for Dance
magazine proclaims that "Dri
ver is one of the least predict
able, most witty and whacky of
the newest generation of cho
reographers.
Hand in hand with wit is
Senta's keen intelligence
Clearly she is a minimalist, a
conceptual artist But she is also
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terribly concerned with the
history of dance, where it came
from, what are the rudimentary
basics of movement, of weight,
of rhythm Sounds, speech and
song, injected by the dancers,
are sometimes incorporated into
a particular piece. Senta is
concerned with the dancer and
choreographer as thinkers, and
with dance as it incorporates
and exemplifies the process of
thinking
The program on Friday night
will be the opening event of
Parents Weekend, and it will
consist of up to seven works
from the current repertoire of
"Harry", to be selected by
Senta Driver Admission is free
to Guilford College sutdents,
faculty and staff Admission for
the general public is $2 for
students and senior citizens,
and $4 for other adults.
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