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Vol. LXV
Number 7
February 25,1983
serving the salem college community since 1920
Vincent Bugliosi Discusses Manson Trial
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by Ellen Brown
Forum to Address
‘Politics and the Arts’
by Melinda McAfee
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This spring, residents of
Winston-Salem will have
five unique opportunities
to “address the
relationship of the arts to
political or community
life.”
These opportunities
Comprise the Second
Annual Tocqueville Forum
on Contemporary Public
Affairs conducted at Wake
Forest University.
The Tocqueville Forum
is a lecture series that
seeks to present
authoritative views of
Various major public
issues. This year’s series
is entitled “Politics and
the Arts.”
Aimed at students, the
forum’s purpose is to
educate us to the
responsibilities of public
life. Questions which are
Pertinent today and 15
years into the future will
be presented. Different
positions on various issues
characterizing the lec
ture’s topic will be
discussed by distinguished
authorities.
This year’s topic was
Selected to honor the
completion of the Roger C.
Stevens Center for the
Performing Arts in
Winston-Salem and the
Future speakers are;
Karsten Harries (Mar. 8),
Werner Dannhauser
(Mar.8), Arthur Danto
(Mar. 31) and William
Barrett (Apr. 6).
One question frequently
asked by the news media
to Vincent Bugliosi, the
prosecuting attorney
responsible for putting
Charles Manson and his
co-defendents in prison, is
why there is still so much
interest in the Charles
Manson case.
Like Hitler and Jim
Jones, Manson had an
inherent ability to
dominate people, Bugliosi
said. He perceived himself
as a Christ figure. Also,
Manson was aware of the
power of his name - Man-
son - which he turned
around into Son of Man.
Photo courtesy of The Suburbanite
On Wednesday,
February 9 in the Junior
League of Winston-
Salem’s Celebrity Lecture
Series Bugliosi, author of
Helter Skelter, a book
about the Charles Manson
murders, lectured on his
part in the 9V2 month-long
case and • answered
questions about Manson
and his “family.”
Scales Fine Arts Center at
WFU. The series plans to
present essays that stress
the importance of art upon
civilization and American
democracy.
The next lecture in the
series will be presented on
Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. by
Benj amin Barber,
professor of Political
Science at Rutgers
University, playwright
and novelist.
Barber edits Political
Theory: An International
Quarterly of Political
Philosophy and has
authored numerous books
and articles including
Liberating Feminism,
Strong Democracy:
Participatory Democracy
for the New Age. He edited
The Artist and Political
Vision.
Dr. Barber is a winner of
the Guggenheim and
Senior Fulbright Research
Awards and is currently
working on the libretto for
jGeorge Quincy’s for
thcoming opera. Home
and the River.
“The Charles Manson
case is one of the most
bizarre cases in the annals
of American crimes,”
Bugliosi said. “Manson is
the most famous mass
murderer ever known.”
“He’s an evil,
sophisticated con man,”
Bugliosi said.
“Manson gained control
over his followers because
he had the raw materials
to work with,” Bugliosi
said. The time was the late
1960’s. The mood of this
conducive period was right
for Manson - campus
rioting, racial outbreaks,
and Vietnam. Most of
Manson’S’ followers were
teenage women with
middle class backgrounds.
Manson’s followers had
“dropped out of society.”
Bugliosi explained how
Manson used conventional
techniques to gain control
over these individuals.
First, Manson used sexual
perversion to break down
the egos of his followers.
All of the “family” used
drugs, such as LSD and
marijuana. Moreover,
Manson broke down any
long-standing convictions
a follower may have had.
He convinced his followers
that there was nothing
wrong in murdering a
person.
Since none of Manson’s
followers were forced or
threatened into par
ticipating in the 1969 brutal
murders of actress Sharon
Tate and seven others,
Bugliosi asked for the
death penalty.
In 1972, the death
penalty was abolished in
the state of California so
Charles Manson and his
followers’ sentences were
reduced to life im
prisonment, Bugliosi said.
To this day, Manson
claims he was framed.
There is a 50-50 chance of
Manson getting parolled.
Manson’s co-defendants
may be parolled in ten or
fifteen years. “But none of
them should be let free,”
Bugliosi said.
*Little Mary Sunshine* Slated
“Little Mary Sunshine,” a
musical comedy, will be
presented for the Salem
College community on April 6
and 7 by the Pierrettes.
The lyrics and music for the
production were written by
Rick Besoyan. The 2 act
musical’s plot is a spoof of
Victor Herbert operettas,
and late show films,
especially those starring
Jeanette McDonald and
Nelson Eddy. It contains
several story lines, including
a court battle, love stories,
and a white man versus
Indian conflict.
Choreography and set
design will be headed by
Elizabeth Clark.
Dr. Homrighous said she
was pleased with the large
number of students who
auditioned for the musical.
The cast includes women
from each class, but the
group needs volunteers to
help with lights, sets, ticket
sales, and other aspects of
production.
Anyone interested in
working with the Pierrettes
should contact ' Dr.
Homrighous. Free tickets for
the 7:30 p.m. shows will be
available to Salem students
and faculty. Guest tickets will
be sold for $1.00.
Capshaw Resigns
A large cast of 20 students
and three males from the
community, will sing, dance,
and dramatize, directed by
Dr. Mary Homrighous. Susan
Rivenbark is the assistant
director for the musical.
Leading roles will be
played by Christie Mock,
Dawn Coley, and Elizabeth
Clark. Ronda Beck, assisted
by Julie narrower, will direct
the music, Hans Heideman
will serve as pianist, and
Sharon Stiener is costume
designer.
Teri Capshaw resigned her
position as editor of The
Salemite at a Publication
Board meeting on February
14.
In her letter of resignation
Capshaw stated that this
semester she would be unable
to devote the 110 percent of
her time and attention to the
newspaper which it requires
and deserves because of
academic and personal
demands.
At Capshaw’s recom
mendation, Publication
Board voted that Stephanie
Vance, associate editor of
The Salemite take over as
editor until the Board ap
points the 1983-84 officers for
the publications in March.
As a result of her
resignation from the
newspaper Capshaw also had
to step down as chairman of
Publications Board. The
Board voted Jo Stephenson,
editor of Sights ‘and Insights
to be the new chairman.
Capshaw said the decision
to resign was difficult but one
she thought was for the best.
“I don’t think the paper will
suffer. I plan on helping
Stephanie and the others on
staff as much as possible,”
she said.