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Cinema
"Jesus Christ Cu per star." Carolina Theatre.
Him version cf th rock opera. Much oi the
music is quits good, but the voices are weak,
and the cinematic effects, which ere meant to
dazzle, qulckJy become exasperating. 1:13,
3:C3, 4:53, 6.53 & 8:43. $2. Through Thursday.
Lata shows: Friday & Saturday, "Woodstock."
Sunday, "The Good The Gad and The Ugly."
Dcth shows at 11:15. $1.50.
"The Life and Times of Judje Roy Bean."
Vmlty Thssire. 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8. $2. Ends
Thursday.
"Di'Jin;er." Plaza I. Gangster film with every
f5shic-fib!e genre cliche from Bonnie and
Clyde to The Getaway. Typical American
International sleaziness. 3, 5:05, 7:10 & 9:15.
$2. Ends Thursday.
"ZiY.'.s of the Amazons." Plaza II. This film
wins the booby prize. 3:15, 5:10, 7:C5 & 9. $2.
Ends Thursday.
"The Way We Were." Plaza IH. Bij. glossy,
garbagey, old-fashioned Hollywood
romance. The two stars only rarely have the
necessary personality, and the discussion of
the issues involved is insultingly stupid. 2:45,
5:00, 7:15 & 9:33. $2. Ends Thursday.
Chapel Hill Film Friends: "The Black
Pirate." Douglas Fairbanks, among other
things, sliding down a sail on a knife. Good,
foolish fun, though Fairbanks doesn't quite
have the panache he does in other films.
Friday at 9:30, Saturday at 11:30 in Hamilton
Hall. "Shadows." John Cassavettes first film.
Sunday at 7 & 9 in Gardner 103.
Free flicks: Friday: "Tom Jones." Saturday:
"Sunset Boulevard." Sunday: "The Damned."
AM films in the Great Hall at 6:30 & 9.
"Top Hat," starring Fred Astaire end Ginger
Rogers. Film Society. Thursday at ft in
kUjrphey Hail. $1.
Alternative Cinema: "Traffic." JaquesTati's
bubbly, delightful, funny view of modern
highways. Wonderful entertainment Friday
at 7, Saturday et 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 in Hamilton
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Theatre
Two one-act plays. "Mother & Child" by
Langston Hughes end "Clack Bird by Marvin
X presented by the Black Student Movement.
Friday at 8 in Upendo Lounge. Admission is
free.
"Lemmings.- Thursday, at 8 p.m. in
Memorial Hail. Reserved seat tickets, $3.50
end $4, available et the Carolina Union
Information Desk.
"Don't Drink the Water." Village Dinner
Theatre. Raleigh. Buffet at 6:45, 8:30 curtain.
Sunday through Thursday, $9; Friday and
Saturday, $1 1. Through Monday, Dec 31. For
reservations call 737-7771.
"Anything Goes," by Cole Porter.
Presented by Duke Hoot 'n Horn. Friday at
10:00; Saturday and Sunday at 8:15. Fred
Theatre. Tickets $2 at Page Box Office, 684
4C59. "Elmatha's Apology," by Rebecca Ranson.
Laboratory Theatre production and UNC's
entry In the American College Theatre
Festival. Thursday and Friday at 8 in 06
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Graham Memorial. Free tickets available at'
the Lab Theatre Office in Graham Memorial.
The Department of Dramatic Art presents a
series of scenes from such works as "The
Glass Menagerie." "A Hatful of Rain,"
"Richard Ul" and others. Wednesday, Dec 12,
at 3:30 in OS Graham Memorial.
"A Glass Menagerie," produced by the
Durham Theatre Guild Thursday through
Saturday et 8. Presented at the Allied Arts
Center, C1 0 Proctor St. in Durham. For tickets
ca!l 632-5519. Reservations are advisable.
Directed by William Hardy.
Concerts
Christmas Concert: Robert Porco directs
the Durham Civic Choral Society In "Hodie"
by R. Vaughn Williams and "Christmas
Cantata" by A. Honegger. Sunday, Dec. 16 at
8 In Duke Chapel. Tickets available at area
Record . Bars and Page Auditorium Box
Office.
Blood, Sweat & Tears, performing with the
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
Saturday, Jan. 12 In Raleigh's Dorton Arena.
All those with 1973-74 North Carolina
Symphony Society memberships are entitled
to attend this concert Tickets also available
at the door for $5.
"Plants and Song," a concert by balladist
Clark Jones, sponsored by the North Carolina
Botanical Gardens. Sunday at 4 in the Wesley
Foundation. 214 Pittsboro St. The program
will also Include some Christmas carols.
Grateful Dead. Saturday at 7 in Cameron
Indoor Stadium, Duke. Advance tickets $5 &
$6, general admission, on sale now at Page
Box Office, area Record Bars, and the Quad at
Duke. Monday, Dec. 10, at 7 in the Charlotte
Coliseum. Tickets at $5 and $6 on sale at the
Coliseum Box Office. Mail order tickets
available. Send money order or cashier's
check to the Coliseum Box Office, 2700,
Independence Blvd., Charlotte. For further
information, call the Coliseum, 704-372-3600.
Art
The fourth annual Carolina Designer
Craftsmen's Fair. Friday from 6-10, Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 12
noon to 6 p.m. General admission $1;
students with I.D. cards 75 cents. Dorton
Arena, North Carolina State Fairgrounds.
Fifth annual Student Art Auction. Thursday
in New Hamilton Hall. The public is invited to
bid on art works by students and faculty
which will be on display from 2 until the
bidding begins at 7:15. Proceeds support
scholarships and strengthen an Art
Department endowment fund.
Planetarium
The Morehead Planetarium is presenting its
annual Christmas show. "Star of Bethlehem,"
through Monday, Jan. 7. Weekdays at 8;
Saturdays at 11, 1, 3 & 8; Sundays at 2, 3 & 8.
$1 for students, $1.25 for adults.
The Great Comet," special program about
Kohoutek. Monday through Friday at 9,
Saturdays at 12, 2, 4 & 9, Sundays at 4 & 9.
Admission 75 cents.
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Feature WrUer
tulitor's note: Because of switchhoanfx policy of
complete confidentiality, last names of all switchboard
volunteers and "drop-ins" have been omitted.
2 a.m. Rrring...
Sneaking in some sketchy sleep for the night on his
makeshift bed a black couch complete with a slashed
leather cover Mark remembers he is on duty. Mark
awakes.
As he scurries to the telephone through the cold,
dark room (the house owners are trying to conserve
energy). Mark composes himself.
Rrring...
"Switchboard. Mark sneaking. What's up?"
Mark recalls the Switchboard philosophy: Each
phone call is a possible crisis. Be alert, even if it is2a.m.
"Well..uh...uh..." The caller is a bit hesitant. Mark
remembers that the first thing to do is to help the caller
clarify his problem. This requires reflective listening.
Mark listens reflectively.
Switchboard, a 24-hour confidential counseling and
referral service, does not profess to have all the
answers. But the approximate 45 volunteers who
handle the phone calls and talk with the people who
drop by the shabby yellow house at 402 W. Rosemary
St. are willing to help.
"Well," I've got a problem. the caller in the night
continues.
Great. Mission is on the way to being accomplished.
Once Mark succeeds in specifying the problem, his
final steps will be validating the person's feelings and
helping him devise alternatives.
The caller goes on.
"Well...uh...you see..." (long pause) "My boyfriend
is coming to dinner and. ..well.. .How do you bake a
potato?
Switchboard handles problems both light and
serious any problems callers have because "being
available to people is what Switchboard is all about,
Bill, a part-time volunteer, said.
Dial 929-7177. Switchboard can provide you with
everything from counseling in drug problems or severe
depression to medical legal referrals, to simply
somebody to talk to.
The 30 to 40 calls received monthly in 1970 when
Switchboard first opened have now risen to
approximately 600. Most calls are from depressed or
lonely people who just want to talk, Vickie Greene, one
of the two Switchboard directors, said. Suicide calls
are the least frequent.
Switchboard also operates a Women's Assault Line,
which provides aid for women who have been
assaulted but are not ready to report the attack to the
police and a Women's Health and Pregnancy
Counseling service.
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Mark remembered a woman wbo called up during
the middle of the night, frantically asking if it were
possible for her to get pregnant by kissing.
Switchboard is the target for sex callers in various
forms. Some people call up and shout
obsccntities over the phone. Greene said.
"But at least they're not dialing names in the phone
book." She said that during the time Switchboard
recorded a rise in sex callers, the police reported a
decline in the number of complaints about obscene
phone calls.
"Of course, we frequently get funny calls." Greene
said. Requests for recipes come often. One time a group
"Being available to people
is what Switchboard is all
about."
a Switchboard volunteer
of people called late at night, wanting to know the
capital of Arizona. They were placing bets.
Though Switchboard's philosophy is to treat every
call as serious, volunteers sometimes detect a
suspicious one. But. Greene explained, the callers that
sound like fakes arc sometimes trying to check out the
reliability of Switchboard before placing a more
serious call.
Drug problems were once the prime area requiring
counseling. When Switchboard began, the only calls it
received involved drug problems. The summer of 1972
saw Switchboard handling two to three drug overdoses
per day. Since, then the number of drug problems has
consistently declined. Switchboard now receives about
60 drug calls per month.
It's approach to drug problems involves finding
alternatives to drug abuse. "Pcopic take drugs for as
many different reasons as they have problems." Greene
said.
"Switchboard began when all these kids who didn't
know anything about drugs were flipping out." she
recalled. Parents, concerned with the problems of drug
abuse, formed the Chapel Hill Drug Action
Committee (DAC) and decided to. confront the street
freaks for aid in seeking sloutions.
In March 1970. the first of a variety of structures of
Switchboard was set up and was operated mainly by
street freaks. In May 1971, underthedircction of Buck
and Kay Goldstein and Meyer Dworsky, Switchboard
took on its present structure with five full- and two
half-time staff members.
Like most organizations. Switchboard has its rules.
The sign on the door says: "You arc welcome on this
property but you must be clean. Absolutely no drugs,
no alcohol on Switchboard premises."
Approximately a "year and one half ago,.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Switchboard altered a rule which has caued some
dissent among Switchboard rcquentcrs. Sleeping on
the premises is no longer .allowed except in special
cases, and visitors must leave by midnight.
Greene explained the reasoning behind the rules.
Last year many people were living at the house. "Hie
large crowd hampered the volunteers efficiency in
answering phone calls and counseling visitors.
Switchboard's working relationship with the police
is good, she said.F.vcn though its im;igc within the
community has improved since the beginnings, "we
still are suffering from some hangovers when things
were not so good."
Its image is reflected in its lived-in atmosphere.
Shambles of furniture, including homemade
cardboard chairs, are surrounded by bright carpeting
and walls swathed in yellow and orange. An hnpe;ich
Nixon sign stares at the door.
The door opens.
"Burp... Here I is." Bill has decided to drop in for a
while to chat with his friends.
What Switchboard calls its "drop-in center" a
room where anybody can come for counseling or
chatting with friends has become a valuable asset ol
Switchboard.
"It gives me and everybody a feeling of belonging."
Millard, a 19-year-old who stops by often said.
Millard got out the rapbook. a composition
notebook open to anybody who feels like writing and
sharing his thoughts. He turned to one oi hisentries.
"Dear People I. am moving back to Durham
Becuasc of my probation so I won't Be around so much
anymore Be gotxl and I Love You Millard "
Millard said he has been in prison six times but is out
now and will enter UNC next fall.
UNC and a few high school students and
townspeople comprise Switchboard's stall. Some
counselors have formerly experienced the types ol
problems Switchboard deals with. But the experience
is not necessary in effective counseling. Greene said.
"Most people can identify with other kinds of human
problems. It all depends on if you are willing and
empathie."
Volunteers undergo 1 2 to 15 hours of training and a
10-hour apprenticeship before becoming counselors.
"We are not professionals and we realize that." Greene
said. "We also realize we cannot expect our counselors
to always come up with some magic word to make
everything super."
Confidence in counseling just develops over time..
Marcia. a UNC sophomore volunteer, said.
Sw itchboard's busiest times are Friday nights during
a full moon, Greene said. More strange calls, suicides,
depressions and drug crises come then. "We get more
strange people dropping then too." she said.
"I .ike the time a guy came in. climbed up on the roof,
and just sat there howling." -
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ECONOMICS
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WHAT CAN I SELL?
At each buy-back period we are able to buy only those texts the
teaching staff has indicated will be used again the following
semester.
WHAT ABOUT BOOKS
NO LONGER USED?
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A Buyer will offer you the current wholesale price on ail books
you wish to sell. This price is determined by the law of supply
and demand and if the book has been in circulation for a long
time or is not being used by many other schools this price will
probably be less. Many students feel their books are worth
more to them for their personal library than the amount the
bookstore buyer can offer for them. This you must decide -for
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WHAT DO OTHER
BOOKSTORES DO?
The buying back at 50 of current list price is the policy of most
college stores. This policy has worked successfully in a larga
number of college stores and makes for economical and easier
means of exchange in ussd books.
HOW MUCH CAN I GET?
'With tlTs commitment we ere sble to offer 50 of the pric3 of
hardovercd books. 33-13 of what you paid for a psperbsck.
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