thursday, february 7, 1980
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daily nebraskan
v. a
Sandin Gamer's photographs of Ireland are currently on display in the Nebras
ka Union lounge. Garner's display is the first of eight UPC visual art displays
this semester.
Lounge site o f 'hang-ups '
The Union Program Council
continues to offer students and others
the chance to hang it on the walls of the
Nebraska Union. UPC Visual Arts
Display will offer a combination of
student, community and national art
shows for second semester, UPC chair
man Bonnie Lutz said.
The current display, Sandin Garner's
photos of Ireland, will continue through
this week. t
As part 'of Black History Month,
sponsored by the African People's
Union and the Cultural Center, art from
Lincoln's black community will be on
display from Feb. 11-15.
The next display, Feb. 18-22, will
be UPC's annual semester art print sale.
This semester the print sale will be
sponsored by a new company. Students
still can earn free prints by helping with
publicity and sales of the prints, Lutz
said.
Feb. 25 to March 15 graduate art
students will display their work in the
lounge. Lutz said the students requested
the use of UPC facilities to show their
mixed media work. . She said the
graduate student show at the Sheldon
Art Gallery doesn't give all the students
a chance to show their work.
The next show, March 17-29, also is
a graduate student's work. Phil Winston
will display his black and white photo
graphy, Lutz said. Winston, who has
worked with photography for eight
years,' will show photographs taken
across the country. " :
A mural of photography by
penitentiary inmates is tentatively
scheduled for March 17-21.
April 1 4-1 8 will be a display of local
women artists' work, sponsored by die
Women's Resource Center.
Native American students will dis
play their artwork April 21-25.
Odd behavior triggered
by sound of primal bell
By Lyle George
period, during which it would affect all
lifeforms entering the treated area. j
order, we discovered that there were no
empty seats in the place.
The other day my roommate and I were The nearest partially level surface on
sitting around discussing the agricultural which we could rest our weary elbows
applications of thermonuclear devices. I while dining, was a dumpcart in the alley
said, "The use of a plutonium bomb would beside the building. We stood there in the
achieve wide-range weed control, including snowy slush, with our runny noses and
the most persistent noxious weeks." gloved hands, leaning on the dumpcart eat-
My roommate was quick to point out ing mystery meat sandwiches and washing
that the disadvantage of plutonium weed them down with agent brown, a beverage
control is the 23j000-year carryover whose primary distinguishing characteristic
was color.
The atmosphere was .unique. It was a
dining experience like none other I have
ever had before. Even so, I would have to
refrain from giving a five-star rating to this
restaurant.
" Dinner doos
If you are a quixotic fool you might
consider inviting the apple of your eye over
to help you fix supper. Allowing him or
her to share with you a very basic social
activity of food preparation and dining is a
social risk. You actually are revealing
things about yourself.
If you're really starry-eyed about the
object of your desire chances are you will
be very distracted and burn something.
Nonetheless it is a sharing experience.
Some people find real outlets in doing
strange things in pursuit of food. Their
motives may not be so much satiation of
hunger as entertainment or a search for
identity.
One group of bizarre young ladies from
Schramm Hall went to Baskin -Rob bins
with expressed purpose of trying every one
of the 3 1 flavors they offer. It turned out
that there were 49 flavors. It took them
just a, bit longer , to eat their way through
the entire inventory. Lincoln was sold out,
of Pepto-Bismol the next day. .
Dining is common ground that we all
have for interaction with other people. It is
a very social activity because it gives people
a break from all the other bothersome
tasks that they are engaged in. Dining is an
avenue for , learning more about other
.people. '
We both concurred that the current cost
vs. benefits ratio was the only thing that
precludes the herbicidal use of plutonium
bombs in agriculture.
That settled, we both sat, quizzically
peering at each other through the smokey
haze of dirty eyeglasses. Suddenly, a primal
bell rang and we had the common realiza
tion that it was now supper time.
The primal bell I heard was the same
bell the first man heard when he' picked up
his first rock and threw it at the first rabbit
in an often futile attempt to have some
thing besides "beans-again" for supper.
Unity, oneness
This primal bell is emblematic of the
unity and oneness of mankind. The primal
bell, hunger, is the common need and want
of nearly all human beings.
; Hunger is an experience we share with
others. The suppression of hunger is like
wise a shared experience. The acquisition,
preparation, Consumption and appreciation
of food is basically a social activity that
occur in a wide variety of situations and
relationships.
: Roommate and I once visited a local
sandwichry (No longer in business, thank
God) of ill repute. When we received our
Writer loathes little red hearts; Valentine schmaltz
By Brian McManus
Everyone complains about the rank commercialism of
Christmas to the point that the objection has now become
convention.
But to me, the most crass example of mindless com
mercialism comes every Feb. 14.
Gdodddd!?.-
My assignment for the week was to seek out weird,
bizarre valentine cards and gifs. My search was futile. I
ransacked Lincoln tor new and original ideas in Valentine
gifts and came up empty-handed. What I did find was a
collection of the most ridiculously high-priced pieces of
garbage I have every seen.
The makers of cards and candies have made of Valen
tine's Day a sacred obligation to buy pure junk for those
you feel affection for.
The candy I .don't mind. It's overpriced, but at least
there are no pretentions about what it is-sugar-coated
sugar to give to a loved one to make him or her bloat out
with cellulite.
It's the cards and books that bother me. They believe
they inlft" romance with pictures of red hearts and big
eyed puppies and verses written by fourth-rate Rod
McKuens. The cards usually make you lose appetite for
the candy.
Of course, you can always send flowers. God, what a
depressing gift. Sure, they smell nice. But within a week
you have a withered mess to toss into the garbage. What
kind of statement of love is that?
I suppose I wouldn't mind the commercialism of Val
entine's Day if it weren't for the fact that it is so conven-,
tional and unimaginative. There seem to be only three
things that you can do on Valentine's Day-give expensive
flowers, expensive candy, or expensive cards, all three of.
which will be covered with red hearts.
How unoriginal. Can't they at least come up with a
Valentine's gift that isn't covered with little red hearts?
Perhaps in the 1980s man will learn how to express affec
tion without the aid of totally inaccurate renderings of
the circulatory system pump.
Something that really made me so against Valentine's
Day is that in grade school we were forced to give valen
tines to one another. They made me give valentines to
girls who made my flesh crawl. Worse than that, they
made boys give valentines to the other boys in the class
room. Ill never forget how Mrs. Kennedy took me by the
hand and forced me to give Ronnie Perkins, the class
bully, a valentine of a panda bear holding a big red heart
asking, "Be my valentine?" As I handed it to him, we
both were well aware that this meant a severe beating for
me during recess. ,
Ever since then, 'I have had a bitter taste about Valen
tine's Day. I just have never been able to get in the spirit
of it like most people.
The flowers die. The candy gets eaten. The cards
should be thrown away or burned. What a waste of money
and effort.
This year, let's change all that. Give your girlfriend or
boyfriend a plant that will keep on living, take him or her
out somewhere for a nice dinner, and write a romantic
poem. If you have, more than a third-grade education
youll be able to come up with better sentiments than
those lousy Valentine cards.
If we are all united in this effort we will be able to
wipe out Valentine's Day commercialism in our lifetime.
Royalty is theme of NEW specials
In a return performance, George S. Kaufman and Edna
Ferber's look at the eccentricities of an American
theatrical' family, "The Royal Family, airs at 8 pjn.on
the Nebraska ETV Network.
Eva LeGallienne, Rosemary Harris, Sam Levene and
Ellis Rabb are featured in the play which is loosely
patterned after the Barrymore clan. In. 'The Royal
Family, the clan is the Cavendishes, who are always
surrounded by a whirl of activity and utter confusion.
Everyone in "The Royal Family is larger than life; they
spend their time offstage as though they were about to
make an onstage entrance.
The play was originally written and staged in 1927, but
was revived on Broadway in 1975.
Once Upon A Classic presents the romance, courage
and heroic endeavors of King Arthur and his knights of
the Round Table when The Legend of King Arthur
premieres Saturday, February 16, at 6 pjn.
The eight-part series unfolds in the Dark Ages, an age
in which mans desire to perform good acts was counter
ed by those who desired only power and wealth. Color,
authentic costumes and scenery enliven this series which
offers viewers exploits of King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Sir
Galahad , Guinevere and the magician Merlin .
The Legend of King Arthur will- be repeated the
following Saturday at 8 a jn.
The life, music and legend of Buddy Holly will be re
lived when "Buddy Holly: Reminiscing' airs Monday,
February 1 1 , at 8 p jn. TTie program explores the changes
which have occurred in the lives of Hollys band, The
Crickets; his widow; his family; and the musical world
since Holly's death.
"Live Frorn The Met presents "Un Ballo in Maschera'
2?iSf i Jy' ?bn?.iy ,6at7pn.The three-hour opera
is loosely based on history-the assassination of Gustave II
of Sweden at a masked ball by a trio of political enemies-
SLIh UiCVSCmV0iCCSn.0f Katia Ricciarelli, Luciano
Pavarotti, Judith Blegcn, Bianca Berini and Louis Quilico.