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ETELESCOPE
Volume 22 Number 39 · A Publication of the Associated Students
March 28, 1969
San Marcos , Calif.
92069
'Honey' cast offers provocative drama By Steve n Krue ge r "A T as te of Hone y" the curre nt production of the drama departme nt, is a love s tory of a diffe r e nt nature than s om e vie we r s m ay be used to. Admis s ion to the play i s S. 50 with an ASB card or S1.5 0 without. Curta in tim e is 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night in P-33, the drama lab. "Honey " is not the story book kind of love of beauti ful people and te nd e r, g r owing r e la ti ons hips c ulmina ting in marri age. It is the sto ry of love in a s lum a nd of a gi r l pregnant with a bl ack ma n 's c hild. It is the s tor y of a young girl' s s truggle to be f r ee of he r tr a mp mothe r a nd to fo r m a ne w ide ntity fo r he r self.
Mic he le Craig is the girl. She does more tha n play the r ole. One could safe l y say s he became that girl for two a nd a half hours on s tage .
Shivering s tudents, inte r e ste d instr uctors, and r a ined-out Robin Hoods we r e all a part of F riday' s "Ope n Hours. " Drive n indoors by a sudden downpour, the "brotherhood" of stud e nts and faculty, s e eking comfort and communi-
I News At AGlance I
cation, s ought the dryne s s of t he Dome . Music , bubble -blowing, conve r sation and laughte r were a part of the s e ssion. Administrators a nd r e porters filte r ed in and out, a nd a few te ac he rs made use of the r e laxed atm os phe r e that prevailed.
Due to Spring vacation, sc hool will b e c losed the week of Ma r c h 31- April 4. TH E T ELESCOP E will s us pe nd publicati on for this period a nd reappea r on F rid ay , April 11.
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Writer sees 'Open Hours' as ore than idea tha flopped
Alpha Gam ma Sigma will be conduc ting a cookie s a le today. Funds ra ised from the cookie s a le will b e used in a d rive to pr ovide a scholars hip. C ook ies will be s old by s tud e nts all ove r the campus
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e ve r yone s ould go down to the Dome for t he " Op n Hou rs " . In twos a nd thre es the m ost de te r mi ned ran s hrieking and g rum bli ng toward the gym to m ingle with a c rowd of r a ined- out Robin Hoods from t he a r c he r y tou rn ame nt o n the lowe r c a mpus .
By J im tr a i n Jesp1te c hilling wi nds a nd a torr e ntial downpour whiCh drove onlookers indoors, a c r owd of over 200 ga thered i n t he L om e las t F riday for P a lom ar ' s first "' e n our " ses sion. 2nt husiasm for the event, w hic h was o rigi na l y to ha ve take n p lace on the lawn in fro nt of the flag p ol e, began to wane with the fi rst d r op s of r a in. A m inimu m day schedu le had been decl ared for t he d ay , but by 11 a . m . it was a ppare nt that the weathe r was not going to be c onduc ive to anything like a love-in a tmosphe r e. With m ost of the c lasses ove r with by 10 a.m . , a s hive ring but e xpectant c rowd b e gan to gather in the Stud e nt Union a nd the patio are as. It was ge nerall y acknowle dged that a we t lawn was some thing le s s than an ideal place for a re laxed dialog of a ny kind, but no one s eemed a t a ll s ure of whe r e they we r e s upposed to be. Reporte r s f rom the local newspape rs r a nged the a r e a in black ove r c oats and s te r n facial e xpre ssions . A group of fr eakishly dressed campus conse rva tives was passing out anti-SDS propagand a to stude nts who glared or s mile d at the text, depending on their ide ologic al pe rsuasion. Suddenly the sky opene d up with wha t had to be the he avies t downpour s ince the · ark we ighed anchor. P eople be gan to run for such shelte r as they could find , while othe rs opened the ir um br e llas and we nt home . In the midst of this c haos a c ryptic voice boomed out a notice from the P A system that the Student Union was to be close d for an arc hery banque t and that
T he news pape r epor ters from San Diego a nd Esc ondido stalked a round the periphe r y of the c r owd ,cor nering pe ople weari ng "Anti - SDS" s .icke r s a nd acti ng as if the whole thing we r e a p e rsonal affront. Gradually , though, the glare of the high inte ns ity ove rhead lights and the e ternal gymnas ium sme ll of the Dome took the ir effec ts a nd the r e ali zation began to d a wn that the fir s t "Ope n Hours" s es sion was s ome thing le s s than a t riumph for s tude nt-fac ulty r e la tions . Ne verthe le s s , the bubble s floating through the air, the s ounds of gui ta rs , and people laughing, and the fac t tha t so many c ar ed e nough e ve n to show up in such we ather made it something more than jus t an ide a that flopped.
"I'm forever?" .... Mrs. Rita White , art instructor, was one of many teachers who joined in at the "Open Hours" frolic last Friday. Driven into the Dome by
cloud y skies and we t grass, the stude ntfaculty congre gation s hared their music, laughter .... . and bubble s! Photos by Bob Nelson
Insi de t e Do me most of those who made it there eemed to forget about c onfr o nting their i nstruc to rs for the mo ment i n favor of the mor e important busine s s of d r ying out. As t he rai n slacke ned though, more people began to a rrive a nd e ve n though most didn't seem to know what was e JgJected of the m, t he a tmosphe r e slowly bec am e more r e laxed . A handful of faculty and adminis trators filte red in, and s udd enl y ASB Pre sid e nt Lloyd Walke r mate ri alized to a nnounce tha t those who fe lt li ke it s hould talk with t he ir i nstr uc to r .
P e nsive Pea cock
Telescope staff cops JAJC awards
"Spr i ng F li ng' ' , the annual trip to Di sneyland s ponsored by the Inte r- C lu b C ounc il , wi ll t ake place tom o rrow night fro m 8 p.m. to 12:30 a. m. T icke ts m y e pur chas e d a t the book s tore , ASB office or student ac ti vities office. The $6 p rice i nclud es tra ns p orta tion, r irle s a nd door prize c hanc e s. ly food purc has Ps are not incl uded . !iund r e ds of door prizes will be gi ve n aw y, i nc l ud i ng auto s tere os, Hondas and m usical ins trum ents. Among the bands featu r ed a r e the Generation Gap, the P . A. K. , and Classics IV. T he bus will leave from the front parki ng lo t at 6: 20 p.m.
No le ss could be s aid for Rosemary Sc hwartz who is c ast in the role of the mother . For he r first time on the Palomar stage , s he doe s an admirable job. Gre g Kruege r plays the rol e of the black seam a n Jimmie . Several hours of work goes into his make -up, that is, though e xce lle nt, not as good a s the r eal thing. Ri c ha rd Cre ighton pla ys a young ho!Tl() s exua l named Ge offe ry. The young man moves into the .girl' s apartment after he r mothe r ha s run away and the s e aman s he thought s he loved has gone back to the sea . J im Sout he r s plays the r ole of the o ne - eyed hus ba nd of the m othe r. He port r ays a man , fo nd of li quor, who mar ri e s the m othe r fo r the s hee r bedvalue. T he play all ta kes place on a utterly r e a li stic set . The set so accura te ly portrays the c onditions of ghe tto life t ha t it is depress ing a t times to s ee it . The pl ay c ould us e a r eal Ne gro in the pa rt of J i mm ie. Kru e ge r is a fine, poli s hed ac tor c apable of handling many roles . But Me rl e Gathers , originally cast i n the part be for e hi s s cholarship offer, would have been a bette r pe rson for the r ole . Kru e ge r is a be tte r actor, but in thi s tim e of growing aware ne s s and a c r y fo r r eal life, a bla ck is neede d to play a black. It is a sad note that the few blacks o n campus e ithe r s howed no inte r es t in t he p a rt or we r e not no tifi e d tha t the r ole was a vailab le . Buddy As hbrook is t he direc tor of the p lay and te cha ni c al d irector Norman Gaskins of the speech-the atre arts departme nt created the r e a li stic set. T he Shakespear ean Fes tival Design Competi tio n at Oli ve t Coll ege r e c e ntly awarded Mr. Gaskins with o ne of five national honorable me ntio n awards . Mr. Gas kins, who has de s igne d a nd s upervi sed the cons t ruc ti on of the se ts used in dra m a pr od uctions a t P a lom a r, s ubmitted the des ign of Afr o- Cu ban motif that would have fea tured a n all black cas t fo r t he play " Mid s umm e r Night's Dr eam ." "I t hought it was s o fa r out tha t they (the judges ) would throw it out, " s aid I r. Gaskins . "But I guess it was so unique t hat it was r e fre shing or I just hi t it at t he right tim e ." There we r e ove r 500 e ntri es from all o ve r the c ountry in the des ign contest.
Me mbe rs of the communi cations de partm e nt won three awards at the a nnu a l conve nti on of the J ourna h s m Assoc iatio n of J unior Colleges he ld at Dis neyl a nd Hote l last weeke nd . The de l e gation of 10 stude nts a nd two a dviser s plac ed fi r s t in fron t page makeup a nd sports photography, and took third place in on the spot newswrit ing . Steve Schne id e r, ed itor of l ast sem e s te r' s T ELE SCOPE , wo n third place wi th his on the s pot news coverage of a pa ne l d i scuss ion e ntitled "Whe r e Is T he P r ess In Ope ning Cou r troom s? " Me m be r s of the pa ne l inc luded J udge Robe r t Gardne r, Orange County Superior Court; Cec il Hicks, Orange County d is tri ct a ttorney ; Marshall M. Sc hulma n, de fens e a ttorney ; a nd Don Smith, LA Times c ourt r eporte r . T e d Ka rouno s ' award winning s ports photograph was ta ke n at the s wimming c ompe tition held at the hote l pool Friday night. His s ubj ec ts we r e three fe male m e mbe rs of the Orange County Swim T ea m . . THE TELESCOPE r eceive d fir s t pla ce in the mail-in competition in front page l ayout. Two copies of las t se m e ste r's pape r a nd one from the previou s seme ste r we r e s e nt in and judged. J a n Ha rt and Tom Ande r so n we r e c o- editors of last semes te r 's fr ont page a nd J e rry Nic holas and Steve Kr ue ge r e dited page one in the s pring '68 se meste r. De le ga te s from Palomar who r e pre se nted the journalism de partm e nt we r e Steve Krueger, Tom Ande r so n, Chris Read, and Star Bennet, Te lescope; Jac kie Easley , Cece McPhe r s on, a nd Ste ve Schne ide r, Foc us: and Bill Anthony, T ed Karounos, and Ge orge And e r son , photo departm e nt. Mr. Fre d Wilhe lm a nd Mr. Justus Ahrend atte nd ed the confe r e nce as advisors. JAJ C Presid e nt Mike Bowe r s of Cerr itos Colle ge pres ided over t he co nve ntion. On the s pot compe ti tion F rida y night in reporting inc luded news wr iting, s ports w r iting, fe ature writing, a nd e dito ri al w nting. Saturday morning s tud e nts c ompe te d in front page layout, magaz' ne layout and he adline wr itin .
reg Krue ge r , who plays the part of the black seaman in "A Tas te of Honey, " mus t s pend mo r e than two hours appl yi n hi s make- p.
T he provocative d r a ma a l so features a set designed by ward- wi nning Mr. Norm an Ga skins of the speech and he at e ar s depart me nt.