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THE DIAMONDBACK | FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008
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Memorial for Aubrey Williams Sunday ANNAPOLIS – The anthropology department will remember professor Aubrey W. Williams Jr., who died in February, at a memorial Sunday in Memorial Chapel. Williams was the department’s first chair and taught the subject for 46 years. He was 83 when he died of complications related to pneumonia. The professor was known for his social and political activism and also served as a Fulbright Scholar. In 1967, Williams initiated the separation of the anthropology study from the sociology department, allowing anthropology to become a department of its own in 1971. The memorial service will begin at 1:30 p.m., and a reception will follow in Woods Hall. Parking will be available in the chapel lot, but attendees are encouraged to park in Lot 1 or the Union Garage. — Compiled from staff reports
CORRECTION In yesterday’s story, “Campaigning with commodes,” the president of the College Republicans was identified incorrectly. The current president is Christopher Banerjee.
PHOTOS BY ADAM FRIED–THE DIAMONDBACK
The “Power to the People” exhibit, above, displays Andy Warhol’s “Suite of Athletes,” a piece created by the pop artist in 1977. A poster for the exhibit, below, hangs in the ArtSociology building.
The Art-Sociology gallery’s “Power to the People” exhibit shows the many faces of pop art BY SAM TAUTE For The Diamondback
In the past year, the art gallery in the Art-Sociology building has been home to, among others, an exhibit of modern rock posters and one of modern Iranian photography. And this month’s exhibit, “Power to the People: The Influence of Popular Culture on Contemporary Art,” is proving a hit with students — especially with an Andy Warhol piece gracing the gallery’s walls. “I was really surprised to see the Warhol,” said freshman studio art major Ingrid Berbery. “It
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was the first thing I noticed when I came in.” The Warhol set, “Suite of Athletes,” was created in 1977, depicts 10 iconic 20th-century athletes, such as O.J. Simpson and Pelé, in the pop artist’s typical neon colors and was presented to the university by a philanthropist in 1982. But the exhibit, which focuses on displaying and analyzing the influence of popular culture on contemporary art, also includes more than 50 pieces by 20 other artists, such as Spanish artist Juan Genovés and German-born illustrator Richard Lindner, and also includes a collection of Cuban po-
litical posters with a focus on revolutionary Che Guevara. The subject matter of the featured pieces varies widely, with a vibrant red, black and yellow print of a table lamp from Patrick Caulfield; a muted, mustard and brown lithograph of Jesus Christ from Eduardo Paolozzi; and a blue, silver and gray collotype of a nude reclining woman from Mel Ramos. Students say the exhibit, far from stereotypical sill-lifes and landscape pieces, meets their approval. “I really like that there’s not just one type of art,” said freshman Colleen Harrison, who cited a piece of video art as being one of her favorites on display. According to Scott Habes, the gallery’s director, the exhibit’s pop theme is especially poignant with college students
because that category of art is tuned entirely into pop culture. “People have a direct relationship with the art. It’s not too intellectual for them to understand, like other forms of contemporary art,” Habes said. And to those who work at the gallery, the appeal of the current exhibition should be obvious to students. “We have a Warhol and we have naked people; what more could you ask for?” jokes communication major Dayana Byrnes, one of the gallery’s attendants. The “Power to the People” exhibit will remain on display until April 26. The art gallery is open from Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., except on Wednesdays, when it is open until 6 p.m. newsdesk@dbk.umd.edu
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HOUSE Party candidate Mardy Shualy, left, independent candidate Dan Leydorf, center, and Students Party candidate Jonathan Sachs, standing, participated in the debate. DEBATE, from Page 1 “We can’t just make a house pop up wherever we want one,” Fisher said. “Right now we need to give students the mechanics and resources to deal with offcampus housing. That’s all the SGA can do.” Candidates for vice president of finance sounded off on the existing system for funding student groups. “I love student groups,” said Jason Hofberg of the Students Party. “But the finance process does not share the love. There is no love in the finance process.” Both he and HOUSE Party candidate Sumia Ahmad said that by clarifying the budgeting process to student groups and making the process more transparent, student organizations would benefit and receive the funding they deserve. Despite party differences, all three presidential candidates — Students Party candidate Jonathan Sachs, HOUSE Party candidate
Mardy Shualy and Leydorf — agreed on many issues, such as improving the SGA’s rapport with students and lobbying harder in Annapolis. About 50 people attended, though only 10 were not affiliated with either political party or the SGA. The debate, which lasted about two and a half hours, included a list of prepared questions prepared by the SGA Elections Board, questions from current SGA members and, eventually, questions from the audience. There were no YouTube videos submitted with questions to supplement the debate. While most students said they found the debate informative, some expressed concern over the small attendance. “You could definitely see the differences between the candidates,” senior math major Justin Senseney said. “It would have been better if more students showed up, though.” langdbk@gmail.com
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