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Monday, November 11, 1974
University Daily Kansan
OPINION
REMEMBER WHEN A CADILLAC WAS THE STATUS SYMBOL?
Life best with vegetarian diet
Fifteen months ago I became a vegetarian. I am a lacto-ovine vegetarian, which means I eat eggs and but no animal flesh.
When I first began my mealless diet over a year ago, I found many people were amazed that I wouldn't eat meat. I'll always remember the time I ordered a chef's salad with no meat and the stress of being booked on face, "You mean you just want lettuce, tomato and cheese on it?"
Although this sounded pretty good to me, the waitress' reaction was typical. Most Americans cannot make it clear why they would eat a good portion of beef, pork, lamb or poultry.
For some years, we have been the most affluent people on earth. The high point was our "throw-away" society. Things were so abundant and accessible that we began using them once and then throwing them away. We bought milk cartons, pop cans, paper cups, straws, ash trays, diapers, towels, cigarette lighters—even paper clothes almost became popular.
Life in America is changing fast, however.
Then came pollution. I was a high school senior when I first heard that word. Mr. Wheeler, a fuzzy physics teacher, became quite serious and devoted an entire class to convincing us that we would have to work hard to keep it from being like itself was at stake, he said.
We threw away so much of our disposable society that we
These changes are affecting the U.S. economy and the rest of the world adversely. The recession has come. We are no longer affluent.
almost buried ourselves in
almost buried ourselves in
we threw away, we used up natural resources at a very high rate.
Dick Gregory, comedian and free-lance humanist, said this country was about to experience the worst holocaust it had ever known due to food shortages and government corruption. He said that in the immediate future, food would dictate the power and wealth of nations, not oil or technology.
Much of the world is starving right now. The United States experienced some of its worst crop damages from drought and flooding this season, and ranchers are shooting cattle in Wisconsin because they can't afford to keep them alive.
Then came the shortages. We have turned from solving the pollution problem to solving the energy shortage problem. We are on the verge of shortages of electricity, natural gas, oil and coal. Atomic energy hasn't been fully accepted yet and may prove to be the world's worst polluter.
Gregory said that to survive, we must turn to our own personal resources, not the machines. It wouldn't help us, he said.
This ranking of priorities is in apparent contradiction to statements made by Chancellor Archie Dykes in his two convocation addresses. Dykes stated then, and repeated to a group of students on the following Monday, that high quality undergraduate education was his first priority.
These revisions were released just as another disturbing document was made public. A list of priorities for the University prepared by the University administration ranks improvement of teaching sixth behind such "priorities" as Affirmative Action and flexibility in staffing.
Dykes has failed to transfer his priorities into reality, however. The guidelines and criteria for tenure and promotion clearly don't make high graduate teaching the University's first priority.
Executive Vice Chancellor Del Shankel has recently released a revision of the guidelines for promotion and tenure that were prepared by the University Committee on Promotion and Tenure (UCPT). The guidelines seem to be no different from those that have caused controversy in recent years: "The criteria for tenure and promotion traditionally have been and continue to be teaching, research and service to the community."
Of these criteria, the quality of teaching is the most important to students since it is the most relevant to the quality of their education. There are concerns, then, about one change in the guidelines.
The 1973-74 criteria include this statement: "Teaching is the prime responsibility of the University." The 1974 revision states, "Teaching is a prime responsibility of the University." And upgraded from the most important function of the University to being just one of many functions.
Low priority to hurt teaching
Faculty members expect rewards for the work they do. If they think undergraduate teaching isn't an important function of the University, or worse, still if they see that excellence in undergraduate teaching isn't being rewarded in promotion, tenure and salary decisions, then they are likely to concentrate on their research to the detriment of their teaching.
It's in this human climate that vegetarianism is being considered by more and more people.
This has unfortunately occurred in the cases of too many faculty members, although the blight is not known.
Dykes should publicly urge all department and school promotion and tenure committees and the UCPT to make teaching the primary criterion on which faculty members are evaluated.
If improving undergraduate education is Chancellor Dykes' first priority, he has the authority to make it the University's first priority.
He should further urge the UCPT to check all recommendations on promotion and tenure coming to it from the departments and schools to which he is involved. The student tenors used in evaluating the faculty member.
Before Dykes accepts the UCPT recommendations this spring, he should examine them to make sure that the quality of teaching was the primary criterion on which the faculty members were recommended. If it wasn't, then the UCPT recommendations should be rejected.
If Dykes is committed to improving undergraduate education, then making teaching the primary standard for promotion and tenure decisions is a big step in the right direction.
If he isn't that committed to improving undergraduate education, then we can continue with a muddled set of promotion and tenure courses and move far down the list of the University's priorities.
—Richard Paxson Contributing Writer
Sly, Tower set feet stomping
Reviewer
Daniel Grotta-Kurka, in another article in Today's Health, said recent emphasis on ecology had convinced many that using meat as a primary protein source is an arrogant exploitation of the earth's finite resources.
Despite the rain and bad weather, an over-capacity crowd filled Hoch Auditorium on Saturday night to hear two groups, Tower of Power and Slay and the Family Stone. The audience, which started arriving before 7 p.m., was treated to three hours of music, from jazz and soul to hard rock.
Feeding grain to cattle for the purpose of butchering and eating them is considered by many as an unsound economic policy.
writing for Today's Health, which is published by the American Medical Association, said, "There is now approximately one acre of arable land for every person in the world. Meat eaters need 1.63 acres to feed themselves for one year; vegetable eaters need only .5 to .6 acres."
Protein and the amino acids to make them are essential to life. The body must get eight of the amino acids it uses from food, and meat contains all of them.
By CAROLYN PICKETT
I especially enjoyed the selection "I Would Never Make You Unhappy." The brass performed exceptionally well. The crowd responded to the group by offering a standing ovation, and the band answered by leaving the stage and dancing. The group was talented and entertaining, and set a perfect atmosphere for Sly and his group, which followed.
No one vegetarian source contains all the protein our bodies need, but certain fruits or vegetables eaten in compounds will give all the nutrition necessary to healthy life.
he was fascinating in his own right.
seemed to be a jazz group—at other times soul-rock. Although they were a bit loud at first, they soon tuned themselves to the auditorium.
Sly came on after a rather long intermission. He wore a jacket, shirt, pant, shoes and cap—all shiny silver. When the colored lights changed, his outfit did too.
to be enjoying themselves, and this feeling was transmitted to the audience.
Tower started the evening off.
The group, which comes from Oakland, Calif., had nine pieces consisting of guitars, drums, trumpets, organ, saxophones and a singer. The members of the group were a combination of brass and vocal selections. At times, the
The performers in Sly's group were good musicians, but at
times the music was so loud that some of the quality was lost. All of the songs performed were on the main floor and at least half of the performing time, the main floor audience was on its feet dancing and singing.
The lead saxophon player was not only an excellent musician, but also quite a dancer. The singer had a good voice and was exciting to watch. He was not flashy like Slv. but
One reason the group was so enjoyable was that they seemed
In general, the concert was fun and worthwhile. Both groups performed well, both groups' presentation was too short.
Reasons for becoming a nonfish eater usually fall into three categories: economics, health and morality.
The main problems were those faced by the audience. Many people had to stand or sit in the aisles because there weren't enough seats. He sighed the whole expectation to find nonexistent seats. But even they had to have enjoyed this exciting concert and overwhelming musical experience.
This makes meat eating an easier diet to follow because there is no danger of not getting enough protein. The health benefits of protein, however, is not a deficiency, but an excess of protein.
In a recent press release, the American Vegetarian group stated: "Every pound of meat represents 21 pounds of grain. Cows, pigs, and sheep are protein factories in reverse. Henry Kissinger, Edward Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, the New York Times, the Washington Post and churches are asking Americans to cut down on meat."
Many studies have shown that nonflesh eaters who eat a properly balanced diet含 caloric needs and do not significantly exceed them. Most meat eaters consistently exceed their limits and as a con- tend to weigh more, however.
The American Vegetarian is a 14,000-member group with no paid employees.
The third reason for being a vegetarian involves a moral choice: Should we raise animals to kill and eat them? Or more simply, should we kill animals needlessly?
America's soaring rate of cardiovascular disease, since meat eaters heart attack more than the average, while vegetarians average 58. Vegetarians get life insurance and health life insurance companies."
Agronomist C. W. Forward,
"One of the earliest supper movers in nature of food movement, she fled a fruit, home-grown vegetables, raw milk, eggs and cheese, and makes her own cereal from wheat germ." Time said.
According to Grotta Kurska vegetarians in the United States statistically **are** thinner, and they live longer than meat eaters.
She also fortifies her diet with vitamin supplements but no meat.
"Vegetarians Leonardo Da Vinci, Leo Tolstoy, G. B. Shaw,
Adell Davis, called the high priestess of nutrition by Time magazine, has written four books and sold about seven million copies.
With the exception of eggs,
nonfish foods have no saturated fat or cholesterol.
They about 4 per cent
cholesterol.
francis of Assisi, Ghiandi,
Thorean and millions of others
have refrained from eating
meat because it is from an
imnocently slaughtered animal,
but not the meat that has
bittered and eaten," the
American Vegetarian said.
"Ethical vegetarians believe
that the eating of meat violates
reverence for life, nonviolence
and the spark of soul in
everything that creeps and
crawls."
"The American Cancer Society has labled meat the number one cause of intestinal cancer," the American Heart Association American Heart Association has linked animal fat to
Other vegetarians were Voltaire, Milton, Newton, Salmon, Nathaniel, Bernard Shaw. More recently, Dennis Weaver, Clint Walker, Paul Newman, Dick Gregory have converted to nonfish diets.
Kent Smalter, Perry senior,
became a vegetarian last
winter when the price of meat
was too expensive.
"You become more aware of nutrition," he said, "It's a good way to get educated about food choices. You don't stay a vegetarian."
—John Morris
'Abdication' abdicates history for shoddy script
Many good things can be said about historical revision in motion pictures, especially if you remember that even the knows something about history.
By KENN LOUDEN
Entertainment Editor
"The Abdication" claims to be about the abandonment of her throne for Catholicism by Sweden's 17th century Queen
Christina. So shoddy and incomprehensible is the script that no one can ever be sure why she does it.
Writer Ruth Wolff has managed to totally destroy or ignore any plot or character in this book. Harvey tried to develop. This is sad because Harvey had previously shown a talent for making history interesting in the movie "The Lion in Winter."
In addition, the talents of the actors are also wasted. Liv Ullmann as Christina puts forth a valiant effort to simulate an
Promoters have obviously been pushing Ullmann as the new Greta Garbo, who also plays Lily Pond. Ullmann should be allowed to do what she does best—act. Ullmann is a far better actress than Garbo ever was. What she does well is that Garbo image, Garbo wasn't so much an actress as a presence. No one can imitate her glamor and sensuality without instructing results. No one should try.
intriguing, even sexy, queen.
But as soon as she starts spouting dialogue from Wolf's mouth, she can leave or break out laughing.
Also included are Peter Finch, who takes the whole disaster very calmly, never letting anyone know that he is acting, and Paul Rogers and Cyril Cusack who shout in an effort to put emphasis on a script that lacks meaning.
"The Abdication" is a historical soap opera that belongs on daytime TV, or better yet, should be forgotten. It was written by historians or at least some 'reasonable fascinate.
The play "Don Juan Tenorio" is a depiction of evil.
'Don Juan' depicts evil, hate; hero turns villain in KU play
Under a facade of gaiety and frivolity lies the truth—the humour being deprived of any sense of what is good or right.
Anyone familiar with the character Don Juan might be surprised at this interpretation.
To them Don Juan might be a hero, a friendly chap, someone to envy. But after the William of York and his "Don Juan Tenorio" Saturday night, I came away with an overwhelming sense of loathing, of awe at such victory, and of horror at such injury.
I don't know whether the University of Kansas production was intended to arouse such interest, but I don't know whether Cliff Rakerd intended Don Juan as a vile personification of all that is evil. But no matter what the university now, this impression came across.
The production of this play was a truly unique experience. When I learned that the players adlibed and that they didn't even have the same parts each night, I was worried. I expected some mish-mish, some ultra-ultra-short comedy, what same through was what drama should be—a performance created for an audience, out of what the actors, through their experiences
and instincts, thought would be best.
Supposedly there are seven possibilities for ending the play. But when I saw it, the ending seemed not only right, it seemed inevitable. With a character like Don Juan, so courageous, so meanlessness, so devoid of decency, I could see but one ending, and that was the one that occurred.
And you should be sorry. For all who saw it, Don Juan was a fascinating, unique experience.
Be that as it may. My duty is not to expound on the limitations of human nature or on the hopes for salvation. My role is to be a play-to-let you know whether you're sorry you missed it.
The difference is noticeable immediately, when, outside the theater, you must pass through a maze to find your way in. The maze is covered with graffiti—light-hearted and fun-loving. It is possible to run into a character while roaming around the maze, encountered a moody looking Don Laux.
The theater is also uniquely different. Chairs are placed on the floor and the audience intimacy with the actors. Pillows are on the floor for people to sit on. If you have a back problem, or suggest getting there early.
When 8 p.m. approaches, the performers decide on which
Once you are seated, the performers come to you, tempting you to play darts, or drink them with violet taste, or drink their violet taste "wine."
parts to play—by throwing dice.
At first I thought this was all a put-on, but when I checked with friends who'd been to another performance, I learned that he do indeed take other parts.
The quality of the presentation was, if anything, heightened by the fact that the audience could see it. Although at times you could tell they were running into each other's lines, the effect was more realistic. With the Halloween-type atmosphere created for most hostly masks the audience could little realism was a relief.
Especially good was the normal way the characters talked. No "get them to a nanny" in the play—just comma. The nanny is nearly going to fight those guys, are you?"
all the performances in this play were good. The minor characters, especially Brigida
and Cuiti, should be praised the life they inject into production.
There were four cast members who always stayed the same—Don Juan, Don Luis, Don Gonzalo and Dona Inez, Laushmolo, played by Rusty Laushmol, was particularly effective.
Most important of all was Don Juan. He was portrayed convincingly, even though he was not as handsome as could be hoped for. But he certainly had no trouble making himself the persistent voice and his careless air. It was unfortunate that his counterpart, Dona Inez, played by Kathy Sheldon, was less convincing. She was fine for the part, with a delicate being in it just that in a work like Tenorio" the force of evil is so overwhelming that the idea of purity is impossible.
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