KWSAN REVIEWS
FILMS: Lesbians!!
By BOB BUTLER Kansan Arts and Reviews Editor
What the heil ever happened to heterosexuality? First we were treated to "The Fox," then "The Sergeant," then "The Killing of Sister George." Now we get "Therese and Isabelle" hooray.
Essey Perssen, the body you knew and vicariously loved in "I, A Woman," stars as Therese, a young lady who is shipped off to a boarding school by her new stepfather, a wise move on the old man's part—he knows when he's got competition. There she meets and falls in love with Isabelle, played by Anna Gael. They make it for a while and then Isabelle is pulled out of school by her mother. End of story.
The whole mess is told in flashback as Therese, now a middle-aged woman, returns to the deserted school to "talk to the ghosts." The only problem is that she keeps popping uncomfortably in and out of the flashback scenes like Scrooge with the ghost of Christmas something-or-other. It's very annoying.
The worst thing about this film, aside from the subject matter, is that it's the most boring two hours I've ever experienced. Even the love scenes are boring, although there is considerable material for an argument on how two school girls developed so fully.
The acting is horrible. Miss Perssen is at her dramatic best while making sexy animal noises while someone strokes her (or while she strokes herself, this movie has all those strange acts you used to look up in Mom's medical dictionary). Miss Gael's acting abilities are limited to looking innocent while sinning in the school chapel.
I was embarrassed watching this film, a confession which I am sure will be met with much disbelief by those who know me. Nevertheless, this movie is fit only for mass viewings by fraternity houses and dorm floors, when everyone can snicker and groan as much as they want. I groaned while sitting alone in yesterday's matinee and everybody turned around and stared at me.
RECORDS: Sly
By WILL HARDESTY
Slyvester Stewart had it knocked by some standards by the time he was 19. He was the top DJ in San Francisco, had lots of friends, and was writing, arranging and producing records. But disillusionment set in. So, he grabbed his brother and sister, another chick and guy who are cousins, and two other guys who are cousins and transformed him and them into Sly and The Family Stone.
That was two years ago. Since then, the group has been moving—very much up with their unique fusion of gospel, rhythm and blues and psychadelia. Sly's latest album, called "Stand!" has been released on EPIC (BN-26456, stereo).
Although The Family Stone should be seen to be fully appreciated, your whole body can feel the excitement they generate just by listening to "Stand!" If you like to dance, this disc is essential.
Their music is built around the boss bass of Larry Graham, Jr., and rumming of Gregg Errico. Usually taking counterpoint rhythm and sometimes harmony to the melody are Cynthia Robinson (trumpet) and Jerry Martini (sax). This allows Freddie Stone, on guitar, Rosie Stone on electric piano, and Sly Stone on organ to work out, trade around, hammer out and improvise on whatever melodies they can create. Their music is like speed—you are filled with energy and a desire to be moving, swaying, dancing.
The group is mixed, both in color and in sex with two white and five black and two female and five male. It is no secret after hearing "Stand!" that Sly will not be popular with militants of either race. But it is also clear his music is packed with what he thinks should be done. There is a complete statement in "Everyday People": "There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one that won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one." "Makes no difference what group I'm in. I am everyday people." "We got to live together."
Or try one song which says, "Don't call me nigger, whitey. Don't call me whitey, nigger."
"Stand!" "Stand for the things you know are right. It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight."
AAUP poll reveals student attitudes toward student control, military at KU
Members of the student affairs committee of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), last night attempted to provide tentative answers to such questions as:
- Why should we care about student attitudes?
- Are we prepared to act on student recommendations, or will we do so out of fear of the consequences?
- Will we be content merely to know what student attitudes are, or will we try to discover the reasons behind their opinions?
- Are we willing to respect students as reasonable and rational beings?
These questions and their answers were of vital concern at the AAUP meeting as tentative results of a student attitude survey were discussed.
The meeting, held at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union Forum Room, was turned over to members of the student affairs committee which conducted the survey.
Chairman of the project, Arthur Skidmore, assistant professor of philosophy, made preliminary remarks and distributed copies of test results which were tabulated last night.
Skidmore explained that the results of the questionnaire were only partially completed and limited most of his remarks to sections of the survey which dealt with student participation in University administration and with the University and its role in society.
Skidmore was primarily concerned with the interpretation of survey results. He explained that the committee did not want to correlate the results of the survey with the opinions of the entire student body.
"The survey," he said, "was completed by about 60 per cent of the students who received it. The participants were selected at random—every 20th name in the spring student directory was sent a questionnaire. But while this is a representative number of students, the committee has made no effort to date to compare these student's opinions with those of every student."
He pointed out that such efforts would be made in the future, based on distribution of graduate students and undergraduates, of male and female students and of the differences in residences. But the committee is concerned at the present time with the numerical results and with the formulation of tentative analyses, he added.
Skidmore continued by examining particular questions and making "reasonable
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Of primary concern to the committee were questions dealing with student control or power over administration. Skidmore pointed out that the survey indicated a marked difference between the control students have at the present time and the influence they thought student government should have. But he added that most participants indicated that students should be given a little more influence; only five persons reported a desire for complete student control.
The influences with which the survey was concerned were in the areas of selection and retention of faculty, with requirements for graduation, with decisions concerning curriculum and course offerings, with course organization and content, and with long-range University policy.
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A second area of concern to the committee was the political atmosphere of the students. Skidmore declined to speculate about the significance of the survey results, but pointed out "an interesting dichotomy" in student political opinions.
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The questions Skidmore cited were on recent issues with ROTC courses on campus,with military technology research on campus and with the role of the University as a "center for radical reform of society."
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"The definite majority of students approved of military technology research and with continuing ROTC courses on campus," Skidmore said. "And the majority of students disagreed with the idea of the University as a center for radical reform. At the same time, those with opposite opinions were not merely a handful; they constituted a significant minority."
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He added that the results indicated a necessity to hear the "significant minority" if any actions were considered on the basis of the survey.
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