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('f f f ·{ ( [ I r f f f ( l I ) ( I f j f •• , > I ' 'I " O l I I j , 'I; l ,·I •' I I I THE POLEMIC, February 1, 19.77, Page 2 Long Semesters ' ' I' ~ Cause Student Disgust -By Steve Gapske ~~ - " ,.· "'; Humor J i VLH Lounge Creates "Ridiculous" is the comment heard from most students when asked about ACC's long semesters and . two weeks at school following the Christmas break just before finals. By Larry Wenzel Controversy It is just too hard to really be able to pick up the • pieces, and continue where the class left off. Thro- One of the hottest issues today on campus is who ugh the break forgetfulness begins to set in. Many . Standing I .to r are: Gayle Wismer, John Mielke, is in control of the student lounge in Van Lare Hall. teachers find it at least equally hard trying to keep Jim Miesen, Dennis Potter & Dennis Wallitt. · The major confrontation seems to be between the a class going; after- two weeks is a practical impos- left-wing liberal art students who want to use the sibility. · A· d • D lounge to study such controversial subjects as socio- By the time of the Christmas break most students, u I en ce eems logy and economics, and the "Tech" students .who and surely some of the faculty, is ready for a change. just want to get in a decent game of cards. After the break , interest, too, begins to wane. It is interesting to note that the student senate ACC quite simply has something almost no other A C T Play while portraying a progressive image has decided that college has; two weeks of limbo. • • • . the word "lounge" does not mean a place where Central Michigan University like ACC has 16 weeks students should study. To enforce this, there has to each semester but the whole of the semester comes s ess been much effort to install a bar room juke,box (that before the Christmas,break. Also C.M.U. 's ClhriStfTlas a UCC should fix 'em) with all Buck Owens latest hits. To and semester breaks are combin,id to form a 4 week stiflle any protest, the senate has told the. radicals Vacatl ·on. who study that they will make _an effort t-@_J.'have the By Laurie Fitzpatrick I wou ldri 't say thatth is isthe so I ut ion, 4 we0ks is faculty lounge turned into a sty,Jy room. But the odd, probably just too much. Extremely well presented, exciting and emotion- against th is happening are so goat li>at. th!I student But why not start a week earlier, chop off 2 weeks al, can best fill the definition of the play "One senate has even felt safe in offll6ing tO"give up its own have three weeks for Christmas-semester break folio- Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" presented at Al- meeting room in exchange. vr, ·' wed by a registration week. pen a' s civic Theatre. There has been quite a reaction, from a group of -earth Magagazine- Invites Student Cont~ibution_s By ·MikP. Anderson ~ Magazine, ACC's literary magazine, writ- ten and compiled by students at the college, has 'gotten off to a successful beginning this year. Editor Larry Wenzel, assistant editor Gudrun Ha~e~ _ _ph~t~i:1rap_~e~_ Mai:k Werth, and several other Earth staff members have joined forces and committed themselves to each other and to the putting out of a quality magazine. Some of the staff have already begun to write following . this year's theme: "Interpersonal Rela- tionships." But, according to the editor, "We need writers and artists who wish to just contri- bute materials with no strings attached. We also need those who will dedicate many long hours of work to put the magazine together." The play takes the audience to a ward in a state students called the SAA (Students for an Academic mental hospital in the Pacific Northwest. It centers Atmosphere). Last week they' staged a protest by the individula reasons as to why the patients are jamming about fifty students into the lounge before there. The lead character, R. P. McMurphy is sent a card game could get started and began to'study. It there because they know of nowhere else to put can't be proven just who is behind all this but some- him--even though he is quite sane. body apparently organized a student militia to rough R. P. McMurphy, the main character and a real up and disperse the SAA protesters. Fortunately, nut, Played by Jim Miesen, was someth ing to be- no one was seriously hurt. But no a ct ion was taken, ' hold. He did a superior job. Miesen knew his lines . well, had good voice and facial expressions. So until the pool balls and cards were banging against watch out Jack Nicholson! the table again when the Senate authorized a group· Charmian Washburn played the part of Nurse of law enforcement students to form a roving "peace Ratched, the head nurse. She did an extremely keeping" force in the lounge as a class project. good job of playing th~ wicked, heartless, ruthless Well, for all of you who just come to classes and nurse. A person would actually have to "stop him- go right home and haven't heard about this you can self from going up on the stage and choking her. see you're missing a lot of excitement. Chief Bromden played by Keith Titus could · · almost hyptnotize the audience. He fit the .part well. The monologue he did throughout the play was a credited addition. It made clearer the thoughts and things that happened that you couldn't have gotten from the movie. Just by viewing the audience it could be said that the play was success. Anyone of any age would enjoy it. The play reached every emotion you have. ##_############# ----------------------, I --- Staff Box· _ - I I Editor • Patty Dutcher I I Ass't Editor Pam Urlaub I Got bilis to pay? Love letters to send? Or maybe a letter bomb to your favorite instructor? Mail them all from the mail drop located in Van Lare Hall (across from the Great Wall) f o r your convenience. Stamps? Step into the Business Office and for a small fee (13 cents each) purchase them from the lovely ladies behind the de_~k . CIOLIUEiGE BOOKST:ORiE. The theme of the magazine, "Interpersonal Rela-tionships," will be . an attempt to portray three levels of relationships: 1) Superficial or psuedo- relationships; 2) The reality beneath superficial relationships; 3) True and meaningful relationships. Larry commeoted, "Everywhere you go the per- sonal is becoming more and more impersonal. As editor of this year.'s Earth Magazine, I sense a moral responsibility to · raise up a sta-ndard against the depersonalization of the human being. Our main objective will not be putting out a li-rerary magazine. The Earth will be a means to an end. Our main objective will be to establish interper- sonal relationships." I I I Page ·1 Patty Dutcher - I f Page 2 Mike Anderson I I Page 3 Pam Urlaub I Page 4 Charles Schmidt I Page 5 Jim Clements I Page 6 Steve G_apske I Page 7 Larry Habitz I Page 8 Gudrun Hagen I Photographer Ron Stejakowski I I I I ",Designed with the st:udent in mind'\ ...... .___~11'1 Pickett Pharmacy· Earth Magazine is appealing to the English Dept. especially, as there are many students in those clas- ses who wquld no doubt be motivated to accept the challenge to write for the magazine and pos- sibly have their work published. DeadlinP fo.- copy is March 8 .. I Reeves, Roxanne Sterling, Kathy Waligora, I Tina Walters, Nadine Welsh, Larry Wenzel, I 11 Jim Winstead, I . I ·-'---------------~~-------- Reporters: Barb Beck, Julie Compeau, Laurie Fitzpatrick, Rosalyn Goins, Cheryl Hankins, Kraig Knorr, Don Kromer, Greg prescriptions & sundriges .· .·100 S. 2nid Ave ij - I