Alcalá View 1981 3.2

''Around Ca01pus'' by Joan Murry

"Jaudiced Eye" Column

"Question: What will you be doing this summer?"

by Sandra Ed elman " O n Go lden Pond." W hy, yo u are no clouh l ask ing, would anyone rev iew a film released mo re than a yea r ago, one w hich- th anks lo its almost archetypa l appea l- has al rea dy been entered, a– long w ith " Orphans of the Storm," "Crapes of Wra th," et. al., in t he anna ls of th e C rea l Ame ri ca n Class ics. If you 've manage d to fo llow me to the end of th at ~cn tencc and are still as king, here's my answe r: beca use "On Co lden Po nd" has some thin g wro ng wi t h it, and as far as I know, no o ne has had the cheek to say so. Tru e, Hepburn and Fo nda are, in tan– dem and ind ividually, a loveab le m ix o f cru st and sentiment. Tru e, Jane fin ally found a ro le the demand s of w hi ch co incide w ith her trainin g in th e W eye r– haeuse r M ethod (two-ply mahogany) . Tru e, the photograp hy is superb . Th e d irec t ion and edit in g are fair to midd li ng. And, yes, even th e loon s are simu ltane– ously po ignant and lu sty. So w hat' s wro ng, yo u as k? W ell, in its own convo luted way, "On Go /den Pond," wh eth er as fi Im o r stage p lay, isas mu ch an insult to o ld age as retirement home abuse- it's j ust th at th e in su lt is hard e r to see. Th ompso n (th e play– wr ight) too k two charac ters o f int elli– gence and di gnity and mad e th em by turn s fey, cut e, p rec io us, se nil e, o r smu g– ly unreason ab le, and t hen p laye d th em fo r laughs. " He re are th e o ld Thaye rs, aren' t th ey cute? See how funn y it is fo r an o ld lady to dance in t he woods?for an o ld man to cu t out in hi s Chri sC raft? " In o th e r wo rd s, isn't it at bottom amusing to see th e elderl y dec lin e, and eve n mo re amu sing to see th em, from tim e to tim e, behave like rea l, no rmal (i .e., und er 65) human be ings? Hidd en in all th is adm itt ed ly good th ea tre is th e p remise that to be aged o r aging is to be inferi o r. At a tim e w hen w e are slow ly rec t ifying o ur m ispe rcep ti ons abo ut se ni o r citi ze nshi p, t he kin d of treac ly disguise thi s ve hi cle wears- like an execut ione r in a clown su it-goes shoc kingly again st th e gra in . If you stop to thin k about it.

Rosemary Goodyear, Ass istant Professo r, School of Nursing

" /'II be going to Bui/vill e, New York, in late Jun e for my pa ren ts' 5Ut h weddin g anniversary. Th ere will be a special m ass celebra ted by 111)' un cle who is a pries t; m y son w ill p lay a piece that he wro t e for th e occas io n. When I retu rn l o San Diego, /'II be teaching a co urse in ph ys ica l assessm ent and l akin g a co urse to – wa rd m y docto rate in edu ca tio nal administra– tio n."

Kay Shipley, Print Shop Assistant

''I'm leavin g fo r a fo ur-wee k trip l o Chall a– nooga and Kn oxville, Tennessee. I'm looking fo rward l o visiting th e Wo rld's Fair and p oss ib ly going l o Disn eywo rld in Flo rida and also visiting fri ends and relatives in So uth Carolina."

Dr. David Burt, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business

" This summ er w ill be a busy on e for m e. /'II be t eaching two mark etin g co urses, one gradu– ate anc/ one unde rgraduate, and working on l \V0 books, one a tex tbook in purchas ing and the ot h er a profess io nal book for th e purchas– ing p ractitio ner. I've just compl eted an in-plant sem inar fo r SD C&E and am leaving fo r a re– search trip .to th e M idwes t in conjunctio n w ith m y two books. My wife Sharo n, a graduate stu de nt in th e Sch oo l o f Nursing, and I are also going on a be lated hon eymoon. "

Sharron Coleman, Executive Secretary

and Administrative Assistant to Dean Krantz, School of Law

" / p lan to spend m y summer m eeting th e challenges of m y n ew j o b wo rking fo r D ean Krant z, contin uing m y e ffo rt s to furl her animal we lfare and helping ed u ca t e p eople to be resp o nsibl e pc t owners. A lso, I w ill be enjoying Sa n Diego with visiting fri ends and relatives."

Sr. Sally Furay, Vice President and Provost

Sister Sa lly Furay is th e elect ed d elega te fro m th e San Francisco Province o f th e Socie ty o f th e Sacred H earl to th e Socie ty's 1982 Chapt er in Fras ca ti, It aly, ou tsid e of Rom e. Th e Chapt er opens on July 1 and ends August 31, w ith abo ut 95 de lega tes fro m all ove r th e wo rld. Sister Furay wi ll visit th e ap os to lat es o f th e Religious of th e Sacred H ea rt in Spain and Po land en ro ut e to th e Chapt er. In April, sh e visit ed m iss ions o f h er co ngrega tio n in Co lom– bia and Peru.

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