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F r i d a y , December 7 , 1973
SHIFTING
FOUNDATION
Recently John Udvardy,
head of Freshman
Foundation, was int er viewed
to find out about the
proposed 2nd semester
switch and the changes
i t would bring to the
present Freshman Founda­
tion structure:
RI5D Press:
In general
terms; what is being
changed (about the pre­
sent Foundation structure)
and i s i t d resuIt o f
financial problems?
Udvardy: There probably
w i ll be a change... at
the beginning o f the
ye a r. . . I was hoping
that each instructor
would be able t o carry
their program through
tl e
i en t i re y ea r with
T R 5 " r e a s o f t s ' r f ox " n o w *
contemplating
the
c h a n g e , and that i t
will take effect, is
i n p o l l i n g t he s t u d e n t s ,
and t ry i n g to get feed­
back from them.
I f you
look at our roster of
faculty, you'll notice
that i t ' s an extreme 1y
diverse group of people.
The m ajor reason for
wanting a change i s
that I f e l t i t would be
shortchanging the stu­
dents i f there was such
a dynamite group of in­
structors and not a l ­
lowing them to experience
as many d i f f e r e n t vi ew­
points during the Fresh­
man year as p o s si b l e .
The easiest way t o do
t h a t n o w s e em s t o b e
switching sections, so
that students wouldn't
be preconditioned by
the time they got into
the ir sophomore year
with one viewpoint.
We a r e h e r e t o g i v e t h
them a foundation and
a basic understanding
of what i t ' s a l l about.
1 realize that there
are going to be tremen­
dous problems with f a­
c u l t y , and students who
are ju st becoming aware
of certain instructors
vocabulary, and who
are just relating to
instructors, but I
think the shortcomings
are minimal compared
to the benefits. I t
w i l l o f f e r a good
cross-polination o f an
exchange of ideas.
P RE S S : W h a t h a v e y o u
been able to do w ith
the situation that you
i n h e r i t e d f r o m M r . Ho?
Do y o u h a v e i d e a s f o r
other types o f change?
Udvardy:
Wei 1 , the re
are a l l kinds o f ideas
th at we a re en t ert a i n ­
ing.
A l o t i s real 1y
very dependent on the
financial straits that
the school finds i t s e lf
in.
The number o f
ideas are many; for
example, a stronger
series of electives
that are specific,
such as a strong photo­
graphy experience.
Something
that
would
in
interact with the pro—
I r aw ( ng expt-i
something part of the
2-D experience, part
of the 3"D experience,
a course that would be
specifically tied in
with the curriculum,
an actual physical in­
tegration.
There are
a l l kind s o f th in gs we
are thinking about such
as a basic hand tool
course.
I t would equip
the freshman with a
working knowledge of
working too ls, including machine work.
Another t h i n g we are
tryin g to do i s ex­
change o f f and int e­
grate our area with
the rest of the col lege on an exchange
bas i s. I'm try ing to
work out an exchange
where we m ight send
someone i n 3~D i n t o
the sculpture depart­
ment to teach a course
t h e r e a n d i n t u r n s o me ­
one from there would
teach a 3~D c ours e here
(which could be figure
sculpture).
This could
also happen between
the 2-D courses and
the painting department
The reason f o r th i s
would be a greater in­
tegration with the rest
of the school , so that
the isolation, which I
strongly feel exists,
i s broken down.
PRESS;
Vou
aer \r\g th*
were here
we maintain tV\e very
r\
ilraviinq, 7.—O and
w/
program, which ran
pr e tty much the same
as i t aiways has.
It
was rea l ly pr etty much
a m a tt e r o f assuming
charge o f a course
that had a lready been
charted.
PRESS: Tra nsfer s t u ­
dents go through the
Foundation requirements
i n 6 w e e k s . . . I 'v e
heard tha t people
found i t a very intense
and rewarding exper­
ience just because of
the concentrated effor t
f i t into the time
space.
Do you see any
way to focus that s ort
of thing into a year
'round program?
Udvardy: This is the
main reason why I want
to make the change.• I
th ink when the switches
are made i t w i l l force
the instructor to trim
the fat from his course
a n d r e a l l y g e t d o wn t o
the essentials.
I
think the courses in
this situation wi11 be
parallel to the inten­
s it y generated during
the summer.
PRES S: T h e y a r e n o w
contemplating block
system o f 5 sessions
o f 6 w e e k s . . . How d o
you think that wi11
affect your program?
Udvardy: That depends
on the t otal struc­
turing of things.
If
The
/
/
possfb///ty
P> <*/> I mm
might
be to eliminate a l l the
headings as they now
appear in the catalog
and instead just of fe r
the name o f the person
and have the entire
thing
be electives.
T h i s i s s i m i I ra t o w h a t
is already being done
in the sculputre de­
partment.
This way
those who are more
interested in a more
cerebral approach to a
course and those in te r­
ested in more of an
int uat ive approach can
select what he/she wants.
Press: You're one of
the few people who have
contact w i th Brown i n
any way.
What are the
possib i1itie s o f any
kind of trade-off pro­
gram or sharing of fa ­
c i l i t i e s between Brown
and RISD, even on the
freshman level?
Udvardy: This subject
seems t o come up at
ev ery mee ting we have.
I t would be a very good
thing economically for
t h i s college and for
Brown.
As to why m ore
i s n ' t being done, I
r e a l ly don't have the
answer to that; there
probably are alot of
empty classrooms in
the List Art BuiIding,
they j u s t don't have
(Continued on Page 5)
Uelsmann
L a r t i gu e
PHOTOGRAPHICA
Kertesz
F rida y , December 7 , 1973
Vol. I I , No. 9
Published weekly at
the Rhode Island School
of Design, Box F-7,
2 Col lege St., Prov.
R.I. 02903
Meetings Tuesday and
Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
in the SAO.
One year's subscrip­
tion mailed to your
home; $12.00
Jeff Carpenter - Editor
Ken Hartley - Graphics Ed.
Jim Coan
Leslie,SiIverblatt
Lisa Cushman - Assoc. Eds.
Staff John Bratnober
FrederIck the Ti1t
Jeffrey Isaac
Jay Litman
John Long
Sagitarrii
Steve Talasnik
Nina Zebooker - Copy Queen
Weegee
STUDENTS IN PAINTING LAND
By the time this
appears, the work of the
two student painters,
Leslie Reed (Ms.) and
Jancie Stefani, wi11
be down and we'll be
into other things (shoes,
I think) at Woods- Ger­
ry. Nevertheless, a
few words seem in
order because the show
raises some important
questions. Like, for
instance, what's going
on in the painting de­
partment that it produ­
ces such sorry results.
The word seems to be,
judging from this dis­
play, that if you don't
know what you are doing
cover the canvas with
a riot of lurid colors
and pile the pigment
in great globs. That way
it looks like something
authentic has happened.
This approach has the
virtue of hiding weak­
ness, inability, lack
of painting sense and
sensibility, and poor
training, under a cov­
er of what I'm sure would
be indentified as spon­
taneity or visceral
expression. Whatever
you want to cal1 it,
it's a mess.
The unfortunate
thing about a l l of
thIs, i
i n t He
fortunate accident
that at 1 east
se of L islie
undi rneath
all
impasto,
that
rather
than
a
purpose­
ful statement, or that
rau-
rea I
FRIDAY
painting abi1ity. In
her large interiors,
wich smack of the Prov­
idence scene, she dis­
plays a good sense of
effective image and a
feel for documentation.
She's most certainly
willing to tackle dif­
ficult structure with
audacity. Whatever is
there, however, is so
glopped up that it's
almost totally lost
in a senseless bravado
of pigment.
I can
attribute this fail­
ure only to poor train­
ing.
Instead of images
which reveal an under­
standing of basic prob­
lems, we have sloppy
amateurish statements
- the kind of stuff
found in super-abundance
among art-festival en­
tries. Ms. Reed has
abi1ity. What 1 s hap­
pened to it?
If Leslite Reed
has a positive ability,
Janice Stefani has a
negative abil ity.
It's
just not there. Only
one of her paintings,
a mannequin-1 ike fig­
ure with a red head,
has anything going for
it. I must conclude
that the piece is a
from
some
D E C , 7T"
other
source.
AT
The rest of Janice Stefani's paintings (mostly
small heads) are a total
loss and she should have
had the good sense to
reject them instead
of putting them up on
the wal1. Training
in painting, to be any
good, must include
judgement at least on
the quality of one's
own work. Could it be
that the lapse of judge­
ment on Ms. Stefani-s
part is also attribut­
able to a lapse in the
training which she has
received? If so, then
both Ms. Stefani and
Ms. Reed are the vic­
tims of being in the
same b oat - the RISD
Painting Department?
Wei 1, let's not
be too rash. I ' l l only
say this, that judging
from their work the fac­
ulty members of the
department never let
themselves get away with
the sloppy shorcuts in
practice and judgement.
Why do they let students
get away with it? The
usual answer (Oh, how
many times have I heard
it) is that painting
really cannot be taught.
If that is so, and 1
don't believe it for
a moment ,
then we
are
talcing an awful lot. of
o r " * T a Y s e ~ p r e t e " n s V s \ !_
THE
doubleQ
SAGITTARIUS i (or II)
(D
It is true that a school
cannot promise to make
you a painter, but it
can promise to teach
you painting with a
third degree of sophis­
tication and some ex­
pectation of competence.
Isn 1 1 that after al 1 ,
what we mean by pro­
fess ional ism - a word
that sometimes sticks
in the craw around here.
Never mind the mystiques.
Let's get down to it.
Across the hal1
from Ms. Reed and Ms.
Stefani are the paintings
of Jeffrey Haste, also
a major in the depart­
ment. His pictures are
small and carefully done
with some q uite good
passages.
In comparison
with what's across the
way, they please by
the very fact of their
unpretentiousness.
All his things, however,
have the look of sopho­
more-exercises about
them. That would be
okay except for the fact
that he's a senior and
he should be well beyond
that point. Hs. Reed
and Ws . Stefani are also
seniors . f>nd tViat. \ s
more ffjjfl J I Rl ft 111!
AUDlTORlU/A
FARNUM UNDER FIRE
On the request o f
a resident, Farnum H ouse,
(commonly referred to
as the "leaning tower
o f Providence") was i n ­
spected by the Fire Pre­
vention Bureau.
I t was
inspected for only
fi re violations, not
on structural violations
which a re just as impor­
tant in dealing with
safety. The vio lat io ns
which were noted deal
only with problems
which should be dealt
with by the residents
of Farnum. The Fire
Prevention Bureau does
not deal with structural
violations. Violations
sighted included;
1. Hasps and padlocks
on front doors and bo lts
on interior doors.
2. Indiscriminate use
of extension cords and
wires on the f loors.
3. Wardrobes p a r t i a l l y
obstructing passageways
for free exit.
k. Indiscriminate use
of candles found on bed
po s t s.
3. Generally poor house­
keeping throughout struc­
ture.
6. The use of drapes
and assorted flammables
for partitions.
These v i ol a t ions
are important and should
be dealt with properly.
However, a couple o f
the points predictably
w i ll never be corrected.
As long as RISD dorms
are laid out as bed­
rooms instead of studios
(with beds), housekeeping
is something which most
students w i l l not be
concerned with.
Fire inspections
w i l l become a reg ular
thing at Farnum.
stu­
dents w i l l be expected
t o comply wit h reg ula­
tio n s, but now m ost res­
idents question what
role the "absentee
1US1)
UOUSlMi
I.IVOIIl»
51
MM. M '
1 and I o r ds " w i l l p1ay.
True, there are fi re
violations which are
caused by the students
and could be corrected.
However the re are a l o t
o f (Dther problems at
Farnum, which the res­
idents have no control
over.
For instance, the
room temperature a t any
given time is quite
unpredictable. There
could be no heat in the
morning and by noon
you've acquired a sauna.
Farnum's antiquated
heating system has also
uncovered some h i g h l y
talented radiators.
A few could easily re­
place the percussion
selection o f any marching band.
The wa11s
a n d c e i 1 i n g s o f s om e
o f the rooms are quite
interesting also.
Curved
wa11s wi t h growing
cracks are only t o be
complemented by sag­
ging cei1ings which
create beautiful forced
perspectives.
To top
o f f this l i s t of wi nners is the allegation
that Farnum i s moving.
Underground vib ratio n s
have supposedly affected
Farnum's foundations.
Yes there are f i r e
violations and yes there
are structural problems.
The only difference is
that the f i r e violations
w i l l be corrected be­
cause the f i r e v iol a­
tions directly affect
the students.
The Press
i s hoping to soon em­
ploy a structural en­
gineer to take Farnum
through the t e s t . Hewever, until that time
we d o n ' t e n v i s i o n a n y
major changes in Far­
num's structure (ex­
cept perhaps i f i t should
f a 11 d o w n t h e h i l l . )
Stephen Talasnik
-OVER 30% OF THE RISD STUDENT BODY LIVE IN CAMPUS HOUSING.
-350 OF THEM (OR YOU) ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN CAMPUS HOUSING.
-WE, THE RXSD HOUSING GROUP, PRESENTLY EXIST AS A GROUP OF
STUDENTS, RESIDENT DIRECTORS & COUNSELORS, FACULTY AND SOME
ENLIGHTENED ADMINISTRATORS.
-WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO EVALUATE THE PRESENT HOUSING PROGRAM AND
IT'S PHYSICAL PLANT IN RELATION TO ITS' RESIDENTS AND TO THE
TOTAL SCHOOL.
-WE DEEPLY NEED RESIDENT FEEDBACK TO ACCURATELY DEFINE THE PRESENT
SITUATION:
-what is the role of campus housing in a design school?
-is RISD Housing presently a valued resource to the student
body and/or it's residents?
-do you know student housing even exists?
IF YOU HAVE OR DO LIVE IN RISD HOUSING:
-is or was RISD housing adequate to your needs as a design
student?
-if not, what are or were the main problems or deficiencies?
-would you rather live on-campus? if so, why?
-would you rather live off-campus? if so, why?
-considering what you get for the money, which do you think is
more reasonable, on-campus or off-campus housing?
-LET US KNOW YOUR FEELINGS
-GIVE US YOUR GRIPES
OR
-GIVE US YOUR PRAISE
-ALL OPINIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
-ALL HELP IS WELCOMED
present committee: david brisson, nils bruun, marsue cumming,
Caroline davies, mike donovan, torn emerson, mike everett
irving haynes, lynne kortenhaus, dan pierce, merlin szosz
Udvardy
Hnw-hi' v?from
T~)
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(Continued
Page 1)
the faculty to ser­
vice al l the students.
Unfortunately the areas
of most interest for
exchange of students
and facu lty are those
areas that are special­
ized,namely photography.
Brown has very l i t t l e
to offe r in exchange
for photography.
Here
we have the f a c u l i t i e s
and facu1ty but a 1 ready there is too
much o f a demand on i t .
Press: What about th e
union of Brown and
R I SD ?
Udvardy: There has
always been t a l k about
i t , but again I rea11y
don't know a ny d ef i n i t e
feeling on i t one way
or another.
RISD:
Is there any­
thing else you'd 1ike
to talk about?
U d v a r d y : On e t h i n g I
might say i s tha t I
feel I would 1 i ke to
become mor e in volved
in the admittance pro­
cedure.
I feel that
there are very definite
problems as to the c al i ­
ber o f the students we
g e t . We s h o u l d h a v e
stronger imput into the
whole admissions pro­
cedure.
Perhaps there
could
ful
be
a
more
screening,
care­
perhaps
we shoul-d have person­
al interviews.
The
whole idea of the portf o l i o - the three draw­
ings- I don't think is
an adequate way of
judging a candidate.
Alot of the responsi­
b i l i t y as to what kind
o f program or the qual­
i t y of the end product
i s very dependant on the
students.
I'm suggest­
ing that right at the
beg inning al1 of the
students portfolios w i l l
be gone over and that
those people who, say,
express a strong inte r­
est in apparel design
be put in a sect ion
where the instructor
i s more sympathetic
with Apparel Design
than where the in­
structor is very definitely working in a
d i f f e r e n t a r e a . Now
i t ' s t o t a l l y random.
I'm striving for a
greater structure al1
the way through.
Again
the changing of the
second semester i s
good.
RISD:
Is something
going to be done
about year end c rit s?
Udvardy:
I know now
we have a fair1 y
exis t before and t h i s
i ss o m e t h i n q t h a t I ' ve
been pushing f o r . My
faculty are really be­
coming more involved in
a p o s i t i v e w a y . My
fa cult y and student con­
tact time i s much mor e
than i t has been.
Rig ht now m y major
concern is getting the
program f o r second
semester worked out.
Then there are also the
indications that Wintersession w i l l be dropped
which wi ll drastically
a lt e r any decisions
one way o r another.
A freshwoman compiled
a sample survey t o discov­
e r the fe a s i bi l i ty of open
r egis tration for second
semester freshman founda­
tion.
Suprisingly, her
survey showed th at wi t h a
l i t t l e b i t o f paper work,
a system of open regis tra­
tion has the potential t o
satis fy almost everyone.
Every person surveyed as
to their fir st three
choices o f teachers for
three foundation courses
(2-D, 3-D, drawing), got
at least one f i r s t choice
and one second choice, and
every class was f i l l e d t o
capacity , in the sample
random shuffle. The re­
sult s of the survey were
discussed with John
Udvardy. He was receptive
and agreed to consider the
po s s i b i l i t i e s of open
registration.
^Another idea for ob­
tain ing more space f o r
freshmen i s being
worked out by the "RISD
Housing Group". The
G r o u p h e a d e d b y Tom
Emerson (who la st year
made a study o f the
Homer-Nickerson working
space) and assisted by
members o f the Freshman
department i s now look ­
ing into finding more
working space within
the dorms.
strong counciling
program, which didn't
k
jiuutm ©vmrvu n ttt mu
Starting t hi s week
the Press wiI1 carry a
summary o f the week's
student board meeting,
the meetings are held
" S h a l 1 We D a n c e "
I debated playfully
with myself last Thurs­
day evening on whether
t o s e e " S h a l 1 We D a n c e "
a t RISD o r "Hiroshima
Mon Amour" a t Brown.
I knew my options w el l ;
either t o wince and
guffaw my way through
a true s li ce of American
moviedom from the good
ol e days or to immerse
myself i n what has been
c a l l e d by some c r i t i c s
one of the ten best films
ever made.
Partly be­
cause I had already once
s e e n " H i r o s h i m a Mon
Amour" but bostly because
I knew I would be w r i t i n g
t h i s b i t f or us and not
them I decided to pay
my s e v e n ty-five cents
and see our fi l m.
I am
not sorry I did.
As a cinem aticall y
v i s u a l w o r k , " S h a l l We
Dance" was a troc iou s.
The e d iting , li tte re d
with lackneyed gimmicks,
spawned more than a few
hearty b elly laughs from
the audience.
Transi­
tional dissolves from the
photograph o f something
to that something were
numerous and redundant.
The camera work was sim­
p le , unobtrusive and bor­
ing.
I n short i t was
a film not in i ts el f,
but of Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers, t he ir legs
and their voices.
Fred's legs, Fred's
voice, Ginger's legs
and Ginger's voice were
however, not something
t o g i g g l e a t . W hen F r e d
Astaire dances outside
the confines of the
late movie's television
screen, one can do l i t t l e
but gaze in astonishment.
T h e man w i t h t h e a m a z i n g
legs is t r ul y an a r t i s t
w i th hi s own movement .
Ginger Rogers together
with Fred Astaire are
pure 1iquid grace.
They danced, sang,
and acted out th eir s i l l y
p lot t o the music of
George Gershwin.
Al­
though often doused with
some f r i v o l o us l y inane
ly ri c s , the melodies
were wonderful.
"Shal1 we dance i s
not a f i lm to be thought
about seriously.
I t was
made as entertainment,
and i t seemed a s i f th e
sparse crowd last Thurs­
day night received i t
happi1y as just that.
Jagger
each Monday
i n Dean
Davies' o ffi c e (1st floor
C o l l e g e B u i Ii n
dg.) '
At las t Monday's meet­
ing, Keith Mast-- head of
CAC— presented a w r i t t e n
s u m m a r y d i s c u s s i n g Campus
Assistance Center.
The
board was asked to con­
sid er how i t would l i k e
t o become involved w i t h
CA C.
A m o u ng t h e s u g g e s t ­
ions was the idea t hat
CAC l o o k i n t o a s e r i e s o f
concerts and other possible
entertainment.
Also discussed were
the budgets of the Film
Society (asking for $1,000
fees fo r losses) and the
RISD P ress (where a budget
o f $7,000 was a pp rop ri at­
e d). A Carr House fund
of $1,000 was also passed.
Next *;eek Club
appropreations w ill go
before the Board, the Stu­
dents on the Board o f Trus­
tees wi ll give their re­
port and the energy cr i si s
w i l l be discussed.
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Ceramics
The Ceramics Depart­
ment i s set up i n much
the same way as other
departments, with
sophomore sculpture ma­
jors taking elective
R1SD
courses withing the
department.
They are
provided with a fa i r l y
large, but usually
overcrowded communal
work area. J unio r, Sen­
i o r , and Graduate Students
are given individual
work areas.
Curriculum, with
the exception of a re­
quired glaze formulation
and calculati on course,
for Juniors and F irs t
Year Graduate Students,
centers around methods
and techniques involving
the fabrication and
fi rin q of ceramic ar­
ticles.
There are two fac­
u l ty members, Pr of. Nor­
man Schulman and A s st .
Prof. Jun Kanieko, and
they are assisted by Joe
Roebeck, the shop's
technical assistant and
Ric Hensley, a second
year Graduate Student
who teaches th e Glaze
Calculation Course.
I h e t a c i l 1 1 le s p r o vide an opportuntiy to
work
from
with everything
salted
ware
to
Raku.
Last year a l a r g e w o o d
f i r i n g k i l n was bu i 11
a t the farm and jus t
recently an eight hun­
dred cubic foot, eight
burner, dual stack
updraft k i l n was constu cted to accomodate the
monumentally sized work
of Mr. Kanieko, and to
provide a more ef f i c i ent
k i l n space.
The Department is
snal1 but the work and
techniques used by in­
dividual students are
highly diverse.
Clay
i s paid f o r and made by
the student with the
exception o f sophomores
and e lec tiv es who pay
a lab fee.
Firing
and glaze fees are incor­
porated into the cost
of the materials avail­
able a t the RISD sup­
ply store.
Demonstrations
by v i s i t i n g potters and
various trips, usually
pa r ti a l l y financed by the
Ceramics Club occur spasmatically during the
yea r .
8
"When beggars d i e ,
there are no comets seen.
The heavens themselves blaze
for th the death of princes"
Shak.
>1 Little BitonKOHOUTEK
In the past, brilliant Scientific Investigation
Unusual Comet
Discovery of Kohoutek by
comets have inspired fas­
The unusual 1y long
Comet Kohoutek i s the
Dr. Kohoutek
c i n a t i o n and t e r r o r among
time (nine months) lead
f i r s t comet i n the record­
New c o m e t s a r e n a m e d
people and unfortunately
time allows world scient­
ed h i s t o r y tha t w i l l come
after their discoverors.
have often been taken as
ists to schedule an inten­
w i t h i n 13 m i l l i o n m il e s o f Comet (1 9 7 3 f), ( f
omens o f d i s a s t e r . Names
sive scientific invest­
the sun.
I ts nucleus is
indicates the s i x t h comet
such as "Blazing Stars,"
igati on of Kohoutek. Op­
about 10 to 20 mile s in d i ­ of 1973 discovered,) i s
"Firebal1s flung by an
t i c a l and radio telescopes
ameter. After the comet
no exception, i t was d i s ­
angry god," "sword o f fire,'around the world are point- passes behind the sun on
covered by a czech-born
"Broom st ars, " etc. etc .
ing at the comet.
Dec. 28, i t heads back i n­
astronomer, Dr. Libos
are given to these celest­
In the United States
to deep space. A b r i l l ­
Kohoutek of the Hamburg
i a l nomads.
NASA h a s s e t u p a s p e c i a l
i a n t t a i 1 of 5 0 m i 1 1 i o n
Observatory on Bergedort,
According to the
task fore, "Operation Koh­
mi 1es long wi11 s tretch
West Germany, on the eve­
synchronicity concept of
outek1.1 . to he lp prepare f o r
to one six th across the
ning of March I . While Dr.
Carl J . Jung, special ev­
infrared, o p ti ca l, and u l ­
evening sky between Jan
Kohoutek was making photo­
ents up i n the heavens
traviolet observation from
and Feb 197^° The even­
graphic observations of mi­
must c orr elate w ith some­
a irc raft , spacecraft as
ings from Jan 10 to 20
nor planets with the 32
thing on earth.
A visitor
well as ground observations should provide the best
inch Schmidt camera te l e­
from outerspace with a tai1 o f Kohoutek . Most of
viewing for astronomers
scope,he accidentally
30 to 50 mill ion miles long the observations of Kohou­
in al l parts of the united
found comet (1973f)1s im­
certainly will create a
tek are designed to deterstates of america.
Accord­ age on two o f the plates.
prodigious event in the h e a - m i n e w h a t e l e m e n t s , r a d i c ­
ing to the latest orbital
He l a t e r found t h e same
als and molecules are i n
vens.
This w ill at least
calcutations of Dr. Brian
comet on an e a r l i e r plat e
keep the astronomers busy
the comet, and how t he i r
Marsden, Smithsonian
that he took on Jan. 20.
with their telescopes, as­
quantity, spatial distrib­
Astrophysica1 Observatory,
At that time, the comet
trologers with their pred­
utions change as the comet
Kohoutek's path is parawas a dim o bject moving
ictions, Christians with
grows.
Astronomers would
bolic and belongs to the
near the orbit of Jupiter,
t he i r Bibles and Buddhists
1 ike to know the r at e o f
long period comet type.
against the background o f
with their Lotus Sutra.
rotation of the nucleus,
I t s i n i t i a l period was se­
Constellation Hydra,
The celesteal display of
which might give inter­
veral mill ion years but
the eea serpent.
I t was
a great comet is thus an
pretation of the nongravidue to Ju pite r's great
a
b
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u
t
3
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m
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l
l
i
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m
iles
auspicious sign.
We m a y
tatio'nal effe ct s on comet
gravitational pul1, its
a
w
a
y
f
r
o
m
e
a
r
t
h
a
n
d
AA0 m i ­
interpret i t as a sign o f
mot ion.
resulting period is about
l
l
o
i
n
m
i
l
e
s
f
r
o
m
t
h
e
sun.
beauty as well as a warning
The sky 1abl11 miss7 5 , 0 0 0 y e a r s , b u t s t i l1a
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r
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t
h
a
n
9
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2
m
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aw­
o f God's punishment.
ion i s part icipat ing i n the very long time compared
a
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f
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p
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r
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l
i
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n
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t
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Comets come and go in
research of Kohoutek.
Its
with Halley's Comet,(due
c
l
o
s
e
s
t
d
i
s
t
a
n
c
e
f
r
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m
t
h
e
the solar system. There
position i n the space has
1986) with 76 year return
s
u
n
.
are nearly half a dozen
enormous advantages
rate.
reported every year, but
over the ground observations.
Kohoutek's o r b i t pasone large enough to be v\The skylab astronauts
ses quite close to the
s\b\c
to
the
naked
rvaWed
eye
*3
\*W\
studv
tv-ie
comet
with
e
"TV\^ or \ tg\r\ of c.otoe t. s.
er\ different Instru­
T"317)3 / /IS 3 d&h>3 tab 1 e sub_j ec t ments, including a came ra
among sc l en t i s t s .
The main
that detects the far ultra­
part o f a comet is the
violet light that cannot
nucleus.
It is composed
penetrate the earth's at­
r
of
frozen gas and dust
earth's orbit plane
p 1 arie about
•\ L» a —.13 rapart: .
a.
t r o n o m e r , D r
S t e p h e n P. Ma—
ran claims Kohoutek proba­
b l y contains m a t e r i a l t h a t
has been locked in the
f o r m a t i o n o n Kohoutek,
please
let
me know.
Stephen Tong, Box 895
272-^276
AS B 3 0 2
p a r ­ mosphere.
The astronauts
cold storage o f space since
comet gives o f f
w i l l take two spacewalks
creation of the solar sys­
no 1ight i tse lf.
It
including one on Christ
tem.
This insight offers
reflects l i t t l e sunlight
mas day, to point instrum­
a clue to the mystery of
when f a r away from the sun
ents a t Kohoutek.
The s :
the birth of our solar
but as i t gets close enough, spacecraft Mariner 10,
system.
the solar radiation causes
heaking Mars and Venus, I S
the nucleus's particles
photographing the comet
Comet Kohoutek's place­
t o evaporate and expands
from various positions mil
ment 111 d ark skies this
winter, charted (or olt50°"
i nt o a glowing halo or coma, li o n s of miles away from
servers in 40* north lati­
tude. For each date, the
S om e c o m e t s m i g h t f o r m o n e
sun is 12* below the
earth.
I t s p icture s combhot iron: thus, the same
COMET
or more t a i l s as a result
level of deep twilight
ined with views from ground
is represented, about an
KOHOUTEK
of more ice vaporizing.
hour from sunrise or
observatories w i ll give
sundown. Also marked
EVENING SKY
Normally the t ai ls of,
are rough predicted vis
scientists their first
ual magnitudes.
comets always f a l l away
three dimensional look of
from the sun, due to so­
a comet.
Countless radar,
lar wind.
I t is usually
radio and s ci e n ti fi c i n st r ­
most s tri kin g a fter perip20*"
uments are monitoring Koh­
elion.
Comets re volve a outek as i t s making a h is­
COMET KOHOUTEK
round the sun i n highly et o r i c t r i p toward our Ru /
MORNING SKY
ccentric orbits in al1
1er.
planes.
So me a r e a l m o s t
• 19
right angle to the plane
90°
AZIMUTH
1.0°
,30.
,40°
l20°
of the solar system. Most
27<f
comet's orbits are i nfl u­
August, 197), SKY AND TELESCOPE 93
enced both by the stars and
planet's gravitational field
+30°
There are basically three
forms of cometary paths:
- +20»
the elli pse, the parabola,
+ 10°
and the hyperbola.
The el lip s e types are
permanent members, t h eir
-10°
return usually at short
intervals of time, and
can be predicted with ac­
curacy. The other two
types are open curves, a f ­
ter they swing around the
sun once, They w i l l head
The motion of Comet kohoutek among the constellations from July until next February is mainly eastward. December 28.1.
back i n t o deep space, may
is the date of pcuhehon, P, when the comet will be within a degree of the sun.
o r may not r et u r n a f t e r mi1 1 ions of years.
92 SKY AND TE LESCOPE, August, 1973
ticles.
A
I
I
EI/ENTS
THE ART ASSOCIATION OF NEWPORT
EXHIBITIONS
November SO - December 9
There w i l l be a
reading by Wi11iam
Meredith of his
e arli e r and recent
poems, Tuesday, Decem­
b e r 1 1 , i n CB 4 1 2 a t
4:30 pm.
Meresith's most recent
collection Earthwalk (
( 1 9 7 0 ) w o n horn t h e V a n
Klych Brooks Award i n
May, 1971. His f i r s t
book, Love Letters from
from an Impossible
L a n d T ~ 1 ~9 4 4 ) , w a s p u h lished i n the Yale Ser
Series of Younger Poets
with an introduction by
Archibald MacLeish.
Otherscollections incl
Other collections in­
clude Ships and Other
Figure s (1 948) ,The Open
S ea a n d O t h e r Po ems ( 1 9 5 8 ) ,
and The Wreck of the
Ihresher and Uther
P o e ms ( 1 ~ 9 6 4 ) , w h i c h
includes "On Looking
Into Robert Frost in KanJi •
B e s i d e s h i s o w n p oe m s
he has done an edition
of Shelley, an anthology
o f 181h century poetry,
and a 3 act opera called
The Bott1 e Imp. He has
developed programs for
students from disadvan­
taged environments,
teaches summers a t Bread
Loaf in Vermont, and is
a member o f
the English
S o m eo n e r e a l l y
should suggest a better
t i t l e fo r our magazine.
But more important,
hurry up and bring us
some p r el i m i nar y (or
finished) work before
vacation. Here we a r e,
desperately seeking
"sequential art" for
a m a g a z i n e t h a t w ?1 1
be published, and
people keep te ll ing us,
"Wei 1 , I rea11y don't
d o c o m i c s . " We w a n t
people to realize there
are unlimited other
ways our medium can
be used, particularly
b y G r a p h i c s , I 1l u s t r a ­
t i on , and Photo people.
Attempt i t , ehh? Cal1
Doug a t 272- 0234 with
questions or contact
"Fred" box 1047.
November SO • December 22
ROGER WILLIAMS STUDENT exhibit
Recent Works by the ART SCHOOL FACULTY
16th CENTURY ITALIAN DRAWINGS (facsimile
prints) — collection of WILLIAM H. DRURY
CHRISTMAS SALE of cards, decorations and
children's books
MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A RECEPTION ON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, from 5 to 7 o'clock.
"CHRISTMAS IN NEWPORT" OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 19, from 3 to 5 o'clock.
"Visiting Pictures", the work of Members, are offered for rent and sale.
The galleries are open weekdays from 10 to 5;
Sundays and holidays from 2 to 5.
AVON CI NEMA
(401)331-6363
Dial the Rhode Island School
of Design Information Line for
current Student, Museum, Alumni
and community activities.
Mediator Coffeehouse
presents Carlson and
G a i 1m o o r . S a t u r d a y ,
December 8 t h , 9~11 pm.
A piano-guitar duo.
Donation - $1.00,
At the Mediator
236 Wickenden St.
Square Dance - RISD Aud­
i t o r i u m , 8 - 11 Sunday
n i g h t , 75C m e m b e r s , a n d
$1.25 non-toembers, p r o f i t s
go t o the Foxpoint Day
Ca r e C ente r .
faculty at Connecticut
Co 1 1ege.
The Avon Cinema o n Thayer
Street, announced that a
new student discount p r i ce
p olicy w i l l become effe c­
t ive on January 1 s t, 1974.
Available to college stu­
dents i n Rhode I s l a n d , a
special discount card w i l l
e n ti tle the bearer to a
$1.00 admission p ric e Mon­
day through Thursday even­
ings. The current box
o f f i c e pr i ce a t the Avon
i s $2.50. The special
discount card wi11 be sold
by mail only, at the cost
of $1.00. The card w i l l
be honored through Decem­
ber 31st, 1974, but is not
v a l id weekends o r during
any roadshow engagements.
Anyone w ishing to
obtain a student discount
card should mail $1.00 t o
the Avon Cinema, 260
Thayer Street, Providence
P,.
WOODSGERRY
Featured a t the WoodsGerry G a l l e r y o f Rhode
Island School o f Design
from Dec. 5th through
11th w i l l be prin ts by
A rthur B. Wood, photog­
raphy by Arno Minkkinen,
and sculpture by George
S t o n e . P r o f e s s o r Wood
i s head of the texti1e
design department a t
RISD and Minkkinen and
Stone are graduates
students at the College.
\ . 0230c
JEWELRY & METALSMITHINC
ANNUAL
ope ning
DEC
12
woods
gerry
gallery
8.-OC
THE PROVIDENCE ART CLUB INVITES YOU TO ITS
Annual Little Picture Sale
OPENING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9-THREE TO FIVE P.M.
CONTINUING THRU DECEMBER 22 • MONDAY THRU SATURDAY, 10:00 to 4:00
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 3:00 TO 5:00
OILS-WATERCOLORS-PRINTS • WILL MAKE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS
RU HANI SA TS ANG, D I V I N E
SC IE NCE OF T HE SOUL .
Sun, Nov. 18th, 2:30 pm,
Brown-- Lower Manning Cha^
pel.
A representative
w i l l speak on the teachings
of the Living Master Saint,
Saint Kirpal Sirigh Ji .
Applications for the
position of Resident
Di rec t o r are now
avai1able i n the Dean
o f Students Office.
Position open to sen­
ior or graduate stu­
dent.
CALENDAR
Friday, December 7
CB 515
CB 322
Upper Refectory
Auditoriom
Audi toriom
Audi tori urn
Career Seminar, Sculpture
Career Seminar, Painting
Career Seminar, Architecture
Career Seminar, Miss Hawes
Tae Kwon do Club
SHOW: RISD Tappers
Saturday, December 8
1 pm - 5 pm
8 pm - 12midnight
t pm - 3 pm
Faculty Lounge
Refectory
Sayles Gym(Pembroke)
Graduate Seminar
Dance and Party, India Imports
Rl SD v olleybal1
Sunday, December 9
1t:30 am
7 pm
St. Stephen's Church
Upper Refectory
College Episcopal Service
Cathol1c Mass
Monday,
4 pm
7:30
7:30
December 10
- 6 pm
pm - 9:30 pm
pm
Auditorium Stage
Auditorium Stage
CB 331
Modern Dance, Vern Blair
Tap Dancing, Brian Jones
Textile Club slideshow
Tuesday,
4:30
6:30
7:30
8:30
December 11
pm - 6 pm
pm - 11pm
pm
pm - 9:30 pm
CB 412
Upper Refectory
CB 412
R. I. Tennis Club
P0ERTY READING, Villiam
Industrial Design Society
Mr. Sprout's Film Class
RISD Tennis
CB 412
IT'S THE REAL THING
Lecture,Mr. Kirschenbaum
Tap Dancing, Brian Jones
Textile Club Workshop
1 pm - 4 pm
2 pm - 5! pm
1:30 pm - 4 pm
9 am - 1 pm
6 pm - 8 pm
8 pm - 9:30 pm
Wednesday, December 12
4:30 pm
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Auditorium
CB 331
Thursday, December 13
11 am - 6 pm
7:30 pm - 1 am
7:30 pm
Auditorium
Refectory
Auditorium
Ceramics Sale
Dinner Dance, Uncas Jewelry
Film Society: Bardo Fol1ies,
Fragments, Mass for Dakota
Sioux
Friday, December Ik
\-AST D*X FOR C.VIS TX ME C A.RDS TO BE P MD DECEMBER 18
pm
— ft
pm
ft \ tor \ .
Kwon Do Club
ARMY A NAVY SURPLUS DISCOUNT
TVm Army-Navy Discount Stora that b a MUSEUM tool!
dorrwar bookstore
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ESCAPE
Apt. for immediate
occupancy, three people
$75., two people $112.50.
Heat, electric included.
Beautiful carpet, four
rooms, huge kitchen and
work area. Seven minutes
from RISD, fireplace!
too.
Needed f or Dec.
through the rest of the
semester. Contact box
133 or cal1 CI a i r e
Glannemore, 351-0211.
THE ENERGY CRISIS
Spend January snowshoeing and
cross country skiing with Outward
Bound in northern Maine. Write or
call Hurricane Island Outward Bound
School Box 429, Rockland, Maine
0 4 8 6 4 tel. 2 0 7 - 5 9 4 - 5 5 48
attention Mr. Williamson
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actresses, and couples for
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Does anyone know o f an
apartment (walking d is­
tance o f RISD) becoming
available anytime soon,
or u n ti l February? I f
so, pi ease cal1 Dale
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(New Address) 262 Thames Street
Newport, R. I. 02840
Telephone (401) 847-3073
Wanted - Roommate t o
share house i n country
w i t h 3 RISD students.
20 minutes from school,
da'rkroom.
$100. per
month. Must have own
car. Cal1 Jon, Gus,
or Eric
949-3479.
Wanted
H om es f o r
one to three beautiful
housebroken kitt ens.
Contact Rehle in the
SAO.
Refrigerator - dorm
s ize. Woodgrain fin is h.
Excellent condition,
used only one semester,
cost $90. great saving
at $55. Call to see,
at 331-8397.
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school and the refec­
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their dorm rooms.
Fe­
male and male.
If
interested, contact
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n
»
n
im DEflLY'5 KITCHEN
Christmas is draw­
ing near (despite al1
attempts to ignore the
commercial push begun
at Hallowe'en) and, of
c o u r s e , t h a t m e a ns b a k ­
ing lots of cookies
and cakes. Here's a re ­
c i pe from my best f r i e n d ' s
mother (when I was 8 o r
9) cal1ed:
Mrs. Kalck's Polish Jar
Cakes
1 c . brown sugar
£ lb. butter
1 egg
2 tbsp milk
1 c. flour
1 tsp van i l i a
raisins and/or nuts
Melt the butter and
add the sugar t o i t .
Add the egg and m i l k and
beat. Add s i f t ed f l o u r
and baking powder. Mix
wel1. Sti r in the vani 1a and add the r ai si n s
and/or nuts. Grease a
square baking pan and
dust with flour.
Bake
at 350 degrees for 25
to 30 minutes.
Leave
«in t h e p a n u n t i 1 c o o l ,
then cut ( lik e brownies)
and dust wit h confectioners
sugar.
I n r e f e r e n c e t o my
monologue on sandwiches
last week, a couple of
p e o p l e t o l d me t h a t c o o k e d
vegetables are aldo good
on sandwiches.
I have
t r i e d cooked vegetables
a couple o f times and
I real 1y d i d n ' t 1ike i t .
Perhaps i t was my c hoice
of vegetables o r maybe
j us t my own t a s t e .
Either way, I o f f e r the
idea t o anyone who
wishes to tr y i t .
Speaking of trying
things, i f you haven't
done i t ye t, t r y having
lunch at the "Athens
Corner" downtown.
I
f o r g e t the name o f the
street, but i t ' s just
o f f the Mai 1.
It's
cafe style (seats about
te n ) , inexpensive, and
has great Greek food.
The Underground Gourmet
recommends i t h i g h l y .
Two w e e k s a g o we
ran some l e t t e r s c r i t ­
ici zin g the two SagiP
t a r r i who wr ite reviews
for our paper. Last week,
the editor chose to write
a short note of rebuttal.
However, none of these
touched on the one thing
that has bothered me:
most o f the cr iticisms
in the Double Take series
seem t o border on extremism. That i s to say
th at i f they 1ike a show
they love i t and i f they
d o n ' t 1 i k e a s h ow t h e y
1oathe i t .
Some r e v i e w s
seem t o be an attempt
a t de i fi c a ti o n, and oth­
ers, crucifixtion. Per­
haps t h a t ' s good; i t shows
a commitment of thought
on the ir part (which i s ,
at least, a pleasant
change from the stock
" v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g " we
a l l hear a l l too often).
Perhaps i t ' s merely youth­
ful enthusiasm. Perhaps
(and I think probably)
i t ' s an attempt t o make
pepple th ink about what
works and what doesn't.
Or j us t to make them
think.
Above the matter
o f their being r ight or
wrong.remains one's own
opinion.
I reserve the
righ t t o applaud t he i r
widdom in seeing things
the way I do (as wi t h
Dean Richardson's fan­
t a s t i c show) and t o
condemn them f or w r i t i n g
such unabashed Shit
(that's with a capital
"S") when I disagree
(as in the almost
cruel review of Joan Wat­
son and the " out-to-g ethettr" reviews o f McClanahan). However, I also
must all ow them the r i gh t
to say what they thinly.
So, t o the two
Sagatarii, keep on w r i t ­
ing what you believe.
To those who disagree,
write a letter to the
Press and say so. To
those who don't ca re ,
watch for next week's
column for a recipe
for chocolate chip swirl
cookies (better than
regular chocolate chip
cookies),
KPHJr
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EXPERIMENTAL
BARDO F O L I E S - B r u c e
Landau
28 m inutes,
s i l e n t . Awards at 1968
Yale, Berkeley, and Kenyon College Film Fes­
tivals.
Some o f t h e
most radical, super
real and haunting im­
ages the cinema has ever
given us.
WATERSM ITH - W i l l H i n d l e
31 minutes. "The Chinese
F i r e d r i l l " m an t a k e s s w i m ­
mers i n an Olympic pool
and moves them from
realism through surrealism
to total abstraction using
"innumerab I e optica1 e f fects.
MASS FOR TH E DA KOTA S I O U X
- B r u c e B a i l li e 2 0 m i n ­
utes.
black and white.
A f i l m mass, dedicated
to that which is vigor­
ous, intelligent, lovelyt h e- b e s t - i n - MAN; t ha t
which work suggests
near 1y dead.
FRAGMENTS - M i k e K u c h a r
10 minutes
and more
RISD Film Society
Thursday, Dec. 13
7:30pm
75<t
RISD Auditorium
ITS THE REAL THING
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