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Instructor Randi McKenzie, center, teaches the art of _ten_cing to Ba Mann of Florida and Elizllbeth Soukup of lll~nois: ~oth stuZnts in the new master of fine arts program being Jointly sponsored by University of San Di,ego and the Old Globe Theatre.

By Nancy Schlesinger ff A Staff Writer MacDonald gets a chart and a chuckle D raw Us a Map - Not long ago, Fifth District Super~i- sor John MacDonald men- tioned that he didn't want the county to grant a Chicago based company a social ~ervices contract because the firm's representative didn't know where an Marco was. Some members of the local me- . and o er • f rs ranPd him about that. But MacDonald's people didn't get mad. They got even. There arrived in the mail recent- ly an ever-so-slightly acidic press relea e from MacDonald's office addressed to "Interested Parties" and igned "Fifth District Staff." "We are enormously gratified by the sudden and, we must say, sur- prising interest in • orth County geography being shown by board staff members and the press," it states. What follows is a detailed set of directions from San Diego to San Marcos, which specifies taking "Hwy. 78 west (this is extremely important because if you head east you will eventually find yourself passing through that no man's land known as District 2). "Those of you who need remedi- al lessons ... are welcome to con- tact District 5 staff ..." Hey, we can take it. All's fair in love and media relations. Author, Author - Allan Bloom, the University of Chicago philosophy prof who has himself a non-fiction best-seller in "The C o"in1t of the Aznerican Mind," iij ov. 12 as he keynote speaker at the USD School of Education's Ethics and Leadership Conference. According to Bloom's gloomy treatise, today's higher education has "failed democracy and "impov- erished" the souls of students. One of the two respondents to Bloom's speech will be Escondido's Rick Henrickson, who should know firsthand whether or not Bloom is on target. Rick, currently the development director at Redwood Terrace re- tirement home, is also a doctoral candidate at USD's School of Edu- cation. For more information on the conference, which is open to the public, call 260-4538. The State We're In - If it's the first week of November, then it must be time for the pick of the lit- ter from KSDO's October telepoll results. Among last month's gems: • 73 percent of us think it's OK to use physical punishment in our Please see Close, pat e C2 ue in San Diego on

director for the Globe. He has put together a staff of instructors from the Globe and the university. Not surprisingly, most of. the students want to work in television and films, but they agree about the 1mportance of classical theater. "Their idea is that a good claSSI · Please see GRADUATE, Page 3

in ndustry that th y'v opted t.o stay in the indus- try. Or they are temf1ed that they c n't cut 1t In the theater," he said. "W ·r having increasing diffi- culty in finding the talent" to play hakespeare, sald David Hay, the pro ram's director, who has a doc- torate in English and is an a ocinte th [televl 10n)

INSIDE CALENDAR FILM: Special Scrrenings. Page S. San Diego Movie Guide. Page 6. MUSIC:

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reviewed by John Henken. Page 7. RADIO; San Diego Radio Log. Page 6. TV: Tonight on TV and cabl . Page 9. Singer Holly Near is ihedding some sterfotypes, but not her reputation for activism. Page 4

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J Wednesday, November 4, 1987 / Part VI

DUATE: Working to Cultivate a New Generation of Hamlets

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be run. A year and a half ago, Furay was the incoming president of the Globe's board of directors. The major building programs were winding down. "I've been asked if it [her in- volvement in both institutions] isn't a conflict of interests," Furay said. "The university was extreme- ly interested for two reasons. In long-range plans it's expanding its graduate programs. Secondly, it was an extraordinary opportunity to bring in a program at a very high level of excellence from the start. "It's not a conflict of interests but a convergence of interests." Or as project director Hay put it: "Part of the reason for doing this program is that we will have a 'Hamlet,' a 'Macbeth,' a 'Cleopatra' down the road. We're committed to making sure the tradition goes on."

Another key player in develop- ing the master of fine arts program was Sister Sally Furay, USO aca- demic vice president and provost. Noel approached the school with the ;,-:lea seven years ago. But the Glo~ and USO soon found them- selves involved in fund-raising proiects. The Globe had to raise money to rebuild its theater after an arson fire, and USO embarked on a building program of its own. Furay, who was asked to JQin the Old Globe board of directors, was still skeptical about the program. "My first question was Why are you coming to USO?" she said. ''USO doesn't even have an under- graduate major in drama." Noel told her he wanted something different from other programs, and he didn't want to knock heads with a faculty that might have its own ideas about how a program should

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c I b ckgro nd wlll allow you to 1n nny medium," said gradu- t &tudent Matth w Edwards. Ed- • who gr duated from Hum- boldt State Umver ity m Arcata Id, "If you can handle hak p arc, you can handle any- r w I t y r, n 100 ctors applied for th progr m nd tned out at one of n Francisco, Los An- I s and San Diego. Only eight lect d Eight more will be v re pportumty to work in a major r glonal theater was a strong tracUon, Edwards and others s part of the program, the tucl nts wall appear in minor roles durmg th Globe's summer season, members of th Young Globe Company. They al o have their U D tuition fully paid and receive a Because of the way the master's program IS set up, the students can earn credit toward membership in Actors Equity, the professional ac- tor 'union. Elizabeth Soukup, 31, of Chicago, Ill.. auditioned after a friend t.old h r about the program Now she pends her day and nights in cla vole , h, movement, tai chi, fencing, nging and re- hears ng for a production of A.R. Gurney Jr' "Scenes From Ameri- can Life." Th graduate students will per- form the Gurney play Nov. 18-21 at Sa red Heart Hall at USO. Anoth r distinguishing element m th curriculum is a series of cl called "text in context," d tgn,..d to "fill out the general aid. thm " Mor v ud1Uo h Id in In ew York, hie go, dd d for ch ucc 1ve class. Th

"If an actor is playing an Egyp- t1an or a Greek, he'd better know omethmg about what society and what polil!cs created that man," Taught by members of the um- vers1ty's English department, the classes provide the students with information about specific periods '"The pomt of these courses 1s to take a play the students will be working on and put it in the context of the time m which 1t was writ- ten," said Bart Thurber, English oel said. of history. For a play the students will perform by George Bernard Shaw, Thurber will teach a course that "will look at Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Chekhov, Fabian socialism and what 1910 looked like, what people Department chairman.

One senior recently created a first amendment furor when he wore a T-shirt that pictured a Tro- jan condom package on the back below the phrase "To Serve And Protect." After being told by administra- tors and teachers on two different occasions that the shirt was offen- sive and disruptive, the young man is reportedly gathering signatures on a petition that demands free speech rights for students. Auto Focus - The fellow in the compact pickup truck heading south on I-15 near RB would seem to driving a thin line. On the back of the truck was one of those yellow signs saying "Jesus on Board." And hanging from the rear view mirror was a Playboy bunny air freshener.

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• 61 percent of us aren't worried about the stock market's record tumble (we all got out just in time, don'tcha know). • 60 percent of us admit we've rented an X-rated video before. The Shirt Off His Back - It's enough to make a vice princi- pal yearn for the good old days, when smoking in the boys' room was about as wild as things got. While a number of local high school campuses are currently em- broiled in a student vs. administra- tion battle over the kids' right to wear T-shirts advertising various beer brands, a new twist has emerged at Vista High.

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Tip-off~ weeK Conunued from page "14~ Admission is free to the pubhc. The Toreros are coming off of their best season ever in eight years of Di,ision I compcution. However. Egan v.ill be forced to replace six seniors that combined scored 75o/c of the points, grab- bed 70% of the rebounds. and finished with a 24-6 record earn- ing them a 13-1 WCAC mark and a trip to the NCAA tour- nament. Egan will be led by the lone returning starter. Danny Means. a junior guard with the potential to score in bunches. On Tuesday. November 10th. new Aztec Head Coach Jim Bran- denburg. will unveil his version of San Diego State baske•ball at tlie Sports Arena against the So- viet Olympic Team. Tip-off is 7::50 p.m.• ticket prices are S 10 a d S7 for adults. and S5 and S3.50 for youth. seniors. and military. . State returns four slarters, in- cluding Gerald Murray. Juan Es- pinoza. and Rodney Hawkins. Last years leading scorer Tony Ross. returns for his sophomore year, and with exciting Branden- burg recruits including 6'10#

tov.er of power Mitch McMul- len, expect the Aztecs to return to the championship form of 1985 when former coach David "Smokey" Gaines led the Aztecs to the WAC tournament cham- pionship. and a visit to the NCAA tournament. Completing the circuit on Sat- urday, November 14th. USI U will embark on their greatest sea- son ever as they entertain the Bris- bane Australia Bullets at Gross- mont College. The game will be- gin at 7:30 p.m.. ticket prices are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, youth, military. and other stu- dents, and $1 for USIL students. Third year Head Coach Gary Zan:cky, expects his squad to be the "Best Division I team m San Diego." Now before you accuse Zarecky of blasphemy, keep in mind he is coming off the finest recruiting efforts in the history of USIU. Add to it that he is lead senior trio of sharp-shooter Russ Heike, power-forward Dexter Ma- gee. and captain Charles Redd- ing who boasts a 44 inch vertical leap. and Zarecky may be able to catch-up with both USD and State who are both u 7 nprovcn commodities.

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Danny Means wi ll lead USO In a free exhibition game tomorrow night against Athletes in Action. USD, SDSU, and USIU Tip-off this week By Michael Bru nker

On Friday, November 6th , USD Hgd Coach Hank Egan will begi n his fourth season against the San Diego-based Ath- letes in Action. Gametime is 7:30 p.m. at the USO Sports fenter. Please 1urn to "fge A 17

With a little more than two weeks of practice under their belt, San Diego's three Division I col- lege basketball programs will be- gin wi th exhibi tio n play th is week.