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The bounce of the basketball. The young Toreros would play brilliantly
at times and poorly at times. Win, los , loss, win:often on atear and
sometimes on a bummer.
Opera for the ears and heart and mind.
The Telephone,
by Carlo Monotti,
and
Sour Angelica,
by Puccini, were presented by the music department.
The Telephone
plunged into the confusion of long-distance love. Everyone,
including the telephone, won in the fading moments.
Sour Angelica,
at
home here, sang the sorry tale of original sin and what it can do to you.
Christmas was hiding behind the buildings. Each morning students looked
all about but could find only more substantial days cluttering up their
desires. The last official social function, the Christmas dance, was given.
M*A*S*H,
the last of the film forum, loitered just long enough to entertain,
and then it too left town.
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