arts
Fair offers exotic displays
Next Wednesday
will be
"Side-Walk Cafe Day" at the
college.
The exotic activities—be they
French, Spanish or German in
flavor—will take place either in
the vicinity of the Poet's Chair
(if the sun shines)or, if it fails to,
in the Community Center.
There will be dancing per
formances, songs, skits, ethnic
food, drink, fruit and flowers to
delight any one attending the
"Cafe."
Included
will
be
fortune-tellers, a photo-kiosk,
T-shirts on sale, and many
other offerings of the sort.
Besides the Clackamas lang
uage classes, there will be many
area high schools included: Ore
gon City, Lake Oswego, Estaca
da, Tigard, Rex Putnam, and
Clackamas high schools will be
among those participating.
Last year's foreign language
fair was "excellent" according to
Carlotta Holley, Spanish teacher
at the college. "Thè food was
good, the skits were great, and
we had more than 400 visitors
last year," Mrs. Holley said.
Funds from the fair go to
wards scholarships, and, periodi
cally, they are contributed to
help students with travel ex
penses.
Mrs. Holley emphasized that
that activities are for the stu
dents.
"Last year I noticed
more student participation than
in past years, and I hope to see
even more this year,"
she
stressed.
Starting at 10:30 will be the
Spanish segment of the "Cafe".
Spanish activities will last until
11:40 a.m. and will include a
variety of skits and songs.
The French portion of the
fair will be highlighted by a
can can dance, a mime, and
songs. It will last from 11:40
until approximately 12:10, and
will be followed by the German
occasion, which begins at 12:35.
and finishes at 1:25 p.m. In
this atmosphere there will be
dances, a play, songs, and some
band music.
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In review
Idle chess
By Shawn Parkhurst
Of The Print
"Idle Passion" is an un-
worthy title for such an en
lightening piece of literature.
The subtitle, ' Chess and the
Dance of Death", is much
more appropriate as it is in
finitely more concrete. Still,
the author must have realized
the efficacy of the latter to
include it.
Alexander Cockburn, a
New York writer, is this au
thor with the closely honed
intuition. He has transcended
chronological barriers (trans
ient relevancy) with his book
possessing the ostentatious
but honest title mentioned
above.
You see, the book was
first published in 1974, but
what does that matter? True,
it didn't receive much criti
cism, of the good or bad sort,
but that is because of the
nature of the book: it is a
probing into the psycholo
gical motivations of the great
masters at the game of chess
This
subject matter, and
Cockburn's undefinable style,
confused reviewers who did
n't want to venture into re
viewing a book, who's con
text was somewhat ambig
uous. It wasn't a purely psy
chological study, or philoso
phical study, or biography,
or. . . what?
Paul Morphy, one of the
premier chess players of his
time, which was the middle
of the nineteenth century,
merits a chapter from Cock
burn. Cockburn defines Mor
phy's
motivations for the
reader,
along with provid
ing him with the end result
of the masters dilemma-a
case of psychosis. Morphy
went deep and Cockburn goes
deep in rendering the man un
derstandable.
Chapter
three is titled
"Splendors and Miseries of
the Great Chess Champions"
In this chapter, the author
prepares us for his examina
tion of most of the chess
champions since Morphy, in
cluding Jose Raul Capablanca
(1921-1927) Boris Spassky,
and Robert Fischer. This ex
amination is depth probing to
say the least.
Astonishing to me is the
fact that Fischer's terrible re
putation is minute compared
to some of the other chess
champion's fantastically un
predictable temperaments.
Nabokov's famous master
is explored as are many other
fictional character's. They are
rendered, by the almost fan
tasy world of the real persons
studies, as
biographical as
Morphy's section
The crux of Cockburn's
study is the relationship of
chess and death, as one might
gather from the title. He re
turns to the etymological be
ginning of the word "Chess",
and connects it, in light of his
findings, with ruling, serving,
living and dying. He uses his
information in his study of
what personality traits a chess
master is generally in poss
ession of. It is very effective
--intriguing.
One doesn't need to be a
lover of the game of chess to
enjoy the information "Idle
Passion" inparts. A genuine
interest in people and their
psychologies is all that is de
manded for one to turn the
pages of this book quickly.
It's a hard book to find
now, but it is worth every
bit of time invested in wait
ing for the store to order it.
You can really write in the
margins of this one!
Plot lingers
By Ann Breyne
Of The Print
"Coming Home," at the
Bagdad, is a movie for your
must-see list. Jon Voight and
Jane Fonda take the lead in
the film with Bruce Dem and
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Penelope Milford as strong
supports.
Voight is a Vietnam vet
eran and a paraplegic; he is
bitter and he is mad. His
character, Luke Martin, is left
for wasted as are the rest of
the vets in this story.
Dem is a Marine captain
who wants only to be a hero
in Nam but only manages to
get in on the end of the war.
He comes home wounded and
wins a medal for bravery he
knows he doesn't deserve.
Fonda is the bridge be
tween the two. She is Dern's
wife and becomes Voight's
friend.
Milford, her best
friend, sets in motion Fonda's
progression from a wife into a
real person.
Her first big
step is working as a volunteer
at the Veteran's Administra
tion Hospital. It is there she
meets Voight.
What reSults is an extreme
ly intense and moving rela
tionship. Fonda is loyal to
her husband but she needs
someone and naturally Voight
does too. There is an explicit
but tender love scene between
the two which seems com
pletely acceptable because of
their emotions.
The director, Hal Ashby,
("The
Last
Detail" and
"Shampoo") has compiled,
along with the crew and cast,
an excellent piece of living
film. It is detailed and real.'
Maybe too real.
The movie will no doubt
affect you according to your
participation or non-participa
tion in the Vietnam War and
your feelings about love. It is
not light entertainment, some
involvement on your part is
required but is well worth it.
One* thing for sure, you'll be
thinking about this movie a
long time after you've left
the theatre.
Photo by Sam
Students enjoyed a special concert in the community cer
Tuesday by a guest jazz ensemble.
aÖ8efs
Personal Effectiveness
The Focus on Women series
presents "Developing Personal
Effectiveness," a workshop fea
turing Carol Peterson, who has
been a consultant to many Port
land area firms, on how to be
come more effective in dealing
with people and situations. The
workshop will take place in the
Community Center building, CC-
II7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost is $20 per person (which
includes lunch) and early re
gistration is advised. Contact
656-2631, ext. 232, to register.
xie Barrett and Benny ■
son, will appear in corl
Friday, May 19, at 8 p.n
the fourth floor concert«
the Neighbors of Wfl
building, 1410 SW Morn
They will be backed by M
Mason, bass, and Davit] Joi
guitar.
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DIFFERENCE!
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Good Listening
Music to eat lunch by is
presented by the College's mu
sic department in the College's
CommunityCenterMall.The mu
sic starts at noon, Tuesday, May
9.
Time to Dance
Don't forget the Big Band
Ball, Saturday, May 6. The din
ing commences at 8 p.m. with
dancing beginning at 9 p.m. The
cost is $7 per person for din-
ner/dance and $3 for dance only.:
Music will be performed by the
Rhythm Section.
Champion Fiddlers to Perform
The great Texas fiddlers, Di-
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