lOdd Troupe tours ‘Odd Couple" to Corvallis
Dear Auntie Hildegarde,
I Mommy seems tp feel it’s
■me I write you again. But, gol
ly, I wrote you at the end of
March and it’s just barely June,
■fou remember, I wrote about
■he trip to Cannon Beach and
■hat fantastic cabin we stayed
jn? The one where we could do
■his, that, and the other thing
I rom one place.. .Of course you
I e member.
I Well, I’m writing about
I mother theater trip. This one
■as to the cute little college
■own of Corvallis». I had all but
Backed my entire wardrobe in
Bne little ovenight case when I
■aw that the clock on the wall
Bead “time to go.” I forgot what
lime it was. I had gotten smart
■his trip. Instead of riding for
■wo, long sweaty hours in a
■white van, I decided to drive
■own.
I I realize now it was a
■¡stake. Four people and
■even pieces of luggage cram-
■ned into one . economical
tiesta is pretty miserable. So,
lor two long, sweaty hours we
rode in a silver Fiesta.
Arriving in Corvallis, we at
tempted to find our hotel. After
about 10 minutes of driving the
wrong way on one-way streets,
we decided to turn into a gas
station. But, before I'could turn
in, my co-pilot jabbed me in the
side with her elbow and said,
“Look up ahead, a Nendels!” A
sigh of relief escaped all eight of
our lips. At last a place to rest
our weary — Spitefully we
watched as the familiar white
vans and our U-Haul truck
drove into the hotel parking lot.
Our rooms were spacious
and well decorated. My room
mate and I had adjoining
rooms with two other theater
people. Lucky duckies we
were. We had a beautiful view
of the back side of the hotel
parking lot. I almost missed the
ocean and the crabby cabin.
Two oil paintings hung over
each double bed. Talk about a
firm mattress. So firm that
when you hung from the
chandelier and dropped off on
to the bed, it didn’t even creak.
Yes, I like sleeping on a solid
At the OSU theater, we
concrete mattress.
began to unload our U-Haul.
Let me tell you about the Using the “Stay right where
decor of our room. The two oil you are, I know what I’m do
paintings were exactly the ing,” method to assemble the
same. I’m not complaining, set, it only took three hours.
mind you, but, if we stood real We were so far ahead of
ly close to the paintings we schedule we found no time to
were able to see that they were have a rehearsal. The perfor
signed by two different artists. mance went well. Personally, I
Michel Angelo and Leonardo enjoy not having any applause.
De Vinci. Just kidding. .
It kind of detracts from the in
tensity of the curtain call.
After a restful night oh a firm
That evening we were turn
mattress, I was ready to face ed loose on the town of Cor
the day and a chiropractor. We vallis. So, not being the quiet
rose at nine and discovered we types, we got really crazy and
were to be at the university at went out to dinner and went
10 a.m. Normally, that would back to the hotel room and
pose no huge problem, but that watched cable T.V. It was quite
day, for some reason, we were an evening.
not capable of getting out of
The next day was considered
neutral. In an attempt to live our last and we decided to
the life of Reilly we ordered make the least, I mean, best of
breakfast through room ser it. We toured the beautiful
vice. Aside from the fact that it rhododendron-covered cam
cost you three more dollars to pus. Leaving our room was not
have it that way, it was kind of
fun standing around in our pa
jamas dripping boiling hot cof-
feeon our feet.
‘The Clan of the Cave Bear’
—dramatic, exciting fiction
By Peggy Conrad
| It is not every day that one
(reads a book wherein none of
the main characters speak'
English. Not only do they not
(speak English, but their
speak different languages, she
towers over them physically,
and her mental capacity is
greater, by far, than the Clan
-can comprehend.
Although Ayla loves her new
family and quickly learns the
(language is not spoken
anywhere in the “civilized
world.” ¿¡However, Jean M.
lAuel’s “The Clan of the Cave
Bear” is easily understood
ways of the Medicine Woman,
Iza, she has a hard time being
the never-speak-until-you-are-
spoken-to, second-class per
son, that females of the Clan
because she has translated and
brought to life an entire clan of
pre-historic cavemen.
The story is set around Ay la,
who was born to Others
(anyone who is not “Clan”),
are expected to be. And herein
lies the heart of the story.
Ayla’s battles with Broud, the
son of the leader’s mate, pro
vide the reader with anticipa
tion against an inevitable con
but is adopted by the Clan
when her family is destroyed by
an earthquake. Ayia and the
Clan have a difficult time ad
justing to each other as they
clusion. But Ayla’s relationship
with her adopted parents, Iza
and Creb, gives us a glimpse of
how human emotions were
bom.
In the movies---------
! By Thomas A. Rhodes
The book is warm, exciting,
and dramatic, adventure fiction
at its very best, which gives
Portland another reason to be
proud. Jean M. Auel is a
Portland-area resident on her
The Theater
“Mask, Makeup
class will present
on June 3 in
Lounge.
Department’s
and Mime”
an exposition
the Fireside
way to being a very ac
complished author.
In the Music Department,
the Swing Chbir (Sound
Crafters) will entertain qn June
2 at noon in the Fireside
Lounge.
Summer is a good time to
put away books on engineer
ing, economics and Western
Civ. and read something a little
The Music Department will
also, present a choral concert
on June 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Community Center Mall.
more enjoyable. As a person
who does a lot of reading, I can
highly recommend “The Clan
of the Cave Bear.” Don’t wait
for the movie—they might
leave out the part about the
Curse of Death.
Wednesday, May 27, 1981
the College are much more
valuable than they were when
originally purchased. Just
think, someday the College
may possess a painting as
valuable as a Rembrandt!
Students will perform several
mimes (group and individual),
and will also demonstrate
various warm-up exercises and
examples of impromptu mime.
Directors of the show will be
Kermit Schafer and Joette
Rose.
Artist
honored
Lunch & Dinner
With the exception of a few
art students, how many people
here at the College know who
Robert A. Nelson is? Come on,
folks, strain your brain for* a
moment! Give up? Okay.
Harry’s Famous
Clam Chowder
“Happy Birthday to Me”—Six of the most
Robert A. Nelson is the artist
bizarre murders you will ever see! Well, hotdog!
“Breaker Morant”—Without a doubt the best
If you have nothing better to do with your even who painted many of the pic
film in town right now, and perhaps for some
ings, than I really feel sorry for you. Rated R for tures in the Community Center
time to come. Set in the Boer Wars of the 1800s,
violence. (Rose Moyer, Town Center, 82nd St. and Fireside Lounge. The
three men go on trial for mistreatment of
and Laurelhurst).
“Cleveland Cat”and frog and
prisoners. An award-winner at Cannes Film . “Airplane” and “Popeye”—An unusual com alligator pictures are all ex
Festival for best supporting actor, this powerful, bination together for the first time. From the amples of his work.
heart-wrenching film questions military justice creators of “Kentucky Fried Movie” comes
during battle. Rated PG (Hollywood).
“Airplane,” this sick, tacky, tasteless, and
Recently, Nelson received
disgusting spoof of nearly everything under the the “Award of Excellence” by
“Plan 9 From Outer Space” and “Robot
sun.. It’s also sidesplitting. “Popeye” is so the National Graphic Society of
Monster”—BevarelBevare! Two of the .worst
unusual eyid original that it seems like a foreign
films ever made are coming to town Thursday
through Saturday at the Cinema 21 only. See film for-a few minutes. After you begin to America, in New York.
Among his other credits, he
plump hairy robots that look like guerillas, and a understand the dialogue, it begins to move.
feature film from the worst director who everliv- Director Robert Altman and writer Jules Feiffer is praised in a current textbook
led, the Great Edward D. Wood, Jr., the famous create an entirely new world. Starring Robin as being “one of the finest
transvestite (would I kid you?).I Both are pro Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive draftsmen and most creative
bably more entertaining than most of the films in Oyl, the show just gets better and better as it artists in the United States.”
The drawings now owned by
town right now. Don’t miss!
goes along. Both rated PG.
Of The Print
Your loving niece,
Amy
College Arts-
IReuiecu
[For The Print
nearly as emotional as it was
leaving our ocean view cabin at
Cannon Beach. We quietly
packed our bags and climbed
into .the elevator for the last
time. It was touching to see the
desk clerks wave as we
departed. We had actually paid
our room-service bill.
The trip home was farily
uneventful. We were making
good time, I was zooming
along about 70 m.p.h. And,
wouldn’t you know it, I looked
in my rear view mirrot and
there speeding along behind
me was a flashing copola car.
The deputy seemed to think he
should give me a ticket for go
ing a teeny-weeny bit over the
speed limit. As I look at that
yellow piece of paper I start
thinking to myself, “Maybe I
was going a little bit fast...”
Boy, it was a great vacation.
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’Sandwiches
’Spaghetti
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Jan Stiver
Country-Folk
Tuesdays—Saturdays
Open Mike on Monday
19195 S. Molalla Ave.
Oregon City
655-4022
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