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Wednesday, Feb. 8,1995
In review
Irish play resumes stage at ‘bare bones’ theatre
by Jay Milton Osborne in
smoldering between Deirdre nut or apple,” said John
Contributing Writer
(Catherine Egan) and Naisi (Jo Millington Synge. With some
Irish poet and dramatist seph Derting); when they touch, mastery of the Irish brogue, each
J.M. Synge’s play, “Deirdre of sparks almost ignite the theater. of the actors got a chance to de-
the Sorrows,” derived from Their passion is so great that one velopa fully-flavored speech. Al
Irish folklore, played Dublin’s feels uncomfortably like a voyeur. though for the untrained ear, some
Abbey Theatre in
of the, dialogue was
January of 1910. 85
hard to follow.
years later to the
Aging, loneliness
In a good play, every speech
month, Portland’s
and fate arc the main
should
be
as
fully
flavored
as
a
Paula Productions
themes here. It is* no
presents the fateful,
nut or apple.
surprise that the death
passionate
tale
scene is the longest
-John Millington Synge
y y
again.
scene. Synge said of
Some may be
mourning: “The grief
put off by the basic, bare bones Their fire gives the story its pur of the keen [a wail for the dead]
and somewhat untidy theater pose, while holding the play to is no personal complaint for the
that is obviously struggling to gether and driving it onward.
death of one woman over eighty
survive. On Jan. 26, the ea-
Make no mistake, this is a years, but seems to contain the
ger-to-please house manager dark story. Character^ snarl at whole passionate rage that lurks
brought in extra seating for the each other. They are often a somewhere in every native of the
larger than expected opening mangy, dirty-looking lot, who island (Ireland).
night audience.
would scare the wits out of you in
In this cry of pain, the inner
Twigs, branches and boul a dark alley.
consciousness of the people seems
ders served as set for the ram
Smudged faces, bare feet and to lay itself bare for an instant,
bling stage in this loft of a the bony knees demonstrate the and to reveal the mood of beings
ater. In one scene, Bruce primitiveness of the time. The who feel their isolation in the face
Fraser, as Conchubor, sat on costumes are little more than of a universe that wars on them
one of the sharper looking layerings of homespun and skins. with winds and sea.”
boulders. It looked as if it must This is not the machine age.
Folks, this is relevant theater.
have hurt.
“In a good play, every speech See “Deirdre of the Sorrows,” find
Early on, passions start should be as fully flavored as a the relevance. It’s there.
Photo contributed by Paula Productions
Deirdre (Catherine Egan) and Naisi (Joseph Derting) defy
warnings to stay away from eachother In “Deldre of the
Sorrows.”
ÇCC students take battle to capitol Oregon Need Grants
Continued from page 1________ -Surreptitiously. “As I understand, would like to attend the day-long
ous status. Two dozen students it happened at the last moment event. While the delegation is
are writing protest letters to leg and some of the implications gearing up for the trip to Salem,
islators in Salem. The ASG will weren’t fully realized until much the ASG and student tody will
follow up by leading a delegation later. We can talk as administra continue to write letters and make
to the state capitol Feb. 23, Stu- tors, but this is an issue that di phone calls to state senators and
dent Lobby Dav, to rally with con rectly affects students and the leg ’ representatives from their district,
cerned students from 16 commu islators need to hear from them,” Caudle said. Nguyen said the
nity colleges and eight universi she said.
ASG is also asking students to
ties across Oregon before speak
The ASG is renting two vans participate in: a phone and fax
ing to their representatives.
which will accommodate 30 stu blitz on Feb. 16.. “It’s just another
. CCC Dean of Instructional dents in order to visit the state way to get the* word out about this.
Services Dian Connett was de capitol and show support for the We’ll try to do, as many different
lighted about the organized re flat allocation of need grants.
things as we can,” he said.
sponse. She also thought the shift
Transportation and lunches
For details,, call ASG at ext.
in need grants was accomplished will be provided to students who 2247.
Oregon Need Grants are not
to be confused with Federal Pell
Grants which are also awarded
to students who demonstrate fi
nancial hardship. Oregon stu
dents receive the same amount
of Pell grant regardless of what
college they attend, but students
who go to a private college may
receive a Need Grant that is
three or four times greater than
the amount a public college or
university student is awarded. In
1993, the state legislature gave
more grant dollars to private
students based on the fact that
their tuition is higher, not based
on their financial needs.
First created in the early
1970s, the Need Grants pro
vided renewable state funding
to Oregon undergraduates at
community and state colleges.
For 20 years the awards were
the same size regardless of the
type of school attended. Now,
with costs of education spiral
ling upwards, the grant reduc
tions have come at a particu
larly i nopportu ne time for many
public college students across
Oregon.
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