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VOLXCIV ’No. 319 Established 1894.

  
 

University of Kentucky, Lexington. Kentucky

Independent since 1971

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Thursday. July t6, 1992

 

Kentucky offers only toll-free voter registration in US.

 

‘ won't make
much differ-
ence in the in-

     

t MCI to pro-
» vide a toll-free
line for voter

By Kyle Foster
Editor in Chief

 

In this presidential election regztilliauogab- icstigiicorin reg
year, the campaign is not only to bage and MCI “This is a
get votes. but to get people inter- officials say presidential
ested in voting. ' the program is year. No mat-

In Kentucky, Secretary of State invaluable, ‘9' what you

but other state do there will

Bob Babbage joined forces with

long-distance phone company BUSH officials say it be an increase

    

 

SWORDS OF SHAKESPEARE

 

JEFF IURLEWV‘Komd Sufi

As part of the 11th annual Shakespeare in the Park, Othello will open tonight at 8:45 in
Woodland Park. See Stories. Pages 6-7.

 

 

 

(in voter regis»
tration)," said
Fayette
County Clerk
Don Blevins.
“If I send out
cards, or if
there is a l-
800 number,
registration
will increase.“
Fayette
County is one of the 11 counties
that chose not to panicipate in the
program. which began operation
July 3.

“i think ll was a crash project
on (Babbage‘s) pan _ the timing
was on a short schedule," Blevins
said. He said his office received
information about the program
about one week prior to its imple-

Sec ELECTION, Page 3

Colleges
lacking
diversity

PRO

 

By Dale Greer
News Editor

 

Four days after civil rights
leaders criticized state universi-
ties for lingering racial segrega~
tion, UK President Charles Weth-
ington said the University of
Kentucky still is not attracting
enough black students despite
years of increased recruiting ef-
forts.

“i‘m not pleased with where we
are in terms of our percentage of
black students at the University of
Kentucky." Wethington said yes-
terday. “The percentage is not
high enough. but our numbers
have been increasing. This task is
one that takes multiple years to
get accomplished rather titan be-
ing able to accomplish it immedi-
ately.”

ln the fall of 1991. 4.7 percent
See CHE, Page 2

 

   

 

 

Registration Deadline

To vote in the November 3. .1
1992. preSidential election. you E:
must register no later than Oc-
tober 5, 1992.

Qualifications to Vote

- 18 years of age by
November 3. 1992

- Citizen of the United States

- Not a convicted felon

- Not judged incompetent

Where to Register

Voter registration is done at the

county clerk's office. UK stu

dents may register in their

home counties or in Fayette
County.

How to register

1.|n person -— at the county
clerk's office

2. By mail - call the county
clerk‘s office and request
that a form be sent which
can be completed and re-
turned to the clerk by mail or
in person

3.8y phone — Phone 1-800-
92KVOTE and a form will be
mailed to you.You must sign
it and return it to your county
clerk.

 

 

 

 

 

INSIDE .-

 

 

 

DIVERSIONS:

'Othello.’ 'lnherit the Wind‘
among offering at Shake-
speare in the Park this sum-
mer.

Stories. Pages 6-7.

VIEWPOINT:

Arts editor says pre-
professional jobseekers
undermine Kernel's mission.
Column, Page 10.

CORRECTION:

Because of an editor's error,
Greg Eklund's name was
misspelled in the July 9
Summer Kentucky Kernel.

INDEX:

Diversrons ......... 5
Sports. . . ...8
Viewpomt ....... 10
Classdieds ..... 11

 

 

 2 — Summer Kentucky Kernel

Thursday, July 16, 1992

 

CHE

Continued from Page 1

of UK's in-state undergraduates
were black. compared with 6.3
percent for all of Kentucky's state
universities and the UK Commu-
nity College System.

About 8 percent of Kentuckians
are black.

On Sunday. the Rev. Louis
Coleman Jr., who heads the Jus-

tice Resource Center in Shelby-
ville, was joined by Kentucky
civil rights leaders who claimed
that state-supported universities
haven’t done enough to end seg-
regation.

Numbers seem to bear this out:
In 1991.0nly 1 percent of in-state
undergraduates were black at
Nonhem Kentucky University.
The figure was 34.2 percent at
Kentucky State University.

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blacks has improved from 0.8
percent irt 1990.

Wethington noted that, during
the last five years, UK‘s black
undergraduate enrollment for
state residents has risen from 501
to 692 —— a 1.3 percent increase.
He said he would like to see the
figure climb even more but said
he doesn't know what else UK
can do to recruit blacks.

In addition to stressing the im-
ponance of cultural diversity at
UK, which Wethington said
makes the campus more apealing
to minorities, the school has bud-
geted more than $2 million for
minority financial aid and recruit-
ment during the last two years.

“We are doing everything that
we believe we can do, at this
point. to attract black students to
the institution," Wethington said.

Lauretta Byars, vice chancellor
for minority affairs, agreed. say-
ing the state needs to do a better
job of academically preparing
blacks for college.

“I think UK is doing all we can
with the money we have," Byars
said.

“More needs to be done at the
elementary and secondary levels
because there are just so few
black students to choose from."

The pool of students is limited
because many blacks are not ad-
mitted to UK as a result of their
low scores on college placement
tests. Byars said.

UK’s selective admissions poli-
cy requires applicants to score at
least an 18 composite on the
American College Test. which
places the University at a disad-
vantage in recruiting blacks.
many of whom are admitted at
other state universities.

Byars also said UK has earned
a reputation as being a hostile en-
vironment for blacks — a stigma
that is hard to overcome.

Black enrollment at colleges
across the commonwealth re-
ceived renewed attention Mon-
day. when members of the state
Council on Higher Education met
in Louisville to discuss a five-
year desegregation plan for state-
supported universities.

In a letter presented to the
board. an attorney advised Ken-
tucky universities to scrutinize
their programs and admission
standards for any evidence of dis-
crimination.

Michael Goldstein said the re-
view is needed in light of a recent
US. Supreme Court decision in a
segregation case from Mississip-

pi.

Goldstein said the high court
decision does not directly affect
Kentucky schools. but he advised
the state's universities to take a
closer look at themselves just in
case.

Although the state never was
sued. the federal government re-
quired Kentucky to come up with
a plan to increase the number of
black students ltd faculty mem-

See SEGRECATE, Page 9

 

of science and math About 40:

 

 

 

   

one of four finalists for" on banceilor or the University

of Mmouri 3 main carnpus _.been touted for mterviCWS by the

Board of Curators July 24

Hemenway was among fiye finalists annomtccd J one 19.

Also invited for interviews are Gerald T Broader provost and
interim chancellor of Mitisdori 3 main campus at Columbia;
Charles A. Kiesier. provostof Vanderbilt University; and David K
Scott, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Michigan
State University

The fifth finalist named in June, Steven Calm, provost and vice
president for academic alIairs at City University of New York, was
not invited to the July 24 interviews. ’ -

   

, UK instructor and crime expert Wolf dies

Fonner UK instructor David Welt. who. as Kentucky‘ 5 only to-

‘renIIsic anthropologist, helped police solve dozens of murder cases.

 

Judith Ann of Lexington. his mother.

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teachers are attending the twoweek workshop at the University of
Mmippi in Oxford. ,

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 Thursday, July 16. 1992

 

Governor outlines
health-care plan

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

 

NEW YORK —— Gov. Brereton
Jones told a panel of Democratic
governors he won't back away
from his controversial proposal to
regulate the rates of hospitals,
doctors and other health-care pro-
viders.

“You might need (rate-setting),
and I think you need to have that
as an opportunity to invoke at any
time,“ he said. “If you don’t have
that opportunity, I think you take
some of the teeth out of the pro-
gram —— and I think that, obvious-
ly, it’s a major step.” '

Jones told a Democratic Gov-
ernors Association on health care
that it is close to “time to go to
war" to win reforms in Kentucky.

“1 think it's harder to build con-
sensus than it is to make de-
mands. I have gone about the
business of trying to build a con-

sensus. I will continue to be about
that business," Jones said Mon-
day. “At some point. though,
you’ve got to say, ‘OK, we’ve
built as much consensus as we
can build and now it‘s time to go
to war.’ And we‘re getting very
close to that stage.”

Jones advocated rate-setting in
a speech Friday that for the first
time detailed his prescriptions for
health-care reform. He has vowed
to call a special legislative session
on the subject in November.

Jones said he is “very confi-
dent" the session will produce
universal coverage and other
sweeping reforms in Kentucky.

His description of one of them
— mandatory coverage by em-
ployers of “employees who work
a certain number of hours" —
drew a pointed objection from a
Jerry Brown delegate in the audi-
ence. Cherie Nettles. 41, of Fox

See HEALTH, Page 5

 

Summer Kentucky Kernel :3

 

 

 

Election
Continued from Page 1

mentation.

Blevins said the telephone
program, which is the only
one in the country with a toll.
free number, is very similar to
the call~in registration that his
office has used for the ll
years he has been county
clerk.

He also said that anyone
could start a campaign to gen
erate increased voter registra—
tion and it would be success-
ful.

“You can’t fail in this year.
If we still have three viable
candidates, we coald have as
many as 110,000 to 120,000
registered voters when the
books close in October, but it
would not be a phenomenon
done by anything except vot-
ers becoming interestedin vot-
ing in the presidential elec-
tions.”

in the 1984' presidential
election, there were 106,000
registered voters and an 82

‘ percent turnout at the polls.

Blevins said the 1988 election
had about the same turnout, but
there were not as many regis-
tered voters.

”There was not as much pas-
sion to elect (George) Bush as
there was to re-clect (Ronald)
Reagan,” Blevins said.

Babbage agreed that the mood
of the country is more intense
and generates more interest in
voting, but said he thinks the
toll-free service has made a dif‘
fetence.

"It proves that if voter rcgis~
trzttion is convenient. people will
take advantage of it," he said.

College students are some of
the people this program aims to
bring into the voting arena. Bab-
bage said.

Students who go to school out
of state or who attend UK but
live in another part of the state
can use the toll-free number to
register in their counties.

“Eighteen- to 25-year-olds
have to the worst voting record.
Less than l5 percent of 18- to
25~year~olds in the state vote."
Babbage said.

There are about 800,000 Ken-
tuckians who are qualified to

vote but are not registered.
The state has l.9 million regis-
tered voters, but only about 25
percent tumed out to vote in
the May primary.

Babbage, who said he has
been working on “improving
democracy” for four or five
ymrs, said he sees the tele‘
phone program as “a tremen-
dous use of technology to
solve a public problem.”

Calls placed to the number,
l—800-92K-V0'I‘E, cost about
$1.50 each but are paid for by
MCI, which connects callers
to their county clerk's offices
after they punch in their ZIP
codes.

In the counties where clerks
are not participating, the calls
are routed directly to the Stats:
Board of Elections. Busy num-
bers at local offices also send
calls to the board‘s Frankfort
headquarters.

In the 109 counties that are
participating. workers take the
caller’s name, address, party
affiliation and other informs
tion, which is then u'ansferrcd

See VOTING, Page 4

 

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Thursday, July 16, 1992

Mural brings 30-foot hoop recruit to UK

Local painter Sammy Beam revives
the art of giant murals in Lexington

 

By John Dyor Fort
Arts Editor

 

Picture an artist standing before
an easel: feet shoulder-width
apart. a small brush in one hand
and palette in the other. After ap-
plying a deft stroke or two, the
artist steps back and considers the
canvas with knitted brow.

Now imagine Lexington mural
artist Sammy Beam, painting a
30-foot basketball player in pre-
dunk flight on a three-story brick
facade.

Working in 90-degree heat last
week. Beam used a 40-foot scaf-
fold. frequently climbing down to
cross the street and contemplate
his giant “canvas."

Beam's mural decorates the
building that is home to Court
Sports. Third Street Stuff and
Dunkin‘ Donuts on South Lime-
stone Street near Euclid Avenue.
across from UK‘s Holmes Hall.

The mural was commissioned
by Tom Behr. owner of Court
Sports.

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Tom's idea," Beam said.

Beam and his gigantic mural, a
realistic stop-action portrait of a
black UK player hovering over a
giant hoop, attracted a small
crowd. Passersby may well do a
double—take before they realize
the hoopster. complete with giant

 

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something I learned to do with
experience." Beam said. “1 don‘t
like to use grids or masking.
Through the years. I‘ve managed
tojudge real well."

A native of Bloomfield, Ken-
tucky, near Bardstown. Beam has
never had formal art training.

Instead, Beam “lucked into a
good job as visual merchandising
director" for Embry's in lexing-
ton. One of his duties. which he
learned on the job. was to make
fashion illustrations.

Recognizing Beam‘s talent for
illustration, friends commis-
sioned large-scale works for their
businesses. ()ne of Beam‘s first
murals was for (‘omedy On
Broadway in 1985.

“In the last ten years there's
been a revival of belle epnque."
Beam said. referring to the archi-
tecturally-based style of “beauty
through omamentation." includ-
ing murals. “People are getting
back into marbeling, graining and
fauvism," Beam said.

Since then. Beam has “decorat—
ed“ several well-known Lexing-
ton establishments, including the
Rousseaulike jungle scene sur-
rounding the patio at (Theapside
Bar. 131 Cheapside.

Beam also painted the ceiling
of Rosebud Restaurant & Bar.
121 N. Mill St., a “super-kitch
shock with puffy pink clouds and
male angels sweeping a red-
haired woman away."

Most recently. Beam complet-
ed the interior of Atomic (‘afé at
the comer of Limestone and
Third streets. Diners will find
themselves surrounded by a “car
toon Caribbean island with a pink
party hut strung with colored
light bulbs.“ Beam said.

“It‘s sort of surreal with an illu-
sion of depth." Beam added.
“The colors are perked up quite a

 

 

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Lexington artist Sammy Beam painted a giant UK basketball
player hovering over South Limestone Street near UK last week.

bit. It was a lot of fun and a lot of
pain. too. It has 18 full-sized
palm trees. I spent about a month
painting palm fronds.“

Beam also painted murals for
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Students split on vote

 

“Perot. He seems like he has
some fresh ideas on how the gov-
ernment should run. Bush isn't
doing too much. Clinton's OK,
but he's too much from the polit-
ical machine.”

-- Chris Woodf'rn, 22, fifth-
year architecture student from
Muncie. Ind.

 

 

 

“I‘d probably vote for Bush be-
cause l'm a Republican and that’s
how 1 usually vote. As it gets
closer to November and i become
more familiar with Clinton, 1
could change and vote Democrat-
ic. Bush has had his good points
and his bad points."

— Anissa Radford, 2]. pre-

pharrnacy senior from Burkes-
ville, Ky.

“i haven’t made my decision
yet. It would be easy to make the
decision based merely on party
affiliation, but because it will ef-
fect so many people, time should
be taken to make the right choice
regardless of (political) biases.“

— John Hicks, 22. mechanical
engineering senior from Los An-
geles, Calif.

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“Clinton. He’s the best candi-
date — he seems most concerned
about all the people in the US.
not just special interest groups. I
associate Bush with the elite, and
l’m not into war.”

— Marianne Clark. 33. sociol-
ogy senior from Lexington.

 

Health

Continued from Page 3

island, Wash. said she thought
he meant part-time employees
might. not be covered.

But Jones said his plan would
exempt from the cover-your-
workers mandate only "the very
smallest businesses, to give them
the opportunity to grow.“ Em-
ployees of such small businesses
would receive health-insurance
coverage by becoming part of a
state “mega-pool" oi“ \lillC-
covered teachers. \liIlC employ-
ees. small-business workers and
people now uninsured. .loues VII“.

.p.‘

“N have to say Bush. I see
Clinton as someone who is rrtak-
ing a generational issue when
there is none. 1 don’t want to have
a baby-boom presidency. Actual~
ly, i probably won't vote. Perot
will not be around in November.
and neither Clinton nor Bush will
be able to run the govemment to
the degree they say they will. The
government essentially nuts it-
self. lt's mn by technicians and
bureaucrats.”

— Steve Morin. 30. anthropol-
ogy graduate student from Lin-
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NEW YORK ..... Democrats
highlighted their abortion-rights

traordinary convention appear-

who said they'll be voting for
Bill Clinton this fall.

“We have not abandoned our
pony. George Bush has aban-
doned us." Kathy Taylor of Her-
shey. Pa. said in an address to
convention delegates.

Taylor was flanked by five
colleagues. from California,
Oregon. Rhode Island and New
Jersey, who she said would also
«vote Democratic this fall. "We
do not stand alone.” she said.

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publican Party away from its
principles and down the path of
political expedience. and we will
not follow.”

Even as Clinton forces sched—
uled time for Taylor to speak,
they were refusing to give her
Democratic governor ..... Robert
Casey of Pennsylvania —- a few
minutes of podium time to air his
anti-abortion views.

“'l‘ltere’s no room.“ Clinton

Srephmopmlos said when asked

nuance tonight went over the

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Clinton and Gore. i think it‘s
time really for a change. Bush
hasn't done that much. He got a
lot of praise for Desen Storm but
it was a war we didn't need to be
in. We‘re in a recession from the
Reagan Era — we should give
the Democrats a chance to help
the country recover from Reaga-
nomics.”

— Michael Menifee. 20, elec-
trical engineering junior from
Danville, Ky.

 

 

Votin

Continued

by computer to the state Depart-
ment of information Services.

Voter regisuation cards are
then printed and sent to voters,
who must sign and return them.
State law requires the signature
for people to be officially regis-
tered.

Blevins said the only difference
between this program and the one
in use at the Fayette County of-
fice is that the registration cards
already are completed when they

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are mailed to be srgned.

He said it is the mood of the
country that wrii determine the
number who register and the
number who vote.

MCI spokesman Kent Martin
said it's the mood of the country
that makes this such an important
election year and why the tele-
phone registration is so imponant.

"This is one of the most impor-
tant election years this century
with many, many issues on the
public agenda and in this way
we‘re taking one step out of the
process, so all you have to do is
go out and vote on election day."

 

 

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iiigltl on the lawrt of letting-
toii‘s Woodland Park. In its
lltli season, “Shakespeare at
the Park" is a reflection of
l.evington's thriving perform—
ing arts community.

l.exingtonians usually turn
out iii force. stretching blanket
to blanket and lawn chair to
lawn chair across the park to
watch outdoor theater under
the moon and stars.

'l'lie festival annually draws
some of the most talented ac-
tors. directors arid design arid
tecltnical buffs from the area

l'liis year's featured fare in»
cludes (Hire/lo. a tragedy ot
timeless passion and the lure
of power. A dark-skinned gen-
eral in service to Venice.
()thello is played by veteran
actor Patrick Mitchell. a
founding member of Lexing-
ton‘s Message 'l‘lteater a

’Shirley

By Angela Jones
Senior Staff Critic

 

 

A crisis sectned inevitable at
every holiday meal when l was
growing up. My memories of
those gatherings are recorded by
disaster. Making those same vis-
its now that I‘m grown. l rcali/c
how the follies and foibles of my
relatives distracted me frotit the
event itself — the family retiri-
ion.

The set-up is very convention-
al. 'lhe women cook the meals.
set the table. let the men and chil-
dren eat first. eat a bite them-
selves arid then clean tip evcrv
body's mess. No oitc asks
questions, My aunts and great
aunts fall iitto place and report
for ditty iii the kitchen .tt eveiv
family affair

But these women havt inoit to

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The 11th annual “Shakespeare in the Park" presents Otheltk

venue for black American drama
l‘ulted tip and head strong. ()thel-
lo discovers that macho passioit
is a two—edged sword. turning
lust for power into homicidal
rage.

local theater producer .loe l“er~
rel. a fonner llK drama instructor
and co-founder of the Phoenix
'l'lieati'e ( irotip. directs.

Thursday

   

 

()thello‘s vengeful llc‘lllcsls s
played by Robert Brock. vvlto t‘
directs T/H' Mt’l‘rv' Witt'v til ll ' -
\(ll'.

IfiiCIl year brings sortie \lll'l‘ll‘
es. this summer being no evul~
tion. An Elizabethan farcical tea 't
between the sexes. Broek's H v
has a gritty modem-day .scI'tHr -
look and sound.

 

alentine’ a woman’s tour

offer their family than a casse
t'ole dish of potato stuffing.
Such is the case of one l5iiglislt
lionteiitaker iii the Actors'
(itiild of l.eviiigton production
of Shir/er Valentine. playing at
At‘tsl'lttcc.

l‘hc one—woman show, star—
rittg local actor Jenny (‘ox. por~
trays a “lttvtiscvvil'e” who wiscs
tip arid rcali/cs there is more to
life than fostering an unapprc-
L‘iativc litisbaiid who regards
her as a maid rather than a life
companion

I'Iayvv'rtglit Willy Rtissell‘s
colorful arid witty lines iii Act I
reveal tltis woman has no busi-
ness wasting her life iii a lottcly
kitchen. talking to a wall for
companionship l’itder her reci-
pes and apron is Shirley Valen-
tiuc. thc adventurer aitd discov-
eiei

\goui/iug ovei whether to

take a trip to (irecce. Sltuu ~
Bradshaw (her married ntit:
stands slutnped in the inidill~
her kitchen woixlcring: "l list-i ' ‘
be Shirley Valentine. \Vlh‘ i
this to me'.’ What went wron'? \

(‘oaxed by her friend lit:
whom Shirley considers a tear
itist because slte reads ("twill 'l’
fun. she embarks on a “lite
yond the wall." leaving vvitlttvul
telling her husband.

Shirley realizes that many ol ‘3‘
are “dead before we die " .\ ‘
longer satisfied to be in love \‘ H“
the idea of living. she decides to
actually live.

Jenny (‘ox gives art iinptcssnc
performance comparable to I'llt'”
Bentstien's. Broadwa)”\ s‘lll‘ll‘“
for Shirley Valentine in l‘lb'"
With the sensitive guidance of ill“
rector Sandra (‘. Harper. (1“ ”"
vitcs tis riot only into ltcr world of
misery btit also into a land of

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July 16, 1992

above) tonight at Woodland Park.

 

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By Chip Sebastian
Staff Writer

 

('ool summer nights on the
greens of Woodland Park mean
"Shakespeare iii the Park "

As itt previous stiinrnei‘s. a llltltIA
errt drama will be presented as .iit
alternative to Sliakespcarian larc

Illis year‘s selection. lit/it'll] il/t'
ll'iritl. will be directed by former
l'ls' theatre instructor l’ati‘ick KaA
gait-Moore. now a theatre pi'olcs»
sor at (‘entre (‘ollegc iii |)an\ illc.

the play is based on the famous
1025 ‘motikey' trial of high school
teacher .loliii Scopes. which decid»
ed if evolution had a place Ill Hay-
ILLUSTRATlONBY KENN M‘NTEQ ton. 'l‘ennesscc classrooms.

Scopes was defended by the
brilliant (‘lai'cnce l)at‘i‘ov\. one ot
the nation's greatest trial lawyers.

Representing the fundamentalist
(‘lii’istiaii community was laiitotis
statesman and orator William lens
itiitgs Bryan.

In this recreation of one of
America‘s most draiitatic court—
room battles. llenry l)ruinmond.
played by film and TV actor Ke-
vin llardesty. defends the right to
teach Darwinism.

Appearing in Witter is Walter
'l‘unis as l-‘alstaff. art ill-fated l)on
Jutut. arid l.eslie Beatty as Mis-
tress l’age.

IIIC mock-seriousness of the
satire is reinforced by the “slea-
1y." dead-pan presence of three
Metropolitan Blues All-Stars band
members, a local blues favorite.

de force

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cherished wonder and dreams that
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Festival includes
American drama

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lltc "agnostic” lhtiiiiiitoiid
lights the “olddiine” religious
attitudes of the tovviilolk, m a
passionate battle blvvccit relig-
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speech.

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