| Summary: | Page 8 THE CONCORDIAN November 17, 1978 Events Friday, November 17 4:30-6:30 p.m. All-School Supper(Ah-ke Society): Knutson Center Food Service 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. Campus Cinema, JULIA: Centrum 8:15 p.m. Faculty recital, SHAD BAILEY, bassoon: Hvidsten Recital Hall 8:15 p.m. Skills-Warehouse, Archery: Memorial Auditorium 9-12 p.m. Poolside Disco, sponsored by H.E.L.P.: CC swimming pool, 50 cents S Saturday, November 18 9:00 a.m. Chess Tournament, "Deep in the Heart of Hexes": East Complex. Oak Room 1:00 p.m. N.A.I.A. Football Play-off Game, CC vs Northwestern College of Orange City, Iowa: Jake Christiansen Stadium 7:30 p.m. JAZZ ENSEMBLE Concert: Centrum 7:30 p.m. Hockey, CC vs Alumni: Moorhead Sports Center 9:00 p.m. S.P. Concert, SHAWN PHILLIPS:-Memorial Auditorium Sunday, November 19 10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Worship Service, PASTOR ERNIE MANCINI: Centrum 4:00 p.m. Concert, F-M Youth Symphony: Centrum . 6:30 p.m. Alpha Phi Omega meeting: Frida Nilsen Lounge 7:30 p.m. Concert, CONCORDIA CONCERT BAND: Memoria} Auditorium 9:00 p.m. Sunday film, JULIA: Centrum (75 cents) Monday, November 20 9:50 a.m. Chapel, BISHOP CECIL JOHNSON Tuesday, November 21 9:50 a.m. Chapel, PASTOR WAYNE STUMME 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Voice clinic, R. APPELMAN: Hvidsten Recital Hall 7:15 p.m. Bible study with PASTOR GRIMSTAD: Frida Nilsen Lounge 7:30 p.m. Women's Center, "Women in Art History," BARBARA GLASRUD: Science L.B.A. Wednesday, November 22 9:50 a.m. Chapel-Special, PASTORS LEE & MANCINI 10:45 a.m. Student Affairs staff meeting: Park Region Club Room THANKSGIVING RECESS begins at the end of the academic day Monday, November 27 CLASSES RESUME 9:50 a.m. Chapel, PASTOR RICHARD HOLLEQUE 6:00-10:00 p.m. Holiday decorating: Knutson Center 8:15 p.m. Faculty recital, ROBERT STRAVA, violin: Hvidsten Recital Hall Tuesday, November 28 9:50 a.m. Chapel, CHAPEL and FRESHMAN CHOIRS 7:15 p.m. Bible study with PASTOR GRIMSTAD: Frida Nilsen Lounge 8:15 p.m. Faculty lecture, DR. LARRY ALDERINK. "Myth and Meaning: Demeter at Eleusis": Centrum 9:30 p.m. Hockey, CC vs St. Scholastica: Moorhead Sports Center Wednesday, November 29 9:50 a.m. Chapel, PASTOR CARL LEE 7:30 p.m. Hpckey, CC vs St. Scholastica: Moorhead Sports Center 8:00 p.m. Concordia Theatre, UNCLE VANYA: Humanities Theater 10:00 p.m. Communion Service Thursday, November 30 9:50 a.m. Chapel, DR. JOHN HELGELAND 7:30 p.m. Basketball at NDSU 8:00 p.m. Concordia Theatre, UNCLE VANYA: Humanities Theater 10:00 p.m. Campus devotions: Tabernacle R.I.P. Fittest Epitaph for Wild Geese "'Julia' is a gem. Jane Fonda in her finest role. Vanessa Redgrave is glorious. Jason Robards gives one of the year's most memorable performances." —Gene Shalit, NBC-TV PRINTS BY DelUXE* Based on a true story FILMS INCORPORATED Friday Nov. 17th 7:15 apd 9:30 Centrum Sunday Nov. 19th 9:00 Only! .£•- " -**' Centrum • %^ 75r *" No show on Saturday SEE SHAWN PHILLIPS IN CONCERT. By RENEE BOOMGAARDEN It is unfortunate when rela-tively talented actors find them-selves in a really bad film. It is even more unfortunate when one goes to such a film and has to watch those actors make fools of themselves. That is exactly what my experience was last weekend when I went to see "The Wild Geese," starring Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, and a host of other hapless victims unlucky enough to be cast in it. . "The Wild Geese" is a perfect-ly awful film, one that I cannot imagine anyone the least bit . sensitive or intelligent enjoying. "The Wild Geese" is about a mercenary army, led by Richard Burton, that attempts to rescue the. president of an African country who is being held cap-tive by a military^ regime that has overthrown his government. The mercenaries, most of whom are British, are hired by a copper company that, for eco-nomic reasons, wants the incar- ' cerated president restored to power. After extensive training and drilling, the mercenaries parachute into the wilds of Africa. Soon they, and the audience, are off on a trip of * Homosexuals Continued from Page 7 recognize their 'gayness' before college probably do not consider CC to be a viable choice. This fact leaves CC with a gay population that, for the most part, is in the 'coming out' process, i.e., currently realizing their sexual orientation," the same individual observes. In spite of the fact that many gays cited sensitive friends and faculty members who lent them support, understanding, and ac-ceptance, the majority felt that gay life at Concordia is 'a difficult and unpleasant thing. One man, who actually left this school because of the "hassles" in-volved in affirming his lifestyle described his experience here as, ".frustrating, lonely, and difficult. One learns only very gradually with whom he can be his honest self. I felt that my mind and soul were imprisoned by outside oppression. I had to play the part of someone who I was not." Another said that, "It's hard to find people to talk to in a comfortable setting— especially the comfortable set-ting. There really is no place to go around here." ' As far as "places to go" are concerned, there are virtually none in the area. Not only are there no gay bars in town/which is surprising in a town with such a heavy* concentration of college students, but individuals or groups who offer counseling or other gay services are very scarce. Lutheran Social.Services in Fargo, which offers coun-seling and group encounter ex-perience, is the only one that this reporter could locate. In Minneapolis, however, there are a surprising number of church-related groups offering assistance and support. They include Integrity (gay Episcopal forum), The University Lesbian Gay Alliance (ULGA), Dignity (Roman Catholic), Affirmation (Methodist), Lutherans Con-cerned, and the Metropolitan Community Church. All these groups exist, in the words of one person, "to uphold the integrity of gay people, better their situation in society, and educate the straight majority about gay lifestyles." There were two things impos-sible not to notice in the course of researching this article: the overwhelming sense of fear and mistrust experienced on both sides of the homosexual question and the earnest desire on the part of all the gays I spoke with to communicate to the Concordia community as gays, to be under-stood for what they are, and to share themselves without fear of censure. One man commented that, "Letting my thoughts be known about the subject (of homosexuality) is an important desire of mine. I care very much for that college, community and hope to be understood by it someday." It is also impossible to draw any pat conclusions about such a sensitive and generally undis-cussed subject. One can say, however, that there exists the opportunity for this college to put its liberal Christian ideal to an interesting test of breadth. Nietzsche noted that one mea-sure of a society's strength is the amount of internal variety and opposition that it can openly tolerate. Gays here are fer-vently hoping that Concordia will prove strong enough to give them their due recognition as individuals and as Christians. Mu Phi Epsilon To Present Program On Monday, Nov. 20, Mu Phi Epsilon will present its annual Founder's Day program. The affair, which will feature organ and flute music, will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, begin-ning at 8:15 p.m. A reception will follow. The program is free and open to the public. IPANCAKE HOUSe RESTAURANT WELCOMES ALL STUDENTS TO A 50° DISCOUNT (WITH AD) ON OUR SANDWICH BOARD Come Inn! Study, relax, get together with your friends and be treated like guests in our Inn! OPEN: Sun.-Thurs. 6-12 a.m., , * ^ . ?; ;. Fri.-Sat. 6 a.m.-2 a.m. - ' 625 30th Ave. S. Moorhead senseless killings, confused loy-alties, and a poorly written script. I have found that a good indication of a fijm's content is the impression one receives from the audience. Weli, since the audience at the showing I attended gave the impression that they just parked'their tanks outside the theater, deciding that a nice war movie would be just the thing to see, I guess I should have known what I was in for. I found a film in which the violence was offensive, the plot had no point, and the action dragged for the entire first half. Besides the choppy editing, inappropriate violence, and the inadequate acting, I was particu-larly disappointed with the way the film dealt with, or tried to deal with, the issues it raised. Democracy, racism. Black na-tionalism, apartheid rule in South Africa, and homosexuality are all relevant issues in the world today, but "The Wild Geese" tries to take them all on at once. The film fails miserably in resolving them, and leaves the viewer uncertain as to what the answers are. The conclusion of the film, too, is very disappointing; no issues are resolved and everyone of any consequence is dead. In fact, it would be quite appropriate to say that besides the major characters' dying, the film dies too. May it rest in peace. * Confusion Continued from Page 5 der using the SFARB policy to question the activities of a professor. One third of this group would confront the profes-sor personally first, and almost half added that the situation would have to be very bad before they would use SFARB. The strongest motivation for considering "SFARB-ing" a pro-fessor was unfair testing—un-fair in either the content of the test or the grading applied to it. Some freshmen were contempla-ting SFARB-ing professors they considered "intimidating" or "in-competent to lecture," and one group cited the example of a professor who "arbitrarily flunked a wholo class." Another common complaint was favorit-ism. Although most freshmen ex-pressed a degree of doubt re-garding the number of people who actually utilize SFARB, a general approval of the Honor Code was apparent. The prevail-ing attitude among freshmen seems to be that even if no one actually uses it, the SFARB code. is a mature deterrent to cheat-ing and a possible last-recourse approach to an unfair professor. Among the freshman class, at least, and despite a lack of enthusiasm for it, SFARB is a l i v e a n d w e l l . ••>*•>- See we>e fine diamonds - at Dwilen In lnv«%lm«itt ond oM*t frttt Jvwttry.
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