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Sara Craig and Matt Reeves rehearse for UCO Theatre Department's See How They Run.
`See How They Run' showcases
numerous exaggerated agendas
by Timber Massey
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The UCO Theatre Department will present
See How They Run by Philip King at 8 p.m. on
Nov. 21 - 23 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 24 in Mitchell
Hall Theatre.
Dr. Donald Bristow, theatre arts professor and
director of the play, said the play is a comedy
about a series of mistaken identities and unfortu-
nate coincidences.
"The play is a fast-paced farce filled with a
whole lot of fun and laughs. As with most farces,
the action tends to be rather complex and exag-
gerated. Those complications and exaggerations
are what make the play so funny."
UCO students starring in the production are
John Hague as the vicar Lionel Toop, Sara Craig
as his wife Penelope, Matt Reeves as Corporal
Clive Winton, Erin Streetman as Miss Skillon and
Jenny Grigsby as the cockney maid Ida.
Derek Bewley, theatre arts sophomore and
stage manager of the play, said the actors' cockney
accents make the play very humorous. He said the
actors had to take individual classes with Dr.
Bristow in order to learn proper usage of the
accent.
Bewley said, "The entire play is very entertain-
ing because all of the characters are well struc-
tured and there is nonstop action occurring on
stage. The name stems from the fact that all of the
actors are constantly running around with differ-
ent agendas to perform."
Tickets may be purchased at the Mitchell Hall
Box Office. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for
seniors, $5 for non-UCO students and $3 for
UCO students.
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Edward Sanders uses poetry to tell the story of a Beat legend
from capital dome, page 1
"It's been great, a great historic
time, meeting different people
from across the state," Williams
said.
David Miley of Edmond is
with Troop 77 of the Boy Scouts
of America. Miley and other
scouts volunteered their time and
passed out complimentary pro-
grams. Miley said he was looking
forward to the event.
Del City resident Jerome
Davis appreciated the irony of
celebrating his 21st birthday on
Statehood Day. Davis said he
belongs to Oklahoma
Intercollegiate Legislature, a
group that trains future political
leaders.
"This building was originally
designed to have a dome," he
pointed out.
"It is a great accomplishment
on behalf of Mr. Keating and
Sen. [Kelly] Haney. I'm proud to
be an Oklahoman."
Haney created The Guardian,
the statue of a Native American
standing proudly atop the dome.
The statue faces the direction of
the rising sun, marking a new
day, a time suited for prayer,
Haney said.
"I think it's great just to look
and see all of the people here at
our capitol," he said.
"It belongs to us."
Even though the state of
Oklahoma faces some serious
problems, Haney said he remains
optimistic about the state's
future. He said the fact that the
by Danny Peters
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The Poetry and Lift of Allen
Ginsberg, by Edward Sanders, is a
biography written in narrative
poem form about the great bard
of the Beat generation.
Rather than the standard
humdrum biography that covers
every detail of the subject's life,
Sanders has given us a much
briefer view of the man who
wrote such masterpieces as Howl,
America and Kaddish. The form
and tone of the book make the
story more interesting and the
"less is more" approach of biogra-
phy as poetry works well, making
the book a pleasure to read
instead of a burden.
Sanders begins with the flee-
ing of Ginsberg's grandparents to
the U.S. in the early 1900s and
ends with the poet's death in
1997.
In between those events, we
Thought provoking film has
by Timber Massey
tm@thevistaonline.com
Author and documentary
filmmaker, Michael Moore, takes
a stab at America's love affair with
guns in his latest film Bowling for
Columbine.
The film is filled with shock-
ing statistics and footage that
would make even the president of
the National Rifle Association
(NRA) question what is wrong
with America.
Moore makes a comparison of
the annual 68 gun deaths in the
U.K., 39 in Japan, 65 in
Australia, 165 in Canada, with
the astounding 11,127 that occur
in America.
It makes the viewer question, •
what is it America has that all
these other countries do not?
Barry Glassner, author of the
book The Culture of Fear is
shown with Moore, walking
down the streets of south central
Los Angeles.
are treated to stories of Ginsberg's
generosity, legal battles and
escapades with fellow Beat writers
William S. Burroughs, Jack
Kerouac, Gregory Corso et al.
We see Ginsberg talk the
Hell's Angels out of stopping a
Vietnam protest march. We see a
copy of the letter sent out by
notorious FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover declaring Ginsberg
"potentially dangerous." We see
the poet sell his archives--some
500 boxes containing letters,
manuscripts, cassettes and jour-
nals - to Stanford University for a
million dollars. And that did not
include his massive collection of
photographs.
If anyone is qualified to write
a biographical narrative poem
about Ginsberg, it is Sanders. A
poet, writer and journalist him-
self, Sanders was a longtime
friend of Ginsberg and is often
included under the Beat moniker.
His collection of short stories,
Glassner suggests that
Americans are taught to live in
fear by a media that suggests, "If
it bleeds, it leads." He said
although the murder rate has
decreased by 20% the news cov-
erage of murders has increased by
600%.
Anyone who has yet to see the
Tales of Beatnik Glory, describes
the lower east side of New York
City from the late 50s through
the 60s, (when an apartment
could be had for fifty bucks).
Sanders wrote the national best-
seller about Charles Manson and
Co., The Family and is the recipi-
ent of both the Guggenheim
Fellowship and a National
Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship. He helped found 60s
art-folk band The Fugs and is the
editor of the Woodstock Journal.
I found no shortcomings in
the book and recommend it to
anyone interested in the writings
of Allen Ginsberg or the Beat
generation.
It is available from Overlook
Press in hardback for $27.95 or as
a signed limited edition in slip-
case for $165. The copy I read
was from the Metropolitan
Library.
film and takes pleasure in the
idiocracy of this great nation
should rush to AMC Theaters in
Quail Springs Mall before the
fun-loving conservatives prevent
it from showing, as they have
done with countless other
thought provoking films in
Oklahoma.
capitol dome was completed
would give some people hope.
Upon a stage in the shadows
of the capitol a parade of state
celebrities entertained the crowd
sprawled out from the building's
north side. Several local television
stations carried the event live.
Northwest Classen graduate and
country music superstar Vince
Gill hosted the 90-minute show.
The nation often refers to the
"Oklahoma Standard," estab-
lished by the Oklahomans who
survived the Great Depression
and the aftermath of April 19,
1995, Gill said in his opening
remarks.
Oklahomans are devoted to
family and freedom, values
shared by the rest of the nation,
he said.
"Throughout history,
Americans have looked to
Oklahoma as a symbol of
strength," he said.
Gill then sang Woody
Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills."
Later, he performed a duet with
his wife, Amy Grant. Country
music artists Katrina Elam and
Bryan White also performed.
Oklahoma's three Miss Americas:
Jane Jayroe, Susan Powell and
Shawntel Smith Wuerch teamed
up for a medley of favorites from
Oklahoma.
Members of the University of
Oklahoma marching band
accompanied The Music Man
national touring cast in a rousing
rendition of "Seventy-Six
Trombones." Oklahoma song-
writer Jimmy Webb performed
several of his hits, including
"Lineman for the County."
A long list of famous
Oklahomans introduced includ-
ed Olympians Shannon Miller
(gymnastics), Bob Kurland (bas-
ketball) and J.W. Mashburn
(track) and coaches Sherri Coale
(basketball), Steve Nunno (gym-
nastics), Eddie Sutton (basket-
ball) and Barry Switzer (football).
Moments after Keating offi-
cially dedicated the dome, skies
above the capitol were lit up by
3,000 fireworks, courtesy Six
Flags. Six Flags entertainment
and creative talent wrote and
choreographed music for the
show.
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