The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 132, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 21, 1989 Page: 5 of 10
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Tuesday, March 21, 1989 ■ THE OKLAHOMA DAILY ■ 5
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Epstein wasn’t much of -------
as a boy.
“I never read much on my own
once I was in school, and hence I
suppose it could be said that 1
. 1 the ball,” he writes in
•y’s Own Author,” one of 19
r
nups,” Epstein takes a revealing
look at the once widely read
Mencken, a writer who has gone
into decline. Spicing the essay is
Partial when I was a boy was named John
R. Tunis.”
Orlando Jardini, professor of
Spanish at Chatham College in
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be teaching some of the courses.
structor in various Peace Corps
training programs and National
Defense Education Act institutes
for OU.
OU graduate assistant Denise
McCaslin will also teach.
The deadline for reservations is
May 20.
For further information on the
classes offered or more details,
call Artman at 325-1546, or the
Program Development Office at
325-5101.
en’s own writing.
Other writers Epstein limns for
the fascinated reader include
Somerset Maugham, Marguerite
Yourcenar and, getting closer to
the present, Tom Wolfe.
each poem. The poems ranged
from light humor to sad remind-
ers of a brother lost in Vietnam,
poverty and alcoholism.
Whitman went to Wounded
Knee, South Dakota, in 1973,
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band is finally getting recognition.
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;arage pop since their origins kill period of the m'p^s-n^
ences never tired. A case in point
is the band’s cover of the Corne-
lius Brothers and Rose’s “Treat
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Epstein took to Tunis’ books
because many of his novels had
sports settings. After that, it was
natural enough for him to move
on to other books and eventually continue to think of myself as
to his current post as editor of
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Trips to local sites of interest, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will
including the beaches on week- I. ' „ r *’ 7, .
ends (60 miles away), will be part He has served as ^Spanish ro-
of the package.
Students will live in OU-owned
Hacienda El Cobano, six miles
north of Colima City which has a
population of 100,000.
Colima is located in western
Mexico, 120 miles south of
Guadalajara.
The cost of the program is
board, textbooks, and all travel in
Mexico. This does not cover tu-
ition or air fare to Guadalajara.
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guys,
stayed with him.
picted tathe ^treefchief'series. white progress. It doesn’t say how
Fiivnua vi oivAVAAwut Wa—icv-’s they get it er hciv they _
- jonYtkink’60, their historians Oklahoma continue to'carry.
t mV muw — • or educators will take it upon
panies named after Indians, themselves to give the truth of the
framed within a broken wind- history. They’ve always been un-
shield in “Oklahoma Fantasy: easy of how they felt with us.
Native Survival.” In the early 1970s, Whitman
“Oklahoma Fantasy means it is demonstrated on the OU campus
ng insult to us,” he said. "We with other Indian students
Id be the wealthiest people” against the presence of OU’s
lowed ranchers and oil men to
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For four weeks this summer,
OU will be sponsoring the Span-
ish Language and Culture Pro-
gram in Colima, Mexico. .
The program, which is in its for 20 years. He said the program
twenty-second consecutive year, “
and"tetaTto iUi? thban tob«om«.!>et»rintbi language,
guage and culture of Mexico on
the “grass roots" level.
.. *, The program begins June 13
Theatre, said the concert will an(j continues through July 19.
football mascot, “Little Red.”
Although he has been involved
i a number of demonstrations
for Native Americans, he said, “in
; ‘ t
the hardest demonstration
a we ever did. Standing across the
Students given chance for summer study in Mexico
By Barbara P. Novak He has coordinated the lan-
ENTERTAINMENTWRITER guage training for numerous
Peace Corps projects and several
National Defense Education Act
--------------------Arts/Entertainment|
Native American artist gives different version of history
presence of those Indian direct result of the stealing of our OU stadium and trying
” he said. But the image land,” Whitman said. with non-Indian people
lyed with him. Whitman said Oklahoma histo- r<>v>at
It is those Indians that are de- ry only reflects the showcase of each time (OU) scored
He believes that the young In-
dian students should pursue the o
pockets of traditionalism that still foe said. “For m«T, the creative
exist with the same determination process is learning a way to see.”
they pursue their education.
“Thev’ll have to take it upon
themselves to seek out that kind
of Indianness or we’U lose our
whole generation.”
Whitman said artists have been
a part of the free struggle, but the
1 ’ • •• •''
reau of Indian Affairs has over
- language institutes.
Artman has been teaching
OU’s summer program in Colima
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The Tulsa Philharmonic, as twenty-second consecutive year, is a good opportunity for people
part of a special spring concert js an opportunity for 27 students at all levels of Spanish proficiency
tour, will be performing at 8 p.m. and to learn the lan- to become better in the language.
Wednesday at the Sooner The- guage and culture of Mexico on “We will be in an area where
atre, 101 E. Main. the »grass foots„ leve) there is no English spoken, so as a
Pat Cacy, manager of the Soon- The program begins June 13 i ' ‘ „
er Theatre, said the concert will an(j continues through July 19. of the time,” Artman said,
include Verdi’s Overture La qu Spanish professor Jim Art- The program includes the op-
Forza del Destino, Brahm’s Vari- man Wnf be one of two professors tion for credit. Beginning, iter-
ations on a Theme by Haydn, OP. teaching classes in Colima. i__71— —2
56A, and Mendelssohn’s Sympho-
ny No. 5 in D minor, OP 107.
Bernard Rubenstein will be
conducting the Tulsa
Philharmonic.
Tickets are available at City
National Bank, Security Bank,
Republic Bank, and Bob Usry
Plumbing.
All tickets are general admis-
sion and can also be reserved by
calling 321-9600.
The concert is made possible
by a grant from the State Arts
Council of Oklahoma and the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts.
Fleshtones bring ‘60s garage pop to area
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By Brian C. Brown
ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
The Fleshtones have been play-
ing a blessedly mindless style of
‘60sg; _ . ......
in 1976.
More than a decade later, the
New York quintet brings its live
set to Oklahoma audiences at
9:30 tonight in Oklahoma City’s
After weathering the loss of an I Need A Great Haircut?
IRS record deal, the Fleshtones I M ■
are still doing what they always I SGuSmCtlOn QUaicHltGGG
have - a fresh, honest approach I **
to rock and roll in this era of style I u . . —■■■ —■
and pretention. •$0*’ n3irCUl
The Fleshtones’ emergence | ,
from the same breeding grounds |
as the Ramones and the New
literary essays in
Payments.”
bb o “More precisely, once in school
By his own admission, Joseph I picked up the ball, becoming a
jstein wasn’t much of a reader kid who played almost full time
whatever ball game was in sea-
son. .. I must have heard the
names of Dickens and Shake- .
speare, and possibly that of Mark The American Scholar, as well as
Twain, but the first author who teacher of university-level courses
had a distinct existence for me in writing and literature.
’ to connect
people about the
little red dancing
1 a ’
down. That is the kind of arro-
controls the Santa Fe school, In-
dian artists are influenced by that
racist symbol of little red dancing paternalism. The students are
----- ■ touch- taught marketing strategies to
make money, instead of develop-
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experiences which numbs the cre-
ative processes, he said.
“I’m not making any money,”
see.”
“When your art becomes too
real for them, they’ll label your
art political. It is a system to
blacklist your art. They want to
show safer aspects.”
Bp.., Whitman’s art and poetry are
paternalistic relationship the Bu- real in today’s society and he has
reau of Indian Affairs has over said there are galleries that,won t
the Indians has carried over into exhibit his art, but he doesn t care
the art world. Since the bureau as long as it gets out there.
result we have to use Spanish all Spanish classes will be offered, t
2 “ ’ with a maximum of six hours of $1,095 and includes room and
The program includes the op- credit possible.
jf two professors tion for credit. Beginning, inter- Classes will be held from 9 a.m.
i in Colima. mediate and advanced level to noon, Monday through Friday.
Author considers himself a reader, not a literary critic
As he writes in his introduc-
tion: “For nearly a quarter of a
century, I have been producing
what the world, or at least that — . „ , ,
minuscule portion of it interested Epstein s liberal use of Menck-
in such stuff, roughly agrees to
call literary criticism. And yet 1
someone who is essentially a
reader.”
personnel. The siei
the lack of justice for Native
a week-long photograph exhibit “It (Wounded Knee) changed
tion of his Street Chief series. my life,” Whitman said. “I had to
In between readings. Whitman define what kind of artist I would
and my role as an artist to depict shouli
of our ongoing struggle."
When Whitman moved to Ok-
lahoma City he saw a high con-
centration of Indian males on the — r---------
streets, across from the bus sta- high unemployment, death, and
where he became involved in a
71-day siege. Over 300 Indian
men, women and children were
Richard Ray (Whitman), poet, surrounded by FBI agents, U.S.
artist and Native American sensi- Marshals and Bureau of Indian
tive to the problems of his people, Affairs police, including military _____
read his poetiy to a packed audi- personnel. The siege began when depict Indians as a friendly part
ence in the Lightwell Gallery of the Indians went there to protest of the Land Run of ‘89 and com-
the Fred Jones Memorial Art the lack of justice for Native panies named after Indians, lu givC »»». w.
Center Thursday evening, during American on Pine Ridge. framed within a broken wind- history; rhey ve always been
“It (Wounded Knee) changed
my life,” Whitman said. “I had to
talked about his experiences and be. It made me look at Oklahoma
about the social conditions of In- J --------------------- . .
dian people today, as it related to things and show a true reflection But the Dawes Allotment Act al-
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control the land base and make in
money off the Indians. f... -
“The problems we face today: those years, the early 70s, that
tion. “The non-Indians denied the whole social condition are
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