Bradley University - Anaga Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Our Own green grasses unbend Their bowed heads and rise Their faces up Towards The warm sun brighT beams floaT down warming The green silk bodies The grasses silenTly sigh filling The breeze wiTh small hushed whispers They sTreTch ouT Their arms and caTch The firsT cool dews of The spring morning slowly Their winTer frozen eyes open and They see The world reborn DemeTrice Worley OUT on The Ccuch Crouched in a vee on The couch And a half-sTep away I can see half your face ln The curve of your arm CaughT in The web of a dream While l look aT my shirT On The back of a chair I will keep you from harm Way down The line where you live Half a mile away You came walking Today To walk back in The dark Jumping pasT windows and cars Your reflecTion I see Flashing in, flashing ouT As you flow down The sTreeT No one buT me sTill awake AT The hour of Three All is sleeping or locked BuT my feeT and The breeze Crouched in a vee on The couch And a lighT year away l can see half your face ln The curve of your arm CaughT in The web of a dream While l look aT The chairs ThaT l wish held a friend I will keep you from harm 'fx Bob Schelley lll PhoTos by Paul Funk Our Ownf24

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Rebirth! A New Emphasis 011 The Arts By Kdren BenoiT For yedrs Brodley UniversiTy wds synonymous wiTh one Thing: boskeT- bdll. However, o grddudl shifT in prioriTies hos broughT cibouT on un- precedenTed inTeresT in Brodley's fine drTs. The renovoTion of on old sTrucTure ond The dcquisiTion of d new one reviTolized The Divisions of ThedTre ArTs ond lvlusic, ond The seorch conTinued for d new home for The Division of ArT. HARTMANN SI-IOWCASES THE- ATRE ARTS In 4977, fdcuITy members ond sTu- denTs in The ThedTre DeporTmenT Qnow The Division of ThedTre ArTs5 redlized ThoT The Corousel Ploy- house, d converTed wdrehouse which hdd been The ThedTre group's performdnce dreo for mony yeors, could no longer serve os d ThedTre for Brddley UniversiTy. There were mony problems wiTh The windowless building nedr The corner of UniversiTy ond lvloin, which ldTer wos renovdT- ed To become o Teen discoTheque. According To senior Don ForTier, o ThedTre minor, These problems in- cluded d ledking ceiling, no heoT during winTer, ond no dir condiTion- ing in The summer. Also, becduse of The neighboring resTdurdnT qAvdnTi'sj, dcTors were forced To compeTe wiTh dishwosh- ing mdchines ThroughouT perfor- mdnces. WiTh The ciTizen's bond rd- dio crdze in T977 come new prob- lems for The ThedTre DeporTmenT. As ForTier exploined, l'The Corousel hdd no shielding ogoinsT CB's. One of The mony Things which led up To OPENED IN LATE 1979, The HdrTmonn CenTer is d showploce for ThedTre QT Brodley. 22fNew AVTS Fdcilify