California Lutheran University - Kairos Yearbook (Thousand Oaks, CA)

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ARTIST LECTURE Tom Hayden headlined Artist Lecture ' s slate of speakers in September when he challenged us to Make the Future Ours. With activism as a way of life, and several books to his name. Hayden expressed his concern with the growth of cor- porate power and its influence on American life. In the Spotlight was a series instigated by the Artist Lec- ture Commission this year in an effort to recognize CLC ' s hid- den talent. The first concert debuted Keith Butenshon and Lindrew Johnson, both seniors, performing to a capacity crowd. They each are in the process of launching professional music careers and took the opportunity to spotlight a few of their original melodies on the CLC stage. Fans packed into the SUB for a standing room only crowd awaiting the talent of CLC freshman, Jim Stone. Stone encouraged audience participation with rowdy enthusiasm for Neil Young, Rolling Stones, and more. 22

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DRAMA PRODUCTIONS The Cat Princess, is a prize win- rung children ' s play about the greedy princess, Elaine, who wants the witch ' s cat because she believes it is magic. Elaine captures the cat but she is turned into a cat princess. With help from Morton, Twirl, and the jester, Elaine is saved. Through the experi- ence, Elaine realizing her greed becomes a much better person. The performance was in March. The Crucible, performed in May, is an exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem. The story tells how small lies build and build until the town is aroused and many people are sent to the gallows, for being possessed of the Devil. This his- torical drama by Arthur Miller was directed by Dr. Richard Adams. •posite page; Top Left: Mark Rodin and Rob Koon in a scene from Brecht on Rrecht. Top Right: Doug Ram- ' clutches a pillow as he wonders how Humphrey Bogart would respond after his wife left him. Bottom: Mark din, Stan Galperson, and Lois Larimore in Brecht. is page; Top: Monica Bielke as Toto, Darcy DuRant and Peggy Lloyd as munchkins entertained youngsters oughout the Conejo Valley in The Wizard of Oz. Bottom: Doug Ramsey is receiving advice from Humphrey gart (Ken Bahn) as Kelly Long is oblivious to the whole thing. 21

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Apparently to The New Shakespeare Company, all the world ' s a stage as was clearly evidenced by their political satire, Midsummer Nights Dream in early October. Later that month Jean-Michel Cousteau entertained the C.L.C. community with a speech emphasizing the potential of our underwater resources. His Multi-media presentation was meaningful and prompted a wide variety of questions. Ted Howard, the author of Who Can Play God? addressed the issue of genetic engineering with startling facts and statistics showing concerned insight into the future. Startling could not begin to describe Dick Gregory ' s lecture in February, which drew the year ' s largest crowd. His side splitting humor prologued his intense message about truth (or lack of it), manipulation, and the games people play. His three hour lecture challenged us to solve many unanswered questions. Another well known author, Flora Rheta Schreiber, spoke about the details and influences of her best-selling book, Sybil. Her real life contact with a woman who once possessed sixteen personalities gave her unique insight into human nature which was expressed in her book as well as in her lecture. The musical talents of classical guitarist, Miguel Rubio, took center stage during the month of March. His music possesses the essence of his Spanish origins as he tours the nation annually. March also brought Rosemary Reuter to the C.L.C. community. Her inspiring question Does Christian Theology subjugate or liberate women? opened up quite a few eyes to the churches attitude toward the women ' s role. Artist Lecture presented quite a variety of entertaining movies this year including Heroes, Smokey and the Bandit, The Goodbye Girl, Turning Point, Oh, God! and Big Wednesday. The In the Spotlight series began the semester with a multi-media comedy evening presented by Doug Ramsey and Rob Koon. Both men have served as intregal parts of the drama department ' s recipe for success during the past four years and brought a fraction of their natural humor to the stage. Kathy Johnson and Carrie Stelzner combined their talents to fill one of the segments in the series late in March. Both music majors gleamed with enthusiasm from when the lights flashed on until the evening ended. Bonnie Pinkerton rounded out the program in April with a musical performance including piano and guitar accom- paniment. 23