Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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The Taming of the Shrew The Campus Players delighted their audiences in November with their performances of The Taming of the Shrew. A Shakespearean play, it deals with a timeless topic: the never end- ing battle of the sexes. Kate, the shrew, is wooed by Petruchio, an ar- rogant man who wins her against her will and teaches her, through drastic measures, to be a loyal, obe- dient, loving wife - not exactly what modern women would appreci- ate. While the ideals of women and men are different today than they were in Shakespeare ' s time, the games between them have not changed very much. The major dif- ference is that today it may well be a woman in Petruchios place. The Taming of the Shrew deals with a theme that will always be rel- evant, and the Campus Players did an excellent job of presenting it to audiences who obviously appreciated the humor and story line as if it were as fresh as it was when it was first performed. 28 The Taming of the Shrew

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Campus Clean-Up This year ' s Campus Clean-Up served two purposes: to clean the campus and to make a point. Sponsored by the Student Govern- ment Association (SGA), the Biol- ogy Club and the Bureau of Greek Organizations (BOGO), the clean- up is a campus wide event meant to beautify our campus — to rid it of empty beer bottles, cigarette packs, and the like. While three organizations sponsor this worthwhile event, it seems that this year only 2 members of the biol- ogy club and 3 members of SGA took part. Thirteen Greek organizations, representing over 100 people, scanned the campus for trash, filling bags and shopping carts with debris that would otherwise have remained where it was. That is the clean up part. It so happens, however, that at the same time, the Greeks and the administra- tion were head-to-head on new poli- cies concerning pledging. Thus the making a point part. After the trash was collected and neatly contained, the Greeks marched to the front of Bole Admin- istration building chanting Don ' t dump on the Greeks. They proceed- ed to dump the trash on the lawn . . . where it stayed until maintenance carted it away. We put it there to show them (ad- ministration) how much we do, said Donna Campo, president of BOGO. And so Campus Clean-Up day ended . . . the campus was clean and the Greeks proved their point. Campus Clean-Up 27

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Flair was the perfect name for the premiere of the New York caba- ret musical revue that came to Glass- boro in November. Flair featured the dazzling tal- ent of singer, dancer and actor Wayne McCarthy, a 1977 graduate of Glassboro State. Energetic and electric, Flair added new dimensions to the Astaire top hat, white tie and tails days. The show also brought numbers from the familiar sounds of 42nd Street to life with choreographer Henry LeTang ' s personal touch and McCarthys exciting style. Dancing with McCarthy was Mary Slater, who has travelled the country with t he Mahina Bailey ' s Polynesian Revue, trade show for United and Hawaiian Airlines. The featured singer was Barbara Doty, a 1978 Glassboro State Graduate. The three, along with the enticing sounds of musical director Albert Aprigliano combined to produce an entertaining and uplifting show.