University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Horizon / Iris Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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It's magic; captivating, amazing illusion. And it is what Bob Fellows does best. Billed as America's master illusionist. Fellows is a sleight-of-hand artist, an escape artist, a mime and mentalist. and an all-around entertainer. On October 21. Bob Fellows brought illusion to the University Center's Program Banquet Room. Fellows performed card tricks, made rubber balls appear and disappear, and experimented with ESP. He sawed a man in half, and made a woman rise high into the air in a puff of smoke. In several of his illusions, he called for audience volunteers. One volunteer taped Fellows’ thumbs together. Fellows then caught metal hoops over his thumbs and down his left arm. without undoing the tape. When five volunteers tied him to a chair with 100 feet of boat rope. Fellows escaped in 1 minute. 44 seconds. Later he was locked in a six-foot-tall box. His assistants then slid seven steel blades into it. The blades were removed, the box unlocked; there stood Fellows. upside-down, and in a different costume. Based in Los Angeles. Fellows has performed in theatres, nightclubs, universities, and industrial shows throughout the United States. He has taught college courses in “The Art of Illusion. and has received awards at magicians conventions. —Laura Sternweis 77

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UWSP was host Oct. 13 to Dr. Sol Gordon, director of the Institute for Family Research and Education and professor of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University. Gordon, a vocal advocate of sex education in the schools, delivered a speech entitled Developing Your Own Sexuality First: A Pro-Family Message. One of his main premises is that sexuality should be taught not only in the home and church, but in the schools as well. He maintained that parents can be the main educators, but not the exclusive. Sex education must be presented with values and morals, he stressed. One must realize that teenagers shouldn’t have sex because they are too young, too vulnerable, and it’s a health hazard. One of the primary points of Gordon’s speech was directed toward parents. He stressed that they become askable” to their children, meaning that parents should answer their children’s questions openly, honestly, and using the proper terminology. On the subject of free speech, Gordon also warned against allowing special interest groups to withhold his right to speak. He and others with controversial messages have the right to be heard. Don't let the bigots determine what’s going to be taught in our schools. Don’t let the fanatics determine what our children are going to read.” —Lauren Cnare 21

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Tom DeLuca Tom DeLuca sees hypnosis and unconscious communication as a freeing of creative potential, to change stagnant lifestyles and achieve goals. On Wednesday, November 11, he brought his philosophy to UWSP during one 8:00 pm performance in the University Center’s Program Banquet Room. Hypnosis and unconscious communication are DeLuca's specialties, and his show revolved around the two. The first segment of his show involved B.S.P. , a parody of E.S.P., extended sensory perception. In the second segment, DeLuca hypnotized a group of audience volunteers. DeLuca received a B.A. in communication and psychology from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and an M.A. from Sangamon State University. Springfield, Illinois. He is presently working on his PhD. For the past four and one half years, DeLuca has been working as a hypnotherapist dealing with psychosomatic disorders. —Laura Sternweis 23