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VOL 49, NO.'37    % CENTRAy/Pgj.lGAN UNIVERSITY, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN     Tuesday, February 25/1969
HENRY HEBERT and Rich Steggerda do a little
housekeeping in a scene from the "Odd Couple" to be presented tomorrow through Saturday at 8 p.m. in Warriner Auditorium.
by JOE BAKER
•       Life Student Affairs Editor
Three candidates have taken out petitions
for-student body president since Friday and
three others -for three other offices.
John Fraker, Greg Mikulick and Bill Willett
are running for president in the March 25 election.
Fraker, Saginaw senior and Mikulick, Saginaw
junior, are running as co-president.
They are running on the "Younity" ticket
stressing Student Senate and communication with
President Boyd as their main concerns. There will
be no vice president under a Fraker-Mikulick
administration.
The- candidates said they want to establish a
scholarship with the salary money appropriated
for the president's and vice president's offices and
work for nothing.
Fraker is president and general manager of the
Ad hoc advertising agency which publishes the
Collegian's Advisor. Mikulick is a former president
of the Student Interaction Committee.
Willett, Garden City sophomore, is fast becoming Central's perennial candidate as he is
always in the race, but nobody takes him seriously.
He launched his unsuccessful political career during his freshman year.
Running with Willett on the "Ombudsman"
ticket for vice president is Jim Metzger, Owosso
sophomore.
Metzger said his reasons for running were "to
find out some things for myself and because the
money isn't bad."
The only students to take out petitions so far
for class offices were Stan Olson and George Heide
Odd Couple' Know Each Other Well
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by PAMM WEBB,
Life Arts Editor '
" If the old adage "You don't really know a
person until you've lived with them" holds true,
then "Odd Couple" stars, Henery Hebert and
Richard Steggerda, will make the University
Theatre presentation a hit this week.
'Funniest'Drama
Debuts Tomorrow
by MARJORIE WOOD
Life Staff Writer
"It's a masterpiece of comedy," said Eugene
Kydahl,   associate   professor   of   speech   and
dramatic art. _ , ,
University Theatre's production of The Udd.
Couple" will be presented tomorrow through
Saturday in Warriner Auditorium. .
Rydahl, director, of the play, is enthusiastic
about its progress. "If you enjoyed the movie,^you
won't want to miss the even funnier play, he
said. .      .
The play was written by Neil Simon, who is
currently America's most successful playwright,
according to Rydahl. Simon humor, popularized
by the successes of his previous creations, "Barefoot in the Park" and "Come Blow Your Horn,
takes a special and unexpected twist in "The Odd
Couple." '       ,
"Simon has the uncanny ability to 'blow up
little things that people do and make them hilariously funny," said Joyce Meyers, Keego* Harbor
graduate student and assistant director of the play.
'■ "We see ourselves in his characters and notice
how comicai we and the people around us •are,..
she continued. »      '   ''■"■'-'..' ..,     v
'   Henry. C. Hebert, -Ecprsd "senior and Rieharqt;
Steggerda; Holland senior, play the;.lead roles of
Oscar Madison a«d -Felix Ungar.' They  are two,
husbands who, separated "<from their wives, set up
bachelor housekeeping,-in*New York City.      . „ .
:   Doris Ramsey;* iristructdr in speech, is iii charge
of costumes: "Since the play takes place in a con-
temporary, setting," she said Thursday, "members
of .the cast are selecting costumes from their own
wardrobes." Miss Ramsey's biggest job, then, is
co-ordinating colors of costumes with colors used,
in the set. ■"■■''' „
■'The setting is not realistic; it is a piece Of art
said William E. Valle, instructor in dramatic art.
For "The- Odd Couple," Valle and his creW
have created the effect"of a brownstone apartment
without actually building one. He feels that since
movies strive for realistic settings, theater should
concentrate on impressionistic sets.
Tickets are on sale in the University Center
Qtj $^00 fm students aj4r$^Sf<* ^°^s^^^i'
Steggerda, Holland senior and Hebert, Ecorse
senior, are roommates oh stage and off. Hebert
portrays Oscar and Steggerda plays Felix, in the
story of two divorced men with different habits
trying to set up housekeeping.
Steggerda, or Felix, is neat and fastidious in
the play, but reports "I'm a slob in real life." The
opposite is true of Hebert, who said, "There's a
little bit of Oscar in everybody. Our other roommate cleans up after both of us."
■ Does being roommates in real life conflict with
their portrayal of Oscar and Felix in the play?
"It's easy for me to work with Henry, but we both
tend to crack up during rehearsals, because some
of the lines are so true," Steggerda feels.
Hebert feels "the play could be a real disaster
if Oscar and Felix couldn't stand each other in
real life."
The Simon brand of humor has been used
before by Steggerda, who played the male lead
in "Barefoot in the Park" here last spring. "Simon
plays are not really funny to read, but it's all in
the interpretation of the lines," according to
Hebert.
This will be Hebert's last play with CMU, after
also playing in "My Fair Lady." He plans to teach
next year. Steggerda plans to marry this summer
and go into television drama or film work.
for junior, class president and vice president, respectively. .They will be.running for re-election
as they have held their posts for two years previously.
Student Body President Dave Wolds said his
name will not be on the ballot for re-election. He .
said that almost all of his goals for the year have
been   accomplished, and   there   are   many   other
things he would like to get involved with.
Dee Boersma, student body vice president, is
rumored to be running for president. She was not
available for comment as of Life's press deadline,
but speculation has it that she is seriously considering the possibility .as she will be attending graduate school here.
Other possible candidates are Lou Oates, Saginaw junior, and Paul Jagenow, Detroit junior,
both unsuccessful candidates in last year's election.
New names mentioned frequently for vice
president are Chris Pontz, Midland junior, and
Bill Aldridge, Detroit sophomore. Pontz is a Student Senator and Aldridge is a former president
of the Young" Democrats.
Starting next week, Life will present a series
of articles dealing with all the candidates, their
backgrounds,  qualifications and platforms.
All petitions for all the offices on the March
25 ballot must be completed and returned to the
Student Government office by March 7.
Next Years Budget
Calls for$12.7Million
LANSING — Central Michigan UpiveFsity
presented its request for $12,787,882 of state-
appropriated funds for the 1869-70 budget at a
hearing in Lansing last week.
Members of Central's administrative staff met
with members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss the use of the total $19,343,494
budget approved by the Board of Trustees.
In the morning session of the annual hearing
President William Boyd told the Senate committee
that Central would need the entire request to
remain at the present level of operations.
Boyd went on to explain the breakdown of the
budget to the members of the committee. He explained the moves Central was making to reduce
expenditures for future budget..
One measure taken by the administration is
the phasing out of the laboratory school. The
school will be closed at the end of the 1969-70
school year.
Boyd explained that curriculum changes were
being made to eliminate two hour courses because
they are not economical for the university. Other
changes are in the combination of courses between
departments to eliminate repetition.
One area that the Senate members thoroughly
questioned Central administrators about was student unrest on the campus. The members of the
committee asked Boyd what his actions would be
in the event of student riots. He explained the job
of the security police and the University would
have the full support of both local and state police.
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STUDIES &BE NOT pjrobleifts enough for Central students, now they have to worry about being able
tp get to and from classes. The mud and water will be bad enough if the present snow melts but if
it snows more instructors might face studentlesfij clq$sropms.
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