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Show - mom around quite a while. In case religious fascination with von His books the question of Where did we come from?" And in a age where is von defied, technology Daniken replaces God with a shiny new astronaut father Danikens speculations. re-op- Education, a weekly newspaper devoted to college news) are The Exorcist, The Joy of Sec, Im O.K. Youre O.K., Serpico, in evening of a THURSDAY "The Saturday, p.m., AAC InCot- termountain Jazz Festival, tonwood High School auditorium, 5715 13th East, 7:30 p.m.; continues through Saturday. compositions 8 SALT LAKE Auditorium Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Theater 138, 138 2nd East, 8:30 p.m.; continues DAVID BURGE through Saturday. in a recital of contemporary compositions FRIDAY Joyce Brothers lecturer, Utah State University Specturm, Logan, 8: 00 p.m. Dr. Salt Lake Symphonic Choir, Salt Palace Little Theater, 8:00 p.m.; continues through Saturday. The Salt Lake Tribune )ftonSllbotnfl multi-medi- May 11, Salt Lake Acting Godspell, Eliot Hall, 569 13th Company, 10:00 7:00 and East, p.m. SATURDAY Taming of the Shrew, 138, 138 2nd East, noon. uMhhlhw woa ' August, 1914, The Odessa File, and two unique books, Our, Bodies, Ourselves, and Journey tolxtlan. One other title appears on this college list, but I save it for a reason It is, of course, Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Daniken. "In case you didnt know, von Daniken is a case. In 1969, a court in Chur, Switzerland sentenced him to three and a half years in prism and fined him about $1,000.00 on charges of embezzlement. fraud, and forgery. According to a recent New York Times story by Richard Lingeman, von Daniken went over $130,000 in debt as a hotel operator in Davos. He obtained money by misrepresentation of his financial situation, falsifying the hotels books to make it appear solvent. And during his trial, a Swiss psychiatrist found Von Daniken to be a status-seeke- r, a liar, and an "unstable and criminal psychopath with a Mr. von Daniken served a third sentencend while serving it. wrote his second book. Gods from Outer Space. More recently, the Miami News confronted von Daniken with simple facts which questioned the credibility of certain points in his latest book, The Gold of the Gods. Mr. von Daniken openly admitted that the interprestation of the facts was his, and was only speculation, a theory. Now a lot of people are entranced with von Danikens theories-Ada- m as a Adromedan John Glenn, Eve as Cheetah, and so on - for over eight million copies of Chariot of the Gods? are in print in this country. Two of his books were among the top sellers in paperbacks in 1973. That kind of popularity is intriguing. His theory isnt really new; the garbage pail theory has been of this Utah Repertory Dance Theater, in concert, Kingsbury Hall, 8:30 p.m.; continues through p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts Jonathan Livingston Seagull hysterical character. WEDNESDAY -at Scott Joplin Rags May 7, Tuesday, 8 MAY 2 THURSDAY, Mining Seminar, 102 N. Physics, 11 a.m. A Summer at ASARCO's Black Cloud Mine, Wesley K. Sorensen (student) Geology Seminar, 106 Geology, 12:05 p.m. Arcuate Structural Trends Frnj.. l.RTS Imagery, Martha Ryder Smith (doctoral candidate) Anthropology Colloquium, Stewart Auditorium, 2:15 p.m. Dark and Wet, Arrow Bright and Dry: Landscape for a Creation, Dr. Harris R. Lennowitz (Middle East Center) Military Science Lecture, Social Work Auditorium, 3:15 p.m. Insight Into Problems of Leadership in the Military Institutions of Europe and the Middle East, Dr. M. M. Chemers (psychology') Physics Colloquium, 102 N. Physics, 4 p.m. Applications of Physics in Radiology, Dr. James A. Sorenson (radiological physics) Motion Picture Documentary, OSH Auditorium, 8 p.m. Forbidden City, China during Ming and Manchu dynasties Poetry Reading, Social Work Auditorium, 8 p.m. Richard Schelton, English, University of Arizona 3 Science and Society, 101 Music Hall, noon The Press, Howard Simons, managing editor, Washington Post Admission $1 with ID Movies, 7 & 10 p.m. Cries and Whispers, OSH Auditorium Poseidon Advrnturc, Union Little Theatre FRIDAY, MAY SATURDAY, Movies, 7 MAY 4 10 p.m. Admission $1 with ID Cries and Whispers, OSH Auditorium Poseidon Adventure, Union Little Theatre & Concert, Cork Room, 8:30 p.m. Everett Reed and the Doodle Sisters, CONTINUING plus mystery dirt band. EVENTS AND SPECIAL General admission $1 NOTICES Exhibits, Utah Museum of Fine Arts William R. Wiley: Watercolors, Paintings and Constructions, 9 Joe Miller Paintings, April 28-J10 a.m. -- 5 p.m.; Sunday 2- -5 p.m. Monday-Frida- y, April 7 -- May 5 une Women's Studies Workshop, 293 Union Introduction to Womens Studies with Dr. Elaine Reuben, visiting professor from University of Wisconsin, English. April 30 - May 3, Tuesday - Friday, 3- -5 p.m. and 7 - 9:30 p.m. Repertory Dance Theatre Spring Concert, KH Ticket $5 - $2. Wednesday - Saturday, 8:30 p.m. All premiere program. May 1- 15 ARTS SCHEDULE Sunday, 3 p.m., Utah Museum of Arts Informal Concert of youre wondering what books on campuses (according to the Chronicle of Higher us WEEKLY May 5, are college students u doing besides streaking-yomight be (but shouldnt) surprised to know that the hottest the en non-religio- Page figure. Perhaps it boils down to Jungs idea that modern man is unhappy with traditional gods; if the heavens are empty of meaning, he looks to the heavens for a literal deliverance. Presto, Chango. One fantasy replaced by another. But any new religion which has von Daniken as its prophet would be a little least to some of us. It must be, as Lingeman postulates, that there is a quasi- by Alan Crooks As most people, know, you have to be quick to cash in on fads; you have to be extremely quick to do so with streaking. As one newsman said, its liable to be bare today and gone tomorrow. The race to get a "streakin" book out was won by Bantam, but it was close. Bantams The Streaking Book- hit the stands on April 1st. And- Ballentines Hie Joy of Streaking officially made it on April 2nd. One publisher couldnt get streakin, and turned its manuscript over to Marvel Comics, who will bring it out. According to trade sources, the Tobev Publishing Co. will bring out the epitome: The Streakers Handbook an astrological guide to streaking, streaking records, etc.-- by the first of May. But the burning questions, whether moral or legal, is whether or not to publish the pictures of male streakers - in the altogetherness. It wouldnt bother the streakers. And so it goes. am - Wednesday, May 1, 1974 -4, Theater |