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Classic movies I offered Audien BY BILLY COX Of The Gamecock staff Posters bearing a sketch of a grim-looking Winston Churchill had saturated the campus. There he was, contemplating something or another everywhere one turned, under the headline "British Union Debate." Ho-hum, it's probably just another intellectual fiasco. Monday night at Capstone's Campus Room, nearly 300 people found out why Churchill may have looked so drained, and they loved it. The Union Debates are based on the traditional House of Commons debates in Parliament. They were first introduced on the collegiate level in 1815 at Cambridge, then at Oxford in 1823. Under the direction of Dr. Len McCauley and the Department of Theatre and Speech, the Union Debates made their first USC appearances last semester. John Ivey, debate chairman, noted that the program had a three-fold purpose: to be competitive on an intercollegiate level, to be an active element on campus, and to encourage debate throughout regional campuses. A bit much, no? After all, this is 1975, the USA, where students don't like to think unless forced to. Before the glaring lights of educational television's camera props, Ivey indicated that the USC debates would break from the traditional format and that the audience themselves would determine the champion by exiting through either the Pro or the Con door. The issue? "Resblved that the U.S. government should im mediately begin prograreas of food rationing for American citizens and food distribution for needy citizens of the world's un derdeveloped nations." Two panelmen supported the bill, while two others tried to destroy it. Anxious silence hushed the room as Rick Barlow, the first advocate, began his speech. He cited a world-wide shortage of food and made poignant references to the starving millions in India as a moral basis for immediate U.S. aid. He mentioned cases of entire governments being toppled by hunger. Barlow concluded by declaring that America "should help other nations just as we would help to be hoped." Bob Coble, the first Con, men tioned U.S. generosity throughout the world. He wa going BY CHUCK i Entertainmi CAMPUS THE EMIGRANTS-A profoun h6rdships of a Swedish peasant I Midwest in the mid 1800s. The pai subtle and emotional. A stirring reaffirmation of m strength, the movie stars Max voi stock Ingmar Bergman characten AFRICAN QUEEN-A superb c4 Bogart (who won an Oscar) an travelling up the Congo during elements, Germans and each othei TARGETS-An offbeat, occasioni sniper, played by Tim O'Kelly, ai Boris Karloff, whose paths cross du A low-budget effort by Peter B command of the film medium. I compelling meller at the ripe old as THE SEVENTH SEAL-The firs Ingmar Bergman Film Festival t nesday nights. This movie, set in 14th Century the philosophical dilemmas of me Sydow) and his squire return froi Plague spreading death across th The knight confronts death inca: with the knight's life at-stake. The i ce gets Debater Joe Brockington ar food rationing and foreign aid beautifully until he got ahead of himself and nearly pulled an Elmer Fudd. After stumbling slightly, he snickered, "Almost helped a hope here." The audience was starting to loosen up. Coble recovered immediately, pointing out the paradox of Indian nuclear capacity while its citizens are starving. He questioned the U.S. responsibility and deplored the wasted wealth of the oil-dealing Arab sheiks. The second proponent of the resolution, Tom Quinn, took the stand. He quickly rebuked Coble's figures about the percentage of population growth. Quinn main tained that Ignorance of birth control devices is India's reason for population explosion. He continued that rationing Is viable if the U.S. maximizes efficiency and "ROMER Dnt editor FILMS dly touching story about the amily who came to America's .e is slow and lyrical. Acting is in's faith, bravery and inner i Sydow, and Liv Ullman (both ) and is directed by Jan Troell. imbination of drunk Humphrey ci spinster Katherine Hepburn World War I, combating the . John Huston directs. Sunda. illy terrifying tale of a psychotic id an aging horror movie star, ring the most deadly pl.y of all. agdanovich that show ; an apt ie produced and directed this e of 29. Monday. t of three films comprising the ) be shown Tuesday and Wed ;weden, is a masterpiece about dern man. A knight (Max von n a crusade to find the Black a land. rnate to pla a ame of chess, novie is brilliany directed ana nVOIve( gues against British Unioi at Monday's stops its waste. "The U.S. should fight a war not of destruction," he concluded, "but of helping people." Finally, Joe Brockington rose to attack the article. "The topic of this debate is to cause a wholesale increase in the amount of food that we produce." He contended "as long as population growth in creases, we simply cannot solve the problem." If the U:S. were to ration food, he said, America would undergo crushing Inflation and perhaps suffer from malnutrition. The U.S., should It decide to feed the world, would also lose its resources as a bargaining tool. On that note, the formal debate ended and Ivey opernd the door for audience feedback. TV carceras were staring .at them ph gaphed, makn it one o t Tedyand Wednewday. WINTER LIGHT-Probably the films, the movie centers around balance have been jolted. Nothini equilibrium. This is a trying, nerve-tingling.fi the imagination. Max von Sydo Bjornstrand star. Wednesday, 7 j THE MAGICIAN-A brooding, Century Sweden involving a me becomes involved in murder and parable of life's realities starring I Bibi Andersson and Gunnar Bjorn DOWNTOWD YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN-AfI tellectual masterpieces, a lighthes films is the next best bet. Mel Broo Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Pet and features a special cameo a dramatic actor. Miracle, PG. MURDER ON THE ORIENT E mystery fans, this film, based on offers enough action and big name s almost two hours. Sean Conner Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Wi( EARTHQUAKE-Los Angeles bit people. This is a money-making rr Heston, Lorne Greene and Richa Square, PG. Im delb a Debate.Ma SA threateningly. The students, one half sitting on the Pro side and the other half on the Con (by con venience, rather than preference), glanced around among themselves to see who the first guinea pig would be. Finally the first brave soul wandered over to a mike, mumbled something about a discrepancy in population growth figures, and shuffled back to his seat. The panelists pleaded an unemotional "nolo contendere." After a brief but cordial exchange between Coble and a member of the audience, one could sense that the crowd was getting slightly restless. Barlow began re-emphasizing his position to the students by stating, "We're not saying for each person to o withoust food, j...t be greaF films oHea. most obscure of Bergman's four peo whose emotional g in the appears to be in Im with an effect that shattm N, Ingrid Thulin and Gunnar i.m. only. complex account set in 19th smerizer and magician who afterlife. This is a rev i Wax von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, strand. Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. i FILMS er watching Bergman's in ted comed satirizing horror ks directed classic starring er Boyle and Cloris Leachman ppearance by a well known XPRESS-For all the murder the novel by Agatha Christie, tars to keep the viewer alert for f (old W7), Ingrid Beran, mark star. Richland Mall, PG. es the dust along with 2 million ovie and nothing else. Charlton rd Roundtree star. Jefferson ate don't throw that extra sandwich away." The rapport soon shifted towards a discussion of land shortage which hampered the ability to farm. The culprit was overpopulation. One fellow announced, "Well, I'm a farmer." He touched on problems involved with agricultural methods, and summarized, "If India has the technology to develop the bomb, they should have the knowledge to use contraceptives." Someone mentioned the fact that backward nations need technological help for long-run aid. An irate young man, situated in the Pro section, took the floor, "Yeah, why should we send 'em food? Why don't we just send 'em six scientists?" With that, he stormed over to the Con side, greeted by cheering and applause, People were now elbowing each other, and lines were forming at each microphone. One gentleman identified himself as being a member of a developing African nation. "What's wrong," he claimed, "is that these countries are not aided in the proper way." He added, "The United States are not their brothers' keepers. All countries are their brothers' keepers." His comment brought more applause, A hotly-contested point resulted in a fist-shaking, finger-pointing flare-up between a student on the Pro side and someone at the rear of the room. Shortly thereafter somebody commented that he'd seen Hindu priests give food to rats at the temples. Quinn shot back, "What's the difference between feeding a rat and a dog?" Ap plause and several boos were heard. One woman proposed an alternative solution, whereby people could cut down on fabricated food and eat things like oat, barley, and wheat products (Alpo's rival dog food, many giggled). Another person said the U.S. should help as much as possible because "there are more of them out there starving than there are of us going on diets." Chorus of hisses and applause followed. Because of the time allotment, the debate was motioned to a close, with many students still waiting to have their say. Ivey r'eminded them all to exit through either the Pro or the Con door. The final tally was 199 Con. 55 Pro.