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Spotlight
Monday, February 24, 1986 g
USC geol
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With a lot of skill and a little
luck, USC's Dana Cofficld may
be one of the first Americans to
make it to the top of Mount
Everest.
The geology graduate student
is the youngest of a 12-member
American team planning an April
ascent of the highest mountain in
the world.
"This will be the first
American attempt of the Great
Couloir on the north face of the
A mountain,'' Cofficld said. He ad^
ded that only seven Americans
have successfully reached the
summit.
At 29,028 feet above sea level,
Mount Everest represents the
supreme challenge to a moun
laineer s couragc and endurance,
he said.
Of six attempts to reach the
Everest summit via the Great
Couloir route, only one by a team
of Australians has been
successful.
^ Everest has claimed the lives of
40 people; only 100 have reached
its summit since it was first conquered
in 1953.
"Years ago the goal of many
climbers was to see if they could
reach the summit," Coffield
said. "Now, climbers attempt
more difficult routes with less
support.
"My own goal, other than to
reach the summit, is to sec if I can
reach 26,000 without using
? oxygen."
Coffield, who started mountain
climbing durine his senior
year in high school, said the U.S.
Everest North Face Expedition
team is one of the strongest with
which he has been associated.
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"Once we reach base camp, we
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attempt the ascent of the north
face," Coffield said. "We'll have
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On his way to the top, Coffield,
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By EDWARD BOHAN
Staff writer
February is Black History Month and Mainstage
Theatre's production of the poignant drama A
Raisin in the Sun coincides beautifully with it.
Opening at Longstreet Theatre last Friday, the
Lorraine Hansberry play features a black ghetto
family from Chicago's south side. Lena, the mother
of the family, receivesasizable insurance settlement
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Walter Lee, a married chauffeur, and Beneatha, an
aspiring doctor, can't decide what to do with the
money.
Beneatha, knowing that part of it will go to her
medical tuition, says Lena should dispose of the
money as she sees fit. Walter, on the other hand,
wants to invest the mo/iey in a liquor store. But
\ Lena, being a good Christian woman, will have
nothing to do with that.
The role of Ruth, Walter's wife, was performed
well by Francis J. Thompson. She seemed extremely
natural in the part.
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moments and deepest insights.
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Robin Roberts as the mealy-mouthed neighborhood
chairman of the white community the family wants
to move into. He tries "to practice prejudice in
good Christian fellowship," and explains that
"Negro families are happier in their own
communities."
The best performance of the evening, however,
was by Arzell Pressley. She played the family
matriarch Lena with conviction. Pressley easily
switched from anger and disgust to tenderness and
understanding.
Commendations should also go to John Green as
Beneatha's African boyfriend, and to 12-year-old
Michael Jackson as Walter's son.
The show will continue its run through March 2.
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