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( nei 3it Thursday October 19, 1995 The Battalion I Ansel Adams weif't; the close view S. De: )ublica;. 'hails ffld pt :plei the i ethil Intimate Nature" offers a look at the photographer's less-famous works By Amy Uptmor The Battalion E ven when in black and white, a blooming flower, branches twisted in snow and water crashing against rocks can look real enough to reach out and touch — when seen in close view. Ansel Adams, one of the century’s most popular and influential photogra phers, follows such a philosophy in his exhibit, “Inti- "Adams is more famous for his heroic landscapes, but this is another facet of his work." —Catherine Hastedt curator of the Stark Gallery Amy Browning, Tnr Battalion The exhibit will be on display for the rest of the semester. mate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View,” which is now on display at the J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries in the MSC. Catherine Hastedt, curator of the Stark Gallery, said most people are not familiar with this side of the artist’s work. “Adams is more famous for his heroic landscapes, but this is another facet of his work,” Hastedt said. Adams’ heroic landscapes include such well-known photos as “Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, 1944,” “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941” and “Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, Ca., 1956.” Hastedt said the close-view pho tographs of natural elements were taken during Adam’s mural period, when he was commissioned by the government to photograph national parks. Although his landscape pictures from this project brought him fame, Hastedt said the pho tos on exhibit offer viewers a challenge, as well as pleasure. “They are lessons in design,” she said. “They’re beautiful, but at the same time, they are interesting as design prob lems.” John Watts, a senior accounting ma jor, said he was familiar with Adams’ work, but did not realize he also did close-view photography. Watts said the close-view pho- tographs add a new perspective to ordi nary elements of na ture. “It’s amazing what you can do with still life,” he said. “[The photos] bring out things people don’t notice about everyday life.” Close-view photography can bring many of the images to life, Watts said. “Some of them bring out sense and provoke images and sounds,” he said. “Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View” is on loan from the Cen ter for Creative Photography at the Uni versity of Arizona at Tucson. Most of the copyrights for his work are held by the center, to which Adams bequeathed many of his prints. The exhibit will run through Decem ber and is free. Hastedt said Ansel Adam’s name alone has been enough to draw people inside the gallery. “We had people coming by when we were setting up the exhibit wanting to see it,” she said. “He is a familiar name, so we figure it will be a popular exhibit.” Amy Browning, The Battalion Ansel Adams took still-life, close-view pictures while work ing on projects that called for landscape scenes. Lire Student teachers get chance turn the tables on education Chian? men fl contni ■of an? within i ry ofSf pn sen; Chian? ■y forh •eatmeti be avoi< irselN 1 otect f ivity.H; ally ac |: i to unit he nw st tSTD? ,he HeU lea. , w# Heather t*' lotham. ^ -hel Barr* , Usj Ni* 1 ' an, ErinH' Brown, ‘ & Ly* t jONISfi' t r ,nCallo* ;tes f 1 se Abl>ie A /ersity inl ' lines on* | iy TlJ . For tb' ! nal^ 1 kupnj: year a 1 * 1 ' fall an* is (excef 1 id da s! rexas**' By Amy Protas The Battalion A fter four or more years of attending other teachers’ lectures, some A&M stu dents get to turn the tables and teach. Dr. Cathleen Loving, director of field experience in the educa tion curriculum instruction de partment, said student teaching is the final experience in teach ing education. “The student teaching se mester is the culminating expe rience,” she said. “It’s a full time experience with a mentor teacher. They’re out there all day, everyday. They observe and slowly move to full respon sibility.” The mentor teacher aids the student teacher in developing their own teaching philosophy and style. The mentor teacher may also determine whether the semester will be a positive or negative one. Melissa Klutz, a senior ele mentary education major, said she was fortunate to get a sup portive teacher. “Your teacher can make or break it,” Klutz said. “You have to have one who is supportive. This is where you make up your mind.” Facing a room full of students for the first time can be an in timidating experience. The stu dents know the student teacher is just that — a student. Laurie Mounce, a senior spe cial education major, said she has proven she deserves respect and does not feel intimidated. “I showed I could handle it,” Mounce said. “The teacher saw my ideas would work even though I’m a student teacher. I felt very comfortable expressing my opinion.” A classroom full of students with diverse backgrounds can be an enlightening experience. Amy Bubela, a senior biology major, said interacting with the students opened her eyes to a whole other world. “The kids are very di verse,” Bubela said. “You grow up in this perfect world, and theirs is differ ent. The things they are going through are devas- tating. I’ve realized the town I was brought up in is very different.” Although student teachers are sent all over Texas, over half of the A&M student teachers prefer to teach locally. Bubela said teaching locally is her only option. “Most people go home and live with their parents,” Bubela said. "I can’t do that, and I can’t break my lease. I didn’t want to look Robyn Calloway, The Battalion a senior elementary education major, instructs a Brittany Rankin, second grade math class as part of her student teaching duties at Navarro Elementary school. for another town, because this is now my hometown.” Student teachers pay 12 hours of tuition. Local student teachers pay regular fees, and "I felt very comfortable ex pressing my opinion." — Laurie Mounce senior special education major distant students pay reduced fees. Loving said this is because students are required to pay fees regardless of whether their in struction is on or off campus. Klutz said student teachers should be payed like co-ops and interns. “If I even wanted a job, I couldn’t,” Klutz said. “I’m drained by the time I get home. I think you should get paid be cause you do exactly what the teacher does, and you take off some of their responsibility.” Despite the fact that there is no pay, studeht teachers say it is a good transition from college to the real world. Mounce said student teaching has shown her what she will be up against when she teaches on her own. “It gives you hands-on experi ence for what you’re going to en counter in the classroom,” Mounce said. “You don’t know what you’re going to face until you’re in the real-life situation.” Klutz said the students are what make the semester-long ex perience worth it. “I love the kids,” Klutz said. “Each is so individual and has their own personality. The key is discipline and to show that you love them.” Inkshed Press provides students with outlet for poetry and prose By Katharine Deaton The Battalion T hey read it, they write it and they publish it. Members of the Inkshed Press devote their time and energy to poetry and prose. The Inkshed Press branched off from the liter ary magazine, Witness, which was organized through the MSC. “We sort of evolved from Witness because of cen soring concerns,” said Chad White, a junior English major and poetry editor of the Inkshed FVess. The group holds weekly poetry readings, work shops and publishes a literary magazine, the Inkshed Press, with the works of A&M students. “Our primary goal is publication,” White said. White said that the magazine includes prose and poetry. To help students in their writing, weekly read ings and workshops are held. Poetry workshops are held every week and prose workshops are held sporadically. “The workshops are primarily peer critique,” White said. “We make multiple copies of people’s work, and it gets passed around, and people make comments.” The poetry readings are simpler. White said. “We read primarily student work, although some pre-published authors are read,” he said. The readings are held at several different places on campus. White said they are often held in Rumours in the MSC, and they plan to hold one in the Flagroom. White said that in the fu ture, the group hopes to hold readings at Dead Lazio’s on Northside. The group also attends off-campus readings and workshops such as the Austin International Poetry Festival and the Brazos Writers Conference. “We encourage the writers to take advantage of these conferences,” White said. “We’re trying to get together to go to the Brazos Writers Confer ence’s free session on Friday.” Writing poetry and prose is not a requirement for Inkshed Press, but it is the primary reason the group exists, White said. “We’ve had some members not write, but just work with managing the financial side of Inkshed Press,” White said. “We attract a diverse group of students. Just about every major is represented, but we’d like to have more majors like marketing and finance to help with our financial side.” White said the group had financial problems last year and was unable to publish anything. “We should be able to punish the magazine this year, and we’re calling for submissions on Monday,” he said. OPLE IN THE Shoney's looks for old-fashioned image NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Well, shucks. OF Andy Grif fith’s just a Shoney’s kinda guy. The Shoney’s chain, with restaurants in the South and the Midwest, has selected him as it spokesman. “His image on Mayberry and Matlock is very wholesome, very down to earth,” Greg Ka plan, the senior vice president of marketing for Shoney’s Inc., said on Wednesday. “He enjoys tremendous popularity and re spect as well as very high recognition among Shoney’s customers and non-customers alike.” The Boss stops at old stomping grounds ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — The Boss is back in town. Bruce Springsteen joined his proteges Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers for a hard-edged 100-minute set at The Stone Pony, the club where he started and where he drops back in oc casionally, usually unan nounced. They performed Springteen’s “Murder Incorporated’’ and “Light of Day,” along with Wil son Pickett’s “Mustang Sally” and Van Morrison’s “Brown- Eyed Girl.” Prince looks to become frogman COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prince has turned into a frogman. Crown Prince Frederik, 27, using the nom de guerre Pingo, is taking part in a military drill in hopes of becoming a member of the Danish Navy’s elite Frog men Corps, roughly comparable to the U.S. Navy Seals. Two hundred soldiers will spend a week trying to capture WS Frederik and four other would- be members of the corps on the island of Funen, the newspaper B.T. reported Wednesday. The five armed frogmen with camouflage-painted faces sneaked ashore early Tuesday, then vanished into the woods. McCartney's veggie- burgers recalled LONDON (AP) — Linda Mc Cartney’s vegetarian burgers: fat lot of good they’ll do you. McCartney’s beefless burgers were recalled Wednesday after a TV program analyzed batches and found a fat content of 20 percent to nearly 23 percent. The packages say the veg- gieburger has an 11.2 percent fat content. McCartney, a vegetarian who’s written a veggie cook book, was “very upset” and in sisted that the problem be cor rected immediately, her spokesman said.