The Caravan, Vol. 60, No. 8

              Vol. 60, No.8
Monday, Dec. 10, 1979
POLL SCI. M.A. UPCOMING
lost. Political Science students will be able to obtain a masters in Political Science at AUC.
"This new program will include very interesting courses focusing on the contemporary problems of Egypt and the Middle East in general," said Dr. Tim Sullivan, chairman o'f the Mass Communication, Economics and Political Science Department, in an interview.
Dr. Sullivan explained that a Political Science M.A. was an old idea under study and preparation for a long time. "The Department had to think of ways to best utilize the university's limited re-
PLAY REVIEW
By Amal El-Araby
sources," he said.
Speaking of the existing Political Economy M.A., he said that it did not prove a great success and more than 100 students presented petitions asking for a pure Political Science M.A.
"As a result, the Department thought of cancelling the Political Economy Program and instead having a Political Science one, thus not causing the university any financial burdens," Dr. Sullivan said.
"I am optimistic that the High Board will accept this new program, expecially that all the professors of the Mass Communication, Economics
and Political Science Department have agreed to it," Dr. Sullivan said.
Dr. Tim Sul 1ivan
AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS
This season's AUC theater production of Shakespeares' Twelfth Night presented last week at the New Theater is an unqualified success. The hearty and unabashed enthusiasm of the preview audience clearly demonstrated that as it always should be with Shakespeare- "the play's the thing."
Psychologists see Shakespeare's comedies as oblique commentaries on love and probably clues to his own enigmatic love life - but bolstered over by all the vigor of Elizabethan wit, force, bawdiness and comic portroyal.
In Twelfth Night we are shown how love may come suddenly into one's life in the form of a total stranger or in the form of someone near and taken for granted who suddenly appears in a different perspective - in this
case a useful young man suddenly becomes a girl.
But the burden of the comedy is borne by two of the funniest characters ever created by Shakespeare or anyone else - Sir Toby Belch, acted in this production by Tarek Nakhla and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, acted by Ramez Elias, and a main part of the evening success is due to them along with their off- and - on accomplice Feste (Jerome Farrell, whose vigor and vitality more than compensate for any lack of subtlety in his concept and execution).
The feminine leads were one and all a complete delight-the ambiguous beauty of Heddy Sorour -as both Viola
and Cesario; the authority and assurance of Naomi Turner as the Countess; and the energetic comedy of Colette
Dery as her lady in waiting.
The Malvolio of George Zarubin deserves special notice as an excellent portroyal of this famous character, as do the excellent diction, stage presence, and nuance expressed by Youssef El Guindi as Duke of 11lyria.
But with this production one doesn't know where to end. Among the lesser roles all of which were delightfully performed. I feel I must mention Mahmoud El Sheikh as a police officer who somehow manages to project an Egyptian traffic policeman more authentic than the real thing.
In the finest Elizabethan Tradition, Professor Woodman makes maximum use of a minimum of stage property with unabashed scene changing before
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ROBERT GENE PIPPIN
Robert Gene Pippin, former lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, died of lung cancer in the United States on December 1, 1979.
Mr. Pippin was born in Oklahoma on February 19,
1923. He received a B.A. with highest honors from Columbia University in 1947, and an M.A. with highest honours from the University of California at Berkeley in 1953.
Mr. Pippin came to AUC in from Pierce College in Greece in the fall of 1965, and was a member of the faculty for almost fifteen years. He resigned his position for health reasons last summer.
Although he passed his doctoral courses and exams with distinction, Mr. Pippin never received his Ph.O. Berkeley's seven year time limit passed before he submitted his lengthy doctoral dissertation on Shakespeare. "He just couldn't bring himself to say 'I'm satisfied with it.' That's the way he was," recalled Or. Doris Shoukri.
When he was not engaged in work on his numerous research interests- particularly Shakespeare, art history, and aesthetics in general-Mr. Pippin was a prolific poet. "But he would never allow them to be published,'* Or. Shoukri noted, "he was an intensely private person."
"He had a very intricate and interesting mind," Dr. John Rodenbeck said, "and he is still remembered for this by his generation. He knew Allen Ginsburg, Jack Ker-
ouac--- and he still has a
following at Berkeley. One time when he went back, there was a crowd there to greet him. 'Welcome Pippin', the signs said. 'Pippin Lives'."
He was buried in Kansas on Dec. 5. He is survived by his widow. Karma Pippin, a writer.
Robert Gene Pippin