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...Rider" by Jeffrey Doran--one of the issue's two stories--is the most engaging inclusion in the magazine. Set in a rickety and failing Catskill resort, it presents in elaborate and fascinating detail a complex situation between two friends, one of whom has come to tell the other that he "had stolen his forever-possible girl." Doran lets the story tell itself, relying almost entirely on dialogue which captures the private humor of a close friendship and gives remarkably clear sketches of both individuals...
...difficulties in "Photograph" and the success of "Rider" pretty well take in the range of fluctuations within the entire issue--from the well-written but dull to the lively and engaging. But the magazine's infrequent lapses don't even take up much space, and most of the issue is an energetic presentation of basically interesting material. All of which suggests that the Advocate, despite its austere celebration of the Centennial, has not succumbed to the boring impotence of senility...
...Sigma Chis at Colorado State have invented a sweetheart of a sport. They call it "parachute riding," and it works like this: first a parachute is laid out on the ground with all the shroud lines straight; then it is harnessed to the rider, who stands, sits or stretches out on a flat piece of heavy cardboard. Helpers then lift the chute so that it can fill with wind-all the while chanting "Come and help, Gus!" (the name for springtime gusts in the Rockies)-and away the rider goes over the grass on his cardboard chariot at speeds...
...possibility that the chute might actually take off, taking the rider along with it, adds spice. That, in fact, is precisely what happened to Colorado State Junior John Junker three weeks ago. Gus helped too much, lofted Junker into a tree, fracturing an elbow...
...last week the Sigma Chis were right back at it, under the watchful eye of Senior Richard Delanoy, who has devised a safety measure for the sport. Four Sigma Chis line up downwind, like baseball outfielders; whenever Gus blows too strong and the rider seems on the verge of liftoff, the outfielders rush the chute and plunge headlong into it, thereby safely collapsing the nylon canopy. "It's exciting when you see that chute billow out and you begin to move," said A. G. Phillips at the end of his parachute ride. "You feel that...