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Editor's note: The [allowing edited jOllrnal was
wruten by Mimi Eby, '82, during her involvemenT
with the spring production of "Kennedy's Chit-
~ren," A dramatic arttpotittcot science/pre-law mator.
she plans to become a criminal lawyer
"Drama gives me The great advantage ~fteaming
To present myself publicly - as ill a courtroom or
ill politics," she explains of her double major, According
TOKen Gargaro, show director. "Mimi is a
dynamic swirl of individuality, enthusiasm and hOI1-
esry. She brought talent and commitment to the
show and joy fO our group effort."
Though Rona has been her biggest role. Mimi
ill 10.1'1 ill aCle~ "Peffer's People" fall and a direcung
scene last year. Politically she worked for
~tale Senator Thomas P. 0' Reiffy' s 1978 campaign,
interned with Congresswoman Marjorie S. Holt's
office during January Term 1979 and regularty
spends slimmers and breaks 011 a junior fellowship
working at the Pentagon as assistant 10 the budget
analyst for the Army.
When the curtains part and an audience settles
down to watch a polished version of a play, they
are o~ten unable to appreciate the time, effort and
emotional strain that goes into putting a show toget~er.
Ken Gargaro, the director of "Kennedy's
Children," has asked me to keep this journal. I will
have to bury m~self in a decade I only faintly remem~r
fr~m hl~tory classes, hot pants, and psyc~edeh.c
mini skirts my babysitters used to wear.
It s gomg to be a long trip before I really feel like a
true child of the 60's
* * *
~y character's name is Rona Baxter I am
ona Baxter. My parents were never meant for
each other. I was born in Niles, Calif., and lived
there for the first few meaningless years of my life
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