New Code Process Questioned Critics Charge Summer Activities Unethical and Exclusionary

BY GREG PARKER AND GENE KRAss

I N APRIL OF 1995, THE Board of Regents of the Univer­sity of Michigan commissioned

the Office of Student Affairs to re­write the interim Statement of Stu­dent RighbJ and Respons:ibilities. The regents mandated that the new docu­ment be presented at the October regent's meeting, which meant that much of work would have to be done over the summer.

Student Assembly President Flint Wainess, Students' Civil Liberties Watch Chair Pamela Short, and Stu­

gone into the drafting process was obtained in primarily closed meet­ings to which various student groups

To many, this was the first of a series of exclusionary practices sur­rounding the design of a new State­ment of Student Rights and Respon­sibilities (SSRR), otherwise known as the Code. Critics, including the Michi­gan Student Assembly (MSA), which pI:lsaed a Code-related resolution this past summer, contend that construct-

dent Rights Commission (SRC) Chair Anne Marie Ellison to assist in the process. Rather than fol­lowing these directions, Hartford then selected four people, all employed by her office, to rewrite the Code. Two of them were graduate students who worked with Hart­ford during the reign of the old Code; a third, the daughter of a U-M vi~ president, is not and has never been a U- M stu~ dent Of the students the Last AprH, students rallied to defeat the Code.

ing a new code in the summer pre­vented students from overseeing the process. Without a fully active stu­dent press and student government, they maintain, and with a significant portion of the student body away from campus , students' rights may have been overlooked.

Even the students who the re­gents originaly intended to be part of the design p:rocess were ~unned from participation. The regents delegated the process of revising the Code to Vice-President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford. In addition, the regents specifically named Michigan

regents originally named to the de­sign process, only Ellison was involved in the early stages.

In early June, Wainess, Short, former SRC Chair Vince Keenan -an uninvited, albeit relevant three­some - were denied access to one of the early meetings. The Code group stated that Wainess and Short would be contacted "later" in the process, and Code group supervisor Mary Lou Antieau told Ellison that they were an unnecessary addition to the workgroup because they would sim­ply duplicate Ellison's opinion.

The resultant group then spent much of the summer collecting stu­dent input Any input that might have

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were invited to share their opinions. The group stated that it would seek more widespread student input fol­lowing the completion of the revision. "'Ihat's how our last code was written, and the results were less than scien­tific, and not exactly successful," Ellison stated, expressing her displea­sure with this process.

There are other problems with the writing of the new Code as well. First, those students proffered as "stu­dent representatives" in the process are unelected and unaccountable to the student body. Furthermore, they are on the payroll of the University. Second, Mary Lou Antieau, the judi­cial advisor who in charge of enforcing the interim Code, has assumed the role of supervising the writing of the new policy.

Finally, and most ftmdamentally, the administration remains hostile to any students' rights voice. "'Th.e office and its employees often characterize any vocal, anti-code student leaders as having a political agenda," Ellison stated. "If caring about student rights is a political agenda, I would hope

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that we all have one." Events in the summer reached a

sort of climax when Ellison left the Code group. At one point, Ellison in­formed Antieau that she would no longer attend closed meetings. A week later, Ellison was told that her posi­tion was terminated because she bad "quit." However, she had never re­signed. The Office of Student Affairs interpreted her decision not to attend closed meetings as a submittal of res­ignation.

The group, now more commonly called the "workgroup," has expanded to six people - three graduate stu­dents and three undergraduate stu­dents. It has continued to gather in­formation from student groups in a closed meeting setting. The workgroup has established an e-mail address, and plans two meetings open to all students in the very near future.

Ellison's departure from the offi­cial Code workgroup does not mean she is inactive in developing a new code. The Student Rights ColD.lPis­sion plans on developing an alternate code to that of the Code workgroup's version. She predicts that the alter­nate Code will be more compatible with students' rights.

All of these activities will come to a head at the October regents' meet­ing, where the workgroup will present the new Code to the regents. Students wishing to get involved in the Code process have a few options. They may participate by attending the student group's mass meeting on September 13 in the Koessler Library of the Michi­gan League. Another strategy is to get involved with another campus or­ganization that will strive to influ­ence the Code development process -the Students' Civil Liberties Watch,

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o SERPENT'S TOOTH As wrual, it rained on the first day of Festifall this year. causing the out­door event 00 be postponed. In related news, Mother Nature has been charged under the Code for "endan­gering the mission of the University."

Shortly after the University chose to use vacant fraternity houses as tem­porary dorms due to the large enroll­ing claBs, one student alleged that he had been hazed by the University. Upon later examination, it was found that his dorm food had not been poi­soned after all, and charges were dropped, Commented the student, "I'd never seen green chicken before. I just got scared. "

'This 8\JIIlJ.'D8r, Roea Perot invited many politiciarut in his home state, in order 00 indoctrinate them into the United We Stand cult. Many younger Repub­lican candidates were shocked to find that, in order to win their elections, they needed to bow before Perot and touch their heade to the floor. When asked about this practioe, Perot sim­ply said, "It's simple capitalism. I wrote a check for $50,000 and bought their aouls."

A recent study showed that colleges and universities acroea the nation are dropping the SAT and ACJr exams from their entranCe requirements. One insider revealed that the exams would soon be replaced with a 20 question truelfalse exam conoerning the O.J. Simt>aon trial.

President Clinton made another sum­mer political venture :n3Celltly when he unveiled a program to cum under­age smoking. 'Ihe program might now be dropped by the administration, af­ter Clinton went downoown and found that it was craclt, and not cigarettes after all, tluit the kide were smoking. That evening, Clinton was narrowly saved from public embarrassment, when. just before unveiling his new program to illegalize cocaine, one of his aides informed him that it was, in fact, already illegal.

Recently, Michael Jackson :released his collection album, HIStory. On the cover is a four story tall statue of the King of Pop. Geez, talk about a mid­life crisis ... most men can deal with it by simply buying a sports car.

In sports news, Mike Tyson won his first prize fight after being released from prison, earning about $25 mil-

lion. When the people from Disneyland asked him, "Well, Mike, where are you going 00 go now?" Mike responded, "Back to prison. It was the best busi­ness move rve ever made."

'lhe summer saw the release ofWm­dows '95, a new operating system promising to make computers faster and easier to use. In related news, Microsoft has announced a plan to buy Congress. Due out in the Spring is Congress '95, which claims to make Congress faster and easier to use.

You may have noticed. the large, ro­tating cube in front of the Fleming Building, but you may be wondering what its there for. Few people know this, but the actual purpose is 00 main· tain cosmic alignment. If the Cube is aligned in the wrong manner, it can supposedly make everything th&ad­ministratidb' does go wrong. &ome believe this has already happened.

In a rare move to 8Upport the spaoe program, Republicans in Congress launched a new probe into deep space, carrying the text of their "Contract with America" onboard to give extra­ten:estrials a glimpse ofth.e way things are on Earth. A few days later, the probe came back:m.arlted "RETURN TO SENDER" Apparently, even space aliens aren't ignorant enough 00 sign a contract with members of the Re­publican Parly.

Engineers have probably notioed that North Campus has even more con­struction sites now than it did last year. Supposedly, one of them is for the new Bell Tower. However, don't be fooled. It's actually being used to recreate the monolith from 2001: A Space OdyaBey. Said the administra­tion, "All these students are ours. We will. use them for pleasure, we will use them for money. We will use them oogether."

In response to the U-M's success in its deal on athletic equipment with Nike, the Greek associations have an­nounced that J . Crew will officially be 8Upplying all clothing to fraternities and sororities. In addition, Molson Ice is now the official beer of the University of Michigan.

Before the U-M vs. Dlinois game at Champaign last week, lllinois coach Lou Tepper boasted that he wanted 00 play Michigan twioe during each sea­son, because his team could use an-

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FIJI CAlT1C: Ryan PoII~ As many of you know, the U-M worlte UUSlRATOR: Brian O'KMf. hard 00 maintain political correctness. UTERARY CAlT1C: BII Ahrent One issue we feel strongly about is the I-------------~ chauvinistic standard that literature STAfF: Devorah Ad_, Chrll Barrel, Geoff Brown, b 'tte b h In Pit Eab., Nltalle Pearce, Rodeln Rlhblr, lIeghln

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the Serpent's Tooth suggests that a 1---------------1 series of poetry :readings by campus animals be given. We asked a duck for a comment, but all she would say was, "QUACK! QUACK!"

At the recent Women's COnferenoe in China, much time was spent discuss­ing the meanings and usage of words that were disagreeable 00 representa­tives, including "mother" and "fam­ily." We think. that perbaps some time should also be. spent on the meanings of":relevanoe" and "priorities."

EDITOR EMERnus: NItII JMIiIon PUBUSHEEIS EMERITI: Aalon SteeImIn, Eric I.MIon

The ~ RIrie. II an ildependent. bHweektf IlU­del1-fUll j<unaI CI ctassIcaI bra! and IIbeRarIen opIricrI althe lkWerdy CI fdcI9n. we ,.lhIrlOlclnor ~ rronewy dOnalions from the Unlverdy CI MIchQIn. and have no mpect !of anyone thal doe&. We do. however, "** I\aI Bob Pacawood .a dol, and thal Newt GinIJIch InIetlia "Joke.' In addIion, Scooby 000. a peay bolls show. ConlliWb'ls 10 the Afch/gAn Rorleware tax­~ lIMIer Sedion 501 (el(S) Clthe InIemaI Rev· erg Code. The RI'IiIw. rQ alilialed wWl any poIIcal party or wwersMy pollical ~

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foreign investors for profit.

8. Tum North Campus inoo a living exhibit of architectural/ construction methode.

7. Put billboards on the sides of buildi:ngs to hide renovation, sell space 00 credit card companies.

6. Replace MCard with American Express. Even it gets accepted at more locations.

5. Make deal to paint Bell Tower like a giant 'Ii.mex wristwatch.

4. Turn Fishbowl into automobile dealership, and sell Jeep Chero­kees to sorority girls.

3. Flood stadium and fill with trout. Sell fishing licenses.

2. Charge a toll 00 walk through West Engineering Arch. Fine the solicitors with the coupon books.

1. Convert the Diag inoo a parking lot. Convert the Grad into a drive­in classroom.

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Goin' To Graceland BY GREG PARKER

T HE GREAT AMERICAN Road Trip. This fabled Ameri­can institution is perhaps as

old as America herself Pick a destina­tion or just drive - it's said that the journey is better than the destination.

I embarked on the Great Ameri­can Road Trip this summer and got the best of both worlds: the destina­tion was the American pop culture mecca of Graceland; the journey a myriad of small towns, farms, and mile after mile of flat, 95 degree, 95 mph, W'l-e.irconditioned terrain.

We drove 1400 milee in all - scme would say exactly 1400 miles too many to see 15 foot long couchee, the jungle room, and other cheezy Graceland staples. But those 1400 milee encom­passed seven different states, each with a distinct culture - from the Mississippi River barge-influenced New Madrid, Missouri, to the N~gra Falla-eaque atmosphere of Cave City, Kentucky. We passed through three separate cities named "Bowling Green," one of which had a lawn trac­tor pull (from stock to wildly modified) to celebrate the city's annual "'Set­tlers' Festival." A resident informed me that it was her cousin's husband who was driving one of the tractors, and it was this cousin's Bon who won the pedal tractnr pull.

Why does it always seem that people outside your community are always friendlier than those inside your community? When we were only a few hours outside of Graceland, a family in a Lincoln pulled beside us and noticed we were headed to Graceland (a fact that seemed pretty hard to miss considering the three foot long "Goin' to Graceland" sign I taped to the rear window). They asked us if we knew where we were going, and the next thing I knew we were following these strangers into Mem-phis. .

Heading back to Michigan, I ob­served a minivan struggling to keep up with US in light traffic - it pulled up beside us and motioned for me to roll down my window. When I finally deciphered what the lady yelling at me was saying, I discovered that she had seen my "Polish and Proud" sticker (and prototypical Polish eagle) that I display on my driver side rear window. She asked. me if I am Polish - 8Ol't of an odd question to ask when driving 70 mph in light traffic - and I nodded and gave her the "thumbs-

Th.U wed'e column W<J8 gholtt written by Elvu Pruley. Greg Parler never came bacl from. Gracel4nd.

up" sign. She waved back and I smiled about the incident all the way back to Michigan.

After tracing the Mississippi River to Memphis we took the obliga­tory Graceland walking tour, com­plete with personalized headphones through which we learned important Elvis facta like the time Elvis went on

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a meatloafbinge and ate meatloaf for something like six months straight ­or when Elvisuied to practice ~ • tial arts at the bottom of the grand staircase near the front door of Graceland.

Of courae, Graceland is preserved in ita full late '5Oe-early '60s gran­deur, chock-full of goodies like the billiards room with pleated paisley­like fabric on the walls and ceiling or the infamous bar with blue and yel­low vinyl and three televisions. You see, Elvis liked to watch all three networks at once, just like President Johnson.

The tour concludes with Elvis's grave. I still get the chills when I see even the toughest Harley Davidson men in leather tear up when they come to the King's grave. You can't help but feel bad for Elvis, or even more 80 for the people to whom he meant so much. I watched a docu­mentary about Graceland on PBS once, and one lady put it best: "'!here are three Kings in heaven now - my husband, Elvis, and Je8U8 Christ."

But what I find most shocking about the whole Graceland experi­ence is the simple fact that Elvis's name is spelled wrong on his grave­stone. Elvis was born Elvis Aron Presley, but his gravestone contains an elTOr in his middle name, spelling it "Aaron" instead. This might be the W'lderstatement of the century, but to misspell Elvis Presley's name is a pretty big mistake, to say the least. Elvis's father and mother are buried next to him, and a marker pays trib­ute to Elvis's little-known twin brother who died while very young.

After the obligatory Graceland walking tour came the obligatory visit to the unofficial Graceland souvenir

It's Gonna Be Fun shops. I heard people complain about "sprawl" before, and I've seen com­munities go up in arms about strip malls, but I can assure them that their situation is relatively trivial com­pared to what I saw in Memphis -not only a strip mall with one Elvis souvenir store, but an entire strip mall of Elvis souvenir stores, four in all. And they all had the same stuff, save the one that 801d "Love Me Ten­der" shampoo/conditioner. The same key chains, place mats, spoons, shot glasses, airbrushed t'r-iiliirts, buttons, and socks - you name it, these four shops had it. The only thing I didn't see was an Elvis air freshener. Too bad - I would have bought it in a second.

I wish I could've been alive to see Elvis in his prime "Hunka Hunka Bmnin' Love" days. It's nearly impos­sible to understand Elvis's widespread worldwide popularity. Whatever he touched turned to gold - or plati­num, in the case of his numerous platinum records. Elvis mounted a full frontal attack on all forms of me­dia in his generation: there were Elvis movie8, Elvis records, Elvia on Ed

SuUivan, Elvis on tour, Elvis in maga­zines. Elvis had country hits, Elvis had rock and roll hits, Elvis could dance.

Elvis also gave people hope. He was the small town boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, who made it big. He gave dreamers hope and substantiated people's faith in the American Dream. This points to the irony in Elvis's nickname - the King. To many he was the second coming of the Mes­siah. To me, however, he's just one cool rock. and roll cat.

The best thing about this road trip is that it was 80 uniquely Ameri­can. In fact, it's American to the cheeziest, utmost degree. Not to say that things wr-American are not good; it's just that once and a while I think it's theraputic to delve into Ameri­cana, to become part of Americana. It's the American notion of "getting away from it all"; it's the American notion of hitting the open road; it was a pi.lgrimage to the great metaphor of the American Dream - Graceland. So go to Graceland, and pick me up a bottle of "Love Me Tender" shampoo - mine's almost empty. Ml

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Toward a Minimal Code

T HE SEEMINGLY ETERNAL TRIBULATIONS OF FORMULATING A conduct code with which everyone will agree have taken several more exciting twists during the summer. Juat before most students left town

in the spring, the Board of Regents voted not to implement the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities as a permanent policy, but rather to allow of group of students to rewrite the Code. While this may seem like a victory, albeit a small one, for the rights of students, subsequent events and the attitudes ofboth the administration and the regents have shown that the Code opponents were right all along - it is impossible to <nate an all-enoompassing code of conduct that is fair, equitable, and does not tnunple upon the rights of studentS.

The actions of the adminjstration and regents during the summer show that they are Btill not aincere in their desire to enact a code formulated with substantive student input. One major problem is the arrogance of the regents. They esaentially have said that if the group of students, hired by the Office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs to work on the Code, does not produce a eatisfactory (according to the regents) version by October, the regents will write one themselvea, without any input from the students. Such a code will undoubtedly be more restrictive than anything that the student group could produce.

Another affiont to the rights of students is the nature of the group that is worldng on a new code. 'lhis small group, working in conj\IDction with the Office of Student AfIBirs, has been. given the task of producing a new code, supposedly to provide true student input to the proceedings, but the major problem is that this group of student "representatives" is not at all a0e6untable to the studep.t body. They were not elected by students, nor were they appointed by the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA), or any other student group. They were hired by the Office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs and are paid by the University for working on a code. This is a conflict of interest at best. The University, in order to gain "student input" into a new code, has hired a select group of students. The ad.m.inistration should be condemned for its unbelievable arrogance and downright deceit in this affair . .

Compounding this problem is the fact that this obscure group of paid students has been meeting secretly. Outsiders who have attempted to attend work sessions of this group have been told that meetings are not open to the public. One member, MSA Student Rights COmmission Chair Anne Marie Ellison, baa quit the group in protest of the dandestihe nature of the proceedings. The way that the University has "included" students in the process is yet another example of the administration's disregard for students. The events of the summer were just a cynical ploy to pull a falJt.-.one on the students.

Though it ta preferable that the U-M respect the rights of students by ceasing its dogmatic effort to enact a code of conduct, perhaps the most realistic option for the time being is to ensure that the inevitable new code is minimal in nature. That is, it should do nothing more than comply with the federal mandate requiring all federally-funded institutes of higher education to implement policies concerning alcohol and drug abuse as well as sexual assault. A new code that extends beyond what is required. by the federal government is simply not acceptable.

Ideally, the goyemm.ent should not blackmail or coerce the University into instituting such policiee, but given the U-M'a dependence on federal grants, it baa little choice but to give in and implement the mandatory policies. It is not, however, required to posae88 an all-encompassing code that tnunples on free speech rights, treats students like children, and subjects them to double jeopardy, punishing them again for things that are already under court jurisdiction. Including theee provisions in a code is little more than an attempt to control the lives of students, something which has no place in a supposedly liberal institution of higher leaming.

Sin<:e the regents already have asaerted that there will be a code, the only thing to do in the short term is to write a code that mjnimally satisfies the federal mandates. which stipulate that there must be some kind of policy. It could simply read: "'!he University's policy on drug and alcohol use and sexual harassment is to let the judicial system handle it," or words to that effect. With such a minimal policy, it does not really matter who drafts it. 'Ihe adm.inistration could write it, the regents and students could vote whether or not to approve it, if only to insure that it limita itBelfto complying with the federal mandates and nothing more. With such a policy in place, the federal government would be satisfied, the administration and regents would have a "code," and the rights of studenta would remain intact. Mt

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Stock Car Racing and Personal Freedom

ON AUGUST 10, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) proposed several new regulations ostensibly designed to 1im.it the number of children who smoke cigarettes. Some of the provisions of this

proposal include a ban on all outdoor tobacco advertising within 1,000 feet of schools, limiting virtually all advertising to black-and-white ~nly displays, prohibiting brand name sponsorship of sporting or entertainment events, and requiring the tobacco induatry to ftmd a $150 million public education campaign to prevent kids from smoking.

These proposals could have severe ramifications for all major professional sports, which rely heavily on tobacco advertising. Automobile racing, which has traditionally had very close ties with the tobacco industry, will be especially hurt by the new regulations. This controversial move has already drawn the ire of the drivers and owners of the National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR), whose showcase series, the Winston Cup, is sponsored by the RJ Reynolds tobacco company. They believe, and rightly so, that the government is overstepping its bounds by prohibiting the advertisement of a legal product. The actions of the Clinton administration in this situation are a prime example of the an-oganoe of the president and the decadee-old problem of the federal government acting with hostility against the rights of individuals and corporations.

While there is still some question as to the precise risk that cigarettes and tobacco products pose to the health of the individual, most of the medical profession agrees that smoking cigarettes has the potential to lead to serioua health problems such as cancer and emphysema, as well as other minor problems such as gum and tooth disease and bad breath. Additionally, snioking by pregnant women has been shown to contribute to birth defects and low birth weight. Recently, studiee have shoW!! that "seoond--hand" smoke poees significant danger to those merely in the same room as someone who is smoking.

Despite these health risks associated with tobacco, it i8 a legal product. Individuals have the right to choose whether or not to submit themselves to . these risks. Yet, the federal government has been attempting to systematically regulate tobacco and tobaoco products out of the market. These latest regulations are merely the latest step in the government's march against the freedom of the American public to make its own decisions. '!he attempt by the government to juatify this censorship by claiming that it is aimed at protecting children is simply a political ploy to aid in its approval. After all, who wouldn't want to "protect" children from all these dangers? Yet the fact remains that·these latest regulations are simply another case of the federal government drastically overstepping its bounds. Mt ~NaU! Jamison

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The Quote of the Day BY MOHAN KRISHNAN

M ANY WRITERS LIKE TO begin their columns with quotes from famous novels,

sometimes even in Latin. Or, some­times, they end their columns with quotes. Either way, it seems as iftbey hope to catch the wave, to somehow share in the greatnes8 of the words spoken or written by someone else.

We praise these erudite people for their intellectual nature, because they know who Machiavelli is and have heard ofhle writing. Typically, when one analyzes their articles, one finds that they are summaries of other people'8 comments, completely lack­ing in innovative content. Worse yet, upon further examination, these are summaries and quotations of the most famous of passages - phrases that are the philosophical equivalent of bumper stickers.

We've Blipped. into this pattern of putting writers on pedestals - that is, claiming that Shakespeare and Milton were such great poets that one must analyze their work as if it is perfect. Modern poetry, by contrast,

is seen as some feeble attempt that pales in comparison.

Not only is this repulsive on reli­gious grounds, this idolization of mere men and women, it is repulsive on intellectual grounds as well, for it suggests that such great thought has occurred in the past that modern thought is a waste of time. It suggests that the greatest goal to which we can aspire is the melI1orization of the words that the claasical philosophers and writers had to say.

I always get a kick out of those people who get a fond, prosaic look on their face, as they recite the words they've memorized from some famous work cipoetry. It is a line such as, "To be, or not to be," taken out of context and misunderstood, but which they believe has some supeinatural power, like a mantl'a or incantation that can tum lead into gold.

For a long time, this attitude went hand in hand with the teaching of literature, even well beyond the days of the oral tradition, when it was neces.sary to preserve the spoken word. Students would not even try to interpret the texts that their teachers distributed to them - even though the very process inevitably creates something new - much less take pen to paper, or fingers to keys, and try to create art.

Mohan memorized Dickens and goes around saying, '"It waa the best of times, it waa the worst of times ... ,.

This is not to suggest that the works of other authors, both ancient and contemporary, are without use; on the contrary, they are well worth

it means that, whether or not you've read the great Greek philosophers, and whether or not you know what a Marxist Existentialist Hegelian is, you

reading. The time spent memo- r------------------, rizing and quoting, however, is wasted when one could create and invent instead. It especially is wasted considering that most of the time, when one memo­rizes a phrase from a poem or novel or story, they remember the words and rarely remember the content. Some popular quotes have been so well--memo­rized. that no one even remem­bers the author or the work, just the words, and even their context and meaning are noth­ing but far-away memories.

'Ihis is where I differ from T si with the aid of Ja the camp of these wo gents conver ng VI

pseudointe11ectuals the most, and this will probably be able to understand is the crux of what I find wrong with tJli.s column. It also means that the that way of thinking. 'lbey would like contents of it will be useless to you to foster discussi~ of great thoughts -' unle88 you think about them on your that otllere have had hundreds of years - own. I suppose you could just repeat ago. I want to foster discussion of my arguments verbatim and pretend great thoughts tluit are happening in like they're yours, and try to impre88 our own minds, as we speak. people in a coffee shop with them,

since most of them will fail to realize they are receiving criticism, but what's the point in that?

I guess this makes me an icono­clast of sorts. I want to break down your stereotypes of what is important and what is not, of what intellectual­ism is and what an intellectual dis­cussion is. In general, people seem to have these preset assumptions about writing and thinking, just like people a88ume that the man in a business suit is a successful professional and the man in a t-shirt and jeans works in a factory. '!hese assumptions are a part of society, and everyone has them. In this column rd like to help destroy those concerning intellectuals.

I call this column the "Informa­tion SuperStopsign" because it de­scribes the struggle which is charac­teristic of our generation. We are in­undated by a glut of pre-written works and ideas, and we are forget­ting how to think.. We flow along with the stream. of data that 8UlTOunds us, and we need to stop and remember that we are not inferior, incapable, or in any other way barred from the world of philosophical insight. Ml

Pseudointellectualism is the kind of thing that takes place in coffee shops or any other place where one can converse in the midst of a crowd. Typically, it occurs in conversations that seem twice as loud and boister­ous as any other conversations :nearl>y, as if the participants want not only to impress each other, but to impress passers-by as well.

You won't find any of that stuff in this column, in as much as that is possible. You will find attitudes and convictions, the things that come to my mind, and that I consider my own

This is not to say that a writer should plagiarize other works; rather, if citations are necessary, a writer should use them minimally rather than letting an impressive stack of references replace the article. Good writing isn't about impressing read­ers. It's about confronting them, and

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Government. 'Provokes Mistrust BY BENJAMIN KEPPLE

M ANY PEOPLE TODAY, especially our elected lead­ers in government, have for..

gotten what is poeeibly the most im· pc:riant principe upm. whidl our great nation was founded: the right of the individual to live his life and manage biB affain without the preaence of an overbearing government managing them for him.

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cxmsider it a problem. when police pJant evidence to solve cases (this practice was exposed recently in a couple of ~r cities). I consider it a very seri­ous problem when federal judges are overstepping their task of interpret­ingthelaw.

To go on and repeat more 0ccur­

rences like these

cosmetics, the essential truth is that the American people are being gov­erned by bureaucracy instead ofthem.­selves. What has resulted from this? It has led to the mass implementation of stifling regulation, a society that fears instead ofrespects the govern­ment, people becoming less hopeful

is unnecessary, for many are widely known. But the problem is quite appar­ent: the govern­ment is getting

If the government would assume its proper role of protecting individual rights from infringement, people would trust it instead of fear it.

reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire­anne, and the Department of Educa­tion. As we have seen all too clearly, the actions of these agencies - and others - are executed with zeal, in the attempt to Protect Society From Itself, and that dire results and ooca­sionalloss of life may follow. If these agencies were to have their activities curtailed or even abolished, then maybe things would run better, things would cost less, our schools would improve, and ninety more people will not die when the A'IF decides to storm another compound.

I realize that government is nec­essary to protect the innocent, pro­vide justice, guard the nation against internatJ.onal communism and terr0r­ists and whatnot. 'l1lis is 8PiffY keen with me. But there is a great deal that is not spiffy keen with me, with which I have some eerious problema.

involved, when ·111 ___________________ r' In some sense, the way in which the government runs is very similar to the way the University deals with

It is wrong fbr the government to tell someone that he cannot fill in a pond on his bmd becaU8e it is a part of a federally designated "wetland" (whatever that is). I consider it a problem when federal agents and p0-lice rely on tipst.el'B to the point upon which they simply shoot firat, and then ask queet.iona later, usuallyaf­ter the media publicize the case. I

in a perfect world it would not get involved. and it is becoming corrupt and hostile as well.

What I dQn't understand is why people don't make more of a noise about this. Historians will study this time period and laugh at the people who did not ~ that they wereih chains. Whilt we have become i&a nation ruled by bureaucracy. The names change at the top and factions move in and out, but regardless of tile

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It does not take a professor to is too oven-eaching. We want the Uni· . figure this out. One can glean this versity to stay out of our lives, and we , information from mere observation. think it should not care about what

Ask yourself nbw: do you really trust we do with our time as long as we pay the government? Do your friends? Do our tuition on time. People hold this you feel )'Our taxes are going to a good same attitude concerning the govern-purpose? Have your experiences with ment itself: civil servants been good or bad? Do Now, wouldn't it be nice if we you like the fact that government - could get a nice, /w,ppy middle ground other people who do not even kJ;tow " here? Say, like those nice services you - can and do tell you whatto do government provides, but without the with your life? micromanagement. I think that

I believe there is a time in which people will be happy - well. at least . community rights take precedence less unhappy - to pay their taxes to overthoeeofthe individual, when one a beneficial government that governs submits people to grave danger per- for and by the people, and not one that haps, but to say to a person who owns places strict regu1ations on them need-land that he cannot fill in biB pond or lessly. If the government would as-'cut a tree because it might hurl the sume its proper role of protecting in-"environment" is reprehensible. To dividual rights from infringement, say to businesses that they have to people would trust it instead of fear it pay their employees so much an hour I thlnk that this is not only a positive is not for the government to dictate. change, but a necessary one as well. Possibly most outrageous is the con- I do not mean to preach that the cept of eminent domain, in which the government is the root of all evil, and government will simply take the prop- I do not want to see it abolished. What erty from its owner, "compensating" I do want to see is the government act him later, c1aimingthat sodetyneeds responsibly and work for us, not in-it for a civil engineering project. The volve itself in matters not applicable list goes on, crossing every aspect of to the protection of individual rights. life, from the way schools are run to It is not right fur one person to be able the way the roads are built. to regulate the conduct of another

Worse yet, the government in- person aelong as that conduct does sists that things be done its way, or no not inteIfere with the rights of others. way at all. A very good example of this So, the question is, why are we is the executive order signed by Presi- letting the government do this? We dent Clinton that prohibits the fed- need to realize that everyone has the era! government from signing con- right to his own choice of religion, tracts with companies that perma- that everyone has the right to his own nently replace striking workers, even choice of lifestyle. People have the though 8uch replacement8 are now right to live their lives the way they perfectly legal. This typical act of ex- want, without the government saying ecutive stupidity by our Fearless "Not" America has a Bill of Rights for Leader is mirrored in the everyday a reason. We need to exercise those actions of various intrusive govern- rights, and prevent the state from mental agencies, such as the National abridging them. We need to create a Labor Relations Board, the Environ- system capable of working for us -mental Protection Agency, the Bu- instead of against us - again. Ml

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College Football:, A Whole Lotta Fun BY PAT EsKEw

F OR ALL ANYONE CARED, it could have been Fresno State against the lllinois Cen­

ter for the Blind and happiness would have returned. No longer was an en­tire nation of sports fans subjected to watching Gary Gaetti teITorize Ameri­can League pitching or former Arena League players take center stage in the mockery of pre-6e8.son NFL foot­ball. College football , with all of its accompanying pageantry and appeal, tradition and flare, had finally reap­peared - salvation in pigskin.

It could have been a blowout, as the first game of the season tradition­ally is, and still pulses would have quickened throughout the country. The blood would pump harder in the veins of millions of sports fans who had become nauseated by professional athletes en masse and were ready for something different. Despite years of negative press about college athletes describing everything from rules in­fractions to playing SEGA in crack houses, the American sports fan was so angered by professional athletes griping about enonnous annual sala­ries and owners who expect fans to pay four dollars for nine ounces of watered down Busch Light, that he was willing to weepingly clutch a Georgetown sweatshirt and whisper, "John Thompson, I love you man." Or something like that.

Take the second game of the sea­son, for example. Here was a frighten­ingly impressive Ohio State squad essentially disemboiveling Boston Col­lege and yet people (as Nielsen rat­ings indicate) truly were interested in John Cooper's fourth quarter prac­tice-dummy team's ability to convert on long third down situations. But that was the second game of the sea­son, and it could not have been more second rate.

With that said, the Pigskin Clas­sic could have merely been excite­ment and happiness returning to the world from a hibernation that was way too long. But the wise Classic administrators brought the nation's premier collegiate athletic depart­ment along with 100,000 representa­tives of the nation's most extensive alumni association into the fold only to discover the Magic Kingdom that Anaheim could not provide. It was Michigan football, sans the marshmallows and vitality of the stu­dent section, here to rescue the down­trodden sports jl.mkies throughout the world.

The stage was set as tailgaters filled up the Big House and Brent

Musberger and Dick Vermeilloos­ened up for a four hour romp t.bXough inept broadcasting. In fact, those two, along with the Wolverines play for the first 47 minutes of the game, were the only forgettable aspects of the day. Vermeil proved to be unintelli­gible , unfocused, and stupid, which

his home in Topeka, Kansas, was feel­ing something grab him., and it wasn't just the Naugahyde couch on his na­ked back. It was college football ex­citement 'The people who had watched. Baseball Night in America for months were given a new emotion: genuine interest in watching a sporting event.

still put him head and shoulders above his col­league. For those of you who don't already know, Brent Musbe:rger is the worst sports broadcaster alive, and that is really saying something when you realize Ronald Reagan and Joe Garagiola haven't bitten it yet. True to form, Musberger picked his favorites before the game. This time, obvi-ously having done no College football is aImoIt .. exciting as lawn bowling. pre-game analysis, on his own, he Ed Davis scored on a hard-nosed pointed out a true ~hman, Clarence • carry at the beginning of the fourth Williams, saying, "'!here's my boy. quarter. Suddenly, it was becoming Watch out for nlllD.her 33 today folks; interesting, though, with an eleven-he could be a dandy." point deficit and nine minutes to go,

La ter, when Tshimanga no one was waking up Gramps in the Biakabutuka went down with a shoul- Lazy-Boy. Soon, this changed too. der injury, Musberger was overcome Dreisbach was slowly gaining his with glee. "Folks, here comes number sea legs (52 attempts don't hurt.) He 33," Brent said. He was wrong, again. found Mercury Hayes on two big Had he any sense of the way college passes, setting up the Davis touch-athletics or football in general work, down. Now, on this second drive of the he would have Wlderstood that a true last quarter, he hit Mercury flying freshman who is fifth on the depth like his namesake down the left side-chart has as much chance of getting line. Toudldown! Wake up Gramps -substantial playing time as a clueless, here come the Wolverines! way-past--his-prime broadcaster like The defense had perl'ormed admi-himself. rably despite a few gaffs. Jarrett Irons

Meanwhile, a game was taking was a wall, and the secondary was place. Watching the Wolverines play playing zone a little tighter than last the first three quarters against VIr-ginia made me wonder what was be-

year. Then again, every Pop Warner team in the country plays tighter zone than the Wolverines did last year. Then, back from the dead, came the prevent.

VIrginia was marching again and eating up lots of clock doing so. Fi­nally though, the Michigan defense strengthened, forcing VIrginia to punt Michigan ball, first down on the twenty, 80 yards to go in two and a half minutes, and everyone in the stadium started holding his breath. Then there were four seconds and 15 yards to go and everyone was blue in the face.

It took one pass. One pass and justice was returned to the world, at least for a while. Than.k.s were due. Thanks to 'lYrone Butterfield for -"pur­posely" dropping an ill-advised pass to the middle of the field which would have ended the game. 'Thanks to Mer­cury Hayes for doing what, as he said in his own words, he is "paid to do." 'Thanks to the fans who did their best to drown out Brent Musberger's last incoherent words. Thanks for the greatest comeback in Michigan foot­ball history.

With one pass the entire 1995 baseball season, all the press confer­ences held by Michael Jordan since the playoffs finished, and professional athletes of all stripes instantly van­ished, if only for one glorious moment. And in that moment, college football, represented by the Michigan Wolver­ines, took over the role from which it had been absent since Nebraska won the national championship in last years Orange Bowl. Once again, col­lege football was on TV at every Joey Bag O'Doughnuts' house in America, and life was good. Ml.

ing said in the huddles. Maybe the team. was discussing the likelihood of Ross Perot's presidential aspirations, or perhaps arguing about whether the M Card was worth it.

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All this is to say that the Wolver­ines looked bad against a completely overmatched VIrginia squad. Then, as 1he crowd and Venneil began chan~ ing Brian Griese's name in unison, Dreisbach and Irons engineered a comeback for the ages. In the College Football '95 issue of Sports IUustrated, TIm Layden mentions the surge of attention that teams with minimal football heritage, like VIrginia, are receiving. "'!he new tradition gets you on ESPN some Saturday morning," Layden writes, "then you lose to Michi­gan and you're gone." Here were the Wolverines out to prove him right.

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The Case Against Nativism BY AARoN STul..MAN

T HERE IS NO ISSUE 'roDAY more widely debated than America'8 role in the world.

Centntl to that iaaue are America's trade and immigration policies.

On the right, you have the re­emergence of an ugly nativism that views all thinga non-American - or, more precisely, non-Anglo - aa be­ing degenerate and ru1turally deatruo­tive. As a reault, Pat BuchAnAD, N~ tionaJ &view, and othera have en­dOl"8ed a five-year moratorium on all immigratioo -legal and illegal. Many on the right haVe also betrayed the principles of fNe and liberal tzade -principlee they claim to bold 80 dear - via their continued inaietence on subaidizing many domestic industrlea, a8 well aa their defense of harmful tarlft8 on foreign goods entering the United. Statea . .

On the left, while )'OU will find few who would publicly endorse the idea of ending all jmmigration, a Bimilar mentality is at work: namely, that the state, acting in the name oftbe "na­tional interest." baa a fundamental right to restrict man's mobility. And on the issue of trade, the left - hav­ing been in the back pocket of trade unions for the better part of this cen-

tury - is vehemently opposed. to the very idea ofliberalized trade.

It i8 a frightening situation for claaaicalliberala .

'Ibankfully, there is a loud and principled voice for freedom that baa arisen to counter the arguments of the statists on the left and the right: The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF). FO\Bl.ded in 1989, FFFs goal is to present "an l.UlOOJD.promising moral, philosophical, and economic case for individual freedom, private property, and limited government." With this end in mind, the Foundation baa re­cently published three books on top­ics of interest to all libertarians: The Dalwers of Socialized Medicine, which chronicled the folly and immorality of nationalized health care systems throughout the world; Separating School and State, which presented a brilliant argument for the abolition, not the reformation, of government schools; and, most recently, The ~ for Free Trv.tltt GM Immigration (FFF, 143 PCJIJe8), a collection of 2'"3 essays - most-of which originally appeared in FFFs monthly publica­tion Freedom Daily.

Unlike moet ~ed proponents of open borders who argue for rela­tively minor changes in trade and immigration policiea on the basis that

their proposals have been proven to be "empirically" sound for the United States, 'the authors collected in this book make the principled case for the complete repeal of all trade and immi­gration restrictions.

While this may appear to be a foolhardy policy position to the vari­ous wonks and technocrats who ad-

torium on immigration is somehow considered to be a respectable posi­tion to take. while unfortunately, but not surprisingly - given the tactics advanced by most '1>ro-immigration experta" - a call for completely open borders iI viewed as being outside the bounds of rational debate. The battle­ground is no longer level - a fact that

.-----------------. won't change until more radical voices in favor of the liberaliza­tion of trade and immigration policiea are heard; voice. such as thiabook.

The Case for Free Trade and Immigration is a resounding an­swer tn the critics ofliberal tl'ade and immigration policies. As the authors compiled in this book have stated. the United. States isn't fundamentally distin­guished by its "culture" - as many right-wing opponents of

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vance their empirical argument. with little interest of the greater iaaue at hand, it is indeed just the opposite. For it is not only the morally coITeCt position to take, it is also the position libertarians nuuI take in order to win the battle - especially consideriiig the current state of affairs. .

As it now stands, the Buchsnanite position in favor of a cOmplete mora~:

by the principles that are embodied in the Declaration of Independence: in­dividual ~m, limited government, and peace. By advocating further lim­its on man's mobility and his ability to trade peacefully, opponents of free trade and immigration are desecrat­ing these principles and, in the pro­cess, undermining America's real cul­ture: th~c CQltur8 of .&eedom. Ml .

Blast-off with Apollo 13 BY BILL AHmI:Ns

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I N APRIL OF 1970, THE United. States space program found itaelf in the unique posi­

tion in that it had been effectively swept away from the forefront ofpub­lie consciowmeea. With the goo! of the

oxygen tank had ruptured, damaging many of the ship's systems. Without some ingenuity on their part and on the part of the engineers at mission control, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haiae, and Jack Swigert would quickly become the first Americans to lose their lives in space.

Apollo program clearly ,...---------, Apollo 18, (Sllhouette, 418 pp) co-authored. by mission commander Jim Lovell and Jef­frey Kluger, is a bril­liant accoUnt of that mission and the tre­mendous effort that went into assuring that the spaoemrlt re­turned safely to earth. 'This book, pre­viously titled L08t Moon: The PeriwlUl VOY08e of Apolw 13,

reached leas than a year earlier, the fervor and excitement that haa ac­companied the ~ty of the Mercury and Gemini mission. had vanished. The commit­ment which president Kennedy had made had been achieved, and flights to and from the moon were quickly be­coming "business as usual.- Unfortunately, the Apollo 13 miaeion waa anything but "busi­neea as usual. .. Fifty-five

~ to 1M moon - NOTt was the inspiration for the incredibly suc-

hours into the miaaion, as the fragile spacecraft hurtled towards the moon, an explosion crippled the ship. Al­though no one knew it at the time, an

cessful film. of the ~ summer, which was directed by Ron Howard and staITed. Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell. Understandably, the book is able to

delve more deeply into Lovell's life, including details of previous missions of which he was a part and life expe­riences which steered. him towards the space program. In this way, the biographical nature is ultimately more satisfying than the more detached Il8lT8tive which the film used to tell the same story. In addition, the book is also able to include many of the more technical aspecta of the mission which the film could simply not al­ways acknowledge. Although these details can become a bit tedious at times, in the end the reader has a greater knowledge of what is actually happening, and consequently better appreciates the enormous odds which were beaten to ensure the safe return of the crew.

Most importantly, Lovell subtly uses the book to point out some of the many problems which inevitably plague an administration like NASA '!'he evolution of the near disaster is traced all the way back to the manu­fuctmer, and the intricate parte oftbe command module which eventually led to the explosion are carefully dis­sected. Apollo 13, unlike the film, is not an entirely a feel--good venture. Lovell attacks the policies which led to the deaths of three of his fellow astronauts in the Apollo llauncb. pad fire and allowed a flawed spacecraft to fly. It is his experience and knowl­edge of both the politics at NASA and the action in the spacecraft which make separate this great book from merely a good film. Hi

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@ :rilm How I Spent My; Summer Vacation

BY RYAN P08LY

I AM SITTING AT MY LI'ITLE desk with a built-in shelf, listen­ing to some smart-ass kid telling

us about all the exotic locations he had visited. A tight-lipped girl talks about how much money she helped raise for the local animal shelter, A pre-pubescent frat boy rambles on about how many pool parties he had for his highly selective clique of friends. Suddenly the over-energetic woman at the front of the room turns to me: "That leaves just you, Ryan. How did you spend your summer va­cation?"

Yea, this is the first day of school Pick a grade, it doesn't matter, My answer was always the same: a reluc­tant, "At the movies ..... Of course, this answer never satisfied the teach­ers of my youth, or my peers for that matter. "How can a kid spend his entire summer vacation at the mov­ies?" they asked. Well, I obviously didn't spend my entire vacation "at the movies," but it seemed to consti­tute the majority of my social activi­ties. There is not much else to do in a relatively small town whose only op­tions for excitement are bowling, the movies, and later, field parties. And my habits haven't changed.

nus summer proved to be no dif­ferent. It was a healthy summer at the box office, although it left few memorable films behind. The movie season got started with a bang in the form of two high-budget action pic­tures: Crim80n 'Ilde and Die Hard With a Vengeance , These types of movies have to be taken with a grain of salt, They are what they are, and one shouldn't expect much artistry or original themes when they enter the theater. rYe always loved big--budget Hollywood action flicks solely for this reason: escapism, pure and simple.

People who overly criticize these types offi.l:.tns, who need to pick apart every last detail and find all the flaws, and who only see them as immoral pop-culture garbage, really need to lighten up. There are no pretenses with most Hollywood "garbage." Be­sides, big-budget star-driven movies are the bread and butter of the Ameri­can cinema. If it weren't for these high-grossers, Hollywood studios wouldn't have any extra money to make the smaller films that usually receive more praise. And for all those nit-pickers out there, rm truly soITY that you cannot grasp the concept of suspension of disbelief I take pity on you.

Both CriTn80n '!'Uk and Die Hard With a Vengeance were good at what

they set out to do. Crim8(m Tick even had decent acting and a moralistic theme. It was more psychological than physical action, but by the last third of movie, I was psychologically ex­hausted. I just wanted'it to end, but instead the plot kept going full circle, over and over again.

is one shot in the film. that is most memorable, and ironically it is of Clint. The close-up of him standing in the rain, his hair soaked to his forehead, and desperate sorrow in his eyes brought a tear to my eye. If only I enjoyed being depressed ...

Despite all its hype and anti-

for Hugh Grant's run-in with the law, which some film critics have asininely not been able to leave out of their reviews of tJris movie.

Clueless was the other comedy I dragged myself to in July. Some crit­ics have had nothing but fabulous things to say about it, and although it was sometimes funny, I don't see the genius in it. True, it allows teenagers the opportunity to laugh at them­selves, but I don't think that that's really a problem with most young people today. I know I laugh at myself everyday.

The next film I saw was by far the best of the summer. I wasn't expecting much when I entered the theater showing Braveheo.rt, but by the time the dosing credits started roll­ing, I was sitting silent in my seat, emotionally drained. Mel Gibson surprised me. I knew he was talented, both as an actor (Hamlet) and a director (The Man Without a Face), but I never imagined he could be so brilliant. Sure, there are moments, even

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Finally, at the end of the summer, a couple of very good independent films were released. Both are still running and are very much worth seeing. The first, Kid8, is a shocking portraitofa small group of inner city youth. Filmed in cinema verite style so as to resemble a documentary, it describes an extreme group of teenag­ers on the fringe of society, 'Th borrow a now-cliched phrase about this film, it may turn some stomachs, but it won't turn any heads (away from the oc:reen, that is),

whole scenes, in Braveheart that are unnecessary and cumbersome. But in a th.ree--hour epic,""one tends to ignore them. Exceptional cinematography (the final shot of.the torture table invokes pure emotion), fine acting, and the most ironically beautiful battle scenes ever filmed combine to make Braveheo.rt my early favorite for movie of the year.

Unfortunately, it was all down­hill from there. The EnglUJhman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain was a forgettable disap­pointment, especially in the way that Hugh Grant, whom I enjoy, has be­gun to typecast himself

There isn't one good thing I can say about Johnny Mnemonic except that rm sure Warn.er Bros. enjoyed a nice refund from their insurance com­pany after their sets fur Blade Runner were blatantly ripped off.

Congo and Batman Forever are another pair of those movies that you must take as they are. Congo, how­ever, was even less than it tried to be (it's about time Michael Crichton ex­perienced a poor cinematic transla­tion), and Batman Forever was a little more. Joel Schumacher completely transformed the Batman films' style into what I consider a campier, friend­liernoir.

For a romantic interlude in the midst of all these action/adventure pictures, I attended the tenibly de­pressing The Bridges of Madi80n County, during which we are sup­posed to accept (and enjoy watching) a 65 year old Clint Eastwood playa romantic lead. The film. itself was enjoyable enough, despite the hor­rible casting and the distracting and annoying flashforwards to Meryl Streep's present-day children. There

climactic build-up, Apollo 13 turned out to be a very good movie. With'Thm Hanks in the lead and Ron Howard at

- the helm, the movie couldn't go wrong. The authentic feel of everything, the pragmatic tension, and understated performances by Ed Ranis and Gary Sinise helped to make it an enjoyable film, not to mention one of this summer's only blockbusters (along with Pocahontas and Batman For­ever).

The rest of the summer consisted mainly of mediocre action pictures that were, at best, good entertain­ment (Under Siege 2), and at worst, an example of just how desperate some Ameriams are for cheap thrills (Judge Dredd). Among the better of these were Desperado, summarized simply as a helluva good time, and Waterworld. Despite a bathetic con­clusion and an interesting resem­blance to George Miller's The Road Warrior, Waterworld entranced me with its design and its main charac­ter, who at least in the beginning, is not the typical action hero. First Knight, The Net and VirtuOBity were, at best, forgettable,

In the comedy category, Nine Months was simple and touchy-feely, and certainly had its moments. It will unfortunately be remembered only

The final film I saw this summer was one of my favorites, The Usual Suspects. A tight, fast-paced, noirish mystery-thriller, The U8ual Suspects begins with a fantastic ensemble cast, adds a heist-gone-awry starting point, and takes offfrom there. I was enveloped immediately into the story, and it left me guessing until the final shot.

Although not the best summer for movies, 1995 certainly left an indel­ible mark on me. Braveheart will prob­ably stay on my 'Thp-Ten list for years to come, and I discovered a valuable lesson: the independent, low-budget films that are the hardest to find are usually the films that are most worth the wait.

So for all the other film nuts out there who can't seem to stay away from the darkened theater for more than a week, never be ashamed to tell the whole world how you spent your summer vacation - and when you're all famous directors some day, never cast a 65 year-old man in a romantic lead. Ml

Next week in LIVING ARTS: -A brand-new jazz columnist -More film

-More classical -More music

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BY FIONA RosE "M USIC FOR THE Italians," French com-poser Hector Berlioz

once complained, "is a sensual plea­sure and nothing more. For this noble expression of the mind they have ~y more re- r-, -------,

tpect than for the art of cook· ing. 'Ibey want

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a plate of macaroni, can be a88i.mi­laflKl immediately without their bav­inI to think about it, or even to pay attention to it." Wf!Il'e Berlioz to at­tend Cecilia Bartoli's September 29 Ann Arbor recital, however, hie opin­ion of the Italian tradition might change. Attendeea hoping to wheedle out either an aftinity for pasta or a tnice of alootbeea will be disappointed.

For renowned mezzo-eoprano BartOO, sinpi the music ofher coun· trymen is her forte and is, by her own

FU>na Ro&e u a IIOphomore in LSA. Tlau u the fiT'tlt appearance of her clastricaJ mlUic column in the Review.

admjBSion, where she is "at home." As the University Musical Society ush­ers ita 1~1996 season with Bartoli and pianist Steven Blier in perfor· m.aIlCe at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbar's music community will have the op­portunity to witness the Italian art­istry that has been her passport to 8UCCe88. With a perfectly focused, pre­cise, and colorful voice, Bartoli has won international praise since win­ning the role of RoBina in Roeaini's II barbiere di Siviglia as a young singer in Milan. Two years into a profes­sional career that has brought her to stages from Salzburg to Glasgow to Houston, Bartoli flourishes in both song recitals and major opera pr0duc­tions. Perhaps most impOrtantly, her etill-developing voice shows no signs of wilting.

Attendees at the opening night , recital will be trea~ to a diverse;; program of both French and Italian composers. Berlioz himself is on the list ofrepertC)fre, as Bartoli givea us Zaide. 1he first oftbe French Roman· tic composers,'Berlioz was a musical genius whose gift for creating tonal power and color brought a new di·

Free Classical Concerts!

The University of Michigan School of Music regularly offers concerts and recitals of high-caliber performance and talent, and with diverse repertoire and genre. Best of all, these programs are typically free and open to the public. So, if 10ur budget won't permit you to snag a $55 ticket to the Israel Philhannonic Orchestra (April 18 at Hill), you am still eI:\ioy quality classics at no oost. Bonus.

Coming up in September:

17 Sunday: MM Recital Mary Halbeisen, organ, Hill Auditorium 4pm

18 Monday: Guest Master class Keiko Abe, marimba, McIntosh Theatre 8pm

24 Sunday: Faculty Recital Andrew Jennings, violin; Anton Nel, piano Complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Program 1 Recital Hall (School of Music) 4 pm

30 Saturday: MM Recital Erika Caston, piano, Recital Hall8pm

mension to the symphony orchestra. Personally, his quick temper and bra­zenness did not go unnoticed. Schumann criticized his colleague for "... not try(ing) to be pleasing and elegant. What he hates, he grasps fiercely by the hair; what he love8, he alm08t crushes in his fervor. It

Bartoli WIt too much for thIa mueIcian

At the other extreme, Italian Gioacchino Rossini's Bokro, L't;Jridte de tancienne, and Orph.eliM de Tyrol, among others, bring an easygoing showiness to the stage. Roasini'8 pen­chant for melodic adventure made his opera the :rage of 19th century Italian opera. By the age of twenty-~me, he was world-famous for churning out such spirited work such a8 La. Scala di Seta, 1l Signor BrU8C~!po; .. .. .

L'Italiana in Algeri, and La Cenerentola. So evident was his gift for writing infectuous melodies that Rossini once bragged he could "set a laundry list to music." Exasperated seJ..t:.decreed "Serious" composers saw Rossini a8 a happy-go-lucky, unaf· fected virtuoso. Indeed, Richard Wagner concluded that with Rossini "the real life history of opera comes to an end," for drama is "swept away" and the performer is allotted flashy genius as the primary task.

1be program is rounded out with works by Bizet, Delibes (a favorite of late-19th century powerhouse com­poser Piotr Tchaikovaky), Ravel, and Vl8.l'dot. For those unable to obtain tick.eta for this now-sold out perfor. mance, Bartoli can be heard on com­pact disc on the Decca label - includ­ing a two-disc set of Rossini's La CenerentoIa (from which she will sing the Rondo at Hill). Whether live or ascribed to electronics, Cecilia Bartoli's voice carries such rhythm and musicality so as to cast aside criticisma of "unthinkingness" and bring us the fine tradition of Italians singing Italians' music. m

1/2 Price ClassicalTix " 1be University Musical Society's (UMS) half-price ticket sale for students

will happen this Saturday, September 16, from lOam - 1pm at Hill Audito­rium. Excellent seats to most of the UMS's 1995-1996 season are still available; the concert guide and season outline can be picked up at the box office in Burton Tower (next to the Modern Languages Building). Payment for the half-price ticketa may be made by cash, check. VISA, or MasterCard, and must be accompanied by student ID. For more information, contact the UMS Box Office at 764-2538 (open lOam - 6pm M-F, lOam - Ipm Saturdays). Mt

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! MIt Isn't Easy Being a Music Editor BY DREW PETERS

I HAVE NOW ENTERED MY fourth year of writing music for the Michigan Review. Let me tell

you, it is getting old. Every other wook. I try to find

good albums to review, good bands to interview, and good shows to pre­view. For a few reasons, this is actu­ally harder than it seems.

First of all, labels won't always send me the albums I want. Everyone buys the R.E.M. album, why would WQlner Brothers waste the two bucks sending it to some dork music writer at a tiny paper in Ann Arbor?

The albuma I do get generally suck pretty bad. Have you ever no­ticed how much death-metal is fes­tering away in the bowels ofW82oo Records? 'That was all mine.

Lately, I have tried very hard to avoid lame, three-paragraph album reviews that I have printed before. Usually, that means that I need an interview. Many bands don't do inter­views, and many of the bands that do should seriously consider stopping. I have lots of interview tapes filled with a bunch of"uh. .. I don't know"'s from Wf'Jf!fZnr, the cranbenies, Live and tons of others. Let me know if you ever want to hear tlrem,

Many bands won't say anything that might offend their label, their producer, or other bands. When I asked Sergio Vega from Quicksand what he thought about toW'lllates the Offspring he said, "Uh .. . I haven't really heard them." Yup.

And then l' have to please the labels. If I don't write positive reviews of their bands, they won't send me anything else. It makes it hard to be on the good side of major labels that are consistently serving up a platter of musical f~s.

When it comes down to it, I really like being the music editor for the Michigan Review. I would never have heard some of my favorite bands (the Dambuilders, Echobelly, Fuzzy) if I wasn't. I have had the chance to talk. with a lot of rock and roll stars, and rake in lots of free CDs. I'm just get­ting a little burnt out on some of the responsibilities.

"Yeah, so what's your point?" you ask. First of all, don't get saucy with me, I'm a music editor/writer and I don't need a point. Really, I'm just trying to tell you that I am going to try really hard to do a little more than your standard album reviews this year. Then again, I always tell myself

De{ Leppard'1J Hysteria u still a regu­lar selection in Drew'1I stereo.

that this semester I am going to try reaUy hard to get a 4.0.

Anyway, there are no bands worth writing about for this issue. '!be Rev­erend Horton Heat is coming to De­troit on Sunday, September 17 but I already did a big piece on them last year. Soul Coughing is coming to the Blind Pig on Wednesday, September 20 but they are crappy.

I NSTEAD I AM GOING TO tell you about some of the rock and roll shows I went to this

summer. I'll also show you some pic­tures I took. Why? Because I feel like it.

I saw Rex at the Blind Pig in the beginning of May. Even though Rex features ex-members of Codeine, not too many people were there. But it was refreshing to stand and watch the band without a bunch of people sweating all over me. Of course, the night wasn't pe}fect: I ate a bunch of the o~ted Blind Pig poprom and, thanks to my financial status, had to drink out of the 'bathroom sink. Re­gardless, Rex's anti~ctic, mel­ancholy 80ngs are a great relief from the popular quiet verselloud chorus fonnula filling the air-waves.

'!bey may not be one of the hip­pest bands to like, but Faith No More is one of my favorites. When I was fifeteen, my friend and I went to one of those autograph-eigning things at Harmony House to meet Faith No More. This was a few weeks before "Epic" was everybody's favorite song, so no one was there. Not to say that I was cool or anything - I think that

Sonic Youth', Thurston Moore

Def Leppard's Hysteria was still on my home stereo rotation. Anyway, I was in total awe of vocalist/freak Midtael Patton, and he actually talAed to me and ~ned my CD cover.

So here it is, two albums and an EP later, and they still rock me. You probably didn't hear too much about their recent album, King For A Day,

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Fool For A Lifetime. They, like Ned's Atomic Dustbin, were one of those first alternabands that were a little bit too rooted in cheese-rock to stay cool.

But they, like White Zombie, have tapped into the the baggy pants wear­ing kids who like Smashing Pump­kins as well as the black t-ehirt wear­ing kids who like Slayer. '!bat means big $$$, and their May show at the State Theatre in Detroit was pretty packed. Although they played the new rockers, namely "Ricochet," as well as all of the old faves, like "Mid-Life Crisis" and "We Care A Lot", Michael Patton was unusually tame, rarely interacting with the crowd. Damn! He didn't even wear his "Remember kids: Satan loves you!" shirt. I guess he flatulated into the microphone at a show a while ago. It would be pretty hard to top that.

I think Lollapalooza has been pretty weak these last few years, but this year's has-been line-up sort of intrigued me, 80 I went to Lolla~ooza while I was out in Colorado.

Instead of enduring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' we-aren't-very­good-but-look-how-cooky-we-are shenanigans, I watched Doo Rag on the second stage. The "drummer" played on a box and some pails while the guitaristlvocalist sang through a vacuum cleaner device. The duo had an extremely weird but interesting take on rock and roll.

In fact, I watched most of the second stage acts. Possum Dixon played slightly noisy, slightly melodic upbeat rock and roll, making occa­sional use of an organ. Poster Chil-

dren played decent indie-rock that will probably never be catchy enough to sell records. Apparently they avoid memol1lble melodies to stay true to their punk-rockness. Although I sort of like the Poster Children, it prob­ably won't be too much longer until Warner Brothers wisely drops them. My only complaint with second stage headliner Coolio was that he had about a dozen too many people in his crew.

Ai! for the main stage, I really enjoyed Sinead (y Connor. Her beau­tiful "You Made Me The Thief of Your Heart" (Bono actually wrote it) from the soundtrnck for In the NaTTU! of The Father was the highlight of the entire evening. If you are a fan of Sinead, you'll want a copy of that song.

Cypress Hill was as energetic and potr-obsessed as you might expect . . Marijuana plants on stage, a giant bong ... boy, it was a fratboy's dream.

Other than that, Pavement's whole slacker hang-up put me to sloop, I have never liked Beck (and never will) and I missed the Jesus Lizard while I was standing in line for the restroom.

In fact, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed Lollapalooza's mainstage very much if I hadn't had a photo pass that enabled me to soo Courtney Love's nastiness up close and personal. Even better, Sonic Youth guitaristlvocalist Thurston Moore tried to hit me with his guitar. Wow. How punk rock!

Late in July, Love Battery graced the Shelter in Detroit. I could sit here and write about how great they are but, if you don't already know, you don't deserve to know. Eve's Plumb opened up. 'The band created some unmemorable india-rock while the female-vocalist oversang like Alanis Morissette. But unlike ole Alanis, the vocalist for Eve's Plumb isn't hard on the eyes, so I could actually tolerate them.

I really looked forward to seeing Quicksand, Civ and Seaweed as part of the Warped Tour. Since the show started at 1:30pm, and there were about a dozen or so bands and my favorite three were billed later in the day, I thought it would be safe to show up at 5:00. Boy, was I wrong - the bands played in an almost random order. I missed almost every good band (although I did catch two songs from Quicksand). I was left with the heinous L 7, the boring Tilt, and the average pop punkers Bracket. Guess who headlined the show even though Quicksand was the billed headliner. Local Detroit rockers Horse - why I do not know. Maybe it's because Horse features an ex-member of Sponge. What a great claim to fame. Ml -

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