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Feminists Stage Collectivist Rally BY

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HE STREETS OF ANN ARBOR echoed with the shouts and chants of hundreds of women Saturday night, April 9, as the fi.ft.eenth annual Take Back the Night Rally marched across the U-M campus. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Coalition Against Rape (AACAR), the march demanded an end to sexism and violence against women. The rally began at 6:30 p.m. outside Ann Arbor City Hall with Katie Pantalind playing music for the mostly female crowd of approximately 500. 'Then the rally officially got underway with a welcome from emcees Dawn Richberg, Christine Edgar, and Michelle Rodson who stated. the purpose of the march: 'Tor one evening eacll year in Ann Arbor, women stand united to proclaim that we will be safe, we will be

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March onlooker, Brian Smith, an South and West Quads chanting "Out engineering junior, watched the of the dorms and into the streets, Take women's-only march from the sideBack the Night!" Few dorm-dwellers walks. "I helped work on the ~ ] march, I helped to set it up, so .." fm just experiencing it the way I can," he said. As the marchers made their way past sorority and fraternity houses on Church, Hill, and Tappan streets, curious residents came outside to watch the rally. 'The ralliers specifically targeted fraternities because the AACAR feels that "fraternities promote and perpetuate rape culture, homophobia, and sexism." FraAndrea MorsettI offers a prayer to Artemis ternity members wa~g the . marchers declared th&sf'.atement both joined the rally, but nearly every winuntrue and unfair. dow had a curious observer peering out Claiming a lack of rape awareness at the throng of marching women. A education in residence hall orientation few hostile hecklers were heard screamprograms, the marchers also pa~ed by ing from their dorm windows, .

ing a young man who yelled, "Go to hell you militant feminists!" The march continued towards the Fleming Administration Building which, according to AACAR, "represents sexism, racism, and homophobia in academia and houses a power structure and individual administrators which are unresponsive to the needs of women and the issue of rape on campus." Perhaps the most effective and stirring part of the march was the "Silent Block" in which the marchers stopped chanting. The crowd of hundreds moving In absolute silence was a gripping show of support for victims ofrape and moved even the most cynical of observers. In a show of unity mar1ring the first year men were allowed to join women

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tion to the goddess Artemis as the ralliers joined her in prayer. Among the festivities was a brief ae1f:..defense workshop by the group Gentle World. Participants punched and kicked at the air enthusiastically while shouting a resonating chorus of "No!". The rally also featm'M the results of the "SAPAC Sexism in Advertising" contest. The "winner" was an ad that ran in the Michigan Daily for Scorekeepers Bar and Grill. Later that evening, when the marchers passed Scorekeeper's, they sang a chorus of boos that grew to a deafening magnitude. Patrons and employees at Scorekeeper's had no comment. The actual women's-only march began at approximately eight-thirty working its way down State Street and through the Diag. Over five hundred women chanted cheers BUch as "Women united, will never be defeated" as they made their way across campus.

Pending Lawsuits Against U-M BY STEPHEN HEssLER

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Regents of the University of Michigan have been involved in numerous high profile legal matters. From the annual Hash Bash litigation to the effort to protect the privacy of President Duderstadt's e-mail, the University of Michigan's attorneys have fought many well publicized courtroom battles. What often fails to gamer much notice, however, are the many obscure cases in which the U-M is involved. There are presently over 70 lawsuits filed either against or by the U-M Regents. Approximately half of these are grievances by disgruntled employees. Claims of wrongful dismissal and civil rights violations due to a variety of gender, race, and ethnicity disputes are most common. The majority of the suits filed by students stem from tu-

ition disputes and problema with establishing residency. Not to be overlooked, though, are the more interesting cases that typify the sad state of our legal system. The following was taken from the April report of the office of C'rtmeral Counsel of the U-M, Elsa Kircher Cole. These are just a few examples of the ongoing fight for justice in Ann Arbor. -Lynn Overdorfv. Regents ofU-M: Plaintiffis suing for wrongful discharge. Overdorf was fired for falsifying her expense account reports, specifically attempting to be reimbursed by the Medical Center, where she was employed, for a $200 airline ticket she had actually obtained through her frequent flier program. -Scott Arthur Harris v. U-M, Duderstadt, and Weidenbaeh: Plaintiff is a former student and member of the men's gymnastic team. In 1990, while

in Colorado at a meP.t, Harris and the team went sledding. Harris subsequently crashed into a tree, suffering serious head and facial injuries. Alleging that Robert Darden, the coach of the gymruurtics team, instrucred him to go down the hill, Harris claims "negligence by the U-M for failing to prevent accidents and limit the extracurricular activities of the team." Harris seeks damages, costs, and attorney's fees. -Genre Broque v. U-M: Plaintiff claims that she has earned a Baccalaureate of Science Degree in Registered Nursing and a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. Unfortunately, Broque seems to have lost her diplomas and would like the University to "reissue" these degrees. 'The problem arises from the fact that the Office of the Registrar has no record of Broque ever

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The Campus Affairs Journal of the University of Michigan "Hey, hey! Ho, hot The IRS has got to go."

In light of the success of the Take Back the Night rally, another rally comes to campus as straight men plan to hold the ~ver"Take Back the Restroom" rally outside Mason Hall next weekend. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton earned $100,000 on a $1,000 cattle..commodity investment during the late seventies. She wasn't lucky, she just had Bill eat their way to riches. Pass the fries.

After a month .ofl~gislative stalemate, the Japanese Parliament played a game 'o f basehall to ease factional tensions. President Clinton has suggested the same thing for Congress because Ted ·.Kennedy would hit a couple of home runs while Bob Packwood wouldn't even reach first base - well, maybe reach for it.

The Florida Senate recently passed a castration bill for twice-<:onvicted rapists. The criminals' last meal will be chop suey served to a rendition of Chopin preceding a ride in a chopper to the medical site. Allegedly, Lorena Bobbitt will be the head surgeon. 'The Detroit News quoted Roger Clinton, "I've really not stopped being a child a lot of times, so it's going to be fun to have someone to play Wml." Yet another genetic truth revealed. Both brothers love to play around.

Roseanne Arnold was quoted in the Detroit News saying, "I think the studies say that fifty percent of fat people have been abused. Being fat is a way to hide and be safe in your body." True enough. No one would. dream of touch~ ingyou.

Senator Bob Packwood stated, ''I'll be damned ifrm going to resign," because he refuses to be remembered as "some kind of sexual deviant." Don't worry. Instead, you'll be remembered as an idiot who kept a diary of your crim~s . ,-r---.r

White House Communications Diiector David Gergen said, "Money has not been a central motive in the Clintons' live$." Yet more evidence $at .Bill doesn't understarld ~co~omics . ," ..... .'

ASSISTANT EDITORS: Gene Krass, Greg Parker COPY EDITORS: Chris Barre~ Dean Bakopoulos MUSIC EDITORS: Chris Peters, Drew Peters CIRCULATION DIRECTOR: Paulo Uma FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR: Erik Schnurstein CARTOONIST: TellY Lorber STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Dan Krauss

Wilt Chamberlain, in describing basketball, said, "The game is different. They play above the basket so much better. But a lot of guys who played during my era played between the ears." Don't you lllean between the sheets, Wilt?

An Aeroflot plane crashed and killed

all 75 passengers because the pilot was showing two children how to fly. Wow! Those little plastic wings really do mean something.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Nate Jarrison PUBLISHER: Aaron Steelman CAMPUS AFFAIRS EDITOR: Rachel cardone MANAGING EDITOR: James A. Roberts, II FEATURES EDITOR: Eddie Amer ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Eric Larson

Tonya Harding was not invited to meet the president along with the U.s. Winter Olympians. Said Clinton, "She wasn't that good the first time." Cathy Guisewite will speak at the senior commencement this year. Some-

EDITORIAL STAFF: Robb AIey, Dave Bogue, Mke BlfllS, Kevin Costello, Frank Grabowski, Stephen Hessler, Chauncey Hitcticock, Shea Kammer, Mohan Krishnan, Nina Misuraca, Crusty Muncher, Nathan Mlrphy, Trent Reynolds, Peter Schweinsberg, Perry ~ EDfTOR...AT-lARGE: Tracy Robinson DWARF-AT-lARGE: Adam DeVore The Mehigan Review Is an Independent, bl-weekty studenl-rull journal at the UnivefSity d t.tchigan. We neKher solei nor ~ rooneIaIy 00natl00s Iran the UrWersly d Michigan, and have no respect for anyone that does. Contribl1ions to the Afehigan Review are tax-{jeductible under Section 501 (e)(3) d the lnIemal Reveooe Code. We . • .have .nQ respeCt for the lAS (or any Qher legitimate

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ing suit.

Farewell to the Michigan Review's Graduating Seniors

party or untiersity political group, or the electoral process in general.

In New Hampshire, a new adopt-~ cow program has been developed to combat automobile-<x>w collisions. The plan calls for reflective leggings to be placed on the cows. Bill Clinton still refuses to wear them.

Tracy Robinson, our slightly neurotic editor-at-large, has absolutely no clue what she will be doing once she graduates. She hopes to one day buy Ohio and oppress the peasantry. However, she currently lacks the $5 necessary to make the purchase.

Unsigned edtorials represent the opinion ~ the editorial board. Ergo, they are UnequNocabIy correct and just. You needn't attell1>l to dispf~e the logic that went into their formation, for you cannot. Signed articles and cartoons represent the opinions of the author and not necessarily those ~ the Review. The opinions presented In this publication are not necessarlty those 01 the advertisers or the University ~ Michigan. We welcome leiters and articles and encourage comments about the journal

Newsweek reported on some of Pete Rose's new food lines. Charlie Hustle Cheese Dip. Hit King Frozen Pizza. How about Gambler's Giblets or Penetentiary Potato Chips?

Jay D. MeNeill, our esteemed former executive editor, will be breaking numerous Securities and Exchange Comission laws after graduation. Ifhis Wall Street career doesn't work out, Jay will take an honorary position at the TImothy Leary School of Pharmacology. Eddie Arner, our revered features editor, will be living in the bars on Bourbon Street in New Orleans while attending Tulane Law School. His goal in life is to be crowned King of Mardi Gras or any small Caribbean nation. Brian "The Sin Machine" Schefke, our highly talented MTS meister and former contributing editor, will either be attending graduate school in cellular-molecular biology or continuing his promising career as male porn star, "Long Dong" Schefke. Chris Peters, our gifted music editor, has yet to find gainful employment. He hopes to marry both Shane and Sia Barbi and open a traditional Irish pub in rural Oklahoma featuring Christian Deathmetal bands.

Perry Thompson, our dedicated staffmember and ninja-in-training, has peIfected the art of invisibility. He has been offered a position in the CIA subverting South American governments.

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A college student from Massachusetts was arrested for accepting a ten-dollar bet that called for him to jump from a car and attack Barney the Dinosaur. One boy threatened to use a gun from home on the assailant and began singing, "I love you, you love me, I feel like a shooting spree .. ." Disgruntled teenage postal workers?

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Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, commited suicide with a shotgun last week. Jack Kevorkian allegedly said, "A tad too messy and very unimaginative. But overall, rd give him an 8.2 due to publicity."

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James Elek, our former Confer monitor, is finding out how utterly worthless his degree in physics is. We fully expect James to discover the universal answer just before he destroys all life on Earth.

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In Defense of the Absolute BY TRAcy RoBINSON

T SEEMS Af3 IF NOBODY IN aatdemia today believes in abso· lutes. From cultural relativism and deconstruction to historical revision· ism, truth is no longer taught as an unshakable foundation upon which everything is based. No society or politicalsyetem is better than any other, texts do not have a single and correct interpretation, and historical events are not recorded, but instead explained as perspectives open to interpretation. In my four yeaI'8 at this univeI'8ity I have witnessed many travesties of the educational non-absolute. During my freshman year I took History 165: U.S. History from 1865 to the Present, in which young minds are told that the most important overriding trend in

this a fair picture to present to stu· dents? How can an honest aatdemician present history as merely a conglomeration ofunfounded and unsuppported opinions? Another example of revisionism within the U-M history department which I have experienced took place this term. During lecture, one of my professoI'8 explained to those ofus who didn't know that the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin was not a totalitarian society. I'd like to see him tell that to the families of the millions that were wrongly imprisoned or executed during Stalin's purges. The only thing more disheartening than the professor's comment was the fact that no one ~ the class blinked an eye when the said it. My professor's comments are supposed to,be explained away by the fact

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that he believes ,history is~ot a series of .e events which can be ~wn as facta, but abUncb.ofpointsofviewwhichmustbe learned by considering Various "perspectives" of the truth. Unlike others, at least he thinks there is such a thing , a.(~leven· if believes i~ iaunknowable. At least he informed the class of his intellectual leanings, in· stead of leaving us to discover them for ourselves. Ifhistory is up for grabs, what good is there in studying it? It would be better for members of the academy to admit that its members don't believe in objective history and change the name of the department to the Department of Maybes and Personal Views on Past Experiences, Examples of non-absolutism like these occur every day at the University of Michigan and thousands of other atmpuses across the country. Comparative Literature classes here teach that non-Western literature and cultures are superior to Western monoliths that have dominated for centuries. Linguistics classes teach that words do not have inherent meaning, and that people can't really know what others are say- . ing. While in these classes professors carefully present previously oppressed "alternative approaches" to subJects, they often don't even attempt to explain other, mo~ traditional views in the field Instead ofbeing taught about a life based on reality, students learn Marxist critiques and deconstruction techniques. Is this really benefiting students? While many, conservatives and liberals alike, bemoan the pathetic state of undergraduate education today, few Tracy Robi1J8on is a senior in political realize the real atuse of its decline. science and edito~t-I4rge of the ReCertainly the fact that students get view.

suit of freedom, but rather the exploita. tion of minorities, immigrants, and women. According to the profesBOf an a\V8l'&-winning lecturer well-Imown for the amount of time he devotes to tmdergraduates - all great aCXXlIIlpliahments, from,tlle,lntillBtrial'RMoluticm: "': to the space age, were achieved mainly through the oppression of some group. To back up these assertions, the reading list for the class included a textbook (full ofleftist statements covering everything from the Robber Barons of Amerlatn business to the Decade of Greed known as the 1980s), a collection of essays by a well-known historical revisionist, and a couple of works of fiction. One of the activides in my discussion section was an exercise in which we analyzed political cartoons from the turn of the century which ridiculed U.S. imperialism against other races and nationalities. The ~sertions made in the class were stated 8S ,"one opinion held by many modem historians," and no alternate opinions (such as those of academics who believed that history was fact and not opinion) were represented From the ideological bent of the class, students who didn't know any better would think that the only worthwhile accomplishments in the U.S. in the last 130 yeaI'8 have been the ereation of the welfare state and the civil rights movement. The textbook bemoaned the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment and praised Geraldine FenuTO, but it failed to mention anything good to come out of Ronald Reagan's eight years as president. Is

little or no individual attention and the trend of universities striving more for dollars thltn for providing quality education are important, but they are not the whole story. The decline in higher eduattion in Ameriat can be traced to the undermining of the absolute in favor of the underrepresented or alternative theories of the humanities and social sciences. Proof is provided by the fact that the state of higher education is declining much more slowly in math and science; these disciplines must rely upon objective reality to exist. If a mathematician questioned the premise of 2+ 2=4, for example, he would get the wrong answer. Ifan engineer miscalculated, his bridge woUld fall down or his plane would IIot fly. If a chemist calibrated a reaction incorrectly; his reaction would not worlLScientistsmust rely on,absolutes to achieve their results; there is no, iUch thing as revisionist phyllics or deconstructive calculus. With the humanities and social sciences, the situation is much different. , Pro.fessors not only get paid to teach, .". but b, .-rite 88 well In order,to cxune up

with a new idea on an old subject, many resort to deconstructing the foundations of their own disciplines. '!his approach is difficult to understand; iffoun· dations are undennined, with what are we left? 'Th.e only way to combat the aggressive spread of the unreasoned nonabsolute is to question every suspicious-sounding premise a professor presents to you. If a teacher presents an unfounded accusation against something you know is true, ask for filets to back up the statement. When a professor says that language has no inherent meaning in itself" then ask on what basis you are able to understand what he is saying. And if you are con&onted with a claim that you know to be fBIse, don't be afraid to say no. Your edueation, as well as that of)'OQl" daMD'UI. Will be the better for it. )8 , '

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GREAT DEAL OF CONTROVERSY HAS SURROUNDED THE selection of this year's commencement speaker. Rackham student Dennis Denno initiated a campus-wide ~8CU8sion in January when he suggested the invitation of Dr. Jack. Kevorkian. The University of Michigan seemingly resolved the issue in late March when it invited cartoonist and U-M alumna Cathy Guiaewite to speak on April 30. The debate, however, has not subsided: A number of students are unsatisfied with the decision, and their reactions are justified. 'Throughout the entire process, the Honorary Degree Committee - a branch of the Board of Regents designated to select a speaker - failed to articulate a clear set of criteria in regard to its evaluations. When Denno offered his proposal, many on campus believed the suggestion to be a serious one; the committee, though, seemed flustered and unwilling to adopt a position either way. 'lb.is apparent lack of criteria is perhaps the most significant problem with the selection process. Commencement marks the transition from one's college experience to the rest of one's life. A ~ at this event, then, should be able to inspire stUdents as they this journey into "the real world." Past experience in public speaking is highly preferable, ifnot necessary. More importantly, a commencement speaker.must have an idea to profess that is relevant to the graduating class. On this aa»unt, the search committee's selection is quite dubious. Though one could argue that Guisewite presents important and relevant ideas in her cartoons, the fact remains that her experience in public speaking is lacking. In regards to a speech, ideas are of little value if one cannot effectively articulate them. By selecting someone with little speaking experience, the seafuh committee is gambllpg, and may ultimately short-cllange those at commencement. . One must remember that a commencement speaker, hi addition to addressing tM grad.Wl~. traditionally ~vea .a n hon9rary degree. An esteem,ed univtmrity like the U-M shoUld not award this degree frivo},oulsy, 1est the honor wilt beclome trivial. Only well respected individuals who have excelled in their respective fields and have established high recognition should earn such an accolade. It is essential that the Honorary Degree Committee take this into consideration. Concerning this criteria, Guisewite's credentials are again rather questionable. Though many may enjoy her comics, she has not attained the necessary recognition and achievement in her field that should be prerequisites for an honorary degree. 'lb.ie assertion became rather apparent after the search committee announced its selection, as many students reacted with the exclamation, "Cathy who!?" The students should hold some influence in the process of selecting a commence~nt speaker, and the committee should ultimately make its decision with the conberns and preferences of students in mind. Two students currently hold seats on the Honorary Degree Committee. Yet the proportion of faculty and administration representation is much higher, resulting in a dilution of student input. 'lb.is structure ignores the criterion of student approval; it is detrimental to graduating students, for the search committee's decision may be unpopular. Judging from various comments, letters, and discussions on campus, the students' reaction to the selection of Guisewite seems to be overwhelmingly negative. Due to this reaction, Edie Goldenberg, Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, recently wrote a letter to the Michigan Daily in defense of the selection. The past selections of President George Bush and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton did not prompt Goldenberg, or any other member of the faculty or administration, to write a letter ofjustification. 'The fact that she did so this year implicitly acknowledges student disapproval and is quite indicative of the selection. Though the search committee may have ignored much of the aforementioned criteria, it is quite clear that they did consider one particular standard. In her letter to the Daily, Goldenberg writes, "An LS&A commenrement is a time for celebration, a time for honoring the accomplishments of students and the accomplishments of LS&A alums." With this statement, Goldenberg implies that it was important to. the search commi~ that the speaker be a U-M alum. 'lb.is may be a nice gesture to those who have already graduated from the U-M; to those who are graduating, . though, the ahna mater of the speaker is irrelevant. As Goldenberg insists, it may be important to recognize the success ofU-M alumnae; this should not, however, sacrifice the high standards that should govern the speaker selection process. Having earned degrees from the U-M, graduating students deserve an appropriate commencement speaker - one who can inspire, one who is accomplished, and one with whom the students are pleased. Thus, it is essential that the Honorary Degree Committee consider this criteria while making their decision. Regrettably. it appears that this year the search committee rel~e4 their standards. Such a move shows a lack ofreapect for this year's graduates.

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Take Back The Word

IBERAL. MOST AMERICANS ASSOCIATE THIS WORD WITH SUCH . .• ····..'figuresas FDR,' ~!ICtmAe4l1 and.B~ Clintoll: ~~~.GeorgeBu8h. won ... the 1988 campaign by portraying Michael Dukakis as the biggest Hberal this side of Stalin. The question to ask concerns the accuracy of this label. Are the aforementioned really liberal, or have they just appropriated the term for political purposes? To answer this, one has to take an historical perspective and look at how the term has been used throughout its existence. From its inception through the early twentieth century, figures like FDR would have never garnered such a label. Instead, the term "socialist" would have been used to describe someone like FDR, who viewed the state, not the individual, as the most important component of society. 'The term liberal was used at this time to describe such figures as Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, who believed that the legitimate purpose of government was to protect the individual from harm, not to provide for the public through vast social programs. Misea himself, however, could see the trend of referring to those who believed in big government as liberals. In his 1949 magnum opus, Human Action, Mises writes: "I employ the term 'liberal' in the sense attached to it everywhere in the nineteenth century and still today in the countries of continental Europe. The usage is imperative because there is simply no other term available to signify the great political and intellectual movement that substituted free enterprise and the market economy for the precapitalistic methods of production; constitutional representative government for the absolutism ofkings or oligarchies; and freedom of all individuals from slavery, serfdom, and other forms of bondage." No one who would replace the peaceful and voluntary cooperation indicative of the market with state sanctioned coercion and violence is liberal. Again to take from Mises: "All varieties of collectivist creeds are united in their implacable hostility to the fundamental political institutions of the liberal system: majority rule, tolerance of dissenting views, freedom of thought, speech, and the press, equality of all men under the law. [Tlhe application of the b!'lBic ideas of collectivism cannot result in anything but social disintegration and the perpetuation of armed conflict." Once started, the road to serfdom is impossible to reroute . Liberalism is a moniker that quite rightly belongs to those who believe in the sanctity of individuals and their ability to pursue their own happiness. It has been wrongly appropriated by those who portray themselves as being tolerant of all, yet perpetuate policies that are tolerant of none but the collective will. All those who now have to affix the term classical in front of the word "liberal" to describe their political beliefs would be well selVed to take back. the word. While it may seem to be an unimportant lexicongraphic squabble, those who now possess the word "liberal" deserve it no more than Pat Buchanan or Jesse Helms. This is a misrepresentation that true liberals can no longer tolerate. m "' ''''' · ~ · ' '''>'<.''''''·''~')''''''~''''~''''''«''''''''''''~<·'''~'',='''''''·''''''''''''''''n''"'''''''''''''''~~\'<'-Y';'~MT~N~(~~~II>'f'':-o.''I~

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April 13, 1994

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The Construction Dysfunction BY CHruSTOPHER BARRETI'

School is completing their Medical Sciplimentary refreshments, and T.A.s cilities. Also, take a look at the upper who speak English. ence Research building trilogy with the floors which will contain new faculty Even though I will graduate before slated completion of the third installODAY, DURING MY DAILY offices for several departments. Keep ment this June, for the cheap price of the completion of Angell, East Engihike across campus, I stopped in mind, you paid for this. So make sure neering and C.C. Little in 1996 and the to view the ongoing demolition that the changes meet your criteria . $50 million. PRETTI in 1995, it will all be worth the These, however, are only the curand rebuilding of our campus. Has anyBesides, professors love it when unhassle. The benefit for future students rent renovations. That's right. There's one really seen what they are doing? It known students walk into their offices will outweigh my current costs, like for a guided tour. seems that the Office of the University trying to navigate a path through an Planner is attempting to portray Are the massive changes eight foot wide gauntlet of a fence beSarajevo. Complete with shelled out to the UGLi really necessary? tween the UGLier and West Engineerframes of buildings (East Engineering Was East Engineering really ing when 500 students are tt"ying to get has been hit the hardest; it looks like that bad? What about Angell from the Diag to South University, or vintage Beirut) and scattered construcHall: do we really need air looking up into the UGLier to see just tion implements strewn about the conditioning? (That is ozonewhat they are doing (and subsequently fenced--<lff pit in front of the Randall safe air conditioning, right?) being blinded by staring directly at an Laboratory, this campus looks a lot like Is it really necessary to rearc-welder.) a demilitarized zone. Any day, I expect build everything at once? I must say that when construction the U.N. to start dropping relief packCould they wait a year or two is complete, I will be proud to call this ages on the Diag. between constructionideBtruocampus my own. It is a shame that I . What is ~e Uni~ersity's obsession tion outings? It appears that " ."P'I":II;!!I:!~ml:~ ~~· WIth remodeling this year? Wait, rethey decided to overhaul the . ..... , . .,.. . - -won't be here to share the exhilaration of seeing all of the beautiful new build· modeling is adding paneling to your entire campus at once. While lJ-M's construction crew ings. Maybe I'll Come back to visit. And basement This is akin to a collegiate the construction occuni.ng will then, who knpws, maybe the sight of more to come. The U-M awaits apTennessee Valley Authority project. be beneficial in the lo~, right now campus will provide satisfaction and preval for another several million to Because of the enormous endowment it is a royal pain to .m aneuver around. U-M receives (one biUion dollars), now At the very least they could luive sched- use for building. When will this campus justification for the hefty tuition in· crease I experience every year. But for is as good a time as any to repair the uled construction on opPosite ends of be complete? By now, with over $300 now, well...let's just say I don't show my million in renovations, I expect lecture atrocities wreaked on the University in campus. Right now, the first thing a parente around very much. 1ft halls. with leath~r Lay-:-Z-Boya, com· student see~ when co~ ~)Ut of .1;b.e the early '60s (read: the UGLi and East Engineering). ., ' . ' a.rch. i8 a huge pit ontbell' right and Who can blame today's administrapicketing union workers in front of the tion for spending millions of dollars to UGLi - ncither of which are incredibly reconstruct these buildings? The comattractive visages first thing in the ments overheard from prospective stumorning. dents and their parents are frightenI cannot believe I am going to say ing. "$20,000 a year for that?" they say, this, but I must applaud the adminisc::»c:» c::;:, c::» pointing at the UGLi (currently the tration for updating our outdated cam.. 0 UGlier). If one could harness the giggles pus. When I fIrst arrived here, I was emitted by prospectives and their paramazed at the splendid architecture of ents upon first viewing the UGLier, the Law Quad, the Grad Library, there would be enough ehergy to propel Rackham, and a bevy of other architecthe U-M women's basketball team in11> tural gems around campus. Then I saw the buildings erected in the 60's. How first place. With tuition increasing at an avercompletely out of character for such a age rate of 8% per year for the last four prestigious university with so much years, quite enough money exists to money for modem facilities 11> allow the finance the $323.3 million in renovaconstruction of these buildings. Furtiona, new buildings and eradications thermore, their inner facilities were De :caa", of past poor judgements. Gt:anted, only inefficient as well. Now, after it is fin., , _ .JIl'. ...1IaJ part of our student fees go toward fundished, the PRETTI will house the Sciing the construction and those that do ence Library and have increased study are used to back 30-year bonds. The space. East Engineering will have more bulk of the money comes from either classrooms. Randall Laboratory will the state (Wait - those are our tax have more research space. Angell Hall dollars! ) or endowments from wealthy will have air-conditioning and clean alumni. Even so, now that I know I am stone. (Yes, that is correct. They are contributing to the new facilities, I plan spending thousands of dollars to repair to utilize them as much as possible, as the stone exterior.) The University is should you. When the East Engineeralso renovating the Medical campus. ing renovations are complete, feel free Mott's Children's Hospital is seeing to take a tour of the new building. $46.5 million in renovations that inBrowse through the new lecture halls, elude an addition to the facilities, betclassrooms and completely updated fater operating rooms and play spaces. The U-M is also due to complete a THAN A BOOKSTORE Cancer and Geriatries Research build549 East University· 662-3201 Christopher Barrett is a sophomore in ing in 1996 that carries a hefty tag of Mon-Fri 9 to 6 Sat 9:30 to 5 Sun Noon to 4 economics and political science and a $88 .6 million. Finally, the Medical copy editor of the Review.

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April 13, 1994

DCAMPUS CONTROVERSY

Campbell Tells His Side of the Story BY CHmSTOPHER BARRETr

AND DEAN BAKOPOULOS

HE UN I VE R SI TY 0 F Michigan's Communication department has been ,plagued by some of the same troubles as the tyrannies of the world: a purging of divergent ideas, blatant favoritism, and a seizure of control by one autocratic leader, LS&A Dean Edie Goldenberg. On January 14, 1994, Dean GOldenberg came to a Department of Communication faculty meeting and assumed control over the aepartment, stripping away the department's controI of almost every aspect of their programs. Perhaps no one in .the department was 'more affected by Goldenberg's actions than Professor Richard Campbell. Shortly after Goldenberg's assumption of power, Campbell was denied tenure for the second straight year, despite his proven excellence in teaching over 5000 undergrads in the last seven years. Campbell has published ~o books (~ G<>uerat~ . ~th J"~ Reev~ and 60 Minutes and the News) and several articles and has won a Faculty Recognition Award; however, he was denied tenure despite full backing from. his department. We spoke with Professor Campbell as he finishes his final term at the U-M. On the mysterious tenure system, Campbell remains as confused as most people. "Because there is no account, ability in this sys1:em, they don't tell you anythingt 1 was denied tenure in February and'l still haven't heard anything," he says. One of the key III problems Campbell faced in trying to gain tenure was t h e . bureaucratic system

advance theory significantly, I thought, traditional social sciences," Campbell nied promotions in the following 'Well, that's something they might resays. months. Apparently, most of the turmoil Clearly, Dean Goldenberg's misquire of someone in literature or Classics, but definitely not in media. I mean, BUITOunding the CommlllU .. cations Desion is to focus the department on the I'm a media critic." partment is the result of Goldenberg's traditional social sciences. '!he qualitaCampbell finds it odd that while meddling. According to Campbell, the tive humanistic approach to communithe University considers granting tenmembers of the department had concations is gradually being phased out of ure a "five million the department and perhaps out of dollar investthe LS&A 'This attempt at focusment,"they make I ing an academic department baflles their decision ( Campbell. without ever hav"A liberal arts college, that's ing met with the what this is, right? A liberal arts professor in quescollege," he says, "is supposed to be tion. a place where you are supposed to The denial be open to multiple points of view, of tenure seems diverse opinions, and diverse ways to be rooted in of doing scholarship. Why this atdeeper political tempt to focus us? What is this and personal mOo I about? .. If she [Dean Goldenberg] tives. Dean Goldeven suggested focusing a departenberg had difment like English or History, this ferent ideas for would be an outrage, this idea of the Communicafocusing on one aspect." tions Depanp.e:ht The future of the Communithan Campbell. cations Department is still vague. Goldenberg fa... Sorry, Rich,good teachers have no place at the U-M John Chamberlin, a political scienVOl'S. a ~~- . . . . . .. • . tist, will serve as interim chair. cations program rooted in tbetradi;. sensusand~n l>eforeGQlqEmberg , ,)i, .Campbellfeels the ~ffEl~of~)'eal"'s tional soci.al sciences. '!his explains the interfered. ' . ,. turmoil will be felt for a: longtime. · . disasterous and costly 1991 appoint"What's so sad to me about the "I feel like a big, gigantic wound, ment of Neil Malamuth, a well-known charges Dean Goldenberg makes could be a mortal wound, was inflicted researcher in the field of sexual psyagainst the department is that the dewhen the Dean came into our staff chology, but a questionable choice for partment was doing fine and going in meeting on January 14th. 1 was at that the chair of the Communications Dethe right direction until she decided to meeting. She came in and suspended partment. take over the national search and apour by-laws, said they were unacceptCampbell's style of scholarship point the chair," he says. able, and she still hasn't told us why." deals with a more qualitative, human"To me the villain in this is the The story makes the national meistic approach to mass media and comDean and her meddling in the departdia this week with an article in the ml.Ulications that focuses on the critical ment, which I don't think is in the best Chronicle of Higher Education, provanalysis of media. He was part of a interest of the college. 1 think she had a ing that this i88Ue is far from over. '!he personal agenda, part of Communications Department remains . d h . h that shared by her good in academic and political turmoil and mend, colleague, and co- faces an uncertain future. '!he question I author Michael is will the young department everre' • Traugott." cover from the old tradition ofuniver"I was opposed to sity politics and bureaucracy? Ml

was percetve as avtng too muc clout in the department was perceived as betng too central to what was gOIng thatgovematheproon here a danuer to the more traditional cedure. "When y o u ' 0' go up for tenure you social sciences." have to be evaluated by an internal committee, by either the Humanities Committee, the Social Sciences Committee, or the Natural Sciences Committee, and I don't fit into any of those ... It's almost impossible to judge interdisciplinary work under that system. It forces you to pick a category," Campbell says. "So when they said my work didn't

Dean BaJwpouloa is a fruhman in English and film and a copy editor of the Review. Chris Barret u a BOphomore in politicallCience and economics and a copy editor of the Review.

group of six professors hired between 1987 and 1989 that "revitalized the whole program," according to Campbell. Although Campbell was willing to accommodate both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of communications, Goldenberg was intent on grounding the program in the quantitative social sciences. '!his difference in opinion may have been the main factor in Campbell's failure to gain tenure. "I was perceived as having too much clout in the department, I was perceived as being too central to what was going on here, a danger to the more

~Chael Traugott getting mto the department because I thought if they were going to add a new senior faculty member they should do a democratic national search. 'That's not how he got the appointment, and that's a story that hasn't been told." Not coincidentally, Traugott, appointed by Goldenberg, favors the quantitative approach to communications and supported the dean's takeover of the department Traugott also authored a five-year plan for the Communications department. . Campbell opposed this plan along with his colleagues Professor Jimmie Reeves and faculty member Richard Allen. Suspiciously, all three were de-

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April 13, 1994

DSPORTS

Stanley Cup Playoff Predictions BY NATE JAMISON

s '!HE WEATHERsrARTS TO get warmer, the National Hockey League's "second season," otherwise known as the Stanley Cup Playoffs, begins. Here are my thoughts on each team's chances to win the fabled Cup: Eastern Conference 1) New York Rangers: The Rangers have not won the Cup since 1940, despite having very talented teams in recent years. This year's team seems poised to make a strong run for the Cup. They have the league's best record and one of its top coaches, former Chicago Blackhawks coach Mike Keenan. They also boast one of the league's premier centermen in captain Mark Messier, who was instrumental in the Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup successes in the 1980s, and one of the league's top goaltenders, Mike Richter. The Rangers have the talent and the coaching, but they have had both in the past and still faltered in the playoffs; this year will not be any different. 2. Pittsburgh PeJllCUlns:The Pen.. guins are no strangm'8 to Cup success, having won back-to-back titles in 1991 and 1992. They have tremendous offensive talent and solid goaltending, but Mario Lemieux's bad back has kept him out of several games this season. They are also prone to occasional letdowns, such as their collapse in last yeats playoffseries with the New York Islanders. Unless Lemi~ux can remain healthy and the team can stay mentallysharp, the Penguins' chances are slim.

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S. New Jersey Devils: Despite having the second-best record in the NHL this season, the Devils are seeded third in the Eastern Conference because of the new playoff format. They are a tal· ented, young team led by Scott Stevens, the NHL's pluslminusleader, and scoring sensation Stephane Richer. Chris Terreri and rookie phenom Martin Brodeur share goaltending duties. With their talent and solid coaching, the Devils might make a solid playoffrun. 4. Montreal Canadiens: The Canadiens, defending NHL champions, have had a very up-and-down Beason. Sometimes, they play like defending champs, dominating quality teams, yet

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at other times they look totally lost, losing to first-year expansion teams. Goalie Patrick Roy is one of the top in the league and has proven himself to be a superb playoff goalie. Ifhe can stay solid through this year's playoffs, he may keep the Canadiens in the running; if not, their inconsistency will be their downfall. 5. Buffalo Sabres: 'Ibe Sabres' chances of winning the Cup this season disappeared when star Pat LaFontaine suffered a season-ending injury. Center Alexander Mogilny is a legitimate superstar and goalie Dominic Hasek leads the league in goals-against average, but without LaFontaine, the Sabres just don't have enough to go all the way.

Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, and Paul Coffey; however, they have failed to win the Cup, and many have blamed it on poor coaching and weak goaltending. 'This year, the Wmgs have plenty of talent and 1he vulnerable areas of coaching and goaltending have been strengthened with the hiring of former Pittsburgh coach Sj::otty Bowman and the acquisition of goalie Bob Essensa from the WInnipeg Jets. 'Ibe Red Wmgs have the best record in the Western Conference and should soon have their eighth Stanley Cup. 2. Calgary Flames: The Flames recently clinched the Pacific Division regular-season crown, but this does not necessarily mean that they will do well in the playoffs. They have adequate goaltending in Mike Vernon, and several good players in Gary Roberts, Theron Fleury, and Joe Nieuwendyk, but the team is not very deep and is prone to taking bad penalties. Calgary has the capability to intimidate opponents, and if the officials let a lot slide, they may win a few games, but overall, their lack of depth should prove to be

6. Boston Bruins: With star Cam Neely out for the season with a knee injury, the Bruins' chances do not appear to be that good; yet, they still have center Adam Oates ancj, former Washington Capitals defenSeman Al Iafrate. Goalie Jon Casey led the Minnesota North Stars to the staDley Cup finals in 1991. With their solid experience, . the Bruins have a vt:iryg()(,)4~~J;p. tb,ejx·9.QWJlfaU. .. . . . ..,.. ..

possess some furmidable offensive talent in Brendan Shanahan and Brett Hull. Their defense is lacking, however, which means that Joseph often faces forty or fifty shots a night. In the early rounds he may be up to the task, but such a barrage night after night might take its toll. 6. Vancouver dmucks: '!he Canucks are a one man team. Center Pavel Bure is one of the hottest players in the league, but after that, there just isn't much there. Kirk Maclean's goalt.en.ding is good, but the Canucks just don't have enough talent to advance very far.

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7. Chicago Blackhawks: The Blackhawks are an enigma. '!hey have a legitmate superstar in Jeremy Roenik, solid defense from Chris Chelios, and excellent goaltending from Ed Be1four; yet, they hayestruggled all season. Unless they can find some oonsistency in the playoffs and Be1four can eliminate bad goals, there is no teasonto believe the Hawks will acromplish much of anything.

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7. Washington Capitals: The Capitals have little or no chance to do anything in the playoffs. They have few scoring threats and their best player is Dale Hunter, known for cheap-ehotting New Yom Islanders star Pierre Turgeon during last year's playoffs. Goaltenders Don Beaupre and Chris Tabaricci are average at best.

8. New York Islanders: The Isles have finished the season strong, putting themselves in contention for the final playoff spot in the East. Led by all-star Pierre Turgeon and veteran coach Al Arbour, the Isles have a quality team that is capable of surprising some teams, much like it did in its surprising elimination of Pittsburgh in last year's playoffs. Florida Panthers: '!he Panthers could qualify for a playoff spot in their first season. Much of this credit must go to goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck, who could very well become the flrst netminder since Jacques Plante in 1969 to win the league's Most Valuable Player trophy. Western Conference 1. Detroit Red Wings: The Red Wings have been regarded as one of the most talented teams in the league the past few seasons with such stars as Steve

S. Toronto Maple Leafs: The Leafs boast several good goal scorers, such as Doug Gilmour, Dave Andreychuk, and Wendell Clark. They also have solid defense and sensational goaltending from Felix Potvin. Coach Pat Bums previously led the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup, and Toronto advanced to the conference final last year. Given all this, it seems as though the Leafs are 11 lock to win the Cup, yet they have been faltering lately and are carrying no momentum. into the playoffs. Unless they can tum their play around, their season will be over sooner rather than later. 4. Dallas Star.s: '!he Stars are locked into a battle with Toronto for the third playoff spot-led by center Mike Modano and veteran goalie Andy Moog, acquired in the off-season from Boston, the Stars have been playing well lately and seem poised to make a strong run. Ifthey can carry their late-eeason momentum into the playoffs, they could bring the Stanley Cup to the state of Texas. 5. St. Louis Blues: Pity the team that must face the Blues in the first round of the playoffs. Goalie Curtis Joseph can singlehandedly win hockey games, such as last year's playoffs when the Blues eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks four games to none. Aside from Joseph, the Blues also

year in which they have qualified for the playoffs. They don't have many offensive weapons and, much like the Florida Panthers, rely on a strong defense and solid goalt.en.ding. Arturs Irbe is a good, young goalie, who is capable of having a big game. '!he Sharks lack the talent and experience to contend for the Cup this year, but the may be a force to reckon with in years to come. Predictions In the Eastern Conference, New Jersey and Boston will probably meet in the first round of the playoffs. Whoever wins that series will probably make it all the way to the Cup finals. Pittsburgh and Montreal are also good bets to advance. In the Western Conference, Detroit is clearly the team to beat. If they get decent goaltending from Essensa and their scoring doesn't disappear in the playoffs as it has the past two years, the Wings will easily reach the finals. St. Louis and Dallas are their major threats. '!he Stanley Cup finals will likely be a matchup between Detroit and New Jersey. New Jersey is a solid team with . two good goaltenders, but Detroit's offensive firepower will be just too much to handle. Scotty Bowman and Bob Essensa will prove to be the final ingredients in Detroit's successful recipe for Cup success. Mt

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THE MIClBGAN REVIEW

o FEATURE: CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE

The Functional City BY MIKE

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the constituent parts of a city and the arrangement of those parts. What is generally considered to be of architectural interest or significant to the layman is of a relatively restricted genre. A city must incorporate many conflicting interests within it, and the sucress with which it does is directly proportional to the auc:ress (both economic and social) of the city itself. The locations and styles of the building enable a city to incorporate the Wldesirable elements ofurban society with the more aesthetic structure. It is necessary to unify the individual neighborhoods just as those neighborhoods must be linked to unify the city. Within each section of the city must be the three components: residential, commercial and industrial. Obviously, there are ways to isolate the industrial component without destroying the city and preserving the neighborhood, but in general, those three must be present together, The.first type of building that disrupts the organization of the city is the industrial complex. For example, Detroit attempted to solve this problem by creating Zug Island. With the decline of heavy industry, however, Detroit finds Zug Island to be an irrevocable mess due to its isolation from the heart of the city and the infrastructure that might rescue it. 'The city isolated other factories by 4uge expressways, which were themselves separated from ~sidential neighborhoods by large concrete walls. 'The expressways merely serve to divide the city and destroy its integrity. The residential neighborhoods - in essence factory towns - which were constructed to house the factory laborers, ~ now isolated by the expressways and at a distance from the heart of the city. The lack of public transportation further estranges residents from commercial and industrial neighborhoods. What then is the solution? Let us examine our own city to see what makes it successful when compared to Detroit. While b 0 th have the same elementsofarchitecture,AnnArbormakes good use of its elements while Detroit does not.

Mike BUT7U is a juniQr in math and architecture and a staff writer for the Review.

With regard to the verticality of It is in their interest to protect the Perhaps one of Detroit's most disvitality of the commercial enterprises, tinctive features is an its extraordinarspace within cities in general, some since these places provide entertainhigh-rise buildings can be tamed monuily small skyline. All the tall buildings ment, services, and pleasure. Just as bWlch up into one small section along mental. These buildings do more than the commercial enterprises provide usethe waterfront. In New York, for exsimply mark and create vertical apace; they unify the whole city, or significant ful and convenient services, the resiample, an ordinance was passed that portions ofit The Eiffel Tower in Paria restricts the height of buildings. It also dential establishments provide a consumer base whose condetermines how many buildings can be cern is the health of the grouped together within a certain area in order to avoid the strangulation and neighborhood. The subtraction of either of these isolation from the rest of the city. Alcomponents from the arlowing for the fact that Ann Arboris a chitectural equation afmuch smaller city, the 'skyscrapers' in fects the health of the Ann Arbor are still scattered throughout downtown. University Towers and neighborhood. And so, while Ann Arbor mainTower Plaza condominiums are more tains a vibrant downthan s~ blocks from eaph other. The town, Detroit's downFirst National Bank and the Burton Bell Tower are similarly separated '!be town falters as a result view of the bell tower down Liberty St. of the lack of constant demonstrates the effect that properly personal interest in the placed high-rises can have on the area. cityscape. The bell tower and the other Churches are probbuildings of such height draw the city Rendez-vous Cafe on South University ably the most evident apart vertican:y in the same way t4at icons of residential etahorizontally spaced buildings open up and St. Joseph's Oratorio in Montreal. bility. Here in Ann Arbor there are at space. The vertical nature also serves can be considered such monuments. In least five churches in a six block radius to unify and identify p8!"t8 of the city. . ~ ~r. Buftm1. ~werismo~~-. .fro~the . dorntown ~' In Detroit, In a related way, dining tal Irurtantly recogmzable a~a sYmbOl, >;. ' ~ the ntllllbElrS are evenhigher, On~~. . . and second floor establishments add of Ann Arbor and the University, it mosteveryothercomerthereisachureh creates a reference point about which of some denomination. But more subtle another dimension to the city. These the whole city revolves. indications of neighborhood necessitio3 types of structures allow the pedesStructures such as malls, funeral are the other types of institutions mentrian to 'see' the space carved by the and courts fonn another class tioned. Banks provide the financial etaparlors, street. They allow the person to rise of building that are vitally important to bility necessary for successful commuabove the city, but not lose the three a city. 'The inclusion of these structures nity development. FWleral parlors are dimensionality of space created by the often causes conflict How are the placecontradictory in function to churches high-rises. The Rendez-Vous terrace ments of a bank, church, residence, yet are just as necessary. Auto parts night club, auto parts store related and stores and hardware stores are necesresolved? Typically, the answer has sary, too. Rather than delve into all the been to segregate the various types of various stores possible in a neighborestablishment, thereby creating indehood, suffice it to say that each is necpendent districts, each focusing on a essary and, furthennore, that each can particular set of society's needs. A quick be relatively easily incorporated into glance at Detroit should reveal the folly the neighborhood. what is more diffiof this method of organization. rult to have coexist are things like malls What, then, is the solution? To anand even universities. swer that, one must address the quesMalls are generally isolated from tion, "What interest does each citizen residential areas and the heart of the have in the city?" The most obvious city. The reasoning behind this lies in answer is that each person is concerned two points. First is the nature of the with his own property. But is not the mall. Malls like Fairlane, in Dearborn, city itself part of his property? How and Briarwood, in Ann Arbor, do not fit then does he take advantage of his into the plan of the city. 'They are too big property? Clearly, proximity to his propand demand too much support strucerty is a prerequisite. In the theatre ture (parking) to coexist with its presdistrict in Detroit (Woodward), only ence. Other malls, like Nickels Arcade, "iii5r • - •. \~':i _ ' 1 one street over are immense houses. integrate quite well into the city; the The time during which people inhabessence of this 'mall' is a few hallways, Flrst Nat!on8I Bank BUI'Id'Ing downtown ited these houses was simultaneous in fact closer to streets, which divide with the vitality of the city. The structhe structures which house the stores. on South University St. is a perfect example, as are Tower Records and the ture of Ann Arbor such that the resiThe mall's success in participating in Good Time Charley'slWarehouse dents have a stake, or an interest, in the city is how it makes use of existing the city itself due to their proximity to structures, streets, and the small horiRecords complex. In essence, these spaces put the viewer in a mezzaninethe city center. Not only is their interzontal dimension of the entrance. This like layer of the city, as if they are est in their property but in the estabsmall entrance keeps the mall from floating iIi space. lishments which sUITOWld their place. requiring driveways, n~w roads, and

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parking lots. Universities present both tremendous opportunity and difficulty to cities. The oppo:rtwUty lies in civic structureslike museums and libraries, not to mention the vast student population that provides a captive and generally wealthy consumer base. Ideally, the university will int:orporate itself much like the Galleria and Nickels Arcade and not estrange itself from the city like Briarwood and Fairlane. U-M and Harvard are prime examples of the successful integration of the university, or perhaps the building of the city around the university! While the university can function in other settings, like Boston College or Michigan State, they serve not as the unifier or focal PO!nt but as ancillary additions to the community. The final consideration when analyzing a city concerns its layout. For exampl~, New York has a Roman Grid type of pattern. Paris, by contrast, utilizes a Baroque circle centered around the Arc de Triomphe at the head of the Champs Elysees, the best known bon-

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elements together. Its inhabitants must have an immediate stake in the city which includes, by force of proximity, an interest in commercial and even industrial sites. The design of the city must take this relationship into account whatever the geometrical layout. The layout itself serves to emphasize the character of the city and the constituent relationships. The layout only fails when it cannot preserve and highlight the individual structures and how they relate to each other. Cities that make use of natural features like rivers and hills will tend to be more s~ than those which fail to use these features to their benefit Additionally, the vertical nature of the city must be tempered by places which allow the citizen to abSorb and cp~prehend the city in all its dimensions. 'Ihat which i~be .yond the scope of the viewer will fiUl in itself if it depends on the viewer fbrits survival. The city is a function ofthe people which implies that it is function of all that is necessary for the people. Mt

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o BOOK REVIEW Naomi Wolf Fires Back BY EDDIE AHNER

N 1991, NAOMI WOLF published The Beauty Myth, in which she argued that a male-dominated hierarchy seeks to keep women "'in their plaw" by getting them to fu.tUely pursue an idealized standard of female beauty. 'Ibis work argued the notion uaiDg Marxist concepts that ig-

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tion of blame to the Reagan/Bush era pursuing their dreams. As a movement, makes its supporters the opposition power feminism is the support of all women's views and their attempts to and therefore partially responsible for gain power and be heard. Unfortufeminism's bad name. nately, Wolf does not fully realize the The media also contributes to impossibility of this endeavour; no feminism's currently negative image. movement can please everyone all the Wolfis correct in noting that the media time. tends to publicize the most radical elements offeminism and that the media Wolf does note that abortion and pornography/free speech have become does a poor job of discussing women's the defining and dividing issues of femiissues. However. this criticism can be applied to almost everything the media nism. Power feminism as a movement covers. This deficiency arises from the will run into the same problem of fragmentation over individual issues. structure of the media, time and space While Wolf misses that problem, constraints, and what constitutes news. .Wolfs <ritique ofthe feminist moveshe does a good job of presenting and defending her views on several issues. ment and its self-inflicted wounds is Adamantly pro-choice on abortion, Wolf masterful. She demonstrates how admits to serious reservations about feminisnrs withdrawal into academia .placed it out of touch wi~ most women herself getting an abortion. She takes. responsibility for not getting pregnant ;arid the attendant academic jargon and feels that responsibility needs to be made it inaccesable. 'Th.e Marxist lana bigger issue in the abortion debate. guage and thinking caused furtherprobPornography is not an issue that lems due to its stress on groupthink Wolf covers e~nsively in this book, and concensus. Additionally, feminism's but she does come out in favor of people failure to leash the anti-male radicals being able tocona:ume what they wish.. ~Catbe~e~cKinnon.tUld An,. ~~:~.> ··:;d. . .i. . . . . . . ).;i~'g.J~~'::q~;i;'.'i' sex and female sexuality. This iean . the movement from them, cost the movearea where Wolf shines. She demonment mainstream support from both strates how women are still stuck in males and females. the virginlgood girl vs. whorelbad girl The critique offeminism as a whole conflict. 'This conflict does not allow for leads Wolfinto a diBCU88ion of the two women to express or explore their sexumain branches offeminism: power femiality openly. nism and victim. feminism. Wolf proThis is compOlmded by the relative vides the history and bases, philosophidearth of female-targeted erotica. cal and social, for both branches. People like Candida Royalle, a female Wolf does a wonderful job critiquproducer of porn films, Pat Califia, a ing victim feminism and showing why lesbian writer of erotica, and Lisa Palac, it needs to be abandoned now. Women the editor of the erotic magazine Future are the majority in this country and Sex, are trying to fill that void and Wolf must, in Wolfs opinion, take the reins is encouraging it. She writes "I want to of power. Victim feminism does not be a serious thinker and not have to allow this and is incapable of helping hide the fact that I have breasts; I want women move forward in today's socifemale sexuality to accompany, rather ety. Victim feminist Audre Lorde once that undermine, female political wrote, "The Master's tools will never power." This theme is being heard more dismantle the Master's house." and more and hopefully will triumph Fire With Fire is Wolfs retort that over the victim feminists who reduce only the master's tools can dismantle women's status to that of children. the master's house. The 19th AmendFire With Fire provides good hisment gave women the right to vote in torical analysis of feminism, but it 1920, but it is only now that women are should have been edited more thorfully utilizing that right and realizing oughly for logical errors. The philosothe priviledges and possibilities it repphy espoused of "more for women" is resents. The ninth and tenth amendsolid, but tempered with the realizaments reserve all non-enumerated tions that the changes must be accomrights and powers to the people. This plished within the system and that simple truth has been overlooked by they will take time. Wolf claims to be a both the feminist movement and, until liberal, but this work espousing free recently, the federal government. will and personal responsibility places Wolf realizes what having a maher firmly in the classical rather than j9rity of votes means for women and modern liberal category. Hopefully, feminism She advocates exercising this feminism will adopt similar power and terms her philosophy of attitudes.m. 'power feminism' which is simply individual women exercising free will and

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April 18, 1994

o MUSIC Vi

Roger Waters:-" Wish You Were Here BY

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ANY OBSERVERS FELT that Pink Floyd was finished after the release of The Final Cut in 1983. Indeed, it appeared inevitable. The already frayed relationships within the band had been exacerbated with keyboardist Rick Wright's acrimonious departure in 1980. Roger Waters had decided to take an ever more dominant role within the band, taking the Floyd's music to Pink Floyd areas that it had The Division Bell never ap- Columbia proached . The L..-_ _ _ _ _.....J once melodic, often hypnotic 80lUld that characterized such brilliant albums as Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, and Wish You Were Here had vanished into anger-filled self importance. While Animals still embodied much of the Floyd's patented solUld, with the heavy riffs of David Gilmour's guitar laden throughout, lyrically the album was an omen of things to come. Animal$ wallowed in feelings of lament and anger that Waters waa d.ying to release. He seemed to be encapsulated in his emotions and the band's music was the way in which he was going to express himself, irregardless of the intentions of the other members of the group. This trend reached its peak with the semi-autobiographical and extremely lUlconventional album, The Wall. While The Wall demonstrated the Floyd's trademark sound on such cuts as "Comiortsbly Numb" and "Hey You," too much was repetitive and almost unlistenable. This, with the appearance of the Floyd's first readymade hit single, "Another Brick in the Wall," left many fans wondering what direction the band was taking. Not since the departure of Syd Barrett had Pink Floyd's future seemed so questionable. While the Wright-less Floyd did go on to release the virtual spoken word album, The Final Cut, which was chocked full of rejected traCks from The Wall, it was clear that Gilmour and Waters could no longer work together. Waters left the band, thinking it surely could not continue without his influence. He was wrong. After four long years of planning and court battles over who exactly possessed the rights to use the Pink Floyd name, Gilmour, Wright, and drummer Nick Mason released A Momentary Lapse of Reason. With A Momentary Lapse of Reason came the commercial success that followed the Floyd throughout the sev-

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goal of this album was to take the Floyd back to the sound that embodied Wish You Were Here, apparently was doing just that when he wrote this song. The other top cuts on this album are "Coming Back To Life," "High Hopes," and the first single to be released, "Keep Talking," all of which .. prominently feature Gilmour's masterful guitar work. The Division Bea is not of the same quality as the mid-seventies Floyd, however to be fair, these performances would be hard to replicate. In its totality, this album is a strong follow-up to A Momentary Lapse of Rituon. While many may ask why the Floyd should continue at this point, the answer is clear: they can still play. After all, the Floyd never depended on a Mick Jagger or/a Roger Daltrey to dance around the stage to entertain a live crowd. The music was the spectacle and it remains so. )R

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BY MARK MORGAN

INCE SIGNING TO OOC A FEW years ago, Sonic Youth has released both Goo and Dirty with mixed results. Both were decent albums, but far cries from their earlier 'arty' material. Some long-time fans were claiming that being on a major label was hindering their music or Sonic Youth that they were Experimental Jet losing their touch. Set, Trash, and 1992's Dirty was No Star more rock and roll DGC than any of the;r previous albums; yet, it was not very exciting. Explaining this change, the band claimed that Dirty had been heavily influenced by touring with such bands as Mudhoney and Nirvana. With their new album, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, Sonic Youth has made a turn more towards earlier albums Evol and Sister. The new album was recorded last October in New York with Dirty producer Butch Vig. While Dirty was a bit overproduced, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star has a far rougher sOlUld. In the band's bio, guitarist Thurston Moore claims that the band "just wanted to catch the vibe of the material, we didn't want to polish it or treat it as precious."

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est release, The Division Bell, is. The Division Bell is a collection of eleven solid tracks. '!be most apparent difference between A Momentary Lapse and The Division Bell is the musical influence of Rick Wright. Wright, who had joined their last project late in the game, was ~volved in The Division Bell from the beginning. While his work on this album isn't of the same quality as that on such tracks as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" or"Echoes," it measurably helps round the rough edges of the Waters-less Floyd. Wright sets the tone for the album with the instrumental intro, "Cluster One," which leads into the best cut on the album, "What Do You Want From Me," which sounds very much like it could have been taken from Gilmour's Wlderrated self-titled debut album. The initial riff, however, sOlUlds conspicuously like that of "Have A Cigar." Gilmour, who had long said that the

enties; however it did not receive the critical acclaim that Dark Side or Wish You Were Here did, and quite rightly so. While it did have its highpoints with such traCks as "SoITOW," "On '!be Twning Away," and "Learning To Fly," the album as a whole suffered from questionable song writing, as witnessed by possibly the worst track in the entire Floyd canon, "The Dogs of War." Gilmour, who is lUlquestionably the . most talented musician of the Floyds, hadn't adjusted well to the role ofpri" mary song writer that Waters had held. Waters, though, had proven himself equally in need of Gilmour's musical ability on The Pros (1nd Cons of Hitchhiking and Radio K.AO.S. Regardless, A Momentary Lapse of Reason had set Pink Floyd back on, track and had proven that while the~ Floyd could never be the band it once was, they co,l1ld still produce a quality album, which is exactly what theirlat-

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April 13, 1994

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Supersuckers Ill1press Ttteir Few Fans BY

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HE HATES THE BEATLES and likes the StonesiBut if she gets her way...she gets her way, abe hears the Ramanes." What you'll think. about the Supersuck.ers can pretty well be predicted by your reaction to these lines from their song "She's My Bitch." Since their debut album, The r - - - - - - - - - , S0111/lt AU Sound SUpeI'auckera the Same, the La Mano Cornuda Supersu cke rs Sub Pop have been play. '--_ _ _ _ _--' ing short punk- pop songs in the spirit of the Ramones. After getting signed by Sub Pop, they released The Smoke of HeU, fourteen hilarious eongs in under half an hour, with titles like "Hot Rod Rally," "Alone and Stinking," and "Re. tarded Bill." They followed this with a single, a brilliant cover of Ice Cube's Dead Homie, that gained them absolutely no attention from anyone. '!he Supersuck.ers' new album, La Mono Comuda, will probably surprise the few old fans they have. 'ntealbUm ' is very dark, with hardly a trace of the

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sense of humor present on earlier releases. For example, in the sinister "Sugie," the first verse features the lyrics, "Twenty-two and she's married, she still lives at home"; the last verse changes the title character's situation a little bit: ".22 and it's loaded, just in case he comes home." Old fans need not fear, however. This darker side of the Supersuckers may take some getting used to, but they are talented enough to pull it off For those who still feel a sentimental attachment to the old Supersuck.ers, there's the ferocious "High Yah!" clocking in at one minute and fi.fteen seconds and sounding just like the old days. The Supersuckers aren't so much changing as they are opening up.new possibilities, with impressive results.

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the exotic China envisioned by Americans in the 19208 and compares it to the mysteriousness of a hard to understand lover: "I believe your facells the loneliest China place." All of this without even once using the stereotypical David r------___.,.,.".....,..~-"...".___.,.,.".....,..~--....,. Bowie "China Girl" intro. Unfortunately, a good deal of the album sinks into the excesses that have always plagued so-ailled classic rock. "Dive Into the Sea" suggests what might have hap· pened had mid-to-late seventies Pink Floyd decided to start playing sappy love songs, and makes one very happy that this never occured. And someone should have told the band that no song with the chorus "I ride freelride with me" could possibly be good. The Chainsaw Kittens obviously have talent, and Pop • "!'-~ Heiress is a nice try, but overall it doesn't quite succeed. Keep an eye on them though; if the Chainsaw Kittens ~ just learn to sort their good ideas from their bad ones, the the Chainsaw Kittens are now touring next album may be the one to pick Up~ behind their third aIbUm"PopHeireu, . \ )I1",i.·; '.: Calling Pop Heiress future classic ,. rock isn't an insult, because several of these songs are really good. '!he gorgeous "Loneliest China Place" evokes

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