. ' • .. ... \ .. . ... .. .. . ' "' " .. ~ ' ' ' ' " .... "' ~ .. "' .. . .... .. "' It .. "' " " • • ' .. • \ . • - " ' • " • .. .. • • .. .. Artificial intelligence is for real... p. 3 27 ·.September 1989 . . . Volume 1 Number 1 MSU's alternative and truly · independent voice WHAT'S UP: IS NOTHING SACRED? The Provocateur cuts loose~ .. p. · 7 @ Lash rides again •.• p.9 @ Big Baby delivers ... p.11 0 Enterta lriment. .. p.1&· @ Out and about ..• p.12 0 Classifieds ••. p. 10-11 BITE THE BULLET! Students victimized as cost of learning surges Legislators: Stat.a strapped for hi.gher education funding by TODD W. CARTER uR-1 Special Correspondent It is a perennial . LANSING - question, and one that few legislators, college administrators' or students are able to answer: When will the skyrocketing tuition increases stop? Will Michigan's higher-education system - composed of 15 colleges and universities- become so expen- . sive that only those with the resources to attend Harvard or Princeton be able to afford to be a Spartan, Wolverine or even a Chippewa? . Lawmakers are faced with the political dilemma of wanting to support higher education - support for · edupition always is good for a few . vot~ - but not wanting to take the money from other programs. · A legislator whose district de pends on agricultural funding is not about to jeopardize that department for the sake of MSU. Nor are many lawmakers about to choose universi ties over prisons. Reo. Lynn Jondahl, a Democrat Educators: No relief in sight for soaring tuition expenses byDAVIDSTEARNS . uR-1 Managing Editor MSU students who may have hoped for a financial break this. year Instead are digging deeper into threadbare pockets, facing yet anothertultion increase. · The explanation most sources give for rising tuition is: If the university does not get what it requested from the state, student tuition rates must be adjusted to make up the balance. But while administrators point fingers at the Legislat~re and lawmakers return the gesture, . students across the state sit by scratching their collective heads and wonder.when the esealating costs will slow down. . And It doesn't look like It will happen anytime soon. According to Ed Hines, director of the Center for Higher Education at Illinois State University, tuition · levels are increasing as money designated for social and public services dwindles across the . See ED~T!>~" p. 4' · whosedis,rid includes East Lansing and MSU, points out that colleges and universities have received a •substan tial Increase· in funding since the state Income-tax hikes of the early 1980s. •But it still ls not high enough to assure that, given the present spend ing patterns of the schools, there won't be tuition increases,· he s&id recently. In fact, nearly all of the state's public universities raised tuition this . · year above 8 percent - prompting a · public rebuke by Gov. James Blan- Spartans were spared the guber natorial rod by deciding to hike tuition 7 .9 percent. · MSU students have been sub . stantially hit in previous years, though. The 1981-88 fiscal year brought a whopping 20.4-percent tuition hike partly from an Increase In registration · fees -and 1988-89 meant a 10.2- -percent Increase. Raising fees for registration, equipment use and other Items nol'fl'.1ally absorbed In tuition could hold • 2 See LEGISLATORS ·" · .. . '• .. The btg question Is where you shift the money from, because few lawmakers would support a tax · Increase for higher education, Jondahl said. "That means you pit higher · education against other programs. · -'. , , 27 Se tember 1989 st greater burden. But you're also seeing a_lot of students- low . Income as well as middle Income, · o are there carrying a e kids from larger families able to get there, er paying the ng to run arou prisons and Ing • he battles being f~ht,. sCouncil empha- for more state monies· 1n stz a flve..year plan submitted to Blan chald and the Legislature In January. The proposal.would •r8Verse, over time, the alarming trend toward fMlll· rellance on tuition as a revenue . source.• according to a statement released In August. •As public public institutions, the state universities clearly recognize a special obligation to keep overall costs at levels which do not restrict or deny access to higher education opportunities to qualified students: Before lawmakers permit more funding to go toward higher educa tion, Jondahl said, they will want to know what the universities are doing to control costs and ensure effi cienc.y. -How legitimate are those in dis requestS?Th he said. •Are t Ing the money the to?" · Often times there are outcrys from Spartans that the University of Michigan receives more funding despite MSU's higher enrollment. But Jondahl said that is not a fair com parison, and said MSU has a differ ent emphasis than the state's other two large universities~ For more information call: 355-4510 While MSU gets less per-capita than the University of Michigan or Wayne State, those two schools have a greater emphasis on graduate and professional students, he said. ·•If that's the way we did it, MSU would take ••• almost a 2()..percent cut,. he said. . Whatever the long-term picture for tuition hikes, Jondahl said he Is confident escalating aedit-hour JV'~&~ Ctnit .Alad 332-5611 1500 LAKE LANSING RD. THE PLAZA SUITE C EAST LANSING . FOCUS 21 2 •Reporter-Intelligencer LEGISLATORS, from p. 1 perspectives.• straight credit-hour rates steady. said MSU Trustee Kathy Wiibur. Un lversltles &lso will realize they need to raise more of their operating costs themselves, using massive fund-raising campaigns as sources of . funding, said Wilbur, who also is an aide to Sen. William Sederburg. chair of the Senate Appropriations sub committee on Higher Education. A former MSU professor, Sederburg'sdistrict Includes East Lansing. Jondahl and Wilbur agree that state funding is unlikely to increase unless priorities are shifted or taxes . raised. •1 don't see us being able to give the universities what they're saying they need In terms of Increases,• Jondahl said. •1 see us being able to give them Increases, but I don't see being able to without substantial new monies.• Sederburg has proposed In creases in the beer and wine tax - often referred to as -Sin taxes• - to fund more education. The plan calls for splitting the new revenues with a group that would use its half for substane&-abuse couns&ting, Wilhur sakt . The Presidents Council, a group representing each of Michigan's public universities, received the senator's proposal in January and has asked Sederburg to do more research on its plibllc acceptance, Wilbur said. But she said there are existing studies that Indicate people are willing to pay higher beer and wine taxes for education and other worthy issues. One of the council's problems with the proposed legislation is a fear of what happened to revenues from the state lottery: Intended to supple ment the K· 12 education budget, lottery monies instead replaced general-fund dollars and there was little net gain. Wilbur waves aside the fear, and says the bill could be written to preventthat problem. Lawmakers have two alternatives if they decide higher edocatlon. need& more funding, Jondahl said: "One Is to say we'll raise taxes for that purpose. The other is to say we11 take the money from other · areas where it's being spent and put it Into there. · -To some degree we've done bdh.· While the taxes raised from a state income-tax Increase In 1983 allowed more funding Into K-12 and higher education, •it became a major partisan political Issue: he said. Few representatives would publicly say they are against more higher-education funding, Jondahl . said~ •Nobody would run for office or say publicly they are opposed to more money,• he said. "But then, If you said ~here would It come from?' you get (lawmakers) with far different HAIR A MESS? Let us help you out-Come to GARY'S CAMPUS HAI ALON x hair styling $9.00 "A Cut Above Yet Priced Below~, 351-6511 549 E. Grand River (next to Confection Connection) M-F 8am-7pm Sat 9am-2pm the University Reporter-Intelligencer Page Three , , ., The Second Front Pa e by JOE LAMPORT uR-1 Science Correapondenl Imagine one day never having to declphersaawled notes, handing In assignments via electronic mall and exchanging philosophy or sex trivia with thousands of students at cam puses worldwide. Stop daydreaming. That day has come. Already, MSU students are taking advantage of such technology to meet those ends. National and international networks link students coast to coast and continent to continent. Some university professors list their elec tronic mail (e-mail) addresses in their syllabi. · And more students carry portable lap-top devices- some as powerful as iop•·personal computers produced less than five years ago - classrooms each day. into C&r1 Page, an MSU computer science professor, sees computers becoming a distinct part of student life, if they aren't already. Although changes may occur overnight, the technology is readily available, he said. '1 give students my electronic malllng address and they can send me notes through their (computer} accounts," Page said. Page also can send exam date or time changes, for example, to stu dents' accounts in little more time than it takes for you to read this sentence. An e-mail address ls a code identifying a particular use who is linked to a network of other users, usually termed a multi-user system. If two users each have a terminal on a network, one may type a command as simple as •mail chartes• to send Charles a message. But If Charles in New York wants a recipe for bean casserole from Jean in East Lansing, Jean needs to have her computer linked Into a national network (usually via telephone with a modem) and also must know Charles' address. For exam pie, if Charles studies at New York University, Jean might type something like, •mail charles@phy.nyu.edu.•Thecomputer then passes Jean's recipe to the next computer In the direction of NYU and so on until the message arrives In Charles' -mailbox.• Sometimes, that isn't the best way to send a message. Page said a message sent on one network at the University of Michigan · first W'5 transmitted by satellite to Maryland before it arrived across the campus. Severaf networks allow national and lntematlonale-mailcommunlca tion virtually free of charge. Bltnet, started by International Business Machines Corp. and now open to the public, allows worldwide communica tion among linked users. One group of people started Fido, a national net work. The networks include govern ment agencies.and Jarge companies, - . allowing researchers in academia, business and government to share new Ideas and Information quickly and efficiently. Page said MSU Pr:ofessor Don Weinshank actually taught while working In Israel by communicating with his teaching assistants on an International e-mail network. The university community has not been blind to the rapid changes occurring. Lewis Greenberg, director of academic computing, said for the first time the faculty-staff directory will include e-mail addresses as well as office and telephone numbers. •Expanding e-mail service Is an ever-growing process,• Greenberg said. As different departments add the service~ some now rely excusively upon It for rote communication - others become interested, he added. •E-mail ls definitely an (important) part of university computing,• Green berg said. The future offers even more time saving, knowledge enhancing ad vances. Just two weeks ago, the publishers of El'lCf clopedla Brittanica released all of Its 'Zl volumes on a CO-ROM- a compact disk read-only memory. Many new computers, like Apple founter Steven Jobs' NeXT, access these cartridges much as a CD player reads to code on an audio CO to fill a room with Gershwin or Guns 'N Roses. Artificial Intelligence is beginning to make Its mark as well. "E~systems,• explained Chris Peterson, an artificial inteUigence group leader at Unisys Corp. in Plymout~. •capture the expertise of a key individual, allowing you the ability to solve problems automatically without computer involvement.· Integrating such systems with conventional processing capabilities, such as •number crunching• and similar tasks, will offer businesses an efficlent,cost-effectlveapproachto many tasks. "The key is Integration,· Peterson said. •Still, In the Al community, stand alone systems are the norm. Making them better is a good goal, but people in business want It Integrated.· Expert systems developed at corporations like Unisys and expert system research at MSU and other institutions already serve as an Important basis for American technol Ofll. Page said researchers look to Al to allow advances In many areas. "Space (will benefit) from Al, but advanc&s are being held back by certification requirements,· he said. •A1 may put a co-pilot In the transpor tation Industries (that) would tell a pilot what they should do now and what problems are occurring.· The technology will allow people to develop new solutions and to better uR-lartwork/JACKWHEATLEY manage Information. But It hasn't always been that way for Al. •Just thirteen y~ ago I told people there'd be computers in cars and it was scandalized,· Page said. "Today, most cars have a small (personal computer) In them.· Page recalled the first Al conven tion he attended In Ann Arbor in 1958 as a student at the U of M. Only 20 to 30 people attended. But this summer In Detroit, where MSU had a booth for the first time ever at an international conference on technology, more than 6,000 people participated. Since then, waves of research revelation and consequent application have spread Al influence far and wide. With the advent of computers like NeXT and other powerful -Worksta tions, • 1arge stores of information - like a dictionary, a thesaurus and encyclo pedia - are being linked forthe first time In a way allowing for efficient, effective and rapid access. •(As) the industrial revolution amplified workers' powertodo work, a machine built to accomplish more, Al Is Intelligence amplification,· Page said. u - ge results, so act now and contact your ad exec ... ... ....,, -ti• ... ,..,,,! ftw--lutlf· Hl/•llN/fnl ... tilU•"""'*•n!!! 4 • Reporter-Intelligencer EDUCATORS, from p. 1 country. . •Social and public services are not receiving the rates of increase they came to expect in the 1960's and 70's, • Hines said. •in the 7CYs, tuition rates were kept relatively low because of the expected commit ment to higher education. They were actually lower than they should have been. -There was also the political payoff, because people doni gripe if there areni any increases,• he sakt Lowtuition levels mean greater accessibility for students -and in the 198CYs that accessibility has shriveled. -rhe simultaneous occurrence of repeated rises when compared to the 70's and the relatively slower rates of increase of taxes for higher education has been a double blow to students,• Hines said. And students are in a bind. The repeated jumps in tuition have limited the opportunity to attend instituions of higher lea.ming. Hines said enrollment statistics for the last several years indicate the true impact of skyrocketing costs on prospective students at four-year colleges and universities. -Transfer programs in community colleges in the last five years have grown rapidly, primarily because of the costs (of four-year institutions),• he said. But while probably accurate, Hnes said It was dramatic to say that the state has been remiss •and the students are getting screwed.• Public universities are turning elsewhere for revenue. Endow- r----------, I I I I I I I I I I I I : 1 I 10°/o OFF • I I I •Any retail purchase of: I •T-Shirts •Sweatshirts •Tank Tops CUSTOM PRINTING AVAILABLE 119 North Harrison East Lansing 337-7611 L----------J 27 September, 1989 Rising tuition costs are putting college degrees out of reach. uA-11 MATTHEW GOEBEL ments, annual giving and federal, stateand privately-funded research projects are but a few of the alternate routes of covering operat ing costs. It is a difficult Issue for all in volved, and unfortunately there is no end in sight. •1t's the exceptional state that finds a lot of money that it didni have previously or that can in crease taxes,· Hines said. Michigan probably Is not one of those, he said. Fiscal constraints, largely the result of the domestic automobile Industry decline, make it difficult. But Hines said Michigan's commit ment to higher education is improv ing. "It's not leading In the Great Lakes, but it's making a comeback,• he said. In the interim, however, many students are wondering what the university is doing to control costs. A stroll across campus provides students with evidence that loads of · money Is being spent In areas that probably doni affect their educa tion. The Breslin Student Events . Center, the IM East, the addition to the Engineering Building and the new Soll Sciences building are examples of capital improvements being made across campus. MSU Provost David Scott ex plained that student tuition dollars are not being used to pay for most capital expenditures, although there are exceptions. As Roger Wilkinson, MSU vice president for finances and opera tions, explains, student fees are used to pay for a variety of build- Call for DAVID at 337-1114 David Zumberg Experienced Hairstylist Personal Attention Patrician's Hair Fashion 309 MAC East Lansing lngs across campus. The Breslin Center, Student Services building, Olin Health Center, all of the residence halls, all of the intramural buildings and part of the Wharton Center are paid for by the students. There ls no per student charge, but rather a percentage of tuition that goes toward paying for the "debt retirement •of th~ buildings, Wilkinson said. This year, less than 5 percent of tuition revenue is designated for building expenses, he added. The charge Is constant -$5. 7 million per year- but the actual percentage decreases as tuition and fees rise year by year, Wilkin son said. That Is unless the university refinances or builds another building with student fees, in which case the percentage would in- crease. Students will be paying for the Breslin Center until 2005- 20 years after the board of trustees approved construction of the arena But Provost Scott said building at the university must continue, or future students will lack facilities that current students enjoy . •Just suppose the past boards and administrations decided not to build the Kresge Art Museum, or they said, 'let's not have an IM,' • he said. "'We wouldn't have those thingsn<>W.· Scott said the amount of student fees MSU uses for new buildings is modest when compared to other Big Ten institutions. -Those funds are appropriated with Capital Outlay,• he said. "They're specified by legislative MOOD \.fl:SIC TO SUIT ANY TIME OF DAY! action and adopted by the governor forthe purposes intended. Building construction funds are one-time only: That means if the university were to take $1 O million from building funds and use it for general opera tions, it would have to be replaced at some point down the line. 'When we submit our budget requests for 1990-91 this Novem ber, it will include a new general operating fund budget and a new capital outlay request. They're entirely separate.· Essentially, the university could not ask for less capital funds to garner additional general operating funds, which would in tum keep SH EDUCA TORS,p. 5 Cal) your tradYet a1?.e9cy 0 It all. Hotel reservations Car rentals Tours Cruises Limousines Rail Travel Guaranteed service At Spartan 1ravel we uarantee our service Give us a call and let Mid-Michigan's travel leader do it all ••• for you •,.a Spartan Travel Carriage Hill East Lansing 351-1080 Capitol City Airport 323-7666. Holiday Inn East Lansing 336-9444 Downtown Lansing 484-7111 I I I I I I I : I I treated the same as all other universities,• he said. We have different missions. We're just looking at a reasonable compro mise. 8h's largely due to a lack of political maneuverability to bring large changes in times of economic shortage,· Scott said. The Center for Higher Education's Hines said many student organizations acl'066 the country have engaged in lobbying efforts to put pressure on Institu tions and the state to not raise tuition. "In many cases it has been successful,· Hines said •A strong student association can make a very big impad. The best known Is the Student Association of the State Universities of New York.· Steinke said 'one of ASMSU's goals this year is to aJ>ply more concentrated pressureonthe$tate government, ·in hopes that MSU will be more fairly treated ex>me appropriations time.• Apparently, MSU students want their voices heard as a collective whole. In two days of this year's registration, more than 8,000 letters were signed requesting representa tives and senators from across the state to increase higher education funding. Many students still want to attend MSU, Scott said. There were over 21,000 appli cants for this year's freshman dass of6,500. And while many of those were turned away because they weren't qualified academically, Scott said the university obviously is turning away many students who ex>uld succeed at MSU. That does not jive with the land-grant philosophy. •rm sure there are lots of stu dents who have financial hard ships,· Scott said. "Our philosophy still ls to provide financial aid so that no student qualified will be denied an·education. "Is that possible? On paper, yes. In practice? Ask.around on the street. We still by and large fulfill that philosophy: he said. D ©fNJOI! 0~!2&~@ '[}{} & l!r! ff & g 27 September, 1989 tuition levels stable~ However, Scott said that spend ing changes are being made in an effort to limit the impact on stu dents. Both personnel redudions and the phasing out of departments will make the university more efficient, he said. Last year, three MSU general education departments-humani ties, natural science and social science-were eliminated with the intent of ex>mbining them in a Center for Integrative Studies. This will allow the University to draw on faculty from across the university to teach general education classes. The university is retrenching in other areas as well, Scott said. In tne human health-related departments of the school, such as osteopathic medicine, human medicine and the ex>llege of nurs ing, ex>urses are being rescheduled so students from all three areas can take the same classes, reducing the need for more professors. "We're trying to bring greater power to bear, by ex>mbining what students in the medical schools need,· Scott said. Almost all ex>lleges at MSU are making redudions in the number of faculty. But Scott said this will not adversely aff ed the quality of education students receive. •h means that because. we don't have the funds to provide (salary) Increases with inflation, we'll have to do with a smaller cadre of faculty,· he said. •it's not a case of removing faculty. MSU has large numbers of people retiring, and we're building a plan to focus where you make changes.• That is where Scott's ex>ntrover sial plan - document - the famed A-cubed fits in. University resources must be, as he says, refocused, refined and rebalanced to accomodate lack of money for general operating expenses. The university still ls hoping for increased appropriations from the state, particularly in per-student funding. MSU falls short of Its peer institutions In the state- the University of Michigan and Wayne State-when It comes to per capita funding, according to ASMSU Executive Director Sue Steinke. Provost Soott said administrators are CX>ntinulng their efforts to stimulate equity In state appropria tions. We're not saying we should be 10 % Student Discount CURRIE'S UNISEX SALON 408 E. Grand River Ave. 372-5521 Mon-Fri 8am - 8pm Sat8am-5pm Walk-ins welcome Appointments preferred · PURPOSE, from p. 1 we do not have all the answers, we hope at some point all readers will find their 15 minutes of noteriety within these very self-same pages. We welcome all submissions, be It an idea, story, photograph, artwork, or cartoon. As we say, we are YOUR paper, and as such, we want you to be both reader and writer. Your efforts are welcomed as we attempt to fill these pages with elements readers will seek out enthusiastically. For our part, we seek to probe, search and expose readers to stories and Issues either ignored or glossed-over by the mainstream press. There is no subject too sensitive for discussion within these pages and all Issues will be aired out and explored as well as we are able. We also aim to entertain and make you think. So read on - and enjoy. Reporter-Intelligencer • 5 LEGISLATORS, from p. 2 Wilbur disagrees. •rm personally not convinced of that because our applicant pool is still so large: the trustee said. There is plenty of financial aid available to let students enter MSU and ex>ntlnue to attend through the tuition increases, she said. But she also does not know when the demand side will hold the upper hand over the supply of higher educa tion. ·1 just truly do not know what the market will ex>ntinue to bear,· Wilbur said. •1 don't think anyone knows that: Jondahl is equally unsure of the effect: •No one knows where you start triggering redudions in enrollment.· While Jondahl does not deny the increasing numbers of applications, he insists that the demographics of those people become more and more elite as tuition rises. •1 think It's dear you've got certain people- from an economic perspec tive, demographically- who aren't even showing up,· Jondahl said. 8There's no point, they can't hack it: (JJ]/2=0 /Gdi/j ecttcM 337-4445 Natural Fiber Clothing r~~maLL r::-------------;i 'flack to School Special 1 I I I I : 15%0FF With this Coupon l Bulimia Support Group is designed This support group eliminating binge/purge behavioral destructive use of food and toward more positive actions and attitudes. to assist students with bulimia educational, focus techniques, participants will Through to learn in decreasing or and their behavior away from psychological, behaviors. When: Mondays 3:00-4:30 p.m., Oct. 2 - Nov. 20, 1989 Where: 2nd floor conference room, Olin Health Center Fee: Free . Please call 355-7593 for more information and/or registration OLIN HEALTH CENTER MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Olin Health Center Health Education Public Health Services: 353-0718 : : Excluding sale items L __ Expir::_ JO I 31}_!:_ __ _J e e It's the same old story Now is the tiJDe for a rewrite bottom line Is that over the last 20 years the percentage of general operating costs derived from student checkbooks has increased by almost t3 percent, while the state's •comm It- ment to higher education• has plum- meted by almost 18 percent. St~e lawmakers must allocate funds to a variety of public service areas, ranging from corredlonal facilities to mental hospitals to K-12 education. Higher education Is taking a back seat.to lawmakers who are beginlng to realize there Is little political leverage to gain by bolstering higher education budgets. What sense would it make for a representative from Hicksville to favor taking money away from a farm subsidy program in favor of an extra million to a state school? The tune "Roll Out the Pork Barrel• reverberates in our heads. However, there is one big solution to the dilemma, and taxpayers are going to have to swallow the pill. Yes, it's those three dirty little words from the 1988 presidential campaign and it's not ·11ove you.• Guess what, it Isn't ihousand points o'light, ·either. Ifs "a tax hike: Unless Michigan taxpayers are willing to take the solar plexus shot of a tax Increase, the higher education system of the state is going to dwindle to a bundl of mediocre schools with eroding buildings and seoond-rate faculties. No winning footbal teams and no future rocket scientists. Just a hippie breeding ground forthedisillusioned rich brats of Michigan. Maybe the Increase could come In the form of a larger sales tax on beer and wine sales, as has been men- . tioned at the Capitol? It doesn't really matter how it's done, it's just got to be done. Taxpayers won1 likely vote for something of this nature unless they are assured that universities won't continue to fritter away their harcl earned salaries. MSU must join with the rest of the universities in the state in making responsible changes In its spending practices. Got that John and David? That means a freeze on new campus buildings until the crisis has passed. Money previously designated for new buildings should go to repair, main tain, and improve currently existing classrooms. The money will go farther and be more efficiently spent. If we continue to approve new expenditures we must be ready to pay forthem later. If that means another tuition hike, we must ask: "Can we afford it?9 We assert, instead, that our money be spent In the areas of greatest need - and that does not inc.lude thousands of dollars to beautifytheBeaumontTower. We · love the old symbol, but let's face it, no one learns how to do a derivative there, and can anyone rememberthe last time the Tower stood up in front of a classroom to give a political science lecture? And that's just one of many examples. It's time for some responsibility and accountability on the part of university administrators and state legislators alike. Otherwise, this university will cease to serve the students in their M&t Interest. Crunch, crunch, crunch. That's not the sound of bones breaking. It's the sound of students getting the squeeze from university administrators and state lawmakers. Once again, students have been hit with tuition Increases. At MSU, tuition is jumping 7 .9 percent. While administration officials use their annual excuse for the rising cost lack of money of attending school - from the state - students continue to bear the brunt of MSU's drive to become the next University of Michl- gan. And loan officers don't care about the U-M octopus' new East Lansing campus. They ~re about collateral Don't forget administrator.s' excuses don't ~y for credits and employers don't want to hea;why students couldn't afford to finish college. Money talks and we know what walks. Shall we put it in a different perspective? While we understand the difficult position administrators are In, the Watch your step! Officials reported last week that East Lansing may be upchucking it's way into bankruptcy. According to the Alcohol Commu nity and Safety report released this month by the city, East Lansing spends $7,000 in contract expense for weekend pickup of litter and cleanup of urine and vomit from April to September -we're not kidding, folks. We always knew the big city was dirty .. City officials weren't bothered for comment, but idle speculation places the city in danger of going belly up (as opposed to lunch up) by early next year if students persist In pissing and puking their way through the beautiful downtown area Talk of a "Barf Bond Issue• has surfaced (along with small bits of El Az nachos). Therefore, sources who spoke on condition of anonimlty said it Is incumbent upon us, the students, to take our urine and vomit elsewhere. The source went so far as to suggest perpetrating the technicolor yawn in Ann Arbor, home of the exalted University of Michigan. Suddenly, we feel queasy. JIOWCOM' _surt'RH~R..0€°$ ~E'"ER ltAV&:' "RMPll lfAl~?lf LETTERS: you got 'em and we want 'em. But we have a few conditions, first: The uR-1 encourages all of its readers to participate in the dissemination of information and knowledge across cam pus. We are accepting view points, letters to the editor or other commentary for publica tion on this page. 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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~-------··········································-··-~ I _________ ..,.._ ___ · ~--~- 8 • Re orter-lntelli encer · 27 September, 1989 Neither a he nor a she, a star is born first, but we~· we had no choice . but to love It no matter how much trouble It-was or h<>W unruly It might become. . Unlversl-D wanted to call It "The Word• or something else catchy and brief. I wanted someting more tradi- tional. So we named It after my great great grandfather. Horatio Alger Mencken Hearst Kane Pulitzer Reporter-lntelligencief. He was. a fine man, even If he M.L. Elrick "Mr. Elrick, Mr; Steams . . . It's an it.• What? After recovering from the Initial shock Universi-D and I realized we had witnessed the birth.of an unusual ~ecimen. An· extraordinary specimen. A troublesome specimen. A specimen overly laden with names. A newspaperspecimen. We weren't sure what to do 8t · . used ,to get beat up a lot. , After watching It grow for five months, we decided to let It out of the attic and Into the real world. . A world of dog-eat-dog competi tion. A world resplendent with callous ness and fierce injustice. A world that waited til you were · down to boot you In the small of the neck. We figured the world had time enough to toughen Itself up for uR-1. It has been said by some that the motivation for this enterprise was ~8. But only the most pernicious, viciously cynical slug-eating fartbiter would actually believe this. Listen, honeybaby, no spite flame bums long enough or hot enough to give off the heat an enterprise like this · req~lres. Spite doesn't have the stamina to ·get one through a project like this. It takes talent, dedication, desire, gusto, sheer balls- but especially good people who put themselves, their honor, their effort on the line to do something they believe In. People like Tresa Baldas, David Steams, Matthew Goebel, Steve Lacy, Delaine Wright, Tim Parfitt and so many more that should be thanked and aJ)plaudSd but cannot be because of space constraints. · And there are many on the uR-1 limb who wHI be pulled in today. Let It be said this is the Freddy Krueger of · journalism: the bastard son of a thousand maniacs. But remember, our daws are rapier-sharp and non-discriminating. It's ours and we love it. There were some who said It couldn't be done; no one could put out a newspaper with no financial backing 0r sponsorship from some wealthy benefactor. Who would advertise in a non existent newspaper? Who would write for it, shoot photographs, create art? I guess they were right, nobody In their right mind would. · I guess they were right, it's too much trouble and too outlandish. .1 guess they were right, let's just · forget the whole thing. - Elrick ill executive editor of the uR-1, and •pent this •um mer in /amaze cl---. M·su: The new hoIDe of the Medellin? beverage transaction. -Tuey apparently had arranged to purchase beer from two legal-aged students but had failed to pay for an earliertransadion. DPS officials say they have no suspects.• It sounds far-fetched and proba bly Is, but It's about as ludicrous as MSU's ability. to enforce its new alcohol policy on campus. En loco parentis syndrome Is rearing Its ugly head on campus once again. What's next? Are the resi dence halls and student life adminis trators going to follow In the footsteps of Boston University and prohibit students from having cvemight guests? HeA, If students can't get drunk anymore, might as well let them be frustrated, too. In fact, why not outlaw dancing? Footloose was one of the . most Inspirational movies I've ever seen. . The underlying issue here Is not whether the university should offer Its services to problem drinkers. It st)ould. But do you see Alcoholics Anonymous dragging people in front of a smoke-filled auditorium and forcing someone to admit their David Stearns It's a scene you could see one dayatMSU. I can hear the talking head on the idiot box now ... "One MSU freshman was shot twice in the head and two others received minor Injuries when the trio attempted to smuggle a case of Falstaff beer to their room In Hubbard Hall. ·ops officials believe the hit was the result of a beer-deal gone awry, as the freshmen attempted to leave the scene of an Illegal alcoholic . disease? If university officials think outlaw sehool that resident assistants bust every keg party or •common source· , party that they see, ls ing alcohol In the dormitories - er, excuse me, residence halls - going to limit the amount of excessive drinking occurring on campus, It's tlm,e for them to wake up and take a cold shower. And If a policy doesn't meet It's stated objective, It's a flawed one and . should be reconsidered. Of course, MSU administrators probably will argue that alcohol really . Isn't being outlawed on campus, becau~ 21-year-old dorm rats still will be able to pursue their legal right to get annihilated. Fine. Now the question is, what percentage of on-campus students are under 21 ? And how many legal aged students live on floors with minors, yet still enjoy socializing with them 8S either neighbors or even roomates? Does the term pimping ring a bell? Another justification for the policy may be that underage drinkers are breaking a state law. But that's a matter tor the police, not resident ,assistants. It's the biggest joke at this Statistics show that the United State5 only is able to intercept about one percent of Illegal narcotics such as cocaine, crack and heroine from entering the country. ·And that might be pushing it, even with the war on drugs. I can't imagine many resident assistants wanting to be associated with an Attack on Amstel or a Repeal • Rolling Rock crusade. Resident assistants have an important job to do, rJnning the gamit from counseling to breaking up fights .. Why aeate an even greater air of mistrust and antagonism by forcing them to becx>me prohibitionist key stone kops, running around looking for keg parties? Many don't do It, most GBn't do it, and none of them shou Id have to do It. It's n'ot their job, so,change the policy. Otherwise, MSU could become the next Colombia. - Stearns i. m•tlllging editor foi' the uR-1 •nd wu c.ught during his sopho mote year trying to anHk • "-g to the fifth flaorof Wnt Ak~rsHall. Dade Priageon Reed · sawyer Weiss WilbUr Owen DiBiaggio Geek{s) of the Week Sorry Board of Trustees {and President DiBiaggio). We know you're In a bind, but for yet another tuition Increase, no left-minded student·Journallst wou:ld pasa up the opportunity to put the blame on those nearest to our heart Board of Trustees, as at-1artge elected offlclala from acrosa the state, it's fine time for you to initiate some responsible spending on campus. That hasn't been a top priority yet, obviously, so for that you've qualified as the uR-l's first Geek{s) of the Week. Oh, we almost forgot We recognize the legislature's substantial Involvement In our Indebtedness, too. Unfortu nately, It waa loglstleally prohibitive to print the photos of every •nator and representative from across the state. ' • • . • • • • ~ • • • • • ~ • • .. . • • " "' • _. • "' ,. " . . '.,., "'",.,' • • II ,._ # " • , ' # ~ ., ""' " " /. , 27 September, 1989 P_rominent folks beg·in countdown to Lash 9 • Reporter-Intelligencer What the people In the know have to say about the return of celebrated, chastised and oft-misunderstood bard C. Patric •Lash• L.arrowe to the journalistic hemisphere .. While most of the below-mentioned folks were candid and stopped swearing after they heard the news, these comments should be taken with a minute boulder of salt. A grain that would make Arnold Swarzenburgemeger bust a nut. Kelley Root-:- ·1 thought we got rid of him already!• · . John DiBiagg io - •tt•s good to know Lash is back stirring up contro versy on campus. It's men like Lash that help this fine AAU-L.and grant university maintain Its excellence as we strive to become the premier research university of the 1990's. • John Cantlon- •rve been trying ~ .Have at it! Did Rick's attempt to kill all their rodents with an over-powering dose of Polo, or is that just the new clientele? Let's talk football for a minute (and then run for a lot longer later): Why don't you ever see a football player looking for a parking space on campus? Speaking of cars, the Provocateur wonders ~en was the last time you saw a student who could afford a gold Mercedes? Of course: with a scholarship you can use your money fOr other things ... such as a celluar phone to call professors for assignments. Hey, do you have to dial an 8 to get off campus when you're driving in a gold Mercedes with a car phone? Then again, do you ever see a football player on campus? Why don't you ever see any squirrels for years to get out of this university for years. Hell, I retired two years ago, and here's this old coot trying to stick around! They boost him and I'm still here. Hey Lash, got any point ers?" Wordamlth-·Laaash, what was It like (oh tell me please I've got to . . know) for those three long months without writing? But really, man, bop's glad to have you back; never giving the establishment any slack. Irie.• Opal Tanya Gazdik- ·1 just love Lash. Next to Walter Adams he's the sexiest man on campus. And you know what? He loves me, too! He really does.See, our signs are com patible and we like the same food, and we both breathe and .. .- ACLU - •1t would be in the best ~ Interests of ·everybody if we witheld comment at this time. You see, Lash has a few misgivings about this flag burning thing·, being a-real patriot and all. To issue a statement at this juncture would be most Imprudent and may jeopardize our case with Judge· H8nslovsky .• Ronald Reagan-•ves, well, Lash? Well, Mommle and I are very pleased with the way George Is decorating the White House. It's a joy to see young Danny-boy playing on the South Lawn. Lash? Yes, well, um, It was a horse in Mexico. That's somewhere near France. Wanna see my scar? My brain hurts: uR-1- 'Welt, we asked Lash to · write again because he's the only guy around with a shorter name than ours. Plus, he works for free and doesn't ask for mileage. Right, buddy?" George Perlea - ·1 don't know much, but l'lltellya this, brudder, that Lash Is a hell of a guy. Reminds me of Jack Lambert. Good-family-man, good values, good teeth. He's a real gamer, brudder. Just wait, he'll still be in the . bowl hunt late this season. Real clas5, act, brudder: · William F~ Buckley-Undoubt edly, Mr. L.arrowe is one of the most subversive elements to appear since the McCarthy days. Under no circum stances should this leftist, shall we say, pink, Individual be allowed to undermine the moral fiber of young America. The very mention of his name evokes images of words such as degradation, infiltration, desecra tion, irreveranceand, ludicrousity?" Richard Lewie- "It's Wednes day, I know know, I need a date, my hair is falling out. Lash? He doesn't wear leather, he's not 40 years old and worried about getting laid. I don't know, I'm stressing, he's funny. Am I funny? My mother thinks so, I don't know ... Hey, where's Letterman? . Arsenio, baby!· Tune in next week for the trium phant return of Michigan State's most outspoken columnist, Lash Larrowe. · Episode number one; •Lash of the Titans. ~ · Word has It that President DiBiagglo has a two-hour layover at LA.X. on his trips to Asia. During the brief stop at Tinseltown, the prez has been , - sitting in as a look-alike stunt double for Grandpa Munster. Just kidding, Drac. . - Someone tet a bat In here? Hey, get that thing off of me!!· - The Provocateur -running around by do~ cafeterias? Back to the bars. We love the Riv, but do they own any tapes otherthari Aja ·by Steely Dan? We've railed on the university for unwise spending practices. But It's time that some money be spent in a real important area- lights outside of . the Union. It's only a matter of time before someone Is either attacked or breaks their frigging neck walking down the steps. Look, the Provocateur realizes this is a-rough start, but he hasn't gotten any sleep for three days putting this thing together. · · OK, Pete, (of Pinball fame) We're not fooled by the mask. So cut him some slack, jack! (Even though he wouldn't do the same for you). SEAFOOD 2682 E. Grand River .. Dishwasher, busser needed. Apply within or call 337-7324. Ask for Chris. USACAFE.4750S. Haga dorn. Hiring cooks.daytime floor host. cashiers. Call 332-1952orapplywlthin. THE VARSITY needs cooks. Experience preferred. Apply within at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Spartan Street. THE UNION BARBER SHOP specializes in au types of hair. Come by and see us in the lower level of the Unin Building. See our add elsewhere in the uR-1. SPARTAN TRAVEL can take you where you want to go. Call us at 351-1080.See our add elsewhere in the uR-1. I HA VE A GUITAR that I can't play. Please teach/ work with me to create songs. Tastes range from folk to new wave. Call Peterat 351-4885. 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Meet interesting· people, travel to exotic, far-away lands, and all for little or no pay!! Call 351- 4899 for details. MATIIE, IT'S BEEN A LONG tirQe since I sow you pee on the floor. I've heard you've grown quite a bit, but I haven't seen you in eons. let's do lunch. How about the Top Dog? And no picking on big Tiff. HEY, DOV, HOW DO you like the rag? I tried to call you In A-squared a couple of weeks ago but we never connected .. How's grad school and such? Send up a viewpoint or letter or something. l'manxlousto hear from you .. Dave. JIM,l'M STILL WAITING FOR THAT record review. How's Beantowntreatingyou.? Well, I hope Kee hasn •t added to his out-of-state collection. The address Is In the paper,sogive me a call or drop me o.line. Dave. KIM. HOW'S LIFE OFF OF THE ROCK. or with a rock, you might sat? Things are cruising here. Nothing exciting, really. How's Andrew and Sharon? Enough of the senseless chatter though. See ya, Cliff. USA, USA. LISA, how are the Arabians? I miss those mornings at the H ·n Kat 7 a.m.TakeCare,Dave. I didn •t forget you either. Brenda. Thanks foran awesome last weekend on Martha's Vineyard. It was the highlight of the sum mer. MATilll HOW'S LIFE at the Cape Cod Newspapers? Hove you heard the new 24-7 Spies? Check It out Keep up the excellent wrftlng. You never got what youdeservedthlssummer. Schmoo. Schmave .. Tlffer, It's been more than a year together! Thanks you beautlful bitch. You keep mf bed warm and my yard fuU. I love It when you chase the balls in the living room. Diane Stanczak: a long ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!! FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY, the uR-1 will be offering classi fieds free of chargel What a total bargain, folks. We will accept classifieds in many categories, including: per sonals, wanteds, lost and founds, services (sought or offered), roommates or housing. Ads must be delivered to the uR-1 offices at 142 Gunson, no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday to appear in the following week's edition. Ads should be legibly printed on lined-paper, preferably a 3- by-5 index card. Ads should be reasonable in length and the uR-1 reserves the right to make any necessary editorial changes. This offer is for a limited time only, so act quickly. The uR-1 is your place to make contact with the services or clients you need to get a hold of. summer has come and gone. I miss you and the gang. Come to Michigan and marry me. How goes things In Harris burg, Mutch? I hope all is going wen. I tried to call, but you weren't there and I just haven't had the time to catch up.on things. Oh. and about that $70 ... Who could forget the great exhaltedToastmaster General of the United States. Guam, the Virgin Islands and associated territories? Not II How· s it goin'. holmes? To the Men and Women of The Morning Call: see. I told you we· d get this thing off the ground! Hey. fishmonger! How goes things with the Bethlehem Township posse? Bust any moves lately? Things here are frantic. and we could use y0ur sharp eyes on the copy desk. but It's moving right along. Still want those towels back? Matt C.: I still hate your putrid Wolverines. but It's nice to know I'm friends with one of the few hu mans on that god-forsaken campus. Yeech. Hang loose. Hey, news assistants! I finally got a regular phone num ber and regular desk. Pretty Impressive, eh? The Phillies suck (but not as bad as the Tigers) I ToChrls.Jackle,Hughand H. Dawson: much gratitude for a good summer and the freedom to get lots of things done. Believe It or not. I think I learned a thing orrwo wnn youse guys. Give mf best to Nancy. Dear Kelleye: Die. Price negotiable. Call Tom at 332-864 1. Delaine. Delaine, Delaine, Delaine. You are a saint and we have owe you so much .... but wiH a stylebook and a pizza do? $~~VI]~~$~ W«lll7\1fr®~ @Ii' @g ... g®!l'@! MOW C.AN t MAKE TMIS C.l..AIM? $,MP~E.' !JIG 8A8Y . OFFERS l!VllRYTlllNG TMAT YOU, TME Of5C.ERNING REAC>&.R DEMANllS FROM A C.OMIC! LIKE WNAT VOU ASK? TMAT'.S NOT ALL.' BtG BA&V FEATURES A CAST OF SOME OF TME MOST POPULAR C.MARACTERS IN T~E HISTORY OF C.OMICS! L.IK& DD6/10Yl ••• El. BDRIJAN.' ANP ... UH.,,WMO ARE TMESE GUV5? ANVWAV, Sl.T BACK AND WAIT • . A WEEK ... AN EXC.ITING NEW .STORY IS C.OMl.NG YOUR. WAY! I I I I I I I I OUT AND A~.QJJ.Il Friday, Sept. 29: Big Daddy Kinsey and Ole Kinsey Report Saturday, Sept. 30: The Samaritans Sunday, Oct. 1: Jerry Sprague. Each week, the uR-1 will feature a section called Out And Aboul In it you will find listings of local entertainment happenings ranging from bands playing at local nightclubs to plays on and off campus. We also will include concert updates for theatres and arenas in East Lansing, Ann Arbor and metro DetroiL Considering our relatively "unhip" ways, please contact us about other happening places, events, etc .. so that we may include them in this section. Bars, read: This is basically free advertising, so send us some press packets. • Rick's American Cafe: Tonight: Bom Naked, with vocals by Phil Garner Thursday, Sept. 28: Ash Can Van Go Sensations: Tonight: The Wayouts, with special guest Ted White. Small Planet: Thursday night blues, featuring Born Naked. The Landshark:· · Tuesday, Oct. 3: L.A. Duke Trio P.T. O'Malley's: Friday and Saturday: The Knaves St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit: Thursday, Sept. 28: Burning Spear Friday, Sept. 29: Pop Wiil Eat Itself Royal Oak Music Theatre: Tuesday, Oct 3: The The Guarneri String Quartet.. Peace Education Center: Tonight: A meeting for East Lansing residenti with sister city La Libertad, Nicaragua at 7:30p.m. Wharton Center For The Performing Arts: Tonight through Sunday, Oct. 1 :At the Great Hall, a Broadway musical, titled Into Tlte W oodr , a new musical based on storybook characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack and The Beanstalk. Winner of the 1988N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Award, the 1988 Drama Desk A ward and three 1988 Tony Awards. Thursday, Sept. 28: Animal Farm., George Orwell's movie depicting the totalitarian aftennath of a barnyard revolution that is dominated by the local pigs. Part of the Peace Education Center's free film series. Also Thursday night will be "Boom," a 10 minute, animated look at the arms raee. Friday, Sept. 29: Meeting of the Commit tee for Education on Latin America at 7 p.m. MSU's Fairchild Theatre: Tonight: Opening night in the MSU Chamber Music Series featuring the MSUUnion: Friday, SepL 29:SouthemAfrica Libenl tion Committee meeting at 1:30 p.m. r·····················································., I I I I I · i Speaking of getting out and about, the staff and i i friends of the uR-1 are just as ready to bash into i i i the new school year as you are (but twice as i likely to blow their own horn and in the paper, i : : too) so... i you are cordially invited to help baptise the cam- i i pus' alternative and truly independent voice at a· i i i fete commemorating the uR-1. i i There will be live music and plenty o' radical, i 60s hippie-type fun, man. i i Bring this certificate to 142 Gunson this Friday i i i (Sept. 29) and consider yourself invited to what i i promises to be the event of the week. Or at i i least of Friday evening. See you there... I I I I I I L•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.I I I I . 27 September, 1989 The Deans: lntlfMliOM The new tape by TIM DHna, Inventions, continues to hone the sound they have defined previously. Sounding somewhat like R.E.M., they use the dean-edged, single guitar notes to put the main melody into their songs. This is by no means an R.E.M. rip-off band, though. May Molleman's vocals add a kind of empty, hollow sound.to the music. Throw in catchy bass lines, a tasty rhythm section, solid rhythm guitar, and The Deans got a cassette that is just plain fun. "The Maverick• is a great ex ample. With the prairie sounding riffs, it makes you want to get off your horse and eat stew outdoors. The tape sports two instrumentals, "A Piece of Wood,• and "Wendel's Apprentice .• Like the rest of the songs, they are catchy and dancy. The most impressive song on the tape is "Searching,· sounding tight and very professional. Talent is definitely shining through. "Tunnel Raragain makes its appearance, as it did on the other two tapes. Seems the boys like the song. Kinda' bluesy, kinda hollow, kinda Deans. So go out, plop $5 down, slam it into your walkman, and dance to the Deans' until they appear at Rick's aga!n. Then see them live. - T1111othyPetfitt The Ume Gianta:At Home With TIHJ Lime Giants Laid down In somebody's living room In Lansing onto a two-track with no ovef'dubs or editing, At Home With Ths Lime Giants bounces with the" kinetic charge of live performance. TIM Lime Giants, comprised of guitarist Chris Cline, bassist Mark Mowllns, drummer Pat Bills and singer Mark Demming, offer up eight keepers here that just get better and better with each listen. The Limes specialize In upbeat, . instantly likeable tunes built around catchy hooks and solid playing. Encompassing a range of styles, me&hing pop, SO's rock and punk, these guys coma out sounding if not progressive, at least fresh. "Sensation Time• and "Something Better" rock fast and hard on the heels of some powerful chords, while mid tampo numbers like the lead-Off track •Learn Whan You Bum· contain enough clever lickS and riffs to be continually pleasing. And just when you're having fun with alHhat, the Limes even can make ya laugh out loud with ridiculous love songs and odes to the wonders of angling. So what's not to like? Hopefully this is just the begin ning for this band which has the · potential t-0do even greater things. By the ~y, don't tMi. scared by the lack of production. The sound Is surprisingly dear and bright. -JO#ISchmldt Mondays SHARK WA VE a piece brass) Tues., Oct.3 .•..........••.• L.A. Duke Trio Fri.-Sat., Oct. 6 & 7 .............. Souvenir Tues., Oct. 10 ................ The Wayouts Fri., Oct 13 ........... The Chisel Brothers Tues., Oct. 17 ...................... Souvenir Fri., Oct. 20 .................... The Wayouts Tues., Oct. 24 ................. Mike Ridley Tues., Oct.31 ....... 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ELRICK u R-1 Music Correspondent DETROIT -A wise man once said: "I don't know what color your eyes are, baby, but your clothes should be black and long.· And they were when Love and Rockets touched down in Detroit's Fox Theater Sept. 16. Throughout the hour and a half set the former Bauhaus and Tones on Tail (sans David J) trio grourid out the heavy, thumping, somewhat gothic sound that has gained them a hard core following of drab-dressed, anti societal punks out for a good, rough time. Usually running from suburbia In white faces, black leather and with lots of booze in tow. love and Rockets did .little to diseourage their Image, as Daniel Ash ripped Into his mirrored guitar (blinding those not wearing the prerequisite cool shades) and tight black leather suited David J set off on his bass through a haze of fog. Early in their set they established the mood of the evening with a visually spectacular rendition of "Motorcycle• from the new •Love and Rockets• album, followed by •No Big Deal,• also from the new release. In fact, the only soft spot In the · show came when the band laid into "So Alive,• their current hit which has done some heavy crossing-over. Most of the aowd fell silent, emitting a sense of betrayal. A few, like the shitferbrains In front of me, booed the band's pop excursion. With the next song, though, the trio aanked the crowd back up. Ash and David J were sharp throughout the show (as was drummer Kevin Haskins), occasionally swap ping their respective guitar and bass for an acoustic, as in •No New Tale to \ Welconie Back Students Tel~• and other numbers. They delivered on solid favorites, utilized cool visual toudles and pleased with a lengthy one-song encore. For the encore, Ash - clad In a Beetlejuice style zoot suit - 30s/40s era jam; took to alto sax for a Not to the band's aedit, however, were the taped guitar solo In •No New Tale to Tell,· and the taped tenor sax riffs in the encore. For •So Alive; the band brought out a back-up singer to play key boards and fill in the female harmo nies. It wouldn't have been a bad idea to enlist someone to play the taped ~ric guitar and tenor parts, or leave them out altogether since they only colored the tunes and weren't crucial .. The Pixies, unfortunately, who provided the downside of the evening. Despite being one of the hottest college bands around and a hardy __ .......... -----BB&i&m--... ........... Expires 12-15-89 I 12-15-89 I I I I CALL for appointment WALK-INS accepted 355-3359 $1.fill OFF with coupon UNION BUILDING BARBER SHOP Lower level of Union Building We specialize in all types of hair $1.QQOFF with coupon LOVE AND ROCKETS throwback to punk's roots (the lyric ·s11c1ng an eyeball. from •Debaser,· the first track on •Doolittle• comes to mind), the Pixies flew through their set and never established a presence in their 45 minutes on stage. It was like listening to outtakes from their album - the versions not good enough for the final produd. Black Francis, normally no Enrico Caruso, bled one too many eardrums with his primal screams. One or two inches less of microphone in his epiglottis would have resolved my dilemma Perhaps by design, perhaps not, the Pixies never really letthe audi ence relate to them. It was too bad. Overall, though, the Pixies were adequate. They just could have been better; letting the show live up to the high expectations I had of it being one of the best opening-main act com bina tk>ns fo the summer. Oh, one word about the audience, appeal, and their image. The double bill wa& sponsored by Detroit's "We're-hip-but-we-still-want to-be-played-in-office-buildings-so-we can-sell-lots-of-commercials" pseudo progressive 99.5 FM, the FOX. A mistake. When one of the FOX's female deejays came out to announce the show, she was accompanied by an obnoxious jerk who told the crowd she was afraid to come out because she knew they (her, him, and the hardly cutting edge FOX) would be booed by the always-hip, anti-mainstream love and Rockets audience. •But I said, 'How can they boo an ass like this,. a the slug cheered, maneuvering the deejay to display her posterior. The crowd booed anyway. I cheered. For the aowd, that is. A message to YOU from the Ingham County M.A.D.n. chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving l O 17 East Kalamazoo, Lansing 487-MADD • Periodic computerized fitness evaluations • Incentive prizes for aerobic point achievement. • Personalized matched exercise partners •Specialized clinics · • Organized club activities • Regular motivation and support INTERESTED? ~ EXERSTART li@[? Dov® @OO£Jw If so, the Exerstart For Lite Club may be just what you have been waiting for! OLIN HEALTH CENTER MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Jackson satisfies Hill crowd by GREG GRIFFIN uR-l Nklslc Correspondent ANN ARBOR-Have you ever felt a deep longing for a change In what you listen to? You know the feeling. You look through your albums, through your tapes and your CD's, and nothing seems to satisfy. It's all aap, and you need something else. If you were part of the packed house at Hill Auditorium In Ann Arbor Sept. 18 , the goods were delivered to you In a rousing two and-a-half hour set from Joe Jackson and his crack 10-plece band . Jackson makes fordeeply satisfying listening.because he can and has written songs In just about any genre that you cari think of; he does It well, and he always main tains an Individualistic quality in his work. That quality binds It all together- no matter If It's angry New Wave or full symphonic pieces. On his latest release, Blaze of Glory, he remains true to his. ethic of never repeating himself and a growing political expressiveness By recording an album that roughly resembles an hour-long Broadway show, Jackson uses the shallow ·nve fast, die young• attitude of rock and roll as a metaphor for the way humanity seems to be speeding Itself towan:Js global holocaust. Whtdl means that, like a Broadway show, It's material that begs to be performed In front of an from ALCOLHOL, p. 16 JOE JACKSON audience. Jackson and his band succeeded admirably In pulling this off. Following a brief opening set that Included the hom.;laden-Vou can't Get What You Want Till You Know What You Want• from Body and Soul (1984) anda fewselec- . tlons from Big World (1986), Jackson's band tore Into the electri fying opening chords of-Tomorrow's Work:f•, the first track on.Blaze of Glory, to an enthusiastic response from the aowd. From there the show built to the swinging •Down to London· to a ferocious reading of the Latin-tinged •Aaopolls Now" and the acidic pop of the anti-Reagan •Evil E!f1plre: · Not all the songs on Blaze of Glory benefited from a live perform ance setting, however. •Discipline•, with Its heavy drum-machine techno-funk, forced an awkwarct transition from the eloquent mu&i- clanshlp that had preceded It, and left most of the members of Jackson's talented ensemble just standing around. Jackson's band was a big reason for the show's success. During an Intermission In the Blaze of Gkxy set, Jackson relinquished the stage for an Inspired Instrumen tal arrangement of •Breaking Us In Two· from Night and Day (1983), featuring soaring trumpet and trombone solos. On the sweepingly melodic "Sentimental Thing·, Jackson recreated the strings arrangement found on Blaze of Glory at his keyboard, and with violins accompa nied the transcendental vocals of Joy Askew In what resulted In an unforgettable high point In the show. Anyone thinking Joe Jackson was a snobbish, pretentious Brit was In for a surprise that night. He Introduced •Nineteen Forever-, the single from Blaze of Glory, as -a song that was enjoyed by dozens of people,• and sang the song In a stuffed sequin jacket and Elvis wig In a hilarious caricature of the bloated King. He spoke freely with his audi ence throughout breaks In the performance, giving the evening the added touch of Intimacy. Jackson brought the concert to a close with another sampling of his earlier work, Including the driving disco of •Steppln'. our and the soulful •A Slow Song• from Night and Day and a smoking medley from his big band album Jumpln' Jive which he dedicated to greats like Duke Ellington and Louie Armstrong. MSU chapter of SADD launches designated driver campaign for E.L. from SADD, p. 16 next time that person visits that bar, so long as there Is a designated driver present. But SADD needs funds to make the project a success. Money Is · needed for the pins, coupons and fHers promotlngthedeslgnated drlver Idea. Bars also must be willing to bear the burden of giving away free pop and possibly bar drinks. "We hope to get away with (spending) no money if we can get things done,· SAAD Publicity Chairperson Lisa Reeber said, adding she hopes to have the program moving at full force by winterterm. The program's purpose is to •make everyone aware otthe problem of drinking and driving and to help them become responsible,· said Reeber, a 22-year old psychol ogy major. •1 think anywhere, people could be more responsible." •Drinking and driving Is not something that you can just say will never happen,• she stressed. •(People need) to be aware of the dangers of drinking and driving and to assume responsibility .•. not only for themselves to get home safe, but also allowing others to get home sate: The last three digits of a person's drivers license will be printed on the snap-on bracelet, which like those Issued at hospitals, cannot be removed unless cut with scissors. Patrons of The B'Zar and America's Cup also are required now to show two pieces of Identifi cation, one pictured, for admission Into either bar. Both the bracelet method and two-ID requirement were implemented earllerthls month. "We're trying to stay ahead of the game,• said Jamie Fischer, general manager of B'Zar and America's Cup. "We're trying to work with (city officials), not against them.• East Lansing City Councilmember Jay Rosen said though local bars are taking steps to bring under-aged drinking under control, there still ls room for Improvement, especially in terms of better monitoring the situation. •1t varies from establishment to establishment; Rosen said. -There are many (bars) we have full confidence in ••• there are some where they could do a better job.· Rosen said much of the stepped up enforcement on under-aged drinking, fake IDs and bar regulation over the past year has been a response to two major problems facing downtown East Lansing-an excessive level of violence and an abundance of liquorand entertain ment establishments. The Alcohol community and Safety report released this month by the city states that -.he number and severity of violent Incidents In the community Is Ina-easing, with 80 percent of assaults being alcohol- related.• During the first six months of this year, 242 assaults occurred In the downtown area. According to the report, It costs taxpayers about $1,300 each weekend for additional police · needed to respond to the assaults and fights In public areas and bars. The report states that ttle city also spends $7 ,000 in contrad expense for weekend pickup of litter and cleanup of urine and vomit from April to September. A Fact Sheet of liquor-related problems Issued by the city of East Lansing In May shows that 100 assaults occurred in a two-block area, Abbott-Grand River Avenues and Abbott-M.A.C. Avenues, where 14 table-top liquor licensed estab lishments exist. This figure repre sents nearly 75 percent of the assaults reported In the downtown area between January and May. 'When you get 1,000 kids on Albert Street, In front of 7-11, you get a lot of problems,· Rosen said. -The city just can't tolerate the kind of stuff that's happened this past year: To really cut down on alcohol abuse apparently causing many of East Lansing's problems, Rosen said councllmembers over the past six months considered passing _ legislation that would require all East Lansing bars to go 21-and-over only. Though the Idea was given some thought, he said not allowlng minors to enter any entertainment establishments Is a "fairly extreme solution• to downtown problems. It also could aeate competition from Lansing-area bars allowing people under 21 to enter, which could hamper local business operations, he noted. But Byam, who supervises the East Lansing alcohol, crime preven tion and sdlool safety program, believes loc8I bars should not take the chance of allowing persons under 21 to enter their establish ment. Avoiding being hassled by the city and police and running Into legal problems may be worth losing a little business, he said. ·1 think It's the best way to resolve the whole thing ••• If you're not 21, you don't go to the bar,· Byam said. Bars currently holding a 21-and over policy In the downtown area Include the landshark, P. T. O'MaUeys (after 1 o p.m.) and Rick's American Cafe, the most recent bar that switched about one year ago. This fall term may decide whether or not the Riviera C&fe will become 21-and-over, said Manager Lee Chevalier. While the clientele of the restaurantlbartradltlonally has been an older cf'OIM'I, he said an age-policy change could occur only If a substantial number of minors are caught drinking; fake ID's are spotted or the cllentele changes. 'With the fake IDs now, it's stupid to let 19-year-olds In ••• they'll be tempted to drink,· said Chevalier, adding he Is not worried about losing business should the age pollcy change because of his already established, older cllentele. Fischer said though America's Cup and The B'Zar have considered going 21-and-over during the past few years, there currently are no plans of doing so. Dooley's and Sensations also have fumbled with the Idea of changing the age requirement for admittance but have no current plans to do so, Foltz said. Local bar manager Lee Chevalier of The Riviera Cafe applauded the studenU; on the program. Im pressed by the students' concern over drinking and driving, he said he would support the group in its pursuit to eliminate with drinking and driving. - Dooley's and Sensations also showed interest In the program. "We strongly support that type of activity and believe no one should drink after having consumed; said Gary Foltz, owner of Dooley's and Sensations. The Ingham County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving also expressed enthusiasm .overt he Designated Driver Program. ·1 think East Lansing really has a problem with too much drinking," said MADD Treasurer Cheryl Little, who has been an East Lansing resident for about 18 years. "I think It's terrific that they're initiating the program: But drinking and driving, Little noted, ls not the only alcohol-related problem affecting students. Drink ing and walking is just as big a concern, If not more, she said. •1 think the bigger concern in East Lansing Is the number of students that walk and drink, and might get hit; Little said, recalling one such Incident that resulted in the death of an MSU student last fall. Philip Eugene Rader, a fre5hman · business major, was killed last fall after being struck by a vehicle driven by an Intoxicated driver at a downtown East Lansing Intersec tion. The student, also reported as being under the influence of alcohol, ran out In front of the vehicle while crossing the Intersection of East Grand River and M.A.C. avenues, according to police reports. . .. ·- y-,--. -~·~-~~ . .....,~-.-..--r-·• --.-·~-.. -.... --. •. --1 .,--,.. . , - • . ,..~,.- • - • - ~ • • • .. .. .. • . . . . . . . 'I ' " " • ' •. .. • .. • • • t .• • ... • • • • • • • • . . . . . ' .. '1 .. .. • .. .. • • ~ .. • • • .. --.·:::-~,....,....,..-~~-------------------~--- • • • " ' " ' " . . . . -... " ' .. 1> . . . . " . . . . . . . . t • • - . . . . " . . . . . . . . . 1 ' . . ,. t Entertainment Doe Boys, Deans still intact . despite tamultuous summer b TIMOTHY PERFITT u~-1 Musi Correspondent laugh out of It and the ones that didn't looked forw~ to the band coming back, to explain the lull. c It played like a soap opera, but In the end no one was pregnant. Filling starring roles were The Doe Boys and The Deans who underv.ient changes amid various · rumors before coming outofthe su"1mer somewhat intact, but with new line-ups. The Dqe Boys have disbanded, but lead vocalisVguitarist Johnny Jozwiak and drummer Eric Hardy are reforming the band, adding a new . bass player. · However, they still need a fourth. 'We need a guitar player that can sing half-way decent and likes {our} style of music,· says Hardy. The barld plans to start playing East Lansing and Detroit In November or December, and -Want to make The Doe Boys appear as if we have never · broke up,• Hardy said. · In fad, The Doe Boys have not moved to New York, as The State News erroneously reported. 'We {The Doe Boys} live in New York now, and come back here every once In a while to play around; Hardy quoted The State News, his voice leeched in sarcasm. Hardy said the rumors helped the band, though. . People who knew them got a big The Doe Boys have been together for ttte past five years, and have two tapes out, Th• Do. Boy•and Todlly, both on their own label. Furtlierconfuslng things, the reformation of The Doe Boys leaves The Deans without a drummer, as . Hardy plans to leave the band soon. Deans' fans shouldn't fret though. This not the first drummer they have gone through, as May Moalleman explains. · Reminiscient of Spinal Tap, he said, •Eric Is our fourteenth drummer,• The Deans' lead vocalistt>asslst said. •He'll play up until we get another: The wait may not be long though, as they already have a drummer lined up. •Number nine Is coming back; Moall~an asserted- b&ck from a detour to flight school. The Deans currently have plans to play Paychecks In Hamtramck, and may be seen locally at Rick'• Ameri can Cafe. The band has released three tapes, the first two through Imaginary cassetteCompany, andthelrlatest · one, Inventions, on their own label, Revolver Music. After starting out playing hard core at Rick's American Cafe, they have since changed their style to something more alternative. Th• Doe Boy• before rntructUring: (Ito R) Michael Hilbert, Doug Kinane, Johnny Jozwiak and Eric Hardy. · "No more distortion; Moalleman salddescribingthemusic:.(tt's) really jumpy, kind of dancy .• The Deans are also known to occasionally play Freak Nightat B'zar, so definitely cha them out. East Lansing officials and businesses clamp down on boozing Fake /D's targeted nota1wayssoe&sy. by TRESA BALDAS uR-1 Metro Correspondent You fake it, they'll take It. That's what' II happen If you try to . pass a phony ID In East Lansing. · Due to the continuing problems of vandalism, litter and violence plaguing the streets of downtown East Lansing, city officials have taken extra steps this yearto counter under-age drinking. Parent groups, police and city officials believe the sale of alcohol to-minors · to be •one of the primary proQlems in the community, both Within. licensed liquor establishments and through purchase of liquor from carry-out stores,• according to a report released by the City Council earlier this month: ·· · the city adopted Attempting to reduce ~ol abuse·~ accountable for ~Y of , .' the g.Q9lnt0wn safety_and de!eriora . tion problems - legisiation this year that addresses alcQhol sales to minors, USiS of false · Identification and greater regulation of lieensed liquor establishments. ProVislons of·alcohol-:r~lated ; Qtdinances passed d.urlng the past Y~:==beveragesalesinnew - restaurants and licensed liquor establishments must not exceed 50 · percent of gross revenues; and less than 50 percent of the total floot' . area can be used for entertainment. (adopted Sept. 5) 1 *All food establishments that offer entertainment are charged a fee; those businesses providing entertainment after midnight are charged an additional fee equal to 50 percent of the annual entertain- ment fee. (adopted Sept. 5) _ *No person is allowed to use any type of false Identification to enter a ·bar or to purchase liquor from a carry-out store. (adopted May 2) *Bars and licensed liquor stores must confiscate suspected false Identification and tum It over to the police. (adopted May 2) 'We're asking the bars to be more responsible,~ said East Lansing Sgt. - Larry Byam, supervisor of Commu- nlty Policing. •(Under-aged drink- Ing) h$S been a problem ... a major problem: "It's extremely difficult, in fact Impossible, to prevent all consump- tion and possession (of alcohol) by minors,· said Gary Foltz, owner of Dooley's and Sensations - two of East Lansing's most popular and busiest downtown bars . · 'We are acutely aware of the problem; he said. 'We spend a lot of time and energy In trying to control It: In response to the city's new laws • and concerns aver alcOhol abuse, specifically bymlnors, Dooley's and Sensations this fall will use two stamps to distinguish minors from those older than 21, Foltz said. Both bars previously used just one stamp. 'We are going to continue a very diligent effort ascertaining those who are 21, and those who llf'e not,· Foltz said. And other East Lansing bars are doing the same, some to greater extremes. The B'Zar and America's Cup, both on M.A.C. Avenue, have Introduced one of the newest techniques In seJ)arating the legal While local bar owners admit there Is a problem with minors consuming alcohol In East ~ng. drinkers from minors - issuing monitoring under.:aged drinking and spotting the phony IDs, they say, is different, bright colored bracelets. SH ALCOHOL, p. 15. SADDjoins fray by TRESA BAL DAS uR-1 Metro Correspondent If you see someone wearing a designated driver button the next · time you're In an East Lansing watering hole, don't be surprised. There's a purpose behind the pin: DrunkdriVing is intolerable. That's the recent message the MSU chapter of Students Against Drunk Driving is sending out to the East Lansing community. The two year-old cam pus organization is launching a Designated Driver Program this fall, an Idea that has been floating around In the group for about six months. The program will be d~igned so that a designated driver will be known and recognized by bouncers and waitstaff at local bars . . The driver will wear a pin reading, •Designated Driver,• and sign a card when entering the premises. In support of the program, SADD Is asking local bars to provide free . softdrlnks fort he designated driver of the evening, and possibly, a coupon for a free bar drink for the see SADD, p. 15 ' . ' . - - - -- - - - ~--~--~--- ·