Gherkins! Get yer gherkins!... ci·Ci _) p. 8 · 31 January 1990 Vol. I No.13 What's shak 1 n': Fire awayl Dr. Sex fields your ques tions... p. 5 MSU's alternative and truly independent voice •What's Op ... •Scratch Dog Boy ... •Review ... • Let us Entertainment you._.. • Biting Provoc returns ... p.3 p. 7 p. 7 p. 6-8 p.8 Poor service? Medical care for underprivileged lags by J. DOUGLAS WARREN uR-1 Special Correspondent Does society's upper class receive better medical treatment than the middle class? Even if you have insurance . does your economic standing in general make a difference in what kind of medical treat ment you will receive? Possibly yes. according to some re searchers and medical · experts. Having medical insurance does not always insure that person wiH receive - the best and most ·extensive medical treatment available for a major iHness. such as cancer. Sometimes. because of a patient's ·1ack of financial ability to make long- term medical payments. a doctor wiJl alter treatment. ) "We (the United States) have always had a two-JeveJ health care system, but it's becoming more and more acCJte than in the past." said Dr. Tom Tomlinson. an associate professor in the Center for Ethics and Humanities in MSU's Life Sciences department. The ability to pay - or the perceived ability to pay - does have an impact on the form of treatment patients receive. Tomlinson · said. room. fOr example. "it is not uncommon for patients' who can't show adequate insurance to be transported to ... another emergency room." he said. In a hospital emergency However. the time spent traveling to another hospital may be the ·extra time needed to save the ,patient. An article published in the New Eng land journal of Medicine titled. "Social and Economic Factors in the Choice of Lung Cancer Treatment" indicated pa tients were treated more extensively if they · had private medical insurance rather than Medicare. This non - medical variable seemed to affect the amount and type of treatment a patient would receive, the study stated. E. R. Greenberg, author of the study. said cancer patients with private medical · chances that the treatment wiU cure the patient against the cost of the treatment both to the patient and the hospital. This pressure to save money foJJows the doctor to the bedside and puts them in an uncomfortable position. Tomlinson said. "On the one hand. they are obligated by , their traditional ethics to be concerned only with the welfare of the patient.· . he said. "But. on the other hand. (they are) under pressure to control costs ... becom ing agents of the hospital or social policy that is trying to contain health care cost. "The physician who regularly pro duces lots of costs is going to come under scrutiny by the hospital." he said. But Denny Lar son. a publfc rela tions coordinator for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan. said he thinks "the two leve l health care system probably went on somewhat .with the (insur ance) programs in uR-1 illustration/BUNKY CORRIGAN insurance were more likely to be treated with possibly curative surgery. Among those who did not have surgery. people · with private insurance were more likely · to receive radiation. chemotherapy and other cancer treatments. Greenberg's study dealt with lung cancer because the goal of the treatment generally is just to lengthen the patient's Jife in absence of a cure. Surgery and radiation therapy each entail prolonged hospital treatment and considerable expense; these factors may discourage their use by patients who lack adequate medical insurance. the study indicated. The physician. then. must w:eigh the the past... but now we have reimburse ment on diagnosis" to make things more even. The question of cost creates an ethi cally moral conflict for physicians. Tomlinson maintained. "Unfortunately, sometimes that pres sure produces decisions that go against the patient's best interest." he said. While caught in this ethical dilemma. some doctors try to get aiore money for their patients by reporting false diagno ses or by misrepresenting the condition or treatment. Tomlinson said. See POOR· CARE, p. 2 111a1t11t1t11-•~1awr.•1•1-11 ·~. That's Skary! Pickled Brown Betty brings their unique sound to EL . by BETH CARTER uR-1 Music Correspondent It's your worst mother-induced nightmare. It's that eyer-familiar unpopular childhood dessert, with a malignant twist. It's Pickle Brown Betty - dessert gone bad. 'We're not going to change the name; said guitarist Bill Zoyes. "It's supposed to grow on you, sort of like athlete's foot: With three practices and one show under their belts, Pickle Brown Betty is not yet a household word. Having been together only two weeks. this pickle is really still only a gherkin. Pickle Brown Betty, which con sists of Zoyes, vocalist/mover Scott . Russell, bassist Sean Shadomy, brassman Bill "Mr .Horns" Turner, percussionist Steve Tomsik and drummer Jacques Duskin, has already stirred-up quite a following, after only their first show at Zolton House Jan. 20. · aw9-lnsplring and all-encompassing word that skanks through their veins: ska. "Ska, it's what it's all about,• said Russell. 'We want to take it back to its roots, to· just skanking, and have some fun with that." As the only ska band in East Lansing (to their knowledge), Pickle Brown Betty hopes to bring together the separate band/groupie factions that seem to have become the rule in this town. "Ska is basically about unity; like ·especially black and white unity; said .Tomsik. "It doesn't matter who you are - anybody can like our music: "Race isn't a matter; adds Shadomy. ·on the East Coast (at s~ mod shows), you've got black skin heads, white skinheads, you've got black mods and white mods, rudies, all different types, not beating each other up but bas'ically skanking and having a good time: A good time, afterall, is what it's all about. "If it stops being fun,· said Zoyes. And they owe it all to the unifying, 'We'll stop.· '.. With tastes running from Box car Wiiiy and George Clinton to the Red Hot-.chilll Peppers, Shinehead, . AshbOne, and current East Coast mod/ska bands like the Now, Pickle Brown Betty puts on a show that's sure to please the whole family. Their current set indudes some originals and such covers as Clinton's "Get Off Your Ass and Jam; and Ozzy uR-1 photo/BETH CARTER Osbourne's "Crazy Train,· sounding like it was meant to be sak all along. They've even gone so far as to dig the Skatalites "Freedom Sounds" from 1963. Come and s·erve yourself up a piping hot slice of Pickle Brown Betty this weekend at 418 M.A.C. But please, be prepared to dance. Week in, week out - I have to shout! skirts ••• Either video games are getting easier, or you genetic defective bozos playing them are getting more stupid. In my video heyday, we blew space aliens into cosmic bits and squished the green guts out of Frogger on Grand River's electronic twih. Nowadays, the big thing is to save the Princess. Let the slut Princess save herself! Hasn't Nintendo heard of Women's Lib? I expect blood, guts and gore for my hard-earned quarter! Better yet, maybe the Board of Trustees can save her. They seem to be MSU's resident experts on blood, . guts and gore. According to my idol and rumored father George Carlin, there are 15 million yards of cattle farts yearly (they know by figuring the amount of feed they're given). How much is the National Fart . Reader getting paid to tabulate the flim-flam-fllllttts of livestock? Does MSU have its own Lifestock Fart Reader? Is George Perlas his boss? Better yet, brudder, Is George Perlas included in the stats? (One too many brewskis in the locker room with Blake, perhaps). I guess the life expectancy of a mechanical fart reader couldn't be much longer than the time MSU IDEA lasted. And how does it read those Silent but Deadly bombs ·that over whelm you during a lecture? Inquiring minds want to know. And another thing: You know that corner where you drive into Cedar Village off Bogue Street? Haven't you wondered how long it'd be till some one pulling out got hit? You can't see to pull out, or so says my personal chauffer. Not to mention that the line of sight is always blocked by a gum chewing blonde pulling pebbles out of her ~ shoes, or a phlegm-hawking, honest-to-God evolutionary throw back. As for me, I can't even see over the damn dashboard. the Provocateur Greetings, salutations and ·general ill-will to you, ya conform ist snotrags. If last week's Per/es decision didn't pull your lntensti nes into shit-knotting balls, we've got a few of our own digestive aids. So pull out the umbrella and cover that dandruff-ridden bald head of yours, becauu the Provoc's back to rain on your pa~e •.• Thoughts collected while scour ing Pinball Pete's floor for stray quarters and peeks up passing Speaking of cars - Greek letters and symbols on the rear window are, as far as I'm concerned, an open invitation that says, "Run me off the road!" At least, that seems to be the loose translation. <·>:·:·:· >:·:·:-:-:.:-:.: .... :>~<<<:>)< ..... . ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.· .·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. . . . . ... . ·.·.·.·.· .·.·.·.·.· ·.·.· ·.·.<·: ···················~····· ::::::::::mw111:va4~::i:c 2· university Reporter-Intelligencer 31 January, 1990 From POOR CARE, p. 1 ·And." Tomlinson added. "that's not a good thing." About 37 million people in the U.S. today are without health insurance. Beyond that. millions more with insur ance falsely believe the busi ness or economic side of their troubles already have been settled in case they become seriously ill. o@Jr @@f!lJjJJl@ @@Jl df CbiA II A1U:J? Let Us Help You Out-Come To: Gary's Campus Hair Salon $9.00 Uni-sex hair styling ',4 ad~ ~~lfeuM/ 351 -6511 549 E. Grand River (next to Confection Connection) M-F 8am-7pm Sot 9am-2pm. Stallion Burger Special Stallion burger w/ fries (half lb. ground beef w/ bacon, swiss, cheddar, onion, lettuce, and tomato) Draft and Shot 'O' Schnapps Thurs. and Sat. ('til 10 p.m.) Only $2.99! 101 E. Grand River Ave. Home of the Sharkbowl! 31 Januaq(, 1990 university Reporter-Intelligencer• 7 ·1 I 1 Reviews Roger B!Jd Me Roger and Me "'W Directed by Michael Moore ~ Written by MlchMI Moore by HELEN FORDHAM uR-1 Cinema Correspondent Roger and Me is a b"ing satire on American society. Michael Moore, director and producer of this "celebra tion of human tragedy; pulls no punches. No one is spared in this merciless lampooning of a world in which the rich get richer and the poor become destitute. Moore's rage against a com pas sionless, self-serving society is given vent in this semi-documentary on th~ closing of the General Motors factory in Flint, which resulted in the loss of more than 30,000 jobs. The film is narrated by Moore, letting us follow his search through a series of exclusive dubs and "martini lunches" for the general manager of . GM, Roger Smith, in an attempt to discuss the plant's dosing. Along the way, we are introduced to a kaleido scope of characters. Moore Is by no means champion ing the workers. RatheF, he perceives the injustice of the system but relent lessly shows no pity for its victims, who accept the plant's closing as a "fait accompli" and get on with the task of surviving. worker who now has become a prison guard. The guard protests loudly, over the background noise of prison ers threatening to kill each other, how much better his new job is. The corporate world, represented In his anger and Impotence against by Tom Kay, rationalizes GM's decision to close the fadories by maintaining that big business does not have an obligation to its workers. Ironically, the same big business ethic that destituted so many workers is touted as the solution to Flint's problems. Get up and do something, Anita Bryant advocates from her safe, affluent world. The film Is full of real people. Moore has strung together interviews with hundreds of people who tell the story of Flint in their own words. Through careful editing, Moore has allowed these people to damn them selves in this satirical masterpiece. . Moore's satire has all the subtle manner of a sledgehammer. He interviews the Michigan beauty queen, who - against a backdrop of boarded-up shops and unemployed flippantly dismisses the loiterers - problems of the city and asks the people to root for her In the national beauty pageant. · _ Moore also speaks with an ex-GM . what is occurring around him, Moore strips these survivors of any dignity with a black humor. Moore does not overtly condemn, but rather allows his carefully con structed picture to speak for Itself. Scene after scene of appalling poverty and fabulous wealth are juxtaposed against each other. To the strains of 'Wouldn't It be Nice· and "I'm So Lucky," we view the harsh reality of a dying.town. Although it is obvious Moore has carefully edited his reality, often doing an injustice to his subjects, the audience can only share his outrage as millions of dollars are spent on making the town a tourist attraction, while the unemployed are reduced to selling their blood to the local blood bank. The cinematography of Roger and Me is amateurish, but don't be distracted by the jerky camera swings and out-of-focus shots. They serve to heighten the humor and contribute to the general picture of a desperate man driven to extremes to tell his story. Some of the scenes of wealth are filtered, providing a fantasy effect that contrasts with the sharply focused pictures of poverty. · Moore presents a completely unvarnished picture to the world. Moore's search for Roger ends at a Christmas party in Detroit when, against the background of Roger's message of charity and kindness, we see a black family being evicted from their Flint home. Roger and Me is an ironic look at cor'porate America. Moore is the self appointed Hunter S. Thompson of the screen. Like Thompson, he features in his own work and makes vitupera tive attacks on society. Moore rips away the veil shrouding the myth of the American success story and shows the underbelly of big business. He bludgeons the audience with a reality that you can only laugh at because it is all too real. What he says may be true, but his excess must lose him credibility in a country that needs to believe in the corporate system and with people who have built their business ethic on success and survival of the fittest. IF I RUN I SMOULD 8E Al!ILE TO MAKE TME SEVEN - t=IFTl!.!!N TRAIN! ... .... ·..: .. /<:/:::: ........ rfl.'lir'-" ~ gfl&~ ,,7~~ t~tt;~~\'.~: .... · ... . : : : .... ~ ....... : ... : : ... : ................... .... :}/·:;.:· . .. · ... · ·~e~ ·' ~'ie . . . ~'l>,\~.. ~,~'6,,. " ~~\ ~'~ ... ~~~ ~50~'1. A\ ~~"': x~\LI'\~"' ... ; .. . ~tJ.~ .... ~e ~.. . .... " e . the university Reporter-Intelligencer 24 January, 1990 •, 1 L0'1E '{OU J'OHN - I LOIE OU~ SO.foot: "lf...\1S W1Ll MAKE US 51K'ON&€Rl Thanks, By George! I Happy New Year, George Perlas. And for that fT!atter, Bon anniversaire for the ·next ten years. You got everything you wanted: Athletic Director, MSU Football, More Money, assurance that you can draw NFL offers whenever you want, More Money (eventu ally), and confidence knowing that yoLJ will have the Trustees in the palm of·your - hand for the rest of your natural life. But this time I think someone's gotten wise to your disgusting power grabbing tactics. Like the states of Michigan, New York, and the entire NCAA community - blemishing the reputation of MSU forever. Congrats. 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Bongwater - Double Bummer • win. the sequins, it's time for the music industry's crown jewel, the Grammy'sl Loc/Milli-Vanilli show? Guess we Actually it's more like the Rose Bowl, some second rate players vying for past-tense prestige. just have to suck it up, and "Blame it on the Rain". at the same time as the big Tone- Ya know, to look at the Grammy's one would think that it has been quite a sad year for music. The much vaunted Grammy is supposed to be the record industry's highest honor in various catagories of outstanding achievement. Recently At the American awards, the Silli Milli's won over Living Colour and the Traveling Wilpury's for Best New Artist. And which one of the Wilbury's is O O melodic. new anyway, ol' Roy Boy certainly isn't, he's as dead as their future plans. The American Awards even had 0 .s:;, too independent. .Q 3:: Marty Wiison-Piper - Rhyme• Qi too many strings (12). > -g Bob Mould _ Workbook • too G>- I Mlracle Legion - Me & Mr. Ray .C • too silly (and who's Ray?) O 0 Baby Ford - Fordfrax • too _ Q) much acieed! Take for instance the top category, Best Album of 1989, .... and a catagory with the Milli's, Bon Jovi (DUDElll), and TheWorst Kids on . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Q) >.Lou Reed - New York• too '- .!!! realistic. ~ S The Fall - Curious Orange • too artsy-fartsy. The The - Mind Bomb • too visionary. Stone Roses - The Stone Roses • Just say no to Lovely Sonic Daring. -~ Students Against Driving Drunk and The -Residence Halls· Assoc,iation Present A WEDNESDAYS 9 PM- CLOSE 18 and over with college 1.0. $1 NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS & 75¢ POP Energize Your Wednesday Night~ With Dancin and Fun! This Week: The Sinatras-Ka.Iamazoo The Hold-Lansmg/Detr~it 30 Days of Tanning for $48! 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Cheeseburger Chili Cheeseburger Onion Rings, extra wide Chicken Sandwich Fish Sandwich Taco, meat,cheese,lettuce, and tomato $1.25 $1.25 $1.00 $1 .25 $1.75 $1.75 $2.25 $1.40 $1.60 $1.90 $1.50 $1.75 $1 .75 $.75 Veggie Taco, beans,cheese, lettuce, tomato , and onion$ .75 $2.50 Nachos Nachos Deluxe, cheese.beans, meat, sour cream, and jalopeno peppers Burrito, beans and cheese Burrito Grande, beef, beans, $3.50 $1 .00 cheese, onion, tomato. and sour cream $1.50 Quesadilla, cheese, onion, and hot sauce in a warn tortilla $1 .00 ..•..•......•..... WE DELIVER! Call 332-2381 4• university Reporter-Intelligencer - ' " 31 January, 1990 that, given the outrageous and obvious deeply sexist images and language used in that article, and the UR-l's daim to be a politically aware and responsible paper, that it was printed at all. Consider the following: Barclay's championing the usage of pornography when he describes his need for PIAYboy's "filthy rag· to "get ofr in the iime-honored male Wa.y· of . perusing pornographic materials and the'misogynistic fantasies they inspire whlJ.e masturbating, and, after present ing a rambling and incoherent "argu ment" about the •anti-human, imperial ist" policies of the U.S. govt., he leaves us all to ponder his "insights• while he ducks out io the Velvet Fingers [a porn shop in doWntown Lansing which specializes in a pleth ora of misogynistic sleaze] to pick up a couple of new [read: nastier, more explicit] magazines to replace my [too "soft1 copy of PIAYboy. • I also found this statement ex tremely offensive: Barclay's admission that he's "made a career out of watching John Holmes [a former porn "star] needing the 'help of four extra hands to hold his huge dong stiff enough to shove into some Panama nian chick who had recently been getting it on with a donkey.· Pornography is, to borrow and use more accurately two of Barclay's own terms, both anti-human and imperialis . tic: it sanctions male-supremacy and .domination while it simultaneously authorizes the depiction of women as objects to be used and discarded. Pornography is a crime against humanity, a crime which takes its toll on the bodies and spirits of millions of women worldwide; it must be stopped. Barclay's attitude shows considerable · ... ::::\:~/:\(~/? · .. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.<<·.·.· .. . . ·.· ·.<<:-:::::::::::://.~//:;:;:;:;:;:::::::: .... 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There are innumerable writers in the area who could present in your pages well written, well-thought out, and politi cally responsible articles on a variety of important and relevant topics; I urge you to seek them out. - Elizabeth A. Gibson Lansing resident Geek of the Week We always liked Wilbur the horse, but unfortunately this Wilbur (Kathy) is something of a jackass - thereby garnering Geek o' the Week dishonors. It was her swing vote that gave Georgie the ~ge in a close rise to the top (you know, like scum on a bacteria-full pond) last week. Her failure to take a bold stand cost MSU its dignity and reputation. Sure, she wasn't alone, but we usually count on her for wise-decisions. This time she copped out, accepting what was thinly-veiled as a compro mise. Hey, we gots another compromise - give us a year to decide if we like what's happened to our school; if we do, we'll pay tuition. If not, sayonara sweetheart. Sound good? Now that's a compromise we can live with! Austin II Most of the things Martin L King has done· for Black people were wrong. It's a crime to teach Black people to be nonviolent with those who are violent with us. As a Black man I can't see myself standing by passively watching Black woman and children being brutalize by vicious four legged and two legged dogs. Some people have the assumption to think that it's violent to defend yourself. One of the first laws of self preserva tion is self defence. A dog will defend itself when attacked. Martin L King also messed up Black businesses by having Black people integrate into White Busi nesses. When Black people were allowed to go t<;> White stores we stopped patronizing Black stores; I would like to make it clear to Black people that they can sing all they want but you will never have freedom by singing. You will never get freedom by sin-ging 'We shall overcome· and "Keep hope alive·. You will get , freedom when you start loving and depending on yourselves. God gives Black people freedom every year, but we fail to take freedom by spending our 240 billion dollars we earn every year to someone who looks nothing like us. If every Black person contrib uted a certain amount of money to a Black national bank we could send our own children to colleges . But no we don't want to do that, we want to beg the White man for reparations. We can make our own reparations. Large numbers of students assume that to be radical :s to have marches a~ sit-ins. That's not how I see radicalism. Radicalism to me is a deviation from the norm. Seven out of ten Blacks fail to graduate. If Black 1 people want to be radical then gradu ate because that's not the norm. Peace be unto you, Andre Austin The statistics provided by Mr. Austin cannot be verified by the uR-1. -ed Bar Barclay! To the Editors, I was extremely offended by the Andrew Barclay column which appeared in the January 17,1990 issue of the UR-I. I was also amazed 31 January, 1990 Dr.Andrew Barclay II !!!!!!!!!!!i!!l@!I!!!!!! ! I Doc takes a question Q: I didn't have a chance to read your column from a few weeks ago, but a friend mentioned you were angry at Ronald and Nancy Reagan for · interfering in your sex life (?) and you said Bush's invasion of Panama not only ruined yo1,1r Christmas but also was trashing your relationship with your wife. Isn't this going a little far to ' blame someone for what essentially are your own problems? My boyfriend and I live together and our sex life doesn't seem to be suffering from racism or sexism. How can you blame your sexual hang-ups on Bush or former President Reagan's ethics? What does government have to do with anyone's sex life? A: I'm glad you asked that ques tion because sometimes I forget everyone in-the world hasn't taken my courses. My column did link presiden tial ethics and my anxiety-ridden, trashed-out sexuality, but it has to be seen in the context of how the crap this society feeds men about our selves has ruined our ability to be either human beings or, not so incidentally, good lo'!'ers. First of all, studies have shown that living together or b9ing in love has nothing to do with later success in marriage. Being a lover is more ·fun · than· being a souse because bonds between lovers are highly sexually charged. Barclay's Fjrst Law: If you are in a relationship that feels wonderful, violin are playing, and you're walking on air - someone is lying to you. You are describing a sexual fantasy rather than a real relationship be'cause "screwed up· is what makes a rela tionship real. So here you are, living in your sexual fantasy while your live in's living in his. In my terminology, nothing er.asses over from your life to his, neither of you is touching the other. When a fantasy gets outside university Reporter-Intelligencer• 5 other (male) politicians oppose your right to make decisions about your life and your body. They're trying to force ·their values on you, regardless what you believe, -because they believe they are better than yo1;1. How much does government get into ~ · bedroom? When you find a non-sexist, liberated male who is willing to give you a small, but perfect, stone and you decide to bond with him, your ·· ~ marriage will be a primary institution of a racist, sexist society. It will contain all the shit-elements of the larger ' society. If a woman cannot earn a Combat Infantry Badge, how equal are you going to be in your marriage? ~ '' • Do you think being second rate is going to affect your sex life or, putting it another way, are you going to feel like making love with the person who is oppressing you ? We cannot sscape from marriage as a primary institution. This means all the society's problems will be reflected in your married life. Until we pressure the hypocrites running this society to clean up their act, the divorce rate will continue to soar and an extraordinary number of people will be unhappy in '(heir primary relation ship. . Newsflash for guys from the World of Science: Recent research has shown that the increase in multiple orgasmic frequency reported by members of the movement for Women's ljberation was due to masturbation techniques. Followed in a s~set of cases by a change in focus during coitus. Do you think liberated men might follow a similar pattem? Multiple ''vaginal· orgasms for "Liberated Men·? I call that serious "Hands-on· approach, folks, get my drift? Dr. Sex appears weekly in the · 'uR-1 - your family problem paperl your mind like this, I call it illusion. In the animal world we can find a number of species where males and females bond for life. (Lorenz sug gested this occurs in species where males and females are of the same physical size and thus could kill each other during sexual arousal.) _P.enguin -bonding rituals resemble human · rituals: When the male has found a female he wants to bond with, he roots around on the shoreline until he finds an attractive object, often a small, but perfect, stone. He picks it · up in his bill, carries it over to his intended mate, and places it between her little feet. If the female accepts him, she picks it up and walks around the nesting area with the male follow ing her until she finds the perfect spot They build their nest over the stone, soon· it Is filled with eggs, and they live ·happily ever after (of course, they're , Penguins). This is bonding in the animal kingdom and I feel that -until a male brings a perfect little stone to you and places it between your feet, you cannot become bonded. Forget it! Consequently, when he says, "I love you,· ask him how much. If he is like most guys, he will hold his arms 'way apart and say "This much: (If he points to his crotch and says, "This much,· drop him right there, start packing, and move in with your best girl friend - don't even ask why.) Say: "No! I mean how much: Five dollars, fifty dollars, 250 dollars?" I predict he will say you can't compare love and money, but pay no attention: "J::law mu.m do you love me?" My guess is, he will reach into his pocket, pull out some change and hand it to you. Count it. That is EXACTLY what you are worth to him. ·That's real, that's sexism. Talking about sexism being foisted off on innocent people: Are you pregnant, what then? 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