MSU speaks! We are your independent voice - read on ... 9~0 14 February 1990 Vol. I No.15 What's shakin': /'LL LOVE YOU IN THE MORNING ... p. 5 or so they say on... MSU's alternative and truly ·independent voice . 0 Don't forget the Pro voe ... 0 The Clydesdale has a vacancy ... 0 GeJ yer butt Out & About ... 0Get boned by Dog Boy ... 0 The The concert preview ..• p.4 p . . 5 p.6 p.6 p. 7 r~cubed: Reeking, Rotten, wRong Nazis reborn · as skinheads Gordon Gekkosucks Dante ·chinnl · Mike , _Venyah ;;,_:::::·.:-;/(.:'.·,::::'.:·· Aaron Hall It happened last April. President John DiBieggio called It fkubed: a program thal was supposed to rebalance. retocus . and redefine MSlls academic status as well as enhance quality and diversity. What It actually · did, however. was d&slruy three departments: natural science. social science and humanities. A strange way to improve an institulion"s quality. I suppose one may wonder why anyone would bring up this topic now. months alter the fact. Well there is good reason. Bui tor now, allow me · to close this chapter and continue with my story. Earlier this year, a survey was released that showed thal many college graduales have major gaps in their knowledge of history and literature. The survey, released by the National En downment for the.f-lJmanilies, reponed that 42 percent of 696 gradUares polled could nol place the Civil War In .the mrrect half century. and 24 percent thought that Columbus landed in the Western Hemisphere after 1500. A report. accompanying the survey, rec:oni mended thal colleges require 50 a>llege aedit hours in the humanities and encouraged colleges to re-examine and.relDrm the way they teach humanities. Does any of this sound familiar? The DBITOit Free Press ran the survey as a front page story. In which DiBiaggio was quoted. •tt•s tragic to realize that so many of our students have such a limited knowledge of Western culture,· Dibiaggio said. "The average college Early beginnings of racial oppression trace back to Mesopotamia 4000 B.C., where the fair-skinned Vedic peoples ambushed and subjugated the dark skinned Dravidians of the Indus River Valley. This immoral conquest has served as a prece dent for subsequent generations to follow. Blacks, Jews, American Indians, Hispanics and Asians have all been oppressed by the Ceucasian race. This oppression hes taken the form of physical enslave ment. religious persecution, usurping of native lands, racial segregation and murder. Hate groups have formed within the last dec ade, continuing the sick ideolQgy of racial genocide perpetrated by the Vedics, Nazi Germany, and the United States government in its treatment of Blacks · and American Indians. Minorities are now faced with new racists. Youth who comm.it senseless acts of violence In order to quell their intense self• hatred. These are the skinheads of the White Aryan Resistance. ire skinhead movement is composed of shaven-'headed, Caucasian youths who cling to the ereed of white supremacy. More than 3,000 of these racists function in the United States, organ- . ized into gangs under the .command of white supremacist leader, Tom Metzger. From his operational base in catifomia, Metzger orders skinheads to 'kill minorities; and they respond like weR-trained dogs. · ' There is a real problem in America today. Well, really there are a number of problems, but right now I am c;oncemed with only one . Greed. Most, if not all of us, have come to MSU for the purpose of attaining a degree so that we may get a job and earn an income. This in itself is a good and necessary thing. People must work to contribute to society and support themselves. And if that particu- . lar field which you go into yields a high paying job, good for you. This is something to be proud of. There is nothing wrong with being "rich· if the wealth is attained in a positive manner, and kept in per spective. The problem is that sometimes people get carried away, and will do anything for money. They stop at nothing in their quest for wealth. The sale of drugs is an excellent example. The only reason drugs are so prevalent is because of the staggering amount of money to be made selling them. A drug dealer would rather sell drugs, no matter what consequence it brings to the individual or to society, than go to work or school. His sole purpose is to make a fortune off the drugs. Another example which displays American · greed for wealth is this business of suing people. This is the one that baffles me the most. People sue anything and everything to fatten their wallets. This .occurs everyday In our society. Recently, a black student was beaten to death One place it happens is with airlines. When an with a baseball bat by skinhead Kenneth Mieske, alias "Ken Death• Mieske's unprovoked assault was airplane aashes due to a pilot error, and passen gers are killed, you can be sur~ there will be a See r-CUBED, p. 2 See SKINHEADS, p. 2 See GREED, p. 2 2 •university Reporter-Intelligencer 14 February 1990 From r-CUBED, p. 1 From SKINHEADS, p. 1 From GREED, p. 1 so barbaric that he fnictured the victim's skull front through back and broke the baseball bat in two. After the attack, the deranged murderer told police: •All I could feel was confUsed and happy.• Elderly black women, black schoolchildren, Jewish womer:i, and an Iranian family supposedly mistaken for Jews, have also been among those· . slain by skinheads. In each of these murders, the criminals attacked their isolated victims in groups of three or more; similar to what Is done by wild dogs. Rolling Stone observed this pattern in its 1988 · artide on skinheads. The article emphasized that though skinheads attempt to Intimidate In groups, they are not as brave when confronted alone; many prove cowardly outside.the circle of their sick peers. Still, skinheads are not confronted, nor are they being held accountable for their crimes. Turning the othercheekdoes not make a problem go away. History has proven this to us, from the time of the Dravidians through our a.irrent age. In a small town like East Lansing, students can easily hide from the real world by Immersing them selves in schoolwork and social activity. Collegiate security does not last forever, though. The majority of this town's college students will enter the job market after graduation. The same job market where minorities are further oppressed by the racial injustice of this ·society. Improving the racial dimate of universities is necessary. But It is also important for us to see beyond the bookshelves of academia.in order to aid minority brothers and sisters of the community. We minority students have the power to deter mine the future of this country. We can no longer afford to passively accept the unjustified murder of our brethren. As minorities, we are already disad vantaged by a relative lack of population. There Is no reason to further aipple ourselves with a lack of action. Whenever a minority brother or sister Is murdered, we lose a potential leader~ a potential friend, a 'J>Otential partner In the fight for human freedom. · The sixties are over; Martin Luther King, Mal colm X, long gone. We must now fight our own fight to possess the constitutional right of ihe pursuit of happiness.· We must use our collective intelligence t~ weaken the enemy, instead of asking his mercy. We must strike back, with equal force, whenever struck. We must remove the heel which grinds our it dreams of freedom Into nightmarish oppression - · is a "dockmartln• heel. The new racists are the skinheads. - Venyah IB • uR-1 c;onnpondenf con cerned with BOC/al IN• and what CM be done to · erlidk:at• them. student reads less than five books a year outside their discipline. Any powerful statement •.• has to assist us.· (I will excuse the grammatical error in the hope that It is not the result of inadequate humanities education on DiBiagglo's part). This seems to be a quote that shows our · school's deep devotion to a rich humanities education. This seems to be a quote that says, •at MSU, we understand the fruits of a compre hensve liberal arts education. This quote seems many things. What It Is, however, is hypocritical. As our president says that he is outraged with the results of this survey , he has made his contribution to them. If he honestly sees the humanities as being so important, why did he suport the dissultion of their home? Though many students were probably more than happy to. hear about the suggested dissolu tion of the departments, they can't escape those departments' importance. MSU is not a trade school. It is a university. A student's goal while within Its walls should not be to learn a skill, but to get an educalton. An education means learning, not just learning about engineering, criminal justice or journlism, but learning about history, literature and the world. I suppose it may sound a bit idealistic or foolish, (or both, some times it seems hard to separate the two). But it is - true. While it is true that training for the workplace is important, it should not be the foremost goal of a university. I don't believe training is the foremost goal of MSU. But the dissolution of departments frightens me. And the hypocritical statement of our chief administrator angers me. What is the foremost goal of MSU? I hope and believe it is to educate in the most comlete way possible. If, however, my belief proves unfounded and A-cubed is the shape.of things to come at MSU, I hope we hear no more from the administration abot the iragedy9 of our students having a •limited knowledge of Western culture.· For if the proof of the piJdding is in .the eating, I am afraid all of us would leave the table with a bitter taste in our mouths. - Chinni I• • }oumalism student who also wotlc• for tM Capita/ News S.tvlt». · Call for DAVID at 337-1114 David Zumberg Experienced Hairstylist Personal Attention Patrician's Hair Fashion 309 MAC East Lansing . lawsuit. This makes no sense to me. What good can the money do? Does it lessen the loss any? Why punish the airline for an honest mistake? Along these same lines is the growing problem among obstetricians. An obstetrician makes an - honest mistake (they do happen) and the baby Is Injured or dies. The majority of the time, the doctor will be sued. This has become so common that many obstetricians have abandoned their pradices because of skyrocketing insurance rates to cover malpradice suits. NOw don't think I'm an insensitive person. I'm not. If the pilot or doctor willfully hurts others or are grossly negligent, they should be punished. And by no means am I saying all lawsuits are unjust. But. honest-to-goodness mistakes do occur, and to use these to inaease one's wealth is to me, sickening. Probably the most noticeable exam pie of greed Is In the sports world. Athletes' salaries are incred ible. Millions of dollars to throw a ball? However, the athletes are only taking what others are willing to give. But wheri an athlete •holds out• for two million Instead of one and a half million, or charges $15 bucki; for an autograph, It makes you wonder. The whole problem of greed really hit me awhile ago when I was watching television. Larry Holmes, a former heavy-weight boxing champ was on a talk show. He was asked if being smacked in the head for 1 O years was worth it. He smiled and replied, •rve got fourteen million dollars:. Good for you, Larry. Doesn't the prestige of having a title that such greats as Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali had have any value? Ifs this kind of attitude that's bad. The net fortune justifies any..means of attaining it - the money matters. and only Now I know some of you Win think that I'm some self-righteous hypocrite. I admit I like spending money, and wouldn't mind having a lot. But the sole purpose of my life Is not to be a multi-millionaire. I realize that most people are not these Larry Holmes type, (otherwise we'd all ·be selling drugs) but many are. And while these people are out there, we can expect to continue to see investors rip up land to build condos, companies save money by dumping wastes Into the water, and people suing each other so that they can enjoy the •good life: Oh, yeah, how's prison life Jim Bakker? - Hall Ill a uR-1 literature co"espondent. He wotlc• - you gl.lfHllHHI It;-- FOR FREE! .. Castellani's . . Valentine's Day Special"" Two For One: Cappuccino, Espresso, Chocolate Drinks, an • Hot Milk Drinks - - . • • '-\ I 551 . East Grand River 332-6667 . . . . - ~ - . . 14 February 1990 . 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America. where "Nice guys finish 1ast• Since the racist, facist atmosphere · around here isn't going to change without a m8jor revolution in spirit, I recommend not pressuring yourself to find Mr. Wonderful. You are not over the hill at 26, you are not 'even close. Perhaps getting away from the undergraduate sexual mentality would help since adol~ minds are fixed on physical pleasuring when you so cleai1y desire a more long-term relationship. T;y older guys because they understand relationships so much better and, if all else fails, don't · ignore potential relationships with women because there are lots of fag hags in E.L who enjoy the kind of relationship you are de5cribing. As you remove the pressure from your self and potential partners, I am sure you will find exactly what you need. Good Luck. forwomen. It is all part of our male training In childhood and, as John Money (perhaps the foremost re searcher on sex and gender In the world) points out, male sex object choice ~ation Is so fragile, we are lucky when it. is men or women because it could Just so easily be cbidsens. Get m.y drift? FQr those thinking abOut coming out of the closet but are afraid, your 'point Is extremely well-taken. Most families, especially these days, are far more tolerant and understanding than we give them credit for. Living In the . closet creates a tremendous burden of unnecessary guilt and dishonesty. Well-adjusted gay men have greet relationships with their friends and families who love them and don't consider their gayne5s a problem. After all, if your are an honest human being in your everyday life, who cares what you do in your bedroom? (Ex cept for this authoritarian-state and others seeking to regulate consenting ·sexual activity between adults without any right to do so . . These are the REAL assholes in.life.) What is funny about your letter is that it oould have been written by a woman discussing her problems with men and I hope the point is not lost on you. You are the perfect example of what today's man is supposed to be: Sensitive, caring, open, well-balanced, even somewhat sweet and naive. and what does it get you? Not a damned thing except pciin 8nd rejection. So much for evolving the male role away from a macho imperative because the macho freaks walk all aver us then go away leaving; us covered with foot prints. It is no fun unless on develops a foot-fetish so we iike being tromped on and fucked.-over. 1. don't recom mend this apprOech. Actually, ii you have a problem. it fall under the heading gender d)tsphoria, which means you t:Jre a gentle, sensitive man who has diffi- . culty dealing with a lack of warmth, and family can be aware of his gayness and still love him (as In my case), He was reassured, so much so he asked me to perform fellatio on him, but he never cal_led me again. Other respondents,, everi though I fek we had achieved a good rapport, called me and told me I wasni what they were looking for. I think.I am a handsome man. I am mentally active as well as being a lively and very loving person. I put my best foot forward for the men I met but got the bot nevertheless. I cani figure out if they weren't ready for me or if I'm just a creep. ·rm 26 now and .I wonder why guys woni give me a chance.. I have never had a long term relationship and I am afraid I never will. Doc, your columns on men touched · me in particular. What do you think is going on here? Do I have a chance? ...:.... Lonely As Hell in E.L. Dear Lonely, Just a commercial message here I am glad your ·mes at the start - sage in the uR-1 got a better response for you than your Stale News personal did. I know •my· people pay more attention to this newspaper than they do to the SN. Thanks for supporting us. Your letter raised so many impor tant issues, I almost didn't know where to begin but I think your re marks to your perspective lover were right on. While a few men are gay out of choice, most report that they knew they were "differenr as children. Homosexual men do not outgrow their · need for male partners any more than heterosexual men outgrow their n9ed Dr. Andrew Barclay Looking for love in th·e wrong place: East L~nsing (Q): Dear Dr. Barclay, I placed a personal ad years ago in The State News and got about 20 responses, all very nice •regular" not out-of-the-closet guys who were mostly looking for sex. My uR-1 ad (in the form of a rap poem because I wanted to meet someone who was unorthodox) paid off in that two respondents were handsome, lively, seemingly intelligent, black men. I met with them both and had a great time. I was very excited as I find black gentlemen very attractive. · One man was very nervous, certain my ad was a trap, and that I was going to beat him up for being a •queer.· I tried hard to comfort him and let him know that I was sincere. He went on to tell me of his Catholic upbringing and how he hoped his gay Crappy Valentin,e's Day! · Su,., .,,. thlnlc• It'• .w.t, but ,,,. moon• with a concua/on donn't dig Nfling,,,. on w«y afftH:tion-telat«l holiday; ...,,,. ,,. · alfect8 a Mad wound n•rytilM ,,. ,..,,._ to male• good with tM pollM. Oh w•I, hav• a crappy OM, and talc• thi• jolt, you lov..,,,ad dorlr.•-· Speaking of hearts and other such nonsense, wasni this day made to celebrate some dude getting his head loped off?· · Cani wait til Ted Bundy Day. To observe proper electricity usage, of course! Am I the only one who's noticed this, or do hairdressers have the ugliest hairstyles? A few days ago, I hopped on my .. ~ ·:· :-;·:·· the Provocateur It'• v•ntlne'• Day, Md an othM •xw• to g« mom so,,,. dlladro .... Huffy. banana-seat. ·~ and ventured into some of East Lansing"s "$6-a-hair-bwz~pen:ent-guaramee· places to trim up the crappy. old bowl cut my mother insists makes me look "cute,· which I am. But once I caught a glimpse of the oversized-makeup queens with hair that touched the ceiling, I nearly barfed up my milk and Oreos I snuck from the kitchen before leaving. No way was I going to_ let one of those Hair ExpressAk>Rics. frizzy head broads put a scissor to my hair. Last time I saw hair Ilks theirs. I was watching Bozo's Big Top. · Speaking of Bozos. can you believe ego-maniac Mike Tyson thinkS he lost unfairly to James "Buster In the Mouth. Chum• Douglas By the way, since when did Tyson think? Here's a message to you big boys and girls riding your big 1 O speeds around campus ••• ST ART USING THE BIKE LANES! YOU FARTIEADS! I just got my training wheels off ai1d tried riding over to visit my big brolher 81 his dorm, and ·some big, fat, booger-brain auising on the way to class at about ~illion-trillion-zillion miles about knocked me over. C"mon fellahs, leave the sidewalks . and Walking trails for little guys like me to get used to riding a two-wheeler. Ever stop by at IM East to catch a glimpse of the foxy college babes working out in those sleazy, neon, aerobic suits aeeping up their butts? I W8l1t 81 the wrong time. Appar ently. a group of fatsos who had just made 10 trips to Wendy's Super Bar rolled in to bum off the cottage cheese growing on the back of their thighs. What a disappointment. 14 February 1990 university Reporter-Intelligencer• 5 M.L. ElPrict, I hope.an FTD flower truck runs you over today. · From a "real" journalist. P .S. Did you hear George Perles was appointed AD? Sissy. Happy Valentines Day. I love you very much. · your littles issy . Jennifer. You know I love ya ... more than my luggage. You figure it out. You're the Republican. Love. Teesa. Annette & Sharon. , Thanks for being such good friends, especially to my sister. You guys are the greatest. Love, Tresa. To the men of Pikes & Farmhouse. Happy Valentines Day. Love, The Ladies of Phi Mu. Would you like to watch the fish migrate by the Red Cedar? Love. Sweets. To my deares t son Potter. girls like Suzi don't come any hotter. Love.Mom .P.S. Send Bernie home. Po Knows Beer. Michael, here's to making your life miserable these past coupleyears. Happy Valentines Day. Love. your favorite. To M.L .• the best muter: How about we snuggle on Valentines Day. You know how much I love to cuddle with you in bed at nigJlt. Love. Tiffer. Hey CRUNCHY'S Valentine, . So ... are you a taken sou 1? Or will you be mine? Leah. . P.S.337-1389 Hey 1irl1 of 539. Don't you think it's time you got Jayed? J. To my roomie, ·I'm so glad we were together this year. I hope you have a good Valentines Day - even without your sweetie. · Love, your replacement-sweetie. Amber. To Glenn and Skylar. I love you beacoup. Happy Valentines Day . Karen. · To •Y little Boobly-d ump- 1in1. Happy Valentines Day. From. Sugar-Booger Britches. Donna & Doug, Wishing you a 1 ifetime of Valentines Days. - Congratulations and Best Wishes. Nancy Lea. · Michael. I love you lots. Happy Valentines Day I Mitch. Chuct - can't wait to cruise the Atlantic & to do some partying & soak some rays I I wouldn't want to go with anyone but you. Love. j.A.M. Grandma & Grandpa De Clercq, _ Happy Valentines Day. I love you very much. Katie. ' Mi1hari. You've given me so much of yourself. I can't thank· you enough. You will always be in my heart. With. love. Christina. To Cbip1, you PARALYZE me ... and I love it. Happy Valentines Day honey. Love, Annette. To Karen .E. - Happy Valentines Day from your little Slster. Hope everything's going well in Texas. Hugs & Kisses. Katie. To Shaton, · Happy Valentines Day · to a special friend. Be true to your heart. . Love, Annette. To Katif), Happy Valentines Day to the best daughter in the whole world. We love you and are very proud or you. Love, Mom & Dad . To Glen - Thanks for the drink. for many happy years ... & for being a special friend. Shar. T.W • . · Have a Groovy day. You're the most ... Love, M.J. . To C.B. (S). Wishing you a Happy Valentines Day to a true friend that I adore ... and can't wait to be in her wedding to "you- know-who." Love,A.E. Jill. Every day is a beautiful day when I can see you smil.e. Hap PY Valen tines Day. Peter. Mowen1tine, I'm so glad you are my friend - Always smile. SPARKS. . ::: ::::::::·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::· :-:···: ·:·>:·:·:·:···· ·.· . byJONT 'fO~ LAl!O'TOl'W SCAR IS SAA.ELY ~ICEA!L l"ill. BAXI ER. "'"' I ; I I •> Beeev, Happy 3 I /2. Have a good Valentine's Day. · Big L. To Stud Bowler, Happy Valentines Day. I wuvyou. Love, Snugglebunny & the Studettes. VALENTINES DAY SUCKS/ Original New Originals. KIMMIE MORE. Since we met at the Riv I've been · in love with you. I can't get your lovely wh ine out of my head I Be .mine-again! · Love (naked and sweaty), The Most Effeminate Man Alive. P.S. Kisses in bu nches. ooooh l To Al. Happy Valen tin es Day, you beast y ou. Gloria. Hey you Cambeel'1 Chicts , and you know who you are. Happy Valentines Day. Love E.T. Center St. Clan, Batery, Cambell Crew & K•ppa Sl1ter1 - Thinking of you on this special day. Love Always, Tracy. D.A.H. L., figure it out. HappyV.D.I Love. S. Cambell Girlie•. No. not youl The other ones down the hall. Happy Valentines Dayl Love. Booger. Amy, when you "sleep" over. you bring a new meaning to the word slumber. Happy Valentines Day hunl Love. Todd. · Dear. Roommates - since none of us have any men to get smooth with tonight. let's al go out and getSHIT- FACEDI L Dot T Dot. Ti•. Happy Valentines Day. Lots of love, Mary • . 1_.'. 6It.university Reporter-Intelligencer 14 February 1990 I~ OUT and ABOUT ••••••••••••••••••••••••• . .... EAST LANSING .... DETROIT ~•1lrolllt Om. 1lD1111.111lfi1 d £rr1lc Pierre DuBurro Masterprints !Fox 'IT'ltil •1l•rr 15-18 Feb: Ann Marquerite 23: Stephanie Mills ~oral o&ll llllOJDllc Tha!l•rr 16-18 Feb: The The SOQJlp lltD!l e lhril 11'11 23 Feb: Windsor Dukes with Junkyard Jones 24: Howling Diablos 811. £mlrr