uR-1 literary supplement debuts, spread on WHITE BREAD... p. 8-9 - - - - - - - - - - - - Cff O 26 April 1990 Vol. I No. 22 What's shakin': . A true·affront to anything decent ... Dr. Sex makes 'bail. p. 1 O MSU's alternative and truly independent . voice p. 5-6 oRead other people's maA... oOur columnists get you thinking... p. 7, 10 olmportant poser tips: FUN PAGE... p. 12 oour editor emeritus checks In... p. 12 o What l's all Out a About... p. 13 o Dog Boy lifts, um, shakes a leg... p. 13 Cancer favors college-age victims BY J. DOUGLAS WARREN uR-1 ISSUES CORRESPONDENT use of combinations of cancer drugs also has resulted in improved survival. detection and treatment. th~three. Today, the fastest rising cancer in both sexes ls lung cancer, which Is . directly correlated to smoking, Merrill said. He notes that It takes about '1 o years of pack-a-Oay smoking to substantially Increase the likelihood of lung cancer. About 142,000 Ameri cans will die from lung cancer this year, according to the cancer society's repon, which also lists a history of smok ing 20 years or more as a risk factor of lung cancer. "The vast majority of people start smoking before age 20, • Merrill said. "But once you've done the damage, the damage ls done.• One person every 62 seconds will die of cancer In America this year. That's more than one-half million lives, according to a 1990 American Cancer Society repon. · While cancer strikes persons of all ages, statistics show that the disease Is the second largest killer among women ages 15-34 and the founh largest killer among men In the same age group. According to the 1990 Cancer Journal for Clinicians, leukemia Is the leading cancer killer for men ages 15- 34. The most recent cancer monality statistics show that In 1986, leukemia claimed the lives of nearly 800 men ages 15-34, which accounts for about 20 percent of all cancer deaths reponed that year for that age group. For women ages 15-34, the journal cites breast cancer as the leading cancer killer. Statistics show that In 1986, nearly 700 women ages 15-34 died from breast cancer, about 20 percent of all cancer deaths reported for those women that year. - These mortality statistics are based on 1986 Vital Statlstic:S of the United States. (see related chart) Oncologist Dr. Clint Merrill, a fellow at the Midilgan State University Clinical Center, said that testicular cancer ls the most common cancer In males ages 20-40. However, he said this cancer ls "90 percent curable.· The American Cancer Society report shows that during the past 20 years, the 5-year survival rate of testicular cancer lnaeased. from 63 percent to 91 percent. The report states: "An outstanding example of progress ls the improvement in the management of testicualr cancer in young men.· According to the report, more precise diagnostic tools and staging have allowed for a better selectlon of Male Mortality for the Five Leading Cancer Sites in 15-34 year o~ds, 1986 source: 1~ American Cancer Society StatistiCB emale Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas 215 "Cancers do have patterns,· Merrill said. "But the way they act In different people can vary greatly." Merrill said this can be a source of great frustration In some cancer patients who may have kn<>Wn some one who had the same type of cancer but have received different treatment. "Everyone ls different; Merrill said. Aside from early detection, people can help their own cause against cancer through good nutrition, accord ing to Malja Zile, an associate profes sor in the MSU Food science and Human Nutrition Department. "There Is a lot of evidence that nutrition varies the Incidence of cancer; Zile said. Zile performed a study on rats and Vitamin A that showed nutrition did have some lnpact on the frequency of cancer occurence. "It works with rats In a specific model; Zile said. "But who knows what really causes (cancer) In human beings?" Zile said to maintain good health, fiber is •on the whole good.• But the key, she believes, ls eating a bal anced diet. Zile said she believes sometimes that college students need to •go back to the old farm ways of eating: For a well balanced diet, s.he suggests students, as well as all people, eat foods including meat, eggs and fiber. But how does one know if they have cancer? Merrill said there are some general body changes to watch for to detect cancer In Its early stages. He said to watch for •unexplained weight loss - more than 10 percent of your body weight: This especially ls true for lung cancer •. Hodgkin's disease and leukemia, he noted. Merrill said unexplained fever or night sweats are other ad vanced warning signs of cancer. He also sug gested people · watch for abnor mal or spontane ous bleeding. For breast and testicular cancers common cancers fo,und among young men and women - Merrill said the signs basically are the same. Detection and Treatment If the spread of cancer Is not controlled or checked, a life is lost. However, health professionals say cancer can be cured through early detection and proper treatment. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 42,000 cancer deaths that occured in 1989 could have been saved through early "A lump or pain in the area Is a sure sign to see your doctor; Merrill advises. Treatment for cancer can range from: surgery, to remove the cancer; radiation, a highly concentrated beam of r-OOlation to kill cells In a localized area:. chemotherapy, Injection of drugs that kills cells; or an combination of 2 ·university Reporter-Intelligencer . From WARREN, p. 3 From VISSER, p. 2 the world 'to receive an auctologous bone marrow transplant, a procedure where he Is both the donor and recipient of the marrow. While his battle with leukemia - cancer of the while blood cells and bone marrow - Is over, he knows many are not so fortunate. "When you're first diagnosed, you're scared,· Seppala says. "When ;you talk to someone, I think you're · not so unsure: Seppala says he was fortunate enough to have support from a former cancer patient while he was going throCJgh radiation treatment, some thing he also hopes to pass along. "I think It'll help them to know there's someone out there who's mad It,· Seppala said. Debbie O'Connor, program director of the American Cancer Society Ingham County Unit., says the emotional trauma of accepting the disease is eased with the support of · someone who has been there. "(Cancer) all happens so fast; O'Connor says. "(CanSurmount) allows (patients) to get a better perspective Since CanSurmount was Intro duced to Ingham County last year, O'Connor estimates about 20 volun teers have provided support for about 25 patients. The program - the first In the state of Michigan - also offers support for families trying to come to terms with cancer affedlng a family member. young adults through the mental trauma of a cancer diagnosis by volunteering with the CanSurmount program for the Frandor branch of the American Cancer Society. Support Programs Available Debbie O'Connor, organizer of the year-old CanSurmount program, which pairs recovered cancer patients with newly diagnosed cancer patients, said her organization Is looking for college students who have gone through cancer recovery. 'We're trying to get college students Involved so that they can talk to teenage cancer patients as well as patients their own age; O'Connor said. A support program for college-age cancer patients was needed before the American Cancer Society launched the CanSurmount program one year ago, O'connor said. "That's why we hope that cansur mount will fill the void; she said. Besides CanSurmourit, O'Connor said the American Cancer Society is Involved with assisting the health Nice House WI Volley Ball Court On Albert St. CALL Dave AT: 332- 1356 , · education department at Michigan State University In bringing the "Great American Smokeour to campus. Including cancer, Allen Nancy Allen, health education services ooordlnator at MSU Olin Health Center, said the "Great Ameri can smoke out• Is just one of the things the health center offers In the way of cancer education on campus. The center recently sponsored a men and women's health week - a program that targeted different health subjects - said. Materials on breast cancer were malled to all women residence assis tants and sorority houses as part of the week-long program, Allen said. And Information on testicular cancer · also was sent to all male resident assistants and fraternity houses, she said. Between the programs and the Information brochures, Allen said Olin's health educational services distribute •a tremendous amount of Information concerning cancer: •news •op1rnon • •entertainment• every week in the uR-t .,)/a;,,. ,4 Jrf eU? Let Us Help You Out-C9me To GARV'S CAMPUS HAIR SALON $9.00 Uni-sex Hair Styling "II eut ~ flJP'IJceti~" 351-651 l • 549 E. Grand River (next to Confection Connection) M-F 8am-7pm •Sat 9am-2pm Residence Halls Sign Up for Fall 1990 DURING SPRING TERM 1990 SIGN UP LOCATIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN EACH RESIDENCE HALL . . - ON-CAMPUS STUDENTS Planning to change ha Ila Pick up tranafer carda from your current housing ~lark Thu. April 26 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. RESERVE ANY UNRESERVED ROOM OR APARTMENT IN ANY HALL Fri. April 27 and Mon. 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Space cannot be reserved In more than one hall. Appllcanta may maka a change after cancelllng tne first raaar,,atlon In person. Buying, aelllng or algnlng over housing apace la • violation of the housing contract and the University f9-rv•a th• right to cancel any reaervatlon• mad• In thl• manner. · . Canoellatlona of fall tann reee,,,allone and contract• muat be made llf Au9. t. ltullente that de net cancel their ree...,,allofte lllr that date and anrall far olaHH wlll be flnenolallr r9epenellll• aooenlln9 ta t"8 tann• ef Illa heueln9 -tact. 26 April 1990 Ten Leading Causes of Death, 1986 - 15 34 A ~aes Male Female All Causes All Causes 71,060 25,399 Accidents: 28,977 Accidents: 7,904 Homicide: 9,806 Cancer: 3,548 Suicide: 9,726 Cancer: 4,171 Heart Diseases: 3,214 Cirrhosis of Liver: 836 Substance Abuse: 790 Homicide: 2,620 Suicide: 2,105 Heart Dis- eases: 1,573 Cerebrovas- cular Diseases: 591 Cirrhosis of Liver: 415 Cerebrovascu- lar Diseases: Pneumonia, 632 Influenza: 394 , Pneumonia, Influenza: 618 Congenital Anomalies 531 Congenital Anomalies: 378 Diabetes: 347 the university Reporter-Intelligencer Page Three The Second Front Page College students battle cancer Student: Cancer made Law school student me a stronger person battles cancer and wins ev MflAM S.rrH · uR-1 SENOR CORRESPON>ENT Doug Warren bounds toward the door,.his face aglow with the exuber ance of new- found hope. Happi ness per vades from his lanky frame as he embraces the opportu nity to tend to life's most trivial matters - like opening the door. Warren After settling back Into the couch, Warren-an MSU gradu ate student of journalism - relays what would be consid ered a horror story to most college-age students: his battle with cancer. Seppala I But while describing his battle with cancer, no shadows are cast over Warren's face. No glimpses of the emotional and physical pain he admits he endured. Instead, he sits grinning at the memories while espousing his new-found philosophy on life. "I feel that I'm a stronger person, like something my Dad said to me early on, he said 'You know, once you take on this, once you beat it, you can do anything you want;• says the student. "Once you dlmb Mt. Everest, you know you can climb the smaller hills: Now Warren has only to tackle mere foothills because he believes the worst Is over. He says he still has some scar tissue In his chest that is being monitored very closely, but feels relatively certain he has conquered cancer. Warren goes in for check-ups once every three months, but after enduring chemotherapy and radiation treatments for his Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma that lurked in his chest, it's a breeze. "It's (cancer) still dose enough that I still think about it,· Warren says. "If it comes back, then I'll deal with it then: "You never know whaCs around the next comer; he adds. "You know, I could be killed in a car crash: Adopting a positive attitude after overcoming a life-threatening disease may not seem all that startling, but Warren's never-ending hope was what enabled him to persevere, he says. "There are a lot worse things that could have happened; he says. "There's a lot of pain in the world, unfortunately. I'm just fortunate things are going well now.· Warren recalls that while his emotions never failed him, there were times when he had to entlure great discomfort, like waking up after a biopsy and experiencing a searing pain in his chest. Cancer left its mark physically as well. Warren says he lost all of his hair due to chemotherapy and experi enced numbness and weakness'in his ankles and feet. But these were only pesky side effects on his road to recovery. "Yeah, I lost my hair, so what?" he says. "I figured, it'll grow back: Warren says he compensated for his lack of hair by at least being stylish and wearing a bandana on his head. "Somebody said, 'Yeah, it's fortunate those (bandanas) are in,'" he quips. Warren believes his lively sense of humor and abundant spirit that so successfully propelled him past a life threatening situation can be used to help other cancer patients. He hopes to offer encouragement to others through the CanSurmount program offered through the American Cancer Society Ingham County Unit. Scott Seppala, an MSU linguistics senior, Is doing just that. After overcoming leukemia in ninth grade, Seppala said he wanted to pass on his mental survival skills to patients diagnosed with cancer so he joined CanSurmount. - a one-on-one visitation program for cancer patients provided by former cancer patients. Seppala was the eight person in See WARREN, p. 2 . BY J. DOUGl.AS WM9EN uR-l 1SSUES CORIESPON>ENT · More than four years ago, Sandra Visser had to drop out of law school after being diagnosed with cervical cancer and told by doctors she had only six months to live. Today, she is a successful, practicing attorney in Charlotte and counsels other young adults through the mental trauma of cancer. Visser It was three days before Christ mas, 1985, when Visser received the news that would reshape her life: She was diagnosed with the first of two bouts of cervical cancer. At the time, she was attending Cooley Law School. She said the news felt like being buried alive. "After the first diagnosis, I went through surgery; she said. "And be cause of the Christmas break, I missed only three weeks of classes.· After successfully fighting cancer, Visser's doctor told her to get right back to living her life. However, that was not so easy. Visser said her law school admini stration suggested she hold off school for awhile. "I had to get aggressive with the administration,· she said. "I didn't see a medical degree on (the administrator's) wall.· Through her experience as a cancer patient who faced some difficulties in pursuing her education, Visser said that if school Is something other cancer patients want, they may have to fight for it. · "The administration will try to work something out that is best .for them,· she said. "Don't let that happen.· Visser's tough efforts with the ad ministration paid off as she continued with her education at Cooley. But four months later, her course of plans changed. The cancer reoc curred. This time, Visser had to put school on hold Indefinitely after being told by her doctors that she had only six months to live. "I was diagnosed again and went through six weeks of radiation therapy and six months of chemotherapy,· which apparently killed all of the cancer cells, she said. Visser had won her battle with cancer. How did she do it? Early detection helped save Visser's life. Before being diagnosed with cancer, Visser said she had most of the early warning signs associated with cancer. "I experienced the weight loss,· she said. • ... and I had the (typical) bleeding ... and finally, just unex plained pain.· Visser said she thinks it is Impor tant to get regular check.:ups from the family doctor. "More importantly, be aware of our own body; she said. "And when something Is unusual for you, even if it's something minor, make sure you have it checked out.· Through her experience with cancer, Visser said helping out a friend or family member diagnosed with cancer can be uncomfortable. But just by offering to do anything will help, she said. "I would just be available to be · there; Visser advises those who have friends or family members with cancer. "The people going through It know you're uncomfortable, so it's a11 · right to act that way." Visser said that her cancer experience has changed her perspec tive on things. ·rm a much stronger person than I thought; she said. "As much hell as I went through, I wouldn't trade the experience for the world." Visser said she notices more people these days who complain about every little petty thing going wrong in their lives. "Despite that some tings still irritate me, I know that I'm happy overall," she said. "That's the impor tant part.• Visser, now 34, counsels other See VISSER, p. 2 4 • university Reporter-Intelligencer 26 April 1990 Experts: Lipnty~~!!.ism ~~ .. ~J~~!..~raJrec~!I!!,~~!!~ Though liberal ideologies are under attack around the world, the United States is moving toward a more socialized society, Clark said. The trend toward socialized medicine, she noted, is one example. demise. But attitude data indicates that voters didn't become more conservative in the 1980s than before, he said. "That isn't to say that the elector- ate isn't conservative, but it happened by TIM Su.vERTHORN uR-1 issues coFR:SPON>ENT Despite American voters' deci sions to put conservative Republicans in the White. House for the past three terms, area conservatives, liberals and experts agree that liberalism still lives. And the Humanist community of Michigan State University is doing whatever it can to make people aware of that, says HCMSU Vice President Teresa Weaver. In an attempt to make the MSU community aware of the personal freedoms and civil rights that liberals have continually fought to protect, HCMSU last Thursday sponsored "Liberal Day.," Weaver said. The · group wanted to remind students and East Lansing residents that liberals are still around. "We just wanted to counteract some of the conservatism on cam pus," Weaver said. The 1988 Presidential Election is what prompted HCMSU to sponsor a "Liberal Day," Weaver said. More specifically, it was the use of the word "liberal" by Republicans during the campaign that led the group to sponsor the event. "They made liberal sound like a four-letter word ... and we wanted to show that it wasn't," Weaver said. "I would like to say that liberalism and socialism are dead after the last election, but that Isn't so,· says Lucinda Clark, president of Ingham he would by 1981, Rohde said. But after that, he noted that Congress put an end to the early conservative victories in Contra Aid, increased defense spending, industry deregula- tion and social spending cuts. Reagan's Federal and Supreme Court nominations were his only lasting accomplishments, he said. Republican victories in presiden tial elections indicate more an unwill ingness to vote for a Carter, Walter Mondale or Michael Dukakis than a desire to elect ·Reagan or Bush, Rohde said. Dukakis' mistake during the 1988 presidential election was failing to counterattack the Republican criticism revolving around his liberal stance on different issues, Rohde said. Dukakis , he believes, should have admitted earlier that he was a liberal and then played on the strengths of liberalism. "Mike Dukakis proved that as far as running a campaign is concerned, he's as dumb as they come; Rohde said. James Williams, former president of MSU College Republicans, believes Dukakis' defeat was directly attribut able to a negative campaign run by GOP Chairman Lee Atwater, Bush's campaign manager. Zolton Ferency, an MSU criminal justice professor seeking a Demo cratic nomination for the State Senate, agrees. See EXPERTS, p. 11 w!>TAYIN6 ~COURSE11 "It is absolutely clear that the outcomes of the presidential elections in the 80s were misinterpreted to mean a conservative move on the part of the electorate," says David Rohde, an MSU political science professor who studies voter behavior. Rohde blames the media for this misinterpretation. He noted that in 1988, nearly 60 magazin~ news uR-1 artwork/STEVE JABLONOSKI even way before (former President Jimmy) Carter, in the late 60s, • Rohde said. Though conservatives have won presidential elections, Rohde points out that Congress is still liberal.and has consisterifly defeated the President's agenda "Conservatives won the war but lost the battles,· Rohde said. Liberalism regains lost ground in U.S. Why then, has the"L" word become a useful political epithet to be hurled at one's political opponent? Why is there now an expectation among conservatives that Immediate political gain can be derived by attaching the liberal label to a political opponent? The answers to those questions can be acquired by analyzing and understanding the political ferment of the 1960s, the time when the attack on liberalism found an opening that could be exploited. The social and political upheavals caused by various •movements• of the time such as civil rights, women's rights, lesbian and gay rights, environmentalism and peace with economic justice, gener ated considerable confusion and undefined fear among those who looked upon the emerging political and social pressures as serious threats to their ways of life and well being. Political conservatives, religious fundamentalists and others on the extreme right fringe of American society were quick to condemn those early and somewhat successful challenges to the status quo as the work of political and social radicals or wor5e. Tho5e giving a sympathetic or even attentive ear to the urgent calls for political and social change were tarred with the same brush.as the conservative extremists saw and proclaimed it, only liberals, especially the "bleeding heart• variety, could possibly stomach what was happening to America. The liberals were put on the defensive, and, until recently, remained there. But, as always, in the words of the lyricist; things, they are a-changing." The political dogma of the conserva tives has been revealed as being false. Anti-communism, for example, is dead, killed not by the work of reactionary conservatives, but by the hand of a Soviet leader. Corporate America, the erstwhile paragon of economic virtue worshipped by conservatives and nurtured for years by a bloated Pentagon budget, has been exposed as greedy, corrupt and dangerous to the environment. Human b8ings relegated to second and third class status are better organized than ever before and can no longer be completely Ignored In the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. Ironically, the pendulum has swung so far that liberal forces, sustained by earlier victories in the federal courts, now recognize that the U.S. Supreme Court has become the last refuge of conservative scoundrels and new battlefields are being staked out in the legislatures to protect earlier gains and to achieve new ones. Liberalism has regained ground in America because in their heart of hearts our people believe in progress, the essential goodness of our neigh bors and the need to be ever vigilant in the protection of civil and political liberties. If our people are given the facts and sheltered from climates of political hysteria, in the long run, liberalism will always prevail. - Ferency, a man familiar to Michigan voters, Is an MSU criminal justiu professor, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for East Lansing'• state senate seat. He is a well-known gadfly and former chair of Mchlgan's Demo cratic party. Zolton Ferency Webster's New Collegiate Diction ary defines "liberalism· as: "A political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of man(kind), and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties." Most Americans would find it hard to dispute the intrinsic worth of liberalism, thus defined, and would be ' in general agreement with its underly ing principles. 26 April 1990 university Reporter-Intelligencer • 5 this week the uR-1 is dedicating two pages to oddS and ends we've accumulated over the weeks. While we can't always frt all the letters we receive as quickly as we would like, we will print everything we get. The bottom line remains ... W& W~WJ/l W©(!j)f2 R&/ltl&!t1~U ... so please. send letters to us no longer than 250 words (unless you're praising us), typed or written neatly, and signed. WE PRINT EVERYTHNG WE RECEIVE, so don't send anything you don't want everyone to read. WE AIN'T YOUR PEN PALS. We welcome and want your letters! And if something really grinds you, write a coumn about it. Just send a photograph with your essay to: 142 Gunson, E.L., 48823. Keep these letters coming, by all means! Dear Managing Editor Baldas: I saw your paper for the first time today. I was very impressed. Your article and editorial on The State News walkout cought, and held my eye. In the twenty years I've read the News, It's struck me more and more that it doesn't really cover Michigan · State. Nor is It news, really. Much of it is handout journalism. More than that, It is terribly short-sighted. A quote in your article said It well: "Theyre basically a bunch of white kids raised in suburbs who don't artwork (apparently)/Herrgood Morals know .. : Yes. They don't know Nerd upset Dear uR-1: The following shocking scene was . witnessed last week by yours truly, Herrgood Morals. The naked man, we'll call him u.R.Streaking, was exiting your 142 Gunson Street address at two o'clock in the after noon. A group of giddy young men filmed his jaunt. This sort of escapade could ruin your upstanding position as "voice of the community.· Please take the appropriate measures necessary to eradicate these problems of the flesh. Yours easlly, He"tJOod Morals P.S. l'm-glad-l'm-nofU,-slime sniffer! Now we know why you're not called Herrgood artist/ -ed. MSU's essential realities-the con centration of power In the glass box on the river by the falls-they don't know the nitty-gritty of department politics in a shrinking State, don't know even big stories to come. For example: the parking mess on campus Is rooted in MSU's original north-of-the-river locale. An under ground parking lot inside Circle Drive is being seriously considered. But the News does not foresee this. For another exampre: the sports estab lishment threw its weight around and the Breslin Center was built where the new Museum had been projected~ True news sees what is and what might be, not just being a reaction. The News missed this power play. The News is a sad joke because students with Insufficient experience sail out to battle deadlines everyday, having little Idea of long-term strate gies and a minimal sense of MSU history. Their situation is not helped at all by the few permanent adminis trators of the News, who could, but never do, say: •Being the biggest American campus paper doesn't mean we're always Number One.· Small wonder there was a walk out. Rot at the center gets felt at the edg9$. Small wonder the News and MSU's School of Journalism hardly know each other. Small wonder your own paper Is a weekly. News cannot be understood and written by report ers who must beat the daily clock, like The State News, without time to think. So-- Thank you for your work. You've gained a regslar reader: Yours sincerely, David Jann M.A. student, American Studies Baldas, nor any other uR-1 employ99S, are related to Jones. -ed. That's right, Spuds, life's a bitch and then y.ou are one. And then you are one wearing sun glasses, a tuxedo, roller skates, etc. We understand that you can't control your own destiny, but what about biting the hand that feeds you once In a while, eh? For your failure to stand up on your own four feet you earn Geek o' the Week dishonors. For shure, soon you will be all over everything again - Including the Provoc's sunglasses. We are so sick of your debauchery and rug wetting that serious thought of spiking your brew has crossed our minds many a time. Cat nip should do the trick. Our one hope? That you get neutered and there'll be no more little Spuds. Yep, you might say we prefer our Spuds dry. 6 • university Reporter-Intelligencer Gas from .hemp! Dear Editor: I am writing on a subject that is of the utmost importance to our day and age. And that is the energy crises, which began in 1974 when I was twenty-one. We have not yet found a viable energy source other than petroleum to fuel our automobiles. Except for this: Methane gas made from hemp. Mainly because Hemp grows better than anything else in the world as a farm crop. Through bio-mass conver sion of organic materials from farm production, simply a crop of hemp, we could supply the need for methane bottle tank gas enough to ~a&d all of our cars, which now use gasoline, a non renewable resource. Believe, me, hemp grows so prolifierously that we could use the farm production ot'lt to supply all of our energy needs, simply by using it to fill a bio-mass conversion pile of organic material. This is when the crop of hemp is harvested at a height of approximately ten feet, and it is ground up and placed in a box with alrholes and airhoses running through It. Soon, the pile of compost will decompose and these millions of tiny bacteria con sume the organic material and emit methane gas from their digestion of the material. .... Then a "gas compressor pump• is connected to the pipes In the pile and ·the gas is pumped Into a bubble bath barrel-water tank cooler, so as to cool the methane before gas compression. Then another gas compressor pump draws t'1e gas out of the cooler and injectt; l into gas bottle tanks that are availai>i ' fo~ a car or truck to be fueled. It i; t simple farm production systen , Lnd would be easy enough to convert · > using. Of course, this would ::. use another agricultu~ revol11.k , when the source of energy control f; switched from the city to the country Also, there ls the considera tion o: t tklng up available farm land. But ttie 1, why not a bushel for a barrel!? I t- 1ve been studying this problem of tte anergy crises for over ten years and I .>elieve this is the solution! And thar , .merican farms would be perfect for tt e methane produdlon because hHr p does grow better than anything el31 in the world. Unfortunately, It Is now Illegal, and VIC Jld have to be regulated, author- rz.i d, and controlled by the govern- " ant if it became an acceptable . ~.>urea for producing energy. I feel that methane gas made from hemp Is the solution and the best source for energy, especially since green plants are our most efficient form of solar energy on the planet .. Also, I would like to thank Mr. Harold Bate of England for pioneering the use of methane gas for transporta tion fuel cars. Sincerely yours, David E. Rivard Although we don't want to beat a dead horse, for those who followed the co"espondence regarding Dr. Andrew Barclay's column on rape: . Dr. Barclay, through the uR-1, Is making avaJlable documents the doc says support his conclusions. They are available at our Gunson Street offices, or by mall If you Include an SASE. We again Invite anyo,ne with an opposing viewpoint to write us a letter or column on any Issue. And, as always, Barclay (In his guise as dr. sex) Is waiting for your questions. Send them to him or to the uR-1. Keep reading and writing I Act now to preserve your freedom simply all the founders of our country wanted. The right to live your life, think what you want, and enjoy whatever you do with that life. The creators of America recognized an Important dilemma; In order to guarantee these simple, important rights, someone had to be given the power to fend off outsiders. However, human nature being what It is, the holders of any kind of power will tend to use It against their countrymen for their own Interests. The Constitution was an experiment in policy, designed to balance the only enemies of human freedom and liberty: Outsiders, and Government. But look around you. The Government, whose sole job Is to protect our rights, spend$ most of It's time taking them away! Income Tax (Government Theft), and Inflation (Government Counterfeiting) are destroying our right to enjoy the products of our labor. The Flag Burning Amendment will preserve the "National Symbol,· while simultaneously destroying one of the basic rights for which It stands. The IRS, CBA, FCC, FDA, FAA, CIA, aiid FBI are all hard at work to take away our rights to life and liberty. And It's all being paid for with money stolen from you and mel The Declaration of Independence states that io secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, It Is the right of the people to alter or abolish It, and Institute new government.• Well I sure as hell don't consent. Do you?? I say the time Is now. The experiment has been good, and we have learned what to avoid. But we must make changes very soon to create some fundamental limitations on the power of government here at home, or face the continuing •creeping totalitarianism• that has only one possible result. Complete loss of freedom for us all. If you've noticed that •our" government Is horribly twisted and sick, and you want to start doing something to fix these gross abuses of power, call me or write me care of the uR-1. The sooner we start, the sooner we can all get our freedom back! McW.lam' lhoufllll wil n.n teg.ilarly;, ' lhe dU. N you wish to 'Write him or lhe edfOIS. send yoc1 corrmpondence to: 1'2 Gunion SI., East Lan.Ing, Y 4IU3 equd .,ace for opposiig viewpo.hls is ~ Mlccmeand avcJdJle Tom Mc Wiiiiams Wrth reforms in Russia recently, many see a bright Mure for the ·free world. We would like to think that the Russians have come to our point of view, and now support liberty and freedom because of America's influence. Was Gorbachev's decision based on America's fine handling of these precious human rights? Or was it based on the fad that if producers are not allowed to enjoy the fruit of their labors, they simply won't produce. Russia's aSatellite Republics· are expensive to support, especially when no one in them, or in Russia, works to create the ·products they all want and need. Like a lazy teenager, they are being kicked out to fend for themselves. 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Two weeks later, I had my second biopsy surgery at the Cleveland Clinic where they found I had a form of Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer. At a time when some of my · friends were starting careers, and still others were worrying about getting a good grade on a paper, I was sud denly faced with the most basic of all challenges. Survival. I could write for pages about how the chemotherapy (anti-cancer) drugs swelled my feet and weakened my legs so much I felt like falling each time I walked, or the same for my hands so I couldn't write, or losing all my hair, or not being able to eat one week because of the pain In my mouth Cancer battle.ends in victory and new appreciation of life and throat, or my veins being so hard that the nurse had to stick the I. V. needle five times into my hand before i.;he got it right. What I would like to do, though, Is tell you a couple of the many things I have learned from my fight with cancer. Achieving any worthwhile goal takes hard work. My fight with cancer worked both my mental and physical facilities, but the results were well · worth it. Things are going well for me today and, in the long run, I'm a stronger person for having gone through such an experience. Knowing someone with cancer can be a tough situation to deal with for both friends and family. The best thing to do is offer support, and then follow through with It. Fortunately, I had friends and a family who were there when I needed them most. Having a friend come over to .talk about nothing In particular can be just as helpful as any cancer drug. My family and most of my friends didn't Isolate me, and this helped me develop the positive attitude neces sary for a cure. As anyone who has gone through a life threatening situation will tell you, some things which used to be impor tant become trivial, while other things become much more valued. The chemotherapy side effects and all the doctor visits limited the amount of time where I could freely choose what I wanted to do. A couple "good days• in a row seemed like an eternity to me at the time. I could look back at a week's activities and re member every waking hour of every day. I learned to appreciate each hour of the day. Like the saying goes "time is the only thing once lost, that can never be found: The question comes down to "what really Is important?" I was forced to come to grips with the basics of everyday living which I sometimes had taken for granted in th past. I'm better off today because r have learned to appreciate the "lmportanr things in my life: such as a good laugh, or an entertaining conversation with a close friend. Even if I'm having one of those terrible days we all have from time to time, I think about what it was like during my treatments, and how bad things can really get. Having a bad day at school, or a bad day at the office is really no big deal. It really isni. Everything· ls relative. During my treatments, for ex ample, I started to notice that people complain or worry about the littlest things sometimes-things such as •my car just broke down,• or ·1 just blew an exam: During those treat ments, I would have loved to have the chance to do poorly on a test. An experience such as cancer puts things into perspective. Some people are never happy where they are In life; either finan cially, socially, or whatever. But I was faced with the reality that life doesn't· last forever, and that I should make the most of it while I can. I learned through my fight with cancer to appreciate wh~ I have today. If there's something I don't Ilka in my .life, I change It. I don't complain or worry about it. I try to deal with today, and not with yesterday or tomorrow. I'm not saying I don't have dreams for the future, but I enjoy today for what it is. - Doug Wa"en Is a graduate student and an occassional con ·tributor tc, the th• uR-1. It's time to -scrutinize RHA and government policies that would ask ASMSU to look into the matter, since students pay for the paper through truces. The bill was sent to languish in the policy committee even though it was a perfectly legitimate and objective bill. . Why? Because the representatives were acting on their personal f eeJings instead of acting on the behaH of the students they were --·supposed to represent. They just didn't care about this issue. So what's the use of having representatives if they don't look out for your welfare - or worse, if they don't even represent you? This ~as been going on as long as I have been a student here at Michigan State. I even joined RHA as a representative of Wilson Hall thinking that somehow I could change this. Wrong! The same thing happens when anyone tries to truly represent their hall. The ·members of the executive board of RHA, for the most part, don't let them. They are power mongers, and unfortu nately, the members of the body and the representatives to the body seem to be involved for all the wrong reasons. themselves. They need to objec tively look at the issues and think not of what they want to be done, but what the majority of the people they represent want done. l mean, how is wanting to have If. we're going to change the RHA serve as part of a bitchin' resume any qualification to serve your fellow students? But this recent misdirected mess isn't the first time RHA has failed to serve its constituents. Yes, sadly, it's happened before. This year several issues have come up in which the body of government seems to argue just for the sake of arguing. Several times the representatives have argued for hours just to come to a unanimous decision on a bill that · was enacted in its original form. So why were they arguing if they all agreed anyway? wortd as it is today, then we should be doing it even at these low levels of government. If any of these people were elected to repre8ent the state of Michigan in Congress one day, they'd proba- . bly be doing the same thing. And that's pretty scary. So maybe we should take a good look at the bills being passed by RHA and at the way they're running our government. Because we must remember that it's our government - not theirs. - Carozza is the uR-l"s en Maybe they like to hear them tenalnment editor selves speak. What we really need is for the representatives to step back and take a good look at why they're supposed to be there. They are there to serve the students - not frft, pale slaking jowls. Tbcsc words were of no consequence to Milton. He eyed her with indiffcrcnc:c as she pulled Aunt Graa: aside io give her what he knew wu BCaCt information. It did not matter. Miltonhadlllwayseludedall the others who wen: ever 1C11t to watch him. His cars were sharp. His boyish~flcxcs mo~ with lightcning~ision. He could not be discoYcrcd. But it wu unknown to Milton that Grace wu a mulcr ofNinja-like stclllth. and bc;llow, but to no avail. He would r.n lllDrting into his own bloody foam. F"mally, his gleaming sblcton wwld sink quicdy to the tbiclcmuddy bottom. Milton wrapped and unwrapped his fingers around the smooth curves of his beer glaa. She rctumcd. "Milt, Milt? ~you all right?" She ~chcd out and 1Duchcd his shoulder. ''Huh. Oh," his C)'CI mapped from their unfocmcddclighu. He fi=ltthe IOft whi1cnca ofhcr fin.pl nrtrcat fr<*cdlilm,1wamp waler soup. ''E.xcuc me, sir," an angry Margret bcramd. '1'm with a Cl1ltomcr right now. Pl.cue be paticm. Milt, I'm·so sor- " . looked at the now limp and usclcss sandwich that lay in front ofhim. '1'vc kinda lOllt my appctiic anyway." ''No, don't worry. h'1oby." Milton ''Wmmc to wrap it up for you? Maybe That night, inhis womb-dark room, he "Certainly, sir," Margret said, '1'll be you 11 get hungry later." was blutcd fr'C.D grasp what had just happened. He wished the h.q,po a thouand dcathl. He could Ille him flotiihg turgidly down the Amazon, sucking river slime into his huge maw. Sudd!:nly he would be ICt upcm by hst bf the brighter students realize you don't have to put up witht the high school hall-monitor, anti-alcohol, paranoid bull-shit In the dorms. Of course, landlords, knowing this, have already raised rental rates through the roof. (Unless, of course, you're an athlete· and can rent a subsidized place from several of the Trustees.) When the dorms are only half full, it. ls going to be real tough for the Big U to make the payments on the bank notes they used to finance the dorms. Not a problem ... just raise tuition. Hey, I'm starting to think like an administrator already. I don't know If you noticed the news reports that two very ng t, highly motivated young entrepreneurs approached the City of East Lansing with a proposal for a dance hall where young people could meet and not have to drink to have a good time. What a super Idea! Here is an outrageously constructive response to the Just Say No types running EL who say they want to control underage drinking during the mating process (and all the rest of the year too). Don't you think the mayor and her charming cohorts would jump to approve such a construdive suggestion for everyone with a valid concern regarding under age partying? HA! · They turned these two guys down on a zoning technicality. Oh sure, she said "Golly guys, I sure wish I could do something to help get this approved but (sigh) zoning, zoning, zoning; the location. You know." Yup, we know. The bottom line is control and In a society where control and exercising control over others Js the thing, no one Is allowed to have a good time for any reason whatsoever, good Idea or not. Their motto is: "I ain't gettin' any, s0 you sure as hell ain't gettln' any.· My Idea is invite the mayor and the city council and the trustees and president John and the vice-presidents, and a certain female Circuit Court Judge (Hang 'em high, hang 'em low, and if you can't do that, enjoin them) to Cedarfest so they can party, have a good time, and maybe fantasize about getting it on. For those of you asking, 'Will it help?" let me tell you a little story about Jewish theater. I was at a play In New York done In Yiddish. One of the charaders had zeroed out on the old brain-waves and everyone was standing around the hospital room greaplng and crying the way old Jews do when someone has died. Suddenly, from the back of the theater, a man yelled, "Give him a clyster (an enema)!" The cast ignored him so he yelled again, "GIVE HIM A CL YSTERI" One of the older actors walked to the front of the stage and addressed the Interruption by saying: ·sir, the man is brain-dead, an enema wouldn'tltelp." From the back the guy yelled "COULDN'T ~URT!" This week's short, but so am I, jerkface Dr.Andrew Barclay 11111111~' ; lli~t~lti I ill 1,111 11 I 11111!!11 Doc's back and better than ever I have a bunch of letters on -my desk that need answering but I thought I would use thls 'week's column to discuss what has been referred to as a young man's fancy (although I don't know many men who call it that.) You know the old saying: "In the Spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to what women have been thinking about all winter: Isn't that how It goes? Even old guys like me get to feel somewhat rejuvenated as the days get longer and I can begin to feel the sun's warmth on my face. Lots of people get a jump on the rutting season by gong to Dayton Beach, Pardre Island, Bermuda, the Keys or anywhere south of Carbondale for that matter. Wherever a number of young people gather is where the mating dance will occur. Here is a perfect example of how people think they are doing one thing when somethink completely different Is actually taking place. Let's face It, beneath our civilized(?) veneer we are animals and the most successful societies in human terms are those taking our human animal-nature into account. Haven't you ever noticed that bar fights don't break out until after the successful males leave with the females? That's the way it Is with yoUl'dogelther(hHI, that/•). Enough with the pleaantrle8, though,• •hort Intro can only mean one th/ng ••• next up are mean thing•/ Hey, good to see everyone involved with Earth Day, huh? Even the C00'1>aflies making earth day nece5sary (Dow Chemicals- making life better through mutations) pitched in to be sponsors I Gollyl And in true community spirit, the AZD (no, not the AIDS drug) House decided to hold a car wash on Earth Day. Not to i111>ly that these women are dummies, but the the constant waste of water and release of detergents into the Provocateur · ground and elsewhere didn't quite seem awropriate on ... ,l!Jli.,.i ... ll"i .. .ii .. ii .. iiii .. li .. • ... • .. ii .. iii .. iil. 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Ralph Abernathy- one of the greatest civil rights crusaders (and associates of the late Martin Luther King) who, incidentally has said quite a bit in the past few decades - got a two paragraph obit in the NEWSLINES wasteland. Like Wonder Bread, some things never change. The bad news ... Milli Vanilli is booked at the Breslin Center. · The good news ... The fruity two will play the h~ hall this summer when no one will be around to step on their hair. Sometimes I wonder hoW IOIN people will sink. Just last week I caught five guys in those crazy-lookin' Grateful Dead t-shirts trying to roll up our he111> issue and smoke it. Talk about idiots! I mean, what they hell -they forgot the matches ... · university Reporter-Intelligencer • 11~ 26 April 1990 From EXPERTS, p. 4 Dukakis , Ferency said, was the victim of negative campaigning. "Lee Atwater and Roger Ailes know how to appeal to the baser emotions,· Ferency said. "And Mike Dukakis took it sitting in a tank with a helmet on his head." But the conseniative trend trailing from the days of Reagan is diminish ing, Ferency said. Conservatives Reagan, Bush, and Jerry Falwell "rode high for awhile, but evidence suggests we were right all along and the the pendulum is swinging the other way.; he said. "For example, the whole per estroika, glastnost and dismantling of the Soviet system ... (conservatives)were the ones who wanted to build up the military budget and relied on fear of the Soviet threat." Ferency said the conservative trend began when Reagan during the 1960s got Barry Goldwater nominated over liberal Republicans by painting liberals as "free spenders, supporters of uppity women and radical blacks, soft on communism and crime, too." More than anything, Ferency believes the conservative trend was born out of white backlash toward black progress. But Clark disagrees, saying that mainstream Republicans do not believe in discrimination. "It's very Important that people are not discriminated against for the color of their skin, age, sex or handicap,· Clark said. "But reverse discrimina tion Is also wrong.• Clark notes that Republicans are concerned that affirmative action programs have the potential to reverse discriminate. use the police power of the state to force conformity to these beliefs. "They make no bones about it,· Ferency said. "They say America is a Christian nation.· "They are ignoring the mlilions of Americans who are not Christians, plus the fact that within Christianity itself there is a lot of diversity.• Clark admits that emphasis on traditional, Christian values is part of the conservative movement but contends that among conservatives, there exists a plurality of opinions and dissent. self-rasped and dignity. "Hand-outs breed more welfare,· Clark said. · Another controversial issue disputed amongst conservatives and liberals Is the environment. • Clark said that environmental issues are important and need to be addressed. However, she said careful management that takes into account . · both the interests of the environment and business is needed to solve environmental problems. 'We can't sacrifice business for the environment,• Clark said. So what's the difference between Ferency said both liberals and conservatives agree that environ mental problems can no longer be ignored. However, he believes the government cannot worry about costs when it comes to solving environ mental problems that claim peoples' lives. "Both Bush and Governor Blan chard, conservatives, are saying that they are concerned about the costs of environmental protection,• Ferency said. "It's like asking whether you should throw a drowning man a life preserver because of how much it will cost you. "You either have a clear and present environmental problem that you must deal with to save peoples' lives or you do not. It's idle to discuss cost because if It must be done. You pay whatever It costs." liberalism and conservatism? Zolton says liberalism is charac terized by a plurality of groups, which sometimes work together but form no unified front. In contrast, he said conservatives have a complete agenda ranging from child pornogra phy to capital punishment. The difference for Clark?: "Re publicans are more middle of the road than liberals,· she said. VJilliams supports Clark, noting that a sizeable minority of Republi cans are pro-choice on the abortion issue. And both contend that conser vatives are taking a more serious look at the possibility of legalizing drugs than liberals are. "Most people tend toward one (ideology) or another, but differ on specific issues,· Clark said. Williams said that liberal and conservative primarily are labels candidates toss at each other during elections. But when politicians settle into office, he said pradlcal concerns put ideology aside. Clark believes liberals are a threat. She said: Ferency believes conservatives "The left plays on peoples' em_o today cannot be separated from their religious agenda 'What they're trying to do is have their fundamentalist Christian beliefs imposed on everyone from above,· Ferency said, adding conservatives tions rather than looking at the full range of issues and making economi cally sound decisions." · For example, Clark said she favors workfare because liberal welfare programs deny people their EAT CHEAP Dirty Dog Deal $1.99 Coney Basket Includes One Coney Dog, Fries and Cole Slaw. Everyday 'till llpm r--mir--, I Coney Basket : I ; when you buy one I basket and two pops I I I with this coupon. I.. Everyday 'till llp.m. i ~--------"" WE DELIVER 332-2381 the Peanut Barrel • Great Burgers and Sandwiches 17Yearsu East Lansing'• Best Neighborhood Bar and Restaurant I New Wednesdays Reggae Night All Rum Drinks $1.75 Feature This Week: Ras Sha 101 E. Grand River Home of The Shark bowl! From WONDER, p. 9 Miltonsmiledasparsclip-cudingsmile. It had been too easy. Call for the ambulance, Act hysterical. He bad told them that, to his h01Tor be bad found her that way. And his mother wu certainly not talking. A 'YC1')' serious and deadly strob:, the doctor bad said. She would probably IHM:r speak or move again. He smile became a grin as be walb:d pllllllCd the Illll'llCS. He wallccdintohismothcr'sroom. Tbc mechanical click of her machines filled the air. He marvclled at how she was held tbcrc, with stccl and plastic tubes surrounding her like a giant octopus. ''Hello, Mother," be said. Hcreyclidsflippcdopcn. "YOU look better today." Milton wallccd to her bedside and replaced the wilted flowers with fresh new cmcs. ''Mother, I've brought you a visitor. This is my fianccc-Margn:t." Margn:t lcaIJCdovcrthe bed. ''Hello, Mrs. Smidgcr. I just want you to know that I'll mkc 'YC1')' good carc of Milt, and after we arc muricd I'll be here almost every day to help him care for you." Milton's mothcr'seycs bulged in their IOC:kds. ''Milton. i. aomctbing wrong? She l!ICCDlll so excited." "No honey. That's just her way of ahowingshc'sbappy .'' "Oh," Marge said. She looked back at Milton's mother and smiled. ''Margn:t, could you leave us for a min.um? I want to be alom: with her fora while." "Sure, iwcctbcart. I understand." Still smiling, she brushed her band &a'O!IS Milton's ann and left the rocxn. "So, Mother. How arc you doing?'' He pulled out a wrinkled brown paper sack from his jacket pocb:t. "Oh, I missed lunch. y OU doo. 't mind, do you?'' Milton pulled out a Jiffy peanut butte rand Wonder white bread sandwich. He mother's eyes began to blink and twitch. Carcfully,Miltoo. undid the wupapcr wrapping. He leaned over clOBC to her face and began to cat. Small Wbiti: aumbs fell in the crevices around her noec and lips. Her eyes began to protrude and spasm grotesquely. Miltongrinncdandcominucdtocat,cbcwing slowly, every so often stopping and showing her the doughy com:nm of.his mouth. Once or twice he hung out his pcamit-buttcr-coall:d tooguc and let it hang in her face. A small trail of saliva began to work WI way out the side of her mouth and down her check. Milton finished his sandwich. He pulled his handkerchief from his back pocket and wiped her face. He kissed her lightly on the forehead and stoop up. He wallccd toward the door, stopped and turned back to her. "Good-bye, Mother. 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IT'S TIME TO CUT LODSE!WE GOTTA GET - US SOME C>RINKV WINKY.S! 14• universit Reporter-Intelligencer From Les Miz, p. 16 Many times the French Revolutionary's huge novel has been t ranslated to the silver screen. Some film historians claim the novel has been filmed 51 times, each having little or no success, often because of the length of the novel - over 1500 pages! However, in 1978, two French songwriters, Alain Boubill and Claude-Michel Schonberg, con ceived the musical version of Les Miz. The rock opera was first released as an album before being performed in Paris in 1980. Soon thereafter, British super producer Cameron Mackintosh (Cats, The Phantom of the Opera) heard the score, and the music immediately drew him to the project. Mackintosh sought the services of directors John Caird and Trevor Nunn (Starlight Express, Chess) and a partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, who would enter the project as rookies to the big budget musical business. Then Mackintosh found someone to write English lyrics for the French musical. Herbert Kretzmer succeeded James Fenton as the lyricist when Fenton's lyrics were found to be too problematic. In six months, Kretzmer's work opened on Britain's West End (the U.K. equivalent to Broadway) to fantastic reviews and sell out audl- ences. March 12, 1987, Les Miz opened at the Broadway Theater to massive crowds, an eight month wait for tickets, and great reviews from theater critics nationwide. Now Les Miz has hit the road, with 11 productions playing worldwide, including five in North America. Les Miz will make its second stop at Wharton in two years this week. The story revolves around Jean Valjean, a man convicted of stealing In order to keep his family from starving. The musical begins in the year 1815 in the town of Digne, with Valjean's parole from a chain gang. The musical depicts the next 17 years of Valjean's life. Once Valjean breaks parole, Javert, one of the prison guards in Digne, pursues Valjean throughout the musical. Valjean is constantly on the run from Javert, and the one hurt most by these travels is his adopted daughter, Cosette. She finds love in Paris with a young student, Marius. Marius, however, chooses to join his fellow students in the French Revolution. The story's finale occurs in Paris, 1832, when the first revolutionaries began their fight. If you have a ticket to see this show, consider yourself lucky. If you don't, get real friendly with someone who's got an extra As. the billboard says - Don't Miz Out. Reaoh an alternative audlenDe mlth an alternative paper - advertlle In ... ... the uR-1 E5P~E550 ~OVA LE 1s space or rent-and dirt cheap, too! call 351-4899 for details · P 1 Henley hits Breslin ev BRIAN MM!iHAu. uR-l 11US1c CORRESPON>ENT "The first real rock concert at the Breslin Center, ·or so It was billed by a 0106 DJ, stormed East Lansing Friday night In the Jack Breslin Student Events Center . Months ago the audience would have been there to watch Jud Heath cote argue a call, or watch Steve Smith make an Important steal or pass, but tonight they were there to see Don Henley rock the house. Henley, promoting his most recent release, The End of the Innocence, brought The Innocence Mi881on to open for him. The Innocence Mission, whose recent self-titled album has brought them fairly wide critical acclaim, played a short set that included several slow songs, but only one fast song, which prevented the crowd from really getting into them. However, once the lights dimmed for the main event, the crowd was excited and ready. Henley fans were not disap pointed this night. Dressed in a pair of black jeans, a · white shirt, fight grey vest, and a brown jacket, the former Eagles drummer and vocalist came out with a guitar in his hands singing "Driving with your Eyes Closed· and the crowd roared Its approval. I think they were ·just happy to see someone playing at Breslin who didn't fist numerous performances at the Grand Old Opry Guitarists John Cory and Frank Simon blasted out great licks all night, including numerous exchanges during "Dirty Laundry·. Henley took the drums for the Eagles' classics, "Hotel Cslifornia• and "Life in the Fast Lane,· keeping a decent beat while providing the crowd with soul-filled vocals. Often, the crowd's ovations embarrassed Henley, who just stood at the microphone with his arms either folded, or covering his face. Henley played a 12 song set, including the title track of his current album, and a stripped-Oown version of his current hit "Heart of the Matter-. The band left the stage, the lights went dim, and the crowd roared, wanting more. Henley came back on to play three encores, including a great version of "Desperado· to end the second encore. As Henley wrapped up his show, the crowd size and excitement may encourage the Breslin Center to book more acts who play rock, or at least some departure from the country music scene. Bagel Fragefueli Don't forget to vote on this question: How do you feel about rumors that John DiBiaggio may leave for Penn State? a. I don't care as long as he stays in the Big 11. b. I hope he stays. c. George Perlas will make a good president d. I'm not sure, but he's great as Grandpa on The Munsters. exp. 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Promotes Hair Growth and Gives A Beautiful Healthy Shine. 26 April 1990 ·. -_ . university Reporter-lntelli ·ence·b• .15 ·---i'll·--· · Buy any 1 Coupon Special 1 I I I I I hamburger and I BREAKFAST SPECIALS I I $ave, 60 cents I on an order of FRI/ES I I CExpiiu May 11. 1990> I Not valid with my other I I Daily (7:30 - 10:30) LUNCH OPEN (10:30 - 6_:3_!>) I I I I I I I . ·I roupon ·-------· Ed Chavey, Joe Schmidt, Jack Wheatley. uR-1 photo/GARY SMUTS East Lansing Fellinis take third in HBO comedy contest ' BY SUZANNE WIMMER UR-I CINEMA CORRESPONDENT Anything to Prove My Love, the three-minute video production of Ed Chavey, Joe Schmidt, and Jack Wheatley, is weird. "We had to be consciously thinking if it was too weird," admits Wheatley. In just three hours these guys created the heart warming story of boy (Chavey) meets girl (Wheatley), boy tries to cop a feel, boy gets his butt kicked by girl, and boy buys a dog and lifts weights to get girl back. The flic~~rned its way in to the top five of the HBO Comedy Channel's nationwide I Love You to Death Video Competition. The contest, based on the film of the same name, required entries to be under three minutes and offered a $5,000 prize for the top video displaying what some people will do forfove. Though not the call-in-vote winner, Anything to Prove My Love was broadcast April 19 on the HBO Comedy Channel and was sarcastically compared by comedy V.J., Rachel Sweet to director David Lynch's Twin Peaks. It finished a close third in the balloting, just out of second place. the East Lansing three also dabble in writing and illustrating as occassional correspondents to the uR-1-ed. For Reservations Call The HOT TUB HOT LINE 332-6318 (Located corn.er of Grove & Linden. n.ear Dooley's) r-----------, I I $2.00 Off I Your Next Hot Tub Rental I I I __________ .... (with Coupon) I I EXP. 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They're doing something completelydifferentfrom the rest of the label's bands, using different instruments in entirely different ways. "We incorporate cellos and acoustic instruments and harmonicas and dulcimers and violins into our music in a way that none of the other bands on Sub Pop really care to," said Wells. . The bands that influence the Walkabouts don't give away their folk sound at all though. Rather their influ ences would leave you up in the air as to what they would sound like if you had never heard them before. "W&'ve all listened to a lot of different stuff and all of that comes into play in our music,• said Wells. "We've· got influences ranging from Echo and the Bumymen to Nell Yowig to Sonic Youth: - But they also dig deeper into the folk scene, with influences like the Ozark mountain songs. With folk roots as deep as these, you probably think you have an idea cl what they sound like. Wrong I "Folk music isn't necessarily soft and mellow,• said Wells. "It can be very intense.• The Walkabouts' live show isn't like that of a stereotypical Sub Pop band either. You won't see them doing stage dives into the audience, and you won't see their audience headbanging to the beat. - "We tend to put a little bit more emphasis on our music than the act,• said Wells. "We do waltzes and stuff with more involved vocal harmonies and stuff. It's kinda hard for us to stage dive and do waltzes at the same time." This P'and has a pretty good future ahead of ~hem too. In the immediate future, they will be coming to B'Zar tonight. Farther off they will be touring Europe, after which they will be going back into the studio to work on their nQxt release with producer, Gary Smhh, who is best known for his work with th9 Pixies and Throwing Muaea. The Walkabouts have a very interesting back ground and a very interesting sound, and it's definitely something worth checking out. Les Miz worth a look at Wharton r, BY BRIAN MMllHAU. uR-1 Tl£ATRE CORRESPON>ENT The musical version of Victor Hugo's classic novel of redemption, social stratification, and revolution, Les Mis8rab/es, returns to the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts April 24-29, 1990. see Les Ulz, p. 14