This is our a er - he/ sha e it with the READER SuRvEv... • 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 May 1990 Vol. I No.26 MSU's alternative and truly endent voice What's shakin' : We've got more columns than Romel Quit fiddlin' and read.. p. 6+ o Get caught Op: with is$ues... p. 4 o Our readers are always write... p. 5 o Check out (of) The Clydesdale... p. 9 p. 1 o o Fun Page... o Our Reviews are always right on ... p. 11 o This is Entertainment... p. 12 STUDENTS LEARN ABCs, FAIL STD QUIZ BY SHANNON DRAYSON UR·! ISSUES CORRESPONJENT , What MSU students don't know about sexually transmitted diseases might hurt them, according to a recent uR-\ suNe'f. In an effort to promote awareness and educa tion on the topic of STD's thrpughout campus, the uR-1 last week conducted a random, non-scientific survey polling100 MSU students on their sexual behavior and STD's. The sample was comprised of students ages 18-23 living in Wonders, Hubbard, Williams and Emmons halls and Ceda:r Village. According to the two-part survey - a six question STD quiz and personal questionnaire - most MSU students do not have their facts straight about STD's. (see related chart) More than half of the students surveyed an swered incorrectly to four of the six questions on the STD quiz. These questions were: •The most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the United States is: a) syphilis; b) Herpes Simplex; c) chlamydia; d) gonorrhea. The correct_ answer is chlamydia, Which was missed by more than 2/3 of students surveyed. •Several precautions can be taken to reduce the risks of contracting an STD. Some of these are: a) use of a condom; b) limit ;your partner); c) washing with soap & water immediately after contact; d) a & b only; e) all of the above. The correct answer is e, which was missed by about two-thirds of the respondents. •STD's involve different complications, includ ing death. Which of the following STD's can lead to death? a) syphilis; b) gonorrhea; c) AIDS; d) only b & c; d) only a & c; e) all of the above, The correct answer is d, syphilis and AIDS, which was an swered incorrectly by more than half. •Necking & Petting can lead into the contrac tion of an STD. True or False? The correct answer is true, which also was missed by more than half. [!¥i] ~ lUJ ~ ~ ruJ cQ] ® m1 ~ ® o ~ ® ~ ruJ CID ~ ~®lhJ CIDW o@IT' source: uR-1 survey Have had sexual intercourse: 80% Virgins: 20% First time having sex, ave. age: 17 Had sex before entering college: 62% Lost virginity at MSU:36% Average number of sexual partners:5.12 Sex with stranger: 26%, on average of 2. 7 times Average number of sexual partners in past 12 months: 0-2.5% 1·4 -85% 5·10-10% 10+-2.5% Protection: 56% report male using condom during intercourse. 51 % report using birth control pill note: some reported using pill, condoms, withdrcr.val, foams and jellies alternately Have had sexual intercourse: 90% virgins: 10% First time having sex, average age:17 Had sex before entering college': 80% Lost virginity at MSU:20% Average number of sexual partners: 5.6 Sex with · .stranger: 30%, on average of 2.78times. Average number of sexual partners in past 12months: 0 -5% 1·4 - 82% 5-10-9% 10+ -2% Protection : 74% report wearing condoms during intercourse. nole: some reported using condoms, pill, sponge, foams, jellies, and withchws/ me/hods sflemstlely. a)AIDS; b)herpes; c)chlamydia; d) a & b only; e) a & c only; f)none of the STD's listed above are cur able. ft The correct answer is "d.ft The only question that nearly all students answered correctly was "A person infected with an STD may have no outward signs of infection. True or falser The correct answer !s true. information provided in a Common Sexually Trans mitted Diseases brochure published by the Ameri can Council for Healthful Living. With the outbreak of AIDS - the almost always fatal STD that wipes out the body's immune system - much attention has been given to STD prevention and awareness. Chlamydia, genital warts and herpes have reportedly increased to epidemic levels. According to a 1988 American Social Health Association report, "an estimated four million Americans get chlamydia! infections each year, making it more than twice as common as gonorrhea and forty times more common than syphilis." So why are MSU students unaware of this? Because students are guided by the miscon ception that contracting an STD can happen, but not to them, says Carolyn Fox, nursing administrator at Olin Health Center. "Some pe.ople think because they are in college, or because this isn't New York City or San Francisco, (safe sex) messages don't pertain to them, ft Fox said. "That isn't true. "Nice people get STD's, too. ft Fox said that college students sometimes have low self-esteem and feel obligated to "go along with the crowd.ft The consumption of alcohol and drugs also initiates irresponsible and unprotected sex, she noted. "Most can't recall what they did or who they were with, ft Fox said. The responsibility of having sex, Fox believes, lies with the individual. Furthermore, she· says one needs to continue to educate themself and be aware of the consequences of practicing unsafe sex. Her message to students? "You're responsible for yours (body and life) " Fox said. "You're an adult. Be informed.ft St.udents concerned about being infected with an STD can be tested for free at the Ingham County Health Department STD clinic. The one question answered correctly by slightly more than one-half of the respondents was 'Which of the following STD's are not curable? ALL current staff members - and those interested in working next year- meet at the uR-1 Sat. at 2:30 p.m. Olin Health Center charges $16.50 for a pap · The quiz questions above were derived from See sfos, p. 2 ·university Reporter-Intelligencer FROM STDs, p. 1 smear and gonorrhea and chlamydia tests. It costs $8.50 for the STD tests without the pap smear. Planned Parenthood, 1400 E. 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''•• '••••••@'©.©@i\iiilii!i' ®ii®©iiiiRU\i#®•••••• ·•,•.••·•·:•:• q(gig•p<:JY.~.···· ., ••... · .. ~~!~if~~~~~@J.@~~@ij@~··.• . . •••• ~~®~mnw©~ >.. • •• ••,••,•••••A.ffi){i"lipp,NtHI'••·• -:- :.:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-:-: ·.·.· · ... •.· . ·.•• •. · .·. . .. . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::<· [1~61~!1~ •·••••'~rt~~cmH.!¥.••·••· ·.·. · .. _ ·.-.· .-... ·.·.·.· ·>:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:·· ..... . . , .. ,.,.,.,.,.,••·•·····•··~·~·~n,@@·•·••• ···••'•'•·••.•••· ••<.?hQ.iJ\o¢ev • 1:i<:fre>¢k ..... uR-1 SURVEY FINDINGS complied by TAEBA BALDA• Of 100 MSU students surveyed, 12".4 SAY THEY HAVE HAD AN STD · Breakdown: CHLAMYDIA: 7 REPORTS GENITAL WARTS: 3 REPORTS GONORRHEA:1 REPORT HERPES SIMPLEX: 1 REPORT REDUCE THE RISKS LIMIT PARTNERS Having contact with one person who is limiting contact to you only reduces your chance of becoming infected. If your partner is having contact with others who may be infected, the infection could be passed on to you without your - knowing it. OBSERVATION Don't be afraid to look before you have contact. If you see any sus picious sores, rash discharge or detect a strong odor, discuss it with your partner. What you see may be highly infectious. SOAP & WATER Washing before and immediately after contact can wash away the germs. However, these germs may penetrate the skin before you have a chance to wash. USE OF A CONDOM The condom is one of the best preventive measures against these diseases. When put on before any contact and properly removed, it provides good protec tion. URINATION Urinating immediately after contact can flush out some germs (especially for the male). ... REGULAR STDND CHECKUP Based on your sexual activity, you should have periodic STDND checkups. Ask your doctor for the specific tests for syphilis, goner .rhea and chlamydia since these tests may not be part of routine examination. SIMULTANEOUS TREATMENT It is essential to notify your partner when you are infected. Both people should be treated at the same time to avoid reinfecting each other. It's as simple as this ... genitals The virus is passed from the site of infection to the site of contact. Source: American Social Health Association The Condom: Don't leave home without it! It's not a matter of how much money you have. It doesn't matter which school you go to or how high your grades are. It doesn't matter if you wear designer clothes, live in a nice neighborhood and drive a classy car. IF YOU HAVE SEX WITHOUT USING PROTECTION, YOU MAY CONTRACT ASEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. It cannot be stressed enough that people need to become re sponsible when having sex. They need to continue to educate them selves on the topic of STD's and take the advice of medical prof es sionals seriously. This means wearing a con dom, limiting your partners, avoid ing direct contact with infected persons, looking before you have contact and getting regular check ups. For those of you out there having unprotected sex and getting lucky, WAKE UP! Your luck someday may run out. And instead of coming home from a party with a smile on your face from a one-night stand with the partner who "seemed like a nice person," you may wind up in office of a doctor who looks you sraight in the eye and says, "I'm sorry, you have AIDS." Some one-night stand, eh? Well, was it worth it? While it is no persons right to tell another person how to live their life, it is everybody's right to urge people to use protection when having sex. So whether you're having sex with 1 O different people a week or one partner a year, please, be responsible. It's no secret how STD's are transmitted - DIRECT CONTACT WITH INFECTED AREAS. But these diseases can be prevented if people just think. Condoms cost as cheap as 50 cents - that's one-third the price you pay for a bottle of beer at the bar. university Reporter-Intelligencer • 5 Get laid, too, Lynn? DearuR~: In response to Lynn Kloosterman's oh-so-intelligent letter in last week's paper: You're right, Lynn, blacks have no . right to whine abo!Jl racism, women are victims of nothing but PMS, and the government is not corrupt. The world is just perfect the way it is. Ys21l.mbeing oppressed too, Lynn; you're just too stupid to realize it. I'm glad to see that you're only a freshman. Maybe you'll learn something while you're here. Si~rely, Tina Caputo Reader: White=right DearuR~. It's about time Ill The forming of a White Caucus. Finally, a chance for white Americans to take pride in themselves. Just like the Afro-American population is composed of various heritages, so too is the white population. White people need to have a sense of identity and individual ity. They can't be seen as just a plain majority or a large nondescript mass. Why not learn ab9ut individual histories of our immigrant forefathers who are lumped ' together into this category of whiteness. Everyone, not just the minorities, deserves a chance to take price in her or his ancestry. ChrisD. normally we would not print auch a Jetter without a full aignature, but we feel it;. important to let atudenta know that theseacrewed-up butarda are out there. If the letter writer;. oflended by thia psychological attsessment, he/she ia welcome to come forth with a full name and an apology will be printed. -ed. 23 May 1990 uR-1 is crappy, too DearuRt: Well, well, uRI, I guess I was wrong about you guys. I was all set to send you a heartfelt letter about how crappy the State News was, but it appears that you guys are just as bad. The State News is biased, as everyone knows. They are racist in nature, and have by-passed the FACT that the Spartan Football team uses steroids. (Incidentally, I've known Jeff Case for the past two years, and he's not lying I) I figured that I could voice my views on the abortion issue to you guys but it appears that you monkey-faces are just as Pro-Child-Killing as the State News, if not more. They, however, have an excuse, whereas you don't. At. least they get advertising funding fom Pro-Murder agencies like Womancare (alias "Womankill" or "We Don't Care1. To quote you, "Abortion is a woman's choice, no dispute over that: Ask an unborn chi id, "Do you rrind if I kill you?" Don't say they'd say "yes" if they could talk. The fact of the matter is that they can't talk, which is why us "A~i­ Choicers" are stepping forward to speak for them. Abortion is legalized child killing, no disupte over that. So why don't you Pro-Abortionists fact up to that fact. As for your arguments in favor of abortion, I've heard 'em all. Abortion is called Freedom of Choice." Freedom of choice to do what? To decide to kill an unborn because you don't want that chi id alive anymore. I've also heard it said, "if you think abortion is wrong, then don't have an abortion.· Sure, same logic applies to stealing. I don't think stealing is wrong, so I'll just break into you house and rob you blind. It was my freedom of choice. The weak arguments for abortion rage on. Nobody wants to fad up to the reality of abortion, because most people would rather be able to conveniently do away with unwanted life, and with a clear conscience. What angers me most is the total lack of honesty. You mask the issue with terms like "rights," "choice," and so forth. Why the HELL don't you just admit it. an unborn is a human life, whether complete or not, and YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT because it is so convenient to assume it's not. Admit that it is a life, as it is, and just say that you don't care, and you want abortion legal anyway. Quit arguing that it's not human and crap like that to justify yourself. You'll go a lot further if you say, "It's a life, but fuck it. If I wanna kill it, let me kill it. It's my freedom of choice to ~ill if I want to, isn't it?" Actually, it's kind of easy to say that once you've already been born and you're in the clear. So own up to the fact that you don't care about human life. do away with unwanted life, like the German's did with Jews, like the Romans did with the Christians, like the Americans are doing with the unbc;>rn. So think what you want to. If you're honest about it, I won't stand in your way. If you want a society that doesn't care . about life, then you can have it. but don't cry to me when you look around youself and see rape higher than it's e11er been before, or that the divorce rate is skyrock eting, or that you have about eight different parents, or that you someday find yourself worried because your own budding teenager kids are screwing everything that's warm and moves. This is the kind of society you wanted. You got it. So, you guys at the uRI haven't won any points with me. Nor have you won any points with unborn children. I will give you credit for one, thing, though, is that I know this little piece will get into print. Even with a little raunchy license on my part. The Stale News, on the other hand, has a tendency to supress freedom of speech. By the way, tell the Provoc to go fuck himself too. He's no philosopher, only a few minutes of needless entertainment for babies. With all my love, Phil Abramoff Mathematics and Statistics SFL Vice-President Senior Graduate Teacher 1989-90 although the uR-1 ha• advocated a woman'• right to control her body, that does not mean we would not print oppo11ing view•, and to that end invite Mr. Ab111moff to aubmit any column with photo -he would like. We do NOT prevent oppoaing view• from appearing here, aa any regular reader knows. -ed. them," which again echoes the S1ilm fmla. It is from here one expects Mr. Boyd to go on and to finiSh his train of thought, as he must have brought these things up to make some sort of point, when suddenly he tells that some people think that the shanties are ugly. He says it with horror going on to say, with mind shattering convidion, "This is the Ameri can mind at work.• Well, of course it's the · American mind at work, as it is probably the English, German, ?Russian, and maybe even the El Salvadorian mind at work too. The shanties .ilm. ugly. The point is that they are supposed to be ugly, and more importantly, it really shouldn't matter what they look like at all since they are meant to educate not become part of an art exhibit, but does Mr. Boyd devote one word to these ideas? Of course natl He trudges onward to the freedom of speech thing and the Adrrinistration's "conservativeness.• He talks about freedom of speech, when it is really freedom of expression that is the issue and thinks that we are going to be able to make some sort of rational connection between his calling the adrrinistration · conservative and the quote from the petition. Maybe it is better that Mr. Boyd didn't enlighten us with his original train of thought. Gue~ing at this one seems much moreintellectuallyfulfilling. The paramount of Mr. Boyd's entire article comes when he shares some sort of vague prophecy of disaster if we fail to realize what the shanties stand for and mean, which Mr Boyd himseH has done a wonderful job of not telling us. Last week a reader told Mr. McWilliams to take a ride on the clue bus. This week I think it's Mr. Boyd's turn to hop aboard "Eat me, hard guy/" Steven Matthews" -theProvoc Boyd's a Noid Dear uR~ ~itors, I am a regular reader of your publica tion and can usually enjoy your articles regardless of my personal point of view on the subject because your writers are . C0fl1>9tent and state things in a meaning ful and understandable way. While reading Mr. Boyd's article on the shanties behind Wells Hall in your May 16th issue, I couldn't help wonder what happened. Where did you find this guy and what were you thinking when you chose to display his · talent, or definite lack there of, in your paper. Within the first two paragraphs, Mr. Boyd changes tense enough times to leave any reader feeling as if he has just entered some sort of a time warp and his use of pronouns as water out of a tap is enough to leave any half-brained person confused. Yet after reading the entire article I realized that it was all a clever ploy to take the reader's mind away from the fad that in reality Mr. Boyd's article has absolutely no point at all. In four short paragraphs Mr. Boyd manages to introduce four c:Ompletly different points, none of which have anything to do with the other and tell us nothing we don't already know. Beginning . in the shadow of the State News he tells us who the groups that have built the shanties are and goes on to say that they were built, "to educate and more impor tantly remind students of events and problems which they don't know affect Greeks are good DearuR~: M .L. Elrick's article on May 9, 1990 was extremely unfair to the Greek system Contrary to his unfounded opinions, fraternities and sororities engage in phi'lanthropic:adivities throughoutthe entire year. They raise thousands of dollars and help hundreds of people. Greek Week happens 1o be a fun way to celebrate their enthusiasm for helping people and having a good time. The tabloid he wrote of us a way for the participants to remember Greek Week (like a year book ar a photo album). M.L. Elrick obviously has serious prejudices against the Greek system. But, he should base his accusations on facts, not clic:hes stereotypes. His article was in poor taste and reflects inept journalistic: skills. My suggestion is that Elrick take a beginning journalism class where he will learn about research, facts, and maybe having an open rrind. Sincerely, Emily Sala (a non-Greek MSU student) It ia /ntereating to note that NONE of the greeka who talked to uR-1 ataff members took advantage of an oflerto have a column run contradicting Elrick~ diatribe. They were told their column would run in the ume 11pot 1111 Elrick'•, ume length, with ume aize headline and no editing by our ataff. Oh well ••• -ed. . 6· university Reporter-Intelligencer ·23 May 1990 Anyone remember Earth Day? of my apartment. A sense of child like glee was growing in my heart at the wonder I felt knowing this to be a cleansing rain. Benzene, toluene, mercury, carbon, CFC's (Chloro Fluoro-Carbons), PCB's (Polychlori nated Biphenyls), and a host of another 175 toxic chemicals, all being washed back to Earth. That is as nature intends: the Earth ab sorbs these chemicals, breaks them down with a number of biological processes, and sends the bypro ducts, toxic or otherwise, deeper into the water table. A good, safe resting place. This, of course, only acounts for what is burned arid pushed into the air (Approximately 116 million pounds of toxic chemicals are released into the air EVERY YEAR by industry in the state of Michigan alone!!) and later, finds its way back down. What about the shit that's being dumped right next to our homes, our water supplies_, our businesses? . People are finding pools of unknown sludge seeping through their lawns. I have seen the looks of real terror on workers' faces when the Feds, showing up to close down the shop, arrive in radiation-type . suits and oxygen masks. They wonder about their hands. Wiping their noses, caressing their children, lifting 75 pound drums of "Chemical X" on the dock. And this kind of shit has been dumped down the throats of North and South Americans, Soviets, Africans, Europeans ... EVERYBODY, from the First to the Third World. But we're all too dumb to fight back; we keep going blindly on, and let M. Nature do all the back-break ing work. -We keep pumping it out, taking everything we can use, and putting back the garbage we can't, with hardly a thought to conserva tion, at least not on the necessary "grand scale." corporate VIP. Get involved and join a political, social or volunteer or ganization. There Is power in numbers. As the wealthiest nation on the planet, we have got the power to change things, even it it's by spending our hard-earned cash on stamps, ink and envelopes. Speak loudly, America! Here are two leads: •Amnesty International, the leading human rights organization in the world. They are responsible for freeing hundreds of political, reli gious, and innocent prisoners through intensive letter-writing · campaigns. Write to A.I. USA, 53 West Jackson, Room 1162, Chi cago, IL 60604. Hell, we won't even control our •Sen. Vernon Ehlers, chair of the own population, and you cannot conserve without a stable popula tion. This is all just the tip of my beef, which I call Western Technological . Civilization. The point I'm making is this: In the United States, we have the freedom to express ourselves. And as citizens, we have an obliga tion to use it. Get educated and write to your favorite senator, representative, or Natural Resources and Environ mental Affairs Committee. This committee is debating the fate of Senate Bill 375, a piece of legisla tion designed to make polluters pay for the C9St of deaning up their toxic waste sites, instead of the taxpayers footing the bill. It would also give the DNR more authority to prose cute those who refuse to do the right thing . Write to the good senator and company at Room 806 Farnum Building, Lansing, Ml 48909. John Jakary All in all, I thought it a rather impressive start to the end of the world. Who would have believed the northern United States having a week of 50-degree-plus weather in mid January, then freezing tempera tures in mid-May? Tonight, it was a thunderstorm, complete with laser light snow and acid rain. Sure, I had hoped for real fire and brimstone stuff, you know, whole towns being laid off, the ground opening up and swallowing dogs and small children. But I was satisfied. Besides, I had always wanted to be a blonde, and the rain seemed to be doing a great bleach job. I returned home soaked, hoping my jacket, now smoking at the seams, wouldn't un~vel in the heat ============;:::::::=============================================================== Our McWilliams answers his mail who thinks political parties can help . should look into it. After all, getting some new idologies in power can only help. Liberals want to limit economic freedom, in the name of "Public Welfare,· and conservatives want to _ limit pesonal freedom in the name of "Public Morals: What you don't hear is that both parties assume that proection of your rights requires limiting them (this is doublethink at it's most blatant.) Lynn Kloosterman: Are you lost or what? As a matter of fact, I am oppressed, as are you. Try smoking a joint in public sometime if you don't believe me. Also, no one gave me the right to bitch. I just have it, same as you. Your notion assumes that governments exist to grant rights, rather than to protect them. That you chose to bitch while complaining about bitching shows that you are either a hypocrite, or just plain stupid. If you want to learn, now that you're at college, here's some advice: Reach Machiavelli or Neitzsche for dis courses on statesmen and the role of power in human affairs. Also, take Hal Walsh, in PhilosophY, Walter Martin, in Humanities, or Run Puhek, in Social Science for a better under standing of reason and ·freedom, something you seem to be lacking. Kay Steele: Thanks! I hope I can keep myself above the dreck. Peter Zeiler: I am doing some thing. I'm trying to find people who care, people who recognize that this is an issue of power, and people who believe there is an alternative to standing by as our overspending "leaders· bring down the whole house of cards. What can you do? You can start by not contradicting yourself. "Sure, Government sucks, but ... • is a sign that you've bought their bullshit. It would miss the point to say that each government function that you deem bad is probably what someone else thinks more of, like that your money should be spent on drug-free zones around all the schools, induding MSU. And it's not relevant that most govern ment services, most of which you don't need and none of which you receive voluntarily,_ but all of which you pay for, suck (either because it's inefficient, too expensive, or just plain doesn't work.) What is relevant is that our Government is violating everyone's "inalienable· rights by doing most of the things that people now just assume the government is supposed to do. When our govern ment uses force to make you do something that you don't want to do, . or stops you from doing something that you have every right to do, it's gone too far. Get you head straight. You can't •subvert the dominant paradigm• if you use their logic. Call me up, too. You sound like you care. If anyone wants to help, call 336- 9591. a-half barrels of evil. But I've heard there was a frat party that 60 kegs? Gosh, money talks, don't it? Why are there so many question marks in this week's abbreviated offering? There's been so much screwed-up crap going on in this town that my five-year old mind can't handle it! Where's my pacifier, dammit... FIRST AMENDMENT PARTY: FRIDAY, 25 MAY 142 GUNSON ST. 0fllfl[JJ@ )7@(!!Jj) @©fJJ~'ft/Jft(JfjfJIJ@[JJ Tom . ··"'· McWilliams Hey, Hey, I got some response! Let me first point out that I don't work for the uRI. I am not a reporter, nor do I receive a paycheck. This would be called an opinion column, though most of what I put in here are judg ments: Jeff Hanert: I realize that I'm expressing the libertarian party's basic platform, but I feel I should only push my own views, rather than using this medium just to support a political party. You're right though, anyone Lansing! Seems the city council has decided to raise parking rates, obsten sibly to limit student parking. Kind of makes you want to register to vote and dump those student-hating clowns, now doesn't it? Oh, and remember that blind pig that got busted last week? Two and- 23 May 1990 . · university Reporter-Intelligencer • 7 SN banquet nurtu·res tasty thoughts_ really interesting thing to watch was Elrick pounding amazing quantities of rum and coke, I began to daydream. I start ed composing what I would have liked to say, had I a moment at the podium: It would have sounded something like this .. . Good evening and thank you for a chance to congratulate The State News Board of Trustess on selecting John Secor as this year's editor. He was truly the right choice to continue the tradition of an increasingly poor State News. Not only has he shown a tolerance for error and shallow cover age, but more importantly, his ability to alienate the minority staff members through his callous attitude helped maintain the ~>' news's tradition of an adversarial relationship with t hese groups on campus. Of cou rse his instru ctions on how to properly slant stories on minority leade rs like Louis Farrakhan truly ensured disgust form inte lligent readers. But let's not dwell on such things. After all, if The State News had faced the problems illust rated by hostile comments from minority student leaders and its own staff, Secor wouldn't have been able to shed those extra pounds by lying his ass off to cover his. negligence. Let's instead look forward to the next year when a new editor and more dough will arrest the S'new's slide into mediocrity. Let's look forward to the co ming year when we'll see columnists with bite instead of gas masks, stories with balance instead of bias, and candor instead of lies. Peg, as next year's editor, you have nothing especially great to live up to. But let me tell you that there are people, like myself, who read that rag cover to cover each day. We compare what happened at events with what is written abo ut them. We expect a little toe stepping and butt kicking to try to break the campus apathy. We expect a little mental provocation. We want a reason to be loyal readers. We want our $2.75 worth of writing . Impress usl Pleasel - Ludwig, former president of RHA, has had his share of run-ins with The State News. For accuracy 's sake, we should point out Elrick was drinking WHIS KEY, not rum. - ed. E.L. fat cats shun Too Much Fun killing off the HUD projects, I never voted for the timber industry to make a mint from 500 year old Sequoia particle board bought cheap from the Forestry .service. I never ever ever voted for the best interest of the oil companies yet there's the Exxon Valdez. See, all the big decisions are made off the ballot. " "So if it's not re-elections, what is the government afraid of then? And here, have another beer, better make sure you get your three dollars worth." "Ah, another beer, that's to the point. The thing that the men in power - that is, the one's with the fattest wallets, are afraid of is Too·Much Fun. See, if we're having too much fun, we're forgetting about _all of the things that we're supposed to hate, like Russians and poor people, and we forget to listen to the Fatwallets tell us how our hatred can be best directed. If we're not paying them any attention, they lose their grip, their bank accounts shrink and they get very upset." "Come on," I said. "You mean to tell me that our government doesn't want us to have fun so that it can channel our anger and keep us unified in hatred? That's pretty ugly. Okay, if what you say is true, how come Cedar Point isn't illegal? That's a heckuva lot of fun." I sucked down my beer and filled up again at the tap. "Cedar Point is institutionalized, and somebody's making a lot of money off it.so that's different .. You go there, stand in line, have your alloted amount of fun and then go stand in another line. If you get too deviant, they toss you out into the parking lot. But think about the rollercoasters. The tracks are the way in which we are channeled , up, down and around the curves, it's all very nice and safe. But consider this, after the cars shoot down the big hill, the race up another. As they're going up, they · remember that rollercoasters hate going up and coast down again on the other side. But in that moment before they go down again, there's that instant of free fall, where you don't know if you're going to ke~p going up or what. It's that instant that makes the Fatwallets nervous. That's why they don't like parties -they're just a little out of control and therefore potentially dangerous. People may relate their dissatisfied subversive thoughts with a few too many beers in 'em." "Pshawl" I spit beer. "You're kidding me, right? Now you're telling me that Uncle Sam and all his cohorts are against freedom of expression, that they really don't want me here listening to your opinions of the Fatwallets, er, I mean policy makers? Excuse me, but this-" I hoisted my plastic cup- "is my pursuit of happiness, and listen ing to you is my freedom of speech. We as Americans are promised these things, and that is what America is all about. Furthermore, if you'll have me believe that this country is run by a bunch of stony-faced despots and storm troopers then I'll say goodnight right now and go deal on that girl over there before she passes out. " I turned to go but it was too late. The moment I had a good line in my foggy head, 12 commandos in blue busted up the party and arrested the keg. I hid under a table in case sup pressive gun fire erupted and woke there the next morning. On the walk horn I thought of what my beer buddy had said, and decided that I probably had been having too much fun for the sake of my country. 'After all, we really can't afford to have dissidents forming new parties when ever we choose, can we? - W••I,· who WU unllb,. to •crounge • photograph, r .. lly DOES loolc Ilk• thltll Mark Ludwig Have you ever felt like a bastard at a family reunion? I got such a feeling last Fri day at the annual State News Awards Ban quet. At least I wasn't alone. The table I was at was filled with people who have annoyed the divas at the top of our campus daily. Due to my short atte n tion span, and the fact t hat the only Marty West Me and a beer buddy were stand ing around the keg just laughing and drooling and having a good time when he went serious on me. "You know," he said. 'We've got nuclear bombs, homelessness, global pollution, species extinction, strong arm drug cartels and a whole list of worries, but that's not what our government is afraid of." I gave a knowing burp. "Yup," I replied. ''They're afraid of not getting re-elected.". "Elections are only secondary fears," he.slurred. "The ones who are really in control don't have to worry · about re-elections because they were never voted in in the first place. I never voted for the big wigs who made a So just who did let you geeks out of the sewer anyway? Yep, Donatello, Mic haelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael, you are tough shells to crack, but not so tough that we wouldn't like to make turtle soup out of your annoying asses. A little sett, a .little pepper, and an invitation to Shredder and we'd have a grand time indeed. Then again, you might not be such tasty morsels, since just all the hype surrounding your movie, video games, posters, clothing, ahd so on, makes us sick. Still, you're good Americans and anyone who can hang out in New York in just their underwear has to be a . hard guy - that's a shell joke, son. Get it? · "ty Reporter-Intelligencer ahead. I slid up to one of these few good men and, out of the corner of my mouth asked: "Hey, Captain, where's the powder roomr He pretended he . hadn't heard me although his dress blues straightened a little more or maybe he just stiffened. I Or.Andrew Barclay ;; ii ;;,; Doc-proves there's more than one guy in the White House who's full of shit My brain went on vacation this week because the weather has been such shit. Luckily for my readers, brain activity is definitely no excuse for a column, if you get my drift, but the letters lying here require a certain degree of cerebration, albeit minimal, that I am not putting out these days. On cold, rainy days, the old squash is like a 50-watt radio station, just won't get up to heat. I tried glow plugs, but they.don't seem to work. So: Do you ever worry about what happens to people who are severly · repressed? It was like the time I was invited to the Reagon White House for dinner. Everything went just fine until I had to answer the call of Nature, as it were. I sort of slipped away from the crowd of bejeweled people standing around Ronnie, laughing at his stupid jokes (like pretending he couldn't remember his own name) to approach one of those splendid Marine guards you see in the commercials. He was standing at rigid attention, buzz-cut, sword at his side, staring straight I was having a problem so I had no choice but to insist: "Hey, Lance, where's the bitty? You know, the can, the porcelain convenience, the little ladies room? I have to shake the dew off my lilly. Wash my hands. Pinch a loaf. You know, pass some gas. Jesus Christ, man the crapper, I have to take a shit. OK? Do you get my drift? The fucking crapper, Lance, wherer A man with a little plastic doobie in his ear led me away. lwas jumping up and down, frustrated with my obvious inability to communicate with this dude. The MWTLPDIHE gently explained to me that when the Re agans took over the White House, Nancy had Ronald pass an Executive Order that prohibited bathroom s in the White Houe. I couldn't believe it. said, "What do they do when they have to shitr He said: "These people are so fucking white, they didn't even have to shit! Nancy says 'No,' and that is that.· It is easy for the rich. They can hire people to come in and give them enemas once a week. I couldn't believe it. They threw me out of the reception because they said you couldn't be there with a spoiled tuxedo. (What I love about Barbara Bush is that she doesn't care if your tuxedo is full of shit, all she wants to know is are you a nice person? If you love children, Barbara thinks you're OK.) - Where is all the shit going to go? I hopa there isn't anyone who thinks if you hold it long enough, it will just •go away: I" had a cousin like that. His attitude was: You never see the guy shit in a cowboy movie. He was trying to live up to his rolemodels, what a funny person. I believe his record is still in Guiness for the longest held on land. There were two guys in a lifeboat, you'll never believe this, who held it for 41 days because THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MESS UP THE OCEAN. Can you imagine? I hear you can almost walk the North Atlantic these days from St. John's to Lizard Light or Fastnet. The Southern route from Bermuda to the Azores isn't much better. · The problem is that shit begins to back up on them. No one wants to admit that THEIR shit is backing up on them, .now do they? So they rush around pointing at other people and, to distract them, yelling: "Look! I see shit on you: That's why it is always "other people's shit,· that is their problem, its never their own. I sup pose that's why people kept o:,eeing those moats in Jesus' eyes but these days, it exists as the use of alcohol regulatory law to control people's lifestyles. (Remember what I say solves the problem: Make 18 the drinking age and Declare the MSU campus (patrolled by Ingham County Deputies) a Free Zone where people can live a lot like they please without hurting anyone or hurting themselves.) Do you know what would happen if the Board of Trustees passed a set of resolutions like that? Every DAMN mother, sister, former drug abuser, etc. would come out screaming and yelling about alcohol abuse and drunk driving in adolescents, and if one child has to die it's one too many. Mean while, Washington would threaten (a lot like Gorby and the Baltic Repub lics, eh? ) to cut off our highway funds if we went against the National - Drinking Age and promoted Blatant Poly-Drug Abuse in Teens. You give one lousy party and the next thing you know, it's the NKVD. Miami Vice-type guys making "buys• of "illegal drugs• with marked money. Then yelling, "Freeze, ITS EAST LANSING VICE! YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST FOR FREQUENT ING A BAWDY HOUSE.' People are walking around going, "Say, what? Frequenting a bawdy houser A whore-house, people, you're being busted for running a whore-house. Hence the name Blind Pig. It's a one year felony rap. I'd plea-bargain down to minor in possession, if I were you, unless you through the party, of course, or if you are not a minor, then you have a bit 23 May 1990 more of a problem. Nothing that can't be overcome, of course, but you are going to be on probation, your party days are over. The idea of obtaining a Circuit Court injunction to stop a party is so are out to me, that I have a hard time comprehending that it is actually happening. Or the idea that you are going to be placed on probation to keep you from partying. Now understand that the Old Doc only dreams of partying like he used to. There comes a point where a physical being can only take so much and the doctor says, "You have to slow down, man, or you're going to di.e.· I figured we're all going to die, you know what I mean, but he said, "No, man, like next week, you know what that means!• Death -is nature's way of telling us to slow down. I wasn't getting any younger either, so I kicked back an watched the lilies of the field, you might say. The zen of it is to become the thin you really are, so I became a lily for a while. Didn't do much but I was really beautiful. Sat around, long stemmed, in a lovely cut glass vase. You can tell they didn't understand me very well but they were willing to pay a lot for lilies then. (I though it was because I was so intelligent; seems they thought I had to be dumb because I was so beauti ful. What do you when you thought you were getting by on talent when it was more because you were sleeping with the producer kind of thing? I kept · saying "If you have to be a whore, at least charge a lot for you seiVices: That way, you ony have to do a few tricks to get by.) It's the shit backing up that causes people no end of trouble in their life. What I dislike about these times is that when the white culture catches someone who is trying to actually deal with som~ shit, they act like it is the victim's fault. That the addict is somehow weak which explains why they are doing what they do. If the white culture wasn't cutting off people's natural outlets, they woldn't be having to deal with shit. My advice? Go outside an shit in the bushes, but watch Qut for the results of the last cabinet meeting. Provoc proves there's more tHan one columnist in E.L. who's full of ... generation, willya, you mucus-loving, blister licking, pinko tUnning dogs! Regardless, It's great to be back here in the uR-1, America's longest-named paper that's guaranteed to bring a choice and a smile • So, as the hair-ball wheezing cat (sans smile) might say, HARAGGRAMAPHAMAPFET ••• Ivana and I had a good laugh this week (she babysits me to make extra money, and I'm a lot easier to manage than The DONALD - and cuter) when we read about her ax's trouble with a billion aire gambler from Jap-One-Day-We'll-Own-You-All an. Seems a billionaire who wagered $14 million an hour for six days at the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Aiko Kashiwagi (kasundheit!) split before a $6 million check cleared. Calling Trump •unhonorable· for failing to extend his credit, Kashiwagi said he would burn his autographed copy of Trump's best-selling tome, The Art of the Deal (which, in later printings, was re named, How to Get Fabulous BabBS Without Being Rich, But Only Having a Groovy Personality, Really). Gosh, wonder-if he'll put a stop payment on that check? Good news if you plan on parking in East see BRAT, p. 6 . the .. Provocateur The year Is waning and I'm still whining, but there are somethings yQu never outgrow • • • like MSU, right you five-year seniors dragging ass through tl'lflse hallowed halls! Get out of here and leave some room for my 23 May 1990 university Reporter-Intelligencer • 9 ... I I OUT ABOUT •••••••••••••••••••••••• and .Aeast Lansing llnlilmoo C.lllllw 25-28 May: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Balley Circus ll"Z1ur 23 May: Enemy Squad with Fortunate Sons 30: Gone Dog with Day Glo Orange Fe'lirolb'lu.I ~· 23 May: Faculty recital u:..tlllwiO Sllllp 30 May: Jazz Band II Gr•ID ll»ooll' 23-27 May: Uptown Band 28: Blue Avenue Delegates 29: Capitol City Band 30-3 June: Uptown Band ll, Helen Mirren) is busy making eyes at a book dealer sitting a few tables away. As the film pro gresses so does their relationship. Needless to say, the thief isni happy when he finds out. And telling what happens would be spoiling a particularly gruesome twist in the plot. While this plot seems like typical soap opera fare, writer/director Pe1er Greenway transforms this cliche pl9t idea into a disturbingly beautiful adult fable about lust and over-indulgence. Greenway paints a stunning cinematic vision. His surrealistec sets are lush with red velvet. His camera shots are stunning, even though most ceeds the most is In creating an artsy film with crude elements that you would expect to see in John Wa1era' films. The thief spouts out lines of vio lence that range from the morbidly funny to.the excruciatingly painful to watch. And there's more skin on display than in your average T&A flick. But if you are thinking about seeing this film, doni worry about breaking out your raincoat; The Cookis no Debbie Does Dallas- but it is a masterfully crafted, strange and very funny black comedy. AMC theaters must be commended for supporting Greenway's unique artistic vision and not exiling it to an arthouse where viewership would be - severely limited. However, the hype seems to~ paying off, the theater packed more in for The Cook, than for big budget mainstream films like Kevin Costner's abysmal flick Revenge. But by now you're probably thinking "What's all the fuss about?" Well, The Cook is definitely one of the most bizarre films of the year and definitely is one of the best. The twisted plot deals with a rude, piggish abusive thug (the thief played with twisted zeal by Michael Bambon) who fancies himself as a gourmet. .He muscles in on La Hollandaise, one of the finest ~ The Cook, The Thief, ~ His Wife and Her Lover BY FARAH THOMASON uR-1 CINEMA CORRESPONDENT Who ever would have thought that a British black comedy called The Cook. the Thief, his Wife and her Lover would ever play the local AMC multi-plex. And who ever would have thought that they would let It run unrated (it .was branded an X by the MPM). But AMC theaters realized they could cash in on all the hype surround ing the recent slew of movies that have chosen to make use of their freeedom of speech rights and dodge the chop ping block of the movie censors - ratings board. Other films like the shockingly horrific Henry: Portrait of a Serial and Pedro Almodovar's bondage epic Tie Me LP T1e Me Down have also opted to be released unrated. Bagel Fragefueu This Week's Quesnon: Before the uR-1 story on STDs, what did you think STDs w~re? a. A high-viscosity motor oil b. An abbreviation of "stud" c. A gift that keeps on giving d. a danger to all humankind Bagel! r---------~, I NEW SANDWICH! I Grilled Chicken With : I I Ranch Dressing, I I Lettuce, and Tomato I I On Your Favorite I I I w/ Side of Cole Slaw. I : Introductory$ ~pecial: : I ONLY 2.99 I expires May 30, 1990 \. 6 r----------, '--------~-""' 2 Fragels, 1 1 . & I I : : ·Small : Regular Coffee : : ; . $1.00 '-----------"' The SIMPSONS F~mily Look-a-Like Contest 500.00 @/jJ@/JJ prize to the best family Proceeds of caver charge ta benefit the:· .. U'JJ@OD W F:J THURSDAY, MAY 31st \ ' Entertainment The Orange Roughies are Dave Feeny, guitar and . backup vocals, Drew Malburg, drums, Roeey, vocals, and Glynn Scanlon, bass. Scanlon replaced Keiih Soucy, who played all the bass tracks on the album The Roughies feel that the album's success is a step in the right direction but are not finished clirrbing. Malburg said: "We have to pay our dues and keep plugging away." Penguins aren't all wet BY STEVE BYRNE uR-1 lllUSIC CORRESPONDENT Despite the misleading moniker, Beer on ihe Penguin is not a group of pudgy, short guys waddling around in ale-drenched tuxedos. Feeny said the album"just made us more serious They are one of the more impressive bands to find and committed.• The Roughies play a progressive, pop, dance- . oriented style music. They pride themselves on their originality and stray away from being stereotypical. Our music is a left turn from radio rock," said Feeny. "Rock 'n' Roll is becoming and old tired. medium, which it was not meant to be How much can you do with the same rock 'n' roll?" The band is open to fresh ideas and changes. They try to break away from the normal status quo of music. "We are liberal free thinkers,• said Feeny. "Too many bands are formula-oriented or are all-star bands with interchangeable parts." The name "Orange Roughies, •was chosen for two reasons. Rosey said, the orange aspect of the name gives the band a little color. Feeny added, "The roughies aspect describes the. bands rougher edged melodic style.• The band's ·color shows in their live performances. The visual performance, orchestrated by the movements of Rosey, could be described as theatrical. "It would be nice if we could produce a live album that could pick:up the foot steps to Rosey's dancing," said Feeny. Each member of the Rougheis began their roots as musicians during the English post-punk era of the early 1980's. They eventually met, started as a basement band, and have slowly worked their way up, with Feeny even making a name for himself as Best Musician three years running, selected by Detroit's The Metro Times. Since playing local clubs and q:>ening for national acts, The Roughies are in the midst of a three-month tour from Texas to the West Coast ending in the East. their way to Rick's this year, as their strong performance there last Wednesday proved . They played a set heavy with originals and spiced with a few well-received covers, ranging from Led l.eppelin's "Rock and Roll" to a heavy acoustic version of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song.• The originals, however, were what made the show go. The quartet played a brand of self-described "pro gressive rock with a hard edge" that is not unknown in this area, and their own tunes sounded somewhat like a late Replacementa/Midnight Oil hybrid. The Replacement side of the sound came from Chuck Pope's grinding guitar playing, Mart< Haygren's quick and flicketty bass, and the pound and thump backing of Beniamin R. Ridley Jr.'s drums. Patrick Akerley's clearly-enunciated vocals reached out and held the audience, and with his hair pulled back by a skullcap, the comparison to Oil-frontman, Pe1er Garrett was easy to make. They pulled off several engaging numbers, including "Whiskey and Women," which went from soft blues to hard-nosed thrash, and "Bitterness,• a narrative describ ing an Akerley run-in with the Detroit Police Department. Detroit is the city the band works out of, though they prefer to call themselves suburban-based. They have been together in this line-up for a little over a year, but have been around since Akerley and Haygen started the band about five years ago. They have q:>ened gigs for the Smithereens and Rhythm Corpe, and they can be caught fronting Rhythm Corps again at the outdoor River Rock Cafe in Detroit, on Saturday, May 26. Rougies smooth What comes to mind when you hear Orange Rouigh . ? ies. How about a Detroit band whose first album released was recently ranked in the top 100 ~t requested albums on college radio stations in America, according to the College Music Joumal. The album, Knuckle Sandwich produced with Rob Tyner of the MC-5, was released last January by Noctur nal Records of Detroit. By its fourth week of circulation, the album reached number 98 on the top 100 most requested albums on college radio stations nationwide. The College Music Journal Poll is conducted every two weeks. It's a survey of between 400 to 500 college radio stations, designed to see which albums received the most requests, said Jim Caliguiri the College Music Joumal .. Sinead 1s diversity wows E.L. BY STACY LAMMERS UR-I MUSIC CORRESPONDENT Mesmerizing I That's the only adjective that comes to mind when thinking of the Wednesday night performance of Sinead O'Connor at the MSU Auditorium. The opening act, Hugh Harris, w~h his back-up band, played tunes with a pop/ reggae/progressive flavor. Harris sounded like Terence Trent D'Arby, with a little Bob Marley thrown in. However, his appearance was more along the lines of Tracy Chapman. Harris 's performance wasn't too bad, highlighteq by a few good upbeat, reggae type songs. The band, however, was a mismatch for Harris 's international sounding voice. They played more conventional, mainstream music and Harris sounded like he was made to sing reggae. Some advice for Harris: "Break away, Mon!" O'Connor took the stage at around 8:40 p.m. The audience promptly gave a thunderous ovation to the Irish songstress as she and her back-up band took their positions on stage. Her appearance was scruffy, and often clashed with her moody, yet beautiful ballads. Clad in baggy jeans and an old T shirt (her usual concert attire), she delivered her opening number, "When Doves Cry." . O'Connor steered from soft ballads to punchy dance nurrbers, then back again. This made for excellent contrast and added to the show's diversity, another trademark of the singer. Her performance was chock full of new tunes, but she evened it out with some of her earlier songs. One memorable part of the show was O'Connor's unique version of her recent breakthrough hit, "Nothing Compares 2U." She did a longer, softer, more emotional rendition of the song. This was a pleasant change from the same old version heard repeatedly on the radio. At one point during the concert, havoc was wreaked as a pack of crazed fans leapt upon the stage, grasping for the ~singer. Promptly, security sweptthe delirious youths off the stage. O'Connor appeared ab~ ruffled by the incident. "I know you people mean well by doing that, but I'm a human being, too and that really freaks me out," she told the sold-out crowd. Another exceptional moment in the show was the encore. O'Connor came back out for the last number alone, without her guitar,_ and with a request for the audience. "I'm gonna do a very quiet song now, so I'd appreciate it if you'd be real quiet. Thankyou,"shewhispered. Granting her wish, the obnoxious, but loyal, crowd obliged. In fact, it was so quiet at that point that you could hear a pin drop. Then she began the final number of the show, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got." Her ethereal voice echoed in the auditorium and made this the most beautiful, spiritual moment of the entire performance. Most of O'Connor's show served up newer tunes like "When Doves Cry," "Nothing Compares 2U," and "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," the title track from her second effort. However, O'Connor did throw out some faves from her debut, The Lion and the Cobra .. Some of those included •Jerusalem,• "Mandinka, •and a rather steamy performance