\, "'°' > l '"' '\ '\ ' " '\' .._ .. \ ... .. "l I • ' ... ""''I. 'I • • t "' " -._ -_ .. I .. ' ' • ' • I .. ' • l . 6 . o > I .. 1 I " o . . . . . 4 f... t o • I I • ' ' ' ' I f ' ' "l p • 0 MSU project helps youths in trouble... p. 3 1 November 1989 WHAT'S .UP: ·A-Muse yourself, Brother! Superhlp £L jazz Brothers ••• e The Provoc drools on •.• p. 7 G Bark at Dog Boy... p. 8 8 Class If leds ••• 0 Out & about ... @ Good stuff .•• p. 8 p~9 p.10 Volume I Number& MSU's alternative and truly independent voice Letter garners · deadly response Pennington rails · SN, police next few days. ~:::t~ ::~~~~ uR-1 Comtapondent• On the surface, Des Pennington looks to be an ordinary MSU student. He works hard, and Is an active member in the MSU community. He Is the president of the Wilson Hall Black Caucus and he frequently attends meetings and speeches on campus. Pennington has taken up a new hobby recently - he writes. •(The caller) said he thought my article was Ignorant and said he was · coming to kill me,• Pennington said The rest of the day was more of the same, with people telling Penning- ton he was an •ignorant nigger.· Pennington received slmllarcalls throughout the day from several different people. The calls stopped on Saturday night, when the last caller said he was coming to get Penning- · · t on. Pennington Immediately phoned In fact, one of Pennington's recent DPS after the first calls. They said works was met with some strong criticism -death threats. , Pennington said he has written that they would try and trace the call, but it was deemed infeasible. The Wilson-Hall manager and resident on. enn DPS Inspector Andrew Mcentee declined to comment on the ongoing· Investigation, but confirmed that a eport had been filed by p ingt r: · Although the residence hall officials at Wilson Hall know about Pennington's plight, higher ranking · officials In the university hierarchy were unaware of the situation. letters to The State News wf'len he felt director also were alerted. strongly enough about a particular Issue In the Od. 19 edition of The State:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;:: ::::: .....•. lill~!~li~lllill!l~~illilll~~il\\ :::::::::::::;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;: ::;:::::::;:::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ' ::::~:~ Eat Cheap All U Can Eat Coneys $1 .99 Tuesdays noon-9 *********** Mexican Plate Special $2.dO 2 Ouesadillas, beans & salad All week until 9 p.m. **~******** cafeteria at the int_ernational ~enter nGood, reasonably priced food with that little extra care!" 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' . e niversity Reporter-Intelligencer Page Three The Second Front Pa e Program evidence of positive student involvement by CASEY CLOUGH uR-ICorrespondent MSU's Adolescent Diversion Project Is one glowing example of how violence is not the only thing MSU students are involved in nowadays. Not every student on campus spends their time building bonfires In the middle of city streets. ADP was established ln1976 by Dr. William Davidson In the Ecological Psychology DeParlment. The program was designed after a similar program at the University of llllnols, Cham paign/Urbana, and was Intended to give adolescents an alternative to the formal court system. The program Is intended to give the youths individualized strategies for creating change in their own environ- · ments and to teach them to focus on and develop their personal strengths and assets. The program's effectiveness Is, In part, is due to It's informality with the kids Involved. No professionals are used. \nstead, ADP trains vo\unteers from MSU to act as advocates for the youth in their own setting. The main thrust behind the program is that this approach to adolescent delinquency will have a lasting positive effect on the youth and result in a low rate of recidivism.· Nancy McCrohan, director of ADP, was an advocate herself at one time and says she thinks the program Is extremely Important and worthwhile for both the youth and the advocate. ·1 think this project is really . yaluable because both the youth and the advocate learn important things,• Mccrohan said. •My favorite aspect about the project Is that It's based on strengths and a5sets. It's very p<>Si tive. •1t•s a really good experience for any Individual because ·the practical experience they get and the philoso phies they learn can be used In later careers,• she continued. -Tue ADP philosophies can also Impact their personal lives. For me, It's a constant reminder to focus on the positive. I'm a much more positive person because of my Involvement· The program uses 100 students 4~ . copy s~cial (8112z 11) ezp.Dec.22 per year from various disciplines (the majority of students are psycholgy, sociology and criminal jµstlce majors, but anyone is welcome to participate). Each student must commit to the project for three consecutive terms and agree to spend six to eight hours per week working with their youth for an 18-week period. McCl'Qhan said that the project Is an excellent way to get Involved in social change. ·in creating social change you have some options, you can become part o~ the system, go to the other end and become a terrorist, or you can join an organization like ADP; McCrohan said. The positive resuits and tech niques used in the program are the main reason McCrohan gotlnvolved In . ADP. She says that other adolescent programs may not be as compassion ate in dealing with youth. •1t•s frustrating and disappointing when you see the new stricter laws for kids. I agree that kids should be accountable fortheir actions, but that some programs may not be working in their best Interests.• McCrohan said that the volunteers for ADP pick themselves. •Students learn about our pro gram In various ways and then sign up to get Involved,• MCCrohan Said. We lose some people during orientation when they find out What is involved In the program -but that's OK because It shows who's really interested.• Although the project usually is a positive experience, McCrohan says It can be frustrating at times. ·-every case is different In It's own way,• she said. "There are a bunch of factors Involved. The kids or parents may be resistant and It makes the experience more dlffiaJlt. We try to keep the advocates motivated through brainstorming Ideas about how to overcome any dilemmas and sharing the facts of the cases with each other. We also give the advocates credit for every step of what they're doing.· Cerrie Slade, a program supervt- sor, said she 8lso thinks ADP is rewarding and e~clting because of the attitude the program has toward the · adolescents. 'We don't blame the youth or label them as delinquents,• Slade said. 'We sincerely care about the youth and their situation. We let therri learn h~ to take care of themselves Instead of taking an authorltlve position. The youth and the advocate are not in a power struggle.• Two years ago, Slade was an advo<:ate for a 10-year-old boy and really enjoyed working with him. 'When I was assigned my youth I was a little nervous and very excited • she said. ·Besides completing all th~ goals we set up, we established a really good relationship.• Slade also said that being nervous and scared at first is only natural. ·1 think students are probably more nervous to work with the parents than with the youth because of the age difference. Actually, we know more than we think.• The program Interacts with about 100 youths year, and Slade says she feels that ~umber Is large enough. ·rd rather see this program disseminated Into other cc;>untles and states,• she said. •ft's hard to get other programs going. Our program Niies on MSU for student manpower so other programs would have to ha~e a similar setting. Besides, the bigger a . program gets, the more bureaucratic It becomes.· · SandY Venn, an Ingham County Probate Court intake referee, is one of the people who refers the youth to ADP. She said she thinks the pro gram Is a positive one and very · important for some kids. 1 think It's an excellent program for the majority of the kids referred to them,• Venn said. She also said that not every youth needs a project like ADP. •A lot of kids need to go through formal probation and some kids don't S..ADP, p.2 Students Protect Yourselves! With the Pocket Size Emergency Alarm Lite. Only $5 (lbis handy flashlight w/ alarm can be carried anywhere. A must for aparbnents, dorm rooms or homes.) ·Buy Today For Your Protection Tonight. Call 676-1718 for your Emergency Alarm Light. e e This is free speech? We'd like to know when It's going to stop. We'd like to know when people are finally going to wake up from their ignorant slumber. MSU student Des Pennington recently wrote a letter to the opinion page of The Stats News that ad- dressed the recent violence In Cedar Village. The letter asserted, more or less, that If 3,000 black students were the ones burning furniture and mopeds In the apart- ment complex that night, the local police would have handled the situation much differently, and the campus paper would have given the issue different coverage. As an example, P~nnlngton recalled a picnic sponsored by the Holden Hall Black Caucus last year -a decidedly non-violent and positive student event. Pennington wrote-about how the police checked cars for alcohol and ticketed s9"eral picnic-goers. Since the letter (or at least the portlontha! TheStsteNewsdeclded was worthy of print) appeared, Pen- nlngton has been the victim of nu- meri>us death threats of a racial neture. We don't even need to write Involved. Number one Is tbls: Pennington's letter probably Is, unfortunately, right on the mark. We hate to be cynical, but It probably would have happened just that way. Is that saying local police officials are racist? Well, no, but just Imagine how the press would respond to a group of 3,000 blacks who had a few too many beers at a party and went crazy in the streets. Would the media portray It as out- of-a>ntrol partying by blacks? Or would they blow It up Into some huge race riot? We think the latter. For political reasons, local police have cracked down on student parties for the last two weeks to quell public criticism of their mishandling of the original Incident. Well, if blacks were doing the partying, you can bet the shirt off of your back that some heads would've been busted. Quite a different re- sponse than sitting back two blocks away and letting Cedar Village bum to theground. Good point, Des. Now, for the other gripe we have with this entire fiasco. , Interesting, Isn't it, that The Stats Lastyear's suspicious burning News opted to omit practically the most Insightful portion of Pennington's letter. Not to mention the section of his letter that ripped apart the only lnde- about what our stance on that malarkey is. The chllllng effect that death threats pose to the adequate dissemlnatlon of diverse opinions on pendent (?I) paper on this campus this campus is profound. They need that receives more than a quarter- to be dealt with with utmost urgency mlllion lnstudent tax dollars from the and heeded as a real threat to those university each year. Involved. To paraphrase some old Ameri- can revolutionary, isn't this supposed to be the paper by the students, for the students? In paying his_ tax dollars of an outspoken gay student's residence hall room and then the subsequent torching of a friend's car each term, Penn_ington deserves tO · have all of his comments published. · are evidence of the types of lndi- · vidualswearedeallng with. MSU's Department of Public Safety should do everything pos- slble (without trampling on any one's good commentS with the bad ones. Individual rights, of course) to deter- We can't believe that a 300-plus word mine who it Is making these heinous threats. C'mon SN, you've got to take the You know, no taxation without representation? And then the university should · throw the bum out. Plaln and simple, no questions asked. That's not to mention the legal action the state should take against the perpetrator. But we do feel compelled to post our feelings on the other Issues letter (a poignant letter, we admit), about aspeciflc State Newser's column deserved more play than a letter dealing with one of the biggest news stories at this university In several years. We'd hate to think that you've sHpped that far. · E4 LANSING DR:INKER5. BEV/ARE! orders 1"o SHOOT FIRST Che,k I. D. LATER! While we hate to admit it, this anony mous artist may have hit upon the problem in East Lansing ... there just . aren't enough marksmen at parties to shoot the drinks out of the hands of the underage drinkers. Instead, a solid wall ofbulle1s -which often · maim or kill innocent revellers - must be loosed by 1he dull-eyed police whO have neither the time nor , skill to ckeck for ID. But seriously, folks, the police are just trying to do their jobs like you're trying to destroy your liver. If the two ·objectives clash, then you better be wearing a nice vest! Oh well, best ·of luek to both parties. Ah, and kids? 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His article "Cedar Village again earns scurrilous reputation· (uR-1, 18 Oct), was ignorant. Didn't he SH the fires? Didn't he sssCedar VIiiage residents watching from their balco niss? Didn't he realize ws were the ones who called 911 In fear of our property? Try printing facts - not generalizations. · - one of the "six people in Cedar Village who don't have puke breath." 241 Cedar St. (apartment number withheld) P.S. Females live in Cedar · Village, too, Mr. Elrick. student relationships. He fails to consider the land lords who take advantage of students with over priced, under-maintained housing. This is beside tne point. The main point that we should consider as voters is that Jordan Is violating judicial ethics by providing his opinions on Issues that may come before him. He Is attempting to win the vote for a candidate that Is providing a false feeling of security. Do we as students want to vote fora candidate that Is providing false and conflicting, not to mention unethical promises? Or should we pick the candidate with the best legal experience and ethical standards? 7 -Craig Danker, Senior, Business Finance I Judge Jordan Janus? Dear Editor, Many students this fall have been reporting a familiar phenomena The scenario: It's about 7 p.m. and you have finally worked up the notion to go to the library and study for a big test. Suddenly you here a rap at your dorm room door. You open the door to find a talf, -balding gentleman local before ·you. Your first notion Is that it Is an unemployed local looking for re turnables. After he introduces himself . you realize you were only partially correct. liis name Is Dave Jordan and he Is one of the local candidates for East Lansing District Judge. He has one thing on his mind. Getting student voters to go to the poll and vote for him on Nov.7. At first you are Impressed at his attempt to solicit the apathetic vote of the student. You become more impressed when he begins to tell you that he Intends to represent the students In every way possible. A student can't help but be moved to hear that there are people In East Lansing's legal system that are not out to banish the violent students from the streets of the city. ·· Well, students, that District Judge candidate, Dave Jordon, told a meeting of .reaitors that he'd provide swift process to evict students for back rent. As a local voter and renter I find it interesting that Jordon has a preconceived opinion on landlord- Reporter-Intelligencer· 5 From BRAT, p. 7 · about how 8the pigs were tearing the flesh• from his friend's ann. Now, the Provoc understands the animosity everyone around here has toward the law lately. But this-was absolutely ludicrous and a great example of how some people In this town really do need babysitters. On to weightier things (and we're not going tQ put down Perles this week, brudder). I was going to have a big party for all my friends with free beer, lots of food, live entertainment, dancing, games, and lnvtte all of East Lansing and MSU. I had flyers printed for all over campus. It was going to be a big happening. Everyone is wel come. What do you mean, you didn't get an Invitation, Big Brother? What t~e hell was that I just wrote! Bring the paddy wagon and let's do it up right. The Provoc likes a good bash as much as the next guy - and I know this is getting a bit old - but to Invite all those police! I mean, there's lots of urinators and improper land changers they could be out nabbing. · · Damn public disservice to have ail those officers at one location with all that beer. Speaking of beer, how 'bout those now not so new Stroh cans? Suck, don't they. Just in case you think the Provoc has been a bit tame so far this week: YOUR MOTHERI I guess DiBiaggio (of Dr. John fame) decided not to perse-, cute, er, prosecute any of the students nailed in the· big Ce- darfest crunch. ' Seems the papers have to be filed during the day, and he just isn't real keen on sunlight. Too bad you can't Count on him in this batty situation. ame Street: Get it? Count? Ha Hal Like the Count! You know, from Ses- . "One, Two, Three, Four! Four! Four successive tuition In · creases, ah, ah, ah, ah! OK, OK. Did you see Georgia "They Gots Good Family Values. Brudder, and That's More Important Than Football• P. on Halloween? . He was the one dressed up like the pumpkin. 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( ::::::.·.·:: .. : . . 6 • Reporter-Intelligencer 1 November, 1989 The uR-1 is like a fine -wine -just give us some time crttlcizlng us rather harshly forthe product we have subjected you to every Wednesday since 27 Septem ber 1989: Of course they were not the kind of letters we like to receive or print, but they were fair comment and at least one of them was unfortunately close to the mark. The honeymoon is over. M.L. Elrick And while It Is not our policy to address Individual letters In this forum, _ we are the paper based on excep tions, so I'm making one here. Heyyoul Yeah, you on the toilet out there In readertand with this column and my grinning mug In your face. Ignore Lash for a minute and pay attention. This effort comes to you live from the sixth edition of the uR-1, a paper I am very proud to work for and be associated with. However, this Is not quite the paper we want yet and It's time to talk about that. You deserve that. Our correspondents deserve that. Even our critics deserve that. So here It Is, as Monty Python mlghtsay: TheShowSoFar. _ C+. _ Last week we printed two letters This paper has not been a thor oughly honest alternative so far. That Is undeniable, and to such charges I begrudgingly ~ulesce. It hasn't been for lack of effort, though. Despite making some Inroads, there Is still a lot of ground we have to cover. And we know that. There are stories we have budg eted and are working on that will make you look twice, make you think and make you wonder why hasn't anyone else on campus taken the time to get out and do them. This week Is a good start, but we have a lot more up our sleeve. The way I see It, we can spot where we want to be on the horizon - but as of yet It Is a small and distant mite marker we're pulling for. But we'll get there. And If at the end of the year (yes, we11 be here all year and in subse quent years wtth your help and support) you don't agree th~ we've provided a fresh and alternative voice for MSU, I'll eat one of each Issue In the restaurant chosen by a majority of - those dissatisfied. . Back to the critics, though, since they don't often go away (which Is the way It shoulq be). , Most of the charges.leveled against us~ from needing copy editing to spacing advertising out to hitting th~ facts harder, faster and more often -are fair and_somewhat accurate. And we know that, too. Our problem Is, there are only 24 - hours In a day. In addition, we are doing most of the things we are criticized for notdoing, but other factors obscure these efforts. And, certainly, we are a cocky - bunch of people. The staff working on this paper Is the only group at MSU • who eould produce this kind of paper consistently and adequately. The talent level here Is extraordinary, and when I see my colleagues working and the things they have produced ·and will produce I feel great about myself and what's happening _before all our eyes. Most people are writing · for a newspaper forthe first time, and and turning In damn high-calibre copy. _ But to the charge that we are entertaining the old Stats NBWS ciique, I must respond that we were never part of that clique, and It just Isn't worth our time or strenuous efforts to tltllate a bunch of boobs. As for a true alternative being a conservative paper, we believe The State NBWS is a moderate paper; revelling in the status quo. We are easily an alternative to that! The problem with conservative papers Is that oftentimes the effort has ·to be made by conservative students, who far too often are busy in the college of business or another field learning about earning that first BMW or how they can funnel Instant cash to the Contras. · Unfortunately, they just don't care enough to back a rlght.;.wing effort. I guess holding the White House is enough for them. That barb hurled, we come to the bottom line: Keep writing, praising, criticizing. In that order, if you would be so • kind. oust why is It the praise comes anonymously, but the critics sign their names?). · And above all, this is your voice, too. You write for It and you read It. There Is no hired staff to get us through the week, no wire service to fHI up holes. - Keep hollering -because we are listening. How many campus papers can say that? Bring the noise. just give up parties and move Into a monastery. Maybe I'll do the unthink able and graduate. BUt the last I heard, Justices Hats -off to Derby Days? No way! · whose name I don't know. The beer flowed, the people · danced, the people pee'd, hell, I'd be willing to bet some people fornicated on the lawn. (What a horrible visual distortion of pink arld green LL Bean outfits.) · Practically the only thing that didn't happen Is the cops never showed. And all this time I'm here thinking that huge parties that offered alcoholic David - beverages were taboo in East Lansing anymore. St earn S Sigma Chi party that It didn't merit Just what was different about the ..... ;""li""'l...,!J,""l ..... f ji"'l""'l""'l""'ll""l'l'll~l~l'"ll~l'"""l'"lmll.:i:i:lli:i:i:. ~;:::Eu==~~~lng l"":'l A steady stream of beer and urine flowed down the alley behind the Sigma Chi house Saturday night. Hundreds of drunken fraternity and sorority members tripped the night away (have you ever seen a Greek that can dance?) to• band Worse, It had the horrible stench of dead co'ws eminating from all of those cute brown bomber jackets. h had all the ingredients of a, dare we say It , blind pig. Oink, squeal. The next time I have a party, I'm going to put little Greek letters on my front door so the police will leave me and my good buddies alone. And they Scalia and Rehnquist haven't commit- all are really good guys, really. ted Judldal hei'esy and the master race still ls subject to the $8me laws , that 1 am. Sollsten up, E.LP.D., enforce the laws equally or don't enforce them at all. And I'll make sure we have T-shirts printed up so we can advertise for It annually, like a real entrepreneurial alcohol vendor would. And advertising Is what those "annual bash. shirts really are doing. - _ -When Beta Days and that house's You know. Instead of Derby Days, mega-keg bash rolls around, I expect to see some officers there. You know, we'll call It something different like "Our Chance To Sell Lots Of Beer And bust some under age drinker&, pull Pay For All Of Our Book Money.· party · _ some people over who are endanger- Ing others lives by driving drunk. Now that's really a blind pig. I guess the bottom line is that a little consistency in law enforcement would be nice. Hell, It's the law, isn't '1t? I never knew police officers were allowed to interpret the constitution to their own discretion. Definitely get the ones working the kegs and arrest them on felony charges for dispensing alcohol without a state liquor license. And don't forget the drugs. No definitely don't forget those. Just bust those guys. If that's what Now, If the Supreme Court rules that members of Greek houses are· allowed to have huge beer bashes and the rest of us peons can't, I'll live by It. I'm a law-abiding Citizen, just like Gunson and Spartan Streets. the next guy~ their party consists of, the deserve It. Equal treatment Is the rule here. Just apply the law to those . parties like you did to those on I can adapt. I'll join a house, or Just like you rarely, if ever, do to those guys with the funny letters on their boxers. Geek of the Week · sorry Richard Nixon (portrayed her• by LANE SMITH), but no matter how much time paw or how much tape aound qualtty ls Improved, you wtll always be the ultimate Geek o• the Week. - There rally Isn't much to say, Tricky ~•Iner; you w . . Just a rat. Att~ugh every dog ha his day, you 191 a wHk- be happy you didn't get 10-20. By the way, our toilet ·ts btlcked up, could you suggest a good plumber? Nevermlnd ... .·. '• Reporter- lntellligencer • 7 1 November, 1989 Lash Larr owe Bush: Take no prisoners in the 'drug !liar President Bush got me fifed up back in September when I heard ,him on TV declaring war on drugs, and I was all set to enlist for the duration. Until the next day, when I done my arithmetic. Oh, I know your Democrats carped and said Bush was tryin' to fight the war on the cheap when he only proposed to spend $7.8 billion on It; but that seemed like real money to me. When I done the arithmetic, though, I found out almost all of the $7 .8 billion had already been allocated for existing drug-related programs, so , he was only talking $717 million In new money. We spent more than that, I says to myself, to stamp out commu nism in Grenada, and you can't call a skirmish against a dinky little Third World island with a population of less than 100,000 no war. It's more like a .dry-run field excerlseyoudo In boot camp. Then I find out Bush is also using creative accounting In his calailatlon of the cost of the "War" . when William Bennett, the command ing general in the campaign, tells the Congress that the states are gonna have to match the new federal funds · with far more money of their own because Bush is cutting back $7 .1 billion of other federal programs to finance his dn.ig war. That way, the president can say he's fighting the war without going back on his promise not to raise taxes, sure. But when the states have to put up a lot of the money, they're gonna have to get It somewheres, so we hafta pay more state taxes, right.? _ I'm as patriotic as the next person, but all In all, I figure this Is one war I'm gonna sit out. Then 1. read about a battle won by our drug warriors In Vermont, and I get fired up all over again. The story's In The New York Times: This patriot's hiking along a country road when he spots the enemy In a field owned by a coup~ who're supporting thelrselves and . their five kids on this 49-acre farm. The citizen calls the Vermont State Police, who raid the farm and confiscate a dozen marijuana plants. The owner pleads guilty to raising the stuff for his own consumption, OK? That's a felony In Vermont, and he does 50 hours of community service as his punishment, building book shelves for the county library. If that's all there'd been It, I wouldn't have gotten fired up again for Bush's drug war, that:s for darn sure. In the wars I fought In, we didn't bring the enemy to his knees by slappln' their wrist and tumln' 'em loose to fight us another day, noslrsl I should of known President Bush'd have a better strategy to win his war than that, and sure eflOugh, when the state coi>s pass the word to the Drug Enforcement Agency, the DEA boys moved In, seize the farm from the owner. Readln' about that convinced me Bush's In the drug war to win, so I get out my WW II combat jacket with my medals on It and march on down to the marine corps office to enlist. There's a gray-haired master sergeant In there reading The New York Times, and he looks at me like he's seeln' a ghost. 'What can I do for you, Pops?" he asks. •rm here to sign up for the drug war, sarge,· 1 pipes up. •1 see by the papers the president's sending military advisers to Colombia to help·'em stamp out cocaine production, and I figure they can use my combat . experience, OK?" -Tuars real ~riotic of you, old timer,• he says not unkindly. •eut you'd never pass the obstacle course, dad, not at your age. Anyway, the real war against drugs Isn't In Colombla. , - Ifs right here at home.· •How do you figure that?" I asks. -Tue coke that's Imported Into this country Is grown In.South America, lsni It?" -On this job, I get to do a lot of reading,· he tells me. •Economists say that when there's a demand for something, you can count on some body to provide It. That's why the real war's right here. Wipe out the demand and the supply of drugs'll dry up. ·old you see what the president of Colombia told the UN?" he asks, pointing to the Times on the table: ··every tactic and every weapon In the war against narcotics pales Into insignificance comi>ared with the need to reduoe demand. Those who consume cocaine are contributing to the assassination of my people by the criminal drug cartel.•• -sounds to me like your president there figures since them drug lords had his govemtnent on the run he's try In' to pin the blame on. the U.S.,· 1 says caustically. · "That wasn't all he said,• the sarge goes on. "listen to this: 'We need tighter controls on the manufacture and sale of chemicals used In cocaine production, which come mainly from North America and Europe, and ~erthe laundering of drug money through U.S. and Euro- pean banks. . •our.sense of justice Is warped when a poor farmer who feeds his family by growing coca Is seen as the greater villain than the wealthy International banker who Illegally transfers millions of drug money that finances terrorist acts against our people:• •He might have a pont there,· 1 says grudlngly~ •You got any Ideas how we should be,dolng what he asks?" · ·1 haven't got time to ~alk about that now,• he answers as he gathers up his papers and prepares to close the office. -Come back next week and we can continue this discussion, OK?" My attitude? My undies? They both stink datlon and .aorn.- I get around, I see the signs, I read the want ads, but I can't figure · out why all these fast diarrhea dives are looking for people to join their "teams.• (They call them teams, by the way, because the food they handle l'P.l:P.'.~~~:'!'m:i:r.'!!':'!:i:r.'!!':'!~ ~P..'P.'P.ft'.:i:is used to be a team of horses some where In a desolate agrarian commu- . nlly). ~~~"""lilililili~~~~~;i;i;i;ailill Doesn't the free clothes promo Gl'Htlng•, •pltt•f8 of dl8col ol'ff phl.,,ml Hold out yourd10ol cupe and g•t l'Hdy to tlllc• anoth•r 11W/g otourm•~outhMJ lnwlt•. Aw, to•t thllt crap and ~t l»hlnd •o,,,.thlng sold, b«:au• ,,.,. comn anotMrweM of tM dtlgra- draw 'em In like It used to? And about those polyester/rayon/ daaof1/plastlcduds ••• sroPWEAR ING THEM ON THE WAY TO WORK! Have a little pride. ,. Sheeshl . .;, .. . . . . - . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #,,..,~ .. ..... , .• ~••<¥ .. ,.,.,.,/;.,,.,,, ,,. ... ,,.,~., '- i. ' • o f • • ,. ,- • I IT ' r -' ,:' . The Provoc hit a party on M.A.C.. arm and that his muscle was exposed . Th erlo 1 s us. Saturday night that resulted In some Is was gett ng too s poor slob being thrown through a · Anyway• his moronic friends tried wtndoworsomethlng. The ensuing ··several times, unsuocesfully, to pick him up and get him Into an awaiting Idiocy on the part 0 most · car full of equally annihllated party- quallfles them for "Geek '0 The Week• . goers. This was a disaster waiting ,to honors, but I just couldn't find their pictures. ' f hi friends al Getting on with the story, the guy house next dOOS: and called 911 - who got Intimate. with the window was and an ambulance was on the scene bleeding profusely from his arm and In no time. In the mean time, this poor having a hard time standing up. This probably was the result of the amount . slobs friends stood behind the police Being a nice little kid, I went to a happen. h and paramedics on the scene and yelled about the lndlgn1t1y· being of blood he was losing...:..... although Is state of Intoxication from whatever chemicals he had Imbibed probably didn't help matters much. One of my friends who went over to the Injured guy described ,that the cut went through to the bone of his perpetrated by the bacon patrol~ One completely boneheaded guy kept ranting and raving and aying See BRAT, p. 5 A DAV lATE but not a dollar lhort. Yo, M.L Happy &-Doy and 1honka for 1hoae Plxlea tickets (by 1he WO/. have you bou~ 1hoee ~)Justklddng. · Artywoy, my~ to you hos nothing to do with stae LL Bean jokes, believe It ·or not. And I'm not going to toke you arid Tiffer to Deja Vu. Just be fore waned. I wouktl't want you to lllp a dac or anything. SMfTlV LOVES GERRY - On the form, In · NY, at a gane, ln 1he car, at a show, for dessert. with 1he (grond)klds, at MSU, at RPI, etc., etc., etc. Happy bithdoy, Pot. Dig the day In a natural way; don't shower . .l.Jst kidding, eh? WANTED: 8 hours of lleep. WI.II pay top dollar. Coil 351-4899. kli< for Splff. Happy blr1hdoy Bert. How's it hongln in Beontown? Know'Who 'f'OU're lving wi1h next year yet? Anyone seen Chales Mont0n lotely? SHAG-BAG and OSCAR: SPEAKING OF BASE, (please don't confuse ihis wi1h 1he 90Und) how low con you go, death row, 'What a bro1her know? Once again back Is 1he incredble, rhyme onlmol ... - Chuck 0., with oalstonce from Ravo Rav and Tennilator x. lID l!l1 w @[fl} [W {Q] a ITTl ~ ® ® l9J a © lk< Ulh1 @U @Ulh1 ® lr (P1 ffil [P1 ® lr o o o ~® ® l9J a© lk< ® Ul!D © lk< \WI o Ulh1 Ulh1 ffil U [Ml@© IPJiIDWO® (P1@®U@ [f ODO DON'T BE A DICK · fT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. Wll IOmebody pleme explain to me '#kly? I 1hlnk I Ike It, but it all seems to unreal. 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In this section, you, the valued reader, will find a listing of local and other happenings ranging from bands playing In nightclubs to plays on and off campus to art exhibits. We will also strive to Include concert updates for venues in the East Lansing, Detroit and Ann Arbor areas. But, as we are relatively unhlp In some areas, please give us the skinny on any other hoppin' places, up-coming events, etc .... We want to Include them in this fresh section, d. ? IQ. So If you know of a groovln' joint, spread the wealth and let us know, holmes. Contact our Gunson Street offices (on a 3x5 card or neatly written on lined paper) by Thursday · of the week prior to publication.· House parties are fair game, too .. But, hey, don't tell us If you gots brew and how much It will cost, 'cause we'll print It and the uninvited John Law will show up. Got It? Good. Let us have at it ... CluslcBlms Nov. 2-3: Fellini and sl.x other acclaimed directors' Love In the City. Sp.m.$2. Call 355-0241 tor locations and Info. · Connxtions Comedy CJub Nov. 7-11: Mac King (also appear ing: Michael Orenstein & Ken Brown). Tues.-Thurs. 9 p.m. $7; Fri. and Sal. 8-10 p.m. $9. .Nov. 1.i-10: Ronnie Bullard (also appearing: Rickie Beechum & Eric Kirkland). Info: 482-1468. faNk Ad GaUtry Nov. 4: False Addlxlon and S.H. Y (Skin Head Youth)' 9-11 p.rn .• $2. We're talkln' hardcore! Nov. 11: The Lime Giants, 9-11 p.m. $2. The LOudest Pop Band In the Land. . Tbt Greto Door November schedule: (all shows begin al 9:30 p.m.) Mondays: Btue Avenue Dele gales. $2. Tuesdays: Capital City Bancf. No admission Wed.-Sal.: Toys. No admission. SUndays: Uptown Band. No admission. The LaMiog Center Nov.17: A Taste of House featuring Sybil. 9 p.m.$8 In advance. Tbtlandsb@d( Nov.3-4:Souvenlr. Nov. 7: Mike Ridley, music and humor. Nov. 10: The Dead Beats. MSU falrchlldTbtaltr-Ntw ArtnaTbtalrt Reach an alternative market by using an alternative paper. Nov. 16 The Pixies Royal Olk tAJtlc Tbtllfr Nov. 18: Canadian jazz group Yuzeb, and Larry Coryell. <<·>>:<·:-:-:-·.·.·.·.·.·.·.· :::·\·.··:·······::1::·······.····:•-:·::::•··:::::•:::::: ·Advertise the uR-1 in CALL 351-4885 or write us: 142 Gunson St. ' East Lansing, MI 48823 Nov. 1-4: Load9d Down with Cslm: The Saga of Taft. 8 p.m. (and Fri. show at midnight). TICKET PRICES: $1 - . Nov.1 only. ALL OTHER SHOWS:$3. MSU Audborjym Nov. 27: the B-52's. _ Rlck'1Am1rlcanCaf1 Nov. 1-2: Arid So Are You. $2. Nov. 3-4: Duke Tomato. $4. Nov. 5: Jerry Sprague. $2: Nov. 6: Turning Minnows Into Whales.$2. Nov. 7: Fetchln' Bones. $4. Nov. 8: J.D. Lamb. S8nsatlona Nov. 12: Michael Hedges. 8 p.m. Info: 372-0200. Tango'• Nov. 4: Pump Up the Jam. $5 In advance, avallable at Too Hot Rec ords. 21 and over only. Whanqn Ctnttr-FtatiVal Nov.10-12, 17-18:NosBSOff. ' lnfo:355-0148 -- dua to clroumatanceawt mtllfd yp, WI lfl ynablt to provide listings for Ann Arbor · yanue• this wu1<. There wasnl much going on anyway. Next walk au this space for Nov•mbe(a happenings hj u-m city. thanks. - id& SJ. ·Andrew'• Hall Nov. 3: Allen Sex Fle.nd Nov. 5:SoundGarden Nov. 11: 7 Seconds .The uR-1 ts publts~ed weekly each term (30 Issues a year> and ts ava11ab1e free on the MSU campus and environs. It ts also available by ·ma11 for an annual subscription rate o-f $31, with discounts made for non-profit organfzatfons · and mul tiple subscrfpttons to -one address. It ts . posted weekly vta first-class ma11. . r=:•e ~--~--------------------, I I I I City I I I Q.elifiectaDis:a.nt?My. ~-----------------------~ Make checks pay ab le to: Un Ivers tty Reporter-Intelligencer St:te Zp . . • • • • 4 . ' . ' . . . . . . . - - - - - · -.-·.·- ·, · - - 1 O • Reporter-Intelligencer 1 November, 1989 Bow WOW! Gone Dog good Gone Dog? What's that you might ask. Well, it's a band - and one of the better ones in East Lansing. It's less than likely that you'll .see them playing at Rick'• or Sensations, though Not-the original Incarnation of Gone Dog played at Rick's once last year). You're more likely to hear them playing In a house, at a party, In a basement, or In a living room. Gone Dog played a gig Satur day night at a house on Albert Street (we won't print the address so they can have another one next weekend without the cops showing up), and did two sets. . VocallsVguitarlst Kirk Reedy, guitarist Brian Shaw, drummer Kim Ford and new bass player John Howard also played several new cuts including ·competition· and "FIU- They've already opened for Tar (from Chicago-who've played dates with the Laughing Hyenas and, methinks, shall be signed to Touch-and-Go records soon) and . FAQ, those lald back dudes from Kalamazoo. With numerous personnel changes behind, Gone Dog, along with Just Say No (another local band), look to be the mainstays on the E.L scene. Look for a tape release from these guys by January. While Not was basically · speed-enhanced pop thrash, the new band Incorporates a lot more diversity Into their style. They play covers ranging from The James Gang to The Go-Go's and an entirely new set strengthened by old Not standbys that aowds sing along to. A smoothing out of some rough edges has occured along with all the new songs and even included now Is a wah-wah sound on some songs, a la Ted Nugent. Just watch the Grand River area for flyers, and support your local bands; for the same price It costs just to get Jols2 a bar, you could be hearing r98J-new" music, meeting new people and even - If you're real nice and say the magic word - meet the band. Wc:JNI From FARUK, p.12 and lnterdisclpllnary studies major, Abbott says she enjoys creating·her performance art. She began performance art over a year ago at B'zar, where she perfonned in the window, coming up with different con cepts each week. Over the summer, she began to perform at the Faruk Art Gallery, using friends to act in her skits. The skit at B'zar featured a dancing ghost, a man In plaid and two •guan:ts•who led three other people onto the dance floor. A man and a woman were covered In a black shroud at one end of the floor while the · . third woman was covered alone. When uncovered, the woman was playing with tin foil-covered shapes while the couple mim icked sex when they were un cover~. The whole group then gathered by the.ghost, on their knees, stood and left the stage. The man in the plaid jacket, who was observing the whole ttiing· whHe smoking a cigarette, then left the stage. -Tue art is very visual,· Abbott said. She never intends a meaning behind the pieces, she said. ·vou get what you want out of them: Your partner in printing: • Announcements •Booklets •Brochures • Business cards • Carbonless Forms • Custom Color Ink •FAX Service •Letterhead •Mailers •Menus •Newsletters •Office Forms · • Pick-up and Delivery •Stapling • Typesetting EAST LANSING •z 5 14 MICHIGAN AVE 1/2 MILE EAST OF FRANDOR PHONE 332°7171 FAX 332-5729 --- 1 November, 1989 Reporter - Intelligencer• 11 Wl D ©® ~ R[J@[]'i)@] ~ frTI@\WJ -------- . Muse Brothers jazz up the Planet From MUSE, p. 12 emphasize that the style of music doesn't matter, as long as people can see musicians dishing It out. The band Is proud of their musical accompllshments,thoughtheyadmlt they still have a long road to travel. They most cordially Invite everyone to hear the more cultured and rarelfled sounds currently making the local area by catching their act. uR-1 photo/BETH CARTER New York's Nice Strong Arm is one of the many out-of-state bands stopping in E.L. to make a buck in the ultrahip basements of MSU students. This recent gig lasted about an hour, with the three-man band pounding their way through a furiously-paced show and some lukewarm quarts of a mid-grade Ameri can beer. In addition to this session, 208 Bailey has hosted other happening bands in their basement- putting them close to the pinnacle of basement lore that venues like Ed's Lounge and Norm's Place on Sunset have enjoyed. Bands have come from all over, NYC and Chicago for example, to play in these joints, giving local ears an unusual treat While Rick's continues to fill its calender with rover bands, East Lansing base- ments are carving out an alternative niche worth checking out. - M.L. 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" • l • t • ~ o • • o 1 • • • .. t i. • . • • • • • ~ < > t t • • • • 4 • ~ ~ ·-• • • .. -. • ~ • • • • ..· .. . . . • -.O • • f .. r • • . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • ,. . • • • > • • ~ • o- • ' • • Entertainment Muse Brothers play it cool by DAN FRIEDMAN uR·I PAJslc Correspondent Picture a dark, rainy night . You're sitting In a small restaurant and lounge sipping a Perrier with · lime. You hear a band artfully playing old-style jazz songs. Normally, you would picture yourself sitting alone reflecting on the triumphs and traumas of dally life. But, In reality, you're not alone. You're just one of-the many people who pack themselves Into the Small Planet every Wednesday night to hear the rhythmic jazz sound of The MuH Brothera.. · The Brothers play an equal mix of 'We all do a lot of listenlng and research,• said bassist Matt Hughes. - This allows them to play songs few people have ever heard before, but those who have heard them - Including a 1989 Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival audience and jazz critics- like their sound. All MSUstudents, (percussionist Jim M.mltzkl graduated In 1986) the MuSEt Brotthers began by participating In collegiate ensemble competition. In non..standard cover tunes and their own originals. They describe It as a •mixed bag• of musical styles lnclud- Ing swing, latln fusion, blues, funk and · jazz ensembles In the country. bebop. uR•I photos/ DAN FRIEDMAN Top, Tim Burke and Matt Hughes jam at the Small Planet. Top right, Muse Brother Matt Huges pumps the stand up bass. Bot- tom right, keyboardist Jeff Hopwood tickles the electronic ivo- ries. January, then known as the MSU Rhythm BebopCombo,thegroup took top honors In the Southern Comfort/National Association of Jazz Educators All That Jazz competition. They placed among the top 25 - _ And the band's credits do not end · In school. Besides their regular shows at the Small Planet, the band per- formed at Montreux this summer, which they recall as their best show as hundreds,.possiblythousands, listened. Bassist Hughes Is the only full _ time musician within the group. The other members, Tim BurtSs on a diagonal, splitting the painting, with black and off-black paint smeared on the canvas. It fea tured, among other things, Chinese characters and a picture of Christ. - Texture was added with the use of spackling on the canvas. The other works on display were "The Skull; by Nathaniel Allen and ·1 ~rrowed Your Shovel,• by Susan . Fortuna. The works on display were all, what Allen calls, •on the cutting edge of art.• Also featured at B'zar was per formance art, a style where actors and a set take the place of canvas and paint. Directing the performance art was Amy Abbott; a recent MSU graduate. Although she was a Humanities See FARUK, p. 10 ' ...... " .... , .... "''""""'""''' ... ~\'• ·· ~ ~· ... , -... -.. '\ ..... ,.. -..... , -- ... ' ... ,~., . . ..... .. . , , , , ... .... ............. ... ~ ... ' .... \. .... . .. ... .......... ' . ... . ·~, ' ' ·~ ' \ -.. i,.. '\ • · o .,_ .. • 0 I I " • • • • • ' '\ . . . . . . . . . . ' . ! • ,