' I ' I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I l ~ I / , - , - , ·, · , J- - - - 1 ' ' ' • J t • I • t • ' • • I uR-1 examines race relations on campus ~1r · STATE · ~OF · ~STATE 8 November 1989 WHATS UP: Lethal literature Etnore ,__,,.rd'• latNL p.12 • The Provoc rave• °"-· 1 p.7 Volume I ' Nurilber7 8 Sniff Dog Boy._ e Claaslfleds ••• MSU's alternative andtnily /ndep9ndent VOies . 8 Out & about .. e Xtra new• .- p.8 p. 8 p. I p.10 ~ BARBRACt-EIMAN · andTELAINA~ uR-4 Cotrespondenls Oe&pt\e constant guarantees of equality by the admlnlstrarJon, many students continue to feel thal racism stlll plagues MSU. And nw.ny studenm haVe expetfenced radal¥-mollc8 ofllc8ra pUft tNfll blacks beall• 'f04/re black.· w . saki. DPS DlredorBruce Benson Hid a lack of communication usually 11 to blame tor lluadonl lllce M. •Any time eomeone II pulled tNfll, you"re subject to whar's on the mind of the per'IOn belrig pulled over,• Benson said • .,.. might say he was only pulled over because he was a student, or some other raaeon. Nobody Hkes to haw authortly pushed on them. This reaction Is WK'/ normal and we just haYe to deal wllh a. Bli It's not what this department Is al abolA.· While the department Is committed to being sensitive to the diverse radal, ethnic and cullund malc&-up of the campus, Benion said . that Individual Incidents Hke those de salbed by some black stud8nts actually could mmertaHze, but only · very rarely. lllYgennllythll pabtwwa l*tlcullrcategory of saudentl 11 raat/ out of h. •Benson said. . The~ ta lnldaled ......,cannunlly prognuns to lmprovalslmageandacca•lblllly In Parllj ......... ·~ diced. The mlnortilsthemlllv•UC> rnor8, laundaracllt rn.sage scrawted In chllkon 1he m11sage boald outside his door In Holmes Hiit who are prejudiced. may haV8 negadve flalngs predpl- tided by lhe 111181 MIGUnll ot whltel . the last few yen. and,_ adecld- _ you have an 8CClllt? Why don't you The nasage ..-:'Whydo "In the last three years, wflwl edly equal opportunly hiring poffcy he move home? (lndlll) You'N not from l8i1 · hlraid dwomen and minorities torlhe named him Punjab, al8'V8nl c:harac- •Ix po&llons that have been open.• Benson said. Students on his floor nick- • Eastlanslng.• I f• played In Liale Orphm Annie. 1 ref era to someone tom a region In India and the tat • denat• a aervarc In lllelf Is~ he..... The problem must be m- dr881ed from two perapec:tfvee - the ltudenta' and the pobdepartmenr1. &rtierflll tMn there WM a Redd offered mi example of covert racism. "When a m~student . . . . . . ~.themeptlyofthe students backlJNlflt/, • a said. SophomoreClllig Sanders ._ rnenytlmel CCMirt .radsm can be Just• pelnU • Ya not whal ttMPt ear r1 what they don"t say,. Sanda laid. ~Park. ajunlor, reltended Sludenla, Benlonuld, t.. dlnnarforthe Blmck Ceua• In Holrnel SancW1oplnlon. to learn that pollc8 . . humans and do Hd. Signs were put on theblble to not Inland to be 8dvarsartaf. But• tt., Indicate that d18'f ware Nl8rV9d tor the Black Caua• lludlra. 18m81ine, he md8d th8I poUce oflc:era muat b8 more lenlltlve to the . diverse student popu1a11on. and Holmes Jial m1nor1y aid, said Donna Redd,.,. MSU senior TYe probably been Citied names behind my back. Just got to live with I. trs a hald to take but you just have to tm I 81rfWllll,• Park said. . Karan 8rtnldey, a frl&hmM, Racism does not always mme lewnl itudents were oflended by this and wrote on the llgns: "'R8lerwld tor any race, color, or creed.• horn an authority figure down, how- W•. Many times II original es from peers-other students and room- mat& In a racanr Wiison Hall said covert racllm Is the predomtnant form of racilm- a fonn minorftles don"t encouter rec know II st• there. 'We not trying todllafml- nate. •Redd said. 'We're just blaQl 9Racial remartcs are not people trying to get together and have usually mate In front of them,• she ga.wnmenr meeting agroup-orlented a good time.· rada.lquestlon surfaced. Students were discussing wheCher or not to have a black magazine available• the front desk. Issue of racism Is expk>lled. Other people belleve lhe 'We're dlscrfmlnaled tJY belnQ claselfted • mlnorltJee. •said Deirdre "The definition of the word has Sizemore, a senior. "'Nothing Is going - · said. . "ft lhouldni be an Issue," said · Burnelkis, a sophc;>more. 1111 used • Simone Malhls, ajunlor. 1 should be an excuse whenev• It can be.• become too btoad, •said Paul to change. 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Grand River next to pistachios • t I • I I I I I I I ~ I ' I 1 • the University Reporter-Intelligencer Page Three The Second Front Pa e Racism afflicts other minorities published In 1h11 State Nl1ws c:oncem- Ing the hiring of Dr. lee .line as senior advisor to the provast tor multlcultural and ethnic affairs was taken out of context. Aa a rmull, several black groups were angered by the mlslntar- preted meaa9 S11:f Ir's wrong, you should get up theret and help them nx ... Maldonmto said. t,,SHANNON DRAYSON uR-1 Coneepondenl . While blacks are the largaat minority group ar MSU, other minori ties such• Hspanics, Nallve Ameri cans. Aalanl, and forelQn students comprillngdozere of natk>nelttles also feel the etfeda of racial deecrtmf.. nation. A Hiap8nlc minority aide, Lisa Garcia, saJd the changes Hspanlcs want today are the same ones they have wanted tor years. "The CHSPA president from eight years ago said these are the same things they wanted,· Garcia said. -every year our needs are discussed with the administration and nothing gets done: She said they will not be overtookad on the minority agenda. nor will they tolerate another school year of unfu1111Jad promises made by the administration. Among other things, Garcia feel& that Hspanlcs do not receive «tequme representmlon In the administration that they deserve. Thts ts one of the main con cerns of the minority gl'OUps on caml>'J'. Garcia sakS CHlSPA. Pre&l dent Eiieen Aoral' recent comment But tlOCOldlng to Garcia, Floras ws pointing our the tact that the unlwnlty usually Ills mlnortly posltlonl with bladmpllsh anything. It ts not enough to point out what Is wrong with the system without meeting the administration half-way, he said. ,, you've got balls enough to W818 S8IYad lmmadlady,.., though she was there ftnt. "ll raeJly hurt her,. Maribel Garde. said. People also tend to 8lk for eigners questions that-. uncon sciously offensiYe. Foreigners-study Ing here are well \Wsed In Amerfcan history and polltlca. An aYen great• percentage are bllngual. What people do not realize II that th8y have many Of the modemconwnlencel present lnAmertca. -People ask H we know who CokJmbul IL .. ordo we have styro foam In the Phllllplnel, things Ike thal,. Garcia said. Blnod Sundararajan has been a MSU student tor two years. He Is famlllarwlth d1scrtmination because of the caste system he grew up with In lndla. In the stalel, the racial preju dices are aimed not only towards himself but also toward his American glr1frfend. 1f there was ever a marriage between us. I would be mocked and she would also feel the etrec11, • he said. Sundararaja'1 said prejudiced people make generallzallonl about a cettain race and ovettook the person allty of an lndlvldual. The couple has concluded that dl&crimfnatlon began In ancient tlmel. "It's a tenttorial, prtmlltwa thing. Someone has come to Invade the territory and they feel they need to ,.otec:t 1t,• he said. Forwhatwerreeson people are prejudiced, they we wearing blinders. To OY8l'COIT18 such discrimi nation, SUndarantjan said people need to be aware of each other. "Ooni turn flWfll just because you doni want to know or we afraid of asking~· he said. 'find out what people are Ilka.• Molt studenls Ill/ r.:1111 tension betweeri nmHJlack mlnortllea . and whites II not neertr • lnl . . . • I ls between blacks end whites. Haw aver, d18crtmlnatlon II~ In Subtle lormL Words and adlonl with underlying meanings and lmplcmlonl are barely noticed by mOll. Trang But, an Allan mlnorlly aide, said thal most Asians Id MSU need help In Identifying prejudldll ramartca. 1f someone calls you a model minority, that Is a subtle torm of rac&m, •she saJd. Asians are not dllcrlmlnaled against as much as other non-black mlnorttles because of their emphasis In education, and past achievements by other Asians, she saki. Bui said Asians usually tend to be passive In "8dlng to torm1 of discrimination because they are not hurt physically. She said they t~ to lgnoredmlmtnaa~comments9f talk amongst themselvee fnstemj of making waves. However, "It will hurt them In the long run,• Bui warned. Many foreign students also do not want to call attention to them selvel. Matfbel Garcia wll be return ing to the Phllllplnes after tall term. lktfof1unately, lhe and other friends have been dlscriminaled against on more than one Instance. One such lnddenl Flvolved a frtend of hers going to a local Ice c:rMm eaiery. ,__.-.the only customer there when she mrtvad, ya wu not S . - untll a U ten minutes llder. A group of whft• came In and .. .4~ copy special (8112z 11) ezp.Dec.22 e e These are the final words on racism: WAKE UP! 111111 I There are many ugly things In the wortd. Some things are more sinister and uglier than others. Perched righteously atop the heap of ugly things In the world Is pr8jl.dlce. We're talking about: Bigotry. Ignorance. Hatred. But whatever word you choose, lrs eYfl and we don't need It. And, untortunately, It would be sheer naivete to say prejudice doesn't exist and thrive here at Michigan State. In some places It Is as obvious as a slur sprayed across a wall. In other places It Is buried In the W8!f we look at and treat each other. ·However, over the past year students have developed a height ened awareness of the existence of the problem at MSU, as an organ ized student effort has arisen to notify us that we tlve In a poor state of race relations at Michigan State Unlversly- an Institution created to offer opportunity to all people regardless of their waJk of life, skin color, religion, sexual preference or culure. It Is at such an Institution filled with supposedly enlightened people that we find the pernicious practice of dlscrtmlnatlon and the problems that revOlve around race and the groups and Individuals who cannot exist In harmony with someone who ls different from t~. It is disappointing, but not sur prising; no one seems Immune from the ravages of racial bias. Not the whites. Not the blacks. Not the Hispanics. Not the Asians. Not the Native Americans. Not Alfiona. , one form or another. We are all guilty of racism In Whether a Is In the telling of a joke, choice of sear In a class or a bus, or the blank or dirty loolci we shoot each other with while strofllng across campus and through town, we altcontrtbllte to the problem. And that may very well be the most dangerous aspect of prejudice; no one Is Immune. Uilke a virus or disease, survtv lng prejudice does not make us 1818 Dkely to fall Yldim to It again. Rather, • gives us rationalization tor our own personal hatred. Last yeafs sit-In forced many students to faCe the facts: Not all ls welhera. Uitortunately' the sit-In failed to come up with real solutions to the problem. • Is apparent that there Is no quick tlx. No one knoWs how to solve the problem, and students live on, frustrated and bitter. Mnortty students feel little or nothing Is being done to Im prow their plight. That Is probably true, given the size and slowness of this bureaucratic . untver&ly. · Non-minority students feel they can justify their prejudices by pointing If the sit-In and.saying how, once again, minorities are causing trouble and whining. . We an must scrutinize the situ ation and re assess the position. There are no Immediate solutions to the problem minority students face, but the Unes of communication must be kept open by de-polltlclzlng the problem and deallng with. person-to person with open minds mid swift actlan. To mlnortty leaders: We caution that grandstanding and melaphor flled speeches tor the televflion cameras wtn solve nothing, and only widen the alresfy c:onslderablechaam between where we stand today and where we want to be tomonow. Continue to c:hal*9t the m:lmlnlstra tlon as you have been, but doni fall victim to the trap of rejecting 8Yety proposal by the administralion. Al skjes must be wtmng to listen with open minds In or$rto bridge th8 gaps that currently exist To non-minorities: We are dis gusted and saddened, and urge you to abandOn excusing your hang-ups with paper-thin rallonallzallons for utter prajtidlce and stupidity. While.we recognize that radsm is a two-way street, the bOttom llne Is this: most of the time non-mlnorttles (white males) are behind It. Hundreds of protound changes by the university admlnlst,.. tlon wlll mean nothing unl86a the attitudes of the studenl body start to colndde with oursuppoaed1y edu cated lntellec1s. This Is not only aimed at those of you who choose to paint graftltl on dorm rooms. It means uR-l 8f'lWOO(ISteve Jablonakl everyone who wer has ma a racial remark, and that means moat of us. To untverslly mnd Q I I 1 . t Reporter-Intelligencer• 5 8 November, 1989 Ask and ye shall receive De•uR-1...rt, Just •you asked, trst the pralsa, then the crttlcllm. _ I just ft_nllhed the Nov. 1st Issue of the paper. There was a lot more to Ilka than there was ln the Od. 25th Issue. You are Improving. I reserve my gtaalest applause for your stories on Des Pennington and the Adolescent Diversion Project. 1lMrf were Insightful and well done. Please keep giving us stories Ilka these two. . Another feature that I think Is very to the brave ltafterl of the uR-1 who . . unfunded, unsponsored and.,.. the truly ~Ive campus vok:8 (II sap ao rtghl on the front page). We get the m•sage. The only thlng·you . . accomplishing by bashing Th• SUltfl Ntlws Is giving them tree publlclty. n The State Nflf/tlS Is truly In the wrong, as they were In the case of Oes Pennington, they need to be called on It. There Is, how8Y8r, no need for lilurs on their editorial policy, Integrity or staff. Thar's free publtdty and you doni see them giving you any space in their paper. I'm lure the 11tUlllion would have been handled muchdlfferant¥. By no means am I 1ry~ to make exaJleS for the way polce handled elthersltuatlon. TIMPf wn both handled poor1ly. I am merely trying to suggest an aJtemare way of looking ar the two Incidents wlthcU making such strong accusations as to the mrrela- tion belween race and the· way the _ police reacted. The soene Is much broader than that. Gook luck, ..... Pennington, and thank you for not being afraid to stand up tor what you believe In. Your slence ls exactly what your CXJW&ldly callers are trying to achieve. -Dawn Piper Poly Science Sophorno,. Police misunderstood Urbania where are you? I saw the best band In East Lansing ar a Halloween party l8st Friday Oct. 27th. Thay usaj to be called Leuona In Theory. Now I think they are called Urmnla. How come no one talks about them? They make every band I've seen In this town look ridiculous. Yes, even bop (hlrvey). - Fred Chapman, Con- DNr Edlor, The Nov. 1st Issue of your paper Is the first rve seen. I was thrilled to see Lash in print agaJn. Keep up the accusations are made. While It Is true Don "f ralse ,,1.ds he,r~ A 1 • v cemed Chap · DNrEdltor, ~Kristine Shreve All in all you seem to be on your I am writing In response to your front page story ("letter Gamers what he believes In, and tor protecting way to having a good publication. Please keep working at It. wel done Is your "Out and About• ledlon. You oft• a good mix of activities and alert your r..sers to happenings they would odlerwlse not be aware of. Keep It up. Now for the attlc:lam. First a word about the layout. Must aH the ads bear the bottom of the page? They are no longer as bunchy as In the past, bul fMKY page thar contains atvertlslng ~has ads al the bottom and print ar the top. Experiment a little, see whal you can do. Also, why Is It that stories start on Deadly Response1 In the Nov. 11989 Issue. I strongly support and admire one page, and then make readers tum back to a page they have previously - Des Pennington for standing up for read to find the rest of the artlde? Most people read the paper starting at his freedom of speech. However, I page one and working through to the back. The constant fllpplng of pages In order to find the end of an Interesting artlde tends to be lrrttatlng. Though I that the two Incidents were treated would never ask that uR-1 staff members become conventional, this Is differently and probably In neither 9'l8 convention It might be useful to case correctly, the situations t&I observe. SO please, try doing page difference ciraJmstances that are not fayout with stories stattlng ar the front exduslve to the CX>lor of skin, and being continued on later pages. Another problem I have with the uR-1 Is thB ab6MJCB ot articles about any of the arts except music, and H the 61\\de deat& w\\h music k Is generally rock and roll. Now I have nothing agaln8t rock music, but don1 publicize It ar the expense of all the other local art. There are plays, classical conoarts, musk:als, art shows and dance presentarlons that also deserve newspaper space. Widen your horizons a bft. Try attend- Ing a play or writing about a local . theatre group. thlrik the lssuedlsaJssed In his letter to The State NBWS should be looked Into a little deeper be1ore such strong Arrt time there Is a large gather- . My last and perhaps slightly picky critldsm deals with The Slate Nsws bashing that goes on In your publlca- tion. In every Issue I have seen, you have, at some point, gone Into greal detaJI about how The State Nsws ts a conservative newspaper, paid tor by university funds and quite probably under the thumb of the MSU admlnl- stratlon. This Is of course In contrast Cedarfe&t business. I am an adult student. I first came to M&J In 1980 with my youngest son, then 12-years- Greek that can dance?" "pink and I have my own commentary on the Ing of people, regardless of race, color good wor1d or aeed, It's bound to make the authorities n8rvous and probably a little over-anxious. The sltuarlon also tends to be more YOlatlle when the group of people are bound together by old. I was given an apartment in a common element, whether that element be color of skJn, special Interest, common rellglon or national- lty. When a large group of people with the same goals and values are united tog81her, emotions tend to run high. The authorities probably sensed that on the night of the picnic. This, - together with the fact that they had forewarning of the event probably caused them to CMM' react to the sltuelion. Spartan Village, and my son went to Hannah Middle School. We came from a fann, and had not lived so close to so many people before. It took about two years for my son walds llmftlng Its audienca. to start changing. He would come home later and later -=t'I day. By the tme he was 15, the OPS knew my voice well, for I called them many tmes on the whereabouts of my boy. He would walk honie, stopping at each party he saw along the Wf!J!f tor a contormlng with trying to gain a Hiiie For your lnformarlon, since this iruly lndependenr paper Is a so-called local music supporter, the bands whose names ..... Steams did not know were Skor, The Hold, Second . Self, and HunlUnea. There Is nothing The Incident at Cedar VIiiage Is . drink or two, and there were several tmes when he was found In a gutter or on a lawn passed out by an officer. My son also Indulged In oither drugs, and developed methods of obtaining "'.IOl'l8Y tor these drugs that not to be exaJSed or to be made light of. The actions of the students were deplorable. However, that authorities had no forewarning, they had no way of preparing themselves. If they had, expO&ure In E. lanslng, Whether ll's at Rick's, Jn a basement, or at a fraternity house. In my opinion, the uR~ should have recognized Derby ~s beca• .ise of the talented musicians tnwlved, Instead of Ignoring their presenc8 lnckJded breaking lnlo sot drink machines and apertmeiitl, •well as university buildings. The DPS was onto hkn and his aonles, end when they caught them, they would bring them home to their parents. I tried seYeral times to get someone to bring charges against my son, 0r lock him up, or some way to ltop him. but It all I got was that It was my reeponstbillty. I could not handle him, and a>uld get no help. Some of the oftlcers were sympathetic, but .nc>fl8 would do anything. My son la an ·alcoholic. He dropped out of high school. and though a brilliant and talenled com pUter hacker, he Is working off a long, poor track record as a teenage delin quent. I did not raise him in a Y&CUUm. Parents who raise teens in the East Lansing area all have thJI scenario to look forward to. I belleYe If the OPS had dealt with him, and wlh other chiklren early on, this would l18Y9r have happened. The problem of underage drinking Is magnHled when the parents get no help from the commoolty. Thank you tor your Indulgence, - Nancy L Spenc.r Stear·n(s) criticism I am writing In _response to David Steams' artlde, i-tats off to Derby Days? No wayr (1 Nov., uR-1 No. 6) and I am not even Greek. First of all, In his attempt at making a justifiable argument of why traternl- ties can get a'li8!f with serving beer to underage students, while the re&t of us GOl's are slapped In the face with a felOny charge, he made some very · clos&-mlnded generaJlzaltons along the Wf!l!f. (I.e. "haw you ever seen a green LL Bean outtfts, • "alle bomber jackets,• etc. .. ). Let's face ll, there ts a high percentage of students lnwlved In the Greek system at MSU, but the uR~ Is already qulcJdy heading t~ · · r[}={]---~---w----~---~i-oD-~--n----~--------------,:J:.:::::.."::.':8..::- • I resulted In ya another act of sens. I ress stereotyping. There 1s no room tor I I It's 1 neit-o reader response card I I arrt kind of prejudice 111 MSU, whether I So are we headed In the right track? · 1 It be aimed at blacks, yellows, or- 1 Pl I anges, purples or Greeks. Prejudice Is I ease let us know, send this card to our offices at 142 Gunson St. with any criticisms, com· 1 prejudice no mart•whlch mtnortty 1s I ments or suggestions or other things you believe will enhance our ablllty to serve the llSU I community. Remember, this Is your paper, too. 1 ~= = ~~~s> V a " . · · I newspaperd1&cr1mtna1•? I I -AmyM.H~ I Adv.u.tng)M11or I I I I · - - - - - - - - a November 1989 • eporter-lntelligencer Cowardly roommates spread racial plague · brother move In to his cramped accomodatlons. It was bad enough that he was tripled. h was even worse that the two lunkhems he had tor roomatas had beian living there for two months already and were bast frtends since elementary school. They want to high school together at one of suburban Oetrolrs supposedly prestigious. all- bop. private football powerhouses. Birmingham BrotherRk:e. That they were too dumb to even around. but when the untwnlty uni 1111 three of them a latt9r laying another room had opened up In Ak8r9 Hal. my brother was nOt quick to . respond. He probably dldn, leev• behind the racllm or blgoety. 1·1 a pervas1va stain on our IOClety thel woni dlsar>- pear by moYlng acrta the Ital• nne. You cani run from lgncn1 a. Ha just dldni Mllll 10 Ive In.Akers. Ha had visited me when I lived ttwn. but he just dldni IDw •· It was his lfe and ~yparents ~.so why should brotherand the big, bed goons he had he? sett-serYlng-column, with me aylng and bellyaching about my poor little This could be construed• ·a very to live wtlh. Of course. the uniYerslty dldni realize the sltuallon, they just knew that a room on the sixth floor of get a racial slur correct Is beside the Wonders Hall was tripled and they could alleYlatethe uncombtable point. You probably can tell from my plctre that ·my fainlly Is not Hspanlc, Hvlng situation by mcwtng a body. although my brother does wear a Mexlcan-etyle cloth poncho that he bought on a summer vacation 1n C&lltomla. my brother. · But H ambarralmert wtn quell just a little bit of this Idiocy, then eo be 1. So often, Incidents Rke this happen that get reported and then are torgot. ten Just as qulddy . .Mt ask Shelly Washington, or Jenrvy Robinson or , Well this 11me, you got caught with Of course. In this case. that meant dozens of otherl. The threats started when he dldni your pants down. boys. rm going to Jump to take the Akers room. He started getting notes from his oh-IC>- understanding roomatGSsaylngttings Hice. "take the Akers room or we'll beat the llvlng shit out of you.• Real challenge, guys.· My brother · abuse my joumaJlstlc prtvllege 'tHI rm blue In ~face. For the Rte of me, I cani remem- ber the wide receiver's name. Mke or Mark or something. The quarterback? He just got cut Well. we shOuld give them some credit. Ha Is liberal. whateYerthal means. If you take It to mean some- one who Ilk• change, they were right. At least my brother changed his underwear once a week. They figured out he was Jewish several weeks later. 1 don1 know how, because neither of us are devoutly rellglous. Maybe It was the horns growing out of my brother"s head that only reveal themselves at night. Ive got a pair, too. Not that he wanted to stick weighs jusl OYfK 100 lbs., and two football players feel It's necessary to threaten him with physlcal violence. Whars next. a nunnery? Hannah MddleSchool? My grandmother? Getting on with the stOfY, my brother ended up taking a room In Landon Hall and having a very successful year. He goes to sdlool In New Yori< now. from the travet squad as the third- stringer because he had to .undergo arthroscopk: knee surgery. John Geiselman. Sony.HI spelled your name wrong. You know what you are. ·oavid Stearns -Go home, you liberal bemHater. • The words weresaawled sloppily on a piece of ripped-out notebook paper and taped to my y0ung8r brother's Wonders Hall dorm room. It was the ftrst evidence of OYert prejudice that I had ever experienced at MSU. To be honest I wesni surprised. I krlew It wa's there. It just hadn't slapped me In the face. Last year my brother was a freshman here, llvfng a freshman's nightmare: he was tripled with two football players. . . They seemed nice enough when I first met them as I was helping my Step right up! Bozo ·Bono str-uts his stuff for Bud ·· Bozo preaches a sermon about self- denlal between pizza orders? I doubt !t. Even U2's answer to Colonel Tom Parker, Paul McGulnness, s8ems confused by the attlcal turnabout. Leng used to open-mouthed devotion m the tip of a shamrock and a pound f!Qte, Mr. McGulnness actually prsis8d !1uns 'n' Roses at this year's New Yori< Music Seminar. "Nothing can stop a good song,• quoth the man named aftflf an alcoholic beverage, In which case his proteges need not fear .•. unless Bono wraps his squeals around Steve Wlnwood's ageless - casslc, -OOO't You Know (What MlchelobCan Do): Even so, the whole i-Wear Jeans-l'm-Sincere-And-1 Wlll-NeYer Skrt-Out-Even-Though-A-Budwelser Ermsernert-ls-Just-Arould-The Comer" movement bores me. Haven1 we had enough seriousness In the walpaperblah-blah-blah, alias the 1980's? Mr. McGulness, and U2's adoring legions, seem to forget _why those of us around In the Seventies regard them as special, even tnN1S- Ul8d. . Ralph Helbutzkl Has the earth reversed Its axis? U2 only captured two Grammies this year. while their Ratl/8 & Him epic neither rattled nor hummed the box office. Instead, hungry CD players embrace Tr8Cf Chapman's slow motion manifestos of talkln' rEM>lutlon, whle Bono appears more like Bozo leadlng a Grand March that only. strains our Indigent patience, swinging his pigtail while we linger near the bar. Would Cookie fast ten days while you of that zinger In "Death or Glory.· (the Clash): 1 believe In this, and It's been tested by research/He who fuctcs nuns will later.join the church.• Judging by that couplet, Mick Jagger's ready tor a comeback solo tour of Catholic convents q day now. Bring back rock 'n' rolls bottom-of. the-guttflfthrtft shop lmages ... SYPHWSSORESRE QUIRINGA THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PENCIWN FOR Tt-E GAOLf>IESl ... BRIANJONES' BAG OF BOtESl...KEITHRICHARDS TORN SCARVES AN> BLOOD CUNCBIUSl ... COKE~ WITH GOLDEN NECK CHAINS FOR EMYWEAR. DAY AN> NIGHT! How can today's pampered transvestites like Motley Crue and . Poison hold a candle to Bonzo choking on his vomit. and leaving behind a massively-selling Led Zsppellncaelog? How can Bono. or even Trect, or even Slnead 1t's-Sc>-Cool-To-Say Fuck·O'eonnor, possibly compare wtth Guns 'n' Roses cok&-soaked charisma? r11 stand behind the braln fr1ed ticket youths overseflln' Guns 'n' Roses tickets, because $35 to hear Slash's one-note guitar school lasts longer In my wax-Uldniwe?" 1 wss thinking we could use It to treat addicts, and for drug education,· he says dlsapprovlngly. "for lmprov- 1ng the schools and making jobs available for kids growing up In the - Inner cities so they wouldni get on drugs In desperation or push 'em •cause they don't see any alternative as a way of making a llvtng. • "You've just about got me a>n- vlnced, • 1 says reluctantly. 1'd feel better, though, If the U.S. didn1 have to be the first country to experiment with legaJlzatlon. Whal H It dldni "Y~ can relax. old-timer,· he says. "They've already triad legalized · drugs In the Netherlands, and the number of users ls going down, and It looks like drug lords are In tun retreat: - a November, 1989 Lash Larrowe Bush's drug war: Another Vietnam? It's been a weak since the sarge m the martne c:Orps raavlllng offtce gave me~ bum's rush when I showed up to enlist for Bush's drug war, so I figure It's time for another Wiit. He wasni Impressed last week when I appeared ln my old 'INlll combat jacket with my medals pinned to It, so this time rm wearln' ciwles. . · He remembers me 8lf'fWllfl/. . "Back agaJri. Pops.,. he chuckles . when 1. breeze on In. "You're still too old to enlist; but rve got time on my hands right now If you want to pursue the conversation we were .having.last . week about how the U.S. oughta be fighting the war·agaJnst drugs.'.' _ "Thafs what rm here for, sarge •• , ... . says. "You convinced me last week Bush alni winning the war by tryln' to dry up the supply. "But just when you were gonna let me In on the strategy you'd use to win II. you decided It was time to dose the · office and go home, so you told me come back next week. "So whal's you're strategy?" I . asks. -r=trst off, let's talk about what we can agree on, OKr he says. "for starters, we shoukfve leamad from our experience with Prohibition you cani stop people from getting some thing they're determined to have by passing a law. No matter how many . people you put In jall or how tough you get on the folks who supply It, right?" TH have to agree with that,· 1 says sheepishly. 1 was In high school during the tall end of Prohibition, and I took my first drink when one of my schoolmates got some home brew from a blind pig. Real powerful stuff, too.• "Did you eyer try hard liquor during Prohibition?" he asks c:urlousty. "Nagadve sarge; I says. -Yoo many stories were going around about people who'd gone blind from drinking bathtub gin or their net'YOUS system was paralyzed when they drank what was sold as Jamaican rum but was actually mm& In an oll drum In · somebody's back yard. Ilka the.drug lofdl today: 1>lJt Al C8pone on the map,· 1 · agrees Impatiently. "But what's all that got to do with how to fight the drug war?" "Isn't It obvious, Pops?" he says. 1f we legalize marijuana and cocaine the way we did bear and hard liquor 'We used to see 'em oomln' down when Prohibition was repealed. we'd stand a chance of wtnnlng becal.U the sidewalk like they NKj St. Vltua'1 · we'd be wor1 received the Fauchard Gold Medal at the American Dental Aase> ciatlon Annual Session~ which wais held In Honolulu. (I wonder H he spends enough time at MSU to have residency?) Seems Q\Jr esteemed leader who has an extensive dental back ground (besides having teach, snap pertiead) __;was honored tor his achievements In the adYOC8Cf of flossing AFTER you brush, and not before as was commonly presup posed. Nloa going 01811 And nice. smllel A quick note to the bubbleheiided couple (a Chi Omega and Pl Lambda Phi-guy) who were making party HouN of Dl«laln, Klltfldom ol W•mnw ont» apln to my Crank-.., LMrd ol Contuslon; or ....• .,,Md,,,,_.k,,.,_ - ,,,.. butlllfiW wflo dfl'*,.., might..,: Good day,,..,,.,,,., ,,_..,. .,.,. ,,,,,,,,. , ,,.. to,., buggM'fHll But not - ,.., _ ,,,.., tilt my JOUnl. "'11,,._ tJhftt... Anotherw881'8nd, another case of studentlal malfeasancet Jusl lasl SUnday (on my Wf11 to get som.e of those cheap tacos that drive my pediatrician Cl'IJZY- now maybe he'll lnvlaUons In the Union oomputer lab Saturday night. Get a room, wouldya? The next guy Who used your computer had a hard time standing up when he tried to leave, the seat was so sticky. ·You two nlmrods swapped more spit than a dodortaklng a throat culture. I know Apples are an aphrodisiac. but that was one slc:kenlngly disgusting public display of affection. Speaking of the computer lab, ye olde PrcM>C would Hke to know when the lab assistants are going to stop playing those computer games and start helping tho&e of us who need help. I know, I know, the assistants areni there as technical mMsors or as tutors. Bui what the hell else are they therflfor? To get paid to play Fak:on? PuH upl Pull Up! (Maybe It should have been puff out, pun out. In refer- encetothepreYiou&lovebirds.) The em·p1oyees always are very strict In making sure thal people with ·.their own software still. sign up to use computers. When someone Is as- signed one that somebody else.ls · using, they kick them off. And well they should. One time, howeYer, a guy C$1118 ln and was assigned a oomputer that a lab assistant was dorklng around on. The assistant got an pissed off that he was going to have to move and end his game, so he bitched at the guy to go and get . another computer. What a byte In the ass. Now trs time tor a new feature In the Prowc Column: Rappin' with M. 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But, hey, doni teH us If you goes brew and how much It will cost, 'cause · we11 print It and the uninvited John Law will show up. Got It? Good. Let us have at It. .• BoqtloldlbtM Nov. 8-11 : A SlffNllCar Named Desire, Center For The Arts. Nov. 18 - Dec. 1 O: Lion In Wlntsr, Center For The Arts. 8 p.m. Call 484- 7805. Nov. 29: Macbeth (a staged reading). 484-7805. ClmlcRlm1 Nov. 9 & 1 O: This Is Warf C81~241 torlocatlonsand Info. ComltJoo1ComtdyCU, Nov. 8-11: Mac King {also.appear ing: Michael Orenstein & Ken Brown). Tues.-Thurs. 9 p.m. $7; Frt. and Sat. 8-10 p.m. $9. · Nov.14-18:Ronnle8ullard(also appearing: Rickie Beechum & Ertc Kirkland). Info: ~-1468. f1NkAd Galtry Nov. 11: The Lime Giants,~ 11 p.m. $2. The Loudest Pop Band In the ~ Tbt Gl'ltQ Door Novembenchedule: (all shows begin at 9:30 p.m.) Mondays:Blue Avenue Dele gates. $2. Tuesdays: CapltaJ City Band. No admission Wed.-Sat.: Toys. No admission. Sundays: Uptown Band. No admission. Hll Audllortum Nov.1~11 & 17-18:LifeWlth Mothtlr, performed by Lansing CMc Players. Call 484-9191 Kragt Ari IAllND Nov. 19: Pashaml Dancers perform tradltlonal Afrtcan dances. 3 p.m. CaJI 353-9834. Tbt L . . lng Ctnttr Nov. 17: AT aste of House featuring Sybil. 9 p.m.$8 In advance. 1 O • Reporter-lntel_ligencer 8 November, 1989 MSU Greeks: Separate but equal OK stayed essent~ segragated. Cerswel said. 1-lowe\'er, whar 11 Harry Carswell. advtlot'to the planned may not meet the needs of al organizations. All ~adons might not want to particlpale. • M>HC and assistant director of student llfe, said the three separala organizations 1111 the dfwne needs of MSU's student body. "You have three organizations pFC, NPHC, PanHel] so that It can meet the needs of all the people on campus,• Cerswell said. "The NPHC was formed to serve dl1Terent needs.• When questioned about The different fraternity organl- zatlons perform different servtoes In and around the campus, like hunger projects. For Instance, Delta Sigma Thees. a service oriented sorority and a member of N>HC, distributes Thanksgiving baskets to the needy. Pt Integration, Carswell said that anyone Kappa Phi, an IFC fraternity, feeds can join an N>HC fraternity. Ha underprtYlleged people fMlfY spring s~ th8I there are some non- •a community servtca. black members of M>HC fratemttlel. Although the organizations try to S8t'Y8 the needs of an the students, they often have trouble dealing with one another. "We'reapubltc-earvlce sororty, and we Ake to provide tor the community; said Sharon Boolc8r, a senk>r and a Delta Sigma Theta mem- ber. "Moltf of M>HC II Ike that.• Although equal, th868 frater- nlty systems remain separate. Brassie offered a possible reason. -People go where they feel most comfortable. There's a place for everyone (In a fraternity). if you look hard enough, you wHI find a place or a . niche for yourself: 'We make an effort to attend thelr meetings,• Brassle said. "N>HC does not make the same effort.· But Carswell said the M>HC has a different view on the problem. "The National Penhellenic Council has been receptive to working on dlfferentthlngs with the IFC: about other races and cultures. 'We need a dialogue, to talk about differences and clear things up,· Dexter said. "That hasni happened tor years. Racism problems are nothing new to MSU - I was here and betore you were here. · They're getting more attention now.· they were here betore As Harry Carswell said, "It's 1989. Wouldn't It be nice It we didn't have to address these Issues?" Jhdian Sodas~ . byBIU..FRISCHUNG and BARBAACl-EIMAN uR-1 Correspondenls Ever since the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was Illegal In 1954, the United States has attempted to. integrate our multl-radal society on every level. But, within MSU, fraternal organizations mostly have remained Segregated. These fraternities and sorori ties are composed of three governing bodies: the National Panhellenic Council (NPHC-predomfnantly black), the Inter-fraternity Council (IFC - predominantly white fraterni ties), and the Pan-Hellenic Council (PanHel- predominantly white sorori ties). These organizations stress that they. although separate, stand on equal ground, pertorrnlng slmllar campus and ex>mmunlty set'Vices and having slmllarsocial fundlons. 1t Is not Intentional that they are segregated,· said Tyler W. Bressie, a senior and Vice President of Internal Affairs at IFC. •Anyone can rush a fraternity, regardless of their rm:a.• Although anyone can rush a fraternity, Brassle estimated that there no more than 15 black members In IFC fraternities. "It depends on the Individual,• said Russell Ford, of Delta Upsilon. Tm black myself. I love It for the diversity. This house appealed to me.• But not all fraternity members feel the same way. 1t would be Intimidating tor a black to rush and white frlllemlly ,• said Charles Proctor, a senior and a Alpha Tau Omega member. -for Instance, I would feel out of ptapt In a black fraternity.· Fraternities origlnallywere established for whites only In the mld- 1800's In the deeip South. Black fraternities were tounded later to offer black students the advantages of being In a fraternity. Up until the 1960's, many fraternities would not admit black members. Since there were fraternities tor both races, they From ANSWERS, p. 3 to accept the challenge of learning about different peOpla .• As a hall manager, Griggs sees many of the problems between minority and non-mlnortty students. Griggs said she's had parents caJI and complain about their son or daughter having to share a room with a person - of &OO(her race. Griggs '6 strongly against pre}u dlal In these Issues. '1f I see any prejudice Involved, I won't go,• she said. 1 just want to be fair.· An economics professor, Dr. Edward Montgc>mery. also has noticed the racial tension between students. He said that the university must · provide more role models for students. 'We need to Increase some of the diversity, soUm minority students feel more at home In the community and majority students see competent, '!ell quallfled professors from aJI races and genders.· Dr. Lee.June, recently appointed senior advi;or to the provost on mu11cultural and echnlc Issues and long-time counseling centerdlredor, agreed. He said MSU needs to recruit more aggressively, pertlcularty In terms of faculty. But June said students are the ones who have to work the most to change things. "Both minority and non-minority people must aeere an environment where racial Incidents will not be tolerated,• June said. 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"You can have the best car penter In the wond, •Peyton explained, "but with no tools, he cani bulld a house: Peyton feels the number one problem facing minority students · Is gradu&llon and retention. When asked If he had 8l'ff mvice to a student who was thinking of leaving MSU before graduating, Peyton responded: "Knowledge II king. so In Older to be king. get the knowledge. Not just the texts and dasses, but all that Is there. 1.aam about the things that Influence you,• Peyton continued. "learn It In a university sealng. a place made tor '-ming .• Peyton said he feels there 11 an extreme lack of leadership among appointed otndall. -nwre 8 no leadership In acdon. • Peyton explained. "There Is a need tor them to moblllze on the Issues, and theydon'l. Peyton said he feels the highest offtclals should be held accountable for thiS lack of action on the part of the administration. · "8y title, you have to look to the President,• PtPJ!on stated, "and If you say he's just for public relallon& and fund raising, you look to the Prowst. Peyton thinks the progress In race · relations the university officials dalm lsmksleadlng. "The administration thinks hiring the Senior Advisor to the Provost and &tatting the MSU Idea Is progre&8, n9t the students: Peyton continued. · "They say they're 'keeping late hours' on things the students know woni work. "(The mmJnlstradon) lc88pl pre8ling the MSU Idea. when the ethnic community stHI tails to acknowl edge It. They don1 even glYe the black faculty and the alumnl wode tlon recagnidon tor the concept of the MSUldee. "The studenti want to work with the Trustees In bringing leadership and responslblllty to people appointed to poeltlons of power. 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The Colson's are a happily married couple who live in Algonac, Michigan. Wayne is an impatient and quick tempered ironworker. Carmen is an ambitious real estate agent. She is more patient than her husband, and has a strong dislike for violence. Degas, otherwise known as Blackbird, is a half Ojibway, half French-Canadian from Montreal. He is a 50-year-old hit man for the Toronto · ••. The plot twists and tums, winding from Algonac ~as far as Cape Giradeau, Missouri ... His_ life long goal is to rob a bank in every state. Mafia. Blackbird is cool, composed a~ level headed. ':'Ix is an Impulsive, Donna, a woman who houses the tngger-happy, punk1sh ex-con' with a record six feet long. and finally their relationship with criminals, the amorality on the part of Blackbird and Nix is unmistakable. But although these men are amoral and seem to have no redeeming ' value, their is a certain ingenuity even if it is warped, that these men ~- sess. Whatever steps the Colsons take to avoid them, Blackbird and Nix catch on. A final Interesting point concern- After meeting in a unique way, Blackbird and Nix Become partners in a crime Nix has devised. However, the crime is thwarted by Wayne as Carmen looks on. Thus, Blackbird and Nix feel they must eliminate the Colsons to avoid being incriminated. From this point the novel takes off. Murder, theft and suspenseful mo- ments seem to appear on every page. . In the end, the tension between into monotony or boredom. The plot Blackbird and Nix is ended, thou_gh twists and turns, winding from Algonac not by a change of attitude or toler to as far as Cape Girardeau, Missouri. And while there is a twisting, turning plot, Leonard does not lose or confuse the reader. ing these criminals is the tension between them. This tension stems · from their differing personalities, and grows throughout the novel. ance towards each other. Also Carmen overcomes her dislike~ fear of violence while being held captive, and saves herself and Wayne. However, Leonard does not stray . Leonard displays his ability to create malevolent characters that fascintate and take hold of the reader in creating Blackbird and Nix. The amorality of these two is vividly presented throughout the novel. From· the stories of their pasts, to their actions while in pursuit of the Colsons leonatd's ability to create charac- ters and an adventure that grab the . reader is once again in top form. . While writing crime fiction Is a heavily traveled path, Leonatd opens new avenues with Killshot, another in his list of fine novels. Hammer of Rain falls short of nailing down excellence The Hannibals: Hammer of Rain · ta nee" prove the tightness and talent between the group's members. ·A Wish For Distance" may The guitar parts fall short of .. .. · •' be the best song on the new tape by The Hannibals, Ham mer of Rain. But, fans of this local band won't want to stay away from this new release. Although Hammer of Rain lacks the quality production and polished sound of professional uR·I~ tapes, the music, reminiscient -of REM with a hint of U2 should help the group gain the expo sure necessary to expedite their journey on the road to stardom. The band's performance is very impressive. ·cluttered Again," with ifs abrupt time changes, and the melodic bas5~ lines of "Naiobi You" are highpoints on Hammer. These songs as well as the previously mentioned •A Wish For Dis- adequacy, often sounding lackadaisical. On parts of "Little heads" and "Elsewhere," the guitars have a tendency to sound off key. This is the only major disappointment on this compilation. Despite its one downfall, Hammer contains a fine collec tion of quality music. This re lease posesses diversity and originality with many subtle intracacies thre>Wn in. Fans of · The Hannibals will definitely · want to pick this one up. Those who have never heard the band should definitely take the time to listen. - DAN FRIEDMAN, a fre . quent uR-1 music critic, has worked with rock and jazz musicians for the past three years In his home state of Florida. His musical tastes run from Mozart to Metallics. .· .· ~· JENNIE BODDY · ·· .-.· -· · · · · · · .: · ·. ·.. . : . : .. ·. · :-.-. · . · . ... . . ·.·.·.· .... ·.;-:.;-: -:-:·····"'" . ',',','·":::. . . . . . . . :-:.:-:-:-:-:-::::::::: . .. : .. -: .. . . . . . . . . ' . . ::·::::::::::::::::::: ', ',·.·.· ... ·> .. . . . . ... .. . .. .