invitation to worship atRockefeller ChopelWe invite you to consider o life ofworship, fellowship, study and servicewhile you are here ot this University byparticipating in the work ofRockefeller Memorial chapel. We offerOUTSTANDING PREACHERSSept. 30 Bernard O. Brown Dean of the Chapel and Assoc.Professor in the Divinity Schooland the collegeOct. 6(Chopel Bernard O. BrownFestival Doy) Dean of the ChopelOct. 13 Michael Welker Professor of Theology, TubingenUniversity, West GermanyOct. 20 Robin Lovin University Preacher, Assoc.Professor of Ethics and Society inthe Divinity SchoolOct. 27 Frederick H. Borsch Dean of the Chapel, PrincetonUniversityNov. 3 Charles M. Gray Professor in the History(University Memorial Sunday) Deportment and the collegeNov. 10 Bernard O. Brown Dean of the ChopelNov. 17 Schubert M. Ogden University Distinguished Professorof Theology, Southern MethodistUniversityNov. 24 Paul Peterson Director of Governmental Studies,Brookings Institution, Washington,D.C.Dec. 1 Bernard O. Brown Deon of the ChopelDec. 8 Larry L. Greenfield President, Colgate Pochester-(Convocation Sunday) Bexley hall-Crozer Divinity SchoolA RICH WORSHIP LIFEThe worship services of the chopel draw broadly from Jewish andChristian traditions of prayer, teaching, and sacramental life. Theclergy of the Chapel are ministers of the Church from Episcopal andBaptist Communities. The variety of services offered is intended toanswer needs and preferences of many different constituencies atthe Chapel drawn from the student body, faculty, and their families,community members, and visitors. The University Religious Serviceat 11.00 o.m. each Sunday during the academic term is a liturgy ofpreaching and prayer in a tradition most familiar to ProtestantChristians. The Chapel choir, organist, carillonneur, and clergy,together with lay assistants, visiting preachers, and Universityleaders, lead in this stated observance of the University.The Ecumenical Service of Holy Communion, held at 9:00 o.m.every Sunday, is a eucharistic celebration derived from the earliestChristian practice. Nearly every contemporary Christian communityknows some form of Communion, or Lord’s Supper, or Moss, in itswc ship life. While the precise form we use is drawn from acontemporary Book of Common Prayer used in Episcopal Churches,it is open to all persons who can believingly participate in thisfellowship or simply seek to understand Christian tradition in itssacramental life and teaching.Choral Vespers on occasional Sunday afternoons is a form ofworship treasured by many as deeply meditative and enhanced bythe beauty of the chant. Lay leadership in all parts of the service isappropriate and encouraged.Daily worship, Monday through Friday ot 8:00 o.m., includes afifteen minute service of prayers and readings on weekdays otherthan Wednesday and a eucharistic celebration lasting thirty minuteson that day. Volunteers ore sought to lend the daily prayers.We welcome your inquiries and offers of assistance.Rockefeller Memorial Chopel5650 South Woodlawn AvenueChicago, Illinois 60637(312) 962-7000 IastyAutumn BarbequesAu Marche is a very fine catererwith extensive references withinthe University community. Wecan cater a superb barbeque foryour department or group.Our full service catering includesprofessional grilling and otherequipment plus full staffingcapabilities. 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Expertservice and support as well!NEXT TO THE HYDE PARK THEATREON THE CORNER OF 53rd AND HARPER • 288-59710after rebate coupon2—The Chicago Maroon—Friday September 27, 13GZC * % O i * a J A I > #* C f O i > V ' *»»-i i ) t v i 14 i1 iTable of ContentsTHE UNIVERSITYCurrent issues facing the U of C 5The U of C is 6People in power ’ ’ gLIBERAL EDUCATION AND OTHER STRANGE NOTIONSGetting the most out of a U of C education 11The Aims of Education ’85 - Wendy O’Flaherty 12Past Aims of Education speakers 12Finding your own “aims” 13MAKING IT OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMUHS: for aches and pains of body and mind 15Keeping safe in Hyde Park 16Work/Study explained 17Finding a non Work/Study job 17The Black Experience at the U of C 17Finding your way if you’re a foreign student 18Making it married 19Where to shop in Hyde Park 21JUST HAVIN’FUNCampus Activities aren’t just for undergrads 23Dressing for success at Chicago 23Where to go for good food in Hyde Park - aneater’s guide 26Student Activities: there’s something foreveryone from arts to sports 28How to start a student group 28WHPK offers a music alternative 30THE NEIGHBORHOODHyde Park today - on the way up 31The dubious legacy of urban renewal 32Passing the bar exam 34THE CITYChicago politics as a spectator sport 35The Blues 36Nightlife and how to reach it 38Breaking the soot barrier 40SPORTSSchedules 44Football 45 Volume 95, No. 7 The University of Chicago Friday, September 27, 1985©Copyright 1985This is the special orientation issue of the Chicago Maroon. Regular publication willresume on Friday, October 4. The Chicago Maroon is published each Tuesday and Fridayduring the school year. The Maroon welcomes letters and other contributions fromstudents, faculty, staff, and others. Anyone interested in doing writing, photography, orother work for the Maroon should stop by our office, Ida Noyes Hall rooms 303 and 304,1212E. 59thStreet, Chicago, Illinois, 60637. Phone: 962-9555.Rosemary BlinnEditor in ChiefChris HillManaging EditorSusie BradyProduction ManagerPaul SongSports Editor Lisa CypraAdvertising ManagerBrad SmithAdvertising ManagerJoe BamoskyBusiness ManagerJaimie WeihrichOffice ManagerContributors: Curtis Black, David Brooks, Dennis Chansky. Stephanie Desc, Diane Hill,Pui Yan Kwok, Abby Li, Frank Luby, Jean Lyons. Don Matthews, Bill McDade. KarinNelson, Henry Otto, Geoff Sherry, Kim Shively, Susan Carol Weiss, Hilary Till, KentYeglin.Special thanks to Stephanie Bacon, Wendy O’Flaherty and David Sullivan.55th & Hyde Park Blvd.643-5500 RUG 600 S. Dearborn939-6600The Sun-Times applauds Orly’sInternational cuisineInternational flavors blend well at Orly’s“Orly’s,” I said to a friend of mine who used to live inHyde Park. “No,” she said, “don’t know that one.”But people who currently live in Hyde Park do. Since itopened four years ago, Orly’s has become a popular placeto eat in the neighborhood. (A second Orly’s opened abouta year ago at 600 S. Dearborn. I’m told the menu is aboutthe same, but I have visited only the Hyde Parkestablishment.)A modish flair characterizes the eclectic menu. It in¬cludes a little Mexican, a little “Louisiana cooking,” a littleJapanese, a little Polynesian, a little of this and a little ofthat.One selection on the lower-priced "creations” list is call¬ed “One Heluva Burger.” It’s topped with guacamole,bean sprouts and grilled onions and served with a choice ofthree different kinds of cheese and a choice of barbecue orteriyaki sauce. Another name for it could be the “East,West, South burger.”Other creations include “Crab Carlos,” a souped-upcrabmeat taco, and “chicken tarragon fettucini,” a coldpasta plate.The short appetizer list has some intriguing listings, in¬cluding the best one we tried, “Portuguese bean-sausagesoup. This was a well-spiced, thick brew with slices ofsausage, some red beans, green peppers, potatoes and atomato base. Unusual, and very good.Entrees at Orly’s run the gamut from "hickory barbecuedribs” and “Louisiana catfish” to “Orly’s tempura” and“Polynesian kabobs.” We tried some pan-fried veal andfettucini. This was fried veal, Cajun style, with spinach fettucini and aRomano cheese sauce. The veal scallops were breaded andhad a little bit of heat from cayenne pepper. They also were alittle salty.The “daily fresh specials” really were fresh during our visit.Typical of the list are tuna steak, shark, salmon and chickenvesuvio. (Prices run between $8.95 and $11.95.)I tried the brook trout with crabmeat stuffing. It was some ofthe freshest trout I had eaten this side of a North Woods camp¬ing trip. The flesh was very tender.The entrees were served with sweet, stir-fried carrot slices,mushrooms and red grapes scattered around the plate. Alsosupposed to be included with the entrees were a loaf of warmwheat bread and a salad. The night we were there, the breadbatch hadn’t come out right and they didn’t want to serve it.The salads were a vegetarian’s delight with sunflowerseeds, bean sprouts, julienne carrots, cucumbers and lettuce.The honey-lemon dressing was a good choice.Last, but hardly least, are the desserts from Orly’s ownbakery. If you are completely stuffed and can t eat anotherbite, at least let the waiter bring out the sample tray so you canlook at the selections. These included five different kinds ofcheesecake, with a prizewinning cappuccino variation.If you don’t order cheesecake, consider the “chocolateKahlua mousse pie.”Service was efficient, with the young staff conscientiouslywatching over customers. Our waiter not only brought thingsout carefully and on time, but he also discussed some abstractlinguistic points with us. 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She's waiting toserve you.HYDE • PARK * BANK1525 EAST 53rd STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60615 • 312/752-4600 • Member FDIC4—The Chicago Maroon Friday, Septen.be! 27, ,*r>The UniversityDivestment, curriculum are hot topics at ChicagoBy Chris HillHere is an overview of some of the mostimportant and controversial issues that willconfront the University in the monthsahead.• DIVESTMENTThe University of Chicago currently holdsapproximately $133,514,000 worth of stock in24 companies that do business in SouthAfrica-roughly 38% of its total investmentportfolio.**Such investments by the University haveprompted protest since the 1970’s, and withthe growing interest in South Africa nation¬wide, the voices calling for the University todivest those holdings have become louderand more numerous than ever before.Divestment proponents say thatAmerican businesses operating in SouthAfrica serve to support the South Africansystem of legally-sanctioned racialdiscrimination and oppression known asapartheid. Divesting stock in such com¬panies, it is argued, will express condemna¬tion of apartheid and increase economicpressure on the Pretoria regime to reform.University President Hanna Gray has todate rejected such arguments. She andother opponents of divestment maintainthat American businesses are a largelypositive influence on the apartheid system,and that we can maintain more pressure forchange in South Africa by retaining aneconomic presence there.Student groups seeking divestment haveheld several large rallies on the quads, anda group of 25 professors is currently cir¬culating a pro-divestment petition amongthe faculty. Additional activities are plann¬ed for the Fall, when this should continue tobe a hot topic.• PROJECT 1984The College Council will vote this Fall onProject 1984, Dean Donald Levine’s pro¬posals for the most far-reaching reform ofthe College curriculum since the 1960’s.Since the days of former Universitychancellor Robert Maynard Hutchins, the undergraduate curriculum has been thecenter of much attention and debate, withheavy emphasis placed on a philosophy ofgeneral education achieved through a“core” curriculum shared by all students.Currently, the Core requirement for allstudents consists of year-long (3 quarter)sequences in humanities, social science,biology, and physical science.Levine basically wants to expand the Coreto include College-wide requirements inmath, language, and civilization studies(current requirements in these areas varyaccording to one’s major) as well as thefour current sequences.Most of the specific numbers in the pro¬posal are now set: 3 quarters of foreignlanguage, 2 of math, and an additionalquarter of “non-verbal” work (e g. art ormusic) added on to the existing humanitiesrequirement.The biggest remaining controversy con¬cerns the size of the civilization require¬ment. Levine is proposing 2 quarters ofwork in Western or non-Western civiliza¬tion. Other faculty members have madeproposals ranging from 3 to 5 quarters.They oppose a 2 quarter requirementbecause most civilization courses, par¬ticularly the benchmark History of WesternCivilization, have traditionally been taughtas 3 quarter sequences.• ENROLLMENT VS. FACULTYSIZE/GREENSTONE COMMIT¬TEEThe size of the enrollment in the Universi¬ty’s academic programs has considerableimpact upon University revenue, the quali¬ty of the various programs, and the overallcharacter of the University.A committee appointed by PresidentGray last Spring is examining issues ofenrollment once again. Chaired by politicalscience professor J. David Greenstone, thecommittee’s task is to consider enrollments“in terms of the size, balance, and distribu¬tion of programs across the University andthe relation of these to faculty size and tothe scope of our resources. ”Jesse Jackson visited the U of C last spring to speak on South Africa and divest¬ment. The U of C currently holds about $133 million of stock in companies doingbusiness in South Africa. The 1979 report of a similar committee onenrollment led to the decision to expand Col¬lege enrollment to approximately 3000students.The current committee, according toGreenstone, is again reviewing Collegeenrollment and is also studying “questionsof graduate enrollment in light of a declinein (graduate) enrollment which had oc¬curred over a number of previous years butwhich may now be coming to an end.”The committee expects to submit itsreport to the President and Provost in Oc¬tober. Graves, are a substantial reduction in com¬puting rates which occurred 2Vfe years ago,a loss of business when the Medical Centerobtained its own computers, and growth inpersonal computer use.Graves, who occupies the newly-createdposition of Associate Provost for Computingand Information Systems, plans to imple¬ment a number of cost-cutting measures, in¬cluding some reductions of hours and ser¬vice at the University Central Users’ Site,reduction in the number of hours that ad¬visors are on duty at the Regenstein andCrerar clusters, and fewer offerings of“The University Computation Center ran a S1.9 million deficit last year.” TheCentral users site (pictured here) will be moved from Harper to the formerAmerican Bar center.• DEFICITS: HOSPITALS ANDCOMPUTATION CENTERA) Hospitals. The University Hospitalsand Clinics ran a $3.3 million deficit for 1983-84.The most immediate causes of this deficithave been changes in the reimbursementprocedures of the government Medicareand Medicaid programs as well as those ofprivate insurance companies. Thesechanges, designed to hold down costs and in¬crease competition in the health care field,result in less income for hospitals. Combin¬ed with a recent nationwide decline inhospital usage, these changes havetranslated into serious financial difficultiesfor the Hospitals and Clinics as well asmany other health care institutions.Beyond these external factors. Hospitalfinances have suffered from poor manage¬ment and a computer system that has beendescribed as “intractable.” The Hospitalshave a large billing backlog and have had towrite off $25 million in bills owed them--approximately $15 million more than hadbeen originally planned.Responding to this situation, the Universi¬ty has transferred some of its best financialexperts to the Hospitals. They have, to date,identified at least $8 million in budgetreductions and recently laid off 200 Hospitalemployees as part of the austerity effort.University officials expect to have in¬formation on the 1984-85 performance of theHospitals and Clinics in three to four weeks.B) Computation Center. The UniversityComputation Center ran a $1.9 milliondeficit last year and has a cumulative debtof close to $5 million.The primary reasons for this red ink, ac¬cording to Associate Provost Robert courses and seminars by the ComputationCenter.On the positive side, Graves says therewill probably be no reduction in PersonalComputing Accounts and that class ac¬counts may indeed be “loosened up” some¬what.Graves is also submitting a proposal toestablish a Macintosh cluster on campus forword-processing and other use by studentsand faculty.• NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES:53RD & DORCHESTERThe University, through its extensiveownership of area property, its close con¬nections to the South East Chicago Commis¬sion, and its large Security force, plays aninfluential role in various communtiy af¬fairs.One of the most currently controversialtopics in the neighborhood is a developer sproposal to build a shopping center on va¬cant land at the corner of 53rd and Dor¬chester.The proposal has sharply divided thecommunity; area business leaders who in¬sist that more commerical space is neededalong 53rd Street support the proposeddevelopment, while nearby residents fearthat the project would disrupt their com¬munity and also object to many specifics inthe developer’s plansThe University has thus far taken a lowprofile in the dispute but may soon finditself forced into a more active role, as acourt battle over the issue seems increas¬ingly likely.**lnformation compiled from the Universi¬ty of Chicago quarterly investment report,the 1RRC “Directory of US Corporations inSouth Africa ” and the US Commerce DeptThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985—5The University is a strong influence on the community—The administration is not always compassionate or justWhile we seem a bit detached from realitythere are occawareness asional outbursts6—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 19«5THE UNIVERSITYand a lousy place to go to school even though the student center lacks a cinema.There’s always something happeninge^p/omake - “What is it that makes the University of Chica¬go a great educational institution? It is the in¬tense, strenuous, and constant intellectual activi¬ty of the place. . . We like to think that the air iselectric, and that from it the student derives anintellectual stimulation that lasts the rest of hislife. This is education.”—Robert Maynard HutchinsFifth President of the UniversitySome folks stick around for years..<4 rtilf tradition very seriously.— and we’re even learning to have fun in the process.The Chicago Maroon—Friday. September 27, 1985—7*9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.Friday, September 2 7| Ida Noyes HallRefreshments providedFreefor all new & returning U.C. College Students(with U.C. I.D.)\\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ponsorerna^AOJrfAB^ncUear^ni^nentationComrnitte^^^^^^^8—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985College Requirement:Recreation 101All CollegeOrientation Dance1 * * | V I'v» - f * * » \ •‘I’ 1 < ‘'* / i I 1 *s « t ll»THE UNIVERSITYWhere the clout lies: the U of C power structureThe four administrators at right have themost direct impact on your life at the Uni¬versity.Above them are several governingbodies:The Board of Trustees The trustees arethe supreme governing authority of the Uni¬versity, although they usually limit their ac¬tivities to long-range planning, financialoversight, and fundraising.Composed of approximately 80 leaders ofbusiness, government, and academia, the Uof C Board leaves academic matters to thefaculty (see below) and does not have anysort of “academic affairs” committee.Faculty governance/Council of the SenateThe U of C is a “faculty governed” institu¬ tion: the faculty in each academic divisionare organized to take a leading role in theformulation of policy, particularly curric¬ulum and other academic policies.The entire faculty is known as the Univer¬sity Senate, and they are represented by theelected Council of the Senate.The Council (as well as a smaller Com¬mittee of the Council) meets regularly withtop administrators to discuss University¬wide matters and retains broad authority,although most of its interaction with the ad¬ministration is consultative. There is astrong Chicago tradition of acting with the‘advice and consent’ of the faculty — a tra¬dition reinforced by the fact that many ad¬ministrators are faculty themselves.ACADEMIC DEANSDeans administer their academic divi¬sions in consultation with their faculty.The CollegeDonald Levine, DeanHerman Sinaiko, Dean of StudentsBiological Sciences Division/Medical SchoolDonald King, DeanJoseph Ceithaml, Dean of StudentsHumanities DivisionStuart Tave, DeanPatricia Suhrcke, Dean of StudentsPhysical Sciences DivisionStuart Rice, DeanSol Krasner, Dean of StudentsDivision of Social SciencesEdward Laumann, DeanAnne Ch’ien, Dean of Students Graduate School of BusinessJohn Gould, Jr., DeanKent Druyvesteyn, Dean of StudentsDivinity SchoolFranklin Gamwell, DeanJames Lewis, Dean of StudentsLaw SchoolGerhard Casper, DeanRichard Badger, Dean of StudentsGraduate Library SchoolW. Boyd Rayward, DeanJulie Hurd, Dean of StudentsCommittee on Public Policy StudiesRussell Hardin, ChairSteven Wheatley, Admin. DirectorSchool of Social Service AdministrationLawrence Lynn, DeanPhilip Hovda, Dean of StudentsOTHERS OF NOTE♦Irene Conley, Director of Student Activi¬ties*Dan Hall, Dean of College Admissionsand Aid'Ralph Hamilton, Career and Placement Services Director♦Constance Holoman, Director of StudentHousing♦Edward Turkington, Associate Dean ofStudents in the University♦Nick Perry, Student OmbudsmanHYDE PARK BY THE LAKE5500 So. Shore Drive643-3600Valet ParkingFor that special occasion,treat yourself to elegantdining and attentiveservice.\ggg^SSBBSBBBSSSSBSBBSSSS^SSSSSS^^^^SB^^^S Jonathan KleinbardVice President for UniversityNews and Community AffairsKleinbard is a sort of “external affairsminister” for the U of C. He oversees Uni¬versity public relations and is Mrs. Gray’schief operative in relations with the sur¬rounding community and city. In this ca¬pacity, he also oversees the University’slarge real estate holdings and its Securityforce. Quite a powerful guy in the neighbor¬hood. Charles D. O’ConnellVice President and Dean ofStudents in the UniversityO’Connell oversees virtually all non-aca¬demic student affairs, including student ac¬tivities, student housing, the Career andPlacement Services office, and alumni af¬fairs.The Deans of Students, either O’Connellor the one in your academic division, can beof help in solving various problems you en¬counter. If your wanderings bring you intocontact with O’Connell himself, be preparedto deal with one of the savviest and sharpestmen in the University.Hanna Holbom GrayPresidentThe President is the executive head of theUniversity and makes all appointments tothe academic and non-academic staff.Gray has held the position since 1978,making her the first woman to head a majorAmerican university. Like most adminis¬trators here, she is a faculty member — aHistory professor specializing in Machia-velli and the Renaissance. Norman M. BradbumProvostBradbum’s position makes him the chiefofficer of the University for academic af¬fairs. He recommends faculty appoint¬ments to the President, has authority overacademic budgets, and deals with other re¬lated issues. He is the highest ranking of¬ficer of the University under the Presi¬dent.Q0. Invites you students)0 £jto a WELCOMING DINNERMondaySeptember 30th6:30 Ida NoyesLibraryPlease join us forBible Study, prayer, and fellowshipEVERY FRIDAY IN IDA NOYES HALLAT 7:30 P.M. Call 643-6836 or 324-6855for more information.The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985—9LDe haue reely moued!The Computation Center is now locatedat 1155 East 60th Street.MINI DIRECTORYOF SERVICESGENERAL INFORMATION 962-7151Computer Operators (24 hr) 962-7626New Accounts 962-7158Class Accounts, Billing Records 962-7159Subscriptions, Newsletter/Memoranda ... 962-7158Data Entry Services 962-7604Production Jobs, Special Handling,Dataset recovery 962-7621Tape-related Services,Sale of Computer supplies 962-7614Terminal and Micro Repair 962-7663Advice for new or prospective users ofOffice support services, terminals,micros, word-processors 962-7174Requests for new software 962-7166Programmer/Analyst Services 962-7166Custom Print Services 962-6081Services that have NOT moved to 1155 E. 60th Streetinclude the Micro Distribution Center, located in thebasement at 1307E. 60th Street (phone 962-3452);and our Advice Desk in the USTTE terminal cluster,310 Weiboldt Hall (phone 962-7624). Third Floor60th atEntrance1 347 Administrative Reception Area ^2 352 Micro Development Lab3 336 Business Office4 317-331 Information Technologiesand New Services5 315 Tape Librarian6 393 I/O Window7 310 Account Representatives/Expeditors8 306 Data Entry9 302 Micro/Terminal Repair10 363-372 AdministrativeInformation Systems ElevatorsAcademic Services, both programming and documentation, are locatedon the 4th floor, west side of building, rooms 421-434.10—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985Getting the most out of a U of C educationBy David BrooksTwo guys, one from Harvard and onefrom U of C, are alone in a men’s room.After using the facilities the gentlemanfrom Harvard makes his way over tothe sink to wash his hands. The guyfrom U of C heads straight for thedoor.“At Harvard, they taught us to washour hands after going to thebathroom,” the fellow at the sink sayswith an affected accent.The guy from Chicago stops, looks athim for a second, and says, “At Chica¬go they taught us not to piss on ourhands.”One should be wary of self-flatteringhumor, but in this case, the joke is apt.Chicago’s education, with no attentiongiven to social graces or modernforms, is underhandedly practical.But persons should be aware of thesacrifices they are making when theyundertake a Chicago education. Try tofind a Chicago old boy’s network. Tryto get a job in Washington with a Chi¬cago degree. With a Harvard degreeit’s easy. Not so from here.The rigor and integrity of a Chicagoeducation are undeniable, but weshould be evaluating the costs of anoble education in a world where niceguys finish last.I asked some of my friends who hadbeen here for a few years what sugges¬tions they would make to a student whowanted the best of both worlds, to grad¬uate socially well-balanced as well asintellectually enriched. Here are someof the suggestions we came up with:Don't be a seminar baboon — Inevery class there’s at least one studentwho will monopolize discussion, beat¬ing on his intellectual chest, therebydisplaying the intelligence which, inhis own mind at least, catapults himinto the firmament of this university’sgreatest stars. That will be the personwho informs the class that Aristotlewas an idiot for making such simpleerrors. That will be the person who lec¬tures the professor on his misanalysisof Hume’s empiricism. That will be theperson who nods vigorously when theprofessor says something he alreadyunderstands. Do not let that person be you. Enthusiasm is one thing - egotismanother. The competent professor canshut the baboon up in a hurry. Usually,a slicing rebuff will suffice. I haveknown one professor who would standbehind the baboon while he was pontifi¬cating and make funny faces, a laChevy Chase. Other professors try toreason with the baboon. It rarelyworks. Baboons are as thick as theyare long winded.Don’t try to write yourself onto thesyllabus — Great books classes oftenask you to analyze flaws in the writingsof Plato and other five star philoso¬phers. Come Spring, you will probablyhave written enough papers to discred¬it every major thinker in the westerntradition. From a wise professor comethese words: “If you think he’s made amistake, you can bet you don’t under¬stand what he means.” When writing apaper, it is worth it to look before youleap.If you want good grades, take classeswith older professors — As a generalrule (emphasis on the equivocation),the older a professor gets the more le¬nient he allows his grading policy to be.He is more sure of himself and com¬petes less with his students. He willgive D’s and C’s, but the B’s startcreeping up with the A-’s.If you want close student/faculty re¬lationships, take classes with HarperInstructors — Harper Instructors areprofessors who have just finished theirdoctorate at Chicago and get to teachhere for two years before having tolook for jobs in places like The Commu¬nity College of Oshkosh. Generally(again, counterexamples exist), theseare the hardest working and most ac¬cessible professors on campus. LikeRocky, they have got the eye of thetiger. With the money they get — some¬thing like $13,500 — they cannot helpbut be hungry.Prepare for winter - You have allheard about it and you probably thinkyou can take it. You probably can but it will not be fun. It’s not the biting coldeverytime you step out the door. It’snot even the unremitting grey. Nor is itthe fact that you can go for monthswithout seeing the sun. It’s the routine.It’s so easy to hibernate through thewinter, following the same dull pat¬tern. People sleep more. Grades drop.Relationships break up. No matterwhat the weather is, it’s important toget uptown at least once a week. Buycomic books. Build model trains. Playnerf basketball inside. Watch soapoperas. All Fall you should be storingup diversions like busy little squir¬rels.Don’t hesitate to see a professor inhis office — It’s part of a facultymember’s job to be helpful when youvisit him in his office. Those who arechronically cold or unavailable are badteachers. By attending his class youare automatically worth his othertime.A friend of mine once approached aprofessor’s office door in Gates —Blake. He heard whistling and papersshuffling inside. When he knocked thewhistling stopped and all wras quiet.After a few seconds he looked throughthe keyhole and found the office empty.He hung around for a while peeringthrough the keyhole. Eventually, hesaw the professor emerge from hiscloset and return to his desk. Fortun¬ately, this professor who hides in hiscloset was offered a prestigious chairat another university.No matter what your age. go outdrinking often — This is not a plea foralcoholism, merely diversion. It’s up toyou to choose your favorite spot, but ifyou are underage there are a fewthings you should know. On weekends,Jimmy’s cards faithfully. During therest of the week you might get in if youare in a small group and you are dis¬creet. The Cove by the Shoreland ismore lenient. The Falcon and theHouse of Tiki on 53rd are hit or miss.Tiki, by the way, stays open later than anyplace else in Hyde Park. Among li¬quor stores Cornell Liquor on 55th is agood bet, though it cards occasionally.Unfortunately, most bars uptown arestrict.Go to the Quantrell Awards Plaquewhen choosing professors — On thefirst floor of Harper outside of room 130is a plaque which lists all the winnersof the Quantrell Award. The award isgiven for excellence in undergraduateteaching. Since the professor is 60 per¬cent of the class, it behooves you topick a few classes from these profes¬sors, regardless of the subject matter.Of course not all excellent professorshave won the Quantrell. In thesciences, the course evaluation bookgives an excellent description of mostof the professors one is likely to have.In the humanities and social sciences,however, the coverage is pathetic. Itmight be useful, therefore, to list a fewof the professors in those divisionswhose courses are certain to be out¬standing: Snyder in Art; Mast inFilms; Bloom and either of the Kassesin Humanities; Fleming in Philoso¬phy; Booth, Bevington, Wasiolek, Ro¬senheim. and Kinahan in English; Ma-cAloon, and Zonis in the Social Studies;Smith in Religion; Levi in PERL;Karl. Weintraub, and Gray in History;and the Rudolphs and Cropsey in Polit¬ical Science. This is hardly an exhaus¬tive list. It only represents the preju¬dices of the many persons I have talkedto. Nevertheless, if you take enoughcourses writh these professors, you willgraduate very well educated.Have fun — It may sound like sillyadvice, but because this is first andforemost a graduate institution, thereis a built-in bias against certain typesof fun, like singing, dancing and get¬ting silly drunk. Anything that crossesthe narrow path of education is ap¬proached with caution. Even films, theentertainment hub of the University,are analyzed as educational opportuni¬ties.David Brooks is a 1983 graduate ofthe College and former Maroon View¬points Editor who now works for theNational Review. This sage advice wasfirst published in the 1982 OrientationIssue.“ ‘If you think (Plato’s) made a mistake, you can bet youdon’t understand what he means.’ When writing a paper, itis worth it to look before you leap.”THE ADVENTURES OF REGMAN BY SKIP AND JOEL\fc^/od«AO(EK*}j 1 IS XT A KanJ?AlcmNi fatmeuTEfisW£<*€!MTnMmE IS Ji fk ani>^ . &BJEVET IH TwfCokmoi Core, U&epalakbrAUTLNNBPK, KuWtSoJ&NERK,V-GRaHNS, HIKES IN 7m£>ACTivjT/£5 FEE, AND v^/MT/d/s/ IS XT A Man/?I 4LSo BELIEVE W EVERYTHINGThe njY Times Time masazinT•3/t I* ABOUT THE UC, fvEN SHOWIERHOURS FOR The Bursar, That Themail Room HAS TRAN/5ffcRMEJj ThEReynolds Club into The socialCenter of the\V UNivetsgk MO...TT5JU5T Re&MIan/ANfeTH*7 HANH4 &RAY SEfcRETiy WASHESTHAT Wfc HAP A SEMESTER SfSHfPlTHAT THE WKY ZXXTt £ is5TIU. UVMfi N SPIRITAMP IS SCWCAMhs#N£aKCPf/> /IlHQL&n KXJSttoTW TU£^F\tSSo^B urCdkEmt> iNiacm ihWfa>HIMGI,SB* MTbThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985—11LIBERAL EDUCATIONThe Aims of Education '85 - WendyThe Aims of Education (1985)I believe that one of the most valuable andalso one of the most delightful aims of a lib¬eral education is to nourish in each of us,whether we be scientists or social scientistsor humanists, the innate curiosity andcourage to take seriously what is said by thegreat stories told in cultures other than ourown. We often assume that our own classicsprovide a shared communal base for alleducated members of our culture, but thisassumption is unfounded: we do not:knowour own classics. If, however, we are willingto admit that we do not know them, we maymake it possible for ourselves to possess awhole new world of classics, other peoples’classics.Even in the good old days, when everyonewho mattered was able not only to readGreek, but to translate editorials from theTimes of London into Greek prose — eventhen, the paradox of the classics was thatthey excluded rather than included people.The classics were the texts that we knewand they didn’t — they being hoi polloi, thegreat unwashed. The classics defined a tinyelite who in turn defined The Community asconsisting of themselves. Nowadays, ofcourse, even that arrogant self-deceptionhas been shattered. Only a tiny percentageof Americans read Homer even in Englishtranslation, let alone in Greek, and it is DickTracy and “Dallas” that provide whatshared culture we have. Yet we pride our¬selves on having the highest literacy rate inthe world.In India, by contrast, many people are il¬literate. But we are certainly wrong if weassume that illiteracy is an indication ofcultural deprivation. The oral tradition hasmade it possible for millions of Indian vil¬lagers to be richly, deeply familiar withtheir own classics. When printing began tomake texts of the Ramayana, the greatHindu epic, widely available in India, bothin Sanskrit and in vernacular translations,this did in fact lead to an increase in the pri¬vate study of the Epic, but it also ied to agreat increase in the practice of public reci¬tations of the Ramayana, attended by greatcrowds of literate people who experiencedin the oral presentation something differentfrom what they experienced in reading it si¬lently at home. Considerations such as theselead us to the surprising paradox that illiter¬ate people often know their own classics,while we who are literate usually do notknow our own. This is a paradox to which wewill return.The Audience Inside the StoryThrough oral or written exposure, Indiansknow their classics so well that the retellingof the classics takes on the function of com¬munion rather than communication. Peoplelisten to stories not merely to learn some¬thing new (communication) but to relive,together, the stories that they alreadyknow, stories about themselves (commu¬nion). In reading written classics, one ex¬pects and demands surprises; but it ischaracteristic of oral classics that the audi¬ence takes pleasure in predicting what willhappen, and satisfaction in seeing it hap¬pen. No one who has ever been asked, by ayoung child, to tell for the umpteenth time“the story' about the time when I fell into thelake” will ever preface a tale with the dis¬claimer of “stop me if you’ve heard this onebefore.” In a retelling of the Ramayana,when Rama tells his wife, Sita, not to comewith him into exile in the forest, she repliesin exasperation, “Many Ramayanas havebeen told many times by many Brahmins.Tell me, does Rama ever go to the forestwithout Sita in any of them?” MurrayEmeneau, a great linguist, once recordedthe songs of an Indian tribe called the Todaand published them. Years later, he revisit¬ed the tribe to collect new songs from them;and one of the songs that they sang for himwas a song about a white man who hadcome to them and recorded their songs. Hehad become part of his own story.In Asia, the classics often exist simultan¬eously as archaic fossils and as modern re¬incarnations (or re-fleshings) of those samefossils. In Indonesia and Bali, shadow pup¬pets act out the ancient story of Rama inSanskrit or a high dialect; the heroes areheroic, and the women who love them areabove suspicion. But in front of the puppettheatre stands a human figure, a clown whospeaks in the vernacular or in a low dialect.He mocks the hero and expresses the audi¬ence’s cynical rejection of the noble ideal.(“Rama, you ass, do you really believe thatSita lived for years in another man’s palaceand never slept with him? How dumb cananyone be . . .”). Sometimes, the audienceis disturbed by the discontinuity betweenthe two levels and insists on going back-stage to unmask the puppeteers, to showthat there is, in fact, only one level, that theclown is also operating the puppets. The twolevels of reality exist simultaneously, ac¬knowledging the “otherness” of the classic— the fact that it no longer literally ex¬presses the lives of the audience — even12—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985while it proves that the classic is, in fact,always relevant because, like the mythicalProteus, it always changes its shape to fitthe needs of the moment. There is always atension between the archaic classic and theneed for realistic, contemporary literature,a tension that has been the creative springfor many new classics.The Otherness of the ClassicsThis tension has further implications forour own complex relationship with our ownclassics. It may well be that it is the verynature of classics to be other, to refer backto a lost golden age and to speak with an ar¬chaic diction that we must strain to under¬stand. This means that we cannot possessour own classics, if by “possess” we meanto internalize, to comprehend completely, toexperience as a non-other body of litera¬ture.But there are two ways in which we maycome to possess both our own classics andthe classics of others. Through the first ofthese ways, any one of us can make any sin¬gle classic our own. At the end of Ray Brad¬bury’s Fahrenheit 451, when all the books inthe world have been burnt, a group of peoplegather around a campfire; each of them hasmemorized one of the classics and sothoroughly internalized it that when theyare introduced to one another one can say,“Hello. I am David Copper field,” and theother answer, “Hello. I am War andPeace ” This form of assimilation is veryrare in our day; not many people do memo¬rize, or even internalize, a whole book.But just as an entire classic can becomepart of any one of us, so too, parts of theclassics have become part of all of us. Thereis the old story about the woman who wentto see Hamlet for the first time, and after¬wards was asked what she thought of it. “Itwas quite good,” she said, “but it did havean awful lot of quotations in it.” Many of thepeople who tell us that brevity is the soul ofwit or that there is method in our madnessdo not know that they are quoting Hamlet.Thus the classics may be preserved eitherthrough the Fahrenheit 451 model (eachclassic going into a fragment of society, aperson) or through the Hamlet quotationmodel (the fragmentation of the classic,each piece going into all of us, into societyas a whole).The Bible, that may well be our only trueclassic, is the only one that is preserved inboth of these ways to any significant degree.That is, almost all of us know some of it byheart, and a few of us know almost all of itby heart. The pious hope that everyone (hoipolloi) should be able to understand theBible led to the great translation into En¬glish under the sponsorship of King James.But for most of us (those who know only somof it), the Bible as a whole functions only aspiece of ritual, in church; we tend to pre-sene this aspect of the Bible in what hasnow become an archaic form, the very KingJames translation that was meant not to bearchaic. On the other hand, this very samefact (the fact that most of us do not know theBible thoroughly) makes it possible to takethe text of the Bible (that is. the Bible as myth, or sacred narrative, rather than as apiece of ecclesiastical ritual) and redefine itas a true classic, acknowledging its other¬ness and thus enabling us to begin to re-ap¬proach it and re-possess its meanings out¬side of any particular ritual context.Myth as Child’s PlayBesides the Bible, there is one other bodyof literature that may still preserve ourmythological classics, and that is the genreof children’s literature. In our culture, chil¬dren are generally regarded as the only peo¬ple foolish enough to believe in fairy tales.Children, too, are the ones for whom we con¬tinue to create superheroes, the last surviv-Wendy O’Flahertyals in a mythology of atheism. The myth ofthe incarnate god is reduced to the comic¬book tale of Superman disguised as ClarkKent or Wonder Woman disguised as DianaPrince; the evil look-alike becomes a clonecreated by extra-terrestrial invaders andbody-snatchers. The medicine man’svoyage to the gods has become a Star Trek,and the battle between gods and demons aStar War.But children’s literature is a genre of itsown, not merely a reduced or second-rateversion of another genre. C. S. Lewis chosethis genre to write his great Narnian epic ofPlatonic/Catholic theology and mythology.Such stories may or may not be intended forchildren, but they are certainly not writtenby children.Many of our inherited classics of mytho¬logy (such as the Grimms’ Fairy Tales andAlice in Wonderland) are regarded as chil¬dren’s books, but as we get older we see inthem meanings that we never saw whenWWi ■ • ,»|v/r<yr»-AIMS ’81-Leon Kass“It Is this search for what we are andwhat we can and should become which, inmy view, belongs at the center of our ques¬tioning, and therefore at the center of liber¬al education. True thoughtfulness will in¬clude reflection, a looking and thinkingback on the thinker and his human situa¬tion. The quest for understanding must in¬clude the quest for self-understanding. In¬deed, the inscription on the ancient templeto Apollo at Delphi, Know thyself, wouldseem to be a worthy motto of a college de¬voted to liberal education ’’AIMS ’82—Jonathan Z. Smith“What we labor at together in college isthe production of individuals who know notonly that the world is far more complexthan it first appears, but also that, there¬fore, interpretative decisions must bemade, decisions of judgement which entailreal consequences for which one must take way — for instance as a synonym for topicor a signal of pervasive uneasiness causedby vast and complicated circumstances (asin “the Middle East problem”). No, prob¬ed question, susceptible of statement in aninterrogative sentence, with a questionmark at the end. In fact, in moments of ir¬reverence, I’m tempted to suggest that thephoenix, which now graces the University’sofficial seal, be replaced by a single, nobleand imposing question mark. For I think thecharacteristic activity of the University, theterm which best states its reason for exis¬tence, is inquiry — inquiry of innumerable,constantly changing kinds - together withthe communication of the progress and re¬sults of inquiry. In years past it is likely thaton an occasion like this, you would havebeen welcomed Into a “community of schol¬ars,” a decent, but slightly pretentiousphrase. Instead, tonight I take the liberty ofwelcoming you to this community of to¬by the dodge of disclaiming expertise. Thisultimately political quest for paradigms, forthe acquisition of the powers and skills of in¬formed judgement, for the dual capacitiesof appreciation and criticism might wellstand as the explicit goal of every level ofthe college curriculum. The difficult enter¬prise of making interpretative decisionsand facing up to their full consequences,ought to inform each and every course, eachand every object of study.”AIMS ’83—Edward Rosenheim“It’s my impression that the noun mostoften heard cm this campus is the word prob¬lem. And it does not seem to be a word thatis often used here to an imprecise, sloppy AIMS ’84—Phillip B. Kurland“A great university does not necessarilyafford you a better education. It does affordyou a better chance to get an education. Ed¬ucation comes through experience and at auniversity It comes largely through vicari¬ous experience. A great university is madeto? first of highly qualified fellow studentsand faculty and, second, of library and labo¬ratory resources, ft is because you will besharing the learning experience with highlycompetent and highly motivated fellow students and with a highly competent and wellinformed faculty, that the possibilities ollearning are so great." they were read to us as children. As Platosays, “We begin by telling our childrenfables, and the fable is, taken as a whole,false, but there is truth in it a|so.” Beingtrue mythologies, these stories changeevery time we encounter them; a greatmyth is, like the river in Heraclitus’s say¬ing, something that one cannot step intotwice in the same place.Setting aside the question of aesthetics —the role that greatness must play in estab¬lishing a work as a classic, whether it is in¬tended for children or for adults —, it is sig¬nificant that many children’s books functionas classics, and as myths, in a way that noother works do. For these books do providea shared culture for most of us, if not for allof us, and that is because we tend to be mosttraditional about the rituals of childhood;parents want to give their children thebooks that they loved when they were chil¬dren. Here is the one unbroken line of trans¬mission in our world. And in addition to thisshared content there is the shared form ofthe transmission, the performance of theclassics: for reading aloud to children is, formost Americans, the only moment when theoral element of the mythological tradition isstill actively preserved. In all other cases,we read our classics privately and passive¬ly; our children’s literature is the only onethat adults share by assuming the role of thesinger of tales, performing on the mythicstage. For however busy one may be, work¬ing in a factory or at an office desk, therestill comes a moment when food is preparedand eaten, when children are washed andmade ready for bed. And at that moment asmall voice will say, “Tell me a story.”If I were a FishWe are ashamed to acknowledge our at¬tachment to our own myths once we comeout of the closet of the nursery. But thereare other rooms in other mansions. If weare released from our imprisoning assump¬tion that the only way to possess a classic isto experience it as ours, we may begin to po¬ssess classics that are officially “other”.If the otherness of our own classics isoften an obstacle to our enjoyment and un¬derstanding of them, the otherness of otherpeoples’ classics would seem to pose evengreater obstacles. And to some extent, thisis true. There are enormous obstacles thatchallenge our understanding of the myths ofanother culture — obstacles of translation,of unknown context, of cultural relativity.We all live in constant danger of committingthe solipsism of the Englishman who re¬marked, after touring the world, that it wasa relief once again to speak English, “theonly language in the world in which you saythe words in the order that you think ofthem.”The great British anthropologist, Evans-Pritchard, warned that it was futile to try toimagine how I would feel “If I were ahorse” — that is, to try to think thoughts inan order other than the order that we thinkthem in. But it may in fact be possible toimagine how a horse thinks, or, at least,how other people think. Or, rather, who is tosay that we cannot? There is an old Chineseparable to this effect: Two philosopherswere walking on a bridge over a river inwhich fish were swimming. “How happy thefish are,” said the first. “You are not a fish;how do you know how happy the fish are?”asked the second. “You are not me; how doyou know whether or not I know how happythe fish are?” countered the first. We cannever be certain that we know how happythe fish are, but perhaps we can learn, if notto think like horses or fish or Chinese, atleast to understand how Chinese think inways that we do not.Finding Our Myth inForeign LandsThough the otherness of other peoples’classics does indeed provide serious obst¬acles to our understanding of them, it alsoenables us to do a kind of end-run aroundsome of the obstacles that stand in the wayof our understanding of our own classics.This is particularly true of one particulargenre of classics, namely myths, for it isnarratives, stories, that provide the easiestand most seeming natural entree into otherworlds. Foreign myths tell us things that noone else knows, strange truths that are trulystrange, things that our own classics neverdreamt of. But they also sneak past ourguard to tell us the things that we will notlisten to from our own classics. The foreign¬ness of the foreign text simultaneouslymutes and intensifies the shock of recogni¬tion by presenting our home truths from anunexpected angle.The great Indologist, Heinrich Zimmer,retold a Hassidic tale told by Martin Buber,about a Rabbi who lived in a ghetto in Cra¬cow. The Rabbi dreamt that he should go toPrague, where he would discover a hiddentreasure buried beneath the principalbridge leading to the castle of the Bohemiankings He went to Prague and waited by the•idLIBERAL EDUCATIONO'Flaherty speaks on finding a truth in manybridge for many days, until one night he wasquestioned by the Christian captain of theguard on the bridge, and the Rabbi told thecaptain about the dream that had sent himthere. The captain laughed and said that itwas foolish to trust a dream, since he him¬self had been commanded in a dream to goto Cracow and to search for a great treasureburied in a dirty corner behind the stove of aJewish Rabbi named Isaac son of Jekel —clearly a ludicrous proposal, since half themen in the ghetto were called Isaac and theother half Jekel. The Rabbi, who was Isaacson of Jekel, said nothing, but hurried homeand found in his house, behind the stove, atreasure. As Zimmer comments on thismyth, “Now the real treasure ... is neverfar away; it is not to be sought in any distantregion; it lies buried in the innermost recessof our home, that is to say, our own being...But there is the odd and persistent fact. . .that the one who reveals to us the meaningof our cryptic inner message must be astranger, of another creed and a foreignrace.” children have to learn in real life, news of adeath or a loss, we try to let them hear itfrom someone we know and trust — anuncle who was with us when we first learnedabout death ourselves, or a teacher or awise friend. This is what great myths are —the stories that people all over the worldhave come to trust with their darkest andmost deeply troubling truths.The value of seeking several other ver¬sions of “our” myths in cultures other thanour own may be illustrated by a story. Itseems that two Irishmen, Paddy and Mike,were sitting all day in a duck blind, drinkingfrom a jug of Poteen (a kind of potent Irishmoonshine, home-made whiskey), waitingin vain for the ducks to appear. At last,when both the daylight and the Poteen weredrained, a single duck flew across the eve¬ning sky. Mike groggily raised his gun andfired a shot, and the duck fell like a stone attheir feet. “By God, Mike,” said Paddy,“it’s little less than a miracle that you couldhit that duck in the state you’re in.” “Butsurely, Paddy,” said Mike, “I’d be able to“We are ashamed to acknowledge our attachment to ourown myths once we come out of the closet of the nursery.”The myths of others may present to ustruths that may indeed exist in our own cul¬ture but that we tend to ignore or underval¬ue or resist when we encounter them in theirfamiliar form, prophets in their owncountry. We see ourselves with abrupt clari¬ty in what appear to us to be the shockinglydistorted images of “others”, images ofourselves translated into “the wrong order”in the. fun-house mirror of a foreign idiom.These images shock us both because we seethat they are like us and because we see thatthey are not like us. This seeming distortionallows us to realize things about ourselvesthat we did not or would not notice about theimage that we saw in the mirror of our ownculture — because, wrongly, we thoughtthat our own culture held up to us an accu¬rate mirror, a mirror that was not“other”.Other peoples’ myths also tell us thatwhat seems strange in our own myths, andeven in our most private dreams, may not infact be so strange as we fear it to be. Oncewe have learned what is “other” aboutother peoples’ myths, we are equipped toturn our lights back upon ourselves, to pho¬tograph the cameraman. By studying themyths of others, we may gain the consola¬tion that comes from recognizing thatothers do not think very differently from usin certain ways, particularly in ways thatwe are ashamed of or frightened by.Some decades ago, it was the fashion inpopular American circles of child psycholo¬gy to ban the Brothers Grimm from the nur¬sery; it was argued that the gruesome mu¬tilations, incestuous passions, and Teutonicbrutality in these stories would give niceAmerican children nightmares. Instead, itwas suggested that we tell our childrenstories about how Johnny went shoppingwith Mommy, or how the bunnies had theirtea party. More recently, this argument hasbeen rebutted by the University of Chica¬go’s own Bruno Bettelheim. Bettelheim haspointed out that children do have night¬mares and waking terrors no matter whatthey read or hear from us, nightmares thatare as much more terrifying than theBrothers Grimm as the Brothers Grimmare more terrifying than the Flopsy Bun¬nies; and by reading or hearing the stories,and learning that other people also think ofthese things, the children are comforted.Recently, I explained this theory to a threeand a half year old boy of my acquaintance,and then he asked me to tell him a fairy tale.I told him the English fairy tale of Jack andthe Beanstalk, in all of its gory detail — “Ismell the blood of an Englishman . . . I’llgrind his bones to make my bread...” Thelittle boy listened hard, and his eyes grewbigger and bigger, and when it was all overhe came up to me very shyly and whisperedin my ear, “Would you please tell me thestory about the little boy who went shoppingwith his Mommy?” So much for Bruno Bet¬telheim.Many adults, too, prefer only pleasant,easy fictions, with happy endings; butothers are willing to work hard, both intel¬lectually and emotionally, to experience thegreat myths of Others. If other peoples’myths really are frightening — though per¬haps no more shocking than our own: thinknot only of the passages in Homer where thespear enters the warrior’s throat and comesout through the socket of his eye, but ofShakespeare’s King Lear, where the eyes ofthe aging Duke of Gloucester are gouged outone by one on stage — if they really are ter¬rible, why do we read them? Why are thesemyths classics? Because they are true, be¬cause they are great in their power to revealthese truths to us, truths that we must have.If there is some piece of sad news that our hit one single duck when the sky is full of thehundreds of them.”To me, this story is a kind of Irish koan orZen shaggy dog story. The Irishmen arehunting the wild goose of truth. And sincethey think that the sky is full of ducks, theyhit one — even though there is really onlyone duck. (Contrariwise, people who thinkthat there is only one duck in the sky maynever be able to find it.) This parableargues for the reading of the myths of manydifferent cultures; and it suggests that evenif you believe that there is only one true an¬swer to any great human question — a mostdebatable assertion — you are more likelyto find it if you shoot at a number of ducks —if you take seriously a number of differentanswers to that question. There are so fewinteresting questions, and so many interest¬ing answers.Myth Without RitualAnd there are other reasons why we allcan and should make the effort to findstrange versions of our own myths as wellas totally foreign myths in other cultures.One reason is that our own rituals havelargely lost their power and relevance forus, in part because they have come loosefrom the moorings of their myths.The loss of the ritual community for themajority of secularized, demythologizedAmericans has changed the rcle of myth inour lives. Many canonical stories, wrenchedout of their ritual context, are no longertaken seriously. The crucifixion and the eu-charist have lost much of their power asshocking mythic images for many Chris¬tians. Once, they still had power; the Gospelof John tells us that many of the disciplesdrew back from Jesus and would no longerfollow him when he told them to eat his fleshand drink his blood. Nowadays, only chil¬dren, for whom myth is real, experience theshock — children, who demand to hearstories about themselves told over and over,By Stephanie L. DestThough*!*, 'just toopassiveforjusUngto#new freedomsno cuerti*s.tMting a class#0r.Everyonec&tiiigacicauselt’sprising g|Bidoesn’t ahrtimes, arewarding,more fromtoBm'm :es of it - andof Chicago,rs and firstno exception.by. It can be” in thetoffesto ad-- and often tocan he difficult. There areT and few penalties for cut-short, temptations to skimpskip — on studying aboundis a rest once is a while, buton a regular basis simply be-usually result in a sur-■ip can. studentsstellectualcakewalk,redes; edocmore than ^ <»»you learn and how it affects;lectual being.Pressure is everywhere here. Academicpressure usually masquerades in the formof the ever-calculated GPA. Parental pres¬sure too, whether it's to become a dentist orjust to stay in school, often adds to studentit really {$ easy to lose one’s per- who are frightened by frightening fairy¬tales, who provide the only context for us toexperience our own myths in oral perfor¬mance. Children taking first communionworry about eating Christ (Will the wafertaste bloody?), but in time they, too, be¬come dulled to it.In the Epilogue to George Bernard Shaw’sSaint Joan, when King Charles dreams ofmeeting Joan after she has been burnt atthe stake, he dreams also of meeting a chap¬lain who says that he was redeemed andsaved by seeing Joan burnt to death. Whenthe Bishop asks, “Were not the sufferings ofour Lord Christ enough for you?”, the chap¬lain says, “No. Oh no; not at all. I had seenthem in pictures, and read of them in books,and been greatly moved by them, as Ithought. But it was no use.” Then the Bishopexclaims, “Must then a Christ perish in tor¬ment in every age to save those that have noimagination?”We lack the imagination to be shocked byour own myths and are forced to learnmythic truths the hard way, by livingthrough them. Yet we can still be shockedby the myths of other people. Within themyth, characters like the Rabbi form Cra¬cow experience the mythic shock of recogni¬tion — recognizing themselves in the storytold by the stranger in a foreign language —but we, the readers, see it coming and takeit in our stride. The myth shocks the charac¬ters in it because it is about shock; it nar¬rates the shock, however, in totally familiarterms, and it narrates the same shock overand over again. As we have seen, oral ritualtraditions do not expect to be surprised, butwritten mythical traditions do. Both tradi¬tions operate in our experience of contem¬porary Christian rituals; shock and recogni¬tion play at tug of war.In traditional societies, rituals often func¬tion as physical, experiential complementsto the myths, and these rituals do subjectthe initiate to various shocks — physical tor¬ture (fasting, sleeplessness, mutilation),fear, and the symbolic experience of beingreborn. This is what the myth is about, theexperience for which the myth has preparednot only the initiate but the community thatshares vicariously in the ritual. In ourworld, where myth is bereft of ritual andhas become a mere story — a religion de¬prived of a congregation —, it has onceagain begun to draw to itself a kind of secu¬ Athens; nowadays we have a supermarketof myths in which the individual can shop.For this reason, too, translations have be¬come far more important and also far moreeasily available in the literary supermar¬kets of bookshops. For the one communitythat some of us still do have is the communi¬ty of scholars, the academic communitythat you have just now joined.Surely it is one of the aims of education tonurture in each of us the innate capacity tobe surprised and delighted by strangethings, and to preserve this capacity not bystunting a childish mind in all of its naivetebut by developing in the mature mind thesophistication that will allow one to go onthroughout life being able to recognize andappreciate strange things that have mean¬ing for us. W. H. Auden once said that thepurpose of education was to make one ableto fall in love at first sight; I think this iswhat he was talking about. This means,among other things, learning many lan¬guages — not just French and Sanskrit, butthe language of physics and the language ofmusic. For many foreign treasures have notyet been translated to our shores, and somecan never be brought to us; we have to go tothem, to meet them on their own grounds.The Roundhouse of MythsHow are we to get to them? We can bestunderstand our own myths and the myths ofother people by translating them into othermyths. It may be that the universal truth,what Carl Gustav Jung called the arche¬type, is what speaks to us out of the foreignmyths, but it is also true that what attractsus and fascinates us is not the archetype butthe particular detail of that particular,foreign variant of the archetype, what Jungcalled the manifestation. The archetype it¬self is so simple as to seem trite or obviouswhen we try to isolate it. It is, moreover,very difficult to isolate a pure archetype, orto see it when we have it. Like the InvisibleMan. who could only be seen when he waswrapped in bandages or dressed in a hatand a coat, the archetype can only be“seen” when it is wrapped in the bandagesthat each cultural manifestation dresses itin. One might define an archetypal myth aswhat a story would be like if no one told it;but we cannot hear such a story. Moreover,the details lend the myths their semblance“The Irishmen are hunting the wild goose of truth. Andsince they think the sky is full of ducks, they hit one eventhough there is really only one duck.lar ritual community, through pockets ofcult, such as the cults that sprang up aroundStar Trek and the books of J. R. R. Tol¬kien.We noted at the start the paradox that il¬literate people often know their classics,while we do not know ours. But there is alsoa strength in this for us. Now we are not onlyfreed from ritual (which we have lost), butwe are also freed for myths. Now we canpick and choose our classics, choosing as in¬dividuals instead of inheriting them help¬lessly as part of a whole culture. Platospoke of a supermarket of constitutions inown ''aims"spective on education — if. that is, one evertod taken enough time to look up from abook tmg enough develop onejpfcerpressuretp conform at &e Universi¬ty probably borders on the negative. In fad,there’s so little pressure to be like every¬body else that it can be bard to figure outjust who you are. There are no real rolemodel* here; only frats it you care for thelifestyle. Relationships, too, can drive evendie sanee* among us a little mad. Makingfriends Isn't always easy and H’s usuallyever harder to get a date.Indeed, Chicago is probably the onlycampus in the country where the libraryserves as die prime spot for picking up aninterested guy or girl. Often, too, introduc¬tions are made over Socratie andKantian maxims. Academics ate rareiv outto test 'all these strings, keeping a healthyperspective on the purpose amI value of aneducation is certainly difficult. A good startat a solution might be to make a personaldecision, early in your academic career, asto what education really is and how one goesgetting it.Ask what education should expect fromyou as a student. Ask yourself what learningis worth. Do it while there’s time. Regretston be hard to live with Above aB, try andkeep a healthy perspective Don’t let this of truth. We believe other peoples’ mythsbecause we see our own details in them, theRabbi recognized the truth of the Chris¬tian’s dream by the confirming “fact” thatit contained the precise name of Isaac son ofJekel.One way to try to find a single truth in aworld of pluralism is to draw the variants(or manifestations) back into that internalhub where our own personal reality, ourown nature, intersects with the myths pre¬served by tradition, by culture. This pro¬vides. in passing, a way of translatingmyths, but it also provides a means of ad¬dressing the far more serious problem oftranslating reality, of establishing a vocab¬ulary with which to understand what goeson in the heads of other people — or fish.Myth in this sense is both solitary and com¬munal : solitary, in that myths are about themost private and highly personal experi¬ences; communal, in that they are experi¬enced by all of us. Myths provide a concep¬tual system through which we mayunderstand and thereby construct a univer¬sal reality. This system may be likened to aroundhouse, the place where all the tracksof a railway meet so that the trains maypass from any one track to any other track.The mythical roundhouse is the place wherewe can move from the track of one person’sreality to another’s, passing through themyth that expresses them all.This roundhouse is the place where all themyths in the world come together, the com¬mon ground; this is the infinity where (toadd other corollary to Euclid’s theorem),all parallel variants meet. The roundhouseof myths is a place that we must reach inorder to get off our track and on to someoneelse’s track, but it is not a place to settledown into. Like New York, it is a place tovisit, not a place to live in. It is not a realplace to stand at ail; it has a status some¬what akin to Esperanto, the pseudo-lan¬guage that people once toped would undothe damage done by the Tower of Babel, bycreating a common language for all man¬kind. But nobody speaks Esperanto. Theroundhouse is the tome of the invisible ar¬chetype. the disembodied ghost of the livingmythSome people who study myths within theroundhouse would reduce all myths to a col-The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985—13LIBERAL EDUCATIONAims (cont.)oriess, reaucea, minimal universal form, acommon denominator so common that ithas no nobility left at all. A wonder meta¬phor for this reductionism appears in E. M.Forster’s A Passage to India, in the descrip¬tion of Mrs. Moore’s experience in thecave:Professor Godbole had never men¬tioned an echo; it never impressedhim, perhaps. There are some exqui¬site echoes in India; there is the whis¬per round the dome at Bijapur; thereare the long, solid sentences thatvoyage through the air at Mandu, andreturn unbroken to their creator. Theecho in a Marabar cave is not likethese, it is entirely devoid of distinc¬tion. Whatever is said, the same mo¬notonous noise replies, and quivers upand down the walls until it is absorbedinto the roof. “Bourn” is the sound asfar as the human alphabet can ex¬press it, or “bou-oum”, or “ou-boum”'— utterly dull. Hope, politeness, theblowing of a nose, the squeak of aboot, all produce “bourn” . . . And ifseveral people talk at once an over¬lapping howling noise begins, echoesgenerate echoes, and the cave isstuffed with a snake composed ofsmall snakes, which writhe indepen¬dently . . . Suddenly, at the edge ofMrs. Moore’s mind. Religion ap¬peared, poor little talkative Christian¬ity, and she knew that all its divinewords from “Let there be light” to “Itis finished” only amounted to“bourn”.In addition to the many profound things thatthis cave is about, the specific occasion thatleads to this passage is a violent confronta¬tion between two cultures; for Mrs. Moore,the cave is an answer to the sporadic, un¬sympathetic, and doomed attempts on thepart of the British to empathize with a cul¬ture as radically Other as it could be —India. It is significant that the Hindu, God-bole, is not bothered by the cave; and it isalso significant that, after the experience ofthe cave has violently disrupted Mrs.'Moore's sense of a possible harmony be¬tween India and England, it goes on to disrupt ner sense oi narmony even with herown religion, “poor little talkative Chris¬tianity.” Reduced to its extreme, the idealof empathy and harmony recoils and de¬stroys itself. Though Plato’s cave was thereverse of the Malabar cave (as thingsGreek are so often the reverse of things In¬dian) — the Platonic cave being the place offalse images of transient diversity, and theworld outside the cave being the world ofthe true, eternal archetypes —, his adviceremains valid for well-meaning mytholo-gists who enter the Malabar cave of univer¬sal myths: get out of the cave.But we cannot get out of the cave until wehave gone into it; we must pass through it,as in a ritual of rebirth, entering it throughthe doorway of our own myths to come outon the other side, the world of other peoples’myths. We cannot communicate from onemanifestation to another, but we may moveback through a manifestation to the arche¬type. and out again into another manifesta¬tion. We share the structures on one level,and on another we share the fragments oflife with which the structures are built. TheJungian assumption that we all have thesame kind of dragons in our psyche leads tothe hope that we can communicate, thatalienation isn’t the final human condition,since there is a vast common ground onwhich we can meet, not only rationally, butaesthetically, intuitively, emotionally.Making Myths and Finding MythsWe cannot construct myths or legislatethem to suit our momentary needs. Mythsmay be consciously created, but they be¬come true myths only when they are accept¬ed by people who believe that they expresssome already perceived truth about themeaning of life. Logically speaking, thismeans that there can be no beginning to the tradition of any myth. It means that we cannever see mythmakers in action. If we do,they are not making a myth, but a song, astory, a dance, or a dramatic production,perhaps a ritual. And though it is true thatmythmaking continues to go on in every cul¬ture, it is also true that we cannot recognizethe myths of our own culture as myths untillater on, just as we may be happy at somemoment in our lives but be too busy beinghappy to realize it; only later do we think,“How happy we were then.” Like a finebrandy or a true aristocrat, a myth needs tohave been a myth since time immemorial.The French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss has described this paradox astion between the circumstances of thecreation of a myth, which are collec¬tive, and the particular manner inwhich it is experienced by the individ¬ual. Myths are anonymous: from themoment they are seen as myths, andwhatever their real origins, they existonly as elements embodied in a tradi¬tion. When the myth is repeated, theindividual listeners are receiving amessage that, properly speaking, iscoming from nowhere; this is why itis credited with a supernatural ori¬gin.One is therefore in danger of commiting thebasic sin of hubris — pretending to be a god— if one sets out to create a myth.But one can, I think, adopt a myth; thoughperhaps it would be more accurate to saythat one can be adopted by a myth. One maystumble on a myth that expresses the lifethat one is already living, as the Rabbi fromCracow stumbled on his own myth in Pra¬gue. Though the myth does not tell us whatto do in such situations, it does at least en¬able us to recognize them. Myth has beendefined as a cosmic map of an unknowncountry, where each piece of the landscape is recognized as totally familiar when youget there, only it does not tell you how to getthere, or how to act when you do. In this,myths are quite different from paradigms!models of behavior that do tell you what todo. For a myth is never an answer to theproblems it allows us to state; it merelyhelps us to recognize those problems asmythic, and, therefore, by definition impos¬sible to solve. Yet such a myth might stillmake us experience our life in a differentway, going on doing the same things, butviewing them differently, travelling thesame road, but with a better map. And thereis no reason to suppose that we must findour own myths within our own cultures.Often we find ourselves trapped withinthe cybernetic cage of our own myths andlives. That is, myths influence lives: mythstold to children make them live in certainways, constraining them to act within invis¬ible but rigid conceptual ruts. But lives in¬fluence myths: human experience inspirespeople to create certain sorts of mythsrather than other sorts of myths. Enclosedwithin this chicken-and-egg situation, wemay break out with the help of other peo¬ples’ myths, which, coming from outsideour own closed system, may provide an ex¬ternal influence to move us off our owntreadmill. In this way, we may in fact beable to change both our myths and ourlives; or, if we cannot do this, we may atleast be able to give new myths to our chil¬dren. raising them in a better cage.Mythology has provided new maps notonly for humanists but for scientists. Whenthe chemist Kekule was searching for amodel to explain the strange behavior of thecarbon molecule, he dreamt of a snake bit¬ing its tail, an image that functions as asymbol of infinity or eternity in many non-Western religions; he woke up and realizedthat the carbon molecule was a circle. Newmyths move us onto new paths where wecan begin to think thoughts that not onlywere impossible to think within our old fa¬miliar world of ideas, but that we could noteven realize we had been unable to think inthat world.To help us to recognize these new paths asgood paths, and to give us the courage towalk on them even though they are strangepaths (and therefore frightening as well asfascinating) are two of the many aims of ed¬ucation. I wish you all joy on your new pathat the University of Chicago.a consequence of the irrational rela-“We cannot construct myths or legislate them to suit ourmomentary needs. Myths may be consciously created, butthey become true myths only when they are accepted bypeople who believe that they express some perceived truthabout the meaning of life. ’’Food for the body,food for the soul....TheAmerican Baptist Campus MinistryThe Rev. Susan B. W. Johnson, Campus Minister5600 S. Woodlawn Ave. 363-6063Dinner: 5:30 p.m.B’nai B’rith HiilelRabbi Daniei Leifer, DirectorMrs. Lisa Mendeison, Asst. Director5715 S. Woodlawn Ave. 752-1127Dinner: 5:00 p.m.Bishop Brent House (Episcopal)The Rev. Sam Portaro, Chaplain5540 S. Woodlawn Ave. 947- “ Latter Day Saints....Latter Day Saints Student Associationeve Gunnell, DirectorE. 61st St. 643-3542Dinner: 6:00 p.m.Dinner: 5:30 p.m.Calvert House (Roman Catholic)Fr. Edward Braxton, Director5735 S. University Ave. 288-2311Refreshments: 6:30Crossroads International Student CenterDenyse Snyers, Director5621 S. Blackstone Ave. 684-6060Dinner: Sat.. Sept, 28,6:00 p.m. / /Rockefeller Memorial ChapelThe Rev. Bernard O. Brown, Dean5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. 962-7000Luncheon: Sun., Oct. 6,12:30 p.Chapel Festival Day m. Lutheran Campus Ministry__ Rev. William Strehlow, Campus Pastor5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. 493-6451Dinner: 6:00 p.m.United Campus Christian Ministry(Presbyterian, United Church of Christ,Christian Church-Disciples of Christ,Church of the Brethren)The Rev. Liza Hendricks, Campus Minister5655 S. University Ave. 363-8142Dinner: 5:00 p.m.United Methodist FoundationThe Rev. William J. Kuntze, Campus Minister1448 E. 53rd St. 363-7080Dinner: 5:00 p.m.14--Tbe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985Making it outsidethe classroommindGENERAL TREATMENTFor physical ailments and pains, the Uni¬versity Health Service (UHS), located inL300 in the Medical Center, is available toall registered students from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30p.m., Monday through Friday. The UHSdoctors tend to most general problems andwill see patients on a walk-in basis if theproblem is urgent. Otherwise, it is alwaysbest to make appointments either in personor by calling the UHS appointment desk at962-6780.In most cases, a patient is first seen by aUHS nurse who takes all vital informationbefore sending the patient on to one of thedoctors. The doctor will then make an ex¬amination and may recommend a treat¬ment or refer the patient on to another doc¬tor or clinic for more specializedtreatment.Financially speaking, visits to the UHSare covered by the student health fee. paidwith the fall quarter tuition bill. So even stu¬dents who do not have the University insur¬ance policy can use UHS at no extracharge.The various specialized clinics, though,are not covered by the health fee. For thosestudents who do not have the University in¬surance. insurance coverage of some kind isstrongly recommended. Otherwise, a pay¬ment plan can be set up with Patient Bill¬ing.WOMANCAREThe UHS also staffs several family nursepractitioners for women, as part of the Wo-mancare clinic. Nurse practitioners areregistered nurses, trained especially in gyn¬ecology. They give pelvic examinations,take pap smears and treat venereal dis¬eases. They are much like gynecologists butdo not perform surgery. They may refer apatient to a physican if desired or whenthere is a serious problem.The nurse practitioners may also pre¬scribe birth control in conjunction with theCARE (Contraceptive and ReproductiveEducation) classes. Before visiting a nursepractitioner for birth control, a patient mustattend one of the CARE classes, which is avideo-tape program about contraceptivesfollowed by a question and answer period.Men are also welcome to attend, and no ap¬pointment is necessary, since the classesare held at a scheduled time each day.The Womancare clinic also provides preg¬nancy test services, Post-Coital Contracep¬tion (PCC) or the “Morning-after Pill”, sex¬uality discussion and counseling. PMS pains of body andinformation, evaluation and counseling, andmuch more. Appointments may be made atthe UHS appointment desk or urgent prob¬lems may be treated on a walk-in basis be¬tween 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the UHS clin¬ic.AFTER-HOURS TREATMENTOf course, medical problems can and dooften arise other than during UHS hours,and there are several services on campusset up for emergency treatment.For minor but urgent ailments, the medi¬cal center has a physician-on-call availableevery night (from 4:30 pm - 8:00 am) and onweekends. To contact the physician-on-call,call the medical center telepage at 962-6800and ask for the physician-on-call. The phvsi-cian-on-call, after listening to a descriptionof the problem, may recommend some self¬treatment or a referral, or occasionally,may ask the student to come to the hospitalemergency room for immediate treat¬ment.EMERGENCIESFor true emergencies, such as sudden ill¬nesses or injuries, the Mitchell Hospitalemergency room at 58th Street and DrexelAve. is open 24 hours a day.In cases where the injured person is mo¬bile, University Police (962-8181 or IBX #123) will transport students to the emer¬gency room, but only if the student can gethimself into the squad car with the mini¬mum of assistance. If the student is badlyinjured. University Police will call a fire de¬partment ambulance which will transportthe students to the emergency room. But inall cases of emergency, call the UniversityPolice first.COUNSELING/PSYCHIATRIC HELPThe emotional well-being of new and re¬turning students is often tested over thecourse of the school year. The Universityalso offers a variety of services and clinicsto help students cope with the many prob¬lems and the depression that can crop upwhen things get tough.The Student Mental Health Clinic(SMHC), located at 5743 Drexel Ave., isavailable year-round to all students from8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p m, Monday through Fri¬day. it is not located in the hospital, butrather, it occupies one of two twin buildingsUHS: for aches andBy Kim ShivelyFalling ill or getting depressed is not nor¬mally part of a student’s academic sched¬ule, but the worst things can happen.Fortunately, the University of Chicagooffers a variety of resources, clinics andtreatment facilities for dealing with mala¬dies of all sorts, from the common cold orhomesickness to broken bones or depres¬sion.HOTLINE 753-1777Another important campus support ser¬vice is the U of C Hotline. The Hotline, avail¬able from 7 pm to 7 am at 753-1777. is run bytrained volunteers and is set up mostly forstudents but also serves the Hyde Parkcommunity in general.Also operating according to a policy otstrict confidentiality, the Hotline staff' ‘The Chicago'ifaaroon— FridavSeptember 27.'l9&)—15on Drexel (the SMHC sign is visible fromthe street in order to prevent confusion).The SMHC is exclusively for students, andvisits there are prepaid as part of the stu¬dent health fee which is included in the tu¬ition bill.The SMHC is not just for students withserious emotional problems. The SMHCstaff can be very helpful with such commoncomplaints as mild depression, home¬sickness, difficulties in concentrating, anxi¬ety from pressure, or any other problemsthat so frequently arise among universitystudents.The SMHC staffs professional therapists,including psychiatrists, who can be seen ei¬ther on a walk-in basis, or. preferably, bymaking an appointment at the appointmentdesk. For the initial visit, a student mustcome in (first-time appointments cannot bemade over the phone) and fill out an appli¬cation describing the problem.At that point, a staff member may see thestudent, or as in most cases, arrangementsfor an appointment will be made accordingto the student’s schedule, which he shouldoutline in the application. Subsequent ap¬pointments can be arranged either with thetherapist or at the appointment desk Thereis never a waiting list.When necessary, the SMHC staff mayalso at some point refer the student to an¬other doctor, clinic or. rarely, to the hospi¬tal for continued treatment or psychothera¬py for more specific or serious problems.But on the most part, referrals are infre¬quent: only about one student in seven is re¬ferred away from SMHC.The SMHC serves foremost as a studentsupport facility and respects the privacy ofits clients. The clinic operates under a poli¬cy of strict confidentiality. All visits, includ¬ing the fact of a student’s visit, are keptcompletely confidential and will not be re¬leased to anyone without the student’s per¬mission. members are willing to listen to any prob¬lem. no matter how severe. They will act asnon-partial support, helping the caller workthrough his difficulties, or they may referhim on to SMHC. the hospital, the psychia-trist-on-call or other facilities for furtherprofessional help as deemed necessary.The Hotline acts as an information ser¬vice as well, and can answer questionsabout anything from what movies are pre¬sently playing at DOC or when the next stu¬dent AA group is meeting. The Hotline is avery popular service, receiving thousandsof calls each year.OTHER SOURCES OF HELPThough many students don’t realize it. thecampus ministers and clergy are willing tolisten to students and counsel them throughdifficult periods. Resident heads, residentmasters, your Dean of Students, and stu¬dent advisors are also available to listen toproblems and complaints and help studentscope with the difficulties of university lifeHopefully, most students will not have touse the University health services and sup¬port facilities. But the rigors of academiaand the strangeness of a new campus cancreate many problems and make adjust¬ment difficult. It's a good thing to know thatthere is always someone out there who canhelp.iOUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMKeeping safe in Hyde ParkBy Hilary TillAlthough it is true that the Hyde Park-Kenwood community has one of thelowest crime rates in the city of Chicago and that the University of Chicago (U ofC) Security Department is one of the largest police forces in the state, the U of Cis nonetheless right in the middle of a caution-inspiring urban environment. Bybeing cautious and aware that there is a danger that can affect you, your yearsat the University can be safe as well as challenging and mobile.Here are some common sense tips and information for your safety:• University Security patrols the area bounded by 47th Street on the north, 60thStreet on the south, Cottage Grove on the west, and Lake Shore Drive on theeast. DO NOT travel on foot beyond those boundaries — particularly not afterdark.• If you need help from University Security, dial 123 from any University IBXor Centrex phone, or call 962-8181.• For emergency help from the Chicago Police or Fire Departments, dial 911from any regular phone line.m%% • The University neighborhood is dotted with over 100 white phone boxes, whichare direct lines to University Security.• If you are in trouble, just taking a white phone off its hook will summon Secu¬rity in a hurry. But remember that just opening the door of the white phone boxis not enough.• If you see any suspicious activity, report it immediately. Don’t hesitate to acton a hunch.• The safest way to get around Hyde Park at night is to use the University’s freeminibus service, which leaves from Regenstein Library every twenty minutesbetween 6 pm and 1 am. Route maps are posted in the Reg lobby.• When you walk in Hyde Park at night, go in a group and use body language toproject an alert, confident air. Be aware of all activity around you at all times,and avoid anything that looks like trouble.• In the University’s “Whistlestop” campaign, students are advised to carry awhistle to alert police and others if a crime is occurring. Whistles are sold for $1at the Reynolds Club Box Office and the Student Activities Office in Ida NoyesHall.• Any U of C student who feels uncomfortable walking in Hyde Park-Kenwoodat night can get an escort from campus security in what is called “umbrellacoverage.” A University patrol car on umbrella coverage will meet a studentand follow the student to his/her destination. Just call Security.• If you use the Illinois Central (IC) train to get back from the Loop at night,you can call campus security before leaving the Loop, and a Security car will benear the IC station to provide you with umbrella coverage when you get off thetrain.• Beware of “vestibule crime.” When you approach your residence, have keysin hand and don’t let anyone in whom you don’t know. (Same for dorms). If yousee someone loitering in your vestibule, don’t go in alone.• If you feel like biking or running along the lakefront, be aware of hot spotssuch as the 47th St. bridge. Even when it is not dark, it is best to go withpartners.• DO NOT ride the Howard or Dan Ryan “El” trains unless absolutely neces¬sary. If you must, go in a group during the day and take the Dan Ryan line.• Watch the Maroon’s weekly “crime map” for area trends.Travel on well lit streets like 55th or 53rd when walking late at night. You can also • Don’t feel silly or paranoid for following security measures. The one time youcall University police for umbrella coverage and they will escort you home. let your guard down may cost you!WE WANT TO BE YOUR HOME CHURCHWHILE YOU CALL CHICAGO HOME!We are a contemporary and charismaticchurch that preaches the Bible.micENTRAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD816 W. 31st Street326-1818Brian Larson, Pastor Sunday Worship -10:30 a.m.Wednesday BibleStudy —7:00 p.m.ThursdayFellowship —7:00 p.m. MEET CHICAGO—A tour of Chicago on CTA buses (public transportation).—ALL FARES PAID!!!—Meet in front of Ida Noyes Hall, Saturday October 5at 1:00 PM.—Dinner afterward at Cornell Baptist Church,5001 South Ellis 7:00 PM—BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR NEW CITY!-Sponsored by the Baptist Student Union.-For more info call Pastor Susan Wrisht 363-4496 or268-4910815-758-431316—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985L — ■ - ■■ ■r.i - Wd i*dm9;qv: ./tfbiT'4 —cooiuM o&BOirT; ortT Phones are answered, 7.30 am to 11: ju am and 1:30 pm to 11:30 pmThe Black experience at the U of CBy. Rev. Don MatthewsThe black experience at the University ofChicago is a complex and interestingphenomenon. It involves the struggleagainst racism and the opportunity to exer¬cise one’s mind at a great institution ofhigher learning.Black students have adopted variousstrategies of survival which function asstyles of coping and expression. Thesestyles range from the sublime to theridiculous. The most ridiculous strategy isto pretend that one is not black. It may bepossible to survive quite well with thisstrategy while at the U of C, but restassured the larger society will soon correctany misconceptions after graduation. Evenbusiness and law school graduates willlearn that a U of C degree will open the doorbut access to the corporate ladder is stillguarded by the sentinel of racism.Many students come to the U of C havinghad little experience with the black com¬munity and are by and large ignorant oftheir history, and cultural legacy. Theyhave little appreciation of the tremendousprice paid by their forbears to ensure theaccess to higher education. The deeds ofJames Meredith, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King are distant memories or an¬cient history.The educational experience at the U of Chelps to reinforce this attitude due to ashameful absence of black history andblack culture courses. This also results inwhite students, administrators and facultyharboring misconceptions concerning theblack community and its role in our society.Another group of black students areafraid to adopt a public commitment to theblack community due to their fear ofretribution by the white community. Theyfear a white backlash which has reached anew intensity under the Reagan regime.Many students are afraid that they will beassigned the role of token black and theyfear that they will be discriminated againstby white students and faculty. They are tooaware of the history of black struggle toassimilate, but too fearful to participate inthe black student organizations.They are between the proverbial rock andhard place and never learn how to cope withthe vagaries of white racism and the drivingpower of black militancy. These studentscould learn from the many black studentswho have successfully negotiated theirblack identity with their academic andcareer goals. Many former members and officers ofOBS and other black student groups havegone on to prominent graduate schools andcareers with a firm grasp of how blacks carparticipate in the black struggle and thewhite world.Black Survival at the U of CSeveral things are important for blacksurvival at the U of C. The first thing is torealize that not everyone is against you. TheU of C tends toward individualism andatomism. It is therefore important todevelop support from within and without theU of C. There are several administratorsand counselors who are available and sen¬sitive to the needs of black students in analien environment. A newly developedhandbook, which is the product of campusministries and the administration, can tellyou the resources that are available withinthe U of C community.It is also important to develop contacts inthe black community. A tree without rootswill wither and die. There are opportunitieswithin Hyde Park to maintain a sense ofcultural identity by attending the Fridaynight jazz sessions at First UnitarianChurch on 57th and Woodlawn. The Blue Gargoyle needs students to tutor blackchildren or serve as big brothers andsisters.I direct a program at Chicago TheologicalSeminary with several black churches whoare developing support programs for blackchildren and young adults. After you’vefinished your mountains of reading andpaper writing, remember that life existsoutside of the U of C.You already are aware of the rigorousnature of the academic program. Alsorealize that others have come this waybefore and have lived to tell about it. It isimportant to identify who is and who is noton your side in your various departments.Some professors are racists, others may notbe interested in you or your area of interest.That’s their right.Your right is to obtain a quality educa¬tion. Let nothing prevent you from attainingyour dream. The Wiz taught us that alongwith a mind, we need a heart and courageand if we would only believe, we can leavethe University of Chicago with all threefaculties in hand.Don Matthews is a graduate student in thePhD program in Religion a noPsychological Studies.Work/study explainedThe Work/Study program providesfederally subsidized jobs for the most needystudents. The government pays half of thestudent’s salary while the employer paysthe other half which is a great incentive foremployers.In the Work/Study program, collegestudents can earn up to $1700 per year whilegraduate students can earn up to $3500.This year, about 1500 students havereceived letters saying they are eligible forthe program. That means that if thestudents pick up their forms and obtain aWork/Study job in time, they are assuredWork/Study funds. There are about 1000Work/Study jobs available.Students fill Work/Study positions rang¬ing from gym attendants, library aides ormail room assistants, to data entry clerks,researchers or editorial assistants. Hourlywages range accordingly from about $4.50to $6.50.If you are eligible for Work/Study andhave received a letter in the mail to that ef¬ fect go to the North Lounge of ReynoldsClub Tuesday through Friday,September 24-27 and Monday tnroughFriday September 30 - Octooci -« on the se¬cond floor of Reynolds Club. You can pickup an authorization form and receive advicefrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.You then have two weeks to review jobbinders to pick out specific Work/Study jobsto seek. The on-and-off campus jobs listed inthe binders are the only ones available toWork/Study participants.Once you land a Work/Study job, youmust then return the top white sheet of theauthorization form completed by you andyour supervisor to CAPS. At that point youwill be assured Work/Study funds for yourposition.If you don’t get a job in those two weeks,you must go back to CAPS to get a new formand an extension. The sooner you get thejob, though, the more likely you will be toget funding at that pomt. Finding a non work/study jobStudents who don’t qualify for workstudy jobs have a harder task ahead interms of finding a job, but it’s by no meansimpossible. Here are some tips to helpyou:• Career and Placement Services hasbooks of non-work study jobs that employ¬ers oil campus have listed with them. Thebooks (three-ring binders) are located inReynolds Club 200. The listings give yourelevant information such as what qualifi¬cations are needed, how many hours aweek the job is, and what the pay rate is.CAPS will then give up to two referrals at atime which tell you who to contact. Youthen approach the employer yourself.Check these books regularly because jobsare always being added and updated.• CAPS also has a listing of jobs that areon campus. Those listings give you aboutthe same information as the books.• Ask your friends whether there are openings where they work — manycampus employers use their employees tofind new ones.• Check bulletin boards around campusand Maroon classifieds — you never knowwhat will turn up.• If you need further help in finding ajob, make an appointment with AnnaleeLetchinger, student employment coordina¬tor of CAPS to discuss what you want to doand where you can find it.• Grad students often have good luckfinding jobs through their departments —most employers looking for grad studentswill check with the Dean’s office or profes¬sors to find out if there are any qualifiedstudents for their positions.• Finally, hold off on looking for a job, ifyou can. Joan McDonald, assistant direc¬tor of placement at CAPS notes that manyjobs open up again in November, De¬cember, and January.The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1*85—17OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMFinding your way if you're a foreign studentBy Pui Yan Kwok and Abby LiThis year, some 250 new foreign studentswill begin their course of study at the Uni¬versity. Many of these students come di¬rectly from their own countries and are inthe United States for the first time. Besidesthe heavy workload at school, foreign stu¬dents also have to face the difficult task ofadjusting to life in Chicago and in Ameri¬ca.In order to help new foreign students bet¬ter prepare themselves for the challengesahead, we asked Mary C. Martin, directorof International Student Services. Dr. PeterB. Johnston, the acting director of the Stu¬dent Mental Health Clinic, D. Gale Johnson,the Eliakim Hastings Moore DistinguishedService Professor in the Department ofEconomics, Nien-Chu Yang, professor inthe Department of Chemistry and Centerfor Far Eastern Studies. Sol H. Krasner,dean of students of the Division of PhysicalSciences, and several returning foreign stu¬dents for their advice to the new foreign stu¬dents.Their advice can be summarized as fol-ows:ACADEMICSBeing a first-rate University, U of C at¬tracts the best students from around theworld. The competition in class is intenseand many foreign students think that theyare failing and begin to doubt their own ca¬pabilities just because they are not at theop of the class after the first quarter. Thequarter system at the University adds to theproblem since the pace in class during thefirst few weeks is slow but work piles upquickly in the second half of the quarter. Be¬fore one knows it, finals are around thecorner and one is behind in class. ihat in many countries. American profes¬sors are open and easily approachable. Allthe people we interviewed advise foreign•students to regard the professors as friendsand talk to them often. They should consultthe professors as soon as they have any dif¬ficulties in class.LANGUAGEAlthough most foreign students have agood command of written English, manyhave trouble communicating in English,ooth in listening and in speaking. Krasner,Vang, and Johnson put improving one s En¬glish as the highest priority for a newforeign student. All those interviewed urgeforeign students to listen to the radio, pay¬ing particular attention to the news (al¬lhough newscasters usually speak relative¬ly fast, they always speak in good Englishand the newscasts are repeated many timesthroughout the day). They urge foreign stu¬dents to room with American studentswhenever possible and to avoid socializingonly with their own countrymen.Yang and the returning foreign studentsadvise the new foreign students to over¬come their reluctance and not be afraid orfeel embarrassed to talk to the Americanstudents and professors because mostAmericans will be patient in trying to un¬derstand them.An excellent way to meet other students isat departmental social activities. Johnsonsays, “it is a shame that most foreign stu¬dents do not go to weekly departmental so¬cial hours. Other graduate students aretheir best resources. They will find that ifthey put a little effort in it, they will get areal positive response.”There are English classes available oncampus for foreign students and spouseswho wish to improve their language skills atBe prepared for the severity of Chicago winters: get hats, gloves, scarves, warmshoes and warm clothes for when it’s cold.Martin points out that the failure rateamong foreign students is extremely lowand that almost all foreign students finishthe programs they come to the U of C forShe advises the foreign students to budge*their time wisely, get notes from classmates if they miss a class, and not be dis¬couraged after the first quarterJohnson says that some new foreign stu¬dents feel that they must take the hardestcourses and a heavy load in order to obtaintheir degrees faster. Although a few stu¬dents can handle this, most have great diffi¬culties simply because they need to adjustto the language and/or a new way of learn¬ing. “New foreign students should not beashamed to start out slowly, taking less de¬manding courses,” says Johnson “Wherethey start in course work does not affect thenumber of years it. will take them to finishthe program.”Yang and Dr. Johnston point out that thatrelationship between professors and stu¬dents in this country is very different from the Center of Continuing Education and theCrossroads International Student Center.INFORMATIONOne of the most frustrating things for aforeign student is not knowing the locationsof services they can use to solve simple day-to-day problems. Much effort has beengiven to preparing information booklets forthis very purpose. Foreign students areurged by Martin and Yang to read all thematerials they are given, especially thebooklet “Guide to Foreign Visitors” provid¬ed by the International Student Services.Other students, especially those from thesame country, are excellent sources of in¬formation.SOCIAL CUSTOMSMany foreign students feel uncomfortablein many social situations and are embar-u>r not saying or doing the uppio-18—The Chicago Maroon—Friday; September 27, HJ85 priate things on many occasions. Dr. John¬ston advises students to accept socialcustoms as a given and not to feel bad aboutthemselves if they are uncomfortable incertain social situations. Slowly but surely,they will learn how the social customs workin this country and be at ease in any situa¬tion.A common complaint foreign studentshave is that Americans are very friendly onthe surface but are very difficult to becomeclose friends with. In many foreign coun¬tries, people are not as open and friendly asAmericans are at first meetings; they re¬serve such friendliness for close friends.The friendliness of Americans is often mis¬taken by foreign students as a cue for acloser friendship and they feel disappointedwhen such a friendship fails to develop. ten and to help foreign students. The clinicis exclusively for U of C students and theservices are free to all registered students.WEATHERChicago weather is extremely variable. Itcan be 95°F one day and 65°F the next.Foreign students should listen to the radioeach morning to find out what the weatheris going to be like and dress appropriately.Winters in Chicago can be so cold that notdressing properly is dangerous to one’shealth. It is imperative to wear hats, gloves,scarfs, warm shoes, and warm clothes whenit is cold.Many returning foreign students say thatthey underestimated the severity of Chica¬go w inters and were caught unprepared de¬spite all the warnings they were given.HOMESICKNESSDr. Johnston points out that feeling de¬pressed in another country is a natural, ex¬pected human reaction for every foreignstudent. To combat homesickness, Dr.Johnston prescribes the following: seek outone’s countrymen to socialize with, eat cus¬tomary foods, listen to music from home,maintain religious ties, keep long-time hob¬bies, pursue athletics, and celebrate homeholidays.Foreign students are encouraged to callhome relatively early during their stay hereto find out of what emotional value a long¬distance phone-call is to them. If such a callgives them a boost, they should call homewhen they need encouragement and sup¬port.SPOUSESForeign student wives with little languageskills may become socially stranded sincethey do not have school or a job to draw'them out. They may become unduly depen¬dent on their spouses who are busy inschool. The Crossroads International Stu¬dent Center has excellent programs forforeign student spouses.HEALTH CAREForeign students and their dependentsare urged to make sure that they have ade¬quate medical insurance. Medical costs arevery expensive in this country; withoutmedical insurance, one hospitalization canwipe out a student’s savings. The Universityprovides comprehensive health care for allregistered students and their spouses underits medical insurance plans.One area of health care generally un¬derused by foreign students is the StudentMental Health Clinic. Dr. Johnston pointsout that in many countries, consulting a psy¬chiatrist carries with it a certain stigma;only “crazy” people are referred to psychi¬atrists and most such patients are hospi¬talized.In contrast, only 1 out of 2,500 patientswho consult with psychiatrists in thiscountry is hospitalized; the rest continuetheir work and their studies while they areseeking professional counseling. It is scaryto feel depressed away from family andfriends in a foreign country.Trained professionals at the Student Men¬tal Health Clinic are more than happy to lis¬ MONEYAmounts of money that can buy a lot ofthings back home may not be worth verymuch in this country. This is usually frus¬trating for many foreign students. Foreignstudents are advised to budget their moneyand set aside enough money to buy warmclothes for the winter.As a general rule, foreign students shouldplan not to work during the first academicyear. They should also realize that workingtakes time off school and is usually a strainon their school work.SPECIAL SERVICESIf you need to talk to someone, whether itis good news or bad, feel free to go to theInternational Student Services Office. If youfeel depressed and frustrated, you can callthe University Hotline, (753-1777, operating24 hours a day) or the Student MentalHealth Clinic (753-2332).If you want to meet other students fromyour own country, go to activities sponsoredby the International Student Organization,the Crossroads International StudentCenter (5621 S. Blackstone Ave., 684-6060),or the International House (1414 E. 59th St.,753-2270).Although the University community iseager to help, adjusting to the new life at theU of C is primarily the responsibility of theforeign student. Dr. Johnston made the fol¬lowing observation:“People who do the best in a foreigncountry are those who avoid the two ex¬tremes. Those who plunge headlong into thenew culture and lose their own identity don’tdo very well. Those who remain stiffly aloofand distant as though they were just touristspassing through don’t do very well either.The ones who do extremely well are thosewho get involved in the new culture but alsomaintain close ties to their own cultures.“They usually have brought with them alot of emotionally important things: from-home—photographs, taped music, memen¬tos, treasured possessions, hometown news¬papers, etc. They write more letters andtend to receive more letters. The contribu¬tion of familiarity to one’s sense of securitycannot be underestimated.”Pui-Yan Kwok, a foreign student fromHong Kong, is a 6th year MD/PhD studentand Abby Li is a 5th year PhD student in theDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiol¬ogy. They are two of the four foundingmembers of the International Student Orga¬nization.Meet with your professors often — in both formal and informal settingsIn the 1984-85 academic year, therewere 678 foreign students from 63 coun¬tries at the University (8.5% of the 8007students here). There were 50 foreignstudents in the college (1.7% of thetotal), 405 in the graduate divisionsH7.4%), 194 in the business school(17.2%), and 27 in the other professionalschools (5.8%). In the Divisions of Physi¬cal Sciences and Social Sciences, foreignstudents accounted for about 25% of thestudent body. Among the foreign stu¬dents. 101 were ethnic Chinese (33 fromChina, 31 from Taiwan, and 37 fromHong Kong), 135 'were from Europe, «u were from Japan, 79 from Korea, 72 fromLatin America, 61 from Canada, and 50from India. Other countries were repre¬sented by fewer than 15 students.*♦*In an emergency situation, what En¬glish a foreign student knows mayevaporate completely. If you are fluentin a foreign language and are willing toact as an interpreter on short notice insuch emergencies, please sign up bv call¬ing (53-2332.m OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMSpecial challenges for married studentsBy Susan Carol WeissIf you come to the University of Chicagoas a spouse of a student, especially a gradu¬ate student, you may find yourself ex¬periencing unique problems. Some willbegin right after your arrival, and otherswon’t surface until you have been here a fewyears.To begin with, you move to a communitythat is not necessarily of your choice. HydePark is both highly urban and somewhatisolated and may be very different fromwhat you have been used to. Housing maynot meet your expectations and may bemore expensive than you anticipated. Youmay feel trapped for shopping: the storesare small and high-priced, and most closeby 6 p.m. You can’t come and go as youplease, especially after dark.Then other problems may begin to sur¬face. Your spouse may study all of the time,or so it seems. You may socialize with peo¬ple in your spouse’s department and feel leftout and/or bored by constant “shop talk.’’You may feel generally lonely or aban¬doned. Your lifestyle may drasticallychange. Your spouse moves from an 8hour/day, 5 day/week job with a decent sal¬ary to a 24 hour/day, 7 day/week job withlittle or no pay. You may no longer spontan¬eously go out - paper, studying, and examsmay take precedence over all. You may nolonger share household chores. You mayhave a crummy job, way below your capa¬bilities.Children add another dimension to prob¬lems spouses may encounter. Often youmust work to support or help support thefamily. There is a lack of reasonably priceddaycare facilities on campus, and you oftenhave to resort to finding all-day baby sitterswho can and do quit without much notice.And then comes the stress due to uncer¬tainty: After all this, will my spouse get ajob? Will he/she even finish the degree?Where will we be living next year? W’hat ofthe debt we are in?The hardest thing to deal with is the feel¬ing that your life is “on hold” while yourspouse works on THE degree. Please takeheart in knowing that you are not alone, andthe situation is not hopeless. The spousesthat seem to be the happiest are the oneswho make it a point to do things for them¬selves — to establish their own identity andto make their life bearable and productive for themselves while their spouse is inschool.The University is a very interesting placeto be. Once you recognize the problems in¬herent in the situation of being a spouse of astudent, you can begin to do something tomake your stay worthwhile, too.A useful resource for spouses is the Stu¬dent Spouse Group. This group was formedto combat the peculiar situation of being aspouse of a student. It helps to make lifebearable and productive for you while your spouse is in school. You can meet otherspouses of students, share in evening andweekend activities, get to know people withinterests similar to yours, find an alterna¬tive to sitting home alone while your spousestudies, and meet other spouses who alsohave children. The group meets regularly.It gives you a place to make new friends,talk, share information and experiences in acasual, unstructured setting. There aremonthly, informal get-togethers, as well asother planned activities — such as day trips around the Chicago area, book and craftgroups, apple picking, pumpkin carving,and other seasonal activities - to pick andchoose from throughout the year.. (The firstget-together this year is Thursday, October10 at 7 p.m. in Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59thSt.) For more information about this group- or anything related to being the spouse ofa student - please call Peggy Peach(947-8854), Jacque Spencer (493-5623), Geor-gi Mayer (493-9653), or Susan Carol Weiss(962-9567 or 753-3517).Studios, 1, 2, & 3 BedroomApartments AvailableSome Nice Lake ViewsGood LocationHeat IncludedParking AvailableCALLHERBERT REALTY684-23335 % Student Discounts9:00 A M.-4:30 P M.Monday thru Friday9:00 A.M.-2 P.M.SaturdayGOING SOMEWHEREEurope or the executivesuite? You’il want aphotograph of yourselfby DONNER of Chicago.See samples: 241-7896.DONNERof Chicago& (312) 241-7896Attention: Sports ClubsBudgets must be submitted byMonday, October 21 st.Sports Clubs budget meeting will beheld in Bartlett gym (Trophy Room) onOctober 23rd at 7:30 p.m.Sports Clubs manuals and further informationmay be obtained in the Intramural andRecreational Sports Office (Bartlett 140).Far East Kitcftcn(Corner of 53rd and Hyde Park Blvd.) 955-2200The Chicago Maroon—Friday. September 27, 1985—19VHYDE PARR—Shopping Center—Lake Park between 54th and 55th Streets.City GirlCohn and SternDoralee, Ltd.Fanny May • Fritz on 55th• Hyde Park Co-op• Park Lane Hosiery Shoe CorralSusan GaleWalgreensWoolworths At yourservice:• Flair Cleanin g• Hemingway's • Hyde ParkAssociatesin Medicine• Hyde Park Bank • Hyde ParkCurrency ExchangeDr. M. R. Maslov, O.D.Optical Servicese Discover timely fall savings right here in the heart ofHyde Park... suits, dresses, shoes, gifts, sundries, jeans,sweaters, pastries, shirts, coats, slacks, sandwiches arejust a few of the fall things waiting for you.Friendly people and free parking make neighborhoodshopping convenient and hassle free.Something timely’s always happening at the Hyde ParkShopping Center where Fall Value is ticking away.Don’t miss it!npTT|7HYDE PARK—Shopping Center—Lake Park between 54th and 55th Streets.20—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMWhere to shop for food and basics in Hyde ParkShopping Basics in Hyde ParkHyde Park has too many stores selling toomany goods for the Maroon to cover all ofthem. This guide, instead, focuses on themost basic needs of most students.While Hyde Park has four shopping areas,its streets boast many stores as well. Themajor shopping plazas are Kimbark Plaza(53rd and Woodlawn), Hyde Park ShoppingPlaza (55th and Lake Park), Village Plaza(51st and Lake Park) and Harper Court(53rd and Harper).Weigh proximity to home as much as costwhen deciding where to shop: try carrying$30 worth of groceries 6 blocks!FOODThe three major food stores in Hyde Parkare Mr. G’s in Kimbark Plaza, the HydePark Co-Op in Hyde Park Shopping Plaza,and Village Foods in Village Plaza.Mr. G’s (A) - Mr. G’s has relatively lowprices and a wide selection of food, especial¬ly meat and ‘gourmet items’. Their producevaries from very high quality to old and un¬appealing. They offer a check cashing cardfor $1 which you can use to pay for your gro¬ceries. They also have a window where youcan cash checks without purchasing any¬thing.The Hyde Park Co-Op (B) - The best thingabout the Co-Op is its convenience. It’s lo¬cated on 55th and is clpse to many neighbor¬hoods. However, it is more expensive thanMr. G’s and even Village Foods on manyitems. Membership there is $5 annually.Village Foods (C) - Village Foods is open24 hours a day which is good since mostother stores close at 8 pm. Take a friendwhen going there at night - the neighbor¬hood isn’t as good.Campus Foods (D) - This 57th street storeis just a hop, skip and a jump from campusbut you sacrifice price and selection byshopping here. It stocks the basics.Harper Foods (E) - Similar to CampusFoods, but with more of everything includ¬ing one of the better produce selections inHyde Park.East Park Foods (F) - This store has agood stock - especially if you live east of theIC tracks on 55th and don’t feel like walkingto the Co-Op. The prices are higher. Cub Foods (79th and Cicero, Burbank, IL)out by Midway Airport beats all the localstores on prices by a THIRD to a HALF.They have the largest selection of produceof the best quality and price in the area.They are a warehouse store that has Tem¬porary Price Reductions (TPR’s) which arethe best deals around. Go there to stock upon essentials.LIQUORCheck the advertisements in the newspa¬pers for sales and specials at Hyde Parkstores if you want to save some money.Foremost Liquors (G) offers a large selec¬tion at reasonable prices and often has lotsof beer (warm only) at discount prices. TheChalet (H) has a good selection as well andoffers many cheeses and other gourmetitems. Kimbark Liquors (I) in the KimbarkShopping Plaza is closest to campus, butbeware that they now won’t let anyoneunder 21 into the store. Lincoln Liquors (J)and Cornell Liquors (K) offer smaller selec¬tions.BICYCLESIf you need to repair your bike, visit Art’sCycle and Hobby Shop (L). Remember toget a Kryptonite lock for your bike and fas¬ten your bike securely when leaving it.HARDWAREAnderson’s Ace Hardware (M) is the onlystore providing this type of merchandise,now that Berman’s is out of business. Thisstore has everything from cleaning andkitchen supplies to key duplicating.MEDICINEThe University Bookstore and Wool-worths have many over-the-counter drugs,but Walgreens (N), Archer Drug (O) andHyde Park Drugs (P) fill prescriptions andoffer a wide variety of non-prescriptiondrugs.Each of these stores, along with the foodstores, sell cosmetic and toiletry supplies aswell.If your precription is from a doctor forUniversity Hospitals, go to the BillingsPharmacy, where you can receive a studentdiscount.WELCOME ... COME JOIN USAT THEHYDE PARK CO-OP SOCIETYSUPERMARKETLocated conveniently in theHyde Park Shopping Centerat 55th St. & Lake Park.Free Parking ... Security Patrolled★ FRESH PRODUCE★ BULK FOODS★ BAKERY & CAFE★ FOODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD★ FRESH FLOWERS & PLANTS★ FRESH FISH★ QUALITY MEATS★ WINE & LIQUORSOPEN TO MEMBER & NON-MEMBERSCHECK CASHING AVAILABLEHYDE PARK BANK MONEY NETWORK ATM'SPOSTAL SUB STATIONHYDE PARK CREDIT UNIONONE STOP SHOPPING.OPEN DAILY 8AM-8:55PM, SUN. 8AM-655PM POST OFFICESTh closest post office to campus is in the58th Street Plaza (Q), behind the bookstore.There’s also a post office in the Hyde ParkCo-Op (R).PRINTINGThe Social Science Building and ClassicsBuilding have small copy centers and the Uof C Copy Center and Copy Center II are lo¬cated in the basement of the Mott buildingand behind the bookstore respectively. TheU of C Copy Center and Regenstein also sellcopycards that allow you to access themany copy machines around campus. Off campus, Copyworks (S) and Kinko’s(T) both produce bulk copies at low priceson regular stock and in astrobright colors.PHOTOGRAPHYAlthough Walgreen’s will process yourfilm and the U of C Bookstore sells brandname cameras and accessories, the mostcomplete local photography store is ModelCamera (U) which sells equipment, acces¬sories, video cassettes and processes filmas well.Able Camera (V) is also well stocked andmay be more convenient for people on 53rdStreet.HYDE PARK ipCOMPUTERS INC. 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Iwas entering a competitive program at amajor university, yet I still held fond memo¬ries of the activities that had been my life incollege. The environment on this campusoutwardly appears scholarly, and to a largedegree it is; however, one of the best keptsecrets is that there are activitieshere...yes, even for graduate students.Frankly, when I initially sought out myfirst campus group, I expected to feel out ofplace, because grad student lore has it thatone does not participate in activities. It iscommonly held that activities are devicescreated by the administration to occupy thetime that undergraduates spend betweenstudying for tests. I think even the adminis¬tration realized how vapid most of these ac¬tivities were; so they devised Kuviasung-nerk for the undergrads here whichsucceeds each year to reach new heights ofennui.This provides a rather bleak picture ofcampus life for graduate students lookingfor a little diversity. Another truism ofgraduate thought is that grad students aremore mature, experienced, creative and ifnot, more motivated by pure scholarship;therefore, they are either capable of devis¬ing their own entertainment or they are so consumed by their work that they cannot bedistracted.Now that I have been here for a fewquarters, I realize that the braintrust thatdispenses the wisdom of graduate behaviorsimply ignores the empirical facts ofcampus life. Grad students participate inorganized campus activities at an alarmingrate. The more I look into groups oncampus, the more concerned I become atthis finding, because if graduate studentsare this active in extra-curricular activi¬ties, who is doing the research at this insti¬tution to further the destruction of the wallof ignorance that stands between mankindand truth...the faculty?In nearly every phase of activity, gradu¬ate involvement is present. Intramuralsports, the realm of the former college var¬sity atnlete, are well endowed with gradu¬ate students. There are rumors of under-grads attempting to enter the graduateleague because the level of competition issomewhat higher.Several student groups are especiallynoted for their graduate participation: theBlack Graduate Forum, the EthnographicFilm Group, CAUSE, the UC SquareDancers, and the Salisbury Geography Cir¬cle are among the most popular for gradstudents.Other groups have a more specified focusthat relates directly to a particular interestor ethnic background: the Polish AmericanStudent Union, the Organization of BlackStudents, the Anti-Apartheid Student Alli¬ance, the various religious or service orga¬nizations on campus, the Chess Team,MARRS and the Debating Society provide opportunities for those students from allareas of the university to interact withothers having similar concerns or beliefs.There are also organizations on campuswhose focus is more related to the profes¬sional goals of their student members: theLinguistics Circle, the student chapters ofprofessional organizations within thevarious Schools (Law, Medicine. Business.Divinity, and Library;, and grad studentseminar or journal club groups.Finally, there are those groups on campusof a representative nature which by consti¬tution require graduate involvement. Theybasically have one common theme: the Stu¬dent Activities Fee. This is a S10 per quartertax levied upon every student...even gradu¬ate students. It is used for a myriad of pur¬poses and is divided among three classes offunding groups.The Major Activities Board, charged withbringing headline performers and speakersto campus, gets a portion of the fee fromeach student and has recently shown that itcan bring entertainment to campus withgraduate appeal.A common complaint heard to echothrough the walls of the graduate schoolswas that grads never receive a fair share oftheir fee in return. In partial response tothis, the Fee was doubled last springquarter. Now, one-fourth of the fee collectedfrom each student reverts back to the areain which the student is registered. This hasforced the organization of representativestudent funding bodies in each of the indi¬vidual graduate Schools and Divisions forthe redistribution of Student Activity Feemoney collected within their areas. A pleas¬ ant corollary to the availability of funds isthe development of groups and activitieswithin the graduate areas to spend them.Graduate students are now beset with thetask of devising new' and imaginative waysto spend their collective fee each quarter.Finally, the lion’s share of the Student Ac¬tivities Fee goes to the University-widefunding body: the Student Government. TheFinance Committee of SG is responsible forthe support of most of the aforementionedgroups and activities. Over the past severalyears, graduate students have played a keyrole in the make-up of this committee, andthereby had a major influence on campuslife. This year the chair of the committee isan undergraduate, but she is committed tofairness in fee distribution, so the opportuni¬ty for graduate groups to benefit from theFee is secure.The graduate academic programs hereare quite demanding, but the life of themind is not the only patient to save. Extra¬curricular activities can provide the gradu¬ate student with an opportunity to savoronce again the lost glory of college days or afoundation on which to build new profession¬al ties.I used to think of my participation incampus activities as being a bit uniqueHowever, now I am just one in the crowd.Bill McDade is a graduate student in theM.D.-Ph.D. Medical Scientist program inthe Biological Sciences division. He hasbeen active in a variety of campus groupsand is currently Treasurer of Student Gov¬ernment.Dressing for success at the U of C - two men's viewBy David Feigeand Michael GormanFashion (fash’ in) n. 1. The way in whichsomething is formed. 2. a valuable tool; anexploitable resource; the critical compo¬nent of social elevation. 3. a social phenome¬non; a means to every personal end. 4. Pri¬mitive, Full length tweed coat and closelycropped hair.Fashion is greater than the sum of yourclothing. Fashion is deeper than cosmeticbeauty. Fashion IS a consciousness.“Fashion on the Quads” is a serializedcommentary on the art of personal/socialpresentation in the context of the Universityof Chicago.By way of of introduction, the authors,David and Michael, have devised a concep¬tual framework for a systematic method ofpersonal clothing selection. It will not be ourintent to suggest specific fashions butrather to relate them to a theoreticalscheme that can be used with adaptationand interpretation by the reader.The process is elegantly simple. Based onfour progressive steps, it is most com¬monly referred to by its four letters ana¬gram, A.P.A.E. (a’ pa). Here is how itworks.I. Assess. Assess your personal fashionstrengths and weaknesses. As a first step itis absolutely necessary to examine yourselfnaked in front of a full length mirror. Infashion, your body is the foundation uponwhich your personal fashion statement(PFS) is built. The assessment is difficult,we know, but important nonetheless. Mi¬chael and David agree a checklist is thesurest route.Secondly, basic conclusions must bedrawn regarding styles you can and cannotwear. To quote Auntie Thelma, “If you’reover 200, gals, keep the skirts below theknees,” Finally, the assessment should in¬clude taking all pertinent measurements,expressing them in metric, and only thenconverting them to the appropriate size. II. Predict. Predict the tone of the func¬tion you are dressing for and imagine whatothers will be wearing. Remember fashionis a contextual science; there are no a priorido’s and don’ts. Always bear in mind, how¬ever, that you are not constrained to wearwhat the others are wearing. For example,our favorite fashion coup: A senior memberof the faculty, mistaking a luncheon withthe trustees for a Kuviasungnerk Bar-B-Q,arrived attired exclusively in rabbit fur,and got away with it! Knowing ahead oftime what others are sporting gives you theedge to be bold, confident and au fram-bois.III. Assemble. Assemble your outfit anddo not forget the accessories. We find it eas¬ier to first simply drape the clothing, still onthe hanger, over ourselves to get the gener¬al effect. When you find a few basic ense¬mbles it is best to try them on and do somemock socializing with your roommate orfriends. To determine if the outfit is reallyappropriate pretend you are at the particu¬lar function and see how the clothes “feel.”Can you say what you want given what youare wearing? Now for the final touches. Atthis stage you select your bracelets, ear¬rings, necklaces (Gentlemen. David andMichael have determined that you too canenjoy these fashion acc.' <?ories) socks, hairornaments etc... beware, too many sensa¬tional outfits have failed to make great en¬sembles because of poorly coordinated ac¬cessories.IV.Execute. Execute your fashion state¬ment. Let your charming witticisms blendwith your blouse Issue forth from thatAdam Smith tie startling statements of ma¬croeconomic theory. Let every crease andcuff acclaim your confidence. Show that youare as cerebral as your bright red pumps.It is called APAE and ..With APAE,you’re on your way,to personal f»«hion,“Basic conclusions must be drawn regarding styles you can and cannot wear.” DestineeThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985—23Ti/etcome10% DISCOUNTON BRIAR PIPES,^PIPE TOBACCO BLENDS;With this couponOffer Expires 10/15/85PIPE & TOBACCO SHOP1552 East 53rd St. 288-2343 ft®^g ©ft @©ft@(r§j :20% OFFON ANY ONE TOY!Iwith coupon !Offer expires 10/10/85 \ 7H*GFINER FOODS53rdKIMBARK PLAZA&2911 VERNON5206 S. 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Giordano’s is the only one of the four Hyde Park pizzerias that doesnot deliver, but their pizza is well worth the hike.Edwardo’S 1321 E. 57 St. 241-7960One of Edwardo’s best features is the lunchtime special: a cheese, sausage or spinachmini stuffed pizza within 10 minutes for about $3. Edwardo’s produces a tasty version ofthe regular-sized stuffed pizza (though the tomato sauce is just a tad sour). This, as withGiordano’s, takes about an hour to cook. They also serve a few pasta dishes, my favoritebeing the cheese ravioli with bechamel (a white cheese sauce). Edwardo’s delivers,though the pizza does not always arrive “piping hot.’’Medici on 57th 1450 E. 57th St. 667-7394If you’re in the mood for pan pizza, try the Medici on 57th. Besides good pizza, the Medicialso serves large, delicious burgers with a variety of toppings. You can either dine in thecozy atmosphere of the restaurant or have your food delivered (and it’s much quickerthan Edwardo’s or Giordano's)Nicky’s Pizza & Chinese Food Kimbark Plaza, 53rd St.Though Nicky’s offers an unlikely combination of cuisines, both the pizza and the Chin¬ese food are rather good. Nicky’s serves only flat pizza (not stuffed or pan). Those of youfrom the east should please refrain from calling such stuff “New York style" pizza — it’sserved all over the country, even in Chicago. Nicky’s version is a little greasy, but quitetastyFAST FOODMe Donald’s 1344 E. 53rd St.You deserve a break (especially from dorm food>.Wendy’s 53rd & HarperA recent and most welcome addition to Hyde Park, Wendy’s is often crowded and usual¬ly not too swift. However, their delicious burgers and thick Frosties more than compen¬sate for this.Kentucky Fried Chicken 51st & Lake ParkIn Hyde Park, the Colonel is almost completely eclipsed by the King (see Harold’s), butKFC is nevertheless a reliable source of good fried chicken.Sammy’s Touch 57th & Cottage GroveSammy’s serves an impressive array of good fast food, ranging from gyros to corn dogsto burgers. Only a short walk from campus, Sammy’s offers refreshing lunchtime refugefrom Morrymania.CHICKEN AND RIBSHarold’s Chicken Shack 53rd & KenwoodHarold’s chicken is a greatly revered institution in these parts. You have to try it at leastonce in order to graduate: more than likely, you’ll go back to it again and again. Harold’sserves the biggest, juiciest meatiest pieces of chicken around.If you like spicy food, have your chicken drowned in Louisiana hot sauce; if not, it tastesgreat with just salt and pepper. French fries come with the chicken, and you can requestall white or all dark meat if you like. Be prepared to wait there about 20 minutes, asHarold’s is often quite busy. Ribs & Bibs 53rd & DorchesterExcellent ribs for those who would rather not go all the way to Leon’s. Chicken is alsoserved here, but then, Harold’s is only a block away.ON CAMPUS (or close enough)Cox Lounge Basement of Rosenwald Hall (the B-school)The B-school serves generous, high-quality sandwiches without assaulting you as you gothrough the line. They also have good pastries — cinnamon rolls, big cookies and kolacky(a sort of cookie with preserves). The prices here are not exactly cheap, but this is onlyappropriate for a B-school hangout. If you can find a seat, you can watch TV there with therest of the lunchtime crowd.The Blue Gargoyle University & 57thA great lunchtime place for vegetarian food at reasonable prices. The menu varies. Ifyou’re into bean sprouts, the Blue Gargoyle is for you.Ex Libris A Level Regenstein LibraryWithin the bowels of the massive Regenstein is a little coffee shop designed to keep littleReg-rats from starvation as they struggle through their work. Ex Libris sells sandwiches,bagels, pastries, cookies, fruit, cheeses, coffee and juices. There are also a few tempera¬mental coke and candy machines down there. During finals week, this place really moves.You won’t find a seat, but you’re almost sure to see someone you know.Cobb Hall Coffeeshop Basement of Cobb HallA convenient place to grab a bagel or doughnut and coffee on the way to class. Last year,there were also people serving Indian food there at lunchtime; hopefully, this will contin¬ue.Morry’s Hutchinson Commons, Reynolds Clubalso in the U of C BookstoreThe Hutch Commons Morry’s serves a variety of sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs,chicken, steaks, macaroni & cheese, something fashioned after Chinese food, and super¬jumbo everything at flourescently low prices. Actually, the prices have gone up sinceeveryone started eating there, but if you go there between lunch and dinner, it’s cheaper.Morry’s is also open for breakfast with the famed Egg McMorry. Morry’s is undoubtedlyconvenient, and fast (to the point of being frantic), but the food could be better. Right next=*= =x= =«= =K= =*===*=THE LUTHERAN CHURCHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOWELCOMES YOUAugustana Lutheran Church • Lutheran Campus Center5500 South Woodlawn Avenue493-6452W.R. Strehlow & N. Leroy Nordquist, PastorsSermon and Eucharist -8:30 and 10:45 a.m. SundaysSunday School and Adult Education -9:30 a.m.Sunday Dinner - 6:00 p.m.Weekly Eucharist - 5:30 p.m. TuesdaysCampus Ministry Programs -Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday$Saint Gregory of Nyssa Lutheran ChurchThorndike Hilton Chapel, Chicago Theological Seminary57th and UniversityBoyd Faust and David Meier, PastorsSermon and Eucharist -10:00 a.m. Sundaysa* fa26—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985JUST HAVIN' FUNHyde Park - an eaters guideto Hutch is the C-Shop, also part of the Morry chain, which offers a great variety of icecream and pastries.The Morry’s in the bookstore does not have quite as many different selections, stickingmostly to sandwiches and the like. Ditto for the one on 55th & Cornell.Hospital CafeteriaSomewhere in the hospital is a cafeteria serving standard cafeteria food, though I couldnot begin to tell you how to get there. You’ll understand why if you ever try to find yourway around the hospital. But if you have some time and you’re feeling adventurous, go forit.Swift Coffee Shop Basement, Swift HallSandwiches, bagels, pastries, candy, coffee, milk, etc.Weiss Coffee Shop Mezzanine, HarperMore bagels, doughnuts, coffee, etc. etc etc.Ida’s Cafe 1st floor, Ida Noyes HallRun by the Medici folks, Ida’s is a nice, clean little cafe serving a variety of good food:tacos, chili, fettucini alfredo, hamburgers and more. Haagen Dazs ice cream is availablefor dessert.See also Edwardo’s (under Pizza) and Sammy’s Touch (under Fast Food) for a good,quick lunch close to campus.GREEK FOODThe Agora 57th & KenwoodWith a loyal following of the University community, the Agora always seems to haveplenty of customers. They serve great gyros, cheeseburgers, milkshakes, and other Greekand American diner-type food at reasonable prices. If the University would give him alonger lease, the owner claims he could make the restaurant even better.Salonica 57th & BlackstoneAnother worthwhile Greek-American diner, Salonica also has its group of loyal custom¬ers. It’s smaller and further from campus than the Agora, but the food is consistently good(except for the chocolate shake).<»MEXICANEl Lugar (Dining Room) 55th, just east of the IC tracksDefinitely the best of the Morry chain, the El Lugar dining room has the largest varietyof good Mexican food in Hyde Park — burritos, tacos, enchildadas and more. The straw¬berry margaritas are fantastic. No screaming Thai waiters — just good food in a quiet at¬mosphere.CHINESE AND THAIHouse of Eng Del Prado, 53rd & Hyde Park Blvd.Located on top of the Del Prado hotel, the House of Eng offers a great view of Chicago,especially from the patio. The Chinese food is a little too Americanized, and often lacksflavor, though the egg rolls are good and the shrimp with lobster sauce is excellent. Theprices are rather high for Chinese food — about $12 per person for a full mealLung Wah 53rd & KenwoodGood Chinese food at fair prices. Carry-out only.Far East Kitchen ' 53rd & Hyde Park Blvd.Slightly Americanized Chinese food; the quality is inconsistent. The egg rolls are almostall cabbage. If you eat here, stick with something simple, like fried rice.Thai 55 1607 E. 55th St.Thai 55 is a great place for both Thai and Chinese food, so those with adventurous tastescan try the spicy, exotic Thai food, while others can find old favorites in the Chinese list¬Th-C Bcttcr iMdGCdwdRD-WmmriG Ph-otogmph-yfdMIlY • WGDDIHG • PORTMIT • PHOTO RgSTOMTIONPublic Rei/mons • Corpomtc PhotographyPhoto I.D. • Passport PhotoMWtSSIOMlmOTMUWUBj wISSOCIWM I 1r iNT»9 643-62621344 €ast 55th Strcctby appointment omv ings. The shu mai (shrimp dumplings) and oyster sauce dishes are Highly recommended.Carry out or dine there.Tipsuda 1649 E. 55th St.Mostly Thai food, with a few Chinese dishes, Tipsuda is known for generous helpings ofgood food. Carry out or dine there. Prices are reasonable.Thai Twin 53rd St., just east of the IC tracksYet another Thai and Chinese restuarant. They’re all good — take your pick. This onehas both carry-out and a dining section.Nicky’s Pizza & Chinese Food Kimbark Plaza, 53rd St.(also listed under Pizza)Because there are different cooks for the pizza and Chinese food, both are pretty good.The Chinese food is mild, but flavorful. Take out or eat there.MISCELLANEOUSMallory’s 1525 E. 53rd St.Adequate food at very high prices. The general consensus is that you might as well godowntown if you have lots of money to blow on dinner.Medici On Harper Harper CourtThis Medici serves Mexican entrees, Medici burgers, seafood specials and other dishesin an attractive setting. As at the other Medici restaurants, the food is delicious, but pricesare a little higher here. Besides dinner, this is also a good place to stop for nachos anddrinks.Mellow Yellow 1508 E. 53rdMellow Yellow is a good place for a light lunch in a bright, pleasant atmosphere Theyserve sandwiches, salads, award-winning chili, and a variety of crepes. The dessertcrepes are especially delicious. While the food is tasty, the portions are rather small.Orly’s 1660 E. 55th St.With everything from sandwiches to steaks and seafood. Orly’s offers good food in apleasant atmosphere. Desserts are excellent. Prices are moderately expensive.Piccolo Mondo 1642 E. 56th St.This is a wonderful little Italian deli where you can either buy the fixings for just aboutany Italian dinner, or have a light meal right there. They serve sandwiches, salads andhome-made lasagna.Ten-Tsuna Harper CourtTen-Tsuna is Hyde Park’s new and only Japanese restaurant, serving both seafood andJapanese steak. The food is delicious; prices are rather expensive.T.J.’s 5500 S. Shore Dr.When your rich relatives come to visit you, have them take you to T. J. ’s for good, expen¬sive (about $35 per person) continental cuisine. To be honest. I have never been there, as Ihave no rich relatives, but all reports agree that it’s great.University Gardens 1373 E. 53rdUniversity Gardens serves Middle Eastern food. Dishes are delicately flavored withexotic seasonings — a delicious change of pace. Pastries are excellentValois 1518 E. 53rd St.Valois serves generous amounts of hearty, home-style food at low prices. “See yourfood’’ is their motto, since food is served cafeteria-style.A LITTLE FURTHER OUTIf you can’t live without Whoppers or sliders, you can find a Burger King on Stony Island& 68th or a White Castle at 79th & Stony Island. Leon’s, THE place for ribs around here, isalso located at 79th & Stony Island. However, this is not the friendliest part of town, to putit mildly, so go to these places only with a bunch of people.J WE CAN HELP YOUCUT RED TAPEThe Ombudsman handies problemsthat arise out of student life — housing, grading,food service, athletic facilities, the library, Univer¬sity hospitals and clinics — anything that comes upwhere ordinary channels of complaint or actionseem blocked.The Ombudsman, a student ap¬pointed by the President, is in a unique position tounderstand and solve problems and complaintsthat would other wise fall through the cracks, ifthe system has you flummoxed, frustrated oroutraged, maybe we can help.Drop in; no appointment isnecessary, we are open Mondaythrough Saturday. An after-hoursslot is also available, or call us at962-8422.Strict confidentiality is maintained.Reynolds club 204 962-8422The Student ombudsman——The Chicago, M^roop-Fri^ , Sep.Ujipber 27, 1985-^7JUST HAVIN' FUNStudent Activities: there's somethingEntertainmentDOC FilmsFestival of the Arts (FOTA)International House Film SocietyKangaroo ClubLaw School FilmsMajor Activities Board (MAB)PraxisTheaterAvante GarfieldBlackfriarsConcrete GothicOther Theater GroupAvante GarfieldUniversity Theater Improv Group•■■■■::Service OrganizationsCircle KUniversity Student Federal Credit UnionSTEP TutoringStudent Schools CommitteeStudent Volunteer Bureau Can’t find the sort of student organizationyou want to join? Then start one yourself!Here’s how:♦Think about what sort of organizationyou want: what its activities and goals willbe.♦Go to the Student Activities Office(SAO), room 210 in Ida Noyes Hall, and askfor the forms needed to start a RecognizedStudent Organization. Read the attached in¬formation carefully.♦The forms will require you to get 10 otherregistered students to sign up as“members” of your organization. This isn’thard to do. Getting signatures doesn’t meananyone has to commit themselves to the or-ganization-it’s just an expression of sup¬port.♦You will also need to get a “faculty advi¬sor.” This can be a regular faculty member,a dean, an advisor, or someone else in a po¬sition of responsibility in the University.♦Return the completed forms to SAO. Ifyou’ve done everything right, approval ofyour group’s status as a Recognized StudentOrganization should be pro forma.As a Recognized Student Organization,your group can use Ida Noyes Hall andother University property for meetings, andcan apply to the Student Government Fi¬nance Committee (SGFC) for funding ofyour activities.♦Before you do anything else, however,make an appointment in SAO to see IreneConley, the Director of Student Activities.Irene is very willing to meet with students,and can give you good advice on organizingyour group, publicizing your activities, ap¬plying for SGFC funding, and other impor¬tant matters. She and her staff are there togive you support in running your studentgroup. Reviewhicag§,terpoiniThe ChUThe CapStudents iWomen’sotip sociationjsociationArwnalVWBridge ClubChess ClubCollege BowlDebateExplorersFantasy GamersIkebanaJuggling ClubKundalini YogaMedieval and Renaissance Re-creation SocietyPhilosophy ClubPocket PoeticsPhilosophy ClubRyerson Astronomical SocietyScience Fiction ClubStudent GovernmentTai Kwon Do ClubTai Chi ClubWHPK88.5FMHEBREW • YIDDISH • ARABICJEWISH HISTORY • MYSTICISMETHICS • BIBLEDegree and Non-DegreeDay and Evening ClassesFALL CLASSES BEGINSEPT. 23-OCT. 15LATE REGISTRATIONSACCEPTEDFor complete schedule:SPERTUS COLLEGE OF JL DAICA618 S. 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J- JUST HAVIN' FUNfor everyone from sports to arts■->3 5-Foreign Students and EthnicArmenian Students AssociationAsian Students OrganizationBlack Graduate ForumBlack Students Association of SSAChinese Cultural ClubChinese Student AssociationFolklore SocietyGerman ClubHispanic Cultural SocietyInternational Student OrganizationJapanese Cultural SocietyKorean Undergrad of the University of Chicago (KUUC)Les Beaux ParleursU of C Lithuanian ClubMiddle East Center Student AssociationOrganization of Black StudentsPolish American Student Association (PASU)Students For IsraelTaiwanese Students AssociationDanceBreakdanceDance ClubU of C FolkdancersAcademic'Chicago Linguistics CircleChicago Linguistics SocietyEthnographic Film CirclePhysical Science Student FellowsSalisbury Geography ClubUndergraduate Math Club MusicCarillon Society and GuildChange Ringing SocietyU of C Jazz BandSymphonic Wind EnsembleTensor TimpaniSupport OrganizationsCommuting Students AssociationGay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA)HotlineInternational Student OrganizationStudent SpousesWomen’s Union-X*RepresentativeStudent GovernmentInter House Council/HARCBusiness Students AssociationCollege Students AssociationCommuting Students AssociationDivinity Students AssociationHumanities Division Graduate CouncilLaw Students AssociationLibrary Students AssociationMedical Student CouncilPhysical Science Division StudentAssociationPub PolitburoSSA Students AssociationSocial Science Division StudentFinance Committee ReligiousAsian Christian FellowshipBaptist Student UnionChristian Science OrganizationIntervarsity Christian FellowshipLatter Day Saints Student OrganizationSocial ActivitiesAlpha Delta Sister OrganizationDelta SigmaInterfraternity CouncilPoliticalAmnesty InternationalAction Committee for a free South AfricaThe Anti-Apartheid Student AllianceCAUSECollege DemocratsCollege RepublicansCommon SenseDemocratic Socialists of AmericaDivinity Students for Responsible ActionInterrational Socialist OrganizationLibertariansModel UNPalestinian Human Rights CampaignPro Life AssociationStudents Against Nuclear WarStudents for Nuclear DisarmamentEDWARDO’S“"NATURAL PIZZAR E S T A U R A N T “Superstars of Stuffed Pizza”— Chicago Sun-TimesELiYERFast, Courteous Service for Lunch, Dinner,and Late-Night Hours.For Delivery, Pick-Up or to eat in ourDining Room, Call Ahead.241-7960Orders Taken Until 30 Minutes Before Closing TimeSun.-Thurs. 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 A.M. • Fri.-Sat. 11:00 A.M. to 1:30 A.MAlso Featuring Fresh Salads, Pasta, and Light SandwichesEdwardo’s in Hyde Park is conveniently located at1321E. 57th StreetThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985—29JJUST HAVIN' FUNWHPK offers a music alternativeAs life returns to campus once again,WHPK-FM, the student radio station at theUniversity of Chicago, prepares for its firstschool year at 100 watts and new frequencyof 88.5 megahertz. The power upgrade,which occurred on Memorial Day, was theculmination of five years of effort. Approxi¬mately 800,000 people on the South Side ofChicago, in the south and west suburbs, andadjacent areas of Indiana now have accessto some of the most innovative and diverseprogramming on the dial.Eric Zorn, of the Chicago Tribune(7/11/85), calls WHPK “one of those de¬lightful, free-form stations that features aniconoclastic mix of jazz, rock, classical,rhythm and blues, reggae, folk.” The sta¬tion also features blues, rap music, andforms that transcend these classifications.WHPK’s music is distinctly alternative.Because of the station’s non-commercialstatus, it can play music seldom heard else¬where. On a rock show, for example, onemight hear British funk. German experi-mentalism, or American hardcore, but top-forty has no place on WHPK. The jazzranges from traditional, to free-jazz, to me¬ticulously-planned theme shows combiningexperimental varieties, recordings, andnarration.In addition to the music on WHPK, you’llhear play-by-play coverage of Maroonsports as well as informative and education¬al programs appealing to many interests. The newest such program is to be pro¬duced by the Organization of Black Stu¬dents, and will pay particular attention toAfrica affairs. Another program new to theears of many students is “Womens’Voices,” produced by members of the Uni¬versity Womens Union. The show, whichmade its debut this summer, presentswomens’ news, music, and prose.Returning to the WHPK public affairs lin¬eup are the “French Language Program,”prepared in conjunction with the Universityof Chicago Department of Romance Lan¬guages, and “Music in Hyde Park,” whichfocuses on the activities of the Music De¬partment. “South Side Forum,” featuringpanel interviews with Chicago politicians,now enters its third season, and will contin¬ue to provide comprehensive coverage ofhappenings in the political arena, fromSouth Side aldermanic elections, to themayoral race commencing later this year.“The Poetry and Fiction Reading Show”is unique to Chicago radio. The programairs works read by the authors. Submissionsof original material are welcome, andshould be addressed to:WHPK-FMAttn: Program Director5706 S. University Ave.Chicago, IL 60637Representatives from WHPK will be onhand at Ida Noyes Hall during Student Ac¬tivities Night to field questions. "Sell everything you hoveond give to the poor...Then come, follow me."— Jesus the ChristWhen Jesus calls us, he demands all that we have--and allthat we are. Cornell Baptist Church is a group of people whoseek to hear him and to answer his call.Perhaps you, too, have heard him calling-either with a boldchallenge, like that above, or with words of needed comfort.However he calls you, he is inviting you to come to know Godas your own Father.We also invite you to explore Jesus’ call. Join us for dinner,discussion, and prayer onSaturday Oct. 5, 7:00 PMCornell Baptist Church5001 South Ellis Ave.TO GET A RIDE, meet us in front of IDA NOYES HALLat 6:45 PM.We also meet forSunday School Sundays 9:40 AMWorship Sundays 11:00 AMPrayer Wednesdays 7:30 PMFor more information about our Lord or our church, please callPastor Susan Wright, 363-4496 or 268-4910.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO STUDENT GOVERNMENT .," y•• ’• •• •"-V:. .V -7 •: . .}■■I offers . •:•••• ’■ • ■' ... •:7• 1. ; vAN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED '• ;;; "•••‘■■ ;.JOIN US •COME TO OUR FIRST MEETINGONt' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 at 7 PM ': 1■30—The Chicago Mar STEWART HALL Room 105oon—t nday, September 27, 1985 *The NeighborhoodHyde Park today - on the way upBy Rosemary Blinn and Chris HillThe Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood,while proudly distinct from the Universityof Chicago, has a lot in common with theUniversity — right down to an inferioritycomplex.The U of C constantly has to convince it¬self and others that it is of Ivy League cali¬ber, while the neighborhood looks enviouslyto the bustling North Side, knowing thatthere are many Chicagoans who do notstray south of the Chicago River bridge andwho still think Hyde Park is the slum it wasapproaching in the 1950’s.But don’t underestimate the neighbor¬hood. As a student you can easily limit your¬self to your apartment and several points oncampus, but do make the effort to occasion¬ally venture north of 57th Street. You will politics are a curious mixture of generallyprogressive leanings with an emphatic localconservatism.Heated political disputes in the area oftencenter on seemingly mundane property-usequestions such as zoning, since land isscarce and very little is not already in use.That which is available is w atched very clo¬sely by the community, which fought thebattle against neighborhood “blight” onceand gets very nervous at even the sugges¬tion of something like a new liquor licensebeing granted in the area. And HydeParkers do not hesitate to turn out in largenumbers at meetings to make their feelingsknown. Meanwhile, on other less localissues, the local biases turn decidedly andindependently liberal — though equalyvocal. ington, who lives right around the cornerfrom the Shoreland in the Hampton House,has also been known to put in an appear¬ance.While T.J.’s may be the only Hyde Parkrestaurant now attracting North Side pa¬tronage (no pun intended), other local res¬taurants are hardly begging for business.Local society watchers will note that Mal¬lory’s attracts the Court Theater crowdwhile Jimmy’s is the status watering holefor University AND neighborhood types. Si¬milarly, Butler’s is a “neighborhood-’ jazzbar while Orly’s is an upper middle classrestaurant/bar best known for its desserts.More recently, Hyde Park as a whole hasexperienced a commercial revitalization —most dramatically symbolized by the reo¬pening of the Hyde Park Theater in HarperCourt and the arrival of Wendy’s and Do¬mino’s fast food franchises. These and simi¬lar positive developments are due to dedi¬cated community leaders such as Frannie Grossman of the Hyde Park-Kenwood De¬velopment Corporation, as well as the Uni¬versity’s “Community Affairs’’ czar Jon¬athan Kleinbard. Relations between the twocamps do not always seem friendly, but fre¬quent common interests generally lead tofruitful r^ults.Indeed, University and community areapparently now united in an effort to bringmore sophisticated and attractive (read:“North Side Yuppyish”) enterprises intoHyde Park in order to attract people fromother parts of the city. The possible down¬side of this effort is exemplified in the Agorastandoff, where the University may evict apopular community restaurant of longstanding in favor of a flashier tenant.Overall, though, you may count yourselffortunate to be at the U of C at a time whenboth the University and its surroundingcommunity are on the rise. You owe it toyourself to take the time to understand andexperience both.find street after street of interesting resi¬dential areas with everything from genuinemansions (mainly in Kenwood between 48thStreet and Hyde Park Blvd) to tenements,as well as many unusual small shops alongeast 55th street and 53rd street. A stroll onthe Point (east of 55th Street on the lake)can be truly breathtaking.Hyde Park is an “integrated” neighbor¬hood with nearly half the population madeup by blacks and whites each. There arealso distinctly different “university” and“neighborhood” types of all races. And alllive side by side in the expanse from 47th to60th street — no small feat in an era whenracial tensions nationwide have by nomeans disappeared.Indeed, because of the experiences thatresulted in that integration, Hyde Park’s As we noted above, both the Universityand the neighborhood have image problemswhich to some degree reflect reality. The Uof C, while made of sturdier stuff than manyof the schools whose reputations it envies, isindeed not as “flashy” as a Harvard or aStanford.Similarly Hyde Park, left somewhatsterile by three decades of urban renewal,doesn’t have all the attractive little shopsand bars that you’ll find on the North Side,though places like Mallory’s and T.J.’s arepicking up.But again, don’t conclude that nothinggoes on here in Hyde Park. Chicago politi¬cians found T.J.’s long ago and on a randomnight you might see Aldermen Eddie Yr-dolyak, Tim Evans, or other city “moversand shakers” there. Mayor Harold Wash-The Chicago Maroonwill have a meeting for anyone interested in writingnews, sports or features; editing; photography; layoutor graphics.PLEASE COME • IDA NOYES 303 • TUES., OCT. 2,8 PMThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985 - 31THE NEIGHBORHOODThe University of Chicago andBy Curtis BlackA few basic features stand out about lifein Hyde Park. First of all, it’s commonlyperceived as boring. People go to otherparts of the city for excitement. Second ofall, it’s an expensive place to live. Rents arehigh, and they keep getting higher.If you’re the kind of person who likes toassign blame — let me rephrase that. If youseek an understanding of the root causes ofproblems which confront you, you might beinterested to find that the reasons for both ofthese features of life in this neighborhood liein the policies of the University of Chicagotoward the community in which it is locat¬ed.URBAN RENEWAL ANDTHE U OF CYou would think that with a great institu¬tion like the University of Chicago in itsmidst. Hyde Park would be an interestingand exciting place to live.Hyde Park is indeed full of tV.scinatingpeople doing interesting things. Fut it turnsout that the neighborhood is not very excit¬ing at all.The University’s urban renewal program,dating from the ’50s. transformed HydePark into a place where the streets are al¬most dead and where there is almost noth¬ing to do.Look at 55th Street. There use to be 35bars between Lake Park and Cottage Groveon 55th The street was one of the mainplaces ;n the city to hear music — making itone of the major centers of music in the na¬tion. Any given night you cou.d hear per¬formers like Charlie Parker Miles Davis.Muddy Waters. Sonny Stitt iu a saxophoneduel with Gene Ammons, Coleman Haw¬kins, Lester Young, Cl fford Brown andMax Roach, and on and on. "It was boom-town.” recalls Saul T.tnnenbaum, who ranthe Beehive, one of the city’s greatest jazzclubs, at 55th and Harper before it was re¬placed by the University Apartments.“Every night there was action. It was won¬derful entertainment.”All that started to change in 1952, whenthe University established the South EastChicago Commission SECC) to fight crimeand urban "alight.” Under the direction of Julian Levi, in thefinest tradition of Chicago power brokers,the SECC had state and federal legislationpassed, and used strong-arm tactics andclout, in order to tear down vast stretches ofbuildings. The effort to stem "blight” —especially the conversion of apartmentsinto smaller units — gave way by 1958 to aplan for total community renewal.The city planning theory behind urbanrenewal was a disaster. That theory reject¬ed the way cities had developed, with an in¬tricate and close-grained diversity of useswhich focuses on street and sidewalk activi¬ty. Instead, the planners argued, differentfunctions should be separate from eachother, with commerce segregated fromhousing. In particular, the street is abad environment for human beings. Crowd¬ed, bustling streets full of people and activi¬ty are bad. People are out on the street be¬cause they have no better place to be.The several blocks on 55th Street west ofLake Park demonstrate this: rows of town-houses — squat, square pillboxes with no room in front for loitering — replacing vi¬brant blocks of storefronts. The town-houses, as well as the University Park Con¬dominiums, face inward — the townhousestoward small fenced-in plots of grass andprivate parking, the Condominiums towarda private park. The four-lane roadway is de¬signed for the convenience of automobiles,at the peril of pedestrians.Four shopping centers were built as theUniversity tore down the community’s busi¬ness strip. Over 600 small businesses weredislocated by urban renewal —• and lessthan 100 of them remained in business inHyde Park.The kind of street that attracts people, fullof little shops whose distinct functions drawpeople along the sidewalk — the kind ofstreet which makes city life what it is — wascondemned and destroyed.EMPTYING THE STREETSThere are things happening in Hyde Park.Butler’s Restaurant regularly features live jazz, with no cover (after a court battle inwhich the SECC sought to ban the music).There is occasional live jazz at the Cove,and the Unitarian Church is reviving its Fri¬day-night jazz shows tonite, Sept. 27, withVon Freeman. An improvisational comedygroup holds forth in Jimmy’s each Thurs¬day.But such offerings take place so far apartin time and space — the happenings are soisolated — that no continuum of excitementor sense of activity is created. The boredomwhich people perceive becomes a force it¬self, and people stop looking for things todo.Ironically, what began thirty years ago asa crusade against crime has emptied thestreets of the people who are the best deter¬rent against crime. The minibuses whichwhiz students home from the library everynight demonstrate in the extreme what isthe general case in Hyde Park: the few peo¬ple out there are hurrying to get from oneplace to another (unless they’re walkingtheir dogs). The network of people whichmakes a city street safe has been broken.Long-time Hyde Parker Reid Michenermentioned seeing “a big bus (coming)around the corner full of students” in a 1981Haymarket interview. "And right behind itis another bus.. .Now these people used to allbe in the street. Not only in the daytime, buttwelve, one, two, three o’clock in the morn¬ing — action. People walking around, talk¬ing, throwing the bull, sleeping with this andthat."Now you start putting all those kids onbuses, start closing all the bars and late-night places...you’re bound to lose the life,the activity.”The destruction of 55th Street was just thefirst stage of a series of projects in whichhundreds of buildings were torn down. Be¬tween 1953 and 1970, the University demo¬lished roughly one-third of all rental units inHyde Park. Today the rental vacancy ratein Hyde Park is below l percent — far belowwhat the federal government designates asa housing crisis.Anyone looking for an apartment knowshow hard it is to find one. Anyone renting anapartment knows how high rents are. Andthey keep going up — between ten and thirtypercent a year. These are aspects of thecrisis-proportion rental shortage which is aieethoven Franck deLeeuw Saint-Saens Sarasate RavelFRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, AT 8:00 P.MMANDEL HALL - '' ■HHH?The University of ChicagoDepartment of MusicpresentsTHEO OLOF, violinConcertmaster of the AmsterdamConcertgebouw OrchestraCAROL HONIGBERG, piano“a brilliant painist”A BENEFIT CONCERT FORTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S1986 EUROPEAN TOUR MODEL EL-230University of Chicago BookstoreOffice Machine Department970 E. 58th Street2nd Floor962-340032—The cnicago Maroon—Friday, Septemoei z/, ivoaTHE NEIGHBORHOODurban renewal: a dubious legacydirect result or urban renewal. It is the in¬tended effect of an effort to “upgrade” theneighborhood by making it more expen¬sive.“CONSERVATION”There are two points here. One is thaturban renewal tore down many buildingswhich didn’t need to be torn down, at a timewhen (like today) there was a growing needfor housing.One 35-year resident of Hyde Park re¬members that around 1969 a number ofhouses near 60th and Dorchester “were stillin relatively good shape. The Universityowned the property. People were still livingthere but they wanted the people out andthey wanted to level everything. Well, peo¬ple were fighting to keep those places, butthe University said, ‘No evict them off.’ Justlike you’d see in The Grapes of Wrath,where they just plowed everything down onthe farms because the banks took over.That’s just the way they went in there. Theyused big plows and plowed them down. Peo¬ple tried to stand in the way, but they gotthem out of the way, and if they had thingsinside the plow went right over it.”Repeatedly during urban renewal, the de¬molition of good buildings was protested.The Archdiocese of Chicago spoke outagainst it, and during the “reconstruction”of southwest Hyde Park, in which the 14.5acre site from Cottage Grove to Ellis be¬tween 55th and 56th was razed, the directorof the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Con¬ference inspected eight buildings listed as“dilapidated” by the University plannersand found them “in excellent condition.”In fact, the University’s plans for thecommunity could proceed only after legisla¬tion providing for the clearance of existingslums was expanded to include potentialslums. A University-funded study called forthe use of eminent domain to “eliminatestandard (that is, up-to-code) as well as sub¬standard structures in those cases wheretheir location or condition was inimical to alocal conservation plan.”“Conservation” refers to saving neigh¬borhoods which are threatened by “blight.”It does not refer to the conservation of hous¬ing. To this day the University and theSECC show a strong bias toward demoli¬ tion. Repeatedly in recent years, when con¬scientious and responsible individuals orgroups have sought to rehab housing, espe¬cially for moderate-income families, theSECC has called for demolition.Beyond that, the University has also beentearing down student housing. In 1983-84 ittore down three apartment buildings in thestudent housing system — despite increas¬ing enrollment — prompting parallels toslum landlords who milk buddings for theirrent while refusing to keep them up (In real¬ity the buildings were sound and could havebeen saved.) These demolitions put furtherpressure on the upward spiral of housingcosts in the neighborhood.In 1977 a Student Government task forcecited a University report which concludedthat “the construction of new apartmentsby the University offers the most flexible,and in many ways the most desirable, solu¬tion to current student needs.” Thetask force pointed out that the Universityowns at least 17 vacant lots in Hyde Park. And it has raised large sums — $4 million in1956 alone — for demolition and property ac-quistion. (A portion of the fundraising drivein the late ’70s was budgeted for housing,but that was apparently used to rehabilitatethe Shoreland.)Citing “the scarcity of rental apart¬ments,” the task force concluded “There ispresently a clear need for new rental hous¬ing in the Hyde Park-Kenwood area. Suchconstruction will not be undertaken by pri¬vate investors, as it is not considered suffi¬ciently profitable. Profitable or not, it is aneed of the community, and will undoubted¬ly require pressure on the institutions re¬sponsible to that community.“FIGHTING BLIGHT”The second and crucial point, is that“fighting blight” was not what urban ren¬ewal was about. In Making the Second Ghet¬to, Professor Arnold R. Hirsch of the Uni¬versity of New Orleans examinesUniversity of Chicago archives to show thatthe issue of “blight” was strictly for publicconsumption. Behind closed doors it wasclear that “despite generalized referencesto ‘slums,’ (urban renewal \ was primarily aresponse to racial succession,” which Uni¬versity officials termed the “black inva¬sion.” Hirsch cites numerous internal docu¬ments as evidence that “the pace of changein Woodlawn. Kenwood and Hyde Park wasmeasured not by the number of buildingsfalling into disrepair but those passing intoblack ownership.”Indeed, the demolition of Rousing duringurban renewal was directed at black andworking-class residents. Of the five censustracts which lost 30 or more percent of theirhousing, four were 30 or more percentblack, and all were 45 or more percentwage-earners. By the time the dust fromurban renewal had settled. Hyde Park’sblack population had dropped by 39 per¬cent.No doubt something was needed to stem“white flight,” and Hyde Park did survive'as an integrated community—quite anachievement for the time. But even recog¬nizing the success of the Hyde Park “ex¬periment,” it is important to rememberthat it came at the cost of massive displace¬ment of blacks and working-class whites,and the destruction of a major proportion ofthe neighborhood’s housing. That massivedisplacement—and not integration—wasthe planners’ purpose. As Monsignor JohnEgan noted, urban renewal was “not a planto build something,” but rather “to tearsomething down.” The sharply restrictedhousing market was intended to create anupper-middle class enclave, which was afail-back position for the University’s ef¬forts to keep Hyde Park white.Urban renewal was the culmination of ageneration-long struggle,” Hirsch arguespersuasively. In 1933 the University reor¬ganized local property owners associationswhich, with substantial subsidies from theUniversity, enforced “restrictive cove¬nants,” legal agreements by realtors whichbarred blacks from living in the neighbor¬hood. The University provided space for theheadquarters of the Federation of Neigh¬borhood Associations, formed to oppose ef¬forts by minority groups to outlaw restric¬tive covenants.HUTCHINS’ QUANDARYRobert Maynard Hutchins, the liberalchancellor of the University from 1929 to1952, admitted to being “perplexed” by thesituation. A champion of non-descrimina-tion in admissions policy, Hutchins alsobacked the restrictive covenants. On the di¬ vergence of the University’s admissionsand real estate policies, Hutchins wrote,somewhat helplessly, “I think they are dif¬ferent. But don’t ask me why.”But at another moment, again addressingthe racial issue, Hutchins wrote, “A univer¬sity is supposed to lead, not to follow....Theordinary excuse for social intolerance isthat social tolerance would threaten the eco¬nomic security of the tolerator. This excuseis not available to a university. A universityis supposed to do what is right, and damnthe consequences.”After restrictive covenants were struckdown by the Supreme Court in 1948 (thesame year the clearance of the near southlakefront for the Lake Meadows develop¬ment sparked an influx of blacks into HydePark), “Hutchins’ inability to reconcile theuniversity’s needs and its obligation to do‘what is right’ led only to inaction,” Hirschwrites. His successors had no suchqualms.And, of course, they had no choice. Theexperience in Chicago up to that timeshowed only that when blacks moved in,whites moved out. And as a white institution(with—last year—less than 3 percent blackstudents and less than 1 percent black facul¬ty), the University wrould have been hard-pressed to recruit students and maintain“investor confidence” were it located in themiddle of a black ghetto.But Hutchin’s quandary is still instruc¬tive. How can a major institution act re¬sponsibly in a racist society, in which blackunemployment is double that of w’hites. edu¬cational opportunities for black children arecriminally inadequate, and black politicalrepresentation is far below par—with thesmall gains of recent years being rolledback—and many whites are afraid whenblacks move next door? However much thatsystem is challenged in some of itsclassrooms, the University as an institutionfunctions within it, and in so doing supportsit and is part of it.But even within that system there arechoices. Within that context, urban renewalwas clearly an overreaction. Today, theUniversity could take a more direct ap¬proach to balancing the racial compositionof its student body and faculty, instead ofopposing federal affirmative action guide¬lines. And instead of tearing down studenthousing, it could build some.Despite the planners’ designs. Hyde Parkis still in Chicago. Despite the intense pres¬sures for gentrification, the neighborhoodretains a strong diversity. And though ittakes some effort to hook up with things thatare going on, it certainly is worth it, forthere is a lot going on. Life in Hyde Park canbe pretty bleak, but it doesn’t have to be.Much of what is good about the neighbor¬hood. let me add, is due to the presence ofthe University.And much of what is good is in spite ofit.Revised from an article which appeared inthe Sept. 24, 1982 Grey City Journal Materi¬al from Hay market interviews by Ken Wis-soker and Philip Grew (November. 1980).Mark Halperin and Philip Grew De¬cember, 1980), and Ken Wissoker and An¬drew Patner (October, 1981). See ArnoldHirsch. Making the Second Ghetto: Raceand Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960, Cam¬bridge University Press. 1983. and “Whyyou can't find an apartment in Hyde Park. ”reprinted from the April and May. 1977, RedGargoyle by the Student Government Hous¬ing Service.Curtis Black is the editor of Haymarket, alocal progressive journal, and a former stu¬dent in the College.Students: GO KAYPRO!Complete WordProcessingSystems FromKayproWrite everything, from a bootreport to a master's thesis, with ago-getter from Kaypro s line ofquality computersKaypro's complete line ofcomputer systems start as iowas $995 Askfprademonstration today(OIIOMliOHInnovators of Electronic Products for Over 32 terrPOMERLEAU COMPUTING SYSTEMS1743Vi E. 55th • 667-2075SEE US AT OUR NEW LOCATIONThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27 1985—33ik*i .u*mi-.«.qiKS <bbn’1 nooial/ <»$iujin.* 4*nt‘-~».THE NEIGHBORHOODPassing the bar examSo you don’t belong to the Quad Club?Well, then, you’ll just have to choose amongthe following bars if you wish to grab adrink, or two, or ten in Hyde Park (but donot limit yourself to the handful of bars leftaround here, for Chicago is crowded withbars with all manner of offerings and preju¬dices. Somewhere in Chicago you will becomfortable taking in your portion.)Ciral’s House of TikiA bar without a tap is not a home, merelya house. The Tiki has no frosted mugs andno cut-plastic pitchers. Here the good tasteof beer comes only in bottles and cans. Theassortment of liquors available here is suit¬ed to the taste of the regular customers,generally older neighborhood people, and isrespectable, though not so appetizing. TheTiki’s main virtue is that it is open ‘till 4 am,when all other Hyde Park bars have beensleeping for a few hours. “Closing the Tiki’’is a fitting end to a night of carousal aroundHyde Park. If you get so hungry that youcan’t stand it, then order the chicken wingsand not one thing else. And. as always, bekind to the waitresses.The FalconWhen the Eagle, like those monuments toold Chicago - Mayor Daley, big ice cubes,and hand dried glasses - passed on. the Fal¬con came along to try to carry on. Today,the Eagle’s heart, its worn wooden fixtures,have been transplanted into the Falcon'sbody. I suspect that the Falcon is havingtrouble with their distributors, as more andmore of their once-electric taps now gushonly Old Style. The Falcon is big on promo¬tions with big bargain nights on Sunday.Monday, and Wednesday, which last fromearly evening until closing. The Falcon cancomfortably accomodate large or smallgroups, and is very receptive to lone Uni¬versity students who wander in and sit atthe bar. where they can escape, for a shortwhile, the University types. Jimmy’sAmong bars. Jimmy’s represents theHyde Park culture better than any others.Occasionally an admistration figure orprestigious professor stops by. But Jimmy’sis an excellent place to run into a particularinstructor or lecturer accidently, or to dropoff late homework to a T.A. They all will besitting about, trying to apply their book-knowledge of beer to the product in hand,while exchanging gossip about some aca¬demic mogul. The cliquishness of the pa¬trons. both the university and the neighbor¬hood people, overshadows the remarkableselection of over 33 bottled beers in this, thelast survivor of the once-proud 39 bars thatcovered 55th street from Cottage Grove toLake Park.The PubThis is officially a drinking society, butdon’t wait for your reputation to merit youan invitation. Membership requires no testof knowledge or capacity for alcohol. Any¬one over 21 years of age who is willing topay the meager membership fee can join.Imported and domestic draught and bottledbeer, as well as wine, are the hardest sub¬stances to be had there. The exclusivelyUniversity crowd doesn’t seem to mind thisat all. Excellent fresh munchies are readilyavailable. Don’t worry if you bare a littletoo much of y^ir soul here during a momentof indiscretio* First, probably no one waslistening. Second, the plastic and formicainterior wipes clean; it cannot hold yourrevelation in its pores as a source of perpet¬ual uneasiness for you whenever you return.Despite its darkness and dampness and itsnostalgic photos, the Pub remains short onatmosphere.«The CoveThe Cove derives its popularity frombeing right around the corner from theShoreland on 55th Street. It’s dark, smoke-filled. and somewhat dingy. Put the pastin yourfuture!LIVE IN AN HISTORIC LANDMARKThoroughly renovated apartments offer the convenience ofcontemporary living space combined with ail the best elementsof vintage design. Park and lakefront provide a natural settingfor affordable elegance with dramatic views.—All new kitchens and appliances —Community room—Wall to wall carpeting —Resident manager—Air conditioning —Round-the-clock security—Optional indoor or outdoor —Laundry facilities onparking each floor—Piccolo Mondo European gourmet food shop and cafeStudios, One, Two and Three Bedroom ApartmentsOne Bedroom from $545 - Two Bedroom from $755Rent includes heat, cooking gas, and master TV antennacall for information and _ appointment—-643-140bCffirndenmeflouse1642 East 56th Street^In Hyde Park, across the park fromThe Museum of Science and ItidustnEqual M< Hiding >nuniry Manaxtxl b\ Mdropk-v Inc.14—The Chicago Maroon Friday, September. 27. 1985 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel59th and Woodlawn AvenuesSunday, October 611:00 a.m.University Religious ServiceBernard O. Brown, Dean of the Chapel, preaching12:30 p.m.Luncheon on the Lawnwith music byVolucho De Costroond The Trio Riofeating Latin American songs andrhythms from Mexico, PeurtoRico, Cuba, and Brazil withvocals, marimba, guitar, andpercussion.Fiee cind open to the publicChicago politics as a spectator sportBy Geoff SherryAh, yes, ranking right up there withplague, famine, and Woodward Court Tofu,it’s politics, Chicago style. The much-maligned yet sadistically admired mannerof conducting municipal government,where patronage is God and principles aresquat.It went something like this:— Hey, why didn’t you pay yourtaxes?— I paid my taxes, who says I didn’tpay my taxes, I paid my taxes...(mumble, mumble)— I read it in the papers.— I paid my taxes!... Do you believeeverything in the papers?... That’swhy you are so dumb.A couple of Newark slumlords chew¬ing the fat, right?Wrong.Two yuppies having a tiff while doinglunch?No way!Chicago Mayor Harold Washingtonand a local news reporter?You bet.Richard Daley The last ten years of Chicago politicsreads like some twisted syndicated sitcom.What was once the largest most influentiallocal political organization in the nation hasfestered into a varitable spector sport of co¬medic incompetence and backstabbing. Al¬though the Cook County Democratic Orga¬nization still exerts influence on the affairsof the city, it is a mere shell of its formerpowerful self under the reins of the lateRichard J. Daley.Daley, a six-term mayor, controlled allaspects of Chicago’s political machinationsas Mayor and Cook County DemocraticChairman. This dual power hold on theDemocratic party enabled him to dole outpatronage jobs at will, while also keeping afirm grasp on the City Council and hismayoral obligations. His politics were nomore pure than the antics of his successors,but his, for the most part, went unchal¬lenged.Post-Daley politics have offered morelaughs than a U of C “let’s-be-nutty-liberals-for-a-day” student demonstration. In noother city has “machine” watching cata¬pulted to such popularity. This public inter¬est in the goings-on of City Hall is quite un¬derstandable upon a non-academic,light-hearted look at the “stuff” that makesChicago politics.And people... this is good stuff.Who can forget the comments of Daley’simmediate successor, Michael Bilandic,when he learned that mayoral candidateJane Byrne was for real. Writing her offearly in the 1979 primary election. Bilandicwas shocked to learn of her recent surge inthe polls. Byrne, capitalizing on the prob¬lems of the 1979 blizzard and Bilandic’s bla¬tant alientation of South Side blacks, sent ashock wave through the regular democraticorder as she mounted a furious anti-admin¬istration campaign. Bilandic, obviouslyflustered and with nowhere to turn, at¬tempted to discredit Jane’s mayoral pushby comparing it to the crucifixion of Christand the then-recent overthrow of the Shah ofIran. Jane won.Can you say faux-pas?Jane “City Hall is an evil cabal of men”Byrne immediately proceeded to ally with“the machine.” In no time, she was thesame wheeler-dealer that she claimed toabhor during her campaign.But hey, she didn’t sign anything. Shortly thereafter, in an obvious case of“Ha, you suck!,” Byrne proceeded to yankthe Bilandic family’s bodyguards (for finan¬cial reasons, of course). Heather Bilandic,wife of said ex-mayor, compounded the in¬cident by wigging out at a news conferencewhile accusing Byrne of horrific crimes in¬cluding endangering her innocent little chil¬dren A local wax sculptor appreciated theincident to such an extent that he construct¬ed wax figures of the Bilandic family, com¬plete with a small tape recording ofHeather’s earlier rampage tucked away inthe leg of one of the figures. This lovelyscene, complete with a state-of-the-art of Ed’s pals. You see. the City Council has 50seats. 29 of which are occupied by Vrdolyakand remnants of the old Daley machine.And, living in a modern-kinda city, majorityrules. Thus, Harold is harmless on the offen¬sive, while maintaining a veto-type powerwhich allows him to thwart any majorityblock initiatives...Let the fun begin.Vrdolyak compatriarch and fellow politi¬cal psycho Edmund Burke pretty muchsummed up the majority block’s feelingswhen he announced that Washington was. infact, not mayor.Ha.Eddie Vrdolyak speaking at a City Council meetingMayor Harold Washington with 5th Ward Alderman Larry Bloom sound system, was placed in a local mer¬chant’s shop window quite visible to thepublic.The Bilandics sued and the sculptures andrecording were removed.Unlike Bilandic, Jane Byrne had angst. Ina much-heralded move to illustrate her“get-tough policy” on gangs, Byrne movedinto the Cabrini Green Housing Project (itresembles Pierce Tower but without Resi¬dent Heads). This place is bad news. It hasno white security phones. Everyone was soproud to see the mayor trouncing throughthe halls, with no makeup and lookingmean. However, what the cameras did notshow the public were the 250 lb. bodyguardsarmed with shotguns and left-over Wood¬ward Court beeftips, just in case anyone gotfresh with Jane.In steps Richie Daley, son of God.We re talking no love lost here. Richie andJane did not try too hard to share eachother’s company. It was no secret that theDaley legacy planned to run for mayor in1983, and Byrne did all she could to make itdifficult for him. Daley used his State’s At¬torney post as a sounding board to air hisdiatribe against Byrne. Meanwhile, whilethese super people were fighting it out in thepress, in moves Harold “1 never met an IRSauditor I liked” Washington to swipe theDemocratic mayoral nomination.Democrats rule Chicago. So why didHarold Washington (non-caucasian. hint-hint) so narrowly defeat Bernard Epton. aRepublican Jew from the depths of politicalnothingness, in the general election? Thiseven had long-time Chicagoans shakingtheir heads.Washington, once a Daley machine cronyin the 1970s, now refers to his old Democrat¬ic cohort as a “dictator” and a “boss.”Harold is for reform, for goodness, and for¬lorn over his political impotence at thehands of 10th Ward alderman (and U of CLaw alum) “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak and 28 Burke pointed to a little-known law whichhad to do with the reporting of financial dis¬closures. Washington had not complied withthe legal deadline and Burke, known formoonlighting as an Aristotelian logic pro¬fessor on the side, reasoned that Harold wasthus no longer mayor. Nevertheless, it allblew over.Yes, keeping the tradition going. Haroldlikes the smoke-filled ambience too. Just re¬cently, the Washington administration wasentertaining bids for a huge “peoplemover” for O’Hare Airport. Three compa¬nies were vying for the job. Although theairlines foot the bill, Harold’s pals decided itbest to conduct bids behind closed doors...contrary to an Illinois statute. This raised afew eyebrows, especially when the lowestbidder, a company based in France, wasboffed in favor of a much higher bid by Wes-tinghouse. The French group eventuallyfiled suit, all three bids were thrown outand. in the end, the low-bidding Frenchgroup was awarded the $100 million con¬tract.As you can imagine, all of Chicago is wait¬ing with baited breath for the upcomingmayoral election in 1987 Is Harold running’’You bet. in fact he has actually threatenedto ) run as an independent or Republican inorder to wash his hands of the \rdoyak 29What about Jane? Yes sir, she has post¬poned her facelift and is raring to go. Whoelse? Good question, but one thing is forsure, it will not be pretty.You get the idea. Chicago politics is morefun than throwing smoke bombs at peoplewho leave the Reg at 10 p m. on a Fridaynight The list goes on forever. I forgot tomention Washington cohort Slim Coleman'sviolent physical attack on Ed Vrdolyak inthe Council Cambers after Vrdolyak re¬ferred to him as “the funeral director forthe Nazi party.Outlandish?Not for ChicagoThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985— 35Despite all of the “fashionable”clubs on North Lincoln and NorthHalsted Avenues, the true place in Chi¬cago for the blues remains the Check¬erboard Lounge, at the corner ofMuddy Waters Drive (43rd Street) andMartin Luther King Drive. What sus¬tains the Checkerboard is a commit¬ment to tradition, not profit, and it’s atradition that some of the greatest mu¬sicians in rock history—Eric Clapton,Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, RogerWaters—pay homage to with a visit tothe Checkerboard Lounge every timethey come to Chicago.This summer Clapton played a half-hour set before a packed house in the75-seat lounge, and the week before theLive Aid concert, Page and former LedZeppelin vocalist Robert Plant stoppedin on their way to Philadelphia.Buddy Guy, the co-owner of the clubwhich opened 13 years ago, has carveda reputation unrivaled among contem¬porary guitarists, including “that mon¬ster from Texas’’ Stevie Ray Vaughan.Jimi Hendrix copied Buddy Guy’s tech¬nique early in his career, and artists aseclectic as David Bowie ascribe someof their roots to Guy, the shy 49-year-old guitarist from Louisiana, whomoved to Chicago in the late 1950’s andhas electrified the city ever since. Guyand his longtime partner, vocal¬ist/composer Junior Wells, do notenjoy the name recognition that theirrock mainstream counterparts have,but when the subject of influences andinspirations comes up, they are oftenthe first artists mentioned.Guy’s modesty, which appears in hisoff-stage demeanor as an unwilling¬ness to take credit for his reputation,appears in the club as well. You'll findnothing fancy in the Checkerboard,and Guy will often spend over $1000 at atime for food—chicken, ribs, stuff¬ing—which is distributed free to cus¬tomers at one of the club’s numerousand often spontaneous parties.“I’m not in this for the money,’’ Guysaid, referring to the club. What he is“in it for’’ are the people along 43rdStreet and the traditional blues fans. “would have so much entertainmentup and down the street that youcouldn’t see it all in one night” in the1950’s. The neighborhood’s clubs havealmost disappeared entirely, and Guyfeels a special obligation to keep hisclub on the South Side.“I could make more money by mov¬ing closer to the University (of Chica¬go), or moving to the North Side, butthat’s not why I do this,” he reiterat¬ed.Guy initiated the movement whichsucceeded in renaming a stretch of43rd Street in honor of the late MuddyWaters, who fathered post-World WarII blues, and stepfathered rock and rolland much of the original British Inva¬sion to boot. In addition to comme¬morative signs from Lake Park Ave¬nue to State Street, the plans also callfor a statue of Waters to be erected onthe median strip at the intersection ofKing Drive and Waters Drive.Blues has a colorful history whichlives seven nights a week at the Check¬erboard. Blues for you may begin as acuriosity, and result in an obsession, asUniversity of Chicago students havebeen some of Guy’s most dedicated pa¬trons over the years. In addition, U of Cstudents have been known to spendmany midterm night drowning theirsorrows at Theresa’s Lounge, whichhas recently moved to a larger locationat 607 E. 43rd Street.In fact, a University of Chicago grad¬uate, Tom Heimdal, currently playskeyboards in Dion Payton’s 43rd StreetBlues Band, which plays regularly atthe Checkerboard and has establisheda strong Chicago area following.If you’ve enjoyed the Rolling Stones,Jimi Hendrix, J. Geils Band. Led Zep¬pelin, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan,Cream, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wind-wood, Spencer Davis Group, the Doors,Johnnie and Edgar Winter, the AllmanBrothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SteveMiller Band—to name a few—thenthe Checkerboard or Theresa’s is amust at some point during your stay inChicago. After all, you never know whomight drop in unexpectedly. JiTHEBLUES*^By Frank LubyIt’s 1965. Pepper’s Lounge in Chica¬go.“We’d like to do a little bit of a tunefor you this morning, which — we thinkyou might appreciate. It’s the blues,and you get the blues with a soul lowdown and dirty.” And with that intro¬duction, Junior Wells and Buddy Guybegin “So Sad To Be Lonesome” in thesame soul-crunching fashion which hasbeen their hallmark for over 20 years— a simple, small range of words andinstruments which allow them to ex¬plore an incredible range of matureemotion.Blues has traditionally dealt with lifein its crudest, most painful state, andfor that reason it has lacked a wide ap¬peal among conservative radio pro¬grammers. But nobody can deny thatthe blues appeals to people because itignores all barriers, and enjoys a wide¬spread influence on popular music.The masters of this art, however,play in relative obscurity.Most people associate the blues withB. B. King, the most * recognized oftoday’s blues players. But King, be¬cause of his mainstream visibility, hasto soften his edge, and that brings hintsof superficiality and compromise intohis music. It loses the riveting penetra¬tion and clarity that blues bass playerFreddie Dixon once described to meas:“You sit and listen to a set of blues,and there is always at least one song one song with those words that just goright through you. You say to yourself‘Hey that’s me he’s singing about —I’ve been there before.’ ”To be able to ‘‘go right through”someone in the way that blues does re¬quires a refusal to compromise and abrashness to sing about darkness andpain, sex and suffering in the raunchy,offensive language of those realms.How can music bom in a post-slaveryera and breathed to life by sharecrop¬pers and drifters, rolling stones, beanything else? The end result, strange¬ly, is unity, a celebration about justbeing alive built from the threads ofpain that run through everybody atsome point.Ralph Ellison in The Invisible Manincludes a reaction to Louis Arm¬strong’s “What Did I Do To Be SoBlack and Blue?”I stumbled about dazed, themusic beating hysterically in myears. It was dark. My headcleared and I wandered down adark, narrow passage, thinking Iheard footsteps hurrying behindme. I was sore, and into my beinghad come a profound craving fortranquility, for peace and quiet, astate I felt I could neverachieve.He later says that the music demandsaction action he was currently incap able of undertaking. But in all bluesthere is a resolution, an answer whichin the end unifies and spurs that elusiveaction. James Baldwin’s short story,“Sonny’s Blues”, ends with Sonny atthe piano in a Harlem bar. Sonny’sfamily has fallen apart, he cravesheroin, and the people listening to hismusic are certainly not much betteroff. But Sonny makes them feel thatpain, work it out, and the result is a cel¬ebration, a tearful togetherness thatseems for the moment to place all ofthe problems in the background.Not all of the blues today embracesthe gut-wrenching trials that Ellisonand Sonny have seen their whole lives.Now blues musicians and blues-influenced rock bands play a lighter,faster sound which, unfortunately,does not receive its due on commercialFM radio. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page,Rod Stewart, Jimi Hendrix, and theRolling Stones began a revival ofAmerican blues in the 1960’s, and in¬corporated the styles into their ownmusic. Some other American bands, asvaried as Peter Wolf and the J. GeilsBand, and even the Doors, spent muchof their careers playing originalblues.One may argue, though, that blues’influence on rock lies even deeper. Thevery structure of today’s rock bandscomes from Muddy Waters’ experi¬ments with electronic blues afterWorld War II, when he and legends > songwriter Willie Dixon produced a li¬brary of blues classics which have setstandards ever since.Blues is accessible in Chicago onWXRT-FM (93.1) and on WHPK (88.5FM). WXRT runs a show called BluesBreakers on Monday evenings at 10p.m., and the Reader, Chicago’s freeweekly newspaper, has extensive list¬ings of blues clubs and their programsin the Chicago area. The two clubsnearest to campus are the Checker¬board Lounge (423 E. 43rd Street) andTheresa’s Lounge (607 E. 43rd Street),and getting there by cab poses no prob¬lem. Blues is one of America’s originalart forms, and Chicago has been itssurrogate mother for over half a centu¬ry.It’s 20 years after that morning inPepper’s Lounge, which is now ahealth clinic. Junior Wells and BuddyGuy have toured the world, but theyFrank Luby is currently a free-lancewriter living in Chicago. He was the ed-itur-iiKhief of the Maroon last year.36—The Chicago Maroor—Friday, September 27, 1985The Express will run to and from Ida Noyes Hall and the Shoreland nights, making 3 depar¬tures and 3 return trips: the last two return buses will make additional stops in Hyde Park.Buses will go to the Art Institute and Water Tower Place areas along Michigan Avenue, andthe popular Lincoln Avenue and Clark-Diversey neighborhoods on the North Side.The MAROON EXPRESS, our weekend coach service to the Loop and North Side, con¬tinues to provide affordable, dependable, and comfortable transportation for University ofChicago students, resuming Saturday, October 5. The service will run for 9 Saturdays, en¬ding on Saturday, November 30.Tickets for the Maroon Express can be purchased with a U of C student ID at the Ida Noyesinformation desk, Reynolds Club box office, and the following dormitories: Burton-Judson,Pierce, Woodward Court, and the Shoreland. 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Near 55 Blackstone. $26,200 Chicago nightlife:By Jean LyonsNewcomers to Chicago often find the “Ci¬ty on the Make” a juxtaposition of thebewildering onto the dull: Chicagoans arealways rushing somewhere, yet thereseems to be nothing to do. Actually thereare more interesting places in this ex-HogButcher Capitol of the World than you canshake a cleaver at, only, like the city itself,they operate on a “neighborhood”philosophy: small, badly publicized,abhorrent-once-trendy.This article is divided into three parts:public transportation routes from HydePark, well and lesser-known “things to do,”and an inexpensive weekday walking tour ofthe Loop and River North.TRANSPORTATION FROMHYDE PARKMaroon Express. Even the University ad¬ministration wants you to get out and seethe city, and they charter this bus route onweekends to make it easy. By far the safestand most convenient way to get to the NorthSide, although tickets must be bought in ad¬vance. Watch the Maroon for advertisementof the Express’s new rates and schedule.Illinois Central Railway. Cost to Loop:$1.60. Service stops 12:50 a.m. Trains toLoop and South Chicago. Stops at 53, 55-56-57, 59th streets. Safe, fast but infrequent.Schedules available at 59th St. and theRan-dolph Street Station. 332-0295CTA: BUS VS. THE ELThe conflict between bus and elevatedtrain travel is time vs. safety. After dark,the El is not advisable, but busses may takemore than an hour to return from and reachthe Loop. Most crime occurs in stationsSouth of the Loop, however, so one cantransfer from a bus to the El in the Loopwhen heading North. For information call664-7200.BUSSES:#6 Jeffrey Express. Cost: 90c (10ctransfer). Service stops 10:30 p.m.weekdays, 8:00 pm. Saturdays. Twentyminutes to the Loop. Stops along Hyde ParkBlvd. and Stony Island. #4 Cottage Grove, #1 Indiana Hyde Park.Cost 90C (10C transfer). Service 24 hrs. “OwlService” every half hour. Roughly one hourto and from Loop. Both stop along MichiganAve. going south. It’s the safest method toreturn to Hyde Park in the wee hours, butstill, be careful.ELEVATEDJackson Park-Howard El. Cost 90c (10ctransfer). 24 hour service. Board # 55 Gar¬field bus (Westbound) on 55th street,transfer at first elevated tracks. Runs toLoop and North Side, transfer downtown toO’Hare/Douglas line.WARNING: it has been proposed that theCTA shut down the Jackson Park-Howardline because almost 25% of all crime in theCTA system occurs on this one line. Just aword to the wise ...Dan Ryan El. Cost 90c (10C transfer). 24hour service. Board #55 Garfield bus (West¬bound) on 55th St. Transfer at Dan Ryan ex¬pressway. Safer of the two elevated routes .It travels to Comiskey Park, Chinatown,Loop then West to Oak Park.HOW TO GET TO:Greyhound/Trail ways Bus Stations: Bothlocated on Randolph St. Trailways 20 E.Randolph 726-9500; Greyhound 74 W. Ran¬dolph 781-2900. Take IC to Randolph St. Sta¬tion and walk west.Union Station (All Amtrak trains): FromMichigan Ave. catch # 151 bus. 210 CanalStreet, 558-1075.CTA Routes to Airports (little luggageand lots of time): Midway: #55 WestboundCicero/Archer; O’Hare: Transfer fromHoward line at Washington or Jackson Sta¬tion to Douglas O’Hare line. Both consumeone to two hours.The Suburbs: RTA Trains leave UnionStation and the Chicago NorthwesternStation, 500 West Madison, 836-7000.ENTERTAINMENT/PLACES TO GOAll entries with an asterisk (*) advertise inTHE READER, a free Chicago weeklyavailable on Thursdays around Hyde Park.Intramuralsand Recreation1985-86 OfferingsIntramurals Open Recreation29 programs such astouch football, track,frisbee and basketballoffered to allundergraduate andgraduate students 14 programs such assoftball, volleyballand squash offeredto faculty, staff andalumni.Equipment LoanFree use of sports equipment for theentire University community.Club Sports23 Certified clubs offering instruction,competition and recreationSummer« • JComprehensive program of recreationincluding golf lessons, a free roadrace, and softball leagueHvtl 10vP * ■'? iFor more information: Bartlett gym 140962-955738—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985THE CITYwhere it's at and how to get thereMUSIC♦Jazz Showcase. Blackstone Hotel, 636 S.Michigan (427-4300). Jazz every night.Advertised on lamposts throughout HydePark. #6 or IC to Balbo/Michigan.♦Wild Hare Singing Armadillo Frog Sanc¬tuary - A Tavern. 3530 N. Clark (327-0800).Reggae seven nights a week. Howard El toAddison, 1 block South on Clark.♦Checkerboard Lounge. 423 E. 43rd St.(373-5948). Center of Chicago’s Blues scene.The Rolling Stones are rumored to play herewhen they’re in town. Buddy Guy andJunior Wells run a perpetual card game justinside the door. From Hyde Park, safest totravel by cab: $4-$5.♦Chicago Symphony Orchestra.Orchestra Hall, 220 S. Michigan Ave. (435-8111). H 6 or IC to Michigan/Jackson.♦Old Town School of Folk Music. 909 W.Armitage Ave. (525-7793). Folk music,lessons, concerts, workshops; host Univer¬sity of Chicago Folk Festival every year.Howard El to Armitage, East on Armitage.CHICAGO’S ROCK SCENE♦Cabaret Metro. 3730 N. Clark St. (559-1212). Major rock acts and local bands. Sun¬day all-ages night. Occasional “free hair¬cuts” on stage between shows. Howard El toAddison, 1 block North on Clark.•West End. 1170 W. Armitage (525-0808).Mildly famous and local bands. Small baratmosphere. Sunday Mod night, all ages,Howard El to Fullerton, four blocks South toArmitage.♦Gaspar’s. Belmont and Southport (871-6680) Local bands, some big names, small bar atmosphere. Howard El to Belmont, 6blocks east.NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTSChinatown - A little expensive and not thatimpressive. Nice place to take visitors. DanRyan El North to 22nd St.Maxwell Street- Giant century-old Sundayam market selling everything fromvegetables to electric guitars. At least eightbands play outside for donations. Get thereearly for best finds. From Loop, CongressEl to Halsted. Transfer to Halsted busSouthbound.THE THEATERCall for reduced ticket information andusher opportunities before paying full pricefor tickets.♦Steppenwolf Theater Company. 2851 N.Halsted (472-4141). Only seven years old andalready widely acknowledged. RavenswoodEltoDiversey.♦Body Politic Theater. 2261 N. LincolnAve. (871-3000). Howard El to Fullerton,South on Lincoln 3 blocks.♦Organic Theater Company. 3319 N. Clark(327-5588). Howard El to Belmont. 2 blockseast to Clark, 2 blocks North.COMEDYSecond City. 1616 N. Wells St. (337-3992).The Alma Mater of Saturday Night Live ac¬tually began with Hyde Park improv,theater. Two reviews per year with iinprovafter some shows. Ravenswood El toSedgewick, two blocks North.♦Crosscurrents. 3206 N. Wilton Ave. (472- 7884). Improv comedy Fri/Sat nights.Howard El to Belmont. 1 block East.MOVIESFine Arts Theaters. 418 S. Michigan (939-3700). #6 or IC to Michigan/Van Buren.Biograph Theater. 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.(348-4123). Howard El to Fullerton. East toLincoln, then North.MUSEUMSAdler P 1 a n e t a r i u m / S h e d dAquarium/Fiela Museum. “Earth, Sky andSea-visit the Three." Aquarium: (934-2426)$2.00 Free Thursday. Field Museum: (922-9410) $2.00 Free Friday. Planetarium: (322-0300) Fee for Skvshow. Fitld Museum hasreal Shrunken Heads Jeffrey Express.The Art Institute. Michigan at AdamsStreet (443-3600). After the “Artist’s SnackShop” on Michigan Ave., this is the mostcommon place which every visitor toChicago finds himself. All of the cards in the“Masterpiece” game come from the Art In¬stitute. Suggested donation $3 00,Thursdays Free. #6 or IC.DuSable Museum. 740 E. 56th Place (P4'-0600). The country’s first black-Americ?nhistory museum. Multi-media center withtapes, films, slides, jazz recordings. SunkenGarden nice for picnics. Cost: 50c. Directi/West of Campus in Washington Park.WEEKDAY WALKING TOUR -DOWNTOWN CHICAGOBegin at City Hall on a weekday morning(Intersection of LaSalle and WashingtonStreet in the Loop.) Few other places in thecity have the same hectic atmosphere thatsymbolizes Chicago. Mosaics cover the lob¬bies, a Chicago architectural trend in the1900’s. Mayor Harold Washington’s office ison the fifth floor; the City Council meets onthe second.Wander around for awhile and then exitonto Randolph Street where you will en¬counter the bizarre and exotic State of Il¬linois Building. Enter and ride up and downin a glass elevator for vertigo you neverknew you had. At 12:00 walk East downRandolph St. to the Cultural Center.Chicago’s most resplendent library. TheCultural Center has a film and recording library, cheap typewriter-rental, free prac¬tice rooms with pianos and lots of art andphotography exhibits. It also has a free con¬cert on the fifth floor every weekday at12:30 which you can now attend.Leaving the Cultural Center, walk West toWabash Ave. and then turn North. Continueover the Wabash Ave. Bridge to the SunTimes building, home of Rupert Murdoch’sdaily tabloid. Stroll casually past the guardto the observation hallway where you cansee the Sun Times impressive printingpresses at work. Time for Chicago’scheapest cup of coffee: 20* in the secondfloor cafeteria; take the escalator behindthe reception desk. The entire staff oftheSun Times eat in the cafeteria, fromprinters in dirty smocks to Roger Ebert “Atthe Movies.” There is usually an ongoinggame of Scrabble played.Continue North on Wabash to Grand St.Catch an Eastbound Grand Street bus toFairbanks Ave., and walk north on Fair¬banks to Ontario St. where you will find theMuseum of Contemporary Art. (237 E. On¬tario, 280-2660). If it is a Tuesday or Thurs¬day, you can enter for free. The Museumpresents a large and changing collection of“the untried and controversial.”Next, walk West along Ontario two blocksto Michigan Avenue and stroll North toChicago and Michigan, home of the WaterTower Place Neiman Marcus departmentstore. Inside, you will find material splen¬dor which you may not encounter again un¬til you graduate and can afford such things.Wander to the econd floor and mentally listthe beautiful things you could buy if youhad all of your tuition money rolled up inyour pocket.Continue alorv Michigan Avenue to theend of the “Magnificent Mile” and you willarrive at the Oak Street Beach where therest of the afternoon can be spent frolickingin the sand.FOR MOREThis is obviously just a sampling - it wouldtake a book to list all of Chicago’s entertain¬ment and cultural attractions. Fortunately,the folks at Chicago Magazine have writtenone. Ask for their Guide to Chicago ($8.95)at any decent bookstore.The Sack Realty Company, Inc.1459 east hyde park boulevardChicago, Ulinoia 00615Students & Professors welcome. Immediate occupancy! For more information onany apartment listed below, call Sack Realty Co.684-89005501 EverettOne bedroom, 4 room, stove, refrigerator, heat & hot water included in rent. To inspectcall Andy, 955-0482 or keys in office. Rent 440.00 MONTH5517 EverettOne bedroom, 4 room, stove, refrigerator, heat, hot water included. To inspect callMike 955-1450 or keys in office. RENT 440.00 MONTH5120 HarperOne bedroom, stove, refrigerator, heat, hot water, cooking gas included. RENT 400.00.To inspect, keys in office.5525 Everett 3WLarge 5 room, 2 bedroom apartment, excellent conditiion. Heat, hot water, stove,refrigerator furnished. To inspect call Mike 955-1450 or keys in office. RENT 540.005507 EverettStudio, 21/2 room apt., stove, refrigerator, heat, hot water, excellent condition. Toinspect call Andy 955-0482 or keys in office.5100 CornellOne bedroom apts., stove, refrig., heat, hot water, cooking gas & electric included.Rent starting 395.00 per month. To inspect call Debbie 643-7986. ApartmentShopping?The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1965—39THE CITY -Breaking the Soot Barrier-Outdoor activities for funBy Hilary Till and Henry OttoSooner or later it happens to everyone inHyde Park. After weeks of seeing nothingbut asphalt, smelly CTA buses, and crowd¬ed blocks of dirty brick buildings we allstart longing for the great outdoors: trees,grassy pastures, rolling hills, or a body ofclear, blue water. If we don’t satisfy thiscraving for the pleasant serenity of thecountryside we become restless, bored, andeven depressed.There’s no reason for you to let the urbanblues of the Grey City drag you down tothese depths. Chicago and the surroundingarea offer countless escapes from the pres¬sures of city life. Chicago was designed tomake the best recreational use of its exten¬sive lakefront, and we often forget that lessthan an hour's drive in almost any directionplaces one in the middle of Illinois farm¬land. Now is an ideal time to take advantageof these opportunities; the air is cool andclean, the leaves will be turning soon, andan autumn fling makes the long Chicagowinters a little more bearable. Leavesreach their peak color during middle of lateOctober in southern Wisconsin and northernIllinois.The following is only a sample of adven¬tures, meant to whet your appetite. Formore information on these and other out¬ings, contact one of the many organizationsin the Chicagoland area created to assistyou.CAMPUS OUTDOOR GROUPSOn campus, the Intramural and Recrea¬tional Sports Office (962-9557) administersseveral sports clubs which devote them¬selves to outdoor activities. These sportsclubs include the Outing, Sailing, Ski, andCrew Clubs. The Outing Club conducts awide range of activities such as campingand parachute jumping. The Sailing Clubenters racing competitions and provideslessons for people associated with the Uni¬versity. The Ski Club enters skiing competi¬tions, and members have in the past skiedat Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The Crew Clubteaches people how to row and participatesin rowing competitions. The club practicesrowing in the Lincoln Park lagoon area.As part of the Orientation activities forthe newly arrived, the University is spon¬soring a bicycle trip on Saturday, October12, starting at 10 a.m. The rain date is thefollowing Saturday. October 19. The trip willstart from the pavilion near PromontoryPoint at 55th Street and Lake Michigan. Thetrip will proceed north and “go at least toOak Street Beach and maybe as far as Lin¬coln Park Zoo’’ and back, asserted JeanTreese, adviser in the College and Directorof Orientation. Treese added that severalprofessors will be leading the North Side bi¬cycle tour, including Richard Taub, JamesTeeri, Todd Dupont, Michael Wichura. andChase Kimball.The bicycle trip is open to all students. In¬terested students should let the bike-trip or¬ganizers know they are coming by eithersigning up at the College adviser’s appoint¬ment desk at Harper 280 or by calling theappointment desk at 962-8615. Alternatively,incoming freshmen could drop off at Harper280 a bike-tour coupon found in their Orien¬tation packet’s coupon book. If studentshave any questions about the bike trip, theycan call Treese at 962-8614.TRANSPORTATIONIn Chicago and outlying areas, there arenumerous nonprofit clubs, organizations,and businesses which are devoted to the out¬doors. Most of the Chicagoland locationslisted below are accessible via public trans¬portation. The Regional Transportation Au¬thority (RTA) serves a six-county regionsurrounding Chicago with a network ofbuses, trains, and subways. To find out howto get somewhere in this area, just call theRTA at 836-7000 and be ready to tell an RTAoperator where you are and where you wantto go. The operator will tell you how to getthere using RTA buses, trains, and or sub¬ways.(For the crime conscious, it may be inad¬visable to venture in and out of some areasof Chicago using certain modes of publictransportation. For example, there havebeen numerous incidents in the past wherestudents have reported being mugged and/or beaten up at the nearby Howard El(elevated) stop at Garfield and Calumet. Soit is a good idea to consult with other stu¬dents who know the area well and can giveyou informed advice before you use publictransportation, again, especially if you aregoing to be traveling after dark.)OUTDOOR CLUBS/TOURISMIn Chicago, the Prairie Club, the SierraClub, and the American Youth Hostel(AYH), association schedule a variety ofgroup outings and can suggest individualtrips.The Prairie Club, 10 S. Wabash. Suite603A (236-3342 ■ sponsors hikes.The Great Lakes chapter of the SierraClub, 506 S. Wabash (431-0158) sponsorsbackpacking, canoeing, eagle watching,rock-climbing, and cross-country skiingoutings although as one Sierra Club staffmember put it, we are “not really a vaca¬tion planning service.” The club’s main pur¬pose is to preserve the prairies, and theyrun outings under the philosophy, “If youlove it, you’ll protect it.”The AYH association, 3712 N. Clark(327-8114) sponsors cycling, hiking, and ca¬noeing group outings. This weekend, AYHwill be sponsoring a fall rally for newcom¬ers, complete with cycling, square dancing,hiking, and possibly canoeing.Finally, the Tourist Divisions for Illinois,310 S. Michigan, Suite 108 ( 793-2094), Wis¬consin, 75 E. Wacker (332-7274), and Michi¬gan, 333 Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, Michi¬gan (372-0080) provide racks of informationpamphlets which are helpful and fun toread. The centers are also staffed with rep¬resentatives to help with your plans free ofcharge.The Illinois Office of Tourism’s Informa¬tion Center can provide you with lists of fes¬tivals and events throughout Illinois such asarts and crafts festivals, Murphysboro’sApple Festival, and DeKalb’s Corn Festi¬val. Wisconsin’s tourism office provides cal¬endars of events, 70-page booklets aboutseasonal attractions, and has about 500 bro¬chures covering the state. The Wisconsinbooklets inform prospective tourists aboutthe availability of such activities as horse¬back riding and cheese factory and brewerytouring. The Michigan Travel Bureau dis¬penses information about current activitiesin Michigan such as its fall festivals and au¬tumn auto shows and encourages telephoneinquiries to “Say Yes: to Michigan thisweek.” The tourism office also provides a24-hour, toll free Michigan fishing condi¬tions report at 1-800-248-5708.LOCAL FAVORITESIf you just need a quick fix to beat theurban blues, Promontory Point (or simply,The Point) is a University favorite. Locatedat 55th Street and Lake Michigan, the parkjuts out into the water providing excellentviews on clear days of the Loop to the northand the Gary Steel mills to the south. Thereis also ample space for football, softball,frisbee throwing, kite flying, and just sittingby the shore and watching the water. Na¬ture lovers and sportsmen can also go to the542 acres of Jackson Park which is justsouth of the Museum of Science and In¬dustry.Extending along the lake from the Point isa Chicago Park District bike trail. The trailruns from 67th Street on the south to the farend of Lincoln Park on the north, a roundtrip of close to 40 miles. The trail takes youby a number of museums and harbors, theLoop, and several parks. Riders should ex¬ercise caution between 47th and 25th streetsas a number of bike robberies occur in thisarea. There are numerous bicycle shops inthe area, and one Maroon staffer recom¬mends Kozy’s Cyclery for a “good buy onbikes.” Kozy’s has shops at 3712 N. Halsted(281-2263; and at 1610 W. 35th (523-8554).RIDING THE WAVESFor those who are not satisfied just to lookat the water but want to get out onto it, thereseveral alternatives. Wendella (337-1446)and Mercury (332-1353) boat tours offerhour and a half boat rides on Lake Michiganand the Chicago River for $6. Mercury SiteSeeing Boats also provide hour-long toursfor $4.50. The Wendella boat tour service is located at 400 N. Michigan, lower level, andits service lasts through October 11th. TheMercury boat tour service is located at Mi¬chigan Avenue and Wacker Drive on thesouth side of the Chicago River, and its ser¬vice lasts through September 29th. Both ser¬vices will then not start again until April.Shoreline Marine Company (427-2900) runson the weekends through November 1stfrom the Shedd Aquarium (at 12th Streetand the Lake) north past Navy Pier to thelighthouse and breakwaters and back for$3.50. The trip lasts a half hour, and it prom¬ises to be a “chance to see the entire sky¬line.” Call ahead for schedules.If you have some previous sailing experi¬ence, City Sailors (975-0044), located in Lin¬coln Park’s Belmont Harbor rents 19-footsailboats for $17.50/hour. City Sailors re¬quires either a sailing course they provideor equivalent experience. City Sailors alsorents 22- and 25-foot sailboats.In addition, some sailboat owners take oncrew members to sail on a regular basis.Place a notice of your availability on thebulletin boards of some of the sailing clubsalong the lake front.Offshore Marine Sailing School, 901 IrvingPark Road (549-4447) offers sailing lessonsout of Belmont Harbor. Lessons cost be¬tween $130 and $275, depending upon thetype ana duration of the lessons.Another water “sport” available in theChicago area are water slides. Ebenezer’sWater Slide, OS700 Route 83, Oakbrook Ter¬race (832-4386) is open through this weekendand will not open again until Memorial Day.To get there by car, you take the Eisen¬hower Expressway (Interstate 290) west toRoosevelt Road (Route 38) west and thenget onto Route 83 north. That will take youright to Ebenezer’sFishing along Lake Michigan requires alicense costing $7.50 for all persons ages16-64, and a special stamp costing $2.50 is re¬quired when fishing for trout and salmon.You can purchase fishing licenses at baitshops, some currency exchanges, villageclerk offices, or at the Illinois Departmentof Conservation, 100 W. Randolph, fourthfloor (917-2070). The conservation depart¬ment provides a report on a recorded mes¬sage at 793-2588 which gives information onLake Michigan fishing conditions in addi¬tion to information about camping and hunt¬ing opportunities.PARKS AND PRESERVESChicago is ringed by a number of ForestPreserves with facilities for picnics, hiking,biking, horseback riding, canoeing and fish¬ing. They are excellent sites for a short tripto view the fall foliage. Contact the CookCounty Forest Preserve District, 536 N.Harlem Ave., River Forest, IL (261-8400)for maps and further information. Canoescan be rented for the Des Plaines River(which flows through the Forest Preservesjust west of Chicago) at Chicagoland CanoeBase, 4019 N. Narranganset (777-1489). ThePalos Hills Forest Preserve in HickoryHills, south of 95th Street and west of Mann¬heim Road, is probably the closest forestpreserve to Hyde Park of considerable sizeand interest. It has numerous hiking trailsand lakes, and the Circle H Ranch (598-2900)provides horseback riding on PreserveTrails.If you prefer your wildlife behind bars,Chicago offers two fine zoos. The first is lo¬cated in lakefront Lincoln Park just north ofthe downtown area and there is no admis¬sion charge into Lincoln Park Zoo.Brookfield Zoo (485-2200) is located in thenear west suburbs of its name, and there isa nominal admission fee to get into the zoo.A Forest Preserve hiking and biking trailbegins across the street from the zoo’snorthern entrance. From Union Stationdowntown, take a Burlington NorthernCommuter (836-7000) train to the Brookfieldstation. The station is eight blocks awayfrom the zoo, which is at 31st Street and 1stAvenue.The Morton Arboretum (969-8783) west ofChicago in suburban Lisle exhibits a widevariety of midwestern and more exotic trees. Footpaths abound in its many forestsand gardens. By car, take the EisenhowerExpressway to the East—West Tollway andwatch for the Arboretum’s signs. By publictransportation, ride the Burlington North¬ern Train to either Lisle for a one-mile walkto the park, or to Downers Grove for a five-mile taxi trip.Another outdoor attraction in the westernsuburbs is the Prairie Path. The IllinoisPrairie Path association in Wheaton(665-5310) provides information about andmaps of this hiking and biking trail. It ex¬tends 40 miles from the DuPage/CookCounty line in Elmhurst through severalforest preserves and trails to Elgin.Two popular dunes areas are located tothe north and south of Chicago. The IndianaDunes National Lakeshore (219-926-7561)offers hiking, biking, picnicking, and histor¬ic sites on spectacular dunes along Lake Mi¬chigan. Take the South Shore Railroad.(836-7000) from the 57th Street IC platformto the Kemil Road Station. The beach isabout a mile walk from the station. Walkingdue north on Kemil Road will take you to thebeach area.To the north, the Illinois State Beach hasfacilities for picnics, camping (permits nec¬essary), hiking, and fishing, as well as alarge nature preserve. The park also offersa lodge. To get there, take a Northwesterncommuter train (836-7000) from the North¬western Station downtown to Waukegan.Then take the #571 bus to Zion and get off atSheridan and Wadsworth roads. Then afour-block easterly walk on Wadsworthlakes you right to the park’s gate.FAR OUTFinally, for those of you who have thetime to really get away, here are a few moreextensive outings: Wisconsin, Sauk PrairieCanoe Rental, 932 Water Street, Sauk City(608-643-6589) can outfit you for a paddlingtrip on the Wisconsin River. They also pro¬vide shuttle service to and from the river.Sauk City is a three-and-a-half hour drivefrom Chicago and can be reached by Grey¬hound Buslines (781-2900.)Also in Wisconsin is the 300-mile Wiscon¬sin Bikeway, running across the state fromKenosha (just 50 miles north of Chicago) toLacross and the Mississippi River. The Bi¬keway runs along back roads and two sec¬tions of old railroad right-of-ways (the Spar-ta-Elroy and Sugar River Trails) developedexclusively for bikers. The Wisconsin De¬partment of Transportation will supply anexcellent map of the trail with detailed di¬rections. The map is in the Wisconsin Bicy¬cle Escape Guide and you can get it by mailby sending $2.00 to the Wisconsin Depart¬ment of Transportation, Document Sales,3617 Pierstroff, PO Box 7713, Madison, Wis¬consin, 53707.For a weekend in Illinois, two areas are ofparticular interest. The Illinois and Michi¬gan Canal State Trail (815-942-0796) runsalong the canal and the Illinois Riverthrough several state parks. Facilities in¬clude hiking trails, campsites, picnic areas,and canoe trails. A 61-mile bike trail is cur¬rently being developed. There are a numberof scenic views of the area from high bluffsalong the river. A Greyhound bus reachesthe trail at Ottowa, about 80 miles from Chi¬cago.About 150 miles west of Chicago is theMississippi Palisades State Park. Elevenmiles of hiking trails to the top of the pali¬sades provide a panoramic view of the Mis¬sissippi River. Boats can also be rented formotoring and fishing on the river. A flashflood about two months ago practically obli¬terated the park's camping facilities, so thepark will not be open for camping until nextspring. The homes and commercial buildingin Galena, located about 30 miles from thepark, represent a variety of interesting ar¬chitectural types. A number of historic sitesand museums can also be found in thetown.Remember, temperatures are falling, sowherever you go, dress warmly, have agood time, and come back to Hyde Parkreadv to fare thp rily40—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985Feasts doesn’t have an exceptional number of saladsJust a number of exceptional ones.At Feasts, Mr. G’snew gourmet deli, we tasteevery one of our luscious saladsbefore you do.That’s how we canguarantee they’re the creamiest.Crunchiest.Savoriest.Tastiest ever.If they’re not, we won’t sell ’em.Same goes for ourtempting, sliced-to-order meats.And every other scrumptioustreat in our deli case.So stop by Feaststoday. We think you’ll find itquite an exception from theordinary supermarket deli. Butthen that’s what you’d expect from an exceptional super¬market. Mr. G’s. AMr. G’s 53rd & KimbarkThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985—41WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOAND WELCOME TO ANOTHER GREATHYDE PARK INSTITUTION:COHN & STERNTHE STORE FOR MENWhen it comes to getting the best education, you won’tcompromise. So when it comes to getting the best that men’sfashion has to offer, don’t compromise either. At Cohn &Stern, we have the brand names you’ll recognize, experttailoring that is second to none, personal service that we prideourselves on, and a selection of merchandise that will put youin comfortable style from head to toe. And we’re just a fewsteps from campus.We’ve been outfitting future BA’s, MBA’s, MD’s, andPh.D’s for over 30 years. 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AlTyandTf JnfianeHa?gtQne^»Jin0KhaSn0TaHandun Memt>erS42 The Chicago Maroon Friday, September 27, 1965Clockwise (from top left): John Seykora; Carrie Veach; Karim Kamaal;Wendy Parshall; Matt Schaefer; Women’s field-hockey; IM Football; IMThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27. 1985—431985 Fall varsity sports schedules as of September 27FootballSept. 28 Coe College 1:30 p.m. Sept. 26Oct. 5 at Lawrence University 2 p.m. Sept. 30Oct. 12 Beloit College 1:30 p.m. Oct. 4Oct. 19 at Lake Forest College 1:30 p.m. . Oct. 5Oct. 26 Ripon College (Homecoming) 1:30 p.m. Oct. 7Nov. 23 at St. Norbert College 1:30 p.m. Oct. 9Head Coach, Mike Ewing, gives the U of C a legitimate contender.Field HockeySept. 26, 28 at Carleton College (2 Games) TBAOct. 11-12 at University of Wisconsin-Steven’s Point TBAOct. 19 at Lake Forest College Tournamentvs. Grinnell College 11 a.mvs. Iowa Wesleyan 3 p.m.Oct. 20 at Lake Forest College 1 p.m.Oct. 24 Wheaton College 3 p.m.Oct. 25-26 Midwest Field Hockey CoachesAssociation Invitational Tournament(at Oberlin College) TBA Oct. 12Oct. 13Oct. 16Oct. 20Oct. 22Oct. 24Oct. 27 SoccerPurdue-Calumet Universityat Aurora Collegeat Valparaiso UniversityRipon Collegeat Judson Collegeat St. Francis Collegeat Lawrence Universityat St. Norbert Collegeat Illinois Institute of TechnologyDePaul UniversityGrinnell CollegeLake Forest Collegeat Maryville College 4 p.m.4 p.m.4 p.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.4 p.m.2 p.m.1 p.m.1 p.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.4 p.m.2 p.m.This may prove to be a championship year for Head Coach, Barry Desilva andhis squad.*TBA — to be announcedHead Coach, Linda Whitehead, guides her squad in hopes of making U of C’slast field-hockey season its best ever! Sept. 21Sept. 26Sept. 28Oct. 3Oct. 4 Volleyballat Scartlett Hawk Invitational -at Aurora Collegeat Illinois Wesleyan UniversityConcordia CollegeRockford Collegeat Lawrence University IIT 9 a.m.6 p.m.7 p.m.TBA7 p.m.8 p.m.Women’s Tennis Oct. 5 at St. Norbert College 11 a.m.Oct. 8 at Beloit College 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 North Park College 3 p.m. Oct. 10 Wheaton College 7:30 p.m.Oct. 2 at Rosary College 2:30 p.m. Oct. 11 Ripon College 7 p.m.Oct. 3 Lake Forest College 2:30 p.m. Oct. 15 Carthage College 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 Illinois Institute of Technology TBA Oct. 18 at Carthage College Invitational TBAOct. 9 at Wheaton College 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19Oct. 12 at University of Illinois-Chicago 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22 Lake Forest College 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18-19 at Conference Championships TBA Oct. 25Oct. 26 Divisional Championships TBA*A11 home matches will be played on the Ingleside courts.**TBA — To be announced - Oct. 29Nov. 1Nov. 2 at North Park CollegeConference Championships 7:30 p.m.TBATennis genius, William Simms, returns to coach the women’s tennis team andfurther develop a talented squad.Sept. 21 Women’s Cross CountryNorth Central College Invitational *TBA AwaySept. 28 Chicago Championship *TBA AwayOct. 5 Beloit College Invitational *TBA AwayOct. 12 Washington University Invitational 11:45 a.m. AwayOct. 12 Cyclone Memorial Invitational 10:30 a.m. AwayOct. 19 Carthage College Invitational 11 a.m. AwayOct. 26 University of Chicago Invitational 10:30 a.m. **WPNov. 9 MACW Conference Championship *TBA AwayNov. 16 NCAA Midwest Regional Qualifying Meet 11 a.m. Away*TBA — To be Announced**WP — Washington ParkHead Coach, Wendy Sood, leads her team towards continued success and a runfor the championship.*A11 home matches for Football. Soccer, and Field Hockey, will be played atStagg Field. All Home games will be held at Henry Crown Field HouseTBA — To be AnnouncedHead Coach, Rosalie Resch, gears her team up for another hard battle for theconference crown.Men’s Cross CountryOct. 5 at Beloit College Invitational TBAOct. 12 at Illinois Intercollegiate Championship TBAOct. 19 at Carthage College Invitational TBAOct. 26 University of Chicago Invitational* TBANov. 2 UC Varsity/UCTC Open* 11 p.mNov. 9 M at MCAC Conference Championship TBANov. 16 at NCAA Midwest Regional Qualifying Meet TBA*A11 Home meets will be held at Washington Park**TBA — To be announcedMike Karluk starts his first full season as head-coach with hopes of a MCACChampionship.INSIDE INFORMATION~oDOO<Oo><m3D>trcnEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS coO5ICOUJ %% Coi?%\g ££A. 3%%%CP5U1Ia %c.SIM FEVER! CATCH IT EVERY WEEK WITH MATT SCHAEFER’SIM WIRE!PHOTOGRAPHS byhelp you get the job. Seesamples: 241-7896. TA1 SAM VOHCHINESE-AMERICAN RESTAURANTSpecializing in Cantoneseand American dishesOpen Daily 11 A.-8:30 P.MClosed Monday13111. 63rd MU 4-1062 College football’s best kept secretplays five blocks from your dormThe Maroons are winning? But HOW?Successful teams use phraseslike "league-leading" and "All-American".The University of Chicago foot¬ball Maroons joined that elitegroup this fall, and they plan tomake "powerhouse" the next addi¬tion to their vocabulary.Surprised? Most students areAfter all. our school builds its rep¬utation with Nobel Prizes, not foot¬ball championships That reputa¬tion left head coach Mick Ewingwith a special task when he tookcontrol of the Maroons two yearsago: find the football players whocrack books and crack bodies withequal skill, and get them in a Chi¬cago uniform.Each year, he struck gold.So what’s the secret?Opposing coaches have called theMaroons' linebackers "the best inthe Midwest conference", but line-backing is only one strength on the198b team, the most experiencedMaroon football team in its 16-yearhistory In 1982 the Maroons had only 35players This fall they have 31 returning lettermen, led by AllAmerican candidates Ted Hepassand Jim Kapotas, and 20 freshmenincluding a two time All-Slate oftensive lineman from Nebraskaand a handful of players so largethat the team had to order themnew equipmentRepass, a six-foot, one-inch. 210pound midoie linebacker, averaged14 tackles per game in 1984 Kapo¬tas, at six feet, 225 pounds, is a pre¬mier Midwest Conference offensivelineman, and this year he will blockfor senior captain Bruce Montella.one of the top rushers in NCAA Di¬vision Ill after his 177-yard perfor¬mance in the 1986 season openerHere's our offerWhen you need to let off somesteam on a Saturday, or you justneed a break, we have your new al¬ternative Maroon football. Go toStagg Field and scream yourselfhoarse with everybody else It'sthat simple, and it's free admission with a UCID.If you want to go all out, you canwear maroon and gold, or you canmake signs Our point is that we'renot picky, as long as you're at 56thand Cottage Grove when theMaroons are in townYou have three more chances tosee your team this season, andyou'll find the schedule below.Yes, Virginia, we really do have agood football team And it's abouttime.Take your pick...Sept 28 Coe CollegeClasMs haven i started yat, so you hava noexcuseOct 12 Beloit CollegeLast yaar s North Division championsOct 26 Ripon CollegeThe annual Homecoming GamaAll games begin at 1:30 p m atAmos Alonio Stagg Field. 66th andCottage Grove Free admissionwith UCIDWIKI IS44— i ne Chicago Maroon—b riaay, ^eptemDer 27, 1985SPORTS1985 Maroons: new monsters of the Midway?ftien head football coach Mick and All-American candidate, running- The defense line appears to be solid, Special TeamsWhenEwing took over the varsity programthree years ago, many felt that the pro¬gram was just about deceased. Sincethat time, Ewing has slowly but surelysucceeded in raising the program froma position of obscurity and much uncer¬tainty, to that of a very serious con¬tender. Ewing has successfully donethis by developing a top-notch coachingstaff comprised of assistant-coach,Jim Wiseman, coaches John Robertsonand Tom Eberhart, and newcomers,Greg Burton and Craig Marchbanks.In addition, Ewing has developed asquad of hard-working and dedicatedathletes. The quality of players hasgreatly improved, and most important¬ly, the attrition rate among the squadhas become minimal. As a result,Ewing has a program which is nolonger striving to survive but one thatis striving for excellence.OffenseThe Maroons expect their offense tobe extremely potent and capable ofbreaking that long one. Despite the lossof their top-rusher, Bob Dickey, this of¬fense should produce more total of¬fense and points per game. With 9 of 11starters returning, this unit should beas solid as any offense in the confer¬ence. The success lies on the ability ofthe offensive line. Led by All-Americancandidate, guard Jim Kapotas, and se¬nior captain, center John Campbellthey’ll provide quarterback, MattSchaefer, with adequate protection, runningback Bruce Montella, and runningbackTony Lee, with adequate blocking. The0-line should have no problems doingthis. If the 0-line does what it is capableof, and if Montella stays healthy, theMaroons can expect to see a 1,000 yardseason out of their star runner.The receiving corps has turned out tobe the most talented and deepest corpsthat the Maroons have ever had. Ledby Eric Smith and senior captainGeorge Donovan, teams can expect toencounter a more potent aerial attack.John Burrill will be a key contributor,as will Russ Johannesson, whoswitches from tight end to flanker.Newcomers Kenny Omlin and DougJackman may also provide additionalfire power.Overall, look for the Maroons to pro¬vide excitement and to score morepoints, as experience begins to pay div¬idends.DefenseDespite the loss of four starters,three from the secondary, the defenseshould prove to be more efficient inpreventing the big play. The strengthof the defense lies in the linebackingcorps, which is comprised of anotherAll-American candidate, Ted Repass,an All-Conference candidate, DaveBaker, and Mike Maciejewski. Thiscorps has been heralded as one of thebest group of linebackers in the confer¬ence.Bruce Montella breaks loose on way to a 177 yard rushing performance. appearsas it is anchored by junior Andrew Jaf-fee. Jaffee is joined by Jeff Shinall,Dan Lerner, and Carl Lubertozzi, whohas replaced the injured Greg Shinall.John Joyce and Mark Roney add depthto the D-line and more sacks can be ex¬pected this season.The only questionable area of theMaroon’s defense is the secondary,where strong safety, Ted Voorhees, isthe only returning starter. Tim Fieldsand Paul Song are the new starters atthe corners, and freshman Robbie Wil¬liams takes over at free safety. Al¬though untested, Ewing sees his newsecondary as one with more speed andability in stopping the pass. Ewing ap¬pears to have some depth in the secon¬dary as Roger Hunt has switched fromquarterback to defensive back andnewcomers Dave Tayeh and SteveChmelik have performed well.All in all, the Maroons should proveto be stingier on the ground and in theair. The special teams should prove to bemore than adequate. Jim Bonebrake,an MCAC Conference Honorable Men¬tion punter, should improve on his al¬most 40-yard average per kick. Thekicking duties have been dividedamong Brian Ward and Paul Song.Ward has done the kickoffs and Songwill do the placekicking. With Ward theMaroons can expect very few kickoffreturns, as he has sent many into or outof the end-zone. Song showed some ac¬curacy last year as he was 6 of 9 in fieldgoal attempts. He should prove to befairly consistent inside the 35 yard line.For field goals beyond 35 yards, expectto see Brian Ward.OutlookThis may be the Maroons’ most expe¬rienced and talented squad since join¬ing the MCAC conference. With 32 re¬turning letterman, the future looksbright. It may be only a matter of timeuntil championship football is broughtback to the University of Chicago.Most talented squad since joining the MCAC’85 Maroon FootballStarting LineupsOffenseNO. NAME74 Mark Cawi*77 Paul Haar65 John Campbell62 Jim Kapotas50 Dave Abbott84 Eric Smith*88 John Burrill86 George Donovan16 Matthew Schaefer41 Bruce Montella21 Tony Lee**52 Mike Purcell**83 Russell Johannesson* Denotes starter who splits playing time** Denotes player who splits playing timeDefense HT. WT. POS.6-2 230 OT5-11 220 OG6-0 210 C6-0 225 OG6-1 205 OT6-4 175 WR5-11 175 WR6-1 185 TE6-2 170 QB5-11 190 RB5-11 190 RB5-11 195 OG6-0 175 WRNO. NAME HT. WT. POS23 Tim Fields 5-10 165 CB22 Paul Song 6-4 190 CB27 Ted Voorhees 6-1 195 SS26 Rob Williams 6-2 175 FS59 Ted Repass 6-1 210 LB56 Dave Baker 6-0 195 LB42 Mike Maciejewski 6-0 190 LB64 Andrew Jaffee 6-1 210 DT60 Carl Lubertozzi 6-0 215 DT55 Jeff Shinall 6-0 230 DE73 Daniel Lerner 6-1 215 DEFall IM entry deadlinesWith the start of school and its aca¬demic workload comes the start of an¬other year of fine intramural competi¬tion. The Maroon will publish aschedule of each offered sport and theregistration deadlines once they are of¬ficially determined. As it stands at thiswriting, entries for Touch Football(M,W) and Tennis-singles (M.W), aredue by October 2. Entries for open rec¬reation Volleyball (M,W) and open rec-Colorado College vs.University of ChicagoScoring Summary: reation Tennis Singles (M.W) are dueby October 3, and entries for regularIM Volleyball (M,W) are due by Oc¬tober 9. Finally, there will be a Touchfootball officials and managers meet¬ing on October 2, and an IM Councilmeeting on October 3. For further in¬formation, one can contact KevinMcCarthy at the IM office in BartlettGym.ColoradoChicagoC.C., TD, Charles Lorimer, 15, run (Mike Ukropina kick)U.C., TD, Bruce Montella, 18, run (Paul Songkick)C.C., TD, Lorimer, 3, run (Ukropina kick)C.C., FG, Ukropina, 37U.C., TD, Eric Smith, 15, pass from Schaefer(pass failed)U.C., TD, Montella, 2, run (Montella run)Chicago offensive statisticsrushing: Chicago 49 220 2; Montella 28-177 2, Lee4-27 0, Oros 5 10, Dent 10 0.passing: Chicago 18 10 167; Schaefer 17-10 147-1,Hunt 10-0 1.receiving: Smith 5 85-1, Johanneson 2-34, Jack-man 1 25, Donovan 1 17, Burrill 1-6.Because the printing deadline was before the start of all varsity seasons (ex¬cept for football), we were unable to provide indepth coverage of each sport.Greater coverage will be provided in upcoming issues.A very special thanks to Frank Luby (Editor Emeritus and consultant) for mak¬ing this sports issue possible. Watch forour previewsof othersports in ournext issue,October 4.The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985—45Disclose your CLASSIFIED~ SERVICESCLASSIFIEDADVERTISINGClassified advertising in the Chicago Maroon is$2 for the first line and $1 for each additionalline. Lines are 45 characters long INCLUDINGspaces and punctuation. Special headings are20 character lines at $3 per line. Ads are not ac¬cepted over the phone, and they must be paidin advance. Submit all ads in person or by mailto The Chicago Maroon, 1212 E. 59th St.,Chicago IL 60637 ATTN Classified Ads. Our of¬fice is in Ida Noyes Rm. 304. Deadlines: Tues¬day & Friday at 5:00 p.m., one week prior topublication. Absolutely no exceptions will bemade! In case of errors for which the Maroonis responsible, adjustments will be made orcorrections run only if the business office isnotified WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK ofthe original publication. 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Interested, call 642-2100 or stopby our showroom at 734 N. Michigan Ave.Supervise after-school child (grade 4), Litehelp; On campus; 4afts approx 3:15-5:30, Mayshare; Call 241-7545 after 6 pmPEOPLE WANTEDBabysitter for 5 yr. old at Lab School. 8 8:30am M-F salary negotiable. Call 895-0967. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, REGIS¬TERED part-time, flexible hours. Diagnosisand treatment of children with mild tomoderate impairment. Knowledge of sensoryintegration and neuro-development necessary.Pediatric experience. Apply in person or sendresume. Chicago Clinic for Child Development1525 E. 53rd St. Chicago, IL 60615.VISUAL THERAPY TECHNICIAN part-timetraining position. Working with children hav¬ing functional vision problems under the direc¬tion of pediatric optometrist. Multi-specialtychildren's clinic. Excellent opportunity forself-starter seeking career development. App¬ly in person or send resume. 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Concernedvolunteers can listen and give information andreferrals. We know what it's like. Call Hotlineat 753-1777 after 7 pm.HEY HOTLINEMEMBERSWe need you now! First meeting on MondaySept. 30 for scheduling and socializing.Desperafely importanf. We don't know whereany of you live fhese days. Call the line fordetails. 753-1777HEY GAYS ANDLESBIANS RIDGEWOODBLOCKSALERidgewood Court, Sat., Sept. 28, 10 to 3. RainDate, Sun. Between Kenwood and Dorchester,55th and 54th.CALLERS WANTEDPart-time: University of Chicago Telefundcontact alumni for gifts to the university. Earn$4.25 to start. Hours: Monday-Thursday 6-10some Sundays. Must work 2 shifts per week.Call 962-7175 for an interview between 1 and 4.WELCOME PARTYChinese Student Assocation welcome party forreturning and new students. 10/5/85, SAT. 6:30pm Ida Noyes Hall 3rd fl. annual membership$5/ea sponsored by UC Student Government.START YOURCAREER NOW ADV. MODERN DANCEModern Dance technique taught by JanErkert, by audition only. 1-House, 9:30-11:00am Fridays. Register, Progrant Office, I-House. Call 753-2274.DANCE ACCOMPANISTAccomplished musicians to accompany danceclasses. Experienced in piano, percussion, orguitar. Salary or dance classes in exchange foraccompaniment. Experience not necessary,we can train. CALL 944-4208. Begin 9/30 at I-House.PART TIMESECRETARY NEEDEDPart time secretary needed - duties includetyping of scientific papers; telephone work; er¬rands; general office work with library sear¬ches; filing, etc. Three-4 hours per day isnecessary. If interested and qualified, call 962-1899.The B-side of academia is a B-City poetryreading and music by the Ephemerals. HearChicago writing that wins with NEA andpublishes in New Directions AND RollingStone. Hear Badfinger, Holly, Bowie, Sparks.,until 3 for $3. Take el to Belmont walk west toSouthport to GASPAR'S, Sat. Oct. 5, 8:30pm.871-6175.The Jackson Park Camera Club invites thepublic to a free lecture on 'Dune Land Ecology'at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday October 1 and a com¬petition meeting Tuesday, October 8 at 8:00p.m. both at K.A.M. Isiah Israel Temple, 1100E. Hyde Park Blvd. Bring four slides to com¬petition. 363-1218 or 324-7581.American & English Country Dancing withPaul Ford and Mole in the ground every 3rdWeds of the month at 8 p.m., 5615 Woodlawn, $2donation Info. 493-3274,684-7424.Welcome Dinner at Crossroads InternationalStudent Center, 5621 S. Blackstone.Newcomers and old friends alike join us forgood food and infercultural exchange as westart off the new academic year. Saturday,September 28 6:00 p.m. Cost $3.00 Music willfollow.Beautiful, tame, home-bred COCK ATI ELBABIES for sale. Guaranteed healthy. Lovingfriendly, low cost, easy care pets. $45-75. 252-6857.Kittens need a loving home.-Free 1 is grey-M 1is calico, F, 6mths & 3wks Ruth 221-7064.THE BAGEL BRUNCHIS BACK!Hillel has a brunch every Sunday 11 to 1 pmlox, bagel, cream cheese plus the N. Y. Times,Tribune, coffee & Juice - all for $2 Firstbrunch, October 6.RESEARCHSUBJECTS WANTED First GALA meeting/social hour of the year!Tues. Oct. first at 9pm at 5615 S. Woodlawn.This is THE social event of fhe season. Come tothis if you come to nothing else.ELVES IN 1988?I think the idea sounds wonderful. I've heardthe good things in life are worth waiting for.WOMEN INS.AFRICAOct. 3-4: Photo exhibition all dayOct. 3: 7:30 Speaker: Joy Carew9:00 Movie: South AfricaBelongs to UsOct4: 7:00 Speaker: JeanComaroff8:30 Slide show on 3rd World WomenAll events in West Lounge Ida Noyes Hall.INTERPRETERSWANTEDARE YOU A BILINGUAL graduate student?Will you be living in Hyde Park for the 1985-86school year? Can you be on-call as an unpaidvolunteer interpreter for ofher students?Some foreign students, under the stress of be¬ing new psychiatric patients, or needingemergency medical care, temporarily loseenough of their capacity to use English that animportant communication problem candevelop between the student-patient and pro¬fessional caretakers. It can be a great aid toboth parties if the student-patient can speak ina native tongue freely, both able to rely on thesame interpreter to convey meaning and to askquestions in a sensible fashion. In addition, be¬ing aided by a fellow countryman can bepsychologically worthwhile in itself, of course.Autumn quarter is the most difficult quarterfor this problem. If you can be available duringthe 1985-86 school year to offer this service oc¬casionally, please let us know now. Call 753-2332, Student Mental Health Clinic. EARN MONEY AND WORK ON FORTUNE500 COMPANIES MARKETING PROGRAMSON CAMPUS PART-TIME FLEXIBLEHOURS EACH WEEK. WE GIVEREFERENCESCALL 1-800-243-6679.ACHTUNG! GERMAN!Take APRIL WILSON'S GERMAN COURSEthis fall & high pass the winter language exam!The 15 week course begins Mon. Oct. 7. Twosections: MWF 11-12 & 6-7 PM. Fun classes &readings including proverbs. Kafka, Freud &Nietzsche. Cost: $200. For more informationand to register, call: 667-3038, anytime!SECRETARY WANTEDMANUSCRIPT SECRETARY to edit, type,and do graphics for publications, plus cor¬respondence in a small office. Type 55+ wpmand ability to type Spanish or French accurate¬ly. Full time or part time. Excellent salary.Call Social Development Center, 947-2010.-2MESSENGERS-2MUST HAVE CARPermanent, part time. Monday-Friday. 11amto 4pm and 1pm to 6pm. Errands, someclerical, will train on switchboard. Parkingprovided. Mileage expense plus hourly rate.Should know city fairly well. Call for interview.337-2400.RESEARCH VOLUNTEERSWe are looking for healthy males willing toparticipate in a study of adrenal function. Fourmornings one week apart required. We pay $75for details call Al Watson, MD weekdays. 962-6432. Ask for the C R H study. APPLE PRODUCTSAT THE MDC:Bak-to-College bundle (512K Mac, second diskdrive, Imagewriter printer, and carryingcase) $2,350; Apply//e Color ProfessionalSystem-$!,570; 1200 baud Mac modem-$350;AppleCare maintenance tor Mac-$150; LaserWriter printer $4,620; 3.5" Sony diskettes (boxof 10)-$26.90; MacDraw-$89; MacProject-$135;MacTerminal-$90. Call 962-3452 for details.SOFTWARE PRODUCTSFROM THE MDC:WordMarc word processor for the IBM PC andcompatibles-$180; Minitab statistical programfor IBM PC and compatibles $80; Midcrosoftsoftware and Racal Vadic modems comingsoon. Kermit communications program $15.Call 962-3452 for details.ZENITH PRODUCTSVIA THE MDCAdvanced PC (PC/AT compatible)-$3,395; En¬try Level PC $1,125; Z-158 PC $1,450; Z-158 PCwith Winchester drive-$2,225 (above systemsdo not include monitor); Personal Portable-$1,510; 12" green monitor $120. Call 962-3452 fordetails.HEWLETT PACKARDPRODUCTSVIATHE MDC:Integral PC (runs Unix)-$3,395; Portable PlusPC-$1,565; LaserJet Plus printer-$2,795;LaserJet printer-$2,045; LaserJet-to-LaserJetPius upgrade kit-$l,049; ThinkJet printer-$339.Call 962-3452 for details.Volunteers are needed for a series of studies onthe effects of various drugs on mood andbehavior. All studies are conducted at the UofCMedical Center and involve only non-experimental drugs, over-the-counter orprescription drugs, or common recreationaldrugs. Payment ranges from $60 to $300(average $189) depending on the study.STUDY D: If you are feeling depressed, sad orblue you may qualify for a 4-week drugpreference study. Minimal time is required.You must be between 21 and 35 and otherwisein good health.STUDY A: If you are feeling nervous, anxiousor tense you may qualify to receive free treat¬ment for your anxiety in exchange for par¬ticipating in a 3 week drug preference study. Inaddition, you will be paid for participating.You must be between 21 and 55 and otherwisein good health.STUDY N: If you are neither anxious nordepressed you may qualify for a 7-week drugpreference study. Minimal time is required.You must be between 21 and 35 and in goodhealth.For more info on Studies D, A or N call Karin962-3560, M-F 8:30 to 11:30 am. We are also con¬ducting two studies in the evening that requiremore time.STUDY C: If you are a recreational drug useryou may qualify for a study involving recrea¬tional drugs. This study requires that you cometo the laboratory two evenings a week (Mondays and Thursdays) for 6 weeks for 2 and ’/ahours each session. You must be between 18and 35 and In good health.STUDY I: For this study we are looking forgroups of 4 friends to come to our recreationalenvironment one evening a week for 7 weeks.This study also requires that you and yourfriends spend the night in the hospital. Allvolunteers must be 21-35 and in good health.RECRUIT YOUR FRIENDS.For more Info on Studies C and I call Joe at 962-3560, M-F 3:30-6 pm GRADUATE WOMEN'STHERAPY GROUPOngoing women's therapy group, primarilygraduate students, has openings for newmembers. Screening interview required. MaryE. Hallowitz, MSW, CSW, ACSW. 947-0154.CAR FOR SALE1981 Audi 5000 Turbo-Calif, car, exc. cond.,39000 m, 4whl disc brks, leather int, sunrf. Only$7900 or best offer. 586-9615 eve./wkends or 422-5576.SHUT DOWN THEARSENAL OCTOBER 21SHUT DOWN THE ARSENAL OCTOBER 21The Rock Island Arsenal is the U S. military'slargest manufacturing arsenal. Carol Hayes,from Disarm NOW Action, will discuss non¬violence and Project Disarm. 6:30 Wed. Oct. 2,Rm. 201, Ida Noyes and on WHPK, 88.5 FMThurs., Oct. 3, 5-6 pmRUMMAGE SALEClothing housewares furniture Hyde ParkNeighborhood Club Sat. Sept. 28 9-3 5480 Ken¬wood Ave.UNSURE ABOUTABORTIONDO YOU HAVE OPTIONS?Free pregnancy counseling with licensedclinical social workers. Free pregnancytesting also available. Call 561-5288. LEGAL SECRETARYLarge, non-profit social service agency seekssecretary for the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic.Qualifications include strong typing skills withlegal background, ability to greet clients &answer phones in personable manner. Exc.salary & fringe benefits. Applicants shouldsubmit resume to: United Charities ofChicago, 14 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL60604 ATTN: Personnel Dept. (No phonecalls).HYDE PARK MOVERSHousehold and small apartment discount tostaff and students from $12 hour free cartonsdelv. N/C many other services 493-9122.MODERN DANCEBeginning and intermediate Modern Danceclasses, Jan Erkert 8, Dancers, Tue. & Thur.5:30-7:00 pm. Register at Program Office, I-House. 753-2274.AEROBICSJan Erkert & Dancers will give you a work out,Mon., Wed., Friday, 5:00-6:00 and 6:00 7:00.$68.00 for 27 classes. 1-House, Program Office.753 2274.STRETCH & ALIGNMENTClass guides individual in greater freedom inmovement, reduce emotional & physicalstress, work on proper body alignment throughrelaxation exercises. Jan Erkert 8, Dancers atI-House, Tues. 6, Thurs. 3:00-4:00. Greatwarm-up for dance and Aerobics classes orwind down after academics. Register at Pro¬gram Office, 1-House 753 2274 IBM PRODUCTS VIATHE MDC:Color ink jetprinter-$575; propnnter dotmatrix printer $450; Quietwriter thermalprinter $1,100; Wheelprinter-$1,385. Call 962-3452 for details.DON'T MISS THE BOATSign up for CREW at Activities Night.Undergrads, grad-students, staff and alumniare all welcome to join! Fulfill yourDESTINY! Go out for CREW this Fall!FOR SALEHUGE GARAGE SALE: Furniture 8.household goods behind 5531 Kenwood, Sat.Oct. 5th, 10-4 pm, or Sunday if it rains. Enteralley from 56th St. Between Kenwood 8. Dor¬chester. All sales cash.Whirlpool apt. size wash/dry $450, Wn. bed ..frame $175; brown carpet 11 x 17 $120; B & WTV 19" $50. Call 324 5818 eves.JAZZERCISE INTO FALLWarm-up, workout and dance your way intoFall with Jazzercise. Classes are being held inthe Garden Room of the First UnitarianChurch, 5650 Woodlawn. Classes are held at 6and 7:15 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.Register any time. For more informal-on call239 3798.THE MEDICI DELIVERSDaiiy from 4p.m. call 667 7394.The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 27, 1985—47<TUDENTCTIVITIESFFICE WELCOMESYOU* * ACTIVITIES NIGHT * *OVER 100 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS!SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,7 p.m. -10 p.m.IDA NOYES HALL!The Student Activities Office offers:... An outstanding selection ofECLECTIC MINI-COURSES... Mini courses at mini prices.Classes in Jazz Dance, Massage, AerobicExercise, Ikebana, Afro-Carribean Dance,Hatha Yoga, Basic Photography, BallroomDance, and Sign Language.Registration is September 30-October 11.Classes begin second/third week of quarter.For a complete brochure and sign-up,come to Room 210, Ida Noyes.Special ServicesWhistles-$1International Student l.D.’s - $8.00Buttons (design your own) - $ .50Kroy machine - $ .50/foot(easy and cheap lettering for your posters) —The Ultimate..FLEA MARKETSaturday October 19th - Ida Noyes Parking Lot(Rain place: Cloister Club)Again this year SAO will sponsor the annual fleamarket. Reserve your space in the parking totfor only $2 in Room 210 of Ida Noyes beginningOctober 1THE JOSEPH R. SHAPIRO COLLECTION: Art to Live WithTake advantage of this great rental program.Choose a framed print for your room; only $5 forthe entire quarter.MONDAY, OCTOBER 1TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 View the collection 10:00 a.m. -10:00p.m. in the Ida Noyes Cloister Club.Pick up a selection number beginningat 8:30 a.m. SAO Room 210 Ida Noyes.Distribution begins at 4:00 p.m. in theCloister Club.The Student Activities Line... 24-hour recorded list of events:962-9559ROOM 2101212 E. 59th ST.48—The Chicago Maroon—Friday. September 77 i9f>5 IDA NOYES HALL962-9554PaulGaponigro,Heading,Cormeticut,WoodSenes,1968SeeBooksinBrief4:30a.m.,lowtide. Thehouseisstillanddry. Theshadowsarefossils.Icouldn’tsleep, toocalmtosleep. I’vegoneoutdriving. Furrowedanddry,Iknow thefieldswillseemtoremember theebb.Iwanted,justnow,toreach andtouchyourcheek withthebackofmyhand.I’mbetteratitthisway, acrossdistance.Ifyoushouldreturn beforeIdo, I’veleftthisnote asalowwatermark. —ElizabethBarnes-ClaytonnoteCHICAGOLITERARYREVIEW5 Draft Beers - 3 Draft WinesVoted one of the Top Ten Tavernsin Chicago by the Chicago TribuneStudent Happy Hour - Thursdays2:00-6:00 p.m. $2.75 Pitchers/50C GlassMonday Night Beer Night$2.75 Pitchers/50C GlassWednesdays - Imported Beer NightSpecial - $1.00 Bottle53rd Street _ Falcon Inn- 1603 E. 53rd• G* - ■L ■ ■ - ' '> M -i£ wf • •§ iO Hr -Ct:§ Art Fair57th Street Lh On “B” Bus Route53rd & CornellKitchen Open 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.(Fine Hamburgers & AssortedSandwiches provided by Morry’s!)'.Juke Box & Full Range ofVideo GamesA full range ofMixed DrinksOPEN10:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.* The Falcon Inn isproud to restore toHyde Park themagnificent antiquebar and fixtures fromthe eagle.2—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 71CONFOUR SONNETS FOR JOSEPHCORNELL (POEMS)BY CAMPBELL McGRATH p5POLITICAL COLLOQUIALISMBY DAVID SULLIVAN pTHE BOX (STORY)BY LENETTE SADEK p8EASTER BREAK (STORY)BY LENETTE SADEK p8TWO POEMS“READ, DO NOT DREAM”BY MARTHA M.VERTREACEp12‘... ^COMBAT (POEM)BYC.K. WILLIAMS p14NARRATIVE CONTINUITYBY JAMES KEENEY p16VISIT (POEM)Y KAREN REIMER p16Y TIMOTHY BELTON p21TWO POEMSBY ELIZABETH BARNES-CLAYTON p23IF IT’S NOT TOO COLD (STORY)BY ELIZABETH BARNES-CLAYTON p23>f '•«* ’*BY ELIZABETH BARNESCLAYTON p24EAD GODS AND IRISHMEN iBY MARTHA M. VERTREACE p27“YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE”BY ELIZABETH BARNES-CLAYTON p27BOOKS IN BRIEF (STAFF) p29 p30David SuitivanStaff: Elizabeth Barnes-Clayton, Timothy Belton, Gideon D’Arcangelo, Kim France, KarlaKarinen, James Keeney, Adrienne Kochman, Svitlana Kochman, Karen O'Conner, KarenReimer, Erika Rubel, Alan Sierkowski, Lynn Turner, Martha M. Vertreace.Production: Karla Karinen, James Keeney, Alan Sierkowski, David Sullivan.Advertising Managers: Lisa Cypra, Brad Smith.Business Manager: Joe Barnosky.Office Manager: Jaimie Weihrich.The editor of the Chicago Literary Review for the 1986-86 year will be Gideon D’Arcangelowho replaces David Sullivan. Please address all mail—submissions, suggestions, artwork,and photography—to Gideon D*Arcangelo.The Chicago Literary Review sponsors three contests during the school year. The win¬ners will be selected by the staff, first place receives $75 and second place $25. The Fallissue features a short fiction contest which Is open to anyone—student or non-student. AHmanuscripts should be signed with a pseudonymn and accompanied by an index card withthe author’s real name, address, and phone number.All submissions, whether for the contest or the regular issue, must be accompanied by aself-addressed stamped envelope it you wish to hate your material returned. Send contestsubmissions, poetry, drawings, book reviews, critical essays, photographs, or suggestionsto the address listed below, or drop them off In the CLRbox of the Maroon otflce, room 303,Ida Moves Hall. n. .. f '*The Chicago Literary Review Is published quarterly by The Chicago Maroon, the officialstudent newspaper of the University of Chicago. Business or editorial questions should bedirected to the third floor of Ida Noyes Hall, room 303. 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, HI.60837, or call: (312)962-9555.The CLR would like to thank WHPK 6S.S fm, the artists at Midway Studios, and everyonewho has contributed their time and energy throughout this fast year. One last quote frombook two of William Carlos Williams* Paterson:No defeat Is made up entirely of defeat—sincethe world It opens is always a placeformerlyunsuspected an.The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—3NOTICEVEHICLES ILLEGALLY PARKED ONUNIVERSITY PROPERTYTHE ILLEGAL PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON UNIVERSITY PROPERTY,ESPECIALLY ON DESIGNATED FIRE LANES, HAS BECOME A SERIOUS SAFETYPROBLEM.TICKETING BY UNIVERSITY AND CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS WILL CON¬TINUE. ADDITIONAL MEASURES ARE NECESSARY AND UNIVERSITY POLICEOFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL DESIGNATED BY THE UNIVERSITY'SSECURITY DEPARTMENT WILL APPLY WARNING STICKERS TO ALL MOTORVEHICLES ILLEGALLY PARKED ON UNIVERSITY PROPERTY.QUESTIONS CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT MEASURES SHOULD BEADDRESSED TO UNIVERSITY SECURITY, DURING NORMALBUSINESS HOURS, CALL 962-8190.QUESTIONS CONCERNING APPEAL PROCEDURES ON ISSUEDTICKETS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE PLANT DEPARTMENT’SPARKING OFFICE (BOOKSTORE, 4TH FLOOR) 962-8935.PARKING FINES WILL BE $10 FOR ALL BUT STUDENTS, WHOSEPARKING FINES WILL REMAIN AT $5. THE PARKING OFFICEADMINISTERS THE COLLECTION OF FINES IMPOSED BY THEUNIVERSITY.SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND FRIDAY 60 oz. PITCHERS FOR ONLY $3.00(EXCEPT ON SUNDAY NIGHTS WITH MUSIC)WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY ALL IMPORTED BEER $1.25 (12 oz.)MUSIC SUNDAY NIGHT!SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29thThe John Johnstone Quartetfeaturing Robert Lee8:00-11:00No cover, no minimum•ANNOUNCING BUDWEISER PREMIUM BEER ON TAPHUGE 45” MITSUBISHI SCREEN FOR SPORTS AND OTHER SPECIALS•FREE POPCORN AFTER 4 PMOne of the top ten jazz juke boxes in Chicagoland-CHICAGO TRIBUNE1750 E. 55th St. 684-1013ON C-BUS ROUTE4—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985FOUR SONNETS FOR JOSEPH CORNELLBY CAMPBELL McGRATHBest known for his box-constructions and habitat-groups, the Americanartist Joseph Cornell created as well a number of experimental films,often visionary or bordering on the surreal, using tecnhiques adoptedfrom his work in other media. Most of the references in these poems areto his films—characters, titles, images. On several occasions an attempt ismade to transliterate his original methodology into verse.A lifetime resident of New York State, Mr. Cornell died in 1972 in thehome he shared with his mother and sister on Utopia Parkway, Flushing,New York.Note: the Praxinoscope was an Optical Toy, a surrealist object createdby Mr. Cornell.MOVIETONETOWARDS THE BLUE PENINSULATheme, sequence, variation: the blue heart,balls of wax, eyes. Beyond the islands: sand,this world with or without stars, figures namedUrsa, Cetus—or the others, black chartswith constellations labelled Rose Hobart,Factory, the Candle Hours. As ifjello-molds of crabs and monstrous fishpressed foam and brine to new life, some salt art.In a lull the memory-whale surfacesby your boat piled with clocks, parrots, glass.Stars that ride the wave surge and plummet. Sponge,sea horse, dolphin, crab, map the interface.The whale’s liquid eye, globe of a known past,calls you to the blue peninsula: you plunge. Titles: A Legend for Fountains; Jack’s Dream;Centuries of June; What Mozart Sawon Mulberry Street; the Aviary.Collage, juxtaposition, new techniquesfor the medium. Through a blue-glass eyeEast of Borneo, a jungle-thumper,respliced, becomes Rose Hobart, the movie:look out the suns falling, into the poolsplash and the alligators, shoot me nowthe volcano, rose hobart said, in thehotel de I’etoile the palace rose hobartand the prince both, rain from the almanac.look out the suns falling the volcanolook out. now shoot me now me now now now.THE HOTEL EDENWicked metals from the foundry of days.Days cast as great brass bells to ring the day,the terrible din of high noon. At dusk,past the green steeple, sky unfurls snake-like:maw, underbelly, coil. Air breathes purplein the window past bronze candleabra.the candles minutes reduce to. Night falls.Arcturus and Capella plumb the vault,tin stars, whiskey and soda meltingon the porch with parrots. Night the smelter.Blast-furnace of hard-wrought hours in sun.the red orb of night is up, aloft inour hemisphere—the Hotel Eden's eye.La tune, celeste et pale. Not silver: alloy.PRAXINOSCOPETo ring as bells the hollow skulls ideasbecome. Tinted blue and rewound, sprocketedjust right, silent film can wind both ways,upsidedown-and-backwards, and the other.Only the passing street sign, invertedwords in Polish, gives the game away: glyphsturned Mobius-like, the idea of “hurt" or “pain"canned and shelved by accident with Ben Hur,the slave-master’s drumbeat confusedand ringing in pale ears, the galley slaves,beaten again and again by the word“flail”, recoiling from the projector:an idea, the tonic skull beaten. Beils chime.The movie, blue-tinted, self-known, unwinds.CODA: AN ELEGYAnd died with the sound of the sea in his ears,cries of the terrible, naked fishermen.His final vision: the lightning-torn cork.And died in his sleep in the forest of birds,as near to Paradise as many a man,Utopia Parkway, Flushing, New York.The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—5SySTEMONKYO TX17AM/FM Digital stereo receiver. 1986 model. Pushbutton tuning.SYMPHONIC CD-100Most outstanding compact disc player value at summer ConsumerElectronics Show. Programmable. Includes 3 free discs.>r rf ir ■BOSTON ACOUSTICS A40The top rated book-shelf speakers, two years in a row, in the USA'sleading consumer magazine.COMPLETESYSTEMONLY $49995MAXELL XL II 90$1.99 ONKYO TA 20171986 model cassette deck with "Accu-bias’and Dolby* B&C $139.95TOP BRANDS I EXPERT CUSTOM INSTALLATIONSProton. Mitsubishi, Hafler, Adcom, Luxman, Rogers, Ohm, Boston, Canton, Onkyo,JVC. 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Shore Drive643-3600Valet ParkingFor that special occasion,treat yourself to elegantdining and attentiveservice.6—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985POLITICAL COLLOQUIALISMSBY DAVID SULLIVANClio’s Children, Dostoevsky at SemyonovSquare and other poemsJohn AllmanNew Directions, 198593 pages, $7.95Brothers, I Loved You All (Poems 1969-1977)Hayden CarruthSheep Meadow Press, 1978100 pages, $8.95Ashphalt GeorgiesHayden CarruthNew Directions, 198575 pages, $6.95In these apolitical times many modernAmerican poets are breaking away from per¬sonal first-person narratives to addresssocial and political issues. This shift can beaccomplished in two ways, in the first thepoet rediscovers the recent history that hasshaped us, as in John Allman’s Clio'sChildren, and in the second the poet delvesinto the immediate cultural heritage that isshaping our place in history, as in HaydenCarruth’s Ashphalt Georgies. Each approachhas its strengths and weaknesses, which il¬lustrate not only the difficulty in pursuing thesynthesis of the personal and the political,but the importance of doing so.In John Allman’s overwrought narrativesthe poet attempts to “meditate on historyitself and convert facts into a type of im-agistic consciousness” that will reveal“authority of the state hemming in always thepower or force of the individual.” Thissimple-minded notion of history whichAllman espouses could be forgiven if he suc¬cessfully reshaped our perspective on hischosen cast of characters, but he does not.Instead, even in a relatively successful poemsuch as Georgia O'Keefe Takes Over the OldHacienda in Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1945, theimages do not illuminate the ac¬complishments of the character or the timesthey lived in. At their best these poems bringto mind what the person did, and in that wayvicariously recall an emotion we already feel,at their worst they reduce the person to athinly drawn caricature.The Georgia O’Keefe poem, for example,begins with a line that describes “Hills likeswellings/ beneath clouds, folding intosutures. Vision itself a wound,/ always heal¬ing.” If the reader is familiar with O’Keefe’sbarren landscapes which are not as frequent¬ly reprinted as her other paintings these im¬ages begin to call up her work, but it is follow¬ed by a heavy-handed vision of the artist asshaper: “On the roof, she thumbs/ light; theheaved, sea-bed mesa, fixed and primor¬dial,/ though it changes in the movement ofher shadow.” Whatever subtlety was presentin the first image is lost in the obviousmetaphor of the second. Similarly all thepoems are damaged by the narrator’s intru¬sion on the simple facts, he must make hispresence felt when he should trust the facts,if properly selected and arranged, to beenough in themselves. Alfred Stieglitz, thefamous photographer and husband ofO’Keefe suffers the same fate “resting onhis cot/ in back of an American Place,/ heartfailing like his reputation.” Allman writes: a“Sudden wind exhales topsoil, whistles pastPenitente moradas,/ old crucifix,” and thenhe puts the question in O'Keefe’s mouth,“Was that his last/ breath?” Besides beingan obvious concoction of John Allman's thisdevice reduces the frantic, obsessive love oftwo of our countries great artists to a dullmetaphor for death. All the characters inClio's Children, (which he tells us in thepreface means “the muse of history, god¬dess or renown") deserve better than this.Hayden Carruth wants to call into questionthese same assumptions about where wehave been and where we are going, but hiscast of characters are not famous, or in anyobvious way involved with shaping ourdestiny. Instead, he chronicles the lives offarmers, truck drivers, housewives and pro¬stitutes, without condescension or pumped-up rhetoric. Carruth’s gift is to make inesecharacters significant to us through theircommon sense and stubborndetermination—philosophy is a natural partof their speech.In an early book, Brothers, I Loved You All,the uneven range of poems begin tocoalesce when Carruth allows his charactersto speak for themselves. Here is the openingsection of Lady.Lady they calls me, Lady and theyalways hasmy whole life long, and I hated it—God, how Ihated it! You know? But you can’t gohatingon a thing like that forever. One time Isays,“What’s the hell’s the difference?”Now they call meLady, same as ever, and that’s o.k.,now my belly don’t even twitch like itused to. Photograph by David SullivanHating. That’s for those other down-country folk,that’s for your city folk. What does itget them?Gut-ache. Anybody knows that.A new voice enters these poems and thepoet’s longer breath quits striving for poeticeffect. Even in the successful early poemsthe images are contrived, as the ash in MyHut which too easily symbolizs the poet’sdeath.Built long ago, oldsills rotting in mud,filled now with soft ashfrom a thousand fires that warmed me,ash settles indeliblyon these books, neverto be clean again,and on these shouldersand hands.Yet the poems that are in another voice readmore like prose than poetry, and the delicateline-breaks of My Hut are missing in the con¬versational Lady. Hayden Carruth is too gooda poet to not see the discrepancies in hisstyle, and in his most recent book. AshphaltGeorgies he resolves the dilemma beautiful¬ly.Ashphalt Georgies is a collection of thir¬teen poems in the voices of various suburbanmiddle-class and white collar people writtenin quatrains of strict syllables and rhymesCarruth calls Georgies.The play of the strictverse pattern and the rambling voices createa tension between the spoken and written,rhythm and meaning, freedom and confine¬ment. These same issues are central to thecharacters themselves: a mother writes a let¬ter to her daughter telling her not to senddepressing newspaper clippings, a jazzmusician tries to explain rhythm (“Whatyou’ve been told is to easy”), Art and Pollcome back to their old neighborhood to gloatover the good life they have in suburbia. Ineach case though, we feel the charactersneed to explain themselves, they are trappedin their cars, supermarkets, old habits, mar¬ riages and economic brackets. Talking is theonly freedom they have left—and they dotalk. What makes all this talk significant arethe undercurrents behind it. The character inPlain Song contemplates the wreckage aftera winter storm:Then it was si¬lence, at least at first, a force asawesome and broad and highas the roaring and wreckage ofthe storm itself, nature’stwo utterly opposite as¬pects, between which adverse¬ly we human creatures shrank tonothing. No voice, no mach¬ine. Only the snow. Where we hadbecome used to the trashof the strip, all the gaudy plas¬tic of the fast food chainsand filling stations, the dete¬rioration, dirt, stainsof rust and corruption, brok¬en glass, now the snow spreadsmooth and swirling over every¬thing.Underneath the place names and deadpanawe lie religious metaphors embodied in thewords “corruption,” “human creatures,”“wreckage.” But that aspect of the poem isonly brought up in the closing question of thenarrator after he sees how unawed the othersare: “I won-/ der what it would really take to/grab people’s attention?” Again and againCarruth’s characters’ words strike homebecause of their simple observations aboutmodern life.The longest poem in the collection com¬bines these straight-ahead observations anda serious tone with rye, sardonic jokes. Thebewildering variety of voices that speak inNames all focus on the spedup mutability ofthe modern world. The first character, Sam,attempts to return a defective electric per- Photograph by David Sullivancolator and is told he is in the wrong store.Well, o.k. We went outside, wilt¬ing right off, and looked backup. and sure enough, the sign saidAmes, though we could see blackletters on the wall, sort of scorchedthere, that still said K-Mart.I’m Arthur. I always liked thatname. Molly calls me Art.This marks the first in a series of namechanges and pokes fun at the inartistic stylewithin Carruth’s art. As one character says,“Many/ paths in the forest have chosen/ me.I go on any.” Names meanders through abroad spectrum of American types and onlyon repeated readings does one begin to seethe underlying similarities in what they say.Each character is torn up by the changes tak¬ing place in their environment and each livesby some reflexive act of faith in the value ofcommunication.The poet’s voice is often mingled with hischaracter's so that they are addressing thepoem they exist in as well as their own livesby their speech. It is the poet who speaksthrough the saintly Santa Julia when shesays “I have man-/ y sorrows for the livingwho/ do not know, who somehow/ keep ig¬norant, for ignorance/ is forever the pow-/ erof evil. Oh, song, song, the/ song!” The finalidea behind this long elegiac poem is that theonly way to survive these times is to listen,and thereby combat ignorance.Ashphalt Georics is political by implication,but never pedantic. Hayden Carruth owns afarm in Vermont, and like his contemporaryJim Harrison who farms in Michigan, he hasstayed away from most accademic settings.The result is colloquial poems that are filledwith common sense, and yet do not turn theirback on poetic devices. He does not believewe muct return to our rural roots, but instead,grow in our knowledge as we grow in ourcomplicity with the world. “Hell, changewon’t stop, but by Jesus, it came sloweronce, so a man could handle it.”The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—7Then Jenny started doing that thing ofclosing her eyes, like she was asleep. Shedid it at the supper table and didn’t an¬swer Daddy when he asked her was Ma’scooking all that terrible. Ma said, “JennyAnn Maglen, will you please do somegrowing up.” Ma was mad already be¬cause Jenny hadn’t ironed the tableclothfor supper that night and it puckeredaround the bowls on the table.When Jenny got in trouble at school forsleeping, I thought maybe it was all thatkneeling and praying when everybodyelse was in bed. So I told Ma.Ma put down the egg beater and lookedat Jenny through the screen door. Jennywas taking the clothes down from the line.Ma wobbled to our bedroom. Her dressjumped across the back of her knees. Shestarted opening drawers. She found theshoe box and opened it up. She stared in¬side like there was something more thanSt. Francis and a bird. I could see Ma's facein Grandma Phelp’s mirror, Ma’s eyeslooking around, her lips closed and pulledin her mouth. Then she closed the box andtook it to her own room.Jenny came in with the basket of clothes.They weren’t folded, just heaped. But Madidn’t say anything. After supper Jennycame into the living room. Daddy wasreading the paper and Ma was sewing apicture.“Ma,” Jenny said. “Clara has been dig¬ging in my drawers and has taken somethings.”Daddy snapped his paper. “Clara girl,go put the lipstick back,” he said to me. Ilooked at Ma.Ma watched her needle going in and outof the picture. “Jenny,” she said, “if youmean that shoe box, I took it. I don’t wantyou up praying at night when you ought tobe asleep.”Jenny started crying. She went back tothe bedroom and closed the door. We couldhear her crying.Daddy said to Ma, “Ethel, what’s goingon?”Ma stopped her needle and stuck it atthe side of the picture. She looked up atDaddy and I went to the bedroom. I lis¬tened but I couldn't hear Jenny. I openedthe door. She wasn’t there.At ten o’clock that night when Ma start¬ed crying, worrying about Jenny, I toldthem she was under the porch.Daddy made Ma stay in the house andhe went out there. He sat out there talkingand talking. We could hear the sound of hisvoice coming into the kitchen, like his chestwas talking. Then the talking stopped andDaddy carried Jenny in his arms through the kitchen door and put her in bed.“Leave her be,” he said.I climbed onto her bed to shut the win¬dow and she didn’t move.And then after that Jenny got to bealright and forgot about the shoe box. Shejoined the soccer club at school and Mawanted her to quit because she wasalways worrying about Jenny now butDaddy chewed his food and shook his headno.“Leave her be,” he said. “Doing thingsis what’s good for her.”And so it was alright, ! think, until thenight Jenny woke me when it was just halfnight and half day in the sky. “Come withme,” she whispered. She held my handand I walked behind her. We were in paja¬mas and bare feet. We ducked through theclothes hanging on the line. The clothessmelled of morning but they were coldfrom the night. She took me to the willowtree. Jenny knelt in the dirt over Mosler.Mosler’s tongue hung long out of his mouthonto the dirt. His eyes were half closed.His ear was turned back. He lay in hisdung.“The only one who saw what happenedto Stevie is dead,” Jenny whispered.The screen door slammed. Daddy cameout in his work pants and bare feet. Hebent down beside us. “Back to the housegirls,” he said.Daddy and Mr. Creech carried Mosler tothe back of the pick-up truck. Mosler’s ton¬gue flopped from the side of his hanginghead. The back of the truck clanked shutand Daddy drove away with Mosler.Jenny went to the shed and got a pitch-fork. She stood on the fork and broke upthe ground beneath the willow tree.Jenny didn’t talk that morning and shewouldn’t come out for breakfast. I wentinto our room to get dressed and Jennywas kneeling before the dresser. She hadpine cones lined up on the dresser. I satdown on the bed and watched her. The bot¬tom of her feet were dirty from breakingup the ground. Ma came to the bedroomdoor and peeked in. Then she walked in¬side and stood close to Jenny. I had to gosit on Jenny’s bed so I could see both theirfaces in Grandma Phelp’s mirror. Jenny’seyes were closed. Finally Ma said, “Get upand wash your feet Jenny Ann.”Jenny didn’t move. Ma put her hand onJenny’s shoulder and Jenny’s eyes openedlike a puppet’s eyes open. They were bothlooking in the mirror. Ma was looking atJenny and Jenny was just looking. ThenMa pulled Jenny up and pulled her to bed.She covered Jenny with a blanket. Shewent to the kitchen and called Daddyhome from work.Daddy came home and took a chair intothe bedroom. Me and Ma sat in the kitchenand could hear Daddy talking to Jenny.Mostly he said the same thing over andover. That he was going to get Jenny an¬other hound. That she had soccer practicetoday. That the birds were out there sing¬ing their little hearts out, singing, JennyAnn Maglen. Couldn't she hear.Then we heard the chair scrape the floorand he came into the kitchen. “Put anotherdress on Ethel,” he said to Ma. “And onlybe a minute. We’re taking the girl to thedoctor.”Then Ma started running around andnever did get her dress changed thatday.Daddy carried Jenny to the pic’.-up truck.She sat between Ma and Daddy, her headleaning over on Ma’s shoulder.Mrs. Creech came and rolled dough outon our kitchen. She said Jenny would bealright. That she wasn’t Uead, and whenyou’re not dead and you’re young, youalways get alright again.I helped Mrs. Creech cook supper thatnight.Photograph by Lynn TurnerTHE BOXBY LENETTE SADEKJenny stood before the wash line withclothespins in her mouth like Ma. Jennywatched Stevie walk up the road. He worejust his trousers and carried a peanut but¬ter sandwich in a bag. Mosler’s shaggytail moved from side to side as he followedStevie. When we couldn’t see them any¬more, Jenny slapped a wet sheet into myarms and talked through the clothespins.Then we heard the crash. We heard Mosleryelp. Ma dropped Daddy’s work shirt onthe grass and wobbled up the road, herdress swaying back and forth, showingthe backs of her knees. She went over thehill and Mosler came running back, zig¬zagging in the middle of the road and kep-t running past the house.Mrs. Creech came over and told us Mahad gone with Stevie to the hospital. Laterwhen the phone rang, Mrs. Creech an¬swered and told us Stevie was dead. Shestayed and cooked supper that night.Jenny said she thought Stevie was uglywhen he was born and helped Mrs. Creechwith supper.It was dark when Mosler came back. Weheard him digging under the porch. Jennywent outside and got under the porch withhim. I followed and Jenny told me to goback into the house.Daddy got Mosler for Jenny when Jennywas a baby. Jenny was sixteen now.Mosler had gotten clouds over his eyeballslike Grandma Phelps had before heroperation. Jenny knew the clouds werethere just like I knew, but after we buriedStevie she started saying things abouthow Mosler was going blind because hesaw Stevie hit by the car.The first time Ma heard her say it, Madropped the silver bowl down on the kitch¬en table. Flour jumped up and spread likedust.“Don’t talk nonsense Jenny Ann,” Masaid. Laddy stopped chewing and held hisfood in his cheek and watched Jenny. Shewent to oui bedroom and closed the door.Daddy got up from the table and knockedat the door. He swallowed his food andsaid, "It’s an old hound, Jenny, been goingblind for some time now.”Jenny came out of the room "and wentoutside to where Mosler lay in the circle ofdirt beneath the willow tree. She rubbedhis ear. She got up and went to the side ofthe road where little purple flowers grew,where Jenny said buttercups used togrow. She picked a bunch of the purpleflowers and brought them to our bedroom.We had Grandma Phelps dresser in ourroom, with the big oval mirror that tiltedbetween two posts. I followed Jenny andsat on my bed. I could see her in GrandmaPhelps mirror, taking a shoe box from herdrawer and dropping the bunch of purpleflowers inside and then putting the shoebox back. When she left, I took the shoebox out of her drawer. It smelled of thepurple flowers. Jenny had the inside of theshoe box lined with blue constructionpaper. One of the holy cards that stood upin a pocket where people signed theirnames when they came to see Stevie be¬fore he was buried was glued onto theblue paper It was a holy card of St. Fran¬cis holding a bird on his hand. I wanted totell Jenny that she had pasted it thewrong way. The other side should havebeen showing, with Stevie’s name andbirthday and the day he got hit by the car.But if I told her she would have found out Iwas in her drawer.Jenny got to dropping stuff in the boxevery day, flowers, acorns, pine cones, asticky little pine branch that made a markon the construction paper. At night, wheneverybody was in bed, Jenny got up andset the box on the dresser. She knelt downbefore the box. I could see her face inGrandma Phelp’s mirror by the night lightcoming in from the kitchen and on clearnights, from the light of the window overJenny’s bed. Jenny closed her eyes whileshe prayed. But I couldn’t see her mouth.Photograph by Lynn Turner EASTERBREAKBY LENETTE SADEKReming lay in the field next to his houseand watched the soaring hawks. Thehawks turned, as if sailing the wind ontheir backs, and disappeared behind thegiant pines. Reming watched through theglimmer of gnats in his eyelashes. Herolled over and picked them out, lookingto see if the car was in the driveway.Harry was coming heme from the hospitalagain.When Harry was home, he waited forReming to come in from school. Harrydidn’t have to go to school anymore, andthree mornings a week the school sent atutor to the house for Harry. Reming nevergot to see her. Harry described a short fatlady with red broken fingernails to Rem¬ing as they descended the hill behind thetrees to watch Harry's nest. Harry hadfound a large nest, built into the slope ofthe hill before the swamp. Reming thoughtit was just a mound of leaves until Harryhad shown him the small opening close tothe ground. The boys had spent their af¬ternoons waiting to see what lived in thenest.Reming, five years younger than Harry,was now bigger than Harry. Except forHarry's head. The boys had the same eyes,the color of the mi'ky grey beetles thatchased over the giavel. Their hair hadbeen the same curly brown until Harry hadlost his. It grew bact a different color, andsofter.“What happened to Harry’s head?”Reming asked his mother.“It’s the medicine and treatments thatHarry has got to take,” his mother said.But that wasn’t what Reming wanted toknow.Reming asked the preacher. Thepreacher put his hand on Reming’sshoulder and said, “You just keep on pray¬ing boy. Praying.”Reming asked Clem. Clem snapped hisnewspaper and uncrossed his legs, peer¬ing at Reming as if Reming, whose hair hehad cut since the boy began first grade,was someone Clem was trying to re¬member. Clem’s lips were wet from hiscigar and he said, “Don’t you worry nonefella. It’s gonna be no time at all till I'mcutting your brother’s hair again.”The day Harry died, his mother tookReming to stay with the neighbor Clara.Clara took Reming’s hand from hismother’s grasp and led her back to the carin the yard where Reming's father waited.Clara watched the car back out and wentinside to Reming. He sat on the sofa look¬ing down at his hands in the bright sun¬light that filled the room and blotted outthe newscaster’s face on television.Clara went and sat beside Reming. Sheput her arms around him and hugged him.Stiff against Clara’s breasts, he watchedhis hands.“Bet you didn't eat any breakfastyoung man, did you?” she asked.Reming didn’t answer and Clara took hishand and led him through the hall into thekitchen. She sat him at the table andturned on the television on the counter.She watched cartoons and fixed oatmealand toast“Go ahead,” Clara said. She sat downand took a piece of toast and bit into it.Reming took a piece of toast and bit into itand placed it back on the saucer.“Now Reming, you just make yourselfcomfortable. If you get hungry, just go tothe refrigerator and help yourself.” Clarapatted his hand that lay next to the saucerof toast and got up and began to wash thedishes.It was still morning when Clara heard acar in her yard. She went to the screendoor where Reming stood looking out.“Well I declare,” Clara shouted andslammed out the screen door. She em¬braced a tall thin lady with long brownhair tied back with a red scarf. Clara ranaround to the other side of the car where atall boy with long legs stretched out of thecar. She hugged him.Inside the house, Clara wiped her tearsaway with her apron.“Nola Rae, I was getting worried. I ex¬pected you sooner. How long did it takeyou? And this Billy boy here, gosh how hegrowed. How old you now Billy?” Clarasaid.“Fifteen,” Billy said.“Oh Nola honey. Billy. I got someonehere I want you all to meet. This is RemingStillman. Reming, this is my baby sisterNola Rae Enciol and her boy Billy. Ain’tseen them in years. Just years. Howmany?” she said, touching Nola’s lacy col¬lar with her fingertips. “Honey how longyou been on the road? Bet you’rehungry,” Clara said and took Nola into thekitchen. Nola sent Billy back out for thesuitcases.Clara began making coffee and fryingbacon. She tiptoed over to the table andwhispered to Nola, “That’s Harry Still-CONTINUED ON PAGE 118—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985The MicrocomputerDistribution CenterWELCOMESFaculty, Staff, New and Returning StudentsThe "MDC" is operated by the University Computation Center. We sellmicrocomputers and related products at discounted prices to Universitystudents, faculty and staff. 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Billy cameinto the kitchen."Aunt Clara,” Billy said. “Is it alright ifI go outside?”“Why sure honey,” Clara said.“Billy, we just got here,” Nola said.“Now Billy, don’t you go bothering anyof them snakes none. Now’s the timethey're coming up and you being a city boyain’t gonna know the difference betweena garter and a rattler,” Clara said.‘‘I do,” Billy said.‘‘Garters and rattlers both give birth tolive snakes,” Reming said, standing in thehallway that led to the kitchen.Clara forked the bacon from the skillet.‘ Billy, we’ve come a thousand miles tovisit your Aunt Clara,” Nola said:‘‘Oh that's alright,” Clara said. ‘‘Betchalittle old Reming here can show you lots ofthings out there you don’t know aboutBilly. Reming, take Billy for a walk. Won tthat be nice. You know what a dogwood isBilly? See there.”Clara placed the skillet into the sink. Itcrackled and steamed where it touchedwater. She went over to Reming and puther hands on his shoulders and led him tothe kitchen door. “You two boys just staytogether now, you hear?” she said.The boys went down the steps andwalked through the field.“Do you think he'll be alright?” Nolaasked.“Yeah,” Clara said. “It’ll take its whilethough.”Billy followed Reming through the hillyfield taking long strides to keep up withReming.“How old are you Rem?”“Nine. My name is Reming.”“Is that short for something?”“Nope.”“Do you have any brothers or sisters?”“Nope,” Reming said.“Me neither. What grade you in?”“The fourth,” Reming said.“I’m a sophomore in high school.”“Why ain’t you there now?” Remingsaid.“Easter break. Why aren't you inschool?”“Don’t have to be,” Reming said.They came to the end of the field andReming went into the woods. Billy pushedhis way though the trees, his feet and legs tangling in vines that pierced his handswhen he touched them. Reming descendeda hill in the woods. They came to theswamp.“Wow,” Billy whispered. “Wait till I tellmy dad about this. He won’t believe it.”He looked up at the trees standing in thestill, dark water. Brown veils covered thetrees and hung down, touching thewater.“Down over there,” Reming said, point¬ing. “That’s a beaver dam.”“Where are the beavers?”“Don’t know. Maybe they go some-wheres else when they get finished. Mamafound one in the yard. Digging in the gar¬bage. She called the sheriff. I didn’t get tosee it.”“Beaver bust,” Billy said.Reming looked up at him. Then he squat¬ted down at the water. He took a stick andpoked at the flat brown leaves beneaththe water’s surface.Billy rubbed his eyes and nose, wipinggnats away. “Don’t the bugs botheryou?”“Nope,” Reming said.Billy watched the gnats crawling in Rem-ing’s ear.“If you be still, you’ll hear things,” Rem¬ing said.“What?” Billy asked.“I got something to show you,” Remingsaid. Reming carried his stick and Billy fol¬lowed uphill. They came to Harry’s nest.Reming squatted down before the smallopening.“What is it?” Billy asked.“A nest,” Reming said. He poked hisstick into the small hole. “See here. Lookinside. It’s papered with leaves. Just likeyou paper a wall in your house.”“What lives in there?” Billy asked.“We never did find out,” Reming said.“We waited and waited. Then one dayHarry flattened out on his belly and stuckhis arm up there as far as it would go. Buthe didn’t get nothing. I told him he wasgoing to get hurt. He said no hewouldn’t.”“Who’s Harry?”“Harry’s my brother,” Reming said.“I thought you said you didn’t have anybrothers or sisters.”“I don’t. Not no more. We’re going tobury Harry. Tomorrow. Maybe the dayafter.”“You’re fooling,” Billy said.Reming stopped poking, still holding thestick in the hole. “I shouldn’t of brought nostranger here,” he said.“I’m not a stranger,” Billy said. Photograph by Lynn TurnerReming bounded up like a small animaland pushed his head into Billy’s stomach,knocking him to the ground. Remingbreathed hard and pounded Billy with hisfists. Billy grabbed at Reming’s hands. Hecould see small teeth behind Reming’supper crooked teeth. When Remingpunched him in the face, Billy heaved himupward and threw him to the ground.Reming lay there with his arm covering hiseyes, his nose sticking out of the crook ofhis elbow. His mouth was open and hisshirt filled and sank as he breathed.Billy sat up. He watched Reming.Reming rolled over. Leaves covered hisback. He got up and went to the nest andsquatted down again. Billy saw tears droponto Reming‘s arm and onto the leaves be¬tween Reming’s feet. “I’m sorry Reming. I guess I really didbelieve you when you said you were goingto bury your brother.” Billy leaned backagainst a fallen tree grown to the earth.He wiped the bugs from his face. A largeslow beetle crawled over his chest. Hegrabbed the beetle and tossed it over thefallen tree. “Can we get out of here now,”he said.Reming walked with the stick in hishand. Billy followed.“What did your brother die from?”“I should’ve asked him. Nobody elseknows,” Reming said.“That can’t be. Your mother and fatherhave to know. What did they say?”“Things that don’t make no sense. ThatHarry lost his hair because of the medicineand treatments. That he stopped growingfrom the medicine and treatments. Mamasays that. Pa, he don’t say nothing.”“Sounds like cancer. I had an aunt whodied from cancer. My dad’s sister. And mydad acted the same way. Like they had tohide it or something.”In the field, Reming stared up at Billy.“Hope you ain’t mad at me for what I doneto your eye.” A crooked tooth pressedonto Reming’s bottom dry lip.“Oh no. Don’t tell me. A little kid gaveme a black eye.”“I ain’t little. It ain’t black.”“Wait till I tell the guys at home that Iran into a big guy in the swamp,” Billysaid.“Will they believe you?” Remingasked.“Sure. The guys will believe me,” Billysaid.When Mrs. Stillman came for Reming,Reming said, “Mama, can Billy come to thefuneral with us?”Mrs. Stillman took Reming’s arm. Shetook his other arm and pulled him to her.She touched his head, his shoulders. Shedidn’t answer."Why sure, we’re all going to be thereReming,” Clara said.Nola stayed in bed the morning of HarryStillman’s funeral. Billy went with Clara.Reming took Billy up to the casket. Theylooked at Harry. Then they went outsideof the funeral parlor. They walked to theback where there was a pop machine anda pond.“He doesn’t look like you,” Billy said.“He used to. And if you could see hiseyes, you’d see he's just like me,” Remingsaid.They got a can of pop from the machineand passed it between them as theytossed stones into the pond.'*pr otrnefl*®; y°ur- srftiir$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^$y^ fift n* fl* ^A jj |T|$IP fl* fj* ipyB oJpw ^ ^ ^ah J| A JjjSj ^3$£ ^ ^ P^ A$$$$$$ ?°and *e'p 2feritt**0;.’S<£«;SS5.ft5 this« \s a trad'h?a phvaVe ^exe'W'Q'°* a„ heQ'h an Id ooteniJKif.—P'eaS<Vresidehrfurtfcer de _^i V'C J^ou'dUW5 ^entCo'P-\ \\ VoU ha\Vck«''nVeS wsoO®wd'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—11CLOTHOParis, 1883: the studio sank into grey roux as workleapt from his peasant hands, his thick-set skull.Madame Camille was model, lover, muse—and he?He was Rodin, “myopic wild boar’’ of brother Paul’splays. Her visions hid her statuettes in cupboards—broken plaster among egg shells, boiled potato skins.Paul's play was done. “Remorse” was all he said,his pen snagged on her hip-length chestnut hair.The torn drape drug across the model stand,wind drying into spectral shape the figure trappedwithin the gauze and clay. The focus blurs.A tragedy? Her eyes phosphoresceLike sea dreams luminous with unearned pain.A comedy? Her cackle scared her catsin shuttered rooms on the Quai de Bourbon.Perhaps one afternoon Claude’s faun sprang to her bedand stumbled on the sculptor’s full red beard,whose death-mask drawer concealed an emptyenvelope which bore her name: Camille.“Remorse, remorse” was all Paul said.He sent her raving to Ville-Evrard,the ashes of her misfired genius on her tongue. ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL, NEW ORLEANSTo our surprise the wooden doors openedonto La Place des Armes, where feeding pigeonswas forbidden, who themselves knew that rangerswould not accost the smiling childrenwith their small sacks of sweetened popcorn,we who would steal a few minutes' gracefrom shopping and sightseeing.The stone walk we followed reclinedresplendent brown as a sunbather.Three men greying in the meridian suncarrying a steel guitar, bongos, a wash tub bass,played to an indifferent crowdwho had heard it all before,better jazz on the promenade overlooking the riverwhere magnolias still wear plastic beads of Carnival.Few coins and no paper fell into the open guitar case,red velvet lined, as were the parlors,tea rooms they had known,which knew them when: Hot Daddy, Jazz Talker, Blue.Silence so insistent that their songscould not cross into this medieval theatre.No true colors in the shadows which our eyesstruggled to define. The walls—adobe? Cinnabar?Who can say? Outsidethe day slowly folded onto itself, an origami swanwhose clean white lines honed into wingsand a long, graceful neck.— Martha M. VertreacePhotograph by April Sopkin“READ, DOBY MARTHAThe Lamplignt AnswerGjertru h SchnackenbergFarrar Straus Giroux, 198583 pages. $12.95.Portraits and ElegiesGjertrud SchnackenbergD. R. Godine. 198248 pages, $8.95The past—both historical and personal—provides an obviously rich source of materialfor every writer. The challenge is to renderthe personal past in universally relevantterms, while making the historical past per¬sonal. To the extent that the poet cancreatively use the past, the reader can iden¬tify with the poet's experience. Thestrongest, most effective poems in GjertrudSchnackenberg's work are those in whichthe past comes alive.Portraits and Elegies, her first book, con¬tains three sections. The first section,“Laughing with One Eye." is a series ofpoems about her father who was a professorof history, Walter Charles Schnackenberg.The second section, Darwin in 1881. con¬siders Darwin a year before his death, while19 Hadley Street, concludes with memoriesof the poet's childhood home. An elegiactone predominates the first section. Neversentimental, these poems alternate betweenreflections on her relationship with herfather, the grief his death brings, and hisdedication to his work. In recounting a fishingtrip with her father when she was a child, shesees how “Just as a fish lurks deep in waterweeds,/ a thought of death will lurk down,will show/ One eye, then quietly disappear inyou.” Schnackenberg feels awe for herfather, a man who “could sideswipe/ Abowtied Englishman wobbling across/ A nar¬row bridge on his collapsible bike,/ And in¬spire him, somehow, to thank you for it.” Sheis “amazed and lost” on seeing fear in hisface when they visit his aunt's tubercularfamily in Norway. Seeing a wooden crucifixwith a doleful Christ figure teaches her that“to recognize/ One’s father, father, is to beafraid.”The elegiac tone continues in the secondsection, Darwin in 1881. Upon his return fromthe voyage on the Beagle Darwin sufferedfrom poor health, becoming more and more arecluse in the care of his wife He spent hisdays walking, resting, and reading. Thepoem begins as Darwin is “Sleepless as Pro-spero back in his bedroom/ In Milan, with allhis miracles/ Reduced to soldier's tales.”Prospero has broken his wand and taken offhis robe and Darwin has withdrawn from thecontroversy which his findings have createdinto the quieter life of his family and hismemoirs declining to go to the Academy to abanquet in his honor.The poet portrays Darwin as a restlessUlysses coming home to a Penelope who isunimpressed with his travels. Darwin’s wifeEmma is “his beloved mate/ Who reads hisbooks, and is, quite frankly, bored.” In theirroom, she sleeps “moored/ in illusions,blown past/ the storm he conjured/ With hisbook.” Returning to the elegiac form,Schnackenberg shows Darwin anticipatinghis own death:He lies down on the quilt,He lies down like a fabulous-headedFossil in a vanished riverbed,In ocean drifts, in canyon floors, in silt,In lime, in deepening blue ice,In cliffs obscured as clouds gather andfloat;He lies down in his boots and overcoat,And shuts his eyes.The concluding section, 19 Hadley Street,is a sequence of poems focusing on the pre- — Martha M. VertreaceNOT DREAM”M. VERTREACEsent and former occupants of a house builtbefore the Revolutionary War, whereSchnackenberg herself once lived. As shehas done previously, Schnackenbergmingles her personal past with the historicpast of the house, letting the line of demarca¬tion grow nearly undetectable. The living andthe dead coexist in this section just as thepoet’s personal present and past seem to.The house on 19 Hadley Street keeps itsresidents forever bound by memory: “Nextto the photo sits a crystal bowl/ Of water andwhite rocks where angelfish/ Keep rising to asurface they can't break.”The Paperweight illustrates this sense oftimelessness, of suspended animation.Within the paperweight is a small whitehouse, a man and woman laughing as sheserves him tea, “Once and forever.” Thedeep snow swirls around them when the poetagitates the paperweight, causing her toreturn to a consideration of the meaning ofhistory.In this toy, historyComes down in the dark like snow, andw--Wonder if her single deed tells muchOr little cf the way she loves, andwhether heSees shadows in the sky. Beyond ourtouch,Beyond our lives, they laugh, and drinkthei- tea,We look at them just as the winter nightWith its vast empty spaces bends to seeOur isolated little world of light,Covered with snow, and snow in cloudsabove it,And drifts and swirls too deep tounderstandStill, I must try to think a little of it,With so much winter in my head andhand.In this poem, the poet herself becomes Pro¬spero, holding the sphere in her hand, tryingto make sense of what has happened.The sense of loss which pervadesSchnackenberg’s first volume continues inher second, The Lamplit Answer. This collec¬tion begins with Kremlin of Smoke, withChopin grieving over Russia’s occupation ofhis native Poland. These poems describe theempty glamour of the salons, the guests whohave gathered “for games, for mimicries/For gossip’s intricate, expensive inven¬tions,” as if to close the door on a world “ofslaves to mirrors, of rivalries... Of exiled vir¬tuosos, and of cholera warnings.”Schnackenberg uses the image of snow asshe did in The Paperweight to metaphoricallyhold the world in suspension. Feverish withinfluenza, the child Chopin asked his mother,“Where is the snow from?" When Warsawfell “She answered him, The snow—itcomes from Moscow.” Chopin grieves thedestruction wreaked by the Russians whotossed his piano to the street from the fourthfloor. His foppish teacher advised Chopin “toignore where you are and whomever it is youperform for,"drawing his example from larkswho sing to all, whether Polish or Russian.“ ‘And what are their motives for singing?—turning his hand/ Slowly over to empty outnothing— Precisely none.’ ” Chopin neverreturned to Warsaw, describing himself as“an outcome withering from my cause,” im¬prisoned in an art which no longer fulfilledhim.Imaginary Prisons continues the themes ofentrapment and loss, telling the story of peo¬ple who “Bear witness to the private agony/Of what it means to have a single purpose,”as did Chopin. Each vignette describes peo¬ple whose private desires and dreamsdeceive them, leading to disillusionment,madness, death. Losses occur because of death, as in thepoet’s poems about her father, because ofpurposelessnesses in those about Darwinand Chopin, or because of the loss of love,such as in Love Letter.Complaint,Sonata andSnow Melting. The poet tries to find someway to bear with such pain, finding someescape. In Paper Cities, the poet considersFlaubert’s advice to Louise, “Read, do notdream:”I don't want to read.But when I tireOf making shadow-swans who makehasteIn the raaio tight,And arranging my hairpins in pentaclesAnd giant alphabets, I need other• Ways of wasting the night.Readers have split vision, as did St. Clare,the poet tells us. Because of that, her “booksare towers,/ Rooms, dreams where thescenes tangle,/ Visible through the stones.”Although she would escape the hurt throughreading, ironically she comes to experienceit even more vividly: “Little one, in whosepapery jaws,/ As it is written on paper/ Theworld is crushed.”The poet-as-Prospero would remake theworld and restore all that is lost. AdventCalendar describes nativity scenes commonon such calendars, containing “Open paperscenes where doors/ Open into otherscenes.” Just as the paperweight enclosed atableau frozen in time by snow, on the calen¬dar “Blizzard-sprinkled flakes of gold/ Gleamfrom small interiors.” For the poet, childhoodrepresents a time when there was no loss ex¬perienced, such as through death or lack oflove; but the child-like state is forever barredfrom her:This is childhood’s shrunken door.When I touch the glittering crumbs,When I cry to be admitted,No one answers, no one comes.The world of art, of magic, which as a poetshe represents, cannot bring back the stateof completeness which childhoodrepresents. The losses which she has described remain forever removed. Her wandis broken, her cape put away, she voyages nolonger in childlike innocence, and thereforeconcludes:Give me entrance to the VillageFrom my childhood where the doorwaysOpen pictures in the skies.But when all the doors are open,No one sees that I’ve returned.When I cry to be admitted,No one answers, no one comes.Clinging to my fingers onlyPain, like glitter bits adhering,When I touch the shining crumbs.This volume ends with Supernatural Love,a haunting poem recounting an incident inwhich her father searched in the dictionary“to fully understand/ The lamplit answer,”as to why, at four, she called carnations"Christ’s flowers.” While he was reading,she was embroidering a sampler. The poeminterweaves some of the motifs found in bothvolumes—the relationship of father anddaughter, the meaning of history for the pre¬sent, the nature of the creative act asrestorative.In Supernatural Love, when “the needlestrikes my fingers to the bone” and “theflesh laid bare, the threads of blood myown,” Schnackenberg calls her father,whose touch is curative as was the prince’skiss in Sleeping Beauty:My father s hand touches the injuryAs liqf-*'*- as he touched the pagebefore,Where in ^nation bloomed from rootsthat boreThe fiowe.s I called Christ’s when I wasfourThe accessibility of Schnackenberg’s ex¬perience arises from her superb craftsman¬ship. She varies the meter and structure ofher poems so that poems of a similar motif donot sound like mere retelling. She is at herbest when writing reflectively in a meditativevoice filled with lyricism and precision,qualities all too rare in the glut of modernself-important poetry.12—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 198510 FREECOPIESTHROUGH NOVEMBER 1WITH THIS ADPlease, one per customerCENTER nUniversity of Chicago Copy Center IIFirst floor of the Bookstore building, 970 E. 58th StreetOpen 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through FridayCall 9620333Campus phone 5-COPYAUTUMN QUARTERSPECIALThe Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—13Ich hatte einst ein schones Vaterland ... Es war ein Traum.—HEINRICH HEINEI’ve been trying for hours to figure out who I was reminded of by thewelterweight fighterI saw on television this afternoon all but ruin his opponent with counter¬punches and now I have it.It was a girl I knew once, a woman: when he was being interviewed after theknockout, he was her exactly,the same rigorous carriage, same facial structure—sharp cheekbones, veryvivid eyebrows—even the sheen of perspiration—that’s how I’d remember her, of course .. .Moira was her name—and the same quality in the expression of unabashed self-involvement,softened at once with a grave,almost over-sensitive attentiveness to saying with absolute precision whatwas to be said.Lovely Moira! Could I ever have forgotten you? No, not forgotten, only nothad with me for a timethat dark, slow voice, those vulnerable eyes, those ankles finely tendonedas a thoroughbred’s.We met I don’t remember where—everything that mattered happened in herapartment, in the living room,with her mother, who she lived with, watching us, and in Moira’s bedroomdown the book-lined corridor.The mother, I remember, was so white, not all that old but white:everything, hair, skin, lips, was ash,except her feet, which Moira would often hold on her lap to massage andwhich were a deep,frightening yellow, the skin thickened and dense, horned with calluses andchains of coarse, dry bunions,the nails deformed and brown, so deeply buried that they looked like chipsof tortoiseshell.Moira would rub the poor, sad things, twisting and kneading at them withher strong hands,the mother’s eyes would be closed, occasionally she’d mutter somethingunder her breath in German.That was their language—they were, Moira said, refugees, but the worddidn’t do them justice.They were well-off, very much so, their apartment was, in fact, the mostsplendid thing I’d ever seen.There were lithographs and etchings—some Klees, I think; a Munch—a lotof very flat oriental rugs,voluptuous leather furniture and china so frail the molds were surely castfrom butterflies.I never found out how they’d brought it all with them: what Moira told mewas of displaced-person camps,a pilgrimage on foot from Prussia and the Russians, then Frankfurt, Rotter¬dam, and here, “freedom.”The trip across the war was a complicated memory for her; she’d been veryyoung, just in school,what was most important to her at that age was her father, whom she'dhardly known and who’d just died.He was a general, she told me, the chief of staff or something of “the waragainst the Russians.”He’d been one of the conspirators against Hitler anu when the plot failedhe’d committed suicide,all of which meant not very much to me, however good the story was, (and Iheard it often)because people then were still trying to forget the war, it had been almostignored, even in school,and I had no context much beyond what my childhood comic books hadgiven me to hang any of it on.Moira was fascinated by it. though, and by their journey, and whenever shewanted to offer me something—when I’d despair, for instance, of ever having from her what I had to have—itwould be, again, that tale.In some ways it was, I think, her most precious possession, and every timeshe’d unfold itshe'd seem to have forgotten having told me before: each time the imageswould be the same—a body by the roadside, a child's—awful—her mother’d tried to hide hereyes but she’d jerked free;a white ceramic cup of sweet, cold milk in the dingy railroad station of someforgotten city,then the boat, the water, black, the webs of rushing foam she’d made upcreatures for, who ran beneath the wavesand whose occupation was to snare the boat, to snarl it, then . . . she didn’tknow what thenand I’d be hardly listening anyway by then, one hand on a thigh, the otherstroking,with such compassion, such generous concern, such cunning twenty-one-year-olc'-commiseration,her hair, her perfect hair, then the corner of her mouth, then, so far away,the rich rim of a breast.We’d touch that way—petting was the word then—like lovers, with themother right there with us,probably, I remember thinking, because we weren’t lovers, not really, notthat way (not yet, I’d think),but beyond that there seemed something else, some complicity betweenthem, some very adult undertakingthat I sensed but couldn’t understand and that astonished me as did almosteverything about them.I never really liked the mother—I was never given anything to like—but I wasawed by her.If I was left alone with her—Moira on the phone, say—I stuttered, or wasstricken mute.It felt like I was sitting there with time itself: everything seemed somehowfinished for her,but there seemed, still, to be such depths, or such ascensions, to herunblinking brooding.She was like a footnote to a text, she seemed to know it, suffer it, and, if Iwas wildly uneasy with her,my eyes battering shyly in their chutes, it was my own lack, my own un¬worthiness that made it so.Moira would come back, we’d talk again, I can’t imagine what about except,again, obsessively, the father,his dying, his estates, the stables, servants, all they’d given up for themadness of that creature Hitler.I’d listen to it all again, and drift, looking in her eyes, and pine, ponderingher lips.I knew that I was dying of desire—down of cheek; subtle, alien scent—thatI’d never felt desire like this. COMBAT CI was so distracted that I couldn’t even get their name right: they’d kept thereal pronunciation,I’d try to ape what I remembered of my grandmother’s Polish Yiddish but itstill eluded meand Moira’s little joke before she’d let me take her clothes off was that we’dhave lessons, “Von C ..“No, Von C...”Later, when I was studying the holocaust, I found it again, the name,Von C ..., in Shirer’s Reich:it had, indeed, existed, and it had, yes, somewhere on theEastern front, blown its noble head off.I wasn’t very moved. I wasn’t in that city anymore,I’d ceased long before ever to see them.and besides, I’d changed by then—I was moreaware of history and wasbeginning to realize,however tardily, that one’s moral structurestended to be air unless yougrounded them in real events.Everything I did learn seemed to negatesomething else, everything wasmore or less up forgrabs,14—The Chicago Literary Review, Fi»u<iy Septemoer 27, 1985 Charles Whitman © 1985 tK. WILLI AMSbut the war, the Germans, all I knew about that now—no, never: what a com¬plex triumph to have a nation,all of it, beneath you, what a splendid culmination for the adolescence ofone’s ethics!As for Moira, as for her mother, what recompense for those awful hours,those ecstatic unaccomplishments.I reformulated her—them—forgave them, held them fondly, with aheavy lick of condescension, in my system.But for now, there we are, Moira and I, down that hall again,in her room again, both with nothing on.I can’t say what she looked like. I remember that I thoughther somewhat too robust, her chest too thick,but I was young, and terrified, and quibbled everything:now, no doubt, I’d find her perfect.In my mind, now, naked, she’s almost toomuch so, too blond, too gold, herpubic hair, her arm and leg fur,all of it is brushed with light, so muchglare she seems tosinge the verytissue of re¬membrance, but there are—I can see them now and didn’t then—promises of dimness,vaults and hidden banks of coolness.If I couldn’t, though, appreciate the subtleties, it wasn’t going to hold meback, no, it was she who held me back,always, as we struggled on that narrow bed, twisted on each other, maulingone another like demented athletes.So fierce it was, so strenuous, aggressive: my thigh here, my hand here,lips here, here,hers here and here but never there or there... before it ended, she’d haveeven gone into the sounds of love,groans and whispered shrieks, glottal stops, gutturals I couldn’t catch orunderstand,and all this while nothing would be happening, nothing, that is, in the wayI’d mean it now.We’d lie back (this is where I see her sweating, gleaming with it, drenched)and she’d smile.She is satisfied somehow. This is what she wanted somehow. Only this?Yes, only this,and we’d be back, that quickly, in my recollection anyway, with the motherin the other room,the three of us in place, the conversation that seemed sometimes like aritual, eternally recurring.How long we were to wait like this was never clear to me; my desperation,though, was slow in gathering.I must have liked the role, or the pretense of the role, of beast, primed,about to pounce,and besides, her hesitations, her fendings-off, were so warm and sobewildering,I was so engrossed in them, that when at last, once and for all, she let mego,the dismissal was so adroitly managed that I never realized until perhapsright nowthat what had happened wasn’t my own coming to the conclusion that thiswasn’t worth the bother.It’s strange now, doing it again, the business of the camps and slaughters,the quick flicker of outragethat hardly does its work anymore, all the carnage, all our own omissions in¬terposed,then those two, in their chambers, correct, aristocratic, even with the oldone’s calcifying feetand the younger one’s intensities—those eyes that pierce me still from thatfar back with jolts of longing.I frame the image: the two women, the young man, they, poised, gracious,he smoldering with impatience,and I realize I’ve never really asked myself what could she, or they, possiblyhave wanted of me?What am I doing in that room, a teacup trembling on my knee, that odd,barbed name mangled in my mouth?If she felt a real affinity or anything resembling it for me, it must have beenas something quaint-young poet, brutish, or trying to be brutish—but no, I wasn’t even that, I wasjust a boy, harmless, awkward,mildly appealing in some ways, I suppose, but certainly with not a thingabout me one could call compelling,not compared to what, given her beauty and her means, she could have hadand very well may have, for all I knew.What I come to now, running over it again, I think I want to keep as un-dramatic as I can.These revisions of the past are probably even less trustworthy than our ran¬dom, everyday assemblagesand have most likely even more to do with present unknowables, so I offerthis almost in passing,with nothing, no moral distillation, no headily pressing imperatives meant tobe lurking beneath it.I wonder, putting it most simply, leaving out humiliation, anything like that,if I might have been their Jew?I wonder, I mean, if I might have been an implement for them, not ofatonement—I’d have nosed that out—but of absolution, what they'd have used to get them shed of somethingrankling—history, it would be:they’d have wanted to be categorically and finally shriven of it, or of thatpart of it at least *which so befouled the rest, which so acutely contradicted it with glory anddebasement.The mother, what I felt from her, that bulk of silence, that withholding that Iread as sorrow:might it have been instead the heroic containment of a probably reflexiveloathing of me?How much, no matter what their good intentions (of which from her I had noevidence at all)and even with the liberal husband (although the generals’ reasons weren’tthat pure and got there very late),how much must they have inevitably absorbed, that Nazi generation, thoseAryan epochs?And if the mother shuddered, what would Moira have gone through with mespinning at her nipple,her own juices and the inept emissions I’d splatter on her gluing her to me?The purifying Jew. It’s almost funny. She was taking just enough of me tolave her conscience,and I, so earnest in my wants, blindly labored for her, dismantling guilt orracial squeamishnessor whatever it was the refined tablet of her consciousness deemed it need¬ed to be stricken of.All the indignities I let be perpetrated on me while I lolled in that luxuriousdetention:could I really have believed they only had to do with virtue, maidenhood, oreven with, I remember thinking—I came this close—some intricate attempt Moira might be making to redeema slight on the part of the mother?Or might inklings have arisen and might I, in my infatuation, have gonealong with them anyway?I knew something, surely: I’d have had to. What I really knew, of course, I’llnever know again.Beautiful memory, most precious and most treacherous sister: whattemples must we build for you.And even then, how belatedly you open to us; even then, with what ex¬uberance you cross us.From Tar poems by C.K. Williams. Copyright © 1983 by C.K.Williams. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.For James Keeney’s article on Combat see page 16.The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—15NARRATIVE CONTINUITYAND THE COMPLICITOUS READERBY JAMES KEENEYThe structure of Combat is similar to thatwhich characterizes most of Wordsworth’spoetry. The welterweight fighter at thebeginning of the poem triggers Williams’memory of his relationship with the VonC... family and as he remembers he re¬evaluates his role in the relationship toreach a new understanding. Williams’ useof Wordsworthian structure is complex be¬cause of his disruption of the narrativecontinuity. In Wordsworth's poetry the il¬lusion of narrative continuity is used todemonstrate the mental development ofthe narrator as he relives the past. Philo¬sophical and ideological changes in thenarrative occur as he relives his ownstages of development. This use of thenarrative to reflect the mental develop¬ment of the author creates the illusion thatthe narrative directly reflects the author’schanges of perspective during the remem¬brance of the past. Wordsworth attempt¬ed to demonstrate as closely as possiblythe experience of reliving the past, but hispoetry is not a real reflection of theprocess of remembrance because the au¬thor has carefully created this illusionthrough revision.In Combat Williams attempts to destroythis illusion by continually modifying andqualifying the narrative with thoughtsfrom the later narratives of the authorduring composition and the narrator atthe time of remembrance. At any one pointin the poem the narrative is composed oftext from the author, the narrator as anearlier persona of the author, and the ob¬ject of the remembrance or narrative,which can either be one of the charactersin the poem or an even earlier persona of refers to the memory as autonomous —therefore the partial autonomy of the nar¬rative of the past is also asserted. The de¬scription of Moira which follows is a re¬membrance of her as he saw her when hewas twenty-one. A comparison of the fea¬tures of the fighter which sparked thememory and this younger perspective ofMoira is revealing. The earlier view ismore romantic, the features softer.That dark slow voice, those vulnerableeyes, those ankles finely tendoned as athoroughbred’s.This description of Moira contrasts sharp¬ly with the passive-aggressive fighterwith his sharp features, sheen of perspira¬tion, self-involvement, and strictly con¬trolled voice. There is a hint of these quali¬ties in the use of the word “thoroughbred"which has connotation of race, breeding,and superiority, but there is no consciousrealization of these features in the imma¬ture Williams.The younger Williams, now completely incontrol of the narrative, focuses next onthe mother. For the young Williams she isan abstract sign, an unrecognizable butcontrolling force. Next to her, Moira issubservient and massages her feet.Moira, through whom Williams relates tothe mother, assumes the role of mediatorfor him. He cannot relate directly to themother because she and her body repre¬sent the ideological foundation of Germansuperiority which he, as a Polish Jew, can¬not understand and considers hostile. Herbody is the pure white and ash represen¬tative of Christianity, except for her feetwhich bear the scars of her journey acrossWorld War II. She speaks German whichthe narrator realizes is “their language.”Language, as the last component of thisabstract hostile sign, is immediatelystressed as the narrator intervenes to cor- tive grasp of the mother, the white, coldmilk, and the black hostile water. Theseimages, without a context against whichthey can be qualified represent a patho¬logical perspective. Williams reacts toMoira and not the memory. With no con¬text by which to judge the memory he re¬sponds to her through his sexual desire.Moira however, cannot respond. Her onlyreaction when he would “despair...of everhaving what (he) had to have" is to repeather “most precious possession." The mem¬ory, which refers to the mother in its imag¬ery, serves for her as both a release and areaffirmation of her culture, which ties hercloser to her mother.The mother and the culture which sherepresents are a repressive force for Wil¬liams. When Moira leaves he is unable torelate to her in any way.If I was left alone with her...I stuttered, orwas stricken mute.It felt like I was sitting with time itself: ev¬erything seemed somehow finished forher.but there seemed, still, to be such depths,or such ascensions, to her unblinkingbrooding.She was like a footnote to a text, sheseemed to know it, suffer it, and, if I waswildly uneasy with her,my eyes battering shyly in their chutes, itwas my own lack, my own unworthinessthat made it so.Because of his inability to understand hersilence he blames himself. He compares themother to a footnote because she inter¬prets and manipulates the text without re¬ciprocation. When Moira returns he isagain able to react, but only in terms of hisdesire which is never satisfied because sheis dominated by the intervening image ofher father.Moira would come back, we’d talk again, Ican't imagine what about except, again,obsessively, the father,Moira and the mother measure him bystandards which he cannot respond to properly. Moira teases him when they arein bed because of his inability to pro¬nounce their name. It becomes a questionof racial superiority when his “Polish Yid¬dish” is not sufficient to the task. The nar¬rator reacts to this impotency by changingthe time frame to when he overcame, in hisown mind, their cultural oppression. In thistime frame he has gained an understand¬ing of history and is able to rationallyevaluate their position.I wasn’t very moved. I wasn’t in that cityanymore, I’d ceased long before to seethem,and besides, I’d changed by then — I wasmore aware of history and was begin¬ning to realize,however tardily, that one’s moral struc¬tures tended to be air unless yougrounded them on real events.Everything I did learn seemed to negatesomething else, everything was more orless up for grabs,but the war, the Germans, all I knew aboutthat now — no, never: what a complextriumph to have a nation,all of it, beneath you, what a splendid cul¬mination for the adolescence of one’sethics!The older Williams has achieved enoughunderstanding and distance so that he isno longer effected emotionally by thememory of the Von C...’s. Because of his ra¬tional understanding of history he is ableto perceive the complexity of moral ques¬tions. But he has also lost the emotional re¬actions which allowed him to judge thesemoral questions. When he returns to Moiraand her mother he has assumed the superi¬or position as he judges and forgives them“with a heavy lick of condescension.”“Those ecstatic unaccomplishments” thatled to their manipulation of him parallelshis own sexual frustrations, which leadhim now to recreate them to satisfy hisown needs.CONTINUED ON PAGE 18Bradford Washburn, After the Storm, 1960. From Landscape as Photograph. See Books in Brief.the author. As these different persona ofthe author and the characters in the narra¬tion interact the reader is able to followthe development of the author within thenarrative and during composition. It isthese interactions which allow the readerto assess the effect of the memory on theauthor. By tracing these interactionswhich comprise the underlying narrativeof the poem we can determine the meaningof the poem and the motives of the au¬thor.The beginning of the poem introducesthe fragmented narrative style.I’ve been trying for hours to figure outwho I was reminded of by the welter¬weight fighterI saw on television this afternoon all butruin his opponent with counter-punchesand now I have it.It was a girl I knew once, a woman:...Three different narrative time frames areimbedded in these lines. The earliest timeframe is the description of the momentthat the memory of the author was stimu¬lated by the fighter on television. Thenext time frame is that of the narrative,when the author has remembered whom itis that he was reminded of. This is the mo¬ment referred to by the now in the phrase“now I have it.” The last time frame isthat of the author during compostitionwho intrudes to change the word girl towoman in the third line.All three of these narrative time framesquickly focus on the description of Moira.She becomes the obsession of the narra¬tive which shifts into the memory of thepast.Lovely Moira! Could I ever have forgottenyou? No, not forgotten, only not hadwith me for a timeThis invocation, which begins the poemsremembrance, is important because it rect their use of the word refugee.—they were, Moira said, refugees, but theword didn’t do them justice.Their wealth, which also separates himfrom the Von C...’s cultural background,becomes another abstract sign for him, an¬other element in his mystification. Theirwealth is transformed by the young Wil¬liams into something poetic, as the chinabecomes “so frail the molds were surelycast from butterflies.” The young Williamshas no context by which to judge thesepeople, therefore in his romantic imagina¬tion the mother and their possessions be¬come abstract symbols. Thus Moira’s mem¬ory of the war represents History,something for which he has no context bywhich to judge. His experience of the waris only his indirect experience of his rela¬tionship to Moira and her memories. Shemediates between Williams, the incompre¬hensible mother, and the war in which hisrace was persecuted. Williams can only de¬scribe her memories using what he re¬members of her phrases. Without any con¬text by which to judge her memory hebecomes a transparent medium throughwhich thp illusion of her memory is trans¬mitted and authenticated,a body by the roadside, a child’s — awful— her mother’d tried to hide her eyesbut she’d jerked free;a white ceramic cup of sweet, cold milk inthe dingy railroad station of some for¬gotten city,then the boat, the water, black, the websof rushing foam she’d made up creaturesfor, who ran beneath the wavesand whose occupation was to snare theboat, to snarl it, then...The memory itself is only a broken set ofimages without any reference by which tojudge their meaning. The images are onlya personal set of impressions; the protec- THE VISITI.The third day of the visitI took a walk, goingj^ver the paths,following the familiarity offences, shadows, trees,passing the last generation’srusty farm machines—the same color rust ascertain grassesthat stand stiff and dried andwhispering in the ditches all winter—a springtooth and four-bottom plow,broken or outdated and parked foreverbefore I was born,’before I began to walk toall the places that rise andsurround me like the walls of roomsthat I could live in even now.II.On the front porch,unstuffing itself,the old blue brocade chairmy hippie cousins give me sits,shiny, worn, dirty finery.Its own life holds me,gathers me into its easy armsand faces the pasture across the road-foxtail, queen anne’s lace, milkweed, velvetweed, tallgrass,their details and dyings,turns of color,marking time, marking the change.III.My father had the south hedgerowbulldozed out while I was away,tipped the whole row of trees,half a mile long, onto its side,and this morning he, my brother-in-law and Iwent out with a chainsaw and ax to fightit into whatever usefulness is left to it—fenceposts and firewood.Osage orange is tough, stoic, hard almost as stoneit seems, not fighting back,but enduring beyond stubbornnessboth the windand the great-great-grandchildrenof the men who planted iton a treeless prairiein these long rowsfor the wind to wear itself out on,and we will tire long before it gives.Changes are made or happen herewithout regard for my memories.This place does not know or care about my absences.But a fencepost of hedgewood, well set,will last the lifetime of a farmer,and the stumps burn slowly.— Karen Reimer16—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985Before you makelong distance commitment,make sure you knowwhat you’re getting into.If Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh hadknown what being stuck in the same boatwould mean, chances are neither would haveset foot aboard.And if you’re stuck in the same boat with a longdistance company that doesn’t give you all theservices you need, it’s easy to harbor mutinousthoughts.But when you pick AT&T as your long distancecompany, you know you’re in for smooth sailing. 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See samples:241-7896.of Chicago (31« 2417M4Review, Friday September 27, 1985—17CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16After this usurpation of the role of thesuperior he is finally able to move downthe hall to the bedroom and his memory oftheir sexual relationship — the restrictiveforce of the mother i/i his own mind hasbeen overcome. However in the bedroomwhen they are naked Moira becomes anabstract sign just as the mother was be¬fore her; a gold light just as her motherwas pure white. In the bedroom awayfrom the mother she holds him back asthey struggle “like demented athletes.’’The German, which before was a barrier,becomes her “sounds of love.” He is, final¬ly, unable to share in her satisfaction andit is this which separates them....before it ended, she’dhave even gone into the sounds oflove,groans and whispered shrieks, glottalstops, gutterals I couldn’t catch or un¬derstand,and all this while nothing would be hap¬pening, nothing, that is, in the way I’dmean it now.We’d lie back (this is where I see hersweating, gleaming with it, drenched)and she’d smile.She is satisfied somehow. This is what shewanted somehow. Only this? Yes, onlythis.He was never able to understand theirculture, their way of thinking, and whilehe reached to her on a personal level withdesire she was able to gain satisfaction insome other way. This is ultimately whatseparates them. The strength of his emo¬tion at this realization comes through inthe narration which for the first time usessimple present tense and direct speech.“She is satisfied...Only this? Yes, onlythis."The narrator immediately shifts thescene to avoid the pain of his frustratedsexual desire. The narrator begins now toseparate himself from his past position,his memory again becomes a memory in¬stead of a re-experience of his feelingswhen he was twenty-one. He is now leftwith the need to explain the relationshipand the emotions which he has broughtback to the present. He is no longer thetwenty-one year old Williams livingthrough the experience for the first time,nor the Williams who was able to ration¬ally insulate himself from the pain, but theWilliams of the present who can see thefailure of both these earlier attempts *<■>explain his frustration. The narrator tirr*reacts by realizing his own participation in the relationship, his own choice to con¬tinue to be manipulated. He reacts person¬ally to the two *omen and cannot asso¬ciate what he knows of them with what heknows of the war.It’s strange now, doing it again, the busi¬ness of the camps and slaughters* thequick flicker of outragethat hardly does it work anymore, all thecarnage, all our own omissions inter¬posed,then those two, in their chambers, correct,aristocratic, even with the old one’s cal¬cifying feetand the younger one’s intensities F^thoseeyes that pierce me still from that farback with jolts of longing.It is not until he is completely free fromthe character of himself ih the past that hebegins to understand- The artist in thepresent takes control of the memory andbegins again to defehri||fettie reasons forall three character^ actions. It is at thispoint that he realizes for fi^f-tjrpethat he never asked himself what theywanted from the relationship. - Irj the pasthe was too close tp his own feelings pf painto try to understandsfieir motivations.The narrator in the present is able to com¬bine the instinctive Qualifies of himself attwenty-one and the understanding and ra¬tionality which he gained l*ttK-I frame the image: -the two women, theyoung man, they, poised, g'upiouqf, /ftpsmoldering with Impatience, / | /and I realize I’ve never really asked my*"self what could she. Or they, possiblyhave wanted of rhe? / lWhat am I doing in a' teacuptrembling on my knep,v-1ftait odd, barbedname mangled in my mouth?The more mature Williams is able to syn¬thesize the disparate views and cap nowunderstand the relationship from boththeir perspective and h7S -own. This newunderstanding leads Mo the realizationwhich unifies the hi|4Qrlbal and culturalaspects of his relationship to thO Von 0..’swith the personal aSpaj&TSr-jHe comes tp therealization that he “rrAghf have been theirJew.” He now sees that they used him toescape the cultural domination of thepast. \ r j \ \I wonder, I mean, if I might have been animplement for therrLnot of atonement —I’d have nosed that out ¬put of absolution, what they’d have usedto get them shed of something rankling— history, it would be:they’d have wanted! pfcbi categorically and finally shriven of it, or of that partof it at leastwhich so befouled the rest, which so acute¬ly contradicted it with glory and deba¬sement.Because they defined themselves in termsof their cultural system its imperativeswere more important than their own feel¬ings or thpse of Williams. When they com¬pared him to this abstract amoral systemhe was necessarily inadequate.Thf mother, what I felt from her, that bulkof silence, that withholding that I readas sorrow:might it have been instead the heroic con-/ MainMsnf^of a probably reflexive loath¬ing of me4?What was for Williams a very personaland painful relationship, was for Moica amechanism for “dismantling guilt or racialsqueamishness.” He reaTizes that the dis¬parity between their eotture ana his own,and the resultant judgement of him Baspdupon their culture, was the cause of hisfrustration and the historical motivationof the Nazi generation.Jn Combat, C. K. Williams attempts to re¬cuperate the abstract ideal oLhistpry byinfusing it with personal meaning. His re¬lationship to the Von CL.*’a becomes in thepoem an allegory for the rise of Nazismand the persecution of the jpwy in Ger¬many. However, contained withrh this nar¬rative structure is a personal patterp ofdesire and repression whose recoghitiont)y the narrator in the text leads him togreater understanding of himself. Thepattern begins, with a remembrance. th'err”'the author' questions this remembrance,which loads tqueither a personal or a his¬torical realization. After this. realizationthe narrative shows an expression of theauthors sexOal desire which isf frustrated.The frustration leads to a continuance ofthe remembrance and the pattern re¬peats. \The first realization which begins thispattern is.* th§' explanation by the narratorof his lack of historical perspective.I had no context much beyond what mychildhood comic books had given me tohang any of it on. \This leads to Moira’s memory o^ her trip toAmerican and his sexual reaction. His re¬action is frustrated by the presence of themother which causes him to question hereffect on Moira and the next cycle is start¬ed. The next cycle begins with the realiza¬tion of the mothers role as a controllingfootnote to the text of their relationship. —Moira then remembers her father and Wil¬liams responds to her memory with desirefor Moira. This desire is frustrated by hisinability to pronounce their name, whichcauses the narrative shift to the momentof his recollection of seeing their name inShirer’s Reich. The rational understandingof history brings about the final manifes¬tation of this pattern of desire and repres¬sion. This third expression of the patterninvolves the entire narrative of the poem.His rationalization, which he uses to pro¬tect himself from the memory of their rela¬tionship is confronted with their unpron-ouncable name in Shirers Reich andtriggers the central sexual expression ofthe poem. The last manifestation of thispattern of repression and desire deter¬mines the structure of the entire poem andtherefore must be a compulsion of the au¬thor and not of one of his projected per¬sona.The effect of this correspondence be¬tween the sexual desire of the author and^historical realization is to reduce the alle¬gorical recuperation of history attemptedby the poem to a subconscious struggle bythe author to deal with his frustrated sex-ual desire. The objectivity of the meaningof ; history is reduced to a subjective proj¬ection of the author. As Fredric Jamisonwr(jte in Postmodernism, or The CulturalLohic of Late Capitalism:The past is thereby itself modified: whatwas once...the organic genealogy of thebourgeoise collective project...has/ meanwhile itself become a vast collec¬tion of images, a multitudinous photo¬graphic simulacrum.The reader is involved in this reductionof history because of the narrative styleof the poem. 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It’s a plot to distract us,to turn us from our purpose...”*little worriesThe flavor of lemons, not for the last time. and so she went.don’t talk to me of linen napkins, of ‘‘galantries whis¬pered and heard with the smile of a sphinx,” of thatstupid game of poker after dinner: give me afternoonswhen time hangs like a new bloom, folded color and silence;give me antelope tension, my moment half flight andhalf dance; give us friendships like barn yard geese,noisy and fertile, solemnly protective and sumptuously foolishIn the book, he presented her as beingright; but what was her world—was itright? To become a heroine, it's a goodstart to be right when everyone is wrong.But it’s so hard to know you’re wrongwhen you are only ‘driving down the laketo the cottages.’ peppermint candy, poured,warm, in a ribbon—Orange juice and thekitchen floor: they existlike two shakers togetheron the spice rack, inmy “remember”and their wives. mindthey had gone;the drawer left open.night and silence, streetlights companion us, when a largecar smoothly floats by like ahuge cold fish, totallyunaware of us there lost in the dark, the wordsgrew to a sharply-focusedreality, gemlike, untilsome surging emotion camepushing through and allcollapsed in a bright, stunnedbut bubbly light. people, due to distance,having become smallerpins, uprightly arrangedby a neurotic self; railroad right-of-way, with plants,your shorts.The reason is yourself.Or, is the reason thatI know so well that stack of Benjamin Britton records next tothe box of carpentry tools on your shelf. touching her was not like ,here we are |jke a’ simple dandelion—the sunembracing her shines dazzlingly, the rainin the night was just pours, simply there we werelike narcissuses in and one day there webloom, the last day weren’tin Mayonomatopoeicslice) Yet the subjectitself has changedevery decade orso Hasn’t it? Fantasizing today, of sex,the images completely filledmy inner movie screen, and thethoughts had my attention allto themselves.(the little world of the surface ofthe table is reality;Now I see what we’vebeen becoming all these years, nowI’ve become what I am.He honestly, honestly wondered, did thesunlight, the hollyhocks, the young womenat the pool, did they notice him, really?“Of course they do.”I suppose you could saythe purpose was theimpulsion;don’t talk aboutbeginnings orends, an open pineapplecan; I glanceat it side¬ways,*“Well, let them try.”*the quote is from Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman ofChaillotPhotograph by David Sullivan20—The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27. 1985y ■ Thenfipeat Escape.Weekend DackaaeE leekend package2 free full American breakfasts.Free parking.Free shuttle.njoy a glorious weekend overlookingthe spectacular Lake Michigan shoreline.Special weekend package includes excellentaccommodations in one of our spaciousguest rooms...delicious dining, heatedoutdoor swimming pool...in-room movies...and more! 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He felt himself pull into focus behindhis eyes as if while he slept his bodydisassembled leaving only his eyes onguard. Once fully awake it always annoyedhim that he couldn’t figure out what was sodamned important about what his eyes hadbeen seeing. They were focused now on aripple in the plaster of the ceiling.High ceilings were the main attraction ofEliot’s apartment. In winter all the heatcouched high in the corners. Some nightsEliot would lie in a tangle of blankets andsweaters trying to imagine what hadpossessed the architect to put the air ventsso high up in the walls. He lay now, listeningfor the rattle of forced air heat. In the street acar honked. A man began yelling in a voiceEliot couldn’t make words out of. He thoughtthe man sounded like a dog that had been letout after being shut in for days. Eliot didn’tapprove of making scenes in public.Darcy dreamed that movement was sound,shaped by the shape of things she movedaround. She liked the sound she madethrough grass and plants with many smallleaves. Even the sound she got from wallswas nice, a kind of low, pressing insistence.But then a fog came down and everythingwas still.Sometime in the night the fitted sheet hadpulled loose from the corners of the bed. Thefolds of it pressed against the back of Eliot’ship bones. Beneath his shoulder blades themattress was slick. Acrylics made him sweatin any temperature. Damp and cold, he feltloose inside his body, as if, small as it was, itwas too large for him. He didn’t believe hehad all the internal organs he was supposedto have. He could feel the hollow spaces bet¬ween his bones.Struggling with the blankets, Eliot kickedDarcy and remembered he wasn't alone. Hespread his hand across the back of her thighand wondered if she'd notice the heat she’dlost to him. He imagined his hollow spacesfilling and wondered if it was important tokeep them empty.Darcy’s body seemed a cloud of heat. Hecurled into it and brushed a knuckle againsther spine. Vertabrae always made him thinkof fish. Curling closer, he puckered hismouth and made toneless fish noises intoher neck. Her hair was the color of sand. Herbreath passed through her body in smallwaves. He closed his eyes in her hair.Darcy dreamed of fingers that were roots,dividing and expanding, tapping into theradio waves, listening to light.In one motion Eliot rolled and slapped theclock radio. Behind him Darcy thrust anelbow into the air and curled her arm aroundher head.“Daytime.” Eliot said, “Time to wake up.”Darcy curled tighter. “Time for breakfast.”Eliot imagined orange juice served in cutcrystal, the smell of coffee and of newsprint.He sat and swung his legs over the edge ofthe bed. His foot struck an empty vodka bot¬tle. It rattled across the floor to strike the wallwith a mute click.There was a browned, half-eaten apple inthe ashtray beside his foot. The books andmagazines stacked underneath and acrossthe top of the bedside table were coated in afine layer of grit, crumbs and ash. Eliotthought of his bedroom as something akin tothe portrait of Dorian Gray, telling horribletruths about his living room. Usually whenEliot was involved with a woman, they didtheir sleeping at her place.Eliot had never slept at Darcy’s. Now that itwas winter he wouldn’t even remove his coatwhen he stopped by to take her out. If shewasn’t ready to go he would pace from cor¬ner to corner. “I've never known an apart¬ment to feel so much like private property.”he’d tell her, “It gives me the creeps.”Sitting on the edge of his bed, Eliot watch¬ed the distortions of light in the vodka bottle.Behind him Darcy filled the space he had left.She smoked too much. He could hear it in herbreath in the morning. “Wake up. Sleepy.”he said.Without opening her eyes Darcy knew shewas surrounded by daylight. Sheremembered picking berries for breeakfast.Was it yesterday or longer ago? Sheremembered the faint soil taste, a metalicedge to the sweetness, because the berrieswere too fragile for washing Tim had refusedto use a spoon to eat them, saying the juicewas much more tasty off skin than stainlesssteel. Eliot closed his eyes. Beneath the blanketDarcy’s body was damp. Her sleep tastedsweet to him. She smelled of old sweat andsomehow, always, of donuts. His kissesgrew more insistent.Darcy opened her mouth to find twotongues in it, both without taste or the abilityto speak. She gagged.Darcy’s quick intake of breath roused Eliotfurther. She seemed so naive, sodefenseless. He drew one of her fingers intohis mouth until his tongue ran up againstgold.It had been high summer when Eliot hadfirst taken Darcy to his bed. At the time the airitself had seemed to require, or at least tojustify, such indiscreet removal of clothing.But it was February now. Eliot believed that inthe sub-zero months nakedness impliedsome kind of commitment. He clicked histeeth against Tim’s ring.Darcy took a long slow breath and tried toremember all the pieces. Saturday. February.Snow. Eliot’s apartment. No juice in therefrigerator. Eliot’s bed. Eliot’s hands.“You should forget him.” Eliot said.Darcy opened her eyes for the first time.She turned them on Eliot. “Forget who?" sheasked.“I thought you were asleep.”“I am.” she said and closed her eyesagain.Eliot thought it wasn’t fair. She’d come upso suddenly he hadn’t been able to catchher, and now she was gone again. There wasno telling how long it would be before shespoke again. He’d never known anyone withsuch an intricate waking process. If Darcy all the time rememberingSoundless things know more than they tell.Wind remembers the places it’s been;mud what passes by. The earthremembers Newton and bowsin perfect orbit, falling.Heat, speed and distance, allremember the beginning, butrefuse to tell any further backthan the instant after.DNA remembers itself, unravellingto tell itself overagainand again.All the worldis all the timeremembering.I read to recollect myself,tree-ring clocks, and compass clay,the species diary of old bones tellingtime, which I believe in, and cling tolike a lifeline backto whatI don’t recall.—Elizabeth Barnes-ClaytonPhotograph of Elizabeth Barnes-Clayton by David Sullivanwoke up wrong, she went through the wholeday wrong. It made him angry to have to be socareful. He just wanted to get up, have a nicebreakfast and then go look at houses withstrange shaped gates or windows. It’s ab¬surd, he thought, anyone ought to be able towake on demand if they have to.He looked down at her. The blanket hadfallen down to below her waist. He could seeher rib cage pull together and apart with herbreathing. Her right breast was slightly largerthan her left one. They both looked cold“Darce.” he said.“I was dreaming.” she answered.Eliot was astonished at how easily shecould make his breath come quick and sharpHe pulled the blanket up to cover her again.Smelling the previous evening on her skin,Darcy knew how her wool dress would smellwhen she pulled it over her head. Likesomething dead. She wondered why she wasalways forgetting that she preferred wakingalone and in her own bed.“I saw Lee Corvin yesterday.” Eliot said. and againI know where dead people go.You've been talking to mein my sleep.You've been telling methings of no consequence.Your plans for the future.You show methe scar behind your left knee,and I wake upangry as all hell.—Elizabeth Barnes-ClaytonCONTINUED ON PAGE 24The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—23«iaCONTINUED FROM PAGE 23"You remember, the accountant who onlyeats nuts and berries. I’d like you to meethim.”“He wears a watch on both wrists.” Darcysaid.“Does he? I hadn’t noticed. But I thoughtyou’d never met.”“We haven’t.” she said and leaned againsthim to apologize for the implication. Therewas only one person other than Eliot whomight talk to her about Lee Corvin. Darcydidn’t think it was her fault they both used thesame accountant, but it brought such a pin¬ched expression to Eliot’s face.“Forget him."Eliot said."How can I forget a man I’ve neverknown?” Darcy asked, and Eliot smiled inspite of himself.Eliot was sitting on two of the pillows. Dar¬cy’s face was against his thigh. He combedher hair with his fingers. “You looked spec¬tacular last night, Darce. The man behind usin line at the movie was staring at you. I thinkyou must be the most beautiful woman I’veever known. He was jealous.”Eliot wondered if he might be able tonegotiate a merger, find some way to grafther body to his own. He wanted the world tolook at him and see her.Darcy closed her eyes and thought ofCatherine, Tim’s new wife, who really wasbeautiful. Some nights when Darcy lay alone,she would hear a sound she had come toidentify as the sound a woman might make ifshe could sing while making love. Darcybelieved this was the sound Catherine madewhen she rolled with Tim.Darcy believed that the universe was ex¬panding. She could feel the distances in¬creasing between herself and the people sheheld onto. Sometimes it made her dizzy howeverything close was moving away.In November a man who lived one floorbelow Darcy had died and lain rotting on hisscrap of carpet for two weeks before anyonenoticed. At that time the smell had becometoo thick to ignore and the janitor had brokendown the door. It was only after the policehad cleaned the man up and carried him awaythat Darcy learned his name. Raymond. Forthe couple of days it took for the stench toclear out of the building, she had taken totalking to him. It was his smell, so in a sensehe was still very much present. It seemedthat now that he was dead he had found hisway into her bed and she couldn’t get rid ofhim. "Raymond you’re unkind.” she’d say,“It’s not my fault you died with the'tv on. Goaway now and leave me in peace."Before the Raymond incident Darcy hadbeen in the habit of turning on the tv whenthings got bad. She wouldn’t watch it. Shewould turn it on just loud enough to soundlike voices in the next room. Then she'd getinto bed and try to sleep. Since Novemberthough falling asleep to the tv had becomeunthinkable. Some nights she counted thetimes the front door of the building openedand swung shut. Some nights she heardnothing at all. Some nights she heard thecouple in the apartment above smashingglass objects. Most frequent was the sensa¬tion that everything had become quite distantand small. She turned and cupped her face inEliot’s hand. UNIhalf lifeKen Shaw © 1985Eliot looked down from his study of the rip¬ple in the ceiling. There was something glit¬tery caught in Darcy’s hair. Her breath washumid against his skin. His hand was toosmall to hold her face. "You want me to leaveyou alone till you’re awake?” he asked.“I’m awake." she said.Eliot pulled back to the edge of the bed.“Hungry?""No. Is there any juice?”"No." His back to Darcy, Eliot hunched atthe edge of the bed like a reluctant swimmerat the edge of a pool.She watched the tension of his skin revealthe ribs in his back. "You want me to fix yousome eggs or something?” The sight of hisbody always made her want to offer aid ofsome kind.“I’m not hungry.” He turned back andopened his hand under her jaw. Whereverthey went together, he wanted to introduceher with a possessive article: “This is mywife, my agent, my gardener." anything thatwould attach her to him with the tangiblebonds of a contract. "My lover” wasaltogether too ambiguous a connection. Itmade him angry that he couldn’t shake thefeeling that enforcing the attachment wouldbreak one of them. He didn’t know which.“Do you have anything to do today?" he ask¬ed.“Too many things."“I thought maybe we could do something."“I don’t know. Let’s talk about it later whenI’m more awake. I can’t think about it now.”“I’ll let you wake up.”"I’m awake; I told you. Don’t go.”“Why?"“Your hands are warm.”“What were you dreaming?"“Mmm.” she said, pushing her faceagainst his hip. mmmYou’re living again He had more skin than his bones could fill.Darcy had a hard time getting him to eat inthe morning. He said it muddled his thinking.And in the evening he said it put him to sleepand he hated to waste the night. It seemed hedid most of his eating when he was alone,late at night. He seemed to consider hungera personal failure."What did you want to do today?” she ask¬ed.“I don’t know. You remember that newbuilding on Clark? About a block north ofyour place?”“Yeah, I’ve seen it.”“It’s too incredibly ugly. Almost un¬forgivable. I’d like to go down and take somepictures.”“You have a strange way of forgiving.” shesaid. He touched his lips to the top of herhead and turned away.Climbing off the bed, Eliot knocked overthe ashtray. The apple bounced onto Darcy’srust colored dress. A blizzard of ash settledover his feet. “I’m going to shower.” he said,and walked to the kitchen. Standing naked inthe window he watched the snow fall throughthe four foot crevice between himself and thebeige brick wall of the neighboring building.“Hey Darce?” he called, “Do you knowwhere my slippers are?”“Yeah. Wait a minute.” She pulled herselfup to sitting. “I think I saw them in the livingroom, at the far end of the couch.” She heardthe sound of forks against stoneware andwater running in the sink. Cross-legged onthe pile of blankets, she pulled at the earringtangled in her hair. A person has to do whathe can, she thought, to keep things from fly¬ing apart. Lifting herself first on one knee andthen on the other, she stretched the sheetback over the corners of the bed.You’re living againin the house we boughteach other and lostto the heat. i Things have startedfalling off the walls;the faces of old friends,the pictures I drew to explaina temporary failure at lonelinessnewspaper clippings:Who is John R. Schmidtand why can’t anyonethink of something bad tosay about him?Coat hangers, paper clips,everything tends towardthe floor. I can’tremember where I meantto put my foot downwhen you stopped me to askfor a piece of my mind.When I look for somethingit isn’t there.It isn’t where it wasbefore I looked.I’m sorry. I can’tremember whereI left that piece.The map of the world,America holding center, the USSR spread aroundthe edges, remains hangingon the rough planed plaster.It’s a pattern I don’tunderstand. Whatfalls and whatdoesn’t.The knife is in my hand.Your bread is buttered.Eat and don’t askany questions. ,—Elizabeth Barnes-ClaytonEliot let the water run off the ends of hisfingers into the sink. A small bird landed onthe phone cable outside the window. “Flyaway, bird.” he said, “Fly away.”Eliot had gone to Houston once onbusiness. He'd thought all of Texas wasdesert, but the Houston air had been tropical.At night a thick fog sank down around thehigh glass buildings and pulled the light outfrom the windows in columns. He'd gonewalking without his overcoat. Under the nightfog, the branches of October trees were leaf¬ed with tiny birds. Eliot had found itsomewhat indecent for birds to be making somuch noise, at night, and in the city, but he’dbeen grateful for the lush weather, as if onhis account the desert had softened for aweekend.“Fly away, bird.” he said, but the birddidn’t move.The clock on the stove said it was twelvefifteen. "Damn it. The whole day’s gone.”Eliot said. “Wasted.” He kicked his way tothe living room and stood staring at the blankfaced television set. He wanted his slippers,but couldn’t remember where she’d saidthey were.Coming up from behind, Darcy put herarms around him and spread her handsacross his ribs. She kissed the back of hisneck. “You smoke too much.” he said.“Come on,” she said. “I’ll make some cof¬fee. Then maybe, if it’s not too cold, we cango fora walk.”I wouldn’t think twice of it,the image of your return,haunted with absencesonly I perceive.It couldn’t even touch me, but thatsomething in the tensionof spring presses all springstogether, combiningand erasingthe number of years.Tonight,when the dust-winged gnats began to fallalong the beam of my desk lamp, to diein bent-legged hieroglyphics,I lay down my penand waited because one springwhen you were already absentbut not yet gone,for three nights without endthe frail-footed gnats winged a pilgrimageto that other desk lamp, conspired aroundmy hands, my eyes, mymouth. Ilay down my penand taped your business card over the holein the screen,to keep the crawlers out,and the ones whose wings had span,but the gnats,the ghost-hearted gnats,were unscreenable. 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His characters—musicians, farmers, beggars—possess anobility of spirit which derives from theheroic period of Irish history. By giving hisrustics a sense of their own importance Col¬um implies that, while the former period willnot return, its virtues assume a new guiseunder different circumstances.The Countryside and Dublin, the book’stwo sections, present stories of the rural andurban Irish at the turn of the century. Colum'ssubject matter is indeed predominantly Irish.The familiar, colloquial tone bespeaks of anintimacy experienced in the story-tellingcircles of Ireland, where adults and childrengather to hear stories told by family membersor by wandering storytellers—senachies.Colum enhances a sense of immediacy forhis audience by using present tense, first-person narration.In the introduction to The Poet's Circuits, acollection of poems Colum published in 1960,he commented on its organization: “In so faras they have a succession, continuity, in sofar as they are representative of a coun¬tryside, these poems of men and womenmake a sequence, or, to leave aside a wordthat has become technical, a saga. It is as asaga and not as separate pieces that theyshould be presented.'' The stories of menand women, in the present volume, formsuch a saga.Colum uses internal narration in Eilis: AWoman's Story in which he begins with thefirst-person and introduces a narrator for theremainder of the story, a sandwiching effectwhich Colum often employs. Reminiscent ofJoyce’s Eveline, Eilis cannot cross a ditch which separates her from her lover, just asEveline could not board the ship which wouldunite her with her lover. When Eilis marries amiddle-class, staid man instead of herromantic lover, one thinks of Joyce’s TheDead, when Gretta longs for her dead lover.The friendship between Colum and Joyce isevident in the strong influence which Joycehad on Colum’s work.The theme of marriage for security ratherthan love governs The Flute Player's Story aswell. Marriage shows the ingenuity which ayoung woman displays to secure thenecessary dowry allowing her to wed theman of her choice. Marcus of Clooneyhumorously tells of a young Irish-Americanwho goes to great lengths to meet adesirable young woman. Catherine Mulam-phy and the Man from the North look at amisunderstanding between a husband andwife arising because of an Ulsterman and abrass ring. The theme of marriage, linked asit was to land ownership and familial succes¬sion, was important to Colum.The lure of the land forces Michael Heffer-man to return to Connacht, in Land Hunger.As a character, he represents the idealizedview of the Irish peasant about whom Columhas written so often: “This man had no affini¬ty with his companions nor his English sur¬roundings, and the money paid to him wasonly little coins. He wanted to see his laborgrow into something; become crop and harvest. And so he came back to the deepsoil, to the smell of the earth, to the satisfac¬tion of bending over the sod.’’Colum expresses his admiration for the no¬ble past in The Peacocks of Baron’s Hall andThe Slopes of Tara. In the former, peacockssymbolize the beauty of an age which hadpassed. In the latter story, Shaun meets thewoman who, in the golden age of Irishhistory, had been his lover:“As for Shaun, he went along the darkenedroad in a state of mind that was half satisfac¬tion, half bewilderment. Woman had ceasedto be an abstract creature, the ornament ofthe story, the spoil of the strong hand. Bet¬ween himself and the peautiful growing girlhe felt the hundred ties of race. He was theservitor who drove the swine into the woods,and she was the daughter of a prince, but stillthey were related, and her beauty was part ofhis dream and his glory.’’Shaun was only a “strange little creature’’and she had been royalty. In his poetry aswell, Colum contrasts past nobility with thenobility of spirit which the Irish rusticdisplayed. For Morfydd, for example, begins:It would not be far for us to go back to theage of bronze:Then you were a King’s daughter; yourfather had curraghs a score;And I was good at the bow, but I had nomen and no herds. The story The Death of the Rich Man is abiting comparison of the fate of a Gombeenman, “who squeezed riches out of the pover¬ty of his class: and a shuler, a woman “whohad been moulded by unkind forces—thesilence of the roads, the bitterness of thewinds, the long hours of hunger.” Colum por¬trays her as being luckier than the dying man,yet as someone whose “eyes were keen withgreed, and her outstretched hand was shak¬ing.” Although sympathetic to her, inWhat the Shuler Said as She Lay by the Firein the Farmer’s House Colum allows thegreed to speak:I’d never grudge them the weight of theirlandsIf I had only the good red goldTo huggle between my breast and hands'Pilgrimage Home fallows Brendan, a youngsculptor whose wanderings give Colum thesetting necessary to show the plight of theartist in a disordered country Brendan meetspeople who represent the Ireland which Col¬um admires, even the early stirrings of an ar¬my. The artist then comes to realize his ownmission:No monument or building that would makepeople thoughtful when they looked at itwas here. There was disorder since therewas nothing to give an idea of order. But bysetting up something that would show thepeople a shape, some order would bebrought into their minds and some order in¬to such a place as Dooard. With his handresting against the stone circle he said tohimself that order could be brought out ofthis disorder. A chill that was like the feel¬ing of iron came over his body as herecognized who should make the shapesthat the people would recognize. Out ofwhat was before him even now he wouldmake such shapes.Sternlicht has made a welcome contribu¬tion to the study of Irish literature by bringingtogether, in one volume, these storiesrepresentative of Padriac Colum's fiction out¬put. Colum was a deceptively simple artistwho exemplified the visionary, and at thesame time root-bound work of the IrishLiterary Renaissance.“YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE”Letters, Summer 1926, Pasternak,Tsvetayeva, RilkeYevegenny Pasternak, Yelena Pas¬ternak, and Koustentin Azadovsky, ed.Margaret Wettlin and Walter Arndt, trans.Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1985251 pages, $24.95Letters, Summer 1926 is not exactly whatits PR sets it up to be, a three-way cor¬respondence among the literary legendsPasternak, Tsvetayeva, and Rilke. Rather it isa piece of the correspondence that lastedfrom 1922 to 1935 between Pasternak andTsvetayeva, combined with Tsvetayeva s cor¬respondence with Rilke. Pasternak did writeone letter to Rilke, initiating the cor¬respondence, but was unable to write againin the months before Rilke died. This wasdisappointing because I was set up to expectsome dialogue between Pasternak and Rilke.I was waiting for it, waiting to compare it toTsvetayeva’s passionate and possessive out¬cries. I was never given the chance to makesuch a comparison, and so perhaps felt afraction of the loss Pasternak experiencedupon the news of Rilke's death.So the book is not the record of a three-waycorrespondence, but it is very illuminatingnone the less. The characters are Pasternak,who was born Russian and is living inMoscow, Tsvetayeva who was also born inRussian and is living abroad, and Rilke, bornGerman, living in Switzerland and carrying inhim a sense of spiritual kinship with pre¬revolutionary Russia. The year is 1926.Russian censorship cuts a kind of lace pat¬tern through the correspondences. What iswritten to Pasternak, must be spoken careful¬ly. There is always an uncertainty aboutwhether he will receive what has been sent tohim. Books and poems are smuggled in byfriends, sometimes successfully, sometimesnot. Pasternak is unable to write or receiveany word directly to or from Rilke becausediplomatic relations between Russia andSwitzerland have been broken off. Thewaiting is torturous and slow.Before reading this book I knew of Paster¬nak and Rilke, but (I confess) had never evenheard of Tsvetayeva, and it is she who is trulyat the core of the book. From her letters sheseems a true romantic, passionate and tor¬tured, denying body and acknowledging onlysoul. Wandering through Europe, she ishomeless. She goes to stay by the seaside,and fears the sea.But there’s one thing, Boris: I don’t like thesea. Can’t bear it. A vast expanse andnothing to walk on—that’s one thing. Inconstant motion and I can only watch it—that’s another.Her letters are vivid and rhythmic, andthough she sometimes dips deep into self-pity, she does seem to be the poetic giant BY ELIZABETH BARNES-CLAYTONPasternak makes her out to be.When she touches down to illuminate herstark personal life, she is precise and not atall melodramatic:What have I seen of life? Throughout myyouth (from 1917 on)—black toil. Moscow?Prague? Paris? St.-Gilles? Same thing.Always stove, broom, money (none). Neverany time. No woman among your (Rilke’s)acquaintances and friends lives like that,would be capable of living so. Not to sweepany more—of that is my kingdom ofheaven.It is only in such stray comments thatTsvetayeva betrays her position in the daily,physical world. She is a woman living in post-World War I Europe. She is a wife and motherwho minds the children, keeps house, andsomehow also maintains a rich emotional andliterary life.Unlike Tsvetayeva’s infrequent referencesto domestic life, Pasternak is always com¬plaining. His wife, child, and extended familypress in on him, leaving little time for solitudeor work. It makes an interesting contrast;here Tsvetayeva writes to Pasternak:Boris, this is not a real letter. The real onesare never committed to paper. Today, forinstance, while pushing Mudik’s carriagealong an unfamiliar road—roads—turninghere, turning there, seeing things for thefirst time, enjoying the bliss of being onhard ground at last (sand, sea), strokingsome prickly flowering plants in passing asone strokes a strange dog, I talked to you all the time.And here is Pasternak to Tsvetayeva:At last they have withdrawn into two rooms.I have begun five letters to you today. Ourlittle boy has the flu. Zhenya is with him. Soare my brother and his wife. In and out, inand out. The stream of words you drank ofas you pumped them out of me was con¬stantly interrupted. We bounced away fromeach other. One after another my letterswent into the wastebasket.Though Pasternak's letters are as turbulentand romantic as Tsvetayeva's he spendsmore time on literary criticism thanTsvetayeva, who finds the whole subjectrather disagreeable. One can't help but feel alittle sorry for Pasternak as Tsvetayeva driftsaway from him in favor of Rilke. He is in¬secure, uncertain of his literary merit, andsuffering from the great distance betweenRussia and the rest of the world. He is faraway and very alone.Through this turbulence, Rilke's letters cutlike a sweet, simple melody. His letters arefewer, shorter, and calmer. Unlike bothPasterfiak and Tsvetayeva, he neverapologizes for his letters, he is clearly older,more self-contained, and dying, though evenhis closest friends do not know it. Perhapseven he himself is not conscious of it. Butthere is a tone to his letters, a calm thatseems the voice of a man unafraid. Throughthe tangle of correspondence, it is Rilke'svoice that balances, soothes.There was one other, major contributingRainer Maria Rl.'ke, Muzot, 1925. From Letters, Summer tsx> voice in this book. Though the names of theeditors are hard to locate on the cover of thebook, the text does contain a lot of narrativefiller. The details given seem reasonableenough, but they are not very welldocumented. This is probably because two ofthe editors are Pasternak's son anddaughter-in-law. I imagine much of what weare told they know simply because they knewPasternak. It’s family history. I . wouldhowever, feel more comfortable with that ex¬planation if the narrative had a more personaltone, or the narrator was allowed a personali¬ty, or at least if the editors’ names werefeatured more prominently. Anonymousfacts don’t feel sound, and I found myselfwanting someone to claim that narrative fillerso that I would know how to judge it.This disturbance made me realize just howfar from the original the text had come. Theoriginal, handwritten letters had to betranslated into print. With Tsvetayeva's let¬ters in particular that seems a significantstep, because her punctuation and syntaxare so original and personal. Then the editorshad to select what to print and what toparaphrase and what to leave out altogether.And finally, the Russian, German and Frenchhad to be translated into English.This matter of language is particularly sen¬sitive in a book where the topic is so fre¬quently that of language itself. WhenTsvetayeva discusses the glory of a par¬ticular German word, it is not enough to havethe English translation of that word becauseshe is not discussing the English word, it isthe German. And if the reader does notunderstand German, so much the pity.At one point Tsvetayeva responds toRilke's recent publication of a book of Frenchpoetry. She says that being a poet means be¬ing free from any specific nationality, andyet:Yet every language has something thatbelongs to it alone, that is it. That is whyyou sound different in French and inGerman—that’s why you wrote in French,after all! German is deeper than French,fuller, more drawn out, darker. French:clock without resonance; German—moreresonance than clock (chime). Germanverse is reworked by the reader, oncemore, always, and infinitely, in the poet’swake; French is there. German becomes,French is. Ungrateful language for poets—that’s of course why you wrote in it. Almostimpossible language!This is a book of letters about letters, a cor¬respondence about language It's funny thatwhat shows through so clearly are the blocksto communication, the political and emo¬tional censorship that kept Pasternak fromwriting to Rilke, and the confusion caused byletters crossing in the mail. Pasternak andTsvetayeva write in Russian, Tsvetayeva andRilke write in German and French, endRilke's Russian was too rusty to fathomTsvetayeva’s work. She could write him letterafter passionate letter, but she could not of¬fer him what really mattered, her poetry.The Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—27marian realty,inc.mREALTORStudio and 1 BedroomApartments Available— Students Welcome —On Campus Bus LineConcerned Service5480 S. 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Infact, f’d seen the production more thanonce and had been eagerly awaiting fur¬ther word of this exciting playwright. Ifound it this summer in Plays:One.Even in script form, without the lightsand the voices of actors, these plays areexciting: The language and rhythms of thedialogue are authentic, so that even onpaper the characters come to life. ButChurchill’s understanding goes deeperthan personal psychology. She works froma perspective steeped in political and so¬cial history, which gives the plays agrounding that much of American theaterlacks. The works in this book are intelli¬gent without being self-indulgent or dog¬matic.None of these plays follow a straight¬forward story line. Chuchill uses the toolsof the absurd without making the worksconvoluted or obtuse. She has shakenthem free of simple cause-and-effect sothat each work follows its own logicalstructure. Traps is a play in two acts inwhich time changes without moving for¬ward. Through the use of a few simple rep¬etitions of lines and gestures, the sense ofoppression is complete. The six charactersare trapped playing the same scene overand over.A look at the structure of Cloud Ninedemonstrates how Churchill takes apartand reconstructs the tools of theater. Thefirst act takes place in Victorian BritishAfrica. It is the story of a family in whichthe wife is played by a man because she istrying to live up to her husband’s expecta¬tions, the son is played by a girl becauseof his inability to live up to his father’s ex¬pectations, the daughter is played by adoll, fulfilling everybody’s expectations,and the black servant is played by a whiteman These roll mix-ups are combined withdialogue that verges on cliche:Betty: Clive you are so good.Clive: But are you bored my love?Betty: It’s just that I miss you whenyou're away. We’re not inthis country to enjoyourselves. If I lack societythat is my form of service.Clive: That’s a brave girl. So todayhas been alright? No fain¬ting? No hysteria?Betty: I have been very tranquil.Clive: Ah what a haven of peace tocome home to. The coolth,the calm, the beauty.The result would be pure comic farce, if itweren't so terribly sad.The second act of Cloud Nine takes placetwenty-five years later in modern Eng¬land. The roles are re-arranged somewhatas the characters attempt to work out thegender identifications and sex roles theyhave inherited. There is also in this act achild played by a man for sheer bulk fac¬tor because of the way children dominatewhatever scene they find themselves in.As was demonstrated in Top Girls, Chur¬chill’s sense of the dialogue of children isgenius and often quite frightening.I would call these works experimentaltheater because Churchill tests the limitsof the medium. So often in experimentaltheater I end up feeling manipulated,tricked and cheated, but there is nothingof that in these works. These experimentsare pursued for honest effects, not flashvalue. These five plays are exciting be¬cause they are not just the product, but theprocess of a keen mind at work.—E.B.C.Industrial LandscapesDavid PlowdenW. W. Norton & Co., 1985148 pages, $39.95Industrial Landscapes enacts a pictorialjourney from the steel mills of Gary In¬diana, through the slaughterhouses andgraineries of the western suburbs, to theindustrial parks near O'Hare airport.Though David Plowden is attracted tothe rising forms of the girders, the maze ofrailroad tracks, and the squat graineries,he recognizes that these are ambiguousimages of prosperity that marred as muchas they made. His severely formal photo¬graphs, often juxtaposing two texturesacross a bisection of the picture plane,have the reverent sad air of an archeolo¬gical dig. They are records of what we arelosing.In David Plowden’s well written intro¬duction he recounts a time when he wasstanding on a factory building looking outat the steel mills, which marked the onlyvertical elements on the vast plain.I saw a huge black cloud composed of ob¬viously vile and noxious gasses fill the skyover South Chicago. “Now isn't that abeautiful sight?’’ I heard one of the mensay... He knew what “hard times" were;he was a second generation steelworker. BOOKS IN BRIEFSurprisingly David Plowden’s photo¬graphs of workers are his least inter¬esting, they are often posed and static,and many are captioned as if the workerwas not present; “Assembly Line’’ readsone, though the picture is dominated by astern looking man in a snow-cap. His pho¬tographs are best at capturing contrastsin textures, shapes, or lifestyles, and theyare at their worst when trying to make apoint. Almost every picture has a largeforeground of roadway, planks, or steps,the pictures are made to be entered,roamed in. The formal symmetries are ele¬gant, and sometimes even whimsical, butthe content strikes a brusk counterpoint.The pictures are beautiful, the placesaren’t.David Plowden’s Industrial Landscapesattract and repel us. They challenge us toconfront what we live off and still refuseto acknowledge, what we sneer at andsurvive from, the industries that form abelt around Chicago not half an hour fromthis campus. They are a backyard over¬grown and overwhelming which we do ourbest to ignore. —D.S.Selected PoemsKenneth RexrothNew Directions, 1984152 pages, $7.95Kenneth Rexroth sought an unificationof the public and the private during thesixty years he published poetry. SelectedPoems admirably charts his course fromthe distrustful and angry poems of histeens to the haiku like love lyrics of hislast books, illustrating why Rexroth stillexerts an unmistakable influence on hiscontemporaries. He was a passionatepoet, a translator of poetry from Japan,China, France, Italy, and Greece, and an unwitting grandfather to the Beats.Though he did not set out to write abouthimself he was aware that the honesty ofhis poems must finally rest on the honestyof his persona.In a short poem titled The Advantagesof Learning Rexroth plays off the carica¬ture of a Beat poet to humerously poke funat the so-called power of poetry.I am a man with no ambitionsAnd few friends, wholly incapableOf making a living, growing noYounger, fugitive from some just doom.Lonely, ill-clothed, what does it matter?At midnight I make myself a jugOf hot white wineand cardamon seeds.In a torn grey robe and old beret,I sit in the cold writing poems,Drawing nudes on the crooked margins,Copulating with sixteen year oldNymphomaniacs of my imagination.The alliteration of slant rhymes tie to¬gether the poem, balancing the casualvoice and loose rhythms of the meter. Thisstyle became that of many poets that fol¬lowed Rexroth, technique and learningare hidden, while the natural voice andpassion of living are primary.Healthy skepticism fill these poems, askepticism that extends to poetic tricksand intellectual dodging of life. In A Bes¬tiary, which the older poet wrote for twoof his daughters, he give some advice onthe vulture.St. Aquinas thoughtThat vultures were lesbiansAnd fertilized by the wind.If you seek the facts of life,Papist intellectualsCan be very misleading. -D.S. Landscape as PhotographEstelle Jussim & Elizabeth Lindquist-CockYale University Press, 1985168 pages, $ 35.00Landscape as Photograph is one of thebest books written on tne aesthetic andideological underpinnings that photogra¬phers consciously or unconsciously rely on.By focusing on landscapes the authors canredress many misconceptions about photo¬graphs, since landscapes are often consi¬dered inartistic, objective records, and thesame is often claimed for photographs.“Landscape is a construct,” the authorsbluntly state in their inttoduction, and theway landscapes are constructed reflectour attitudes both to the natural and artworld. The authors divide the book intoeight sections: Landscape as ArtisticGenre, as God, as Fact, as Symbol, as PureForm, as Popular Culture, as Concept, andas Politics and Propaganda. These diversecategories cohere because of the authors’ability to transcend each genre and talkabout the purpose behind the varied ap¬proaches. “It is not only possible to ver¬balize about photographs but importantto do so, for they are mighty indicators ofcultural assumptions,” they write at theend of the introduction. They could add, bythe end of the book, that photographs notonly shape these assumptions, but createthem.One of the misconceptions about the his¬tory of photography that the authors at¬tack, is that early “art” photography wasa misguided imitation of fuzzy impression¬ist images. Instead, the authors point tothe symbolist poets and Swendenborgianspiritualists who were not trying to makethe viewer reconstruct the image for them¬selves, but to see beyond the merely visu¬al to the spiritual. “What should be ofmost account for us all is not external fact,but the suprasensous world. ‘What weknow is not interesting’; the really inter¬esting things are those we can only di¬vine,” the authors quote.An example of this Symbolist movementin photography is reprinted on the frontcover of this issue, Paul Caponigro's Red¬ding, Connecticut. Woods Series. 1968. Thedate is approximately sixty years laterthan the other photographs in this section,emphasizing that it was not the stage inphotography’s development or an imita¬tive notion of art which made these pic¬tures, but rather a specific, defineable in¬tention. With characteristic swiftness theauthors pinpoint the fascination and pur¬pose of the photograph. “In Paul Capon-ioro’s dualities of reflections, oddly stilledwater, and delicate trees, we find a per¬fect statement of what he calls ‘the land¬scape beyond the landscape.' It is almostas if the trees reflected in the water areintimations of that other, parallel uni¬verse of which Swedenborg preached.” Si-miliarly, the authors of Landscape as Pho¬tograph repeatedly force us to lookbeyond the image to the aesthetic, eco¬nomic, technical, historical, and propagan¬dizing purposes of every photograph.Meridel Rubenstein, Penitente, 1981. From Landscape as Pnotograpn.Tank Farm. David Plowden From Industrial LandscapesThe Chicago Literary Review, Friday September 27, 1985—29A Certain Tendency of the HollywoodCinema. 1930-1980Robert B. RayPrinceton University Press, 1985411 pages, $10.95.The American cinema has been such apervasive medium in popular culture sinceits beginnings that its thorough analysis isapplicable to more than just the art offilm. Robert Ray’s historical-theoreticalstudy of the Hollywood cinema serves asan analysis of “some of the most compel¬ling, most abiding representations of themental and physical conditions of ourlives. ”The “certain tendency” which Ray de¬scribes is based on the contradiction inAmerican ideology and tradition demon¬strated by typical, recurring formulas ori¬ginating in 19th century American litera¬ture. The basic contradiction of thisideology lies between individualismversus democratic teamwork, which areboth valued in American society. The char¬acters and plot-lines of the commercialHollywood film embody these conflicts,thereby avoiding the commitment to a de¬finitive moral view. Ray states that thetypical Hollywood movie of the influentialClassic period (1930-1945) depicted char¬acters subscribing to heroic and anti¬heroic stereotypes, considered to beAmerican ideals.A Certain Tendency of the HollywoodCinema. 1930-1980, follows a chronologi¬cal format, in which Ray has chosen tostudy moments in American cinema whichswayed from at least one of the tradition¬al Hollywood paradigms. These para¬digms were the conventional style, anabundance of stars, big budget, enormouslength, or period setting. Films such as Ca¬sablanca, It’s A Worderful Life. The ManWho Shot Liberty Valance, The Godfather,and Taxi Driver, questioned Hollywood’snormal procedures. Those films are dis¬cussed in the divisions of Classic Hol¬lywood, the Postwar Period (1946-1966),and the Contemporary Period(1967-1980). The periods mark a gradualevolution of the American film industryand its most important influences: the in¬teraction between Hollywood's internalaffairs, its audience, and the historical cli¬mate of the United States.Robert Ray’s academic analysis is easilyunderstandable for the reader with agood knowledge of contemporary filmtheory. However, his simplified explana¬tion of rather complex ideas may leavethe non-film educated reader asking morequestions than can be answered in Ray’s-already extensive study. Because Ray hasbased his main thesis around such wellknown films as Casablanca and The Godfa¬ther, the book remains as intriguing to thefilm-goer as to the film scholar.—S.K. BOOKS IN BRIEFpoems into four sections: Decipherings,Prisoners, Fourteen Poems by Jean Jou-bert, and Of God and of the Gods. The firstsection is the most effective of the four.Beginning with the title poem, Decipher¬ings, she introduces her own practice ofwriting:When I lose my centerof gravityI can’t fly:levitation'sa stonecast straight as a larkto fall plumband rebound.Levertov links many of the poems in thissection through music, suggestive of thatdialogue with the self of which she spoke.Later in Decipherings she realizes that:What one aches foris the mosaic musicmakes in one’s earstransformed.Levertov’s poems ring with a sense of im¬mediacy and commitment to the worldwhich comes from her reverence for life,her love of language. Unfortunately, inthe sections Prisoners and Of God and ofthe Gods, these qualities take secondplace to the polemic element.While I share her concerns and lamentthe decline of politically-motivated poetryinto pamphlets and broadsides this pas¬sage from Thinking about El Salvador isnot poetry:Because every day they chop headsoffI’m silent.In each person’s head they choppedoffwas a tongue,for each tongue they silencea word in my mouthunsays itself.Many of the poems in these two sectionssuffer from a preachiness and sentimen¬tality which only illustrate Levertov’s as¬sertion that “conviction that does not findits proper language is not poetry.” Whenshe does not lose conviction her poems re¬sonate with the sincerity of a poet whosecommitment to her craft and to its powerto bring about change are unquestion¬able.-M.M.V. rateri\Oblique PrayersDenise LevertovNew Directions, 198487 Pages, $5.95As a poet, Denise Levertov’s work re¬flects the turbelance of the Americanscene as well as the many directions whichher own life has taken. Elsewhere she haswritten that poetry has “kinetic force,” to“awaken sleepers.” The poet experiencessomething—an event, person, emotion—and is “brought to speech.” Levertovexalts this role of mediator: ‘The poet—when he is writing—is a priest: the poem isa temple: epiphanies and communion takeplace within it.”In Oblique Prayers, Levertov assumesher role of “artist translator,” using con¬crete imagery to draw the reader into theexperience of the poem. She gathers theStill from Casablanca, see A Certain Tendency in American Cinema.Wordsworth’s Second NatureA Study of the Poetry and PoliticsJames K. ChandlerUniversity of Chicago Press, 1984313 pages, $ 14.95The titie of James Chandler’s Words¬worth's Second Nature: A Study of the Po¬etry and Politics is apt. It refers both tothe obsession with nature which domi¬nates Wordsworth’s poetry, and to the po¬litical subtext beneath his work. When ascholar writes work of criticism on a poetas complex and heavily criticized asWordsworth what he must ask is how hecan contribute to the understanding ofthat poet. Chandler has obviously askedhimself this question and his answer is ad¬mirable.Throughout his poetry Wordsworth ex- New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985Robert Penn WarrenRandom House, 1985322 pages, $9.95x -The second poem "Retiert Penn War-n’sNiew collection's called Mortal Limit.ln"Xs\poem, W^Wl.tieaiiribes seeing ahawk fe$cend in tJhe^unsSt^vefTThe TetonsiivWyoming. Thg ppet'a/o^dfers What “new^Hfs” the fyewkby the thin/air to^ /the mortal /impJi.At eighty, /WaA«X_is/n mortal linhit. fThis TF 'before being;er)d and “ac-amines his relationship yv+th- nahintt Hepoems Wordsworth formedby nature infrom it, finally to tek><vl try/th^re,ship of his youth tlWurpb-ffei'mpderlying this trope is WomBwofil’fc veryreal experience oj_.the Fr^pph R^Milutlon,and it is on tffrs: -psoliticaf whichChandler focuses.In the early l^W's Wor4VWt5^h becam^yinvolved in thedler demonstratpublished “Letter alatent and radical attack s Re¬flections ^n the ilettpTuhon . in, f ranee.Burke was the mo&vitoportant;jetjjfcflLof theJacobin Philosophy of government and ( „this criticism by-' Wer/dswocth turnon- [ things^ ITstrates his early--^RepOrbTidari ideology. 'K- Facfed-witm the mortal limit, Warren re-However, later in the 185Q Prbiude tains within himself and his poems some ofWordsworth praises Burke, fgr 'his under- the boy who, in the poem Rumour at Twi-standing of the danger® of & government ^ligf^'^iAUcQi.hn a rage of joy, to seize,not built on custom and tradition. Chandler and^squeeze, significance from./what lifeaching hiscurs in theFar Westlow/at theWestewi encN-oLj]3£--gu«-- -barrel passage/waiting, waiting the twgger touch/and theblast of darkness—the target me,” whilefit '-Three Darknesses, a trivial operation isseen as a “dress rehearsal... for the realepublidstfi cau%e. ChaflV /poWy in mfcny ^variations. IXat Wbidjj/rfcHP's- phy Onch, he deBcribes"tfae “sunlalLdescribes Wordsworth’s pa,s$age4n' praiseof Burke and the <fontted»dtidr\s imbeddedwithin it.The elder Wordsworth, who sees theimage of Burke before him, i^pmis-takably endorses Burke’s yi^sTThe younger Wordsworth, ignorant _of Burke’s views, is thrilled by his el¬oquence. Wordsworth thus j)ot onlyrefuses to depict himself as one ofBurke’s opponents but even shiesaway from identification with jhosa ,ingenuous and bewilijered m.efn whoturn to Burke after “beginning tcfmistrust their boastful guidesi” Weknow Wordsworth was once_,ene ofBurke's opponents. On the evicof his endorsements on Burke Tnvery passage, we must also cprthat he belongs in this secondas well: at some point he, too, tito Burke./This contradiction in Wordswortplanation of his political developmentallels the changes he describestionship with nature, thussecond nature. fherefdre~~Ctr6ntempt at determining Wordsworthcal belief at specific moments innecessary and powerful tool for fhe under¬standing of Wordsworth’s principally au¬tobiographical poetry. _j ^ ^Ken Shaw © 1985Weather Forecast For Utopia & VicinityCharles SimicStation Hill Press, 198348 pages, $4.95In his Surrealist Manifesto Andre Bre¬ton wrote: “Surrealism is based on the be¬lief in the superior reality of certain formsof associations which have up to now beenneglected, in the omnipotence of dream, inthe disinterested play of thought.”Many of the poems in Charles Simic’sWeather Forecast For Utopia and Vicinityare surrealist in that they employ dream¬like imagery and dream-like associations.Simic often presents these images in amatter of fact way as in the poem TheMessage Is Confined to the Species: “Mag¬nificent evening./I locate myself in mi¬dair/doing a triple somersault/Without asafety net.”The difference between the pure surre¬alism envisioned by Breton and Simic’ssurrealism, is that Simic allows his poetryto be contaminated by reality. In many ofhis poems the fantastic is interwined withthe mundane. One example of this inter¬twining is the poem Northern Exposure:“...the one they still haven’t shaved/Liftsthe wristwatch to his ear and listens./In it,something small, subterranean/And awfulin intent, chews rapidly.”Other poems, like Old Couple are basi¬cally realistic, though sinister remindersof horrible possibilities give these poemsa surreal quality. ‘ They’re waiting to bemurdered/Or evicted. Soon/They expect tohave nothing to eat./As far as I know, theynever go out.” Simic’s response to realityas he perceives it varies from the literalgallows humor of Ancestry, in which theexecutioner and victim stop to retrieve aball of yarn dropped by a woman knittingbeneath the gallows, to the bleak surrealimagery of Sewing Machine, which de¬vours miles and miles of mourning cloth.Simic is not entirely at ease with the“disinterested play of thought.” To him“truth’s grey/Naked truth looking out/Va¬cant-eyed on the rain-/Blurred weed-choked outskirts/Of a dying milltown.”The pure realm of the omnipotent dream,especially the dream of Utopia, is troubledby the nightmare of history where “thebarge passes,/The one they named Victo¬ry/From which a cripple waves.” Simicwrites in a twilight zone in which Utopiatakes on its literal meaning of “nowhere”,where the real has a surreal quality. TheWeather Forecast For Utopia & Vicinity is“eternally falling rain/The color of bittennails.”—K.F. is, whatever it is.” Here the simple act ofstamping out a cigarette becomes an act ofdifiance to that something “like the enemyfleet below the horizon, in/its radio-black¬out, unobserved.”Warren explores tha fofm^i limits of po¬etry in a way SiTnJgfr to Gerald ManleyHopkins by combining the irregular,4rhythms of free Vecsfe wrtff flpe strict limi¬tations of fctwial verse. The poem MortalLimit, when read aloud, has the feel offree verse,, but, whOn seen 6n the page, itis /f&vealed as^a tightly constructed son-nett. Warren achieves this effect by skillfulUse' of enjambment, none of the rhymesire endstopped. and this mutes them.Warren also combines ordinary speecha 'Faulkner-like elevated language,the poem The First Time in which thephrases “Ain’t he a pisser” and “thegreat head lifted in philosophic arroganceagai'nsrs~GoCTS own sky” both refer to abull elk.is a good collection of new poemsconfirms that Warren’s narrative>oetic talent is still in full force and hisas-unflinching as ever. —K.F.Arbus: A Biographyfred A. Knopf, 1984432 pages, $8.95In her biography, Patricia Bosworthsays Diane Arbus “sensed that her workwas being noticed for the wrong reasons,”and then goes on to quote Hilton Kramer,"her name was rapidly aquiring the semi-mythic status our culture confers on artistswho specialize in extreme unfamiliar ex¬periences.” This seems to accurately de¬scribe the spirit of the book itself, forwhile not actually conferring a semi-mythic status, it does encourage that cul¬tural phenomenon that involves cults ofthe personality, the creation of Art Stars,and a love of gossip.However, this sort of weakness seemsmore forgivable in biography than in artcriticism, and Diane Arbus’s life doesmake for fascinating reading. Born in1923, she grew up rich and Jewish in NewYork City, was married very young andvery happily to her childhood sweetheart,had two children, and formed a highly suc¬cessful fashion photography team withher husband. In short, she lived the normallife of a young woman of her time until theearly 1960s, when her life took a radicalturn. Her marriage broke up and she gaveup fashion photography completely inorder to pursue her own interests. Theseinterests led her into the sleazy and some¬times threatening underworld of NewYork City. She was fascinated by thestrange and alienated, and producedseries of photographs of circus freaks,prostitutes, transvestites, street peopleand nudists. At the time of her suicide in1971, she was taking photographs in abondage house. Her search for the weirdand perverse extended into her privatelife, as well as her public art, she became asexual adventurer and enjoyed puttingherself into situations that were potential¬ly dangerous.These stories of strange and sometimesviolating photo sessions told by Arbus’ssubjects bring up the paradox we all feelupon looking at photographs of our¬selves—that this both is and is not thetruth about us. One of the characteristicsof Arbus’s art is the great gap betweenthe photographer’s view of the subjectsand the subject’s view of themselves.This book brings up these and otherissues of photography, but the authordoes not offer much in the way of her owninterpretation of the information. Toooften her psychological analyses end up asvariations on the theme of Diane Arbus asa poor little rich girl. 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The soups, thesalads, the entrees, likeour spinach lasagna, fet-tucini Alfredo, or quicheLorraine, and, of course,our desserts.Everything that is, ex¬cept the ice cream, whichis Haagen Dazs.Ida’s Cafe for home cook¬ed food morning, noon ornight.IDA’S CAFEFirst floor, Ida Noyes HallOpen Monday thru Friday8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Intramural and RecreationalSports Office announcesits 1985 Fall ProgramsEntry DeadlineTouch Football Oct. 2Volleyball Oct. 3Tennis Oct. 3Ultimate Frisbee Oct. 9Table Tennis Oct. 9Handball Oct. 9Badminton Oct. 16Turkey Trot Nov. 5Photo Contest Nov. 27Basketball Dec. 11Further information may be obtained in Bartlett 140Monday - Friday • 9 AM 4:45 PM962-9557288-35001438 E. 57th St.Register Now For Fall ClassesMUSIC DANCEPiano For AdultsViolin SalletViola Modern DanceCello Dance ExercisesClarinetFlute For ChildrenTrumpet Creative DanceSaxophone BalletRecorder PointeCALL 288-3500for more informationA Hyde Park Institution for over 25yearsART TO LIVE WITH LOANPROCEDURES•Numbered tickets may be pickedup m Pm 210 Ida Noyes on a firstcome lirst serve basis•A ticket reserves your turn top*cfc a picture•Onty one ticket per personTicket* must be picked up per¬sonalty |i e you may not pick up anumber tor s frierto )IDA NOYES HAU •Distribution starts promptly at4pm in the Ida Noyes CloisterClub•Ticket holders are admitted inorder If you are not presentwhen your number is called youforleit your turn•Only one picture permitted perticket You may not pick up apicture for a friend• You are welcome to choose a2nd picture only after all ticketholders have made their firstchoice.THE JOSEPH R.SHAPIRO COLLECTIONTake ThePicture Home•Please prasant a vafcd DC 10 Apay a AS rental toa•Ptaasa bung a tower blankernawspapars or garbage bag to•rap me picture m (m case ol ramor snow please bring a watarproolcovering | ARTLftEWITHOn display:Oct. 1 lOom-1 OpmDistribution:Oct. 2 4pmTake A Number iStarting At 1:30 «■ Return The Picture•A due date will be posted at medistribution• You are responsible terdamage Please report ii promp-«y•Watch Maroon Ads lorlemmoers at me due date•Pictures may be returned to Br»210 Me Noyes Halt•$1 00 fine is chargpd tor each. day the picture is overdue ASAO - 942-93544—FWDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 4W5—<*REr CUT JOURNAL27 I28 29 30 •A*1 2 3 % g#i:V11I1‘•ft:.•IV.*Emerging 1985 This exhibit features thework of 25 new Chicago artists, unaf¬filiated with any commercial gallery.The show, which was organized by theU of Q?s own Renaissance Society, in¬cludes the paintings of Jin Soo Kim,Michael" McGowan, Michael Paha, andalso those of John Dunn and RogerHughes* recent graduates of our MFAprogram; Thru Nov 1 at the State of Il¬linois Art Gallery, 100 w Randolph.Mon-Fri,10-6.Philip Hanson: Works From 19$8-1985Paintings, sculptures and cloflii con¬structions from the Chicago Imsijgist ar¬tist. Thru Oct 19 at the Hyde Park ArtCenter, 1701 e 53rd. 11-5, Tues-Sat-Blue and White: Chinese Porcaftiin andits Impact on the Western Worhtl OpensWed with a reception from $-7 p.m.Thru Dec 1 at the Smart Gallery;, 5550 sGreenwood. Tues-Sat, 10-4, Sim 12-4.Mary Min: Light Words New sculpture.Showing concurrently: an installationin the Raw Space by MichaelShaughnessy, mixed media drawingsby Beth Shachir, paintings by tfmfriedeHogan. An informal talk by the elec¬tioneering Jam? Byrne, entitled “Art InChicago" will take place on Tues at 7p.m. with a reception to follow; Exhibi¬tions thru Oct 26 at ARC gallery, 356 wHuron. Tues-Sif; 11-5.Christine O’Conner Truly eerie icons ofthe saints and 6hrist, executed with asense of irreverent humor.; Showingconcurrently: miniature egg temperapaintings by Susan Kuliak, wall in¬stallations in metal by Linda Horn, andfrescos, paintings and drawings byMegan Marlatt. Thru Oct 26 atArtemisia, 341 w Superior. 751^2016Elizabeth McGowan: Drawings Actuallycollages and mixed media, employedtowards exploring social/sexual situa¬tions and women’s roles in them. AtBedrock Gallery, 1550 n Milwaukee235-1102Jeff Koons An exhibit of “bronzes,equilibrium chambers, Nike posters.”It’s about sports. Thru Oct 12 atFeature* 340 w Huron. Tues-Sat, 11-5Warrington Colescott: Recent Paintingsand Prints Colescott’s biting socialsatire and bizarre mechanization placehim in a; unique position betweenGeorge Grpsz and Blade Runner. ThruOct 12 at Perimeter Gallery, 356 wHuron. 266-9473The Black Photographer: An AmericanView More than 200 works, dating fromthe 1840’s to the 1960’s, includingphotographs by James Van Der Zee,Carroll T. Maynard, Gordon Parks, andmany lesserrrecognized talents. ThruOct 12 at the Chicago Public LibraryCultural Center, 78 e Washington.744-6630 RUMMUSICE.I.E.I.O. Visually andaurally, this new-wave country-rock group is one of thebest Chicago area bapids I’ve seen yet.Unfortunately, their Writing isn't thatstrong, but you can always watch thelead singer dance an# just wait till helays into his George ijpnes cover. FriSept 27 at 9 pm, The Vte, Belmont andSheffield, 472-0386. 2l and over. Twodrink minimum. —Franklin SoultsScreamin’ Jay Hawkins Dawkins is thecreator of the masterful, truly be¬witching 1956 hit, I Put k&pell on You. Iconfess, I know nothing else by thisman, but from the impression that songleaves it’s hard to conceive of him asonty a one hit wonder. Bttied as a veryrare appearance. Tonight at 9 pm, Bid¬dy Mulligans, 7644 N Sheridan,761-6532. -FSInti-lllimani Semi-traditional, Andeanmusic played by a group of Chileanswho’ve lived in exile since the 1972coup which ended that country’shistory of democratic rule. Along withthe folk songs by Victor Jara, who waskilled by the present government, thisgroup’s music has become the artisticrallying point for the Chilean artists, in¬tellectuals and leftists who these dayslive as expatriots whether they resideinside or outside their native land.Tonight at 8 pm, Orchestra Hall, 220 SMichigan Ave, 922-7240. Tickets $20,$13, $10, $8, $6. —FSWipe Me Mommy If you can overlook thegroup’s puerile name, this show mightwell be worth considering. This is the‘‘solo tour’’ of the dB’s’songwriter/lead singer Peter Holsap-Grey City Journal 27 September 85Staff: Heather Blair, Michele Bonnarens, Jeff Brill, Carole Byp0, GideonD'Arcangelo, Frederick Dolan, Anjali Fedson, Carole Hendrickson, IrwinKeller, Bruce King, Mike Kotze, Nadine McGann, David Millet, PatrickMoxey, Brian Mulligan, John Porter, David Post, Geoffrey Re*e, MaxRenn, Paul Reubens, Laura Saltz, Rachel Saltz, Ann Schaefer, WayneScott, Mark Toma, Bob Travis, Keith Tuma, Ken Wissoker, Ricj Wojcik.Production: Stephanie Bacon, Bruce King, David Miller, Laura Saltz.Editor: Stephanie Bacon. #fEdward and Nancy Redding Kienhoiz:Human Scale Lifesize environmentalconstructions on the strange and poig¬nant “human experience," whateverthat may mean...Showing concurrentlywill be specimens of nouveau realismand pop art from the permanent collec¬tion, as well as an exhibit of artists’books and recordings. At the Museumof Contemporary Art, 237 e Ontario280-2671 0&The Marquise of O (Rohmer, 1972) Subtlyerotic, seminal work of the greatFrench filmmaker. Mon at 6 p.m., at theGoethe Institute, German CulturalCenter, 401 n Michigan. 329-0915Strike (Eisenstien* 1924) Thurs at 8 p.m.,at International House, 1414 e 59th. $2.Trlckfilm ’85 An international survey ofthe best new animation. Including BestAmerican Animation of the Eighties,Sunday at 3 anil. 6:30, and RecentSoviet Animation-/Sunday at 4:45 and8:15. At the Film Center of the School ofthe Art Institute, Columbus andJackson. 443-3737 pie and drummer Will Rigby. The dB’sare simply one of the best all-aroundpop bands of this decide (they’ve gotboth hook smarts and head smarts: arare combination), though who knowswhat this band, led by Rigby, willsound like. Peter Holaapple, along withplaying in Rigby’s group, also opens.What’s this all about? Ask me after I’veseen them. Tonight. Cabaret Metro,3730 N Clark, 549-0203. All ages. —FSSun Ra Keyboardist Siin Ra leads a large,free-jazzish band, and he composeswith definite black nationalist over¬tones in mind. Like dozens of giftedjazz artists, Ra started out in the mid¬fifties here in Chicago, the town wherehe’s come back to roost for most ofnext week. 427-4300. All ages. Studentdiscounts available — FSTHEATERWild Indian by Theodore Shank, Worldpremiere of a drama about (guesswhat?) nature jjjhd culture. Thru Nov 3at the Victory Gardens Theater, 2257 nLincoln. 549-57S88The Devil’s Disdiple by George BernardShaw. Dick Dudgeon vs. puritanicalvalues. Presented by the PegasusPlayers at the O’Rourke Center for thePerforming Arts, 1145 w Wilson.271-2638The Caretakerby Harold Pinter. A revivalof the '78 production, and the real staris returning: original director JohnMalkovich, darling of New York criticscurrently testing Chicago theater. AtSteppenwod, 2851 n Halsted. 472-4515Heartbreak House by George BernardShaw. Decadence and mataiseat theirhome away from home, Court Theater,5535 S Ellii';'753-4472MISCParty at International House—the first inwhat promises to be a partying season.Music, dkneing, refreshments. Tonightat 9 p.m., 1414 e 59th. Residents free,non-residents $3Chicago international Antiquarian BookFair More than 35,000 items includingrare books, maps, prints, manuscripts,etc. Also featured will be a lecture forthe novice on book collecting and anexhibit of first editions of bannedbooks. Opens Friday at frihru Sunday,at the Apparel Center/ExpocenterComplex, 350 n Orleans; Prices from$5-$15. 644-5997Japanese Tea Ceremony A demonstra¬tion of the traditional chado, in¬corporating various art*. This free pro¬gram is part of a series of events andexhibitions on the Orient this fall. Tuesat 12:15, at the Cultujral Center, 78 eWashington. 346-3278 Shadur IRESBeth Shadur, Screens of Uncommon Feathers, 1985 at ARC£MChristine O’Conner, Easter, IMSQH5Y S!TY JQ.UFWAL-FR1DAY, 27, 13&5-5FROM SCRATCHEverything we serve atIda’s Cafe is made fromscratch. The soups, thesalads, the entrees, likeour spinach lasagna, fet-tucini Alfredo, or quicheLorraine, and, of course,our desserts.Everything that is, ex¬cept the ice cream, whichis Haagen Dazs.Ida’s Cafe for home cook¬ed food morning, noon ornight.IDA’S CAFEFirst floor, Ida Noyes HallOpen Monday thru Friday8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Intramural and RecreationalSports Office announcesits 1985 Fall ProgramsEntry DeadlineTouch Football Oct. 2Volleyball Oct. 3Tennis Oct. 3Ultimate Frisbee Oct. 9Table Tennis Oct. 9Handball Oct. 9Badminton Oct. 16Turkey Trot Nov. 5Photo Contest Nov. 27Basketball Dec. 11Further information may be obtained in Bartlett 140Monday - Friday • 9 AM - 4:45 PM962-9557288-35001438 E. 57th St.Register Now For Fall ClassesMUSIC DANCEPiano For AdultsViolin BalletViola Modern DanceCello Dance ExercisesClarinetFlute For ChildrenTrumpet Creative DanceSaxophone BalletRecorder PointeCALL 288-3500for more informationA Hyde Park Institution for over 25 yearsART TO LIVE WITH LOANPROCEDURES~ r~~Take A Numberj •Numtwred tickets may be pickedup m Rm 210 Ida Noyes on a firstcome first serve basis•A ticket reserves your turn topick a picture•Onty one ticket per personTickets must be picked up personatlyde yOu may not pick up anumber tor a friend IIDA NOYES HAU iDistribution•Distribution starts promptly at4pm in the Ida Noyes CloisterClub•Ticket holders are admitted in; order It you are not presentj when your number is called you] forfeit your turn| »Only one picture permitted perticket You may not pick up aj picture for a friendj »You are welcome to choose a| 2nd picture only after all ticketI holders have made their firstchoice.THE JOSEPH R. SHAPIRO COLLECTIONTake ThePicture Home•Rtoasa p»*s«ni a valid UCIO tpay a S5 rantal l««•Ptaasa bung a tom blanketnawspapars or garbage bag to•rap m» picture m (m case ot ramor snow pleas# bring a watarprootcovering ) ARTLftEWITHOn display:Od. 1 10am-10pmDistribution:0d. 2 4pmTake A Number1 Sterlkq At 1:30 —SAO - 942-9554 Return The Picture•A due dale will be posted at medtsl "button•You are responaible tordamage Rtaata report it promp¬tly•Watcn Maroon Ads lorreminders pi me due dale•Returns may be returned to Rm2101•$1 00 fine is charged for eachday the picture is overdue 14—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985-GREy CITY JOURNALr27 |28 2% 30, !l 2%ft.I% V:. yy.» #•ft.#.ft'•ft#.ftft:Emerging 1985 This exhibit features thework of 25 new Chicago artists, unaf-filiated with any commercial gallery.The show, which was organized by theU of Cfts own Renaissance Society, in¬cludes the paintings of Jin Soo Kim,Michaet McGowan, Michael Paha, andalso thbse of John Dunn and RogerHughes, recent graduates of our MFAprogram; Thru Nov 1 at the State of Il¬linois Art Gallery, 100 w Randolph.Mon-Fri,10-6.Philip Hanson: Works From 19&B-1985Paintings, sculptures and cloth con¬structions from the Chicago Imijjjist ar¬tist. Thru Oct 19 at the Hyde Park ArtCenter, 1701 e 53rd. 11-5, Tues-Skt.Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain andits Impact on the Western World OpensWed with a reception from $-7 p.m.Thru Dec 1 at the Smart Gallery; 5550 sGreenwood. Tues-Sat, 10-4, Sun 12-4Mary Min: Light Words New sculpture.Showing concurrently: an installationin the Raw Space by MichaelShaughnessy, mixed media drawingsby Beth Shaddr, paintings by tfmfriedeHogan. An informal talk by the elec¬tioneering Jams Byrne, entitled "Art InChicago" will take place on Tues at 7p.m. with a reception to folio*!; Exhibi¬tions thru Oct 28 at ARC gallery. 356 wHuron. Tues-Sii; 11-5.Christine O’Conner Truly eerie icons ofthe saints and Christ, executed with asense of irreverent humor. Showingconcurrently: miniature eggfttemperapaintings by Susan Kuliak, wall in¬stallations in metal by Linda Horn, andfrescos, paintings and drawings byMegan Marlatt. Thru Oct 26 atArtemisia, 341 w Superior. 751r2016Elizabeth McGowan: Drawings Actuallycollages and mixed media, employedtowards exploring social /sexual situa¬tions and women’s roles in them. AtBedrock Gallery, 1550 n Milwaukee.235-1102Jeff Koons An exhibit of ^bronzes,equilibrium chambers, Nike posters.”It’s about sports. Thru Get 12 atFeature, 340 w Huron. Tues-Sat, 11-5Warrington Colescott: Recent Paintingsand Prints Colescott’s biting socialsatire and bizarre mechanization placehim in a unique position betweenGeorge Grosz and Blade Runner. ThruOct 12 at Perimeter Gallery, 356 wHuron. 266-SW73The Black Photographer: An AmericanView More than 200 works, dating fromthe 1840’s to the 1960’s, includingphotographs by James Van Der Zee,Carroll T. Maynard, Gordon Parks, andmany lesser-recognized talents. ThruOct 12 at the Chicago Public LibraryCultural Confer, 78 e Washington.744-6630 Edward and Nancy Redding Kienholz:Human Scale Lifesize environmentalconstructions on the strange and poig¬nant "human experience,” whateverthat may mean...Showing concurrentlywill be specimens of nouveau realismand pop art from the permanent collec¬tion, as well as an exhibit of artists’books and recordings. At the Museumof Contemporary Art, 237 e Ontario280-2671RIMThe Marquise of O (Rohmer, 1972) Subtlyerotic, seminal work of the greatFrench filmmaker. Mon at 6 p.m., at theGoethe Institute, German CulturalCenter, 401 n Michigan. 329-0915Strike (Eisenstieriv.1924) Thurs at 8 p.m.,at International House, 1414 e 59th. $2.Trickfilm ’85 An international survey ofthe best new animation. Including BestAmerican Animation of the Eighties,Sunday at 3 an<j 6:30, and RecentSoviet Animation- Sunday at 4:45 and8:15. At the Film Center of the School ofthe Art Institute, Columbus andJackson. 443-3737 ft:MUSICE.I.E.I.O. Visually and aurally, this new-wave country-rock gfeup is one of thebest Chicago area bahds I've seen yet.Unfortunately, their Writing isn’t thatstrong, but you can always w&tch thelead singer dance and: just wait till helays into his George dpnes cover. FriSept 27 at 9 pm, The Vic, Belmont andSheffield, 472-0386. 21ftsnd over. Twodrink minimum. —Frantfrin Sou itsScreamin’ Jay Hawkins ^awkins is thecreator of the masterful, truly be¬witching 1956 hit, I Put ii;:$pell on You. Iconfess, I know nothing else by thisman, but from the imprekiion that songleaves it’s hard to conceive of him asonly a one hit wonder. Bitted as a veryrare appearance. Tonight at 9 pm, Bid¬dy Mulligans, 7644 N Sheridan,761-6532. —FSInti-lllimani Semi-traditional, Andeanmusic played by a group of Chileanswho’ve lived in exile since the 1972coup which ended that country’shistory of democratic rule. Along withthe folk songs by Victor Jara, who waskilled by the present government, thisgroup’s music has become the artisticrallying point for the Chilean artists, in¬tellectuals and leftists who these dayslive as expatriots whether they resideinside or outside their native land.Tonight at 8 pm, Orchestra Hall, 220 SMichigan Ave, 922-7240. Tickets $20,$13, $10, $8, $6. — FSWipe Me Mommy if you can overlook thegroup's puerile name, this show mightwell be worth considering. This is the‘‘solo tour’’ of the dB’s’songwriter/lead singer Peter Holsap- pte and drummer Will Rigby. The dB’sare simply one of the best all-aroundpop bands of this decade (they’ve gotboth hook smarts and head smarts: arare combination), though who knowswhat this band, led by Rigby, willsound like. Peter Hofsapple, along withplaying in Rigby’s group, also opens.What’s this all about? Ask me after I’veseen them. Tonight; Cabaret Metro,3730 N Clark, 549-0203. All ages. —FSSun Ra Keyboardist Spn Ra leads a large,free-jazzish band, and he composeswith definite black nationalist over¬tones in mind. Like dozens of giftedjazz artists, Ra started out in the mid-fifties here in Chicago, the town wherehe’s come back to roost for most ofnext week. 427-4300. All ages. Studentdiscounts available. —FSTHEATBtWild Indian by Theodore Shank, Worldpremiere of a drama about (guesswhat?) nature kind culture. Thru Nov 3at the Victory gardens Theater, 2257 nLincoln. 549-57»8The Devil’s Disdlple by George BernardShaw. Dick Dudgeon vs. puritanicalvalues. Presented by the PegasusPlayers at the O’Rourke Center for thePerforming Arts, 1145 w Wilson.271-2638The Caretaker by Harold Pinter. A revivalof the '78 production, and the real staris returning: original director JohnMalkovich, darling of New York criticscurrently Uniting Chicago theater. AtSteppenwojf, 2851 n Halsted. 472-4515Heartbreak House by George BernardShaw. Decadence and maiaiseet theirhome aweyf from home, Court theater,5535 s Elliffif 753-4472MISCParty at International House—the first inwhat promises to be a partying season.Music, dkncing, refreshments. Tonightat 9 p.m., 1414 e 59th. Residents free,non-residents $3Chicago International Antiquarian BookFair More than 35,000 items includingrare books, maps, prints, thanuscripts,etc. Also featured will be a lecture forthe novice on book collecting and anexhibit of first editions of bannedbooks. Opens Friday at £ thru Sunday,at the Apparel Center/ExpocenterComplex, 350 n Orleans; Prices from$5-$15. 644-5997Japanese Tea Ceremony A demonstra¬tion of the traditional chado, in¬corporating various arti, This free pro¬gram is part of a series of events andexhibitions on the Orient this fall. Tuesat 12:15, at the Cultujral Center, 78 eWashington. 346-3278Grey City Journal 27 September 85Staff: Heather Blair, Michele Bonnarens, Jeff Brill, Carole Bycg, GideonD’Arcangelo, Frederick Dolan, Anjali Fedson, Carole Hendrickkon, IrwinKeller, Bruce King, Mike Kotze, Nadine McGann, David Milled PatrickMoxey, Brian Mulligan, John Porter, David Post, Geoffrey Rees, MaxRenn, Paul Reubens, Laura Saltz, Rachel Saltz, Ann Schaefer; WayneScott, Mark Toma, Bob Travis, Keith Tuma, Ken Wissoker, Ricj Wojcik.Production: Stephanie Bacon, Bruce King, David Miller, Laura Saitz.Editor: Stephanie Bacon.Christine O’Conner, Easier, 1985Q8EV £irY JUUFjlNAi.-^&JDAY. SWUfclWfcH */,TA GATHERING OF WOMENTHE GAY/LESBIAN OPTIONby Heather BlairThe Women’s Union is an organization ofundergraduate and graduate students de¬dicated to women and their concerns bothon the University of Chicago campus andthe world at large. Our members hold avariety of different interpretations of theword "Feminism,” from old-fashioned pro¬ponents of equal rights, to those with so¬cialist visions of society, to those with rad¬ical claims for feminism, wimmin andpeace. Despite these differences, we tryour best to work together on diverse proj¬ects. Since its birth in the 1970’s from theashes of an earlier feminist organization,the Women’s Union has fought for the exis¬tence of gynecological care for students,better treatment of rape victims, self-defense courses for women, a formal uni¬versity policy on sexual harassment, andreforms in the college curriculum. In fact,the Forum on Feminist Scholarship wascreated a few years ago, by Women’sUnion members working with faculty.This year we will sponsor programs onThird World women, radical feminism,women and peace, pornography, lesbians,and reproductive rights. Many of ourmembers are active in other groups on andoff campus, and take an occasional field trip to a rally in the Loop, or even a pro¬test march in Washington. We co-sponsorevents with The Gay and Lesbian Associa¬tion, The Organization of Black Students,Citizens Against U.S. involvement in ElSalvador, Third World Political Forum,and other organizations.Life at the University of Chicago can beextremely trying for a woman, and theWomen’s Union offers a place to directone’s energy towards changing that. Theweekly meetings and discussions are agood place to make new friends and talkabout new visions of feminism.Our first event is planned for Thursdayand Friday, October 3 and 4. It will be aphotographic exhibition on Women inSouth Africa, and will be held in the WestLounge of Ida Noyes Hall. We will alsoshow the film South Africa Belongs to Uson October 3, and feature speakers JoyCarew and Jean Comaroff on the eveningsof October 3 and 4 respectively.Our first meeting will be at 6:30 onWednesday October 2 in our office on thesecond floor of Ida Noyes Hall. We willhave a guest, Carol Hayes from theWomens Affinity Group, who will talkabout the October 21 action at Rock Islandto Shut Down the Arsenal. by Geoffrey ReesCompared to the cliched virility of manyother colleges, the University of Chicagooffers a seemingly asexual alternative.Many people find this an endless sourse offrustration, others an eternal blessing. Donot be fooled, however, by the moderatelevels of ‘normalcy’ which appear in dormsand on campus. The U of C has a thrivinggay community with a reputation that ex¬tends beyond Hyde Park. I have heard ofone Loyola student who exclamined inshock,” The only parties at the U of C aregay!” Although he did exaggerate, theUniversity of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Al¬liance (GALA), does serve as the focalpoint for an active social community.The heart of GALA’S activities is theweekly discussion group. The meetingsare open to everyone and newcomers areencouraged to attend. Discussions rangefrom issues such as AIDS or sexual harass¬ment to divestment from South Africa andother political issues. This year GALA’Sdiscussions will be organized so that any¬one can run a meeting, and we will alsohost a coffee hour approximately onceevery month. The discussions are alwaysfollowed by a social hour, an excellentplace to meet people, learn of events hap¬pening in Hyde Park and around Chicago,and catch up on gossip.Apart from GALA'S weekly activities,we also sponsor a variety of specialevents. We hold at least one dance quar¬terly, invite special speakers to visit,show movies, and every spring we orga¬nize Awareness Fortnight. Anyone who vi¬sited the campus last spring may have no¬ticed our calendar of events, whichincluded several guest speakers and spe¬cial discussions, a film series, a tea forprospective students, and a special issueof the Grey City Journal.GALA is also active in politics. After sev¬eral years’ petitioning GALA (in conjunc¬tion with the Women’s Union) was respons¬ible for the University’s inclusion of"sexual orientation” in its non-discrimina¬tion statement. This year will provide aninteresting testing ground for the effects,if any, of the University’s revised non-dis¬crimination policy. GALA is also active citywide, working with North Side groups onsuch issues as the passage of a city humanrights ordinance. The city council persis¬tently stonewalls the measure, despite thebill’s continued support from Mayor Wash¬ington and Councilman Vrydoliak.GALA has recently established a comingout group, which meets weekly before thegeneral discussions to provide special sup¬port for people confronting the issues ofcoming out. Coming out can be a terrifyingexperience, but it is also empowering. It isdifficult to ignore the pressure to conformto heterosexual stereotypes, but there isno substitute for the freedom and self-con¬fidence of self-expression. Coming out in¬volves a great process of growth andchange, of discarding old habits and out¬ moded self-images. There is no better timethan ,/iow, the beginning of new patternsin your life, to consider the potential ofcoming out. The University, and GALA inparticular, provide an extremely comfort¬able setting in which to come out. Theprocess can sometimes be overwhelming,but you will find strong support in theGALA community, and the consequencesare ultimately rewarding. No one couldwish to relinquish the freedom of comingout once it has been experienced.Within Hyde Park, as you come out, ex¬pect toleration but not necessarily under¬standing. The naivete concerning issues ofsexuality among otherwise intelligentpeople is astonishing It is hard not tolaugh when you tell someone you are gayand they ask “How do you know?” Thelaughter, however, is accompanied by thefrustration and pain of being misunder¬stood. As you begin to appreciate themagnitude of ignorance among peopleconcerning issues of sexuality, and theunique forms of discrimination which gaypeople face, it is nearly impossible not tobecome outraged. Gay people remain anoppressed minority in our society, and thestruggle for freedom and understanding issoulful though often disheartening. Weare overwhelmed and stifled, systemat¬ically taught to fear self-expression. With¬in the University community, however,there is the unique strength of tolerance,from which anyone can draw the personalstrength and confidence necessary tobegin the process of coming out.Chicago itself, in the same way as theUniversity, has a vast gay community onthe North Side with many resources worthexploring. There are several gay book¬stores, many gay bars, and a vivid night¬life which does not exist in Hyde Park.Look for copies of Gaylife magazine, whichare distributed regularly at the bookstoreand contain a complete listing of storesand services on the North Side, as well asannouncements for special events aroundthe city. If you begin to feel trapped bythe University, remember that Hyde Parkis only a small neighborhood in one of thecountry’s largest cities.GALA Welcomes you to the University,and we hope you will take advantage ofour resources. All of our meetings are heldoff campus and any desire for privacy oranonymity will always be respected. Wehave an office in Ida Noyes 207, so feelfree to visit (regular office hours will beposted), or give us a call. All of GALA’Sevents are advertised regularly in theclassified section of the Maroon, and ourfirst discussion of the year will be Tuesday1 October, 9:00 p.m. at 5615 S. Woodlawnavenue. Also look for us at Student Activi¬ties Night, Sunday 29 September, 7-10:00p.m., in Ida Hoyes Hall. Many GALAmembers will be present to discuss life atthe University and more information willbe available concerning all of GALA’S ac¬tivities. We look forward to seeing youthere.—GreenbergS—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER /J, 19#b—GREY CITY JOURNAL E11''-L"at The University of ChicagoINTERNATIONAL HOUSEWELCOMES YOUTO CHICAGOAs a residence for foreign and American graduatestudents we offer a wide variety of programs and ser¬vices designed to encourage social and intellectual in¬terchange between people of diverse cultural andacademic backgrounds within the UniversityCommunity.Come visit us to see what "1-House" has to offer orfor information about our Fall activities contact:International House Program Office1414 E. 59th St.Chicago, IL 60637753-2274 %DANCE ANDAEROBICSCLASSES£at International HouseTaught by: jAN ERKERTAND DANCERSBALLET II MW 3:30-5:00 p.m.MODERN I/ll TTh 5:30-7:00 p.m.BALLET II TTh 4:00-5:30 p.m.JAZZ I MW 7:00-8:30 p.m.and F 3:30-5:00 p.m.STRETCHALIGNMENT TTh 3:00-4:00 p.m.MWF 5:00-6:00 p.m.AEROBICS and M W F 6:00-7:00 p.m.All Classes Begin week of Sept. 30Trial Classes AvailableRegister at the Program OfficeCall 753-2274 or 944-4208For Complete Information INTRODUCING THE NEWLY REMODELEDTIFFIN ROOM CAFEANDICE CREAM PARLOURFEATURING•JUMBO HAMBURGERS• HAAGEN-DAZS ICE CREAM•ESPRESSO•ELI’S CHEESECAKE•HANDMADE TORTE CAKES• FRESHLY BAKED ROLLSAND COOKIES•and much moreOPEN EVENINGS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY8 PM -11 PMAT THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE1414 E. 59th ST.OPENS SEPTEMBER 30 JGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY. 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Teacher,Dr. Yaacov Selhub.LIMITED ENROLLMENTTHURSDAYS 5:30 P.M.ADVANCED TALMUDTeacher, Rabbi Shabsai WolfeHILLEL MEMBERSHIP ORCONTRIBUTION REQUIREDThese are the correct times anddays of The Hillel Study Groups Lots of exciting events happening at Hillel Build and Decorate the Hillel Sukkah!Work begins at 10:00 am Sunday, Sept. 28Kadima BBQ Saturday Oct. 5BAGEL AND LOX BRUNCH starting Oct. 611:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.Kadima Pizza Dinner and meeting Oct. 9Traditional Egalitarian Minyan meeting Oct. 10 DINNER IN THE SUKKAHSunday, Sept. 29 6:00 p.m.Monday, Sept. 30 7:00 p.m.Friday, Oct. 4 6:30 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 6 7:00 p.m.LUNCH IN THE SUKKAHServed 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.Monday, Sept. 30Tuesday, Oct. 1Monday, Oct. 7Visit Us Student Activities Night Sept. 29Ida Noyes HallCall or come in for full information You must make a reservationby calling 752-1127Or stop by.S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985 GREY CITY JOURNALPhotosbyGideonO'Arcangelo WALKING TOUR OF THE LOOPby Gideon O’ArcangeloYou’re going to want to get your assaround Chicago, mainly because it’s tooeasy to hang on campus too much andbegin thinking of the outside world as justanother idea. The Loop’s good forstarters, cuz you can get there on the 1C(which is easier on the nerves ‘til you getused to dealing here) and it’ll be hoppingin the afternoons, at least 'til it gets cold.State Street always feels like a carnival,though usually nothing you can put yourfinger on is happening there. Street per¬formers, fruit vendors, blind men playingbongos and businessmen looking lonelypretty much make up the scene there, butit’s surprisingly fun. So, check it out—someday soon you’ll be sitting in yourdorm room feeling dormant, itching for ad¬venture and feeling too small for yourskin. You’ll say to your roommate (orother contrived relationship you've re¬cently gotten yourself messed up in),"Let's go down to the Art Institute.” Thisshould probably get you out the door witha couple of dollars crumpled in your pock¬et, for no good angst-ridden, soon-to-be in¬tellectual would pass up a trip to the ArtInstitute, if only from a deep-seated fearof banality. Take the 1C to Jackson-VanBuren and actually go to the place; if youfeel like it, you can always just drop thema quarter and breeze through a couple ofrooms. But if you're not up for the concen¬ tration required to appreciate even thelowliest of arts that they store there, andif you’re itching to get outside where thelife is, tell your friends you heard theykeep the worst art safely locked up in mu¬seums, and take it to the streets. Then re¬peat this quote out loud: “Chicago pridesitself on being a city where great art andbig money meet. As a matter of fact, Ihear there’s a couple of big-ass sculpturesby big names right here in the neighbor¬hood.” If you’re friend doesn't feel likegoing, they’re either a lot smarter or a lotdumber than you, so it’s probably best togo off by yourself. The Big-Ass Calder by the Post OfficeWhen you leave the Art Institute, cutthrough the stone lions and head downAdams til you get to Dearborn. The Calderis on your left, you can’t miss it. You’llknow which is the art, because it's such adifferent shape and color than the otherthings there. The curves are graceful andsoothing and bring to mind a twisted set ofGolden Arches. Quintessentially Ameri¬can, Calder insisted on using the samepaint they use on the Golden Gate Bridgein San Francisco. In America, we do thingsright, and we do things big. Inside the postoffice, they keep a model of the Calder on display which is fun to look at, especiallyif you derive some perverse pleasure likeI do from seeing the original and its minia¬ture simultaneously, if this gets to be toomuch for you, head north on Dearborn.The Big-Ass Chagall by the First NationalBankAt Dearborn and Monroe, you’ll see theasymptotically-shaped Bank Building witha fountain, a clock, and a huge black mosa¬ic called The Four Seasons in front of it. Ifigure that each of the four sides repre¬sents a season, though I haven’t checked itout closely enough to tell you which iswhich. I did notice that Chagall signedeach side, though, so you can catch hisname in all four snapshots. And if youdidn’t just see it, make a note to get backto the Art Institute to see Chagall’s beauti¬ful blue stained glass window. And if youever see a photograph of the man, checkout how deep his eyes look. Then try to pic¬ture the man with those eyes making this7-ton mosaic. You see, art can be fun!The Big-Ass Ferrari by Marshall FieldsWhen this pales, head east to State onMonroe and head north around the corneruntil you see a huge stainless steel ringringed by a broken ring standing in a mar¬ble fountain. This is called Being Born andis one of several erections erected by thesculptor Virginio Ferrari throughout theChicago area. People like to sit all aroundBeing Born, so its a good place to check outsome of the life you’ve been looking for.Continued on page 10WHERE GREATART AND BIGMONEY MEETGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985-3PhotosbyUidoonDArcangelo GREAT ART ANDBIG MONEYContinued from page 9Rehearse some of the following Ferrarifacts, and drop them on some of the char¬acters you meet there; they should begreat icebreakers.Virginio Ferrari, who now lives in HydePark, came to America some twenty yearsago from his hometown Verona, Italy. Hehas marked off his territory in as many aseight places—on the U of C. Northwestern,and DePaul campuses, at #1 Illinois Center,and as far north as Highland Park. Proj¬ects in the works include a huge stainlesssteel piece to be installed on a break¬water out in the lake, and a set of enor¬mous geometric shapes slated for GrantPark.The Big-Ass Dubuffet at the State of IllinoisCenterOnce you’ve left them rolling on the floorwith Ferrari lore at Being Born, bow outgracefully and head north. At Washing¬ton, take a left till you pass the Grey¬hound Station. On your right, you’ll seethe spanking clean State of Illinois Build¬ing, which promises to be the highlight ofthis tour. First of all, there’s the Dubuffetout front, which I’ve found is good climb¬ing and a lot of fun to play in. Then, go in¬side and ride the glass elevators. Stand inthe middle of the logarithmic flower, andenjoy all the thrills of being inside a giantoptical illusion. Designed by Chicago archi¬tect Helmut Jahn, this building hassparked controversy over its excessivecost, its use of South African steel, and itshaving so much empty space. It takes mybreath away, and I tend to like things thatcan do that. The first step in is the mostmoving. Your eyes naturally move up¬ward, as they should in any good cathe¬dral. A cab driver once told me he was intogoing there “after smoking a little of theweed.” Apparently he’d had a religiousexperience there, as one would in any good cathedral.The Big-Ass Picasso and Miro in the DaleyPlazaHead south a block on Lake. If your friendis still with you at this point, push her orhim into the fountain and go climb on thePicasso, because obviously one of you isn’tan adventurer. The Picasso has been therethe longest of any of these pieces, and issometimes reduced to a symbol thatmeans, “Chicago.” Across the street is aprimitive Great Earth Mother phallic piecein the African style by another not-neces-sarily-Spanish Spaniard, Joan Miro. On aplaque at the base they’ve put a minia¬ture of the work, presumable for the blindto feel its shape. Touch this and check itout. It’s not as if those of us with vision cansee that well either.Now that rounds out the pantheon of Chi¬cago sculpture, and though you haven’tseen it all, you can rest assured thatyou’ve seen the biggies. If you ever getdown to the Sears Tower, they have apumping, bumping, perpetually gyratingCalder that’s cool. And I hear they’ve slat¬ed a big-ass Louise Nevelson for the frontyard of a new building on Wells, which willbe good to see once it’s there. I can’t re¬member how you get to the RandolphStreet IC station from the Miro, but youcan ask around. If you have the time,check into the Chicago Public Library Cul¬tural Center, between Randolph andWashington, Michigan and Wabash. That’salways good for some fun. There's a coup¬le of galleries there and a must-see hallwhere they’ve deified the Word in a multi¬lingual, lapis lazuli mosaic. If you’ve seentoo much art and not enough life on thistrip (which is probably your fault, not theart’s) there’s a place in the train stationthat sells cocktails-to-go that rarely cards.Buy a plastic comb. Eat some caramel corn.You see, life can be fun!10—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—GREY CITY JOURNALCOURT*THEATRE((Hin^nnATuiThe University of Chicago 5535 Sooth Ellis Avenue. .»« VA ‘AX*^1$ V* w 3*»»***| Oct. 3 - Nov. 3Low-pricedpreviewsSept. 28 - Oct. 2Sat/Tues/Wed8:00 pmSunday 2:30 &7:30 pmUC studentsonly $5 withStudent Rush!Wed/Thur/Sun evesSubjects availability"Rudall’s gracefuldirection reveals adeeper dimension...highly recommended.'— Chicago Sun-TimesCali753-4472Visa/MC/Amex FIFTHANNIVERSARYSEASON(> i i H i THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO5650 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637“United in faith....faith in truth....faith in love....faith in people....faith in life....”Von Ogden VogtSunday Services 10:30 a.m.Religious Education —Children’s classes Youth group Adult SeminarsSundays 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays 7-9pmFor more information call 324-4100P§E MUSIC-MUSIC* MUSICTHE DEPARTMENT OF MUSICpresents:Thursday. October 3 - Noontime Concert Series12:15 p.m. Goodspeed Recital HallESPRIT - Mary Stolper. flute: and Stephen Hartman, harp.Works by Bach. Alwyn. Rodrigo, Granados and Bolling.Admission ts free.Friday, October 4 - Theo Olof. violin, with Carol Honigberg. piano8:00 p.m., Mandel HallA CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE UNIVERSITYSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA S 1986 EUROPEANTOUR.Mr. Olof. concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, willperform works by Beethoven, Franck. deLeeuw, Saint-Saens.Sarasate and Ravel.Tickets: $8.00. general: $5.00. students and seniors.(Patron tickets are also available)Tickets available at Reynolds Club Box Office. 962-7300 Tl3CisNPMCISIC-miSlC-MUSirfetruck rentalDRIVEN TOEXCELLENCEFor reservations, call: 493-7900Now through Oct 31, 1985. if you pick up your car after noon on Monday and return itanytime before noon on Friday you can rent a 1985 VW Golf or similar size car for only$19.95 per day.Budget lives up to its name with this midweek rate and unlimited mileage Gas. taxesand optional coverage are additional. Car must be returned to renting location. Offer subjectto availability. Offer good at 7234 Stony Island location only.Ask about our low rates on daily and weekend rentals from economy to luxury type cars.Serving Hyde Park & South Shore7234 S. Stony IslandBring in this ad or University ID attime of rental to get reduced rate.GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985-11/>sWe at Mallory's would like to welcomethe community of the University of Chi¬cago back to Hyde Park. We invite youto walk just a few blocks north of Cam¬pus to Downtown Hyde Park whereshops are sprucing up their windows, ournew Hyde Park M & R Theatre shows agreat variety of first run films and theCourt Theatre starts its' season withGeorge Bernard Shaw's HeartbreakHouse, previewing 26 September. Beforethe theatre, after shopping or just for acup of cappucino and a wonderful des¬sert with a friend, stop by Mallory's. Highatop the Hyde Park Bank building at1525 East 53rd Street we offer a chanceto get away with out going far. 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Learn drink categories,inventory & bar layout, money changing,bar etiquette and tips on landing a job.■ Job Placement Assistance12—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—GREY CITY JOURNALby Stephanie Bacon ,Women, and to lesser degree, men of the incom¬ing class will be barraged this week with lecturesWe have received ordersnot to move* oBarbara Kruger, Unfitted, 1982.FOR WOMEN, NONand warnings about personal safety in this urbancommunity. While concern for one’s safety is en¬tirely necessary and appropriate here, the strate¬gies for safety suggested by the University areoften based on racist or misogynist assumptionsthat only serve to promote fear and alienation.For instance, I was told by a resident assistantthat I would be protected (magically, if seemed) if Istayed within the perimeters of the so-called“safety square” —that is, 55th to 59th streets, be¬tween Ellis Avenue and the 1C tracks. Not surpris¬ingly, this area is framed on the north and southborders by some of the most radical scarificationleft by ‘‘urban renewal”—the official euphemismfor the University’s large scale removal of housingoccupied by Blacks and low-income whites, and bu¬sinesses patronized by Blacks, which occured in thelate fifties. Presently, the University buys upavailable real estate, tears down usable build¬ings, manipulates community planning boards, andgenerally throws its weight and money around inan attempt to keep Hyde Park sterile (note thescarcity of bars, clubs, 24 hour establishments) and“safe.” Historically, keeping it “safe” has meantkeeping it white.We must resist the white elitist ideology of manyso-called “safety precautions”—anyone who tellsyou never to leave the inner confines of Hyde Parkis contributing to keeping Chicago neighborhoodssegregated. You can walk to 63rd street, you canwalk to 49th street, or take the Howard El—ofcourse you must be prudent, but don’t let yourselfbe badgered or intimidated into never seeing thelife and cultural diversity of this city, or never see¬ing the poverty and overcrowding that are thiscity’s shame. If you’re visiting a neighborhood ortaking a particular route for the first time, do itduring the day or take a friend or two and bealert—but do it—you owe it to yourself to knowsomething about the city you live in.A word about transportation: you should, ofcourse, use your own discretion and not do any¬thing that you’re not comfortable with, but beaware that you have several options. CTA busesare slow but reliable, and they go into many Chi¬cago neighborhoods that are not readily acessibleby other means—get a CTA map. Occasionally theyget a little rough late at night—if you’ll be travel¬ing by bus late, try to bring a friend. As a way ofseeing the neighborhoods, buses are second only tohaving your own car—and you don’t have to parka bus. The Howard El has two stops near to us—oneat 63rd and Cottage Grove, and another at 55thand Garfield. By. day, the stops are reasonablysafe (55th is thought to be the safer of the two) andthe train going north takes you through some in¬teresting neighborhoods. By night it’s chancey,even for groups. Don’t hesitate to take the trainsbetween points on the near north side, however, asit is well trafficked and safe up there. The 1C is safeand fast, and only costs a little more than the bus—the only disadvantage is that it -doesn’t run toooften. Call for the 1C schedule—don’t just go to thestation and wait, because the stations are not assafe as the trains themselves. The only method oftransportation I would strongly recommendagainst using is the Maroon Express, a students-only express bus operated from Ida Noyes onweekends. To me, it smacks of white elitism. The 1Cis faster, cheaper, runs more hours, and is just assafe—and we share it with the other residents ofour city.In Hyde Park itself, as everywhere, safety ismuch more of a problem for women than for men.What makes it worse, however, is an attitude pro¬moted by the University that you will be perfectlysafe it you “follow the rules” and that anyone whodoesn’t “follow the rules” is foolish, or is somehowbringing danger upon themselves, and therefore issomehow responsible for any difficulty they mightencounter. It’s the old “she-was-asking-for:it”scam, and it’s a gross distortion that people havebeen using to justify and hence promote men’s vio¬lence against women since time immemorial. Don’tbuy it—no one ever has a right to hurt you, underany circumstances. We have every right to walkwhere we please when and how we please, and noone has any justification for violating our personalsancitity. However, we are barred from exercisingour right to this freedom by our society’s oppres¬sion of women. It is vital, none the less, for us toremember that this is our right and we are de¬prived of it; we will n6ver win the struggle to re¬gain this freedom if we forget that it is rightfullyours.The fact is that rape arid other violent crimesagainst women such as battery and harassment dooccur in Hyde Park all the time. Unfortunately,they just as likelv to occur in your apartment,at a frat party, or on the safest street in town as on a dark deserted street. You won’t read aboutthese crimes in the Chronicle, either, or hear aboutthem from any administration cource. In hushing-up incidents of this sort, the University does a four¬fold disservice to the community: they protect thecriminal, they alienate the victim, they deprivewomen of information pertinent to their safety,and they tacitly approve of the crimes by allowingthem to go uncondemned. Campus feminists under¬took a project to draw attention to this problemaround the time of a Prospective Student Weekendin 1979, in which they spray-painted a stencilreading “A woman was raped here” on sidewalksand walls at sites of attacks in Hyde Park. The Uni¬versity, ostensibly fearing that visiting parentswould decide not to allow their daughters to at¬tend U of C, had the stencil removed from all thesites as quickly as possible. That the Universitywas more concerned with its public relations facethan with the safety of the women in the communi¬ty and the awareness of everyone in the communi¬ty, comes a little surprise. Not much has changedsince then in this regard.Women must take the initative if we are not tospend our lives as prisoners in our own homes, asdid the women of our mothers' generation. If we don’t walk the streets at night because they areunsafe, then they wilt continue to be unsafe be¬cause they are deserted. We don’t have to be de¬pendant on men to provide us escort at night—there are things that we ourselves can do. We canorganize ourselves into groups or pairs—always agood strategy. We can avoid wearing clothing thatimpairs our movement, such as high heeled shoesor straight tight skirts, if we expect to be walkingat night. If we know the neighborhood, we canwalk with confidence, which is itself a deterrantagainst attack, as is an androgynous mode ofdress, a fistful of keys, walking down the middle ofthe street where you are clearly visible fromhouses and cars, etc. We have the shuttle bus ser¬vice available to us—but don’t rely on their con¬venience so much that you don’t learn the neigh¬borhood. Sometime when the shuttle buses aren’trunning, you’ll want to know what the safeststreets to walk on are. Umbrella service, too, isavaiiabfe to us—if you want it, don’t hesitate touse it. It’s embarassing to be followed by a securi¬ty car, but its a hell of a lot better than stayinghome because you’re afraid. It’s better than livingin fear; and if we ever want to improve our situa¬tion, we must refuse to live in fear.iGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—13IMBARK LIQUORS & WINE SHOPPE SALE ENDS 9/30/851ZX4 East S3rd Street • In Kimbark Plaza 493-3355LAST CHANCETO BEAT THETAX INCREASESTOCK UP NOW!!BUDWEISER HEINEKEN KEGS TO GO OLD STYLE MOOSEHEAD24-12 oz. CANS 24-12 oz. No Ret. Btls. ’/> BBL of BEER *369S 24-12 oz. CANS 6-12 oz. No Ret. Btls.$799 $1459■ “ CASE ’/« BBL of BEER *1995OLD STYLE, BUDWEISER, $799 $359WARM ONLY WARM ONLY STROH’S, MILLER WARM ONLY WARM ONLYWINE SPARKLING WINE$2"ER’S ssi? ROBERTMONDAVI$329 750 ml.HARVEY’S $6.99BRISTOL CREAM SKT -2.00*4” T®WER 3/$10mine burger $099^ MOUTONCADET$ 1 99 RED> WHITEI 750 ml. $499 FREXINET750 ml. MAA-94HATE $4.00-1.501$349J. ROGETCHAMPAGNE750 ml. 3/$75PIPERS750 ml. $12"14—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—GftEY CITY JOURNALOTELLO PREMIERES LYRIC SEASONby Michael KotzeTruth was served at the Lyric Operalast Saturday night This truth was notmerely of a musical or aesthetic variety,but rather of the kind that makes us ad¬mit that we are all somehow tiedtogether, that every person who lives orwho has ever lived shares some com¬mon ground that we all must respect.The opera was Verdi’s Ofe//o; it was inthe final act, in which a profoundlyuneasy Desdemona prepares for bed onthe night from which she feels she maynever awake. She reminisces about thepast, bids farewell to her constant friendand companion, and prays to the VirginMary to be remembered at the hour ofher death. This is a scene of the mostextreme pathos, a scene exposing asorT of emotion most of us have pro¬bably never faced, and yet the brillianceof Arrigo Boito’s words, Giuseppe Ver¬di’s music, and Margaret Price’s per¬formance made it an emotion we couldall understand; the feelings depicted, ofthe most intense despair, weresomehow tied to whatever sufferings weourselves may have felt in our lives— fora few moments at least, we understoodthe suffering of this woman. This sort ofexperience can truly change a person’slife: this empathy with the plight ofanother human being, can somehowpush us beyond the self-centeredrealities of what we consider our every¬day life. This sort of experience canmake us better people: this is the powerof Verdi’s opera.We can consider ourselves fortunatethat Otello was written at all; after Aida,Verdi had decided to retire from opera,live the life of a country squire, and getsome relaxation after so many embattl¬ed decades as Italy’s maestro of theopera. But Arrigo Boito (the avant-gardist who had once written of Verdi inthe harshest possible terms, but wholater had to admit the old man’s genius)had written a libretto of such excellencethat it lured Verdi out of his self-imposed retirement. Verdi, a sincerelover of Shakespeare, knew that Boito’sOtello was a libretto that he needed toset to music; faced with a challenge,and such an opportunity, he went backto work. The result was in all likelihoodthe greatest Italian opera ever written.Verdi once referred to Shakespeareas “the great poet of the human heart;”one could easily apply the same epithetto Verdi himself. What other artist’swork is so suffused with compassionand concern, both personal andpolitical, for the lot of his fellow man?Any unconvinced readers may be refer¬red to La Traviata, Rigoletto, Simon Boc-canegra, Don Carlo, or most any of Ver¬di’s operas; these will assure them ofthe depth of Verdi’s understanding andcommitment. That he was able to sharethese qualities with us so vididly makeshim an artist of the highest caliber, fullythe equal of Shakespeare, or Homer, orMozart, or whomever you may choose toname. Verdi puts us in touch with ourhumanity in a way that only the greatestartists can do.However odious such comparisonsmay be, one might venture to say thatVerdi’s Otello is better, moredramatically convincing, thanShakespeare’s Othello; when comparedto the opera, the play seems a bit toocontrived— the heroic stature of Othelloand the villainy of lago are explainedrather too carefully: to paraphraseanother Shakespeare tragedy, theauthor doth protest too much. Verdi’smusic, on the other hand, makeseverything clear: from the moment ofOtello’s entrance we are convinced, un¬questionably, of the man’s greatness.“Esultante!” he sings, and we know(even more, we feel) that this man is ahero— his temptation and fall meansomething, and not just about him per¬sonally, but about all of us. In Verdi’sOtello, the heights and depths of humannature are sounded. Likewise, Verdi’sJago is not some disappointed careeristor jealous husband, but a figure ofmalignity totally unexplained— andtotally convincing; it is one of thetorments of human life that this spirit ofdenial may exist. Perhaps in our ownlives he makes his presence felt onlysymbolically— to see him personified,alive on the stage, shocks us into the realization that such evil can exist in theworld.If all this sounds rather unworldly, beassured that Lyric Opera brought ithome, right here in Chicago, in its pro¬duction of Otello which opened itsthirty-first season at the Civic OperaHouse on Saturday, September 21. Theaudience was fortunate enough to ex¬perience this magnificent work of artpresented by performers unsurpassedin the world today; in the principal roles,Lyric was able to present singers notonly with the dramatic aptness to depictthese characters convincingly on thestage, but also with beautiful voices of aquality able to do justice to Verdi’sscore.Hearts went out to Margaret Price’sDesdemona, not only because of the ex-tremity of the plight to whichShakespeare and Verdi consigned her,but also because of the beauty andtruthfulness of her performancedramatically, and even more so, vocally.One would be hard pressed to say thatthere is a more beautiful voice currencybefore the operatic public; from thegorgeous high pianissimi of the loveduet to the combination of melodic sen¬sitivity and sheer power of the greatthird act ensemble to the naked force ofthe terror and sadness of her fourth actpassion and death, Price was impec¬cable. An opera house able to presentsuch an artist is not merely fortunate,but blessed.The soprano had good company in herbaritone and tenor. As Jago, SherrillMilnes clearly displayed why he is con¬sidered by many to be today’s preemi¬nent Verdi baritone, following in thetradition of Lawrence Tibbet andLeonard Warren; one was astonished at the raw, uncomplicated power of hisnonetheless subtley shaded singing:there was no secret, no special magicabout it— Milnes simply was Jago: heunderstood the character and the wordsassigned to him, and he sang them.That’s all there is to it, and there are notmany baritones who can do it as well ashe. Of course, his imposing physicalpresence doesn’t hurt, and neither doesthe dark richness of his voice, carryingtremendous weight from the bottom tothe extraordinary top A, a triumph of willof vocal technique. Milnes clearly workshard, and it is appreciated.Sad to say, it is easy to take tenorPlacido Domingo for granted; as today’sreigning superstar tenor, his excellenceis paraded on the movie and televisionscreen until one is quite accustomed toit. Indeed, for the first act and a half ofthe opera, Domingo’s Otello seemed tofit into this mold of casual perfection;his entrance was magnificent, but then,of course, it had to be— the musicdemands nothing less. It was only asOtello’s world began to crumble halfwaythrough act two that Domingo’s publicpersona ironically and absolutely elec-trifyingly began to melt away, leaving inits wake a madly passionate and tor¬tured man who sang like an angel andsuffered like a human being. One cansay what one likes about Placido Dom¬ingo as media phenomenon; as Otello,he did justice both to Verdi and toShakespeare, and he can be paid nohigher compliment.Also to be singled out are Barry Mc¬Cauley, a star tenor in his own right,who sang Cassio the way one wishesCassio could always be sung, and PaulPlishka, whose brief appearance asLodovico gave Chicago a chance to hear perhaps the most beautiful bass voice inopera today, with a gleaming timbrerarely heard in the lowest vocal ranges.Lyric is certainly to be commended forassembling a cast like this for its Otello.Conductor Bruno Bartoletti’s tempiwere on the quick side, but so wereToscanini’s; one might shrink from mak¬ing such an elevated comparison, butBartoletti clearly knows what he wantsto do with this score, and most of itworks. Certainly one could hope for aless literal and more tempest-tossedreading of the opening storm scene,one of Verdi’s most startling originalmusical and dramatic inventions; onewonders if the rather square renderingof it heard in the performance Saturdaywas due to compromises necessitatedby the combination of the difficult musicand the complicated stage action, sinceapart from this, Bartoletti’s work wasabove reproach: tempi were well judgedand dramatic, and the orchestralbalances were clear, apt, and well coor¬dinated with the stage. Giulio Favario’schorus provided the necessary heft andpower for the contrasting chorus writingof the second act.The Lyric Opera’s season continuesthrough January 19 with performancesof Puccini’s Madam Butterfly and LaRondine, Handel’s Samson with JonVickers, the most dramatic dramatictenor in the world, Donizetti’s AnnaBolena, with Joan Sutherland as Anneand Paul Plishka as Henry VIII, Verdi’sLa Traviata, Bellini’s bel canto Romeoand Juliet setting, / Capuletti e I Montec-chi, and Wagner’s great, profound com¬edy Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Itis unlikely, however, that any of theseperformances, with the possible excep¬tion of Traviata and the probable excep¬tion of Mastersingers, will match thedramatic truth arrived at in the stellaropening production of Otello, an ex¬perience as emotionally enobling as it ismusically rewarding.Placido Domingo as Otello.GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—15=*=i October Sale-Save 50%t t=S!£r f \ Rytex Deckle-Edge Vellum jV— •( ^ Personalized Stationery*10.95 regularly $22Luxurious letterpaper with the subtle deckleedge makes this the first choice in personal¬ized stationery. Available in two sizes.Princess, 5% x 7%” or King, 6ft x 10%”, andin three paper colors: Windsor White, An¬tique Ivory or Wedgewood Blue. 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That was the yeartomatoes overran everybody’s gardens—we couldn’t even give them away.I spent my days reading among the aphidsin the plum tree, cradling in its handshapeseveral feet above my orange catwho spent his days chasing green snakesin the tall grass near the honeysuckle. • * • - /Nutmeg Lavender.I live with cats and plants _ ; t , ; *»***...,a wind chime On the back porch near the panstes >and dream of night rides in coach KVertes, jV ~‘-and listening.to my own reyerberatfon>. ; iA fwo-scoop day: butter pepah • ' Jr?*and black vi^lnut dripplqgin thtt?f<enteafludBle^r *:on the sidewalk/eating pizzaand onlon-fmgs:: • \at the Custer Street Fair.' ;'V;v\::::ren boreNFbmorrowthis is thaiicf. the|cfl|V rtfCumberland PassThese things came and wentas I came of age.Now in late afternoonsunlight disappears among the elmslike molten gold pouring through sparse leavesmesmerized by the south windlike bits of broken conversation.In the fields bonfires crackle like the leadfeet of some invisible armytrampling through brambles.From the windowsill I watchthe sun in your hair sustain my objectionto your leaving; what can I believe—I’ve heard of saurian footprints mudlockedtracing their laborious ploddingto ancient mate or mealamong white stone cliffswhere once canyons swelled with seas.Can I believe some pockmarked asteroidcast such a backward glance Street vendors do real weH upteere-^ ‘ x ;those guys with hot dogs and pretzel stands*};-••v’*-*.-;so no one cooks/ , .. ' ••>You came into my summer • \with your plays and yogr movies : - '*-vr/ '* Y ‘and late night dinners., . "■Y-V-v: . ^sharing only that part of my life' .which made sense to you; ' V <•;springing up all over town .like mushrooms after rain?Or better yet, whatfs- happeniiwhen the best f ree jazz youis in the subway $tat:'~_ -some brother plucKjor teaching that swhite a heavy-bgher Black skjlistens w.i the farmers’ - ••; ■* , ri#;/.. '■ , .v-‘ -/•*•*<>»--i.v* ' -ft\ mU , .mm:-that great fern forests.shrivetedd^wafdip alien tear? .V',' .Can J< believe that all low-lying ctp.Ud,sV; •wcillpurnaway; -the dak setfree ite \jaNMg*Spring return ,md-ybu return?'* i \ '* : *'V\ ' V. • ■. : > y M.. -iJ . Vx'f'•. 'v-.<€r1t?S-* 'V x--r-ss' -> —* iLike charcoal streaks against stretched danyas irf<the oaks stood flush against the hills: th¬under a torn veil of new snow. - .!; '■We Amtraked all night—the pancake .jbirthing the nippled Alleghenies. '■%%?*£What had we been mulling over—change—you seemed it to a season’s dance aroundearth’s waist—the girdled nebula;i saw quicksand—nature’s prank—the firm, not firm; the land itself a tpaxthe counted on betraying;what was to be—what should have been—beliesthe here, the now hysterical laughter of thesefrigid mountains, the dark linear oakswho in their toothless laughter sayWe told von so!—Martha M. VertreacePHOTOS BY ANJALI FEDSON Continued on page 1iGREY CITY JOURNAL-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985-17! jteaaag.Continued from page 17i4 f 4 I View from the Bottom of the Wellii1*♦For All Thats before>ss Those endless summer daysof ice cream trucks and chlorine-dimmed eyesof kids with sticky fingersand mosquito bites leave me meltedinto pumpkins and pomegranatesand new school clothesand two new teeth for my brother’s babeIt is a coming-home timea gathering timea turning-in timelook to heaven and earthto watch themwither away with the statesubmerged by high waveswhich swamped the tiny canoescrowded with refugeesBut the seas swelledwith their salt-scarred bodieswhile the mud villages in Nova Iguacuslid down the hillchased by the rain whichthe farmers desperately neededwho withered heaven and earthwith their prayersIt is^ coming-home timea gathering timea turning-in time—Martha M. VertreaceI have written this letter-many tisame mad thoughts scattered athe same creased brittle paperits yellow edles powdering in mf handlike dried pofen; {the same dendritic phrases branchingbeyond “miss you” and “love yqu”into recipes'for diet salad dress Jgand exercise tips; the same |blue-black ink in the same ball pfcintscratching across the weary facfeof the envelope, writing its tickefeast.Nothing changes—not I who writethese best-remembered words noryou who read them as a casual sigh;not you who build the windmillsnor I who chase them. In spite of it allshimmering Hyde Park streetsand little girls with crisscrossed tans,raucous katydids in the too-green locust treesbursting near the back porch-summer’s last gaspiarf-nyyriuu F gmg wlTFKJogdayjshile water spoks dissipate \er Lake Michigan 'firestorms staw< the Montanan highlandshere a few summits agoy flute sounded thVdark valleys with its echo-of it all I thoughtd found my own daK valley then;ft oily led to mountain^ *sterile in their silent perfectionwho measured my eagernesswith sospicion: \I escaped by following the moonignoring the ranger’s trail.In spite of it allSeptember comes—a crisp cool night—the harvest moon—the sailor’s delightwhen the only thing my cat can fin^ to dois stretch out on the porch andchew on the wandering jew.He’s what I would becomewere I not more careful.—Martha M. Vertreace —Martha M. 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Al¬though in the US illegally, they have beengiven sanctuary at the University Church.In Chicago they have adopted the name“Gomez,” fearing that use of their truename would lead to reprisals against rela¬tives still in their home of Guatemala.Juan Jose and Maria Theresa are theparents of Mari Sol, Matia, and JoseMaria. Last week, Carol Hendrickson andDavid Post talked with the Gomez familyat the University Church.)Question: To begin with, could you tell uswhy you’ve come to the U.S.Answer: We’ve left Guatemala because thearmy there wanted to kill us. We’re in Chi¬cago because we are in the sanctuarymovement, and the University Churchgave us refuge until the situation in ourhome is improved.Question: Why do you say the army want¬ed to kill you?Answer: We belonged to a comunidad debase, a grassroots level unit of personswithin the Catholic Church, that met tostudy the bible using themes from libera¬tion theology. We also tried to educateourselves about the injustices of the cur¬rent . government. So we were meetingtwice each week. We had engaged in bothstudy and practice, and together weshared many things. The governmentdidn’t favor these types of meetings. And,in the time of General Lucas Garcia, it op¬posed the Church as subversive. Tremen¬dous persecution then began againstmany leaders of the comunidades de base,including of our own. A lay-worker advis¬ing us was kidnapped, tortured, and mur¬dered. Later, her body was found in one ofthe streets of the capital. So, out of ourfear, our group stopped meeting so often.But we still attended occasionally. Onenight we happened to come home from ameeting and found that the house hadbeen burned. They destroyed everything.Terrified, we left immediately for Hon¬duras. After some time in Honduras therewas news of a coup d’etat back home,where General Efrain Rios Montt replacedGeneral Lucas Garcia. Well, Rios Montt de¬clared a general amnesty. And, withoutever knowing why we even needed it, wereturned to Guatemala and applied foramnesty. What a big fraud! The killings,kidnappings, and massacres continuedjust as before, and even worse. Even peo¬ple who’d been guaranteed amnesty werevictims—for example one of the membersof our communidad de base, his wife, andtheir four children. It got to be too much.We decided we had to leave.Question: Did you know anything aboutthe sanctuary movement when you decid¬ed to leave Guatemala? Members of the Gomez family may not show their faces in photographs for fear that theGuatamalan government will retaliate against their relations back home. Answer: No, when we left we had no ideaabout this program. We originally went toa refugee camp on the Mexican border,but there it is also unsafe. Too many Gua¬temalan army comanders would cross theborder to carry out massacres. We didhave some contacts with a priest in Los An¬geles, and so traveled there, for twelvedays, hoping we’d find safety. And it wasin Los Angeles that we found out about thesanctuary movement. We decided to joinit, so that we could denounce publicallywhat is happening in our country.Question: Who participates in the sanctu¬ary movement?Answer: Of course there are many who,after having been so involved in the poli¬tics back home, want nothing of it in theUS. And indeed there are great risks in¬volved by participation in the sanctuarymovement. Immigration knows just exact¬ly where we are at all times, and thatwe’re illegals. And at any time they couldshow up here to deport us to Guatemala,where we’re certain the army is waitingfor us. Also, we’re extremely worriedabout our family back home, and have totake precautions to protect them.Question: In all of your photographs youappear with your faces covered. Why is itnecessary?Answer: Simply because if the governmentever received a photo with our faces un¬covered, they might figure out who weare. In this case our relatives could bemurdered.Question: How do you find life in HydePark?Answer: Although the people here are sofriendly, in truth the experience is a littlesad: everything here is so beautiful, thelake, the greenery. It all seems just like apost-card. But we’re not really in it our¬selves. Every single day think of home,and how we miss it! You see, people of ourcountry are not used to traveling for itsown sake. Not even to El Salvador or Hon¬duras. For generations our families havelived in the same town. There they wereborn and there they died. So, for us, tocome here is a very drastic change. But it’sthe only option open to us right now. Actu¬ally, we came in a caravan from Los An¬geles intending to go to Massachusetts,with the two brothers of Maria Teresa.But when we got to Chicago we learnedthat the church in Massachusetts couldn'ttake a family but only two single men. Sothe brothers went on to Massachusetteswhile we stay behind, here in Hyde Park.The University church will hold Guata¬malan Night on October 1 at 6:30 p.m. TheGomez family will prepare food. Enter¬tainment will be provided Juan Jose andthe Guatamalan Theater Group. A $5.00donation will be requested for the benefitof the sanctuary program.IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\OOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOO''^''''^'>r'''^'s^'~'r''^^^r'_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ jooooooooooooooooIQUOQUOUOOQOOOOUOOOPOOOUOOuOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO**►oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o o o• OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOlOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo oo oo oo ommam- ° °oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooootion tend to be bland and faceless.by Brian MulliganDespite Chicago’s massive second (or isit third now?) city complex — always com¬paring itself to New York or Los Angeles— it now has much cause for pride in its re¬cently thriving theatre scene. There is pre¬sently a wealth of good native theatre inChicago, compared to twenty years agowhen there was little more than an occa¬sional touring company of a Broadwayshow. Not only are there now a goodnumber of reliable repertory companies,but more seem to spring up each year.Some of these new groups succeed andtake root in a storefront or an abandonedwarehouse. Other groups are not so lucky(or talented) and sink back into oblivion.But all this activity is indicative of a veryhealthy vitality in Chicago. What followsis a guide to some of the most notabletheatres in the city.Court Theatre (5635 S. Ellis, 753-4472) isthe resident theatre at the University ofChicago and virtually the only (semi-) pro¬fessional theatre on the South Side. Nowabout 16 years old, the Court has maturedfrom an amateur summer repertory groupto an impressive repertory company pres¬enting 5 “Masterworks” a year in a beau¬tiful new theatre (One block behind Regen-stein — the center of our (the?) universe).Sounds great, huh? Well, there are a coup¬le of problems with the Court.The most serious is a radical imbalancebetween the technical aspects of theirDroductions and the attention paid to cast¬ing, directing and acting. Court productio¬ns always look fantastic, sets, costumesand lighting are all, with occasionallapses, perfect. However, the casting isoften bizarre and both doting and direc In its interpretations of these “Master-works” Court never strays from the ortho¬dox; everything is played straight with noleaps of imagination. This is a sad resultcompared to the optimism surroundingCourt when it was making its transactioninto the new theatre. At the time it washoped that Court would rank with the YaleRepertory Theatre as a center of theatrewithin the academy. Until Artistic DirectorNicholas Rudall and his group decide tostart taking chances these is no hope ofsuch prominence.In spite of the problems Court puts onhandsome, competent productions here inHyde Park. Court offers reasonable stu¬dent discounts, call for details. Those insearch of free theatre can volunteer tousher and see the show for about 30 min¬utes worth of very light work. Look for asign-up sheet in Reynolds Club lobby.There are three mainstream theatres inChicago all in or around the Loop; they arethe Schubert (22 W. Monroe, 977-1700),the Blackstone (60 E. Balbo Dr.,977-1700), and the Arie Crown (33rd andLake Shore Drive, 791-6000.) Thesetheatres house the national touring com¬pany productions of Broadway hits. Everyonce in a while, we get the reverse situa¬tion — a show on the road towards Broad¬way.These three theaters have one strongcommon factor, very high ticket prices.The only way to avoid paying 20-35 dol¬lars for a seat is to keep your eyes openfor discount tickets through the StudentActivities Office (SAO). In the past SAOhas arranged for discount tickets for manyof the worthwhile shows as well as forpopular dance groups coming through Chi cago.The Goodman Theatre, also located inthe Loop (200 S. Columbus Drive,443-3800), was recently cited in the NewYork Times as the most exciting theater inthe United States. Such an impressive de¬scription comes mostly from the success ofproductions which have travelled from theGoodman to New York. Two years ago, theGoodman was responsible for the originalproductions of Glengarry Glen Ross whichearned author David Mamet a PulitzerPrize. The show actually came out of theGoodman Studio, a separate entity fromthe Goodman Mainstage. The Studio is anincredibly small theater nestled behindthe Mainstage (seating only 150) — fartoo small for the quality of productionsdone there. Artistic Director, GregoryMosher has announced a major restructur¬ing of the Goodman which involves findinga much larger space for the New TheatreGroup, a resident company of actors anddirectors which will supplant the Studio.Playwrights David Mamet and John Quareare both committed to creating scripts forthe group.The Goodman has in the past offered alimited number of student rush tickets theday of the performance. Another way tosee Goodman productions at a substantialdiscount is to attend the play while it isstill in previews. The Goodman offers veryreasonable preview prices.The North Side lakefront offers a wealthof small ensemble groups. The best knownof these groups is the Steppenwolf TheatreCompany (2851 N. Halsted, 472-4141). Atnine years old the Steppenwolf is the mostexciting and continually impressivetheatre in Chicago. They have been on aroll since their 1984 production of SamShepard’s True West. (This production wastransplanted to New York in the Fall of1982 where it ran until this summer — thecasting of Eric Estrada of Chip's fame final¬ly did it in.)Their recent successes seemed to point to the inevitability of Steppenwolf leavingChicago behind as a base of operations.Many feared Chicago was on the brink oflosing its best theatre group. These anxie¬ties were put to rest last year when manyof the founding members flew in from allover the country to reaffirm Steppen-wolf’s committment to remaining a Chica¬go theatre.Wisdom Bridge (1559 W. Howard,743-6442) was in the limelight throughoutlast year for its highly acclaimed and in¬novative production of Hamlet.Victory Gardens Theatre (2257 N. Lincoln,871-3000) have had a number of respect¬able productions putting a great deal ofeffort into doing new plays.Though it really isn’t theatre, we cannotomit Second City (1616 N. Wells,337-3920) the legendary comedy troupe.Second City began 26 years ago (lest any¬one forget) here at the U of C by foundingmembers Mike Nichols and Elaine Mayamong others. The group1 currently stages3 or 4 revues a year in addition to the ac¬tivities of their touring company.So now you ask yourself how you willstay aware of all this wonderful theatre inChicago. It’s not very hard. Grey City at¬tempts to list all the worthwhile prod¬uctions which are going on weekly. Wealso try to review as many of these prod¬uctions as possible. Our ability to do thatis limited by the amount of people inter¬ested in writing on theatre. If you thinkyou would like to write on theatre, pleasecome in and talk to the editor. If you wanta more exhaustive list of theatre in Chica¬go check either the Reader or ChicagoMagazine. Of the two, the Reader, being aweekly is more accurate regarding open¬ings, closings, extensions etc.Chicago is legitimately one of the mostvital centers of American theatre. No mat¬ter how busy they keep you here at UC,you would be foolish not to take advan¬tage of this amazing resource of good(reasonably) cheap theatre:GREY CITY JOURhTAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER??; 1995—33TWO POEMSRimeWe’d just finished fucking and I couldn’t begin to sleepAnd I felt for a minute a cold wind up my backWhen soon it was later and I got up and got my hatGrabbed my smokes and went down out into the street.Listen, you won’t believe the luck I had.I went out thinking maybe I’d buy you flowersOr a bottle of some French wine red as your bloomersBut I stumbled into a graveyard and found Dante, madAs hell that he’d been left there tied up in knots,The work of one or another of his serious disciples.It occurred to me to ask him for a poem or two for youBut he said “To hell with love, untie this noose’’And I worked at the rope awhile, no use in that,His love has its story and this poem has no scruples.On the ChainTurning and turning and, again,As immortal bards must singThe third is the charm (on the chain),Turning and turning and turning.What do you say to a man come homeSix minutes, six months later to his love?This much was given to me:Love survived my own stupidity.moved by impulse and ideal—and thick like big whalesthe breeding seas—W& Fridke::so>aU .sensationaideais..fh-f^-errd^we-’jre down onourkneespleasing.—Keith Tuma::::50th:^0»l«e:a<«:dX^pitea:freKp:a section of a manuscript in progress, entitled<3/fu cJtfgrcheFINE CATERINGANNOUNCINGA New Catering Company By:Mark hiresFormer Catering Director of Hyde Park Cafe’s,with extensive references within theUniversity Community.Craig HalperFormer Head Chef of Jimmy’s Place(Annual Chicago Magazine Dining Poll Winner).We enjoy handling any sort of eventwhere the emphasis is on good food,from hors d’oeuvres & dinnersto barbeques & box lunches.312.667.4600 AMERICANAND FOREIGNExpert Service • MAJOR ENGINE • ELECTRICAL •• TUNE-UPS • AIR CONDITIONING •• BRAKESNo Job Too Large or Too Small!FOR-U SERVICE CENTER1608 East 53rd St.(Between I.C. 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DAILY26—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—GREY CITY JOURNALA BROAD PERSPECTIVEby Ann ShaeferGallery hoppers will find Chicago's marketvaried and plenty. Commercial galleriesabound and range from showing affordableart to the best current, progressive art.Chicago hosts an array of alternative and not-for-profit spaces as well. There are two maingallery districts; the older leans toward con¬servative, investment oriented art, and islocated near Michigan and Ontario. If you aregoing to the Museum of Contemporary Artand have some extra time, stop in thegalleries nearby on Ontario If you are shopp¬ing along Michigan in need of diversion, 620N. Michigan houses a pack of galleries. Thenewer, larger River North district is at 200-400 W. Superior and Huron. This is where you’llsee most of the progressive art in Chicago.Public transportation by means of the JeffreyExpress bus, the el, or the 1C, will take you tothe Superior-Huron galleries. If you're takingthe el get off at Chicago Ave., you’ll be ablock north and about four blocks east of thegalleries. If you take the 1C downtown get offat Randolph and walk over to State to pick upthe el, actually the subway at that point. Beaware if you’re going to openings that thisdistrict is not an innocuous area, particularlyat night. You'll be fairly safe if you stay southof Chicago and east of Orleans.Chicago’s alternative spaces include Arc,Artemesia, Bedrock, N A M E., NAB, Ran¬ dolph St., and The Contemporary ArtWorkshop. Arc, Artemesia, and N.A.M.E. arein the River North area Bedrock is at 1550 N.Milwaukee Ave. NAB at 331 S. Peoria, and theContemporary Art Workshop at 542 W. GrantPI. These spaces represent artists whosework tends to be young, experimental,divisive in either form or content, imperma¬nent, nonsaleable, unlikely to be welcomedby a dealer concerned with profits. Alter¬native spaces consistently provide room forinstallations and performances. Check theGrey City calendar, other newspapers, orThe New Art Examiner for dates, times, etc.River North galleries are more mainstream,and less varied in terms of media presented— they stick primarily to painting andsculpture Among the most notable areAsperger and Bischoff. Roy Boyd, Dart,Marianne Deson, Rhona Hoffman, Phyllis 1Kind, Klein, Zolla-Lieberman, Rosenfiefd,Rosenthal, and Frumkin-Struve. A galleryhopper who stops in each of these is likely tosee at least a few striking examples of con¬temporary art. If you only have an hour or somake an effort to see these first.Phyllis Kind is known for representingmembers of the “Hairy Who” or Chicago Im-agism, namely, Ed Paschke. Jim Nutt, RogerBrown. Gladys Nilsson, and Barbara Rossi.Kind by no means limits herself to the Im-agists, though the majority of her artists arewell established. The quality of the workshown is dependably first rate.Asperger and Bischoff is notable for show¬ing contemporary German art; Ger-manophiles will also want to check out thegalleries of the Goethe Institute.Roy Boyd shows the best of Chicago’sContinued on page 28GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIQAY, SEPTEMBER 27/1985—27—->--»arv^ ^YTt"*TI \ i -- \ :■&&&&' | L^ISOME ALTERNATIVESContinued from page 27abstraction, at times rivalling the best ex¬amples of capital “M” Modernism. Hepresents the spectrum from art that is entire¬ly formal to art that is suggestive, welcomingassociations without specifically directingthe viewer with recognizable imagery.Frumkin-Struve leans toward the conser¬vative side, but upholds quality. James Butlerstill lifes currently on display are definitelyworth a trip.Rhona Hoffman’s current show “Infotain¬ment” exhibits new work from New York —all art seen in Chicago is not necessarilymade in Chicago.A number of universities in the Chicagoarea maintain exhibition spaces for artists.Feel free to stop in U of C’s Midway studios.The School of the Art Institute has twogalleries, one in the school itself and one onW. Superior. Northern Illinois University hasa gallery on W. Superior as well. U of I’s Cir¬cle Campus has Gallery 400 located at 400 S.Peoria. Columbia College at 600 S. MichiganAve. houses the Museum of ContemporaryPhotography, and Northwestern has a galleryin the Norris Center at 1999 Sheridan Rd.Two not-quite-gallery, not-quite-museumplaces to see contemporary art are Chicago’sPublic Library Cultural Center at 78 E.Washington, and the State of Illinois Centerat 100 W. Randolph. Then there’s the “PeaceMuseum’’—I’ll include that in the not-quitemuseum section because it lacks the in¬herent establishment air of museums,though it does charge $2 admission. It islocated at 430 W. Erie.Tuesdays are free days at both the Art In¬stitute and the Museum of Contemporary Art.The Art Institute does hold an outstandingcollection of Impressionism but that does notexcuse one for neglecting their other collec¬tions — appreciation of the other collectionscontinually grows for those who include Im¬pressionism in the Seven Wonders of theworld described by poet Elizabeth Bishop as‘‘tired and a touch familiar.” MCA’s strengthis in the shows it brings into the museum, notyet in its permanent collection which is smallbut growing. MCA is at 237 E. Ontario.Evanston, the first suburb north of Chicago,accessible by the el, claims the TerraMuseum of American Art. Though smallerthan the MCA, it is notable for a number ofreasons. The permanent collection coversthe 18th through 20th centuries, and is firstrate. Because of its size, there is a need forselectivity when it comes to selecting worksfrom their permanent collection or fromtravelling shows for exhibition. Selectivity isreflected in undeniably first rate exhibitions.The Terra Museum is at 2600 Central Park. by Nadine McGannRandolph Street Gallery Of all the wellknown alternative space galleries, Ran¬dolph Street is probably the most success¬ful at maintaining its original ideology inthe face of the ever growing forces ofcooptation. In difference from several ofthe other alternative galleries whichmoved from the Hubbard Street area —the site of alternative art and activity inthe late sixties and seventies — to the Su-perior-Huron area, the main commercialgallery district, Randolph Street is still lo¬cated outside of the big money/high artmatrix in a low-rent, more industrial area.This means, among other things, that al¬ though one may be less likely to ‘stop in’on a day of art-watching, the gallery itselfis able to maintain a different and per¬haps healthier atmosphere than those al¬ternative spaces which have relocated toSuperior-Huron. Randolph Street exhibitsboth local artists and small travelingshows. One of the first galleries in the cityto show a sustained commitment to perfor¬mance art, it continues to present perfor¬mances, interspersed with dance parties,on weekend nights. Hours: Tue-Sat, 11-5.756 N. Milwaukee. 666-7737.ARC, short for Artists, Residents of Chica¬go, is an artists run women’s collective,showing its members’ work as well ascurated group exhibits. Part of ARC’S, cur¬ rent strength is that despite its move toSuperior-Huron it continues to display acommitment to a different sort of presen¬tation of art from that of the commercialgallery. It is located, for example, rightacross the hall from Peter Miller; walkingthrough first one gallery and then theother provides a fairly graphic indicationof what the difference means. While thelatter’s beige carpeting, pristine wallsand sedate art mitigate against provoca¬tive thought — i.e., induce boredom —ARC’S space retains a loft-like and excit¬ing environment, with its nooks and cran¬nies, several rooms, bare bricks and ex¬posed building-structure. In addition to itsexhibits, which are often strong and exhi¬larating, ARC also devotes separate spaceto installations and performances, mostoften in a room called ‘Raw Space’, — aname and idea held over from the use ofthe basement at the original HubbardStreet gallery. Hours: Tue-Sat, 11-5. 356W. Huron. 266-7607.Bedrock One of the newest galleries, Bed¬rock is a small ‘raw’ space located in a realcity neighborhood, outside of the gallerydistrict. On ‘gallery opening night’ this fall— the big seasonal opening scene — itseemed to breathe a refreshing gritty vi¬tality, as opposed to the cigarette andsweet-smelling wine smothering wheezeof the Superior-Huron area. This galleryopened at the beginning of the summer. Itis currently run by four individuals, whoseother committments — for example, mak¬ing a living — lead to its short and slightlypeculiar hours. The presentation of its cur¬rent show, Elizabeth McGowan’s “Draw¬ings”, indicates a strong political and fe¬minist bent. In general, this gallery showsboth ambition and promise. Hours: Thurs,6-9; Sat-Sun 1-6. 1550 N. Milwaukee.235-1102.Also note: Artemisia, Tue-Sat, 11-5. 342 W.Superior. 751-2016. Dart, Tue-Sat,10-5:30. 212 W. Superior. 787-6355. Fea¬ture, Tue-Sat, 11-5. 340 W. Huron.751-1720. N.A.M.E., Tue-Sat, 11-5. 361 W.Superior. 642-2776. Perimeter, Tue-Sat,11-5:30. 356 W. Huron. 266-9473. Print¬works, Tue-Sat, 11-5. 311 W. Superior.664-9407. School of the Art Institute on Su¬perior Street, Mon-Sat, 10-4:45; exceptTue, 10-7:30. 341 W. Superior. 443-3703.Superior Green Office Lofts, Tue-Sat, 11-5.700 N. Green. Museum of ContemporaryPhotography, Mon-Fri, 10-5; Sat noon-5.Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan.663-1600, ext. 104. Peace Museum, Tue-Sun, noori-5; except Thurs, noon-8. $2. 430W. Erie. 440-1860.REYNOLDSCLUBHOURS:Mon-Fri 11-6Sat 1-5We're locatedright outsideof Morry's inthe lobby ofthe ReynoldsClub/ cornerof 57th andUniversityWe've alsoopened up anew branch inthe P-corridorof the HospitalOpen Wed-Fri11:30-5:30.Checks, Visa,and cold, hardcash welcome.Come talk to us,this cage getscold and lonely. Let us satisfy yourmovie-going desirescheaply. Buy discounttheatre passes.Plitt 3.00Rose 2.50Essaness . . . 2.75Gen. 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Thereare bulletin boards in the lounge where you may post notices, and read about community and university activities.There are also magazines, newspapers, a television and a stereo in the lounge for your use.CATHOLIC INSTRUCTIONSWould you or someone you know like to become a Catholic? Any student at the University who is interested inbecoming a Catholic should contact Father Braxton during the Autumn quarter. A series of individual information andformation sessions will be developed to meet the needs of each student. There will also be group discussions and timesfor prayer. Once students are confident that they wish to become Catholics they should select sponsors from theCalvert House community who will then join them in their meetings. Ordinarily Baptisms are celebrated during HolyWeek at the Easter Vigil.TUESDAY EVENING DISCUSSIONSOnce or twice a quarter Calvert House will host informal discussions on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm,on topics of interest. These will focus upon brief articles which much be picked up and read in advance. Suggestionsfrom students concerning topics are welcome.SPECIAL PROGRAMSCalvert House can be whatever the Catholic students in the University community wish it to be. Feel free to offer yourideas for programs that meet your interests. If you would like to have a day of recollection or a retreat, we can arrangeit at Calvert House. If the medical students, law students, divinity school students, business students or any other groupwould like to have a meeting, discussion or a special speaker we can arrange to have it at Calvert House. In the paststudents have volunteered as tutors to help at local Catholic schools. We nope that you will do so again this year.Please do not hesitate to suggest new activities that you would like to have.Reverend Edward K. 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You arewatching Emilio Estevez— or maybe it’sRob Lowe, you can’t be too sure. Anyway,the white whine is pouring out, and youare watching St. Elmo's Fire— but it mightas well be The Breakfast Club or Dancewith a Stranger or anything ’cause it’s notthe movie, it’s the whole experience. Thewhole downtown first-run movie thing.Water Tower Place. Chestnut Station. TheFine Arts. And you are thinking aboutwhere else you could be, seeing a movie.Perhaps a $1.75 double bill at the Bright¬on, preceded by pie and a cup of coffee atthe Heart of Gold Coffee Shop. Or it couldbe something obscure and trendy (“Bril¬liant”—Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader) at theFilm Center, trading attitudes with the artstudents (anyth i ng-you-can-do-l-can-do-more-blase) before and after the show. Itdoes not have to be at the Water Tower,but here you are, sitting in a tiny, brightlycolored (though now mercifully darkened)auditorium, thinking you could care lessabout the movie you are watching—whatis important is the setting, the attitude,because St. Elmo’s Fire, whatever it meritsmight be, is not the point. The movie isgoing to be a totally different experiencedepending on whether you see it at a plea¬sure-dome manque like the Water Tower,or in a friend’s car at a drive-in, or athome on a VCR, or wherever.So all right, a movie guide that tells youwhat sort of movie plays at what theaterand how you get there and how much it isgoing to cost is fine, but it does not ad¬dress the real issues. Questions of atti¬tude. Now (as the mighty turbines of firstperson begin to turn), there's a lot I’mgoing to leave out, due to the limitationsof time and space and my own sheer igno¬rance, but I hope to make what follows areasonably definitive guide to everythingyou’ll really need to know about going tothe movies in Chicago. Don’t worry, you’llget the nuts-and-bolts stuff (the was, wo,and wie viel hoo-hah), but what we’ll beconcentrating on are the feet-sticking-to-the-floor questions of ambience—why justreview a movie when I can tell you whereto find the total film experience you reallywant?You can enjoy a relatively balanced filmdiet without leaving campus, thanks to theU of C’s three film groups, DOC Films, LawSchool Films, and International HouseTalking Pictures. Granddaddy of these isDOC, which shows movies every night ofthe quarter in Cobb Hall’s Quantrell Audi¬torium, an unprepossessing bunker usedfor Nuremburg rally-sized classes in thedaytime. The facilities may not be thegreatest (expect at least one equipmentfailure per show), but DOC presents a vari¬ety of movies unmatched on campus, poss¬ibly in Chicago as well. You get the big pophits, the Purple Rains and Risky Busin¬esses, on Friday and Saturday; the rest ofthe week is devoted to series featuringHollywood “classics”, foreign “films”, andjust about everything else described bythe adjective "cinematic”. Like all othercampus film groups, admission prices arein the $2-$2.50 range, with quarterlypasses available, must-to-haves for theobsessive moviegoer. Law School Filmsshows movies four times a week in the LawSchool Auditorium across the Midway andspecializes in Golden-Age-of-Hollywood-type stuff: Casablanca, Gone with theWind, etc. Their "give-the-people-what-they-want” attitude may result in fairlyunimaginative programming (how much ofyour life do you want to spend watchingThe African Queen?) but it cannot be de¬nied that LSF provides the best facilitiesfor moviegoing on campus: its comfortableauditorium and quiet, competent projecti¬on put it in a class by itself, the only draw-Ticket seller at the Chestnut Station back being its inability to effectively pres¬ent films in Cinemascope, that wide-screenformat I love. The party-like “see-and-be-seen” atmosphere on weekends has itscharms, I suppose, and any film group thatshows Zulu with any regularity can’t be allbad. 1-House presents three films a weekin the 1-House auditorium, generally popu¬lar foreign films and a few domestic cult-type pics. A generally respectable set-up(with popcorn available), but beware thepitfall of the hall! The seating layoutmakes it likely that the bottom half of thescreen will be obstructed by the person sit¬ting in front of you, making viewing ofsubtitled films (standard 1-House fare)particularly irritating. Sneak up to thebalcony; you’ll be a long way from thescreen, but a clear view has its charms,non?The main reason to see movies oncampus (beyond the convenience) is theoffbeat programming (DOC, in particular,shows films you’ll have an opportunity tosee maybe three or four times in your life¬time, so take advantage; how manychances do you get to see The CaptainHates the Sea, a film featuring a rare dra¬matic appearance by the Three Stooges?The programming at DOC is done by peo¬ple with strange tastes—I used to do it my¬self) and the social element: beyond theReg, movies are the only regular on-campus social venue, places where a U of Cstudent really feels like part of a commu¬nity.If the films themselves were the onlything that mattered in moviegoing, we’dnever have to leave campus. But after awhile the regular visits to DOC and LawSchool, with the occasional pilgrimage to1-House, get very monotonous, and lackingin glamor, excitement, and danger. Now itbecomes important that there is a city out there, a city bristling with kinomatic de¬lights.The downtown/near north first-runmovie is the most common form of rebel¬lion against campus film groups, and it hasmuch to offer: an audience not composedof U of C students; buttered popcorn, largecokes, and Lemonheads; the opportunityto leave Hyde Park, no small thing in it¬self; and most of all, that all-importantsense of newness, that cutting edge feel¬ing that only a just-released movie canprovide. Let’s start with the “prestige”theaters: the Esquire, the Carnegie, andthe McClurg Court. All three have big audi¬toriums (not multiple shoe boxes) and tendto show the latest big-deal, 70mm Dolbystereo releases, the ne plus ultra of thecommercial cinema. Of the three, the Es¬quire is easily the most beautiful: thegraceful curves of its lobby and the reach-for-the-stars audacity of its wildly out ofproportion art-deco proscenium make itmy favorite theater in Chicago. Its soundsystem is first-class, and the projectionistsattentive and unobtrusive, as all goodprojectionists must be. Technically theMcClurg might be more impressive (biggerscreen, larger auditorium), but its erraticprogramming (American Flyers?) A reviv¬al of The Wiz?) and totally ungracious(read: downright ugly) lobby are liabili¬ties. Still it’s a great place to see a movie(and it’s even partially underground1)- TheCarnegie, with its purely functional lobbyand unspectacular auditorium, cannot com¬pete with the grandeur of the other two,but it is completely reliable, and is locatedclose enough to the fabulous Esquire that aninety-second walk will reward you withall the information you’ll need on a poss¬ible back-up show.These theaters are all on the near-northside; by travelling less than a mile south, to the Loop, you will find movie housessimilar in scale, but much scruffier and lesstechnically proficient (no stereo, clumsyprojection), but nonetheless with charmsall their own. I speak of the Chicago, theWoods, and the United Artists. All threetend to show double or even triple bills,usually one first-run plus a second-run orpossibly older film. For the most part theyshow action and horror titles, or, more re¬cently, rock musicals like Beat Street orElectric Boogaloo is Breakin’ II: high-oc¬tane genre cinema indeed. Of the three,the most important is the Chicago, a trueWindy Cindy landmark, with the most icon-ographic marquee in the midwest. It seemsas if someone is threatening to tear itdown every month, so you owe it to your¬self to enjoy a movie there soon, beforethey actually get around to it. I have manyfond memories of the Chicago, the most se¬minal being that of my first visit (appro¬priately enough) when I saw Videodrome,thus far the important film of the Eighties.But I digress. The Woods and the UA, whileless historically significant, remain valu¬able resources, true palaces of action-firstkino and general mongrel cinema—as Iwrite this, the Chicago is playing AmericanNinja and Teen Wolf, while the Woods isproudly presenting Creature (“First youdie, then the terror begins”) and The DevilWithin Her: these are boom times indeed!These Loop houses represent a chance toindulge in a Lou Reed-style walk on thewild side that actually entails little per¬sonal risk, as long as you don’t adopt anoffensive “slumming” attitude that willendear you to no one and may wind upgetting your ass kicked. A trip to one ofthese theaters affords a distinct and validmoviegoing experience, often a raucousfree-for-all of audience participation. So,as long as you remember to take the pre¬cautions you would in any big-city urbanenvironment, enjoy the show! (One wordto the wise: if no one is sitting in front ofyou, put your feet up. Despite frequent at¬tempts at extermination, these theatersdo have rats.)Sad to say, most downtown theaters arenot in the Kubla Khan class of the six I justdescribed—most are cramped and claus¬trophobic rabbit holes of the kind you’llfind in any suburban shopping mall. Clas¬sics of this kind are the Water TowerTheatres and the Chestnut Station, withvariations on the theme at the Fine Artsand the Biograph. These theaters repre¬sent what is truly current in moviegoing aswell as what is truly pernicious; if I ex¬press a certain fondness for them it is, asWerner Herzog says, “against my betterjudgement.”The Water Tower is truly the monstre sa-cree of the Chicago movie scene. The lob¬bies, redolent of glistening mirrors andred velvet, remind me of a New Orleansbrothel as conceived by Walt Disney: thechandeliers in the lower level are easilythe most obscene and lubricious lightingfixtures I’ve ever seen. The staff, clearlyhand-picked, are certainly the rudest inChicago, dressed in para-military uni¬forms, and constantly demanding tick-etstubs. The auditorium (seven in all) arequite small, with tiny screens, but as muchas I’d like to, I can’t condemn the place.First of all, the sheer number of screensmeans that they are probably alwaysshowing something you want to see (fromAgnes of God to Fraternity Vacation). Se¬condly, the rest rooms are clean(something to appreciate, certainly), andlastly the grotesque materialistic crypto¬trendy yuppy-puppy ambience of WaterTower Place itself makes it the ideal placeto view most modern cinema; for example,I couldn’t imagine seeing St. Elmo’s Fireanywhere else.The Chestnut Station, on the other hand,actually offers decent-sized auditoriumsand is all in all not a bad place to see mov-Continued on page 32Arnold Schwarzenegger can often be seencatching a flick at Water Tower PlaceCruising over to the Law School to see The African QueenDOC program staffGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—31CELLULOIDContinued from page 31ies; the only problem is the ambience ofthe place is deadly, generally offensiveand threatening to human dignity. Thepseudo art-deco lobby (don’t look at thecarpet! don’t look at the carpet!) is hid¬eousness itself, and the staff treats film-goers like cattle or worse (which accountsfor the inhuman behavior witnessed there:last time I was at the Chestnut, to see Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, a true post-moder¬nistic classic, I assure you, I saw an obese6’2” man knock a frail 5’2” girl to thefloor with one punch at the concessionstand. He retreated shouting “You can’tdo anything to me! I’m a lawyer!!” A typi¬cal Chestnut occurrence.) However, if youcan bear man’s inhumanity to man, youcan see a good selection of movies here orvreasonably large screens. Caveat emptor,Latin scholars.The Fine Arts and the Biograph are awhole different kettle of fish. Y’see, theyare both suburban multiplexes at heart,and there’s nothing wrong with that butthey think of themselves as “art houses,”an appelation as bogus as a three dollarbill, if you'll pardon two such hoary cliches(the other being “kettle of fish”) in oneparagraph. The most artistically satisfyi¬ng movie I’ve seen all summer was ANightmare on Elm Street and I saw that atan ultra-suburban fourfeen-plex, so who’skidding whom about art? Anyway, bothplaces tend to show the latest trendyforeign and “independent” “films” al¬though lately they’e been getting moremainstream, showing such sure-fire mid¬dle-brow audience pleasers as Kiss of theSpider Woman and Blood Simple. Whatnext? Amadeus? As far as auditoriums go,the Fine Arts (a fourplex) has two big ones(both converted legit theaters, and as suchnot ideal for movie viewing, but goodenough) and the Biograph (a triplex) hasone big one (pretty nice too, but they’re inthe habit of closing the curtain over thefinal image of the movie) — their other au¬ditoriums are not worth mentioning, al¬though if a movie you want to see is play¬ing at one of them you should probably go,I guess. The main point I’d like to makehere is that these theaters are really nodifferent from the Water Tower or theChestnut, but are much more pretentious.Decent refreshment stands, however, andyou’re likely to see lots of familiar U of Cfaces (that maybe good or bad, dependingon your point of view). While we’re on the North side, we mightas well visit a few more of its notablemovie houses. The Music Box, Chicago’sonly remaining revival house, generallyshows a different double bill each day insurroundings of lush neo-Mediterraneansplendor (the ceiling, complete with twin¬kling lights to simulate the night sky, hasmoving clouds projected upon it to com¬plete the nights-in-old-Spain effect); this isa truly goofy place, goofy enough still toput real butter on the popcorn. In starkcontrast to this caution-to-the-wind giddi¬ness stands the Film Center of the Art In¬stitute, where cinematic sobriety is thecder of the day. Here a dazzlingly eclec¬tic array of movies unspools in its austere,state-of-the-art auditorium — this iswhere most of the cutting-edge stuff re¬ceives its first Chicago screenings, henceits appeal to hard-core cineastes, many ofwhom can be seen frantically finishing thelast paragraphs of articles in Cahiers asthe houselights dim. It’s that kind of place.Go to be cool; go to see film. Another hard¬core hang-out is Facets Multimedia, offer¬ing a wide variety of alternative cinemaplus a lot a big-time foreign stuff that in¬explicably never makes it to Chicago’scommercial “art-house” screens (too busyshowing Pumping Iron li: The Women?).The auditoriums are not luxurious, butthat is scarcely the point: Facets would probably be even more hip if it was evenless comfortable; but even with questionsof hipness aside, Facets is an important re¬source for the more-than.-casual filmgoer.However, speaking as a more-than-casu-al filmgoer, the true pinnacles of kinopleasure are not to be found in any of theaforementioned venues, but rather inthose cirematic holies of holies, Chicago'smany second-run houses, where a robustdouble or triple bill will nourish both bodyand spirit, usually for the low, low price of$1.75. Here you can see such unlikely andenlightening pairing as Places in the Heartand Dune, Places in the Heart and The Ter¬minator, or Places in the Heart and City ofthe Walking Dead. It is here that one cantruly appreciate the cock-eyed pleasuresof kino, savoring the occasional pearl castby the swine of the commercial cinema, inits truest, most appropriate, and leastpretentious setting: it is much more excit¬ing to discover neglected masterworks ofthis bastard art at a dingy neighborhoodmovie house filled with high-school kids ondates than among the mise-en-scene spot¬ters at the Fine Arts or the Film Center.Here you’ll hnd the popular art form at itsmost popular — and its most vital. One canlearn as much from Arnold Schwarzeneg¬ger as f'om Ingmar Bergman; by allmeans, see Wild Strawberries, but don’tneglect Red Sonja. My favorite second-run house is theBrighton, located in the heart of BrightonPark’s Archer Avenue business district,next to Gertie’s Ice Cream and across thestreet from two fine coffee shops, eitherideal for pre-show fortification. The am¬bience of the neighborhood reminds me ofmy hometown (that’s Milwaukee-ed.), andthe theater itself usually features doublebills of movies I didn’t quite have thegumption to see first-run. To describe theBrighton, I can only quote the words of thegreat American poet, Cole Porter: “Thebest, the crest, the works.” There aremany other fine neighborhood moviehouses in our fair city — seek them out.While speaking of neighborhood moviehouses, it would be remiss of me to neglectto mention our own new temple of art, theHyde Park Theaters, a triplex just blocksfrom campus. While admitting the conven¬ience of having first run movies just min¬utes away, I feel compelled to say that itsomehow upsets the natural order ofthings, and that it amounts to some sort ofinvasion by the outside world into ourcloister. It is too soon to tell whether thisnewly-opened wonder is a blessing or not;will its appearance mean hard times forstudent-run film groups? We shall see.I’d be a darn fool if I didn’t add that theChicago International Film Festival willrun this year. This is a chance to see a lotof movies Chicago will otherwise not get achance to see, and in a festive atmo¬sphere, to boot! The Festival is a yearlyevent, and although this year's selectionof films is not yet final, it is likely to bepretty interesting. Likewise, the charmand glamor of getting to hang out with thefilmmakers themselves — directors,screenwriters, and actors regularly at¬tend the test — cannot be denied. Partydown — with film.There is so much more to say, but somuch is best left to be discovered on yourown — so start exploring. Remember tocheck the Reynolds Club Box Office beforeyou go; many Chicago theaters offer dis¬count tickets which can save you as muchas half of the normal admission price — noreason to pay more than you have to.Check out Chicago’s wide, wide world ofmovies — you may end up saying, like thehero of Sam Fuller’s classic Verboten: “Isaw FILM. . . I DIDN’T KNOW!!”(Since this article was written, The Chi¬cago Theater has shut its doors. Courthearings will be held to determinewhether the theater will be torn down, orpreserved as a landmark; even if thebuilding is preserved, it is not clear that itwill be again used as a movie house.)Thai 55thRestaurant1607 E. 55th St.Chicago, IL 60615363-7119 ,W Y #% .v ■■•.^ • . ■ ' X * i'he serve the best Thai ;food in town.■ *« r' •. 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This album lacks RolandHoward’s noise guitar extraordinare,which was very prevalent in The BirthdayDarty, but Cave’s voice contains a lot ofenergy and power. The American south isthe predominant subject of the lyrics,which are delivered in Cave’s rough edgedstyle. My favorite songs are Tupelo (atribute to Elvis Presley), Train Long-Suf¬fering (a gospel-like arrangement one canalmost picture being sung in a church),Knocking on Joe (a song about Americanprisoners engaging in acts of self mutila¬tion to avoid hard labor), and Cave’s abso¬lutely wonderful cover of Bob Dylan’sWanted Man. Overall, this is a very inter¬esting album.Sonic Youth: Bad Moon Rising. (HomesteadRecords)This album came out last spring, but it ispretty great, so I’m including it here any¬way. Sonic Youth is a band that is hard toclassify or write about. Their music defiescategorization. Their music contains a lotof emotion. I Love Her All the Time is avery powerful love song. Their music isvery seductive. On Bad Moon Rising, theband uses a lot of haunting sustainedtones. Somehow, these sounds are verysexual, but in a cold sort of way. SonicYouth plays what I guess fits somewhatloosely into the genre of post punk deathmusic. But, the droning, screaming guitarsand electronic wailing noises are backedup by a throbbing industrial soundingbeat. Some of the more lively songs wouldqualify as dance hits in a better world. Inany case, the overall effect is very strik¬ing. One song, Death Valley 69, has lyricswritten and sung by the Queen of Siamherself, Lydia Lunch. Society is a Hole, I’mInsane, and Justice is Might are also verygood songs.No Trend: A Dozen Dead Roses. (No TrendRecords)No Trend are from the Washington D.C.area. They combine the energy and nihil¬ism of hardcore with the noise and ab¬straction of such acts as P.I.L., TeenageJesus, and Mars. The lead singer, Jeffer¬son Scott, drones a lot, and this sometimessounds pretty tired. Fortunately, he packsa very solid vocal punch which he usesenough to make up for the whining. Leadsare handled not only by guitar and key¬boards, but by a saxophone as well. Asanyone who has ever listened to JamesChance and the Contortions knows, it ispossible to make a lot of interesting aton¬al noise with a saxophone. A very solid,hard driving rhythm section round out theband very nicely. The music is best de¬scribed as arty and noisey. The lyrics aremostly about death and suffering, but thisrecord is pretty unpretentious consider¬ing. Lydia Lunch sings (maybe not the bestword) on four of the cuts.H.R.: It’s about Luv. (Olive Tree Records)H.R. is the lead singer of the Bad Brains, aBlack band from Washington D.C. thatplays both hardcore and reggae. The BadBrains broke up a few years ago, but gotback together this summer. Anyway, thisis H.R.’s solo album. He wrote all the musicand lyrics, and is backed up by his ownband. The themes of this album are love,revolution, and ganga. H.R.’s reggae andhardcore influcences are both apparent.Some cuts are pretty much straight reg¬gae, while others are hard and fast. Thebest thing about this album is H.R.’s voice— he’s very versatile. When he sings reg¬gae, he sings slow and sweet. During theharder cuts, he sings very fast, and slurshis words in a really neat way. He hasvery unique phasing. His voice conveys alot of energy and emotion, and he alwayshits the notes. On this album, a reggaesong will be followed by an explosion ofthrash guitar, and outbursts of H.R.’s ex¬tremely powerful voice. The juxtapositionof the two styles works well. There is alsosome very nice saxophone work on sometracks. This is not radically different fromthe Bad Brain’s album, Rock for Light. Thisdoes lack the slick Rick Ocasek production,however, and is better without it.Nico and the Faction: Camera Obsura.(PVC)Some of the songs on this album are domi¬nated by very synthetic sounding elec¬tronic effects. These sounds are alright,* but somewhat derivative, and rather rep¬etitious. The more interesting cuts (partic¬ularly the title track, Tananore, and DasLied von Einsanen Madchens) features alot of wooden and metal percussion ob¬jects — these tracks are very hypnotic,and sound somewhat South Asian. One cut,Konig, consists of Nico half chanting, halfsinging over very ambient sounds from a keyboard. This is reminiscent of the coverof The Door’s song The End she recordedwith Brian Eno in 1974. Konig also soundslike a Gregorian chant. This album has acover of My Funny Valentine (written byHart and Rodgers, and popularized byMiles Davis) on which Nico is backed upmostly by an acoustic piano. As always,Nico’s vocals are amazing — she has avoice like wet velvet. At times, shestretches notes out for painfully long du¬rations. Unfortunately, this is not all thatdifferent from Nico’s earlier work.Copernicus: Nothing Exists. (Ski Records)This is very spacey — the cuts consist of al¬most monotonal vocals over variousavante garde noises. In addition to all ofthe standard rock instruments, flutes, vio¬lins, African percussion, and a tromboneare played. The result of this could easilybe pretentious or dull, but this is well puttogether, and somehow very compelling.Musically, this is much more valid than alot of the stuff in this vein. Like mostalbums with titles like Nothing Exists, thisis somewhat full of itself, but it is aurally interesting enough to make up for it.There is an anti-war theme to much of thisalbum, which is particularly apparent onthe songs Nagasaki and Atomic Never¬more.Seven Seconds: Walk Together, Rock To¬gether. (Positive Force Records.)The best hardcore album of the summer.This band is very positive, so far as hard¬core bands go. The social consciousness ofthe group is expressed in the anti-racisttitle track, as well as in their really greatcover of the anti-war song, 99 Red Bal¬loons. This record includes lots of choppyguitar, hard drums, and punch bass. Ex¬cept for 99 Red Balloons, all of the songsare short and fast. This band is super ener¬getic. Seven Seconds are more interestingthan most hardcore bands today. This isnot true only because of the political sen¬timents, which actually rely more on emo¬tional appeal than content, but because ofthe quality of the music as well.Jandek: Nine Thirty. (Corwood Records).Jandek’s tenth album. Vocals and out oftune acoustic guitar. Combines blues andminimalism.Cabaret Voltaire: Drinking Gasoline. (VirginRecords). Four longish dance tracks. Inter¬esting electronic effects, with an industrialfeel.Raging Fire: A Family Thing. (Pristine Re¬cords). Guitar, bass, drums, and a leadsinger who combines the styles of Deb-borah Harry and Lydia Lunch.Electric Peace: Rest In Peace. (Enigma Re¬cords). Black Flag meets the Jefferson Air¬plane and gets a slick promotion job. Notthe most original band, but somehow sortof soulful, despite its excesses.Detox: (Flipside Records). A very self indul¬gent hardcore band, that does a very coolcover of Seasons in the Sun.GUIDE TO WAX EMPORIUMSby Max RennWax Trax (214 N. Lincoln) This heavenly re¬cord store is the best in the midwest for itsselection of imports, singles (new and old),60's relics, rockabilly, 7” and 12" singles,‘‘personalities,’’ and rarities. A recordstore for those who miss New York City,the only complaints with Wax Trax areprice (usually a few dollars more thanother stores) and tacky decor. It’s even ru¬ mored that a former GCJ icon—now in ahigh administrative position—once pur¬chased not only a Partridge Family collec¬tion, but a recording of Calypso Is Like Soby Robert Mitchum at Wax Trax.Rose Records (214 S. Wabash plus nu¬merous other locations) Although pricestend to be high (particularly for rock,), al¬most all record buying needs can be met atRose's: rock, jazz, funk, classical, blues. Besure to check out the upstairs for their fabselection of imports.Second Hand Tunes (1375 E 53rd St. and2548 N. Clark) In addition to Dr. Wax—lo¬cated two blocks south of the NorthsideSecond Hand Tunes—these stores are theplace to buy and sell used records. The pa¬tience required to sift through the stacksof albums and singles is often rewarded atSecond Hand Tunes with the discovery ofhard-to-get rock, jazz, blues, and soul clas¬sics. Remember to check the quality of therecord before you buy it—there is usallyno chance to return your purchase.Spin-lt (1444 E. 57th St.) The record empo¬rium of Hyde Park carries the latest hitsand a recently improved selection of 12"singles. Prices are average-$6 99 and$7.99 for albums—but watch for specialswhen the prices drop a dollar or two. Themain attractions of Spin-lt are the bargainbins in the back which carry various un¬seen in America records, cut-outs, and oc¬casional almost-new records at bargainprices.importes Etc. (711 S. Plymouth Court) Thelargest selection of disco 12” in the city.More gay disco oriented than Loop Re¬cords, but with all the BMX mix stuff too.They carry a large selection of Italian andBritish imported 12"s. Very friendly andhelpful staff. — K.W.GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985-35Eating, Drinking & Other PleasantriesEnjoy light, freshly prepared, healthfulentrees at reasonable pricesWe offer a Gourmet Hamburger onfreshly baked French bread, servedwith a good portion of fresh fruitCocktail Hour Special - Served 4 to closingTen shrimp in the shell for a dollarwith the purchase ofa house drink or other cocktailJoin us for Breakfast SpecialsWe grind 100% Colombian beans for yourcoffee, squeeze orange juice to order, andbake croissants every morning. 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Whereasno self-respecting journalist would shrinkfrom placing responsibility squarely where itis due in the case of the “Nazi death camps”or even the “Soviet downing of KAL 007,”“history’s first nuclear explosion” is morallyand ethically suspended in mid-air. Americanjournalists, in unison, elect to refer to the USattack in the passive voice, lending the eventthe character of an inevitable interruption or anatural disaster. It is as if one day the bombsjust happened to explode over Japan.The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus (“A-Bomb in War and Politics: At First, Just a Bet¬ter Weapon,” International Herald Tribune,July 23, 1985) inaugurates the pattern in hisarticle’s opening line: “In the years thatfollowed the 1945 explosion of atomic bombsover Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” he writes,“military thinking was turned on its head.” Awar crime meticulously calculated and plann¬ed by identifiable American political, scien¬tific and military authorities is thus renderedentirely in the passive voice; no agent of theaction is specified. Notice also that the actionis described not in terms of its consequencesfor the Japanese (or even in terms of thepolitico-military conflicts to which it was aresponse, an issue that the article avoids,despite its title) but spatially and mechanical¬ly: the bombs did not destroy buildings or killand maim scores of thousands but rather“exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”In an example of what is spuriously called“news analysis” Walter Goodman of TheNew York Times resorts to the same tacticsby noting that “the atomic bomb had beendropped on Hiroshima” (“Gauging thePsychological Fallout of Hiroshima," IHT,August 7, 1985), a variation echoed by aWashington Post editorial (“Give HiroshimaMeaning,” IHT, August 7, 1985) which inform¬ed readers that “Tuesday marked 40 years VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V V V V V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V V V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 777 7 7 7VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV v V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV v V V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV v V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV v V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V VVVVVVVVVVVVVV v V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V VvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVvvvvvvvvvvvvV V V VV V Vsince the atomic bomb was exploded ove7r^Yientioning that the bomb was dropped at all.Hiroshima....” Here we find an admissionthat the bomb did not merely explode of itsown volition — although the agent responsi¬ble for it remains nameless. But the veiledrecognition that the Bomb had an author isuncomfortable enough to provoke the editorsto drag in the Evil Empire: “The Russians,”the Post tells us, nimbly shifting the focus tothe arms race, “have tremendous blame in allthis.”In his piece, Goodman castigates“politically motivated” critics of the armsrace and laments the lack of “masterpieces”dealing with the US atrocity, in the processbanally but signficantly misreading StanleyKubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. “The film’stheme,” Goodman opines, “is that theweapon has escaped the control of reasonand that finally the nuclear button will bepushed by some highly placed lunatic.” Itstheme is in fact that the “logic” of deterrenceis already insane: Ripper’s actions are“reasonable” deductions from the plans ofour nuclear scenarists, and his madness onlydramatizes the mad logic of deterrence itself.The rhetoric of passivity cuts acrossideological divisions. The New York Times’resident liberal, Anthony Lewis, writes in hiscolumn (“A Shadow on the Stone,” NYTimes, August 5, 1985) of a place “just belowwhere the bomb exploded early on August 6,1945.” Note the importance attached to speci¬fying the date and even the time of day, butnot the author of the act; here again weretreat to the monumental bomb. Lewis’s col¬umn does contain one of the rare mentions ofwhat might now be called US “involvement”in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Ten paragraphs into the article, it is revealedthat “President Truman and others...decidedto drop the bomb,” a revelation which,however, is attributed to a Japanese survivor.Lest this disturb, we are immediately assuredthat the victims of the horror “do not spendtheir time assigning blame.”The limiting case of this phenomenon isperhaps reached in Professor Paul Boyer’scontribution to The New York Times, “Aug. 6:After Forty Years, the Stab of Fear is StillFelt” (IHT, August 7, 1985), which manages(in an otherwise sensitive reflection) to avoid Its references to “the atomic bomb,” “radionewscasts of that distant August afternoon,”“the atomic bomb announcement” and“President Truman’s announcement” repeatthe journalistic ban on naming the author ofthe attack, as well as the decision to treat it asa unique technical innovation and to draw aveil over the purpose it was made to serve.Can one imagine a similar topic in the case ofthe Nazi holocaust? The ruminations on thelast anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Ger¬many were not notable for their reticence tospecify actors and agents of that holocaust.Unabashed speculation about German guiltand the German character in that instancewas pushed front and center.Any mention of guilt, of course, in connec¬tion with the disembodied bombing ofHiroshima, is out of the question (Goodmandoes manage painfully oblique reference towhat he is pleased to call the “searing of the(American) national psyche”). In light of thedoubts not only about the method US leaderschose to end the war but about the justifica¬tion for the US war against Japan in the firstplace, the absence of misgivings is notewor¬thy.The limiting case in the other direction isprobably John Burgess of The WashingtonPost’s reference (in “Hiroshima Marks Day ofDevastation,” IHT, August 7, 1985) toHiroshima’s “devastation in history’s firstnuclear attack.” While conceding an attack,this nevertheless observes the taboo againstmaking explicit the US planning and im¬plementation of the massacre. Burgess’slonger article (“Hiroshima: At 8:16 A.M., Hor¬rific Era Began,” IHT, August 7, 1985) con¬forms more perfectly to type. The boxedquotes announce that “an atomic bomb wasdropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima”and that there was an “explosion." (Each ofthe headlines for these stories, moreover, isscrupulously sanitized of any unsettlingreference to US responsibility for the atroci¬ty.) There is much piling up of circumstantialdetail, on which cities and in which countrythe bomb was “dropped,” extending even tothe fact that the weather on the day of thedemocratic massacre was “clear.” In the firstparagraph we are once again reminded that “the atomic bomb exploded” (Burgess addsthat the city was “unsuspecting”), and weare told that the B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay,“appeared” over Hiroshima. Who orderedthat it so appear apparently falls below thethreshold of devotion to precise fact. We thendiscover that the bomb “descended byparachute” (perhaps some Aristotelianteleology explains this) and “wasdetonated,” for all we know, by Martians.Burgess goes on to repeat as incontroverti¬ble fact the official US line that the non-combatants were killed in the hope that thiswould eliminate the need for an invasion. Nomention is made of the work of Gar Alperovitzand others who anatomize the dictates ofRealpolitik that more probably determinedthe US leaders’ decision.In the 19th paragraph, after assuring us thatHiroshima residents now share the “mun¬dane” concerns of people everywhere,Burgess confides that “Some survivorsbelieve the Americans knew that Japan wasabout to surrender but wanted to test theirnew weapon on a city while they had still thechance.” Lest we begin to wonder whetheranyone but the unfortunate victims is likely tohold such a view, the reader is told that this isnot the “official” Japanese position. After adescription of the atomic “indoctrination”that Japanese school children must now en¬dure, the article ends on an upbeat, covertlyracist note celebrating the irrepressibility ofJapanese enterprise. Visitors to Auschwitzare no doubt similarly uplifted to see how jol¬ly life in the neighboring hamlets is today.The Hiroshima articles reveal a commit¬ment to the rhetorical sanitation of atrocitiescommitted by the American political leader¬ship. Apart from falsifying history, therhetoric encourages the tendency to viewnuclear weapons fetishistically, as neutralkilling machines abstracted from the politicaland military context in which they are actuallyused (used perhaps even more lightly thanwe had thought, as we can verify from Nix¬on’s recent disclosures). 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Whereasno self-respecting journalist would shrinkfrom placing responsibility squarely where itis due in the case of the “Nazi death camps”or even the "Soviet downing of KAL 007,”“history’s first nuclear explosion” is morallyand ethically suspended in mid-air. Americanjournalists, in unison, elect to refer to the USattack in the passive voice, lending the eventthe character of an inevitable interruption or anatural disaster. It is as if one day the bombsjust happened to explode over Japan.The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus (“A-Bomb in War and Politics: At First, Just a Bet¬ter Weapon,” International Herald Tribune,July 23, 1985) inaugurates the pattern in hisarticle’s opening line: “In the years thatfollowed the 1945 explosion of atomic bombsover Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” he writes,“military thinking was turned on its head.” Awar crime meticulously calculated and plann¬ed by identifiable American political, scien¬tific and military authorities is thus renderedentirely in the passive voice; no agent of theaction is specified. Notice also that the actionis described not in terms of its consequencesfor the Japanese (or even in terms of thepolitico-military conflicts to which it was aresponse, an issue that the article avoids,despite its title) but spatially and mechanical¬ly: the bombs did not destroy buildings or killand maim scores of thousands but rather“exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”In an example of what is spuriously called“news analysis” Walter Goodman of TheNew York Times resorts to the same tacticsby noting that “the atomic bomb had beendropped on Hiroshima” (“Gauging thePsychological Fallout of Hiroshima,” IHT,August 7, 1985), a variation echoed by aWashington Post editorial (“Give HiroshimaMeaning,” IHT, August 7,1985) which inform¬ed readers that “Tuesday marked 40 years vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvyvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvV V V VV V Vsince the atomic bomb was exploded ove?yYientioning that the bomb was dropped at all.Hiroshima....” Here we find an admissionthat the bomb did not merely explode of itsown volition — although the agent responsi¬ble for it remains nameless. But the veiledrecognition that the Bomb had an author isuncomfortable enough to provoke the editorsto drag in the Evil Empire: “The Russians,”the Post tells us, nimbly shifting the focus tothe arms race, “have tremendous blame in allthis.”In his piece, Goodman castigates“politically motivated” critics of the armsrace and laments the lack of “masterpieces”dealing with the US atrocity, in the processbanally but signficantly misreading StanleyKubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. “The film’stheme,” Goodman opines, “is that theweapon has escaped the control of reasonand that finally the nuclear button will bepushed by some highly placed lunatic.” Itstheme is in fact that the “logic” of deterrenceis already insane: Ripper’s actions are“reasonable” deductions from the plans ofcur nuclear scenarists, and his madness onlydramatizes the mad logic of deterrence itself.The rhetoric of passivity cuts acrossideological divisions. The New York Times’resident liberal, Anthony Lewis, writes in hiscolumn (“A Shadow on the Stone,” NYTimes, August 5, 1985) of a place “just belowwhere the bomb exploded early on August 6,1945.” Note the importance attached to speci¬fying the date and even the time of day, butnot the author of the act; here again weretreat to the monumental bomb. Lewis’s col¬umn does contain one of the rare mentions ofwhat might now be called US “involvement”in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Ten paragraphs into the article, it is revealedthat “President Truman and others...decidedto drop the bomb,” a revelation which,however, is attributed to a Japanese survivor.Lest this disturb, we are immediately assuredthat the victims of the horror “do not spendtheir time assigning blame.”The limiting case of this phenomenon isperhaps reached in Professor Paul Boyer’scontribution to The New York Times, “Aug. 6:After Forty Years, the Stab of Fear is StillFelt” (IHT, August 7, 1985), which manages(in an otherwise sensitive reflection) to avoid Its references to “the atomic bomb,” “radionewscasts of that distant August afternoon,”“the atomic bomb announcement” and"President Truman’s announcement” repeatthe journalistic ban on naming the author ofthe attack, as well as the decision to treat it asa unique technical innovation and to draw aveil over the purpose it was made to serve.Can one imagine a similar topic in the case ofthe Nazi holocaust? The ruminations on thelast anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Ger¬many were not notable for their reticence tospecify actors and agents of that holocaust.Unabashed speculation about German guiltand the German character in that instancewas pushed front and center.Any mention of guilt, of course, in connec¬tion with the disembodied bombing ofHiroshima, is out of the question (Goodmandoes manage painfully oblique reference towhat he is pleased to call the “searing of the(American) national psyche”). In light of thedoubts not only about the method US leaderschose to end the war but about the justifica¬tion for the US war against Japan in the firstplace, the absence of misgivings is notewor¬thy.The limiting case in the other direction isprobably John Burgess of The WashingtonPost's reference (in “Hiroshima Marks Day ofDevastation,” IHT, August 7, 1985) toHiroshima’s “devastation in history’s firstnuclear attack.” While conceding an attack,this nevertheless observes the taboo againstmaking explicit the US planning and im¬plementation of the massacre. Burgess’slonger article (“Hiroshima: At 8:16 A.M., Hor¬rific Era Began,” IHT, August 7, 1985) con¬forms more perfectly to type. The boxedquotes announce that “an atomic bomb wasdropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima”and that there was an “explosion.” (Each ofthe headlines for these stories, moreover, isscrupulously sanitized of any unsettlingreference to US responsibility for the atroci¬ty.) There is much piling up of circumstantialdetail, on which cities and in which countrythe bomb was “dropped,” extending even tothe fact that the weather on the day of thedemocratic massacre was “clear.” In the firstparagraph we are once again reminded that “the atomic bomb exploded” (Burgess addsthat the city was “unsuspecting”), and weare told that the B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay,"appeared” over Hiroshima. Who orderedthat it so appear apparently falls below thethreshold of devotion to precise fact. We thendiscover that the bomb “descended byparachute” (perhaps some Aristotelianteleology explains this) and ‘‘wasdetonated,” for all we know, by Martians.Burgess goes on to repeat as incontroverti¬ble fact the official US line that the non-combatants were killed in the hope that thiswould eliminate the need for an invasion. Nomention is made of the work of Gar Alperovitzand others who anatomize the dictates ofRealpolitik that more probably determinedthe US leaders’ decision.In the 19th paragraph, after assuring us thatHiroshima residents now share the “mun¬dane” concerns of people everywhere,Burgess confides that “Some survivorsbelieve the Americans knew that Japan wasabout to surrender but wanted to test theirnew weapon on a city while they had still thechance.” Lest we begin to wonder whetheranyone but the unfortunate victims is likely tohold such a view, the reader is told that this isnot the “official” Japanese position. After adescription of the atomic “indoctrination”that Japanese school children must now en¬dure, the article ends on an upbeat, covertlyracist note celebrating the irrepressibility ofJapanese enterprise. Visitors to Auschwitzare no doubt similarly uplifted to see how jol¬ly life in the neighboring hamlets is today.The Hiroshima articles reveal a commit¬ment to the rhetorical sanitation of atrocitiescommitted by the American political leader¬ship. Apart from falsifying history, therhetoric encourages the tendency to viewnuclear weapons fetishistically, as neutralkilling machines abstracted frcm the politicaland military context in which they are actuallyused (used perhaps even more lightly thanwe had thought, as we can verify from Nix¬on’s recent disclosures). The more the figureof “the Bomb” is caught up in a rhetoric ofpassivity and magical, self-determining ac¬tion, the more difficult it will be to imagineways to intervene in the dense political forcefield it helps organize.GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985—39mmmMmWa*Mwa*vawaWvwwwwXvMMMM■uhMbmBmImz sJSislSift WWWKWW1»«m;i Uw5®ill tv&xli\mllv«S8m \wm* JHPMMI/Jm//M wmBImMkmm,mil