INSIDE:Holiday Calendar -what to doabout townpage 11 Swimmingstrokesalongpage 12The Chicago MaroonVolume 97, No. 23 The University of Chicago ^Copyright 1985 Tuesday, November 26, 1985NU to studySouth Africa stockMath project receivesBy Sonja SpearStaff WriterThe University of ChicagoSchool Mathematics Project(UCSMP) has received a one mil¬lion dollar grant from the Carne¬gie Corporation. The UCSMPbegan in 1983 as a six-year proj¬ect to plan and test a modelschool mathematics program forgrades K-12.The Carnegie grant was award¬ed to Zalman Usiskin. the direc¬tor of UCSMP's Secondary Com¬ponent, and to Larry Hedges, theco-director of UCSMP's Evalua¬tion Component.The grant will be used to con¬tinue development of an im¬proved secondary-school mathe¬matics curriculum. Specifically,it will partially fund the develop¬ment of three mathematicscourses, Algebra, Geometry, andAdvanced Algebra, and it will also help pay for the evaluation ofthe three math classes, Transi¬tion Mathematics, Algebra, andGeometry, explained NaomiFisher, associate director ofUSCMP.The UCSMP-designed curricu¬lum covers “transition mathema¬tics,” algebra, and geometry inthe 7th, 8th, and 9th grades re¬spectively. This means that alge¬bra and geometry are taught ayear earlier than in conventionalcurriculums. The “transitionmathematics” sequence has al¬ready been completely devel¬oped.The 7th grade textbook Transi¬tion Mathematics, which waswritten by Zalman Usiskin, pro¬vides a basis for work in both al¬gebra and geometry. It appliesarithmetic to problems ratherthan teaching it by drill so thestudents “can see that arithmetic $1 milliondoes things.”According to Paul Sally, Jr.director of UCSMP, this earlyemphasis on analysis will pre¬pare students to meet the grow¬ing demand for “functional nu¬meracy” in the work place. “It isalmost impossible to survive inthis society without some func¬tional skill,” says Sally. “Eventhe social sciences are becomingmore quantitative. And Amoco(which provided full funding forthe first two years of the Project)funded the program becausemany of their management per¬sonnel did not have the quantiti-tive skills their jobs were begin¬ning to require.”Sally said he hoped the studentswho completed the UCSMP-de¬signed program would “under¬stand the quantitative aspects ofeverything they read in the news-continued on page three By Elizabeth BrooksAssociate EditorNorthwestern University’sBoard of Trustees resolvedWednesday to initiate a “stock bystock” study of the university’s$100 million investment in com¬panies which conduct business inSouth Africa. The Board refused,however, to meet studentdemands for total corporatedivestment.Northwestern's decision wascriticized by national anti¬apartheid leaders and student ac¬tivists who had hoped for a least apartial divestment agreementfrom the university. Approx¬imately 50 students expressedtheir disappointment about theUniversity’s decision at a rallyheld Wednesday evening at anadministration building plaza.“What they were supposed toBy Janine LanzaContributing WriterElections to determine themembers of the College StudentAssembly (CSA) were held fromMonday, November 11 throughTuesday, November 19. Only 8%of College students voted in theelections.According to Arthur Ellis, ac¬ting director of CSA, theorganization has had an eventfulalthough brief existence, lastyear, CSA was created to spendpart of theincreased student ac¬tivities fee. The organizationcoordinated last spring’s Sum¬mer Breeze festival andHomecoming Weekend festivitiesthis fall.CSA plans to organize“Kuviasungnerk” this winter,which Ellis claims will be do all summer was study divest¬ment; they’re just putting it offagain,” said Thomas Butt, leaderof the Anti-Apartheid Alliance atNorthwestern, as reported by theChicago Tribune.An eight-member committee,chaired by Northwestern trusteeDonald Perkins submitted aneighteen page report to theUniversity’s governing board,which outlined the “stock bystock” study and other proposals.According to the Tribune, thereport stated that the University“is keenly aware of the deepen¬ing concern over the system ofracial separation and oppressionthat exists in South Africa " butnotes that an action involvingtotal divestment “may unfairlystigmatize a company” andremove the university from “acontinued on page three“wonderful, spectacular, a blast,better than the rest and a bunchof other adjectives.”In addition to its socialendeavors, CSA is restructuringits funding system. The organiza¬tion was designed as the Collegestudent government, as opposedto SGFC, which represents theentire University. CSA has itsown allocation meetings and stu¬dent groups can approach theorganization to ask for funding.However, according to LarryKavanagh, chairman of theAllocations Committee, “In thepast, it was not clearly specifiedwhich groups should be funded byCSA and which groups should befunded by SGFC. CSA. Irene Con¬ley. and SGFC are presently-working to remedy this situa¬tion.”CSA elections overSocial Science Core runs smoothly after reorganizationBy Christine WrightContributing WriterThe Social Science CollegiateDivision (SSCD) has smoothlyembarked on a new CommonCore program. Although faculty-find that it is too early to definite¬ly condemn or commend the newprogram, they seem to agree thatit has made a good start.SSCD Master Tetsuo Najitasays that he has received “noMary Calhoun drastically negative commentsso far. No one has come runningin with their hands in the airscreaming ‘it’s not working.’ ”Similarly, when students wereasked their opinion on the currentquarter, comments were neitherhighly critical nor wildly enthu¬siastic. One first-year studentcommented that the aims for thequarter were “very fuzzy,” whileanother said that the course“seems well-organized so far.”The new program consists of 29sections under one “general con¬ceptual rubric” (Maroon,5/3/85). During the three-quartersequence, the new course concen¬trates on “political economy,”“the individual and his relation¬ship to society” and “culturalanthroplogy.' Ten of these sec¬tions, having course numbers121-122-123, maintain a distincttraditional identity as the “OldSoc II” group, otherwise knownas “Self, Culture and Society ”(SCS).The difference betweensquences 121-122-123 and101-102-103 is not readily recog¬nized by a number of students,especially incoming freshmen.One first-year student. Shannon John MacAloonGaffrey, when asked why shechose 101 instead of 121, respond¬ed: “the 121 sections have onemore hour of lecture a week. 1didn’t know why, so I just chose a101 section with a professor whohad received good evaluations inthe past.”Comments from students implythat many are in the dark con¬cerning the overall structure ofthp new program Unity at this macrolevel is a “potential prob¬lem" for the new program, ac¬cording to several professors ofthe SCS sections. Asked to articu¬late the aims for the year, severalstudents. Mary Calhoun, SonjaSpear, and Sebastian Proels. re¬plied that they had “no idea.”Calhoun added that “it seems likethree different courses.”Associate Professor ChrisAchen recognized the need forcontinuity but he noted. “1 am notsure there should be the same approach each quarter. In a way, itis more demanding of the studentand more useful to him to be ex¬posed to three different profes¬sors. each with an individual ap¬proach.” The faculty of the 101sections are w-orking to minimizesuch potential for discontinuity,however. Achen said that eachprofessor will “meet with his suc¬cessor and introduce him to theclass.”John MacAloon, chairman ofthe SCS sections, says his "gener¬al impression is that the degree ofconsistency of approach or sub¬ject matter has been quite goodacross all 30 sections thisquarter.” According to MacA¬loon. the SCS faculty view the tra- Tetsou Najitaditional Core program as an effi¬cacious and coherent sequence.Coherency is encouraged bydiscussion among the faculty.Najita encourages “professors tocluster and work together.” Ac¬cording to Najita. these clustersalso help “establish a common el¬ement between certain sec¬tions.”Achen meets every week withcontinued on page threeThe Committee on Public Policy StudiesandTIME, The Weekly Newsmagazinepresent a lecture byThe Right Honorable Brian MulroneyPrime Minister of CanadaTIME Magazine Distinguished Speakert4:00 p.m.Wednesday, December 4, 1985Mandel HallSERAPHIM IMMORTAL MUSIC...IMMORTAL ARTISTS!CASSETTES superb sound at a budSERAPHIM4XG-60416TCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No. 6(“PathOtique")KLEMPERERSERAPHIM4XG-60421 -□c>ALtfMCMAGNARDSymphony No. 4OwntfuntbreMICHEL PIASSONXm *r r SERAPHIM4XG-60412 TXli”*'”"BRAHMSPiano Concerto No. 2BARENBOIMBARBIROLUf' K SERAPHIM4XG-60413GRIEGPiano ConcertoSOLOMON-PHUtARMONAVf NS $Peer Gynt States 1&2HALLE ORCHESTRA -BARBROLLI SERAPHIM4XG-60419 ASERAPHIM4XG-60415 ■rxt <TCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No 5KLEMPERERwASERAPHIM4XG-60418 Single Tapes$3.983 for $9.00Doubles$4.98 per SERAPHIM4XG-60420 * rxi tw*Offenbach arr RosenthalGAITE PARISIENNERossini • RespighiLA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUERosenthal -GanMIi1444 E. 57th jsain-itm RECORDS & TAPES SERAPHIM4XG-60411 ■[IJBRAHMSPiano Concerto No IBARENBOIMBARBIROLUSERAPHIM4XG-60417 TIT'BEETHOVENConcerto No. 4“Moonlight” SonataGIESEKJNG684 - 15052—The Chicago Maroon—Tuesday, November 26, 1985Ted Turner speaks onBy Craig Joseph among them the NAACP and Friends of theContributing Writer EarthMedia tycoon, philanthropist, and sports¬man Ted Turner spoke to a capacity crowdat the Law School Auditorium last Wednes¬day as this quarter’s Marjorie Kovler Fel¬low.Turner’s business enterprises include At¬lanta television station WTBS, Cable NewsNetwork, and two sports teams—the Atlan¬ta Braves and Atlanta Hawks. In addition,he has been recognized for his support ofvarious charities, including the Jewish Na¬tional Fund, the National Leukemia Soci¬ety, and the Special Olympics. He also sitson the board of several other organizations, Turner opened his speech by talking brief¬ly about his business ventures. Turner char¬acterized his role in the operations of hiscorporations as that of a “troubleshooter,”available mainly to take care of big prob¬lems. Though his business successes havemade him a multimillionaire, he remarked,“Having sports teams really keeps you hu¬mble.”He also spoke about his recent unsuccess¬ful bid to take over CBS. Asked whatchanges he would have made, Turner re¬plied that he would have cut down on gratu¬itous violence in programming, and wouldCSA WinnersShoreland: Sharon LegenzaDiana Poulosleda Victorino Breckinridge:1215: Mike Breckenridge6 way tie (all write in)Pierce: Edward FarrelThomas Oko Hitchcock/Snell: tie (John Landry/Elizabeth Handlin)Woodward Court:Mary KnechtJim Park Fraternities: Tony KuznikBurton-Judson: Sam ArmatoTim HansenBlackstone: Mary Jurkash Off Campus: Arthur U. EllisLarry KavanaghMatthew OakeySari ThomasBroadview: Michael Schwartz Commuters: Greg BartSoc Scicontinued from page onefive other professors “to discuss the materi¬al.” All six share a common reading list.“Because this material is intellectuallystaggering, inevitably there are aspectswhich one professor will be less familiarwith,” Achen explained.Professor Richard Taub strongly sup¬ports the new program and asserts that “wehave a program that is very attractive tofaculty.” While the new Core has a “certainamount of necessary commonality, on the other hand, it allows enough freedom for afaculty member to teach his own approachand choose his own texts.” Taub refers tothe title of a book called The Strength ofWeak Ties and states that he sees the newprogram as “an illustration of suchstrength.”Two statements characterize faculty atti¬tudes at this point in time. Taub says, “I likeit a lot,” while MacAloon cautions “it’s tooearly to be able to tell anything yet.”Latke Hamentash subject of debateU of C Hillel will present the 39th annualLatke-Hamentash Symposium a mock de¬bate on the merits of two Jewish speciali¬ties, latkes and hamentashen this eveningat 7:30 p.m. The debate will be held in the CloisterClub of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street.Hamentash. sour cream apple sauce, andcider wll be served after the program at Hil¬lel House, 5715 South Woodlawn. Contribu¬tion is $1.50.A Service of Advent MusicSunday, December 1, 4:00 p.m.ROCKEFELLERMEMORIALCHAPEL the world'shave added more documentaries and fami¬ly-oriented sitcoms, such as the “Bill CosbyShow.” He also indicated that he would con¬tinue to attempt the acquisition of a ne¬twork, saying, “I’m not through yet.”Turner devoted the rest of his talk to theenumeration of what he felt were the mostserious problems facing the United Statesand the world today. Of domestic politics hesaid, “the Democrats and Republicans bothwant the same things; they just have dif¬ferent ideas about how to get them.”Discussing the arms race and the threatof nuclear war, Turner said, “We gotta getrid of nuclear weapons. ‘Star Wars’ iscrazy.” He added that the way to eliminatethe threat of war is to simply eliminateweapons. “The Russians are ready to do it,”Turner said, referring to disarmament.NUcontinued from page oneposition to influence corporate behavior.”Northwestern officials have estimatedthat at least $100 million of the University’s$613 million endowment is invested in com¬panies which do business in South Africa.According to the New York-based AmericanCommittee on Africa, if Northwestern wereto divest all of its holdings in these com¬panies, this action would signify the largestdivestment by any school in the country.In addition to implementing the "stock bystock” study, Northwestern’s Board ofMath projectcontinued from page oneIn addition, the program requires scien¬tific calculators from the seventh grade on¬ward. However, calculators would not re¬place arithmetic. Instead, they would beused to “enhance” important skills such asestimating, rounding, and the equivalenceof decimals and fractions. Computers arealso used as a “dynamic teaching tool” atboth the elementary and secondary level.In spite of the emphasis on analysis, theprogram is not aimed at those students whoare already adept at mathematics, butrather those who are in the middle of theirclass. Arithmetic is compressed into thefirst six years of school so that students maybe exposed to more math in the samenumber of years. Introducing elements of problemsHe blamed much of the proliferation ofnuclear weapons technology to other na¬tions on the US and the USSR. Noting that“half the scientists in the world are workingon military projects,” he said that the su¬perpowers “set a bad example” for smallernations, which, he said, look to the US andUSSR as “big brothers” for guidance.On the subject of international relations,he commented, “The way to stop fighting isto turn enemies into friends.” By way of ad¬vice to the superpowers, he said, “If youdon’t like someone, go up and punch him inthe nose—don’t drop a nuclear bomb onhim.”In conclusion. Turner told his audiencethat “we are a very endangered species.”but, noting that “a problem recognized is aproblem half solved,” advised them, “don’tget depressed.”Trustees have approved a motion to in¬crease the number of scholarships offeredto non-white South African students fromtwo to four and to offer financial support tofaculty members who wish to teach in SouthAfrica. Richard Knight, a researchassociate for the American Committee ofAfrica, told the Tribune that he objects tosuch an action, explaining that. “It’s amistake to give the impression that theprimary problem in South Africa is educa¬tion, when the primary problem is the ques¬tion of political power.”algebra and geometry earlier will also givethose students who have difficulty withthem longer to assimiliate these newideas.During the last academic year. TransitionMathematics was tested by 19 classes in 12schools in the Chicago area. At the end ofthe year, all students were tested. UCSMPfound that students who used TransitionMathematics with its emphasis on calcula¬tors did as well as solving arithmetic prob¬lems without calculators as those in controlgroups which used other textbooks. In addi¬tion, the students using the UCSMP-de-signed textbook were found to have learnedmore in algebra and geometry than theircontrol-group counterparts.nosic-nosio musicTHE DEPARTMENT OF MUSICpresents:Tuesday, December 3 - Paul O’Dette, lute; andNigel Rogers, tenor8:00 p.m., Mandel HallOpening Concert of the Early Music SeriesAirs de Court, Dowland, Lawes. Purcell, Moretti,Giuliani, and Schubert.Tickets: S10: UC students. $6 (Series tickets are stillavailable). Tickets and information at the MusicDepartment Concert Office. GoH 310. 962-8068.Thursday, December 5 - Noontime ConcertSeries12:15 p.m., Goodspeed Recital HallEdith Auner, piano.Music by Schubert and Mozart.Admission is free.Friday, December 6 * Manhattan String Quartetwith Cary Lewis, piano8:00 p.m., Mandel HallEric Lewis and Roy Lewis, violins; John Dexter, viola:Judith Glyde, cello.Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3: Schumann: Quartet*3 in A, op. 41: Dvorak, Quintet in A for piano and str¬ings, op. 81.Admission: $10: UC students, $6. Tickets and informationat the Music Department Concert Office.Friday, November 29 - Chicago MedievalPlayers8:00 p.m., Goodspeed Recital Hall“Nova! Nova! Pageants of Mystery andMirth”A Medieval mystery play with authentic costumes, stag¬ing, gestures, music, and dances.Admission is free, but tickets are required.Tickets and information available in the Music DepartmentMain Office. GoH 309: 962-8484MPMtfSionosiontJsiThe Chicago Maroon—Tuesday, November 26. 1985- 3PAUL ODETTE,LuteandNIGEL ROGERS,TenorTuesday, December 3,1985 8 PMMandel Hall, 57th & UniversityThe University of Chicago$10, (UC Student $6) Tickets atDepartment of Music Concert Office,Goodspeed Hall 310,5845 South Ellis, 60637 962-8068WHEN YOUR POINTHAS TO BEMADE INWRITINGlettersReportsMongols*SpeechesDissertationsBooksBecause writing wellis still the best revenge.RENT • A • PEN’363-7479MACINTOSHM UPGRADESFat Mac 128K to 512K $299MonsterMac M 512K to 1 megabyte $599512K to 1.5 megabytes $749512K to 2 megabytes $899See the review in the November 1985 issue of BYTE on page 401.Free pick up and delivery. 90 day warranty on parts and labor, 1 yearextended warranty also available. We are the authorized Levco dealerfor the Chicago area. 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SOVIET ACQUISITION OF WESTERN TECHNOLOGY AND m[111m.1nTHE ISSUE OF ESPIONAGE IEMonday, December 2,1985 m4:00 p.m. dSocial Sciences 122 n731126 E. 59th Street fialilliaifiiPljapppiiiiPliapiiBiiiiiiiiiiaiiaiiaiiiiiiiiiiigiiiaiiaifaifiiiiiifiaiiiilil-nnPTRtfimPTTTQ.GOPIESOur copies are greatOur machines are the TatesTT and very fastOur people ^re anxious to ptease you—Our service is swiftAnd all this tor 5c.What a deal!ltd-The Copy Center in Harper Court5210-$. Harper 288-COPYNovember 26, 1985Gargoyle tutors ease crowded classroomsGargoyle pupils take a break to read the paperby Karen E. AndersonUnderstanding how to use the scientificmethod doesn’t seem too hard. Until you tryto teach it to a group of 4th graders.The classroom has all the usual primaryschool characteristics. Dead butterflies arepinned to sheets of paper on the wall. Chalkdust seems to seep out of the corners of theroom with a life of its own. The students areinvolved in cleaning their desks, getting ridof all the little treasures they have amassedduring the last few weeks. A shout comesfrom across the crowded room, “He hassand in his desk!”Now it’s time to work on science projects.In most urban elementary schools there is aproblem with teacher/student contact;teachers often don’t have time to give indi¬vidual help on projects like science fair en¬tries.But this is Kozminski Academy in HydePark, and that problem is being solved, inpart by help from U of C students who volun¬teer at the Blue Gargoyle.“I’m a bio major, so it makes sense forme to tutor the science classes.” explainsNighet Razvi, a third-year student in theCollege. “It’s hard for them to understandthat they have to do an experiment for thescience fair. A lot of them don’t really knowwhat an experiment is, or how to use a con¬trol in their experiments. One boy reallycouldn’t understand why an experiment ondinosaurs would be hard.”Razvi usually helps teachers at Kozmins¬ki by taking a small group of students out ofthe classroom and working with them. Al¬though the students seem very interested inher explanation of the way to write up ascience fair project, she has to combat theirrather short attention spans, and th^ fact that a trip to the restroom during class isconsidered to be a big adventure. While sheis explaining how to list sources for an ex¬periment, a pencil goes flying through theair as someone writes a little too vigorously.“Tuleah, your big head is in the way!” criesone of the students, straining to see theboard.Sara Pitcher, Tutoring Coordinator at theBlue Gargoyle, agrees that there is certain¬ly a need for tutoring at many Chicagoschools. “There are 36 kids in each firstgrade class at Kozminski. We can really usemore tutors to help with all of those kids.”Pitcher said that the tutoring program isvery flexible, so that volunteers can workwith students in any area they are interest¬ed in. Volunteers work at Kozminski and atCarnegie Elementary School. Depending ontheir schedules, they can help out in theclassroom, during lunch time, or afterschool.Three years of experience has given EdHarper a lot of insight into why tutoring canbe so effective. “There’s no motivationproblems with these kids. Anyone whowants to stay after school for help wants toget something out of it. They really seem tothink it’s fun w'hen I come in to work withthem.”Harper, who is a first-year grad student inpublic policy, said that he feels tutors areimportant because there are many differentlevels of students in each classroom. Hesaid that he usually spends about five hoursa week working with students. “I reallydon’t have to do much prep work. Saramakes it really easy by setting up materialsand getting books for us.”“The biggest problem I’ve had is keepingthe kids at work. Sometimes I feel like I’mnot getting anywhere. But them sometimesI go home feeling like I've really accom¬ plished a lot. You can tell with the youngerkids especially- they really show it whenthey suddenly understand it,” said Harper.Small groups of students at Kozminskigather in the faculty lunch room to workwith Harper and other tutors after school.The students file in wearing all the acces¬sories of pre-teen fashion: denim miniskirtswith designer labels, thin gold ribbons andcombs in their hair, and MTV T-shirts. Thesix students who have come in to work forthe afternoon get into a circle. Pitcherpasses out cookies and juice, and they splitup into groups to work on math or readingskills.The students take all this very seriouslyThey seem to be there to work. In onecorner. Harper helps a girl with a crossword puzzle. In another, a tutor explains Elizabethan poetry to two students, tellingthem the intricate details of how a rackcould be used for torture as their eyes widenin appreciation and wonder. Pitcher is help¬ing a student named Kareem read a storyabout an evil pumpkin smasher. Kareempronounces each word carefully, his fore¬head wrinkling to reveal a cut from someplayground conflict as he struggles withmore difficult words.This is why tutors are so important, andwhy the Blue Gargoyle puts such high priority on its tutoring program. The studentslearn that if they are interested in learning,people are interested in helping. As Ife. afourth grader working on multiplicationproblems with a tutor, said. “I'm gettinghelp in my math. It’s important so that Idon’t get behind.”The Chicago Reader: Schizophrenia for fun and profitby Michael CarrollOn October 1, 1971, in a spacious but clut¬tered apartment at 48th and Dorchester, abrainchild was born to three alumni of Car-leton College, and they named it theReader. This fragile but feisty eight-pagenewborn came kicking into the world insearch of a home, and a piece of the Chicagomarket. Distributed for free in the lake-shore super-neighborhood running fromEvanston to Hyde Park, skipping the areabetween IIT and Kenwood, the Readersought to provide an interesting alternativeto the “hard” journalism of the Chicago dai¬lies for its educated and intelligent audi¬ence.But the Reader was not always the robustweekly we know today-it had a tough child¬hood. For the first five years of its life, theReader was on shaky financial ground, andas any psychologist wrorth her salt will tellyou, the first five years of life are crucial tothe develpment of personality. The diagno¬sis is simple: the Reader is schizophrenic.Without a secure financial base, the Readerdeveloped multiple personas in an attemptto please every one of its one hundred andtwenty thousand readers. While most schi¬zophrenics in this society are ignored or in-stitionalized or both, the Reader was nei¬ther (although some may argue it hasbecome an institution itself). Instead, theReader has charmed its way into a secureposition in the Chicago market.The Reader has never spoken with a sin¬gle, authoritative editorial voice Rather itallows the writers to express their individu¬al personas. For example, you can go spe¬lunking with Dave Kehr into the “Deep Meaning” of current movies as he sees it orget your fix of the Straight Dope from CecilAdams. Tune in to the weekly episodes ofZippy, Phoebe and the Pigeon People. ErniePook’s Comeek or Life in Hell. When feelingmasochistic, turn to the second section forthe most complete listing of all the interest¬ing things to do in Chicago, none of whichyou can do because you have to study or aretoo young.You can look for some enchanted eveningin the recently added Matches section.When asked why the Matches section wasadded, publisher Robert A. Roth respondedthat personal ads have now become a legiti¬mate way for people to meet. When the The Reader was named by a friend of thefounders as a play on the children's publica¬tion. My Weekly Reader, “but.” said Roth,“it also has this wonderful quality of avoid¬ing all the names that newspapers use... like‘The Clarion’ or ‘The Herald' etc.” Whenthe Reader made its debut, there were fourdaily newspapers in Chicago. The competi¬tion between them and their obsession withscoop journalism and investigative report¬ing. an obsession which now pervades thetelevision news media in Chicago, left a voidwhich made the success of a features-oriented publication like the Reader possi¬ble.I asked Roth to comment on what happensReader first started publishing, “peoplewho read matching personals only wantedto read about double-jointed afternoon de¬light”.I recently interviewed Mr. Roth in his of¬fice. Like most intelligent people, he was abit wary of being interviewed by a reporter,particularly because he had been a gradu¬ate student of U of C for three years and wastherefore quite familiar with the kind ofjournalism traditionally practiced by theMaroon behind the scenes at the Reader. By way ofresponse. I received a lesson in reportageinstead. He replied. “The problem with themainstream media is that they don't see forthemselves, instead they ask an expet Theythink they understand the Reader becausethey talk to the editor-or even worse-firstthey talk to the editor and then they talk totwo critics and they think they understand. I*hink you should be reading the Reader itself to see what you think about it The kinaof statements made by experts in inter views like this one right here are bound tobe self-serving and should be taken with agram of salt. You shouldn't think you under¬stand the Reader because you hear whatI’ve got to say. What do I know?...”Some people think the Reader is about lib¬eral politics, others think it's apolitical.When someone says the Reader is apoliti¬cal. I know they don’t know what they'retalking about, but I've heard it from somevery astute critics...When Harold Washing¬ton was elected in 1983, the dailies gotcaught with their pants down. The Readerran two long articles on Washington beforethe election, one of which spelled out theWashington strategy and how it was poss¬ible for him to win. The dailies couldn't seethe forest for the trees.”Roth levelled many other criticisms at themainstream press: “You’ve got to wonderhow in the world a profession could have be¬come so arrogant that they thought the im¬portant consideration was he ease withwhich they could cut a story in the paste-updepartment.” Roth, who is president of theAssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies.was equally critical of the alternative press.“If you’ve ever seen Lou Grant, you knowhow they sit around and talk over storyideas? That’s the way it's always done atsmall alternative weeklies... it just contri¬butes to Groupthink."The Reader avoids the pitfalls ot bothstyles of journalism Most of the copy isfree-lanced by writers working out of theirown homes. Roth wants as little contact aspossible between the writers to avoid cli¬quishness. “We welcome obnoxious write~swho don't get along with each other, just aslong as they write well because good writ¬ing makes for good reading and that’s whatthe Reader is all about.”The Chicago Maroon—Tuesday. November 26. 1985 -5There’s no place likeby Craig Blackstone home for the holidaysphoto by Carol KburnerSometimes, not even a trip to Jimmy’s is enough to stem a bit of homesicknessAs the first snow of winter falls on the al¬ready chilly steets of Hyde Park, U of C stu¬dents begin to take a little time away frompreparing those last minute touches on termpapers, they crawl from the glowing, over-stuffed chairs in the Reg and begin to thinkabout the approaching holiday season.The holidays are a time of bright lights,crowded stores, smiling faces, and Santaringing his little bell on the street corner.For most U of C students, it is a time ofthanks and praise: Thanks that it is all overwith, and praise for those that made it outalive. Now is the time to think of thingsother than school, and what people thinkabout is as varied as the answers to a GreekThought essay question.For Laurel Buerk. a first year studentfrom Lake Tahoe, California, the first snowis doubly exciting; it signals the beginningof the ski season in the mountains. "It’sgreat. I get to go home and ski all day, ev¬eryday.” It’s also a return to the ultimatehousehold convenience— Mom. “When I gethome,” Laurel says, “my mom is going topamper the shit out of me for two days, butthen she’ll wise up.” Mothers, no homeshould be without one.Family is one thing that almost everyonementions when they talk about the holidays.We all go down to the State Street Mall andget our shopping done early so when we fi¬nally get home we can spend as much timeas possible with our families. Mary BethBrady, a third-year student from RanchoSanta Fe, California, thinks this aspect ofthe season is especially important. ’‘I justmoved to California from Dallas and myfamily is all I have out there. It will be real¬ly nice to see them again.” However, not everyone thinks this way.Rick Petzko, a second-year student fromSaginaw, Michigan, has a totally differentview of the holiday season. “For me, theholiday season means two things. First isthe fact that my family spends the holidaysin Florida, so I get to leave the cold and thesnow and soak up some sunshine. Second,and much more important, it’s a chance toget away and find some real women.” TheFlorida sun, no school, and real women;some guys have all the luck.Not all of us have the luxury of spendingthe holidays in a warm weather climate.For those of us from the northern states,cold weather and snow are part of the sea¬son. Mary Ishii, a third year student fromRenton, Washington, put it this way. “Inyears past, I could look forward to goinghome to somewhat warmer weather. Butthis year, no way! Chicago just had its firstsnow and that melted. Seattle has six inchesand there’s no end in sight,” she said with abit of despair in her voice. But she quicklybrightened up, “1 can’t wait to get home andsee real mountains again!” There are somethings the Midwest just doesn’t have.Whether it is a blessing or not, not all of usget to leave the Windy City; not all of us getto “Escape from Hyde Park.” There is asizable portion of the University populationthat is from “Chicagoland” and for themhome is just an El ride or a quick dash downthe expressway from beautiful downtownHyde Park.One such person is Jim Gaughan. a thirdyear student from the Northwest side. “Forme, the holidays are a chance to sleeptwelve hours a day and catch up on theBears’ statistics.”Says Ron Molteni, a third-year studentfrom north suburban Evanston, “I get to gohome and drink with all my friends that Ihaven’t seen since school started.” The holidays mean so many things to somany different people, and yet so much of itis the same. Does this sound familiar toyou? “I’m looking forward to eating off aplate instead of a tray”; “I get a chance tosee all the people that I never get around towriting”; “It’s a chance to get away fromthe mock philosophy and be a real personagain.”This season is both the worst and the bestfor those of us here at U of C. It is a time offinals, depressing grey skies and equally de¬pressing grey buildings. Still, there is abrightness that belies the lack of light.From somewhere deep inside, people arefinding the strength to overcome it all andthey are seeing a kindness in themselvesthat hasn’t been seen for quite some time.People are finding hope for better times tocome. No matter where we come from, thishope is something we all share and that iswhat makes this time of year somethingtruly special. CAPSInternshipsby Rosemary SlimNinth week is a busy time, but the nextmonth is the time to make plans if you’re go¬ing to take a leave of absence Winter or Spr¬ing Quarter. You can use that time off to domany things, including working, and theCareer and Placement Services (CAPS) of¬fice offers a new program called Outlookwhich helps place students who take a leaveof absence to work.Outlook coordinator, Annalee Letchinger,said she works one-on-one with students,“helping them clarify what their prioritiesare, how much money they need to make,and what type of work they might want todo.”When students first consider taking aquarter off, they may not have any idea ofwhat they want to do. Letchinger tries tohelp them clarify their plans, adding,“Many students who want to leave feeloverwhelmed at the prospect of leaving theUniversity.”The variety of jobs available is great forstudents willing to consider something dif¬ferent. While Letchinger is working withcompanies to set up jobs, she also workswith students to help them find a job that'suniquely their own Students this quarterhave sought jobs ranging from working forthe Chicago Historical Society to working asa secretary.CAPSZ is now working to set up a numberof internships strictly for U of C studentsand build up a file of resources throughwhich students can find jobs since this is thefirst year of the program.If you’re consideringtaking a leave of absence...1. Talk to your advisor and find out how toarrange for a formal leave of absence.2. Take stock of what experience orqualifications you’ve got — this includessummer and part-time jobs you’ve held, ac¬tivities, hobbies, and interests — in order todecide what jobs you should apply for.3. Make a resume. Plan this well in ad¬vance and have someone (a friend, a pro¬fessor, someone from CAPS) critique it tomake sure you’ve made it as effective aspossible.4. Think about where you’d be happiestliving — would you still want to live near theU of C or do you want to get away?5. Figure out how much money you needto make. You may need to take a breakfrom school to earn money to pay future tui¬tion bills. In that case, there are jobs and in¬ternships that pay well, although they’refew and far between, and often require youto have some previous experience. Or, youmight want experience enough to consider avaluable internship that didn’t payanything. You also might be able to com¬promise by interning part-time and workingpart-time. Remember that you’ll needmoney to live and pay rent while takingtime-off.6. If you decide to take a non-paid intern¬ship, consider applying for a Richter Fundscholarship given out by the College. Theseawards range from $100 to $800.7. Consider what kind of job you’d be hap¬py with: do you want to work with people ornot? Do you want to enhance your resumeand/or make money? Do you want to workin your area of academic concentration, ortry something entirely different?8. Talk to Annalee Letchinger at CAPS(call 962-9040 to make an appointment). Shecan help you decide what you might want todo with your time off and how to then pursueWith winter break coming soon, you don’t want to be trapped in Hyde Park, really proto oy BergerThe Adventures of Regman by Skip and Joeli X, Hours i_ate"R,What we Gouug-To bo?JusrsirHEAE a*j6 WAITFix Them To MwJusrfeAd/ boUETHHJG Many > / Ve TZMJSumbIMS ATOLooi FftovlAHCie/JT GREEK. .jCPEAbV, So WHEREMf tup 77/rvte Aeehthe scoP/uo us ourFbP we East FewHours... ooh heUComes FoursAtom ajoiaj1'-cxcRUe'i HEYPaPY, / we 6EEKJajotic/ajg you for The eastFEWHours uoW. I'm aPHILOSOPHY MAJOR AUb IT LOOKSuee You're a classics majorWE'RE //V THE SAME biYiSlOKJ, ITMust BE Kismet, wuaioya sayWE TAKE A STVbY BREAK bon/AjAT EY U6R/S(RET A C/MCkTpS,Wise7 6F COU&F,IT Y0O PC/jfu/Fur,Td, ILL JUST <$cBack to My4C, l Dtu. ogu/oouyto f=,joo setteryOniPK.AURE UXXTH-umce fij&urrsp,(jmatU /rge7am76—The Chicago Maroon—Tuesday, November 26, 1985M A G A Z I N ETargetMatt Dillon finally comes of age in Targetby Jean QsnosWhen Matt Dillon appears in a movie, hetends to be either a magnet or an instant re-pellant. As Gene Hackman’s son in the spytale Target, Matt may even impress hismost vehement critics. Directed by ArthurPenn (Bonnie & Clyde, Four Friends), hisperformance adds to a tight, suspensefulfilm whose plot is propelled more by thecharacters’ relationships than by the carchases. The viewer gradually discovers thesubtleties of the central characters and inturn is absorbed into their circumstances,which become increasingly Bond-like.Director Penn establishes this feeling ofintimacy from the opening mundane scenesset in Dallas. The Lloyd family lives in a ty¬pically drab, middle-class neighborhood.Walter (Hackman) runs a successfullumber yard but is too busy to go with hiswife Donna (Gayle Hunnicutt) on a vacationto Europe. The afternoon of her departure,he picks up their son Chris (Dillon) fromwork so they can take her to the airport.From this first interaction, one immedi¬ately senses the antagonisim in their rela¬tionship, which develops into the film’s dy¬namic, realistic central theme. Tensionstems from their different expectations ofeach other. Chris has dropped out of collegeand now works at a race-car track, andWalter clearly disapproves. Chris doesn'thave too much respect for Walter either, be¬lieving that Dad has always led a pat, pre¬dictable existence. Mistakenly presumingthat his mother is leaving because her mar¬riage is collapsing, Chris asks her if she isbringing The Pill.When Donna leaves, the two men makestrained attempts to be polite, but insteadeach takes turns being condescending anddefensive. A particularly funny scene intheir kitchen reveals their mutual annoy¬ance. Walter tells Chris to turn down hisWalkman and then upon an invitation to gofishing together, Chris responds “Fish¬ ing?...” as if to really say, “Are youserious?”Shortly thereafter, they receive a mid¬night phone call with the news that Donnahas disappeared from her tour group. Themen leave for Paris, and as soon as theyreach the airport they are no longeraverage tourists. At this point, the actiontakes off and continues to accelerate. Chrislearns that Walter used to be a former CIAmember and that his mother has been kid¬napped by one of his father’s past adversar¬ies. The men embark on a mission to get herback, and in the process, they become en¬twined with Walter’s former friends andfoes. The suspense builds slowly becausePenn deliberately holds the viewer back byproviding information needed only for themoment.Walter at first tries to shelter his son be¬cause he thinks Chris is too “green” for theoperation. When he realizes that Chriswants to get involved, Walter then teacheshim some of the finer points of the craft.Chris is amazed by his father’s previouslyunseen bravado. Whereas the early scenesconvey their emotional distance, the laterscenes reveal their partnership.Gene Hackman delivers a wonderful, un¬derstated performance as a man who gladlyturns his back on a former career yet whosecretly jumps at the chance to once againprove his old talent. Matt Dillon is effectivebecause he expresses both Chris’ initialcockiness and restlessness and his latermodesty and drive. Leading a good support¬ing cast, Josef Sommer seems surprisinglyearnest and ambiguous as Walter’s formercolleague.However, one drawback of Target is thatdespite a lively screenplay by Howard Berkand Don Perteren, a few scenes lose some oftheir spontaneity because the editing is ob¬trusive, cutting scenes into distinct frag¬ments. The frenetic car chases, on the otherhand, are beautifully photographed. Thefilm’s most curious feature is Matt Dillon’swardrobe. In America, he wears t-shirtsand jeans, but in Europe, he is seen in thelatest slouchy continental. When did hehave time to go shopping?Matt Dillon finally finds a role he can grow into.Treasure of the Sierra MadreJust some average guys trying to make a fast buckAfter directing a film like The MalteseFalcon, what else is there left to do? Well,for director John Huston, there was Trea¬sure of the Sierra Madre; once again withHumphrey Bogart playing a lead role.This time, Bogart and co-star Tim Holtplay two enthusiastic losers who roam thestates in search of fame, fortune, and a realplace to call “home.” Treasure begins withthe two men begging for money until they are hired to work in the hot sun for a fewmonths, with their wages to be held untilthey return to civilization. Of course, toqualify to be a “loser,” one must believethat you will get paid after the work is done,and in this case Bogart and Holt do qualifyas grade “A” suckers.Understandably, they lose their faith inthe Protestant Work Ethic, and decide tomake their living in the quickest manner possible, and being the losers they are. de¬cide to make their living in the jungle again.Luckily (heh, heh. heh) Bogart wins on alottery ticket sold to him by a young and un¬characteristically polite Robert Blake, ofBaretta and Helltown fame.The rest of the movie involves the threemen going off into the jungle, fighting offbandits, becoming distrustful of strangers,and finally becoming distrustful of one an¬ other. The three men. Bogart. Holt, andDirector Huston's father Walter Huston,who also appeared in the The Maltese Fal¬con. are gradually changed by the experi¬ence.As a complete digression, remember inBlazing Saddles when the good guys get inthe line for members of Harvey Korman'spersonal army? There's a group of movieMexicans in front of them who say “Badges,what badges? We don't need no stinkingbadges." This is from Treasure of the Sier¬ra Madre. Score double points if you recog¬nize it from Brother From Another Planet.After The Maltese Falcon. Huston wasrarely satisfied to deal with less than earth-shattering themes. Greed, death, and theecono-historic dialectic and all fair game.In Treasure of the Sierra Madre. he man¬aged this study as artfully as he ever has. (Imust admit that I haven’t seen either Annieor Under The Volcano, but I'm not worried.)He doesn't point at just one culprit and harpon it for two hours. To some extent, theproblems the partners face come from theshape of the society they left, but someoccur only because they left. Town is whereAmericans look out for one another, wheremen in flophouses treat each other withsome respect, and is even the place whereyou can win a lottery for sudden, unearnedwealth.Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a hardmovie to button-hole. It's not a male bond¬ing movie (you know, a group of men whocan't stand each other go off to do some¬thing noble and impossible—though at leastone. usually the most talented, is beingforced to do it against his will, setting up aconfrontation with some young kid who says“I can't understand you, you have it all andyou’re throwing it away”—have a knock¬down drag-out fight the night before theyhave to invade a medium-sized country allby themselves and end up in love). It’s not anoble savage movie, nor a money-is-a-root-of-all-evil movie. It’s a movie about thesethree guys who you hope make it. but thereis this queasy feeling in the pit of your stom¬ach -N. 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And Ted Turner, the star attraction,responded by seducing the audience withsuch snippets of sagacity as the following:"You can be very intelligent and be verypoor... Take your professors for instance.”"Do you realize that the nuclear bomb ap¬peared upon the scene before the chainsawdid? Disturbing thought, isn’t it?”"The thing that’s most fun in the world ismaking love ...And you don’t have to be richto do that."Turner did not. however, limit himself tomere observation of the world. He also en¬gaged in public analysis, coming up with thefollowing advice:"Get rid of nuclear weapons first.”“Punch people in the nose, don’t drop anuclear bomb on them.”"The only solution is education and birthcontrol.”“(We Americans need to) cut our meat in¬take in half and eat our grains.”Doing a great Yogi Berra imitation,Turner also provoked the audience withsuch astounding truisms as “The whole ideaof weapons is to beat the enemy,” and "Assoon as you quit, you’re finished.”Somehow, I doubt the University’s collec¬tion of Nobel Prize winners felt threatenedby this new intellectual force on campus.Nevertheless, as he himself would probablyput it. "Ted Turner ain’t no fool."Oh sure, he said some very foolish things.And yes, he used words which don’t existlike "degradating" (theenvironment). Andhis sentences were spliced with such gram¬matical nightmares as “...there is manypeople..." And he even mispronouncedwords like "analoi j mus."But consider what he accomplished.Faced with a student body which takes itselfvery seriously. Turner employed blatantanti-intellectulism to turn stern studious¬ness into raucous laughter. And some of themeans he used were even more amazinggiven the setting.By today's ever-broadening standards hewas sexist (e.g. “civilized man" and talkingabout being on the beach with Cuban"girls"); he told something of an AIDS joke• saying he’d rather not be called a “Fel¬low" when AIDS is floating around); and hewas often absurd <e.g. saying he once want¬ed to own a nuclear device of his own so he could then disarm it with the rest of theworld).But the people laughed. No Grey CityJournal feminist or gay self-righteously at¬tacked him. No freshman philosophy majorfrantically “questioned his premises.” Thesetting, artfully established by Turner, sim¬ply wouldn’t allow for it.Besides, Turner was busily protecting theperceived honor of his intentions as evi¬denced by his amusing imitation of thelowest common demoninator. According toTurner, "I like just about everybody, to behonest with you.” Turner likes Jesse Jack-son. He likes Jessie Helms. He likes Nor¬man Lear. He likes Jerry Fawell. Andthough Turner has never met Dan Rather,he still says, “But I think I like him.”Turner also “bleeds” for everyone. And“weeps.” And “worries.” He’s won philan¬thropic awards from such diverse groups asthe NAACP. the National Boy Scouts Coun¬cil. and the Jewish National Fund.More than anything else, however,Turner is a very intelligent, though not in¬tellectual. man. His folksy southern sageact is just that - it’s an act. It’s appealingand charming. It’s flexible, allowing him toslide smoothly between white collar andblue collar. Language sprinkled with “hell,you all." and "ain't" is a perfect facade forhis Brown education and cutthroat businessinstincts. If he can break down the austereU of C with it, then he has a formidableweapon indeed.When Turner first got behind the podiumand started to launch into his animatedtheatrics, the laughs were somewhat hesi¬tant. Within minutes, though, the laughterpipes were kicked free of rust and the showwas a guaranteed success. There was cer¬tainly a possibility at the outset, however,that Turner could have become a laughingstock Conversely. Turner could easily haveshown the audience a similar lack of re¬spect. But interestingly neither possibilitymaterilized.Instead, as one woman put it upon leav¬ing. Turner seemed to have mastered the“Jimmy’s dialectic.” He was described as a“drinking buddy.” as a “riot.” His presenceeven managed to elicit some sports ques¬tions. of all things, at the U of C. Peoplewere asking about Kirk Gibson instead ofKurt Vonnegut, about the America’s Cup in¬stead of the American Renaissance.Almost surprisingly, the University’s Mt.Rushmore face withstood the laughter with¬out crumbling.After the speech was over. Turner leftwith the rest of the crowd and walked to acar waiting outside the auditorium. Whatmake of car? A black Chrysler Diplomat. Ofcourse.The Chicago MaroonThe Chicago Maroon is the official student newspaper of the University of Chicago.It is published twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays.Mail subscriptions are available for $24 per year.The Maroon welcomes letters and other contributions from students, faculty, staff,and others. Anyone interested in doing writing, photography, or other work for theMaroon should stop by our office, Ida Noyes rooms 303 and 304, 1212 E. 59th Street,Chicago. Illinois, 60637. Phone: 962-9555.Stephanie BaconGrey City Journal EditorGideon D’ArcangeloChicago Literary Review EditorPaul LuhmannAdvertising ManagerLarry SteinBusiness Manager ■Ruth MauriAdvertising ManagerPaul Song Geoff Sherry Jaimie WeihrichSports Editor College News Editor Office ManagerRosemary BlinnEditor in ChiefChris HillManaging EditorHilary TillSenior News EditorKaren E. AndersonDevelopment Editor Terry TrojanekViewpoints EditorStephan LauTuesday Magazine EditorSusie BradyProduction ManagerPaul RohrCopy EditorAlex ConroyCalendar EditorGeoff SherryCollege News EditorAssociate Editors: Elizabeth Brooks, Kathy Evans. Ben Forest, Molly McClain.Ciaran OBroinStaff: Arzou Ahsan, Lorraine Angus, Ken Armstrong, Lupe Becerril, Tony Berkley.Scott Bernard, Julie Burros, Mary Beth Brady, Mike Carroll. Dennis Chansky. TomCox, David Feige. Mike Fell. Andy Forsaith, Mike Green, Michael Gorman. IngridGould. Kelly Hayford. Jon Herskovitz. Mike Hagan. Larry Kavanagh. Ann Keen, A1Knapp, GregKotis. Lauren Kriz, Lara Langner. Marcia Lehmberg, Erik Lieber. MegLiebezeit, Charles Lily. Jean Lyons, David McNulty. Jennifer Mechem, Frank Mi¬chaels, Sam D Miller. Melissa Moore. Lauren Murphy. Rob Nadelson. Karin Nelson,Matt Nickerson. Larry Peskin, Phil Pollard. Terry Rudd, Kristin Scott. MattSchaefer. Rick Senger, Frank Singer. Sue Skufca, Frances Turner.Contributors: Craig Blackstone. Beth Green, Janne Lanza. Jean Osnos, Sonja Spear,Christine Wright. I KICWEP, ANPw prisoner ww £!*••• ...THErresP to we with ti million“TAX FfZJE, A LIFETIME SALARY,,....FREE M6P1CAUPTOTWE ANP LEVI'S... WiT—YA (XX rvX*) THe uevis id coMe WX-... < SB®* • : yy.LETTER"Right-wing wierdos" aren'tTo the Editor:Why is this paper laughing? Why shouldanybody at U of C even chuckle over the ap¬pearance (11/22) of your Accuracy inAcademia diatribe against atheist anti-American professors? Humor was probablyintended by Maroon editors when theydecided to show us how far out the NewRight can get at far-aw-av universities likeTexas A & M (read it: the article comparesa history professor to “Lucifer”). Thiscould never happen at Chicago, it is com¬forting to think.But, as I recall, two years ago the pro¬posal by CAUSE to screen two PBSdocumentaries met a vehement attack bymany Student Government members(including one who now is Managing Editorof this newspaper). These films, as well asthe academy award-w'inning Hearts andMinds, were labeled as “subversive” and“ideological”, and finally were scratchedfrom programs funded by the Student Government Finance Committee. What isfunnv on a distant campus, or as a fun¬damental fringe, or in a character fromDeath Valley Days, is less funny when itgets tenure at your own college.It’s important to see that groups like AIAdo not represent a fringe, remote from ourown experience. The parent organization ofthe ATA. Accuracy in Media, is supportedbv some of the most powerful corporationsin the USA ( Mobile. Texaco. Adolph Coors.Goodyear. Citicorp, etc.). Its board includespeople like William Simon (former treasurysecretary. Heritage Foundation trustee,and president of the Olin Foundation).If there’s a lesson here it’s an old one.Tyranny does not suddenly arrive in a coupone night when the whole house is sleeping.And black boots are long out of style. As theseasons change, slowly the days areshorter. Then our laughter at those right-wing weirdos turns to whistling in the dark.David Postf you’re going to sit aroundhis Thanksgiving, let ushoose your seatCOED^ CLASSICNovember 29-30. 1985Henry Crown Field House10—The Chicago Maroon Tuesday, Novernbei 26, i9«oHOLIDAY CALENDARTheaterNovember 29, 30:“Amahl and the Night Visi¬tors” will be performed at theMuseum of Science and Industry.There will be three shows eachday at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm.Tickets are $11.50. A discountprice of $10 is offered to TalmanHome account holders, Field Mu¬seum members and WilliamFerris Chorale subscribers. Pro¬ceeds from the perforances willbenefit the Neediest Children’sChristmas Fund.December 6:The Indianapolis Ballet theatrearrives at The Centre East to per¬form Tchaikovsky’s “NutcrackerSuite.” Show times will be 10:30and 12:15 pm. Tickets are $2.20and one adult is admitted forLecturesDecember 26:Dr. Gunther Kreil, Institute ofMolecular Biology, Salzburg,Austria, will speak on “Biosynth¬esis of Hormone-like Peptides inAmphibian Skin: DNA Cloning,Precursor Structures and Pro¬cessing Reactions,” at 4 pm inCLSC room 101. Refreshmentswill be served at 3:45 in CLSC510.December 2:Robert Hughes, Time Maga¬zine art critic, author, and host of“The Shock of the New,’’ will givea lecture on “How Good is the Artof the 80’s?” in the Arthur Rub-loff Auditorium at 6:15 pm at theArt Institute. There will be a wineand cheese reception at 5:15. Ad¬mission is $16.50 for Art Institutemembers and $19 for non¬members. For reservation infor¬mation, call 443-3915.Dr. Hartmut Michel, MaxPlank-Institut fur Biochemie,will speak on “High ResolutionStructure of a Membrane ProteinComplex: the Photosynthetic Re¬action Center from Rhodopseudo-monas Vividis,” at 1:30 pm inKent 120.FilmsI-HouseShop on Main Street, directedby Jan Kader, at 8 pm December5. $2 admission for the generalpublic and $1 for residents.Horsefeathers with MarxBrothers, directed by NormanMcLeod,at 7:30 and 9:30 pm, De¬cember 6. General Admission,$2.50. Resident admission, $1.Doc:Objective Burman, at 8 pm inCobb Hall. Admission, $2.The State of Things, at 8pm,November 27 in Cobb. Admission,$2.Brewster McCloud, at 8 pm,November 28 in Cobb. Admission,$2.A Sunday in the Country, at 7, 9,and 11 pm, November 29. Admis¬sion. $2.50American Gigolo, at 7. 9:15 and11:30 pm, November 30. Admis¬sion, $2.50. every fifteen children. For moreinformation, call 673-6300.ConcertsDecember 1:A service of Advent Vesperswill be sung at Holy Name Cathe¬dral at 4 pm. Tenth Century Gre¬gorian Chants and RenaissanceMotets will be performed by theSchola Sine Nomine, directed byRichard Proulx. The Cathedral islocated at 730 N. Wabash Ave.For more information, call664-6963.Traditional Gregorian Chantsand Motets by Palestrina will beperformed by the U of C’s ChapelChoir at 11 am. Traditional Chantand Carols of the Advent Seasonwill be sung by the Choir at 4pm.Both performances are directedby Victor Weber.Man of Aran, at 8 pm De¬cember 1. Admission, $2.50.The Man I Love, at 8 pm, De¬cember 3. Admission, $2.Bitter Victory, 8 pm, December4, Admission, $2.MusicNovember 27:A concert with the ChicagoSymphony Orchestra. ErichLeinsdorf conducting, will in¬clude music by Strauss. Brahmsand R. Strauss. The concert willbe at Orchestra Hall at 8 pm.Tickets are $11.50-$30. Additionalperformances November 29 and30.November 30:Tom Paxton and Jim Post, folksingers, will perform at the Lei¬sure Learning Center. 1700 MapleSt. at 7:30 and 10 pm. Tickets are:$10, general admission; $8, OldTown School Members; and $6,children and senior citizens.December 2 :Oprah Winfrey will narrate“Lincoln Portrait,” by Aaron Co¬pland, a top American composer.Joseph Glymph, music director,will conduct the Classical Sym¬phony Orchestra. The concertwill take place at 8 pm in Orches¬tra Hall. Tickets range from $6-$20. For information, call341-1521.December 2:The Vermeer Quartet will per¬form at 8 pm at the Civic Theatre,20 N. Wacker Dr. The programincludes music by Schubert, We¬bern and Beethoven. Tickets are$10, $15, and $19. For information,please call C-H-A-M-B-ER.December 6:I-House’s Lyric Opera Nightwill view I Capuleti E I Montec-chi, by Vincenzo Bellini. The per¬formance is at 7:30 at the CivicOpera House. Tickets are $22 andmust be purchased in advance.Kornog. a folk band from Brit¬tany, will perform at the OldTown School of Folk Music, 909W. Armitage Ave. The concertbegins at 8 pn. General admis¬sion is $8. Member admission is December 6:In honor of the holiday season,the William Ferris Chorale willpresent both old and new worksby British and American compos¬ers. William Mathias, court com¬poser to Prince Charles and Prin¬cess Diana, will be the guestconductor of one of his most re¬cent works, Laudi. The anthem ofthe 1981 Royal W’edding. “Let thePeople Praise Thee, O God” willbe on the program. In addition,there will be a world premiereperformance of six new Christ¬mas carols by American compos¬ers. Tickets are $15 (student andsenior discounts available) forthe concert at Our Lady of MountCarmel Church, just off LakeShore Dr. For more information,call 922-2070.$6, and children and senior citi¬zens are admitted for $5.Exhibits“On the Wing,” a tour of therealm of flight and bird adaptionsat 1 pm December 1st at the FieldMuseum.A jewelry and accessory show-will take place at the Museum ofContemporary Art Store. December 8:The Orchestra of Illinois pres¬ents its fourth annual HolidayPops Concert at 3 pm with theHoliday Pops Chorale. The pro¬gram will include music by Han¬del and Tchaikovsky, “ThreeSpanish Carols,” Adler’s “Songof Hanukkah” and “The Feast ofLight,” and other works as wellas a carol sing-along. Ticketsrange from $8.50 to $19.50 with aspecial children price of $5. Formore information, call 341-1975.Traditional Gregorian Chantsand Motets by Palestrina andBruckner at Convocation Sundayat Rockefeller Memorial Chapelat 11 am. Performance by theChapel Choir.Exhibits“Christmas Around theWorld,” to run until January 5.The exhibits include 35 giant de¬corated trees and free theaterperformances at 7:30 on Fridaysand 8:30 on Saturdays and Sun¬days. The International Buffetwill be served from 4 to 7:30 pmon Fridays, Saturdays, and Sun¬days. Prices are: $8.50 for adults,$5.75 for children 5-11 years, and$3.50 for children 2-4. Reserva¬tions can be made at 684-1414.Brookfield Zoo:The Zoo will offer free admis¬ sion from the day after Thanks¬giving until Christmas Day.The Art InstituteMondays through Saturdays,from December 2-21, there will beconcerts of holiday music at 11:30and 1:30 pm on the steps of Gal¬lery 121. There will be two slidelectures on Christmas themesand Religious art: the “NativityStory," on December 20 at 12:15pm and “Christmas Around theWorld,” on December 23 at 12:15pm. The Junior Museum will alsohave several special programs.For Thanksgiving, there will be aworkshop, “Edible Rainbow:Fantasy Foods,” on November 20at 2 pm. There will be surpriseworkshops on November 30 andDecember 1. On December 8.“One-of-a-kind Greeting Cards:Monoprints;” on the 14th and15th, “Art of Everyday Objects:College Ornaments;” and on the12th and 22nd, “Calder and WireSculpture Toys.” Saturday work¬shops are at 11 am and 2 pm andSunday workshops are at 2 pm.Other Festivities:The A R C. Gallery, 356 WestHuron, will have a holiday mar¬ket until December 21. The mar¬ket will be open Tuesday-Satur-day, 11 am to 5 pm.An all University Wassail-Party will be held on December 5at 4 pm in Ida Noyes Hall.BLOOM COUNTY by Berke BreathedMARRY ? ENOUGH Of THISPOOLING AROUNPlet's semepom anp startA FAMILY. I PONT'want TOSTART AFAMILY ' LANE BA0Y...SUGAR 800-000HOW LONG HA VEWC BOONPATINO NOW 7LANE .. I’M PERFECTMARRIAGE MATERIAL JUFAT ROST ANYTHING YOUCOOK... 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Overall, the Maroons placedton h after Division III powerhouse OlivetCollege, a perennial top ten finisher, andJunior Colleges Muskeogon and Triton, twoenduring top five finishers.Seniors Jeff Farwell and Gene Shin ledthe way with second place finishes, followedby second-year Joe Bochenski and fresh¬men Mickey Best and Neil Chriss. who hadthird place finishes. It was a very impres¬sive finish for Chicago, but it also illustratesthe real lack of experience on the team andthe way in which esperienced wrestlers canhelp in terms of team points.of the two experienced upperclassmenthat entered the Open, both finished in sec¬ ond place, whereas the less-experiencedwrestlers only placed one more than thatwith twice as many underclassmen. Oncethird-year wrestler Quentin Paquette re¬turns from an injury, he too is expected tomake a significant contribution to Maroonpoint totals.Kocher expects his experienced wrestlersto make significant contributions, notingthat Gene Shin has won the conference titlethree times in a row and that “having hadover fifty career college wins, we are ex¬pecting big things from (Senior) Jeff Far-well.” Of Paquette, Rocker mentioned thathe had taken third at Conference two yearsago, but sat out most of last season with abroken hand.Despite the lack of experienced wrestlers.Kocher remains optimistic, after all “weare returning nine letter winners, five ofthem who were regular season starters lastyear,...and I think we’ve got a good startgiven some of the freshmen we’ve recruit¬ed.” In particular, he points to Bob Cartiganand Neil Chriss. Cartigan is a two-time Illi¬nois state finalist while Chriss took sixthplace in the Eastern US Regionals for Free¬style Wrestling, and with Chriss’ impres¬sive third place finish at Michiana, thereseems to be a good reason for the opti¬mism. But with Cornell returning two All-Ameri¬cans and five conference winners this year,there seems to be little chance of theMaroons placing a lot of wrestlers into na¬tionals. It has been three years since Chica¬go has beaten Cornell to win the MCAC con¬ference tourney, they took second to Cornelllast year, and of Chicago's conferencechances. Kocher remarked, “1 don’t seeanything that tough. I'm looking up at Cor¬nell and not looking behind us.”But the Maroons aren’t intimidated byCornell’s top 20 ranking and returning con¬ference champions, instead they are lookingforward to even tougher competition to getgeared up for the Chicago-Cornell show¬down at Conference. Right after Thanksgiv¬ing vacation, some of the Maroons will beheading up to Madison, Wisconsin to facewrestlers from the Big Ten and Big Eightschools, including such powerhouses as Mis¬souri and Iowa State. Then later on in theseason, the Maroons will host the Northwes¬tern Wildcats at Henry Crown Field House.NU finished fourth in the Big Ten last year.Of his-decision to face a Division I schoolwith a legitimate shot to place in the BigTen Conference this year, Kocher justsmiled and then chuckled, “just call me im¬petuous, call me crazy,” and after meeting the Wildcats, Kocher’s wrestlers may andprobably will have other words than“crazy” to describe him.Even with the heavyweight competition,the Maroons will be hard pressed to im¬prove enough to match Cornell’s three-deepteam, and without a legitimate hea¬vyweight, the chance of turning back thepurple tide diminishes. Kocher added that"with Cornell returning so many conferencechampions, it’s not going to be easy to getout (of the conference tournament whichalso is the national qualifying tournament)to nationals.” But, Kocher continued,“we’re a young team and I’m not sure whatwe can expect, it’s hard to assess with somany freshmen.”So far though, those “hard to assess”freshmen have been producing, but whetherit will be enough to displace Cornell from thtop will be the big question at Conference.Whether they will or not won’t matter untilFebruary, in the meantime, decide for you-selves by watching the Maroons take Whea¬ton College at home; An opponent of human,as opposed to those of titanic stature (re¬member that when NU visits), this Tuesdayat 5:15 p.m. in the Henry Crown FieldHouse.Mens and Womens swim teams likely to perform wellThe U of C swim team is back in the waterpracticing hard for the upcoming season.The team boasts many new talented swim¬mers this year in addition to the strong re¬turning squad. Though many of the otherteams at the meet have been practicing forover a month (U of C has been practicingsince Nov. 1), the team expects a strongshowing this season.The big news this year, however, is thenew full-time coach. Kevin Forber. Forberis the first full time swim coach at the Uni¬versity in many years. Forber sees themove to a full-time coach as a “strong stepin the right direction for the swim program.It shows the new commitment the Universi¬ty has to the swimming program.” The next not only hard work in the water but also dry¬land exercises. He notes that a good weightprogram for all the swimmers can “pro¬duce big results.” He has also started astretching program to work on flexibility.But most of all he wants to concentrate onindividual self improvement, because ifeach swimmer improves, “team successwill follow.”The women’s swim team this year issmall but experienced. The team’s smallsize means it will “lose points in not beingable to pick up second places.” But while itmay be “hard to make up for the lack ofdepth” in meets. Coach Forber sees a goodchance of the team bettering its fifth placeshowing at conference last year. Forber for-Andy Forsaith dives into the water as Tina Ellerbee and Eric Elvekrog look onpart of this commitment will hopefully bethe “drive for new swimming facilities.” Anew pool would “help varsity swimmingand greatly improve the quality of recre¬ation at the U of C.” In addition to coachingthe swim team, Forber will be instructingswim classes for the University. Forber re¬ceived his B.A. at the University of Wiscon¬sin. He was a four year varsity teammember, a NCAA division qualifier for twoyears, and a Big 10 conference champion inthe 200-yard butterfly in 1981. Forber wasalso assistant coach last year under BillBean, who left for the big bucks of the cor¬porate world. Forber plans to emphasize sees the possibility of six top placings atconference from Esta Spalding in back-stroke, Toni Yang in breaststroke, and se¬nior Tina Ellerbee, a division III nationalqualifier last year in butterfly. He also ex¬pects good showings in conference from:Jill Johansen. Laura Gonzalez, transferBeth Anderson, Jennifer Mechem. andfreshmen Sandi Bender, Kris Novak, andMary Beth Novy. The team will also behelped by its strong diving squad including.Ellen Brown. Sandy Bender, and seniorRose Kivens (another national qualifier atconferences last year) Both the men’s andwomen’s diving teams will benefit from theMen's b-ball Thursday & FridayBy Jon HerskovitzStaff WriterA Thanksgiving tradition is about to beestablished. Watching the Cowboys’Cheerleaders dance in those early 70’sfashion phenomena, the hot pants, will soonbecome a distant memory. This Thanksgiv¬ing marks the birth of a special sort ofbasketball tip-off tournament. Teams thatcan boast high median SAT scores, andlarge average incomes for their graduateswill travel to the University of Chicago toplay some basketball.The Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Washington University, andthe University of Rochester are comingNovember 29th and 30th to Henry CrownField House for this outstanding academictip-off tournament. The Chicago men’sbasketball team opens on Friday when theymeet M.I.T., and in the second game of theafternoon Washington University plays apowerful University of Rochester. On Satur¬ day, the winners of the previous two gameswill meet for the championship, while thelosing teams play a consolation game.The University of Rochester is bringing astrong team to Chicago. They, and theUniversity of Chicago, should battle it outfor the championship. However, M.I.T. haslooked strong both on the court, and in theclassroom.This Wednesday, Chicago opens its men’sbasketball season with a game againstLawrence University. Game time is 7:30p.m., and the game site is Henry CrownField House. This is an important game forChicago, since it is a conference game. So, ifyou are going to stick around for Thanksgiv¬ing, and have lost all idolatry for theCowboys after they were thumped by theBears, there is going to be some greatbasketball here on campus. Thanksgivingweekend is about to mean exciting basket¬ball for those colleges that look, oh, so im¬pressive on the resume.12—The Chicago Maroon—Tuesday, November 26, 1985 coaching of med-student Duane Caneva, aformer U of C diver and two-time confer¬ence champion. The diving team has alwaysperformed exceptionally and shown specialdedication to deal with the lack of facilities.While the swim team works out in an under¬size pool, there is no diving board at the U ofC and the divers must commute to IIT topractice.The men’s team, unlike the women’s,goes beyond a “strong nucleus” and hasgreat depth. Coach Forber predicts top sixplacings in conference from Everette Lee inthe I.M., Ben Forest in the breaststroke,and Ray Cullom (last year’s conferencechampion in butterfly). But Coach Forberfinds it hard to single out any one swimmeras exceptional due to the strength of each ofthe team’s members. “Literally everymember of the team has the potential tocome in the top twelve at conference.” Theweak point of the men’s team is diving - atpresent there are no divers. Coach Forbernotes, “There are two diving events in eachmeet and with no one entered, we’ll be down16-0 before the meet even starts. That’s atough spread to overcome.” But Forber isstill looking for a few good divers with a lit¬tle experience to work with.Returning members to the men’s team are “senior and last year’s captain Doug Ci-priano, senior Everett Lee. Brian Wall. JimStansbury, Mike Mulroy, David Golden-berg, Ben Forest, Andy Forsaith. JonathanEvans, Eric Elvekrog, and Ray Cullom.The new freshmen are Joe Willan,Lawrence Lee, Craig Krenek, ThorinEvans, and Tord Alshabkhoun.One of the highlights of the season is ahome meet against Beloit College on Feb. 7 -the first home meet to be held in manyyears. Strictly speaking, the meet is an ex¬hibition meet since the Bartlett MemorialNatatorium does not fit conference regula¬tions. There are a number of minor viola¬tions of the conference codes, but basicallythe major problem is the pool is five yardstoo short. The diving blocks are also wood¬en, and need someone to sit on the back ofthem so that they don’t fall in. Regardless,Forber expects a capacity crowd in theBartlett Memorial Natatorium. Admittanceis free, but the team doesn't forsee anycrowd control problems with the general ad¬mission, festival seating arrangement. Be¬loit is always a strong team in the confer¬ence, but with the home crowd advantage,Chicago has an excellent chance of winning.The meet is at 4:00 on Feb. 7 in Bartlett.Womens basketball startingyear slowly, but with promiseBy Mike IlaganStaff WriterThe 1985 U of C women’s basketball teamwill rely on their ability to adapt to changesfor this coming season which kicks offtonight at Illinois Benedictine College. Anew coach, a late start of practice, and newplayers have made for a rough start for theMaroons, who have finished at least in thetop three teams in the conference in recentyears.This year’s team started slow with thelate hiring of their new' coach, SusanBrower. In early October, Brower came tothe U of C to help her friend, the new U of Csoftball coach, Kim Vance, move intoChicago. Brower had just retired fromcoaching basketball in the Wyoming highschool system. She had left coaching to stayout and finish her doctoral program in col¬lege student advising. But upon her arrivalat the U of C, the athletic department ex¬pressed a need for a women’s basketballcoach. So Brower came out of retirementand accepted the offer.With a late hiring of the coach, the teamdidn’t start practicing for nearly a month.Despite the late start, the team is showingsigns of stability. Brower cites consistencyas the key to this season.Only two players return from last year’ssquad with starting experience. GretchenGates, the three-time leading scorer and re¬bounder should once again lead theMaroons. Brower expects a great deal fromher All-American, adding that Gates couldplay at any Division I school. Opponentsusually double-team Gates to stop her insidethreat. To relieve this pressure, Browerhopes that the other returning starter,Kathy Fitzpatrick, will hit from theperimeter.Last year’s “sixth-man” Madelyn Detloffwill start at forward this season. TheMaroons will also rely on her outside shot toopen up the inside for Gates and this year’snew starting center, Maria Del Favero. DelFavero began playing with the team last year. Although she had limited playingtime, her play developed and improved asthe season progressed. Brower adds thatDel Favero is one of the largest Division Illplayers at 6’4”. Most players the Maroonsface in Division III rarely exceed 6 feet. DelFavero has come into this season strongerand lighter. She has also improved her ver¬tical leap. Del Favero should by all meansbe a dominating presence this year.This year’s team should also benefit froman “exciting freshman” class. Brower ex¬pects Chris Bork to get considerable playingtime in relief of Del Favero. Bork has atough inside game and she should fit well in¬to the team’s two post offense. CharleneCobbin, another freshman, should get con¬siderable playing time at guard ButBrower adds that she must adjust her highscoring style of play.Tonight’s opener against IBC starts atough non-conference schedule for theMaroons. Brower hopes that the non¬conference opponents will prepare theMaroons for another successful conferenceseason. Brower’s goal is to win the con¬ference and possibly receive a bid to theNCAA Division III post season tournamentConference rival, and Division III post¬season semi-finalist, St. Norbert Collegeshould provide stiff competition for theMaroons. This season should provide ex¬citing competition as well as an opportunityto see some of the best women’s basketballin the nation.”AALL CONFERENCEThe MCAC Soccer coaches announc¬ed their selections for 1985 all¬conference honors. 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MDC pricelists may be ob¬tained at the Central Users Site (Usite)in Harper Library, at the ComputationCenter (1155 E. 60th Street), or theMDC. Call 962-3452 for furtherinformation.c pisA Apple < moputer. Inc Apple and die Apple logo ;uv negistemd trademarks ot Apple (’omputer. Inc ImageWriter is a trademark ot Apple Computer. Inc. Macintosh is a trademark ol McIntoshfcihoratorv Inc and i'' being used with its express permission IfFootsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographerby Richard HolmesViking: Elizabeth Sifton Books, 1985275 pages; $18.95by Abigail Asher“Romantic” is a term rich in definitions, andRichard Holmes takes advantage of every meaning ofit. His description of himself as a “RomanticBiographer at first seems slippery and vague: is he abiographer of the 19th century Romantics? or is he aromantic himself, focusing on the importance of lovein his subjects’ lives? or does he merely lean towardthe extravagant, the picturesque, the foreign, theadventurous, the fanciful, the imaginary, the unrealand the magical?The answer, of course, is all of these. Footsteps is afour-part biography of many more than four peopleacross three centuries. In an Author’s Note, Holmesdescribes “this mongrel book” as a mix of biography,travel and autobiography. This mixed breed is theresult of his method, that is, literally following in thefootsteps of the writers who are his subjects. In thefirst section, 18-year-old Holmes retraces on foot awalking tour of the French mountains that RobertLouis Stevenson took with a donkey in 1878. In the se¬cond part, he follows both William Wordworth andMary Wollstonecraft to Revolutionary Paris — an in¬vestigation that Holmes began in the revolutionaryParis of 1968. In the third part he tracks the unconven¬tional, doomed Shelley household in its relocationsthroughout Italy in the years before the poet drowned,and in the last section he traces the poet Gerard deNerval’s “methaphysical pathway” through his ownmind as he slowly went mad in the mid-1800s. Holmesmakes a valid argument for each of these writers be¬ing Romantics, the earliest — Mary Wollstonecraft —influencing her son-in-law Shelley, and the latest, Ner¬val, being part of the “Romantic new wave,” orperhaps last wave. ‘Last wave’ because the sectionsof the book descend in tone from the light-heartedhike that follows in Stevenson’s Pied Piper footsteps,down through Mary Wollstonecraft’s Revolutionaryfervor and Shelley’s failed dreams, to Nerval’ssuicide, which for Holmes “hint(s) at the ultimatehistorical fate of the Romantic spirit in Europe.” Thatfate is its death, or at least its dimming: “the spirit ofRomanticism was being overcome by Realism, like acandle being carried into a room fitted with electriclight.” (Although Stevenson took his hike 23 yearsafter Nerval’s suicide, Holmes’ thesis is notdisrupted: Stevenson's importance to the book ismostly as an introduction to biographical pursuit, andhe is not really located in the scheme of descent.)Holmes is free to follow this idiosyncratic theme, andto emphasize love as the transforming biographic factin the lives of his subjects, because he refuses thetask of recounting entire lives. He is no shirker: hisfirst book was a prizewinning biography of Shelley.But in sweeping aside material that another historianwould linger over — like the Bohemianism that Nervaland his friends invented, living together in an atticstudio with piled cushions and demi-monde parties —he can concentrate on what he is truly interested in:Nerval's travels through Europe and the Near East andultimately through his own memory and imagination.And now, at forty, Holmes reviews the genesis of hiscareer in biography: the stories that drew him on, thetransforming autobiographic facts that brought him tothis book.This unusual autobiographical approach tobiography enhances his portraits, rather than detrac¬ting from them. When Holmes takes a 1972 dip in thesea where Shelley drowned in 1822, he cuts his hand.“I saw that all the coastal rock was volcanic, twistedand honeycombed, like a fine froth of baroque lace. Itsedges were as sharp as blades. It came to me that adrowned body, floating in those beautiful seas, wouldsoon be cut to ribbons.” This observation is sown notonly as a reminder of Shelley’s end, but also so webetter understand the surroundings when Shelleydreamed, two weeks before his death, that he saw hiscompanions pale and bloody, “ ‘their bodieslacerated — their bones starting through their skin .”And Holmes's walking in Mary Wollstonecraft sfootsteps leads to a forceful depiction of the physicali, •*»/.. *%a,»w..,\U, \Ut M. »/. . %\lt.* ' .»•*. ,, .»w,..I, v, ,w.f ’ ' .*»**..vw, November 26,1985 • 18th Yearaspect of old Paris. At the time of the Revolution thecity was enclosed by a twelve-foot wall of stone, withnarrow guarded gateways that were bolted at dusk.“It was still a walled, semi-medieval, fortified city-state. The Revolution took place within a physicallycontained area — all exits guarded by their barriertowers — which could build up the kind ofpsychological pressures (rumours, mob scares, aswell as the intoxications of a great carnival) impossibleto imagine in a modern city, with its immense net¬works of roads, railways, airports and information ser¬vices, constantly open to the outside world. The onlymodern comparison I could think of was West Berlin.”Furthermore, Holmes firmly believes that he isespecially suited to write this book, having witnessedsome of the rebellious events of 1968 in Paris, and theic,60s in general. The idealist rejection of morals, art,religion and authority: “what I was feeling, what myfriends were feeling, seemed to be expressedperfectly by the Romantics, and by no one else.” Hecontinues the analogy for the decline of Romanticism,the disillusion when love does not show up to givemeaning to life (in Nerval’s case), or when institutionsbased on love, fail (as in Shelley’s). Holmes believesthat he understands that too, having seen the disillu-Miustration from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnappedsion that set in quickly after May ’68.Many of my friends, married, living together or livingin various forms of communities and groups seemedto be going through the experiences and crises thatShelley’s various households went through. This wasenormously important to me. When I wrote aboutShelley I seemed to writing about my own friends,practically at first hand.”His affirmation that his experience prepared him par¬ticularly for this work lends weight and relevance tohis argument. But this self-advertisement is hardlynecessary, for of course no one else has tried to writethis unique book.The autobiographical nature of Footsteps is in¬formative in itself, as a report on the biographer'scraft. In revealing the obstacles he encounters.Holmes indicates his purpose: to fill gaps and to stripaway accumulated inventions, all baeed on an intimateknowledge of his subject. Years of study from allangles, he believes, eventually teaches thebiographer the “truth” about his subject’s characters,which allows him to conjecture, when evidence ismissing or seems incorrect.The drawbacks of this job are exposed in Footsteps.\\U/,»v«. A/ a|| I tt At.s\i/'\r 1/. • /..AC. ,•!/#.'V*. .w\C. \W...AU'w; “I mark my beginning as a professional biographerfrom the day when my bank bounced a check becauseit was inadvertently dated 1772.” Worse, though, arethe limitations of the historical record. Where informa¬tion is lacking, guesswork leads Holmes to inventbridges between islands of evidence. About a singingvoice that Stevenson heard one day on his hike.Holmes declares boldly, “in a sense, of course, it wasFanny’s voice,” that is, the voice of his distant lover.But the confidence of his tone is not convincing — heseems to be stretching it. He recognizes this tenden¬cy in himself, maintaining in the text a sappy passageabout Mary Wollstonecraft, and then explaining whyhe fell into the error of writing it. He bridges anunknown period of her life with a bit about Mary's turn¬ing her back on the Revolution, her “hopes concen¬trated in a little smiling face (her infant’s.) oblivious toall but milk and love.” He apologizes for this“fulsome...sentimental...hollow” construction bynoting that a biographer’s hardest task is to recreatethe ordinariness of daily life; in this case he failed, andsubstituted a fantasy.He admits to disappointment that Mary left Paris in1794, thus robbing him of a vicarious view of theRevolutionary spectacle. He even confesses his wishto intrude on the past, daydreaming of placing her insome hazardous position and then rescuing her:“ ‘Your faithful biographer. Ma'am, come to extricateyou in the next paragraph, which as a secret trap¬door...’ ” But any sort of intrusion is forbidden and.anyway, impossible. As a biographer, Holmesdiscovers sadly, he cannot surrender his objectivity,no matter how he longs for an intimate friendship withhis subject. But friendship, this “imaginary relation¬ship with a non-existent person, or at least a deadone,” is ultimately unilateral. Holmes always ends up.despite his intuitive and even groundbreaking conjec¬tures. feeling “excluded, left behind, shut out fromthe magic circle ”Like the footsteps that echo through A Tale of TwoCities, those in Footsteps link the elements of loveand revolution. According to Holmes, though, the twothings are not opposed by allied, twisted together intothe notion of a “Romantic rebellion,” conceived of byMary Wollstonecraft and bequeathed to the nextgeneration: “feeling and imagination to shape andreform the entire social fabric, and the institutionswhich governed it.” It is a powerful idea, lasting intothis century; and though Holmes never resolveswhether the decline of Romanticism was due to exter¬nal force — the course of history, the succession ofmaterialist Realism — or internal self-destruction —imagination doubling back on itself, exemplified byNerval’s insanity — this does not undermine histhesis. Particularly because the larger part of thisbook is not the theory I’ve tried to distill above, butbiography, a colorful, scholarly re-animation of thesecharacters’ lives.Holmes is clearly a gifted comic writer, judging fromhis adventures with the bewildering, enthusiasticFrench he encounters on his hike after their“Monsieur Steamson.” Unfortunately this comic tonerecedes, so much that by the fourth and final section,an insomniac Holmes, identifying too closely withNerval, is seriously planning a magical, cyclicalbiography of him, based on the Tarot cards...Suchmysticism only confuses his already intricateFootsteps, and it is a relief when Holmes abandonsthose notebooks and gets back to following historicalclues.His only other poor decision as an author is in refer¬ring to his own romantic history. He is never explicit,and yet he cannot suppress hints. He reports in onesentence that he met a woman in Florence but left herthere because she wanted to visit a town that Shelleyhad not visited. And then there is Francoise. who ap¬pears periodically throughout the book with a“provoking grin” or a “curious expression.” to pointhim in a new direction of thought. In a book so full oflove — between subjects, and between biographerand subjects — Holmes' halfway reticence seems ir¬ritatingly coy. Like his snobbish decision to leave un¬translated several of the passages in French, this af¬fectation does not belong in a book otherwisecharacterized by warm, profound, and perceptivethinking..%\t>/.. •‘"/'aA * A / .xi,. ' M/. ,, *,\l/, .,Y//, ,ll/.W .*>/,. *»/.v/ ,l/- .xX\f,. '.«»/. >/„,xf, ,X\I/. ■ '• ..III,. .,/.,,W..U..tU,Mask Festival by Jose CobillaMayon Volcano by Jose CobillaSCENES FROM THE PHILLIPINESby Vincent PollardFilipino portraits, fiestas, architecture andthe underwater beauty surrounding thePhilippine archipelago were some of thesights of the Philippines which were ondisplay up until last week at The Philippinesin Focus in the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Mostif not all of the contemporary artistsrepresented are themselves Filipinos, asmay be some of the nineteenth-centuryphotographers included. I visited this exhibi¬tion twice. Both visits were stimulating andrewarding.As with any portrait, this compositePhotogaphic Portrait of the Philippines andIts People is highly selective. The selectionsreflect the curators' judgment as to what kindof ‘'portrait" they should offer Filipino andnon-Filipino gallery-goers here. The exhibi¬tion steers clear of most imagery that mightsuggest or endorse political controversy. On¬ly with patience, for example, can one locatehints of social conditions spurring politicalmovements against martial law and im¬perialism.Ironically, an 1874 photograph by A. Honissincludes the Magellan Monument. FerdinandMagellan, of course, was quite late in"discovering' the Philippines. There is amemorial to Chief Lapu Lapu who killedMagellan in the battle of Mactan Island onApril 27. 1521. You will look in vain for aphotograph of Lapu Lapu's monument - or forthat matter, any clear commentary on Filipinofreedom struggles against Spanish, U.S., orJapanese imperialism. (One might takeCharles Altomonte’s Dusk. Mactan Briage.Cebu, as an accidental reference to thehistoric sixteenth century locale.)According to the exhibition catalog, “Theearliest known photographs of the Philip¬pines are stereoscopic photos of Luzontribeswomen taken in 1860 by a Frenchman,although photography was first mentioned inthe Philippines as early as 1841, just threeyears after the introduction of daguer-rotypes.” This summary continues:Cartes de visites (paper prints usually 2V2 x4V5" in size and mounted on card mounts) ofFilipinos in various occupations and dressfollowed the first stereoscopes, taken in the1860's in the first Manila studios...From 1870-1890, most of the photographs uncoveredwere anthropological in character, with thearrival of anthropological expeditions fromEurope and the United States...There emerg¬ed thousands of photographs devoted to an¬thropometric measurements; within thismass of often lifeless and rigid poses therewere occasionally superb candid shots...By this time, photography began to in¬fluence the growing national consciousnessof many Filipinos: By the 1880’s there were manyphotographic studios in Manila and in theprovincial cities catering to the new wealthyelite, but the most dramatic impact ofphotography in that period was its introduc¬tion in the local magazines. For many yearsmagazines featured drawings of Filipinopeasants in local costumes but with westernfacial features. When the first ‘foto-litografia’was introduced in 1892, an accuraterepresentation of Filipino features began, ad¬ding to the growing and distinct personalitythat Filipinos were developing in contrast totheir Spanish masters " (exhibition catalog)In their revolution against Spain, thesynopsis continues, "the camera was...an in-dispensible propaganda tool for both sides."The penultimate paragraphs of the catalogrefer briefly to the U.S. invasion. The arrivalof “...hundreds of soliders...with Kodakcameras...” was a feature of the U.S in¬tervention in the Filipino Revolution and inthe subsequent overthrow of the MalolosRepublic, the first Asisian republic (proclaim¬ed on June 12,1898).The U.S. needed fifteen years to suppressopen anti-colomal military resistance. Atleast in its early phase, “this war was pro¬bably the first extensively documentedforeign war fought by the United States." ac¬cording to the catalog. To some extent, “itbecame an early 'media event.’ with both theMcKinley administration and the various op¬position groups (e.g.. the Anti-ImperialistLeague) using photographs to publicize andstrengthen their arguments for and againstannexation.” In the light of this history andthese quotations from the exhibition catalog,the absence or omission of any suchphotographs from The Philippines in Focus iscurious. Photographs from the Philippine-American Research Center, a source for thisexhibition, may document oral testimonygiven in Congressional Hearings after the in¬vasion (Cf. U.S., 57th Congress. First Ses¬sion, "Hearings Before the Senate Commit¬tee on the Philippines,” (1902), Senate Docu¬ment 331.) Upon speculation, two possiblereasons for the omissions emerge: 1) adesire not to remind Filipinos of the suffer¬ing, deprivation, death and destructionresulting from the U.S. occupation; and/or 2)a reluctance to strengthen opposition toAmerican domination today, e.g., over adozen U.S. military bases on the land andwaters of the Republika ng Philipinas.With these reservations in mind. I believethe scope of the exhibition is overstated.However, this assembly of 139 recent and vin¬tage black-and-white and color photographsfrom as early as the 1860’s is impressive andvaluable. These subdivide under severalheadings that demonstrate a degree of inter¬ nal validity and coherence. Let me commenton some highlights.“The Land” and “The People” are theheadings for the first two, street-level sec¬tions and embrace thirty-seven often-stunning color photographs. The printsreflect a sensuous texture I associate with“slide quality.” Upon inquiry, I learned that,indeed, these (and all other colorphotographs in the exhibition) were printsfrom transparencies, either Kodachrome orEktachrome.The general headings for these two sec¬tions may be misleading in that they excludea larger number of topically-relatedphotographs in the major segment of the ex¬hibition — up two flights of stairs from thestreet-level groupings. This partial tax-onomical confusion does not prevent theviewer from reacting to and meditating on thevarious interplays of colors within the in¬dividual photographs, and within certain jux¬tapositions of photographs. And a few ofthese photographs, moreover, clearly il¬lustrate a larger dynamic — aspects of theFilipino people’s tenuous relation to thenatural and human-modified environment.Jose Cobilla Jr.,'s Mayon Volcano Eruptingwhetted my appetite for color with its shadesof reds. Upon my second visit, MayonVolcano Erupting struck me as an aptmetaphor for the developing political explo¬sion in the Philippines.Most pleasing is a carefully juxtaposedoctet — eight of nine undersea photographstaken by Juny Binamira in various waters sur¬rounding the Philippines. The opportunity toview this work on a less-crowded day wassufficient motivation to make a second visit.My reaction to the Binamira photography wasless to his interesting presentations of exoticaquatic life and more to pure form and color.Color dynamism within and between the con¬stituent parts of the Binamira octet ebbedand flowed with the mildly contrasting valuesof yellow, oranges, reds, blues and somegreens and whites. The interplay of light,shadow and dark captured by Binamira’s lensis a high tribute to his technique and inspira¬tion. His photography suggests peaceful mo¬tion — the fish are as if suspended; the col¬ors, active!The People, a series of individual andgroup portraits by Pancho Escalar. CharlesAltomonte, Jose Cobilla, Jr., and EduardoMunoz Seca, is noteworthy both for ex¬pressiveness in color and for capturing in¬teresting aspects of their subjects' per¬sonalties.Flora and fauna appear selectively, un¬disturbed by human-devised environmentaldestruction. The Philippine ecology, aselsewhere, actually faces an onslaught of en¬vironmental insults. The photography, thus,overemphasizes the pristine remainders ofthe Philippine terrain and underwater en¬virons. Perhaps it may also inspire resistanceto destructive political/economic en¬croachments on these niches of beauty.Climbing two flights of stairs, one en¬counters the larger section of The Philip¬pines in Focus. First is a series of “VintageViews of the Philippines,” a series of twenty-five black-and-white photographs dating from1860-1910. The names of the majority of thephotographers are unknown; many othersappear to be European or Americanresidents of the Philippines. The subject mat¬ter is varied and includes views of buildingsand monuments, individual and groups, and avariety of nineteenth-century workplace andoccupational situations. Among the “VintageViews,” the only photograph of Filipinosoldiers is one by Felix Laurente in 1895: theywere, of course, in the service of theirSpanish rulers.Beyond this, all sections of the exhibitionreflect something of the ethnic diversity ofthe Philippines yesterday and today. Overall,one catches a glimpse of the occupationaldiversity (for those lucky enough to have ajob) in the iate nineteenth century and, again,in recent decade — agriculture, fishing,transportation, entrepreneurial activity,manufacturing, personal service, and han¬dicrafts.Outstanding among the “Skyline” scenesis Emil Davocol’s Moonrise over Antipolo, anaerial view of Antipolo. Narrow bands ofyellow and white street and auto lights streakthrough several values of red in theforeground of this nighttime scene and thenthrough the increasingly mid-range valuesapproaching the skyline. The blurred streaksof light might remind one of white-to-red-hotsteel traveling through a rolling mill at highspeed. Moonrise Over Antipolo almost lookslike an acrylic or oil painting.The curators’ scope is ambitious. Somesubsections of the exhibition do need furtherdevelopment. The overall impact is — aftertwo visits — more like viewing three or fourmini-exhibitions. Each of these subsectionshas its own strengths and, in some cases,serious weaknesses. The internal unity ofmost subsections is greater than that of theentire exhibition taken as a whole. Moreover,in many cases, shortcomings of one subsec¬tion are offset by items in a neighboringgroup.Despite my reservations, it is a pity that theexhibition will not be prolonged to permit alarger public to familiarize ourselves withthese and other Filipino artists work.Perhaps, “The Philippines in Focus” willstimulate the curation of future Filipinophotography exhibits here.2—TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1985—GREY CITY JOURNAL BUDGETDISCDANCEHXby Laura RebeckOver the past couple of summers I’ve got¬ten into the habit of haunting local recordstores for cheapo record sales. You know,three-dolfars-and-under type sales to get ridof the dust stock that doesn’t sell like Madon¬na or Sting. Amid the one-hit wonders andforgotten teen idols (Leif Garretson et af) youcan usually find some good but unknownalbums (consistently, George Harrisonreleases, for some reason, are almost alwaysin there). My best find last summer is a greatlittle electronic-dance tape by the B-52’s ti¬tled Whammy! Though not big on the popscene after “Rock Lobster” made a splash,the B-52’s are one of the most danceablegroups around, and also one of the wackiest.With their beehive hairdos (or rather, wig-dos) and Barbie-doll poses, the two girls whosing most of the vocals look like bewilderedleftovers from the ’60’s girl group era. On thisparticular album cover they are all standingaround staring at something (Moon 83?Planet X?), along with the male members ofthe band, two musicians and a vocalist withthe most psychotic voice I've ever heard.(What is a psychotic voice, you ask? I can’tdescribe it. You just have to hear it, then youknow.)The album opens with a paean to homemoney printing. “Legal Tender”. "We’re justtwo ordinary girls livin’ simple and trying’ toget by/But honey, prices have shot to thesky”, the girls sing. So they fix up a homeprinting press in the basement. Beats work¬ing. Next is “Song for a Future Generation",in which lines are alternated between maleand female vocals. This contains my favoritelines on nearly any album: “Wanna be theCaptain of the Enterprise/Wanna be the Kingof the Zulus/Let’s meet and have a babynow.” You can be anything you want to be,so why not double your kids’ chances too?Next comes “Whammy Kiss,” in which thekiss takes on the power of refueling and thelyrics make bizarre references to Planet X.(The B-52’s, it should be noted, have a preoc¬cupation with space-age settings and ideas— see “Moon 83”, below.) The conclusion ofthis side is a tribute to the power of thathomely vegetable, the "Butterbean”. In thistime, learn to prepare the butterbean, itsbiological origins, and more! These peopleare nothing if not unorthodox in their choicesof song topics.The second side contains “Trism”, about anew method of transportation (you bendyourself through it. you see) and “Queen ofLas Vegas’’, which has the mostsophisticated lyrics of any of the songs“Moon 83” is much simpler — “this is thespace age” counterpointed with "I don’t likeyou!” (sung with great enthusiasm by thatpsychotic vocalist). Then is "Big Bird", notreferring to the friendly yellow fellow ofSesame Street but a feathered tormenterwho has decided to stay over the house(presumably he inflicts untold damage tonewly-washed cars). This features variousnoises of flying and squawking birds, and anincongrous high-speed salsa trumpet andsax. The last song, “Work that Skirt” (isn'tthat a great title?) is soleiy instrumental, justan excuse — as if you needed one — to getup and dance.The songs are characterized by elec¬tronically generated music, especially drummachine; only the guitar is not electronicallyreproduced. The sound ranges from aquivery nervous, high-pitched feature on“Moon 83” to subtle shadings on “WhammyKiss”. The electronic sound, coupled withthe vocals, produces wonderful interwork¬ings — after listening for a while, you can tellthat the lyrics serve mainly for utilization ofthe voices as instruments. On “Queen of LasVegas”, the guitar is stronger than thekeyboards because the emphasis is more onthe lyrics recounting the story of the heir tothe Vegas nightlife. All in all, this album isquite a treat. If you can dig it out of the dustyback shelves of a record store, buy it and en¬joy.A jazz musician's life is not alwayspleasant. After forty or fifty years ofpushing drunks off the bandstand it canbe tough to maintain a 'ove fo< voir 'ob.Dizzy umespie naa as mud ngnt • ,it-ternesa » Ishis ideals in a drunken world, but hecontinues to play and write with the en¬thusiasm that first thrilleo the jazzworld in the thirties. Dizzy has taken hismusic around the world, ms was thefirst jazz group sponsored by the StateDepartment to tour the world. His com-MISCMidway Review If you sit a million neo¬conservatives in front of a milliontypewriters, you’ll eventually comeup with at least ten or twelve pagesof reactionary slander per quarter.I know I’m looking forward to thisweek's issue of the Midway Review,released right at the end of thequarter (like last year s viciousparanoic tract The Patriot, andstaffed by some of the same oh-so-responsible “political commenta¬tors”) presumably to avoid subse¬quent rebuttal. It should come as nosurprise that 'hese people aren't in¬terested in dialogue as much as ma¬nipulation. Let’s hope we never seethe day when this type of “commen¬tary” dominates the media anymore than it already does. This typeof “commentary,” in the guise ofmedia critique, denies the individu¬al’s right to work for what they be¬lieve in. —Stephanie Bacon, GCJ Edi¬torMark Biggs takes his audience on anenchanting journey of Americanmusic and American history, travel¬ing on the melodious wings of an in¬strument that (like many beautifuland traditional art forms) has suf¬fered abandonment and near ex¬tinction under the apocalyptic visionof our nuclear age. The word dul¬cimer means “sweet song” and onthe mountain dulcimer, Mark playshis sweet song — a folk song — but iscareful to point out that "folk” isnot a clear cut category like classicalor punk. As a musician, he worries positions have become standards injazz and his intensity in performance isas striking as his bloated cheeks andbent trumpet. He also pounds a meanconga and rips out a song occasionally.Most importantly he enjoys himself,and his love for jazz still overpowers hisaudiences in its continual inventive¬ness and insistent playfulness. Dizzybegins a six-night stand at Rick's CafeAmericain December 2. Get out andcatch his show — his authenticity is arare event.— David McNultythat the popular understanding offolk music is limited to groups likethe Kingston Trio or the Weavers.His own repertoire, however, con¬tains everything from Bach to theBeatles and he is often described asa jazz rather than folk artist. “In¬terpretation,” he says, “is wellwithin the boundaries of folk music.The best fiddler in a community wasexpected to add certain flourishesto the music — that's how he got tobe the best fiddler in the communi¬ty!" It’s the historicity of folk musicthat attracted Mark to his instru¬ment. The dulcimer songs, havingbeen passed down from generationto generation, provide a living con¬nection to the past, a connection thatis all but ignored in modern electron¬ic music. Mark Biggs will play hissweet songs on December 4th at Al¬varo College in Milwaukee and thenagain, Sunday, December 8th, 2-3pm concert and 3:30-4:30 pm masterclass, at the First PrebysterianChurch of Wilmette. 9th St. andGreenleaf, 677-0420. —CBAction Committee for a Free SouthAfrica will hold its final meeting forthe quarter. On the agenda: Plan¬ning for next quarter, targetingtrustees, upcoming meeting to dis¬cuss campus coalition. Tues at 7:30in Cobb 104.Gender issues Discussion Group meetsto discuss the issues of gender relat¬ing to the individual, to mass cul¬ture, and to sexuality. Anyone iswelcome. Thurs at 8 , 5344 S Green¬wood.The Video Department of the School ofthe Art Institute of Chicago presentsNew York experimental video artist Shalom Gorewitz on Monday at 7 inthe video area of the School, colum-bus at Jackson.Susan Rothenberg: The School of theArt Institute of Chicago presents theNew York artist lecturing Tues at 7in the main building, Columbus atJackson, 443-3710.Thailand International dinner with musicand complimentary beverages. Wedat the l-House Cafeteria, 1414 E 59,753-2274.International Political Discussion PanelThe International House of Chicagowill host a Panel Discussion entitled“The Role of European Countries inNATO.” Hear a group of Europeanmilitary, political and academic fig¬ures from “Eurogroup” answerquestions from a panel of studentand faculty representatives. Mon at1-House, 1414 E 59, 753-2274.FILMDetour (Edgar Ulmar, 1946) The storyof a jazz musician whose fatefulcross-country pursuit of his girl¬friend is blocked by a woman he en¬counters on his journey. Tues at theChicago Public Library CulturalCenter, 78 E Washington,346-3278.Shop on Main Street (Jan Kader, 1965)is the poignant story of the relation¬ship that develops between an el¬derly, handicapped Jewish womanwho owns a shop, and the amiablebut weakminded man selected bythe Nazis to oversee her. This impas¬sioned film translates the complexmoral issue of guilt over persecutionof the Jews into simple humanterms. International House, Thur at8 $2-BTHorsefathers (Norman McLeod, 1932)is a satire on education, sports, andthe Great Depression, in which Grou-cho is the new college president, hisson, Zeppo, becomes a studentthere, and Chico and Harpo areenrolled only to play football. Oneof the best Marx Brothers films! In¬ternational House, Fri at 7:30 and9:30. $2.50—BTJapanese Animation Hits The U S ! Chi¬cago Filmakers presents two pro¬grams of Japanese animation on Friand Sat, at 6 W Hubbard $3.50,329-0854.THEATERThe Rivals by Richard Sheridan. Bath,circa 1775 — the place to see and beseen. British aristocracy’s equiva¬lent of the Reg. Thru Dec 22 at CourtTheater, 5535 S Ellis. 753-4472King Lear and Twelfth Night by WilliamShakespeare. There’s a double billfor you, presented by the StratfordShakespearean Festival. Goodstuff, Maynard. Opens Nov 27 andruns thru Dec 22 at the BlackstoneTheatre. $20-$35A Christmas Carol That's right, Christ¬mastime — break out the chestnuts.Opens Dec 2 and runs thru Dec 29 atthe Goodman Theatre, 200 S Colum¬bus. 443-3800Richard III by William Shakespeare.Learning the hard way that you getwhat you give At the Chicago Sha¬kespeare Company, 1608 N Welis.337-1025.The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard. Stop¬pard takes on love and marriage,with the help of his deadly use ofwords. If you can squeeze this in toyour end-of-quarter schedule, see it.Thru Dec 15 at the Briar StreetTheatre, presented by NorthiightTheatre. 348-4000An Interest in Strangers by JohnSchneider. The play that dares toask: Does television blur the distinc¬tion between reality and fantasy'’ (Idon't need to see the play to answerthat.) Opens Dec 5 and runs thru Dec15 at the DePaul PerformanceCenter, 2324 N Fremont. 341-8455.You Can’t Take it With You by George S.Kaufman and Moss Hart. Boy. theydon't write em like this anymore,unfortunately. Opens Dec 1 and runsthru Jan at the SteppenwolfTheatre, 2851 N Halsted. 472-4141ARTJames Coleman Irish conceptual artistColeman works in video, installa¬tion. and photography. Closes Sat.at the Renaissance Society. 4th floorCobb, 5811 Ellis, Tue-Sat, 10-4, sun12-4.Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain andits impact on the Western WorldCloses Sun, at the Smart Gallery.5550 S Greenwood. Tues-Sat, 10-4.Sun 12-4.New Group Exhibition. This show in¬cludes the work of such illustriousunknowns as Frances AndrejewskaCox, David Davidson, JohnathanFranklin, Donna Hapac. Peter Hur¬ley, Alice Joyce. Scnja Katz, EllenLevin, Joyce Paul, Nancy Plotkin,Loiss Rubin, Gail Andrea Simpson,Carole Stodder, Darlene Tyree andFred Valentine. Closes Sat, at theHyde Park Art Center, 1701 E 53rdTues-Sat, 11-5.Basically Boxes Featuring art in box structures, like the work of JosephCornell, who is included in the show— as is Rae Bemis, Jean Debuffet,Sarah Krepp, Richard Loving, LouiseNevelson, and many others — alarge assortment of some very es¬tablished and some not very estab¬lished artists. Thru Jan 4 at Kelin-Gallery, 3456 W Huron. Tues-Sat,11-5:30.Organic Abstraction: Contemporary Ce¬ramic Scultpure Includes Ruth Duck¬worth, Ron Nagle, John Roloff,others. Thru Jan 5, at Perimeter Gal¬lery, 356 W Huron, Tues-Sat11-5:30.Robert Fronk: Paintings What they looklike, to judge from the press re¬lease, is anybody’s guess: What toexpect from this gallery, the self-de¬scribed “unruly teenager of the artscene”, may well be interesting.Thru Dec 7, at Bedrock, 1550 N Mil¬waukee. Thurs 6-9, Sat and Sun1-6.Eric Fischl: Fischl's paintings look likethe world seen thru the eyes ofsomeone who’s had too much todrink, is maybe beginning to feel alittle nauseous...subjects of subur¬ban (midwestern?) swimming poolscenarios, anxious nudity/semi-veiled perverse sexuality, the ner¬vous and slightly disgusting de¬cadence of the bourgeoisie waitingfor an unnamable but immanent ca¬tastrophe. The show is expansiveand consistently uncomfortable: theslightly student-rough quality of thepainting (supported by an accurateand confident drawing hand) addsto the anxiety. Thru Jan 4 at the Mu¬seum of Contemporary Art, 237 EOntario. 280-2671 -SBContemporary Japanese Prints: Sym¬bols of a Society in Transition Thisspectacular show is a joy for theprint-maker or the photographer,since the images display such arange and mastery of state-of-the-art printing technology. And suchimaginative use of that technology — the show will not fail to fascinateanyone with a technical interest.On the level of content, however,the show suffers the weakness ofany large group show — individualartists are not represented fullyenough for personality to be appar¬ent, and some pieces lack adequatecontext. In many cases, the contentis so foreign to us that we can onlyrelate on a formal level. Still worththe trip. Thru Dec 28 at the ChicagoPublic Library Cultural Center, 78 EWashington. 744-6687. —SBThrough the Looking Glass: Drawingsby Elizabeth Layton Colored pencildrawings by a Kansas housewifewho began drawing at the age of68, but she’s really been on a rollsince then. Thru Jan 18. at the Cul¬tural Center, as above.Claire Prussian: Works on Paper“large-scale photographicallyoriented drawings...addresses theproblems of aging in women in ourculture” (from the release). Thru Jan18, at the Cultural Center, asabove.DANCEJan Erkert and Dancers Open House Thegroup, now in residence at 1-Houseteaching and performing, will host achampagne reception and lec¬ture/demonstration followed by adance party with music from theswing/Ellington era. Come and findout about the dance classes being of¬fered during the winter quarter andmeet the dancers and choreo¬graphers. Sat at i-House. 1414 E 59.$5 students and $10 other,753-2274.Garth Fagan’s Bucket Dance Theatreblends familiar Afro-Caribbean andmodern dance elements in a new anddistinctive abstract-dance styleThur and Fri at the Dance Center ofColumbia College, 4730 N Sheridan.939-0181.Grey City Journal 26 November 85Staff. Steven K. Amsterdam, Abigail Asher, Steve Best. Heather Blair.Michele Bonnarens, Jeff Brill, Carole Byrd, Gideon D'Arcangelo, Fre¬derick Dolan, Anjali Fedson, Dierdre Fretz. Irwin Keller. Sfefan Kertesz.Bruce King, Mike Kotze, Nadine McGann, David McNulty. Miles Men¬denhall, David Miller, Patrick Moxey. Brian Mulligan, Jordan Orlando.John Porter, Laura Rebeck, Geoffrey Rees, Max Renn. Paul Reubens.Laurence Rocke, Laura Saltz, Rachel Saltz, Ann Schaefer, Wayne Scott.Mark Toma. Bob Travis, Ken Wissoker. Rick Wojcik.Production: Abigail Asher. Stephanie Bacon, Brian Mulligan.Editor: Stephanie Bacon Harumi Sonoyama, D'encres-O. at the Cultural CenterSusumu Endo. Space and Space Newspaper, at the Cultural CenterGREY CITY JOURNAL—TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1985-STRUGGLE AND LIBERATION SC0IES FROMTHE MOVEMENTgraphic from Black Scholar. December1984...Brutners ana Sisters, the old order inour country is coming to an end. The racistregime is losing ground. His morale is indecline. The whites are splintered into hos¬tile factions and parties....Our age-old dream of freedom, forwhich so many have sacrificed, is ap¬proaching realization. Africa will comeback. The people — all the people — willgovern......The struggle is yet hard. There will bemany more sacrifices. There is no easyroad to freedom. But we are on the ad¬vance. The enemy is falling back. Let usturn his retreat into a rout, the rout intocollapse, collapse into surrender...(fromthe last African National Congress Asse¬mbly)Black Students in the Crucible: The Viewfrom the Anti-Apartheid Student AllianceBy Tommie Frye and Covak WilliamsonThe Midwest Conference AgainstApartheid and Racism brought to fruitionyears of anti-apartheid work. Work thatwas begun and largely maintained by TheOrganization of Black Students (OBS) forthe past two and one half years, on thiscampus. Work whose goal was to make theUniversity of Chicago a Mecca for Blackstudent organizing against Apartheid.Work that grew and spawned a new crosscampus alliance of Black students andBlack student organizations with a visionand a strategy. The new organization, theAASA. would call for concerted long termaction to 1) quarantine the Apartheid Re¬gime and 2) to aid the liberation forcesThe African National Congress (ANC) andThe South West’s Africian’s People's Orga¬nization (SWAPO). Organize. Organize,Organize. Hasten Apartheid’s demise.The process began three years ago at alecture by Professor, and friend. John Co-maroff. The typical post-talk banter grewinto a discussion, and the discussion honedin on one question — What is the responsi¬bility of Black students towards the liber¬ation movements in Southern Africa? Anucleus emerged from that discussion. Thenext year OBS would present the prede¬cessor to the recent Midwest Conference.Speakers on that day in February 1984, inIda Noyes Hall, included representativesfrom the ANC and SWAPO. Also presentwere Dennis Brutus. Prexy Nesbitt andJean Comaroff. We had started the ballrolling.Meanwhile the struggle in South Africabegan to escalate, slowly but surely.Those with vision knew that the timewould soon arise when a cross-campus ne¬twork would be needed. We formed theAnti-Apartheid Student Alliance andbegan to prepare for the future. It wouldcome on faster than we ever expected. Itwas a time for pamphlets, buttons, con¬tacts and a program. Time for action.On the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’sbirthday (January 15) 1985 we called forpolitical action. Two busloads of students,workers and staff joined us in a demon¬stration in front of the South African Con¬sulate. An activist front now joined the ed¬ucational front on campus.Late spring would see more OBS educa¬tional events, the founding conference ofthe AASA, demonstrations on campus anda whole new ballgame. We stood centerstage, We implored the faculty to form agroup and join us. They did. Now. moreclearly than before, we saw hope for di¬vestment. Our packets of information,prepared months earlier, played a roll inthe divestment struggled at the Univ. of Il¬linois, Roosevelt Univ., Loyola Univ.,Northwestern Univ. and Chicago StateUniv. Encircle the racists and their apolo¬ gists. Prepare for the long haul—wewarned everyone who would listen.A long tiring summer included plans forOctober 11th, the National Day of Protest,plans for October 22nd, and the Teach-In.plans for the Midwest Student ConferenceAgainst Apartheid and Racism, meetingsin Ann Arbor, meetings in Chicago, allweekend long meetings in Champaign-Ur-bana, Unity, Unity and more Unity. Send itout on the Black Student grapevine. FreeSouth Africa. Make a start on November16th and 17th. Show up at the MidwestConference Stand up for Liberation. BeThere!Alliance people spread the word, facili¬tated over 6 workshops, hammered Unityin the Black Student Caucus, formulated aprogressive nationalist, anti-imperalistdirection. We must support the ANC andSWAPO and we must begin now! Directsupport, direct aid. Give a hand to the ref¬ugees from Apartheid occupied Namibia.Educational aid to the ANC run SolomonMahlangu Freedom school in Tanzania.Hum the new freedom song...We are African peoplesWe have our own hearts, our own heads.our own history.It is this history which the colonialists havetaken from us.Today, in taking up arms to liberate our¬selveswe want to return to our history.on our own feet,by our own meansand through our own sacrifices.PAIGCThe Alliance moves on to the next stage,direct support, at a Black Student Confer¬ence February 8, on the campus of ChicagoState University. Three years has notbeen nearly long enough. The strugglecontinues. The second cycle now begins.Fresh with the energy released from theMidwest Conference...A Woman’s Perspectiveby Carole ByrdOne of the most interesting panels of theconference. Liberation: the Intersection ofGender, Race and Class was highlightedby an assertive black feminist perspectivegiven by Jamala Rogers, the Midwest Re¬gional Coordinator for the National BlackUnited Front. Rogers began the discussionwith some striking figures concerning therole that women play in the struggleagainst racism, and just for survival,around the world. Women make up 2/3 ofthe world’s work force, receive 1/5 of theworld’s income and own 1/1000 of theworld's property. Women work twice asmany hours as men, perform 75% of allagricultural labor, and at the same time,70% of all women in the world are illiter¬ate. These figures were taken from aworld wide statistical poll: they becomeeven more drastic when race and class areaccessed in individual countries. Rogers in¬sisted that women in most parts of theworld today have no right to own proper¬ty, have no say in marital arrangements,and in some areas are still being circum¬cised and subjected to other forms of sex¬ual mutilation and abuse.The question as to whether sexism, clas-sism or racism is the dominant detrimentalforce in oppression today, says Rogers, isa relevant question, but its answer de¬pends on which country you evaluate.‘‘But for sure, racism and sexism are thedevices that keep the multi-national work¬ing class from truly uniting against thecommon enemy, which is the ruling class."said Rogers. ‘‘And I think that the quickerwe understand that (though some of us arecoming to that recognition very slowly)the quicker that we can end discriminationand inequality around the world."Rogers insists that racism and sexismcross class lines, ‘ When you look at the ex¬amples of police brutality in this city, youknow you’re not talking about a classquestion. The first thing that a policemansees when he comes at you on the street isnot what class you're from, but what coloryour skin is.” Her emphasis was focusedon self-education—we must be clear onwhat the issue really is. She gave the ex¬ample of the predominantly white, middleclass, home-owning community of TimesBeach, Missouri that was completely relo¬cated at a multi-million dollar cost when their town was discovered to be poisonedby dioxide chemicals. She contrasted thissituation, which she applauded as a re¬sponsible one on the part of the federalgovernment, with the situation in smalltowns in South Carolina — predominantlyblac, lower class, and non-home owningcommunities, which can’t even get enoughaid from the local churches to completewater systems in their cities. ‘‘This is 1985in the USA and people are living without awater system. No other town that I knowof has ever gotten the kind of treatmentthat Times Beach got.”Male chauvanism, said Rogers, definite¬ly exists across racial lines: black men inlabor unions around the country fight tokeep women out of powerful positions.The feminist movement, on the other hand,is quite different in the US than in Europe,according to Jamala Rogers. ‘‘Women ofcolor are visibly absent from the Americanfeminist movement. Even white workingwomen are visibly absent from the move¬ment.”Danisa Baloyi, a South African studentfrom Columbia University, who led theworkshop on South African Women, alsoinsisted in the differences between the Eu¬ropean and the Third World perspectiveson feminism in the liberation struggle.‘‘European women insist that women mustcompete with men as much as possible.”said Baloyi, "But if our men are not free,who are we to compete with?" Baloyistressed that the racial barriers in SouthAfrica must be broken down before thesexist question can even be asked. Butlike Rogers, Baloyi also insisted thatAmerican women must understand the ra¬cial issue at home before they can begin tobe of any help to South African people,men and women. Jamala Rogers tied upher discussion with a direct request forchange: "We must see women, particularlyblack women and other women of color, asmajor forces in the struggei against racismand classism around the world.”Tne constant warning during the confer¬ence was to be wary of our own. ‘‘Be waryof American government.” said Baloyi,‘‘They don’t do anything for nothing.”Both Conrad Worrill and Prexy Nesbittgave similar warnings in the panel discus¬sion entitled, The United States and South¬ern Africa: Racism as an Instrument ofForeign and Domestic Policy. “As we workon the South African question,” said Nes¬bitt, "we must be constantly aware of theRambo-image...ot American imperialism.We must be decisively unified to struggleagainst racism and apartheid. We must beunified to put an end to Reagan's adminis¬tration.”Some Workshop Summariesby Steve Best and Miles MendenhallSeveral workshops covered the connec¬tion between governmental and quasigo-vernmental agencies and the ascendencyof the right in recent years.I. South Africa's Disinformation Cam¬paignPrexy Nesbitt, of the Campaign for Illi¬nois Divestment from South Africa, pre¬sented a workshop describing the activi¬ties of various S.A. government-fundedprojects whose purpose is to sell their offi¬cial line — that is, that Blacks have it bet¬ter under apartheid than anywhere else inAfrica, that South Africa is the last west¬ern bastion against Communism on the con¬tinent, and that the forces struggling fordemocracy and justice in Southern Africaare all minions of the "evil empire". Thiskind of calculated manipulation of publicopinion is designed to undercut criticismsmade by the anti-apartheid movement,and to sustain the close ties and supportthat S.A. has traditionally received frompowerful elements of U.S. society.Specifically, in order to sanitize theimage of apartheid, the S.A. governmentspends 100-150 million per year on pro¬apartheid propaganda. Key tactics in¬clude: saturating public libraries with in¬formation and films, all with very ’sophisticated texts and imagery; buyinglarge shares of TV and radio time toespouse its message: hiring highly-paidpublic relations people to work full-timefor them: hiring Black students and othersto tour campuses, making apologeticspeeches for S.A. The government has alsocreated specific institutions to work on itsbehalf. These include the Intergold Fund. which works to sell kruggerands and S.A.stock, and the South African Foundation,which performs legal and public relationswork. The S.A. government has heavily-financed political candidates who help de¬feat anti-apartheid policies and also workto defeat progressive candidates. Mr.Nesbitt noted that the Washington Timesbegan as a S.A. financed paper and is stilltied to the right because of its ownershipby the Unification Church of Sun YungMoon. The Readers Digest is a key vehiclefor pro-S.A. views, and has printed manyarticles encouraged by S.A. Mr. Nesbittstressed that the S.A. government is ev¬erywhere in the U.S., and is doing any¬thing and everything they can get awaywith to promote themselves. They areafraid of the new student anti-apartheidmovement and would like to smash it.CIA Campus RecruitmentStudents from the University of Wiscon-sin-Madison recounted their campaignagainst CIA recruitment on their campus.They argued that, in light of their FacultySenate’s by-laws' requirement that re¬cruiters represent ‘‘legitimate employ¬ment”, the CIA. because of the criminal ac¬tivities attributed to it by U.S.government documentation, does not pro¬vide legitimate employment, the Universi¬ty should not allow the CIA to recruit. Thestudents listed, in their workshop packet,a litany of the CIA's crimes, past and pres¬ent. From illegal domestic surveillance inthe sixties and early seventies, theirPhoenix counter-insurgency assassinationprogram in Vietnam (approximately40,900 murdered), various coups (Guata-mala, Allende in Chile), assassinations(Trujillo, Lumumba), attempted assasina-tions (Castro), domestic drug testing (LSD.MK-Ultra), use of the International PoliceAcademy in Maryland to disseminate tech¬niques for political repression and torture,aid and training for the contras in Hon¬duras and Nicaragua, use of academic re¬search (both covertly and overtly) to fur¬ther develop techniques of social controland destabilization, to academic positionsused by the agency as cover for its agentsand sources, much as they use journalismas a cover. It is the hope of these activiststhat by exposing and disrupting CIA re¬cruitment on college campuses, they alsoexpose the harmful activities which theCIA and other government ‘‘intelligence"and "security" agencies wreak uponmovements for social change. In so doingthey make it more difficult for these orga¬nizations to carry out their manipulationof us.Campus Power Structure and the Rise ofthe New RightWhile the focus of this workshop washow to deal with rightist forces on campus,it started with a general presentationabout the network of neo-fascist groupsthat has been exposed in the last year.Groups such as Posse Comitatus, AryanNations, The Order (an off-shoot of thepreceding), and the "Identity" Churchmovement, all have links with older fa¬scist forces such as the various Nazi andKKK groups in the U.S. Recent FBI reports,as described in the New York Times, havetraced money stolen in armored car rob¬beries by the Order, to William Peirce ofWashington DC, whose novel The TurnerDiaries is an inspiration for the radicalright. The book tells of a post-nuclear-warseizure of power by a white anti-semiticracist army in California; the name of thisfictitious band is "The Order”. Othermoney from the real Order’s robberies hasgone to Tom Metzger of San Diego, theonly Nazi to win election to a state asse¬mbly in recent years (as a democrat) andto the North Carolina Klan, the people re¬sponsible for the Greensborough massa¬cre.Most of the discussion centered aroundthe question of the less odious, but morepowerful, influence of rightist ideology oncollege campuses. The most difficult ques¬tion is now to interest the apathetic in thedangers represented by a society ruled bythe Moral Majority. No clear answeremerged, save for those answers con¬cerned with trying to inform as manyothers as possible about the realities oflife in the 80's. We need to delineate thesources of fear, frustration and pain thatlead so many to turn away from politicstowards economic self-interest, and to ex¬plain why some try extreme measuresbased on racism and hate, not to mentionthe habitual less extreme bigotry in thiscountry. In the end it is only by facing thestructural problems in the economy andthe political system that any chance of im¬provement, or at least avoidence of majorcrises, will even be possible. The inabilityof South African society to resolve its ownproblems is not so different than our ownIntransigence on the part of rulers willnever prevent demands for legitimatechange, it only exacerbates the conflict.LAST BRUNCH OF THE QUARTERIS A CHAMPAGNE JAM -'br1n^ood^riends"records5336 GREENWOOD 1B 12 NOON4—TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1985-GREY CITY JOURNALROADJBHHpHraWS Aby Paul LiffmanWell, yes, it seems a bit late now: it’s beena year since Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger ThanParadise came out and a couple of weekssince it showed at DOC. But DOC is wrappingup a fine series on German New Wave direc¬tor Win Wenders (a main esthetic source witha hand in the film’s production and distribu¬tion) and it’s the mid-Eighties, which (despitethe Geneva Summit) is a non-heroic era inNorth America. So perhaps it’s appropriate tolook back and see where this wrymicrobudget romantic road film comes fromand why it is so hep, even mainstreamalready. The short answer is: it comes fromWim and it’s appealing because it’s immuniz¬ed against several kinds of seriousness, oneof which is embodied in Hungarian language.The long answer follows.In Stranger’s world, Hungarian is aprimitive language — the medium for in¬timacy in a traditional extended family whichhas been split up by geopolitics. Discoursenow languishes in the bleak semioticgridlock of middle-Reagan culture, the age ofacquiescence. For Willie (John Lurie), thepost-literate denizen of a stark kitchenette inthe lower reaches of New York City, theHungarian spoken by his relatives is a per¬sonal embarrassment. He refuses to speak itto his great aunt or his cousin Eva (EsztherBalint) or even be implored to in Hungarianbecause it’s an awkward reminder of com¬munity, communication, and all manner ofuntenable connections. (“Untenable con¬nections” is hereafter referred to asHungarian.) It’s just not done in a life devotedto hanging out.In the movie, the post-industrial world inwhich one hangs out is shown in veryunderstated, long, flat, grainy black andwhite takes or architectural and existentialstagnation. Stagnation pervades theaforementioned bohemian slum, as well as aworking class suburb of Cleveland, and sor¬didly surrealistic tourist zones of northFlorida (in the rainy season of course). Towit: Eva makes her entrance strolling down ashabby street (Bowery? Houston?) past a gasstation. Halfway, she stops, takes a cassetterecorder out of a bag, and proceeds to blastthe outrageously overstated passion ofScreamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You(Because You’re Mine).” The scene is strik¬ing because in this paradise, no-one makes avisible effort to put much of a spell on anyone(because they’re all sedimented into theirown preposterously minimalist existences.) You might say that Screamin' Jay is aHungarian musician, and Willie hates thatoverinflected stuff. Disdain is immunizationagainst Hungarian.In this exceptionally droll setting, a(minimalist) case of passion still develops asEva and Willie dispute the validity of footballand the tv dinner. It’s a magnetic conflict bet¬ween her nagging literal-mindedness and hisunrelenting annoyance at herHungarianness. This stands in contrast toWenders' road films’ mix of asceticism andhappenstance one-nighters, even if theHungarians’ relationship is totally conten¬tious and without any modern romanticsigns. (Tracy and Hepburn didn’t need themeither.)The friendship between the mice and men¬like team of Willie and Eddie (Richard Epson)is deep, too, even if the former mostly likesto watch TV and the latter is a cross in bothlooks and personality between the youngBrando and Eddie Haskell. Yet life has itschallenges: when they’re hanging out in frontof the TV, Willie’s offer of a beer is a seriousphilosophical question which Eddie mustponder. “OK,” he shrugs a bit diffidently.There’s obviously nothing else to be done. Atanother point, Willie realizes he and Eddiehave been chauffering Eva on a date with abearded hippie. “What are we doing here?”he asks. Eddie states disinterestedly, “Idon’t know.” (It would never occur to him toworry about it; catatonic mellowness is onebasis for a partnership.)The idyllically purposeless atmosphere istransformed into something bigger and morereminiscent of ’forties film noir when meansof subsistence are depicted: a wicked scaron Willie’s cheek is highlighted as he sitsplaying solitaire and smoking Chesterfields.He at last makes a show of approval to Evawhen she presents him with the goods sheexpropriated from the supermarket; in fact,women repeatedly turn out to be a greatercriminals than either of the superficiallytough male characters, even though card¬sharking Willie evokes Bogart so originallythat it transcends campiness. These eightiesbeat characters are sentimental small-timecrooks in a neo-primitive environment. Theirearnest immersion in it immunize themagainst appearing to be hams.At the same time, they're also immunizedagainst being brutalized in the art film genre:moments of great visual beauty (especiallyon the road) undercut the cinematography'sbleakness, and the characters’ underlyingwarmth undercuts the toughness they wear Kings of the Road: Wender’s Willie and Eddie prototypeslike their hats; this is not hardcoreavant-garde filmmaking. If anything, it’s hard¬core tongue-in-cheek because Jarmuschmakes what Dave Kehr (in one of his master¬ful blurbs) calls “appealingly gratuitous” useof a film’s own ostensible genre: he satirizeshis own text: Eddie, looking out into thefeatureless gray blizzard blowing in off an ut¬terly invisible Lake Erie exclaims, “It’sbeautiful.” Eva, though, says, “It’s kind of adrag here.” Startled at this as a theoreticalpossibility in life (much less film), Eddie turnsaround dumbfounded and a little betrayed bythat Hungarian remark — and twice looks atthe camera, as if the rules of discourse hadsuddenly been changed.Jarmusch, then, isn’t pointedly poignantlike Wenders, at least never for more than afew seconds at a time. (Deep in the USA, Ed¬die asks, “Does Cleveland look anything likeBudapest?” But the film does not lean onthis; poignancy is Kultur, with its burden ofhistorical consciousness, dour irony, andangst. Those sentiments are generally bann¬ed from this sardonic work.To drive home the point, the caption whichdivides off the second of Stranger’s threesections (each composed of several scenes)informs us that “A Year Passes.” Peoplelaugh at this quaint convention — as if timemeant anything in this stagnant world. Eddieand Willie's card-sharking crimes in the cityenable them to borrow a car and make a roadtrip to Cleveland so Willie can see Eva. Dur¬ing the first ten seconds of footage showingthe boys out on the open interstate in their’65 Dart, they’re trailed by a big Mercedessedan — pointing to the big shadowWenders’ Kings of the Road and Alice in theCities cast on this version of the Karouacmyth. So this is what’s new: no immunizationagainst nihilism. In the ultramodern era, Jar¬musch is willing to implicate the vaguely noirburnouts and his text in the bigger crime ofbleakness. They’re unlike Wenders’ noblebeatniks because the Germans are searchingthe highways for the personal wholeness andcultural purity they’re supposed to have lostto industrial capitalism (or is it just thepostwar economic miracle?). The Americans,on the other hand, aren’t struggling againstthe Zeitgeist they’re floating to the top of it,even if it is absurd. After all, it’s been a whilesince '68, and Wenders’ films (especiallyParis, Texas) increasingly seem to sufferfrom the fact that heroic alienation is nolonger a very charismatic pose and old-fashioned melodrama isn’t the answer.In the end, though, the slow accumulationof low-key anti-intellectual imagery may bemore poignant than Wenders’ righteousirony. It’s because the good-natured con¬sistency of Jarmusch’s evasion of Hungarianis warmer and more hopeful than the Ger¬mans’ explicit yearning for it. After all, it s theroadtrippers' historical drivenness, theirsingleminded search for the German past,that keeps them from being able to make anylasting emotional bonds in the present. Ormaybe it’s the other way around: they’reopenly alienated by an ersatz world but un¬willing to acknowledge that they’ve also beencompromised by it no matter where they go.So they seek authenticity on a Kerouac roadtrip — which is of course, by definition, tran¬sitory — and they end up stymied by the con¬tradiction. There's more wholeness aboutthe Hungarians who succeed in puttingthemselves together because of their im¬plication in the big crime of a burned-outculture.A a INDEFENSIBLE DEFENSE AA AA AThe following are excerpts from an ar¬ticle written on behalf of the scientistswho signed the petition printed on theback page of the November 12 issue of theMaroon. This petition is being circulatednationwide, gathering pledges “neither tosolicit nor accept strategic defense initia¬tive funds."by John BechhoeferThose who have followed the debateabout Star Wars may have observed thatby and large those who promote SDI tendto write more about technology whilethose who oppose SDI tend to write moreabout politics. It is not that the latterknow or understand less about weaponstechnology; indeed, they include many ofthe most respected scientists in thiscountry.The question that the pro-Star Wars ex¬perts would like to debate, is “Will itwork?” But this question is highly decep¬tive. The word “work” means one thingwhen applied to a piece of equipment butquite another when applied to a concept,such as “defense.” For example, supposethat a laser of some given power andweight is necessary to destroy a Russianmissile such as the SS20. It would bewrong to say that such a laser could neverbe built. Suppose that this laser is actuallybuilt. In the meantime, however, the SS20has been upgraded with reflective coat¬ings and made to rotate during flight.Now, a laser twice as powerful as the onedeveloped is needed to destroy the newSS20. The laser has “worked,” but the de¬fense has not. The issue is not whethersome piece of equipment can be made towork; rather, one has to compare the costsof current defensive technojogy and theprospects of new methods of defense withthe costs and prospects for offensive tech¬nology. Right now, there are many easyways to increase the threat due to mis¬ Asiles. One can build more of them, usedecoys, shorten the boost phase, changethe fuel type, and so forth. And these arejust the things we know how to do today.Who knows what countermeasures mightbe possible in the near future?While the public is being seduced by vi¬sions of a “Peace Shield,” the SDI pro¬gram itself professes quite differentgoals. A recent report by the Office ofTechnology Assessment concluded, “astrategic defense which could assure thesurvival of all or neariy all U.S. cities inthe face of unconstrained Soviet nuclearoffensive forces does not appear feasi¬ble... (and) does not appear to be a goal ofthe SDI program.” Indeed, the SDI officesent a report to Congress earlier this yearsaying that its goal was to exploit techno¬logy “for a broader-based deterrence byturning to a greater reliance on defensivesystems,” (Quoted in the New York Times,September 25, 1985, p. 1.) In other words,the goal is to complicate the task of the at¬tacker by creating a partial defense. Butsince just one warhead can destroy a city,the only possble use for a "leaky PeaceShield” is to protect missiles, not people.(This, of course, assumes that the Russianswould not increase the number of missilesto compensate for the leaky shield.) Farfrom being a defense, SDI would at bestenhance our offense — at a cost that is tre¬mendously higher than any existing weap¬ons system.The Star Wars petition also addressesthe issue of academic freedom and the ef¬fects of greater military funding of aca¬demic science. As noted by Marvin Gold-berger, president of Caltech, such funds“can distort activities within the universi¬ty (by drawing) people into researchareas they might not otherwise pursue.”Indeed, there are signs that a re-alloca¬tion of scientific resources is well under¬way. In 1980, the government spent 47% of its money for research and well devel¬opment on defense. This year the figure is70% and rising (The Economist. September7, 1985).Another concern of the petition is thatresearch funds will come with strings at¬tached. The University of Chicago, alongwith other major institutions, does notpermit classified research to be conductedon campus. There are worries, however,that military research contracts may tryto exploit ambiguities in this policy.The presence of these “strings” at¬tached to Defense Department money isworrisome. Will graduate students beforced to work on projects whose exactgoals and motivations are secret fromthem? Will there be a two-month lag in thereporting of new results that must first becleared by some bureaucrat in Washing¬ton? Will contacts with foreign scientistsbe restricted? Right now there are scien¬tists and students at the University of Chi¬cago from Poland, Hungary, and China(approximately thirty from the People'sRepublic). Not only does their presencecontribute greatly to the overall qualityof their departments, but it also helps pre¬serve the traditions of international coop¬eration among scientists.Although Star Wars is being sold to thepublic as a panacea for our nuclear ills, itis widely admitted that there is essential¬ly no hope of protecting ourselves from anuclear attack. (One must remember thatStars Wars is concerned chiefly with land-based missiles. Submarine missiles wouldbe much harder to stop, and no one hasany idea what to do about cruise missiles).Star Wars is. first of all, a tremendouswaste of money. Reagan has requested$26 billion over the next five years. Theentire National Foundation budget, bycontrast, is only $1 billion a year. Second,by provoking the Russians to add to theirexisting offense, Star Wars will contribute to the general escalation of the arms race,thereby making ourselves less secure.Third, the ‘ mission-oriented” Star Warsfunds will tend to replace money for unres¬tricted basic research, thus preventingsome university scientists from workingon the problems they feel to be most im¬portant.Finally, it has been suggested informal¬ly that although a ballistic missile defensemight not be feasible, the Star Wars effortwill stimulate new technologies that willgive unforseen benefits (cf. The Economist,ibid.) But if we need to develop new tech¬nologies to help our industries competeagainst the Japanese and the Europeans,why must the program be a military one?Can we face our real problems only bydangling false hopes of security beforethe people?As this article goes to press, scientists atthe University of Illinois are preparingCongressional testimony on the effects ofStar Wars on university research. TheStar Wars petition, along with the list ofsigners, will form part of that testimony. Iurge members of the science departmentshere at the University — faculty and grad¬uate students alike — to add their namesto the list. Those who do not have technicaltraining should not be afraid to enter intothe debate. As I have tried to show, themost pressing issues are political, not tech¬nical. A good place to learn more aboutSDI is the book published by the Union ofConcerned Scientists entitled The Fallacyof Star Wars (Vintage Press. 1984). Oncampus, the Students for Nuclear Disarma¬ment meet every other Monday at 7:30 inCobb 104.Time is getting short. The Star Wars pro¬gram has already acquired momentumand lobbyists. Not to speak out on StarWars is to support implicitly a tragic mis¬take.GREY CITY JOURNAL-TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1985—5IUntitledBetween your one lovely eyeand the otherThere is a space where worldsare created and destroyed,A lovely fleshy walkway whichonly a few will cross,A silent bridge that stretchesover two harbors ofclarity and light.I Can See It ComingThe sky looks like an anvil tonightTinged with the red flames of hammered steelAnd the trees drip with a salty sweatWhich floods the fields of insanitySo that they close like a soft gloved hand aroundan even softer throat.A map appears on my forearmTelling me the time of yearTelling me I’m late for a rendezvous with aforlorn cityHidden in the depths of a Dark ContinentIn the shadows of the oppressor’s minesWhere blood is bleched and whole histories cry.Their number is upI can see itSwinging from the branch full of wrens and spar¬rows.Their time is overI can feel itIn the pulse of the rivers and sands at midnightWhen I press my ear to the waves of tears.The world will resurge as an infant battles deathThe sun will return as a flower unfoldingWithin the truth of the peasant’s earth-whands.In that space between your eyesThere spans a distance betweentwo unknown formulastwo question marks.—Steve BestPhoto by Jay MartinDO CHIP AND DALE REALLY EXIST?DOES THE PYRAMID REALLY LOOKLIKE A STEREO SYSTEM?HOW MANY FLASHING LIGHTS AREON THE AMDAHL?FIND OUT THE ANSWERS TOQUESTIONS AT THE11; i m,- ' 1,, y' ''OPEN HOUSE ONFRIDAY, DECEMBER 6.WATCH THE MAROON AND SYSTEMNOTICES FOR DETAILS SEARCHING FOR A COMPUTER?NEW MS/DOS PCs AVAILABLE AT A GREAT PRICE-Fully IBM compatible—Full line of XT, AT and portables—Full line of add-on features—Sample package:only$1195°°UNIQ PC/XT2 disc drive12” amber monitorSCHOLARS’ BOOKS1379 E. 53rd ST., 288-6565,6566A BOOKSTORE SPECIALIZING IN ASIAN & CHINESE STUDIES•BOOKS & MAGAZINES•ORIENTAL GIFTS & CARDS•VIDEO & AUDIO TAPES•PERSONAL COMPUTERS HOURS: Mon.-Thur. 11-8Fri. & Sat. 11-9Sun. 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The viewer gradually discovers thesubtleties of the central characters and inturn is absorbed into their circumstances,which become increasingly Bond-like.Director Penn establishes this feeling ofintimacy from the opening mundane scenesset in Dallas. The Lloyd family lives in a ty¬pically drab, middle-class neighborhood.Walter (Hackman) runs a successfullumber yard but is too busy to go with hiswife Donna (Gayle Hunnicutt) on a vacationto Europe. The afternoon of her departure,he picks up their son Chris (Dillon) fromwork so they can take her to the airport.From this first interaction, one immedi¬ately senses the antagonisim in their rela¬tionship, which develops into the film’s dy¬namic, realistic central theme. Tensionstems from their different expectations ofeach other. Chris has dropped out of collegeand now works at a race-car track, andWalter clearly disapproves. Chris doesn’thave too much respect for Walter either, be¬lieving that Dad has always led a pat, pre¬dictable existence. Mistakenly presumingthat his mother is leaving because her mar¬riage is collapsing, Chris asks her if she isbringing The Pill.When Donna leaves, the two men makestrained attempts to be polite, but insteadeach takes turns being condescending anddefensive. A particularly funny scene intheir kitchen reveals their mutual annoy¬ance. W'alter tells Chris to turn down hisWalkman and then upon an invitation to gofishing together, Chris responds “Fish¬ ing?...” as if to really say, “Are youserious?”Shortly thereafter, they receive a mid¬night phone call with the news that Donnahas disappeared from her tour group. Themen leave for Paris, and as soon as theyreach the airport they are no longeraverage tourists. At this point, the actiontakes off and continues to accelerate. Chrislearns that Walter used to be a former CIAmember and that his mother has been kid¬napped by one of his father’s past adversar¬ies. The men embark on a mission to get herback, and in the process, they become en¬twined with Walter’s former friends andfoes. The suspense builds slowly becausePenn deliberately holds the viewer back byproviding information needed only for themoment.Walter at first tries to shelter his son be¬cause he thinks Chris is too “green” for theoperation. When he realizes that Chriswants to get involved, Walter then teacheshim some of the finer points of the craft.Chris is amazed by his father’s previouslyunseen bravado. Whereas the early scenesconvey their emotional distance, the laterscenes reveal their partnership.Gene Hackman delivers a wonderful, un¬derstated performance as a man who gladlyturns his back on a former career yet whosecretly jumps at the chance to once againprove his old talent. Matt Dillon is effectivebecause he expresses both Chris’ initialcockiness and restlessness and his latermodesty and drive. Leading a good support¬ing cast, Josef Sommer seems surprisinglyearnest and ambiguous as Walter’s formercolleague.However, one drawback of Target is thatdespite a lively screenplay by Howard Berkand Don Perteren, a few scenes lose some oftheir spontaneity because the editing is ob¬trusive, cutting scenes into distinct frag¬ments. The frenetic car chases, on the otherhand, are beautifully photographed. Thefilm’s most curious feature is Matt Dillon’swardrobe. In America, he wears t-shirtsand jeans, but in Europe, he is seen in thelatest slouchy continental. When did hehave time to go shopping?Matt Dillon finally finds a role he can grow into.Treasure of the Sierra MadreJust some average guys trying to make a fast buckAfter directing a film like The MalteseFalcon, what else is there left to do? Well,for director John Huston, there was Trea¬sure of the Sierra Madre; once again withHumphrey Bogart playing a lead role.This time, Bogart and co-star Tim Holtplay two enthusiastic losers who roam thestates in search of fame, fortune, and a realplace to call “home.” Treasure begins withthe two men begging for money until they are hired to work in the hot sun for a fewmonths, with their wages to be held untilthey return to civilization. Of course, toqualify to be a “loser,” one must believethat you will get paid after the work is done,and in this case Bogart and Holt do qualifyas grade “A” suckers.Understandably, they lose their faith inthe Protestant Work Ethic, and decide tomake their living in the quickest manner possible, and being the losers they are. de¬cide to make their living in the jungle again.Luckily <heh, heh. heh) Bogart wins on alottery ticket sold to him by a young and un¬characteristically polite Robert Blake, ofBaretta and Helltown fame.The rest of the movie involves the threemen going off into the jungle, fighting offbandits, becoming distrustful of strangers,and finally becoming distrustful of one an¬ other. The three men, Bogart, Holt, andDirector Huston's father Walter Huston,who also appeared in the The Maltese Fal¬con, are gradually changed by the experi¬ence.As a complete digression, remember inBlazing Saddles when the good guys get inthe line for members of Harvey Korman'spersonal army? There's a group of movieMexicans in front of them who say ‘ Badges,what badges? We don’t need no stinkingbadges.” This is from Treasure of the Sier¬ra Madre. Score double points if you recog¬nize it from Brother From Another Planet.After The Maltese Falcon, Huston wasrarely satisfied to deal with less than earth-shattering themes. Greed, death, and theecono-historic dialectic and all fair game.In Treasure of the Sierra Madre. he man¬aged this study as artfully as he ever has. (Imust admit that I haven’t seen either Annieor Under The Volcano, but I'm not worried.)He doesn't point at just one culprit and harpon it for two hours. To some extent, theproblems the partners face come from theshape of the society they left, but someoccur only because they left. Town is whereAmericans look out for one another, wheremen in flophouses treat each other withsome respect, and is even the place whereyou can win a lottery for sudden, unearnedwealth.Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a hardmovie to button-hole. It's not a male bond¬ing movie (you know, a group of men whocan't stand each other go off to do some¬thing noble and impossible—though at leastone, usually the most talented, is beingforced to do it against his will, setting up aconfrontation with some young kid who says“I can’t understand you, you have it all andyou’re throwing it away”—have a knock¬down drag-out fight the night before theyhave to invade a medium-sized country allby themselves and end up in love). It’s not anoble savage movie, nor a money-is-a-root-of-all-evil movie. It’s a movie about thesethree guys who you hope make it. but thereis this queasy feeling in the pit of your stom¬ach. -N. 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