INSIDE: SG candidate profiles INSIDE GCJ > t> > > >Text of STRAIGHTFORWARDdivestment reportpage 6 page 10 GAY AND LESBIANISSUE ► ► ^ ►The Chicago MaroonVolume 97, No. 45 The University of Chicago ©Copyright 1986 Friday, April 25, 1986Divestment updateBy Howard UllmanAssociate EditorA report prepared by the Stu¬dent Advisory Committee to thePresident (SACP) strongly urg¬ing U of C divestment up to$170,000,000 from corporationsthat do business in South Africawas released earlier this week tothe Maroon.The April 7 draft of the report,entitled “The Case for Divest¬ment,” was written by the Sub¬committee on University In-vestements for the SACP. Threemajor areas of concern are ad¬dressed by the reports: passivedivestment, '‘the establishmentof a permanent faculty-studentcommittee to monitor Universityinvestments in corporations do¬ing business in South Africa,”and the efficacy of divestmentitself.Passive divestment “wouldforbid the University’s money-managers from rolling over non¬stock instruments invested incorporations doing business inSouth Africa.” According to thereport, the U of C currentlyholds $24 million in non-stockinstruments in 17 corporationsdoing business in South Africa,including bonds in ATT, GTE,Baxter Travenol Labs, HewlettPackard Finance Corporation,Philips Petroleum, and TexacoInc., as well as short-termcommercial paper in AmericanBrands Inc., Dart & Kraft Fi¬nancial Corporation, GilleteCompany, IBM Credit Corpora¬tion, Mobil Oil Credit Corpora¬tion, and the Shell Oil Company.Citing the Trustees’ oppositionto divestment based on the beliefthat maintaining holdings in acompany will preserve the Uni¬versity’s abilities to influencethe company, the report arguesthat this position does not con¬sider non-stock instruments: “Ashareholder may well influencecorporate priorities throughjudicious voting of proxies. But acorporation’s creditors stand ina very different position thanshareholders — they have no in¬fluence over corporate policy.Creditors do not vote proxies,express viewpoints, or involve themselves in the running ofcorporate affairs.”D. Gale Johnson Chairman ofthe Economics Department inthe College agreed that holdersof short-term commercial paperand corporate bonds do not usu¬ally have any influence on cor¬porate management.The report proceeds to arguethat not only is passive divest¬ment the most effective form ofdisengagement, because “whenyou sell commercial paper, yousell the amount of money a cor¬poration requires to make capi¬tal improvements and run it¬self,” but passive divestment“will not have a significant fi¬nancial impact on the Univer¬sity’s portfolio.” Reviewing theAmerican Bar Association port¬folio, which the report claims is“mimilar to Chicago’s,” VicePresident of Franklin Manage¬ment Edward Swan concludedthat “disengagement representsno financial risk and could easilybe accomplished by purchasingdifferent paper that is equal toor better than the current paperafter the present investmentsmature.”Common stock invested inbanks also attracted the report’sattention. “The Universityshould implement a separatepolicy of divesting from banksthat loan to the South Africangovernment or to private SouthAfrican corporations.” Cur¬rently, the U of C has over $11million invested in two bankswith loans to the government ofSouth Africa: J.P. Morgan andFirst Chicago Bank.The report also urged for "to¬tal divestment of all Universitycommon stock holdings in cor¬porations invested in South Af¬rica, with the burden of proofshifted to proponents of in¬vestment to show that continuedinvestment will help counterapartheid.” Common stock in¬vested in companies that dobusiness in South Africa,amounting to some $135,580,000and distributed among 23 cor¬porations, comprises 32.4 per-continued on page 6This sculpture appeared in Botany PondHOSEMARY BL,hJN Protestors march at the Post Office building against Libyan invasion. Christine dyaudGraduate Library School future uncertainBy Richard A. SengerStaff WriterWhile the future of the Grad¬uate Library School is at presentuncertain, the school will remainopen at least through thesummer of 1987.In January of this year, Prov¬ost Norman Bradburn initiated apreliminary one-month review ofthe school conducted by a com¬mittee chaired by * RobertGraves, associate provost. In itsreport to the provost, the com¬mittee expressed doubt that theLibrary School was of “suf¬ficient central importance to theUniversity” to justify the com¬mitment of resources necessaryto maintain the school in itspresent preeminent position. Thecommittee recommended thatthe research component of theschool be preserved in someform within the University, butraised serious questions aboutthe future of tne professionaldegree programs. The com¬mittee recommended that ad¬missions for 1986/87 be sus¬pended pending further review.The recommendation for sus¬pension was rejected by theUniversity.However, the committee notedthat the school ranked high innational surveys, that its stu¬ dents were of a quality compar¬able to that in other areas of theUniversity, and that is alumniwere well placed and influentialin the library profession. Theschool’s degree programs andfaculty have consistently beenranked among the top three andoften first in various surveys ofthe 65 U.S. Library Schools thathave been conducted during thepast decade.According to Actihg Dean DonR. Swanson, there were severalreasons for the committee'sdecision. "There was a definiteresponse from many eminentlibrarians and faculty fromaround the country who wrote tothe provost urging that theschool be maintained. I believethe library profession as a wholeregards this school quite highlyand the University has taken thisinto account.”“It is true that with sixty or sostudents and nine faculty mem¬bers, the Graduates LibrarySchool is the smallest profes¬sional school on campus, but wefeel that the library school is ofcentral importance to the mis¬sion of the University and cer¬tainly is a first rate programregardless.”“Because of our small size, wehave a hard time breaking even financially, but that may im¬prove in the coming years. In the1970’s there was a vast over¬production of librarians whichresulted in a lack of job avail¬ability, but now the pendulumhas swung the other way and thejob is once again in demand. Wepredict an increase in enroll¬ment after next year if the pro¬gram remains intact.”The Graduate Library Schoolcontinues to admit students to itsone year MA program. Thedeadline of applications for fi¬nancial aid has been extended toAugust 1, 1986 Although theschool has been renewed throughthe summer of 1987. there is noword yet on its long term fate.For Swanson, it is at best ironic.“The mission of the school, ac¬cording to its faculty, is to con¬tribute to understanding theprocess by which knowledgegrows, and the role of librariesand other types of informationservice in facilitating that proc¬ess. Ironically, the very finan¬cial problems that threaten theexistence of the library schoolalso underscore the importanceof addressing the problems ofthe research library and its abi¬lity to support the scholarly andscientific enterprise in the faceof diminishing resources.”Plus-minus grading has little effectBy Ken Holston andGreg MantellStaff WriterThe plus/minus system in¬stituted by the College in 1984“shows no significant effect ongrade point average” despite itswide use by faculty, a study bythe College concludes.During the first academic yearafter the new method's in¬ ception. 1984-85. the overall Col¬lege annual grade point averageremained 3.0001, unchangedfrom the average of five year'searlier before the system's use,according to the reportWell over 80% of all courseshad some plus and minusgrades, and 44% of all gradesgiven during the first year of thesystem were plus or minus While the overall affects wereslight, certain groups of studentshave been affected somewhat bythe change. “The top 5% saw aslight drop in annual grade pointaverages” because many Agrades have been replaced by“A ” grades but this has beenoffset by an increasing numberof “B+” grades. Those in thelower third of College studentscontinued on page 7Rockefeller Memorial Chapel5850 S. Woodlawn962-7000Sunday, April 27th9:00 a.m. Ecumenical Serviceof Holv Communionwith Sermon.11:00 a.m. Martin E. MartyFairfax M. Cone DistinguishedProfessor in the Divinity School,preacherSunday, May 11th12:15 p.m. Carillon recitaland tower tour4:00 p.m. Organ recital byWolfgang Rubsam,Chapel Organist.Works by Dupre,Liszt, Vierne.Free of charge.__ _ _ ___ _ _ ---w,The Student Activities Office Presents AnFRIDAY, APRIL 25thREYNOLDS CLUB NORTH LOUNGE57th & University12 NOON - 4 P.M.Funded by SAF2—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, April 25, 1986/Long lines continue at the Credit Unionnino V amBy Janine LanzaStaff WriterIn spite of recent developments, theUniversity Student Federal Credit Union(USFCU) still has some disaffected cus¬tomers. Several members of the CreditUnion feel that the new computer systemhas not improved service or decreased thetime spent in line.Student complaints center around twobasic areas: the persistently long lines andthe inaccuracy of the service at the CreditUnion, despite the use of the new computer.Sara Maxwell, a fourth year student in theCollege, does not feel that the USFCUservice has improved since computerswere installed. She stated, “The efficiencyof the lines has not improved. I still need toallot 40-50 minutes for a USFCU visit.” Oneimprovement Maxwell suggested is a chartshowing peak hours. “The USFCU used tohave a chart showing their slowest andbusiest hours which made it easier to avoidlong lines. Presumably the USFCU couldassess their hours even more efficientlywith the new computer and save time fortheir customers,” she said.Peter Schertz, a third year student in theCollege and a former Credit Unionmember, stated, “The Credit Union ceasedbeing a convenient place to have my ac¬count. Time spent waiting in line could bespent walking to a bank which has betterservice.” Schertz added that “The tellerson the computers always seemed to bemessing up my account.”Other students also complained of thelong lines and the seeming inaccuracy ofthe computer. Many students assert thattheir accounts were miscredited or hadeven disappeared from the records. Sev¬eral students have written checks whichbounced because their accounts were notcredited properly.According to Dawn Hirakawa, director ofpublic relations for the USFCU, the CreditUnion is attempting to improve the ef¬ficiency and range of its services. Hir¬akawa said she feels that the computer system has helped the Credit Union toimprove service. She described it as “moreprofessional and more efficient than ourold system. It gives us an immediate,reliable record of all transactions and helpsthe tellers to balance their daily transac¬tions more quickly.”Hirakawa also stated that “The systemworks most of the time, actually moreoften than in several banks I’ve worked in.And it really is easy to use.” She alsodefended the tellers, stating “New tellerssometimes do have trouble with the com¬puter but once they’ve learned it the sys¬tem and the tellers are accurate.”The problem of long lines, which wasmost acute during fall quarter, has de¬creased in the past two quarters, due to theUSFCU’s new system. Hirakawa stated, “Ireally think that on a day-to-day basis thelines have decreased. Of course, we stillhave a problem with this on every otherFriday, which is the University payday.There are so many people at those timeswho want cash that there really isn’t any¬thing we can do.” The Credit Union is, however, workingout several programs which promise toimprove customer service. One of these iswith an Automated Teller Machine (ATM)card service. The Credit Union canvassedits members about this service and got agood response. This ATM promises to de¬crease lines and give members more flex¬ibility in their banking. The Credit Unionhopes to have the cards for members be¬fore the end of spring quarter.Although the Credit Union did have anumber of students who closed their ac¬counts, there were not enough students whodid so that the Credit Union was adverselyaffected. Hirakawa stated, “There reallyweren’t many people who withdrew theiraccounts. Those who did were mainly peo¬ple who are very verbal so they complaineda lot about the Credit Union and madepeople think that the Credit Union was introuble. No such thing is true.”Hirakawa added that she would like toremind members to remember that “allthe volunteers are students. We try to servemembers as professionally as we can, butwe still are students.” Feminists meetOn Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April26, the Workshop on Feminist Theory at theUniversity of Chicago will sponsor a con¬ference titled “Imitations of Life: Work¬shops on Feminism and Culture.” Thekeynote talk, on Friday, April 25 at 4:00p.m., will be given by Tania Modleski,Professor of English at the University ofWisconsin, Milwaukee and author of Lov¬ing with a Venegance: Mass-ProducedFantasies for Women and many other ar¬ticles on cinema, television, feminism, andmass culture. On Saturday, April 26, threepanelled workshops will take place inHarper 103: “Entering the Marketplace:Women’s Speech in tne Nineteenth Cen¬tury,” from 9-11; “Girl(s) Watching,”from 11:15-1:15: “Readers, Resistance, andthe Representation Trap,” from 2:30-4:30.Participants in the Workshops includeJulia Kegan Gardiner, of the University ofIllinois, Chicago, Debra Field of CornellUniversity, along with faculty and grad¬uate students from the University of Chic¬ago.FellowshipsCorrectionThe prospie protest poster which theMaroon reprinted on the front page ofTuesday’s paper was not funded by StudentGovernment <SG). The group merelyprinted that the posters were funded by SG. John Simpson spoke last Friday at Mandel Hall BY MELANIE TOGMAN By Marcia LehmbergStaff WriterThe scholarsip-fellowship receptionwhich introduces student recipients to theirsponsors will be held in the Ida Noyes HallLibrary on May 6 from 4-5:30 pm.According to Dean of Stuaents CharlesO’Connell, the reception has two purposes.It is an opportunity for the student who hasreceived a named scholarship to meet andthank the sponsor or the sponsor's de¬scendants, and it also “makes it possiblefor the sponsor to see what kind of personis getting the scholarship.”Most of the sponsors are from the Mid¬west. because only those “who live within areasonable distance from the University”are invited to the reception. Of the 150-175sponsors invited. 100 usually attend.O’Connell stated that although only 10-15% of the University’s scholarship fundscome from named* scholarships, thisamount is sufficient for the reception to bean important function.The Office of the Dean of Students isresponsible for the reception, which hastaken place for the past 5 years.koreanculture niteLIST OF EVENTS:MASK DANCETAE KWON DO DEMOKOREAN FILMPANEL DISCUSSION KOREAN DINNERFLUTE MUSICFAN DANCEKOREAN SONGSAND THEN... 7:30 P.M. -1:00 A.M.SEMI-FORMAL DANCE PARTYCOME PARTY WINU, LOYOLA, AND U of I!!DANCE CONTEST FOR CASH PRIZE!! DATE: SAT. APRIL 26THPLACE: INTERNATIONALHOUSE1414E.59TH ST.CHICAGO, ILCOST: $4 W/TICKETS$5 AT DOORTIME: 3 P.M.-7:30 P.M.SEE YOUR DORM REPFOR MORE INFO.The Chicago Maroon—Friday. April 25.1986—3The Chicago Maroon'^r■ &> rwmwm_Student Newspaper of the University of ChicagoENDORSEMENTSSG endorsementsPRESIDENTOur overwhelming choice for SG President is Amy Moss. Moss’experience in SG is impressive and we feel that she is by far thebest person for the position. We were impressed by her plans for SGwhich we felt would be effective in solving many of the problemswhich have beset SG in the past. Moss presented the most organ¬ized, detailed, and well thought-out platform of all the candidates.We approve of her plans to meet with various student constituenciessuch as MSA, GSB and CSA so that SG will better represent allgroups and function as a real voice of student concerns. Rather thansimply utter general promises, Moss presented specific proposalswhich detailed her precise intentions. Among her proposals, shelisted her intent to meet with administrative officials on a regularbasis in order to develop a successful working relationship with theadministration as a whole. We feel that Amy Moss has all of thequalities necessary to bring SG into the mainstream of student life.VICE-PRESIDENTAlison Inafuku and Phil Wilhite are outstanding candidates forVice-President but we found Phil Wilhite to be the more dynamicand convincing candidate. He has interesting ideas and he hasdemonstrated the ability in the past to conceive of and executeexciting events. He seeks to establish useful ties with the adminis¬tration and speaks with the conviction to indicate that he can in factdo so. If both Moss and Wilhite are elected, the administration willhave its hands full.FINANCE CHAIRFinance chair is a pivotal position in Student Government andTim Hansen is the best person for the job. Among other plans,Hansen is in favor of implementing strict guideliness on which tobase the funding of political speakers. This is a motion which theMaroon feels is crucial. Hansen has extensive experience in organ¬izing activities, which would serve him well in analyzing budgetproposals. He has also served on the CSA allocations board. Hansenimpressed us as someone who could run the committee effectively.TREASURERThe only logical choice for treasurer is Bill McDade. He hasproven himself uniquely qualified for the job and provides a much-needed graduate voice in Student Government. His work as Treas¬urer is exdemplary and he has more experience than any SGcandidate running for any position. We uniqualifiedly endorse BillMcDade for Treasurer.SECRETARYWhile there are three excellent candidates running for Secretary,we feel that Sari Ratner is the best choice. All of the candidatesrealized that it will be necessary to publicize the efforts of SG inorder gain support and credibility from the student body. Ratnerhas demonstrated an ability to effectively publicize events in thepast. She also has the ability to activate people and interest them inactivities. She has been a central figure in the organization of AOPi,a member of IHC, and a two-year member of the Quality of LifeCommittee. Although Jennie Jane has done a good job of organizingstudent events in the past, and Shirley Chung is also a goodcandidate, we feel that Sari Ratner is’the most enthusiastic and thebest-qualified candidate for this particular position. LETTERSProspie boycotts immatureTo the Editor,The University’s cancellation of theLascivious Costume Ball has sparked con¬siderable controversy throughout the stu¬dent community. Various forms of protestrange from the farcial (an LCB held in theRegenstein Library), to the deleterious.The most obvious of the latter are the lameattempts on the part of certain representa¬tives of the student government to “boycottprospective student weekends.” The mani¬festations of this ridiculous stand on theissues reflect poorly not only on the SG as aleading student organization, but also onthe university itself.The actions of this group of alleged mat-mature campus leaders - namely, system¬atically tearing down as many signspromoting fraternity parties during thepast two weekends as possible - are any¬thing but responsible. Such behavior on thepart of the same individuals entrusted withthe job of betterment of student life isdespicable and insulting.As the newly-elected president of theInter-Fraternity Council, I was at firstreluctant to believe the rumors of a pro¬posed “boycott” of two of the larger uni¬versity-wide party weekends by the SG inprotest of the LCB cancellations. Whennotice advocating such action were actu¬ally posted, I was tremendously disturbedby the potential consequences of such idi¬ocy. In striving for the betterment of theundergraduate social life as a whole, theSG will obviously fall far short of theirtargets. What their actions have done isessentially forsake the interests and hap¬piness of the many in order to wage as petty, trivial, no-win battle against theadministration. Their forms of protest notonly narrowed the scope of advertisementfor the parties given by Psi-Upsilon andPhi Delta Theta, but also show an ugly sideof SG without offering any constructivealternatives.In short, as a student first, and then anIFC council member, I feel betrayed by thestudent government. Their immature ac¬tions (especially tearing down an enormousnumber of party advertisements) show ablatant disregard for the vast majority ofthe students whose interests they suppos¬edly represent. Instead of damaging thework of individuals making valid attemptsto promote and improve the social life ofthe university, the SG would do well toemulate it.This is not to attack the Student Gov¬ernment as a whole, for surely (I wouldlike to think) all were not involved. Never¬theless, the damage to the university, itsfraternities, and the students is irrevoc¬able, and it is about time that responsibilitywas assumed. Student Government has, inthe past, worked diligently and success¬fully for the improvement of under¬graduate life at the university, and it is ashame that certain individuals may haveseverely marred the productive, coopera¬tive reputation that the organization oncepossessed. This letter is written with themost sincere hope that nothing as irra¬tional and irresponsible as the “prospieweekend fiasco” recurs.Peter C. LeedsIFC PresidentThe Chicago MaroonThe Chicago Maroon is the official student newspaper of the University ofChicago. 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 forthe Maroon should stop by our office, Ida Noyes rooms 303 and 304, 1212 E. 59thStreet, Chicago, Illinois 60637. 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Williams, Rick Wojcik, Christine Wright.Contributors: Ted Frank, Melanie Togman.4—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, April 25,1986To the editors:University's divestment policyinconsistentAs secretary of Faculty for Divestmentfrom South Africa (FDSA), I write tocommunicate to the University communityat large certain results of our last attemptat dialogue with President Gray and theTrustees about their policy toward in¬vestments in firms doing business in SouthAfrica. The occasion was a luncheon meet¬ing which we hosted at the Quad Club onMarch 31, to which we invited the Chair¬man of the Board of Trustees and fourother members of the Executive Com¬mittee of the Board, authorized to speak forthe Board as a whole. One of the four wasPresident Gray.At the beginning of the meeting, weasked the Trustees to produce a statementclarifying their policy toward investmentin firms dealing with South Africa. Thisrequest, as we explained, proceeded fromthe apparent inconsistencies betweenPresident Gray’s claims as to the nature ofthe Trustees’ investment policy in this re-ard and their actual performance. Presi-ent Gray has repeatedly asserted that theTrustees base their decisions on in¬vestment in such companies on whether ornot they conform to the Sullivan principles,to an extent consistent with a rating of“two.” Our efforts to check up on theseclaims, however, revealed that in fact theTrustees have not only continued to investin corporations that were consistently (foras long as three years in a row) rated“three,” but also others which refused tosubscribe to the Sullivan principles, andstill others which, having formally sub¬scribed, consistently refused to send in therequired reports that are the basis forevaluation. Mr. West himself, in our pre¬vious meeting with him and PresidentGray, had summed up the situation byadmitting that the Trustees had never yetdivested from any stock primarily on thebasis of a negative (i.e., “three”) Sullivanrating. He reinforced this comment in ourMonday meeting by allowing that theTrustees’ performance in following theSullivan principles had not been as good asit might have been, and promising to makeit more rigorous from now on.President Gray, however, admitted nosuch inconsistencies between stated policyand performance. She suggested that ouravowed confusion as to what the policyreally is must be due either to the fact that we had based our questions on “1984 data,not the 1985 reports” (not true: the issue,anyway, as we explained, is of perform¬ance over runs of several consecutiveyears, not simply of any single year) or toour inability to grasp the policy because ithad not been presented in sufficiently“simple” language for us to understand.She proceeded to produce two further“clarifications”. The first, which she hadindeed presented on several previous oc¬casions, as to the effect that the Trusteesguide by the “spirit,” not the “letter” ofthe Sullivan principles. At the risk of againseeming simple-minded, however, we failto see how this accounts for the facts towhich we have alluded. President Gray’sclaim that the University divests from anycorporation that scores lower than “two,”on the one hand, appears on the face of it tobe meant to be taken literally. If it doesn’tmean exactly what it says, we don’t un¬derstand what it is supposed to mean. Moregenerally, on the other hand, we do notunderstand how the failure to apply theSullivan principles even once, and even tocases of consistent violation or refusal tosubscribe or comply, can be construedconsistent with the “spirit”, any more thanthe letter, of those principles.Our reason for raising the question of thediscrepancies between President Gray’sstatements of policy and the actual in¬vestment decisions of the Trustees, as weexplained, was not that we consider theSullivan principles to be a viable basis forUniversity investment policy towardscompanies doing business in South Africa,but because the discrepancies raise a rea¬sonable question as to whether the Univer¬sity in fact has a policy on the matter apartfrom the general guidelines applied in¬differently to all investments. In whatsense is a policy that is never put intoeffect, despite manifold instances where itsapplication would be appropriate, a “pol¬icy”? President Gray’s invocations of theSullivan principles clearly seem to havebeen intended. Doth in letter and spirit, toimply that the Trustees had adopted aspecific policy towards investments incompanies dealing with South Africa. The“spirit” of her statements was to reassuremembers of the University concernedabout this issue that she and the otherTrustees shared their concern and had infact taken account of it in the formation oftheir policy. Given what we took to be the “spirit” ofPresident Gray’s statements of the Sul¬livan policy, her second, ultimate “clari¬fication” of the “spirit” of the Sullivanprinciples in our discussion came as asurprise to us. The context of this secondstatement was the suggestion of severalTrustees that divestment would be im¬possible because it would involve applyingspecial standards to the South Africancase, which would not be justified, andwould in effect put them on the “slipperyslope” towards applying the same stan¬dards of social ethics to all investments,and the response of our representativesthat by adopting the Sullivan principles theTrustees themselves had already concededthe principle that South Africa is just sucha special case, to which a special set ofstandards (the Sullivan principles them¬selves) must be applied.Not so, replied President Gray, since the“spirit” of the Sullivan principles, as ap¬plied by the Trustees, is in no way specificto South Africa, but consists simply of theTrustees uniformly apply to all corpora¬tions everywhere in the world. We take thisto mean either that the Trustees actuallyreview all investments to see whether theyconform to the spirit of each of the Rev.Sullivan’s points (thus applying the verypolicy that they have argued all alongwould be impracticable if it were ever to beapplied), or that in effect investments incorporations dealing with South Africa aretreated on precisely the same footing as allother investments. The latter seems theonly realistic interpretation. This being thecase. President Gray has indeed clarifiedthe University’s policy toward investmentin corporations doing business with SouthAfrica Just as we have suggested, it isnothing more nor less than a policy ofbusiness as usual, over which the spirit ofSullivan hovers in anodyne if edentateemblematic tutelage.We hope that these terms are sufficientlysimple to capture the spirit of PresidentGray’s meaning. Our main point for pre¬sent purposes is that, as dialogue, ourwhole attempt to discuss meetings and theFall “Teach-In”, was an exercise in futi¬lity. While on this, as on previous occa¬sions, President Gray and the trusteesshowed themselves committed to the formsof collegial dialogue, there was (as onprevious occasions) no willingness to en¬ gage seriously with the substance of thepoints we raised. The Trustees insisted ondeferring to President Gray as theirspokesperson, whose role as clarifier ofpolicy to the rest of the University theyrefused to infringe by producing their ownstatement of policy. President Gray, forher part, on this as on other occasions,produced a series of “clarifications” whichamount in effect to reformulations of statedpolicy in terms that avoid the appearanceof discrepancy with each successive in¬consistency, either with actual investmentperformance or her and the trustees’ ar¬guments against divestment, that ispointed out, all the while insisting that sheis merely repeating exactly what she hasbeen saying all along.There seems, in short, to be no willing¬ness on the part of the President and thetrustees to engage in the substance, asdistrict from the form, of a dialogue on thesubject of divestment. Under these cir¬cumstances we see little point in continuingto lend credence to the appearance of theexistence of a dialogue between us. Weshould like to record for the Universitycommunity at large our attempt to engagein such a dialogue, and the conclusions wehave been led to draw from our experience.We should like it to be understood that wetook the extraordinary step of calling forthe plenary Senate meeting on this issuebecause we felt (regretfully) that morecollegial forms of discussion were leadingnowhere. This letter is authorized by themembers of FDSA as a statement of ourcollective position.Terence Turner. Secretary. FDSAWHPK hosts anSG CandidateDebateTODAY3:30-5:30 Ida NoyesLibrary(It will be aired Monday7-8:30pm)SATURDAY, MAY 3Presented by University of ChicagoMandel Hall, University of Chicago2:00 p.m.Romeo and Juliet (Mejia)Who Cares? (Balanchine)Western Hoedown (Mejia* World Premiere (Mejia) 8:00 p.m.Favorita (Mejia)Serenade in A (Mejia)Joie De Vivre (Mejia)* World Premiere (MejiaMain Floor Seats: $15.00 Balcony Seats: $12.00Student Tickets (with I.D.): $12.00 & $9.00Limited number of student tickets available.Most major credit cards accepted.Call 988-4230 for tickets and information.^Supported by a CityArts lll/IV grant fromthe Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs.All sales are final. Programs are subject to change.Before or after the ballet enjoy a delicious meal at Mallory's Restaurant,1525 E. 53rd St., top of the Hyde Park Bank Building. Free appetizers and10% off the check for all Chicago City Ballet ticket holders on the day ofperformance.Chicago City BalletMaria TallchiefArtistic Director Paul MejiaArtistic DirectorCelebration of SprinThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, April 25,1986—5Report sheds new light on U of C investmentsThe Maroon has obtained a report by theSubcommittee on University Investmentsof the Student Advisory Committee to thePresident which details unreleased in¬vestments that seriously undermine theUniversity’s position on divestment. Thereport was written by the Chair of theSubcommittee Carl J. Mayer. The follow¬ing is an excerpt from that report.The President should augment the Uni¬versity's policy of selective divestmentwith a policy of “passive divestment”. Thiswould forbid the University's money man¬agers from rolling over non-stock in¬struments invested in corporationsw- doingbusiness in South Africa. The Universitynolds $24 million in non-stock instrumentsinvested in 17 corporations doing businessin South Africa. (See Summary & Annex Iand II)The Trustees opposition to total divest¬ment rests, largely, on one theory: in¬fluence. The argument holds that it is moresocially responsible to remain as share¬holders than to abdicate this responsibilityby divesting. As the President forcefullyexplains: “<T)o remain shareholders incorporations, voting proxies on a case bycase basis in order to influence the conductof companies, is a more responsible actionon their (the Trustees' part than automat¬ically to withdraw.”This position, however, does not considerUniversity investments in non-stock in¬struments — vehicles that do not possessthe very influence and leverage essential tothe Trustees argument. Prior to this re¬port. moreover. University investments innon-stock holdings in corporations doingbusiness in South Africa have never beenmade public.A shareholder may well influence cor¬porate priorities through judicious votingof proxies. But a corporation's creditorsstand in a verv different position thanshareholders — they have no influence overcorporate policy. Creditors do not voteproxies, express viewpoints or involvethemselves in the running of corporateaffairs.Chicago acts as a creditor to corpora¬ term (fcommercial paper) corporate bondsaccount for $64 million of the University’sroughly 1333 million in non-stock in¬vestments. Of this. $24 million or 39% isinvested fin seventeen corporations doingbusiness in South Africa. (See annex I andII).The argument for divesting of short-terminstruments — commercial paper or Cer-tifactes of Deposit — is most powerful.Roughly 45% of the University’s short-termportfolio is invested in eight corporationswith direct investments in South Africa.This $19.5 million represents less than 2.6%of the University’s total portfolio of $750million.All of the University’s short-term port¬folio is currently invested in commercialpaper. There are no Certificates of Deposit.In the past the University has invested inCD's CD's are perhaps the easiest to dis¬engage. because many banks have policiesprohibiting future direct investments inSouth Africa. Passive divestment shouldapply to future purchases of CD’s.Commercial paper is easy to disengage.Because of the short-term nature of theseinvestments — funds mature on the aver¬age of 77 and 22 days — only passive actionis necessary to disengage from South Af¬rica The financial officer has two years toinvestigate the short-term market for sim¬ilarly financially prudent investments be¬fore he is restricted in any manner.Passive divestment will not have a sig¬nificant financial impact on the Univer¬sity's portfolio. All of the University’sshort-term commercial paper is rated A-l,P-1 by financial rating services. This typeof short-term promissory note is the high¬est quality available because corporationswith that rating have “a superior capacityfor repayment.” According to SolomonBrothers, an excess of $200 billion of A-l, P-1 commercial paper is available on themarket. Of the 1,400 issuers only roughlyone-third have direct investments in SouthAfrica Edward Swan, Vice President ofFranklin Management, a leading firm inthe socially responsible investment field,reviewed the ABA portfolio — similar ifnANNEX TWO — SHORT-TERM COMMERCIALPAPER INVESTED IN SOUTH AFRICAFace Value Description1.000.000 American Brands Inc. 2,000,000 Lubrizol CorpPromissory Note Promissory NoteDue 2/4/86 Due 1/16/862,000.000 Dart & Kraft Financial Corp 3.000,000 Mobil Oil Credit CorpPromissory Note Promissory NoteDue 1/16/86 Due 01/09/863,000,000 Gillete Co 2,000,000 Shell Credit Inc.Promissory Note Promissory NoteDue 1/31/86 Due 01/07/862,000.000 Gillete Capital Corp 1,500,000 Shell Oil CompanyPromissory Note Promissory NoteDue 1/30/86 Due 01/21/862,000,000 IBM Credit Corp 1,000,000 Squibb CorpPromissory Note Promissory NoteDue 1/22/86 Due 01/23/86Amount of Face Value Invested inCorporations Doing Business in South Africa $19.5 millionTotal Face Value of all Commercial Paper $43.5 millionPercentage in Corporations in South Africa 44.8%tions with direct investments in South Af¬rica in two ways: as a holder of corporatebonds and as a holder of short-term com¬mercial paper. The University investmentportfolio contains roughly 1333 million innon-stock instruments. (See the Summaryapended to this report). Long and short¬ composition to Chicago’s — and concludedthat “kdisengagement represents no fi¬nancial risk and could be easily ac¬complished by purchasing different paperthat is equal to or better than the currentpaper after the present investments mat¬ures" Passive divestment actually may be themost effective form of disengagement.Selling stock merely transfers an interestto someone else. But when you sell com¬mercial paper, you sell the amount ofmoney a corporation requires to make liarian enucdvuis.Bank loans to private South African cor¬porations raise additional problems. TheUniversity Trustees will not invest in SouthAfrican corporations. But banks aremerely conduits that funnel UniversityBONDS INVESTED IN CORPORATIONS:U Of C BUSINESS IN SOUTH AFRICAFace Value Description27,000 ATT 7% Feb 15 2001243,000 ATT 71/e Dec 1 200368,000 ATT 8.80% May 15 200525,000 ATT 8% Feb 1 20071,600,000 Baxter Travenol Labs Inc.Conv. Sub 4%% Nov 1, 1991.635,000 GTE Coro. Conv. Sub 101/2%Nov 1 2007200,000 GE Co 8V2% May 1 200450.000 GM Acceptance Co 71/»% Mar 1 19951,000,000 GM Acceptance Co. 10.85%Apr 1, 19871,000,000 Hewlett Packard Finance CoMedium Term Notes 9.45% May 28, 1987170,000 Phillips Petroleum Co. 7%%Mar 15 200150,000 Texaco Inc 7%% Jun 1 200191,500 US Steel Co Sub 4 %%Jan 1 1996Total In CorporationsTotal Face Value of all BondsPercentage in Corporations $5,159,000$20,974,50024.6%capital improvements and run itself.Because the University is a creditor to.not a shareholder in. these corporationsand others, the University cannot influencethe corporations conduct in support of theapartheid regime.Achieving passive divestment is simple.Anytime within two years, whenever it isfinancially prudent, the investor of Uni¬versity funds can choose not to roll over anexisting investment in a corporation with adirect investment in South Africa and de¬posit those funds in a similar investmentwith equal security and a similar rate ofreturn. Passive divestment from long-termcorporate bonds could also be achieved.Bank Stock.Like non-stock instruments, commonstock invested in banks raises a very dif¬ferent set of issues than common stockinvested in corporations. The Universityshould implement a separate policy ofdivesting from banks that loan to the SouthAfrican government or to private SouthAfrican corporations. The University hasabout $11 million invested in two banks thathave loaned to the South African govern¬ment: J.P. Morgan and First Chicagobank.Widespread divestment of bank stocksreflects the timely and crucial role lendersplay in providing funds to the racist Bothareg*ime. U.S. banks have traditionallysupplied the South African governmentwith important credit in times of crises.During the period 1974 to 1976, when SouthAfrica suffered a severe foreign exchangeshortage, U.S. banks lent the governmentenough money to finance expenditures ondefense and oil imports. U.S. banks histor¬ically loan to government corporationssuch as the South African Iron and Steelcorporation or the Electrical SupplyCommission whose billion dollar projectsinclude a nuclear power station and auranium enrichment facility. Loans byprivate U.S. banks help construct the in¬frastructure of the apartheid regime andindirectly support South Africa’s defensecomplex rather than promote human- capital to the very South African corpora¬tions the University refuses to invest inThe University should carefully examinethese investments and the Trustees shouldenact a policy of refusing to invest in banksthat loan either to the South African gov¬ernment or to private South African cor¬porations.Divestmentcontinued from page 1cent of the common stock held by theUniversity.The establishment of a permanentcommittee comprised of faculty and stu¬dent members to monitor “University in¬vestments, political events in South Africaand state and national legislation” is alsocalled for in the SACP report. “Such acommittee is necessary because of theunique problems posed by South Africa,because of the rapid change of politicalevents in South Africa, and because of theincreasingly sophisticated divestment de¬bate,” according to the report.In answer to concerns raised about therole of the University in politics, the reportargues that “The University repeatedlytakes political stands. When University of¬ficials solicit federal monies that are notonly intervening in the political process butattempting to influence public policy.”The report concludes that “A universityis an institution whose life is largely con¬ducted through symbols: symbols of truth,beauty, civility, and human possibility. . . .Because these symbolic pursuits lack ‘real’power does not mean that they lack sign¬ificance or influence. Symbolic pursuitsbecome meaningless when those whopractice them are silent in the face of theirviolation; they are doubly meaninglesswhen the silent allow themselves to becomplicit in the violations.”RICHARD STERN’SAUTOGRAPH PARTYHE WILL BE SIGNING HIS NEW NOVELA FATHER’S WORDS ON SUNDAY, APRIL 27, FROM 3-5 PM AT■OX*'**',t1301 EAST 57TH ST.684-13006—The Chicago Maroon—Friday. April 25. 1986+ /- gradingcontinued from page 1saw a slight increase in their annual GPAbecause “D+” grades frequently replaced“D" grades, while “C-” grades did notreplace “C” grades.This appears to confirm complaints bystudents at the high end of the scale oftenthat the plus/minus grading increases thealready heavy pressure on students, butAssistant Dean of the College Steven Loevyis "not convinced that students are workingharder because of -H -grading” Loevy feelsthat the “more accurate reflection (of astudent’s work) actually takes some pres¬sure off (students).”The combination of fewer high and lowgrades resulted in a slight decrease in thestandard deviation from the average GPAafter the change to plus/minus grading.The report indicated that their was nosudden change in the GPA of studentsalready in the College when the new sys¬tem went into effect.Tests conducted to insure that bias didn’tshow up in the report revealed that therewas not a significant difference betweenthe grade point averages of students withlight and full course loads.The report considers making severalchanges to the plus/minus system, such as adding an “A+” grade worth 4.3 points orincreasing the value of a “ + ” grade. Thesechanges are unlikely, however, because itwould appear to graduate schools to be“grade inflation, which in fact it wouldbe,’ Loevy said.A more likely action, he said, would be tosend a statement of percentiles with tran¬scripts, since a 3.5 at the U of C is notequivalent to a similar GPA from anotherinstitutionThe College Council, the body whichimplemented the plus/minus grading sys¬tem will review the report and considerwhether changes should be made.The report compared grades from thesummer quarter of 1979 through the springof 1984 to those of the first year of plus/minus grading, summer quarter of 1984through spring of 1985. Grades were onlyconsidered for academic courses (noPhysical Education courses), for classeshaving 50% more college enrollment and atleast five students receiving quality grades(A,B,C, etc.) Grades were included re¬gardless of how many classes a studenttook, but only if the grade was not origi¬nally an incomplete.College Annual Grade PointAverage by Percentile GroupsG.P.A. Range G.P.A. RangeBefore Plus/MinusPlus/Minus YearTop 5% (96%-100%) 3.881 - 4.000 3.811 -4.000Next 5% (91 %- 95%) 3.731 - 3.880 3.681 -3.810Next 10% (81 %-90%) 3.501 - 3.730 3.501 - 3.680Next 10% (81 %-90%) 3.501 - 3.730 3.501 - 3.680Next 13% (68%-80%) 3.331 - 3.500 3.321 - 3.500Middle third (34%-67%) 2.801 - 3.330 2.832 - 3.320Next 13% (21 %-33%) 2.501 - 2.800 2.551 - 2.830Next 10% (11 %-20%) 2.201 - 2.500 2.221 - 2.550Next 5% ( 6%-10%) 1.921 -2.200 1.931 - 2.220Lowest 5% ( 1%- 5%) 0.000- 1.920 0.000 - 1.930 IsraelThe 9th AnnualHyde ParkKenwood walkwith Israel is hereagain and rain orshine we will be stepping out onSunday, May 4th to raise money forsocial services in Israel.Join us at 9:30 a.m. at the J.C.C.(1100 E. Hyde Park Boulevard) for a12 km walk through the streets ofHyde Park and Kenwood.All ages are welcome! Everyonemust be sponsored! Get yoursponsorship cards from yoursynagogue, Hillel or the J.C.C. 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To aid voters in theirselection, the Maroon spoke withthe candidates concerning theirqualifications, viewpoints, andplans.PresidentZiad Benaissa, Troika party.Qualifications: “I know par-limentary procedure.”Spring Formal: “The problemwas the lack of communicationbetween the ruling party and thepeople.” Benaissa's solution tothis problem is to involve stu¬dents more in the decision mak¬ing process through a referen¬dum.”LCB: “I will pursue the fightfor student activities that arepopular.”Major problem to be solved:“Students feel that people in of¬fice don’t represent them.”Solution: Referendum.Bill Florida, MECA party.Qualifications: Current SGpresident.Spring Formal:“We didn’t an¬ticipate student reaction. Wedidn't inform students becausewe didn't think students wouldbe that distrustful.” Regardingnext year’s Spring Formal,Florida anticipated no problemsdealing with the new Dean ofStudents Maull: “She’s going tobe very unsure next year. Theproblem with (Dean of StudentsCharles) O’Connell is that “whensomeone is leaving it’s easier tonot care about the students. ”LCB: Plans to continue thefight for LCB.Major problem to be solved:“One of the things that wentwrong this year is the us/themstandpoint between SG and theadministration. We’ve failedbecause we haven’t justified ourposition.”Solution: Florida has alreadyspoken with Maull and Directorof Student Activities IreneConley regarding plans for nextyear.Jamie Graf. PARTY party.Qualifications: Foundingmember of CSA. member fortwo years: formed own studentgovernment in high school.Spring Formal: “I think too Tim Hansen (SGFC)much time was spent bickering.They should have just startedorganizing.”LCB: “No — with qual¬ification. The LCB proposal wasadulterated this year; it wouldhave been a fraud.” Graf wouldsupport an LCB proposal thatwas more like the original.Major problem to be solved:Students are unaware of SG ac¬tivities.Solution: “Well draw in awhole different group of people,because we are not tne ‘SG type’of people.”Amy Moss, independent.Qualifications: Two years asSecretary of SG; currentmember of both Executive andFinance Committees.Spring Formal: Strongly dis¬agreed with O’Connell on howthe Executive Committee dealtwith it. W’ants joint funding fornext year’s Formal.LCB: Supports LCB for nextyear.Major problem to be solved:“Assembly must be made moreeffective.”Solution: Moss plans to meetwith each Assembly memberand student group at least onceto “maintain contact with stu¬dents.” She also plans to meetregularly with the deans andwants to obtain seats for stu¬dents on upper-level decisionmaking committees or “if I can'tget them seats, I at least want toknow what’s going on.”Vice-PresidentAllison Inafuku. MECA partyQualifications: Current chair.University Services Committee; Amy Moss (Pres.)member, SG Finance Com¬mittee.Plans for next year: “Lowvoter turnout can be solved byfrequent polling of students byphone or at the Reynold’s Club.They need to see that SG islooking out for the good of thestudents.”Michael Kelly, PARTY’ party.Qualifications: Steward at Psi-Upsilon fraternity.Plans for next year: “I thinkthere should be better commu¬nication between the com¬mittees...but I don’t know whatthe committees do and don’tdo.”Peter Semler, Troika party.Qualifications: Model Senatein high school.Plans for next year: Semlerwants to institute constitutionalchanges that will allow SG “totalk to the administration as agroup with power instead of aspeople that are there to tame thenatives.”Phil Wilhite, independent.Qualifications: Current As¬sembly member External Af¬fairs Chairman at former uni¬versity to defer increases in tui¬tion.Plans for next year: Sees jobas that of public relations; wantsto work directly with adminis¬trators because "too many timesit was a dead issue by the timewe got to it this year.” Wants tocombine efforts of studentgroups to make major campusevents such as a “Greek Week.”“I want to make SG a force andnot a formality.” Phil Wilhite (VP)Finance ChairMary Lynne Birck, MECA partyQualifications: Current chair,Student Services Committee;member. Burton-Judson Council.Speaker funding policy: Bircksupports the Assembly policythat whenever “SGFC thinkssomething is controversial, theyonly consider the feasability ofthe event” and leave the deci¬sion on the political nature of theevent in the hands of the As¬sembly.Problems with SGFC: Basedon the appropriation of funds bySGFC, student groups werespending money before it wasofficially approved by the As¬sembly as a whole. Birck doesnot support the proposed $250spending cap for student groupsin the period beween SGFC rec¬ommendations and the final As¬sembly approval.Bill Gantz, PARTY party.Qualifications: In charge of$3000 budget at Psi-Upsilon fra¬ternity.Speaker funding policy: “If agroup can bring a speaker orhold a discussion, there is noreason that they should bedenied funding.”Problems with SGFC: “It isnot appropriate to have all thedecision making in the Assem¬bly, but at the same time stu¬dents need to know about thedecisions the Finance Com¬mittee makes.”Tim Hansen, independent.Qualifications: * Current CSAmember; former member CSAAllocations Board; organized Summer Breeze and Kuvi-asungnerkSpeaker funding policy: “It’sup to the Assembly to give us(SGFC) strict guidelines.”Problems with SGFC: Hansenthinks current SGFC bylaws aretoo vague.SecretaryShirley Chung, independent.Qualifications: Current Assembly member.How to publicize SG: “I don'tthink the (Assembly members)are being dorm-reps.” Wants tomake representatives more aw¬are of their jobs of reaching outto their constituency.Jennie Jane, MECA party.Qualifications: Current co¬chair, Activities Committee;current Assembly member.How to publicize SG: “Makesure the minutes are post¬ed...Make sure graduate stu¬dents know which seats areopen. I don’t think they feel thatthey are as affected by SG. Weneed to increase what they getout of SG.”Sari Ratner, PARTY party.Qualifications: Secretary,IHC; two year appointedmember of Quality of LifeCommittee; pan-Hellenic dele¬gate of Alpha Omicron Pi.How to publicize SG: “Peopledon’t see a way to get involvedWe have to better publicizecommittee meetings, not justAssembly meetings...I want toinvolve everyone together in onebig event.”TreasurerBill McDade, MECA party.Qualifications: Current SGTreasurer; four-year Assemblymember; three-year member ofSGFC.General statement: “We set abad precedent this year by totalstudent funding of the SpringFormal. 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TO 3:00 P.M.MODEL CAMERAAND VIDEO1342 EAST 55TH STREET493-6700CAMERAS T'l BE CHECKED ON A FIRST COME. FIRST SERVED BASIS-College NewsBy Jon NussbaumCollege News EditorOUR FRIEND, THE BACK¬PACK. . .(CPS) With Nautilus machinesin the school gym, salad bars inthe cafeteria and smoke freeareas in every student lounge, itmight seem college life hasnever been healthier. But oneenterprising professor has founda new health hazard on campus.It’s that book-laden backpackyou’ve been hefting over oneshoulder all these years, saysRon Sendre, a Central MichiganUniversity professor of sportsmedicine. “Knock downshoulder” is only one of themaladies Sendre ascribes to theoveruse and misuse of the pop¬ular book packs seen on everyAmerican campus. How can theinnocent backpack, symbol ofoutdoor lifestyles, wreak suchdevastation on unsuspectiongcollege students?“A heavy backpack changesyour center of gravity,” saysSendre. ‘‘Your abdominal areais thrust forward, and yourshoulders are brought posterior.Then a kid will carry that back¬pack for six, eight minutesacross campus to his nextclass.” In other words, he’s gotlousy posture while carrying amega-load of textbooks, and ac¬cording to Sendre, “there’rebound to be a lot of reper¬cussions.”Besides “knock downshoulder” - a drooping shouldercaused by constantly wearingthe backpack slung over oneshoulder - backpacks can causeswayback, shoulder tension,headaches, even nerve damage.There is a simple remedy:‘‘lighten the load is the best ad¬vice I can give,” the professorsays.But if one’s course load de¬mands carting 30 pounds of or¬ganic chemistry texts, the un¬abridged works of Shakespeareand a jumbo box of Crayolas forArt 101, Sendre suggests wearing the backpack the way it wasdesigned to be worn.‘‘I’ve never seen a backpackwith just one strap,” he says,“yet that’s the way most stu¬dents wear them. Rather thantaking the time to throw bothstraps on, they just throw onone.”But even a properly balancedbackpack can be a problem forthe out-of-shape student, soSendre recommends a completework-out program with weightmachines, adding that exercisesfor flexibility are equally im¬portant.SWEET HOME ALABAMA. . .Two University of Alabamastudents have been suspendedafter confessing they placed aburning cross on the lawn infront of a house on Sorority Rowwhich may house the black so¬rority Alpha Kappa Alpha nextyear, reports The CrimsonWhite. The sorority plans tomove into the house, known asMagnolia Cottage, making it thefirst black sorority on SororityRow.The cross burning incidentoccured after a March 27 meet¬ing of several sorority represen¬tatives which voiced concernabout the sorority moving intoMagnolia Cottage. The majorconcerns were security, noiseand parking, according to rep¬resentatives who attended themeeting.The University administrationconsiders the case closed withthe two suspensions, despitecalls from the campus commu¬nity for expulsion of the stu¬dents. University president JoabThomas said, “The studentshave formulated an apology,stating they deeply regret of¬fending persons within andwithout the University commu¬nity and that they are very sorryfor the embarassment they havecaused us.” IT STILL BEATS BEING AMAROON. . .Some of the worst in collegesports team nicknames: Bow-doin College Polar Bears, NorthTexas State Mean Green, St.Ambrose Fighting Bees, IdahoVandals, Heidelberg Student Princes, Centenary CollegeGentlemen, TCU Horned Frogs,Manhatten Jaspers, OregonDucks, Purdue Boilermakers,Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels, Cal-Irvine Anteaters, Southern Il¬linois Salukis, Earlham Hustlin’Quakers, Colby College White Mules, Arkansas Tech Won-derboys, Alaska (JuneauiHumpback Whales, UNC TarHeels, University of South Car¬olina Gamecocks, and the everpopular Cambell College Fight¬ing Camels.BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathedon meire mmms,VIWHO A 6OOffl-0RlH6IN6flarOfOKR,IDmeMWVSIWS// fi/3 (♦TATHEfiE 70seemPOOFOS If YOU new STM,Hes mn'TOHMoeucme smeeyaw Denes 4rwesT inwm moooofitmwm. (MIAS, ww. teomr.. «wopmopepic sup- rz~y mi' t£f$ just ptoiNTHexe. cuwrTHINGS BACK mCTHefi-.shopc upthp nvm-MXKMPCAYZM qmy wrtef€T0HWHY POPS TUP A w.Students to Save the Spring Formal Present:THEiALL UNIVERSITYSPRING FORMALMay 9,1986 at the Palmer House HotelWith Maynard FergusonUniversity Students Non-Students$ 12.50 per person $ 100 per person(Transportation Included)g t || \ § § **i / / % / | % v \ « v»Tickets on sale at Reynolds Club Box Office & jvarious other locations starting Monday, April 28Black tie optional. !Funded by SGFCThe Chicago Maroon—Friday. April 25.1986—11IThe Third String By Dennis A. ChanskySoftball splitsBy Jon HerskovitzSports EditorThey came so close to winning theirdivision.If Chicago Softball took both ends of adoubleheader from last year’s MCAWchamps, St. Norbert, they would haveclinched the North Division and a playoffseat. Now, in order to be guaranteed post¬season play, Chicago will have to split anupcoming doubleheader against muchhated Lake Forest. Chicago won the open¬ing game of the twinbill against Norbert bya score of 1-0, but they lost the secondgame by a score of 7-6.Chicago, now' 5-1 in conference play willhave to split a doubleheader against LakeForest for an MCAW playoff. The first andsecond place teams in both divisions meetin a tournament to be played on May 2 and3 to decide the conference champs.It seemed like Chicago was toying withthe Green Knights of St. Norbert in the firstgame. Strong pitching from KathyMcGarvey and solid defensive play pre¬vented Norbert from establishing anythingoffensively. And the Chicago offense hadthe opportunities to establish a lead, butthey did not score.For the regulation seven innings, neitherteam scored a run, and the game went toextra frames. In the top half of the eighth,McGarvey set down the Green Knights inorder, and the toying was over.In the Chicago half of the eighth, secondbaseman Lynn Bircsak opened the inningwith a walk, and advanced to second on awild pitch. McGarvey moved Bircsak tothird on a line drive single to left, andMcGarvey stole second to give Chicagorunners on second and third with no outs.Arzou Ahsan stepped up and sent the thirdpitch into left field for the game winningrun.It was as easy as that. When the gamehad to be won; it was won. A sweep ofNorberts seemed obvious.The second game opened to no ones’surprise. Chicago, off from the momentumof the first game win cruised to an earlylead. After five innings Chicago had acommanding 6-0 margin.But it all came to a grinding halt In thebottom of the sixth, the Green Knightsscored four runs, and Chicago was unableto score in the top of the seventh.An easy clinch of the division ended withNorbert’s rally in the bottom of the sev¬enth. Three runs was all they needed, andthey scored the three runs without an out.A hit better with the bases loaded gaveNorbert a 7-6 second game win.Chicago softball has four more confer¬ence games before their season ends. OnFriday they travel to Ripon to try onceagain the thrash the Redmen; whileMonday is the big game, the double headeragaiast Lake Forest. Both games areaway.By the nature of that art, the cartoonistmust capture the essensce of a moment orof an entire age in a single frame. Themost successful single frame I have everseen was produced by Jeff MacNelly in theTribune the morning after the Cubs hadclinched the 1984 divisional title. The car¬toon was set in the bleachers of WrigleyField, an obvious use of license since theCubs clinched in Pittsburgh, and featuredthe usaal bleacher bums going crazy be¬yond belief. All but one of them. The loneexception in the frame was a grandfatherwho had a tear in his eye. His little grand¬son asked, “Gee, grandpa, the Cubs justwon, how come you’re not happy?”Old grandpa had been off fighting aworld war the only time during the courseof Jiis life the Cubs had made it to theWorld Series. As he sat there, grandpaprobably saw all the moments of his lifepass before him once more. And he saw thelife of his little grandson probably justbeginning at that moment. All in thefriendly confines of beautiful WrigleyField. It was not just a matter of convenienceor of taste for MacNelly to have to set hisframe in the bleachers at Wrigley Field.For Wrigley Field is the only place left inmajor league baseball where such a mo¬ment between grandfather and grandsoncould take place. Wrigley Field is the lastrefuge for the old men and young children.The friendly confines is the only place thattolerates the relationship between old men and young children, the inter-generationalengine that makes the game both signif¬icant and fun.You see, if grandpa cannot see at night,he cannot drive at night, and certainly he isnot going to take his little grandson on theel at night. So, if their is no such thing asday baseball, and bleachers to watch itfrom, and boxes of Cracker jack to share,there is no inter-generational force behind baseball to preach the tradition, to spreadthe myth, to teach the unalterable rules.You can learn only from grandpa when towatch the game and when to watch thebirds, the planes and the girls. And ifChicago is the only city with a WrigleyField in it, then I guess that make Chicagothat much better than any other place inAmerica to grow up in and to grow old in.Lacrosse takes two of three gamesBy Ted FrankContributing WriterLacrosse raised its record to the .500level by winning two of three games playedover the span of two days. On Sunday theLacrosse team split a twinbill at KnoxCollege by drubbing Knox by a score of 22-0, but losing the second end to WesternIllinois University by a count of 7-6. Com¬ing out of split, Chicago took a tough gamefrom Wheaton College by a score of 11-9 ona game played at Stagg Field.All the signs were pointing to a sweep of the doubleheader in Galesburg. In the firstgame Chicago whalloped Knox College.The Siwash never mounted any offensivethreat and Chicago goalies Phil Trembleand John King recorded an easy shut-out.The scoring for Chicago was led by his¬torian Matt Berg with five goals and noassists and teenage heart throb NickShermeta.In the second game of the afternoon, itseemed that the momentum had carriedover from the Knox fiasco. Chicago jumpedout to an early 3-0 over Western Illinois led by a goal and an assist from Jon Hers¬kovitz. Slowly though, western chippedaway at the Chicago lead and was onlydown by two at the half.The only Chicago offense in the secondhalf came from Paul Schiffer. His goal wasthe sole point Chicago put on the board inthe second half. Although outshot 62-38,Western Illinois was still able to overcomethe two goal deficit and to capture the lead.At 10:32 in the fourth quarter they went upby one, and never lost that lead.Chances for reaching the .500 plateaulooked grim when Chicago took the fieldagainst Wheaton on Tuesday. Wheaton beatthe Maroons by six last year, and theirteam was again strong.But Chicago prevailed against the goodChristians of Wheaton. Strong offensiveshowings by Rob Spencer with four goalsand two assists, Nick Shermeta with threegoals and and Jon Herskovitz with a goaland three assists provided most of theforce. Phil Tremble in goal crushed anyhopes for a Wheaton victory.This weekend the Chicago Lacrosse teamtravels to the University of Missouri forsome tournament action. Ten teams fromthe Midwest and West will be trying for theprestigious Cook Cup. This is the first yearthat Chicago has received an invitation tothis tournament. In a pre-tournament poll,Chicago is seeded third behind OklahomaState and a strong St. Louis club.The great beers of the world go by one name: Lowenbrau. Brewed in Munich,in England, Sweden. Canada, Japan and here in America for a distinctive world class taste.IkWoridGuisForLowbibiuu12—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, April 25, 1986U of C rugby team remains undefeatedBy Alex GlassStaff WriterLast Saturday a hundred or so supportersgot what they came to Stagg Field for:sunshine, refreshments and a hard-nosedvictory by the undefeated U of C Rugbyteam six to three over Marquette. Thisweek the ruggers will try for three in a rowagainst Valparaiso.Following a chaotic pre-season under¬graduate tournament and exhibition “B”game against Notre Dame, the Maroondefense has been all but unbreakable.Marquette’s lone field goal Saturday fol¬lowed a shutout of Milwaukee (6-0) on theirhomefield the previous week.The forwards, who, like the backs, weremissing several key players, fared littlebetter. Although hooker Jeff Ostrow out¬played his opponent, poor pack play kepthim from his usual dominance of thescrums. Coupled with Chicago’s ongoingproblems on lineouts, this put severe limi¬tations on the Maroon’s time of offensivepossession. Instead the packies relied onsuperior penalty and loose play, notably byflanker Ed Michals and prop Robert“Daryll” Stingly, while scrum-half DougHadley complemented his own fine looseplay by harassing his opposite number intotaking more concern for his health than hispasses.When Chicago wanted its victory how¬ever, it turned to its MVP, strong sideflanker Mike “Stallion” Ettinger. Playingdefense with the back line, Ettinger pres¬ sured the Milwaukee fly-half into a des¬peration pass. Snatching up the resultantloose ball, the Chicago star sprinted twentyuncontested yards for the game’s onlyscore.The rugger’s home opener shaped upsimilarly to the game in Milwaukee. Fineplay by winger Bobby Green and Aust¬ralian ringers at fly-half and eight-mancontributed to a first half of Chicagodomination that ended in scoreless frus¬tration. In the second half, Marquette’sstrong kicking game provided them withnumerous attempts on Chicago’s try-zone.Unable to shatter the stubborn Maroonline, the visitors finally managed a fieldgoal for a three to zero lead late in thegame.Minutes later an alert Aussie kickbed its way deep into Marquette’s ter¬ritory, whereupon the pack took over.Stingly grabbed a loose ball and, withconcerted support from the rest of theforwards, drove to within yards of the try-line. When Stingly was finally halted andmade the ball available to his pack-mates,Ostrow dove across the line, ball in hand,into a mob of orange Marquette jerseys.When the referee sorted matters out, it wasEttinger who had the ball and Chicago thathad tne lead. An aussi kick for the conver¬sion finalized the scoring and clinched thevictory.If the killer “B’s” lost 6-0, the gameMaroon baseball statistical leaders (based on 34 at-batsthrough 16 games)Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB Avg.Scott Gross 16 47 4 19 2 0 1 11 7 .404Mike Medina 17 47 13 16 2 3 0 7 6 .340Steve Chmelik 16 49 11 14 1 0 0 2 7 .286Tom Novak 15 41 4 9 0 0 0 1 5 .210Bruce Montella 15 41 4 9 1 0 0 8 3 .191Pete Leeds 16 48 11 8 3 0 0 3 10 .167Doug McNelis 16 37 5 5 0 0 0 5 7 .135 highlighted the fine plav of the young new¬comers who have filled in for injured cen¬ters John Berrill and Roger Rachelson andfor fullback Clive Landis. Particularlystandout play was turned in by John Stein¬berg, Stu Delalf and A1 Lanshore under theleadership of wiley veteran prop BrianCole. Incredible displays of endurance andteam support were given by “A” sidersOstrow and Michals, who split halves in thesecond game, and Alex Glass who hasplayed every minute of every game thisseason. During the last two weeks, Hadley’s boatracers have continued to build on lastseason’s undefeated record as Chicago hasmore than held its own in the post gamegatherings that distinguish ruggers fromcommon athletes and as true amateursportsmen. Northwestern, of course, at¬tempted to avoid such traditional expenses,provoking NIURFC to counter measuresthat provoked the Northern Illinois Uni¬versity sports administration to cancel theremainder of the club’s season. Furtherdetails in the matter must await the pos¬sibility of litigation.Two baseball victories7Staff WriterTuesday afternoon the Chicago baseballteam travelled to Niles College to try theirluck in a doubleheader. Players, coaches,bats and balls all took the Harlem exit offthe Kennedy Expressway to take on a biblecollege of 160 male students by the name ofNiles College. The Maroons, not ones to befound in bible study class, showed nomercy in swamping Niles by scores of 14-0and 7-6 in the doubleheader.The day was typical for the mid-latitudeforest bio-climatic zone; it was cold, windy,and grey. Under the bleak skies co-acesEric Smith and Ed Ruder combined on afour hitter in the first part of the twinbill.The game ended graciously after five in¬nings because of the appropriately named“slaughter rule”. Doug McNelis led theChicago onslaught by bashing in nineRBI’s.The second game was much tighter, butChicago won by the score of 7-6. JohnUglietta and John McNally (no relation toDave, but from Michigan, the home of theWolverines, rockin’ Bob Segar. . . AnnArbor) pitched the first five innings main¬taining a narrow leaf. Corsan Maley camein the sixth to record the save by strikingout five batters over the final two innings,but a mild stir was created when Maleystruck a Niles batter in the back, the thudof the ball hitting flesh drew Niles from thethe dugout. The Chicago offense was led by JohnBoland and Mike Todd. Both players drovein two runs in the game.With the sweep of Niles, Chicago’s recordnow creeps ever closer to .500 as it nowstands at 7-10, but more importantly,Chicago has a chance to win the MidwestCollegiate Athletic Conference champion¬ship this weekend. The Maroons are cur¬rently tied for second with the RiponRedmen with a conference mark of 4-2. Ifthe Maroons can overcome a loud busrideto Appleton, Wisconsin and sweep theLawrence Vikings, currently 1-5 in confer¬ence, they would only need a victory byRipon in one of their two games with thefirst place St. Norbert to tie the GreenKnights for thie championship. If Riponsweeps St. Norbert, the Maroons would winthe title outright by virtue of their previousdoubleheader victory over Ripon earlier inthe season. Chicago split with St. Norbertin a doubleheader which was the GreenKnights only conference loss.Bruce Montella, injured in the Ripondoubleheader will not compete againstLawrence this week due to damaged lig¬aments in his foot and ankle, indeed, he isprobably out for the rest of the season. TheMaroons next home game is Tuesdayagainst the green and pink clad Forestersof Lake Forest. The game will be played atStagg Field, and a sweep is necessary for achances of a Chicago MCAC championship.AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HYDE PARKLUTHERAN CAMPUS CENTER5500 SOUTH WOODLAWN, CHICAGO. ILLINOISjtzmu&taMr (joncert OerimJ. S. 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Absolutely no exceptions will bemade! In case of errors for which the Maroonis responsible, adjustments will be made orcorrections run only if the business office isnotified WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK ofthe original publication. The Maroon is notliable for any errors.SPACEAPARTMENTS AVAILABLEStudios, one, two & 3 bedrms some lake viewsnear 1C, CTA & U of C shuttle, laundry,facilities, parking available, heat & water in¬cluded. 5% discounts for students. HerbertRealty 684-23339-4:30Mon. Fri.9-2on Sat.GOVERNMENT HOMES from $1 (U repair).Also delinquent tax property. Call 805 687-6000Ext. GH-4534 for information.Two Bedroom Apartment Central AC parking.One Block From Campus Available June 15.Couple Preferred. Call 241-7461.ONE BDR in three bdr. available immediate¬ly 54th-Harper, prefer undergrad, carpeting,good location. $209/month. 363-6073.Small campus offices available at $250 and$300/mo. heated. Call Ms. or Mr. Altur C-21KRM 667-6666.Excellent 1 br condo for rent swimming poolsauna exercise room close to shopping 8. UCHospital $500/mon heat included Call Ed at 241-6854 after 4pm or leave message.Large studio on the lake. Wall-to-wallcarpeting. Pool-deli-restaurant sublet to takelease over $363.00 Avail 71 or 81 Call 363-0755.Super "F" townhouse in Ray school district.Three bedrooms plus a wonderful finishedbasement. Central air conditioning. Two parking spaces. Convenient laundry room. Ex¬cellent condition and congenial neighbors. 144055th steet. $115,000 UR BAN SEARCH 337 2400Do you crave a big eat-in-kitchen that includesa laundry area? Do you fancy a large grassybackyard? This two bedroom condo on campusmay satisfy your needs. Very pleasant,unusual floor plan. 1410 E. 56th Street. Lowassessments. $64,000. URBAN SEARCH 337-2400.Large 2 bedroom summer sublet available inRegent's Park, 5020 S. Lake Shore Dr., June 1Sunny corner apartment, fully furnished.Laundry, market & health club in building. 1block from 1C; 10 minutes from loop. S500, airconditioning included. Call Susan or Amy 493-6702.Two Bedroom Apt at 1606 E. 50th Place. Near1C, CTA 8. Campus Bus, fully carpeted, heat &water included. $525. Late May occupancy.Call Gen, 962-8131 daytime or 363-0977 eve.Rmte wanted in 3 bdrm. apt. Lge. living rm,dining rm 8. kitchen w/ pantry. Hrdwd. floorsEx loc. 55 8. Ellis. Rent controlled at $200 pluslights. Priv phone. Avail now. 643-0412.Studio-sunny, 56th & Kimbark. $375/mo plusgas/elec. Available June 21st. Call 324-2591 9-11 AM, 7-10PM.Summer, Weekend, Sabbatical Retreat. 75miles Chicago. Rural acreage. Furn. 3 bed.,study 600/mo. 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Counsel Adolescents!Assist at a Shelter! Help at a Blood Drive! Be aHotline Volunteer! or lick envelopes! Plentymore where these came from! call theVolunteer Bureau at 955-4108. Meet a need SERVICESJUDITH TYPES and has a memory. Phone955-4417.LARRY'S MOVING 8. DELIVERY. Furnitureand boxes. Household moves. Cartons, tape,padding doily available. 743-1353.UNIVERSITY TYPING SERVICEWordprocessing and EditingOne block from Regenstein LibraryJames Bone, 363-0522PASSPORT PHOTOS WHILE U WAITModel Camera 8< Video 1342 E. 55th St. 4936700.JUDITH TYPES and has a memory. IBM compatible. Quiet Writer printer. Your disk ormine. Phone 955-4417.Enrollment is now open for A Summer Institute in Listening 8. Communication Skills. Atthe Chicago Counseling 8. PsychotherapyCenter. The six sessions will begin Wed., July23 at 7:30 pm, and will include seminars, peerlistening and individual consultation. Registerearly by calling the Center at 684 1800.EXPERIENCED TYPING. 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Forfurther information call Karen at 962-3560 between 8:30 8.11:30 a.m. Refer to study A.WE KNOW WHERE THEPARTIES AREWe know when the buses run. We know whattimes the films start. We know where all yourfriends live. For this and anything else youneed to know, call Hotline, 753-1777, seven daysa week, 7PM to 7AM.SPELUNK!Outing Club trip to Mamouth Caves in Kentucky from May 2nd to May 4th. Call ChrisWells at 955-5329 or come to Ida Noyes at 8PMTuesday.SKYDIVINGAnnual Outing Club Jumpfest Call PeterGrivas, 753-2233, for info.PUB CONCERTTumbling Dice—Stones Repertoire, Sat, April26, 10-12. Members, 21-KTOURNAMENTAND FEASTGood lords and ladies, come enjoy a spring dayin the middle ages. The Medieval andRenaissance Re-Creation Society and SGFC in¬vite you to "A Lioness in Spring", a tourna¬ment and feast honoring Eleanor of Aquitaine.There will be games, contests, a Court of Love,and at 6 PM an authentic medieval feast withmusic and dancing. All day Saturday, April26th at Ida Noyes Hall (59th and Woodlawn).Feast tickets are $6 with UC ID $8 without.FOREIGN STUDENTSWe want to hear it from you! Come and shareyour ideas with Inti. Student Organization.Help plan exciting events of your choice andhelp improve the Orientation program for newforeign students. Join us for an organizationalmeeting and elect officers for next year. Weneed YOUR help! Sat. 26th April, 1986 in the In¬ti. House (14U E 59th St.) Homeroom at 1 lam.Refreshments will be served Funded bySGFC.CO-ED VOLLY BALLSundays In Field House. Noon. Also OutdoorsIn Summer.LASER PRINTINGWord Processing and laserwriter printing.Laser quality printing of resumes, papers,dissertations, and Macintosh files. Call Top ofthe Desk, Inc. at 947-0585 evenings andweekends for rates and quotespeepApruTECHNOLOGIST WANTE DMoving established laboratory to U of C Dept.MGCB. Seek experienced researchtechnologist. Excellent opportunity to workwith relative independence in exciting area ofMolecular Biology and Immunology. Dr. Ur-sala Storb Dept of Microbiology, U of Wash.Seattle 98195, 206-543-1428,5824; local contact962-1351, Sharon Cohen.MaroonStaffmeeting TODAY4 3:30 p.m.Ida Noyes West Lounse2nd FloorPIZZA AFTER!jAThree great sales in oneSpringer-VerlagSpecial Physics SaleBig Savingson selected physics titlesSave up to 80%on a wide assortment ofpublishers' remaindersin art and literatureSave 50%on a terrific selectionof slightly hurt paperbacksfrom many publishersHurry! Supplies are limited!970 East 58th Street • Chicago, Illinois 60637 • (312)962-7712SPECIAL LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUE% % % % % % % *x % %. %FLAUNTING ITby Michele Marie Bonnarensflaunt (flont) v. — intr. 1. To parade oneselfostentatiously or pertly; show oneself off. 2. Tobe gaudily in evidence. 3. To wave proudly.(Origin obscure.) The American Heritage Dic¬tionary — New College EditionHere we are, we flaunters, proselytizingagain. Time for our annual public disregard ofproprieties — opening our floors and showingeverything. When will learn our personal livesare private lives? etc, etc.Objections to such public discourse comefrom friends, foes and those bored into neutral¬ity. In the best of all possible worlds, a casemight be made. And, so it seems, such avantage point is enjoyed by many; in one wayor another managing to create a space unt¬roubled by boundaries to loving, the land of themisguided is of small concern — not evennoticed when tripped over. The lack of recog¬nition is not reciprocal — that knowledge hitshome with a good smash on the head, or pushonto the tracks. Negation of particular intensity.Called it on ourselves did we? Had to dresslike that? Assemble together? Speak? And so asympathetic case is made for silence. Cong¬regate, but do it quietly — people shouldn't have to see it. Yet our hushed voices, codewords, closed doors all perpetuate our oppres¬sion — constitute differences. Our awarenessof the things that are not said is acknowledge¬ment of the bars that have set us apart — lockus in. Wherever the concession is made toquiet — School Zone, Baby is Sleeping, WeakHearts, Others will be Implicated, Not Yet — weremain detained.When we have forgotten when to lower ourvoice, no longer remember what needs to bedisguised, when the private is the public, wewill be ourselves with everyone else.To be ourselves does not come from separa¬tion, but from being a part. The beasts thatwould make us other thus encounter self-defined existants who need not sacrifice diver¬sity by refusing imposed difference. Thoughsuch beasts may still opt to bash, the one whohides has been defined by that beast. It is notunreasonable to flaunt such a definition.— tr. 2. Nonstandard. To flout.Usage: flaunt in the sense of flout (to showcontempt or conspicuous disregard for) isrejected by 91 percent of the Usage Panel. Adissenting member of the Panel observes that it“is in too general usage to be ignored.”American HeritagePURPOSEFUL IGNORANCE"Perhaps the immobility of the thingsthat surround us is forced upon them byour cqjiviction that they are themselvesand not anything else, and by the im¬mobility of our conception of them.”— Marcel Proust, Guermantes Wayby Nathan MasonPart of the practice of everyday life, indeed ahabit which greatly eases the process ofeveryday living, is the use of categories basedon knowledge derived from previous experi¬ences as ‘types’, in the construction of acontext in which to place the multitude ofphenomena which confront us daily. Thisplacement gives us access to a responsepattern which is known to have worked inprevious similar instances. These categories ofdirect experience are the major component of‘stereotypes’.The other form of knowledge about a par¬ticular thing is that which is gained indirectly.That is, the knowledge is gathered throughsuch activities as reading or discussions, not byan actual encounter with the thing being typi¬fied.This facet once assimilated into the massof knowledge gained by direct experience be¬comes a sort of ‘indirect’ experience. As part ofour knowledge base it becomes part of thebasis of the formulation of snap judgments, firstimpressions, stereotypes, and other not con¬sciously constructed presuppositions. In this activity we do not go through the mentalprocess of distinguishing the priority of directlygained knowledge from indirectly gainedknowledge. Thus, once something becomes asa ‘given’ in our cognitive-intellectual frameworkwe cease to question its validity or veracity. Ifan experience or notion told us serves to typifythe character of one of the numerous arbitrarilydefined social categories of people, our deal¬ings with individuals of that category will becolored by that experience, as it contributes toa stereotype, no matter how inapplicable it is tothe particular instance.It is the unreflective formulation of ‘stereo¬types’ and the unreflective usage of them whichis dangerous. Rarely do we stop and questionwhere an assumption comes from or how it hasbeen formed. The use of steteotypes is one ofthe most pervasive habits of our society. Therewill probably never be a time when they are notused. But, we must change how and why weemploy them.In their first order of usage, that of casting anew situation into a familiar mode so that ourdealings with it are facilitated, they serve a validfunction. As W.H. Auden says: “we can onlypicture the unknown future in terms of theknown past." The use of a stereotype makesthe unfamiliar familiar. But, we must pauseafter finding the familiarities to see the new andunique qualities of the hitherto unknown thingContinued on page 7 y||i . f$w. h■‘VS5r L,. w* OfeS; it *■ Rfe| iMMW''1- ’> finfeye r -IBBrl H! ^HU- aLETTER HOMEDear Mom and Dad.This letter has been in the draft stage foryears. I have thought it out many times withoutactually writing it and mailing it off. Up untilnow, I have been immobilized by my in¬securities. It must seem strange to be readingthis personal letter in a newspaper, but I ammost comfortable using this indirect means ofcommunication. Like the proud parents that youare, you subscribe to the Maroon at home,where back issues lie stacked on the livingroom coffee table.There is no simple or easy way to say what Imust say. Simply, it is that I am gay. Obscuringthat basic fact with euphemistic or ambiguouslanguage is cowardly. In this case the truth isblunt. For years I have thought of ways ofmaking this easier for both of us. It is im¬possible to stifle the image which I have of youat this moment. All I see is a pair of facescontorting with a whole array of emotions: pain,shock, denial, sorrow, fear.What a lot I know about fear, not to mentiondenial and pain. For a decade I have honed myskills at a repressive version of charades. Thegoal has been to hide my true sexual orienta¬tion beneath a guise of asexuality. Towardsyou, what I often do and say are marked byhypocrisy, ambiguity, and deceit. To deli¬berately misrepresent my sexuality is deceitful,just as telling only part of the truth is a type oflying. Over the past year or two, however, Ihave attained a strong consciousness andacceptance of being gay. With all but just acouple of friends, I have discarded dishonestyin favor of truth and openness.Breaking my silence is always a relief,though it is accompanied by fears of rejection. It is a crushing blow to be rejected on the basisof the single most intimate fact about oneself.This is why I have taken such a long time to tellyou. I am gay — to my knowledge I havealways been gay and will surely remain gay. Iwish I knew of a way to better explain and helpyou to understand me. It is simply the way that Iam.What is swirling in your minds? Catholicdogma? Images of limp-wristed pansies? Fearsof neighborhood gossip? Or more likely, youare inundated in pain and dismay. The words ofthis letter have been wrenched out one by one.I feel as if I have been tersely brutal, but Isense that this is almost inevitable with such anannouncement.Over these past couple of years I havedeliberately distanced myself physically andemotionally from you. I broke from the family,moved two thousand miles away, and put in therequisite two-week appearance at home once ayear. Why? Part of the reason is undoubtedlyconnected to my anticipation of coming out toyou. It was my semi-conscious way of spurningyou before you spurned me, which wouldanesthetize me from the pain of familial rejec¬tion.It is, of course, absurd to think that l couldelude the pain. As much as I pretend otherwise.I highly value and depend upon your love andsupport. Frankly, I do not expect you to imme¬diately understaed all that has been writtenhere. Understanding is a long process and fhisletter is only the first step. I am still your son.Could anything change that? Think hard aboutthat before you call. Love.Steve—by Steve SwensonPOSITIVE POSSESSION OF NAMESWhat’s in a name? Him whom you call a fagBy any other word would be as gaySo a lesbian would, were she not called adykeRetain that love of women which she owesWithout that titleby Deborah DowellI was seven when I first heard the word. Itwas on the news, something about Mardi Gras.“What’s homosexual?” I asked my parents.My mother thought for a moment. "They’repeople who like people of the same sex."Oh That’s what I am," I replied, happy thatI’d found something else to be."I don’t think so,” my father chuckledknowingly.“Why not? My best friends are both girls "“See," my mother tried to explain. “Thesepeople like people of their own sex so muchthey want to marry them.”“Oh,” I said again. “People can do that? I’mgoing to marry Karen when I grow up.”My parents were too busy being amused tothink much of that episode. Not that I thoughtmuch of it then either. I couldn’t have knownabout my sexuality at the time; it was the allureof calling myself something that prompted mydeclaration.It wasn’t until I was 15 that I began to realizeI’d had crushes on females since sixth grade. Itseems strange that someone could be attractedto people for tour years without knowing it. Still, this is a common, even short, period of self¬acknowledgement for lesbians and gays. Whatgoes on during all those years?Mostly, it is a matter of not knowing anycontext for our feelings. I was told all my life toexpect this magical, wonderful, scary thing thatwould happen when I met the right boy So Iwaited. I imitated my friends, I looked, I evenfaked crushes when I started to get worried.Meanwhile, this thing that was supposed tohappen happened, only with girls, so I ignoredit I hadn’t the slightest idea what being in lovefelt like. But I was sure it wasn’t love when Isaw Suzie and felt something. It didn’t feelanything like what I had been led to believelove was — what happened when I saw John¬nie — that is, nothing.Eventually, I realized things were not workingthe way I’d been told they would I knew therewere people called homosexuals, but, as far asI was concerned, they were only on the news. Itwas almost a relief when I realized what I feltfor girls was what everyone was calling love,and that I could love girls because I washomosexual, like many other people. I finallyhad a way to think about the emotions I hadn'thad words for. Of course it was scary toredefine myself so dramatically, especiallysince I knew how much some people hated andfeared homosexuals. It was also comforting. Mybeing, my feelings, and my past remainedintact while what I called myself changed to accomodate all these. I was reclaiming somepart of myself that had been cut off and hidden.There is something powerful in naming our¬selves. It gives us a context in which we can bewho we really are Yet naming can sometimesbe an action which limits, especially for themany people who aren’t exclusively hom¬osexual or heterosexual. Still, it is usually worthit, and even necessary, for those of us who aregay in this society, to “come out.” whether thisis a self-acknowlegement, or it involves tellingothers. If we don't label ourselves "gay.” weare automatically labeled "straight," and mustsuccomb to the assumptions that follow, orstruggle around them.Because coming out is not just saying we aregay, but telling the world to stop assuming weare heterosexual, it is usually a political issue,as well as a personal one. Whether we want toor not, we become an example of what a gayperson is So it becomes a necessary given,instead of a struggle, to be confident withourselves before dealing with anyone elseThough a political perspective allows dis¬tance from the pain of homophobia, it can alsobe wearing. There are times when I get so tiredof being politically conscious of my sexualorientation that it is the last thing I want to thinkabout. Still, the idea of being political is tomake people aware enough, that it isn’t neces¬sary to alwavs combat a«?<;iimptir>ncBy naming ouselves, we risk other kinds of assumptions. What we have to do is to makethe words our own, instead of allowing them tomake us. The first part of this, in coming out. isbecoming comfortable with the names I alwaysliked "gay” because it was short, bright, andeasy to say. “Lesbian” was harder, because Ihad only heard it used in derogatory ways. Ittook courage, at first, to get that word out. Iused to think that the reason more men thanwomen came out was because their name waseasier to say It was only after talking to awoman who was beginning to come out, when Iassured her “lesbian — it's not such a badword, really" that I began to like its sound. Thissod of positive possession of a word is usuallya basic place people start when coming out.Making these words a natural, visible part ofour lives probably also does a lot to easehomophobia“Faggot.” “dyke,” and “queer” are differentmatters, especially since “fag” seems to beone of the most popular — and lowest —insults among adolescents. Many gays usethese terms affectionately with each other, thesame way some Blacks use “nigger,” to dimin¬ish the word’s impact, but there is quite a lot todo in undercutting these words’ negativepower,Naming ourselves can be a powerful, positivething without being a loaded label — as long aswe don’t just become one of the people underthe name, but make the name part of who weare.DIVEST NOWEurope isA STEALTHIS SUMMERCALLUSNOW- (JJ\ - MooUNUVSRSITY TRAS&UHyde Parle 6Ar»fc- ButUil^qISX^T g.5st4^- (oofeis* 'SOITEJ 5o| • Charter -Phcjhts• PacJcaae deals• Bargain Oates• Pree w for mail on HAIR PHD*PRECISION HAIR DESIGNS1315 E. 57th Street ,Chicago, IL 60637PH. 363-0700GRAND OPENING SPECIALS:20% OFF RETAIL PRODUCTSNEXXUS, REDKEN & JA’MIHAIR CUTS Children under 12Women re$. *so NOW *15 Girls *. * *10Men rep. sf6 NOW *10 Boys *8PRICES INCLUDE SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER & STYLINGPERMS <%. vo-*fo NOW *15 - *30DOUBLE PROCESS & LONG HAIR SLIGHTLY MOREPRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL JUNE 15,1986Hrs.M-F 9-8Sat. 9-5Sun. 10-5 • EAR PIERCING•WAXING proprietorsJohn Rocco, Mary BadzATTENTION: ALL MAROON STAFFmust attend a meeting toRevise the Constitution 3:30 TODAYSFINDING AN APARTMENTRl MANHATTAN TAKESTHE RIGHT EDUCATIONGet a free copy of “Manhattan Moves' —the insider’s guide to finding an affordableapartment in Manhattan.To welcome potential newresidents to the city, and dispelsome myths about housing inNew York, we have published abook called “Manhattan Moves”.It’s the ultimate insider’s guideto apartment hunting in theBig Apple“Manhattan Moves” helpsyou set your sights on the righttype of apartment and location. 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Symphony Orchestra andUnivers y Chons Showcase concert:A rare opportunity to hear AntonBruckner’s magnificent Psalm 150Bruckner, probably the most originalsymphonist of the second half of thenineteenth century, provides the psalmwith an uncharacteristically brief mu¬sical setting, which for all its economylacks nothing of the romantic sweep andcra99Y power that fills his more familiarsymphonies. Bruckner’s last work ofsacred choral music, the Psalm 150 isa tremendously concentrated and excit¬ing example of German romanticism atits least self-conscious and most fan¬atically committed. It’s a musical light¬ning bolt. Also of note on the program isan appearance by the first prize winnerof the 1986 Concerto Competition, cel¬list Christopher Haritatos, who will jointhe orchestra in Ernest Bloch’s lush andmagisterial Schelomo: Hebraic Rhap¬sody, a beautiful, inexplicably neglectedscore (as well as a wonderful chance forgood cellists to strut their stuff). Round¬ing out the program are a group of acappella pieces for the chorus andAaron Copland’s crowd-pleasing trip toMargaritaville, El Salon Mexico. Sundayat 8, Mandel Hall. Suggested donation:$3, $1 for students.Smokey Smothers Lowdown blues fromformer sideman of Muddy Waters, LittleWalter, and Howling Wolf. EverySunday at B.L.U.E.S., 5:30-9, 2519 NHalsted.Nicholas Tremulis Local boy and bandmake it quasi-big and return to nativeturf. NT plays after Illicit at the Victonight at 9. If you had known aboutthis yesterday, you could have boughttickets for six bucks, but no — now youhave to fork over eight bucks at thedoor, which you can find around 3145 NSheffield, 472-0366.Ian Mitchell Someome called his music“radical themes” in the contemporaryscene. Find out what the poop is atLink’s Hall tonight. 3435 N Sheffield,281-0824.The Bobs New wave acapella at CabaretMetro tomorrow night at 8 and mid¬night, 21 and over only for the midnightshow, 3730 N Clark, 666-6667. That’s666-6667Stanley Jordan Did you say StanleyJordan? Yes, yes, yes, at nifty ParkWest with special guest Bennie WallaceSun night for two shows, 7:30 and 11,322 W Armitage, ???-????.Kid Creoie The kid brings his Coconutsover to the Vic where you can “expectthe unexpected” (I hope the tunes arebetter than that), at 9 tomorrow night,$14 advance/S 16 at the door, 3145 NSheffield, 472-0366.James Williams Quintet Find some way toget out to Triton College for this showtonight if you could go for some over-the-falls-and-into-the-foam-comin-up-crusisin-jazz. Otherwise stay home andwatch a tape of the Cosby Show. Eighto'clock blunt, 2000 Fifth Avenue, RiverGrove, IL, 456-8383.Rude Guest Playing after or before orsomehow related to another bandcalled Odd Man Out at Fitzgeraldstonight, 6615 Roosevelt Road, 788-2118Professor’s Blues Revue Featuring GloriaHardiman at Stepps, a new club intown. Catch the show tonight at 6459 NSheridan, 764-332Gidon Kremer and Lockenhaus One otthe world’s finest violinists performs aspart of an exciting European musicfestival at Orchestra Hall Mon at 7:30pm. Hear Brahms, Mahler, Schnittke,Webern, Mozart, and Schubert and takepart in the free pre-concert lecture at6:30, $10 to $40, students $7 50, 220 SMichigan, 435-8111.Julie Andrews and Robert Schroll Sop¬rano and baritone sing Menotti andPergolesi at Goodspeed Recital Halltonight, 8:00, 5845 S Ellis, 962-8068Party Benefit for the Soloman MahlanguFreedom College For South African Exi¬les Sponsored by Third World PoliticalForum, at Crosroads, 5621 Blackstone.Fri at 9 pm, $2 donation. DIVEST NOW!GALA Dance Party All University dance!At Ida Noyes 3rd floor theater, 1212 E59th, Sat at 9 pm. $1 at the door.In Case You Don’t Have Any Plans TheUniversity of Chicago Gay and LesbianLaw Student Association in conjunctionwith the Gay Grad Group invite you to aparty "magnifique”. At 5540 S Wood-lawn, Sat at 7 pm. Bring self, BringfriendsAnimal Encounters, Inc. Traveling animalexpert Robert James and his travelingzoo offer a "tactile educational experi¬ence” in which children can touch dif¬ferent animals as they learn about them.Suggested for ages 6 and older At theChicago Public Library Cultural Center 78 E Washington, Sat at 11 am, 346-3278.The Chicago International Art ExpositionView an ongoing video presentation oflast year’s Chicago International ArtExposition and receive all the facts onthis year’s Art Exposition at The AtriumShopping Mall, 100 W Randolph, MonTues Wed from 11:30 am to 2 pm.Sickness unto Death An Early Frost Adocudrama in which a fmily confrontsthe fact that their son has AIDS. AtBrent House, 5540 S Woodlawn, Sun at7 pm, 947-8744.Hormel Strike Discussion Speakers fromP-9 (United Food and CommercialWorkers Union) will hold an informaldiscussion on the Hormel Strike inAusten, Minnesota. They will discussissues related to the boycott of Hormelproducts. In the North Lounge of IdaNoyes, 1212 E 59th, Wed at 12 noon.Sponsored by CAUSE.AIDS Patient Support Group is made upof volunteers from the University com¬munity who are concerned about theplight of people with AIDS. Throughhospital visits we offer support and as¬sistance, helping out in any possibleway. Training for volunteers has beenprovided by Howard Brown MemorialClinic, and a new training session is tobe scheduled soon. For more informa¬tion about the AIDS patient SupportGroup, or to volunteer, please call TomPerdue at 493-9883.Coming Out Group The process of comingto terms with one's homosexuality canbe very traumatic, both for the personwho is faced with such feelings and theimportant people around him or her. TheComing Out Group provides a sup¬portive and accepting atmosphere tohelp people work out these problems.We are a support group, not a socialgroup. Our weekly discussion sessionscover such topics as coming out toparents, siblings, and friends, questionsabout bisexuality, the bar scene, andfinding out about life; no one is forced toparticipate. Many come just to listen andto be assured that they are not goingthrough this alone. Members of thegroup come from all parts of the Uni¬versity community, with different inter¬ests and backgrounds. While eachmember of the group may be dealingwith a different issue regarding hom¬osexuality, we all share a desire to helpeach other through this difficult time.The Coming Out Group meets everyTues evening at 8 in Quaker House,5615 S Woodlawn.Vigil for Divestment Join the UC CoalitionFor Divestment in supporting the Facultywho vote for taking UC funds out ofBanks, Corporations and other in¬vestments which are involved in theeconomy of South African apartheid.Mandel Hall entrance, Tues 4 pm to 5pm. AMANDLA!South Africa Film Series South AfricaBelongs To Us and You Have Struck ARock, Two documentaries aboutwomen’s resistence to apartheid. IdaNoyes East Lounge, Wed 8 pm, ActionComm. Free SA, funded SGFC, UCDivest. Coalition. Free to the public.Jan Erkert and Dancers turns the Greekphilosophy of final cause into "poeticdances of compelling beauty." (—CaroleByrd GCJ) At the Dance Center at Co¬lumbia College, 4730 N Sheridan, Friand Sat at 8 pm, 271-7804 or 944-4208Ensemble Espanol A panorama of Span¬ish Flamenco dance in authentic cos¬tume. At the Chicago Public LibraryCultural Center, 78 E Washington, Monat 12.15 pm, 346-3278.■HittThe Shadow Box After seeing MichaelChristofer’s Shadow Box, directed byCheryl Foster, in its final stages ofrehearsal, I was pleasantly surprisedthat there does exist some serioustheatre among the students at the Uni¬versity of Chicago When I say ‘serious’,I don’t mean to suggest that it’s time tocall in the Hollywood critics, nor do Imean that it’s another great opprotunityfor our own indigenous brand of meta¬theorists to plop down the loaded pen ofanalysis. I think that to clarify, I shouldsay that, for me, serious theatre’ is anyshow in which every participant in theproduction from techie to director feelsan unconscious duty to put forth at leastone very special moment, a momentthat in its essence can recreate thatapparent intangible thing that life is.Shadow Box is filled with specialmoments. To begin with, the play is castexceptionally well, and I say that as onewho knows the problems of gettingcredible and (actually more problematic)interested actors on campus. WhaVs sospecial about Shadow Box is what hap¬pens, what doesn't happen, and par¬ticularity what you wish would happenbetween characters in very sensitiverelationships of the play Lovers talkGrey City Journal 25 April 86Staff Steven K Amsterdam, Abigail Asher, Steve Best, Brett Bobley. MicheleMarie Bonnarens, Jeff Brill, Carole Byrd, John Conlon, Gideon D’Arcangelo,Frederick Dolan, Anjali Fedson, Dierdre Fretz, Justine Kalas. Stefan Kertesz,Bruce King Mike Kotze, Carolyn Mancuso, Nadine McGann, David McNulty,Miles Mendenhall. David Miller, Patrick Moxey, Brian Mulligan JordanOrlando John Porter, Laura Rebeck, Geoffrey Rees, Max Renn, PaulReubens Laura Saltz, Rachel Saltz, Sahotra Sarkar. Ann Schaefer. WayneScott. Mark Toma, Bob Travis. Ann Whitney, Ken Wissoker, Rick WojcikProduction: Stephanie Bacon, Michele Marie Bonnarens, Bruce KingEditor: Stephanie Bacon about what they would never havetalked about, children make up fictitiousletters and stories to hide the truth, atruth that is only the simplest and or¬dinary of occurances—death. As themediocre and obsessive poet Bryan(Juan Luco) says, it's gonna happen toall of us one of these days.Regardless of Bryan’s apparent ac¬ceptance of his fate, both of his lovers,Beverly (Gowan Calder) and Mark (RobPress) experience his ‘terminal illness’much more intensely than he does.Their triangle works well. Bev’s escapistyet carefree attitude and Mark’s naivebut tender concern bounce nervously offthe rugged baricade that Bryan has builtwithin his world of unending and mean¬ingless words. The play, of course, waswritten well. But the actors are also verytight.From the mouth of Shadow Box’s‘‘average american teenager” comesperhaps the most important message ofthe play. Steve (Mike O’Flaherty) has acool relationship with Mom, but is de¬voted to Dad, although he doesn’t knowthat Dad is dying. "I’m ready to play foryou, Dad,” he says, "The music’s notgood but its not bad either.” Life andthe tenuous relations that it provides inShadow Box are not good but they’renot bad either. But as dying becomesthe issue present at hand, the ability torecognize that you are alive becomesthe most necessary affirmation.Having played the role of Agnes in mybrief experience in theatre a few yearsago, Heidi Christein’s interpretation,especially in the second half, is asconfusing and bitter-sweet as I remem¬ber it to be. I have to confess, however,that my favorite character is HilaryBarnes’ Felicity, one of the least feli¬citous characters I can imagine Barnes’performance is really charming. Aftertwo years of pressing myself betweenthe stone walls of this modernist Uni¬versity, it takes a lot to get a genuinelaugh or a tear out of me in a perform¬ance; Barnes did both.In the final assemblage of responsesdirected at the camouflaged interviewer,(Vivian Walker), our poet Bryan sug¬gests that once you know you're dying,you can finally be sure that you areliving. For those of us who spend muchtoo much time forgetting about "living”,Cheryl Foster’s rendition of Shadow Boxends on a positive note. ThruSat at the Reynolds Club first floortheater $3. $4 —Carole ByrdUncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Lookingfor a new meaning in your life? So isVanya (as played by Nichaolas Rudall).Thru May 18 at Court Theatre, 5535 SEllis. 753-4472Tango Argentino Let’s dance! Thru Sun atthe Arie Crown Theatre at McCormickPlace. 791-6000Happy Days by Samuel Beckett If youwere up to your waist in a mound ofearth, would you think your days werehappy? Thru May 11 at the GoodmanTheatre, 200 S Columbus. 443-3800Take-Off! Also known as Exit, this is “acomedy beyond words” about airlinetravel. Performed by El Tricicle of Spainas part of the Chicago InternationalTheatre Festival; opens Tues and runsthru May 3 at the Getz Theater. 664-FESTThe Duchess of Malfi by John WebsterThe Jacobean drama by those who do itbest—the British. Performed by the Na¬tional Theatre of Great Britain; opensMon and runs thru May 11 at theBlackstone Theatre 664-FESTGhetto Life in the wartime ghetto. Per¬formed by the Haifa Municipal Theatreof Israel; opens Tues and runs thru May5 at the Civic Theatre 664-FESTSplit Second by Dennis McIntyre And thedecisions one must make in that time.Thru May 11 at the Victory GardensTheater, 2257 N Lincoln. 871-3000Slumming by Marisha Chamberlain. Theywalk, they talk—they’re Diane Arbus’photographs! Thru May 11 at the VictoryGardens Studio Theater. 2257 N Lin¬coln 443-3800Lydie Breeze by John Guare Lost dreamsand vengeful feelings— the “legacy of afailed utopia.” Thru May 18 at theSteppenwolf Theatre. 2851 N Halsted472-4141For Colored Girls Who Have ConsideredSuicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf byNtozake Shang. Thru May 11 at theEdgewater Presbytenan Church, 1020W Bryn Mawr 271-2638Puntila and His Hired Man by BertoidBrecht. This play is set “where classdistinctions are blurred in a world ofsaunas, sex, and endless summernights.” It's sure not in this neigh¬borhood. Performed by the RemainsTheatre Ensemble at the Organic Thea¬ter, 3319 N Clark. 327-5588Imitations of Life; Workshops on Femi¬nism and Culture This group of work¬shops and discussions is the culmina¬tion of an ongoing workshop on topics infeminist thought, held on campus thisyear Friday at 4 pm, author and U ofWisconsin, Milwaukee professor TamaModleski will lecture on "Feminity asMas(s)querade: A Feminist Critique ofMass Culture Theory.” Also Friday at 8pm, the film Imitation of Life, directed byDouglas Sirk (1959) will be shown in theIda Noyes Cloister Club. On Saturday,three panel discussions will be heldFrom 9-11 am, the topic will be "Enter¬ing the Marketplace: Women’s Speechin the Nineteenth Century"; from 11:15-1:15, "Girls Watching", and from 2:30-5.30, “Readers. Resistance, and theRepresentation Trap " All panel dis¬ YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE!IMPORTANT: MAROON CONSTITUTIONALMEETING-STAFF MEMBERS CAN/SHOULDVOTE GCJ/MAR00N RELATIONSHIP TOBE DISCUSSED TODAY FRIDAY AT 3:30IDA NOYES WEST LOUNGEcussions take place in Harper 103.Lesbian Films An evening of classic filmsof the 70’s and 80’s by Barbara Ham¬mer. Mountain Moving Coffeehouse,1655 W School. Sat, 8 30 pm.Rita Mae Brown Signing Everyone’s fa¬vorite. Rita Mae signs her new book.High Hearts, at Unabridged Bookstore.3251 N Broadway, Mon, 5-6:30 pm.Promoting a Women's Agenda forSpringfield Seminar on pending legisla¬tion John Marshall Law School, 315 SPlymouth. Sponsored by the Women’sBar Association. Mon, 3-7:30 pm.Feminist Radio "Women’s Voices" onWHPK 88.5 fm, Mon 5-6 pm.Walking with Women through ChicagoHistory Chicago feminists and historiansMarilyn Domer, Jean Hunt, and MaryAnn Johnson will discuss how to dis¬cover herstory in Chicago with the aid oftheir guided tour book and also provideanecdotes and answer questions on thesubject of local women in history.Women and Children First. 1967 NHalsted. 440-8824, Tu, 7:15 pmBarnett Newman Prints Retrospective atthe Smart Gallery, 5550 GreenwoodTues-Fri 10-4, Sat-Sun 12-4Mira! The Second Canadian Club HispanicArt Tour, in its midwestern debut. ThruApril 26 at the Hyde Park Art Center,1701 E 53rd Tues-Sat. 11-5Members Exhibition. On Tour A nationaltour of works by members of this uniquealternative gallery will be on display atthe gallery, Tues-Thurs this weekFunding from the Playboy Foundationwas provided for the catalogue fromwhich the following quote was taken:ARC'S primary mission from the starthas been to provide women artists witha support group and gallery affiliationfree from commercial pressure thatwould enable them to govern their ownprofessional lives and encourage themto make their special contribution toart...” Kind of makes you sick, doesn'tit? The best of intentions are com¬promised once again by corporatesleaze—the pornographers are richmen, capable of buying any of us. AtARC Gallery. 356 W Huron. Tues-Sat.11-5Peter Huttinger/George Horner Theformer does paintings (Capillaries) anddrawings (Entanglements); the latterdoes silly-putty lift-offs Opens todaywith a reception from 5-7 pm. and runsthru May 24. at Feature Gallery. 340 WHuron Wed-Sat 11-5.Contemporary Artists Books by Kal-deway Press Books from the New York-based press with texts by John Ash-berry, Samuel Beckett, William Bur¬roughs, Paul Celan, Marguerite Duras,Pablo Neruda, others, illustrations byCarl Apfelschnitt, Kim Keever, MischaKuball, Johnathan Lasker, Ann Sperry,Jun Suzuki, and Not Vital Opens todaywith a reception from 5-7 pm, and runsthru May 15, at the Goethe Institute. 401N Michigan Mon-Fri, 9-5:30, Thurs thru8Tramp Art This curious title appears on apress release picturing what looks like achest of drawers made of popsicle sticks...Thru May 17 at NIU Gallery, 212W Superior. 642-6010.Chris Geoghegan/Regan Heiserman/YeaS. Kim Three women's works on sexualpolitics: Geoghegan (a U of C/HPACalum) composes drawings of erotic,androgynous images in irregular slateframes; Heiserman uses a photomont¬age technique; Kim’s works are abstractoil paintings. Thru May 3 at RandolphStreet Gallery. 756 N Milwaukee. 666-7737.Judith Kitzes Award winner of the 9thAnnual UIC Student Fine Arts Competi¬tion, Kitzes works in wooden sculptureand construction Opens today with areception from 5-8 pm, and runs thruMay 9. at Ward Gallery, 750 S HalstedMon-Fri, 11-6, Sat 1-5.Oblique Delusion Computer graphic artistRick Paul has created a contemporaryTrojan Horse/figurative installation ThruMay 12 at the Cultural Center, 78 EWashington Mon-Thurs. 9-6. Fri, 9-6.and Sat, 9-5Latent Images: Ten Midwestern Photo¬graphers Winners of a new photographyfellowship Frank A Barsotti. StevenBenson. Andrew Borowiec, Ron Geibert,Michael Goss Richard Grey, CharlesKrider, Anthony M Laouro, FredrikMarsh, and Jay P Wolke Thru May 12.at the Cultural Center, as aboveA Brush With Shakespeare: The Bard InPainting, 1780-1910 Not just pictures ofhim. but you know, scenes from theplays and stuff. About 60 paintingsOpens tomorrow, and runs thru June 14,at the Cultural Center, as aboveTo Live and Die in L.A. (William Fnedkin,1985) Fri at 7, 9:15 & 11 pm and Sun at2 pm DOC $2 50An American in Pans (Vincente Minnelli,1951) Sat at 7 30 & 10 pm. LSF $2 5048 Hours (Walter Hill, 1982) Sat at 7 &11:15 pm DOC $2 50Trading Places (John Landis, 1983) Sat at9 pm. DOC $2 50Celine and Julie Go Boating (JacquesRivette, 1974) A critic-turned-filmmaker,Rivette made it big with this film, a storyabout the friendship between a strip-joint magician and a librarian. Fri at 6 30pm and Sun at 1.30 pm School of theArt Institute. Columbus Or and JacksonBivd $25Playtime {Jacques Tati. 1967) Tati escortsa group of American women on awhirlwind tour of Paris and life wasnever such a challenge' A must-see forthe continental traveler. Playtime is themost visually exciting of Tati’s films andprobably his subtlest comedy." — LizAnne Bawden. The Oxford Companionto Film. Sun at 8 30 pm. InternationalHouse $2.50 — BTThe Trial (Orson Welles, 1963' The onlyfilm apart from Citizen Kane in whichWelles exercised complete conti oi, TheTrial has the logic of the Kafka novelthat tells the story of a young man whois hounded by a faceless state for anunspecified crime. Thurs at 8:30 pmInternational House $2 — BTDIVEST NOWGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986—3iHYDE PARKHARPER CT. at 53rd St. 288-4900NOW OPEN!TOTALLY REMODELED!NEW SEATS, PROJECTION & SOUND.THREE NEW THEATRESPresenting the finest first runmotion picture entertainment.TROUBLE IN MINDDaily Times 5:30,7:45,10:00Sat. & Sun. 3:10WISE GUYSDaily 5:15, 7:00, 8:45Sat. & Sun. 1:45,3:30AT CLOSE RANGEDaily 5:30, 9:30Sat. & Sun. 1:30CRITTERSDaily 7:45,10:30Sat. & Sun. 1:15,3:50 PG-13BACK TO SCHOOL - STUDENT SPECIAL*★ SPECIAL PRICE - $2.50 Mon.-Thur. 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Broadway880-5400 GOLD COAST1051 N. Rush St.(At State/Cedar/Rash.above Solomon Cooper Drugs)64mE^74—FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALAIDS: AS IT ISby TKDIt was during Christmas break that I had myfirst visit of New York city and a chance to seethe play As Is. I did not anticipate how muchthe play would affect me. It was an experiencewhich I will probably never forget and also donot want to forget.Walking into the lobby of the Lyceum theater,I was quite surprised to see that most of theaudience were made up of what seemed to bemarried heterosexual couples. I guess that aftera long run of the play a gay audience exists nolonger. After sitting through three hours of theplay I understood why. Of course, the subject ofthe play was about two gay lovers, of which onediscovers that he has AIDS. However, it wasmore than that. The play was about how peopledeal with issues of life and death.Before the play started, the sound of BronskiBeat’s songs ‘Screaming” and ‘‘No MoreWar” crept out from the two speakers sitting inthe balconies above the stage. At first, I gave alittle smirk, thinking "Oh, how appropriate!” Butsoon, I started to feel the emotional effects thefamiliar words and melodies had on me in thisnew setting. I was tempted several times towalk out to the lobby and wait there until theplay started. Fortunately, the music soonstopped, and the lights dimmed as the curtainslowly fell on the stage. Footsteps of the actorscoming on the stage gave me an uneasy feelingwhile I sat in my seat staring into darkness.The lights came on again. The curtain raisedrevealing the stage. A woman in her forties wasstanding in the middle of the stage with thespotlight shining on her. She introduced herselfas a nun who had left the convent to become asocial worker. She wanted to experience firsthand all of life’s tragedies. Moreover, shewanted to give God’s absolutions, blessing, etc.to the miserables of life. After finishing hermonologue, she stepped off the stage; theother performers followed leaving Rick andSaul alone in their apartment.They argued about settling the propertiesafter the end of their relationship. During oneanguished moment, Rick told Saul that he hadAIDS. The stage was immediately filled withpeople. They were Rick’s new lover, brother,doctors, etc. They were making excuses forabandoning him. The lover needed time andspace to think. Rick's brother feared for hischildren, and the doctors folded their handsbecause of their limited knowledge about thedisease Rick was trapped in a web of confu¬sion, fears, and resentments. Excuses and fatalstatistics kept pouring into Rick’s ears. Thesounds and images on stage were over¬whelming. Sitting in my seat and witnessing thescene, I felt as if there were a ton of weightslying on top of my chest. I noticed myselfholding my body tighter and tighter, and shrink¬ing into the seat. As I became aware of myselftrembling, I realized that the fear, shock andanger that Rick was experiencing on stage hadbeen transferred to me.I sat there for two more hours riding thisemotional rollercoaster. The love and supportthat Saul gave to Rick carried me high; thensuddenly Rick’s fear and anger took me downto the lowest depression of the track. I remem¬ber when Rick told Saul the joke — The hardestthing about having AIDS is to convince yourmother that you are Haitian. It made me laughand cry at the same time. I laughed because itportrayed the reality of life and cried probablyfor the same reason.Arm in arm, Rick and Saul recalled the bitter¬sweet memories. They brought the audiencealong with them as they travelled back in timeto when they were young and first met. I sawhow their relationship evolved throughout life’sdifficulties. Rick shared with the audience hisexcitement when his first poetry collection waspublished. I witnessed Saul’s anger when Rickfound someone new Sandwiched amongthese. Rick and Saul shared with us theirseparate dreams of the future. The emotionsthat the audience felt as Rick struggled with hisillness were lightened by the flashbacks of theirlives together. I drifted along with Rick as hecame back for the last time to the hospitalwhere he and his brother reconciled theirdifferences. I felt Rick’s love for his familyregardless of their abandonment when theydiscovered that he was gay. As time advanced,so did Rick’s illness. He and Saul were sittingon his hospital bed, holding each other’s handsand smiling as the curtains of the bed weredrawn together.The last scene of the play ended fifteenminutes later, and the stage curtain descendedslowly. The lights brightened once more. Mostof us were still glued to our seats long after theclapping had ended. Finally, I stood up andstarted to walk slowly upward on the slantingaisle. The images of the last scene troubled meas I was walked away from the theater. Thewords and the emotions were not what I hadexpected.As I was sitting in a coffee house across fromTKTS in Times Square, the last scene flashedthrough my head once more.The nun came back to the stage. As she wasrecalling one of her experiences with an AIDSpatient, she described him as “...such aqueen!” She said that the comment did notimply anything bad. It was the only word thatshe could find to accurately describe his per¬sonality. The day before he died, he wanted herto paint his fingernails bright red. Afterward, hewas running around the hospital wing showing everyone what a good job she had done to hisnails. The next day, he passed awayConfronted with this experience, the nunstarted to reexamine her work, belief, andherself. She wondered if she had accomplishedwhat she had set herself to do after leaving theconvent. In tears, she came to realize that shewas the one who got the benefits out of theseexperiences. The terminally ill patients taughther how to appreciate little things in life when their deaths was near. She was the one whoreceived all that she had expected to give tothese patients. The curtain descended as shewas asking herself why misfortunes in lifeexisted.I wanted to cry as I was sitting in the coffeeshop. Drops of tear rolled down my cheeks as Iremembered what Saul said when Rick told himthat he had AIDS, "I’ll take you as is.” Thesmoke of the cigarette between my fingers gave me a reason for not being too embarassedabout cryipgin public. Gathering the empty cupof coffee and putting it in the trash can next tothe door, I walked out of the shop and wipedthe tears. Walking half-heartedly around TimesSquare, I watched the Christmas shoppershurry to get home. Suddenly, I noticed myselfsmiling when my thoughts ran over one ofRick’s comments, “I love sleaze!” I turnedaround and headed toward the subway station.<3 <1 <1 <1 <1<<<<<! <3 < < <THE RELAX, DON'TRISKS OF THE DO IT!AIDS TESTby Irwin KellerYes, “AIDS testing” has its uses. Particularlythe one for which it was intended: screening thenations blood supply to prevent the spread ofthe AIDS-related virus (HTLV-III) through trans¬fusions. For that purpose, the enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA) is quite ade¬quate. It locates (though sometimes wrongly)those blood samples in which the AIDS anti¬body is present, implying some previous ex¬posure to the virus. For a blood bank, thisgeneral information is enough — the blood canbe discarded, and better safe than sorry re¬mains the rule.The benefits (if any) of the use of ELISA byindividuals, though, are extremely difficult toassess. Highly unreliable for this end (turningup approximately as many false positives astrue), the ELISA test must be repeated anddoublechecked by a Western Blot test, moredifficult and more expensive. Combined, theseries of tests give a fairly accurate indicationof antibody positivity.Contrary to the belief of many (including,seemingly, the media and the military), a posi¬tive test result does not mean that the persontested has or will indeed ever contract AIDS.The person testing positive may be a carrier ofthe virus, may be within the incubation periodof the disease, or may have already fought it offsuccessfully.Taking the HTLV-III test now can also be,well, dangerous. Most facilities administeringthe test record your name, address, and otherinformation as a matter of standard procedure.That information, though, is not necessarilysafe, and neither will be your test result.Our state and federal legislatures wield verybroad powers when it comes to protecting thesafety and health of the public. Historically,quarantines, isolation, mandatory vaccinations(when a vaccine existed) were all part of thegovernment's response to perceived healthcrisis involving infectious disease. Some stateshave already been considering making AIDS aquarantinable disease if necessary. There havebeen rumblings here and there about man¬datory testing of members of high-risk groupsor even the entire populus. Though some ofthese measures walk a Constitutional tightrope,less oppressive measures, such as mandatoryreporting of positive test results, would probablybe upheld by the courts in the name of thepublic welfare.At this point, the issue of reportability topublic health officials is largely in the air. TheColorado Board of Health recently adoptedregulations requiring physicians and testingsites to report names and addresses of allpeople who test positive for the antibodyCalifornia, on the other hand, forbids disclosurewithout the written consent of the persontestedIn no state other than Wisconsin has con¬fidentiality of test results been assured by thegovernment. In other words, if they thought itwould prevent the spread of AIDS, most statescould disclose your positive test result towhomever they felt to be appropriate.The dissemination of this information couldmean personal catastrophe if it falls into thewrong hands (employers, landlords, insurers).The insurance industry has been searching forways to protect itself from having to pay themounting costs of hospitalization and medicaltreatment of persons with AIDS. Some com¬panies are refusing to insure people who seemto be in a high-risk group. Certainly one surebet is to refuse insurance to test-positive peo¬ple, citing “previous medical condition” asjustification.Of course, the state is not (let’s hope)spending its time at present calling insurersand reciting names and test results. But thereare no safeguards. Innocuous information todaymay be dangerously misused tomorrow. Lestwe forget, positive test results are still moreaccurate for identifying gay and bisexual menthan they are at identifying actual carriers ofAIDS. Given the rampant homophobia andAIDS hysteria in our society, the government isto be trusted even less than usual.There may be, of course, good reasons fortaking the test. Curiosity is not one of them.The meaning of the results is uncertain, and apositive test will only serve to make you morenervous than you were to begin with. If, on theother hand, you are experiencing symptoms ofAIDS, see your physician. If in consultation withher you conclude that an HTLV-III test is advisable, go for it. If you do, though, makesure that your testing site works on an anony¬mous basis. The Howard Brown MemorialClinic in Chicago does University of ChicagoStudent Health Service does not. Trust the staffat student health for current and accurateinformation and advice, but take the test else¬where. Student Health is required to keeprecords of all testing.In the meantime, it is important to rememberthat the best way to stop the spread of AIDS is prevention. What that means is engaging onlyin "safe sex” activities, i.e. sexual activitieswhich do not involve exchange of bodily fluidsTaking the HTLV-III test can do nothing to tellyou if you are going to get the disease, andmay serve only to screw you up mentally and/orlet the government know that you’re concerned.Relax.For up-to-date information on all relatedissues, call the AIDS Action Hotline at theHoward Brown Clinic at 871-5696.WHY SHOULDNTTheybegay?by David Robison“But I don't get it. Why were they gay?"The above reaction was heard by thescreenwriter of My Beautiful Laundrette, HanifKureishi after a screening of the movie (WindyCity Times, 4/17/86). This reaction points upone of the basic themes of the movie, or ratherits lack. To be exact, the homosexuality of theprotagonist, Omar, and his lover Johnny isincidental. The real issues of the film lie inracial and economic tension, prejudice andviolence. The love between Omar and Johnnyis central to the film and the driving force to theplot. The fact that it is between two men doesnot, however, play a role in the plot, it simplyadds comic touches here and there The other“gay film” recently playing in Chicago, and fora while concurently with Laundrette, is PartingGlances. Here the story is again of love, asimple romance, and again the lovers are twomen. Michaei and Robert. Here, too, the factthat they are gay does not control the storyline;it is however a prominent feature in the movie.It is for this reason that My Beautiful Laundretteis more of a breakthrough in "gay film” thanParting Glances.Here “gay film” is used in quotation marksbecause this is a somewhat odious term. Ittends to reenforce the separatist attitudes ofmany straights, gays and society as a whole Itengenders a sense that there is a type of film inwhich gays may participate and another inwhich straights may. We must realize that whilewe are all included in various combinations ofsubcultures, film is an expression of massculture and must include all members of thatculture. In the mass culture straights mix withgays and there also exist bisexuals who claimexclusive allegiance to neither of the hetero-orhomo-sexual subcultures. This reality should berepresented in films. The term is used herebecause it is a convenient device to describe allfilms in which at least some of the charactersare openly gay. Parting Glances confronts theissue of “gay film,” while Laundrette hastranscended the issue and is part of thepluralistic (gay, straight, bisexual), but still un¬fortunately racist, culture.The issue of "gay film” is clearly addressedin Parting Glances. From the beginning of themovie the homosexuality of the characters isaccepted prime facie, there is no coming-outscene and the scenes involving sex are withoutapology or ambiguity. There are scenes wherethe screenwriter directly addresses the issue at hand as when one character, Nick, exclaims,"Straights must be so narcissistic that ninety-nine percent of everything you see is aboutthem!” The fact that most of the people in thismovie are gay does play a role in the action.Nick has AIDS (Acquired immune DeficiencySyndrome), we hear about the people whoknow and don’t know about the two lovers andthere is a voracious discussion of why someoneis gay. and why it is not a choice one makes.The film is praiseworthy in its treatment ofthese subjects and the humanity therein. AIDSwas not treated with hysteria, but love, friend¬ship. jealousy, pain, fear, selfishness and self¬lessness. Being gay was treated simply andamusingly: “You ask your dick what it likes,and you go for it.” It is a delightful and touchingmovie about gay peopleMy Beautiful Laundrette is, on the otherhand, a movie about people, some of whomhappen to be gay. Mr. Kureishi was making aconscious effort to break the mold of “gayfilms”, or. films that have gay characters inthem. He says in an interview, “I wanted towrite a film where they are gay people but it’snot a gay film.”(lVCr, 4/17/86) Here is a crux ofthe matter, the lovers in Laundrette (one Whiteand the other Pakistani) are simply charactersinvolved in what Kureishi sees as the moreimportant issue of racism and economic strife inSouth London. Their race is of greater im¬portance than their sexual orientation. Thedevice providing for conflict in the film is race,not sexuality. There is no discussion of AIDS,though the syndrome does have its place inmass culture; there is no coming-out scene;and what being gay is or means is not dis¬cussed. it is a given.Each audience member identifies with therelationship between Johnny and Omar (and forthat matter Michael and Robert) in his or herown way. A gay or bisexual man would simplyidentify more closely and in more ways than awoman or straight man, but they all can identifywith the feelings between the partners just as Ican identify with the feelings in a lesbianrelationship. The reaction to this film notedabove says more about the film and what beinggay is, than about the woman herself. AsKureishi replies, “Why shouldn't they be gay?”(WCT, 4/17/86) To the film itself it makes hardlya difference. To the representation of reality itmakes a big difference. It is the reality thatpeople are people: some of them are straight,some are bisexual, some are lesbian or gay.The BookstoreIn front of twenty peopleI make an intimate connection.Glances meet just more than a saccadesharing a history of secrets.In front of twenty peopleI declare my intent.A deliberate stare now in one secondcelebrates an adolescence of feeling.In front of twenty peopleI consummate my desire.A visual confluence of painadmits the loneliness of an ordinary day.My fear assuages as I kiss the skinof the man whose smell I don’t know.—N.O.W. DIVEST NOWGREY CITY JOURNAL —FRIDAV APRII ?5.1986--?GAY MEN/STRAIGHT FRIENDSby Oren S. GiskanAbout a year ago, my best friend came out tome. I was shocked. Little did I know that I wasalso entering the gay world. And I am not evengay.I was as close to this friend as I was toanyone in the world. I would tell him everythingif I could tell anyone at all. So at first I wassomewhat offended when I realized how long ittook him to come out to me. But then it hit me. Irealized how difficult it was for him to come outto me. My reaction must have been important. Ithink that with this realization I began toby Carolyn MancusoThere is a unique perspective on life andlove and the universe in general that one canget from having homosexual friends. Aside fromthe good advice that you expect from peoplewho know you well, I find that there are verydifferent and informative opinions that I getfrom my homosexual friends. Exposure to dif¬ferent lifestyles and opinions also makes meexamine my own sexuality, and my relation¬ships to others of various sexual orientations.One of the benefits of having homosexualfriends is having contact with males with whom,of course, I will never have a sexual or romanticrelationship. This frees our conversations andinteractions from sexual innuendos and ten¬sions, which makes the friendship more relaxedand open than perhaps it would be with aheterosexual male. This is not to say that I haveno close male heterosexual friends; on thecontrary, I have many. Sometimes in fact I findit easier to talk to and get to know men thanwomen. Perhaps this is because there is not asmuch competition for male attention (academic,social, etc.) between men and women thanwomen and women. It is also comforting andhelpful to get ‘‘love advice” from a male whomyou are certain will never have any self-interestin the situation. I realize that I am drawingperhaps unnecessary distinctions between myheterosexual and homosexual male friends inthis particular instance. I can always receivewonderful "disinterested” advice and opinionsfrom all of my close male friends. However, withgay men, I can reveal what is my worst side inrelationships without worrying that the personwith whom I’m speaking will ever in the futurereject me. Of course I know many women(including me) who are sometimes frustratedthat we’ll never be able to become romanticallyinvolved with these good looking close malefriends. However, for most people that’s usuallynot a problem.A topic of conversation that is almost alwaysamusing, and always fun, is our taste in men.It’s really funny and interesting when a gayfriend and I find the same man cute, or evenhave a crush on the same person. We can thanconsole each other since the person will prob¬ably only be "available” to one of us. One canask why the opinion of a gay friend has adifferent significance as compared to that of astraight friend of the same sex. The answerwould lie in that there is something obviouslyvery different in getting a man’s opinion on theappeal of another man, since it is not only amatter of aesthetic preferences, but a matter ofan opinion from someone who was most likelyraised quite differently from me, merely be-PURPOSEFULIGNORANCEContinued from page 1confronting us. This ‘familiarizing’ ability of thestereotype brings in the danger of only inter¬acting with those facets of an individual orsituation which are known'. The opportunity forgrowth and the proliferation of knowledge isoften lost because of this usage. We must bereflective in our application of stereotypes,otherwise we lose the chance to learn andbecome close-minded, prejudicial and bigoted.The second order of usage is where thestereotype is applied to a seemingly known typeof individual or situation not in order to make anunknown knowable but to label it. By labeling aperson or situation as such and such a ‘type’ itenables the use of a rote set of actions andreactions which precludes the occurence of anysignificant interaction. This is the most insidiousand potentially harmful use of stereotypesWhere one labels and by the act of labelingdispenses with further interaction with thatperson or situation, one is guilty of the worstaction that can be done against one’s self, thepurposeful perpetuation of ignoranceStereotypes and our use of them stem fromDIVEST NOW understand at least some of the fears anddoubts that gay people must experience incoming out to their friends.When my friend came out to me, he was ineffect throwing the fate of our friendship into myhands. I had the choice of accepting him allover again. In a sense, I was forced to reev¬aluate our friendship.When I unquestioningly accepted my friend’shomosexuality, I realized the depth of ourfriendship. And an interesting thing happened. Ibegan thinking of all my other friendships andwanted to define them as well. I could no longeraccept any vague friendships. My friend chosecause he is male. I think that because of thisdifference in the ways males have beenbrought up, and conditioned by society, theyoftentimes view people and relationships in away different from women.Something on a more serious level is thegeneral importance of being exposed to manytypes of people and ideas. From my gay andlesbian friends I get an opportunity to discusscertain issues of which my straight friends arenot aware or with which they are not con¬cerned. From talking to my homosexual friendsI have a much greater understanding andconception of the ways in which society shapespeoples' actions, appearances, and opinions. Iam much more aware of biases and the ways inwhich one can and cannot overcome them, andam more aware of gay and lesbian politicalissues.Generally, it is helpful to gather opinionsfrom people who are almost by necessity openminded, and who definitely have perspectivesdifferent from my straight friends.Among the same lines of being exposed todifferent perspectives, having lesbian friendsand reading lesbian literature has caused me toexamine more closely my own sexual orienta¬tion. I have always considered myself primarilyheterosexual. However, there have been sev¬eral women, straight and gay, to whom I havebeen attracted. Out of the three most significantattractions, two have been to my two bestfriends, both straight, and one was to a highschool friend of mine who is a lesbian. Iconsidered all three of them physically attract¬ive. but of course more important was the factthat we were close friends. I feel that, be it withmen or women, the physical component of arelationship is a natural extension of emotionalcloseness. Therefore it doesn't seem very oddto me that one could enter into a relationshipwith someone of the same sex. I discussed thegeneral subject of lesbian relationships withone of my straight best friends, and we agreedthat we would be perfect for each other. I thinkit is because we were both so entrenched inheterosexual society (we both had boyfriends,and had never thought of lesbianism as a viablealternative) that "nothing ever happened.”Also, it is very difficult, in any kind of relation¬ship, to figure out just what the other personwants or expects, or of what he/she is afraid.And, although my lesbian friend was "out,” Iwas always afraid to "do anything,” for severalreasons. Except for fear of the unknown, thesereasons could also apply to the heterosexualcrushes I’ve had as well; she already had agirlfriend, and I was afraid of rejection. Perhapsanother reason nothing happened is that sheknew I was heterosexual, and was afraid ofthe basic human need for continuity and famil¬iarity in the events of our daily lives. They arenot in and of themselves ‘evil’ for, somethingelse to keep in mind, as St. Augustine hasdemonstrated, ‘evil natures’, ‘evil things’ cannot exist of themselves. It is our abuse ofstereotypes which render them dangerous. Theabuse of stereotypes is demonstrated by theirwidespread employment in the rhetoric of opp¬ression. For centuries the institution of slaverywas justified in the western world by theassertion that blacks were inherently inferior towhites because of dark skins, different types offeatures and a tribal society that did not corre¬spond to the occidental view of how peopleshould live if they were to be considered fullyhuman. It was the use of stereotypes to dem¬onstrate differences rather than support sim¬ilarities, to create a category of ‘other’. Thiscategory of 'other' was a place to put peopleand consider them, by virtue of their societalplacement, as inferior, of lesser worth. This wasthe conscious application of a set of culturallybiased stereotypes specifically to justify andperpetuate the subjugation and degradation ofhundreds of thousands of human beings whileassuaging the guilt of the perpetrators.This negative usage of stereotypes is stillpresent today and as pervasive as in anyhistorical era It is operative agamst gay people,women, and even that bastion of westernsociety, the white upper middle-class hetero¬sexual male. A major example of a culturally-biased stereotype which is generally un¬thinkingly assumed to be an ‘ideal’ to beachieved, a paradigm to judge by, and an to come out to me, chose to redefine ourfriendship. And I too realized that I had thechoice of defining my friendships.When my friend told me he was gay I wasjust at the beginning of the coming out process.As a heterosexual in a heterosexual world Iknew so little about homosexuality. How could Ibegin to understand feelings that were so aliento me but felt by someone so close to me?Take for instance my friend’s gay relationshipsEach new relationship is like a coming out. Ithought it was easy to understand men beingattracted to other men. But when it came downto it, and my friend had a boyfriend, it was ascaring me or losing my friendship had sheapproached me. I have read a few pop psy¬chology articles that assert that these types ofcrushes are common among “100% straight”women. Unfortunately, society casts suchstigmas on homosexual relationships that peo¬ple fear humiliation and ostracization if theydare express these feelings.Other reasons I began to think about myrelationship to my women friends were variousarticles I read about why women becomelesbians. The most interesting often-mentionedreason was that women are more sensitive andresponsive (both emotionally and sexually) be¬cause they were women, and of course werevery acutely acquainted with women's differentneeds. I do not mean to imply at all that bynature men are insensitive and women aresensitive. I am asserting that just as an onlychild understands the problems and joys ofbeing an only child more clearly, say, than achild with siblings, a woman understands theproblems and joys of being a woman betterthan a man. It is this sensitivity and theresulting responsiveness that seems so ap¬pealing in a relationship with a member of thesame sex. The interchange seems less scaryand threatening. Of course I assume that thedynamics of homosexual relationships are justas mercurial and trying as those of hetero¬sexuals, but the inherent same-sex rapportperhaps would get rid of other problematicmisunderstandings.Just as there is an absence of sexual tensionbetween heterosexuals and homosexuals ofopposite sexes, there is a possibility for thepresence of sexual "electricity” between gayand straight of the same sex. I think that it isthis tension, or the mere suggestion of thepossibility that might cause straight men andwomen to feel threatened by homosexuals ofthe same sex, just as they sometimes feelthreatened by a heterosexual of the oppositesex.When I began to think about a subject forthis article, most of the things which came tomind were negative subjects. The topics rangedfrom the exclusion of lesbian concerns from thegeneral homosexual rights movement, to har-rassment of homosexuals on campus, toA.I.D.S. However, I felt very strongly that thisissue as a whole should be a celebration of theopportunity for sexual freedom, or a celebrationof choices, and felt my article should reflectthat. Hopefully I have succeeded in emphasiz¬ing many of the positive aspects of relation¬ships between heterosexuals and homosexuals.There is a lot in these relationships from whichwe can all benefit.historical fact is the concept of the ‘traditionalnuclear family’. This notion is essentially afiction; historical fact does not bear it out.Certainly the lived experience of millions ofpeople all over the glebe today, both in thedeveloped countries as well as the third-worldcountries, gives the lie to that myth. Thewestern fable of the traditional nuclear familyarose out of the 18th century ideas of theEuropean upper-class patriarchy. The notionwas given strength in the 19th century by therise of the middle-class and the diffusion oftracts extolling the alleged virtues of a strongsingle-family unit. In the 20th century the notionof the nuclear family is so commonly taken tobe the ‘ideal’ that by its general acceptance ithas become thought of as historical fact, as if itwere present in the majority of previous epochsand civilizations.What does the image of the ‘traditionalnuclear family' present us? ‘Father’, ‘working’and bringing ‘home’ the money. ‘Mother’, ‘ten¬ding’ the house and children, doing vol¬unteer and children-related activities. Children,playing, going to school, and existing within the19th Century Romantic conception of child¬hood. This picture does not fit reality for themajority of families today or historically.It also perpetuates the ‘traditional’ conceptsof what is ‘naturally’ or ‘properly’ masculineand feminine The division between the mas¬culine and the feminine is much less than whatis commonly thought. The notions of propriety,gender hierarchy, gender differences, accept¬able forms of sexuality implied by the societalusage of this construct of the family all limit the different story. Having had heterosexualityshoved down my throat for so long, I found itdifficult to swallow that not only was my friendsleeping with men but with a particular man,someone I knew. The reality of homosexualitynever hits harder than when you realize thattwo men, two men you know, are sleepingtogether in the bedroom next to yours.But sex, is not the only aspect of hom¬osexuality I needed to understand. I needed tounderstand a gay person's fear of AIDS. Not fora minute will I say that I can understand thefear of being in danger of contracting a fataldisease. AIDt> is an everyday issue for myfriend, but my friendship is an everyday issuefor me. And therefore I try to be supportive andcontinue to try and understand what my friendmust go through.Since my friend came out to me, I havebecome friends with other gays. Right now, ofmy four closest friends, three are gay malesand the fourth is a straight female. In fact, Ireally only have one close straight male friend. Ihave thought about that and I do not reallyknow why I have surrounded myself with gayfriends. To some extent, I must be more atease, less threatened by my gay friends. I reallydislike competition among friends and I do notfeel any with my gay friends. All I know is thatmy gay friends are friends first and gay second.Having gay friends, I must resolve certainissues. For instance, how do I respond to anti¬gay sentiments? Do I have a responsibility todefend my friends? I have become very sen¬sitive to bigoted jokes about gay people. I donot defend my friends and I certainly do notlaugh, but I remember the people who do.Believe it or not, I still do have anti-gay friends.But I do not feel hypocritical. Even though I amhurt by their sentiments I can still find a lot ofgood in these people. I have to admit, however,that those friendships are tainted—when youhave gay friends, you can never ignore the painthey feel from anti-gay sentiment.Another issue I face is the issue of protectingmy gay friends. Who can I tell that I have gayfriends? To whom can I reveal my friend’shomosexuality? Right now, I do not believe thatI have the right to tell anyone that a friend ofmine is gay—that is something only that friendhas the right to share. You know, I cannot evenbring myself to tell my mother that my bestfriends are gay. I am probably protecting myselfas well as my friends. I think I can empathizewith my gay friends when I feel unable to"come out” to my mother about having gayfriends.Being striaght in a gay world, do I need tocome out too? Inevitably, some people willassume that if these are my friends, then I toomust be gay. By coming out, I mean, do I needto tell people that I am not gay? Can I say thatthe people who need to know that I am not gaywill know, or am I cheating myself? Whenpeople believe you are gay (and you arestraight), you face certain consequences. I mayvery well be giving up potential heterosexualrelationships’‘because some females mightthink I am gay. And on the other side of thecoin, am l being deceitful to the gay popula¬tion? Gays may show interest or approach youif they think you are gay. And this has hap¬pened to me. At first I was flattered but then Ibegan to question the image I was perpetuatingfor myself. I know what it is like to have peoplequestion my sexuality. I know how it feels to betold that my mannerisms are “gay” or eventhat they are “flaming ”I can live with people thinking I might be gay.I accept it as a consequence of having gayfriends or roommates. And I am happy with thechoices I have made.individual. The insistence on certain roles andexclusion of other modes of being deniesnatural manifestations of the human psycheand human sexuality their right to be. Theseexclusions and limitations place great and un¬warranted obstacles in the development andlives of individuals who do not feed into theprescribed societal format. As well, it does notallow for the full psychological development ofthose who play into it and expect it to work asformulated. The current notion of the ‘family’sets up an equation for failure and frustration inits establishment of unattainable ideas andnotions of acceptability.This is not saying there is no place for thenuclear family. What is needed is a rethinkingof the roles of the individual members of thefamily group and the roles of people who do notfit into the standard construct of ‘family’. Weshould strive to be as conscious as possible ofthe implications of the presuppositions andstereotypes used in our daily lives We limitourselves and others by not confronting ourrote modes of behavior and response, dispens¬ing with those based on myopic, ill-informedconcepts. As Jose Ortega y Gasset wrote:“...so many things fail to interest us, simplybecause they don’t find in us enough surfaceson which to live, and what we have to do then isincrease the number of planes in our mind, sothat a much larger number of themes can find aplace in it at the same time.” In this opening upof planes in our minds maybe we can form amore synthetic concept of what it is to behuman, eliminating the need to use pre¬judgements and stereotypesCELEBRATION OF VARIED PERSPECTIVES6— FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALIHE MICROCOMPUTFR DISTRIBUTION CENTERPRESENTSMICROSOFT FOR MACINTOSHBASIC S 85.00IHORO S 60.00FILE SI 10.00CHART S 72.00EHCEL $ 2 1 8.00THE MDC ALSO OFFERS-MACINTOSH PLUS1 MB INTERNRL RRM(EHPRNORBLE TO 4 MBI800K INTERNRL DRIUESCSI INTERFACE PORTNELLI KEVBORRO(CURSOR KEVS 0 KEVPRDI-800 K EXTERNAL DRIVE51 2K RND MRO COMPATIBLEUSES DOUBLE SIDED DISKSUIORKS lillTH OLD 400K DISKS $1580.00$360.00MDC1307 E 60TH ST (BASEMENT REAR ENTRANCE)962-6086 - M ********************************************** ARM A*a\is::::EX-LIBRIS COFFEESHOPApplications are now being acceptedfor the position ofMANAGERof Ex-Libris Coffeeshop1986 -1987 Academic YearPick up Applications in INH 210.Council TVavel ServicesC / E EThe nation 's oldest and largest student travel organizationannounces the grand opening of its Chicago office.Council TravelOffers: ^ Discount Student Youth/Budget FlightsRail PassesLanguage CoursesInternational Student andlbacher I.D.sWork and Study Abroad ProgramsEconomical IbursCall or come by29 E. Delaware,I |M( II Chicago, IL 606119 to 5—Monday thru Friday(312)951-0585951-0585:, : ■. ./ \ ’•. '4 '■••••■. ' ' •....... : :. V- ••* • • • : ' < : : : ■■' - The Fifth Georges Lurcy LectureThe Private Maninside the City StatebyJean-Pierre VernantProfesseur Honoraire au College de FranceGeorges Lurcy Visiting Professor, 198 5-86Departments of Anthropology and ClassicsThe University of ChicagoMonday, April 28, 19865:30 p.m.Social Science Research BuildingRoom 122l 126 East 59th StreetGREY CITY JOURNAL-FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986—7vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv COMINGPERSONAL VIEW, vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvOUT:SOCIAL VIEWby Michael RobertsThe invisibility and institutional denial of gayhistory, I think has served to individuate andisolate the coming out experience and createdthe false impression that coming out is a purelypersonal phenomenon. While I will not denyexistence of a political aspect of the coming outexperience, I think coming out can be under¬stood best from a personal and social per¬spective. To understand the personal sign¬ificance of someone coming out one must firstappreciate the conditions and circumstancesunder which the person is operating, which arelargely determined by a socialization process.In my own coming out, I found it essential toexplore not only my personal feelings but toestablish a sense of the bases of these feelingsin gay history as revealed in fiction and inhistorical documentation. To come out is morethan to admit feelings for members of the samesex. Coming out is an adjustment of feelings ina context of an intolerant society which instillsfear and self hate.Though the term is widely applied today to ahost of situations, “coming out” from a sociol¬ogical perspective seems to be unique to thegay experience. Whereas other minority groupshave suffered and still suffer oppression andinjustice, their experiences differ from the gayexperience in a number of respects. Fun¬damentally, homosexuality has been an effec¬tively ignored topic for the last several cen¬turies. Until recently, the major institutions ofour society have denied existence of a minoritythat comprises 10% of the human population.Schools as lofty as the University of Chicagohave postponed inclusion of a non-discriminatory clause for sexual orientation untilthis year. Our preeminent social science division offers no classes in gay studies. Themedia has, with few exceptions such as thesitcom “SOAP” in the 1970's, excluded dis¬cussion of homosexuality both in terms ofentertainment as well as responsible newscoverage Libraries censured and continue tocensur materials remotely related to sexualvariance. Lastly, while novels, movies etc havedealt with gay themes they have failed toportray homosexuality as only an incidentalaspect of the work. Films about gays exist, butseldom have there been stories about peoplewho happen to be gay — films for digestion bygeneral audiences and not accessible to gaypeople only.Whereas other oppressed minorities havebeen able to construct elaborate cultural sys¬tems as a result of the familial and communalnature of the oppression, young gay peoplehave been denied this factor fundamental toestablishment of identity. Due to the lack ofvisibility, gay people have grown up in a societythat does not allow for homosexuality, that is,not only a society that hates homosexuality, butone that denies its natural existence. Largescale crusades against homosexuality such asthose of McCarthy, Anita Bryant, and SenatorBriggs of California predicated their campaignson fears of “unnatural” recruitment of“normal” children into homosexual deviance.That children could be gay naturally could notbe suggested, as such an assumptioncountered the notion of homosexuality as devil-sent and as a form of psychopathology. Eventhough homosexuality became a significantissue during these crusades, it still remainedeffectively invisible because the possibility ofhomosexuality only occured in a deviant realmfar removed from wholesome family life. As aresult, young gay people growing up with anincongruent sexuality could not conceivablyidentify themselves as gay because such con¬structs did not exist. This denial/ignoranceimpedes self realization as gay people notaware of their homosexuality often createfurther incompatibilities with expression of theirsexual potential. Many homosexuals entanglethemselves in heterosexual affairs that neitherallow them to express nor discover their sexualselves. Others create social situations in whichthey themselves oppress homosexuals com¬pounding cognitive incongruities about accept¬ance/denial of homosexuality.Given these difficulties, homosexuals mustDIVEST NOW first discover their sexuality before coming out.Of late, social changes have been affectedallowing gay people to consider the nature oftheir sexuality earlier, which I predict will alterthe coming out experience in the next 10 to 20years. Specifically, recent AIDS awareness,movies such as Kiss of the Spiderwoman andParting Glances, network TV movies, religiousrecognition of homosexuality in groups such asDignity and Integrity, and the affirmation ofhomosexuality of large numbers of people withthe power to alter attitudes of family and friendswill all result in an accessibility of a homosexualidentification. Nonetheless, gay people bornthrough the 1960’s by and large have not hadthe benefits of these changes. However, hom¬osexuals of this generation have had advan¬tages over older gay people who have sufferedeven more significant oppression by denial.While homosexuality is well documentedthroughout history (see Katz’s Gay AmericanHistory, History of Sexual Variance) it differedqualitatively from that experienced today. Inparticular, coming out seems intrinsically linkedto modern homosexuality. Though figures suchas Auden, Isherwood, and Whitman have livedovert homosexual lives, a criminal-like under¬world was the only acceptable alternative for alarge number of people. In City of Night, JohnRechy portrays this part of the homosexualworld as comprised of four types of people,“queens,” who are female impersonators,“malehustlers,” who are male prostitutes,“scores,” who solicit prostitutes, and "mut¬uals,” who arrange reciprocal sexual activity. InCity of Night, homosexuality really :.!oes notexist though homosexual behavior does:Whatever a guy does with other guys, ifhe does it for money, that don't makehim queer. You're still straight.Queens masquerade as women legitimizingtheir relations with men. Even “scores” whosolicit the malehustlers and who cannot masktheir acts with heterosexual covers effectivelydeny their sexuality by not allowing personalexchange of any kind. Money is exchanged tocreate a contract rather than a relationship.Further, any behavior is given only temporarysignificance preventing establishment of iden¬tity:“Why is it,” this man was saying,...“thatthe moment the orgasm is over — or themoment its remembered, after sleep,”he added, as if understanding veryclearly my anxiety to leave — as if, too,he is speaking about me personally,“why is it that people want to leave, as ifto forget — with someone else — whatjust happened between them — whichwill happen again and again — andagain have to be forgotten?”In contrast to characters of Rechy’s novels,gay people of more recent times have had therealistic option of leading explicitly gay lives. Inthe 1960’s, when Rechy wrote City of Night,gay oppression was an accepted role of policeforces. Submission to police harassment wastypical and resistance unheard of. While in¬dividual acts of gay terrorism are still toleratedtoday, societal support for these acts thatexisted 20 years ago is not as prevalent. In thisrespect, gay relationships, while still illegal in anumber of states, are tolerated and perhapsperceived as viable by youths exposed to them.All this to say that coming out seems to be afairly recent phenomenon predicated on thepossibility of men loving men and women lovingwomen. In fact, the viability of meaningfulhomosexual lifestyles symbolically achieved af¬ter Stonewall essentially necessitates a comingout experience. By coming out “experience” Imean a switch from a nonhomosexual selforientation to a homosexual self orientation,whatever that entails for an individual. Thepossibility of a homosexual lifestyle that pre¬sents itself to post-adolescents in urban environments, but was previously condemned,forces young gay people to either reorientthemselves to accomodate this possibility orelse continue denial of a homosexual nature,expression of which may not be prohibitive. Ofcourse, each individual has a different thresh¬old for deciding if something is prohibitive ornot. Until a time when parents, families etc willwonder without prejudice about the sexualorientation of their child, coming out will con¬tinue to be a significant experience of many gaypeople. At that time, the possibility of gayrelationships will not be at odds with internalacceptance of that possibility and the comingout experience will be obviated.To me coming out seems to be, in mostgeneral terms, a reorientation of self, neces¬sitated by incongruence in expectations andpossibilities. A more concrete representation ofcoming out, I think can be postulated. To thispoint I have presupposed that the “coming out”talked about by so many people representssome common experience. The ambiguity thatsurrounds the term makes such a suppositionsomewhat suspect. On one hand, coming out isthought of as a process that a person goesthrough every day. In other circumstances,however, people refer to coming out as anevent that happens, the anniversaries of whichare celebrated. People refer to being out indegrees, “out at work,” “out to their friends,”"out to their parents,” or just "out to them¬ selves.” Despite the discrepancies in usage, Ithink coming out does refer to some essentialexperience common across these situations.In the summer after I first started regardingmyself as gay, I constructed what I thought wasa reasonable model of a coming out processWhile today I think the model is inadequate asit was then written, I also feel that it reflects alot of my initial conceptions of coming out. Iwas interested in creating a set of universalstages which represented a progression frombeing in the closet to being out of the closet. Ioutlined seven stages which are describedhere.1. Recognition. On some level a person isable to identify him/herself as gay thoughmaybe not able to articulate one’s hom¬osexuality. One might recognize a “different”feeling towards someone of the same sex.2. Acknowledgement. A person is able toexpress that s/he is attracted to someone of thesame sex. This person, however, probably doesnot regard this attraction as important in termsof expectations of dating, marriage, etc. Ifantasized about men but never saw this as acontradiction of plans to have a traditionalfamily.3. Acceptance. A person is able to say that s/he is gay and does not feel ashamed or guilty.Fears of negative reactions and reservationsabout how se/he might be treated may stilldeter the person from “coming out.”4 Incorporation. A person thinks of him/herself as gay in terms of consequences for his/her life. A large part of incorporation might beadmission of not having feelings for the op¬posite sex and forfeiture of the ideal of anuclear family as presently defined. A person’sfuture and decision making is recognized to beaffected by his/her sexual orientation. A der¬ogatory remark about homosexuality wouldhave more effect because the person regardshim/herself explicitly as gay.5. Activation. Largely an extension of in¬corporation from the level of thought to the levelof behavior. A person may be able to date andact upon the gay world. Before s/he may havebeen seduced but now can act as an equalpartner in relationships.6. Integration. Similar to incorporation andactivation except integration implies a nor¬malization of priorities. Most likely incorporationis a relevation and overwhelms one’s thoughts.Integration puts homosexuality into a reason¬able perspective such that it is not thoughtabout every day. It becomes part of the person,but does not so nearly define him/her.7. Elimination. Whereas most straight peopledo not characterize themselves as hetero¬sexual, gay people will extend integration to thepoint where they regard sexuality as opposed tohomosexuality as a relevant dimension in theirlives.I soon discovered that most people do notexperience coming out as I have rendered it,but rather identify having gone through certainstages I have listed, in different orders and todifferent degrees. The model described is to anextent a reprensentation of what I experienced.In my view, coming out as a general phe¬nomenon, is a conscious choice to be ac¬countable for one’s sexuality as one hopes itwill ultimately manifest itself. A number of thestages I list reflect my specific hopes for mysexuality — that I can initiate relationships ofdifferent types with other gay men, that I can“normalize” being gay so that it does notobsess me, that I can live a life neithercompletely dominated by homosexual or het¬erosexual influences. Again, my own experience leads me to believe that coming out dealswith deciding to act on one’s hopes for ex¬pression of sexuality.In the summer after my first year of college Ihad my first affair with a man. I regarded thisexperience as some sort of a milestone. I wasable to maintain this relationship and acknowl¬edge that I would have more such relationshipsbut I did not and still do not view this as “the”coming out experience. In my progressivestage scheme above I might have labelled thisas acceptance of homosexuality short of ac¬tivation as I considered myself seduced and notan initiator.The second experience I think of was myattendance at a coming out group meeting oncampus last spring. The decision to attend wasfar more difficult than my decision to have arelationship with Mark, my first lover. My moti¬vation, I think in retrospect, was probably tofacilitate relationships with homosexuals whocould offer me something I was missing in myother friends. This decision I would, of course,have labelled the activation stage. Even con¬sidering the importance and difficulty of thisdecision in my mind, I did not consider this tobe the critical step in coming out.The third experience of importance to meoccured about two weeks after attending acoming out group meeting, and almost one yearafter having a relationship with a man. The dayI “came out” was the day that I resolved to tella close friend of mine that I was gay. In myresolution, I had effectively taken a step to¬wards activating or allowing realization of thecritical component of the lifestyle I sought. Inparticular, the lifestyle I sought was not satis¬fied by sexual relations with a man, or even emotional and sexual relations with a man. Inmy ideal, an integrated life, gay and straight,free of secrecy was of greatest importance. Iknew I could always have sexual relations withmen but the aspect of my ideal that I was notcertain of attaining was a compatibility of mygay reality with my heterosexual dominatedbackground which I was reluctant to relinquish.By deciding to tell my friend I was gay I actedupon my hope of uniting these two aspects ofmyself. Had my friend not supported my hom¬osexuality my coming out would not have beenthwarted. It was not important that I tell myfriend, but rather that I choose to allow my idealto be realized. The essential coming out exper¬ience was predicated on an ideal, of course,one not available to Rechy’s cnaracters. Theclosest thing to an ideal for them was abastardization of heterosexual relations withqueens and masculine men parodying femaleand male images. Coming out is not an issue inthis early work of Rechy because for hischaracters, no potential for “gay” life existed.Figures like Auden, Harvey Milk and others did,despite a more hostile social climate, haveavailable to them visions of alternative life¬styles. Gay people take these for grantedthough such visions could conceivably be ob¬literated. Complacency of the gay community inconcert with fundamentalist activism poses aserious challenge to progress in gay rights. Itshould not be forgotten that Germany sup¬ported a large scale and progressive gaymovement shortly before Hitler exterminatedthousands of homosexuals.In a sense, an individual coming out rec¬apitulates the coming out of the gay movement.With Stonewall gay people asserted themselvesagainst a repressive police force of New YorkCity. Homosexuals moved from an acceptanceof treatment not appropriate to a resistance tointolerance. Similarly, young gay people oftenaccept inadequacy in their heterosexual rela¬tionships, finally discovering the possiblity ofsomething more fulfilling as less incompatiblewith their sexuality.While coming out as I have described it maynot be a powerful definition, I think it does pointto common experiences of gay people. Somepeople do not find it necessary to tell theirfamilies and friends that they are gay, and arecriticized for not “coming out.” I think that theexperiences of these people is intrinsicallylinked to those people who do tell their familiesand friends. The difference between them, Ibelieve, is one of personal needs and wants.Activists who insist that homosexuals come outto their families; that they lobby for gay rightslegislation; that they “fuck and suck on everystreet corner” (John Rechy, The Sexual Out¬law, 1977) too easily forget the impossibility inadopting other people’s ideals. To me, denyinghomosexuality for the sake of a straight ap¬pearance is no worse than placing oneself in asituation where one declare oneself gay yetsuffers irreconciable conflict because of it. Tome, coming out means affirmation of a goal, aconscious effort to attain it, and is the experi¬ence of any gay man or lesbian woman whofirst believes that something is impossible andthen discovers that it just might be possibleEdwin Booth m logo, 1863, photographed byThomas Hicks at A Brush with Shakea-peare: The Bard In Painting 1780-1910 at thaCultural Canter.8—FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNAL